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Duke uproar puts spotlight on land use CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Upstate Forever founder and senior advisor Brad Wyche called Duke Energy’s decision this month to scrap plans for a new substation and high-voltage transmission line through the Upstate a tremendous victory.

He said it also puts the Upstate on notice.

“I hope it’s another wakeup call for Greenville County A continuing community and Spartanburg County to dialogue exploring the get serious about land use changes, opportunities regulations,” he said. “We’re and choices we all face in a very fast-growing region as #GreenvilleGrows. and we’ve got the ability to Join the conversation shape our region’s growth at GreenvilleJournal. and development so that com, facebook.com/ we don’t have inappropriate GreenvilleJournal or uses on inappropriate sites.” twitter.com/gville_journal.

The property in Campobello where Duke originally proposed to build a substation has no zoning. “Anything can be built there,” said Wyche, who has pushed for years for stronger land use regulations and smarter growth in the Upstate.

Swaths of land in northern and southern Greenville County are also unzoned.

“With the siting of substations, industrial plants and manufacturing, the authority to determine where they can go lies with the County Council,” Wyche said. “Offensive land use has been a problem for some time.”

Wyche said appropriate locations exist for substations, chemical plants and manufacturing plants. “These locations are not right in the view shed,” he said.

County Councilman Joe Dill said conservation easements and

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natural boundaries in the northern part of the county, along with lack of infrastructure, naturally prevent some development there. Zoning has been an issue during his 17 years on council and during his years on the school board before that, he said.

“Some things code enforcement and zoning are good for. But others, they are not,” he said. “I haven’t been able to find the balance.”

Dill said the County Council’s planning and development committee is working to revise Greenville County’s development ordinance that regulates such items as stormwater, trees, water, roads and site plans.

“That determines how development happens,” he said.

Development is also an issue in the southern part of the county, where county staff is conducting a survey of residents and property owners to come up with a plan for future growth and development in the Grove Creek and Huff Creek watershed area. That area includes Grove Elementary down to Moonville, the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center, and into the Woodville area near Highway 418, West Georgia Road, Garrison Road and Highway 8.

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“It’s about the abuse of power,” Biden said, asking students to take a pledge to speak up and stop sexual assault when they see it happening. Those who see and do nothing are acting as accomplices, he said.

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nity meetings early next year, with a plan ready for approval by the end of 2016.

But the plan is just that – a plan. The Future Land Use Map is consulted when considering individual rezoning requests and in the identification of potential zoning districts for citizen-driven zoning efforts. But the plan itself isn’t law.

“Zoning doesn’t solve all the problems,” Dill said. He says other ways are available to prevent inappropriate development.

“Property owners can just not sell their land to somebody who wants to develop it in the wrong way. They can just refuse,” he said. “If they do sell, they should ask, ‘How is this going to help my neighbor, how is this going to help

up individually and take action.

The message is pertinent in South Carolina, which consistently ranks as one of the states with the highest rate of women murdered by men, according to the Violence Policy Center.

“Your generation can begin to change the dynamic on campuses in a way that’s never happened before,” Biden said. “I can pass all the laws in the world. None can make any difference until the time comes when you look at the guy who is taking advantage of a woman or girl and you view him for what he is – a disgusting person.”

He asked the male students in the audience to imagine if it were their sister who was assaulted.

Cambridge Gamble, a senior elementary education major, said that message resonated especially with him because he has an older and younger sister. “I was more empathetic to what he was saying, so it kind of related towards me a little bit more,” Gamble said. He said Biden inspired him to take more initiative when he witnesses abusive behavior.

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How to help veterans succeed IN MY OWN WORDS

by Richard Bradshaw, Commander, USNR (Ret.) On Nov. 11 we marked the 96th celebration of Veterans Day – the one day each year that our nation sets aside to honor and celebrate all those who have served in the U.S. armed forces.

However, one day is not enough to truly recognize the sacrifices and achievements made by members of the U.S. military. As those veterans transition back to civilian life, our society must find ways to honor their service.

Returning to civilian life presents veterans with many unique challenges. Some wonder if they will be able to get a job. Some consider going back to school, but have no idea where to start. Others are worried about managing their finances and providing for their families. And many of our veterans feel isolated and alone because no one seems to understand what they have endured.

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es that come with transitioning out of full-time military service. As a banker, I do everything I can to help our veterans achieve their dreams and become productive members of society.

Veterans have a unique and valuable skill set to bring to the workforce. It is important for us to help connect them with the right resources and provide the right support they need to take the next step toward achieving their goals.

Many veterans are unaware of the multitude of resources and benefits available to them.

Because education plays an important role in helping veterans transition back into the workforce, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers several different financing options for education. These include the Post-9/11 GI Bill, Montgomery GI Bill, Select Reserve GI Bill, REAP GI Bill, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment, and Dependents Educational Assistance. Each is designed to support veterans as they strive to earn degrees or seek to continue their education through training, certificate programs, or apprenticeships.

Some lesser-known benefits are available

Dear Editor: After reading your front page message in the Nov. 6 Journal about your new series, #GreenvilleGrows, I thought you should see this recent posting on my Facebook stream.

We have a parking mindset in our car-centric thinking that results in developments such as pictured in the top photo, which I believe is similar to what is proposed for the Pendleton Street Church property on Main Street and what is also being built currently in various versions elsewhere.

When will we convince people that maybe building for cars makes less sense, and can we build for people instead?

I bet if you did a poll, most folks would vote for a development like the one in the bottom picture. Autonomous Uber will change everything in less then 10 years and we will wonder why we ever built so much parking.

Let’s build a better network of protected bike lanes and wider sidewalks instead.

Frank Mansbach, Greenville Frank Mansbach is executive director of Bike Walk Greenville.

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What the Duke crusade taught us IN MY OWN WORDS

by Brad Wyche

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6 stories | 27,500 SF ground-floor commercial | 165 bedrooms 165 residential units | 0 gardens | 0 porches “Charleston Block”-style development Source: Case study prepared by Bevans & Liberatos

Last week, Duke Energy announced its decision to withdraw the proposal for a new substation in Campobello and a massive new 45mile long transmission line running from there to Asheville. Soon after the announcement was made, e-mails, texts and phone calls started pouring in to Upstate Forever, thanking us for our work in opposing the project.

We responded, “This would not have happened without you and the 9,000 other citizens who spoke out against the proposal. So thank YOU.” Duke officials told us they had never seen so much public opposition to one of their propos-

als, including applications for nuclear relicensing and rate increases.

At the public hearing in September, the Landrum High School auditorium quickly reached capacity and the fire marshal had to turn away hundreds of people. Duke heard heartfelt testimony from citizens and landowners who expressed shock and dismay at what Duke was proposing. Before and after this hearing, Duke officials read the thousands of letters and emails in opposition to the proposal. They heard the complaints from business leaders and realtors about how the 44 possible routes for the transmission had caused the area’s real estate market to collapse.

Finally, Duke realized what should have been obvious from the very beginning. There was a better way to do this project, a way that would allow the utility both to meet their obligation to provide power to their customers and to

2-4 stories | 28,000 SF ground-floor commercial | 185 bedrooms 120 residential units | 13 gardens | 68 porches

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payment options, longer to veteran business loan terms, and lower SBA owners, or veterans inVeteran-owned guarantee fees and interterested in owning or opbusinesses are est rates. All are geared toerating a business. Vetersome of the ward helping veterans acan-owned businesses are most productive cess the capital that they some of the most producneed to launch or grow tive and profitable busiand profitable their businesses. nesses in the U.S. In 2014, businesses in the By providing support veteran-owned businessU.S. In 2014, to our country’s veterans es produced an estimated veteran-owned through initiatives such as $1.22 trillion in annual these, we are able to show sales and employed 5.8 businesses our respect and gratitude million people. produced an for their service. If you In support of current or estimated $1.22 are not a veteran yourself, future veteran business trillion in consider celebrating our owners, I am proud to have helped launch “Opannual sales and veterans more than just one day a year by supporteration: Vet Access” for employed 5.8 ing one of these initiatives. the National Association million people.

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avoid severe economic and environmental harm to the Carolinas.

Is it the perfect way? No, because the revised proposal is still overly dependent on fossil fuels (two and maybe three gas plants in Asheville), but it’s a whole lot better than the original proposal.

What did this intense and exhausting battle teach us? Here are three lessons I’m sure we learned.

First – how forcefully and fiercely the people in our region will defend our mountains and foothills against destructive projects.

Second – that grass-roots efforts can be successful, even against one of the most powerful corporations in the world.

Third – that elected officials will pay attention to what their constituents are saying. Nearly every elected official in the area (local, state and federal) weighed in against Duke’s proposal.

And here are three more lessons I hope we learned.

First, I hope we learned that vast parts of the Upstate are at serious risk for more harmful projects. The northern parts of Greenville and Spartanburg counties have no land use controls, so anything can be built anywhere. For example, Spartanburg County was powerless to object to the siting of the four-story substation right in front of one of the most beautiful scenic vistas in the Carolinas.

I hope this dispute will be the wake-up call for Upstate counties to finally be-

come proactive in planning for and managing future growth and development.

Second, I hope we learned that by being efficient in our use of electricity, we can greatly reduce the need for new and expanded power-generating facilities and keep a lot of money in our own pockets at the same time. Please come by and visit the Upstate Forever LEED Platinum office in Greenville 507 Pettigru St.) and see for yourself the specific ways this can be done.

Third, I hope we learned that solar energy is now a viable and affordable alternative source of energy. More than half of the new electrical generating capacity in the United States this year has come from solar. With the new solar leasing law in South Carolina and the availability of significant tax incentives, now is the perfect time to go solar in the Sunny South. To learn how you can install solar at your own home or office, please check out the Solarize South Carolina website: solarizesc.org.

Yes, we should celebrate this great victory, but it’s no time for resting on our laurels. We still have a lot to do, and we encourage all of you who worked so hard against the Duke project to remain actively engaged.

Brad Wyche founded Upstate Forever in 1998 and served as its executive director until last month. He is a now an advisor to the organization and can be reached at bwyche@upstateforever.org.

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Building hope

The chapter’s first project was the renovation of a mill house in the Poe Mill area. Building got a jumpstart in 1988 when a Habitat walk from Maine to Georgia was due to stop in the Upstate, and walk organizers wanted to know how many houses the local affiliate could build.

“Until then we had completed one and started two or three. I volunteered us to build eight houses,” Barron said.

Those eight were completed in about two years, he said.

Barron recalls a faith build when eight denominations worked together that “could agree on a hammer when they couldn’t agree on anything else.” WLFJ radio broadcast from the site for two weeks. Whenever supplies were needed, the station spread the word and the items were donated, he said.

Growth continued steadily and the chapter hired its first staff members and director, Barron said. In the 1990s, director Ron Geyer lent structure and organization to the local chapter, which at one time was less intentional than it is now, he said. “We’d step out on faith with $2.”

For 30 years and more than 300 homes, Habitat for Humanity of Greenville has helped break the poverty cycle one family at a time APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com The reality of a decent, safe and affordable home can be elusive for those with limited income and limited savings for a down payment. For 30 years, Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County has been making it possible for residents to own homes through their own labor or “sweat equity,” volunteer builders and affordable mortgages.

Habitat of Greenville County launched in 1985, with Greenville civil engineer Joe Barron leading an effort to found an Upstate chapter of the organization created in 1976 in Americus, Ga., by Millard and Linda Fuller.

THE EARLY YEARS Barron, who still works locally with H2L Consulting Engineers, said he served as board president for the first two years, followed by volunteering and serving on the board ever since.

Based on his experience with Habitat in Columbia, Barron presented a program at a local gathering of churches and nonprofits during the 1980s, when gov-

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ernment housing programs were scaling back.

He said many people were interested and soon formed a volunteer board. Providence provided board volunteers in the form of a builder, marketer, banker and volunteer coordinator, he said. “It was like a preordained group with the needed talents.”

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Construction conversation Iva Jean Rice celebrates 22 years in her Habitat home APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com This December, Iva Jean Rice, 57, will celebrate 22 years in her Habitat home just off Sunnyside Drive in Greer.

The mother of two had been living in an apartment when she learned about Habitat. She debated about applying, but relented and started on the road to homeownership.

Rice smiled as she remembered putting in her 500 sweat equity hours and $500 down. As her home went up, she wrote scripture and verses on every single two-by-four that went into the walls, she said. When she wasn’t working at one of her three jobs, Rice said she stopped by and helped clean up the site.

“I thank God for it every day,” she says of the house she shared with son Michael and daughter Cassandra.

The family moved in on Dec. 21, 1993, wrapping up the already decorated Christmas tree and transporting it to their new home.

“We were so happy living there,” she said.

“The house has a lot of memories.”

Rice celebrated paying off her home in 2012 and added, “I was laid off twice, but I never missed a payment.” She said new homeowners now get the benefit of financial training that she did not have; however, she was naturally living off a budget.

Since moving in, Rice has added a front porch, a fourth bedroom, walk-in closet, back deck and concrete driveway. With a laugh, Rice added that she likes to sit in her closet. A swingset and play structure for her six grandchildren and one great-grandchild have also been added, she said.

Rice encourages volunteers to work with Habitat, noting, “If you don’t need one [home], somebody else might.”

The construction work is fun, she said, and she has many

fond memories of conversations during construction and on lunch breaks.

Rice, who now works as a driver for Concrete Supply, plans to attend seminary after retirement and credits God with connecting her with Habitat. “My house is built with love.

He provided a way for Habitat to show us love.”

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family, but creates extra cash flow which can be used for bills, school fees, medication and other expenses, said current Habitat Greenville president Monroe Free.

“That makes the rest of life affordable,” he said.

Secure housing also allows residents to focus on education, staying healthy and raising their families, he said.

When asked about the biggest difference in their new homes, Free said homeowners reported that their new houses “don’t smell.”

Staff didn’t know what that meant until realizing “mold and mildew, they smell – and many of the families’ former homes had water running down the walls,” he said. Family members also start to feel better, with many reporting upper respiratory infections and asthma symptoms disappearing, he said.

“If everyone in the family is feeling bad and can’t afford medicine, it’s harder to think about higher goals in life,” he said.

For a mother who is stressed about making ends meet or allowing her children to play outside because the area is unsafe, a secure and affordable home allows her to “create a home life with joy and discipline,” he said.

Habitat’s goal goes beyond simply building houses, Free said – it seeks to break the cycle of generational poverty.

Housing is the greatest expense for families, and easing that burden allows families to make other changes, he said. Barron recalled one man who said his family had been in the country for 300 years and he was the first to own a house.

Another positive effect is the eye-opening experiences for young volunteers who may not realize that some families live in a space the size of their recreation room, Barron said.

New homeowners benefit because the volunteer building crew creates a different and beneficial network, he

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houses Habitat ReStores proceeds could fund in 2014

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Habitat homeowners who said their children’s grades improved after moving

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homeowners who say their family is more stable since moving

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said. Barron cites an executive who was seeking an administrative assistant who met a homeowner who had recently completed her degree. She was hired.

Greenville resident Kristen Whitworth, who grew up in a Habitat home, wrote in an essay in 2014, “I do not know where I would be without the comfort of knowing that my mom as a single mom has an affordable mortgage payment and a place to call hers, and our family had a stable home during our childhood.”

Whitworth, now 24, credits the stable environment for allowing her to graduate from North Greenville University, along with the success of her two brothers. She and her husband “completely grasp and understand the importance of homeownership,” Whitworth wrote.

RESPONDING TO THE MARKET With changing regulations and requirements for building and mortgages, Habitat Greenville has evolved and changed, Free said. Following the most recent housing crash, new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules added mortgage requirements, he said.

Other changes have included requiring 26 hours of financial education for homeowners, adjusting how families are selected and using volunteer mentors and coaches for homeowners. Municipalities are now interested in Habitat as part of their overall housing programs, and that partnership comes with additional requirements, Free said.

months planning begins for a house build before the first volunteer builder shows up

THE NEXT 30 YEARS

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What hasn’t changed, Free said, is volunteers building homes alongside the new homeowners. Volunteers do everything from building walls to laying shingles, he said. Licensed contractors

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do electrical, plumbing and mechanical system work. Volunteers also teach classes, conduct home visits for prospective homeowners, perform office tasks and work in the Habitat ReStore resale stores.

In the last three years, Habitat’s program that renovates and weatherizes homes has grown, now completing up to 20 homes yearly, Free said. This work is just as important as new homes, he said, because it reduces expenses for homeowners who may be paying up to $600 per month for utility bills. “We’ve made a similar cash flow impact as a new home,” he said, and allowed the owners to

Fast fact Habitat operates ReStore locations in Taylors, Simpsonville and downtown Greenville that sell used and new household and office furnishings along with salvage building supplies. “My living room couch came from the ReStore,” said first Habitat Greenville board president Joe Barron. The Greenville News profiled Barron in 2005.

Builder’s Blitz 2006, before (left) and after (right).

stay in their homes.

Free sees the organization becoming part of a community development model that helps transform neighborhoods through building homes and bringing in partners like municipalities and other nonprofits to maximize impact. He cites a partnership with Homes of Hope, which helped complete the Abigail Springs development in Tay-

lors and created a mixed-income neighborhood.

What is most exciting, said Free, is seeing “the difference it makes in the lives of children who grew up in Habitat homes.” That impact is a visible indication of breaking generational poverty, he said, and inspires him to continue the work. “And to do it more and do it better,” he said.

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World Health Organization’s report links processed meats to cancer APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com A World Health Organization (WHO) report confirmed recently what many might have suspected: Processed meat is not good for you.

Specifically, the International Agency Research on Cancer (IARC) report said for every 50-gram portion of processed meat that someone eats, their risk of colorectal cancer increases 18 percent. In addition, processed red meat was classified as carcinogenic to humans.

So what should you do with this latest news? Is it time to toss the bacon? Dr. Mark O’Rourke, medical oncology cancer specialist with Greenville Health System, said the report is a call for limiting the amount of processed meat and red meat in your diet.

Though red meat is classified as a carcinogen like cigarette smoking, the risk is not the same, he said. “Smoking has a 2,000 percent increased risk and

Defined PROCESSED: meat that has been transformed through salting, curing, fermentation, smoking or other processes to enhance flavor or improve preservation.

Processed meat examples: ham, sausage, bacon, pastrami, salami, baloney, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, corned beef and beef jerky

processed meat is 18 percent increased risk” of causing cancer, he said.

The problem isn’t with the meat, but the preservatives – processed meat is often preserved with sodium nitrite or sodium nitrate, said O’Rourke. These compounds react when ingested and create N-nitroso compounds, which are cancer-causing, he said.

“We are learning the preservatives that have served us so well are contributing to colon cancer,” he said.

O’Rourke recommends people “form daily habits so not to have bacon in your daily diet. You’ll get bacon [and other processed meats] anyway because so many Americans eat out.”

The WHO report may be the start of a sea change, O’Rourke said, and could eventually be as impactful as the Surgeon General’s report on the ill effects of smoking more than 50 years ago.

“Cancer is many illnesses, and progress EASY ON THE JERKY is small gains here Don Wygand, owner of Greenville Jerky and Vine in Greenville, said the and there.”

Dr. Mark O’Rourke on diet changes in light of the World Health Organization’s report linking processed and red meat to cancer.

WHO report may be good for his business, which sells minimally processed jerky that is nitrate-free.

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GHS board, legislators await Supreme Court decision Lawmakers plan to file new legislation on GHS governance APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Legislators are drafting new legislation to address recent moves by the Greenville Health System’s (GHS) board of trustees to change its governance structure, said state Rep. Mike Burns this week. Burns would not offer additional details about the bill’s contents until it is ready to pre-file.

GHS’ board has been reviewing drafts of a master affiliation agreement and lease agreement that would allow GHS to transfer operational oversight of the health system to a private, nonprofit board that would contract with the existing board of trustees. GHS board members and staff say the move will increase investment potential and allow GHS to forge partnerships that are not possible with GHS’ current governmental status.

Several legislators, including Burns,

say the proposed change would violate S.C. Act 432, the legislation that created the GHS board, by illegally transferring board authority to another entity.

GHS trustees insist they have the legal right to allow the existing, public board of trustees – whose members are approved by the Greenville County Legislative Delegation – to lease operating authority to a private board with the flexibility to partner with other health care facilities, both public and private, to form a multi-regional health system.

The GHS board approved a second round of drafts for the master affiliation agreement and lease on Nov. 5. Board members debated where potential board members would come from, including the percentage of members who would come from the health system’s service area.

Board member Lewis Vaughn advocated for language clarity on local members participating beyond the initial appointments. Members also discussed how often the private board would update the public board, outlined as annually in the draft documents.

Greenville resident Tom Barilovits spoke during the meeting, saying that larger health care systems should be focused on disease care and GHS needs to remain the same size it is now. In addition, he advocated for those who wanted to expand the system to sell off the public assets and return the funds to county taxpayers.

Local business owner Laird Minor also spoke in support of continuing legislative approval of board members, and said he is concerned about the lack of financial statement-sharing that the public board would receive from the proposed private board.

GHS board chairman Jim Morton said last week that the board will hold further action until it learns whether the SC Supreme Court will accept a lawsuit filed by three former board members asking the court to rule on GHS’ legal standing to lease its assets.

In late October, Burns and two other lawmakers filed a motion to intervene in the Supreme Court case, asking the court to address whether GHS’ proposed governance transfer to a private board would be illegally granting authority

under Act 432, and if closed meetings the board held to plan the change were suspect under the state’s Freedom of Information law.

Burns said the proposed change creates “far-reaching state implications” for other public institutions like universities, which could opt to lease their assets to other entities. He said legislators are supportive of the GHS plan for partnering with other health care entities, but should “not give away their governance powers.”

The lawsuit’s filing attorneys responded last week with a request to the court to refuse intervention. As of press time, the Supreme Court has not announced whether it will accept the case.

So you know Lawmakers plan an announcement about the draft legislation on Friday, Nov. 13, at 2 p.m. at County Square. GHS trustees are scheduled to meet with the Legislative Delegation’s medical affairs committee on Nov. 18. The GHS board of trustees is scheduled to meet again on Dec. 15.

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None of the products are processed by chopping and reforming, he said. In addition, his business bills jerky as a snack rather than an essential part of a person’s diet.

“It’s not meant to be a meal,” Wygand said. “We no longer have saddle bags and have to cross the country on horseback.”

MAKING A CHANGE Incorporating small changes into your diet can combine with exercise and other adjustments to collectively reduce cancer risk, said O’Rourke. Picking up vegetarian versions of hot dogs, burgers and sausage can be an option. Adding plant protein like beans, legumes, hummus and chickpeas are also good bets, he said.

Tapping into the local food movement goes hand in hand with reducing processed meats because consumers can buy fresh meats that are not shelf-stable, he said.

As to change, “some will be grass-roots and some at the institutional level,” O’Rourke said. “The food industry responds to consumer taste and the food industry can also shape consumer tastes.

Cancer is many illnesses, and progress is small gains here and there.”

As to the surging popularity of bacon, O’Rourke said, “Like cigarettes went out of fashion, ham, bacon and sausage need to go out of fashion.”

Reader feedback We asked our Community Journals readers if they will give up processed meat or reduce their consumption after the WHO report. This is what they said: “I don’t feel as this is new news. While it would be delicious to eat steak, sausage and bacon at every meal, we’ve known better for a long time.”

– Ed Creighton via Facebook

“WHO report is based on bad science.”

– Daniel Greenlee via Facebook

“Reads like a scare tactic, to me.

Their [sic] not even willing to go on record as endorsing it.”

– Heather Rogers Fowler via Facebook

“I never believe these people. There is no scientific proof that says that red meat causes cancer other than these big food industries that are actually financing these so-called studies. Please … I’m not a sheep brainwashed [sic]. Lobbyists can go try that bull somewhere else cause I don’t buy it.”

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bjeffers@communityjournals.com Costs incurred by the historic flooding are starting to come in more than a month after rains from Hurricane Joaquin devastated parts of the state.

The tourism industry lost about $35-$40 million due mainly to hotel cancelations, S.C. Parks Recreation and Tourism director Duane Parrish told a panel of senators this week. That amount translated into about a $4 million loss in state and local taxes, Parrish said.

The flooding cost the S.C. National Guard and Emergency Management Division an estimated $37 million for emergency services, Adjutant General Bob Livingston told lawmakers last week.

The federal government will cover 75 percent of the cost. The state will pay about $9.3 million.

Those totals do not cover other items such as the damage to roads.

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Nikki Setzler (D-Lexington) said he plans to file a bill next month to borrow $500 million to fix roads damaged by the flooding, with $125 million of that amount available to fix roads not owned by the state.

The official closeout of storm-related projects won’t occur for another couple of years, said Derrec Becker, public information coordinator for the S.C. Emergency Management Division.

He said the Emergency Management Division didn’t close all projects associated with Hurricane Hugo, which hit in 1989, until 2006.

FEDERAL FUNDING Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials have processed thousands of applications in the state for assistance and approved about $60 million in aid for individuals.

FEMA approved an additional over $12.5 million for public assistance to help government entities and nonprofits with repairs.

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apply for up to $33,000 in aid for damage not covered by insurance. Information about applying for funding is available at fema.org.

FEMA approved individual assistance for people in Greenville and Spartanburg counties who incurred damage from the historic rainfall last month. Greenville largely avoided damage from the storm, but Becker said the federal aid could help those who incurred damage not covered by insurance.

In an attempt to mitigate long-term problems for residents, Gov. Nikki Haley called President Barack Obama personally to request FEMA funds. Haley was able to access the funding quicker than normal by calling the president before filling out all the necessary paperwork.

TOUGH WORK FOR THE LEGISLATURE

With the storm destroying parts of some roadways, an already deteriorating infrastructure was made worse.

Rep. Phyllis Henderson (R-Greenville) said after the short-term fixes to roads damaged by flooding, roads throughout the state will still need repair.

“Here in the Upstate we didn’t have storm damage, and we still have bad roads,” she said. According to an analysis of national reports by South Carolina Alliance to Fix Our Roads, roads and bridges that are deficient, congested or lack desirable safety features cost Greenville-Spartanburg motorists $1,301 per driver per year.

The House passed a bill this year addressing longterm funding to fix roads, but the bill stalled in the Senate.

On top of costs associated with infrastructure repair, Henderson pointed out that the Legislature will have to decide how to address the S.C. Supreme Court’s mandate to create a plan to fix the state’s education system.

She also said judicial elections this year would further complicate matters for legislators.

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PROPERTY ABANDONMENT City Council members held a public hearing and passed the first reading of an ordinance to abandon an alley off of Easley Bridge Road and combine it with property on the corner of Easley Bridge and Pendleton Street, where a new Spinx gas station is slated to be built.

The alley provides rear access to properties owned by Greenville Housing Authority, which worked with Spinx to create a landscape buffer plan, said Dwayne Cooper, city engineering services manager.

Councilwoman Lillian Brock Flemming voted for the ordinance, but said she wanted city staff to notify the West Greenville Neighborhood Association about the changes before final passage of the ordinance.

The city also held a public hearing on the abandonment of a former parking lot and right of way on Overbrook Road that was requested in conjunction with a mixed-use residential and office development.

Some people who live near the proposed development area raised concerns about increased traffic because of the project, but the development can move forward without the abandonment of the small portion owned by the city.

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PARKING GARAGE FINANCING Council members gave final approval to a plan to issue up to $22 million in bonds to finance the new Erwin Penland garage, the RiverPlace garage expansion and the garage by Aloft Greenville Downtown. The Journal previously reported on the details of the plan at bit.ly/GJ-garages.

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The Greenville County School Board’s Committee of the Whole agenda ranged from a report on the district’s finances to building projects on Tuesday. For a front row seat, see below:

DISTRICT’S FUND BALANCE GROWS Greenville County Schools’ reserve fund increased $11 million in fiscal year 2015, according to its annual outside audit.

Performed by Greene, Finney & Horton, the audit put the district’s unassigned fund balance on June 30 at $96.5 million, or 18 percent of budgeted expenditures in 2016.

The district received $4.2 million more from the state than it budgeted for 2015 and $14.2 million more in property tax revenue was collected. At the same time, expenses came in $6.6 million under budget. About $4.7 million of that came in savings on non-personnel related expenses.

The district received an unmodified opinion for the audit, which deemed GCS in good financial condition as of June 30.

The school board asked for a graph of monthly fund balances for the last three years. Typically, this time of year is when the district’s fund balance is lowest because the majority of property owners pay their property taxes in December and January. Having an adequate fund balance allows the district to avoid issuing tax anticipation notes.

The auditors said that while the district has “very reasonable” procedures in place for the administration of student activity funds, the funds were still one of the highest sources of fraud risk for the district, as is the case for most school districts.

Student activity funds inherently have little segregation of duties, limited review and approval and numerous parties receiving cash recipients. The auditors said trustees need to determine what level of risk the district is willing to live with. If cost-effective, the auditors suggest more segregation of duties, more review and approval and more centralization of cash receipts and disbursements.

School board chair Lisa Wells said a program being piloted at Woodmont High is allowing parents to pay student activity fees via electronic credit cards.

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ARCHITECT CHOSEN FOR SARA COLLINS ADDITION The board picked an architect for an addition to Sara Collins Elementary, but the firm’s identity won’t be revealed until after the selection becomes official at the board’s regular board meeting next Tuesday.

A 100-student addition to the school is expected to open in 2017.

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A second suspect, Oliver A Spartanburg Methodist Mylik Chandler, fled the scene College (SMC) police officer but was arrested and charged shot and killed a driver of a with car breaking and pecar when the driver allegedly tit larceny, according to jail tried to run over an officer in records. He was a former stuan attempt to flee, according to dent of Limestone College, but authorities. was suspended in May 2015 The driver, Delvin Tyrell for academic reasons, the Simmons, was a second-year school said.

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“We are investing in physicians, technology and facilities to create the cancer center of the future; ensuring our community has access to the very best cancer care right here in the Upstate,” said Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System CEO Bruce Holstien in a release. “We need this new facility to meet the growing demand for cancer care in our region and to continue the vision we have to be a top can-

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cer provider, not just locally but across the country.”

The new facility will be in addition to the Gibbs Cancer Center location in Spartanburg and will offer cancer treatment and support services along with education, a healing environment and research, according to the release.

Currently, Gibbs handles 3,000 cases, and with the expansion will be able to handle 5,000.

Officials predict a $100 million economic impact, noting the new center’s proximity to Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport will make it easily accessible for patients. In 2013, Gibbs Cancer Center opened a location at the Pelham campus that offers radiation and infusion services along with oncology surgery.

“We have a vision to become a destination cancer center,” said Dr. James Bearden, vice president of clinical research, associate director of clinical research and fundraising campaign cochair. “This will be a place where people throughout our region and beyond will come to receive comprehensive, compassionate and cutting edge care.”

Bearden is co-chairing the fundraising committee along with Marsha Gibbs, Lindsay Webster and Dr. Julian Josey.

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THE NEWS IN BRIEF END-OF-COURSE TEST SCORES UP Greenville County students scored above the state average on end-of-course exams last year and passing rates on all subject areas statewide were up, according to results released Monday by the state Department of Education.

The passing rate for Greenville County students improved in all four subjects – Algebra 1, English 1, Biology 1 and U.S. History. The test results make up 20 percent of a student’s final grade in those courses.

In Greenville County, 89.9 percent of students passed the Algebra 1 test, 79.5 percent of students passed the test in English 1, 83.6 percent in Biology 1 and 77.7 percent in U.S. History.

Greenville County Schools’ passage rate in Algebra 1 and U.S. History has increased significantly over the past five years. In 2011, the district’s passage rate in Algebra 1 was 84.4 percent. In U.S. History it was 59.8 percent.

Average scores were 85.3 in Algebra 1, 81.5 in English 1, 85.3 in Biology 1 and 78.8 in U.S. History.

COURT GIVES LAWMAKERS MORE TIME South Carolina lawmakers will get more time to come up with a plan to fix educational inequities between rich and poor school districts.

The Supreme Court ruled a year ago that the state’s education funding system failed to provide students in poor and rural school districts an opportunity to get a quality education. Forty of the state’s poor districts filed the lawsuit in 1993; the trial centered on eight.

Last month, the court ordered the Legislature to come up with a plan by Feb. 1. Infuriated lawmakers said the court was overstepping its bounds and asked the justices to rescind the deadline.

Last week, the Supreme Court dropped the Feb. 1 deadline and said legislators must submit a written summary to the court detailing their efforts to “implement a constitutionally compliant education system” one week after the end of the 2016 legislative session in June.

The decision “proves that judicial overreach will not prevail in South Carolina,” House Speaker Jay Lucas said in a statement. “All branches of government should collectively work together within their constitutional authority, not overstep bounds in an effort to exert political clout.”

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All but $300,000 of the money will be used to endow the James B. Duke Scholarship program. The full-tuition scholarship is renewable for four years as long as recipients maintain their grades. Tuition this year is $45,632. Thirty-nine students currently receive the scholarship.

The rest of the grant money will fund mentoring and advising, summer research, internships and study away programs for the Duke Scholars.

The grant is the largest the school has ever received from the Duke Endowment, established by industrialist and philanthropist James B. Duke in 1924. Furman has received a total of $161 million from the Duke Endowment.

ARTISPHERE APPLICATIONS TOP 1,000 Nearly 11,00 artists have applied for Artisphere 2016, a total that has forced the fine arts festival to add a second day to the jury review that will select the participants.

Festival organizers credit the unprecedented number of applications to Artisphere’s reputation nationwide as well as the festival’s track record in sales. Participating artists in 2015 reported average sales of $7,300.

Artists in 17 different medium categories applied for 2016. This year’s jury review will be the weekend of Nov. 21.

The jurors will be Greg Colleton, director of operations at the Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston; P.A. Kessler, a watercolor painter and Artisphere 2015 thirdplace winner from Hilton Head; Jayden Moore, artist in residence at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina; Tod Tappert, painter and vice president of the Artisphere board of directors; and Valerie Zimany, assistant professor of art at Clemson University.

The list of artists accepted into the show will be announced in early 2016.

Reported average artist sales earned Artisphere a spot on Art Fair Sourcebook’s Top 10 Fine Art Shows three years in a row. Artisphere Board President Marion Crawford said the festival’s goal is to break into the Top 5.

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While fully functioning robotic prosthetics were once the stuff of science fiction movies, they are becoming a reality.

The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs is testing out robotic prosthetics through the DEKA Arm System program, with the hope of helping veterans who have lost a limb. Rick Strickland, an assistant principal at Gettys Middle School, got the opportunity to test the arm for the VA. Strickland said the DEKA arm can provide an impressive range of functionality from being strong enough to grasp weights to sensitive enough to pick up coins on a table.

Strickland controls the arm through sensors on his shoes. Raising the heel or toe or rolling the foot side to side will move the arm in different directions, or control the fingers. The sensors recognize when a person is walking and will temporarily disable the arm’s movements.

Some users have electrodes placed on the muscles in their residual arm or shoulder to control the DEKA arm by sensing muscle movements.

Strickland said his residual limb was too short for that option. This past summer he went through training to use the arm, and in August began a trial period to test the arm.

While by the end of his testing period Strickland could easily pick up objects like pencils from a table, he did experience a learning curve. He said during his first field test with the DEKA arm he picked up a glass at a restaurant but

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“I had a lap full of water,” he said.

The arm gave Strickland, who has lived with one fully developed arm his whole life, an opportunity to try several firsts, such as tying his shoes with two hands, shooting a bow and arrow and dancing with his wife.

“It’s amazing to see where prosthetics has come,” he said.

Strickland learned about the DEKA arm through a program at Gettys Middle School led by teacher Jonathan Scrivner.

Students in Scrivner’s class used 3-D technology to design and print a me-

chanical hand last school year for a student at Wren Middle School.

Someone who was helping with that program told Strickland about the VA trials in Tampa, so Strickland applied and was approved.

His trial period with the arm ended this week, and he was scheduled to fly to the Tampa VA on Wednesday to do final evaluation and return the arm.

“I’m not going to lie; I’m going to miss it,” Strickland said, but he hopes the feedback he gives will help the development of bionic limbs for veterans who

Strickland controls the robotic prosthetic arm through sensors on his shoes.

have lost a limb in battle.

“I think they need a shot at getting

their normal [life] back,” he said.

The Gettys students are now working designing an arm for Strickland that they can build with a 3-D printer.

Scrivner said the program allows students to see ways they are helping the community through their projects.

He said he hopes to soon have students start developing bionic hands by using open source software either through Exiii HACKberry or Open Bionics.

“The only thing that will stop us is if we can’t get the resources,” he said.

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Turning listeners into witnesses Holocaust survivor visits Upstate to share his story FAITH AUSLAND | CONTRIBUTOR

At a very young age, Robbie Waisman was taken from his home in Skarżysko, Poland, when the Germans invaded in 1938. He was forced to work in a munitions factory, and was sent to the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Weimar, Germany, several years later. Waisman visited the Upstate this week to share his story of perseverance and hope, and to encourage listeners to realize life’s value.

Waisman was one of more than 900 young boys to survive the camp, which was liberated by American soldiers in 1945.

He now spends time speaking to younger generations about his experiences during the Holocaust, and encourages them to appreciate the freedoms they might take for granted. On Sunday, he visited Converse College in Spartanburg, then traveled to Furman University on Monday, and spoke at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School Tuesday night.

As a survivor, Waisman considers it his privilege and duty to tell his story and ad-

vocate the importance of life.

“I have seen enough death to realize how important life is, and how precious it is,” Waisman said. “In Canada and the United States, we live in paradise, and we don’t tend to appreciate it.”

‘SACRED DUTY’ Waisman lost his parents and four brothers during the Holocaust. Only he and his sister made it out alive. Many other prisoners’ family members did not survive, and those remaining had to learn to move on with their lives.

“We realized we were the lucky ones, and as such, we had a sacred duty and obligation to do something with our lives to make our parents and all our loved ones proud,” Waisman said. “Because we survived, to speak on behalf of those that are no longer here.”

During speaking engagements, Waisman emphasizes how to respond to Holocaust deniers, and the importance of remembering history correctly.

“What survivors are trying to do is make sure it is not forgotten,” Waisman said. “Holocaust survivors’ greatest fear is actually that after we are gone, who is going to tell the story?”

This is why Waisman speaks to younger audiences, specifically teenagers, he said. “The teenagers listen as a wit- Waisman in the 1940s, after his ness. We are a witness; Robbie Waisman (left) with Sandor Koser, a fellow liberation from we were there. But what Holocaust survivor who now lives in Spartanburg.

Buchenwald. happens is that when they listen to us, they themselves become want to survive,” Waisman said. witnesses.”

He said the only way he endured the Waisman said audience members have endless days of uncertainty and fear was sent him letters promising that they will to take life moment by moment, and to pass the stories along. focus on the hope of finding his family “There will always be people denying and finding freedom. that this happened, and so we want to alDuring his visit to the Upstate, Waisways make sure that it is remembered,” man connected with Sandor and Livia Waisman said. “Because remembering this Koser, a Hungarian couple who also surgives us all an opportunity to have a better vived the Holocaust and now live in Sparlife, and to live with one another in peace.” tanburg. Sandor Koser was imprisoned in the same camp and the same barracks as THE BIGGER PICTURE Waisman, although the two did not meet Waisman said he was unaware of what during their captivity.

Waisman expressed excitement at happened outside the camp during his imprisonment, and did not learn about meeting a fellow survivor and sharing the widespread tragedy of the Holocaust their similar memories.

“It is such a unique situation that we until after his release.

“Had we known the enormity, the big- are coming from the same camp, the ger picture, many of us, I know myself, I same barracks, and we meet 70 years latwould have given up on life. I wouldn’t er,” Koser said, his son translating.

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Lessons in leadership Former Navy SEAL’s book picked up by national publisher CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Before he left for combat in Afghanistan, Navy SEAL Thom Shea promised his wife that he would write a special letter to their children in case he didn’t make it back.

That letter turned into “Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL’s Way of Life,” a book that was originally meant to be a private memoir for his family. Shea self-published it last summer and sold more than 23,000 printed copies and nearly 8,000 ebooks in eight months.

Now, the book has been picked up by national publisher Little, Brown and Company.

It took Shea four tries to

make it through training to become a Navy SEAL. “I learned that you have to overcome your own dialogue that stops you from being successful,” Shea told the Journal in an interview last summer. “My SEAL class had 112 students and only 12 graduated. Those are terrible odds. But I really learned the effects of language.”

Shea didn’t give up either after a rocket blast interrupted the temporary quiet that had enveloped a village in Kandahar. He rescued another member of his platoon who was pinned down in the same compound.

“Hey, Chief, we’re dead. We’re surrounded,” Shea recalled the other soldier saying.

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Each brewery has representatives who can answer questions and make recommendations.

In addition to samples throughout the day, South Yeast Labs, which collects wild yeast for brewing, will again offer its Craft Beer College, educating attendees about how the ingredients come together for a satisfying brew. TJ Lazer and Dirty Grass Soul will also provide live performances at the festival. Admission includes a Belgian tasting glass, unlimited beer samples and entry to Beer College education seminars throughout the day.

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Imagine the game that just took place between Clemson and Florida State last weekend taking place in 2009, or 2012, or even last year. Imagine the Tigers playing a sloppy, undisciplined, mistake-ridden first half of football and heading into the locker room without the lead for the first time all season.

In the past, whether home or away, there would be little doubt as to the outcome of that game, and the rest of the season would be played out with diminished expectations.

But not this year. These Tigers came back out for the second half down four points to the Seminoles and played like their Clemson defensive tackle Scott Pagano rushes the Florida State season depended on it, quarterback. The Tigers defeated the Seminoles 23-13 in Death because it did. They held Valley last week. star running back Dalvin Cook to a measly 37 yards in the second about making Shawn Elliott the half. They managed to score 17 more permanent head coach? It has to be points while holding Florida State to one painfully obvious to anyone who’s field goal. They sent Wayne Gallman into watched these last few games that this the breach again and again, even after is a new, re-energized team. This guy he’d been ineffective in the first half, and is pumping up his players, making a he delivered the game-winning TD while decent team out of a jumbled collection rushing for 103 yards. On any other of unproven kids, and even managing day, he surely would’ve been the Tigers’ to look like he’s enjoying himself on the leading rusher, but DeShaun Watson sidelines every once in a while.

Without the burden of expectations, was apparently feeling a bit greedy and rushed for 107. That’s on top of his 297 without the baggage of a name like Spurrier or Holtz, what’s wrong with yards passing.

And I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention giving a passionate leader some time Shaq Lawson, who quite simply refused to rebuild this team? Are we expecting to let an injured shoulder stop him from whoever comes in next year to set the getting back into the game and helping SEC on fire, anyway? Given the two or Ben Boulware stop a last-gasp, fourth- three years it typically takes a new coach to get his recruits in place, probably not. and-1 conversion by Cook.

So what’s wrong with letting this guy After that win, it’s difficult to imagine give it a shot?

Syracuse, Wake Forest or Carolina Are the Gamecocks going to beat offering much to be concerned about.

Florida this weekend? Probably not.

The Clemson Tigers’ greatest remaining But I can guarantee you they believe adversary at this point is themselves. they’ve got a shot, and that’s because of Shawn Elliott.

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lost. It’s important to keep in mind that before Tennessee’s Malik Foreman forced Jerell Adams’ fumble, the Gamecocks were well within range of a game-tying field goal, and that’s at minimum. It’s hard to imagine that Perry Orth and Co. couldn’t have gotten past the Volunteers’ collapsing defense into the end zone.

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Come do the contra at the TR Farmer’s Market TABITHA CORLEY | CONTRIBUTOR

The Travelers Rest Farmers Market will host its second annual Farmer’s Contra on Frday, Nov. 13, from 5:30 to 11 p.m.

This fundraiser event will be held at Trailblazer Park and is open to the community.

“It is really a beautiful community event,” said Adrienne Hawkins, executive director and marketing manager for the Travelers Rest Farmers Market, and the only one in the area other than Taylors, S.C., that offers contra dancing as part of a “unique event.”

On the menu for this year’s feast is paella – a Spanish rice dish filled with vegetables and meats – a vegetarian option, desserts, beer and coffee provided by local vendors. The latter part of the evening is dedicated to dancing, Hawkins said. The Blue Ridge Rounders and Jenny Wakefield are set to perform, she said, and visitors need not worry about any lack of expertise – the contra dancing style is a modern version of English square dancing.

Hawkins said the Travelers Rest Farmers Market, now in its ninth season, is the largest of the independent nonprofit farmers markets in South Carolina and owes its success to the help of volunteers and sponsors who are “completely grass-roots.”

“There is no community like Travelers Rest,” Hawkins said.

“There is something in the water where people just come out and support this market. It’s been an overwhelming support system, and we depend on that.”

The market is open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday from May through September, switching in October to Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. Future fall/ winter events include The Very Merry Local Christmas Market, to be held Saturday, Dec. 13,

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Meals on Wheels of Greenville received a $7,500 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. The donation will enable Meals on Wheels to provide over 1,600 meals for homebound individuals in Greenville County.

Independent insurBank of America’s Brittany Hilbert and Luke Barnett with Meals ance agency ECM Soon Wheels executive director Catriona Carlisle and director of lutions recently raised development Lorain Crowl. and donated $15,000 to Pendleton Place after holding a 5K race.

More than 150 runners participated in the race to benefit the nonprofit that works to keep children safe and support families in crisis with prevention, assessment and intervention.

The Upstate chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) is seeking a local nonprofit beneficiary for its annual public service initiative and is accepting applications. Designed for nonprofits that have some marketing budget but limited resources to make those dollars impactful, the AAF Greenville public service program boasts an engaged membership of marketing and advertising professionals who are willing to donate their time and services. Visit aafgreenville.org/ public-service for an application. Applications are due by Nov. 30.

The Chapman Foundation and Sheen Magazine celebrated life, survival and purpose at the Pynkalycious Breast Cancer Awareness Walk on Oct. 3. The 4K walk began at the Nirvana Cultural Center in Fountain Inn and ended at the Younts Center for Performing Arts. The event raised funds for breast cancer survivors and research, benefitting the Dr. Paul Kountz, Dana Hagy, London Whitson, Pearlie Harris, Regina Bon Secours St. Francis Brooks-Gilmore, Alicia Landreth and Kathy Dailey.

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OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY NEWS, EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS AnMed Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a joint venture between AnMed Health Rehabilitation Hospital and HealthSouth, recently received the Exceptional Performance Award during HealthSouth’s Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet. AnMed is one of six hospitals in HealthSouth’s network of 107 nationwide that was honored.

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Greenville’s Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Troop 19 honored 10 local Boy Scouts for attaining the rank of Eagle Scout. The following young men who were recognized in the Eagle Scout Court of Honor included: Hayden Anderson, Greenville High entrance; Tee Christie, gates and a rack at Holmes Educational Forrest Group Campsite; Will Dodson, Sterling Community Center bike racks and storage; Tim Irwin, refurbished homes for GAIHN; Sutton Kanipe, improvements at Sterling Community Center; Ben Meyer, Conestee Nature Park trail enhancement; Dustin McFalls, Clemson Botanical Gardens; Shawn Potter, Westminster Retirement Community dog park; Eli Swartz, League Academy tree garden restoration; and Charles Vandross, renovations of church space for classrooms.

Lucy Beam Hoffman is seeking Vietnam War veterans to interview for a book on personal histories. Veterans can participate in recorded interviews that can be reviewed after transcription. For more information, email lucyslegacy@gmail.com.

On Nov. 14, the Upcountry History Museum-Furman University will host its annual Veterans’ Tribute Day. Admission is free for this all-day event that will feature presentation of the colors, keynote address by Dr. Marian Strobel, book discussions, Korean War veterans forum, film screening and children’s scavenger hunt. Visit upcountryhistory.org for details.

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Emmanuel’s Hammer, an EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: back row, Jamie Moon, Ryan Upstate nonprofit that assists Rosenfeld, Leslie Latimer and Josh Howard; middle row, community members with Julie Von Bokern and Lesley Griffeth; front row, Barbara critical, unmet needs within Kremenliev, Kristy Way, Linda Brees and Robin Blackwood. their homes, has put a temporary hold on Upstate work to focus on helping residents in the Midlands and Lowcountry with flood damage. The group led teams of volunteers and early responders to Andrews, S.C., where they have helped with flood response, conducted damage assessments, stripped homes to the foundations, NEW MEMBERS: back row, Betsy Steifle, Claude Robinson, mucked out homes and cleaned Curt Hall and Greg Dover; front row, Amanda McDougaldScott, Melanie Williams, Becky Ramsey and Amie Owens. out appliances and furniture damaged by contaminated water.

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Clemson running back Wayne Gallman makes a fourth-quarter touchdown run.

The Clemson Tigers defeated the Florida State Seminoles 23-13 at Memorial Stadium in Clemson Saturday, Nov. 7.

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Bon Secours Wellness Arena played host to Clemson and Lenoir-Rhyne in basketball on Fan Fest Night last week. The Tigers edged out the Bears 8784 in double overtime in the exhibition game.

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Broadway talent Dorothy Bishop put on quite a show at Centre Stage in “The Dozen Divas Show.” The VIP event after the show included food from The Playwright Pub and cocktails from local Boca Loca Rum.

Pendleton Place hosted their sixth annual Benefit Breakfast at the TD Convention Center with 550 guests in attendance. Speakers, pictured left to right, Sam Wyche, former NFL football player, coach and Pendleton Place board member; Shambray Carroll, Pendleton Place Connections Count client with her daughter; Sonya Rigsby, Pendleton Place board member and mentor; Laurie Rovin, Pendleton Place president; and Natalie Ruggiero, Pendleton Place board president.

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Hughes Academy of Science and Technology student Rosser Martin won second place in the 2015 Anti-Drug Poster Calendar Contest sponsored by the 13th Circuit Solicitors Office and Greenville Family Partnership.

St. Joseph’s Catholic School seniors Elizabeth DeMars and Kenneth Lava were named the school’s winners in the Wendy’s High School Heisman (WHSH) Contest. As the collegiate Heisman Trophy is the premier individual award in college football, the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award recognizes students for excellence in academics, athletics and community/school leadership.

School winners will continue on for the chance to become a State Finalist.

Bob Jones Academy band and chorus students performed with the U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus during their community concert held in Rodeheaver Auditorium on the Bob Jones University campus. The students were able to perform with the band and chorus for a number during the program that featured varied selections. Daniel Leedy (euphonium), Bryn Carrier (oboe) and Ethan Thompson (trumpet) played with the U.S. Army Field Band while Lyndsie Gray, Elliott Martin, Emaley Fuller and Jared Miller sang in the chorus. The Concert Band and Soldiers’ Chorus are the oldest and largest of The U.S. Army Field Band’s performing components.

In preparation for an upcoming trade show in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Greer High’s Virtual Enterprise class toured TPM Inc. to help them come up with ideas for the booth display for the trade show. Students in Brad Redd’s VE class this year are: Hannah Bailey, Makenzie Cain, Ghaliyah Cohen, Dylan DeHaven, Cassey Freeman, Noah Hannon, Tori Henderson, Mesia Morris, Houston Osborne and Kristin Thomas.

Bob Jones Academy was awarded the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) Award at the elementary school level by the South Carolina Association for Educational Technology (SCAET) for its innovative technological interactive environment. The award was presented during the annual SC Educational Technology Conference (SC EdTech 2015) in Charleston. BJA’s innovative technology program, known as “Learning Beyond the Walls,” highlighted the use of an educationally technological interactive environment outside the classroom. The BJA faculty and staff planted and built learning areas where students could extend classroom learning. QR codes located through BJA’s courtyard garden allow students to link information correlating with various plants and features, and use their devices to interact with features, a garden and weather equipment. A website enlightens students to plants, wildlife and aquatics in the courtyard.

The Shannon Forest Christian School Crusader Club will be selling Roebuck Greenhouse poinsettias for the Christmas season. Orders will be due on Monday, Nov. 23. Delivery will be on Monday, Nov. 30.

Order forms are available online at shannonforest.com or in any school office.

Hughes Academy’s sixth-grade team visits fifth-graders at local elementary schools each week. Hughes believes the transition to middle school is one of the toughest times in a child’s life. The team works a year in advance to build relationships with parents and students to make the transition to middle school as smooth as possible.

Carrie McCain, a sixth-grade counselor at Hughes Academy, poses with Evie Frank, a fifth-grader at Augusta Circle Elementary.

Furman University education professor Judy Stuart, Ph.D., has been awarded the inaugural James H. Smart Award by Furman’s Cothran Center for Vocational Reflection. Presented annually to a Furman faculty or staff member, the Jim Smart Award is designed to promote encouragement of vocational exploration and reflection by Furman students, and to recognize those who exemplify this work in their teaching, advising, mentoring, service, public engagement and other aspects of their roles at the university. The award celebrates the memory of Jim Smart, a longtime Furman history professor (1967-1995) who died in 2013. Dr. Stuart is an associate professor and the coordinator of special education programs for the education department at Furman. Stuart also coordinates programs and advises students seeking an education major without certification as preparation for non-teaching fields.

Tonya Jones, a student in the marketing program at Greenville Technical College, has been named the winner of the 2015 F.M. Rogers Student Leadership Award. The award is named after a longtime dean of the college and recognizes both academic success and leadership in community service. In 1995, she received a diploma in business. In 2013, Jones returned to GTC, this time to earn an associate degree in Marketing in order to understand how to market her nonprofit organization, Poetic Word Ministries.

Tonya is now in her final semester, earning a GPA of 3.68.

Blue Ridge High School’s Air Force Junior ROTC earned an overall unit assessment score of “exceeds standards,” the highest rating attainable, in its evaluation on Oct. 26.

(L to R) Lt. Col David Rogers, C/Lt. Col. William Metcalf (grade 12), C/2nd Lt. Courtney Gates (grade 11), C/Maj. Austin Howard (grade 12), MSgt. Fred Fuller, and Major Don Bailey.

Upper students in The Chandler School’s automotive culture and engineering (ACE) class traveled to Las Vegas for a field trip. They toured Renegade Hybrids Students and instructor Chris White and a mechanic and met driving incheck out a Mercedes engine. structor Scott Mann, visited Brock Racing Enterprises and met race car driver and designer Peter Brock; and visited Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch.

Students also visited the world’s largest Mercedes dealership, owned by Fletcher Jones III. Gantt Fire Department visited with 4-K and 5-K students at Our Lady of the Rosary.

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Wood Turner Tells His Cataract Story

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“When I left surgery, my vision was 20/20 the next day!”

– Mike Chandler, Clemson Eye Cataract Patient

echnology has always played an important role in eye care.

Today, just about every aspect of vision care has been significantly improved by a technology not available 10 years ago.

Cataract surgery is a good example of the great advances being made. But before we talk about the innovations in modern cataract surgery, let’s cover the basics of what a cataract is and how it occurs.

Understanding Cataracts A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye. Changes in the lens proteins and increased water content cause the lens to become cloudy and take on a darker yellow color, so that light can no longer easily be transmitted to the retina. This results in a painless, often insidious blurring of vision as well as glare and washed-out colors.

Cataracts are usually the natural result of aging, but may also be caused by trauma, medications, systemic or ocular disease, or genetic factors. The appearance and symptoms of cataracts can vary depending on their cause. A comprehensive eye exam is required for a definitive diagnosis and to determine if any other eye disorders are contributing to the blurred vision. Left untreated, cataracts can lead to blindness. They are the leading cause of vision loss in the United States.

To date there are no proven non-surgical treatments. When cataracts cause enough visual disturbance to interfere with a person’s work, hobbies or lifestyle (particularly driving), it is probably time to remove them.

Cataract surgery is one of the safest and most commonly performed ophthalmologic procedures in the United States.1 The surgery involves removing the clouded lens and replacing it with a permanent artificial one.

Innovations in Replacement Lenses Today, patients can choose the intraocular lens (IOL) replacement that best suits their lifestyle. For instance, a multifocal IOL, like the ReSTOR® lens, provides a range of vision. A full 85% of Clemson Eye patients never wear glasses again after their ReSTOR® lens implant.2 Note that patients can still opt for a traditional “monofocal” lens replacement, understanding that if they needed glasses before their cataract surgery, they will still be dependent on them after surgery.

Along with improved lens implant technology, cataract surgery has advanced to include the femtosecond laser. The laser replaces many of the surgical steps that used to be performed manually by the surgeon.

Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery Approved for use in cataract surgery by the FDA in 2010, and introduced in 2011, the femtosecond laser is now used by a number of select surgeons world-wide. It is used to make the initial incisions in the cornea, to create the incision in the lens capsule, to soften and break up the clouded lens for extraction, and to make incisions within the peripheral cornea to correct pre-existing astigmatism.

The patient benefits include more consistent and stable incisions,

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which facilitate faster healing, are more secure and have less risk of leaks and infection.3 The laser also allows the surgeon to recreate the exact same size capsule opening every single time. This improves the position of the lens implant in the eye and the surgeon’s ability to calculate the refractive power of the implant. With the astigmatism correcting incisions, this all adds up to improved visual outcomes for cataract patients.4 At Clemson Eye, patients who opted for Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery (LACS) with an advanced lens implant generally achieved 20/20 vision without glasses, regardless of their age.2 Mike Chandler, wood turner and former optical engineer, is one such patient.

Mike Chandler, Wood Turner and Former Engineer “When I moved to Seneca, SC, one of the things I took up was wood turning,” says Mike. “I’d been wearing reading glasses since I was 45 years old. Wore them up until a year ago, when I had cataract surgery.

I found for the extremely small work I do, I needed increasingly higher powered lenses, which caused me to have to move in closer to be able to see. Now, after laser cataract surgery with the ReSTOR® lens, I can sit back comfortably to do what I used to have to do close up.

“I’m familiar with the lens, having worked on the manufacturing side of the ophthalmic business for years. I can tell you it’s an excellent product.

“People used to tell me: ‘You should wait until the cataract is more fully developed before having surgery.’ But that is old-school thinking.

When Dr. Parisi told me I had cataracts, he said ‘You can wait for the surgery or have it now.’ I asked if there was any issue with having the surgery now, and he said there wasn’t. So, I opted for sooner than later. When I left surgery, my vision was 20/20 the next day! You would not believe the difference in your vision once you’ve had this done. It is just amazing,” says Mike.

Eye Exam is Best Way to Know If you think you may have a cataract, we encourage you to book an eye exam. In terms of costs and payment, basic cataract surgery is usually covered by most health insurance plans. Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery and advanced lens implants require an additional payment. If you’re a Clemson Eye patient, you have the option of 24-month, 0% payment plans.

The surgeons at Clemson Eye were among the first in the country to perform Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery with advanced lens implants.

We use the most advanced suite of laser-guided surgery systems available today.

1. Nagy Z, Takacs A, Filkorn T, Sarayba M. Initial clinical evaluation of an intraocular femtosecond laser in cataract surgery. J Refract Surg. 2009; 25(12):1053-1060.

2. Clemson Eye Laser Cataract with Advanced Intraocular Lens Replacement Results, 2014.

3. “Laser Pretreatment Softens Cataracts, Allows for Safer, Easier Removal, Researchers Say”, Charlene Laino, WebMD Health News, (Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD), Oct. 25, 2011.

4. Palanker DV, Blumenkranz MS, Andersen D, et al. Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery with integrated optical coherence tomography. Sci Transl Med 2010; 2:58ra85.

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PE OPLE , AWA R D S , HONOR S Chris Stroble Joins Coldwell Banker Caine

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C oldwell Banker Caine recently welcomed Chris Stroble as a residential sales agent to its Greenville office.

Stroble joins Coldwell Stroble Banker Caine as an Accredited Buyers Representative with over 10 years of real estate experience. Prior to joining Caine, she worked for another Upstate real estate company where she was recognized as Client Relations Associate of the Year and received the Outstanding Achievement and Masters Circle awards. In her free time she enjoys reading, gardening and decorating homes. Married for 43 years, she and her husband have two adult children and two grandchildren.

“We are thrilled to welcome Chris to our Greenville team,” said Stephen Edgerton, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Caine. “The quality of service she provides her clients and proven success in the

Hart And Smith Join the Simpsonville Office of Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors is pleased to announce the addition of two new Sales Associates to its Simpsonville office. Amy Hart and Linda Smith join the company as its newest real estate professionals.

Hart brings more than 14 years of accounting experience to her new role in the real estate industry.

A graduate of Newberry College, she holds a Hart Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. The Greenville

native resides in Fountain Inn with her husband, Chris, and their three children.

In addition to two years of Upstate real estate experience, Smith brings over a decade of retail and home design expertise to the company. She earned Smith a Bachelors of Fine Arts in design from the University of North Texas.

A Dallas native, Smith and her husband, Geoff, currently reside in Simpsonville.

“We are very excited to welcome Amy and Linda to C. Dan Joyner’s Simpsonville office,” said Matt Thrift, Broker-In-Charge.

“I look forward to working with these newest members of the C. Dan Joyner family.”

don’t stay on the market very long. Savvy buyers keep their eyes open and are prepared to write an offer quickly when they find the right home.

So you might think that more sellers are taking the Realtor® out of the process – and listing the home themselves to save marketing dollars.

Quite the contrary, says Pat Riley, president and CEO, Allen Tate Companies, in the November-December edition of Carolinas Market Update, a bi-monthly real estate series.

Only 9 percent of home are FSBO – for sale by owner – and that has not changed in the last 3 years, according to the National Association of Realtors. Of those, nearly half knew the buyer – a family member or friend – which mean true FSBOs are even a smaller percentage of today’s market.

“Marketing – while very, very important – is only a small part of the real estate equation.

Sellers understand that a professional Realtor offers you is much, much more,” said Riley.

A Realtor helps you: • Price your home correctly

Despite Strong Housing Market, Few Sellers Choose to ‘Go It Alone’ Only 9 percent of homes are For Sale by Owner In today’s real estate market, homes in good condition that are priced competitively

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jun food is intensely flavorful, especially to a child’s palate, but this was my only experience with food until we moved to another state. I came home from my first day of the new school in the new state and told my mother that all the food “So, where are you from?” Answering Guest columnist they served me at lunch had “gone bad.” this question ranks among dish washing It lacked flavor. and rolling pet hair off of my clothes as She explained that the food was fine. one of those things that must be fumbled It just wasn’t doused in Creole seasoning with on a painfully frequent basis. and hot sauce. (Oh, and worse – school Like many others in today’s mobile so- with Emily Yepes won’t be closed for Mardi Gras.) ciety, I’ve moved too much to have a true I return to Louisiana each November, “hometown.” I know the casual converand in anticipation of that trip I’ve shared sationalist doesn’t typically want or need a classic New Orleans recipe – bread pudthe most accurate answer, and listing ding with whiskey sauce, copied verbastates inevitably leads to the same convertim from “Gumbo Shop: A New Orleans sation. Me: “No, not an Army brat.” Asker: Restaurant Cookbook.”

“Then why all the moving?” – followed by Gumbo Shop is an award-winning resthe buzzkill explanation of layoffs and ditaurant in the French Quarter that serves vorce and unusual family living arrangeall the traditional Creole cuisine that is alments. most never executed well outside of LouiBetter to just pick a state and pretend siana, in my humble opinion: boudin, that the story ends there. jambalaya, shrimp creole, etouffee, gumAll of which is the roundabout way to bo and one of my favorite desserts, bread say we moved to Louisiana when I was a toddler and pudding with whiskey sauce. stayed there until I was 10 years old. Creole and CaLike New Orleans, the bread pudding is warm, gooey, sugary and boozy. I’ve prepared this recipe as an alternative to the usual holiday treats following holiday dinners because the cinnamon and nutmeg are fitting for the season – but in Louisiana, bread pudding is enjoyed any time of year. It’s made of humble ingredients: stale French bread, milk, eggs, sugar. My grandfather has been known to use day-old donuts instead of French bread (just reduce the sugar). Enjoy.

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1/4 cup butter 3 cups milk 2 quarts day-old French bread, cut into 1-inch cubes 1/2 cup cubed pineapple 1/2 cup raisins Pinch of salt 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. vanilla 3 large eggs, beaten

Combine the milk and butter in a saucepan and heat until the butter is melted. In a large mixing bowl combine the bread, pineapple, and raisins and toss to mix.

Add the milk and butter mixture, mix, and let stand for several minutes, allowing the bread to absorb the liquid.

Mix the sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Add the vanilla to the beaten eggs, then mix in the sugar and spices. Pour all this over the bread and milk mixture and mix well.

Transfer the pudding to a greased 1 1/2quart baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm, topped with about 3 tablespoons of Whiskey Sauce.

Whiskey Sauce 1/4 cup butter, softened 2 cups confectioners sugar 1 jigger bourbon*

Using electric mixer, slowly cream the sugar into the butter. Slowly beat in the bourbon. *A “jigger” is about the amount of a minibottle. For less boozy flavor, use about a shot’s worth.

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• Stage your home effectively • Identify necessary repairs and enhancements to get your home ready for sale • Showcase your home through quality photography • Expose your home to the real estate community

• Expose your home to the widest range of potential buyers through the right websites In addition, a Realtor is prepared to immediately respond to inquiries about your home and is available for unbiased showings. Realtors are familiar with mandated disclosure and discrimination law, and is an expert in negotiating inspections, warranties, and what is included with the home.

Interestingly, 92 percent of all home buyers also elect to use the services of a Realtor.

“So why would it even make sense to represent yourself as a seller when your buyer has a professional by their side?” said Riley.

“You only pay if your Realtor does the job and gets results.”

Carolinas Market Update is targeted to consumers in the Charlotte, Triad, Research Triangle and Upstate S.C. regions. It is

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To access the latest Carolinas Market Update, go to the Allen Tate YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/theallentatecompany) or contact any Allen Tate Realtor®.

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R E A L E S TAT E N E W S GGAR Market Overview Eight out of ten Americans believe that buying a home is a solid financial decision, according to The 2015 National Housing Pulse Survey rom the National Association of REALTORS®.

About seventy percent believe they could sell their home for at least its initial purchase price and that now is a good time to buy a home.

When asked for reasons about why homeownership matters to them, survey respondents cited building equity, wanting a stable and safe environment, and having freedom to choose their neighborhood as the top three reasons to own a home.

Attitudes about the housing market keep improving. Forty-nine percent of respondents feel activity in the housing market has increased in the past year, compared to 44 percent in 2013 and 12 percent in 2011. Nine out of ten expect home sales in their area to either increase or remain the same.

When Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen announced that the short term

borrowing rates to banks would remain where they are, homebuyers are more confident that mortgages are going to be less expensive.

The National Association of Homebuilders says that homebuilders are more confident that there is a strong market for new homes. NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe stated that firm job creation, economic growth and the release of pent-up demand will keep housing moving forward as 2015 draws to a close.

In Greater Greenville, jobs are constantly being added, which translates to a robust housing market. The Greenville Area Development Corporation recently announced that global automotive supplier Magna International is expanding its S.C. manufacturing operations with a new exteriors facility in Matrix Park. The $50.8million investment will go toward a new 165,000 square-foot exteriors facility at Matrix Park that is expected to create 153 jobs.

Housing sales are robust in Greater

Greenville. In September 2015, there were 1043 housing units sold, nearly a 10 percent increase above the previous year. The median price was nearly the same as the year before at $196,975, indicating more sales volume at the entry level. Year-to-date sales are up 18.5 percent, from 7,433 units sold between January and September 2014 to 8,807 units sold for the same nine months in 2015. Housing supplies are down over 10 percent from 5,678 active listings on hand to 5,105 available homes for sale.

The median price of homes for sale is $225,000, up 12.5 percent from $200,000 a year ago. It’s a great time to buy a home!

Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® represents over 2,200 members in all aspects of the real estate industry. Please visit the Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® web site at www.ggar.com for real estate and consumer information.

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Decorating for the holidays with traditional plants

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Every year before Thanksgiving poinsettias, Jerusalem cherry, crown of thorns, and other colorful potted plants are available in stores and garden centers to be used for seasonal holiday decorating. There are lots of plants to choose from, and one is only limited by her imagination of the possibilities. Red and green are traditional color combinations.

While the bracts of early poinsettias were red and the leaves green, today, every combination of pink, red, ivory and white variations on those bracts can be found.

The actual poinsettia flowers are the little yellow inflorescence or cyathium in the middle. Amaryllis and paper whites are also holiday favorites, purchased as bulbs for forcing indoors or already blooming.

Bulbs may be sold with instructions for planting, planters and potting media.

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Other plants popular for gifts or floral displays are orchids, cyclamen, hyacinth, kalanchoe, ivy, ferns, and Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti.

Of all the senses awakened at this holiday time, smell is very likely to come inside with plants as well as food brought into the house. Christmas trees, rosemary topiaries, wreaths, and garlands all have special smells that may be herbal, sweet or piney. Hyacinth and narcissus may have an unpleasant effect on someone with allergies and should be used with consideration to family or guests in the house.

Many houseplants are toxic. Care should be given to insure that any ornamental plant is kept well out of reach of children and curious pets. Holly and mistletoe berries are very poisonous, and even if a berry or seed pod weren’t poisonous it could still cause choking. House plants including poinsettia Many houseplants are toxic.

Many species of hollies have attractive red berries that can add color for the holidays.

Care should be given to insure that any ornamental plant is kept well out of reach of children and curious pets. Holly and mistletoe berries are very poisonous, and even if a berry or seed pod weren’t poisonous it could still cause choking. House plants including poinsettia.

Many native and ornamental plants can be used for holiday decorating including cedar, pine, podocarpus, smilax, holly, boxwood, magnolia, Leyland cypress, and arborvitae. These greens should be cut and soaked overnight in water to keep them fresh indoors longer. Spritz wreaths every few days with a water from a spray bottle. There are oils and waxes in and on the leaves and needles of holiday greenery. For safety, keep them well away from candles and heaters. Battery operated LED votive candles are available now, and they should easily last a whole season. Seed pods and cones can be strung on the tree or spray painted silver or gold for swags and wreaths.

Broomsedge, grapevines and sweet grass can be twisted and woven into those swags and wreaths. Fresh fruits, citrus, and nuts are also good to have out for your “edible” decorations. Happy holidays and please check out the Clemson Home and Garden website for other tips and safety for your holiday decorating.

Branches of evergreen conifers can be clipped to use with indoor decorations.

Prepared by Laura Lee Rose, Horticulture, Master Gardener Programs, Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service.

In Praise of Unsung Heros and Selfless Givers

Many good things happen every day in our communities that can be attributed to the actions of individuals who simply respond to a need they see. As part of Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative’s 75th Anniversary, 75 members were recognized as “Bolts of Brightness” for their contribution to an individual, club, church, school, or other cause.

From serving meals to tutoring, to running errands or organizing afternoon activities for school kids, these individuals truly make a positive difference in the lives they touch. Blue Ridge Electric Co-op has honored these folks by donating a gift of $500 to each for the charitable use of their choice. The idea behind Bolts of Brightness was to “find a few big hearts that light up our community”, and we congratulate each of those who were chosen.

For a listing of each individual and their special“cause”, please visit our website at www.blueridge.coop.

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Stage ministries

So you know

Two churches use a different kind of script to teach lessons CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Churches have used manuscripts written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to teach lessons for centuries.

But for some ministries at churches in Greenville, the scripts in use are written by Lionel Bart, Tim Rice and Oscar Hammerstein.

Two of Greenville’s churches have productions going on this weekend.

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” WHO: First Presbyterian Church’s Resonate! Players “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is the perfect production for First Presbyterian Church’s Resonate! Players because all of the lines are sung, not spoken. This weekend’s production is the third time the group has produced the musical since 2008. Provided photo.

Theater is resurrected at The Block Former home of Centre Stage hosts First Pres’ Resonate! Players production The curtain will rise again this weekend at the former home of Centre Stage Greenville.

First Presbyterian Church’s Resonate! Players will stage “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Friday through Sunday at The Block, an off-white block building at the corner of West Washington and Academy streets in downtown Greenville that had served as the home to Centre Stage for 10 years back in the 1980s and 1990s.

“When the lights are out and we’re doing a show, it’s a nice facility,” said John Gentry, the church’s director of music and the arts. “It’s not much to look at with the lights on. But we’re using it now more than we ever have.”

Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14 and 15, 3 p.m.

WHERE: The Block Theatre 302 W. Washington St., Greenville TICKETS: Adults - $12; Students - $5 INFORMATION: fpcjoseph.com

This weekend’s “Dreamcoat” production is the third time since 2008 the church has staged the Broadway version of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber hit.

The church bought the building a year before Centre Stage left for its current home on River Street and used the theater part of the building, complete with a thrust stage and seating for 140, for storage.

“It’s a perfect show for us,” Gentry said. “There’s no dialogue to memorize and each scene is a song or two songs. It calls for a lot of boys and we’re blessed with a lot of boys.”

That changed about a decade ago when several ministries of the church cleaned up the theater and began using it for Bible study and a few musical and theater events.

Resonate! Players features 38 students from more than 15 schools in the “Dreamcoat” production. All tickets are general admission and doors open 30 minutes before each performance.

“When families are involved, the commitment is even stronger and the fun is even greater,” she said. “The play resonated with me.”

“Oliver” will be staged in the sanctuary at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church this weekend.

Zimmerman founded St. Peter’s Players in 2000 as a drama ministry for the church.

The first production featured two platforms and a spotlight. Now it has an entire stage and full lighting equipment. St. Peter’s Players have performed both religious and secular pieces.

‘Oliver’ perfect fit for St. Peter’s Players “Oliver” had all Robyn Zimmerman was looking for in the next St. Peter’s Players’ musical production. The Lionel Bart musical

WHEN: Friday and Saturday,

Nov. 13 and 14, 7:30 p.m.

based on Charles Dickens’ novel “Oliver Twist” has great music, a story with a good message and a large intergenerational cast.

“Oliver” tells the story of an orphan who goes from mistreatment in the London workhouses to falling in with a gang of pickpockets before finally finding a home.

“It’s about hope, survival, perseverance and love,” Zimmerman said. “He finds a sense of belonging, something we all want.”

“Oliver” WHO: St. Peter’s Players WHERE: 910 Hudson Road, Greenville WHEN: Nov. 13 and Nov. 14,

7:30 p.m.

ADMISSION: free, donations accepted INFORMATION: 268-7280

Whit Kluttz plays Oliver. Emelyn Pagel plays Nancy. Both parts feature difficult music to sing and Zimmerman knew she had the singers that could pull them off.

St. Peter’s Players regular Ken Shabel plays Fagin.

About three dozen people make up the cast and crew.

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Fired up Ricky Skaggs breaks boundaries at Greenville’s Peace Center VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

musical past, present and future.

Ricky Skaggs is such a beloved performer that it’s sometimes difficult to remember how boundary-breaking the last two decades of his career have been.

Skaggs’ first notable success came in the early 1970s, when he was asked to join Ralph Stanley’s Clinch Mountain Boys on mandolin. Skaggs’ dazzling instrumental skill, not just on mandolin but on fiddle and guitar, made him an in-demand player, and he later did stints with J.D. Crowe’s New South, Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band and The Country Gentlemen. When he struck out on his own in 1980, he had huge success within mainstream country, scoring 12 No. 1 hits and eight CMA awards.

But it’s what Skaggs did when his country success began to cool off that truly has defined his recent musical life. Starting with 1997’s defiantly titled “Bluegrass Rules,” Skaggs has done exactly as he pleased, releasing a series of first-rate bluegrass albums with his band Kentucky Thunder, while collaborating with everyone from Phish to Bruce Hornsby to Jack White and running his own record label, Skaggs Family Records.

His most recent collaboration is with stringed-instrument master (and fellow musical adventurer) Ry Cooder.

The two men, along with Skaggs’ wife, Sharon White of the venerable country vocal group the Whites, are playing at the Peace Center on Saturday, Nov. 21, and the Greenville Journal spoke with Skaggs recently about the tour and his

In a press release about the tour, you talked about how much you admire Ry. What do you admire about him?

His playing abilities are just amazing. Every guitar player holds him in such high honor, and the tone he gets is just better than everybody.

His ability to bridge different genres of music together, and blend different sounds together, he’s a genius at that.

He’s just one of a kind.

And he’s a great singer.

I’ve always liked his music and always hoped I had the chance to get to play with him. I never thought it was going to turn into a tour.

vharris@communityjournals.com

What is the show like?

We do a fair amount of country, quite a bit of gospel; Ry loves the gospel stuff, and we’re no strangers to that. And then we have some bluegrass tunes that we’ve taken and re-arranged a little bit. Ry does an old Jimmy Martin tune called “Hold Whatcha Got.” Having Mr. Buck White, Sharon’s dad, playing piano every night has been so great. He’s getting a lot of playing time. He kind of embodies that classic country from the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s; he’s got all of that in his noggin.

From left: Ricky Skaggs, Sharon White, Ry Cooder.

Given the amount of instruments that you and Ry can play, how do you determine who plays what?

Well, he leaves the mandolin and fiddle to me. I’m playing some electric guitar, but he’s pretty much handling all the lead guitar stuff. And he’s playing banjo. I’ve encouraged him to pull his banjo out of the closet and play some bluegrass with us. He’s getting to play things he would never to get to play in his own music.

Do you see your tendency to ignore musical genres as common ground with Ry? I really do. I think we’re definitely brothers in all that. The whole major-label thing for him, it’s such a game and such a business of who’s hot and who’s not, and

they just drop you like a dirty shirt.

Obviously, you don’t have to worry about that anymore, since you have your own label.

That’s been a great thing, to be able to do the music I want to do, when I want to do it. Those days when the big eyeball from the label is scrutinizing you, saying, “We want to hear the songs you’re thinking about doing,” those days are over with. And I don’t care! I’m more fired up and inspired musically than I feel like I’ve ever been.

Ricky Skaggs, Ry Cooder and Sharon White will play the Peace Center on Saturday, Nov. 21. For ticket info and showtime, visit peacecenter.org.

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SOUND CHECK

WITH VINCENT HARRIS

Prepare to be flattened

Upstate quartet Fall of an Empire brings molten riffs and primal vocals to Radio Room The music of the Upstate quartet Fall of an Empire is less “heavy” than it is HEAVY. The band formed in 2012 and quickly drew a loyal fan base by creating large, slowmoving, monolithic slabs of molten riffs, and a rhythm section that resembles a brontosaurus lumbering through mud.

These giant metal epics are accented by the positively primal vocals of Kenny Lawrence, whose powerful, bellowing voice sounds like some unholy cross between Glenn Danzig and the Cult’s Ian Astbury. In short, those not prepared to be flattened by classic Black Sabbath-style hugeness need not apply.

Surprisingly, Lawrence had never sung lead with any group before Fall of an Empire formed.

He was a bass player by trade who occasionally handled some backKenny Lawrence, vocalist of Fall of an Empire ground vocals, but that was about it. He did, however, do some time ARTIST: Fall of an Empire w/ Gruzer & Devil Gone Public on the amateur circuit.

WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 14, 9 p.m.

“I used to sing karaoke,” LawWHERE: Radio Room, 2845 N. Pleasantburg Drive rence says, “and I’ve always had a INFO: 864-263-7868; radioroomgreenville.com knack for imitating people. I entered the Carolina Idol contest that they did at Chief’s [Wings & Firewater] and I won third place out of like 400 people.

It just sort of fell into my lap.”

After mimicking some of his Southern rock and heavy metal favorites, Lawrence says something interesting happened.

“I started to hone my own sound,” he says. “All those influences ended up becoming one singular sound, customized to me. I took all the people that I’d been imitating and mixed them, and that became me.”

What’s also interesting about Fall of an Empire’s music is that band members grew up listening to a kind of metal entirely different than the kind they ended up playing.

“For a long time, when I was growing up, the scene was more thrash-y,” Lawrence says. “Everything was fast. The first metal bands I ever listened to were bands like Metallica and Megadeth. But as I got older, things seemed to slow down a little bit. There was this whole ‘low-and-slow’ genre that came up. Those types of bands sounded more like Sabbath or Zeppelin. And it just appealed to me more than playing 3,000 notes really fast. I found that I was influenced by a lot of Southern bands as well, and a lot of those bands took a similar approach.”

When the band, who will play the Radio Room in Greenville on Saturday, began playing that previously neglected style, they were very conscious of filling a gap.

“There was a huge market for it,” Lawrence says. “When we started, we wanted to bring back what we used to see. Every now and then a band would come through that would be similar to what we do. And that’s what inspired us, because there weren’t any more bands like that coming through. So people were itching for it; at least I know we were, because that’s why we started the band. But we were very humbled by the response.”

Given the emphasis on massive riffs and rhythms, Fall of an Empire’s songwriting method is actually a bit surprising. “[Guitarist] Brent Carroll brings in lyrics, and then me, [bassist] Shane Munoz or Brent will come up with a riff, and we write the song around Brent’s lyrics. It’s about what the lyrics feel like. Everything’s really about feel with us.”

VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR | vharris@communityjournals.com

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Page turners

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Sandra Savell will share her story as caregiver for her mother and how it inspired her to write this book for you.

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Author Autograph session will be held.

November 17, 2015 • 6 PM

The perfect literary gift Brainstorming about what unique holiday gifts to give this coming season? Community Journals’ staff offers suggestions of titles worth sharing this Christmas.

I prefer giving books that will enrich and educate as gifts. It could be a travel book to inspire someone to venture to a place they’ve never thought of, a cookbook with a new take on triedand-true recipes or a do-it-yourself guide to home improvements. If I do choose a fiction book, I always try to look for a signed or out-of-print copy to make the gift special. Here are three suggestions: For those who like to travel: “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed For the closet chef: “Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes” by Giada De Laurentiis A book every aspiring writer should read: “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life” by Anne Lamott –Sherry Jackson, staff writer, Upstate Business Journal and Greenville Journal

Many of the titles on my bookshelves were gifts, and I enjoy choosing the perfect book to pass along. Instead of plastic toys, I often select a book for a child’s gift. One title that appeals to young readers’ “ick” fascination (and enjoyed by my little readers) is “The Mischievians”

by William Joyce. Mischievians cause phenomena like missing homework and strange smells. Joyce creatively explains the origin of blisters: a Mista Blista who lives in new shoes and swells with joy at heat and sweat. What’s more, The Giggler can be blamed for contagious and uncontrollable fits of laughter, while The Endroller gleefully uses up all the toilet paper and The Sock Stalker compulsively breaks up pairs of socks.

–April A. Morris, staff writer, Upstate Business Journal and Greenville Journal

When I was a little kid, one of my Christmas gifts each year was a Little Book. The publisher of the series of children’s books was based Golden Book in my hometown of Racine, Wis. I bought Little Golden Books, which still feature a distinctive gold strip on the spine, for my children when they were young. I still buy them today – for my grandchildren.

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One of my favorite books for children is “Santa Calls” by William Joyce. A rompingly good adventure story that ranges from Texas to the North Pole, with an intrepid pair of siblings, a villainous Dark Queen, amazing illustrations and a lovely interactive ending that I won’t give away. My sons adored it as boys and I still read it every Christmas.

– Susan Clary Simmons, executive editor, Upstate Business Journal and Greenville Journal

I’m always looking for ways to lead a calmer, less stressful day-to-day, and “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff … and It’s All Small Stuff” by Richard Carlson arrived at just the right time. Dr. Carlson offers simple strategies for living a more fulfilled and peaceful life, with ways to keep from letting the little things drive you crazy. He also highlights ways to keep calm in the midst of stress-filled days and explains how to put things in perspective by making small changes and asking yourself, “Will this matter a year from now?” Carlson explains why we should learn to trust our intuition and live each day as if it might be our last.

– Kristy Adair, art director and creative design lead, Community Journals

The Alzheimer’s Association is able to provide a no-cost, in-home patient sitter for any family caregiver that would like to attend the program. To learn more about obtaining a patient sitter please call 1-800-272-3900 at least 2 weeks in advance.

My mother gave me Alice Waters’ Waters’ “The Art of Simple Food” when I was first starting to teach myself to cook. Not much of a cook herself, she asked a friend (a trained chef) for his recommendation in selecting a cookbook for me. It was just what I needed at the time because the book focuses on simplicity and basic techniques. Each foundational chapter teaches the cook how to confidently approach cooking, with whatever ingredients are on hand, and be less reliant on recipes. Alice Waters has been credited with “singlehandedly changing the American palate” by focusing on the freshest seasonal ingredients available and teaching us how to let them shine.

– Emily Yepes, marketing representative, Community Journals

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Must-See Movies

By Eric Rogers

Truthiness

3 films that deliberately set out to deceive – and do

“IT REALLY DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS IF YOU’RE A FAN OF THE ROOTS OF COUNTRY MUSIC.” - CHRIS GIBSON, BROADWAY WORLD, ST. LOUIS

As the presidential race marches on, we are likely to see more and more of what Stephen Colbert calls “truthiness,” which is defined as “the quality of seeming or being felt to be true, even if not necessarily true.” So this week my theme is truthy movies.

“THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT” Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez.

When this film was released in 1999, a large number of people seemed to be under the impression that it was not only a true story, but had been filmed by the actual victims. This was largely due to the filmmakers promoting it online as if it was true by posting fake news and police reports. When it screened at the Sundance Film Festival, the filmmakers handed out fliers asking for information about the missing students featured in the film. Now that found-footage films are all the rage, I’m not sure how prevalent that belief is, but for the record, it’s completely fictional.

“FARGO” Directed by Joel Coen.

This 1996 movie, which has blossomed into an FX television series, is about a car salesman who hires a couple of guys to kidnap his wife. The movie opens with a title card stating, “This is a true story. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987. At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed. Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred.”

In fact it is completely fictional. Having said that, it’s every bit as good when you know it’s fictional as it was when you thought it was a true story.

“JFK “ Directed by Oliver Stone.

This film is presented as the real story behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It features characters based on real people and re-tells many real events; however, there is plenty of evidence to dispute the film’s premise that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone.

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The movie begins with a method reminiscent of the beginning of “Citizen Kane,” where a documentary film relays “facts” to the viewer. It features news footage and audio clips from the era; however, it mixes in several scripted aspects as well. Fictional footage was shot so as to appear as if it was shot on old 16-millimeter and 8-milimetter film. Some segments feature actual news footage with fictional dialogue behind it and vice versa. This section is narrated by Martin Sheen, and it gives the feeling that you’re watching one of those films you’d see at a museum.

I love movies, but keep in mind: Entertainment generally takes precedence over fact.

Eric Rogers has been teaching filmmaking at The Greenville Fine Arts Center since 1994.

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Huangry Sensual and Not-So-Sensual Meals with Andrew Huang

A love letter to tacos Tacos are just about the most perfect form of food. I’m typically not one to make broad pronouncements, but truly, if I had a personal motto or a family crest, it might be something like, “For God, country, and tacos.”

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The possibilities with tacos are endless. You can get ‘em traditional and authentic, or have them reincarnated in hip, funky flavors. You can find them at a secret hole-in-the-wall, from an artisanal food truck, or at a Michelin-starred restaurant featuring some super soigne plating.

They’re portable, fun, full of character and heritage. Deconstructed, reconstructed; soft, crunchy; meatless, meat-full – there’s a taco for everyone. To loosely paraphrase (or blaspheme) Shakespeare: All the world’s a taco, and everything in it merely potential taco fillings.

Now, if you paid attention earlier, you’ll notice that I said “just about perfect.” See, there is one thing about tacos I don’t really care for: the fact that the shell, soft or hard, turns into a carb-luge for all the juicy, savory goodness inside. It just funnels everything into my hands, and so I’m forced either to contort myself into odd positions while eating, or to deal with the fact that I’m going to get tacos on my hands.

That’s plainly unacceptable. Tacos deserve a better fate than being wiped off my hand with napkins or wet wipes. (I also get kind of weird about sticky, greasy hands.)

Luckily, Papi’s Tacos has a marvelous creation designed to combat this one taco shortcoming: the Travelin’ Taco. It’s filled with shredded chicken, lettuce, pico de gallo, queso fresco, and sour cream – basically the same thing as Papi’s chicken barbacoa taco. The kicker?

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It’s stuffed inside a bag of Fritos corn chips.

To be clear, this is not a fancy meal. I wouldn’t even rank it in my top five favorite tacos of this month. (I eat a lot of tacos.) However, the Travelin’ Taco is ingenious. It’s the kind of brilliant idea one stumbles upon at 3 a.m. after a few drinks, except this remains a good idea in the harsh light of day.

With the bag of Fritos, you get all the crunchiness of a hard taco – blended with crisp lettuce, creamy-crumbly cheese, and savory chicken – without facing the prospect of your meal disintegrating in your hands. It’s basically an adventure-ready taco. Win-win.

PROS As Greenville Women Giving kicks off its 10th year of learning, working, and giving together, we are profoundly grateful to every woman who joined this experiment in collective giving. A healthy, happy community is built around arts, education, environment, health, and human services, and we are more committed than ever to attend to each of these to keep our community strong. We invite any woman who is willing to commit $1,100 a year for three years to join us.

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CONS

+ It’s a taco!!!

- Did not experience taco nirvana.

+ The queso fresco is pretty tasty – like a slightly crumbly, fresh mozzarella.

- It’s a bag of Fritos.

+ You can walk around without your hands getting dirty. + It’s a bag of Fritos.

PAPI’S TACOS 300 River St, Greenville 864-373-7274, eatpapistacos.com Sister locations in Spartanburg & Fountain Inn The Travelin’ Taco: $4 Andrew Huang is senior editor of TOWN Magazine. Follow his food misadventures on Twitter and Instagram at @rooftoptales and #huangry.

Andy and Helga: This Whole World

opening November 18

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) In the Orchard, 1973 © Pacific Sun Trading Company

Helga Testorf posed for Andrew Wyeth for 15 years, her image evolving from that of an anatomical study to earth mother and temptress to the artist’s own foil and surrogate.

Comprised of one major tempera painting and 20 works on paper, some of which have never before been exhibited publicly, Andy and Helga: This Whole World explores the artist’s creative process as he refines and recombines composition and narrative into a compellingly holistic world view.

Greenville County Museum of Art

420 College Street Greenville, SC 29601 864.271.7570 gcma.org Wed - Sat 10 am - 6 pm Sun 1 pm - 5 pm

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

Greenville Craft Beer Festival Nov. 14, noon-5 p.m. • Fluor Field • $50-$100 per person, $20 designated driver greenvillecraftbeerfestival.com Quaff some serious craft brews at the third annual Greenville Craft Beer Festival this Saturday. The outdoor event at Fluor Field features local, regional and national brewers offers samples of their flagship and newest beers. Also on tap are Craft Beer College education sessions throughout the day.

Nov. 13 CONCERT

Minneapolis Guitar Quartet Peace Center | Huguenot Loft 8 p.m. | $35 The newest program from the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet is played entirely from memory, featuring music from classical and contemporary composers as well as original pieces - a couple of which were composed by quartet members themselves. David Crittenden’s new work is inspired by music from the British Isles (think ‘Scarborough Fair’), while Maja Radovanlija’s new piece nods to a well-known Macedonian folk song.

467-3000 | peacecenter.org boxoffice@peacecenter.org

COMMUNITY MEETING

Republican Presidential Town Hall with Dr. Ben Carson Rodeheaver Auditorium | Bob Jones University 1700 Wade Hampton Blvd. noon-1:30 p.m. | Tickets required FREE U.S. Sen. Tim Scott will host Dr. Ben Carson for his “First in the South” Republican Presidential Primary Town Hall. Congressman Trey Gowdy will also participate in the event.

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Washington Center Craft Extravaganza Washington Center Courtyard

2 Betty Spencer Drive 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

FREE For a great opportunity to purchase unique gifts for the upcoming holiday season, come join the students, families and staff for the First Annual Holiday Extravaganza.

Students have been busy making a variety of crafts and food items such as: fall home decor, ornaments, candles, mason jar crafts, monogrammed items and more.

The school’s greenhouse will also be open for purchase of flowers and greenery.

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Pianist Gilead Mishory Leads Master Class at Furman Furman University, Daniel Recital Hall

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FREE As a professor at the Freiburg University of Music (Germany), Gilead Mishory’s pedagogical activity has expanded all over the world. In the last 12 years, his compositions have earned him worldwide acclaim.

Jerusalem-born Mishory has performed solo with orchestras and with renowned chamber music partners in Europe, the United States, East Asia and Israel. His wide-ranging repertoire includes all musical styles, with a special emphasis on the music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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CONCERT

Shrimp City Slim Smiley’s Acoustic Café FREE

FUNDRAISER

Fall 4 Greer Middle College 5K Walk/Run Along Miller Street in downtown Greer 9-11:30 a.m. $25 per runner/walker

EDUCATION

“Writing for Online Magazines” Workshop With Lydia Dishman M Judson Books | 130 S Main St. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | $65 This course will cover how to generate a few saleable ideas, how to find markets and editors to pitch, how to find people to interview, how to write a good query letter. Lydia Dishman is a business journalist covering innovation, entrepreneurship and style. She is a regular contributor to Fast Company and has written for CBS Moneywatch, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Popular Science, and the New York Times, among others.

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Jucifer, Waft & Coffin Torture Ground Zero Pure-noise alt-metal duo creates wall of sound.

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Nov. 16 DEVELOPMENT

Workforce Development Salute

Cabela’s Woodruff Road 9:30 a.m.-noon FREE This seminar covers what charts show navigators above and below the water, chart features, chart scales, aids to navigation, latitude and longitude, planning your course and what is in the way 281-9774 lake-hartwell.org education@lake-hartwell.org

Nov. 14

Join Shindig for their one year anniversary party. This will feature food trucks, live DJ spinning old school records, beer, prizes and the best mid century modern furniture. shindigfurnishings@gmail.com

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Radio Room

Shindig Furnishings | 542 Rutherford Road 5-8 p.m.

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Shindig Is Turning One: A Celebration

Nov. 15

Fall 4 GMC is a 5K Walk/Run through the streets of downtown Greer. The proceeds from the event go toward the Greer Middle College New Building Fund.

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Veteran dynamic acoustic bluesman.

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CONCERT

Nov. 14-15

Fall of an Empire w/ Gruzer & Devil Gone Public Epic sludge-metal band.

263-7868 radioroomgreenville.com CONCERT

Roy Chapman Bluegrass Bash Rosman High School, Auditorium 749 Pickens Hwy, Rosman, NC 6-10 p.m. $12 for adult tickets, $5 for ages 6-12, free for those 6 or under A concert in memory of local bluegrass legend Roy Chapman will be held at Rosman High School. Four regional bluegrass favorites (Carolina Blue, Last Road, Slick Fisher Boys, and Slik Nickel) will be performing with master of ceremonies, Mary Ruth Stamey.

828-553-4677 facebook.com/ roychapmanmemorialbluegrassbash josh@mountainbridge.net CONCERT

Col. Bruce Hampton Independent Public Ale House Tickets: $12 Jam-rock veteran returns.

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TD Convention Center 1 Exposition Drive 6 p.m.

SCGSAH Fall Dance Performance Peace Center, Gunter Theatre 300 South Main St. Nov. 14 - 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 15 - 2 p.m.

Free tickets can be reserved at peacecenter.org or in the Peace Center Box Office.

FREE Elegant, powerful and fierce: The versatile Dance students from the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities perform classical and contemporary ballet, modern dance and new cutting-edge works with poise, courage and passion.

282-3777 scgsah.org

Nov. 14-17 TRAINING

Verizon Wireless Workshops Verizon Wireless Store 469 Congaree Road 11/14 - Android Doing More, 9-10 a.m.

11/17 - Android Tablet Doing More, 6-7 p.m.

FREE Getting Started workshops will help users develop a general understanding of their device. Doing More workshops are designed to help users explore the most advanced features of the device such as security options, syncing social media accounts, capturing screenshots, transferring and backing up files, and managing music. Tablet workshops are designed to help users stay productive by getting the most out of your tablet and your Verizon service. Call to register.

627-3000

This event will fund scholarships and various critical needs for Greenville Technical College. The keynote speaker, Carlos Ghosn, is the chairman and chief executive officer of the RenaultNissan Alliance, one of the world’s largest automotive groups. The head of France’s Renault and Japan’s Nissan Motor, and chairman of Russia’s largest automaker, AVTOVAZ, Ghosn is the first person to run two Fortune Global 500 companies simultaneously.

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Nov. 17 EDUCATION

Leading with an Exceptional Team Kroc Community Center 424 Westfield St. 8 a.m.-noon Nationally recognized leadership coach Patrick Jinks will help nonprofits learn how to build a talented and engaged team to achieve their organization’s long-term vision. Designed for nonprofit professionals, executive directors and board members, this workshop will include a keynote address by Jinks and interactive roundtable discussions. Attendees will explore strategies for attracting, motivating and retaining talent within organizations and frameworks for effectively engaging employees. Shine the Light Nonprofit Forums is presented by DNA Creative Communications.

420-0195 nonprofitforums.org debbie@dnacc.com

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music each week. It’s the perfect way to unwind, take in the farm’s beauty, catch up with friends and see exactly where your food is coming from.

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Piatti. The cafe will stay open later than usual and concert-goers will have the option of purchasing dinner, snacks or drinks to enjoy during the concert. musicinfamiliarspaces.com info@musicinfamiliarspaces.com

Presentation by master gardener Karen LaFleur Stewart, “Jesse Burnette-A Greenville Legacy Garden” 688-2356 | jjkm43066@yahoo.com

Nov. 18-21

CONCERT

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God of Carnage

Simpsonville Garden Club Simpsonville Rotary Hall 126 S. Main St., Simpsonville 2-3:30 p.m.

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Opera Scenes Recital Furman University, Daniel Recital Hall 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 8-9:30 p.m.

FREE Furman University Lyric Theatre presents “Innocent Merriment: A celebration of operetta.” Furman’s Grant Knox directs.

David Gross is pianist and musical coach, and Abigail Hart is student assistant director. The opera workshop class will perform various scenes from the operetta repertoire. Works by Arthur Sullivan, Jacques Offenbach, Otto Nicolai, Johann Strauss II, Sigmund Romberg, Richard Rodgers and Jerome Kern will be performed in English.

294-2086 | furman.edu furman.music@furman.edu

Nov. 18 ARTS EVENT

Writers’ Harvest: A Literary Readings to Benefit Loaves & Fishes Strom Thurmond Institute Clemson University 230 Kappa St. 7-8:20 p.m.

Nonperishable food or cash donation to Loaves & Fishes Featuring Jillian Weise Keith Lee Morris, Jillian Weise, John Pursley III, Sarah Cooper, A.D. Carson, and Candace Wiley.

650-6094 | calendar.clemson.edu wpulley@clemson.edu FAMILY

Greenbrier Farms Porch Series Greenbrier Farms 766 Hester Shore Rd., Easley 5-8 p.m. | Wednesdays $10 per person / free children under 5 Featuring farm-to-table snacks and live

Making Faces 11 Artists Interpret the Portrait Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Furman University, The Playhouse 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 8-10 p.m. $16 for adults, $13 for seniors, and $8 for students

Nov. 19 FUNDRAISER

7th Annual Big Brothers Big Sisters Pep Rally The Peace Center, Huguenot Loft 101 W Board St. 6-10 p.m. | $50 Help Big Brothers Big Sisters kickoff the 113th Renewal of the Battle for the Palmetto State--Clemson-Carolina Football.

It is said if you are from South Carolina, you are either born a Clemson or a Carolina fan. Come out, show your team colors--an evening of food, drink (open wine and beer bar), music, drum lines, team mascots, sports talk, live and silent auctions, and much more. Support Big Brothers Big Sisters and Upstate kids.

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Music in Familiar Spaces concert with cellist Steuart Pincombe Swamp Rabbit Cafe | 205 Cedar Lane Road 7-8:30 p.m.

Name-your-own-ticket-price Internationally-recognized cellist Steuart Pincombe will present “Adaptation,” a concert of virtuosic pieces from the earliest to latest music for solo cello without the endpin (1689-1875). Three different bow styles (baroque, transitional, and modern) will be used to sample works by Gabrielli, Bach, Dall-Abaco, Duport, and

thru Nov. 20 ARTS EVENT

THEATER PRODUCTION

Furman University Theatre will present “God of Carnage” by Yazmina Reza. In the production, directed by Rhett Bryson, a playground altercation between two 11 year olds brings together two sets of parents who attempt to resolve the dispute in a civil way.

294-2125 | newspress.furman.edu mickie.spencer@furman.edu

works: Golden Boy, Rocket to the Moon, and Waiting for Lefty.

282-3737 scgsah.org

Furman Symphonic Winds Concert Furman University, McAlister Auditorium 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 8-10 p.m. $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and students Furman Symphonic Winds presents its fall concert. Conducted by Furman’s Les Hicken, “Jubilee!” features music and arrangements by John Philip Sousa, William Byrd, Gordon Jacob, Ron Nelson, and guest composer Edward Green who presents a Consortium World Premiere of Symphony in E-flat for Concert Wind Ensemble. Furman faculty member Lisa Barksdale, soprano, is soloist for Nelson’s “Aspen Jubilee.”

294-3069 newspress.furman.edu furman.music@furman.edu

Nov. 19-22 THEATER PRODUCTION

SCGSAH Studio IV Drama Presentation SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Sakas Theatre 15 University St. Nov. 19-21 | 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 22 | 2 p.m.

Reservations are encouraged at 282-3737 FREE The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities drama students are performing in Odets!, an investigation into the life and work of American playwright Clifford Odets. Odets! is comprised of selections from three of Odets-

Greenville Center for Creative Arts presents Making Faces: 11 Artists Interpret the Portrait. The artists are Cassia Abbott, Allison Anne Brown, Anthony Conway, Polly Galliard, Kevin Isgett, Dabney Mahanes, Glen Miller, JJ Ohlinger, Adam Schrimmer, Tim Speaker and Eli Warren.

630-1652 artcentergreenville.org info@artcentergreenville.org

Nov. 20 EDUCATION

Aging Well Caregiver Conference Kroc Center 424 Westfield Street 7:50 a.m.-4 p.m. $30 for Senior Industry Professionals $10 for non-professionals Join the Alzheimer’s Association for their annual caregiver conference. With a focus on community resources, living well, dementia risk reduction, and preparing for the future. The fee will include breakfast, snacks and lunch.

800-272-3900 alz.org/sc jguay@alz.org CONCERT

Soul Ripple Blues Boulevard (Greenville) Tickets: $5 Veteran Upstate bassist Joe Jones leads new blues/jazz/funk outfit.

242-2583 bluesboulevardjazzgreenville.com CONCERT

Olivia Lane Blind Horse Saloon Tickets: $7 Rising country singer.

233-1381 blind-horse.com

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Conservation Theory Moe Joe Coffee (Greenville) Americana-folk-bluegrass combo.

263-3550 moejoecoffeeandmusic.net

Nov. 20-22 FAMILY

48th Annual Gem, Mineral, & Jewelry Show

and world premieres by John Psathas, David Crowell, and David Skidmore are also part of the program.

294-2086 | newspress. furman.edu furman.music@ furman.edu

Omar Carmenates

Jamil Temple, Main Buiding 206 Jamil Road, Columbia 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

CONCERT

Jewelry, beads, loose stones, fossils, minerals, gold, silver, and tools for sale.

Geodes sold and cut. Club members’ rock collections on exhibit and lapidary demonstrations. South Carolina amethyst on display. Sponsored by The Columbia Gem & Mineral Society.

803-736-9317 cgams.org ashrader@mindspring.com

Gottrocks Tickets: $7 in advance/$10 day of show

Nov. 20-23

Straight-ahead indie rock.

263-7868 radioroomgreenville.com

Stop Light Observations w/ Stereo Reform

Atmospheric electronic rock.

235-5519 gottrocksgreenville.com CONCERT

Italo & The Passions w/ The Head & Daddy Lion Radio Room

HEALTH/FITNESS

Pete Hollis Invitational Legacy Charter School 900 Woodside Ave. In celebration of the first basketball game in South Carolina being played in the Parker District, Legacy hosts the Second Annual Pete Hollis Invitational Basketball Tournament. This tournament will coincide with an Upstate media campaign to recognize Dr. Hollis as having introduced basketball to South Carolina.

558-0626 holland@cyleaders.org

Nov. 21 CONCERT

A Night of World Premieres Furman University, Daniel Recital Hall 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 8-9:30 p.m. $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students The Furman Percussion Ensemble presents “A Night of World Premieres” under the direction of Dr. Omar Carmenates.

It will feature contemporary works from both established and emerging composers including a world premiere from pianist and Furman alum Jesse James. Works by Drew Worden and Christopher Deane,

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FIGURE. THIS. OUT. SEVENTH HOLE ACROSS 1 Diamond shape 8 Swank 14 Hit on the bean 20 “Winnie-the-Pooh” author 21 Crescent-shaped 22 Have a thought 23 Bishop, e.g.

24 Apparel 25 It’s hung and hit at fiesta 26 Start of an instruction 29 “Anne of Green Gables” novelist Lucy — Montgomery 30 “— have thought it?”

31 Instruction, part 2 39 Reindeer herders’ region 45 Burrow 46 Scottish estate owner 47 1976 title film role for Robby Benson 48 Gin-and-lime cocktails 50 Weeper of Greek myth 52 Kitchen appliance brand 53 Everything considered 54 Instruction, part 3 59 Catholic bigwigs 60 Huge time unit 61 Elf 62 With 41-Down, town near New London, Connecticut 63 — about (near) 64 Have — (know someone with clout) 65 Weak type 69 Terrif 70 NFL goals

By Frank Longo 71 See 97-Down 72 Instruction, part 4 79 Steamers, e.g.

80 Barbera’s partner in cartoons 81 Artist Rousseau 82 Onion’s kin 84 Proceeds 87 Coffee option 90 Plaza Hotel girl of kid-lit 91 Venus, just before dawn 92 Instruction, part 5 94 — Field (Mets’ home) 96 One all, e.g.

97 End of the instruction 109 Team novice 110 Warrant 111 Actor Gary 113 Bee or ant 114 More timid 115 Put to use 116 Mall stands 117 Shines and smooths 118 Vended DOWN 1 Musical talk 2 Mata — 3 It’s a sign 4 Vibraphonist Jackson 5 Ho-hum 6 Inopportune 7 Shilly-shally 8 Model Schiffer 9 Skating jump 10 Animated bug film 11 Go via sea 12 Scattered, as seeds

13 “For cryin’ out loud!”

14 Two-footed 15 Aesir god 16 Confined, with “up” 17 Jack of early late-night TV 18 Bluesy James 19 Merger, e.g.

27 Knitting stitch 28 E. — (gut bacteria) 31 Band 32 Couscous alternative 33 Opens, as a gas tank 34 Sock variety 35 Film units 36 Baseball’s Martinez 37 Shamrock’s land 38 Revered one 40 Dinner piece 41 See 62-Across 42 Open a bit 43 Taboo thing 44 Unhearing 47 Carlisle of the Go-Go’s 49 Awful smell 51 Indirect route 55 Tobacco pipes 56 Get clothed 57 Is 58 Material for some cans 63 Alley- — 65 Lambaste 66 Rome’s land, in France 67 Acacia relative 68 Badger 69 Incline 71 Resell tickets 72 Mississippi senator Cochran

73 “Mary — Little Lamb” 74 One of the deadly sins 75 Santa — (some winds) 76 Lead-in to spore 77 67-Down, for one 78 Personal quirks 83 Article-preceding summary 85 Marks of distinction 86 Cat Nation tribe 88 Pollination organs

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89 Pâté de — gras 92 Truck fuel 93 Vessel with a bag, maybe 95 Streetcars 97 With 71-Across, French avant-garde composer 98 TV actress Anderson 99 Ho-hum 100 — out (barely earns) 101 Lit candle bit

102 “Hmm ... yes” 103 Zap, as leftovers 104 Arduous hike 105 Lost traction 106 Solder, say 107 Jannings of old films 108 Demolish 112 Actor Romero Crossword answers: page 17

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Medium

Sudoku answers: page 17

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COMMUNITY VOICES THE SYMPTOMS WITH ASHLEY HOLT

Parts of speech Or how to face sounding like a fluridden Rod Stewart

bone density and tolerance for pudding, is a finite natural resource. I’ve hit peak voice. And considering this, I’m given pause to trace just how this resource was wasted. When my voice was in top working condition, just what was I utilizing Something happened to my voice. It my velvet tones to communicate? wasn’t sudden – not the result of gargling Mostly I remember talking to the dog, Drano by mistake or primal scream thera- hours and hours of monologues to faithpy. It came on so gradually I didn’t notice, ful Petey. I spent long evenings telling but one day there it was: a creaky groan him about my co-worker’s theft of my where a fluid speaking voice used to be. stapler at work, and how this was just I noticed my speech began to dip into more evidence of her attempt to sabothis hoarse vibrato, this murmuring rattle. tage my career. I told him all the ways I’d begin to talk to someone, secure that in which my life was an abject failure, my usual tenor melody would come waft- evidenced by the poor quality of my liing out to charm and delight them, and noleum flooring. I asked him about my would instead release this agonized groan, mysterious rash, speculating on its delike a flu-ridden Rod Stewart, belching af- velopment. Petey said nothing, saving ter a meal of concrete and sandpaper. his voice to alert me to the dangers of a It was a voice usually associated with passing automobile, his bark as clear and tuberculosis victims or dying soldiers nerve-shattering as ever. from WWII movies, croaking out a last I spent a lot of time singing, like the command to keep the flag flying for lib- Oprahs and Chopras say you should do erty and mama’s biscuits and Monday when traveling through life. I belted out Night Football. My voice was deteriorat- classic show tunes in the car with new, ing, not due to smoking or yelling at foot- filthier lyrics (I’m pretty sure this is what ball coaches, but simply because of age. Oprah meant). I spent several days trying Just as my eyesight had gone from Steve to work out complex vocal harmonies Austin to Stevie Wonder in a matter of for Sir Mix-a-Lot records that Mix himmonths, so too was my voice becoming self had neglected to include. I learned elderly. all the lyrics to “Wake Me Up Before You This worried me. I never Go-Go.” I sang Frankie Valli anticipated losing my voice. highs and Barry White lows What I was looking forward I may be in the shower, in the men’s to was going deaf. The gloroom and in the drunk tank. facing a rious day when I could no I considered myself the fifth longer hear bass-booming future where Bee Gee (Tito Gibb), but it cars or TV game shows or I am perfectly was just Jive Talkin’.

Kenny Loggins was what When I wasn’t wasting I dreamed about. I want- capable of my voice singing to myself, ed to one day be the tired hearing all I wasted it arguing about grandpa, quietly dozing in which episode of “Saved by this mindhis armchair, undisturbed the Bell” was the worst or by my family’s yammering numbing telling that same, tired story about Kardashian footwear babble, about getting kicked out of or their favorite Thomas K-Mart. How much voice but unable Kinkade paintings. did I squander on “Dragnet” Now I may be facing a fu- to scream quotes and Ethel Merman ture where I am perfectly obscenities in impressions? Why did I get capable of hearing all this drunk and ramble on for mind-numbing babble, but response. hours about the John Birch unable to scream obsceniSociety and the electric car? ties in response. The voice Now that my voice is fading of righteous indignation is fading away. into gurgling obscurity, I wonder if I ever Assuming this erosion continues, I used my formerly golden throat to prohave to conclude that my voice, like my duce any worthwhile yelp or yodel.

Will anyone remember some deftly delivered words I provided, some inspiring, meme-worthy quote about fear itself or having but one life to give or misunderstanding Willis? Or do I leave behind a legacy of typical Gen-X non-speak about the like, kind of, you know, like sort of awesome, whatever?

I imagine myself on my deathbed, eager to speak my final words of wisdom for the ages (I like to think a few important journalists will be in attendance), only to release this hoarse, strained whisper that no one can understand. I try to write it down, but the pen is out of ink, and by the time a new one has been fetched, the final aneurism has attacked my brain, just as I was trying to correct the spelling of “squeegee.”

But then I remember: I have this keyboard. And we live in an age of nonstop digital hierography, of perpetual texts and tweets. Though I may not be able to argue with the toaster out loud anymore,

there is no reason I need to shut up entirely.

I can write my words of wisdom for the ages, secure that they are documented in digital code, able to be delivered throughout the universe as the miracle of technological advancement carries my ideas over the remaining course of history. Regardless of my crippled vox, my deathbed pronouncement can still live forever. Best of all, I don’t have to wait until I’m on the way out to lay it on the masses. I can document these final words of wisdom now.

So here they are: “Don’t believe that crap about lemon juice. You want the tub to actually get clean, use some actual Comet or something.”

Ashley Holt is a writer and illustrator living in Spartanburg. His neurotic quirks and extreme sensitivity to broad social trends are chronicled in The Symptoms, an illustrated blog. Check out his website at ashleyholt.com.

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