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The Lees celebrate 20 years of success at Spartanburg Martial Arts. PAGE 13

Evaluation plan gets an F from South Carolina teachers.

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A $28 million grant will support research, outreach and aid to professionals dealing with disabling diseases like autism and birth defects. PAGE 8

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Some teachers don’t like idea of getting letter grades Grades would be based in part on student performance

By CINDY LANDRUM | staff

South Carolina teachers would get the same letter grades as students – A through F – under a controversial new teacher evaluation method proposed by South Carolina Superintendent of Education Mick Zais.

Zais included the proposal in his waiver request to the U.S. Department of Education, asking the executive branch to release the state from some of the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Zais’ grades-based educator evaluation system will be tested at 22 schools this year and in some districts next year. The plan

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would have to be approved by the state Board of Education before it is implemented statewide.

Education department officials said the letter grades, which would not be released to the public, would replace the current teacher evaluation system that gives educators a “met” or “not met” rating based on performance standards.

The current ADEPT model does not include a student performance component.

Educators across the state are upset, saying that Zais did not seek input from the experts in improving student achievement – the teachers – before rolling out the plan.

The South Carolina Education Association is mounting an online campaign to stop implementation of the new system.

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The SCEA says this approach to teacher evaluation is punitive to teachers and does not provide reliable data to assess student learning.

The online petition letter says that a teacher’s evaluation is “only one small snapshot of teacher effectiveness that can be easily manipulated and prejudiced by the observer. Moreover, the evaluation may or may not reflect the teacher’s impact on student growth.”

A letter composed by the Greenville County Schools’ board advocacy committee to the State Board said the current proposal “lacks the educator input, understanding and support necessary for successful implementation.”

The state Department of Education will hold a “community stakeholder” meeting on the No Child Left Behind waiver on Oct.

24 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Brashier Middle College Charter High in Simpsonville. The new teacher evaluation process will be one of the items discussed.

The letter said Greenville County uses a standards-based evaluation produced in consultation with external experts, principals, teachers, district office staff and other stakeholders.

Professional portfolios, interviews and observations, student performance data and other criteria are used to determine an individual’s performance rating and plan for continuous professional improvement.

According to the letter, student achievement growth has been a part of Greenville County Schools’ teacher and principal evaluations since 2004.

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A trajectory to celebrate Dave Edwards, CEO and president of Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, did a very smart thing three years ago: He persuaded the airport board to order an economic impact study.

GSP had the fourth most expensive average fares in the country, was bleeding passengers to Charlotte and Atlanta, and had just wooed Edwards away from the Asheville Regional Airport Authority. Most important of all, GSP was courting Southwest Airlines, the game-changer Edwards knew would turn all that bad news around.

If the courtship should deepen to marriage, a 2009 study would set a baseline against which to measure the fabled “Southwest Effect,” Edwards told the board.

And was he ever right.

That 2009 report by Syneva Economics found a $377 million annual economic impact with 3,692 associated jobs and a $112 million payroll – impressive enough in itself. The new report Syneva has rolled out just in time for GSP’s 50th anniversary is sensational.

GSP’s annual economic impact is now $817 million, with 9,528 associated jobs and a $170 million payroll – one year after Southwest Airlines arrived. GSP’s passenger traffic increased by 550,000 in the last 12 months, Edwards told the Journal. Of those, 440,000 passengers flew on Southwest and the rest on other airlines operating out of GSP that suddenly saw the value of lower fares.

“I think this shows how important it was to bring competitive airfares into the market,” Edwards said, in one of those proverbial understatements of the year.

“We were pushing hard for Southwest and we had some credibility on the line.

This study validates what we said.”

It also validates several truths worth remembering as GSP celebrates 50 years on Oct. 15.

GSP is savoring a well-deserved trajectory – but it’s a momentum launched by the dogged work of a far-sighted airport commission and staff that kept plugging through the long years of bad news after Independence Air folded in 2007 and GSP became one of the most expensive airports in the nation.

This is an airport commission that started courting Southwest in 1999. That, back when GPS was bleeding 55 percent of its passengers to other airports, purchased two new boarding bridges to “be prepared” if a new airline should choose to set up service.

That built five new rental car service facilities in 2003 and began purchasing land south of Interstate 85 in 2007 should highway officials ever decide to replace the airport’s safetychallenged circular onramp for northbound I-85 passengers with a new overpass.

That last year launched a $115 million terminal improvement project expected – on its own – to support 1,397 local jobs, increase local income by $59.6 million, raise total economic impact by $164.1 million and boost tax revenues by $16 million.

A commission so far-sighted that GSP was the first non-military airport to boast a center-line runway lighting system when Upstate dignitaries cut the ribbon back in 1962.

Total capital improvements planned at GSP through 2025 will support 3,085 jobs, increase local income by $130.9 million, raise local output by $363.1 million and boost tax revenues by $35.3 million, according to Syneva’s shiny new study.

Edwards is not exaggerating when he says “the future looks bright for GSP and the Upstate.”

But the Upstate’s deepest gratitude must still go to the airport commission’s sole chairman until his death two years ago: the late Roger Milliken, who had Southwest “in his sight for years,” to quote current chairwoman Minor Shaw.

Milliken chose one word for his epitaph: “Builder.” And so he did, and so has GSP. Thank you, one and all. And happy anniversary.

Conflict can be resolved peacefully

IN MY OWN WORDS by HILDA BARTON

International Conflict Resolution Day has been commemorated on the third Thursday of October since 2005. Its purpose is to promote awareness of peaceful dispute resolution efforts and the positive, but often unobserved, impact these efforts have in our community.

In an effort to shed light on conflict resolution in the Upstate, I am proud to highlight the Upstate Mediation Center, a Greenville nonprofit organization which is the only resource in the Upstate that offers low-cost mediation services to lowincome litigants.

My own interest in conflict resolution goes back a very long time. My greatgrandparents lived in a German Mennonite community in Russia by invitation of Catherine the Great. When the rumblings that preceded the Bolshevik Revolution began, outsiders were an immediate target because language and cultural barriers kept them marginalized.

As a result, my pacifist ancestors fled to North America with little more than the clothes on their backs. With the beginning of World War II, my father, a Canadian, was sent to a Conscientious Objector (CO) camp to do his duty toward the effort to defeat Hitler. The establishment of CO camps was a concession of the Canadian government towards its pacifist residents, who felt it morally objectionable to take up arms, so were given the opportunity to participate in Allied efforts through peaceful participation in the war cause.

As a child, I grew up with these stories at the dinner table and heard the topic of conflict hotly debated. This cultivated in me a deep desire to find resolution peaceably. Through the Upstate Mediation Center, I have been able to tangibly promote these values and their benefits.

Mediation is the process by which a neutral party, the mediator, meets with those in dispute to help them peacefully negotiate their differences. The mediator acts only as a facilitator and does not have the power to make decisions or issue orders; the process is completely confidential.

Most importantly, the adversarial par-

ties are free to craft their own solutions without a judge or jury. One judge is heard to remind litigants that there are no perfect cases, and mediation provides the opportunity to come up with solutions that both parties can live with. Besides the benefit of mediation for the parties, added benefits are substantial savings to the taxpayers and a reduction of the backlog on the courts.

The Upstate Mediation Center provides mediation services based on each party’s income and does not refuse services because of inability to pay.

The UMC is able to do this thanks to a cadre of trained volunteer mediators of diverse community and professional backgrounds, who spend approximately 800 hours per year mediating the disputes of Upstate residents. The types of mediations offered at the UMC range from the allocation of property when a church membership divides to repairing family relationships that have been ruptured for generations.

Typically, the word “conflict” stirs up thoughts of anger, friction, distrust, frustration, hostility and even violence.

Rarely do we think of conflict as a tool for deeper thinking, better results, and communication that is more dynamic.

Through the Upstate Mediation Center and the efforts of its volunteers, literally thousands of people have been able to peacefully resolve their differences.

UMC welcomes inquiries as we continue to have a need for volunteers and donations. Please visit our website at www. upstatemediation.com or email our office at info@upstatemediation.com.

Hilda Barton has lived in Greenville since 1990 and works at the Dennison Law Firm.

Currently, she serves on the board of directors and as the Marketing Committee chairwoman for the Upstate Mediation Center.

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CDC provides $28 million to further research and support for disabled adults and their families Coffee with Artists The Carolina Foothills Artisans Center in downtown Chesnee invites the public to enjoy coffee and conversations with its artists every Thursday morning at 10 a.m.

Call 461.3050.

Auditions: Chicago The Spartanburg Little Theatre will audition for this all-time hit on Oct. 11 & 12 @ 7-9:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre at the Chapman Cultural Center. Arrive 15 minutes early to fill out information sheets.

Prepare 16 bars of a musical theater-style song. Bring sheet music. An accompanist will be provided. Some roles require dancing. Readings from the script will take place at callbacks on Saturday, Oct. 13, @ 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Mark Your Calendar On Saturday, Oct. 27, the Chapman Cultural Center will host a day-long community festival in celebration of its five-year anniversary. From 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., there will be 60 artists showing and selling their work, dances, music, tours, free admission to the museums, hands-on art projects for the kids, food, ghost stories, and much more that celebrate the cultural arts of Spartanburg. Everyone is invited to Discover, Experience and Celebrate with us.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has put up $28 million to create centers to support research, outreach and aid to professionals dealing with disabling diseases like autism, birth defects and nerve injuries.

Most of all, said Gerald Bernard, director of the Charles Lea Center in Spartanburg, the centers will give hope to family members who are desperate for di- Gerald Bernard rection in the best courses of treatment for disabled family members.

“We know that early treatment is crucial with disabilities like autism,” Bernard said.

Suzanne McDermott, professor in the department of family and preventive medicine at the University of South Carolina, will be in charge of the research center at USC. She said center staff will work in conjunction with information distribution centers at other sites to provide information on best practices to medical professionals and to family members.

“I think this is the best of news,” said Carolyn O’Connell, a longtime Greenville advocate for sufferers of debilitating conditions and the families who are forced to deal with the consequences. “The findings should substantiate the care and funding needs. I think that the family members and caregivers know the need but often times a Ph.D. adds creditability. Since the funding is coming from the CDC it won’t affect the funding demands in S.C.” The USC center will coordinate research and fellowships for the CDC’s National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.

McDermott is collaborating with Margaret Turk, professor in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation and pediatrics at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, and Roberta Carlin, executive director of the American Association on Health and Disability.

The USC center has the potential to bring in more than $28 million in funding

Greg Beckner / Staff

Little Mary Sunshine The Spartanburg Repertory Company presents this classic musical that parodies the operattas and musicals of yesteryear.

It has been called a “merry and sprightly spoof of an era when justice always triumphed” by The New York Times. Shows: Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12 & 13 @ 7:30 ap.m.; Sunday, Oct. 14 @ 3 p.m. in the David W. Reid Theatre at the Chapman Cultural Center.

By CHarles Sowell | staff

Residents and staff dance in the gym of the Charles Lea Center in Spartanburg during morning activities. The center serves more than 1,400 individuals, from newborns to seniors and their families, at two campuses and 60 group homes in Spartanburg County. For more than 40 years, the Center has been the place to turn to for innovative services and expert care for those with disabilities and chronic medical conditions in Spartanburg County.

to support disability research in the next five years, according to the university.

“We’re in the process of hiring staff for the center here,” McDermott said.

“There will only be a few staff members since the office will act mainly at evaluating and setting up research grants. We should be up and running shortly.”

McDermott already has quite a reputation with CDC on research on debilitating illnesses, said Craig Stoxen, director of the South Carolina Autism Society, an advocacy group representing more than 52,000 autism sufferers and their families in the state.

“We expect the new center to make four grants soon,” he said. “For our organization, having McDermott and the center so close by will be a tremendous resource.”

Autism, known as the invisible disability, “can be one of the hardest disabilities to treat,” he said. “It can be almost impossible to pick out a person suffering from it at a glance at the grocery store.”

His own son is a high-functioning sufferer from the illness. “He will be able to function for himself as an adult. Others will require 24/7 full-time care.”

South Carolina pours millions annually into care for disabled adults – most of it federal dollars. Many receive training and living allowances that allow them to live independently; others are housed in group homes across the state and receive care and training through private and state-run disability programs overseen by the State Department of Disabilities and Special Needs.

A great deal of the money that McDermott will be parsing out will go toward research into the causes of disabilities like autism.

“We hope to learn if there are certain things we can look for that will predict the onset of autism. This, in turn, could lead to better treatments and, hopefully, a cure,” she said.

Autism is the fastest-growing disabling disease in the country.

“Early treatment is crucial to favorable outcomes when dealing with autism,” Bernard said. The Charles Lea Center currently treats about 1,400 clients in Spartanburg and a significant portion are autism sufferers.

“If we could get a handle on things like possible environmental causes, then dealing with that growth might become easier,” Stoxen said.

Results from new studies on the disease have found a possible connection between the disease and chemicals that a father might be exposed to in industrial settings and bring home with him.

That research found increased incidences of autism in children born to women exposed to such chemicals while pregnant.

However, McDermott said experts do not believe “there is any one cause of autism. It is likely caused by a combination of things. We hope to be able to interrupt any cycle we find that leads to onset of the illness.”

Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@thespartanburgjournal.com.

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from the october 8 meeting

Spartanburg City Council breezed through a short agenda Monday night with the main order of business being a housekeeping zoning matter concerning property owned by Wofford College adjacent to the campus.

Council members voted unanimously to rezone 12 parcels along the northern side of Wofford College to match those parcels within the rest of campus, which is classified as a general institutional district.

The zoning change specifically alters zoning for parcels on college-owned properties and lots on Evins, Jefferson, McDowell, Cummings, North Church, Swain and Charlevoix streets and Littlejohn Court, Edgewood Avenue and Simmons Alley.

Councilwoman Linda Dogan said she spoke with residents in the area who had no problem with the change.

Council also approved changes to the sanitation ordinance to replace the word “sanitation” with “solid waste” as well as other changes to bring the law into conformity with state Department of Health and Environmental Control usage.

Passing on the one-item consent agenda at second reading was an authorization for the city manager to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Spartanburg Housing Authority to transfer three parcels on Brawley Street for development as housing units.

Councilwoman Cate Ryba was absent because she was attending a conference on the West Coast in her capacity as an employee for the Mary Black Foundation.

City Manager Ed Memmott also said there will be a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at the C.C. Woodson Recreation Center for an update on the various remediation projects in the Arkwright community.

Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@thespartanburgjournal.com.

the news in brief Clemson students get on the NASCAR track

Clemson University marketing students are hoping to help NASCAR Nationwide driver Mike Wallace get a ride.

The students are trying to help Wallace find a sponsor for his race car and hope to raise enough money for Clemson to sponsor the car for one race.

Wallace and an orange-and-white show car were parked inside Gate 1 of Memorial Stadium during the Georgia Tech game on Saturday.

Wallace, who races for JD Motorsports out of Gaffney, does not have a full-year sponsor. As part of their partnership, the Clemson marketing students are developing long-term and short-term marketing plans for Wallace’s No. 01 car, cultivating potential donors, developing sales proposals, meeting potential customers, closing deals and activating the brand.

It is a pilot program and the first between a university and NASCAR, Wallace said.

The students are working to attain sponsorship for Wallace’s car for the 2012 and 2013 race seasons.

The students’ first step is to raise money to make Wallace’s car a Clemson car for the season’s final race, the Ford EcoBoost 300 on Nov. 17 in Homestead, Fla. The nine students working on the project are part of a creative inquiry class – Clemson’s undergraduate research program – and were chosen based on related classes they had taken, their skill sets, whether they had sports or NASCAR-specific interests and proven sales ability

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Linda Hood, a Certified Natural Health Practitioner, just joined the staff of Southeast Sports Chiropractic. On Tuesday, Oct. 16, Hood will present a free health seminar on dealing with stress in spite of a busy lifestyle. For more information about this event and the Wellness Works Series, visit www.sesportschiro.com or call 864-804-6395.

Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina will host the Fourth Annual Champions Tribute on Nov. 1, at the Hyatt Regency Greenville. The event will honor five South Carolina residents and one company. The 2012 honorees are: Lloyd Auten Achiever of the Year: Joy Boitnott; James E. Jones Healthcare Excellence Award: Aja Martin; William Wylie Job Connection Success of the Year: Libardo Tabares; Employer of the Year: TFE Logistics; and Goodwill Industries Champion Award: Pat Grayson. In the 2010-2011 fiscal year, Goodwill provided job training and placement services for 38,892 individuals locally, resulting in 7,282 newly employed workers.

Goodwill’s service area includes Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood, Kershaw, Laurens, Lexington, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg and Union counties.

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ville County School Board at two candidate forums sponsored by Public Education Partners of Greenville County.

On Oct. 16, a forum for the candidates in Area 19 and Area 23 seats will be held at Lakeview Middle School at 7 p.m.

Running for the Area 19 seat are incumbent Debi Bush and challengers Ryan Rafalski and Charles Winfield. Area 23 candidates are incumbent Glenda Morrison-Fair and Seth Powell.

The candidates for the Area 17 seat being vacated

by Tommie Reece will be featured in a forum on Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. at Blue Ridge High. The candidates are Paul Fallavollita, Joy Grayson and Sunny Weigand.

USC aims for $300 million in awards

The University of South Carolina had a record $238 million in externally sponsored research awards for 2012 and wants to break the $300 million mark in the next five years.

The university has a 10-point plan to get there. “Our faculty members are doing amazing research in diverse areas, especially in energy, health and environmental sciences,” said Prakash Nagarkatti, USC’s vice president for research.

The university’s 10-point plan includes promoting interdisciplinary research and developing and promoting integrated undergraduate and graduate programs. A new online journal for undergraduate student research, Caravel, has been created.

“To reach the $300 million mark, we need to compete nationally for large Centers of Research Excellence,” Nagarkatti said.

events that led to the death of various residents and how their spirits remain. Stories of actual ghost sightings will be told while visiting locations where they occurred. Tours will begin at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Train Station, 298 Magnolia St. Tour dates are October 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 29, 30 and 31. Tickets are $13. Call 864-574-9876 or emailing mainstreettrolley@hotmail.com for reservations.

Arthur T. Downey brings to life the subject of his new book, “Civil War Lawyers: Constitutional Questions, Courtroom Dramas, and the Men Behind Them,” during the Civil War Roundtable on Monday, Oct. 29, 6-8 p.m., at Wofford College. Cost of dinner and program is $23; program only, $5. RSVP to Juanita Pesaro at pesarojb@ wofford.edu or 864-597-4207.

Congregation B’nai Israel’s 45th annual Bake Sale will be held on Thursday, Nov. 8, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 146 Heywood Ave., Spartanburg. Specialty items include cheesecake, strudel, kugel (sweet noodle pudding), rugelach, coffee cakes, rum cakes, babka, blintzes, knishes, matzah ball soup, potpies, Karen Fuller’s famous maple nut coffee rings, Dot Frank’s delectable butterflies and Oma’s Apple Strudel. For more information and to pre-order favorites, call 864-582-2001 or email office@ourtemple.us.

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The way of the master

By DICK HUGHES | senior business writer

The Lees of Spartanburg Martial Arts have fought through down times

A lot of martial arts studios have come and gone since Spartanburg Martial Arts opened its doors 20 years ago.

“If you don’t have the business part of it, you don’t last very long. I’ve seen many come and go,” said Rick Lee, who with his wife, Christin Nicole Lee, owns and operates SMA on the city’s west side.

The Lees, both of whom are black belts, competitive champions in their sparring prime and well-regarded instructors, have stayed profitable since opening in 1992 while many karate schools have “closed about as fast as they opened.”

“We’ve never had a down year,” said Lee. “In the mini-depression, we felt it a little bit,

By DICK HUGHES senior business writer

Fifty years ago this month, Sam Chapman, a young Marine fresh out of Liberty High School, was on a landing ship off the coast of North Carolina waiting to invade Cuba if the missile crisis with the Soviet Union turned into armed conflict.

While they waited for an invasion that never took place, a squad leader took Chapman under his wing and introduced him to karate.

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Rick Lee and his wife, Christin Nicole Lee, practice at their Spartanburg Martial Arts facility on East Blackstock Road.

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That October 1962 experience was the beginning of Chapman’s 50-year career in martial arts as a disciplined lifestyle and commercial business Along the way, he became an eighthdegree black belt, honored as a Grand Master and respected as mentor to 100 black belt disciples.

On October 20, the karate community will pay tribute to Chapman and to the martial arts in a day of seminars and entertainment at the Crown Plaza in Greenville.

“He has been around longer and knows more than any of us put together,” said Rick Lee, owner with his wife of Spartanburg Martial Arts for 20 years.

Greg Suther, 59, who has trained with Chapman for 35 years and is a seventhdegree black belt, is helping organize the tribute.

“Sam is a humble person, and asked that we not make it 50 years of Sam Chapman. Let’s make it 50 years of progress in the karate community,” Suther said. “We want to draw attention to how far martial arts has progressed.”

Sam Chapman has won many titles, awards and honors, but achieving the rank of eighthdegree black belt and the title O’Sensei or Grand Master from the Black Belt Martial Arts Hall of Fame Society remains the one he is most proud of.

Chapman, lean and taunt two months shy of 70, still instructs black belt at Sam Chapman American Karate and serves as the school’s spiritual leader while holding down a full-time job at a psychiatric residential treatment program for girls in Simpsonville.

In 1995, he turned ownership of the school over to Carlos Howard, 44, a seventh-degree black belt who started training with Chapman at age 6.

After four years, three months and six days in the Marine Corps, Chap-

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but we’ve survived two economic downturns quite well. We’ve never been in jeopardy of closing up shop.”

Lee also said the business benefited because it got established before the explosion of interest in youth programs in martial arts attracted a lot of startups with instructors ill-trained in instruction and business practices.

“There are no real regulations on karate teachers as far as qualifications, such as there are for teachers,” Lee said. “If you want to, you can go on the Internet and open up a school. As long as you pay for your retail license, you can start teaching the next day.”

Fortunately, he said, “most of that type take care of itself a lot of times. It is a harder business than everybody thinks.

It’s not like an indoor lifeguard. It’s like any other business.”

The biggest change in the business in the last 10 years has been in the after-school marital arts programs and the summer camps built around marital arts training. “When schools started accepting 6, 7, 8-year-old children, that’s when the business grew,” Lee explained. “Children became the main clientele.”

For Spartanburg Martial Arts, he said,

that has “taken over as a big part of our business as far as revenue.”

The school runs four buses for its after-school program, picking kids up at school, taking them to the studio on the west side of Spartanburg, providing a snack, helping with homework and teaching them karate.

Not too long ago, the Lees had 13 buses, bringing kids to three commercial studios and a satellite program at the Cherokee County YMCA in Gaffney.

The Lees sold two of the studios and the satellite at the Y because “it got to be so overwhelming.” Also, with two young boys getting involved in sports and other activities, they “didn’t want to miss” being with them.

Lee regularly gets requests to bring karate programs to other locations and “probably could have 10 schools if I had the motivation to do it, because it seems everybody wants a karate program in their place.”

The lack of qualified teachers is a major reason he resists the lure. “It takes me about 10 years to train a teacher to a point where I feel good about letting them run a class. You can’t put an ad in the paper for a karate teacher.”

All the instructors at Spartanburg Martial Arts “grew up here. I raise all of mine,” Lee said.

Rick Lee and Christin Nicole Lee of Spartanburg Martial Arts.

In the best tradition of karate, instructors are judged by the quality of their teachers and that teacher’s teacher – traveling back through a long family tree.

Lee, who is a sixth-degree black belt, was taught by Marty Knight of Anderson and became a member of his nationally competitive team, which also competed internationally in China and the former Soviet Union. Lee won a na-

man returned to Liberty, earned a black belt within 18 months, became a top-ranked middleweight competitor in the 1970s and a pioneer in marital arts schools with a reputation as a strict guardian of the integrity of the art.

Chapman opened his first karate school in Easley in 1970 and later moved it to Greenville. That was just ahead of the explosive interest in martial arts generated in pop culture by Hollywood’s Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and others that results today, as Chapman put it, “in a studio virtually on every corner.”

Fueled by the action movies of the 1970s, karate studios cropped up everywhere. Because “no one else was doing it,” Chapman went out on his own to check out qualifications of instructors and practices.

“That was my personal responsibility because I wanted good martial arts taught and practiced here,” he said.

“There were some that didn’t meet expectations. I would say to them, ‘You need to close this place down.’”

He reminds parents that with all the choices kids have in sports, it is important to recognize that martial arts takes a disciplined commitment and may not

tional title in 1991.

Christin Nicole Lee, his wife and coowner of the Spartanburg studio, is also a sixth-degree black belt. A native of Anderson, she, too, trained under Knight and began competing as an adult in black belt competition when she was 13. Rick and Christin were both members of the Anderson team.

She dominated women’s sparring divisions from 1991 until 2001 and was recognized as the best overall women’s sport karate fighter of the decade.

“My wife is the famous one around here,” said her husband. “She had a great career. I wish I could say I had her accolades, but I don’t. I had a decent career, but they don’t compare.”

Christin is director of the school’s Kickin’ Kids after-school program.

The Lees, like traditional karate advocates, see martial arts as a life discipline – “the best way to gain self-self discipline, self-confidence and to learn to live a healthy goal-oriented lifestyle.”

Children, especially, tend to take to the belt program that represents skill achievement, Lee said. “They need the goal-setting. They can get bored really quick and need milestones along the way.”

Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@ thespartanburgjournal.com.

be for everyone.

“Karate is not seasonable,” he said.

“Karate is a way of life.”

With no governing boards or oversight, said Chapman, all it takes to open a martial arts studio is a business license. Students are awarded black belts by instructors who “may be good or bad” teachers and judges of talent and discipline, he said.

Unlike in the early days after World War II when most instructors were trained while serving in the military in Korea and Japan, “you have some studios now where their instructors have never been in the military and don’t have the discipline that comes along with that.”

Chapman has not competed for years but has no intention of giving up instructing and pursuing other interests.

“I don’t believe in retirement, and I am able to work. I still have a brain. I am doing things today I newer thought I could do. I am writing poetry. I’ve got a couple of books written that I have got to get published.”

Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@thespartanburgjournal.com.

JOURNAL BUSINESS

THE FINE PRINT

BY DICK HUGHES

Rehab Hospital Breaks Ground

Ernest Health Inc. (EHI), a New Mexico company, is investing $14 million in a medical rehabilitation center at North Grove Medical Park on Boiling Springs Highway.

The company said it would employ more than 100 in full-time healthcarerelated jobs with salaries and benefits of more than $50,000 annually. Building got under way with a groundbreaking on Tuesday, Oct. 9.

“The present medical services provided by Spartanburg Regional Health System and Mary Black Health System will allow us to add additional support to the wonderful medical treatment already provided,” said Darby Brockette, president and CEO. The Spartanburg Rehabilitation Institute, as the new facility is called, will treat patients recovering from strokes, brain and spinal cord injuries and other injuries and illnesses resulting in functional deficits.

The 50,100-square-foot facility will be the only freestanding medical rehabilitation hospital in Spartanburg County, which was identified by the state’s hospital plan as needing more medical rehab treatment.

Spartanburg’s Economic Futures Group worked with EHI for more than a year to bring the company to Spartanburg, said Russ Weber, chairman of EFG. EHI’s facility will be its second in South Carolina. It owns and operates Greenwood Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in Greenwood and has facilities in eight other states.

Life Again and Again for ‘Dead’ Plastic

The Poole Co., which makes a staple fiber from 100 percent recycled postconsumer plastic, has launched a program to reclaim products made from those recycled bottles to make other fibers.

“The remarkable part about Poole’s EcoSure Full-Circle program is that we are able to take a recycled fiber product, such as apparel, linens or household wipes, and recycle it again,” said David Poole, CEO. “This means we have not only diverted material from a landfill once but twice.”

The company puts “new life – twice or more – into something already classified as ‘dead,’” he said.

Poole uses 100 percent recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) content commonly used for plastic bottles to produce fiber as an environmentally friendly alternative to virgin fiber. The company also produces virgin polyester fibers.

The company cited studies by the National Association for PET Container Resources that “determined that the use of PCR polyester fiber versus virgin polyester fiber reduces energy consumption by 84 percent and greenhouse gas emissions by 71 percent.”

Poole, a 35-year-old company, has headquarters in Greenville and manufacturing and distribution in Johnsville.

Your Navy Wants Biomass

The U.S. Navy has a message for South Carolina farmers and scientists: Get on board with development of biofuels to power ships and jets.

“You can grow biomass and biofuels feed stocks here in South Carolina that can help,” Chris Tindal, the Navy’s deputy assistant secretary for energy, told a conference at Clemson last week.

Tindal said the Navy is going to need a vast amount of biofuel – 336 million gallons by 2020 – after it launches its Great Green Fleet of ships and jets in 2016.

The goal, he said, is to make biomass fuels competitive with nonrenewable fossil fuel as an energy source to improve the environment and achieve energy independence.

“There’s only so much oil in the ground, so we’re trying to build a sustainable industry,” Tindal said.

He asked the assembled group, including representatives from Clemson, the University of South Carolina, the S.C. Clean Energy Business Alliance and the S.C. Biomass Council, to get to work to help the Navy make biofuels viable.

“Whatever you can do in research and development, testing and evaluating biofuels will be important,” he said. “We want to commercialize these processes, but you have to start with research before you can get to the commercial scale.”

Funding for research and farming is available through a partnership of the Navy, the Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he said.

Tool Maker Picks Fountain Inn

MAPAL, an international maker of precision tools for metal cutting, plans to establish a plant in Fountain Inn. The company said it would spend $3 million and hire 30 workers for its plant at 110 Valley View Road.

The company said work has already begun on retrofitting the 27,000-square-foot building, hiring is under way and operations are expected to begin in December.

It is MAPAL’s first U.S. plant outside of Port Huron, Mich., where its North American headquarters is based.

MAPAL is a division of MAPAL Dr. Kress of Germany, which has 2,700 employees worldwide, according to the company Web site.

Donald Lynch, vice president of finance, said the Fountain Inn expansion is in response to rapid growth in serving manufacturers in aerospace, automotive, medical equipment, consumer goods and energy industries.

“We see tremendous opportunity to grow our business in the Southeast and to create quality jobs here in response to growing demand for advanced tooling and grinding applications,” he said.

Lynch said the Greenville Development Corp., the South Carolina Department of Commerce and Ready-

SC, the workforce-training arm of technical colleges, assisted in bringing MAPAL to Greenville County.

VA Links Up With Upstate Firm

The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Greenville-based SpanAmerica Medical Systems a five-year contract to supply special support surfaces for mattresses and other foundations.

The contract, which can be extended for another five years through 2022, is worth approximately $4 million annually in sales, but Jim Ferguson, president and CEO, said he expects sales to grow as more facilities embrace Span-Source’s new technologies.

Ferguson said Span-America has been a “valued supplier to Veterans Affairs facilities across the nation for more than two decades” and the most recent contract creates “the potential to expand sales to them in the future.”

While Span-Source products “are always at the top of the list” for veterans being treated in home settings, the safety and flexibility of its products have opened doors for Span-Source products “on the inpatient side of the VA as well.”

Best Places to Work Named

Several Upstate-based companies have been recognized in the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s annual ranking of the best places to work.

“South Carolina is home to some of the best places to work in the nation,” said Otis Rawl, president of the Chamber, at an awards dinner in Columbia Oct. 4.

The honored companies “are setting the example as superb organizations of our state’s workforce to prosper,” he said.

Elliott Davis of Greenville was listed in first place in the large category of 250 or more employees in South Carolina. SYNNEX of Greenville is eighth, and Sage Automotive Interiors of Greenville is 12th.

Human Technologies of Greenville was judged sixth best in the small to mid-sized category of 15-249 employees. O’Neal Inc. of Greenville was ranked 10th, Rosenfeld Einstein of Greenville was 16th and Scott and Company of Greenville and Columbia was 15th.

Large companies in rank order: Life Cycle Engineering, Edward Jones, Elliott Davis, Continental Tire, McAngus Goudelock & Courie, Safelite Auto Glass, Total Quality Logistics, SYNNEX, MARS Petcare, Colonial Life, Palmetto Health, Sage Automotive, Blackbaud, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Select Health of South Carolina, InterContinental Hotels Group, NBSC, First Citizens Bank, Charleston Water Systems and Benefitfocus.

Small to mid-sized companies: Gencent, SPARC, VC3 Inc., Clarke & Co. Benefits/McLaughlin Smoak & Clarke, Benefit Controls, Human Technologies, Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union, EDENS, SCRA, O’Neal, Rhythmlink International, Comatrol, Environmental Express, C.F. Evans, Scott and Co., Rosenfeld Einstein, First Reliance Bank, CMT, Barling Bay and Levelwing.

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Much has happened in Wanda Sykes’ life in the past few years.

She got married, became a parent of twins, battled breast cancer and had a double mastectomy.

And CNN announced she was a lesbian on a news crawler across the television screen.

Sykes wasn’t mad. She was just shocked that the national news channel deemed it breaking news important enough to scroll across America’s television screens.

Sykes said she hadn’t planned to publicly come out.

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Writing about what keeps you up at night For Goldman, it was about her relationship with her sister

By CINDY LANDRUM | staff

Author Judy Goldman’s advice to beginning writers is to write about what keeps them up at night.

But she didn’t follow her own advice at first when it came to writing her memoir.

Judy Goldman Goldman’s life had been turned upside down by three events that occurred within five days: Her sister was diagnosed with bile duct cancer. Her daughter found out she was pregnant with identical twins. Her brother was reunited with a daughter whom he had fathered 40 years before and had been put up for adoption at birth.

Immediately, a title, “The Arithmetic of Family,” popped into her mind, and she began writing a memoir to go with the title. It took her two and a half years to finish.

But it wasn’t the book she had always wanted to write: a book about her relationship with her sister, Brenda.

That memoir, “Losing My Sister,” was released earlier this month.

Goldman will be at the Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg on Oct. 18 for a free writing craft talk. The talk, which begins at 5 p.m., will cover how to use memories as a catalyst for exploration and discovery in perGOLDMAN continued on PAGE 18

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She was playing at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas and attended a rally at a gay and lesbian center there protesting California’s Proposition 8 that eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry in that state. Somebody asked her to say a few words, so she told the crowd she was proud she had gotten married. It was on CNN before she was able to get back to her hotel room.

“Coming out made me funnier,” she said. “I can say exactly what I want without tiptoeing around anything. It was so liberating.”

Sykes, who Entertainment Weekly calls one of the 25 funniest people in America, will bring her comedy to the Peace Center on Sunday.

She said her show will be in large part about her life and family.

“My comedy is grounded in reality.

It’s pretty much based on whatever is going on in my life,” she said. “We’ve got everything going on, and it’s funny.

I mean, I’m black, married to a woman and have two white kids.”

She even finds humor in a not-so funny subject: breast cancer.

“We’ve got everything going on, and it’s funny.

I mean, I’m black, married to a woman and have two white kids.”

Comedian Wanda Sykes

Sykes had gone in for breast reduction surgery when it was discovered she had ductal carcinoma in situ, abnormal cells inside the milk duct in the breast and considered the earliest form of breast cancer. DCIS is not life-threatening itself but can increase a person’s chance of developing an invasive breast cancer later on.

Because there was a history of breast cancer on her mother’s side of the family, she decided to have a double mastectomy.

“I went through it less than a year ago and now I have brand-new perky boobs,” she said. “Hey, I’m fine. I’m healthy. I’m happy. I just want to encourage women to get checked. Some don’t because they’re afraid they might have something.”

The show will also talk about poli-

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“Don’t expect an Obama rally, but there will be a little politics up front,” she said. “But it is just ridiculous, especially when you call people on figures and what they’re saying. They do not let the truth get in the way of their sweet lies.”

Sykes said when politicians “sling a load of bull crap,” they should get slimed like the show on Nickelodeon.

“We deserve better than that. We as Americans deserve better than that,” she said. “It’s not just Republicans. It’s both parties.”

Sykes said in addition to touring, she is working on a special with other comedians to encourage people to go out and vote.

In addition to her stand-up career, Sykes has had roles in television – “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” – and movies: “Evan Almighty” and “Monster-in-Law.” She had her own late-night talk show on the Fox network.

She’s also done voices for animated films such as “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” “Rio” and “Barnyard.”

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After Goldman realized she hadn’t taken her own writing advice, she cut two sections of “The Arithmetic of Family” and was left with a memoir about her older sister, Brenda, and herself.

Goldman, a Charlotte resident who has written two novels, had explored the subject of sisters in “The Slow Way Back,” a work of fiction that was invented from some details of her life and her sister’s life.

But the novel looked at the subject – the relationship between sisters, often the longest relationship in a woman’s life and sometimes the most complex – from a distance.

In “Losing My Sister,” Goldman looks at the forces that had shaped her relationship with her sister. She said the two were raised to be close.

“BrendaandJudy,” she wrote. “We’re one long word.”

They – Judy, the “sweet one,” and Brenda, the “strong one” – remained inseparable into adulthood. But they began to break free from those prescribed family roles and found themselves at odds, coming back together again after their last parent’s funeral.

They both discovered lumps in their breasts and had appointments with the same surgeon a day apart. Goldman’s was

Her children, now three years old, are starting to recognize her voice in animated films.

“When we’re watching, they’re starting to turn around and look at me, and you can tell they’re thinking, ‘It’s not her, it can’t be,’” Sykes said.

Sykes is continuing her tour and is hosting “NewNowNext Vote With Wanda Sykes,” two one-hour specials on the Logo network featuring a roundtable format with panelists from both sides of the political aisle.

The first show was aired four days after the Democratic National Convention. The second will air on the night before the election, Nov. 5.

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benign. Her sister’s was malignant.

When Brenda’s cancer recurred, the sisters became mired in conflict.

But, like before, they found their way back to each other as the possibility of losing each other permanently became real. Brenda eventually succumbed to the disease.

“Throughout the years I was working on this memoir, I struggled with the question: Do I have the right to tell this story?” Goldman said. “Many, many times I decided to pull the plug. But having a voice is important to me. Telling this story – one that has preoccupied me for years – is important to me.”

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@thespartanburgjournal.com.

So you know: Who: Judy Goldman, author of “Losing My Sister” What: free writing craft talk When: Oct. 18, 5 p.m.

Where: Hub City Bookshop, 186 W. Main St.,

Spartanburg Information: 864-577-9349

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Carlos Agudelo, Artistic Director Carlos Agudelo, Artistic Director Carlos Artistic Director Carlos Agudelo, Director Carlos Agudelo, ArtisticArtistic Director The Wofford College Troubadour Concert Series presents the Presti Guitar Agudelo,

Trio, the first professional all-female guitar trio in the U.S., on Oct. 12, 7 p.m. Its name pays homage to the legendary Ida Presti, considered by many to be the greatest woman guitarist to date. The trio is composed of Olga Amelkina-Vera, Valerie Hartzell and Lynn McGrath. For more information, visit www.wofford.edu.

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A second project created by South Carolina-based Dark Corner Films will premiere on Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. on SCETV. tellsArtistic the incredible story of how Carlos“Landlocked” Agudelo, Director freshwater striped bass were spawned due to the formation of South Carolina lakes.

The film’s story and inspiration came from executive producer Rich King, a passionate striper fisherman. The striped bass is now stocked in lakes in nearly 40 states and is one of America’s greatest game fish. Learn more at www.landlockedfilm.com.

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Ballet Spartanburg presents “Angelina Ballerina” and “The Elves and the Shoemaker” on Friday, Oct. 19, at 4 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 20, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Presented in the David W. Reid Theatre at the Chapman Cultural Center.

For more information, call 542-ARTS.

The Music Foundation of Spartanburg presents a free concert by the Spartanburg Festival Chorus and the Converse Chorale at Music Sandwiched In on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 12:15 p.m. at Spartanburg’s main library. Hear Music for the End of Time. Bring lunch or buy one there. For more information, call 542-ARTS. Imagine That, a Spartanburg-based theatre company of high school students, will present its annual community performance on Thursday, Oct. 25, 6 p.m., at the Chapman Cultural Center. Imagine That specializes in improvisational theatre on hot topics that concern young people, such as bullying, substance abuse and peer pressure. Intended for audiences of at least 13 years old. Call 864-278-9665 for details.

David W. Reid Theater Chapman Cultural Center

All tickets $15 Tickets: 864-542-ARTS or 864-583-0339 or

www.chapmanculturalcenter.org Ballet Spartanburg is funded in part by The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg and its donors, the County and City of Spartanburg, and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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activities, awards and accomplishments

Giles named SCC president

Henry C. Giles Jr. can take the “interim” off his title.

Giles, who was named interim president of Spartanburg Community College earlier this year after the departure of Dr. Para Jones, was named president of the college effective Nov. 1.

He is the college’s sixth president.

“After a nationwide search, we are confident that Mr. Giles’ leadership, experience and vision will move the college for- Henry C. Giles Jr. ward in the coming years as we fulfill our vision and mission of changing the lives and building the futures of our students while acting as a catalyst for economic development through innovation, collaboration and excellence in educational programs and services,” said Bruce Johnson, Spartanburg County Commission chairman.

Giles is the college’s executive vice president for business affairs and has worked at Spartanburg Community College since 1969.

Giles, who began working at SCC as a math teacher, has also served as the college’s vice president for development and vice president for academic affairs.

There were more than 100 candidates for the job. One of the four finalists was Dr. Ben Dillard, a former vice president at Greenville Technical College.

The 9th Annual Cyder Cup, benefiting The First Tee programs of Greenville and Spartanburg, will be held Oct. 13-14 at River Falls Plantation in Duncan to raise money for both programs. The event has raised over $160,000 in its eight-year history, more than 80 percent by participating Cyder Cup players and alumni, to support life skills and golf education for area youth. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.thefirstteespartanburg.org.

Since 2006, Spartanburg Day School Middle School math teacher Lee Vasbinder has coordinated unique mentorship opportunities with students and community leaders in their profession. On Friday, Sept. 28, 19 students received mentorships for the 2012-2013 school year: Savannah Grant, Anne Townsend Wakefield, Stevi Wells, Maybry Baehr, Rebecca Mattison, Cecilia Shen, Brian Steinberg, Walker Tiller, Lauren Thomas, Emory Eastin, Hannah Siegel, Caroline Turner, Harrison Flynn, Elizabeth Holcomb, Anders Ike, Connor Smith, Matthew Overton, Rainsford Reel, Chloe Keefer, Campbell Caretto, Robert Collier, Andrew Pennington, Sara Hutchins, Stephen Thornton, Bailey Verreault, Russell Lawrence, Carrie Gould, Hiren Patel, Lauren Wiltsek, Craig Lyon, Christian Harris and Gavin Roser.

The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) is holding a memorial service for the Gift of Body program, Friday, Oct. 12, 5 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg. This service will honor the individuals who have chosen to donate their bodies to medical education upon their death. In addition, the college will be celebrating its annual White Coat Ceremony to welcome students from the class of 2016 into the medical profession on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2 p.m. in Converse College’s Twichell Auditorium.

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DUNCAN DEVELOPMENT

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CAROLINA COUNTRY CLUB

$565,000

WOOLRIDGE, STEPHEN T

WOOLRIDGE, STEPHEN T

881 INVERNESS CIR

WOODRIDGE

$515,000

ESCE, PHILLIP G

KRAMER, ART

746 GLENRIDGE RD

WILKINS POINTE

$380,000

POTEAT, CALVIN D

MONAGHAN, ROBERT T

168 WILKINS BLVD

RIVER FALLS PLANTATION

$311,678

BRADSHAW, YORK W

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE

241 PENICK DR

WOODFIN RIDGE

$280,000

RICKY CAMP CONSTRUCTION LLC THOMAS, ELIZABETH C

CARRINGTON PLACE

$255,000

BEHELER, JEFFERY DAVID

WARDLAW, CHADWICK E

452 CARRINGTON DR

$247,544

FORD, WILLIAM J

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE

505 MEMMINGER CT

DILLARD CREEK CROSSING

$215,325

S C PILLON HOMES INC

KAY, CHRISTOPHER S

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STERLING ESTATES

$215,000

BONDY, ERIC KINGDON

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CARLISLE PLACE

$212,000

WOODRUM, RONALD A

BRYSON, STEPHEN BRENT

212 HEATHER GLEN DR

BENT CREEK PLANTATION

$177,500

SHERRILL, JAMES R

NYVALL, BRIAN JAMES

339 SUGAR TIME LN

EVANWOOD

$147,000

SCHEPPKE, KEVIN THOMAS

MARTINEZ, NOLVIA

753 SHADOW DANCE LN

EAGLE POINTE

$146,000

ZELLNER, WILLIAM EARL

ROCHESTER, ANTHONY D

125 CONDOR PL

HEATHERBROOK

$143,000

HELMS, DUSTIN M

DERUBIS, CHRISTINA M

235 106 HEATHERBROOK DR

HAWK CREEK NORTH

$142,815

NVR INC

DENDY, RANDY S

229 DELLWOOD DR

CLARK ESTATES

$140,000

TIF SCAR LLC

TIBBETTS, SCOTT A

212 PINE COVE DR

LIGHTWOOD FARM

$139,900

LISTER, NICHOLAS P

MCGRAW, JENNIFER FARMER

728 S ALDERWOOD RD

WESTGATE PLANTATION

$139,000

RIBEIRO, MONICA R

JOHNSON, PAUL J

702 COROMANDEL DR

GREENE CREEK

$138,777

SNEED, BRIAN D

SHARPE, MARLON L

512 CLAIRIDGE DR

$135,000

MAYBRY III, JOHN B

CORREIA, KRISTIN E

309 S MAIN ST

WYNBROOK

$133,900

ENCHANTED CONSTRUCTION LLC LABRA, EUSEBIO

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$132,000

J FOUR LOTS LLC

HARVEST RIDGE

$129,900

MIKE SEAY CONSTRUCTION INC

DAVIS, ELIZABETH DIANE

519 CORNUCOPIA LN

RIDGECREST HEIGHTS

$129,500

STEP, BOBBY JOE

SCHENCK, AARON L

101 RIDGE RD

SEAY RIDGE FARMS

$126,900

POLIVKA, JUSTIN ANDREW

WILSON, KENNETH DWAYNE

557 MOUNTAIN VIEW RD

HILLBROOK FOREST

$123,900

IDROVO, MARCO A

VANGSNES, MARK

104 HENSON ST

BROOKHAVEN

$119,700

KOLB, SHEILA K

BELL, MELISSA

108 BROOKHAVEN DR

ALLIED ENTERPRISES

$110,000

PENCE, KAREN M

HOLCOMBE, RICHARD LEWIS

5001 WILLOW DR

SPRING HILL

$106,000

CHANDLER, STEPHANIE M

BURGESS, PHILLIP M

477 BELCHER RD

HAWK CREEK NORTH

$106,000

MARK III PROPERTIES INC

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$105,000

MARTIN, RONALD LEE

PETTIT, MICHAEL E

223 ARROWHEAD CIR

CRESTVIEW HILLS

$99,000

BERNOSKI, THOMAS R

BARBERE JR, TROY DEXTER

117 SATURN LN

COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES

$93,753

JENKINS, CYNTHIA A

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SHORESWOOD

$90,637

FREEMAN, BARBARA

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOC 122 RIDGEWAY RD

$88,500

CLARKSON, MARILYN MCMILLAN

FINLEY, ANDREW S

137 BATTLEGROUND RD

PLUSH MEADOWS

$83,800

SAFARI PROPERTIES LLC

BOWSER, KURT A

106 BLUEBERRY LN

WINDSOR TOWNES

$79,900

GARDNER, TIMOTHY T

SMITH, MARY J

419 ROYAL OAK DR

MCDOWELL STREET ACRES

$79,000

MCGUIRE, MICHAEL

CALDWELL, STEPHEN

380 MCDOWELL ST

WOODLAND HEIGHTS

$77,900

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GREEN, SHANNEE

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ANONDALE

$77,500

MOORE, ROBERT A

LINDSEY, AUDREY

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BAGWELL FARM

$77,000

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470 SHORESBROOK RD

$73,000

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306 HAYFIELD CT

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$65,000

HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT JONES, ANN F

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IVY PARK

$64,900

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HENSLEY, JOSEPH C

167 IVY CIR

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811 AMARILLO DR

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WELLS FARGO BANK NA

179 WAXBERRY CT

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$60,000

BARHAM, SABRINA D

WELLS FARGO BANK NA

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$58,900

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126 LEISURE LN

SPRINGFIELD

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208 OAKMONT DR

PARK HILLS

$54,900

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE DONG, ANKANG

125 E VICTORIA RD

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POWELL III, JOHN C

ELDRIDGE, KANDIE

783 KENMORE DR

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$50,000

EARLES, JOHN L

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$50,000

SOMERO, BRIAN

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$49,500

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$45,414

WEEKS, ERIN R

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103 TOLEDO PL

RIVER FALLS PLANTATION

$45,000

MOLLNER, STEPHEN G

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626 MOUNT VERNON LN

DILLARD CREEK CROSSING

$42,500

BRAASCH BUIDING GROUP LLC

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432 JAMESWOOD CT

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SMITH, SHANNON D

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MARK III PROPERTIES INC

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$24,930

PRUITT, KELLY S

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313 EAGLEWOOD CT

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NICASSIO, RALPH

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HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT CAROLINA SKY LLC

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$18,260

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$18,000

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127 CLEARVIEW DR

SUGAR RIDGE COMMONS

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RANDY CAMP CONSTRUCTION LLC 477 CIDER PARK DR

SPARTAN MILL VILLAGE

$12,000

HEATHERLY, LEILA M

CAROLINA INVESTMENTS OF WVL LLC 369 FARLEY ST

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KISEL, SERGEY

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$7,000

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505 SHARPE TER

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$2,500

DULL, BRYAN W

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE 372 HONOR RD

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$2,500

COX, MICHAEL BRIAN

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE

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$2,500

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FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE

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$2,500

ROST, WADE HART

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STRICKLAND, MARTHA B

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327 327 WADDELL RD

$2,000

LANFORD, TERRY G

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$500

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Milestone selects another top provider for 2012 Inspiration Home It goes without saying that it takes a lot of materials to build an 11,000 sq. ft. home. Thanks to GBS Building Supply, the 2012 Inspiration Home will be constructed of the highest quality products as well. A long-time supplier for Milestone Custom Homes, GBS has made numerous deliveries since the home broke ground in February. In fact, GBS trucks won’t stop until the final day of construction–now fewer than 45 days away.

Bob Barreto, Chief Executive Officer for GBS, wouldn’t have it any other way. “The Inspiration Home is exactly that–an inspired project that demands our very best,” he said. “We’re pleased to provide a long list of featured products for the showcase home.”

Founded in 1972 by ten Upstate homebuilders, GBS has constructed a lasting reputation for selling only the SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL

highest quality products made by the country’s leading manufacturers. GBS is employee-owned and has grown from humble roots into an ever-expanding company in four strategic locations–Anderson, Six Mile, and Greenville, SC and Hendersonville, NC.

In 2011, the former GBS Lumber rebranded itself as GBS Building Supply to reflect the company’s growing expertise in installed sales, green products, remodeling and renovation design services, and commercial applications. In addition to lumber and plywood, GBS sources millwork, windows, doors, decking, cabinets, countertops, roofing, siding, insulation, trusses, hardware, sheetrock, brick, stone, and much more.

From start to finish, as it is proving with the 2012 Inspiration Home, GBS Building Supply has solutions for any construction or remodeling endeavor.

To learn more about GBS Building Supply, visit www.gbsbuilding.com.

The 2012 Inspiration Home is a grand 11,220 square feet residence constructed by Milestone Custom Homes of Greenville in an architectural style reminiscent of the late 1800s– but with the latest in modern conveniences and technology.

Tour the Home: November 29 - December 2 December 6 - December 9 To see this spectacular home within Verdae in Greenville, purchase tickets now. Visit www.ihomesc.com for details.

100% of ticket proceeds go to two deserving charities – the Greenville Humane Society Ǥ Ǥ ƥ of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

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Cherokee storyteller Freeman Owle presented two talks at Wofford College on “Native Americans and Natural Resources.” Owle spoke at Wofford’s Goodall Environmental Studies Center at Glendale, S.C., and in the Burwell Building on campus. Owle’s visit was part of the college’s Gold Black and Green sustainability program. The events were co-sponsored by South Carolina Interfaith Power and Light.

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Location, location, location

Across 1 Nighttime refresher 6 Stir 9 Coffee flavoring 14 Galleon spars 19 Roaring Camp chronicler 20 Like some cats 21 Faint 22 Britten’s “Billy Budd,” e.g.

23 Command to a soldier 25 African antelope’s haven?

27 Farmer’s fields?

29 Eocene and Miocene 30 Unappreciative response 31 Cardinal’s resting place 32 Bid 34 They may be written in tablets 36 Down 38 Actress Vardalos 39 At an earlier time 41 Appreciative responses 44 Roomer’s mecca?

48 It: It. 52 Amp controls 54 Shaping devices 55 Galleria display 56 Aimée of “La Dolce Vita” 57 Highest point 58 Like some memories 59 Tints

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60 Rhododendron variety 61 Route directories 63 Mexican pyramid builder 64 Nicklaus rival 65 Berliner’s cont.

66 Ford’s legacy?

69 Peace, in Mexico 71 1960s-’70s first family 73 Queen’s subjects 74 Acoustical foam pattern 76 Floral fragrances 77 Down 78 Dullsville 79 Vacation plan 80 Modern Persian 81 Alligator __ 82 “__ there ...”

83 Legally block 84 Feathered mimic 85 Oscar fan’s realm?

88 __-cone 89 Dullsville 91 Gram. case 92 Sister 94 Airport security concern 97 Round Table figure 100 It broke up in 1991: Abbr.

104 __ Darya River 105 Come to pass 108 Celebrity chef’s turf?

110 Bellyacher’s bailiwick?

113 Taught gradually, with “in” 114 Gritty intro?

115 Rub out 116 U.S. Army E-6, e.g.

117 Pet annoyance?

118 “Jes’ think ...”

119 Site of unplayable organs 120 JFK, in the ‘50s 121 Philly cager Down 1 Dumbwaiter enclosure 2 Birthday work for mom 3 Destroy over time 4 Liszt’s “Transcendental __” 5 Elliott the Dragon’s friend 6 Time and __ 7 Orange-handled pot beverage 8 Unrestricted, as a discussion 9 Controversial flavor enhancer 10 Dominated 11 Clever stroke 12 Scope opening?

13 One may begin “Reminds me of the time ...”

14 Creamy dessert 15 911 call follow-up, perhaps 16 Baseball commissioner who helped establish interleague play 17 Instant 18 Quarterback’s concerns

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24 Bilbo’s heir 26 App-using device 28 Helps with the dishes 33 Organ with a drum 35 Some bowls 37 Playing hooky, maybe: Abbr.

39 Casting site

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40 They made Trigger happy 41 On __: if challenged 42 Friendly folks’ environs?

43 Memorable provider of roadside aid 45 Gets pets, maybe

46 Classic laundry soap 47 Approve 49 Featured chorus lines 50 Jurist’s paradise?

51 Alias indicator 53 Showed the way 56 Mexican pyramid builder 58 Satyr cousins 59 “Inferno” author 60 Cry of frustration 62 Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, e.g.

63 Soil enricher 64 Tobacco industry whistle-blower Jeffrey 67 Bug, perhaps 68 Pequod part-owner 70 Youngest Marx brother 72 Kubla Khan’s palace 75 Amendments 1-10 subj.

76 Intention 77 Lux. neighbor 78 Hundred-dollar bills, in slang 81 Pickled offering at a deli 82 Authoritative source 83 Avian runner 85 Spoonbill, for one 86 RV park chain 87 Vague rumor 90 Angus cut 93 Centers 94 Homeowners’ prides 95 Cool cat’s “Understood” 96 Birder’s Andean mecca 97 Sheen 98 So 99 Bad fire 101 Big name in kitchen appliances 102 Winwood of Traffic 103 Cup sought every two years 106 Farmer’s prefix 107 “Pants on fire” person 109 Bussing needs 111 Some Windows systems 112 Romantic beginning Crossword answers: page 25

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60 & beyond

athome athome athome

by Peggy Henderson

Why should the early bird get the worm?

I grew up with the adage “the early bird gets the worm.” My family background stems from pride in accomplishments due more to applied diligence than natural talent. Plus, quick instincts and social skills do add spice to the mix.

Honestly, though, when I caught myself mouthing the early-bird mantra to my children, I wanted to slap myself. The early bird didn’t do much for my performance level except make me feel guilty.

Unfortunately, the guilt perception plays havoc in all of our lives, but especially with “kids” in their early 30s. The stressful pressure is more humongous than ever for them to be on a solid career path. Indeed, according to most American playbooks, by the time the bell hits 40, you are over the hill.

Another mantra with which I’d like to agree to disagree is “bloom where you are planted.”

Being an avid gardener, I love the life principle with the idea of deep, aged roots that garner wisdom and new, green spring growth that represents change with energy and hope. However, I’d also like to extend the perennial notion that with that same life principle we should include – in the floral premise – late bloomers.

Wikipedia defines a late bloomer as “a person whose talents or capabilities are not visible until later in life.”

This statement is correct in a general way; but as in all things, there are variations on the theme. There are the late bloomers who live by trial and error the first half of their lives. That first half is best described with the following negative terms: couch potato, indifferent or average. Or the acceptable-but-notreally-satisfactory terms: finding themselves, getting another academic degree or hostel-traveling around the world.

“Culturally successful” is a second late-bloomer. This is a good thing, as Martha Stewart likes to say. This sort of late-bloomer is the individual who first lives a conventional lifestyle of career, marriage, children, church and civic responsibilities, retires and then begins the best part of his or her life with a personal, chosen second avocation.

No strings attached. An authentic late bloomer.

Examples are: • Famed English crime fiction writer P. D. James, who was a civil servant and later hospital administrator in her early adult years. She published her first Adam Dalgliesh mystery novel in 1962 at age 42. At 90, she is still writing and publishing.

• Harlan Sanders, the Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken, was 66 when he self-made his secret recipe into a food empire.

• Amelia Earhart, who at the age of 34 was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

I reason that it’s a privilege and a blessing to have a second chance at that certain something that was planted when we dreamed dreams that one day might be.

No question, medical research has granted seniors 25 years and counting of realistic possibilities. New challenges. Offthe-wall goals that may or may not shock your grandchildren. We have advantages that young and middle-aged people want and can’t obtain: accumulated knowledge gained just by daily living, not counting long-term self-education.

This time around there is absolutely no pressure except the pressure you put on yourself. I suggest if you don’t have passion for the possibility, chunk it and go deeper into yourself. Above all, be painfully honest.

Life coaches warn to resist putting money into a project unless it’s wellfinanced. Common sense calls for no risky business at this stage in life. I used to dream of owning a corner bookstore with folk music, coffee and a fireplace.

Excuse me. We all have our dreams.

Mine has morphed into being a latebloomer writer buying books in someone else’s bookstore. So savor your life garden.

Bloom where you are planted as you read this. It’s never too late. Never. Ever.

Peggy Henderson is a 60 & Beyond former freelance writer turned newspaper columnist. Besides appearing in the Spartanburg and Greenville Journals, her column is syndicated with Senior Wire News Services. In addition, she’s a staff writer for the website www.Go60.us.

Contact her at peg4745@aol.com.

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