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Leaders reflect on cultural connections, troubled history with Barbados

By Herb Frazier

A weeklong business and cultural exchange in Barbados by 53 Charleston leaders forged new friendships and experiences that may pay off for the Holy City. But the trip to observe the 25th anni versary of the sister-city relationship between Charleston and the Barbados seaside village of Speightstown also served as a somber reminder that free labor of enslaved Africans helped Barbados to prosper, just as it helped to establish the Carolina colony three and a half centuries ago.

Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg joined the group for talks on business, cultural exchanges and climate change.

The recent October visit may strengthen the city’s bond with Barbados and broaden the understanding of it, said Rhoda Green, Barbados’ honorary consul to South Carolina. Leader of a similar trip 25 years ago, Green is president of the Carolina Legacy Foundation and is synonymous with the Lowcountry’s Barbados connection.

The Barbados government, Green said, “is now seeking to address [slavery] and reposition itself to tell its story from the per spective of those who were enslaved and to deal with that history not as victims but as victors.”

Five area residents on the trip from a variety of fields — business, academia, government and education — shared their reflections exclusively with the City Paper on potential business and cultural impacts of the exchange with Barbados. Their thoughts are below:

On food and culture

Pearl Ascue, East Cooper businesswoman

Gullah Geechee and Bajan (a term that describes Barbadians) people have much in common. While in Barbados, they served us macaroni pie, but we call it mac and cheese. They have peas and rice. Our equivalent is Hoppin’ John. They also served a dish of pickled pig feet and chicken feet with cabbage. The Gullah Geechee version is a stewed chicken feet with rice.

I especially connected with Bajan culture through surnames that are similar to Lowcountry surnames. When I saw names such as Gibbs and Colleton, my thoughts turned to McClellanville. I saw Primus and that certainly brought me to the Jack Primus com munity near Cainhoy. Surprisingly, I saw the surname of my best friend and husband Timothy “Pete” Ascue. In Barbados it is spelled Ayscue but surely there’s a connection. Dr. Tonya Matthews, presi dent and CEO of the International African American Museum, who was part of the Charleston delegation, was excited to see her family name represented in Barbados.

As we develop our relationship between Gullah Geechee and Bajan people, residents in the East Cooper’s settlement communi ties of Ten Mile, Hamlin, Remleys Point, Phillips, Snowden, the northern end of Awendaw and McClellanville should remember that Bajan culture did not influence only downtown Charleston. When the Barbados settlers brought our ancestors to the Carolina Colony they might have been sold into slavery in Charlestown, but eventually they brought their culture to the rural plantations.

The settlement communities are a reflection of that Bajan culture through food, surnames and customs. This is an opportu nity for us in the settlement communities to showcase our unique culture to tourists.

Charleston has been noted as a prime tourist destination because of our friendly hospitality staff. Bajan people are friendly, too. They often reply to a request with a polite, “Yes, please!”

On our connection to the past

Alphonso Brown, Charleston owner of Gullah Tours

The trip for me was a spiritual and mind-searching mission. I’ve been to West Africa and other different places. But I never felt the spirit of connection of being at home like I felt in Barbados. When I looked in people’s eyes, and they looked back in mine, the mutuality of our spirits saw a relative, a cousin, a descendent. This seemed to be the case everywhere we went.

In the villages and rural areas of Barbados, I noticed that very little landscaping is practiced. Wherever a tree or bush grows around a house, it seems to be a natural occurrence, landscaped by nature. Wherever God drops a tree, a bush or upheave a limestone rock that’s where it stays, forming a beautiful natural habitat.

Their love for God is overt. The partying starts on Thursday nights and culminates late Friday nights. Saturdays are set aside for drying out and preparation for church on Sundays. In

The Rundown

Early voting now open across S.C.

A record 40,000 South Carolina voters cast ballots Monday on the state’s first day of early voting for the general election. That was twice of what occurred on the first day of early voting in June. The day started with no problems at the polls, but as more people flocked to a state website to check voting locations and sample ballots, the site crashed.

While it’s just the second election in which people can vote before election day for any reason, election officials have been preparing for it for a while. Early voting takes place in Charleston County through Nov. 5 with polls open in seven locations from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit SCvotes. gov/early-voting. —Staff Reports

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Leaders from Barbados Museum and Historical Society, College of Charleston Libraries and Carolina Legacy Foundation discuss the potential for future business opportunities between Barbados and South Carolina

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VOX POPULI: Young area voters want candidates to solve social issues

by Chelsea Grinstead

Young voters in Charleston County want political candidates to solve social prob lems, according to a series of recent manon-the-street interviews ahead of the Nov. 8 elections.

Voters interviewed under the age of 30 said they would support candidates who seemed most likely to defend access to abortion, social welfare programs and minority rights, and that voting based on party affiliation alone was an outdated mindset.

The majority of people who spoke to City Paper wanted to share opinions on issues. But when asked about specific candidates, “I have to do some research” was the overwhelming response. Men, in particular, were not as interested in sharing their views.

Twenty-four-year old Jessica Wenclawiak of Charleston is a graduate student studying marine biology at the College of Charleston (CofC). She said she wished the bipartisan dichotomy in the country was not such an ingrained feature

of the American political system.

“I think the control of the Senate and the House is really important, so I want to vote to influence that,” Wenclawiak told City Paper. “The environment [and] climate change are really important to me — making sure that there’s proper infrastructure to deal with climate change and flooding that’s going to happen in the future is really important for me.”

She added that pro tecting reproductive rights also was important. “I’m pro-choice. Everyone’s bodies and privacy [should be] respected. People in office [should] have an understanding of why it’s so important to so many different people.”

Charleston software developer Julius DeAngelis, 27, said one thing he takes the most issue with is candidates he views as tarred by money.

“Candidates who take large amounts of

corporate cash — if there’s any Democrat that’s bankrolled by XYZ, Big Pharma corporations, big health insurance corpora tions — I’m not voting for them,” he said. “As long as the Democrat isn’t too slimy, for lack of a better, more polite term, I’ll prob ably vote Democratic.

“You have to vote, even if it’s for a candidate you don’t particularly like, as long as somebody’s not too terrible, and they’re for somewhat progres sive policies on health care, the environment and the economy.”

Charleston resident Bambi Barr, 22, is working toward a double major in biology and theater performance at College of Charleston. She doesn’t have particular candidates selected yet, but she has started to compile an overview of the elections for her younger sister who just reached

Nonprofit, task force fight labor, sex trafficking

By E.C. Waldron

The sexual abuse was so prevalent when Kat Wehunt was growing up in Florida that she thought it happened in all families. Then a relative began to sell her for sex. And then he made her take drugs and pimped her to golfers at a club where he worked.

The last time Wehunt, now 28, saw the man, she was 17. But even today, she’s always looking back.

Wehunt is now the executive director of The Formation Project, a Charleston County nonprofit that advocates and assists victims of human traf ficking, a term that includes labor slavery as well as sexual abuse.

Wehunt says memo ries about her own trauma fuels her advocacy. Her organiza tion is three years old and has helped about 100 women and men escape from their abusers, get jobs and find housing. The group can begin to work with some victims at age 17 to prepare them for independence.

“Eighty percent of our survivors are

substance- and alcohol-free and all of our survivors have a safe place to live,” she said in a recent interview.

Task force to meet Oct. 28

Wehunt says it takes coordination for these kinds of results. In the Lowcountry, there are numerous groups working together in a renewed fight against the crime of human trafficking.

The Tri-County Human Trafficking Task Force, appointed for the region by the South Carolina Attorney General’s office, will meet 10 a.m. Oct. 28 in North Charleston to boost prosecutions and advocate for changes to state law. Among the proposals it is considering is to redefine terms and provide penalties for three distinct parties:

• Providers of commercial sex, currently called “prostitutes” in the law;

• Solicitors of commercial sex, or sex buyers; and

• Facilitators of commercial sex, which includes those who advertise a “pros titute” or a negligent hotel owner who turns a blind eye to sex trafficking at his establishment.

In addition, the task force is calling for new laws to prosecute those who post

photos or “revenge porn”— which are often used by traffickers to blackmail victims.

Another proposal seeks to require elec tronic devices like laptops, phones and tab lets to be sold with existing filters for explicit content in the “on” position, rather than the current default of them being off.

Brooke Burris of Mount Pleasant is the co-chair and co-founder of Tri-County Human Trafficking Task Force which covers Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties. The task force, started in 2018, is supported by the Lincoln Tubman Foundation, a nonprofit based in Mount Pleasant. Burris said pros ecution needs to increase but law enforce ment needs more resources.

She recalled an Upstate case in 2017 when a teenager was in and out of the child protective system because she had been sold for sex by her mother. When the girl turned 18, Burris said she returned to a mother who reportedly sometimes made her sleep in a doghouse.

“They (law enforcement) never made any headway on investigating and charging the mother and that’s a clear case of a horrendous story that happened in our state,” Burris said.

Blotter of the Week

Charleston police responded Oct. 17 to a West Ashley convenience store after the manager reported that a 3-foot-tall plastic Snoop Dogg bobblehead advertising Corona beer was missing. The theft was filmed by a surveillance camera, but no one was arrested as of the filing of the report. More importantly, there’s no word yet on whether Snoop was located.

Be careful what you wish for While patrolling downtown Oct. 15, Charleston police saw a man causing a scene on the sidewalk. When an officer told him to leave the area, he refused and said, “Well, arrest me, you f*cking idiot.” The officer obliged.

It’s not personal Charleston police responded Oct. 12 to a man’s report that his boat motor was stolen from a storage facility on Daniel Island. Police reported that he said he didn’t “personally know anyone who would steal his boat motor.” Whew, what a relief. He was issued a case number.

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On forging academic relationships

Mary Jo Fairchild, College of Charleston research services coordinator in special collections and archives

Our efforts to build relationships with our Bajan counterparts in museums, libraries, archives and the visual arts began as soon as we got off the airplane! During initial talks and meetings between the Barbados government and cultural heritage leaders in South Carolina, I learned about the Reclaiming Our Atlantic Destiny (ROAD) project, sponsored by the Office of the Prime Minister. In addition to constructing a memorial to people enslaved and buried at Newton Plantation, the ROAD project over the next three years will digitize and make available archival records documenting the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The Newton Plantation Collection is hosted on the College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Digital Library. I also learned that outside of the United Kingdom, Barbados has the largest collection of transAtlantic slave records in the world.

Several days later, I met with colleagues at the Barbados Museum and Historical Society to identify ways in which we could document the experiences of people enslaved in South Carolina and in Barbados.

During our visit, the Rose Hill Tuk band led a procession from the Arlington House to the Speightstown Esplanade where the group presented moving performances and later we savored homemade Bajan fish cakes, conkies, black pudding and barbecue.

On being ready to confront slavery

Daniel E. Martin Jr.,

9th Circuit family court judge

The buses brought us uphill through a narrow path with 7-foot tall sugar cane that swayed in the trade winds on each side of the road. When we emerged from the fields, we saw the Newton Slave Burial Ground, a beautiful green pasture with a cluster of large shade trees in the middle of it.

The peaceful natural setting cooled by the breeze was quickly interrupted when we learned we were standing on more than 500 unmarked graves of enslaved workers who had died in the sugar cane fields. These unfor tunate souls were unceremoniously buried, some stacked three deep. Their inconvenient deaths did not interrupt the production of sugar cane that made Barbados wealthy.

But Barbados, like Charleston, appears to be ready to confront the strange institu tion of slavery that brought riches to its earliest proprietors. The island is building

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The Haynesville Youth Group and Dancin Africa group performed at the Newton Slave Burial Ground

a museum at the Newton Slave Burial Ground that will honor those who per ished in the labor of sugar much like the International African American Museum in Charleston will educate the world of the sacrifice of our African ancestors on this side of the Atlantic.

On our deep connections

Victoria Smalls, executive director of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor

Our journey and experiences amplified why we, in the Carolinas, are historically and culturally connected to Barbados. It’s deeper than I realized. Walking in the historic footsteps of the enslaved people of Barbados, accompanied by their descen dants, I often wondered, could one of my Smalls ancestors come from this island?

When your ancestry is tethered to African enslavement, there are unanswered ques tions, leaving you searching for answers.

The Bajan and Gullah Geechee people have multiple ties, like our blend of African, Indian, British and European cultures, which to this day are expressed in our dis tinctive languages that use words like da, dis, dat, der and dey. We enjoyed tasting the cultural linkages while visiting Oistins, a quaint little town on the southern coast of Barbados. We joined Bajans at food stands and dined together on benches outside and enjoyed freshly caught grilled fish.

We witnessed our shared African tradi tional foodways, with rice, sweet potato, yams and lots of fish. Music is an essential part of both Bajan and Gullah cultures.

Our delegation was invited to the Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s official resi dence at Ilaro Court where we enjoyed cul tural music, dancing and more food.

Meetings were also held to cultivate historic and cultural connections with the Barbados’ Culture and Tourism Divisions and the Charleston delegation. While par ticipating in a libation and prayer ceremony at Newton Slave Burial Ground, a sacred UNESCO site, we were reminded why Barbados was known as the first Black slave society of Britain, why it was once described as the Caribbean model of the pure “planta tion” and how they accelerated the brutal pace of mass enslavement of Africans.

For more on the Charleston-Barbados connection, visit barbadoscarolinas.org.

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“We have had a lot taken from us,” Barr said, “and we have had a lot not go well in the past few years. First I look at: Will you bring diversity? Second: Do I agree with your views? Third: Will you actually try to make a change?”

Chris Judge, 28, works in the food and bev erage industry downtown. The big issue on his mind is voting Gov. Henry McMaster out of office by supporting Joe Cunningham.

“We need some new blood and a youngergeneration politician who can relate to younger people,” he said.

“Basic common-sense laws need to be implicated, like more affordable housing.”

He said Cunningham isn’t necessarily “the answer,” but he has more potential to help young people than McMaster.

“Voting is one of your social responsibilities,” Judge said. “It’s one of those things that you do to contribute to society — otherwise you’re just complaining about what’s going on in the government.”

Charleston resident Molly Crary, a 22-yearold CofC theater studies major, said she was looking for candidates who support progres sive policies.

“I’ve noticed like a recent push [for] antitransgender laws,” Crary said. “I’ll definitely

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More follow-through also sought

The Dee Norton Child Lowcountry Children’s Center in Charleston wants to pre vent lack of follow-through by law enforce ment by concentrating on the team approach to save child victims, said Rachael Garrett, the organization’s director of community programs. The organization recently received a third grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, this time for more than $700,000.

Garrett said its system offered a more comprehensive approach.

“DSS (the S.C. Department of Social Services) might refer a case to our program … and then we would have our coordinator work with all the different partners who are involved.

Garrett said that might include a school and a therapist — and would definitely include law enforcement.

Why? Because “we’re talking about a crime that’s been committed,” she said.

Keeping safe from predators

Prosecution never happened for Wehunt, director of The Formation Project. She said the family member who trafficked her was

[support] candidates who support LGBTQ+ rights, and I also generally like candidates who support social welfare programs.

“I guess I feel a little jaded,” she said. “When Roe v. Wade was initially overturned, I felt [there was] a lack of responsibility and urgency from the Democratic Party.”

Jadrian Manderville, 29, works for a vehicle manufacturer in Ladson. He said young voters being involved in elections at the state level is extremely important.

“Women should have the say-so to what ever they want to do with their own body,” he said. “I think it’s unfair that men are trying to control females. What about the younger generation that’s coming up? They have no say-so because [the older genera tions] have control.”

CofC student Marisa Robes, 19, said she feels like congressional elections directly affect constituents a lot more than presi dential elections. And while the Charleston resident said she is extremely upset about the overturning of Roe v. Wade, she feels that is a reflection of what happens when party affilia tion is held as the highest priority.

“People voted [Trump] in simply because it said ‘Republican,’” Robes said. “The way that he’s taken the Republican Party is completely off-center of what they actually value. And that’s the problem with just voting because it’s your party,” she said.

“Everyone should vote. You can’t complain if you do nothing. Even if there’s no candidate [you identify with], you can still choose the lesser of two evils.”

never charged after she reported him.

But as illustrated by a story on The Formation Project’s website, the organiza tion is trying to keep predators at bay.

The narrative of a photo of a group of elephants outlines that when an elephant gives birth, other female elephants get in “formation,” making a circle around the mother elephant, protecting both mom and baby from predators.

Wehunt said that’s what The Formation Project does every day with strategies such as peer-support groups.

“I wanted to make sure I built an organization that was survivor-led so they can have a seat at the table,” Wehunt said. “The survivors are just really run ning our program.”

Wehunt said one of those survivors will soon join the paid staff of the nonprofit.

According to The Formation Project’s web site, after a mother elephant gives birth, all of the female elephants raise their trunks and trumpet — loudly.

HOW GET HELP OR REPORT TRAFFICKING: Call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888. The hotline is confidential and open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

TASK FORCE MEETS: 10-11:30 a.m., Oct. 28. Charleston County Government, Room C-230, 4045 Bridgeview Drive, North Charleston.

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Our endorsements for Charleston County races

The most critical 2022 races for Charleston County voters may be those for school board. For the first time in recent history, all nine seats are up for grabs thanks to a move to newly gerrymandered, odd-shaped county single-member districts. Only two incumbents are on the ballot. That means there will be big changes on this board that has been controversial for too long.

If you haven’t done your homework on the best candidates for your area, here are our local suggestions. For an extended endorsement discussion, visit our website: charlestoncitypaper.com.

Charleston County School District Board of Trustees

• District 1 (East Cooper): Doyle Costello, who will bring a passion for improved communication, civility and transparency.

• District 2 (Mount Pleasant): Sarah Shad Johnson, a proven advocate for parents and teachers who doesn’t believe in delegating policy control.

• District 3 (Charleston-Mount Pleasant): Pam McKinney, a former teacher who values transparency and listening.

• District 4 (Charleston-North Charleston): Courtney Waters, an incumbent who will be an institutional bridge for governance.

• District 5 (West Ashley-North Charleston): No endorsement.

• District 6 (West Ashley): Lee Runyon, a seasoned educator whose “classroom first” philosophy offers hope.

• District 7 (West Ashley): Jen Mieras, a passionate supporter of public education in a district filled with good candidates.

• District 8 (Ravenel-Johns Island): Darlene Dunmeyer, a lis tener who understands the board’s role in good governance.

• District 9 (James-Folly-Kiawah islands): Carol Tempel, a life long educator who will advocate for teachers and students.

Other Charleston County races

• Probate Judge: Irv Condon, an experienced incumbent who delivers for people, not a party.

• Register of Deeds: Karen Hollings, a seasoned real estate veteran who has the know-how to do the job.

• County Council, District 8 (Ravenel-Johns Island): Joe Boykin, whose priorities of dealing with traffic congestion, growth and transparency are refreshing.

• County Council, District 9 (James-Folly-Kiawah islands): Julie Hallman, a self-described “preservationist” whose voice would boost the county’s focus on the environment.

Candidates for three other seats — Herb Sass in East Cooper’s District 1, Larry Kobrovsky in East Cooper’s District 2 and Teddie Pryor in North Charleston’s District 5 — have no November opposition.

Contested Statehouse seats

• District 15 (North area): J.A. Moore. Passionate and hardworking, he has proven himself to be an advocate for regular folks.

• District 80: (East Cooper): Donna Brown Newton, a Mount Pleasant native dedicated to sensible gun safety and women’s health care.

• District 94 (North Area): Ilene Davis, whose background in financial matters would be welcome at the Statehouse.

• District 109 (North Area): Deon Tedder, an attorney who will keep pushing for more affordable housing.

• District 110 (Charleston): Ellis Roberts, a lawyer whose dis dain for divisiveness and extremism is vital for change.

• District 112 (East Cooper): David Artusin, whose focus on aging infrastructure is important.

• District 114 (West Ashley): Michelle Brandt, an environ mental scientist committed to integrity and transparency.

• District 115 (James Island to Rockville): Spencer Wetmore, an incumbent who is the real deal — a proven leader with zeal to protect our coast.

• Districts 116, 119: No endorsement.

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Apply The Four-Way Test to political candidates

By Andy Brack

The explosive revelation last week from a federal judge that former President Donald Trump signed legal documents that challenged the results of the 2020 election in Georgia despite being told by his lawyer that his voter fraud claims were false illustrates the country’s dire political mess.

In my book, telling lies just isn’t cool. Spreading them is just as bad.

Just how did the United States of America, beacon of liberty and jus tice, get so far down a road that election deniers and political liars have so reshaped the landscape that telling the truth is no longer embraced by far too many elected leaders? How did we get to this place in history where facts don’t seem to matter and people argue about things that are as clear as night and day? How did we stop trusting doctors and teachers and police and our leaders? And how do we get back to a place that Ronald Reagan, quoting from our history, called “the shining city on the hill” — the envy of the world?

When you vote in the November elec tions this year, we strongly encourage you to look deeply into your choices and determine whether the candidates you support are people who back false claims and false narratives of what’s going on in America or people who embrace traditional concepts like telling and accepting the truth — no matter how hard it may be.

As you prepare to vote Nov. 8, consider candidates that will lead your communities who tell the truth and are fair.

Ask yourself what a candidate is for and if s/he works for the greater good of everyone. Ask yourself whether a candidate is motivated to improve your community, not just gain power for power’s sake.

In short, consider applying a new four-question test to political candidates based on a 24-word creed of business ethics adopted in 1943 by the nation’s Rotary clubs. Some 90 years ago, a Chicago busi nessman was asked to take charge of a company facing bankruptcy.

“We believed that ‘in right there is might,’” businessman Herbert J. Taylor later wrote, “and we determined to do our best to always be right.” He developed The Four-Way Test to guide his business and its relationships:

• Is it the truth?

• Is it fair to all concerned?

• Will it build goodwill and better friendships?

• Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

The guidelines worked and the company prospered. More importantly, lives changed — the kind of changes needed now in America’s gutter politics.

Imagine if America’s politicians were held again to such a high stan dard. We could get on with the business of prospering, not bickering.

So as you prepare to vote Nov. 8, consider candidates that will lead your communities who tell the truth and are fair. South Carolina — and the United States — needs leaders with integrity, leaders who seek truth and avoid corruption and scandal.

Apply Rotary’s Four-Way Test to hold this year’s slate of candi dates as the standard for them to emulate as they make decisions for everyone, not just people in their political tribe.

• Do they tell the truth?

• Are they fair?

• Do they work to build goodwill and better friendships?

• Do they work to be beneficial to all concerned?

There should be consequences for political leaders of any party who tell lies and aren’t fair to everyone they represent. They should become ex-leaders or ex-candidates as soon as possible. The elec tion is just around the corner. Vote.

Andy Brack is publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment?

Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.

THAT MAY LURK AROUND CHARLESTON

BY DAVID WEATHERLY, SPECIAL TO CHARLESTON CITY PAPER

Monsters

From the creepy plat-eyes to a legendary mermaid tale, Charleston lore is rich in colorful stories of weird creatures.

Sightings of unusual things in the water at Charleston Harbor date back to at least 1830 when the schooner Eagle encountered a pair of sea ser pents. The ship’s crew said the crea tures were around 70 feet in length, eel-shaped and gray in color.

The Eagle’s captain sailed within 20 yards to 25 yards of the monsters and then took a shot at one with a musket. The bullet struck the beast, but the creature was unphased and continued

Modern boaters also spot strange things in the area. The late Michael Green was out enjoying the sunny weather in the summer of 2017 when he saw a large, serpent-like something swimming near his boat. Green, a long time fisherman from Canada, said the creature was “at least 30 feet in length and unlike any creature known to be in the Atlantic.”

T he captured mermaid

Perhaps the most dramatic story of a strange aquatic creature in Charleston

Stories of mermaids in the harbor date back to the city’s early days, but in 1867, one was caught and put on display, leading to a torrential deluge.

According to the legend, the mermaid was put on display at Dr. Trott’s shop, a com bination apothecary/ oddities museum. The captured siren, or her relatives in the ocean, exerted vengeance on the city by calling forth flooding rains.

Charleston has a lot of water creature mythology, such as this rendering of a sea serpent known to sink ships

The constant driving rain inundated the city day and night. Water came down through roofs and up through floorboards. The city was soon ankledeep in water and mud. Sewers overflowed, dead rats floated in the mire and some streets were com pletely washed out.

When people learned that an imprisoned mer maid could be responsible for the downpour, a mob formed and marched to Trott’s shop intending to storm the business and free the creature.

Several men, including some gentlemen and members selected from the mob, did a thorough search of Trott’s museum but could not locate the mermaid. Their task com pleted, the men stood on the roof of Trott’s building and announced their findings.

“There is no mermaid here, upon our word of honor,” they reported. “Go to your homes and keep the peace or the army must be called upon to disperse you.”

Like magic, the moment the procla mation was made, the rain stopped. The stunned crowd drifted away enjoying the sudden sunshine and clear skies.

Whispered rumors claimed that in the moments before the mob’s arrival, Trott himself had released the mermaid back into the ocean. The good doctor reportedly sold his business and left the country. As for the mermaid, no one knows what became of her, but no one

Charleston is a modern, bustling city, but beyond the cafes and markets, strange things are lurking in the city’s darker corners—monsters!

David Weatherly’s book brings to light the monsters that could be living among us. Illustrations in the book give readers an idea of the creepiness that’s out there.

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ever tried to capture one for display in Charleston

T he frogman

In 1902, an even more bizarre crea ture was spotted in Colonial Lake, a tidal pond in Charleston. Reporters from the Newberry Herald and News spoke to a witness who said the thing was “half man, half frog and uttered strange and distressing cries.”

The 8-foot-long frogman had wide, protruding eyes, was cov ered in green scales from head to tail, and had a mouth filled with crooked fangs that it snapped together with a vicious click.

An area carpenter named J.H. Thompson told the paper: “I can’t imagine what it is, where it came from or whether it will ever show up again. But I’m entirely satisfied with the little knowledge I have of it. I wish I’d never seen it.”

Boo Hags

Whether the story is fake news, folklore or the result of too much drink is hard to say, but the frogman is tame when compared with the Lowcountry legend of boo-hags.

Boo-hags are vampire-like creatures that attack their victims at night, draining them of energy on consecutive visits until the poor soul withers away.

If being drained of energy isn’t creepy enough for you, consider this: Boohags are said to look like humans without skin, hence the creatures are red with bulging blue veins. A foul odor fills the room when they show up. An old horseshoe over the doorway is one way to protect yourself from the dreaded things.

Plat eyes

Boo-hags aren’t the only crea tures that prowl around at night.

Plat-eyes also roam the darkness in search of victims and are especially active during full moons.

Plat-eyes have a single red eye “round as a plate” in the middle of their heads. You’d think this would make them easy to spot,

but don’t count on that keeping you safe.

Plat-eyes are shape-shifters able to assume numerous forms including that of a cat, dog, pig or other animal.

Plat-eyes can’t pull off a perfect transformation though. When they take another form, something is always off kilter. A plat-eye in the form of a dog might look like it’s been run over by a truck, for instance. Plat-eyes in these unsettling forms are prone to follow people to their homes and cause end less trouble.

The creatures like to lurk around graveyards, swamps, woods, fields and less-devel oped areas. But if you’ve attracted their attention, they can also show up in your home. By some accounts, plat-eyes are the spirits of those who never received a proper burial. Other lore describes them as vengeful spirits.

Whatever the case, many South Carolinians take them seriously and take steps to defend against the creatures. The Lord’s Prayer and gunpowder will keep you safe from plat-eyes, and the popular color haint blue painted on porches, doorways and windows also will ward them off.

Of course, there’s always the advice from one elderly Charleston resident who told me: “Best way to avoid the plat-eyes — don’t get caught out after dark!”

READ MORE: David Weatherly is a writer who lives in Georgia. His new book, Palmetto State Monsters, is available for $19.95 at: EerieLights.com.

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Revelry Brewing Block Party

It’s time for the annual Revelry Brewing Block Party, which means elaborate costumes, family-friendly festivities and delicious eats from Lowcountry chefs. The downtown brewery is celebrating eight years and once again teaming up with local nonprofit The Green Heart Project. All ticket sales will go towards funding Green Heart’s community garden and food education programs that partner with 18 area schools. In addi tion to live music and beverages galore, Shuai Wang of Jackrabbit Filly and King BBQ pop-up and Marvin Ross of Peculiar Pig Farm will be serving culinary delights along with other local chefs to bring fresh takes on crowd favorites.

Oct. 30. 12-6 p.m. $12. Revelry Brewing Co. 10 Conroy St. Downtown. citypapertickets.com

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FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Anonymous Ancestors exhibit

The City of Charleston’s Office of Cultural Affairs presents Anonymous Ancestors, a mixed media photography exhibition by local visual artist Susan Lenz. The immersive experience features photo albums, scrapbooks and hundreds of framed images salvaged from countless yard sales and auctions alongside sculptural garments and furniture upholstered with imagetransferred fabric. Since 2016, the exhibit has been displayed in various galleries in South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama. A free opening reception will be held 5-7 p.m. Oct. 28. The exhibit will be on display through Jan. 29, 2023.

Oct. 28-30. Hours vary. City Gallery. 34 Prioleau St. Downtown. charleston-sc.gov/citygallery

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The Alley’s Studio 300: Haunted Carnival

The Alley’s signature Halloween party, Studio 300, is kicking it up a notch to transform the space into a haunted carnival for spooky season to celebrate the beloved bowling alley’s 10 year anniversary. Partygoers will be transported into a nightmare-filled carnival complete with a creepy corn maze and twisted carnival games. Tickets include complimentary bever ages, appetizers and carnival game access, plus free bowling and arcade game play.

Oct. 28. 9 p.m. $85. The Alley. 131 Columbus St. Downtown. citypapertickets.com

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Halloween Bar Crawl on King Street

A lineup of King Street bars, DJs and drink specials await partygoers during the Halloween Bar Crawl that treks through Uptown Social, Ink, Silver Dollar, Republic, Trio and Frontier. The costume competition features a $1,000 cash prize. In addition to free bar entry, partygoers will receive $3-$6 drink specials, plus free swag for the quickest crawlers.

Oct 29. 3 p.m. $19-$33. Uptown Social. 587 King St. Downtown. chscp.co/Halloween-bar-crawl

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Spooky Paws fundraiser

The eeriest holiday of the year wouldn’t be the same without dressing up your best furry friends in their scariest garb. Don’t miss Bay Street Biergarten’s Halloween party ben efiting Hallie Hill Pet Sanctuary and Mace’s Place Animal Rescue. There will be a dog costume contest and beer specials from Steel Hands Brewing. Dog and cat supply dona tions are welcome.

Oct. 27. 6 p.m. Free. Bay Street Biergarten. 549 East Bay St. Downtown. chscp.co/spooky-paws

How a Charleston beer for Cuba became a Southern sensation

By Helen Mitternight

After an open-ocean race sailing from Key West to Cuba a few years back, all that Scott Hansen wanted was a good beer. “There were only two beers available, and both were not good,” said Hansen, a Sullivan’s Island resident who is CEO of Island Brands.

At the time, Cuba was newly open to U.S. citizens after decades of sanctions. Sitting in Cuba drinking bad beer, Hansen decided that when he got home to Charleston, he’d start a company that could make a beer good enough for the island that captivated him.

“I’ve done these races before and it’s a time of reflection, to really understand kind of what you are made of when you are sailing in the middle of the night,” Hansen said. “When I got to Cuba, I just fell in love with the people, and the idea that these people were so incredibly resourceful with all they’ve created. I felt charged to really do something and it moved me.”

Hansen had no history in the beer industry, except for liking the beverage, but he had a lot of experience with startups in technology, health care and finance.

With encouragement from family friend and mentor John Paul DeJoria,

who founded Paul Mitchell hair prod ucts, Hansen said he launched a couple of technology firms, worked in securities for Merrill Lynch and founded a talent firm that supported technology being developed by the Pentagon.

How hard could it be to start a beer export company? he wondered.

“Unfortunately, the White House had opened things up, but the State Department hadn’t quite caught up,” Hansen said in a recent interview. “After I incorporated and started the process of being able to ship into Cuba, the State Department froze my bank accounts and sent me some ‘cease and desist’ letters.

“But I am just somebody who likes a challenge, so I forged ahead with a plan to curate better-quality beers. Along the way, I learned a lot about beer, talked to brewers, and, in my mind’s eye, I started to think about a product that, if the Cuban folks were able to make their own product, they would make. It was going to be really clean and an all-quality premium product.”

By “clean,” Hansen means a product that subscribes to the German Reinheitsgebot law, the oldest food and drink regulation in the world. That law decrees that beer is

to have only water, barley, malt and hops. Hansen’s result: Island Coastal Lager.

Cans before beer?

The beer’s can, designed by friend and Island Brands’ chief marketing officer Chris Edington, is an homage to the white beaches of Cuba with the variety of blues that Hansen saw in the Cuban waters. Hansen said that in his mind, he was still going to leap the obstacles the State Department had placed, and he printed 300,000 cans in anticipation of exporting them.

But by this time, in 2017, the U.S. opendoor policy to Cuba slammed shut.

“Unfortunately, the State Department and the U.S. government would not allow me to proceed with the project and I had to find a home for all these cans,” Hansen said. “I simply pivoted and called some major retailers in the Southeast and told them the story.

“Publix was willing to take the product into 12 stores in South Carolina. I’d never sold beer before. I fumbled through it and, about six months later, I got a call from Publix saying they’d never seen a product sell so quickly and [asked if] I have the capacity to put it in all 1,200 stores. Of course I said ‘yes’, and then I hung up the

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Iron Rose Bar & Restaurant is now open at The Mills House at 115 Meeting St., serving Southern coastal cuisine using regional ingredients.

Toadfish Outfitters and Kevin Joseph of Empire Oyster Raw Lab are hosting the first-ever Charleston Oyster Week Nov. 6-18. The week-long celebration will consist of events and talks celebrating oysters. Tickets are on sale now and available on oysterweek.com.

The Co-Op has introduced Flocked Up, its brand new charter boat that locals and tourists can book to enjoy frosé on the water. Bookings for the boat are $500 for two hours and can hold up to six passengers. Rides can be booked at thecoopsi.com.

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The Junior League of Charleston is patterning with Carrie Morey of Callie’s Hot Little Biscuits for a Cooking with Cause fundraiser from 6-8 p.m., Nov. 6. Tickets are $175 and include dinner, drinks and a cooking demonstration from Morey.

Prohibition is hosting a Cereal Killer Brunch from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Oct. 30. The special brunch will have a cerealthemed menu, live music and $6 blood orange mimosa carafes. Costumes are encouraged.

Zero Restaurant + Bar is hosting a Bourbon and Burgers event Oct. 29 with a guided tour of four different whiskeys and one Royale with Cheese burger. Tickets are $195 on Resy.

All three Mex 1 locations will host a Day of the Dead celebration Oct. 28 with $6 margaritas. The Sullivan’s Island location will have DJ Tre J playing tunes 7-10 p.m.

Jalisco is hosting a Day of the Dead celebration 4-9 p.m. Nov. 1 with $3.50 tacos, piñatas for kids and adults, a jump castle and signature drinks from Blue Lava Tequila.

Bistronomy by Nico is partnering with Three Crosses Distilling Company for a whiskey tasting 1 p.m. Oct. 29 with two courses to pair with three whiskeys. Tickets are $65 and available on Resy. — MP

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Island Brands, the brain child of CEO Scott Hansen, started as a creative solution to an interesting problem

phone and had to figure out how to do it. I got the beer into seven states in the Southeast and in every Publix store.”

He said he and cofounder Brandon Perry of Sullivan’s Island obtained investors through a crowdfunding source. Investors understood what he was trying to do: create a market that wasn’t “bespoke or artisanal but not macro either. Somewhere in the middle.”

He raised more than $1 million in 30 days. Now, he has crossed $5 million, he said.

The company this year was named one of Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing private com panies in the U.S. and has obtained a fleet wide contract with Carnival Cruise Lines.

In addition to the original Island Coastal Lager, Island Brands also makes a lighter beer and three fruited beers, a flavored malt beverage, ready-to-drink cocktails and, in January, will be launching Island Coastal Rum and Island Tequila.

Hansen also partners with 1% For the Planet to give 1% of his revenue to causes supporting the global environment.

Crash-test dummy

Hansen admits he is not a brewer, but he does taste every new beverage.

“I am the No. 1 crash test dummy,” he said. “My palate dictates what I think most people would like. We do have a multiplicity of different test labs we utilize. It starts with a visual that we provide to the lab and

internally, [Edington] and I will develop something, bouncing it back and forth until it looks like what we’re talking about. Then it’s back and forth between our lab, and then we scale production.”

When he’s not working on beer, Hansen said he surfs and will continue competing in open ocean regattas. But, unless he hap pens to take a Carnival cruise that goes into Cuban waters, he still won’t be able to enjoy the beer he created for Cuba in the country that inspired it.

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DRINK: Espresso martini from Maison. “This is the perfect pick-me-up after a big meal! A hint of coffee flavor, a hint of chocolate — it’s almost like a dessert itself.”

APPETIZER: Snapper ceviche from Delany Oyster House. “I could eat 10 orders of this ceviche. In fact, we got an order to start and end the meal. It was just that good!”

ENTREE: Ricotta gnocchi with short rib from The Obstinate Daughter.

“The gnocchi at OD is one of my go-to favorites. The gnocchi is so fluffy and flavorful while the short rib just melts in your mouth.”

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Halloween Comedy Jam brings frights and laughs

By Michael Smallwood

The Halloween Comedy Jam combines improv sketch comedy, stand-up and short films into a horror-themed, mixed-media variety show created by local stage-hand and comedian Larry Perewiznyk.

Perewiznyk came up with the idea for the show in an effort to embrace Halloween, a holiday he often misses out on because of his packed schedule.

“The idea started not that long ago,” he told City Paper. “I really haven’t been able to celebrate Halloween for maybe six years. Usually in October I’m busy working so I never get to really do anything Halloween-ish.”

Perewiznyk has appeared in various short films, and over the 25 years that he’s lived in Charleston, he has worked at Theatre 99, Threshold Rep and Charleston Stage. He also recently performed with Shortwave Kitsch at Flowertown Players. And this year, he was moved to combine his interests, deciding to put together his own Halloween project.

“This year, I’m gonna do it — just gonna celebrate Halloween,” he said. “Thought about doing an improv set at Theatre 99, just a Halloween-themed improv set, then I thought: Let’s add some sketches. Then: I know a couple filmmakers here, why not do some short films as well? Basically just trying to bring all these different talented people together.”

The show takes place at the Old Trolley Theatre in Summerville on Oct. 28, and could become an annual event.

This year’s lineup includes comedy from C.H.A.M.P.S., an improv collective made up of local talents Andy Livengood, Matt Perry and Henry Riggs. Sketches will be performed by Super Grouper, a comedy allstar squad made up of performers from all over town. Tim Hoeckel, local funnyman and Charleston Comedy Fest regular, will be the stand-up act. And the mini film festival will feature Michael Whaley’s short films Ghost Note and Killer Assistant and the world-premiere of Michael James Daly’s Woof’d.

Perewiznyk, who will be hosting the event and may join in on some of the improv himself, has given his comedy groups carte blanche to craft whatever acts they want, as long as they adhere to the Halloween horror theme. The combination of comedy and horror is something that Perewiznyk sees as a natural fit.

“I’ve always loved horror and comedy. I’ve always been very passionate about both those things,” he said. “They’re not really mutually exclusive. They’re the extremes of certain emotions. Horror is like sadness or fear, but you take that to the extreme. Comedy is happiness and joy and you take that to the extreme as well. I think they really mix quite well.”

Henry Riggs added, “It’s all improvised so nothing is planned,” about the C.H.A.M.P.S. set. “But the nature of improv being that everything that we do on stage comes from the audience suggestions, we may have a little fun with spooky suggestions that we work into the show.”

Whaley’s Ghost Note and Killer Assistant are hot off their very successful festival runs. Ghost Note alone played at 13 dif ferent film festivals, including major events like GenreBlast, Nightmares Film Festival and Austin Revolution Film Fest, where it won Best U.S. Genre Short Film. Killer Assistant played 11 festivals, and took home Best Horror Comedy from the Stranger Days Independent Film Fest.

“I think it is great that I was asked to show a couple of my movies locally at an amazingly curated event,” said director/ writer Michael Whaley. “There is so much great stuff happening that night. I am glad more people get to check out some of my work.”

Woof’d comes from Daly, whose Fame Fatale won several awards this year, including Best Comedy Short at the GenreBlast Film Festival. Like Fame Fatale, Woof’d is another story, based on Daly’s life experiences, that is given the horror-comedy treatment.

“I wish there were more [events] like it,” Riggs said. “It’s a great way to expose audiences to new experiences. Charleston is a town that loves a brand or a sure fire hit and I wish there was a larger appetite for discovery. Shows like this are a great way to get a little taste of new and exciting ideas in town.”

Perewiznyk added, “This is just one big party for me.” The show will feature a few surprises throughout, and while the show isn’t meant for those younger than 18, there will be some trick-or-treating involved for the audience.

Halloween Comedy Jam takes place 8 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Old Trolley Theatre in Summerville. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door and can be purchased at oldtrolleytheatre.ludus.com.

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The Charleston Museum releases anniversary book

The Charleston Museum releases a book ahead of its 250th anniversary in January 2023. The Charleston Museum: America’s First Museum dives into the history of the institution, which was founded in 1773. The book is available as a digital eBook and hardcover. It can be purchased on the museum’s website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers.

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Tina Hirsig and Jo-Ann Morgan at Park Circle Gallery

Concurrent solo exhibitions will be on display at Park Circle Gallery Nov. 2-Dec. 31 with mixed media works by Tina Hirsig and fiber works by Jo-Ann Morgan. A free reception hosted by the artists will be held on 5-7 p.m. Nov. 4. Hirsig’s Our Nature is a collection of sculptures and mixed media pieces inspired by the natural world of Charleston. Morgan’s Quilt Memorials: Dreams of Social Justice is a series of fiber works memorializing victims of violence. —MS

Clue at Flowertown Players

Clue, based on the 1985 movie inspired by the classic board game, opens at the Flowertown Players Oct. 28 and runs through Nov. 13. In this production, six guests meet for a dinner party at a remote mansion. Unexpectedly, their host ends up dead. Intrigue, mystery and laughs ensue. Tickets start at $20 and can be purchased at flowertownplayers.org. —MS

Folly Art Village takes over The Washout

Head to The Washout at 41 Center St. 5-9 p.m. Oct. 26 for the Folly Art Village and Farmers Market. Artists, craftsmen, vendors and farmers will have unique items and local produce for sale. There will be live music and kids can enjoy the puppet show from 6-7 p.m. —Samantha Connors

For daily updates from Charleston’s art world, check out the Culture section at charlestoncitypaper.com.

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Get active with your pets this fall

By Samantha Connors

With the scorching heat of summer in Charleston behind us, there’s no better time than the fall to enjoy the great outdoors with your furry friends.

“This is the perfect time of year to start a walking program,” said Kay Hyman, Charleston Animal Society’s director of community engagement. “And what better companion to have to walk in the neighbor hood or our local parks than a dog friend?”

There are dozens of dog-friendly places and events around town that are fun for humans and canines alike, from events at breweries to fall festivals.

“The most important thing for people to remember,” Hyman said, “is that dogs are part of the family. Include them in what ever they feel comfortable doing. Don’t push your dog to go to things if it’s really loud or if they don’t feel comfortable. Pay attention to your dog’s signals and make sure they’re enjoying what you’re doing.”

Mount Pleasant Towne Centre is hosting a Fall Festival this Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. This event, hosted by former radio personality Richard Todd, includes live music, children’s activities and a pet Halloween costume contest. Registration for the contest is $10 per pet and benefits the Charleston Animal Society (CAS).

Head to one of Dog & Duck’s three loca tions in Belle Hall, Park West or Clements Ferry for the Hazy Howl-O-Ween Pup Patio Party this Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. for another chance to show off your pup’s Halloween best. The event also features a costume contest plus adoptable dogs from Charleston Animal Society. Adoption fees at this event will be waived.

The weekly Sunday Brunch Farmers Market at the Charleston Pour House is the perfect weekend activity to enjoy with your pet. Hosted in the back of the Pour House, this farmers market features vendors, food trucks and live music.

Charleston Beer Week starts this Friday and runs through Nov. 6 with more than 35 participating breweries offering craft beers and beer-related events. Many breweries in the Charleston area are dogfriendly, but check individual locations before bringing your pup along for a day of brews and sunshine.

Dress your pets up in their best costumes Oct. 29 during Mount Pleasant Towne Centre’s Fall Fest

As the weather cools down, some beaches allow well-behaved dogs to be off-leash at certain times. But familiarize yourself with the rules at each location before heading out.

Dogs can be off-leash on the Isle of Palms 4 p.m. to 10 a.m. Sept. 15 through March 31. Visitors are not required to have a dog license, but IOP residents are. There is also a nearby dog park at 24 Twenty-Eighth Ave.

Sullivan’s Island welcomes well-behaved, unleashed dogs 5 a.m. to noon Oct. 1 through April 30. Dogs can be on the beach with a leash from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. All owners are required to have a dog permit, including day visitors and vacationers.

Dogs are allowed on Folly Beach after Sept. 30, but they must be leashed at all times.

Dogs are allowed off-leash at Edisto Beach Nov. 1 through April 30.

Dogs are allowed off-leash between Nov. 1 and March 15 on Kiawah Island. Owners must have control over the pet and carry a leash with them. Be mindful of ponds on Kiawah Island as alligators are commonly found here.

If you’re an animal lover but don’t have a pet of your own, or you’re a pet owner considering adding another furry friend to your family, sign up for Charleston Animal Society’s Paws Around Town program. This one-day “field trip” foster program allows interested individuals to take a dog out for a playdate. CAS supplies all the necessities — collapsible water bowl, waste bags and a list of places to go.

“Right now, we’re so packed with adult dogs,” Hyman said. “It’s a really good thing to [sign up for]. ... It helps alleviate the stress of being at the shelter.”

CAS is also looking for temporary fosters lasting two days to two weeks. Right now is a great time to adopt, according to Hyman, as Jeff Cook Real Estate has sponsored the adoption fee for 100 animals, and Crews Subaru of Charleston has sponsored 10 pet adoptions for the month of October.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR- 10-2319

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

DEFENDANTS Djakara Bush, Anthony Taylor, II, Patricia Pinck ney, Montreon Williams, Jr., and Justin Gadist, IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN: 2012, 2016, and 2018

TO DEFENDANTS: Anthony Taylor, II & Justin Gadist

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 10, 2022. Upon proof of inter est, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina De partment of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Regina Parvin, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

Regina Parvin, SC Bar # 65393, 3366 Rivers Ave. N. Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-08-481

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

Lori Moultrie Osorio, Raul A. Osorio, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2007.

TO DEFENDANT: Raul A. Osorio YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint for termi nation of your parental rights in and to the minor child in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County 300-B California Ave, Moncks Corner, SC 29461 on the 28th day of March, 2022 at 11:55 a.m., a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at Jason D. Pockrus, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461 within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, the plaintiff will apply for judgment by default against the defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Jason D. Pockrus, SC Bar# 101333, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461. Telephone number: (843) 719-1135

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-2425

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

JOLISA GARNER, DEFENDANT. IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2014.

TO DEFENDANT: JOLISA GARNER

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint for termination of your parental rights in and to the minor children in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County 100 Broad Street Charleston, SC 29401, on the 22nd day of August, 2022 at 11:37 AM, a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at 3366 Rivers Avenue North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days follow ing the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, the plaintiff will apply for judgment by default against the defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint. Adam Ruffin, SC Bar# 101350, 3366 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405. (843) 953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-2232

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

JOSE BAJURTO AND BLANCA MARILEN MAYORGA IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2010.

TO DEFENDANT: JOSE BAJURTO

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on July 29, 2022. Upon proof of in terest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Depart ment of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Mary Lee Briggs, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Mary Lee Briggs SC Bar #101535, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-6041.

ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONDADO DE CHARLESTON ANTE EL TRIBUNAL DE FAMILIA DEL NOVENO CIRCUITO JUDICIAL EXPEDIENTE N.° 2022-DR10-2232

DEPARTAMENTO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONTRA

JOSE BAJURTO Y BLANCA MARILEN MAYORGA EN BENEFICIO DE: MENOR NACIDO EN 2010.

PARA EL DEMANDADO: JOSE BAJURTO POR LA PRESENTE SE LO CITA y se le exige que responda la Demanda en esta acción presentada ante el Secretario del Tribunal del condado de Charleston el 29 de julio de 2022. Tras la prueba de interés, el Secretario del Tribunal del condado de Charleston le entregará una copia de la Demanda si la solicita, y debe entregar una copia de

su Contestación de Demanda al Demandante, el Departa mento de Servicios Sociales de Carolina del Sur, condado de Charleston, en la oficina de su abogada, Mary Lee Briggs, Departamento Legal del Depar tamento de Servicios Sociales del Condado de Charleston, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston S.C. 29405, en un plazo de treinta (30) días luego de esta publicación, sin incluir la fecha de notificación. En caso de no presentar una contestación dentro del plazo mencionado previamente, el demandante le solicitará una indemnización al Tribunal. Mary Lee Briggs SC Bar #101535, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-6041.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER

IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR- 18-1023

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

TAMIKA WALLACE, DEFEN DANT. IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2020.

TO DEFENDANT: TAMIKA WALLACE

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the complaint for termination of your

parental rights in and to the minor child in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County 212 Deming Way, SC 29483, on the13th day of September, 2022, at 2: 06 p.m., a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to the com plaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at 216 Orangeburg Road, Summerville, SC 29483 within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, the plaintiff will apply for judgment by default against the defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dawn M. Berry, SC Bar # 101675, 216 Orangeburg Road, Summerville, SC 29483, (843) 486-1861

48580.F51139

Master’s Sale CASE NO. 2022CP1000791 CitiMortgage, Inc., PLAINTIFF VERSUS Cedric Fields; Catrena Fields; The United States of America acting by and through its agency, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and The United States of America acting by and through its agency, the Internal Revenue Service, DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated May 12, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front En trance of CHARLESTON COUNTY

JUDICIAL CENTER, 4045 Bridge View Drive, Council Chambers, North Charleston 29405, South Carolina on November 1, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 40, on a plat bearing the legend: “FINAL PLAT SHOWING HEMMINGWOOD SUBDIVISION COMMUNITY, A 24.681 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, PROPERTY OF SQUIRES HOME,

INC., LOCATED IN PIERPONT ON THE ASHLEY, ST. ANDREWS PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,” prepared by Andrew C. Gillette, S. C., RLS, dated May 23, 1989, and revised August 22, 1989, recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book BX at page 58. For a more complete description of said lot, reference may be had to the above referred to plat of record.

TMS #: 353-02-00-114

This being the same property conveyed to Cedric Fields and Catrena Fields by deed of Wade Houston and Patricia H. Houston, dated September 10, 2001 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County on October 3, 2001 in Deed Book Y383 at Page 807.

Current Property Address: 2440 Castlereagh Road, Charleston, SC 29414

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Finkel Law Firm LLC (843) 577-5460

FOR INSERTION

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2022-DR-10-2415

YOHELY M. GALLEGOS AMADOR

And KERBIN A. DEL CID Petitioners, V.

ARTURO CARDENAS CARAZA, Respondent.

NOTICE OF PENDING ADOPTION ACTION

TO: ARTURO CARDENAS CARAZA, RESPONDENT ABOVE NAMED

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE as follows:

1. That an action for adoption of the minor children, Cristian Arthur Cardenas-Gallegos and Alexis Ruby Cardenas Gallegos, has been initiated in the Charleston County Fam ily Court, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina; and

2. Within thirty (30) days of receiving this notice you must respond in writing by filing with the Court in which the adoption is pending, A Notice of Intent to Contest, Intervene or otherwise respond; and 3. The Court must be informed of your current address and of any changes in your address dur ing the adoption proceeding; and 4. FAILURE TO FILE A RESPONSE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF RECEIVING NOTICE CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO ADOPTION OF THE CHILD AND FORFEITURE TO THE CHILD.

SUMMONS

TO: ARTURO CARDENAS CARAZA, RESPONDENT ABOVE NAMED

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the Petition herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve your Answer to said Petition upon the undersigned attorney for the Petitioners, at his offices located at 2 Cavalier Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclu sive of the day of such service and, if you fail to answer the Petition within the time aforesaid, the Petitioners will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Petition.

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Petition as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of service, Judgment by Default will be entered against you for the relief demanded i the Petition.

G. Edward Hawkins, III HAWKINS LAW FIRM, P.A. 2 Cavalier Avenue Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 225-7565

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONERS Charleston, South Carolina August 19, 2022

Master’s Sale Case No. 2019-CP-10-05999

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs Eric Collins; Oak Bluff Homeowners Association, Inc.; Portrait Homes - South Carolina, LLC

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 13th day of March, 2020, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 1st day of November, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improve ments thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charles ton, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 4704, Block 4700, Oak Bluff Subdivision, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Harold B. Nielson, Jr., PE & PLS, of Nielson & Associates, entitled “FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF OAK BLUFF, BLOCKS 4700, 7955 CROSSROADS DRIVE, OWNED BY PORTRAIT HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC LO CATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” which plat is dated July 9, 2005 and recorded in Plat Book EJ at Pages 122-124 in the RMC Office for Charles ton County.

BEING the same property con veyed to Eric Collins by Deed of Frederick Jeffers dated February 2, 2019 and recorded February 27, 2019 in Book 0779 at Page 873, in the Office of the Reg ister of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS # 484-00-00-497

Current Property Address: 8008 Shadow Oak Drive, Charleston, SC, 29406

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

October 12, 2022; October 19, 2022; October 26, 2022

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2022-CP-10-01218

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Bank of America, N.A.,vs. Rosemary Cherban and if Rosemary Cherban be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Rosemary Cherban distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Rosemary Cherban and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class desig nated as Richard Roe; Meridian Place Homeowners Association, Inc.; First Freedom Bank,

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of Septem ber, 2022. I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 1st Day of November, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that parcel of land in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, as described in Deed Book Y379, Page 24, ID# 3370600021, being known and designated as:

Lot 21, on a plat entitled, “Plat Showing the Subdivision of TMS No. 337-00-00-161 into Meridian Place Phase I, Lots 1-98, Common Areas A, B & C, and New Private Rights of Way, Property Owned by Meridian Place, LLC, located in the City of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina,” by Richard Lacey, PLS, dated September 8, 2000 and recorded in Plat Book EE at Pages 286 and 287 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. Said lot having such size, shape, dimen sions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

BEING the same property con veyed to Rosemary Cherban by Deed of John C. Boozer, Jr. dated August 13, 2001 and recorded August 16, 2001 in Book Y379 at Page 24, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS # 337-06-00-021

Current Property Address:

1341 Pinnacle Lane Charleston, SC 29412

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out.

The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION October 12th, 2022; October 19th, 2022; and October 26th, 2022.

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-02567

Juan Sanchez De Muniain, Plaintiff, v. James Buggs, Willie Buggs, Thomas Buggs, Frank Buggs, Margaret Buggs, Gwendolyn B. Wright, Rochelle Grimaldi, Beverly Watson and Joyce Wellington, and if they be deceased, their heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 6239 Willcap Rd. Charleston County, South Carolina

TMS Number: 156-00-00-041 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a dis ability being a class Designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

To the Defendants abovenamed:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 1721 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiffs will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-inEquity or Special Referee for

this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens was filed on June 6th, 2022, the Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on June 6th, 2022, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on June 26th, 2022 and the Order of Publica tion was filed on October 3rd, 2022 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guard ian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Com mon Pleas of Charleston County, dated June 26th, 2022 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows:

ALL that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being on Wadmalaw Island, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, now shown to contain twelve and 50/100 (12.50) acres, more or less, and more fully described on a plat made by W.L. Gaillard, dated October 30, 1984, entitled “Plat of Property on Wadmalaw Island, Charleston County, SC, Owned by the Heirs of Simon Buggs”, and recorded in Plat Book BB, Page 150, and having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

TMS # 156-00-00-041 s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell 1721 Ashley River Road Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553

Attorney for Plaintiff October 4th, 2022 Date

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-01898 782A Rutledge, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Sigifredo Gonzalez Marquez, and if he be deceased, his heirs, personal representatives, succes sors, and assigns and spouses and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 2717 W Surrey Drive Charleston County, South Carolina

TMS Number: 411-16-00-091 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a dis ability being a class Designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

To the Defendants abovenamed:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the 2nd Amended Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 1721 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiffs will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-inEquity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens was filed on April 26th, 2022, the 2nd Amended Summons and Notice, and 2nd Amended Complaint were filed on October 3rd, 2022, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on April 27th, 2022 and the Order of Publication was filed on September 28th, 2022 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guard ian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Com mon Pleas of Charleston County, dated April 27th, 2022 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows:

ALL THAT LOT, PIECE, OR PAR CEL of land, with improvements thereon, situate in Charleston County, South Carolina, known as designated as Lot 521, Block EZ, on a plat of the subdivision known as Dorchester Terrace #4, recorded in Plat Book F, Page 145, in the RMC Office for Charleston County; said lot having such size, shape, and dimensions, more or less, as will by referenced to said plat more fully appear.

BEING the same property conveyed to Sigifredo Gonzalez Marquez by deed of Gerado Magana, dated December 17, 2015, and recorded December 21, 2015, in Book 0524, Page 440 at the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office.

Tax Map # 411-16-00-091

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell

1721 Ashley River Road Charleston, South Carolina 29407

(843) 452-3553

Attorney for Plaintiff October 3rd, 2022

v.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2022CP1004234

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff,

Joyce G. Eason; Ronnie Eason; Sheila Eason; Donald Eason; Michael Eason; Troy Eason; Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Willie E. Eason, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe ; Defendant(s).

SUMMONS

Deficiency Judgment Waived (013263-12392)

TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Willie E. Eason, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 4434 Hardwood St, Ladson, SC 29456, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 3880600129, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be ren dered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

YOU ARE FURTHER SUM MONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Ian C. Gohean, Willson, Jones, Carter & Baxley, PA, 325 Rocky Slope Road, Greenville, SC 29607, made absolute.

NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS: Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Willie E. Eason, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons

under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the forego ing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on September 12, 2022.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention.

To be considered for any avail able Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend, LLC.

Rogers Townsend, LLC repre sents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice.

You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED.

s/Brian P. Yoho Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend.com

Brian P. Yoho (SC Bar #73516), Brian.Yoho@rogerstownsend.com

Jeriel A. Thomas (SC Bar #101400)

Jeriel.Thomas@rogerstownsend. com

1221 Main Street, 14th Floor Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444

Columbia, South Carolina

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the appointment of Ian C. Gohean as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability, it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Ian C. Gohean, be and hereby is appointed Guardian Ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons under a disability, all of whom may have or may claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 4434 Hardwood St, Ladson, SC 29456; that Ian C. Gohean is empowered and directed to ap pear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s), unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians Ad Litem for the said Defendant(s), and it is

FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon the said Defendant(s) Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Willie E. Eason, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, .by publication thereof in the Charleston City Paper, a news paper of general circulation in the County of Charleston, State

of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

s/Julia J. Armstrong Clerk of Court/Judge for Charleston County Charleston, South Carolina 10/17/2022

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Willie E. Eason and Joyce Eason a/k/a Joyce G. Eason to Wachovia Bank, National Association dated April 6, 2007, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ROD for Charleston County on April 6, 2007, in Mortgage Book H621 at Page 1. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is successor by merger to Wachovia Bank, National Association.

The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, described as follows:

ALL that lot, piece, or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 24, Block I, Woodside Manor Subdivision, as shown on a plat made by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Inc., dated December 10, 1970, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston. County in Plat Book AA, page 29; said lot having such size, shape, dimen sions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

Subject to any and all ease ments, restrictions and rights of way of public record.

This being the same property conveyed to Willie Eason and Joyce G. Eason by deed of Joseph M. Wise, dated Decem ber 20, 2000 and recorded December 28, 2000 in Book Z360 at Page 687 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County. Subsequently, Willie Eason died in/testate on September 7, 2010, leaving the subject property to his heirs or devisees, namely, Joyce G. Eason, Ronnie Eason, Sheila Eason, Donald Eason, Michael Eason and Troy Eason.

Property Address: 4434 Hardwood St Ladson, SC 29456

TMS/PIN# TMS# 3880600129

/s/Jeriel A. Thomas

Rogers Townsend, LLC

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend.com Brian P. Yoho (SC Bar #73516), Brian.Yoho@rogerstownsend.com

Jeriel A. Thomas (SC Bar #101400)

Jeriel.Thomas@rogerstownsend. com

1221 Main Street, 14th Floor Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444

Columbia, South Carolina

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that Charleston County Council will hold a public hearing on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at 6:30 p.m., in the Beverly T. Craven Council Chambers, Lonnie Ham ilton, III Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC prior to the final Council action being taken to en ter into four lease agreements for property owned by the County.

The property in question is a portion of the property known

as the Teddie E. Pryor, Sr. Social Services Building, located at 3685 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC, 29405. County Council is considering lease agreements with South Carolina Department of Social Services, South Carolina Department of Health and Envi ronmental Control, Charleston/ Dorchester Community Mental Health Center, and South Caro lina Department of Health and Human Services.

Public comments, written and oral, are invited. Submission of written public comments is encouraged and those wishing to provide written public comments for the public hearing should email comments to public-comments@charleston county.org by 12:00 noon on Thursday, November 10, 2022.

Kristen L. Salisbury Clerk of Council

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 9th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Docket No.: 2020CP1005054

PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY, a/s/o Queen White, Plaintiff, vs. ERNEST AMIR SPEIGHTS, Defendant.

SUMMONS

TO: ERNEST AMIR SPEIGHTS 5507 GARRETT AVENUE CHARLESTON, SC 29406-3302

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint on the subscriber at P.O. BOX 13886, CHARLESTON, SC 29455 within thirty 30 days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of service hereof. AND IF YOU FAIL to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Prepared and submitted by: PARNELL & PARNELL, P.A. _/s/ Johnnie J. Burgess JOHNNIE J. BURGESS Attorney for Plaintiff S.C. Bar Number 102662 P.O. Box 13886 Charleston, SC 9422 Phone #854-2021766

Email: jburgess@parnellsoutheast.com Attorney for Plaintiff Correspondence Address: Parnell & Parnell, P.A. P.O. Box 2189 Montgomery, AL 36102-2189 Phone 866/519-0912

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-02330

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Ameris Bank, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS Timothy R. McCoin a/k/a Timothy Ray McCoin a/k/a Timothy McCoin a/k/a Tim Mc Coin, individually, as Personal Representative, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Daniel E. Edwards, Sr. a/k/a Daniel E. Edwards a/k/a Daniel Eugene Edwards, DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the September 19, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South

Carolina on the 1st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on James Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and more particularly shown as Lot No. 9, Block “A” on a plat of LIGHTHOUSE POINT SUBDIVISION prepared by W. H. Matheny, R.L.S., dated March 23, 1957 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L at Page 17.

MEASURING AND CONTAIN ING AND BUTTING AND BOUNDING on the northeast by Lot No. 10 - Block A, one hundred fifty (150`) feet; on the southeast on Creekside Drive, one hundred (00`) feet; on the southwest on Lot No. 9 - Block A, one hundred fifty (150`) feet, and on the northwest on high water mark approximately one hundred (100`) feet, be the said dimensions more or less.

SUBJECT to covenants and restrictions set forth in an instrument recorded in Book X-62 at Page 624 in the said R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

SUBJECT, FURTHER, to the terms of n easement to South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, recorded in Book J-64 at Page 346 in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

AND ALSO; ALL the right, title and interest vested in the Grantor and to that area northwest of said low water mark to parrot Creek and contained between the said lot lines projected to the run of Parrot Creek.

Being a portion of the same premises conveyed to Daniel E. Edwards and Glenda Faye E. Gieraltowski by Deed of Distribution dated February 15, 1994 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County on February 22, 1994 in Book F-239 at Page 396; thereafter, Glenda Faye E. Gieraltowski conveyed her undivided one-half (1/2) interest to Daniel E. Edwards by Deed dated October 12, 1994 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County on October 17, 1994 in Book W-248 at Page 281; thereafter, Daniel E. Edwards conveyed an undivided one-half (1/2) interest to Eula G. Edwards by Deed dated October 12, 1994 and recorded on October 17, 1994 in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Book W-248 at Page 278; thereafter, Daniel E. Edwards conveyed his one-half (1/2) interest in the subject real property to Eula G. Edwards by deed dated October 14, 2010, and recorded on October 14, 2010 in Book 149 at Page 176; thereafter, the Estate of Eula G. Edwards con veyed her interest in the said premises to Daniel E. Edwards, Sr., by Deed of Distribution of the dated June 7, 2013 and recorded June 13, 2013 in Book 0338 at page 174 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Subsequently, Daniel E. Edwards, Sr. a/k/a Daniel E. Edwards died testate on or about May 4, 2019, leav ing the subject property to his devisees, namely Robin Lynne Long McCoin and Timothy Ray McCoin, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number 2019ES-10-00963. Robin McCoin predeceased Daniel Edwards on or about January 20, 2018, and the devise to Robin Mc Coin from the estate of Daniel Edwards was inherited by the co-devisee Timothy McCoin as provided by §62-2-604 (b), S.C. Code of Laws. Subsequently, Daniel E. Edwards, Sr. a/k/a

Daniel E. Edwards died testate on or about 05/04/2019, leaving the subject property to his/her devisees, namely Robin Lynne Long McCoin and Timothy Ray McCoin, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number 2019-ES-10-00963. Thereafter, Timothy Ray McCoin was appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of Daniel E. Edwards, Sr. a/k/a Daniel E. Edwards (Probate Estate Matter Number 2019ES-10-00963.

TMS No. 452-01-00-174

Property address: 764 Creekside Drive Charleston, SC 29412

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy them selves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-00204

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Quicken Loans Inc.,

PLAINTIFF VERSUS D. John Bernard LeBoeuf a/k/a D. John LeBoeuf a/k/a Donald John Bernard LeBoeuf a/k/a Bernie LeBoeuf a/k/a DJ Bernard LeBoeuf, as Personal Representative, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Matthew Leboeuf a/k/a Matthew LeBoeuf a/k/a Matthew Craig LeBoeuf, Deceased; et al.,

DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the September 22, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 1st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charles ton, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 160 of a subdivision of The Park at River`s Edge, recorded in Plat Book EJ at Page 714 (Book A-580 at Page 773) and having, according to said plat, metes and bounds as shown thereon.

This being the same property conveyed to Matthew LeBoeuf by Deed of Joseph M. Wallace,

dated April 10, 2018 and recorded April 17, 2018 in Book 0712 at Page 008, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 404-02-00-220

Property address: 7882 Montview Road North Charleston, SC 29418

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy them selves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-02164

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, PLAINTIFF VERSUS David E. Bertsch, DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the September 19, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 1st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All those lots, pieces, parcels or tracts of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lots 18 and 19, Block F, Section 2, Orange Grove Estates Subdivision as shown on a plat prepared by W. L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated May 1941 and recorded in Plat Book F, Page 82 in the R.M.C. Office for Charles ton County; said lots having such size, shape, metes and bounds, location and dimensions as shown on said plat, to which reference is hereby made for a more fuller and more complete description thereof.

This being the same property conveyed to David E. Bertsch by Deed from Michael Joseph Sibbald and Rose Marie Sibbald, dated February 25, 2002, recorded February 27, 2002 in Book L398, Page 537 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 352-10-00-038

Property address: 1410 Joy Avenue Charleston, SC 29407

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy them selves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-00409

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Mortgage Assets Manage ment, LLC, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS Karen Patel, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood, Deceased; et al.,

DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the September 19, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 1st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 10, Block B, as shown on a plat of Drayton on the Ashley Subdivi sion, Section 1, which plat was made by James R. Bagley, Jr., dated January 11, 1965. And recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book S at Page 63; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, butting and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Eloise S. Underwood by Deed of Marvin E. Dennis dated August 4, 1967 and recorded August 8, 1967 in Book L-88 at Page 8 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Thereafter.

Walter Clark underwood conveyed a one-half interest in said property to Eloise S. Underwood by Deed dated May 18, 1979 and recorded June 18, 1979 in Book M-119 at Page 124 and re-recorded on

June 21, 1979 in Book Z-119 at Page 218 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Thereafter; Eloise S. Underwood conveyed said property to Eloise S. Lavigne and Leroy F. Lavigne by Deed dated March 15, 000 and recorded March 15, 2000 in Book A-344 at Page 280 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Thereafter, by Correc tive Deed Elisoe Underwood conveyed said property to Eloise S. LeVigne and LeRoy F. LaVigne dated April 24, 2008 and recorded June 17, 2008 in Book J-662 at Page 860 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charles ton County, South Carolina.

Subsequently, Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood (DOD 2/24/2012) and LeRoy F. LaVigne died intestate on or about 10/23/2021, leaving the subject property to his/ her heirs, namely Karen Patel, Donna Underwood, Helen Cleland, Sabrina Geggis; Mark Underwood, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number 2012-ES-10-00467.

TMS No. 358-1200-188

Property address: 2863 Wofford Road Charleston, SC 29414

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy them selves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-00429

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Mortgage Assets Manage ment, LLC, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS Richard Eugene Hunt Indi vidually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Virginia Mae Hunt a/k/a Virginia Koger Hunt; any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Vir ginia Mae Hunt a/k/a Virginia Koger Hunt, Deceased, et al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the July 27, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bid der for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on

the 1st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT LOT, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and be ing on James Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 15, Block K, Section 4, Lynwood Subdivision, as shown on a plat made by J. O`Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, dated July 23, 1971, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book O, Page 121; said lot having such size, shape, dimen sions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Richard Eugene Hunt and Virginia Mae Hunt by Deed of McAdams Construc tion Corp. dated January 8, 1972 and recorded January 8, 1972 in Book H98 at Page 219 in the ROD Office for Aiken County. Subsequently, Virginia Mae Hunt a/k/a Virginia Koger Hunt died intestate on or about 03/14/2020, leaving the subject property to his/her heirs, namely Richard Eugene Hunt, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number N/A.

TMS No. 4251000250

Property address: 1112 Kentwood Circle Charleston, SC 29412

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy them selves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-04373

Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-F, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Series 2019-F, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, PLAINTIFF, VS. Darrell H. Strickland; Brenda A. Strickland; Belle Hall Plantation Homeowners Association, Inc.; South Carolina Department of Revenue; the United States of America by and through its agency the Department of Treasury - Internal Revenue Service; and USAA Federal Savings Bank, DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (221150.00027)

TO THE DEFENDANTS DARRELL H. STRICKLAND; AND BRENDA

A. STRICKLAND ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on September 19, 2022.

NOTICE OF MORTGAGOR’S RIGHT TO FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED MORTGAGOR(S)[1]:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the Supreme Court of South Carolina Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may be eligible for foreclosure intervention programs for the purpose of resolving the above-referenced foreclosure action. If you wish to be considered for a foreclosure intervention program, you must contact Scott and Corley, P.A., 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, South Carolina 29204 or call (803) 252-3340 within thirty (30) days after be ing served with this notice.

Scott and Corley, P.A. represents the Plaintiff in this action. We do not represent you. The South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct prohibit our firm from giving you any legal advice.

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FORECLO SURE INTERVENTION PROCESS, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED.

NOTICE: THIS IS A COM MUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT AS STATED BELOW IN THE INSTANCE OF BANK RUPTCY PROTECTION.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANK RUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATU TORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, AS SESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY

PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

By: Ronald C. Scott (rons@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #4996

Reginald P. Corley (reggiec@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #69453

Angelia J. Grant (angig@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #78334

Allison E. Heffernan (allisonh@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #68530

H. Guyton Murrell (guytonm@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64134

Kevin T. Brown (kevinb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64236

Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074

ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-04477

Land Home Financial Services, Inc., PLAINTIFF, VS. Jimmy Manigault; Carrington Chase Property Owners Associa tion, Inc.; The United States of America by and through its agency, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Helen Huger Manigault, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of John Primus Manigault a/k/a John Manigault, Sr., Deceased; John Manigault, Jr., Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of John Primus Manigault a/k/a John Manigault, Sr., Deceased; Norman Manigault, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of John Primus Manigault a/k/a John Manigault, Sr., Deceased; Barry Manigault, Indi vidually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of John Primus Manigault a/k/a John Manigault, Sr., Deceased; Helena Manigault, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of John Primus Manigault a/k/a John Manigault, Sr., Deceased; their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (222258.00125)

TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-2065, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause

to the Master-In-Equity or Special Referee for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 (e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-In-Equity or Special Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PER SON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Kelley Yarborough Woody, made absolute.

NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Com plaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Caro lina on September 23, 2022.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley Yarborough Woody, whose ad dress is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Caro lina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of John Primus Manigault a/k/a John Manigault, Sr., including their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and for all other unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in and to the real estate that is the subject of this foreclosure action, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 3rd day of October, 2022.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi absolute.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant(s) above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Jimmy Manigault to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Land Home Financial Services, Inc., dated July 31, 2017, recorded August 1, 2017, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 0656 at Page 476; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to Land Home Financial Services, Inc. by assignment instrument dated September 15, 2022 and attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.

The Note and Mortgage were subsequently modified by a Loan Modification Agreement dated August 18, 2020 and recorded on October 27, 2020 in Book 929 at Page 716.

The description of the premises is as follows:

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Sum

merville, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as LOT 54, on that certain plat by Tim Elmer RLS, LLC, entitled, “FINAL PLAT SHOWING CARRINGTON CHASE, PHASE 2, LOTS 42 THRU 81, PROPERTY OF LOS HOMES, LLC, LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF SUMMERVILLE, NEAR LINCOLNVILLE, CHARLESTON & DORCHESTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,” dated July 12, 2016, revised August 5, 2016, and recorded August 10, 2016 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L16 at Page 0367. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD.

This being the same property conveyed to Jimmy Manigault by deed of Los Homes, LLC, dated July 31, 2017 and recorded August 1, 2017 in Book 656 at Page 473 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 376-06-00-080

Property address: 200 Keaton Brook Drive Summerville, SC 29485

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

By: Ronald C. Scott (rons@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #4996

Reginald P. Corley (reggiec@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #69453

Angelia J. Grant (angig@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #78334

Allison E. Heffernan (allisonh@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #68530

H. Guyton Murrell (guytonm@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64134

Kevin T. Brown (kevinb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64236

Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074

ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-04015

loanDepot.com, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. Mary Catherine Becker Engle a/k/a Mary C. Engle; David Edwin Nettles a/k/a David Nettles, Individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Elizabeth Jan Becker Nettles a/k/a Betty Nettles, Deceased; Kevin Edward Nettles a/k/a Kevin Nettles, Individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Elizabeth Jan Becker Nettles a/k/a Betty Nettles, Deceased; Flora Elizabeth Nettles a/k/a Liz Nettles a/k/a Flora Padgett, Individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Elizabeth Jan Becker Nettles a/k/a Betty Nettles, Deceased; Lashonda Linder, Individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eliza beth Jan Becker Nettles a/k/a Betty Nettles, Deceased; Debra Ann Benton a/k/a Deborah Ann Benton a/k/a Debra Hughes, Individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Elizabeth Jan Becker Nettles a/k/a Betty Nettles, Deceased; Cheyenne Caroline Hughes a/k/a Cheyenne Hughes, Individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Elizabeth Jan Becker Nettles a/k/a Betty Nettles, Deceased; Sierra Renee Hughes a/k/a Sierra Hughes, Individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Elizabeth Jan Becker Nettles a/k/a Betty Nettles, Deceased; Savannah Grace Hughes a/k/a Savannah Hughes, Individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Elizabeth Jan Becker Nettles a/k/a Betty Nettles, Deceased; Christall Dawn Hughes a/k/a

Christall Hughes, Individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Elizabeth Jan Becker Nettles a/k/a Betty Nettles, Deceased; Randall Gregg Hughes, Jr. a/k/a Randy Hughes, Jr., Individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Elizabeth Jan Becker Nettles a/k/a Betty Nettles, Deceased; any other Heirs-at-Law or Devi sees of the Estate of Elizabeth Jan Becker Nettles a/k/a Betty Nettles, Deceased, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Charlotte Becker, Individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of John George Becker, Deceased; any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of John George Becker, Deceased, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as James Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Robert Roe, DEFENDANT(S).

AMENDED SUMMONS AND NOTICES (222315.00009)

TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-2065, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a gen eral Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-In-Equity or Special Referee for Charles ton County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 (e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-In-Equity or Special Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

YOU ARE FURTHER SUM MONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Kelley Yarbor ough Woody, made absolute.

NOTICE

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE

Heather Rice steps into abundance

By Chelsea Grinstead

Singing and playing piano is second nature to musician Heather Rice. Over the years, she’s opened shows for the likes of Sheryl Crow and Lady Antebellum, and co-wrote “Like Make Believe” with Mark Bryan of Hootie & the Blowfish for his 2021 solo album Midlife Priceless

Her newest single, “Now It’s Out,” is a landmark in her career: It’s the first release from her independent label, Red Lion Records. Her next single, “Natural With You,” drops Nov. 2 ahead of other scattered releases that will make up two EPs in 2023.

“I knew that I was a singer when I memorized all of the music to the Wizard of Oz when I was 3 years old,” Rice told City Paper

“I knew I was a songwriter when I first met with my college band at a storage facility we were renting to practice. I got really lucky with my first band mem bers. They were incredible musicians, and still are, and they loved my songs — they thought they were amazing. Because I thought so much of these musicians, I was like, ‘Oh, maybe I am a songwriter.’”

She fronted the Heather Friedman band when she was attending University of Central Florida in Orlando in the early 2000s. The band ended up opening for Billy Joel’s daughter one night at a bar.

“I was an opera major by day, and then

I was in a rock band by night [playing] at bars until 2 a.m,” she said. “And then I would wake up and sing Puccini.”

After moving to Charleston six years ago and starting a family, Rice found a solid footing in her songwriting.

“Now I really feel like I have unbridled creative wings to do whatever I want,” she said, “which I didn’t feel that freedom after I left college and the band split up. Life changed, and actually, creatively, I am able to really open up as a songwriter and focus on all of that again. And during the pan demic, the [Red Lion] studio came about.”

Her upcoming release, “Natural With You,” is a glimpse into the love story between her and her husband, capturing the wistful indulgence and delightful uncertainty that comes with a new spark. The airy piano ballad features instrumental fills from drummer Rion Smith and Doom Flamingo guitarist Thomas Kenney, who are fixtures on both upcoming EPs. Kenney is also a co-producer on the majority of the new tracks.

“The melancholy vibe, it’s supposed to be the moment before you meet someone,” Rice said of “Natural With You.” “The song is really about the nerves that a person who is very young in love feels when they’re approaching the love of their life.

“The lyrics are, ‘I’m so strange. I never know what to say’ — which was how I felt when we got together. I thought, ‘If he really

knew me, would he fall in love?’”

Rice wrote “Natural With You,” as a lover. Her January 2023 single, “Worth Loving,” she wrote as a mother.

“I’m telling my children that every body is worth loving no matter who they are, no matter how different we are,” she said. “I wrote it like a little Mr. Rogers song. I think every song has a different character for me, maybe a different side of myself. And they’re not all going to be mom songs, and they’re not all going to be songs about romance. Sometimes they’re going to be about climate change or about equality.”

While there is an underlying theme of romantic love in her music, Rice said each song can speak to the process of self-love, too. The vulnerability she’s narrating is not exclusive to putting yourself out there, but also being happy with yourself.

Rice writes mostly on her old 1970s Kimball petite grand piano, and that particular vintage warmth spills into her songwriting that is splashed with Americana styling.

“Music lately has been feeling very reallife to me,” she said, “which is nice because the music that I have always written has been kind of melodramatic or very roman ticized, sometimes very angry like in the rock band when I was feeling depressed. These days … my lyrics have gotten simpler. Hopefully a little bit more wise.”

Pulse

Let’s Go Crazy: The Music of Prince

More than a dozen musicians will take the stage at Charleston Music Hall Oct. 27 with renowned musicians Charlton Singleton and Quiana Parler of Ranky Tanky for the tribute show “ Let’s Go Crazy: The Music of Prince .” As the featured vocalists for the evening, Singleton and Parler will be delivering funky pomp-sheened pop hits from Prince, the legendary performer who helped define American soul and R&B. Purple attire is encouraged! $10 tickets are available through charlestonmusichall.com. Show starts at 8 p.m. — Chelsea Grinstead

Hellfire Club Halloween Party at Music Farm

A Stranger Things-themed dance party is a perfectly strange way to celebrate Halloween this year. Hardwired, a four-piece Metallica tribute band from Tampa, Florida, will be shredding guitars Oct. 28 for the 9 p.m. show that honors Hellfire Club’s lost legend Eddie Munson from the fictional Hawkins, Indiana, “the most cursed place in the U.S.” It’s the perfect time to dust off your leathers, pop some fake blood capsules and impersonate your favorite characters to resurrect the ’80s one beat at a time. Tickets are $20 and available through musicfarm.com. CG

Check Your Head: A Beastie Boys Tribute

For all the Beastie Boys fans out there, the Check Your Head tribute show Oct. 29 is your chance to see the beloved rap-rock group come back to life, featuring the vocal talents of Asheville-based artists Josh Phillips, Eli Cramer and Philo Reitzel. The Charleston Pour House will be overrun with former members of Atmosphere , Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Effigy Seed and Josh Phillips Feel Good who will elevate the tribute performance to the next level and recreate the best of the Beastie Boys discography. Tickets are $15 and available through charlestonpourhouse.com. The show starts at 9 p.m. — CG

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The calm confidence that musician Heather Rice exudes in her piano ballads comes through clearly on her upcoming single “Natural With You” that drops Nov. 2

High Fidelity: Your Top 5

Charleston locals sommelier Matt Tunstall and restaurateur Justin Croxall opened late-night wine bar Stems & Skins in Park Circle back in 2015 to create a haunt for locals that offered thoughtful wine and food cura tions off the beaten path. Known for its charcuterie treats, tinned seafood and funky ferments, Stems & Skins has been bumping soul and dance tunes from the ’70s and ’80s on the playlist lately. Here are Tunstall’s top five tunes:

“Ain’t Nobody” - Rufus, Chaka Khan

“I Need your Lovin” - Teena Marie

“Poetry” - The RH Factor, Q-Tip, Erykah Badu

“Lingus” - Snarky Puppy

“Thing of Gold” - Snarky Puppy

The journey of Droze

By Vincent Harris

Singer-songwriter Jackson Droze Warren released his debut EP to be a bird earlier this year, a self-produced five-song collec tion that seamlessly blends reggae with hip-hop. Tracks like “Fly Away,” “Charleston Breeze” and “I’ll Be Okay” stitch together reggae-skank guitar strums and pro grammed beats to create a best-of-both worlds situation.

Warren, a Mount Pleasant native, started playing guitar and writing songs as a child but didn’t begin taking his musical career seri ously until he was in college, creating many of the tracks that appear on to be a bird. There was no question that reggae was going to be a big part of his sound from the beginning.

“For me, reggae and classic rock were my two top genres and my biggest influ ences,” Warren said. “I’ve loved reggae from a young age. It’s just always been a positive genre and brought people together.”

Although the EP is only a couple of months old, it doesn’t fully represent the music that Warren is playing now. Guitarist Will Evans from Sexbruise? and Omar Colon from Fairweather Studios helped him engineer pretty much everything you hear on to be a bird before he met his current bandmates.

“It was definitely a learning process,” Warren said, “but through that process, I feel like the recording of this next project we have going has actually gone a little bit smoother than we expected.”

The new outfit Droze & the Drift is completed by drummer Conner Yahres and bassist Will Sanders both from Beaufort, South Carolina, plus guitarist Holston Rainero, another Holy City native.

While the DIY production of Warren’s debut EP was driven by hip-hop, Droze & the Drift has veered toward a more

organic approach to reggae in recent ses sions with Charleston producer Wolfgang Zimmerman at The Space. The band plans to release a new single in the next couple of months ahead of a full album in early 2023.

“We’re trying to go forward — put the band together in the studio a little bit more and do some more natural-sounding music to give listeners a feel for what our live shows are like,” Warren said.

As someone who has always listened to reggae-rock and ska punk, he feels like it has gotten swept under the rug in the contem porary mainstream. The full band backing affords him a roomy creative space to pull from and uncover nuances of the subgenre.

“I’m diving more into what Sublime and Slightly Stoopid set up for us,” Warren said, “taking the roots reggae from the ’60s and ’70s — like Bob Marley and the Wailers and Peter Tosh — and combining it with punk rock and modern rock.

“All of the writing and the structures of the songs I’ve put together through the years as a bedroom musician working on my own — I’ve just been waiting for the right people to help me record it.”

Photo by Rūta Smith

Singer-songwriter Droze recently reinterpreted his reggae sound as a four-piece band, Droze & the Drift