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State legislators propose bills to protect fertility treatment

Legislators propose bipartisan bills to protect in-vitro fertility treatment

By Skyler Baldwin

South Carolina women, physicians and legislators are vigorously moving to protect fertility care in the Palmetto State in the wake of a Feb. 16 decision by the Alabama Supreme Court to grant personhood to frozen embryos.

House Bill 5157 and Senate Bill 1121 in the S.C. General Assembly seek to secure protections for fertility treatments, particularly in vitro fertilization, also known as IVF. IVF is a procedure that involves retrieving patients’ egg and sperm samples and combining the two in a laboratory. A fertilized embryo — or sometimes more than one embryo — is then transferred to the woman’s uterus. However, embryos, eggs and sperm can all be frozen and stored for long periods of time, if needed.

“We must protect IVF at all costs,” S.C. Rep. Spencer Wetmore, D-Charleston, told the Charleston City Paper. “I can’t believe it isn’t a unanimous sentiment that our S.C. families should be able to become parents.”

Under Alabama’s court ruling, any bad outcome for any stored embryos could be criminalized, said Dr. John Schnorr, founder of Coastal Fertility Specialists, a statewide fertility care practice with Charleston-area locations in Mount Pleasant and Summerville.

“What they did in Alabama criminalizes the taking care of embryos over time,” he explained. “If they were harmed in an embryology lab, for example, everyone involved could be held liable.”

Schnorr said that makes it harder for fertility clinics to retain embryologists, but also makes women less likely to seek treatment in the first place.

“We want patients to have a personal choice in how they choose to go about their request for fertility care and how they go about having children,” he said. “Infertility affects about one in nine couples already, so it’s very common, and we’re seeing an influx of more people dealing with it. The good news is that with persistence, our success rates are well over 95%.”

could be easily removed in the future, and until there is a crystal-clear law in place, fertility will remain under threat.

“We look forward to some national legislation that protects these patients across the country,” he said. “For now, I think it’s as simple as to say for patients undergoing fertility treatments, personhood would not be applied to their eggs, sperm or embryos.”

And that’s exactly the language the S.C. House is looking at.

“Any fertilized human egg or human embryo that exists in any form outside of the uterus of a human body shall not, under any circumstance, be considered an unborn child, a minor child, an unborn person, an unborn fetus, a natural person, or any other term that connotes a human being for any purpose under state law,” H. 5157 reads.

The Rundown

Haley suspends presidential campaign

You could almost taste the solemn disappointment in the air March 6 at Blackboard headquarters as former Gov. Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign.

Haley’s withdrawal from the campaign trail left former President Donald Trump as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. On Tuesday, she won only one state — Vermont — in Republican primaries held in 15 states.

“I sought the honor of being your president,” Haley said on an overcast morning. “But in our great country, being a private citizen is a privilege enough in itself. And that’s a privilege I very much look forward to enjoying,” she said to about 40 supporters as a flock of 90 in the media sent her news around the globe. —Andy Brack

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“I want to be clear: There is a place for them in my campaign. I know there is a lot we won’t agree on. But on the fundamental issues of preserving American democracy … I hope and believe we can find common ground.”

—Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden, urging Haley voters to throw their support behind him rather than former President Donald Trump.

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With more than 2,000 new patients each year, that’s considered a high success rate, Schnorr said, adding the success rate is what is threatened in Alabama now and has come under threat before in South Carolina. He pointed to past efforts in the Statehouse that could have threatened fertility treatment through more extreme abortion bans as an example.

Protections on the way

Schnorr said while there are some protective carve-outs currently in place, they

These protections have been a longtime coming, said S.C. Rep. J.A. Moore, D-Berkeley.

“One of the things we saw in legislation that came from the past several years in women’s health care rights was this looming threat of IVF treatment,” he told the City Paper. “A number of people in my district have reached out to me specifically about making sure that health care

8 shot, killed across S.C. from Feb. 28 to March 5

North Charleston police on March 5 arrested a 17-year-old boy on a murder charge for his alleged involvement in an Oct. 4, 2023, shooting near East Surrey Avenue in North Charleston that killed one.

Other shootings: Eight others died in Beaufort, Edgefield, Cherokee, York and Laurens counties. Seven others were hurt in shootings across the state. Nationally, there were nine mass shootings for the week, totalling 70 for the year.

Sources: gunviolencearchive.org; S.C. official and media reports

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Anti-vax measure to limit future vaccines moves forward

By Jack O’Toole

A state Senate committee will soon consider legislation that would dramatically curtail the authority of state health officials during future public health emergencies, such as pandemics or biological terror attacks.

Dubbed the Medical Freedom Act by supporters, the bill would prohibit the state’s health department from securing and distributing vaccines or other drugs during a public health crisis if the medications received an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, rather than full FDA approval, which often takes years.

In 2021, vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna were produced and distributed under an FDA emergency use authorization.

Critics of the legislation, which was approved last week by a Senate subcommittee, say such emergency authorization saved tens of thousands of lives because it got vaccines quickly to people across the country.

In addition, the legislation proposed by conservative Upstate Sen. Shane Martin would limit health officials’ power to order and enforce quarantines, restrict the right of pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions and outlaw vaccination mandates by private employers for vaccines without full FDA approval.

Debating the merits

Supporters and opponents debated the bill at a Feb. 28 Medical Affairs subcommittee hearing.

“I wanted to do something to protect myself and all the constituents we represent,” Martin, R-Spartanburg, told committee members, citing concerns about the use of “novel” vaccines.

Other supporters of the bill, including committee chairman Sen. Tom Corbin, R-Greenville, referred often to testimony of University of South Carolina biochemist Dr. Phillip Buckhaults, who told an S.C. Senate panel last September that DNA fragments in Pfizer’s mRNA-based vaccine could potentially invade the nucleus of healthy human cells and cause serious health problems, including cancer.

Pfizer strongly disputed those statements in an Oct. 16 letter.

“There is no evidence to support these claims and they provide the risk of being misconstrued by either Committee members and/or the public at large,” wrote Dr. Annaliesa Anderson, senior vice president and chief scientific officer.

Anderson’s letter went on to observe that the issue of DNA fragments is not unique to Covid vaccines.

“It is important to note that similar

Dr. Danielle Scheurer of MUSC Health gets the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine as it was released for local distribution during the pandemic

quality standards regarding residual DNA are applied to other vaccines.

Small amounts of residual DNA can be found in several approved vaccines, including influenza and hepatitis vaccines, which have been administered globally for more than 30 years.”

Later that month, a fact check by the University of Pennsylvania’s factcheck.org found Buckhaults’ testimony to be inconsistent with the best available evidence and the views of most experts in the field.

Among those testifying against the bill were S.C. Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Bob Morgan and S.C. Pharmacy Association CEO Brian Clark.

“South Carolina has a long and proud tradition of allowing private sector employers to businesses without excessive government interference,” Morgan told committee members in reference to the bill’s ban on employer vaccine mandates.

“Pharmacists have gone to school for a long time and deserve the right to exercise their best judgment in the best interest of their patients,” Clark said of the legislation’s requirement that pharmacists fill prescriptions that they believe could be harmful.

At the conclusion of the testimony, Senate committee members approved the measure 3-2, with Corbin, Richard Cash, R-Anderson, and Billy Garrett, R-McCormick, voting yes. Both of the panel’s Democrats, Ronnie Saab, of Williamsburg, and Deon Tedder, of Charleston, voted no.

Also passing along party lines that day was a bill that would permanently outlaw public employer vaccine mandates, and a resolution calling on the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization.

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Foundation rebrands iconic house and garden fundraiser

By Herb Frazier

The Historic Charleston Foundation’s (HCF) annual spring house and garden tours, which attracts thousands of tourists to the city, has a new name and a refreshed schedule to lure more local residents.

The new name, the Charleston Festival, replaces the old Festival of House & Gardens. It’s a month-long calendar of tours, workshops, lectures, art exhibits and music events that begins March 14.

The evolving festival, HCF’s largest money-maker, began in 1947 shortly before it was formally incorporated later that year.

Last year, the foundation updated its strategic plan, which led to the need to “rebrand and reboot” the festival, said HCF president and CEO Winslow Hastie.

The festival’s staff was then challenged to think about what it has become and what it can become to ensure it’s tied to the HCF mission, said Roualeyn de Haas, the foundation’s director of marketing and communications.

The name change “reflects a festival about

Charleston native and artist Jill Hooper is coming home to present her exhibition, Windows into Another World, at the Aiken-Rhett House Museum during the Charleston Festival that begins March 14. Hooper is donating the net revenue from the month-long exhibit to the Historic Charleston Foundation’s museum houses. The rebranded festival is the HCF’s annual fundraising event.

Charleston for Charleston,” de Haas said.

The nonprofit HCF is not in the business of event production, but it offers the festival because of the educational value to highlight the preservation and culture of Charleston, he explained.

This is the first year that festival events aren’t packed on the Charleston peninsula, Hastie said. “We are trying to lighten our tourism footprint,” he said. Events are

scheduled around the city, he added.

Capacity at some events has been lowered. Ticket prices — which range from $35 to $275 — have been raised slightly, he said.

Last year, the foundation sold more than 10,000 tickets and 73% of them went to people from outside South Carolina, de Haas said.

This year’s festival will have an equal

Fight ensues over old South Carolina cosmetology law

Jack O’Toole

A Charleston businesswoman’s battle against what she calls South Carolina’s “antiquated” cosmetology laws is powering a major push for licensing reform in the state legislature.

Megan O’Brien moved from California to Charleston a year and a half ago with a simple business idea: at-home beauty services like hair styling and makeup application for everyone from housebound senior citizens to brides-to-be.

The problem, as she soon discovered, was that her idea is illegal in the state of South Carolina where cosmetologists are forbidden from working outside of a brickand-mortar salon.

“It was brought to my attention by people who owned a cosmetology school as a way to deter me, I think,” O’Brien said in an interview. “They said, ‘You’re never going to be able do this — the cosmetology board is

Blotter of the Week

Charleston police on Feb. 22 confiscated a Civil War-era cannon ball from a downtown woman after she found it while gardening in her backyard. Good call, officers. If we had a cannon ball in the office, the temptation to rush it to Fort Moultrie to test the cannons would be far too great to ignore.

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really strong in this state — so you should just go do this business somewhere else. ’ ”

Today, O’Brien’s business, Ring My Belle, reflects that advice, with successful operations in several cities across the country, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Boston. But here in its home base of Charleston, the service remains illegal — a situation that O’Brien believes may be about to change, thanks in part to a powerful ally she’s found in the fight.

“I’ve been working for a year and a half to try to change the law,” she said. “I went on TV, I started petitions, I did all sorts of things. But it didn’t really begin to move until I found out about the Institute for Justice.”

Libertarian economics as social justice?

Dubbed “a merry band of libertarian lawyers” by the columnist George Will, the nonprofit Institute for Justice (IJ) came into existence in 1990 to pursue what it sees as the cause of economic liberty through the court system. In particular, its work has tended to focus on three major issues: occupational licensing, property rights and free speech.

IJ’s previous work in S.C. has included a successful challenge to Charleston’s tour guide licensing ordinance, which a federal court found to be unconstitutional, and passage of a law limiting the power of state licensing boards to deny occupational licenses to people with criminal histories.

Just weeks after O’Brien contacted IJ, legislation (S. 857) to allow mobile cosmetology was introduced in the state Senate, along with amendments to more fully deregulate the industry.

According to IJ, this larger push for deregulation is a question of economic fairness.

“Our law firm has done a lot of research related to occupational licensing barriers, especially for lower and middle income workers,” said Meagan Forbes, IJ’s director of legislation and senior legislative counsel. “And what we’ve found is that some of the greatest barriers are in the beauty and barbering industry, which is why we’re working to remove those barriers.”

Specifically, IJ’s research finds that S.C.’s cosmetology law requires 1,500 hours of

A Mount Pleasant man on Feb. 22 reportedly tried to steal several packs of trading cards from a Mount Pleasant department store by stuffing them into the sleeves of a puffer jacket (also stolen). The value of the cards was determined to be about $112, but since he didn’t open them, the contents could have been a total of $3.50 or over $2,000. There’s just no way to know.

Patience ran out

A drunken College of Charleston student on Feb. 23 couldn’t maintain his footing on the downtown Charleston sidewalks, even with the help of an officer who offered to walk him back to his dorm. When he kept stumbling — into the road, by the way — the officer finally gave up and arrested him for public intoxication.

By Skyler Baldwin Illustration by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Feb. 22 and March 4.

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Fertility

And I have family members who’ve had children with the help of IVF treatment, so it’s important to me personally, too.”

‘A bigger issue’

Moore said the conversation around IVF and fertility treatments is a reflection of the greater attack on women’s health care in conservative states.

“Women’s health care rights in general are under attack all the time here in South Carolina,” Moore said. “It’s a war.

These little battles come up often. … This is a bigger issue. These radical legislators and organizations want to control every aspect of people’s lives.”

During a bipartisan Feb. 29. press conference held by the S.C. Democratic Caucus, S.C. Sen. Penry Gustafson, R-Kershaw, said the issue went beyond party lines.

“Protecting IVF treatments has nothing to do with politics, it’s not a Republican or Democratic issue,” she said. “We’re talking about embryos outside the mother’s womb. It’s unfortunate we need to go there; this is a preventative measure to avoid closings of preventative centers.”

number of events as last year’s, however, 10% more audience capacity will be gained by holding concerts and lectures at the larger venues in the Dock Street, Riviera and American theaters, Hastie said.

Festival highlights

Living Local is a new events series aimed at new residents who might not have yet explored downtown Charleston, Hastie said. The series will give newcomers, who don’t fully know the history and depth of the city’s culture, a sample of different educational and fun activities, he said.

The Living Local events includes a new festival music series featuring the Plantation Singers, a local Gullah and spiritual a cappella group at Dock Street Theatre and Circular Congregational Church. The series will also present Southern blues rocker Aida Victoria and Charlton Singleton’s eight-piece ensemble. Both events will be staged at the Riviera.

Charleston By Design replaces the antique show that kicked off the festival for about 17 years. During the pandemic, however, the foundation decided to sideline the labor-intensive show, Hastie said.

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training – 10 times the number of hours required by the state for emergency medical technician training — at a cost of approximately $17,000, more than a third of which is funded with student debt.

As a result, the IJ-supported amendments to the proposed bill include language to reduce the number of training hours required for a cosmetology license and lift licensing requirements entirely for some classes of beauty workers.

On the other side

Some current industry professionals, however, disagree with that analysis, stressing the need for stringent regulations.

“Regulations that oversee the safety of beauty services have worked well for a number of years and protect the safety of professionals and clients,” according to a web statement by the Professional Beauty Association (PBA), an industry trade group.

Among the threats the PBA highlights: unlicensed workers with access to products they have not been trained to use safely; greater risk of chemical burns, staph infections, contagious diseases and bacterial infections; and “health hazards like lice, open wounds and infections.”

“Consumers trust that the professional

providing their beauty service is educated, trained, and licensed — that they know what they’re doing,” the PBA statement reads.

Prospects for passage

Beaufort Republican Sen.r Tom Davis, chairman of the Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee and a co-sponsor of the mobile cosmetology bill, believes there’s “general consensus” in the legislature on mobility, but that it may be “a little more problematic” to pass the larger regulatory reforms this session.

“That’s a broader, more complex conversation,” Davis said, requiring the legislature to balance health and safety concerns against the high costs and steep barriers to entry created by the current requirements — barriers that can have the effect of protecting existing businesses from needed competition.

Charleston GOP Sen. Sandy Senn also supports O’Brien’s cause.

Calling the regulation against mobile cosmetology “a foolish law,” Senn said in a recent constituent newsletter, “This bill will move on to the full committee and then hopefully to the Senate floor for a positive vote. That way we can all rest easy in knowing that our stylists will not be fined for providing beauty services.”

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Protect yourself from scams

When the Charleston woman saw on Caller ID that the call was from her bank, she picked it up without a second thought. She soon learned, according to the caller, there had been a potential $1,000 fraud on a debit card and started asking questions.

Fortunately, something seemed a little fishy to the Charleston resident, who opened up her account as the caller was talking. There wasn’t an odd charge on her online statement. So the customer ended the call and called the bank — to find out what you now probably suspect. It was a scam.

This resident did the right thing. If something sounds a little off, take the power away from the caller. As a result, the Charleston resident had an inconvenience — she had to get a new debit card — but she didn’t get scammed like too many people are these days. But in an age where we’re relying more on digital technology, scammers are getting so smart that they are spoofing numbers from banks, government agencies, Amazon and everything in between.

Charlotte Cowles, a financial-advice columnist with thecut.com, recently wrote: “Frauds are constantly evolving, but most fall into one of two categories: The fear-based (you owe taxes, you’re about to be arrested, your identity has been stolen, a family member has been kidnapped or arrested and you need to pay ransom or bail, etc.) or the opportunitybased (you’re getting access to a great investment, a fantastic discount, lottery winnings, a tax refund, romance).”

And she learned first-hand how bad it can be, after falling last year for a clever imposter scheme that cost her $50,000. So here are some ways she suggests to protect

yourself in a time when foreign fraudsters persist:

1. Be careful about the calls you answer. Cowles says to not pick up calls from people who aren’t in your contacts — even if the phone tells you who they are. If an authentic person really wants to reach you, they’ll leave a voicemail and you can double-check their number.

2. Don’t trust, but verify. Be careful about your instinct to defer to authority, Cowles writes. Ask the caller for the name of their supervisor and exactly where they work. Then hang up and verify, like the Charleston woman did. “An advanced scammer will also establish a sense of familiarity. In my case, the people who contacted me knew my birthday, my address, the names of my family members and where they lived, and the last four digits of my Social Security number.” Such information, unfortunately, is pretty easy for a malicious person to find.

3. Slow things down. Even though some kinds of threats are particularly scary, invent a reason to slow down the process (bad connection, need for bathroom, someone at the door) so you can think and get off of an emotional precipice.

4. Tell someone else. Lots of scammers will tell you why you can’t share what’s happening — and they’ll prey on your fear. But if you say it all out loud to someone, the fishiness of the whole situation may become obvious.

Be careful. Be vigilant. And check law enforcement and other websites for more advice on how to protect yourself.

CHARLESTON CHECKLIST of community objectives

We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:

1. Deal with the water. Build a strong resiliency plan to harden infrastructure and make smart climate change decisions about development, roads and quality of life.

2. Fix roads, traffic. Repair and improve roads and reduce traffic. Speed up alternatives, including more public transportation.

3. Be smarter about education. Inject new energy into the broken Charleston County school board by focusing on kids, not national mantras.

4. Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy.

5. Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community.

6. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow.

7. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone.

8. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate.

9. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan.

10. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.

Send this energy turkey back to where it came from

My, oh my, how quickly we forget.

By Andy Brack

South Carolina’s “Nukegate scandal” surrounding the multi-billiondollar failure of the V.C. Summer nuclear plant in Fairfield County was the largest business failure in the state’s history. From 2008 to 2017, two utilities — Santee Cooper and the now-defunct S.C. Electric and Gas — invested $9 billion into the project.

But the project went belly up after cost estimates soared to $25 billion. Then the finger-pointing, lawsuits, merger, indictments and more began. In the end, Dominion Energy bought SCE&G, some utility executives went to jail and ratepayers were left on the hook for billions of dollars. We’re still paying off that turkey.

We should have learned to be careful when utilities want to do big things. But now we’re facing a sequel as big utilities are imploring state lawmakers — who set up the V.C. Summer debacle by passing bad legislation — to again usurp the state’s energy laws and run roughshod over taxpayers and property owners.

A bipartisan mix of about half of state House members are co-sponsors of Speaker Murrell Smith’s “S.C. 10-year Energy Transformation Act.” In a hearing this week, conservation groups and members of the public railed about the detrimental impacts of the bill, H. 5118, which obviously was written with a lot of help from the big utility companies.

We should have learned to be careful when utilities want to do big things.

Conservationists say the bill seeks to gut the review process for siting new energy facilities, runs roughshod over protections put in place to keep another Nukegate scandal from happening, kills consumer protections created after the debacle and makes ratepayers front the money for risky energy investments.

“They have loaded this bill like a Christmas tree with various things the utilities want to prevent conservation groups from challenging the [future] decisions that will be made,” said Frank Holleman, a Greenville lawyer who represents the Southern Environmental Law Center. Buried in the bill are provisions that would allow a Dominion Energy-Santee Cooper plan to convert an old coal power plant site in Colleton County into a fossil-fuel generation plant that burns natural gas. The problem? It would have to be piped in through pristine areas of the state. Anybody with half a brain knows that is highly likely to lead to habitat degradation.

In prepared remarks to a House committee, Holleman said, “This bill is a pro-eminent domain, pro-condemnation, anti-private property rights bill that threatens to shove massive pipeline construction through Aiken County, the ACE Basin, Colleton County and the Edisto watershed — and also counties in the Upcountry. This bill contains no protections for private property rights, but instead removes rights and protections that currently exist.”

Translation: The very legislature that went hogwild over private property rights just a few years ago to lower taxes is now considering illformed legislation that could allow the massive power of the government to trample on properties that utility companies want for their purposes.

“Our government is supposed to protect private citizens from the power of state-created monopolies,” Holleman argued. “Instead, this bill protects the monopoly utilities from the rights of private landowners and the citizens of South Carolina.”

Eddy Moore, an energy analyst with the S.C. Coastal Conservation League, argues that “no amount of horse-trading can save” the current bill because it ignores reasonable alternatives to generate more power by adding solar, battery storage and wind energy.

“It [the bill] literally opens the door to ratepayers paying for another abandoned nuclear plant with a cost similar to V.C. Summer,” Moore added.

Author Lewis Carroll reminds us that everything has a moral — if you can find it. In the case of this pro-utility energy bill that will destroy special places and private property rights, the moral is smacking us in the face. Lawmakers should kill the proposal and start over. If they can’t, they need to get out of the Statehouse.

THE CHARLESTON POLICE 2023 AWARD RECIPIENTS

OFFICER OF THE YEAR: RAY COBLE

PROBATIONARY POLICE

OFFICER OF THE YEAR: NATALIE DISALVO

SERGEANT OF THE YEAR: JEFF THOM

DETECTIVE OF THE YEAR: KEVIN MAPP

COMMANDER OF THE YEAR: MATT WOJSLAWOWICZ

GUARDIAN AWARD: JEREMY FIEDLER

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

TEAM OF THE YEARCRIME SCENE: JEFF MILLER

RENE CHARLES SARA GLADWELL

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PROFESSIONAL STAFF

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By Helen Mitternight

Everybody (mostly) wants to eat right, but how easy is it to eat ethically at home? Ethical eating generally is defined as eating in a way that leaves a minimal effect on the environment, encourages animal welfare and supports local business.

Local experts say it just takes a little education and planning to overcome the barriers to eating locally. Here is their advice for leaping the hurdles and maximizing the benefits.

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‘It’s too hard to find’

While many may believe it’s harder to find ethical foods, that’s not really true, locals say. You just have to look for it.

“You really have to take the time to look at the labels,” said private chef Ty Kotz, who sources ethical food for his cooking, during a recent visit to a big box grocer.

He said to avoid plastic-wrapped produce, even though many greens hold up better in plastic clamshells.

“Many things pre-wrapped in plastic have come from far away and they’ve been treated or genetically designed to hold up better for shipping, not for their taste or quality. I also never get the cut-up fruit or vegetables in plastic since cut vegetables are high in moisture and susceptible to crosscontamination and foodborne illness.”

Most important, Kotz said, was to educate yourself on what’s in season locally.

“For us in the winter, it’s root vegetables, potatoes, greens. Some things are hydroponic and grow in the winter. Citrus from Florida is in season, and if it comes from farther away, you have to think about how it got here and whether it has additives to travel well.”

Private chef Ty Kotz encourages clients to eat local and look at labels

Mount Pleasant functional nutritional counselor Shannon Converse said, “If something isn’t in season here, you can get it frozen. Bags of frozen fruit or vegetables with no sauce are picked at their peak ripeness and processed immediately. … you’re going to get more nutrients and usually a better taste out of properly frozen things from far away versus fresh things from far away. Plus they tend to be cheaper.”

Kotz said to look at labels for wild-caught fish and to stay away from fish from other countries that might not have U.S. standards. Like produce, fish has seasons, and he said getting to know a local fishmonger and shopping for fish in season is the best bet. Kotz said that local fish include flounder, some snapper, grouper, mahi-mahi, some tuna, wreckfish, tilefish, shrimp, crabs, clam, oysters, and Spanish and King mackerel.

For meat, Kotz said to try and find locally-raised beef without added chemicals or antibiotics. With chicken, labeling

can be deceptive, he said. Tyson’s, for example, has some “cage-free” chicken, but Kotz said many places cram thousands of chickens into a barn-like structure and call that cage-free.

“A lot of the proteins will say they are sustainably-raised, but if you look at the QR code on the package, or go to the website, you learn that what they mean isn’t necessarily what we think of as sustainable. It’s a hassle, but you only have to do it once and you know which products to avoid,” Kotz said.

The Lowcountry Street Grocery services area food deserts and lowerincome families

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‘It’s too expensive’

Eating ethically costs more — sometimes double — because it costs more to raise animals grazing on more land, or raise produce without chemicals that artificially keep them alive.

Kotz acknowledged in the grocery store visit that it was impossible to find anything organic or unprocessed that didn’t cost significantly more than its big company counterpart.

Fortunately, in Charleston, ethical food supplies abound. Low-income residents have access to ethical food. The Lowcountry Street Grocery (LSG) pulls its colorful school bus into neighborhoods considered food deserts. The bus sells produce from local farmers and accepts the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cards, earning extra benefits when they spend on healthy produce.

“If people sign up for this and buy from us every week, they’re getting a lot of free produce every month,” said Lindsey Barrow, LSG’s CEO. “It’s baby steps, but if we can

Eating ethically at the CW+F Festival

You can eat ethically even when you’re out. Many chefs in restaurants throughout Charleston pride themselves on using local purveyors, and the Charleston Wine & Food Festival (CW+F) promotes sustainability.

“We give chefs an ingredient per diem and a list of preferred providers to encourage them to buy local,” said CW+F Executive Director Alyssa Maute Smith.

In addition, this year the festival is working with the South Carolina Shrimp Association to hold “a massive Lowcountry shrimp boil,” Maute Smith said to highlight the use of local shrimp.

CW+F is now through March 10. Visit charlestonwineandfood.com for more information.

extend their SNAP budget and people start to understand the local food system and how it works best for them, they are getting incentivized to improve their choices and buy things like local chicken.”

HURDLE

‘It takes too much time’

Even if you eat only seasonal, local vegetables, it can be difficult to figure out what to do with a knobby Jerusalem artichoke, or a spiky prickly pear. Or maybe you just don’t have the time to cook.

Olivia Myers is founder and director of LSG’s Grocery Rx, a program that teaches a class to low-income, low-food access residents. She says the organization puts recipes on their bags of produce so that those getting home delivery know how to prepare the odd stuff, and Grocery Rx pairs produce delivery with nutritional classes.

Converse said she sympathizes with both the money and the convenience argument, although she said that long-term health benefits outweigh those concerns.

“It’s common that when you are in a lower income bracket, you’re more likely to have more than one job or work more hours,” Converse said. “Convenience foods become more important, but in a way, you’re paying the same amount of money because of the high cost of packaging.”

BENEFIT

‘It keeps money local’

“People need to know that local cabbage is going to have a blueish hue, that it has lots of internal leaves and it’s not going to be cleaned up and shaved down like

the things they find in the grocery store,” Barrow said. “We’re educating folks that this is what it looks like when it comes from the ground, this is when it grows, this is the season. If you’re getting it for 50 cents a pound at the grocery store, something is wrong.”

Myers added, “You have to think about the true cost of getting that food to someone’s plate. It’s a lot more than the 50 cents for a pound of cabbage. It’s also the labor practices that went into harvesting the cabbage, the environmental impact.”

Barrow said it’s important to support local, even when it seems like buying organic at the grocery store is a good option.

“People can get organic, but from where? Peru? If so, it’s sitting on a truck for two weeks, and then in a warehouse for a week,” Barrow said. “And it does nothing for the local economy. An example? This week, we’re focusing on the items farms are going to lose in the upcoming freeze: citrus, cabbage, collard greens. Those are the things that need to get out there.”

BENEFIT

‘It helps the environment’

Even with the best intentions, buying only organic and humanely-raised products, buying ethically means buying local as well because it helps the environment.

“Food miles are really just how far your food travels to get to you,” Myers said. “Nutrient density changes as food travels longer distances. Vitamin C decreases by up to 70% within a week of harvesting. At LSG, almost all of our products we get every day, and they were harvested that

morning or the day before.”

BENEFIT

‘It’s healthier’

“When things are going to be distributed locally, they can be left on the vine or in the ground longer until they’re at prime ripeness, so the nutrients are at prime also,” Converse said. “While it’s nice to be able to get ripe strawberries in the winter, they’re from South America, they’re picked early, sprayed with something to stay shelf-stable.

“We actually need seasonal things. When you live somewhere colder, where the only things that grow are tuberous or more starchy things, your body actually needs those things to store energy to maintain your body temperature.”

She added that processed foods are making us an unhealthy society because they involve additives, artificial colors and flavors, preservatives, thickeners, emulsifiers or artificial sweeteners to lengthen shelf stability or enhance texture or taste.

“Splenda was 10 times sweeter than regular sugar,” Converse said. “So, when we got used to drinking things with artificial sugar, our taste buds changed and we developed a tolerance so that something with natural sugars doesn’t taste sweet anymore.”

Food experts say the best bet to be an ethical eater is to do your homework — check out the labels, find out where the food was grown and cut through the misinformation with education.

“It does require you to put in more work, but the payoff for your body, for the environment, for the economy and for your neighbors pays dividends in the long run,” Barrow said.

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What To Do

SATURDAY

St. Patrick’s Day Block Party and Parade

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If you’re feeling lucky, head to Park Circle’s 20th annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Kick the festivities off with a high-spirited parade through town. Stroll the street, and enjoy specialty food vendors, artists, fare from local restaurant favorites, a kid’s zone and more. Various live music acts will perform at nearby restaurants.

March 9. Noon to 5 p.m. Free. Park Circle. East Montague Avenue. North Charleston. northcharleston.org

THURSDAY

Toast Under The Oaks

Enjoy drinks and live music under the oaks at Johns Island County Park, hosted by Charleston County Parks. Lowcountry-based singer and songwriter Mark Jackson will bring his soulful, funky groove to the stage. Bring your own food or choose from the variety of options from food trucks. Tickets include wine, beer and live music. Attendees 21 and under must be accompanied by a paid chaperone.

March 14. 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. $20/general admission; $25/day-of. Johns Island County Park. 2662 Mullet Hall Road. Johns Island. ccprc.com

SATURDAY

Pop-up market

Idle Hands Coffee House is thrilled to host its first pop-up spring series in celebration of International Women’s Day. This all-women lineup features a special non-profit organization called “Her Future Coalition,” which sells jewelry and clothing made by survivors of sex trafficking from India and Nepal. Discover other local vendors showcasing sustainable goods like thrifted clothing and handmade ceramics. Grab a coffee, and show your support.

March 9. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Idle Hands Coffee House. 17 Warren St. Downtown. coteriechs.com

SUNDAY

Team Crushing Cancer

Join a family-friendly evening at Coastal Crust to help raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, hosted by Student Visionary of the Year Jack Manheimer. Tickets include live music, a silent auction with big ticket items, wine tastings, face painting and fairy hair. Wear red in support of team Crushing Cancer in their fight against blood cancers.

March 10. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. $65/person; $150/family. Coastal Crust. 219 Simmons St. Mount Pleasant. coastalcrust.com

SATURDAY

Low Tide Brewing’s 8th anniversary celebration

Dress up in your finest Hawaiian attire for Low Tide Brewing’s Lowcountry Luau, in celebration of its 8th anniversary. Indulge in tasty food truck fare, jam to live music from Holy City Steel Collective, or sign up to join the limbo and Hula-Hoop competition. Have your fill of a variety of drink options, from mai tai slushies to make-your-own seltzer at the tiki bar, along with a special limited edition can crafted by Low Tide Brewing.

March 9. Noon. Free to attend. Low Tide Brewing. 2863 Maybank Highway. Johns Island. lowtidebrewing.com

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Bouton travels world to find importance of home

By Connelly Hardaway

A self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur, Rob Bouton is the owner of popular downtown cafe and corner store Queen Street Grocery. He’s also an actor who most recently played the role of “Todd the Inspector” in Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living on BET. He’s a well-seasoned traveler with plans to visit as much of the world as he can with his wife, Hannah Piazza. At the end of the day, though, his favorite place to be is at home in Charleston.

“Charleston’s where we come to relax and chill,” said Bouton. “I’m really a homebody when I’m home a lot. Traveling gives you a certain boost of energy that you can’t get from just sitting at home.”

Bouton and Piazza have spent a lot of time in Italy, particularly of late. Piazza recently applied for and received Italian citizenship by descent, and the couple is considering splitting more time between the two countries.

When they’re not jetsetting, Bouton and Piazza reside in a cozy 1920s craftsman-style home in Wagener Terrace. Bouton describes the home’s interior style as bohemian,” and with an eclectic mix of art, rugs and bookshelves piled high with years and years of National Geographic copies, the word seems to fit.

“Charleston’s where we come to relax and chill. I’m really a homebody when I’m home a lot.”

—Rob Bouton

Bouton prides himself on his home’s art collection, with pieces from the couple’s many travels as well as a couple of recent additions from Piazza’s grandfather, who started painting in his 80s. The couple loves supporting local artists, too, with pieces from Julia Deckman and Isabel Bornstein. Deckman’s piece is a huge portrait of Bouton’s late labrador, Royal, donning sunglasses that read “rock star.”

The home’s new rock star pup is Mochi, a five-year-old Shih-Tzu who welcomes guests to his home with his beloved stuffed toy pig, or after a dire situation in which Bouton realized his pet website no longer sold pig toys, the occasional giraffe.

Making memories

One of Bouton’s favorite pieces of family history, displayed on a shelf in his living room, is a shadow box that contains all of

We caught up with Rob Bouton at home in Wagener Terrace with his dog Mochi (his wife Hannah Piazza was out of town)

The Lowdown

Education: Auburn University and the Czech Management Center in Prague.

Current profession: Serial entrepreneur. Currently actor, corner store owner, hotel developer.

Past professions of interest: Chickfil-A nugget maker. TCBY yogurt shiver pusher, New York City waiter, Los Angeles hobo, Charleston crepe maker.

Something people would be surprised to learn about you: I am a neat freak. Everything has its place.

Favorite thing to do outside of work: Cook, work on my green thumb, speak Italian, anything outdoors, golf.

Books on bedside table: Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss and Breath by James Nestor as well as the weekly The New Yorker

Favorite novela: Swiss Family Robinson and Lord of the Flies.

Favorite food to eat: Anything exotic, preferably Indian or Thai, Mediterranean and Italian.

Favorite cocktail or beverage: Dirty Martini shaken with blue cheese olives; Italian red wine; and Oregon Pinot Noir.

Five foods you always need in your refrigerator: Good cheese, an emergency pizza, fresh fruits for a daily smoothie, coconut water, fresh hummus.

his grandfather’s World War II medals, including a Purple Heart. Last year, Bouton and his father, brothers and cousin traveled to France to follow in Capt. William Innes Bouton’s footsteps, recreating the journey he took to help liberate the country in 1944.

Needless to say, family is deeply important to Bouton, who grew up with brothers in Greenville, South Carolina. Born smack dab in the middle of his brothers, Bouton said he embodies the middle child cliche of taking a very different path than his siblings.

“They both married their college sweethearts and are about to be empty nesters, and I didn’t get married until I was 44,” he said. “But I wouldn’t change it. You know, there’s a million different ways to do life.”

One way Bouton “does life” is by assigning each year its own word, which subsequently gets turned into an Instagram

Three people (alive or dead) you’d like to dine with: Barack Obama, Jim Carrey, my maternal grandma Blanche “Mame” Carpenter.

What meal would you want served to you for your last supper: I’d start with a true fresh anchovy Caesar salad, then a bone-in Allan Brothers ribeye with South African langoustines and a loaded baked potato. Dessert would be cold Peanut M&M’s and tiramisu with a scoop of stracciatella gelato.

Pet peeve: Loud chewers. Unaware drivers. People who say “supposebly” and “like.”

Philosophy: Life is not a dress rehearsal.

Your advice for better living: Drink more water, eat less, sleep as much as you need. You’ll be fine.

“Swati has been amazing to work with. She brought her clients to our community and has done all of the heavy lifting so as to make their transition from out of state seamless. She is a great communicator and definitely an asset to anyone who works with her. Thanks Swati!” - Actual Client

Photos by Ashley Stanol

Souvenirs from Bouton’s travels include cobra wine (top)

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hashtag. This is the year of the “resurgence,” which Bouton said was fitting after last year’s word, “reset.”

“I had to reset some things to get ready for a resurgence,” Bouton said. “It’s all part of the master plan.”

This year’s plans include developing a hotel in Greenville, a big project that Bouton’s excited to add to his ever-growing resume.

“We’ve got 30 condos on top of the hotel and Greenville is having a similar kind of boom that Charleston is having,” he said. “To do a project in my hometown is really kind of cool.”

While the Greenville hotel looks to the future, Bouton’s other business baby, Queen Street Grocery, is firmly rooted in the past. The store celebrated 100 years on the corner of Queen and Logan streets in 2022.

“Charleston’s changed quite a bit in the 13 years I’ve owned [Queen Street Grocery], and it’s been a hell of a ride,” he said. He credits a strong staff with running the business while he’s away.

Bouton said that after years of living all over the world and in big U.S. cities like New York and Los Angeles, he knew he wanted to make Charleston his home base. He said his time in New York led to a love of bodegas — “I love what they do for the neighborhood” — and when an opportunity to take over Queen Street popped up, he went for it.

“Bodegas kind of bring in the entire neighborhood and that was important to me, to represent the community and to

make sure that we have a place that everybody feels welcome,” he said. “It was a really good way to come to Charleston because it gave me a reason to be here. … We want to be the corner store of your dreams.”

Neighborhoods are important for businesses, sure, but they’re also a huge factor for folks trying to decide where to settle in a city. Before moving into their Wagener Terrace abode, Bouton and his wife lived down near East Battery — a part of the city that doesn’t necessarily have a lot of fulltime residents.

“It felt like we lived in Disney World a bit,” Bouton joked. It was flooding, though, that ultimately pushed him out of the house. “So we swam upstream. … I wish we’d come here 15 years ago. It’s much more of a normal family [neighborhood] with two sidewalk streets. Everybody that’s here is living here and working here and active in Charleston.”

Photos by Ashley Stanol

Bouton’s home is filled with local art and local scenes — including his business, Queen Street Grocery

Bouton said he spends most of his time in this back room, adjacent to the home’s screened in porch

Now is the time to plant these

8 warm season blooms

By Toni Reale, special to City Paper

Gardening is one big science experiment for me with variables unnervingly beyond my control.

In 2012 when I started Roadside Blooms with a 1971 British ice cream truck turned mobile flower shop, I had ambition to grow a good portion of my own flowers. In spring 2013, I had many blooms from bulbs I planted in our large yard on James Island but the business grew and I was still teaching geology full-time at the College of Charleston — all while running another event business.

I was spread thin and my negligence allowed the flowers to fall victim to pests and weeds. I was really disappointed in myself but pivoted and sourced all flowers from local and American growers, which took the pressure off and allowed me to focus on growing my business. Those farmer relationships are still strong and one of the best parts of what I do.

Many things have changed since then. I’m no longer teaching and my business is my full time focus other than my boys who are grown enough that they need me a little less. My team is an incredible bunch of talented, creative people who love getting their hands dirty. So I’ve decided to revisit growing some flowers for us to use in designs as needed and to make the front of our urban shop inviting for pollinators, and maybe even make someone smile as they drive by. There will be no pressure to grow for the shop this season so that we can enjoy the experiment. Gardening should be enjoyable, right?

I’ve sought advice from many sources including my good friend Daniel of Petal Pickers in Greenville who grows the most amazing blooms. He recommended an excellent new book called The Cut Flower Handbook by Lisa Ziegler. It’s straightforward and full of easy to digest information. My friend Tracee of Potted Pleasures in Charleston is a treasure trove of information and a big cheerleader of ours which gives the confidence we need. Rita’s Roots in Charleston suggested raised beds which arrive next week. Wilson Mows Best in North Charleston is all set to install irrigation and my team is excited to pitch in. We’re all in!

I have a laundry list of flowers that I want to plant after researching but here are eight that are doable for beginners, have a long vase life and are perfect for at home arranging. Let’s try them together. Hold us accountable for keeping it up this time and stop by to see our progress and we’ll swap

tips so we can all be successful this year.

• Hibiscus ‘Mahogany Splendor’ for amazing foliage.

• Lemon Basil ‘Mrs. Burns’ variety for foliage and fragrance.

• Native spotted Bee Balm is my absolute favorite thing my flower friend Brenda grows for us. Might be too late but we are going to experiment anyway.

• Cosmos (any variety) is the perfect whimsy every bouquet needs.

• Cockscomb is a fascinating bloom that looks like brain coral or a rooster’s comb.

• Hairy Balls (yes you read that right) the ultimate conversation starter.

• Marigolds have an incredible vase life and grow until first frost.

• Zinnias of course! They are vibrant and a staple of summer bouquets.

Shop locally for seeds for some of these at Roadside Blooms and starters from Rita’s Roots, Meeting Green and Roots & Shoots!

Toni Reale is the owner of Roadside Blooms, a unique flower, plant, crystal, rock and fossil shop in Park Circle in North Charleston.

4491 Durant Ave. roadsidebloomsshop.com

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4TH ANNUAL VILLAGE VISION

5K FUN RUN & WALK

When: March 9, 2024

9:00-12:00

Registration begins at 8:15

Where:

Palmetto Islands County Park Sweet gum and Big Oak Shelters

444 Needlerush Pkwy, Mt Pleasant

Why:

To provide an affordable and enriched housing community to individuals with autism and intellectual disabilities

http://bit.ly/2024VillageVisionRun

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Great warm season plants for beginners include Gomphocarpus physocarpus , aka Hairy Balls (above), and zinnias (below)

Xo Brasserie brings modern Chinese cuisine to NoMo

By Connelly Hardaway

Xo Brasserie, a restaurant serving Cantonese and Sichuan-influenced cuisine, is opening soon at 1090 Morrison Drive. Xo Brasserie owner Herman Ng, who previously worked with Indigo Road Hospitality, said he is excited to introduce Charleston diners to the food he grew up eating.

“My family owned [Chinese] restaurants all throughout the 70s, 80s, 90s and early 2000s,” said Ng, who grew up in Columbia. “I was the Chinese kid running around in the back.”

Growing up in a restaurant environment, Ng worked his way up and around a kitchen, moving from washing dishes to prepping food to learning how to cook on woks. He admitted that as a kid he wanted to fit in — “you want to eat hamburgers and pizzas” — but as he got older he yearned for the kind of international cuisine you can often only find in bigger cities.

“I feel like Charleston’s missing the food you see in New York, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco,” he said. “So [Xo Brasserie] kind of spawned from that thought of, ‘Man, I would love to be able to bring the type of cuisine it’s lacking.”

Partnering with executive chef Michael Chanthavong, Ng has created a modern Chinese American menu, with dishes like vegetarian Ma Po Tofu, salt and pepper shrimp and crab rangoon. “I’ve worked in steakhouses for Indigo Road and this [Xo Brasserie] has more ‘me’ to it,” said Ng. “I learned a lot working for them. This has more of my upbringing, culture and heritage.”

A matter of taste

Ng said that while Xo Brasserie’s menu is inspired by the food he grew up eating, he worked hard to “take it from 1990 to 2024.” He said that plating and presentation is important, as is the blending of flavors, which range from Cantonese to Sichuan to Laotian (chef Chanthavong is Laos).

“I personally love dumplings, and I feel like there’s nothing like it around here in terms of the type of dumplings I grew up eating and that I make at home,” said Ng.

The incorporation of Sichuan flavors — often thought of as super spicy — won’t “blow your palate out,” he added. “I don’t want people to come here and take a bite of a dish and then they can’t taste anything after. That defeats the whole purpose.”

In addition to curating the menu’s flavors, Ng and his team carefully created a buzzy space inside the new, multi-use building on Morrison Drive. Brasserie’s interior features clean lines, moody lighting, leafy plants and special touches, like a large custom wine rack. Local art group Girls Who Paint Murals painted a large, colorful mural that spans Xo Brasserie’s bar area and part of its open kitchen.

Some of the larger tables feature big lazy Susans that play into Ng’s goal of familystyle dining. “It’s how I grew up,” he said. “You order a bunch of different dishes, and you all get to try a bunch of stuff.”

Ng wants guests to be able to try a

variety of dishes and he wants folks with food restrictions to feel like they’ve got a variety of choices, too. “I want it to be approachable for vegetarians and vegans. I want us to have gluten free options,” he said, adding that his time with Indigo Road helped him figure out how to, well, figure it out.

“It’s about hospitality,” said Ng, adding that he is both humbled by and grateful for the team members who joined him at Xo Brasserie, many of whom he worked with previously at Indigo Road.

This is Ng’s first experience opening his own restaurant and while he credits his past work experience with preparing him for a lot of the trials and tribulations, no one can really know until they know.

“It’s heavy, you know, in terms of [weighing on] the shoulder,” joked Ng. “But I think it’s going to be very rewarding. I have a very, very strong team.”

What’s new

Bodega recently opened its Mount Pleasant location at 414 W. Coleman Blvd. Guests can expect the same brunch-focused menu items that folks have come to know and love at the restaurant’s downtown location. The Mount Pleasant spot features an expansive patio and a drive-thru (opening soon), as well as a takeout counter for easy to-go access. Bodega’s drive-thru and coffee bar will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily, and its dining room will be open from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily. Learn more online at uptownhospitality.com.

What’s hot

In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s Charleston Wine + Food (W+F) weekend. If you plan on attending any W+F events, might we recommend reading up on some tips from the festival’s programming manager, Jenna Kepley? Kepley suggests trying something new (if you can’t pronounce it, try it!), nerding out with critics from around the country and learning more about local chefs and purveyors. Read all her tips online at charlestoncitypaper.com.

What’s happening

Head to the Charleston Visitor Center from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on March 8 for the Taste of Black Charleston Presented as part of the Black Expo, this event features a variety of savory dishes and culinary experts. Tickets can be purchased online at eventpasshero.com.

Head to Islander 71 on Isle of Palms for the restaurant’s weekly oyster roast. Starting at noon on March 9, the roast features wood-fired oysters with buckets for $30. Learn more online at islander71.com.

Enjoy an oyster roast at Old Santee Canal Park from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. March 9. The Shuckin’ in the Park Oyster Roast features oysters from the ACE Basin, live music and kid-friendly activities. Admission is $5/per person and can be purchased in advance at the park or on the day of the event. Snag buckets of oysters for $15. Learn more online at oldsanteecanalpark.org.

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Ashley Hall offers outdoor performances of Shakespeare

By Ryan Biddix

Embark on a Shakespearean odyssey as Ashley Hall Performing Arts resurrects a cherished tradition: Performances of Shakespeare’s plays at the Bear Cave, an outdoor stage and landmark on the campus. The performing arts program invites the public to experience a captivating outdoor production by high school students of King Lear at 5:30 p.m. March 15 and 16.

Outdoor Shakespeare performances are summer staples in larger cities like New York and Chicago. Now, the Charleston community can claim its own outdoor Shakespeare experience with Ashley Hall’s Shakespeare at the Bear Cave series, which celebrated its first production in 1911 and returned in 2022 after a hiatus.

King Lear is an exploration of the complexities of love and family. The play follows the King as he decides to split up the kingdom among his three daughters, examining how unchecked ambition can have dire consequences — and the vulnerability of relationships in the face of adversity.

Ashley Hall’s performing arts coordinator and director, Aimee PhelanDeconinck, said the play will modernize King Lear and incorporate multimedia elements — a projector and a camera will provide close-up views of the actors.

Phelan-Deconinck said this element is not just an aesthetic decision but a conscious attempt to enhance the audience’s engagement with the play: She aims to create a seamless fusion where the worlds of the play and the audience intertwine.

“The use of multimedia in sporting events does this: The kiss cam, the close up of the pitcher’s wind-up, the player sitting on the bench. The camera brings moments into our view of the whole that we might otherwise miss, engaging us as audience members in the story through various points of view which is an interesting way to experience a live event,” she said. This multi-media approach not only makes the production more accessible but also allows the audience to examine the raw emotions of the actor’s onstage.

Phelan-Deconinck also explained that

Ashley Hall revives its springtime tradition of offering outdoor Shakespeare stagings at the historic Bear Cave. Next weekend, the students celebrate two public performances of King Lear.

this production “brings the source material, seventeenth century England, to 1920’s New York, which is the time in which our interpretation is styled after.”

Reviving a tradition

The Bear Cave is an iconic landmark at Ashley Hall’s historical campus and holds a special place in the institution’s story. This site, once the Witte family property acquired by Ashley Hall in 1909, has hosted Shakespearean performances since 1911.

“I love imagining all the students who have brought the words of Shakespeare to life on this historic outdoor stage,” said Dr. Anne T. Weston, the head of school and an Ashley Hall alumna. “We encourage the Charleston community to join us for this special tradition.”

Rehearsing in this historic venue presents unique challenges and opportunities, Phelan-Deconinck said, highlighting the need to navigate the area carefully to avoid damaging the beautiful landscaping. However, the Bear Cave’s emptiness becomes a metaphorical blank canvas,

Arts, etc.

Check out visiting artist Howard’s Peace Objects

The Gibbes Museum’s admission-free first floor offers a special exhibition gallery which rotates exhibitions by its resident visiting artists. This month, the museum shows Robin Howard ’s solo sculpture exhibition, Peace Objects, described as “assemblages with themes that range from whimsical to otherworldly.” Learn more at gibbesmuseum.org.

Theatre 99 brings stand-up comedy to the stage

Improv comedy spot Theatre 99 hosts a night of stand-up this Saturday, March 9 at 10 p.m., after its regularlyoccurring 8 p.m. improv show “Take the Funny and Run.” Comics Evan Berke and Vince Fabra , who both began their comedy careers in Charleston, return for a one-night-only homecoming stand-up showcase. Tickets cost $10 at theatre99.com.

Don’t miss “Loserfest” at The Royal American

Charleston rapper Loser Chris hosts a two-night local music showcase called “Loserfest” at The Royal American to celebrate the release of his first full length album, Human Ash Tray. On Friday, catch Slim Soul, Indi GXld, DJ Dollamemu and GeechieLord; on Saturday, enjoy performances by Pip the Pansy, Leaf Eater, Tobyraps and DJ Flip. Doors at 9 p.m., shows at 10 p.m. March 8 and 9. It’s $10 per night at theroyalamerican.com

Grateful Dead tribute at the Palmetto Park Jam

Charleston County Parks will host the Palmetto Park Jam at the beautiful Palmetto Islands County Park from noon to 4 p.m. March 10 at 444 Needlerush Parkway in Mount Pleasant. Gather your friends, picnic blankets and beach chairs and enjoy an outdoor Grateful Dead tribute concert, food trucks and artisan tents. The event is free to attend. Learn more at ccprc.com. — Chloe Hogan

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By Kevin Murphy Wilson

Charleston-based musician Noah Jones is perhaps best known for his soulful contributions to Psycodelics, the Lowcountry’s well-loved blues/jazz/disco/funk/rock group. But he has actually been here his whole life, gathering the influences and ideas which spill over into not only the music he plays in three different local bands, but also the projects he makes solo, like, High! All by Myself, Jones’ brand-new album-in-progress slated for release later this year.

Jones told the Charleston City Paper that his early education helped to place him firmly on the musical path, especially his time at Charleston County School of the Arts, where Jones studied from 6th through 12th grade.

Lessons learned

“My parents and the music they played for me was a huge influence when I was growing up, particularly Stevie Wonder,” he said. “His music inspired me to start trying to learn piano.”

For a while, Jones’ only options for tinkering were the upright piano that he had access to whenever he was visiting his grandparents’ house in Franklinton, N.C. and the low-budget Radio Shack keyboard that he had rescued from his own parents’ attic.

Once he mastered the instrument, however, Jones became an integral member of

the scene here in Charleston. Besides his notable role in Psycodelics, Jones is also a driving force in several other popular area acts, including Stop Light Observations and Little Bird.

Jones said that making the rounds and exploring new sounds is just part of the process that keeps him motivated to keep moving forward in the professional sphere. “I’m all about the song,” Jones said. “The genre doesn’t really define the quality to me. What I care about is if, through and through, the songs can speak to someone and mean something to them.”

A sort-of-solo endeavor

Now that the in-demand piano man has taken a moment to do his own thing, Jones playfully warns that “people can expect a bit of jumping around stylistically,” with the solo stuff, too.

Jones does come clean by disclosing that he’s not really alone in all of this, but rather he is the one leading the charge for his longtime musical allies.

“The funny thing is that the people who are involved are, for the most part, from those other projects of mine,” he said. “So it’s kind of an oxymoron to call this a solo endeavor because I definitely couldn’t accomplish something like this without them.

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Elliott Hay is the founder of The New Curious City blog — a music site for curious people, Ohm Radio writes. The blog spotlights the best music they can find, old and new, from near and far, with a special spotlight on the Charleston scene. Elliott hosts NCC Radio every Tuesday night from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., playing a mix of lo-fi hiphop, dreampop, vaporwave and shoegaze. The New Curious City also puts on bimonthly shows all across Charleston, so be on the lookout for the next one. Here are Elliott’s top 5 albums:

Lonerism by Tame Impala

Demo Tape by Dawning

Donuts by J Dilla

Luv(sic) Hexalogy by Nujabes

Clinging To A Scheme by The Radio Dept.

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inspired by my fellow creatives, and I love getting to work with them in a variety of ways,” Jones added. “The premise for High! All by Myself comes from me writing music all the time for other outlets and simply wanting to create a body of work that reflects who I am as an individual.”

Although the new single “Taxes,” which is available on all of the standard streaming services, is currently getting a lot of attention, Jones confirmed that no official live shows are on the books yet to showcase the High! All By Myself material.

“I definitely want to put these songs out into the world and let them exist first, but folks can certainly expect a couple more singles to drop throughout the spring,” Jones said.

At this juncture, Jones couldn’t be happier about the state of affairs in his decidedly funky world.

“When you stop trying to compare yourself to others then you start to see

Shakespeare

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which only enhances the play’s themes, Phelan-Deconinck said.

“Its daunting emptiness is simultaneously terrifying and captivating, drawing parallels to the existential themes explored in the play,” she added. “Witnessing our youngest learners fearlessly embrace the cave with boundless enthusiasm and joy, as they often do when we are rehearsing, serves as a poignant reminder of the bravery and resilience inherent in the human spirit.”

Phelan-Deconincksays she takes pride in guiding students through King Lear ’s intricate labyrinth of moral dilemmas. She emphasizes a hands-on approach to understanding Shakespeare’s depth.

“We have adapted the play to our unique

“

Being in South Carolina, I’m truly inspired by my fellow creatives, and I love getting to work with them in a variety of ways.” —Noah Jones

how far you’ve actually come. With social media, it’s really easy to get lost in the sauce. Everyone’s doing everything out there. But nobody else can be or do you. So, as long as I’m able to support myself financially by being genuinely me and creating music that is as well, that is success.”

To stay tuned for upcoming releases and concerts, friends and fans can give Jones a follow on Instagram @not_norah_jones_.

set of circumstances, ensuring that the students are considered first and foremost,” she said. “Jonathon Bate wrote in his essay, King Lear in Performance: The RSC and Beyond, ‘The best way to understand a Shakespeare play is to participate in it.’

“This adaptation brings the timelessness of these moral dilemmas in King Lear into sharper focus, urging the students to grapple authentically with the challenges presented by the play.”

As the early spring air cuts through the low hanging trees, you will hear the soft Shakespearean voices echoing from the historic Bear Cave, creating a magical atmosphere that will transport you back to the era of Shakespeare.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students at www.ashleyhall.org/kinglear.

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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on July 21, 2023. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, John R. McCormick, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, S.C. 29461 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.

John R. McCormick SC Bar # 100176 2 Belt Drive Moncks Corner, SC 29461 (843) 719-1007

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This copyright notice informs any potential user of the name Angel Luis Echevarria Barreto and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, angel el bey, an American National, In Propria Persona, Sui Juris, Proprio Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use thereof without my express prior, written permission signifies the users consent for becoming the debtor on a self-executing UCC financial statement in the amount of $500,000 in lawful money .9999 fine gold bullion coins or bars, per unauthorized use of the name used with intent of obligating me, plus costs, plus triple damages.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2023-CP-10-05892

Navy Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, v. Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Jason Everett Cornelison, deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons or entities entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons or entities with any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as Richard Roe; and any unknown minors, incompetent or imprisoned person, or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe.; Renaissance on Charleston Harbor Homeowners’ Association, Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury)

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGE

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED:

ARE

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, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

SUBJECT TO all conditions, covenants, easements, restrictions and rights-of-way indicated by instruments, included plats, of record, and to all applicable zoning or other land use regulations or restrictions of any political subdivision in which the subject property is situate.

This being the same property conveyed to Jason Everett Cornelison by Deed of Wilbur Bryon Burbage, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Wilbur Burbage II, dated April 20, 2021, and recorded May 03, 2021, in Book 0986, Page 617 in the Records for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 517-00-00-148

Property Address: 224 S Plaza Ct Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE

NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 5, 2023.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN

AD LITEM NISI

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem Nisi for unknown minors, and persons who may be under a legal disability, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to said appointment, it is ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a legal disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 224 S Plaza Ct, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be forth with served upon said Defendants by publication in Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Complaint in the above entitled action. Brock

00-089 Charleston Habitat for Humanity.

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@ charlestoncounty.org by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

Kristen L. Salisbury Clerk of Council

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that Charleston County Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., in the Beverly T. Craven Council Chambers, Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, S.C. prior to final action being taken to amend Chapter 4 of the Code of Ordinances, Charleston County, entitled “Buildings and Building Regulations” and Chapter 8 of the Code of Ordinances, Charleston County, entitled “Fire Prevention and Protection.”

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@ charlestoncounty.org by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

Kristen L. Salisbury Clerk of Council

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that Charleston County Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., in the Beverly T. Craven Council Chambers, Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, S.C. prior to final action being taken to convey the real property located at 1316 Garrison Street totaling approximately 0.37 acres Parcel ID Number 431-02-00-062 to Narrow Gate Development.

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@ charlestoncounty.org by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

Kristen L. Salisbury Clerk of Council

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL

to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 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.

Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101 N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 (843) 953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-10-2844

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS

DAKOTAH COLWELL, SEAN BOLDEN, ALICIA BOLDEN, MIGUEL HERNANDEZ. DEFENDANTS.

IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2013, 2018

TO DEFENDANT: MIGUEL HERNANDEZ

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on September 21, 2023. Upon proof of interest, 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 Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 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.

Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101 N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, (843) 953-9625.

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: BILLY STANLEY 2024-ES-10-0122

DOD: 12/31/23

Pers. Rep: TANYA BECVINOVSKI 348 SHOALS DR. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

Atty: P. BRANDT SHELBOURNE, ESQ.

131 E. RICHARDSON AVE. SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483

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Estate of: DENIS KURT

Estate of: HAROLD JOSEPH QUINN, JR.

AKA HAROLD QUINN

2024-ES-10-0162

DOD: 12/18/23

Pers. Rep: JOHN V. QUINN 178 EAST SHIPYARD RD. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

Pers. Rep: REBECCA BLAIR QUINN 2512 KLEINERT AVE. BATON ROUGE, LA 70806

Atty: ANDREW E. RHEA, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of: ANTHONY J. GROHMAN

2024-ES-10-0181

DOD: 1/2/24

Pers. Rep: CORI BYRNE 13532 ARCADIAN DR. LEESBURG, VA 20176

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Estate of: SHANE ALEXANDER RAGON

2024-ES-10-0184

DOD: 11/24/23

Pers. Rep: THOMAS M. RAGON 1324 SEA AIRE DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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Estate of: HERLENE RUSSELL SPRIGGS

2024-ES-10-0202

DOD: 1/10/24

Pers. Rep: DARRYL R. SPRIGGS 5075 PITTMAN ST. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405

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Estate of: JOHN JOSEPH CAPITAN, JR. 2024-ES-10-0211

DOD: 1/11/24

Pers. Rep: SHERYL SCOTT CAPITAN PO BOX 8354 GREENVILLE, SC 29604

Atty: RYAN BLUESTEIN, ESQ. 1024 EWALL ST., #101 MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

SUMMONS, NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT, NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE FAMILY COURT

NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO. 2023-DR-10-3136

Matthew Fogliano, Plaintiff, VS. Heather D. Geopfert, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE

NAMED: HEATHER D. GEOPFERT

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Complaint in this action a copy of which is served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber at 105 Wappoo Creek Dr., Suite 3-B, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer, appear, or otherwise plead within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court that you be held in default and that he be granted the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE

That the original Complaint in the above-entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court, Family Court, For Charleston County on October 19, 2023.

NOTICE OF HEARING

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that a hearing for expedited/ temporary relief is scheduled for this matter on March 18, 2024 at 9:45 a.m. before the Family Court

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:

Facility 1: 810 St. Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407 3/19/2024 11:45 AM

Ruyvel King

TV, Christmas decorations and household goods

Facility 3: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407 3/19/2024 12:45 PM

Raven Jenkins 2 bedroom sets 1 king 1 queen 3 smart TVs 1 ps5 clothes shoes etc

Ericka Gray

Full bed, couch 2 tv boxes

Facility 4: 1540 Meeting Street Rd Charleston, SC 29405 3/19/2024

1:00 PM

Lashenda Floyd

Household Goods/Furniture, TV/Stereo Equipment, Tools/ Appliances.

Facility 5: 1861 Ashley River Rd. Charleston, SC 29407 3/19/2024 1:15 PM

John Winkle

Household items and furniture

Eltita Deas Belin Clothes

Paul Wu

Contents of 4-5 bedroom house

Arthur Walker

Bed, clothing, washer, dryer, couch

Davina Simmons

Small house hold items to store

Alanna Johnson

Bed set furniture

The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:

Facility 1: 1108 Stockade Ln. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 03/19/2024 10:00 AM

Charles Ragsdale House Hold Goods, Furniture, Beds

Mashica Edwards Picture frames, clothes.06241965

Regine Butler Household items

Taylor Denahm Clothes and Household Goods, TV stand, Chairs

Facility 2: 1904 Hwy 17 N. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 03/19/2024 10:15 AM

AJ Gardner House Hold Goods, Furniture, Beds

Hugh Hayes Picture frames, clothes.06241965

Neita Wiese Household items

Tammy Vanderhorst Clothes and Household Goods, TV stand, Chairs

Facility 3: 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 03/19/2024 10:20 AM

Renee Williams Household items

Facility 4: 2443 Savannah Hwy Charleston, SC 29414 03/19/2024 10:30 AM

Star Quinn Totes / Dressers /Household Items

Daniel Layfield Furniture

Facility 5: 8850 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 03/19/2024 10:45 AM

Shamika Gayle Household Furniture & Items

Jeffery Nickelson Book Store Fixtures, Barber Shop Items, Household Goods

Jennifer Turner

Household Goods

Terell Graham Beds, Shelves, Boxes

Tom Crowley 1994 Charter Bus (Renovation)

Facility 6: 3781 Ashley Phosphate Rd. North Charleston, SC 29418 03/19/2024 11:00 AM

Shawmanek Smalls Toys, household

Facility 7: 9670 Dorchester Rd Summerville, SC 29485 03/19/2024 10:15 AM

Cassie Harbin Boxes, sectional, full bed, tv stand, stands

Alexis Doctor 2 couches, 2bed sets

Essence Fyfe Clothes, shoes, pictures

Maria Hamilton Bed set and couch

Letica Watson Boxes, misc household items

Casey Hill Stuff

Facility 8: 6941 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 03/19/2024 12:30 PM

Angel Williams 3 bedroom and appliances

Shonnetta Nelson

Household goods, sofas, appliances, boxes

Brianna Gaillard Bed, kitchen table

Tasheeka Chisolm

Sofa, love seat, queen bed, tv stand

Shonnetta Nelson Office desk

Wallace Bishop 3 dressers, boxes of clothes

Antasia Mack 2 Bedroom, furniture, washer, 3 tv’s, clothing

Dorothy Rollins Couch, big screen tv, speakers, fireplace, queen bed, boxes

Dequavia Brown-Bennett Couches, mattresses, kitchen set, dishes, misc.

Tejay Glover

Totes, suitcase, electronics, phones, laptop

Facility 9: 5146 Ashley Phosphate Rd North Charleston, SC 29420 03/19/2024 12:00 PM

Darlaysha Hamilton Sectional, king and queen beds and frames

Katrina Chapman Household items, 4 sets of Bedroom Furniture, tvs, deep freezer, 2 small fridges

Nicole Lloyd Furniture

Sharina Region 3 beds, 10 bins, 3 dressers and tv

Sasha Cuthbertson Van Items

Sandra Haigler 2002 Ford Thunderbird Facility 10: 45 Grand Oaks Blvd Charleston, SC 29414 03/19/2024 11:15 AM

Hallie Sanders Household Goods/Furniture, Tools/Appliances

Brittany Williams Bed, washer, dryer, mattress, dresser clothes ect

Tolbert Smalls Appliances, Furniture, Clothing

Kahmari Wilson Boxes and clothes 2 containers

The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Plaintiff, by and through his undersigned counsel, would respectfully allege as follows:

PARTIES AND JURISDICTION

Plaintiff Claude C. Wilson (hereinafter referred to as the “Plaintiff”), is a citizen and resident of the State of South Carolina, County of Charleston.

Plaintiff Kyshia D. James is the Attorney in Fact of Plaintiff pursuant to a General Power of Attorney executed on May 25, 2023 and recorded with the Charleston County Register of Deeds on June 22, 2023 in Book 1186 at Page 743.

Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant, Kevin Shane Wilson, is a citizen and resident of the State of South Carolina, County of Charleston.

This Court has personal jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter jurisdiction over the issues raised herein.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff is a vulnerable adult as defined in S.C. Code § 43-35-05 et al.

On or around July1, 2020, Plaintiff learned that he had to undergo inpatient physical rehabilitation, so he added Defendant to his Wells Fargo Account (“the Account”) to assist him in paying necessary expenses as an accommodation party.

Upon being discharged from his rehabilitation, Plaintiff moved back into his home.

Due to his mental and physical infirmities, Plaintiff requested that Defendant live with Plaintiff in Plaintiff’s home (“the Home”) so that Defendant could assist Plaintiff in every day life. Plaintiff kept Defendant’s name on the Account so that Defendant could assist Plaintiff in paying expenses. Defendant was prohibited from using the funds for the Defendant’s own benefit.

Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant engaged in a course of self dealing without permission and converted over $77,500.00 from the Account.

Plaintiff is informed and believes that on December 2, 2021, Defendant coerced Plaintiff into executing a Quit Claim Deed (the “Deed”) deeding 50% ownership in the Home to the Defendant. A copy of the Deed is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference herein.

FOR A FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION (Constructive Trust)

The foregoing paragraphs are realleged as if fully set forth herein verbatim.

Kyshia

said pleading upon

North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will

At all relevant times, the Plaintiff was unaware of the nature and quality of the act of conveying the ownership interest in the property. It would be inequitable for the Defendant to retain ownership in the property. Defendant received title by violating S.C. Code § 43-35-05 et. al.

Plaintiff asks the Court to find that the Defendant holds Title to the Property in a constructive trust for the benefit of the Plaintiff.

FOR A SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION (Conversion)

The foregoing paragraphs are realleged as if fully set forth herein verbatim.

Plaintiffs had an interest in the funds within the Account.

Defendant was only permitted to use the funds in the account to benefit the Plaintiff.

Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant converted over $77,500.00 for its own use. Plaintiff did not provide permission for Defendant to convert over $77,500.00 for Defendant’s benefit.

Plaintiff is entitled to actual damages and any further relief the Court deems proper.

RELIEF REQUESTED

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray the Court hold the Defendant liable for the actions set forth herein, to enter judgment against the Defendant and in favor of Plaintiffs, and to award the following relief: Declare a constructive trust; Rescind the Deed; Award Plaintiffs all actual, consequential, and punitive damages against the Defendant in an amount to be proven at trial; and Any other relief this Court deems just and equitable.

Respectfully Submitted, FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC

s/ B. Alex Finkel

B. Alex Finkel (SC Bar #: 105751)

Johnny J. Stewart (SC Bar #: 102842)

4000 Faber Place Drive, Suite 450 North Charleston, South Carolina 29405

Email: afinkel@finkellaw.com

Phone: (843) 577-5460

Attorneys for the Plaintiff

September 12, 2023 North Charleston, South Carolina

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR THE STRAW

This copyright notice informs any potential user of the name Giovanni Josue Gonzalez Morales and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, nano ruah bey, an American National, In Propria Persona, Sui Juris, Proprio Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use thereof without my express prior, written permission signifies the users consent for becoming the debtor on a self-executing UCC financial statement in the amount of $500,000 in lawful money .9999 fine gold bullion coins or bars, per unauthorized use of the name used with intent of obligating me, plus costs, plus triple damages.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF CHARLESTON CASE NO.: 2023-DR-10-2206

JESSE DANIEL VALENTINE, Plaintiff, vs. ALLIE OLIVIA NASH, Defendant.

SUMMONS TO: THE DEFENDANT, ALLIE OLIVIA NASH:

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 the said Complaint on the Plaintiffs attorneys’ office, Hall & Means, LLC, at their office, located at 1816 Belgrade Avenue, Suite 101, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, within thirty days after service hereof, exclusive of the date 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 judgment by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

HALL & MEANS, LLC

1816 Belgrade Avenue, Ste. 101 Charleston, SC 29407

Telephone: 843-377-1341

Facsimile: 843-377-1344

Email: jessica@hallandmeans.com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

Dated: July 21,2023 Charleston, South Carolina

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

C/A NO: 2023-CP-10-06154

DEFICIENCY WAIVED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, 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 an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO 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 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 immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on December 19, 2023.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR

Junior Lienholder:

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1163 at Page 499, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest)

$117,277.67

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $218.73

Total Amount Due $117,946.40

With a per diem of $50.84

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1149 at Page 581, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest)

$19,704.44

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $219.16

Total Amount Due $20,373.60

With a per diem of $9.36

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1092 at Page 887, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest)

$64,630.56

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $219.16

Total Amount Due $65,299.72 With a per diem of $21.33

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1043 at Page 50, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $30,141.01

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $219.16

Total Amount Due $30,810.17 With a per diem of $12.34

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

with any and all additional

interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345. King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee

Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0303-45B,98-0304-19B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/13/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1163, Page 447.

(the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0316-28O. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 11/21/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1149, Page 570.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00798748443817687%

ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0425-51B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 10/13/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1043, Page 49.

Name/Notice

Address of Obligor;

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00798748443817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0416-10B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 3/10/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1167, Page 803.

Junior Lienholder:

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1076 at Page 421, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest)

$17,309.96

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $432.49

Total Amount Due $18,192.45

With a per diem of $8.72

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844,0.003 99374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as

Interests

as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for

Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from

is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1163 at Page 508, records of Charleston County, SC. The amounts secured by the

Book 0824, Page 157, et seq.

records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0206-20O. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 7/9/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1012, Page 170.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

EDWARD M. DUBOSE JR. & KATHI

M. DUBOSE, 219 SALEM ST SAINT CHARLES, SC 29104-8938.

Junior Lienholder: ,

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1012 at Page 179, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest)

$13,331.52

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $647.30

Total Amount Due $14,428.82

With a per diem of $4.76

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE

Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0317-17E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 12/22/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1062, Page 745.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

JERRY WHITE & CAROLYN A. SMITH 116-34 217TH ST

CAMBRIA HEIGHTS, NY 11411-0001.

Junior Lienholder:

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1062 at Page 751, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest)

$17,756.66

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $647.30

Total Amount Due $18,853.96

With a per diem of $6.17

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction

following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844%

certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and

the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/8/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1076, Page 364.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

JUDYTH ANN WHITEFORD & CHRISTOPHER JOHN WHITEFORD, 2742 SYLER RD VARYSBURG, NY 14167-9741. Junior Lienholder: ,

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1076 at Page 430, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $17,880.17

Trustee’s Fee $450.00 Costs $647.30 Total Amount Due $18,977.47 With a per diem of $5.87

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the

ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0425-2O. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/8/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1076, Page 404.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

COLYN C. THOMAS, 2 SHELTON AVE EWING, NJ 08618-1819. Junior Lienholder: ,

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1076 at Page 454, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $21,704.74

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $647.30

Total Amount Due $22,802.04 With a per diem of $10.09

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation

Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”)

0.00798748443817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0326-34B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/9/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1162, Page 888.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

FRANCES WELLS & MARIA ALFONSO, 6324 WESTCOTT COVE BLVD ORLANDO, FL 32829. Junior Lienholder:

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1162 at Page 909, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $30,298.11

Trustee’s Fee $450.00 Costs $647.30

Total Amount Due $31,395.41 With a per diem of $13.56

Together with any

that certain Declaration

Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0323-4B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/22/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 962, Page 239.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

MICHAEL SIMON & FABIOLA ESPINOZA, 911 E BURNSIDE DR GARDEN CITY, KS 67846-6723.

Junior Lienholder:

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 0962 at Page 257, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $51,564.51

Trustee’s

record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter. The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann.

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844%

ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0325-51E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/22/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1080, Page 877.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

GUSTAVUS O. WILSON & NITA

M. WILSON, 6620 SANDLER LAKE DR JACKSONVILLE, FL 32222-0001.

Junior Lienholder:

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1080 at Page 922, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest)

$13,395.60

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $647.30

Total Amount Due $14,492.90

With a per diem of $5.31

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount

Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

(843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

by and

to

certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.02601758856785460,0.026 01758856785460% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0307-50B, 98-0307-51B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 5/11/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1179, Page 214.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

ALBERT R. GALANTE & SHERRI

S. GALANTE TRUSTEES OF THE GALANTE LIVING TRUST, 1006 WOODS WAY O FALLON, IL 62269.

Junior Lienholder: ,

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1179 at Page 241, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $25,106.75

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $352.49

Total Amount Due $25,909.24 With a per diem of $10.51

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345. King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES

(the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01243674632681650% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0303-51B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 4/14/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1173, Page 937.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

CLAY M HUNTER, 2152 NICHOLS VALLEY DR. DACULA, GA 30019.

Junior Lienholder:

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1173 at Page 961, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest)

$44,047.76

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $352.49

Total Amount Due $44,850.25

With a per diem of $21.13

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues

the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Building located at

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County

Charleston,

29402. Property Description

Vacation Ownership

“Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0. 01682244733133270,0.01682244 733133270,0.01243674632681650 % ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0403-11B,98-0403-12B, 98-0519-4B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 12/23/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1063, Page 320.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

JUANITA P. SMITH & RUSSELL

W. SMITH, PO BOX 1848

SHELTER ISLAND, NY 11964-1848.

Junior Lienholder: ,

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1063 at Page 336, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $158,148.91

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $352.49

Total Amount Due $158,951.40 With a per diem of $53.73

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.02601758856785460,0.026 01758856785460% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0309-34B,98-0309-38B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 4/23/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1103, Page 283.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

JAMES HENRY JORDAN & SANDRA FRANCINE JORDAN, 12329 EASTPOINTE DRIVE DADE CITY, FL 33525.

Junior Lienholder: ,

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1103 at Page 316, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $124,765.58

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $352.49

Total Amount Due $125,568.07

With a per diem of $42.76

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00798748443817687,0.007 98748443817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0422-21B, 98-0422-22B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 3/24/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1092, Page 859. Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1092 at Page 901, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $104,413.23

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $352.49

successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount

Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

taxes,

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896,

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345. or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0317-49E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 11/16/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1052, Page 815.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

GABRIEL ROLANDO LOPEZ KAFATI & ANTHONY EDWARD CORONA JR., 6371 PENT PL. MIAMI LAKES, FL 33014.

its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

s/Cynthia Jordan Lowery

Cynthia Jordan Lowery #12499

MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC

78 Wentworth Street Post Office Box 22828

Charleston, SC 29413-2828

Telephone: (843) 579-7000

Facsimile: (843) 579-8714

Email: cynthialowery@mvalaw. com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

February 14, 2024

CHARLESTON, SC

NOTICE OF SALE

1-800-Pack-Rat (SCCharleston-5472) 7704 South Rail Road Charleston, SC 29420 877-774-1537

Tenant: Unit #

Bowman, Shantay D52561

Elmore, Meko D69378

Fleming, Carol 802214

Friedman, Courtney D06025

Gadsden, Christina D56655

Girard, Laura D05481

Judy, Evan D01715

Myers, Ieasha D59238

Price, Pam D66294

Wilson, Deidra D62814

Elena Velazquez D00756 (LDM)

Elena Velazquez D62511 (LDM)

1-800-Pack-Rat (SCCharleston-5472), 7704 South Rail Road, Charleston, SC 29420, has possessory lien on all of the goods stored in the units above.

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-9AR, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-9AR, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee, PLAINTIFF, VS. Stephen M. Miernicki a/k/a Stephen M. Miernicki, Jr., DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (241091.00013)

TO THE DEFENDANT STEPHEN

M. MIERNICKI A/K/A STEPHEN

M. MIERNICKI, JR. ABOVE

NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED 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.

Kenneth Hamilton Jr., Plaintiff, vs. Thomas Grant, Defendant. Summons (Automobile Collision/Negligence) (Jury Trial Requested) TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to this Complaint upon the subscriber, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. SHELLY LEEKE LAW FIRM By: s/Kassandra Garan Kassandra Garan (SC Bar No.: 102032)

The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].

Attorney for the Plaintiff North Charleston, South Carolina October 6, 2023

Together with any and all additional principal, interest,

SUMMONS (COLLECTION – NONJURY)

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CIVIL CASE NUMBER: 2023-CP-10-06117

SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. KEVIN LAVON EVANS JR., Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, 78 Wentworth Street, Post Office Box 22828, Charleston, South Carolina 294132828, or to otherwise appear and defend, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, or otherwise to appear and defend, within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will obtain a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. December 18, 2023 CHARLESTON, SC

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO DEFENDANT KEVIN LAVON EVANS JR.: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Civil Action Coversheet, Summons, Exhibits and Verification, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on December 18, 2023, at 1:26 p.m., the object and prayer of which is the recovery of a sum certain

All these items of personal property are being sold pursuant to the assertion of the lien on 3/22/2024 at 10:00 AM in order to collect the amounts due from you. The sale will take place on www.storagetreasures.com from 3/22/2024 to 3/29/2024 at 12:00 PM

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE MAGISTRATE’S COURT 2023CV1010600420

CIVIL CASE NUMBER

SUMMONS

Donald Reynolds 2769 Rivertowne Pkwy Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 (843) 513-6762

PLAINTIFF(S) Vs Jesse Halfbill, All Aspects Designs & Renovations, Lie 85 Willow Oak Cir. Charleston, SC 29418

DEFENDANT(S)

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) NAMED

ABOVE:

YOU ARE SUMMONED and required to answer the allegations of the attached complaint and present any appropriate counterclaims/crossclaims to the attached Complaint within THIRTY days from the first day after receipt of this summons. Your Answer must be received by the:

Small Claims - City 101 Meeting Street, 3Rd Floor P. 0. Box 941 Charleston, SC 29403

Phone: (843) 724-6720

Fax: (843) 724-6785

If you fail to answer within the prescribed time, a judgment by default may be rendered against you for the amount or other remedy requested in the attached complaint, plus interest and costs.

If you desire a jury trial, you must request one in writing at least five (5) working days prior to the date set for trial. If no jury trial is timely requested, the matter will be heard and decided by the Judge. May 16, 2023

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 February 5, 2024.

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

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

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

SUBJECT, to any and all applicable easements, restrictions and reservations of record as set forth in Exhibit A of said deed recorded on March 30, 2005 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book W530 at Page 611.

BEING the same property conveyed to George Frazier by deed of Montecito Enclave, LLLP, a Florida Limited Liability Limited Partnership dated March 17, 2005 and recorded March 30, 2005 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book W530 at Page 611.

TMS Nos.: 340-00-00-206 and 340-00-00-447

The sale shall be subject to that certain mortgage lien held by Rocket Mortgage, LLC FKA Quicken Loans, LLC by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., in the original amount of $97,123.00, dated October 26, 2016, and recorded November 9, 2016, in Book 0595 at Page 947 in the Charleston County Register of Deeds.

Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser. All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title.

See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.

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

Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity for Charleston County

Property Address: 700 Daniel Ellis Drive Unit #5106 and Garage #33 Charleston, SC 29412

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH:

The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].

The sale shall be subject to any and all liens including taxes, tax liens, government liens etc. recorded in the Charleston County Register of Deeds or filed with the Clerk of Court and/or with/by the South Carolina Department of Revenue or the Internal Revenue Service or any other agency or department of the United States of America.

Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser. All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title.

See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.

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

Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity for Charleston County Attorney for the Plaintiff

Derek F. Dean Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412

By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of The Lakes Master Association, Inc., Plaintiff v. Todd Anthony McKenry, Defendant.

I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on April 2, 2024 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina, shown and designated as “LOT 134” as shown on a plat entitled: “REVISED FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT PREPARED OF THE LAKES OF SUMMERVILLE - PHASE II-B

SITE LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF SUMMERVILLE, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

PROPERTY OWNED BY LAKES OF SUMMERVILLE, LLC” by Associated E & S, Inc., dated November 12, 2004 and recorded December 13, 2004 in Plat Book EH at Page 554 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

SAID piece, parcel or lot of land having such size, shape, location, dimensions, buttings and boundings, courses and distances, as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

SUBJECT TO ANY AND ALL RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD.

BEING the same property conveyed to Todd Anthony McKenry herein by deed of Kevin R. Peters and Teresa L. Peters dated September 21, 2007 and recorded on September 27, 2007 in the RMC Office Charleston County in Book T639 at Page 671.

TMS No.: 388-13-00-107

Property Address: 209 Savannah River Drive Summerville, South Carolina 29485

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH:

The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of five (5%) per cent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (3) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].

The sale shall be subject to that certain mortgage lien held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in the original amount of $158,600.00 dated October 3, 2014, and recorded October 27, 2014, in Book 0436 at Page 989 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds.

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed. Any sale pursuant to this order, is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor the Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser.

All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title.

used

the intent of obligating me, plus costs, plus triple damages.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CASE # 2023-CP-10-06065

Edward Greene, Plaintiff, vs. Karen Felicia Brown, Kenneth Leroy Brown, Sharon Holmes, Laquetta P. Jenkins, Redrock Capital, LLC and JOHN DOE, adults, RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of the United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distribute, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Annie Seel Mintz a/k/a Annie Cile Mintz who is deceased and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, Defendants.

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the Action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff, through his Attorney, J. Chris Lanning, at his office, 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of such Service; and, if you fail to answer the Compliant within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in the Action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL PLEASE 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/Special Referee for the aforesaid County which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53, South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter final judgment in this case. An appeal from the final judgment entered by the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee shall be made directly to the Supreme Court.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 14, 2023.

Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on December 14, 2023.

HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants, that said Action is brought pursuant to Sections

12-61-10 and 15-67-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, and the South Carolina Declaratory Judgment Acts for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiff is the owner of the said property described in paragraph Seventy-Two (72) of the Plaintiff’s Complaint, and that the Defendants, their heirs, devisees and assigns have no interest, claim or estate in or lien upon the said properties.

That said properties affected by said Complaint in this Action hereby commenced was, at the time of the commencement of this Action, and at the time of the filing of this Notice is described as follows:

All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina containing 0.16 acres on a plat entitled “Plat to Abandon Property Line Between Lot 12 (TMS 472-04-00-124)

0.08 Acres and Lot 13 (TMS 47204-00125) 0.08 Acres Creating New Lot 12/13 0.16 Acres, Oak Grove Subdivision, Block F” made by Covert Boyd Nelson, Surveyor, of Atlantic Surveying, Inc., dated April 4, 2019, and recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County on July 17, 2019 in Plat Book S19, page 0139, said lot having such size, shape and dimensions, more or less, as will by reference to the said plat more fully appear and being as shown on said plat.

TMS: 472-04-00-124 (Previously TMS Numbers 472-04-00-124 and 472-04-00-125)

GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Conrad Falkiewicz, Esquire, 6 Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, by Order of this Court Common Pleas dated February 27, 2024 and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina has been appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the Defendants herein as may be unknown infants, persons insane, or otherwise incompetent or under legal disability, claiming any right, title, estate claim, interest in, or lien upon the property described in the Complaint herein, such appointment to become absolute unless they or someone on their behalf shall procure an Order appointing a Guardian ad Litem for such persons within (30) days after past publications of the Summons herein.

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

s/ J. Chris Lanning

J. Chris Lanning 12-A Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407 Phone – 843-766-5576

“THEY’VE GOT CHEMISTRY” —multiple times, even.