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Ernest Reyes, Joseph Denly and Andrew Knox of the Russell Landscape Group recently spent two days propping up overturned headstones and removing tall weeds and grass in Monrovia Union Cemetery. Employees of Houston-based Highland Resources, the developers of the planned Magnolia Landing, also pitched in to remove litter from the burial ground, the company said.
Monrovia Cemetery gets help from neighboring developer
By Herb Frazier
Invisible gnats swarmed as weed whackers sliced away years of overgrown vegetation covering the resting place for hundreds of people of African descent in Charleston’s Monrovia Union Cemetery.
Monrovia no longer looks like a neglected stepchild after employees of two commercial landscaping companies swatted “no-see-ums” to clean up the 153-year-old burial grounds in Charleston’s Neck area. To ensure the cemetery does not slip back into dishevelment, Houston-based Highland Resources has agreed to pay for regular clean-ups in the 3.7-acre cemetery crammed with headstones, said Clark Davis, the company’s CEO.
Highland also donated an acre to Monrovia about four years ago to give it room to grow physically and financially, Davis recently told the Charleston City Paper. A rusty chain link fence and a shallow
ditch divides Monrovia from Highland’s Magnolia Landing, a $1 billion high-rise, mixed-use community that, when completed in about two decades, could have up to 4,000 homes on 190 acres of formerly polluted industrial property. In 2018, Highland took ownership of the Magnolia project from three previous owners.
Monrovia’s needs are not fully understood, “but we have committed to getting this cemetery cleaned up, continually having it landscaped and maintained correctly along with replacing fencing,” Davis said. “How much that will cost, we don’t know yet, but we are committed to doing that.”
‘A blessing’
Charleston resident Sabrena Sheppard, secretary of the Monrovia Union board of directors, said Magnolia’s offer “is a blessing because they have donated this beautiful gift to the grave owners.
The Rundown
Little Goat Island permanently protected
Environmental nonprofit Lowcountry Land Trust this month announced the permanent protection of Little Goat Island, an undisturbed sea island along the Intracoastal Waterway off of Isle of Palms. The island is 28 acres of upland habitat surrounded by 393 acres of salt marsh.
Landowners Gary and Kim Chesson, who donated an easement to the land trust, said they wanted the pristine landscape to continue to support thriving wildlife, clean waterways and the natural beauty of the Lowcountry in perpetuity.
Little Goat Island is one of the few remaining undeveloped sea islands in the Lowcountry. It plays a vital role in the region’s ecosystem, where its waters and shores sustain oysters, native fish, birds and plants that are deeply woven into Charleston’s history and culture. The permanent protection of Little Goat Island also serves to strengthen the growing network of protected lands within the Bulls Bay watershed that includes Goldbug Island, Sullivan’s Island beach and portions of Goat Island. Skyler Baldwin
“Justice is coming.”
We have committed to getting this cemetery cleaned up, continually having it landscaped and maintained correctly along with replacing fencing.”
—Highland Resources CEO Clark Davis
“I hope this will bring some solace to the people in the community who don’t know what is going on” with the cemetery that drew media coverage when heavy rains flooded Monrovia.
—U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-Charleston, after the arrest of Sullivan’s Island businessman Eric Bowman on April 8. He is one of four men Mace publicly accused of being a sexual predator in February. Bowman faces unrelated charges of stalking and harassment stemming from a tracking device found on the victim’s vehicle in July 2024. Source: S.C. Daily Gazette
Cogswell celebrates new developments in 2025 State of the City address
By Skyler Baldwin
Charleston Mayor William Cogswell on Tuesday night lauded successes in development and infrastructure in his first State of the City address since taking office more than 15 months ago.
In a 10-minute speech during a city council meeting, Cogswell celebrated large-scale projects that got under way, including long-pushed-back undertakings like the Sumar Street redevelopment in West Ashley.
“Council worked tirelessly to negotiate the largest investment in West Ashley’s history, which will result in a transformative development that will improve resiliency measures, housing for our workforce, beautiful public spaces and places for local businesses to thrive,” Cogswell said. “This success is a testament to the hard work and dedication of this council, and it proved early on that when we listen to our communities
State officials looking at major charter school reforms
By Jack O’Toole
Amid ongoing concerns about lackluster academic performance and fresh allegations of financial self-dealing, state officials are considering major reforms to rein in South Carolina’s charter school system.
The goal, officials say, is to hold the worst players and practices accountable—while preserving what’s working in a system that’s also produced some of the state’s top-performing schools.
The reform effort, which critics say is long overdue, is advancing on two fronts — a recently-introduced bill in the S.C. Senate and new regulations from the state Board of Education.
Together, the proposals aim to fix three longstanding problems, experts say: weak oversight, loopholes that let failing charter schools stay open and what watchdogs call profiteering by some private companies that serve the schools.
Fixing a weak law
As the Charleston City Paper reported last August, South Carolina is one of only three states in the country in which charter school students are underperforming their traditional public school counterparts in reading and math, according to a 2023 study by Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes.
At the time, education experts pointed to weaknesses in the state’s charter school law to explain the findings. In particular, they pointed to two key problems with the law
Blotter of the Week
A Mount Pleasant woman on March 30 told town police that her neighbor yelled at her children and was acting “irrational” while her children were “catching frogs” and playing in a local retention pond. And people wonder why kids these days don’t go outside and play anymore.
Yeah, that’s a doozy
A North Charleston woman on April 6 told city police that a nearby strip club stole her money (about $700). A quick investigation revealed the woman got high on mushrooms and fell off the stage earlier. Staff told police that getting “intoxicated” and losing her things is “normal behavior” for her. No word on her supposed $700.
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— a lack of accountability for failure, and financial incentives that encouraged private colleges and education companies to put profits over pupils.
Senate Bill 454, dubbed the Charter School Accountability Act when it was introduced last month by Education Committee Chairman Greg Hembree (R-Horry), aims to address those issues with three changes to state law: Stronger accountability for authorizers: Under current law, authorizers — either the state Education Department or more commonly an S.C. college — must agree to sponsor a charter school and oversee its operations. Hembree’s bill would allow the Education Department to shut down any college authorizer program whose schools underperformed for three years running. New limits on “authorizer shopping:” A key feature of S.C. charter law is the
A downtown woman on March 29 told Charleston police that someone stole her Toyota Prius the night before from her home on America Street. The vehicle is described as having paint peeling from the hood and a bumper sticker that reads, “Honk if you’re letting the soft animal of your body love what it loves.” Well, we have to imagine that narrows the search.
By Skyler Baldwin
Illustration by Steve Stegelin
The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between March 25 and April 6.
Skyler Baldwin
Charleston Mayor William Cogswell received a standing ovation after giving his first State of the City address
requirement that authorizers shut down underperforming schools. But with three authorizers — Erskine College, Limestone University and soon Voorhees University — schools have been able to move from authorizer to authorizer to evade closure. The bill would place new limits on that practice, including a requirement that the current authorizer approve the move.
More financial transparency: In the current system, authorizers and the private education companies that provide contracted services like academic and back-office support to charter schools have strong financial incentives to open new schools and keep them open. Under Hembree’s bill, charter schools would be required to post all contractual arrangements on a monthly basis.
At an April 2 Senate Education subcommittee hearing, Hembree, who saw a similar bill fail last year, stressed the collaborative effort that’s gone into this year’s version.
“We’ve been diligently working with interested parties, [including] the Department of Education and the authorizers,” he told his fellow committee members. “We’ve spent a lot of time going line by line through the bill and putting some polish on what we already had.”
Meanwhile a few blocks away from the Statehouse, the S.C. Board of Education voted last week to impose new requirements on institutions seeking to become authorizers.
Currently, colleges and universities are only required to inform the Education Department in writing that they plan to start sponsoring schools. Under the new regulation, they would have to win regulators’ approval in an application process that includes a detailed accounting of their academic standards,
financial relationships and more.
To take effect, both the bill and the regulation would have to be approved by the S.C. House and Senate by the end of this year’s legislative session in May.
‘A good first step’
S.C. Education Association President Sherry East, who represents teachers in state public schools, including charters, says her organization supports the reform effort.
“We’re excited about it,” East told the City Paper on April 7. “The intentions of some charter schools are good, but the system is a hot mess.”
Specifically, she says the new financial transparency requirements are a key feature of the legislation — particularly with authorizers now creating educational services companies to contract with the schools they sponsor.
To explain why, she points to a charter school leader she spoke to recently, who said she was explicitly told not to concern herself with the school’s finances.
“She was told not to ask questions — just run the school, hire your teachers, take care of the kids and don’t worry about the money,” East said. “But, you know, she was worried about it.”
And stories like that are, at least in part, why lawmakers are considering action now, East argues.
“Legislators have figured out what’s going on,” East said. “And this bill is going to finally put a stop to it.”
Still, East says there’s more to uncover about the money trail — what Hembree called the alleged financial “shenanigans” — between authorizers and education companies in recent years. As she put it, borrowing a line from Watergate:
“Follow the money,” she said.
After reading the City Paper ’s coverage of the neglected cemetery last summer, Magnolia decided to help, Davis said.
The media coverage, she said, sparked speculation on social media that attempts were being made to steal the cemetery or take advantage of people who own burial plots.
“That is not what we are doing,” Sheppard insisted. “Those of us who are grave owners won’t sit by and let something like that happen.”
Stuart Coleman, Highland’s development consultant in Charleston, said the company asked the late Charleston County Circuit Court Judge Richard Fields what Magnolia could do to help Monrovia. Fields was Monrovia’s attorney.
“At that time, he said ‘really what they need is more land.’ So we donated an acre … to Monrovia just before the judge died,” Coleman said. Fields died in March 2023 at age 103.
“Then we heard the cemetery was not being maintained, and it was in disarray.” Coleman said.
“They did not have the money and personnel to even take care of the cemetery,” he said. “There are a lot of families … and history there so we decided to take over the maintenance of the cemetery, including some very much needed repairs so we can bring back” the cemetery’s respect, honor and integrity.
The additional land could help Monrovia become a perpetual care burial ground, Davis explained. “They could sell the plots and start escrowing money and get to a point that they could handle the maintenance themselves.
“We are going to try to handle the funding of all of this until they are able to become self-sufficient,” he added.
Stuart said that Brockington and Associates, a Mount Pleasant environmental consulting company, will survey Monrovia to determine where plots are located and who is in them.
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and are willing to act decisively, we can make meaningful change in real time.”
Cogswell also touted successes on the Union Pier project on the peninsula, especially the establishment of a tax-increment financing district to help the city offset the cost of the massive redevelopment of the historic property.
“It was the product of thoughtful deliberation, learning from the past and a genuine desire to ensure that this critical area was developed in a way that benefits all of Charleston,” he said.
Infrastructure improvements
Cogswell added that improvements to the city’s infrastructure are an important goal for his administration, especially stormwater improvements, sidewalk repairs and progress on the Lowcountry Lowline project.
“We are putting into action both short- and long-term plans to provide much-needed relief for our residents and businesses,” he said.
Cogswell admitted there is more to be done, especially to the city’s dilapidated roads, which were one of his campaign platforms in 2023. He said road repairs will be a top priority over his next years in office and that he is confident city leaders will be able to work with other government agencies and officials to bring “meaningful relief to our clogged arteries across the city.”
Public safety boosts
Cogswell praised work done by Police Chief Chito Walker and members of Charleston City Council to improve public safety across the city. From new fire facilities on Johns and Daniel islands and on West Ashley to overall drops in crime throughout the Holy City, the mayor said keeping residents safe has been one of the biggest priorities of his administration in the last year.
We are mapping every entitled project, modeling every road based on current and future traffic counts and taking a hard look at our needs for roads, resiliency and housing to ensure that our residents can continue to call Charleston home.”
—Charleston Mayor William Cogswell
the city’s organizational chart, moving from a strong-mayor form of government to a city planner–focused system that consolidated power to a paid city employee rather than elected officials. Cogswell said the change was one that improved efficiency and better poised the city to take advantage of modern technology. Council did not vote on the restructuring.
“While this restructuring has been a step in the right direction, we recognize that it is not perfect,” he said. “That is why we remain committed to continuous learning and adaptation in pursuit of making Charleston a city of the 21st century that, again, puts residents first. It is time to think big, identify issues and propose innovative solutions.”
Looking ahead
Cogswell also pointed to Johns Island as a strong example of a community that has been burdened by “explosive growth” without seeing adequate improvements to compensate. Cogswell said his primary focus in the next few years will be catching up, not just on Johns Island, but everywhere in the city that is struggling from similar effects.
He pointed to a 10% drop in overall crime across Charleston, major milestones on King Street safety efforts, a 40% increase in drunken driving arrests and a 40% decrease in traffic fatalities as evidence of the year’s success.
“In summary, focusing on public safety is paying off in our community,” he said.
Changes to city government
Cogswell said another point of pride has been how Charleston City Council meetings have run in the last year — “civil, productive and, well, short,” he said.
“We have built consensus rather than lost it. We have conducted the people’s business in a way that priorities results over rhetoric. … It is clear that we are all committed to the betterment of Charleston.”
Last year, Cogswell quietly restructured
“Our staff is currently undertaking the most comprehensive initiative, I believe, in our city’s history,” he said. “This effort is unlike anything Charleston has ever seen. We are mapping every entitled project, modeling every road based on current and future traffic counts and taking a hard look at our needs for roads, resiliency and housing to ensure that our residents can continue to call Charleston home.
“We are also overlaying where every park and every fire station will go, identifying flood-prone areas and developing strategic investments to address today’s challenges while also preparing for the next 25 years. This effort is truly allencompassing and is bringing together every department in city government.”
Cogswell said this “long overdue” effort will serve as the foundation for guiding the city’s investments for the next 25 years.
Simmer, South Carolina deserve better
t’s a good thing Dr. Edward Simmer is a psychiatrist. Any other kind of physician might have been baffled last week when the S.C. Senate Medical Affairs Committee voted 12-5 to reject his gubernatorial nomination to lead the state Department of Public Health.
After all, his credentials are nothing short of spectacular: 30 years as an active duty Navy doctor. Chief medical officer of TRICARE, where he oversaw care for millions of service members, veterans and families. And since 2021, the director of the former state Department of Health and Environmental Control and then interim director of public health right here in South Carolina, garnering valuable state experience and winning the trust of Gov. Henry McMaster, who nominated him last November.
So, yes, most doctors are probably mystified by the committee’s rejection. But not Simmer, who sat patiently as one senator after another condemned his record of recommending — not mandating, just recommending — masks and vaccines during the Covid-19 pandemic that killed 19,000 people in the Palmetto State.
As a trained mental health professional, he must have known exactly what was going on: The inmates were running the asylum.
“What you’re asking us to do is have confidence in your judgment to do this job,” said hard right Sen. Matt Leber (R-Charleston), after attacking Simmer for supporting voluntary masking and vaccination. “And the history of it, uh, I’m not confident.”
Simmer, ever the gentleman throughout the hearing, respectfully reminded the senator that under his leadership, the state consistently followed the best available science — even when it was at odds with the advice coming from federal officials.
That’s why Palmetto State schools were allowed to reopen in August 2020, well before most. And it’s why our public health authorities did everything in their power to help S.C. businesses keep their doors open throughout the crisis.
But Republicans on the committee made it clear that they weren’t going to be dragged into a tedious conversation about facts and science. Humbug! Not when the only medical research S.C. public health officials should ever concern themselves with was published and peer reviewed by the states in 1787.
“We didn’t have all the information,” Sen. Tom Fernandez (R-Dorchester) told Simmer. “We had the United States Constitution, we had personal liberty, we had personal freedom. That’s the best information at any time of any emergency.”
Of course, Fernandez offered no evidence that Simmer had ever violated the Constitution. But no matter. Vibes, not substance, were the order of the day when Simmer faced these lemmings and accusers.
To his credit, McMaster stood by his man after the vote, urging the full Senate to override the committee.
“I remain resolute in my support of Dr. Ed Simmer and am hopeful that the full Senate will see through the falsehoods and mistruths being spread about his service to our state and nation,” McMaster said in a social media post.
Still, the prognosis for Simmer’s nomination is grim, with one senator suggesting he’d be better off looking for work in the Department of Mental Health.
Which, inevitably, put us in mind of the most famous words ever uttered about the Palmetto State, offered by Charleston attorney James L. Petigru on the eve of secession in 1860. “South Carolina,” he noted, “too small for a republic, but too large for an insane asylum.”
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.
May the Force be with us
By Andy Brack
It feels like the Alliance to Restore the Republic is starting to stand up to the authoritarian Empire sought by President Donald Trump, whose blitzkrieg of cruel executive orders over the last two months shocked and awed the establishment.
Our federal courts seem to be responding finally with rulings as a dizzying array of lawsuits continue to challenge Trump 2.0 on everything from immigration and foreign aid to whether a so-called Department of Government Efficiency can get rid of longtime government workers in the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Education, Pentagon and on and on.
Among the lawsuits is a case filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of a North Charleston nonprofit and others that seeks to keep the administration from its yo-yo of turning off and then on grant funding that has already been approved.
By the end of March, according to The New York Times, federal judges temporarily paused more than 50 of the administration’s initiatives, which led Trump to thrash back, calling “for the impeachment of a federal judge who ruled against his administration on deportation flights, earning a rare public rebuke from Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.”
The Force got a big boost recently when U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., took the Senate floor for a record-breaking 25 hours (beating a 1957 civil rights filibuster by the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina) to shine a light on how the country is at a “moral moment” as a representative democracy. The speech reportedly got more than 350 million TikTok likes with more than 300,000 watching at the same time, according to media reports.
Booker said he spoke because he believes the nation is in crisis.
“I believe that not in a partisan sense, because so many of the people who have been reaching out to my office, in pain, in fear, having their lives upended, so many of them identify themselves as Republicans.
“Bedrock commitments are being broken; unnecessary hardships are being borne by Americans of all backgrounds; and institutions, which are special in America ... are being recklessly and, I would say, even unconstitutionally attacked and even shattered.”
He said what is happening in America is not normal and should not be treated as such.
Mainstream Americans of both parties have been floundering for the last couple of months, wondering what to do to save the republic.
“Generations from now will look back at this moment and have a single question — where were you?”
NBC News summarized the impact: “It was a cathartic moment for a vast swath of demoralized voters across the country, who tuned in amid hunger for some action by the opposition party beyond the traditions of business as usual.”
In the same week that Booker’s speech gave hope to many across the deeply divided nation, something happened in Columbia that also smacked of the Force getting a handle on legislative hubris: State Republican leaders, giddy in late March over a proposal to transform the income tax into a flat tax, started backing away from the proposal after getting lots of egg on their faces about how the cut would make the majority of South Carolinians pay more, not less, in taxes.
An odd coalition of hard right Republicans and Democrats joined to squeal about the unfairness, sending the leadership back to the drawing board to figure out a way to stanch the bad public relations blood spewing from the wounded bill. As of April 4, at least nine Republican House members — in a fit to get away from the bill after hearing screams of constituents — took their names off the measure. More will join — even as the leadership tries to rewrite the half-cocked, ill-conceived policy proposal designed to benefit the state’s wealthy.
Mainstream Americans of both parties have been floundering for the last couple of months, wondering what to do to save the republic. Now, for a change, they’ve got a little hope. The threat isn’t over, but maybe late March will be remembered as when the tide started turning against Trump 2.0.
May the Force be with the U.S.
Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.
New schoolsbookcouples onfunofimprov
By Andy Brack
The drudgery of daily life — getting ready for work, work, cleaning, cooking, washing and on and on — inspired two seasoned improvisational comics to write a book on ways to break the cycle.
Greg Tavares of Mount Pleasant and Amber Nash of Lilburn, Ga., believe couples find life more rewarding if they occasionally refresh their relationships with playtime. (And no, we don’t necessarily mean anything involving nighttime toys, but that’s OK, too.)
They want people to learn the joys of improvisation for laughing more, enjoying life more.
“Couples often don’t know what to talk about,” they write in Improv for Couples, published in March. “They don’t know what they’re going to do for date night. Heck, most of the time, they don’t even know what they’re going to have for dinner.”
So people make up life as they go along which, when you think about it, really is improv. And intentionally committing improv play frequently can remind people why their partner may be the most fascinating person in the world to them.
“Sometimes, we need time in order to reconnect,” they write. “But you don’t have to wait until you’re sitting side by side at the hotel pool to connect with your partner. Every time you open this book, you can take a mini-vacation.”
More than 20 games in the book
The 27-chapter, 127-page book is packed with suggestions for improvisational games — plus tips on how to be successful with them. There are word games, such as one in which each partner is asked to come up with new names for everyday objects. There are listening games in which you’re supposed to repeat a made-up short story by your partner. There are question and guessing games where you try to figure out noncompetitively what your partner is thinking (good luck with that).
A favorite may be “Yes, and,” in which one partner looks at a nearby object and describes it, and the other partner then takes that statement, says “Yes, and,” followed by a further description as outlined in the book:
Partner 1: This is a picture of the two of us.
Partner 2: Yes, and it has a black frame.
Partner 1: Yes, and the picture is in color.
Partner 2: Yes, and it’s on the table.
Partner 1: Yes, and in the picture, we are on the beach.
Partner 2: Yes, and our dog is with us.
The back-and-forth continues until it gets ridiculous (“Yes, and the dog got bitten by a jellyfish”), or until they run out of stuff to say. Very often the ridiculousness of the whole thing will cause them to crack up even more.
These improvisational activities help to break the sometimes boring cycle of adulting and get you laughing with your partner.
“Adulting is hard,” the authors write. “We have to deal with some pretty serious stuff as adults. That serious stuff weighs heavily on our shoulders. It’s hard to have a good time playing the games in this book when you’re worried about paying the bills or if your kids are going to flunk out of school.”
But investing time in playfulness can pay off, they say.
“You will become more satisfied with your relationship. Couples who play together communicate better, feel like their partner is listening to them and actually look forward to spending time together. Look, we’re not relationship doctors, but both of us have been lucky enough to see these benefits in our own marriages, so we’re kind of experts.”
Writing the book was fun
Tavares, one of the principals at Theatre 99 in Charleston, said writing the book was fun, mainly because he did it with longtime friend Nash, who many may better know as the voice of Pam in the adult cartoon sitcom Archer.
“Amber and I have been friends for a long time but never worked on anything together before,” he said. “As it turned out we are good collaborators. All we ever said was ‘yes’ to each other’s ideas.” (Editor’s note: It’s likely they actually said “Yes, and” to each other’s ideas. Ba dum dum.)
Nash added the experience helped her to get to know Tavares better.
“I’ve known him for 20 years but only one weekend at a time, and mostly on stage, so it was fun to get to work with him more in depth,” she said in an interview. “There aren’t a lot of people that do what we do at the level we do it at and that can be kind of isolating, so, to be able to really dive in with another long time professional improviser is pretty fun.”
For Nash, the book came along at the right time.
“For me, it was an Archer-ended-whatdo-I-do-now project and along came Greg.”
For Tavares, 56, the book started as a pandemic project that bloomed from Zoom improv workshops that started when people weren’t meeting much in public.
“I worked with people all over the world — Australia, Thailand, Poland, Hungary — and all across the U.S. Eventually I started doing workshops for couples online. Just me at home and the couple in their home. I started developing games and exercises for that, and the book came out of that experience.”
Tavares says improv makes life more fun because it keeps you playful.
“Cooperative play is unlike anything else when it comes to a bonding experience with other people. I really wanted to share that with non-improv people.
“I guess I want the ideas of improv to take over the world, and I could not think of a better population to spread the ideas to than romantic couples.”
He said he also learned during the process of writing the book with Nash that doing improv at home gives people a sense of permission that it’s OK to laugh more. While the book often prompts couples to laugh as part of the game methodology, it also extends to everyday life.
“Framing laughter as a compliment was a breakthrough for some couples” in the workshops, Tavares said. “People sometimes have an anxiety response when someone laughs after they say or do something. We wanted to encourage people to laugh so they knew it was OK to do it and it was a good thing to be laughed at. Encouraging the couples to laugh actually made them laugh more instead of less, which was enjoyable for them.”
Nash, who says she laughs with her partner a lot in their home, noted she was surprised many couples don’t laugh together that much.
“And while telling someone to laugh at a certain thing is for sure a way to make it not funny, encouraging people to be open to the idea of laughter and playfulness and not feeling awkward letting loose and really
losing yourself to laughter opens people up to being vulnerable enough to be free with your partner.”
What’s next? More laughter
“Amber and I have talked about writing Improv for Singles: How to Have the Best Improv Date Night Ever,” Tavares said. “I also am working on a new solo show. It’s a real life story about the time I lied about being able to ride a horse to get a part in a TV show.”
Nash said she will continue doing improv shows at Dad’s Garage, an Atlanta theater, and other places.
“It truly is one of the great joys of my life. I am always learning, growing and innovating at Dad’s and that is a gift.”
She’s also launching a podcast in the summer “called ‘RePhrasing: An Archer ReWatch Podcast’ where I sit down with different members of the main cast and we talk about Archer episode-by-episode. It’s super fun.” Improv for Couples: Fun Games for You and Your Partner is available for $16.99 at Theatre 99, 280 Meeting St., or at amazon.com.
Photos by Ashley Stanol
Nash and Tavares recently performed at Theatre 99 in Charleston
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Monster Jam
Monster Jam is bringing the world’s best drivers and most iconic trucks to North Charleston this weekend. See Grave Digger, Megalodon, Earth Shaker and more rip up the dirt arena, crush cars and fly high through the coliseum. Don’t miss the chance to hit the pit party to see your favorite drivers up close, take pictures and enjoy other family-friendly events. VIP experiences are available for additional costs.
April 11 through April 13. Event times vary. Ticket prices vary. North Charleston Coliseum. 5001 Coliseum Drive. North Charleston. monsterjam.com
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Children’s painting workshop
Join local artist and Charleston Museum educator Maggie Roof at the Dill Sanctuary on James Island for a guided painting lesson. Let your child flex creative muscles and take home a beautiful saltmarsh landscape on canvas. All supplies, including easels and canvases, will be provided. This event is for children ages 8 to 12. Reservations are required, so grab your ticket early. April 14. 10 a.m. to noon. $35/members; $40/nonmembers. The Dill Sanctuary. 1163 Riverland Drive. James Island. charlestonmuseum.org
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2025 Lowcountry Strawberry Festival
Spend a day at Boone Hall Plantation this weekend for the price of a movie ticket for this familyfriendly event that only comes once a year. Gate admission includes access to live shows, a petting zoo, photo opportunities, arts, crafts and food vendors and more. And of course, don’t forget to grab a basket of fresh strawberries. Check online for a schedule of all events and performances. April 11 through April 13. $15/general admission. Boone Hall Plantation. 2434 N. U.S. Hwy. 17. Mount Pleasant. boonehallplantation.com
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Faux floral arranging workshop
Join the team at Rhodes Boutique Home and Gift for an evening of stunning and balanced floral arranging using premium faux flowers that look fresh forever — no watering required. Have fun learning a new skill, and leave with a finished piece to be proudly displayed in your home or given as a gift. Multiple styles and price points are available for guests, and all materials are provided.
April 17. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Prices start at $45. Rhodes Boutique Home and Gift. 84 Folly Road Blvd. West Ashley. rhodesboutique.com
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Charleston Race Week
Tried and true traditions will be bolstered by new innovations during the 29th edition of Charleston Race Week at Patriots Point this weekend. Competitors can expect another exciting three days of racing with entries spanning 18 classes across six courses. For the third straight year, the daily post-race party will be held aboard the historic USS Yorktown. Don’t miss the beautiful weather, top-notch racing and intense competition all in a destination city.
April 10 through April 13. Event times vary. Ticket prices vary. Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. 40 Patriots Point Road. Mount Pleasant. charlestonraceweek.com
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Wine tariffs have restaurants worried about profitability, future
By Helen Mitternight
Diners already complaining about “tipflation” and inflation may be in for a shock if their favorite glass of cheap vino starts selling for the price of a rarified vintage. And if they stop buying wine? It could ruin an already unstable industry.
The Trump administration on April 2 slapped a 20% tariff on goods coming from the European Union, but earlier threatened as much as a 200% tariff on wines. And while earlier threatened tariffs have been rescinded or reduced, uncertainty has led to a lot of stress in the hospitality industry because they say that a 200% tariff will put many of them out of business. Even a 20% tariff will be hard to swallow.
could all go away, or it could become a nightmare,” said Mike Lata, chef and coowner of FIG and The Ordinary.
Lata said his restaurants source locally for food, but that becomes an almost insurmountable challenge when it comes to wines because of South Carolina’s climate.
Razor-thin margins
Alcohol forms the profit backbone of the restaurant industry. The food side of the menu makes little profit. And if alcohol tariffs come, an already teetering industry will suffer another blow, food professionals say.
subsequently to the consumers.”
It’s not just a matter of canceling orders. Many importers like Root ordered wine months ago. The wine that will be slapped with a tariff is already on its way here.
“For our business, we’d be looking at a tariff in excess of $600,000 just for wine already in transit that we can’t stop,” Root said. “That would be devastating.”
‘Buy American’ won’t help
So, why not just “buy American?” Well, it’s not that simple for restaurants.
You can now find goodies from Mabel Mae’s Bakery inside downtown’s Atylss Cafe seven days a week. The collaboration between the two businesses creates a full-service cafe and bakery experience. Head to Atylss Cafe (476 Meeting St.) for a grand opening celebration from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. May 10. “We believe in treats for all,” Mabel Mae founder Niki Dube said in a press release. “Whether you’re a nursing mama, gluten intolerant, vegan or simply on the hunt for better-for-you desserts, we have you covered.” Learn more at atylssfoodco.com.
Starting April 11, you can find De Mare Raw Bar in residency at The Daily Wednesdays through Saturdays from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. The raw bar will be offering its full menu as well as beer and wine. Follow De Mare on social media, @demarerawchs to stay up-todate with the latest.
“This is a troubling and personal thing for my family. I’m in the restaurant business, and my wife is in wine sales,” said Kenny Lyons, vice president of the Neighborhood Dining Group, which owns Marbled & Fin, Husk, Minero, the James and the Delaney Oyster House. “I don’t think people understand the significance of how it’s going to affect our business. Guests are going to come into a restaurant looking for Sancerre or Pinot Grigio. You expect it to be $10 a glass, and now, it’s going to have to be $30 (with a 200% tariff). That’s just not a sustainable situation for restaurants.”
“You’d be crazy not to be concerned,” said celebrated local chef Jason Stanhope. Uncertainty is part of the problem.
“We’re all just trying to figure out what’s real and what’s not real. Tomorrow this
“The average cost to operate a restaurant has gone up between 25% to 30% since the pandemic, but at most you’ve seen a 10% increase on menus. Restaurants average a one-digit profit margin. Everybody’s just exhausted with the increased pricing of everything we have these days,” said Susan Cohen, president and CEO of the S.C. Restaurant and Lodging Association.
Restaurants are just one leg of a threetiered system established after Prohibition was repealed. The other two tiers, importers and distributors, also could get wiped out with the tariffs.
“My immediate concern is that this would be a business-altering, family-altering sort of bill for us to have to pay,” said Harry Root of Grassroots Wine, who said about 60% of the wines he sells comes from the European Union. “There’s not an option not to accept the wine coming in because you’re contractually obligated to it. Medium term? With so much uncertainty, we’re unable to confidently order the product we’ve built our 25-year-old business on.
“There’s no room in the import business to eat those costs, so they would be passed directly to the restaurants we serve and
“It would be odd to have a French restaurant without French wine. I don’t even know how you’d do that,” said Steve Palmer, CEO of the Indigo Road Hospitality Group.
Lata added, “There’s simply not a diverse enough domestic supply of wines, both in variety and value. Old World styles are a big part of our business model. It’s not like steel. We make steel in this country, so we could get American steel. But wine is about the terroir. There’s plenty of decent stuff in the States, but they don’t come at the same price.”
That price differential is something most people don’t realize. There are plenty of affordable wines like Prosecco or Pinot Gris coming from the European Union, where viticulture is a multi-generational tradition and winemakers have presumably paid off their startup costs long ago. These wines can be less expensive than American wines.
But American wine producers also
Costa , downtown Charleston’s coastal-Italian inspired restaurant, has released a new spring menu that highlights seasonal flavors. Executive Chef Vinson Petrillo has come up with light, bright dishes that include burrata with cucumber, doenjang and mint; hamachi crudo with brown butter ponzu, rhubarb and shiso and Mafaldine with spring pesto, lardo, pistachio and pecorino. Pair your dishes with seasonal cocktails like the Sunomono Highball made with mezcal, Suze, green chartreuse, cucumber and togarashi.
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Bar167 will host a special weekend to support the First Tee of Greater Charleston from April 10 through April 12. In honor of Masters Week, the restaurant will serve Mastersthemed drinks and menu specials. A portion of proceeds will be donated to First Tee, an organization that introduces kids to golf.
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Gaillard to host spiritual celebration for KKBE
By Jessica Mischner
The last time that Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE), the revered and historic Hasell Street synagogue founded in 1749 staged the works of acclaimed composer Ernest Bloch was 45 years ago. That 1980 performance marked what would have been his 100th birthday. And people still talk about that concert today.
“It was just unforgettable,” said Bates O’Neal, KKBE’s artistic and music director. “Bloch’s work represents not only the height of musical drama in general, but also includes one of the most powerful and sacred pieces of Jewish sacred music: Avodath Hakodesh, or ‘Sacred service,’ in the Hebrew.”
So when it came time to mark another milestone — the synagogue’s 275th birthday — Bates couldn’t think of a better way to honor the occasion than with a return to Bloch’s masterpiece. On April 24, KKBE, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and the Taylor Festival Choir will join forces and voices onstage at the Gaillard Center to do just that.
This event is not just for classical music enthusiasts or members of the Jewish community, though. It’s a celebration of the universal power of music to uplift and inspire. With more than 120 renowned musicians on the Gaillard stage, it’s also an opportunity to witness masterful artistry through a presentation of works that demand performances of the highest caliber.
As the final chapter in more than a year of the congregation’s 275th anniversary festivities, the concert serves as a testament to KKBE’s enduring legacy and commitment to cultural and spiritual enrichment. Its music program has historically enjoyed an extensive reach. Which is why, when O’Neal finally put the pieces together to stage this production and approached the Charleston Symphony Orchestra about collaborating, CSO didn’t hesitate, he said.
“I knew we wanted CSO. I just wasn’t sure if we were going to be able to make the budget work,” O’Neal said. “But not only did they say ‘yes’ immediately, they also offered
For the first time since 1980, KKBE will present music from Ernest Bloch, one of the most acclaimed composers of the 18th and 19th centuries
to perform for free!”
Along with CSO, the performance will include members of the Taylor Festival Choir, a Charleston-based elite chamber choir known for its emphasis on 20th and 21st century music and on Celtic folk music. The three groups embody a scope of liturgical traditions and stylings that promise to elevate an already vaulted musical lineup.
Below is the full performance program, along with a bit of insight into some of the themes — Jewish, spiritual and more — as shared with the Charleston City Paper by O’Neal.
“Passover Psalm”, Op. 30 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold. “Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s ‘Passover Psalm’ is a lush and evocative setting of prayers interpreted from the Passover Haggadah. With our performance falling just days after the end of Passover, this piece reflects the Jewish people’s journey of liberation infused with an expressive and cinematic quality that connects us with our deep cultural history. Korngold, renowned for his sweeping film scores and symphonic works, wrote only two rarely performed sacred works, and we are proud to bring this amazing work to the Charleston audience.”
“Let My Love Be Heard” — Jake Runestad (the only non-Jewish composer on the program). “A pluralistic prayer reflecting on love and loss, Jake Runestad’s ‘Let My Love Be Heard’ is a moving unaccompanied choral piece offering a deeply emotional moment of healing and contemplation. Its universal message of resilience through
grief provides solace and strength, reminding us of the restorative power of music.”
“Adagietto” from Symphony No. 5 –Gustav Mahler. “The Adagietto movement from Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 is one of classical music’s most cherished and breathtaking movements. This orchestral masterpiece represents culture in its highest form. A Jewish composer by birth, Mahler’s ability to weave deep emotions into his music speaks to the rich cultural heritage that binds us all together through artistic expression.”
“Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide – Leonard Bernstein. “The incomparable choral finale from Leonard Bernstein’s operetta Candide, ‘Make Our Garden Grow’ inspires us to build a better future together. Bernstein’s music conveys the message that through dedication and unity, we can cultivate a more compassionate and enriched community, which embodies the Jewish ideal of tikkun olam, repairing the world.”
Avodath Hakodesh – Ernest Bloch. “At the heart of this program is Bloch’s Avodath Hakodesh, a masterwork of 20th century choral-orchestral literature. Composed to the Shabbat morning liturgy, this piece is a stunning blend of rich orchestration, deeply expressive choral writing and incomparable drama in the Jewish musical canon. The universality of Bloch’s music places Jewish music next to the sacred masterworks of other traditions while still beautifully capturing the solemnity and reverence of the Jewish liturgy.”
Jazz is in the air
Mark your calendars April 21 through April 29 for nine days of transformative performances at the Charleston Jazz Festival. Partnering with Spoleto Festival USA, the Charleston Gaillard Center, the College of Charleston and others, this year’s event promises a remarkable lineup of world-class musicians. Whether you’re a lifelong jazz enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, the festival’s shows and enriching educational programs offer something for everyone. Here are some of the scheduled performances taking place around town:
• Terence Blanchard | Fire Shut up in my Bones Opera Suite , April 21, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Gaillard Center, Downtown.
• The College of Charleston faculty jazz ensemble , April 22, 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m., Simons Recital Hall, College of Charleston, Downtown.
• Dinner & an Evening with the Richard White Trio, April 23, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., The Establishment, Downtown.
• The Artistry of Jazzmeia Horn, April 25, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Charleston Music Hall, Downtown.
• Havana Night with Paquito d’Rivera , April 26, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Charleston Music Hall, Downtown.
• Big Chief Donald Harrison Quartet , April 27, 5 p.m to 6:30 p.m; April 29, 6 p.m., Fox Music House, North Charleston.
S.C. Arts Commission accepting grant applications
Applications are now open for the latest round of festival grants from the S.C. Arts Commission, the state’s longtime advocacy organization for visual and creative arts.
Anyone looking to launch, or extend, a community-based, arts-related event in the state can apply to receive up to $7500 toward festival costs. Applications accepted until 11:59 p.m. April 30. Visit southcarolinaarts.com to learn more and apply.
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Asleep At The Wheel says ‘Happy Trails’ after 5 decades
By Vincent Harris
Fifty-five years. That’s how long singer, songwriter, guitarist and bandleader Ray Benson has been fronting Asleep At The Wheel, which performs April 19 at Charleston Music Hall.
For 55 years, Benson and his band have put the “W” back in “Country & Western,” playing Western swing, the up-tempo, fiddle-and-pedal-steel spiked dance music that artists like George Strait and Merle Haggard occasionally employed, though never as much as Asleep At The Wheel.
There were influences other than Western swing in the band’s music, of course, most notably honky-tonk dustups and Cajun hoedowns, but by the 2000s, Benson was a towering figure in Western swing music, literally and figuratively (he’s 6-foot-7).
He brought a genre back to the mainstream with Top Ten hits like “The Letter That Johnny Walker Read” and best-selling albums like Texas Gold. And his band has won 10 Grammy awards along the way. With the legendary band’s latest tour called “Happy Trails,” some might think the name indicates the end of the line after 55 years for the band and the 74-year-old Benson. And that it might stop recording, too.
“Neither,” Benson said with a chuckle during a recent Charleston City Paper interview. “Essentially we have a five-year plan,
and we’re in year two of that. We’ll continue the tour and try to hit all the markets and places that we love and who actually like us. So I would say there’s another three years of touring, before we call it quits.”
And it won’t really be over then, either. Benson doesn’t want to stop making music, he said he’s just getting a little too old for all of the touring.
“My voice is great, and my guitar playing is great,” he said, “but my back and all those things deteriorate, which makes it hard to tour. And also the touring landscape is so different now. In the beginning, I used to jump on a bus, I would drive and we’d get on the road and stay out for weeks at a time. But the economics just don’t work anymore. It costs a fortune to do what we used to do on a shoestring.”
So after the Happy Trails tour is over, Benson plans on occasional shows, a lot of virtual content for Asleep At The Wheel’s devoted fanbase, a new album every now and then, and that’s about it.
“We’ll always do studio stuff and virtual stuff,” he said. “That’s the thing: The pandemic showed us that there are other ways to reach people.”
It felt reasonable to ask Benson if he’d been thinking about Asleep At The Wheel’s legacy as it winds down years on the road. After all, Benson is one of the people who kept the music of pioneers like Bob Wills alive while country went pop in
the ’70s and ’80s.
In fact, he has been thinking about it, specifically about the more than 100 musicians who have come through the band over five decades.
“That’s what it’s all about, is these incredible musicians,” he said. “Folks who have gone through Asleep At The Wheel have gone on to pretty amazing careers. Tony Garnier, Bob Dylan’s bass player, was with me for six years. Larry Franklin, the number one session fiddler in Nashville, was with me for three years. (Guitarist and pedal-steel player) Junior Brown was in the band and has a career of his own. So that legacy is really something.”
After a lot of ups and downs in the 1980s (the band didn’t have a record label for five years, and at one point they were pressured to record a cover of Rupert Holmes “The Pina Colada Song,”), new traditional country artists like Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett and Rosanne Cash helped revive true country and western music and Asleep At The Wheel’s career, allowing them to keep doing what they do best.
And for Benson, that means playing the music that he desperately wanted to bring back to people’s attention to back in 1969: Good old Western swing.
“When nobody else was doing it, we did it,” he said. “It was music that had disappeared from the landscape and we were able to bring it back to the forefront.”
count on exporting to Europe, where they will be hit with retaliatory tariffs. Furthermore, they will lose access to distributors like Root, who would no longer be able to stay in business and sell their wines.
“We represent about 80 domestic producers,” Root said. “If we fail, all 80 of those producers lose access to the market.”
Pivoting is a new normal
If Covid taught the restaurant industry anything, it’s about how to scramble and juggle in dire circumstances. Many in the industry are already trying to plan ahead.
“I think we’re going to try to pivot as much as we can. Our wine-by-the-glass program will probably shrink because it won’t be realistic to have as many wines by the glass,” Lyons said. “This is going to require us to have some dialogue with our guests, who won’t understand why these wines disappeared off the list.”
Palmer added, “I think there will be some trial and error for sure. Maybe you skinny up the list and find more valueoriented wines. At the end of the day, we’re going to try different things and let our customer tell us what works and what doesn’t.”
Root said he is actively lobbying through the U.S. Wine Trade Alliance, which he helped found right before the pandemic. The nationwide group has about 5,000 members, including importers, distributors and some restaurant groups. Root has visited South Carolina’s senators in Washington twice and expressed optimism that they understood the implications of the wine tariffs.
Max Kuller, Estadio’s owner, said he hopes people will push back against the tariffs.
“I hope people are going to be furious and say, ‘We want wine at reasonable prices!’ and there will be pushback, and things will change,” he said.
Ray Benson and his band, Asleep at the Wheel, bring 55 years of magic back to the stage at Charleston Music Hall
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Plaintiff against the above named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the under the provisions of Section 15-53-10, et seq., (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act), 12-51-40 et seq. and 12-61-10 et seq. and Section 15-67-10, et seq. of the Code of Laws of the State of South Carolina, for the Quieting of a Title for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiffs is the owner of the property as the described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in St. Paul’s Fire District, Charleston County, South Carolina, containing 1.21 acres, more or less, and being shown and designated as LOT 5 on a plat by Andrew C. Gillette, PLS, dated February 20, 1996, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Plat Book EB, at Page 5.
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d/b/a A R Services Co. and Alfonso Rodriguez Vazquez, Sr.
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Second Complaint in this action, which was filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, SC at 100 Broad Street, Charleston, SC on September 18, 2024, notice of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer thereto upon the undersigned at his office, 102 Wappoo Creek Dr., Unit 8, Charleston, SC 29412, within thirty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to appear and defend the action as required by law, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Second Amended Complaint.
action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-08-2278
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS ROXANNE CLARK, RICHARD LECLERC, AND LESLIE ROPER, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN IN 2019.
TO DEFENDANT: ROXANNE CLARK
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on December 17, 2024 at 4:05 p.m. 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, Jason D. Pockrus, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, within thirty (30) days of this publication,
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2025-CP-1001276
Bobby Blake Plaintiff, -versusEmbro, LLC, Charles Porter a/k/a Chas Porter, Deceased, his heirs and assigns and all other persons claiming under or through the heirs and assigns of Charles Porter a/k/a Chas Porter, collectively designated as JOHN DOE, and any such persons who are minors or other disability or members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, 1940 ,as Amended, collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, and all persons entitled to claim under or through any of them; also all persons claiming any right, title or interest in the real estate described as TMS #126-0000-028 Defendants.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this Action dated March 7, 2025, which has been filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 9th day of March 2025. A copy of said Complaint is herewith served upon you, and you are to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff or his Attorney, Thomas H. Brush, at his office located at 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 Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
The original Summons and Complaint in the above captioned action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 9th day of March 2025.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named
Measuring and containing the measurements, courses, buttings, boundaries and distances as shown in the aforementioned Plat, and will more fully and at large appear when reference shall be made thereto.
BEING the same property conveyed to Embro, LLC by Tax Deed of the Charleston County Delinquent Tax Collector, Daniel M. Gregory, dated January 25, 2018 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 0695, at Page 416.
TMS #126-00-00-028
ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM
Upon reading and filing the within Petition for the Appointment of a Guardian ad Litem and after mature consideration of same, and it being made to appear to my satisfaction that it is necessary that a Guardian ad Litem be appointed to appear in this action and represent the interest of such of the Defendants as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under any disability, it is
ORDERED, that Conrad Falkiewicz, Post Office Box 30266, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, be and is hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem for such of the Defendants herein as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under disability, to appear herein and represent their interest; it is further ORDERED, that such appointments shall become absolute unless within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the Notice of the Appointment of Guardian ad Litem herein, exclusive of such last day of publication, such Defendants, as may be infants, incompetents; or otherwise under any disability appear herein or someone appears in their behalf to procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem; it is further ORDERED, that a Notice of Appointment and of the name and address of the person so appointed shall be sufficient publication of this Order. AND IT IS SO ORDERED!
s/ Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court, by BLC
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
C.A. No. 2024-CP-10-02289
Thomas Brent Horner and Jeanne Lumpkin, Plaintiffs, v. Brock Built Homes of South Carolina, LLC; Alfonso Rodriguez Vazquez, Jr. d/b/a A R Services Co., and Alfonso Rodriguez Vazquez, Sr.; et al. Defendants.
Capell Thomson, LLC s/ Charles W. Thomson 102 Wappoo Creek Dr., Unit 8 Charleston, SC 29412 Attorney for Plaintiffs
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION STATE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-00530
KN PROPERTIES 1 LLC, A SOUTH CAROLINA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. JOSEPH FOREMAN, JR., and if he may be deceased, his heirsat-law, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:
5370 Christian Dawn Drive Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 622-00-00-023
and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., MERRILL LYNCH COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORP., as successor in interest to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., NABEE KARIM, HANEEFAH KARIM, OMAR KARIM and ERICA GLOVER, Defendants.
SUMMONS & NOTICE
To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.
NOTICE OF FILING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Amended Summons and Notice and Amended Complaint was filed on February 5th, 2025, the Lis Pendens was filed on January 29th, 2025, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on February 3rd, 2025 and the Order of Publication was filed on March 11th, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that R. David Chard, Esquire of 2050 Spaulding Drive, North Charleston, SC 29406 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated February 3rd, 2025 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.
THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, together with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being known as Lot E, 1.10 ac, 48,659.44 sq ft., as shown on a plat thereof by Cleatwood E. Droze, R.L.S., dated August 2nd, 1989, entitled “PLAT OF LANDS “A” – “G”, 854-AC & RIGHT-OF-WAY OWNED BY VARIOUS OWNERS AS SHOWN ST. JAMES SANTEE PARISH, GREEN BAY SECTION CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” and recorded at the Charleston County RMC Office in Plat Book CP, at Page 152, and having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will more fully appear by reference to said plat.
TMS # 622-00-00-023
March 13th, 2025
Date
s/Carl B. Hubbard
Carl B. Hubbard
Attorney at Law 2201 Middle Street, Box 15
Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 (843) 814-3481
Attorney for the Plaintiff
IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-3418
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS TITILAYO BENNETT AND LAMAR SIMMONS, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2018 AND 2020.
TO DEFENDANTS: TITILAYO BENNETT AND LAMAR SIMMONS
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 3, 2024, at 3:58 PM. 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, Fredrick Mogab, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Fredrick Mogab, SC Bar # 105639, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, (843) 953-9625.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-3611
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS JODI T. FRYAR, JOHN LEWIS AKA JOHN LEWIS, JR., AND BRIAN MICELI IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2015 AND 2011. TO DEFENDANT: JOHN LEWIS AKA JOHN LEWIS, JR. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 20, 2024, at 2:20 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally C. Dey, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Sally C. Dey, SC Bar #67778, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-697-7564.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-3616
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS JASMINE DEL CASTILLO AND CHRISTOPHER BAILEY-GALE IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2024.
TO DEFENDANTS: JASMINE DEL CASTILLO AND CHRISTOPHER BAILEY-GALE
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 20, 2024, at 4:23 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, W. Tracy Brown, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. W. Tracy Brown, SC Bar #5832, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.
Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 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.
Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Office, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.
ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONDADO DE CHARLESTON EN EL TRIBUNAL DE FAMILIA DEL NOVENO CIRCUITO JUDICIAL N.º DE EXPEDIENTE 2024-DR10-1176
DEPARTAMENTO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONTRA
Keila Rayes Rodas y Raul Vasquez, DEMANDADOS. EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE: MENORES DE EDAD NACIDOS EN 2017, 2020 y 2021.
PARA EL DEMANDADO: Raul Vasquez
POR LA PRESENTE, SE LO CITA y se le exige que conteste la Demanda en esta acción, presentada ante el Secretario del Tribunal del condado de Charleston el 26 de abril de 2024 a las 03:50 p. m. Una vez probado el interés, se le enviará una copia de la Demanda luego de que esta se haya solicitado ante la Secretaría del Tribunal en el condado de Charleston, y deberá enviar una copia de su Contestación de la Demanda al Demandante, el Departamento de Servicios Sociales de Carolina del Sur, a la oficina del Departamento de Asuntos Legales del Departamento de Servicios Sociales del condado de Charleston, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714, dentro de los treinta (30) días posteriores a esta publicación de aviso, con excepción de la fecha de notificación. En caso de no presentar una contestación dentro del plazo mencionado previamente, el Demandante procederá a solicitar una reparación ante el Tribunal. Departamento de Servicios Sociales del condado de Charleston, Oficina Legal, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.
3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 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, thePlaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Office, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-0371
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
LACOLE BUTLER AKA LACOLE SESSIONS AKA LACOLE ADAMS, HENRY BUTLER AKA HENRY BUTLER, JR., TERRY MALONE, AND ANTHONY ADAMS IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2013 AND 2015.
TO DEFENDANT: TERRY MALONE
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 11, 2025, at 3:08 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Steven Corley, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Steven Corley, SC Bar #103431, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9400.
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.
JONATHAN S. ALTMAN, ESQ. 575 KING ST., #B, CHARLESTON, SC 29403 ***********
THE MILITARY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem within (30) days after service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff.
NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Summons and Complaint in the above-captioned action were filed on February 27, 2025, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina.
Crawford & von Keller, LLC PO Box 4216 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29204
Phone: 803-790-2626
Email: court@crawfordvk.com Attorneys for Plaintiff
State of South Carolina County of Beaufort
In the Court of Common Pleas Case No.2023CP150385
Medicus Watson v. Daquan Glenn
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscriber at her office, Dore Law Office, LLC, Post Office Box 1538, Beaufort, SC 29901 within thirty (30) days from the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgement by default will be rendered against you and the Plaintiff will apply to the court for relief demanded.
Cheryl V. Doe, Esquire Phone number 843-522 9112 cheryl@dorelawoffice.com
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-01106
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-1176 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Keila Rayes-Rodas and Raul Vasquez
DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2017, 2020, & 2021
TO DEFENDANT: Raul Vasquez
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 26, 2024 at 3:50 pm. 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 Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services,3685 Rivers Avenue,
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-3215
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS Lashonda Sims, Kenyeil Mitchell, and Jamall Frazier
DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN2015, 2020 & 2023
TO DEFENDANT: Kenyeil Mitchell
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with theClerk of Court for Charleston County on November 12, 2024 at 12:21 pm. 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 ofSocial Services, at the office of its Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of SocialServices,
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.
ANTHONY B. O’NEILL, SR., ESQ. 1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD., #200, CHARLESTON, SC 29407
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Estate of: ROSEMARIE NEWTON AKA ROSE NEWTON
2025-ES-10-0458
DOD: 11/12/24
Pers. Rep: VIVIAN BROWN 1205 BYRON RD.,CHARLESTON, SC 29407
***********
N. Charleston, SC 29406 (843)900-4529 jerod@frazierlawoffices.com
March 25, 2025 Charleston, South Carolina
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY CASE NUMBER: 2025-ES-10-00142
IN THE MATTER OF ESTATE OF: CHARLIE BROWN
Mae Elizabeth Brown, Petitioner(s) VS. Mae Elizabeth Brown, Carter Brown, Richard Brown, Brennda B. Grant, Estate of Annie J. Brown, and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, fictitious names to designate minors, infants, persons of unsound mind, under disability or incompetent, or persons in the Military Services within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as The Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940, if any, and RICHARD ROE and MARY ROE, fictitious names to designate the unknown heirs, devisees, distributes, issue, executors, administrators, successors or assigns of Charlie Brown, deceased, Respondents.
PUBLICATION (Summons and Notice of Hearing)
SUMMONS
TO THE RESPONDENTS LISTED ABOVE:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the Petitioner(s) listed above at the following address(es):
Adam W. Howell, Esq. — Attorney for Petitioner Howell Law, LLC 4 Carriage Lane, Ste. 406 Charleston, SC 29407
21st Mortgage Corporation Plaintiff, -vsMaurice Heyward a/k/a Maurice E. Heyward; Shanicqua Heyward a/k/a Shanecqua S. Heyward; Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC; South Carolina Department of Revenue; and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles Defendants
TO THE DEFENDANT, Maurice Heyward a/k/a Maurice E. Heyward
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their office, 1640 St. Julian Place, Columbia, SC 29204, within (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer to Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for a judgment by default granting the relief demanded in the Complaint.
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) RESIDE(S), AND/ OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABLILITY, INCOMPETENTS, PERSONS CONFINED AND PERSONS IN
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-00178
VANESSA COUSINS, Plaintiff, vs. SILVANO LOPEZ MORALES, Defendant.
SUMMONS (Negligence) (Jury Trial Demanded)
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 thereto on the subscribers at their office located at 2185 Ashley Phosphate Road, Suite B,N. Charleston, South Carolina, 29406 within thirty (30) days after the 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 be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
S/Jerod D. Frazier
Jerod D. Frazier (SC Bar #102031) 2185 Ashley Phosphate Road, Suite B
Your Answer must be served on the Petitioner at the above address within thirty (30) days of after the service of this Summons and Petition upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to Answer the Petition within that time, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO: ALL HEIRS AND INTERESTED PARTIES:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above captioned action was filed on February 28, 2025 in the Probate Court for Charleston County, South Carolina. This action seeks the determination of the heirs of the Estate of Charlie Brown, who died on February 13, 2000.
A Virtual Hearing has been scheduled in connection with this matter on the 29th day of May, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. in the Probate Court for Charleston County located at 84 Broad Street, Historic Courthouse, 2nd Floor, Charleston, South Carolina, 29401. Please be present at said hearing if you are an heir or interested party in the aforementioned Estate of Charlie Brown, if so minded.
At Charleston, South Carolina This 2 day of April, 2025.
Howell Law, LLC
Adam W. Howell, Esq. SC Bar #: 79876
4 Carriage Lane, Suite 406 Charleston, SC 29407
P: (843) 735-8423
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Case No.: 2024-CP-10-06167
THOMAS MATHUEWS and JASON KEENER, Plaintiff, vs. PLAYERS PLACE WEST LLC, Defendant.
SUMMONS
TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED: 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 subscriber at his office, 3045 Ashley Phosphate Road, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29418, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, 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.
JOHN PRICE LAW FIRM, LLC s/Mark A. Redmond Mark A. Redmond (SC BAR #0017268)
3045 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 Phone (843) 552-6011 Fax (843) 871-3232 markredmond@johnpricelawfirm. com
Attorney for the Plaintiff
N. Charleston, SC March 28, 2025
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL CASE NO. 2011-CP-1004083
JAMES TILLMAN, Plaintiff, vs. BEAULAH MAE PRIOLEAU, GENEVA CHISOLM, LEROY GLADDEN, BARBARA GLADDEN DUFF, CHARLOTTE SIMMONS, REBECCA WILDER GLADDEN, MARGARET McNEIL, AGNES WEST NOREAN GLADDEN, SYLVIA GLADDEN, ROBERT GLADDEN, JR., LILLIAN G. WASHINGTON, ALBERTHA GREEN, AMELIA GOSS, BEN GOSS, JR., CHARLES GOSS, ESOLINE GOSS, MARTHA GOSS, REMUS GOSS, RONALD GOSS,
CHERYL GOSS, EDITH GOSS, JOHNETTE GOSS, CATHERINE GODFREY GOSS, JIMMY LEE GOSS, ANTHONY GOSS, BERNARD GOSS, HORACE GOSS, III, THOMASINA GOSS, LARRY GOSS, CATHALEE H. GRANT, BETTY ANN HAMILTON, ANTRINA HENDERSON, TRACEY SINGLETON, TAMARA HAMILTON, CHRISTOPHER GOSS, HERMINA FOWLER, HERMAN GOSS, RUTH ANN GOSS, LOUISE RICHARDSON GOSS, WILLIAM HENRY GOSS, JR., CATHERINE G. RICHARDSON, ANGELA G. GOODWATER, LARRY GOSS, DEBORAH FORREST, MARTHA GOSS, MELISSA JOHNSON, WENDELL RICHARDSON, FRANCES GOSS, JR., ROTESSIA BROWN, VGONDA BROWN, GEORGE EDWARD GOSS, BARBARA G. BROWN, BERNICE SMALL WILDER, WILLIE SMALL, EVERLENA WALKER, MARTHA WILDER, ROSE BROWN, BERNICE SMALL WILDER, HELEN BROWN DAVIS, MILDRED YOUNG, LOUISE YOUNG, BOOTSIE SANDERS, BENJAMIN CHISOLM, JR., JONATHAN C HISOLM, VIRGINIA CHISOLM, NATHANIEL CHISOLM, MOSES CHISOLM, EUALEE PERRINE, ALBERT PERRINE, FRED CHISOLM, JR., VIVIAN INGRAM, LUCILLE CHISOLM, ARNOLD CHISOLM, LEON CHISOLM, AUDREY McAGEE, JESSE CHISOLM, RONALD MIDDLETON, ELIZABETH MIDDLETON, BRENDA SINGLETON, HERBERT MIDDLETON, JR., SHARON MIDDLETON, JULIUS CHISOLM, JOHN CHISOLM, MARY L. CHISOLM, JAMES CHISOLM, MATTIE BELL C. HAMILTON, LILLIE MAE C. HEYWARD, MARGARET C. WHINE, HELEN C. FLYNN, RUFUS CHISOLM, JR., NELLIE CHISOLM, DEBORAH SHARON CHISOLM, SAMUEL BERNARD CHISOLM, RACHEL CHISOLM CLEGHORNE, EMILIE CHISOLM NELSON, ROSALEE CHISOLM, ANNA CHISOLM, AUDREY CHISOLM WILLIAMSON, EMILIE CHISOLM GOOD, SAMANTHA BARNES, GEORGE PRIOLEAU, VIRGIL CROMWELL, ANNETTE BROWN, FRANK BROWN, FREDDA BROWN, LISA BROWN, JOSEPH BROWN, ALPHONSO BROWN, JR., DOROTHY BROWN MERRITT, JEWELL BROWN, RUTHA MAE GILLIARD, AFRED GOURDINE, LEWIS GOURDINE, CAROLYN ADAMS, LORETTA WALKER, VERNELL STANLEY, CLARA ARTHUR, JULIUS GOURDINE, ELIZABETH SCOTT, ALBERTHA DELESTON HAMILTON, GORDON BROWN, FLORENCE GRANT, ETHEL GRANT, HELEN PINCKNEY, LILLIAN B. FRASIER, GAIL WILDER, SCYPIO G. BROWN, THOMAS SMALLS, EARL SMALLS, CATHERINE SMALLS, ROSA SMALLS HARLEY, MARY FRANCES CHISOLM, WALTER CHISOLM, JEFFERSON CHISOLM, JR., HARRY CHISOLM, LUCILLE CHISOLM, LEROY CHISOLM, ANNA CHISOLM, LANOLA CHISOLM, HENRY CHISOLM, REMUS CHISOLM, MATTIE SCOTT, GWENDOLYN LAW, BARBARA STEPHENS, BOBBY CHAMPAIGNE, PAULETTE SNIPES, CATHIA LEE WASHINGTON, CLAYTON CHISOLM, CLARICE SEGARS, CLOVIA CHISOLM, ROSCOE BIGGS, CANDICE CHISOLM, ROSIE BIGGS CHISOLM, RITA BIGGS CHISOLM, PATRICIA CHISOLM, SAMUEL CHISOLM, JAMES HEYWARD, ROBERT HEYWARD, MARTHA P. FIELDS, SAMMIE WILSON, NATHANIEL WILSON, FREDDIE RICHARDSON, JOHN DOE AND MARY ROE being fictitious names used to designate the unknown heirs at law distributes, devisees, legatees, widow, widowers, successors and assigns, if any of JOHN CHISOLM, (deceased) and the following deceased individuals: ELIZABETH C. HOWARD, DANIEL CHISOLM,
FORTUNE CHISOLM, PAUL
CHISOLM, JAMES CHISOLM, CLARA CHISOLM, ROSA CHISOLM, BEN CHISOLM, JOHN CHISOLM, SR., ELLEN CHISOLM, MAGGIE CHISOLM, GEORGE HOWARD, ANNA
H. RICHARDSON, BLOSSOM
H. WASHINGTON, JULIUS
HOWARD, FREDDIE HOWARD, AMOS HOWARD, EDGAR HOWARD, BLANCHE HOWARD
WEST, PINK HOWARD FEEDIE
HOWARD, REBECCA CHISOLM, THOMAS CHISOLM, ROSE CHISOLM, JANIE CHISOLM, ANNA CHISOLM, HELEN CHISOLM, RUTH CHIDOLM, ELOISE CHISOLM GLADDEN, ROBERT C. GLADDEN, WILLIAM GLADDEN, HERBERT GLADDEN, JAMES GLADDEN, ROBERT GLADDEN, ESTER CHISOLM
GOSS, HORACE GOSS, SR., BEN GOSS, YVONNE GOSS, SAMUEL GOSS, SAMUEL GOSS, JR., HORACE GOSS, JR., QUEEN
ESTER GOSS, JAMES GOSS, HERMAN GOSS, RUTH RIVERS GOSS, HERMAN HAMILTON, RONALD GOSS, WILLIAM HENRY GOSS, QUEEN ESTER GOSS, THOMAS GOSS, FRANCIS GOSS, EMMA JULIA CHISOLM SMALL, HAROLD SMALL, ANNA CHISOLM SMITH, MARY CROMWELL, ASA LEE CHISOLM BROWN, GEORGE CHISOLM, SAMMY CHISOLM, JULIA BELL CHISOLM YOUNG, MATTIE CHISOLM SMALLS, BENJAMIN CHISOLM, ALEXANDER CHISOLM, DOTTIE CHISOLM, EDWARD CHISOLM, OSSIE CHISOLM, AGNES CHISOLM GIBBS, EDDIE PERRINE, FRED CHISOLM, SR., ARTHUR LEE CHISOLM, HENRY CHISOLM, ELIZABETH CHISOLM MIDDLETON, HERBERT MIDDLETON, ROSA CHISOLM WATSON, SUSIE CHISOLM SEGAR, MARY CHISOLM CROMWELL, MARTHA CHISOLM GILLIARD, BENJAMIN CHISOLM, LEROY JAMES CHISOLM, LAVINIA
SEABROOK CHISOLM, RUFUS CHISOLM, SARAH ANN SMALLS, NATHANIEL CHISOLM, LITTLE SISTER, FRANCES CHISOLM, JACK CHISOLM, JAYGO CHISOLM, SAMUEL CHISOLM, MARY DRAYTON CHISOLM, MARGARET CHISOLM, RENA CHSOLM BARNES, THURMAN BARNES, ARTHUR CHISOLM, KATE CHISOLM, CLARA CHISOLM, REBECCA PRIOLEAU, JACOB PRIOLEAU, SAMUEL PRIOLEAU, MELVINA BARNWELL, GEORGETTA HENDERSON, EARL HENDERSON, FRANK BROWN, FRANK BROWN, JR., ALPHONSO BROWN, LOUIS BROWN, DANIEL BROWN, EARLINE GOURDINE, JAMES BROWN, BESSIE BROWN, McKEEVER BROWN, ORA LEE BROWN, DAISY SMALLS, ROSA CHISOLM, AMANDA SMALLS BROWN, JOE SMALLS, JOSIAH SMALLS, VICTORIA SMALLS, ELIAS SMALLS, JR., JACK SMALLS, HENRY SMALLS, THOMAS SMALLS, JEFFERSON CHISOLM, EUGENE CHISOLM, ETHEL MAE CHISOLM, TOMMY CHISOLM, MACKEY CHISOLM, MARIE CHISOLM, ELOISE CHISOLM, ESTELLE C. HEYWARD ROSA
C. REED, HAZEL CHISOLM CHAMPAIGNE, HATTIE C. TILLMAN, JOHN CHISOLM, JR., JOSIAH CHISOLM, CLARENCE CHISOLM, ELIZABETH C. CROMWELL, LELIA CHISOLM WILDER, FRANCES HEYWARD, IDA GREEN, ELIZABETH CHISOLM MIDDLETON, & OLIVER GREEN and all other persons unknown claiming by, through or under them or having or claiming any interest in the real estate described in the Complaint, whether infants, incompetents, insane persons under any other disability, Defendants. NOTICE OF HEARING
TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that a hearing in the captioned case has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. before the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough, Charleston County Master in Equity, at the Charleston County Judicial Center, 100 Broad Street, Courtroom 2A, Charleston, S.C.
The purpose of the hearing is to account for the income and expenses connected with the partition of the Grimball Road lots in this case; identify current heirs; seek approval of attorney’s fees and litigation cost and authorization to disburse proceeds to the heirs of John Chisolm.
PLEASE ATTEND THE HEARING IF YOU ARE SO MINDED.
/s/ Arthur C. McFarland Attorney for Plaintiff Charleston, S.C.
March 17, 2025
TO THE DEFENDANT KIM REYNOLDS 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, 1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 407, Columbia, SC 29204 or P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:
1-800-Pack-Rat (SCCharleston-5472) 7704 South Rail Road Charleston, SC 29420 877-774-1537
Notice of Sale
Tenant: Unit # Armstrong/Haneman, Alexandra/Deirdre 802309
Corbin, Lori D02400 England, Danielle D58251 Greene, Calvin D03086
Lachniet, Jay D67495 Nesmith, Mattie B60336 Tibbs, Connie 801959 Tibbs, Connie D56125 Tyner, Andrea D70427 Jalen Gomez (LDM) D72547 Miranda Garcia (LDM) D58968 Shannon Leavenworth (LDM) D59193
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. All these items of personal property are being sold pursuant to the assertion of the lien on 4/23/2025 at 10:00 AM in order to collect the amounts due from you. The sale will take place on www.storagetreasures.com from 4/23/2025 to 4/30/2025 at 12:00 PM
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-01022
NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF, VS. John Randall Lupton a/k/a John Lupton; Carla C. Lupton a/k/a Carla Covar Lupton a/k/a Carla Lupton; CLTBuyers, LLC; Family Owned Property Management, LLC; Kim Reynolds; Directed Trust Company FBO Pedro Munoz IRA; and Shadowmoss Plantation Homeowners` Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S). (251136.00092)
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT
the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:
ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, together with any and all improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina and more particularly shown and delineated as Lot 32, Sienna at Bee’s Landing, Phase 2, on a
Final Plat of aforesaid subdivision prepared by Trico Engineering Consultants, Inc., dated July 26, 2001, recorded in Plat Cabinet EF, Slide 358, Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, and said lot having such boundaries and measurements as shown on the above described plat, which is specifically incorporated by reference herein.
Subject to any and all restrictive covenants, easements and right-ofway of record.
Being the same property conveyed to Richard C. Gallier by deed of Palmetto Traditional Homes LLC, dated October 31, 2002, and recorded November 13, 2002 in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Book N425, at Page 796.
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 24, 2025.
SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.
By: _/s/Angelia J. Grant
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 1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 407 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340
March 28, 2025
NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2023-CP-10-4595
By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Sienna at Grand Oaks Homeowners Association, Inc., Plaintiff, against Richard C. Gallier, Defendant;
I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on June 3, 2025 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 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 that certain mortgage lien held by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Generation Mortgage Company, and/or Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in the original amount of $273,000.00 dated July 21, 2011, and recorded July 29, 2011, in Book 0199 at Page 618 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office.
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
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