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“A poetic exploration that blends futuristic elements with sounds of blackness. Honest story telling mixed with the intangible feeling that music gifts us. The journey is met with much reflection and realization. Written from deep inside of the darkness, but I wasn’t in any danger of losing myself.

An Inside Look...

“The Silent Film” : All the things we fight to keep silent as if we don’t suffer from the same things. Each stanza is told from the perspective of a character from the Wizard of Oz. (Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Dorothy)

“The Sober Friend” : Dissecting the mind of those who experience the height of “the trips” from the ground level. The toll it takes, always waiting for your friends to come down.

“Delusion, USA” : A deep reimagining of Psalm 107.

“There Will be a Burning Desire to Burn the Place” : This piece is a spin off of a poem titled “Son of Bernadine” published in my 2020 collection “Carpool to the Moon.” Both inspired by the 1995 film “Waiting to Exhale”.

“Blood is Slicker than Oil” : The moment your eyes enlarge from the realization that you’ve been set up beautifully. You may be able to escape the trap, but the shock holds you still.

Ben Sinderman, owner of Permanent Yield, a Charleston-based regenerative landscaping company, explains how native plants nurture a maturing Santa Rosa plum tree at a home in Mount Pleasant.

How your yard can become a thriving food forest

By Herb Frazier

A Mount Pleasant couple transformed their grassy backyard into a lush food forest with maturing fruit trees and gardens that yield vegetables and herbs.

“High-quality, nourishing food is the most important thing for our health and wellbeing,” said Patrick Nienaber. “The food in the grocery store has been dying for weeks, but fresh off the vine is the way to go.”

His partner, Wilmington, N.C., native Beth French, remembers how her grandmother sustained herself from a backyard garden at her home in Ohio.

“When we sat at her table, our dinners were ears of corn, tomatoes, potatoes and that is how I eat growing up.”

French and Nienaber are honoring the home-grown vegetables tradition of gardening with an added twist — fruit trees.

Fruit trees are the foundation of their garden, which gets help from native greenery that nourishes the trees in a food forest that

“Grass is the biggest crop grown in the United States. It is wasted space.” —Ben

Sinderman

requires minimal human attention.

A different way to grow food

The idea for this unique gardening style comes from Permanent Yield, a Charlestonbased regenerative landscaping company that Ben Sinderman launched in 2022 after he became disenchanted with growing vegetables at a local indoor hydroponic farm.

“Grass is the biggest crop grown in the United States,” he said. “It is wasted space. That is why I am focusing on backyards to have reciprocity with nature to create land-

The Rundown

Scholarship fund celebrates 550 students

Meeting Street Scholarship Fund ’s annual Celebration Summit last week honored 550 new recipients of the scholarship’s up to $40,000. The event saw 800 attendees.

“There are few places in America where a gathering like today takes place,” said Josh Bell, president of Beemok Education, which includes Meeting Street Schools and the Excellence in Teaching Awards.

“The Meeting Street Scholarship believes in its recipients and their potential, and the opportunities it creates for students will strengthen our future and society itself.”

The Meeting Street Scholarship Fund, founded in 2021 by philanthropists Ben and Kelly Navarro, offers up to $40,000 for college to hardworking students with demonstrated financial need. More than 1,500 students have received scholarships, and donors have committed to $60 million in financial aid. —Skyler Baldwin

“Every example cited by [U.S. Sen. Tim Scott] has failed to show the Congressional Budget Office was wrong. … Maybe that counts as an achievement in Scott’s office.”

scapes that produce food for future generations,” he said.

Much of the food production in South Carolina is row crops, and a few farmers have perennial fruit trees, he said. But none of it is designed for people like the FrenchNienaber family, who are one of his seven food forest clients mostly in the Lowcountry.

Each garden starts with a vegetable garden that gives a harvest the first season as the perennial fruit trees in the food forest mature, Sinderman said. “The fruit trees usually mature in four years, and then you can start harvesting fruit,” he said.

In the two years after installing their food forest, French and Nienaber are picking tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, cabbage, broccoli and arugula. Their fruit trees are already producing some Santa Rosa plums, Anna apples, Dorsett apples and Brown Turkey figs.

The base of each fruit tree is surrounded with plants that benefit the

—A June 16 Washington Post report on U.S. Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) video attacking the Congressional Budget Office. Author Glenn Kessler analyzed the video line by line, adding up to nine falsehoods spoken in about a minute.

Source: The Washington Post

CP GROCERY TRACKER

June 20–June 27, 2025

Numbers are based on weekly average costs nationwide.

Milk (half-gallon): $1.57 ( $0.19)

Cheese (8-ounce block): $2.74 ( $0.05)

Eggs (dozen, large white): $3.48 ( $0.04)

Bananas (per pound): $0.57 (no change)

Avocados (each): $1.23 ( $0.17)

Gas (per gallon, S.C. avg.): $2.861 ( $0.063)

Sources: ams.usda.gov, gasprices.aaa.com

Herb Frazier

S.C. Democrats see need for modernization, reform

By Jack O’Toole

For Democrats in South Carolina and around the country, the numbers are stark — and daunting.

In the Palmetto State, Republicans have controlled every statewide elected office for 20 years and now command supermajorities in both chambers of the state legislature. Nationally, they hold the presidency and both houses of Congress.

And since President Donald Trump’s reelection last November, Democrats’ polling numbers have plummeted to their lowest in a generation, with only 27% of Americans approving of the party (compared to 39% for Republicans), according to a March NBC News poll. What’s worse, Democrats say, is the continuing erosion of support among working class and male voters of all ages, races and ethnicities.

Looking at those numbers, some South Carolina Democrats say it’s time for their party to take a long look in the mirror. For too long, they say, national Democrats have shrunk from the political fight — and allowed themselves to be defined by their Republican opponents.

“Right now, the Republicans say Democrats are calling for violence in the streets,” Charleston Democratic Sen. Ed Sutton said. “There ain’t a single damn elected Democrat in South Carolina who’s calling for violence — not one. We’ve got to do a better job of defining who we are and what we stand for.”

But to do that, he argued, national Democrats will have to let go of the language and litmus tests that have pushed the party’s traditional working class base into the GOP.

“The message that plays in New York and California doesn’t play here in South Carolina,” Sutton said. “The party needs to get back to talking more like working people and less like college professors.”

Even more, he said, it’s about meeting voters where they are.

“The average voter is just trying to pay the bills,” he said. “They’re not looking for a TED Talk on pronouns. Talking down to people and then asking them to vote for you just doesn’t work.”

A moderate Democratic majority

Winthrop University political scientist and pollster Scott Huffmon says there’s recent evidence to support the idea that Democrats would benefit from a less ideological approach.

“In our latest Winthrop poll, we asked people what kind of party they prefer,” Huffmon said. “And a number of Democrats said they’d like a more moderate party.” Specifically, the poll found 80% of S.C.

Democrats would favor a party that was somewhere between “moderately liberal” and “moderately conservative,” with only 13% choosing “extreme liberal.”

Those numbers, Huffmon noted, are primarily driven by Black voters, who tend to be more religious and culturally moderate than the average national Democrat.

“When it comes to some of those thorny social issues nationally, that makes it a little more tricky for state politics,” Huffmon said. “[The] old maxim that ‘all politics is local’ is no longer true. In fact, it’s the opposite of true. Even local politics is national now.”

Richland County Democratic State Rep. Jermaine Johnson, who’s announced he’s considering a run for governor next year, said he sees the same issues among his constituents.

“The top of the Democratic Party isn’t listening to the bottom of the Democratic Party,” Johnson said. “Most people are just working-class people struggling the way my family has struggled, and the national [Democratic] brand has gotten away from everyday citizens.”

To solve that problem, he said, state Democrats will have to start communicating their values much more clearly.

“We’ve done a horrible job of distancing ourselves from the national political narrative,” Johnson said. “People in South Carolina don’t look at us as regular Democrats going to church and work and school. They look at us as AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez), Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, [and] that’s not who we are.”

In particular, he says, Democrats need to refocus on core issues that every voter cares about, and put less emphasis on social issues.

“I want to talk about why that pothole’s been in your road for years, and why our schools and infrastructure are crumbling,” Johnson said. “Those are issues we need to be addressing, not DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] or abortion or which bathroom I have to use.”

In the trenches

State Democratic campaign professionals agree their candidates need room to diverge

City council approves contract with Charleston Animal Society

By Skyler Baldwin

Charleston City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting unanimously approved a new contract with the Charleston Animal Society that will have the city pay nearly $1 million per year for the animal shelter’s services.

The contract comes in the wake of a years-long battle with Charleston County over what the shelter called “insufficient support” for its ongoing work with the county’s animal population.

Charleston Animal Society (CAS) takes in over 90% of the animals in Charleston County, according to shelter president Joe Elmore. Most other shelters of its kind are government operated, like shelters in Greenville, Horry County, Columbia and elsewhere, and are supplemented by some nonprofit organizations.

But after nearly half a century of assuming financial responsibility for all the county’s animals, Charleston County in 2019 relinquished that responsibility for animal control officers. In 2024, it relinquished responsibility for all animals coming in from citizens in incorporated municipalities.

“It has thrown us into this predicament of having to immediately go out and negotiate contracts with Mount Pleasant, Charleston, North Charleston,” Elmore said.

A contract with Mount Pleasant has already been finalized and approved, and Tuesday night’s vote established the partnership between CAS and the city of Charleston. The total contract amount for 2025 is $991,518, which was not anticipated in the city’s annual budget. General fund reserves will be used to cover the cost.

Cost estimations are based on the average cost of care for animals at the shelter. The shelter takes in over 10,000 animals every year, with an average cost of about $543, Elmore said, with only a portion of those animals coming from the city of Charleston.

“Spay and neuter alone can run you between $500 and $1,200,” Elmore said. “They’re getting that, plus boarding, all the vaccinations, veterinary assessments, basic treatments. Typically, a dog in the private sector may cost around $4,300 to $5,000 for all of that. We’re charging the city $543.

“It’s a really good break,” he added. “We’re giving heavy discounts to the city governments. … It’s good for us, it’s good for the city,

“We’re giving heavy discounts to the city governments. … It’s good for us, it’s good for the city, and that means it’s good for the animals.”

—CAS President Joe Elmore

and that means it’s good for the animals.”

If costs associated with animal care from the city of Charleston exceed the contract amount, the city will pay the difference. And should the costs fall short, CAS will pay the city back.

Ongoing challenges

Contract negotiations with North Charleston hit a snag, Elmore said.

“The city believes that it has transferred land to us in agreement for us taking animals from North Charleston free of charge,” he said. “That has never been the case. There is no documentation for that.”

Even if that were true, Elmore added, the appraisal for the land is roughly $1.8 million. The annual cost for North Charleston animals alone is more than $2 million. About half the animals that CAS takes in come from North Charleston.

Elmore said that these painful negotiations could have been avoided had the shelter been able to work out a deal with the county.

“We just keep getting caught in the middle,” he said. “What we keep running into with these municipal governments is,

‘Well if everyone in Charleston County is paying county taxes, why is Charleston County only assuming financial responsibility for some of those citizens?’ But we have no control over that, and we keep getting drawn into the crossfire.”

And at the same time, Elmore said, the shelter is still owed money from the county for animals they took in at the end of 2024.

“We established an agreement after exhaustive time spent negotiating with Charleston County. So we are in a contract with them for the unincorporated areas of Charleston County; however, since Dec. 1, we still accepted animals from the citizens in good faith. We haven’t been paid for that yet. It’s been six months, so it’s really causing significant financial distress to us.

“We have had verbal conversations with the county, reassuring us that yes, they want to cover the citizens for December. But it’s been six months.”

1,000+ gather for ‘No Kings’ protest

More than 1,000 people crowded into Hampton Park downtown on Saturday, June 14 to protest President Donald Trump and his administration’s government overreach. Protestors brandished creative signs that offered slogans like “Resist Fascism” and “Jesus would be flipping tables at this point.” To see more photos from the event, visit charlestoncitypaper.com.

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from the national party on some issues, though they stress the nuts and bolts of making that strategy work.

One veteran Democratic operative was blunt about the challenge, particularly in a fragmented media environment where the audience for TikTok videos and podcasts dwarfs that of traditional newspapers and TV.

“We’re not talking to people where they are,” he said. “And on the few occasions when we do, we’re usually talking about somebody else’s problem.”

Political consultant and former S.C. Democratic Party Chair Trav Robertson said he sees many of the same challenges, but keeps the focus on individual campaigns and candidates.

“There’s no question that in today’s world,

everything is integrated and intertwined,” Robertson said. “But if you’ve got very good candidates and a good organization, you can still cut through that stuff and communicate with your voters. Is that difficult? Yes. Is it impossible? No.”

What’s more, he says, it’s important to not lose sight of traditional Democratic commitments in the process.

“We’re the party that stands up for everyone’s rights and everyone’s freedoms,” Robertson said. “The problem is to not throw out the baby with the bathwater.”

But regardless of the messaging nuances, he said, it still comes down to candidates, campaigns and a willingness to push back on the other side’s narrative — and that’s what most needs to change.

“At the end of the day, Republicans do a better job of branding Democrats,” he said. “And too many Democrats don’t fight back.”

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James Island gets two more historic markers

By City Paper staff

Two new historic markers on James Island now mark the site of a Black farmers cooperative and a six-hole golf course that catered to Black golfers.

The Town of James Island sponsored the marker that honors the history of the Seashore Farmers Lodge No. 767 at 1898 Old Sol Legare Road.

Chartered in 1906 with the International Liberty Union and built in 1915 by independent Black farmers, the lodge provided resources for its members, including health and life insurance, farming supplies and educational opportunities.

It also hosted annual parades, community gatherings, vacation bible schools and raised funds to help families through hard times. In recognition of its historical significance, the lodge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

“The Seashore Farmers Lodge is part of what makes James Island so special,” James Island Mayor Brook Lyon said in a press release. “We’re honored to help celebrate its long and proud history.”

A link to the past

The Seashore Farmers Lodge joined the Smalls, Walker, Craft, Urie and Frazier

Richard Smalls Jr. (center) is flanked by Daniel E. Martin Jr. (right) and his son, Daniel E. Martin III during a recent ceremony to unveil a historic marker at the site of the former Little Rock Golf Club on James Island. The late Richard Small Sr. founded the Little Rock in 1953.

families to sponsor a marker at the site of the former Little Rock Golf Club. When the Charleston Municipal

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trees, Sinderman said.

The Santa Rosa plum, for example, is surrounded with mint, lavender, yarrow and sun choke — native plants that provide different benefits, he said. “The mint attracts pollinators, and it serves as a natural fertilizer” while other plants repel insects, he explained.

The miniature self-sustaining ecosystem of fruit trees with supporting plants is called a permaculture tree guild. It mimics the natural interactions in a forest, where clustered plants support the group’s growth and health, he said.

A tree guild, which can vary in size, does not require much maintenance, he said.

“The most important thing is the pruning of the trees,” he added. Over time, the ground-cover plants block the sunlight to cut off weed growth.

Nienaber added that much of the effort comes at the beginning and when Sinderman installs the gardens. “He encourages us to work with him to be part of the process and to learn because he is teaching the whole time,” Nienaber said.

After the plants and trees are installed, they create an energy that draws the

Golf Course was closed to Black golfers, Richard Smalls built the Little Rock for Black golfers.

Smalls had worked as a caddy at the Whites-only Country Club of Charleston. He used his knowledge of golf to design a six-hole course on eight aces in the Grimball Farms community.

The course opened in 1953, and Smalls charged golfers $2 to play the six par-3 and par-4 holes. It featured a club house, bar and an eight-room motel.

Smalls named the course Little Rock supposedly after he and the men in the community who helped him build the course found pebbles scattered on the land.

In 1958, golfers met at the Little Rock’s clubhouse to begin planning an effort to desegregate the city’s golf course.

They sued the city. A judge in 1961 opened the course to Black golfers. Business at the Little Rock declined, but the course stayed open until Smalls’s death in 1973.

The Little Rock Golf Course has been replaced with Fairway Villas, a small subdivision at the end of Little Rock Boulevard near Grimball Road.

“Integration was good, but it hurt my father’s golf course,” said Richard Smalls Jr. of Charleston. “I don’t know if he had regrets. As long as he could play golf after he came back from fishing, he was happy.”

natural environment into the yard “with all the insects, the butterflies and dragon flies,” Nienaber said with excitement. “The life that is created, you feel it.”

A nonprofit mission

Sinderman is in the process of forming a nonprofit organization that he will call Food For Every Yard. He wants to plant 150 fruit trees in the Lowcountry by the end of the year.

He’s currently seeking partners and funders for it.

“Studies show that food grown in living soil and natural ecosystems carries its own microbiome, which plays a critical role in supporting human gut health and overall well-being,” he said.

Sinderman also said he wants to empower homeowners to grow their own nutrient-dense food “to help people reconnect with the land, regenerate health from the soil up and cultivate resilient neighborhoods.”

He admits that one tree is not going to feed a family. “This goes beyond having the food in your yard,” he said. “It is about getting people back out in nature and having something people can have in common with each other.”

Blotter of the Week

A Mount Pleasant man on June 7 told town police that another driver on Anna Knapp Boulevard tried to run him off the road. Then he reportedly reached into the man’s vehicle to try to take his hat and ultimately threw a seashell into the bed of his truck. There was no visible damage to the truck, and hey, the victim got a free seashell out of the interaction. Maybe Santa is just a bit hot-headed during the summer months.

Potty patrol

Charleston police on June 7 received a call from a West Ashley man concerned that he ran over “unknown biohazard material” on Wesley Drive near S.C. Highway 61. The man told the police that an unknown port-apotty company drives through the area every morning, leaking “fluids” in the roadway. All right, guys, this is serious business. We’re going to need your No. 1 AND your No. 2 guys on this.

Actually the worst option

North Charleston police on June 8 discovered an apparently drunken man asleep on the train tracks at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Clifton Street. Police helped him off the tracks and arrested him for public intoxication. Of all the places to pass out while drunk in public, train tracks have to be the actual worst on the list.

By Skyler Baldwin

Illustration by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between June 6 and June 8. SPONSORED BY

Photos by Herb Frazier

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Eleven-year-old Charlie French of Mount Pleasant picks a tomato from the vine growing in his family’s backyard. His mother, Beth French, said her son likes to show off the garden to his friends.

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LINGERIE

A law not enforced, a fight not needed

Famed British writer and wit Oscar Wilde once described the notoriously cruel sport of fox hunting — a popular pastime among the not-sonoble noblemen of his era — as “the unspeakable chasing the uneatable.”

South Carolinians who’ve been watching state Attorney General Alan Wilson’s months-long pursuit of the city of Columbia over its ordinance banning conversion-therapy quackery could be forgiven for viewing the whole ambitionsoaked spectacle with similar contempt. Because at this point, it’s all just a culture war fox hunt for the benefit of Republican primary voters.

And what’s worse, this week’s bitter and divided Columbia City Council vote to repeal the ban will only whet the appetite of Wilson’s hunting party heading into next year’s elections.

But before we get to the politics — and as always these days, you can safely bet your last dollar that that’s what this contrived controversy is all about — let’s briefly back up to see how we got here.

The story, like so many tales of no good deed going unpunished, begins in 2021, when the citizens and leaders of Columbia saw a wrong and tried to right it. Specifically, the wrong they saw was the thoroughly discredited practice of so-called conversion therapy for minors — a meanspirited lie that promises to make gay and trans teenagers, well, not gay or trans anymore. Or at least to convince them to smile politely while they get pushed back into the closet.

So Columbia City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting licensed counselors from providing the service. And perhaps understanding that it might violate state law, which preempts cities from regulating medical therapies, they let it stand, largely unenforced, as a symbol of the city’s values.

Which was good enough for Wilson and his fellow culture warriors in the legislature for the next four years. After all, they all know a thing or two about leaving unenforced laws on the books. In fact, Wilson himself had to settle a 2022 lawsuit by removing violators of the state’s 1712 sodomy law from the state’s sex offender registry — a law that was found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court more than 20 years ago and remains in the state code to this day.

But with Gov. Henry McMaster term-limited going into next year’s elections, Wilson apparently wasn’t going to let rank hypocrisy get in the way of his shameless courting of culturally conservative GOP primary voters. So he fired off a letter to the city of Columbia in April demanding that the ordinance be repealed. And the legislature piled on by holding nearly $4 million in state aid hostage if the city refused to back down.

So here we stand, watching as Wilson and his salivating hounds in the Statehouse finish off their Columbia fox in the name of upholding the law. Talk about unspeakable.

If there’s any conversion therapy South Carolina really needs these days, it’s political — the kind that turns a 2026 gubernatorial campaign into a long goodbye.

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.

Charleston gay community fights cultural cleansing

By Harlan Greene

The past, the old joke goes, is not what it used to be. But it’s also not funny anymore: LGBTQ history is being targeted in a national government purge, wiping out web pages and censoring libraries, an ethnic cleansing of a very diverse story.

Here in the South, historians and archivists are warning community members about donating queer-related materials to repositories whose web addresses end in .edu or are funded by state legislatures targeting LGBTQ issues and trans people especially, as is happening in S.C. The fear is that orders will come to dump these collections, or that collecting will no longer be robust, out of fear of drawing too much attention to the issue.

Even before diversity, equity and inclusion became taboo, one local academic library turned back the papers of a queer man, claiming his libertarian organization was anti-Black. It wasn’t — he closed it down and publicly repudiated the bigots and homophobes who had flocked to it — yet earnest (straight), tone-deaf staffers insisted on keeping the shelves sanctified and safe (and empty) by mounting a protest against a few folders of printouts of web pages and newspaper clippings. They drove a divisive spike between the Black and LGBTQ communities, resulting in gay erasure and queer baiting. So, we lost that really interesting bit of queer Charleston political history.

In my 2022 book on local LGBTQ history, I concluded that gay organizing (as it was called then) seemed to have begun when the first gay newspaper appeared here around 1981. I had seen a tantalizing hint of a previous organization, but the traces left behind were unrecoverable, I believed. Not so! Thanks to materials in the archives of the S.C. Historical Society, a private nonprofit dedicated to telling everyone’s story, we can now push back the date of the community’s first organizing attempts by a good five years to 1976.

Forty-nine years ago as this country was celebrating its bicentennial, there was a surge in our revolutionary spirit.

Forty-nine years ago as this country was celebrating its bicentennial, there was a surge in our revolutionary spirit. When our local newspaper published an op-ed on the “moral abdomination” of homosexuality, Catholic priest Father Michael Kaney wrote a reply, repudiating its facts and innuendos (and correcting the spelling!). He and the others who bravely outed themselves in print founded what now I believe to be the first gay publication to rally the troops.

In the White Point Gazette, Kaney, Timothy Sloane, Jimi Shealey, David Mooneyhan and others wrote of national news, put out warnings and advised of local opportunities, showing strength in numbers and countering the narrative that the mainstream press and most political and religious leaders were then emphasizing. What happened to that group is unclear. But the very next year, another group appeared, calling itself the Gay Task Force and putting out the word it was organizing. But pressure was put on landlords of the building of where they were to meet. Kicked out, they rallied at the Unitarian Church, perhaps a first for queer tolerance in the local religious sphere.

Many may not remember that in 1977, the Miss USA Pageant was held in Charleston. Feminists and the local National Organization for Women chapter, with many lesbian members were incensed. They mounted a counterprotest with a Mr. USA contest, won by gay man, Terry Frick, who “had to bare his chest, show his hairy legs, be pinched, paddled and strut on stage in his clingy yellow bathing suit,” as the local press spoofingly reported it.

But the joke was on them: Frick went on to modeling in New York City. And, chagrined reporting noted that the Miss USA contest went $30,000 in the hole, while the Mr. USA pageant turned a profit. Its proceeds supported the Women’s Advocacy Center of Charleston.

No wonder with victories like that, some may want our history repressed, but now at least, it’s back in our consciousness — and before it can be censored, here it is in print, a part of the community’s annals of Pride and Protest.

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Harlan Greene is a local novelist, historian and author of The Real Rainbow Row: Explorations in Charleston’s LGBTQ History. If you have any information or contacts to help add to the Lowcountry’s queer past, contact him at harlangreene @gmail.com.

What To Do

THURSDAY

1

Clerks Cue Series: Books and Bubbles

Whether you’re into thrillers, rom-coms or memoirs, swap stories and make new literary discoveries over champagne and good company. Join the crew at Clerks Coffee Co. for a cozy and spirited book swap where you can sip, snack and score your perfect page-turner for the season. Tickets include a curated assortment of bites, a glass of bubbly and access to the community book swap. June 26. 5:30 p.m. $25/person. Hotel Emeline. 181 Church St. Downtown. hotelemeline.com

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SATURDAY

Beyond the Bottle

Join High Wire Distilling Co. founders and co-owners Ann Marshall and Scott Blackwell for an immersive and educational exploration into local brewing. Learn about the importance of the heirloom grain that is Jimmy Red Corn and how the distilling team works with researchers and farmers to rebuild a secure seed supply for one of the most flavorful whiskey corn that is grown today. Visit the farm yourself, and enjoy a family-style picnic and more as part of Charleston Wine+Food Festival.

June 21. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. $275/ticket. Shuttle Pick up at 637 Rutledge Ave. Downtown. charlestonwineandfood.com

MONDAY

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Summer oyster roast series kickoff

Guests of all ages can head to Mingo Point over the summer to enjoy feasting on fresh oysters roasted over an open fire, along with other barbecue specialties like ribs, pulled pork, smoked chicken and Lowcountry boil with all the Southern side dishes and desserts to make this a true culinary experience. Best of all, you can take in all the sights of the Kiawah River.

Mondays through Aug. 25. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Prices vary.

Kiawah Island Golf Resort. 1 Sanctuary Beach Drive. Kiawah Island. events.kiawahresort.com

TUESDAY

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Mount Pleasant Farmers Market

Founded in 1998, the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market celebrates the hard work of local farmers and makers. Head out every Tuesday through September for a local market featuring farm goods, food vendors and live music. Pick up fresh local produce, prepared meals and plenty of other goodies to stock your kitsch full.

Tuesdays. 3:30 p.m to 7 p.m. Free to attend. The Moultrie Middle School. 645 Coleman Drive. Mount Pleasant. experiencemountpleasant.com

FRIDAYS

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Fossil Fridays at Charleston Museum

Unravel the mysteries of the past with Fossil Fridays at the Charleston Museum, hosted by curator of natural history Matthew Gibson. A great opportunity for families of history lovers and dinosaur addicts, this weekly event lets you get hands-on experience with different fossils found in the Lowcountry and elsewhere.

Every Friday. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free for members; free with museum admission. Charleston Museum. 360 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonmuseum.org

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Obscure gems

Favorite area attractions aren’t on global site

By Skyler Baldwin

tlas Obscura, a national travel and exploration company that produces a daily podcast, books, TV specials and more, offers readers a chance to explore what makes travel destinations so special across the world.

Since 2009, the digital version of the publication has highlighted tourists’ favorite destinations around the country and explored hidden gems beyond the norm. In Charleston’s entry, Atlas Obscura lists 12 “cool, hidden and unusual things” to do, like visiting Rainbow Row (really?) or Drayton Hall (been there, done that).

So we’re filling in some of the gaps with the City Paper ’s top picks for our own less ordinary version of Atlas Obscura. This Charleston Obscura list is not exhaustive, as there are dozens of secret gardens and hidden spaces all over the Holy City and surrounding area that offer unique perspectives to residents and visitors looking for some off-the-beaten-path summer destinations.

Dock Street Theatre

135 Church St. Downtown.

While many people know the site of the current Dock Street Theatre has historic importance as the first place in the 13 colonies (1736) to be used as a theatre, most don’t know its site later changed hands because of a poker game.

The current structure was built in 1809 as the Planter’s Hotel. It featured prominently as a key part of the tale of two enslaved people escaping the South in Ilyon Woo’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Master Slave Husband Wife.

Later during the Great Depression after the building decayed, it was slated for destruction. After the local Pearlstine brothers reportedly won it in a poker game, they turned it over to the city of Charleston for restoration, accomplished as a Works Progress Administration project. Its grand reopening was in November 1937.

Now managed by the city of Charleston, Dock Street Theatre is home to many of the city’s cultural institutions, including the recently held Spoleto Festival USA.

The historic Dock Street Theatre in downtown Charleston was built in 1809

Photos by Ashley Stanol

Porgy House

712 West Ashley Avenue. Folly Beach.

The Porgy House on Folly Beach is a historic home closely tied to the creation of George Gershwin’s world-renowned opera Porgy and Bess. Built in 1933, the historic home was the summer retreat of author DuBose Heyward and his wife Dorothy. Gershwin reportedly stayed there during the summer of 1934 when collaborating with Heyward on the opera, which was based on Heyward’s novel Porgy

Today, the house is a quiet reminder of Folly’s artistic legacy. And as of December 2024, the house was on the market for $3 million. And as the stewardship of the Porgy House passes to a new owner, soaring home values, a lack of protection for historic homes on Folly Beach and the constant threat of hurricanes and rising waters may leave the future of the landmark at risk.

Folly Beach’s Porgy House is still on the market for just-shy of $3 million

Magnolia Cemetery

70 Cunnington Ave. Downtown.

Scores of people who made their marks on history lie in the picturesque cemeteries along the edge of a Lowcountry salt marsh. From statesmen and war heroes to pirates and poets, Magnolia has seen more than its fair share of historic burials. High-profile gravesites include civil rights hero and federal Judge J. Waties Waring, Charleston novelist and poet Josephine Lyons Scott Pinckney, S.C. jurist Andrew Gordon Magrath, former U.S. Vice President John Caldwell Calhoun and the crew of the H.L. Hunley.

A large mausoleum anchors the entrance of the cemetery before its rambling paved and dirt paths spiderweb outward, leading to hundreds of gravesites — some dating back to colonial-era Charleston.

The tranquil, if not a bit morbid, scene is compounded by the surrounding marsh as herons gently swoop across the still water and the Ravenel Bridge looms in the background against the Lowcountry sky. It’s no wonder why the cemetery, dedicated in 1850, is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Old Slave Mart

South Carolina’s last standing slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own dark history. 6 Chalmers St. Downtown.

Old City Jail

Charleston’s historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to American Civil War prisoners. 21 Magazine St. Downtown.

Drayton Hall

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in the United States that is open to the public. 3380 Ashley River Road. West Ashley.

Unitarian Church Cemetery

The cemetery at the Unitarian Church in downtown Charleston has been largely given over to nature, giving a haunting, natural feel to this historic graveyard.

4 Archdale St. Downtown.

Tavern at Rainbow Row

In the midst of the iconic Rainbow Row sits an unassuming liquor store whose history of mischief and piracy offer a counterbalance to the colorful rowhouses. 120 East Bay St. Downtown.

Waring Historical Library

The Waring Historical Library is the special collections and rare book library for the Medical University of South 175 Ashley Ave. Downtown.

Giant’s Causeway Pillar

Roughly 40,000 basalt columns formed naturally from volcanic activity along the coast of Northern Ireland. One of them rests outside Charleston’s historic Hibernian 105 Meeting St. Downtown.

Rainbow Row

Perhaps Charleston’s most recognizable landmark, this series of pastel-colored rowhouses near the historic Charleston Battery often enchants tourists and locals alike. 83-107 East Bay St. Downtown.

Fireproof Building and S.C. Historical Society

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building, ironically, almost burned down in a fire. 100 Meeting St. Downtown.

Stede Bonnet Hanging Site

Stede Bonnett, aka “The Gentleman Pirate” claimed that the nagging of his wife drove him from his home on Barbados to sail under the black flag of piracy. He was hanged at what is now White Point Garden. 2 Murray Blvd. Downtown.

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Magnolia cemetery is home to dozens of haunting memorials

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Charles Towne Landing

The historic Charles Towne Landing sits on a marshy point off the Ashley River where a group of English settlers in 1670 landed and established what would become the birthplace of South Carolina.

Visitors can interact with hands-on exhibits inside the Visitor Center and outside along the grounds. Take a walk on a self-guided history trail and see the wonders of Charleston’s natural environment surrounded by beautiful wetlands and live oaks. The grounds are home to 80 acres of gardens.

Step aboard and tour the Adventure, Charleston’s only 17th-century replica sailing ship, or visit the Animal Forest natural habitat zoo to see native wildlife the settlers would have seen like otters, bears, bison and more.

Mosquito Beach

Mosquito Beach Road. James Island.

In the early and mid 20th century, Mosquito Beach functioned as an oasis for Lowcountry African Americans during the dark days of Jim Crow segregation. Today, it remains a vibrant gathering place for the Black community, bringing people together in a demonstration of strength and resilience.

Out of the five historic “Black beaches” in Charleston County, Mosquito Beach is the only that remains virtually intact, preserving an area that serves as a reminder of the American South during the years of Jim Crow when public beaches were segregated, reserved for white residents. In September 2019, the site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Robert Smalls Memorial

Robert Smalls’ incredible story of wit and courage as he fought to escape the Confederate military transport CSS Planter during the Civil War is honored at Charleston’s Waterfront Park. Concord Street. Downtown.

Macaulay Museum of Dental History

The Macaulay Museum of Dental History, named for Dr. Neill W. Macaulay, displays a large collection of historical dental tools. The museum is closed to visitors but remains on the Atlas Obscura list. 175 Ashley Ave. Downtown.

Angel Oak

With a height of more than 65 feet and a circumference of 25 feet, this tree boasts a diameter spread of 160 feet and covers more than 17,000 square feet of ground. Local folklore tells stories of ghosts of formerly enslaved people appearing as angels around the tree. 3688 Angel Oak Road. Johns Island.

The H.L. Hunley

In 1864, this Confederate submarine, carrying a torpedo bolted onto a 16-foot spear, rammed the Union ship Housatonic and sank both vessels. It now rests at a museum in North Charleston. This August will mark the 25th anniversary of the Hunley’s historic recovery. 1250 Supply St. North Charleston.

Colonial Dorchester

From 1697 to the beginning of the Revolutionary War, the long-abandoned trading town of Dorchester flourished along the Ashley River. Only a handful of original structures remain, including the towering remains of the brick belltower of St. George’s Anglican Church and a fort built from tabby. 300 State Park Road. Summerville.

Poe’s Tavern

The enigmatic Edgar Allan Poe spent a few years in the Army under the alias Edgar A. Perry. He was stationed on Sullivan’s Island, where now stands a tavern eclectically decorated with various quotes from Poe’s work and several portraits of the late poet by several artists. 2210 Middle St. Sullivan’s Island.

Osceola’s Grave

This historic grave marks the final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida. He died in 1838 at Fort Moultrie, where he is buried. 1214 Middle St. Sullivan’s Island.

Charleston Tea Garden

The only working large-scale tea plantation remaining in the United States grows white, green and black tea on Wadmalaw Island. 6617 Maybank Highway. Wadmalaw Island.

Folly Boat

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma. Since its arrival, painting the Folly Beach boat has become a local pastime with passersby marking it up several times a day with names, pictures and anything else that comes to mind. Folly Beach.

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1500 Old Towne Road. West Ashley.

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Mosquito Beach the only historic “Black beach” still virtually intact

Perry Baker/courtesy Discover South Carolina

Take a walk through West Ashley’s picturesque Charles Towne Landing

Hot times

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Paper ’s

guide to beating the heat, staying safe in the sun

By Skyler Baldwin

It’s that time of year again, folks — when the sidewalks are cooking and the beaches are packed to the gills with people looking to catch a wave or soak up the summer sun. This year, we’re highlighting some of our favorite ways to celebrate the summer months and how to do so safely.

Catching waves

Surfing is a favorite pastime of beachgoers across the Lowcountry, especially at Folly Beach, home to one of the few all-female surf competitions in the Southeast, the Wahine Classic. Beginners can sign up for lessons from experienced instructors at local spots like Isla Surf School (named Best Surf Lessons in this year’s Best of Charleston contest), Carolina Salt, Shaka Surf School or Sol Surfers

Grab a board (from anywhere, including Costco) or rent one from one of several local shops, and head out. You generally can’t surf at lifeguarded beaches near piers, but there’s still plenty of space. At Folly, the waves are less crowded between the 4th Block West End and Folly Beach County Park. And at Isle of Palms, surfers hang out between 20th and 30th north of the pier.

The most important rule to remember for new surfers is to stay out of the way. The surfer closest to the breaking whitewater moving down the line has the right-of-way. So stay alert, and if you’re paddling next to someone who’s closer to the wave, back off. Riptides, created by longshore currents

pushing up against piers and jetties or by wave energy, can be incredibly dangerous. If you’re pushed out in a riptide, relax, flip your back face up and float or swim to ride the current out while swimming parallel to the shore. Angle for the beach when it’s safe. Eventually the current will release its grip, and you can swim back in.

Freshwater thrills

At Trophy Lakes on Johns Island, beginners can learn to water ski — and experienced skiers can drop in by the hour. But the two lakes have something for everyone — stand-up paddleboarding, cable wakeboarding, a disc golf course, a water ropes course and the Charleston Aqua Park, a floating activity course.

Stay up to date on special events like inflatable obstacle courses inspired by American Ninja Warrior, or head to the lakes for date nights. Weekly specials include family happy hours, kids wakeboard school and wake happy hour for adults.

Or head to James Island and visit the Splash Zone Waterpark at James Island

The Wahine Classic, one of the few all-female surf competitions in the Southeast, is held annually on Folly Beach

Charlesotn Aqua Park is the perfect destination for high-octane freshwater fun, with an inflatable obstacle course and plenty more on offer

Beach safety tips

Stay mindful of children near the water. Drowning is a major concern when close to the water and one of the most common preventable deaths. A child can drown in the time it takes to reply to a text, according to the American Red Cross.

Be mindful of fireworks laws and dangers. Always wear eye protection and store fireworks in a cool, dry place away from children and pets. Buying or shooting fireworks is illegal inside the city of Charleston and many other cities year-round. It is best to check local fireworks laws before you celebrate July 4 with a bang.

Apply sunscreen properly. The American Academy of Dermatology advises people of all ages to use water-resistant sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher that offers broad-spectrum protection against UVA and UVB rays.

Watch out for heatstroke. Charleston’s extreme summer heat can cause your body temperature to rise past the point of being able to cool itself. If you experience dizziness, confusion or muscle cramping, immediately go inside or into shade and drink water.

Avoid jellyfish. Venomous jellyfish and tiny immature jellies, aka “sea lice,” stings are the most common Lowcountry beach injuries. Many popularized “traditional” remedies can actually worsen stings. The best way to deal with a sting? Avoid the jellyfish altogether.

Bill Wolpert, Surf And Turf Photo file photo

Courtesy Charleston Aqua Park

County Park, the perfect destination for families looking to splash in the sun. The park features 200-foot open and tube slides, a 500-foot lazy river, a leisure pool, Caribbean play structures and more. The park is open seasonally, just visit their website for fees and hours.

Outdoor adventures

Wanting a break from the water? Get outside this summer and explore the Lowcountry’s unique natural landscape. For the avid hiker, plan a day trip along the Palmetto Trail, which extends from Awendaw along the Intracoastal Waterway to Walhalla in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Or break out your binoculars for some of the best birdwatching in the area along six miles of trails at the Caw Caw Interpretive Center near Ravenel. This site also offers educational programs and interpretive exhibits.

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Farmers markets

Get a taste of the Lowcountry’s fresh produce at a farmers market or pick-your-ownproduce farm. The Charleston Farmers Market in downtown’s Marion Square runs from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. every Saturday and highlights offerings from local farmers, tasty bites from food trucks, artisan items, live music and kids activities such as an inflatable bounce house.

The Center for Birds of Prey in Awendaw offers even more up-close looks at bird species with flight demonstrations and guided tours. At Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, find relaxation and mindfulness in nature as you explore the gardens of this Trappist monastery. Visitors can walk the grounds for free, but checking in at the

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The Charleston Pour House opens its backyard and back deck to the public for the Sunday Brunch Farmers Market. Visitors can peruse the many goods for sale while sipping a cold drink from the bar and grooving along to the band on the deck. Other markets take place on varying days throughout the area including spots in West Ashley, Mount Pleasant and more.

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The Sunday Brunch Farmers market offers goods from over 40 local farmers and makers every Sunday

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The Lowcountry offers several unique natural landscapes for local explorers

Cuisine

Female-founded Summit Grounds brings Colombian coffee beans to Charleston

By Gabriela Capestany

For Gina Cordoba, brewing a cup of coffee is a deeply personal experience, even before she pours the drink into her mug.

“My grandparents, they cultivated coffee, and my partner’s family, they actively cultivate coffee,” she explained.

Her upbringing in Colombia drove her to start Summit Grounds, a sustainable “farmto-cup” coffee company bringing bright flavors to Charleston inspired by Cordoba’s family roots.

“That is one of the main reasons why we specialize in Colombian coffee, because not only do we know the regions, we are also experts at Colombian coffees in general. That allows us to get really good coffee without compromising the quality of it,” Cordoba said.

Cordoba moved to the Charleston area when she was 14 and felt at home.

“It seemed like the perfect location for me to plant new roots. Our brand is all about honoring our traditions and the memories of those people who have cultivated coffee for years.”

Back to the farm

Working directly with farmers in Colombia is central to the mission at Summit Grounds.

“Our philosophy is to generate better opportunities for farmers and educate the public in regards to where your food is coming from.” —Gina Cordoba

“Farming in general is extremely hard labor. We feel like a lot of the time, our farmers have been underappreciated,” Cordoba stated.

“People don’t realize how much work goes into producing food. Our philosophy is to generate better opportunities for farmers and educate the public in regards to where your food is coming from.”

Unlike most large-scale coffee producers, Cordoba maintains a direct line to the farmers that grow and ship coffee beans directly to Summit Grounds for roasting here in Charleston.

“The quality of the coffee when it comes from small batches and it’s carefully roasted, especially locally, is great. The

What’s happening

The inaugural Greater Goodwill AME Church Food Truck Rodeo takes place from 5 to 8 p.m. on June 26 on the church grounds located at 2818 N. Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant. This diverse gathering of local food trucks — including Carolima’s, Mazyck Grille, Cast Iron, Tamashii and P&S New Jersey Style Cheese Steak and Subs - will offer a variety of delicious cuisines, alongside a kids zone and fresh and local produce from Freeman Farms. This event is open to the public.

From noon to 2 p.m. June 28, join chef Michael Toscano, chef and owner of the newly opened Blanca Estrada Taqueria , for a tortilla making class in the Charleston Wine + Food Festival Test Kitchen. Toscano will share his tortilla recipe and techniques as well as stories from his family’s kitchen before guests enjoy his grandmother’s molé. More: charlestonwineandfood.com.

coffee doesn’t have to continue to travel thousands and thousands of miles back and forth between roasters, the direct retail store and then to your house,” explained Cordoba. She added that when coffee is sourced directly from farmers instead of from an intermediary, “it’s a much shorter trip for the coffee, so it’s fresher as well.”

As a result, Summit Grounds is able to offer coffee with complex, bright flavors, qualities that have often been lost in the process with other supply chains.

Variety and accessibility

Summit Grounds offers between four and seven different varieties of single-origin coffee at any given time, all sourced from Colombia. Unlike a traditional blend, singleorigin roasts offer more distinct flavors originating from a single coffee bean varietal.

Cordoba said while most of the varieties offered are native to Colombia, “some of them are going to be exotic varieties. By exotic, we mean those varieties that are not typically found in a commercial setting. They’re harder to come by. We’re importing them directly as green beans here into Charleston, [and then] we’re roasting them fresh.”

Don Luchi, South Carolina’s first Black-owned Prosecco brand, will celebrate its one year anniversary with a June 28 black-tie event that starts at 6 p.m. at the Gibbes Museum of Art. Tickets give attendees access to an open bar, culinary pairings, commemorative wine glasses and sounds by Deejay Rubin. More: officialdonluchi.com.

What’s new

South Carolina will host a ceremony to unveil the 2025 Michelin Guide American South selections on Nov. 3 in Greenville, S.C. at the Peace Center. The guide recognizes excellence and quality in restaurants, and selections are made by anonymous inspectors. Restaurants from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee are eligible for the first time this year and join the existing Atlanta guide. More: michelinmedia.com.

Kellie Holmes, a longtime leader in the Charleston hospitality scene, is joining Stems & Skins as partner alongside Matt and Angie Tunstall. The wine bar heads into its ninth year in Park Circle and offers natural wines, classic cocktails and beer from around the world alongside a nightly dinner selection of Mediterranean-style plates, tinned seafood, charcuterie, and cheese. More: stemsandskins.com. —Becky Lacey

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Gina Cordoba at a cupping session in Concordia, Colombia

By Becky Lacey

Whether you’re looking to soak up cocktails from the night before or getting ready for a day at the beach, Charleston is rife with delicious breakfast sandwiches. From the classic bacon, egg and cheese to the more eclectic interpretation, the perfect breakfast egg sandwich is just a few minutes away. Alcove Market in Charleston is the place to visit if you’re taking the kids to Moultrie Playground or after a Pickleball session at the Colonial Lake courts. The market’s smoothies and juice blends will quench your thirst, but it’s the breakfast sandwich — served all day — that really hits the spot. Your choice of bagel, croissant or English muffin is served with fried egg or egg white, cheddar or American cheese and sausage or bacon.

Alcove Market is open daily from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

With locations on James Island and in West Ashley, Baguette Magic is a cult favorite for good reason. It serves a great bacon, egg and cheese with garlic aioli, but it’s the Recovery Baguette that is clutch. Two scrambled Storey Farms eggs come with bacon, prosciutto, white cheddar, tomato jam and arugula.

Baguette Magic’s West Ashley location is open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays. The Folly Road location is open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.

Bodega is a New York-inspired concept and its two locations — downtown and Mount Pleasant — serve everything from deli sandwiches and pancakes to chicken cutlet sandwiches. But it’s the

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Bodega’s The Cow will help power you through your day with double bacon, egg, cheese, home fries, ketchup and hot sauce

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One of the exotic coffees currently available at Summit Grounds is the Wush Wush variety, a rare bean that was developed in Ethiopia, but is now cultivated in Colombia as well. Once brewed, the fruity, floral cup offers a flavor that is rare to find in the Charleston area. The smooth freshness shines as a central component of the coffee.

“[I love to see] when people try their first actually fresh coffee brewed in a really specific way, because it’s so mind blowing for them,” she said.

Where to find a cup

While Summit Grounds does not currently have a brick-and-mortar location, Cordoba said customers can look for their pop-up schedule on their website or Instagram page.

“At the moment, the only set location that we have is the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market (on Tuesdays). Other than that, we partner with local breweries. We are always open to having a good conversation over a cup of coffee. During our pop-ups, we usually give samples of the coffee that we brew,” she explained.

At the heart of it all, Cordoba believes that this approach will help people in the Charleston area learn more about what goes into a quality cup.

“We’re very open to not only teaching about coffee — the process, the sourcing — but also showing videos and stories from our farmers as well,” she said.

“The whole point of this project is to connect the consumer to the source of what they consume, and for them to be aware that there is a human being behind the brand.”

Information on Summit Grounds and pop-up dates can be found at summit-grounds.com and on Instagram @summitgrounds.

Courtesy Summit Grounds

A farmer in Columbia with fresh coffee beans

A Kaiser roll is stuffed with double bacon, fried egg, American cheese, home fries, ketchup and hot sauce. Pro tip: the Mount Pleasant location has a drivethrough and is the perfect stop on the way to Sullivan’s Island.

The downtown location is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and from 8 a.m to 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. The Mount Pleasant location is open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m daily.

For those on Daniel Island, The Dime offers an array of breakfast sandwiches, but its soft scramble with burrata and basil oil on sourdough is a standout. And if you’re looking for a New Jersey staple, the pork roll, egg and American cheese sandwich will scratch that itch.

The Dime is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

Island Provisions has two locations — downtown and on Johns Island. Both offer breakfast, baked goods, salads and lunch sandwiches. The Boss breakfast sandwich balances sweet and spicy with egg soufflé, white American cheese and spicy honey on an everything bagel with your choice of bacon or sausage.

The full menu is available at the downtown location 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The Johns Island location is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Mercantile and Mash serves breakfast all day and offers everything from a Buffalo chicken biscuit to an avocado tartine, but the breakfast wrap hits the spot any time of day. A flour tortilla is stuffed with Storey Farms scrambled eggs, chorizo, black beans, smashed avocado, queso fresco, sour cream and salsa verde. A generous splash of hot sauce is highly recommended.

Mercantile and Mash is open downtown from 7 a.m to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through

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Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays.

Park Circle’s Odd Duck Market is a community-focused cafe and retail market with a small but mighty breakfast menu. For those craving an Italian twist, order the prosciutto, Storey Farm egg, arugula, aged white cheddar and Calabrian chili mayo on focaccia. And for the vegans, get the vegan egg, arugula, vegan garlic aioli and roasted tomato spread on a bagel or bialy with the option to add tempeh bacon.

Odd Duck Market is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Finally, if you are ever on Rutledge Avenue driving by Torres Superettes during lunchtime, the long line is a great indication of how beloved the food is at this Mexican tienda. While the burritos, quesadillas and

The Croque Madame is a beloved, classic French sandwich of grilled or baked ham and cheese on bread with a fried or poached egg on top. These three Charleston restaurants offer delicious versions of the famous sandwich during brunch service.

Brasserie La Banque’s version features shaved ham, Mornay sauce and a sunny-side-up egg served alongside crispy new potatoes and salade verte.

The Croque Madame at Félix Cocktails et Cuisine has Parisian ham, Gruyère cheese, Béchamel sauce and a fried Storey Farms egg on grilled sourdough served with house-cut pommes frites.

Park & Grove’s iteration serves Black Forest ham, Gruyère cheese, sunny egg, Dijon mustard and Mornay sauce with an arugula salad.

tacos are not to be missed, the breakfast torta is a fantastic way to start the day. Add eggs to the tortas de jamón, a sandwich made with ham, mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion, avocado, jalapeño and cheese.

Torres serves breakfast from 7:30 until 10:30 a.m. Mondays through Fridays.

Soft scramble with burrata and basil oil on sourdough (above) at The Dime

Photos by Andrew Cebulka

Mercantile and Mash’ breakfast wrap

The Croque Madame at Félix Cocktails et Cuisine

Culture

New Charleston Museum exhibition is fashion-forward

By Maura Hogan

What’s in fashion right now in Charleston’s cultural world? In a word, it’s fashion.

In a moment of national soul-searching, it might at first seem like a disconnect to get in touch with the outer self.

But in times weighted by complex social dynamics, style has frequently made a statement. Whether to uplift, provoke or pose questions, fashion finds its way into the conversation.

Take as a recent example the Superfine: Tailoring Black Style exhibition this year at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Images from its starstudded, brilliantly garbed gala enthralled social media for days.

One of the pieces in the Met exhibition, an 1830s jockey suit made by an enslaved plantation tailor, was borrowed from the Charleston Museum. Its Historic Textiles Collection is the largest collection in the Southeast, with more than 10,000 objects at any given time.

‘Reimagined Fashion’

The Charleston Museum has bounteous material for Reimagined Fashion: Creations of the Future Past. Through Jan. 18, 2026, the exhibition curatorially weaves layers, textures and materials in ways suggesting that in Charleston, past and present, we are what we wear.

Virginia Theerman, its curator of historic textiles, envisions fashion to be a recurring initiative, which expands a previous, onenight-only offering that took place in 2019 before her arrival the following year.

“We loved the idea of getting local creatives in to look at the collection and take advantage of this wellspring of inspiration we have here behind closed doors,” she said. Moving to Charleston, she was quickly

impressed by the creative sector, and invested in showcasing the work they are doing in this community.

“I think we’re seeing the pendulum swing back from online shopping,” she said, noting that people want to be more viscerally, tactilely involved.

With this in mind, she tapped 19 sought-after local makers spanning artistic backgrounds, methods of expression and imaginative perspectives, who have set their mind and honed their skills on everything from dressmaking to jewelry design. Theerman invited them to comb through the collection, to then fashion works inspired by the old to image something altogether new.

Fashion has a moment

The Charleston Museum is not the only esteemed local cultural hub that has lately celebrated with style. This spring, the Gibbes Museum of Art framed its annual Art Charleston five-day fest around its then-exhibition, Statement Pieces: Contemporary Fashion Design and the Gibbes Collection.

The year prior, it featured an exhibition exploring the work of the style-minded artist Ned Jennings, who was a devotee of the famously fashionable Oscar Wilde–and who was also an assistant to Laura Bragg, the Charleston Museum’s celebrated and pioneering woman director in the early 20th century.

On June 12, the International African American Museum opened its new temporary exhibition, re/Defined, which delves into the ways in which Black artists and cultural producers have shaped narratives of identity, resisted systemic erasure and redefined Blackness through art, music and movement. cludes contemporary fashion, jewelry and hair design.

ferently embellished silk dress from 1886.

The creations bridge Charleston classes. Nicholas Overstreet of Boysterous Couture fine leather accessories pays tribute to the proletariat. Selecting working-class textiles, a circa-1900 driving duster coat and circa1930 overalls–he crafted a leather bag complete with a 1920s brass mail slot, made with a mind’s eye to the workaday.

Others revive past style sensations. Jewelry artist Gina Iacovelli weaves hair into intricate patterns. Spotlighting two 1850s pieces reflective of the once-popular “hairwork” of the mid-nineteenth century, she was guided by the era’s Gibson Girl, highlighting fine strands in acrylic beads–as well the time when Charleston women made a living from such handiwork.

Indigo, hair and mail slots

At the Charleston Museum, the vitrines speak Charleston, past and present. There is, naturally, indigo–given Charlestonian Eliza Lucas Pinckney’s forays into the plant’s domestic cultivation–and the museum’s holdings of her clothes. Mother-and-daughter team, Emily and Dana Brereton imagined an updated version of a carpet bag in our city’s basic blue.

Madame Magar, who has long been elbows deep in it, devised a “Healing Gown” by tinting hospital sheets as well as incorporating hair taking its cue from hair wreaths of yesteryear, while also enfolding her own cancer experience. Gina Marie Roberts imagines Pinckney’s own journey to contemporary, using indigo denim and digital design to recreate her subject’s trademark aesthetics.

Gullah culture is on view, too. Jocelyn C. Patterson’s sweetgrass sandals reference baskets in the collection, while Shaniequa L. Washington’s cowrie shell- and sweetgrass-adorned silk gown is based on a dif-

“These women were able to own shops on King Street just by weaving hair and making wigs,” she said. Deeply interested in historic preservation, the designer is part of an international hair workers group aiming to bring back this sustainable artform.

Designer Keiko Striplin is captivated by organic forms from nature and was thus taken by a large helmet shell with its carved Victorian cameo. For the exhibition, she dreamed up a garment of undulating folds in the colors of a sea at sunset, wearable art reminiscent of the fashion house Commes des Garcons, where she worked in New York City.

Exhibition tour

There’s a great deal more to learn from this Charleston Museum exhibition – and its featured designers. At 4:30 p.m. on June 20, The Charleston Museum will host “Reimagined Fashion Designer Talks.” Theerman will provide a tour of the exhibition and field question-and-answer sessions with some of the participating local style-setters.

For more information visit charlestonmuseum.org.

Photos courtesy Charlesotn Museum

Virginia Theerman tapped 19 soughtafter local makers to help bring the focus from online shopping to more personal, physical experiences

The Vegabonds to debut new album

June 20-21 at Windjammer

By Vincent Harris

This weekend at The Windjammer, The Vegabonds, a rocking New South quintet from Nashville, will play a LOT of songs off of its new album, Young & Unafraid

And then the band will probably play a lot more songs since it is also playing at Isle of Palms’ Windjammer on Saturday night to celebrate the album’s release.

The band, which formed in 2010 at Auburn University, has been touring hard through the years and has shared stages with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gregg Allman, Blackberry Smoke, Lukas Nelson, Whiskey Myers and The Red Clay Strays, among others. So its members know there are plenty of places to play. But they chose to head to the Isle of Palms.

“We chose The Windjammer specifically (to debut the album) because it’s one of our favorites,” said Vegabonds singer/guitarist Danny Allen in a recent interview with the Charleston City Paper. “In fact, it’s my personal favorite venue in the whole country. We seem to have great crowds there every time we play, and the setting right there on the beach is unmatched.”

Bassist Paul Bruens also is a Windjammer fan.

“My favorite thing about it is that everyone that goes to that show is usually a die-hard fan,” he said on the same call. “They come from around the country to Charleston and the vibe is unmatched.”

Then Vegabonds’ drummer Bryan Harris jumped in with a more practical explanation for the two-night stand.

“I think the past two years when we’ve played, it’s been raining,” he said. “So hopefully, it won’t rain.”

New music for the New South Fans can expect a deep dive into Young & Unafraid both nights. The album, produced by longtime Vegabonds collaborator Tom Tapley (Blackberry Smoke, Pearl Jam), tells stories of heartbreak and redemption, covering the highs and lows of youth in general and the band’s past

decade on the road specifically.

“I don’t want to die with regret in my life,” Allen sings on the soaring opening anthem, “Where Do You Have To Be Tomorrow.” This kicks off a journey through ragged Southern rockers (“Till The Hurt Don’t Hurt”), heartbreaking Americana ballads (“You Never Cross My Mind”) and at least one pop-leaning gem that could be on country radio right now (“Not Today”).

Musicians tend to think that their most recent album is their best. But Young & Unafraid, the band’s sixth release, certainly feels like a standout.

“I think we’re getting back to our rock roots, where we originally started,” Allen said. “But you get some Southern rock, you get singer-songwriter stuff, you get the ballads that are maybe in that singersongwriter vein, and you also get jams and indie rock.”

Whatever the case, the muscular, roaring riff rocker “Bet The Farm” and the aforementioned “Till The Hurt Don’t Hurt” have a heavy and menacing swagger. The album in general represents a peak in the longtime collaboration between the band and producer Tom Tapley.

“We’ve been working with Tom for almost 10 years now,” Allen said. “And it just clicked really well. He’s an Alabama boy, just like the four of us. It was an automatic great fit. He understood our sound and what we were going for, so we just keep going back to him because he gets us and he sees our vision.”

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I think the closest we’ve come to a description is ‘New South Rock.’ ”

—Bryan Harris

That vision has grown increasingly expansive since The Vegabonds released its debut, Dear Revolution independently back in 2010. In fact, it felt fair to ask the band (rounded out by guitarist/pedal steel player Richard Forehand and keyboardist Beau Cooper) if “Southern rock,” the tag the band is hit with the most often as a descriptor, is still accurate, or ever was.

“We were never traditional Southern rock,” Bruens said. “That makes people think more of Lynyrd Skynyrd. We certainly take vibes and influences from that, but we mix in the modern day music world, where all the other genres have moved in.”

In fact, the band has invented its own term for what they play now. Or rather, guitarist Richard Forehand’s father did.

“I think the closest we’ve come to a description is ‘New South Rock,’ ” Harris said. “Richard’s Dad came up with that one.”

IF YOU WANT TO GO: The Vegabonds, Doors open at 6 p.m., June 20 and & 21, The Windjammer, 1008 Ocean Blvd., Isle of Palms. Tickets are $30 to$50: the-windjammer.com.

Feminism is unpeeled in The Yellow Wallpaper dance-and-theater work

Mine the many facets of femininity 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. June 20 through a new dance and theatrical exploration that includes a group work based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s 1892 feminist short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Also included is performance artist and choreographer Rachel Strickland’s one-woman, workin-progress show based on excerpts from The Monstrous Feminine Queen Street Playhouse, 20 Queen St.

DANCE

June 22 , 7 p.m.: Unbound Ballet Project and Miami’s STYX The Company partner in Collide, a new work fusing commercial dance and contemporary ballet. Building 64, 2301 Noisette Blvd., North Charleston.

VISUAL ARTS

Through Jan. 4: International African American Museum presents re/Defined: Creative Expressions of Blackness from the Diaspora, a new exhibition converging the mediums of fine art, adornment, music and storytelling. 14 Wharfside St., Charleston.

MUSIC

• June 20-21 , 6 p.m.: The Vegabonds (album release), The Windjammer

• June 21 , 8 p.m.: Aimee Mann with Jonathan Coulton, Charleston Music Hall

• June 21 , 7:30 p.m.: The Movement , The Refinery

• June 22 , 8 p.m.: Heart , North Charleston Performing Arts Center

• June 24 , 7 p.m.: Stick Figure , Credit One Stadium

• June 24 , 8 p.m.: Clutch, Charleston Music Hall

• June 25, 8 p.m.: The Fall of Troy, Music Farm

• June 26, 7:30 p.m.: Thomas Rhett , Credit One Stadium

Have arts or music news? Let us know, email arts@charlestoncitypaper.com.

Garrett Cardoso

The Vegabonds will play two shows at The Windjammer this weekend

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PLAINTIFF(S) Vs BNB Formula 164 Market #164 Charleston, SC 29401

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TO THE DEFENDANT(S) NAMED

ABOVE:

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

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If you fail to answer within the prescribed time, a judgment by default may be rendered against you for the amount or other remedy requested in the attached complaint, plus interest and costs. If you desire a jury trial, you must request one in writing at least five (5) working days prior to the date set for trial. If no jury trial is timely requested, the matter will be heard and decided by the Judge.

April 3, 2025

MASTER’S SALE CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-01122

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

BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the Circuit Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, heretofore granted in the case of

Jesse Rivera, Jr., INDIVIDUALLY and as a member and/or director by and through Exchange Club of North Charleston Project Association., Inc., f/k/a Exchange Club of North Charleston v. Estate of Norman R. “Bobby” Knight, III; North Charleston Community Interfaith Shelter, d/b/a NCCIS; Emory Infringer Construction Co.; City of North Charleston; and South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority, I the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina or my agent, will sell on 1st day of July, 2025, at 11:00 A.M., in the County Council Chambers, at the Charleston County Public Services Building, located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit: ALL those certain pieces, parcels or lots of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on the West side of South Carolina Highway No. 525 (Spruill Avenue) near Five Mile in St. Phillip and St. Michael’s Parish, County and State aforesaid, and being shown on Plat thereof made by Joseph Needle, C.E., dated March 27, 1951, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book T, Page 43 and Book W at Page 37 and being designated thereon as “Portion of “Lot V” and “Lot U.”

45 minutes, East One Hundred Seventy-One and Five Tenths (171.5) feet to a point; thence South 63 degrees West One Hundred Seventy-Five and Fifty-Eight Hundredths (175.58) feet to the South on portion of Lot P and Lot O as shown on said plat, West on Lot T, as shown on said plat and North on Burton’s Lane. Said lands are also shown and delineated on a plat made by J. O’Hear Sanders on June 30, 1965, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book “T” at Page 43, with tracing cloth copy filed in File No. 4, Drawer No. 1, Folder No. 19, Drawing No. 11.

Being the same property conveyed to North Charleston Community Interfaith Shelter by deed from Nancy Cook dated March 5, 1999 and recorded March 16, 1999, in Book N-322 at Page 484, in the RMC Office for Charleston County, SC.

TMS Number: 466-03-00-097

Property Address: 1905 Burton Lane North Charleston, SC 29405

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CHARLESTON COUNTY TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/ OR RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES, IF ANY.

TERMS OF SALE: An immediate deposit of 5% is required on the amount of the bid. The deposit will be applied to the purchase price when total compliance is made. In the event compliance is not made, the deposit shall be forfeited without further hearing and applied first to the costs and expense of the action and then to the Plaintiff’s debt. Should the successful bidder at the regularly conducted sale fail or refuse either make the required deposit at time of bid or to comply with the other terms of the bid within 30 days, then the property may be re-sold on the same terms and conditions on the same or some subsequent sales day and at the risk of the defaulting bidder. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments; existing easements or restrictions; and any other senior encumbrances, and also all other matters of record except for the liens and interests extinguished through this action. Purchaser shall pay for any statutory commission on sale from the proceeds of the final bid amount.

Purchaser to pay for deed preparation, costs of recording the deed and the satisfaction of mortgage, and transfer taxes on the deed.

Purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the premises only after Purchaser fully complies with the bid amount and a deed is issued by the Master in Equity Deficiency Judgment not being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the same terms and conditions as set forth in above or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order.

Judge Mikell R. Scarborough Master-In-Equity for Charleston County Charleston, South Carolina

June 6, 2025

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ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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

Estate of: JERRY LEE TURNER 2025-ES-10-0143

DOD: 10/31/24

Pers. Rep: TIMOTHY D. FOSTER 815 E. 6TH ST., SEDALIA, MO 65301

Atty: MORGAN BOES, ESQ. 503 N. GOOSE CREEK BLVD., GOOSE CREEK, SC 29445 ***********

Estate of: INDA B. KYZER

2025-ES-10-0966

DOD: 4/30/25

Pers. Rep: PATRICIA ANN RILES 368 CATAWBA HILL CT., WALTERBORO, SC 29488

Pers. Rep: EARL H. RHEA, III 10628 OLD PEE DEE RD., HEMINGWAY, SC 29554

Atty: THOMAS H. BRUSH, ESQ. 12-A CARRIAGE LN., CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of: DAVID ROBERT LOTT

2025-ES-10-0967

DOD: 4/30/25

Pers. Rep: CLAIRE M. WALSH 2530 I’ON AVE., SULLIVANS ISLAND, SC 29482

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Estate of: DON EDWIN SMITH

2025-ES-10-0811

DOD: 4/17/25

Pers. Rep: REBECCA M. SHIELDS 222 MUIRFIELD PKWY., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty: W. ALEX DALLIS, JR., ESQ. PO BOX 30788, CHARLESTON, SC 29417

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Estate of: EARTHLEE C. COLLINS

2025-ES-10-0945

DOD: 3/2/25

Pers. Rep: MICHELLE L. COLLINS 121 LAUREL WAY NE, LUDOWICI, GA 31316

Atty: GEORGE E. COUNTS, ESQ. 27 GAMECOCK AVE., #200, CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of: ROGER E. DASH 2025-ES-10-0949

DOD: 2/14/25

Pers. Rep: JOYCE E. DASH 38641 WISTERIA DR., PALM DESERT, CA 92211

Atty: LISA WOLFF HERBERT, ESQ. 864 LOWCOUNTRY BLVD., #C, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

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Estate of: ANN D. FITTS

2025-ES-10-0986

DOD: 5/5/25

Pers. Rep: MADELEINE F. NELSON 1572 HOME FARM RD., MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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

Estate of: SUSAN GORDON LEWIS 2025-ES-10-0922

DOD: 3/23/25

Pers. Rep: JAMES E. DUFFY 631 ST. ANDREWS BLVD. CHARLESTON, SC 29407

Pers. Rep: ELIZABETH R. COOPER 151 BROAD ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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

Estate of:

TANGIE EVETTE JENKINS 2025-ES-10-0716

DOD: 5/14/24

Pers. Rep: TIA M. JENKINS 134 CALEB CT. LADSON, SC 29456

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Estate of:

THOMAS V. READEN

2025-ES-10-0852

DOD: 3/3/25

Pers. Rep: RENEE READEN-PARSONS 6043 CHISOLM RD. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

Atty: MICAH S. JOHNSON, ESQ. PO BOX 20458 CHARLESTON, SC 29413

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Estate of:

MITTIENA GILREATH JOHNSON 2025-ES-10-0856

DOD: 1/31/25

Pers. Rep: RAINEE JOHNSON 881 GODBER ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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Estate of:

ISAIAH WALKER MILLER, JR. 2025-ES-10-0857

DOD: 11/5/24

Pers. Rep: KRYSTON JOEL MILLER 6108 MARTIN ST. RAVENEL, SC 29470

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Estate of:

ROBERT CAMPBELL JOHNSON 2025-ES-10-0879

DOD: 3/24/25

Pers. Rep: SALLIE S. JOHNSON 114 LIVE OAK DR. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

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

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Estate of:

ABRAHAM BILL JENKINS, SR. 2025-ES-10-0899

DOD: 4/16/25

Pers. Rep: RICHARD TUCKER ERVIN

671 OLDE SALT RUN MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

Atty: F. PATRICIA SCARBOROUGH, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2025-CP-8-01419

NEXTON RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. STACEY ELYSE FREIWALD, Defendant.

SUMMONS

(Breach of Contract, Non-Jury HOA Lien Foreclosure) (Deficiency Not Applicable)

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint of the Plaintiff in this action, a copy of which is served herewith upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office at 753 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite I 00, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or otherwise appear and defend within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for 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 DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended effective September 1, 2002, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity or Special Referee for Berkeley County, which Nexton Residential Association, Inc. v. Stacey Elyse Freiwald SUMMONS

Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the SCRCP, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this action.

Respectfully submitted, CLARKSON MCALONIS & O’CONNOR, P.C.

By: ls/Adam H Clarkson

Adam H. Clarkson, Esq. (SC Bar No. 80673)

Sean A. O’Connor, Esq. (SC Bar No. 68382) Clarkson McAlonis & O’Connor, P.C.

Pers. Rep: ROBERT WADE FITTS 1552 STRATHMORE LN., MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

e: barrett@brewerlawfirmsc.com

Beginning at a point at the intersection of Burton’s Lane and said S.C. Highway No. 525 and from said point along the West edge of said Highway 23 degrees

e: amanda@brewerlawfirmsc.com

Attorney for the Plaintiffs

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

DOD: 5/1/25

Pers. Rep: DEMETT E. JENKINS 1206 SYMMES DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29407

Atty: ELAINE JENKINS, ESQ. PO BOX 364 JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29457

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Estate of: RALPH WILLIAM ERVIN, III 2025-ES-10-0900

753 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. Suite 100 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

Ph: 843-885-8005

aclarkson@cmolawpc.com

soconnor@cmolawpc.com

Attorneys for Nexton Residential Association, Inc.

April 15, 2025

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE COURT OF COMMON

PLEAS

C/A NO. 2025-CP-10-02475

Capital M Financial Services, Inc.

dba SWC Financial Services, as to an Undivided 25% Interest, Second Chance Lending, Inc. as to an Undivided 75% Interest VS Nicole A. Gethers; Maurice Gethers aka Maurice G. Gethers (Deceased) and any other Heirsat-Law or Devisees of Maurice Gethers aka Maurice G. Gethers, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all Unknown Heirs of Deceased Defendants, and all other persons entitled to claim under or through them being a class designated as Mary Roe; All Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein, being a class designated as Jane Doe; also any Unknown persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and Any Unknown minors, persons under a Disability or persons incarcerated, being a class designated as Richard Roe

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the Appointment of 7. Kelley Y. Woody as Guardian ad Litem for all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (which are constituted as a class designated as “John Doe”) and any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability (which are constituted as a class designated as “Richard Roe”), it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Kelley Y. Woody is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”), all unknown minors or persons under a disability (constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”), any all other persons entitled to claim under or through them being a class designated as Mary Roe; All Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein, being a class designated as Jane Doe, all of which have or may claim to have some interest in the property that is the subject of this action, commonly known as 7708 Peggy Drive, Charleston, SC 29418 that Kelley Y. Woody is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”, all unknown minors and persons under a disability, constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”, unless the Defendants, or someone acting on their behalf, shall, within thirty (30) days after service of a copy of this Order as directed below, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for the Defendants constituted as a class designated as “John Doe” or “Richard Roe”.

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

SUMMONS AND NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ALL UNKNOWN

HEREIN; ALSO ANY PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE ANY ALL OTHER PERSONS ENTITLED TO CLAIM UNDER OR THROUGH THEM BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS MARY ROE; ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED HEREIN, BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JANE DOE; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, PO Box 4216, Columbia, South Carolina 29240, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, 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 relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 29, 2025.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by to Nicole A. Gethers, Maurice Gethers, Joseph Gethers and Bernita K. Gethers bearing date of March 25, 2003 and recorded March 28, 2003 in Mortgage Book F442, at Page 77. Thereafter, Nicole A. Gethers and Maurice Gethers assumed the Note and Mortgage by Mortgage Assumption Agreement recorded September 10, 2013 in Book 0359 at Page 721. in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of $78,800.00 that, and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows:

All that piece, parcel or lot of land with the buildings thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 25, Block CC, Forest Hills Subdivision, as shown on a plat made by Sigma Engineers, Inc., dated September 28, 1973, and recorded In the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AC, Page 105, said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

SUBJECT to all conditions, covenants, easements, reservations, restrictions, and zoning ordinances that may appear of record, on the recorded plats or on the premises.

Being the same property conveyed to Joseph Gethers and Mostella M. Davis by Deed of Marlin R. Poole, Jr. dated December 2, 1987 and recorded December 3, 1987 in Book Wl70 at Page 363 in the RMC Office for Charleston County., and also by Deed of Mostella M. Davis to Joseph Gethers dated and recorded December 3, 1987 in Book W170 at Page 363.

TMS#: 404-07-00-215

Physical Address: 7708 Peggy Drive Charleston, SC 29418

Crawford & von Keller, LLC PO Box 4216

1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29240

Phone: 803-790-2626

Email: court@crawfordvk.com

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

CASE NO. 2025-CP-08-01139

NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing. Plaintiff, -vsPhilip J. Lien aka Phil Lien; 254 Seven Farms Drive Condominium Association Inc. Defendants

SUMMONS (Deficiency Judgment Demanded) (Mortgage Foreclosure) Non-Jury

TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Philip J. Lien 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 FOURTEEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOME THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S), AN/OR TO PERSON UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABLILITY, INCOMPLETENTS AND PERSONS CONFINED AND PEERSON IN 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 April 07, 2025, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Berkeley, South Carolina.

Crawford & von Keller, LLC PO Box 4216 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29240

Phone: 803-790-2626

Email: court@crawfordvk.com Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-18-0657

SOUTH CAROLINA

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS Jane Doe and John Doe DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2025.

TO DEFENDANTS: Jane Doe and John Doe

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition for Permanency Planning and Termination of Parental Rights in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County on June 11, 2025 at 11:22 a.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy

of the Petition will be delivered to you upon request from the Dorchester County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Petition on the Plaintiff, the SC Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally C. Dey, Attn.: Legal Dept., SC 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. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a final hearing regarding Permanency Planning and Termination of Parental Rights has been scheduled for Sept. 25, 2025, at 2:00 pm in the Dorchester County Family Court, located at 212 Deming Way, Summerville, SC 29483. Persons who believe they have parental rights to this child are required to attend the hearing to assert those rights. 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, Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 697-7564.

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

Facility 1: 427 St. James Ave Goose Creek, SC 29445 7/08/2025 11:00 AM

Tavio Garner 2 couches, dresser, mirror and bedframe

Kristina Solara Outside equipment

Lawrence Adams Household items

Genero Gallardo Boxes, bicycles

Zachary Gaskins Washer & Dryer, entertainment stand, couch

Timothy Pechlin Household goods

Felicia Davis Boxes, couch and loveseat

Natasha Boiro Boxes

Quintonya Washington Household items, furniture, clothes

Latonya Simmons Clothes, shoes

Andre Addison Appliances and furniture

Javier Santos Boxes and household items

Rosemary Cummings Furniture

Toni Michele Smith Household items

Kristina Solara Household items

Shaun Stiltner Household items

Zachary Moseley Household items

Facility 2: 609 Old Trolley Road Summerville, SC 29485

7/08/2025 10:30 AM

Kenosha Brown Bedroom Set, Wall Pictures, End Tables, Kitchen Table, and Bags of Miscellaneous Items

Ragen Gee Table, Chairs, Artwork, and Totes

Brenda Byrth Household Goods

Kenosha Brown

2 TVs, Sectional Couch, Full Bed, Entertainment Center, Kid Dresser, 3 Baskets, 2 Bags of Clothes

Kaylin Mayer Furniture

Facility 3:

8850 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406

7/08/2025

10:45 AM

Elite Realty Group of SC Office/Household Furniture

Jeremy Thomas 2020 Volkswagen Jetta GTI White

Facility 4: 208 St. James Ave, Ste C Goose Creek, SC 29445

7/08/2025

11:00 AM

Evangelar Myers Table accessories, event planning decorations

Diana Gee Mattress set, totes of holiday decor

Penzola Matthews Household goods

Tiffany Nelson Sofas, dresser, dining set, household items

Ja’Maicia Savage Table, hutch, totes, record player, tv stand

Courtney Baker Furniture, clothes, toys

Facility 6: 434 Orangeburg Road Summerville, SC 29483

7/08/2025 11:15 AM

Courtneay Knight Bed set, window a/c, mini fridge, hutch, vanity, fold table, personal items, etc

Hubert Coaxun 1 bedroom set night stand 2 dressers small

Lailani Baxter Baby items bed, chair , tv ,and clothes

Michele Campos Bags of clothing

Kendria Nesbitt Furniture, Couches, Lamps

Facility 7: 422 Old Trolley Rd Summerville, SC 29485

7/08/2025 10:45 AM

Greg Metts Household items

Demetria Washington Clothes, furniture

Theresa Lightner Household goods, furniture

Tara Housand Household goods, furniture, tools

Nicole Campbell Household goods, furniture

Justin DeLuca Furniture, household items

Barry Polk Jr Furniture, glassware

Adrian Smith Tools, workbench

Elizabeth Perry Household goods, furniture

Facility 8:

2130 N Main St Summerville, SC 29486

7/08/2025 10:00 AM

Anna Steward Furniture house hold items

Angel Phillips Household goods

Ashley Tumbleston

Boxes, household items, beds, washer and dryer, 2 chests, tv stand, 2 tvs, pictures

John Baucum

Files, model trains, bicycle, clothing, pictures

Frank Chandler Household Goods/Furniture

Facility 10: 344 Nexton Creek Circle Summerville, SC 29486

7/08/2025 11:45 AM

David Strong Small apt furniture, TV and boxes

Patrick Joyce Summer toys

Trevor Groves Personal items

Facility 11: 9670 Dorchester Rd Summerville, SC 29485

7/08/2025 10:15 AM

Bonnie Graziuso Furniture, household goods, books

Philesha Higgs

2 twin mattress 1 twin bed frame

Toy box Toys Tv stand Small smart

TV Christmas decor Bookshelf

Jaylen Coaxum

Children’s riding cars, clothes

Geraldine Moultrie

Furniture and household goods

Facility 12: 6941 Rivers Ave

North Charleston, 29406

7/08/2025 12:30 PM

Eliesel Diaz/ Ely Construction Flexes/HVAC supplies, HVAC units/air handlers/compressors, furniture.

Lamesha Mckelvey

China cabinet, dining set, tools, boxes, outdoor furniture/bistro set, bed set/ mattresses, glassware

Angel Williams 3 bedroom and appliances

Tyrell Crenshaw

2 Couch Sets, 2 Tables, 2 Bedroom Sets

Claudia Herring 2 nightstands- China cabinetboxes- 3 dressers-

Yolanda Robertson Clothes and personal things

Brandy Farless Moving out of hotel clothes tvs

Facility 13: 5146 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 7/08/2025 12:00 PM

Makayla McCollin

Boxes, furniture, tv’s, video games, important documents

Brian Wright Three bedroom home

Sara Ellis 8ft color bar, 10 boxes, styling chairs, shampoo unit

Marian Campbell Appliances, clothes

Brandi Goodman Clothes, washer, toys, shord

The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases

must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION

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

Facility 1: 1108 Stockade Ln. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466

07/08/2025 10:00 AM

Jason Needham 1999 Pop-up camper

Sterling Eason Household goods

Facility 2: 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

07/08/2025 10:20 AM

Lauren Dufrat Household items

Facility 3: 1117 Bowman Rd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

07/08/2025 10:25 AM

Sandra Baker Furniture and Home Goods

Chauncey Finch Household Goods

Chauncey Finch Household Items

Facility 4: 1471 Center St Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

07/08/2025 10:30 AM

Herman Jacob Household items, motorcycles

Facility 5: 1426 N Hwy 17 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

07/08/2025 10:40 AM

Ryan Updike Household Goods

Facility 6: 3510 Glenn McConnell Pkwy Charleston, SC 29414

07/08/2025 10:00 AM

Tamara Brown Boxes Barrels Clothes Philip Godin Furniture, clothes Facility 7: 2343 Savannah Hwy Charleston, SC 29414 07/08/2025 10:30 AM

Jzakia

Charleston County, State of South Carolina. This action seeks the determination of the heirs of the Estate of Richard R. Hamilton who died on December 20, 2006.

An in-person hearing has been scheduled in connection with this matter on the 5th day of August 2025 at 3 p.m. at the Charleston County Probate 4Court, 84 Broad Street, Second Floor, Probate Courtroom, Charleston, SC 29401.

Please be present at said hearing

if you are an heir or interested party in the aforementioned Estate of Richard R. Hamilton, if so minded.

s/Arthur C. McFarland

Arthur C. McFarland

Attorney for Petitioner

1847 Ashley River Road Suite 200

Charleston, S.C. 29407

843.763-3900

cecilesq@aol.com

Charleston, S.C. June 2, 2025

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO.: 2024-ES-10-01104

IN RE:

ESTATE OF WILLIAM RAINEY

WILLIAM RAINEY, JR. Petitioner, vs. ANTHONY RAINEY AND LORETTA ANN RAINEY, Respondents.

NOTICE OF HEARING TO: ALL HEIRS AND INTERESTED PARTIES: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE

NOTICE that the above-captioned action was filed on June 11, 2024, in the Probate Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina. This action seeks the determination of the heirs of the Estate of William Rainey who died on January 12, 1986. An in-person hearing has been scheduled in connection with this matter on the 5th day of August 2025 at 2 p.m. at the Charleston County Probate 4Court, 84 Broad Street, Second Floor, Probate Courtroom, Charleston, SC 29401. Please be present at said hearing if you are an heir or interested party in the aforementioned Estate of William Rainey, if so minded. s/Arthur C. McFarland

Arthur C. McFarland Attorney for Petitioner 1847 Ashley River Road Suite 200 Charleston, S.C. 29407 843.763-3900 cecilesq@aol.com Charleston, S.C. June 2, 2025

SUMMONS (COLLECTION – NONJURY)

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL CASE NUMBER: 2025-CP10-02845

SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. WILLIAM JAMES MILLER, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, 78 Wentworth Street, Post Office Box 22828, Charleston, South Carolina 294132828, or to otherwise appear and defend, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive

of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, or otherwise to appear and defend, within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will obtain a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

May 15, 2025

CHARLESTON, SC

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO DEFENDANT WILLIAM JAMES MILLER:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Civil Action Coversheet, Summons, Exhibits and Verification, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on May 15, 2025, at 11:59 a.m., the object and prayer of which is the recovery of a sum certain due Plaintiff by Defendant, WILLIAM JAMES MILLER, and for such other and further relief as set forth in the Complaint.

s/Cynthia Jordan Lowery

Cynthia Jordan Lowery #12499 MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC 78 Wentworth Street Post Office Box 22828 Charleston, SC 29413-2828

Telephone: (843) 579-7000

Facsimile: (843) 579-8714

Email: cynthialowery@mvalaw. com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

May 28, 2025

CHARLESTON, SC

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COURT FILE NO.

2025-CP-10-00045

SEA ISLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC., Plaintiff,

vs.

COREY J. JENKINS; ESTATE OF ARICA L. JENKINS, deceased; and all other unknown children, issue, and spouses, as heirs of ARICA L. JENKINS, deceased, and any other unknown heirs, heirs-at-law, distributees, devisees, creditors, if any, of ARICA L. JENKINS, deceased, and, if any of the same be deceased, then their heirs, personal representatives, administrators, successors and assigns, and all others entitled to claim or claiming through them, also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, interest, in or lien upon the real estate described in the Amended Complaint herein, commonly described as 3363 Habitat Blvd., Johns Island, SC 29455; also any unknown persons who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, and/or persons under a legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe; SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSING TRUST FUND, Defendants.

AMENDED SUMMONS AND NOTICES

(FORECLOSURE/NON-JURY)

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Amended Complaint on the subscribers at their offices, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, 78 Wentworth Street, Charleston, SC 29413-1428, or to otherwise appear and defend,

within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, or otherwise to appear and defend, within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will obtain a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter final judgment in this action.

NOTICE OF FILING AMENDED COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Amended Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Amended Lis Pendens, Amended Summons and Notices, Amended Civil Action Coversheet, Amended Certification of Exemption from ADR, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on January 8, 2025 at 1:26 p.m., the object and prayer of which is to obtain foreclosure without deficiency, of mortgages of subject property in a non-jury action, and for such other and further relief as set forth in the Amended Complaint.

AMENDED LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been initiated and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County and State aforesaid, by the above-named Plaintiff, against the Defendant above named, and that the object of such action is the foreclosure of those certain Mortgages to the Plaintiff, described as follows (the “Mortgages”):

Mortgage #1:

By: COREY J. JENKINS \ & ARICA L. JENKINS

Dated: May 20, 2008

Recorded On: May 21, 2008 at 3:57:06 PM

Recorded In: Book C660 at Page 852

Office of: RMC for Charleston County, SC

Mortgage #3: By: COREY J. JENKINS & ARICA L. JENKINS

Dated: May 20, 2008

Recorded On: May 21, 2008 at 3:59:08 PM

Recorded In: Book C660 at Page 864

Office of: RMC for Charleston County, SC and to sell the property described below for the purpose of paying the lien thereon.

That the real estate affected by such action is now and was at the time of commencement of such action situate in the County and State aforesaid, and the following is a description thereof, as contained in the above-referenced Mortgages: ALL that piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot 10A, containing 0.47 acres, more or less, on a Plat entitled, “PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF LOT 10 OWNED BY THE EASTERN MONNONITE BOARD OF COMMISSIONS AND CHARITIES, JOHNS ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, which Plat is dated April 5, 1985, and was recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Plat Book BE at Page 13; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions,

buttings and boundings as are shown and delineated on said Plat.

THIS CONVEYANCE is subject to any and all Restrictions, Covenants, Easements and Conditions of record affecting said property.

THIS CONVEYANCE is further subject to the following:

During such time as the property described herein is used for a purpose for which assistance under the Housing Opportunity Extension Act of 1996, P.L. 104-120, was provided or for another purported purpose involving the provision of similar services or benefits, then no person having an interest in this property shall refuse service for or accommodation or other benefits to any person with respect to the property on account of the person’s race, color, or national origin or otherwise engage in discrimination conduct of any kind on account of a person’s race, color, or national original. This covenant is appurtenant to and shall run with the land described herein.

THIS CONVEYANCE is further subject to the following: The grantee(s)’, their heirs, successors and/or assigns, herein agree to pay Berkeley Electric Cooperative Inc. or any successor electric utility company regulated by the South Carolina Public Service Commission, a monthly charge, plus applicable State of South Carolina Sales Tax, for operation and maintenance of street lighting system.

THIS CONVEYANCE is further subject to the following: The lot owner, lessor, and/ or his heirs, successors and assigns, shall contact Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Inc. or their successors, three (3) days prior to any digging or excavation work on said property, including swimming pool installations, trenching, or any type of digging. Upon notification by the lot owner, lessor and/or his heirs, successors and assigns, a field survey will be conducted by Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Inc. personnel to insure that there are no conflicts with the Cooperative’s safety requirements. Any excavation in violation of Berkeley Electric Cooperative’s safety requirements is expressly prohibited.

THIS CONVEYANCE is further subject to the following: That certain Appreciation Sharing and Right of First Refusal Agreement attached as Exhibit “C” to that certain Limited Warranty Indenture Deed in favor of Mortgagors, recorded in the Office of the ROD for Charleston County in Book B660 at Page 788.

BEING the same property conveyed to Corey J. Jenkins and Arica L. Jenkins by Limited Warranty Indenture Deed of Sea Island Habitat for Humanity, Inc. dated May 20, 2008 and recorded on May 21, 2008 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book B660 at Page 788.

TMS No. 203-00-00-108

ADDRESS: 3363 HABITAT BLVD. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

MOTION AND CONSENT FOR APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR JOHN DOE AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR RICHARD ROE

1. That an action has been commenced to foreclose mortgages affecting real property located in Charleston County, South Carolina, against unknown persons who may be in the military service, or unknown persons who may be minors, imprisoned, incompetent, or under a legal disability, cited and represented in the above caption as John Doe and Richard Roe; further that the residence of the unknown persons are not known and cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence.

2. That an attorney should be appointed for unknown persons who may be in the military service, being a class designated as John Doe (50 U.S.C. App Section 521), and a Guardian Ad Litem should be appointed to protect the interests of unknown persons who may be minors, imprisoned, incompetent, or under a legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe (SCRCP 17(d)).

3. That the Plaintiff is informed and believes that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, is a discreet, competent and suitable person to be appointed and to serve as attorney for the unknown persons who may be in the military service, being a class designated as John Doe, and as Guardian Ad Litem for the unknown persons who may be minors, imprisoned, incompetent, or under a legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe.

4. That unless said unknown persons who may be in the military service or who may be minors, imprisoned, incompetent, or under a legal disability, represented by classes designated as John Doe and Richard Roe, or someone acting in their behalf, shall within 30 days of the last publication of the Order Appointing Attorney and Guardian Ad Litem, procure another suitable person to be appointed as attorney or Guardian Ad Litem in the place and stead of Kelley Y. Woody, the Plaintiff requests that this appointment be final.

I SO MOVE: s/David B. Wheeler ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

I SO CONSENT: s/Kelley Y. Woody

ORDER FOR APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR JOHN DOE AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR RICHARD ROE

After consideration of the Motion and Consent For Appointment of Attorney for John Doe and Guardian Ad Litem for Richard Roe, it is ORDERED, that Kelley Y. Woody, a competent and discreet person, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for the unknown persons who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and Guardian Ad Litem for any unknown persons who may be minors, imprisoned, incompetent and/or under a legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 3363 Habitat Blvd., Johns Island, SC 29455.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, unless those unknown persons who may be in the Military Service or who are minors, imprisoned, incompetent, and/or under a legal disability, shall, in person, or through someone on their behalf within 30 days after final publication of this Order, procure to be appointed some other suitable person as Attorney or Guardian Ad Litem in the place and stead of Kelley Y. Woody, this appointment shall be final.

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a notice of filing of this Order shall forthwith be served upon said unknown persons who may be in the Military Service or who are minors, imprisoned, incompetent, and/or under a legal disability, by publication in the City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation published in Charleston County, for a period of not less than once a week for three consecutive weeks. Such publication may be accomplished jointly with the service by publication as hereinafter authorized. SO ORDERED s/Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court, by BLC

Master’s Sale Case No. 2023-CP-10-00573

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

Heritage Village Horizontal Property Regime, Inc., Plaintiff v. Darcy Thompson and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Defendants.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 3rd day of February, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 5th day of August, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain Condominium or Apartment Unit, situate, lying and being in the Town of Mount Pleasant, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina known and designated as Apartment Unit Number 3, Building C, in Heritage Village Horizontal Property Regime, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, a horizontal property regime established by Mount Pleasant Investments (A Partnership) pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act, Section 57-494, et seq., South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, and submitted by Master Deed dated March 5, 1974, recorded on March 8, 1974 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book X-103 at Page 234, which Apartment Unit is shown on a Plat of said Regime, recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AC at Page 154. Said Apartment/Condominium conveyed together with an undivided percentage interest in and to the common elements and facilities and easement(s) and is subject to those conditions all as stated in Deed recorded in Book X173, at Page 122.

SUBJECT to all easements, restrictions, and rights of way record.

Being the same property conveyed to Scott A. Shank by deed of C. Denise Pfaff, dated January 14, 2005 and recorded on January 19, 2005 in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County in Book W522 at Page 593.

TMS# 535-05-00-061

Property Address: 305 Lakeside Drive, Unit C Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Paul R. Rahn Robertson Hollingsworth Manos & Rahn, LLC 40 Calhoun St., Suite 330 Charleston, SC 29401 Telephone: 843-723-6470

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-02651

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee of CIM Trust 2023-R2, PLAINTIFF, VS. Bryan A. Seward a/k/a Bryan Seaward, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Evelyn Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Nelson Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Seward a/k/a Evelyn N. Seward, Deceased; et. al. DEFENDANT(S).

(251106.00019)

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANT BRYAN A. SEWARD A/K/A BRYAN SEAWARD, AS LEGAL HEIR OR DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF EVELYN SEAWARD A/K/A EVELYN NELSON SEAWARD A/K/A EVELYN SEWARD A/K/A EVELYN N. SEWARD, DECEASED 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:

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 May 6, 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@

ATTORNEYS FOR THE

1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 407 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

May 23, 2025

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO.: 2024ES1800328

LATASHA FORREST, Petitioner, vs. JAMARI FORREST, DEMETRIUS GREENE, MARCUS GREENE, BRANDON GREENE, TAREEM GRAHAM, KELLIE FORREST, JOSHUA PHILLIPS, Respondents.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF FORMAL PETITION FOR TESTACY AND APPOINTMENT FOR THE ESTATE OF KELVIN FORREST

TO: THE RESPONDENTS ABOVENAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and notified that an action has been filed against you in this court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you. Within thirty (30) days after the day you receive the Summons and Petition, you must respond in writing to the Petition by filing an Answer with this court. You must also serve a copy of your Answer to the Petition upon the Petitioner or the Petitioner’s Attorney at the address shown below. If you fail to answer the Petition, judgment by default could be rendered against you for the relief requested in the Petition.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Petition seeking appointment in this action was filed in the Dorchester County Probate Court on June 21, 2024.

Note: Probate Court recommends that all interested parties be represented by counsel licensed to practice law in South Carolina. If any interested party wishes to represent him/herself, he/she will be required to adhere to the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure and South Carolina Rules of Evidence.

SHELBOURNE LAW FIRM /s/ Cooper E. Eppes Cooper E. Eppes, Esq. (Bar #104957) 131 E. Richardson Avenue Summerville, SC 29483 (843) 871-2210 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE 2015-CP-10-00377 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Nationstar HECM Acquisition Trust, 2015-2, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not individually, but solely as Trustee v. Grange Simons Lucas, III, Individually and as personal representative for the estate of Mary King Lucas (2014-ES-100682), Renee Jervey Lucas, Mary Catherine Lucas Jakeman, James A. McAlister Funeral Home, and the United States of America, acting by and through its agency the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Upon authority of a Decree dated August 28, 2015, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on July 1, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IN ST. ANDREWS PARISH, IN THE COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT THREE (3), BLOCK F, ON A PLAT BEARING THE LEGEND “PLAT OF SECTION 3, LENEVAR SUBDIVISION, CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C.” DATED MARCH 24, 1960 BY A.L. GLEN, REG. P.S. AND L.S. AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK M AT PAGE 113 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY.

SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, DIMENSIONS, BUTTINGS AND BOUNDINGS AS ARE SHOWN AND DELINEATED ON SAID MAP WHICH IS MADE A PART AND PARCEL HEREOF BY REFERENCE THERETO. SAID LOT IS CONVEYED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO SAID PROPERTY, WHICH ARE SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION OF THE SAME DATED APRIL 9, 1960 IN BOOK D-70 AT PAGE 634 IN THE RMC OFFICE AFORESAID. BEING THE SAME PREMISES CONVEYED TO MARY KING LUCAS, THE MORTGAGOR HEREIN, BY DEED OF GRANGE S. LUCAS, THE MORTGAGOR HEREIN, BY DEED OF GRANGE

S. LUCAS, III AND MARY

CATHERINE LUCAS, EXECUTED MAY 23, 1989 AND RECORDED MAY 24, 1989 IN P-184, AT PAGE 350, AND RE-RECORDED JUNE 25, 1992 IN BOOK H. 215 AT PAGE 889, AND BY DEED OF RENEE J. LUCAS, EXECUTED MAY 7, 1985 AND RECORDED JULY 29, 1985 IN BOOK W-148, AT PAGE 810. TMS#: 352-12-00-104

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:

1412 Tara Road Charleston, SC 29407

Parcel No. 352-12-00-104

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

J. Martin Page, Esquire Telephone: 803-509-5078 File # 21-49077

FOR INSERTION

June 13, June 20, & June 27, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 6946 HAVE YOU BEEN SERVED?

C/A# 2024-CP-10-00663

Santander Consumer USA Inc.

v. Perla Lopez, Angel Lopez Lara, Lenders Service Company LLC

SUMMONS (Non-Jury) (Breach of Contract) (Claim and Delivery) (Conversion)

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their office, 1901 Main Street, Suite 900 (29201), Post Office Box 1473, Columbia, SC 29202 within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on February 4, 2025.

John B. Kelchner, S.C. Bar 13589 TURNER PADGET GRAHAM & LANEY, P.A. P.O. Box 1473 (29202) 1901 Main Street, Suite 900 Columbia, SC 29201 Telephone: 803-227-4234

Email: jkelchner@turnerpadget. com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Santander Consumer USA Inc.

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

NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF, vs. Michael Pinnaro; Gregory Pinnaro; Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for the Registered Holders of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-R4; Everett Lewis, DEFENDANT(S)

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

C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-01173 DEFICIENCY REQUESTED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE

that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

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

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on March 3, 2025. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

s/ Sarah O. Leonard May 2, 2025

John S. Kay (S.C. Bar No. 7914)

Ashley Z. Stanley (S.C. Bar No. 74854)

Alan M. Stewart (S.C. Bar No. 15576)

Sarah O. Leonard (S.C. Bar No. 80165)

Gregory Wooten (S.C. Bar No. 73586)

Gregory T. Whitley (S.C. Bar No. 100792)

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700

john.kay@hutchenslawfirm.com ashley.stanley@hutchenslawfirm.com alan.stewart@hutchenslawfirm.com sarah.leonard@hutchenslawfirm.com k.gregory.wooten@ hutchenslawfirm.com gregory.whitley@ hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 24614 - 123474

STATE

U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of and with respect to Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust 2021-C, MortgageBacked Securities, Series 2021-C, PLAINTIFF, vs. Lorraine Manigault; Bank of America, N.A.; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association fka Wachovia Bank, N.A.; Buckshire Homeowners Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S)

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

C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-02713 DEFICIENCY WAIVED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:

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

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on May 9, 2025. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE

BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

s/ Gregory T. Whitley

June 4, 2025

John S. Kay (S.C. Bar No. 7914)

Ashley Z. Stanley (S.C. Bar No. 74854)

Alan M. Stewart (S.C. Bar No. 15576)

Sarah O. Leonard (S.C. Bar No. 80165)

Gregory Wooten (S.C. Bar No. 73586)

Gregory T. Whitley (S.C. Bar No. 100792)

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700

john.kay@hutchenslawfirm.com ashley.stanley@hutchenslawfirm.com alan.stewart@hutchenslawfirm.com sarah.leonard@hutchenslawfirm.com k.gregory.wooten@ hutchenslawfirm.com gregory.whitley@ hutchenslawfirm.com Firm Case No: 25953 - 130804

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2025-CP-08-00079

MARK A. HAZEL, SR., JACQUELINE C. HAZEL, PENSOLA HAZEL AND CRYSTAL HAZEL

Plaintiffs, vs. THE ESTATE OF MIRIAM HAZEL, MARY H. PATTERSON, ARNOLD L. HAZEL, EARL HAZEL, RICHARD E. HAZEL, JOSEPH I. HAZEL, LEONARD D. HAZEL, JR., and JOHN DOE AND MARY ROE, fictitious names used to designate persons in the military service within the meaning of Title 50 US Code commonly referred to as The Service Members Civil Relief Act of 2003, as amended, if any, and the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns, firms or corporations and all other persons claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint or any part thereof and the following deceased people; THE ESTATE OF MIRIAM HAZEL, Defendants.

SUMMONS

(Suit to Quiet Title and Partition by Sale)

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

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 upon the subscriber, at his office situated at 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, within thirty (30) days after service thereof, 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.

NOTICE NISI

TO: SUCH OF THE DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE ACTION WHOM MAY BE INFANTS, INSANE PERSONS, INCOMPETENTS and INCARCERATED:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that there has been filed in the Office of the

Clerk of Court, Court of Berkeley County, State of South Carolina, an Order appointing for you as Guardian ad Litem, Nisi, Kelvin M. Huger, Esquire, who maintains an office at 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, Charleston, S. C. 29407.

THE appointment shall become absolute upon the expiration of thirty (30) days following the last publication of the Summons herein, unless you or someone on your behalf, on or before the last-mentioned date, shall procure someone to be appointed as Guardian ad Litem to represent you in the above action.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REFER

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the expiration of thirty days (30) following the service of a copy of the within Notice of Intent to Refer upon you, the Plaintiffs intend to and will appear before the Honorable Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Berkeley, State of South Carolina, at the usual place of judicature, and will move His or Her Honor for an Order referring the above entitled action to the Master-in-Equity for Berkeley County, for the purpose of holding a hearing into the merits of said cause, together with the authority to enter final judgment therein, and to provide that should any appeal be taken from the final judgment of the Master-in-Equity, as aforesaid, that such appeal shall be made directly to the Supreme Court of South Carolina or alternatively to the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

NOTICE OF THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN NAMED:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF YOUR STATUTORY RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

The Court shall provide for the nonpetitioning joint tenants or tenants in common who are interested in purchasing the property to notify the Court of that interest no later than (10) days prior to the date set for the trial of the case. The nonpetitioning joint tenants or tenants in common shall be allowed to purchase the interests in the property as provided in this section whether default has been entered against them or not 1976 SC Code of Laws, Section 15-61- 25(A).

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that an action has been commenced and is now pending in Court of Commons Pleas for Berkeley County, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 53, Title 15, South Carolina Code of Laws for 1976, as amended, commonly known as the “Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act”, Chapter 67, and of Articles 1 and 3, Chapter 67, Title 15, and Chapter 61, Title 15, South Carolina Code of Laws for 1976, as amended, for the purpose of obtaining a determination of this Court that the plaintiff is an owner of the below described parcel of real estate; to determine adverse claims thereto, if any; and to quiet title thereto in the name of the Plaintiff and others, as tenants in common, and with fee simple title thereto pursuant to the provisions of Rule 71, South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

THE BELOW DESCRIBED parcel of real estate was at the time of the filing of this Lis Pendens, and at the time of the commencement of the action, situated, lying and being in the County of Berkeley, State of South Carolina, and is more particularly described as follows: PARCEL ONE: All that certain

piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Second Goose Creek Tax District, Sheep Island, County of Berkeley, State of South Carolina, MEASURING AND CONTAINING 1.8 acres, more or less, and BUTTING AND BOUNDED as follows, to-wit: North by lands of Westvaco; Easy by lands of Joseph Hazel; South by lands of Arnold E. Hazel, Irie Cowan, and Ametts Gregg; and, West by lands of Maggie Simmons. PARCEL TWO: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in Second Goose Creek Tax District, Sheep Island, County of Berkeley, State of South Carolina, MEASURING AND CONTAINING Three (3.0) Acres, more or less, and, BUTTING AND BOUNDED as follows, to-wit: North by lands of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company; East by right-of-way of State Road S-8-275; South and East by other of Maggie Simmons

This being the same property conveyed to Mary Patterson, (1/6), Arnold Hazel, (1/6), Mark Hazel, (1/6), Earl Hazel, (1/12), Richard Hazel, (1/6), Joseph Hazel, (1/6) and Leonard Hazel, Jr. (1/12%;) by Deed of Distribution of Mary Patterson as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Miriam Hazel, dated March 13, 2024. The Estate of Miriam Hazel being probated in the Probate Court for Berkeley County in Estate File 2019ES-08-00161. Being recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Berkeley County in Book 4897, at Page 384-386, on March 18, 2024.

TMS No.:194-00-03-031

s/Willie B. Heyward Attorney for the Plaintiffs 27 Gamecock Ave., Suite 200 Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 225-8754

Wheyward80@gmail.com

May 19, 2025

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-DR-10-0766

EBONY BROWN, Plaintiff, vs. LASABA ISABELL & TAVORIS HURST, Defendants.

SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

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 subscriber, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after the date of service 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.

AMENDED SUMMONS

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, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after the date of service 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

AMENDED SUMMONS FOR DIVORCE

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, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after the date of service 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 in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING.

The Summons and Complaint for a divorce action were filed in Family Court, Charleston County, Case Number 2024-DR-10-0766 on March 15, 2024. The Amended Summons and Amended Complaint were filed on December 20, 2024 and an Amended Summons for Divorce and Amended Complaint were filed on April 28, 2025. The Final Hearing has been scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on August 26, 2025 at Charleston County Family Court, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401.

CHARLIE L. WHIRL 2112 Commander Road North Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 566-9705- Office Cwhirl2112@gmail.com Attorney for Plaintiff

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Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries writer Joseph Campbell was a world-renowned mythologist. His theories about the classic hero archetype have inspired many writers and filmmakers, including Star Wars creator George Lucas. As a young man, Campbell crafted the blueprint for his influential work during a five-year period when he lived in a rustic shack and read books for nine hours a day. He was supremely dedicated and focused. I recommend that you consider a similar foundationbuilding project, Aries. The coming months will be an excellent time for you to establish the groundwork for whatever it is you want to do for the rest of your long life.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In Japan, komorebi refers to the dappled sunlight that streams through tree leaves. It names a subtle, ephemeral beauty that busy people might be oblivious to. Not you, I hope, Taurus! In the coming weeks, I invite you to draw on komorebi as an inspirational metaphor. Tune in to the soft illumination glimmering in the background. Be alert for flickers and flashes that reveal useful clues. Trust in the indirect path, the sideways glance, the half-remembered dream and the overheard conversation. Anything blatant and loud is probably not relevant to your interests. PS: Be keen to notice what’s not being said.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Finnish folklore, the Sampo is a magic artifact that generates unending wealth and good fortune. Here’s the catch: It can’t be hoarded. Its power only works when shared, passed around, or made communal. I believe you are close to acquiring a less potent but still wonderful equivalent of a Sampo, Gemini. It may be an idea, a project or a way of living that radiates generosity and sustainable joy. But remember that it doesn’t thrive in isolation. It’s not a treasure to be stored up and saved for later. Share the wealth.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Tides don’t ask for permission. They ebb and flow in accordance with an ancient gravitational intelligence that obeys its own elegant laws. Entire ecosystems rely on their steady cyclical rhythms. You, too, harbor tidal forces, Cancerian. They are partially synced up with the earth’s rivers, lakes and seas, and are partially under the sway of your deep emotional power. It’s always crucial for you to be intimately aware of your tides’ flows and patterns, but even more than usual right now. I hope you will trust their timing and harness their tremendous energy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some jewelers practice an ancient Korean art called keum-boo, in which they fuse pure gold to silver by heat and pressure. The result is gold that seems to bloom from within silver’s body, not just be juxtaposed on top of it. Let’s make this your metaphor for the coming weeks, Leo. I believe you will have the skill to blend two beautiful and valuable things into an asset that has the beauty and value of both — plus an extra added synergy of valuable beauty. The only problem that could possibly derail your unprecedented accomplishment might be your worry that you don’t have the power to do that. Expunge that worry, please.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Some Indigenous cultures keep track of time not by clocks but by natural events: “the moon when the salmon return,” “the season when shadows shorten,” “the return of the rain birds.” I encourage you to try that approach, Virgo. Your customary rigor will benefit from blending with an influx of more intuitive choices. You will be wise to explore the joys of organic timing. So just for now, I invite you to tune out the relentless tick-tock. Listen instead for the hush before a threshold cracks open. Meditate on the ancient Greek concept of kairos: the prime moment to act or a potential turning point that’s ripe for activation.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Botanists speak of “serotiny,” a plant’s ability to delay seed release until the environment is just right. Some pinecones, for instance, only open after a fire. What part of you has been patiently waiting, Libra? What

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latent brilliance has not been ready to emerge until now? The coming weeks will offer catalytic conditions — perhaps heat, perhaps disruption, perhaps joy — that will be exactly what’s needed to unleash the fertile potency. Have faith that your seeds will draw on their own wild intelligence.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): One of your superpowers is your skill at detecting what’s unfolding beneath the surfaces. It’s almost like you have X-ray vision. Your ability to detect hidden agendas, buried secrets, and underground growth is profound. But in the coming weeks, I urge you to redirect your attention. You will generate good fortune for yourself if you turn your gaze to what lies at the horizon and just beyond. Can you sense the possibilities percolating at the edges of your known world? Can you sync up your intuitions with the future’s promises? Educated guesses will be indistinguishable from true prophecies.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittariusborn Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) got a degree in law and economics and began a career teaching those subjects at the university level. But at age 30, he had a conversion experience. It was triggered when he saw a thrilling exhibit of French Impressionist painters and heard an enthralling opera by Richard Wagner. Soon he flung himself into a study of art, embarking on an influential career that spanned decades. I am predicting that you will encounter inspirations of that caliber, Sagittarius. They may not motivate you as drastically as Kandinsky’s provocations, but they could revitalize your life forever.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The ancient Egyptians revered the River Nile’s annual flooding, which brought both disruption and renewal. It washed away old plant matter and debris and deposited fertile silt that nourished new growth. In the coming weeks, Capricorn, I suspect you will experience a metaphorical flood: a surge of new ideas, opportunities and feelings that temporarily unsettle your routines. Rather than focusing on the inconvenience, I suggest you celebrate the richness this influx will bring. The flow will ultimately uplift you, even if it seems messy at first.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Medieval stonemasons worked not just in service to the immediate structures they made. They imagined eternity, laying foundation blocks in cathedrals they knew they would never live to see completed. I think you are being invited to do similar work: soulful construction whose fruits may not ripen for a while. A provocative conversation you have soon may echo for years. A good habit you instill could become a key inheritance for your older self. So think long, wide and slow, dear Aquarius. Not everything must produce visible worth this season. Your prime offerings may be seeds for the future. Attend to them with reverence.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the frigid parts of planet Earth, some glaciers sing. As they shift and crack and melt, they emit tones: groans, pulses, crackles and whooshes. I believe your soul will have a similar inclination in the coming weeks, Pisces: to express mysterious music as it shifts and thaws. Some old logjam or stuck place is breaking open within you, and that’s a very good thing. Don’t ignore or neglect this momentous offering. And don’t try to translate it into logical words too quickly. What story does your trembling tell? Let the deep, restless movements of your psyche resound.

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