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Charleston International Airport’s West Gate expansion will add a new concourse, boasting five new gates
Expansions, upgrades under way at Charleston International Airport
By Skyler Baldwin
Charleston International Airport will soon see several improvements, including a major concourse expansion, a new parking garage and a new connector to alleviate traffic congestion along International Boulevard.
The new concourse, dubbed the West Gate expansion, is part of a 20-year master plan for the airport to handle higher traffic volume over the next decade. It was first planned as a temporary modular structure with five gates. The plan, however, shifted, as officials determined they could build their own facility faster than they could bring in a modular one, “and it will be a hell of a lot nicer,” said airport Executive Director and CEO Elliott Summey.
“The Charleston airport is a microcosm of what the entire Lowcountry is going through right now,” he said. “In our growth, we have to make sure we don’t lose what makes us special. We have the cleanest, safest, most convenient airport in the country. To keep that, we need more infrastructure.
“Every year, our numbers have gone up, and up, and up, but now, we’re kind of flat,” he added. “We’ve put as many people in the boat as we can. To add more passengers, we need to add more facilities.”
The $75 million West Gate expansion has space for full-service high-end concessions, 12-foot ceilings, airfield views and five new gates. It can also accommodate
larger aircraft, enabling more international travel options. The project has already been financed through a bond sale.
The expansion is expected to bolster the airport’s capacity by 20-25%, Summey said.
New garage boosts access
While the new concourse will bolster the airport’s capacity, Summey said, no one would be able to use it without more parking availability.
A new six-level, 7,500-space parking facility, the largest in the state, is already under construction. Three cranes dotted the airport’s skyline in recent days.
The first phase is set to open in November 2026, adding 2,500 parking spots while the rest of the facility continues construction until its estimated completion in fall 2027.
The most significant upgrade, however, could be the inclusion of a rental car pavilion. The existing rental car facility will move to a new one-stop shop where travelers can rent, park and return rental vehicles right outside the terminal.
“This new parking garage is a significant investment in the future of Charleston International Airport and our commitment to providing exceptional service to our travelers,” Summey said. “As air travel continues to grow in our region, this facility will not only meet current demand but also prepare us for the future, ensuring
that our airport remains a vital hub for both business and leisure travelers.”
The new parking facility totals 2.4 million square feet and cost the airport $348 million.
Connector to alleviate traffic
Charleston County’s project to build an airport connector in April advanced into the right-of-way acquisition phase after receiving approval from the Federal Highway Administration, a key decision that pushed the project toward its final design phases.
“This determination is a major milestone for the Airport Connector Road project and reflects years of careful planning, environmental study, and collaboration,” said Charleston County Public Works Director Eric Adams. “With this approval in hand, we’re one step closer to delivering critical infrastructure that will improve traffic flow, support economic growth and provide a safer, more efficient connection to and from the airport.”
The connector project involves construction of a new access roadway to the airport. This new five-lane road will help to alleviate traffic congestion caused by commuter traffic, airport-destined traffic, Boeing traffic and general traffic associated with the North Charleston Coliseum and surrounding area. Additionally, the project will
Applications open Monday for filmmaking grant
You could get $15,000 to make a film if you are one of seven winners of the 2025 Southern Documentary Fund Production Grant , an annual grant program that supports Southern documentary filmmakers in the production phase of their projects. Applications open July 14. Seven applicants will each receive $15,000 in unrestricted funding to support the creation of powerful, communityrooted stories that reflect the diverse voices of the American South. The opportunity is open to any filmmakers who identify as Southern and are currently working on documentary projects that highlight the region’s unique narratives, challenges and perspectives.
Applications are due Aug. 15. Two grant information sessions will be held at 1 p.m. July 29 and Aug. 13. Visit southerndocumentaryfund.org for more information. — City Paper staff
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Charleston’s rank in the annual Best U.S. Cities contest held by the magazine Travel + Leisure. This year’s ranking marks the first time in 13 years Charleston wasn’t voted No. 1 by the magazine’s readers. Charleston was dethroned by Santa Fe. New Orleans nabbed the No. 2 spot. Source: Travel + Leisure
CP GROCERY TRACKER
July 4–July 11, 2025
Numbers are based on weekly average costs nationwide.
Milk (half-gallon): $1.99 ( $0.30)
Cheese (8-ounce block): $2.48 ( $0.32)
Eggs (dozen, large white): $3.99 ( $0.81)
Bananas (per pound): $0.58 ( $0.10)
Avocados (each): $1.42 ( $0.31)
Gas (per gallon, S.C. avg.): $2.835 ( $0.004)
Sources: ams.usda.gov, gasprices.aaa.com
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By Damian Bertrand
Charleston’s only non-commercial, volunteer-powered radio station, OHM Radio 96.3 FM, is gearing up this month to celebrate a major milestone a decade of nonstop, community-driven programming.
“[It’s an honor to have] a mic to hand to someone to tell their story or share their work,” said Kate Ledbetter, the executive director of the nonprofit that oversees OHM. “It’s a tremendous honor and an important service to our community.”
To commemorate the station’s 10 years of serving the Charleston community, it will celebrate July 27 at The Refinery with food, drinks and a line-up of local talent, such as the Marshgrass Mamas, a Lowcountrybased bluegrass band.
Attendance is free, with a $15 suggested donation for each attendee. All proceeds will go to Media Reform SC, the nonprofit that operates OHM radio.
Spotlighting local voices
With three part-time staff writers, volunteer hosts and DJs, OHM dedicates its time to shine a light on community voices, perspectives and exceptional music, according to a press release. Its mission is to promote democracy, sustainability and a healthy community, while celebrating Charleston’s creatives, students, authors, entrepreneurs and grassroots organizations. OHM is not just another radio station to
Ledbetter. She said she believes it’s something that can’t be replaced, which is why she has stayed with the radio station since joining in 2019 to host the “Easy Does It Radio Hour.”
“I’m willing to put in my blood, sweat and tears … [because] I consider it an essential public service,” said Ledbetter, who became the station’s executive director in April.
“And despite changes and evolution of nonprofit radio, it continues to play an important role in our local news.”
She said one of her favorite aspects of OHM is the community that it brings.
“I love that it’s hyperlocal. Getting to meet people and talk to people about their work, whether they’re activists or artists it’s just really rewarding to connect and grow the community in a meaningful way,” Ledbetter said. “[It’s an honor to have] a mic to hand to someone to tell their story or share their work. It’s a tremendous honor and an important service to our community.”
OHM gives opportunities for unheard voices to share their talent, said Steph Fredrickson, aka Steph RFX, OHM’s studio producer since May.
“It’s an honor to be involved with OHM Radio, a truly special place for Charleston’s creative community,” she said. “From musicians to storytellers, it’s inspiring to see so many people stepping up to share their creative gifts.”
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OHM Radio’s Kate Ledbetter (left) and Luvie Smith host an interview with Charleston musicians Gritty Flyright and Paul Joliet
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By Damian Bertrand
Why you need to make sure meat is fully cooked “
South Carolina cooks may want to be extra cautious when cooking meat after considering a new report that showed more than a third of all retail meat nationwide from 2019 to 2021 tested positive for potentially harmful bacteria.
According to a report from Trace One, a regulatory compliance software company for the food and beverage sector, South Carolina has the nation’s second-highest risk index of contamination, 67.85, only beaten by Georgia, which has a risk index of 69.05. A higher score indicates greater contamination risk. The data comes from a Trace One analysis of data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System between 2019 and 2021.
“South Carolina’s ranking reflects how retail meat contamination can vary widely across states due to factors like production methods, transportation and storage conditions, labor practices, and the strength of local oversight,” Erika Redaelli, Trace One’s global head of solution management, regulatory and scientific affairs told the Charleston City Paper.
Meats with the highest risk of bacteria are poultry products, the most common being chicken and turkey. Trace One analyzed 324 South Carolina chicken samples for both salmonella and campylobacter. Ninety samples, or 27.8%, tested positive for at least one of the two bacteria. Nationally, 22.2% of retail chickens tested positive for such bacteria. Pork chops and ground beef tested the lowest for salmonella in S.C.
Harmful bacteria in retail meat can lead to widespread foodborne illness. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 48 million people in the United States get sick from foodborne illnesses each year. Of these, approximately 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die.
“While a positive test for bacteria doesn’t necessarily mean the meat will cause illness — especially when it’s handled and cooked properly — it does point to broader challenges in maintaining food safety,” Redaelli said.
Budget cuts threaten efforts
Ensuring the safety of the food supply requires scientific monitoring, regulatory oversight and public health infrastructure.
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provide increased traffic capacity to account for future economic growth in the area.
“People want to blame traffic problems on growth, but International Boulevard has been
Continued investment from both the public and private sectors in testing, food safety technology and workforce training is critical to reducing risk and protecting consumers nationwide.”
—Erika Redaelli
It’s a shared responsibility between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the FDA to watch over the food supply.
“Continued investment from both the public and private sectors in testing, food safety technology and workforce training is critical to reducing risk and protecting consumers nationwide,” Redaelli said.
But the agencies are now facing budget cuts that threaten their ability to monitor pathogens, investigate outbreaks and enforce safety standards, the report stated.
Meat can become contaminated with bacteria at several points during the production process, most often during slaughter, handling, or packaging. Bacteria from the animal’s intestinal tract can spread to the meat surface if sanitation procedures aren’t followed. Contamination can also occur through contact with unclean equipment, workers’ hands, or water used in processing facilities.
The S.C. Department of Public Health collects retail meat to test for bacteria. But it’s not a test for contamination because all of the organisms are already expected to be in raw meat products, the agency told the City Paper in a statement.
Instead, the goal is to monitor antibiotic resistance of intestinal organisms and provide information that helps ensure antibiotics remain effective for treating infections.
Known as multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, antibiotic-resistant bacteria make it significantly harder to treat infections and can increase the risk of hospitalization or death. The report said increased use of antibiotics in livestock production causes this issue. Among all bacteria, salmonella had the highest overall MDR rate at 35.5%, followed by E. coli (26.0%), enterococcus (15.3%) and campylobacter (13.6%).
a problem for a very long time,” Summey said.
“There’s so much cut-through traffic. Most airports around the country have their own road going to it. Now, we will as well.” Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2026 and is expected to take approximately two years.
station’s current location and its third home. Ledbetter said she hopes OHM can stay at The Refinery indefinitely.
“It’s a vibrant area to be right in the middle of, and it’s great to get to connect with the creative energy right here at The Refinery,” she said. “It’s just a great place to spend time and to work.”
Ledbetter said the evolution from its first location at Joseph Floyd Manor in Charleston to The Refinery helped the station deeply connect to its audience because of its more accessible location.
“Our goal is to minimize any hurdles that would keep people from being able to get to the studio,” she said. “So [moving] helped with the accessibility for people feeling like it was somewhere they wouldn’t be welcome.”
Through the years and ahead
While the station has thrived during its 10 years of existence, Ledbetter said that it didn’t come without any hardships. Fundraising is always a challenge, even with the generosity of local donors and the grants the station receives.
“Keeping the lights on, keeping things up and running, creating a space that’s welcoming and inviting for guests and keeping our technology up to speed — all of that is folded into our daily operations but also the challenges of being a nonprofit,” Ledbetter said.
Fundraising might be a drag for other nonprofits, but Ledbetter said she and her crew love the opportunity to connect with listeners. She’s especially excited to celebrate their upcoming fundraising event at OHM’s anniversary party.
“It’s part of the fun … this is one of my favorite things to do,” she said. “It’s a testament to how truly generous and how deeply committed and involved our community is when they rally around us to support our fundraising efforts.”
A decade of programming is a huge milestone, but Ledbetter is still searching for ways to make OHM’s future even brighter. One thing she wants to see is adding a visual aspect to their radio, to allow people to view their DJ or host, not just their voices.
“The next 10 years are going to mean an even greater shift in how people are listening, and how people are receiving information,” she said. “We’re in this gorgeous corner spot of The Refinery, and it’s a place people want to see. So I think getting the faces of OHM out there, to remove the mystery of being behind the microphone, I think we see ourselves moving in that direction.”
Regardless of what the future holds, Fredrickson said she is content with OHM’s impact on the community and the connections it has helped build in the past 10 years.
“I’m proud to support and amplify the incredible local talent that makes this city feel like home,” she said.
Blotter of the Week
North Charleston police on June 28 responded to a shoplifting report at a Remount Road gas station after a man reportedly stole a hot dog, a chicken sandwich, a bag of Doritos and a handful of condiments. Police found the suspect, who led them on a chase through some woods before he was ultimately caught and searched. Officers found the chicken sandwich still in his pocket with a relish packet. Wonder if his hands were stained orange from the chips?
Impressive party, big pain Mount Pleasant police on June 29 detained 64 kids after busting a house party on Cottingham Drive that involved underage drinking. According to police, the party host claimed she didn’t know anyone was drinking alcohol, and that it was originally supposed to only be about 30 people before it got out of hand. Yeah, yeah, we’ve seen all the teen party movies, too, kid. Police called each kid’s parents to pick them up, resulting in a very long night for everyone involved.
He wasn’t a Ralph Lauren
A North Charleston clothing store manager on June 27 told city police that a man entered the store and stole seven Polo shirts and six pairs of Polo shorts, amounting to a total of $1,625. Police noted the suspect reportedly walked with a limp, meaning he probably won’t be wearing these clothes to actually play polo. What a waste.
By Skyler Baldwin
Illustration by Steve Stegelin
The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between June 27 and June 29.
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Boost solving murders to slow murder rate
One of the most disturbing stories in recent weeks — besides all of the terrible things that are expected to happen to the country’s safety net after passage of the federal budget megabill — is how almost half of murderers get away with their killings.
According to a July 6 story in The New York Times, “Most crimes go unsolved, emboldening criminals and potentially leading to more violence.” In 2023, just 58% of more than 18,000 murders in the United States were solved or an arrest was made, according to FBI data in the story.
“A murderer’s chance of getting caught within a year essentially comes down to a coin flip,” the story noted. “For other crimes, clearance rates are even lower. Only 8% of car thefts result in an arrest.”
In other first-world countries, such as Australia or Great Britain, clearance rates are often 70% or more — up to 90% in some places.
Fortunately, in this instance, South Carolina is more like these other countries — perhaps because we’re more rural or smaller or because communities are knit together more closely. According to the Murder Accountability Project, South Carolina authorities closed 77.2% of murder cases between 1965 and 2013. That number dropped in recent years — 72% in 2023 and 62% the year before — but the Palmetto State outstrips national murder clearance rates routinely.
The same can be said for two area counties — Berkeley and Dorchester. While they have few murders comparatively, they solve cases. In 2023, Berkeley County authorities made arrests or closed 19 cases in 23 murders, while Dorchester County law
enforcement officers closed nine of 11 murder cases.
Charleston County, which has a 73.3% clearance rate since 1965, has seen lower clearance rates in recent years as growth exploded. In 2023, police cleared 39 cases in 71 murders (54.9%) and 24 cases in 48 murders the year before.
Interestingly, while South Carolina authorities are above average in clearing murder cases, the state isn’t too good in preventing murders. The Palmetto State has the nation’s seventh highest murder rate — 9 killings per 100,000 people. That’s two to three times higher than states like California, Florida and New York, according to data from Statista.com.
So while we apparently do a pretty good job of figuring out who killed whom, we still have a ways to go in preventing someone from killing someone else.
Experts say ways to curb killings include investing more in police resources to add investigators. Why? Because if people know they’re going to get caught, they might not do the crime and get the time. It wouldn’t hurt, either, if there were better control of guns — or bullets — so that it wasn’t so easy to pick up a weapon when miffed. (Those countries that have good clearance rates often have tough laws on getting guns.)
Others point to increased use of cameras and technology to generate more information for authorities to do their jobs. But those tools also can be perceived as overly intrusive in a society that values privacy.
Bottom line: Let’s try to bring down murder rates by investing more in police resources to grow how many murderers are jailed and also wisely spend more on technology to aid investigations to get the bad guys.
CHARLESTON CHECKLIST
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.
Graham still favored in U.S. Senate seat
By Andy Brack
Looks like four-term U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has a pedigreed political challenger for the Republican primary in 2026, but he’s probably grinning privately because he may just have the perfect opponent.
Former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, who’s been pretty quiet in politics for a few years, said he’ll challenge Graham next year for essentially not being conservative enough — even though President Donald Trump has already vigorously endorsed Graham and tasked an ally to run his campaign. Graham, who criticized Trump when both were running for president in 2016, morphed into the lackey of lackeys when Trump won the nomination. Since then, there’s been a hot bromance that cooled some, but the relationship remains close, on the golf course and off.
So with Trump being the only real endorsement that matters in MAGA-fueled Republican politics, it’s kind of hard to see Bauer’s path to winning the GOP nomination.
Bauer, who served eight years as lieutenant governor, last was in elective politics in 2011. Since then, he’s flirted with running for various congressional seats and worked as a political commentator and real estate developer.
Now, he seems to be trying to out-Trump Graham as the America First candidate in the GOP primary. On his campaign website, Bauer, who didn’t return a phone call, touted himself as the “only America First candidate South Carolina can trust to stand with President Trump, take on the establishment, and put our values first.”
Winthrop University pollster Scott Huffmon explains there are three branches of the Republican Party these days and “most of the time, their behavior and preferences are utterly identical.”
With Trump being the only real endorsement that matters in MAGAfueled Republican politics, it’s kind of hard to see Bauer’s path to winning the GOP nomination.
First, there are the Make America Great Again acolytes who are fiercely loyal to Trump — and where the endorsement of Graham is a big deal. Then are the America Firsters, who may be disappointed with foreign entanglements that Graham has supported and who may be a little skeptical of Trump after he pushed the U.S. to participate in a limited bombing of Iran. Finally are more traditional Republicans who don’t particularly like Trump but wouldn’t vote for a Democrat until hell froze over. In Bauer’s favor are lower-than-expected polling numbers in South Carolina for Graham. In May, some 40% of South Carolinians disapproved of how Graham was handling his job as senator. But when you pull out Democrats, that number dropped to 18% of Republican respondents. Fifty-five percent said they approved; 26% said they weren’t sure.
But even if Bauer were able to peel off some of the America First faction, getting to 50% in a primary could be kind of tough, and not only because Trump’s endorsement means something. There are two other things going on.
First, Graham has a significant cash-on-hand advantage with almost $16 million in the bank on March 31. He’s also a proven fund-raiser and will be able to get more cash if he needs it to be on the ballot in November 2026.
Second, Bauer has been out of the political eye for more than a dozen years — a long time in politics. During that time — and despite being an early supporter of Trump — he hasn’t been about to get a job in the Trump administration, even after browbeating friends in Washington. When Trump nominated Bauer in 2020 to be U.S. ambassador to Belize, he wasn’t able to get through the confirmation process. So while it’s not going to be comfortable for Graham to spend a little cash to beat Bauer in the GOP primary, he’s probably grinning like a Cheshire cat because he’s got Trump’s endorsement, he can likely count on the MAGA wing of the party and he knows there’s something that kept Bauer from becoming an ambassador that could come out if politicking were to turn nasty.
Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.
ACCIDENT AND INJURY CASES
Stop science cuts to keep future from becoming more vulnerable
By Toni Reale, special to the City Paper
A wall of water surged early July 4 through central Texas. It drowned communities along the Guadalupe River and swept more than 100 precious lives away before sunrise. This extreme weather event was absolutely devastating and heartbreaking.
Many deaths could have been prevented. But as suggested last month in a column about climate, most lawmakers don’t understand basic science. Yet they are making big decisions on weather and climate funding that literally impact our survival.
Our elected officials have a lot of answering to do. Some say flash flood warnings were issued, but came too late, or were missed entirely by communities still asleep or simply never received. Where did the breakdown occur? Could lives have been spared?
Just last year in North Carolina, stalled storms unleashed catastrophic rainfall, flooding towns, destroying homes and displacing thousands. Most of those towns are still recovering and some may never fully rebound. These events weren’t just “acts of God.” They were fueled by human-induced climate change and are the new normal. Scientists have been shouting this from mountaintops for decades but too many have had deaf ears. If we continually let politicians make decisions without listening to researchers, then this is what we’ll have more of.
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Here in Charleston, king tides now routinely flood our streets on sunny days. Hurricanes push farther inland. The rain falls harder. The ground we’re standing on is built on infilled marshes. And our outdated stormwater systems are not built to withstand what’s coming. Climate change isn’t a distant threat. It’s already here, lapping at our doorsteps. And guess what? These impacts don’t care what your belief system is. They don’t care if you are red, blue, purple or gray.
Yet while the risks from a changing climate grow, the federal government is actively gutting the very tools we need to understand and prepare for these disasters. And too many stand idly by with “thoughts and prayers.”
The current administration has slashed funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Weather Service and FEMA. In 2024, NOAA warned of a dire budget shortfall that could halt weather balloon launches that are crucial for monitoring temperature, wind and pressure systems in real-time. These balloons are the backbone of short-term weather forecasting, especially for flash floods, hurricanes and severe storms. Fewer balloons mean less accurate forecasts and more people caught off guard. Now thanks to cuts, there are about 20% fewer balloons being launched under this administration.
Hundreds of NOAA staff, including too many in the Lowcountry, have been laid off or not replaced. Local weather offices across the country are stretched thin. In Texas, the National Weather Service station near the deadly flooding had lost nearly a quarter of its staff in the months before the disaster. When storms intensified, there simply weren’t enough people to monitor data or issue warnings fast enough.
Even FEMA, the agency charged with leading disaster response and resilience, has seen steep cuts in staff, preparedness grants and climate resiliency programs. Instead of investing in tools like flood mapping, early warning systems and infrastructure, the administration is actively dismantling them. Scientific grants have been pulled from research institutions across the country.
If we don’t protect the science, the scientists and the systems that protect us, then we are choosing vulnerability and allowing unnecessary death and loss. The lives lost in Texas and North Carolina are a warning and a call to action. We must restore funding for NOAA, FEMA and the National Weather Service. We must elect leaders who “believe” in climate science and understand that protecting communities means funding the people and technology that keep them safe.
Science isn’t political. It’s survival.
Toni Reale is the owner of Roadside Blooms, a unique flower, crystal and plant shop at 4491 Durant Ave., North Charleston. Online at roadsideblooms.com.
What To Do
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NEXT FRIDAY
Dancing on the Cooper
Find the Mount Pleasant Pier alive with the rhythm of live music and dancing on special Friday nights this summer. The Shem Creek Boogie Band will be playing classic favorites and beach music to get the party going. A registered chaperone is required for all participants age 15 and under. Beverages and snacks are available for purchase on-site. No outside food, drinks or pets are allowed. July 18. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. $10/in-advance; $15/day-of. Mount Pleasant Pier. 71 Harry Hallman Blvd. Mount Pleasant. ccprc.com
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SATURDAY
Sweetgrass basket workshop
Create your own one-of-a-kind sweetgrass basket in this special class led by Jennifaye Singleton of Geechee Gyal Baskets. Singleton has been making baskets since 1990, an art she learned from her aunt. The craft, handed down from generation to generation requires a great deal of patience and creativity. Light refreshments will be provided. July 12. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. $100/ticket. Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. 3550 Ashley River Road. West Ashley. magnoliaplantation.com
MONDAY
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Summer oyster roast series
Miss out on the oyster roast last Monday? Don’t worry, there’s plenty more coming in this year’s summer oyster roast series at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort’s summer oyster roasts on Mondays is the perfect place to reast on fresh oysters cooked over an open flame along with other barbecue specialties like ribs, pulled pork, smoked chicken and Lowcountry boil. There also are all of the Southern sides and desserts you need to make the experience unforgettable. Mondays through Aug. 25 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.; 6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. $62/adult; $31 kids 4-12. Kiawah Island Golf Resort. One 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, including locally made olive oil, ranch dressing, boiled peanuts, Greek sweets, fresh pasta and more. Tuesdays. 3:30 p.m to 7 p.m. Free to attend. The Moultrie Middle School. 645 Coleman Drive. Mount Pleasant. experiencemountpleasant.com
MONDAYS AND SATURDAYS
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Let’s Move
Join the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry for Let’s Move twice a week. This interactive program is designed to inspire children to explore the joys of physical activity through play, discovery and imagination. Let’s Move is focused on promoting healthy lifestyles for children and combines fun and fitness in a dynamic environment. All events are free with paid museum admission. Mondays and Saturdays. 11 a.m. to noon. $15/admission. Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry. 25 Ann St. Downtown. explorecml.org
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Charleston is struggling to meet the demand for affordable housing. The cost of being able to live affordably in the Charleston area is out of control, a housing crisis just as real as rising sticky temperatures, climateinduced flooding and expensive prices just about everywhere.
But Charleston housing authorities, nonprofit organizations and the city of Charleston are trying desperately to increase affordable options amid growing demand.
“If you move to Charleston, you’re taking a risk of not being able to afford housing,” said Arthur Milligan, CEO of the Housing Authority of the City of Charleston, in a probing interview with the Charleston City Paper.
Housing gap challenges Charleston
By Damian Bertrand
What’s considered “affordable housing” are dwellings below market rates, from lowincome to workforce housing. In a market where the cost to buy a house has skyrocketed in recent years, that makes what’s affordable even harder to find.
Affordable housing is technically defined as housing priced at or below 30% of the
pre-tax household income for households making from 0% to 120% of the Area Median Income, according to the city’s Affordable Housing Dashboard, which shows all proposed and existing affordable housing options in Charleston County.
As of July 1, there were just over 5,800 existing affordable units in the city and 815 proposed units in active development. But that’s way short of the city’s goal of having more than 15,000 units to meet its goal of eliminating affordability gaps by 2030, outlined in the city’s 2021 strategic plan.
Residents keep on waiting
Affordable housing is a stress across the county. Due to high demand, Charleston County Housing and Redevelopment Authority’s waiting lists for public housing and Section 8, a subsidized housing program, are closed, according to Angela Childers, the authority’s CEO. She said once thousands of applications get processed, which could take months, the waiting list will reopen.
The waiting list to receive affordable housing has also increased at the city of Charleston’s Housing Authority (CHA), Milligan said.
“We have about 2,200 to 2,900 people on the waiting list right now, and it’s going to continue going up,” he said.
Milligan
Photos by Ashley Stanol
Charleston’s Kiawah Homes project (above, right) is an affordable-housing duplex community that is expected to finish renovating 62 units by fall 2026
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More and more people are aging out … so we’re starting to see more and more senior housing that’s just reaching its limit, and that people have gotten to a point where they physically can’t work.”
—Arthur Milligan, CEO of the Housing Authority of the City of Charleston
Milligan said there are several reasons for this, mainly because Charleston’s population keeps growing. Between 2013 and 2023, Charleston gained around 28,000 people, according to Google’s Data Commons. In that same period, 16,000 houses were built.
Charleston’s key industries, such as aerospace, automotive and tech, have also attracted high-income earners, creating more competition in the city’s housing market, Milligan said. But many Charleston natives don’t want to move out of their city, even if housing is cheaper elsewhere.
“For a lot of people, Charleston is home, and they still need someplace to live,” he said. “We try to help with that, to make sure they are not outside, living in the woods.”
Milligan said the blame can’t be pinned on anyone. It’s just what happens when a city grows as fast as Charleston has.
totalling an additional 1,500 units, and four more are planned.
The need for more affordable housing options is quite visible, Childers said.
“When we see our Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) participants having a hard time finding a unit that is affordable to rent, that definitely shows a need for more affordable housing units,” Childers said.
lived in Charleston for three years, said she applied to many affordable housing options before getting her current home at St. James Place in James Island. She was on a waiting list for nearly 16 months.
If she didn’t have relatives to support her, Dochterman said she would have had to go back to Georgia or face homelessness.
“It’s not anybody’s specific fault; it’s the fact that businesses come here because we have a nice location,” Milligan said.
“Charleston is really expanding and will continue to expand.”
When asked if developments are keeping up with the need for affordable housing, Milligan said, “Oh no, it’s not even close.”
What can be done
The most important thing the city can do to help, Milligan said, is give more tax incentives to developers. That might cause them to be willing to build more affordable housing, he said.
Nevertheless, Milligan said his agency is dedicated to continuing to build for the people of Charleston. CHA has seven active development projects in the works,
But the county is making progress toward making affordable housing more accessible, even if it’s one unit at a time, Childers said.
“Every little step is progress,” she said. “If somebody is building two affordable units, we’ll take it. If someone is building 200 units, we’ll take them.”
Senior citizens in need of housing
Demographically, there has been a growing senior population in need of affordable housing, Milligan said.
“Charleston attracts a lot of people, and you’re seeing elderly people move to Charleston,” he said. “More and more people are aging out … so we’re starting to see more and more senior housing that’s just reaching its limit, and that people have gotten to a point where they physically can’t work.”
Juanita Dochterman, a senior who has
“I was fortunate. I had family to stay with, but it was difficult because nobody really wants to have an extra person hanging out,” Dochterman said.
And while Dochterman said she loves her small, one-bedroom house, which costs 30% of her income, she doesn’t think the city is doing enough to encourage more affordable housing for seniors and families. She feels many of the affordable housing options are in unsafe neighborhoods and are too outdated.
Milligan offers a different perspective. He believes the city is trying its best to fix the problem and is doing more than other cities facing a similar situation.
“The city of Charleston is very interested and feels like it’s important to do affordable housing, and that’s not always the case,” he said. “You go to a big city, its first priority is bringing in developers or businesses that will hire more people. But here, the government is very concerned about trying to get affordable housing.”
The apartments at 275 Huger St. will be demolished for an 74-unit affordable complex complex by March 2027
Cuisine
Sizzling dinner to feature New Orleans chef at Beautiful South
By Helen Mitternight
You might assume that New Orleans’ Mr. Mao restaurant serves Chinese food and that it’s named after Chinese politician Mao Zedong. You’d be wrong. The popular restaurant features a mixture of Southeast Asian, Indian and Mexican food.
“Mao is my Khmer nickname. And Mr. Mao is named after my cat,” said Sophina Uong, who will be cooking at a dinner with Beautiful South owner David Schuttenberg on July 17. The dinner is part of the Charleston Wine + Food Festival’s Summer Sizzle series. The multicultural influences reflect Uong’s varied and colorful past.
Uong, who started cooking at age 9, grew up in California and had plans to be a horticulturist or a shaman until she met a surfer while she was volunteering with the World Wildlife Fund in Brazil. The surfer, it turned out, was from a town about 50 miles away from where she grew up in California. The two dated for about seven years, traveling the coast of California wherever the good waves were. Uong said she sup-
ported herself by waitressing, bartending or catering. After a stint in New York, after her relationship with the surfer ended, Uong returned to California.
“When I was 28 or 29, I met my daughter’s father, who was a chef at the time. He kind of turned me into his pastry chef and I sucked, because I can’t do math, even though I’m Asian, and I didn’t have the patience to weigh things out,” Uong recalled with a laugh.
“So I moved into savory and then I became a better cook than I think he was. It just kind of divided our relationship and then I became a single mom for 14 years. And through all of that, I realized I was kind of good at cooking and I was pretty good at bossing people around.”
In 2012, Uong met the man who is her current husband, and by 2016, she went from “kind of good at cooking” to being Food Network’s “Grill Master Napa Champion.”
California to Minnesota to New Orleans
Uong and her husband later moved to Minnesota so she could work at Andrew Zimmern’s Lucky Cricket Chinese restaurant, which opened and closed relatively quickly amidst controversy after Zimmern was quoted as saying he would save the Midwest from bad Chinese food.
“I had no idea about Chinese food,” Uong said. “But there was a 72-item menu and two woks. I was just like, ‘Are you insane?’ You could definitely tell it was a kitchen that was built by a celebrity chef that never worked the line! But he taught me a lot about regional Chinese cuisines and ingredients and brands, and showmanship.”
Uong left Minnesota and moved to New Orleans to do pop-ups for what became Mr. Mao.
“I was at a point in my life that I’d already felt middle-aged when I moved to Minnesota and when that changed, I was kind of floundering. It was time to reinvent myself and start over. And New Orleans has such an incredible, diverse community. I made some fast friends.”
New Orleans, it seemed, was ready for a restaurant that Uong describes as “loud, celebratory, comfortable for women, and
affordable for hospitality workers.”
Uong said she was given the latitude to feature different ethnicities in her cooking because she is a person of color, but added, “Clearly, I just made sure that we’re appreciating rather than appropriating.”
That approach makes her pairing with Schuttenberg a natural.
Appreciation of a cuisine
Schuttenberg and his wife, Tina HeathSchuttenberg, own Kwei Fei, as well as Beautiful South. The former serves Szechuan-style cooking; Beautiful South serves dim sum, American-style Chinese takeout and South of the Yangtze river food. Neither owner is Chinese, but their approach echoes Uong’s appreciation, not appropriation style.
When the couple first opened Beautiful South, they gathered an advisory board of people with differing backgrounds and asked them to dine at the restaurant.
“We wanted to make sure we were doing things with integrity, being respectful. Because sometimes you put things out there and you’re not sure how they will be per-
ceived,” Heath-Schuttenberg said. “It was all very helpful for me to see things I might have missed.”
She said the advisory board was disbanded as a formal body but that they still check in with members regularly, to ensure they stay on track.
Schuttenberg fell in love with Asian flavors when working with chef Zakary Pelaccio in New York, who cooked Malaysian food.
“I fell in love with the spice and the balance of Asian cuisine,” Schuttenberg said.
When the pair moved to Charleston, they looked for a gap in the dining marketplace. At first, they considered Mexican, to reflect Heath-Schuttenberg’s background, and briefly opened Micho on the Pour House deck but later decided Szechuan was a bigger need for Charleston, and Kwei Fei was born seven years ago. Beautiful South followed five years later.
The dinner with Uong will be a mashup of what they love best: global flavors with bold spices that pay tribute to cultures that the chefs admire.
Andrew Cebulka
David Schuttenberg and Tina HeathSchuttenberg, owners of Kwei Fei and Beautiful South
Sophina Uong of New Orleans’ Mr. Mao restaurant will be cooking in Charleston on July 17 as part of the Charleston Wine + Food Festival’s Summer Sizzle series
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What’s new
Ok Donna will open later this year at 1117 King St. as a new concept from restaurateur and mixologist Joey Goetz of Bar George and Last Saint as well as chefs Mason Morton and James Ostop of Bar George and Italian pop-up Lupara. The restaurant will serve fresh pastas, pizzas and other items and will bring a casual, neighborhood vibe to Wagener Terrace. More: ok-donna.com
Welton’s Tiny Bakeshop is set to expand this fall into the building next door at 684 King St. The new space will have seating and an expanded coffee program, and will give customers the option to sit for a croissant and espresso or a glass of wine and slice of focaccia. People can also expect sometimes to see pizzas, the food that started it all when owners Hannah and Zachary Walton had their mobile woodfired pizza pop-ups before opening the bakeshop in 2022. More: weltonstinybakeshop.com
What’s happening
Mount Pleasant’s Nico’s Oysters + Seafood is hosting a Bastille Day celebration at 6 p.m. July 14. The family-style feast features tarte flambée with lardons and gruyere as a starter option, choucroute with sausage, potatoes, sauerkraut and carrots for a main course and a baked alaska for dessert. There will be live music and tickets are $75 per person which includes beverage pairings. More: nicoshemcreek.com
Holy City Brewing is throwing a 14th Anniversary Party from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 19. The all-day event will feature food and drink specials, games and a winner-take-all beer pong tournament starting at 4 p.m. in The Porter Room. This party is free to attend and the brewery will still run as usual.
More: holycitybrewing.com
Daddy’s Girl Bakery in North Charleston is hosting a wine and cake design class at 4 p.m. July 19. A $75 ticket includes a six-inch cake, all decorating supplies and materials, wine, light snacks and swag bag.
More: @daddys_girls_bakery on Instagram —Becky Lacey
Be the first to know. Read the Cuisine section at charlestoncitypaper.com.
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Culture
Chicago-based quintet Hot Like Mars has been described as “Motown meets a jam band”
Chicago’s Hot Like Mars to jam July 16
By Vincent Harris
The Chicago quintet Hot Like Mars will bring its funk to the Pour House on July 16. The band is fluent in tight, insistent and danceable funk that can move even the most sedentary booty.
But it’s also a band that can stretch things out with ease. The tag “jam-band” gets applied to Hot Like Mars a good bit, but its extended improvisations never sag in the middle or wander off down dead end roads. The songs stay tightly wound and intense throughout, whether the band plays for five minutes or 10.
“It’s been described as ‘Motown meets a jam band,’ ” said Hot Like Mars guitarist Pat Walsh in a recent conversation with the Charleston City Paper. “We’re doing a lot of live improvisation and jamming, but it’s rooted in soul, funk and gospel.”
A lot of that gospel influence comes from the passionate delivery of singer/keyboardist Anthony Perry, whose fiery voice is the band’s secret weapon.
“We take them to church,” Walsh said. “Anthony does a great job of speaking to the crowd and sending out a message of positivity and motivation. Taking people to the next level is our goal.”
It’s a sound that’s garnered the band a fast-growing fanbase and a steady concert schedule on the Chicago scene and beyond. Hot Like Mars recorded a single here and there, but the band’s focus was on live
shows. Or at least it was until last April, when it released its first full-length studio album, One Way Ticket Up
“We wanted to have an eight-song album that could represent our studio work and felt like something we were proud of,” Walsh said. “We were finally able to finish it up a couple of months ago, and it’s really nice to have it out in the world.”
What’s most surprising about One Way Ticket Up is its conciseness. The band stays away from lengthy jams on the album, choosing to keep infectious dance-funk tunes like “Every Day Above Ground,” laid back pop like “Good Vibrations” and skintight funk rock like “Lotta Nothin” short and sweet.
“When people hear those songs live, they’ll all be extended,” Walsh said. “There will be big solo sections, and there are sections where we’ll go to a full-on jam. When people come to see us live, they’ll get a taste of the improvisational side.”
Perhaps one of the reasons that the band is so flexible musically is that it came up on a very competitive scene in Chicago.
“Just by being in Chicago, you’re around so much high-level talent,” Walsh said. “There’s so much competition that it really sharpens the blade. That can discourage you and make you think you’ll never be as good as those other people. In our case, it motivated us to be the best that we could be and make a name for ourselves in this city.”
Arts+Music
Van Gogh, Monet immersion opens at Festival Hall
Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience and Beyond Monet: The Immersive Experience opens July 11 at Festival Hall. This event merges two celebrated exhibitions that come together to share the masterpieces of both Vincent van Gogh, among them “The Starry Night” and “Sunflowers,” and Claude Monet, including “Water Lilies” and “Impression: Sunrise.” Festival Hall is at 56 Beaufain St. Tickets: $29.50; beyondexhibitions.com
BOOKS
July 13 , 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. During Second Sunday on King Street, Charleston author Margaret Seidler will be signing copies of her book Payne-ful Business: Charleston’s Journey to Truth. Buxton Books, 160 King St., Charleston.
BENEFIT
July 22, 7:30 p.m. The Terrace Theater on James Island in light of the ongoing flooding in Texas is hosting a special screening of Texas classic Dazed and Confused. Tickets are on sale now, and all proceeds will go to the Texas Children’s Hospital Central Texas Hope Fund to benefit victims.
MUSIC
• July 11-13 , 8 p.m.: Phish, N. Charleston PAC
• July 11-12 , 6 p.m.: The Midnight City, The Windjammer
• July 17, 9 p.m.: Dog Named Squid, Pour House
In fact, the longest song on the album is a hair over four minutes. By way of comparison, the band’s last single before this album, called The Funk, is nearly nine minutes long.
“That was very intentional,” Walsh said of the shorter songs on the One Way Ticket Up album. “The live element and the studio are two different beasts, so we didn’t want to have 12-minute songs on the album. We wanted something that could be concise and listenable. We didn’t want to meander on the album. We’re very focused on songwriting.”
Having said that, fans who are at the Pour House show should expect the band to stretch out onstage.
Walsh said the result of a couple of years of the band honing its craft is a killer live show, which has served as a calling card for Hot Like Mars nationally.
“We’re always trying to get better,” Walsh said. “We’re perfectionists, and we’re always trying to tighten up even further. It’s a never-ending process of trying to be the best we can and presenting that to the world. It’s been cool to get that out to different parts of the world, and we’re excited about playing Charleston in particular.”
IF YOU WANT TO GO: Doors open at 9 p.m., July 16, Pour House, 1977 Maybank Highway. James Island. Tickets are $10: charlestonpourhouse.com
• July 18 , 9 p.m.: The Budos Band, Pour House
• July 18 , 9 p.m.: Weekend Friend, Royal American
• July 18 , 8 p.m.: Wildflowers: A Tribute To Tom Petty, Charleston Music Hall
• July 18 , 7 p.m.: Luke Bryan, Credit One Stadium
• July 19, 6 p.m.: Chatham County Line , Pour House
• July 19, 6 p.m.: Mr. Fahrenheit: A Tribute To Queen, The Windjammer
• July 20, 8 p.m.: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit , Charleston Gaillard Center.
• July 20, 8 p.m.: The Wallflowers, Charleston Music Hall
Brett Bergen
An arts-eye view of the Big Beautiful Bill
From the lens of an arts writer, it has been a not-so-beautiful couple of weeks.
On July 3, the U.S. House passed what has been vigorously branded as the Big Beautiful Bill. As an arts columnist, this bill is far from aesthetically pleasing.
Sweeping cuts in this bill and via previous administrative mandates span the education and arts sectors, two lanes that have long merged to cultivate a thriving and livable democracy. Generations of Americans rallied around a beautiful notion that an enlightened and free exchange of ideas and voices uplifts society.
These days, beauty, as the old adage goes, is in the eye of the beholder. With the passing of this bill, federal defunding is decidedly a bad look for both sectors.
Cuts to Medicaid — the fourth-largest source of federal funding for schools — add to the U.S. Department of Education’s recent clawback of curriculum it deems DEI.
Add to that a seismic subtraction of the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, and National Public Radio.
There are some enhancements. Included in the bill is $40 million for an intended National Garden of American Heroes, dreamed up by the president as a hit-parade of statues, among them one in the likeness of former Jeopardy host Alex Trebek, an immigrant. Funds are also allocated to the 2026 America 250 commemoration and the Kennedy Center.
The cost of the cuts
Historically, beauty in the Charleston arts scene has been from skin deep and instead is directly connected to economic vitality.
In the Charleston Renaissance of 191540, artists flocked to town, sketch pads in hand, and often created alluring tableaux for postcards, bolstering tourism in a postCivil War, down-on-its-heels city.
The perception of a practical application of the arts endures. Recent research from the advocacy group Americans for the Arts, via its public opinion study Americans Speak Out About the Arts found that 79% believe arts and culture are important to their community’s businesses, economy and local jobs. That bears out beautifully in this state and in this city. A 2023 study from the S.C. Arts Commission found the creative sector provided 123,550 jobs, or $5.7 billion in salaries and made a $14.1 billion total economic impact in the state.
In Charleston, based on numbers tabulated pre-COVID, the nonprofit arts and culture industry generates over $186.5 million of annual economic activity — supporting some
By Maura Hogan
6,750 full-time equivalent jobs and generating $19 million in local and state government revenues (Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 national economic impact study).
The state’s General Assembly sees the beauty, recently ratifying a bill for approval by Gov. Henry McMaster including $1.5 million in new funding for the S.C. Arts Commission to support community grant programs, including $500,000 in recurring funding and $1 million in nonrecurring (one-time) funding. It also raised the minimum starting teacher salary to $48,500.
A village voice
But about that bill. Chucking my rose-colored glasses, I see only the harsh glare of its certain impact, now and for years to come.
Still, it is worth noting that in the Charleston area, local measures are in place that can offer a roadmap for the bumpy times to come. Some cultural institutions have in recent years have worked tirelessly on education/community outreach programs that can serve as a resource — and as a model for stopgap, immediate measures so that no developing minds is left behind.
At Charleston Gaillard Center, an expansive Education and Community Program offers state curriculum-compliant programs and workshops at no charge, including bussing students from schools throughout the tri-county area for live performances.
At the Gibbes Museum of Art through Oct. 5, the exhibition Picturing Freedom:
Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid is a fascinating, rigorously researched look at a groundbreaking South Carolina historic event, one that ensures this significant narrative is told.
And this might be music to your ears. Charleston Symphony has long championed the Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestras, two orchestras that offer young musicians an extensive experience beyond the classroom.
Charleston Jazz offers donor-funded scholarships for classes and camps, as well as opportunities to see select Charleston Jazz concerts at no cost. Its annual Jazz Day for Kids event accommodates 1,200 K–12 students.
Aiming to step up what others have stepped on? All of the above — and so many others in the area — would certainly benefit from the support of this community. Know of any others? Send information my way. Now more than ever, cultural vitality takes a village.
To right this shortsighted, butt-ugly budgetary wrong, now is the time to tap into your own creativity and innovation. Through advocacy, philanthropy, resource sharing and determination, you’ll help to make a resounding case for the irrefutable societal benefit of arts and education.
And that, my fellow culture lovers and critical thinkers, would be a truly beautiful thing.
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CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-01366
County of Charleston, Condemnor,
vs. Clorenda Mae White, John Henry White, Jr., Anthony Franklin White, Elizabeth Lesesne, Francina J. Blackman, Amanda Roper, Clarence Judge, Landowners, and Shawn Roussell White, Suzzette Petease White, Melanie White, Jason White, Mark White, Gary O. Lesesne, Sheri Lesesne Norwood, Moses Backman, Jr., Janith Backman Washington, Nathaniel Backman, Arleen Backman, Karleen Backman Geddis, Eunice Annette Backman Troutman, Wachovia Rebecca Judge, Victoria Weaver Judge, Other Condemnees, and JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, fictitious names used to designate all other condemnees whose names are unknown, and persons in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, if any, and the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns, firms or corporations of any of the Landowner(s), Other Condemnee(s) or Unknown Claimant(s) who may be deceased, and any and all other persons claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate or other property described in the Condemnation Notice or any part thereof; Unknown Claimant(s).
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING
TO: LANDOWNERS, OTHER CONDEMNEES, AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS NAMED ABOVE YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, advised and notified, that pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., the within Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, has been filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina. The purpose of this action is to enable the Condemnor County of Charleston to acquire certain real property for its public purposes, as is more fully stated in the attached Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment. Responsive pleadings to the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment are not necessary.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Condemnor County of Charleston, pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., has brought an action against Landowners, to acquire a fee simple interest in a strip of land consisting of 1,548 square feet (0.036 acre), more or less, from the real property described as follows:
ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being on James Island, in the County of Charleston, South Carolina, more particularly described as (Tract 1) situate on the North side of the Fort Johnson Road, formerly containing five and eight-hundredths (5.08) acres, more or less, now containing one (1) acre, more or less, enclosed within yellow lines and marked “William Washington” on a plat of lands of Estate of Jeffery made by Simons-Mayrant Co., March, 1910, about to be recorded in in the RMC Office for Charleston County. This being a part of the same
parcel of land conveyed to William Washington, in partition, by Lena Lemon and others by deed dated January 14, 1911, and recorded in the RMC Office aforesaid, in Book X-27, page 255.
Being the same property conveyed to Arthur Lee Williams by Deed of Frank Lafayette, Personal Representative for the Estate of Louise M. Williams, dated June 27, 1990, and recorded June 28, 1990, in Book N194, Page 104, Charleston County RMC Office.
TMS # 428-03-00-004
The size, shape, location, and butting and bounding of the real property sought herein is depicted more particularly on the plat attached hereto as Exhibit A, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. The County’s acquisition of the real property is necessary for public purposes, more particularly for the improvement and creation of a roundabout at the intersection of Fort Johnson Road and Camp Road in Charleston County, South Carolina.
NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI TO: UNKNOWN CLAIMANT(S) NAMED ABOVE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Order appointing George E. Counts, Esquire, Counts & Huger, LLC, P.O. Box 80399, Charleston, South Carolina 29416, (Telephone: 843-573-0143), as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, Condemnees herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County. YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone on their behalf or on behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the Condemnor will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi absolute.
CHARLESTON COUNTY
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
Andrew L. Hethington, Esquire Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building 4045 Bridge View Drive North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 958-4010
alhethington@charlestoncounty. org Attorney for Condemnor
North Charleston, South Carolina March 13, 2025
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-1214
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS KASMERE SUTTER IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2024.
TO DEFENDANT: KASMERE SUTTER
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on May 6, 2025. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Kyra McMillan, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Kyra McMillan, SC Bar #102156, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-8802.
Attorney, Kyra McMillan, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Kyra McMillan, SC Bar #102156, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-8802.
ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONDADO DE CHARLESTON EN EL TRIBUNAL DE FAMILIA DEL NOVENO DISTRITO JUDICIAL EXPEDIENTE N.º 2025-DR-10-0511
EL DEPARTAMENTO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONTRA
WENDY RODRIGUEZ, ALEGRIA Y FLORENTINOR FORENS EN BENEFICIO DE: MENOR NACIDO EN 2008.
PARA: WENDY RODRIGUEZ ALEGRIA
POR LA PRESENTE SE LE CITA y se le requiere responder a la Demanda de Remoción en esta acción, presentada ante el secretario del tribunal del condado de Charleston el 25 de febrero de 2025, a las 3:19 p. m. Una vez que se demuestre el interés, se le entregará una copia de la Demanda de Remoción si así lo solicita, y deberá entregar una copia de su Respuesta a la Demanda a la Parte Demandante, el Departamento de Servicios Sociales del Condado de Charleston, en la oficina de su abogada, Kyra McMillan, , Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la fecha de esta publicación, sin contar la fecha de notificación. Si no responde dentro del plazo indicado, la parte Demandante procederá a solicitar reparación ante el Tribunal.
Kyra McMillan, licencia del colegio de abogados de Carolina del Sur N.º 102156, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Oficina 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-8802.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-0862
SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-0511
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS WENDY RODRIGUEZ ALEGRIA AND FLORENTINOR FORENS IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2008.
TO DEFENDANT: WENDY RODRIGUEZ ALEGRIA
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Removal in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 25, 2025, at 3:19 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Removal will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its
publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Kyra McMillan, SC Bar #102156, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-8802.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-0370
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS GINNELL GIBBS AND TYRIQUE GORDON AKA TYRIEQ GORDON, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2024.
TO DEFENDANT (S): Ginnell Gibbs and Tyreiq Gordon aka Tyrique Gordon
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint for termination of your parental rights in and to the minor child in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for 100 Broad Street, Charleston SC 29401 on the 11th day of February, 2025, at 2:55 p.m., a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Department, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, the plaintiff will apply for judgment by default against the defendant(s) for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Department, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405. Telephone number (843) 953-9525.
MCLEOD
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 12, 2025, at 3:01 PM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Fredrick Mogab, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Fredrick Mogab, SC Bar # 105639, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, (843) 953-9625.
Atty: HAROLD A. OBERMAN, ESQ.
60 MARKFIELD DR., #2 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 *********************************
Estate of: FREDERICK YOUNG
2025-ES-10-1065
DOD: 6/7/25
Pers. Rep: SHAWNIQUE PASLEY 38-G HAGOOD AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29403
Pers Rep: KAREEMA PASLEY 317 BENT TREE LN. MONCKS CORNER, SC 29461
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: DEANNA K. SIKES 2025-ES-10-1009 DOD: 4/16/25
Pers. Rep: NINA LOU KEETHLER 1409 DEVILLE ST. WICHITA FALLS, TX 76306 Atty: JOHN F. PERRY, ESQ. 3021 RUSHLAND MEWS JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455
Estate of: LANA MARGARET QUIBELL 2025-ES-10-1027
DOD: 12/6/24
Pers. Rep: CARRYN CLARE QUIBELL 910 BYRNWYCK RD. BROOKHAVEN, GA 30319 Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS KATELYN DORAN, JEANNE DORAN, JAMES DORAN, AND BRIAN COLE IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2014, 2016, AND 2019.
TO DEFENDANT: BRIAN COLE
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Non-Emergency Removal in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 27, 2025. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Non-Emergency Removal will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Kyra McMillan, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-0392
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS KIMBERLY MCLEOD, CHRISTOPHER MCLEOD, TYLER BATES, AND BRITTANY COLLINS, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2013.
TO DEFENDANT: KIMBERLY
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: MARISSA ANNE MELOY 2025-ES-10-0941
DOD: 4/25/25
Pers. Rep: LINDA L. MELOY 4414 BUCKINGHAM LN. IOWA CITY, IA 52245
Atty: KEVIN MICHAEL SEIBERT, ESQ. REBECCA ANNE SEIBERT, ESQ. 3 GAMECOCK AVE., #308B CHARLESTON, SC 29407
Estate of:
SHERALYN K. ROSENBLUM 2025-ES-10-1060
DOD: 5/1/25
Pers. Rep: STACY REGITSKY 2726 TWIN LEAF TRAIL MARIETTA, GA 30062
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: AMANDA J. DOSCHER 2025-ES-10-1073
DOD: 1/21/25
Pers. Rep: NANCY PEEPLES 1090 SEA EAGLE WATCH, CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: KERRY W. KOON, ESQ. 147 WAPPOO CREEK DR., #203, CHARLESTON, SC 29412
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 the relief demanded in in the Complaint.
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
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
07/22/2025 10:00 AM
Brenda Clark Christmas goods
Heather King Household goods
Amy Orlando Household and garage items
Facility 2: 1904 N Hwy 17 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
07/22/2025 10:15 AM
Susan Lewis Household Goods
Susan Lewis Household Goods
Donna Rutan Furniture and clothes
KaPreshia Mitchell Bedroom set, living room set, 2 smart TVs, area rug, coffee table/ end table, kitchenware, etc.
Facility 3: 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
07/22/2025
10:20 AM
DC Smith Apartment
Michael Hall Clothes, house hold items
Facility 4: 1514 Mathis Ferry Rd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
07/22/2025 10:35 AM
Ryan Ellis Toys
Jeff Hull Holiday decorations
Facility 5: 2343 Savannah Hwy Charleston, SC 29414
07/22/2025 10:30 AM
Alexandra Thomas Furniture and Personal effects
Facility 6: 45 Grand Oaks Blvd Charleston, SC 29414
07/22/2025 11:15 AM
Denise Williams House items bikes clothes etc
Facility 7: 810 St Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407
07/22/2025 11:45 AM
Devin Bernard Clothes household
George Heyward Clothing and Merchandise
Facility 8: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407
07/22/2025
12:45 PM
Ruby Courville Furniture, boxes, clothing
Octivia Bennett Bennett Household furniture
Facility 9: 1861 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407
07/22/2025
1:15 PM
Kayla Goodwin 2 bedroom sets, dining room set, living room set, dishes, 3 bins of educational toys 2 mattress sets
Thomasina White Household goods
Patricia Reynolds Household Goods
Kenara Williams Toys, kitchen table set, kitchen items
Facility 10: 2118 Heriot Street Charleston, SC 29403 07/22/2025 12:15 PM
Robert Jones TV, boxes
Pakesta Long Ten boxes/ 8 Bags
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.
Summerville, SC 29485
7/22/2025 10:30 AM
Tevin Davis Clothes shoes safes bed couch garden supplies weapons
Parquitta Chisolm Funiture tvs appliance
Courtney Nolan Beds,fridge,
Maurice Brown Hair salon supplies and furniture, glass cabinets and tables
Jarvis Abner Furniture
Jerrlyn Calhoun Furniture
Tiffany Summers Queen bed, 2small tables, couches a large bean bag, table & chairs, 1 bathroom box, 4 kitchen boxes
Tiffany Summers Table and bed frame
Facility 3: 8850 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406
7/22/2025 10:45 AM
Terrance Heyword Bed, Couch, Rugs
Britany Pasley China Cabinet, Furniture
Mattie Nesmith Household Items
Reginald Dupree Clothes
Facility 4: 208 St. James Ave, Ste C Goose Creek, SC 29445
7/22/2025 11:00 AM
Dianna Mayweather Household goods
Ana Judge Leather sectional, wall unit, fireplace, washer & dryer, 2 bedroom, household items
Cassandra Coomber 2 bed apt, living set
Facility 5: 3781 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 7/22/2025 11:00 AM
James Schuckers Car Parts
James Schuckers Car Parts
Keon Pasha Washer/Dryer, Furniture, Boxes
Kathleen Criste Household goods, furniture, tools
Ugene Norris
Musical instruments, table, cabinet
Facility 8: 2130 N Main St Summerville, SC 29486
7/22/2025 10:00 AM
Diai Gaspar Tools, Tile Supplies
Shyheim Grant Furniture, household items
Karen Dickerson Household goods, furniture
Facility 14: 1055 Beech Hill Rd. Summerville, SC 29485
7/22/2025 11:00 AM
Jeanette Nelson Johnson Household items
Jared Duarte Household items
Facility 9: 1205 Central Ave. Summerville, SC 29483
7/22/2025 11:15 AM
Richard Ross Household Goods
Tkeaya Mack 2 Bedroom Apt
Facility 11: 344 Nexton Creek Circle Summerville, SC 29486
7/22/2025 11:45 AM
Miranda Mabry Couch and bed
Gabrielle Bandy Home items extra clothes
Facility 12: 9670 Dorchester Rd Summerville, SC 29485
7/22/2025 10:15 AM
Juan Roberts One bed apt
Arthurlee Brown 1 bedroom apt
Letica Watson boxes, misc household items
Facility 13: 6941 Rivers Ave North Charleston, 29406
7/22/2025 12:30 PM
Akela Wilson Clothes, shoes, lamps, shelf
Master’s Sale CASE NO. 2024CP1005103 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
PIC FUND I, LLC, PLAINTIFF VERSUS B&M Homes LLC; Brandon Barnes; Margaret Barnes; MVP Homes INC.; Cream City Home Buyers; Legend Assets, LLC; Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC; LVNV Funding, LLC; Credit Corp Solutions Inc.; and Midland Credit Management, Inc., DEFENDANT(S).
Upon authority of a Decree dated April 11, 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, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC. August 5, 2025, at 11:00 A.M. or shortly thereafter.
ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being known as Lot 1, Block B located in St. Andrew’s Parish, County of Charleston, in the subdivision known as Forest Acres, on a plat entitled “A Portion of Forest Acres”, dated June 23, 1952, by J. O’Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, recorded in the Charleston County RMC Office in Plat Book H, page 145. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions and buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.
This being the identical property conveyed to B&M Homes, LLC by deed of Merita P. Fishburne dated November 3, 2023 and recorded December 29, 2023 in Deed Book 1220 at Page 883
TMS #: 350-08-00-217
Current Property Address: 50 Briarcliff Drive, Charleston, SC 29407
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record.
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 7/22/2025 11:00 AM
Alonyna Green Household furniture and items
Jeremy Middleton Furniture and boxes
Sausha Buie Couch, TV, Kitchenware, boxes, deep freezer, washer & Dryer, beds
Timothy Fludd 2 bed frames, entertainment center, couch, washing machine
Rosemary Cummings Photos and boxes
Facility 2: 609 Old Trolley Road
James Willis Household Goods
Antonio Love 95 Dodge Dakota
Facility 6: 434 Orangeburg Road Summerville, SC 29483
7/22/2025 11:15 AM
Dalanna Ellis 2couch, 2beds, boxes.
Tatayana Cramer Household Goods and Furniture
Calandria Brown Clothing and Toys for the Homeless
Facility 7: 422 Old Trolley Rd Summerville, SC 29485
7/22/2025 10:45 AM
Katherin Martin Household goods
Demetria Washington Household goods, furniture
Regina Dupree Washer & Dryer
Facility 14: 5146 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418
7/22/2025 12:00 PM
Alona Moses Tv, queen bed, kitchen supplies
H. Iris Grant
Sofa, loveseat, kitchen, 3 king mattresses, boxes, totes
Sharina Region 2 beds, 10 bins, 3 dressers
Lucas Baggett Couch, recliner, bed/bedframe
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.
The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Finkel Law Firm LLC (843) 577-5460
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity STATE
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HSI Asset Securitization Corporation Trust 2006-WMC1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1, PLAINTIFF,
vs. Larry M Moore, Jr a/k/a Larry M M Moore, Jr; Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HSI Asset Securitization Corporation Trust 2006-WMC1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-WMC1; Barbara L Oswald; Paul E Oswald, DEFENDANT(S)
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT
(NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)
C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-03161 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 30. 2025.
THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
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/Ashely Z Stanley June 19, 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.: 26315-132895
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT
(NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)
C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-02689
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, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on May 8, 2025.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT(S) IN MILITARY SERVICE
TO UNKNOWN OR KNOWN DEFENDANTS THAT MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALL BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED that Plaintiff’s attorney has applied for the appointment of an attorney to represent you. If you fail to apply for the appointment of an attorney to represent you within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you Plaintiff’s appointment will be made absolute with no further action from Plaintiff.
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 June 18, 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.: 25531-128384
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 13, 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.
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: 25962 - 130880
described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein, Defendants.
SUMMONS
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon John J. Dodds III at his office located at 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date 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 OF FILING
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice and Complaint in the above action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on July 24, 2024.
LIS PENDENS
FORECLOSURE) C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-02771
DEFICIENCY WAIVED TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the
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
June 18, 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)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-03750
SAMMY BACKMAN, doing business as ADC Group Trust, Plaintiff, vs. WILLIAM M. BACKMAN, STACIA THORNE, DAMIAN BACKMAN, FREDERICK BACKMAN, ANGELIQUE OWENS, CARLOS JACKSON, GRAYLIN RICHARDSON, DARRYL BACKMAN, THOMAS BACKMAN III, TORRA BACKMAN, YOLANDA SMALLS, AUDREY BACKMAN, QUINTON BACKMAN, KRISHENDA ANDERSON, CLARENCE BACKMAN, GLORIA BACKMAN, ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, REGINALD BACKMAN, JOHN DOE, adults, and RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of The United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons or legal entity of any kind who may be an heir, distributee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of LEAH BACKMAN, JOSEPH BACKMAN, JAMES BACKMAN, MARIAN BACKMAN, SUSIE BACKMAN, THOMAS BACKMAN, JR., ROBERT BACKMAN FREDDIE BACKMAN, SYLVIA ANN BACKMAN AND CARL BACKMAN, all of whom are deceased, and any all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Plaintiff has commenced an action in the above named Court against the Defendants above named to clear title to the parcel of real estate hereinafter described and to establish ownership of said parcel in the name of the lawful owners and to effect a Partition by Sale of the said parcel to Plaintiff. The parcel which is the subject of this action is located in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more fully described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, measuring 6.95 acres, more or less, as more particularly shown on that certain Plat by Randolph James Grice, RLS, entitled “A Plat of the Resurvey of the Highland Portion of TMS PARCEL 331-05-00-013, A 6.95 + ACRE TRACT (0.601 AC. HIGHLANDS, 6.35+ AC. MARSH), Owned by the Estate of Leah Backman, #1851 Sol Legare Rd., Town of James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina”, revised January 30, 2004, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County, South Carolina (“ROD”) on January 7, 2005 in Plat Book DE, Page 412.BEING the same property or a portion of the same property conveyed to Leah Backman by deed of Hattie C. Miller, dated March 15, 1949, and recorded in the ROD in Book K-50, at Page 555. ALSO, being the same property conveyed to Susie Backman by deed of Lucille Backman, dated September 24, 1982, and recorded in the ROD on September 29, 1982, in Book N-129, Page 167. ALSO, being the same property conveyed to Susie Backman by deed of Marie B. Graham, dated March 21, 1983, and recorded in the ROD on April 14, 1983, in Book F-131, Page 097. ALSO, being the same property conveyed to ADC Group Trust by deed of Dorothy B. White aka Dorothy Backman, dated December 27, 2005, and recorded in the ROD on December 18, 2006, in Book A-609, Page 098. ALSO, being the same property conveyed to ADC Group Trust by deed of Adian Backman, dated December 23, 2005, and recorded in the ROD on December 18, 2006, in Book Z-608, Page 0495. ALSO, being the same property conveyed to ADC Group Trust by deed of Anna Ray Backman, dated December 20, 2005, and recorded in the ROD on December 18, 2006,
in Book Z-608, Page 0501. ALSO, being the same property conveyed to ADC Group Trust by deed of Bennie W. Backman, dated December 23, 2005, and recorded in the ROD on December 18, 2006, in Book Z-608, Page 0507. ALSO, being the same property conveyed to ADC Group Trust by deed of Carla Backman, dated January 5, 2006, and recorded in the ROD on December 18, 2006, in Book Z-608, Page 0513. ALSO, being the same property conveyed to ADC Group Trust by deed of Raymond Backman, dated December 27, 2005, and recorded in the ROD on December 18, 2006, in Book Z-608, Page 0519. ALSO, being the same property conveyed to ADC Group Trust by deed of Tania Backman, dated December 20, 2005, and recorded in the ROD on December 18, 2006, in Book Z-608, Page 0525. ALSO, being the same property conveyed to ADC Group Trust by deed of William P. Backman, dated December 27, 2005, and recorded in the ROD on December 18, 2006, in Book Z-608, Page 0531. ALSO, being the same property conveyed to ADC Group Trust by deed of Frances S. Backman, dated December 20, 2005, and recorded in the ROD on December 27, 2006, in Book W-609, Page 0318. ALSO, being the same property conveyed to ADC Group Trust by deed of Joann Backman Grant aka Joann Backman aka Joann Grant, dated February 5, 2007, and recorded in the ROD on March 5, 2007, in Book J-617, Page 0362.
TMS#: 331-05-00-013
NOTICE TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI
You will please take notice that by Consent Order filed in the Clerk’s Office on June 23, 2025, Walter R. Kaufmann, Esquire, PO Box 459, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465-0459, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the unknown Defendants whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military of The United State of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown persons or legal entities of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Leah Backman, Joseph Backman, James Backman, Marian Backman, Susie Backman, Thomas Backman, Jr., Robert Backman, Freddie Backman, Sylvia Ann Backman and Carl Backman, all deceased, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein; such appointment to become absolute unless the said Defendants or someone in their behalf shall procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem on or before the thirtieth (30) day after the last publication of the Summons herein.
John J. Dodds III 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530
john@cisadodds.com
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENT TO SELL
Name and address of Purchaser:
See Exhibit A, LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES: A fee simple undivided ownership interest (SEE EXHIBIT A), and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number (SEE EXHIBIT A). You are currently in default of payment for the Mortgage recorded in the Public Records of Horry County, South Carolina as identified in Exhibit A. The total amount presently delinquent, with Attorney fees and costs is listed below in Exhibit A. As provided for in paragraph 4. of the aforementioned mortgage, the lien-holder has chosen to proceed with a non-judicial foreclosure procedure in accordance with Article 3 of Chapter 32 of Title 27 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina. PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-32-325, S.C. CODE ANN., 1976, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING: IF YOU FAIL TO CURE THE DEFAULT OR TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER WITHIN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE, YOU WILL RISK LOSING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH A NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, UNDER THE NONJUDICIAL PROCEDURE, YOU WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT OR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED EVEN IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. YOU MAY OBJECT TO THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE AND REQUIRE FORECLOSURE OF YOUR TIMESHARE INTEREST TO PROCEED THROUGH THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. AN OBJECTION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND RECEIVED BY THE TRUSTEE BEFORE THE END OF THE THIRTY-DAY TIME PERIOD. YOU MUST STATE THE REASON FOR YOUR OBJECTION AND INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS ON THE WRITTEN OBJECTION. IN A JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR OBJECTION, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT AND PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. FURTHERMORE, YOU ALSO MAY BE SUBJECT TO A PERSONAL MONEY JUDGMENT FOR THE COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER IN THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THERE IS COMPLETE ABSENCE OF A JUSTIFIABLE ISSUE OF EITHER LAW OR FACT RAISED BY YOUR OBJECTIONS OR DEFENSES. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE YOUR DEFAULT AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE, BY PAYMENT OF ALL PAST DUE LOAN PAYMENTS OR ASSESSMENTS, ACCRUED INTEREST, LATE FEES, TAXES,
AND ALL FEES AND COSTS INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER AND TRUSTEE, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEFAULT. Any response or inquiry should be made in writing to King Cunningham, LLC, Attn: Jeffrey W. King, Esq. who is serving as Trustee in this matter, at the following address: 1000 2nd Ave S, Ste 325, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582.
EXHIBIT “A”, Owner(s), Address, TS Interest, Interval Control No. (Unit, Week, OEB), Deed BK/PG, MTG BK/PG, Default Amount, Costs, Attorney Fee, Total Amount Due, Per Diem;
JONATHAN CONTRERAS , 838 CANAL RD, MOUNT SINAI, NY 11766, 0.01682244733133270%, 98-0308-22B, 1211/7, 1211/056, $123,934.60, $459.56, $450, $58.84.;
JAMILLAH SHAKOOR , 8027 W 29TH CT, RIVERSIDE, IL 605461642, 0.00841122366566636%, 98-514-32O, 1284/848, 1284/849, $48,355.04, $459.56, $450, $20.40.;
TINA PARRIS 1 FOREST COVE LN, GREER, SC 29651-5382, 0.01243674632681650%, 98-518-49B, 1162/891, 1162/913, $38,251.19, $459.56, $450, $20.81.;
VICKIE LYNN PURCELL & CHRISTOPHER EDWARD PURCELL, 9912 BETHWOOD DR, FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22407, 0.00841122366566636%, 980303-36O, 1187/582, 1187/584, $25,277.50, $459.56, $450, $11.31.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
TO: THE DEFENDANT ESTELLA MCCORMICK, ABOVE-NAMED YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint, herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber, Attorney Peter G. McGrath, Esquire, at his office located at 782 Johnnie Dodds Boulevard, Ste. C., Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days of the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN FURTHER NOTICE, that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Complaint as required by this Summons, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Defendant Estella McCormick is the wife of Peter McCormick, a resident of Mount Pleasant South Carolina. Estella McCormick is the beneficiary of the Peter McCormick estate that is in probate in Charleston County South Carolina in case
Maria Childers, Et al. v. Estella McCormick number 2023-ESO-1079.
ELECTRONICALLY FILED - 2024 Jul 29 3:22 PM CHARLESTON - COMMON PLEAS CASE#2024CP1003813.
The claims include that the plaintiffs loaned Estella McCormick and Peter McCormick money and Estella McCormick promised to pay it back. Estella also promised to pay back the loans through the funds to be received from the estate of Peter McCormick. Peter McCormick died April 28, 2023 and Estella has refused to pay, despite numerous requests to honor her promise.
Evelyn Moore
PLAINTIFF,
-vs.-
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company, John T. Herndon, III, Individually and Herndon Insurance Agency, Inc., DEFENDANTS.
AMENDED SUMMONS (Jury Trial Demanded)
TO THE 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 their offices, Berlinsky and Ling, 2971 West Montague Avenue, Suite 201, N. Charleston, South Carolina, 29418, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer or otherwise plead within the time aforesaid, the herein will apply to the Court for judgment by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
BERLINSKY AND LING
By s/Philip A.Berlinsky
PHILIP A. BERLINSKY Attorney for the Plaintiff 2971 West Montague Avenue, Suite 201 North Charleston, SC 29418 (843) 884-0000 North Charleston, SC
to serve a copy of your answer upon the subscriber at their offices, Berlinsky and Ling, 2971 West Montague Avenue, Suite 201, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29418, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer or otherwise plead within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff herein will apply to the Court for judgment by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
BERLINSKY AND LING
By s/Philip A. Berlinsky
PHILIP A. BERLINSKY WALKER
A. NIXON
Attorneys for the Plaintiff 2971 West Montague Avenue Suite 201 North Charleston, SC 29418 (843) 884-0000
North Charleston, SC April 22, 2025
days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an order of reference or that the Court may issue a general order of reference of this action to a master in equity/special referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, and that pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §14-11-110, as amended, Plaintiff’s attorney will submit written testimony on behalf of the Plaintiff at said reference hearing.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Amended Complaint in the above-entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on May 6, 2025.
NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING
GUARDIAN AD LITEM
TO: THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN, NAMES AND ADDRESSES UNKNOWN, INCLUDING ANY THEREOF WHO MAY BE MINORS, IMPRISONED PERSONS, INCOMPETENT PERSONS, UNDER OTHER LEGAL DISABILITY OR, IF ANY, WHETHER RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO THE NATURAL, GENERAL, TESTAMENTARY GUARDIAN OR COMMITTEE, OR OTHERWISE, AND TO THE PERSON WITH WHOM THEY MAY RESIDE, IF ANY THERE BE:
MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE 2024-CP-10-05009
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST
v. Angela J. Jones-Green; Bannacheck, LLC; Ground Floor Real Estate 1, LLC
27 May, 2025
LOST TITLE APPLICATION
NO.: 2634885
OFFICE OF TITLES
NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 OF THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES ACT (RTA)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
C/A # 2025-CP-10-01002
SouthState Bank, National Association, Plaintiff, v. Any Children and Heirs at Law, Distributees and Devisees of Emma Jane Biggins, and if any be deceased, then any persons entitled to claim under or through them; also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; any unknown adults, minors or persons under legal disability, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown adults or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.
(190651-001084)
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Amended 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, 171 Church Street, Suite 120C, Charleston, SC 29401, 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)
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Motion for an order appointing Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as John Doe, Defendants herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Florence County, and appointing her as attorney for Richard Roe, fictitious name used to designate persons in the military service, if any, who have an interest in the real property.
YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or either of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi shall be made absolute.
Lucas S. Fautua (SC Bar No. 104371)
Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP 171 Church Street, Suite 120C Charleston, South Carolina 29401 Direct: 843-714-2533 Email: lfautua@smithdebnamlaw. com
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP., is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. It is our understanding that you are not currently in bankruptcy.
If you are in bankruptcy, please disregard this summons in its entirety and have your attorney contact our office as soon as possible.
Upon authority of a Decree dated June 16, 2025, 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 August 5, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT LOT, PIECE, AND PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE IN CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 15, BLOCK 25 AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF PEPPERHILL NO. 3, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK V, PAGE 123, IN THE ROD OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY. FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF SAID LOT, REFERENCE MAY BE MADE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED PLAT OF RECORD. THE HEREIN DESCRIBED PREMISES ARE CONVEYED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS RECORDED IN BOOK Z86, PAGE 60, IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC, AND MADE APPLICABLE TO THE SUBJECT PREMISES BY A DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIONS RECORDED IN BOOK H87, PAGE 266, SAID RMC OFFICE. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO BANNACHECK LLC HEREIN BY DEED OF WADE E. STONE DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2023 AND RECORDED APRIL 14, 2023 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY ON APRIL 13, 2023 IN BOOK 1173, PAGE 814
CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 3308 Londonderry Road North Charleston, SC 29420 Parcel No.395-14-00-075
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 # 25-42383 FOR INSERTION
JULY 18 & 25, AUGUST 01
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 7010
WHEREAS the applicant(s) in the above stated application has/ have declared that the following duplicate Certificate of Title has been lost, I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I intend to cancel the said Certificate of Title and issue a new one in duplicate fourteen days after the last publication of this advertisement.
Volume: 475 Folio: 84
Place: Part of Seaview and Pigeon Valley Parish: St. Andrew Registered proprietor(s}: James Cornish
The following transactions lodged with this application will be registered pursuant to section 81 of the RTA:
Application to be Registered on Transmission 2634887
Transfer 2634889
L. Dunbar
Deputy Registrar of Titles
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
C.A. No.: 2025-CP-10-00480
Curlene Singleton n/k/a Curline J. Chenoweth, Plaintiff, vs. Shockkeice Jones, Dorothy White Johnson, Estate of Lydia Geiger, Estate of Johnnie Jones, Clarence Patterson, Buster Patterson, Byron Patterson, Frederick Patterson, Lee Patterson, Jr., Estate of Tommy Frayer, Estate of Gwendolyn Jones, Virginia Jones, Helen Jones Mohammed, Mary Ann Jones, Estate of Hattie Jones, Blondell Jones, Mack Patterson, Estate of Dorothy Frayer Ellis, Estate of Ollie Frayer a/k/a Arlee Frayer, and all persons claiming any right, title, estate interest in or lien upon the real estate described and any unknown adults or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, being as a class designated as John Doe, whose true name is unknown; and any minors
or persons under disability, being as a class designated as Mary Roe, whose true name is unknown, Defendants.
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:
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 the Complaint on the subscriber at his office in Charleston, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof; 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 IS HEREBY given that the Summons and Complaint in the above-entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 27, 2025.
s/Lawrence M. Hershon
Lawrence M. Hershon (SC Bar No. 77514)
The Hershon Law Firm, P.A. 1565 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Suite 103 Charleston, SC 29407 Telephone: 843-829-2022 Facsimile: 843-829-2023 lawrence@hershonlawfirm.com
Attorney for Plaintiff July 3, 2025 Charleston, South Carolina
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CIVIL ACTION NO.: 2024-CP10-06155
GSG 2, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Amorita P. Espiritu, Roameus J. Espiritu, and Gavinmar Espiritu, Charleston County (Treasurer and Delinquent Tax Collector), South Carolina Department of Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust Company n/k/a Truist Financial Corporation, and US Mortgage Resolution, LLC, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SALE
Deeds obtained via the foreclosure process are not warranty deeds. Interested bidders should CONDUCT DUE DILIGENCE REGARDING title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search. The successful bidder shall
take the property subject to any superior liens or interest.
BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of GSG 2, LLC vs. Amorita P. Espiritu, Roameus J. Espiritu, and Gavinmar Espiritu, I, Mikell R. Scarborough, Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on August 5th, 2025, at the Public Services Building, Second Floor Council Chambers, Bridge View Drive, City of North Charleston, SC, to the highest bidder:
Parcel One
All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 27, Block F, Hickory Hill Plantation, Section 2, Part 1, as shown on a plat made by John Martin Saboe, dated August 18, 1980 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AE, Page 53; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.
This being the same property conveyed to Eusebio Espiritu and Amorita Espiritu by Deed of Ford Brothers Construction Company, Inc. dated November 2, 1981 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina in Deed Book A127 at Page 291.
TMS# 358-09-00-057
Property Address: 2991 Doncaster Drive Charleston, SC 29414
Parcel Two
All those certain pieces, parcels or tracts of land situate lying and being on the north side of U.S. Highway 17 South (Savannah Hwy. 200’ R/W) in the Town of Hollywood, Charleston County, South Carolina, known as Lot 3, as more particularly shown on a plat entitled “Conditional Plat of Jacob’s Point Showing the Subdivision of “Tract-C and Tract C-2 Combined” and a “New Road (50’ R/W)” into Lots 1 thru 40 and also showing a New Pump Station Site and a New 20’ Sanitary Sewer Easement located in St. Pauls Parish the Town of Hollywood Charleston County South Carolina” dated June 17, 2002, and prepared by Lindsey Land Surveying Co. and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EF at page 678 and 679. Said lots and tract of land having such size, shape, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.
This being the same property conveyed to Amorita Espiritu and Roameus Espiritu by deed of Templeton &
for
South Carolina in Deed Book B458 at Page 289.
SUBJECT TO CHARLESTON COUNTY TAXES
TERMS OF SALE: The sale shall be for cash, and the highest bidder shall be required to make a cash deposit of five (5%) percent of the bid as earnest money and as evidence of good faith, provided, however, the Plaintiff shall be entitled to apply the debt or any portion of the debt due them against their respective bids in lieu of cash. Should the person making the highest bid at the sale fail to comply with the terms of its bid by depositing the said five (5%) percent cash, then the property shall be sold at the risk of such bidder on the same sales date or some subsequent date as the Master in Equity may find convenient and advantageous. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the terms of its bid within thirty (30) days of the final acceptance of this bid, then the Master in Equity shall readvertise and resell the property on the same terms on a subsequent date at the risk of such bidder.
Should the Plaintiff, or its representative, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Order and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.
As a personal or deficiency judgment is not applicable to this action, bidding will conclude at the fall of the gavel on the date of the sale.
NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the statutory rate for judgments.
Zachary L. Weaver, Esq.,
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the days before lighthouses, some coastal communities used “fire beacons” — elevated structures where people tended open flames to guide sailors. In the coming weeks, Aries, I invite you to be like both the keeper and the flame. People will be drawn to your brightness, warmth, and persistence as they navigate through their haze and fog. And surprise! You may find your own way more clearly as you tend to others’ wayfinding. Don’t underestimate the value of your steady, luminous signal. For some travelers, your presence could be the difference between drifting and docking. So burn with purpose, please. Keep your gleam strong and visible.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The ancestors of my American friend Arisa lived in Ukraine, Indonesia, the Choctaw nation, and the Great Lakes region. Her new husband Anselme is of Japanese, Italian, and French descent. Their wedding was a celebration of multi-cultural influences. Guests delivered toasts in five languages. Their marriage vows borrowed texts from three religious traditions. The music included a gamelan ensemble, a band that played Ukrainian folk music, and a DJ spinning Choctaw and Navajo prayers set to Indian ragas. I bring this to your attention in the hope you will seek comparable cross-fertilization in the coming weeks. It’s an excellent time to weave richly diverse textures into your life.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I predict a future when women will hold half of the leadership roles, when their income and time devoted to childcare will match men’s, when women’s orgasms are as common as men’s, and when most guys know that misogyny is perilous to their health. Until the bloom of that wonderful era, I invite Geminis of all genders to invoke your tender ingenuity as you strengthen female opportunities and power. In my view, this work is always crucial to your maximum spiritual and psychological health — but even more so than usual in the coming weeks. Boost the feminine in every way you can imagine.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): In Yoruba cosmology, ase is the sacred life force that animates the universe. It’s divine energy that can be harnessed by humans to make things happen, to speak and act with ardent intention so that words and deeds shape reality. I am pleased to report that you Cancerians are extra aligned with ase these days. Your words are not casual. Your actions are not mild or minor. You have the power to speak what you mean so robustly that it has an enhanced possibility to come into being. What you command with love and clarity will carry enduring potency.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In medieval bestiaries, unicorns were said to be fierce, wild creatures. They were very real but also hidden. Only people with pure hearts could see or commune with them. I suspect you now have the chance to glide into a potent “pure heart” phase, Leo. My fervent hope is that you will take this opportunity to cleanse yourself of irrelevancies and rededicate yourself to your deepest yearnings and most authentic selfexpressions. If you do, you just may encounter the equivalent of a unicorn.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Some Buddhist monks create mandalas on floors from colored sand. They work meticulously for days or weeks to build intricate, symmetrical masterpieces. Once their beautiful work is done, however, it typically doesn’t last long. The creators sweep it away either immediately or soon. The sand may be disposed of, perhaps poured into a river or stream. What’s the purpose of this strange practice? Most importantly, it displays a reverence for the impermanence of all things — an appreciation for beauty but not an attachment to it. I recommend you consider taking a cue from the sand mandalas in the coming weeks. Is there anything you love that you should let go of? A creation you can allow to transform into a new shape? An act of sacred relinquishing?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Glassblowers shape molten sand with breath and fire, knowing the material can only be formed while it’s hot and glow -
By Rob Brezsny
ing. If they wait too long, the stuff stiffens, turns brittle, and resists change. But if they push too soon, it collapses into a misshapen blob. In this spirit, Libra, I urge you to recognize which parts of your life are now just the right temperature to be reshaped. Your timing must be impeccable. Where and when will you direct the flame of your willpower? Don’t wait until the opportunity cools. Art and magic will happen with just the right amount of heat applied at just the right moment.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I have often been racked by obsessive urges that plague me until I act them out.” So says my Scorpio friend Fatima, a conceptual artist. “Fortunately,” she continues, “I have finally retrained myself to focus on creative obsessions that fuel my art rather than on anxious, trivial obsessions that disorder my life. I’d be an offensive maniac if I couldn’t use my work as an outlet for my vehement fantasy life.” I recommend Fatima’s strategy to Scorpios most of the time, but especially so in the coming days. Your imagination is even more cornucopian than usual. To harness its beautiful but unruly power, you must channel it into noble goals.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The Igbo people of Nigeria have a term: ogwugwu na-adị n’ulo. It means “the medicine is in the house.” It’s the belief that healing doesn’t necessarily come from afar. It may already be here, hidden among the familiar, waiting to be acknowledged or discovered. Dear Sagittarius, your natural instinct is to look outward and afar for answers and help. But in the coming weeks, you should look close to home. What unnoticed or underestimated thing might be a cure or inspiration you’ve been overlooking? How can you find new uses for what you already have?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I invite you to celebrate the holiday known as Be Your Own Best Helper. How should you observe this potentially pivotal transformation in your relationship with yourself? Divest yourself of yearnings to have someone clean up after you and service your baseline necessities. Renounce any wishes you harbor for some special person to telepathically guess and attend to your every need. Vow that from now on, you will be an expert at taking excellent care of yourself. Do you dare to imagine what it might feel like to be your own best helper?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the ancient practice of astronomy, the stars were considered “incorruptible.” Unlike the planets, their movements were unchanging, their lights stationary, their destinies steady and stable. We human beings are the opposite of all those descriptors, of course. There’s no use in hoping otherwise, because constancy just isn’t an option for us. The good news, Aquarius, is that you are now poised to thrive on these truths. The inevitability of change can and should be a treasured gift for you. You’re being offered chances to revise plans that do indeed need to be revised. You are being invited to let go of roles that don’t serve you. But what initially feels like a loss or sacrifice may actually be permission. Evolution is a tremendous privilege!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The axolotl is an amphibian that never outgrows its larval form. Unlike most creatures, it retains its youthful traits into adulthood. Amazingly, it can regenerate it limbs, its spinal cord, and parts of its brain. Let’s make the axolotl your inspirational animal, Pisces. What part of your “youth” is worth keeping — not as immaturity, but as righteous design? Where are you being asked not to evolve past a stage, but to deepen within it? And what might be regenerated in you that seemed to have been lost? Your magic will come from being like an axolotl. Be strange. Be playful. Be ageless and original and irrepressible.
