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Folly Beach cuts ribbon on museum with surfing exhibit, more

By Skyler Baldwin

Folly Beach leaders on Aug. 9 opened the city’s first public museum, a small, singleexhibit room tucked into the welcome center on Center Street

“It’s important to know your history, and there’s so much history here in Folly Beach,” Folly Beach Mayor Tim Goodwin told the Charleston City Paper. “If you don’t know where you’ve been, you won’t know where you’re going, and you won’t know how you’re going to get there.”

The first of many rotating exhibits is on display now, titled “Surfing on the Edge.” The exhibit explores the origins of surf culture on Folly Beach from the early 1960s to the current charitable organizations that have grown from it over the decades. The museum houses several artifacts and a digital kiosk to view interviews and memories from living legends featured in the exhibit.

Featured highlights include memorabilia, photos from local surf clubs and shops as well as the wooden ironing board that former surf champion Nanci PolkWeckhorst used as her first surfboard on Folly Beach and memorabilia and photos from local surf clubs and shops in the early

days. She grew up in West Ashley and is the first professional surfer to come out of the Palmetto State.

Local roots

After Goodwin and members of the Folly Beach Historical Society cut the ribbon on the museum, local surfing legends held a community panel to discuss the history of surfing culture in the city with guests.

Participants included Jack Tripp, former Marine Corps. Leader Dewey Mauldin, Polk-Weckhorst and Foster Folsum, a Folly Beach native and co-author of Surfing in South Carolina.

The four shared stories of surfing in their early teenage years and watching the surf culture grow from a small group of kids to a city-wide phenomenon.

“It was one of those things that kind of grew into itself,” Folsum said. “We had been told you couldn’t ride waves out here, they just weren’t good enough. But we started skimming when I was 14 or 15, and by the time we were 16, we were surfing.”

“Two years later, my dad opened a surf shop,” Mauldin continued. “It was kind of a rolling start. We had sporadic people seeing people surfing out here. Then all of a sudden … we were out there all the time.”

Polk-Weckhorst said she didn’t start surfing until 1965, a little later than the boys at the table. By then, she said, there was already a pretty large community. Her grand-

The Rundown

Colonial Lake revitalization keeps on blooming

The Charleston Parks Conservancy, the nonprofit steward of 26 of the Holy City’s parks, gardens and trails, says it is making strides in the revitalization of the three-acre gardens at Colonial Lake on the peninsula.

More than 7,700 plans have been installed across the gardens, officials said. Another 3,000 — primarily soft perennials, flowering groundcovers and structural shrubs — will be added by the unveiling at Bloom Charleston, Charleston’s new premier flower festival planned for Oct. 17 and 18. Planting will continue throughout late summer and fall.

The revitalization will culminate in the unveiling of the park’s new Idea Garden. The unveiling of Charleston’s first Idea Garden will be a centerpiece of Bloom Charleston. For more on tickets to an opening night festival party and more, go to: bloomcharleston.org.

mother’s ironing board that she used as her first surfboard is featured in the museum.

“We used to steal it out of the beach house, and my father would push me in the waves,” she said. It didn’t surf real well, but it was something to do.

“We would just try to stand up on anything — a raft, your brother’s back — but after I had enough face-planting on the ironing board, I went out and bought a $40 wonder out at McKevlin’s [Surf Shop].”

That’s when she really fell in love with surfing, she said. That love led her to becoming the first professional surfer out of South Carolina and being inducted into the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame.

A spiritual connection

The spiritual side of surfing is often the focal point of Hollywood depictions of the sport, but the panel members said it’s a big part of why some of them have continued surfing for more than six decades.

“I use it as my church,” Polk-Weckhorst said, adding that her love for the ocean and appreciation for nature led her to later majoring in marine biology.

“It’s almost like time stops when you’re riding a wave, sometimes. It’s just an amazing experience,” Folsum added. “I’m 78, and I still try to surf. People say, ‘How can you surf at your age?’ Well, I don’t

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“This is really a testament to our local seafood industry. To me, this is Mount Pleasant putting its money where its mouth is and telling the world that we want to continue this industry.”

Mount Pleasant Town Council member Daniel Brownstein on the reopening of the Shem Creek shrimp docks and processing facility just downstream from popular bars and restaurants. The $3 million renovation began in June 2024. Upgrades include a widened boardwalk, new electrical systems and a revitalized facility with stronger structural design. Source: tompsc.com

CP GROCERY TRACKER

Aug. 15–Aug. 22, 2025

Numbers are based on weekly average costs nationwide.

Milk (half-gallon): $1.63 ( $0.05)

Cheese (8-ounce block): $2.40 ( $0.11)

Eggs (dozen, large white): $2.80 ( $1.19)

Bananas (per pound): $0.61 ( $0.04)

Avocados (each): $1.09 ( $0.12)

Gas (per gallon, S.C. avg.): $2.806 ( $0.035)

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

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The new museum at Folly Beach features the ironing board surfing legend Nanci Polk-Weckhorst rode as a teenager

Generations later, hunger still haunts South Carolina

By Jack O’Toole

Just over a half century ago, one of South Carolina’s most formidable political leaders toured some of the state’s poorest areas and returned with a warning about one of humanity’s oldest scourges — hunger.

“I hope by this book to make you believe that hunger exists in this land, that hunger poses risks to our nation, and that hunger is costing this country far more in dollars than the most elaborate array of feeding programs,” U.S. Sen. and former S.C. Gov. Ernest “Fritz” Hollings of Charleston wrote in his 1970 book, The Case Against Hunger. It got national attention.

He continued, “I hope that some of the facts I present, some of the personal observations I make, and some of the examples I cite will make all of you rise and say: ‘I do believe it, and I must do something about it.’ ”

Today with grocery prices spiking and federal food assistance on the chopping block, Palmetto State food advocates say that’s a lesson some S.C. political leaders may need to relearn.

“Yes, we still have real hunger in this state,” said Sue Berkowitz, policy director for the S.C. Appleseed Justice Center, on Aug. 6. “Every night, we have children going to bed hungry because they don’t have enough to eat.”

What’s more, she said, the face of today’s hunger problem is very different than most assume.

“It’s not just somebody we see on the street who’s homeless,” she said. “We’re talking about people in families — your mother, your child, the kid sitting next to your child in school. People who think we’ve solved this problem are just wrong.”

To understand how that happens — how seemingly middle-class families end up hungry in South Carolina — Statehouse Report spoke this week with one such mother of three.

And because the longtime Richland County resident doesn’t want her now young-adult children to know what she endured when they were young, we’ll let her tell her story as Yvonne.

“You can’t sleep. You can’t think. And you get angry.”

Yvonne’s story is far from the stereotype, but experts say it’s typical of how hunger can appear without warning in regular people’s lives.

Raised in a loving working class family, Yvonne never knew hunger as a child. And as a married adult with a successful homebased small business and three young children, she never expected to experience it firsthand.

But then, she said, the bottom fell out. Without telling Yvonne, her husband

stopped paying the one bill she said he was responsible for — the mortgage.

Soon, she lost the home in which she lived and the small business she relied on to pay her bills.

“I no longer had a place to live and I no longer had a means of income,” she said. “And I had to find both in a short period of time for my children.”

Thanks to some savings, she said, she was able to keep a roof over their heads with an apartment that costs more every month than her old mortgage. But as those savings dwindled, the job she landed barely covered the basics.

“There just wasn’t much left over for food,” she said.

And because she earned just $25 a month too much to qualify for what were then called food stamps — now SNAP — she soon found herself facing what she called “hard choices.”

One of those choices? Skipping meals so her children could have the food they needed — a situation she said lasted for years. At the dinner table, she would tell the children she wasn’t hungry because she’d eaten at work.

“I never wanted them to know that I had to go without food so they could have enough to eat,” she said.

Today, Yvonne has a better job and her children are pursuing careers in the military and business. But she says she’s never forgotten what it felt like to be hungry.

“You can’t sleep. You can’t think. And you get angry,” she said. “But you have to hide it for your children.”

A web of support under stress

Roughly 700,000 South Carolinians — about 15% of the state’s population — are what experts call “food insecure,” meaning they’re either currently going hungry or consistently struggling to afford enough food. A disproportionately high number are children, seniors, and rural residents.

To address that need, the state depends on a complex web of food assistance programs that serve different populations in different ways. But the largest by far, experts say, are the big three: school meals, food banks and SNAP.

In Charleston, for instance, county

AREA LEADERS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE REV. JOSEPH DARBY

By Andy Brack

The Rev. Joseph A. Darby, a resonating voice of Charleston’s conscience, died Aug. 8, the day after his 74th birthday.

A presiding elder of the African Methodist Episcopal church and most recently senior pastor of Nichols Chapel AME Church in Charleston, he steadfastly roared about right, wrong, injustices, indignities and the immoral words and deeds of a South Carolina still grappling with its racist past.

“Reverend Darby was an extraordinary and gifted man — a community leader, servant and a faithful man of God,” said U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, a national Democratic leader from South Carolina who called Darby a friend and pillar to the state. “His career has been marked by selfless service to others that comes not only from his dedication to the ministry, but his innate passion and compassion.

book “Mother Emanuel,” the story of a world-renowned Black church and the rise of the AME denomination.

“During the decade I spent researching and writing Mother Emanuel, there was no one I more enjoyed interviewing,” Sack said Saturday. “We had several long conversations and numerous other exchanges, and he was always immensely generous with his time and his wisdom. He’d talk, and I’d nod, soaking it up.

“He also was hilarious, with an acerbic wit that was always on target. We last communicated in early June, when he texted to compliment my newly-released book, a seal of approval that I coveted and cherished. His loss leaves this city without a pillar of its moral foundation.”

Constitutional lawyer John L.S. Simpkins, a South Carolina native with ties to the Obama administration, recalled that his great aunt found Darby to be her favorite preacher.

“Reverend Darby compelled people of all faiths and no faith to see the humanity in each other. He was a truth-teller in a time sorely needing one.

Others remembered Darby’s leadership in public affairs, such as a long stint as an officer in the S.C. State Conference of the NAACP.

“Reverend Darby, a well-known voice of fairness and all things just, was also for me and other elected officials, a private counsel, lending his wisdom and rationale of love and justice in times of need,” said former Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg.

Former Charleston County Council member Colleen Condon recalled that Darby said what needed to be said to power.

“Reverend Darby led the NAACP for decades and told it like it was,” she said. “He led Charleston to where we needed to go. He didn’t mince words. He told me what I needed to know and what I needed to do as a council member. I appreciated his counsel. Rest in peace, good and faithful servant, and thanks to your family for giving of your time.”

A consequential leader

People often turned to Darby when they wanted to better understand South Carolina history or moral character, particularly in times of inflamed public discussions over any issue, from the Confederate flag to the ongoing economic repercussions of slavery and Jim Crow.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kevin Sack turned to Darby as a key source for facts and context in his highly touted 2025

“He’s irreplaceable, but he leaves behind many of us who have been inspired and enlightened by his example.”

Born in Columbia, Darby was class president of his high school, Booker T. Washington High School. He attended S.C. State College, but transferred to the University of South Carolina, where he received a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1973. Later, he studied for the ministry at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Hickory, N.C. He also worked as a juvenile probation counselor for several years.

Darby and his wife Mary, a Walterboro native and teacher who died in 2020, had two sons. The family moved to Charleston in 1998 for Darby to lead historic Morris Brown AME Church.

His sons, Jason and Jeremy, announced their father’s death in an Aug. 9 social media post, saying:

“Dad’s ministry was not confined to the pulpit. He carried it into every room he entered, every cause he championed, and every life he touched. His sermons stirred hearts and souls, but his actions stirred change. He taught us that faith without works is hollow, and that love (especially for the marginalized) is the highest calling.”

His sons noted he was a 15-year survivor of colorectal cancer and encouraged anyone with a family history or symptoms to get screened. They said a celebration of his life would be announced soon.

Darby

Fundraiser slated for Cannon Street YMCA baseball memorial garden

By Herb Frazier

Members of the 1955 Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars Little League baseball team on Saturday will launch a plan to raise $500,000 to build a meditation and memorial garden on Charleston’s West side.

Four of the surviving players also will be honored Sunday at the Charleston Riverdogs game. Then they will travel to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Seventy years ago, the 14-member team was the only Black baseball team in South Carolina chartered by the Little League. The team was later denied a chance to play in the Little League World Series because of racial segregation.

“We are blessed, especially the surviving ones, to experience this, and we are looking forward to sharing our story,” said John Rivers, the team’s shortstop who divides his time between Ecuador and Atlanta.

Rivers is one of eight members of the team still living. The other surviving members are John Bailey, Washington, D.C.; Vermont Brown and Leroy Major, Charleston; Allen Jackson, New York; and David Middleton, Norman Robinson and William Godfrey, Atlanta.

Created a non-profit

The team’s story led to the 1955 Cannon Street All-Stars Baseball Youth Academy Inc. (CYBA). The nonprofit provides baseball equipment, professional training, baseball education and skill development to the youth in underserved African American communities, Rivers said.

It is also poised to start a year-long fundraiser to pay for the mediation and memorial garden, a 40-foot-square outdoor museum at Fishburne and President streets, he said.

CYBA is going through the approval of the garden’s design with the city of Charleston, Rivers said. The nonprofit has arranged with the city to “enter into a long-term ground lease with the CYBA,” he said. The nonprofit hopes to break ground for the garden in June 2026, River added.

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catch as many waves as I used to catch, but I still catch them. And I’m not thinking I’m 78 when I’m up. I feel exactly like I did when I was 14.”

Folsum and Mauldin actually paddled out in the water the morning before the grand opening of the museum. Mauldin joked that he didn’t do much actual surfing that morning, but just being on the

An artist’s rendition depicts a proposed memorial and meditation garden on Harmon Field in Charleston which would tell the story of the former Cannon Street YMCA and its 1955 little league baseball team.

Companies can buy plaques and receive naming rights to objects in the garden, he explained. Individuals can purchase walkway bricks etched with their names, he said.

A history lesson

The garden will tell the Cannon Street YMCA’s history and its Little League baseball program that lasted from 1953 until 1956, River said.

It will recognize the team’s sponsors, list players and display QR codes that will open the YMCA’s history on smart phones. The all-stars will be a prominent feature in the outdoor museum, Rivers added.

Rivers, who is an architect, said he designed the garden to resemble a baseball diamond with a metal sculpture called “Images of Little Leaguers” painted with the team’s colors.All of the players traveled to Williamsport in 2002 to receive the S.C. Championship State banner that was not awarded to the team in 1955. This month, the team will receive a second banner to replace the first one that was misplaced, Rivers said.

The Cannon Street YMCA offered its players more than a chance to play baseball, he said.

“The values installed in us were priceless,” Rivers said. “Team play, looking out for one another, learning how to accept defeat and victory, and building self-worth are values you keep for the rest of your life.”

water was enough.

“It’s a soul experience,” he said. “You feel it. It brings back memories. Young men and women need something in their lives that gives them a basis. For me, it was surfing … and it still is. Every time I paddle out, no matter what, that feeling comes back.”

The new museum is part of the Folly Beach community center and library building at 55 Center St. It is one of the first buildings that travelers see when they cross the bridge onto the island.

schools provided almost 7 million free meals to eligible students in 2024, according to district spokesman Andy Pruitt. And in that same year, the Lowcountry Food Bank (LFB), which serves the state’s 10 coastal counties, distributed more than 45 million pounds of food — or 33 million meals.

But that safety net is under strain, LFB leader Nick Osborne told Statehouse Report.

“We’re seeing an increasing number of food insecure people,” Osborne said. “No one wants to be hungry. No one makes the choice to be hungry. It’s just a situation — an untenable situation — that people find themselves in.”

That’s why groups like Wholespire, a wellness-focused nonprofit based in Columbia, have worked with the state legislature on several bills to expand nutrition and food programs, according to executive director Meg Stanley.

Specifically, she points to three initiatives she said have made a difference.

First, under the state’s Healthy Bucks program, SNAP recipients are allowed to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables and receive additional healthy food credits in return.

Next, the state began covering the full cost of reduced price school meals, making them completely free to qualifying students.

And finally, Stanley said, the new requirement that every eligible school district offer free meals to all students has resulted in large-scale improvements to child nutrition in affected counties.

“In the legislature, this is a very bipartisan issue,” Stanley said. “And the common thread we see [across both parties] is that there’s no excuse for a child in our state to be hungry.”

But despite state-level progress, food advocates warn that steep SNAP cuts signed into law by President Donald Trump in July could undermine the entire system — with nearly 300,000 South Carolinians projected to lose benefits, according to a new Urban Institute study.

Charleston Democratic State Sen. Ed Sutton, who said he keeps a copy of Hollings’ book on the shelf at his home, called the cuts “unacceptable” as lines at food banks continue to grow.

“We’re the wealthiest country in the world, yet bread lines are still a common thing,” he said. “And this administration is just pouring gasoline on the fire.”

And it’s those SNAP cuts that most worry the Appleseed Center’s Berkowitz as well — particularly, she said, when SNAP provides nine meals for every one supplied by food banks.

“SNAP is the foundation,” she said. “When you pull that out, the whole system collapses.”

Blotter of the Week

Security footage from a Westedge grocery store captured a downtown man on Aug. 6 stealing three different sticks of deodorant — all different brands and, presumably, scents. Cameras caught the man taking the deodorant and “escaping the premises,” according to a police report. If any one person needs three sticks of deodorant, are you sure you want to find them?

Party in the rental North Charleston police on Aug. 3 pulled over a vehicle driving on the wrong side of Rivers Ave. The driver didn’t have his license on him, the rental car was in a passenger’s name, another passenger had a loaded firearm in his lap, and police found two open bottles of liquor in the floorboards. There goes the deposit.

Gone fishin’

A Mount Pleasant man on Aug. 3 called town police after he said a man was jumping into other people’s boats on Shem Creek and cursing them before jumping back into the water. When officers arrived and attempted to arrest the man, he told them he would “beat their ass” and “they would die for this.”

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Probe Cogswell Co.’s parking payday

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. That essentially was the Wizard of Oz-style messaging out of Charleston City Hall yet again last week in response to an Aug. 8 Post and Courier report that the Medical University of South Carolina has inked a two-year, $2.6 million parking contract with a subsidiary of — wait for it — The Cogswell Company LLC.

Yeah, that Cogswell Company. You know, the one that still lists Charleston Mayor William Cogswell as its registered agent — even as we’re assured he has turned over day-to-day control since his Nov. 2023 election.

And yes, that MUSC — the one that’s reportedly negotiating with the mayor over how much city taxpayers will pay for its stake in the stalled WestEdge project as well as development issues surrounding its planned downtown “Innovation District.”

Never mind that City Hall hasn’t apparently denied Cogswell will profit from the parking deal, telling The Post and Courier that “he does not have day-to-day involvement and is not negotiating a lease with MUSC.” Or that the parking lot is on the old Naval Hospital site in North Charleston — a seven-mile shuttle ride from MUSC’s campus — where Cogswell has been involved in redevelopment.

A growing number of city residents think it’s time for somebody like state Attorney General Alan Wilson to focus on what’s really going on — and they’re right. Nothing short of a formal investigation to follow the money will truly clear the air on Broad Street. Too much? Just look at the Cogswell administration’s defining traits over its first 18 months in office.

A passion for secrecy: Not for nothing have we dubbed this mayor to be “Backroom Billy.” From the secret contract to put his campaign media team on the city payroll — discovered only through a Charleston City Paper FOIA — to the no-bid, $50

million deal to redevelop the former Piggly Wiggly site in West Ashley, Cogswell obviously likes doing city business behind closed doors. And his press team’s petulant refusal to answer tough questions from outlets he doesn’t like only adds to the “what’s he hiding?” vibe.

Troublesome claims: Cogswell and his team make claims that often don’t pass the smell test. Our favorite: an Oct. 2024 pledge to build 500 units of “permanent” affordable housing on a Morrison Drive site if the city bought the property. Using the administration’s own (wildly optimistic) estimate of $225,000 per unit, that’s more than $112 million — in a city with a $300 million annual budget and more than $1 billion in unfunded flooding projects. C’mon.

A disdain for sunshine: Since taking office, Cogswell has disclosed only the bare-bones legal minimum about his development company’s far-flung local business interests. He’s also been pretty quiet about what specific steps he’s taken, if any, to guard against conflicts.

Critical questions that an attorney general’s investigation would answer: What exactly does the administration mean when it says Cogswell has “stepped back” from managing his development empire? Has he recused himself from administrative decisions involving his own interests? And specifically, how much does he stand to profit from the MUSC parking deal — a particularly pressing question since he reports The Cogwell Company as a source of family income and a business interest in his most recent statement of economic interests?

Ignoring persistent hints of self-dealing in North Charleston only allowed problems to reach a point where nearly one-third of its city council eventually landed in federal court.

Let’s not make the same mistake twice. The time to look behind the curtain is now.

CHARLESTON CHECKLIST of community objectives

We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A great hollowing saps rural S.C.’s people, spirit

By Andy Brack

Rural communities in South Carolina are in the midst of a “Great Hollowing,” a reduction in the number of people, their economic power, their political might and, in some ways, their sense of place.

Meanwhile, urban areas like Horry, Greenville, Charleston and Berkeley counties grew as the state added more than 360,000 people between 2020 and 2024 — a whopping 7% overall growth rate.

Some of our rural areas, such as the towns of Hampton and Hartsville, still feel alive and robust. Too many others have downtown areas that resemble ghost towns with empty store fronts, weathered wood and virtually no foot traffic.

“If you’re not growing, you are unfortunately dying,” said state Sen. Russell Ott, a Democrat who makes rural St. Matthews his home. But as the coast and Upstate suck up new residents like sponges, some people still want small-town life with slower paces and graces. Ott says they’re not put off by driving 30 minutes to get to good restaurants and bigger stores.

Still, too many who live in smaller towns may be trapped by few job prospects, an education system that aspires but is still left behind and generational issues that keep them stuck.

Ott said the difference between a rural town that succeeds and one that’s isolated often comes down to invigorated local elected leadership that plans what it wants its community to be — and then makes it happen.

But even rural communities with good leaders face ongoing challenges of needing more water and sewer infrastructure for economic growth or money for downtown revitalization or more money to pay good teachers competitively.

As the coast and Upstate suck up new residents like sponges, some people still want small-town life with slower paces and graces.

“It’s the chicken or the egg,” Ott said. “You’re not going to open a Cracker Barrel unless Cracker Barrel runs the numbers and knows there’s enough there to support them.”

Part of the money problems that smaller counties with lower tax bases have is they’re still dealing with Act 388, which swapped lower property taxes for higher sales taxes and reduced a local area’s ability to tax. Ott said Act 388 needs to be scrapped because it hampers small businesses, which absorbed the brunt of lost local government revenues.

And there’s something else at work that is hollowing rural parts of the state — the graying, or aging, of the people who live there.

Daniel Tompkins, a state data analyst, noted, “Without a working-age population growing equally fast, counties with an age distribution like Horry, whether rural or urban, will need to attract a workforce to support the ballooning retired population.”

Data show the state will increase in the number of children in 12 urban counties. And those areas will grow in the number of people who are in the workforce (ages 18-64) in the next few years. But a clear swath of rural Upstate counties and those in a wide band from the Pee Dee southwest to Barnwell, Allendale and Bamberg counties could lose up to 30% of their workforce in the next few years.

These maps should be scary for rural elected officials. They’re a clear warning that more needs to be done. And some of that work needs to be shouldered by state legislators, who need to focus more on small businesses than landing the next big industry in an urban area.

For the last 15 years, we’ve urged lawmakers to create a cabinetlevel position in state government to add and retain 10,000 small business jobs in the state per year. This strategy would benefit rural areas sooner than later.

“Politicians talk about helping small businesses,” we remind leaders every year. “This would force them to.”

Get to work.

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Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.

Park keeps family tradition alive at Charleston’s Shiki

By Becky Lacey

atching Shiki Chef James Park make nigiri — sushi rice topped with sliced raw fish — is like watching a great maestro conduct an orchestra. He gently shapes the rice with a turn of his wrist so it maintains a lightness and does not become overly compressed. It is this attention to detail and mastery of craft that make a seat at East Bay Street’s Shiki one of the best in Charleston.

Shiki opened in 2001 when Park’s parents — Misa and Hae Gon — bought the space at 334 East Bay St., after his dad worked in the existing restaurant there and the owner was looking to sell. Misa ran the front of the house while Hae Gon ran the kitchen and sushi bar. James grew up like many children of restaurant owners do — reading, doing homework and keeping busy.

“I grew up in this restaurant pretty much,” said Park. “I’m sure you’ve been to other restaurants where you see kids running around in the back. That was my life growing up. Seeing what your parents do, you get interested.”

Today, Park, 33, runs Shiki and employs a team of 23, including six other chefs behind the sushi bar. His dad comes in early to help prep the fish and his mom

James Park (left) at work behind Shiki’s sushi bar

(Japanese mint) that is used at Shiki as a garnish on many dishes. Much of the food waste at the restaurant is turned into fertilizer for her garden.

Lifelong learning

Being a sushi chef is not something that people generally learn at a culinary school. It is something studied through apprenticeship and osmosis. Park learned the tools of the trade from his dad and the many chefs who worked at Shiki over the years.

helped him develop his skills.

“If you’re willing to put in the time, you’ll get there,” Park said about his training.

Sourcing the freshest fish

“ I learned a lot from my dad. And just over the years, we had a lot of chefs come and go. Everyone gives something really good to take away and everyone has something to teach you.” —James Park

“I learned a lot from my dad,” Park shared. “And just over the years, we had a lot of chefs come and go. Everyone gives something really good to take away and everyone has something to teach you.” It was a combination of this plus

Park said he sources fish from abroad to get the best of the best. Ora King salmon comes from New Zealand. Atlantic salmon is sourced from the Faroe Islands. And much of the off-menu fish comes from the famous Toyosu fish market in Toyko, which allows Park to offer products that are rarely found elsewhere. This includes selections like Managatsuo (silver pomfret), Shima Aji (striped jack), Akamutsu (rosy seabass), Kinmedai (golden eye snapper), Kuromutsu (Japanese bluefish), Kamasu (barracuda) and more.

Park works with a vendor to order fish from Japan that is in season, and deliveries arrive at least twice weekly. The fish is shipped fresh — not frozen — by air in styrofoam containers, packed with ice.

Locally, Park sources produce for salad as well as fresh eggs (the Tamago — a Japanese rolled omelet that is slightly sweet — is unmissable at Shiki).

“I think people don’t recognize how different it is getting fish from Toyosu than from other vendors,” he said. “A lot of the fish is line-caught. When they deliver it, there’s a system. The fish is always laid on the right side, and the reason for that is that the ice only touches one part of the fish. If we always keep that consistent, we know what part of the fish to cut from. Obviously, you cut from the other side that’s less cold. That part of the fish goes out first and the bottom part goes out second.”

Much of the fish is caught using the ikajime method. Once a fish reeled in, the fishermen bleed it out and that almost triples the shelf life of the fish and takes away some of the funkiness from the meat. This technique is also considered the fastest and most humane way to kill a fish, and it allows the fish to develop more umami — or savoriness — when aged.

All these small things add to building the bigger picture

diverse foods. I think Charleston has grown and I think people just want better stuff.”

And where does sushi, specifically, fit into this evolution?

“I think there is a trend going back to the basics and more traditional stuff.” He referenced Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the 2011 Netflix documentary that followed Jiro Ono, a then-85-year-old sushi master and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, then a Michelin three-star restaurant.

“Ever since that movie was released, there has been a huge interest in Omakase [which means “chef’s choice”] food, Edomae-style sushi [a traditional Tokyo-based preparation that enhances the flavor and texture of fish through aging, curing and marinating], the more traditional stuff. A lot of peoples’ minds were expanded by that film and are seeking that sort of food. I think people are just getting smarter.”

A neighborhood joint that is approachable for all

of what Park is doing at Shiki and help set the restaurant apart.

The changing sushi scene

Over the last 25 years, Park has seen the evolution of the Charleston dining scene. “I think Charleston has grown a lot,” he said. “When I first came down here, there wasn’t much variety. I think with the influx of people coming in from elsewhere, they just have higher expectations for more

Shiki’s clientele is mostly locals, and Park sees this as the restaurant’s edge. Since fish has a quick expiration date, a sushi bar needs to have loyal diners who show up week after week.

“If you don’t have the clientele who knows what [the fish] is and appreciates it, you’re just going to lose all that product,” he said. “I think that, over the years, because we have a lot of people who trust what we do and recognize what we did, they come to us.”

And Shiki is not just for the sushi connoisseur; those that are new to the cuisine or are wary to try it can confidentially dip a toe at the restaurant. Park suggests people start with a roll like a shrimp tempura roll with sweet sauce.

“Once you get comfortable with that flavor profile, maybe try some rolls that have raw fish in it,” he suggested. “From there, try some easier nigiris like Hirame, Japanese halibut, a white fish.”

Everything made at Shiki can be made without wasabi for those that need to ease into spice. “I think that once you start eating sushi, one day you’re like ‘Wow, this is good,’ and you try the funkier stuff,” said Park.

The next 25 years

As Shiki approaches its 25th anniversary in December 2026 — a truly noteworthy feat in Charleston — Park has no plans to slow down. If a space in town became available that gave him more capacity in the kitchen and for storage, he might make a move. But until then, you can find him and his team serving some of the best food in Charleston, sourced from around the world, within the walls that his family has occupied since 2001.

Shiki is located at 334 East Bay St. and is open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and for dinner from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday through Saturday. More: shikicharleston.com

Courtesy Shiki

Hae Gon “David” Park paved the way for his son James and still helps prep fish

Ashley Stanol

At Shiki, Ora King salmon comes from New Zealand and Atlantic salmon is sourced from the Faroe Islands

Photos by Ashley Stanol

What To Do

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SATURDAY

Grape Stomp Festival

The 21st annual Grape Stomp Festival is sure to be the highlight of the year — at least for those who love stomping grapes. Enjoy wine tastings, draft meads, mimosas and other boozy bevs, as well as live music, food trucks, lawn games and of course, the stomping buckets. Go online for a full list of festivities planned. Aug. 16. 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. $20 parking pass per vehicle. Deep Water Vineyard. 6775 Bears Bluff Road. Wadmalaw Island. deepwatervineyard.com

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SATURDAY

Legends of the Luau drink competition

Agwé Rum & Topper’s Rhum Presents Legends of the Luau tiki drink competition. Grab your grass skirts and get ready to RUM-ble. This drink showdown is shaking things up with the wildest Charleston bartenders slinging tiki mugs, mystery ingredients and enough tropical flair to summon a volcano god. Watch as mixology warriors go head-to-head in a battle of umbrellas, overproof spirit and pineapple pride.

Aug. 16. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Ticket prices vary. The Rickhouse at Cannon Distillery. James Island. cannondistillerychs.com

SUNDAY

Doggie Days of Summer

Bring your pup and enjoy the beautiful gardens at Magnolia Plantation this Sunday. Featuring adoptable pets from Dorchester Paws, treats and toys from Michael’s Barkery and live music from DJ Jenny, there’s plenty of ways to celebrate summer with your furry friend at one of the Lowcountry’s most scenic spots. This event is included with general admission. Aug. 17. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. 3550 Ashley River Road. West Ashley. magnoliaplantation.com

MONDAY

Freshfields Village farmers market

Freshfields Village invites guests to shop local and savor the summer sun at its weekly Farmers Market every Monday through the season. This family-friendly event features a vibrant mix of Lowcountry farmers, food vendors and artisans offering fresh produce, specialty foods, handmade goods and coastal crafts. Explore the selection, enjoy live music and take in the charm of the village.

Aug. 18. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free to attend. 165 Village Green Lane. Kiawah Island. freshfieldsvillage.com

WEDNESDAYS

Kid Tours: Beach Buddies

Is it a sea star or a starfish? Where do shells come from? How much is a sand dollar really worth? Get the answers to these questions and more as you learn all about animals who you may encounter on the beach. Kid Tours is a series designed to highlight artifacts from The Charleston Museum’s collection that have fascinated children for years. Kid Tours is free for members and with general museum admission.

July 30. 3:30 p.m. Free for members or general admission. The Charleston Museum. 360 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonmuseum.org

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Cuisine

10 local cookies

will make life sweeter

By Becky Lacey

What’s the best cookie in Charleston? We asked and you answered. From sublime versions of the classic chocolate chip to more unusual combinations, the Holy City is not lacking when it comes to cookie options. The origin of the cookie is disputed, but many believe it has roots in 7th century Persia soon after sugar was readily available. The word cookie derives from “koekje” in Dutch, which means “little cake,” and the chocolate chip cookie is said to have been created by Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1938 at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Mass. Regardless of where cookies came from, we can all rejoice that they exist and that Charleston bakers have perfected the baked treat.

Here are readers’ top 10 area cookies, based on an unscientific Instagram poll (listed in alphabetical order):

Chocolate chip cookie

Butter & Crumb Pie Company (Daniel Island)

Butter & Crumb Pie Company offers sweet and savory pies — everything from a chocolate pecan bourbon to a chicken pot pie. While there is no storefront, its products are available for pickup and delivery. Its cookies are chunky and delicious with options that include cookies and cream, s’mores, Heath bar, chocolate brownie and cinnamon roll. But it’s the classic chocolate chip that is the bestseller and lucky you, Butter & Crumb does both a thick-and-chunky version as well as a thin-and-crispy one.

• Pickup from 65 Fairchild St. More: butterandcrumbpies.com

Ube cornflake cookie

Butter Half Bakery (Ladson)

Riz Del Rosario, owner of Butter Half Bakery, makes artisan-baked goods and Filipino fusion snacks. She often bakes with ube, a purple yam native to the Philippines that has a vibrant purple color and a sweet, earthy, rich flavor. Butter Half offers everything from banana pudding cookies to sticky mango rice krispy treats, but the Ube cornflake cookie was your pick for one of Charleston’s best. Butter Half does not have

The Best Friend cookie is a bestseller at Harken Cafe & Bakery and The Harbinger Cafe & Bakery

a brick-and-mortar location, but the baked goods are available for porch pickups and at farmers markets around town.

• To see where Del Rosario is popping up, follow @butterhalfbakerychs

Linzer cookie

Christophe Artisan Chocolatier (downtown and West Ashley)

Christophe Paume is a third-generation French chocolatier who grew up in his father’s pâtisserie in Toulouse, France. Paume has been in Charleston since 2008 and he makes exquisite chocolate, from truffles to sculptures of the Eiffel Tower. While the chocolates might be the visual showstoppers, don’t overlook the cookies when visiting this shop. The macarons are a perfectly executed version of the French classic, but it was the linzer cookie that you named as a favorite.

• Downtown at 90 Society St. and 1901 Ashley River Road in West Ashley. More: christophechocolatier.com

Mexican hot chocolate cookie

The Cookie Chick

Faith Kepper, aka the Cookie Chick, has built a passionate following of very devoted

A la carte

Going dark

La Bonne Franquette , located in West Ashley at 652 St. Andrews Blvd. and owned by the couple behind Christophe Artisan Chocolatier, is closing Aug. 31 after three years in business. More: labonnefranquettechs.com

What’s new

Food & Wine magazine recently published a piece on “America’s Best Seafood Markets, From Baltimore to the Bay Area” and Charleston’s Crosby’s Fish & Shrimp Co. was included. The article cited the 52-yearold family business’s “vast and rotating selection of whole fish and fillets, sourced from coasts from Maine to the Florida Keys.” More: foodandwine.com

Rusty Bull Brewing has completed its acquisition of Bluffton, S.C.’s Southern Barrel Brewing. This acquisition will quadruple brewing production at its North Charleston facility, allowing the brand to expand through South Carolina. As part of this growth strategy, Rusty Bull has decided to exit its tasting room at Chucktown Brewing later this summer. More: rustybullbrewing.com

What’s happening

Pelato on Morrison Drive now offers brunch on Saturdays and Sundays with tasty Brooklyn-influenced items like an Italian version of eggs Benedict with a tomato hollandaise, sweet cannoli pancakes and more. The restaurant is open for dinner daily and for brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekends. More: pelatorestaurant.com

Jackrabbit Filly will host chef Paula Endara, season 22 contestant on Top Chef, on Aug. 20 for a collaboration with fellow Top Chef alum Shuai Wang, chef-owner of Jackrabbit and King BBQ. Endara, executive chef at Lexington, Kentucky’s The Manchester, will riff on classic Jackrabbit dishes like fried rice and dumplings. More: Opentable CHS Ceviche will take over the Philosophers & Fools menu for the evening on Aug. 22. Charleston Ceviche is a coastal Peruvian pop-up led by chef Esteban Diaz and partner Conor McMullen that blends traditional Peruvian recipes with local seafood. Philosophers & Fools’s sustainable wine menu and non-alcoholic options will be available to enjoy with the ceviche. More: philosophersandfools.com —Becky Lacey

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Courtesy Sugar Bakeshop

cookie fans. Kepper bakes everything from a cinnamon praline pecan to a salted dark chocolate pistachio. But it’s her inventive Mexican hot chocolate cookie that was nominated for this list.

• Find her at the Summerville Farmers Market and other pop-ups. More: @cookiechicksc

Chocolate chip cookie

Five Loaves Cafe (Mount Pleasant and Summerville)

Five Loaves Cafe has been providing Charleston with consistently delicious sandwiches, salads and soups since 2003. After enjoying a vegetarian portobello goat cheese burger or a chicken Cobb salad, finish your meal with the chocolate chip cookie and you’ll have a wellrounded meal.

• Five Loaves Cafe is at 1055 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. in Mount Pleasant and 214 N. Cedar St. in Summerville. More: fiveloavescafe.com

Lemon zest and grit cookie

Grit Bakery (downtown)

Grit Bakery opened earlier this year and owner Allison Anspach has already made her mark on the Charleston bakery scene. Baguettes and sourdough are available Wednesday through Sunday at Grit and you can also find everything from ham-and-cheese croissants to danishes made with croissant dough. Salted chocolate chip cookies are a menu constant, but you should grab a lemon zest and grit cookie when you see it there — it’s arguably the best use of grits since a shrimp gravy.

• Grit Bakery is at 601 Meeting St. More: Follow @gritbakery

Best Friend cookie

Harken Cafe & Bakery and The Harbinger Cafe & Bakery (downtown)

Sister cafes and bakeries Harken and The Harbinger scratch almost every itch when it comes to what you want to find at a great bakery. Delicious coffee, beautiful salads, divine quiche and baked goods that run the gamut from a pimento bacon biscuit to a cinnamon twist. But it’s the Best Friend cookie — the signature triple chocolate chip cookie topped with local sea salt — that has amassed legions of fans.

• Harken is at 62 Queen St. and Harbinger is at 1107 King St. More: harkencafe.com and theharbingercafe.com

Decorated sugar cookies

Me and Mimi Cookies (James Island)

Me and Mimi Cookies started with a grandmother (Mimi) and a granddaughter taking an online baking course. They enjoyed creating designs and soon family and friends said they should sell them. And so began this custom made

cookie company. Its handmade, decorated sugar cookies come in all kinds of shapes and sizes and are put in individual, heatsealed cellophane bags. Recent designs include unicorns, flowers, mugs of beer and sea creatures; Me and Mimi can make a cookie for anything from a baby shower to a birthday party.

• More: meandmimicookies.com

Ginger molasses cookie

Sugar Bakeshop (downtown)

Sugar Bakeshop has been treating Charleston to delicious cakes, cupcakes and cookies since 2007. Current owner Mia Maness purchased the shop in 2022 and has continued the legacy of top-notch baked goods. From classics like chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin to seasonal flavors like peach pie, these cookies have a steadfast public. But it is the ginger molasses that made this list due to its crispy outside and chewy inside, perfect with a cup of coffee or glass of milk.

• Sugar Bakeshop is at 591/2 Cannon St. More: sugarbakeshopchs.com

Cherry chocolate chip oatmeal cookie

Two Fat Cooks

Kristy Bialas and Eric Rogers started Two Fat Cooks and they cover many bases with their baked goods menu. Scones come in flavors like smoked gouda-onion and chocolate hazelnut, and you might find pistachio cardamom shortbread cookies or a key lime tart. A recent cherry chocolate chip oatmeal cookie made a huge impact

and made it onto this list of Charleston’s best cookies. Our advice is to try everything you can from Two Fat Cooks and decide which is your favorite!

• Catch Two Fat Cooks on Saturdays at the Sea Island Farmer’s Market at Charleston Collegiate School and on Sundays at the Sunday Brunch Farmers Market at the Pour House on James Island. More: twofatcooks.com

Oat, Peanut Butter + Chocolate Chip Cookies

While you’ll need to purchase the recently released The Harbinger & Harken Cookbook to get the Best Friend cookie recipe, there are many recipes available on both cafes’ websites, including this delicious oat, peanut butter and chocolate chip one.

1½ cups oats

1 cup peanut butter

½ cup honey

1 egg

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup mini chocolate chips

¼ tsp salt

Mix everything together. Scoop into small balls and refrigerate or freeze until hard and cold. Bake from cold in a 350-degree oven for about 10-12 minutes, until bottoms are golden.

Courtesy Two Fat Cooks

The cherry chocolate chip oatmeal cookie from Two Fat Cooks is a Charleston favorite

Culture

Corrigan Gallery toasts 20 years with group show

By Maura Hogan

Way before Charleston’s collective allure caught the iPhones of influencers, the city wholly captured the imagination of artists. It still does.

Ask those in the know about Corrigan Gallery. Walk through the deep red door of 38 Queen St. set in a stucco of the perfect shade of pale pink and you’ll be immediately drawn into light-laced rooms.

As often as not, the art on display draws largely from places we call home. When artists — whether past or present, whether steeped in realism or veering toward abstract expressionism — channel Charleston, the results are as wildly evocative as they are strikingly varied.

Tilting at 20

Through September, Corrigan Gallery will mark its 20th anniversary with special happenings, a group show and giveaways. On a recent Friday afternoon, keepsake

“ The big move was to have Charleston recognized as an arts destination, which it really had been from the early colonial times.” —Lese

Corrigan

bags lined the front gallery, some already serving as canvas for a gallery artist. Invitations to a Sept. 1 reception are set for hitting “send.” Others are in a go position for the anniversary group show debuting for the Sept. 5 Artwalk.

Lese Corrigan, the gallery’s founder and an artist herself, is seated at a small desk near a large street-facing window. It frames the brick and patina-green trim side of the Dock Street Theatre. Both the views outside

Arts+Music

Go goth for a laugh at Village Rep’s End Days

Are you ready for End Days? The Village Repertory Co. presents Deborah Zoe Laufer’s comedic hit that converges one teenage goth girl, two depressed parents, Jesus, Stephen Hawking and a lovesick Elvis impersonator. Directed by Keely Enright for the Village Rep on the Road series, the production runs Aug. 15 to Aug. 30 at Threshold Repertory Theatre on 84 Society St. More: villagrep.com.

VISUAL ART

Through Sept. 24: Gibbes Museum of Art presents Praying with Two Dirty Hands, a solo exhibition of oil paintings and silverpoint drawings by South Carolina artist Katelyn Chapman that focuses on metaphors on life from the garden. Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St. More: gibbesmuseum.org.

and the art let you know that you could be no place but Charleston. For Corrigan, that is no accident. The city and its arts scene have informed one another for centuries.

“The big move was to have Charleston recognized as an arts destination, which it really had been from the early colonial times.”

Think Henrietta Johnston. Corrigan name-checked her as a burgeoning country’s first official portraitist. You won’t find her work at the gallery, but you will find Alfred Hutty, poster boy of the Charleston Renaissance cultural movement of 191540. When the Midwestern artist arrived in town, he famously wrote to his wife, “Come quickly; have found heaven.”

Fast forward to recent months, and you’ll be wholly absorbed in photographer Nigel Parry’s large-scale, color-lavish images of iconic local settings, among them a golden sunset on Colonial Lake.

Throughout the gallery, such reverence for place is palpable, local — and creative catnip, too. From Nancy Langston’s organic glass sculptures that look smoothed by the sea, to Hutty’s languid oak limbs embracing stately homes, Charleston bares her seductive power.

“The sexy subtleness of the flow of the tides and the breeze, the humidity, the water, a bit of the pluff mud scent mixing with the tea olive and magnolias,” Corrigan said.

“There’s just this wonderful atmosphere … that is both exhilarating and relaxing at the same time and gives us color and light that is phenomenal.”

What changes, what remains

Still, with all this inherent sex appeal, turning 20 is no small business feat, particularly given the vagaries of the art world, not to mention during a time frame unleashed a recession, a global pandemic and ongoing formidable real estate pressure.

But Corrigan’s aim remained true. The constant has been to show local artists doing non-traditional work. What has changed at the gallery has involved looking back a bit further to add earlier Charleston artists, many of whom were creating work that was non-traditional for their time period, from the Charleston Renaissance

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HAPPENINGS

Aug. 16, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.: The one-day Charleston Symphony Orchestra League’s Art Serenade brings together Charleston’s classical music and visual arts communities in an engaging, accessible, festival-style event with live art, musical performances and interactive experiences. Park Circle Community Building, 4800 Park Circle, North Charleston. More: csolartserenade.com

MUSIC

• Aug. 15, 6 p.m.: Drivin N’ Cryin’, The Windjammer

• Aug. 15-17, 4 p.m.: Hazelnut Hang, w/ Sister Hazel & Drivin’ N’ Cryin, The Windjammer

• Aug. 17, 7:30 p.m.: Natalie Brooke

+ Tand, Pour House

• Aug. 17, 6 p.m.: Cowboy Mouth, The Windjammer

• Aug. 20, 7:30 p.m.: Whippoorwills, Tin Roof

• Aug. 20, 9 p.m.: Underground Springhouse , Pour House

• Aug. 21 , 7:30 p.m.: Edgewood Heavy, Tin Roof

• Aug. 21 , 8 p.m.: Thoroughfare w/ Erode the Dream, Music Farm

• Aug 23-24: Marcus King Band Family Reunion, Firefly Distillery

Maura Hogan

Lese Corrigan (below), founder of the Corrigan Gallery (above), said she wants Charleston to be recognized as an arts destination

Jeni Rone Becker/Sea Star Arts Photography

Cowboy Mouth to join Hazelnut Hang Aug. 17 at IOP

New Orleans rockers Cowboy Mouth, still anchored after 40 years by wildman drummer Fred LeBlanc, will play The Windjammer on Aug. 17.

Expect to hear the band’s biggest hit, the knockabout rocker “Jenny Says,” as well as a grab bag of favorite songs from a new album called Cover Yo’ Azz!. It includes Cowboy Mouth’s passionate, garage-rock version of The Replacements’ gem “Can’t Hardly Wait” and a bluegrass version of Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls” that’s a lot more fitting (and funnier) than you’d think.

But Cowboy Mouth is only a piece of the puzzle the Windjammer weekend. The band is part of a two-day celebration called the Hazelnut Hang, a sort of mini-festival created by the Gainesville, Fla., band Sister Hazel.

touring the same region. The members know each other well. Fred LeBlanc said that while he’s only played the Hazelnut Hang once before, he loves what Sister Hazel has accomplished.

“First off, they’re very nice people,” LeBlanc told the Charleston City Paper “We appreciate them on a one-to-one level. But over the years, they’ve also shown themselves to be as creative in business as they are musically, and they’ve created their own world so they could thrive. So I’m happy to hang with them.”

LeBlanc said he is also happy to be returning to The Windjammer. Back in the day, the band played there often.

“Some of our fans actually make our Windjammer show a pilgrimage for their summer,” LeBlanc said. “It’s a really good vibe, because (Windjammer co-owner) Bobby Ross and his family are really good friends of mine. They were generous to us. They’ve been generous to generations of bands.”

New Orleans-based rock group Cowboy Mouth will hit the Windjammer Aug. 17, playing a mix of old favorites and new hits from its latest album Cover Yo’ Azz!

Corrigan

to mid-century abstract expressionists like Corrie McCallum.

Corrigan’s driving mission was to make a home for local artists like herself, who could not find an outlet for their work.

“I knew there were other artists that didn’t fit into the traditional galleries in Charleston. And that there was a need for a home for artists whose work was non-traditional and hadn’t necessarily made it big time yet,” she said.

While the artists largely share the Charleston locale, the subject matter is not all Charleston. Yes, you’ll find the transfixing take on a Lowcountry landscape by John Moore, a photographer and structural engineer, or a poignant portrait of a local by David Edwards. But you’ll also consider place in an entirely different way via the sculptural works of Hirona Matsuda, who uses found objects in varying stages of decay to imbue them with layered meaning.

Sister Hazel had its biggest mainstream hit back in 1997 with “All For You,” the bouncy pop-rocker with the familiar chorus of “Hard to say what it is I see in you.” But it has lasted long past that one hit because it has cultivated a devoted, familial fanbase called the Hazel Nuts. This fanbase has grown over the last three decades that Sister Hazel created an event to celebrate these folks. And thus the Hazelnut Hang was born at The Windjammer back in 2006. This year, Cowboy Mouth and Georgia favorites Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ share the bill with Sister Hazel over two nights.

Under the ‘Cover’

As for the new Cowboy Mouth album, LeBlanc still can’t believe that no one had thought before to name a covers album as Cover Yo’ Azz!.

“I got really lucky there, right?” he said, laughing. “It started when we were trying to learn a version of ‘The Real Me’ by The Who at sound check one day. And I asked (singer/guitarist) John Griffith, the guy who I founded the band with many years ago, ‘Do we want to do this as a single down the road?’ And he threw out the idea of making a whole covers album. And my response was less ‘Why?’

lection of deep cuts and big hits. It kicks off with a surprisingly earnest cover of the Sinatra chestnut “My Way,” recast as a combination acoustic jig/ hardcore punk hybrid. Then there’s the vaguely nu-metal version of Cher’s “Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves.” And that’s before deep dives into the back catalogs of R.E.M. (“Perfect Circle”) and Cowboy Mouth’s old pals Hootie & The Blowfish (“City By A River”).

“

I love

all of those songs. There’s not a song on there that I don’t know by heart.”

—Fred LeBlanc

LeBlanc handled the song selection and his criteria was simple.

“I love all of those songs,” he said. “There’s not a song on there that I don’t know by heart.”

And now LeBlanc is anxious to get onto The Windjammer stage and use those covers to do what Cowboy Mouth has done since 1990.

“Our focus has always been on putting on the most intense and best rock and roll show possible,” he said. It’s about that moment of losing yourself. We’re losing ourselves in the music, and hopefully so is the audience.”

IF YOU WANT TO GO: Doors open at 5 p.m., Aug. 17, The Windjammer, 1008 Ocean Blvd., Isle of Palms. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door: the-windjammer.com

The physical aspect of the gallery has shifted through the years — from its first home the block on Queen Street in the spot now inhabited by Harken, then to Broad Street, and now holding strongly at 38 Queen St., its current and permanent home in a building Corrigan owns.

Through the years, the gallery has bolstered its stable of artists, some living and others not so much. It has continued to enhance its curatorial vision, while hewing to its Charleston roots, holding 132 shows, five estate sales and 25-plus visiting artists, all in all shepherding 10,000 works of art through the gallery.

And it’s going strong. Last year was the gallery’s most successful in its history, Corrigan said.

Artful coexistence

Some artists have been there since the beginning, among them Moore, Sue Simons Wallace and Kristi Ryba. Today it boasts 21 artists, as well as several visiting artists who are local and also from elsewhere.

Parry, who more recently partnered with Corrigan, said he was first drawn to the gallerist by the quality of the artists she represents.

“Because of her professionalism and generosity of spirit, I was delighted when Lese agreed to represent my work,” he said, adding that he has never looked back.

For Corrigan, offering artists and visitors alike a place to engage with a place like no other has buoyed the past 20 years.

“It’s lovely for the artists to feel appreciated and feel like they have a home. It is lovely when visitors come in and go, ‘Oh wow, it’s different.’ I feel like, okay, I’ve accomplished something,” she said.

Throughout the month of September, toasts, special treats and more will mark the milestone. For more information, visit corrigangallery.com.

8. “Candle in the Wind” name

9. Philippine meat dishes

10. Whatever

11. Familiar route

12. “A Holly Jolly Christmas” singer Ives

13. “Breathing Lessons” author Tyler

18. “Middlemarch” novelist George

22. Source of antioxidants

24. Four-color toy of the 1980s

26. “The Chosen” author Chaim

27. ___ Doone (Nabisco cookie)

28. Slow-moving vehicle in parts of Pennsylvania

29. Oasis animal

31. Prefix with prop or charger

32. Takeout bag item

35. Some consoles

38. Spice mixes

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-DR-18-445

CARLTON T. HARDEN, Plaintiff, vs. DEBORAH A. PINCKNEY, Defendants.

SUMMONS

TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint upon the Plaintiff’s attorney, Tyla N. Bowman, Esquire within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you, not counting the day of service, If you fail to submit your Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TYLA N. BOWMAN, ESQUIRE Attorney for the Plaintiff P.O. Box 63384 North Charleston, SC 29419-2252 T: (843) 300-0373 F: (843) 273-8481 E tyla@bowman-law.net

April 16, 2025 North Charleston, SC

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE #: 2025-CP-10-03670

Serge Lajeunesse, Plaintiff, -versusPhenelope Chestnut and David H. Sadler, Defendants.

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

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

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of

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

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on June 26, 2025.

Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on June 26, 2025.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of Sections 12-16-10 and 15-67-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, for the Quieting of a Title after Tax Sale, for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiff is the owner of the said property described in paragraph 5 of the Plaintiff’s Complaint, and that the Defendants have no right, title, interest, claim or estate in or lien upon the said property.

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

ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, parcel or lot of land, with the building and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Ferndale Subdivision of Charleston County, and said State, and being known as Lot No. 25, Block 15, as shown on a plat of James O’Hear and recorded in Plat Book E, Page 20, in the ROD Office for Charleston County and having a frontage of Forty (40’) feet on 5th Street and a depth from North to South one hundred twenty-five (125’) feet; and forty (40’) feet on its back line; all of the dimension a little more or less.

TMS: 472-16-00-180

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-01451

Edward Greene, Plaintiff, v. Marie S. Bligen and Maurice Barker Defendants.

NOTICE OF HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing in this matter has been scheduled before the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough and will be held on October 8, 2025 at 11:30 a.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina, Courtroom 2A. The purpose of this hearing is to quiet the title after a tax sale for the property known as:

TMS # 070-00-00-216

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

s/ J. Chris Lanning

J. Chris Lanning chris@brushlawfirm.com 12-A Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407

(843) 766-5576 - Phone (843) 766-9152 - Fax Charleston, South Carolina August 6, 2025

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-04083

THE WOODLANDS OF JOHNS ISLAND, LLC, Plaintiff, v. ALFRED WASHINGTON, a deceased person,and his heirs, distributees, personal representatives, successors and assigns and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 20-acres on Fickling Hill Road Charleston County, South Carolina

TMS Number: 280-00-00-009

and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe and CELESTINE NELSON, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE

To the Defendants above-named:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on July 22nd, 2025, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on July 25th, 2025 and the Order of Publication was filed on July 29th, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that R. David Chard, Esquire of 2050 Spaulding Drive, North Charleston, SC 29406 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated July 25th, 2025 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or

anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

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

ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and containing twenty (20) acres, more or less, shown as being Lot 11 on a plan of Hickory Hill plantation, made by S. Lewis Simons, Surveyor, May 1881.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING North by Lot No. Ten (10) on said plan, East by Lot Twenty-Three (23), South by Lot Twelve (12) and West by Lot Nineteen (19) on said plan.

TMS #: 280-00-00-009

July 31st, 2025

Date

s/Carl B. Hubbard

Carl B. Hubbard

Attorney at Law

2201 Middle Street, Box 15 Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 (843) 814-3481

SC Bar # 15261

Attorney for the Plaintiff

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: DAVID LISTER GOODBODY 2025-ES-10-1215

DOD: 6/27/25

Pers. Rep: JOAN GOODBODY 7829 CURTIS LN., SPOTSYLVANIA, VA 22551

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: ROSALYN CARR ROBINSON 2025-ES-10-1105

DOD: 8/9/24

Pers. Rep: PETRICE ROBINSON BROWN 2106 COFFEY CT., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty: VERONICA G. SMALL, ESQ. PO BOX 1065, MT PLEASANT, SC 29465

***********

Estate of: DENISE PETTIGREW 2025-ES-10-1242

DOD: 9/9/24

Pers. Rep: ASIA SMITH

5204 LIGHTFOOT TRAIL, #305, JAMESTOWN, NC 27282 Atty:

GEORGE E. COUNTS, ESQ.

27

GAMECOCK AVE., #200, CHARLESTON, SC 29407

***********

Estate of:

CAROLYN MARIE HARRISON

2025-ES-10-1247

DOD: 6/13/25

Pers. Rep:

KENNETH CORY HARRISON

920 SILVER LAKE BLVD., #6, LOS ANGELES, CA 90026

***********

Estate of:

EILEEN MARY FORTE

2025-ES-10-1250

DOD: 4/21/25

Pers. Rep:

CORRINNE F. BARNES

2053 GAMMON ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty:

ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

***********

Estate of: LILLIAN RACHEL SHELTON SNYDER

2025-ES-10-1263

DOD: 7/9/25

Pers. Rep:

LANCE A. SNYDER

4254 FABER PLACE DR., #404, NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405

Atty:

ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ.

115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

2025-ES-10-1317

DOD: 6/23/25

Pers. Rep:

DANIEL FELICE EPISCOPO 1055 TIMMONS ACRES LN., AWENDAW, SC 29429 ***********

Estate of:

HILDA S. HAMRICK

2025-ES-10-1320

DOD: 6/23/25

Pers. Rep: MARY H. HOOVER 3014 SHILOH LN., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Pers. Rep: ANNE H. DAVIS

1889 HOUGHTON DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-0439

H. BERNARD FREEMAN

Petitioner, v. ROBERT C. FREEMAN, JR., CAROLINE FREEMAN, EARL FREEMAN, ELIZABETH COAXUM, GRACIE F. WHITE, MARTHA L. BROWN, OLIVER W. FREEMAN, MARVIN L. FREEMAN, BRENDA FREEMAN, deceased, ARTHUR FREEMAN, deceased, ALFREDA FREEMAN, deceased, JOHN DOE, MARY ROE, adults, RICHARD ROE, AND JANE DOE; adults, infants, person under disability, if any, including those person who might be in the military and covered under the Solder’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, fictitious names designating the unknown heirs, devisees, distributes, issue, executors, administrators, successors or assigns of above name defendants, and all other persons known or claiming any right, title state in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, Respondents.

SUMMONS

TO: THE RESPONDENTS/ DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

partitioned. That the premises to be affected by the said Complaint in the action hereby commenced was, at the time of the filing of this Lis Pendens described as follows:

ALL that lot, piece, parcel or tract of land, situate on Johns Island, District 21, Charleston County, State aforesaid, containing twenty (20.0) acres, more or less, as shown on a map entitled “Map of Property Owned by McMagill & W. Green Situate on Johns Island Contains 20 Acres”, scale one inch equals three hundred feet, surveyed March, 1909, by Rene Ravenel. Saving and excepting one (1.0) acre conveyed to Alonzo Mitchell by Ella Green by deed dated February 17, 1942, and recorded in Book B-44, Page 3, in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County. Saving and excepting one acre conveyed to Elijah Heyward by Ella Green by deed dated February 17, 1943, and recorded in Book O-43, Page 575, in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County. Saving and excepting three acres conveyed to Simon Boogs by Elizabeth Freeman, Ida Gaillard, Virginia Mack and Mary Ellen Miles by deed dated January 6, 1951, and recorded in Book C-53, page 303, in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, and by corrective deed of Elizabeth Freeman, Ida Gaillard, Virginia Mack, and Mary Ellen Miles dated the 11th day of March, 1961, and recorded in Book T-72, Page 188, in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County. Saving and excepting one-half (0.5) acre conveyed by Elizabeth Freeman, Ida Gaillard, and Virginia Mack to Nellie Freeman by deed dated the 28th day of March, 1962, and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County. This property is also shown on a plat by W. L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated May 30, 1968, entitled “Plat of Property Situate on Johns Island, Charleston County, S.C. Formerly Owned by McMagill & Green” and is said to contain 14.5 acres.

TMS NO. 203-00-00-013

Address: 3341 Pumpkin Hill Rd., Johns Island, SC

TMS NO.: 202-00-00-013

Address: Betsy Kerrison Pkwy, Johns Island, SC

ALL that piece lot, or parcel of land situated, lying and being on Johns Island, Berkeley County, State aforesaid, known as Lot Number (1) One in a subdivision of Rose Bank plantation. Measuring and Containing Twenty and 1/10 (20.1) acres, more or less. Butting and bounding North on lands now or formerly of F.Y. Legare, East on lands now or formerly of F.Y. Legare, known as Mullet Hall Plantation, South on Lot Number (2) Two of said subdivision belonging now or formerly to F. Y. Legare and West on Public road.

BEING the same premises which were conveyed to the said Moses Simmons by Francis Y. Legare, Sr. by deed dated January 1, 1886, and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Book A-31, page 249.

ALSO all that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being on John’s Island, Charleston County, measuring and containing ten (10) acres, more or less. Butting and bounding North on lands now or formerly of F.Y. Legare, Sr., East on lands now or formerly of Judy Smiley, South on lands of Caesar Simmons and West on lands now or formerly of F.Y. Legare aforesaid.

BEING the same premises which were conveyed to Moses Simmons by Ceasar Simmons by deed dated January 5, 1883, and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Book K-19, page 229.

TMS NO.: 202-00-00-072

Address: 3768 Betsy Kerrison Pkwy, Johns Island, SC

ALL that lot of land, situate, lying and being on Johns Island in the County aforesaid. Containing twenty five and 32/84 acres, more or less, Bounded North on lands of Francis Y. Legare, East by a road, South by lands of Samuel Robinson and West by lands of said Francis Y. Legare about to be sold and conveyed to Abraham Vanderball.

of Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem (7-22-2025), and Notice to Refer to Master in Equity (7-162025), were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County Court of Common Pleas on the dates listed above.

The purpose of this action to confer title to the rightful owner(s) of the real property described in the Complaint – Partition and should issue a Master’s Deed to the premised to the said Petitioner.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that an Order dated July 23, 2025, and on file in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, George E. Counts, Esquire, whose office address is 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, Charleston, SC 29407, was appointed Guardian Ad Litem for such of the Defendants as may be minors, infants, person, in the military within the meaning of Title 50 United States Code commonly referred to as the Soldier’s and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, incompetents or persons under other type of disability, unless said Defendants, or someone on 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.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REFER TO MASTER IN EQUITY

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned attorney on behalf of the Plaintiff herein, will move for an order, thirty (30) days from the date of service, to refer the above entitled matter to the Master-InEquity for Charleston County, to take testimony and issue a Final Decree. Any appeal from the judgment by the Master-In-Equity shall be made directly to the Supreme Court.

s/Charlie L Whirl

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: STEPHEN A. JAMESON

2025-ES-10-1128

DOD: 8/30/24

Pers. Rep: JODY SWEAT JAMESON

3255 STARLETT AVE., NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29420

Atty: JARREL L. WIGGER, ESQ. 8086 RIVERS AVE., #A, NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406

obtained, and good and sufficient cause has been shown,

IT IS HEREBY FOUND, DETERMINED AND ORDERED

THAT:

1. Service of the Summons and Complaint in this action shall be made upon Defendant Clary Davis by publication of said Summons, together with the Notices, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in the Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation that is published in Charleston County.

2. Plaintiff is also required to mail copies of the Summons and Complaint to the last known address of the Defendant via regular mail

3. Service will be affected as of the last date of publication. AND IT IS SO ORDERED.

Presiding Judge/Clerk of Court Charleston County Ninth Judicial Circuit ___________________________, 2022 Charleston, South Carolina

WE SO MOVE:

CLARKSON MCALONIS & O’CONNOR, P.C. s/ Sean A. O’Connor Adam H. Clarkson, Esq. (SC Bar No. 80673) Sean A. O’Connor, Esq. (SC Bar No. 68382) Rachael A. Lindblom, Esq. (SC Bar No. 107337) 753 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 100 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 843.885.8005 aclarkson@cmolawpc.com soconnor@cmolawpc.com rlindblom@cmolawpc.com

Attorneys for Ashleytowne Village Horizontal Property Regime (B) Inc. July 18, 2025

Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid. Interest on the balance of the bid at the rate of 7.25% per annum shall be paid to the day of compliance. In case of noncompliance within thirty (30) days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiffs’ judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.

Deficiency judgment being specifically waived, the bidding shall be final on the date of the sale.

Should Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs’ attorney, or Plaintiffs’ agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs’ attorney, or Plaintiffs’ agent, is present.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record, and any senior lien(s) identified in the Complaint and the Order and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale. Plaintiffs do not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity, County of Charleston _____________________, 2025 Charleston, South Carolina Clarkson McAlonis & O’Connor, P.C.

Sean A. O’Connor, Esq. 753 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. Suite 100 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (843) 885-8005 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

TMS No.: 3540400178 Property address: 1815 Dogwood Road, Unit 1003, Charleston, SC 29414

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid. Interest on the balance of the bid at the rate of 7.25% per annum shall be paid to the day of compliance. In case of noncompliance within thirty (30) days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff’s judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps. Deficiency judgment being specifically waived, the bidding shall be final on the date of the sale.

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s attorney, or Plaintiff’s agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s attorney, or Plaintiff’s agent, is present.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record, and any senior lien(s) identified in the Complaint and the Order and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

29405

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Estate of: DILLON JOSEPH EPISCOPO

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Petitioner, or his attorney, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after service thereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this action will apply to the Court for judgement by default for the relief demanded in this Complaint and will further apply to the Court to have you placed in default shall be rendered.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, upon the Petition/Complaint of the Petitioner above named against the Respondents above named for the purpose of determining the interests of the Petitioner and the interests of the Respondents in the parcel of land hereinafter described, and is brought under the provisions of the 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws; Section 15-67-10, et. seq. (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act), for the Purpose of obtaining a Decree establishing that the Petitioner and certain of the Respondents above named be declared the owners in fee simple, having good and marketable title to herein below described property, and that the property be

ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being on John’s Island, Charleston County, South Carolina measuring and containing Fourteen and 37/84 (14 37/84) acres, more or less, being the same property which was conveyed to Christopher Freeman, by Elizabeth K. Freeman, et.al., by deed dated the 11th day of February,. 1939 and recorded in Book C-42, page 31 by deed dated April 28, 1939 and recorded in Book C-42, page 33 in said office.

TMS NO.: 213-00-00-059

Address: River Rd., Johns Island, SC

ALL that lot, piece, parcel, or tract of land situate lying and being on Johns Island, South Carolina, measuring and containing seventeen and one half (17 1/2) acres and known as part of Lot #9 of the Hickory Hill Plantation as Subdivided in January 1893 by Simons and Hume and surveyed in May 1918 by McCrady Brothers & Cheves. Such located on Bohicket Road, Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.

THIS deed of conveyance expressly reserves to the Grantor a life interest in the house and land on this tract in which the Grantor presently resides and a life interest in the property between the Grantor’s house and Bohicket Road as is expressly set forth in an agreement recorded simultaneously herewith.

BEING a part of the tract of land willed to the Grantor by Rachel Glover who died on March 14, 1974 leaving a will dated October 23, 1972; said Will was admitted to Probate on March 31, 1974 in the Probate Court of Charleston County, file number 74-396.

ALSO BEING DESCRIBED AS:

ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, and more fully shown as Tract X, 26,3 acres, on a plat by W. L. Gaillard dated April 28, 1975 entitled, “PLAT OF A TRACT OF LAND ON JOHNS ISLAND, CHARLESTON CO., SC OWNED BY ROBERT C. FREEMAN” recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book U at Page 158, (the “Plat”), said parcel having such size, shape, buttings, boundings and dimensions as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

BEING the same property conveyed to Benjamin C. Johnson from Edward A. Chisolm by Title To Real Estate, dated April 27, 1922 and recorded in Charleston County RMC office on May 4, 1922.

BEING the same property conveyed to Hogan Christopher Freeman by the unrecorded deed from Benjamin C. Johnson, or his Estate, in the 1940’s.

BEING the same property conveyed to the Estate of Robert C. Freeman by Master’s Deed dated August 10, 2017 and recorded in Book 0660, Page 286 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

T.M.S No.: 202-00-00-081 Address: Lincrest Rd., Johns Island, SC

NOTICE OF FILING

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Lis Pendens (10-22024), Summons (10-2-2024), Complaint (10-2-2024), Notice

CHARLIE L. WHIRL 2112 Commander Road North Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 566-9705 – Telephone cwhirl2112@gmail.com – E-mail ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER

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

NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-00806

ASHLEYTOWNE VILLAGE HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME (B) INC., Plaintiff, v. SETH OWEN DAVIS & CLARY DAVIS, Defendants.

MOTION AND ORDER OF PUBLICATION

THIS MATTER was presented to the Court upon the Motion of Plaintiff Ashleytowne Village Horizontal Property Regime (B), Inc., (“Plaintiff”), seeking an order for service by publication pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 15-9-710 through -750. It appears to the Court’s satisfaction from the Affidavit in Support of Order of Publication and the pleadings previously filed herein that a cause of action exists for the foreclosure of a lien on certain real property located at 2311 Treescape Drive Apt. 7, Charleston, South Carolina 29414. It further appears from said Affidavit, as well as from the multiple Affidavit of Non-Service filed on June 6, 2025 and July 16, 2025, that after due diligence and reasonable search, Defendant Clary Davis could not be located within the State or elsewhere in order to be served with the Summons and Complaint. Since personal service could not be

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-03600

DEWEES ISLAND PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., AND DEWEES ISLAND UTILITY CORPORATION, Plaintiffs v. JORCAR, LLC, Defendant(s),

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2024CP1003600

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Dewees Island Property Owners Association, Inc., and Dewees Island Utility Corporation, v. JORCAR, LLC, the Master-inEquity will sell on August 5, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB), 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

ALL that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, situate, lying, and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 97 on a Plat entitled “Dewees Island Charleston County South Carolina Final Plat of Lots 88-118 & 133-137 (Total combine acreage including 7.60 Right-of-Way 76.85 ac.)” made by E.M. Seabrook, Jr dated August 5, 1997 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EC, Pages 165, 166 and 167, said lot having such size, shape, location, buttings and boundings as are more particularly shown on said plat.

TMS No.: 608-11-00-015

Property address: 211 Lake Timcau Lane, Dewees Island, SC 29451

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024CP1004130

WILLOW OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, V. LEONARD EDWARD BLACK, Defendant(s),

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2024CP1004130

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Willow Oaks Homeowners Association, Inc., v. LEONARD EDWARD BLACK, the Master-inEquity will sell on September 2, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB), 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

ALL that certain UNIT #1003 of the Willow Oaks Horizontal Property Regime, located in St. Andrews Parish, City and County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, as set forth in that certain “Master Deed for Willow Oaks Horizontal Property Regime” a horizontal property regime established by 1807 Dogwood, LLC, pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act, Title 27, Chapter 31, South Carolina Code of Laws (1976), as amended, together with all exhibits attached thereto, dated March 15, 2005, and recorded March 15, 2005, in in the Office of the ROD for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book X528, at Page 726, as amended by Second Amendment recorded in Book V614, at Page 447, and any amendments thereto, together with an undivided interest in the

Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity, County of Charleston

_____________________, 2025 Charleston, South Carolina Clarkson McAlonis & O’Connor, P.C. Sean A. O’Connor, Esq. 753 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 100 Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina 29464 (843) 885-8005 Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON; IN THE FAMILY COURT; CASE 2025-DR-10-980 Mary Roe v Simmons

IN RE: K.K. (DOB 1.12.10) and J.S. (DOB 7.7.14)

NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS:

JERALD RENEE BENNETT, you are hereby noticed that an adoption proceeding was filed in the Family Court of Charleston County on April 9, 2025, alleging you to be the biological father of J.S. (DOB 7.7.14), a minor Co-Defendant. Any Notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond with the Court must be submitted to the abovenamed Court at the Charleston Judicial Center, 100 Broad Street, Charleston 29401 in writing within 30 days of receipt of Notice of Adoption Proceedings. Failure to respond within 30 days of receipt of this Notice of Adoption Proceedings constitutes your consent to the adoption and forfeiture of your rights and obligations to the minor Co-Defendant. It is further alleged that your parental

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER

IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DOCKET NO. 2024-DR- 18-0992

SOUTH CAROLINA

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL

SERVICES

VERSUS

ALEXIS SMITH, JAMES GROOMS, JR., RONALD SMITH AND LISA

GROOMS IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN IN 2022.

TO DEFENDANT: JAMES GROOMS, JR.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County on August 5, 2024, at 2:48 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Dorchester County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Dawn M Berry, Legal Department of the Dorchester County Department of Social Services, 1452 Boone Hill Road, Ste. C Summerville, S.C. 29483 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.

Dawn M Berry, SC Bar # 101675, 1452 Boone Hill Road, Ste. C, Summerville S.C. 29483, 843-486-1861

the plaintiff will apply for judgment by default against the defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint.

Dawn M. Berry, SCBar # 101675, 1452 Boone Hill Road., Ste C, Summerville, SC 29483, (843) 486-1861.

PUBLIC AUCTION

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

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

09/02/2025 10:00 AM

Ryan Cowell

4-bedroom home + garage

Jessica Williams Salon equipment

Antonio Watts Valuables

Facility 2: 1904 N Hwy 17 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

09/02/2025 10:15 AM

Natasha Weston Boxes

Tyler Piller Couch and clothes kitchen stuff

Facility 3: 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

09/02/2025 10:20 AM

Kahmari Wilson Household items

Facility 4: 1117 Bowman Rd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 09/02/2025 10:25 AM

Keith Singleton

CALL KRISTIN 843-885 4086

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR- 18-0681 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Ashley Logan, and James Johnson, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2023.

TO DEFENDANT Ashley Logan

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 Dorchester County 212 Deming Way, SC 29483, on the 17th day of June, 2025, at2:39 PM., 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 1452 Boone Hill Road., Ste C,Summerville, SC 29483 within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated,

Facility 9: 810 St Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407

09/02/2025 11:45 AM

Kareem Fraiser Sr. Clothes, Shoes, Coats. Basically My Mini Wardrobe.

Facility 10: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407

09/02/2025 12:45 PM

Kathy Grant 7 boxes and stand

Keith Nelson Sr Bins, totes, Tools

Kavon Moultrie Clothes

Youde Zhang Boxes

Facility 11: 1861 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407

09/02/2025 1:15 PM

Denise Platts Household furniture

Shawn McCoy Household goods

George Richardson 2 bedroom

Facility 12: 2118 Heriot Street Charleston, SC 29403

09/02/2025 12:15 PM

Saressa Hawkins Clothes, shoes, and small home appliances like household items/ decor.

Dorothy Frazier Freezer, couch, 2 beds, clothes, tv

Queenester White 2 dressers 1 chest 1 heater bed frames, mattresses, dryer

A washer, a dryer, a lawn mower and a twin size bedroom. 3 medium boxes

Heath Carmichael Household

Facility 5: 1426 N Hwy 17

Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

09/02/2025 10:40 AM

Clark Bouguyon Household Items

Facility 6: 2343 Savannah Hwy Charleston, SC 29414

09/02/2025 10:30 AM

Latoya Jackson Personal items

Tamala Brown Couch, China hutch and boxes

Facility 7: 45 Grand Oaks Blvd Charleston, SC 29414

09/02/2025 11:15 AM

Joe Grandstaff Household Goods/Furniture

Oneika Meggett Bed, 2 dressers, W/D, couch, pictures

Brittany Wright Furniture, boxes

Facility 8: 1951 Maybank Hwy Charleston, SC 29412

09/02/2025 11:30 AM

Patrick Ogier Household items

Christine Stevwing Household items, cookware, books, tapes, punching bag

Lian Spencer Washer, dryer, twin bed, queen bed, kitchenware, bedroom sheets, towels. Household appliances

Karen Gibbs Totes and boxes

Tina Alvarez Furniture, holiday decoration, household items

Shanell Campbell Household items

Chasity Failey

Queen size bed and boxes

Facility 2: 609 Old Trolley Road Summerville, SC 29485 9/02/2025 10:30 AM

Christopher Lathan TV, Rims, Furniture, Clothes, and Shoes

Hendrick Johnson Clothes and tools

Jamencia Williams 2 bedroom apartment fully furnished

Facility 3: 8850 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 9/02/2025 10:45 AM

Stephanie Morrison Appliances, Furniture & Boxes

Facility 4: 208 St. James Ave, Ste C Goose Creek, SC 29445 9/02/2025 11:00 AM

Jennifer Collins Household items

Shulun Finley Furniture

Tara Morgan Bed frame, mattress, 2 t.v’s clothes, kitchen wares

Facility 13: 1540 Meeting Street Road 09/02/2025 1:00 PM

Kenneth Mobley Household item and furniture

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

PUBLIC AUCTION

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

Facility 1: 427 St. James Ave Goose Creek, SC 29445 9/02/2025 11:00 AM

Simone Wilson 3-bedroom house

Dorothy Butler Living room items

Crystal Dorantes Clothes, refrigerators, small bedroom set

9/02/2025 10:00 AM

Megan Kinlock Bins with clothes and other things in it

Facility 10: 1205 Central Ave. Summerville, SC 29483

9/02/2025 11:15 AM

Markus McCullough Old clothes, some furniture, golf clubs

Brittany Wren Boxes and furniture

Facility 12: 344 Nexton Creek Circle Summerville, SC 29486 9/02/2025 11:45 AM

Avery French Couch, wall racks desk

Cassandra Bow Appliance, boxes and little furniture

Kelly McManus Holiday decor and boxes

Shanika Richardson Household items dining room set decorations

Facility 13: 9670 Dorchester Rd Summerville, SC 29485 9/02/2025 10:15 AM

Bonnie Woodruff Tools, lawnmower, clothes, fishing equipment

Facility 14: 6941 Rivers Ave North Charleston, 29406 9/02/2025 12:30 PM

Kenneth Broderick Electronics, General Household goods

Justice Sylve Furniture

Facility 5: 3781 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 9/02/2025 11:00 AM

James Schuckers Tools and Auto Parts

Joshua White Contents of 1BR Apartment

Facility 6: 434 Orangeburg Road Summerville, SC 29483

9/02/2025 11:15 AM

Antonia Garcia Tools

Twala Scott Household Goods

Shameka Griffin Misc boxes and items

Emily Lawrence Boxes, tools, baby toys and other items, a couple plastic bins of things, etc ...

Antoinette Deweese Small furniture and boxes

Facility 7: 422 Old Trolley Rd Summerville, SC 29485

9/02/2025 10:45 AM

Kathleen Criste Household goods, furniture, tools

Ronald Luke Household goods

Lakysha Aiken Household goods, furniture

Facility 8: 2130 N Main St Summerville, SC 29486

Master’s Sale Case No. 2024-CP-10-03058

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

Fifth Third Bank, National Association, PLAINTIFF, vs. Julio R Samayoa Vega; Jennifer Koeble, DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of March, 2024 I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 2nd day of September 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT lot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon situate, lying and being on James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot 16, Block E as set forth on the plat entitled “Quail Run Section 2 James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, Plat of Lot 9, Block D, and Lots 15-17 and 20-22, Block D” dated August 15, 1975, prepared by George D. Sample, PE & LS and recorded in Plat Book W at Page 51 in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Julio R. Samayoa Vega by virtue of a Deed from Elysha L. Pifko and Keith M. Pifko dated June 7, 2017 and being recorded July 14, 2017 in Book 0652 at Page 331 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Markeisha Delucien Furniture

Martina Fleming Bed, tv, living room, clothing

Teonya Paige Clothing, toys

Facility 15: 5146 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 9/02/2025 12:00 PM

Dixianna Johnson Boxes, containers, appliances, furniture

Cherrel Nelson Bedroom and household furniture, garage items, fridge, air conditioner, misc boxes

Dontae Smalls Clothing and furniture

Edward Thompson Furniture

Annette Lee Christmas decor, bike, household items

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.

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

Truist Bank, PLAINTIFF, vs. Eusebio Espiritu and if Eusebio Espiritu be deceased then any child and heir at law to the Estate of Eusebio Espiritu distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Eusebio Espiritu and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Amorita P Espiritu; Roameus Jayce Espiritu aka Jayce Espiritu; Gavinmar Dejay Espiritu aka Jay Espiritu; Micah Espiritu; Hickory Hill Plantation Community Association; GSG2, LLC; South Carolina Department of Revenue, DEFENDANT(S)

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

C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-03856 DEFICIENCY WAIVED

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 July 9, 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.

THEREAFTER, Julio R. Samayoa Vega conveyed the subject property unto Julio R. Samayo Vega and Jennifer Koebli, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, by virtue of a Quit-Claim Deed dated December 7, 2017 and recorded December 19, 2017 in Book 0687 at Page 147 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

1223 Peregrine Drive Charleston, SC 29412 TMS# 427-03-00-105

As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11:00 a.m. on the 2nd day of October 2025

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

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

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

FOR INSERTION August 15, 2025; August 22, 2025, August 29, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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

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

s/ Gregory T. Whitley August 1, 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.: 20570-98867

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

HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Indenture Trustee for the registered Noteholders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-4, PLAINTIFF, vs. James B Lewis, Sr; D’Jaris D Whipper-Lewis; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Internal Revenue Service, DEFENDANT(S)

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-03989 DEFICIENCY WAIVED

TO

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 July 16, 2025.

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

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

s/ Gregory T. Whitley

August 4, 2025

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

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

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

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

80165) Gregory Wooten (S.C. Bar No. 73586) Gregory T. Whitley (S.C. Bar No. 100792)

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP

P.O. Box 8237

Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700

john.kay@hutchenslawfirm.com ashley.stanley@hutchenslawfirm. com alan.stewart@hutchenslawfirm. com sarah.leonard@hutchenslawfirm. com k.gregory.wooten@ hutchenslawfirm.com gregory.whitley@hutchenslawfirm. com Firm Case No: 14233 - 132004

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.

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

Citibank, N.A., as trustee for CMLTI Asset Trust, PLAINTIFF, vs. Terry R Williamson aka Terry Randall Williamson AND IF Terry R Williamson aka Terry Randall Williamson be deceased then any child and heir at law to the Estate of Terry R Williamson aka Terry Randall Williamson distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Terry R Williamson aka Terry Randall Williamson and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Wanda G. Williamson aka Wanda Gail Williamson Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Terry R Williamson aka Terry Randall Williamson, DEFENDANT(S)

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

C/A NO: 2025-CP-10-03233

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

OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

s/ Gregory T. Whitley

August 1, 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.: 1293295-131960

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-00644

3, 2025.

LIS PENDENS

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 June 4, 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

SANDRA C. LOY AND VIOLA PARK, LLC, Plaintiffs, vs. ERNESTINE BLAKE aka ERNESTINE B. GEDDIS, JACKIE McCRAE, JUANITA McCRAE, HELEN JENKINS, LaTONYA JAIMAN aka LaTONYA M. BLAKE, AND DAVID BLAKE, and if any or all be deceased, then, 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, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Ernestine Blake aka Ernestine B. Geddis, Jackie McCrae, Juanita McCrae, Helen Jenkins, LaTonya Jaiman aka LaTonya M. Blake, and David Blake, if any or all be deceased, VIOLA JAMES aka Viola Brown James, DAVID GEDDIS aka Davis Geddis, ROBERT BROWN, REBECCA COHEN AND VIRGINIA REESE aka Regina Reese, 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 parcels of real estate 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, Complaint, Certificate of Exemption, Lis Pendens and Notice were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff against the Defendants to clear title to, and establish ownership of, the two (2) parcels of real property, together with improvements, hereinafter described in the name of Plaintiff, Viola Park, LLC, free and clear of all adverse claims, liens and encumbrances whatsoever, save and excepting outstanding real property taxes and/ or assessments imposed by the County of Charleston. The two (2) parcels which are the subject of this action were at the commencement of this action and are now situate in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and are more fully described as follows: PARCEL 1: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 2, containing 0.417 acres, more or less, on that certain Plat by James G. Penington, R.L.S, entitled “Plat To Subdivide The Lands of Ernestine Blake Geddies Located Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina”, dated September 21, 1987, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County (“ROD”) on October 20, 1987, in Plat Book BP, at Page 042.TMS#: 250-00-00-113. PARCEL # 2: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 2A, containing 0.59 acres, more or less, on that certain Plat by James G. Penington, R.L.S, entitled “Plat To Subdivide The Lands of Ernestine Blake Geddies Located Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina”, dated September 21, 1987, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County (“ROD”) on October 20, 1987, in Plat Book BP, at Page 042.TMS#: 250-00-00-129. Parcels 1 and 2 being a portion of the same property conveyed to Viola Park, LLC by Deed of Sandra C. Loy, dated December 18, 2019, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina on December 19, 2019, in Book 0847, at Page 907.

NOTICE TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

You will please take notice that by Consent Order filed in the Clerk’s Office on August 4, 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 Juanita McCrae, if she be deceased, and Viola James aka Viola Brown James, David Geddis aka Davis Geddis, Robert Brown, Rebecca Cohen, Virginia Reese aka Regina Reese and Jackie McCrae, 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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 2025-CP-10-02650

Herman O. Nicholson, Plaintiff, vs. Christopher James Riley, Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority d/b/a CARTA, Transdev Services, Inc., a/k/a Transdev f/k/a Veolia Transportation Services, Inc., and National Express Transit Corporation a/k/a National Express Defendant

SUMMONS (Jury Trial Demanded)

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 to the said Complaint on the subscriber at his office, 3045 Ashley Phosphate Road, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29418, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

JOHN PRICE LAW FIRM, LLC s/ Mark A. Redmond By: Mark A. Redmond (SC BAR#: 17268) 3045 Ashley Phosphate Road N. Charleston, SC 29418 T: 843-552-6011 markredmond@johnpricelawfirm.com

Attorney for the Plaintiff North Charleston, SC Date: 5.2.2025

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO.: 2025-ES-10-01016

IN RE: ESTATE OF FRANCES BEATRICE MILLIGAN-ELLIS ROBIN WRIGHT. Petitioner, VS. KARYN HOUSTON, Respondents.

NOTICE OF HEARING

TO: ALL HEIRS AND INTERESTED PARTIES:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above-captioned action was filed on June 2, 2025, in the Probate Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina. This action seeks the determination of the heirs of the Estate of Frances Beatrice Milligan-Ellis who died on September 5, 2002. A virtual hearing has been scheduled in connection with this matter on the 15th day of September 2025 at 2 p.m. If you plan to participate in the virtual hearing, you must contact the Law Office of Arthur C. McFarland at the below telephone number or email address or Ayva Kunes, Esquire, Law Clerk of the Charleston County Probate Court at 843-958-5194 or avkunes@ charlestoncounty.org, prior to the hearing to receive the virtual link information.

Please be present at said hearing if you are an heir or interested party in the aforementioned Estate of Frances Beatrice Milligan-Ellis, if so minded.

Charleston, S.C. August 6, 2025

s/Arthur C. McFarland Arthur C. McFarland

Attorney for Petitioner

843.763-3900

cecilesq@aol.com

SUMMONS (CLAIM & DELIVERY – NONJURY)

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

CIVIL CASE NUMBER: 2025-CP10-04199

SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. MATTHEW ANTHONY CALAMIA, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED:

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

July 28, 2025 CHARLESTON, SC

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO DEFENDANT MATTHEW ANTHONY CALAMIA:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Civil Action Coversheet, Summons, Exhibits and Verification, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on July 28, 2025, at 10:22 a.m., the object and prayer of which is the claim and delivery of Collateral and recovery a sum certain due Plaintiff by Defendant, MATTHEW ANTHONY CALAMIA, and for such other and further relief as set forth in the Complaint.

s/Cynthia Jordan Lowery Cynthia Jordan Lowery #12499 MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC 78 Wentworth Street Post Office Box 22828 Charleston, SC 29413-2828 Telephone: (843) 579-7000 Facsimile: (843) 579-8714 Email: cynthialowery@mvalaw. com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

August 7, 2025

CHARLESTON, SC

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER 2025-CP-1003462

MAUREEN LEEPER, Plaintiff, vs. BRAYAN SMITH AND FRANCISCO DIAZ JOVES, Defendants.

SUMMONS

JURY TRIAL REQUESTED (NEGLIGENCE) (AUTOMOBILE WRECK) TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE

NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the subscriber at 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 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 2971 West Montague Avenue Suite 201 North Charleston, SC 29418 (843) 884-0000 North Charleston, SC Attorneys for the Plaintiff June 16, 2025

Master’s Sale Case No. 2025CP1000421 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC vs. John Garcia, FTL Finance, South Carolina Department of Revenue,

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of July, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, on the 2nd day of September, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 22-B, BLOCK A, DEER PARK SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT ENTITLED “A RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 21 AND 22, BLOCK A, DEER PARK, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA”, MADE BY W.H. MATHENY, RLS, DATED JANUARY 4, 1958, AND DULY RECORDED IN THE CHARLESTON COUNTY RMC OFFICE IN PLAT BOOK L, AT PAGE 178. SAID PARCEL HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, METES, BOUNDS, LOCATION AND DIMENSIONS AS ARE SHOWN ON THE AFORESAID PLAT TO WHICH REFERENCE IS MADE. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO LINDA HENDRIX AND JOHN GARCIA BY DEED FROM JOHN WOJCIK AND JAN WOJCIK DATED MAY 18, 2011 AND RECORDED MAY 25, 2011 IN BOOK 0189, PAGE 201, IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THEREAFTER, CONVEYED TO JOHN GARCIA BY DEED FROM LINDA HENDRIX AND JOHN GARCIA DATED FEBRUARY 22, 2022 AND RECORDED APRIL 19, 2022 IN BOOK 1101, PAGE 474, IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. TMS # 4861600036

Current Property Address: 8760 Antler Drive, North Charleston, SC 29406

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the

bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Nicole K. O’Shaughnessy

Telephone: (803) 828-0880 FOR INSERTION: August 15, 2025 August 22, 2025 August 29, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

A-4849675

08/15/2025, 08/22/2025, 08/29/2025

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Master’s Sale

Case No. 2025CP1001746

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

Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs. Meredith H. Fox,

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of July, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, on the 2nd day of September, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN STONEFIELD SUBDIVISION, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 30, CONTAINING 16,379 SQ. FT. (0.38 ACRES) AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT TITLED “PLAT OF THE RESUBDIVISION OF LOT 30 AND 31 INTO ITS ORIGINAL FORM LOT 30 CONTAINING 0.38 ACRES AND LOT 31 CONTAINING 0.40 ACRES” BY 2AD SURVEYING CO., LLC DATED JULY 9, 2007, REVISED JULY 21, 2007 AND RECORDED AT PLAT BOOK EL AT PAGE 163 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY. BEING PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MEREDITH H. FOX AND ANNE A. FOX BY DEED FROM NORMAN A. MROZINSKI DATED AUGUST 30, 1993 AND RECORDED AUGUST 31, 1993 IN BOOK H231, PAGE 203 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THEREAFTER, ANNE A. FOX

CONVEYED HIS OR HER INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY TO MEREDITH H. FOX BY DEED DATED NOVEMBER 30, 2007 AND RECORDED DECEMBER 04, 2007 IN BOOK K645, PAGE

779 AND BY DEED DATED

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 AND RECORDED OCTOBER 06, 2008 IN BOOK 13, PAGE 919 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

TMS # 4270600036

Current Property Address: 1471 Battery Brown Ct, Charleston, SC 29412

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Nicole K. O’Shaughnessy Telephone: (803) 828-0880 FOR INSERTION: August 15, 2025 August 22, 2025 August 20, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

A-4849674

08/15/2025, 08/22/2025, 08/29/2025

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE 2015-CP-10-00377

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

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

Upon authority of a Decree dated August 28, 2015, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on September 2, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IN ST. ANDREWS PARISH, IN THE COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT THREE (3), BLOCK F, ON A PLAT BEARING THE LEGEND “PLAT OF SECTION 3, LENEVAR SUBDIVISION, CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C.” DATED MARCH 24, 1960 BY A.L. GLEN, REG. P.S. AND L.S. AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK M AT PAGE 113 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY. SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, DIMENSIONS, BUTTINGS AND BOUNDINGS AS ARE SHOWN AND DELINEATED ON SAID MAP WHICH IS MADE A PART AND PARCEL HEREOF BY REFERENCE THERETO. SAID LOT IS CONVEYED SUBJECT TO THE

RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO SAID PROPERTY, WHICH ARE SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION OF THE SAME DATED APRIL 9, 1960 IN BOOK D-70 AT PAGE 634 IN THE RMC OFFICE AFORESAID. BEING THE SAME PREMISES CONVEYED TO MARY KING LUCAS, THE MORTGAGOR HEREIN, BY DEED OF GRANGE S. LUCAS, THE MORTGAGOR HEREIN, BY DEED OF GRANGE S. LUCAS, III AND MARY CATHERINE LUCAS, EXECUTED MAY 23, 1989 AND RECORDED MAY 24, 1989 IN P-184, AT PAGE 350, AND RE-RECORDED JUNE 25, 1992 IN BOOK H. 215 AT PAGE 889, AND BY DEED OF RENEE J. LUCAS, EXECUTED MAY 7, 1985 AND RECORDED JULY 29, 1985 IN BOOK W-148, AT PAGE 810.

TMS#: 352-12-00-104

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1412 Tara Road, Charleston, SC 29407 Parcel No. 352-12-00-104

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

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

FOR INSERTION August 15, 22, & 29, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 7030

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2025-CP-10-03716

Colonial Savings, F.A., Plaintiff vs. Elizabeth M. Dimler and Oak Bluff Homeowners Association, Inc., Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Elizabeth M. Dimler:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on July 1, 2025.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF

ACTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by Elizabeth M. Dimler to Colonial Savings, F.A. bearing date of August 27, 2019 and recorded September 11, 2019 in Mortgage Book 0821 at Page 007 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of One Hundred Forty One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty 00/100 Dollars ($141,620.00). Thereafter, the mortgage was assigned to Colonial Savings, F.A. by assignment dated August 8, 2024 and recorded on October 15, 2024 in Book 1273 at Page 317., and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 1502, Block 1500, Oak Bluff Subdivision, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Mark A. Cornelius, PLS, of General Engineering Laboratories, Inc., entitled “FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF OAK BLUFF, BLOCKS 600 AND 1500, 7955 CROSSROADS DRIVE, OWNED BY PORTRAIT HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, which plat is recorded in Plat book EF at Page 999 and in Plat Book EG at Page 001-002 in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

TMS No. 484-00-00-245

Property Address: 8129 Shadow Oak Drive, North Charleston, SC 29406

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993

Attorneys for Plaintiff 7128

Master’s Sale 2023-CP-10-03592

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, PLAINTIFF versus Carl Louis Youngblood aka Carl L. Youngblood Sr. and Crystal Youngblood, DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of July, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 2nd day of September, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, containing (.99) acres, more or less, on a plat made by William H. Dennis (LLS) on September 13, 1999, situated, lying and being in St. Paul’s Parish District No. 23, Charleston County, State of South Carolina. Butting and bounding

as follows: On the North by Mauss Hill Road; on the South by lands of Lot C, on the East by the Estate of Ester Leary. and on the West by Lands of Bobby Smith. Property also known as: all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, containing 1.00 acre more or less and known as parcel “B” as shown on that certain plat entitled “Plat to Subdivide +/- 13.8 acres the lands of Ernest Youngblood et al a 1.00 acre lot to be known as parcel “B” located at St Pauls Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina”, prepared by James G. Penington, PLS No. 10291, dated September 5, 2001, revised September 26, 2001 and recorded October 19, 2001 in the Charleston County RMC Office in Plat Book DC, at Page 982 to which plat reference is hereby made for a fuller description of said lot. This being the same property conveyed to Carl L. Youngblood, Sr. by Master’s Deed from Mikell R. Scarborough, as Master in Equity for Charleston County, dated May 21, 2010 and recorded June 2, 2010 in Book 0125 at Page 638 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina; thereafter, conveyed to Carl L. Youngblood, Sr. by Amended Master’s Deed dated July 16, 2010 and recorded August 16, 2010 in Book 0138 at Page 542.

TMS No. 059-00-00-150

Property Address: 5024 Mauss Hill Road, Hollywood, SC 29449

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. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. 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. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.3750%. 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. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, 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 Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993

FOR INSERTION August 15, 2025, August 22, 2025, August 29, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 7134

Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-05039

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

GITSIT Solutions, LLC, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Separate Trustee of GITSIT Mortgage Loan Trust BBPLC1, PLAINTIFF versus The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of James Johnson, Jr.; Katrena R. Hanks, Marketa Hopkins, Romona PalmoreHaynes, James Johnson, III, Tercell Riley, Vonda Johnson, Jamell Foster, Damione Foster, Juanita Johnson and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of James Johnson, Jr., Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Charleston County Clerk of Court; South Carolina Department of Probation Parole and Pardon Services; Derek Lorenzo Grant; State of South Carolina; and The South Carolina Department of Revenue, DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of July, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 2nd day of September, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that parcel of land in City of Charleston, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, as more fully described in Deed Book 95, Page 379, ID# 350-04-00-019, being known and designated as Lot 12, Block C, Section 3, West Oak Forest Extension, filed in Plat Book R, Page 39, recorded 12/04/1963. That certain lot, together with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County and State aforesaid, shown as “Lot 12, Block C”, on a plat of a portion of West Oak Forest Extension Section 3, drawn by A.L. Glen, dated December 4, 1963, recorded RMC Office, Charleston County, Plat Book R Page 39, reference being had to such plat for a more accurate delineation of the dimensions, boundaries and measurements of such lot. Being the same property conveyed to James Johnson, Jr. by deed of William C. Hall, Jr. and Ms. Yvonne S. Hall, dated September 26, 1975 and recorded October 10, 1975 in Deed Book W107 at Page 20.

TMS No. 350-04-00-19

COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. 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. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.5600%. 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. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, 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 Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993

FOR INSERTION August 15, 2025, August 22, 2025, August 29, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION of Thomas W. Smith, LLC

The above company of Charleston, South Carolina will be dissolved at the will of its members. All creditor claims must be in writing to include the claim amount, basis and date. Any claim shall be barred unless timely received by the agent below and a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within 5 years after this publication date. Mail claims to 1985 Riviera Dr., Ste. 103-112, Mt.P., SC 29464. Attn: Alex Juncu, Esq. (843) 474-0717 alex@ junculegal.com

Charleston County Greenbelt Advisory Board (GAB) Subcommittee Meetings Wednesday, September 10, 2025 9:00 AM

Property Address: 15 Ophir 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. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS,

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

Mortgage Research Center, LLC d/b/a Veterans United Home Loans, a Missouri Limited Liability Company vs. James Arter,

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of July, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, on the 2nd day of September, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 7, DUNMEYER HILL ESTATES SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN AND DELINEATED ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT MADE BY BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP, LTD. DATED JUNE 21, 2021 ENTITLED “FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF DUNMEYER HILL ESTATES SUBDIVISION PROPERTY OWNED BY DHE, LLC TMS 385-15-00-014 CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, PREPARED FOR HUNTER QUINN HOMES” RECORDED MAY 20, 2022 IN THE ROD OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK L22, PAGE 0195. SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, DIMENSIONS, BUTTINGS AND BOUNDINGS AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, REFERENCE BEING MADE HERETO FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. THIS BEING THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JAMES ARTER BY LIMITED WARRANTY DEED OF HUNTER QUINN HOMES, LLC, A KENTUCKY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY DATED MARCH 30, 2023 AND RECORDED APRIL 06, 2023 IN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN BOOK 1172 AT PAGE 127.

TMS # 385-15-00-044

Current Property Address: 1029 Berry Patch Cir, Summerville, SC 29485

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

Meetings are open to the public and will include a time for public comment. The Subcommittee is a 6-member committee appointed by the Charleston County Greenbelt Advisory Board to review, evaluate, and make recommendations to the GAB regarding Greenbelt applications for funding.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Nicole K. O’Shaughnessy Telephone: (803) 828-0880 FOR INSERTION: August 15, 2025 August 22, 2025 August 29, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

A-4849661

08/15/2025, 08/22/2025, 08/29/2025

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Master’s Sale Case No. 2025CP1000419