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MUSC special overlay district moves ahead, despite big concerns

By Skyler Baldwin

The city of Charleston’s Planning Commission unanimously voted Tuesday evening in favor of a fast-moving proposal to create a special development district that would allow the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to be exempt from some of the city’s zoning restrictions.

The project, which now goes to Charleston City Council but has not been widely discussed by the public, would allow for rapid growth and expansion in a zone around MUSC.

The nine members of the councilappointed volunteer commission include Jimmy Bailey Jr., Loquita Bryant-Jenkins, Erika V. Harrison, Bart Jackson, Steve Hirsch, McKenna Joyce, Charles Karesh, Sunday Lempesis and Harry Lesesne.

‘Committed excellent neighbors’

“MUSC has been part of this community for over 200 years,” MUSC President David Cole said at an Aug. 21 meeting of the city’s Community Development Committee.

“Our plan is to be a part of this community for the next 200 years. This overlay zone

“There’s a list of buildings that are listed for continued protection … and a list of buildings that would be exempt from demolition review. Why did they make that decision?”

—Preservation Society of Charleston President and CEO Brain Turner

will allow us to deliver world-class care, specifically world-class cancer care for this community. We have been and we will be committed excellent neighbors. We are part of this community. We have no intention of doing anything otherwise.”

The district overlay zone would allow MUSC to demolish 17 properties without approval from the city’s Board of Architectural Review — though approval

would still be needed for other buildings and for new construction. It would increase height limitations up to 250 feet and remove restrictions for off-site parkand-ride facilities or garages. It also would remove restrictions on hours of operation for businesses and more.

City leaders said existing zoning ordinances are created as site-specific tools.

“What we have seen over the past few years is that something large, something grand, something complex, something dynamic wants to take shape in the city of Charleston,” said Charleston City Councilman Ross Appel. “But our old, archaic, clumsy, unpredictable, complicated zoning framework is preventing it from happening.”

At the Aug. 26 meeting, Charleston Mayor William Cogswell said talks with MUSC regarding the new so-called Innovation District plan began about a year ago.

“This conversation started because we were taking a very broad view with WestEdge,” he said, noting a neighboring commercial development. “When you start looking at all the other efforts going on in this part of town ... there’s a lot happening

The Rundown

So much water, too much water

Last weekend’s rains in Charleston broke two daily records, turning city streets into gushing rivers knee-deep in water. Across the peninsula, more than 40 streets closed.

On Aug. 22, downtown Charleston got 4.1 inches of rain, breaking the daily record of 2.16 inches set in 2008. The next day, Charleston got another 3.95 inches of rain, upending a 1.74-inch record set in 1960, according to the National Weather Service. Two-day total: 8.15 inches.

Even more amazing: All of that rain was more in two days than in an average August, when the Holy City gets 6.11 inches — over 31 days. Rain pounded North Charleston, too, with 4.16 inches on Aug. 22, more than twice the 1.58-inch record set in 2005 and matched in 2008. On Aug. 23, North Charleston got just under an inch as storms hugged more closely to the coast. —Andy Brack

“Hurry up. At my age, I don’t even buy green bananas.”

—An often-heard humorous statement by Charleston businessman and philanthropist Edwin Pearlstine Jr., who passed away last week at the age of 90.

CP GROCERY TRACKER

Aug. 29–Sept. 5, 2025

We’re keeping track of fluctuating costs so you don’t have to. Numbers are based on weekly average costs nationwide.

Milk (half-gallon): $2.31 ( $0.73)

Cheese (8-ounce block): $2.49 ( $0.06)

Eggs (dozen, large white): $3.53 ( $0.11)

Bananas (per pound): $0.54 ( $0.08)

Avocados (each): $1.03 ( $0.18)

Gas (per gallon, S.C. avg.): $2.834

( $0.017)

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Courtesy MUSC

The new development district proposes to bypass some city zoning rules

S.C. has too many people, too few homes available

by Jack O’Toole

Two issues increasingly dominate the South Carolina headlines: massive population growth and a lack of affordable housing.

In the moderate-sized Upstate town of Fort Mill, for instance — which has seen its population explode by almost 80% since 2018 — concerns over growth led its town council in June to impose a moratorium on new annexations and rezonings through the end of the year.

Meanwhile in the Lowcountry, where the average value of a house now sits at almost $600,000, Charleston Mayor William Cogswell presented an ambitious, 3,500unit affordable housing plan to city council on Aug. 21 — a plan his administration has estimated will cost $800 million between now and 2031.

“I believe very strongly that the lack of affordable housing in our community is the biggest social, cultural and economic issue we face,” Cogswell told council members, in a city with long-term flooding problems that make national news on a regular basis.

In interviews this week, policy experts told Statehouse Report that those two issues — growth and affordability — are deeply intertwined. And that the way we resolve them will ultimately determine whether either gets any better.

How we got here

Concerned about the state’s growing housing crisis, the S.C. General Assembly in 2022 directed state housing officials to work with the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business to get to the bottom of the problem.

USC economist Joseph Von Nessen, a nationally recognized expert in housing economics and residential real estate markets, led the team that produced a study in June 2023.

“What we found was a supply and demand imbalance that’s been growing over the past 15 years,” Von Nessen told Statehouse Report on Aug. 20. “Basically, we’ve been underbuilding since 2008, and we’ve accumulated a supply debt going all the way back to the Great Recession.”

According to Von Nessen, the numbers tell the story. From 2000 to 2007, new housing in S.C. was growing at 5.3% a year, keeping prices stable. But after the national economic collapse forced builders to cut back, the rate of growth from 2008 to 2021 fell to 3.1% — even as the state’s population surged by 650,000 between 2010 and 2022.

Or put simply, there weren’t enough houses and apartments for all the people who wanted one.

“What we saw over the period was very low levels of supply compared to the demand that was being generated by our strong population growth,” Von Nessen said, noting that the problem has actually accelerated since the pandemic. “We’ve been in the top five among all U.S. states for population growth since 2020.”

Further complicating that picture, he said, is the fact that all of those new residents have settled in just half the state’s counties, with the other half seeing population declines over the same period. That localized demand pressure is why the average price of a home in a hot market like the Charleston area essentially doubled in less than a decade, from about $300,000 to almost $600,000.

“The cumulative effect in these areas is that demand remains high relative to the available supply,” he said. “And that’s continued to put upward pressure on prices, creating affordability challenges for many South Carolinians.”

The result? According to the study, more than half of all S.C. renters and a quarter of all home mortgage holders are “cost-burdened” — or what your grandparents would probably have simply called “house-poor.”

Are state and local rules part of the problem?

In an Aug. 21 interview, S.C. Home Builders Association Executive Director Mark Nix called the state’s housing deficit a “sore subject” as he’s watched his adult children struggle over the past few years to find housing they can afford.

“I’m a true believer, and I’m proud of what our members do,” he said. “The thing is, I want the people who serve and work in a community to be able to live in that community as well, and right now most of them can’t.”

And from his members’ perspective, he said, that affordability problem starts with state and local laws that drive up the price

Bertha’s wins $50,000 grant

to help small restaurants

By City Paper Staff

Bertha’s Kitchen, an enduring Gullah restaurant in North Charleston, is one of 50 restaurants across the country to win a $50,000 grant to help culinary landmarks.

Each grant in the program fueled by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express helps restaurants upgrade and grow their businesses, enabling improvements to historic buildings. Up to $10,000 can be used for general operating expenses. The “Backing Historic Small Restaurants” program, which began in 2020 as a pandemic response, has since helped 180 historic small restaurants and has granted more than $8 million in every U.S. state, plus Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

“These restaurants demonstrate the power that places hold. For generations, neighbors have gathered here, shared stories, made new connections and enjoyed regional cuisine that often reflects our nation’s global roots,” said National Trust President and CEO Carol Quillen.

Bertha’s Kitchen, a family-run business founded in 1980 by Albertha Grant, is known for soul food dishes like fried chicken, okra soup and red rice. The restaurant was the recipient of a James Beard Foundation Award for America’s Classics in 2017.

Bertha’s is one of just 11 Charlestonarea’s restaurants that is on the City Paper ’s “Charleston Classics” list which highlights its tasty, generous and inexpensive Southern soul food platters: “Businessmen, laborers and far-flung tourists alike shuffle through the quick

cafeteria-style service counter loaded with a smorgasbord of meat and threes, such as fried pork chops, fish specials, yams, stewed greens, home-style macand-cheese, limas nestled with smoked turkey necks, dark roux okra soup, moist cornbread and fried chicken better than anyone’s Grandma ever made.”

In a 2011 story published by the nowdefunct Charleston Currents newsletter, Southern foodways author John T. Edge talked about the importance of places like Bertha’s.

“In very few places in the country can you find food of the quality at this price and with this integrity,” Edge said while gnawing a fried pork chop. Also on his plate: red rice, okra soup, greens and cornbread. A companion’s plate looked similar but with a meat of perfectly-fried chicken that was the color of caramel.

“If you bring somebody from Louisiana here, they’d recognize the food” as something like what they have at home, Edge explained. “Red rice is just one step removed from jambalaya, for example. If they are a thinking eater, they’d realize the African-ness of this food.”

In the story, Georgia native Edge said food provided a way to connect Southerners and illustrate how they have more in common than they may think. For people who grow up around the Lowcountry, that means understanding “you are as much African in your cultural composition as you are western European,” he said — and that’s for Blacks and Whites.

IF YOU WANT TO GO: Bertha’s Kitchen is located at 2332 Meeting Street Road, North Charleston.

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You can get good home cooking at Bertha’s in North Charleston

of new houses and slow new construction to a crawl.

“In South Carolina, about 10% of the price of a new house is just government permitting fees,” he said. “And up to a third is regulatory costs — more inspections, more studies, more zoning requirements that just add to the price.”

Further contributing to the problem, he said, is a failure of basic planning by local governments, which leaves residents furious when new housing is proposed in areas that are already dealing with traffic headaches and overburdened water and sewer systems.

“What we’ve seen is poor planning,” he said. “People are against new housing mostly because of congestion, but then we just end up adding to the congestion because people have to move further and further out.”

Next year, state lawmakers are expected to take up legislation that supporters say will bring those two competing priorities — new housing construction and resident quality of life — into better balance.

The idea is to create what the bill’s sponsors call “concurrency” — that is, a system in which needed infrastructure is in place before development moves forward. And while everyone agrees it makes sense in

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that needs to be brought to bear here. That’s why I think an overlay makes a lot of sense here, so we can take a holistic view and approach.”

Advocates, communities feel rushed

While local advocacy groups repeatedly said they support MUSC’s efforts to expand and provide higher quality care for patients, leaders requested the plan be deferred until the public could further review and comment on the proposal.

“There’s definitely historic buildings in the area, and the proposed ordinance has basically picked some winners and losers,” Preservation Society of Charleston President and CEO Brian Turner told the Charleston City Paper. “There’s a list of buildings that are listed for continued protection … and a list of buildings that would be exempt from demolition review. Why did they make that decision?”

Representatives from the Harleston Village community adjacent to the MUSC campus listed several concerns in a Tuesday statement, including a lack of clarity and robust language on traffic impacts and stormwater management.

“How this overlay is handled will be a test of the city’s seriousness in managing

principle, opponents worry it would give local governments the power to impose dramatically higher costs on home builders — or in response to resident pressure, just shut down new construction completely.

The concurrency debate

James Island Democratic Rep. Spencer Wetmore, one of the concurrency bill’s bipartisan sponsors in the S.C. House, told Statehouse Report the logic behind the legislation is just common sense.

“This bill stands for the simple proposition that infrastructure has to come first,” she said. “Because if we’re not careful, the entire state is going to be in a traffic jam like Charleston.”

To ensure that doesn’t happen, she explained, the bill would empower local governments to deny building permits when it determined that services in the area — police, fire, roads, stormwater and the rest — couldn’t handle the influx of new residents.

That way, state, county and municipal officials would have to get on the same page regarding minimum service levels, rather than blaming other levels of government for the problems.

“Everyone points fingers,” she said. “And the citizens get left holding the bag, when all they’re trying to do is live here and be able to flush their toilets.”

development transparently, implementing the Comprehensive Water Plan effectively and safeguarding neighborhood livability,” the statement said.

Historic Charleston Foundation President and CEO Winslow Hastie said he was excited that MUSC wants to double down on the Charleston peninsula, but he added he was concerned about the timing of the proposal and the lack of commitment on preserving historic sites on the campus.

“If you’re wanting this additional flexibility, we feel you should have a greater commitment to protecting these buildings that we know and agree are historically significant,” he told the City Paper before the vote. “The city is bending over backward to accommodate [MUSC] on this fast-track kind of schedule, and that doesn’t really feel good to us.

“It doesn’t give us adequate time to respond in a comprehensive way.”

Project leaders respond

At the Tuesday meeting, Cogswell responded to several concerns that had been brought to his attention, especially regarding the apparent quick pace of the proposal.

“We as a city are not expediting this process at all,” he said. “We are going through the normal process of having public hearings … and three readings at city council. Where we are today, assuming this moves forward, there’s still plenty of time for the community to hear more of the details.”

But opponents like the Home Builders Association’s Nix argue that municipal governments, which are notoriously sensitive to neighborhood-level complaints, can’t be trusted with that much power.

In fact, he said he’d favor specific impact fees on developers to cover improvements such as new fire systems or sewer lines over the concurrency bill. At least then, he argued, home builders wouldn’t be forced to go to every city department head for a sign-off, with the fees adding up every step of the way.

“With the impact fees you have to do a study to prove it’s a real need,” he said. “But under this concurrency bill, it’s just a push for [legal] graft.”

In response, Wetmore noted she’s reached out to home builders to get their feedback on the bill’s language. What’s more, she said, based on their concerns she’s already offered an amendment to require local governments to approve a plan to address infrastructure shortcomings before they stop a development from moving forward.

She added that she’s not opposed to further changes as the bill moves forward, as long as the “infrastructure first” principle is protected.

“It’s not that people hate new housing,” she said. “It’s that they get upset about the overcrowding that comes with it when we don’t control the timing.”

Cogswell clarified that the stormwater review process is a critical part of the proposal. He explained third-party reviewers would take on the bulk of the responsibility when handling development applications in the Innovation District, as opposed to the already “overburdened staff” of the city.

Harleston Village leaders, however, are worried about exactly that.

“This contradicts assurances of continued [Technical Review Committee] oversight and further limits public engagement,” the neighborhood’s statement said.

City Councilman William Dudley Gregorie at the earlier Aug. 21 meeting said he was convinced MUSC would be a trustworthy steward of the properties included in the district overlay zone.

“I’ve been working with the Medical University now for about 20 years,” he said. “We put together the financing, almost a half billion dollars, to construct the [Ashley River Tower] building. So I’m very aware of the good stewards that the Medical University has been over the years.

“They really do protect the public trust,” he added. “I really think this is a great opportunity not just for the Medical University but for our city. We will be substantially increasing the providing of health care in our city and in our state.”

The first official reading of the proposed Innovation District plan will be at the next Charleston City Council meeting on Sept. 9.

Blotter of the Week

A Mount Pleasant woman on Aug. 13 reportedly took about $700 worth of merchandise from a Proprietors Place department store, including a backpack, multiple bags of pet food, a pressure washer and a Samsung sound bar. The sound bar was worth more than half the total cost of the stolen items. Those impulse “buys” will really run up the bill.

Round two

A North Charleston man on Aug. 20 reportedly created a disturbance in North Charleston City Hall after leaving the municipal court. When police responded, warning him to settle down, he fought officers and spit on one of them, leading to an arrest and multiple charges. Maybe his next court hearing will go better (but we doubt it).

Real-life cartoon

A West Ashley woman on Aug. 11 reportedly attempted to steal more than $200 worth of items from a Sam Rittenberg Boulevard store by stuffing them into a sack and trying to drag it outside. According to Charleston police, security footage captured her being confronted by security, where she dropped the sack and tried to “walk away.” She is now banned from the store.

By Skyler Baldwin

Illustration by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Aug. 11 and Aug. 20.

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Slow down on MUSC overlay district

So what’s the big rush on this proposed Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) zoning overlay district? We understand the need for some flexibility to upgrade facilities throughout MUSC — and are particularly heartened by word of a new and improved Hollings Cancer Center.

But while the city of Charleston and MUSC might have been planning it behind closed doors for more than a minute or two, the public now seeing it for the first time has some concerns about the scope and details of what’s ahead. And rightly so.

The whole project feels like a rush job being pushed by MUSC and enabled by the secrecy-affectionate Charleston City Council. It doesn’t help that a subsidiary of a company apparently owned by Charleston Mayor William “Backroom Billy” Cogswell just won a $2.6 million parking contract from (yes, seriously) MUSC’s Board of Directors.

What’s most concerning about the overlay district proposal is how the city of Charleston would apparently cede some of its authority to MUSC and third-party vendors, as the neighboring Harleston Village Association wrote in an Aug. 25 statement:

“One troubling provision would allow MUSC to bypass the Technical Review Commission in favor of thirdparty stormwater review — presumably hired by MUSC. This contradicts assurances of continued TRC oversight and further limits public engagement. We opposed this provision in its current form.”

There are also concerns about demolition of 17 properties

in the district and how new buildings could reach 250 feet in height less than a block from homes.

“There’s definitely historic buildings in the area, and the proposed ordinance has basically picked some winners and losers,” Preservation Society of Charleston President and CEO Brian Turner told the Charleston City Paper this week. “There’s a list of buildings that are listed for continued protection … and a list of buildings that would be exempt from demolition review. Why did they make that decision?”

Historic Charleston Foundation President and CEO Winslow Hastie told City Paper reporter Skyler Baldwin that he was excited that MUSC wanted to double down by investing and expanding on the Charleston peninsula. But he said he also was concerned about the timing of the proposal and the lack of commitment on preserving historic sites on the campus.

“If you’re wanting this additional flexibility, we feel you should have a greater commitment to protecting these buildings that we know and agree are historically significant,” he told the City Paper. “The city is bending over backward to accommodate [MUSC] on this fast-track kind of schedule, and that doesn’t really feel good to us.

And that’s the rub, as he concluded: “It doesn’t give us adequate time to respond in a comprehensive way.”

After weekend rains turned Calhoun Street along MUSC into a river, now is the time for long-term comprehensive planning for MUSC’s future. But the city and university need to slow down a little with lock-step actions and listen — really listen — to the public.

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.

Change at Statehouse is on way,

going to take awhile

By Andy Brack

The number of foreign-born South Carolinians has been growing by leaps and bounds. That’s the conclusion from some illuminating data recently dug up by Charleston City Paper senior editor Herb Frazier.

According to a Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) report using census data, the number of South Carolina’s foreign-born residents, documented and undocumented, has zoomed 10 times from 46,620 people in 1980 to 450,446 residents in 2025. That’s a whopping 909% increase, one of the largest of states in the nation.

So from Walhalla to Daufuskie to Little River and everywhere in between, some 8.3% of the 5.4 million people who now live in South Carolina were born outside of the United States. Wow! What an indicator of how the Palmetto State is changing.

Steven Camarota, CIS’s director of research, told Frazier that Latin Americans make up most of South Carolina’s new arrivals. But immigrants have arrived here from all over the globe in the last four decades, including east Asia, south Asia, the Middle East and Africa. And people can sense the changes.

“The public senses that something fundamentally has changed,” Camarota said, with the nation’s immigrant population reaching a record 16% of the U.S. population. “Even during the great wave of immigration from 1870 to 1920, it never got that high.”

In South Carolina, where paternalistic plantation politics that favor a White privileged class for too long have been the norm, the boost in new immigrants signals a coming potential change politically. While our state legislature is largely White and male, the state distinguishes itself by having a past first-generation governor of Indian descent and a sitting member of the U.S. Senate who is one of the chamber’s five Black officials.

Regardless of whether you are Republican or Democrat, our state’s political future holds a great potential for change based on sheer numbers of people who won’t look like most of today’s officeholders.

So all of this may make one wonder how long before there’s a tipping point in South Carolina politics for more minority representation at the Statehouse — more Blacks as well as more Latinos, Asians and other people of color. Think of what’s ahead as a kind of political herd immunity from White privilege that eventually will come, although that privileged political class uses gerrymandering to shield the impact of minority populations.

Currently in South Carolina based on 2020 census figures, about 38% of residents are minorities, including 1.3 million Blacks who comprise one in four state residents. How much does that population of non-White South Carolinians have to grow before they get some real political power and potentially change the dynamics of doing things the same ways for generations?

Just look to metro areas like Atlanta and Charlotte in neighboring states where diverse communities have more diverse governing bodies than South Carolina’s legislature. Or look at Mississippi, where the nonWhite population is 48% and has had the highest percentage of Black elected municipal officials in the nation. Or Florida and Georgia where minority populations are just over 50% and have a lot more minority leaders in positions of power.

Regardless of whether you are Republican or Democrat, our state’s political future holds a great potential for change based on sheer numbers of people who won’t look like most of today’s officeholders. But anyone who wants to see that change must realize that those in power will do everything they can to keep it. Just witness the redistricting messes in Texas and California to imagine the battles that will stretch into the future. South Carolina might not have its act together to use authentic fairness as a redistricting principle after the 2030 census. But by 2040, be prepared for big changes.

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

fresh voice has emerged and is maturing on the U.S. Supreme Court. It amplifies dissents, and in doing so, injects common sense, while also lending a new layer of transparency to the court.

Embraced by some and rebuked by others, it is the voice of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. She was nominated by President Joe Biden in 2022 and confirmed that year, the first Black woman to ascend to the Supreme Court. She’ll be in Charleston to share thoughts on Sept. 2.

But her strong voice from the bench isn’t the only way Jackson has made a name for herself in recent months. A year ago, she published Lovely One, a much-anticipated memoir from Random House.

The memoir is disarmingly accessible and wholly compelling. In it, the justice charts her journey from cradle to confirmation in an approach The New York Times lauded as a “billowingly triumphant American tale of early promise fulfilled.”

A justice on justice

Starting with a Miami childhood raised by a supportive family whose ancestors were enslaved on plantations, she paces readers through studies at Harvard University; the origins and considerations of her interracial marriage to a Boston Brahmin surgeon; her training in the legal field; and ultimately to the day she was sworn in at the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

Justice to speak to sold-out crowd

On Sept. 2 at Charleston Gaillard Center, Jackson will share insights with Charleston resident and Columbia native Richard Gergel, a U.S. district judge for the District of South Carolina.

The two first connected while Gergel was on tour for his 2019 book, Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of America. During a conversation for his book, they talked about her coming to Charleston, ultimately resulting in a partnership with Buxton Books and the Gaillard.

Their talk has led to tremendous traction, with the event selling out the 1,800-capacity Martha and John M. Rivers Performance Hall.

For those not in attendance, Charleston City Paper will be covering the event. In the meantime, here are several takeaways from Lovely One, along with reflections from Charleston’s legal community on what the justice’s appearance could yield.

Lawyers intrigued by event

The September event has piqued the interest of members of Charleston’s legal

Lessons from Lovely One

Lovely One, which is the translation of the justice’s name from an African language, is filled with far more than courtroom prowess. The ambitious, focused young Black student who ascended time and again gathered many mantras and a persistently positive mindset. These include:

Choose your battles. On learning of a hosting hiccup by her parents after they were sold bad fish before a party, their young daughter is mystified that her mother didn’t address it with the fishmonger. It wasn’t worth it, reasoned her mother, explaining that it wasn’t worth the time and effort of a battle.

When you’re drowning, swim. Those times when fear threatened to shut down her considerable efforts, her mother would bid her to just keep at it.

Defy stereotypes. Instead of falling prey to doubts of her ability as a Black female, she outlines in the book how she met them as a challenge, relishing how surprised those naysayers would eventually be.

To dwell on the unfairness of life is to be devoured by it. This sage truism came by way of the author’s grandmother, a guiding force who had little opportunity, but remained a beacon of positivity.

Choose to be kind. The thrust of her classmate’s oration during her Harvard commencement, this lesson has long resonated with the author.

“community. When asked to offer insights and questions, they had plenty.

Susan Dunn, retired legal director of the ACLU South Carolina, noted that Jackson brings important human experience to the bench.

She knows what it is like to be a woman and an African American. She has represented poor people and rich people. These experiences do not dictate her answers, but they put her in a position to ask better questions. They fashion her ability to listen respectfully.” —Susan Dunn

“She knows what it is like to be a woman and an African American. She has represented poor people and rich people. These experiences do not dictate her answers, but they put her in a position to ask better questions. They fashion her ability to listen respectfully,” Dunn said. Dunn views Gergel as an excellent choice to share the stage with the justice.

“Yes, he is a judge, but he is also a lover of history and a person of great curiosity. He will ask questions that we are all dying to ask and he will do so in a way that solicits frank answers,” she said.

Charleston defense attorney Andy Savage said he would thank the justice for coming to Charleston.

“It is a real honor for the members of the local Bar but even more so for our community members that believe in your commitment to the Rule of Law,” he said he would say, emphasizing the hope that the Supreme Court does not become blindfully deferential to its co-branches, “particularly on the importance of branches of government being ‘equal.’ ”

He would query how she would define the concept, and ask for her suggestions on how it could be maintained.

“I am interested as it appears that one branch is flexing its influence, another is deferential to the first, and the third is constantly demeaned and occasionally ignored by principal actors in the other two,” Savage said.

While Savage flags that Charleston claims a cadre of federal judges who are uniformly respected, he said this does not translate to the selection of Supreme Court members and some Circuit Court members.

His question? “Can you suggest an improved method for the selection of federal appellate judges to avoid the increasingly exercised political manipulations by Congress?”

Finally, Savage asks, “Why do some members of the Supreme Court think they are not subjected to a review of their ethical behavior? Do you believe their actions diminish respect for the judiciary as a whole?”

Retired Charleston Municipal Court Judge Joe Mendelsohn said he hoped to learn more from the justice about what it took to rise to her current position.

Mendelsohn said he would also ask her about one topic in particular.

“Is racism in America getting better or worse?”

For Dunn, Jackson’s voice and vision figure into issues regarding race.

“Despite a world that still smacks of white supremacy, Jackson clearly believes in hard work, fairness, and the rule of law. We need her clear vision on the court,” she said, noting that Jackson’s dissent gives rise to the belief that silence is not an option.

“We can only hope that she keeps on speaking until she is finally heard.”

A literary magnet

In Charleston, events of this caliber are becoming a new normal, lending to the city’s accelerating stature as a literary destination.

Each fall, readers from near and far flock to the 10-day Charleston Literary Festival chockful of writers recognized by Pulitzer Prizes and National Book Awards. The youngadult-focused YALLFest wrangles long lines of tween and teen readers. Throughout the year, the Charleston Library Society hosts a robust roster of considered live book events. On any given week, a host of independent bookstores buzz with authors touting new releases.

Polly Buxton, co-owner Buxton Books and the co-host of the Ketanji Brown Jackson event, noted that Charleston has a long tradition of valuing authors and ideas, and a community that is curious, engaged and eager to participate in meaningful conversations.

Lissa Frenkel, president and CEO of Charleston Gaillard Center, said it has also partnered with Charleston Literary Festival and Blue Bicycle Books.

“Over the past three seasons, the Gaillard Center has intentionally curated conversations with authors and thought leaders whose work resonates in Charleston. Our stage is a place to spark dialogue and invite the community into a shared live experience,” Frenkel said.

In recent years, Buxton Books and the Gaillard have partnered to present luminaries including Erik Larson, Ta-Nehesi Coates, Martha Stewart, and Stephen and Evie Colbert. Buxton said the venue’s size makes it possible for publishers to send authors who command a larger audience to Charleston. The venue’s frequently sold-out status speaks to Charleston’s deep appreciation for storytelling and its vibrant literary community. Taking a cue from Jackson’s galvanizing book, it also defies some current stereotypes about the state of the cultural world. And if that surprises anyone, the justice may well take a page from her own book and recommend that those who defied and triumphed should sit back and enjoy their moment.

What To Do

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THURSDAY

Sean of the South Live

Join columnist, humorist, multi-instrumentalist and storyteller Sean Dietrich for a night of music, stories and laughter. Dietrich’s work has appeared in several national publications, and his weekly column is printed in newspapers across the country. Dietrich will hold a meet-and-greet after the show where he will sign books and take photos. Books and merch will be available before and after the show.

Sept. 4. 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Ticket prices vary. West Beach Conference Center. 2 Shipwatch Road. Kiawah Island.

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THIS WEEKEND

Music on the Green

Head to the Village Green at Freshfields Village for a special finale of the summer Music on the Green series with a two-night concert series for Labor Day weekend. The finale features The Parks Brothers and Julio and The Saltines. Guests are encouraged to bring beach chairs and blankets as the center celebrates the end of one of its favorite familyfriendly event seasons.

Aug. 29 and Aug. 30. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Free to attend. Freshfields Village. 165 Village Green Lane. Kiawah Island. freshfieldsvillage.com

TUESDAY

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Mount Pleasant Farmers Market

Founded in 1998, the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market celebrates the hard work of local farmers and makers. Head out every Tuesday through September for a local market featuring farm goods, food vendors and live music. Pick up fresh local produce, prepared meals and plenty of other goodies to stock your kitsch, including locally made olive oil, ranch dressing, boiled peanuts, Greek sweets, fresh pasta and more.

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

NEXT FRIDAY

Charleston Gallery Artwalk

Experience a unique and stunning art walk with the Charleston Gallery Association. Dozens of art galleries in historic downtown Charleston’s French Quarter participate, inviting guests to discover the city’s vibrant art scene and indulge in delightful festivities on the first Friday of every month. A map of all participating galleries and meeting locations is available online. Sept. 5. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free. Various locations. Downtown. charlestongalleryassociation.com

MONDAYS AND SATURDAYS

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Art Room Surprise

Visit the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry every week in September for a rotating guided exploration of artistic media perfect for kids and families. Every week will highlight a new medium. Guests can try their hands at different kinds of painting, drawing, mixed media and more. The class is free with museum membership, and special events are free with paid museum admission.

Mondays and Saturdays through Sept. 29. Museum hours vary. $15/general admission. 25 Ann St. Downtown. explorecml.org

Courtesy Sean Dietrich

Cuisine

Balls on the walls: 10 great places for football season eating, drinking

By Becky Lacey

It’s the happiest time of the year! Football season is upon us. College football has started and the first week of pro football kicks off Sept. 4. Whether your nerves will lead you to grab a solo spot at the bar or you’re looking to watch with a big group of friends, Charleston bars and restaurants offer delicious ways to eat and drink while cheering on your favorite team — or rooting against your rival.

Listed in alphabetical order, here are some of the best places in town to watch football this season.

Bay Street Biergarten (downtown)

Bay Street Biergarten is hosting a college football launch party on Aug. 30 starting at noon with a wing-eating contest at 1 p.m. Throughout the season, a ton of college and NFL games will be broadcast. The full menu will be available offering items like a pretzel with beer cheese, loaded tots, smoked chicken tacos and pork belly burnt ends.

• Bay Street Biergarten is at 549 East Bay St. More: baystreetbiergarten.com

Bodega (Mount Pleasant)

Catch early games at Bodega’s location on Coleman Boulevard, which offers expansive TVs that will be showing college and

classics are available through the catering menu and can be delivered straight to your front door (also available for pick-up).

• Bodega is at 414 W. Coleman Blvd. More: eatdrinkbodega.com

Home Team BBQ (various locations)

Home Team BBQ is synonymous with football in the Lowcountry. Its smoked chicken wings are served with Alabama white sauce and they’re the perfect complement to anything from BBQ nachos to a smoked meat platter. TVs are abundant inside and outside and you’ll find some very passionate SEC football fans at any of its locations. The Gamechanger drink — a rum delight — might just be the best frozen drink in town.

• Locations downtown, Mount Pleasant, Sullivan’s Island and West Ashley. More: hometeambbq.com

What’s new

Voting for City Paper ’s 2025 Burger Throwdown begins Sept. 1 and goes through Sept. 19. Categories include Best Burger, Best Classic, Best Smash, Cheesiest, Best Veggie, Spiciest, Best Alt Protein, Hangover Helper and Most Creative/Innovative Burger. This annual event supports the Charleston Animal Society, and voters can submit one entry per person every day. More: charlestoncitypaper.com

Kevin Campbell joined Circa 1886 as sous chef, bringing experience from the prestigious Inn at Little Washington to Charleston. Partnering with Executive Chef Marc Collins, Campbell will help shape innovative tasting menus and à la carte dishes at the fine dining destination. More: circa1886.com

What’s happening

The SouthEast Crab Feast will be held on Aug. 31 at 1 p.m. in North Charleston’s Wannamaker Park. Tickets allow attendees all-you-caneat fresh blue crabs, one side of fish and chips, music and a family friendly environment. More: Eventbrite.com

Sorelle is teaming with new hotspot Cane Pazzo for a special edition of Wood-Fired Thursday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sept. 4. Cane Pazzo chef Mark Bolchoz will be in the Sorelle kitchen with Sorelle’s chef Nick Dugan. Walk-ins only. More: sorellecharleston.com

Summerville’s Kersey House is now hosting a jazz brunch on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Brunch menu highlights include eggs Benedict, croque monsieur, French toast and $5 mimosas and bloody Marys. More: kerseyhousesummerville.com

Going Dark

professional games. A full bar is available alongside food like a chopped ground beef and cheese sandwich and the Frat Boy, a buffalo-sauce-dipped chicken cutlet with cheddar jack and coleslaw. Wash all of this down with a bloody Mary with all the accoutrements.

For those of you that want or need to watch from the comfort of your own home, Bodega’s breakfast and lunch sandwich

Lillian’s Local Market and Eatery (Westside)

Located in the heart of Charleston’s Westside district, Lillian’s has TVs at the second-floor bar where it’s easy to keep an eye on the score while you sip craft cocktails or snack on small bites. If you’re looking for somewhere more elevated than your average sports bar, Lillian’s delivers style

Cleats, a family-friendly sports bar and restaurant, is closing. Located at 1640 Meeting St., on the ground floor of The Refinery, the restaurant was known for its hot dogs and fries and other bar bites. Jeremiah Schenzel and his wife, Jillian, opened Cleats in January 2024. They will continue to operate their catering company Seed as well as Daps Breakfast & Imbibe. Saunder, their wine bar on Cannon Street, will open soon. —Becky Lacey

Courtesy Uptown Social

Want to see all the games? Uptown Social boasts 48 TVs across its two-story bar and rooftop.

Courtesy Bodega

Bodega’s bloody Mary doesn’t hold back on the garnishes

Fill up on classic game-day eats at Martins’ Bar-B-Que

and Meeting at Market (below)

Football

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without sacrificing the spirit of game day. On college football Saturdays, Lillian’s will have a game day special that will change with its rotating menu.

• Lillian’s is at 247 Congress St. More: lillianschs.com

Moe’s Crosstown (downtown)

Satellite Bar (downtown)

Moe’s is the quintessential sports bar — it’s dark, spirited and has a delicious menu of favorites made to be enjoyed while watching football. Chicken tenders, mozzarella sticks, jalapeno poppers, onion rings, burgers, the list goes on and on. Sandwiches, wraps, salads and a delicious Texas chili round out the menu and anything can be washed down with selections from its cold beers to a Mimosa, bloody Mary or something else fun.

• Moe’s Crosstown is at 714 Rutledge Ave. More: moescrosstowntavern.com

Martin’s Bar-B-Que

Joint

(James Island)

Few things say football quite like barbeque and Martin’s is a great spot for familyfriendly football viewing. Go there for pit-cooked barbecue, spare ribs, burgers, smoked wings and barbecue nachos. For the kids, the Lil’ Rascals menu offers chicken fingers, barbecue sliders and grilled cheese.

• Martin’s is at 1622 Highland Ave. More: martinsbbqjoint.com

Meeting at Market (downtown)

Located in The Charleston Place hotel, Meeting at Market offers prime city views and elevated classics in its retro-inspired space. It will be showing all college and professional games throughout the season and will also host a big Super Bowl party. Grab a table or a seat at the bar to snack on items like warm crab dip, short rib croquettes, a smash burger and milkshakes that can be made boozy.

• Meeting at Market is at 130 Market St. More: charlestonplace.com

Perched above Upper King Street, Satellite Bar offers a game day experience with a view. This rooftop spot pairs big-screen TVs with open-air seating along with a selection of cold beers, delicious cocktails and shareable snacks. Satellite Bar will have footballthemed bar bites and discounted draft beers for big games. For college football days, it will have mystery beer specials and a slider special.

• Satellite Bar is at 495 King St. More: starsrestaurant.com

Share House (downtown)

Share House will broadcast games in its breezy indoor-outdoor space. Weekend happy hours from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. feature halfoff the entire bar. Football fans will find $8 pitchers, $6 Surfsides and a menu of shareable bites like wings, street corn dip, short rib nachos and buffalo chicken empanadas.

• Share House is at 23 Ann St. More: sharehousechs.com

Uptown Social (downtown)

Uptown Social has 48 TVs across its twostory bar and rooftop. During all games, a pizza menu is found alongside snacks like wings, chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks and buffalo chicken dip. You’ll also find a full bar list with drinks like a frozen Red Bull vodka. For those who stayed out a bit too late the night before, there is Uptown Social’s twist on an Irish coffee, the Brew’d Awakening.

• Uptown Social is at 587 King St. More: uptownsocialchs.com

Courtesy Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint

Joint (above)

Courtesy Meeting at Market

New North Charleston mural festival is Sept. 11-14

By Maura Hogan

The Charleston area has always been characterized as a colorful place. Now, a few visionary community members have come together to kick that color up.

And by “up” that means splashed in saturated hues and dynamic graphics on the exterior walls of buildings around Reynolds Avenue in North Charleston, all by way of the new MELT Charleston Mural Fest.

The first of a planned annual event, MELT Charleston celebrates and promotes the tradition of muralists while highlighting the city’s vibrant heritage, including a Sept. 13, free-to-attend block party celebration.

From Sept. 11 through 14, seven artists will paint the walls of partnering businesses in the Reynolds Avenue area of North Charleston.

On Sept. 13, a block party will radiate from Rebel Taqueria, and includes activities, installations and fare from neighborhood restaurants, all of which will be emceed by the comedy due Nameless Numberhead. From this hub, guests can

easily walk from one mural to the next.

The plan was hatched by three local creatives who worked together professionally: Christine Crawford of GWP Murals (aka Girls Who Paint Murals) her GWP co-founder Allison Dunavant and Connor Lock, founder of SEVEN Designs, a company specializing in large-scale murals, installation art, event design and brand identity.

When Crawford and Dunavant attended a similar mural festival in Georgia, they thought such an initiative would benefit Charleston. After hunting around for a good location, they landed on Reynolds Avenue, based on willing businesses providing space for a series of proximate murals that could together make an impact, as well as enthusiasm from the City of North Charleston Cultural Affairs Department.

A new view of muraling

“A lot of people perceive murals as graffiti,” said Crawford, whose mural work at

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New Redux installation mines grief, myth, more To Hell You Preach, a site-specific installation by Michaela Pilar Brown, opens downtown on Aug. 29 at Redux Contemporary Art Center. With photography, collage, printmaking and found objects, Brown’s newest work is envisioned as a memorial garden that explores grief, myth and memory in ways historical and personal. 1056 King St., Charleston, through Oct. 11. More: reduxstudios.org

COMEDY

Aug. 30, 8 p.m.: The Edge of Reality: Magic, Illusion and Mind Reading blends hilarity and magic by way of comedy mentalist Howard Blackwell, illusionist Caleb Alexander and magician Isaiah Foster. Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St. More: charlestonmusichall.com

VISUAL ARTS

Through Sept. 24: Praying With Two Dirty Hands is South Carolina artist Katelyn Chapman’s first solo exhibition, which features oil paintings and silverpoint drawings, Gibbes Museum of Art, 135 Meeting St. More: gibbesmuseum.org

MUSIC

• Aug. 29, 8 p.m.: Watchouse (formerly Mandolin Orange), The Refinery

• Aug. 29, 6 p.m.: SUSTO, The Windjammer

• Aug. 29-31 : Lowcountry Jazz Fest , Charleston Gaillard Center

• Aug. 30, 6 p.m.: Sol Driven Train, Pour House

• Aug 30, 8 p.m.: Jerry Cantrell, The Refinery

• Aug. 31 , 8 p.m.: Larry Keel & Jared Pool, Pour House

• Sept. 1 , 8 p.m.: Blink 182 , Credit One Stadium

• Sept. 4 , 9 p.m.: Gullah Collective , Pour House

• Sept. 4 , 8 p.m.: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Charleston Music Hall

• Sept. 5, 6 p.m.: Ashley Cooke , The Windjammer

• Sept. 5, 8 p.m.: George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Charleston Music Hall

Photos courtesy Girls Who Paint Murals

Christine Crawford (right) and Allison Dunavant (left) thought a mural festival would benefit the Charleston area

Courtesy SEVEN Designs

Connor Lock of SEVEN Designs is one of the festival’s co-organizers

Thorogood, Destroyers to rock Charleston Music Hall

By Vincent Harris

George Thorogood says his band’s current tour is The Baddest Show On Earth. You can judge for yourself Sept. 5 when the band shakes the Charleston Music Hall.

The legendary Destroyers backing band continues to be anchored by original drummer Jeff Simon and longtime bassist Billy Blough. Alongside sax player Buddy Leach and guitarist Jim Suhler, the band creates a confident but never cocky style of bluesy rock ’n’ roll for its frontman.

Meanwhile, the high-energy Thorogood can’t be contained by his classic, all-toofamiliar “Bad To The Bone” riff, which is still as prevalent in mass media as ever.

Think of him instead as a swaggering, gritty true believer who can still peel skin with his slide guitar playing as he cranks out lean and mean rockers like “I Drink Alone,” “Get A Haircut” and his definitive version of John Lee Hooker’s “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.”

In other words, he’s loud and brash and serves up nasty, straight-ahead rock ‘n’ roll like the barroom antihero he is.

In a conversation with the Charleston City Paper, Thorogood was also a man who seemed to give zero f*cks. Most of his answers were either jokes or sports-related.

A question about why this tour was called “The Baddest Show On Earth” was met with the following: “Because it’s the baddest show on Earth.”

Thankfully, after a pause, he expanded a bit.

“I would have to say fans and people in radio have been telling us that we have the baddest show on Earth for so long that we figured, what the heck, we’ll make that the title of one of our tours because we’ve been hearing it for so long,” he said. “We may as well make a buck doing it.”

Of course, calling your show “The Baddest Show On Earth” means you’ve got to prove it all night, every night, a challenge that Thorogood is fine with achieving.

“I’ve always admired Cassius Clay, who later became Muhammad Ali,” Thorogood said. “Because he really put his head on the chopping block when he kept telling people he was the greatest. And it was a great gim-

mick to sell tickets. But on the other hand, he had to back it up, didn’t he? And he did.”

Thorogood, born in 1950 to a middleclass family in Delaware, has been making music with the Destroyers since 1973, but he still stalks the stage like a young punk with his black Gretsch guitar, sweat-soaked and playing vicious slide solos.

That takes a toll, and there are mornings, forgive us, afternoons, where he feels every bit of it.

“Your first mistake is saying that I get up in the morning,” Thorogood said. “But it’s like any other job. Some days, you get up and you go, ‘Oh, not again.’ Then sometimes you spring out of bed and can’t wait to get to the bandstand. But you’ve got to go to work, and that’s where it’s at. Look at Lou Gehrig and Cal Ripken, okay?”

No retirement plans

To be clear, Thorogood probably doesn’t NEED to go to work. He’s the sole songwriter of both “Bad To The Bone” and “I Drink Alone,” which have been streamed

more than 350 million times combined. He’s sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, and every time you hear his snarling riff pop up in an ad, movie or TV clip, he gets paid.

He shrugged off any talk of retirement, though.

“I get to the point where I think, ‘Well, I think people have heard ‘Bad To The Bone’ enough,’ or they’ve heard ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch & One Beer enough,’ ” he said. “Then I get a phone call and say, ‘HOW much?’ ”

And for any of you who might wonder if Thorogood ever gets tired of playing “Bad To The Bone” every night, he had a quick answer.

“If you’re making love to somebody and they’re screaming out as loud as they can, ‘I love it! I love you!’, you’re gonna say ‘OK!’, right? So I’m going to keep playing it.”

IF YOU WANT TO GO: Doors open at 7 p.m., Sept. 5, Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St., Charleston. Tickets range from $80-$269: charlestonmusichall.com

David Dobson

Thorogood’s latest tour, The Baddest Show On Earth, is a name he feels comfortable with setting out to prove every night on stage

GWP Murals is mainly for commercial clients.

The impulse with MELT was to add something new to the area beyond the established gallery art scene.

“We wanted to take that tradition and kind of turn it into a more modern tradition,” she said. That includes dispelling misperceptions, highlighting its ability to tell stories and also elicit smiles in the public sphere.

Working with the city of North Charleston’s Cultural Affairs Department, the festival selected seven artists. They were chosen from a pool of 150 applicants, who mainly found the MELT project through a social media call for applications, both from the Charleston vicinity but as far away as London and Australia.

The selected artists range in artistic styles, from portraiture to animal depictions to abstract works, as well as stomping grounds, from a local mural artist to another from Canada. While all artists were offered thematic suggestions that are connected with the Charleston area, they retained creative freedom.

All are being paid for their work, a priority of the organizers, who did so by wrangling financial and in-kind corporate sponsorships. Among them are Ryobi tool manufacturers, Sherwin-Williams paint store and United Rentals.

The power of public art

Along with elevating muraling, MELT Charleston seeks to highlight the agency of public art. According to its website, the festival views mural art as “a powerful and immediate way to share inspiration and vision, and to experience, promote and enrich a community in a way otherwise not possible.”

The guiding tenets surrounding MELT — people, story, space and vision — are envisioned as coming together in a way that elevates everyday lives.

“It’s definitely a passion project,” said Crawford, who sees it as a way to give back to the community, and to give anyone a chance to enjoy art, whether or not they can afford something in a gallery.

“They can just walk around and see all these beautiful murals,” she said.

IF YOU WANT TO GO: The public celebration for MELT Charleston Mural Fest 2025 takes place on Sept. 13, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with afterparty programming to follow, at Rebel Taqueria, 1809 Reynolds Ave., North Charleston. More:meltcharleston.com

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR- 08-1275

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS WILONA MATTHEWS, TERRENCE SMALLS, SONJA JAMES, NAKIA JAMES DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF:MINOR CHILD BORN 2008.

TO DEFENDANT: TERRENCE SMALLS

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on July 7, 2025, 1:38 PM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, John McCormick Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Dr. Moncks Corner, S.C. 29461 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

John McCormick, SC Bar # 100176 2 Belt Dr. Moncks Corner, SC 29461, 843-719-1007.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DOCKET NO. 2025-DR- 08-1243

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS NICOLE RUSSELL

DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2025.

TO DEFENDANT: NICOLE RUSSELL

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on June 30, 2025, 3:09 PM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Jason D. Pockrus Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Dr. Moncks Corner, S.C. 29461 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

Jason D. Pockrus, SC Bar # 101333

2 Belt Dr. Moncks Corner, SC 29461, 843-719-1080.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Case No.: 2025-CP-08-01473

Felecia Kimbel Wilcox, Plaintiff, vs. Tricia Poole Madison and Alfrieda Deas-Potts

Defendants 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 Complaint on the subscriber at her office, 1075-A East Montague Avenue, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within that time, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

THE TED LAW FIRM

s/ Laura W. Robinson

By: Laura W. Robinson (SC BAR#: 66582)

1075-A East Montague Avenue N. Charleston, SC 29405

T: 877-833-5297 laura@tedlaw.com

Attorney for the Plaintiff

Charleston County

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

the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-1899

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

ASHLEY WHITE, SHAINE GARY, BRYAN JAMISON, GWENDOLYN WHITE, MIRIAM HALL. DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2013, 2016

TO DEFENDANTS: ASHLEY WHITE, SHAINE GARY, BRYAN JAMISON

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on July 21, 2025, at 3:05 pm. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service.

If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

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

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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

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 ***********

Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice Extra Room Self Storage - North Charleston located at 8911 University Blvd. North Charleston SC 29406 intends to hold an Auction of storage units in default of payment. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 9/16/25 at 10:00 AM. This sale is pursuant to the assertion of lien for rental at the self-storage facility. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods, furnishings and garage essentials.

Robert Greer.

This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.

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 above-named 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 rights should be terminated pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 63-7-2570 (2), (3), and (4). This notice is given pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 63-9-730 (B)(1), (6), (7) and (E).

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:

Renee Williams Household items

Lauran Tolly Furniture

Facility 4: 1117 Bowman Rd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 09/16/2025 10:25 AM

Joel Smith Household goods

Carrie Ackerman

Plastic Totes with clothing, Children’s Toys - Storage racks

Ricky Rios Household items

Facility 5: 1514 Mathis Ferry Rd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 09/16/2025 10:35 AM

Adrienne Nelson Clothes

Annette Lee Household Goods, Furniture, Boxes,

Facility 6: 1426 N Hwy 17 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 09/16/2025 10:40 AM

Zachary Bradley Household Goods/Furniture

Facility 7: 3510 Glenn McConnell Pkwy Charleston, SC 29414 09/16/2025 10:00 AM

Peggy Publicover Contents of a 3BR Apt, Garage

Tamara Brown Boxes Barrels Clothes

Shelia Grier Expanded Learning Boxes, clothing

Facility 8: 45 Grand Oaks Blvd Charleston, SC 29414 09/16/2025 11:15 AM

Jessica Helms Queen mattress, queen metal bed frame, medium sized TV and 6 or 7 small boxes with clothes and shoes

Jaleah Mclean Couch, Mattress, table boxes.

Propman Systems, LLC Job materials

Randi Powell Apartment contents

Carey Cohen Clothing, furniture, TV

Antique equipment

Theresa Brown Bedroom sets, living room sets, kitchen table Facility

Marvin Fleming Clothes, washer

David Willis 3 bed room house

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-1707 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS JUSTIN BRIGHT, HEATHER LECLAIR DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2008 TO DEFENDANT: HEATHER LECLAIR

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on June 27, 2025, at 2:49 pm. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on

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: JOANN DOSSEY STONE

2025-ES-10-1302

DOD: 6/13/25

Pers. Rep: FAIRY LEE SKIPPER 5230 PARKSIDE DR., NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405 ***********

Estate of:

DILLON JOSEPH EPISCOPO

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

Facility 1: 1108 Stockade Ln. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 09/16/2025 10:00 AM

Sharlia Smith Household goods

Kerry Leadingham Household items

Facility 2: 1904 N Hwy 17 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 09/16/2025 10:15 AM

Ladson McCutchen Clothes and stuff

Aine Odoherty Personal items and business items

White Anne Household Goods

Facility 3: 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 09/16/2025 10:20 AM

Christopher Logan Davis 15 Medium boxes of clothes and household goods

Julie Osborn Furniture

Facility 9: 1951 Maybank Hwy Charleston, SC 29412 09/16/2025 11:30 AM

Miriam Windham Household stuffs

Allison Risher Household goods, clothes and furniture

Patrick Kamleiter Boxes, clothes

Facility 10: 810 St Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407 09/16/2025 11:45 AM

Sabrena Sheppard Bicycles and household goods

Michael Sample

Summerville, SC 29485

9/16/2025

10:30 AM

Stephanie Hale Christmas Decor, Totes, and Luggage

Brando Law

Elephant Painting, Bed Frame, Mattress, Printer, Totes, Dog Kennel, and Backpacks

Norvanah Benjamin Table, TV, Mattress, Totes, Shelves, Microwave, Vacuums, Wall Art, Pillows, Deep Fryer, and Electronic Drum

Nikia Hawkins

Folding Table, Dresser, Boxes, Wall Art, Mattress, Barber / Salon Chair, Wicker Planters, and Bed / Sofa Bench

Derrick Witt Golf Clubs, Washing Machine & Dryer, TV, Sofa, Tools, Tables, Recliner, Chairs, Bags, Totes, Bar Stools, Artificial Plants & Planters

Vakisha Hurst

Sofa, Bed Frames, TV, Planters, Artificial Plants, and a Mattress

Facility 3: 8850 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406

9/16/2025

10:45 AM

Noel Adrich Household Items & Furniture

Britany Pasley Household Furniture & Toys

Casi Shylock Household Items & Clothes

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

9/16/2025

11:00 AM

Jennifer Jefferson Washer, dryer, armoire, 1 desk, 2 bookshelves, 2 couches, other misc items

Sarah Faulkner Couch, boxes, totes, lamp, shelf, chair, music equipment

Zee Walker Boxes, bags of personal belongings

Martia Robinson 60 inch tv, dining room table-6 chairs, washer, dryer, sectional, 1 bin

Tiffany Nelson sofas, dresser, dining set, household items

Taconsha Evans Clothes, luggage, queen size bed, bags, dresser drawers

Lavonia Ward Household goods

Facility 5: 3781 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418

9/16/2025 11:00 AM

Ashlie Polite Event rental equipment, tables chairs tablecloths

Raven Townsend Personal Items

James Schuckers Household Goods, Furniture

Nicole Gourdine Clothes. Electronics. Memorabilia

Briean Wright Twin set bed, round table with 4 Chairs, boxes

Facility 6: 434 Orangeburg Road Summerville, SC 29483

9/16/2025

11:15 AM

Kyasia Middleton Queen bed frame, smaller items

Ashley Burroughs Household Goods and Furniture

Kendria Nesbitt Furniture, Couches, Lamps

Eric Mazyck Household Goods

Facility 7: 422 Old Trolley Rd Summerville, SC 29485 9/16/2025 10:45 AM

Jackie Billheimer Household goods

Jackie Billheimer Flooring supplies

Robert Merritt Household goods, furniture

Facility 8: 2130 N Main St Summerville, SC 29486 9/16/2025 10:00 AM

Vanisa Siler Household Goods/Furniture

Jessica Long Furniture, misc

Brian Thigpen NASCAR collectibles

Facility 10: 1205 Central Ave. Summerville, SC 29483 9/16/2025 11:15 AM

Melissa Beverly Store stuff

Hysaan Batiste Furniture, Clothes, Baby stuff, Electronics

John Sullivan Household Goods

Ashante Lincoln Household Goods

Facility 12: 344 Nexton Creek Circle Summerville, SC 29486 9/16/2025 11:45 AM

Danielle Snow 1 bedroom apartment Rimini Community Center (Vanessa McCray) Office supplies desk computers refrigerators

Popeye’s Towing Office and household equipment

Stacy Craven Couch love seat 6 totes

Facility 13: 9670 Dorchester Rd Summerville, SC 29485 9/16/2025 10:15 AM

Michael Collins House hold goods Clothes Electronic Cards Jewelry TV Computer Tablets

Ashley Coutrier 5-6 totes, 5 boxes

Isheka Manigault Household goods

Terrence Wright Household items

Nikeema Heyward Entertainment center, couch, bed, crib, baby changing table, household goods

Melissa Calhoun Boxes, totes,tv,bookshelves, dishes, movies

Olivia Smith Dresser China hutch couple of chairs

Facility 14: 6941 Rivers Ave

North Charleston, SC 29406 9/16/2025 12:30 PM

Ave Dowell

My apartment belongings

Corey Shaw Children’s stuff, toys, suitcases

Someiya Bryant Furniture

Tanesha High Bed, boxes, table TVs, printers

Rochelle Harris Household goods

Joseph Goodale Tools, camping gear, home goods

Sandra Brown 2 bedroom

Nikeema Heyward Couch and chairs

Julie Hubert Magazines

Regina Dupree Washer & Dryer

Facility 15: 5146 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 9/16/2025 12:00 PM

David Holmes Shelving and racks

Shawnterica Gibbs My apartment items, couch, clothes, etc

Anire Manigault Furniture, toys, clothing, appliances

Desha Simpson Custom decorations, fragrance candles, heat press

Jennifer Moore Furniture, boxes, bags

Bryonna Simmons Pictures, bags clothes, boxes

Kadeshia Campbell Boxes, bins

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.

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.

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

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

DEFICIENCY WAIVED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE

NAMED:

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

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

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

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on 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.

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

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.

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 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

gregory.whitley@hutchenslawfirm. com Firm Case No: 14233 - 132004

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:

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

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

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

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this

Summons and Notice upon you.

If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on 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 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

Tools belonging to Diane Etling were left at Bulls Bay Diesel and deemed abandoned as of June 30, 2025. Storage fees apply. If unpaid and unclaimed by September 25, 2025, the property will be sold under SC Code § 29-15-80 to recover costs. (803) 293-5418 jason@bullsbaydiesel.com

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

CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-00644

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 3, 2025.

LIS PENDENS

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#: 250-0000-113.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#: 25000-00-129.

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

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 1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200 Charleston, S.C. 29407 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:

Email: cynthialowery@mvalaw. com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

August 7, 2025

CHARLESTON, SC

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.

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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. 103112, Mt.P., SC 29464. Attn: Alex Juncu, Esq. (843) 474-0717 alex@ junculegal.com

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 abovecaptioned 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

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 29413-2828, 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

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

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

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

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Master’s Sale Case No. 2025CP1000419 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.

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

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of 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.

CLOSSER LAW, P.A.

s/Zachary J. Closser

Zachary J. Closser (SC Bar No. 74005)

7455 Cross County Road, Ste 1 (29418)

P.O. Box 40578, Charleston, SC 29423

843-760-0220; 843-552-2678 (fax)

zach@closserlaw.com

Attorney for the Plaintiff

July 7, 2025 25-068

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.

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

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

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

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 7134

Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-05039

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

within thirty (30) days after the date of service hereof, exclusive of the day

TMS#: 352-12-00-104

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1412 Tara Road, Charleston, SC 29407

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

KRISTIN 843-885

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

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

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

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, 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 7167

Out of State

STATE OF WISCONSIN WAUKESHA COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT Case No. 2022CV001177

BCG Equities LLC

225 S Executive Drive Suite 200 Brookfield WI 53005 Creditor, vs. Kevin Laster Jr 3591 Bayou Road Johns Island SC 29455 Debtor

Wells Fargo Bank 100 E Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee WI 53202 Garnishee.

AMENDED NON-EARNINGS GARNISHMENT SUMMONS TO THE GARNISHEE:

You are hereby notified that the creditor named above has filed a

lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served on you, states that nature and basis of the legal action.

You are summoned as garnishee.

Within forty (40) days after August 24, 2025, you are required to answer as described in Wis. Stat. Sec. 812.11, whether you are indebted to or have in your possession or under your control any property of the debtor’s. You must file the original of your answer with the Clerk of Circuit Court and serve a copy on the creditor’s attorney. If you fail to answer, judgment may be entered against you for the amount of the creditor’s judgment against the debtor(s) plus the cost of this action.

You are to retain this property pending the further order of the Court. Any excess indebtedness is not subject to the garnishment as provided in Wis. Stat. Sec. 812.18(3).

Dated at Brookfield, Wisconsin this 18th day of August 2025

Dobberstein Law Firm, LLC Electronically signed by Meghan P MacKelly Meghan P. MacKelly Creditor’s Attorney, State Bar No.: 1037746 225 S. Executive Drive, Ste 201 Brookfield, WI 53005 (262) 641-3715

Aderene Brown v. Hopeton A. Grizzle. Docket no: NA25D00064DR

To the Defendant:

The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown.

The complaint is on file at the Court. An automatic restraining order has been entered into this matter preventing you from any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411.

You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon:

Elizabeth B. Anderson, Esq. Nova Law Group 83 Walnut St. Wellesley, MA 02481 your answer, if any, on or before 10/15/2025. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. (844) 844-6682 eanderson@nova.law

com

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Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In some Buddhist mandalas, the outer circle depicts a wall of fire. It marks the boundary between the chaotic external world and the sacred space within. For seekers and devotees, it’s a symbol of the transformation they must undergo to commune with deeper truths. I think you’re ready to create or bolster your own flame wall, Aries. What is non-negotiable for your peace, your creativity, your worth? Who or what belongs in your inner circle? And what must stay outside? Be clear about the boundaries you need to be your authentic self.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Centuries ago, builders in Venice, Italy, drove countless wooden pilings deep into the waterlogged mud of the lagoon to create a stable base for future structures. These timber foundations were essential because the soil was too weak to support stone buildings directly. Eventually, the wood absorbed minerals from the surrounding muddy water and became exceptionally hard and durable: capable of supporting heavy buildings. Taurus, you may soon glimpse how something you’ve built your life upon — a value, a relationship, or a daily ritual — is more enduring than you imagined. Its power is in its rootedness, its long conversation with the invisible. My advice: Trust what once seemed soft but has become solid. Thank life for blessing you with its secret alchemy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Inuit myth, Sedna is the goddess who lives at the bottom of the sea and oversees all marine life. If humans harm nature or neglect spiritual truths, Sedna may stop allowing them to catch sea creatures for food, leading to starvation. Then shamans from the world above must swim down to sing her songs and comb her long black hair. If they win her favor, she restores balance. I propose that you take direction from this myth, Gemini. Some neglected beauty and wisdom in your emotional depths is asking for your attention. What part of you needs reverence, tenderness, and ceremonial care?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In ancient Rome, the lararium was a home altar. It wasn’t used for momentous appeals to the heavyweight deities like Jupiter, Venus, Apollo, Juno and Mars. Instead, it was there that people performed daily rituals, seeking prosperity, protection, and health from their ancestors and minor household gods. I think now is a fine time to create your own version of a lararium, Cancerian. How could you fortify your home base to make it more nurturing and uplifting? What rituals and playful ceremonies might you do to generate everyday blessings?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In Persian miniature painting, entire epics are compressed into exquisite images the size of a hand. Each creation contains worlds within worlds, myths tucked into detail. I suggest you draw inspiration from this approach, Leo. Rather than imagining your life as a grand performance, play with the theme of sacred compression. Be alert for seemingly transitory moments that carry enormous weight. Proceed on the assumption that a brief phrase or lucky accident may spark sweet changes. What might it look like to condense your full glory into small gifts that people can readily use?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In Andean cosmology, the condor and the hummingbird are both sacred messengers. One soars majestically at high altitudes, a symbolic bridge between the earth and heaven. The other moves with supple efficiency and detailed precision, an icon of resilience and high energy. Let’s make these birds your spirit creatures for the coming months. Your challenging but feasible assignment is to both see the big picture and attend skillfully to the intimate details.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the ancient Greek myth of Psyche, one of her trials is to gather golden wool from violent rams. She succeeds by waiting until the torrid heat of midday passes, and the rams are resting in the cool shade. She safely collects the wool from bushes and branches without confronting the rams directly. Let this be a lesson, Libra. To succeed at your challenges,

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rely on strategy rather than confrontation. It’s true that what you want may feel blocked by difficult energies, like chaotic schedules, reactive people, or tangled decisions. But don’t act impulsively. Wait. Listen. Watch. Openings will happen when the noise settles and others tire themselves out. You don’t need to overpower. You just need to time your grace. Golden wool is waiting, but it can’t be taken by force.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1911, two teams tried to become the first humans to reach the South Pole. Roald Amundsen’s group succeeded, but Robert Falcon Scott’s did not. Why? Amundsen had studied with Indigenous people who were familiar with frigid environments. He adopted their clothing choices (fur and layering), their travel techniques (dogsledding), and their measured, deliberate pacing, including lots of rest. Scott exhausted himself and his people with inconsistent bursts of intense effort and stubbornly inept British strategies. Take your cues from Amundsen, dear Scorpio. Get advice from real experts. Pace yourself; don’t sprint. Be consistent rather than melodramatic. Opt for discipline instead of heroics.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A lighthouse isn’t concerned with whether ships are watching it from a distance. It simply shines forth its strong beams, no questions asked. It rotates, pulses and moves through its cycles because that’s its natural task. Its purpose is steady illumination, not recognition. In the coming weeks, Sagittarius, I ask you and encourage you to be like a lighthouse. Be loyal to your own gleam. Do what you do best because it pleases you. The ones who need your signal will find you. You don’t have to chase them across the waves.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 1885, Sarah E. Goode became the fourth African American woman to be granted a U.S. patent. Her invention was ingenious: a folding cabinet bed that could be transformed into a roll-top desk. It appealed to people who lived in small apartments and needed to save space. I believe you’re primed and ready for a similar advance in practical resourcefulness, Capricorn. You may be able to combine two seemingly unrelated needs into one brilliant solution — turning space, time or resources into something more graceful and useful. Let your mind play with hybrid inventions and unlikely pairings.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I expect you will be knowledgeable and smart during the coming weeks, Aquarius. But I hope you will also be wise and savvy. I hope you will wrestle vigorously with the truth so you can express it in practical and timely ways. You must be ingenious as you figure out the precise ways to translate your intelligence into specifically right actions. So for example: You may feel compelled to be authentic in a situation where you have been reticent, or to share a vision that has been growing quietly. Don’t stay silent, but also: Don’t blurt. Articulate your reality checks with elegance and discernment. The right message delivered at the wrong moment could make a mess, whereas that same message will be a blessing if offered at the exact turning point.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Liubai is a Chinese term that means “to leave blank.” In traditional ink painting, it referred to the portions of the canvas the artist chose not to fill in. Those unpainted areas were not considered empty. They carried emotional weight, inviting the eye to rest and the mind to wander. I believe your near future could benefit from this idea, Pisces. Don’t feel you have to spell everything out or tie up each thread. It may be important not to explain and reveal some things. What’s left unsaid, incomplete, or open-ended may bring you more gifts than constant effort. Let a little stillness accompany whatever you’re creating.

“LET US SPLAY” —two from the top.

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