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Can they come back again?

Farmers in South Carolina face an uncertain future as markets dry up during pandemic

BY LINDSAY STREET

Half of Joseph Fields’ business has evaporated as farmers markets in Charleston County closed in the pandemic.

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JOSEPH FIELDS IS A THIRD-GENERATION FARMER ON JOHNS ISLAND

at risk of dying from COVID-19.

“They are much more susceptible to being harmed by the virus itself and in essence are risking death (by continuing to farm),” Kantrovich says.

At Legare Farms on Johns Island, they have had to close their “rolling market,” where they sell produce on two buses at stops around the Lowcountry, in the last week in an effort to keep customers and staff safe, Legare says, adding that he is hoping online, delivery sales will make up for the lost sales.

He says that as customers lose income,

he hopes they will still be able to buy fresh produce and support farmers. “(The pandemic is) going to have a longterm, hard effect on a lot of farmers,” Legare says. “Life as we know it is going to change, something as simple as not shaking hands with someone down to the way you buy your groceries.”

Farmer Fields says he still sees a future in farming as he nears retirement. He says he hopes the younger generation “will pick it up and run with it” after the pandemic passes.

“I hope in another month or so it will go away and business will pick up.”

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“It slows things down for the farms,” the ers and direct-to-consumer farms in the state third generation, 70-year-old Johns Island have been “creative and resourceful on findfarmer says. His farm, Joseph Fields Farms, ing new markets.” is trying to pivot by selling direct to customFor example, Legare Farms on Johns Island ers with delivery packages as they continue has expanded its delivery service and expects to planting and harvesting. include delivery on its community-supported The exact toll on South Carolina farmers agriculture boxes at the end of the month. will be unknown for months, but some fear “There is a market out there for home the downturn in markets from the coronavidelivery,” owner Thomas Legare says. “As rus pandemic will cause farms already on the far as I know, Amazon isn’t selling fresh edge to suffer or close. vegetables and meat yet.”

“The last five years have been insane,” Clemson University agribusiness profesLabor and health sor Adam J. Kantrovich says. “Hurricanes, freezes, the trade war, and now this.”

Two major issues that will determine the He said the state’s response to the ultimate impact of the pandemic on farmers coronavirus pandemic and potentially the are access to labor and access to health care, virus itself added more hurt that may not be according to Kantrovich. relieved by aid packages.

In the last decade, many Some federal aid is “They are much more farms in the state have used already expected for farmtemporary workers from susceptible to being ers, but state disaster aid foreign nations, known as was held up after a one-day H-2A workers. Federal harmed by the virus legislative session last week allowed South itself and in essence authorization ended without an agreement Carolina about 6,000 of on funding the state govern- are risking death (by these nonimmigrant workment or releasing $180 continuing to farm).” ers in 2019, according to million in pandemic aid.

Kantrovich. He said these —Adam Kantrovich, Clemson University But amid the chalworkers are vital to keeping agribusiness professor lenges, there could also be farms running in the state opportunity to strengthen since local labor appears and bolster locally grown foods, according to unwilling to do the work at the pay offered.

Kantrovich and South Carolina Farm Bureau Kantrovich says foreign labor is vulnerable media liaison Stephanie Sox. for two reasons. First, the housing is typically dormitory style where disease can spread easily if picked up on a trip to town and, second, On the farm foreign countries that supply the laborers The latest analysis by the American Farm could close borders in the pandemic — leadBureau Federation shows crop and livestock ing to a worker shortage. prices falling to levels that “threaten the liveThat leaves farmers wondering whether lihoods of many U.S. farmers and ranchers.” they can plant or harvest, and if doing so will The federation said the closing of schools risk the health of their workforce, themand restaurants has led to a “downward spiselves, or their family. ral” in crop and livestock prices. This week, “It is a significant concern,” Kantrovich the group reported corn prices since January says, adding it has been a concern nationwide are down 15 percent, soybean prices are among farmers. “(But) these farmers are down 10 percent, and cotton is down nearly willing to put themselves up to do what they 30 percent. Beef, pork, and milk prices are all need to do.” down around 30 percent.

South Carolina’s farmers are also similar Kantrovich said hard numbers on farm to peers elsewhere in the nation: They live in closures will not be available for months, but rural areas with limited access to health care he already knows of dairy farms lost this year and, on average, are pushing 60-years-old. In in South Carolina. Sox added many wholesal- other words, they are among the people most

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MORE FILED FOR SC UNEMPLOYMENT DURING PAST THREE WEEKS THAN ALL OF 2019

“I went home and told my wife the meatballs were kind of bland, which was a mistake on so many levels.”

—U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham says one of the first symptoms he noticed was a lack of taste before he was diagnosed with COVID-19. He’s now fully recovered. Source: The State

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What do gun shops and grocery stores have in common?

According to Gov. Henry McMaster’s “home or work” order, both are permitted to stay open during the current public health crisis. The order, announced at a press conference on April 6, requires residents to limit nonwork travel unless venturing out to exercise, visit family, or obtain essential goods and services.

Among those essential services, which include health care facilities and animal services, the executive order specifically states that its provisions cannot be used to restrict the sale of firearms.

Despite the opportunity, several gun retailers in the Lowcountry have closed their doors or restricted their hours to help flatten the curve.

McMaster dismissed questions about the decision, pointing to the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution at a press conference last week.

“It’s a constitutional right to have and bear arms,” he said. The majority of states in the U.S, along with the Trump administration have shared this line of thinking.

On March 28, a Department of Homeland Security guidance on “essential critical workforce infrastructure” listed employers related to the manufacture or sale of firearms and ammo as a public safety interest. Still, a federal judge ruled against an NRA petition to overrule a Los Angeles sheriff’s order closing local gun shops last week, citing “public health interest” in taking “extraordinary measures.”

Charleston-area state Rep. Wendell Gilliard says the situation presents a “perfect storm” in South Carolina.

“I would think you would keep the food stores open a little longer and shut the gun stores down completely.” —Heath Ellison

38 percent The portion of coronavirus patients in South Carolina who are African American, a slightly higher percentage than the state’s 27-percent African-American population. Source: DHEC/Census Bureau

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AFTER 6 INMATES TEST POSITIVE, JAIL TAKING STEPS TO PREVENT COVID -19 SPREAD In response to the pandemic, with six inmates and one employee having tested positive for COVID-19, the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office says it is implementing new protocols to curb an increase of cases. These include a questionnaire and temperature check prior to entry. At the Al Cannon Detention Center, 56 single-occupancy units will also be turned into isolation rooms and internal transfers between housing units have ceased.

Around 900 inmates are housed at the jail, with nine in isolation “as a precautionary measure,” according to the sheriff’s office last week.

CCSO confirmed its first coronavirus-positive inmate on April 3. He was screened just days before with negative results, but later became symptomatic.

The individual was in the jail for three weeks, the

Sheriff’s Office says, on a family court bench warrant. On April 6, a judge ordered him to be released.

Subsequently, 35 other inmates in his housing unit were isolated and monitored. Two who later tested positive slept in the same quarters as the initial patient.

For new positive cases among the jail population, inmates will be quarantined in the medical infirmary. No inmates will be transferred to a hospital, unless a medical expert considers it necessary.

Inmates cannot leave the detention center without a court order.

Around the state and country, jails have begun to release some prisoners to decrease their inmate population, which can also drop the chances of community spread in jail. —Heath Ellison

More than 180,000 people in South Carolina have filed for unemployment benefits since mid-March — more than all of 2019 — a stark reminder of the crushing economic impact of physical distancing measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 infection.

South Carolina tallied just over 121,000 initial unemployment claims in all of 2019, averaging about 2,300 per week, according to U.S. Department of Labor figures.

Unemployment numbers released Thursday show 85,018 people filed claims for the week ending April 4, bringing the total for the past three weeks to 180,928, according to the state Department of Employment and Workforce. The increase represents a more than 4,000 percent increase compared to the week ending March 14.

However, that figure does not account for those who are jobless and have been unable to apply for benefits during that time, citing technical issues or administrative slowdowns.

Horry and Greenville counties saw the largest numbers of applicants last week, with the hard-hit Myrtle Beach area reporting more than 10,000 people seeking benefits for the first time. In Charleston County, 7,315 applied during that period, slightly down from the week before.

In total numbers, the number of unemployment claims over the past three weeks is not comparable to any historical data available, eclipsing significant slowdowns like the 2008 recession, the Sept. 11 attacks, and devastating hurricanes.

Additional federal benefits should kick in over the coming weeks, adding $600 to unemployment checks under provisions in the unprecedented $2 trillion coronavirus recovery package intended to help stabilize a national economy stunned from widespread shutdowns and uncertainty. —Sam Spence

“We are not just going to sit and wait for anything, we just want to keep moving forward.”

—Lydia Cotton, a leader in the local Latino community, says that even though area immigrants may qualify for some federal relief money, obstacles may still stand in the way of getting help, such as language barriers.

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BY HEATH ELLISON ILLUSTRATION BY STEVE STEGELIN

BLOTTER O’ THE WEEK

A man was caught shoplifting four steaks (valued at $65) from a downtown grocery store. The offender was already on trespass notice for theft. Did anyone stop to think this is some Noidstyle marketing campaign to show how far people will go for economically priced meat?

Police were alerted to a house downtown where a verbal argument ended in violence. The victim claims that, after he put his roommate’s bed sheets outside, he was kicked, punched, and almost bitten by his roommate. If he replaced that outside bed sheet with a weighted blanket, we think a lot of that anger would melt away.

An unknown individual entered a sports stadium on Daniel Island through an unlocked window.

According to the report, the person stole a golf cart and used a tennis ball machine to launch sports balls around the complex.

Probably one of those salty lacrosse players.

When an officer pulled over a man in West Ashley, he detected a strong odor of marijuana, according to a police report. Police asked the suspect how much he had, to which he handed over two joints. Honestly, many would look at this as a peace offering.

A handgun was stolen from a vehicle in West Ashley.

There were no signs of forced entry, which isn’t surprising. Home security footage shows the thief rummaging through another car, a Toyota Prius, before fleeing the area. The Prius didn’t have a handgun in it, which also isn’t surprising.

Coils were stolen from a woman’s air-conditioning unit in her downtown home. She says that this has happened multiple times before and she wants an investigation into this cold case.

After being pulled over for suspicion of drunk driving in West Ashley, a man told police he was driving erratically because of “Coronavirus.” He was kidding. And also tipsy.

At least three parking meters were broken into last week, which is a much less scary trend than handguns being stolen from cars.

Speaking of which, a handgun was stolen from a West Ashley vehicle in the last week. According to the victim, the vehicle was locked, but she has had problems with her key fob in the past, leading to her trunk being open. The handgun had a full clip, but no bullet in the chamber, so we can find some silver linings.

A letter was sent to the CofC student body, falsely telling them they could receive $5,000 for participating in a trial to test a COVID-19 vaccine. It’s a good thing they caught this early. With the debt most of us have, there probably would have been takers even if the offer read, “Free tuition for a semester in exchange for webbed feet.”

On Clements Ferry Road, a motorcyclist was accused of angrily striking a vehicle’s side-view mirror.

According to the victim, he told the other motorist to “go the speed limit.” The biker responded by hitting the mirror with “a body part.” The report doesn’t specify which body part he used, but if you imagine him hitting the mirror with his skull, it becomes incredibly badass.

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here’s a new soundtrack in our lives: Stay home. Wash your hands. Avoid contact with others. Yet these community orders are all individual acts that, done together, can stop the spread of COVID-19. A handful of dedicated 20-second scrubbers can’t stop the disease. But scrubbing together works. It is making a difference.

As we work together to stop the disease from spreading, you can still make a difference — by yourself. You can do it right now, and you wouldn’t be alone.

In the middle of a pandemic, as nurses, doctors, grocers, and drivers put themselves at risk every day so the rest of us can stay home, we’ve seen people helping in ways they know they can. Out-of-work chefs are hustling meals to emergency room workers. Creative arts educators are sewing masks.

Neighbors are assembling impromptu contact-free scavenger hunts. The community, in short, is communing in new ways.

Make no mistake. We cannot distance ourselves from the grim facts of COVID-19. More than 20,000 people have died in the U.S. already. Even among the perfectly healthy, the coronavirus has exposed the tremendous economic inequality baked into our society. These are realities we must remember and learn from if we hope to recover with even more resilience.

While the individual fallout from the coronavirus may vary, no one has escaped its grasp. The uncertainty can be scary, even debilitating. We are all feeling this, but can be buoyed by moments of generosity from others until we

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come out on the other side.

Despite a few false starts, we have already made progress together. In larger cities where daily deaths are counted in the hundreds, health officials believe physical distancing measures are in fact flattening the curve. We can do the same here at home.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but it’s still a long tunnel and we can’t afford to let our optimism get the best of us and endanger those most vulnerable.

There is something about crises that galvanize our human connections. Shared experiences like this don’t come around often, but their legacies can be transformational. As we sit at home alone but together, we can all take a moment to share some kindness with others.

This week, you’ll read about the mask makers, chalk artists, sympathetic restaurant workers, food bank managers, and others whose everyday work serve as anchors in the storm. What will your legacy be?

It doesn’t have to be anything earth-shattering. Checking in with a neighbor or sending a text message to a loved one: Simple acts that connect us can make a difference.

If that feels like a lot to ask — we’re all experiencing this differently — the good news is that it’s not all on you, and these moments can come even when you aren’t feeling so optimistic. Lean on your friends and neighbors and let them lean on you, looking for some kindness amid this crushing crisis.

Andy Brack

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Do Better for All Government can provide opportunity, despite what you’ve heard So what happens when Americans start getting their $1,200 federal coronavirus checks or small business owners start receiving tens of thousands of dollars of rescue money?

Will they finally wake up and realize government isn’t the enemy, despite four decades of self-serving GOP rhetoric dedicated to drowning it in a bathtub? Will they finally remove political blinders and realize an ideology devoted to personal wealth and greed has hoodwinked them and taken away countless opportunities?

Maybe, but doubtful. The powerful blather from Fox on television, conservative think tanks, private clubs, golf courses, and boardrooms is too strong to wither in one fell swoop of citizen frustration. But it’s coming. Yes, change is coming. It’s just a shame that a pandemic afflicting millions may well be the root cause of a political revival of the common good.

In a prescient editorial published on April 9, The New York Times observed, “The erosion of the American dream is not a result of laziness or a talent drought. Rather, opportunity has slipped away. The economic ladder is harder to climb; real incomes have stagnated for decades even as the costs of housing, education and health care have increased.”

In two decades of writing about South Carolina and its politics, one conclusion has been crystal clear:

We can do better for our people. We can do better in providing more opportunities for families to realize their dreams. We can do better in strategies to thwart pervasive poverty, poor health, hunger, and educational challenges that linger in the Palmetto State, decade after decade. We can do better by lifting up everyone, instead of using public policy to prefer those who tend to be white, rich, or conservative. We can do better by focusing on policies that bear fruit for “we the people” — all of our people, not just the few.

You may not like that general conclusion. You may balk and get your back up. But let’s see whether you return the $1,200 check. Or if small business owners turn down aid. Or if you say no to Social Security, Medicare, or cheap college loans. Or if you refuse to ride on roads built by the government or get it to stop taking away the trash from your yard.

Governments solve problems. In the 1920s after a world war, our federal government took action to improve food safety, protect the health and safety of industrialized workers, and extend voting to women.

Then came Social Security and assorted New Deal programs to help the country grow from a depression.

After a second world war came the G.I. Bill, which opened educational opportunities. Civil rights

advances and Great Society programs like Medicaid and Medicare pulled even more from poverty.

But in the 1980s, government became the bad guy, a punching bag for avaricious politicians who valued individual achievement over the common good.

As the Times opined, “Advocates of a minimalist conception of government claim they too are defenders of liberty. But theirs is a narrow and negative definition of freedom: the freedom from civic duty, from mutual obligation, from taxation. This impoverished view of freedom has in practice protected wealth and privilege.”

Democrats didn’t do much better in this whole political mess, often adopting the same cynical tactics used by Republicans to divide and try to conquer.

So now we’re at a point where the nation’s experiment in democracy is being demonized by a microbial invader. Government, quite rightly, is the only entity big enough — despite constant attempts to denude its legitimacy — to come to the rescue.

People in government must look ahead at how it can provide opportunities for everyone, not just the few.

It’s time for leaders to be leaders for all. If they can’t, bring on a new batch. Indeed, we can do better.

Andy Brack the publisher of Charleston City Paper.

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Local artist creates paintings for health care workers As cities across the country wage a war against the coronavirus, local artist Bri Wenke felt compelled to do something for health care workers heading into their jobs every day. As a painter, “tucked safely away” in her Charleston studio, Wenke realized that while she cannot head to the front lines, she can still help lift the spirits of health care workers in her own way: As a painter, she is painting.

Wenke created a #CovidHeart series of 19 original palette knife paintings of human hearts for nurses, ER workers, and doctors who come into contact with coronavirus patients on a daily basis.

“To every warrior on the front line right now, we see you,” says Wenke.

Wenke asked her social media followers to send her the names and contact info of health care workers in their lives — the response was overwhelming. She received more than 60 submissions. Wenke randomly selected the recipients of her 19 heart paintings, and she hopes to still create something for the other 40 plus folks who were submitted.

She’ll also be taking on made-to-order hearts. “A lot of us can’t be with our loved ones right now,” says Wenke. “You can send them a heart, though.” If you’re buying one for your loved one, 20 percent of the proceeds are going to Together We Rise, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting youth in foster care.

And if you’re wondering why Wenke decided to depict real human hearts, not the kind you find on a greeting card, the answer is simple: “Each of these abstracted human anatomy creations stands as a symbol of strength, endurance, and compassion — as raw as a human heart — marking this strange historical time we’re all living in right now.” —Connelly Hardaway

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ot a laughing matter for one HOA Susannah Cahillane got the idea from something her daughter saw online. Every day while people were quarantined, her family would put up a Joke of the Day in their yard.

Living on a busy corner in Mt. Pleasant, she had made signs before. “Slow: Naked sunbather ahead,” or “Slow your roll,” with images of sushi and cinnamon rolls.

“I knew that they brought people together,” Cahillane says, “It was early on in this crisis when every day felt like a year.

So it felt important to try to do something.”

Cahillane said their neighbors got a kick out of the jokes.

“People were taking bike rides to see the Joke of the Day every day, it was helping their kids get out, and they were really looking forward to it.”

After three days, a written warning from the homeowners association came in: No signs allowed. “People were like ‘But I come every single day!’, ‘I send it to my dad and he puts it on Instagram,” Cahillane says.

Testing the boundaries, they put their joke on a flag. Still, a second warning from the HOA. In protest, Cahillane flew her yellow smiley face flag upside down.

Since then, Cahillane has pivoted to making masks.

She’s donated 100 masks, with more on the way. She’s also negotiating with the HOA to see who will get the last laugh.

—Lauren Hurlock Local kitchen keeps cooking meals AMOR Healing Kitchen is continuing to put hot meals on the tables of customers who cannot go to the grocery store while they recover from surgeries or medical treatments.

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“I’m so thankful we have an outlet to actually make a difference right now when the scale of what’s happening around us can feel so overwhelming,” says founder Maria Kelly.

She is working with culinary director Justin Booher to keep up the meal service after the pandemic forced them to send teen volunteers home.

Guiding these volunteers is not only an essential part of the AMOR Healing Kitchen mission, but it’s also a way for them to efficiently deliver wholesome, nutritious meals. “We serve meals to individuals, their caregivers, and family members if they are present,” Kelly says. “Right now, Justin and I are doing the work that 25 people normally do.”

Despite the extra hours, Kelly wouldn’t have it any other way. “I can’t imagine being in another position. We’re helping these people stay out of the store and stay strong emotionally.

Being an active participant in our community feels great.”

—Parker Milner

Charleston Police makes most of shelved egg hunt The Charleston Police Department teamed up with the city parks department to hold a few pop-up Easter egg giveaways around the city during the lockdown, giving families impacted by the pandemic a chance to get outside and celebrate the holiday safely.

“It was just cute to see them and give them a little bit of the outside and have their sense of normalcy come back just for a quick second,” said Shylah Murray, CPD’s community oriented policing officer.

“We were maintaining good social distance through this …

A lot of (the children) really want to give you a hug or a high five, so we gave virtual high fives.”

The first event was held April 7, and wrapped up April 9, before Good Friday. When all was said and done, police gave out about 6,000 of the 20,000 Easter eggs that had been planned for use in Charleston’s annual egg hunt at Hampton Park.

The idea was sparked when Murray and the parks depart

ment’s Crystal Reed realized there was still candy in the eggs and didn’t want any of that to go waste.

“Thank goodness for my community outreach team,” Murray said. “They were willing to go out into the community and do all this.” —Skyler Baldwin

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A slice for of thanks from D’Al’s D’Allesandro’s Pizza co-owners Ben and Nick D’Allesandro wanted to give back to the frontline grocery store workers during the coronavirus pandemic the best way they knew how: with pizza.

“People have to eat and they get their food from the grocery stores,” Ben D’Allesandro said. “By giving them pizza, we wanted to show our appreciation for them being there.

Hopefully we’ve shown others in the community the gratitude these people deserve.”

“I called the managers at Food Lion, Harris Teeter, and Publix downtown and asked them if they would accept lunch if I brought it in,” Ben says. “At first, they were kind of confused but then they got excited when they realized I was serious.”

After delivering to the three big-box grocery stores, the D’Allesandro brothers dropped pizzas off at Veggie Bin on Spring Street and JD’s Market on Rutledge Avenue, where owner Jamal Amer is supplying groceries on the neighborhood level to people who are unable to travel very far.

“Ben and I are neighbors, so we look out for each other,” says Amer, whose shop is blocks away from both their homes.

“The pizza is delicious.” —Parker Milner

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Rodney Scott’s takes care of the caretakers When Beth Dacus pulled up to Rodney Scott’s BBQ for dinner at 7:20 p.m. one night last month, she hadn’t accounted for their new hours, which meant she was there 20 minutes past closing time. As he was shutting down, employee Chris Sherman noticed Dacus, a health care worker at Summerville Medical Center, in her scrubs, and responded by delivering barbecue, sides, and cornbread to her car, all free of charge.

“The good people at Rodney Scott’s have proven to be great neighbors,” Dacus’ husband Scott Evans wrote on Facebook.

“That’s one of the only things that we can do right now,” Rodney Scott’s manager Aly Merrell says. “Be kind to each other, and hope that people hear about being kind to each other, and hope it spreads as infectiously as this disease.”

Rodney Scott’s BBQ on King Street is also providing half-price food for all first responders, health care workers, and federal employees during the pandemic. “It’s going to be going on until we return to normalcy,” Merrell says. “As long as our people are at risk, we’re going to take care of them.”

—Heath Ellison

Lowcountry Food Bank fills the gap for those feeling the pinch During a normal month, the Lowcountry Food Bank’s onsite emergency food pantry sees about 125 visitors. Over the first week of April, more than 400 people visited as residents began feeling the pressure of food insecurity from coronavirus-related closures.

“We are seeing more and more requests for food. The need is very real,” says Brenda Shaw, the organization’s director of development.

“It could be your next door neighbor that’s needing food assistance right now,” says Shaw. “This is hitting everyone.”

Organizers at the pantries stocked by Lowcountry Food Bank have reported that 40 percent of people walking through their doors are doing so for the first time.

“Every food distribution we’ve had … there are so many people that are saying, ‘I never needed help before,’ ” Shaw says. “It is a first-time experience for many people.”

The food bank has seen the same shortages as consumers as they work to buy non-perishable items. With produce suppliers starting to ship seasonal harvests, LFB will be able to buy prepackaged fruits and vegetables for those needing assistance.

“The safest and easiest way” for people to help, Shaw says, is to donate at lowcountryfoodbank.org. Currently, donations are being matched dollar for dollar. —Sam Spence

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CAROLINE BAKER, A FASHION DESIGN TEACHER AT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, STARTED SEW.SOME.GOOD TO PROVIDE MASKS FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

Mask-makers buffer the medical community’s tight supplies Rick Burick loaded roughly 200 T-shirts adorned with hardcore and metal band designs into garbage bags early last week, expecting to never see them intact again. A devotee to all things punk, Burick wasn’t giving up his lifelong passion by sending these pieces of apparel to be chopped up. Instead, he’s sending them to his mother, who will turn them into masks for South Carolinians trying to stay safe during the pandemic.

With some medical equipment in short supply around the nation, mask makers have sprung up in the area to help alleviate some of the strain placed on Lowcountry health care facilities.

Caroline Baker, a fashion design teacher at Charleston County School of the Arts, started Sew. Some. Good. to provide homemade medical masks for health care professionals. Alongside Mackie Moore, Jessica Boylston, and a slew of sewing experts, Baker donates masks to any medical establishment that asks. “When I put this form out,” she says, “what I found out is that there are literally just thousands of doctors and nurses in Charleston and the surrounding area that already don’t have any coverage or any masks.”

Sew. Some. Good. has provided well over 2,000 masks and was filling orders for another 2,000 when we spoke last week. According to Baker, the group has over 1,000 members and has received 63 sets of donated masks, some from her students. “We’re just going to keep sewing until we get to the end of the virus or to the end of the need,” she says.

Taking a slightly different approach, Burick is selling his unique masks and donating proceeds (and then some, he says) to The Sparrow, a popular venue for punk bands in North Charleston. “This is hurting a lot of people and the Sparrow’s done so much for me. I just want to give back,” he says.

One of the more technologically advanced ways of producing masks comes from perhaps an unlikely source: a historic preservationist. College of Charleston professor Grant Gilmore has also been mobilizing the community to make masks using 3D printers for the Medical University of South Carolina.

These masks are more protective than traditional surgical masks and include a filtration system. It takes between seven and eight hours to create one mask, according to Gilmore.

Thankfully he’s not alone. The educator and director of the school’s historic preservation program is joined by several other professors and architecture firms from the area. The increased support for the project has made Gilmore believe that he will far exceed his original goal of 50 masks. Better yet, Gilmore’s team is just one of the groups producing 3D-printed masks in Charleston.

“It takes a long time to print one mask, but you never know if that one mask might be saving someone’s life,” Gilmore says. —Heath Ellison

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Photographer Corbett Tripler creates fun chalk backgrounds for neighborhood portraits Corbett Tripler, a photographer and mother of two little ones, is used to spending lots of time with her kids in their cozy James Island neighborhood. But not this much time.

“Usually they’re in school a few hours each day,” says Tripler, “So I was thinking, ‘What can I do to entertain them?’”

The answer? Street chalk art. And the colorful vignettes — a diving board, a surfboard, a boat — almost immediately entertained more than just Tripler’s kids. After drawing something for her 7-year-old neighbor, Tripler says that adults in the neighborhood started to drop by the fun art, posing on the doodled surfboard and pretending to dive off the diving board.

“We started a trend of all the neighbors stopping by, one dog even got in it,” says Tripler. And don’t worry, folks, the neighbors stop by at separate times, mindfully social distancing while still having fun. And while Tripler says young children don’t quite understand the concept of posing in the art, her husband is fully on board, art directing and helping people pose (his college cheer squad skills come into play here).

Tripler has seen some of her Facebook friends adopting the chalk art fun too, tagging her in their own neighborhood creations. She credits the close-knit nature of her neighborhood with the chalk art’s warm reception. She’s noticed that most people in the neighborhood are taking advantage of outdoor, well-spaced activities during the current pandemic-induced quarantine. “Last night there were 12 people in the neighborhood riding bikes,” she says. “It was like a parade.” —Connelly Hardaway

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You can pre-order and pick-up from your favorite local vendors (check them all out on the market’s Facebook page). sundaybrunchfarmersmarket.com

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Drayton Hall From Home

Young Contemporaries 2020

During the current closure at Drayton Hall (and all of the area’s historic sites), curators are creating educational videos for everyone to enjoy from home.

While these videos are educational, they’re also super interesting, offering info that’s perfect for kids and even for a fun piece of cocktail hour trivia (when we can hold those kinds of things again). In a recent video curator Cameron Moon answers the question: What are those circles in front of Drayton Hall? draytonhall.org

You may not be able to enjoy this year’s Young Contemporaries exhibition in person, but the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art is making it so that you can enjoy it online with a virtual exhibition.

The annual show is a celebration of talented artists from the College of Charleston, with pieces that reflect the strength and diversity of practice in the School of the Arts’ programs. halsey.cofc.edu

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Watercolor Wednesdays

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This April Redux Contemporary Art Center hosts Watercolor Wednesdays every Wednesday, 1-3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. There’s something pretty relaxing about brushing pigment onto paper — and you’ll be led by an expert, artist and illustrator Mia Loia. You can sign up for the workshops ($25/nonmembers, $20/members) online. And if you need supplies you can also order a Redux watercolor kit from artistcraftsman.com. reduxstudios.org

Free Verse Poetry Festival and Saint Flashlight (a creative duo who place verse in public spaces) have teamed up for a virtual version of lost poems, a facet of past Free Verse festivals.

Normally the folks at Free Verse place “lost” signs around town with tabs for a phone number. The premise is simple: you call the number and hear a poem.

Pretty cool, right? These days you can simply find that number on Free Verse’s Instagram. Call (843) 300-1680 today. freeversefestival.com

Lost Poems CALENDAR | charlestoncitypaper.com

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Locally based arts management company The Scouted Studio is currently hosting a virtual pop-up art show, with work from 24 artists from across the world. In response to the COVID19 pandemic, the Scouted Studio is utilizing their virtual platform to offer exposure for emerging artists. The popup virtual show will be online through April 30. 10% percent of all sales from the show will support Charleston-area food banks, and several of the participating artists have already matched Scouted Studio’s contribution. thescoutedstudio.com

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Flossie Elmore a/k/a Flossie L. Elmore; Theresa M. Matthews; Westchester Civic Association; Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Edith A. Matthews, deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons or entities entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons or entities with any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as Richard Roe; and any unknown minors, incompetent or imprisoned person, or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe.; Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Johnson J. Matthews, deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons or entities entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons or entities with any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as Richard Roe; and any unknown minors, incompetent or imprisoned person, or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe., Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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 Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral

assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default.

In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the abovenamed Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Flossie Elmore and Theresa M. Matthews to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. dated January 18, 2005 and recorded on January 20, 2005 in Book C523 at Page 785, in the Charleston County Registry (hereinafter, “Mortgage”).

Thereafter, the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger.

The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as: All that lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, in Charleston County, South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot No. 5, Block 4, as shown on a Plat of Westchester III, recorded in Plat Book Z, page 89, in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

This being the same property conveyed to Flossie L. Elmore and Theresa M. Matthews by Deed of Edith A. Matthews dated April 24, 2003 and recorded April 28, 2003 in Book B446 at Page 888 in the records for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 427-05-00-185 Property Address: 1445 Westwood Drive Charleston, SC 29412 NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 15, 2020. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court’s Office.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for unknown minors, and persons who may be under a disability, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to said appointment.

FURTHER upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Attorney for any unknown Defendants who may be in the Military Service of the United States of

America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act, and any amendments thereto, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to act for and represent said Defendants, it is ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 1445 Westwood Drive, Charleston, SC 29412; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants.

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for any unknown Defendants who are, or may be, in the Military Service of the United States of America and as such are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act aka Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, to represent and protect the interest of said Defendants, AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That a copy of this Order shall be forth with served upon said Defendants by publication in Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Complaint in the above entitled action.

Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone 844-856-6646 Fax 803454-3451 Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2020-CP-10-00829 U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS2, Plaintiff, v.

Robert L. Hosey, Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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 Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 14, 2020. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court’s Office.

Brock & Scott PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone 844-856-6646 Fax 803-454-3451 Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2019-CP-10-06642 BGE 2014, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

VERONICA L. STEPHENS, ALBERT HENDERSON AND FRED J. POWELL, and if any of them be deceased, then JOHN DOE, adults, and RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents, and persons in the Military of The United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of VERONICA L. STEPHENS, ALBERT HENDERSON AND/ OR FRED J. POWELL, if any of them be deceased, and LUCILLE KINLOCH, ALETHIA HENDERSON AND ALFONZA KINLOCH, also known as Alphonso Kinloch, all deceased, any and all other persons or entities entitled to claim under any of them

or through them, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING

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 the subscribers at their 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.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the certificate of Exemption, Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 27, 2019.

CISA & DODDS, LLP By: s/John J. Dodds, III 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530 (F) (843) 881-5433 SC Bar No.: 1707 john@cisadodds.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF March 25, 2020.

Mount Pleasant, SC

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2018-CP-10-3121

YACHT HARBOR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff, vs.

GREG A. SWINDELL, GLORIA A. SHIVELER, JOHN DOE, adults, and RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents, and persons in the Military of The United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of JACOB H.SHIVELER, deceased, and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Amended Lis Pendens and Amended Complaint herein filed, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FILING AND AMENDED SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscribers at their office located at 858 Lowcountry Boulevard, Suite 101, Mount 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 Amended Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff

in this action will apply to the Court for judgment by default for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint. Your Answer must be in writing and signed by you or your attorney and must state your address or the address of your attorney, if signed by your attorney.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Amended Summons and Amended Complaint, Amended Lis Pendens, Amended Notice and Amended Certificate of Exemption were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on October 1, 2019.

CISA & DODDS, LLP By:s/John J. Dodds, III 858 Lowcountry Blvd.

Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530 (F) (843) 881-5433 SC Bar No.: 1707 john@cisadodds.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

DOD: 01/18/20 Pers. Rep: SUSAN SPORTS 1179 SOUTH BLVD. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405 Atty: GORDON H. GARRETT, ESQ. 1075 E. MONTAGUE AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29405 ************ Estate of: DARLENE ANTALIS JOHNSON 2020-ES-10-0468 DOD: 02/23/20 Pers. Rep: FREDERICK STEVEN JOHNSON 7437 LITTLE BRITTON RD. MEGGETT, SC 29449 ************ Estate of: JON RODGER ALLEY 2020-ES-10-0487 DOD: 02/24/20 Pers. Rep: LEON BARRINEAU 972 ORANGE GROVE RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 Atty: KEVIN S. KING, ESQ. 808 JOHNNIE DODDS BLVD. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina March 24, 2020.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2020-CP-10-108

MOISES GONZALEZ RIVERA, Plaintiff, v.

ANTOINE DARNELLE MAXWELL, Defendant.

TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint, herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint upon the subscriber, Keith Robinson, Esquire, at his office located at 3511 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, South Carolina 29415, within thirty (30) days of the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service.

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN FURTHER NOTICE, that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the complaint as required by this summons, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on January 14, 2020.

Green Law Firm, LLC. s/ Keith Robinson Keith Robinson Attorney for Plaintiff 3511 Rivers Avenue P.O. Box 70306 Charleston, SC 29415 (843) 747-2455 North Charleston, South Carolina March 23, 2020

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 else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: BENJAMIN LEVI SPORTS, JR. 2020-ES-10-0464

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 else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: JONATHAN MARSHALL 2020-ES-10-0337 DOD: 12/12/19 Pers. Rep: WALLACE W. MARSHALL, JR. 102 JASMINE CT. MOREHEAD, NC 28557 Pers. Rep: GABRIELE R. MARSHALL 102 JASMINE CT. MOREHEAD, NC 28557 ************ Estate of: ELLA BELL BLOCKER ROBINSON 2020-ES-10-0416 DOD: 02/16/20 Pers. Rep: ALFRED ROBINSON 6768 ROYAL LEAF LN. JACKSONVILLE, FL 32244 Atty: JONATHAN S. ALTMAN, ESQ. 575 KING ST., #B CHARLESTON, SC 29403 ************ Estate of: ISAAC MAYO READ, JR. 2020-ES-10-0446 DOD: 02/17/20 Pers. Rep: ELLEN PRINGLE READ 1 BISHOP GADSDEN WAY, C47 CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: T. HEYWARD CARTER, JR., ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: DERO JOSEPHINE IRWIN 2020-ES-10-0447 DOD: 10/18/19 Pers. Rep: BERNADETTE WATSON 1734 MOHAWK AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 Atty: ROGER S. DIXON, ESQ. 105 WAPPOO CREEK DR. #3B, CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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 else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: RAY WARD AYDLETT 2020-ES-10-0217 DOD: 12/07/19 Pers. Rep: STEVEN E. TARKINGTON 9460 HIGHWOOD HILL RD. BRENTWOOD, TN 37027 ************ Estate of: ELLEN LYNCH HAYNES 2020-ES-10-0291 DOD: 12/19/19 Pers. Rep: THERESE H. ORLANDO 1517 GATOR TRAK CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ************ Estate of: PATRICIA WARREN RISER 2020-ES-10-0347 DOD: 01/28/20 Pers. Rep: GEORGE PETTIS RISER 160 POPLAR WOODS DR. CONCORD, NC 28027 ************ Estate of: KATHLEEN O. SLATER 2020-ES-10-0361 DOD: 01/20/20 Pers. Rep: REBECCA G. MCCAULEY 1809 ORIOLE DR. MUNSTER, IN 46321 Atty: SHIRRESE B. BROCKINGTON, ESQ. PO BOX 31312 CHARLESTON, SC 29417

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2020-DR-10-0098 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Cornelius Morrison, et al.

NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 13, 2020. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Clerk of Court in Charleston, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County Department of Social Services, at the office of their Attorney, The Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, within thirty days of this publication. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

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Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries artist Vincent van Gogh got started on his life’s work relatively late.

At ages 25 and 26 he made failed attempts to train as a pastor and serve as a missionary. He didn’t launch his art career in earnest until he was 27.

During the next ten years, he created 860 paintings — an average of 1.7 every week — as well as over 1,200 additional works of art. For comparison, the prolific painter Salvador Dali made 1,500 paintings in 61 years. During the coming twelve months, Aries, you could achieve a van Gogh-like level of productiveness in your own chosen field — especially if you lay the foundations now, during our stay-at-home phase.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Most authors do their writing while sitting on chairs in front of desks.

But long before there were standing desks, poet Rainer Maria Rilke and children’s author Lewis Carroll wrote their books while standing up. Novelist Henry James had eight desks, but typically paced between them as he dictated his thoughts to a secretary. And then there have been weirdoes like poet Robert Lowell and novelist Truman Capote.

They attended to their craft as they lay in their bed.

I suggest you draw inspiration from those two in the coming weeks. It’ll be a favorable time to accomplish masterpieces of work and play while in the prone position.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While sleeping, most of us have over a thousand dreams every year. Many are hard to remember and not worth remembering.

But a beloved few can be life-changers. They have the potential to trigger epiphanies that transform our destinies for the better. In my astrological opinion, you are now in a phase when such dreams are more likely than usual. That’s why I invite you to keep a pen and notebook by your bed so as to capture them. For inspiration, read this testimony from Jasper Johns, whom some call America’s “foremost living artist”: “One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.” (Painting flags ultimately became one of Johns’ specialties.)

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939) was a renowned author who wrote The Good Soldier, a novel that has been called “one of the 100 greatest novels of all time.” Yet another very famous author, Henry James (1843–1916), was so eager to escape hanging out with Ford that he once concealed himself behind a tree so as to not be seen. You have astrological permission to engage in comparable strategies during the coming weeks. It won’t be a time when you should force yourself to endure boring, meaningless, and unproductive tasks.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I hope that during the coronavirus crisis you have been entertaining wild truths and pondering the liberations you will initiate when the emergency has passed. I trust you have been pushing your imagination beyond its borders and wandering into the nooks and crannies of your psyche that you were previously hesitant to explore.

Am I correct in my assumptions, Leo? Have you been wandering outside your comfort zone and discovering clues about how, when things return to normal, you can add spice and flair to your rhythm?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I like this quote by the author Jake Remington: “Fate whispers to the warrior, ‘You cannot withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, ‘I am the storm.’” Although this passage is more melodramatic than necessary for your needs in the coming weeks, I think it might be good medicine that will help you prevail over the turbulence of the coronavirus crisis. Getting yourself into a storm-like mood could provide you with the personal power necessary to be unflappable and authoritative. You should also remember that a storm is not inherently bad. It may be akin to a catharsis or orgasm that relieves the tension and clears the air.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran rapper and activist Talib Kweli says, “You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to know when to be humble.

You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.” You Librans tend to be skilled in this artful approach to life: activating and

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applying the appropriate attitude as is necessary for each new situation. And I’m happy to report that your capacity for having just the right touch at the right time will be a crucial asset in the coming weeks. Trust your intuition to guide you through every subtle shift of emphasis.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio artist Marie Laurencin (1883–1956) enjoyed a colorful fate. One of the few female Cubist painters, she was a prominent figure in the Parisian avant-garde. She was also the muse and romantic partner of renowned poet Guillaume Apollinaire. But there came a turning point when she abandoned her relationship with Apollinaire.

“I was twenty-five and he was sleeping with all the women,” she said, “and at twenty-five you don’t stand for that, even from a poet.” Is there a comparable situation in your life, Scorpio? A role you relish but that also takes a toll? Now is a favorable time to re-evaluate it. I’m not telling you what you should decide, only that you should think hard about it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1596– 1680) was a prodigious, inventive creator. One scholar wrote, “What Shakespeare is to drama, Bernini may be to sculpture.” He designed and built public squares, fountains, and buildings, many in Rome, which embodied his great skills as both sculptor and architect. Unlike many brilliant artists alive today, Bernini was deeply religious. Every night for 40 years, he walked from his home to pay a devotional visit to the Church of the Gesù. According to my reading of the astrological factors, now would be an excellent time for you to engage in reverential rituals like those — but without leaving your home, of course. Use this social-distancing time to draw reinvigoration from holy places within you or in your memory.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): As I understand the current chapter of your life story, you have been doing the unspectacular but yeoman work of recharging your spiritual batteries. Although you may have outwardly appeared to be quiet and still, you have in fact been generating and storing up concentrated reserves of inner power. Because of the coronavirus crisis, it’s not yet time to tap into those impressive reserves and start channeling them into a series of dynamic practical actions. But it is time to formulate the practical actions you will take when the emergency has passed.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian poet Jacques Prévert offered a variation on the famous Christian supplication known as the Lord’s Prayer.

The original version begins, “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.” But Prévert’s variation says, “Our father who art in heaven: Stay there.” Being an atheist, he had no need for the help and support of a paternal deity. I understand his feeling. I tend to favor the Goddess myself. But for you Aquarians right now, even if you’re allergic to talk of a divine presence, I’ll recommend that you seek out generous and inspiring masculine influences. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will benefit from influences that resemble good fathering.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): How skillful are you in expressing what you want? Wait. Let me back up and reformulate that. How skillful are you in knowing what you want and expressing the truth about what you want to the people who might ultimately be able to give it to you or help you get it? This is the most important question for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. If you find that you’re fuzzy about what you want or hazy about asking for what you want, correct the problems.

Homework: For three days, uphold your highest ideal in every little way you can imagine. Report results at FreeWillAstrology.com.

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Writers Gotta Write We asked local authors how they’re coping with the current world pandemic

BY CONNELLY HARDAWAY

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A recent Notre Dame Magazine article asked, “What Good Is Literature?” The author posits that literature helps us better understand the world, engendering a greater capacity for empathy. She quotes cognitive psychologist and novelist Keith Oatley who told The New York Times in 2012: “Just as computer simulations can help us get to grips with complex problems such as flying a plane or forecasting the weather, so novels, stories and dramas can help us understand the complexities of social life.”

We asked local authors and writers how they’re making sense of the current coronavirus pandemic. From reading more to writing less, here’s what they had to say.

Author of recently released novel, Bells for Eli I keep telling myself I will start drafting some chapters of my second novel (I have plenty of notes), but so far my focus has been trying to connect with readers through online avenues.

I’ve lined up several virtual writing workshops with indie bookstores in the coming days. I conducted this writing workshop, “Family Stories: Evoking Genuine Emotion in Your Characters” live three times on my short tour, and it went over quite well. In isolation, people need stimulation and they need to connect to family and still tell stories when they can’t do so in person, so I hope the writing workshop will be a positive experience for participants.

It also offers me the opportunity to engage creatively and help others.

During these quiet days, I am also doing a lot of reading just for myself, and not for publicity purposes. My reading time is glorious. I sit on my front porch with a glass of wine in the early evening and read to my heart’s content.

W. Scott Poole College of Charleston professor and author of books like Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting I have always thought of myself as a disciplined writer and I generally feel lazy if I have not put some words to paper every day. I love a Kafka quote about writing being “a leap out of murderer’s row; a way of stepping out of your own context and looking at it.”

But, I’ve found it very challenging to write at this moment even though it appears I have much more time. For me, at least part of it is that I am trying to teach my CofC courses online. I write about what I teach and vice versa, and I think losing the energy in the room from student questions, comments, and debates, energy that I then can take back with me to my writing desk, has had an effect on me.

I think it’s also important for, maybe especially writers who are just beginning, to give themselves a break if they can’t focus right at this moment. Real writers never feel they are writing enough.

Claire Bidwell Smith Author of books like Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief and After This I wish I were writing more because it’s always my way of processing life changes and the feelings that come along with something as big as this.

But between supervising homeschool for two elementary-age kids, wrangling an energetic toddler, and keeping the house clean, I’m writing more in my head than on paper! For now, I’m trying to lean into the chaos and I’m taking notes because I know that the writing will come eventually.

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Author of Monsoon Mansion and Malaya: Essays on Freedom It’s been a juggle: working from home, homeschooling, cooking, trying to stay connected with friends and family, many of whom are in New York and are personally suffering from COVID-19.

Homeschooling has given me and my daughter a chance to write together.

She writes poetry for school, for which I am happy to assist with ideation, composition, and revision. For an only child, I clearly understand how this isolation has made her feel. I know she enjoys being home but misses her friends greatly.

I produce content for Water Mission, a local NGO in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sector. I produce written material for both advocacy for needs in rural, refugee, and post-disaster settings and for materials such as proposals, emails, and talking points to raise support for supplies and resources that help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in these under-resourced, at-risk places. This kind of writ-

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CINELLE BARNES HAS BEEN HELPING HER DAUGHTER WRITE POETRY LIKE THIS PIECE, “LIVING IN QUARANTINE”

ing directly impacts communities and institutions such as schools and health centers.

I’ve also been working on a chapter for a new book project that is also on water scarcity, poverty, and inequity.

Last weekend, I added a whole section on how waterstressed areas and populations disproportionately suffer from humanitarian and health crises such as COVID-19.

Without the resources they need to build their health and maintain their safety, such as safe water for hand washing, communities cannot protect themselves from the spread of often fatal diseases. I put this all into perspective by talking about how I’ve explained this to my daughter, while also feeling the disruption and damage of the pandemic at home — how I, or we, can be backyard advocates despite our own shortages and hurts.

Melanie Griffin Freelance writer Honestly, I’m finding it hard to write now because I can’t separate my writing space from my living space nearly as well as before all this started. Going to another space (even if it’s just the crappy little “business center” in my apartment complex) has always been a big part of me going into writing mode, so I’m struggling to get any sort of fiction done. I’ve been able to push myself to get my freelance journalism/content stuff done because deadlines and money, basically, but it’s taken longer and is more difficult than usual. But I can’t complain too much, I’ve still got a day job and they’re letting me work remote, and I’m not sick and neither is anyone in my family. It’s a great time to just ... be still. I think that’s great to remember.

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BYE SOCIAL LIFE, HELLO MOVIES | BY KEVIN YOUNG

Best of the Worst You’re stuck inside, you might as well get a laugh out of this horror anthology Almost a year ago, I heard Glenn Danzig premiered his passion project at Chicago’s Cinepocalypse film festival. The horror anthology, Verotika, based on his comic book series, was introduced by the former Misfits frontman himself with a Q&A afterwards. After the film ended, he responded to the audience’s reaction with a seemingly subdued: “You guys laughed at the stuff I wouldn’t have laughed at.”

What’s better is that Danzig, such a fan of the legendary Ed Wood that he named his old record label Plan 9, seemed to be rolling with the accidental attention the film was getting. He even used the backhanded reviews in the film’s trailer for the Blu-Ray/on-demand release. I was definitely on board, even pre-ordering the movie the very moment it became available. As usual, I fell for the movie nerd hype and now I’m looking at this Blu-Ray/DVD/CD combo and wondering what better things I could have spent the money on. I could have been like ol’ GD himself and bought a new box of Fresh Step cat litter with that money.

Speaking of litter, this anthology kind of has a plot. I take a stab at it:

In this Eyes Without a Face update the lead character, Mystery Woman, rips faces off women, then wears the faces at her exotic dancing job — even though she wears a mask the whole time. That begs the obvious question: Why rip off faces of women if you’re not even letting people see your new face? She repeats this action when the faces lose their luster. There’s also a cop that sounds a bit like McGruff the Crime Dog at times. When he asks a cop, “What happened to her face?” he sounds more annoyed and grossed out than concerned. About half the story is padded out with strip club footage set to music (including a Danzig song).

“Drukija Contessa of Blood”

In this segment, a Countess Bathory-type named Drukija stalks the olden times of Europe ( I think?). Her subjects bring young women to her so she can bathe in the nubile victims’ blood. This happens over and over and over. The scenes, like those in the other segments, go on so long that you can almost see the actors wondering when someone is going to yell cut. That cut never happens and we’re left to just watch each scene peter out.

Like the actresses’ clothing in the film, each story sheds more plot with each successive vignette. You could say the film is a window into the mind of a filmmaker’s stuck-inadolescence worldview. But unlike The Room and Birdemic,

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GLENN DANZIG’S VEROTIKA JUST MIGHT BE FUNNY IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES

it got more and more boring with each story. It’s the perfect example of execution and intent being two completely different things. Making movies is hard stuff. With that being said, Danzig has money. In the behind-the-scenes stills, he is clearly using at least two kickass high end cameras.

It seems like he has a crew. He could have hired people to make sure that the scenes don’t look so flat, that the digital VFX aren’t laughably bad, that the line deliveries don’t come off clunky, and that the overall tone and aesthetics don’t rival porn. Then again, maybe he meant for some of this to feel meandering, sexist, and cheap? Maybe it’s supposed to be a callback to that ’70s/’80s softcore era of filmmaking that Jesus Franco (Vampyros Lesbos) and Jean Rollin (The Living Dead Girl) sometimes made? I can definitely see the Mario Bava (Black Sabbath) influence.

Considering the ample nudity of the film’s sex objects, the lurid rock montages, and extreme gore, I’m super curious what adolescent me would have thought of this.

Whatever. I wish I had been at the Cinepocalypse screening. It sounded like a hell of a time. Maybe it was a lightning in a bottle moment. I watched it. Alone. I don’t suggest doing that... If you must give in to curiosity, for the love of whatever deity/belief you subscribe to, watch it with friends and beer. Plenty of beer. Maybe then it will be fun to watch?

YALLWest, the West Coast version of Charleston’s beloved YALLFest, has moved its April festival online. While our city’s young adult literary festival is still scheduled for this November, we figured all Y’ALL might want a taste of the fun YALLWest has to offer in their new, appropriately titled format, YALLSTAYHOME. The virtual festival will be held April 25-26 and will feature giveaways, contests, signed book deliveries, special events, and two full days of panels with over 70 authors.

Participating YA authors include a slew of NYT bestselling authors like: Nic Stone (Dear Martin); Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give); Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, The Mistborn Saga, and more); Tahereh Mafi (The Shatter Me series); and David Levithan (every day).

Local bookstore (and host of YALLFest) Blue Bicycle will be handling all the book sales for YALLSTAYHOME, a welcome boost for a well-loved Charleston business. Blue Bicycle is mailing out 1,500 bookplates for authors to sign, so they can offer signed books, too.

Learn more about the festival (and participate!) online at yallwest.com. —CH

For daily updates from Charleston’s art world, check out the Arts+Movies section at charlestoncitypaper.com.

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“Change of Face”

The Charleston community continues to impress us with its ability to create in the face of the current coronavirus pandemic.

Last week a local group of self-described “mediocre artists,” launched Bad Portraits Charleston, an effort to raise money for local nonprofits while creating funny portraits.

The concept is simple: Donate at least $5 to a nonprofit or credible funding source for local small business or donate a gift, meal, or treat to area doctors, nurses, and medical assistants.

Include proof of your donation, a photo of yourself, and the best way to contact you, and email badportraitscharleston@ gmail.com.

If you donate $20 to a cause of your choice you’ll receive a physical copy of your portrait, signed by the artist.

Easy as that. Learn more online at badportraitscharleston.com.

—Connelly Hardaway

YALLFEST’S SISTER FESTIVAL YALLWEST EMBRACES QUARANTINE WITH YALLSTAYHOME

“The Albino Spider of Dajette”

Dajette is a lonely, bosom-y French woman with eyeballs for nipples that cry tears that then turn into a spider that grows into an albino Spiderman of sorts. You read that correctly — boob eyes. When the humanoid spider guy is born, he and Dajette share a psychic link. Each time he trolls the streets of France, he commits crimes. She sees said crimes. This happens a few times until it ends. It should be noted that every character in this story sounds like a character from a Pepe Le Pew cartoon. Spiderguy clearly has a hole in the crotch of his costume. And only two of his six arms ever move. Also, based on a little research, I think boob-eyes lady is dating or married to Danzig.

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FRAZIER SIMMONS IS AMONG THE DRIVERS WORKING FOR SERVICES LIKE DOORDASH WHICH ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE OPTIONS FOR CONTACTLESS FOOD DELIVERY

Charleston Delivers Delivery services throw restaurants and residents a lifeline, helping keep people home and local businesses operational

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Hoping to keep their small businesses afloat through their platforms by offering free delivand help millions of people at home in the eries on orders from most local restaurants. wake of orders from Gov. Henry McMaster Although many people have spent the to limit travel, restaurant owners have been last few weeks stocking up on groceries, allowed to remain open for take out and supporting these local businesses now delivery. With the new regulations in place, through delivery and take out may be key these “essential” establishments are scramto sustaining a piece of the local economy bling to adapt to a new way of doing business until officials lift stay-home orders. and living life.

“Everyone is being affected right now,” says To supplement the loss of business, services Austin Kirkland, owner of Big Gun Burger + like Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Postmates Bar on Calhoun Street. “It’s a tough choice to have stepped up offering discounts, free deliv- make. There’s the risk of spending money to ery, and no-contact adjustments to minimize keep the lights on but not receiving enough person-to-person interaction. orders to break even — in addition to the “Most of these serpotential health vices have encouraged “People in Charleston are so hazards.” people to opt for the Kirkland decided used to dining out, having these to close his bar contactless delivery feature, which is what options can give us a sense of down completely I do probably 75 perafter McMaster’s normality in an uncertain time,” cent of the time now,” announcement, says Frazier Simmons, Kirkland explains. but is considering who delivers for reopening for take —Austin Kirkland, owner of Big Gun Burger + Bar DoorDash. “Usually, out and delivery in I’ll leave the food on the coming weeks, peoples’ doorsteps, knock on the door, and walk hoping the end of isolation orders may follow back to my car to make sure they get the food soon after. while keeping a lot of distance between us.”

“People in Charleston are so used to dinDoorDash in particular has started offering out, having these options can give us a ing even more ways to keep their drivers sense of normality in an uncertain time,” he and customers safe by making small bottles explains. “And, it’s important for everyone of sanitizer and boxes of gloves available to to have access to multiple dining options their drivers for less than $5. Uber Eats and outside of your local grocery store.”

DoorDash have incentivized users to order Still, some echo Kirkland’s concerns over

risks that come along with human interactions as the disease continues to spread.

Researchers, however, have found that the chances of contracting COVID-19 from take out or delivery are low. With no evidence the virus can be spread through food, as restaurants and drivers are taking proper precautions, there is a minimal risk to ordering meals from your favorite local kitchen, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

While most people are taking advantage of these services to grab a quick meal or sink their teeth into their favorite dish from a local restaurant, other platforms like Postmates also help those who require necessities such as medicine and groceries. Walmart and other stores are also offering curbside pick-up so that drivers can quickly grab groceries and even prescriptions — key for the elderly and those with underlying health conditions who don’t want to take the risk of traveling to a store.

For drivers, the current circumstances make for an opportunity to bring in some cash as so many people are left unemployed while also delivering essentials and helping keep local businesses operational. Although local establishments have felt the impact of dining restrictions, many are still trying to dish out the love for their customers and employees.

“We want to be able to keep our staff employed and supporting themselves by staying open and clean,” says Jesse Warnock, co-owner of Eastside Bagels on Line Street.

“We also want to promote a sense of normal-

ity,” he says. “I think a lot of people are afraid to laugh right now. We want them to hear us laughing from the kitchen, and let them know that it’s OK. We’ll all get through this together as long as we’re doing our part to stay safe.” With an outdoor pick-up station encouraging people to stay 18 bagels apart (approximately 6 feet), Eastside Bagels is also offering take out and delivery through Uber Eats and DoorDash.

“The least we can do at the moment is help get the food from the businesses to the customers and support the people out there taking a bit of a risk like the cooks and the drivers,” says Simmons. “It’s important to me that we help keep the businesses afloat in Charleston because when all this settles we have to be able to come back to them.”

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Charleston industry leaders are helping make sure America’s independent restaurants can reopen after the pandemic

BY PARKER MILNER

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(L-R) MIKE LATA, MICHAEL SHEMTOV, AND HARRY ROOT ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE INDEPENDENT RESTAURANT COALITION

Prominent owners of America’s independent restaurants, including some in Charleston, are renewing their case to Congress to be included in specific relief efforts after being among the hardest hit economically from the coronavirus crisis.

Established in mid-March, the Independent Restaurant Coalition (IRC) is leading the charge to amend the CARES Act’s treatment of these essential small businesses. Along with chef-owners like Marcus Samuelsson, Nancy Silverton, Andrew Zimmern, and Sean Brock, Charleston’s Harry Root, Mike Lata, and Michael Shemtov are part of the leadership team tasked with helping the 11 million people employed by these small restaurants nationwide.

Lata, the chef and co-owner of FIG and The Ordinary, says Root, who operates Grassroots Wines, came to him during the early stages of the group’s development.

Root recently spent six weeks in Washington working to reduce the wine tariffs imposed

by President Donald Trump. Upon his return, Root met Angela Kouters, who at the time was working for U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s presidential campaign in South Carolina.

“Angela was the godmother of the goalie on my son’s lacrosse team, and we began discussing the coronavirus and my work on the wine tariffs after we met in the third week of February,” says Root. Those talks turned into deeper discussions involving other restaurant industry folks around the country like Tom Colicchio and wellknown D.C. chef Kwame Onwuachi.

Kouters, a College of Charleston graduate, has experience on Capitol Hill after serving as the chief of staff for three members of Congress and legislative affairs for several federal agencies, making her the ideal fit as the coalition’s new executive director. Along with Thorn Run Partners to assist in their lobbying efforts, the Independent Restaurant Coalition formulated a plan based on many of the initiatives from U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s bill to help small businesses.

Last Monday, Kouters and the group took another step forward by sending a letter to

Congress laying out four steps the government should take to ensure some 500,000 independent restaurants nationwide survive the coronavirus.

First order of business? Fixing the problems with the Paycheck Protection Program.

“Under the current program, we must bring 90 percent of our employees back by June 30,” explains Lata. “All of the money from the loan forgiveness would go toward paying employees, mortgage, rent, and group health insurance. Because all of that money goes straight to those things, we wouldn’t have enough money to fund existing liabilities like unpaid vendors and tax liabilities.”

Essentially, Lata and the IRC are concerned that funding will run out before restaurants are even permitted to reopen.

Naomi Pomeroy, an IRC member and chef in Portland, Ore. put it simply in an IRC conference call Monday: “We don’t want to put businesses at risk by the very thing we are trying to use to help them.”

The U.S. government could also lighten the burden on local restaurants by allowing them to tap into the $500 billion grant for distressed industries like airlines, which are receiving a large chunk of the fund assisting struggling businesses. If a portion was dedicated to a small restaurant stabilization fund, it would allow independent eateries to pay vendors, purveyors, and suppliers essential to not only the industry but the economy as a whole, the group contends.

“The restaurant business is a separate entity that helps out people up and down the supply chain,” says Lata. “A large portion of our revenue goes back into the community to our farmers, bakers, fishermen, and winemakers. The loss of that money chokes out these other businesses.”

“Independent restaurants can spend anywhere from just under 20 percent to more than 30 percent of their revenue on food, alcohol and other goods,” Pete Wells wrote in The New York Times on March 24, illustrating the cascading impact of the failure of the independent restaurant sector — with a few choice words from Root and Abundant

Seafood owner Mark Marhefka.

The IRC is also seeking tax rebates that would provide relief for an industry with razor-thin margins.

“We are trying to think about the bigger picture with the tax rebates,” says Michael Shemtov, whose national restaurant portfolio includes Workshop, Butcher & Bee, and The Daily in Charleston. “We’re asking questions like: What does 2020 and 2021 look like when travel is still down and people still aren’t congregating in big groups? If we don’t set up these businesses to survive past this year, then we are wasting the PPP investment that’s being made now.”

According to Root, who refers to himself as “an effective intelligence gatherer and message deliverer for the IRC,” the situation is fluid. Just two days after their letter was sent to Congress, Root says they received word that the government is “trying to add to the PPP program.”

Whether this will help their cause is unknown, but Root and others in the IRC remain steadfast in seeking help to save their industry.

“There has to be a carve out somewhere for independent restaurants. There isn’t an industry that faces more uncertainty,” Root says. “We closed the earliest and are one of the most valued industries to get opened back up. Restaurants are the soul of these communities.”

Some might assume the situation at a place like FIG or The Ordinary is more secure, but Lata puts the help these independent restaurants need into perspective: “If we can’t get more assistance, we are going to have to either put mortgages on our own houses or bring on other partners, which would be devastating. It would change everything.”

“PPP is a great start, and it will help us mitigate the damages. But it doesn’t give us any capital to reopen,” says Lata. “We have to speak up or a lot of restaurants will not be able to open back up.”

Thousands of concerned citizens have co-signed the letter to Congress in support of the Independent Restaurant Coalition. Add your name at saverestaurants.com/letter.

T-SHIRT BENEFIT RAISING MONEY FOR CHARLESTON BREWERY DISTRICT

The David Aylor Law Offices are raising money for the Charleston Brewery District with a “Support Local” shirt. Since launching on April 1, the shirts have already raised more than $5,000 for employees of local breweries. Each shirt is available for $26, with the net proceeds going towards Charleston Brewery District employees.

Margaret Stypa, who organized the fundraiser, said they were focusing on the Brewery District in an effort to focus attention on Brewery District workers affected by COVID-19-related closures.

The crew neck shirt features someone pouring a draft beer next to the Ravenel Bridge. The logo was designed in collaboration with Kelly Wills of Brain Flower Designs and the shirts will be printed by Johns Island’s Better Image Group.

When Gov. Henry McMaster ordered that bars and restaurants close their dining rooms, breweries and tap rooms were affected too. The proceeds will be split evenly among the employees of Charleston Brewery District’s breweries: Baker and Brewer, Revelry, Tradesman, Palmetto, Cooper River, Munkle, Fatty’s, Lo-Fi, and Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co. Show your support for the people that make breweries cool and order your shirt online now at aylor-covid.myshopify.com.

—Lauren Hurlock

AFTER 21 YEARS KICKIN’ CHICKEN CLOSING DOWNTOWN

Two decades after setting up shop on King Street, Kickin’ Chicken will look for a new home downtown after it closes its longtime storefront near the College of Charleston.

The local chain’s oldest location will close its doors for good at 337 King St. on April 25.

The closing is not directly related to coronavirus closures that have forced many restaurants to adopt take out and delivery, an option that Kickin’ Chicken has always had available.

The company has its eyes on a new location “on the peninsula,” but isn’t ready to say where.

“The face of King Street has changed, obviously,” says Chip Roberts, one of Kickin’ Chicken’s founders and owners. “That restaurant launched this entire company.”

The next downtown home will include features found in the restaurant’s newer Mt. Pleasant and Dorchester Road locations such as an indoor-outdoor bar. The chain is also exploring the possibility of moving its James Island location.

Until the restaurant shuts down on April 25, Kickin’ Chicken loyalists can get their wings and chicken fingers to go or via delivery.

“The downtown community has been the backbone to the restaurant’s success and is invited to come by and say goodbye to the flagship store,” the company said in a press release last week. —Sam Spence

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I|n s i d e k c u t S TALES FROM THE DOOR SIDE BY REX STICKEL

Cardio, Smoothie, Beeps Trying to stay sane and healthy in a quarantine fever dream Concert goers used to live in a world they believed to be loud and free ... Now they can’t even get out of the house. And even though his social interactions have dropped considerably, Tin Roof’s door dude, Rex Stickel, still has a lot of sarcasm to go around.

Welcome to a few long weeks in Stickel’s stay-home life.

APRIL 2 - 2:03 PM

MARCH 16 - 5:07 PM

APRIL 4 - 7:37 AM

OK, wow. Some people are taking this really seriously.

Closing everything for two weeks? That seems easy and reasonable.

Woke up today fresh before the alarm. I treat myself to a smoothie and sit outside scrolling through my phone. There’s the beep again. Every day? Was it always this loud? Getting up early means I should really go to bed at a reasonable time.

Fresh start!

MARCH 18 - 1:34 PM

Somewhat frightened, anxiety high. Slight hint of panic in public places. Will we be able to unite as a people and overcome this together? I see shopping carts filled with toilet paper. Things are uneasy.

APRIL 5 - 3:02 AM

The beep sound is all I hear. Like clockwork, every minute it goes off. For who? What is it? I can’t be the only one who hears it. I can’t concentrate or meditate when all I am thinking about is this beep. Something must change.

MARCH 19 - 2:23 PM

It’s recommended to keep a distance of at least six feet from other people. And to disinfect all surfaces. And keep washing your hands. Also sing the birthday song while you wash your hands. Whose birthday? Nobody is saying.

APRIL 6 - 5:21 PM

I decided to sleep outside to see if it does in fact go off 24 hours a day. Admittedly I fell asleep at some point, so I cannot be sure if the beep continued.

MARCH 20 - 9:28 AM

APRIL 7 - 10:15 AM

Woke up today deciding to not allow fear to rule my life.

People are sick, people need help, the planet needs cleansing.

Start small. Control what you can. Make a plan. New you.

MARCH 21 - 12:39 PM

Today is technically my normal day off, so I’ll start tomorrow.

MARCH 22 - 1:18 PM

Slept in. Too much. Made up for it by creating a schedule: Sunrise. Gratitude. Meditation. Cardio. Smoothie. Write.

Green veggies. Yogurt. Write. Stroll. Write. Write. Protein.

Veggies. Bathe. Gratitude. Rest.

MARCH 23 - 12:03 PM

Slept in again. My body must be catching up on sleep. Did I shower yesterday? Made a note to shower at least once a day.

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However, remembering a midnight trip to the kitchen for chocolate milk answers a lot of questions.

MARCH 29 - 8:05 AM

Today is meditation day; I even laid out my clothes the night before. I’m trying it outside for the first time and it’s wonderful. There’s a natural rhythm I fall into out here. I am one with the harmony.

MARCH 30 - 8:20 AM

Realized during my afternoon shower I forgot to do meditation. And cardio. Or any of it. It’s fine, I need the time to figure out Zoom so I can chat with my friends again. Internet connection seems slow. Might as well nap.

Today, it took the promise of my smoothie to get out of bed. It’s OK to smoothie then meditate, right? Still it’s nice to be outside even with all the natural noises and distractions. Trying to find my center, still adjusting to the natural rhythm. It’s almost like a metronome I can’t synch with.

MARCH 25 - 1:21 PM

MARCH 31 - 9:13 AM

Out of bread already? Gonna have to go down to one slice PB&Js which is hard to balance. We really are living in a new world.

Third day of meditation outside and I’ve begun to notice all the details of my neighborhood. There’s some sort of electrical beep every 45 seconds happening somewhere. At first I was falling into the rhythm, I didn’t even notice it, but now I think it’s putting me off a little.

MARCH 26 - 8:47 AM

Up early enough for meditation although my sore back is why I’m up so early. The living room’s not really conducive to yoga, plus getting a lot of dog interference. Will try a new approach tomorrow.

MARCH 27 - 11:40 AM

Awoke fearing I had symptoms of something nefarious.

Horrible night’s sleep. Today is an off day. Skip the list and try again tomorrow. Won’t even step outside. Need to clear my mind.

APRIL 1 - 11:57 AM

Woke up sore all over again today. At this point, moving around and laying down are equally exhausting. I must add yoga to the list. Tried outside meditation. Heard the beeping sound again. I brought mom out on her lunch break to see if she could tell me what it was. She didn’t hear it.

I’ve packed a backpack and I’m venturing out beyond my backyard. I must discover the origin of my torment.

I won’t continue without knowing. I must be careful, everyone is home now. It’s crucial I stay 6 feet away from everyone.

APRIL 7 - 2:00 PM

I am officially out of the hand sanitizer and toilet paper I brought. Is there ever enough? Can’t bring a sink out here with me. Tracking the beep has proven difficult, to say the least. I’m prepared to stay out here as long as it takes.

APRIL 7 - 7:43 PM

I was a fool packing my bag. No food, no water? I drank the smoothie as soon as I left. I’m still no closer even though the beeping is just as loud. I’m somewhere in the woods behind my neighbor’s house. This night will be tough.

APRIL 8 - 6:10 AM

Waking up in the woods today was, well, a real wake up call. A beep? Who cares? What am I doing? This can’t rule my entire life. This is crazy. Heading home and eager to put this all behind me.

APRIL 8 - 9:48 AM

Jumping the fence from this side proves to be a little more difficult. I am bruised and certainly bleeding. The effort to climb my upstairs porch is nearly too much. Luckily I am greeted by Mom, having her coffee. I plop down on a deck chair. Beep.

“There’s your beep,” Mom says.

“You heard that?” I sit up suddenly.

“Yes, honey, that’s the power transformer that’s been in our backyard since we’ve moved in.”

“Oh.”

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HIGH FIDELITY: Your Top 5

ANFERNEE SHARES WHAT’S IN HIS H.ART ON NEW EP

Elliott Elsey is the locally renowned studio manager of Truphonic Recording in West Ashley. Hidden away in a cozy spot right off of St. Andrews Blvd, Elsey has recorded both national and local artists. His career reached a new height earlier this year when Ranky Tanky’s Good Time, which he helped engineer, received a Grammy for best Regional Roots Album. He seemed like the perfect person to ask: Who are your top five most important producers?

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CAT CORE | Girlpants It’s always a shame when funk music doesn’t utilize the bass. Luckily, we don’t have to worry about that with Girlpants, the latest project from singer/instrumentalist Julie Slonecki.

Turning one of the most underappreciated instruments into its greatest asset, the power-pop group carves out four solid dance, funk, and post-punk tracks on their debut EP, Touch of the Mania. Girlpants takes a decidedly ’80s approach to their sound. The title track features a subtle and groovy synth riff, while the chorus gets loud and melodic, going for broke to its benefit. “Cosmos” takes sweet pop electronic keyboards and adds some existential lyrics.

“Bite your lip and make a wish/ when the abyss looks back/ blow it a kiss,” Slonecki sings.

“Scorpio Rising” is probably the hardest track out of the collection, centered around a garage rock riff and a darn catchy pop hook just waiting to get caught in the listener’s head. That’s all well and good, but what really sets the group apart is the “cat core” or “kit hop” insignia they proudly wear as their genre. This is because Slonecki, who also plays in comedy-funk band Sexbruise?, and bassist Scotty Groth are joined by Simon the Cat in Girlpants. Simon doesn’t really play any instruments; he’s just a cat who happens to be the third member.

Touch of the Mania is out now on Spotify. You can learn more about the band at facebook.com/girlpantsband/. —Heath Ellison

Is your quarantine music getting a little overplayed? Anfernee’s new EP H.Art is sure to liven up the mix with upbeat classicinspired bops and slower, more experimental sounds. The project is a nice mixture of genres with nine tracks that all vary from each other in style and sound.

There is a lot happening on H.Art. Songs like “Arcade Love (ft. Jah Jr.),” “Traveler’s Rest,” and “Reminded (ft. Tyrie)” all have catchy hooks and strong verses that people could sing along to on the radio.

“Arcade Love” covers the type of rap that we hear everywhere nowadays. It’s fun and bouncy with great verses from both Anfernee and Charleston favorite Jah Jr. It’s a playful and lighthearted track that will get you feeling nostalgic about past crushes under fluorescent light.

These songs are memorable, thanks to the mixture of recognizable styles and truly new sounds, like the first track on the album “My H.Art is Fragile.” It draws you in with cool, echoing vocals, but plays with the listener by throwing in snaps and clicks purposefully out of time. —Eliana Katz

SYLLOETT EXPLORES EVERY CORNER ON GROUND ZERO’S SHORT TRACK LIST

Electronic artist Sylloett’s newest EP, Ground Zero, is out now on Spotify. Spanning three tracks, the DJ digs deep to get as much out of the short runtime as possible.

In the roughly 10 minutes it takes to listen to Ground Zero, Sylloett explores every inch of space he can, touching on light guitar struts to wobbly electronic rhythms.

“Lights Out” mixes moments of hip-hop with electro rock. “Run Up” caps off the short album with a soul-influenced track, complete with enough stutters and four-on-thefloor beats to remind listeners that this is music for the dance floor. —Heath Ellison

HOLY CORONA! BRINGS TOGETHER GIGGING ARTISTS FOR A VARIETYPACKED COMPILATION

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INDIE | Veja Du Electronic indie duo Veja Du released the music video for their latest single, “TV Land,” on Friday. The song comes from their ambitious debut LP, a 15-song concept album about a “supernatural journey of self discovery and rebirth,” keyboardist Zac Crocker told the City Paper in December. The video shows plenty of natural (and concrete) landscapes for the band to sing and dance in while the lyrics pop up to illustrate the message. “I can’t help thinking everything is alright/ as everything around me is falling down,” Crocker sings. It’s sweet to think, especially in 2020, that there’s plenty of inward happiness to find while the world shakes. The music for “TV Land” still kicks just like it did when the band released their selftitled album last year. The lyrics are introspective, surreal, and a little romantic. “Black hole spinning at the speed of sound/ lying with you, enjoying the view,” the band sings. The track’s sonic textures are rhythmically charged, made stronger by waves of keys and electronic pulses. Veja Du’s latest video can be seen on YouTube or charlestoncitypaper.com. Their selftitled debut LP is available on Spotify. —Heath Ellison

While many artists are increasing their song output during the pandemic, one group put together a compilation album called Holy Corona! in the hopes of regaining some of their monetary losses.

The album is seriously one of the most diverse LPs released by locals this year, hopping from Americana, to gypsy jazz, to Latin dance tunes. All proceeds will go directly to the 10 artists on the album, including Lee Barbour, Daniel Patrick, and Red Cedar Review.

“The hope is to generate a bit of financial relief in this time when no live music is happening, as we’re all pretty much out of work for the foreseeable future,” George Stevens, of Stagger & Jags and Moonlight Ale, says. —HE

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