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Building a Wall

Proposed storm wall has Army Corps weighing cultural, aesthetic impacts of rising seas

BY HEATH ELLISON

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released the overview of its Charleston Peninsula Study, giving an early look at what they believe can stop flooding in the city’s culturally rich downtown area. The plans were met with skepticism from some, partially because of the proposed storm surge wall’s placement leaving significant areas, such as Magnolia Cemetery, unprotected.

Experts from various environmental studies have also shown some apprehension toward the plan, but stay hopeful that modifications can be made over the next 12 months.

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Storm Surge Wall Pump Station Nonstructral Measures Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

and the internationally significant historic resources in downtown Charleston.”

The Charleston Peninsula Study is federally funded, utilizing $3 million from Emergency Supplement Funding to develop long-term solutions to storm problems. The Army Corps of Engineers is asking for community input through June 19. Ultimately, the plan will need congressional approval to be built. Bidwell calls for an inclusive comment period, allowing people of all socio-economic backgrounds and races to voice their opinions. “They need to invite all stakeholders into the conversation,” she says.

According to Wilson, there will be another opportunity for public engagement in early 2021. “We want to ensure that we get proper feedback from the public,” he says. “We’ll

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have a better idea of what kind of non-structural measures we’ll be doing.”

Several of Harris’ critiques of the plan speak to the potential impact on the city’s aesthetics and access to water. “You need the humaneness of the architectural people and the people who live in town,” he says, advocating for a merge between the current plan and the recommendations found in the Dutch Dialogues. “I imagine we’ll do that, but these are the things that are missing.”

Wilson says visuals will be taken into account as the project moves forward. “We’re not at the design phase at the moment,” he says. “We are going to work closely with the City of Charleston to determine those aesthetic features, as well as the recreational opportunities.”

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That becomes real ugly,” he says. The Army Corps of Engineers’ plan says the storm wall can be made taller in the future.

In the past, some flooding experts have shown worry about flood barriers, believing they will push water to other areas that do not usually flood. Harris is skeptical that the Corps’ plan will cause this, claiming that it wouldn’t make a noticeable difference. “That volume of water is basically irrelevant,” he says. “If we take this entire peninsula project, and we look at the volume of water that’s there, how the storm surge comes in, the impacts are going to be nil to minimal.”

The Army Corps’ plan is not yet complete or approved. Over the course of the next year, the group will examine potential adverse effects to communities surrounding the peninsula. If analysis indicates heavy negative impacts, planning will begin for appropriate mitigation to counteract the effects.

Deborah Bidwell, a College of Charleston biology professor and biomimicry expert, encourages careful analysis of how the storm wall will interact with storm surges. “It could definitely reflect waves in other areas and they’ll need to be careful about studying the impacts of wave energy coming off of that barrier,” she says.

Historic Charleston Foundation, one of the organizations to spearhead flooding and resiliency study the Dutch Dialogues, hasn’t made an official stance on the Corps’ project.

But, the group’s president Winslow Hastie believes the city might have to accept the plan to survive increased flooding events.

Although he says there are potentially negative impacts, Hastie trusts it’s worthy of the city’s attention.

“We shouldn’t start out from a negative place approaching this,” he says. “We’ve got to really think hard about how this feature will intersect with our historic district

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The Army Corps’ three-year study, approved in 2018, is in its preliminary phases and will be complete next year. The study overview released last week provides insight into the full plan. In its current iteration, the Army Corps calls for a storm surge wall that runs parallel to the peninsula’s shore, storm surge gates that will close during low tide, and wave attenuators off the coast to reflect inbound waves back into the harbor.

As noted by other media outlets, the storm surge wall will not protect the South Carolina Aquarium or the site of the future International African American Museum.

Structures in that area “are elevated higher than elevation 12 [feet],” says Wes Wilson, an Army Corps project controls program manager. “Our storm surge wall cannot reduce the risk of damages of places that are higher than our current elevated wall.”

The Army Corps website notes that areas outside of the wall are on higher elevations.

Some topographic maps will dispute this claim, but the city’s sea level rise viewer seems to suggest that those particular areas will mostly be spared as the ocean rises another three inches. By the year 2100, sea level is likely to rise 12 inches above what it was a century earlier, climate change experts say.

The storm surge wall would protect against a storm like Hurricane Hugo, says Scott Harris, a College of Charleston geology professor who specializes in the coastal plain. But things get tricky when sea level rise is taken into account.

“It’s what’s happening in 50 years, what’s happening in 100 years,” he says. “I hate to say, but the economy is really driven on a 5-30 year [plan]. We have to get out of that.”

While the plan tries to shield the peninsula from the next 50 years of flooding, Harris suggests that people should look beyond that. “We could be looking at a foot and a half or three feet. That becomes real.

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N “Our goal from the onset of this deadly pandemic has been to protect South Carolinians, but as we all know, the state’s economic health is a major component of the state’s public health.”

—South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster lifted some of the restrictions closing businesses during the pandemic, letting many open their doors after having been closed. Source: Office of the Governor

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CHARLESTON WOMAN’S 1910 SKETCH COULD, AGAIN, DETERMINE SC FLAG

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Using a pencil, Ellen Heyward Jervey, an amateur artist, librarian, and a friend of the state’s first secretary of the Historical Commission, A.S. Salley, sketched her version of a palmetto tree in 1910.

Salley was working on an official version of the state flag: a crescent in the left-hand upper corner and a centered sabal palmetto tree on indigo blue. But when the sketch was converted to the flag, it didn’t go over well. The bushy fronds were messy, and the trunk blocky. Ultimately the flag was repealed in 1940.

For 80 years, the state’s flag has been up to interpretation by flag manufacturers. Although, in the age of listicles and social media shares, the flag routinely shows up in the top 10 for best flags despite its many variations.

“South Carolina’s state flag has been voted one of the most beautiful. It’s beautiful for its simplicity. It’s always been high in the ranking for vexillologists,” S.C. Department of Archives and History Director Dr. Eric Emerson says.

But in 2018, lawmakers decided there needed to be an official version, and they formed a study committee. The committee reported its findings March 4 — and members revisited Jervey’s design. Clemson University worked with the committee to convert the sketch once again to a flag.

Now it’s up to the General Assembly to adopt it or modify it.

“This one thing that represents us more than anything else should be codified,” committee chair Emerson says.

He added he expects the tree — which is, again, based on Jervey’s sketch — to be controversial.

“The palmetto is the thing that I’m sure will draw opinions,” he says. “It will come down to what the General Assembly wants to see in a palmetto tree.”

The crescent and the color were easy, he said. The crescent was a cap badge that embossed South Carolina’s regimental uniforms. The blue and the crescent were found on the state’s Revolutionary war flag. But the palmetto didn’t show up on the state’s flag until later, and Jervey’s is one based in history, Emerson said. —Lindsay Street

SUMMERVILLE MAN ARRESTED AFTER YELLING SLURS AND PUNCHING MAN, POLICE SAY

A 39-year-old Summerville man was arrested April 30 after he allegedly yelled racial slurs and punched an AfricanAmerican man on King Street, police say. James Alden Vige was held at the Al Cannon Detention Center on charges of hate intimidation and third-degree assault and battery.

According to a Charleston Police Department press release, the incident occurred about 7:40 p.m. along the 300 block of King Street, which stretches from Marion Square to Liberty Street near the College of Charleston.

Police say witnesses saw Vige yelling racial slurs at a man “for some unknown reason” as he walked on King Street.

“Vige continued to yell racial slurs and profanities at the victim as he approached him,” the police account says.

“Witnesses told police Vige then punched the victim and shoved him to the ground.”

The two men do not know each other, police say. The victim was not injured and declined medical treatment.

The City of Charleston’s hate intimidation ordinance was passed by City Council in 2018 as a local version of a hate crime law which would strengthen punishment for crimes based on race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or national origin. South Carolina does not have a state hate crime law. —Sam Spence

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WEST ASHLEY NEIGHBORS BUY PIZZA FOR CHARLESTON POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS

Residents of the Wappoo Shores neighborhood in West Ashley collected more than $650 in the last two weeks to feed police, firefighters, and first responders as a way of thanking them for their service.

Fueled by an additional in-kind donation by D’Allesandro’s Pizza in downtown Charleston, the neighbors bought 30 pies for officers on May 1. They planned to deliver as many to West Ashley firefighters the following week.

“We’re so grateful for the support,” said Charleston Police Chief Luther Reynolds, who jokes how pizza, or “Vitamin P,” is his favorite food. “This is yet another example of showing how much the community cares for us.”

Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg was on hand for the pizza handoff of boxes of pepperoni and cheese pies from the St. Philip Street shop.

“I thank the residents of Wappoo Shores neighborhood, with the help of D’Allesandro’s, for being so thoughtful to our first responders on the front lines” during the coronavirus pandemic.

Julia Sauer, who coordinated the neighborhood’s effort, said she got the idea to give back to first responders because they routinely sacrifice their health to help people across Charleston.

“Thank you for putting your lives on the line,” she told Reynolds.

Earlier in an email to families in the neighborhood off Savannah Highway, she wrote, “I am very grateful to be living in such a closeknit neighborhood and community where people care about each other and where help is not just a word without meaning but actually carries intention and actions.” —Andy Brack

52 percent The drop in Charleston County jail bookings and charges in the last five years, as law enforcement seeks to curb unnecessary incarcerations.

Source: Charleston County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

Fetter Health Care Network and Charleston County are providing mobile COVID-19 testing and screening sites at several locations around the location between May 4 and May 18. Testing sites will be open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Individuals experiencing cough, fever, and shortness of breath who would like a test are asked to request a screening at fettercovid19screening.org. Same-day tests are available, but organizers are requesting that visitors be screened prior to arriving.

Mobile testing sites will be set up at the following locations: MAY 4: Royal Baptist Church, 4761 Luella Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405 MAY 5: Charity Baptist Church, 1544 E. Montague Ave, North Charleston, SC 29405 MAY 6: Fetter Healthcare, 5225 SC-165, Hollywood, SC 29449 MAY 7: Jane Edwards Elementary School, 1960 Jane Edwards Rd, Edisto Island, SC 29438 MAY 8: Magistrate Court, 995 Morrison Dr., Charleston, SC 29403 MAY 11: St. James Presbyterian, 1314 Secessionville Road, Charleston, SC 29412 MAY 12: Johns Island Library, 3531 Maybank Hwy, Johns Island, SC 29455 MAY 13: Wadmalaw Island – exact location TBD MAY 14: Church of Christ, 3950 Azalea Drive, North Charleston 29405 MAY15: Life Center Ministry, 7190 Cross County Road, North Charleston 29418 MAY 18: Arabian Temple, 4132 Rivers Ave., North Charleston 29405 MAY 19: Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, 7396 Rivers Ave., North Charleston 29406 MAY 20: St. Matthews Baptist Church, 2005 Reynolds Ave., North Charleston SC 29405 When attending a mobile screening site, citizens are encouraged to wear a face mask and practice social distancing.

All insurance providers are required to cover the cost of testing. “All patients will be served regardless of their ability to pay,” Charleston County said in a press release.

—Heath Ellison

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BY HEATH ELLISON AND SKYLER BALDWIN ILLUSTRATION BY STEVE STEGELIN

BLOTTER O’ THE WEEK

In a late celebration of April 20, this week’s blotter features almost all marijuana-related reports filed with Charleston Police. Reports were taken from 4/20-4/28. No one has been found guilty, just unlucky.

During a felony traffic stop involving a reportedly stolen car from Walterboro, officers found a bag of marijuana in the pocket of a jacket in the back seat.

Our grandparents always told us that weed was a slippery slope — one that ends in stealing cars and getting arrested apparently.

Officers were dispatched to a West Ashley apartment complex after a maintenance crew found a small Ziploc bag of weed resting on top of some sandbags.

What kind of world do we live in where a kid can’t leave his weed lying around and expect it to be there when he gets back?

An officer observed a vehicle downtown with a broken brake light going to a gas station, waiting at a pump, and leaving without gas. When the officer noticed the brake light not working for the second time, he pulled the driver over, at which point they laughed uncontrollably. If the bad case of the gigs and forgetful behavior weren’t indication enough: yes, there was weed in the car.

When an officer noticed a Kia parked and running behind a West Ashley apartment building and reeking of marijuana, he knocked on the window to speak to the driver, who promptly turned off the car and tried to ignore the officer. To be fair, if I was likely going to be charged with possession, I wouldn’t want to talk to officers either.

A man was pulled over for speeding downtown, and in a moment of true civility, the offender told the officer he had something he wanted to surrender.

He handed over 1 gram of weed and a blue pipe and the officer wrote up, the incident as confiscated property instead of a drug offense. All’s well that ends well?

At least three people were apparently never taught how to properly hotbox a car, leaving the windows down and letting marijuana smoke billow out of the vehicle.

Maybe they were trying to make it easier on the officer who charged them.

High-fives were likely exchanged between officers when a whopping 6.9 grams of marijuana were confiscated from an offender.

In an exemplary display of how to avoid stress and possibly a possession charge, one passenger of a car that was stopped by an officer stepped out of the rear door and left the area. When the officer asked the driver who the man was, the driver said they didn’t know, but he left behind 2 grams of marijuana on the floor of the car.

A West Ashley woman was asked by an acquaintance if he could do laundry at her house. She allowed it, although he had been booted from the house previously because of anger issues. He almost immediately proved not much had changed, becoming so enraged over the fact that she didn’t have laundry detergent that he lifted up the dryer and threw it on the ground. To be fair, Bruce Banner probably does want to take care of the shirts he hasn’t yet ripped off.

Despite having fun with the weed-themed Blotter this week, we should probably inform readers that a shotgun and a revolver were stolen from a vehicle parked at the owner’s residence last week.

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It seems like police are rewarding creativity at this point, as one man claimed his small bag of marijuana-like substance was actually not marijuana and he was scammed into buying what amounted to a bag of lettuce doused in CBD oil.

Police let him off with a warning, pending a test of the contents.

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DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, CATHERINE HOLLISTER OF BLUE SKY ENDURANCE HOLDS STEADY AFTER THE NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESS CLOSURE ORDER WAS LIFTED

Getting Back Charleston-area business owners reopen with eyes on safety and recovery

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Local business owners have started opening their doors, and employees are returning to work, setting out to recover from a surprise economic meltdown that few were prepared for.

“I was terrified,” says Gary Flynn, owner of M. Dumas and Sons, the long-running men’s store on King Street. “This is something that’s never happened before. We’ve made it through the Depression, two World Wars, and stock market crashes, and we’ve been open through it all. The only time we physically closed the store outside of a holiday is when there’s a hurricane bearing down on us.”

Catherine Hollister, the owner of Mt. Pleasant-based sporting goods store, Blue Sky Endurance, says that the pandemic couldn’t have come at a less-opportune time. But there has been some light in the dark: Shops like hers that sell bikes are considered an essential business, letting them stay partially open through the closures.

Others, like Marshal Simon, owner of Mt. Pleasant clothing store Gwynn’s, shut their doors in mid-March, before the order from McMaster came. But he and his team never imagined it would last as long as it did, expecting to be back open sometime in April.

Flynn had some idea of the timeframe he was in store for. “I knew once we closed, we would be closed for a while,” he says. “I have a team of people I’m responsible for, and with no income,

how was I supposed to take care of my team? I tried to delay [closing] as long as I could.”

But even with doors opening, the threat of spreading the coronavirus remains at the forefront of most people’s minds.

“We cautiously reopened with a lot of safety precautions and cleaning and safety for our employees as well as our clients being the top priority,” Simon says. “We put out wipes and gloves and hand sanitizer at two stations at the front and throughout the store.”

Others weren’t quite so ready to open their doors, even with the initial OK from McMaster.

“I was not comfortable with the decision to open when I hadn’t seen enough of a downward turn in new cases in our state,” Flynn says. “I was reluctant. The lift was on [April 21] and I didn’t open the doors until [April 27]. This had to be a team decision if we were going to do it, but I had a variety of different reactions from my team.”

That waiting doesn’t come without a price.

Business is down about 90 percent, Flynn says.

“I’ve said to my staff, as we start to ramp back up, you need to let me know what you’re comfortable with,” Hollister says.

“Some of them have kids at home, others live with elderly parents. I’m completely leaving it up to them, but a lot of people are out of work at the same time, so I’ve had a lot of people come to me asking for a job.”

“How do you prepare for something like that?” Even during the recessions, we didn’t go to zero, and I don’t care what they teach you in elementary school, but zero is a big number.”

—Marshal Simon, owner of Mt. Pleasant clothing store Gwynn’s

Hollister says her business is down about 60 percent.

But one of the biggest hurdles for business owners when it came to reopening is remaining in compliance with the restrictions still in place, such as social distancing. Luckily, customers are more than aware of what’s going on.

“Customers are pretty understanding if they have to wait outside until somebody else leaves,” Hollister says. “And the people coming in aren’t just coming in to browse, they are here for something specific.”

Even with customers willing to accept the new normal, stores simply aren’t built with these sorts of restrictions in mind.

“A normal store has to think about distancing in respect to wheelchairs, which is only a 3-foot restriction,” Flynn explains. “When they start saying 6 feet, it challenges you. We had to make

our aisles one way, put marks at the register and another 6 feet back in case we have a line.

“We’ve put up what feels like 5,000 signs that all say, ‘Please use social distancing.’ We took all that straight out of the governor’s requirements for a store to be open, and we followed it to a tee.”

But even with the doors open, and the customers spaced out inside, the final challenge comes in actually turning a profit.

“The pools are closed, so nobody is really swimming right now,” Hollister laments.

“You can’t even really get to the beaches, and our running business has pretty much stayed the same.”

In other parts of her shop, business kept rolling. “The bike business has continued to be strong because so many people are out riding their bikes right now.

“It’s something they can do as a family. They can all hop on their bikes and ride around their neighborhoods together,” Hollister concludes. “We are seeing a lot of family bikes, just for cruising around.”

Despite being blindsided by the pandemic, Simon is persevering through the tough times.

“How do you prepare for something like that?” he asks. “Even during the recessions, we didn’t go to zero, and I don’t care what they teach you in elementary school, but zero is a big number. Thankfully, we haven’t gone quite to zero this time either.”

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he late reggae great Peter Tosh wrote in his debut 1976 album Legalize It about how doctors, nurses, judges, and even lawyers smoked marijuana. Now 44 years later, marijuana is legal for adults over 21 for recreational and medical use in 11 U.S. states and legal for medical use in 22 other states. But in South Carolina and 16 states, marijuana remains illegal. It’s time to get beyond that and decriminalize weed.

A new study by the American Civil Liberties Union pegs the Palmetto State as having the nation’s second highest rate of marijuana arrests. Chester County, located between Columbia and Charlotte, has the highest marijuana arrest rate in the country, according to the report. Also in the top 20 counties nationally are Laurens, Kershaw, Newberry, Darlington, and Colleton counties.

The new report highlights extreme racial disparities in marijuana arrests. Black people in South Carolina are 3.5 times more likely to be arrested than white people for marijuana possession. In Charleston County, black people are 4.2 times more likely to be arrested for pot. Even more frightening is how much the criminalization of marijunana costs. South Carolina spent almost $50 million a year in 2010 on enforcing marijuana laws, according to another study. Possession of marijuna, in fact, makes up about half of all drug arrests.

What’s also frustrating about the whole mess is how the medical use of marijuana products is calming and helpful

to people with epilepsy, cancer, and other debilitating conditions. It makes them feel better — not in the wasted, college way, but by reducing throbbing and pain that make normal life a challenge. Help could be on the way through the “South Carolina Compassionate Care Act.” But thanks to the coronavirus pandemic that crippled the legislative session, the proposal that looked to be on track to pass in 2020 now is stuck in the General Assembly.

There are all sorts of arguments to decriminalize marijuana. Other legalized vices, such as cigarette smoking, addictive drugs and alcohol, kill hundreds of thousands of Americans annually, while there’s only a remote chance of dying from marijuana use. Law enforcement authorities have better things to do — fighting violent crime and seriously addictive drugs like opioids — instead of busting people for pot. Criminalization of marijuana also is expensive, filling jails and prisons and diverting attention from violent crimes.

People arrested for simple possession also face hurdles when seeking to take advantage of social safety net programs, now being relied on more than ever because of the pandemic.

Finally, a regulated marijuana industry in South Carolina could reap millions in tax dollars to pay for the very safety net programs that are running out of money.

These are all good arguments. But the reason to move forward now is because it’s the right and compassionate thing to do for too many South Carolinians. And to anyone who doesn’t want to use it, just say no.

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Support Farmers Food is safe, and now is the time to buy it local

Many of us continue to hunker down in our homes following orders to stop the spread of COVID-19. Meanwhile, South Carolina farmers are out in their fields planting summer crops and picking spring ones like strawberries and blueberries. Some are getting ready to pick peaches next month, while others are busy every day with livestock or poultry.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security deemed food and agriculture “essential industries” during this unprecedented crisis. Thanks to farmers and agribusinesses, the food supply remains plentiful and the supply chain is stable.

We should support their hard work in the choices we make in buying our food.

First, know that fresh produce is safe. There is no evidence that COVID-19 can be transmitted via food, but we should all be following basic precautions like washing our hands after grocery shopping, washing produce before eating it, and disposing of packaging handled by others during the buying process.

Concerns about the coronavirus shouldn’t dissuade you from eating fresh, locally grown food. And now more than When you buy food ever, I urge consumers to try to make the effort to buy local. from South Carolina When you buy food from South Carolina farmers, you keep more money in the local economy, supporting your neighfarmers, you keep bors during this crisis — and when we come out of it.

I realize shopping isn’t exactly a leisure activity these days, more money in the but we’ve worked to make it easy to recognize the Certified local economy, South Carolina logo and buy accordingly. supporting your South Carolina strawberries are in season now, and neighbors during this peaches will hit stores in May — and items like lettuce and mushrooms grown by South Carolina farmers are reliably crisis — and when available year-round. You can also find South Carolinaproduced dairy, beef, poultry, and pork products. Want we come out of it. to grow more of your food at home? There’s even organic compost offered by some enterprising farmers.

Many farms are specialized and sell primarily to restaurants — and we all know the hardships restaurants are facing to fight the spread of COVID-19. During the outbreak, many of these smaller farms, as well as their wholesaler partners, have begun selling directly to consumers, whether by delivering produce boxes or selling from their farms or shipping docks. We’re keeping a list of these direct-to-consumer options at agriculture.sc.gov/coronavirus/local.

When we are past this crisis and our great South Carolina restaurants are bustling again, let’s support our economy and our farmers by visiting Fresh on the Menu restaurants that buy from South Carolina farmers.

Have a great dining experience while supporting our local farm economy.

Learn more about this partnership at freshonthemenu.com.

Don’t overlook the farmers markets that are open. A farmers market is no different from a grocery store: It’s a place to buy food. Particularly during the spring, summer, and fall, they are a venue for small farms to sell food directly to the public, lowering the barrier for people to buy fresh local products.

While many farmers markets are normally crowded events and “meeting places,” many are now enforcing rules about social distancing and requiring staff to wear gloves and masks. The South Carolina Department of Agriculture has also issued guidelines to help farmers markets operate safely. Our three State Farmers Markets (in Florence, West Columbia, and Greenville) remain open, and seasonal markets around the state will be opening in the coming weeks.

The industry that has always fed us all is an impressive one. It’s critical that we maintain the food supply chains and support local farmers, not just to keep ourselves fed in the short term, but to make sure we still have local farmers farming when this is over. You are a vital part in that.

Hugh Weathers is the South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture.

MEMBERS OF CHARLESTON’S POOREST AND ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES SAY THEY CAN HELP BUILD A MORE RESILIENT STATE IN THE WAKE OF THE PANDEMIC. “We’re living in a time, unfortunately, that is trying and putting to the test the fairness, the equity of all of our systems,” says Bernie Mazyck of Summerville, who serves as CEO of the S.C. Association for Community Economic Development. “It should give everyone, up and down the social strata, give all of us a moment to pause and look at what we currently have, to reflect upon it and say, ‘Something’s wrong here, we need to rethink some things.’”

African Americans in the state are more likely than white people to die from COVID-19.

Furthermore, those who have trouble accessing health care are less likely to be tested, and some of the lowest wage-earners in the state are the ones keeping essential services, such as grocery stores, running. Advocates say those at the margins have been impacted harder by the pandemic than the mostly white middle class. “(Rebuilding) will MAZYCK TAMIKA GADSDEN require centering the (LEFT) SAYS voices of black people and indigenous and SOUTH CAROLINA poor folk and immigrant communities,” NEEDS GREATER Charleston activist Tamika Gadsden says.

INVESTMENT IN “There needs to be a needs assessment that EDUCATION FOR needs to be people led … using grassroots COMMUNITIES organizing to listen to folks to let them tell OF COLOR WHEN folks what they need.”

REBUILDING According to the 2018 census estimates, South Carolina’s black population comprises 27.1 percent of the state. Hispanics account for 5.9 percent and Native Americans account for 0.5 percent of the population. White residents represent 68.5 percent of the population.

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“Politics aside, take a step back and look at the people who have continually exposed themselves and [their] families to this virus so we can have food on our table,” journalist and immigrant advocate Fernando Soto of Charleston says. “Take a step back and take it all in and realize, while we go through this pandemic together, we’re not all in it together in the same way.”

It was a sentiment repeated by many.

“Black folks and Latinos and other marginalized, low-income communities, they’re the ones on the front lines,” North Charleston Democratic Rep. J.A. Moore says. “Until we protect folks in the community I represent, not just identity-wise, then the whole state is continued on page 10

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The very people who were left out of the Great Depression’s New Deal and who have recovered the least since the Great Recession remain skeptical that the government can help or that any lasting change will result.

“We have had those experiences where we looked at institutions for help and we expect them to rebuild and, time and time again, black and brown people have been left behind,” Soto says.

Still, there is hope. Soto says he has seen a shift on social media with more people caring about the fates of low-income workers, regardless of immigration status.

Improving education

vulnerable, the whole idea of taking care of the least of these because the least of these is who takes care of us.”

Mexican immigrant Sonia Villegas of North Charleston says while many people in the state have tried to stay home during the pandemic, many in the immigrant community have had to work.

“Unfortunately, we are people who live day-byMOORE day and we need to work,” she says. “There’s a lot of friends who have been able to stay home but a lot of single moms I know, they have to go out and look for the food and work every single day. If they don’t work, they can’t feed their children.”

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For some, the pandemic has exposed underlying inequities and could be the start of a conversation about the disparities’ root causes. And, they say, now is the time to listen to the communities most deeply impacted by the virus and the economic fallout.

“If you’re looking at trying to improve the conditions of people in a society, you have to look at the least of these, you have to look at those that have been historically neglected. The solutions on how we move forward have to be a bottom-up approach,” North Charleston Democratic Rep. Marvin Pendarvis says. “If you do those things, in the long run you will be able to ensure prosperity.”

Gadsden says the black and minority communities of South Carolina are not better prepared to weather catastrophe due to anything “supernatural.”

“This isn’t genetic, our ability to adapt and respond after being slighted, underresourced, under-served,” she says. “It’s a byproduct of white supremacist culture …

It’s the vestiges of slavery in this state and its inability to make amends.”

Sabrina Grey Wolf Creel of Walterboro, a board member of the Edisto Natchez Kusso Tribe of South Carolina, says ethnic minorities and those earning a low income offer a unique viewpoint.

“We fight a lot of different things that most people don’t fight every day,” she says.

“We might be a minority but we are still here where it would have taken other people out … Low-income, minority groups, the difficulties that we face, that the average American doesn’t, is one of the strongest things that keeps us survivors.”

Republican Statehouse candidate Samuel Rivers, who is vying for his former seat held

by Moore, said it isn’t just a black-and-white issue. It’s about what everyone wants.

“Everyone wants the same things: a good education, safe streets, the ability to send their children to college, financial security, good health, peace and tranquility,” Rivers says. “It’s just finding the different road maps to get there. When we do that we will come up with a balanced approach on how we can rebuild our state.”

Expanding access to health care Gaining equal access to health care was a key concern for many, with some saying the state should reevaluate expanding Medicaid, an option the state has declined since 2009. Some of the states that initially declined Medicaid expansion have since expanded the federally supported service to include more people.

“The need right now, more than ever, is to expand Medicaid,” Moore says. “Now is a time to not play politics and expand Medicaid so we can really ensure people can have the health care coverage we need.”

In addition to expanding Medicaid, Moore says state lawmakers need to do better in funding the state departments that focus on health, the environment, and mental health.

Soto says people who are not insured also have difficulty in obtaining coronavirus tests.

For that reason, he said, there should be skepticism when looking at S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control’s demographic data for COVID-19, which lists 6 percent of cases as Hispanic.

“That’s very concerning because that number seems very minute,” he says. “To this day, I don’t know where anybody would go for a free test. Hispanics, by and large, have to pay for things out of pocket because

Education for adults and children was another recurring theme.

“It takes upfront investment in our citizens.

I don’t think we can commit to long-term resiliency in South Carolina without investing in how we educate our kids,” Moore says.

Mazyck of Summerville says South Carolina needs to rally around teachers post-pandemic.

“One of the things that’s clear from this pandemic and this shelter-in-place order that we are currently living under — everyone will say teachers are gold, and as such we should pay them as the gold that they are.

The General Assembly has to be forced to increase the budget for teacher pay,” he says.

Gadsden says marginalized communities cannot have equal footing without equal education, and she says South Carolina needs greater investment in education for communities of color. She says the majorityblack counties are too often at the bottom in education, and minorities are too often left out of the best schools in a district.

For Emory Campbell of Hilton Head Island, education needs to extend beyond traditional education, especially for minority communities.

“We strengthen them by sharing the history with them or reteaching. Allowing families to begin to learn their history and their culture and that’s how you strengthen the community, empower the community to do what they do best,” Campbell says. “The rural communities in South Carolina and the communities along the coast, what they need most is education and how-to programs.”

Campbell, retired as leader of the Penn Center on St. Helena Island, says those howto programs should teach everything from gardening to finances. Born into the Gullah community of Hilton Head, Campbell says the community is made more vulnerable now by loss of identity and loss of skills.

“We dragged them off to work, we educated them poorly and yet they’re the ones that had the resources to develop themselves,” he says.

Soto says the immigrant community is facing a different challenge: Parents are out working and cannot help children with school work, and sometimes the parents don’t speak the language or have enough education to help.

Raising the minimum wage, affordable housing

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Pendarvis says he’s hopeful that there will be consideration for raising the minimum wage and addressing affordable housing.

“So many people in vulnerable communities, they work 9 to 5, they work minimum wage, and that’s not enough for them to take care of their children and pay rent and utilities,” he says, adding it also speaks to an affordable housing issue in the state. Both lead to financial instability for the most vulnerable, he says.

Mazyck says the pandemic has shown who the most essential and yet most underpaid workers are in the state.

“When you look at the bus driver, the Uber driver, the restaurant server, the fastfood server, when you look at all of those

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professions, the health professionals up and down the professional ranks, we now see how important those people are to our quality of life and to our economy but they’re the ones paid the least, paid on an hourly basis,” he says. “Then in order for them to live, housing is unaffordable so they oftentimes are living in substandard housing.”

Building financial preparedness Mazyck said crises sometimes lead to lowincome workers borrowing from high-interest payday or title loan lenders, a stopgap that could further undermine their financial situation.

“Those types of lenders, in a lot of cases, are predatory. They don’t build or help that customer to help them get out of that loan or build that credit rating,” he said. “As a result they fall further and further into economic dismay so we need financial systems that work so folks can access them. Some of that might require more financial education, credit counseling.”

Rivers says financial preparedness of the individual will help people weather storms like this better.

“People need to be a little more financially prepared for times like these,” he says.

Financial preparedness and helping some South Carolinians get out of “the renting stage” will help people become more self-reliant, he adds.

Building resiliency through faith Creel says she’s noticed a bright spot from the pandemic: People are spending more time with family and with God. “The pandemic took away shopping, sports events and all these things,” she says. “It made you put back into focus the things that really matter like your family, your household, and making sure your neighbor is well taken care of as well. It’s almost like a pause in time to see where you really are.”

She said she hoped people will continue with a new perspective moving forward.

“For us to go stronger, it’s putting God back in the center of it and [moving] forward,” Creel says. “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.”

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Drive-in movies

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Call-in plant sale Every Tuesday for the foreseeable future, the Charleston Horticultural Society hosts a call-in plant sale, with a variety of flora to choose from. Call (843) 579-9922 on Tuesdays between 9 a.m.-noon to place your order (you can peruse all of the vibrant offerings online at chashortsoc.org). Past offerings have included succulents, carrot ferns, and a number of deciduous hardy hibiscus flowers. Orders can be picked up outside of the CHS office on Fridays.

Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Prices vary. Learn more at chashortsoc.org

Terrace Theater is throwin’ it back to the days of drive-in movies, now offering double features every night. Buy tickets ($25/car) ahead of time, load up the car with your family, and pull up to the gravel lot next to Zia to get your movie fix. The first film starts at 8 p.m. each night. The rules for this appropriately social-distanced experience are simple: Stay in your car (unless you have to use the restroom). Set your radio to 88.3 FM to hear the sound from the movie, sit back, and relax. You can order concessions ahead of time (no refills on popcorn or drinks, though), and as you can imagine spaces are limited so be sure to book your spot in advance.

Daily at 8 p.m. $25/car. Terrace Theater, 1956D Maybank Hwy. James Island. terracetheater.com

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Creature features If you and the kiddos are wondering what kinds of furry friends you’ve been encountering in your yard or nearby park, Charleston County Parks and Rec has you covered with their handy dandy “creature features.” Just head online to read all about Lowcountry critters like a marsh rabbit, American robin, and softshell turtle. And note, some CCPRC parks are beginning to reopen.

Check the full list out online at ccprc.com

Every year Postpartum Support Charleston hosts a moms’ run and family fun day as their largest fundraiser, raising money to provide support and resources to women and their families struggling with maternal mental illnesses. This year the run is going virtual, and taking place for a whole week, starting Sat. May 3 and running through Sat. May 9. All you have to do is register for the race online, find your favorite neighborhood route or trail, and lace up your running shoes.

Through Sat. May 9. ppdsupport.org/ events/momsrun2020

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Museum from Home w/ CMA The Columbia Museum of Art has a variety of new virtual offerings, from activities to archived artist talks to behind-the-scenes looks at how the museum operates. If you’ve ever wondered how art is framed — and how lighting in a big exhibition works — you’ll want to check these videos out.

The activity guides range from fun stuff “for the littles” to programming for big kids and grownups. Check it all out online. columbiamuseum.org

Library Trivia Your local library is jumping on the online trivia game, bringing a new virtual trivia night to your screen every Thursday night at 8 p.m. The rules are simple: Assemble friends via group text/ video/carrier pigeon and decide who will be in charge of keeping track of a team’s score. The game consists of three rounds, with questions getting increasingly more difficult (and answers worth more points). The prize? Bragging rights, of course. Scoring is dependent on the honor system, so be fair and don’t resort to Google.

Thursdays at 8 p.m. facebook.com/ groups/ccpltrivianight

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The Show (May) Go On Charleston theater companies contemplate their futures while mired in a very uncertain present

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It was mid-March when Charleston theLast month, the Wall Street Journal aters started asking for money on Facebook. explored the “Harsh realities for theaters Humbling as a plea for funds may be, the area’s closed by coronavirus after plays go online,” small and resilient theater companies are used looking at how theater companies in major to operating on small budgets. Nonexistent cities like San Francisco and Chicago have ones, though, were something new. attempted to transition to virtual offerings.

Online fundraisers were just the beginning In March, San Francisco’s American of a new way of navigating a world without Conservatory Theater presented a webcast live theater. of their current production, Toni Stone, an The coronavirus pandemic has forever online production that WSJ critic Terry changed the way we view entertainment.

Teachout called “hugely impressive.” And yet The concept of dinner and a show seems as successful as the online show was, there’s like something from a very distant past. And no way to predict how audiences will conwhile our favorite restaurants are doing their tinue to engage with live theater presented best to still provide us with dinner (to go, through a screen. of course), theaters are struggling to put on “I wish I’d done a better job archiving shows — at least in the ways we’re used to. past productions,” says Enright, who is They’re also struggling to put on shows in a struggling with a lack of online content way that makes enough money for theaters to to present to Village Rep’s audience. She continue to operate. could not have known, of “Like most nonprofits, we “Spoleto is such an course, that an unprecwork and live show to show,” important part of our edented pandemic would says Brian Porter, executive shutter folks in their director of Footlight Players. yearly budget and how homes for months.

In March, the company was And while Enright is we function. That loss weeks away from opening “kicking herself” for the is really devastating.” lack of archival footage, she the final show of their 88th season, Matilda, which says that there’s not much — Keely Enright, Village Repertory Co. Executive Director Porter expected to be a “big else a theater could have money maker.” done to prepare for the situThen a worldwide pandemic reached ation we’re in now. As the stewards of Woolfe South Carolina and dreams of season finales Street Playhouse, Village Rep has to maintain and box office records were cut short. a 17,000 square foot warehouse space. “In Village Repertory Company, which opergreat times you have your own venue and you ates out of Woolfe Street Playhouse, has been get to call the shots,” says Enright. “Now, in shut down since March 15, losing out on the this situation it’s the biggest liability.” chance to put on the final two productions of Unlike Village Rep, which is in charge of their season, including a big Spring musical.

Woolfe Street Playhouse, Charleston Stage In addition to housing Village Rep, the operates out of city-owned Dock Street Woolfe Street Playhouse serves as a popular Theatre. The company has asked the city venue for other arts organizations and profor rent abatement for 2020 and 2021; that ductions in town, including Spoleto Festival request has not yet been granted.

USA. The annual festival, generally held for One of the city’s largest theater compathree weeks during the end of May and early nies, Charleston Stage has implemented June, was cancelled on March 24. several fundraising initiatives. Most “Spoleto is such an important part of recently they launched the Curtain Up our yearly budget and how we function,” Fund, which allows patrons to make a one says Village Rep’s executive director Keely time gift to the company or schedule a Enright. “That loss is really devastating.” recurring donation.

Charleston theaters aren’t the only ones hit Founder and producing artistic director hard by the pandemic; the curtain has closed Julian Wiles has been sending out messages on live theater all over the country, forcing of hope to Charleston Stage patrons, promiscompanies big and small to rethink how they ing “great shows and great days” in the not so operate — and if continuing to operate even distant future. The company has released its makes any sense. schedule for their 2020-2021 season, slated

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to begin this August.

Footlight Players, too, has a decent grasp on the fundraising side of things; Porter says that supporters of the company have been “very generous.” These interim cash buffers are greatly appreciated, but the burden of uncertainty still weighs heavy on local companies’ directors.

“The biggest problem is we don’t know the impact of this, especially for nonprofits and arts groups and live theater,” says Porter.

“Even when we come out of this and people are allowed to come out, will they come? Will they have the money to come anymore?”

That WSJ article quotes executive director of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, Roche Schulfer: “People staring at screens?

They’re really over it.”

“We all miss the communal aspect of theater,” says Enright. “It’s very hard when you

walk away from it.” While she wishes Village Rep had more filmed content to share, she can’t help but admit that she was never really interested in filming productions. “There’s always something lost in translation,” she says.

Live theater, for those who know and love it, is irreplaceable. Porter is grateful that he can still fund his full-time staff, but he mourns the loss of this time for actors and individual artists. “They’re not able to practice their lifelong art,” he says.

“There’s a certain weird grieving process if you’re in the business of live performing arts,” says Enright. “At the end of the day, I don’t make a lot of money out of this, but I get the satisfaction of being a storyteller, I get to experience people seeing the story you’re telling. Now, you’re afraid that you’re not going to be able to do that as you’ve always done it.”

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Screen Savers

ARTISTS CREATE T-SHIRTS TO SUPPORT LOCAL CHARITIES AND BUSINESSES

The world of online streaming services features some real winners

Several Charleston-area artists have pooled their collective talents to create T-shirts that spread a message of positivity — from a distance. Graphic designer Connor Lock teamed up with some pals (Cannonborough Beverages’ Brandon Wogamon and Brittany Paul) to print T-shirts that feature his design and the phrase “Love from a distance.”

As Lock explains in a promotional video for the shirts, “We need some motivation in this time. This is my symbol, my token of sending love to someone I care about.”

Each shirt is $25 and supports a local screen printer along with local community partners and charities.

“Love from a distance” will run weeklong pre-sales of the shirts with a goal for a local charity, distributing the proceeds to the charity at the end of that week.

Purchase online at lovefromadistance.org. ­— Connelly Hardaway

As we enter Week Whatever of self-isolation, we’ve become all too familiar with advertisements featuring soft, maudlin piano keys plinking beneath self-important, grandiose statements made by overly-earnest narrators talking about how we’re home alone ... together.

More importantly, you can get 20 percent off of ColourPop’s makeup selection, free delivery on soul crushing fast food, and BOGO deals on rare ’80s gems while being home alone, together. Speaking of gems, I’ve found a few more options on various streaming services.

(By the way, Home Alone Together would be a great Home Alone rebootquel where a middle-aged Kevin McCallister neglects his entire family and decides to stay on vacation while making half-hearted attempts at zooming with his doddering parents, despondent wife, and resentful kids.)

For the Weekend

Porno

This film begins with two 1992 teen pervs watching a couple hump away. Their overly-devout boss leaves his five movie cinema employees to close up for the night. Later on, a crazy old coot wanders about one of the theaters and soon stumbles across an unmarked reel of film. They watch it. A sex demon pops out. Before long, secrets are revealed, nude hallucinations happen, viscera flies, and male genitalia explodes

SC ARTS COMMISSION TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF GRANTS

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FROM CREEPY AIRBNB HOSTS IN FOR THE WEEKEND (TOP), TO MOVIE THEATER SEX DEMONS GETTING THEIR ROCKS OFF IN PORNO (ABOVE), STAY-AT-HOME WOULD HAVE BEEN THE WISER CHOICE FOR SOME PROTAGONISTS

graphically. I should mention that this film was produced by every horror nerd’s favorite, Fangoria magazine. I had been looking forward to this film since it gained popularity at film festivals last year. My expectations were abnormally high.

I loved the premise but wish they had done more with it.

That being said, I think those who don’t walk in with lofty grindhouse-sized expectations may get a kick out of this brisk horror-comedy. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing what else director Keola Racela has in store.

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CORONAVIRUS-INFECTED ZOMBIES: TOO SOON? PROBABLY, YEAH.

Speaking of Fangoria, Charles Band is a name that once dominated the pages of the magazine. The man responsible for Troll, Ghoulies, Evil Bong, and Laserblast recently released this dubious gem. At barely 60 minutes, the film stars Cody Renee Cameron as Barbie, Robin Sydney as Kendra, and the cast of Zombie Strippers and Bruno Mattei’s trashy Hell of the Living Dead. Barbie and Kendra chat on the phone about zombies created by the coronavirus intercut with real news footage and footage from those two zombie films with the dialogue re-dubbed with funny dialogue a la Kung Pow! Enter The Fist meets Family Guy reference jokes. You’ll be happy to know that Band already has a sequel, Barbie and Kendra Save the Tiger King, on the way.

Last week, the South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) announced the availability of emergency relief for South Carolina arts organizations and individual artists who can prove lost income because of the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Applications for SCAC grants will be accepted beginning Wed. April 29 through May 15. You can find the applications and guidelines online at southcarolinaarts.com.

These grants are only applicable to artists who have suffered income loss caused by COVID-19-related cancellations and closures during the fourth quarter of FY2020.

The relief may support salaries and administrative costs to the nonprofit arts sector including rent/mortgage and other operating expenses.

Funding for each arts organization will be based on the applying organization’s budget size. Funding is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, which received a $75 million allocation in the CARES Act. Individual artists who have lived in South Carolina for at least one year may receive up to $1,000.

In a press release, SCAC executive director David Platts said: “The South Carolina Arts Commission understands the difficulties our artists and arts organizations in South Carolina are facing right now, and it is imperative that they get assistance. We are happy to be able to provide some help during trying times, and are doing our best to make the process simple and fast.”

The SCAC hopes to notify grant recipients within two weeks of the application deadline, which ends on May 15. —CH

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This low-budget indie begins with an unfortunate soul possibly meeting her end while searching for a signal on her phone. From there we meet a gang of friends on their way to a birthday Airbnb type of situation out in the middle of nowhere so they can reconnect. It may not surprise you to hear that these five friends have varying degrees of tension going on. What begins as an awkward, funny Big Chill flick doesn’t stay that way for the “mom,” the dork, the douche, the drama queen, and the irritable birthday boy. We also meet the owner of the rental space. He’s one of those smiling, kindly types who seems a little bit spooky at the same time. From there the vibe evolves from the uncomfortable awkward social tension to an altogether different kind of tension akin to thrillers. This was a nice find thanks to some naturalistic performances and a deft, unpredictable script.

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R.B.’s Seafood Restaurant has closed for good after nearly 60 years on Shem Creek.

On Wednesday, the Charleston-based owner Ronnie Boals announced the property was sold to an Atlanta-based corporation.

The restaurant has been closed in recent weeks due to the coronavirus.

According to a press release, Boals opened R.B.’s in 1979 and is ready to retire, but says he’s sad to say goodbye to the popular waterfront dining spot.

The announcement came just one day after Parcel 32 on King Street downtown became the first Charleston-area restaurant to say it would not reopen when dine-in services resume. Owner Patrick Properties reportedly plans to use the space as an additional venue for its events business.

“It’s been a great business. We had a lot of dedicated repeat customers,” says Boals. “I’m going to miss seeing them come in and out.”

The 79 Church St. property was sold to Geyer Capital Management for $7 million.

“We are thrilled to find a buyer who appreciates this special area and is committed to adding value to our community,” broker C. Kendrick of Charleston Commercial said in the press release.

The new owners plan to renovate and update the property before a new tenant moves in. —Parker Milner

A farewell to Minero and McCrady’s

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BY ROBERT MOSS

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Thursday evening I was working a jigsaw puzzle at my dining room table when a press release landed in my email: “Neighborhood Dining Group Updates.”

“This can’t be good news,” I thought.

It wasn’t. Back in March, the group temporarily shuttered all of its Charleston restaurants. Now it has decided that its two East Bay Street properties, McCrady’s and Minero, will not be coming back.

The decision came, NDG president David Howard explained in the release, after much exploration of “the future of our restaurant operations” and “how they will fit into the new reality we anticipate for the F&B industry.”

McCrady’s tasting-menu format and “intimate setting,” Howard writes, “will no longer be viable in this changed business environment with restrictions on seating capacity.” Minero, the casual Mexican spot on the second floor of the building adjoining McCrady’s, will be closing for good as well.

NDG will focus instead on Husk, Delaney Oyster House, and the new Johns Island location of Minero. Originally slated to open this summer, the new 4,300-square-foot setting will feature outdoor seating and support curbside pickup along with more-distanced dining.

It was one hell of a way to close out the month of April. This week, news of permanent closures — as opposed to temporary shutdowns — had already started trickling in.

Parcel 32 on King Street will be converted to an event venue, and R.B.’s Seafood — an old Shem Creek warhorse since 1979 — has been sold to an Atlanta-based developer. In an even bigger blow, word came that Nana’s Seafood & Soul — one of the last outposts of Gullah cuisine on the peninsula — will no longer be dishing out fried whiting and garlic crabs downtown.

Now we know two more downtown icons won’t be coming back.

McCrady’s opened in March 1993 on the ground floor at 2 Unity Alley, a 9,500-square-foot edifice built in 1767 that once housed Edward McCrady’s tavern. It was launched by the owners of Restaurant Million, an upscale French restaurant that originally occupied the ground floor space and moved upstairs to make room for the less-formal concept.

Jose de Anacleto was the chef for both restaurants, and his original McCrady’s

(ABOVE) ORIGINAL OFFERINGS AT MINERO INCLUDED GREEN CHORIZO CHICKEN CARNITAS TACOS; (RIGHT) MCCRADY’S LATEST TASTING FORMAT MENU FEATURED IMAGINATIVE TAKES ON TRADITIONAL DESSERTS LIKE ICE CREAM

menu offered a slate of internationally inspired dishes like curried chicken wings and lentil and chorizo soup.

The restaurant changed hands a few times in the years that followed. In 1999, California native Michael Kramer became executive chef, and he accepted the job on one condition: “That I don’t have to do Southern food.”

Chilean sea bass and butter-poached lobster with foie gras and black truffle-riesling sauce were among the highlights of his thenacclaimed menu.

In 2006, just a few years after I moved to Charleston, Sean Brock returned to the city to take over the McCrady’s kitchen. Steeped in the deconstructivist mode of Spanish chef Ferran Adria, he transformed that kitchen into a molecular gastronomic laboratory before turning his eyes toward local fields and waters.

Other talented Charleston chefs were mining that same farm-to-table vein, but it was under Brock’s manic evangelism that it all coalesced at McCrady’s. His crew butchered pasture-raised pork and whole fish line-caught in local waters. Up on the roof, they raised herbs and edible flowers and filled a shed with pickles and vinegars. They even launched a short-lived farm out on Wadmalaw.

“Lardcore,” an energetic renewal of Southern cooking, took hold in 2011 after Brock transplanted his hyper-regional cuisine to Husk on Queen Street. But those seeds were germinated at McCrady’s.

When Minero launched in 2014, Brock’s casual taco joint seemed destined to be a

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flash in the pan, a side trip into the chef’s obsession of the month. It was high-concept, with heirloom corn tortillas, mismatched silverware in little drawers at each table, and long shelves of rare mezcal behind the bar.

But Minero proved to have legs, and there was no place in town quite like it. The first bite of each taco was reliably splendid and intense, delivering a punch of char from charcoaled chicken or the splendid crisp crunch of fried catfish. I was consistently enthralled by the smoky heat of the Valentina-laced chicken wings steaming up from their brown paper bag.

In 2016, Minero moved upstairs to make room for a new McCrady’s tasting room.

Weary of cornbread and fried chicken, Brock poured his avant garde sensibility into a parade of meticulously-orchestrated bites: a cylinder of Ossabaw pork with red bay and sorghum, a pristine sea scallop beneath a blanket of sea-like foam, a narrow strip of 65-day-aged ribeye dusted with black truffle.

I was floored by it all. I pondered at the time whether the latest incarnation of McCrady’s might offer a path forward for Charleston dining and herald “a return to the relentless, obsessive focus on technique and ingredients while still embracing the more casual contemporary mode.” continued on page 17

500 PAIRS OF CUSTOM VANS NOW AVAILABLE TO BENEFIT THE ALLEY

The Alley is participating in a nationwide benefit campaign with Vans to support small businesses by selling original shoe designs featuring the work of local artists.

Artist Lauren Ridenour’s video submission for the “Foot the Bill” promo turned her Charleston-themed design into reality, and 500 pairs of the shoes are now available online as part of the initiative.

According to a press release, Ridenour says she was inspired by the diverse and creative culture in Charleston, and she hopes her shoe can help build a sense of community.

“During these challenging times, we realize that we are stronger together and we will all get through this because we are all one.”

The Alley opened in 2012 but has been temporarily closed due to the coronavirus since March 17. To date, their employee relief fund has raised over $16,000 and they are hoping that Ridenour’s shoe can get them closer to their goal of $45,000. Proceeds from shoe sales minus the cost of production and shipping will be donated to the fund.

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From Baguettes to Bag-ettes James Island bakery is all-in on new weekly grocery delivery service Sisters Paula and Sam Kramer needed to the program’s rapid growth has allowed revamp their business model to adapt to the them to hire back some of their furloughed new realities presented by the coronavirus employees. They’ve also enhanced the bags just four months after taking over Baguette by expanding their list of partners, which Magic on James Island. includes Vertical Roots, Beaded Venus, What was once a cozy, French bakery Vicious Biscuit, Local Love Charleston, serving coffee, croissants, and build-yourPaolo’s Gelato, and Lowcountry Creamery. own omelettes is now a weekly service The Bag-ettes also feature recipes and dodelivering groceries and kitchen essentials it-yourself kits aimed at helping families get to Lowcountry residents. Or, as the owners the most out of their bags, the sisters said. put it, Baguette Magic has transformed into Legare Farms vegetable bags, for “Bag-ette” delivery. instance, come with “It became apparent “It became apparent pretty recipes based on the pretty early on that we produce found inside. early on that we weren’t weren’t going to be able One week, the Kramer going to be able to survive sisters offered instructo survive by just doing takeout,” says Sam, who by just doing takeout.” tions on how to turn also operates popular cucumbers into pickles.

— Sam Kramer, co-owner of Baguette Magic Jewish-Mexican fusion Another week, they pop-up Matzo y Maza. provided a riff on a “I had this idea for the ‘Bag-ette’ delivery classic cacio e pepe using rutabaga as the program, so we closed everything down and pasta. And they haven’t stopped there. made the decision to put all of our eggs in “We have a pizza kit using our baguette one basket.” dough as the crust and also a cookie decoratThe new service delivers weekly grocery ing kit that’s been a hit,” says Sam. bags filled with goods from local producers Kits have included ingredients and instrucsuch as Legare Farms, Storey Farms, Second tions for tacos, ramen, charcuterie boards, State Coffee, and Rio Bertolini’s Fresh Pasta and French toast since the start of Bag-ette.

Co. Although the bakery remains closed, Bag“We’ve tried to continue to switch things ettes include breakfast pastries, bread, and up to keep customers ordering,” says Sam. other items from their regular menu. They “We try to make it as easy as possible to exeeven included toilet paper in their first bags. cute, and the idea is for kids to participate.”

Sam says she was initially nervous about such With a growing customer base for the Baga change at a local destination that’s been servette program, what happens once restaurants ing the community for more than eight years. are permitted to reopen for dine-in service?

“It was really hard at first because people “We are definitely working now to figwere still calling to see if we were open for ure out the logistics of continuing Bag-ette delivery,” Sam says. “We were asking ourmoving forward,” says Sam. “We’d like to selves, ‘Did we do the right thing?’” continue partnering with local businesses Over the course of four days, the sisters on a week-to-week or month-to-month rolled out the new business model. basis. The one thing we probably won’t And the nervousness faded quickly. The sell anymore is toilet paper, but we do Bag-ette program has become an instant hit want to get creative and continue it in among locals wanting to support small busisome capacity.” nesses without leaving their homes. In order All Bag-ette orders can be placed online to meet the growing demand for their groand customers can expect to receive a text cery bags, Paula and Sam developed a system with their tracking link and delivery window to deliver all over the Lowcountry, including the night before the drop off.

Mt. Pleasant, Hanahan, and Summerville.

Baguette Magic customers can also opt to Here’s how it works: When customers go give back by adding a food or money donato checkout online, they choose the bag that tion to their order benefiting local Charleston coincides with their zip code. Each bag can food banks. East Cooper Community be filled with bread, eggs, meat, and produce. Outreach and Our Lady of Mercy will each Deliveries are made to different zip codes be matching donations made through the each day of the week. Orders are placed one bags up to $1,000. week in advance, giving the Kramer sisters time to source the local products.

To place a weekly Bag-ette delivery order featuring According to Sam, they are deliverfresh locally made bread, croissants, eggs, produce, ing an average of 500 bags per week, and and more head to baguettemagic.com.

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SISTERS PAULA AND SAM KRAMER HAVE REMADE THE BAGUETTE MAGIC BUSINESS MODEL JUST MONTHS AFTER TAKING OVER THE POPULAR JAMES ISLAND SPOT

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Missing continued from page 15 It proved instead to be Brock’s last dance in Charleston. Not long after, he decamped to Nashville for good and parted ways with NDG. With a well-regimented kitchen, McCrady’s carried on, and it was sitting at the top of my list of restaurants to revisit and re-review before the whole pandemic thing put a stop to such exercises.

The legacy of those spaces on Unity Alley and East Bay goes far beyond the stunning meals I’ve enjoyed there.

In the 1790s, Edward McCrady’s Long Room was the largest hall in the city, the site of countless banquets, dances, and performances. It was where George Washington, visiting Charleston during his 1791 “Southern tour,” was treated to a sumptuous feast.

I will remember historically themed banquets, rye whiskey and militia punch seminars, and welcoming new members into the Brown Water Society within those walls.

For me, the buildings were a sprawling culinary wonderland where the past and present met and inspired us to press forward into the future.

Of course, that McCrady’s was largely gone before COVID-19 struck. Last July, after years of trying to make the large McCrady’s Tavern space work, NDG closed off the 2 Unity Alley building and put it up for sale.

I can’t help but draw a contrast to April of last year, when word came that Robert Stehling had decided to close his iconic Hominy Grill. In that case we had three weeks of notice — time to make one final visit, to enjoy one last plate of shrimp and grits and give a proper farewell.

That’s not how it works in 2020.

For weeks, people have been saying that the restaurant industry will look very different when it comes out on the other side. But until now, it’s been hard to see exactly how things are going to be different. Now we are getting a glimpse.

Old friends will be gone, and entire formats and categories might be, too. I am inherently an optimist, but if “the new reality we anticipate for the F&B industry,” to borrow David Howard’s words, doesn’t have room for a McCrady’s or a downtown Minero, then it’s not a reality I am looking forward to seeing.

After shooting out a few messages about the McCrady’s and Minero news, I went back to my jigsaw puzzle. I realized I had forced together a couple of pieces that didn’t actually fit, but even after correcting that, I still couldn’t make progress. The colors and the patterns were too similar, and I couldn’t see how one piece fit in with the next.

So I paused and poured a couple of ounces of Charleston Sercial in a glass. I sipped the madeira in memory of the many excellent meals and even better company enjoyed in that old, rambling complex on East Bay. We still have Delaney Oyster House — NDG’s newest jewel on Calhoun Street — and of course Husk and the Bar at Husk. I guess that will have to do.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious,” says businessperson and entrepreneur John Sculley. You Tauruses aren’t renowned for such foresight. It’s more likely to belong to Aries and Sagittarius people. Your tribe is more likely to specialize in doing the good work that turns others’ bright visions into practical realities. But this Year of the Coronavirus could be an exception to the general rule. In the past three months as well as in the next six months, many of you Bulls have been and will continue to be catching glimpses of interesting possibilities before they become obvious. Give yourself credit for this knack. Be alert for what it reveals.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): For 148 uninterrupted years, American militias and the American army waged a series of wars against the native peoples who lived on the continent before Europeans came.

There were more than 70 conflicts that lasted from 1776 until 1924. If there is any long-term struggle or strife that even mildly resembles that situation in your own personal life, our Global Healing Crisis is a favorable time to call a truce and cultivate peace.

Start now! It’s a ripe and propitious time to end hostilities that have gone on too long.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Novelist Marcel Proust was a sensitive, dreamy, emotional, selfprotective, creative Cancerian. That may explain why he wasn’t a good soldier. During his service in the French army, he was ranked 73rd in a squad of 74.

On the other hand, his majestically intricate sevenvolume novel In Search of Lost Time is a masterpiece — one of the 20th century’s most influential literary works. In evaluating his success as a human being, should we emphasize his poor military performance and downplay his literary output? Of course not! Likewise, Cancerian, in the coming weeks I’d like to see you devote vigorous energy to appreciating what you do best and no energy at all to worrying about your inadequacies.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Fortune resists halfhearted prayers,” wrote the poet Ovid more than 2,000 years ago. I will add that Fortune also resists poorly formulated intentions, feeble vows, and sketchy plans — especially now, during an historical turning point when the world is undergoing massive transformations. Luckily, I don’t see those lapses being problems for you in the coming weeks, Leo. According to my analysis, you’re primed to be clear and precise. Your willpower should be working with lucid grace. You’ll have an enhanced ability to assess your assets and make smart plans for how to use them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Last year the Baltimore Museum of Art announced it would acquire works exclusively from women artists in 2020. A male art critic complained, “That’s unfair to male artists.” Here’s my reply: Among major permanent art collections in the U.S. and Europe, the work of women makes up five percent of the total.

So what the Baltimore Museum did is a righteous attempt to rectify the existing excess. It’s a just and fair way to address an unhealthy imbalance. In accordance with current omens and necessities, Virgo, I encourage you to perform a comparable correction in your personal sphere.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the course of my life, I’ve met many sharp thinkers with advanced degrees from fine universities — who are nonetheless stunted in their emotional intelligence. They may quote Shakespeare and discourse on quantum physics and explain the difference between the

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Yet most of these folks are not extreme outliers.

I’ve found that virtually all of us are smarter in our heads than we are in our hearts. The good news, Libra, is that our current Global Healing Crisis is an excellent time for you to play catch up. Do what poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti suggests: “Make your mind learn its way around the heart.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Aphorist Aaron Haspel writes, “The less you are contradicted, the stupider you become. The more powerful you become, the less you are contradicted.” Let’s discuss how this counsel might be useful to you in the coming weeks. First of all, I suspect you will be countered and challenged more than usual, which will offer you rich opportunities to become smarter.

Secondly, I believe you will become more powerful as long as you don’t try to stop or discourage the influences that contradict you. In other words, you’ll grow your personal authority and influence to the degree that you welcome opinions and perspectives that are not identical to yours.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “It’s always too early to quit,” wrote author Norman Vincent Peale. We should put his words into perspective, though. He preached “the power of positive thinking.” He was relentless in his insistence that we can and should transcend discouragement and disappointment. So we should consider the possibility that he was overly enthusiastic in his implication that we should NEVER give up. What do you think, Sagittarius? I’m guessing this will be an important question for you to consider in the coming weeks. It may be time to re-evaluate your previous thoughts on the matter and come up with a fresh perspective.

For example, maybe it’s right to give up on one project if it enables you to persevere in another.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The 16th century mystic nun Saint Teresa of Avila was renowned for being overcome with rapture during her spiritual devotions. At times she experienced such profound bliss through her union with God that she levitated off the ground. “Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction,” she wrote. I hope that you will be periodically moving in that direction yourself during the coming weeks, Capricorn. Although it may seem odd advice to receive during our Global Healing Crisis, I really believe you should make appointments with euphoria, delight, and enchantment.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Grammy-winning musician and composer Pharrell Williams has expertise in the creative process. “If someone asks me what inspires me,” he testifies, “I always say, ‘That which is missing.’” According to my understanding of the astrological omens, you would benefit from making that your motto in the coming weeks. Our Global Healing Crisis is a favorable time to discover what’s absent or empty or blank about your life, and then learn all you can from exploring it. I think you’ll be glad to be shown what you didn’t consciously realize was lost, omitted, or lacking.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I am doing my best to not become a museum of myself,” declares poet Natalie Diaz. I think she means that she wants to avoid defining herself entirely by her past. She is exploring tricks that will help her keep from relying so much on her old accomplishments that she neglects to keep growing. Her goal is to be free of her history, not to be weighed down and limited by it. These would be worthy goals for you to work on in the coming weeks, Pisces. What would your first step be?

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1. Suit to Quiet Title 2. Adverse Possession 3. Reformation of Deed

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TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend the action(s) set forth in the Complaint herein, a copy of which is served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer or other response to said Complaint on John E. Romanosky, Jr., Esquire, at his office at One Cool Blow Street, Suite 201, Charleston, South Carolina, 29403, within thirty (30) days after service hereof if service upon you was in person and thirty-five (35) days after service hereof if served upon you by U. S. Mail, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer, appear and defend the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the said Complaint.

TO ANY DEFENDANTS WHO ARE MINORS, AND TO THE GUARDIAN(S) OF SUCH MINOR(S) OR PERSON WITH WHOM SUCH MINOR(S) RESIDE(S):

TO ANY DEFENDANTS WHO ARE IMPRISONED;

TO ANY DEFENDANTS WHO ARE INCOMPETENT, AND TO THE GUARDIAN(S) OF SUCH INCOMPETENT PERSON(S) OR PERSON(S) WITH WHOM SUCH INCOMPETENT PERSON(S) RESIDES: YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE that, if you fail to apply for appointment of a Guardian ad Litem for the Minor, Imprisoned Person, or Incompetent Person, within thirty (30) days after service of the Summons to Answer the Complaint, the Plaintiff will make such application on your behalf.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon the Complaint

of the Plaintiff above named against the above named Defendants, said action being brought pursuant to Section 15-53-10, et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina, (1976), as amended, (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act); also pursuant to Section 15-67-210, et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina, (1976) as amended, (Possession and Adverse Possession) for the purpose of obtaining a Decree adjudging that Lamar A. Bonaparte, Jr., is seized and possessed of the fee simple interest in the real property described herein; and, for Reformation of the Master’s Deed issued in Civil Action No. 2005-CP-104781 and that certain quitclaim deed from Congaree Jenkins, Jr., to the Plaintiff recorded in Book J520 at page 378, ROD office for Charleston County.

The property affected by the said Complaint is commonly known as 58 Aiken Street, Charleston, South Carolina, and was, at the time of the filing of this Lis Pendens, described as follows: (Lot 3-Aiken Street) All that lot of land, situate, lying, and being in the City of Charleston, state aforesaid, on the East side of Aiken Street, and designated as Number 3 on a plat made by Louis J. Barbot dated September 17, 1981, and recorded in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Charleston County in Plat Book B at page 140.

Butting and bounding and measuring and containing, North on Lot No. 4 on said plat One Hundred and One feet Three inches (101’3”), South on Lot No. 2 on said plat One Hundred and One feet (101’), East on Lot No. 12 on said plat Thirty-three feet (33’) and West on Aiken Street Thirty-three (33’), be the said dimensions more or less.

ALSO: (Lot 2-Aiken Street) All that lot, piece, or parcel of land situate, lying, and being on the east side of Aiken Street between Lee and Cooper Streets, in the city of Charleston, County of Charleston, state aforesaid, and known as Plat 2 or 58 Aiken St. Measuring and containing in front on Aiken Street thirty three (33) feet by one hundred (100) feet in depth, be the said dimensions more or less.

TMS #459-05-04-048 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO REFER TO MASTER IN EQUITY YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned attorney, on behalf of the Plaintiff herein, will move for an Order thirty (30) days from the date of service to refer the above entitled matter to the Master in Equity for Charleston County to take testimony and issue a Final Decree. Any appeal from the final judgment by the Master in Equity shall be made directly to the South Carolina Supreme Court or the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

NOTICE OF FILING

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Lis Pendens, Summons, Complaint, Notice of Filing, and Notice of Intention to Refer to Master in Equity were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County Court of Common Pleas on June 29, 2018.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by an Order dated June 29, 2018, and on file in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, Bruce A. Berlinsky, Esquire, whose address is One Carriage Lane, Bldg. F, Charleston, South

Carolina, 29407, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the Defendants whose true names are unknown as may be minors, infants, incompetents or persons of unsound mind or otherwise under any disability, including those persons who might be in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act of 2003; such appointment to become absolute unless the said Defendants or someone in their behalf shall procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem on or before the 30th day after the last publication of the Summons herein.

John E. Romanosky, Jr. S. C. Bar No. 4903 One Cool Blow Street Suite 201 Charleston, South Carolina 29403 843-724-1054 john@jromanlaw.com Attorney for Plaintiff Charleston, South Carolina June 29, 2018

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2020-CP-10-01890 Sandra C. Loy, Plaintiff, v.

Hannah Ancrum, also known as Hannah Bowman, a deceased person, her heirs, Personal Representatives, Successors, and Assigns and Spouses if any they have and all other Persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 2.00 Acres on Old Military Road, Adams Run, South Carolina TMS Number: 098-00-00-039 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class Designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 1721 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

NOTICE OF FILING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens, Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on April 17, 2020, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on April 22, 2020 and the Order of Publication was filed on April 29, 2020 in the Office of

the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berkeley County, dated April 22, 2020 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in St Paul’s Fire District, on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, containing 2.0 acres, more or less, and known as Tax Map Parcel 098-00-00-039.

BEING the same property conveyed to Sandra C. Loy

by Deed of Distribution in the Matter of William Coker (Charleston County Probate Case Number: 2019-ES-10-00096) dated September 17, 2019 and recorded in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Book 0822 at Page 270.

TMS #: 098-00-00-039 s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell 1721 Ashley River Road Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 Attorney for Plaintiff Date: April 30, 2020

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2020-CP-10-01840 Sandra C. Loy, Plaintiff, v.

Robert Smalls, a deceased person, his heirs, Personal Representatives, Successors, and Assigns and Spouses if any they have and all other Persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in theComplaint, commonly known as: 10.80 Acres on Ellington School Road, Ravenel, South Carolina TMS Number: 187-00-00-161 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class Designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 1721 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens, Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on April 15, 2020, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on April 20, 2020 and the Order of Publication was filed on April 29, 2020 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berkeley County, dated April 20, 2020 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: Ten and 80/100ths (10.80) acres, more or less, Ellington School Road.

BEING the same property conveyed to Sandra C. Loy

by Deed of Distribution in the Matter of William Coker (Charleston County Probate Case Number: 2019-ES-10-00096) dated September 17, 2019 and recorded in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Book 0847 at Page 182.

TMS#: 187-00-00-161 s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell 1721 Ashley River Road Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 Attorney for Plaintiff Date: April 30, 2020

THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT WERE DULY FILED IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN CHARLESTON COUNTY ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 AT 4:19 P.M. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2019-CP-10-4725 Builders FirstSource - Southeast Group, LLC, Plaintiff, v.

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SUMMONS TO DEFENDANTS HURLEY SERVICES, LLC AND L&G CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office at 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604, Charleston, South Carolina 29412 within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to appear and defend by filing an Answer to the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Keating L. Simons, III S.C. Bar No. 5111 Attorney for Plaintiff Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412 843-762-9132 klsimons@simonsanddean.com Attorney for Plaintiff September 19, 2019 Charleston, South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2020-CP-10-01675 JENNIFER HOWARD, As Attorney-in-Fact for Mary Howard, Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN DOE, adults, and RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of The United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons or legal entity of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of PHOENEAS READ, also known as Phoenias Read, also known as Phoenious Read, also known as Phoenias Reid, HESSIE REID, NELLIE SCOTT, MARTHA PINCKNEY, VIOLA SARGENT, NORMAN REID and PENNINNIAH REID, all deceased, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein, Defendants.

in the above entitled action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 31, 2020.

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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.

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

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MATTHEW KORTHEUER’S PASSION FOR MUSIC WAS IGNITED WHEN HE WAS INTRODUCED TO SYNTHESIZERS

A Story that Resonates Rural Resonance reflects on the past while getting Comfortable in the world

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BY ABRIE RICHISON

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Synthesizers, instrumentals, retro keyboards, and boy bands are just a few of the things that encompass Matthew Kortheuer’s musical past and present. Rural Resonance, Kortheuer’s Charleston-based electronic project, leaves rules to straight edgers and defines the music on its own terms.

Kortheuer’s new EP Comfortable, featuring five fresh tracks, is coming out on May 13.

This is his first EP since he began releasing music in 2018. Considering all of his releases thus far have been singles, his new EP is highly anticipated for fans. Looking back on the road to Comfortable, Kortheuer remembers plenty of little moments.

“My first real memory of music was actually going to a Backstreet Boys concert with my mom when I was very young,” he says. “It was definitely an interesting experience looking back on it now.” Kortheuer grew up wanting to be an artist or a graphic designer, which fueled his love for creating.

“As far as my first memory playing or creating music, it was with my brother, Lucas,” Kortheuer says. “He always fascinated me with his guitar talent and interest in music, so I always aspired to play guitar and other instruments like him and his friends.”

While instruments intrigued him, he

didn’t find his passion for music until he sound while collaborating with other musiwas introduced to synthesizers. “I could cians is important. “One of my favorite essentially create almost any sound I memories with creating music was when wanted,” Kortheuer says. my buddy, super! (now “My first real “This instantly inspired me known as Tomo Dachi), to create as many sounds as memory of music and I released a track last possible, some of which may year called ‘Drowning,’” was actually going have possibly never been Kortheuer says. “We wrote heard before.” He quickly the song in one session — to a Backstreet mastered the use of digital everything just clicked and Boys concert with audio workshops (DAWs) came together on the fly.” my mom when I was and began creating what he Life events, new places describes as “all sorts of wild very young.” and certain artists — and wacky sounds.” such as Flume, Fall Out —Matthew Kortheuer Kortheuer’s music is a Boy, Sum 41, Cage the mix of DJ and electronic, Elephant, and Mac involving instrumentals Miller — inspired him and his personalto create and enjoy ity. Each track has a music. Considering different stream of Kortheuer does almost consciousness. For everything for Rural instance, “Running Resonance solo, Away” is fast paced staying inspired and with an EDM vibe, focused is imperative. while his newest single While he has “Comfortable” is more found success in slow and introspective. creation, Kortheuer For Kortheuer, staying still struggles with true to his particular certain aspects of

being a musician and what it means to share his tunes. One of his biggest battles is deciding which setting his music should be played in. “Believe it or not, I’ve never actually performed in a real music venue,” Kortheuer says. However, he is planning to take his music to the stage as soon as it’s safe again.

During quarantine, Kortheuer has been hanging out with his girlfriend and pets, “working on other music projects and concepts, playing video games, and eating way too many snacks like everyone else,” he says.

But he is eager to get back to collaborating with other local artists when he can.

“I have a few ideas for the future, none of which are officially set in stone,” Kortheuer says. These plans include adding some lyrics to some of his older songs, collaboration projects with different local artists, and lending his own expertise to help others create their albums.

Rural Resonance is a growing force in our local music scene — and with all of the upcoming plans Kortheuer has in mind, it doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. The world may have been put on pause, but musicians are still creating and inspiring through their music, and Kortheuer is no exception.

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RAP | Jah Jr. After all this time, Jah Jr. is still an unmovable force in the Lowcountry, producing music faster than ever in the last year. His latest release, Here I Go, is a new sonic direction for Charleston’s favorite Dublin native, providing electronic soul beats and more varied lyrical themes. “The main concepts that come to mind for Here I Go is ‘here I am,” Jah says.

The new musical textures might be the most obvious characteristic, but Jah’s personality doesn’t change much: The man’s still a storyteller at heart. “I’m homeless with a degree/ I couldn’t figure it out/ spoke to momma/ been some months since I been to the house,” he raps on the open-book track “Scarred.” The hook on “Crucified” shows Jah grabbing the mic and giving it his all, balancing a passionate, raspy tone with moments of honesty and clarity. The listener can really feel the smile on Jah’s face while he sings tracks like “Ain’t Studdin That.” It’s also easy to hear how much simple and plain fun the rapper’s having on some of these songs. The songwriter’s happiness isn’t a facade, as he points to his optimism for his upcoming material. For a more in-depth look at Here I Go and a link to the album, go to charlestoncitypaper.com. —Heath Ellison

GUITAR TEST PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS ON THEIR DEBUT FRIENDS FOR LIFE

Local music fans who keep their ear to the ground were probably aware of Guitar Andrei Andrei Andrei, the latest project from former Secret Guest guitarist Andrei Mihailovic. Those same fans were probably both confused and ecstatic on April 20, when Guitar Andrei Andrei Andrei changed their name to Guitar Test and immediately released a mammoth 18-track debut LP, Friends for Life.

Spur-of-the-moment shenanigans like this fit Guitar Test’s hyperactive, psychedelic, six string-driven tunes to a tee. Songs like “Scared Sacred,” “Jumping Ship,” and “Wet Glands” rely on speedy surf riffs and calm vocal melodies. Mihailovic, a light-hearted professional, plays with so much joy and confidence, he makes it sound easy.

“On this record, I had tons of memos, tons of musical ideas that hadn’t been formed into songs, yet,” he says. “I had a lot of loose material — and I did write a lot of it in the moment, as well.”

The album was written and finished between March and September in 2018, soon after Mihailovic found himself sick of touring in other acts. “I wanted to focus more on writing,” he says. “Pretty much my goal was to finish [the record] before I turned 30 in 2018.”

For almost an hour straight, Friends for Life kicks into overdrive and simply refuses to slow down. Even quieter and restrained tunes like “Cicero” feel like they’re about to break out into frantic bursts — and they usually do. This particular song is followed by noise breaks and punk riffs on “Mantra Purge.” The songwriter says he was equally influenced by his long-time favorites Guided By Voices and also original video game music. The band pays tribute to that last inspiration with a cover of a Ghouls ’n Ghosts track to end the album.

The band’s sound draws from a wide variety of non-music influences, as well.

Mihailovic draws comparisons between the music and a swath of other artistic varieties. “There’s this prevailing aesthetic [that] you’re in this dangerous adventure, you’re on this quest, but your protagonist — whether it’s Finn [from Adventure Time], Odysseus, or Super Mario — is irreverent and funny in the face of all of that.”

Mihailovic has been something of a local punk guitar hero for a few years, thanks to his time in Secret Guest, a brief stint in Dumb Doctors, and his signature move: playing a guitar with another guitar.

It’s just as ridiculous and awesome as it sounds. While, Mihailovic notes that visual stunt didn’t carry over to Friends for Life, the album still sounds like an energetic free-for-all.

Guitar Test will donate all proceeds from Friends for Life to MUSC’s COVID-19 Relief Fund. —Heath Ellison

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