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Region lacks resources for mental health needs MELINDA YOUNG | CONTRIBUTOR

myoung@communityjournals.com Greenville’s mental health services community lacks necessary resources to serve everyone who has mental health and substance use challenges, says Dr. Kenneth Rogers, medical director and chair of the department of psychiatry at the Greenville Health System.

“If you look at Greenville, there is a drastic shortage of mental health professionals in this area,” Rogers says. “That’s not what you’d expect.”

Although Greenville is one of the more affluent of South Carolina’s counties, nearly four in five residents live in an area that has a shortage of mental health professionals, according to the 2013 GHS Community Health Needs Assessment.

“We haven’t had a pipeline of training people to get them into the mental health profession,” Rogers says. “We don’t have a school of social work here; the closest program that trains psychiatric nurse practitioners is at Vanderbilt in Tennessee.”

GHS has made efforts to address this need with its four-year-old psychiat-

Dr. Kenneth Rogers ric residency program for new doctors, he adds.

Unmet psychiatric needs are a problem in many communities across the country and can lead to tragic consequences, including suicide.

Suicide rates can correlate to the overall quality of mental health care systems.

The states with the highest suicide rates are Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, New

Mexico, and Utah, which were graded in 2009 by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) as having C to F grades on their mental health care systems. The lowest suicide rates are in Washington, D.C., New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, which received NAMI grades of B to D. South Carolina received an F. Rogers will address Greenville’s mental health community May 6-7 at the inaugural Southeastern Symposium on Mental Health, sponsored by GHS and other regional health care organizations. It will be held at the Hyatt Regency Downtown and will feature mental health experts, including keynote speakers Patrick Kennedy, a former U.S. representative, and Mariel Hemingway, an actress and author.

“When you have someone like Mariel Hemingway or Patrick Kennedy who can come to Greenville and talk about their mental health experiences, it takes away the stigma,” Rogers says. “A lot of times, people assume that mentally ill people are strange people, but when you have people who are well-known and at the top of their profession, who can talk about mental illness in ways that people

can identify with, it makes having those conversations a lot less difficult.”

The symposium’s goal is to educate health care professionals and to make the community aware of the area’s mental health challenges, Rogers says.

The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that one of every four American adults will experience mental illness in any given year, and nearly 14 percent of American adults live with a serious mental illness, including schizophrenia, major depression and bipolar disorder.

The mental health symposium has tickets available to the public, including tickets for the dinner with Hemingway on May 6 and a luncheon with Kennedy on May 7.

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OPINION: VIEWS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY

Shoulders back, head up Text Neck Syndrome has real consequences IN MY OWN WORDS

By Dr. Michael Nelson Texting has become a way of life for both the young and old, for both personal and business uses. With this increase in texting, our modern health care has had to coin a new diagnosis: text neck syndrome, also commonly known as a repetitive stress injury.

Try to spend a whole day aware of your posture while you perform routine activities. Is your head bent forward during any of these activities: • When you drive?

• While you surf the Internet?

• When you send an email or text from your phone?

Any prolonged period of looking down puts excessive strain on your neck. Correct

Posture Month is celebrated every May and while text neck is just one way poor posture can affect your cervical spine, it’s important you know the dangers.

Our head weighs about the same as a bowling ball. When we repetitively place all of this weight into a head-forward position, it can add as much as 60 pounds of force to the cervical spine. I frequently treat patients who seek relief from pain and soreness in the neck and upper back. Their muscles have been overused in these specific areas, resulting in discomfort. I believe a lot of the pain is due to the hours they are spent hunched over using their digital devices.

Text neck is especially concerning to doctors of chiropractic because it could eventually lead to chronic problems, including early onset of arthritis in the

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neck. For young, growing children who look down the majority of the day, text neck could cause permanent damage or even curvature to their cervical spines.

Permanent damage to this intricate network of muscles, tendons and ligaments can lead to lifelong neck pain.

The symptoms associated with text neck can range from upper back pain and muscle spasms to severe shoulder pain and tightness. If you do nothing about it, your symptoms will get worse.

Consciously practice good posture. Stand or sit with your shoulders pulled back to keep the body aligned in a neutral position. Get in the habit of moving the device to eye level so the neck isn’t tilted.

Most importantly, take frequent breaks. Spend some time away from the device and the head-forward posture.

Preventing the development and advancement of text neck is key. A comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan of traditional adjustments paired with Active Release Technique, or ART, and corrective

exercises can help in the prevention and rehabilitation of text neck syndrome.

In addition, simple neck and shoulder stretches can improve blood flow and relieve tension. Regular exercises that teach posture and body awareness, like yoga or Pilates, are great to counteract the tendency of developing neck pain from poor posture.

A modern, individualized and patientcentered approach reflects the changing reality of health care delivery in our nation. New chiropractic models of pain management bring greater clinical efficiency, higher patient satisfaction and cost savings to 27 million Americans annually.

Dr. Nelson is a chiropractic physician and co-founder of Carolina Active Health Chiropractic. He is currently the team chiropractor for the Clemson University Athletic Department.

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Greenville home to first GE advanced manufacturing center EXTRA ASHLEY BONCIMINO | STAFF

ashley@communityjournals.com GE Power opened its first advanced manufacturing facility in Greenville, a 125,000-square-foot research and development center announced two years ago as a part of a $400 million investment in the Upstate.

The new facility aims to boost efficiency and lifecycle length across GE Power’s product portfolio with new materials research, rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing, robotics, automation and software platform development. The facility could also become a model for future projects, according to leaders.

“Today is all about opening up the next era of advanced manufacturing,” GE Power CEO and President Steve Bolze said during the opening last Friday. “This has relevance not only in the U.S., but for the world. Greenville has always been the heart of our business, and especially gas turbine manufacturing, going back to 1968.”

The facility includes office, lab and manufacturing space, and uses large windows, a series of visible manufacturing pods and a two-story customer experience center to showcase development efforts to potential customers.

Around 70 percent of production from the Greenville campus is shipped overseas, according to leaders.

The event follows the opening of GE Power’s additive manufacturing plant in Pittsburgh – part of a $39 million investment – as well as GE’s $10.6 billion, 60,000-employee acquisition of Alstom Power’s power and grid businesses. The November acquisition was the largest in GE’s history, and will bring GE Power to 65,000 employees and $30 billion in

annual revenues.

Bolze said the Alstom acquisition brought GE Power’s global electric generation market share from around 25 percent to more than 35 percent, and allows GE to work on nearly all components of a power plant.

Advanced Manufacturing Works will focus primarily on GE Power’s gas turbine business, but will affect other areas such as wind and power. The facility will also support GE’s drive to incorporate the Internet of Things with industrial manufacturing processes, part of the company’s push to become a digital industrial company, said Bolze.

“Most of the company is still very physical, hard assets with services that go with them. That’s how the company grew up,” he said. “What’s going on right now is the merger of the physical and manufacturing worlds with the digital world. … Today, as a company, we have more than $4 billion in revenue from software.”

GE’s Greenville operations have grown from a 340,000-square-foot site in 1968 to 1.7 million square feet and 3,200 employees today. GE Power is the company’s largest industrial business with power generation, energy delivery and water process technologies. The company’s energy business includes products and services with coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar, biogas and alternative fuels.

“This facility is not revenue-based, it’s a development lab supporting what goes into our existing manufacturing,” said Bolze. “All of the work done here will have relevance throughout the company.”

Governor Nikki Haley, GE leaders, local elected officials and company employees attended the grand opening. GE has invested around $73 million in the facility to date, and plans to invest an additional $327 million across the Greenville campus during the next several years.

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‘Legacy Charter is here to stay’ $26 million improvement project will add library, gym and amphitheater to county’s largest Title I school CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com To William Brown, Legacy Charter School’s board chairman, the ongoing $26 million capital improvement project is more than building formal school libraries, new classrooms or a second gymnasium.

It’s about showing that Legacy will be a permanent part of Greenville’s west side.

“It’s a bold step to let everybody know Legacy Charter School is here to stay,” he said.

Legacy Charter is now the county’s largest Title I school with 1,240 students in 5-year-old kindergarten through 12th grade, and it expects enrollment to grow to 1,350 in the fall.

Legacy’s middle and high schools are housed in the old Parker High and its elementary grades in the old Fine Arts Center, schools that played an important part in the education of children in West Greenville and beyond for decades.

Now, it is the midst of a $26 million construction project that will add a freestanding library to the elementary

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Legacy Charter School is renovating the old Parker High School library and building an amphitheater on its Parker campus as part of its construction plan.

Legacy works toward “new normal” In the geographic area that surrounds Legacy Charter School’s two campuses, what school officials have called the “Legacy Zone,” only half the students earn high school diplomas.

That’s beginning to change, according to Legacy Board Chairman William Brown.

“Legacy Charter provides our parents a new normal,” he said.

In its first two graduating classes, 100 percent of grads were accepted into two-year or four-year colleges.

“We’re getting all the kids to college. The next step is to keep them in college,” Brown said.

Tonya Morton said her daughter, Simaya Morton-Dotson, had attended J.L. Mann but decided to change to Legacy because of its Early College program. The program is a partnership with Greenville Tech and North Greenville University and enables students to take courses at the college level for transferrable credit. Morton-Dotson should have a year’s worth of college credits by the time she graduates from Legacy next spring.

In addition to the college credits, Morton said her daughter has already had to step up her studying because she’s taking college classes.

“She’ll really be ready for college,” she said. “She won’t have to learn how to study and communicate with her professors.”

One member of the senior class earned a full ride to Furman University, a first for the school.

“When we were first considering Legacy, we were hearing some negative things in the community,” she said. “But the Greenville area definitely needs to look at the school itself.

It’s a wonderful school. It’s the best move we could make.”

William Brown On the other end of the school spectrum, Brown said the school is working to add 4-year-old kindergarten as well.

“We need a year-and-a-half or two years’ gain,” he said.

“Anything else is not acceptable.”

While the school’s latest state report card rating was below average (for 2014 – the state did not issue ratings for accountability purposes in 2015 because of a change in assessment tests), the school got a “4” on a measure that compares academic gains to the gains expected when taking into account the school’s population. Five is the highest possible score.

Brown said while he’s grateful for the progress Legacy has made, he expected it to occur a little faster than it has: “Patience is not my best virtue.”

“I think that’s a more accurate measure. In time, our kids in the aggregate will perform as well as everybody else,” Brown said.

“Our kids don’t have any limits unless we place them on them,” he said. “Eventually, I think you won’t be able to tell the difference between our students and students from the best schools in Greenville County, including private schools.

Our kids get a private school education, but at no cost.”

Disadvantaged students start their education careers at a deficit. So normal levels of improvement each academic year, are not enough to make real progress, he said.

The school’s biggest challenge will be understanding no matter how well it’s doing, it needs to get a little better.

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campus, renovate the old Parker High library into a 21st-century media center, a new gymnasium used primarily for the school’s mandatory physical education program and an outdoor amphitheater.

The school has already renovated its kitchen and dining facility and classroom space. The project is funded partly through $13.7 million in New Market Tax Credits, a program designed to bring capital to low-income communities by providing modest tax incentives to private investors. The remaining funding will come from loans.

The projects should be completed within a year, Brown said.

Brown said the school’s new library facilities would eventually be available for use by community residents who don’t have access to a public library now because they lack transportation to get to the main Greenville County library 2.6 miles away.

Legacy, which is believed to be the only public school in South Carolina to require 45 minutes of physical education for each student daily, already opens its fitness program to parents.

Construction workers examine a new window in the old Parker High School that is under renovation.

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Celebrate Mothers

Friends honor plane crash victim with race

Greenville’s McManus family died in a plane crash in Alaska in 2013.

CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Connor McManus liked running, and he was just a service project away from becoming an Eagle Scout.

So when two of McManus’ friends at Christ Church Episcopal School were trying to think of a way to remember their friend who died in a 2013 plane crash in Alaska, it made sense to combine the two.

Connor was vacationing with family and friends when the plane taking them to a lodge near Lake Clark National Park crashed on takeoff. Connor, his parents, Dr. Chris and Stacey McManus, and his sister, Meghan, along with Melet and Kim Antonakos and their children, Olivia, Mills and Ana, were all killed.

“Can’t Catch Conner” is a 5K race and half marathon being organized by Nathan Akerhielm and Andrew Allen, both juniors at Christ Church and friends of Connor’s.

The race will be held May 14 at Gateway Park in Travelers Rest and go along the Swamp Rabbit Trail.

Proceeds will help his Boy Scout Troop 9 build a prayer chapel at Camp Old Indian in the memory of Connor and his father, who was a troop leader.

Akerheilm “We were trying to come up with ideas when we thought a cool way to honor Connor was to combine two of the things he loved – running and the Boy Scouts,” Akerhielm Allen said. “Having a race is perfect because it was a way to get a lot of people involved.”

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The legislation was originally introduced in 2012.

South Carolina is the 30th state to require hands-on CPR to be taught to students in middle or high school. Neighboring North Carolina and Georgia already required students to learn CPR. According to the American Heart Association, nearly 424,000 people have cardiac arrest outside of a hospital every year and only 10.4 percent survive, most likely because bystanders don’t know what to do.

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Clemson Eye Cataract Patient, Beverly Sweitzer, now enjoys quilting without the need of eye glasses.

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Affordable housing nonprofit to private developers: Let’s work together Partnership could benefit both and add to Greenville’s stock CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Skyrocketing land prices have made it difficult for Homes of Hope to do large affordable housing developments in the City of Greenville.

For-profit developers, in the meantime, are building apartments and condominium developments all over downtown, the West End and in the West Greenville area, igniting concern from many that Greenville’s working poor won’t be able to afford to live near their jobs or public transportation.

While the city has commissioned an affordable housing study and City Council has formed a special committee to come up with a plan to increase affordable and

workforce housing within its boundaries, Homes of Hope Executive Director Don Oglesby is working on his own solution.

Oglesby is collaborating with six local forprofit developers – he’s not yet ready to name them – to share opportunities and find ways to include affordable units in market-rate developments and vice-versa.

His approach is similar to one that has been used successfully in other cities to increase the number of affordable housing units and is one strategy that the city’s consultant will consider: inclusionary zoning. Inclusionary zoning is a tool that ties affordable housing to the production of market-rate housing by requiring a certain percentage of a development or substantial reno-

“It’s better if we choose it,” Oglesby said. “The strong market should be capitalized on through creative ways to mutually benefit for-profit development and affordable development, creating housing for both together, not exclusively.”

What’s affordable?

vation’s housing units be affordable to people of low to moderate incomes.

In exchange for that, developers are often given incentives such as a density bonus that allows them to build more units than otherwise allowable, expedited approval or fee waivers.

By federal government definition, affordable housing is housing that takes no more than 30 percent of a household’s gross income. The Census Bureau’s 2010-14 American Community Survey shows that more than 35 percent of City of Greenville residents exceed that level.

That’s because in the City of Greenville, incomes have not kept up with increasing housing costs and escalating property prices, said Ginny Stroud,

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the city’s community development administrator.

Only 10 percent of the housing units built here since 2001 have been built in the city of Greenville, leading Clemson University associate professor of real estate development and city and regional planning Terry Farris to say that any policy needs to recognize that affordability is a county and region-wide issue, not just in the city.

“This is no different than in every metro area in the United States, and there has been a shortage issue for more than 80 years of federal and local housing policy,” he said.

Ivory Mathews, the Greenville Housing Authority’s executive director, said there are 4,452 families on the Housing Authority’s waiting list for public housing or Section 8 vouchers used to help pay rent in privately-owned housing “We can’t produce enough affordable housing,” she said, although the GHA will have almost tripled its inventory of affordable housing once projects now underway are completed.

An investment worth making Oglesby said it’s time the city “ponied up” by using general fund dollars to support its own community development department. The federal and state money used for affordable housing has

been cut 60 percent over the past eight years, he said.

“It’s time for the city to say, ‘Let’s put some money here,’” Oglesby said. “It’s well-invested money.”

That’s because the key to making housing affordable is not to use cheaper materials but cheaper money, he said.

“I pay the same price for bricks, but I don’t borrow money,” he said. “If I can use half grant money and half my own money and the market rate is $1,200 a month, we can rent it for $500.

Affordable housing should never be built with cheap materials but rather with cheap money, including grants, low-cost loans, waived fees and low-income housing tax credits.”

Oglesby said the National Housing Trust Fund offers some hope for extremely low-income people to gain affordable housing, but it’s a brand-new source and rules for it are still being developed. But, he said, given land costs in the city, it’s still difficult to serve that segment of the population.

Oglesby said the number of units Homes for Hope produces in Greenville has been cut drastically as land prices increase.

“We’ve got to figure out a way to get more ‘free’ money,” he said.

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Second Project Rx drug disposal bin now open 24/7 MELINDA YOUNG | CONTRIBUTOR

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Greenville County residents who have unwanted over-the-counter and prescription drugs, vitamins and supplements now can safely dispose of their pills at Greenville Memorial Hospital, next to Upstate Pharmacy. The colorful Project Rx pill disposal bin is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as of Friday, April 29, at 2 p.m.

“Any kind of medication and supplements can go in the bin, but we don’t want sharps – no needles,” says Ashley Rhinehart, spokeswoman for ReWa, formerly known as the Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority. ReWa started Project Rx in 2010 to raise awareness about how dangerous medications can be when they enter waterways.

“When people flush medications down the toilet, it follows the rest of the water to our treatment [plant], and traditional treatment doesn’t remove the medica-

tions from the water,” Rhinehart says.

“So it goes into waterways and is used by others for drinking water.”

Even pills thrown in the trash can end up in the water table, she notes.

“Our medication disposal box is the best option because we incinerate, and that’s the best way to dispose of medication,” Rhinehart says.

The new bin is hosted by Greenville Health System and sponsored

by ReWa. The goal is to educate communities about small changes that can make a big impact on water quality, she says.

Project Rx has held 10 events featuring medication drop-off days since 2010, collecting 12,676 pounds of medication that were incinerated. There also is a permanent medication collection bin located in

the main lobby of the Greenville County Law Enforcement Center, 4 McGee St. Project Rx would like to expand across the county, placing bins in areas in Simpsonville and elsewhere, but the organization will need more sponsors, Rhinehart says.

The new GHS location can be accessed via Greenville Memorial’s main lobby, past the cafeteria and restaurant area.

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clandrum@communityjournals.com A 17-year-old from Taylors has been charged with stealing the gun that Deontea Mackey used to kill Greenville police officer Allen Jacobs.

Trystan David Merritt, 17, is Merritt charged with petty larceny and unlawful carrying of a weapon. He was arrested on March 23 and is being held at the Greenville County Detention Center.

The weapons charge is a misdemeanor and carries up to one year in prison.

Solicitor Walt Wilkins said at a news conference on Monday that he will pursue with the Greenville County Grand Jury an indictment of Merritt on a charge of possession of a weapon by an individual under the age of 18 in connection with the gun. That charge is a felony and carries up to five years in prison.

Wilkins said Merritt stole the gun from

his grandfather and left the gun at an apartment he went to with Mackey and another person. When Merritt came back to the apartment the next day, the gun was gone. Wilkins said there were texts between Merritt and Mackey about the gun.

Police Chief Ken Miller said Jacobs and his partner had heard Mackey was looking for a gun to replace one that was stolen from him and that he abruptly stopped looking the week before Jacob’s shooting.

The officers had Mackey’s home under surveillance on March 18 when Mackey exited his home. When he saw the officers, he reversed course. The two officers stopped Mackey in the parking lot of Nicholtown Missionary Baptist Church and Jacob asked him twice if he had anything illegal on him. Mackey ran, the chief said at a news conference.

Mackey fired seven shots at Jacobs, hitting him in the left forearm, right thigh, upper right chest and right back of the head. Jacobs’ weapon was still in its holster.

Miller said as police closed in around him, Mackey called his mother and told her he shot a cop and was going to kill himself.

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Willy Taco coming to Greenville EXTRA

Popular restaurant to open second area eatery in Feed and Seed building SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

sjackson@communityjournals.com Taco-craving food lovers will soon have a new hangout in Greenville with the announcement of Willy Taco’s second location set to open by the end of this year.

The popular Spartanburg eatery known for its fresh, inventive tacos will open in the former Feed and Seed building at the corner of East Washington Street and Laurens Road.

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Renovations to the Feed and Seed building are expected to begin sometime in the next 30 days and cost in excess of $1 million, said Heatly. The décor will be funky, similar to the Spartanburg location, and will feature a large bar area. The brick chimney with the Feed and Seed logo will remain and a large outdoor patio will be dog- and kid-friendly with plenty of on-site parking.

“There will be a great indoor/outdoor vibe to that building with a lot of energy,” said Heatly.

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The Greenville location has been in the works “for quite a while” until the partners found the perfect location near downtown Greenville and in close proximity to the proposed extension of the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail. “We looked at a lot of opportunities in Greenville,” said Heatly. “We want to be part of the of the excitement in the area.”

Willy Taco will lease the property from the Spinx Corporation, which has owned the 1.6-acre parcel since 1934.

Parking was one of the main drivers in choosing that location, said Heatly. “We

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Willy Taco has already launched a social media campaign for the new restaurant on Instagram (willytacofeedandseed), Twitter (willytacofeed) and Facebook (willtacofeedandseed). Once construction starts, photos and updates will be posted so customers can follow the progress.

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Call center for Fortune 10 firm to create 200 jobs in Greenville EXTRA ASHLEY BONCIMINO | STAFF

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The call center is Empereon-Constar’s sixth location in the U.S. following facilities in Arizona, Colorado, Pennsylvania and New Mexico. Facilities operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and serve customers across a variety of industries with both inbound and outbound call center services.

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According to the company’s website, Empereon-Constar chose U.S.-based contact center locations to minimize cultural differences and maximize “natural language capabilities” for its clients. The Greenville call center follows the company’s expansion plans for a new facility near San Diego in Baja, Calif., which will employ “fluently bilingual, fully bicultural” agents.

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Construction delayed the opening by almost a year, but this week, The 05 officially opened for business.

Named for its ZIP code – 29605 – the new “neighborhood gathering spot” at 3016 Augusta St. is owned by Heather Frechette and Elizabeth Hunt, who also own the bar/lounge On the Roxx at the West End. So far the feedback from the community has been amazing, they said. Customers have been saying “thank you” and “this is exactly what we needed,” said Hunt.

While Frechette and Hunt weren’t thinking about opening another bar/ restaurant when the developer approached them, they jumped on the chance to open a place for the surrounding community to gather. “We want The 05 to be part of the neighborhood,” said Hunt. “And also maybe for the On the Roxx crowd that has outgrown it,” added Frechette.

The décor is upscale and inviting. Inside is a bar and long community table.

A large front patio is outfitted with tables and outdoor seating, and a roll-up garage door provides an indoor/outdoor feel. A back patio provides additional outdoor seating. Both patios are dogfriendly and golf carts are welcome.

The menu is geared toward sharing, said Hunt. Everything is made fresh inhouse. There isn’t even a microwave or freezer at The 05, she said. Chef Sam Murry created the tapas, flatbreads and salads menu. Drinks are craft beer, wine, premium liquor and handcrafted cocktails from mixologist Justin Baker.

The 05 is open 4 p.m. until midnight, Monday through Friday; noon to midnight on Saturday; and noon until 6 p.m. on Sunday. Hours may change in the future, especially during winter months.

Future plans include a brunch menu with mimosas, bloody marys and other brunch drinks, special events like a Kentucky Derby theme in May, and wine and bourbon tastings. Frechette and Hunt are also working on some possible popup dinner and food truck appearances.

20 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 04.29.2016 | NEWS Front Row City Council

City, county applying again for TIGER grant While Greenville’s operating costs would double, the bus system would reach more people CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com If this year’s federal TIGER grant proposal submitted by the city of Greenville, Greenville County and Greenlink is successful, the city’s operational cost would double.

But it would also give some residents access to the transportation they need to get jobs or an education, said Councilwoman Lillian Brock Flemming.

“We have to realize the lack of access to transportation in the city and the county causes a lot of people not to be able to get jobs and keep them. It causes a lot of people to not be able to get to education,” she said. “This is an investment in quality of life.”

The proposed $11.5 million project is similar to last year’s proposal to create a regional bus system that would connect the county’s distant points from Travelers Rest to Fountain Inn and Greer to the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center and the city core.

Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or the TIGER Discretionary Grant program, is a program of the federal Department of Transportation that makes investments in road, rail, transit and port projects that can advance national goals. Since 2009, Congress has dedicated nearly $4.6 billion for seven

mixed-use neighborhood rounds of TIGER to fund projbetween Woodruff and ects that have a significant TIGER VIII Concept Map Laurens roads. impact nationally, in a region Transfer Station / New, Electric Express If approved, the grant or a metropolitan area.

Park & Ride Bus Routes would also fund connecIn 2015, the DOT received Existing Express Bus Route Electric Bus Station tions between the Swamp 600 applications and 39 projNew Greenway Travelers Rest Bike Share Station Existing Greenway Rabbit Trail and the Ackley ects were funded.

Future/Proposed Greenway Circulator Service Road/Nicholtown commuLocal officials were told the Furman University nity, Haywood Road and 2015 application was solid, the future transfer hub. according to Julie Horton, Cherrydale TIGER grant applicagovernmental relations manTaylors Greer Brutontown tions are due Friday. Word ager for the city, but there Westside – Hampton Village on which applications are was just not enough money Amtrak funded should come in to fund all the $10.1 billion in Bob Jones East University early fall.

Washington proposed projects.

Ackley This year’s application is Downtown Other action Nicholtown Greenville Convention Ctr – very similar to last year’s.

Transfer Ctr Annexation of 10.81 Downtown Airport It would create a new transMidtown acres adjacent to Airport Haywood Transfer Ctr Road fer station, the University Road, Transit Drive and Center Midtown Transfer, and Verdae Jimmy Doolittle Drive reGreenville add two express lines servTechnical ceived initial approval.

CU-ICAR CU-ICAR CU College ing the county’s outer reachTransfer Ctr Central Realty Holdings Mauldin es. Expanded service hours Road hopes to develop flex and would better accommodate Mauldin office space with a planned Augusta Road flexible work schedules and industrial use on the propSimpsonville manufacturing shift changes, erty, which is near the end Hillcrest Hospital according to a grant summary.

SC TAC of the Greenville DownFountain The grant also would fund town Airport runway. The Inn activation of Greenville Counproperty will be zoned S-1, ty’s railroad corridor to extend service district. the Swamp Rabbit Trail from Council also approved East Washington Street to CUa $43,375 contribution ICAR, a trail bridge on S.C. 253 This year’s proposed $11.5 million TIGER project would create a regional from the Greenville Loand four connections between bus system. cal Development Corp. for the transit system and the trail, Birnie Street infrastructure mary said. Activation of the corridor creating “ladders of opportunities.” improvements. The improvements will The greenway would provide a multi- includes a connection to the Arcadia support economic development in West modal “last-mile” connection to jobs Hills community, a redeveloped neigh- Greenville and enhance the NEXT Manuand educational opportunities along a borhood in a distressed area of the coun- facturing Center as a “business recruitmajor county thoroughfare, the sum- ty, as well as Verdae, a master-planned, ment asset.”

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PC discusses Northpointe, Parkins Mill EXTRA SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

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Northpointe, a new 25-lot subdivision, and an update to a planned subdivision on Parkins Mill were the main topics of the City of Greenville Planning Commission’s April meeting. Two items, a 29-lot subdivision on Lowndes Hill Road and a zoning request by the SC Children’s Theater on Augusta Street, were postponed until the May 19 meeting.

304 Perry Ave. First up on the agenda was an application by Palmetto Sunshine Homes to subdivide one lot into three lots on Perry Avenue between South Academy Street

and North Leach Street. The subdivision is part of a larger plan that includes seven properties; three existing homes on Perry Avenue, the three new lots and one additional lot on Academy Street.

Cheryl Jenkins, the applicant, said the three existing homes are either in the process of renovation or will be renovated. A shared rear driveway will be added that all homes will use. All homes will have rear-facing garages and the lots will be more than 6,000 square feet. The commission approved with staff-recommended conditions.

Northpointe This project went before the Design Review Board earlier this month, so I won’t rehash that conversation. This application is to rezone 9.32 acres at East Stone Avenue, Wade Hampton Boulevard, North Church Street and Column Street, from local commercial zoning to planned development district.

One of the main discussions in the design board meeting had been the design and landscaping on the back of the Harris Teeter which will be visible from North Church Street and Wade Hampton Boulevard. The developer, Central Realty,

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NEWS | 04.29.2016 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 21 RESTAURANTS Bottle Cap Group buys 2 downtown restaurants The company behind Brazwells Premium Pub, the-soonto-open Ink N Ivy and Diner 24 has purchased two additional downtown Greenville restaurants.

North Carolina-based The Bottle Cap Group purchased The Green Room and SIP last week from local restaurateur Jason Fletcher’s High Street Hospitality Group for an undisclosed sum. The name of the restaurants and concepts will remain the same, said a Bottle Cap Group spokesperson. The company and its interior designer, Scott Carpenter, will update the interior design.

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said they are still working with Harris Teeter on the redesign. City staff says they want to see a larger screening wall and more landscape and plantings.

A few people showed up to speak in opposition to the application. One resident, Jeffrey Beacham, said he doesn’t necessarily oppose the project, but he’s an environmental consultant and was representing The South Carolina Native Plant Society. He said the plants proposed are the worst invasive species in the country and similar plants are causing issues along the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Michael Kerski, planning and development manager for the city of Greenville, told the board that the city’s parks department will make sure to review.

An Earle Street resident said she was at the meeting representing Earle and James streets, and while the neighborhood is “generally supportive of the project,” they have many concerns. She said they want the project “to be the best it can be” with a more unique design that doesn’t contradict the Stone Avenue Master Plan. She also said the Northpointe design doesn’t meet the requirements of an urban walkable city with existing neighborhoods, and wants to see the design to be more pedestrian friendly and walkable for nearby residents.

Kerski told the board that one of the traffic challenges is that Stone Avenue is a Department of Transportation road and the city doesn’t have a lot of input. DOT

has its standards and their goal is to move a lot of traffic, he said. There are 16 pedestrian crossings included in the most recent design.

Overall the planning commission agreed with the design board’s input and approved the application with the staff conditions. In addition, the landscaping and Harris Teeter design will need to be reviewed by city staff before the application goes on to the required two readings in front of city council.

226 E. Parkins Mills Road This application is to modify a previously approved subdivision called Meadow Pointe from eight lots to nine on 4.9 acres at Parkins Mill Road and Parrish Court. The applicant said the first plan had a pond approved for stormwater retention, but they have now worked out a plan for off-site retention. The revised solution will solve other water drainage issues in the neighborhood.

The commission agreed and approved the application.

Augusta Row I’m not going to dwell on this one too much as you’ll be reading a larger story about the new development in next week’s UBJ. The application is for a new 25-lot subdivision on 1.085-acres at 222 Howe St. in the Haynie Sirrine Planning District. The commission said it was a “nice looking project and will be beneficial for the community” and approved the application.

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Family’s twin boys owe their lives to March of Dimes MELINDA YOUNG | CONTRIBUTOR

Premature babies and infant death still a problem in S.C.

myoung@communityjournals.com When twins Marcos and Mateo Rodriguez were born, 15 weeks early, their hands were about the size of their dad’s fingernail.

But their size, both under 2 pounds, was not their doctors’ biggest worry.

The boys had lung problems. A single upper respiratory infection could end their lives. And there was the ever-present danger that treatment necessary to save their young lives could also lead to long-term eyesight and brain development issues.

Premature babies sometimes have respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) because their immature lungs do not produce enough surfactant, a protein necessary to keep the lungs from collapsing.

“The boys were given shots of a synthetic type of surfactant, which was a March of Dimes innovation,” says Cathy Rodriguez, the twins’ mother.

The March of Dimes has funded research that developed surfactant therapy, which has cut deaths from RDS in half since it was introduced in 1990, according to the March of Dimes.

The entire Rodriguez family, including the twins’ father, Adan, will help give back to the March of Dimes at the 2016 Greenville March for Babies, on Saturday, April 30. As of April 26, Cathy was the 3.4mile walk’s top fundraiser with more than $3,700 raised online. Marcos and Mateo will be the 2017 Greenville March of Dimes ambassadors.

The Western Division of the March of Dimes, which will be expanded in June to include Asheville, has 14 fundraising events each year, collecting $2.5 million total in the Upstate last year, says Laura Goodwin, executive director of market development.

“We expect more than 3,000 people at the Greenville Walk on April 30, and we have three other walks that day in Spartanburg, Anderson and Oconee counties,” Goodwin says. “We’ve already had the Laurens and Greenwood walks, and the Pickens walk will be May 7.”

The money raised in the local March of Dimes’ events helps fund research, as well as local community services, Goodwin says.

“We have educational projects, including public health campaigns, continuing education for nurses, and NICU family support at the Greenville Health System.”

‘I didn’t know what to feel’ The Rodriguez couple knew two months before their sons were born that there was a major problem. “At 16 weeks, they referred me

South Carolina is ranked 39th nationally in its premature birth rate, which is 10.8 percent statewide, a rate that the March of Dimes calls a “D” grade in its 2015 Premature Birth Report Card.

Greenville fares a little better than the other most populous counties with a “C” grade for its 9.7 percent preterm birth rate. Spartanburg, Charleston and Lexington have “D” grades, and Richland and Horry counties have “F” grades for preterm birth rates that are greater than 12 percent.

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“Our overall health as a state is one reason [for premature births],” says Laura Goodwin, executive director of market development for the Western Carolinas market of the March of Dimes.

“Maternal health is another reason; we have a higher rate in South Carolina of moms who smoke, and our population has a higher rate of diabetes,” Goodwin explains. “All of this can contribute to the rate of preterm births.”

Premature births contribute to the state’s infant mortality rate, which has declined over the past decade and a half, although it remains higher than the national average, according to data from the division of biostatistics, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).

Statewide, the one-year infant mortality rate is 6.5 per 1,000 live births, a 30 percent decline since 2005, DHEC data shows.

“While we are encouraged by this year’s progress, we realize that there’s still more work to be done,” says Michael Smith, maternal and child health epidemiologist and director of the division of research and planning for the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health.

Greenville County’s 2014 infant mortality rate was 5.8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, which is equal to the overall U.S. infant mortality rate in 2014, Smith says.

“Toward improving access to prenatal care in Greenville County, the Greenville Health System actively supports innovative programs that have produced evidence of improving prenatal care and birth outcomes,” Smith says.

“The Upstate, and Greenville County in particular, have higher rates of smoking during pregnancy and sleep-related infant deaths than other areas of South Carolina,” Smith notes.

“DHEC, in collaboration with the March of Dimes, has launched the Baby & Me Tobacco Free program in our Upstate WIC clinics in an effort to reduce smoking during pregnancy,” he says.

to maternal fetal medicine,” Cathy says. “They noticed twin B was smaller than twin A.” Her doctors put her on bed rest. Cathy worked from home on a laptop. The couple kept a hospital bag packed, knowing the boys could be born early and at any moment.

“I was always worried,” says the twins father, Adan Rodriguez. “It’s like knowing

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Collaborative efforts with health systems and other organizations have helped the state develop programs to address higher infant mortality rates among African-Americans and achieve an overall improvement in infant mortality rates, Smith adds.

For instance, a group-based prenatal care model, called Centering Pregnancy, has shown evidence of reducing racial and ethnic disparities in poor birth outcomes, such as preterm birth and low birth weight birth in South Carolina, Smith says.

“Together with the SC Birth Outcomes Initiative and SC Chapter of March of Dimes, we are working to help support the expansion of this prenatal care model across the state to practices that have the infrastructure to support it.”

COMMUNITY | 04.29.2016 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 23 babies were delivered,” she says.

Immediately after the twins’ birth, Cathy felt peace and confidence that the boys would be fine. She had no doubts that they’d both survive until nurses brought her Marcos, who was baby B, but not Mateo, before the boys were taken to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

“It crossed my mind that they didn’t think Marcos would make it, but I was so overwhelmed by the situation that I didn’t know what to feel,” Cathy says. “I didn’t cry until friends came in my room and were crying.”

Surviving and thriving Fortunately, the boys survived and eventually thrived while in the NICU. Mateo came home a month before his smaller brother, and both have had laser eye surgeries, treatment to prevent severe respiratory infections, physical and other therapies, special nutritional supplements, and other therapies to help them grow and reach their physical and mental potentials. Also, the babies had to be kept indoors and away from most people early on, Cathy recalls.

“Both had underdeveloped immune systems,” Cathy says. “The only thing that

can solve most of their problems is time or treatment administered with time.”

At age two, the boys are small, but energetic and talkative, and they love Elmo, the couple says.

“Both boys are learning Spanish words, which I love. They’ll come up and ask for juice in Spanish,” Cathy says. “Mateo calls everyone his ‘girlfriend.’ We’re not sure where he picked it up, but it’s cute.”

Marcos is a quiet child, but very curious, Adan says. “We see him exhibiting better eyesight. He can run around without his glasses and avoid most obstacles.”

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The “crash” occurred at a 25th-week appointment when a sonogram of the twins alarmed the medical team.

“Three different doctors and two sonogram techs came in and examined the ultrasound, and they came back and said, ‘We think you need to go to the hospital for continual monitoring,’” Cathy recalls.

Baby B was having problems with blood flow through his tiny umbilical cord, although baby A was fine, she says.

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Steel wings of hope Butterfly sculptures land downtown to honor cancer survivors FAITH AUSLUND | CONTRIBUTOR

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Spring is here, and butterflies have been popping up all over the place, especially in downtown Greenville.

These butterflies aren’t fluttering around flowers, though; these metalwinged designs are decorating light poles, private homes and businesses and celebrating the lives of cancer survivors.

Local artist Yuri Tsuzuki is creating steel butterflies honoring cancer survivors in the Upstate in partnership with the City of Greenville Arts in Public Places Commission and the Cancer Survivors Park. This project is being completed in phases, and the first step has been to place the butterflies on Duke Energy electricity poles, streetlights and other public places.

Tsuzuki and representatives of the Cancer Survivors Park requested per-

mission and assistance, and the Arts in Public Places’ nine-person commission dedicated $15,000 of its $75,000 yearly allocation to project. The money offsets some of Tsuzuki’s costs of making and installing the butterflies.

Individuals can participate in the project as well.

“Individuals can make a donation to the park in honor or memory of someone and a butterfly will be placed,” said

Tracy Ramseur, development coordinator for the Economic Development Department and staff contact for the Arts in Public Places Commission.

These supporters of the Cancer Survivors Park become “butterfly keepers,” with a $500 donation. Butterfly keepers will receive a metal butterfly to display in their yard. Companies and organizations can also join the cause with a $1,000 donation for a large butterfly, and $15,000

for multiple butterflies. Proceeds from these sales will benefit the park.

Ramseur said the department did not make a big deal of the butterfly installations in the hopes that sightseers would notice them and wonder what they meant.

“We thought it would be more interesting for people to ask about them,” she said.

So far, most of the public butterflies have been placed on the east side of Main Street downtown, leading to the Cancer Survivors Park.

Once the park is complete, the next phase of the project will begin with the creation of a large multicolored butterfly sculpture by Tsuzuki that will grace the center of the park.

# to honor someone The butterfly project is a work in progress and will continue as long as people, businesses and organizations support the program. Butterflies can be anywhere.

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Brunching with Mom FAITH AUSLUND | CONTRIBUTOR

fauslund@communityjournals.com Mother’s Day offers the perfect opportunity to gather family and friends and hit the town for Sunday brunch. Many restaurants downtown and in surrounding areas are opening early and offering special Mother’s Day brunch menus.

AMERICAN GROCERY RESTAURANT 732 S. Main St., Greenville 864-232-7665 Cost: A la carte Hours: 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Reservations: Recommended The restaurant will open early on Mother’s Day for one of three brunches served every year. The menu will include special cocktails, cheeseburgers, eggs benedict, a pancake breakfast, fresh salad, a twist on chicken and dumplings, baked eggs in a skillet and more.

THE GREEN ROOM 116 N. Main St., Greenville 864-335-8222 Hours: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Reservations: Recommended

While The Green Room isn’t doing anything specifically for Mother’s Day, their weekend Sunday brunch includes staples like handmade omelets, eggs benedict, breakfast sandwiches and classic platters. The restaurant is also a good option for early birds and anyone hoping to avoid the rush of later brunch-goers.

LARKIN’S ON THE RIVER 318 S. Main St., Greenville 864-467-9777 Cost: Adults $35, Children $17.50 Hours: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Seating also available at Sawmill, 22 Graves Drive, Greenville.

Reservations: Required Larkin’s brunch buffet will feature a farm-fresh omelet station, seafood station and several entrees and sides, including fried buttermilk battered chicken Marsala, hot smoked salmon with mushroom cream sauce, herb-crusted prime rib and broccoli slaw with sunflower seeds. Finish with a selection of spring desserts.

THE LAZY GOAT 170 Riverplace, Greenville 864-679-5299 Cost: Adults $28, children $12 Hours: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Reservations: Required

The Lazy Goat is opening for a special brunch buffet on Mother’s Day, with a menu crafted especially for the day. The buffet will feature breakfast options including topped waffles; grits and eggs; salads and spreads; hot entrees including grilled chicken, seared salmon and basil pesto farfalle and carved meats followed by a full dessert table.

MARY’S AT FALL’S COTTAGE 615 S. Main St., Greenville 864-298-0005 Cost: A la carte Hours: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Reservations: Recommended

NOSE DIVE 116 S. Main St., Greenville 864-373-7300 Cost: Adults $27, Children $11 Hours: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Reservations: Required

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This steakhouse and seafood restaurant will be opening for lunch in celebration of Mother’s Day, and will be serving their dinner menu with entrée options including elk tenderloin, ostrich and buffalo flank steak. Steak, seafood, duck, chicken and pork dishes are also on the menu.

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A special buffet with entrees including rib roast, pork loin, chicken and waffles and smoked salmon will be supplemented by 15 different sides.

Dessert offerings include strawberry lemonade macaroons and hummingbird cake cheesecake.

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NOMA Square’s Roost restaurant wants to make the most of moms with their special Mother’s Day brunch buffet featuring made-toorder omelets, biscuits and gravy, prime rib, roasted chicken and seafood.

477 Haywood Road, Greenville 864-297-7244 Cost: A la carte Hours: noon-9 p.m.

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Reservations: Recommended The Southern eatery is partnering with local jeweler Charme Silkiner, who will place a chosen piece of jewelry on mothers’ plates before brunch is served.

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Environmental issues facing the region by Nancy Fitzer

End of the line for glass is only a drop in the bucket of recycling efforts Some have expressed their anger toward their city and county governments, but this vitriol is misplaced, because there is simply no place locally to bring the glass.

A successful glass recycling program must have a number of supporting elements: a materials recovery facility (MRF) willing to invest in glass-separating technology, and manage the continued damage that glass fragments do to the rest of the equipment; a nearby glass processor; ample supply; and a secondary market that gives economic value to recycled glass. Unfortunately, the Upstate has lost all four of these elements over the past year.

“Recycle” is just one of the three “R’s” in the logo we see on the bins and trucks. With glass, it’s time to prioritize the other two: reduce and reuse.

In years past, the prices that other commodities – such as metal, plastic and cardboard – could command propped up recycling programs in South Carolina. But The empty wine bottle sat on the counter for nearly a week before I could bring myself to throw it recycling commodity prices follow oil prices, in the trash. I know I am not alone. On social media and in face-to-face conversation, so many of and as oil prices have fallen dramatically, so my neighbors throughout Greenville and Spartanburg are bemoaning the end of glass recycling. has the value of the contents of our recycling For those of us who strive to be good stewards of the Earth, it hurts our hearts to toss out items bin. Early this year, one of the Upstate’s two that we were accustomed to recycling. And the fact that this change happened in April, Earth existing recovery facilities shut down and our Month, made the sting sharper yet. lone glass processor closed its doors. The remaining facility announced it would stop accepting glass shortly thereafter. Suddenly, there was nowhere for our local governments to take the glass they collect from us. Trucking it to Georgia or North Carolina is not a feasible alternative, as the transportation costs would be greater than the market value of the used glass.

But “recycle” is just one of the three “R’s” in the logo we see on the bins and trucks. With glass, it’s time to prioritize the other two: reduce and reuse.

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First, purchase fewer products in glass containers. The City of Greenville is poised to start accepting a much greater variety of plastics for recycling, while Greenville County already does, so your choice is easier.

Second, wash and reuse glass containers for storage. They can last a long time (if you don’t drop them!), and you can see exactly what’s inside.

And when we cannot reduce or reuse, when we must throw away glass, it is helpful to remember that glass accounts for only 2-4 percent of what’s in the landfill (by weight). That should put the issue in perspective. In addition, glass is made mostly from sand, not from petroleum or another scarce or problematic resource. It contains nothing that could potentially leach out of a landfill and contaminate our water supplies. It doesn’t emit anything smelly or toxic into our air.

So if not glass, what are the big offenders in our trash bins? More than half of the tonnage in our landfills comes from two sources: paper and organics (primarily food waste). In fact, each of these constitutes around 30 percent of landfill contents. If you want to make a difference, these are the two categories to set your sights upon.

Upstate Forever members launched a challenge for Earth Month (April) to reduce household waste. Will you join us and extend the challenge beyond this month?

Through conscious consumption, Don and Julie Shabkie of Greenville have managed to fill up their big green bin only once in four months.

Their neighbor Jodi Hajosy was inspired to do the same, but with a family of five!

But even incremental changes can make a big difference. If you can cut down the amount you throw away so that you bring your trash out to the curb every two weeks instead of every week, that is a big step in the right direction. If you can inspire two neighbors to do the same, your impact is tripled.

Key to any significant waste-reduction effort is a fourth “R”: rot. Compost your food waste, even if you aren’t a gardener. Compost bins can be purchased at local stores or created as a DIY project. The City of Greenville recently held an event with compost bins on sale for $20 – check for future sales at bit.ly/recyclingevents. If you have a large enough property, open compost heaps are an option. Clemson University Extension has extensive resources on composting at bit.ly/clemson-composting.

But unless you are a serious gardener, don’t get bogged down over balancing your greens and browns. Simply by diverting food waste from the landfill, you are accomplishing something important.

Nancy Fitzer is the education director at Upstate Forever, a nonprofit organization promoting sensible growth and the protection of special places in the Upstate of South Carolina.

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lgood@communityjournals.com Individuals looking to add a furry member to their family have a number of different ways of adopting a pet. They can browse pet ads in the newspaper, visit the local animal shelter, or now they can try an unconventional way: going to a local hotel.

At Aloft Greenville Downtown, visitors can stop by the hotel lobby and spend time with an adoptable dog. Potential adopters can hold, play and take each foster dog up to the sixth floor dog walk for some outdoor fun.

“Falling in love with a foster dog at a hotel is kind of an unexpected surprise,” said Jonathan Brashier, Aloft Greenville’s general manager.

Shortly after the program launched, Rhett, the first dog up for adoption, found his forever home within two days of staying at Aloft. Another dog, Minnie, was adopted within four days.

Jeremy Monday, Rhett’s adopter, said it was love at first sight. “He stole my heart, which I thought couldn’t happen again after putting my dog Oliver to sleep back in September at the age of 16,” Monday said. “I knew he would be right for our family, including a playmate for our dog Mae.” Brashier said the adopters are keeping the Aloft team members updated with pictures on the furry former hotel guests.

“We hope that each one finds its forever home quickly because we get so attached so fast,” Brashier said.

Aloft Greenville Downtown, along with Let’em Live Upstate, an organization aimed at giving animals a voice and

creating positive changes for animal welfare in Greenville, launched the foster dog program on April 12. The new program is modeled after the successful foster dog program at Aloft Asheville Downtown, which launched in 2014 and has helped 59 dogs find homes so far.

The hotel connects the potential adopter with Let’em Live Upstate, where they begin a vetting process. Applications are taken in the order received. Let’em Live Upstate then makes phone calls to references and makes a home visit if the adopter is local.

Aloft will house small to medium-size dogs from different rescue foster groups across the Upstate. “All of the rescue organizations, all the dogs, are local,” Brashier said. “So we really want to make a difference here in the community.”

Several sponsors have been vital in the start-up of the program. Wilson Associates Real Estate partnered with Tindall Architecture Workshop to build a doghouse for the program, which happens to be a miniature replica of the hotel. The house is in the hotel lobby and serves as each adoptable dog’s own space to play and rest. Greenville-based Solid Gold Pet also supplies each foster dog with nutrient-dense food and sends each adopting family home with a care package. Additionally, Paw Paws USA, a Greenville retailer that designs a line of collars, leashes and harnesses, sends each dog home with a new leash and collar and has also provided a pet bed for the space at Aloft.

“We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Aloft to launch this wonderful program,” said Jessica Monroe, director of Let’em Live Upstate. “The program is a win-win for all involved.”

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Fire Chief Steve Kovalcik and Greenville City firefighters, as well as representatives from Greenville City Council, Verdae Development, ADW Architects and Hogan Construction, celebrated the start of construction of the new Verdae/Woodruff fire station with a ceremony this week. After the ceremony, attendees signed a beam that will be used in the building. The new station will serve the CU-ICAR, Verdae Boulevard and Woodruff Road areas, and is expected to open in 2017.

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Game On Talking Points on Sports with Vincent Harris

Not his first rodeo Breaking two ribs on his first ride couldn’t keep Billy Ray Thunder out of the saddle When Ohio’s William Ray Higginbottom returned to civilian life in 1985, after stints in the Army and the Navy, he was looking for a challenge. The former semi-pro football player had lived for athletic competition all of his life, and at age 31, needed a new arena to compete in.

Then in early 1986, he accompanied his brother to a rodeo, and it changed his life.

As part of a bet with his brother (who was already a bull-rider), and perhaps to impress a pretty girl, William Ray hopped on a bull and gave it a shot. He ended up on the ground a second later with two broken ribs and a new mission in life: He had to do that again.

Thus Billy Ray Thunder, one of the stars of the Black Rodeo, was born. Thunder will be one of many riders visiting the Bon Secours Wellness Arena this Saturday, and he says he was hooked from the start.

“As I was watching these bull riders, I was thinking, ‘I can do this,’” Thunder says. “Yes, the first time I rode I got thrown and broke two ribs, but there was this enthusiasm from the crowd, and I’m an athlete. After football, I’d been thinking, ‘What now?’ I went to a rodeo camp and learned how to ride bulls and then I picked up a couple of sponsors and started my career off.”

This weekend’s Black Rodeo event will feature bull riding, steer wrestling, bare back riding, calf roping, team roping, and barrel racing. Thunder will be part of the bareback riding competition.

It’s not an easy career to choose, simply because of the time and travel involved, as Thunder explains. “A lot of us now are spread out through different cities,” he says. “And we have regular jobs like everybody else. But after we do our jobs, we get out of the city clothes and go out and handle our horses or work out to get ready to compete. We have to be in top physical shape to get out there and compete. And that Friday or Saturday, you’re at a rodeo. You might have to drive from Atlanta to Dallas, and you might be hurt or busted up or bleeding, but you’re on the road trying to make points to get to the finals at the end of the season, and that’s basically how it is.”

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“It’s man against nature,” he says. “This is going to sound stupid to you, but I have a WHERE: Bon Secours Wellness Arena conversation with the animal before I ride INFO: bonsecoursarena.com him. I go over and say, ‘Hey, my name is Billy Ray. All I’m asking you for is to give me your best and I’m going to give you my best to stay on you for that eight seconds. Your job is to buck me off, my job is to try to stay on. I hope you don’t get upset and try to hurt me real bad if I land in front of you.

“And then when I get in the chute and start putting my rope on him, it’s like a switch turns,” Thunder continues. “He’s my enemy, I’m his enemy and we both have a job to do.”

Vincent Harris covers music and sports for The Greenville Journal.

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Simpsonville Chamber to host field day The Simpsonville Chamber will host a field day on Thursday, June 16, from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Guests will be able to compete in a corn hole tournament, play tailgate golf, horseshoes, croquet and bocce ball, and participate in the Chamber Foundation’s silent auction. Local eateries will provide food and drink. Admission is $15.

To sign up for the corn hole tournament or for more information, call 963-378.

Academy Award-winning visual effects artist to speak at Furman University Visual effects artist Joe Letteri will speak at Furman University on Tuesday, May 3, at 6:30 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium. The artist has received four Academy Awards for pioneering work on films such as “Avatar,” “King Kong” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.” Letteri will speak about “Bringing the Virtual to Reality: Creating the VFX Image,” and will answer questions

following his presentation.

For more information, contact Furman’s news and media relations office at 294-3107.

FAIR Vintage goods and crafts fair to benefit high school wrestling team A vintage goods and crafts fair will set up a shop at Eastside High School on Saturday, June 11, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free for shoppers and proceeds from sales will help the Eastside High School wrestling team buy a new mat.

For booth application please email 2016vintagegoods@gmail. com.

GOLF Laurens Electric event offers golfers shot at $1 million The Eagle Zone Golf Improvement Center will host Laurens Electric Cooperative and Touchstone Energy’s 14th annual Hole In One Shootout on Friday, April 29, from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. and Saturday, April 30, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

The 10 players closest to the pin each day will qualify to compete in the finals for a chance to win

$1 million by shooting a holein-one. Finals will be held on Saturday at 6 p.m. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Beach Ball Foundation. The golfer closest to the pin each day will receive $500, and the golfer closest in the finals will win $1000, with runners-up receiving $500 and $250. For more information about The Beach Ball Foundation, visit beachballfoundation.org.

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OUR SCHOOLS: Activities, awards and accomplishments THE GOOD: Events that make our community better GRANT Susan G. Komen SC Mountains to Midlands Affiliate gives $140,000 in grants

HUGHES ACADEMY Baseball team wins region 3 championship From left to right: Jonathan Ridgeway, Tristan Bissetta, Jack Pitts, Alex Norman, Cameron Langston, Camryn Sims, Will Pitts, Chase Givins, Baines Bakker, Christian Newman, George Dunlap, Christian Woods, Will Baumhofer, Bronson Smith, Donovan Ford

CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL CCES student Amani Richburg signed with North Carolina Central University. Richburg committed to be a member of their track team.

HUGHES ACADEMY Special Olympics team wins awards The Hughes Academy of Science and Technology Special

Olympics team won 11 gold medals, four silver medals, and six bronze medals at the Special Olympics Games at Furman University. continued on PAGE 36

The Susan G. Komen South Carolina Mountains to Midlands Affiliate awarded almost $140,000 in grants to three programs providing women in the Upstate and Midlands with breast cancer screening, diagnostic and treatment support. Bon Secours St. Francis was awarded $64,000 to support the mobile mammography unit, post-treatment therapies and breast health screening programs. The Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation received a $64,991 grant to continue its Mammography Assistance Program.

The Lexington Medical Center will use a $10,000 grant for early detection and treatment assistance for underinsured and uninsured local residents.

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BOB JONES UNIVERSITY BJU newspaper staff wins SCPA awards

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Two faculty members named extraordinary educators Members of Delta Alpha Pi, an honor society for students with disabilities, recognized Clemson University faculty members Paul Anderson and Marianne Herr Glaser as the 2016 Extraordinary Educator Award recipients. Anderson is an associate professor of history in the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities.

Glaser is a senior lecturer in communication studies, and teaches public speaking, introduction to human communication, multimodal communications and architecture communication.

Diller

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Pierce The South Carolina Press Association (SCPA) recognized BJU’s student news-

paper, “The Collegian,” with multiple awards at the recent Collegiate Annual Contest. Dayun Shin received first place for specialty page design, Stephen Dysert received first place for sports photograph, Elizabeth Brown received second place for specialty page design, Holly Diller received second place for photograph, Andrew Budgick received third place for column writer portfolio, Bridget Nee received third place for editorial writing and Kayla Pierce received third place for sports photograph. In addition, the staff won third place in the general excellence category.

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Americans. She is one of 33 individuals across the country selected for this honor. Each Fellow will receive up to $200,000 to fund one to two years of scholarly research and writing aimed at addressing some of the world’s most urgent challenges to U.S. democracy and international order.

Professor awarded Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

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Carnegie Corporation of New York named Maribel Morey, assistant professor of history at Clemson University, a 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for her research on the role of elite philanthropy in the lives of black

Hale appointed interim vice chancellor for advancement Donald Hale was appointed as the interim vice chancellor for advancement at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Hale will serve on a part-time basis,

HUGHES ACADEMY Eighth-grader places first in American Scholastic Competition Hughes Academy of Science and Technology eighth-grade student Sophie Henry placed first in the state Henry at the American Scholastic Achievement League Competition. Students in this

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OUR SCHOOLS: Activities, awards and accomplishments competition demonstrated a variety of problem-solving skills and knowledge in all academic areas.

SARA COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Students send off Special Olympics athletes Students at Sara Collins held a “clap out” to send off the athletes competing in the Special Olympics Games at Furman University on April 20, 2016.

Shannon Forest coaches Evan Ramey, Bob Collins, Andrew Burnette, Barbara Horne, Luke Horne and father, Rob Horne.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL

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230 Upstate students join pilgrimage

Luke Horne signs with Anderson University

On April 14, St. Mary’s School hosted a pilgrimage for 230 Catholic middle school students in the Upstate. Students from St. Mary’s, Prince of Peace, Our Lady of the Rosary, St. Anthony’s, St. Joseph’s of Greenville, St. Joseph’s of Anderson and St. Paul’s were in attendance. Students listened to Father Jay Scott Newman talk about mercy and then processed through the Door of Mercy to pray. After prayer, there was a picnic on Francis Field.

SFCS student Luke Horne signed a National Letter of Intent to run cross-country for Anderson University. He is the only SFCS Crusader in the school’s history to be a five-time all-state athlete in cross country.

overall individual competition.

Team members include Nathan Akerhieim, Worth Gentry, Anna Thompson, Sabrina Wang, Andy Xu, Andrew Zhang and Kevin Zhang.

THE CITADEL Ian Taylor sworn into SC Corps of Cadets Ian Taylor of Greenville was among 588 freshman cadets that were officially sworn into the South Carolina Corps of Cadets on Saturday, April 9.

RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL RHS student wins Legacy Award RHS 11th-grade student Faith Jeter was selected to receive the Carter G. Woodson Legacy Award sponsored

by Berea College in Berea, Ky. The Jeter award recognizes a high school junior who has demonstrated outstanding character, academic achievement and leadership.

St. Mary’s Catholic School students Helie de Montalembert, Ava Fisher, Samantha Quintana and Ashley Gagnon wait to hear Father Jay Scott Newman begin his talk about the Holy Door of Mercy.

HUGHES ACADEMY Beta Club students take annual collegiate tour Hughes Academy eightgrade Beta Club students take a collegiate tour each year. The students visit major colleges and historical sights along the East Coast.

CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL CCES math team participates in Calculus Challenge competition The CCES math team traveled to Clemson University to participate in the Clemson Calculus Challenge competition and won first place in division one.

Andy Xu won first place in the

SHANNON FOREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SFCS students selected as members of Greenville Youth Leadership SFCS sophomores Ladson Ellis and Sawyer Norman were selected as members of the Youth Leadership Greenville Class 11.

Youth Leadership Greenville is designed to bring awareness to young people, challenge them to become engaged citizens and prepare them to serve in leadership positions within our community. Ellis and Norman will represent SFCS in Class 11 during the 2016-2017 school year.

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PE OPLE , AWA R D S , HONOR S Susan Vernon Of Dillard-Jones Builders, Llc Named Builder Of The Year Susan Vernon, Vice President of Dillard-Jones Builders LLC, has been named 2015 Builder of the Year by the Home Builders Association of Greenville. The award was presented during the annual Southern Home and Garden Bridge Awards gala at TD Convention Center held on March 17, 2016.

Serving as Vice President since 2007 at Dillard-Jones Builders as well as the Director of Design for Dillard-Jones’s sister company, Dillard-Jones Interiors, she recently just finished her term as the President of the Home Builders Association of Greenville, being the second female president to ever hold this position.

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Rooted In Design with Wesley Turner

Eye-catching succulents make container gardens easy Ahhh, warm weather is here and the plants have sprung back to life. Now’s the time to get out and jazz up your outdoor living space. I like to start with a few outdoor container gardens.

Container gardens are my favorite because they are quick and easy to design and, when planted correctly, they offer instant gratification. You are often able to make bold statements with containers, and filling them full of succulents is no exception.

Succulents are eye-catching on their own, but when massed together they are simply stunning.

Succulents are very hardy and when outdoors they prefer partial to full sun. They are low-maintenance plants and have low water requirements. Succulents come in a wide variety of textures, sizes and colors.

When designing a succulent container, I like to use an assortment of plants that complement each other.

Succulents have shallow roots and therefore can be planted in small openings, and shallow containers as well as traditional garden pots. For today’s design I have chosen a head planter that adds to the drama of this arrangement.

SUPPLIES NEEDED: • Container that fits your style • Pea gravel for drainage • Potting soil • Assorted succulent plants Once you have gathered the materials, you a ready to create a succulent masterpiece.

First, add the pea gravel to your container. I like to add 1 to 2 inches of pebbles to the bottom of the container for proper drainage. For deeper containers I would add more pea gravel, as succulents do not like to stay wet.

Next add your potting soil to the container. When planting succulents I like to mound the potting soil slightly in the center so the arrangement doesn’t look too flat.

Now you are ready to add the plants to the container. Before you start planting, look at your combination of plants. Try to mix bold textured plants next to fine textured plants so each plant will add its own dimension to the arrangement. I also like to mix colors.

Design tip: I used 6 different varieties of succulents in the arrangement pictured and a total of 10 plants.

There are some repeats on the backside.

Once you have finished, sit back and enjoy your outdoor living space and your potted arrangement!

Water tip: Succulents prefer dry conditions but that doesn’t mean they don’t need water at all. Water 1 to 2 times a week and make sure the container drains properly.

Wesley Turner is a horticulturist, entrepreneur and owner of Roots (an Urban Gardener’s Oasis) and 4Rooms home décor store. Follow Roots on Instagram @Rootsonaugusta, Facebook @Rootsgreenville or online at rootsofgreenville.com.

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PEOPL E, AWA RD S, HONOR S DeAnna Gibson Joins Coldwell Banker Caine in Greenville

“Her experience and wealth of unique skills will be a tremendous asset to our team and to her clients.”

Coldwell Banker Caine recently welcomed DeAnna Gibson as a residential sales agent to its Greenville office.

DeAnna joins Coldwell Gibson Banker Caine with several years of real estate experience in Louisville, KY. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Business from the University of North Alabama.

An active member of her community, DeAnna volunteers with Holly Ridge Baptist Church, where her husband (Brett) serves as Music Minister. DeAnna enjoys music and crafting in her spare time, as well as anything involving her three sons. DeAnna spent some of her life overseas, including multiple years in Indonesia and Malaysia, and often uses free moments to continue learning about other cultures.

“We are delighted to welcome DeAnna to our Greenville team,” said Stephen Edgerton, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Caine.

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Campaign chaos becomes comedy gold ‘Trumped: The Musical’ is Café and Then Some’s latest jab at the political process CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Talk about a no-brainer.

Bill and Susan Smith and the rest of the Café and Then Some gang have been making fun of politicians and the political process for more than three decades now. So it seems that a show based on the presidential primary candidates like The Donald, Hillary and Bernie “Feel the Bern” Sanders, would be a given.

But even the Smiths had to pause to consider today’s political climate. “I was really afraid it was too divisive,” Susan Smith said. “Some of the language in this campaign has been too divisive, too hurtful. We can make fun of it being out there, but we can’t use that language.”

“Trumped: The Musical” will run at least through the Republican and Democratic conventions in July. It could be extended, maybe all the way to November, if people aren’t too tired of the election by then, she said. “[This election cycle] has been a godsend to us. There are a couple of things that come along and you know the comedy gods are smiling on you,” Susan Smith said. “[Former South Carolina Gov. Mark] Sanford on the Appalachian Trail was one. This is right up there with it.”

Not doing a show “really wasn’t an option,” Bill Smith said.

That’s because the Smiths are part of the original cast of a theater troupe that began doing comedy skits at Walt Chandler’s sandwich shop in Greenville in 1978.

It was a show about the nasty campaign between then-Greenville Mayor Max Heller and a young Carroll Campbell for the 4th Congressional seat that convinced them that making fun of politicians

could be a comedic gold mine.

It was also the first time the comedians felt like they had hit on something.

“In the early years, we were entertaining ourselves,” Bill Smith said. “Over the last 10 to 15 years, we’ve gotten broader with our humor.”

After their unique brand of comedy had a stint at the Red Baron on Main Street, Café and Then Some opened in 1983.

Politicians have always been standard fare in comedy, but because of Jon Stewart, former host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, and Stephen Colbert, host of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on CBS and formerly of “The Colbert Report,” people are willing to talk about the absurdity of it all, Susan Smith said.

“Trumped: The Musical” features a debate with Trump, Clinton and Sanders and the reactions of the various Café characters – Norma Jean and the trailer park crowd and the Augusta Road crowd – and some new ones, too, specifically the 1 Percent.

“It’s poking fun and asking, ‘Is this the best we can do?’ Susan Smith said.

“We’ve got idiocracy, dishonesty and incompetency. Which one do you choose?”

Bill Smith said the troupe is not trying to make a political statement.

“Regardless of your position, there’s always

something to make fun of. If you can’t see the absurdity of it… This election is even better than most because there are more idiots in the race than just one.”

Trumped: The Musical

The most difficult part of turning this election into a comedy show is that it has provided so much material from which to choose, Bill Smith said.

To narrow it down, the Café and Then Some crew consider what strikes their fancy and can be made to relate to one of the Café’s characters and whether a song parody stands out.

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“Van Halen’s ‘Jump’ is an obvious Trump thing,” Susan Smith said.

Having such a polarized nation and election makes it easier for the comedians, Bill Smith said.

“You can put a broad stroke on a stereotype and you’re going to get somebody,” he said. “The process is more vicious. It’s easier to point out the lunacy.”

The show’s script could be tweaked some in the remaining weeks of the campaign. It just depends on what the candidates do.

The Cast of Café and Then Some’s production, “Trumped.”

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Greenville’s Wes Gilliam, owner of the Hey Look! Entertainment booking agency and organizer of the annual multi-band Hey Look! Festival, already knew before last year’s event at Thomas Creek Brewery in Anderson that he was going to need a new location for 2016. Last year’s successful festival included a mix of up-and-coming local bands like Jonas Sees in Color and 72nd & Central, and national bands like Islander, as well as a successful partnership with Thomas Creek. But Gilliam felt The Weeks change was in the air.

“I started looking for a new place for this year’s festival because of the parking situation,” Gilliam says. The available overflow parking area nearest to the Brewery was about a mile and a half away, and though the festival brought in a ferry service to go back and forth, there were still some issues. “People said the buses were taking too long, and they ended up having to walk like a mile and a half,” Gilliam says.

Gilliam settled on Trailblazer Park in Travelers Rest, due both to convenient nearby parking and the park’s vendor policy. “Most of the places had certain vendors that they worked with as far as alcohol sales,” Gilliam says. “I wanted to find somewhere that didn’t really have any ties like that.”

The alcohol sales were key because Gilliam had a new partnership in the works, with the Upstate’s Brewery 85 stepping in for Thomas Creek. “I decided that if we were going to change it up, we might as well change it up completely,” Gilliam says. Additional sponsors include The Guitar Center, the Radio Room venue, Fete Magazine and The Kava Connection social beverage bar.

This year’s musical lineup for the festival features 11 bands on two stages, including the popular indie-rock headlining band The Weeks, the corrosive rock of Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, the straight-ahead rockabilly of Little Lesley & The Bloodshots, the alt-rock trio Archer Vs. Gunman and the chaotic dance-

rockers Baby Baby. There will also be local food trucks and concession vendors on site all day.

“The lineup came together really organically, little by little,” Gilliam says.

“Usually about six or seven months out I’ll start going through the routing, find-

ing out who’s going to be where, and start contacting people.”

In addition to running Hey Look! Entertainment, Gilliam has been booking bands at venues like the Radio Room, Independent Public Ale House and Zen Greenville for years, and he says that his time working with different agencies came in handy when it was time to start building the festival schedule. “Those relationships certainly don’t hurt,” he says.

“With The Weeks, for example, I was familiar with their bookers because I’d talked to them about some other bands, and so that sort of gave me access to their entire roster.”

Gilliam says that he strives to create a balanced event schedule that showcases underappreciated local talent and brings in bigger acts to sell tickets. “Obviously I have to not just pick bands that like, but bands that I think will draw,” he says. “But I always want to put someone on there that I don’t feel like gets heard as much as they should. Last year, I had Alex Hunnicutt, who I think is really overlooked. This year I made sure I got JJ Dae. I like to provide a platform for people like that.”

Hey! Look Music Festival WHEN: Saturday, April 30, 1 p.m.

COST: $15 INFO: Trailblazer Park, 235 Wilhelm Winter St,, Travelers Rest INFO: 884-4275, heylookfestival.com

CULTURE | 04.29.2016 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 49 SOUND BITES with Vincent Harris KELLY CHEATS EMILY LYNCH W/ JANELLE ARTHUR Moe Joe Coffee, 20 S. Main St., Greenville Friday, April 29, 8 p.m., $15 It’s been five years since Greenvilleby-way-ofAtlanta singer Emily Lynch released her debut album, and needless to say, a lot has happened in the interim.

“I was really a green artist and I was still figuring it out,” Lynch says. “I decided after that album that I would concentrate on songwriting because I thought that that was something I could control more of.” Lynch’s open-hearted Americana/country songwriting style found an easy fit in Nashville, and she worked with a star-studded list of collaborators, including Grammywinning producer Shane McAnally. Lynch has returned to her own career on her new album, “Light Shine In,” with a little help from some devoted fans. “Long story short, one of my biggest fans and his wife told me they wanted to fund my record,” Lynch says. “They came on board and gave me the gift of being able to make this album with no strings attached.”

Main Street Pub, 252 W. Main St., Spartanburg Friday, April 29, 10 p.m., Free First things first: Columbia’s Kelly Cheats band is not named after any sort of cheating girlfriend. In fact, the name doesn’t involve a romantic relationship at all.

“We were playing a game of cards with our friend Kelly one day, a game of spades, actually, and … that’s pretty much how we got the name,” says singer/guitarist Trent Dipner with a laugh. “That’s as far as I’ll go with that story.” But you’ll likely care less about their name and more about the infectiously melodic blend of genres on their new album, “Keep On Smilin’.” The first two tracks are relatively straight-ahead rock with some Southern spice, but then comes nine kaleidoscopic tracks that blend acoustic Jack Johnson-style bliss pop, piano-heavy ballads with miles-deep vocal harmonies and nimble folk-pop. “We just play what we like,” Dipner says. “We don’t want to define ourselves by one genre. We feel like we’re kind of missing out if we don’t cover everything that we like.”

JOHN EMIL Smiley’s Acoustic Cafe, 111 Augusta St., Greenville Friday, April 29, 6:30 p.m., Free

HYMN TO NATURE

Project Host BBQ Cookoff, Main & Broad streets, Greenville Saturday, April 30, 6 p.m., Free projecthost.org If you want to hear what slide guitarist John Emil can really do, go to his website (johnemil.com) and listen to him tear into Big Joe Williams’ classic “Baby, Please Don’t Go” on the Hawaiian lap guitar.

It’s a mercilessly virtuosic performance that sounds like he’s playing several guitars at once. But Emil is just as capable of nuance as he is swagger, and he’s made a side career of providing atmospheric incidental music for ESPN, NBC and The Weather Channel. Though he initially kept his songwriting for TV and his own work separate, he says that they’ve begun to blend over the past few years. “Before, the songs I was writing for myself, for performance, were taken from moments of inspiration in my life,” he says. “But now, with the things I’m learning in terms of recording technology and software from my TV and film music, my sound is a lot fuller. The music has a lot of different moods now.”

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CULTURE | 04.29.2016 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 51 MUST-SEE MOVIES By Eric Rogers

Who killed Kurt Cobain?

Suicide or murder: Two films explore the rocker’s death could not have committed suicide and some pretty good evidence, although circumstantial, that Love was involved.

In 1994, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain joined the 27 Club when he died as the result of a shotgun blast. The 27 Club refers to the musicians who have died tragically at the age of 27. The club includes Brian Jones, the founder of the Rolling Stones; Janis Joplin; Jim Morrison; and guitar legend Jimi Hendrix.

I was never a Nirvana fan, but I remember at the time of Cobain’s death being somewhat suspicious that it was not a suicide. This was largely based on his wife’s (Courtney Love) reaction to it. There are two films currently on Netflix that examine the circumstances around Cobain’s death. You don’t have to be a grunge rock fan to enjoy them, as they are both more of the whodunit genre than the rock bio genre.

“Soaked in Bleach” Directed by Benjamin Statler | 2015 This one is told primarily from the point of view of Tom Grant, a private investigator who was hired by Courtney Love five days before Cobain’s body was found. She hired Grant to help her find her husband because she didn’t know what had happened to him. Over the course of the investigation, Grant became convinced that Love was involved. The film offers compelling evidence that Cobain

It’s a beautifully shot documentary and much of it involves reenactments.

As interesting as it is, it’s definitely not objective. It appears to have been made by someone convinced that Love murdered Cobain, or at least had him murdered.

“Kurt and Courtney” Directed by Nick Broomfield | 1998 This is from the same director who made the documentary “Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer,” about Aileen Wuornos (who is often mistakenly referred to as the first female serial killer). This film is far more objective than “Soaked in Bleach.” Broomfield begins the documentary with the goal of making a film about the life of Kurt Cobain, but

as he begins investigating it, he comes across a book written by Hank Harrison, “Who Killed Kurt?”

Broomfield conducts a couple of interviews with Harrison, who also happens to be Courtney Love’s estranged father. Even he seems convinced she killed him, but he also comes off as a bit untrustworthy.

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The film ends when Love gives a speech about freedom of the press at an ACLU awards dinner, despite the fact that she and Cobain both had been known for threatening journalists with lawsuits and physical harm.

Eric Rogers has been teaching filmmaking at The Greenville Fine Arts Center since 1994.

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Page Turners

Telling tales Best-selling authors bring their stories to Greenville CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Greenville readers who like to get signed copies of books will have plenty of opportunities to get them through May as a slew of New York Times best-selling authors have scheduled appearances at local bookstores.

“Glory Over Everything,” by Kathleen Grissom Kathleen Grissom’s “The Kitchen House” was a 2010 best-seller and book club favorite. She continues the story of Jamie Pyke, the son of a slave and her master, who escaped to freedom via the Underground Railroad and now passes as a wealthy white silversmith.

Grissom will have a book talk and signing at Fiction Addiction, 1175 Woods Crossing Road, on April 30 at 3:30 p.m. The event is part of the Independent Bookstore Day celebration.

“A Lowcountry Wedding” by Mary Alice Monroe In the latest in Mary Alice Monroe’s Lowcountry Summer Series, “A Lowcountry Wedding,” the Muir sisters hear wedding bells. But a stranger arrives bearing a long-held family secret that has the potential to upend even the most carefully laid-out plans. The novel features a signature cocktail created in Monroe’s own kitchen. The author is also giving away an all-expense-paid wedding in Charleston in connection with the book release.

The winner will be announced in June.

Monroe will appear at Fiction Addiction’s “Book Your Lunch” on May 5 at 11:30 a.m. at the Poinsett Club. Tickets are $40 and include lunch and a copy of the book.

“Redemption Road”

by John Hart “Redemption Road” is John Hart’s first novel in five years and the first with a female protagonist. Hart, the only mystery author to win back-to-back Edgar Awards for Best Mystery Novel, is known for crafting fractured characters desperately trying to piece themselves back together in the face ongoing troubles. This book delves into the psyche of immensely talented detective Elizabeth Black.

Hart will be at Fiction Addiction on May 12 at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $30 and include a copy of the book.

“Flight Patterns,” by Karen White Georgia Chambers has spent her life sifting through other people’s pasts while trying to forget her own. An expert in antique china, she is hired to identify and appraise a set of obscure Limoges adorned with an elegant pattern of honeybees. She remembers seeing a similar piece in her mother’s closet as a child and makes the decision to return to her estranged family and bottled-up memories.

White will speak at a “Pop-Up Supper” at M Judson Booksellers, downtown at 130 S Main St., on May 25 at 7 p.m. The evening features a menu coordinated with themes in the novel. Supper is $9.

CULTURE | 04.29.2016 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 53 SOUND CHECK Notes on the Music Scene with Vincent Harris

Purple reign

LIVE MUSIC FOR ALL

An artist, a man of contradictions, Prince influenced many Upstate musicians He had a dirty mind, an artist’s heart and a believer’s soul. He was by any sane standard a musical genius who could play any instrument he touched. He was a producer, an engineer, a rocker, a lover man, a devout spirit with earthly appetites. He could create perfect songs seemingly at will, whether for himself (of many, many examples, “Purple Rain,” “Raspberry Beret” and “1999” come to mind) or others (The Bangles “Manic Monday,” Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Chaka Khan’s “I Feel For You”). He sold over 100 million albums yet chafed against the very machinery that made him a star. He was fiercely independent and incredibly shy, a brash seducer and a delicate, doe-eyed introvert. He was androgynous, masculine, feminine, universal. He was Prince Rogers Nelson, gone too soon at age 57.

As you’d expect, the passing of someone that talented, that undeniably gifted, has left a massive wound in the hearts of musicians and artists everywhere. Here is what some of our own Upstate musicians had to say about the passing of true musical royalty.

Kelly Jo Ramirez (singer/songwriter/ guitarist) “Prince transformed music, the music business, performance, songwriting and even technology. I’ve listened to his music since I was a child. I adored his posters on my older cousin’s wall and would make up dance routines to his songs, way before I knew how dirty his songs were. I wanted to write songs that ranged from silly funk to moving ballads (like he did). Even when it came to picking T-shirts, I chose purple (like he would).

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Craig Sorrells (trumpet player, singer, bandleader) “What truly always inspired me about him was that he never compromised. He was a bold example of talent, drive and authenticity that unleashed itself on this world unaltered, uncensored and undeniably brilliant. I saw a paraphrase of a Picasso quote that said it best: ‘If he had been a soldier, he would have become a general. If he had been a monk, he would have become the pope. Instead, he was a musician, and became Prince.’”

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Niel Brooks (singer/songwriter/guitarist, solo and with Mourning Dove) “I remember watching a Prince video in the living room of my grandparents’ house when I was young, and family members walking in and out and commenting on how ‘weird’ he was.

To me, he wasn’t weird. He was very obviously embracing who he was, and that was exactly who he wanted to be. His music was the soundtrack of my childhood. The world was better because of Prince and his music, philanthropy and sense of humor.”

Heath Lane (singer/guitarist, solo and with The Oath) “Prince will always be remembered as absolutely one of a kind. No other artist before him or since has bridged the gap between rock, pop, soul/R&B and new wave in a manner that brings all people together, inspiring us, entertaining us and making us feel. Prince transcended genres, time periods, fashion and trends. There will never be another like him.”

Joe Jones (singer/bassist for Soul Ripple) “Prince was the one who influenced me the most musically growing up. The first song of his I ever heard was ‘Controversy,’ and it was so different than anything I was listening to at the time. My mom loved the song ‘Purple Rain,’ and when I got serious about making music, I learned how to play it just for her. I will always be a fan of his, and to quote Alicia Keys at Prince’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ‘There are many kings…but there is only one Prince.’”

Vincent Harris covers music and sports for The Greenville Journal.

Reach him at vharris@communityjournals.com

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Final ballet performance melds classics with contemporary

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Aurora and Prince Desiré, Little Red Riding Hood and Puss in Boots, as well as interpreting classic pieces of repertoire such as “Odalisque Pas de Trois” from the ballet “Le Corsaire.”

The showcase will also feature International Ballet original works by Artistic Director Vlada Kysselova, and two premier contemporary works, one choreographed by Cincinnati Ballet’s Taylor Carrasco, and the other, called “To Mother with Love,” by International Ballet director Juliana Jordan.

Cincinnati Ballet guest artist and 2014 USA International Ballet Competition finalist Melissa Gelfin will perform the role of Aurora, and her colleague Luca De-Poli will play Prince Desiré. Gelfin has a history with International Ballet, performing the role

On Mother’s Day weekend, International Ballet will carry out its mission to educate and inspire the Upstate through classical and contemporary ballet performances, while showcasing artists from across the country.

“Features and Fairytales” opens at the Peace Center’s Gunter Theater on Saturday, May 7, at 8 p.m. and will continue through Sunday, May 8, with a performance at 3 p.m.

The company’s dancers will be performing as “Sleeping Beauty” characters

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up for one week or all nine. Ages 8-14 years old.

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thru April 29 CAMP

GCCA Summer Camp Sign-up “Curious Explorers” Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Summer, weekly $140 per week Each week, Susan Goldsmith, will lead the students to experience new media.

Students will work in clay, printmaking, painting, mosaics and sculpture. Sign-

of Clara in “The Nutcracker” from 20122014.

Performing in “The Fairy Doll” and “Bluebird Pas de Deux” is Michael Agudelo, who is originally from Spartanburg a n d

now dances with the Minnesota Ballet.

Gelfin and Agudelo will also dance together in the newly choreographed contemporary work

by Carrasco.

“For the dancers in our pre-professional company to perform at a high caliber, it’s extremely important how much they can dive into the working process in a short period of time and really take on the role a n d characters,” Kysselova said. “Our dancers took this challenge very seriously

when we assigned their roles – there’s an aesthetic inspiration that comes from watching these young, talented people showcasing their craft.”

The concert will be International Bal-

let’ s third p ro d u ction of their performance season, and will serve as a final bow for the term.

Features and Fairytales WHEN: May 7, 8 p.m.; May 8, 3 p.m.

WHERE: The Peace Center’s Gunter Theater TICKETS: Online at peacecenter. org; calling 467-3000 or visit the box office.

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The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 10-10:30 a.m.

Free with admission

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Cook Local: Spring Brunch Class

Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N Academy St. 8 p.m. | $100, $59, $39

Swamp Rabbit Cafe & Grocery 205 Cedar Lane Road 6-8 p.m. | $30

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Learn to make a spring-themed meal to brighten up any weekend. Hint: crepes and homemade biscuits are always a hit.

We’ll enjoy our brunch for supper at the end of class. Wine, beer, coffee and other drinks available for purchase.

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Zoom. Zoom. Let’s race for the checker flag. We will test how to make our cars go fast to win the big race. tcmupstate.org CONCERT

John Emil Smiley’s Acoustic Café 111 Augusta St. FREE Dazzling slide guitarist.

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Time Sawyer Smiley’s Acoustic Café 111 Augusta St. FREE Melodic folk-rock.

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Hot as a Pepper Main Street Fridays NOMA Square., Greenville FREE Red-hot all-genre cover band delivers your favorite hits. bit.ly/greenville-main-street-fridays CONCERT

Jim & The Limbs, w/ Max Price, Scuds and Dollar Signs Radio Room 2845 N. Pleasantburg Dr. Distortion-coated guitar pop.

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thru April 30 EDUCATION

Responsible Gun Ownership Cabela’s 1025 Woodruff Rd., Thursday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 1-2 p.m.

FREE Shooting is a valuable skill that provides a lifetime of benefit, whether it’s used for hunting, recreation or protection. But with gun ownership comes a great deal of responsibility. Make sure you’re prepared for your first firearm purchase with the proper equipment, training and education to own and use responsibly. To view a complete list of our different weekly courses online.

516-8100 | cabelas.com ARTS EVENT

Poetry Contest for Adults Greenville County Library System, 25 Heritage Green Place | 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

FREE April is National Poetry Month. Adults 18 years and older are invited to submit a poem by April 30. A $20 gift card to Barnes and Noble will be awarded to one winner in each of two categories: haiku and free verse. Winners will be announced in May. Visit greenvillelibrary. org to download an entry form.

527-9293 explore@greenvillelibrary.org

ARTS EVENT

The Artists Guild Gallery presents April guest artist Mary L. Rodriguez Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville Ivey Square Building | 200 N. Main St. 6-8 p.m.

FREE Rodriguez expresses her passion with contemporary designs that has been inspired by her love of art and color. Rodriguez is able to step out of the box and pull ideas from different aspects of her life to create her art.

She enjoys working with all types of materials. “I want to create art that is emotionally active and esthetically dynamic.”

239-3882 artistsguildgalleryofgreenville.com wehardaway@yahoo.com FAMILY

Story Time and More: Terrific Trees The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 10 & 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.

Free with admission

April 30 CONCERT

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Boz Scaggs Peace Concert Hall | 300 S. Main St. | 8 p.m. | $45-$60

In the ‘60s, Scaggs joined his childhood friend to play guitar and sing on a new project. The project? The Steve Miller Band. And the friend? Steve Miller himself.

As a solo artist, Scaggs hit his stride with the album, Silk Degrees, and its charttopping hits “Lido Shuffle” and “Lowdown.” His album catalog also includes Middle Man (1980), Some Change (1994), Dig (2001) and Memphis (2013). His latest album is A Fool to Care.

467-3000 | peacecenter.org | boxoffice@peacecenter.org

Arbor Day is April 29. Come join us as we celebrate the important role trees play in our lives. We will read a book about trees and make a cool tree project. For ages 5 and under. tcmupstate.org

FAMILY

April 30

iMOVE is the signature, collaborative partnership with local businesses and community groups to help bring awareness of the importance of healthy lifestyles and to raise funds for Upstate Backpack Blessings. The 5K Run/ Walk is family friendly and Pelham Medical Center will be leading our Community Health Fair and our RHS XC State Champions will be leading our 5K. 252-675-8240 | rmsptsa.com greenbearfitness@gmail.com

FUNDRAISER

Greater Greenville Master Gardeners Annual Plant Sale Jeff Lynch Appliance Store Corner of Woodruff and Roper Mtn. 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

FREE This event offers local gardeners an opportunity to purchase plants nurtured and donated by Master Gardeners. Shoppers will find a wide selection of plants, ranging from herbs, vegetables and perennials to shrubs and young flowering trees. Among these will be some native plants and unusual specialty plants. ggmga.org FAMILY

Bib’s World Opening The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Free with admission Visit us for the opening of our brand new outdoor exhibit, Bib’s World, with activities on cultural connections, tires, French heritage, and more. tcmupstate.org

iMOVE 5K Run / Walk & Community Health Fair Riverside Middle School 615 Hammett Bridge Road, Greer 8:30-11 a.m. $12/team member, $10/senior or 10 & under

FUNDRAISER

Wheels for Meals Charity Ride Furman University | 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 7:30 a.m.

Registration: $55 Join us for the 10th annual Wheels for Meals Charity Ride. With four routes, a Family Fun Ride and a post-ride celebration, Wheels for Meals welcomes cyclists of all ages and abilities. Proceeds further the Meals on Wheels of Greenville mission to fight hunger and isolation in our community by providing nutritious meals, personal

contact and related services to the homebound of Greenville County.

233-6565 | WheelsforMeals.com lpatrick@mowgvl.org HEALTH/FITNESS

Color Vibe Run Heritage Park 861 SE Main Street, Simpsonville 9 a.m.-noon Get ready Greenville for the most colorful fun-filled day of your life. You’ll have more color on you than your happy levels can handle. So get your friends and family stretched out for this amazing color blast event where you’ll get blasted with color while you run the Color Vibe 5K. Color Vibe is here, and you’re about to get tagged. Bring canned food items for our charity partner Harvest Hope Food Bank. jlittleton@harvesthope.org thecolorvibe.com/greenville.php FAMILY

Smart Money Saturday Greenville County Library System Hughes Main Library | 25 Heritage Green Place 1-3:30 p.m.

FREE Smart Money Saturday returns for a third year to help you get smart about your money. Martha Phillips, Director of the SC Department of Consumer Affairs Identity Theft Unit, and Jeff Dennis, Director of Financial Aid at Greenville Tech share information on preventing identity theft and understanding student loans.

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Friends of the Library Semi-Annual Used Book Sale April 30, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and May 1, 1-5 p.m. • Merovan Center • 1200 Woodruff Road • free 527-9225 • greenvillelibrary.org • apecht@greenvillelibrary.org

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Independent Public Ale House 110 Poinsett Hwy.

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Timothy Ezekiel Bell Soundbox Tavern 507 W. Georgia Rd., Simpsonville

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Singer/songwriter blends everything from Simon & Garfunkel to gospel into his emotional originals.

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Multicultural Art & Craft Fair Parish Hall St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church 2252 Woodruff Road, Simpsonville 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

FREE The Ladies Auxiliary of KofC Council 10819 is pleased to host 35 vendors, who will be displaying a diverse selection of homemade crafts and artwork, includ-

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May 3

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Off the Wall: Tire Art The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. Tues.-Fri. 2-4 p.m. and Sat. 1-4 p.m.

Free with admission We are celebrating Bib’s World this week.

Join us for tire-themed art. Ages 5+. tcmupstate.org

May 1 ARTS EVENT

Cabela’s Camping Classic Cabela’s | 1025 Woodruff Rd. Ste. H101 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE Kick off the camping season with the latest outdoor equipment from Cabela’s.

Join us this weekend to learn tips, tricks, and tactics for going camping. To view a full list of activities visit cabelas.com.

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Sundays at 2: Artist Gallery Talk Doug McAbee Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. | 2 p.m.

FREE Local artist Doug McAbee creates colorful, whimsical sculptures. Join us to discover what inspires his creative spirit.

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COURTESY OF VARIETY

Asheville indie-rock/power-pop quartet.

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ing pottery, sewing, embroidery, Chinese brush and watercolor paintings, wood carvings, jewelry, baby items, toddler clothing, toys, flower arrangements, paper crafts, and other items for the home.

268-4023 | mlsearl@live.com

Oscar-Winning Visual Effects Artist Letteri to Speak at Furman University Furman University, McAlister Auditorium 3300 Poinsett Hwy. | 6:30-8 p.m.

FREE Visual effects artist Joe Letteri, winner of four Academy Awards for his work on such films as Avatar, King Kong and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, will speak at Furman University. In his talk, “Bringing the Virtual to Reality,” Letteri gives a visual presentation about his work in films and will be available for Q&A and to sign posters and DVDs. 294-3107 | bit.ly/LetteriFurman05032016 vince.moore@furman.edu

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Pickleball Taylors Rec Center, Gymnasium 200 W. Main St., Taylors Wednesdays | 9-11 a.m.

Tuesdays | 6:30-8:30 p.m.

FREE Pickleball is a paddle sport created for all ages and skill levels. The rules are simple and the game is easy for beginners to learn, but can develop into a quick, fast-paced, competitive game for experienced players.

292-4060 | darylh@taylorsfbc.org taylorsfbc.org/reach/taylors-rec/events/

The night will be filled with laughs and hilarious videos inspired by the long-running “Jokers”. Expect there to be neverbefore-seen footage, and the guys doing what they do best.

241-3800 | marketing@bswarena.com bonsecoursarena.com

May 4 ARTS EVENT

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May 3-7 FAMILY

Story Time and More: Amazing Art Sneak Peek The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Free with admission Preschoolers love art. Join us this week as we read “Mouse Paint” and see how a cat tries to catch mice using paint. We will make projects using paint during our craft time. tcmupstate.org

May 3-8 FAMILY

Mother’s Day Flowers The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 2-4 p.m.

Free with admission Create special flower-art for the special women in your life this week. tcmupstate.org

May 4 ENTERTAINMENT

truTV Impractical Jokers”Where’s Larry?” Tour Starring The Tenderloins Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N Academy St. 7 p.m. | $54.50 The Tenderloins Comedy Troupe: Sal Vulcano, Joe Gatto, James “Murr” Murray and Brian “Q” Quinn star in truTV’s hit show, “Impractical Jokers;” and are headed from your screen to the stage to perform a live comedy show in your town.

New exhibition opens Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. FREE Horace Day in South Carolina opens in Gallery 4. The exhibition highlights watercolors and oils of the South Carolina Lowcountry by artist and educator Horace Day. 271-7570 bit.ly/GCMADayExhibitOpening egeyer@gcma.org

May 5 FUNDRAISER

Friends First Thursday Used Book Sale Merovan Center | 1200 Woodruff Road 9 a.m.-noon Memberships begin at $5 and are available at the door.

Great books. Great deals. Find a treasure.

Proceeds help to fund Greenville County Library System programs.

527-9225 | greenvillelibrary.org apecht@greenvillelibrary.org FUNDRAISER

Martinis and Mahler Lobby of the Peace Center Concert Hall 300 S Main St. 6:30-9 p.m. | $55 per person Enjoy an evening of distinctive food and drink complete with a signature martini, then take advantage of the highlight of the event by sitting in on a live rehearsal of the upcoming GSO concert, Hymn to Nature, conducted by GSO Music

Director & Conductor, Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel. Proceeds from Martinis and Mahler will benefit the GSO’s Education and Community Engagement programs.

232-0344 | greenvillesymphony.org todd@greenvillesymphony.org BOOK SIGNING

Book Your Lunch with Mary Alice Monroe Fiction Addiction, Poinsett Club 807 E. Washington St. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. $40 includes copy of Low Country Wedding Book Your Lunch with New York Times bestselling South Carolina author Mary Alice Monroe. Enjoy a meal of chicken piccata and signature cocktails created by the author, hear Ms. Monroe talk about her new book, “A Lowcountry Wedding,” and get your book signed by the author. Signature cocktails featured in the book and created in Mary Alice’s kitchen will be served free of charge courtesy of Firefly Distillery.

675-0540 fiction-addiction.com info@fiction-addiction.com

May 5-21 THEATER PRODUCTION

A Party to Murder Centre Stage | 501 River St. 8 p.m. | Thursdays-Sundays $30, $25, $10 Six people come for a weekend mystery game but it takes a sinister turn with unexpected and terrifying conclusions.

233-6733 centrestage.org information@centrestage.org

May 5-June 9

May 6 FAMILY

Fantastic Fridays: Travel to Kentucky The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 10-10:30 a.m. | Free with admission Churchill Downs, the world’s most legendary racetrack, has conducted thoroughbred racing and presented America’s greatest race, the Kentucky Derby, continuously since 1875. Create Kentucky Derby hats today for our Fantastic Friday. tcmupstate.org CONCERT

Sandra McCracken in Concert, with special guest Kenny Meeks Downtown Presbyterian Church 435 West Washington 7 p.m. | $13 in advance/$15 at the door Sandra McCracken is a singer/songwriter who specializes in modern-day gospel songs. Her lyrics seamlessly combine the sacred poetry of old hymns with compelling personal confessions and narratives.

Largely inspired from the folk tradition, Sandra’s songs and hymn adaptations are sung in churches, conferences and schools nationwide. Following the critical acclaim of her latest release, “Psalms” (2015), Sandra will be on tour in 2016 with her band for the “Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs Tour.”

326-0624 | downtownpres.org rmcmillen@downtownpres.org CONCERT

Timothy Ezekiel Bell Soundbox Tavern 507 W. Georgia Rd., Simpsonville Singer/songwriter blends everything from Simon & Garfunkel to gospel into his emotional originals.

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CONCERT

Learn to Play Appalachian Music

Old Crow Medicine Show with Brandi Carlile

Trinity UMC | 2703 Augusta St. Thursdays $60 for six weeks of lessons All ages can learn to play the banjo, guitar, fiddle or mandolin. Join the fun.

Registration is now open for the Evening Music Program. These lessons are open to students third grade through adult.

Rental instruments are available for $25. Register now by contacting: Susan Ware-Snow. This program supports the nonprofit: Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music.

979-9188 yamupstate.com susu9196@gmail.com

Charter Amphitheatre 861 SE Main St., Simpsonville String-band vets (and creators of smash single “Wagon Wheel”) hit the Upstate.

757-3022 charterspectrumamphitheatre.com CONCERT

Alex Hunnicutt Blues Boulevard (Greenville) 300 River St., Greenville Tickets: $5 (plus $10 food/drink minimum) Talented guitarist can handle jazz, funk, pop.

242-2583 | bluesboulevardjazzgreenville.com

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Furman University Graduating Seniors Present Art Exhibition Furman University, Thompson Gallery of Roe Art Bldg. | 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Monday-Friday FREE Furman University graduating seniors will present an art exhibition April 11-May 7 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on campus. The exhibition, “Can You Hear Me Now?” is a collection of works based on the artists’ own experiences and relationships. Using mixed media, mixed processes, and social experiments, the artists capture personal struggles, childhood memories, and challenges faced by the elder community, among other themes.

294-2074 | newspress.furman.edu/?p=21650 marta.lanier@furman.edu

May 7 FAMILY

Reedy River Duck Derby Falls Park | 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

FREE The Rotary Club of Greenville-Evening is hosting the 12th Annual Reedy River Duck Derby. Over 7000 rubber ducks race down the Reedy River falls to raise money for local charities. Music, games for children, food and fun add to the excitement before the race reedyriverduckderby.com FUNDRAISER

Tails and Trails 5K Walk/Run Conestee Park | 840 Mauldin Road 8:30 a.m.-noon $25 for individuals ($30 after April 25) and $15 for teams of 6 or more (team cutoff is April 25) Tails and Trails 5K Walk/Run is charity run to benefit the homeless animals at Greenville Animal Care. Runners/Walkers may participate with or without a pet.

To sign up and set up a fundraising page visit or website at www.greenvillepets.org.

467-3950 | greenvillepets.org pchurch@greenvillecounty.org

FAMILY

Bookmarked Greenville County Library System Simpsoniblle (Hendricks) Branch 626 NE Main Street, Simpsonville 2-3 p.m.

FREE Read the book “Wonder” by R. J. Palacio and join us for a fun discussion.

963-9031 | greenvillelibrary.org simpsonville@greenvillelibrary.org

May 7-8 FAMILY

Mother’s Day Weekend The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. Saturday, 11 a.m.-noon and 2-3 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.

Free with admission Join us at the museum to make a special Mother’s Day gift for the special motherly figure in your life. tcmupstate.org CONCERT

Greenville Symphony Orchestra presents Hymn to Nature The Peace Center Concert Hall 300 S. Main St. Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m.

Tickets range from $17-$66 The Greenville Symphony Orchestra accompanied by alto soloist Stacey Rishoi, the Women of The Greenville Chorale, and Chicora Voices, present the Greenville premiere of Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony, Hymn to Nature. This spectacular concert musically portrays the vastness of nature and will feature over two hundred performers on stage at one time.

467-3000 | greenvillesymphony.org todd@greenvillesymphony.org

May 7-June 25 EDUCATION

Firearm Education Series Cabela’s | 1025 Woodruff Rd. Ste. H101 1-2 p.m.

FREE This series of courses is to promote and educate customers on the various aspects of

responsible gun ownership. The featured seminars will offer insight and training for levels of experience. To view a complete seminar schedule visit, Cabelas.com.

516-8100 | Cabelas.com

May 10 COMMUNITY MEETING

Drive Business Downtown Fluor Field 2 p.m.

Elliott Davis Decosimo and the Greenville Drive are pleased to announce the sixth annual “Drive Business Downtown: A Celebration in the Heart of Greenville,” teaming Upstate businesses together in one of the largest networking opportunities of the year. greenvilledrive.com | kerry@smoakpr.com EDUCATION

“Paper Tigers” Film Premiere GHS Medical Auditorium Greenville Health System Grove Road Campus, Medical Auditorium 701 Grove Road 2-4 p.m.

FREE GFP will host the film premiere of “Paper Tigers” This film is based on the “Adverse Childhood Experiences Study,” which established a link between childhood traumatic events and adverse health outcomes later in life (i.e. drug use & other at-risk behaviors). A staggering portrait of the price children pay for growing up in unsafe environments, while becoming some of society’s greatest challenges.

467-4099 | gfpdrugfree.org karen@gfpdrugfree.org

May 10-14 FAMILY

Story Time and More: Ocean Aquatics Sneak Peek The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Free with admission This week we will be learning about the many creatures found in the ocean. We will read a book about the ocean and make a special ocean animal craft. tcmupstate.org

May 10-15 FAMILY

Off the Wall: Spring Art The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 2-4 p.m. | Free with admission Join us for special nature-based art this week. tcmupstate.org

May 10-18 THEATER PRODUCTION

Second Chance Centre Stage | 501 River St. 7 p.m. | Tuesdays and Wednesdays | $15 Six weeks after the death of his wife, a man is visited by two beings who give him the chance to trade places with her. Does he do the swap? The provocative Fringe Series continues at Centre Stage.

233-6733 | centrestage.org information@centrestage.org

May 10-11

May 11

CONCERT/SHOW

EDUCATION

Blue Man Group Peace Center Starting at $45 Blue Man Group is best known for their wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts which combine comedy, music and technology to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. Performances are intensely exciting and wildly outrageous. With no spoken language, Blue Man Group is perfect for people of all ages, languages and cultures. This unique experience is a form of entertainment like nothing else; guaranteed to be an outing audiences will never forget.

467-3000 | peacecenter.org boxoffice@peacecenter.org

Navy League of U.S. Upper S.C. Council Dinner Meeting Commerce Club, Meeting Room 55 Beattie Place 6-9 p.m.

Cash bar followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. $30 includes tax & gratuity The Navy League is a civilian organization whose mission is to support the sea services (Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine). Guest speaker will be Rear Admiral (Ret) Charles Young.

He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1970. He had a successful career in Nuclear Submarines and after he retired he was responsible for the Ohio Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Replacement

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program. Admiral Young will share his experiences on that program as well as a Submariner.

438-4621 NavyLeague.UpperSCcouncil@yahoo.com

May 12 EDUCATION

The Hidden Power of Film: WWII

for Best Mystery Novel, as he discusses his new book, Redemption Road. It took John five years to write Redemption Road and there is quite a story behind the story, so don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet the author who wins rave reviews from both readers and authors.

675-0540 | fiction-addiction.com info@fiction-addiction.com CONCERT

Museum & Gallery at Heritage Green 25 Heritage Green Place noon $12 for lunch & lecture; $5 for lecture only

Tyler Boone Band

Spice up your lunch routine and broaden your understanding of arts’ impact on history, literature, and culture.

770-1331 “ bjumg.org contact@bju.edu

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Tyler Boone’s likes to get down and bluesy with pop hooks. bit.ly/downtown-alive

BOOK SIGNING

An Evening with Edgar award winning author John Hart Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Rd. 6:30-8 p.m. $30 includes copy of Redemption Road Join us at Fiction Addiction for an evening with John Hart, the only mystery author to win back-to-back Edgar Awards

Downtown Alive NOMA Square, Main Street FREE

May 13 CONCERT

Legends of Southern Hip Hop Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N Academy St. | 8 p.m. | $56-$107 Legends of Southern Hip Hop featuring Mystical, Juvenile and more 241-3800 | bonsecoursarena.com marketing@bswarena.com

May 14

FAMILY

Fantastic Fridays: Trivial Pursuit Favorites

FUNDRAISER

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 10-10:30 a.m.

Free with admission

Symphony Guild Downtown Condo Rondo

Our last Trivial Pursuit Fantastic Friday will be filled with our favorite state-based activities from the last three months. tcmupstate.org

May 13 or 14 ARTS EVENT

Copperplate Calligraphy Workshop Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $125/class Join us for an introductory look at Copperplate calligraphy, an elegant hand frequently used for formal invitations, documents and bridal events. This pointed pen calligraphy workshop will focus on lowercase letter formation using traditional Copperplate techniques.

271-7570 bit.ly/GCMAArtWorkshops egeyer@gcma.org

Downtown Greenville | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $20 in advance and $25 on day of tour Five outstanding private homes available for touring, all within walking distance of each other in the Historic West End area of downtown Greenville. Each home is a distinctive reflection of Upstate urban living and uniquely decorated to reflect the owners’ interest in style, art, antiques and collectibles.

370-0965 | guildGSO.org GuildGSO@bellsouth.net ARTS EVENT

Southern Author Festival Greenville County Library System Hughes Main Library | 25 Heritage Green Place 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

FREE Meet this year’s distinguished authors

Some things just get better with age.

RollingGreenVillage.com

For information, call 987-4612

Crossword puzzle: page 62

Sudoku puzzle: page 62

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at this daylong event that explores Southern fiction and poetry with moderator Dr. Randall Wilhelm. Authors’ books will be available for purchase. – 9:30-11 a.m., Wiley Cash; 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., George Singleton & Ron Rash; 1:30-3 p.m., Ashley Warlick; and 3-3:30 p.m., Sue Lile Inman and Elizabeth Drewry.

527-9293 | greenvillelibrary.org explore@greenvillelibrary.org

May 14 & 15 FAMILY

Trivial Pursuit: Last Adventure The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. Saturday, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.

Free with admission Trivial Pursuit: A 50-State Adventure is finishing up this weekend. tcmupstate.org

May 16 FAMILY

Coloring Session for Adults Greenville County Library System Fountain Inn (Kerry Ann Younts Culp) Branch 311 N. Main St., Fountain Inn 6-7:30 p.m.

FREE Adults join us for the fun and calming practice of coloring. Coloring sheets and colors provided or bring your own.

862-2576 | greenvillelibrary.org fountaininn@greenvillelibrary.org

May 17 FAMILY

WWE Smackdown Bon Secours Wellness Arena 7 p.m. | $24-$108 WWE is coming back to The Well for Smackdown. See Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and AJ Styles vs Bray Wyatt, Chris Jericho and Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens. Plus you’ll see WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day, The Divas and many more.

241-3800 | bonsecoursarena.com marketing@bswarena.com FAMILY

Homeschool Day: Forensic Science The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. | 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Check out our website tcmupstate.org for registration and price information. tcmupstate.org

May 17

May 19-22

ARTS EVENT

FAMILY

Emrys Foundation Journal Launch

Hometown Heroes Celebration

Greenville County Library System | Hughes Main 25 Heritage Green Place | 7-8:30 p.m.

FREE

Cabela’s | 1025 Woodruff Rd. Ste. H101 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE

Join Emrys as it releases its 2016 Journal, a collection of previously unpublished fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers.

527-9293 | greenvillelibrary.org explore@greenvillelibrary.org

Cabela’s is honoring our Hometown Heroes by offering a discount to active military, veterans, law-enforcement, firefighters and EMS personnel May 19-22.

To see a full list of activities and specials, visit Cabelas.com.

516-8100 | Cabelas.com

May 17-20 FAMILY

Story Time and More: Insect Investigations Sneak Peek The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. | 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Free with admission The world around us is so amazing.

Everywhere we look we can find new and interesting things. If we look down we can see so many interesting insects. Join us as we read books about insects and make a beautiful bug project. tcmupstate.org

May 17-22 FAMILY

Off the Wall: Messy Art The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. | 2-4 p.m. | Free with admission Gear up for Mess Fest by creating messy art all week in Off the Wall. tcmupstate.org

May 18 CONCERT

Martyn Joseph concert Tigg’s Pond Retreat Center 212 Fiddlehead Lane, Zirconia | 7-9 p.m. | $20 Martyn Joseph has been a regular on the UK music festival scene for decades. Martyn’s commitment to perform at Tigg’s Pond represents a rare swing through the mountains of Western NC. Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to hear a celebrated international talent. With a career spanning 30 years, 32 albums, over half a million record sales and thousands of live performances, the versatility of his music touches genres of folk, rock, soul, folk-funk and Americana.

828-697-0690 | tiggspond@gmail.com brownpapertickets.com/event/2499792

thru May 20 ARTS EVENT

“Kindred Spirits,” Exploring Abstract Expressionism Today Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. April 1, open at 6 p.m.

FREE An exhibition of abstract painting by guest artists Steven Aimone, Katherine Aimone, Galen Cheney, Matthew Dibble, Margaret Glew and Jay Zerbe. Gallery hours Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

735-3948 | artcentergreenville.org info@artcentergreenville.org

May 21 FAMILY

Story Time and More: Mess Fest The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. | 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Free with admission It is that time of year again, time to get messy. Our annual “MessFest” is a favorite day at TCMU. Our preschoolers will have fun making “fizzy art” using baking soda and vinegar. The results will have your child loving this fun art project. tcmupstate.org FAMILY

Mess Fest

TICKET OFFICE – GOING ON SALE – EVENING WITH FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS June 18; 8 p.m.

Peace Center Cost: $65-$95 On sale: April 29, 10 a.m.

To purchase tickets: 467-3000; Peace Center Box Office; peacecenter.org Info: Frankie Valli came to fame in 1962 as the lead singer of the Four Seasons and is hotter than ever in the 21st century.

Thanks to the volcanic success of the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys, which chronicles the life and times of Valli and his legendary group, such classic songs as “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Rag Doll” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” are all the rage all over again. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons boast 71 chart hits (including 40 in the Top 40, 19 in the Top 10 and eight No. 1’s). He has toured almost continuously since 1962, and his songs have been featured in such movies as The Deer Hunter, Dirty Dancing, Mrs. Doubtfire, Conspiracy Theory and The Wanderers. As many as 200 artists have done cover versions of Valli’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” from Nancy Wilson’s jazz treatment to Lauryn Hill’s hip-hop makeover.

– LAST CHANCE – APRIL 29, 8 P.M. AMY SCHUMER Bon Secours Wellness Arena Cost: $133, $39 To purchase tickets: 800-745-3000; GSP Box Office at The Bon Secours Wellness Arena; ticketmaster.com

APRIL 30, 7 P.M. BLACK RODEO Bon Secours Wellness Arena Cost: $26.50, $23.50 (increases $6 day of show) To purchase tickets: 800-745-3000; GSP Box Office at The Bon Secours Wellness Arena; ticketmaster.com

MAY 4, 7 P.M. IMPRACTICAL JOKERS Bon Secours Wellness Arena Cost: $54.50 To purchase tickets: 800-745-3000; GSP Box Office at The Bon Secours Wellness Arena; ticketmaster.com Submit your Last Minute Ticket Sales for Upstate Events at bit.ly/LastTicketsGville For Upcoming Ticket Sales, enter them at bit.ly/UpcomingTicketsGJ

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. | 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Free with admission Join as for our annual Mess Fest event today. Children will have opportunities to play in a shaving cream room, paint with big tools, explore giant bubbles, investigate slime and ooblek, and engage in other messy activities throughout the day. tcmupstate.org

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF ELECTION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GREENVILLE COUNTY The Democratic and Republican parties will hold primaries on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Any necessary runoffs will be held on Tuesday, June 28. Any person wishing to vote in the primaries and runoffs must register no later than Saturday, May 14.

Voters will be asked to provide one of the following Photo IDs at their polling place.

• S.C. Driver's License • ID Card issued by S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles • S.C. Voter Registration Card with Photo • Federal Military ID • U.S. Passport If you have one of these IDs, you are ready to vote. Voters should remember to bring one of these IDs with them to the polling place. Voters without Photo ID can get one free of charge from the Department of Motor Vehicles or their county voter registration office. Voters who encounter an obstacle to getting a Photo ID should bring their paper voter registration card without a photo with them to their polling place. These voters can then sign an affidavit swearing to their identity and to their obstacle to obtaining a Photo ID and vote a provisional ballot. This ballot will count unless the county board of voter registration and elections has grounds to believe the affidavit is false. For more information on Photo ID, visit scVOTES.org or contact your county board of voter registration and elections.

At 9:00 a.m. on June 14, the County Board of Voter Registration and Elections will begin its examination of the absentee ballot return envelopes at Greenville County Square, 301 University Ridge, Suite 1900/400, Greenville, SC 29601.

At 12 Noon on June 16, the County Board of Canvassers will hold a hearing to determine the validity of all provisional ballots cast in this election. This hearing will be held at Greenville County Square, County Council Chambers, 301 University Ridge, Greenville, SC 29601.

The following precincts and polling places will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.: PRECINCTS POLLING PLACES Greenville 01 League Academy 125 Twin Lake Rd Greenville 03 Summit Dr Elementary School 424 Summit Dr Greenville 04 Stone Academy 115 Randall St Greenville 05 Sears Shelter 100 E Park Ave Greenville 06 Mount Calvary Baptist Church 115 Cedar Lane Rd Greenville 07 W Greenville Recreation Center 8 Rochester St Greenville 08 West End Community Development Center 404 Vardry St Greenville 10 Springfield Baptist Church 600 E McBee Ave Greenville 14 Sterling School 99 John McCarroll Way Greenville 16 Augusta Rd Baptist Church 1823 Augusta St Greenville 17 St Matthew United Methodist Church 701 Cleveland St Greenville 18 Augusta Circle Elementary School 100 Winyah St Greenville 19 Pleasant Valley Connection Center 510 Old Augusta Rd Greenville 20 Trinity United Methodist Church 2703 Augusta St Greenville 21 Meals On Wheels 15 Oregon St Greenville 22 Sanctuary Church 302 Parkins Mill Rd Greenville 23 Eastlan Baptist Church 625 S Pleasantburg Dr Greenville 24 Beck Academy 901 Woodruff Rd Greenville 25 McCarter Presbyterian Church 2 Pelham Rd Greenville 26 E North St Academy 1720 E North St Greenville 27 Overbrook Baptist Church 1705 E North St Greenville 28 Francis Asbury United Methodist Church 1800 E North St Greenville 29 J L Mann High School 160 Fairforest Way Aiken Alexander Elementary School 1601 W Bramlett Rd Altamont Forest Redeemer Presbyterian Church 6150 Old Buncombe Rd Asheton Lakes Five Forks Baptist Church 112 Batesville Rd Avon TBA Belle Meade Disciples Fellowship Baptist Church 105 Crestfield Rd Bells Crossing Bells Crossing Elementary School 804 Scuffletown Rd Belmont Belmont Fire Station 701 Fork Shoals Rd Berea Berea Elementary School 100 Berea Dr Boiling Springs Devenger Rd Presbyterian Church 1200 Devenger Rd Botany Woods Lutheran Church of Our Saviour 2600 Wade Hampton Blvd Brook Glenn Brook Glenn Elementary School 2003 E Lee Rd Canebrake Buena Vista Elementary School 310 S Batesville Rd Carolina Carolina Academy 2725 Anderson Rd Chestnut Hills Dunean Baptist Church 21 Allen St Circle Creek Cross Roads Baptist Church 705 Anderson Ridge Rd Clear Creek Pleasant View Baptist Church 110 Old Rutherford Rd Conestee Reedy River Missionary Baptist Church 25 Lakewood Dr Darby Ridge New Velocity Church 1720 Reid School Rd Del Norte Brushy Creek Elementary School 1344 Brushy Creek Rd Devenger St Giles Presbyterian Church 1021 Hudson Rd Donaldson Donaldson Center Fire Dept 2291 Perimeter Rd Dove Tree Dove Tree Clubhouse 2 Sugarberry Dr Dunklin Dunklin Fire Station 11353 Augusta Rd Eastside Eastside High School 1300 Brushy Creek Rd Ebenezer Heritage Elementary School 1592 Geer Hwy Edwards Forest Taylors Elementary School 809 Reid School Rd Enoree Enoree Career Center 108 Scalybark Rd Feaster Eastside Presbyterian Church 830 Garlington Rd Fork Shoals Fork Shoals Elementary School 916 McKelvey Rd Fountain Inn 1 Younts Center for Performing Arts 315 N Main St Fountain Inn 2 Fountain Inn Activities Center 610 Fairview St Furman Woodlands at Furman 1500 Trailhead Ct Gowensville Gowensville Community Center 14186 Highway 11 Grove Grove Elementary School 1220 Old Grove Rd Jennings Mill Cleveland First Baptist Church 5 Church Dr Lakeview Lakeview Middle School 3801 Old Buncombe Rd Laurel Ridge St Mark United Methodist Church 901 St Mark Rd Leawood Hampton Park Baptist Church 875 State Park Rd Maple Creek Southside Baptist Church 410 S Main St Maridell New Liberty Baptist Church 1798 N Highway 25 Mauldin 1 TBA Mauldin 2 Forrester Woods Clubhouse 424 Piney Grove Rd Mauldin 3 Mauldin First Baptist Church 150 S Main St Mauldin 4 Mauldin United Methodist Church 100 E Butler Rd Mauldin 5 Mauldin Miller Fire Station #1 802 Miller Rd Mauldin 6 Ray Hopkins Senior Center 203 Corn Rd Mauldin 7 Mauldin Middle School 1190 Holland Rd Mission Morningside Baptist Church 1115 Pelham Rd Monaview Monaview Elementary School 10 Monaview St Mountain Creek Mountain Creek Baptist Church 255 W Mountain Creek Church Rd Mountain View Mountain View Elementary School 6350 Mountain View Rd Neely Farms Christ Community Church 700 Harrison Bridge Rd Northwood Northwood Middle School 710 Ikes Rd Oakview Oakview Elementary School 515 Godfrey Rd Palmetto Grace Church 2801 Pelham Rd Paris Mountain Piedmont Park Fire Station Hdqt 2119 State Park Rd

Pebble Creek Pelham Falls Piedmont Pineview Poinsett Raintree Reedy Fork River Walk Rock Hill Rocky Creek Rolling Green Royal Oaks Saluda Sandy Flat Sevier Silverleaf Simpsonville 1 Simpsonville 2 Simpsonville 3 Simpsonville 4 Simpsonville 5 Simpsonville 6 Skyland Slater Marietta Southside Spring Forest Stone Valley Stonehaven Suber Mill Sugar Creek Sulphur Springs Sycamore Tanglewood Taylors Thornblade Tigerville Timberlake Trade Tubbs Mountain Wade Hampton Walnut Springs Welcome Wellington Westcliffe Westside Woodmont Woodruff Lakes Mt Pleasant Baker Creek Bridge Fork Castle Rock Fox Chase Frohawk Granite Creek Graze Branch Greenbriar Hillcrest Holly Tree Kilgore Farms Locust Hill Long Creek Moore Creek Oneal Ranch Creek Riverside Sparrows Point Standing Springs Travelers Rest 1 Travelers Rest 2 Tyger River Verdmont Ware Place

Pebble Creek Baptist Church Cornerstone Baptist Church Piedmont Community Center - Beattie Hall Canebrake Fire Dept Duncan Chapel Elementary School The Bridge Church Reedy Fork Baptist Church River Walk Clubhouse Mitchell Rd Elementary School Rocky Creek Baptist Church Rolling Green Retirement Center Rock Of Ages Baptist Church Berea Fire Station Double Springs Baptist Church Sevier Middle School Heritage Bible Church Simpsonville City Park Center Plain Elementary School Temple Baptist Church Westside Church Center for Community Services Calvary Baptist Church Skyland Elementary School Slater Marietta Elementary School Southside High School Greenville Nazarene Church Springwell Church Advent United Methodist Church Praise Cathedral Sugar Creek Clubhouse Armstrong Elementary School First Presbyterian Church Tanglewood Middle School Taylors First Baptist Church Airport Baptist Church Tigerville Elementary School Aldersgate United Methodist Church Needmore Recreation Center Enoree Baptist Church Faith Baptist Church Clear Spring Baptist Church Welcome Elementary School E North Church Westcliffe Elementary School Russell Community Church Woodmont Middle School Woodruff Rd Christian Church Mt Pleasant Community Center Valley Brook Outreach Baptist Church Kingdom Life Church Washington Baptist Church Northwood Baptist Church Grace United Methodist Church Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Holly Ridge Baptist Church Messiah Lutheran Church Hillcrest Middle School Faith Baptist Church Gilder Creek Farm Clubhouse Fairview Baptist Church Rocky Creek Missionary Baptist Church South Greenville Fire Station #6 TBA Robert E Cashion Elementary School Riverside High School Immanuel Lutheran Church Standing Springs Baptist Church Travelers Rest City Hall Renfrew Baptist Church Chandler Creek Elementary School Hopewell United Methodist Church Ellen Woodside Elementary School

1300 Reid School Rd 8508 Pelham Rd 3 Main St 100 Hillside Church Rd 210 Duncan Chapel Rd 257 Harrison Bridge Rd 3115 Fork Shoals Rd 103 River Walk Blvd 4124 E North St 1801 Woodruff Rd 1 Hoke Smith Blvd 105 Donaldson Rd 7401 White Horse Rd 3800 Locust Hill Rd 1000 Piedmont Park Rd 2005 Old Spartanburg Rd 405 E Curtis St 506 Neely Ferry Rd 213 W Curtis St 611 Richardson St 1102 Howard Dr 3810 Grandview Dr 4221 N Highway 14 100 Baker Cir 6630 Frontage Rd 1201 Haywood Rd 4369 Wade Hampton Blvd 2258 Woodruff Rd 3390 Brushy Creek Rd 103 Sugar Creek Rd 8601 White Horse Rd 510 E Curtis St 44 Merriwoods Dr 200 W Main St 776 S Batesville Rd 25 Tigerville Elementary School Rd 7 Shannon Dr 202 Canteen Ave 881 Tigerville Rd 500 W Lee Rd 301 Bethany Rd 36 E Welcome Rd 4108 E North St 105 Eastbourne Rd 31 Calhoun Ave 325 N Flat Rock Rd 20 Bell Rd 710 S Fairfield Rd 8323 Augusta Rd 416 Holland Rd 3500 N Highway 14 888 Ansel School Rd 627 Taylor Rd 1002 S Buncombe Rd 260 Adams Mill Rd 1100 Log Shoals Rd 510 Garrison Rd 906 Highway 14 404 Grimes Dr 1300 Locust Hill Rd 239 Rocky Creek Rd 1800 W Georgia Rd 1500 Fork Shoals Rd 794 Hammett Bridge Rd 2820 Woodruff Rd 1111 W Georgia Rd 6711 State Park Rd 951 Geer Hwy 301 Chandler Rd 1420 Neely Ferry Rd 9122 Augusta Rd

GREENVILLE COUNTY ZONING AND PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a public hearing before County Council on Monday, May 16, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in County Council Chambers, County Square, for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the following items: DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-25 APPLICANT: Kays and Juliet Kaysi CONTACT INFORMATION: juliet.b.kaysi@gmail.com PROPERTY LOCATION: 3902 White Horse Road PIN: 0241000200200 EXISTING ZONING: R-10, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: O-D, Office District ACREAGE: 0.4 COUNTY COUNCIL: 25 – Gibson DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-31 APPLICANT: Luis Moreno, Brushy Place, LLC for John S. and Sonja P. Hunt CONTACT INFORMATION: develcorp@aol.com or 864-360-1347 PROPERTY LOCATION: 415 Brushy Creek Road PIN: 0538030100301 EXISTING ZONING: R-20, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: R-M10, Multifamily Residential ACREAGE: 0.6 COUNTY COUNCIL: 20 – Cates DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-32 APPLICANT: Johnie Allen DeVore, Jr. for Stephanie King, Three Tree Hill, LLC CONTACT INFORMATION: jdevore6444@charter.net or 864-787-7205 PROPERTY LOCATION: 245 Hicks Road PIN: 0394000102500 EXISTING ZONING: R-10, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: S-1, Services ACREAGE: 10.5 COUNTY COUNCIL:25 – Gibson DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-33 APPLICANT: Kenneth M. Brown for Jack H. Nimmons, Jr. CONTACT INFORMATION: kbrown@wilsonkibler.com or 803-493-2090 PROPERTY LOCATION: 2200 Block of W. Blue Ridge Drive PIN: 0135001000200, 0135001000300 and 0135001000500 EXISTING ZONING: I-1, Industrial REQUESTED ZONING: C-3, Commercial ACREAGE: 1 COUNTY COUNCIL: 23 – Norris DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-34 APPLICANT: Jamie McCutchen, CCAD Engineering for Mary Ellen

Fulmer Garrett CONTACT INFORMATION: jamiem@ccadengineering.com or 864-250-9999 PROPERTY LOCATION: 1022 West Georgia Road PIN: 0574020102800 EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: C-3, Commercial ACREAGE: 3 COUNTY COUNCIL: 28 – Payne DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-35 APPLICANT: Timothy Andrew Brett for James A. Harris CONTACT INFORMATION: tbrett@brettsc.com or 864-414-3642 PROPERTY LOCATION: 3100 Block of Grandview Drive PIN: 0306000200702 EXISTING ZONING: S-1, Services REQUESTED ZONING: R-M16, Multifamily Residential ACREAGE: 15.6 COUNTY COUNCIL:28 – Payne DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-36 APPLICANT: ARS Ventures c/o Todd A. Ward, for Eugenia H. Greer, Kenneth T. Barrett and Pelham Road Alliance Church CONTACT INFORMATION: taw@scdevelopmentconsulting. com or 864-423-1747 PROPERTY LOCATION: 2400, 2500 and 2702 Pelham Road PIN: 0533040101900, 0533040101901 and 0533040101904 EXISTING ZONING: R-20, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: FRD, Flexible Review District ACREAGE: 9.2 COUNTY COUNCIL:21 – Burns DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-37 APPLICANT: David Eugene Meyer for JRB Partners LLC CONTACT INFORMATION: dmeyerjr@quiktrip.com or 704-559-8013 PROPERTY LOCATION: Laurens Road and Fairforest Way PIN: M010020100100, M010020100201 and M010020100300 EXISTING ZONING: I-1, Industrial and C-3, Commercial REQUESTED ZONING: C-2, Commercial ACREAGE: 12.4 COUNTY COUNCIL:24 – Seman All persons interested in these proposed amendments to the Greenville County Zoning Ordinance and Map are invited to attend this meeting.

At subsequent meetings, Greenville County Council may approve or deny the proposed amendments as requested or approve a different amendment than requested.

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C.A. No.: 2015-DR-23-3057 Jessica and Matthew Johnson, Plaintiffs, vs. Megan Mullinax, et al. Defendants.

IN THE INTEREST OF: Elisar, DOB: 08/20/2008; Katalina, DOB: 11/19/2011; and Roman, DOB: 08/13/2013, Minor children under the age of 18.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for termination of parental rights in and to the children in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Greenville, South Carolina on the 20th day of July, 2016, a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; to serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiffs at 1314 E Washington Street, Greenville, South Carolina, 29607, within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, Plaintiffs will apply for judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Vanessa H. Kormylo Attorney for Plaintiffs S.C. Bar No. 12040 1314 E Washington Street Greenville, SC 29607 Telephone (864) 242-1644 ______________, 2016 Fax (864) 640-8879 Greenville, South Carolina

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016, AT 6:00 p.m., (or as soon thereafter as other public hearings are concluded), IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC, 29601, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE METROPOLITAN SEWER SUBDISTRICT BOUNDARIES SHOULD BE ENLARGED TO INCLUDE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED OFF OF ROCKY CREEK ROAD AND WEST GEORGIA ROAD. THE NEW BOUNDARY LINES TO RESULT FOR THE METROPOLITAN SEWER SUBDISTRICT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE AREAS OWNED BY FOOTHILLS PRESBYTERY LOCATED OFF OF ROCKY CREEK ROAD KNOWN AS GREENVILLE TAX MAP NUMBER (TMS#) 0575.03-01-005.05 AND THE PROPERTY OWNED

BY FOOTHILLS PRESBYTERY LOCATED OFF OF WEST GEORGIA ROAD KNOWN AS GREENVILLE TAX MAP NUMBER (TMS#) 0575.03-01-004.12.

A MAP OF THE NEW BOUNDARIES AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY COUNCIL OFFICE. THE REASON FOR THE PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORDERLY COLLECTING OF SEWAGE AND WASTE. NO ADDITIONAL BONDS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE SUBDISTRICT, NOR WILLTHERE BE ANY CHANGES IN THE COMMISSION OR THE PERSONNEL OF THE PRESENT COMMISSION OF THE METROPOLITAN SEWER SUBDISTRICT. Bob Taylor, Chairman Greenville County Council

SUMMONS NOTICE 2016-CP-23-01818 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA GREENVILLE COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DH REPOP, LLC v. WILLIE FOWLER, Jr., JAMES ANDREW FOWLER, ARTHUR DONSON, et al.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: You are hereby summoned and notified that an action has been filed against you in the Greenville County, SC court in action number 2016-CP-2301818. You have thirty (30) days from the last date of publication of this notice to answer the complaint. You must also serve a copy of your answer upon the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s attorney at the address shown below. If you fail to answer the Complaint, judgment by default could be rendered against you for the relief requested in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE FAMILY COURT COUNTY OF OCONEE C. A. NO.: 2016-DR-37-0172 Cathy Jean Thomason and David Charles Thomason, Plaintiffs, vs.

Kayleigh Doe, Brooklyn Doe, and Madisyn Doe minors, under the age of fourteen (14) years, Defendants.

TO: Glenn Foley: YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN THE FOLLOWING NOTICE: The Petition of the Plaintiffs respectfully showeth: 1. That an adoption proceeding was filed in the Family Court of Oconee County on March 21, 2016, and in this Complaint you are alleged to be the father of Madisyn Doe, a female child of the white race born in Greenville County, South Carolina, on September 11, 2010.

2. In responding to this notice, you are required to use the caption and the number 2016DR-37-0172.

3. That if Notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond is filed by you with the Court within thirty (30) days of the receipt of this Notice of Adoption Proceedings, you will be given an opportunity to appear and be heard on the merits of the adoption. To file notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond in this action, you must notify the above named Court at the Oconee County Courthouse, 205 West Main Street, Walhalla, South Carolina 29691, in writing of your intention to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond.

The above named Court must be informed of your current address and any changes of your address during the adoption proceedings.

4. That your failure to respond within thirty (30) days of receipt of this Notice of Adoption Proceedings constitutes your consent to the adoption and forfeiture of all of your rights and obligations to the above named child. It is further alleged that your consent to this adoption is not required under S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-9-310 and that your parental rights should be terminated pursuant to S.C. Code An. Section 63-7-2570(7).

This notice is given pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 639-730(E).

Respectfully submitted, Amy Richmond Callaway Attorney for Plaintiffs 112 Lovett Drive Greenville, South Carolina 29607 (864) 234-7304

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115 Certain 4x4 116 Mansion House resident 122 Apply 123 “That hurt!”

124 Author Dahl 125 Skin and hair care brand 126 At all times, poetically

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CULTURE | 04.29.2016 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 63 COMMUNITY VOICES Rapid Eye Reality with Brad Willis

Sing me back home z

Aunt Tammie sent me a text a few weeks ago. She’d discovered the band Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, and she wanted more. Rateliff came from Missouri just like Tammie did. The band’s music and what it inspired in Tammie came from a place you won’t find on a map, somewhere just north of the soul and south of heaven.

Tammie, my dad’s little sister, was the one who always had a wink in her eye like she knew something the rest of the family didn’t. She was 16 years old when I was born, a year in which an impressionable music lover had to be careful. Tony Orlando was at the top of the charts, and, in a vacuum, that kind of thing could be very confusing. But that was also the same year Stevie Wonder released “Higher Ground,” and Bowie’s “Space Oddity” charted in America.

Given the right compass, someone who digs music could still find truth north.

I quickly sent Tammie some suggestions that fit right into her wheelhouse: Jason Isbell, Shovels & Rope, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Chris Stapleton, and Sturgill Simpson.

“I knew you would come through,” she said.

I never feel as connected to a person as I do when we share music.

It’s not the same as liking the same TV show or playing the same sport. It’s not a deep love for barbecue or affinity for good whiskey. It’s closer to some sort of emotional telepathy. At once, music is shared joy and pain, angst and celebration, love and hate. If we share music, we are already closer to each other than most people ever dare to get in their lives.

In all the ways that Greenville made sure it was my home, music was the first.

The first and longest-lasting friends I made in Greenville were the ones who shoved music in my hands and ushered me to concerts. We saw Eddie from Ohio, Cigar Store Indians, and Acoustic Syndicate at the old Handlebar on Mills Avenue. We sat on our porches, played guitars and sang until we couldn’t keep our eyes open. We packed our cars and drove north to Black Mountain every year for the Lake Eden Arts Festival where we would listen to music for four straight days.

I watched my older son grow up dancing on the grass of Piazza Bergamo at Downtown Alive.

I stood – a sweaty and emotional mess – with my wife, cousin and his fiancée as we watched Shovels & Rope at Fall for Greenville. I smiled for hours after Robert Randolph and the Family Band’s Rock the River show because the bass player leaned down and let my kids hammer out the show’s final notes on his strings.

Greenville, perhaps more than almost any other place in the region, is becoming a city of transplants, a collection of diverse and interesting people who are helping reweave the fabric of the community. When people ask me how that’s happening, I remind them of how this city welcomed me and so many others with its music. It may not have the same scene as Charlotte, Atlanta or even Asheville, but it’s getting better. Whether it’s a busker on Main Street or Pearl Jam selling out the city’s biggest arena, Greenville continues to sing people home.

Over the next couple of months, I’ll see Chris Stapleton at the Charter Amphitheater and Jason Isbell when he plays a fundraiser for the Greenville Zoo. When I do, I’ll be thinking about my aunt who would’ve wished she could be in the crowd.

It was a warm Sunday afternoon when we buried Tammie, and the wind was blowing hard enough across the little Civil War-era cemetery to turn the oak and maple leaves upside down. A few days earlier, just a couple of weeks after asking me for music to fill her soul, Tammie died at Houston’s M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She was 58 years old.

The funeral service was simple by most standards. My uncle stood next to his sister’s casket and read poetry. Family members stood one by one and offered their memories of a sister, aunt and wife who spent more time making sure her family was loved than she ever did asking for love in return.

When the speeches were done, my uncle started singing the first bars of “Amazing Grace,” and I joined everyone else as they sang along. I stopped singing when I heard my cousins Rachel and Sarai locked in a perfect harmony. They were as close as you’ll find to angels on Earth. I closed my mouth and just listened. I could never have written anything as beautiful as that sound.

It had been just a few weeks since Tammie had asked me about music, and I wondered how much she got to hear before she closed her eyes the last time. Another gust of wind tussled my hair, and it occurred to me that Tammie’s text was more of a gift to me than I could’ve given her.

She knew what made my heart beat, and she wanted me to share it with her one last time. That’s what I call love.

Brad Willis is a writer who lives in Greenville County. In addition to his other professional work, he writes at RapidEyeReality.com.

THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: • Workers’ Compensation Third Party Administrator Services, RFP #83-05/16/16, 3:00 P.M. • EMS Uniforms and Accessories, RFP #82-05/16/16, 3:30 P.M. Solicitations can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/Purchasing_Dept/RFP.asp or by calling (864) 467-7200.

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: Mail Sorting Services IFB #80-05/17/16, due at 3:00 P.M., E.D.T., May 17, 2016.

Solid Waste Collection Services RFP #81-05/19/16, due at 3:00 P.M., E.D.T., May 19, 2016.

Solicitation can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/Purchasing_Dept/ or by calling 864-467-7200.

PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on 4/30/16, at 9:00 a.m. at East North Storage, 4329 East North Street, Greenville, SC, the undersigned, East North Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore store with the undersigned by: 1. Unit: A077, Matt T Burton, Misc totes & Bar Stools 2. Unit: A195, Angie F Chapman, furniture, clothing, misc child items 3. Unit: B300, Bivianna David, Utility Cart; patio furniture 4. Unit: B193, Angie F Chapman, furniture, clothing, misc 5. Unit: C040, Chasity Tollison, Misc. Household; clothes

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept bids for the following: IFB #82-05/09/16, (Mine Safety Appliance Company) MSA G1 SCBA (Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus) until May 9, 2016, 4:00 PM, EDT. Solicitations may be found at: www.greenvillecounty.org/ Purchasing_Dept/Bids.asp or by calling (864) 467-7200.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C.A. NO.: 2015-DR-23-4692 Jane Doe and John Doe, Plaintiffs, vs. Abigail McKenzie and David McKenzie Defendants.

IN THE INTEREST OF: Damon, DOB: 05/29/2005; and Dawson, DOB: 06/03/2007, Minor children under the age of 18.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for termination of parental rights in and to the children in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Greenville, South Carolina on the 28th day of October, 2015, a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; to serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiffs at 1314 E Washington Street, Greenville, South Carolina, 29607, within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, Plaintiffs will apply for judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Vanessa H. Kormylo Attorney for Plaintiffs S.C. Bar No. 12040 1314 E Washington Street Greenville, South Carolina Telephone (864) 242-1644 Fax (864) 640-8879

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Dark Corner Distillery, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of LIQUOR at 1801 Rutherford Road Bldg. 3A, Greenville, SC 29609. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 1, 2016. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that The Fresh Market, Inc., intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 1601 Woodruff Rd, Unit E, Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 1, 2016. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that The Fresh Market, Inc., intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/ permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 27 South Pleasantburg Drive, Ste. 10, Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 1, 2016. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Dark Corner Distillery Retail, LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of LIQUOR at 14 South Main Street, Greenville, SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 1, 2016. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Silvia’s Supermarket LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON AND OFF premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 2516 E. North Street Suite B, Greenville, SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 15, 2016. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Stone Pizza Company. LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/ permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 500 E. Park Avenue, Greenville, SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 8, 2016. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Velo Valets, LLC dba Velo Valets, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 2901 Old Buncombe Rd., Greenville, SC 29609. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 15, 2016. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

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