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Fluor Field, Greenville’s downtown baseball stadium, will be getting a facelift.

Seats will be added to the top of the replica Green Monster in left field, both entrances will get new signs and streetscapes, the South Main Street entrance will get a statue and a new upper deck lounge will be added to the thirdbase side, according to drawings submitted to the city’s Design Review Board.

The City of Greenville has committed $5 million to the project, including $1.9 million in the upcoming budget year that starts July 1. The city is using hospitality tax money and fees

from Sunday alcohol sales permits.

The Greenville Drive has played at Fluor Field since 2006.

The team paid for construction of the stadium, and the city bought the land and built the infrastructure needed for the facility.

Greenville Municipal Stadium on Mauldin Road had been the longtime home of the Class AA affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. But the Braves packed up in 2004 and moved its minor league team to Pearl, Miss. At the same time, a deal to build a new stadium in Columbia with the University of South Carolina and the City of Columbia fell through. The Columbia Bombers, affiliated with the Boston Red Sox, won the battle for the Greenville territory.

The team was renamed the Greenville Drive and played its first season at Municipal Stadium while Fluor Field was built downtown. Fluor Field, a 5,700-seat facility modeled after Fenway Park, the home of the parent Red Sox, opened in 2006.

The Drive announced earlier this year that its player development contract with the Red Sox was extended four years. That means the Class A team will be in Greenville through at least 2020.

At the beginning of this season, the Drive unveiled a larger video scoreboard in right-center field and a redesigned “500 Club” on the first-base side.

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5 reasons to send the kids to summer camp IN MY OWN WORDS

By Cory Harrison

Charles Eliot, former president of Harvard University, once said, “I have the conviction that a few weeks in a wellorganized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work.”

If Charles Eliot is correct, then we at YMCA Camp Greenville say this: Instead of spending the summer at home and indoors, parents, give your kids a chance to explore adventure and nature at the YMCA’s well-organized Camp Greenville located in Cleveland, S.C. YMCA campers gain new experiences, develop essential social skills and create lifelong friendships, while enjoying camp adventures along the way.

Children and teens have camped through our YMCA since 1912. When at Camp Greenville, kids are given new responsibilities, and they learn independence. As a result, they become more confident, open to trying new things and grow as individuals and as part of a group.

As a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, YMCA Camp Greenville works to help

children and teens discover their full potential by providing opportunities to learn, grow and thrive amidst caring, supportive adults.

So as the executive director, I would like to present to you five reasons you should send your child to YMCA Camp Greenville for a week.

1. FOR ADVENTURE: Summer camp is all about fun adventures in the outdoors. Camp Greenville has a new adventure for every child and teen. Whether you are trying out archery, kayaking, tubing or high ropes; from a hike to Pretty Place or even an adventure at Rainbow Falls, you are bound to have an incredible adventure-filled time at YMCA Camp Greenville.

2. FOR NEW EXPERIENCES: Overnight camps are about learning outside of school, exploring and appreciating the outdoors, developing new skills, making friends and showing leadership. Every activity is a new experience, and every experience offers a new lesson.

3. FOR PERSONAL GROWTH: While being away from the routine back home, youth have a chance to develop confidence and independence by taking on new responsibilities and challenges. Every activity is a challenge by choice, so the camper explores and challenges at their pace.

4. FOR NEW FRIENDSHIPS: Amidst the fun of camp games, songs, swimming, kayaking and talent shows, campers meet new friends. In just a few short days at camp, lasting and lifelong friendships are made and developed.

5. FOR MEMORIES: Summer camp is an unforgettable experience that will give each camper memories (and campfire stories!) that will last a lifetime.

At YMCA Camp Greenville, campers are given the opportunity to play, laugh, learn, compete, reset, enjoy, sleep (maybe), talk, grow, create, unite, share, discover and encourage. This and much more is what campers experience at Camp Greenville. And this is what ultimately creates the one week they will continue to talk about all year and will remember for a lifetime.

At Camp Greenville, we say, “Playing isn’t everything unless you’re playing everything!” So give your child or teen the opportunity to play, fly, jump, ride, swim, zip and shoot. For more information about YMCA Camp Greenville or to register, contact Cory Harrison at coryharrison@ymcagreenville.org.

Cory Harrison is the executive director of YMCA Camp Greenville.

Gun detractors need to get the facts straight IN MY OWN WORDS

By Thomas Edwards

I could not help but to respond to Tandy Taylor’s opinion piece in the June 17 edition (“Time to protect families from gun violence”). It struck me as yet another case of “one is entitled to their opinion, but one is not entitled to their own facts.”

Not once in the opinion piece was it noted that the Orlando killings were terrorist-related; so why a criminal or a terrorist would follow gun control laws is beyond me. It is also quite apparent that mass killings occur even in tightly controlled environments like California and France, who also have very strict gun control laws.

So many are up in arms about people using guns to kill, yet more people are killed each year by blunt-force weapons, knives and other methods than rifles. No one jumps up and demands that we need knife control or hammer control, just gun control. Perhaps the same crowd would like a hammer registry and background check before purchase at a federally licensed hardware dealer.

Americans have sensible gun control laws, and piling on

more will not help stop a criminal or terrorist from obtaining a weapon and using it. The last I checked, murder was illegal. Maybe to prevent more murder we should make murder more illegal, and then criminals, crazies and terrorists will stop murdering.

I also disagree with Taylor’s view that lawmakers who extend prayers and thoughts are not standing up for the safety of the American people. I, like every other American, have the God-given right to protect my family and others around me. So the lawmakers (at least some) are indeed standing up for my safety by fighting back against gun grabbers.

The entire idea of using the no-fly list or some other watch list in their current forms to ban gun ownership is an incredible violation of our Constitutional rights and very, very bad policy. When you can be placed on a secret watch list and denied a Constitutional right to own a gun, then be told if you find out you are on said list that you don’t have the right to know why you are on said list, it is a clear violation of due process. Do I want terrorists to be able to buy a gun? No. None of us do, but treating me and every other law-abiding U.S. citizen as if we are suspects or criminals certainly does not sit well with me.

I have no idea why the term “completed” background check was used in the piece, either. The background check has to be completed before anyone walks out of a store with a gun. The myth that one can purchase a gun over the internet is simply laughable. Yes, I can order a gun off the internet, but it must be delivered to a federally licensed firearms dealer who then runs the background check before a buyer can be given the gun. And no one who is currently forbidden from buying a gun can waltz into a gun show and purchase one or buy one off the internet. Again, one can have their own opinion, but not their own facts.

Too many people seem to forget that Americans have historically owned firearms, shooting competitions were common, high schools had indoor ranges, and people generally had easy access to firearms. Yet where are all the constant mass killings in which the left wing of this country seems to think we have wallowed? These same people ought to look at their contributions to the destruction of our Judeo-Christian heritage and the lack of morals and ethics in too many places as the real reason behind any violence.

I could offer a more in-depth analysis of the falsehoods in the opinion piece, but I will add one more item. The

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accompanying Drawn Out Loud cartoon with the AR-15 style rifle and the “forbidden” overlay is flat-out a misnomer as well. Almost no gun crimes are committed using this particular rifle — and it is America’s most popular rifle. And it is a fact that gun crimes with rifles dropped after the ban on so-called “assault” weapons was lifted. A huge chunk of handgun-related deaths are suicides. The vast majority of gun crime is a bad guy using an illegally obtained handgun. And the Orlando killer did not use the AR-15. He used a completely different platform.

Moms may Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, but I demand sense, real facts and honesty from gun detractors in America.

Thomas Edwards is a Simpsonville resident

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The Greenville Literacy Association (GLA) helps people like us learn skills that we need every day.

At GLA, we learn basic math, simple English, reading, writing and how to communicate better.

Some people never had the opportunity to attend a regular high school, so they didn’t learn these things. GLA helps them fix that problem.

GLA has classes, testing, counseling, tutoring, mentoring and a computer lab. It provides a good alternative to the ordinary learning experiences that often don’t work for those who lost, or never had, the chance to complete their high school classes. It also helps those who just want to improve their ability to do a better job in today’s challenging world.

GLA is good for us, and good for Greenville!

We are all students of the Thursday morning Pre-GED Writing Class. Our tutor is Ron Tamaccio.

Thank you for giving us a chance to tell you about GLA.

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Southside story

They overcame, they saw, they conquered — Southside High School’s speech and debate team bounces back from the school’s tough year Will Crooks / Staff

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If you walk down the halls of Southside High School on any given afternoon, you will find students passionately talking to walls.

This is what the dedicated members of Southside High School’s speech and debate team do to practice for upcoming competitions.

When Truman Humbert created the acclaimed speech and debate team at Southside in 1989, the team had only seven participants at first. This quickly changed, however, as more students flocked to Southside from all over Greenville County — not only for its prized International Baccalaureate (IB) Program but also for its speech and debate team.

In 2005, Erickson Bynum took over as the team’s coach. Under his leadership, the school’s name became a mainstay in the rankings of the best teams in the nation, and at one point, was even ranked as high as 34th. The team won numerous state and district championships over the last decade, and has become the pride of Southside.

COMING BACK FROM TROUBLED TIMES

On May 19, 2016, the speech and debate program lost Bynum as its coach, just 22 days before the National Speech and De-

bate Tournament on June 12–17 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The team was heartbroken when Bynum was arrested and charged with sexual battery with a student and two counts of second-degree assault and battery. The team was left with no coach, insufficient funds and a huge upcoming competition.

Southside has seen plenty of trouble this year. On May 13, a student brought a gun to school and accidentally shot himself.

To make matters worse, approximately 25 teachers including the principal will not be returning to Southside next year.

In the midst of all this upheaval, the debate team remains a bright spot. Since Bynum’s arrest, a former member of the debate team formed an online donation page, where people could donate to the team, which was in need of nearly $6,000 in order to pay for the hotel rooms and rental cars for the trip to Salt Lake City.

In a matter of days, the page received thousands of dollars in donations from alumni, parents and even students from rival debate teams, helping Southside meet its lofty fundraising goal. The $5,820 was enough to help 12 students fly to Salt Lake City for a week and compete at Nationals while paying only $36.30 each.

“It’s just awesome,” said debater Annabelle Yang about the support the community has shown the team.

BACK TO SCHOOL TO LEND A HAND

The influx of donations and encouraging messages show that the students’ support for Southside doesn’t end when they graduate. Many alumni who are back in town for the summer have pitched in to help coach the 12 students who qualified for the National Speech and Debate Tournament.

One of these former students, Jared Marr, has been an active mentor to these students, and many of the kids joke that he simply cannot seem to stay away from Southside.

He cites the speech and debate team as the reason.

The team excelled at Nationals this year.

Chase Garrett and Drew Samuel won second place in duo interpretation as well as a $500 scholarship. Ben Ragan advanced to the final round of congressional debate.

John Martin advanced to the semifinals, and Tyra Krause-Henderson to the octafinals in program oral interpretation (POI). Southside was named a School of Excellence in Speech and was recognized among the Top 20 teams in the nation.

“And for us to pull this off this year… I have no words,” said Marr.

FOCUS ON DIVERSITY

Southside’s speech and debate team enjoys huge successes like these because it harnesses its diversity. Southside features

a unique combination of local zoned enrollment and magnet enrollment in the IB Program. Speech and debate unites these students, who come from many ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

“In the midst of our differences, we truly grew together as a team and formed relationships that will last for a lifetime,” said Tyler Kelly, a 2015 Southside graduate and two-time national qualifier.

Excellence in speech and debate has helped many students land scholarships, and has paved the way for future academic success. Southside’s speech and debate alumni can be found all over the world, with former students in places like Abu Dhabi and Shanghai and at prestigious institutions like Harvard and Yale. Despite all the negativity this school has endured this year, it still produces remarkable graduates.

Marr credited Southside’s ongoing success to its strong ability to overcome.

“There is a reason why ‘Invictus’ is printed on the spine of the Southside yearbooks every year,” he said.

The Latin word for “unconquerable” or “undefeated,” “Invictus” is also the title of a poem written in 1873 by Victorian poet William Ernest Henley. One passage in particular resonates: “It matters not how straight the gate. How charged with punishment the scroll. I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.”

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Savas leaving Warehouse Theatre Interim executive director could be announced within a week CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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The Warehouse Theatre could have an interim executive director within the next week, said board Chairwoman Linda Archer.

Paul Savas, the Warehouse Theatre’s executive and interim director for the past nine years, resigned this week. His resignation is effective June 30.

“Paul’s whole focus has been on this theater,” Archer said. “He built the organization, had a vision and added a level of stability that we didn’t have. He is leaving us in such strong stead.”

Savas had approached the board in April about the possibility of going part-time so he could pursue other artistic opportunities as an actor and director and be gone from the theater for a time, Archer said. The board, and Savas himself, realized that having a part-time executive and artistic director wouldn’t work, she said.

“In reality, I’m not sure Paul could have done that [worked part-time],” she said.

Warehouse spokesman Jason Johnson said since Savas came to the theater in 2007, he’s put in long hours and worked almost nonstop with no break of any significance.

Early in his tenure, there were times when Savas worried about how he would meet pay-

roll. Now, the Warehouse is in good financial shape and has expanded its educational programs and established the Harriet Wyche Endowment for Artistic Excellence. Under Savas, the Warehouse become an Equity theater and launched a new Warehouse Theatre Conservatory.

“We wish Paul success and will miss his vision and tenacity,” the board said.

Savas’ resignation is effective June 30, Johnson said.

Johnson said he did not know of Savas’ future plans. Savas could not be reached for comment before the Journal’s deadline.

Archer said the theater would launch a national search for its next executive director over the next several months. She said she would like the new executive and artistic director to have a vision that aligns with the theater’s slogan, “Intense. Intimate. Unexpected,” and keeps the theater’s edginess and thought-provoking nature.

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Things got heated in the Greenville County Sheriff race in the week leading up to Tuesday’s Republican Primary runoff.

Incumbent Sheriff Steve Loftis and former deputy Will Lewis traded shots in separate press conferences, each questioning the other’s ability to do the job. The winner of the runoff is likely to be the new sheriff because no Democrats filed to run.

Loftis announced at a Monday press conference that he would not debate Lewis, saying he would not give his opponent the opportunity to spread “more of his lies and filth.”

Loftis said he was the target of an attack mailer paid for by Lewis the weekend before the June 14 primary that “aimed to distract from Lewis’ record of misconduct.”

The mailer included accusations of an unpaid tax lien and daytime drinking, and an allegation that the sheriff had sold a gun to a man who was arrested by the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Police Department for unlawfully

carrying a weapon. Investigations by the State Law Enforcement Division and Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco found that Loftis had no connection with the gun whatsoever.

“He knew the information was false,” Loftis said of Lewis.

Loftis said he has frequented the Outman Cigar Bar, the establishment the flyer called “Loftis’ daytime watering hole and second office.” But the sheriff said the daytime drinking allegations were untrue and that his favorite drink is “black coffee and ice water.”

Loftis said the federal tax lien came after his wife retired and cashed in a 401K account.

“We did not realize there were going to be heavy penalties for not paying the taxes first.

And I wound up playing a goodly amount to the IRS,” he said. “But my bills are paid. All my bills are paid.”

Loftis said Lewis’ personnel file shows an internal investigation for conduct unbecoming of a deputy after a female deputy said Lewis kissed her in front of a suspect who was under arrest.

“Lewis would have been fired, but he quit abruptly and without notice while on shift,” Loftis said.

Loftis said if Lewis were to apply to be a deputy today, he would be considered ineligible to be hired because of the investigation.

At his own press conference Tuesday afternoon, Lewis accused the sheriff of planting fictitious records in his personnel file, forcing his command staff to contribute $250 each to his campaign to keep their jobs and drinking at the Outman Cigar Bar during work hours. Lewis had receipts from the bar, but the receipts didn’t have Loftis’ name or signature on them.

Brandon Brown, who worked as the former manager of Outman and was a deputy until he was arrested for driving under the influence in North Carolina and terminated, said he saw Loftis drunk on several occasions and once saw the sheriff falling down by his county-issued car. Brown said the DUI charge was dropped and he was offered his job back at the Sheriff’s Office but declined.

Lewis said he resigned from the Sheriff’s Office in good standing and the only actual sustained complaint in his file was an eighthour suspension for failing to disclose he had a firearm in his checked baggage at GreenvilleSpartanburg International Airport in 2010.

Loftis said Lewis’ allegation of daytime drinking and forcing Sheriff’s Office employees to donate to his campaign were untrue.

Greenville County voters return to polls in five races

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The Community Voters Empowerment Coalition, a coalition made up of the NAACP, the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, the Freedom Fighters, Urban League and the League of Women Voters, says this is one of the most important elections in a lifetime locally and nationally, and urges everybody who is eligible to vote to cast a ballot.

“We’re here to stay,” said Mary Duckett, a community activist who is a member of the coalition.

Kathleen Kempe of the League of Women Voters and a member of the coalition said a lot of people are eligible to vote in the runoff who may not have seen the

need to cast a vote in one of the primaries.

Voters who did not vote in the June 14 primary are eligible to vote in runoffs of either party. Voters who did cast a ballot on June 14 may vote in that party’s runoff.

Greenville County Sheriff Steve Loftis, who received 42 percent of the vote two weeks ago, will face former deputy Will Lewis in a Republican runoff.

In the County Council District 21 Republican runoff, business owner Rick Roberts faces technology consultant Stacy Kuper.

County Council District 25 voters have a choice between two Democrats in Tuesday’s runoff — Ennis Fant, a former state House of Representatives member who was one of 17 state legislators convicted in the Operation Lost Trust corruption scandal more than 20

years ago, and Lottie Gibson, the incumbent who has not attended a County Council meeting since suffering a stroke late last year.

In state Senate District 6, incumbent Mike Fair takes on entrepreneur and former prosecutor William Timmons. Timmons missed winning the Republican primary outright by about 50 votes. Johnny Edwards, who finished third with 15 percent of the votes, endorsed Timmons, saying, “I believe William Timmons is the best choice for the state Senate runoff, and I endorse his reform campaign 100 percent. William will help to bring positive change that we need to fix that mess in Columbia.”

State Sen. Lee Bright faces Scott Talley in the District 12 runoff. Gov. Nikki Haley endorsed Talley.

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NEWS JUNE 28 RUNOFF Registered voters MAY cast a ballot in Tuesday, June 28’s runoff if: � They did not cast a ballot in either the Republican or Democratic primary on June 14; they may cast a ballot in either party’s runoff. � They cast a ballot in a particular party’s primary on June 14; they may cast a ballot in that same party’s runoff.

Registered voters MAY NOT cast a ballot in Tuesday, June 28’s runoff if: � They cast a vote in the Republican primary; they cannot cast a ballot in a Democratic runoff, even if there is no Republican runoff. � They cast a vote in the Democratic primary; they cannot cast a ballot in a Republican runoff, even if there is no Democratic runoff Source: State Election Commission

Greenville County Sheriff Republican runoff

Steve Loftis (I)

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Greenville County Council District 21 Republican runoff

Rick Roberts

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Greenville County Council District 25 Democratic runoff

Ennis Fant

Lottie Gibson (I)

State Senate District 6 Republican runoff

William Timmons

Mike Fair (I)

Greenville County Council District 21 Republican runoff

Lee Bright (I)

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Council committee discussing priorities for decreased TIF funds Focus could extend to city’s commercial corridors CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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With the special funding source that has paid for downtown and West End improvement projects over the last three decades drying up, the city needs to prioritize projects for which it uses its economic development funds, a committee of City Council members said.

Tax Increment Fund districts allowed the city to use increased tax revenue that new development in the central business district and the West End would generate to finance the cost of infrastructure needed to support that development.

Over the years, the city has issued bonds to pay for taxpayer-funded improvements such as city parking garages, sewer improvements and streetscaping to coincide with private development. Land values increased, generating new tax revenue to pay off the bonds and fund more work in the district.

State law changed to allow counties and schools to negotiate the revenue split or opt out of TIFS and collect their share of the money. As a result of that change, the city expects to collect $2 million to $2.5 million a year un-

til the TIFS expire in 2021 instead of nearly $10 million it had been collecting.

A committee of three councilmembers — Gaye Sprague, Amy Ryberg Doyle and George Fletcher — is re-evaluating the city’s priorities and the parameters of what it will fund in those partnerships.

The committee, which met Monday, wants to open up the economic development funds to the entire city, not just downtown and the West End. The committee said it should fund items that improve public infrastructure, create jobs, add to the city’s tax rolls, increase workforce housing and serve as catalysts for other development, said Sprague, who heads the committee.

Developer Russ Davis, one of three developers attending the meeting, said, “I may lose my developer card, but I personally think the system is better when it is harder.

I think you clear out a lot of marginal projects when you make it harder to get money.”

Sprague said she’s not sure the city will be able to pay for parking garages in the future even though it is one possibility of help the committee is talking about. Kai Nelson, director of the city’s Office of Budget and Management,

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Having developers apply for economic development money would allow the city to see what its priorities are, said City Manager John Castile.

REEDY RIVER TUNNEL

Rapid development in downtown Greenville is limiting Renewable Water Resource’s options when it comes to adding sewer capacity.

The total average daily flow in 2015 was 5.99 million gallons per day. Projections show it will be 13.42 million gallons a day in 2065. Downtown Greenville’s capacity is 7.8 million gallons per day and its average daily flow now is 5.99 million gallons per day.

ReWa is looking at digging a 10-foot wide, more than one-mile long tunnel 125 feet underground through downtown to add capacity, said Executive Director Graham Rich. The tunnel would go under the Reedy River.

Construction would take two and a half years, working 24 hours a day. No cost estimate was given.

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City OKs $12.4M in capital improvements CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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Greenville City Council has approved $12.4 million in capital improvement projects for the fiscal year that begins in July.

Sports tourists converge on Greenville CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE 2016-17 BUDGET:

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Economic development project account

$2,615,211

Sewer basin rehabilitation

$2 million

Fluor Field improvements

$1.9 million

New sidewalk targeted expansion program

$1 million

If you had trouble finding a hotel room in Greenville County this week, you can blame the county’s successful attempt at attracting sports tourism here.

This week, the county hosted a big baseball tournament that attracted more than 130 teams, a soccer tournament with 206 teams and a swimming meet with 450 participants.

Street resurfacing

$1 million

Zoo master plan

$1 million

Parking garage rehabilitation

$625,000

Commercial corridor improvements

$500,000

TD Convention Center

$450,000

Neighborhood park improvements

$350,000

Reedy River watershed planning

$275,000

Public safety cameras

$250,000

Main Street tree rehabilitation project

$150,000

Village of West Greenville streetscape

$100,000

Wastewater system survey and model

$100,000

Fire Station improvements

$100,000

Total

$12,415,211

By the numbers

131

Baseball teams participating in the Black Bear Classic at Conestee Park and Northwest Park Wednesday through Sunday.

participating in the Dash & Splash swim meet at the Westside Aquatics 440 Swimmers Complex Friday through Sunday. teams competing in the Region III soccer tournament at the MESA Soccer 206 Soccer Complex Friday through next week. nights booked by participants when Greenville County last hosted 10,000 Hotel the regional soccer tournament in 2012. impact of 2012 regional soccer tournament, $4.2 MILLION Economic according to a Clemson University study.

In addition to the above, Council had already committed $131.3 million to capital improvement projects (CIPs).

CIP commitments include: ROADS AND BRIDGES

Salters Road improvements New sidewalks Street resurfacing Market Point Connector Road Calhoun Street connection Haywood Road sidewalks Woodruff Road sidewalks STREETSCAPES:

Rhett-Camperdown improvements RiverPlace IIB Public Space improvements Washington Street improvements Augusta Road streetscape (baseball stadium) Village of West Greenville improvements Viola Streetscaping Church Street landscape West Camperdown Way improvements Cultural Corridor Urban Trail North Main Street – Landmark Building Augusta Road improvements Downtown Streetscapes Spring/Falls Street improvements Broad Street pedestrian lighting Richardson Street improvements GENERAL GOVERNMENT:

Public Works operations center Mayberry Street Maintenance facility Greenville Water System Property Swap

$1,271,875 $1,129,642 $989,124 $300,000 $244,450 $100,000 $100,000 $3,433,400 $2,390,000 $532,000 $390,000 $300,000 $280,000 $275,000 $250,000 $200,000 $189,000 $175,000 $165,000 $135,000 $128,000 $80,000 $25,641,008 $650,000 $300,000

PARKING:

Project ONE garage Riverplace III garage Broad Street garage Parking garage rehabilitation STORMWATER:

White Oak Basin Phase II Gower Estates improvements Richland Creek Water Quality master plan North Hills improvements Reedy River bank stabilization (Cleveland Park) Reedy River watershed planning Pinehurst culvert crossing improvement Pettigru Street improvements PARKS AND RECREATION:

Trail expansion City Park Phase 1 Main Street Tree rehabilitation Zoo master plan Cleveland Park repairs and neighborhood access River Street underpass Cancer Survivors Park NEXT trail connector McPherson Park Bridge rehabilitation Viola Center and Park improvements Neighborhood parks

$11,980,000 $10,510,000 $9,911,606 $500,000 $3,145,000 $2,080,000 $1,300,000 $1,100,000 $900,000 $550,000 $435,000 $395,963 $3,573,419 $3,325,000 $1,388,168 $1,000,000 $849,970 $815,000 $724,000 $681,000 $235,000 $146,000 $109,830

WASTEWATER:

Wastewater system rehabilitation Basin 7 sewer rehabilitation Basin 17/19 sewer rehabilitation Haywood sewer upgrades Wastewater system survey and model Undesignated sewer basin rehabilitation Basin 16 sewer rehabilitation ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:

Commercial Corridor improvements Economic Project account Piazza Bergamo/ONE City Plaza TD Convention Center ONE City Plaza public restrooms Pete Hollis property acquisition PUBLIC SAFETY:

Verdae/Woodruff fire station Fire Station improvements Public safety cameras and infrastructure Fire facilities assessment

Total projects

$2,260,568 $2,150,001 $1,570,995 $750,000 $465,000 $350,432 $250,000 $1,013,033 $7,849,104 $5,875,356 $710,000 $375,000 $149,186 $5,000,000 $3,582,236 $1,480,000 $70,000

$131,319,903

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North Greenville University opening graduate school in Greer ANDREW MOORE | STAFF

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Greer’s Fairview Baptist Church has housed North Greenville University graduate students for 10 years. But that’s about to change.

The university is moving its T. Walter Brashier Graduate School and College of Adult Professional Services (CAPS) to the former corporate office of Ryan’s Steakhouses near the intersection of Wade Hampton Boulevard and Poinsett Street. It will also house the university’s physician assistant master’s program set to open in January 2017.

The 31,000-square-foot building, located at 405 Lancaster Ave., will open in August with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“This new facility is an ideal addition to the North Greenville main campus,” said Dr. Randall Pannell, North Greenville University’s interim president. “The building is not only in close proximity to our current graduate school but also it provides precisely the kind of space we need to continue our current graduate degree and online offerings.”

Fairview Baptist Church has leased space to the university for its business, education, ministry and music education master’s programs since 2006.

The university’s CAPS program and graduate recruitment team were located at the Tim Brashier Center on Pleasantburg Drive, the former location of a Steak & Ale restaurant.

School officials say the relocation offers additional opportunities for the university’s growth. The building is located on 10.2 acres, and 1.4 acres of that land is available to the university for future development.

The school is also considering using its Tim Brashier Center and space at Fairview Baptist Church for possible expansions.

No further details were provided.

The relocation could better connect the university to Greer.

“We keep talking about quality of life issues and different things. This is one of the things that we were really missing. We’ve had some presence from different universities in the city in different kinds of fashions, but this will be one of the first times anybody has really driven a fulltime stake in the ground,” said Rick Danner, Greer’s mayor.

The building’s close proximity to the Greer Library on Pennsylvania Avenue could lead to a connection between the university and Greer’s pedestrian and bicycling path that is being developed, according to Rick Danner, Greer’s mayor.

The plan illustrates a bicycle path near the university’s location on Lancaster Avenue.

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Legislators override governor’s veto of Children’s Museum money Legislators overrode Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of $1 million in state money to the Children’s Museum of the Upstate.

The $1 million will be used by the museum for outreach programs in Upstate counties outside of Greenville, including taking science programs to schools and setting up “pop-up” museums in communities where students can’t get to the facility in downtown Greenville, Nancy Halverson, the museum’s president and CEO, has said.

Halverson said the Children’s Museum had a total economic impact of nearly $9 million in 2015, a 58 percent increase since 2012, according to a new study.

The study put the museum’s total economic impact since it opened in 2009 at more than $75 million.

Halverson said the museum will surpass 200,000 visitors this year and 55 percent will come from outside Greenville County. The museum has attracted children from all but two of South Carolina’s counties and from Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina for field trips, she said.

The museum’s new outdoor exhibit, Bib’s World, will be closed the week of June 27 for installation of a new wheelchair elevator.

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South Carolina was ranked 41st when it comes to 16 measures for children’s wellbeing, including the percentage of children without health insurance, percentage of children who live in single-parent families, the teen birth rate and the percentage of children who live in poverty.

The state ranked 42nd last year.

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In South Carolina, more than one in four children live in poverty. More than 40 percent live in single-parent households. The parents of one in three South Carolina children lack a secure job.

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Beth Israel synagogue’s centennial tells Greenville’s history through world wars, Main Street commerce MELINDA YOUNG | CONTRIBUTOR

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Their voices, reciting Hebrew on high holidays, had an otherworldly cadence. The congregation chanted with a lilting resonance in which individual accents stood out.

This decades-old memory of men and women speaking familiar religious words in accents spanning Europe is what has stuck with Bobbie Jean Rovner since her childhood. Rovner grew up in the close folds of one of Greenville’s oldest Jewish families.

Her family has been tied to Congregation Beth Israel since before it was officially chartered by the state of South Carolina 100 years ago, on June 17, 1916.

“Many of our members were from other countries,” Rovner recalls. “So their dialects when they prayed were not from South Carolina, and I still hear those voices in my mind.”

Their roots were from Russia, Poland, Lithuania and even the Greek island of Rhodes, which is off the Anatolian coast of Turkey, she notes.

Rovner’s own family ties include Greenville’s Davis and Zaglin families, both of which were among the founding families for Congregation Beth Israel. Her ancestors were prominent business owners, helping to define downtown Greenville’s commerce.

Twentieth-century Upstate textile scions would buy clothing and other merchandise from Jewish businessmen in Greenville and Spartanburg because the Jewish entrepreneurs and immigrants brought New York-style fashions to the South, says Diane Vecchio, professor and chair of the history department at Furman University. Vecchio,

needed to be kosher, which meant that their meat had to be slaughtered by a rabbi or shochet, a person certified by a rabbi to slaughter animals in the way prescribed by Jewish law. By inviting Rabbi Charles Zaglin to Greenville, they were able to have their first rabbi and FAMILY LINKS someone who could open a koMax Heller was among the congregation’s sher market, Vecchio says. prominent members. A business and civic In her research, Vecchio leader, Heller was elected Greenville’s may- came across an interview with or from 1971 to 1979. He died in 2011, but Alex Davis, who now is dehis wife, Trude, remains a member of the ceased. Davis spoke of seeing “over half the synagogue.

Jewish population of Greenville waiting outRabbi Charles Zaglin was one link in a side Zaglin’s store on Saturday night to get chain of Jewish family continuity in Green- their kosher meat.” ville. He was Congregation Beth Israel’s first Charles Zaglin was ordained in Lithuania rabbi, having moved to the city around before moving to the United 1909–1910 from Wilmington, States in 1907, says Jeff N.C. Zaglin, who is the Another Jewish Greenrabbi’s grandson ville congregation formed and owns the the Temple of Israel 70-year-old around 1913. The TemArmy Store ple of Israel follows Reon South form Judaism tradition, Main Street which sees Judaism as a in downtown living fountain that can Greenville. be innovated and emZaglin’s father, braces diversity, according Harry Zaglin, to the Temple’s website. The opened the GreenTemple, now located on Spring ville Army-Navy store Evelyn Rose Zaglin and Forest Road, formally organized in in 1946.

Rabbi Charles Zaglin 1917 and built its first temple on Buist “They needed rabbis in Avenue in 1928. small communities down South,” Zaglin Congregation Beth Israel was founded in says. “My grandfather was a rabbi for a short the early 20th century as an orthodox con- period of time, when it was just a bunch of gregation. As Orthodox Jews, the families families who organized and called themselves Congregation Beth Israel.”

Zaglin’s grandmother, Evelyn Rose Zaglin, gave birth to four children and then died from “bad blood” a few years after the family had moved to Greenville, and that led to his grandfather stepping down as the congregation’s rabbi to focus more on his business, Zaglin says. who is an immigration historian, is conducting research for a book about the Jewish community of the Upstate.

“Jewish merchants were vital to the community’s well-being,” Vecchio says. “They really helped the commercial development of these Upstate cities; they laid the foundation for it.”

“SHALOM, Y’ALL”

Congregation Beth Israel’s Torah, a parchment scroll used during services.

Beth Israel built its first synagogue at 307 Townes St. in the late 1920s, completing it in 1930, according to newspaper accounts.

Then in 1957, the congregation moved again, this time to its current location at 425 Summit

Drive. The current synagogue’s second stage and expansion was completed in 1970.

Greenville’s Jewish community has remained very close and connected over the years. In the mid-20th century, the synagogue would draw in Jewish worshipers from across the Upstate during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, says Ann Lurey, whose family also was among the founders of the synagogue.

Lurey’s family dates back to the 1890s when a grandfather with the surname of Switzer came to Greenville. “My family helped organize the synagogue,” she says.

As an interim rabbi since last summer, Rabbi Barry Kenter performed the June 17 Centennial service at the synagogue, which now has about 100 families in its membership.

“What I think is most impressive about the congregation is its sense of community and continuity,” Kenter says. “It has a deep involvement within the community, and the congregation takes great pride in people who were an early part of Greenville’s history in the last century.”

Kenter, who had never lived in Greenville before moving here for the interim role, which ends in July, is also impressed with the city’s Southern culture: the synagogue’s website welcomes visitors with “Shalom, y’all.”

“I’ve been astounded at the depth of Southern hospitality and have discovered that it’s really true,” Kenter says.

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Members of Congregation Beth Israel broke ground on Summit Drive at the site of the current synagogue, which had a first phase completed in 1957.

Ann Lurey and Bobbie Jean Rovner view the Torah with Rabbi Barry Kenter at Congregation Beth Israel on its centennial celebration, June 17.

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St. Anthony School first graders deliver nonperishable food to St. Anthony Food Pantry.

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First-grade students donate to Food Pantry As part of their studies of the Beatitudes, St. Anthony School students in Kris Galemmo’s first-grade class collected and delivered nonperishable food to the St. Anthony Food Pantry. Rev. Patrick Tuttle joined the students and talked with them about their gift of food to those in need.

GTCHS students have turned the loss of three students’ parents to heart related trauma last year into CPR training for the school, and given support of passed legislation requiring CPR training in all S.C. public high schools. GTCHS also held a S.C. flood victims’ drive, Syrian warm clothing drive and a blood drive and promoted heart healthy month and raised money for the Julie Valentine Center.

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GTCHS students win national service award GTCHS Students In Action, recognized as the Most Outstanding South Carolina Team, was selected as the National Jefferson Award Winner. The Jefferson Awards for Public Service, founded in 1972, is one of the country’s highest honors for public service and volunteerism. GTCHS principal, Brodie Bricker, advisor Jean Shew, team leader Allyson Dixon and six team members traveled to Washington to receive the award.

Pictured: GTCHS students and Bricker at the Jefferson Awards Banquet in Washington.

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Duke Energy Foundation donation to support GTC’s Center for Manufacturing Innovation The Duke Energy Foundation donated $25,000 to the Greenville Tech Foundation. The funds will be used at GTC’S Center for Manufacturing Innovation (CMI) to develop curriculum and plans for capstone projects that are part of the Advanced Manufacturing certificate program. At the CMI, slated to open this fall, GTC will offer classes in machine tool technology, CNC machining, mechatronics and quality and operations management. GTC students will work alongside Clemson University students on industry capstone projects in which

Dr. Keith Miller, president of GTC; David Clayton, executive director of the CMI; and Les Gardner of the Greenville Tech Foundation receive a check from Linda Hannon and Amanda Dow of Duke Energy at the Center for Manufacturing Innovation, which opens this fall.

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VILLive, a 16-part outdoor concert series in the Village of West Greenville, continues each Friday night at 6 p.m. through August at 1288 Pendleton St. The concerts are free to attend, family-friendly, petfriendly and only 1 mile from downtown.

The Cancer Survivors Park Alliance held a Drive to Thrive event with the Greenville Drive at Fluor Field last week. Survivors connected with Upstate cancer agencies and were honored during the Drive’s game that evening.

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Mayor Knox White greets “Amelia Earhart” (portrayed by Greenville Chautauqua actress and scholar Leslie Goddard) upon her arrival at the Greenville Downtown Airport and later gives her a key to the city.

The cast of Centre Stage’s “Sisters of Swing: The Andrews Sisters Musical” performed at the Greenville Chautauqua re-enactment of Amelia Earhart’s 1931 visit to Greenville at the Poinsett Hotel.

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People dressed in 1930s attire and took photos with vintage vehicles at the Greenville Chautauqua re-enactment of Amelia Earhart’s 1931 visit to Greenville at the Downtown Airport.

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“Ameila Earhart” arrives at the Poinsett Hotel with Jack Frasher and is greeted by Fabian Unterzaucher.

Greenville resident Jack Frasher whisks “Amelia Earhart” from the Downtown Airport to her Poinsett Hotel luncheon.

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Spartanburg to host USATF Junior Olympic Regional Championship

Greenville Revitalization Corporation receives grant

Spartanburg will host the USA Track & Field (USATF) Junior Olympic Region Four Track and Field Championship on July 7–10. Track and field stars from across the Southeast will compete at Spartanburg High School’s track facilities during the regional qualifier for the Junior Olympics. The championship, for athletes ages 6–18, is expected to yield 3,000 participants and 3,000 spectators from across the USATF’s Region Four associations in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The local organizing committee that recruited the event to Spartanburg includes the Spartanburg Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), Spartanburg School District Seven, the City of Spartanburg and the Spartanburg Sports Alliance.

The Good

The Greenville Revitalization Corporation (GRC) received a $30,000 grant from John I. Smith Charities Inc. for a children’s playground in the new Textile Heritage Park to be developed in the Monaghan Community. The park will include walking trails, a shelter for picnics or concerts, historical markers for the major textile mills in Greenville County and a children’s playground. The property the park is to be located on was donated to GRC by Burt Moisier LLC, owners of Monaghan Mill. The project is still in the preliminary stages, and final zoning was approved on June 7. Other grant applications and opportunities to raise money are being pursued so the development can progress.

Events that make our community better for its participation in the 2016 March for Meals campaign. The grant will provide more than 330 meals for the homebound in Greenville County. The annual March for Meals campaign raises nationwide awareness of the fight against hunger. Meals on Wheels participated in the march by recruiting new volunteers, partnering with local restaurants to raise funds and enlisting companies to hold pet food drives for their Pet Food Program.

For more information, visit MealsonWheelsGreenville.org or call 233-6565.

ENVIRONMENT

Upstate’s first net-zero home to be completed

NOW OPEN 7 Days a Week

GBS Building Supply and Carolina Green Builders partnered with Genesis Homes to help raise approximately $150,000 in materials and labor for one of the Upstate’s first net-zero homes at 117 Mt. Eustis St., Greenville. The home will exemplify sustainable building practices that can reduce energy consumption as well as the cost of living.

The Clemson School of Architecture provided the initial design of the house, which includes solar panels that will reduce monthly energy costs. A family was chosen by the Greenville Area Interfaith Hospitality Network to live in the house. An open house event will be held Sunday, June 26, at 2 p.m.

The public is encouraged to attend the ribbon cutting and tour the home’s energy-saving features.

For more information, visit NetZeroGreenville.com.

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Meals on Wheels of Greenville receives grant Meals on Wheels of Greenville received a $1,500 grant from Meals on Wheels America

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Synnex Share the Magic Day to raise funds for Upstate children in need Synnex Share the Magic, a fundraising initiative created by Synnex and the Greenville Drive, will host the fifth annual Synnex Share the Magic Day at the Drive. The event will be held Sunday, June 26, at Fluor Field at 4:05 p.m. The charities’ children and their families are invited to the game for a special pregame ice cream party hosted by the Drive. Children will also participate in on-field activities such as throwing out the first pitch, being an honorary captain, serving as a bat boy or bat girl and running out on the field with the players, among others. The Greenville Drive will donate a portion of every ticket sold to Synnex Share the Magic initiative. The four local charity beneficiaries include A Child’s Haven, Clement’s Kindness, Make-A-Wish South Carolina and Pendleton Place.

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East Park Historic

1 Harcourt Drive, Greenville, SC 29601

Home Info Price: $835,000 Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 3.5 Lot Size: 0.24 Acre

MLS#: 1323974 Sq. Ft: 3400-3599

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Energy efficiency at its finest! Too many wonderful features to mention - see detailed feature sheet upon viewing property.

Stunning, new construction 3 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom Arts & Crafts Bungalow in the highly desired E. Park Historic Neighborhood. Every square inch of this home has been custom made from the maple cabinets and built-ins to the 10’ceilings and gorgeous soapstone countertops. Beautifully manicured landscaping with large, stone front porch with two separate sitting areas. The living room features a coffered ceiling and custom maple built-ins on both sides of the cozy stone fireplace.

Spotless, open kitchen boasts GE Profile Unit Appliances, Soapstone countertops, large two tier center island, double porcelain farm sink, dry bar and opens to dining room.

Master on main with huge, custom walk-in closet, master bathroom with his/her vanities, separate water closet, jetted tub, and large tile shower with frameless glass door. Mudroom with built-in benches and tile flooring and walk-in laundry room. Immaculately clean walk-in attic spaces and attached 2 car garage!

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100 Dellwood Drive · $574,900 · MLS# 1318630

505 Carriage Hill Road · $419,500 · MLS# 1323070

25 Double Crest Drive · $350,000 · MLS# 1317260

217 Sandpiper Way · $248,000 · MLS# 1322935

4BR/4BA Home is like new. High-end finishes galore including luxurious 800 Square foot master suite and gourmet kitchen. Fantastic Location! Chicks Springs Road to Dellwood. Home on the right.

4BR/3BA Beautiful 4 bed, 3 bath home. Corner lot w/great Kitchen. Stone fireplace in great room.

Private backyard. Newly painted! From Hwy 14, take right Five Forks, right Carriage Hill.

4BR/4.5BA Like new on two lots, unfinished basement, bonus, view of mountains and lake, stainless, granite, formal dining, two car garage 290, right McElhaney, right Mitford Church left Groce Meadow

2BR/2BA Wonderful 2 bed, 2 bath home in Swansgate! Meticulously maintained. On a quiet cul-de-sac. Updated kitchen and fireplace in LR. Enter Swansgate. Left on Sandpiper Way. No sign.

Contact: Rick Horne 982-7653 Custom Realty

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Autum Trace • Open Sun. 2-4

Autumn Trace • Open Sun. 2-4

Augusta Road/Greenville Country Club

Augusta Road

538 Kingsmoor · $239,900 · MLS# 1321484

103 Saybrook Rd · $234,900 · MLS# 1319139

19 Rock Creek Drive · $649,000 · MLS# 1319430

8 Byrd Boulevard · $586,500 · MLS# 1314557

4BR/2.5BA Beautiful, move-in ready home in a great location in Simpsonville. Convenient to everything.

Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity! Turn onto Pollard from Hwy 14. Not far from pool.

4BR/4BA Walk to Greenville County Club! Updated home features 2 master suites, living room, dining room, large bonus, office AND playroom! Lots of entertaining space on screened porch, private courtyard area.

3BR/3BA Gorgeous home with recent renovations (including bathrooms/kitchen) with professional design. Entertainer’s dream home with easy access to Greenville Memorial and GCC. Two-car garage with workshop. Truly move-in ready!

Contact: Phillip Leonhardt 901-4125 Seven Twelve Enterprises

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4BR/2.5BA Spacious Two story home with Four Bedrooms, Loft/Flex Space, Great patio & private fenced in backyard. Highway 14 to Pollard Rd, left into Autumn Trace

Contact: Stacy Pingry 607-2272 Del-co Realty

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100 Dellwood Drive • Near North Main $574,900 • 4 BR, 4 BA

203 Wild Ginger Way • Cliffs @ Keowee Vinyards $1,599,000 • 5 BR, 4.5 BA

101 Wildlife Trail · $383,000 · MLS# 1320070

254 Chickadee Trail · $235,000 · MLS# 1323556

3BR/2.5BA Charming brick with 23X12 screen porch looking out on level fenced back yard with koi pond, gas cooktop and two ovens, Dining and Foyer have 15’ ceilings, walkin storage, bonus

3BR/2BA Screened porch, open floor plan, vaulted ceilings in the living room, 9ft ceilings throughout. Hardwoods in living areas. Granite countertops, gas range, stainless steel appliances. 15 minutes from downtown Greenville!

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North Main Area

Hampton-Pinckney Historic District

123 Wilshire Drive · $234,900 · MLS# 1323064

117 Butler Avenue · $219,500 · MLS# 1324023

2BR/1.5BA Adorable 2 bedroom 1.5 bath home, plus office, in North Main close to downtown Greenville and updated too with one car garage. Private backyard with nice deck for entertaining!

Two Downtown Residential Lots in prestigious Hampton-Pinkney Historic District. You will not find a residential lot this close to downtown, only three city blocks from the heart of Main Street!

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SPAULDING FARM u p s t a t e s c h o m e t o u r s . c d a n j o y n e r. c o m / h o m e / 5 9 8 C 7 5

403 Spaulding Lake Dr • 4BR/4.5BA $659,000 · MLS# 1318536 Lisa Williams · 325-9761 CODE 3465238

SPAULDING FARM

102 Caitlin Court • 5BR/3.5BA $339,000 · MLS# 1322692 Chris Pryer · 380-0525 CODE 3634666

44 Hurshfield Ct • 5BR/3BA $238,500 · MLS# 1319411 Tim Keagy · 905-3304 CODE 3501222

MILLER HEIGHTS u p s t a t e s c h o m e t o u r s . c d a n j o y n e r. c o m / h o m e / C 4 T H E J

104 Saxon Falls Court • 3BR/2.5BA $182,000 · MLS# 1324001 JoAnn English · 325-6127 CODE 3688339

u p s t a t e s c h o m e t o u r s . c d a n j o y n e r. c o m / h o m e / Y Y W V F C

340 Pimlico Road • 4BR/3BA

$589,000 · MLS# 1319044 Margaret Marcum · 420-3125 CODE 3488278

220 Huddersfield Dr • 4BR/2.5BA

$419,000 · MLS# 1311832 Wanda Reed · 270-4078 CODE 3196572

VERDMONT

$399,000 · MLS# 1320257 Margaret Marcum · 420-3125 CODE 3537082

HIGHLAND CREEK

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SILVERLEAF

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215 Clairhill Ct • 5BR/3BA

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205 Dunrobin • 3BR/2.5BA

$334,900 · MLS# 1323421 Stephanie Towe · 270-5919 CODE 3664705

BLUE RIDGE PLANTATION u p s t a t e s c h o m e t o u r s . c d a n j o y n e r. c o m / h o m e / M 7 E W C 8

ASHETON SPRINGS

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9 Block House Rd • 4BR/3.5BA

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GOWER ESTATES

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700 E Silverleaf St • 6BR/3BA

$274,900 · MLS# 1318882 Vickie Given · 436-0859 CODE 3480422

SMITHFIELD

$239,900 · MLS# 1323731 Helen Sarratt · 313-2050 CODE 3676964

HOLLY TREE

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WATERMILL POND

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115 Prestwick Court • 3BR/2.5BA

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408 Camelot Dr. • 4BR/3BA

$225,900 · MLS# 20177258 Susan Wright · 940-6462 CODE 3654790

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233 Riverdale Road • 4BR/2.5BA

$215,000 · MLS# 1322676 Kennie Norris · 608-0865 CODE 3633078

$207,500 · MLS# 1324019 Tim Keagy · 905-3304 CODE 3688318

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6 Bellagio Way • 5BR/4BA

$474,900 · MLS# 1319457 · CODE 3503223 Gail D. Fruetel · 979-0332

1 Trails Edge Ct • 4BR/3BA

TRAILSIDE

$409,900 · MLS# 1313434 · CODE 3247949 Chet & Beth Smith · 458-7653

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ASHETON SPRINGS

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220 Huddersfield Dr • 4BR/2.5BA

$399,000 · MLS# 1320257 · CODE 3537082 Margaret Marcum · 420-3125

702 Valley Creek Dr. • 4BR/2BA

$249,000 · MLS# 1323978 · CODE 3685648 Stina Thoennes · 304-9475

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AUTUMN TRACE

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6 Saybrook Rd, • 4BR/2.5BA

$234,000 · MLS# 1319820 · CODE 3517342 Cathy Stucky · 992-1294

1011 Turner Hill Rd. • 3BR/2BA

$129,900 · MLS# 1321095 · CODE 3567305 Kasey Coffey · 354-2323

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BANK OF TRAVELERS REST It’s a busy spring for Bank of Travelers Rest as they celebrate 70 years serving the Upstate while simultaneously opening their 10th branch.

“Our first branch opened March 18, 1946, in Travelers Rest,” said vice president and marketing director Eric Wall. “So as we started making plans for our 10th branch to open, we could think of no better way to celebrate our 70 years than by holding its Grand Opening on March 18, 2016.”

With the bank opening its 10th branch at 1041 Verdae Blvd. (in the Verdae development), it now has two Travelers Rest locations, one in Greer, one in Marietta and six in Greenville. The bank has taken a conservative approach to growth that fits its philosophy, which is based on personal relationships and retaining its laid-back, small-town feel that is hard to come by these days.

“Even our branches in downtown Greenville have that personal banking feel,” Wall said. “As we continue growing, our employees stay very connected to our customers in order to better understand their needs.”

The bank was founded by John White along with eight others who saw the need to provide financial services to the people of Northern Greenville County. Opening with just over $36,000 in assets, the bank was already innovating in the 1940s to make life easier for customers: it is the first bank in Greenville County to offer Saturday banking.

All customer accounts moved to a computer system in 1968. And while Bank of Travelers Rest embraces the modern technology in order to provide the services their customers expect, the bank has never allowed technology to diminish the personal service the bank is known to provide.

Today, Bank of Travelers Rest offers all of the same services you’d find at a regional or national bank – mobile banking, ATMs, online bill pay – but with the Bank of Travelers Rest touch. “No matter how much my generation is technology-based, it’s still nice to call and have a person answer – usually a person with a Travelers Rest accent,” Wall remarked.

Bank of Travelers Rest is proud to have carried its name for seven “As we continue growing, decades and to have remained headquartered in Greenville County our employees stay – the oldest bank still headquartered here. “We’re committed to the very connected to our communities we serve,” Wall said. “The fact that we’re celebrating 70 years customers in order to in our communities is a wonderful example of the local spirit, so prevalent, better understand where people like that connection to their local businesses. Their bank is their needs.” included and we’re honored to be.”

To support the community, the bank and its employees have been committed to a variety of philanthropic causes. Their involvement includes gifts and services to educational and public service organizations as well as causes that raise money and awareness for health and social related issues.

As the bank has expanded its reach to include more than the Northern Greenville County community, the leadership team has enjoyed watching Greenville and Travelers Rest grow while watching the hand that their customers have played in that progress.

The bank is now managed by Bruce White, who continues his father’s commitment to convenience, innovation and small-town customer service. He also emphasizes the family-owned nature of the bank – even more evident since Bruce’s children Betsy Steifle, Kelley Moss and Bob White all work for the bank as well, bringing the family bank to the third generation. Pictured alongside their father are Betsy and Bob, relationship bankers, and Kelley, who works as corporate trainer.

Bruce grew up in Greenville and graduated from Greenville High School before going on to Clemson University. He joined the bank as an employee in 1968. A proud local, he gives back personally by serving on the board of directors of organizations such as the Greenville Area Development Corporation and the South Carolina Bankers School Board. As an alumni who also sent three of his six children to Clemson, White is a staunch Tigers fan and supporter.

42 Plaza Dr., Travelers Rest (Main Office) 864.834.9031 Bankoftravelersrest.com

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Summer’s here, so observe the seen and the unseen gardener. You can directly measure your efforts by watching your crop every day.

In my garden, the tomatoes are still blooming and setting fruit like crazy in this heat. They have been staked, caged or roped in and fertilized with fish emulsion in the last week.

I prune some “suckers” off, as I prefer bigger fruits but maybe not as many on the plant.

Suckers can be stuck in dirt with the right conditions, and they will begin a new plant for harvesting fruit in the early fall.

Beans, cucumbers and squash climb skyward

Beware of bugs and be careful around peppers

Most plants need deep, even, steady watering at least twice a week. I prefer watering in the early morning, when the air is still cool, but most importantly the foliage has time to dry off before the humid and moist night air hits it.

Uneven watering levels will make a tomato swell and then crack or develop rot on its bottom. This is all part of being an observant

The cucumbers, too, need help to keep them on their path to the sky. In the morning you can see a multitude of tiny insects pollinating their flowers. I trellis my vines to keep them off the ground and protect them from bugs, worms and varmints.

The squash plants, as I am sure yours are, are beginning to be out of control. I have zucchini, lemon, straightneck yellow and crookneck squash. Yes, I have already found borers in the stems, but hopefully I will reach my quota of “squash casseroles” and will be relieved when it is time to tear them out.

I have just finished layering three bales of hay straw around my tomatoes, eggplants, squash, cucumbers and beans. It looks like it will be a hot July. Heavily mulching your veggies can help maintain moisture levels in the soil after watering, and keep bugs, slugs and fungus at bay.

Your fruits (squash, tomato, cucumbers, peppers, eggplant, okra, etc.) need the water as they flower, form fruits and begin to swell and produce. It is not uncommon for a plant to wilt or droop after a deep watering during the heat of the day — but don’t put more water on without checking the soil moisture first. The heat will make the plant wilt. If it does not perk back up the next morning, that may be a clue you need to water more.

tendrils twine counter-clockwise. Cucumbers are climbing up the support I put in this spring, just now blooming and beginning to set fruit.

Can’t wait for fresh cucumbers with no wax on them (wax is put on all commercially grown cucumbers to preserve them) to make pickles, relish and juice. Cucumber juice mixed with watermelon is fantastic!

My pole beans are climbing up to the sky.

Their tendrils fly all around the support and I enjoy wrapping them around the lines that guide their path. These particular beans wrap their tendrils in a clockwise direction. Some

Once the bugs hit, you need to rid the garden of the plants unless you spray for pests, which I don’t. Don’t stop picking your produce every day — the more you pick the more they will continue to produce. My half-runner beans have produced six quarts of beans so far, and are still going strong. I pick, snap and blanch, and this year I plan to freeze them for later use. Garlic is harvested and drying in my garage. Peppers are slow to set fruit — like eggplants, they thrive in the heat. Keep your eye out for flea beetle damage — not to worry, as they don’t generally affect the fruit.

If you’re harvesting hot peppers, remember to use gloves, as the surface of the peppers can burn your fingers and eyes. The heat

is making herbs want to bolt now, so start cutting them back. Gather the bunches and lay them on paper towels inside; when they are dry, crumble them and put them in small containers.

My Italian parsley has gone to seed. I leave some seed heads to attract pollinators. The ones I cut back cause the mother plants to generate new growth, so I always have lots of fresh parsley. Seeds of Italy (seedsofitaly. com) has the best selection of parsley seeds I have ever seen. The parsley is also a favorite of the swallowtail butterfly to lay eggs in, so if you watch carefully you can see the large caterpillars.

Keep your eyes open Being in my garden every day gives me an opportunity to see things I sometimes forget exist. We are now fully in summer — the Solstice was June 20, the longest day of the year where lightness and dark are equal, and the dark has things to reveal, too.

This week we experienced the Solstice full moon. The cicada sprang forth from the ground at my house. Was it a coincidence?

The sounds of the night enchant and the moonlight is not to be missed. The garden reminds me there is more to this world than I see at first glance.

Kathy Slayter is a Greenville Realtor and Clemsoncertified Master Gardener who is passionate about growing, cooking and eating her homegrown food. Contact her at kathyslayter@ gmail.com.

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Real Estate News

Martha Rosenberg joins the Pelham Road office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors

the real estate needs of the Upstate market,” said Duane Bargar, Broker-In-Charge of the Pelham Road Office.

Polly Joyner joins the North Pleasantburg office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce the addition of Martha Rosenberg to the company’s Pelham Road office.

An experienced real estate professional, Rosenberg joins the company Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is following tenure at another Upstate South Carolina real estate agency. She has a marketing background from Massey College in Atlanta, GA. Originally pleased to announce the addition of Polly Joyner to the company’s from Aiken, South Carolina, Rosenberg currently resides in Greer where North Pleasantburg office, Joyner joins the company as a sales associate after spending several she enjoys cooking and spending time with her grandchildren.

Rosenberg years in advertising and marketing with the Leslie Agency and Top Spin “Martha brings a wealth of experience and knowledge as she joins continued on PAGE 31 Joyner our Pelham Road office. We look forward to working with her as she continues to serve

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Marketing. A native of Myrtle Beach, she attended Winthrop University in Rock Hill.

Joyner is involved in The Junior League of Greenville and resides in Greenville with her husband, Danny Joyner. They are parents to three children.

Allen Tate Realtors®, the Carolinas’ leading real estate company, has announced that “We are delighted to officially welcome Polly to our North Pleasantburg office! She the following individuals have graduated from the company’s Winner’s Edge training in brings a wealth of marketing experience to her real estate sales career and will certainly carry on the outstanding legacy of the Joyner family,” said Fritzi Barbour, Broker-In- the Upstate region: Tina Arroyave, Tiffany Fralick – Greenville-Woodruff Road Charge of the Pleasantburg Office.

Jorge Alvarado – Greer Crystal Daniels, Dave DeWitt, Sharon DiNunzio, Nicole Matthews – Simpsonville Exclusively for Allen Tate Realtors, Winner’s Edge is a required, comprehensive real estate training program. The curriculum includes the latest in national real estate trends, technology, license law, sales and marketing techniques, integrated with detailed information about the local real estate market. As a result of this intensive course of study, Realtors are equipped with the latest tools in the industry in order to serve their clients in a Coldwell Banker Caine recently welcomed Jessika Poole as a residen- knowledgeable, caring and professional manner. tial sales agent in its new homes division with Great Southern Homes.

Jessika joins Coldwell Banker Caine with previous experience in pharamaceutical sales and project management. She holds a Bachelors degree from Longwood University.

Originally from Virginia, Jessika is proud to be part of the Greenville community and is actively engaged through membership on the board of her subdivision’s Homeowners Association. In her spare time, Jessika Poole Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is enjoys staying fit, as well as listening to health podcasts and audio books. pleased to announce the addition of Jennifer “JD” Davis as a Sales AssoShe also cherishes spending time with her family. ciate.

She joins the company’s North Pleasantburg office in Greenville.

“We are thrilled to welcome Jessika to our new homes team,” said Stephen Edgerton, Davis brings nearly 20 years of sales and business development expresident and CEO of Coldwell Banker Caine. “Her sales and project management experience to her role within the company. Her previous assignments pertise will provide a unique and valuable experience for her clients as they navigate the have included pharmaceutical sales positions with Bertek and Procter & home buying process.”

Gamble and business development positions with RAP Index and G&P Trucking.

Davis She received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from The University of South Carolina. In her spare time, she is a group fitness instructor and is active in her church. She resides in her hometown of Greenville.

“JD brings substantial sales and business development experience to her real estate career, and we are delighted to have her on board,” said Fritzi Barbour, Broker-In-Charge of the North Pleasantburg Office.

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Robert Satterfield Joins the North Pleasantburg office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce the addition of Robert Satterfield to its North Pleasantburg office. He joins the company as Satterfield one of its newest real estate professionals.

Satterfield brings three years of sales experience to his role within the company.

Prior to his entry into sales, he earned a Bachelor of Science in business management from Philadelphia University. A native of Horsham Pennsylvania, Satterfield currently resides in downtown Greenville.

“We are pleased to welcome Bobby to the C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS family and our N. Pleasantburg office. We look forward to seeing him excel in his real estate endeavors,” said Fritzi Barbour, Broker-InCharge of the Pleasantburg Office.

AugustaRoad.com Realty welcomes Beth Nichols AugustaRoad.com Realty welcomes their newest realtor, Beth Nichols. Beth has been selling real estate all over Greenville for the past three years and is excited to represent both buyers AND sellers as her Nichols career moves forward.

Alex Eccles joins the Pelham Road office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce the addition of Alex Eccles as a sales associate at the company’s Pelham Road office.

Eccles comes from PH Campbell Construction where he served as a contractor intern. Prior to that role, he was a branch manager with Young Entrepreneurs Across America and attended Clemson University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He resides in Simpsonville.

Eccles “We are honored to have Alex join C. Dan Joyner’s Pelham Road office, and we look forward to working with him as he launches his real estate career,” commented Duane Bargar, Broker-In-Charge of the Pelham Road Office.

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Buyer Great Southern Homes is excited to now be a part of the Greenville community, with one of their premier communities being Tucker Branch. Tucker Branch is an upscale community, conveniently located near downtown Fountain Inn and less than two miles from I-385.

These Great Southern Homes have been tested by the Green Smart Homes program, to ensure maximum energy efficiency for optimal energy use. Honeywell’s Tuxedo Touch Home automation system is also a feature in the homes at

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$587,500 THE RICHLAND $585,000 GARDENS AT THORNBLADE $550,000 CENTRAL REALTY $530,000 SPAULDING FARMS $520,000 IVY GROVE $515,000 GLEN MEADOWS $514,900 THORNBLADE $495,000 HILLCREST CIRCLE $459,000 FIVE FORKS PLANTATION $455,000 TUXEDO PARK $452,128 TROLLINGWOOD $445,000 RIVER OAKS $440,000 RIVERPLACE $430,000 CLIFFS AT GLASSY WEST $425,000

$424,500

$420,000 WEATHERSTONE $415,000 RICHLAND CREEK@N. MAIN $399,000 GOWER ESTATES $385,000 BELHAVEN VILLAGE@HOLLINGSWORTH $383,900 KILGORE FARMS $380,000 ROPER MOUNTAIN ESTATES $371,000

$363,000 BELHAVEN VILLAGE@HOLLINGSWORTH $358,305 STONE LAND CO. $355,500 CREEKWOOD $347,000 COVE AT BUTLER SPRINGS $339,000 ADAMS CREEK $327,003 CHANDLER LAKE $325,500 BOTANY WOODS $325,000 COTTAGES@HARRISON BRIDGE $321,000

$320,000

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$275,000 KELSEY GLEN $274,055 KELSEY GLEN $271,000 OAKS AT GILDER CREEK FARM $270,000

$269,000 SILVERLEAF $268,000 PARKDALE $262,000 THORNHILL PLANTATION $261,000 SILVER RIDGE $255,000 THE TOWNES AT HIGHGROVE $255,000 PARTRIDGE RIDGE $255,000 EAST PARK $255,000 KANATENAH $250,000 EASTOVER $249,900 ROBINSON LANDING $249,000 FLAGSTONE VILLAGE $248,000 CARTERS GROVE $248,000 FOWLER FIELDS $247,551 CAMERON CREEK $246,010 ASHETON LAKES $245,000 PELHAM FALLS $244,000 GREYSTONE COTTAGES $243,925 MEADOW BREEZE $243,852 CAMERON CREEK $243,071 CAMERON CREEK $242,842 BELSHIRE $240,742 HOLLY TREE PLANTATION $237,000 GRIFFIN PARK $236,135 HERITAGE CREEK $235,000 MEADOW@BLUE RIDGE PLNTN $235,000 PELHAM FALLS $234,900

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Standard Upgrades Included in this Community: 9 foot ceilings, 12x12 patio, rounded corners, arched doorways, double sinks in master bedroom, cultured marble vanities, hardwoods in entry, fireplace with gas logs, fiber cement siding, upgraded paint package, fully sodded yard, and many more features that distinguish an SK Builders’ home.

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Tiffany Ward joins the Pelham Rd. office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors

“Tiffany brings a wealth of experience to our Pelham Road office, as well as The Greenville Team. We are honored to have her join us,” said, Duane Bargar, Broker-In-Charge of the Pelham Rd. Office.

Angel Evans Trapp joins Coldwell Banker Caine

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce the addition of Tiffany Ward to The Greenville Team at the company’s Pelham Road office.

Coldwell Banker Caine recently welcomed Angel Evans Trapp as Ward joins the company as an experienced real estate sales associate with 10 years of luxury real estate and custom build a residential sales agent to Lewis & Company, a top-producing team experience. She is a certified EcoBroker in Green Building. She based in its Greenville office.

Angel joins Coldwell Banker Caine with experience in the banking was previously an executive at The Cliffs Communities and then formed her own custom build consulting firm, The Mason Lovett and finance industry. Raised in the Upstate, Angel graduated from Ward Group. A Greenville native, Ward resides in Greer with her husband and 5 children. continued on PAGE 36 Trapp

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Greater Greenville Market Snapshot July 2016 The national housing market has now regained enough momentum to provide an engine of growth for the U.S. economy, according to latest The State of the Nation’s Housing report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Rental demand, sales of older homes and construction of new homes are on the rise.

Income growth has picked up, particularly among millennials, who are poised to form millions of new households over the next decade.

Pending home sales reached their highest level in over a decade, reports the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index,* a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, rose over five percent to 116.3 in April and is now nearly five percent above where the index was in April 2015. The index has increased yearover-year for 20 consecutive months.

With 14 million jobs created since 2010 and the prospect of higher rents and mortgage rates down the road, buyers appear to be more interested in the housing market.

Mortgage rates have remained below four percent for nearly 18 months and appear unlikely to rise above four percent anytime soon.

Due to a robust economy and housing priced below the national median, Greater Greenville home sales were over nine percent higher in May 2016 than the year before, rising from almost 1100 listings sold to over 1200. The median home price was $188,000, seven and a half percent higher than $174,900 a year ago.

Homes that sold were on the market merely 63 days, down 16 percent from 75 days in May 2015. Year-to-date, housing sales are nearly 10 percent higher from January through May than they were a year ago.

Consequently, the number of available listings for sale is nearly eight percent lower than last year and the median listing price is over 10 percent higher at $247,912 over $224,900 in May 2015.

It’s a great to time to buy or sell a home in Greater Greenville!

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Clemson University with a Bachelors degree in Financial Management and a focus in real estate. Though professional opportunities have taken Angel and her family to several states across the country, she has always loved the Upstate and maintained a home here.

In her spare time, Angel enjoys tailgating at Clemson football games with family and friends. Cheering on Clemson is especially exciting for the family as her husband is a former player and her youngest a current Tiger. “We are excited to welcome Angel to Lewis & Company and to our Greenville office,” said Stephen Edgerton, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Caine. “Her passion for relationship building and financial background will provide a unique and beneficial experience to her clients and to her team.”

Bobbie Watkins joins the Easley office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce the addition of Bobbie Watkins to the company’s Easley office.

Watkins rejoins the company with two years of real estate experience. Most recently, she served as a manager for Serrus and as an acWatkins countant with Aimco. Watkins received her BBA in Accounting

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Christopher Lee Joins the Easley office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors

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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce the addition Christopher Lee. He joins the company’s Easley office as its newest real estate professional.

Lee comes to the company with five years of experience as a VMI Specialist for Hagemeyer North America. He earned a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology from Anderson University. In his spare time, Lee enjoys golf, Clemson University football and Carolina Panthers football. He and his wife, Tish, reside in Easley.

Lindsie Sink joins the Downtown office of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce the addition of a broker associate to its Downtown Greenville office. Lindsie Sink joins the company as an experienced real estate professional.

Sink joins brings over 10 years of industry experience having served as a Broker-In-Charge, Sales Manager and REALTOR. A native of Sink

Charlianne Nestlen Joins Coldwell Banker Caine in Spartanburg Coldwell Banker Caine recently welcomed Charlianne Nestlen as a residential sales agent to its new homes division in Spartanburg with Great Southern Homes.

Charlianne returns to Coldwell Banker Caine with previous experience as an Experience Manager, where she specialized in office management and agent services. In the interim, she worked as Director of Alumni Relations at her alma mater, USC Upstate.

A native of Spartanburg, Charlianne is a 2015 Leadership Spartan- Nestlen burg Graduate and an active member of several professional organizations, including Spartanburg Young Professionals. She also actively volunteers with her church, St. John’s Lutheran, and March of Dimes.

In her spare time, Charlianne enjoys cake decorating and was even featured in Spartanburg Magazine for her talent. She and her husband (Homer) love to spend time playing with their son (Wyatt, 3 ½ ) and their dogs (Addison and Teddy).

“We are thrilled to have Charlianne back at Coldwell Banker Caine,” said Stephen Edgerton, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Caine. “Her familiarity with the brand and real estate background, combined with her vivacious personality, will create a great experience for our clients.”

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Gladys Knight, Branford Marsalis, David Sedaris highlight Peace Center’s 2016-17 season

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Music, dance, comedy and theater — it’s all on the 2016–17 Peace Center schedule.

From big-name Grammy Award-winning musicians such as Gladys Knight to a pianist who has been called the symbol of the youth of China to best-selling author David Sedaris and one of the world’s most renowned dance

companies, the Peace Center’s 2016–17 season schedule has something for everyone.

The shows below join the already-announced shows on the Broadway series, including “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder,” “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” “An American in Paris,” “The Book of Mormon,” “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical,” “Something Rotten!,”

Disney’s “The Lion King,” “Finding Neverland” and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “The King and I.” A four-show Peace Chamber program schedule has also been announced.

More events will be added as the season goes on.

Tickets for all shows except Broadway go on sale to the public July 1 at 10 a.m.

Broadway and Peace Chamber subscriptions

are available now, and individual Broadway show tickets will go on sale at later dates to be announced.

Tickets may be purchased at the Peace Center box office, online at peacecenter.org or by calling 846-467-3000. Handling fees are charged on phone and online sales.

See the full schedule on PAGE 41

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2016–17 PEACE CENTER SCHEDULE AN EVENING WITH CHRIS THILE

JULIE FOWLIS: MUSIC OF THE SCOTTISH ISLES

TAJ EXPRESS: THE BOLLYWOOD MUSICAL REVUE

BEN FOLDS

AN EVENING WITH GLADYS KNIGHT

CELTIC WOMAN

BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET WITH SPECIAL GUEST KURT ELLING

EN GARDE ARTS: BASETRACK LIVE

NUFONIA MUST FALL LIVE

RON WHITE

RENEE FLEMING IN RECITAL

PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY

ZAKIR HUSSAIN, TABLA, WITH NILADRI KUMAN, SITAR

LANG LANG

BLACK GRACE

AN EVENING WITH KEB’ MO’ BAND

MILOS: BACH TO BEATLES

DAVID SEDARIS

Tuesday, Sept. 13, 7:30 p.m.

Chris Thile is a multiple Grammy Award winner, MacArthur Fellow, a virtuoso, composer and vocalist.

He first rose to fame as a member of the trio Nickel Creek, with whom he released four albums and sold more than 2 million records. As a soloist, he’s released five albums.

Thursday, Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Multiplatinum-selling singersongwriter-producer Ben Folds first found success with the Ben Folds Five. He’s gone on to have a successful solo career and served as a judge on NBC’s a cappella competition show, “The Sing-Off.”

Tuesday, Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m.

The tight-knit Branford Marsalis Quartet rarely invites other musicians into the folds of their nearly telepathically cohesive unit.

This collaboration between jazz’s most intense band and one of jazz’s foremost singers should prove to be anything but standard.

Thursday, Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m.

Comedian Ron White first rose to fame as the cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman from the “Blue Collar Comedy Tour.”

Now, he’s a star in his own right.

All four of his comedy albums charted No. 1 on the Billboard Comedy Charts.

Monday, Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m.

Zakir Hussain is a world-renowned, multiple award-winner who has elevated the status of the Indian tabla drum. Niladri Kuman mastered the sitar at an early age, playing his first performance at only six years old.

Thursday, Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m.

Keb’ Mo’ is a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, producer, actor, humanitarian, mentor and dynamic performer. His newest project, Keb’ Mo’ LIVE, is a double-album compilation that highlights his 2015 tour.

The 16 tracks were captured in nine different cities.

Friday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m.

Julie Fowlis was the first solo Gaelic singer to be radio playlisted on the BBC. She also sang to a live television audience of 1 billion people at the Opening Ceremony of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. She also sang the theme song to the Pixar film “Brave.”

Thursday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m.

Gladys Knight has won seven Grammy Awards; had No. 1 hits in pop, gospel, R&B and adult contemporary; and has been successful in film, television and live performance.

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.

“Basetrack Live” is a documentary theater piece about the impact of war on veterans and their families.

It was named one of the top 10 performances in 2014 by the New York Times.

Saturday, Feb. 1, 2017, 8 p.m.

Soprano Renee Fleming was awarded the National Medal of the Arts, America’s highest honor for an individual artist. She won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo.

She was the first classical artist to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.

Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Pianist Lang Lang has been called “the world’s ambassador of the keyboard” and selected as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine, which described him as the symbol of the youth of China and its future.

Saturday, March 11, 2017, 8 p.m.

Milos Karadaglic began playing guitar at 8 years old. By 16, he had been accepted into the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Today, he’s considered the leading classical guitarist of his generation. In this concert, he will be backed by an ensemble of strings.

Sunday, March 12, 2017, 6:30 p.m.

Through a fusion of film, dance and music, this performance takes audiences on a live cinematic journey through modern Indian culture and society. The production is a celebration of new India’s pop music, Bollywood culture and deep traditions.

Friday, March 17, 2017, 8 p.m.

Celtic Woman is a multiple award-winning, Billboard chart-topping, all-female musical ensemble that has been taking the world by storm since it debuted in 2004.

The concert will cover everything from traditional Irish tunes to today’s popular hits

Saturday, April 1, 2017, 8 p.m.

Based on Kid Koala’s 2003 graphic novel of the same name, “Nufonia Must Fall Live” is a heart-tugging romantic tale of an outdated robot trying to impress the human girl that has his heart.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Paul Taylor Dance Company is one of the world’s most highly respected and sought-after ensembles. It has performed in more than 500 cities in 64 countries.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Black Grace is New Zealand’s leading contemporary dance group. The work is highly physical, rich in the storytelling traditions of the South Pacific and expressed with raw finesse, beauty and power.

Thursday, April 27, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

David Sedaris has become one of America’s preeminent humor writers. There are 10 million copies of his books in print and they’ve been translated into 25 languages. His next book will be a collection of his diaries, entitled “Theft By Finding,” to be released in summer 2017.

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With another addition to local author Susan Boyer’s “Lowcountry” mystery series, readers will immerse themselves into an investigation of Shelby Poinsett’s mysterious death.

“Lowcountry Book Club” is Boyer’s fifth book in her USA Today bestselling Liz Talbot mystery series. The book first takes readers through the rooms of a Charleston house similar to those in the infamous Clue board game and explores the mysterious case of Poinsett’s death. Liz Talbot and Nate Andrews dive into an investigation of Poinsett’s killer, who pushed her out of her second-floor library window. Suspicions start to rise when they find out the victim was home alone with her husband, Clint. Talbot and Andrews are determined to bring the killer to justice after previous investigators have failed to solve the

case.

Boyer’s best selling series also includes “Lowcountry Boil,” “Lowcountry Bombshell,” “Lowcountry Boneyard” and “Lowcountry Bordello.” Her first book in the series, “Lowcountry Boil,” won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel and Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/ Suspense. Her third mystery, “Lowcountry Boneyard,” was selected as a Southern Independent Booksellers Allice Okra Pick, has been short-listed for the Pat Conroy Beach Music Mystery Prize and is a finalist in the Published Division, Mainstream category in this year’s Daphne du Maurier Award.

“I’ve loved mystery novels since I was a young girl and first met Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden,” Boyer wrote on her website. “In my early teens I broadened my reading to include my mother’s romance novel collection. Now I write my own romantic mysteries.”

The series’ protagonist, Talbot, who the author describes as “a private investigator with a weakness for Kate Spade bags and shoes,” lives on the fictional island of Stella Maris, “which is situated in my mind just north of Isle of Palms, near Charleston,” wrote Boyer. “Stella Maris is a small town — the folks are warm and friendly. I hope you’ll visit them often.”

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A comfortable mix

Max Price and Cocoa Bishop go the extra mile for the bands in their Black Sneaker Souls studio

Max Price (left) and Cocoa Bishop at Black Sneaker Souls.

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In the four years that he’s been recording bands at his Greenville studio Black Sneaker Souls, engineer Max Price has worked hard to make them all feel comfortable. The theory is that the more comfortable a band is, the better their performance will be, and the faster they’ll be able to nail it. Sometimes that simply means making sure that the musicians can all hear each other and that the sound levels are right in the headphones. And sometimes it means Price and his colleague, Cocoa Bishop, have to go the extra mile.

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“For [Greenville trio] The Long Canes’ first EP, it took a 40-year-old bottle of Jack Daniels,” Price says. “Everybody got to where they could hear each other and the sound was good, but things didn’t really happen until we broke out the bottle I got from my grandparents. And that did the trick. It was like giving Popeye spinach.”

Price began his career as a guitar player before becoming a recording engineer out of necessity. “I’d found an engineer to work with who was sympathetic to what I was doing, and then he moved away,” Price says. “And I tell everybody that after that, I learned to record myself in self-defense, because I just wasn’t happy with the results I was getting any other way. I got an old reelto-reel tape machine and a mixing board, and just started recording myself. Then I recorded bands that I was in, then bands that friends of mine were in and it just snowballed.”

After losing his initial partner at the studio (located at 106 Le Grand Blvd.), Price brought in Bishop, who’d spent time running sound at Spartanburg’s Ground Zero music venue. The two had previously worked together with Spartanburg-based bands including The Lengths and Alias for Now. “I learned a lot from the bands that came through Ground Zero,” Bishop says. “I was always asking their engineers questions and taking in everything I could. Running live sound helped me learn speed. You’ve got to be quick with solutions at a live show, and it helps you do the same in the studio. Troubleshooting is so much easier. Instead of taking all day, it’s a lot easier to figure things out quickly because you’ve been in a more high-pressure situation.”

Black Sneaker Souls has served as a home for a wide array of Upstate bands including the aforementioned Long Canes, The Francis Vertigo, The Boo Jays, Jim & The Limbs and Solaire. Price and Bishop have managed to create a workable environment for recording despite the fact that the building they’re in seems more like a residence or small-business office.

“You have to come up with ways to treat the rooms,” Price says. “Most buildings aren’t built for acoustics, so you have to tune the room. You get a lot of weird echoes and reverb that you don’t want, so you basically have to tune those out.”

Price says he tries to keep the mindset of a musician when he’s recording, and generally doesn’t like to record the players separately. “I think a lot of times people get hung up on technical details,” he says.

“Engineers will go to things that are sort of counterintuitive or against the musical experience of a band playing in a room. I’ve always looked more for setting everybody up at the same time. Even if all the elements you’re recording at the same time don’t make it onto the final product, you at least get the feel of a band playing in a room.”

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Sound Check Notes on the Music Scene with Vincent Harris

Young musicians get jazzed for Jazz Camp The Greenville Jazz Collective (guitarist Matt Dingledine, bassist Shannon Hoover, pianist Keith Davis, drummer Justin Watt, sax player Matt Olson and trombone player Brad Jepson) aren’t just one of the best ensembles in the Upstate.

They’re also a group of musicians that are determined to bring more awareness of jazz music and educate kids about what jazz is and how to play it. In fact, they became an official nonprofit entity shortly after forming a couple of years back, and immediately set out to create programs for young musicians to learn their trade.

Part of that effort is coming to fruition next week on the campus of Furman University, where the GJC, with a little help from their friends, will put on a four-day Jazz Camp to teach kids age 12 to 18 from all over the state as many aspects of jazz music as they can.

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“I think it was something that we’d wanted to do for a long time,” says Brad Jepson. “In high school or middle school, you have mostly marching band and concert band; there really isn’t a lot of time for jazz. So we really want to try to create that space for students to have that chance to play outside of their regular classrooms.”

After a trial run last summer went well, the GJC reached out to Furman University (where Matt Olson is associate professor of saxophone and director of jazz studies) to implement the first official Jazz Camp program. “Furman was interested in doing something similar, so it was a perfect collaboration between the two entities,” Jepson says. “Furman has the facilities and the food service and all the stuff you really need to run a camp and make sure it’s done properly.

The Jazz Collective has the connections with the jazz community and the educators and the ability to go out and find students who might benefit from our camp.”

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The program will play host to 35 different young musicians from six nearby counties, and in addition to master classes on the players’ specific instruments, the camp will include a jazz history and listening course and a theory and improvisation course. The students will also play in a big-band ensemble as well as smaller combos.

In addition to the GJC musicians, instructors

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Jazz Camp Faculty Performance, Jazz Camp Student Performance When: Monday, June 27 (Faculty), 7 p.m.; Thursday, June 30 (Student), 4:30 p.m.

Where: Daniel Recital Hall at Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Hwy. Tickets: Admission is free Info: 294-2000 include Steve Watson (guitar), Ian Bracchitta (bass), Tim Blackwell (drums), Tom Wright (saxophone) and Jack Mitchell (trumpet).

“We pulled together the best musicians and educators around the area,” Jepson says. “And then we’re going to have George Kanzler, a jazz writer [for New Jersey’s Star-Ledger, Jazz Times magazine and many others] who knows anybody and everybody in the jazz world. He’s going to come and give two lectures in the theory and listening class; we’re pretty excited about that.”

There will be two performances at Furman’s Daniel Recital Hall during Jazz Camp week: a faculty performance on Monday at 7 p.m. and a student performance on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Both events are free to the public, as are Kanzler’s lectures.

“All the teachers are really excited to have these young students come in,” says Dingledine. “We hope to be a springboard for them to immerse themselves in this music. I wish I had an opportunity like this when I was in high school.

To have something like this in Greenville is very exciting.”

Vincent Harris covers music and sports for The Greenville Journal. Reach him at vharris@communityjournals. com.

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CULTURE Sound Bites BILL EVANS SHOWCASE, FEATURING JOHN VALERIO, GEORGE HOAR & RON SCHWARTZ My Sister’s Store 104 S. Poinsett Hwy. Travelers Rest Saturday, June 25, 7 p.m. $10 On the heels of last month’s well-received Frank Sinatra tribute show at My Sister’s Store in Traveler’s Rest, the veteran trio of John Valerio on piano, George Hoar on bass and Ron Schwartz on drums have decided to pay tribute to a perhaps lesser-known, but no less important, musician. “Bill Evans is iconic in the jazz world,” Schwartz says. “He recorded ‘Kind of Blue’ with Miles Davis, the best-selling jazz album of all time. Piano players in general try to imitate him, simply because of the influence he’s had. We chose Bill because of the legacy that he left behind. He died very young, unfortunately [at age 51], but he left a huge impression on the jazz world. And he was responsible in many ways for making the jazz-piano trio as prominent as it is.” For this show (which runs two 45-minute sets), the trio will focus on many of Evans’ most-well known tunes, including “Alice in Wonderland,” “Emily,” “Waltz For Debby,” “Nardis” and “Solar.”

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TRAPFIRE BROTHERS Southern Culture, 2537 N. Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville Friday, June 24, 7:30 p.m.

Free Greenville’s Trapfire Bros. play a stripped-down-but-fun mix of country, bluegrass and folk, with just the right amount of grit and some interesting cover material (MGMT’s “Kids,” for example).

There’s an ease of interplay between the trio that comes from the longtime camaraderie between singer/guitarists Eddie Williams and Justin Garber. “Justin and I went to Clemson together,” Williams says. “We kept playing together after we graduated, and we ended up back in Greenville and started jamming with each other again, and we put together a three-song EP to fish for shows and a bass player.” Rather than continuing down the rock band path, both men decided to go the acoustic route because “it’s just easier,” Garber says with a laugh. “It’s a lot easier to facilitate a three-piece acoustic band show than full rock band. But we’ve actually picked up a percussionist, and we’re toying with the idea of going electric on some shows.”

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About five seconds into the first track on the Atlanta trio Pretty Please’s new EP, it becomes obvious: This is a no-frills affair. The drums pound, the guitars are cranked to 11 and the vocals are less sung than sneered. The EP, called “Acedia,” is the band’s third release, and the first they’ve recorded on their own. “We recorded it at our drummer’s studio,” says singer/ guitarist Robee Whitmire. “We decided we wanted to do it ourselves and take our time instead of having a budget and time restrictions to work with. It’s a lot more relaxed, so we can be ourselves instead of feeling like we need to rush things.

We thought about trying to save up a lot of money to go with someone like Steve Albini, but the money’s better spent on tour or pressing albums.”

The band’s gritty, no-BS sound is one that seems to be sorely lacking on the music scene these days. “It’s kind of fallen by the wayside,” Whitmire says. “Really loud, straight-ahead rock bands seem to be really few and far between.”

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Information underground

Three films look for the truth about WikiLeaks creator Julian Assange Julian Assange is a computer programmer best known as the founder of WikiLeaks. He was born in Australia and lived a very nomadic life as a child. His stepfather was a member of an Aryan cult called The Family. His mother fled with Julian and his brother, so he spent much of his childhood running from his stepfather.

Assange began hacking computers in high school and broke into the databases at the Pentagon, the Navy, Citibank, Lockheed-Martin and a number of other high-profile organizations. He was arrested but was given leniency due to his unusual upbringing.

Several years later he started WikiLeaks, a website that protects whistleblowers through a system of complete anonymity. The site first came to public attention when an employee at the Julius Baer bank provided documents revealing corruption among many of the bank’s wealthiest customers. The site gained more prominent exposure when Army Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning leaked 92,000 documents containing classified material related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The following films give a bit more insight into Assange and the creation of WikiLeaks.

“UNDERGROUND: THE JULIAN ASSANGE STORY” Directed by Robert Connolly | 2012 This film was produced for Australian television but premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. It tells the story of a young Assange living with his mother and brother in Melbourne after they have escaped from his stepfather. It also explores his relationship with a young woman who bore his first child.

The film is largely about Assange hacking into the U.S. military site, MILNET, where he discovered U.S. troop movement in the Middle East just prior to George H. W. Bush announcing the invasion of Iraq. A parallel story involves the detective who tracked him down.

“THE FIFTH ESTATE” Directed by Bill Condon | 2015 Director Bill Condon is also known for the films “Gods and Monsters,” “Kinsey” and “Dreamgirls.” The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Assange. The story is about the formation of WikiLeaks. It ends with the release of Manning’s 92,000 State Department documents. Condon mixed news footage with re-enacted scenes to help put Assange’s actions in context.

Assange was not happy with his portrayal in the film as a manipulative and deceitful individual.

“WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS” Directed by Alex Gibney | 2013 This is a short documentary that goes into greater detail about some of the incidents described in “The Fifth Estate.” It’s available on YouTube and Netflix DVD. None of these films were approved by Assange. In 2013 Assange released his own film, called “Mediastan,” to counter his portrayal in “The Fifth Estate.” Assange currently lives in asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

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

Page Turners

Austen’s powers

Curtis Sittenfeld reboots “Pride and Prejudice” for the 21st century in “Eligible” — and joins a growing genre of Jane Austen revisionism “Jane Austen’s books, too, are absent from this library. Just that one omission alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn’t a book in it.” –Mark Twain Given Mark Twain’s feelings about Jane Austen, starting a modern-day telling of “Pride and Prejudice” with one of his quotes is a daring one. But instead of the one above, in “Eligible” Curtis Sittenfeld went with another Twain quote: “When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati, because it’s always 20 years behind the times.”

This quote works well, since instead of taking

place in England, Sittenfeld sets “Eligible” in Cincinnati.

“Eligible” also happens to be the name of a “Bachelor”-like reality show. Chip Bingley is a doctor and was one of the stars of “Eligible.” However, he did not find love on the show.

Bingley is new to Cincinnati and Mrs. Bennett is eager for one of her five single daughters to meet him, especially the oldest two who are nearing 40. While Bingley becomes smitten with the oldest sister, Jane, there is immediate tension between Elizabeth Bennett and

Bingley’s even richer friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy.

While it is definitely updated, there are many similarities between “Eligible” and the 1813 original. The independent and feisty heroine is lovable and infuriating to Darcy. Mr. Bennett delivers many witty one-liners that will keep readers chuckling. And the younger Bennett sisters still mortify their family.

This is the fourth book in the Austen project series. Six bestselling authors have each taken a Jane Austen novel and updated it.

Joanna Trollope started out with “Sense and

Sensibility.” Of course, “Pride and Prejudice” is the most popular Austen novel. There have already been a dozen versions of it, including P.D. James’s captivating murder mystery, “Death Comes to Pemberley.” However, “Eligible” is able to hold its own in this clever retelling.

Reviewed by Laura Chabot of Poor Richard’s Booksellers, 107 W. Main St., Easley, 859-0687.

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CALENDAR Riverdance runs through Peace Center CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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Jack Hartin

Riverdance, the two-decade-old Irish dance spectacular, returns to the Peace Center for eight performances over six days beginning Tuesday.

“Twenty years ago, who would have thought the show would be selling out are-

nas, selling out theaters around the world?” said Lauren Smyth, one of Riverdance’s lead dancers. “It just has that element of specialness.”

Riverdance got its start as a performance during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin. The seven-minute dance piece was then developed into a full-length stage show. Since Riverdance premiered in Dublin in 1995, more than 25 million people from 46 countries have seen it.

Smyth, a Northern Ireland native, started Irish dance lessons when she was 4 years old. Her family has a musical background, as several of her relatives were singers and dancers. She first saw the Eurovision performance when she was 7 or 8 and decided then she’d like to do that when she was older.

Smyth won several regional dance competitions and starred in another Irish dancing show, Rhythm of the Dance, before joining Riverdance in

2010.

“It’s just really Irish culture in a nutshell.

The first half focuses on Irish myths and legends, and the second half is about where life is not good in Ireland and they have to go to America,” she said.

The show also features tap, flamenco and Russian dancers, a band and a choir.

“The show is so timeless,” she said. “It still gives me goosebumps.

The show has something for everyone.”

Greenville is the last stop for the USA tour until it resumes in January.

“It’s been a long tour. We started in September and had three weeks off for Christmas,” she said. “I’m looking forward to going home, but it’s been great. I love doing something I love all around the world.”

Riverdance When: Tuesday, June 28, through Sunday, July 3 Where: Peace Center Tickets: $25 to $85

Jack Hartin

Information: 467-3000 or peacecenter.org

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Fantastic Fridays: Board Game Makers

Fountain Inn Natural Gas Friday Night Bandstand

Lauren Smyth, one of Riverdance’s lead dancers

schedule of performers.

409-1050 | fountaininn.org cheryl.pelicano@fountaininn.org

week’s band is Reminiscing.

289-8903 | mauldinculturalcenter.org vbroad@mauldincitysc.com

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. | 10-11 a.m.

Commerce Park | 200 Depot St., Fountain Inn

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THEATER PRODUCTION

Children will have opportunities to design their own games in Creation Station. Some Board Game MAKER days will take place outside where children can use chalk and other mediums to create a new game. Free with admission.

7-9 p.m. | Fridays thru Aug. 12

Beachin Fridays

FREE

Mauldin Cultural Center Amphitheater 101 East Butler Road, Mauldin

Chautauqua History Alive Amelia Earhart

tcmupstate.org

Bring a chair and come hear some great music at the Farmers Market Pavilion at Commerce Park in Fountain Inn. Beer and wine available for purchase with ID; snacks and soft drinks also available. Visit fountaininn.org for a complete

7-10 p.m.

Free Hosted by Beach Bob and Kathy Cole. This

Falls Park, TD Amphitheater | 601 S. Main St. 7:30-9 a.m.

Free Take to the skies with Amelia Earhart, whose courage and plucky personality showed how

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women could soar beyond society’s expectations. Music by The Carousers. Bring picnics and lawn seating. Rain site: Greenville Tech Tent, 800 E. Faris Road.

244-1499 | greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org

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Firearm Education Series

Cabela’s 1025 Woodruff Road, 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

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THEATER PRODUCTION

Chautauqua History Alive - Amelia Earhart, Mark Twain, Matthew Henson

Greenville Technical College Tent between Faris Rd parking lot and Bldg 104 800 E. Faris Road

CONCERT

Smash the Radio Smiley’s Acoustic Café 111 Augusta St. Free Rock outfit mixes rock originals with covers.

282-8988 smileysacousticcafe.com

CONCERT

Anonymous Concept, w/ State of Illusion & Fourplay Soundbox Tavern 507 W. Georgia Road, Simpsonville Spartanburg hard-rock outfit.

228-7763

CONCERT

Soul Ripple Blues Boulevard (Greenville) 300 River St., Ste. 203 Tickets: $5 (plus $10 food/drink minimum) Veteran bassist Joe Jones mixes blues, soul and rock.

242-2583 bluesboulevardjazzgreenville.com

Save-A-Seat

people invested in the YMCA Open Doors Scholarship Program in 2016

THANK YOU X A MILLION!

CONCERT

The only free weekly bluegrass festival in the Upstate. Bring a chair. Visit fountaininn.org for the full list of scheduled performers.

363-0345 fountaininn.org cheryl.pelicano@fountaininn.org

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At 9 a.m., there will be an Amelia Earhart discussion at the Upcountry History Museum, 540 Buncombe St. At 2 p.m., the Mark Twain show at Greenville Technical College Bldg 104 UT Auditorium 506 S. Pleasant St. Laugh out loud with Mark Twain, the iconic world traveler and wily intellectual. At 7:30 p.m., Matthew Henson’s show will be under the tent at Greenville Tech. Spoken Word by Moody Black. Race to the North Pole with the intrepid African American explorer who co-discovered the North Pole.

244-1499 greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org caroline@greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org

FREE

8,400

ARTS EVENT

Free

Commerce Park 200 Depot St., Fountain Inn 7-9 p.m.

Saturdays thru Aug. 27

$1,310,400 sliding scale scholarships provided over the past twelve months

9 a.m.-9 p.m.

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Peace Concert Hall 300 S. Main St. 10 a.m.-noon Free Save-A-Seat gives the public the opportunity to come inside the Peace Center to look for the seat that is just the right fit for the 2016-2017 Broadway season. Seats that are still available for a Broadway subscription will be tagged and available for purchase that day. Save-A Seat is free and no registration is required.

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

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Thank you for investing in the Y mission to help others, building healthier spirit, mind, and body for all. Because of you, we are able to make Greenville stronger and healthier.

YMCA of Greenville, 723 Cleveland Street, Greenville, SC (864) 412-0288 ymcagreenville.org

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Story Time and More: We All Scream for Ice Cream The Children’s Museum of the Upstate • Saturday, June 26 • 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • 300 College St. • tcmupstate.org • Free with admission It is ice cream time. This week we will celebrate summer by reading a favorite book. We will also make an ice cream cone craft to take home.

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Mauldin Downtown Farmers Market

Mauldin Cultural Center Amphitheater 101 East Butler Road, Mauldin

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Open Art Studios: Marble Painting

8 a.m.-noon | Saturdays through Aug. 27

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St.

Free

1-4 p.m.

Join over 28 local vendors to find produce, great breads, food, artisan crafts and much more.

289-8903 | mauldinculturalcenter.org vbroad@mauldincitysc.com

Make creative designs with marble and paint this week in Off the Wall. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

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Weekend Programs: B-I-N-G-O The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Did you know that Bingo was called “Beano” when it was first played in the United States? Join us to learn how to make your own Bingo game and play with our staff. Free with admission. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. tcmupstate.org

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Sundays at 2: Family Art Adventure

THEATER PRODUCTION

Chautauqua History Alive Huckleberry Finn and Wernher von Braun Greenville Technical College Tent between Faris Rd parking lot and Bldg 104 800 E. Faris Road 2-9 p.m.

FAMILY

Free

Random Acts of Science: Programming Games The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wednesday-Sunday Join our team at designated times in Fun and Games as we explore games that help us learn the science of programming. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

created by slave artisan David Drake, and then make your own clay pot, using basic handbuilding techniques. Recommended for ages 7 and older.

271-7570 bit.ly/FamilyArtAdventure06262016

Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College Street 2-3 p.m. | Sundays Free Explore the Museum’s collection of pottery

At 2 and 3:30 p.m., there will be a Huckleberry Finn talk at the Fine Arts Center, 102 Pine Knoll Dr. At 7:30 p.m., the Wernher von Braun show will be under the Chautauqua Tent at Greenville Tech. Music by Whitney Bradley. Blast into space with Wernher von Braun, the German immigrant and Father of Rocket Science who took America to the Moon.

244-1499 greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org caroline@greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org

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Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival

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CONCERT

CONCERT

Glowing Lightning Bugs

Furman Presents Lakeside Concert Series Every Thursday at Amphitheater

Independence Slam, featuring Jackyl, Scott Stapp & more

Fine Arts Center | Smith Recital Hall 102 Pine Knoll Drive

Greenville County Library System Anderson Road (West) Branch 2625 Anderson Road

7:30-9:30 p.m. | Mondays

3:30-4:20 p.m.

Furman University | Amphitheater 3300 Poinsett Hwy 7:30-9 p.m. | Thursdays through Aug. 4

$25

Free

Free

Five-concert series of chamber music. June 27 - “Sunrise” concert; July 4 - “American” concert; July 11 - “Metamorphoses” concert; July 18 - “Sketches” concert; July 25 - “Souvenir” concert.

250-0027 SCM-Festival.com BethLee0123@gmail.com

Children ages 5-11 create a bug that really lights up. Registration opened May 23. Adult caregiver required.

269-5210 greenvillelibrary.org AndersonRoad@greenvillelibrary.org

Les Hicken and guests present outdoor concerts: June 30, For Amber Waves of Grain; July 7, The West End Brass Quintet; July 14, Bluegrass Night; July 21, The Magic Kingdom; July 28, An Evening with Henry Mancini and Aug. 4, Greenville Jazz Collective.

294-2086 | FurmanMusic@furman.edu bit.ly/FurmanMusicByTheLake2016

MON-JUL

27-02

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Story Time and More: Happy Birthday USA!

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

It is time to celebrate another birthday. America is turning 240 years old this year, and she looks amazing for her age. Join us as we celebrate another birthday for the USA. We will have fun learning about American and making a fun 4th of July craft. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

MON-JUL

27-03

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Open Art Studios: Fireworks Art

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 1-4 p.m.

Get ready for the 4th of July with fireworks art in Off the Wall. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

TUE-WED

28-29

THEATER PRODUCTION

Visiting Mr. Green

Centre Stage | 501 River St. 7 p.m. | Tuesdays and Wednesdays $15 A heartwarming tale that defies the boundaries of age, a young Ross Gardiner almost hits an old widower in his car. He’s ordered to spend the next six months making weekly visits to the interesting Mr. Green.

246-6644 centrestage.org information@centrestage.org

WED-JUL

29-03

FAMILY

Random Acts of Science: Bee-Bot Games

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St.

FAMILY

GHS Fountain Inn Farmers Market

30 FREE

Coldwell Banker Caine will host an exhibit for its next resident artist, Christopher Rico. Rico is an Upstate painter specializing in abstract oil on canvas pieces. His exhibit on display is entitled “That was yesterday, that day” and will be featured through June 30.

250-2850 cbcaine.com marketing@cbcaine.com

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30

CONCERT

DJ Sid Wilson (Slipknot), DJ Lethal (Limp Bizkit/House of Pain), Sympl w/ DJ Skrilla Gottrocks 200 Eisenhower Drive $15 in advance/$18 at the door Incredible collection of DJ talent.

235-5519 gottrocksgreenville.com

FRI-FRI

01-29

FAMILY

Fantastic Fridays: Shields and Crowns for Chess

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 10-11 a.m. | Fridays

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ARTS EVENT

Coldwell Banker Caine Main Street Real Estate Gallery 428 South Main St.

Hair-metal meets ’90s alt-rock in Fourth of July weekend blowout.

757-3022 heritageparkamphitheatre.com

tcmupstate.org

Join us at designated times to create a maze and help our Bee-Bots reach the end by using coding and programming skills. Free with admission tcmupstate.org

Coldwell Banker Caine Hosting Artist Exhibit Featuring Christopher Rico

Tickets: $22, $29

Learn to play chess like real queens and kings.

Make crowns and shields and learn how each chess piece moves.Free with admission.

11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Heritage Park Amphitheatre 861 SE Main St., Simpsonville

$25, $10

Commerce Park | 200 Depot St., Fountain Inn 4-8 p.m. | Thursdays through Sept. 12 FREE Greenville Hospital System Fountain Inn Farmers Market is a yearly event in downtown Fountain Inn. Thursday evenings, come buy some produce and see the vendors, then stop in at some of the shops on Main Street, or grab dinner at one of our great restaurants. There’s lots to see in Fountain Inn. 363-0345 | fountaininn.org market.manager@fountaininn.org

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CONCERT

Shades of Brown

Greenville Heritage FCU Main Street Fridays NOMA Square, North Main Street Free Cover band plays classic soul, funk and jazz. bit.ly/greenville-main-street-fridays

THEATER PRODUCTION

The Explorers Club Centre Stage | 501 River St. 8 p.m. | Thursdays-Sundays | $30,

A comedy set in London in 1879, follow the brilliant Phyllida Spotte-Hume and her bid to be the first female member of the exclusive Explorers Club.

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

SAT-SUN

02-03

FAMILY

Independence Day Family Fun Weekend

Cabela’s 1025 Woodruff Rd., Ste. H101 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Free

Bring the entire family to Family Fun Day at Cabela’s to enjoy fishing, kids activities, entertainment and more.

516-8100 Cabelas.com

FAMILY

Weekend Programs: Fourth of July

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. Join us Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in Off the Wall all day to create red, white, and blue art. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

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04-10

Open Art John the Revelator Studios: Radio Room | 2845 N. Pleasantburg Drive Summer Origami Raw modern-rock/acoustic Delta blues hybrid.

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 1-4 p.m. | Daily

Use origami paper to make various summer items in Off the Wall this week. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

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FAMILY

Story Time & More: Sandy Starfish

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. Daily until July 9

Take a trip to the beach, right here in the Children’s Museum. This week, we will explore the beach through a storybook. Afterwards, children will be able to make their own sandy starfish craft. Join us at 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

WED-SAT

06-09

FAMILY

Random Acts of Science: Board Game Science

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St.

Explore a different science board game this week in our Random Acts of Science Program.

Join us at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

THU

07

CONCERT

Awake at Last Ground Zero 3052 Howard St., Spartanburg

Melodic progressive rock.

948-1661 reverbnation.com/venue/groundzero2

263-7868 | radioroomgreenville.com

CONCERT

The Broadcast Downtown Alive | NOMA Square, Main St Free Versatile rock quartet has just-out new album. bit.ly/downtown-alive

FRI

08

CONCERT

MON-SUN

CONCERT

1-5 p.m. | Wednesday - Sunday

1-4 p.m. | Daily

Free

Gear up for Build-It Day by using recyclables and other materials to build and create in Off the Wall this week. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

“Women Under Pressure” is a union of life experiences with the processes of printmaking and features Converse College alumnae Jamie Bunney, Katy Butler, Carly Drew, Mandy Ferguson, Elena Hernandez-Rubio, sisters Hailey Hodge and Victoria Hodge, Rozetta Nesbitt and Jasmine Sanders. Three of the featured artists and Caren Stansell, the curator, are also Greenville Technical College graduates.

271-0679 | gvltec.edu/dva fleming.markel@gvltec.edu

WED-FRI

13-15

FAMILY

Summer Art Camp for Ages 5-7: Winter in July

The Lone Bellow w/ Aoife O’Donovan

TD Stage | 300 S. Main St. Tickets: $35-$50

Vocal-harmony-drenched Americana trio.

467-3000 peacecenter.org

SAT-SUN

09-10

FAMILY

Weekend Programs: Fun and Games

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St.

Create a game based on your favorite story this weekend. Children can come to the Museum with their favorite book and learn how to turn the adventure into a real board game. Join us Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

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Women Under Pressure: Converse Alumnae Printmakers

Greenville Technical College | Riverworks Gallery 300 River St., Suite 202

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Story Time & More: Build It Week

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. Daily until July 16

It is Build It Week at the Children’s Museum.

Join us in Story Time & More as we explore the world of building. We will read a book about building new things, and the children will have the chance to create their own structures, using various materials. Join us at 10 and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

MON-SUN

11-17

FAMILY

Open Art Studios: Build-It Day

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St.

Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. $75 + $25 for materials Think cool and travel in time to winter, complete with snowflakes, penguins and a trip to the North Pole. In this hands-on camp, kids will explore working with clay, collage and printmaking to create imaginative art inspired by the natural, wintry world. Instructor: Katie Jones 271-7570 | gcma.org

CAMP

Summer Art Camp for Ages 11-14: Drawing Studio

Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 1-4 p.m. | $85 + $30 for take-home materials Aspiring young artists will improve their drawing skills using charcoal and conte crayons.

Students will explore shape, proportion, scale, perspective, contrast and shading. Discover different techniques to develop personal

SUNDAY * JUNE 26

Join us for patriotic worship services and a churchwide BBQ lunch!

F irst P res G reenville.org

8:30am & 11:00am Sanctuary Worship 10:45am Ignite Worship in Fellowship Hall 12:00pm Lunch $7/pp or $25/family

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Summer Art Camp for ages 8-10: Rainforest Adventures Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. $85 + $25 for materials

Professional Development has created a series of seminars which offer a unique approach to executive development. Taught by Furman faculty, Liberal Arts Leadership (LAL) draws insights from literary classics and feature films to understand the relationship between effective leadership and organizations. A half-day orientation takes place Aug. 18. Two-day seminars are on campus Oct. 20-21, Jan. 19-20 and April 20-21.

294-3136 news.furman.edu/2016/05/06/registrationopen-for-liberal-arts-leadership/ brad.bechtold@furman.edu

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Build-It Day

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Join us for our annual Build-It Day. We will have guest favorites, including Imagination Playground and a LEGO room, as well as new and exciting ways to build. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

MON Find inspiration in the wild world of the rainforest as we make art featuring animals like birds, lizards and maybe even monkeys.

Whether hand building with clay or creating colorful prints, budding artists will experience something truly magical as they bring this diverse ecosystem to life. Instructor - Katie Jones 272-7570 | gcma.org

WED-SAT

13-16

FAMILY

Random Acts of Science: Board Game Science

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. Daily

Explore a different science board game this week in our Random Acts of Science Program.

Join us at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

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Registration Open for Executive Leadership Seminars at Furman University

Furman University | 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $3,950 for orientation and three two-day sessions Furman University’s Center for Corporate and

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Story Time & More: Playing Games

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. Daily until July 23

Who doesn’t love to play games? This week, we will be reading a book that will teach us how to play with our friends and have fun together.

After the story, children will get to play different games and parents will learn how they can make fun activities for their children at home.

Join us at 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org

MON-SUN

18-24

FAMILY

Open Art Studios: Family Games

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 1-4 p.m. | Daily

Correspondent

WED-FRI

20-22

CAMP

Summer Art Camp for Ages 11-14: Painting Studio

Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 1-4 p.m. | $85 + $30 for materials

Aspiring artists will learn to paint with acrylics by exploring shape, proportion, scale, perspective, value and contrast. Students will paint from photographs, finding inspiration in the natural world, as well as in the GCMA galleries.

Instructor - Amanda Griffith (863) 271-7570 | gcma.org

CAMP

Summer Art Camp for Ages 5-7: Monster Mash-up

Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | $85 + $25 for materials

In this class, kids will experiment with a variety of materials to create beautiful, scary, zan, and absolutely wonderful creatures born from their imagination. Mixed media techniques include papier-mache, painting and collage. Instructor - Brian Morgan.

271-7570 | gcma.org

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TICKET OFFICE THERESA CAPUTO LIVE! THE EXPERIENCE

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Oct. 15; 7:30 p.m.

Bon Secours Wellness Arena Cost: $89.75, $59.75, $39.75 On sale: June 24, 10 a.m.

To purchase tickets: 800-745-3000; GSP Box Office at The Bon Secours Wellness Arena; ticketmaster.com

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My2K Tour

Bon Secours Wellness Arena 7:30 p.m.

My2K will feature 98 degrees, O-Town, Dream and Ryan Cabreara. Tickets are $78, $52.50 and $32.50.

Featuring Ruff Reporter:

Angus

Mother Knows Best: Leave Litters Alone!

The felines have taken over this newspaper column for a special report.

As you may know, it’s kitten season in the South. Most people may think the best thing to do when you find a litter of kittens is to bring them to the shelter. They would be wrong! If the kittens are young (under 2 lbs) the best thing to do is leave them in place, step away, and wait a few hours to see if their mom returns. She’s probably just out getting food. If mom comes back, let her take care of the kittens until they’re 2 lbs. Once they’re big and strong, bring them to Animal Care to get fixed and returned back to their outdoor home, or to be placed in a forever home. Please spread the word so all humans will know the right thing to do to help kittens.

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K-9 ACROSS

1 Muslim holy city 6 Krishna, e.g.

12 Judges’ gp.

15 Shower item 19 Car rods 20 Juan’s shawl 21 Boar or sow 22 As far as 23 Very stripped-down rendition?

26 Acne, slangily 27 Legal injury 28 Devoid of joy 29 “Pee- — Big Holiday” (2016 film) 30 Curriculum segment 31 “Jingle Bells” vehicle 33 Hoosiers stuffing suitcases?

39 Italian automaker 41 Does a pressing job 42 Fly smoothly 43 Muslim ascetic’s caution?

47 “— didn’t!” (denier’s cry) 48 Vine-covered, as a wall 49 Horn’s honk 50 Blasting stuff 52 New Zealand aborigine 57 Actor Foxx 58 “Alice” waitress 59 Country singer Hill soaked up the sun?

62 Joule division

By Frank Longo 63 Furious state 64 — rod (biblical staff) 66 “We have approval” 67 What a curmudgeon has?

71 Chews (on) 73 Northern French port 74 Doting affection, briefly 75 Cave hanger 78 Sitcom teacher who lives next to a stream?

80 Some Greek letters 81 Lamb-in-pita sandwich 82 Keats’ “— a Nightingale” 83 Bladed tool 84 Aleve target 86 Intended 87 Abbr. on a brandy label 89 Loaf coated with glaze?

92 Crooked 95 Put in office 96 Window or door part 97 Primate buying things?

101 Harbor ill will toward 105 Big name in mowers 106 Wailuku site 107 Corrode 109 Be too sweet 110 Landed (on) 111 Thick board to be used only in an emergency?

117 Bed board 118 Pal, in Paris 119 Signify 120 One-on-one pupil

121 Devout 122 Peach part 123 Hot spots in spas 124 Helps pull off a crime DOWN

1 Ship spars 2 Really praise 3 Writer — Boothe Luce 4 Part of CPA 5 Require (of) 6 Off land 7 “Falstaff” composer 8 Dog’s cry 9 Wu’s “way” 10 Tax Day mo.

11 Sleep lab concern 12 Sleep lab concern 13 Arm muscle, informally 14 Way back 15 Japanese automaker 16 Offered views 17 Fine apparel 18 Blog entries 24 “Baloney!”

25 Wheat bristles 32 Encircle with a band 34 IX 35 IV hookup 36 Tiny thing with a charge 37 “Life of Pi” director Lee 38 Of weather conditions 40 iPad, e.g.

43 Passion

44 Say to be so 92 God of music 104 Little ’uns 45 Careful and delicate, as 93 Daytime drama, e.g.

108 Top pilots treatment 94 Intricate 112 Checkpoint demands 46 Vintage Olds 95 Put out 113 Pro-learning org.

47 High degree 97 Squirrel away 114 Bearded antelope 50 Turner and Fey 98 Country singer Judd 115 Myriad eras 51 Crash-probing agcy.

99 Hit the gas 116 Pro-learning org.

53 Off. aide 100 Gossipy sort 54 “Fine, as far as I’m 102 Happify concerned” 103 Tripled trio Crossword answers: page 21 55 Rule, briefly 56 Altar answer 58 Pat down

by Myles Mellor and Susan Flannigan 59 Monastery title 60 Golf Hall of Famer Isao — 61 Invoices 63 Got better 64 Set — (choose the wedding day) 65 Everyone, to Hans 68 “How — Your Mother” 69 Outer: Prefix 70 Big online music store 71 — -Magnon man 72 Veiled 76 Region 77 Figure skater Eldredge 79 “So that’s the trick!”

80 Suffix with no-good 81 After-school youth program, perhaps 84 Choose 85 Entr’— 86 Skillful 88 Pool headwear 89 — -mo 90 Cariou of Broadway Sudoku answers: page 21 91 Not clean Hard

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BACK PAGE Community Voices

Rapid Eye Reality with Brad Willis

On neighbors and one of Greenville’s best We idled down the main street of a neighborhood we’d never seen. We looked at the houses and strained to see what kind of people were inside. To anyone watching from the curb, we clearly didn’t belong there. We were outsiders.

An older man shuffled in our direction with a small dog at his side. I knew what was coming and readied myself for the interrogation. I was going to explain that I wasn’t any reason for the Neighborhood Watch to start worrying, but rather that my family and I were looking for a new place to call home.

I barely had to open my mouth before I felt like the man’s lifelong friend. He’d never worried that I was trouble. Instead, he was ready to call me a neighbor before I’d even bought a house. I told him we had big dogs, and he smiled widely.

“Sometimes I think there are more dogs than people here,” he said.

Over the next five minutes, we learned everything we needed to know about the neighborhood we would come to call home.

“I’m Bill Kutz,” the man said.

Over the past week or so, we had lots of friends and family in town. People came in from Charlotte, N.C.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tampa, Fla.; and San Francisco. We saw Jason Isbell play the ZooTunes fundraiser concert at the Greenville Zoo. We had drinks at The Playwright. We ate at Bacon Bros., The Shuckin’ Shack, Nose Dive and The Lazy Goat. My wife and I gave what we’ve come to call the Unofficial Chamber of Commerce tour. We walked the length of Main Street three times, strolled in Falls Park, took pictures on Liberty Bridge and checked out the Chihuly glass sculpture at night.

For us, these tours are more than entertainment. We hinted that we’d love to have our out-oftown friends as neighbors. In 1999, my wife and I came to work for WYFF-TV on a three-year contract. Within a few years, we knew weren’t leaving. Our tour is our way of saying, “We weren’t born here, but this is our home now, and it makes us proud.”

The Greenville area has seen lots of people like us adopt it as their home. Companies like BMW and Michelin bring in new folks from around the world. Countless “Best Of…” lists lure in people looking to be part of the city’s stellar reputation.

In the span of just two decades, this city has had to redefine a lot about how it thinks of the word “neighbor.” For some people, that’s not an easy transition. For a very long time, Greenville didn’t appear on magazine covers. International companies didn’t fill the streets with different accents and cultures. These days, a neighbor is not only someone you’ve known since kindergarten. It’s someone from a faraway place who may not share our religion, our race or even our nationality. Nevertheless, that person is our neighbor just the same.

The question is: Do we have what it takes to be good neighbors? When people we don’t know come here, can we imagine first that they aren’t outsiders, but instead that they are about to bless our community with yet another new voice to make Greenville an even better place?

If we need any help at all, we could learn a lot from the first man I met in my neighborhood.

Bill Kutz died last weekend.

Bill knew what it meant to be a good neighbor. He was one of the first people to live on his street. His first instinct when seeing an unfamiliar face wasn’t to look sideways in fear. He was a one-man welcome wagon who went out of his way to make everyone feel at home in his neighborhood. He never explained how he opened his arms and heart so wide, but I like to think he knew people who felt welcome would treat his neighborhood like they would treat their own home.

This week, my community lost one of its best neighbors, a man who leaves a legacy we should all hope to emulate as both human beings and citizens of one of America’s best communities: Bill Kutz made his neighbors feel welcome.

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

IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE RATE CHANGE

New prices beginning July 1, 2016:

ABC Notices $165 All others $1.20 per line

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that American Roadside McBee, 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 LIQUOR at 301 E McBee Ave., Greenville, SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 26, 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

SUMMONS NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C.A. NO. 2014-CP-23-05240 Stephen Demosthenes and Lauren D. Demosthenes, Plaintiffs, vs. O. Johnson Small, II, Robbie B. Small, and Manly Street Property Owners Association, Inc., Defendants.

Manly Street Property Owners Association, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiff, vs. McKay, Zorn & Associates, and Crown Grading Services, Inc. Third-Party Defendants.

TO THE THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT – CROWN GRADING SERVICES, INC. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Third-Party Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to this Third-Party Complaint upon the subscriber, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the complaint, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Third-Party Complaint.

By: James P. Walsh (15180) Clarkson, Walsh, Terrell & Coulter, P.A. P.O. Box 6728 Greenville, SC 29606 (864) 232-4400 (864) 235-4399 (fax) Attorneys for defendant Manly Street Property Owners Association

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that STBT Acquisition TGR, LLC /DBA Sip Tasting Room & Rooftop Lounge, 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 103 N Main St. Suite 400, Greenville, SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 26, 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 Greenville Sizzling Downtown, 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 250 Riverplace Suite 200, Greenville, SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than July 3, 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 Greenville Rooftop, 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 250 Riverplace , Suite 800, Greenville, SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than July 3, 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 Riverstreet Lodging , 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 250 Riverplace, Greenville, SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than July 3, 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

FORFEITED LAND COMMISSION SALE Properties owned by the Forfeited Land Commission (FLC) of Greenville County will be sold at auction by Meares Auction Group beginning on Monday, July 11 through July 22, 2016 online at www. mearesauctions.com. Details can be obtained at www. mearesauctions.com or in the Forfeited Land Commission section of the Greenville County Treasurer’s web page –http:// www.greenvillecounty.org/ County_Treasurer/ or in the Greenville County Treasurer’s Office, located at 301 University Ridge, Suite 600, Greenville, SC 29601, telephone number (864) 467-7210.

PUBLIC SALE NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on 6/25/2016, at 9:00 a.m. at Woodruff Road Storage, 1868 Woodruff Road, Greenville, SC, the undersigned, Woodruff Road Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned by: 1. Unit: B012, Evangeline Butler Furniture, Clothing, Boxes, Misc.

2. Unit: A010, Katherine Flanagan Furniture, Boxes/Misc.

3. Unit: C045, Sharon Westmoreland Luggage, Clothing/Boxes, Child's Go-Cart, Misc./Other 4. Unit: C096, Shuntisa McDaniel Furniture, Boxes/Misc.

5. Unit: C232, Meggan Crumity Boxes/Bags, Toys. Clothing, Furniture, Misc./Other 6. Unit D17, Coraliz Marie D Rivera Sanchez Furniture, Boxes, Kitchenware 7. Unit E01, David Horne Shelving, Furniture, Freezer, Misc./Other 8. Unit B217, Dennis R Young Tools, Mini Fridge, Clothing/Misc.

9. Unit C233, Dennis R Young Tools, Furniture/Misc.

PUBLIC HEARING There will be a PUBLIC HEARING before the GREENVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2016 AT 3:00 P.M. in CONFERENCE ROOM –D at GREENVILLE COUNTY SQUARE, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, S.C., for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the petitions listed below.

PERSONS HAVING AN INTEREST IN THESE PETITIONS MAY BECOME PARTIES OF RECORD

BY FILING WITH THE BOARD, AT LEAST THREE (3) DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED DATE SET FOR HEARING, BY WRITING THEIR ADDRESS, A STATEMENT OF THEIR POSITION AND THE REASONS WHY THE RELIEF SOUGHT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PROPERTY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED. CB-16-22 APPLICANT: SIMUN’S TIRE TAX MAP#: 0125.00-01-023.00 LOCATION: 1000 Woodside Avenue, Greenville SC REQUEST: VARIANCE from Left Side and Rear Setback requirement for tire storage buildings.

CB-16-23 APPLICANT: BRIDGEWAY CHURCH TAX MAP#: 0533.03-01-014.00 LOCATION: 725 Garlington Road Greenville SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception to build a Prayer Chapel on the church property.

50% OFF SALE SPECIAL

ALL LEATHER SOFAS, CHAIRS, AND OTTOMANS

Austin Sofa Retail: $7965

SALE $2995

Austin Chair & Ottoman Retail: $6300

Sale ends July 2nd

SALE $2795

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