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“If somebody is going through chemo, you can tell. If somebody has lost a limb, you can tell. But PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder] is a hidden wound.”

Stan Healy, a Greenville Hospital System senior administrator and Marine corporal who was part of Operation Restore Hope in Somalia.

“The next time police shoot an innocent man, don’t expect the public to have access to the autopsy report giving the details of the death.”

Bill Rogers, executive director of the S.C. Press Association, on a recent state Supreme Court ruling that declared autopsy reports as “medical records” exempt from public release.

“We’re not auditioning for a reality show, I’m trying to be the best senator for South Carolina in dangerous and serious times.”

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, in reference to his latest opponent, former state treasurer, convicted felon and reality show star Thomas Ravenel, who is running as an independent candidate.

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A setback for Sunday sales Alehouse owner fails to get Sunday alcohol sales referendum on Greenville ballot APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com A local businessman failed to collect enough verifiable signatures from Greenville County voters to put a referendum on Sunday alcohol sales in unincorporated areas on the general election ballot.

David McCraw, owner of Palmetto Restaurant and Ale House, mounted a two-week petition campaign after Greenville County Council opted in June to table consideration of a Sunday alcohol sales referendum. The vote to table left the council without enough time to hold the three votes required for passage before the mid-August deadline for November ballot initiatives.

McCraw needed a minimum of 7,500 eligible signatures to put the question on the ballot by citizen petition, and turned in more than 9,400 signatures by the July 7 deadline.

However, election officials had to eliminate too many signatures when they began verifying that the signers were registered Greenville County voters, said Conway Belangia, director of elections.

A total of 9,868 signatures were submitted and 2,840 were ruled invalid, Belangia said. Some signers were not registered voters,

others were registered in another county and still other signatures were too illegible to verify the voter, he said.

McCraw said he began the petition campaign because businesses located in the unincorporated areas of the county were losing out on revenue to competitors within the municipalities that could sell alcohol on Sundays.

Spartanburg County Council recently opted to add a Sunday alcohol sales referendum for Spartanburg County to the general election ballot.

Unless Greenville County Council opts to hold special meetings to reconsider the vote to table on Sunday sales, Greenville voters will see only one referendum question in November, asking their approval of a 1 percent local option sales tax to pay for road improvements within the county.

McCraw has criticized the council for asking Greenvillians to vote on a referendum to raise the sales tax while denying them the chance to vote on one that would generate revenue for the county and local businesses through alcohol sales.

McCraw said he will start a new petition drive for 2016.

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Let the voters decide Greenville County Council should reverse its paternalistic refusal to put the question of Sunday alcohol sales to a referendum vote.

Spartanburg County Council has put Greenville’s council to shame with its speedy adoption of a November referendum to let Spartanburg voters weigh in on giving bars and restaurants the option to serve alcohol on Sundays.

“The feeling is very consistent among the council that the most democratic way to handle this issue is to let the voters decide,” Councilman David Britt told FOX Carolina last week. The council cast its third and final vote Monday to include the question on the November ballot.

Pivot to Greenville, where the County Council tabled a business owner’s request for the same opportunity, citing a jumble of paternalistic reasons that amount to nanny government at its most patronizing.

No elected body can govern well if it puts every controversial decision to poll or plebiscite, and Spartanburg’s Britt is not advocating either. State law forbids alcohol sales on Sunday unless local voters agree by referendum. The measure passed in the cities of Greer and Spartanburg years ago, as it has in all six of Greenville’s municipalities. Spartanburg leaders called it “a question of positioning Spartanburg County to compete fairly with its neighbors.”

Attempts by Greenville council members Jim Burns and Liz Seman to make the same point went nowhere last month with a council majority focused on personal morality and a baffling belief that county voters are too simple to handle two ballot questions at once.

A restaurant’s ability to serve alcohol on Sunday would prevent no one from family time or worshipping as they choose. Whether Greenville residents spend

the afternoon with granddad, attend church or stay home, order a mimosa with lunch or stick to tea are personal choices County Council has no right to dictate. As for public safety, Greenville police would be just as vigilant against drunk driving and alcohol-fueled domestic abuse on Sundays as they are every other day.

The council adds insult to injury with the idea that Greenville residents cannot handle two referendums on the same ballot – that voters will become “confused” if questioned about both Sunday alcohol sales and a temporary, 1 percent sales tax hike for improving roads.

Council members are absolutely right when they warn the state will never allocate the millions needed to fix Greenville’s crumbling roads. Without question, the roads tax referendum needs to pass. But the idea that adding Sunday alcohol sales would doom the sales tax request insults Greenville voters who make multiple decisions in their personal lives every day.

And it amounts to an insidious move to suppress the religious vote if the majority, as Councilman Sid Cates indicated, tabled the alcohol question to keep churches from mobilizing members who might vote against the roads tax as well.

Sunday alcohol sales give restaurants in Greenville’s six municipalities so profitable an advantage over rivals outside city limits that it’s proved a boon for annexations. County alehouse owner David McCraw believes Greenville is ready to give restaurants in unincorporated areas equal opportunity.

His petition drive to add the referendum to the Nov. 4 ballot failed. County Council should grant his request to hold the special meetings necessary to do it by council vote.

Spartanburg leaders made that move after a petition drive there reached 3,000 signatures. McCraw collected more than 9,000 in 12 days. Spartanburg got it right: The most democratic way to handle this issue is to let the voters decide.

Supreme Court weakens public accountability IN MY OWN WORDS by BILL ROGERS

For the second time in a month, the S.C. Supreme Court has ruled against openness and punted important issues back to the Legislature for change.

The court ruled last week that autopsy records are exempt from release under the Freedom of Information Act because they are medical records. Why does this matter to the public?

It matters because the next time police shoot an innocent man, don’t expect the public to have access to the autopsy report giving the details of the death.

That is what this case was about – the

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shooting of an innocent suspect. Supposedly in self-defense. Problem is, the autopsy showed the suspect in Sumter County was shot in the back.

Can you see now why autopsy records should be public?

This is a terrible ruling that will allow coroners to withhold information the public has a need to know. This case was really about public oversight, and the public lost.

The public also lost a few weeks ago when the high court ruled that not only could public bodies change meeting agendas at the last minute without notifying the public, but that agendas for public meetings are not even required.

I’m not a lawyer, but I’ve got enough

should include name, city, phone number and email address for verification purposes and should not exceed 300 words. Columns should include a photo and short

sense to read this part of the FOIA: “All public bodies shall notify persons or organizations, local news media, or such other news media as may request notification of the times, dates, places and agenda of all public meetings…”

Pretty clear to a layman. But the court chose to focus on the wording for notification of regularly scheduled meetings at the beginning of the calendar year, where the wording said that notice must include the agenda, “if any.”

If you announce a meeting to be held in October at the start of the calendar year, I can’t imagine having a meaningful agenda prepared. The law made it clear later that agendas must be available 24 hours in advance.

bio of the author and should not exceed 600 words. Writers should demonstrate relevant expertise and make balanced, fact-based arguments.

Why is this a problem for the public? Because you won’t know what your councils or school boards will be discussing, so you won’t be able to participate in the discussion.These rulings send us back to secret government.

Sure, the Legislature can fix this. But will they? For the last two years, efforts at FOIA reform have failed.

It will fail again if the public and the media don’t demand FOIA and ethics reform.

Bill Rogers is executive director of the S.C. Press Association, the trade group for South Carolina’s 110 newspapers.

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Class of 2014 earns record amount of scholarships CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Greenville County Schools’ class of 2014 earned a record $113.9 million in college scholarship offers – a $7.8 million increase over last year’s graduating class.

But the numbers don’t represent the final scholarship amounts the more than 4,200 graduates will actually receive.

Of the $113.9 million, $29.9 million comes from the state’s lottery-funded

LIFE scholarships. Another $7.8 million is from the lottery’s Palmetto Fellowships.

Both are merit-based programs for students who attend college in South Carolina. Students who attend out-ofstate schools lose those scholarships.

Students promised institution-based scholarships will lose that money as well if they go to another school.

Last year, South Carolina’s Class of 2013 earned more than $1.15 billion in scholarship offers. The state figures

for 2014 should be released later this summer.

Statewide last year, lottery scholarships accounted for 31.6 percent of scholarships earned.

Some education experts say the rising amount of scholarship money isn’t necessarily an indication that more high school graduates are getting scholarship offers. Rather, some colleges are offering more academic scholarships trying to lure top students to their campuses.

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Neighborhood info? There’s an app for that Homefacts provides property, demographic, crime data for homebuyers SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

sjackson@communityjournals.com Imagine having an iPhone app that provides not only property information while searching for a new home, but also neighborhood demographics, school ratings, registered sex offenders and crime stats, including former drug lab locations and the risk for earthquakes and tornados in the area you are searching.

The Homefacts mobile app was released last week by Homefacts, a wholly owned subsidiary of RealtyTrac, an Irvine, Calif.-based housing data firm.

Younger homebuyers want to put all these pieces of information together very quickly while processing a decision, said Jamie Moyle, CEO of RealtyTrac. The Homefacts app is the only app that collects such material in one place, he said.

The app supplies information in 30 different areas on more than 100 million homes across the country, including the Greenville area.

Data includes detailed local school information, location and specifics regarding environmental hazards

such as underground storage tanks, spills, EPA polluters, brownfields, and superfunds, along with former drug labs, sex offenders, natural hazard risk and building permit activity in a neighborhood.

The app is currently available only to iPhone users. Moyle said RealtyTrac wants to gauge the response before releasing on other platforms.

As the company continues to “aggregate more and more data” it will add more home-specific information, he said. “In the future we hope to become even more granular.”

Additional information on building permits and fire incidents could be added soon. “We’re exploring the best way to make the app functional

The Homefacts app incorporates pertinent and detailed neighborhood and home information including the following: Property characteristics such as the number of beds, baths, etc.

Neighborhood demographics, including population, education level and median income Neighborhood housing snapshot, including median property values and vacant housing units In-depth school data detailing school locations, ratings, enrollment and phone numbers Complete registered sex offender details including street address, distance from current location, physical characteristics and specific offense Crime risk, current crime ratings and crime index by offense Level of risk for earthquakes and tornadoes as well as historical documentation of earthquake and tornado incidents Former drug lab locations and seizure dates

and more useful,” Moyle said. “We want to see more transparency in the market. That’s our vision.”

The app is available from homefacts.com/mobileapp.html or the iTunes app store.

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STEMLinx site launched as ‘one-stop’ education resource JOE TOPPE | STAFF

jtoppe@communityjournals.com A crowdsourced, online resource for STEM-related information is expected to launch in South Carolina in the fall.

STEMLinx, a website designed to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in the Palmetto State, is currently in beta testing and will move into full launch this fall, said Thomas Peters, executive director of the South Carolina Coalition for Mathematics & Science.

The need is great for a one-stop, digital information site on the Internet for STEM, Peters said. Made possible by South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics & Science, Clemson University’s Center for Workforce Development, and Clemson Computing and Information Technology, STEMLinx will provide STEM-related resources and reviews from South Carolina and beyond, he said.

The site is crowdsourced. Entities involved in STEM throughout the state can determine the website’s content, whether they are manufacturing businesses, community organizations or after-school programs, Peters said.

Until the site is officially launched, “we are still welcoming community beta testers to try out the site and contribute content for free.” The site is open, but “we’re still working the bugs out, ” he said.

Once the site launches, users will pay a small fee to post content.

Peters said STEMLinx was funded in part by a $25,000 grant from the South Carolina Department of Commerce.

Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt said he was excited to see the energy and impact the state’s startup community has created and hopes the momentum would continue through this new program.

The knowledge economy represents a vital part of South Carolina’s present and future, and through the Office of Innovation, “we want to create a business environment that is ideal to start and build a high-growth company,” Hitt said.

Peters said STEMLinx is expected to fulfill a variety of educational functions.

“We know parents are looking for learning opportunities for their kids, we know that young adults are looking for learning opportunities for themselves, and we know the community has a broad interest in STEM activities,” he said. By providing an avenue to solve problems, STEM can improve the community by enhancing the role of its citizens.

The value of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the Upstate is evident, Peters said.

The region is home to multiple employers with STEM-focused products and services, he said. The industry provides jobs and opportunities for many of the area’s families and enriches their daily lives.

The site is available at stemlinx.org.

South Carolina’s Coalition of Mathematics & Science is funded in part by the State of South Carolina, grants, contracts, gifts and in-kind support from corporations, foundations, government agencies and other sources.

Current project partners and advocates are BMW, Boeing and the Clemson University Center for Workforce Development.

Trash talk The state’s municipal solid waste (MSW) recycling rate increased for the fourth straight year, according to a report released by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. The state’s MSW recycling rate improved to 31.5 percent between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013, from the previous year’s rate of 29.5 percent. Overall, the amount of MSW recycled increased 142,860 tons to more than 1.3 million tons last year. On average, each South Carolinian recycled 1.59 pounds per person per day – up from 1.44 pounds per person per day from the previous year – or more than 580 pounds per year. To access the report, visit bit.ly/DHEC-recycling.

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Graham talks drilling, Ravenel and state of the world “We’re not auditioning for a reality show, I’m trying to be the best senator for South Carolina in dangerous and serious times.”

APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke to reporters in his Greenville office on Monday in a wide-ranging interview touching on subjects from East Coast offshore oil and gas drilling to the influx of unaccompanied children on the U.S.-Mexican border and President Obama’s inaction in Ukraine.

Graham also described himself as the candidate best positioned to represent South Carolina in the Senate.

“I think I can take care of our needs in Washington better than anyone else,” he said. “My goal is to talk about what I have done and what I will do for the state and what I’m capable of doing. We’re not auditioning for a reality show, I’m trying to be the best senator for South Carolina in dangerous and serious times.”

The reality show quip was an obvious reference to Graham’s newest opponent, former state treasurer, convicted felon and current reality show star Thomas Ravenel, who is challenging Graham in the general election as a independent.

“The difference between my reality TV show and Lindsey Graham’s reality TV show is simple: His is costing taxpayers trillions of dollars – and thousands of American lives,” responded

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Ravenel in a statement. “And unlike my show, you can’t change the channel when his show comes on – and you can’t stop paying for it either.”

Graham also touched on the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s decision last week to lift a ban on oil companies’ use of sonic blasts to scan the ocean floor for oil and gas supplies off the East Coast. Graham said South Carolina could realize up to 35 percent of profits gained if fossil fuels are discovered off the coast and extracted in an “environmentally sound manner.”

He called the federal move “a small step in the right direction.”

Graham said any drilling rigs would have to be located well off the coast to avoid disturbing the state’s tourism

industry. Georgetown is considering building a refinery in anticipation of drilling, he said.

The sonic testing is a precursor to applications for drilling, which is prohibited until 2017 under the five-year offshore drilling plan the Obama administration imposed after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill dumped 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

Opponents say that the sonic blasts, several times louder than a jet engine, will harm nearly 140,000 sea creatures, including endangered species.

According to the Associated Press, the sonic cannons are sounded every 10 seconds for weeks at a time. Wildlife experts say the blasts could damage the echolocation capabilities of

whales and dolphins.

Graham had harsh words for President Obama, who he said has no plan of action to deal with Russia in the wake of conflict in Ukraine and the downed Malaysian airliner.

“We must up our game dramatically or the dismemberment of the Ukraine will continue,” Graham said. “America is the glue that holds the free world together, and we are not leading. Leading from behind is not working. The Europeans are not capable of leading at a time like this. They’re politically disjointed and they depend far too much on Russian gas and oil.”

Graham advocated hitting Russia with economic sanctions in banking and in the energy sector, along with naming Russian president Vladimir Putin an international bad actor and targeting his money supply directly.

On the U.S.-Mexico border, the influx of unaccompanied children into the country is a “humanitarian nightmare and security issue,” Graham said.

Republicans will support funds to streamline deportation proceedings only if the Obama administration revises the 2008 law on immigration. He said that the flow of immigrants would only ease if planeloads of children are returned to their countries of origin.

Mosquito-borne virus makes first appearance in SC officials said. While the virus is rarely fatal, the joint pain can be severe and debilitating, officials said. There is no vaccine or specific treatment for the virus.

DHEC has requested that those who suspect they may have contracted the virus see a doctor and stay indoors for seven days to avoid spreading it to South Carolina mosquitoes.

Chikungunya virus is transmitted by two different species of mosquitoes and both are found in the Southeast, according to the CDC. Aedes albopictus, known as the Asian tiger mosquito, can

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amorris@communityjournals.com South Carolina health officials have documented three cases within the state of chikungunya virus, a mosquitoborne illness traditionally found in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.

The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed the first case of chikungunya virus of 2014 earlier this month in a Pickens County resident who recently returned from a trip to Haiti. Two other cases recently surfaced in Lexington and Charleston counties.

Until now, the disease had primarily affected victims who had traveled to areas outside the United States. However, last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the first locally acquired case was reported in Florida on July 17.

Since 2006, the U.S. has averaged 28 cases of chikungunya in travelers each

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year, according to the CDC. All of the South Carolina cases were attributed to people who traveled outside the U.S., DHEC said.

Symptoms include muscle aches, headaches, joint swelling or rash. Those affected recover in about a week, health

also carry West Nile virus.

CDC officials believe the spread of chikungunya will mirror that of dengue virus in the U.S., where “imported cases have resulted in sporadic local transmission but have not caused widespread outbreaks.”

The chikungunya virus “is spread from person to person by the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitos,” said Dr. Linda Bell, DHEC epidemiologist. “People who are traveling to areas where mosquito-borne viruses have been identified should take extra precautions to prevent mosquito bites.”

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4th patient linked to rare GHS infection dies APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com A fourth patient linked to a mycobacterium abscessus infection at Greenville Memorial Hospital died last week, Greenville Health System officials said Monday. A total of 15 patients who underwent surgery at the hospital have tested positive since March for an infection caused by the bacteria.

The average incubation time for the slow-growing bacteria is 60 days and an average incubation period for the GHS patients who contracted the infection was 79 days, officials said.

GHS officials released preliminary results of their three-month investigation conducted with assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and South Mobley Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), which traced the source of the infection to tap water, said Dr. Robert Mobley, GHS medical director of quality.

Mycobacterium is naturally occurring and does not usually cause problems for healthy people; however, those who are already sick or who undergo surgical procedures can be susceptible, Mobley said.

Patients contracted the infection at their surgical sites, and many had additional health issues, GHS officials have said.

The infection control team assessed the commonalities of the cases from equipment to scrub sinks, Mobley said.

“The common theme of tap water seems to be the issue.”

An ice machine in the operating room that produced the ice used to cool blood during cardiac procedures tested positive for mycobacterium – though the ice did not come in contact with the patients, Mobley said.

“That was a common factor for those [cardiac] cases. The ice doesn’t touch the patient, though. This is the odd thing – normally you can find a direct association contact with the patient and we do not have a direct contact in this investigation,” said Mobley.

The machine was removed from service and replaced, and the hospital now uses sterile water to make ice, he said.

A cardiopulmonary perfusion (heartlung) machine used in the operating room was removed and tested during the investigation, but no problem was identified with the equipment, Mobley said.

WATER STANDARDS Tap water did not come in direct contact with patients in the operating room, but is used by medical staff to scrub before donning surgical gear and disinfecting before surgery and to clean equipment before it is disinfected, Mobley said. Testing for mycobacterium is not required for hospitals. There are no standards on how to treat tap water inside a facility, Mobley said. “The water system here meets EPA standards of delivery of the water.”

Mobley said the bacteria was detected in Greenville Memorial Hospital’s internal water supply and in water supplies outside the hospital, including at GHS’ downtown administrative offices, which house no treatment facilities.

HOSPITAL MEASURES GHS officials said Greenville Memorial Hospital has implemented all suggestions from DHEC to help prevent the naturally occurring bacteria from gaining access to the facility. These measures include the installation of point-of-use filters, elimination of slow-flow areas in water pipes, flushing scrub sinks before their first use and increasing the frequency of the disinfection schedule for the cardioplegia machine (used to stop the heart during cardiac surgery). Mobley said the water filters are already in place.

After tracing potential exposures back at least a year, GHS has advised approximately 180 patients to notify their surgeons if they see signs of infection, Mobley said. No new cases have surfaced since early June and there has been “an interruption in the outbreak,” he said.

GHS epidemiologist Dr. Bill Kelly advised physicians to watch for new cases of mycobacterium infection over 180 days due to its slow-growing nature, Mobley said.

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Greenville goes to Greensboro for its new police chief Interim Chief Mike Gambrell to retire the day new chief arrives JEANNE PUTNAM | CONTRIBUTOR

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Retiring Greensboro (N.C.) Police Chief Kenneth Miller will become the city of Greenville’s new police chief Sept. 15, city officials announced on Wednesday.

Miller, 50, will retire Sept. 1 from the Greensboro police force, where he served four years as chief, City Manager John Castile told reporters at a noon press conference.

“Chief Miller has proven experience, leadership and problem-solving skills that will help build on the solid foundation we currently have at the Greenville Police Department,” said Castile.

Shortly thereafter, interim police chief Mike Gambrell, a 30-year veteran with the Greenville PD and finalist for the chief ’s job, said he submitted his letter of retirement, effective Sept. 15.

Gambrell had also applied for the top job when former Chief Terri Wilfong was hired. Gambrell has served as interim chief since Wilfong retired April 15 after seven years in Greenville.

Greensboro, N.C., Police Chief Kenneth Miller speaks at the press conference announcing his appointment as Greenville's next police chief.

Castile said the six finalists for the post were selected from a field of 87 applicants and subjected to two days of intensive interviews before city officials and police officers.

The remaining five candidates

were: Gambrell, Capt. Mark Harmon and Capt. Gerald Hunt of the Greenville Police Department, Brian Harris of the DeKalb County Police Department; and Chief Deputy Steven Henry of the Pinal County Sheriff ’s

Office in Arizona.

In addition to his tenure in Greensboro, Miller spent 21 years with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, where he eventually rose to deputy chief. In Greensboro, he oversaw a $66 million budget and a staff of 783, which includes 673 sworn officers.

He also worked as a deputy in Greenville, N.C., and served in the U.S. Air Force.

Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and political science from East Tennessee State University and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Miller told reporters Wednesday that public and private partnerships have driven Greenville’s success as a city and similar partnerships will help the police department succeed.

He said connecting with the community would be one of his primary focuses as chief. He plans to connect the police operations and officers with the community to work “hand-in-hand” to solve problems.

Miller is a fan of community policing, which he practiced in Greensboro and believes will help to reduce property crimes such as break-ins.

Miller’s wife, Kris, is a teacher. The couple has two young sons.

Sheheen offers road repair plan Haley’s camp says he copied her ideas CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Democratic gubernatorial nominee and state Sen. Vincent Sheheen released a plan on Tuesday to meet South Carolina’s road needs without a gas tax increase.

Sheheen’s plan Sheheen calls for the Legislature to dedicate 5 percent of general fund revenue annually for road and bridge repairs, as well as any surplus revenue, with the goal of designating $500 million annually for infrastruc-

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ture. He warned to expect fluctuating amounts of money during the buildup, as revenue collections will fluctuate and an economic downturn is always a possibility.

Sheheen also called for the state to issue up to $1 billion in bonds to kickstart the funding effort.

A state task force estimated two years ago that it would take $29 billion over 20 years to bring the state’s roads to acceptable conditions. Only 15 percent of S.C. roads are rated in good condition, and a recent national study rated the state’s rural roads as the most dangerous in the country.

“Under Nikki Haley’s administration, South Carolina’s roads, bridges, rail lines and waterways are in desperate need of repair after years of neglect,” Sheheen said in a statement.

Gov. Haley has promised to release details of her own plan to address road needs in January, and that it will not

include a gas tax increase.

“Although Vince Sheheen has previously said his road plan included tax and fee increases, we are pleased to see that as election Haley day draws nearer, he has decided to copy the governor’s plan – and spend money the Legislature already has,” said Haley spokesman Chaney Adams.

Petition candidate Tom Ervin, a Greenville attorney, criticized both Sheheen and Haley.

“Sen. Sheheen’s failure to commit a direct revenue source to our infrastructure needs will yield the same results we have come to expect from Columbia – beg, borrow and steal money from important programs like education and public safety,” he said in a release. “Gov.

Haley’s ‘secret plan’ is actually worse.

She will rely on an imaginary money tree in the Legislature to fund our infrastructure needs.”

Sheheen’s plan calls for a “fix it first” approach that requires the state Department of Transportation to repair existing roads before building new ones and to tackle those in worst repair first.

Sheheen also calls for the DOT executive director to answer directly to the governor. His plan would abolish the Department of Transportation Commission and combine the state’s Infrastructure Bank with the DOT to provide “a consolidated and accountable approach to road improvements and maintenance.”

Sheheen said he would investigate other sources of revenue, including an out-of-state truck tax and leasing rest areas to private businesses to establish gas and food sales at rest stops.

HELP for homeowners

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SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

sjackson@communityjournals.com The South Carolina State Housing, Finance and Development Authority (SC Housing) has helped 7,577 South Carolina homeowners avoid foreclosure since its inception in 2011, according to a recent report on the organization’s total funding results through April 30, 2014.

The agency is best known for SC HELP (South Carolina State Homeownership and Employment Lending Program), which provides mortgage payment assistance to homeowners who have fallen behind on their payments due to circumstances beyond their control such as unemployment, underemployment, a significant reduction in self-employed income, catastrophic illness, and death of a spouse or divorce.

According to the report, SC HELP has dispersed a total of $102,848,860, with additional funds of $31,850,989 committed.

“We can report that SC HELP’s mortgage assistance has helped 7,577 South Carolina homeowners prevent foreclosure and stay in their homes in three years,” said director Matt Rivers. “Families keeping their homes is good for all South Carolinians as it keeps our state’s neighborhoods and property values intact.”

SC HELP was initially financed by a $300 million fund from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and a program of SC Housing.

In addition to the mortgage payment assistance, an MCC program offers firsttime homebuyers a mortgage tax credit.

Eligible homebuyers are given a certificate that allows up to a 30 percent federal income tax credit of the annual interest paid on their mortgage loan. This credit is in addition to the normal mortgage interest deduction and can save homeowners up to $2,000 each year they occupy the home.

SC Housing also provides tax credit assistance to property owners and developers that offer affordable housing options.

“The program would like to assist even more homeowners,” Rivers said. “To meet this end, SC HELP constantly evaluates the effectiveness of the program, and when appropriate, amends its agreements with the U.S. Department of the Treasury to include approved program changes and expansions. Based on current trends, SC HELP foresees committing all available funding before the expiry of the program.”

For more information about SC HELP, visit SCHELP.gov or call 855-435-7472.

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Arena District faces cash flow troubles Arena profits down, loses Charter Amphitheater management contract APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Officials with the Greenville County Arena District are seeking ways to bolster Bon Secours Wellness Arena profits after recent reports of disappointing revenue and cash flow issues.

The arena took a second hit on Tuesday night when the Simpsonville City Council did not renew the district’s management contract for the Charter Amphitheater.

Jeff Gilstrap, former chair of the Greenville County Arena District board, said he was notified of a significant cash flow problem earlier this year. If not addressed, the issue could have affected the arena’s ability to meet payroll, he said.

After consulting with a financial planner, the board voted in May to issue $843,256 in a two-year bond against the naming rights income, which would help “weather the storm between sum-

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mer and next year,” said Gilstrap.

Event revenue has been dropping over the past several years, falling short of paying for the arena’s debt service by $363,194 in 2013 and $611,897 in 2014, according to district records. In 2012, the shortfall was $13,637. The arena needs roughly $1.4 million annually to pay its debt.

That debt was restructured in 2013, allowing the arena to receive accommodations tax to pay for one set of bonds and embark on a capital improvement program, which has completed phase one and started phase two.

In an effort to determine the best way to increase revenue, board members met with promoters Live Nation and AEG Live several weeks ago, soliciting suggestions, said Gilstrap. Live Nation recommended outside management for the facility to draw more acts.

Last week, Arena District board members met with Global Spectrum, a venue management company that manages public assembly venues in the U.S., Canada, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Board members considered and tabled a proposal from the company on Tuesday.

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was a network of approximately 50 arenas nationwide that the Bon Secours Wellness Arena could tap into, Gilstrap said.

If an outside company takes over arena management, it typically brings in a new general manager and several other high-level staffers, Gilstrap said.

The board was divided over the management proposal and opted to form a committee to delve deeper into the revenue issues.

Gilstrap said the board is not unhappy with current management of the arena. “We don’t have a management issue, but a revenue issue.”

He said it’s unclear what factors have contributed to the decline in revenue. No timeline has been set for the new committee to present its findings, but Gilstrap anticipates it will be within a few months.

The arena will face an additional revenue cut now that the city of Simp-

sonville is no longer paying a fee for management services at the Charter Amphitheater. The City Council voted Tuesday night to award the contract to TRZ Management, according to David Dyrhaug, interim city manager. TRZ Management is based in Anderson and manages the Anderson County Fair, according to its website.

“We wanted to give TRZ a chance to make the Charter Amphitheatre a more active, vibrant place,” said Simpsonville Mayor Pro Tem Geneva Lawrence.

Gilstrap said the loss of the Simpsonville management contract will equal about $200,000 in lost revenue. The Arena District had managed the amphitheater for the past five years. The current contract expires in December.

Journal contributor Jeanne Putnam assisted with this story.

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Ramona Gilmore, 32, has been arrested and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in the death of her husband, Lawrence Bress, age 35.

On July 19 at 8:50 p.m. the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office received a 911 call regarding a possible stabbing victim at The Granite at Taylors apartment complex located at 1 Pinecroft Drive, according to police records.

Deputies arriving on the scene located a deceased male with Gilmore a stab wound to the chest. According to reports, investigators spoke with several witnesses, including the victim’s wife, Ramona Gilmore, and learned that an argument took place between the victim and Gilmore, which allegedly lead to the stabbing.

If convicted, Gilmore could face up to life in prison.

Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office third in command Major Brendan Shea Smith was fired on July 17 following an internal investigation, department officials said.

A criminal investigation is now underway, said departmental spokesperson Master Deputy Jonathan Smith (who is unrelated).

Smith, 44, was terminated for violation of sheriff ’s department rules and regulations, the sheriff ’s office said. He was placed on administrative leave two weeks ago after the conclusion of an internal investigation. No charges had been filed by press time.

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DOGGED DETERMINATION Some want to save Canine Corner, but city is unlikely to reverse decision to close dog park after new park opens CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Some dog owners are lobbying the city of Greenville to reverse its decision to close Cleveland Park’s Canine Corner once a new dog park at the old municipal stadium on Mauldin Road is opened.

Canine Corner supporters have begun a social media campaign, are collecting signatures on petitions and plan to attend Monday’s Greenville City

Council meeting en masse.

But city officials said their efforts are for naught.

“I don’t see the [Canine Corner] park being kept open,” said Dana Souza, the city’s parks and recreation director. “There are neighborhood issues and public safety issues and those things can’t really change.”

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August or early September. After a transition period, plans call for the fence at Canine Corner to be removed, meaning that area of Cleveland Park near Woodland Way will no longer be an off-leash area, Souza said.

J.T. Pennington, a member of the Save Canine Corner group, said building a new dog park at Conestee is a great idea.

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More than 90 percent of Canine Corner users arrived by car instead of on foot, and more than 50 percent of those surveyed were not city residents, he said.

Canine Corner was built as a class project for Leadership Greenville.

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Since Canine Corner opened seven years ago, the city has gotten regular complaints from nearby residents about noise, traffic congestion on Woodland Way, and a lack of parking that prompts some visitors to park illegally. Souza and Scott Powell, president of the Cleveland Forest Neighborhood Association, both say Canine Corner is a victim of its own popularity.

However, Pennington said the city “has heard complaints from the neighborhood but there was nobody to tell our side of the story – the dog owners’ side.”

Pennington said the dog park at Conestee won’t be as convenient for those who live in or near downtown – a population that will only increase with the growing number of mixeduse developments and apartments being built.

But Souza said a survey performed last year showed that most Canine Corner users drive there.

and potential runoff of dog waste into the Reedy River – neither of which can be changed.

“When council was considering construction of a new dog park, it wanted to make sure we didn’t repeat any of the problems being seen at Canine Corner in the new location,” he said.

Conestee, located at the old Municipal Stadium property where the Greenville Braves once played, was chosen for its plentiful parking and lack of close proximity to residential neighborhoods, he said.

“The decision to locate the dog park at Conestee was very deliberate,” Souza said.

The Save Canine Corner group plans to hold a petition drive on July 31 at Fluor Field, the downtown home of Greenville’s current minor league baseball team, the Greenville Drive. Its members also plan to attend the Mutt Strutt next month, Pennington said.

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COMMUNITY NEWS, EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS Paris Mountain State Park will offer programs on dragonflies and animal vision. The Amazing World of Dragonflies and Damselflies will be on July 26, 10 a.m. Dr. Wade Worthen of Furman University will lead a walk around Lake Placid and to Mountain Creek, observing and learning about these colorful and important creatures. Meet at the Park Center. Registration is not required and there is no program fee beyond park admission. Interpretive Ranger Cathy Taylor will also present a program at 1 p.m. called Wild Eyes. The program costs $7 per person, payable at the fee booth instead of admission, and will begin at the Park Center.

Registration is required and the group size is limited to 25. To register, email ctaylor@scprt. com or call 864-244-5565.

The Upcountry History Museum, 540 Buncombe St., Greenville, will host Lunchbox Learning on July 30. The program will be Part II: The Valley Campaign of the Civil War, presented by Dr. Ron Gregory, and is free to museum members and $5 for other guests. Chick-fil-A will offer boxed lunches for $7 and salads for $6, which must be reserved before the event. For more information, call 864-4673100 or info@upcountryhistory.org.

Tickets are currently on sale for Spirit Fest 2014 on Aug. 31 at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. The theme of the event will be “Real Fathers Real Men,” featuring: Kirk Franklin, gospel music icon, producer, director, TV host and actor; Tye Tribbett, songwriter, record producer, master stepper and Grammy Award winner; Tamela Mann; Erica Campbell; Rance Allen; Lee Williams; and The Gospel Legends. For more information, visit spiritfest.com.

Greenville Technical College will offer “Beauty and the Beach,” a Cosmetology Career Showcase, on July 28. Anyone interested can drop in 5:30-7:30 p.m. The program is housed on Greenville Technical College’s Barton Campus, Winterberry Court, building 106C. The showcase will include facility tours, information on enrolling and financial aid, and a chance to talk to business and marketing professors about completing an associate degree that gives graduates the knowledge and abilities to run a successful business. For more information, visit gvltec.edu/ cosmetology.

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Upstate will host its Year of Celebration dinner on July 31 at the Embassy Suites in Greenville. Dozens of former Little Brothers and Little Sisters (Littles) will be in attendance along with current program youth. Community volunteers who have mentored youth during the past 40 years will also be in attendance along with past and present BBBS board members, staff and community leaders. The event will feature Tom Crabtree as MC, singer VaShawn Mitcell, and Sam Wyche as the keynote speaker.

Join Barbara J. Taylor for a reading and launch party celebrating her debut novel, “Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night,” at a free event at Cafe and Then Some on July 29, 6:30 p.m. Taylor will do a short presentation and reading, followed by refreshments. Fiction Addiction will have books for sale at the event. To reserve a copy of the book or to RSVP for the event, call 864-675-0540 or email info@ fiction-addiction.com.

Author and short filmmaker Yvette Araujo will be signing copies of her latest book, “Origin,” at Fiction Addiction on Aug. 9, 1-3 p.m. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. A personalized copy of either of the author’s books can reserved by contacting Fiction Addiction in advance at 864675-0540 or at info@fiction-addiction.com.

Fiction Addiction will host a Girls Gone Sci-Fi event on Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. featuring Jessica Khoury, Jessica Brody, Beth Revis and Megan Shepherd. Tickets are $10 each. Each ticket can be redeemed toward a purchase of the featured authors’ books prior to or at the event, and includes one admission pass to the event. Children ages 15 and under are free, but RSVP to info@fiction-addiction.com to save a seat. Tickets may be purchased at fiction-addiction.com, in person at the store, or by calling 864-675-0540.

South Carolina native Kim Boykin will celebrate the release of her new novel, “Palmetto Moon,” at Fiction Addiction on Aug. 16, 2-4 p.m. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served. For more information, call 864-675-0540 or email info@fiction-addiction.com.

Acclaimed New York suspense author Jenny Milchman will be discussing her latest book, “Ruin Falls,” at Fiction Addiction on Aug. 17 at 2 p.m. The $10 ticket includes one admission to the event and a $10 voucher that can be redeemed at the event. The $27.56 ticket includes two admission passes to the event and one copy of “Ruin Falls.” Tickets may be purchased at fiction-addiction.com, at the store, or by calling 864-675-0540.

The Climb the Ridge Race will be the first trail race on the newly opened Jorge F. Arango Trail at Pleasant Ridge County Park on Aug. 30. Runners will experience a variety of challenges, including paved, gravel and dirt surfaces; hills, rock sections and creek crossings. This will be a closed course race utilizing park roads and the JFA trail. The five-mile trail run is at 8:30 a.m. and costs $25 per person; at 9:30 a.m., the one-mile Kids Trail Run for children under 14 will take place and is $15 per person; and at 9:45 a.m. is the Fun Run for children under 6 and is $5 per person. Proceeds benefit Camp Spearhead. The event takes place at Pleasant Ridge Park, 4232 Highway 11, Marietta. For more information, visit pleasantridgecampandretreatcenter.org.

Greenlink has obtained funding to expand its bike locker rental program and is asking area residents to weigh in on where additional BikeLids should be installed through an online survey. Greenlink installed four BikeLids – two along Richardson Street outside the Greenlink Transfer Center and two inside the Spring Street garage downtown in 2012. Funding exists for up to 22 additional bike lockers.

Those interested in completing the bike locker rental survey can visit ridegreenlink.com and click on Bike Lockers in the left-hand column.

Music Adventure, located at 1288 Pendleton St., Greenville, offers 45-minute sessions for ages 18 months-third grade for $15 per session per child, but there is a $5 special for each additional child from one family attending the same week. For more information, email musicadventureforkids@gmail.com or visit facebook. com/musicadventureforkids.

Book Your Lunch with debut Southern author Carolyn Dingman on Aug. 21 at noon at The Lazy Goat in Greenville. Tickets must be purchased in advance at bookyourlunch.com or by calling Fiction Addiction at 864-675-0540. The $35 ticket includes a $10 book voucher and the $41.95 ticket includes a copy of “Cancel the Wedding.”

Lisa Wingate, author of “The Story Keeper,” is coming to Greenville on Sept. 17, 12:30-2 p.m., at Cascades Verdae Retirement Community, 10 Fountainview Terrace, Greenville.

“The Story Keeper” features an Appalachian setting from the author of “The Prayer Box.” The event is open to residents and guests. In addition, Wingate will speak and hold a book signing at Fiction Addiction that same day, 3-4:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, admit two and are redeemable toward a purchase.

For tickets and book orders, call 864-675-0540 or email info@fictionaddiction.com.

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During the summer months, the Red Cross experiences a dip in blood donations and is encouraging donors during its 100 Days of Summer, 100 Days of Hope campaign through Sept. 1. Upcoming Upstate blood drive locations include: Aug. 2, 1-6 p.m., Truth Missionary Baptist Church, 200 Saluda Dam Road, Greenville; Aug. 5, noon-5 p.m., Chilis Grill & Bar, 1209 Woodruff Road, Greenville; and Aug. 7, noon-5 p.m., Chilis Grill & Bar, 490 Haywood Road, Greenville. For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org.

Hope and Love.” To RSVP, contact Kate Venuto at 864-235-1984 or kvenuto@ rmhcarolinas.com.

SpringBrook Behavioral Health System in Travelers Rest is the new corporate route partner for Meals on Wheels of Greenville, delivering meals to homebound residents. Meals are picked up at Travelers Rest Baptist Church and the residents take turns delivering from the facility bus. Meals on Wheels welcomes anyone to volunteer. Orientation is held every Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. at their Oregon Street office. For more information, call 864-233-6565 or email volunteer@ mowgvl.org.

The Commerce Club members and staff recently raised more than $8,000 for a scholarship fund at Greenville Tech in memory of Lauren Kohlmorgen, who was killed in an accident in January. Greenville Tech will grant two scholarships of $1,000 each year for students working in the culinary industry while attending the college. Gifts are still being accepted at Greenville Tech Foundation, PO Box 5616, Greenville, SC 29606.

Certified public accounting and advisor group Dixon Hughes Goodman LLC collected 3,915 pounds of canned food and raised more than $4,000 for local food rescue organization Loaves & Fishes as part of their corporate Count the Cans campaign. The Count the Cans program is a hunger fighting program conducted

by Dixon Hughes Goodman offices throughout the Southeast.

The Ronald McDonald House, 706 Grove Road, Greenville, is having a 25th Anniversary Block Party on Aug. 16, 2-5 p.m. The party is free and open to the public. The Ronald McDonald House will provide an afternoon full of celebration with a cake competition, kids’ activities and desserts. The event will also feature a book signing with Jackie Martin, author of “Three Little Birds: Faith,

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The Cancer Society of Greenville County recently held its 15th Ladies Golf Benefit at Green Valley Country Club. Over the past 14 years, this tournament has raised more than a quarter of a million dollars. This year’s event raised more than $21,000, which benefits local cancer patients. The event was presented in memory of Billy Richardson Jr. and was chaired by Stephanie Berry. The 2015 event will be held on June 1, 2015, at Furman University. For more information or to join the planning committee, contact Lisa Green at 864-232-8439.

The GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail Benefit 5K Run will be held Sept. 5 in Travelers Rest. This race will be the first of its kind where proceeds go directly to the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail. Participants are invited to suggest how the funds should be used on the trail. Race organizers will announce the winning suggestion during the awards ceremony. To register, visit go-greenevents.com.

The Guild of the Greenville Symphony will host a tour of the Chanticleer and Hidden Hills neighborhoods during its 36th Annual Tour of Homes, Sept. 26-28.

Tour hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 1-4 p.m. on Sunday. To launch the tour, a Patron Party honoring the homeowners and tour sponsors will be held in a home on Abbot Trail on Sept. 23, 7-9 p.m. Advance ticket purchase is required. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 on tour days with all proceeds benefitting the Greenville Symphony Orchestra. For more information, visit guildgso. org or call 864-370-0965.

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clandrum@communityjournals.com “Strange Snow” isn’t a play about the Vietnam War, although two of its three characters are Vietnam vets.

It is a play about the human cost of war, and that makes it as relevant as ever, said Paul Savas, executive and artistic director of The Warehouse Theatre.

“The reason the play still stands up is that it is not a commentary on war, the politics of war, the divisiveness of war; it’s about human beings,” Savas said of the Stephen Metcalfe play that opens the Warehouse’s 2014-15 season Aug. 8 and runs through Aug. 30. “The reason we wanted to do this play is that we’ve been at war so bleeping long.”

Three productions on the theater’s main stage for the 2014-15 season – “Strange Snow,” “The Whipping Man” and “Richard III” – are set after wars.

While picking a season lineup with a focus on veterans was not intentional on Savas’ part, the Warehouse will take advantage of the result through a season-long series entitled “Service and Sacrifice: Conversations and Celebrations Honoring Our Veterans and Their Families.”

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Sacrifice” is a discussion forum titled “From Shell Shock to PTSD: Our Growing Understanding of the Effects of War on the Warriors.”

Savas said the forums began five years ago after he realized the feelings of failure and ineffectiveness he was feeling stemmed from crisis management no longer dominating his day-to-day tasks. He read the theater’s mission statement that said the theater chose plays that deal with the complexities of the day and start conversations. Savas tried to think of ways the Warehouse could do that in addition to staging good plays.

He came up with the idea of bringing experts into the theater’s space to hold localized salon discussions on some of the issues the plays dealt with.

“The forums rarely mention a play’s plot points or characters,” he said. “We wanted to connect our main stage with our Main Street. The role of theater in a vibrant community is to spark conversation.”

Other discussion topics for this year’s discussion forums include society’s fascination with zombies, sexu-

al violence in South Carolina, the Confederate flag, effective and functional governing and how technology has changed romance and intimacy.

Veterans’ issues are relevant in the Upstate, which is home to roughly 100,000 veterans.

Stan Healy, a GHS senior administrator and a Marine corporal who was part of Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, said when he got out of the military in 1994, the recognition that military members were affected by what they saw and what they went through wasn’t as good as it is now.

“I remember getting out and being told there wasn’t anything wrong with you unless you think there’s something wrong with you. It was almost like you were weak,” he said.

Healy hopes the “Service and Sacrifice” series will start conversations, including some that veterans from previous wars may not ever have had.

“If somebody is going through chemo, you can tell.

If somebody has lost a limb, you can tell,” Healy said.

“But PTSD is a hidden wound. Before Betty Ford, it used to be taboo to talk about breast cancer. Now, it’s

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a norm in our society. We need to talk about mental health. We need to make it a mainstream issue.”

Healy said battlefield treatment of physical injuries has evolved over the years and he thinks eventually triaging for mental health issues will be more common. “‘Walk it off ’ will change to ‘let’s talk it out,’” he said.

Before and after the Aug. 17 matinee showing of “Strange Snow,” the Warehouse will host a resource fair featuring organizations that serve veterans, providing an opportunity for soldiers to connect with services and community members a way to help.

“I fear our culture supports troops by putting magnets on cars and standing up and taking hats off at ball games. That’s not support,” Savas said.

“We may not be for war – maybe that’s why it’s so politicized – but we will always be for the soldiers and the warriors.”

Free tickets to the matinee will be made available to veterans, active military and their families through the theater’s participation in the Blue Star Theatre program.

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One of Tennessee Williams’ most famous plays, focusing on Blanche DuBois, an aging Southern belle who arrives in New Orleans’ French Quarter to stay with her sister, Stella, and Stella’s brash and violent husband.

Set immediately after the Civil War, two former slaves and their former master share a Passover meal and wrestle with their shared past, the bitter irony of Jewish slave-owning and the reality of the new world in which they find themselves.

This historical play by Shakespeare begins toward the end of the Wars of the Roses and chronicles Richard III’s murderous path to the throne of England and his dramatic rise and fall.

American playboy Bernard lives in Paris and has three fiancés, all stewardesses from different countries. But a new, speedier Boeing jet messes up the schedule and all three end up in town at the same time.

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Novel was an evolution for Greenville author “The Thorn Tree” is first published novel for MAC’s director of arts education

IT’S COOL INSIDE!

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clandrum@communityjournals.com As Greenville author and Metropolitan Arts Council Director of Education Heather Marshall wrote her novel “The Thorn Tree,” she knew something wasn’t working.

The storyline came to her during a vacation to visit family and friends in Scotland. It was centered on Hope, a girl who was sent to Scotland to live with an old spinster aunt the summer after her parents split up.

But it wasn’t until Marshall had enrolled in the MFA program at Queens University in Charlotte that she faced questions about her 14-year-old character she couldn’t answer.

Two questions from her fellow writers proved most crucial: Why would a mother send her daughter 3,000 miles away?

Who is the woman taking her in?

“You don’t want to think [the mother] is awful unless she is. A 14-year-old is going to think she’s awful. Who is this woman taking her in? Hope’s going to think she’s senile,” Marshall said.

“When I went to Queens, I only had Hope. No Agatha [the aunt]. No Margaret [the mother]. I had to go through character exploration for the other two women. It was almost a relief, because it was opening an access point for the story. It was more work, but it was easier to tell the story, more enjoyable to tell the story.”

“The Thorn Tree” is not the first novel for Marshall, who was born in Scotland and spent most of her childhood there before moving to South Carolina with her family for her father’s job. But it is the first novel to be published.

She has no plans to revisit that first novel.

“I think it was a great exercise,” she said, “but [Thorn Tree] is more of who I am as a writer.”

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Marshall said her goal for the first novel “was to get from beginning to end. It’s kind of like running your first marathon. I demonstrated to myself that I could cover the mileage. Now the test is to cover the mileage well.”

Marshall began working with MAC’s SmartArts program as a teaching artist in 2002.

She became the organization’s director of art education in 2011. She also teaches English at Greenville Tech.

Marshall has just finished the final story of a collection of short stories she will work to get published. She calls it a hybrid of fiction and nonfiction loosely connected to her personal story of adoption and reunion with her birth parents.

“At the core of all of them is the construction and deconstruction of identity,” she said. “It is something that we all go through. For those who have been adopted, it’s more overt.”

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In one sense, Natalie Noone’s combination of country heartache with rock muscle shouldn’t be surprising.

Her father introduced her to artists like the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison when she was a child – artists who effortlessly combined country and rock as if there were no division between the two.

On the other hand, it might have made just as much sense for Noone to head straight into WHO: Natalie Noone catchy, melodic pop, simply because of who her fa- WHERE: Smiley’s Acoustic Café, ther is: Peter Noone, lead singer of the popular 1960s 111 Augusta St., Greenville British group Herman’s Hermits.

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It probably would’ve been an easier choice to follow directly in the footsteps of a man who sold millions of INFO: 864-282-8988 or albums on the strength of sunny, classic pop songs like smileysacousticcafe.com “I’m Into Something Good,” “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” and “There’s a Kind of Hush.” But like most of the ’60s British Invasion musicians, Peter Noone had great musical taste and passed it on to his daughter.

“That’s why I’ve been playing this kind of music, is that my dad has always been a fan of American rock ’n’ roll,” Noone says. “When we’re at home, we listen to Roy Orbison, and the Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly, and all of these early rock ’n’ roll stars, but we also listen to Dolly Parton and Freddy Fender. My childhood nostalgia is very similar to his, in a way. I relate in a lot of ways to his generation and that music.”

Noone’s powerful, startlingly emotional voice skillfully carries her insinuating melodies over the sinewy rock of her backing band, the Maybes, with a seasoned musical ear her father was quick to notice.

“My father’s been there since I started showing an interest in writing songs,” Noone says. “I’d been singing songs since I was little. I sort of grew up backstage, and I was always looking out onstage thinking, ‘When is my turn? That looks fun!’”

But at the same time, her father was able to give her some direction about where her career might differ from his.

“When I started writing songs, he told me things like, ‘You’re an artist. It’s going to take you longer,’” she says. “He was always really careful to tell me how much longer it was going to take someone like me. He’s been really great in encouraging me to take my time.”

Noone has spent the last six years playing and writing in Nashville, and recently finished recording her debut album, called “Midnight.”

“My dream came true,” she says. “We cut 11 songs in two days at RCA Studio A in Nashville. It was always my dream to go to RCA and record live, and I got to do that. One of my mentors, Danny Flowers, sort of just came in and waved his wand and opened my eyes to all these different things and encouraged me to become more of an artist. So I asked him to produce me, which he had never done before, and within a couple of weeks, we had the session lined up.”

The album features accomplished musicians like keyboardist Kevin McKendree, bassist Alana Rocklin and guitarist Guthrie Trapp. Noone was just as selective about what musicians to tour with.

“I grew up with a lot of interesting artists and musicians, and they always stressed how important the process is, and not to take any shortcuts,” Noone says. “So it was really important to me to put together a band of my peers, people that I thought highly of and enjoyed playing with and didn’t mind being in a car with for hours and hours.

“I called [the band] the Maybes because it’s a little bit of a revolving door of talent, but when I play live, I want to play with people I enjoy playing with. I like the collaborative effort of raising each other up in public.”

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The Art and Light Gallery will host the Owl Invasion & Audubon Event on July 25-26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The gallery is located at 4 Aberdeen Drive, Greenville. For more information, call 864-363-8172.

The Greenville Little Theatre will host a Professional Development Workshop for area teachers on July 30, 9 a.m.-noon.

Project REAL (Reinforcing Education through Artistic Learning) uses theatre techniques and integrates real-life experiences to enhance the curriculum and provide lasting knowledge to students of all ages. To enroll or for more information, call 864-2336238 or email info@greenvillelittletheatre.org. The cost is $50.

Riverworks Gallery, 300 River St., Suite 202, Greenville, presents the “it takes a village” exhibit through Aug. 10. The exhibit features original works from 15 artists who work in the Village of West Greenville and reflect their response to or perspective of the Village. “it takes a village” is a collaborative effort of Greenville Technical College’s Riverworks Gal“Streetscape” lery and the Clemson University

by Mandy Blankenship Center for Visual Arts. The gallery is open 1-5 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday, and will be open for First Friday on Aug. 1 until 9 p.m. For more information, call 864271-0679 or visit gvltec.edu/vpa.

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The Third Annual Multicultural Festival will be on Aug. 30, 3-8 p.m., at McAlister Square in Greenville. The festival highlights the cultural diversity of the community through music, dance, art, storytelling and more. Vendor space is available for $60, artists can display for free, and sponsorship is available for $40. For more information, call Traci Fant at 864-325-3592.

Chapman Cultural Center is leading a countywide effort called Culture Counts to identify and map the county’s cultural resources, creative industries and creative people. The public is invited to attend meetings on July 31 at Campobello Gramling Elementary School, Aug. 7 at James F. Byrnes Fine Arts Center in District 5, Aug. 12 at Upstate Family Resource Center in Boiling Springs, and Sept. 4 at Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg. There will be two meetings each day: 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Both will last one hour. Those who cannot attend may visit Chapman Cultural Center for a physical survey or complete the survey online at goo.gl/DNjyrL. Foreword Reviews announced the winners of its annual IndieFab Book of the Year Awards for the best indie books of 2013. “Waiting in Deep,” a novel by Spartanburg author Sandi Morgan Denkers, was honored with an honorable mention in the adult fiction category. She is a graphic and fine artist as well as a U.S. Air Force veteran. “Waiting in Deep” is her first novel, and her second novel is in the works.

The Greenville Little Theatre presents “Splish Splash 2” Aug. 14-17. Tickets prices are $30 with discounts available for seniors, children and groups of 10 or more. Show dates are Aug. 14-16 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 17 at 3 p.m.

For more information, call 864233-6238 or visit greenvillelittletheatre.org. Greenville Little Theatre is located at 444 College St., Greenville.

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115 Oak Place, Greer THREE beautiful acres conveniently located in the middle of everything on the eastside, this spacious home offers true southern charm with its established oak trees, wrap around porches, flexible spaces but NO HOA! Zoned for Woodland Elementary, Riverside Middle and Riverside High School, you won’t find another one like this unique property. With a master on the main level plus three bedrooms and a flex room upstairs, this home also boasts an oversized dining room, great room, large kitchen with open breakfast room, sunroom, screened porch plus huge utility room too!

The amazing three car garage has a separate apartment above which provides additional flexible space! Extra features include in-ground pool, gazebo, butterfly garden, private circular drive, and more! Schedule your private showing immediately!

Price: $649,900 | MLS: #1280295 Bedrooms: 5 Baths: 4 full, 1 half Square Footage: 4800-4999 Schools: Woodland Elementary Riverside Middle | Riverside High Susan McMillen | 864.238.5498 Susan.McMillen@allentate.com Allen Tate Realtors Submit your Featured Home homes@greenvillejournal.com

Distinctive Homes To Fit Your Life.

Projects Spanning All Sizes.

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IBI Builders | Greenville | www.ibibuilders.com | 864.414.6658

Innovation To Fit Your Needs.

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CHRISTOPHER RIDGE NEW LISTING

1212 Shadow Way, Greenville • $219,900 3 BR/3.5 BA • 2600 sq. ft. • MLS1282866 PRESTIGIOUS PARKINS MILL

240 KEENELAND WAY . $524,000 . MLS# 1278867 4BR/3.5BA Brick with all the extras, room for in-laws or teens, in ground pool, workshop,library, basement Pelham, cross 14 to Batesville, left into Christopher Ridge Contact: Virginia Abrams | 270-3329 Coldwell Banker Caine

STONERIDGE 24 Gossamer Place, Greenville • $729,900 4 BR/4 full BA/2 half BA • MLS1273482 REDUCED

41 OLD ALTAMONT RIDGE ROAD . $335,500 . MLS# 1278656

820 Knollwood Drive, Greenville • $399,900 4 BR/3 full BA/1 half BA • MLS1279100

4BR/3BA Beautiful Mountain View Home- 1.3 acre private lot, 2 Masters, granite, hardwoods. Stunning stone wood burning fireplace, custom designed cabinets! Cherrydale to State Park, left on Altamont, right into Stoneridge Contact: Jo-Ann Rutledge | 293-3320 Allen Tate Realtors

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HOLLAND PLACE

WOODMERE

16 Richfield Drive, Eastside • $599,900 5 BR/3.5 BA • 2.7 Acres • MLS1274322

Brenda Busby 864-275-9855 bbusby@cbcaine.com

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3 AMSTERDAM LANE . $335,000 . MLS# 1276817

20 BRANDYWINE COURT . $334,000 . MLS# 1279190

4BR/2.5BA Pristine custom home. Beautiful mature yard. Must see! 385 to Bridges Rd, Left @ light, Right on Holland, thru 4 way stop, Left into SD, Left on Amsterdam.

5BR/3.5BA 4000SF home on acre lot in culdesac.

4BR’s on main. Haywood to Pelham, Right on Brandywine, 1st street past Walgreens.

Contact: Stacey Bradshaw | 230-1314 Berkshire Hathaway C. Dan Joyner REALTORS

Contact: JoAnn English | 325-6127 Berkshire Hathaway C. Dan Joyner REALTORS

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F E AT U R E D N E I G H B OR H O OD The Townes at Thornblade Enjoy the freedom of home ownership at The Townes at Thornblade, a gated, maintenance-free townhome community located just off I-85 in Greer. There are three unique two story floorplans to choose from, ranging in size from 2,450-2,740 square feet.

Each Townhome features high quality finishes, nine-foot ceilings, an Owner’s Suite on the main level, two-car garage, bonus room and 2 1/2 baths. The floorplans are designed to maximize usable space and offer unique features such as an additional owner’s suite, fourth bedroom and third full bath. Neighborhood amenities include landscaped and irrigated grounds, private gated access, and a community pool.

NEIGHBORHOOD INFO Priced from: $260’s | Schools: Buena Vista Elementary | Northwood Middle | Riverside High Contact: Cothran Homes | 864.214.3024 | Website: cothranhomes.com To submit your Featured Neighborhood: homes@greenvillejournal.com

PEOPL E, AWA RD S, HONOR S The Marchant Company Recognizes Agents for Excellent Performance in June 2014

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The Marchant Company, the Upstate’s local “Signature Agency” in Real Estate, representing buyers and sellers of residential, land, and commercial properties, is proud McCrory and Turpin March to SOLD to recognize select REALTORS« for outstanding performance through June 2014.

Congratulated by Seabrook Marchant, broker-in-charge, agents honored included: • Tom Marchant - Top Volume Listing Leader of the month; • Kathy Slayter - Top Unit Listing Leader of the month;

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CREEKWOOD

GOWER ESTATES

151 WATERFORD DRIVE . $329,900 . MLS# 1279302

402 RIVER SUMMIT DRIVE . $314,900 . MLS# 1273411

452 PIMLICO ROAD . $289,900 . MLS# 1281608

5BR/3BA Lake Front on Lake Cooley!Large home great for lakeside entertaining! Hwy 29 to Lyman,Left @ light on 129/292,Left @ light on 129,Cross Lake Cooley,First Right on Hickory Hollow,Right into Waterford

6BR/5BA MOVE-IN READY! Huge bonus/media rm!

Kitchen has granite ctrs & upgraded stainless appliances!

Master w/lux bath! Bed/Bath on main! Woodruff Road East to left on River Summit Drive

4BR/2.5BA Rare basement home. Must see this gorgeous home! Laurens Rd to Henderson Rd, Right on Wembley, 1st stop turn Right on Pimlico, 6th home on Right.

Contact: Jan Walker | 680-2789 Berkshire Hathaway C. Dan Joyner REALTORS

Contact: Tammy Copeland | 404-0013 BHHS / C Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Chris Toates | 360-6696 Berkshire Hathaway C. Dan Joyner REALTORS

HERITAGE PAEK

FOREST LAKE

HADLEY PARK

336 HERITAGE POINT DRIVE . $264,500 . MLS# 1282854

104 FOREST LAKE DR. . $209,757 . MLS# 1270671

330 MOONSTONE DRIVE . $125,000 . MLS# 1283495

4BR/3.5BA Like a model home with plenty of upgrades. Must see!! 385 to Fairview Rd. Turn Left toward Main St. Right on Main St. Left into subdivision.

3BR/3.5BA Westbound Woodruff, Right Highway14, Right Forest Lake, home on left. Gated community in ideal location.

Entertainers dream! Wet bar, every bedroom has corresponding bath, private patio, & neighborhood surrounds lake.

2BR/2.5BA Wonderful move-in ready townhome. Freshly painted. Master on 2nd floor. 385 S to Butler Rd, Right on Butler, SD on Left approx 1/2 mile

Contact: Susan Waters | 380-0402 Berkshire Hathaway C. Dan Joyner REALTORS

Contact: Joan Rapp | 901-3839 The Marchant Company

Contact: Jennifer Kephart | 991-6732 Berkshire Hathaway C. Dan Joyner REALTORS

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ROCKWOODATAUGUSTA COACHMAN PLANTATION Lot 9 Jenkinson Court 4BR/3.5BA • MLS#1271064 $597,500

59 Scotts Bluff Drive 4BR/2.5BA • MLS#1282936 $334,900

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18 Gilderview Drive 4BR/3.5BA • MLS#1280318 $387,000

Ranked #3 again! Out of 150 agents. #12 in Greenville County!

864.419.2889 | See my listings and more at HelenHagood.com.

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ON THE MARKET HAMMETT CREEK

RIVER OAKS` 301 BRETON DR. $689,000 MLS# 1278820

8 MEADOW POND COURT . $344,000 MLS# 1279881

6BR/4 full & 2 half BA The perfect all brick custom family home, in upscale gated community, in top school district. 3 levels of energy efficient living offering custom details, stunning kitchen, lots of parking room!

3BR/2.5BA brick with bonus and screen porch located in culde-sac, fenced back, deep tray ceilings, quality home

Contact: Valerie Miller | 430-6602 | The Marchant Company

Contact: Virginia Abrams | 270-3329 | Coldwell Banker Caine

NEELY FARM

PARIS MOUNTAIN 5 WANDFLOWER COURT . $261,000 MLS# 1278895

214 LAKE CIRCLE DR. . $84,900 MLS# 1271384

4BR/2.5BA Wonderful home in desired culde-sac! Sunrm overlooking large fenced backyard! 4 bedroom +bonus. New windows & granite countertops, fresh paint. Ready to move right in! 1 Block from N’hood Amenities!

Build your dream home on the top of Paris Mountain!

Perfect place to build a basement home on a 1.56 acre estate lot. Off Altamont Rd. minutes from Cherrydale shopping.

Contact: Barb Riggs | 423-2783 | The Marchant Company

RIVER WALK

AUGUSTA ROAD

211 RIVERWALK BLVD. • 4BR/2.5BA • $379,000 • MLS #1269896

110 MOULTRIE STREET • 3BR/3.5BA • $495,000 • MLS#1275449

Built by Galloway Builders. All brick with a private setting in the backyard, screened in porch. Open foyer with ornate built in corner cabinet, intricate moldings throughout and gleaming hardwoods galore. Office with 2 walls of built in bookcases. Dining Room has beautiful crystal chandelier and Wainscoting trim. Updated kitchen with granite counter tops, tile back splash, Jenn-Air gas cook top, under counter lighting, beautiful painted cabinets, and breakfast area with large windows. New roof in 2006, hot water heater in 2011, HVAC in 2012-2013. Award winning schools!!!

Fabulous renovation with new construction in the heart of Augusta Road!

Residential Building Solutions delivers a quality home with wrap around front porch, beautiful finishes, hardwoods, masonry fireplace, large island, granite, stainless steel appliances, walk-in pantry, walk-in laundry, central vac, security system, patio and irrigation system! Master suite and second bedroom on the main floor. Additional bedroom upstairs with flex space that can be finished as a bonus, office, or media room. Side entry 2 car garage and storage space galore! Location, location, location!

Janet Sandifer

Charlotte Sarvis

864.979.6713

864.346.9943

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Contact: Valerie Miller | 430-6602 | The Marchant Company

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PE OPLE , AWARDS , HONORS

What You Don’t Know About Credit Reports

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• Chuck Werner - Top Sales Units Leader of the month; • Valerie Miller - Sales Volume Leader of the month; • Nancy McCrory & Karen Turpin - Top Sales Volume Team of the month; • March to Sold Team: Anne Marchant, Jolene Wimberly and Brian Marchant - Top Sales Unit Team of the Month

When a lender “runs your credit,” that means the bank taps into one of three independent national credit reporting bureaus – TransUnion, Experian and Equifax. Credit reporting bureaus collect information about your credit card use, rental history from landlords, and your loan history, including vehicle and student loans. The bureaus then analyze the results and tabulate them into credit scores, using software created by the Fair Isaac Corporation.

The Marchant Company Announces Hall-of-Famer Barb Riggs

If you have a mistake or a ding on one of your credit reports, you’ll have to get it fixed by obtaining the release of lien or proof of final payment, whichever is appropriate. You should also keep multiple copies of the lien release or payment in full.

The Marchant Company commends Realtor Barb Riggs on her recent induction into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. During the 1985-86 season, her team- the Philadelphia University Rams- won the title of 1986 NCAA Division II Champions. Nearly thirty years later, Barb and her teammates are being commended for their excellence.

While at the Marchant Company, Barb has established herself as a team player with great professionalism but also an earnest approachability. With such a strong competitive drive, Barb does everything in her power to achieve the best result for her clients, who in turn thank her through referrals. Barb is unique from many Realtors because the majority of her business is earned through referrals, whether it is for a listing or purchase. This serves as an indicator that Barb is not only a champion basketball player, but also serves as a champion for her clients.

Your lender can purchase the reports as well as the FICO scores to serve as summaries of your credit history. FICO credit scores range from 300 to 850. To get the best mortgage rate, your score must be as close to 850 as possible. Most lenders will give you their best rates if your credit scores are 750 or higher. Each credit reporting bureau collects and analyzes its own data which results in s different scores. The bureaus don’t share information, so if you want a true picture of your credit, you have to check all three bureaus.

You can raise your credit scores by managing your credit the way that generates the highest scores. About one-third of your FICO score is your payment history. Another third of your score is based on how much of your available credit you use. You can improve both areas by paying down your debts down as quickly as you can. If you are only making the minimum payment on your accounts, you’re living beyond your means.

Don’t max out any credit card, particularly unsecured debt like store credit cards.

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You can also improve your scores if you pay debts off early and avoid late payments, Data includes the loan terms, payment history – on time, early or late payments, monthly balance rollovers, payment amounts, minimum payment history, income-to-debt ratios, and percentage use of available credit. Pay off the credit cards that charge the highest interest first. Don’t incur new debt.

Managing your debts well does more than earn you a great mortgage rate. It ensures that you are more likely to buy wisely and within your means. And that should make any lender view you as a good risk.

You’re entitled to a free copy of your credit reports. You can contact all three credit bureaus or visit AnnualCreditReport.com.

The Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® represents over 1,800 members in all aspects of the real estate industry. Please visit the Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® web site at www.ggar.com for real estate and consumer information.

“Every market is different, call a REALTOR® today.”

Riggs

When you are done reading this paper, please recycle it.

F. Ron Smith, President of Leverage Global Partners, recently welcomed The Marchant Company, Inc. as the Network’s exclusive member in Greenville, SC. A unique alignment of the most prestigious independent real estate brokerage firms around the world, Leverage Global Partners offers its members the opportunity to better serve their clients’ relocation and real estate portfolio needs by establishing each member firm as key players in the international real estate arena.

“We personally vet each real estate brokerage before offering them membership, so we are certain that The Marchant Company, Inc. is an innovative and forward-thinking market leader, offering exceptional service to their clients and to the communities of Greenville,” said Smith. “We are thrilled to welcome them to Leverage Global Partners.”

As a member of Leverage, The Marchant Company, Inc. will be promoted as the Network’s exclusive representative for the Greenville area, facilitating a framework in which the company can expand and compete with larger franchise networks.

Through Leverage’s “Just Ask” referral program, The Marchant Company, Inc. associates are offered personal introductions and provided access to top firms around the world, ensuring them incomparable networking ability in the worldwide luxury real estate market.

In addition to offering exceptional service and connectivity, Leverage differentiates itself from existing international luxury real estate associations by increasing the online and social media presence of their members, and providing marketing tools designed to help a member expand their individual business. Leverage promotes the presidents of member firms and extends media access for their members’ properties through a robust public relations outreach and digital platform.

Leverage Global Partners is rapidly expanding its membership base and currently has members in numerous dynamic communities around the world, including Paris, Los Angeles, New York, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Vancouver, Tokyo, and Bangkok. For more information, call 310-500-3641, visit http://www.LeverageRE.com/about, or follow them on Facebook or Twitter.

LIFE MOMENT #26: They’ll get their first scraped knee on that sidewalk.

Your hug will make everything better on that porch.

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC NOTICE THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 6-11470 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED.

THE REASON FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE AFORESAID PROPERTY IS DUE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER HAVING PETITIONED THE COUNTY TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY RECEIVE SANITATION SERVICE FOR THEIR RESIDENCE. THE RESULT OF THIS ACTION IS THE NEW BOUNDARY LINE WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE AREA AND TAX MAP NUMBERS LISTED ABOVE. MAP OF THE NEW BOUNDARY AND A LEGAL DESCRIPTION ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY COUNCIL OFFICE. NO BONDS WILL BE ISSUED

BY THE DISTRICT, AS A RESULT OF THIS ACTION, NOR WILL THERE BE ANY CHANGES IN THE COMMISSION NOR IN THE PERSONNEL OF THE PRESENT COMMISSION OF THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT. BOB TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

PUBLIC NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: RFP# 06-08/19/14, Landfill Gas Utilization at the Twin Chimneys Landfill, August 19, 2014, 3:00 P.M. A preproposal meeting will be held at 10:00A.M., August 5, 2014, Greenville County Twin Chimneys Landfill, 11075 Augusta Road, Honea Path, SC 29654.

RFP# 07-08/20/14, Architectural & Engineering Design Services for Parks, August 20, 2014, 3:00 P.M. A pre-proposal meeting will be held at 10:00 A.M., August 4, 2014, Greenville County Procurement Services, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601.

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

FORFEITED LAND COMMISSION SALE Properties owned by the Forfeited Land Commission (FLC) of Greenville County will be sold at auction by Meares Auction Group on Tuesday, August 12 at 10:00 a.m. in the Greenville County Council Chambers located at 301 University Ridge, Greenville, SC 29601. Details can be obtained 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.

When you finish reading this paper, please recycle it.

LEGAL NOTICES Only $.99 per line ABC NOTICE OF APPLICATION Only $145 tel 864.679.1205 fax 864.679.1305 email: aharley@communityjournals.com

PUBLIC NOTICE There will be a PUBLIC HEARING before the GREENVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2014 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-14-24 APPLICANT: BIG CEDAR PROPERTY: Tax Map #0279.00-01-006.00 & -006.01; 3008 & 3010 E. North Street, Greenville, SC REQUEST: Variance from Rear Setback at 3008 E. North St. CB-14-25 APPLICANT: JOSE CORONEL PROPERTY: Tax Map #0247.0003-002.02; 7 Welcome View Drive, Greenville SC REQUEST: Variance from Right Side Setback for Shed.

CB-14-26 APPLICANT: PATRICIA MARINER PROPERTY: Tax Map #T015.00-02-023.00; 240 N. Dill Avenue, Greer SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception for a Temporary Accessory Dwelling on site.

CB-14-27 APPLICANT: ORSON WASHINGTON PROPERTY: Tax Map #0112.0016-057.00; 1004 Anderson Road, Greenville SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception for use of the existing building for Recreation – Meetings/Events.

CB-14-28 APPLICANT: HAMPTON PARK BAPTIST CHURCH PROPERTY: Tax Map #P039.0001-012.00; 875 State Park Road, Greenville SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception for construction of a Picnic shelter with restroom facilities.

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JEANNE PUTNAM / CONTRIBUTING

ON TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2014, GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION WHICH ENLARGED THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT BY INCLUDING THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 630 FORREST HAVEN COURT, ALSO KNOWN AS GREENVILLE COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER (“TMS#”) 0465020106800.

PUBLIC NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: Storage Building for Community Center in Greenville County on August 13, 2014, 3:00 P.M. A pre-bid meeting and site tour will be held at 9:00 A.M., EDT, July 31, 2014 at Greenville County Procurement Services Office, County Square, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601.

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

Costumed attendees visit MonsterCon, held in Greenville last weekend.

Characters from Madworld Haunted Attraction and Zombie Shoot attended MonsterCon in Greenville recently.

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Sudoku puzzle: page 38

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DNA Creative Communications, in partnership with the Hollingsworth Funds, Community Foundation of Greenville and United Way of Greenville County, recently hosted “Developing and Engaging a High Performing Board,” the second of a four-part series of Shine the Light Nonprofit Forums. Keynote speaker Susan Meier, founder of Meier and Associates in Washington, D.C., shared her expertise on board development and leadership. A panel of three local leaders joined Meier: Scot Baddley, YMCA of Greenville; Kathy McKinney, Haynsworth, Sinkler & Boyd P.A.; Chandra Dillard, Furman University.

GWINN DAVIS / CONTRIBUTING GREG BECKNER / STAFF

Army Staff Sgt. Michael Isbell holds his daughter Cami Lee Isbell after surprising her at a recent Greenville Drive game. Isbell, who just came home from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, dressed as a Greenville Drive catcher and took home plate for the ceremonial first pitch. His daughter Cami Lee was picked to throw out the first pitch. Cami Lee found out her father was home when he removed his catcher’s mask to hand her the ball.

Ty Houck, director of greenways, natural and historic resources for the Greenville Recreation District, makes a few comments before the ribbon-cutting formally opening the latest section of the Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail at its northern terminus near Travelers Rest. The new section adds another 1.2 miles to the trail.

GREG BECKNER / STAFF

HAL COOK / CONTRIBUTING

The Greenville community joined Bob Jones University criminal justice campers for a static display of law enforcement and military vehicles recently on the BJU campus. Law enforcement agencies participating in the event included the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Department, the Greenville Fire Department, the Furman University Police Department and numerous municipal police departments including Fountain Inn, Greenville, Greer, Mauldin, Simpsonville and Travelers Rest.

Greenville County Councilman Joe Dill uses a large pair of scissors to cut the ribbon opening the newest section of the Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail.

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FIGURE. THIS. OUT. DOUBLE TALK

ACROSS 1 Be a slacker 6 Soft-bodied swimmers 12 Kin of raspberries 20 One may be seen with glasses 21 Forgoes 22 Like sloths 23 “Uh-oh, there’s a ball and glass shards under the window”?

25 “No sweat”

By Ed Sessa

26 Prohibited 27 Organ with a drum 28 Small strings on the Big Island 30 Presages 31 Destroys, as illusions 33 Forced with a crowbar 35 68-Down maker 36 __Kosh B’Gosh 37 Rhone feeder 38 “The Great Schnozzola” 41 Taj Mahal setting

45 “Give 20% for great service”?

48 St. leader 49 Dull-edged 51 Trekkie, to some 52 Get into 53 “__ se habla español” 54 Wrigley’s Big Red flavoring 56 Silver lining 59 Pitch 60 RR stop

61 “You shoulda seen the one that got away”?

64 Composer Camille Saint-__ 65 Link up with 67 “The Dark Knight” director Christopher 68 Brazilian dance opener 69 Jamboree quarters 70 “The children were angels and in bed by eight”?

74 “Enough already!”

76 Therefore 77 Like this answer 78 Things 80 Indian flatbread 81 Mauna __ 82 Part of a family business name 84 Unmanned flier 85 Copier size: Abbr.

86 “Hooray, you’re up!”?

91 Hold ‘em opener 92 Most monumental 94 Aloe targets 95 Batt. terminal 97 Sources in a modern bibliog.

98 Playwright Chekhov 99 Mason 104 ‘50s first lady 106 Cocktail hour spread 107 Hieroglyphic serpent 109 Wisconsin city on Lake Michigan 110 Mass approval 112 “Here’s a good way to use your comb”?

115 Beltway 116 Each 117 Like a good watchdog 118 Chant 119 Headed for the Styx 120 Helps through difficulty, with “over” DOWN 1 Lou of Fox Business Network 2 TV book club creator 3 Actress Davis 4 “__, Therefore I Am”: Dennis Miller book 5 Become fond of 6 Possess 7 Cockatoo quarters 8 ‘90s “New Yorker” editor Brown 9 Didn’t shop around, maybe 10 Benchlike seat 11 Distributing 12 Liked, with “for” 13 Greek war god 14 Not decided, in skeds 15 Comic with a satiric news show 16 Colorful ring 17 “Who’s ahead?”?

18 Zap 19 Stone and others

24 Caesar’s “that is” 29 Maintain 32 Endangered Sumatrans 34 Kim Possible’s sidekick __ Stoppable 35 “An Inconvenient Woman” novelist 37 Three-mo. period 38 LED component 39 Open, for one 40 Bad things 41 Kindergarten basics 42 People people 43 “A daily jog is good for you”?

44 Gothic novelist Radcliffe 46 Phnom __ 47 God in both Eddas 50 Political family spanning three centuries 53 Cries of discovery 55 Mine in Milan 56 Citrus hybrids 57 It may contain steps 58 Perform, in a way 62 Digging 63 Have-__: disadvantaged ones 64 Reliable, as a citizen 66 Prince William’s alma mater 68 35-Across order 69 Workout wt.

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Medium

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72 Prefix with diction 73 Not posted yet 75 “Understood” 77 Puzzled, after “at” 79 La-la lead-in 82 Script outline 83 Aptly named Quaker cereal 86 Master again 87 Ain’t good?

88 Place for a to-do list 89 Garden product word 90 Bankruptcy result, briefly 93 “__ Viejo”: Carlos Fuentes novel 96 Plague 98 “Duck Dynasty” airer 99 Rub ingredient 100 Bacteria found in the GI tract 101 Stuck in muck 102 Wrestler known as “the Giant” 103 Tweeting locales 104 Spouse on the Seine 105 Ugandan despot 106 Organic fuel 108 Poppy prop 111 Minn. shopping mecca 113 GI’s address 114 Beatty of “Deliverance” Crossword answers: page 36

Sudoku answers: page 36

WE ARE ROLLING OUT SOMETHING SWEET. SEE WHAT’S TAKING SHAPE AT GSP. This summer, expect to see some exciting changes in our concourse area. Courtesy of WINGSPAN, this new addition is only the beginning of our transformation.

To learn more about the Terminal Improvement Program, visit elevatingtheupstate.com.

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PAST AND PRESENT WITH COURTNEY TOLLISON HARTNESS, PH.D. AND DONNY SANTACATERINA

‘Over There’ and over here A century ago, the Upcountry became the home front in World War I Today, we are constantly reminded to remember past atrocities. As philosopher George Santayana said so well, “those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it.”

Wars bestow important lessons.

However, World War I, which began 100 years ago this week, is one of our least-remembered conflicts, despite being commonly referred to as “The Great War” and “The War to End All Wars,” On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, visited a politically turbulent area of the Balkans to inspect troops and was assassinated in his motor carriage by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. Within weeks, the assassination sparked a domino effect, invoking an elaborate alliance system that brought all the major European powers into the conflict.

Even with a desire to end the war quickly, fighting became bogged down in trench warfare with devastating results for both sides. The introduction of the machine gun, mustard gas, submarine and airplane resulted in the ability to kill on an unmatched scale. “Industrial warfare” emerged.

With Americans strongly supporting neutrality, President Woodrow Wilson won re-election in 1916 amidst hosannas of “he kept us out of the war.” However, Germany’s decision to resume unrestricted submarine warfare in Jan-

uary 1917 angered the American public.

After German subs sank 10 American ships in less than nine weeks, the U.S. geared up for war.

Locally, the Upcountry felt it could help “bring down the Kaiser” through its industrial power as the “Textile Capital of the World.” Even before America declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, a “preparedness movement” sprung into action throughout the nation in which the government tried to raise war funding through Liberty Bonds as well as strengthen the military.

Greenville supported the war effort immediately and enthusiastically, not only to help their men overseas, but also because of buzzing rumors that the city was being considered for a national encampment site to train soldiers.

“Liberty Bond” drives were highly publicized locally. The Greenville News carried advertisements on how to donate, tracked the country’s progress toward their goals, and ran columns that questioned readers: “Are You a Bond Slacker?”

On June 16, at the close of the first drive, the city had contributed $200,000 more than its $335,000 quota. Significantly, the biggest subscribers were the textile mills, whose contributions constituted more than half of Greenville’s pledges; mill operatives took great pride in being the largest contributors despite modest incomes.

Greenvillians also took other patriotic measures, with “Liberty Gardens” in backyards to supplement the food supply that was being sent overseas to

soldiers. Soon enough, Grenville’s patriotism was rewarded with the establishment of the Army site of Camp Sevier, about 5 miles north of Taylors.

This encampment brought an incredible economic boom to local businesses as soldiers, family members and entrepreneurs flooded the city. Greenvillians were eager to support the arriving soldiers. The local Red Cross knitted sweaters for soldiers at Christmas time; Greenville women dined with the young Army men stationed at the camp, and local residents donated foodstuffs and other material.

Greenville residents also read newspaper columns titled “News of a Day at

Camp Sevier” and “Here and There at Camp Sevier” in order to keep up with the Army men in whom they took such pride. Greenville residents cheered at baseball games at Camp Sevier and attended regimental parades within the camp, often lining roads for miles around to see a 30-minute parade drill.

The local support boosted the morale of the troops who were being sent into fields in France where they would face the horrors of mustard gas, disease and hand-to-hand combat.

World War I ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Nov. 11, 1918; hence the reason we celebrate Veterans’ Day on Nov. 11. Sadly, the treaties ending the war sowed seeds of conflict that sprouted two decades later in WWII, and even 75 years later in the wars in the former Yugoslavia.

What can we learn from “The Great War”? What considerations must be taken when entering binding alliances?

Why wasn’t WWI “The War to End All Wars”? How do we end wars without leaving legacies that lead to even greater conflicts?

Questions such as these are as relevant today as they were 100 years ago.

Dr. Courtney Tollison Hartness is assistant professor of history at Furman University.

She wishes to thank Ken Johnson, former director of the Greenville Symphony and the Upcountry History Museum-Furman University, for his editorial support.

Donny Santacterina is a senior history major from Weston, Conn., who is working with Dr. Tollison this summer through the Furman Advantage.

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