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NAACP to collaborate with county law enforcement BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF

bjeffers@communityjournals.com The Greenville branch of the NAACP is collaborating with law enforcement agencies in the county to address policing in minority communities.

Greenville NAACP President J.M. Flemming said Tuesday at a press conference that the groups are working together to enhance relationships between the police and minorities.

“Everybody’s on one page,” Flemming said. “Everybody’s trying to work at making a better community, a better relationship between the community and the police.”

Members of the NAACP have held forums in September 2014 and March 2015 with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and police departments from Fountain Inn, the City of Greenville, Greer, Mauldin, Simpsonville, and Travelers Rest.

Flemming said the collaboration was formed to help ensure the sort of problems seen nationwide between law enforcement and minority communities stay out of Greenville.

The partnership is off to a good start,

he said, noting the police are “on foot walking and talking to people—creating a better relationship.”

Greenville Police Chief Ken Miller said the collaboration works because even though the groups sometimes have differing views on handling situations, they let each other express their opinions openly.

Discussions focused on the use of force in minority communities, equal

protection of all communities and fair and impartial policing.

Miller said Greenville police have gone through training on how to address implicit bias in policing practices. The department also investigates all accusations of biased policing, he said.

The GPD has partnered with the NAACP to use radio stations and news program that reach minority communities recruit officers, he said. Even though

officer applications in general are down, the department has seen an increase in minority candidates, Miller said.

The NAACP issued police procedure surveys, which were completed by five of the seven Greenville County law enforcement agencies. Fountain Inn and Travelers Rest were the two municipalities to not complete the survey.

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City works to improve traffic problems BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF

bjeffers@communityjournals.com As Greenville continues to grow, city government is taking proactive steps to ensure the traffic nightmares common to larger cities never arrive here.

City Council members discussed Monday the results of a $50,000 comprehensive study looking at traffic safety and management. GreenvillePickens Area Transportation Study (GPATS) gave a $40,000 grant for the project, to which the council matched $10,000 in funds.

SAFETY FIRST The Greenville Police Department worked with city employees to target areas with a high volume of traffic crashes.

High collision intersections included such expected areas as downtown, Haywood Road, Pleasantburg Road, Laurens Road and Woodruff Road. According to Greenville Police Chief Ken Miller, the police recorded 5,565 collisions in 2014— up 2.6 percent from the previous year.

AECOM, the company that conducted the study, made short and long-term suggestions for improving safety at 20

intersections.

Short-term recommendations include installing “No Turn on Red” signs, repainting faded markings and putting back plates on signals to make them more visible.

Long-term suggestions include construction projects such as redoing or adding turn lanes.

FLOW OF TRAFFIC As new developments spring up around the city, residents complain about an increase in congestion. Councilwoman Gaye Sprague, a traffic engineer by training and experience, looked at the volume of traffic on roads around the city and found that much of the increase in traffic is a natural increase to pre-recession levels.

“Some growth is just economic recovery,” Sprague said.

However, to help improve some the traffic flow, engineers are retiming signals on corridors throughout the city, she said.

Engineers recently retimed the signals on Church Street to avoid traffic backup over the bridge. Other completed corridor retimings were on Roper Mountain Road and Stone Avenue.

Corridor retimings underway are signals on Laurens Road, Academy Street

and Augusta Street.

Retiming is also planned on Pleasantburg Drive, Wade Hampton Boulevard and downtown. Engineers told the council retiming should be done every three to five years. The central business district will be retimed every two years going forward.

The state Department of Transportation will provide about $2.83 million to upgrade the signal software so the signals can better communicate and city staff can better make adjustments. SCDOT is also donating $160,000 worth of signal equipment to the city, officials said.

SCDOT controls 186 of the 200 intersections in the city and provides the city annual funding of about $314,000 to help maintain the signals, officials said.

WOODRUFF ROAD Whenever the conversation about traffic in Greenville comes up, Woodruff Road gets top billing, Sprague said.

Unfortunately, the proposed parallel road to ease traffic on Woodruff is still about five to six years out from starting construction, she said.

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Fight Duke Energy’s destructive power line project IN MY OWN WORDS

by Brad Wyche

Duke Energy wants to build a new natural gas plant in Asheville, N.C. and a new substation in Campobello, and has proposed 44 possible routes through the Blue Ridge Mountains and Foothills of the Carolinas for a 40-mile long transmission line that would connect the two facilities.

Over 200 towers with an average height of 140 feet would support this massive line. Some of the towers would be as high as 192 feet.

The “study area” for the transmission line includes large portions of northern Greenville County, northern Spartanburg County, southern Polk County and Henderson County. This area’s economic wellbeing is inextricably tied to its stunning natural beauty and abundant green spaces, which would be severely damaged by the transmission line wherever it is built. The area also includes some of the most ecologically important lands on the planet.

“The area [affected] includes some of the most ecologically important lands on the planet.”

Upstate Forever is honored to protect several properties in the area with conservation agreements but unfortunately, these agreements cannot legally stop a utility from condemning rights-of-way for transmission lines. Duke’s proposal has already had a chilling effect on the real estate market in the area. Who would want to buy property near or next to this huge line?

No wonder Duke’s proposal has been

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greeted by a tsunami of public opposition. No one questions the need for Duke to provide electrical power to its customers, but better ways to do it exist other than this nightmarish proposal.

The proposed gas plant in Asheville is twice the size of the smaller coal plants that are being closed. By simply reducing the size of the gas plant, Duke can avoid the transmission line entirely.

Duke could also expand energy efficiency programs. As former Duke President Jim Rogers himself said: “[Energy efficiency] is the lowest-cost alternative and is emissions-free.

It should be our first choice in meeting our growing demand for electricity, as well as in solving the climate challenge.” (Quoted in Thomas Friedman’s column, N. Y. Times, Aug. 22, 2007.)

Expanding solar energy is another option. So far this year more than half of all new electrical generating capacity in the United States has come from solar, and there is mindboggling potential for solar in the “Sunny South.” After efficiency, this should be Duke’s first resort for meeting our energy needs.

Right now the single most important thing for concerned citizens to do is submit their comments and objections to Duke at 526 Charlotte St., Charlotte, N.C. 28202, to the South Carolina Public Service Commission at 101 Executive Center Dr., No. 100, Columbia,

S.C. 29210, and to the North Carolina Utilities Commission at 4325 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699.

Also please visit the Upstate Forever website, www.upstateforever.org, and sign our petition, asking Duke to withdraw its proposal and do this project in a way that avoids environmental and economic harm to the Upstate and Polk and Henderson counties. And finally, it is important to contact your local, state and federal elected representatives and let them know that you oppose this ill-conceived project.

Brad Wyche is the executive director of Upstate Forever, a nonprofit organization that promotes sensible growth and protects special places in the Upstate.

He can be reached at bwyche@upstateforever.org.

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Dear Editor: I am so sorry that this wonderful area needs to have the current controversy with Duke Electric.

Everyone involved is looking to achieve the best outcome.

We are here frequently and always enjoy the scenery and the “power”! If it comes to push and shove, how about painting the electrical towers and wires in green or “camo.” At least it would blend in.

Kudos to all those good-intended folks who need to resolve this issue.

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Attorney, solicitor differ over “new” witness in Hipps case CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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Attorneys and 10th Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams are clashing over the credibility of a new witness in the Tucker Hipps case.

Hipps, who was a Clemson University student and a pledge with Sigma Phi Epsilon, died last September during an early morning run with his fraternity brothers. His body was found in the shallow waters of Lake Hartwell near the Highway 93 bridge.

Hipps’ parents want to add to their two $25 million lawsuits a statement from an unnamed witness who said Hipps was forced to walk on a narrow railing on the bridge before he went into the water.

But Adams questioned the credibility of the witness in a statement, an action that the Hipps’ attorney called “inappropriate and prejudicial.”

Adams said the witness statement was inconsistent with other evidence available in the case. Adams noted the witness does not recall what day he saw several students on the bridge. She said the witness is a member of Fike Recreation Center, but records show

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“We have sincere hope that the people of this community will refrain from drawing conclusions until all the evidence has been presented.”

Jennifer Spragins Burnett, the Hipps’ attorney.

that he did not visit Fike the day of Hipps’ death.

In addition, the statement said, the witness waited a substantial amount of time before coming forward and that he said the students were wearing orange.

Adams said Hipps was wearing darker clothing at the time of his death.

“He describes the students he saw on the bridge as having a good time which would indicate there was no force or hazing involved,” Adams’ statement said.

Jennifer Spragins Burnett, the Hipps’ attorney, said she was “surprised and disappointed” by Adams’ statement.

“We could not disagree more with Ms. Adams’ opinions regarding the credibility of the new witness or the witness’s statements,” she said in a statement. “We have sincere hope that the people of this community will refrain from drawing conclusions until all the evidence has been presented.”

The attorney said the family is grateful to each of the witnesses who had the courage to come forward and remains hopeful that the truth will be revealed.

Adams said unless new evidence comes to light, the investigation has come to a standstill.

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Williamsport bound Northwood team makes Little League World Series CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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Edmondson recorded last year’s Little League World Series and replayed the games over and over and over again.

“Mom, that’s what I want,” his mother Trina said her son told her while watching the Tennessee team. “I want to play in the Little League World Series.”

Trina Edmondson was nervous before the regional final. She had confidence in her son, but she knew it was the biggest game of his life.

“He knew it was televised. He knew the team was counting on him and the community was counting on him,” she said. “I was nervous. I wondered if he could handle the pressure.”

She needn’t have worried. Edmondson had the game of his life in the biggest game of his life. He threw a no-hitter, struck out 12 and hit two home runs.

“You did it, son,” she said to Alex after the game. “Your dream just came true.”

She said she’d probably cry when Northwood takes the field Friday at 4 p.m. wearing the Southeastern regional jerseys.

“I know what a dream it is for these boys.”

Alex Edmondson won’t be the only baseball player in the family to play in a baseball World Series this year. His older brother, Brandon Richeson, pitched in the Big League World Series this year in Easley.

PITCHING IN Even before the last pitch of the regional game, Northwood Little League President Jody Parker and others were thinking about fundraisers to help the players’ families overcome some of the cost.

While the players and coaches’ costs are taken care of by Little League International, parents and other family members are on their own, Parker said.

Between time off work, travel, lodging and meals, it could cost some families thousands of dollars. That’s on top of the money they’ve already doled out for state and regional tournaments.

“It’s tough on a lot of people,” Tumblin said. “But it’s truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They have to come. All that parents are trying to figure out a way to make it happen.”

There’s a link on the Northwood Little League website, www.northwoodbaseball.com, for donations. The league has also reached out to private businesses, and several restaurants have agreed to donate a percentage of their proceeds on certain days to the effort. The Palmetto Ale House on Beacon Drive off Pelham

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When Coach Kevin Tumblin handed out the schedule for Northwood Little League’s 12 and Under All-Star team back in May, the timetable didn’t stop at the Little League state tournament.

It didn’t stop after the regional tournament in Warner Robins, Ga. either.

It went through the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn.

Only two other South Carolina teams have ever made it to the World Series, North Charleston in 1949 and Clinton in 1950.

“It was the goal going in,” said Brian Mershon, whose son, David, plays second base and shortstop on the team. “The schedule had two weeks in Williamsport laid out. I’m not sure how many people actually believed it.”

But when Alex Edmondson threw a no-hitter and hit two home runs to lead Northwood to a win over Virginia in the Southeastern regional final last week, Northwood was on the way.

No team from South Carolina has ever won a Little League World Series game, but “I think we’ve got a good chance to change that,” said Mershon, a former professional baseball player. “South Carolina has never had a team that won and I think we’re going to overcome that milestone.”

DREAM COME TRUE

Road is hosting a viewing party Friday afternoon and will donate 20 percent of all purchases, Parker said.

By Tuesday, the league was about half way to its $30,000 goal.

Parker said Northwood would have some kind of recognition event for the team after it returns from Williamsport. He hopes the team’s last game will be on Aug. 30, the date of the championship game.

“It’s been a long journey but it’s been delightful,” he said. “It’s a big stage and a good story for the Upstate and Greenville County.”

WHERE THE WORLD PLAYS LITTLE LEAGUE Williamsport is a city of less than 30,000 and the place the world comes to play

“It’s surprising that no team from this state has made it to the World Series since 1950. It’s special to be the team to break that dry spell. It’s special to us.”

Coach Kevin Tumblin

Little League baseball. Some 16,000 teams had tried to reach this place. Only 16 will – eight international teams and another eight from across the United States.

It was in this Pennsylvania town that the first Little League baseball game was played on June 6, 1939; the place where Little League founder Carl Stotz gathered neighborhood boys into three teams. Now, little leaguers play in local tournaments around the world in hopes of reaching the Little League World Series, played in nearby South Williamsport since 1959.

“Baseball in South Carolina is so strong,” Tumblin said. “With Clemson, USC, Coastal Carolina, Furman and Spartanburg Methodist, there’s such good baseball here.

It’s surprising that no team from this state has made it to the World Series since 1950.

It’s special to be the team to break that dry spell. It’s special to us.”

TEAM CHEMISTRY Edmondson may have drawn the headlines in the regional finals, but he’s just one of many players whose contributions count big in the team’s run to the World Series, supporters say.

“From top to bottom, it’s a solid lineup,” Mershon said. “Every one of the 14 players has contributed.”

Mershon said a team has to have exceptional pitching to get to the Little League World Series, and Northwood does. Edmondson throws 80 mph from the

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The Northwood Little League World Series Roster

Source: Coach Kevin Tumblin

GAGE LAYMON BATS: L Throws: R “Outfielder. Bats lead off most of the time. Has done a good job getting on base early for us. Good speed.”

PATE WILLIAMS BATS: R Throws: R “First baseman. We had a need at that position. He’s a pitcher, too, and he could get the call during the World Series.”

DAVID CLARK BATS: R Throws: R “First baseman. Good kid.

Has played for Northwood since he was 5. Good athlete.

A lot of power.”

DAVID MERSHON BATS: S Throws: R “Second baseman. One of two 11 year olds on the team. Has gotten better all summer long and has worked his way on the field.

Really good base runner.”

BEN TUMBLIN BATS: R Throws: R “Middle infielder and outfielder. Because he’s the manager’s son, I’ve been tougher on him all season and he’s handled it. Been a huge part of our team.”

ALEX EDMONDSON BATS: R Throws: R “Pitcher. Shortstop. Big bat.

No. 1 pitcher. True team player.”

BRADEN BUFFINGTON BATS: R Throws: R “Number two pitcher.

Power hitter. Has gotten several home runs in big spots during tournaments.”

KIP JOHNSON BATS: R Throws: R “Third baseman. Good hitter.

Has a lot of power.”

RYAN SOUG BATS: R Throws: R “11 years old. Primarily a pitcher. Plays outfield.

When he’s been called on in big spots, he’s done well every time.”

TERRENCE GIST BATS: R Throws: R “Centerfielder. Really strong, athletic kid. One of our team leaders. Always plays hard.

May get to pitch some.”

BROCK MYERS BATS: R Throws: R “Outfielder, backup catcher.

Has gotten some real big hits for us. Plays hard.”

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“David (his son) got to face him during the season and he’s lot happier being behind him in the field than facing him at the plate,” Mershon said.

Braden Buffington is the team’s No. 2 pitcher and would be the No. 1 pitcher on a lot of teams. Bradley Lewis, a crafty lefty, is the perfect complement with his off-speed offerings, supporters say.

“Our pitching has been phenomenal.

If we stay like that, we could do some things in Williamsport,” Mershon said.

DOING 12-YEAR-OLD KID STUFF The team flew to Williamsport from Atlanta on Saturday. The players are staying in a dorm, next to the team from Mexico. They’ve become buddies with some of the players from the Austrian team, Tumblin said.

“Language is a barrier with some of the other teams,” he said. Eight international teams qualified. Another eight teams are from the U.S. In between practices, the team has been “doing 12-year-old have fun kind of stuff” like swimming and playing video games, the coach said. They got new bats, batting helmets and gloves and

RYAN CHAPMAN BATS: R Throws: R “Middle infielder, outfield.

Has played since he was 5.

Good teammate.”

BRADEN GOLINSKI BATS: S Throws: R “Catcher. Works hard.

Catching at this level is a dirty, tough job. You have to be gritty and nasty to do it.

He is. Works hard.”

BRADLEY LEWIS BATS: L Throws: L “Crafty left-handed pitcher.

Compliments Alex really well.

They are a good 1-2 combo.

Had a save in regionals.”

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“It’s been a lot of fun,” Tumblin said.

But when the games start, the team wants to win, Tumblin said. His message to the team before Friday’s first pitch will be the same message as it has heard all year: “Work your tails off in practice and when you get to the baseball field on game day, have fun,” Tumblin said.

“On game day, they’ve already done all the hard work and it’s time to just play baseball. It’s a bigger stage up here, but it’s still baseball.”

The team has the same goal as it has all year long, too.

“They want to win. In every tournament this summer, we felt we had a shot and they believe that up here,” Tumblin said.

What’s Right in Health Care USC Appoints GHS Physician Associate Provost Jerry Youkey, MD, dean of the USC School of Medicine Greenville, has been named Associate Provost for Health Sciences–Greenville. Dr. Youkey was appointed to this post by USC President Harris Pastides and will be responsible for guiding the school’s partnership with GHS. Dr. Youkey has been dean of the medical school since its launch in 2012 and also is executive vice president of Medical and Academic Affairs at GHS. Orthopaedic Surgeon Wins National Award Richard Hawkins, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon and co-founder of GHS’ Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas, recently became the 42nd recipient of the Robert E. Leach Sports Medicine Leadership award. The award is given annually to an individual who has provided outstanding service in the orthopaedic community and made numerous contributions to the specialty of sports medicine.

Neighborhood Health Partners GHS is committed to caring for patients in the neighborhoods where they live. The Neighborhood Health Partners (NHP) care team consists of a social worker and paramedic and is available in five neighborhoods: Belmont, Berea, Gantt, Greenville and Parker. The care team visits patients, conducts health screenings, and helps establish a care plan and medical home. The team also helps connect patients with community resources, gain access to medications and enroll in insurance. To learn more, call 455-9349 or visit ghs.org/nhp.

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10 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 08.21.2015 | NEWS LegaL Notice

Power Plant Employees and Contractors If you or a family member ever worked at a power plant, you could have been exposed to asbestos.

To keep your right to compensation if you become ill in the future (or have asbestos-related illness today), you must submit a claim by December 14, 2015, at 5:00 p.m., prevailing Eastern Time.

Energy Future Holdings Corp., Ebasco Services, Inc., EECI, Inc. and certain subsidiaries (“EFH”) owned, operated, maintained, or built certain power plants across the United States and in other countries where asbestos was present. Workers at these power plants (and family members and others who came into contact with these workers) may have been exposed to asbestos.

Anyone who has a claim today against EFH for asbestos-related illness or who may develop an asbestos-related illness in the future, must submit a claim by December 14, 2015, at 5:00 p.m., prevailing Eastern Time to be eligible for compensation now or in the future.

What is asbestos?

Asbestos is a fiber which was used as insulation in walls, wires, pipes, boilers, generators, steam traps, pumps, valves, electrical boards, gaskets, packing material, turbines, compressors, cement and cement pipes. Workers responsible for building and maintaining power plants and equipment also wore insulated clothing or gear that may have contained asbestos. Virtually all power plants built before 1980 used or contained asbestos-containing products.

Asbestos-related illnesses can be very serious or fatal and include diseases such as mesothelioma, lung cancer, laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, pharyngeal cancer, stomach cancer and asbestosis. Even if your exposure to asbestos was many years ago and you are not sick today, this notice could affect you. Asbestos-related illness can occur decades and even 50 years after the exposure to asbestos that caused the illness.

Which power plants are included?

You or a family member could have been exposed at any of the power plants related to EFH. These power plants were located across the United States and some in foreign countries. For a list of the included power plants, visit the website below or call 1-877-276-7311.

How could this affect me?

You could have been exposed to asbestos if you or a family member worked at any of the included power plants as an employee, a contractor, or in any other role.

You also could have been exposed by coming in contact with another person who worked at a power plant (for example, if asbestos was brought home on your spouse or parent’s clothing). You may also file a claim on behalf of a deceased family member.

What do I do now?

If you believe that you or a family member may have been exposed to asbestos at an included plant, submit a claim by December 14, 2015, at 5:00 p.m., prevailing Eastern Time. Go to www.EFHAsbestosClaims.com to submit your claim online. To get a paper claim form, visit the website or call 1-877-276-7311. Submitting a claim preserves your right to ask for money if you develop asbestos-related illness in the future.

You can submit a claim yourself or you can ask a lawyer to help you. If you are not ill today, completing a claim takes about five minutes.

What if I do nothing?

If you do not submit a claim and later develop asbestos-related disease, you will not be eligible for compensation from EFH. Even if you have not been diagnosed with disease or experienced symptoms, you must make a claim to preserve your right to compensation if you develop an asbestos-related illness in the future.

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Greenville EMS meeting to be held next week Council to discuss potential transfer to GHS APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Greenville County Council will hold a special meeting on Aug. 25 to hear from stakeholders involved in the potential transfer of the county-run emergency medical system (EMS) to Greenville Health System (GHS). Council members said they want to hear from GHS, Bon Secours St. Francis and others regarding a staff proposal presented in June.

Bon Secours St. Francis officials insist they have not had a seat at the table for the proposal planning or any discussions surrounding the future of EMS. A proposed 10-year contract would give GHS operational control of EMS and Greenville County would pay $1.5 million annually to help fund the operation, an amount that would increase three percent yearly beginning in 2019. The county would continue to operate the E911 communication and dispatch divisions.

St. Francis is listed as a member of an advisory board in the proposal, but the health system said it has repeatedly made offers to be part of a partnership to run EMS or to help fund the system with little response.

County officials say nearly $16 million of the county budget goes to EMS and the county sustained an approximate $5 million loss in EMS and communications in 2014. Predicted losses in the EMS operation over the next two years range from $3.5 million to $3.7 million, according to County Administrator Joe Kernell.

Opponents of the proposed transfer say it would create a monopoly for one health system and affect patient choice. Kernell has maintained that patient choice is essential and will not be affected.

To read the EMS proposal, visit greenvillecounty.org/pdf/MIHP.pdf.

Want to go?

Special meeting on Greenville County EMS WHEN: Aug. 25, 6 p.m.

WHERE: County Square, Conference Room D

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Arena prepared to bid for NCAA tournaments BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF

bjeffers@communityjournals.com The Bon Secours Wellness Arena (BSWA) is prepared to bid on NCAA tournaments, Beth Paul, BSWA general manager told Greenville City Council this week.

Paul said the arena is ideally suited for the first and second rounds of the March Madness basketball tournament. Bidding to host events in the tournaments from 2019 to 2021 will likely open in the spring of 2016, Paul said.

The NCAA lifted its boycott of holding tournaments in South Carolina after the recent removal of the Confederate battle flag on the Statehouse grounds. The boycott was in place since 2001.

Paul said the arena would look to bid for ACC and SCC conference tournaments as well.

Recent upgrades to the arena have readied it to contend with other venues, she said. “Physically, the venue is ready,” but community support is also needed, Paul said.

Paul told the council the operating profit for BSWA reached $1.6 million in fiscal year 2015, the arena’s highest profit since 2007.

The operating profit was up from $703,000 in fiscal year 2014. Paul attributed the increase in revenue directly to the arena renovations and suite contracts. She said the arena is on target to fully fund the $920,000 reserve fund by fiscal year 2017.

About 500,000 people visited the arena in 2015. With the upcoming events and hosting Clemson basketball, Paul projects that number will rise to 600,000 visitors.

BSWA operating profit 10-year trend YEAR

PROFIT

2016 2015 2014

$1,600,000

$1,117,581

2012

$1,589,720

2011

$1,132,976

2010

$1,315,594 $709,349

2008

Family Medicine Michael Peters, MD Keystone Family Medicine Greenville, 454-5000

Margaret Sims, MD GHS Pediatrics & Internal Medicine– Wade Hampton Greenville, 522-5000

Tullious Stoudemayer Jr., MD Travelers Rest Family Medicine Travelers Rest, 834-3192

Oncology (Med Onc/Hematology) Elizabeth Cull, MD Cancer Institute Greenville, 241-7272

Gastroenterology Joshua Cohen, DO Gastroenterology Consultants of Internal Medicine Associates Greenville, 255-5609

Pediatrics Lara Mae Huber, MD Pediatric Rheumatology Greenville, 454-5004

Steven Clayton, MD GHS Gastroenterology & Liver Center Greenville, 455-2888

Leslie Gilbert, MD Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Greenville, 455-8898

General Surgery John Cull, MD GHS General Surgery Greenville, 455-8300

Keith Webb, MD GHS Pediatric Surgery Greenville, 797-7400 Pulmonology Christopher Vaughan, MD The Lung Center Greenville, 454-4200 GHS PHYSICIAN FINDER Call 1-844-GHS-DOCS (447-3627) weekdays 8 a.m.-8 p.m., and a trained operator will schedule a visit for you.

$1,381,249

2007

$1,622,014

2006 $500,000

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2009

$2,247,134 (projected)

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Council urges Duke to reroute ‘devastating’ 45-mile power line APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com With a unanimous vote Tuesday night, Greenville County Council approved a resolution urging Duke Energy to reroute a proposed 45-mile transmission line that would have “a devastating impact on many pristine areas of Greenville County.”

Duke’s potential route for the proposed 45-mile, 230-kilovolt (kV) Duke Energy Foothills Transmission Line would run across the northern portion of Greenville County on its way between a new Foothills Substation in Campobello, S.C., and an Arden, N.C., power plant.

According to proposed maps, one of the potential transmission line routes travels through northern Spartanburg County and parallels the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway in Greenville County, appearing to touch it at one point. This route skirts the North Saluda Reservoir where Greenville Water sources drinking water. Lines are also anticipated to run through Buncombe, Henderson and Polk counties in North Carolina, according to Duke.

The Public Service Commission of South Carolina is hosting a public hearing on Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. at Landrum High School

heard overwhelmingly to hear comment about Powerline Timeline from them the need the project. Residents AUG. 27 to expedite the review must sign up and may 6 p.m., Landrum High School process to reduce the speak for three minutes. period of uncertainty for The transmission SC Public Service Commission selecting the final route,” lines will need a public hearing said Robert Sipes, Duke 150-foot easement, AUG. 31 Energy’s Western North according to Duke, and Deadline to submit comment to Carolina regional general will be an average of Duke Energy manager in a release.

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EARLY OCTOBER “We welcome all The County Council Duke announcement of input as this will be a resolution urges recommended route transparent process to Duke to “consider the all interested parties. alternatives to running CONTACT: We will fully consider new transmission lines WCTransmissionEnhancements@ all feedback and input through Greenville duke-energy.com as we finalize our route County, to look at the 888-238-0373 recommendation,” possibility of using Sipes said. “While we existing lines for this project, and to carefully consider the are expediting our decision, we are not environmental and aesthetic impact on sacrificing thoroughness.”

After three public meetings, the this extraordinary area before deciding on utility received nearly 3,000 comments, a course of action.”

On Aug. 14, Duke officials announced according to Duke.

The deadline for the public comment they will reveal the recommended route in early October, three months earlier period about the new transmission lines has been extended to Aug. 31 and residents than originally planned.

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What it’s worth Greenville County tax reassessment notices arrive this week APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Greenville County residents should begin receiving property reassessment notices in their mailboxes this week.

Every five years, the county reassesses the value of roughly 205,000 parcels, according to Debbie Adkins, Real Property Services manager. Greenville County property has an estimated market value of $37.8 billion countywide, with a taxable value of about $34.7 billion, Adkins told County Council Tuesday. Considering exemptions, the total amount assessed that the county can tax is $1.6 billion, she said.

Exactly how much income the property taxes will generate for the county after reassessment is not known, but the

county budget estimates $85.5 million for the 2016 fiscal year, said deputy county administrator John Hansley.

Owner-occupied residences and agricultural properties are taxed at 4 percent and all other property is taxed at 6 percent. Over the last five years, the property values saw 7 percent growth with 2-3 percent contributed by reassessment and 4 percent due to normal growth or new construction, Adkins said.

Because the tax base is expanding, Hansley said the existing county millage rate might decrease so the county does not receive an income boost due to reassessment. However, some residents’ taxes may increase because other entities like the school district and certain fire districts have raised millage, he said.

THE PROCESS To determine property values, the county staff performs a mass property appraisal via land valuation models on

205,635 20,000 18-24

Number of property parcels reassessed in Greenville County

Number of appeals in last reassessment

Number of months it takes county staff to develop and calibrate assessment models 2,330 total market areas with similar characteristics, Adkins said. In terms of property valuations, the county is composed of 2,165 residential market areas and 165 commercial market areas.

After the appraisal, the staff then makes individual parcel adjustments, taking into consideration factors like property sales, parcel location, access and floodplain classification.

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Council votes down Adams Recycling rezoning in West End APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Adams Recycling’s bid to rezone roughly 34 acres to industrial (I-1) to expand its recycling operation in the Village of West Greenville was halted at second reading this week by Greenville County Council.

Councilman Sid Cates moved to hold the second reading to gather additional information and clear up conflicting facts about the expansion plan. The motion failed in a 6-6 vote.

In a 9-3 vote with Joe Baldwin, Sid Cates and Bob Taylor voting in favor and Fred Payne, Joe Dill, Jim Burns, Xanthene Norris, Liz Seman, Lottie Gibson, Lynn Ballard, H.G. “Butch” Kirven and Willis Meadows against, the rezoning request was voted down.

Adams Recycling co-owner Kamal Desor said the business had reached out to neighbors who opposed the rezoning and attended several neighborhood meetings.

No opponents visited the scrap metal recycling operation or contacted the business via a hotline, Desor said Tuesday.

Owners Kamal and Rajesh Desor say the business performs a valuable service of recycling metals. The brothers say they operate a clean site and are a good neighbor.

Their intent had been to expand the operation away from residences into an open area, which is why they sought the rezoning, which was recommended for approval by the planning staff and planning commission.

Neighbors vehemently opposed the potential expansion, saying it would stifle

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percent of the 2015 assessed properties underwent “heavy analysis,” Adkins said.

Once determined, the property’s new market value is then compared with the previous year’s taxable value, which cannot increase more than 15 percent from year to year, according to state law.

The property reassessment accounts for 68 percent of the total tax base, Adkins said.

Personal property assessed by the auditor like vehicles and boats is not included.

IF YOU DON’T AGREE Property owners should examine the reassessment statement to see if they agree with the new value. If they do not, owners have until Nov. 19 to file a written appeal.

Of the 205,635 parcels assessed, roughly 20,000 appeals are filed, Adkins told the

redevelopment in the West Greenville area and increase traffic. During a council Planning and Development Committee meeting in July, area representative Xanthene Norris spoke in opposition to the rezoning.

Following the vote Tuesday, Cates said he had received conflicting emails right before the meeting about a rail line or subdivision planned for the site, which Desor said was not the case.

“I was surprised that there was misinformation out there and we went ahead and voted anyway,” Cates said.

Adams Recycling still plans to install the county’s first automobile shredder as part of the business and operate it approximately 50 hours per week.

In other business, council voted to extend a contract with the City of Simpsonville for fire protection in the county and grant a requested millage increase for one year.

Councilors Willis Meadows and Butch Kirven sparred in July and this week over the agreement and the amount county residents pay the city for fire protection.

Meadows maintained that county residents were paying too much for the protection they received, up to 82 percent of the total cost. Kirven countered that the coverage cost based on assessed property value was equal. Council members agreed to examine the figures for the Simpsonville Fire Service Area along with other fire departments.

Greenville County Council will hold a special committee of the whole focusing on EMS on Aug. 25 at 6 p.m. at County Square and a regular meeting on Sept. 1 at 6 p.m. council. About 90 percent of those result in a “successful appeal,” she said, meaning the property owner may not get exactly what he or she wants, but is satisfied with the result.

No information about the previous year’s taxable value is on the new notices and property owners must refer to last year’s tax bill to determine if their property decreased or increased in value.

Tax notices will be distributed in fall of 2015, Hansley said.

Questions?

Call 467-7300 if you have questions about Greenville County reassessment.

To appeal, property owners must submit a written appeal by Nov. 19.

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THE NEWS IN BRIEF CHILDRESS SHOOTER SENTENCED A judge sentenced a Columbia man to 40 years in prison for shooting and paralyzing University of South Carolina student Martha Childress in Columbia’s Five Points area.

Michael Juan Smith was convicted of attempted murder and two weapons-related charges in connection with the shooting nearly two years ago. Circuit Court Judge Robert Hood sentenced Smith to 30 years for attempted murder and two separate consecutive five-year sentences on the weapons charges.

After Smith serves his state prison sentence, he will have to serve a 10-year federal sentence for a weapons charge. He pleaded guilty to that last year.

Childress was waiting for a cab in Five Points when she was hit with a bullet. The injury left her paralyzed. She missed the rest of her freshman year in college, but has since returned to school.

PIPELINE INSPECTION TO PRODUCE FLARES Piedmont Natural Gas will be performing a series of routine pipeline inspection activities along a nearly 17-mile stretch of natural gas pipeline running from Simpsonville to Greenville.

The work began Aug. 19 and will end around Sept. 1. Activity will be between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.

During the testing period Piedmont will flare—or burn off—the excess natural gas used during the inspection process. Large vertical pipes will be used for all flaring operations, which could produce prolonged periods of loud noise and result in a tall flame being visible to nearby neighborhoods and businesses.

Flare stack operation is a controlled process that will be managed and monitored by Piedmont Natural Gas personnel in cooperation with local fire department resources. The flare stacks will be located in the parking lot of Spring Well Church on Wood River Way in Taylors.

GREENVILLE JUDGES VIE FOR HIGH COURT Two Greenville judges are vying for a seat on the S.C. Supreme Court, according to the list released by the Judicial Merit Selection Commission of judicial candidates being screened this fall.

John Cannon Few, now chief judge of the state Court of Appeals, and Aphrodite Konduros, also a judge on the appeals court, are among five candidates contending for the next open seat on the Supreme Court. The vacancy results from the retirement of Chief Justice Jean Toal.

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Other Greenville candidates to be screened for judicial posts include David Garrison Hill for Circuit Court and Harry L. Phillips Jr. and Alex Kinlaw Jr. for Family Court.

Public hearings will begin the week of Nov. 16 regarding the candidates’ qualifications. Those desiring to testify at public hearings must provide a written, notarized statement of proposed testimony by noon Oct. 20. The commission has witness affidavit forms that may be used for proposed testimony. Statements should be mailed or delivered to Elizabeth Brogdon, Chief Counsel, 104 Gressette Building, P.O. Box 142, Columbia, SC 29202.

Questions concerning the hearing and procedures should be directed to the commission at 803-212-6623.

CITY INSTALLING TWO NEW SOLAR COMPACTORS Greenville city crews installed solar compactors at two downtown locations – ONE City Plaza and the courtyard area beside Bellacino’s. Like the BigBelly units in Cleveland Park, the new compactors will use solar power to automatically compact garbage and recycling items.

They were purchased through a Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant from the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control.

The units in Cleveland Park have collected .69 tons of garbage and recycling, and have yielded cost savings in both manpower and the use of materials such as plastic bags and fuel, said Allison Brockman, the city’s recycling coordinator.

Each unit holds more than five times the amount of waste as the receptacles in the Central Business District, and includes wireless data and collection reporting software, which alert workers when the bins need to be emptied, she said.

CLEMSON UNVEILS CYBERBULLYING APP Researchers at Clemson University are building what could be the first app to search photos and videos on social media for signs of cyberbullying.

Over the next two years, a research team representing three of the university’s five colleges will develop an app that would scan posts on social media to discern whether an adolescent is at risk for cyberbullying.

The research is part of a $240,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to find new defenses against cyberbullying, which researchers say is a serious problem and differs in several ways from traditional bullying.

As opposed to traditional bullying, social media makes it easier to bully anonymously and is available around the clock, giving victims little respite, researchers say. The app would assess the severity of the cyberbullying and offer intervention strategies.

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Achieving ‘begins with believing’ Hollis kindergarten teacher named Greenville Teacher of the Year CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Being a teacher wasn’t Shiree Turner Fowler’s first career choice.

She wanted to be a social worker so she could make a difference in the lives of the youth. But then she realized that education, not programs, was the key to improving those lives.

“It’s my duty, my responsibility to be here,” said Fowler, who began her third year as a kindergarten teacher at Hollis Elementary Academy on Tuesday and was named Greenville County Teacher of the Year last week. “This is my community service. I’m here because I’m needed here.”

Fowler, who requested to be transferred to Hollis – a Title 1 school with a 98 percent poverty rate – from Monarch Elementary, teaches with urgency. She has to, she says; her students (all boys) need more during a year than the average student. Nearly all come from poverty; some come from homes where English is the second language.

“I have to teach with a sense of urgency…It’s an emergency in my classroom,” she said. “If my gentlemen don’t receive a quality education, that’s going to change the trajectory of their lives.”

But Fowler doesn’t accept that their circumstances will determine who they will be. “I see them as who they can be. They can’t use the word can’t in my classroom.

They can and they know they can.”

PHOTOS BY CINDY LANDRUM

Fowler talked with the Greenville Journal recently about what brought her to this point in her career.

WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER IN SCHOOL? Miss Fleis, my third-grade teacher at St. Joseph School in Seattle. She genuinely cared about my success. She spent her summer with me to make sure I was ready for fourth grade. It was her personal time. She cared.

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT YOUR FIRST FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL? There was a little boy sitting outside of class reading a book. My mom was walking me into class and I said, “Mom, that’s what I want to be doing.” I knew then reading was something important and something fun.

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2015-16 Teacher of the Year Shiree Turner Fowler

you know it’s possible. He wasn’t here every day, but Kindergarten • Hollis Elementary Academy when he was here, he was invested.

WHAT IS EDUCATION’S BIGGEST CHALLENGE?

IS THERE A FORMER STUDENT OF YOURS WHO ILLUSTRATES THE ABILITY TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES?

Educators need to be the trusted professionals they are. I liken it to a doctor. They’re trusted to do what they need to do. Our system has to believe in us and know we’re going to be our best. We all want students to learn.

We need to be trusted to do what we need to do.

Yes. There was a young man, a 5-year-old, who had almost every obstacle in his way. He had the obstacle of poverty. He missed many days of school. He had obstacles I don’t think I would have overcome. That child was at the top of my class at the end of the year. He illustrated what is possible when

IF YOU COULD GIVE ONE PIECE OF ADVICE TO PARENTS, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

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Parents need to understand that parental involvement does not have to look a certain way. Not every parent is able to work with his or her child every night. Not every parent can volunteer at school. Making sure their babies are in their seats every day, that’s parental involvement.

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National Alliance on Mental Illness’ (NAMI) South Carolina presented statewide awards at its recent conference in Columbia. Pictured left to right, Ken Dority, executive director NAMI Greenville; Paton Blough, Stigma Buster of the Year award; Robin Applewhite, Volunteer of the Year award; April A. Morris, Media Person of the Year award; Jim and Glenda Hayes, Solid Gold Member of the Year award; and Lavinia Hoskinson, Best Recovery Member of the Year award.

Journal reporter honored by NAMI for mental health coverage CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Community Journals reporter April A. Morris has been honored for her coverage of mental health issues.

National Alliance on Mental Illness South Carolina named Morris its Media Person of the Year for her coverage of mental health courts and other issues related to mental health.

Morris was presented her award at NAMI’s state convention on Aug. 14 in Columbia. Paton Blough, NAMI SC board member and founder of ReHinge, nominated her.

“Just like knowing someone who has been touched by a condition like cancer or diabetes, you most likely know someone who suffers from mental illness – they just don’t talk about it,” Morris said.

Morris wrote a series of articles that examined the challenges caused by the rising numbers of inmates with mental illnesses populating county jails and how communities were addressing the problem.

In Greenville County, the number of prisoners with mental illness has increased steadily over the past two decades. Morris found that nearly half of the inmates at the Greenville County Detention Center need mental health care.

In the series, Morris examined Greenville County’s mental health court that identifies, assesses and treats people who are charged with crimes that appear

“Just like knowing someone who has been touched by a condition like cancer or diabetes, you most likely know someone who suffers from mental illness – they just don’t talk about it.”

April A. Morris

to be an outgrowth of mental illness.

Participants go through a yearlong program with intense case management.

Charges are dismissed for those who successfully complete the program.

Morris also wrote about a crisis intervention training program for law enforcement officers as well as a mental health roundtable where representatives of local mental health services providers talked about gaps and how to fill them.

Morris’ coverage came when a proposal to create mental health courts in every county in South Carolina had stalled.

The Mental Health Court Program Act eventually passed the Legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Nikki Haley.

“Covering mental health is important because it educates the larger community about challenges, helps fight stigma and highlights the work of those supporting good mental health for everyone,” Morris said.

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OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY NEWS, EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS The Greenville City Fire Department (GCFD) is accepting applications for its annual Citizens Fire Academy. The free, seven-week program is open to anyone aged 18 and older. Participants will tour the city’s fire stations and dispatch center and meet firefighters and 911 personnel.

They will also have hands-on learning opportunities like wearing personal protective equipment, experiencing a fire simulation, extinguishing a fire and using the “jaws of life.” Classes will be held on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. from Oct. 1 through Nov. 12. Applications are available at greenvillesc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4885 and submission deadline is Sept. 21.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently announced that 32 Greenville Health System (GHS) primary care practices received NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition for using evidence-based, patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated care and long-term, participative relationships. The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home is a model of primary care that combines teamwork and information technology to improve care, reduce healthcare costs and enhance the patient experience. To see clinicians and practices with NCQA PCMH Recognition, visit recognition.ncqa.org.

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Under the Carolina Moon was selected by Spartanburg’s Bridgewater Candle Company to participate in a brand experience orphanage service project in Haiti. On Sept. 10, Angel Rice,

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Registration is open for the 2015 SC Mountains to Midlands Susan G. Komen (Komen SCMM) Race for the Cure on Sept. 26. Registration is available online at komenscmm.org. Cost is $18-$30 and chips are available for those interested in timing their run. Survivors

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community visibility and professionalism on Sept. 10. Dr. Judith Prince, professor emerita, University of South Carolina Upstate, and Susan Priester, president of Cliffwood Enterprises will be honored as Women of Distinction. Honored as the Blazing Trails Young Professional, for women between the ages of 22-40, will be Jil Littlejohn, president/CEO, Urban League of the Upstate and Greenville City Council member. For ticket and/or sponsorship information for this fundraising event, contact LaTanza Duncan at LDuncan@ gssc-mm.org, 800-849-4475, x 3731 or visit GSSC-MM.org.

Michael Budd, Greenville County United Way representative, attended the recent Greenville Civitan Club meeting to collect school supplies donated by the club and its members. Greenville Civitan has been a supporter of the School Tools program for about a decade. In all, the club donated 43 bags.

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The event will benefit the Runway Park, which needs restrooms and a paved parking lot. Preregistration is before Sept. 30 and cost is $15 per entry. Day-of entries are $20. Checks payable to Greenville Airport Commission should be mailed to 100 Tower Drive, Unit 2, Greenville, SC 29607. Entrants should include name, phone number, make and model of vehicle.

Generations Group Homes’ fundraising event on Nov. 3 will feature keynote speaker Marcus Lattimore.

Generations is a nationally accredited, nonprofit organization providing quality programs and residential services for boys ages 10-19 who are caught in the cycle of sexual abuse. For more information, visit generationsgroup.com. For event sponsorship information, call 235-8330 or email maddy@smoakpr.com.

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Lewis Carl will join the faculty of Bob Jones University as an assistant professor of Graphic Design in BJU’s School of Fine Arts and Communication this fall. For the last 11 years, Carl served as a freelance artist and missionary with Biblical Ministries Worldwide in Venice, Italy. Prior to his service as a freelance artist and missionary, Carl served as a graphic designer, art teacher, drawing instructor and director of BJU’s art agency.

The South Carolina Association of Agricultural Educators has named Dr. Tom Dobbins, state director of the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service, recipient of the John W. Parris Agricultural Leadership Award. Dr. Dobbins became an assistant professor in Agricultural Education at Clemson and later promoted to professor and chair of the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental

Science before being named director of the Extension Service in 2014. The John W. Parris Agricultural Leadership Award was established several years ago by the SC Agricultural Educators organization in honor of Parris, a graduate of Clemson University and the first South Carolinian named to the National Conservation Hall of Fame.

Lauren Simer, vice president of institutional effectiveness at Greenville Technical College (GTC), appointed to the Board of Examiners for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Baldrige Award is the nation’s highest honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence. Examiners are responsible for reviewing and evaluating applications submitted for the Baldrige Award, as well as other assessment-related tasks. Simer has served as vice president of institutional effectiveness at GTC since March 2010, and is responsible for directing the activities of the offices of accreditation, assessment, grants, information technology, marketing, planning, public relations, quality, and research. Last September, Greenville Technical College was named a South Carolina Governor’s

Quality Award Bronze Achiever, becoming the only educational institution in South Carolina to ever win at any level.

Brandon Ironside will join the Bob Jones University faculty this fall as an assistant professor in the Division of Music in the School of Fine Arts and Communication at BJU. Ironside previously served as a teaching assistant at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and as an applied music violin instructor at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute in Hudson, North Carolina. Ironside earned a BMus in Violin Performance (2009) from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music in Montreal, Québec, Canada, and a MMus in Violin Performance (2011) from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. He is a DMA candidate at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Additionally, his work with major symphony orchestras, including collegiate orchestras, and opera companies include performances with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, Winston-Salem Symphony, Fayetteville Symphony, Greensboro Opera Company, Greensboro Light Opera and Song, Bel Canto Company, Aspen Music Festival,

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Michael Hendricks has joined Furman University as Vice President for Enrollment Management. He comes to Furman from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he served as Vice President of Enrollment Management.

Hendricks began his career in higher education admission and enrollment in 1992 as Assistant Director of Admission and Financial Aid at Fairleigh-Dickinson University (N.J.). By 1997, he was University Director of Admissions, supervising 26 professional and support staff members while also working as an assitant football coach for the institution’s NCAA Division III team. From 1999-2004, Hendricks was Dean of Admission for Widener University (Penn.) where he also chaired a Universitywide enrollment management committee that crafted a comprehensive plan for enrollment, retention and tuition revenues.

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As chef Todd Warden waited for the secret ingredients to be revealed for Monday night’s Competition Dining Series event in Greenville, he thought about some of the cooking competition television shows he’d seen that forced the competitors to use bizarre ingredients.

He prayed his first cooking competition wouldn’t be that way.

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Like Warden, Monday’s Competition Dining Series event was my first cooking competition event.

Only I was one of the judges.

When the secret ingredients were revealed as Battle Heritage Farms Cheshire Pork Belly, The Pennell Barn Heirloom Tomatoes and Harrell Hill Farm Sor- Chef Todd Warden won Monday's Competition Dining ghum Syrup Molasses, I was quite Series event, his first cooking competition. One of his pleased. I could handle those. dishes was a Southern BLT. Monday’s battle pitted Warden, the chef at The Cliffs Valley, against Nohe Weir-Villatoro, chef at King James Public House in Asheville.

Each chef had to create three dishes using at least one of the secret ingredients. The dishes were brought out one by one for a blind tasting.

The Joes (the diners) and the Pros (professional chefs and local media foodies) grade each dish based on aroma, presentation, creativity and use of featured ingredients (which, by the way, are from the Carolinas).

Before the first dish came out, one candied shiitakes, ginger tomato jam, of the diners at my table said desserts often determine who wins. He was right. grits, shaved green onion, red cabbage The dishes came out: An heirloom slaw and sorghum demi-glaze.

Then came the dessert and that’s tomato salad with sorghum tomatillo dressing, buttermilk cheese, fried pea- where Warden pulled away. His sweet basil genoise sponge, tomato mousse, pork nuts, Bibb lettuce and cilantro oil.

Then came the second course (one of belly cracklins and bourbon sorghum Warden’s dishes, I found out later). It was syrup received a total score of 26.704. my favorite course: a Southern BLT with Weir-Villatoro’s pork belly cornbread, jalapeno cornbread (just enough bite for whey blueberry caramel and sorghum me), sorghum candied Benton’s bacon, whipped butter received a 14.279.

“It’s really not as much about the comheirloom tomatoes, smoked corn aioli, aged balsamic and rocket arugula. It was petition as it is creating an awesome dinner,” said Warden, who advances to the the highest scoring dish of the night.

The pros liked Course 3 the best: to- next round.

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Ron Rozzelle: Environmental Activist through September 6, 2015

Ron Rozzelle: Environmental Activist

With a deep and abiding love of the integrity and beauty of the land, Ron Rozzelle examines the impact of mankind’s actions on the planet. His apocalyptic images depict the results of a consumer-driven society fecklessly charging down an unchecked path. Rozzelle’s prophetic pictures invite viewers to ask questions and consider the consequences of their own consumption.

Artist Workshop: Fostering the Artist’s Environment Friday & Saturday, August 28 & 29 Friday 2 pm – 5:30 pm Saturday 11 am – 3:30 pm $90, includes lunch on Saturday Join artist Ron Rozzelle and discover new ways to revitalize your creative process, no matter what your media preference or skill level. Consider new strategies for generating ideas and explore ways to develop an idea to fruition. The first session of the workshop will encourage artists to brainstorm collaboratively. The second session will focus on developing ideas into a practical study that you can later use to create a finished work.

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Sundays at 2: Artist Talk with Ron Rozzelle Sunday, August 30 2 pm North Carolina artist Ron Rozzelle believes that an artist is “a person who points to things.” Join us for a tour of his exhibition and insights into the creation of his apocalyptic images.

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Though the Montessori educational method was created more than a century ago by Maria Montessori, it is a forward-thinking philosophy that adapts perfectly to what educational researchers are saying students need to thrive today. Dr. Montessori focused on critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving and time management, which are valuable skills for the 21st century workforce. The only needed adaptation to her method is technology, which they incorporate through the use of Compass Learning, Kahn Academy, Rosetta Stone and coding courses.

A low student:teacher ratio allows each child to receive a customized education. Students learn using hands-on materials that give them a concrete understanding of complex concepts as well as addressing the many different learning styles. Children learn in a self-directed way and are able to make choices but within the framework and guidance of the teacher. “Our team knows when to step in and when to step back and let the children solve some of their own problems,� Trewhella-Grant said. Students follow a rich curriculum that lets them explore their own interests but exceeds state standards in every academic area as well. “Every January our alumni return for the parent workshop, Life After Montessori, to talk about their transitions to high school and college and they

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Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney’s All In Team Foundation supports the Phoenix Center. Swinney, his wife, civic and public leaders, and those directly benefiting from Serenity Village cut the ribbon.

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23 David Street, Greenville Enjoy living close to a downtown that is alive and flourishing. Located off the historical James Street, David Street dates back on the city directories from 1903. Homes offer elegant lifestyle with convenient access to museums, art galleries, recreation, boutiques and fine restaurants. The 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom newly constructed homes offer families a floor plan that maximizes their living space and unique needs. This home features a Master Suite on the main level complete with Master bath and walk-in closet. Other modern luxuries include granite counter tops, Energy star appliances and 2-car garage Don’t miss this opportunity to own a brand new home at a great value that is just minutes from downtown Greenville!!

HOME INFO MLS: 1304513 Price: $350,000 Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 2.5 Sq. Ft.: 2215 Patrick Franzen | 864.250.1234 Highland Homes highlandhomessc.com

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OPEN THIS WEEKEND AUGUSTA ROAD AREA

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105 BROOKWOOD DRIVE . $675,000 . MLS#1301472

4 JONES AVE . $650,000 . MLS#1303714

202 COLLINS CREEK RD . $599,900 . MLS#1300726

221 BLOCK HOUSE RD . $549,000 . MLS#1285905

5BR/3B Brand new top quality construction in Augusta Circle school district. Master on main with tons of custom features! Come see! Augusta Road to Melville to a right on Brookwood.

4BR/2.5B Fall in love with this historic charmer the minute you walk in! Level lot, 2 car detached garage. Master Suite! McDaniel Avenue, Crescent Avenue, right on Jones. Home on left.

4BR/3.5B Reduced! Beautiful traditional home situated on a corner lot. I-85 North exit Laurens Road, Left-East Parkins Mill, Right-Babbs Hollow, corner of Babbs Hollow and Collins Creek Road.

4BR/4.5B Beautiful home. One of the largest, most beautifully landscaped lots.

Hwy 14 to Spaulding Farm Rd, 1st Left on Block House, Home on Left.

Contact: Jacob Mann 325-6266 CB Caine

Contact: Jacob Mann 325-6266 CB Caine

Contact: Jil Norman 380-2252 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Ed Given 516-2582 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

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111 TINSLEY COURT . $372,500 . MLS#1306242

102 LANTERN RIDGE DR . $352,000 . MLS#1032405

2 ELSTAR LOOP RD . $284,900 . MLS#1306138

110 PEACHTREE DRIVE . $259,000 . MLS#1306111

3BR/2.5B Cul-de-sac lot. Just off Pelham Road near library. Must see! Pelham Road to Tinsley Place on Tinsley Court. Home at the end of the street on the left.

4BR/4B Fabulous home with unbelievable living space.

Large level lot. I-85 to Exit 40 to Hwy 81 in Powdersville.

Left-Hwy 81. Right-Circle Rd. Keep Left-Smoak Rd. Straight into Lantern Ridge.

4BR/2.5B Immaculate home on a beautifully manicured corner lot w/mature landscaping 385-S to Woodruff Rd-LEFT to Scuffletown Rd - RIGHT-Gresham Rd - LEFTBraeburn Dr - LEFT-Grimes Dr - RIGHT-Elstar Loop Rd.

3BR/3.5B Three bedrooms, each with a full bath. New carpet, floors and paint. Quiet location with amazing view. Wade Hampton to Mt. Vernon Rd., left on Peachtree Drive.

Contact: Sharon Gillespie 553-9974 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Jane Ellefson 979-4415 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Carolyn Laws-Irwin 451-9407 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Fred Blevins 979-4810 Coldwell Banker Caine

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ON THE MARKET 15 BRIARHILL DR . $218,900 . MLS#1305472 3BR/2.5B Wonderful home in mint condition has so much to offer. 385-South, Take Fairview Road exit 27, Right on Fairview, Right on Harrison Bridge, Left into SD, RightBelle Oaks, Left-Briarhill Drive

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108 MEILLAND . $549,900 . MLS#1304779 4BR/3.5B Great price in Thornblade Subdivision. Two story brick home with open floor plan, hardwood floors throughout 1st -level-, renovated master bath, screen porch-, -in-ground- pool-, koi pond, side car garage.

Contact: Janie Gibbs 901-3403 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Lisa Otto 864-991-2980 Open House Realty

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PEOPL E, AWA R D S , HONOR S Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Announces Top Producers For July Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS® announces the top producers from each of its residential sales offices for July. These are the agents and teams with the highest gross commission income (GCI) based on closings completed between July 1-31, 2015.

July Top Producers listed by office: Anderson Office Top Teams: 1. The Clever People 2. Sheila Newton Team 3. Theresa Nation & Associates Top Individuals: 1. Robin Tucker

2. Foronda Hall 3. Rhonda Hartman-Smith Augusta Road Office Top Individuals: 1. Charee McConchie 2. Katy Glidewell 3. Leslie Provence

4. Stacey Bradshaw 5. Cindy Bolt Bishop 6. Beth Crigler Easley/Powdersville Office Top Team: 1. Sheri Sanders/Gary Thompson/ Dara Lynn Ratliff

Top Individuals: 1. Twila Kingsmore 2. Carol Houston 3. Linda Ballard Garlington Road Office Top Team: 1. Donna O. Smith & Partners

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FEATURED NEIGHBORHOOD Amber Oaks Farm, Greer We are having an open to the public event at our Amber Oaks Farm community in Greer.

We invite home buyers to visit our model homes and home sites now available in Phase 2 of this community. Enter to win a 4-pack of tickets to Carowinds with food & parking voucher, a night’s stay at the Embassy Suites complete with a made-to-order breakfast, and $100 Visa gift card.

OPEN HOUSE EVENT • AUGUST 22 • NOON - 5 PM • Henry’s Hog Hauler (BBQ) from Noon to 3 • Kona Shaved Ice from 2 pm - 5 pm • Bounce House and Yard Games • The community pool will be open to the public

NEIGHBORHOOD INFO Community Amenities: ½ Acre Homesites • Community Clubhouse • Pool Homes from 2000 sq ft • Starting in the $190’s Minutes to Blue Ridge High School and Lake Robinson Contact Info: Onsite Agent: Doc Lawhon 864-380-8913 Broker in Charge: Stan McAlister 864-313-5999

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Top Individuals: 1. Ronda Holder 2. John Rathbun 3. Bob Moffatt Greer Office 1. Jan Walker Team 2. Paige Haney 3. Sharon Calhoun 4. Susan Burch

5. Regina Kaminski 6. Jada Barnette

2. Maggie Aiken 3. Sharon Gillespie

2. Nichole Moore 3. Sandy Patterson

N. Pleasantburg Office Top Teams: 1. The Chet & Beth Smith Group 2. The MacDonald Team 3. The Keagy Team Top Individuals: 1. Melissa Morrell

Pelham Road Office Top Teams: 1. The Spaulding Group 2. The Toates Team 3. The Pam McCurry Team Top Individuals: 1. Jennifer Van Gieson

Simpsonville Office Top Team: 1. Cousins & Associates Top Individuals: 1. Kimberly Arnold 2. Sandra Palmer 3. Bob Schmidt

“I want to congratulate each of these agents and teams on their accomplishments in July,” said Danny Joyner, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS. “Their hard work and client-focused results exemplify the commitment of our entire company.”

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NEIGHBORHOOD INFO Community Size: 52 lots Details: Located in the Five Forks neighborhood at the corner of Brown Road and Maxwell Road.

Schools: Monarch Elementary, Mauldin Middle and Mauldin High Schools

Maxwell Farm, Simpsonville, SC Simpsonville’s newest community with 52 lots for custom homes. Section One is almost sold out and lots in Section Two can now be reserved through an approved builder. Section Two consists of lots 9 through 19, some of the most desirable homesites in the neighborhood. Don’t want to go through the building process? There are spec homes currently for sale.

Home prices starting in the $500’s. We invite you to contact an approved builder for more information or visit our website at www.maxwellfarmsc.com.

Lots can be reserved and purchased through one of the four approved builders: J. Francis Builders • 864.288.4001 • rachel@jfrancisbuilders.com

Galloway Custom Homes • 864.289.9994 • homebldr@bellsouth.net

Goodwin Foust Custom Homes • 864.505.0479 • barret@goodwinfoust.com Sadler Company • 864.230.2275 • bobsadler@sadlercompany.com

PE OPLE , AWA R D S , HONORS Renee Dunlap Joins Coldwell Banker Caine in Greenville Coldwell Banker Caine recently welcomed Renee Dunlap as a residential sales agent to its Greenville office.

Dunlap joins Coldwell Banker Caine with 12 years of experience in residential and commercial real estate. Prior to joining Caine, she worked as a Commercial Real Estate Salesman for a local Upstate brokerage. Among her achievements, she was named Best and Brightest 2013 by the Greenville Business Magazine.

Dunlap is extremely active in the Greenville community. She serves on the Safe Harbor board

of directors (2009-present) and is the Safe Harbor Fashion with a Passion Chairman. She volunteers for Loaves & Fishes, Pendleton Place and Family Effect. She also attends First Baptist Church of Greenville. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, exercising with her family and working on fun interior design projects. She and her husband, Derek Dunlap, have two children and reside in Greenville, S.C. Dunlap “We are thrilled to welcome Renee to our Greenville team,” said Stephen Edgerton, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Caine. “Her knowledge of both residential and commercial sectors of the Upstate market will be an asset to our team and her prospective clients.”

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Valerie Miller • (864) 430-6602 • vmiller@marchantco.com

Barbara Riggs • (864) 423-2783 • barbriggs@marchantco.com

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met with Bob Barreto, president and CEO of GBS Building Supply, who said he would provide building materials and donor vendors if Childress could find a site. Two years ago, a lot was located and a planning team came together for the home.

Initial design was created by Clemson University School of Architecture, with Dave Nocella of Group 1.6 Architects providing detailed site plans.

APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF Shayler Rychlick, who will oversee the amorris@communityjournals.com solar panel installation, said he had watched solar technolGenesis Homes has built more ogy evolve and become than 35 affordable homes for increasingly affordable. low-income families in the Rychlick said utilizUpstate. The nonprofing U.S.-made panels was it’s newest home on important for the project, Mount Eustis Street noting he personally has in the Greenline-Sparbeen “off the grid” since tanburg neighbor2006. The additional hood, however, will cost for solar is rebe a bit different. A net-zero home, it couped in savings over about seven years, will use very little power because he said. of efficient design and sunNocella has seen a groundswell of solar catching solar panels. technology and integrated the solar The more than panels into the design so they 1 , 4 0 0 - s q u a re - fo o t are unobtrusive, he said. home overlooking Wade “The seamless technolHampton Boulevard will ogy is easy,” he said. feature three bedrooms A few changes in and two baths. From fixconstruction can make tures to insulation, all a big difference in enlabor and materials are ergy consumption, coming from donasaid Chris Baddorf, tions and volunteered president of CaroGrant funders time, said Genesis Homes lina Green Builders and executive director Jim Chil- The Graham Foundation the home’s volunteer dress. Funds are also com- The Symmes Foundation general contractor. Spacing from foundation grants. ing the larger-sized studs The sustainable project John I. Smith Charities further apart to increase came about when Childress The City of Greenville the amount of insulation

Genesis Homes’ net-zero house for low-income family will produce its own energy

Learn about Genesis Homes’ net-zero home, contribute or volunteer your services at netzerogreenville.com or genesishomesSC.org.

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Genesis Homes has begun construction of its first affordable net-zero, energy efficient home for a low-income family. Materials and labor are being donated for the project in the GreenlineSpartanburg neighborhood overlooking Wade Hampton Boulevard. Volunteering on the project are, left to right, David Petty of Genesis Homes; Bob Barreto, CEO Greenville Building Supply; Jim Childress, executive director of Genesis Homes; Chris Baddorf, Carolina Green Builders; David Nocella, principal with Group 1.6 Architects; and Shayler Rychlick, project solar panel installer.

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and reduce transference of heat or cool through the walls will help make the home more efficient and initially reduce energy usage, he said.

Adding the solar panels, which can generate enough for the homeowners to sell power back to the provider, will reduce usage even further. “All it takes is attention to detail in a couple of extra spots,” he said.

The site has been prepared and the home’s concrete footings have just been poured, Baddorf said.

Barreto has been asking for donations from vendors to obtain materials needed to build the home. The team is working on raising the equivalent of $150,000 in materials and labor. “It’s our way of giv-

ing back,” Barreto said about the project.

After the work is completed in early 2016, Greenville Area Interfaith Hospitality Network (GAIHN) will recommend a family to live in the new home, Childress said.

Genesis Homes will learn how the home performs for the family and determine whether more can be built in the future, he said. The nonprofit plans to build 15 more homes in the neighborhood.

“We’re all proud of what the team accomplished and what we hope this [project] will do to raise awareness of the need for all our citizens to have a home,” Barreto said.

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BRYAN DEYOUNG 230-8284 PELHAM ROAD

GARY THOMPSON DIANE SHAPUITE HEATHER 505-3692 414-7448 SHEHAN SIMPSONVILLE EASLEY/ 449-3289 GARLINGTON RD POWDERSVILLE

ELLIS CRIGLER 616-1348 AUGUSTA ROAD

KENNIE NORRIS 608-0865 N. PLEASANTBURG DR.

JIM VOGAN 879-4239 GREER

KELLY MUELLER 402-9695 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

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Interested in Buying or Selling a home? Contact one of our Agents on Call or visit us online at cdanjoyner.com

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NEIGHBORHOOD INFO 31 Homesites Amenities: Gated Community Sq. Ft.: 2070, 2588, 2705 Schools: Keowee Elementary Walhalla Middle and Walhalla High School

It’s here! The Cottages at Riverbirch

Contact Information: Lake Keowee Real Estate | 864.886.0098 LakeKeoweeRealEstate.com LakeKeoweeOffice@gmail.com

Buyers from all over the country have been asking for it, so Crescent Communities and Lake Keowee Real Estate are here to deliver! We are introducing a new cottage concept for Lake Keowee Living called The Cottages at Riverbirch. This gated, planned community consists of 31 wooded, waterfront home sites in a low-maintenance Directions: Take Hwy 123 towards Clemson, Turn Right on community. Craftsman-style cottages with exposed beams and stone entry are now being offered in three attractive Hwy 28, Turn Right on Hwy 188 (Keowee School Road), models, all with open floor plans and beautiful outdoor living spaces. Buyers have recently been saying that “less Sharp Right on Knox Road, then Left onto Elderberry Way. is more” and so this community will offer floor plans of 2070, 2588 and 2705 finished square feet, rather than the traditional larger home sizes found in our lakefront communities.

In order to make it easy for our buyers, lot surveys are already done, dock permit applications have already been made for all lots, septic permits are on file with SC DHEC, and financial institutions are prepared to start lending money for this construction project. And if you aren’t ready to build yet, you can buy the lot now and build at a later date.

AVAILABLE HOMEPLANS:

Trillium - 2070 sf 3 BR / 4 BA Starting at $310,000*

The Fall issue of At Home is just around the corner

Sassafras - 2588 sf 3 BR / 4 BA Starting at $385,000*

Mulberry - 2705 sf 3 BR / 4 BA Starting at $399,000*

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Call to reserve your spot today.

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CONTACT INFO Contact: Cothran Homes | 864.214.3024 CothranHomes.com

Neighborhood Address: 201 Elmshorn Rd., Greer, SC 29650 To submit your Neighborhood Profile: homes@greenvillejournal.com

The Townes at Thornblade, Greer, SC 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 INFO Community Size: Approx. 60 homes Amenities: Private Gated Access, Landscapes & Irrigated Grounds, Street Lights, & Community Pool.

Schools: Buena Vista Elementary Norhtwood Middle Riverside High School Available Homeplans: The Primrose – 2,449 sq. ft.

3 Beds / 2.5 Bath Starting at $266,900 The Barberry – 2,742 sq. ft.

3 Beds / 2.5 Baths Starting at $284,900 The Heather – 2,672 sq. ft.

4 Beds / 3.5 Baths Starting at $298,900

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Cureton Place

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Enjoy modern amenities amid the historic and sought-after Augusta Road area. Live in the most coveted area of Greenville where there’s a sense of community you won’t find anywhere else. The Augusta Road area, which runs along Augusta Street on the Southeastern edge of Greenville, is known for being one of the oldest and most prestigious areas with its historic homes, upscale shopping and fine dining. Lined with beautiful trees and surrounded by lovely homes, Cureton Place is in the heart of it all. Each townhome offers a spacious floor plan, private elevator, and oversized balconies and porches for endless hours of outdoor entertaining and enjoyment. The clean, classic design offers the perfect blend of modern and traditional. These townhomes are exceptional in both design and quality, constructed with the finest materials and attention to detail. 6’’ privacy fence on rear and sides of property. Restaurants, boutiques, grocery and coffee shops plus award winning parks and the Swamp Rabbit Trail are a short walk or bicycle ride from your front door.

Schools are Blythe Academy, Hughes Middle and Greenville High.

Ten distinctive residences, luxury details and a desirable Augusta Road location await you at Cureton Place.

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PE OPLE , AWA R D S , HONORS Coldwell Banker Caine Names Upstate’s July Top Producers Coldwell Banker Caine recently recognized its top producing agents in property sales and listings from each of its five offices – Easley, Greenville, Greer, Seneca and Spartanburg – for the month of July.

The top producing agents from each office are ranked by the total volume of business closed last month and include: • Easley: Watson Group, Angie Dickmeyer, Suzanne Cook • Greenville: Jacob Mann, Jennifer Wilson, Virginia Hayes

• Greer: Shelbie Dunn, Alicia Waynick, Linda Wood • Seneca: Pat Loftis, Jere duBois, Barry Voeltz • Spartanburg: Francie Little, Annette Starnes, Eva Sandfort Top listing agents in each office are recognized for listing the highest total volume of residential properties last month and include: • Easley: Wanda Stewart, Lisa Watson, Lori Brock • Greenville: Heidi Putnam, Helen Hagood, Mary Jane Freeman • Greer: Alicia Waynick, Hilary Hurst, Linda Wood • Seneca: Pat Loftis, Connie Williams, Jere duBois • Spartanburg: Francie Little, Judy McCravy, Annette Starnes

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The new “It Plant” What is the new “It” plant? The Air Plant of course.

Just like any other industry, plants come in and out of style too. Right now Air Plants are at the top and once you have a few, you will understand why.

Air Plants are part of the Tillandsia family and come from more tropical climates. The main cool fact about them is they get their name from their ability to absorb all the nutrients and water they need directly from the air. No soil is needed. Because of this and the fact that they are low maintenance, Guest columnist the design uses are endless.

Air Plants can be glued, wired, or tied to just about anything. In the Upstate, Air Plants may be used with Wesley Turner outside during warm summer months or inside year round. Their popularity began to grow a few seasons ago, but now we have reached Air Plant madness.

Flip open any trendy home magazine and you are sure to see a few pictured.

Air Plants come in a variety of sizes, styles, and textures, and are so much fun to work with as they look more like creatures from the sea than plants. Once you get started designing with these beauties, it’s hard to stop.

If you are just getting started, there are a few simple ways to incorporate these plants into your designs.

You can keep it simple by using a large Air Plant as an accent piece on a bookshelf or side table. I also like to use a collection of small Air Plants as fillers in a bowl or

Care Tips: Don’t let the name totally fool you. These low maintenance plants still need water and you are the one that has to give it to them. I recommend you water your Air Plants every seven to 10 days and slightly more often when the air is dry in the winter months.

The plants should be watered by dunking the entire plant or spritzing with water.

Air Plants prefer medium to bright light but not direct light. Air Plants are great for bathrooms and kitchens, where the humidity tends to be higher.

Share your Air Plant creations with us on Instagram using #airplantmadness.

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vase to create a focal piece for a coffee table arrangement.

If you want to get a little more creative, try constructing a living wreath. Recently I created a favorite piece using driftwood, Air Plants, and mosses. To create this piece, I used hot glue to secure the mosses and Air Plants onto the driftwood. This piece is great for hanging on a wall or door. Air Plants are also great in terrariums. If you need additional inspiration check out Pinterest for “Air Plant Decor”.

Wesley Turner is a horticulturist, entrepreneur, and owner of Roots (an Urban Gardener’s Oasis) and 4Rooms home décor store. Both are located on Augusta Road. His goal is to help clients “bring their homes to life both indoors and out.”

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R E A L E S TAT E N E W S GGAR MARKET OVERVIEW AUGUST Nationally existing home sales in May reached the highest pace in nearly six years, according to the National Association of REALTORS® Sales rose over five percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million from 5.09 million in April. Housings sales have increased year-over-year for eight consecutive months and are over nine percent higher than a year ago.

May home sales are at the highest pace since November 2009, largely due to the return of the first-time homebuyer. The share of first-time home buyers rose to 32 percent in May, up from 27 percent of all buyers the previous year. That’s the highest share since September 2012.

Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), says that the return of first-time buyers in May is an encouraging sign, the result of strong job gains, less expensive mortgage insurance and lenders offering low down-payment programs.

The median existing-home price in May way $228,700 which is nearly eight percent higher than a year ago and it’s the 39th consecutive month of year-over-year price gains.

In Greater Greenville, June housing sales achieved the fastest pace in years. At 1216 units sold, housing sales were over 24 percent greater than in June 2014. The median sales price was $191,745, nearly 13 percent higher than a year ago.

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As of July 10th, housing supplies were nearly nine percent lower than the same period last year. Year to date, housing sales are 22 percent ahead of last year. The median listing price is $220,000, 10 percent higher than last year.

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MAESTRO EDVARD TCHIVZHEL & THE GSO

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GSO season blends modern music with classics CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

“POETRY AND DRAMA OF LIFE,” JAN. 23 AND 24, 2016

Greenville Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming season features a mix of modern music and classical favorites.

The six-concert Masterworks season ranges from Michael Daugherty’s modern-day Superman-inspired “Metropolis Symphony,” to Mendelssohn and Mahler, to a composition by the late environmentalist and Greenville attorney Tommy Wyche.

In addition, the GSO’s 68th season also features four Chamber Orchestra Series concerts, three Spotlight concerts and the ever-popular Holiday at Peace pops concert.

Season tickets are now on sale. Single tickets will go on sale to the public on Sept. 8. Tickets may be purchased from the Peace Center Box Office.

The late Tommy Wyche was a champion of the environment and community leader. He also wrote music.

This concert will feature “Moonbeams,” one of his original compositions, arranged by Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel.

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“OPENING SPECTACULAR,” SEPT. 26 AND 27 Award-winning American born pianist Andrew von Oeyen returns to Greenville to play Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major. The concert also features Rachmanioff’s Symphony No. 2.

“LEGENDS, MYSTERIES, MIRACLES,” NOV. 7 AND 8 Two excerpts (“Lex” and “Red Cape Tango”) from Grammy Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty’s “Metropolis Symphony” will help retell the story of Superman in the comic book-inspired music’s Greenville premiere. In addition, the program will feature Theofanidis’s “Rainbow Body” and Tachaikovsky’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

“MEET THE HEROES,” FEB. 14, 2016 Because of the GOP Presidential Debate scheduled for Feb. 13, the GSO will have two concerts on Feb. 14 – one at 3 p.m. and one at 7:30 p.m. The concert consists of Mendelssohn Violin Concert Op. 64 in E minor and Beethoven’s “Heroic Symphony,” Eroica.

“SECRETS BEHIND INSPIRATION,” MARCH 12 AND 13, 2016 This concert will take listeners through the variations of Elgar, followed by Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, which brought his career to triumph after the devastating ban of his music by the Soviet Union.

“HYMN TO NATURE,” MAY 7 AND 8, 2016 The Masterworks season concludes with the Greenville premier of Austrian Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, a number that requires a large orchestra, women and children’s choruses and an alto soloist. Chicora Voices and the women of the Greenville Chorale will perform as will alto soloist Stacey Rishoi. More than 200 people will be on stage for this concert.

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SERIES The Chamber Orchestra Series consists of four concerts in the intimate Gunter Theatre. Before each concert, Tchivzhel offers his personal insights.

GSO’s annual “Oktoberfest” is Oct. 16-18 and features local pianist David Gross. A free beer tasting will follow the concert.

“Magic of Mozart” is Nov. 20-22. The concert is one of GSO’s most popular and most requested chamber concert and features an evening of Mozart.

“Mediterranean Cuisine,” scheduled for Feb. 26-28, 2016, includes works of Rossini, Poulenc and Ibert.

“Some Enchanting Evening” closes out the series on April 8-10, 2016. This concert contains music from the 19th and 20th century, including Schubert and John Williams. GSO’s own Xiaoqing Yu is featured.

SPOTLIGHT SERIES The Spotlight Series feature small ensembles of musicians in a casual setting at Centre Stage in a onehour concert.

This season’s concerts are “A Perfect Ten” on Oct. 3, “The Amazing Journey” on Nov. 14 and “Get Dreaming!” on Jan. 9, 2016.

HOLIDAY AT PEACE, DEC. 18 AND 19 A holiday favorite, this concert will feature the GSO, the International Ballet Company and the husband – and-wife Broadway-star duo, Gary Mauer and Elizabeth Southard.

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“Man, it was awesome,” Holcomb says of the Stone Pony show. “We actually played the (outdoor) Summer Stage because we were on this bigger tour, but all day we were in the Stone Pony hanging out, and it was so cool to be in a place that has that much history, especially for an artist that’s such a personal favorite of mine. It was definitely a benchmark day.”

Holcomb, who will play the Peace Center’s TD Stage with The Neighbors on Aug. 27, has had a lot of benchmark days recently. He became a father for the second time in July, and his most recent album, Medicine, has garnered some of the best reviews and sales of

“It’s the little things like people buying your records or people on college campuses raising enough money to bring you in to play. It makes you appreciate the steps it takes to make that wheel turn. It keeps you grounded.”

his decade-long career.

Holcomb, an independent artist without a major label, has built his fan base mostly through oldfashioned hard work (in the form of a heavy touring schedule) and partially from the appearance of his songs on television, including the series finale of House, M.D., How I Met Your Mother and Army Wives.

Since Holcomb essentially finances touring and recording on his own, he says that even smaller milestones in his career seem vital.

“It’s the little things like people buying your records or people on college campuses raising enough money to bring you in to play,” he says. “It makes you appreciate the steps it takes to make that wheel turn. It keeps you grounded.”

The flip side of the less lucrative indie business model is that it’s allowed Holcomb & The Neighbors to build a strong fan-base.

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“In a lot of ways, I’m the product of the records I love,” he says, “So I know that I want the drums to sound really live and warm, because the records that I love sound like that. They feel like they were recorded by musicians sitting in a room, not recording separately to a click-track. There’s a humanity that I wanted to capture on the Medicine record particularly.

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SOUND CHECK THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: Butler Springs Tennis Court Renovation, RFP #17-09/09/15, 3:30 P.M. A pre-proposal meeting and site visit will be held at 11:00 A.M., E.D.T, August 31, 2015 at Greenville County Procurement Services Office, County Square, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601.

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SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: Articulated Truck for Greenville County Landfill, Thursday, September 10, 2015, 3:00 P.M. Solicitations can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/Purchasing_Dept/RFP. asp or by calling 864-467-7200.

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COMPLAINT NOTICES A complaint has been brought before the Code Enforcement Division of a dangerous, insanitary and unsafe structure located at the following locations:

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The road most traveled

Duo’s new album interprets the view out the van window Think about the last time you took a long road trip – about how, as the hours and the miles clicked by, the outside world became simply a series of rapidfire images, both familiar and unfamiliar.

Through the windshield, you see blurred snapshots of places you’ve never been, passing them by almost before you have time to register their existence.

Now imagine doing that for 11 months.

That’s essentially what Daniel & Lauren Goans, the Greensboro, N.C., duo called Lowland Hum, did in 2014, traveling thousands of miles from show to show to promote their debut album, Native Air. By the time they were done, they had the baWHAT: Lowland Hum sis for a series of songs based on their collective feelings of disassociation and disWHEN: Tuesday, Aug. 25th 5 p.m. covery. They were, in essence, channeling WHERE: Horizon Records, 2 W. Stone Ave. the stimuli of an entire country into their TICKETS: Show is free writing.

INFO: 864-235-7922; blog.horizonrecords.net What they’ve created is one of the most striking, hypnotic, emotionally affecting albums I’ve heard this or any other year. The songs on the self-titled Lowland Hum have an eerie, impressionistic rootlessness to them, layering impassioned, almost desperate vocal harmonies over ambience-heavy tracks that build gradually, becoming more complex and intricate waves of percussion, guitar and keyboards as they evolve, almost like aural spider webs. It’s music that quietly combines a haunting, dreamlike stillness with remarkably intuitive playing, all in service of expansive melodies that stretch slowly outward into an invisible horizon.

“We were taking it all in from the inside of a van,” says singer, guitarist and keyboard player Daniel Goans of the duo’s journey across America. “It was one of us driving while the other one sat in the passenger seat looking out the window. We saw so many things, met so many people… it was an amazing quantity of information. And it was quite a challenge to try to synthesize all that.”

“I think we’re still processing things about that year of our lives,” says Lauren Goans, who sings and plays keyboards and percussion on the album. “A lot of it still remains mysterious to us. I think that gives an impressionistic quality to the songs.”

The songs were the first that the duo worked extensively on together, and they quickly expanded beyond the range of a two-piece group.

“Our first record was basically one guitar and two voices,” Daniel says, “and these songs kind of stretched and broke out of that.”

But in his time as a producer, Daniel had met musicians who he thought would be sympathetic to the material, and he brought in a tight circle of collaborators.

“These were close friends who have really good instincts,” Daniel says. “They wanted what was best for the songs. It’s kind of rare, but we really all checked our personal investments at the door.”

Lowland Hum, who will play an in-store show at Horizon Records on Tuesday, spent most of the summer trying to re-arrange the songs for live performance, taking them from the band setup back to a duo format.

“I think the instinct when you want to get people’s attention is to play louder, and what we’ve learned is that dynamics better communicate a story,” Daniel says. “So that means loud, but it also means quiet. So we’ll pull back at certain point and let the vocals drift out, then build up the percussion. We worked really hard to create something we’d be proud to share.”

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Must-See Movies

What day is it?

By Eric Rogers

Guilty pleasures: The most terrible movies of all time I generally try to avoid things like high fructose corn sugar, gluten, dairy, caffeine, trans fats, saturated fats, carbs and everything else that tastes good, but I have to admit that when someone passes a plate of nachos covered in GMO ground beef and melted cheddar, my best hipster intentions go out the window. Add in a gluten infused Dos Equis and I’m toast.

The same is true with movies. Sometimes you just have to give in and embrace those guilty pleasures. Today I bring you three films so covered in cheese you’ll have to run a marathon or two to eliminate the shame. These three films have made many lists as being the worst films of all time.

Which ranks first? That depends on which list you’re reading:

between Troll and Troll 2 other than a similarity in titles. It’s a brilliant marketing plan, so much so that I’ve decided to write a screenplay called Minions 2. It’s about, um, something involving creatures called minions. Trolls perhaps.

AUG. 26 – National Dog Day 1.3 – average number of dogs per household in U.S. in 2013

$378 – average spent on vet visits per year per dog

24 – “human years” dogs age during their first two years of life. They age more slowly after that, depending on size

83.3 MILLION – number of dogs in the U.S. in 2013

184 – breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club 36.5 – percentage of households in U.S. that had dogs in 2013 (compared to 30.4 percent of homes that had cats)

$9 BILLION – amount U.S. consumers spent on dry dog food in 2013.

They spent another $23 billion on wet dog food.

THE ROOM Directed by Tommy Wiseau | For sale on Amazon

PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE Directed by Ed Wood | Available on Amazon Prime and available on Hulu for free.

This is probably the most famous bad movie. Remember that first episode of Seinfeld where George, Jerry and Elaine are in a Chinese restaurant? The plan is to eat dinner before seeing this film but the wait is so long that they miss it. There’s a message in there somewhere – plan your work and work your Plan 9.

I first became aware of this film through my film students because it had become popular on You Tube.

Oddly, it is some of my brightest students who not only talk about it but also quote it constantly. The most famous line from this most terrible movie, “You’re tearing me apart, Lisa!” is a common refrain in my editing room.

Should you choose to watch any of these in their entirety, all I ask is that you seek penance by watching an Ingmar Bergman film or two afterwards, but enjoy some nachos while you do.

TROLL 2 Directed by Claudio Fragasso | Available on Amazon Prime This film is not related to the original Troll at all. It wasn’t made by the same production company. The stories aren’t remotely similar. There is absolutely no connection

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Page turners

Color your worries away

Adult coloring books are the new way to relax In today’s hyperkinetic, always-on world, people are finding it harder and harder to relax, rewind and refresh themselves for the next day. Enter coloring – the new craze for adults.

Highly detailed, with soothing patterns and designs, today’s adult coloring books are a far cry from preschool, and are best colored using artist’s pencils, like Prismacolor, not crayons.

intricate detail, I recommend Skyhorse’s line of books subtitled “Coloring for Artists,” such as “Zen Patterns and Designs” and “Whimsical Designs.”

For the price conscious, look at some of the Dover books such as “Creative Cats.”

Like yoga or meditation, coloring is an activity that can be done at home or with a group and allows one to focus in, clearing one’s mind of all its normal worries and stray thoughts, leading to a calmer, more relaxed mood. The difference is that at the end of a coloring session, you have a beautiful picture that can be framed or shared online with your friends. There are even several public Facebook coloring groups.

Coloring also allows you to indulge in a creative activity and have fun playing around with color combinations. Test out the psychology of color and see if coloring with bright reds and violets give you more energy or if using pastels relaxes you.

The books that seemed to start the coloring craze were two by Johanna Basford: “Enchanted Forest” and “Secret Garden.” We still have trouble getting and keeping those books in stock, so we suggest fans pre-order her new book, “Lost Ocean” (releases Oct. 27).

Other adult coloring books that are doing well for us are a line from Barron’s that includes “Magic Garden” and “Blossom Magic.” For those who want extremely

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Last month, Fiction Addiction hosted its first Coloring, Cocktails and Conversation event and it was such a success that a repeat event will be held at 7 p.m. on Aug. 27. The cost is $25 and includes a cocktail from the book “Summer Cocktails” by Maria Del Mar Sacasa and a coloring book. Suburban Paint has donated a set of Prismacolor pencils to use at the event and we will have additional sets for sale, or you’re welcome to bring your favorite coloring tools.

To help us get to know each other, we’ll be using Chat Pack conversation starters to break the ice. So grab your sister or best girlfriend and come out and join us for a girls’ night in at Fiction Addiction.

Recommendations by Jill Hendrix, owner of Fiction Addiction, 1175 Woods Crossing Road, Greenville, fiction-addiction.com.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

“Overhaulin’ at the GCCA” - Community Day at Greenville Center for Creative Arts August 23, 1-5 p.m. • Historic Brandon Mill, 25 Draper St. • facebook.com/events/443048892487079 • artcentergreenville.org FREE EVENTS INCLUDE: Lemonade and cookies Kids Overhaulin Activity

13 studio artists GCCA instructors onsite

Aug. 21 CONCERT

Your Chance To Die Ground Zero Camden, SC melodic death-metal quintet.

948-1661 reverbnation.com/venue/groundzero2

Local artists demonstrations SCWS art exhibit

CONCERT

Live Music With Dan James Runway Cafe at the Downtown Greenville Airport 21 Airport Rd Ext. 7-10 p.m.

FREE Keyboard instrumentals and voice. James offers a variety of genres, from classic to blues and R&B, along with his originals.

ou Y e Lik It n a Me OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK THROUGH LABOR DAY!

RIBS ’N SUCH OVERHAULIN: The Village’s own Ribs ’N Such foodtruck will be overhauled by

Hear the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bruce Hornsby, Billy Joel, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan and more.

(862) 202-1561 facebook.com/johnhoffmanpromotions CONCERT

My Girl, My Whiskey & Me Quest Brewing Co. Charlotte bluegrass duo

local artists and the GCCA artists throughout Community Day.

272-6232 | questbrewing.com CONCERT

Sincerely, Iris Smiley’s Acoustic Café FREE Singer/songwriter plays acoustic folk-rock on unique four-string guitar.

282-8988 smileysacousticcafe.com

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CONCERT

Band of Oz Peace Center | TD Stage 8 p.m.

From $20xxx Formed in 1967, the eight-piece Band of Oz brings an easy listening Beach sound to stages across the South. The group has been a guest at most of the major beach concerts in the Carolinas, Virginia and Georgia. Featuring a full horn section, the band performs well over two hundred shows per year for corporate events, festivals, concerts, wedding receptions, and many other public and private events.

7 p.m.: Free Shag lessons in the Wyche Pavilion.

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

Aug. 22 FUNDRAISER

4th Annual Mutt Strut benefiting Greenville Humane Soceity

Using air-dry clay and dinosaurs, children can make their own fossils to take home.

This project is for children six and up.

Free with admission. tcmupstate.org CONCERT

Jef Chandler Moe Joe Coffee 263-3550 facebook.com/moejoecoffeegreenville/ timeline COMMUNITY MEETING

Palmetto High School Reunion Class Of 1970

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $10 adult $9 child

Read a story about ladybugs and create your own craft afterwards during Story Time and More. Free with admission.

233-7755 | tcmupstate.org info@tcmupstate.org

Swamp Rabbit Inn 1 Logan St, Greenville 5:30-8:30 p.m. | Tuesdays FREE

Bruster’s 3841 Grandview Drive, Simpsonville 3-7 p.m.

FREE

Play in Clay: Dinosaur Fossils

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $9 children, $10 adults, free for members and children under 1 Monday-Saturday

Casual Attire. Drinks, plates, napkins, cups, utensils provided. Please bring an appetizer or finger food to share. Questions contact Mike or Marian Creamer West (864-287-4953), Terry Jackson (864-225-6664), Jimmy Bryant (864-8475190), Andy Sullivan (864-369-7839), or Dorinda Taylor Cox (864-940-0262) 287-4953 | mwestiski@bellsouth.net

Blood Drive

FAMILY

Story and More: Lucky Ladybugs

thru Aug. 25

HEALTH/FITNESS

This two-mile race will lead two- and four-legged competitors along the beautiful Swamp Rabbit Trail and through Greenville Tech’s campus, ending in the expanded ‘Mutt Market’- featuring live entertainment, vendors, and exciting new attractions. One hundred percent of the proceeds benefit the Greenville Humane Society, one of the largest no-kill facilities in the Southeast. Register or donate today to help raise funds for homeless pets.

235-8330 | ghsmuttstrut.com temily@smoakpr.com

FAMILY

Williamston Municipal Center, 12 West Main Street, Williamston 6-10 p.m.

Finger Food/Appetizer to Share FREE

Aug. 23

Greenville Tech’s Barton Campus 506 S. Pleasantburg Dr., Greenville 8 a.m.-noon $25 individual registration until midnight Aug. 18, $15 team registration before midnight Aug. 17

Aug. 24-29

All donors receive a free pint of ice cream for donating. dehrlich@thebloodconnection.org

Aug. 24 HEALTH/FITNESS

Free Acupuncture For Veterans Five Shen Wellness Clinic 1320 Haywood Rd. 5-7 p.m., Mondays FREE Treatments are based on the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) ear protocol which has proven to be extremely powerful in alleviating symptoms of acute stress, pain, and trauma. During treatment, people sit fully clothed in reclining chairs, and the licensed acupuncturist places 5 tiny needles on each ear. You are invited to close your eyes and rest as the acupuncture does its work.

619-1398 | fiveshen.com | info@fiveshen.com

CONCERT

Truck INN Tuesdays

Food Trucks. Cool treats. Live music. Local makers. Adult beverages. Bike rides. If this sounds like your ideal Tuesday, then we’ll see you at the Inn every Tuesday from 5:30-8:30 this summer.

517-4617 | swamprabbitinn.com swamprabbitproperties@gmail.com

Aug. 26 FOOD TRUCKS

Who’s Coming to the Lunchtime Pile-Up this week?

WHO: Ellada Kouzina, Greek cuisine Automatic Taco, mobile taqueria The Nomadik Few, gourmet shaved ice WHEN: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday WHERE: Corner of Broad and Falls streets (lot leased by Table 301 Restaurant Group) SPONSOR: Euphoria

BOOK SIGNING

Laura Lane McNeal Book Talk and Signing Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Rd, Greenville

2-4 p.m. | $16.96 or $10 Southern author Laura Lane McNeal will discuss her debut novel, “Dollbaby,” a big hearted coming of age debut set in civil rights era New Orleans, and a novel of Southern eccentricity and secrets, at her book talk and signing at Fiction Addiction.

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

Aug. 27 CONCERT

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors Peace Center | TD Stage 8 p.m.

From $25xx Helping the Peace Center “Rock the River” is down-to-earth rock star Drew Holcomb. Since 2005, his band has made its name with an extensive touring schedule and opening for some of the biggest names in music like The Avett Brothers.

Hit TV programs like How I Met Your Mother and Jimmy Kimmel Live have played their music. Now, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors are taking their newest album, Medicine, for their 2015 Tour De Compadres.

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

Women Mean Business Charleston Cooks 200 N. Main St. #101 5:30-7:30 p.m.

4th Wednesday of every month FREE Women Mean Business, started in 2012 by local business woman Lauren Skelton Siddens, meets monthly, and businesswomen are invited to attend. Women Mean Business is casual, comfortable conversation with the goal of meeting other businesswomen to make new connections and foster their success in the business world. Women Means Business is hosted at a variety of businesses/locations around Greenville from 5:30- 7:30. To register, email Lauren Skelton Siddens at lauren@ riverfallsspa.com.

Lauren@riverfallsspa.com

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GIRLS’ NIGHT

Coloring, Cocktails and Conversation Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road 7-9 p.m. $25 Grown-up coloring books, summer cocktails, and conversation will make for a great get-together for friends or a way to make new friends. Each ticket includes one coloring book priced at $12.99 or less.

Cocktails from “Summer Cocktails” by Maria Del Mar Sacasa will be served, and there will be Chat Packs for conversation starters.

675-0540 fiction-addiction.com info@fiction-addiction.com HEALTH/FITNESS

Free Yoga at SC Blue SC BLUE retail center 1025 Woodruff Road 6:10-7:10 p.m.

FREE Improve your flexibility, tone your muscles and build strength at a free yoga class. Bring your own mat.

286-2285 scblueretailcenters.com/events info@scblueretailcenters.com COMMUNITY MEETING

Geopolitical Situation In The Middle East The Poinsett Club 807 E. Washington Street 7-9 p.m.

FREE The Greenville Jewish Federation welcomes Ron Brummer Deputy Concul General of Israel to the Southeast. He will share the current state of affairs in Israel “Geopolitical situation in the Middle East” Refreshments will be served.

606-4453 | jewishgreenville.org programs@jewishgreenville.org FAMILY

2015 Southeastern Conference Alumni Football Kickoff Party Brewery 85 6 Whitlee Court 5-8 p.m. $5

All alumni from SEC schools are invited to celebrate at the football season kickoff party. Proceeds benefit the Greenville Humane Society. The event will feature two food trucks and live broadcast onsite of ESPN “Straight Up with Sturg.” The Blue Dawg String Band will play live music at this kid- and dog-friendly event.

346-7383 facebook.com/events/1038382059506035/

Aug. 28 CONCERT

Earsight Gottrocks Tickets: $5 Funk/jazz quartet celebrates release of new CD. 235-5519 | gottrocksgreenville.com CONCERT

The Jamie Wright Experience Blues Boulevard (Greenville) Tickets: $5 (plus $10 food/drink minimum) Dynamic singer combines jazz, blues, pop.

242-2583 | bluesboulevardjazzgreenville.com CONCERT

Sumilan Independent Public Ale House Tickets: $8 Atlanta progressive rock/ambient group.

552-1265 | ipagreenville.com/index CONCERT

O’Neal Township Main St. Fridays FREE Band plays everything from Melissa Etheridge to Blake Shelton. greenville.com/news/2015-greenvilleheritage-main-street-fridays

Aug. 28-30 COMMUNITY

SHE - The Upstate Women’s Show TD Convention Center, Exhibition Hall 1 Exposition Drive 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $10 Adults/$5 Children SHE (formerly known as The Upstate Women’s Show) is the Ultimate Girls’ Weekend, full of shopping, fashion, food, living well and creating (with a big focus on the shopping), where hundreds of exhibitors come together to show their products and services to the women of the Upstate.

235-1073 | shegreenville.com she@shegreenville.com

Aug. 29 FUNDRAISER

The 5K Race for Pendleton Place

Falls Park on the Reedy 601 South Main Street, Greenville 8-10 a.m. $30 for runners who register online, $35 for runners who register raceday $15 for Kids “Fun Run” race The 5K Race for Pendleton Place is a race in Falls Park that will benefit Pendleton Place, a local organization that works with at-risk young adults. There will be breakfast and T-shirts for all runners in addition to some great prizes. The Kids “Fun Run” will take place at 8:15 a.m. for $15 a runner. This is a dog-friendly event.

(704) 909-2564 eventsignup.org/ecmrace Pensack@ecmins.com bblake@pendletonplace.org CONCERT

Summerfest, featuring Bell Biv DeVoe, Mint Condition, Doug E. Fresh, MC Lyte & Mystikal Charter Amphitheatre Tickets: $30-$85 Massive show reunites classic 80’s & 90’s rap/hip-hop favorites.

757-2022 charterspectrumamphitheatre.com CONCERT

Curse The Black Sea/ Igniting The Sky/ Swing First/ Spry Old Men Radio Room Quadruple-bill combines aggressive modern-rock, post-hardcore, punk-pop and indie-rock.

263-7868 wpbrradioroom.com/home CONCERT

Battle For The Crown 2015 (Battle Bands) Sirrine Stadium 100 Cleveland St. 2-7 p.m.

General Admission $20; Group Rate of 20 or more $15 Gates open at 2 p.m. for the Battle for the Crown battle of the bands event featuring a pre-show hosted by Pastor Curtis Johnson of Valley Brook Out-

reach Baptist Church. The pre-show will feature talent from the Greenville, Greer, Anderson, Spartanburg and surrounding areas.

363-3908 BattleForTheCrown.org mnrobin1@aol.com

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TICKET OFFICE – GOING ON SALE – NEPHEW TOMMY’S I GOT PEOPLE INSIDE MY HEAD TOUR Oct. 10 at 8 p.m.

Peace Center Cost: $55 On Sale: Aug. 21 at 10 a.m.

To purchase tickets: 467-3000, Peace Center Box Office, peacecenter.org Additional info: Nephew Tommy is a writer, comedian, producer, radio personality, prankster, ex-member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and philanthropist (just to name a few). But when he’s not hosting radio shows or huge events like the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Nephew Tommy keeps up a busy national touring schedule, cracking up audiences wherever he goes with his tell-it-like-it-is brand of sobering standup comedy.

KATT WILLIAMS Oct. 17 at 8 p.m.

Bon Secours Wellness Arena Cost: $107, $60, $52.50 On Sale: Aug. 21 at 10 a.m.

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

DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS LET’S CELEBRATE Nov. 25-29 Bon Secours Wellness Arena Cost: $15-$50 On Sale: now To purchase tickets: 241-3800, Bon Secours Wellness Arena, ticketmaster.com Additional info: Disney On Ice presents Let’s Celebrate and brings more than 50 Disney characters to Bon Secours Wellness Arena for one colossal party on ice. All seats are reserved, and tickets are available by calling Ticketmaster or the Bon Secours Wellness Arena Box Office.

For group rates and information, call 2413800. Show times are Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 27, 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 28, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.; and Nov. 29, 1 and 5 p.m.

Submit your Last Minute Ticket Sales for Upstate Events at bit.ly/LastTicketsGville For Upcoming Ticket Sales, enter them at bit.ly/UpcomingTicketsGJ

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FIGURE. THIS. OUT. TEN-CHARACTER MIX ACROSS

1 See 19-Across 6 Bird refuge 10 Girl, to Scots 14 Tree thicket 19 With 1-Across, spring prank victims 20 Difficult duty 21 Jai — 22 Not inclined 23 Papal topper 24 Long hike 25 Crooner Crosby 26 Tomb artifact, e.g.

27 Failure to keep developing a villain’s character?

31 Summer zodiac sign 32 On an ad — basis 33 “Sprechen — Deutsch?”

34 Decade count 35 “I — care” 37 Person forging duel weapons for a big film studio?

43 Trailer-park parkers, for short 44 “— deal?” (“Are we on?”)

45 Nun’s string of beads 46 Lederer who was better known as Ann Landers 49 Poke (out) 51 Nomadic sort 54 Head demons licensed to market products?

62 Article south of the border

63 It increases on a birthday 64 Single-file 65 Somewhat, informally 67 Alternative to a Cert or a Tic Tac 70 Hamburger unit 71 More gutsy?

72 “— is human” 73 Estevez of the screen 75 Letter #26 77 Gobble down 78 Newly coined synonyms for depression?

83 — buddy (close friend) 84 Dad’s mate 85 Anxious 86 Volcanic peak in N. Oregon 90 Limerick’s rhyme pattern 94 Cedar’s kin 95 Providing refuge for people who use bleach?

102 Granola bit 103 Adore, cutesily 104 Hosp. test 105 Exist 106 Go quickly 108 Babies seen moving wavily in prenatal scans?

114 Shaw of jazz 115 Rear, as legs 116 Film director Ephron 117 Puts freight on 118 Very best performance 119 Met melody 120 A part of

SEPTEMBER 26. 2015

by Frank A. Longo 121 Action scene 122 Fight off 123 Nastassja Kinski film 124 Camp sight 125 Cheeky DOWN

1 Lethal 2 Shared views 3 Speaking pro 4 Old Italian coin 5 Mill refuse 6 Later 7 Tenor Caruso 8 Files a case against 9 Gives a double cluck of reproach 10 Diagnostic procedure 11 Et — 12 Wooed with a melody 13 Contract inker, e.g.

14 Rudely terse 15 New York tribe 16 Lummox 17 Device used in Twister 18 End-of-list abbr.

28 Units of resistance 29 “Oh yes, Juan!”

30 Russia’s Gromyko 36 Go for it 38 “— go bragh!”

39 With, to Yves 40 Act of liturgy 41 Battle shout 42 To a greater extent

46 Key above D 47 Literary intro 48 Pale shade 49 Sprightly dance 50 Consume 52 “Looky here!”

53 Ex-combat GIs’ gp.

55 Possessed

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56 Watch faces 57 “Nay” voters 58 Betray by blabbing 59 And not 60 Most arid 61 Cooks, as some clams 66 Dilettantish 68 Gold, to Juan

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Sudoku answers: page 24

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CULTURE | 08.21.2015 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 55

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RAPID EYE REALITY WITH BRAD WILLIS

One night at Northwood

A life and death moment at the championship baseball park cession stand, grabbed an Jody Parker stood between automatic defibrillator, and the baseball fields and fixed re-joined Dr. Wyland in the his eyes on the space of pouring rain. Across the way, sky above the treetops. The Northwood family friends had clouds had turned gray and pulled Don’s grandchildren purple, and the leaves on under the pavilion, wrapped the trees had turned over to them in towels, and shielded reveal their white underbelthem from what was happenlies. It was just after 5 p.m. on ing to their grandfather.

May 18 at Northwood Little It rained 2.2 inches in just League’s Corey Burns Park, a couple of hours. People and before any ball crossed would say later that they had the plate, Parker had to make never seen that kind of rain the biggest call of the night. in Greenville. They had also As the league’s president, Northwood Little League All-Stars are the third S.C. team ever to reach not seen anything like what he had to decide whether Little League World Series. Photo provided happened alongside the concession to postpone the games bestand on May 18. fore they started. Dozens of Nobody saw a single pitch at families and players milled Northwood that night. There wasn’t a around the fields waiting to see what baseball memory to be made. At the Parker would say. same time, two young children escaped The rain started its attack in diagonal having the memory of watching their sheets. Wind pushed the water across grandfather die at the ballpark. In the the blacktop in little waves and forced blinding rain, those doctors from the families under a pavilion in the middle Northwood family saved Don’s life. of the Corey Burns complex. They stood When Northwood’s All-Stars play huddled together, no longer as conFriday at 4 p.m. in Williamsport, VA, they cerned about the baseball games as how will have all of Greenville and the state long they’d be trapped. of South Carolina behind them. What’s What few of those people knew was more they have one more fan who might that just 50 feet away an elderly man had not have been around to see this moment fallen, and as near as anyone could tell, no time was that more clear than when happen. Today, Don sits at home very that man was about to die in the rain. much alive, still able to watch Northwood By now, there aren’t many people in rain started to pound the fields last May. The elderly man named Don had come play in the Little League World Series.

Greenville who haven’t heard about On its face, that stormy night at Corey Northwood Little League. Last week, to watch his grandson play that night.

Northwood’s All-Star players from its People surrounded him, and no one Burns Park has nothing to do with the Northwood All-Stars’ historic World Majors division did what no other South could find his heartbeat.

“Doc!” yelled a coach. Dr. Doug Series accomplishment. On another Carolina team has done since 1950. They won a berth to the Little League World Wyland came from around a building level, however, it represents the best of and knelt at Don’s side. the Northwood family. Whether it’s the Series in Williamsport, PA. “He’s not breathing,” someone said. doctors and families who tended to Don The young men and their coaches all Dr. Bryce Nelson was just inside the that night or the coaches and players come from the Taylors area. For most of the spring season at Northwood, they were concession stand. He’d come as a vol- who have electrified our entire state, each other’s opponents. They played on unteer to sell popcorn and snow cones. Northwood is what happens when a different teams and fought tooth and nail Now, he pushed into the rain and joined group of people stop being each other’s opponents and unite behind a common to beat each other. Now, as one team, they Wyland at Don’s side.

Don’s wife stood under a small awning goal. have an opportunity to be the first group No mater the outcome of the games in of young men in South Carolina history to watching her lifeless husband lie in the rain as Wyland and Nelson worked. A Williamsport, if South Carolina needs win a Little League World Series game.

There are bigger, wealthier little league young girl, Don’s granddaughter, buried another reason to be proud, the Northwood parks, but it’s hard to find a team with her face into her grandma’s stomach and community is a great place to start. bigger hearts. While I’m admittedly bi- sobbed. A few feet away, the coach who Brad Willis is a writer who lives in ased (both of my sons play at North- had called for a doctor watched, helpless, Greenville County. In addition to his wood in younger divisions), you would with tears on the bottom edge of his eyes. other professional work, he writes at Dr. Nelson, his clothes soaked through be hard-pressed to find a Little League RapidEyeReality.com. group that operates more like a family. At to his skin, exploded back into the con-

“What few of those people knew was that just 50 feet away an elderly man had fallen, and as near as anyone could tell, that man was about to die in the rain.”

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