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The number of jobs expected at the one million-square-foot Amazon facility. That number is expected to double during Amazon’s peak shipping seasons.

“There are parents who do not have a computer or Internet access at home.

But almost every household has one member with a smartphone.”

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Amazon poised for Upstate launch Greg Beckner / Staff

Giant online retailer expected to take control of new facility in days

By CHarles Sowell | staff

Amazon Inc. should take control of its new distribution center in Spartanburg County from the builders in a matter of days, sources close to the giant e-commerce retailer told the Journal.

A spokeswoman for Amazon wouldn’t give details of when the transfer would be made, but promised an announcement soon on the startup of operations in the new facility.

Amazon is in the process of reaching sales tax agreements with the states where the online retailer has distribution facilities, in advance of possible congressional action on e-tax legislation and to improve delivery times, Digital Trends reported late last week.

South Carolina’s sales tax agreement is set to take effect in 2016, Digital Trends reported.

Christie Burris, a spokeswoman for the South Carolina Retail Association, said, “SCRA applauds all efforts by states to require the collection of sales tax by Internet retailers.

States are losing millions of dollars each year in uncollected sales and use tax.

“We believe there is a misconception in the general public that the push for ‘e-fairness’ is a new tax, when in fact these are taxes that are owed by consumers but rarely collected. This is not a new tax.”

Data reported by The State newspaper in Columbia showed that Amazon spent slightly more than $156,000 – mostly for lobbyists – in winning a sales tax collection exemption from the Legislature in 2011 over the opposition of other merchants.

The Amazon deal’s ripple effect even pulled in Gov. Nikki Haley, costing her support in the state tea party, the groups’ Daily Caller news and opinion website reported.

Tea party officials blamed her for failing to decrease the state’s spending and scale back generous busi-

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The site plan Amazon filed with Spartanburg County indicates the facility will have 33 bays, 968 parking spaces, 126 trailer storage spaces and room for 449 future parking spaces.

ness incentives.

“She basically is running all over the state trying to make sweetheart deals with corporations to entice them to move to South Carolina and start business here,” Harry Kibler, a tea party activist and founder of the conservative group RINO Hunt, told the Caller.

“I have a heartfelt philosophy that if we get government intrusion out of the business culture in South Carolina, that business will move here on its own,” Kibler said.

“We’re not simply turning over checks to win businesses over,” Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey told The DC News Foundation. “We consider what is needed on a case-by-case basis.”

The sales tax deal the Legislature approved in 2011 gave the e-retailer an exemption from collecting sales tax for five years in return for a promise to create 2,000 jobs and invest $125 million in the state.

At one million square feet, the Spartanburg facility cost $50 million and is expected to generate about 400 jobs. That number is expected to double during Amazon’s peak shipping seasons.

David Britt, chair of the Spartanburg County Council economic development committee, said it would be natural for Amazon to start ramping up soon for the holiday season. “They’ve got a lot to do over there to be ready for Christmas,” he said.

In a news release at the announcement for the new facility in January, Dave Clark, vice president of Amazon Global Customer Fulfillment, said, “We had a great first holiday season in Lexington County and we look

JOURNAL COMMUNITY forward to serving our customers times to customers. from both Lexington and Spartanburg Amazon will soon be able to cut as counties by the fall. South Carolina has much as a day off its two-day shipping been a great home for us and we’re ex- times, Jeff Bezos, its chief executive, told cited to create hundreds of additional the New York Times. jobs in the state.”

“We want fast delivery,” Bezos said. At The site plan Amazon filed with a minimum, “we can work on making it Spartanburg County the next day.” indicates the facility Trend watchwill have 33 bays, 968 ers say Amazon’s parking spaces, 126 delivery of everytrailer storage spaces day objects needs and room for 449 futo be fast enough ture parking spaces. and cheap enough Amazon announced to wean customits plans to build a ers from their plant in Lexington local stores, yet County in December also economically 2010. That facility has feasible for the Dave Clark, vice president of Amazon resulted in more than retailer’s heavy inGlobal Customer Fulfillment 1,200 jobs in Lexingvestment in wareton and is expected house space. to eventually employ If Amazon can 2,500 people during seasonal peaks. deliver on its ambitions, “it will be Spartanburg County’s deal with Am- the dominant retailer in the decade azon includes a 6 percent fee-in-lieu- to come,” Sucharita Mulpuru, an anof-taxes agreement and road improve- alyst at the research firm Forrester, ments near the site. told the Times.

The Digital Trends report said Amazon appears to be giving up on the Contact Charles Sowell at sales tax fight in order to cut delivery csowell@greenvillejournal.com.

“South Carolina has been a great home for us and we’re excited to create hundreds of additional jobs in the state.”

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Changing a slogan into action Open government is the hallmark of a free society – one of those principles that’s roundly applauded in theory and fitfully respected in practice, as evidenced by the Legislature’s failure this spring to approve a bill intended to strengthen South Carolina’s notoriously weak Freedom of Information Act. The bill, which aimed to make citizen access to public records easier and less costly, was derailed in the Senate – in retaliation, it is widely believed, for a late “poison pill” amendment that opened legislative email and internal correspondence (now exempt from the FOI Act) to public inspection.

The bill’s sponsor remains undaunted and plans to introduce a new version next year. Equally undaunted is the S.C. Press Association, a strong supporter of the failed bill and advocate of a new “Transparency Pledge” timed to test candidates’ devotion to full public disclosure in these last, dicey weeks before the November election.

While email transparency is definitely included, the Press Association pledge is tilted toward the secretive behaviors common to school boards and city and county councils, the far greater offenders of open government laws.

We’ve all seen the occasional story about council members who conduct public business over lunch at a private club (in numbers carefully short of a quorum), or school trustees who work out votes by phone before an issue hits the formal agenda, or state and local bureaucrats who overcharge citizens for copies of public documents.

All, of course, violate the public’s legal right to access government – quite deliberately, in fact. An informed public can be a troublesome public.

And while a few scattered signatures on a nonbinding pledge may not do much for the transparency cause, raising public awareness and slinging a few pointed questions the candidates’ way is all to the good.

In the name of transparent public service, the Press Association suggests candidates pledge to: use public email accounts for public business and make them publicly accessible; conduct no votes or straw polls in closed session or by electronic means; discuss only specified and legally justified items in executive session and actively resist illegal discussions should they arise; support giving access to public records promptly and at minimal cost; understand their own rights and responsibilities regarding financial records of the bodies they serve; and become personally familiar with the state’s open records laws.

Reading the list, one despairs that the pledge should even be necessary: A candidate or incumbent who can’t agree to this basic level of transparency shouldn’t be in public service.

But then, think what the defeated FOI reform bill set out to do: reduce the costs public bodies may charge for access to public documents; force public agencies to make certain records available for immediate inspection; and shorten the time allowed to respond to an FOI request. In other words, to make public information available at a reasonable cost in a reasonable amount of time.

That this is even considered “reform” explains why the Palmetto State ranked 50th in the nation for access to public information in a study released this summer. South Carolina’s failure to provide an appeal process or impose penalties on agencies that violate FOI laws was a major factor in the state’s high “corruption risk,” reports the State Integrity Investigation, a project of the Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity and Public Radio International.

Elected leaders and government bureaucrats forget too easily whom they serve.

Hence the need for transparency pledges, Press Associations and perpetual FOI reform bills.

Recovery pays back Addiction to alcohol and other drugs, including nicotine, affects 49 million Americans. That is more than the number of people with heart disease (27 million), diabetes (26 million) or cancer (19 million). Addiction is this nation’s largest preventable and most costly health problem, resulting in total government costs of at least $468 billion each year.

Addiction hurts. It hurts our families whose loved ones are struggling with it. It hurts our businesses that are losing productive workers. It hurts our state and our economy. And the critical news is that only one out of 10 people who meet diagnostic criteria for addiction are currently receiving the help they need to find recovery.

We can do better than that. That’s why our community is getting involved to help change the current situation. Addiction is a chronic brain disease, but people too often just avoid talking about it and refuse to deal with it. The result: Only 10 percent of those suffering from it are getting help.

The question for all of us is: What happens to the other 90 percent with addictions who are not getting help? When do we decide that they are not valuable members of the community? When do we give up on them? At what point do we stop caring? Or do we simply ignore the problem and decide that it’s not our business? It will go away! Thankfully, there are groups like FAVOR Greenville that have not stopped caring and have not given up on those individuals who need help.

I have been involved with FAVOR Greenville since its inception because I believe in the program, its remarkable impact and the people who stepped up and made it happen. FAVOR’s community volunteers, many of whom have struggled with substance use disorders themselves or have experienced it with a family member or a friend, care and understand. Their commitment is what makes FAVOR so special.

FAVOR promotes long-term recovery from substance use disorders through education, advocacy and recovery support services, resulting in healthier individuals, more stable families and stronger communities. The most critical issue in achieving long-term recovery is not how to stop but how to not start back again in

IN MY OWN WORDS by HAYNE HIPP

the weeks, months and years following recovery initiation. That’s why FAVOR is so important. It is this long-term commitment to supporting people in sustaining recovery that makes the difference.

Recovery pays back both emotionally and financially. Every dollar invested in addiction treatment programs yields a return of between $4 and $7 by reducing crime and theft and lowering criminal justice costs. When savings related to health care are included, total savings exceed costs by a ratio of 12 to 1 – and the emotional payback is immeasurable.

My wish, and FAVOR’s wish, is that those suffering from addiction will get help and realize they are not alone. Every family, including my own, has been somehow affected by addiction and has dealt with its devastating effects, whether it is through a family member, a coworker or a friend.

Currently, FAVOR needs our support to be able to open a recovery community center, which will be staffed by those in recovery and will link individuals and families to long-term recovery through information and referral, public education and recovery support services.

Recovery gives back what addiction takes away. The Upstate hasn’t stopped caring. We don’t give up on those who need us the most.

So come on and join us in making sure that those in recovery get back what addiction has taken away from them.

For more information, visit www.favorsc.org.

Hayne Hipp is founder of the Liberty Fellowship and former CEO of the Liberty Corporation.

He serves on the board of directors of FAVOR Greenville and is a trustee of the Aspen Institute and the Belle W. Baruch Foundation. He is also past chair of the Peace Center for Performing Arts, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce.

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Up for the challenge in our race for a cure IN MY OWN WORDS by BILL SOROCHAK

Two months ago, I was entrusted with a vital mission as the new executive director of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure SC Mountains to Midlands Affiliate to advance the fight against breast cancer.

I hit the ground running, because on Sept. 29, the local community will unite for the 18th annual Race for the Cure in downtown Greenville.

We have an ambitious goal: to stamp out breast cancer.

We are up to the challenge of raising more funds and more awareness. And we are backed by you, a stalwart community that is up to the challenge of doing your part to help find a cure and beat breast cancer.

Last year, more than 5,000 participants, 300 volunteers and 40 corporate sponsors participated in the Race for the Cure. You united in a show of support for

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your mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts and friends with breast cancer.

And you raised $418,000, of which 75 percent stayed right here in the 22-county region – from the Mountains to the Midlands – providing programs to our families, friends and neighbors.

Komen supports a range of programs that serve a variety of populations throughout our region: Providing access to mammograms for underprivileged and underinsured women and men.

Helping with transportation to and from treatments and doctor appointments.

Supplying wigs to those undergoing chemotherapy treatment.

Offering education programs to teach women – and men – about breast selfawareness and early detection measures.

Funding vital research for treatments and – one day – a cure.

Breast cancer affects all of us, whether personally or through a relative or friend.

The annual Race for the Cure allows us to come together and support local breast cancer programs and national research efforts that will bring us closer to eliminating breast cancer.

Just as important, Race Day provides a tangible and inspiring outlet for honoring breast cancer survivors and those undergoing treatment, while keeping the memories of loved ones present.

We hope you will join us on Sept. 29. This year’s Race features a new course, through downtown Greenville and on the Swamp Rabbit Trail. The day concludes with a moving Survivor’s Ceremony.

The experience is unforgettable. The feeling that participants have as they are embraced in the spirit of camaraderie of other racers, joined by the thousands of family members and friends who gather to cheer on their efforts – both on the race course and in their fight against cancer – is indescribable.

But the Race will not end on Sept. 29.

The need to raise awareness and support breast cancer patients never ends, and our staff and volunteers work year-round to increase visibility and donations for programs that educate, prevent, treat and cure breast cancer in our region.

Race Day is coming. Have you joined yet? We know this will be the best event ever, thanks to you. Join thousands of other supporters to rally together at Fluor Field and Race for a Cure.

I’m up for the challenge, and so is this community. The race is on.

Bill Sorochak is executive director of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure SC Mountains to Midlands Affiliate, which funds breast health screening, treatment, support programs and education in our service area. Some funds go toward groundbreaking breast cancer research programs. To register for the 2012 Komen SC Mountains to Midlands Race for the Cure, visit www.KomenSCMM. org or call 864-234-5035.

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Power Struggle Prevention Tools Tues., Sept. 25 • 6:30-8 p.m. • Jean M. Smith Library Branch/Greer This positive discipline workshop for parents explores ways to create structure and balance at home. Free; registration required: ghs.org/360healthed or 1-877-GHS-INFO (447-4636).

Denver Downs Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch This 10-acre maze, sponsored by GHS, is cut in the shape of GHS’ logo! Families also can enjoy a giant pumpkin patch and other fall activities. Open Sept. 28-Nov. 4. Learn more at denverdownsfarm.com.

Cancer Centers of the Carolinas (CCC) Joins GHS CCC and GHS joined forces July 1. This acquisition combines the largest cancer care provider in the Upstate with the Upstate’s premier academic medical center. Learn more at ghs.org/cancer.

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Aging Wine By: Richard deBondt

All wine ages. Wine is very much a living thing and nothing can be done to keep it from aging. Furthermore, most old wine is all the worse for age. This is probably the most misunderstood concept in the world of wine. Some great wines, in great vintages, are eminently collectable and age for the better. The value and notoriety of this minority distorts the picture. A simple rule for almost all the commercial wine on the U.S. market is: “drink the youngest available”.

Once your day-to-day needs are met, follow your taste and experiment with longer lived wines. Seek the advice of knowledgeable friends whose likes resemble yours, or consult a merchant (who has every reason to match your taste in hopes of future sales). Don’t blindly follow the popular press. Remember publishing demands a magazine every couple of weeks, and each issue must feature brand new “must haves”. Saying everything is about the same as last month won’t sell magazines.

It is likely that the best examples of almost any type of wine will age well and gain complexity. However, even with well-established collectables, opinions differ as to how long to keep even the greatest vintages. For this reason, it is generally better to age more bottles of fewer things so that you can check progress and accelerate your use when a given wine suites you best. Enjoy drinking, not hoarding.

Richard deBondt founded Northampton Wines in Greenville in 1975. With his business partner David Williams, he oversees retail wine and restaurant operations, along with wine travel.

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Greenville leaders Kirven and White keep communication on speed dial

By Jennifer Oladipo | contributor

The City of Greenville and Greenville County did not always cooperate as well as they do today. Leadership on both sides readily admit relations were often contentious.

But they say divergent rural and urban interests and occasional missteps toward joint efforts have been overcome by new faces and open lines of communication.

The notorious city-county divide of years past is rapidly becoming folklore as people inside and outside government say the city and county leaders and staff are cooperating better than ever.

“I had heard stories of impasses, and of course there were documented instances,” said County Council Chairman Butch Kirven. He has held the office since 2005, and feels he missed the worst of the conflicts.

Economic development was one major flashpoint; the various agencies that exist today are a legacy of those conflicts.

Nine years ago, Kirven said, the county had contracted with the Greenville Chamber of Commerce to provide economic development services, but issues led to “misunderstandings and perhaps hard feelings over that.” Other observers have said the Greenville Area Development Corporation (GADC) was created in direct response to the feeling that the city’s economic power, especially in the downtown area, was reaching too far.

Another sore point was a failed attempt to jointly purchase the Carolina First Center (now the TD Convention Center) from the now-defunct Textile Hall Corporation. The partnership collapsed when the county pulled out at the last minute, leaving the city in a scramble to finalize the deal in 2001, Kirven said.

Yet both Kirven and Greenville Mayor Knox White say they keep in constant communication so that these types of issues are a thing of the past.

“I’ve got Knox White on my speed dial; he’s got me on his,” said Kirven. “I call him whenever I need to.”

The two men and their staffs have made conscious efforts to mend bridges, keep in touch, and move forward together when needed. White said economic development agencies in particular have moved beyond territorial thinking, each playing to their strengths today. Many GADC projects are coordinated with the

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Still, there is something to be said for maintaining a home cellar. The first, and most obvious rule is to stock what you like.

It is foolish to hoard wine simply because of its repute. Regardless of traditional rankings and contemporary reviews, no wine is guaranteed to please. You must suit your own taste. Start by having a reasonable supply of your favorites, proportionate to your consumption.

Whatever you use regularly should be in supply sufficient to fill your needs for a month or two. There is great comfort in knowing that something that suits is on hand and ready to serve.

The once-Great Divide becomes folklore

City of Greenville Mayor Knox White, left, and Greenville County Council Chairman Butch Kirven walk along the Swamp Rabbit Trail. The trail is one of many projects that required cooperation between the two government entities.

city’s department of economic development and the city’s Chamber of Commerce. White said in his view, the county is the main vehicle for businesses recruitment while the city engages in broader economic development activities.

“I’ve got Knox White on my speed dial; he’s got me on his. I call him whenever I need to.”

Butch Kirven, Greenville County Council Chairman

Such improvements may not be as easy for the public to see, but several large projects illustrate them well, the two leaders say. Kirven, White and others cite public transportation as a noteworthy example of the relationship working well.

Transportation had been a mutual source of “great discord in the past, and just sort of a dysfunctional environment,” White said.

With a transportation board appointed by the city and county, service has improved and expansion throughout the county will begin soon, starting with a trial route in Simpsonville. White said he expects an eventual collaboration on a rapid transit system from downtown to

CU-ICAR along what is currently a railroad line mostly owned by the county.

The Swamp Rabbit Trail, which runs from Travelers Rest to Conestee, was the two governments’ first joint effort to create a greenway. The trail was developed and funded in a piecemeal yet coordinated fashion. Through a special tax district, the county helped fund the public walking areas along the trail near the Peace Center downtown. Kirven also cited the jointly administered BI-LO Center one mile north as an example of how the city and county worked together to navigate a complex financial issue.

County Councilman Joe Dill of Landrum sees many more points of cooperation than conflict. He said the battle that arose when city residents received water from new reservoirs before county residents – who then had to pay more – created the perception that the two sides were at war. Although some of his constituents still feel slighted, he said projects such as Heritage Green, Fluor Field and those listed above could not have occurred if the relationship were still dire. Similarly, White pointed out that the county and city have occupied the same law enforcement center for decades without problems.

“I’ve always felt a friendship with the members of the City Council and I’ve been able to work well with most of them,” Dill said. “I count most of them as my friends.”

At the same time, White and others say a turnover in personnel helped a great deal. “Newer people didn’t have any baggage of the past, so they’ve always been good,” White said.

Russell Stall, director of Greenville Forward, said knowing each other on a more personal level keeps disagreement from becoming conflict, especially as new challenges test these relationships.

As Stall points out, most of those challenges are no respecter of boundary lines.

“As we continue to grow as a community, where are we going to put people? And where are we going to put them in a way that makes sense and is sustainable and maintains our quality of life?” he said.

In the coming months, the Journal will continue to explore how the county and city work together on these and other issues such as zoning and gateways, which will likely require plenty of speed dial sessions on government cell phones.

Contact Jennifer Oladipo at joladipo@greenvillejournal.com.

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Obesity rates are on the rise nationwide, but just how obese the country could become and how much it could impact health care costs over time is the subject of a new report released this week by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

This year, the foundation’s “F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future” annual report predicts both obesity rates and potential obesity-related health care costs for the first time. In addition, the 2012 report predicts how costs might be decreased if Americans reduced their body mass index (BMI) by five percent, or about 10 pounds for

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Projections for Annual Obesity-Related Health Spending in South Carolina, 2010-2030

2012

Study predicts South Carolina’s obesity rate could soar past 60 percent by 2030

2030 in health care costs related to diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, arthritis and obesity-related cancer, the report said. In addition, that BMI reduction could keep more than 400,000 South Carolina residents from developing those conditions.

“This study shows us two futures for America’s health,” said Risa LavizzoMourey, M.D., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation president and CEO, in a statement. “At every level of government, we must pursue policies that preserve health, prevent disease and reduce health care costs. Nothing less is acceptable.”

The report makes recommendations for ways states might invest in obesity prevention efforts, including more money for evidence-based obesity prevention programs, support for healthy nutrition in federal food programs, making school physical education and activity a priority and fully implementing the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act to improve child school nutrition.

The full report is available at www. healthyamericans.org.

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a six-foot-tall, 200 lb. person.

Adults with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 are considered overweight, while individuals with a BMI of 30 or more are considered obese.

Nationwide, the report predicts that by 2030, more than 44 percent of people could be obese in all 50 states.

In the Palmetto State, that percentage jumps to a potential 62.9 percent, placing South Carolina among 13 states with potentially more than 60 percent obese residents.

According to a Center for Disease Control report released earlier this year, South Carolina’s 2011 obesity rate was 30.8 percent, tied with Indiana for eighth most obese state in the nation.

According to “F as in Fat,” combined medical costs nationwide for treating preventable obesity-related disease are estimated to grow by $48 billion to $66 billion per year in the United States by 2030. In South Carolina, obesity-related health care costs could increase more than 12.6 percent. In addition, loss of economic productivity could cost the country between $390 billion and $580 billion annually by 2030.

If South Carolinians reduced their BMI by five percent, the state could save approximately $9.3 billion by

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For a six-foot-tall person weighing 200 pounds, a 5 percent reduction in BMI would be the equivalent of losing roughly 10 pounds.

Contact April A. Morris at amorris@greenvillejournal.com.

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It’s late afternoon on Pelham Road, White Horse Road or any of the major four-lane roads in Greenville County. A school bus stops to let children off – and other vehicles stop, too.

Some don’t have to.

According to South Carolina law, motorists traveling in the opposite direction of a school bus on a road with at least four lanes (meaning at least two in each direction) are not required to stop.

It’s been state law since South Carolina began prohibiting bus stops that required students to cross a road with multiple lanes in each direction. The old law required all motorists to stop unless it was on a multi-lane road with a median.

“It’s very confusing to people,” said Greenville County Schools spokesman Oby Lyles. “There are always concerns about safety at the beginning of a school year.”

Lyles said the school district would rather motorists stop when they don’t need to

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A school bus stops on White Horse Road to let students off. Traffic in both directions is stopped on the four-lane road.

than not stop when required by law.

All motorists have to stop for a stopped school bus on a two-lane road, no matter which way they’re traveling.

On multi-lane roads, motorists going the same direction as the school bus must stop as well.

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About 25,000 of Greenville County Schools’ 70,000 students ride a school bus.

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State health insurance increases mirror national trends Average family annual cost approaches $16,000 nationwide By april a. morris | staff

With the full implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act looming in 2014, employers, employees and experts are carefully tracking trends in health insurance use and costs. Last week, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research Educational Trust released a survey of more than 2,000 employers that revealed health insurance premiums rose 4 percent nationwide.

Conducted from January through May 2012, the survey found single employee coverage costs at an average of $5,615 and family coverage at $15,745. Workers paid an average of $4,316 toward their family coverage and

$951 toward single coverage.

However, 19 percent of covered workers are in family plans costing at least $18,894 annually, while 20 percent of covered workers are in plans with family coverage cost of less than $12,596, according to the Kaiser survey.

In South Carolina, the increase for premiums came in a bit higher on average, said David Slade, vice president of employee benefits at Rosenfeld Einstein, a benefits agency. Slade says his company has noted a 9 percent increase in health insurance premium costs since 2010, or an estimated 4.5 percent per year.

Every two years, Rosenfeld Einstein conducts its South Carolina Employer Benefits Survey and compares numbers with the latest Kaiser

Exhibit 3: Average Annual Premiums for Single and Family Coverage, 1999-2012 $2,196

1999

$7,061*

$3,083*

2002

Family Coverage

$6,438*

$2,689*

2001

Single Coverage

$5,791

$2,471*

2000

$8,003*

$3,383*

2003

$9,068*

$3,695*

2004

$9,950*

$4,024*

2005

$10,880*

$4,242*

2006

$11,480*

$4,479*

2007 2008

$4,704*

2009

$4,824

$12,106* $12,680* $13,375*

$5,049*

2010

$13,770*

$5,429*

2011

$15,073*

$5,615*

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$2,000

$4,000

$6,000

$15,745* $8,000

$10,000

$12,000

$14,000

$16,000

$18,000

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Source: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 1999-2012.

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Exhibit 5: Average Annual Worker Contributions for Covered Workers with Family Coverage, by Firm Size, 1999-2012 $6,000 $4,946

$5,000 $4,236*

$4,000

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$3,000

$1,000

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$1,453

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$3,170

$2,254*

$2,000

$5,134

$4,665

$2,487

$2,658

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$2,982

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Source: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 1999-2012.

Family Foundation figures. In August, Rosenfeld Einstein released the survey of 130 South Carolina employers, including those in industries ranging from manufacturing to technology.

South Carolina employees on a single coverage plan pay an average of $92 per month for their health insurance, said Slade. To address health care costs over the past year, some employers “have tried to absorb more of the cost because they know how much employees are contributing,” said Slade. “If you have workers who are making $14 an hour, it’s still a struggle for them to continue to pay for a family plan at upward of $500 a month.”

Employers want to enhance their benefits packages for attracting and retaining employees, Slade said. The cost of picking up part of the insurance premiums is often lower than the cost of employee turnover, which can run between 50 and 150 percent of that employee’s salary. And adding benefits, which are not taxable, may be more valuable to an employee than a raise, he said.

National experts say the 4-percent increase is good news. “Double-digit increases in premiums were once a common occurrence, but we have not seen any since a 10 percent increase in 2004 and 13 percent growth in 2003,” said Kaiser Family Foundation president and CEO Drew Altman in a column last week.

“Rates of increase in total health spending have been holding at 4 percent to 6 percent per year recently, and per capita spending – which is most analogous to premiums – has been rising about a percentage point below that,” wrote Altman.

Employers across the nation and South Carolina are offering a wider variety of plans, including Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) and High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP). According to

Rosenfeld Einstein’s 2012 survey, HDHPs “have grown to represent 60 percent of surveyed plans across the state, up from 46 percent just two years ago.”

South Carolina employers are charged less per month than the national average for the two types of plans; however, employees in the state are often required to contribute more towards that cost. For PPO single coverage, South Carolina employees contribute an average of $92 each month towards premiums versus $84 nationally, according to the report. HDHP enrollees essentially pay the national average of $60 each month.

To save on costs, more state employers are offering wellness programs that equal a discount on premiums for employees, up to 20 percent, said Slade. “Employers are trying to engage their employees to take better care of themselves and offer incentives,” he said. The Affordable Care Act may bump the premium discount up to as much as 50 percent, he added.

Employers are also getting creative with plan designs. For example, an employer may provide medications for certain chronic conditions like diabetes or asthma to encourage more employees to stay on their medicine, thus helping to avoid complications or emergency room visits, said Slade. Federal legislation will have an effect on how premiums are calculated, including adjusting the spectrum of best and worst risk percentages and moving to set rates on a gender-neutral basis, which may help to ease premium costs, he said.

To view the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust 2012 Employer Health Benefits Survey, visit www.kff.org.

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Nature’s fall extravaganza Autumn colors expected to be good to excellent this year

By Cindy Landrum | staff

The fall prognosticators are at it again.

They are not trying to predict winners and losers on the football field (although there are plenty of those out there). These prognosticators are trying to figure out how brilliant the fall colors will be this year.

And, perhaps more difficult, where the best spots will be and when they will peak.

“It’s hard to make a blanket statement,” said Vic Shelburne, a Clemson University forestry and natural resources professor. “There’s always pockets of fantastic color and there are other pockets that are dull as dirt.”

This year, fall color prognosticators are predicting good color depending on where you go in the Upstate and western North Carolina and what the weather is

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As days get shorter, leaves begin to change color as chlorophyll used to produce food is depleted.

like in the upcoming weeks.

“It’s a fragile formula,” Shelburne said.

This year, that formula is complicated by the warm winter and spring the viewing area had.

“Because of the early spring, everything bloomed early and fruits are ripening earlier,” Shelburne said. “Everything seems two to three weeks early. It will be interesting to see whether we’ll have a slightly earlier fall.”

Shelburne said he’s noticed black gums that received a lot of sunlight are between red and bronze now, while the trees in the forest are still green. Dogwoods also have a tinge of red.

“The colors I’ve seen in the black gums are pretty good,” he said.

Typically, fall foliage season in the Carolinas runs from the end of September to early November, when chlorophyll in leaves breaks down due to shorter days and colder nights, revealing the colors that were overpowered by summer’s greens.

In western North Carolina, the intensity of the color will vary because of fluctuations in the amount of rainfall across the region this past spring and winter, said Kathy Mathews, Western Carolina University associate professor of biology, who specializes in plant systematics.

“This has been an unusually rainy spring and summer for much of western North Carolina, which, if it continues through September and October, could mean less color, especially in the red range,” she said. “However, if evening temperatures continue to drop steadily through the next two months, it will hasten the loss of green from the leaves to reveal more yellow and orange pigments.”

Mathews said Asheville and points north have been drier than other areas of the North Carolina mountains.

“The drier areas should have the best fall color, while the wetter areas will be less vibrant,” she said.

Cloud cover and ample rainfall in the weeks ahead could mute the color show, Mathews and Shelburne said.

Shelburne said the Upstate hasn’t had a great year for fall color since 2008 or 2009.

Mathews said usually the color change peaks anywhere from four to seven days after the first frost. The peak colors should arrive during the second week of October in the higher elevations in western North Carolina and the third week of October in the mid-elevations, she said.

Shelburne said the color change usually comes to the Upstate the last week of October or the first week of November.

For those looking for help in catching the fall color at its peak, there are telephone hotlines and websites pointing out the best spots, complete with maps and photos.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s fall color hotline is 1-800354-4595.

The overlook at Caesars Head State Park has earned the reputation for being one of the best locations for enjoying fall color in all of South Carolina, offering a view of the Blue Ridge escarpment and the Piedmont.

From the overlook, visitors can see Table Rock, the Table Rock Reservoir, Matthews Creek Valley and the city of Greenville with the mountains of North Carolina and Georgia as the backdrop.

Another view from Caesars Head State Park is just as spectacular but requires a moderately difficult hike to an observation platform at Raven Cliff Falls. Hikers who cross a suspension bridge can view the 400-foot cascade from above. It is a two-mile hike to the observation tour and a four-mile hike to the suspension bridge.

Jones Gap State Park offers a wall of color from its many hiking trails. The Middle Saluda River runs through the park.

And a different view of fall color can be had at Paris Mountain State Park. Instead of the regular mountain vista views, fall colors can be seen in reflections in the park’s Mountain Lake or Lake Placid.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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Ending the hurt More than 30 Upstate organizations launch campaign for Domestic Violence Awareness Month By april a. morris | staff

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With one in four women and one in 13 men nationwide having experienced abuse from an intimate partner, efforts to commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October have often centered on remembering the victims, said Julie Meredith, director of volunteers and communication for Safe Harbor.

This year, a group of agencies representing four Upstate counties is focusing on raising awareness about simple ways that the entire community can help prevent domestic violence, Meredith said.

Along with law enforcement, the nonprofit Safe Harbor is the agency that directly serves victims of domestic violence cases. However, there are multiple organizations addressing the problem, Meredith said, including groups that focus on issues such as education, mentoring and mental health.

On Oct. 1, a group of 37 agencies will launch an awareness campaign designed to encourage community members to think about how they can help prevent domestic violence.

“It can be as small a thing as promoting healthy behaviors, equality and safety,” Meredith said.

Each week, the agencies will promote a “community step” via social media, she said. “We want to raise fans’ and followers’ awareness. We can all use our different spheres of influence.”

Meredith said the agencies perform a variety of services, but domestic violence touches them all. Community members can “follow” or “friend” any on the list to learn more about an agency’s specific mission and receive weekly community step updates during October. “We encourage the public to check out an agency that resonates with them,” she said.

The “steps” that will be emphasized include modeling healthy relationship behaviors at home; promoting education on healthy relationships; providing

opportunities for building self-esteem, independence and empowerment; involving men to emulate healthy relationships and healthy masculinity; and offering concrete intervention, resources and support for victims.

Domestic violence is sometimes still considered a taboo subject and a strictly family issue, Meredith said, but it affects the entire community. For years, South Carolina has been in the top 10 in the nation for the number of domestic violence-related homicides, and was seventh in 2010.

“Our Upstate counties are among the worst in the state for criminal domestic violence,” said Meredith. “If we don’t realize it’s a community problem, how can we expect anything to change?”

This inter-agency collaboration for marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the Upstate is unprecedented, and most of the agencies agreed to participate without hesitation, said Meredith. “It’s remarkable that agencies that do so many types of things can stand together. I’m hopeful that the partnership will be the first step in more collaborative steps,” she said.

A kickoff event for the campaign is scheduled for Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. at Clemson at the Falls, 55 Camperdown Way, Greenville. Visit www.safeharbor.org for a complete list of collaborating agencies and links to their social media pages.

Contact April A. Morris at amorris@greenvillejournal.com.

Domestic Violence in South Carolina and the Upstate - 2009 South Carolina ranked seventh in the nation for homicide rate among females murdered by males. In 2009, 42 females were murdered by males in the state.

Anderson County: 2,520 domestic violence victims (almost seven victims identified per day) and two domestic violence-related homicides.

Oconee County: 591 domestic violence victims Pickens County: 989 domestic violence victims, two homicides Greenville County: 4,179 victims (average of more than 11 victims identified per day), seven homicides *Source: “When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2009 Homicide Data” by The Violence Policy Center. County data courtesy of Safe Harbor.

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the news in brief “Paper, plastic or fabric?” is the question Clemson University researchers will ask during a study on the impact of grocery bag materials on the environment.

Billions of grocery bags are used in the United States alone every year. Most are recycled or go into landfills. Some become litter.

Hilex Poly LLC, a plastic bag and film products manufacturer, awarded Clemson $179,864 for an analysis of the environmental impact of the most commonly used grocery bags.

Robert Kimmel, director of Clemson’s Center for Flexible Packaging and principal investigator for the research project, said many studies have been done on the environmental impact of the grocery bag, but most are either incomplete or done in Europe or Australia. Consumer behavior and recycling processes differ in those areas from those in the United States, he said.

The Clemson study will analyze grocery bag manufacture, use and disposal. The study will look at greenhouse gas emissions, energy use and other environmental impacts produced from product sourcing

to final disposal.

“Clemson’s life cycle analysis of plastic, paper and reusable bags will be very important, especially since no such comprehensive study has been done from an American perspective,” said Phil Rozenski of Hilex Poly. “As a leading research and educational institution, Clemson’s research will help people fully understand the role these products play in our lives and environment.”

World peace focus of symposium

Recent cultural flare-ups in the Middle East highlight the importance of conflict resolution and cultural understanding, the topics of the Rotary World Peace Symposium scheduled for the University of South Carolina Upstate campus on Friday.

“Without channeling time and energy toward solutions, conflict reigns supreme,” said Elizabeth Belenchia, chair of the symposium.

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New voting districts made official

Greenville’s new voting districts for city council seats have been approved by the U.S. Department of Justice and will be used for the 2013 municipal elections.

Changes were made to each of the city’s four voting districts because of population changes since the 2000 Census.

The city still has two minority districts.

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Brogan, 79, has spent countless days like this – not to mention the past 12 years – visiting and ministering to the sick and dying in the Upstate, with no plans to stop anytime soon.

As a teen, Dorothy Brogan came to Philadelphia from Ireland and soon knew she wanted to enter God’s service. She said she didn’t want to be a teacher, often the only choice for nuns at that time. However, when she was 17 years old, Brogan met a member of the Sisters of Bon Secours, an order founded in France after the French Revolution to care for the sick and the dying in their homes. She wanted to be a nurse and knew that by joining the order, she was assured a role in caring for the sick.

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Before coming to the Upstate, Brogan was working in Florida, ministering to those at the end of their lives through the Hospice of Charlotte in Port Charlotte. She was asked to come to South Carolina, but wasn’t sure about the climate and didn’t even own a coat.

“I came in January and thought it was freezing,” she said. Of course, she said, her time in Florida came after – at age 50 – she spent three years in Riobamba, Ecuador, working at a medical clinic for the poor.

As she reflected on her years of service, Brogan said she is very grateful for the opportunities the Sisters of Bon Secours have given her. The camaraderie and the sense of purpose were so valuable, she said, as was the inspiration. “It’s like a gift for me to do what the first sisters started out doing. It’s like I’m standing on their shoulders,” she said.

Nellie Jo Hamrick said Brogan came to visit once a week, and she and Cliff “would talk about everything under the sun. Sometimes I’d have to leave them alone to talk.” Now Hamrick has been getting visits from Brogan after knee and back surgeries. “She’s an angel,” Hamrick said.

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This “universal spirituality” is something that Brogan possesses and shares with all those she visits, said Dr. John Weems, medical director of palliative care at St. Francis. “We see many people who are suffering mightily,” he said. “When they see Sister Dorothy’s twinkling eyes and bright smile, it’s sometimes better than any of the other treatments or medicines we could give them.”

Ministering to the sick and dying may not seem like a blessing, but it is, said Brogan. “The work called me. It’s a gift from God to be with people who are very sick and eventually die. It’s challenging, but a wonderful experience.”

Brogan said she finds it “very humbling to have people share the depths of themselves. People, out of their faith, will share what they regret or what they’re very grateful for. I receive more than what it looks like I give.”

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She said she would keep working as long as God blesses her with good health. “I will continue to minister in whatever way I can,” she said. “I’d get bored if I retired.”

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“The word ‘eradication’ is not being used with the kudzu bug,” said Steve Cole, director of the plant industry department in Clemson’s regulatory services division. “The best we can hope to do is find a suitable method of control.”

But the insects reproduce in such large numbers and move about so freely, timing pesticide sprays is a tricky business.

“Our problem isn’t killing them. We can do that pretty easily,” entomologist Phillip Roberts of the University of Georgia told the group at Edisto. “Our problem is minimizing the number of (insecticide) sprays necessary to reduce the damage to a crop.”

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There’s a new stinkbug on the block, and it has developed a taste for soybeans.

Kudzu bugs were first discovered northeast of Atlanta three years ago and have since swept through Georgia and the Carolinas, leaving behind devastated soybean fields.

Kudzu bugs, or Megacopta cribraria, eat the infamous kudzu vine in their native habitat. Kudzu is a relative of many bean crops, so when the bug made the hop here it was easy to change diet. The bug, also known as the “globular stink bug,” is 3/16 of an inch long and does smell when squished.

Some people are sensitive to the secretion, making the bug a medical problem

as well as a homeowner nuisance and economic pest.

Kudzu bugs covered South Carolina bean fields in a year and swept further north at breakneck speed, agricultural experts say.

“They’ve already become an economic pest on soybeans in the areas they’ve infected. They’re fast-moving and can have a significant impact on a crop,” said Jeremy Greene, a Clemson University Research/ Extension entomologist who hosted a national conference at Clemson’s Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville.

“Fortunately, we’ve learned a lot about them in a short time. It’s important for us to assess what we know and formulate the best response for the future,” he said.

Crop pest experts are planning an aggressive assault, but no one is under the

the spring or early summer, another in the late summer. During winter, the bugs hide in a warm place, often in a hidden corner in human homes, under boards, in outbuildings or even under the bark of a tree.

Since appearing in northeast Georgia in 2009, the Asian bugs now blanket the Southeast from Florida, north to Virginia and west to Alabama, with pockets of infestations reported in counties in Tennessee and Mississippi.

“It will probably spread and survive anywhere kudzu survives,” said Joe Eger of Dow Agrosciences.

The bug is bad enough in South Carolina, with 350,000 acres of soybeans that bring in more than $100 million a year, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Nationally, the U.S. soybean crop was worth $35.7 billion last year, the service reported.

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There’s an app for everything – including getting parents involved in their children’s educations if those students attend Beck Academy.

Beck Academy is the first in Greenville County and one of the first K-12 public schools in South Carolina to have its own app – a software application or program used on a smartphone or mobile device.

Principal Jason Warren was attending a technology conference this past summer when he received a marketing email from a company advertising school apps.

The email is changing the way the school communicates with parents, Warren said.

The app developers, SchoolInfo App, took everything on the school’s website and made it available on mobile devices such as iPhones, Android phones and iPads.

“There are parents who do not have a computer or Internet access at home,” Warren said. “But almost every household has one member with a smartphone.”

The app includes school and athletic calendars that can be downloaded to a user’s calendar and emailed to friends, grandparents and other relatives. The app even gives users GPS directions to away sporting events.

There are password-protected areas that allow parents to check on their child’s grades and attendance. They can even deposit money into their child’s lunch account.

Warren said the school has had the app for about a month and continues to add information to it, including the student handbook.

“The easier it is, the more people are going to use it,” Warren said. “They use it because of convenience.”

The app, which is free for parents and students to download, costs about $300 initially and will cost about $1,000 annually in the future. Warren said the school’s PTSA is expected to pay for the service.

Warren said several other Greenville County schools have contacted him for information on how to get their own apps.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

Former car dealer indicted on federal charges

By CHarles Sowell | staff

An arraignment for Michael “Joe” Gibson and members of his staff at American Suzuki Motor Corp. on federal charges has been scheduled for Sept. 27 in Greenville.

Gibson, 56, of Spartanburg; Billy John Mills Jr., 44, of Huntersville, N.C.; Lewis Jones Harward Jr., 40, of Myrtle Beach; Richard James Harward, 38, of Belton; Joshua Manuel Maldonado, 24, of Anderson; Lennie Wylie Sanders, 31, of Danville, Va.; Wanda Suzette Smith, 58, of Fountain Inn; Kathy Valentine Stewart, 59, of Easley; and Jillian Ventrello, 38, of

Huntersville, N.C., have been charged in a three-count federal indictment accusing them of conspiring to commit wire fraud. They each face up to 20 years in prison.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a written statement that the initial appearance and arraignment is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Sept. 27 in Greenville.

The first count accuses those involved of falsely advertising deals to customers. The second count alleges that the defendants filed false information to financial companies, while the third count accuses them of making false statements to American Suzuki Motor Corp.

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Sassafras Mountain tower will open 4-state views

She keeps the glass – her own and everyone else’s – more than half full.

“I believe in being positive,” says Shirley Smith, who does “a little bit of everything” at Mackey Mortuary.

“I look for the good in all situations.”

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The Conservation Fund will donate 4.8 acres on the North Carolina side of the summit to South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resources to complete the project.

“One of the challenges of any generation is to preserve and protect the Godgiven beauty of our state,” said Graham. “Not only are we preserving the Sassafras Mountain area for the future, we are also making it more accessible.

It is important we continue to push for thoughtful conservation, combined with economic growth, to ensure the natural beauty and wonders of our state are protected for decades to come.”

“We are pleased that South Carolina’s highest point will now and forever be accessible to the public and are honBrian Sullivan, 55, of Lawrenceville, Ga., also is charged in that third count, according to the statement.

With the exception of Sullivan, the accused worked at Joe Gibson Automotive in Spartanburg or Joe Gibson’s Auto World in Gaffney. Sullivan was employed by American Suzuki

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ored to be a part of this effort,” said R. Michael Leonard, vice chairman of the board of directors for The Conservation Fund. The Fund intends to convey the remainder of the adjacent property – the first phase of the 8,000-acre East Fork Headwaters property – to the North Carolina Forest Service later this year, he said.

The project will change the face of the lonely peak. An observation tower is planned to soar above the tree-covered summit to give visitors a 360-degree view of the surrounding mountains of Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. There will be new trails and publicuse facilities like restrooms.

Partners in the Sassafras Mountain effort include the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Pickens County, Clemson University, The Highpointers Club, Duke Energy, the Foothills Trail Conference, Clemson University architecture professor Daniel Harding, and the Harry Hampton Memorial Wildlife Fund.

The partners will work to find private donors to help fund the project.

All donations will be tax deductible.

To donate, contact Tom Swayngham, DNR regional wildlife coordinator, at 864-654-1671, extension 21, or at swaynghamt@dnr.sc.gov.

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Huddled under tent-like awnings against a driving rain, conservationists and mountaineers listened as U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham described the view that was coming soon when state officials erect a tower to give visitors to Sassafras Mountain an unimpeded view of four states.

Visibility at the announcement was about 50 yards.

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Cross the Caesars Head park boundary hiking toward Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve and the feel of the forest changes to something more fecund and primitive.

Watson-Cooper, a 1,707.6-acre gem located at Gum Gap on the Caesars Head spur of the Foothills Trail, is about a half-mile from the park’s boundary.

It’s about a five-mile walk from the Raven Cliff parking lot on U.S. 276 to the entrance to Watson-Cooper. The trail is one of the most heavily used in the park system and shows it, with dozens of hikers making the trek to the head of the falls in search of a breathtaking view and a feeling of danger.

The day-trippers peel away at the spur to the falls at Trail 14. Only throughhikers and those with a hankering to visit one of the wildest parts of the Blue Ridge Escarpment travel the additional mile and a half to Watson-Cooper.

Watson-Cooper is part of the Mountain Bridge Wilderness and Recreation Area, which was designed to link Table Rock Reservoir and Poinsett Reservoir in an unbroken chain on undeveloped property.

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Watson-Cooper is part of the Caesars Head Wildlife Management Area in season. Julian Creek and Matthews Creek are native brook trout streams, two of the few mountain streams with a population of brook trout, the state’s only native trout species. Catch and release is encouraged.

The preserve has the only montane bog habitat in the state. It also has the only state population of swamp pink, or Helonias bullata, a federally designated threatened species that blooms in the spring. Other rare plants to be found there include climbing fern (Lygodium palmatum) and painted trillium (Trillium undulatum).

At least six other rare and significant plants occur on the preserve, which is also home to uncommon fauna including the Appalachian cottontail, eastern wood rats, star-nosed moles and blacknosed dace, a small fish.

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A near-capacity crowd filled Greenville County Council chambers Monday to attend a zoning hearing, many of them there in opposition to a plan to construct a CVS drugstore at the corner of Hudson and Pelham roads.

The plan proposes to rezone a property at the corner from residential to commercial and build the drugstore on approximately four acres. Another approximately five adjoining acres would remain as a conservation easement and buffer for nearby neighborhoods, said Tim Campbell, an engineer and consultant on the project.

Greenville resident Kenneth Behring said he has owned a home on part of the property since 2002, but since his family has grown, it is no longer safe for them to live there. In addition, the development and noise across the street at the Patewood medical complex have disturbed them for several years, he said. He is left with a piece of property that is unsellable for residential use, he said, but “is a perfect fit for this space.”

In 2008, a similar plan to build a CVS on the same corner property was proposed and denied by the county.

Anthony Copper, who lives on nearby Jamestowne Drive, said he and neighborhood residents are back four years later to oppose a plan that has undergone very little revision since its initial denial. Over the past few weeks, Copper, who also launched a website in opposition to the change, said he has helped to gather more than 500 signatures of residents opposed to the rezoning.

He added that there are multiple commercial properties available across Pelham Road (and within the city of Greenville’s limits) that do not adjoin neighborhoods. Copper said he is afraid that rezoning would set a precedent for a predominantly residential area. “This is not a decision about a single CVS.” Other residents cited traffic flow, especially left-turns from the property onto Hudson Road towards Pelham Road, and additional cars at an already busy intersection as concerns. According to Greenville County planning staff, 2011 traffic counts on Pelham Road

just to the west of the site were 23,800 cars each day, an 11 percent decrease in counts over the last five years. Campbell said a CVS would increase traffic by approximately 850 cars in a 24-hour period.

Additional traffic generated by a Walgreens that was built at the intersection of Pelham Road and Roper Mountain Road Extension has increased congestion and danger at that intersection, said Fernando Geiss, who lives on Country Squire Court, across from the drugstore.

The Planning Commission will make recommendations on the rezoning on Sept. 26, said Councilman Fred Payne.

The council’s Planning and Development Committee will consider the request on Oct. 1. It could be denied on the second reading, which is scheduled for Oct. 16, he said.

In another zoning hearing, more Eastside residents spoke in opposition to a proposed housing development at the intersection of Roper Mountain Road and Blacks Drive. Reichert Consulting is requesting a rezoning of approximately 10 acres from single-family residential to a flexible review district to construct 41 units in a higher-density development.

Two residents spoke in support of the rezoning, including Tom Johnson, who said that developers should use sites that are already in developed areas for housing rather than contributing to sprawl.

Some opponents said the intersection was already too busy and too dangerous to support additional traffic.

Garry Rank, president of the Coach Hills homeowners’ association, said the group had collected more than 350 signatures of residents opposed to the rezoning.

Councilman Bob Taylor, who represents the area, said that public opinion or neighborhood opposition alone is not enough to stop a rezoning request, but if it impacts traffic flow, that is a major consideration.

The Blacks Drive rezoning request will also be considered by the Planning Commission on Sept. 26 and by the council’s Planning and Development Committee on Oct. 1.

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Fiction Addiction hosts a free children’s storytime every Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. at 1175 Woods Crossing Road. “Flabbersmashed About You” by Rachel Vail will be featured Sept. 27. For more information, call 864-675-0540.

St. Francis offers community education programs each month. The LifeWise Shutter Bugs Photography Exhibition will be held Sept. 27 at 2:30 p.m. in the Courtyard at St. Francis Eastside.

On Sept. 22, the Greenville County Human Relations Commission is hosting a free education and action event to focus on foreclosure prevention. The program will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Greenville County Square, 301 University Ridge.

For complete details, visit www.greenvillecounty.org or call 864-467-7095.

On Mondays, Oct. 1-22, the Greenville County Library-Mauldin Branch will hold Survival Spanish I classes from 6 to 8 p.m. Cost is $80 for library cardholders and seniors; and $100 for others. To register, call Lifelong Learning of the Greenville County School District at 864-355-6059. Registration forms are available at www.greenvillelibrary.org. Classes begin Sept. 17.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, will waive day-use fees at the recreation areas at lakes Thurmond, Russell and Hartwell as part of National Public Lands Day, Sept. 29. Fees normally charged at Corps boat launch ramps and picnic areas will be waived. The waiver does not apply to camping and camping-related services, or fees for specialized facilities such as group picnic shelters.

The Everyday Person’s Guide to Life and Health Planning will be held Oct. 7, at Christ the King Lutheran Church at 1925 Pelham Road. The presentation is free and open to the public. It will feature information on will preparation, advance directives, powers of attorney, estate planning basics, and discussion on end-of-life issues. Former Associate Greenville County Probate Judge Susan Singletonwill present. Registration deadline is Sept. 30. To register, call 864-234-5647 or email tepglhp@gmail.com.

Paris Mountain State Park presents Music in the Woods 2012, a fall festival of music taking place every Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the park amphitheatre, September through October. Music in the Woods is free after adult admission to the park. Sept.

22 will feature Lucy Allen and Marshall Goers. For more information, call the park office at 864-244-5565, or email Gillian Trotter at parismountain@scprt.com.

The Mauldin Garden Club will have a rummage sale consisting of Christmas decorations, children’s and adult clothing for fall/winter, and a large variety of estate items on Sept. 29, from 8 a.m. until noon in the parking lot of the Mauldin Cultural Center, 101 East Butler Road. Daffodil bulbs in yellow, and a white, orange and pink mix will also be available. For more information, contact Ann Smith, Mauldin Garden Club president, at jerryannesm115@charter.net or 864-963-8267.

The City of Greenville and Shred-it Greenville are hosting a free shredding event on Friday, Sept. 21, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the TD Convention Center in the Enterprise Drive parking lot. All paper must be bagged or boxed and each person is limited to three large trash bags or three small boxes of paper. Bags and boxes must be intact. Reusable bags, boxes or containers will be returned to you.

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On Sept. 27, the inaugural Greenville Heroes: Serve and Protect Awards Luncheon will be held at noon at the Hyatt Regency Greenville. In addition to bringing recognition to local heroes, the event will generate awareness and financial support for two scholarship funds established to aid children of local firefighters and police officers. The event is sponsored by JHM Hotels as part of its outreach, nurture, encourage (ONE) initiative. For more information, call 864-248-1568 or visit www.greenvilleheroes.com.

The South Carolina Botanical Garden at Clemson University is hosting fall concerts in the amphitheater at 7 p.m. Fridays through Oct. 19. Admission is $5. Snacks and beverages will be sold at the Garden Gazebo. No outside alcoholic beverages are permitted. Featured artists include: Sept. 21: Six Chickens and a Beer, Appalachian traditional; Sept. 28: Jentry Rose, acoustic Americana; Oct. 5: Katie and Larry, bluegrass, with opening show by Clemson Fiddle Ensemble, Disorderly Conduct and Domestic Violins at 6 p.m. with music for Scots-Irish contra dance and English country dance; Oct. 12: The Professors of Soul, soul, R&B, jazz, blues, funk; and Oct. 19: Sam Burchfield, folk, blues, funk. For more information, visit www.clemson.edu/scbg or call 864-656-3405.

The S.C. Botanical Garden will hold its fall plant sale on Sept. 28 and 29. Friday is open to friends only, 2:30-6 p.m. and open to the public on Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The sale features trees, shrubs, perennials, vines, ferns, ornamental grasses and hardy carnivorous bog plants. For additional information, visit www.clemson.edu/public/scbg.

The Transportation Museum of the World featuring the Miniature World of Trains is offering a commemorative admission ticket for sale. The collectors’ ticket will be limited to an issue of only 5,000 and available for a limited time. Each fullcolor ticket is numbered and signed by the Board of Directors of the museum project.

Each commemorative ticket is good for one admission and never expires. The public can also bid to receive ticket No. 1. Visit www.miniatureworldoftrains.com or call 864-991-8347 for additional information.

The Greenville County Library System will hold its fifth annual Amazing Read Kickoff at the Fountain Inn Civic Center on Sept. 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg will read excerpts from his memoir, “All Over but the Shoutin.’”

Bragg will answer questions from the audience and sign books. The Amazing Read features a series of programs during October and November that celebrate the Southern identity through stories, music and food. For more information about the kickoff and other programs, visit www.greenvillelibrary.org or call 864-527-9293.

Resurrected Treasure Ministries, Inc. will hold a Health and Safety Fair on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Mount Pleasant Community Center of Greenville Rec. The fair is free of charge and seeks to increase public awareness and involvement in the health,

wellness and safety issues affecting Greenville County. The fair features mental health and crime prevention speakers, a free gymnastics and parkour clinic for children, gospel rap by BU Entertainment, a mobile dental van and more. Prizes will follow at the conclusion of each speaker.

Governor Nikki Haley has designated September 2012 as “Voter Education Month.” The voter registration deadline is Oct. 6. Information regarding “Voter Education Month,” voter services, and candidates is available at the S.C. State Election Commission website: www.scVOTES.org.

The Greenville County Library System now offers Freegal Music Service, which gives library patrons free access to more than 3 million songs including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists. Registered cardholders of the Greenville County Library System can download a select number of Freegal Music tracks in the MP3 format each month at no direct cost via www.greenvillelibrary.org. In addition, Freegal also offers free downloads of mobile apps available in the Apple App Store and Google Play. For more information, email info@libraryideas.com.

Greenville Rec was presented with the Park Excellence Award for the Greenville Hospital System Swamp Rabbit Trail during the South Carolina Recreation & Parks Association’s (SCRPA) Annual Conference. Greenville Rec was recognized for partnering with Greenville County to restore the former rail line into the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail that has since welcomed thousands of visitors. SCRPA also recognized three Greenville Rec employees: Nancy Callahan received the Professional of the Year Award; Lawanda Curry received the Ethnic Minority Professional of the Year and State Merit Award; and Joni Dilworth received the Western District Merit Award.

Junior Achievement of Upstate SC is now holding training sessions for volunteers.

Junior Achievement helps young people develop the skills needed to succeed in a competitive community. Each year, 400 business professionals, parents, retirees and college students volunteer to teach students from kindergarten to 12th grade about entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy. Volunteers can choose location, age level, school, program and time. For more information, call JA staff by phone at 864-244-4017 or visit the website at www.jaupstatesc.org.

The Greenville Hospital System offers classes throughout the year to promote healthy living. On Sept. 24, Mindful Eating, Mindful Lifestyle will be held at the Greenville Hospital System Life Center from 10 to 11 a.m. Learn how to eat with awareness and prevent the emotional triggers of overeating. The program is free but registration is required. To register, call 864-455-4041. For more programs, visit www. ghs.org/360healthed.

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As local governments struggle to pay down debt and maintain operations in the face of plunging income, Greenville County is weathering the storm, county administrator Joseph Kernell told Greenville County Council at its regular meeting Tuesday.

“This was a very challenging fiscal year that we just completed,” Kernell said before reporting that county property tax income was down approximately $4.9 million in the 2011-2012 fiscal year. This shortfall was due in part to slower collections, a result of the nationwide economic recession, and overestimating growth in anticipation that the larger economy would improve sooner, he said.

In preliminary numbers, the total county budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year was $126.2 million, with revenue equaling approximately $128.1 million, Kernell said.

County office surpluses mitigated some of the property tax income shortfall, he said, including those in the building department and EMS. Expenditures were planned at $127.8 million and the county spent $126.2 million.

County staff projected an end-of-year fund balance of approximately $50.4 million, and the actual balance was approximately $52.2 million, reported Kernell.

“Considering what we had to overcome with the shortfall in the property tax revenue, it just speaks volumes with County Council working very closely with county staff and the county administrator to ensure that we could meet and exceed the budget when most municipalities and local governments across the country are going bankrupt, laying off people and struggling completely,” he said. “Greenville County continues to shine.”

The county is working to wean itself from dependence on state money from the Local Government Fund (LGF) for statemandated services because the amount of funding has been steadily cut by the state,

Kernell said. Greenville County received approximately $15 million from the state in the past year last year, compared to $23 million in 2008, he reported. Over the next year, the county plans to use only $13.6 million from the state. “Pretty soon we will not be dependent on that at all,” he said.

The Municipal Association of South Carolina reports the Legislature has reduced the Local Government Fund by 20 percent over the last three years.

Councilman Sid Cates noted that many local governments depend heavily on the LGF monies. Councilman Joe Dill said that while he was thankful that the county was planning for the reduction, “we have to remember that it’s money coming out of our pockets that should be coming from the state.”

In other action, the council finalized the formation of the City View Special Tax District, created to fund street lighting in the town that was dissolved in 1995. Town funds were set aside by the county to pay for the lights, and those funds dried up in 2011.

The council also moved to support the rewritten Building 21st Century Economic Development Capacity 2013-2017 plan created by the Appalachian Council of Governments. This plan helps to identify potential projects that can be funded by the federal Economic Development Administration through grants, said ACOG deputy director Doug Burns.

When a new business commits to locating in the area, the projects are eligible for the federal grant funding, Burns said.

The plan is updated each year and rewritten every five years.

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AFL’s Community Advisory Board presented a $2,000 grant to Mauldin Middle School’s Learning Disabled Self-Contained/Resource Neurological Disorder class for new tablets. These tablets can help improve socialization and fine motor skills through various applications that help students work on facial expressions, social, fine motor and academic skills.

On Sept. 29, Palmetto Olive Oil will host a profit-sharing day benefiting Pendleton Place Children’s Shelter. Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., customers can choose to designate 15 percent of their total to Pendleton Place. Pendleton Place, located in downtown Greenville, serves children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect.

The first annual MARYS House masquerade dinner will be held Oct. 15 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Bleu Voodoo Grill, Main Street, Easley. In addition to dinner, the event will also include door prizes and a silent auction.

Tickets for the event are $35 per individual or $60 per couple. To purchase your ticket, contact MARYS House at 864-855-1708, Bleu Voodoo at 864-644-8282, or visit www.maryshouse.com/events. MARYS House provides emergency shelter, services and spiritual guidance to victims of domestic violence with no state or federal assistance.

Surgeons for Sight is seeking volunteers to help at Fall for Greenville, Oct. 12-14.

As a Fall for Greenville beneficiary, the money raised from the annual festival will go directly to helping restore sight for those in need in Greenville. To volunteer, contact Felicia Murphy at fmurphy@surgeonsforsight.org or 864-354-1364.

In dedication to providing safe, energy-efficient and affordable housing to the Upstate, Homes of Hope announces the kickoff of a new partnership with Fluor Corporation to construct the first two LoCAL homes for poverty-level families. Starting on Sept. 14 and continuing each Friday and Saturday throughout September and October, Fluor employees will participate in constructing two LoCAL homes side by side on Perry Avenue in West Greenville. Fluor Corporation will participate in LoCAL construction through financial sponsorship and by providing the volunteer labor of Fluor employees. Construction will be guided under the leadership of Homes of Hope staff and Quinn Satterfield Builders.

The North Greenville University Athletic Department has committed to adopt a local child’s wish, partnering with Make-A-Wish South Carolina. Throughout the 2012-2013 calendar, the North Greenville athletic department will sponsor special events to raise $6,000. Donations will also be accepted from those willing to give during NGU-sponsored athletic events and other fundraisers and special events on campus. The mission of the sponsorship is to raise enough support to grant the wish of 10-year-old Zachary. Zachary, who hails from Cowpens and was born with nine severe birth defects, wishes to go to Disney World.

The 19th annual March of Dimes WonderWalk will take place Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Greenville Zoo. Participants of WonderWalk will receive free admission to the zoo, snacks, educational experiences, and a certificate from the March of Dimes. WonderWalk gives students a chance to raise money to help the March of Dimes give all babies a healthier start. For more information, visit www. marchofdimes.com/southcarolina/events/events_wonderwalk12. To register, send your child’s name and your contact information to Brantley Reames: BReames@marchofdimes.com.

Registration is now open for the 2012 HOPE Relay to benefit the Project HOPE Foundation’s programs providing services for children and families living with autism. This event is designed for participants of different ages and levels. The relay will take place Oct. 13 at North Greenville University Stadium Complex. For event information and registration visit www.hoperelay.org or call Mark Martin at 864-907-8449.

The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure takes places on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Fluor Field in downtown Greenville.

The Race for the Cure, hosted by the S.C. Mountains to Midlands Komen Affiliate, celebrates breast cancer survivors, honors victims and works to raise funds and awareness to find a cure. The event includes a 5K run and walk, one-mile family run and fun run for kids. Immediately following the 5K race, awards will be distributed to overall winners as well as age group winners by gender. The day concludes with the Survivor Ceremony at 9:15 a.m. Online registration is open through Sept. 27. Cost for adults is $27 and $15 for children 13 and under. An additional $5 fee applies for chip timing. Race day registration is available at Fluor Field prior to the race. Cost for adults is $37 and $22 for children. For more information, call 864-234-5035, email info@KomenSCMM.org or visit www.KomenSCMM.org.

The SC Mountains to Midlands Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is holding the ninth annual Pink Sunday Oct. 21. This is an effort with local faith congregations to educate the members of their respective congregations on breast health and breast cancer during October Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is a free service to the community and the deadline to register is Sept. 30. Registrations after that will be accommodated as long as materials are available. As part of Pink Sunday, the SC Mountains to Midlands Affiliate will provide up to 500 breast health information packets to each participating church. To register, visit www.KomenSCMM.org.

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The BI-LO Center needs to keep up with the Joneses, and it wants the city’s help.

Greenville Arena District Chairman Jeff Gilstrap and BI-LO Center General Manager Roger Newton told Greenville City Council members at a work session Monday night that the BI-LO Center needs $14.5 million in capital improvements.

Newton said the convention center had an operating income of $1.4 million last year, but that $1.3 million was used to pay for bonds that financed the construction of the $64 million facility.

That means the facility lacks the funding to pay for certain maintenance items such as a new roof, spotlights, arena curtains, scoreboard and arena sound system, or to replace the ice floor cover, improve the marquee on Church Street or install a new marquee on Academy Street.

“A lot of it is keeping up with the competition,” Newton said.

The BI-LO Center had been putting back $200,000 annually for capital projects until 2002, Gilstrap said.

Newton said the “good news is that we’re a very profitable building. But the profit mostly goes to debt service.”

A study done by C.H. Johnson Consulting found that among the BI-LO Center’s peer facilities in South Carolina and the Southeast, the Greenville arena was the only venue that generated an operating profit, paid for a portion of its debt obligations and was responsible for paying for capital improvements.

Asked by Councilman David Sudduth whether the BI-LO Center is at the point where the failure to invest in facility improvements is impacting the arena’s ability to generate revenue, Newton replied, “We are getting to that point.”

The Asheville Civic Center recently completed a $3 million renovation, while the North Charleston arena is completing a $21 million renovation.

Greensboro is also renovating its arena.

Among the improvements sought are a new basketball court, suite renovations, an heating and air conditioning upgrade, an updated phone system, electronic ribbon boards, concourse renovations, enclosure of the box office and renovation of the backstage areas.

The improvements are included in the BI-LO Center’s five-year plan.

About $15,000 in landscape improvements will be done immediately, Newton said.

The next regular meeting of the Greenville City Council is Sept. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers on the 10th floor of Greenville City Hall.

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Foster McKissick III and Foster McKissick IV swept floors, picked up trash and ran errands as their start in selling cars and trucks – not a far cry from the day generations back when Foster McKissick II got an ultimatum from his father: Get rid of those old cars cluttering the backyard.

So began what became Fairway Ford under three generations of family ownership, and ultimately the transformation of farmland on Greenville’s fringe into the Laurens Road Motor Mile.

As McKissick III tells the story, his dad “liked fooling with old used cars. My grandfather came home one day and said, ‘I’m going to be gone a couple of days, and when I get back I want all those cars gone.’

“That’s when he went to Easley and said ‘I am going to get into the car business.’ He ended up buying the Ford dealership in Easley.”

He bought what was then John Foster Ford, which is where McKissick III started as a kid “washing cars, picking up trash,” and which remained in family ownership for 30 years.

In 1966, McKissick II bought the Ford dealership on Buncombe Street in downtown Greenville from J.E. Horne, who had acquired Dixie Ford five years earlier.

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He renamed it Fairway Ford, and a year later moved it to an 8 1/2-acre lot on Laurens Road near the intersection of Haywood Road, then a two-lane road.

“We were the first ones out here,” McKissick III recalls. “I remember that on both sides of the street there was nothing but farms and trees. There was no retail activity here to speak of. This was out in the country.”

Walter Goldsmith, a friend in real estate development, convinced his father that “Haywood Road and Laurens Road is where all the retail and commercial companies are going to be in Greenville.”

Another factor was the changing demand of Detroit’s Big Three to create larger dealerships with more parking, snazzier showrooms and open space for outside display of new and used cars and trucks, McKissick said. On Buncombe, there was room for “none of that.”

Risk? “Oh, yes,” he said, “being the first dealership out here, but then the others soon followed behind.”

Sitton GMC-Buick arrived a couple years later and today, like Fairway, is in its third generation of family ownership.

From that beginning, the Laurens Road Miracle Mile and its connecting streets are home to more than 20 dealerships, one of the best car-selling corridors in South Carolina. In the 1980s, the Laurens Road dealers trademarked the name “Motor Mile.”

Fairway is in its second renovation, a $1.6 million updating of its showroom and service department. From its first building on Laurens, all of Fairway’s construction has been done by “local guys,” Potter Shackelford and its successor company, Yeargin Potter Shackelford.

McKissick III, 55, has turned over the operations side to his 30-year-old son, A. Foster McKissick IV, who started working summers when he was 16, checking in and stocking parts inventory. “We had him picking up trash, too,” his father added.

“I really didn’t think to do anything else,” the younger McKissick said. He became especially committed while at Clemson, where he earned a business administration degree, and after competing National Automobile Dealers Association training for new dealers.

“Dad has been good to work with,” he said. “We sure enough have had our disagreements, but he has given me a lot of responsibility. He’s allowed me to get my feet into it.”

Will there be fourth generation? “We don’t have any yet, but he is not even married yet and is still young,” said McKissick

Fairway is in its second renovation, a $1.6 million updating of its showroom and service department.

III of his son. “He has plenty of time.”

The McKissicks give their employees a lot of credit for Fairway’s ability to stay financially strong during the Great Recession that took many dealerships down.

“One employee has been here 42 years; we have two who have been here 39 years and a lot who have been here 30 years,” said McKissick III. The company employs 135.

Gary McAlister, 61, the general manager, who has been with the company 27 years, believes Fairway’s low turnover relative to other dealerships is because the McKissicks make everyone feel part of a family.

“One employee has been here 42 years; we have two who have been here 39 years and a lot who have been here 30 years.”

Foster McKissick III, owner of Fairway Ford

“I’ve worked for three different McKissicks now, and all three of them are caring people with a genuine interest in this organization. You see that slip a bit when you have different generations take on responsibility, but that hasn’t been the case here.”

With his son and McAlister pretty much running things, McKissick III gets to do what he loves best.

“I always liked the Ford trucks and used cars, and I still today look at all the tradeins. They won’t let me appraise them anymore, but I love looking at the trade-ins, seeing what we’ve got, what should sell and what looks good on the lot.”

Like his father before him, he is partial to Fords, getting excited when new models come in, which he thinks are the best Ford has ever built.

McKissick IV said Fairway’s service and body shops “carried us in leaner times when car sales were at the bottom” in the recession, and its Subaru dealership across Waite Street “is where most of our growth has come from” coming out of it.

“This dealership used to sell 300, 400 cars a month,” he said. “I don’t think we will ever see that again because of the competitive landscape. We’re selling about 165 cars a month and would like to get to the 250-300 range.”

McKissick III and IV work together, but McKissick III never worked directly with his father, who left operations of the Greenville dealership to others to run until his son was ready to take over.

“He owned it, but he was in the real estate business, he was in the theater business. He always had a passion for cars, and even though he bought it, he never actually ran this dealership.”

McKissick III began working at Fairway in 1978 and became president in 1988. Two years later, his father was killed in a plane crash near Georgetown.

The family has every intention of keeping the business, simply telling suitors “not for sale.”

“We have customers who have been coming in ever since we’ve been out here,” said McKissick III. “You can really buy a Ford all over the state or on the Internet, but they like to come in to see somebody they recognize, somebody that’s going to give good service, somebody who has been here a long time.”

Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@greenvillejournal.com.

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THE FINE PRINT

BY DICK HUGHES

Greenville CVB Releases Destination Video

In a new video produced by the Greenville Convention and Visitors Bureau, the sights of the region seem to fly by as if filmed from a miniature airplane.

No tiny, winged vehicles were whirring through the county, but there was a wheeled one: The video was created using a special MozoCam rig attached to a Segway personal electric transporter.

The videographer controlled the vehicle with his feet, eyes at the viewfinder, and zipped around as the camera rolled. The video, designed to showcase Greenville to residents’ friends and family, for economic development and for tourists and conventions, took three days to film, said Jennifer Stilwell, chief marketing officer with the Greenville CVB. To view the video, locate “Visit Greenville SC” on YouTube.com or visit www.greenvillecvb.com.

Protection in Harm’s Way

North American Rescue, the Greerbased maker of casualty care equipment, has been awarded a $63.5-million contract for medical equipment for the U.S. armed forces and federal first responders.

Samuel D. Wyman III, the company’s president, said the contract with the Pentagon’s Defense Logistics Agency is a continuation of NAR’s tradition of “providing the best quality medical products for our soldiers, corpsmen and airmen.”

The latest contract “solidifies our partnership with DLA as a premier provider,” he said.

The company provides “a full spectrum of tactical casualty care, from the point of wounding to the doors of the trauma center,” the company said.

German Manufacturer to Begin Operations

Con-Pearl North America, a German maker of recycled plastic boards, plans to open its first North American production plant in Greenville County, investing $14.3

million and expecting to hire 51 people over five years.

The company plans to begin operations next month at the facility at 6400 Augusta Road.

Con-Pearl is a division of Friedola-Tech, which makes lightweight structural board of polypropylene used in returnable packaging containers.

“South Carolina offers us an exceptional business environment and great access to markets in the U.S.,” said Stefan Hoedt, director of business development.

The state Coordinating Council for Economic Development gave the company a $150,000 grant to prepare the building for Con-Pearl’s use.

The Greenville Area Development Corp. assisted in the recruitment of the company, as did the S.C. Department of Commerce.

The company has begun hiring. People interested should contact Beth McNamara at bmcnamara@fgp.com.

Chinese Company Opens Office

Lau Rubber and Plastics, a Chinese company, has located a North American sales and operations office in Greenville and eventually plans to build a manufacturing plant in the U.S. “The Southeast is an ideal location for our North American operations because of the growing automotive industry in the region, which is a category strength for our company,” said Joseph J. White, chief operating officer.

The company said “plans are in place to ultimately develop manufacturing capabilities in the U.S. once the North American market has been developed more fully.

The targeted location for this facility is undetermined at this time.”

The company said it had not yet settled on a location for its office in Greenville.

Lau manufactures products and processes for seals, gaskets and other products for a variety of industries.

Workforce Diversity Counts

TD Bank, which bases Carolina operations in Greenville, and the Greenville Hospital System have been

named Workplace Diversity Award winners by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.

“Companies that make diversity a priority in their workplaces understand that employer and employees are happier and more successful when they implement sound diversity practices,” said Otis Rawl, president of the chamber.

TD was recognized as a medium employer of between 500-1,500 employees across the state. The Greenville Hospital System was larger employer winner with more than 1,500 employees.

The chamber said TD nationally is a “leader and pioneer in workforce and community diversity programs” and credited the state division with creating “a focused diversity initiative concentrated on the Carolinas.”

The bank created the Metro Carolinas Regional Diversity Council led by its market president and with 19 delegates from across the organization.

GHS was recognized for having an aggressive “diversity strategic plan” endorsed by CEO Michael Riordan and senior leadership and regularly updated.

The chamber said Riordan “has made diversity one of his five personal goals for the past five years.”

The chamber named Columbia Metropolitan Airport as its small-employer diversity winner.

An App for Uncorking Wine

Greenville’s Commerce Club, which is undergoing renovation, is one of 150 private clubs to become part of an application to assist diners in choosing the best wine for their dinner.

TopCellar App, which is in its beta stage, is expected to be available publicly on iTunes in November.

The application was developed by Greenville restaurateur Rick Erwin, who found it increased wine sales in his restaurants by 15 percent and “set about to make it the industry standard,” according to a news release.

“Our members are wine drinkers, and we believe this application is a way for our members to enjoy the process of purchasing wine while continuing to educate themselves about it,” said Dylan Petrick, general manager for The Commerce Club.

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Rehab at the Crossroads

New owner Russ Davis hopes to bring the downtrodden apartment complex back into fashion

By Dick Hughes | senior business writer

Greg Beckner / Staff

Once the hottest apartments in Greenville but now slummy and crime-ridden, Crossroads Apartments are under new ownership with plans to remake the development as affordable high-quality housing.

Russ Davis, owner of Davis Property Group, said the company acquired Crossroads for $10.1 million and will spend $5 million to fix up it up.

“While it takes a lot of money, it is rehab-able,” Davis said. Despite years of maintenance neglect, he said “structurally, it is in very good shape.”

Davis and Austin Knapp, development manager, said the 258-unit complex at the corner of Cleveland Street and E. Faris Road will be renovated inside and out with new bathrooms, a clubhouse, a fitness center, pool cabanas, a repaired pool, a dog park and “a lot of landscaping and curb appeal.”

“When we are done with it, we will have architecture that feels current.

We have a project that will feel like it is

brand-new,” Davis said.

Another attractive feature of the complex is City Kids Development Center, a daycare on the property that has 110 children enrolled, the new owners said.

Russ Davis, Knapp said at first he owner of Davis and Davis did not plan Property Group to continue the center, “but as we got to know them and understand their business, we felt like it was important to keep them and bring them along with us.”

Davis Properties will Austin Knapp, provide new landscap- development ing, new signage and manager of Davis other improvements.

Property Group “Their plans for Crossroads and City Kids will transform the area and provide a better place for our children,” said Kaye Southerland, who has owned and operated the center for 12 years.

Davis expects completion of major

The Crossroads Apartments on Cleveland Street in Greenville.

renovation and repairs of the apartments

by July, pre-leasing in February and some units ready for occupancy in the spring.

“We identified a need to put high-quality housing at more reasonable rents than currently exist in downtown,” Davis said.

Rent at the spiffed-up Crossroads Apartments will range from $730 per month

for a one-bedroom to $1,100 for a threebedroom, two-bath, “the most expensive” unit configuration Davis plans to offer.

Apartments downtown, including those at Davis’ McBee Station and his recently completed 48-unit 100 East, start at $1,100 for the smallest units, “so that rules out a large percentage of the professional population,” Davis said.

“We were looking for opportunities to purchase property that we could renovate and bring to market and compete at lower rents,” Davis said.

“Crossroads fits that profile,” he said.

“It is a great piece of real estate. It’s on the Swamp Rabbit Trail. It is a mile from downtown.” Close proximity to Greenville Memorial Hospital offers a built-in market “where many of the rental population comes from.”

Crossroads was built in 1971 and “probably was the nicest apartment property in Greenville. It was a swinging single place in the ’70s,” Davis said.

That cachet is long gone.

“Over the years, that property has had diminishing economic viability. The rents

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Of the 258 units, Davis said, “about 200 of them are occupied and of those, there is chronic delinquency, so there are a number of people who are in the process of leaving.”

Residents who are not being evicted or leaving voluntarily will be allowed to stay until their leases expire, at which time, Davis said, the company will assist them in finding and moving into low-income housing elsewhere in the city.

A rendering of the planned front elevation of the renovated Crossroads Apartments.

“We’ve got to place those people. I can think of five low-income housing projects that have been built or are under construction in Greenville,” he said, adding that he is working with the Greenville Housing Authority to find acceptable replacement homes.

With rents ranging from $450 for small nity to pick it up in March when the sellunits to $650 for a three-bedroom, Cross- ers, burdened with a loan they couldn’t roads has been an inexpensive place to pay, “needed to sell the asset.” live, but “it is not a great living environHe closed on the deal early this month. ment,” Davis said.

Davis has had his eye on Crossroads for Contact Dick Hughes at several years and jumped at the opportudhughes@greenvillejournal.com.

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Food trucks and carts roll into Greenville

By Jennifer oladipo | contributor

Greg Beckner / Staff

Mobile food operations are poised to become the next big business trend, but owners will first have to overcome a lack of familiarity in order to gain a foothold.

Food trucks were listed among the top five trends at the National Restaurant Association show in May – a trend Kim Williams, business consultant with the Clemson Small Business Development Center, has seen reflected in the notable increase in the number of people seeking to open food trucks and carts in the Upstate in the past year.

Nationally, the mobile food or street vending industry has surged in the past five years with an annual growth rate of 8.4 percent, according to IBIS World Market Research.

Williams said the entrepreneurs she meets typically have enjoyed street food on the east or west coast and want to bring that experience to the Upstate. Some are interested in the Golden Strip area, Greer and Spartanburg, but downtown Greenville remains the most popular location.

Some vendors want a truck, but then opt for a cart when advised of the space and zoning constraints, she said.

Graham Foster and Lauren Zanardelli, co-owners of the Neue Southern food truck, are typical in their desire to use a mobile food business as a lower-risk, lower-cost entree into the restaurant business.

They also wanted to avoid years of ladderclimbing in other people’s restaurants.

“We didn’t want to spend the next five years in New York City kitchens making other people’s food, but the idea of opening a restaurant was way too daunting,” said Zanardelli. The two had considered Charlotte, Charleston, Atlanta and other cities, but concluded that the novelty of mobile food in Greenville made it the best market.

That newness has also generated some frustrating obstacles for entrepreneurs.

The Asada food truck opened in August and was swarming with customers at the recent First Fridays gallery tour on Pendleton Street. Owners Roberto Cortez and Gina Petti said the requirement that food be prepared in a commercial kitchen was a challenge.

“We’re lucky because we went through a lot of different (kitchens),” said Petti. “It gets quite expensive, actually, because it’s so new out here that people aren’t really familiar with the concept. One wanted to charge us $700 a month, which is a little out of our budget.”

Customers order from the Neue Southern food truck in the parking lot of the Stone’s Point shopping center on Wade Hampton Boulevard.

Neue Southern food truck serves “European cuisine inspired by Southern tradition.”

Finding space to operate is another obstacle. Only eight food carts are allowed in Greenville’s central business district and food trucks are banned altogether.

In public spaces elsewhere in the city, trucks are only allowed to stay in one spot for 30 minutes and must wait several hours before returning. Truck owners also need an individual permit for every privately owned spot where they operate.

Owners say they understand the difficulty of regulating a new type of business, but they are eager to see changes.

Asada rents a small parking lot on Pendleton Street several times a week

from Michael Watts, a property and business owner in the area. Neue Southern is based in the lot of the Community Tap on Wade Hampton Boulevard. Written letters of permission from property owners serve as their zoning permits.

Zanardelli said there is a perception that mobile food presents an unfair competition to brick-and-mortar restaurants that have much higher overhead costs. But she and Foster maintain the businesses can be complementary. They say food trucks encourage people to get drinks or desserts nearby. Or they could increase the visibility of a lunch-only establishment by using its lot during dinner.

The rest of the public apparently doesn’t need convincing. Neue Southern’s and Asada’s owners all said they have been overwhelmed by the positive responses they have received. They hope more companies enter the market, drawing more customers and giving the companies leverage in dealing with bureaucracy.

Williams said that from her perspective, it is only a matter of time.

Contact Jennifer Oladipo at joladipo@greenvillejournal.com.

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Greenville’s startup accelerator linked to the national TechStars program has come to a close. Last week at “Demo Day,” the tech entrepreneurs who had spent 13 weeks honing their products and messages in The Iron Yard’s Next Big Thing accelerator pitched their ideas to investors at the Zen event venue downtown.

Ten entrepreneurs had eight minutes each to tell their stories, show their credibility and, in most cases, ask for a few hundred thousand dollars.

Mentors, some flown in from out of town, introduced their proteges to a crowd full of potential investors, tech industry supporters and several lawyers duly noted by attendees. The presenters then targeted investors interested in industries such as consumer mobile, leisure, travel and online education.

The group had already pitched in Charlotte, and would move next to Atlanta. The basic pitch formula went as follows: an anecdote, product description, team introduction and the all-important request for money. Presenters worked to show their street cred, letting it be known if they’d already managed to snag a few investors or corporate partnerships.

Most teams presented numbers in the billions when describing market share, such as the $76 billon sporting goods market Leaguevine.com is aiming for with its amateur sports stats service. In that light, the final asks sounded relatively small – ranging from $250,000 to $800,000 for such necessities as marketing, retail partnerships and multi-city launches.

Several attendees agreed that investors “put their money on” people more than the ideas or figures they presented.

A veteran of the Upstate’s admittedly small startup scene, Michael Mino had served on the executive committee of Clemson’s NEXTStart program in 2009 – a smaller-scale version of the Next Big Thing, funded by public and private dollars.

Mino told the Journal that funders listening to last week’s pitches were looking for passion and experience, which could even come in the form of one or two failed attempts in the past. Investors also look for teams whose members have a diverse set of talents, he said. Funding for single-person ventures is rare.

As Ridepost mentor and investor Kristian Andersen put it in his intro-

Rich Winley with No Chains makes his pitch on presentation day.

duction, “If you’re not passionate about fixing something that is profoundly broken, you’re at a disadvantage.”

Greenville-based Ridepost had made its entree into the $2.3 billion long-distance trip market with its online beta launch three weeks earlier. In an online chat with the Journal via Ridepost.com, co-founder Robert Pearce said the team plans to stay in Greenville, even though the question of a sufficient local investor pool has loomed over the program.

“Funding is only a piece of it, and we see beyond funding,” Pearce said. “What we’re doing can be big here, so we don’t see the need to relocate elsewhere.”

Peter Barth, managing director of the Iron Yard, which is housed in the NEXT Innovation building, said seven of the companies in this year’s accelerator plan to stay in Greenville. Two will relocate from Cleveland and Cincinnati, and another from Columbia.

Barth says two more accelerators are planned for spring and fall of 2013. He said there were not many surprises the first time, but the fundraising accelerator landscape has changed quickly and it takes a lot to keep up with the pace.

“Teams that are having fun work the hardest and are the most open to mentoring,” Barth said.

Rich Winley of No Chains – a mobile app that travelers and foodies can use to find local cuisine in non-franchise restaurants – seemed to embrace that spirit as he gave the final presentation of the day in story form. Even over the sudden roar of a train just a few dozen yards away, Winley kept the audience laughing.

Barth said it will be a while before it is clear whether laughter or any other strategy will translate into enough capital to get these small companies where they want to be.

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Greenville real estate continues slow climb Realtors’ report shows sales are up, days on market down

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The greater Greenville housing market is showing signs of steady recovery with housing sales perking, prices appreciating and days on the market declining.

The situation in Spartanburg is also improving, but the housing recovery in other areas of the Upstate is spotty.

The monthly report of Multiple Listing Service activity from South Carolina Realtors said sales statewide rose 11.5 percent, the median sales price rose 4 percent to $155,000 and the inventory on the market declined 14.8 percent in August.

“The truth is, the economy is and has been expanding consistently for years, albeit at a disjoined pace,” SCR said.

“There’s reason for optimism going into the last third of 2012 and even into 2013, and housing is actually playing a large role in that positive outlook.”

The segment of the market showing the greatest sales potential are single-family homes in the range of $200,000 to $300,000. Pending sales in that market are up 16 percent.

Sales in the Greenville market, which includes Pickens and Laurens counties, rose 6.8 percent in August compared to the same period a year ago. Year-todate sales are up 10.8 percent.

In August, 758 homes were sold, the highest monthly number thus far this year.

The median price in Greenville rose 12.1 percent to $157,000 in August and is up 6.2 percent for the year. The Greenville market leads all metro areas of the state in price appreciation.

It also leads in the pace of selling, with an average of 98 days between a listing and a closing, according to state MLS data. A year ago, it took 109 days on average to sell.

“The other thing is inventory is shrinking, which means that sellers are getting a better price for their homes,” said Nick Sabatine, executive director of the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors.

He said all indicators point to an improving market from the worst year for sales in 2008. “We still are about 2 percent below our best year, and it has taken five years to recover, but we at least see recovery.”

Greenville is the only South Carolina city on the National Association of Home Builders’ list of the nation’s 99 most improving markets.

“There’s reason for optimism going into the last third of 2012 and even into 2013, and housing is actually playing a large role in that positive outlook.”

The monthly report of Multiple Listing Service activity from South Carolina Realtors

Closings in Spartanburg rose 10.7 percent to 248, median price inched up 2.4 percent to $128,000 and days on the market declined 5.5 percent to 146.

The residential real estate market continues to be slow across other counties in the Upstate.

Greenwood’s sales showed signs of life, however, rising 26 percent to 63 homes closed from a year ago. But the median price declined 6.5 percent to $134,375.

Cherokee County’s sales declined 22 percent from a year ago to 28 in August and are down 15.7 percent year to date.

The median price rose 9.8 percent.

In the MLS’s grouping of Western Upstate counties, sales rose 3.7 percent to 280, but the median price declined 4.6 percent to $125,000.

Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@greenvillejournal.com.

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Upstate ranks high in exports

By Dick Hughes | senior business writer

Manufacturers propelled the Greenville, Mauldin and Easley area to 25th place nationally in billions of dollars of the value of exports, reports the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Commerce Department.

The ITA’s annual report said exports from the Greenville metropolitan statistical area rose 34.3 percent in 2011 to $11.7 million in value compared to $8.7 billion in 2010.

It was the fourth fastest acceleration in the value of trade behind New Orleans, Salt Lake City and Peoria, Ill. The ITA said Greenville “ranks among the major metropolitan area exporters to China ($1.9 billion), Mexico ($847 million) and Canada ($642 million).”

China is the area’s No. 1 trading partner, buying just shy of 16 percent of its exports.

Mexico takes 7.3 percent and 5.5 percent go to Canada, the agency said.

Non-electrical machinery and rubber and plastic products together accounted

for more than 26 percent, or $1.6 billion for each category, of Greenville’s exports.

Computer and electronic products accounted for 3.2 percent, or $380 million, and electrical equipment, appliances and components valued at $306 million made up 2.6 percent of the area’s total.

The Greenville MSA accounted for nearly 51 percent of all South Carolina’s exports, putting in sharp focus the South Carolina Port Authority’s plans to create an inland port at Greer, the agency said.

The Port Authority, working with the Norfolk Southern Railway as a partner, has put completion of the $25-million project on a fast track to have it operating by next September.

The inland port will comprise approximately 50 acres on land the Port Authority owns along Highway 290 and J. Verne Smith Parkway near the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport.

A spokeswoman for the Port Authority said groundbreaking would take place soon. Norfolk Southern is responsible for whatever changes may be needed to the rail lines that already traverse the site.

She said the inland port would be a place to load and unload shipping containers that will be transported to and from the Port of Charleston, 220 miles away.

Norfolk Southern will offer daily delivery service to meet the needs of manufacturers such as BMW and Michelin and to be competitive with highway transport, the spokeswoman said.

Jim Newsome, president and CEO of the SCPA, estimated that the inland port’s access to rail has the potential of taking 50,000 all-truck container transports off the highways.

He said the inland port “will be a further catalyst to the development of an enhanced distribution hub” along the I-85 corridor centered in Greenville-Spartanburg, which he said “is projected to be the fastest-growing part of the Southeast over the next 20 years.”

In an interview with The Post and Courier of Charleston, Newsom said Norfolk Southern, which had approached BMW “about handling their volume,” came to SCPA with a proposal to partner on the hinterland port.

“They had an existing rail route to Charleston that allows them to provide overnight service,” he said.

Newsom said the SCPA recognizes that the area “is the breadbasket of manufacturing in our state” and had been looking at opportunities on the land it owned in Greer.

“We are in a rail renaissance, number one,” he said. “We are in the era of intermodal rail.

Rail is efficient. The railroads have become more interested in short-haul rail.”

The original plan announced in July said the SCPA intended to apply for a government grant based on the environmental and efficiency benefits of rail over road.

The spokeswoman said the SCPA missed the application deadline for the latest round of Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to create jobs and improve transportation efficiency.

Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@greenvillejournal.com.

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Tech After Five

Networking group for IT ‘nerds’ is going strong

By Jennifer oladipo | contributor

The Wednesday night Tech After Five after-hours networking event is becoming an increasingly influential force in the Upstate’s technology sector.

The group has held weekly gatherings at the Carolina Ale House in downtown Greenville since early 2010, and now anywhere from 150 to 250 people attend each gathering, said founder Phil Yanov.

According to its website, Tech After Five is “a series of free to attend, sponsor supported, professional networking events for tech professionals and entrepreneurs and the people who can help them reach their goals.”

“When we say ‘tech’ we primarily mean IT,” Yanov said. “We’re asking for motivated, inspiring tech entrepreneurs to get in the room and make something happen.”

That “something” may be finding jobs, employees, customers or business partners, Yanov said. “You know, we’re nerds at heart. Tech types are not necessarily essentially social, so we make this a safe and easy place for them to meet their peers and get to know them. It’s not happening systematically anywhere else.”

However, the event’s popularity is spreading. From Greenville, the group has expanded to Columbia, Charleston, Asheville and Charlotte, where Yanov and his team run the show. Beyond that, they have begun licensing the event to groups in Atlanta and Dallas, and have taken queries for Myrtle Beach and Savannah.

Dan Rundle, CEO at Worthwhile, a digital strategy company, said he has attended the events since the beginning.

He also attends the meeting in Charlotte, where he has an office.

“You’ve got everything from large Fortune 500 companies like BMW and Michelin IT department folks to owners and presidents of startups and Web companies like ours,” he said, “and some people who aren’t professionally involved but love it and want to talk tech.”

Rundle credits Tech After Five with helping Greenville become more of a technology hub.

“It gives the tech community one voice as opposed to being scattered,” Rundle said. “I would compare it to a trade group or industry association of some kind.” The group is not as tightly orga-

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nized as those examples, he said, but its size and reach raise awareness about the tech community in Greenville.

Worthwhile recently updated a mobile application that Tech After Five has been using for just over a year. The application allows users to sign up, register and get directions.

“We know mobile apps, and we wanted to leverage what we know to make Tech After Five even better because it’s been so great for us,” Rundle said.

The latest version also allows users to choose up to five people they want to make sure and connect with at the event.

Those five are alerted that somebody wants to talk with them. Rundle said it helps solve the problem of a growing event where around 200 people are trying to make meaningful connections.

“You know, we’re nerds at heart.

Tech types are not necessarily essentially social, so we make this a safe and easy place for them to meet their peers and get to know them.

It’s not happening systematically anywhere else.”

Tech after Five founder Phil Yanov.

“Just looking at faces at the event and name tags, you’re not necessarily going to know who you need to meet,” Rundle said.

Yanov said knowing beforehand that somebody wants to connect would likely encourage tech nerds to rethink skipping a night.

The sponsor-supported events are free to tech professionals and $5 for others. For more information, go to www. techafterfive.com.

Contact Jennifer Oladipo at joladipo@greenvillejournal.com.

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Local Real Estate Transactions

By Dick Hughes | senior business writer

The one-day Greenville Business Expo will be held Tuesday at the TD Convention Center off South Pleasantburg Road.

The expo is hosted by the Greenville Chamber, sponsored by Windstream and presented

by JBM & Associates.

It will feature professional workshops, including ones on personal branding, “igniting the entrepreneurial spirit” and “leading the millennium workforce.”

The expo also features exhibits of business and professional services and a music-and-mingle affair.

Registration is required for some events, and there are fees for some activities, including the luncheon.

For more information, contact Vicky Sexton of JBM at 864-250-9713 or vicky@JBMshows.com.

To register for full or partial participation in events, go to www.GreenvilleBusinessExpo.com.

Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@greenvillejournal.com.

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NAI Earle Furman announced: • Ted Lyerly and Jimmy Wright represented the landlord of 730 S. Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville, in leasing 5,250 square feet of retail space to Rhythm & Bluezz Old School.

• Keith Jones and Scott Jones represented Boyd & Ellis in leasing 1,700 square feet of office space at 111A E. North St., Greenville.

• Bill Sims and Jake Van Gieson represented the landlord of 504 W. Main St. (West End Center), Easley, in leasing 1,800 square feet of retail space to World Finance Corp.

• Stuart Wyeth represented the landlord of 124 Verdae Blvd., Greenville, in leasing 2,579 square feet of office space to Evans General Contractors.

• Rob Schmidt and Peter Couchell represented the landlord of 1923 E. Main St., Duncan, in leasing 3,600 square feet of office space to THI of South Carolina Hospice.

• Stuart Wyeth represented the landlord of 750 Executive Center Drive, Greenville, in leasing 3,288

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• David Feild and Tyson Smoak represented the landlord of 3 Caledon Court, Greenville, in leasing 3,499 square feet of office space to Lincoln National Life Insurance.

• Towers Rice represented the landlord of 222 LaDean Court, Simpsonville, in leasing 1,525 square feet of flex space to Aerocentra.

• Hunter Garrett and John Staunton represented the landlord of 110 Valley View Road, Fountain Inn, in leasing 27,000 square feet of warehouse space to MAPAL. • Jimmy Wright and Ted Lyerly represented the seller of 111 Orchard Park Drive (The Shops at Orchard Park), Greenville, in the sale of 10,988 square feet of retail shopping center space.

• Tyson Smoak and Jon Good represented GrandSouth Bank in the sale of a 3.94-acre property at 751 S. Batesville Road, Greer.

• Jake Van Gieson and Bill Sims represented the seller of 30 Parkway Commons (The Offices at Parkway Commons), Greer, in selling 1,944 square feet of office property to Healthcare Plus SC. • John Gray represented ClearTalk in purchasing 7,425 square feet of industrial property at 18 N. Piedmont Hwy, Piedmont.

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Journal Sketchbook “An Ill Wind,” one of the films to be shown at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival, tells the story of the Paiute Indians, who live on a reservation 300 yards from the coal ash ponds and landfills of the Reid Gardner Power Station in Nevada.

Actor’s Sesame Street experience takes a different direction Child favorite brings live show to Greenville

By Cindy Landrum | staff

Wild and Scenic Film Festival focuses on water

By Cindy Landrum | staff

When filmmaker Peter McBride was growing up on a cattle ranch in central Colorado, he often wondered how long it would take the water from the snow melt of 14,000-foot-high mountain peaks to cross his family’s fields, merge with the Colorado River and eventually empty into the Sea of Cortez.

In making his film “Chasing Water,” McBride found the river depleted and distressed. Not a single drop of the Colorado River, a waterway relied upon by 35 million people in the Southwest, has reached the sea since 1988.

“All of us ask too much of the basin,”

McBride wrote in a blog for The Nature Conservancy.

The film is one of 14 to be shown in Spartanburg and Greenville as a part of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival brought to the two cities by Upstate Forever, a nonprofit organization with offices in both cities that promotes sensible growth and the protection of special places.

While the Colorado River is a long way from South Carolina, the issues affecting it are the same issues affecting the rivers that crisscross the Upstate – the Reedy, the Saluda, the Pacolet, the Tyger and the Enoree.

“The issues may appear to be global, but they are issues that apply locally,” said AnFilm continued on page 44

“Bhutan: Land of the Black-necked Crane” takes viewers on an exotic Journey to the small Buddhist kingdom high in the Himalayan mountains.

Like most of the children of his generation, Matt Jones grew up watching “Sesame Street.”

Now, the 40-year-old actor is part of “Sesame Street” – as Murray, the inquisitive and outgoing monster who Matt Jones is always asking people to define words, and Hoots, the wise, old, jazz-playing owl who sleeps all day and jams all night, in the Sesame Street Live show, “Can’t Stop Singing.”

“It’s one of the best jobs I’ve ever had,” Jones said.

Jones has performed in two other Sesame Street Live traveling productions, and he still watches “Sesame Street” – as research for his characters.

“As long as you’re true to the character, the kids think they’re seeing the characters they see on TV,” he said. “They think they’re seeing Elmo for real. They think they’re seeing Big Bird for real.

When Elmo goes on stage, it’s like Elvis has come out.”

“Sesame Street” has taught generations of kids the ABCs, numbers and lessons about daily life.

The television show premiered Nov. 10, 1969, on public television. “Sesame Street,” which has won more Emmy Awards – 146 – than any other program in television history, is seen in more than 120 countries.

Sesame Street Live is now in its 33rd season and is the longest running touring show for children. Three shows are touring in 2012-13 and will be one of the first cities to see “Can’t Stop Singsesame continued on page 44

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gela Viney, director of Upstate Forever’s Spartanburg office. “Water is a huge deal.”

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival actually got its start from a water battle in California. A small group of people banded together to fight plans to construct two dams on the South Yuba River.

They won the battle and 39 miles of the river have been permanently protected through the state’s Wild and Scenic designation.

The group – the South Yuba River Citizens League – started producing a film festival nearly a decade ago to educate and inspire citizens across California and the rest of the country to take action on behalf of the earth and to live deep and adventurous lives.

The film festival travels to 100 cities a year and is geared more toward the fleecejacket-and-backpack than the tuxedo-andevening-dress crowd. It draws hundreds of submissions from all over the United States and many foreign countries.

Most of the films to be shown in the Upstate have to do with water quality, Viney said. Even though there are 14 films in the lineup, she expects the film festival to last no more than two hours.

Among the films to be shown is one by Adam Fisher called “Timber,” which highlights clear-cutting in a one-minute-long montage about the shaving of a beard.

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stalls hundreds of solar-powered light bulbs in his neighbor’s houses. The solar devices, which are made from plastic soda bottles filled with water and bleach, can each generate as much light as a 50-watt bulb. Many of the homeowners can barely afford electricity and receive little daylight because their houses stand so close together.

Another film highlights the efforts of Girl Scouts Rhiannon Tomtishen, 15, and Madison Vorva, 16, who mounted a campaign to eliminate the use of palm oil in Girl Scout Cookie recipes. The girls started the campaign when they found out what the harvesting of palm oil meant to the habitat of orangutans.

“Corner Plot” tells the story of 89-yearold Charlie Koiner, a man who continues to work a one-acre piece of farmland surrounded by commuter traffic, shopping malls and office buildings.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $7.50 for students and $5 for children under 12. The Greenville film festival sold out last year and is being held in a slightly smaller venue this year, so advance ticket purchases are strongly encouraged, Viney said.

Viney said those who can’t get tickets for the Greenville event should consider attending the Spartanburg event, which is being held in the David Reid Theatre at the Chapman Cultural Center, a bigger venue.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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Although Sesame Street Live’s shows are geared toward children, to Jones, it’s more like performing in nonchildren’s theater shows.

“A lot of children’s theater is done in the open and you can see the children reacting,” he said. “Sesame Street is a big production in big arenas. In costume, it’s hard to see the children. Only when you go into the audience do I remember that I am performing for children.”

But, Jones said, you know the children are there.

“You certainly can hear them,” he said.

Jones said the costumes are heavy and restrict move-

ment somewhat so the actors have to make bigger movements on stage so the audience can see.

“The character may move its arm a little bit, but we have to move it a lot so people in the entire arena can see it,” he said. “It’s really a combination of acting and puppeteering at the same time.”

Because Vee Productions, the company that produces Sesame Street Live, knows children can’t come to the show without their parents, some of the jokes in the shows are meant for grownups, Jones said.

“Everybody loves Sesame Street,” he said.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@ greenvillejournal.com.

So you know: What: Sesame Street Live, “Can’t Stop Singing” Who: Sesame Street Workshop When: Sept. 28, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Sept. 29, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; and Sept. 30, 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

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There are several reasons for Greenville’s ongoing development into a foodie town.

There’s the growing interest among diners in locally grown food and knowing where it came from. There’s the explosion of cooking shows on the Food Network and Bravo.

And there’s Euphoria, the Upstate’s food, drink and music festival that will be held in Greenville this weekend, highlighting some of the nation’s best chefs.

“Food, wine and music doesn’t need to be perceived as elitist or pretentious,” said Gillian Trimboli, Euphoria event director. “We don’t want people to think Euphoria is out of their realm or they don’t know enough. There’s something for everybody.”

This year’s event has no shortage of chefs with national reputations.

David Guas wrote the critically acclaimed cookbook, “Dam Good Sweet: Desserts to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth New Orleans Style,” a finalist for the James Beard Foundation and the Institute of Culinary Professionals cookbook awards. Food & Wine magazine named it one of the three best dessert cookbooks of 2009.

Daryl L. Shular, executive chef for Performance Foodservice – Milton’s, is preparing for the 2012 Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany. He was a member of the 2008 United States Culinary Olympic team that won a gold medal.

Craig Deihl, chef de cuisine at Cypress in Charleston, was a James Beard Foundation finalist for the best chef in the Southeast in 2011.

Colby Garrelts, chef and owner of Bluestern Restaurant in Kansas City, Mo., has been a James Beard nominee for best chef in the Midwest several times. Jeremiah Bacon, a 2012 James Beard semifinalist for best chef in the Southeast, is chef at The Macintosh in Charleston.

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Guests attending Euphoria’s 2011 Taste of the South event enjoy a wide variety of local food offerings at the Wyche Pavilion along the Reedy River.

feature sample dishes from several of the Upstate’s finest restaurants.

Musical entertainment will be provided by Euphoria co-founder and singersongwriter Edwin McCain, Shawn Mullins and Chuck Cannon.

Taste of the South runs from 6 to 10:30 p.m. at the Peace Center amphitheater and Wyche Pavilion.

Cooking demonstrations, a beer garden, a tasting showcase and wine seminars on Saturday will give attendees a chance to learn from local and guest chefs as well as master sommeliers.

On Saturday evening, guest chefs will prepare multi-course dinners at various restaurants.

Sunday’s lineup will include a New Orleans-style Jazz Brunch and the Culinary Cook-off.

Tickets range from $35 to $695. For more information, visit www.euphoriagreenville.com.

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Benton Blount performs at the Wild Wing Cafe on Friday night in Greenville to a packed house.

The music is deafening. The floor is flooded with dancers. In an all-black ensemble – frayed baseball cap, dark jeans, dirty Chuck Taylors and two sleeves of tattoos – Blount seems nothing like the country crooner he is. Until he begins to sing.

Blount is a local country music act hoping for breakout success, which may not be too far down the road: Last week, Blount was named one of 11 finalists in the Charter Center Stage Battle of the Bands, a national fan-driven online music video Benton Blount competition with more than 245 contestants.

Blount possesses a deep, gravelly voice with a trademark Southern twang he earned growing up in Valdese, N.C. He began singing in high school and taught himself to play guitar.

He formed a Christian rock band, 7-Miles, that quickly garnered local attention. After a few years, he decided to head to Nashville to see, he said, “if we were just local celebrities or had the potential to be something bigger.”

The potential was there, he found out.

Blount signed with a country record label and began touring the country. He opened for big names like Darius Rucker, Edwin McCain and the Zach Brown Band.

Nashville came with its downsides, however. “You find out real quick that (Nashville’s) biggest emphasis is on sta-

tus,” Blount said. “Everything is a competition to stay ahead of everybody, as opposed to just making music.”

On the verge of hearing himself on prime-time radio, Benton saw his record label collapse and his songs pulled from the air.

Now, Blount’s getting back to the basics. His latest album was created independently on Kickstarter, an Internet program that allows artists of all types to publicly promote their projects to gain the funds necessary to create them.

Using Kickstarter “forced me to become co-producer as well as arrange everything because we didn’t have a record label doing it for us,” Blount said. “But it also gave me more freedom to make the music that I wanted to make.”

The recent album, entitled “Benton Blount,” has sold 1,000 copies to date.

It’s a prime example of what he calls his “country crunk” style, a blend of rock, blues, country and funk.

The record also displays his songwriting skills.

Currently, Blount is unsigned and showcasing for labels. He is content in the Upstate where he can play music for the simple joy of it. Local bar managers marvel at his ability to play a three-hour set without taking a break. This distinction keeps him booked, and he has been able to subsist on music alone for six years now.

“I have two main goals,” he said. “To make music my career and play my entire life. And for my music to mean something to people.”

“Benton Blount” is available on iTunes and at www.bentonblount.com.

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Art in the Park is back

Upstate Visual Artists brings back festival after four-year absence

Art in the Park is back.

The festival had been the area’s longest-running festival for the visual arts and was Upstate Visual Arts’ signature event until it was cancelled in 2009.

“We’re excited about bringing back a great Greenville tradition,” said Rebecca Jonas, event director. “We’re bringing back an opportunity that the Greenville arts community really needs.”

Art in the Park, which got its name because it began in Cleveland Park, will be held Saturday and Sunday on Greenville’s Main Street from the Peace Center to Camperdown Way and in the plaza near the Bowater building on the Falls Street side of the Liberty Bridge.

While some Greenville-area artists participate in Artisphere, the highly acclaimed international art festival held in Greenville each spring, Art in the Park allows more local artists to display and sell their work, she said.

Eighty-five artists will have tents on Main Street, while another 100 artists and art organizations will be represented in the membership fence and tent show in the Art Village near the Liberty Bridge, Jonas said.

Many mediums are represented in the event, including ceramics, pottery, photography, painting, multimedia, woodworking, metals, jewelry and glassware.

The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

A new feature of Art in the Park is Art on Fire, a place on the South Main Street bridge where festivalgoers may glaze their own pendants for $8, glaze their own vessels for $15 or just watch the raku firings.

Another new feature is Art After Dark. The event will be held Saturday from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. in the Cabaret Room on the third floor of Larkin’s on the River at the Peace Center.

Art After Dark will feature food, drinks and music from the Cheap Blonde Blues Band.

Tickets for Art After Dark are $25 plus an online service fee. Tickets are available through the Art in the Park website, www.artintheparkgreenville.com.

Art in the Park will accept credit and debit cards at the UVA tent show, food venues and Art on Fire, Jonas said. Some participating artists also accept plastic.

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Arts Calendar Sept. 21-27

Greenville Symphony Orchestra Made in America Sep. 22-23 ~ 467-3000 South Carolina Children’s Theatre The Sound of Music Through Sep. 23 ~ 467-3000 Centre Stage Brighton Beach Memoirs Through Sep. 29 ~ 233-6733 Greenville Little Theatre Smokey Joe’s Café Through Sep. 29 ~ 233-6238 The Warehouse Theatre The Rocky Horror Picture Show Through Sep. 29 ~235-6948 Greenville County Museum of Art Portrait of Greenville Through Sep. 30 ~ 271-7570 Main Street Real Estate Gallery Photography by Kim Sholly Through Sep. 30 ~ 250-4177 Jackson Marketing Group Visions Gallery Works by Jo Carol Mitchell-Rogers Through Sep. 30 ~ 272-3000 Metro. Arts Council @ Centre Stage Works by Peter Helwing Through Oct. 1 ~ 233-6733 Metropolitan Arts Council Phil Garrett: Works on Paper Through Oct. 14 ~ 467-3132 Riverworks Gallery Works by Todd McDonald and Elizabeth Snipes Through Oct. 21 ~ 271-0679 Studio 220 at the Hyatt Regency Works by Carole Tinsley Through Oct. 31 ~ 248-1568 Greenville Chamber of Commerce Studio South Exhibition Through Nov. 30 ~ 242-1050 Greenville County Museum of Art Works by Stephen Scott Young & Works by Bryan Collier Through Dec. 30 ~ 271-75770 Café & Then Some Politics for Dummies Continuing ~ 232-2287

Photo taken at Rivercross in Valle Crucis, NC, an eclectic collection made in the USA.

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THE WEEK IN THE LOCAL ARTS WORLD

Due to demand, the South Carolina Children’s Theatre has added a 7 p.m. performance of “The Sound of Music” on Saturday night, Sept. 22. Call 864-467-3000 or visit www.peacecenter.org for tickets.

On Friday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m., the Fountain Inn Center for Visual and Performing Arts welcomes the Nashvillebased Farewell Drifters. The band is known for incorporating 60s-style harmonies into folk-inspired music all on top of a youthful energy that’s impossible to ignore at their live shows. They have crafted a seamless blend of intellectual psychedelic pop with melodic songs that openly explore the brightest and darkest corners of life with raw intensity.

Tickets are $12-$15 and are available at Fountain Inn Center box office at 315 N. Main St., Fountain Inn, online at www.ftinnarts.org or by phone at 864-409-1050.

The Blood Connection, 435 Woodruff Road, Greenville, will host an art reception for April Harrison on Friday, Sept. 21, 5:30-7 p.m. Harrison’s work will be on display at The Blood Connection through Nov. 15. Harrison combines acrylics, powders, watercolors, pencils and collage to overlay numerous colors in one painting session, resulting in a tapestry-like background. For additional information, visit www.thebloodconnection.org.

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Arts will feature the Baby Boomer Comedy Show, winner of the Branson Comedy Festival and featured in the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, on Friday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12-$15 and are available at the Fountain Inn Center box office at 315 N. Main St., Fountain Inn, online at www.ftinnarts.org or by phone at 864-409-1050.

South Carolina Children’s Theatre will be holding auditions for Junie B. in “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells” on Tuesday, Oct. 2, and Wednesday, Oct. 3. The show, adapted from the books by Barbara Park, runs Nov. 30Dec. 16. In addition, the theatre will hold auditions for “Once Upon a Boo 2” on Wednesday, Oct. 3, beginning at 4:40 p.m. All auditions will be held at the theatre’s headquarters, 153 Augusta St., Greenville. For additional information, visit www.scchildrenstheatre.org.

Greenville Little Theatre recently announced its fall children’s classes scheduled for Oct. 9 – Nov. 15. “Musical Theatre Showcase” is a fast-paced class that will work to build students’ skills in acting, singing and dancing.

The class will culminate in a showcase performance at the end of five weeks. A total of 10 classes will be offered to ages 8 to 18. For full class descriptions, fees and additional information, visit www.greenvillelittletheatre.org or call 864-233-6238, Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville members Laura Buxo, Edith Hardaway and Randi Johns have their artwork on display at Tablefields on Woodruff Road. The artists recently attended a reception to talk about the work on display. For more information, visit www.tablefields.com.

Musicians from the Greenville Symphony Orchestra will present the opening concert of the 2012-2013 Armand Abramson Spotlight Series, sponsored by Nachman Norwood and Parrott Wealth Management Consultancy, at 2 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13, at Centre Stage in downtown Greenville. Tickets are $15 each or $39 for a subscription to all three concerts during the season. For tickets, call Centre Stage at 864-233-6733. For more information about the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, visit www.greenvillesymphony.org.

Send us your arts announcement.

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Clemson University recently ranked 25th among national public institutions, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual guide to “America’s Best Colleges.” Additionally, Clemson ranks seventh among “up-and-coming schools” that have made “the most promising and innovative changes in academics, faculty, students, campus or facilities.” The university is also recognized for writing in the disciplines. Clemson was identified as one of 21 colleges and universities in the nation that make writing a priority across all disciplines. Clemson was ranked No. 58 in engineering schools among all institutions, public and private, whose highest degree is a doctorate. The 2013 Best Colleges guidebook is available online and at newsstands.

On Sept. 29, the U.S. Green Building Council is hosting its first Green Apple Day. Green Apple is an initiative to put all children in schools where they have clean and healthy air to breathe, where energy and resources are conserved and where they can be inspired to dream of a brighter future. Local individuals, companies and organizations can contribute to the effort to transform schools into healthy, safe, costefficient and productive learning places. In Greenville, Green Apple Day will include a day of service at Legacy Charter School, tours in local schools and events at Clemson University. To join an event and learn more, visit www.mygreenapple.org.

thanael Massey of Seneca, Southern Wesleyan University; Christopher Glenn of Walhalla, The Citadel; Brittney Medlin of Anderson, Anderson University; and Anna Miller of Greenville, USC Upstate. For more information, visit www.kidschancesc.org.

Kimberly Morgan’s eighth-grade class at Christ Church Episcopal School recently studied linear motion on the Cavalier track. After running, walking, skipping or jumping the 100 meters, students gathered data and plugged the numbers into the velocity formula to see just how they compare to Usain Bolt’s World Record of 9.58 seconds for 100 meters.

Kids’ Chance of South Carolina recently announced that 16 scholarships were awarded to South Carolina students for the fall 2012 semester.

Established in 1993, this nonprofit offers needbased scholarships to dependents of South Carolina workers who have been seriously injured or killed on the job. Local recipients include Molly Mintz of Gaffney, Gardner-Webb University; Hudson Francis of Greenville, Tri-County Technical College; Na-

Students in Mrs. Samantha Stansell’s class at Washington Center have been learning about the seasons and weather through hands-on experiments. One of the classroom’s favorite activities was making soap clouds by putting a bar of soap in the microwave. Here Washington Center student Alejandro Rodriguez is pictured creating clouds from soap during a recent class project.

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Greer Middle College Charter High School will celebrate the start of the school year with Dance on the Deck, sponsored by the Student Government, on Sept. 21 for all GMC students. GMC freshmen recently elected class officers for the 2012-2013 year: Louis Kull, president; Alyx Farkas, vice president; and Liz McKetty, secretary/treasurer. The President’s Volunteer Service Award was presented to GMC students Amanda Hicklin and Daniel Hicklin for recognition by President Barack Obama for their commitment to making a difference through volunteer service. In addition, students are working hard to raise $50,000 for a new school bus. Coupon books from Greenville area businesses are being sold for $20 each. Contact Melanie Bargar at 864469-7802 for more information.

Greenville Middle students recently heard a presentation by nationally acclaimed youth speaker Mark Brown. Brown’s anti-bullying presentation was nominated for a prestigious Emmy award. His program is sponsored by Great American Opportunities fundraising program. Brown is a native of Kingston, Jamaica and arrived in the United States at age 18 with “only $18 in his pocket and a dream of a better life.”

Riverside High School has been chosen by schools in Region 2-4A to receive the Sportsmanship Award. This award is given to a school that emulates integrity, ethics and sportsmanship over the course of the athletic year.

Submit entries to: Greenville Journal, Our Schools, 148 River Street, Ste. 120, Greenville, SC 29601 or email: greenvillecommunity@greenvillejournal.com

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39 DOUGLAS DRIVE - $245,000 3BR/2BA. Cute bungalow with huge backyard. Owner has done some upgrades w/ new paint & lights. Great layout. Augusta Road to Douglas, Home on left near the Country Club Norm MacDonald, 3137353 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1246298

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Pelham Rd to Boilings Springs, R on Old Spartanburg, L on Hammett Rd, R in SD on Breton Donna O. Smith & Partners, 678-8212 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1244782

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119 CHARLESTON OAK LANE - $488,500 272 STRASBURG DRIVE - $326,500 3BR/3.5BA. Elegant hm w/bonus room 6BR/5BA. 6BR/5BA. Fully loaded & goris being newly constructed. From GVL geous. Cherry island kitchen, BR & BA on take I-385 S to Roper Mtn Rd Exit, Turn L, main, media room, huge 3rd flr rec room. 385 continue across Garlington, just after light South to L on SC 417, L on Hwy 14, R on @ Feaster @ Roper Mtn turn Left into The Stokes Rd, Sharp L on Jonesville, R in SD Oaks. Cynthia Rehberg/Rhett Brown, 884- Beth French, 386-6003 Prudential C. Dan 9953/915-9393 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Joyner Co. MLS#1247285 Co. MLS#1229267

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· David Sigmon represented the landlord of 233 N. Main St. in leasing a 1,540 SF office space to DTP Sales and Service, LLC. · Beau Gunn represented the seller of 491 Union Street in selling a 10,700 SF office property. · Beau Gunn represented the seller of 626 Chesnee Hwy. in selling a 2,558 SF retail property. · Tim Satterfield, Nick Sardone and Sammy DuBose represented the landlord of 6705 White Horse Road in leasing a 1,455 SF office space to Agape Hospice. · Nick Sardone and Sammy DuBose represented the landlord of 1010 E. North Street in leasing a 2,370 SF office space to NorthPak Corporation. · Brian Scurlock represented the landlord of Green Gate Office Park in leasing a 2,435 SF office space to South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (SCMEP). · Lee Lewis represented the tenant, Island Global Yachting, Ltd., in leasing a 3,400 SF office space at 201 E. McBee Avenue. · Larry Crain represented the landlord of 110A Hospital Dr. in leasing a 2,000 SF medical office space to Carolina Upper-Cervical, LLC. · Brian Scurlock represented the landlord of 1011 Tiger Blvd., Suite 400 in leasing a 2,432 SF medical office space to Foothills Community Healthcare d/b/a Heritage FQHC. · Tim Satterfield represented the buyer in purchasing a vacant lot at 289 Manning Street. · Larry Crain represented the seller of 701 Mills Avenue in selling a 1,000 SF office property. · Pete Brett, CCIM and Brian Scurlock represented the seller in selling 70 acres on Woodville Road. · Tim Satterfield and Pete Brett, CCIM represented the buyer in purchasing a 15,698 SF retail building at 400 E. Main Street.

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PRICE $312,000 $301,704 $300,000 $295,000 BERKSHIRE PARK $291,250 FIELD HOUSE CONDOMINIUM $290,000 THE VALLEY AT TANNER ESTATES $290,000 $288,500 MAGNOLIA COMMONS $280,000 SUGAR CREEK $275,258 SUGAR CREEK $274,200 HOLLINGTON $265,734 GREYTHORNE $265,270 $265,000 HIGHLAND TERRACE $261,000 LAKE VIEW ESTATES $257,185 WOODSTONE COTTAGES PH.II $254,900 WOODSTONE COTTAGES $254,295 WOODLAND CREEK $252,707

SELLER BRISON GARY C JR SADDLE HORN LLC BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT ANDREWS EDWARD G JR BRIDGER ALISA H HESTER SAMUEL HARRIS STEPHEN DANIEL (J PASCOE JAMES JEFFREY MCGOWAN LORRAINE S KHADYE JAY A CORWIN TYLER B (JTWROS) BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT S C PILLON HOMES INC KERR EDWARD A REVOCABLE JUDD RYAN T A2E ENTERPRISES LLC ROSEWOOD OF THE PIEDMONT ROSEWOOD OF THE PIEDMONT NVR INC

BUYER AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL R MORONEY CHRISTINA SUZANN HALLORAN LINDA METCALF BURGESS A (JTWRO SMITH ANTHONY WILLIAM (J LOVELL DAVID SCOTT BEESE ANDREW M (JTWROS) WILSON DEBRA (JTWROS) KARNS JANICE D (JTWROS) CHAPMAN MICHAEL K (JTWRO PETRUSICK HEATHER HUCKAB ELKHIDER IHSAN A ROBERTS BOBBY L JR SHUMATE RICHARD G TURNER DAVID E MARTINO JUANITA M (JTWRO GRAHAM SUTTON L II FAN XUYING CROMARTIE CHERYL

ADDRESS 6 PENN CENTER WEST 2ND FL 509 SADDLEBRED DR 1 RED TIP CT 125 ATWOOD ST 300 BECKWORTH DR 927 S MAIN ST UNIT 310 201 ABBY CIR PO BOX 87 511 SPRING MEADOW RD 211 GREY STONE CT 250 THOMPSON RD 201 ABBEY GARDENS LN 38 LAZY WILLOW DR 2850 WADE HAMPTON BLVD 111 W HILLCREST DR 29 TALAVERA LN 303 BROWNSTONE CIR 204 WINDTHISTLE DR 100 WILD FERN CT

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SEPTEMBER SUBD. POPLAR FOREST KILGORE FARMS HOLLY TREE PLANTATION MCDOWELL PLANTATION MOSS CREEK HOLLINGTON BRUSHY MEADOWS THE GARDENS AT ROSE RESERVE TREYBERN BRIDGEWATER THE GARDENS AT ROSE RESERVE BRIDGEWATER CREEKWOOD MOORCROFT THE TOWNES AT RIVERWOOD FARM

PRICE

$250,500 $250,000 $248,000 $245,000 $242,000 $240,259 $232,000 $230,145 $230,000 $229,635 $228,000 $225,610 $225,000 $218,000 $218,000 $217,000 COTTAGES @ HARRISON BRIDGE $216,000 SWANSGATE $206,000 GARDENS AT BRIDGES CROSSING $205,000 LINKSIDE GREEN $199,000 WOODLANDS AT WALNUT COVE $197,841 LISMORE PARK $197,534 MELROSE $197,000 WOODLAND CREEK $197,000 WHITEHALL PLANTATION $193,000 BELL’S CREEK $192,000 THE COVE AT SAVANNAH POINTE $188,000 WARRENTON $185,560 $185,000 STONELEDGES $184,840 FLAGSTONE VILLAGE $183,400 WOODLAND CREEK $180,000 CLARA B TURNER PROP $180,000 MULBERRY AT PINCKNEY $179,500 SUMMERFIELD $175,000 PARKWAY COMMONS $175,000 BROADMOOR $175,000 FOREST LAKE $174,900 HERITAGE CLUB VILLAS $172,500 MORNING MIST FARM $172,300 AUTUMN HILLS $170,000 $170,000 COACH HILLS $170,000 MILLER HEIGHTS $170,000 THE HEIGHTS $169,850 ROSEDALE $169,500 THE MEADOWS AT GILDER CREEK FARM $169,200 TOWNHOMES AT PENDLETON WEST $165,000 HAMPTON FARMS $164,225 LISMORE PARK $162,100 SHADOW CREEK $161,000 WHITE ACRES $160,000 SUMMERFIELD $158,000 THE COVE AT SAVANNAH POINTE $157,676 GROVE PARK $157,000 THE COVE AT SAVANNAH POINTE $153,156 $153,000 WESTCLIFFE $152,500 IVYBROOKE $151,200 AUGUSTA HEIGHTS $150,000 BUIST CIRCLE $150,000 $147,500 BAYWOOD PLACE $142,793 WADE HAMPTON GARDENS $142,500 HOLLIDAY HILLS $140,000 POINSETTIA $138,000 MOUNTAIN TRACE $137,900 KNOB HILL $137,500 WOODLAND HEIGHTS $137,000 DEL NORTE ESTATES $136,000 $135,500 NELSON’S CREEK $135,000 CARMAN GLEN $135,000 ONEAL VILLAGE $135,000 TERRACE GARDENS $133,500 POINSETTIA $133,000 TOWNES AT BROOKWOOD $132,000 KALEDON ACRES $131,737 $126,000 CAPEWOOD PLACE $125,900 MCSWAIN GARDENS $125,455 VICTOR MONAGHAN $125,000 WEEHAWKAN HILL $122,500 CHARTWELL ESTATES $122,000 DEER RIDGE $120,000 POWDERHORN $120,000 MCRAE PARK $120,000 OAKFERN $120,000 HOLMES ACRES $119,000 CHARTWELL ESTATES $118,895 FARMINGTON ACRES $118,000 GRAND VIEW ACRES $118,000

3-7,

2012

SELLER

BUYER

ADDRESS

TRIPLE B COMPANY INC BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT PATTESON HAROLD R PIOTROWSKI HALINA NEWTON BRIAN BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT PETERSON MARK E ROSEWOOD COMMUNITIES INC CARTER WALTRAUD B BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT ROSEWOOD COMMUNITIES INC BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT MARDER ROBERT B JACK PATRICIA A REVOCABL BENCHMARK PROPERTIES OF DWELLING GROUP LLC FOWLER CHARLES R HATCH KEVIN J LANFORD DONALD R (AKA) D SK BUILDERS INC U S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCI MURRIN JACK G DEADWYLER BRIAN D MCBRIDE DENNIS A ALSTON JEFFREY M BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT BARTON TRACELYN POOLE CANDICE RUTH SK BUILDERS INC STAUFFENEKER TYLER LOWERY ANDREA L SWAYNGHAM JOEL T RABY PROPERTIES LLC ODOM TERRY SUNMNER LPG PROPERTIES LLC HILL JOAN G TRUSTEE BAUER KENNETH E WATTERS CLARENCE M REID BRANDON W MULLINS DANIEL K WELLS FARGO BANK NA MCKETTY DEBORAH COREY ROBERT O NVR INC PRICE ALSON K HOCKADAY VIOLA B BLAETTLER ZACHARY K CAROLINA HOMES & ASSOCIA FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAG SK BUILDERS INC BANNISTER ANSEL R HORIZON RESIDENTIAL LOAN BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT MONADNOCK PROPERTIES LLC TI SAVANNAH POINTE LLC ROLLINS SHARON LOUISE THOMAS WILLIAM B VARRONE ANTOINETTE MARTIN MIRIAM W NAGEL ALEXIS CHAPMAN HETTIE BROWN WILSON ANGELINA R FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAG FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTG A BALLEW KAREN S HUGHES RAYMOND E EASTERDAY DIANE T JOHNSON JEFFREY KEITH FIRST COLONIAL PROPERTIE BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST FLINT AVELINA M SARKELA STEVEN T O’NEAL VILLAGE LLC GIBSON LINDA M CHANDLER MARGARET HAZEL DERENG SARA SK BUILDERS INC BUCHANAN DOROTHY N MCJUNKIN STANLEY E HUGHES MARGUERITE FENT CHILDERS STEVEN D SUMMERVILLE SYLVIA A BANK OF AMERICA NA WEINERT JAMES T COPELAND JAMES D MCRAE PARK VENTURES LLC MANSON HENRY GRADY JR SCHULTZ CYNTHIA A SK BUILDERS INC TAYLOR FRANKLIN D BOWDOIN WILDA M

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6 APEX CT 4 ASHBURY DR 111 BRIARWOOD DR 205 CROSSINGTON WAY 414 BELGRAY CT 909 KANGLEY DR 2 MEADOW BREEZE CT 507 TINEKE WAY 6 PLASSEY LN 326 BRIDGE CROSSING DR 205 CRIMSON GLORY WAY 322 BRIDGE CROSSING DR 411 RIVER SUMMIT DR 25 ANNENBERG LANE 58 REDDINGTON DR 303 HAVILAND AVE 28 BRIARHILL DR 309 MOCKINGBIRD HL 109 MYSTIC CT 212 GREENVIEW CIR 248 WATERCOURSE WAY 451 7TH ST S W 101 PLANTERSWOOD CT 212 WOODLAND CREEK WAY 6 DUNBERRY CT 106 HORSEPEN WAY 220 ST LUCIE DR 202 SUMMERGREEN WAY 8 HILLANDALE CIR 343 WITTROCK CT 50 LEBANON CT 19 MEADOW ROSE DR 838 POWDERSVILLE RD STE D 19 JAY ST 105 SHAIRPIN LN 30 PARKWAY COMMONS WAY 5 HOLMSBY LN 139 FOREST LAKE DR 1401 HERITAGE CLUB DR 14 BANEBERRY CT 100 COTTON HILL LANE 2101 MAIN ST STE J 10 BOXLEAF CT 101 SAXON FALLS CT 203 SHALE CT 300 ROSEMARY LN 7105 CORPORATE DR 109 S MEMMINGER ST 323 HAMPTON FARMS TRL 27 WILLOW OAK CT 107 SEDGEBROOK DR 223 WHITE DR 100 SOUTH 7TH ST 22 SHEEPSCOT CT 17 KIM ST 1155 HAMMOND DR NE STE E5050 100 KIMBERLY DR 500 EASTCLIFFE WAY 910 CRESTWYCK LN 12 TYLER ST 217 BUIST AVE 40 RAY ROAD 4 BICKLE CT 208 LEYSWOOD DR 2623 N HIGHWAY 14 114 CORALVINE RD 3 MOUNTAINSIDE WAY 9 PLYMOUTH AVE 124 CIRCLE DR 16 ELLESMERE DR 203 JACKSON GROVE RD 203 BARNYARD WAY 215 KINGSCREEK DR 607 PENDLETON ST STE 200 306 BARRY DR 102 CANNON CIR 2 BAY SPRINGS DR 5 ALDERWOOD CT 18 HESTER RD 118 THORNBERRY CT 1 HOME CAMPUS 2424 OLD BUNCOMBE RD 1 WEEHAWKEN CIR 404 CHARTWELL DR 100 REMINGTON CT 100 APPOMATTOX DR 1155 HAMMOND PL STE E-5050 PO BOX 995 20 MALLORY ST 617 CHARTWELL DR PO BOX 968 100 WILD ORCHARD RD

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KE LAIEW V

$499,900 FANTASTIC BARN THEME

O ELL EB T N MO

$375,000 MONTEBELLO

4 BR/3.5 BA, 3500sf hm on 2.20 ac plus 3 level 4600sf barn.

Home & Barn have 30 yr arch roof. Hrt of pine flr, sound proof insulation, 3 heat pumps, 50 gal water heater, central vac, oversized gar, scr porch w/brick flr, & deck. 2 Master suites. Updates to MBAs & Kitch. ANNE MARCHANT 864.420.0009 or BRIAN MARCHANT 864.631.5858 MLS #1237373

1-level, 3BR/2BA. Stone, timber, arched openings, hdwds, closet system MBA. Pergola covered court yard.

Kitchen has granite c’tops, tile backsplash, ss app’l, custom cab’t & pantry. Split BR plan, granite in MBA, double sinks, tub, tiled shower & ceramic floors. Wired for central vac. NANCY MCCRORY 864.505.8367 or KAREN TURPIN 864.230.5176 MLS# 1237148

IN E OVADY M E R

$239,900 NEELY FARM

Meticulous 3BR/2.5BA home. Updated items inc’d: ceiling fans, silestone c’tops, tile bksplash in kitchen, Hot water heater, kit sink, tile floored scr porch, carpet upstairs, HVAC units, stove & m’wave. $25k in Prof. landscaping! B’yard inc’d seating area w/pavers. New arch roof to be installed! Also, walk-in crawl space w/ abundance of storage! BARBARA RIGGS 864.423.2783 MLS# 1241342

CH AR OL N MO CHO S

Gorgeous 4BR/2.5BA w/bonus, zoned for new Monarch school.

Lrg foyer opens to DR. Designer kitchen(2011) w/granite c’tops & fresh paint. Hwds, landscaped yard, lrg scr porch, newer roof, new HVAC downstairs(2012) & water heater(2012).

Amenities: clubhouse, pool, workout area, playground, tennis courts & 4mi walking trail. JOYE LANAHAN 864.404.5372 MLS#1236057

LF E GOURS CO

$329,000 CHANTICLEER TOWNS

T EA E GRRIC P

$229,450 NEELY FARM

3 BR/2.5 BA 1story brick townhome with fantastic views. 240sf of screen porch. Updates: Arch roof (’07), HVAC (’12), gutters & Andersen Windows. SS appl’, plumbing fixtures, lighting, carpet, hdwds, irrig & security sys. TOM MARCHANT 864.449.1658 MLS# 1245446

Newly painted, custom built 4 BR/2.5BR, open floor plan. New 30yr arch roof w/upgraded underlayment(‘10), Trane HVAC systems, Frigidaire SS pro. series app’l, Rheem glass lined water heater, hdwds downstairs & upstairs hallway, o’sized gar, Lrg MBR w/dbl tray ceiling, Lrg master BA w/shower & whirlpool tub, scr porch & deck. BARBARA RIGGS 864.423.2783 MLS# 1235680

LE BB EK E P RE C

T EA ON GR ATI C LO

$185,000 101 RAMBLEWOOD

T EA E GRALU V

$135,000 EAST HIGHLAND ESTATES

N N SIGOW E D R U YO

$87,900 JAMESTOWNE II

ND LA

3 BR/2BA One story living, well maintained home in a super location. Close to schools, Fine Arts Center, BJU, downtown and shopping. Lrg corner cul-desac lot. Hdwds, tile BA, lrg kitchen, spacious den w/fpl, has built ins, interior wooden shutters on all windows. Extra storage in attached carport. Home features a front porch and patio w/fp. MARY PRAYTOR 864.593.0366 MLS#1236459

2BR/1BA Bungalow.

Quiet, tree lined Streets close to dntwn G’Ville, Mall, Dining & local park. Corner Lot w/potential to add-on.

Interior has wood paneled den w/wood burning fpl, Lrg laundry room & scrn porch. Lots of storage in basement. Great schools: Sara Collins, Beck middle & JL Mann.

Can join Gower pool. VALERIE MILLER 864.430.6602 MLS# 1241781

T T EA EN GRSTM E INV

GREAT INVESTMENT PROPERTY. 3BR/2.5BA town home on Eastside.

Convenient to schools, shopping & restaurants.

GR fpl, scr porch off DR. Updates incl HVAC (‘12), Frig & mwave (‘11). Rented till end of Oct, then tenant will vacate or rent mo to mo, could sign another yr lease Mo rental income $850. ANNE MARCHANT 864.420.0009 or BRIAN MARCHANT 864.631.5858 MLS# 1244961

$394,900 RIVER WALK

$154,900 PEBBLE CREEK

Wonderful 4BR/2BA ranch. 1-level home in Pebble Ridge, golf community. 10 minutes to dwtn G’Ville. Updated kitchen, freshly painted, hardwood floors & wood burning frp. On a cul-de-sac lot features private backyard w/deck. Pebble Creek Country Club offers Golf: swimming, tennis, & social activities. Must See! VALERIE MILLER 864.430.6602 MLS# 1233716

$119,000 MONTEBELLO

1/2 ac corner lot. Easy access from main gate.

Mtn & sunset views.

Lvl building pad, partially landscaped, sewer & water meters installed. Amenities: pool, tennis, playground, stk’d fishing lake, bocce ball, putting green, parks & c’house. Mins from Dntwn, Furman, Cherrydale and Paris Mtn St Park. NANCY MCCRORY 864.505.8367 or KAREN TURPIN 864.230.5176 MLS# 1211732

$75,000 ANDERSON

Less than 4 miles from downtown Anderson. Price just reduced. Can be sold as a package deal.

30 lots for $75,000.

Lots can also be sold individually for $3,000 each. Lot sizes approx. .57 to 1.74 ac. JOEY BEESON 864.660.9689 MLS# 1247034

Weekend Agent on Duty: Valerie Miller 864.430.6602 C92R

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NOTICE OF ELECTION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE The General Election for Federal, State and County officers, Constitutional Amendment Questions, local candidates and questions will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Any person wishing to register to vote in this election must do so no later than October 6, 2012.

At 9:00 a.m. on election day, the County Election Commission will begin its examination of the absentee ballot return envelopes at Greenville County Square, 301 University Ridge, Suite 1900, Greenville, SC 29601. On Friday, November 9, at 12 o’clock noon the County Board of Canvassers will hold a hearing to determine the validity of all provisional ballots cast in these elections. This hearing will be held at Greenville County Square, 301 University Ridge, Suite 1900, Greenville SC 29601.

The following Constitutional Amendment Question will be placed on the ballot:

THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC NOTICE The Greenville County Workforce Investment Board (GCWIB) is releasing a Program Year 2012 Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Request for Proposals (RFP) for activities authorized under Chapter 4 of Title I of the WIA of 1998 (P.L. 105-220).

Priority funding consideration will be given to skilled trades training programs for out-ofschool youth ages 17 – 21.

Approximately up to $200,000 may be available to operate programs during the period of January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. Copies of the RFP and application documents may be obtained at greenville.scworks. org or requested via email only to Asmith@greenvillecounty. org. RFP applications will not be sent by fax. The deadline for submitting proposals is 3:00 p.m. on Friday, October 12, 2012. Equal Opportunity Employer/Program.

Joseph Kernell County Administrator

SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE FAMILY COURT THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Sandra and Ronnie Neely, Plaintiff, -vs- Angela Hope Harvey and John Russell Wardell Defendant(s).

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Summons and Complaint, that were filed on July 17, 2012 in the Greenville County Family Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Summons and Complaint upon the subscriber at ANDRIGHETTI LAW FIRM, LLC, P.O. Box 2111, Greenville, S.C. 29602, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof and if you fail to answer the Summons and Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Summons and Complaint.

ANDRIGHETTI LAW FIRM, LLC J.J. Andrighetti, SC Bar No. 72741 jj@jjalaw.com PO Box 2111 Greenville, SC 29602 (864) 370-8088 – o (864) 335-9139 – f Greenville, S.C. Date: July 17, 2012

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a PUBLIC HEARING before the GREENVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012 AT 3:00 P.M. in CONFERENCE ROOM –D at GREENVILLE COUNTY SQUARE, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, S.C., for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the petitions listed below.

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

BY FILING WITH THE BOARD, AT LEAST THREE (3) DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED DATE SET FOR HEARING, BY WRITING THEIR ADDRESS, A STATEMENT OF THEIR POSITION AND THE REASONS WHY THE RELIEF SOUGHT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PROPERTY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED. CB-12-39 APPLICANT: FAMILY DOLLAR STORES/CHRIS HACK PROPERTY: Tax Map #276-35.8; 1184 N. PLEASANTBURG DRIVE, GREENVILLE SC REQUEST: VARIANCE from PARKING SPACE requirements with reduction of 22 spaces.

CB-12-40 APPLICANT: CONE DEVELOPMENT, LLC/SITE DESIGN, INC. PROPERTY: Tax Map #1491-3; 50 BLEASE STREET, GREENVILLE SC REQUEST: VARIANCE for Reduction in Rear Setback requirement; for Phase II development.

CB-12-25 APPLICANT: ANITA STEVES PROPERTY: Tax Map #555.21-9.1; 1451 JONES MILL RD, FOUNTAIN INN, SC REQUEST: USE by SPECIAL EXCEPTION to operate a feline spa as a home occupation.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Courtyard Management Corporation, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of LIQUOR at 70 Orchard Park Drive, Greenville, SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than October 7, 2012. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that FCS Investments, LLC / DBA All American Liquor, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of LIQUOR at Forest Park Shopping Center, 27 S. Pleasantburg Drive, Ste 100, Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than October 7, 2012. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed.

Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

Amendment 1 – Beginning with the general election of 2018, must Section 8 of Article IV of the Constitution of this State be amended to provide that the Lieutenant Governor must be elected jointly with the Governor in a manner prescribed by law; and upon the joint election to add Section 37 to Article III of the Constitution of this State to provide that the Senate shall elect from among the members thereof a President to preside over the Senate and to perform other duties as provided by law; to delete Sections 9 and 10 of Article IV of the Constitution of this State containing inconsistent provisions providing that the Lieutenant Governor is President of the Senate, ex officio, and while presiding in the Senate, has no vote, unless the Senate is equally divided; to amend Section 11 to provide that the Governor shall fill a vacancy in the Office of Lieutenant Governor by appointing a successor with the advice and consent of the Senate; and to amend Section 12 of Article IV of the Constitution of this State to conform appropriate references?

Explanation – A 'Yes' vote will require, from 2018 onward, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor to run on the same ticket and be elected to office jointly. As a result, the Lieutenant Governor will no longer preside over the Senate and the Senate will elect their presiding officer from within the Senate body.

A ‘No’ vote maintains the current method of electing the Governor and Lieutenant Governor separately.

The Lieutenant Governor shall continue to serve as President of the Senate.

The following precincts and polling places will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.: PRECINCTS Greenville 01 Greenville 03 Greenville 04 Greenville 05 Greenville 06 Greenville 07 Greenville 08 Greenville 10 Greenville 14 Greenville 16 Greenville 17 Greenville 18 Greenville 19 Greenville 20 Greenville 21 Greenville 22 Greenville 23 Greenville 24 Greenville 25 Greenville 26 Greenville 27 Greenville 28 Greenville 29 Aiken Altamont Forest Asheton Lakes Avon Baker Creek Belle Meade Bells Crossing Belmont Berea Boiling Springs Botany Woods Bridge Fork Brook Glenn Canebrake Carolina Castle Rock Chestnut Hills Circle Creek Clear Creek Conestee Darby Ridge Del Norte Devenger Donaldson Dove Tree Dunklin Eastside Ebenezer Edwards Forest Enoree Feaster Fork Shoals Fountain Inn 1 Fountain Inn 2 Fox Chase Frohawk Furman

POLLING PLACE LOCATION League Academy 125 Twin Lake Rd Summit Dr Elementary School 424 Summit Dr Stone Academy 115 Randall St Sears Shelter 100 E Park Ave Mount Calvary Baptist Church 115 Cedar Ln Rd W Greenville Recreation Cntr 8 Rochester St YWCA 700 Augusta St Springfield Baptist Church 600 E McBee Ave Phillis Wheatley Cntr 40 John McCarroll Way Augusta Rd Baptist Church 1823 Augusta St St Matthew United Methodist Church 701 Cleveland St Augusta Circle Elementary School 100 Winyah St Pleasant Valley Connection 510 Old Augusta Rd Trinity United Methodist Church 2703 Augusta St Meals on Wheels 15 Oregon St Sanctuary Church 302 Parkins Mill Rd Eastlan Baptist Church 625 S Pleasantburg Dr Beck Academy 901 Woodruff Rd McCarter Presbyterian Church 2 Pelham Rd E North St Academy 1720 E North St Overbrook Baptist Church 1705 E North St Francis Asbury United Methodist Church 1800 E North St J L Mann High School 160 Fairforest Way Alexander Elementary School 1601 W Bramlett Rd Duncan Chapel Fire Station 5111 Old Buncombe Rd Five Forks Baptist Church 112 Batesville Rd Changing Your Mind Ministries 3506 Edwards Rd Valley Brook Baptist Church 8323 Augusta Rd. Disciples Fellowship Church 105 Crestfield Rd Bells Crossing Elementary School 804 Scuffletown Rd Belmont Fire Station 701 Fork Shoals Rd Berea Elementary School 100 Berea Dr Devenger Rd Presbyterian Church 1200 Devenger Rd Lutheran Church of Our Saviour 2600 Wade Hampton Blvd Crossroads Community Church 416 Holland Rd Brook Glenn Elementary School 2003 E Lee Rd Buena Vista Elementary School 310 S Batesville Rd Carolina Academy 2725 Anderson Rd Washington Baptist Church 3500 N. Hwy. 14 Dunean Baptist Church 21 Allen St - Fellowship Hall Cross Roads Baptist Church 705 Anderson Ridge Rd Pleasant View Baptist Church 110 Old Rutherford Rd. Reedy River Baptist Church Conestee Rd @ Lakewood Dr - Family Cntr St Andrews Presbyterian Church 1860 Reid School Rd Brushy Creek Elementary School 1344 Brushy Creek Rd St Giles Presbyterian Church 1021 Hudson Rd Donaldson Center Fire Dept 2291 Perimeter Rd Dove Tree Club House 2 Sugarberry Dr Dunklin Fire Station 11353 Augusta Rd Eastside High School 1300 Brushy Creek Rd Heritage Elementary School 1592 Geer Hwy Taylors Elementary School 809 Reid School Rd Enoree Career Cntr 108 Scalybark Rd Shannon Forest Presbyterian Church 830 Garlington Rd Fork Shoals Elementary School 916 McKelvey Rd Fountain Inn Civic Cntr 315 N Main St Fountain Inn Activities Cntr 610 Fairview St Northwood Baptist Church 888 Ansel School Rd. Grace United Methodist Church 627 Taylor Rd Mt Sinai Baptist Church 1101 Roe Ford Rd

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14186 Hwy 11 1002 S. Buncombe Rd. 260 Adams Mill Rd. 1100 Log Shoals Rd 1220 Old Grove Rd 510 Garrison Rd 906 Hwy 14 5 Church Dr 404 Grimes Dr. 3801 Old Buncombe Rd 901 St Mark Rd 401 State Park Rd 1300 Locust Hill Rd. 239 Rocky Creek Rd 3610 Brushy Creek Rd 1798 N Hwy 25 739 N Main St 424 Piney Grove Rd 150 S Main St - Fellowship Hall 100 E Butler Rd LOCATION 802 Miller Rd Corn Rd @ 699 E Butler Rd 1190 Holland Rd 1115 Pelham Rd 10 Monaview St 1800 W Georgia Rd 255 W Mountain Creek Church Rd 6350 Mountain View Rd (Hwy 253) 710 S Fairfield Rd 700 Harrison Bridge Rd 710 Ikes Rd 515 Godfrey Rd 3239 N Hwy 101 2801 Pelham Rd 2119 State Park Rd 1300 Reid School Rd 8505 Pelham Rd Main St 100 Hillside Church Rd 210 Duncan Chapel Rd 257 Harrison Bridge Rd 1500 Fork Shoals Rd. 3115 Fork Shoals Rd 103 River Walk Blvd 794 Hammett Bridge Rd 4124 E North St 1801 Woodruff Rd- Storehouse Bldg.

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LOOK WHO’S IN THE JOURNAL THIS WEEK North Greenville University recently hosted the 2012 Greenville County Marching Band Exhibition at Younts Stadium. NGU drum major Austin Blake waits to start the performance of the school’s band.

The North Greenville University Marching Band joined all 14 high school bands who participated in the 2012 Greenville County Marching Band Exhibition for a joint performance at the end of the event. The bands played “America” to close the exhibition at Younts Stadium on the North Greenville University Campus.

Monroe Free, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County, talks to volunteers at the Abigail Springs build site. Staff from U.S. Sens. Jim Demint and Lindsey Graham and U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy volunteered at the site.

Habitat volunteer Dick Poole is assisted by Graham staffers Van Cato and Ed Mercer in putting up attic steps.

David Mackey with the NGU Marching Band performs during the band exhibition.

Volunteers work on a home at the Abigail Springs subdivision.

Lisa Vance plays her flute along with other members of the North Greenville University Marching Band during the 2012 Greenville County Marching Band Exhibition at Younts Stadium.

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Students in Mrs. Patton’s class at Palmetto Elementary began Patriot Day by displaying an American flag in the Mini Mustangs Botanical Garden. Throughout the day, Russell, Mary Kathryn, Lauren and Jade were involved in various lessons and activities honoring Patriot Day.

Clemson’s Xavier Brewer hangs on to Furman’s Ryan Culbreath.

Dabo Swinney and the players gather at the top of the hill prior to the start of the Clemson-Furman football game.

DNA Creative Communications hosted a half-day interactive workshop designed exclusively for nonprofits: “Brand Handling: Expanding the Power of Your Message,” at the Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center.

This educational workshop focused on the importance of building confidence and consistency of a brand within an organization.

The Paladins’ Ira McCune brings down Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd.

Meg Ried with DNA Creative Communications talks with members of her group during one of the small group discussions.

Caroline Robertson, executive director of Greer Relief and Resources, third from the left at the table, talks to fellow attendees during the branding workshop.

Clemson receiver Sammy Watkins takes it to the house in Clemson’s 41-7 win against Furman University at Death Valley.

Clemson President James Barker surprised the crowd in the Tiger suit.

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Attendees at work during the branding workshop. The session also included hands-on small-group discussions and a panel featuring nonprofits from the Upstate.

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Across 1 Fowl poles 7 Something for a rainy day 14 Bad mark 20 Lenient sort 21 Not quite par 22 Snorkeling site 23 Infielder traded by the Yankees to get Alex Rodriguez 25 Journalist Peter 26 John Irving’s “__ of the Circus” 27 Bit of derring-do 28 Obi-Wan portrayer 30 Ratio words 31 Fit to be fried 33 Bygone U.S. fuel stop 36 Like 38 Fair-hiring inits.

39 “Moon River” composer 41 Ran into 42 “How the Camel Got His Hump” et al.

45 Select 47 Jets’ former group 50 Cuts short 51 __ of vantage: favorable position 52 Literary lord 53 Court answer 54 Lucy Lawless role 55 Coastal flooding cause 57 Where Hope sprang

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61 Didn’t quite win 63 You can skip the flat ones 64 Stage remark 67 Part of a Maui welcome 69 Barber’s challenge 71 Año starter 72 Back from a trip, say 74 Mideast native 78 One-named supermodel 80 Japanese food staple 82 “West Side Story” number 84 Lift near a lodge 88 Purim’s month 89 Stock mkt. opening?

90 Lean cuisine lover 91 Theater district 93 Address bk. datum 94 Modern address 95 “CBS News Sunday Morning” host 97 Smashed 99 Was of use 101 Excessively 102 Short missions?

103 Area in the North Atlantic 106 Fivesome 108 Grenoble girlfriend 109 Problem’s end?

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clueless in gramling with steve wong

A tale of a three-legged dog Bella is a muscular, active outdoors dog that holds her own (plus some) in the family pack. I guess she is the alpha female, always teaching BaBa, our big pup, the ropes of running deer through the peach orchards, or keeping Futar, the only male, in line.

Bella is the most friendly, high-spirited dog you’d ever expect to find thrown in a donation box. I was having a hard time picturing her not running full-tilt around the side of the house, racing the other dogs to their dinner. I was having an even harder time picturing myself telling the vet to put her down.

I tried to keep an open mind, but I let it be known in the family that if I was not convinced Bella would lead a happy life with three legs, I would have her put down. This was not sitting well with anyone, myself included.

All last week, my hopes were pinned on one comment from the vet: Bella might fully recover despite the fact that her leg dangled from her body. I hated that the vet was right: If the leg didn’t soon start to recover, it would get dragged around, incurring further damage.

After work, I’d let Bella out for a little exercise and playtime with BaBa and Futar. For a three-legged dog, she was doing pretty good. She was learning to walk (even up the porch stairs) and run a bit, but the limp left leg was getting beat up.

Mid-week, the vet asked me how Bella was doing. I was honest. She said she’d try a cortisone shot to stimulate the nerves.

Last night, Bella was more restless than usual. Instead of resting peacefully on the rug in the library, she would hobble through the house to find me and lay her

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head in my hands. I have to believe she could sense my own apprehension.

I literally carried Bella to the vet this morning. She’s getting to be a big dog, weighing in at over 50 pounds. But once in the vet’s office, she refused to be afraid or sad. Her tail wagged harder as each vet, vet assistant and secretary patted her head. She made it a point to investigate any open room. She had seemingly made up her mind to face the facts of her life with optimism. Two vets told me in their professional opinions that Bella was an excellent candidate for a full and happy life as a three-legged dog.

The vet just called. Bella is out of surgery and walking on three healthy legs.

Come Wednesday, I’ll take her home to a slightly different life. She may not ever chase another deer through the orchards, but if I know Bella, she’ll be fine. She’ll find something else, probably better, to do. Isn’t that what good ol’ girls always do?

Steve Wong is a writer from Spartanburg. He and wife live in a peach orchard with a menagerie. He can be reached at Just4Wong@ Gmail.com.

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By the time you read this, I’ll have a happy three-legged dog.

As I write, I know that Bella, a mixedbreed black and white dog we rescued out of a street-side donation box, is at the vet’s office having her left front leg amputated.

For the past week, I’ve wrestled with myself trying to decide if Bella should lose her leg or be put down.

It started a week ago, on a lazy Sunday morning. My wife and I were in New York City visiting my starving artist daughter.

We were treating her to a gourmet brunch when I got the call.

“Do you have a black and white female dog named Bella? I found her on the road. She’s been hit by a car. She’s not dead, but I think her leg is broken.”

For the next hour, cellphones between New York City and Spartanburg blazed as we arranged for family and friends to take Bella to the emergency vet. Her first stop was the local golf course, where Bella, being the good ol’ girl that she is, often hangs out. I knew Bella would be welcome there until I could find someone to take her to the vet. Thankfully, the golf course manager volunteered.

For the better part of the day, the family worried. We considered leaving New York early but knew being 12 hours away there was really nothing we could do. The vet called later that day and told us Bella would live, but her left front leg had suffered major nerve damage and was at the time useless.

He said she might fully recover. He also said she might not and that the leg would need to be amputated.

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