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F1S investing in arts education The $1.5 million investment will benefit programs at every grade level.

In a continued effort to lead the state in arts education, and improve and expand opportunities for students across the district, Florence 1 Schools is making further investments in all K-12 arts programs ahead of the 2022-23 school year. The investments total approximately $1.5 million, supplemented from various sources including federal and state grants.

At the elementary level, a band program will be started at McLaurin Elementary School. That program and the band program

at Greenwood Elementary will receive highquality instruments and essential supplies.

This is part of an ongoing effort to expand access to instrumental music at all elementary schools, especially those that feed the arts magnet programs. Earlier in the 20212022 school year, instruments were purchased to support band programs at Wallace-Gregg Elementary and North Vista Elementary, as well as orchestra programs in several additional elementary schools in Florence 1. Currently, over 200 elementary students are studying violin with new instruments in their hands.

Elementary visual arts programs will See ARTS, Page 2

The All-City Orchestra concert took place last month, featuring student performers from all district middle and high school orchestras.

Festival returns to FMU campus Saturday Francis Marion University will host the Arts International festival, a celebration of art and culture, on Saturday, April 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7

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Florence Food & Wine Festival

The corks were poppin’ this past weekend as the annual Wine & Food Festival returned to Downtown Florence. The festivities kicked off Thursday with ‘Meat and Meander’ at the Waters Building. Friday’s big event was a ‘Sip and Savor Stroll’ through downtown establishments.

Saturday’s events included a ‘City Center Market Brunch,’ a ‘Passport to Paso Robles’ wine class, and ‘The Final Pour’ main event, a four-course finale dinner held on the Francis Marion PAC lawn.

Proceeds from the Wine & Food Festival benefited Help 4 Kids of Florence.

Benton House has new director The Benton House of Florence recently announced the promotion of former Community Relations Director Kim Jacobs to position of executive director. . . . . . . . . .. Page 6 Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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NEIGHBORS

Mayor completes IOG course NAME: Brooke Todd HOMETOWN: Florence OCCUPATION: A stylist at The Mailroon Barber Co. studio in Florence.

HOBBIES: In her free time, she loves to be around her friends and family and doing things like going to the beach, movies and “ghost hunting”.

Florence Mayor Teresa Myers Ervin, right, receives her certificate from Municipal Association of South Carolina representative Urica Floyd.

Florence Mayor Teresa Myers Ervin recently graduated from the Advanced Municipal Elected Officials Institute of Government. Graduates received their certificates during the Municipal Association of South Carolina's Hometown Legislative Action Day in February.

The Municipal Association offers the Advanced Institute exclusively to graduates of the Municipal Elected Officials Institute of Government. Created in 2014, the Advanced Institute provides elected officials with continuing education through classroom

instruction and interaction with experienced peers.

Graduating officials have participated in at least four of six courses to graduate from the Advanced Institute. Topics include public safety, budgeting, utilities, advocacy, economic development and governance.

The Municipal Elected Officials Institute of Government is one of many educational and training opportunities that the Municipal Association offers for the elected officials and staff serving cities and towns.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

DO YOU REMEMBER?

D E AT H N OT I C E S Judith Diane Anderson, 73, passed away April 2.

Belk Funeral Home.

Leroy Brockington, 74, passed away March 31.

Ideal Funeral Home.

Pranabananda Dutta, 89, passed away March 28.

Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.

Connie Mahon Griffin, 53, passed away April 1.

Kistler-Hardee Funeral Home.

Charles “Chuck” Edward Holland Jr., 65, passed away March 28. Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.

Eugenia Woods Hunter, 64, passed away April 2.

Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.

Humphries Iseman, 66, passed away March 31.

Belk Funeral Home.

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The Flamingo Restaurant, located at 522 South Irby Street, was opened by Gus Hondros in 1963. Andrew Kampiziones later joined him and ran the business until the property was purchased by Florence General Hospital in the mid-1980s. Do you have an old photo you would like to submit for The News Journal’s Do You Remember? You may do so by emailing a digital copy of the photo, including information about the photo, to editor@florencenewsjournal.com. You may also submit photos and information in person at our office, located at 312 Railroad Ave.

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Melville R. Libby, 76, passed away March 28.

Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.

Jason Lee Matthews, 35, passed away March 27.

Layton-Anderson Funeral Home.

Anthony “Tony” Melton, 64, passed away April 2.

Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.

Cora Lee Sibbett, 86, passed away April 2. KistlerHardee Funeral Home.

Ellis Lanneau Williamson, 42, passed away March 27. Kistler-Hardee Funeral Home.

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receive a variety of art supplies that teachers requested along with art panels, pedestals, and lighting systems to beautifully display student artwork. These panels will be made available to host art shows at each campus and can be seen by the public at the first Florence One All-City Art Show running April 29 through May 4 in the Yellowjacket Room at the McClenaghan Administrative Annex.

Florence One will also be investing $100,000 to improve or expand arts programs in middle schools.

Piano labs will be installed at Sneed and Williams Middle Schools. Sneed Middle School will also receive new Yamaha guitars. Moore Middle School will receive new furniture for its art rooms, including drafting tables. The arts magnet band program at the new Southside Middle School, opening in Fall 2022, will receive a significant investment in new band and percussion instruments.

Coming off a very successful Fall 2021 marching band season, high school marching bands in the district will benefit from a $300,000 investment to

upgrade equipment and technology. Purchases will be tailored to the needs of each school and will include new uniforms, upgraded instruments, and technology.

At West Florence, the auditorium will receive several audio and video upgrades, enhancing the space to host student productions. These upgrades will work hand-in-hand with the cinema display projectors and screens that were installed when all three high school auditoriums were modernized in 2020.

Significant renovations, totaling around $750,000, will begin over spring break on a new arts wing at South Florence High School.

Designed to mirror the extraordinary facilities and programs found at schools such as the Governor’s School for the Arts in Greenville, the new arts wing at South Florence will house professionally-equipped studios for ceramics, painting, portrait photography, and digital art and design. In addition, the arts wing will have newly renovated rehearsal spaces for theater, dance, and orchestra. The hallways of the wing will be updated to

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include artwork created by students, with display cabinets for 3D artwork and new lighting in all spaces.

The state-of-the-art facilities will support a host of new programs and course offerings. Innovative scheduling will allow visual arts students at SFHS to take multiple arts courses simultaneously as underclassmen and, as upperclassmen, students will pick areas to specialize in. The digital art studio will have iMacs running Adobe Suite, iPads with Procreate and Apple Pencils, and high-end PC stations equipped with Unreal Engine for 3D environment creation.

The ceramics studio will be equipped with a CAD-driven 3D clay printer. These advanced art programs will help prepare students to work in fields like advertising, video game design, and metaverse development.

“The variety of courses that we offer to our students will expand next year to include digital design, ceramics, painting, portrait photography, and expanded performance-based classes,” said South Florence Principal Shand Josey.

“This course expansion is only possible because of the upcoming facility renovations. These spaces will open doors for our students

to explore new interests in ways that have not been previously possible. South Florence will be not just an Arts Magnet High School but a premier educational facility.”

All of these investments come on the heels of a school year filled with notable arts achievements.

Nine teachers were awarded Arts Teachers Support grants from the state while three schools were once again awarded Distinguished Arts Program awards (SFHS, SSMS, Moore MS).

This year, South Florence and Southside were again recipients of a state Arts in Basic Curriculum (ABC) grant. SSMS students placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the SC Education Association's 2022 statewide art competition. The SFHS Choraliers took home first place in their division and were named grand champions at the OrlandoFest National Music Competition.

The WFHS and Sneed concert bands earned Superior ratings at the state Concert Performance Assessment. A record 44 students had art selected for the prestigious ArtFields Jr. competition and eight high school students from across the district were selected for All-State Band and Chorus.

Steven Wright, 68, passed away March 28. Belk Funeral Home.

SCA to celebrate centenarians The Senior Citizens Association in Florence County will honor citizens that are 100 years of age or older at its annual 18th Dorothy Blackwell “Salute to Centennials in Florence County” Celebration.

Any Florence resident born in 1922 or before will be honored. If you would like to add a senior Florentine to the list, contact us at (843) 669-6761, ext 231 or 229. The deadline

for submission is May 1.

Dorothy Blackwell was the first director of the Senior Citizens Association. Each year SCA celebrates her memory and honors her work with a community luncheon. Proceeds from the event will help our SCA programs such as Meals on Wheels of Florence County, Home-Bound Delivered Meals, and other senior programs.

Spring events planned at Magnolia Mall Magnolia Mall is celebrating spring with family-friendly events. With the arrival of spring, the Florence community is invited to join in on the fun, including a tea party, photos with the Bunny, and more.

The Bunny will be at the mall through April 16 to help capture those spring family memories. Bunny visiting hours will be Monday– Thursday from noon to 7 p.m, Friday – Saturday from

11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.

Photo packages begin at $32.99.

Visit www.shopmagnoliamall.com for more details and to reserve a time with The Bunny.

Furry friends are invited to see the Bunny too. Every Monday through April 11, the mall is hosting pet photos with the Bunny. Get a picture with the entire family.

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MUSC Health Florence first in the state to conduct Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy MUSC Health Florence Medical Center is the first in the state of South Carolina to conduct a shape sensing Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy. This new procedure allows physicians to identify lung cancer earlier and give patients much better outcomes through early detection and treatment.

“MUSC Health Florence Medical Center is the first in the state to perform a shape sensing Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy and first in the region to perform RoboticAssisted Bronchoscopy,” said MUSC Health Florence Division Chief Medical Officer Dr. Rami Zebian.

“This life-enhancing procedure allows us to visualize and biopsy remote parts of the lung typically inaccessible using a traditional bronchoscopy. Robotic-assisted bronchoscopy will allow more precision and accuracy in lung nodule biopsies, and it is a safe and effective way to target areas far into the

Medical Center offers first-of-its-kind treatment for heart disease in the Pee Dee region MUSC Health Florence Medical Center announced a new treatment option for patients with severely calcified coronary artery disease living in the Pee Dee region.

The new technology is a new application of lithotripsy, an approach using sonic pressure waves to safely break up kidney stones. It now can be used to treat problematic calcium build-up in the coronary arteries that can reduce blood flow in the heart.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. More than 600,000 people in the peripheral lung. This is extremely beneficial for providers and patients, as it will allow us to detect, diagnose, and treat lung cancer much earlier.”

The robotic-assisted

United States die of heart disease each year. As people with heart disease, specifically coronary artery disease, grow older, and their disease progresses, plaque in the arteries evolves into calcium deposits, which can narrow the artery. Physicians often use stents to open an artery.

Of the approximately one million patients that undergo a stent procedure each year, 30 percent have problematic calcium that increases their risk for adverse events.

The new shockwave technology, also known as intravascular lithotripsy, bronchoscopy is able to access all 18 segments of the lungs airways using an ultra-thin catheter and integrated vision probe. Shapesensing technology allows the operator to precisely

allows physicians to fracture the problematic calcium using sonic pressure waves.

The artery then can be safely expanded, and blood flow is restored with the placement of a stent and without unnecessary complications.

“The cardiology team at MUSC Health Florence Medical Center is steadfast in our commitment to give patients access to the latest cardiovascular innovations to treat heart disease,” said Cardiologist Gregory May .

“It’s exciting to offer this treatment to patients with some of our most complex cases.” locate the lung nodule for biopsy. Immediately following the biopsy, it is sent to determine if the sample is benign or malignant.

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STIFEL

Value investing After years of growth investing being the “hot” investment strategy, especially during the long bull market, value investing is shining once again. While growth investing focuses on companies that are believed to be in the early stages of considerable earnings growth, value investing concentrates on stocks that are temporarily out of favor with investors on Wall Street and are believed to be undervalued by the market.

A more conservative approach than growth investing, value investors tend to approach investing with a long-term perspective. Where a growth stock may take off rather quickly due to the latest market trend, value stocks follow fundamentals, not fads. By focusing on the big picture, value investors must put market volatility and daily news headlines in perspective.

Typical characteristics of value investing: • Buying high-quality stocks that have been discounted relative to the intrinsic value; • Investigating the price of a stock in relation to the annual dividend that the stock is likely

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to pay; • Buying stocks from a variety of sectors; • And doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing.

Value investing may or may not be right for every investor.

By examining your personal tolerance for risk and determining a time horizon for your investment strategies, you can determine which style best suits your needs. Regardless of which style you choose, it is important to keep diversification a top priority in portfolio allocation.

Article provided by Frank J. “Buddy” Brand II, a Senior Vice President/Investments, licensed to provide brokerage services only, with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, member SIPC and New York Stock Exchange, who can be contacted in the Florence office at (843) 665-7599.

FDTC nursing program receives $25,000 grant The nursing program at Florence-Darlington Technical College recently received a $25,000 grant from Duke Energy.

The grant that was presented to the FDTC Educational Foundation will help fund scholarships as well as purchase classroom supplies.

Duke Energy has been a longtime partner of the college and has contributed to its growth and success. The grant funding will help FDTC combat the

national nursing shortage as it places more graduates into the workforce.

“I cannot thank Duke Energy enough for their continued support and this generous donation,” said FDTC President Dr. Jermaine Ford. “The funding will aid our nursing students as they pursue their dreams in the health care field.

Student success is our primary goal, and partners like Duke Energy play a significant role.”

FDTC currently has an associ-

ate degree program as well as a practical nursing program.

“You might not immediately think of Duke Energy when you think of nursing, but it’s a profession critical to our success,” said Mindy Taylor, Government and Community Relations Manager for Duke Energy. “At nuclear plants like Robinson, it’s imperative to have full-time nurses to complete the medical exams required by our regulator. Ensuring a quality pipeline of nurses in our community not

Carter Center hosts Primary Care Symposium

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The 11th annual Symposium for Primary Care Physicians and Providers was held Friday, March 18 at the Carter Center for Health Sciences. The program was designed to update participants on current approaches and innovations in multiple medical and surgical subspecialties.

The annual symposium features regional experts who present current medical topics and emphasize the practical impact for primary care.

This year’s program also featured scientific poster presentations by University of South Carolina School of Medicine Florence medical students. Third year medical student Arianna Douglas was

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Graduates of the ADN program at FDTC are prepared to work in a variety of settings including hospitals, clinics and outpatient centers. Upon completion of the program, students are eligible for an

associate’s degree in applied science and may apply to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nursing Practice. The ADN program is worth 68 credits, and it is five semesters long.

PN program graduates at FDTC are also prepared to work in a variety of settings,

and upon completion of the program, the students are eligible to apply to take the licensure boards for Licensed Practical Nursing Practice.

For more information on FDTC’s nursing program, please email admissions@ fdtc.edu or call (843) 6618324.

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awarded “Best Academic Poster” for her presentation entitled “Digoxin Toxicity from Amphibian Ingestion treated with Digoxin-specific Fab Fragments: A Case

Report.” The full text of Douglas’s poster presentation as well as the other student scientific posters can be viewed at www.florenceneurosurgery.com.

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EDITORIAL

Was normal good enough?

As the chief executive officer of Harvest Hope Food Bank, I have seen the impact of the COVID19 pandemic firsthand. I have seen a lot of families struggling. I have seen sadness from a parent stressed to feed their children. I have had a mom crying to me because they just didn’t know what else to do. It’s been a lot.

Almost every interview I give or conversation I have, one question keeps coming up: When will we get back to normal? Everyone wants to know.

When will we go back to the way it was? Are you starting to see a decline to pre-COVID numbers?

Are we going back to the way we were? Are we back to normal?

Those are tough questions to answer, and I’ve challenged each with my own question: was normal ever good enough?

Was normal good enough to be our goal now?

When we were normal, according to the Census, in 2020 over 37 million people lived in poverty. Feeding Erinn America’s Food Insecurity data Rowe states that in 2019 there were 35,207,000 who were food insecure.

50% of the United States falls below the SNAP threshold of 130% the poverty rate.

FBI statistics show that hate crime rates based on race, ethnicity, religion, or ancestry continue to be the biggest area of concern across the country.

In total, 3,963 incidents related to race, ethnicity, and ancestry were reported in 2019. Those were just the reported incidents.

Climate change escalated to such a point that in 2019 the Department of Defense created a report that stated climate change was a national security issue with potential impacts to DoD missions, operational plans, and installations. The same year a group of U.S. Senators wrote to Chairman Powell of the Federal Reserve urging him to ensure the U.S. financial system “is prepared for the risks associated with climate change”.

Are you beginning to see the picture I’m painting? Was normal good enough? Are we willing to settle for normal again? Are you? Don’t let normal be good enough.

One of my favorite words is grit. By definition, grit is a diligent spirit; the nagging conviction that keeps you pressing on when it’d be easier to give up. Grit is the realization that achieving one’s greatest potential comes from running a marathon, not a sprint.

At Harvest Hope, our vision is a hunger-free South Carolina. That is the normal we are striving for. Sometimes when I drive into the facility, I pass literally 150 cars lined up waiting for the emergency food pantry to open—and our pantry is just one of over 350 pantries we service in the state. It can be so overwhelming to know that we as an organization can’t miss the mark. Our staff get weary and sometimes we fail. I ensure them daily that we can do this. We have grit. We will continuously improve how we approach hunger in SC because we want our new normal to be a hunger-free state.

If the new normal seems so far out of reach from where we are today as a society, if it feels insurmountable, have grit. Break it down to what you can control today. Who, in your circle of influence, can you impact? And then do it.

Humans have the most amazing resiliency. If we as a society decide that normal is not good enough, that normal is not what we want for our kids and grandkids, then let’s decide to make a new normal.

Erinn Rowe is the chief executive officer for Harvest Hope Food Bank.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2022

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Hartsville man a real life hero On an April afternoon nearly two years ago, Carl Robinette II of Hartsville lost his own life while helping prevent a 13-year-old boy from losing his.

The 48-year-old Robinette saw the young man panicking in the murky waters of Lake Robinson and, without regard for his own safety, dove in and assisted the boy until another person took over the rescue. The boy made it safely to shore. Carl was not so fortunate.

Robinette was one of 18 real-life heroes to be awarded the Carnegie Medal last week. Since 1904, the Carnegie Medal has been recognized as North America’s highest honor for civilian heroism. The medal will be presented posthumously to members of Robinette’s family later this year.

Robinette’s story is one of incredible selflessness and a willingness to risk one’s own life for another.

The other 17 individuals honored this year with Carnegie Medals were just as heroic.

Here are their stories: • Evan Daniel Townsley of Los Angeles, Ca., rescued a 66-year-old woman who was being attacked by a 70pound pit bull. The 53-yearold Townsley fought off the dog with his bare hands and a small knife. The woman

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was treated for serious bites to her arms, abdomen, and back. Townsley underwent surgery and then spent eight weeks in rehabilitation for treatment of 18 deep puncture wounds to both his arms.

• Ricky Lee Sneve, of Hudson, S.D., saved his 5year-old sister, Chevelle, from drowning on June 21, 2021 and lost his own life in the process. The 10-year-old Sneve dove into the water after Chevelle stepped or fell into water that was three feet deep. He pushed Chevelle back toward the bank but was quickly caught up in the undertow. Sheriff’s department divers recovered Ricky’s body about 75 feet down river from the point where he was last seen.

• Patrick J. Driscoll, 56, of Centerville, Ohio, rushed to the scene of a plane that had crash-landed on a grass runway. He rescued an elderly couple from the cockpit as flames broke out in the engine area. All three survived the incident with minor injuries.

• A 5-year-old girl was on a floatie in Lake Michigan when its tether slipped off of her mom’s wrist and strong winds blew it away from shore. Justin Leland Perry, 33, saw the child in distress and swam to her. Jason Hadfield, 42, then arrived in a kayak and brought them both to safety.

• Newspaper executive Peter Rosengren, 42, of Batavia, Illinois, drowned March 28, 2021, after helping to rescue a 9-year-old boy from drowning in rough water of the Gulf of Mexico off of Miramar Beach, Florida.

• A 62-year-old painter of Fresno, Ca., Arthur R. Caballero Sr. was fishing in the Kings River when he saw a 7-year-old girl in another party struggling to stay afloat as she moved into deep water. Caballero entered the river fully clothed, went to the girl, and thrust her back toward the bank where others helped her from the water. The current pulled Caballero downstream, where he lost consciousness. Responding authorities located him an hour later and removed him from the river, but he had drowned.

• Christopher Lee Taylor was driving through a Greenville, Ohio, neighborhood on, when he saw flames

on a nearby home’s second floor. Taylor ran into the burning house and rescued 30year-old David Miles, 30, moaning.

• A member of her college swim team, Marena L. Kouba, 21, of St. Cloud, Minn., rescued a 37-year-old father and two of his children, 10 and 11, from the chilly waters of Lake Superior.

• Magdalini Chormova was shot four times after she attacked a man demanding money from her brother at gunpoint inside his Charlotte, N.C., restaurant. Chormova was hospitalized for several weeks for her gunshot wounds and other extensive injuries.

• Driver Michael A. Loya Jr. was left semi-conscious, badly injured, and pinned in a burning work truck containing flammable items following an automobile accident just outside of Fort Worth, Texas.

Anthony Hogan, an off-duty police chief, witnessed the accident and removed Loya from the truck just before flames engulfed the vehicle.

• A driver was trapped in an overturned boom truck in Derry, La. in the fall of 2020.

Daniel L. Cook, and Brandon Melancon responded and pulled the 28-year-old driver from the wreckage.

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Modern women and Tupperware “You did not just go buy Tupperware. You went to a Tupperware party, where I assumed there was drinking and poker and probably fistfights. I would learn, to my disappointment, there was rarely even a banjo.” – Rick Bragg Modern women, I have been there for you, respected you, supported you, but some of you have let me down lately.

I was there with you in spirit in the 1920s when you marched for suffrage. I applaud the time when, led by Rosie the Riveter, you drove the war efforts for an entire free world. I would certainly have been there for you in the ’60s and ’70s, when the bras were burning and the love was free. Even today, as you shatter those glass ceil-

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ings and take the workforce equality that is rightfully yours, I am your ally!

But it appears that many modern women, including my own dear wife, are no longer buying or using real Tupperware, and that is an American tragedy.

My Daddy drank from the same Tupperware cup in Hampton County’s steaming Westinghouse plant for 40plus years. Today, sadly, many modern women have never even been to a Tupperware party.

The modern woman I mar-

ried grudgingly wears bras but has never purchased a single piece of real, namebrand Tupperware. Instead, the misguided lady buys knock-off brands from “the dollar store” and then trashes them when they get too stained from tomato dishes or too twisted up from the microwave, or simply if she just doesn’t feel like washing them.

That is not the American way. That, my bride, is what is wrong with our plastic, disposal modern world.

To me, Tupperware means that someone – a wife, mother, aunt, or grandmother – put a lot of time, effort and carefully selected ingredients into a meal and wanted to save it for you. To me, Tupperware didn’t just preserve food, it preserved love and

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR It’s ‘high time’ for us to turn to God Almighty The Apostle Paul writing to the church in Rome tells them in Romans 13:11: “And that, knowing the time, that now it is ‘high time’ to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.”

There is no doubt that Paul is telling all Christians that it is “high time” to wake up because the return of Jesus is near. How much more relevant and urgent is Paul’s exhortation today?

It is “high time” for preachers and persons in the pews to wake up before it is too late. The Holy Spirit

inspired Paul to tell us that “it is high time to wake-up, but also in 2 Cor.13:5 that we should check up on ourselves to see if we truly are Christians. Paul writes; “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.

Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” Are you preachers out there preaching God’s Word, the Bible, or are you tickling itching ears?

You who “profess” to be Christian, are you? Jesus says in John 8:31-32, “If you continue in My word, then are ye My disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth,

and the truth shall make you free.”

Those that profess and are not in a church, don’t you think it is “high time” you woke-up and checked up on yourself with the Bible being your guide? If you have never accepted Christ as Lord and Savior, don’t you think that it is “high time” you did before it is too late?

As Christians, Paul is saying to us: “It is “high time” we stood-up for truth and light and what is right. “Cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light.”

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something from the heart to share with family and friends another day.

Over time, once a piece of Tupperware got broken in good, becoming stained red from spaghetti or goulash or chili, a miracle happens.

Every time you heat it up, the flavors of a hundred, homecooked leftovers ooze and infuse into your meal in some kind of magical osmosis.

I am not alone in my adoration of Tupperware.

As a child, one of my favorite authors, Rick Bragg, See DEWITT, Page 5

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The City of Florence held a Grand Opening/Dedication ceremony for Fire Station No. 6 on Thursday, March 31. The station is located at 860 Smith Dr. The location for the new station was strategically chosen to accommodate growth on the west side of Florence. The $2.25 million facility and features a two-bay station that will house an engine company with four personnel assigned.

The station will also contain the fire department’s logistics warehouse which includes a warehouse and office area. Above, City of Florence Fire Chief Shannon Tanner is joined by Mayor Teresa Myers Ervin and others during a hose clasping ceremony.

First Reliance announces promotions First Reliance Bank recently announced three top-level executive promotions to senior vice president: Ross Foshee, senior vice president and controller; John Lindley, senior vice presid e n t , director of operations; and FOSHEE Robert Mayhue, senior vice president, information technology.

Foshee is charged with overseeing the bank’s accounting and financial reporting operations, including the design and implemen-

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tation of the company’s internal control framework. A native of the Pee Dee, he is a certified public accountant licensed in South Carolina w h o received a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from the University LINDLEY of South Carolina.

Lindley leads deposit operations, loan operations, and digital banking, overseeing, creating, and implementing process improvements to drive operational effi-

ciency. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Erskine College and is a graduate of the South Carolina Bankers School and the OMEGA Commercial Lendi n g School.

Mayhue is responsiMAYHUE ble for the management, strategy, and execution of the bank’s information technology infrastructure along with security compliance. During his career, he has led key roles in the successful completion

of seven bank acquisitions while implementing programs and strategies to improve operational efficiency. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland – Office of Extended Studies with a degree in information technology.

“Their promotion to senior vice president affirms their contributing talents and leadership to support the strategy and growth of the bank,”said Rick Saunders, founder and chief executive officer.

“Within their specific areas, First Reliance Bank continues to excel in operations, digital services, information systems, and financial strength.”

The children were rescued by but both Gravois and McGrady drowned during the rescue effort.

• Two Arizona high school students, Zachary Johnson Haugen, 16, and Jake Vageli Watson, 15,

entered turbulent waters to save 18-year-old Thanya Huerta and an 11-year-old girl, who were swept into the Pacific Ocean from a low-lying rocky cliff surrounding a cove off of San Diego.

To nominate someone for the Carnegie Medal, complete a nomination form at www.carnegiehero.org.

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• Layne Paul Gravois, Kim A. McGrady, and several other people formed a human chain to attempt to rescue several children in distress in the churning and violent waters of the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa, Fla.

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wore his momma’s Tupperware bowls on his head and pretended he was Spartacus.

According to Bragg, it seemed like the best of life came in a plastic tub.

“Tupperware meant reunions, dinner on the grounds,” wrote Bragg. “It used to be, when you saw Tupperware coming, it was a celebration. Banana pudding arrived in Tupperware. Potato salad came in Tupperware.

Cold fried chicken arrived in Tupperware, resting on a warm cloth.”

Google tells me that a Yankee named Earl Tupper invented Tupperware in Leominster, Mass., just after World War II. But that is not the story that I will pass on to my grandchildren. My Southern descendants will go through life hearing this version of history: “Lewis Grizzard’s grandmother invented Tupperware behind enemy lines but it was a dark and evil time. She had to smuggle it out of war-torn Germany in her brassiere (which she would later burn to protest toxic masculinity) in order to keep this wonderful but powerful invention out of the hands of the Nazis. After outrunning a fleet of German U-boats, Mrs. Grizzard was so excited to make landfall in South Carolina that she hosted

a Tupperware party right there on the beach to celebrate, and the rest is history.”

Alas, for many people, Tupperware is among the forgotten artifacts of grandmothers and aging mothers of a different era, and there is nothing that I can do about it.

My wife’s grandmother passed away in Toms River, New Jersey, in 2021. The family knew it was coming, but it was still a hard grief to process. Sometime later, a package arrived at my wife’s kitchen: grandmother’s Tupperware, with her name still written on it in permanent black marker, a trademark of all smart American mothers.

These used Tupperware dishes are among the few items she now has to remember her grandmother, who lived 13 hours away.

I now have strict spousal instructions: “You don’t take this Tupperware to work, you don’t dare leave this in your truck, and you definitely never let anyone borrow it!”

I understand, dear. I can live with that, my modern woman.

“One more thing,” she added. “Absolutely no spaghetti!”

Michael M. DeWitt, Jr. is the managing editor of The Hampton County Guardian.

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Hits and misses from the Oscars Ayan Guha Movie Reviews

home the Oscar for Best Director. I feel it could have received many other awards, such as Best Score composer Jonny Greenwood. As much as I loved Hans Zimmer’s score for Dune, Greenwood’s score was simply superb.

While most of the films nominated were solid, there were a few I found to be most undeserving. The big stand out was Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up, a toothless satire and Dr. Strangelove wannabe that would make Stanley Kubrick roll in his grave. Every nomination that it received was not deserved in the slightest.

The screenplay was obvious and obnoxious to the point that even if you agree with

the political statement of the film it was hard to not find it annoying. The editing of Don’t Look Up was nothing short of lazy and near incompetent. While I may disagree with a lot of the winners, this was the only choice I felt to be actually offensive.

There were many films that received no nominations I believe were more than worthy. The biggest snub was Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, which easily could have received nominations for cinematography, production design, and maybe even director. I mainly consider this a snub because Wes Anderson is a filmmaker that the Academy tends to love to nominate. I was surprised to not see him on the list.

There were some films I knew would not get nominated due to extravagance. I would love to have seen France’s Titane by Julia Decornou in the Best International Feature category.

Titane is a film that is wild beyond imagination and fun to watch. However, I can see why the Academy abstained from giving it a nomination since it is rather disturbing and graphic.

The choices made by the Academy this year were solid, but predictable. I would have preferred to see a few more challenging films win the big awards, but I liked most of the films regardless. Despite the fact that the awards are not even the main talking point of the Academy Awards this year, it was still a fun celebration of this year’s films.

Film reviews by Thomas Merzlak and Ayan Guha appear alternatively each month in The News Journal.

Guha is a junior at Wilson High School in the International Baccalaureate program.

Opinions expressed in this review are those of the columnist and not of The News Journal or its staff.

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Benton House has new director Benton House of Florence recently announced the promotion of former Community Relations Director Kim Jacobs to position of executive director. Jacobs has been serving seniors and families since the opening of the senior living community in March of 2021.

Jacobs is from Marion County and has worked in the Florence area for 18 years. She and her family reside in Florence. She attended Florence-Darlington Technical College and has worked in the medical field for more than 16 years in acute hospital settings and managed several depart-

ments. She also spent eight years focusing on senior care working in inpatient and skilled rehab.

Marion Memorial Hospital honored Jacobs as its 1996 Employee of the Year. Habersham County Medical honored her as Manager of the Year in 2000 and 2002. She also served on the FlorenceDarlington Technical College Board for five years.

Jacobs enjoys spending time with her husband of 37 years and their four children, their spouses, and five grandchildren.

Benton House of Florence celebrated its first anniversary on March 30.

Waites to speak at Chamber summit The Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 Building Bridges Leadership and Diversity Summit will take place Thursday, April 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology on the campus of Florence-Darlington Technical College.

This year’s featured speaker is Kelvin Waites,

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While this year’s awards turned a bit hectic (no need to mention anything more), there were still some films from this year’s winners and nominees worth mentioning and discussing.

The big winner was CODA, an Apple+ film that premiered at Sundance in 2021. The film is about a deaf family won all three awards for which it was nominated - Adapted Screenplay (Sian Heder) Supporting Actor (Troy Kotsur), and Best Picture.

Despite its winning Best Picture, I found the movie to be rather bland and formulaic.

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Annual BBQ cookoff to benefit Youth Mentors of the Pee Dee More than 20 BBQ chefs from across the Southeast will compete in the 11th annual Youth Mentors of the Pee Dee BBQ Cookoff on April 89.

The event will be held in the lot behind Palmetto Peddlers at the corner of Hoffmeyer Road and Darlington Street.

On Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. there will be an Anything Butt contest. SCBA chefs will whip up anything except BBQ. Folks who purchase a wristband can sample all the creations to their heart’s delight.

Wristbands are $10 each and

children under 12 with a paid adult get to eat free.

Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. is the main event – the BBQ Cookoff. Teams will be vying for a first place cash prize of $1,500. From 5 to 8 p.m. the public is invited to try samples. Like Friday, wristbands allowing unlimited sampling can be purchased for $10 and children under 12 with a paid adult get to eat free.

All proceeds from the event will benefit Youth Mentors of the Pee Dee. YMPD is a United Way organization with the mission to improve

the lives of area youth through mentoring. Youth Mentors help fill the void in a child’s life when one or more of the child’s parents are absent.

Volunteers typically spend two or three hours a week with their mentee.

Youth Mentors is always in need of volunteers that are willing to spend a few hours a week with a child from a single parent or broken home. Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Executive Director Joey Edwards at (843) 662-7081 or visit www. youthmentorsofthepeedee. com.

Arts International festival returns to Francis Marion campus Saturday Francis Marion University will host the Arts International festival, a celebration of art and culture, on Saturday, April 9.

The festival will take place on FMU’s main campus from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Arts International will feature many performers, activities, cultural booths, food trucks, and arts and crafts vendors. The SwampFox Grand Prix and Cardboard Regatta are staples of the Arts International Festival.

The SwampFox Grand Prix is a pedal cart derby race, and the Cardboard Regatta is a boat race using boats made

solely of cardboard and duct tape. Competitors are limited to FMU students, but anyone can enjoy the competition and cheer on the racers.

Domestic and international food vendors will bring the taste of Asian, Caribbean, Cuban, Greek, Indian, Italian and Spanish

foods to festival goers.

Regional artists demonstrating and selling their crafts will also be on hand.

Francis Marion University students and faculty will be among the performers and exhibitors at the festival. This will include performances by members of the Music Industry Ensemble, as well as presentations by FMU faculty that include genealogy, archeology and STEM demonstrations.

For more information on Arts International, check out the festival website at www.fmarion.edu/news/arts international, or visit the Arts International Facebook event page.

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Pets of the Week The Jayne H. Boswell animal shelter is a partnership with the Florence Area Humane Society and the City of Florence. The shelter is located at 1434 McCurdy Road and is open Tuesday through Saturday, from noon to 5 p.m.

Contact them by phone at (843) 629-5456.

Adoption fees are $65 for cats and $85 for dogs.

The fee includes first vaccines and spay/neuter.

The shelter is always in need of volunteers, foster families, and donations.

Daphne, left, is a sweet one-year- old female. She will “meow” her way into your heart! Raider, above, is an eight-week-old male. He will be your best friend for years to come!

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Library announces book club selection The Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library’s Book Club for adults announces its selection for April. The group will meet in person monthly on the third Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. in the Stukes meeting room.

The book selection for April is “Nine Perfect

Strangers,” by Liane Moriarty. Nine strangers find out if ten days at a health resort can really change their lives.

The library welcomes new participants to join in the lively book discussions. Registration is required to participate. To register or for additional information, email Book Club Coordinator Deb-

bie Quesada at debbiequesada@florencelibrary.org, or call (843) 413-7074.

Information about upcoming library programs is available at www.florencelibrary. org.

The monthly Book Club is sponsored by Friends of Florence County Library.

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INDEX 100 ...............................................LEGALS 150 ..................STATEWIDE CLASSIFIEDS 160............ADS NETWORK CLASSIFIEDS 200..........................................ADOPTION 210.............................ANNOUNCEMENTS 215...............................................EVENTS 216..................................................TRIPS 250 ..........................................AUCTIONS 300........................FINANCIAL SERVICES 310 ..........................INTERNET SERVICES 320.....................................INSTRUCTION 350..........................................PERSONAL 375 ........................HEALTH & NUTRITION 400...........................................ANTIQUES 405 ...BEAUTY SALONS/BARBER SHOPS 410..............BOATS/JET SKI & SUPPLIES .

420 .............GARDEN/FARM EQUIPMENT 425......................GUNS & ACCESSORIES 435..................................FARM ANIMALS 440 .............................LOST AND FOUND 450 ...................................MERCHANDISE 452............................................PRODUCE 455 ...................MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 460 ...............................PETS & SUPPLIES 470................................WANTED TO BUY 480.......................................YARD SALES 500 ....................................EMPLOYMENT 510 .................BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY 515 ....................................HELP WANTED .

520 ...........................................SERVICES 525........................................CHILD CARE

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MASTER’S SALE

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: OAKDALE TERRACE HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC. vs.

ROBERT Q. JOHNSON, C/A No. 2021-CP-2101069, The following property will be sold on 5/3/2022 at 11:00AM, at Florence Courthouse, to the highest bidder Building 10, Unit 12, of Oakdale Terrace Horizontal Property Regime as described in Master Deed and Exhibits establishing the Regime recorded at Book A734, Page 938 in the Office of Records for Florence County, South Carolina.

This being the same property conveyed to Robert Q. Johnson by deed of Mirosolawa M. Tarnowicz n/k/a Mirosolawa Johnson dated April 27, 2016 and recorded May 2, 2016 in Book B 628, Page 1021 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Florence County, South Carolina.

Property Address: 1732 Oakdale Terrace Blvd.

Unit 12

530 ..................................WORK WANTED 600 ...................APARTMENTS FOR RENT 605 .................................BURIAL SPACES 610..................COMMERCIAL PROPERTY 612 .....................BUSINESSES FOR SALE 615.............................................CONDOS 618 ....................REAL ESTATE SERVICES 620 ..............................HOMES FOR RENT 625 ..............................HOMES FOR SALE 630.................................LAND FOR RENT 632 ...............................LAND FOR LEASE 635 .................................LAND FOR SALE 636 ...................................LAND WANTED 637 .............ACREAGE/FARMS FOR SALE 640 ................MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT 645 ................MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE 650....................................OFFICE SPACE 660............................RESORT PROPERTY 665............................VACATION/TRAVEL 670 .............................ROOMS FOR RENT 900 ...................................................ATVS 910 ...........................AUTO/BODY PARTS 920 ..................................................CARS 930 ..................................MOTORCYCLES 940.................CAMPER SALES/RENTALS 950...................................................SUVS 960............................................TRAILERS 970 ........... ..................................TRUCKS 980 ..................................................VANS 981...............................................WANTED

TMS# 00074-01-223 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of his bid, in certified funds, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price if compliance is made, but in the event compliance is not made, the deposit shall be forfeited and applied first to costs of the action and then to plaintiff's debt. Should the successful bidder at the regularly conducted sale fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day, but at the risk of the defaulting bidder(s) NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded,

the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master's Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.75% per annum.

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, FLORENCE COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. SPECIFICALLY, THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO A SENIOR MORTGAGE HELD BY MERS for Envoy Mortgage, LTD RECORDED IN Book B 628 at Page 1026.

The Honorable W. Haigh Porter Master in Equity for Florence County Stephanie Trotter Kellahan Attorney for Plaintiff 4500 Fort Jackson Blvd Suite 250 Columbia, SC 29209 (803) 724-5002 (4/6, 4/13, 4/20/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: LEON BENJAMIN Date of Death: 8/7/2021 Case Number: 2022ES2100295 Personal Representative: ERNEST L SCOTT Address: 1820 CENTER ROAD TIMMONSVILLE, SC 29161 (4/6, 4/13, 4/20/2022) NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: URIAH DAVIS Date of Death: 1/21/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100287 Personal Representative:

RALPH DAVIS Address: 2500 HEATHWAY DRIVE FLORENCE, SC 29501 (4/6, 4/13, 4/20/2022) SUMMONS (JURY TRIAL REQUESTED) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO: 2021-CP-21-02533 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF FLORENCE CHARLES EUGENE ATKINSON, Plaintiff, v.

JUAN GOMEZ AND JAMES IRA COKER, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint upon the subscriber, at his office at 614 W. Palmetto Street, Florence, SC 29501, within thirty (30) days after the service thereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

SMITH AMMONS HOWLE, LLC. s/Joshua T. Howle Joshua T. Howle SC Bar #100642 614 W. Palmetto Street Florence, South Carolina 29501 (843) 407-1583 jhowle@smithammonslaw.com Attorney for Plaintiff November 23, 2021 Florence, South Carolina (4/6, 4/13, 4/20/2022) NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the

amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: THOMAS WILLIAM MCQUADE Date of Death: 2/24/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100269 Personal Representative: WAYNE MCQUADE Address: 4481 BANBURY CIRCLE FLORENCE, SC 29501 (3/30, 4/6, 4/13/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC

62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: ROBERT CARL O’REILLY

Date of Death: 2/24/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100265 Personal Representative: JERRY C O’REILLY Address: 6305 KNOTTS LANDING ROAD FLORENCE, SC 29506 (3/30, 4/6, 4/13/2022) NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of

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Estate: GEORGIANNA MCCALL Date of Death: 2/2/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100261 Personal Representative: YVETTE D JACKSON Address: 706 ROSE STREET FLORENCE, SC 29506 (3/30, 4/6, 4/13/2022) SUMMONS AND NOTICES IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CA# 2022-CP-21-00435 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF FLORENCE Rainwater Properties, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Terry Mitchell Brown, and any other person claiming any right, title or interest in the real estate, and John Doe and Sally Roe, also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or person under a disability being a class designated as Sally Roe representing any unknown heirs of Annie Ruth Brown a/k/a Annie Ruth Brown-Matthews, or claimants against the property described in the Complaint, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED, AND ANY OTHER PERSON, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, OR BEING MINORS OR UNDER ANY LEGAL DISABILITY, HEREIN COLLECTIVELY DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE AND RICHARD ROE, CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY: ORDER FOR PUBLICATION This is an action to extinguish a recorded contract encumbering real property.

The Complaint names as Defendants, “any other person claiming any right, title or interest in the real estate, and John Doe and Sally Roe, also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or person under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe representing any unknown heirs of Annie Ruth Brown a/k/a Annie Ruth Brown-Matthews, or claimants against the property described in the Complaint”. It therefore appears that this is a proper case for service by publication. Now, on petition of Plaintiff’s attorney, IT IS ORDERED, that this Order shall be served upon “any other person claiming any right, title or interest in the real estate, and John Doe and Sally Roe, also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown minors or person under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe representing any unknown heirs of Annie Ruth Brown a/k/a Annie Ruth Brown-Matthews, or claimants against the property described in the Complaint” by publication of the Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice of Filing, and this Order, as required by law, in The News Journal, a newspaper published regularly in Florence County, South Carolina.

March 17, 2022 The Hon D. Craig Brown,

Circuit Judge Florence, South Carolina SUMMONS YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served up on you, and to serve a copy, of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber, at his office at Post Office Box 4198, 201 Graham Street, Florence, S.C., 29502, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after the service of this Notice upon you moves before the Court for appointment of a Guardian ad Litem, and if you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian Ad Litem Nisi, Mr. Steve Mikell, Esq., whose address is 909 West Evans Street, Florence, South Carolina, 29501, made absolute on or after the date service by publication is completed.

NOTICE OF FILING YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Summons and Complaint were filed with the Clerk of Court for Florence County on March 1, 2022 at 3:18 p.m. the object and prayer of which is to extinguish the defendant’s right of redemption in or to foreclose a contract on the property described in the Complaint.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff against the Defendants for the termination/ cancellation of a certain contract of sale from Leila Rainwater to Annie Ruth Brown dated April 30, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Florence County on December 14, 2004 in Book A892 at page 8275. The real property encumbered by the contract is described as: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with any buildings and improvements thereon, if any, lying, being and situate in the County of Florence, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as Lot Ten (10) as shown on a map of Spaulding Heights Subdivision, a revised map by Banks & Powers, Reg., Surveyors dated August 27, 1964 and being generally bounded now or formerly and described as follows, to-wit: On the South by Sierra Range on which it fronts and measures 90 feet, more or less; on the West by Lot 9 on which it measures 156.38 feet, more or less; on the North by a branch; and on the East by Lot 10-A on which it measures 141.87 feet, more or less, all as shown on plat by M. E. Lind, Jr., R. L.S., dated September 14, 1973. Reference is also made to plat recorded in Plat Book U at Page 37 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Florence County which is also incorporated herein by reference thereto.

This being the same property conveyed unto Leila D. Rainwater by deed of Annie Ruth Brown and Terry Mitchell Brown recorded in Deed Book A837 at Page 926 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Florence County.

Property address: 1551 Sierra Range, Florence, SC Tax Map Number: 90096-01-011 s\Ray Coit Yarborough, Jr. Ray Coit Yarborough, Jr. SC Bar# 5725 Attorney for Plaintiff POB 4198 Florence, South Carolina 29502 Telephone: (843) 676-0580 Facsimile: (843) 676-9045 Coityarborough.rcylaw@

gmail.com March 17, 2022 Florence, South Carolina (3/30, 4/6, 4/13/2022) NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: GLENDA AVANT GORDON Date of Death: 3/2/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100249 Personal Representative: WILLIAM H AVANT Address: 57 EAST GEORGIA AVENUE COMER, GA 30629 (3/30, 4/6, 4/13/2022)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Star Quality intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license and/or permit that will allow the sale and on premises consumption of beer, wine and liquor at 2130 W. Palmetto Street, Florence, SC 29501. To object to the issuance of this license and/or permit, you must submit Form ABL-20, postmarked no later than April 8, 2022. Mail protests to SCDOR, ABL Section, PO Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214-0907 or email to ABL@dor.sc.gov.

(3/23, 3/30, 4/6/2022) SUMMONS AND NOTICE IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO.: 2021-DR-21-0817 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF FLORENCE South Carolina Department of Social Services, Plaintiff, vs.

Jaclyn R. Martinez Bryce Altman Joshua D. Phillips Garrett Powell Debra Martinez Iran Martinez Shannon Phillips Defendants.

IN THE INTEREST OF: Minor Child DOB: xx-xx-2015 Minor Child DOB: xx-xx-2017 Minor Child DOB: xx-xx-2019 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and served with the Complaint for Removal (filed November 2, 2021), of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for FLORENCE County 181 N. Irby St., Suite 2700, Florence, SC 29501, a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and if you choose to answer the complaint, to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff, Taylor J. Yarnal, at 2685 S. Irby Street, Box A, Florence, SC, 29505 within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that: the NonEmergency Removal Merits Hearing in this matter is scheduled for May 17, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at the Florence County Judicial Cen-

ter, 2nd floor, located at 181 N. Irby St., Florence, SC 29501.

Taylor J. Yarnal, Attorney for Plaintiff South Carolina Department of Social Services 2685 S. Irby Street, Box A., Florence, SC 29505 (843) 669-3354 Bar No.: 104299 Florence, South Carolina March 10, 2022 (3/23, 3/30, 4/6/2022)

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Estate: HARRY F CAMERON Date of Death: 4/11/2021 Case Number: 2022ES2100244 Personal Representative: REGINALD A CAMERON Address: 919 SHADOW LAKE DRIVE LITHONIA, GA 30058 (3/23, 3/30, 4/6/2022)

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: BETTY JO JUSTUS Date of Death: 1/4/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100233 Personal Representative: SHARON JUSTUS GARNER Address: 308 MORGAN DRIVE CENTRAL, SC 29630 (3/23, 3/30, 4/6/2022)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: MAMIE CAREN BLUE Date of Death: 2/28/2022 Case Number: 2022ES2100237 Personal Representative: BREANNA N HICKS Address: 656 KENT LANE APT 83 B FLORENCE, SC 29506 (3/23, 3/30, 4/6/2022) NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on FORM #371PC with the Probate Court of FLORENCE County, JESSE S. CARTRETTE, JR., the address of which is 181 N IRBY ST, STE 1300 FLORENCE SC 29501, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any

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