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Eggtastic Easter Event set for March 28

The City of Greer Eggtastic Easter Event will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on March 28 at Century Park, featuring age-appropri-ate egg hunts, in� atable games, a magic show, crafts and activities.

In the event of rain, all activities will be held from 2-4 p.m. on March 29.

Please call Greer Recreation Supervisor Justin Miller at 848-2192 with any questions.

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BY BILLY CANNADAEDITOR

Twenty-five men and women from 16 different countries achieved a com-mon dream of becoming United State citizens last Friday afternoon, and a group of Buena Vista El-ementary School students were there to help cel-ebrate.

The school hosted a naturalization ceremony, joining the immigrants for the final step of a long process.

“We told the children how privileged they are to be able to witness this,” Cindy Watson, a fifth grade social studies teach-er at the school, said. “It’s quite the honor and we

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Alternative rock band Sister Hazel will headline the 31st annual Pelham Medical Center Greer Fam-ily Fest, slated for May 1-2.

The Greater Greer Cham-ber of Commerce the first details about this year’s Family Fest at a press con-ference on Tuesday.

“We think Sister Ha-zel will bring and attract young families,” Greer Chamber President and CEO Mark Owens said. “We’re really looking at reconnecting with the en-tire family sector of Greer and we think this will pro-vide a great time for us to showcase what Greer has to offer.”

Owens also said the Fam-ily Fest golf tournament would return two weeks prior to the event.

“Family Fest is probably our biggest downtown fes-tival in Greer, so the plan-ning is really year-round” Owens said. “It takes a long time, but we have great volunteer leadership and a huge commitment from the City of Greer and Pelham Medical Center.

“We’re excited to be able to offer quality rides, art shows, vendors, great

food—it’s just a great fam-ily atmosphere in Greer for our community,” he said.

On Friday, Pickett Strait, Silver Travis and Hott Gritzz will perform. Sat-urday will feature Becky Greene, the Chandler Creek Choir, New River Bluegrass, Splitshot and Hot as a Pepper. The Vet-eran’s Walk, Greer Idol and the ‘Lil Mr. and Miss. Pag-eant will return as well.

Owens said this is an op-

portunity to showcase the city.

“We focus on our down-town merchants,” he said. “We really plan on ways to maximize exposure for them when we have visi-tors like this in our down-town area. This year, we’re doing an economic impact study with Clemson Uni-versity to determine what the festival brings to our downtown.”

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BY AMANDA IRWINSTAFF WRITER

Lyman Town Coun-cil allocated more than $218,000 in funds for two projects Monday night.

Council approved a resolution that allows the Streets Department to take bids for and pur-chase a new grapple truck

not exceeding $140,000. The resolution followed a report advising council that the current truck had exceeded its 15-year lifes-pan and, despite already costing the city more than $10,000 in repairs, is cur-rently not working and is in need of more repairs.

Council also took action on a resolution allocating

$78,277.95 in hospitality funds to construct a kitch-en and purchase kitchen equipment for Pacific Place, located 59 Groce Road, allowing the venue to better serve potential clients and residents, ac-cording to councilmember Rita Owens.

Although no action was taken, Andrea Moore, di-

rector of Middle Tyger Community Center (MTCC), addressed Lyman Council with a request for $6,000 in support for District Five Ministries. Council said the request for funds would be placed on the next agenda for a formal vote.

Moore reported that in 2014 the center provided

food assistance to 122 households, which as-sisted 134 children and 67 senior citizens. The center also provided diapers to 17 households, hygiene kits to 69 households, utility bill assistance to 45 house-holds and gifts to 171 children for Christmas. In addition to assistance for families and households,

MTCC, donated school supplies to 39 students at Lyman Elementary and 37 students at DR Hill Middle School. Since the September opening of the free clinic at MTCC, 14 un-insured Lyman residents have established a medi-cal home with MTCC and the center is establishing

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BY AMANDA IRWINSTAFF WRITER

The Greer Planning and Zoning staff will seek $50,000 to help establish local historic districts in Greer.

If approved, the funds will be used to conduct a survey to identify historic standards and regulations, beginning with the Moun-tain View Heights area, lo-cated between Broad and Green Streets and Arling-ton Avenue.

The establishment of lo-cal historic districts, simi-lar to that of the National Historic Registry, will of-fer tax incentives for resi-dents in compliance and will only come into play when updating or making

construction changes to homes or businesses with-in the established areas.

“That’s what the whole point of the ordinance,”

said Brad Sauls, with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). “To allow for people to make im-provement and rehab and repair properties, but be sure that it’s done in a way in that maintains what makes it a significant and unique place so that you’re maintaining what’s unique to Greer and part of what defines Greer’s character.

“Some people might see it as an obstruction of growth, but you’re try-ing to manage growth and be sure that, while you’re growing, you’re maintain-ing what makes it desir-able to be here in the first place,” he said.

In addition, the estab-lishment of local historic

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Buena Vistahosts new citizens

Greer may establish historic districts

Lyman allocates $218,000 for Pacific Place, streets

WILLIAM BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN

Twenty-� ve people representing 16 countries were granted United States citizenship last Friday at a naturalization ceremony at Buena Vista Elementary School in Greer.


Petra James looked on as her mother, a native of Alberta, received American cititizenship.

Sister Hazel to take stage at Family Fest

MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN

Family Fest chairman Rudy Painter revealed new details about this year’s event on Tuesday afternoon.

‘We’re tentative looking at what they

call the Mountain

View Heights. This

is our first endeavor

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Glenn PaceCoordinator, Greer Planning

and Zoning

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happy. It’s hard to

describe.’

Siegfried KaiserNew citizen

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MTCC CLINICTAKING NEW PATIENTS

The Middle Tyger Com-munity Clinic is accept-ing new patients. The Free clinic for uninsured pa-tients is open Friday morn-ings, Monday afternoons and Thursday mornings . Insured patients and pedi-atric patients are welcome. For appointments call 439-7760.

CRAFTY WAYSTO FIGHT HUNGER

On March 28, Westside Church, 611 Richardson St., Simpsonville, is host-ing Crafty Ways to Fight Hunger from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. All handmade home-town crafts, including recycled art, home décor jewelry, yard art, Easter décor and more will be sold by more than 40 local vendors. Hot dogs will be sold as well from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Proceeds will ben-efit God’s Pantry and local craftsmen throughout the Upstate.

Contact Wendy Roberts at 396-4441 for more in-formation.

PROM PROJECT 2015IS TAKING DRESS NOW

District Five Family Min-istries at the Middle Tyger Community Center and Wellspring Treasures in Spartanburg are currently taking prom dress dona-tions for students unable to afford a prom dress otherwise.

Students in need of a dress can purchase one at the Community Chest Thrift Store, in downtown Lyman on Groce Road, and Wellspring Treasures, at the intersection of John. B. White Sr. Blvd. and Black-stock Road in Spartanburg, for $5 between February and April.

THRIFT STORE SALEBENEFITING MTCC

The Community Chest Thrift Store, located at 52 Groce Road, Lyman, is open Thursday and Friday 10 a.m.–6 p.m., and Satur-day 10 a.m.–2 p.m., hours may extend if volunteers

are available and a need arises. The store has an ongoing sale on coats and jackets for $5 and sweat-ers 50 percent off. All of the proceeds benefit the programs and services of-fered by District Five Fam-ily Ministries.

Donations of gently used ladies clothing, ac-cessories, home décor items, and men’s clothing, shoes and accessories are being accepted and can be dropped off at the MTCC, located at 84 Groce Road, Lyman, Monday through Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m. To setup larger donations or to volunteer contact Lyn Turner at 439-7760.

SENIOR DINING REQUESTSSUBSTITUTE DRIVERS

The Senior Dinging pro-gram needs substitute drives to pick up partici-pants Monday–Friday from 9:30 a.m.–noon. Contact 877-1937.

GCM NEEDS DRIEDBEANS, PEANUT BUTTER

Greer Community Min-istries is collecting dried beans and peanut butter for the food pantry this week.

Sharon’s Clothing Closet needs blankets and tow-els.

Donations may be dropped off from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday at 738 S. Line St. Ext., Greer. Visit gcminc.org for more information.

THE HAVEN SHELTERNEEDS FIRST AID SUPPLIES

The Haven Shelter in Spartanburg, which pro-vides shelter and sup-portive services to home-less families to facilitate a transition to a stable living environment, needs several items. Items need-ed include: antibiotic and Benadryl cream, band aids, antiseptic cleaner, Clorox products, wood floor cleaner, healthy snack items for children, floor mops, brooms and dustpans, sponges, bed-room dressers, window mini-blinds, insulated cur-tains for large windows, toolbox set, five bathroom towel racks, Kleenex, liq-uid laundry detergent and dish soap.

If you’re able to donate any of the above items or

have questions, please con-tact call 582-6737 or email Robin at [email protected].

ROLLING ON THE RIVERMAY 2 AT 7 P.M.

The sixth annual Rolling on the River, a fundraiser benefiting the Middle Tyger Community center, is May 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the BMW Zentrum. The event features a live auction and silent auction, several casino games, heavy hors d’oeuvre, beer and wine and live musical entertain-ment.

The MTCC is a nonprofit that offers several pro-grams and services for low-income individuals, families and adolescent parents.

To purchase tickets, sponsor the event or for more information, visit middletyger.org or contact Lisa Hall at 439-7760.

PURSES WITH PURPOSEIS MAY 13-16

Middle Tyger Commu-nity Center’s 8th annual Purses with Purpose sale is May 13-16 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Commu-nity Chest Thrift Store, 52 Groce Road, Lyman. The

center is currently taking donations of purses. All proceeds benefit District Five Family Ministries. For each purse donated at Community Chest, donors receive $1 their purchse.

JAILBREAK 5K RUN &WALK, MAY 23

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Foundation is holding its ninth annual Jailbreak 5K Run & Walk on Saturday, May 23, at the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, 521 Gibson Road, Lexington. Packet pickup and late registration begins at 6:15 a.m. and the event begins at 8 a.m. The Cost is $25 prior to race day and $30 at the event. Anyone inter-ested in participating can register online at strickly-running.com.

GOD’S PANTRY NEEDSPASTA, CANNED MEATS

God’s Pantry needs pas-ta, oatmeal, grits, beans, rice, crackers, Ramen noo-dles, canned goods, pea-nut butter, dessert mixes, condiments, snack foods, coffee and drink mixes.

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Calendar deadline is noon on Tuesdays. All list-ings are subject to editing and/or omission due to space constraints. Please submit information about area events, meetings, etc. to Amanda Irwin at 877-2076, email to [email protected] or mail to The Greer Citizen P.O. Box 70 Greer, SC 29652.

TODAY, MARCH 11GRACE PLACE in Greer will

have its clothing closet open from 6-8 p.m. Grace Place is located at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.

THE AWANAS CLUB at El Bethel Baptist Church, 313 Jones Ave., Greer, from 6:30 - 8:15 p.m. Kids ages 3-12 are invited. Call 877-4021.

MTCC TOUR MEETS at the MTCC, at 84 Groce Road in Lyman at 10 a.m. Potential volunteers and interested parties can tour the facility.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN Voters of Greenville County meet at 1 p.m. at University Center, McAlister Square, 225 S. Pleasantburg Drive, Green-ville. Ages 18 and older, men and women, are invited to join. Visit the information monitor at University Center for the room number.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12KIWANIS CLUB AT 6:30 p.m.

at Laurenda’s Family Restau-rant. Call Charmaine Helfrich at 349-1707.

TRADITIONAL RUG HOOK-ING guild meet at Spalding Farm Clubhouse o� Highway 14 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Contact Betsy McLeod at 270-1164 or email Patty Yoder at [email protected]

SATURDAY, MARCH 14GRACE PLACE in Greer will

have its mini-mall open from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Grace Place is located at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.

COMMUNITY FOOD BANK 10 -11:30 a.m. at Calvary Christian Fellowship, 2455 Locust Hill Road, Taylors. Limited supplies available on a � rst come, � rst serve basis.

MONDAY, MARCH 16THE NEVER ALONE GROUP

OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recre-ational Center.

GRACE PLACE IN Greer will have its mini-mall open from 10 a.m. - noon. Grace Place is located at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.

TUESDAY, MARCH 17GRACE PLACE in Greer will


GAP CREEK SINGERS will rehearse from 7:30-9 p.m. at The Church of the Good Shepherd, 200 Jason St., Greer. For further informa-tion contact Wesley Welsh, President, at 877-5955.

BARBERSHOP HARMONY CHAPTER at 7 p.m. at Memo-rial United Methodist Church, 201 N. Main St., Greer. Call 877-1352.

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS and Auxiliary at 7 p.m., 721 E. Poinsett St., Woodmen of the World. Call Preston Johnson at 979-7758.

THE NEVER ALONE GROUP OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recre-ational Center.

THE LIONS CLUB at Lake View Steak House, Higway 14 at 5:30 p.m.

THE SOAR LUNCHEON from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Victor Gym. Bring a covered dish and/or dessert.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18GRACE PLACE in Greer will


THE AWANAS CLUB at El Bethel Baptist Church, 313 Jones Ave., Greer, from 6:30 - 8:15 p.m. Kids ages 3-12 are invited. Call 877-4021.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19THE TAYLORS LIONS Club

at 6 p.m. at the “Clubhouse”, 500 East Main St., Taylors. Call Allen Culver at 350-6939.

THE TAYLORS LIONS Club at noon at the Taylors First Baptist Church Ministry Cen-ter (old Post O� ce) on Main Street, Taylors. The meeting will last approximately one hour. Call Jerry Hatley at 268-0567.

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By AmAndA IrwInStaff Writer

In 1887, Susanna Salter became first female mayor in the United States when she was elected in Argo-nia, Kansas. But it wasn’t until nearly a century later that Greer would see it’s first female mayor.

Possibly without realiz-ing it, Shirley Rollins’ po-litical career began with a septic tank and a petition triumph. Shirley became the first female council-member in Greer in 1971, under Mayor Worth Bar-nett, but her leadership would not stop there. In 1988, she became the first female mayor in Greer, which then was a state-wide rarity.

“I’ve always been doing something that I thought would better (the com-munity),” she said. “Some-body probably said, ‘well why don’t you run,’ and that’s probably why I did it. Just because of that. I’ve always been real ac-tive in anything I was in – with children, the schools, PTA president, working with the band. Just when anybody did anything, I wanted to be right there doing it.”

Although Shirley accom-plished a first for females in Greer, at that time, it hadn’t occurred to her she had done so. Shirley said she never received any adversity about being a woman in a leadership position.

“We had a good council then. The men, they were very nice. I felt welcome,” Shirley said. “My mama taught me to be nice to people and they’ll be nice to you. There might be an odd ball every now and then that doesn’t work with you, but it’s hard to be ugly with people that are nice to you. I’ve always been one of those people that wanted harmony.

While serving on coun-cil and as mayor, Shirley’s focus was beautification. She featured a Mayor’s Yard of the Week and be-gan Greer’s first adopt a highway program.

“My thing, back then, was beautification,” Shir-ley said. “I don’t think they’d ever thought about that. I did all the flow-erbeds around the city hall, put out trees, I was the first one to decorate the fire department, put lights and stuff. I just love decorations and making it pretty. I had flowers ev-erywhere. Then I had yard of the week. I had picked out a yard of the city every week and would go have my picture with theirs. People loved that.

“I think, at that time, I got about 35 miles of roads adopted by differ-ent organizations.”

Prior to being mayor, Shirley worked as a secre-tary for her husband, John Rollins.

“He had to hire three people to replace me,” she said.

After serving a single term as a mayor, she began working in real estate and continued to be involved in the community while raising four children. She said one thing she taught her children was never to lie.

“Tell me the truth and I can deal with it. [My kids]

will tell you right now, ‘my mama will not lie,’” Shirley said. “Now, I go around the bend sometimes. Like, when people would call my husband at home, they’d say ‘is Mr. Rollins there’ and I’d make him go outside before I answered them because I wasn’t go-ing to lie and say he wasn’t in the house right now. Now that’s kind of silly, but that’s how I am with the truth. Always tell the truth because it’s too hard to cover up lies.

“My husband said ‘you’re the only politician

I know that it costs them money to be in politics’ because I voted how I felt and I didn’t owe anything to anybody. I voted with my heart and for what I thought was best for the city. It wasn’t popular all the time.”

Her son, John Rollins Jr., remembers his mother teaching him equality.

“We never had the prob-lem thinking that women were necessarily inferior to anything,” he said.

“Somebody had to step out and start everything, you know,” Shirley said.

“Somebody has to step out, and then they look back and say, ‘you know if she can do that, I can do that.’ Women just are not stay at home moms anymore. They’re very educated, very smart and like I say, they do details and stuff where some men don’t.

Shiley said if she can of-fer advice to today’s wom-en, she would tell them to seek the jobs they want.

“If you have a desire to do something--you know when you go to school and say ‘I want to be a rocket scientist’ or whatever you like to do--do that,” she said. “It may not be a field for women, but if you do what you like to do, you do better when you love what you do. These people

that have jobs when they hate to go into work every morning. That must be a horrible life.

“I listened to everybody that gave any advice, but then I made my own deci-sions – always have. I don’t know if that’s a good point or a bad point, but I listen

to everybody. I don’t argue or do that, I just listen and decide which is the best way for me or what I’m voting on, or what would help more people.”

Although no longer a resident in the City of Greer, Rollins continues to be involved in community beautification, working with County Club Estates on its adopted highway on Gap Creek Road and get-ting Greer High School to sign up to adopt the high-way along Country Club Road and the remainder of Gap Creek Road.

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In an effort to uphold a “democratic society that public business be per-formed in an open and public manner,” Wellford Town Council voted to pass a resolution estab-lishing a “Fee Schedule for Staff Time and Copies” that requires any Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to be specific, made in-person and cost $5.

The resolution further details added fees, includ-

ing $.50 per copy for re-quests exceeding 10 pag-es, $25 per disk for videos and DVDs, $20 per hour per employee for staff time at a gross hourly rate.

The resolution also states that: In circumstanc-es where it is anticipated that staff time necessary to comply with a request may exceed five hours, the requestor may be required to pay a deposit of half the estimated costs of comply-ing with the request prior to staff searching for or making copies of the re-quested records.

Public records requests exempt from being re-quested in writing and for a fee include: minutes of all public meetings preceding six months, reports from preceding within 14 days that disclose the nature, substance and location of any crime or alleged crime committed excluding ju-venile crimes and docu-ments identifying persons confined in any jail, deten-tion center or prison for preceding three months excluding juveniles.

In addition, the resolu-tion states, “costs shall

not be charged for time spent examining records to determine whether they may be disclosed” and “at the discretion of the city clerk, any portion of the rate may be waived.”

It is uncertain as to what led to the adoption of the resolution, which only re-quires a single reading and, upon approval, is im-mediately enforced.

Wellford Mayor Tom Watson was unable to be reached by press time to further comment.


Wellford Council approves fees

PreSton Burch | the Greer citizen

Savvy shoppersGreer Opry House, located at 107 Cannon Street, Greer, hosted “Savvy Restyle Market” during a craft event on Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7.

Rollins: The first councilwoman and mayor

PreSton Burch | the Greer citizen

Shirley Rollins was the first woman elected as City of Greer mayor in 1988.

‘I voted with my heart and for what I

thought was best for the city. It wasn’t

popular all the time.’

shirley RollinsFormer mayor of greer

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I don’t have a resume, really, but if I did, under ‘other talents’ I guess I’d write ‘tell jokes and ride horses.’ But

after just emceeing another fashion show benefit, I realize I have another ‘gift,’ if you will:

I can spot a fellow farm hand from across the room.

It’s been awhile since I was last in London, but I could also always spot the American tourist: besides baseball caps and chinos being the dead giveaway, them stepping obliviously off the curb into traffic, looking the wrong way and narrowly being missed by taxis and oth-er shouting drivers is so prevalent that painted on every curb are the words, “LOOK RIGHT” or “LOOK LEFT.”

This was said to have cut dramatically down on emergency calls for ambu-lances.

And being a first generation American born of English parentage, here in the States I can often spot a wandering Brit. It’s just something in the facial expres-sion I recognize: bewilderment at the size of everything in this country, from shopping malls to jaw lines.

But the spotting of the lesser-known

denim-chested farm hand was only something of which I became recently aware. She was one of the models at the fashion show.

Like me, she was tall and pretty fit, but unlike me, she got to wear long, black, flowing trousers of which I was exceed-ingly jealous. PJ, the coordinator, always likes to put me in one of her dresses because I’m built like Twiggy, only not as buxom, so unlike my brunette dopple-ganger, I had to worry about extensive grooming the evening before the big event.

I was shocked at the whiteness of my legs which seemed to lure moths the same way as do bug zappers on a back porch. For this I was prepared: I had bought a tube of tanning ‘make-up’ for legs. You squirt some of the glop in

your hands, rub it all over your legs and feet and hey, presto! You’re back from a week in Cozumel. Just remember to wash your hands thoroughly afterwards or, like me, it will appear that while your palms also went on holiday, the rest of your hands and arms were stuck in the frozen Carolinas.

Standing at the podium, describing each model as she ascended the steps to the runway, it was the self-conscious way this woman carried herself that made me instantly recognize a sister from another mother.

From the card I was given to describe her ensemble, I read that she also rode tractors and baled hay on her 300-acre farm.

I knew it, I thought, in triumph. It wasn’t just that she had her hands partially concealed within the folds of her outfit (we’re not ones to show them off or, heaven forbid, paint our nails some silly color to actually draw atten-tion to the calluses) it was just the way she stood. Even beneath the elegant and becoming hat that was worthy of Ascot, she stood as I would stand: like someone who rarely did very girly things and was

just waiting for someone to point out that she was playing dress up in some-one else’s clothes. She looked terrific but would probably roll her eyes if told so.

As she passed me on the way to the steps, I whispered, “Hey I’ve got a pair of earrings made from tiny, green tractors. I call them my ‘John Deerings.’ You want ‘em?”

That made her face light up, her eyes sparkle as if I’d presented her with a pale blue Tiffany gift box.

“Oh, wow, yeah!” she mouthed back, and made her way to the runway, completing her walk and pirouette with slightly slumped shoulders.

In the end the event was a huge suc-cess, a sell out, and best of all, lots of money was raised for a very worthy cause. I enjoyed wandering around the country club, taking in its opulence and ‘ladies who lunch’ and even marveling at the ease in which I found Paul’s Hyundai, standing out like a sore thumb in a sea of gleaming European imports.

The only other person I spied was my spiritual sister. Like me, she was heading home early.

We got critters to feed.

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Tragic display of state’s growing violence problem

Getting ridof worryRead Luke 8:4-15

Blessed is the one…whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates

on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither – whatever they do prospers. – Psalm 1:1-3 (NIV)

The pink flowers in my gar-den brought joy to my heart. On the day I planted them, the petals and leaves consumed all the available space. But sometime later weeds began to appear, and I was too busy to address the problem. By the end of the summer, the bed that once overflowed with colorful flowers was filled with weeds. If only I had main-tained the garden and pulled each weed as it appeared, I would still have an abundance of flowers.

I’ve noticed that this same phenomenon occurs in my spiritual life. When I ignore the worries that invade my mind, they eventually choke my spiri-tual growth and the beauty and fragrance of Christ disappear from my life. Like the flowers, I do not mature.

As with weeds, the key is to act when each worry arrives on the scene. I can maintain the soil of my heart by meditating on scripture, since its truth is the best tool for weeding out worry. If I look up verses that speak to the issues that worry me and meditated on those passages, I can be prepared when worry invates my mind. The result will be a life that produces a good crop instead of an abundance of weeds.

Prayer: Dear Father, thank you for providing a way to cope with worry. Help us to apply your word daily so you can produce abundant fruit in our lives. Amen.

Thought for the day: God’s word can help us overcome worry.

On February 5, around 1:15 p.m., students at the University of South Carolina received a text message warning “SHOTS FIRED” — two words that would send chills and panic through the large campus that is home to nearly 32,000 stu-dents.

For a few hours, we all believed that USC had become the latest face of campus shootings.

Instead, we soon would learn, USC had be-come the latest site of an epidemic that usually spreads in obscurity, but is all too familiar in South Carolina: domestic violence.

USC professor Raja Fayad was shot to death in his office by his ex-wife, Sunghee Kwon, be-fore she turned the gun on herself.

Just three and a half weeks prior, police had been called over a situation involving Fayad and Kwon. The couple had a clear history of vio-lence, and Fayad had moved out of their shared home on Jan. 10.

As a society, we often imagine domestic vio-lence in a stereotypical way, where a man beats his wife and uses power and/or money to con-trol her throughout the relationship. This trag-edy serves as a very real wake-up call that do-mestic violence can happen anywhere. Anyone can be a victim of domestic violence, regardless of gender, race or socioeconomic background.

Dr. Fayad was a well-respected professor. He was a successful cancer researcher who made significant progress in colon cancer research, and was an expert on Crohn’s disease and ul-cerative colitis. His death is a tragic loss for our community.

I started 2015 by addressing South Carolina’s domestic violence problem and the need for proper reform, and legislators are responding. Rep. Shannon Erickson and the members of the House domestic violence study committee have introduced H.3433. Sens. Larry Martin and Greg Hembree are spearheading S.3, which is being debated on the Senate floor.

I’ve spoken endlessly on the need for tougher penalties and zero tolerance for repeat offend-ers. However, we must also focus on education. We need better education for our law enforce-

ment officials who are on the front lines of this battle. They need to have the appropriate tools to work with and identify victims, and should be equipped with the necessary skills to deter-mine whether or not someone is in a life-threat-ening situation.

Just hours before the gun shots on February 5, I spoke to a group of faculty members on USC’s campus about the severity of domestic violence in South Carolina, and what we can do about it. My speech was a small part of the one-day regional summit hosted by USC and EverFi, a Washington-based education company. The purpose of the event was to encourage S.C. institutions to take a leadership role by imple-menting domestic-violence and sexual-assault awareness programs that can reach all incom-ing students at the start of each school year.

It’s a chilling thought that the same day we all gathered to discuss domestic-violence preven-tion and education, a life was cut short due to this tragic crime just a few blocks away. This reaffirms the need for more conversations like this about domestic violence.

We need to educate ourselves and our chil-dren. The conversation with our children can-not begin early enough. They need to under-stand that violence is never acceptable. There are appropriate ways to talk to your children, regardless of age, about what a relationship is and is not. A healthy, loving relationship never includes a partner using coercion, intimidation or physical violence to get his or her way.

My heart breaks knowing that in just a few months, I will read Dr. Fayad’s name out loud during our annual Silent Witness ceremony to honor the slain victims of domestic violence. It is my hope that the tragic death of Dr. Fayad inspires us all to do our part in this fight. We must change the way we view this tragic crime, and we must accept that domestic violence is a real problem in South Carolina. We cannot sit idle any longer, and risk losing another life to this reckless crime. This guest editorial was submitted by South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.

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The Freedom of Informa-tion Act isn’t simply words written on paper to appease

the public and fool them into believing that transparency exists. The act is a promise that transparency between govern-ment and the public they serve is protected and information pertaining to the public is freely accessible to ALL. Notice the FREE.

It’s for this reason I was stunned, disappointed and then increasingly annoyed by the recent passage of a resolu-tion by Wellford Council to impose astronomical fees on residents who, as of 2012, had a median household income of $28,133--nearly 35 percent lower than the statewide me-dian household income.

What you can or cannot afford shouldn’t determine what information you do or do not have access to. The fees incurred for information requested through Freedom of Information Act requests begin at a minimum of $5, which for a minimum wage employee making $7.25 accounts for 42 minutes of work prior to taxes and assuming the individual has money to spare to request information pertaining regard-ing laws, records, ordinances, minutes and any other infor-mation that impacts them that pertains to the officials they elected to pass laws and regula-tions that impact them. The fees only worsen from there: $.50 per copy is required for requests exceeding 10 pages, $25 per disk for videos and DVDs, and – perhaps the most outrageous - $20 per hour per employee for staff time at a gross hourly rate.

In a town where the former mayor, Sallie Peake, is charged with misconduct in relation to the town’s finances, it’s under-standable if residents are reluc-tant to believe the government its elected officials are trust-worthy and seek documents obtained through transparency and guaranteed through FOIA requests.

The attack on FOIA over the past year is concerning.

From the Saluda County ruling regarding publication of agendas, or lack thereof, to FOI reform sitting with the S.C. Legislature to Wellford’s recent move, I can’t help but wonder what our public officials are hiding.

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When I made the deci-sion to get intentional with my money, I just used cash. It’s hard to spend it when you don’t have any on you. It’s a tough thing, I know, but you have to make a con-scious decision to start living differently.

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I love a good restau-rant, and I’ve got nothing against the industry. The problem, though, is that lots of people are strug-gling to pay their bills or set aside something for retirement because they’re eating out all the time. Most folks simply don’t realize how much money they throw away by heading to the drive-through for lunch or going out to dinner “once in a while.”

I want people to enjoy life, and a great part of that can be going out and having a meal with your family and friends. But if you’re experiencing finan-cial issues, the only time you should see the inside of a restaurant is if you’re working there!

R. Kinard Johnson, Jr. has been re-appointed to the Green-ville Airport C o m m i s -sion by the Greenvil le City Coun-cil to serve an additional three-year term.

The Greenville Airport Commission is the owner and operator of the Green-ville Downtown Airport (GMU).

GMU is the busiest gen-eral aviation airport in South Carolina and is a self-sufficient entity with financial strength that doesn’t rely on local tax-payers for funding.

GMU is also home to Greenville Jet Center, the largest Fixed Base Opera-tor (FBO) in S.C., as well as more than 25 other avia-tion-related businesses, creating 453 jobs that annually contribute more than $35.2 million to the Upstate economy.

The City of Greer’s 2014 Annual Report is now available online, giv-ing local residents an op-portunity to receive news and features in flipbook format.

The report, titled “Team Greer” and produced by the city’s communications office, includes informa-tion about programs and highlights from city news from the calendar year. It includes mini-features on the Greer Police Depart-ment equipping patrol officers with body worn cameras, Partnership for Tomorrow’s community master plan, and the Greer Fire Department’s 100th anniversary. Greer Fire Captain Paul Brown is featured on the cover in recognition of the anniver-sary.

Also included are a fi-nancial report and an-nual recaps for each of the city’s departments,

as well as Greer Develop-ment Corporation and the Greenville County Rede-velopment Authority.

The 2014 publication is the third year the city has utilized the online flip-book format for its annual report.

“Feedback about the format has been very posi-tive because visitors may read it online, download the publication and read it at their leisure, or print a copy. It’s the perfect an-swer to those who want a traditional annual report with the convenience of an online publication,” Greer Communications Manager Steve Owens said. “It’s easy to access, easy to read, and is designed as a traditional publication while offering substantial savings over printing and mailing an annual report.”

The report may be ac-cessed at www.cityofgreer.org.

Clemson University business students have teamed up with Guy Har-vey, the man behind both Guy Harvey Inc. and the Guy Harvey Research Insti-tute (GHRI) to understand how social media can be used to tackle problems related to ocean wildlife conservation.

The Creative Inquiry class, led by Jason Thatch-er, director of Clemson’s Social Analytics Institute and professor of manage-ment, has been working with Harvey’s team since January. Along with their study of ocean conserva-tion, the class also hopes

to dissect the Guy Harvey business model, focusing specifically on social me-dia utility in the compa-ny’s strategy.

“This class is about two things: getting the stu-dents involved in a hands-on way with real data and cultivating a lasting rela-tionship with a popular brand,” said Thatcher.

He explained that com-panies like Guy Harvey are always thrilled to work with young students on real-world projects as it creates a pipeline of trained and employable graduates.

Thatcher’s students

will be working with Guy Harvey’s marketing team on two projects simulta-neously. First, they will be investigating the social media strategies behind Guy Harvey’s new market-ing campaign called “Real Guy, Real Life,” which aims at making the brand more transparent and open to its followers.

The group’s second project involves an ex-amination of Guy Harvey’s “Great Shark Race.”

The students will be studying the race’s impact on various social media platforms.


Couples looking to tie the knot now have a new wedding planning option in downtown Taylors.

Culpepper Designs, a wedding and event plan-ning company, recently opened its new location at 207 W. Main Street, of-fering a wide range of services including floral designs.

“We’re pretty much a one-stop shop for wed-dings and floral design,” Owner Angie Culpepper said. “The biggest thing that sets us apart from other wedding and floral companies is the person-alized service that you’re going to get. You’re not going to call us and get a 1-800 number. You’re go-ing to get us personally. We’ll do anything you ask us. We can do it all.”

Angie started the busi-ness with her mother, An-drea Culpepper.

“We’ve been open for five years as a company, but we just got a lot bigger than we originally antici-pated, so we had to grow into this storefront,” An-gie said. “It’s been great. We did a wedding festi-val along with our grand opening, and now we have the credibility of a store-front. Business has kind of grown a lot.

“This is a huge step for us. We want this to be our home location.”

Angie said her roots kept her in Taylors and she feels as if the business can succeed on Main Street.

“We love Taylors,” An-drea said. “I was born and raised here, so Taylors has our heart. The Main Street area was perfect. We love being right across the street from Taylors First

Baptist because we have a lot of weddings there. It’s growing so fast with Tay-lors Mill and things like that, so we really think this is an up and coming town.”

Working with the com-munity has been easy for Andrea and Angie.

“Greer City Hall, the Cannon Centre—we’re there all the time,” Andrea said. “We’ve been able to work with a lot of great people.”

“Our slogan is ‘making your dreams a reality one wedding at a time.’ We just want to take all the ideas and dreams people have and make them come true without the stress of the wedding planning,” Angie said.

For more information, visit culpepperdesigns.com.


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Culpepper Designs, a wedding and event planning shop, cut the ribbon on its new location in downtown Taylors last Thursday. The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce was on hand to award the business its ceremonial � rst dollar of pro� t.

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district regulations will help maintain property values, could result in tax incentives and gives residents and the city the ability to self regulate its historic standards.

“Our office commis-sioned a study -- it’s been several years ago prob-ably needs to be updated so keep in mind I’m talk-ing about a study that was done in the 1990s. At that time, there was a com-parison of sales prices of houses in locally designat-ed districts versus those that were of comparable age but were not in a lo-cal historic district,” said Sauls. “The analysis of the sales data showed that the prices of the properties in the historic districts they were selling at the same or higher than properties that were not designated (historic).”

“We have local incen-tives also, so I guess we could look at expanding those,” said Glenn Pace, Greer Planning and Zoning coordinator. “If your ex-penditures are 50 to 100 percent of the evaluation, you can get a 20 years as-sessment.”

Should the city choose to go forward with allocat-ing the funds to conduct a survey and eventually designing guidelines for the district, the city can apply for a grant through the SHPO that awards a

50/50 reimbursement for the costs incurred by the city for the establishment of historic districts.

The survey collects data on property location infor-mation, dates of construc-tion and major operations, kinds of materials on the property, photographs and historical information on the properties.

However, according to Pace should the city forgo approving funds in next year’s budget, the staff will go forward with iden-tifying and establishing historic districts with the use of staff evaluations rather than outside pro-fessional consultants.

“We’re tentative look-ing at what they call the Mountain View Heights,” Pace said. “This is our first endeavor at looking at a lo-cal district, and this being a good, small area that’s why we’re concentrating at looking at, right now, that area.

“We’ve had residences in other parts of the city in that same interest, but they’re in larger geograph-ic areas and I don’t know if we’re ready to bite that much off yet.”

Pace added that the staff would only pursue estab-lishing a local historic dis-trict if both the residents and council desire staff to do so.

“Hopefully with the in-volvement level that we would want to have from the community, and the

assurance that we’re not just wanting to impose something on them – it’s more or less self imposing regulations – makes them feel better when changes do happen or development happens and they can rest assured that, ‘yeah, it’s not going to decrease the value of my home,’” Pace said.

Residents will not have to immediately become compliant to a historic district code or ordinance once passed, but once construction or physical changes occur on their property, if local historic district regulations are de-veloped, the historic regu-lations developed by the city would be enforced.

“If [property owners in an established local his-toric district] make chang-es, from that point on you comply with the standards that you’ve imposed,” he said.

Development and ap-plication of a local his-toric district will not occur soon. The next step is to determine whether coun-cil will approve funding to conduct a survey and then design guidelines will need to be developed.

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feel very fortunate to be a part of it.”

For Siegfried Kaiser, a native of Germany, it was an emotional day.

“I feel more than happy,” Kaiser said. “It’s hard to describe. If you work over a decade to get citizenship in a legal way, it’s pretty tough. I’ve come a long way.”

Although the process has been challenging at times, Kaiser said he never regretted it.

“Immigration has always treated me well,” he said. “People should know that. Most people don’t even know that. They’ve always treated me fair and well. Sometimes you hear bad things, but everything was absolutely fine and I’m glad I’m here and I’m glad to be an American now.”

Some of the other coun-tries represented included: Guyana, Russia, Poland, Peru, Jordan, Honduras, India and Mexico.

Buena Vista quickly took advantage of the opportu-

nity to participate in the ceremony when it became available.

“The students do a lot of research on immigration and we have a day where students come dressed as an immigrant from an-other country and they go through our Ellis Island,” Watson said. “With that opportunity, we had a lady from Homeland Se-curity ask if we’d like to host a real naturalization ceremony and we jumped at the chance. We thought that would be wonderful.”

Watson worked with U.S. Citizenship and Immi-gration Services in Greer to set up the ceremony. Students from the school sang the Star-Spangled Banner, while Boy Scout Troops 260 and 925 pre-sented the colors.

“This is like the hands on part of social studies,”

Watson said. “They don’t just have to read about this stuff in the text book. They can actually see it happen. This is wonderful because they see real peo-ple going through the pro-cess. We told them there might be some tears and that it might be emotional. It’s just a unique opportu-nity.”

Watson said Buena Vista would be interested in hosting another Natural-ization ceremony in the future.

What’s next for the new American citizens?

“I look forward,” Kaiser said. “I love this country and I think I still have op-portunities. I like it here. It’s simple and not so complicated.”


Chris Dover William “Chris” Chris-

topher Dover, 59, of 218 Moore Street passed away on Monday, March 9, 2015. He was the son of Mozelle Runion Radke of Piedmont and the late Wil-liam Russell Dover and the husband of the late Rita Kay Vaughn Dover.

Survivors include two sons, Shane and Rusty Dover both of Greer; two daughters, Angie Kimp-ton and Lena Pruitt both of Greer; two brothers, Parker Dover and Charlie Woodall; two sisters, Angie Earnhardt and Lisa Staton; and seven grandchildren.

A memorial services will be 3 p.m. Friday at His Vineyard with Rev. Keith Kelly officiating. The fam-ily will receive friends fol-lowing the service.

The family is at the daughter’s home, Lena Pruitt, 301 School Street, Greer.

Condolences may be made online at www.strib-lingfuneralhome.net.

Lee Frank ElmoreLee Frank Elmore, 72,

died March 3, 2015, at his home.

He was the son of the late Robert Lee Elmore and Eunice Mae Owens El-more.

Surviving are his wife, Martha Elmore; two sons, Lee Elmore and Timmy El-more; a daughter, Tonya Harris; an aunt, Virginia El-more; two brothers, James Elmore and Bobby Elmore; two sisters, Betty Pearson and Gloria Bentley; and a lot of beloved grandchil-dren and great grandchil-dren.

Mr. Elmore lived life to the fullest whether he was traveling out West, pan-ning in the mountains, playing in a casino, fish-ing, or pulling a joke on someone. He always gave his family and friends a new wild and crazy tale to tell.

To our husband, dad, papa, Uncle Flunky, Root, Bubba and good friend, you will be missed.

Ruth M. StansellRuth Marcelle Stone

Stansell, 89, widow of Thomas “Obie” Stansell, Sr., died March 1, 2015 at Regency Hospital.

A native of Anderson County, she was a daugh-ter of the late Ben and Ol-lie Porter Stone, a retired employee of Umbro/Stone Manufacturing Company and was of the Baptist faith.

Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas “Tom” and Phyllis B. Stansell of Taylors and Michael “Mike” and Delo-res B. Stansell of Travelers Rest; four grandchildren and their spouses, Susan and Tracy Huggins, Melissa & Eric Lovin, Jon’ Stansell and Tosha S. Webb, and ten great-grandchildren.

Graveside services were held 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Memory Gardens, conducted by Dr. Ralph Carter.

Visitation was held 12:45 until 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the Wood Mortuary.

The family is at the home of a son, 315 East Darby Road, Taylors.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, Upstate SC Regional Office, Attn. Me-morial Donations, 3535 Pelham Road, Suite 101, Greenville, 29615.

Online condolences may be made at www.thewood-mortuary.com.

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The Mitsubishi Anne Helton Creation Station will again be featured from 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. on Satur-day, offering free arts and crafts for kids.

“That is what this event is built around—free arts and crafts for kids,” Ow-ens said. “We have great participation from our community that helps us run the arts and crafts. We have a lot of great things to help give our kids some-thing fun to do. It’s just a

wonderful time.”For more information

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a pediatric clinic that will provide services to any un-insured pediatric patients in Spartanburg County, which according to Moore is the only one of its kind in the county.

Other action taken by council included a resolu-tion permitting a request to solicit bids by the Eco-nomic Development board for the construction of a road on city property for the Bryant Center was unanimously approved as well. A temporary gravel road may be constructed until the center’s comple-tion to afford access to the property for construction beginning in July. A paved road will be established

later pending a written agreement between the city and the Bryant Center stating the center will re-imburse the city the cost of the road construction.

The Lyman Police De-partment reported to council that, using $550 approved by Lyman Council in January, it had launched its emergency reporting mobile appli-cation and more than 200 people have already downloaded the app. The application, once down-loaded, provides residents with department contacts, emergency push notifica-tions, access to a list of sex offenders and a list of most wanted individuals and access to a forum to

provide anonymous tips to the department.

Following approval from council to sell unused items by the department to other local departments that have expressed inter-est, the Police Department will recoup $1,075 for the sale of VHS camera sys-tems, mini DVR cameras and computer laptops to the Chesnee Police Depart-ment and the Tyger River Fire District.

The next regularly sched-uled Lyman Town Council meeting is at 6 p.m. on April 13 at Lyman Town Hall, 81 Groce Road.


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Springwell Church is putting their feet to their message and stepping out to serve in the Greer com-munity.

During the month of February, Springwell led their bi-annual event, Feed the Need, a month-long attempt to receive food items for Greer Relief’s food pantry.

“We usually do okay, bringing in about 1,000 food items,” said Brandon Higginbotham, who is the church’s communication pastor. “But this time, we brought in over 2,000 food items, completely filling the Greer Relief food trail-er.”

The difference this time is that the church was able to partner with His Radio, 89.3FM, to be a venue for a free concert featuring Christian recording artist, Brandon Heath.

“His Radio came to us and said they needed a venue,” said Higginbo-tham. “We asked them if we could do it in conjunc-tion with Feed the Need, and they were excited to partner with a community ministry.”

Although the concert was free, the church asked the community to bring a food item with them to the concert. With over 600 people in attendance on Feb. 13, it was easy for the church to be able to fill the needs of Greer Relief.

Higginbotham realized that Greer Relief especially had a need in the non-food months. It all began when his daughter came to him to do a neighborhood food drive. They were trying to find a place that needed donations and found that Greer Relief could use the help. Ever since, the church has gotten on board with the project and is planning another food drive in June.

But Feed the Need is not the only event the church does to help the communi-ty. Next week, Springwell will be reaching out with One Loaf, a ministry that is as simple as making sandwiches from a loaf of bread.

“Currently, we do this four times a year,” said Higginbotham. “But we are trying to strategize how to do it more often.”

The idea is to make as many sandwiches as one

can from a loaf of bread and then head out into the community and hand them out to people in need. The church sends groups to parks, government hous-ing communities, home-less communities, and anywhere else they think they might find someone who needs a hand.

“The first time we did this, we had 30 people,” said Higginbotham. “The

second time, we had 90 people. We wanted some-thing that was administra-tively light and that any-one can join.”

Anyone in the communi-ty who wants to participate is invited to come to the church on Saturday, March 14, at 11 a.m. Groups will return around 1 p.m.

Springwell is located at 4369 Wade Hampton Blvd. in Taylors.

“GOLDEN HEARTS” CALENDAR

The Golden Hearts of Apalache Baptist Church will host a covered dish supper on March 10 at the church at 6 p.m. Guest speaker Bud Moon will present “Observations from the Moon.” The se-nior adults have scheduled a shopping trip March 17 to Hamrick’s in Gaffney. The group will eat lunch at Arby’s in Lyman. Celebrate “March Madness” is on the calendar for the Golden Hearts at Laurenda’s Res-taurant in Greer at 6 p.m. on March 26.

HOMEMADE HOTDOG SUPPER

Jason Gray is having a Homemade Hotdog Sup-per at Liberty Hill Meth-odist Church, 301 Liberty Hill Road, Greer, on March 20, Friday from 6-7:30 p.m. Donations will be taken for his Mission Trip

to South East Asia. He will be leaving in April for an extended time to make plans for a long-term stay. Come enjoy hotdog plates and talk with Jason about his trip.

SEEKING YARD SALE PARTICIPANTS

The annual indoor/out-door Yard Sale at Sacred Heart Church, located at 1009 Benson St. (across from Quality Foods), will be held on Saturday, April 18th. The church is seek-ing anyone who would be interested in reserving a table to sell their things at $20 per 8ft table. Please call Kris Ann Alexander at 770-715-0332 for reserva-tions.

COLLECTING FOR GCMRiverside Baptist Church,

located at 1249 South Su-ber Road in Greer, will be collecting 20 boxes of ce-real per month for Greer Community Ministries. Those interested in donat-ing can place items in col-lection baskets throughout the church. There are 228 boxes left to collect.

RIVERSIDE BAPTIST JUDGEMENT HOUSE

Riverside Baptist Church, located at 1249 South Suber Rd., will be returning to an Ohio state prison to present the gos-pel through “Judgement House” from March 21-24. Cost is $225 per person. For more information, call the church at 879-4400.

COMMUNITY YARD SALECamp ONeal, located at

3726 Highway 101, Greer, will hold a community yard sale on Saturday, March 14 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. The cost is $10 per table.

EASTER EVENTAbner Creek Baptist

Church will host “Walk With Jesus: An Easter Event for Families” on Sat-urday, March 28 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. on the church campus. Come learn the story of Jesus in a “fun and interactive” way. The church is located at 2461 Abner Creek Rd in Greer.

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The old church build-ing has become a land-mark for many who come to downtown Greer, but First Presbyterian Church is ready to make some im-provements to the regal brick sanctuary.

First Presbyterian has been a mainstay in the Greer community, mov-ing to its present location in 1880 with the help of 40 mules, who pulled the original building from its previous location near the current Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.

As the 1900s came around, it became ap-parent that the church needed a new building. A new sanctuary was built in 1923, and a new pipe or-gan was added. Today, the church’s congregation of 518 active members is still meeting in that same sanc-tuary, complete with many of the problems that were never addressed when the building’s blueprints were first bought from a cata-log.

“In 2002, we held a capi-tal campaign to build the new fellowship hall,” said Harriett Williams, who is the cabinet chair for the building project. “And step two was going to be to rebuild the sanctuary, but that became a multi-million dollar project be-cause there was no land for us to expand.”

Located on the corner of Main St. and School St. limited the ways that the church could expand. But the new Fellowship Hall helped to resolve some of their capacity issues as they are now able to pro-vide a more contemporary service at 8:45 a.m.

“We then determined that 2008 was when we would expand, but then the economy fell apart,” said Williams. “Then our Sunday school classes started getting crowded.”

This past August, the church was able to pur-chase the old Davenport Library building, which provided plenty of room for the church’s education-al needs. They also added a Columbarian in between the sanctuary and the Fel-lowship Hall.

But as one obstacle after another stood in the way of expanding the sanctu-ary, the almost century-old building began to look its age. During the exces-sive rain storms the area received last year, the lowest level of the church was flooded, resulting in severe water damage to the walls and other areas of the building. Current-ly, most of the church is barely accessible by wheel-chairs, although there is an elevator in one part of the church. The current handicap ramps are quite difficult to maneuver, and the choir loft is completely inaccessible to the handi-

capped.“We had thought we

were going to rebuild, but we are renovating instead,” said Williams. “One-third of the money is going to just make everything more accessible.”

The church is planning to renovate all of the areas of the church to be more handicap-accessible. And the current elevator is go-ing to be replaced with a three-level elevator that will be accessible to all the levels. In addition, the cur-rent sanctuary will be con-nected by a bridge to the Fellowship Hall with a cov-ering and accessibility to the elevator as well. There

will also be outdoor cover-ing added to the church for protection in inclem-ent weather.

First Presbyterian is also planning to update its furnishings and carpet-ing and to waterproof the walls from future flood-ing. The foundation will have to come out as well and be waterproofed. The bathrooms will also be ren-ovated, as well as the cur-rent parlor kitchen, which will become the Commu-nion Kitchen instead.

“We also want to replace the Plexiglas that protects the original stained glass windows,” said Williams. “But that would be an ad-

ditional $20,000, so it is not currently in the build-ing plan.”

While the sanctuary, which currently seats around 300 people, will not be expanded as origi-nally planned, the acces-sibility changes will make it much easier for many of the congregation.

But some of the renova-tions will be beneficial for the community as well. The church’s gymnasium and bathrooms will be ren-ovated. Currently, many groups in the community use the gymnasium for their own purposes. And this part of the church is where GAIHN (Greenville

Area Interfaith Hospital-ity Network) families stay. GAIHN families are home-less families trying to stay together as they get back on their feet. First Pres of-fers shelter for these fami-lies once every quarter.

Even the smallest mem-bers of the First Presby-terian family will ben-efit from the renovations. Their previous playground structure was basically condemned when the wooden play set began to fall apart. As part of the current building plan, the children will have a new playground that is up to code.

Although $1.6 million was left to the church as part of the capital cam-paign, the church has had so many needs that there currently remains only $1.2 million in the fund and much more is needed to make all the repairs possible.

The campaign was kicked off again with a dinner for the College of Elders, anyone who has ever served as an elder for the church. Then on Feb. 8, a big breakfast was held for the church. The church is planning to raise all the needed funds by Sunday, April 26, and is planning a Pass It On Dedication.

If you are interested in helping with the capital campaign, call the church at 877-3612 or donate on-line at www.fpcgreer.org.

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First Presbyterian Church in Greer, located at 100 School St., recently annouced it would make improvements to its sanctuary.

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BAPTISTAbner Creek Baptist Church2461 Abner Creek Rd., Greer • 877-6604Airport Baptist Church776 S. Batesville Rd., Greer • 848-7850Apalache Baptist1915 Gap Creek Rd., Greer • 877-6012Bible Baptist Church6645 Mountain View Rd., Taylors • 895-7003Blue Ridge Baptist Church3950 Pennington Rd., Greer • 895-5787BridgePointe600 Bridge Rd., Taylors • 244-2774Burnsview Baptist Church9690 Reidville Rd., Greer • 879-4006Calvary Baptist101 Calvary St., Greer • 877-9759Calvary Baptist108 Forest St., Greer • 968-0092Calvary Hill Baptist100 Edward Rd., LymanCalvary Road Baptist Church108 Bright Rd., Greer • 593-2643Camp Creek Baptist Church1100 Camp Creek Rd., TaylorsCedar Grove Baptist Church109 Elmer St., Greer • 877-6216Community Baptist Church642 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 848-3500Double Springs Baptist Church3800 Locust Hill Rd., Taylors • 895-1314Ebenezer-Welcome Baptist Church4005 Highway 414, Landrum • 895-1461El Bethel Baptist Church313 Jones Ave., Greer • 877-4021Emmanuel Baptist Church423 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer • 877-2121Enoree Fork Baptist Church100 Enoree Dr., Greer • 268-4385Fairview Baptist Church1300 Locust Hill Rd., Greer • 877-1881First Baptist Church202 W. Poinsett St., Greer • 877-4253Freedom Fellowship Greer High • 877-3604Friendship Baptist Church1600 Holly Springs Rd., Lyman • 877-4746Good News Baptist Church1592 S. Highway 14, Greer • 879-2289Grace Baptist Church760 W. Gap Creek Rd., Greer • 879-3519Grace Place407 Ridgewood Dr., GreerGreer Freewill Baptist Church110 Pine Ridge Dr., Greer • 968-0310Heritage Chapel Baptist Church218 Alexander Rd., Greer • 989-0170Highland Baptist Church3270 Hwy. 414, Taylors • 895-5270Hillcrest Baptist Church111 Biblebrook Dr., Greer • 877-4206Hispanic Baptist Iglesia Bautista Hispana199 Hubert St., Greer • 877-3899Holly Springs Baptist Church250 Hannon Rd., Inman • 877-6765Locust Hill Baptist Church5534 Locust Hill Rd., Travelers Rest • 895-1771Maple Creek Baptist Church609 S. Main St., Greer • 877-1791Milford Baptist Church1282 Milford Church Rd., Greer • 895-5533Mount Lebanon Baptist Church572 Mt. Lebanon Church Rd., Greer • 895-2334New Hope Baptist Church561 Gilliam Rd., Greer • 879-7080New Jerusalem Baptist Church413 E. Poinsett St., Greer • 968-9203New Life Baptist Church90 Becco Rd., Greer • 895-3224Northwood Baptist Church888 Ansel School Rd., Greer • 877-5417O’Neal Baptist Church3420 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-0930Pelham First Baptist Church2720 S. Old Highway 14, Greer • 879-4032People’s Baptist Church310 Victor Avenue Ext., Greer • 848-0449Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church201 Jordan Rd., Lyman • 879-2646Pleasant Grove Baptist Church1002 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer • 877-6436

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church4899 Jordan Rd., Greer • 895-3546Providence Baptist Church2020 Gibbs Shoals Rd., Greer • 877-3483Rebirth Missionary Baptist Church2375 Racing Road, Greer • 877-0449Riverside Baptist Church1249 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 879-4400Second Baptist Church570 Memorial Drive Ext., Greer • 877-7061Southside Baptist Church410 S. Main St., Greer • 877-2672St. John’s Baptist Church2 Groveland Rd., Taylors • 879-2904Suber Road Baptist Church445 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 801-0181Taylors First Baptist Church200 W. Main St., Taylors • 244-3535United Family Ministries13465 E. Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer • 877-3235Victor Baptist121 New Woodruff Rd., Greer • 877-9686Washington Baptist Church3500 N. Highway 14, Greer • 895-1510Welcome Home Baptist Church1779 Pleasant Hill Rd., Greer • 901-7674

CATHOLICBlessed Trinity Catholic Church901 River Rd., Greer • 879-4225

CHURCH OF CHRISTRiverside Church of Christ2103 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer • 322-6847

CHURCH OF GODChurch of God - Greer500 Trade St., Greer • 877-0374Church of God of Prophecy2416 N. Highway 14, Greer • 877-8329Eastside Worship Center601 Taylors Rd., Taylors • 268-0523O’Neal Church of God3794 Berry Mill Rd., Greer • 895-4273Pelham Church of God of Prophecy139 Abner Creek Rd., Greer • 801-0528Praise Cathedral Church of God3390 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer • 879-4878

EPISCOPALGood Shepherd Episcopal200 Cannon St., Greer • 877-2330

LUTHERANAbiding Peace Ev. Lutheran Church401 Batesville Rd., Simpsonville •288-4867Apostolic Lutheran Church453 N. Rutherford Rd., Greer • 848-4568Immanuel Lutheran Church & School LCMS2820 Woodruff Rd., Simpsonville • 297-5815Redeemer Lutheran Church, ELCA300 Oneal Rd., Greer • 877-5876

METHODISTBethel United Methodist Church105 E. Arlington Ave., Greer • 879-2066Covenant United Methodist Church1310 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer • 244-3162Ebenezer United Methodist Church174 Ebenezer Road, Greer • 987-9644Faith United Methodist Church1301 S. Main St. (S. Hwy. 14), Greer • 877-0308Fews Chapel United Methodist Church4000 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-2522Grace United Methodist Church627 Taylor Rd., Greer • 877-7015Lee Road United Methodist Church1377 East Lee Rd., Taylors • 244-6427Liberty Hill United Methodist Church301 Liberty Hill Rd., Greer • 968-8150Liberty United Methodist Church4276 Highway 414, Landrum • 292-0142Memorial United Methodist Church201 N. Main St., Greer • 877-0956Mountain View UMC6525 Mountain View Rd., Taylors • 895-8532Sharon United Methodist Church1421 Reidville Sharon Rd., Greer • 879-7926St. Mark United Methodist Church911 St. Mark Rd., Taylors • 848-7141

St. Paul United Methodist Church3856 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-5570Victor United Methodist Church1 Wilson Ave., Greer • 877-5520Woods Chapel United Methodist Church2388 Brown Wood Rd., Greer • 879-4475Zoar United Methodist Church1005 Highway 357, Greer • 877-0758

PRESBYTERIANBlue Ridge Presbyterian Church2094 Highway 101 North, Greer • 483-2140Devenger Road Presbyterian Church1200 Devenger Rd., Greer • 268-7652Fellowship Presbyterian Church1105 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer • 877-3267First Presbyterian Church100 School St., Greer • 877-3612Fulton Presbyterian Church821 Abner Creek Rd., Greer • 879-3190

OTHER DENOMINATIONSAgape House900 Gap Creek Rd., Greer • 329-7491Anglican Church of St. George the Martyr427 Batesville Rd., Simpsonville • 281-0015Barton’s Memorial Pentacostal HolinessHighway 101 North, GreerBethesda Temple125 Broadus St., Greer • 877-8523Beulah Christian Fellowship Church1017 Mauldin Rd., Greenville • 283-0639Calvary Bible FellowshipHoliday Inn, Duncan • 266-4269Calvary Chapel of Greer104 New Woodruff Rd. • Greer • 877-8090Christ Fellowship343 Hampton Rd., Greer • 879-8446Christian Heritage Church900 N. Main St., Greer • 877-2288Christian Life Center 2 Country Plaza • 322-1325Christian Outreach 106 West Rd. • 848-0308El-Bethel Holiness 103 E. Church St. • 968-9474Faith Family Church3339 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 244-0207Faith Temple5080 Sandy Flat Rd., Taylors • 895-2524Glad Tidings Assembly of GodHighway 290, Greer • 879-3291Greer Mill Church 52 Bobo St., Greer • 877-2442Harmony Fellowship Church468 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 877-8287Harvest Christian Church2150 Highway 417, Woodruff • 486-8877International Cathedral of Prayer100 Davis Avenue • Greer • 655-0009Lifesong Church12481 Greenville Highway, Lyman • 439-2602Living Way Community Church3239 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-0544Mountain Bridge Community Church1400B Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer • 350-1051New Beginnings Outreach104 New Woodruff Rd., Greer • 968-2424New Covenant Fellowship2425 Racing Rd., Greer • 848-4521New Hope Freedom109 W. Wade Hampton Blvd. • Greer • 205-8816New Life in Christ 210 Arlington Rd. • 346-9053Point of Life ChurchWade Hampton Blvd. • Duncan • 426-4933Springwell Church4369 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 268-2299Trinity Fellowship Church3610 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer • 877-04191700 N. Pleasantburg Dr, Greenville • 244-6011United Anglican Fellowship1001 W. Poinsett St., Greer • 629-3350United Christian Church105 Daniel Ave., Greer • 895-3966United House of Prayer213 Oak St., Greer • 848-0727Upstate Friends’ Meeting (Quaker)P.O. Box 83, Lyman • 439-8788Upstate Tree of Life203 East Bearden St., Greer • 848-1295Victorian Hills Community Church209 Victor Ave. Ext., Greer • 877-3981Vine Worship Center4373 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 244-8175

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NOT IN LYMAN ANYMOREMichael Anthony Cer-

vantes, 33, of 106 Shore View Court in Taylors has been charged with driving under the influence.

According to an in-cident report provided by Greer Police, officers were dispatched around 5 a.m. to the area around Brushy Creek and South Buncombe in reference to a driver that was passed out near a red light. When officers approached the driver, they could smell an alcoholic odor emanat-ing from it. When asked if he knew where he was, the driver said, “Lyman.” When Cervantes failed to follow an officer’s pen-light with his eyes, he was arrested for driving under the influence and trans-ported to the Greer City Jail.

The subject refused to submit a breath sample.

PUBLIC DRUNKENNESSTammy Lynn Wyatt, 32,

of 1409 Roper Mountain Rd. in Greenville has been charged with public drunk-enness and open contain-er. According to a Greer Police incident report, an officer was dispatched to West Wade Hampton to assist EMS with a woman passed out in a vehicle. Upon inspecting the vehi-cle, he found several con-

tainers of liquor and beer on the front seat in clear view. Unable to walk, the subject was placed on a stretcher and transported to the hospital. Her ve-hicle was towed and Wy-att was issued tickets for open container and public intoxication.

SHOPLIFTINGMelvin Javier Ramirez.

31, of 12 Dunbar Ct. in Greer has been charged with shoplifting greater than $1,000.

According to the Greer Police incident report, the complainant said Ramirez had walked into Sunnyside Grocery on East Fairview and took a lighter and can of Pepsi without paying. After witnesses identified Ramirez as the suspect, officers searched the sur-rounding area and found him near East Poinsett Street. Upon seeing the of-ficers, he threw down his Pepsi can.

He was arrested for Shoplifting and transport-ed to Greer City Jail.

POSSESSIONAmy Danielle Collins,

27, of 640 Faymor Lane in Woodruff has been charged with possession of schedule III narcotics and possession of meth or cocaine base.

According to an inci-dent report filed by Greer Police, an officer was on routine patrol on Brushy Creek Road when he no-ticed a Honda in front of him with a broken wind-shield. He issued a traffic stop and noticed Collins’ hands were shaking. After the driver granted them permission to search the car, officers found Subox-one and a small amount of crystals resembling meth.

Upon arriving at the jail, officers found a glass pipe and more Suboxone on Collins’ person. She was

held pending warrants.

RECKLESS DRIVINGAndrew Albert Dohring,

26, of 218 Oakland Av-enue A in Greer has been charged with reckless driving.

According to an incident report provided by Greer Police, an officer on East Poinsett Street observed Dohring spinning his wheels at a red light and driving 50 mph in a 35 mph zone.

A traffic stop was conducted, after which Dohring was arrested and taken to jail.

PUBLIC DRINKENNESSClarence Eugene Smith,

52, of 212 Oakland Avenue in Greer has been charged with public drunkenness.

According to a Greer Police incident report, an officer was dispatched to Poinsett Grocery in refer-ence to a male stealing a bottle of wine. Officers located Smith at the Oak-land Place Apartments and found him unable to stand, with a strong odor of beer about him.

He was arrested for pub-lic drunkenness and trans-ported to Greer City Jail.

POSSESSIONShelly A. Lindsey, 36,

of 3762 Berry Mill Rd. in Greer has been charged with possession of sched-ule III narcotics, posses-sion of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

According to the in-cident report furnished by Greer Police, Lindsey was the passenger in a car stopped for having an inoperable brake light. Between her seat and the door panel, police found a plastic baggy with a white crystallized substance and five Diazepam pills wrapped in cellophane. Syringes, spoons, bungee

straps and dirty cotton, items generally associated with drug use, were also found.

The crystal substance tested positive for meth-amphetamine. She was ar-rested and transferred to Greer City Jail.

OPEN CONTAINERAlan Matthews Mills, 39,

of 1600 Sandy Flat Rd. in Taylors has been charged with Open Container.

According to the Greer Police incident report, an officer pulled Mills over for making an illegal turn on South Line St. After running his name, the of-ficer discovered Mills had an active warrant with the Greer Police Department. He was taken into custody and asked if he had any-thing illegal in his car.

He said he had just opened a beer can, which was found between his seat and the center con-sole.

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Spartanburg County deputies say a yellow Ca-maro was first reported as a possible intoxicated driver that had failed to stop for the Spartanburg City Police Department to dispatch early Thursday morning.

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The Spartanburg Coun-ty Sheriff’s Office said a teacher assistant was arrested Thursday after being accused of having sexual relations with a student.

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After a detailed state-ment was taken from the victim on March 4, depu-ties said Drake confessed to the allegation.

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Spartanburg School Dis-trict Three spokeswoman Sherri Horton said Drake has been a teacher assis-tant at the school and an assistant coach of boy’s basketball and track at Broome High School. Horton said he has not coached or taught the vic-

tim. Horton said Drake is cur-

rently suspended without pay pending a dismissal, which is expected later Thursday.

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For the Byrnes softball team, defending a state championship means get-ting back to work quickly.

Although the Rebels have lost a few key com-ponents of their champi-onship roster, there are a number of reasons why you shouldn’t count them out come playoff time.

“Of course, after winning the state championship, we were all very excited to get back on the field and start the 2015 season,” By-

rnes coach Brandi Aiken said. “We worked extreme-ly hard this fall and have been anxiously awaiting the chance to scrimmage against someone other than ourselves.

“Our team motto all year has been to ‘stay hungry...stay humble,’” she said. “This is a new team, miss-ing two big parts of our 2014 (roster), so our goal is to work even harder this year to make sure we have another successful sea-son.”

Getting several starters back will help with that ef-fort.

“We return most of our starting line-up,” Aiken said. “We lost Bailey Pear-son and Lauren Duggar, but other than that, we return seven starters. The two newcomers both saw significant time last sea-son, so they have some varsity experience going into this season”

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What’s next for a team that just got finished cel-ebrating a state title? More of the same, according to Eastside boys soccer coach Bill Martin.

Eastside won its first two games of the regu-lar season last week, and Martin said he believes his squad is back and better than ever.

“We’re probably just as good a team as we were last year,” he said. “I don’t

have some of the individu-als that I had last year, but we have a very good ros-ter from top to bottom. I think we’re as good, if not even a little better than last year, so I’m excited about the season.”

Although Martin said his team has plenty of talent, it will be a new look for the Eagles on the pitch.

“We have to start from scratch,” he said. “Ev-erything that we accom-plished last year, as of now, means nothing. With

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BY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR

For the first time in school history, the Cru-saders are heading to the big dance.

The North Greenville men’s basketball team pulled out a thrilling 68-66 victory over No. 9 Mount Olive last Saturday, securing a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Division II tour-nament.

“It was a great experi-ence to watch our guys be joyous and excited for each other,” North Green-ville coach Chad Lister. “That celebration and see-ing your players happy is something you’ll never forget.”

The Crusaders fell be-hind quickly, but bounced back, securing a two-point

advantage at halftime. With a six-point lead and time dwindling away, North Greenville managed to hold off a late Mt. Olive run, scoring several clutch baskets to pull away.

“They’re terrific,” Lister said of Mt. Olive. “They’re No. 9 in the country at 27-

2 and I think they’d won 16 in a row, so they were as hot as anybody in the country. To beat them on their home floor for a con-ference tournament title is pretty special. They’re talented at every posi-tion. They might have had the most talented players,

but we felt like we had the best team.”

Spencer Reaves led the Crusaders with 23 points, while Micah Parker, the tournament’s most valu-able player, contributed 17. LaShawn Alexander added 13 to the effort.

“We’ve got a great group

of seniors that have really believed in what we were trying to do from day one,” Lister said. “We’ve had a great focus on the defen-sive end the entire season and we’ve seen guys that have sacrificed some in-dividual stats in order to

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Mybracket

conundrum

Tis the season for bracket wagers and friendly betting, but if

prior years are any indica-tion, I’m just going to be throwing my money away.

I know my college bas-ketball. I keep up with the sport as much as anybody else, so I can’t help but be intrigued by bracket pools when March rolls around.

That being said, I’ve only ever won my pool twice.

I’m not a bad picker. I understand what makes a good team and what doesn’t. I understand (for the most part) where to pick the upset and where to go chalk.

My problem is: I’m blinded by bias.

The two years I won my pool were 2005 and 2009. For those of you keep-ing track at home, those were the two years in recent memory that North Carolina ACTUALLY won the national title. Every other year, I’ve picked my Tar Heels and I’ve been wrong.

I haven’t lost my ability to be objective, I just nev-er had it when it comes to college hoops. Each year, when the bracket is re-vealed, I immediately look at UNC’s path to the Final Four and think “man, they could realistically win it all.”

I know this is ridicu-lous, considering how bad my Heels have been the past few seasons, but at some point, you have to decide what kind of man you want to be.

Sure, you could proba-bly win a bunch of money picking with your head and not with your heart, but is it worth being a disloyal fan?

I can’t take Carolina fans seriously that don’t pick the Tar Heels to win it all.

Rule No. 1 of fandom is that you pick your team, regardless of the scenario. This school of thought often leaves my wallet hurting in March.

North Carolina has put up 10 losses this season and can’t win a big game to save its life. The Heels finished in the middle of the pack in the ACC and will have to win four games this week in order to claim a conference championship.

The odds of them win-ning the NCAA tourna-ment are slim, to put it nicely.

But it will be a cold day you know where when I become one of the 32,000,000,000 (give or take a few) people in the world picking Kentucky to run the table. March is about upsets. It’s about the underdog. It’s about things not going accord-ing to the “experts” plans.

So, despite all the embarrassing losses this season, I’ll once again put my money where my heart is.

To the person that wins my bracket pool—you’re welcome.

THEY’RE GOING DANCINGCrusaders take conference championship

PHOTO | COURTESY OF TROY HERRING

The North Greenville men’s basketball team punched its ticket to the big dance last weekend, defeating Mt. Olive in the Conference Carolinas � nal. The Crusaders will play Lincoln Memorial in Round on of the NCAA Division II tournament.


The Eastside boys soccer team has opened the season 2-0 after claiming a state title in 2014.

Eagles begintitle defense

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Making it o� cial Greer Middle College students, sitting left to right, Stephen McIntee (Anderson University soccer), Micah Williams (Clemson University track) and Caden Risen and Timothy Holcombe (Limestone baseball) signed National Letters of Intent last week.

Byrnes returns to field ‘hungry and humble’

‘We always work

to be one of the top

teams in the state

and I feel like we

have accomplished

that in recent

years.’

Brandi AikenByrnes softball coach

‘That celebration and seeing your

players happy is

something you’ll

never forget.’

Chad ListerNGU basketball coach

b2 the greer citizen sports wednesday, march 11, 2015

By Billy CannadaSportS Editor

The Greer softball team is hoping to pick up where it left off last season.

The reigning region champions began regu-lar season play this week, opening the schedule with matchups against rival Riverside and region new-comer Emerald.

“We are coming off win-ning region last year, and (repeating) will be a test with our competition,” said head coach Ashleigh Anderson. “We plan on making playoffs again this year.”

Danyale Davis and Madi-son Bates will lead the ef-fort for Greer.

“Returning seniors Danyale Davis and Madi-son Bates will be leading this years team, as well as returning junior Brooke Wade and sophomores Paige Clifford and Shaan Delport,” said Anderson, who will also rely on fresh-men Sydney Craig, Taylor Hannah and Tanaya Ellis for production.

Greer has progressed during the off-season and the Jackets hope a strong defense will get the team

where it wants to go.“I’ve expected the team

to mesh well together and work as a group,” she said. “So far, they have done just that. (The) defense should be pretty solid with returners filling previous roles, as well as fresh-men stepping into starting roles. Our offense should be pretty good again.”

Anderson said her team would need to find some consistency on the mound.

“Pitching will be a test,” she said. “We have four pitchers that will all see some time.”

Looking at the region schedule, Anderson notes, “Chapman and Blue Ridge will be our biggest compe-tition, along with Berea.”

Anderson said team goals are high as the Lady Yellow Jackets look to make a playoff push this spring.

“The players came up with goals for this sea-son,” she said. “That in-cluded playing as a team and being successful. They know they have a lot of hard work ahead to win the region again, but that isn’t stopping them.”


With a roster full of up-perclassmen, the Blue Ridge girls soccer team is looking to make a push for a region title this spring.

“We have six seniors and eight juniors, so this is by far our most experienced team since I have been coaching,” Blue Ridge coach Chris Crist said. “We should be better than we have been in the past because of our experience, but we really have not had any game experience.”

All but one of the Ti-gers’ preseason scrim-mages were cancelled due to rain, but Blue Ridge has since won its first regular season game, topping Lan-drum 2-1.

“We return three of our four All-Region players from last year, including our starting goal keeper Abby Koger. She is com-ing off an injury from club season, but looked re-ally good in her first start against Landrum. She will be the anchor of a very experienced all junior de-fense that will get better as the year goes on.”

That defense includes: Chase Crist, Cheyenne Brady, Bailee Seppala and Claire Herman.

Blue Ridge returns both starters to its center mid-field, led by juniors AJ Lynn and Cassidy Hipp. Senior Griffin Rohrer will hold down the outside midfield position.

“We finished third in the region last year and we re-ally hope to improve upon that this season,” Crist said. “We lost Greenville and Pickens, but added Emerald and Chapman to an already tough region. We are going to have to play really good soccer ev-ery single night of region play.”

The Peach Blossom re-

gion will again include a tough Eastside squad, which begins the season atop the state rankings.

“There are no easy wins in our region. With the No. 2 ranked team in the state, Eastside, and our cross town rival, Greer, we will have to have our ‘A’ game every night,” Crist said. “We obviously would like to compete for a region title again.”

The Tigers hope team chemistry and speed will prove valuable as the sea-son goes along.

“Our team chemistry is very good and the girls just like to play soccer and hang out with each

other,” Crist said. “Our team speed is above aver-age and with the addition of some key new players, I think our offense should be a little better. As a team we still need to play faster. We tend to hold the ball too much sometimes and it creates problems. In the past I would have said we were a little soft, but our girls have put in time in the weight room and in off-season conditioning. I think you will see more physical play out of us this year.”

Crist said he hopes his team will be able to bury some bad memories from a season ago.

“We lost 1-0 in the first round of the state tourna-ment last year to a very good Seneca team, but that was disappointing,” he said. “We had plenty of chances to win that game and just came up a little short. Really, the most important thing is to play more consistently every night. We tend to slack off at times when we think a game may already be won, instead of putting the game away early. We have to continue to work on our conditioning and practice like we want to play--fast and hard.”



Blue Ridge baseball coach Travis Henson is working to rebuild after losing nearly all of his string lineup from 2014.

A slew of new faces and inexperience has made this off-season an interest-ing one for the Tigers.

“It’s really been different because of the unknown and the uncertainty,” Hen-son said. “We return two starters from last year’s team. We lost a lot of good seniors that were contrib-utors my first two years here, but we’ve got a good foundation to build on.”

Heading into the sea-son, Blue Ridge has four seniors, two juniors, five sophomores and two freshmen.

“We’re pretty young,” Henson said. “We have more underclassmen than upperclassmen, so it’s go-ing to be a team that’s got good senior leadership, but that’s very limited in experience.”

With plenty to learn early, the Tigers have been hindered by inclement weather during the open-ing weeks of spring.

“We knew the preseason was going to be very im-portant for us,” Henson said. “We got in two scrim-mages and were able to play four preseason tour-nament games, and I think we improved a lot over those games.”

Henson said the success of his defense has to start on the mound.

“We’ve got some pitch-ers that are going to throw strikes, and at the top of the staff is junior Ethan Few,” Henson said. “Ethan was a closer for us last year, but he’s going to be our No. 1 starter this year. He had a great preseason and made a lot of pitches under pressure last year. He closed out both play-off wins on the road in the district for us last year, so now we’re going to ask him to start.”

Behind Few in the pitch-ing staff is junior John

Coker and seniors Mikey Urueta and Ryan Teems. Sophomores Travis Lan-caster and Elijah Hender-son will also put in some innings from the mound.

“That’s very few innings at all from last year,” Hen-son said. “They don’t have much experience on the varsity level, but they’ve got good stuff.”

Blue Ridge will need Brandon Southern to step up and fill a void left by former tiger standout Ty Montgomery.

“He’s going to have to really mature fast, but he’s done a great job,” Henson said. “He’s going to have to learn on the fly as we go.”

Henson said the team’s strength lies in its ability to get around the bases.

“We’re going to be very solid on the bases,” Hen-son said. “We’ve been very aggressive throughout the preseason and our guys have done a great job in

terms of base running.”While the Tigers are hop-

ing to rebuild fast, Henson said the region hasn’t got-ten any easier.

“It’s a tough region,” Henson said. “Eastside and Travelers Rest are high this season, not just in our region, but in the state in (Class) AAA. Emerald is very good, Berea is really scrappy, and all the teams are solid. You don’t get a night off in our region.

“We’re going to have to coach and the players are going to have to learn,” he added. “The good thing about this team is that they’re really receptive to coaching and they’re very hungry. They’ve got to be hungry and ready to compete and our guys are learning that.”



An experienced Byrnes baseball team will need solid defensive perfor-mances all season if the Rebels hope to make an-other playoff push this spring.

“We expect to be pre-pared for each game and we expect to be very sound defensively,” Byrnes coach Michael Maus said. “We pride ourselves on our defense, so we are hoping that is one of our strong suits. We have a good bit of experience this year and should be able to rely on our more experienced players to step up and come through for us.”

The team will be led by shortstop and South Carolina commit Mason Streater.

“He should be one of our more experience play-ers, even though he is just a sophomore,” Maus said. “He is coming off back-to-back All-Region years.

Maus said he hopes Da-vis Agle and Hunter Her-nandez can provide qual-ity innings on the mound.

“We should be able to

throw strikes and be suc-cessful,” he said.

Alex Vazquez, a two-year starter, returns to the outfield and the top of the Rebels’ lineup.

Maus said his team will enter a tough region schedule this season.

“Two teams in the state’s top 10 in J.L. Mann and Boiling Springs return a lot of guys,” he said. “There will be stiff compe-tition throughout the re-gion with very good teams in Wade Hampton and Riv-erside as well.”

Despite the tough com-petition, Byrnes does not plan to take its foot off the gas in 2015.

“Everyone’s goal should be a region championship and Upper State cham-pionship, and eventually

a state championship,” Maus said. “If those are not your goals, what are you playing for? We will need to play as a team and put the guy beside us be-fore ourselves. The ‘team first’ attitude will help us accomplish everything we are capable of.”

Maus said he hopes an experienced lineup will re-sult in playoff success.

“In order to make a deep playoff run, we need to get hot at the right times,” he said. “It is a long season, but we do not need to take any game, inning, pitch for granted. The short-term focus will help us achieve our long-term goals.”


Mandy FErguSon | thE grEEr CitizEn

Byrnes assistant coach Brett Hamilton throws pitches for the varsity boys during a recent practice. The Rebels will face Riverside in the early going this season.

Rebels hope defense, bats get hot at the right time

‘Everyone’s goal should be a region

championship and Upper State

championship, and eventually a state

championship.’

Michael MausByrnes head baseball coach

Tigers look to rebuild

prESton BurCh | thE grEEr CitizEn

Blue Ridge got its season underway this week, taking on Eastside and Berea in region matchups.

Lady Tigers return to pitch stronger, more experienced

Jackets swing back into action


The Lady Yellow Jackets hope to defend their region championship with another solid year in 2015.


The Blue Ridge girls soccer team suffered a 1-0 defeat to reigning region champion Eastside Monday night, moving to 1-1 on the season.




wednesday, march 11, 2015 sports the greer citizen b3

Kevin Harvick must have been tired of finish-ing second, because on Sunday at Las Vegas Mo-tor Speedway, the reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion did something about it.

Once Harvick got to the front of the field from his 18th-place starting spot in the Kobalt 400, he was un-touchable.

Even with a disquiet-ing vibration on the final green-flag run—and a left-rear tire that shred-ded during his celebratory burnout—Harvick had enough of a working mar-gin to hold off runner-up Martin Truex Jr. by 1.640 seconds.

Harvick, who ran sec-ond in the season-opening Daytona 500 and in last week’s 500-miler at Atlan-ta, led a race-high 142 laps in winning for the first time in Las Vegas and for the 29th time in his career. In his last six races, dating to last year’s champion-ship season, Harvick has three victories and three second-place finishes.

Ryan Newman came home third, followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin and AJ Allmend-

inger. Brad Keselowski, last year’s Las Vegas race winner, rallied from a pass-through penalty for a runaway tire on pit road to finish seventh. Kyle Larson, Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano completed the top 10.

Harvick will try to ex-tend his string of top-two finishes next weekend

at Phoenix International Raceway, where the driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet has won four of the last five NAS-CAR Sprint Cup Series races.

“It’s so cool to win here in Las Vegas, and to start this West Coast swing off this way is pretty awesome,” Harvick said in Victory

Lane. “Just to be in front of all these fans I’ve raced in front of since about the mid-‘90s… it’s pretty spe-cial to win here.”

The only issue in doubt for the last half of the race was whether Harvick’s car would hold together in the closing laps.

“That wasn’t a comfort-able last run there,” Har-

vick radioed to his crew after he crossed the finish line.

A few minutes later, af-ter climbing from his car, he elaborated.

“It wasn’t right,’” Har-vick said. “Luckily we were able to hang-on to it and had a good enough lead to where we could pace our-selves and be able to keep the lead, I guess.

“It got to be a handful there at the end. For what-ever reason we got really, really loose the last run. Tires started vibrating and we were just kind of hanging on. Glad the race is over at that particular point for our own good.”

The victory vaulted Har-vick into the lead in the series standings by nine points over Earnhardt, who has finished third, third and fourth in the first three races of the sea-son.

Fourth in the stand-ings after three straight top 10s to open the year, Truex was gaining on Har-vick at the finish but never got close enough to make a move. Nor was Truex aware that Harvick had a potential problem.

“I noticed he was getting

a lot bigger, and I asked ‘Why in the world is Har-vick so slow right now?’” Truex said. “They gave me my lap times and his and I’m like, “What’s going on?’”

“I really thought he was just playing with us, taking it easy because he knew he had a big gap. They never said anything to me about him thinking he had any issues or anything else.”

Note: Pole winner Jeff Gordon started from the rear in a backup car be-cause of an accident in the last minute of Saturday’s final practice. The four-time champion’s luck didn’t improve on Sun-day. He ran into the back of Jeb Burton’s Toyota as both drivers were trying to avoid the Chevrolet of Jimmie Johnson, who had blown a tire and hit the wall ahead of them. Gor-don finished 18th, one lap down... Gordon was the last driver before Harvick to post six straight top-two finishes, a feat he ac-complished in 1996.

For XFINITY win in VegasBy Reid SpenceRNASCAR WiRe SeRviCe

As dominant as Austin Dillon was in Saturday’s Boyd Gaming 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he had to give his utmost effort in the closing laps to hold off charging Ryan Blaney for the victory.

Dillon led 183 of the 200 laps at the 1.5-mile speed-way, but Blaney had a tire advantage at the end of the race, thanks to a late pit stop after his car snapped loose and knocked Erik Jones into the outside wall at the exit from Turn 4.

After restarting fifth with 21 laps left, Blaney charged to the front, mak-ing up a deficit of more than 1.5 seconds and forc-ing Dillon to block him repeatedly during the last three laps. Blaney ran out of room in the final cor-ner, his No. 22 Ford turn-ing sideways and tagging the outside wall as Dillon crossed the finish line with an advantage of .664 seconds.

During the closing laps, winning crew chief Nick Harrison made a point of not telling Dillon that Blaney had fresh tires.

“There at the end, you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do,” said Dillon, who won for the third time in the XFINITY Series and the

first time at Las Vegas. “You got to do whatever you can to win. Our car was dominant all day, and to give one away like that would have been heart-breaking.

“I hadn’t heard in my ear all day that somebody was catching me, and he was catching me at about three tenths (of a second) a lap. And that was all I had. The other good thing is that my crew chief made sure no one told me that he had tires on, so I wouldn’t second-guess myself. I just thought I was get-ting slower—I didn’t know what I was doing wrong.”

In his post-race ques-tion-and-answer session with reporters, Blaney was more distraught about his contact with Erik Jones than he was disappointed with his runner-up finish. And after the run-in with Jones, Blaney wasn’t about to move Dillon for the win in the closing laps.

“I didn’t want any more people saying bad things about me after I wrecked Erik,” said Blaney, who passed fourth-place fin-isher Denny Hamlin on Lap 190 and third-place Regan Smith on Lap 193 before charging after Dillon. “I wasn’t going to move Aus-tin, that’s for sure.

“He did what he had to do. He stopped my run. I didn’t expect him to pull over. So, no, I wasn’t go-ing to move him to win the race.”

Chase Elliott came home fifth, followed by home-town favorite Brendan Gaughan, rookie Darrell Wallace Jr., Ty Dillon, Brennan Poole and Daniel Suarez.

Ty Dillon, Austin’s brother, took over the se-ries lead by six points over Chris Buescher, who came home 14th.

There’s no letup in Matt Crafton.

The two-time defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, Crafton charged to the front from his 15th-place starting position and ran away from the rest of the field during a win at the Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

At the end of a 74-lap green flag run—the lon-gest in NCWTS history at Atlanta—Crafton crossed the finish line 8.752 sec-onds ahead of runner-up Ty Dillon. Keystone Light Polesitter Ben Kennedy came home third, a distant 10.275 seconds behind the race winner.

Daniel Suarez finished fourth, followed by Tyler Reddick, last week’s win-ner at Daytona.

The victory was the sixth of Crafton’s career and his first at Atlanta, though four of his six wins have come at intermediate speedways—Charlotte, Kansas, Texas and Atlan-ta.

Despite a lackluster qual-ifying effort, it didn’t take Crafton long to realize he had the field covered with his No. 88 ThorSport Rac-ing Toyota.

“I was really, really dis-appointed in qualifying, but (my truck) didn’t have a lot of single-lap speed by itself,” Crafton said. “But I knew, once they dropped the green and this thing took off and it ran three laps, I’m like, ’We’ve got something for these boys—they’re in trouble.’”

Crafton won the race in his 14th start at the 1.54-mile speedway.

“This is my favorite race track, by far,” Crafton said. “You can search, and you can move around so much. Now that I’ve got this win, it’s an amazing feeling.”

A key to Crafton’s victo-ry was the ability to adapt to changing tracks condi-tion, as the race moved from daylight to dark.

“We just tried to stay ahead of it,” Crafton said. “We knew when the sun started going down that the track was going to

change quite a bit. I have had that racing experience before and gotten really, really free at night.

“We just kept tinkering away at it, tinkering away at it… we made all the right adjustments.”

Indeed. All told, Crafton led 85 laps, including the final 72 after surging past Suarez to take the top spot for good on Lap 59.

Notes: Brad Keselowski originally was awarded the pole, but a review of tim-ing and scoring confirmed that his No. 29 Ford had not reached the start/fin-ish line in time to begin a qualifying lap in the final round of knockout time trials.

In fact, Kennedy was the only driver to post a bona fide lap in the third round, and he was awarded the pole after Keselowski’s time was disallowed. Kes-elowski started 10th and finished 15th in his own truck…

Crafton’s margin of vic-tory is the 10th largest in NCWTS history.

Harvick dominates race at Las Vegas speedway

Photo | CouRteSy of Getty imAGeS/ NASCAR.Com

Kevin Harvick’s pit crew worked hard Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, earning their driver a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.

Austin Dillon holds off charging Ryan Blaney

Photo | CouRteSy of Getty imAGeS/NASCAR.Com

Austin Dillon held off Ryan Blaney to claim the Boyd Gaming 300 over the weekend.

Crafton annihilates the field in Atlanta truck win

Photo | CouRteSy of Getty imAGeS/ NASCAR.Com

Matt Crafton claimed a recent truck series win at Atlanta Motor Speedway, charging to the front from his 15th place starting position.

Costello earns medalBy Stan OlejnikfoR the GReeR CitizeN

The Byrnes Rebels put themselves into the mix among the top teams in the Upstate with a victory in their Rebel Invitational tournament played at Riv-er Falls Plantation.

Led by medalist Jona-than Costello, who shot a 5-under par 67, the Reb-els topped the field of 16 teams in the first big Up-state High School tourna-ment of the spring.

“This certainly is going to give us a confidence boost after last year,” said head coach Mickey Deer-ing. “We were kind of mid-dle of the pack last year and this gets us started the right way,” he said.

Costello avoided any mistakes, made only one bogey and didn’t miss many greens on his way to the best score he has shot in tournament play.

“I wanted to be aggres-sive today and go for all the par-5s in two,” he said. “I putted better than I have in a long time and tried to keep my foot on the gas and go as low as I could,” he added.

Joining Costello on the winning team were Reed Bentley, Will Brooks, Tyler Jones and Keefe Purcell.

“It is very early in the season so I’m sure all of these teams are going to improve. I know we are go-ing to have to improve, but this was a very good win,” said the Byrnes coach.

Oakbrook Prep golfer Connor Bruns was second at 2-under par 70. Drake McAlister of Easley fin-ished third at 1-under par 71.

Bentley, Cole Patton, Josh Ryan and Jacob Bridgeman finished in a tie for fourth place at even par.

After the Rebels, Eas-ley was second, Gaffney finished third and the de-fending AAAA state cham-pions from Boiling Springs was fourth.

rebel golfers place at invitational

Photo | Submitted

The Byrnes Rebels shot a team total of 293 to win their own Rebel Invitational at River Falls Plantation. Members of the winning team included (front row left to right) Reed Bentley, Keefe Purcell, Will Brooks, Jonathan Costello, Tyler Jones. (Back row, left to right) Coach Mickey Deering, Arthur Brooks and Darrius Murph.

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help our team win basket-ball games. It’s really been fantastic to see this group come together.”

North Greenville drew No. 1 seeded Lincoln Me-morial University in the first round and will face a virtual away game on Sat-urday.

“They’re very, very good,” Lister said. “Lu-quon Choice is one of the premier scorers in the southeast, and he’s from Laurens High School. They also have a young man from Dorman High School that comes off the bench and gives them good min-utes, so there’s an Upstate flare to their lineup.

“We’re working on creat-ing a game plan and hope-fully we’ll come up with something that will give our guys the best opportu-nity to win,” he said.

Lister said his team’s success in the tournament is going to have to start with defense.

“We’re going to have to be good defensively, and we have been all year,” he said. “We’ve got to take good shots and be patient. We’ve also got to play re-ally hard-nosed defense in the half-court to be suc-cessful. When we do that, we’re as good as anybody. We have to make sure that we stay true to who we are. We have a group of guys that like to grind.”

North Greenville hopes to keep the tempo down against Lincoln Memorial and run good sets in the half-court.

“It’s not the up and down fast-paced style that a Kentucky is go-ing to run,” he said. “We probably wouldn’t fill the highlights for ESPN, but our guys work hard and they’re a lot of fun to be around and coach.”

A SCHOOL FIRSTThe men’s basketball

program has never partici-pated in the NCAA Divi-sion II program, and North Greenville athletic director Jan McDonald said Lister is deserving.

“This just shows a commitment from coach Lister and how hard the men’s basketball team has worked this season,” Mc-Donald said. “Coach Lister has been at North Green-ville now for quite a num-ber of years, so the hard work and all the dividends are finally paying off. I’m proud of them and North Greenville University for how far we’ve come and where we’re going.

“Any time you can win a conference tournament and make a Division II playoff appearance, it’s huge for the athletic pro-gram,” she said. “I think it gives momentum to all of our other teams as well.”

Lister said the postsea-son appearance has been long awaited.

“When I arrived 13 years ago, we were a NCAA Di-vision II independent,” he

said. “(The tournament) was really governed by the conferences and that’s who got the nod. It was just going to be impossible to make the field of 64 as an independent. You’ve got to credit Dr. (Jimmy) Ept-ing and (athletic director) Jan McDonald for stepping up to help us find a home in Conference Carolinas.”


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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINATHIRTEENTH JUDICIAL

CIRCUITCOUNTY OF GREENVILLE

IN THE FAMILY COURT

Docket No. 2015-DR-23-0321

SUMMONS

AFRICA T. CURETONPlaintiff,vs.ABDUL HAKIM KHANDefendant.TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE-NAMED: ABDUL HAKIM KHAN

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-MONED and notifi ed that an action has been fi led against you in this court. Within thirty (30) days of the day you re-ceive this Summons, you must respond in writing to this Complaint by fi ling an Answer with this court. You must also serve a copy of your Answer to this Com-plaint upon the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s Attorney at the address shown below. If you fail to answer the Complaint, judgment by default could be rendered against you for the relief requested in the Com-plaint.Date: January 26, 2015Greenville, S.C.Cedric A. CunninghamAttorney for Plaintiff309 Mills Avenue, Greenville, SC 29605

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION

NOTICE OF APPLICATION. Notice is hereby given that CIRCLE K STORES, INC.intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Rev-enue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and on premises consumption of BEER AND WINE at: 901 W WADE HAMPTON BLVD, GREER SC, 29650; and 14215 E WADE HAMPTON BLVD, GREER, SC 29651. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written

protest must be postmarked by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than March 27, 2015.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 per-son fi ling the protest;(2) the specifi c 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 same county where the proposed place of business is located or within fi ve miles of the business; and(5) the name of the applicant and the address of the prem-ises to be licensed.Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Rev-enue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214-0907; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION. Notice is hereby given that BRBC, LLC dba THE BLUE RIDGE BREWING CO. in-tends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and on premises consumption of BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR at 308 TRADE STREET, GREER SC 29651. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than March 27, 2015.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 per-son fi ling the protest;(2) the specifi c 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 same county where the proposed place of business is located or within fi ve miles of the business; and(5) the name of the applicant and the address of the prem-ises to be licensed.Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Rev-enue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214-0907; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION. Notice is hereby given that UPSTATE NUTRITION CONSULTANTS intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will al-low the sale and on premises consumption of BEER/WINE at 3318 BRUSHY CREEK ROAD, GREER SC 29651. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than March 13, 2015.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 per-son fi ling the protest;(2) the specifi c 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 same county where the proposed place of business is located or within fi ve miles of the business; and(5) the name of the applicant and the address of the prem-ises to be licensed.Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Rev-enue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214-0907; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

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B4 THE GREER CITIZEN SPORTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015

FROM B1

our new team, we do have a clean slate. Just because we had some success last year doesn’t mean we’ll have success in the future. We really have to take the roster all the way down to zero and rebuild it.”

The Eagles hope to dem-onstrate a balanced look this spring.

“We believe in a ‘total soccer’ kind of game,” Martin said. “We need to be able to defend, we need to be able to possess and we need to be able to attack. We have to understand how and when you need to emphasize all three of those things because soc-cer is a very complicated game.”

Martin said for the team to reach its goals, fitness and a drive to improve have to be a priory.

“The foundation has to be fitness,” he said. “It’s one thing to be fit enough to run up and down the

field for 90 minutes, but it’s another thing to be able to endure the rigors of a deep playoff run.”

“We have to keep im-proving,” Martin added. “We have to be a better roster today than we were yesterday. We’re always looking to improve, so when those bigger games come during a playoff run, we’re the team we hope we’re going to be. You can’t get complacent in your conference.”

The 2014 state champi-onship generated plenty of interest in the soccer program, Martin said.

“We had a lot of mo-mentum coming off of that season,” Martin said. “There’s a lot of interest in soccer at Eastside High School and we had a ton of kids that wanted to be in-volved. Taking advantage of some of that momen-tum has been something that our staff has been re-ally focused on.”

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Pitcher Regan Messenger will return to the mound for the Rebels this season after picking up some key wins in the playoffs a year ago. Malibu Gaston will be behind the plate. She start-ed every game for Byrnes in 2014.

“(Gaston) was a huge fac-tor in our success. She’s a tremendous athlete who is a year better,” Aiken said. “(She’s a) big hitter who will need to step up this year and help replace the loss of Pearson’s power in the line-up.”

Haven Pesce and Tatum Arboleda will provide help in the infield for By-rnes, as sophomore Parker Birch returns for her third season as the starting SS. Kate Burnett will anchor the infield at third base.

Junior Allison Neely “has a ton of speed and will step-up to replace Duggar at the top of the line-up,” Aiken said, providing as-sistance in the outfield. Payten Bennett will see time in left field as fresh-man Christa Whitesides

joins her in right.“We’ve focused on im-

proving the little things and getting our young players ready to contrib-ute more,” Aiken said. “We have a lot of veteran returners, so it was mostly about continuing to im-prove from where we left off last year and getting the newcomers ready to contribute if needed.”

Aiken said her team wants to be one of the last two teams playing in May.

“We always work to be one of the top teams in the state and I feel like we have accomplished that in recent years,” she said. “Of course, the ultimate goal is to be one of the last two teams playing in May and to win the state champion-ship, but we also concen-trate on just playing one game at a time and doing everything we can to beat whatever team we play on that given day. We have a tough region so the first goal for us is to make sure we earn a spot in the play-offs. Once playoffs start everyone is even again anyway.”


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Batter up!BY MARK VASTOFOR THE GREER CITIZEN

Baseball is not slow. It is untimed. This concept seems to

baffle people. It is not losing popularity. It is the No. 1 spectator sport in the world in terms of attendance (yes, there are more games to watch, which pad the numbers, but a fact is a fact). It is fiscally sound. Last year Major League Baseball posted around $8 billion in revenues (by contrast, the NFL had around $9.5 billion), and even the worst-attended ballparks still hit the 51 percent of capacity mark.

And it’d be easy to grow the game. An of-ficial Wiffle Ball set costs about $7. Isn’t it high time that MLB made those guys manufacturing them from Connecticut whole? Enough with those knockoff versions with the plastic wrap around the flimsy plastic bat and a ball that doesn’t break correctly. Nobody wants them. If MLB could negoti-ate a wholesale price, they should give away a set to every kid attending a game from spring training through May. That would cost something like $30 million, and it would instantly turn 10 million backyards and vacant lots into miniature fields of dreams.

Baseball lends itself to sappiness. Sappy sports writing, sappy poetry, sappy analogies and an-noying monologues. That in and unto itself is one of the great things about baseball!

Yes, when Bob Costas says a player is so old they use “Absorbine Sr.,” the joke is on him because nobody outside of the Korean War genera-tion knows what Absor-bine Jr. is in the first place. It’s great because Costas is like that uncle at the holiday table who always tells the same story. “I don’t like inter-league play!” We know, Uncle Bob, we know ... but everybody should get to see the Yankees at least once a decade.

Baseball, unlike many sports, matters all the way through the game. Watching a starter at the top of his powers is like watching a matador. He strides confidently out to the mound, he mesmer-izes the charging batters and asserts his will on the outcome. Never mind that we’ve never seen an actual matador or understand the allure of the bullfight. We don’t know what’s in the hot dogs, either. It doesn’t matter.

Don’t overthink it. Let the ballpark metaphors wash over you like waves. Ride it out for all nine in-nings. Revel in the clutch hit, in the adept way the second basemen turns two, at how the closer didn’t even blink when the bases were loaded before striking out the side. Every game tells a different story.

This season, go to a game. Go to a game with no agenda other than being there to watch the game. Don’t complain about the prices. Save up. Bring your kid. Tell your kid stories about the baseball players you watched growing up, and while you’re at the game, just watch the game. Relax, will ya?

The next morning, get a newspaper and show your kid the box score. Cut it out, paperclip it to the game program and tell him to keep it in a box. Decades later, it will be found. You thought the game was too long? The game isn’t too long ... it lasts forever.

A SPORTING VIEW |

GIRLS BASKETBALL CAMP AT GREER FIRST BAPTIST

Greer First Baptist Church will sponsor a free Basketball Camp for girls, ages 6-10, every Monday for six weeks beginning Feb. 23. The camp will run from 6-7:30 p.m. Registra-tion is not necessary. Call Paul Lister at 630-6625.

LADY REBELS SOFTBALL TEAM RANKED NO. 1

The season is just begin-ning and the defending state champion Lady Rebel softball team from Byrnes is already making state and national news.

Max Preps ranked the team No. 1 amongst teams

in South Carolina, and the Rebels secured a ranking of 40th nationwide.

AAU GIRLS BASKETBALL TRYOUTS AT BYRNES

If you have talent on the basketball court, this an-nouncement might be for

you. AAU girls basket-ball tryouts will be held Thursday, March 12 at Byrnes High School. Third through fifth grade stu-dents will try out from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Sixth and seventh grade students will have tryouts from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Contact Coach Stacey Parris at [email protected].

THE SWAMP RABBIT CYCLEBRATION

The Swamp Rabbit Cy-clebration will host an en-tire weekend of cycling on March 28-29, centered at Gateway Park in Travelers

Rest.The events include road

rides through northern Greenville County and trail rides in on the GHS Swamp Rabbit, the mountain bike skills trails at Gateway Park and the JFA Trail at Pleasant Ridge Park.

All proceeds go to ex-panding greenways and trail systems in Greenville County. Visit greenvillerec.com.

SUMMER DAY CAMPREGISTRATION OPEN

Greenville Rec summer day camp registration opened Monday, March 2. There are several camps to choose from, including the new Conestee Camp, a one week event focusing on exploring nature and outdoor adventure.

Visit https://webt-rac.greenvillerec.com/wbwsc or greenvillerec.com.

BYRNES: Earns ranking

EASTSIDE: Ready to run

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Tournament titleThe Riverside Middle School girls’ soccer team won the Lakeview Preseason Invitational Tournament with a perfect 3-0 record recently.

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It was the first wedding ever at Greer Community Ministries (GCM).

Longtime companions Sheryl Morton, 68, and Lewis Dennis, 74, ex-changed vows surrounded by friends and family last Wednesday afternoon, re-newing a relationship that has existed since the 80s.

“I feel like I’m on cloud nine,” the new Mrs. Dennis said. “I feel like I’m float-ing. I had my blood pres-sure checked the other day and the doctor told

me that my blood pres-sure was up. I said, ‘It’s no wonder. I’m running around here acting like I’m 16 years old.’”

Sheryl met Lewis in 1983 and the two have since spent time at Greer Com-munity Ministries as part of the organization’s Se-nior Dining program.

“We’ve been friends for a long time,” she said. “I can’t believe how it has all gone.”

“They actually grew up together and knew each other as children,” Senior Dining coordinator Patsy Quarles, who helped with the wedding planning,

said. “ T h i s is just a God thing. For things to come together like they did, it’s been fun.”

Quarles said she had a week to help get the wed-ding together.

“[GCM Executive Di-rector] Cindy (Simpler) couldn’t believe I would take it on,” she said. “It just all came together. My daughter gave me three months notice when she got married, and I thought that was short. So, I’ve had some experience.

“We haven’t purchased a thing,” Quarles said. “Ev-erybody pitched in.”

Sheryl said her peers made her big day even more special.

“They have gone so far out of their way to help with everything,” Sheryl said. “One of the ladies here made the cake and ev-eryone decorated. They’ve just gone so far out and I can’t believe it.”

Although some have had their doubts, Sheryl said she believes the relation-ship was meant to be.

“My son told me he thought I was making an irrational decision, but I said, ‘God’s in this and

he’s been it from the get go.’ This time I’m going to go by what God says and I’m not going to worry about what anybody else thinks about it.”

After a walk down the isle at Greer Commu-nity Ministries, Sheryl said she couldn’t have asked for anything better.

“It was beautiful,” she said. “Everything was. I really appreciated every-body being here. I never dreamed that there would be a crowd like this. It’s a happy, happy day for me. I just can’t believe it.”

As for the honeymoon, no big plans are in the works.

“We hadn’t talked about a honeymoon,” Sheryl said. “We’d like to take a ride and maybe go to the mountains, but if we don’t go anywhere, we just want to go home and be with each other.”

“We all need somebody,” Quarles added. “This has just been beautiful.”

LIVING HEREThe Greer Citizen

B6 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015


The Riverside High fine arts department is brin-ing a Broadway classic to Greer this weekend, per-forming “Hello, Dolly!” on three consecutive nights beginning Thursday.

“This is a show that I have not done before, but it’s one that a lot of people really like,” Donna Fowler, the production’s direc-tor, said. “I haven’t seen it around in a while, but it’s a really good show.”

The musical will feature Riverside’s Jam Troyan, Ben Matthews, John Mark Matthews, Corrine Mc-Grath, Phillip Pagliuca and Brittnee Seebo with shows starting promptly at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

“We had auditions in January and selected the characters,” Fowler said. “We’ve been working hard on the singing, choreogra-phy, acting and running scenes. It’s just been a big project for us. It’s enor-mous.”

Fowler has done several other productions in the past, including: “The Wiz-ard of Oz,” “How to Suc-ceed in Business Without

R e a l l y Trying,” “Grease,” “ O k l a -h o m a , ” “Into the Woods,” “ O n c e U p o n a Mat-tress.”

“I really just talk things over with the cho-rus and drama teachers and we figure out which students most want to au-dition and want to try to be a part of the show,” she said. “I just see what I have and what kind of voices we have and go from there.”

Fowler said she believes she has a great cast for the show.

“Several of the students were in the show a couple of years ago, so they’ve had some previous expe-rience and know how it works. They’re working really hard. Many of them have been in their own community theatres, so that definitely helps,” she said.

There will be reserved seating. Tickets are $10 and are on sale now. Con-tact Fowler at 355-7828 or [email protected] to purchase tickets.

“A lot of people remem-ber the main song in ‘Hello, Dolly!’ I actually graduated from Riverside and one of the shows that I saw while I was in school was ‘Hello, Dolly!’ I just remember it being a fun show with a lot of comedy,” Fowler said.


Riversideto perform ‘Hello, Dolly!’

me that my blood pres-sure was up. I said, ‘It’s no wonder. I’m running around here acting like I’m

Sheryl met Lewis in 1983 and the two have since spent time at Greer Com-

said. “ T h i s is just a God thing. For things to come together like they did, it’s been

Newlyweds

‘It’s a happy, happyday for me.

I just can’t believe it.’Sheryl Morton

Bride

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Lewis Dennis and Sheryl Morton exchanged vows in front of an audience at Greer Community Ministries last Wednesday afternoon, becoming the � rst couple to ever be married at the venue.

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GCM Senior Dining clients pitched in to provide food, decorate help orchestrate the wedding ceremony.

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Greer Community Ministries seniors tie the knot

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Dolly distracts Horace while Minnie and Barnaby steal away a gift in Riverside’s production of ‘Hello Dolly.’ Pictured, left to right, are Ben Matthews (as Horace Vandergelder), Jam Troyan (as Dolly Levi), Brittany Seebo (as Minnie Fay), and Phillip Pagliuca (as Barnaby Tucker).


Horace, played by Matthews, o� ers a gift to Irene Molloy, played by Corinne McGath, during the shop scene in Act I.


Pagliuca and John Mark Matthews (as Cornelius Hackl) play Horace’s clerks in the RHS musical.

WANT TO GO? | What: “Hello, Dolly!”Who: Riverside High

Fine Arts DepartmentWhen: March 12-14, 7 p.m.Tickets: $10For info: [email protected]

Jam Troyan as ‘Dolly’

SIRRINE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED

The application for the J.E. Sirrine Scholarship, administered through Greenville County Schools, is now open at Greer High School. Scholarships are awarded based on merit and financial need.

Students are encouraged to apply online. Individu-als who would like a paper copy may see their coun-selor for an application.

The student’s applica-tion must be postmarked or submitted online by April 15. For more infor-mation, visit greenville.k12.sc.us/greerhs.

DISTRICT ANNOUNCES TEACHERS OF THE YEAR

Cheers and congratula-tions could be heard across District Five this week as schools and facilities rec-ognized some of their best employees. Schools named their 2014-15 Teachers and Support Employees of the Year, continuing a long standing tradition of rewarding excellence both in, and out, of the class-room.

District Five Superinten-dent Dr. Scott Turner visit-ed each district school and facility to congratulate the honorees, and thank them for their hard work.

The Teachers of the Year for 2014-15 are:

Mamye Gardner (Ab-ner Creek Academy), Paje Smith (Duncan Elementa-ry), Debbie Smith (Lyman Elementary), Paula Quinby (Reidville Elementary), Ava Skinner (River Ridge Elementary), Sammie Bur-man (Wellford Academy), Kristy Fulbright (Beech Springs Intermediate), Freddy Coan (Berry Shoals Intermediate), Cassie Le-mus (D.R. Hill Middle), Sunshine Furner (Flor-ence Chapel Middle), Barry Burnette (Byrnes Fresh-man Academy), and John Ratterree (Byrnes High School).

The Support Employees of the Year for 2014-15 are:

Doreen Riceputo (Abner Creek Academy), Ann Can-ty (Duncan Elementary), Angela Classen (Lyman Elementary), Dee Spaniol (Reidville Elementary), De-nise Garland (River Ridge Elementary), Kristie Bent-ley (Wellford Academy), Wanda Chasteen (Beech Springs Intermediate), Jackie Moore (Berry Shoals Intermediate), Denise Cantrell (D.R. Hill Middle School), Lois Irby (Florence Chapel Middle School), Rhonda Bradey (Byrnes Freshman Academy), Rita Jackson (Byrnes High School), April Peel (District Office), Travis Lister (Main-tenance Department), and Kathy Buckson (Middle Tyger Community Center).

The overall District Five Teacher and Support Em-ployee of the Year will be announced later this month.

DISTRICT DECIDESMAKEUP SNOW DAYS

District Five has adjust-ed its 2014-15 school year, due to four days missed because of winter weather over the last month.

As previously an-nounced, students will now attend school on Fri-day, March 13, a day which was originally scheduled as a staff development day. In addition, Monday, June 1, Tuesday, June 2, and Wednesday, June 3 are now also considered makeup days. June 1 will be a full day, and June 2-3 will be half days for stu-dents.

State law requires that districts schedule three makeup days in their cal-endars, in order to ensure students are in class 180 days each year.

BRIDWELL CROWNED SPELLING BEE CHAMPION

A Florence Chapel Mid-dle student is bound for the Scripps National Spell-ing Bee, after taking home the regional bee champi-

onship for the third con-secutive year.

Eighth grader Kalika Bridwell correctly spelled the words “impregna-ble” and “pediment” to take home the top prize. Bridwell competed against more than 80 other stu-dents from Upstate schools to win the spelling bee, which is sponsored by the Spartanburg Herald Journal each year.

Bridwell will travel to Washington, D.C. for the national competition later this spring.

BEECH SPRINGS STUDENTS COLLECT CANS FOR MTCC

Students and teachers at Beech Springs Intermedi-ate tapped into their love for football with their re-cent “Souper Bowl” of Car-ing Food Drive.

Students set a record by collecting 2,000 cans, breaking their previous number of 1,600.

ILead students helped load the goods, once they were collected. The 2,000 cans were then delivered to Middle Tyger Commu-nity Center to benefit fam-ilies all over District Five.

BYRNES FIGHT CLUB GETS HEALTHY ON SC COAST

Members of the Byrnes High School FIGHT Club laced up their running shoes last weekend and headed to the South Caro-lina coast to participate in the Lifepoint 5K.

Thirty-seven students, along with teachers, ran in the race, and many students posted personal best times. Valentyna Kh-veschuk placed second overall in her age group

After running the race, the group was able to tour Charleston, some of them even getting to visit the ocean for the first time.

BYRNES STUDENTS SHINE IN REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR

Students from Byrnes High School competed against some of the bright-est in the Upstate recently, and showed off their sci-ence smarts.

The following students received awards:

Klaara Hannu- Honor-able Mention in Behavior-al/Social Science

Megan Davenport- 1st Place in Chemistry

US Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Jordan Brown- 3rd Place in Chemistry

Sarah Finleyson & Hayle Hudgins- Honorable Men-tion in Chemistry

Quinton Kinzie- 1st Place in Physics

US Metric AwardAndrew Vaughn- 1st

Place in BiologyMaggie Hance -Honor-

able Mention in BiologyMolly Boyle-Honorable

Mention in BiologyKatherine Blackwood- US

Public Health Service (Sur-geon General’s Award)

Cody Taylor- US Navy Award

Ellie Stephens- 2nd Place in Math/Computer Sci-ence

Amanda Howell- 3rd Place in Math/Computer Science

Yale Science and Engi-neering Award

D.R. HILL DEBATE TEAM WINS BIG AT REGIONALS

The D.R. Hill Middle School debate team talked their way to another big win last weekend, partici-pating in the SC Regional Tournament in Greenville.

The team placed second

overall for the season, meaning that every mem-ber that participated in any tournament through-out the season contributed to this ranking. There were many individual awards won at this tournament as well.

The following students won individual awards:

John Harmon (8th grade): 1st place in Humorous In-terpretation

Sophie Smith (6th grade): 3rd place in Humorous In-terpretation

Henry Havens (6th grade): 4th place in Hu-morous Interpretation

Rya Bohmer (6th grade): 1st in Oral Interpretation

Sophie Smith (6th grade): 6th place in Oral Interpre-tation

Ethan Brown: Gary Fan Memorial Award for Ex-emplary Leadership and Dedication to Speech and Debate

Sirena Perez: Most Out-standing Public Speaker at DRH

Rya Boomer: Most Out-standing Interpretive Speaker at DRH

Madison Stephens: Most Outstanding Debater for DRH

Hank Gilchrest: Most Im-proved Public Speaker at DRH

Megan Stephens: Most Improved Interpretive Speaker at DRH

Charla Gentry: Most Im-proved Debater at DRH

MCCORMICK ACCEPTEDTO TENNESSEE WESLEYAN

Tennessee Wesleyan College has accepted John McCormick, a student at Byrnes High, of Duncan, for the upcoming academ-ic year.

Home of the Bulldogs, Tennessee Wesleyan is a private, comprehensive in-stitution grounded in the liberal arts and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Located in Athens, Tenn., only 45 minutes from Knoxville, Tenn., or Chattanooga, Tenn, TWC offers an array of under-graduate and graduate programs including a well-known nursing program.

GALLAGHER NAMED TO WASHINGTON DEAN’S LIST

Paulina Catherine Galla-gher, of Greer, was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2014 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Gallagher is en-rolled in the university’s Olin Business School.

To qualify for the Dean’s List in the Olin Business School, students must earn a semester grade point av-erage of 3.6 or above and be enrolled in at least 14 graded units.

JOHNSON NAMED TO MUSC DEAN’S LIST

Kinsley Johnson, of Greer, has been named to the Fall 2014 Dean’s List at the Medical University of South Carolina’s James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine.

The Dean’s List recog-nizes students who earn a GPA of 3.5 or better for any given semester.

SNOVER NAMED TOPRESIDENT’S LIST

Alison Snover, of Greer, was among 1,219 Georgia Southern University stu-dents named as 2014 Fall Semester President’s List honorees recently.

To be eligible for the

President’s List, a student must have at least a 4.0 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 hours for the semester.

HOWARD MAKES GSUDEAN’S LIST

Gabrielle Howard, of Greer, is among 2,725 Georgia Southern Univer-sity students named to the 2014 Fall Semester Dean’s List.

To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must have at least a 3.5 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 hours for the semester.

BJU STUDENTS WIN NRB AWARDS

Fourteen Bob Jones Uni-versity students won nu-merous awards during the Intercollegiate National Religious Broadcasters (iNRB) Competition late last month in Nashville, Tennessee, bringing back

first, second and third place prizes in several categories. Students also participated in the Na-tional Religious Broadcast-ers Convention held in the Gaylord Opryland Conven-tion Center following the iNRB Competition.

BJU’s Digital Video Team of Brian French, of Newark, Delaware; Rachel Madeira, of Dallas, Pennsylvania; Ryan Holmes, of Ellington, Connecticut and Danielle Wunker, of Taylors, won first place in the 24-hour Digital Video challenge.

BJU’s Public Relations Team 1 of Anna Magnu-son, of Mahtomedi, Min-nesota; Kaitlyn Unruh, of Greenville; Karen Chris-tine Alamer, of Saipan; and Reina Perez, of Green-ville, won first place in the 24-hour Public Relations challenge.

BJU’s Public Relations Team 2 of Laura Hernan-dez, of Boone, North Caro-lina; Kaitee Kozlowski, of Bridgewater, New Jersey; and Noel Elijah Vazquez, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, won second place in the 24-hour Public Relations challenge.

BJU’s Digital Audio Team 1 of Dawn Mellinger, of Taylors; Maria Ervin, of Fairmont, West Vir-ginia; and Noelani Debski, of Napa, California, won third place in the 24-hour Digital Audio challenge.

About 21 teams of stu-dents from Christian col-leges and universities across the nation partici-pated in the 24-hour chal-lenges. NRB hosted the Digital Video challenge, the Digital Audio chal-lenge, the Digital News challenge, as well as the newly added Public Rela-tions challenge. The chal-lenges began Monday night and ended Tuesday night when projects were submitted.

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ELEMENTARYThursday: Teriyaki Chicken

Tenders, Roll, Whole Grain, Vegetarian Lasagna, Fruit and Vegetable Bar

Friday: Pizza, Cheese, Fish Basket, Vegetation Station, Potato and Sausage Soup, Vegetables with Dip, Fruit

Monday: Teriyaki Chicken, Brown Rice, BBQ Chicken Flatbread Sandwich, Vegeta-tion Station, Asian Ginger Chicken Soup, Sweet Potato Bites, Fruit

Tuesday: Enchilada Pie, Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Fruit and Vegetable Bar

Wednesday: Cheeseburger, Baked Potato Bar, Roll, Whole Grain, Vegetation Station, Broccoli Cheese Soup, Steamed Broccoli, Fruit

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Salad, Chicken Pot Pie Bread Bowl, General Tso Chicken, Brown Rice, Roll, Whole Grain, Fruit and Vegetable Bar

Friday: Chef Salad, BBQ Chicken Quesadilla, Fish Basket, Vegetation Station, Potato and Sausage Soup, Baked Beans, Assorted Fruit

Monday: Mandarin Chicken Salad, Pasta Primavera, Bread-stick, Whole Grain, Turkey Sandwich, Vegetation Station, Asian Ginger Chicken Soup, Lima Beans, Assorted Fruit

Tuesday: Grilled Chicken Salad, Beef & Cheese Nachos, Chicken Nachos, Fruit and Vegetable Bar

Wednesday: Southwest Chicken Salad, Chicken Tenders, Roll, Whole Grain, Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Vegetation Station, Broccoli Cheese Soup, Mashed Pota-toes, Assorted Fruit

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Gail Denton’s English I classes performed scenes from Romeo and Juliet. They dressed for their parts and recited full scenes in Shakespearean dialogue.

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GREER CULTURAL ARTS 2015 SCHEDULE

The remaining schedule for 2015 includes:

March 13: Greenville Charter High School Play

March 27: Juried Art Show

June 2-30: Tall Tale Tuesdays

June 12-July 24: Tunes in the Park

Aug. 14-23: Camp ArkNov. 5: Thanksgiving Art

Show ReceptionTBA: Phyllis Wheatley

Motown Performance, In-TireNational Contest, and Needmore After School Art Show

NEWBERRY OPERA HOSTS ‘RHYTHM OF THE DANCE’

“Rhythm of the Dance,” an epic show reliving the journey of the Irish Celts throughout history, will be staged at Newberry Opera House Monday, March 16, at 8 p.m. Using modern art forms of dance and mu-sic, the richly costumed production marries the contemporary and the ancient. Combining tra-ditional dance and music with the most up-to-date stage technology, the show is a thousand-year-old story executed with all the advantages of the modern day stage show.

Tickets are available at the Newberry Opera House box office. Call 803-276-6264 for reservations or visit our website www.newberryoperahouse.com.

PHILHARMONIC PRESENTS ‘MASTERWORKS III’

F o o t h i l l s P h i l -h a r m o n i c c o n t i n -ues its 14th concert season, “Symphonies,” on Saturday, March 21, with the final Masterworks Concert of the season. Foothills Philharmonic’s full symphony ensemble will perform Hector Ber-lioz’s “Symphonie Fantas-tique” at 7:30 p.m. at Greer First Baptist Church.

The 2014-2015 season features an exciting rep-ertoire showcasing inter-national masterpieces that will transport our audi-ence across the globe and beyond. Season 14 will explore everything from classical and popular fa-vorites to more intimate chamber music, and prob-ably a few selections you’ll hear for the first time.

The church is located at 201 West Poinsett Street in Greer.

YOUNG ACCORDIONISTIN FREE CONCERT SUNDAY

Chapman Cultural Cen-ter’s free weekly concert series as part of its Sun-days Unplugged program is featuring all young mu-sicians for March in cel-ebration of National Youth Art Month. Sundays Un-plugged presents a differ-ent singer-songwriter on the Center’s campus every Sunday, 2-4 p.m., for the public’s casual enjoyment, and this Sunday, March 15, features teenage accor-dionist Vince Demor.

Demor’s musical educa-tion began at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh at the age of 3. His accordion lessons did not begin until age 7, despite continuing his studies of cello and piano until age 9, and he debuted as an accordion-

ist at the Bulgarian Folk Festival in Pittsburgh. In 2009, Demor moved to Spartanburg to reside with his mother and sister and continued studying the cel-lo at Converse College. He played the cello for three years at both Dorman High School and for the Carolina Youth Symphony Orchestra at Furman Uni-versity. Though achieving high accolades as a cellist, he decided to focus solely on the accordion several years ago. Patrons may hear Demor playing any-thing from classical tunes to modern pop.

For more information on Sundays Unplugged, please call 542-ARTS or visit ChapmanCultural-Center.org.

JOE DIFFIE AT NEWBERRY OPERA MARCH 20

Grammy and CMA win-ner Joe Diffie is getting back to the roots of his music when he offers his stories and songs during a special evening at The Newberry Opera House on Friday, March 20, at 8 p.m.

Twelve number one hits, chart-toppers like “Pickup Man,” “Third Rock From the Sun,” “Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox,” and “John Deere Green,” plus 13 albums and over 20 top 10 singles to his credit, Joe has little to prove at this point in his career, yet he still has a fire in his belly to make good coun-try music. Described as “the man with the golden voice,” Diffie has Grammy and CMA awards to his credit and is a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Make reservations early at the Newberry Opera House box office. Call 803-276-6264 or visit our web-site www.newberryopera-house.com.

WOODTURNERS HOST DEMO MARCH 21

The Carolina Mountain Woodturners and the Southern Highlands Craft Guild will sponsor a wood-turning demonstration by John Jordan on Saturday, March 21, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Folk Art Cen-ter on the Blue Ridge Park-way in Asheville.

Jordan, from Cane Ridge, Tennessee, has been a woodturner for 25 years. He has seven pieces in the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian.

Meetings are open to the public and free of charge. Everyone interested in woodturning is encour-aged to attend. Demon-strations by world class turners are planned for the third Saturday of each month, except for April on the second and September on the fourth.

For info call John Hill at 828-712-6644 or visit www.carolinamountain-woodturners.org. Ex-amples of Jordan’s work can be found at http://johnjordanwoodturning.com/.

NC WOOD CARVERS MEET MARCH 22

The Western North Carolina Carvers (WNCC) will hold their monthly meeting Sunday, March 22, from 1:30-4 p.m. at Harvest House, 205 Ke-nilworth Road, Asheville, North Carolina.

This month’s activity will consist of a discus-sion and demonstrations of sharpening techniques used in maintaining wood carving tools. The discus-

sion will be followed by open carving. The activity and parking are free.

For further information call Bruce Dalzell at 828-665-8273.

FURMAN HOSTS HINDUISM SYMPOSIUM

Furman University will hold its annual World Re-ligions Symposium contin-ues Wednesday, April 1, at 7 p.m. in Plyler Hall 126, Townes Science Center, with Dr. Kalyani Menon, Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul Univer-sity, presenting “Ritual Exclusions: Religion, Poli-tics, and the Hindu Right in India.”

The symposium, “Hindu-ism, A Living Tradition” is free and open to the pub-lic, and includes a series of lectures and other pro-grams that run through April 20. Most events are part of Furman’s Cultural Life Program.

Other speakers and pro-grams for World Religions Symposium are:

“Priesthood on Campus,” Monday, April 20, 7 p.m., Watkins Room, Trone Stu-dent Center, with Dr. Bha-girath Majmudar, Emory University School of Medi-cine.

Dr. Kalyani Menon, As-sociate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul Univer-sity, is an anthropologist whose research focuses on the intersection of politi-cal ideology and religious practice in India. Much of her work has examined the religious politics of the Hindu Right in India. This research culminated in her book, Everyday Na-tionalism: Women of the Hindu Right in India pub-lished by the University of Pennsylvania Press. She is currently focusing on how Muslims residing in Old Delhi respond to the exclusionary and violent politics of the Hindu Right by constructing their iden-tity, community, and na-tional belonging in Mod-ern India.

Dr. Bhagirath Majmudar is a Professor of Pathol-ogy & Laboratory Medicine and Associate Professor of Obstetrics-Gynecology at Emory University School of Medicine. As an innova-tive teacher, he has won the Evangeline Papageorge award, the School of Med-icine’s highest teaching award, and the Dean’s Award for outstanding teachers. Majmudar, fac-ulty adviser to Emory’s Hindu Student Council, previously served 30 years as a Hindu priest to the Emory community.

For more information about the symposium, contact Maria Swearingen in the Office of the Chap-lains at 294-2133, or [email protected].

FURMAN MUSEUM OPENS JOYCE EXHIBIT

The Upcountry History Museum-Furman Univer-sity will open its latest exhibit, “William Joyce: Guardian of Childhood,” on Saturday, March 7.

Featuring 84 pieces of original art in media rang-ing from ink, charcoal and graphite to acrylic and dig-ital, this exhibit presents an up-close look at Joyce’s early works, as well as his picture books and anima-tion prints, in particular from “The Guardians of Childhood” picture books, “Meet the Robinsons,” and “The Mischievians.” Con-

sidered a true luminary and creative spirit, his abil-ity to bring to life stories of whimsy, fun and adven-ture has helped shape the frontier of children’s sto-ries through classic story-telling, drawings and film.

This exhibit, which runs through June 7, was orga-nized by the National Cen-ter for Children’s Litera-ture, Abilene, Texas.

The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Ad-mission is $6 for adults, $5 for senior adults (age 65 and up) and college students with valid ID, and $4 for children/students (age 4-18). Children age 3 and under admitted free of charge.

CENTRE STAGE SHOWS ‘SPAMALOT’ APRIL 2-26

Centre Stage will show Monty Python’s “Spama-lot” April 2-26.

Monty Python stalwart Eric Idle and composer John Du Prez adapt the classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail into a musical featuring the Knights Who Say Ni, killer rabbits, and other Python touches. Spamalot adds swipes at Vegas glitz and Broadway conventions to the film’s anarchic spirit. The play is the winner of the Tony Award and Dra-ma Desk Award.

Tickets for Monty Py-thon’s Spamalot are $35, $30, and $25. Student rush tickets available 30 min-utes prior to show time for $20 with school ID (based on availability), one ticket per ID. Shows run Thurs-day through Sunday and all seats are reserved.

For more information, call 233-6733 or visit www.centrestage.org.

PROFESSOR GLEN MILLER EXHIBIT AT FURMAN

An ongoing drawing ex-hibition by Furman art pro-fessor Glen Miller will be on display through March 20 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on the Furman University campus.

In the exhibition, Black and White, Miller will be creating a 185-square-foot

charcoal drawing on the walls of Thompson Gal-lery. A closing reception and gallery talk with the artist is scheduled Thurs-day, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Roe Art Building. In addition to the ongo-ing exhibition, Miller will show other recent works in charcoal.

Miller is native of North-east Tennessee, and has taught in South Caro-lina since 1979. He relo-cated to South Carolina for a teaching position in Greenville County and taught secondary art in public schools until 2000. Resigning full-time pub-lic school to devote more time to working and show-ing professionally, Miller staged his first solo exhi-bition in 2003 at Hampton III Gallery in Taylors.

Thompson Gallery hours are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon-day through Friday. Learn more about Glen Miller <http://hamptoniiigal-lery.com/miller/> . For more information about the exhibition, contact the Furman University Depart-ment of Art, 294-2074.

GREER CULTURAL ARTS UPCOMING EVENTS

March 21: Masterworks III: Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique.

May 2: Pops Celebration.

GREER OPRY HOUSE HOLDS LINE DANCING

“Classic Country Band” with Ed Burrell at is at 8 p.m. each Saturday night at the Greer Opry House. Admission is $9. There will be free line dancing from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

STOMPING GROUNDS UPCOMING EVENTS

Stomping Grounds is revamping Open Mic Nights. Open mic night is going to be the second Friday of the month from 7-10 p.m. This is a family friendly event hosted by Danny Gray. There will be a sign up sheet prior to the event for those wanting to perform.

Visit www.stomping-groundsgreer.com for more information.

SCCT’S 20TH ANNUAL CHARACTER BREAKFAST

Jaws dropping, cameras flashing, fairy tale celeb-rity sightings, what can it be and who can you see? It’s the 20th Annual South Carolina Children’s The-atre Character Breakfast.

A magical morning for children and their families filled with delightful food, Pooh, Tigger, and all of the princesses will be held Saturday, March 14, at the Poinsett Club in Greenville. There will be two seatings: 8:30-10 a.m. and 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Tickets are $30 per per-son. Advance reservations are required, and seating is limited.

Tickets are required for all attendees regardless of age.

For questions call 235-2885 ext. 10 or email [email protected].

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PICKS OF THE WEEK“The Hobbit: The Battle

of the Five Armies” (PG-13) -- The final installment of Peter Jackson’s epicly bloated epic reimagines the final few pages of a beloved old book into a two-and-a-half hour com-puter-generated monster mash. The big bad dragon, Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch), scorches villagers and then gets slain, leaving his mountain of treasure up for grabs. More dangerous than a dragon is the impending battle between everyone who wants a chunk of the treasure -- including elves, dwarves, orcs and any-thing else that shows up. Bilbo Baggins is there, too, but you might miss him.

The satisfaction of the conclusion and climactic confrontation gets a little lost in Jackson’s big-battle imagination. Much of the film relies on winks and nods to “The Lord of the Rings” and Jackson’s own fan-additions to the story. If you’ve enjoyed the jour-ney so far, then this third movie certainly will wrap it up for you.

“Into the Woods” (PG) -- This movie-adapted Broadway play stirs up the familiar fairy-tale formula by mixing them all togeth-er. A nasty witch (Meryl Streep) runs a scheme on a baker and his wife (James Corden and Emily Blunt), putting them on a quest for magical ingredients to cure their infertility. At the same time, Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Red Rid-ing Hood (Lilla Crawford), the Big Bad Wolf (Johnny Depp) and a host of others are set on their own inter-secting journeys.

The songs are fun and the performances -- par-ticulary Streep, Kendrick and Chris Pine as a super-ficially charming prince -- are enjoyable. The story throws people off, though. The second half is a great deal darker than the first. It makes the movie feel even more divided, as the threads holding it together were already pretty loose.

“Unbroken” (PG-13) -- Lou Zamperini already was a revered athlete when his plane was shot down over the Pacific. Zamperini (Jack O’Connell), who ran for America in the Berlin 1936 games, and two fellow air-men survived on a raft in the open ocean for 47 days before getting picked up by Japanese forces and placed in a camp run by a sadistic officer called “The Bird” (Takamasa Ishihara). It’s a powerful story told capably by Angelina Jolie in her directorial debut.

“Song One” -- Anne Ha-thaway stars in this low-key romantic drama set to soft indie-rock music. She plays Franny, who leaves her studies abroad to visit Brooklyn, where her musi-cian brother (Ben Rosen-field) lies in a coma after a car hit him. Franny starts tracking down her broth-er’s contacts, hoping that she feel a connection to him and possibly help him recover with music. Along the way she falls hard for James (Johnny Flynn) -- the musician her brother looks up to.

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am in my 60s. About 40 years ago, I had a case of shin-gles. Can shingles reoccur, or having once had it am I protected from having it again? I’ve been given con-flicting information about whether I need to be vac-cinated. -- M.F.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I heard a report from a recent study that said a person who has shingles early in life is more likely to suffer a stroke. Would you please explain why? -- A.L.R.

ANSWER: Shingles is a disease caused by the reactivation of varicella zoster virus, the virus for chickenpox, which lays dormant in the body for years or even decades. Shingles itself is painful, but the most feared com-plication has been post-herpetic neuralgia, which can be horrifically painful and can last for months, especially in older people.

In January 2014, re-searchers in the UK found an increased risk of stroke and other vascular dis-ease, including heart at-tack, in people who’d had shingles before the age of 40. The study could not answer why, but previous research has shown that blood vessels in the brain can be affected by the vi-rus that causes shingles. There may be a role for the antibodies produced by the body as well.

It is clear that people with shingles at an early

age should be even more careful about other risk factors for stroke, es-pecially smoking, blood pressure and cholesterol. A previous history of shin-gles does not guarantee against further episodes, so the vaccine is recom-mended at age 60 with or without a history of shin-gles in the past. The rec-ommendation for shingles vaccine may change: The vaccine has a Food and Drug Administration indi-cation for ages 50-59, but is not recommended by the Advisory Committee.

Shingles questions are among the most fre-quently asked. The book-let on the shingles virus answers many of them. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 1201W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

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DEAR DR. ROACH: My great-niece is 9 years old. She saw her doctor for a bad complexion, and was told that she is stage 3 for puberty. What does this

mean, and how many stag-es are there? -- F.N.

ANSWER: Puberty is a process, not an event. It goes on normally for sev-eral years. There are five stages of puberty, usu-ally called Tanner stages. There are specific criteria for development that cor-respond to each stage. Nine years old is on the younger side for Tanner stage 3, but puberty starts at different times for dif-ferent people, with signifi-cant differences that run in families and by ethnic background.

Your great-niece’s com-plexion issue probably relates to high levels of adrenal hormones, which start increasing even be-fore puberty. Very high levels early in puberty should raise concern for a condition called congeni-tal adrenal hyperplasia, al-though most cases of acne in early puberty are quite normal. If the gynecologist is worried, some simple blood and urine tests can tell you more.

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer in-dividual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever pos-sible. Readers may email questions to [email protected]. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rb-mamall.com, or write to P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

BY DANA BLOCK

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

Quinn had some words with Aly, telling her to stay away from Wyatt. Donna was shocked when Brooke confided in her about Ka-tie and Ridge’s newfound love. Liam accused Wyatt and Quinn of being decep-tive. Brooke vowed to win back Ridge. Pam revealed to Charlie that she wasn’t the one who spilled the beans about the diamond heist. Aly was stunned when Hope told her not to call the police because she already knew about Wy-att’s role in the theft. Aly and Quinn’s confrontation on the office bridge got physical. Ridge and Katie discussed their future to-gether. Eric received some upsetting information dur-ing an important meeting. Rick and Caroline heated up the steam room. Wait to See: Eric takes a firm stand with Aly.

DAYS OF OUR LIVESMarlena demanded an-

swers from Dr. Chyka. Stefano and Nicole had an ugly confrontation. Abigail realized that she didn’t trust EJ after all. JJ was mortified when his past came back to haunt him. Eric made a slip to Jennifer about Daniel’s lie. Nicole ripped into Marlena for meddling in her rela-tionship with Eric. Hope

began to see Aiden in a new light. While trying to evade Sami, EJ wound up in a precarious position. Daniel confronted Nicole when he found evidence of what she’d been keep-ing from Eric. Jennifer re-ceived a malicious piece of mail. Wait to See: Kate and Stefano battle for control of the DiMera empire.

GENERAL HOSPITALSonny comforted Mi-

chael during AJ’s hospital stay. Julian issued a stern warning to Carlos. Britt asked her mother to keep her and Nikolas’s engage-ment a secret. Silas told Kiki the details about what happened to him in New York, unaware that some-one was eavesdropping on their conversation. Ric had an offer for Liz that put Nikolas on edge. In or-der to figure out what re-

ally happened the night of AJ’s shooting, the stymied Anna and Dante continued to question more people. Emma asked Patrick a dif-ficult question regarding Robin. Monica enlisted Patrick’s help in an effort to save AJ. Spencer had a plan to woo Emma. Kiki was puzzled by Luke’s odd behavior. Silas got an un-expected visitor from his past. Wait to See: Alexis tries to figure out the con-nection between Ric and Julian.

THE YOUNG ANDTHE RESTLESS

Billy warned Stitch to stay away from Victoria. Nick and Sharon found it difficult to suppress their attraction for each other. Chloe received court-or-dered outpatient therapy instead of jail time for taking Connor. Victor re-minded Cassie’s imposter that he was paying her a lot of money to get Sharon to reveal her secret. Chel-sea accused Victor of hop-ing that Adam was dead. Victor invited Kelly out to lunch. Stitch told Billy to fix his marriage. Leslie asked Neil if they could still be friends. Michael warned Kevin that Chloe didn’t share his feelings for her. Christine won-dered if Nikki had designs on Paul. Victor was furious when the Cassie imposter showed up at his office. Wait to See: Billy confronts Jack.

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