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Emily Cox, a local interior architectural designer at Onyx Design Collaborative and leader of Building Badasses, has created a four-hour Construction 101 Crash Course seminar geared toward female homeowners interested in learning about construction. The seminar introduces topics like construction contracts, how to read architectural drawings, construction communication best practices, explanations of typical design/construction team roles and more. It will also include a Q&A Cox session during which participants can share construction plans and receive feedback and advice from Cox. “The class teaches you that this isn’t neurosurgery, it’s just connecting two-by-fours. You can understand it, learn the vocabulary to communicate effectively and assess if it’s done properly,” she said. “It’s not another language — it’s just another set of terms.” This presumed difference in familiarity with construction-related topics between men and women isn’t an inherent gender trait; it’s the result of deeply ingrained gender biases and an intergenerational gap in knowledge. Women have made big strides in securing more rights over the last century, but don’t forget, it wasn’t until 1974 that a woman

could receive a line of credit without a male co-signer. And it took another seven years before it became illegal for a husband to take out second mortgages on property jointly owned with his wife without her permission. “It’s within living memory that women obtained these rights,” Cox said. “Never before have women owned and maintained property as we have the opportunity to in this generation, but we aren’t culturally conditioned to know how to interact with the construction industry.” Cox’s seminar intends to give women the right tools to build confidence and knowledge before beginning a renovation or new building project. The female experience of having something “mansplained” partially inspired the need for the seminar. Mansplaining is a term used when a man explains, and often oversimplifies, a concept to a woman in a patronizing or condescending manner. It happens a lot, particularly when working in a maledominated industry or participating in an activity society has deemed part of the male sphere — like visiting the auto part store, the mechanic or getting involved in construction. The National Association of Realtors reported that single women made up the second largest group of homebuyers in 2020 at 17%, just behind married couples. So it’s important for female homeowners to have access to home improvement knowledge and the confidence to navigate the interviewing, hiring and assessment process.

Cox created Building Badasses, a group for women working in all aspects of the construction industry, as a way to network and share information and recommendations through a private Facebook group and monthly meetings. When the group wasn’t able to meet face-to-face during the pandemic, Cox started a Building Badasses podcast to keep members informed. “The reception for Building Badasses has been so positive that we realized we could also do a really great job of serving the needs of female homeowners,” she said. “I think it’s an important opportunity to educate and empower women through teaching them how the construction industry works, so they can be educated consumers.” Participants can attend the session in person at The Circle coworking space in North Charleston or join the class via Zoom. These one-day, four-hour sessions take place Aug. 28, Sept. 25 and Oct. 23. After the seminar, participants will have access to the Building Badasses Facebook group for continued support from other women in the industry. Cox also said to be on the lookout for future course offerings including 60 Days to Dream Design. If you’re interested in attending one of the seminars, the price is $249, but you can receive $50 off with the discount code: HAMMERITOUT. Follow Building Badasses on Facebook and Instagram to learn more.

The Charleston Animal Society announced it has more than triple the number of animals they have the room to house at its shelter in North Charleston, caring for over 700 animals despite only having the space for about 230. While summer months are typically crowded for the shelter, this year has been particularly harsh. Hundreds of dogs, cats and exotic pets are waiting for their “forever homes,” officials said. To help with the emergency, the Charleston Animal Society is temporarily waiving the fee for adoption, so all cats and dogs one year old or older are free to adopt. Other ways people can help: • Businesses can become adoption ambassadors for animals • Veterinarians can help with the backlog of spaying/neutering animals • Rescue groups can take in additional at-risk animals —Skyler Baldwin

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Mitchell draws challenger focused on violent crime Charleston candidate filings continued last week, with one longtime councilman in a growing downtown district getting a challenger and another member filing to run for reelection. A resident and landlord in Charleston’s Eastside neighborhood for 17 years, Tim Weber said his campaign for District 4 boils down to crime — specifically murders — an issue he said has Weber not gotten adequate attention. Weber filed paperwork to challenge longtime Councilman Robert Mitchell Aug. 10. Weber didn’t have exact crime numbers from District 4 when he spoke with the City Paper, but said the number of murders in the area in the past 20 years was “totally unacceptable.” “I don’t see that it’s brought up hardly ever in city discussions and no [there’s] no plan whatsoever to do something,” he told the City Paper this week. Charleston Police Department crime data shows homicides citywide remained steady 2014-2019, before spiking in 2020, part of a state and national trend of increased violent crime. If elected, Weber said he’d identify murder hotspots and start with education and employment initiatives to stem violence. “If those things don’t work, then we need to go in there with some enforcement and some heavy-handed actions to make sure that they get sentences, or whatever, accordingly,” he said. Weber does not have any law-enforcement background. The retired merchant marine owns at least eight properties downtown, including his home on South Street. Weber made news in 2019 when surveillance cameras on one of his prop-

erties on Hanover Street recorded a shooting around 7:30 p.m. one evening that left a King Street restaurant worker dead. Since then, tensions have run high over the path and rate of change in the neighborhood. Mitchell, councilman since 2002, said everyone has the right to run for office, but stood by his time as an elected official, noting the Eastside is just one neighborhood in District 4 and crime is an issue everywhere. “You have to represent all the people, Mitchell and see, I represent everybody who lives in District 4-matters not who they are, doesn’t make no difference,” he said Friday. District 4 is one of two downtown-only districts, encompassing most of the eastern side of the peninsula north of Calhoun Street. The area has experienced noticeable growth in the past decade, from high-rise apartments to trendy restaurants and more on the way. Weber said Mitchell has “done what’s needed to be done over the years, but I just think that it’s time to move forward with some new ideas and some new, fresh blood.” Mitchell’s last contested election came in 2013, when he won a two-candidate contest with less than 350 votes. Off-year municipal elections typically draw far fewer voters than major election years. Mitchell and Weber’s election is one of three contested council races shaping up for November with filing officially closed as of Monday. Incumbent West Ashley Councilman Harry Griffin will face attorney Stephen Bowden in District 10. In District 12, incumbent Carol Jackson will be opposed by real estate agent Caroline Parker. —Sam Spence

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South Carolina legislators met Aug. 17 to begin talks on how more than $3 billion in federal funds will be spent, with House lawmakers convening Tuesday in Columbia. On the agenda for the SRS and ARPA Appropriations Ad Hoc Committee was how nearly $2.5 billion from the American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) passed by Congress will be spent in the Palmetto State, as well as $525 million from a U.S. Department of Energy settlement over radioactive waste stashed at the federal Savannah River Site. Generally, ARPA funds can be used for COVID-19 response, public-health and publicsector services and infrastructure spending on water, sewer and broadband needs. Early talk on one possible use of ARPA funds includes picking up the tab on a $350 million portion of a massive container port

expansion in North Charleston. Lawmakers have already pledged $200 million in state money to the project, which drew some criticism as it was briskly folded into state appropriations earlier this year. “The virus has had an enormous impact on the economy, as you know, with logistics and the supply chain and things to help to streamline and facilitate that sort of flow we believe will be allowable,” Gov. Henry McMaster told The State in July. Lawmakers will also start discussions on how to dole out $525 million from a Department of Energy settlement over nuclear waste kept past federal deadlines at the Savannah River Site near Aiken. Some $75 million of the $600-million-overall deal has already been set aside for private lawyers hired by Attorney General Alan Wilson. —Sam Spence

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State senators in North Charleston Aug. 10 heard from voters about split precincts, preserving geographic and cultural communities and above all else, ending political gerrymandering. About 100 people gathered at Trident Tech in North Charleston, as state lawmakers gear up to redraw their own district lines with new census data. Charleston’s existing districts — lamented for irregular shapes and illogical boundaries — are expected to change some with added growth. But the 10-year redistricting process rarely changes much, and when it does, it often favors the majority party, a process known as gerrymandering. “Are we just here to look good?” asked George Tempel, former chair of Charleston County Democratic Party, echoing sentiments of more than two dozen speakers before him. Others ruminated on competitive elections and advocated for local neighborhoods and communities. State Sen. Luke Rankin, R-Conway, framed the meeting as a chance for residents to make comments for the public record about how their communities could be affected by redistricting. Members of the Senate Redistricting Subcommittee, which Rankin chairs, are hosting similar meetings across the state. Video footage of the hearing is available online. The 41 Lowcountry residents who spoke ranged from engaged citizens to political officials, like Folly Beach Mayor Tim Goodwin, to cultural leaders, like Queen Quet of the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Some made the case for political boundaries that respect distinct cultural and socioeconomic

enclaves within the state, described as “communities of interest” under federal law. “Not only is it that our language is unique, which brings millions of tourists to this area every year, but also our cultural communities from our praise houses to the fact that we still bury along the Intracoastal Waterway and along those marsh-ways,” Queen Quet said, mentioning St. Helena Island specifically. “We have a culture in common here that we want to make sure is sustained.” Other residents spent their five-minute allotment describing how grouping disparate neighboring communities into the same districts can diminish their electoral impacts. “Because of this thing called gerrymandering, the system allows the representative to pick their voters instead of the voters picking their representatives,” said Tim Lewis, chair of the Dorchester County Democratic Party. Francis Marion Beylotte, a West Ashley resident who ran for school board in 2020, was skeptical any of the speeches and grandstanding would have any impact when lawmakers started making maps, calling the proceedings a “dog and pony show.” “When I look at this map … it makes no sense whatsoever. And the thing is, I know that you know that,” he told the senators on the dais. “But I think, at the end of the day, nothing is going to change.” The Senate held its final meetings Aug. 11 in Conway and Aug. 12 in Aiken. Members of the House Redistricting Subcommittee will be at North Charleston City Hall Sept. 14. —Sam Spence

Charleston County School District’s Board of Trustees voted Monday to require everyone inside school facilities as the first day of fall classes approaches Wednesday and COVID-19 case numbers continue climbing. Charleston City Council considered a similar rule for all public facilities Tuesday. Both moves came in defiance of rules enacted by state politicians to headoff virus-related precautions. District leaders met in executive session for more than two hours during a special board meeting added to the schedule Monday and took no other action than to suspend its rules to pass the mask requirement. North Charleston Trustee Cindy Bohn Coats, the only vote against the proposal, said she thought enforcement would be an issue. Trustee Eric Mack said he and his colleagues received “medical insight” about the rapidly spreading delta variant, as well as “legal advice” related to a state law passed to bar districts from enacting mask mandates. “After further discussion and in talking — in the dialogues with that — we came out with this motion today to get us through the next 60 days, at least, in protection with our staff and our students,” Mack said. Trustee Courtney Waters said the board was told the delta variant is expected to peak in September and decline after that. A meeting called for Tuesday was canceled after trustees took action Monday evening. Some aspects of back-to-school season are already feeling the impacts of the COVID-19 spike: A planned fall football season kickoff event last week was canceled after more than half the teams pulled out over COVID-19 concerns. Monday’s meeting came hours after Charleston City Council added an emergency ordinance to its Tuesday agenda to pass a citywide mask mandate as well, with its members saying they were prepared to go to court to enact the public safety measure. Last week, state Attorney General Alan Wilson took issue with measures passed by the City of Columbia that would have required public school students to wear masks. Monday, state Democrats and a bipartisan group of state senators began calling on the legislature’s GOP leaders to bring lawmakers back to Columbia to repeal a budget proviso that banned local action related to schools. As an emergency ordinance, Charleston City Council’s proposal needed approval from two-thirds of its members and would immediately take effect for 60 days. —Sam Spence

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How Charleston’s City Plan affects us all C harleston leaders will make final changes to the city’s comprehensive plan in the coming weeks. Quite a bit has changed in Charleston since the plan was last revised in 2011 — the tourism economy has exploded, development is changing how our city looks and feels, and the impact of climate change and sea-level rise grows more apparent every day. Normally, 10-year updates to the comprehensive plan are all-encompassing, general guidelines for how we can bend known forces for change in a direction that enhances quality of life for the most people possible. But this year’s plan records critical observations on the urgent situation posed by a changing climate that’s making life harder for many, exacerbating existing inequality, all while the cost of living goes up. The plan is under consideration by city council as we speak, and a few changes are expected before it’s approved. But here are four ways Charleston’s 2021 City Plan is different and stands to affect residents in and outside the city limits.

1. Resilience and equity is at the center. Local governments are now required to examine resiliency as part of the comprehensive planning process, thanks to a bipartisan 2020 bill led by Charleston-area senators. City officials rightfully connected equity to that assessment — adding another layer of consideration for all city-level actions. From housing affordability to protecting cultural resources, the City Plan’s extensive focus on resilience and equity could mean quality of life improvements for some over the next 10 years that would have otherwise gone ignored.

2. Environmental justice is a key consideration. Environmental justice is connected to equity, and the climate crisis is inextricably connected to the future of our city. It’s critically important to attempt to mitigate the impact of changes for some rather than to push off those worries to communities already hurt by discrimination and gentrification. 3. It prioritizes building at higher elevations. Continued building over the last generation has hastened flooding and stormwater issues for low-lying communities, particularly as development advances in the suburbs. It’s a lesson we learned far too late, as we’ve seen in the multimillion dollar scramble to rework West Ashley’s Church Creek basin. Knowing the city can’t and shouldn’t try to pause progress, the new City Plan instead prioritizes dense development in areas of higher elevation, allowing low-lying areas to help with stormwater retention. 4. Heavily impacted areas are off the peninsula. Charlestonians on the Cainhoy peninsula near Daniel Island, along with Johns Islanders, have lived on the front line of in-migration, with both areas nearly doubling in population since 2010. West Ashley continues to feel significant growth. But landlocked and expensive, the peninsula has seen a fraction of growth experienced elsewhere. City plans call for more focus on outlying areas to handle growth.

The 160-page Charleston City Plan provides an admirable blueprint for the next 10 years in Charleston. Now it’s up to city leaders to make sure the pieces are in place to make it happen.

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What happened to courage and pride in South Carolina? By Andy Brack More than 10,000 South Carolinians have died in the last year and a half from COVID-19. With the availability of incredibly effective vaccines and the common-sense step of wearing masks in crowded places, we have the tools to win the COVID War. But too many people will continue to die because too many still aren’t vaccinated and too many get huffy about wearing masks when indoors. They talk about personal freedom instead of respecting community safety. They’re getting played by false internet memes circulated by Russians and anti-vaxxers, instead of believing cold, hard, scientific facts. They conveniently forget how the vaccines they got when they were kids kept them from getting horrible diseases like polio, measles, rubella, diphtheria and smallpox. Vaccines work. Masking works. But South Carolina, like many Southern red states, has among the lowest vaccination rates in the country. This forces us to ask: Where is our sense of pride, our sense of dignity? Do we always have to be at the bottom of lists, especially when it’s relatively easy to get our state out of the cellar by getting people vaccinated?

Furthermore, if more people will get vaccinated and get to the top of the list, families throughout the state will be safer. Hospitals will be able to get back to treating people’s regular problems, not a pandemic. If the half of eligible South Carolinians who aren’t vaccinated get the shots, it probably would take just two months to create a safe environment across the state, which would generate a relatively quick return to normal instead of the slow drip of the continuing contagion that is locking down our day-to-day life and business. People across South Carolina have pride in the state’s beautiful places, football teams, heritage, history, sense of independence and quality of life. Why can’t we have a statewide sense of pride in beating COVID-19? Why can’t everyone pull together, protect their families, protect their neighbors and protect their communities so we can get back to normal? We have the tools. There’s more. Not only do citizens have a responsibility to get vaccinated, our leaders need to have the courage to lead and get beyond the emotional, political rhetoric that has infected common-sense, science-based reasons to get vaccinated and wear masks until things are safer. We haven’t seen courage from our governor, Henry McMaster. Instead of pulling out all of the

All of our political leaders need to be leading now, not hiding behind some poll or anti-science ideology.

stops with campaign rallies in communities across the state to pump up the volume on vaccinations and masks, he makes meek suggestions as more people get the disease. We also haven’t seen many state legislators pushing statewide safety against the pandemic. Rather, they hunker down, too afraid to admit they were wrong to pass an anti-mask mandate which will lead to more school children getting COVID-19 until they can get vaccinated. About the only leadership has come from Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin and Columbia City Council, along with Charleston County School District, which moved to require masks in schools. That’s leadership. And all of our political leaders need to be leading now, not hiding behind some poll or anti-science ideology. More cities and counties need to challenge the state’s dumb anti-masking law to lead our state toward safety. This disease doesn’t care about party. But if we get vaccinated — and wear a mask — we can make a quicker return to normal. Let’s get it done. About the writer … Andy Brack is publisher of Charleston City Paper.

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hat was supposed to be a post-pandemic return to school in 2021 has become a repeat of 2020, but without some of the safety precautions of last year. And with preexisting problems in schools having been exacerbated by the pandemic, many experts and school leaders have all but given up on hope for a safe return. Still, teachers and administrators are doing what they can. Though legislative orders prohibit schools from implementing mask mandates in schools, most districts have formally recommended masking up indoors, and some school districts, including Richland and Charleston counties, have mandated masks in defiance of the legislature’s proviso. And, quarantine policies are still in place for those who have been exposed or infected with the coronavirus. Here’s a short list of some other changes parents and students can expect upon their return to schools this year.

Shortage of teachers getting worse Even before the pandemic swept through South Carolina schools, the teacher shortage was an understood challenge that ultimately led to a number of hurdles for students and parents. And last year, South Carolina lost about 170 teachers each month from November 2020 to February 2021, according to research from the Center for Educator Retention and Recruitment, published March 2021. Dozens of Lowcountry teachers had already left the classroom, resigning in the first few months of the 2020-21 school year. “We know a lot of teachers left last year,” said Charleston Teacher Alliance (CTA) director Jody Stallings. “We’re already seeing some problems from that, and one thing I think we’ll see are much bigger class sizes. The teacher shortage has always been with us, and this year is no different.” Stallings, a teacher in the Charleston County School

District, said while there are a lot of new hires coming on board, many of them are administrative coming from teacher ranks. This leaves many classrooms empty, and some class sizes inching over 30 students. “There’s going to be even less opportunities for social distancing,” Stallings said. “That’s something we can do though — use federal money to do everything we can to get teachers into classrooms so we can spread these kids out a bit more.” And with Plexiglas barriers coming down in classrooms and mask manStallings dates in question for the time being, the lack of distance between desks could be a bigger issue than people anticipate.

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If mask mandate disputes and social distancing in schools drive families to put their children in virtual learning programs, schools risk losing funding they need to pull themselves out of the pandemic. The state passed a new proviso that states school districts cannot have more than 5% of their student body enrolled in virtual programs or state funding will be reduced, according to district spokesperson Andy Pruitt. CCSD contracted with Low Country Virtual, a consortium of other districts in the state, to run a virtual program for K-8 students, and currently, more than 400 students are enrolled. But that is the only option offered for this group in hopes of keeping CCSD within an acceptable range to the state. “Other than through the regional consortium, CCSD will not offer virtual remote instruction this year as an option for K-8 students,” Pruitt told the City Paper. “High school students can access virtual options through their school enrollment process.”

Achievement gap getting wider The pandemic required many students to learn remotely, but what multiple national and statewide studies showed, and what teachers saw in their own classrooms, was those who learned from home fell behind students who didn’t. But others say the gap already existed, and the pandemic only served to bring it to light. “While some folks understand we have had some gaps and some holes academically due to COVID, I would be hard-pressed not to point out these gaps have been there for quite a long time and not fully addressed at the state level,” said Mev McIntosh, a longtime North Charleston teacher who will be in a Berkeley County classroom this year. “If we’re going to talk about learning loss, we need to address the continued learning loss our children have been

enduring for nearly 20 years. And in most cases, it’s children of poverty and of color.” Fortunately, the federal government is providing a significant amount of money to address learning loss that was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. CCSD is in the process of working on a plan to submit to the state for approval that details the use of the majority of the $163 million allotted for the McIntosh district to address learning loss. And the district completed its Summer Enrichment Camps, a summer program for K-8 students to catch up over the break.

State education reform still on the back burner Before the pandemic, teachers and education advocacy groups like SC For Ed had multiple marches planned to demand reform in and out of the classroom. But reform took a backseat to safety precautions during 2020. While many were hoping this year would bring more opportunities for education reform as schools moved on from pandemic protocols, the delta variant is ensuring that reform remains the No. 2 priority. “Certainly a lot of things need to go forward, but it will be difficult to do that because teachers were at the limit last year,” Stallings said. “The anticipation was, coming back, it was going to be a lot better, but

it really doesn’t feel that way. “Our kids aren’t vaccinated. They seem to be getting COVID even more this summer with the variants,” he said. “For the first half of this year at least, everything else is going to take second stage to safety and academic acceleration.” But even without large-scale reform, the pandemic highlighted the need for a greater focus on mental health in schools. “We are also seeing, as educators, a serious uptick in mental health care prioritization and needs,” McIntosh said. “And this isn’t just in our students, but the parents and family members as well.”

The new school year will also likely revive efforts to rethink how struggling neighborhood schools are run while also retaining accountability and classroom standards for students in need of a boost. This year, Charleston County School District trustees took advantage of a new state law that allows designated “schools of innovation” to apply to have some state standards waived in hopes that the increased flexibility will boost student outcomes. Until now, such waivers were limited to charter schools. The district’s first school of innovation, North Charleston High School, has struggled for years as a high-poverty

neighborhood school. District leaders are optimistic the new approach can help the school change course while retaining control. “One thing I really like about it is that it says that you can’t just apply for waivers and then come up with a plan. You have to have a plan to accompany your waiver requests,” Trustee Kristen French, a North Charleston resident, told WCIV-TV this month. Still, public school supporters warn the measure could lead to even more outside involvement. “We don’t want it to open the door for thirdparty private school operators coming in and taking over our neighborhood schools,” advocate leader Sarah Johnson told WCIV-TV. That’s a reality Johnson and school district leaders may still have to reckon with, after years of fine-tuning a fledgling “acceleration” proposal for struggling schools that would use outside partners to stimulate growth.

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Charleston Jewish Film Fest presents: Asia In this intimate mother-daughter drama, a young woman named Vika (Shira Haas) must come to terms with her failing health and short life. The Golden Globe nominee is joined by Alena Yiv, as Vika’s mother, the titular Asia. Join the Charleston Jewish Federation in the movie presentation and a conversation afterward about the film’s impact. Aug. 19. 7-8:30 p.m. $14/person. Terrace Theater. 1956 Maybank Hwy. James Island. jewishcharleston.org

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Charleston Blockade Rugby 101 Join the Charleston Blockade Rugby Football Club, Charleston’s gay and inclusive rugby club, for an event in partnership with Park Circle Pride. Potential new players can see what rugby is all about. No experience is needed, and the team will give potential recruits the opportunity to see them in action. An event party will be held right after. Aug. 21. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free to attend. Danny Jones Recreation Center. North Charleston. charlestonblockaderugby.org THURSDAY

North Charleston Farmers Market The 2021 North Charleston Farmers Market offers fresh, locally grown produce, as well as arts-and-craft vendors, specialty foods and live music. The market features a different food truck each week, so drop by and grab yourself something unique to take home, or stay and enjoy the live music in the shade or by the water. Aug. 19. 5-7 p.m. Free to attend. Felix Davis Community Circle. 4800 Park Circle. North Charleston. northcharleston.org FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Comedy night with Costaki Economopoulus A big name in comedy is coming to Park Circle. Costaki Economopoulus, a regular on the Bob and Tom Show, is doing three shows over two nights, so don’t miss out. Over the years, Economopoulus has performed in all 50 states, covering clubs, theaters, colleges and some of the worst bars in America. Aug. 20, 7-9 p.m.; Aug. 21, 7-9 p.m., 9-11 p.m. $15/person. Southern Roots Smokehouse. 1083 E. Montague Ave. Park Circle. southernrootssmokehouse.com

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The doors are open, and the curtain is rising at Summerville’s community theater. After almost 18 months, Flowertown Players is finally back to producing shows this month with its first End of Summer Series, a collection of four plays each getting a one-week run at the James F. Dean Community Theater. The brainchild of Flowertown’s board of directors, the End of Summer Series was conceived as a way of getting Flowertown’s loyal audiences back into their seats. “I think it’s just like any other arts organization,” said Flowertown’s Monica Shows. “You’re wondering, ‘will you survive?’ and if you do survive, ‘will the people come back?’” Each show will run for four performances, Thursday through Sunday. Love Letters opened the series Aug. 12. Hate Mail follows Aug. 19 with Take My Wife, Please behind it Aug. 26. In Search of … Sasquatch was supposed to open the series on Aug. 5, but an emergency facilitated the sudden shift in the schedule. It will now close out the series after it opens Sept. 2. Debuting in 1988, A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. It tells the story of Melissa and Andrew, two affluent childhood friends who share a lifelong relationship. The play is told entirely through the two actors reading their letters back and forth, spanning their entire collective story from birthday cards to bereavements. Hate Mail, by Kira Obolensky and Bill

Corbett, carries many of the calling cards of Love Letters. It’s also a two-hander following a relationship through the years, and it’s also told through the reading of letters. However, Hate Mail prides itself on being a much wilder and funnier ride than its predecessor. When spoiled rich kid Preston gets artistic soul Dahlia fired from her job because of a complaint letter, it kicks off a love/hate relationship that makes for a roller coaster of emotions. Take My Wife, Please has twice the cast as the previous two plays. Terry Rouesch’s play focuses on womanizer Stephen and his loyal wife Susan. Stephen, who wants to focus on his girlfriend Debbie, hatches a plan with his recently divorced best friend Thomas to seduce Susan so he can file for divorce. Hilarity, doubtless, ensues. In Search of … Sasquatch is the most out-there pick of the bunch. Written by Robert Kerr, the comedy concerns Stanley, who is totally obsessed with the mythical Sasquatch. The creature surprisingly shows up and invades Stanley’s life and causes all sorts of mishaps. Stanley becomes stuck between duty and friendship. Incredibly exciting for this production is that Robert Kerr himself will be in town to attend the performance and hold a talkback. Flowertown’s production is the first full staging of In Search of, a rare world premiere for the local community theater. The shows were chosen to be fun and enjoyable returns to the theater for audiences. After a year and a half of difficulty, Shows felt people would want plays that

were uplifting and pleasant. The simple setups for all four shows mean that they will share one stage and minimal sets. The decision to do smaller shows with limited runs was made, in part, to potentially facilitate transport of the plays to local retirement communities. “All indications is [that] people are ready to come back for entertainment,” said Shows, who directed Love Letters. “But at the same time, it’s how do you do it so that everybody’s comfortable.” Flowertown won’t sell every seat in the house and encourages those who feel comfortable being masked to do so while in the audience. “Everybody was very excited. That was the best audition turnout I had seen in a long time,” said Shows of the general feeling of elation around the productions themselves. The lack of theater during the pandemic has affected not just audiences, but actors, tech crews and volunteers who are used to spending their time under the lights. As live performance returns to all corners of Charleston, the Summerville faithful are returning in droves. “Not only did I have people coming to want to audition for the four shows, but people who were like, ‘Hey, I’ve ushered in the past, how can I reconnect?’ ‘Hey, I do tech, that’s all I wanna do, what kind of technical help do you need?’ Sometimes you’re begging for those people, and they were coming out to an audition just to let us know they were interested. I think this little miniseries is gonna be a big hit with a lot of people.”

Marcus Amaker releases children’s book Charleston’s first Poet Laureate Marcus Amaker has released a new children’s book. Black Music Is, recommended for ages 8-12, follows Bebop the cat on a journey through the history of African-American music. Each new illustration takes Bebop and the reader into a new era. The book is illustrated by celebrated Charleston artist Nathan Durfee. Amaker is giving the book free to 150 local schools and will be holding signings around town starting 1 p.m., Aug. 22, at Buxton Books downtown. There are also signings Aug. 28 at Itinerant Literate in Park Circle and Aug. 29 at Sightsee downtown. —Eric Johnson

Landing Contemporary Art hosting Block pARTy Online art platform Landing Contemporary Art is hosting a block pARTy from 1-5 p.m., Aug. 21. Celebrating the end of the summer, the party will include live music, art, local goods, food and drink and plenty of vendors to explore and shop. Olivia Bonilla’s gummy bear wall sculptures and Chelsea Hart and Jenan McClain’s abstract work will be on display, as will plenty of other pieces from diverse local artists. The event is free to the public and requires no RSVP, and will take place at Hed Hi Studio on King Street. —Michael Smallwood For daily updates from Charleston’s art world, check out the Culture section at charlestoncitypaper.com.

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Charleston’s new gaming center presses start popular games in the multiplayer market. Contender eSports Gaming Center has Charleston-area residents can soon get 47 gaming PCs, five Xbox Series Xs, eight a taste of the worldwide phenomenon of Nintendo Switches and a collection of competitive video gaming at one of two new PlayStation 4s throughout the space. local game centers. Gamers who stream All the notables are present: Rocket their play on platforms like Twitch and League, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Call of YouTube draw millions of viewers every day, Duty, Battlefield and of course, Minecraft. and the best players in the world put milContender will even add games as they are lions of dollars on the line at major events. If requested. You and your friends want to get you’ve ever dreamed of being an elite gamer, something else on the roster, like Dragon there’s now a perfect training ground for Ball FighterZ? (Hint hint, wink wink, please you to hone your skills and find your team. add.) Just bring it up to the staff. Contender eSports Gaming Center has “If people want something, we’ll get a just opened in Mount Pleasant, with another license for it,” said store manager Kennedy location coming to North Charleston soon. Zubek. The store already has games like Nestled into Market Center, Contender is a FIFA ready to go on the consoles and plans gaming lounge. For a fee, customers can sit to grab the newest iteration of Madden down at a gaming station and play online NFL as soon as it launches, Zubek said. Customers purchase gaming time in one-, games. There are also memberships and three- and six-hour packs. There are also competitions. It’s the full gaming package. Building community is one of the bigall-day rates for those looking to put in a gest things Contender is hoping to do with marathon session. Available recurring memtheir new locations. Franchise owner Chris berships net discounted drop-in rates, as well Barnes was clear about the biggest issues as a host of other perks like VIP events, free facing a gaming lounge. “The question is attendance hours each month and exclusive ‘how do you get people to come in?’” Barnes merch. Gamers’ store profiles are kept for said. “People see esports and think it’s just easy login on subsequent visits, and indiabout competition. We want everyone to vidual Steam logins can be used to maintain come in and play.” gaming progress, saves and leveling. Contender keeps a family-friendly atmoEntering Contender can be a little sphere, so it has rules against bad sportsoverwhelming at first. There are dozens manship and profanity. There are of PCs lining the walls and covering the floor, each outfitted with high-end headsets and loaded with some of the most CONTINUED ON PAGE 20

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TV screens all over the shop, playing Twitch streamers or popular anime. Barnes encourages people to come in and hang out, even if they aren’t paying for anything. Contender sells drinks, snacks and light food offerings, so you could spend the entire day there between games. There are also party packages available, allowing you to rent out Contender for parties. These party packages include food, drinks, gaming time and decorations. Contender hosted a soft opening in July before officially opening Friday. Since opening its doors, the team has welcomed players of all age. Veteran hardcore gamers walk the floor, as do teenagers looking for a cool place to hang out. Contender is open to gamers as young as 6 (with parent accompaniment), but gamers 12 and up can come in and spend the day as they’d like. The staff are also great at introducing gamers who are into the same kinds of games, fostering community and friendship. Connecting people of different backgrounds is one of the best things about the video game community, and it’s nice to see it put into practice offline. Of course, Contender is an esports center, and esports do take place. Tournaments and events are scheduled throughout the months, with different one-off events always coming up. A weekly Smash Bros. tournament is held on Mondays, with players buying in

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Iggy’s Pizza bringing Northern-style pies to Mount Pleasant By Parker Milner Brian Kessler started working in pizza shops when he was 14, and after an eightyear hiatus from the business, he’s bringing a fresh take on Northern-inspired pies to Mount Pleasant with an offering that’s making folks from New Jersey to New Haven feel right at home when they dine at Iggy’s. “It’s funny because most places will say ‘New York-style pizza’ or ‘Detroit-style pizza’ or whatever it is,” Kessler said. “I’ve had people from Jersey, from Pittsburgh, from the Bronx, from Brooklyn, from New Haven, and they’re like, ‘This is just like home,’ and that’s awesome.” Kessler and his wife Erinn moved to Charleston in 2013 with plans to open a restaurant. Kessler had the know-how after running two successful pizzerias in the suburbs north of Atlanta, opening the first when he was just 23. But an overheated Charleston market with sky-high rent rates caused the couple to hit the pause button. “We ended up selling both of the spots in Atlanta and just sitting tight until this past year,” said Kessler, who spent the time outside of the industry working in construction management and flipping houses with Erinn. “We found space available that was exactly what we were looking for.” The 1220 Ben Sawyer Blvd. space was previously home to Baroni’s New York Pizza,

making the transition relatively seamless ahead of Iggy’s July opening, Kessler said. You’ll find chicken wings, hoagies, baked pastas and more at Iggy’s, but pizza is the star of the medium-sized menu, featuring a mix of classic and creative topping combinations. As for the dough, it’s a mashup of the thin-crust New Jersey, soft New York and chewy, slightly charred New Haven styles. “I just say it’s Northeastern style. I’ve basically been doing it my whole life,” Kessler said. “I pull inspiration for my dough from New Haven as well as New York. I hate to classify it, [but] most people would liken it to New York style.” Topping combinations run the gamut. The “Proof of Pie” is a simple margheritastyle pizza made with fresh mozzarella, basil and pecorino cheese, while the pineapple, ricotta, jalapeno and pepperoni-topped “Say Aloha to My Little Friend” offers a creative take on the classic Hawaiian pizza. Kessler will continue to introduce specialty pizzas to go with the daily menu, he said. “We kind of run between both traditional toppings and some slightly off-the-cuff stuff,” said Kessler, describing his favorite pizza, “The Notorious F.I.G.,” which combines a goat and ricotta cheese base with fig preserves, soppressata, olives and fresh mozzarella. “That’s definitely one of our favorites and definitely one of our best sellers.” After years away from his home away

The Coney Combo: soppressata, ham, capicola, provolone and Greek dressing from home, Kessler is back to doing what he knows best in a place he loves. The industry veteran hopes to create that nostalgic feeling of grabbing a slice at a local pizza parlor for Charleston transplants who miss the pies they grew up eating. “It’s been interesting by not labeling it how many people have been able to liken it to just like home for them.” Iggy’s Pizza Shop is open 4-9 p.m. TuesdayThursday and 4-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday. For more information, visit iggyspizzashop.com.

The Longboard now open on Sullivan’s Island The Longboard Restaurant + Bar is now open at 2213-B Middle St. on Sullivan’s Island, bringing the second outpost of the U.S. Virgin Islandsbased eatery to Charleston. Owned and operated by Ballast Hospitality, The Longboard takes over the space previously occupied by 450 Pizza Joint after a two-year renovation led by Charleston-based firms Cortney Bishop Design and Beau Clowney Architects. Longboard executive chef Will Fincher, who traveled to the original Longboard and its sister property, The Easterly, this past year to prepare for the opening, serves a light, seafoodcentric menu. The beverage program is a focal point at The Longboard. Look for “tropical craft cocktails made from freshsqueezed juices, house-made syrups, shrubs and liqueurs” along with multiple frozen libations at the restaurant. The Longboard Sullivan’s Island is open from 3-10 p.m. daily on a first come, first served basis, with weekend brunch to come in the future. For more information, visit thelongboardsullivans.com.—PM

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Stems & Skins co-owners Justin Croxall and Matt Tunstall will open a new “seafood-based” eatery called Three Sirens Restaurant in November, Tunstall told the City Paper last week. Stems executive chef Julian Lippe will helm the Three Sirens kitchen at 1067 East Montague Ave., a space previously occupied by YoBo Cantina Fresca, steps from the popular natural wine-focused bar. Three Sirens will offer lunch, brunch and dinner. Lippe, who has expanded Stems & Skins small-plate style menu since taking over as executive chef, will lead both kitchens, focusing on more traditional appetizers and entrees at Three Sirens. Wines will be “all coastal Mediterranean,” and there will be cocktails on tap, Tunstall said. Three Sirens Restaurant is targeting a Nov. 1 opening. For more information, follow Three Sirens on Instagram @threesirenschs.—Parker Milner

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Elderberries had a resurgence in the last year and a half, as folks focused on health during the pandemic, turning to anything from essential oils to vitamin D pills. And while some of these pandemic purchases have made their way out of homes, elderberry products have stuck around in Charleston, where two local companies are spreading the word about the dark purple berry and its benefits. “Last March of 2020, we actually completely sold out so quickly that we were scrambling to get more ingredients,” said Sara Gail, owner of elderberry company RD Naturals. “The demand has definitely Gail increased and awareness has increased over the past year.” Gail, a registered dietitian, launched her company after years of growing elderberries in her Daniel Island backyard. In the five years since opening, the company has grown to the point where Gail is willing to drive a van filled with her three core products — elderberry syrup, tinctures and gummies — cross-country to keep the momentum going. “I personally am driving my elderberry van, and I will just kind of hustle and try to introduce my products to as many stores as I can,” Gail told the City Paper over the

phone from Idaho, her latest stop. “I’m working four farmers markets per week out here, and I’ve gotten into six stores. There’s customer demand for it, and people have numerous reports of it helping them.” “Elderberries are really well researched. Elderberry compounds actually have been shown to create a barrier between our healthy cells and viruses,” Gail added. At least two studies have shown that elderberry extract can shorten the duration of the flu by four days, and while another study’s results found this wasn’t the case, the dark purple berry has proven itself a worthwhile supplement for many who claim it helps reduce inflammation, fatigue and even toothache pain. While there isn’t any evidence that elderberries can combat COVID-19, a trial is underway in London to see if black elderberry liquid could be used as a potential treatment for the virus. Raw food chef and vegan nutrition specialist Tasha Robinson — who goes by “Chef TR” — is a firm believer in the ability of plantbased food, herbs and all-natural supplements to help maintain health and wellness. Robinson started using Robinson elderberries nearly 10 years ago after giving birth to twins, she told the City Paper. “I had friends that were herbalists, and

I started using [elderberries] myself,” she said. “We noticed a big difference, especially around cold and flu season.” Elderflowers and elderberries were widely used by herbalists in America starting in the 1600s, when European settlers brought the European Elder across the Atlantic, although Native Americans were using other species of the plant well before that. For enslaved Africans, “Herbalism was a daily practice of empowerment and healing for men and women alike because there were very few other options for healing,” according to the Herbal Academy. “I study a lot of African history — back in Egypt, they used certain herbs for childbirth. The use of medicinal herbs has been in African American history dating back to slavery,” Robinson said. “We didn’t have doctors, so we knew how to heal using different herbs.” Robinson’s company, TR Creations, sells a do-it-yourself elderberry syrup kit that yields about 32 ounces of syrup. In addition to black elderberries, the syrup blend contains other herbs and spices, like cloves, wild cherry bark, star anise and goji berries. TR Creations’ website bills the berries as having the ability to boost the immune system, reduce cold and flu symptoms, fight viral infections and ease allergy symptoms. But today, herbal medicines and apothecaries shouldn’t fully replace traditional medicine, Robinson said. “First, start with your doctor, and then

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Rabin Real Estate, Inc. against Marvin G. Wilson, et al., I, the undersigned Master in Equity for CHARLESTON County, will sell on September 7, 2021 at 11:00 AM, CHARLESTON County Counsel Chambers, Public Services Building at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, to the highest bidder: ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on the West side of Alexander Street, in the City of Charleston, State of South Carolina, measuring and containing on front on Alexander Street thirty-five feet (35’), the same on the back line, and in depth eighty and ten/ hundredths feet (80.10’) on the South Line, more particularly set out on a plat of property situate on the West side of Alexander Street, between Charlotte and Chapel Streets, surveyed at the request of Mr. A. C. Kaufman and subdivided into lots as shown made 15 June 1912 by G. M. Howe, Surveyor, and recorded 18 June 1912 in Plat Book D, Page 94 in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. BUTTING and bounding East on Alexander Street, North on Lot designated in plat above recited, West on the lot now or late of _____ Heyward, and South on lot designated on the plage above recided by the letters “C, D, E and F”; the lot being part f the lot of land conveyed to Marcia C. Fater by Deed of Master M. J. Keith dated 16 june 1829 and recorded in Book V13, Page 205 in the R.M.C. Office aforesaid. ALSO ALL of those lots, pieces or parcels of land, with the buildings and improvements thereone, situate, lying and being south of Chapel Street and North of Charlotte Street, between Alexander and Elizabeth Streets, in the City of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and being known and designated as Lots #5 and #6 on a plat showing the subdivision of Lots #24 and #26 Charlotte Street into eleven (11) lots made by G. M. Howe, Surveyor, dated November 7, 1917, and recorded in Plat Book C, Page 72, in the R. M. C. Office aforesaid. SAID lots together measuring and containing sixty-seven and five/tenths feet (67.5’) on the East line, the same on the West line, an in depth on the North line eighty-one and forty-five/hundredths feet (81.45’) and on the South line seventynine and nine/tenths feet (79.9’), be all of the said dimensions a little more or less; said lots together butting and bounding North on Lot No. 7 on the aforesaid plat, to the East on the Property known as 107 alexander Street, (being herein conveyed) and on property now or late of I. P. Welch, Trustee, to the South on Lot No. 4 on the aforesaid plat, and to the West on a portion of the lot designated as No. 40 on the Plat of Mazycksboro made by Joseph Purcell in February 1786. All of said properties as combined being shown on that certain plat entitled “PLAT OF NO 107 ALEXANDER STREET CITY OF CHARLESTON CHARLESTON COUNTY, S C OWNER JAMES M STALLWORTH” prepared by George A. Z. Johnson, Jr. P.E. & L.S., dated June 15, 1981, and recorded August 12 1981, in Plat Book AT, Page 137 in the R. M. C. Office Aforesaid. BEING the same property conveyed to the mortgagor herein by deed of Rabin Real Estate, Inc. dated October 6, 2014 and recorded October 7, 2014 in Book 0433 at Page 739 in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Charleston. TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff’s debt in the case of

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-R5 vs Anita Baxley aka Anita E. Baxley aka Anita B. Elliott; David Baxley aka David A. Baxley aka David A. Baxley, Jr.; Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of July 2021, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, on the 7th day of September, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL that lot piece or parcel of land, with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on James Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and more particularly shown on a plat of a portion of Centerville Subdivision by W. L. Gaillard, dated August, 1951, recorded In Plat Book J, Page 130, in the R.M.C. Office as Lot 21, Block I. Reference is hereby craved to said plat for a more complete and accurate metes and bounds description. THIS BEING the same properly conveyed unto David A. Baxley, Jr. and Anita B. Elliott by virtue of a Deed from Harry C. Hutson III and Susan C. Hutson dated May 31,1988 and recorded June 6,1988 in Book F175 at Page 258 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. TMS # 425-02-00-088 Current Property Address: 1734 Lady Ashley Street, Charleston, SC 29412 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION August 18, 2021 August 25, 2021 September 1, 2021 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at risk of the said highest bidder). A personal or deficiency judgment being expressly WAIVED by the Plaintiff, the bidding be final on the date of the sale. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the legal judgment rate. SAVE AND EXCEPT ANY RELEASES, DEEDS OF RELEASE, OR PRIOR CONVEYANCES OF RECORD. SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CHARLESTON COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order. The French Law Firm, LLC 1476 Ben Sawyer Blvd Ste. 3 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 843-606-6440 Attorney for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2021-CP-10-03304 Norma Burwick, Plaintiff, v. Samuel Burvick and Hermenia Traeye both being Deceased persons and their respective heirs-at-law, distributees, personal representatives, successors, and assign and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the complaint, commonly known as: 1.25 acres in the village of Adam’s Run Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 098-00-00-067 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class Designated as Richard Roe, Defendants. SUMMONS AND NOTICE

of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Masterin-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case. NOTICE OF FILING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens, Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on July 19th, 2021, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on July 21st, 2021 and the Order of Publication was filed on July 23rd, 2021 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated July 21st, 2021 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice. THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: ALL AND SINGULAR, all that certain lot, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being near Adams Run Village, St. Paul’s Township, Charleston County, State aforesaid and containing ONE AND ONE-FOURTH (1 ¼) ACRES, MORE OR LESS. BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: viz: North by land now or formerly owned by Herbert Linder- center of ditch the line on North side; East by land now or formerly owned by Wm. H Paden and Henry Barnwell – ditch the line of South side; West by land now or formerly owned by Leroy Dent. This lot a portion of Five-acre Tract conveyed to Wm. H. Paden by Lucy Rembert by deed recorded in RMC Office in Book E-36, page 202, Charleston Country, SC. Said lot conveyed measures 2.20 chains on West end, Three chains and eight links (3.08) on East and 4.75 chains depth. TMS # 098-00-00-067 s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell 1721 Ashley River Road Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 Attorney for Plaintiff

May 11, 2006, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book V583 at page 584 on May 18, 2006, as shown and delineated on that certain plat entitled: “EXHIBIT B” TO THE MASTER DEED OF MARINER’S CAY MARINA HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME SURVEY SHOWING SHIPS STORE, EASEMENT AND MARINA FACILITIES MARINER’S CAY MARINA AT MARINER’S CAY, CITY OF FOLLY BEACH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, prepared by Arcadis G & M, Inc., dated December 27, 2005, revised April 28, 2006, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County as Exhibit “B”, to the aforementioned Master Deed. Said Master Deed many thereafter be amended from time to time (hereinafter described as “Master Deed”), together with an undivided interest in the appurtenant common elements, all as described more fully in the Master Deed. Subject to any and all restrictions and easements of record. BEING the same property conveyed to TL Contracting, LLC by deed of Keith Kelly and Leslie Kelly dated May 25, 2017 and recorded May 26, 2017 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book 0640, at Page 748. TMS #: 328-00-00-485 Property Address: 2 McDonough Drive Dock Unit B-21 Folly Beach, SC 29439 a/k/a 2 McDonough Road Unit B-21 Folly Beach, SC 29439 TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH: The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum]. The sale shall be subject to that certain mortgage lien held by Keith Kelly and Leslie Kelly in the original amount of $11,333.34, dated May 25, 2017, and recorded May 26, 2017, in Book 0640 at Page 751 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds.

To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 1721 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Date: July 27th, 2021

I, the undersigned Master-inEquity for Charleston County, will sell on September 7, 2021 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiffs will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule

DOCK UNIT B-21, Mariner’s Cay Marina Horizontal Property Regime, a Horizontal Property Regime established pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Regime Act, 27-32-10, et seq., and submitted by Master Deed of Mariner’s Cay Marina Horizontal Property Regime dated

Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity for Charleston County Attorney for the Plaintiff Derek F. Dean Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2020-CP-10-01782 By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Mariner’s Cay Marina Council of Co-Owners, Inc., Plaintiff v. TL Contracting, LLC, Defendant;

Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiffs nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser. All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title. See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of the sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2016CP1004720 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Brian N. Davis; Beth B Davis; 2708 Meeting Street Road, LLC; South Carolina Federal Credit Union; Citibank (South Dakota) N.A. aka Citibank, National Association; Barclays Bank Delaware; Comenity Bank; Carolina Bay Property Owners Association, Inc.; Robert A. Christensen; Debbie B. Christensen; DEFENDANTS. Upon authority of a Decree dated the 17th day of April, 2018, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 7th day of September, 2021 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter. ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot 9, Saltgrass at Carolina Bay Subdivision on that certain plat entitled “SHOWING PHASE 3A (SALTGRASS) OF CAROLINA BAY (41.592 AC.), A PORTION OF AREA 5, PROPERTY OF CENTEX HOMES, A NEVADA GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, LOCATED IN ST. ANDREWS PARISH, CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” dated February 12, 2007 by Trico Engineering Consultants, Inc., recorded in Plat Book EK, at Pages 495-498; said lot having such size, shape, location, buttings, and boundings as more particularly shown on said plat. SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rightsof-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances. This being the same property conveyed to Beth B. Davis and Brian N. Davis by deed of Centex Homes, a Nevada General Partnership by deed dated September 25, 2007 and recorded September 26, 2007 in Book P639 at Page 633 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County. TMS # 307-05-00-392 Case#: 2016CP1004720 Current Property Address: 3012 Shiloh Lane Charleston, SC 29414 As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11 a.m. on the 7th day of October, 2021. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444 FM 011847-04673 2016CP1004720 FOR INSERTION 8/18/21, 8/25/21, 9/1/21 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2019CP1006076 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Servis One, Inc. d/b/a/ BSI Financial Services, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Nicole Marie Lafaive; Paramount Equity Mortgage, LLC d/b/d Loanpal; DEFENDANTS. Upon authority of a Decree dated the 9th day of June, 2021, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 7th day of September, 2021 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter. ALL that lot, piece, or parcel of land, with the improvements, thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 20, Block G, Forest Hills Subdivision, as shown on a plat made by E. M. Seabrook, Jr. Inc., dated August 5, 1971, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book 0, Page 126. Said lot having such, size, shape, dimensions, buttings, location, and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear. SAID property is subject to all applicable covenants, conditions, restrictions, limitations, obligations and easements of record. SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rightsof-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444 FN 016427-00111 2019CP1006076 FOR INSERTION 8/18/2021, 8/25/2021, 9/1/2021 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

SUMMONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A: 2021-CP-10-02916 Non-Jury - Foreclosure Bank of the Lowcountry, Plaintiff, vs. Brabham Construction LLC; Marlon D. Brabham; GFRS Equipment Leasing Fund II, LLC; Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC dba AT&T South Carolina; Conserv Equipment Leasing, LLC; and Blanchard Machinery Company, Defendants. SUMMONS Non-Jury TO THE DEFENDANT, MARLON D. BRABHAM: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscribed at their office, 111 East Washington Street or P.O. Box 230, Walterboro, S.C., within thirty (30) days after the service thereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and/or judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TMS # 404-08-00-201 Case#: 2019CP1006076 Current Property Address:

NOTICE OF FILING TAKE NOTICE that the Summons to the Amended Complaint and Amended Complaint were filed on July 6, 2021 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina. Notice of Pendency of Action, Proof of ADR or Exemption, and Certificate of Compliance with CARES Act were filed on June 23, 2021, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina.

7714 Knollwood Dr N Charleston, SC 29418

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is pending upon the Complaint of the above named plaintiff against the above named defendants for the foreclosure of a purchase money mortgage. The premises affected by said suit are situate in Charleston County, South Carolina and is described thusly: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, containing twenty-five (25) acres, more or less, together with buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in St. Pauls Parish, in Charleston County, South Carolina, designated as Parcel A on that certain plat entitled, “PLAT SHOWING

BEING the same property conveyed to Nicole Marie Lafaive by deed of Troy Lucas King and Jerilyn Woods dated September 18, 2017 and recorded October 5, 2017 in Book 0670 at Page 651 in the ROD Office for Charleston County.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the

THE SUBDIVISION OF TMS # 175-00-00-056, A 55.973 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, INTO PARCEL “A”, A 25.000 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, AND PARCEL “B” A 30.973 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING PROPERTY OF JOHN R. WALKER INC. LOCATED IN ST. PAULS PARISH CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, prepared by Parker Land Surveying, LLC (Andrew C. Gillette, PLS # 5933-B) dated August 8, 2018, revised February 14, 2019 and recorded March 22, 2019 in Book L19, at Page 0116 the ROD Office for Charleston County, SC. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat will more fully and at large appear. BEING the same property conveyed to Brabham Construction, LLC by deed of John R. Walker, Inc. dated February 13, 2019 and recorded February 26, 2019 in Book 0779 at pages 295 in the Office of the ROD for Charleston County, South Carolina. TMS # 175-00-00-056.000 /s/ George W. Cone George W. Cone, SC Bar No. 1354 McLeod Fraser & Cone LLC 111 East Washington Street P.O. Box 230 Walterboro, S.C. 29488 (843) 549-2516 Attorney for Plaintiff 28th day of July 2021. Walterboro, S.C.

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE FOLLOWING ESTATES ARE REQUIRED TO DELIVER OR MAIL THEIR CLAIMS TO THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED BELOW AND ALSO FILE SUBJECT CLAIMS ON FORM #371ES WITH IRVIN G. CONDON, PROBATE JUDGE OF CHARLESTON COUNTY, 84 BROAD STREET, CHARLESTON, S.C. 29401, BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF 8 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE TO CREDITORS, OR ELSE THEREAFTER SUCH CLAIMS SHALL BE AND ARE FOREVER BARRED. ESTATE OF: ELIE MACARON, JR. 2021-ES-10-0556 DOD: 02/20/21 PERS. REP: KATHLEEN JOSEPH MACARON 208 HAMPTON BLUFF DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ATTY: RYAN D. BLUESTEIN, ESQ. 1024 E. WALL ST., #101 MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ************ ESTATE OF: WAYNE REESE TALLENT 2021-ES-10-0624 DOD: 09/28/20 PERS. REP: NANCY C. TALLENT 8077 NEW ENGLAND DR. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29420 ATTY: CHRISTOPHER D. LIZZI, ESQ. 2170 ASHLEY PHOSPHATE RD. #402 CHARLESTON, SC 29406 ************ ESTATE OF: BILLY TERRANCE CAULDER 2021-ES-10-0740 DOD: 10/29/20 PERS. REP: PORSHERLIND G. CAULDER PO BOX 1391 HOLLYWOOD, SC 29449 ************ ESTATE OF: EMILY TERRI WALLACE 2021-ES-10-1141 DOD: 05/09/21 PERS. REP: KATHRYN B. TOLLEY 1886 BOONE HALL DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ATTY: THOMAS BRUSH, ESQ. 12 A CARRIAGE LN. CHARLESTON, SC 29407

************ ESTATE OF: MYRNA MATHIS ROWLAND 2021-ES-10-1189 DOD: 12/02/20 PERS. REP: WILLIAM MATHIS ROWLAND 2633 MORNING DOVE LN. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 PERS. REP: ELEANOR PRICE WRIGHT 2106 PINEHURST AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ************ ESTATE OF: LEONORA M. SPIVEY AKA LEONORA D. SPIVEY 2021-ES-10-1203 DOD: 05/27/21 PERS. REP: JOYCE L. JONES 800 AFFIRMATION BLVD., #M2 CHARLESTON, SC 29412 ATTY: KERRY W. KOON, ESQ. 147 WAPPOO CREEK DR., #203 CHARLESTON, SC 29412 ************ ESTATE OF: EVELYN REISS PERRY 2021-ES-10-1210 DOD: 06/18/21 PERS. REP: CHARLES G. PERRY, IV 7630 SOUTHRAIL RD., BLDG. G NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29420 PERS. REP: DAVID R. PERRY 7630 SOUTHRAIL RD., BLDG. G NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29420 ATTY: ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ ESTATE OF: CHARLES PARNELLE 2021-ES-10-1212 DOD: 06/26/21 PERS. REP: ANTONIO DIZ 419 ELISTON ST. SUMMERVILLE, SC 29486 ************ ESTATE OF: GENEVIEVE M. NOE 2021-ES-10-1220 DOD: 06/22/21 PERS. REP: MICHELLE M. GAETA 20-26TH AVE. ISLE OF PALMS, SC 29451 ATTY: NICHOLAS C. SOTTILE, ESQ. RAYMOND W. BURROUGHS, ESQ. 176 CROGHAN SPUR RD., #400 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ ESTATE OF: JAMES EZEKIEL TOLBERT 2021-ES-10-1221 DOD: 05/22/21 PERS. REP: AVIS TOLBERT ALEXANDER 427 RACE ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29403 ATTY: GEORGE E. COUNTS, ESQ. 27 GAMECOCK AVE., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ ESTATE OF: WILLIAM JAY LAZENBY, JR. AKA WILLIAM JAY LAZENBY AKA WILLIAM JAY LAZENBY, III 2021-ES-10-1243 DOD: 07/04/21 PERS. REP: WAVELAND LAZENBY 2061 CHILHOWEE DR. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL CASE NO: 2021-CP-10-02285 SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. BARBARA M. LUHRS AKA BARBARA MARIE LUHRS A/K/A BARBARA D. LUHRS, Defendant. SUMMONS (COLLECTION – NONJURY) TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you and to serve a copy of your

Answer to said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, 78 Wentworth Street, Post Office Box 22828, Charleston, South Carolina 29413-2828, or to otherwise appear and defend, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, or otherwise to appear and defend, within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will obtain a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. s/Cynthia Jordan Lowery Cynthia Jordan Lowery #12499 Reid E. Dyer #79155 MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC 78 Wentworth Street Post Office Box 22828 Charleston, SC 29413-2828 Telephone: (843) 579-7000 Facsimile: (843) 579-8714 Email: cynthialowery@mvalaw.com Email: reiddyer@mvalaw.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF May 18, 2021 CHARLESTON, SC NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO DEFENDANT BARBARA M. LUHRS AKA BARBARA MARIE LUHRS A/K/A BARBARA D. LUHRS: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Summons, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on May 18, 2021, at 1:15 p.m., the object and prayer of which is the recovery a sum certain due Plaintiff by Defendant, BARBARA M. LUHRS AKA BARBARA MARIE LUHRS A/K/A BARBARA D. LUHRS, and for such other and further relief as set forth in the Complaint. s/Cynthia Jordan Lowery Cynthia Jordan Lowery #12499 Reid E. Dyer #79155 MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC 78 Wentworth Street Post Office Box 22828 Charleston, SC 29413-2828 Telephone: (843) 579-7000 Facsimile: (843) 579-8714 Email: cynthialowery@mvalaw.com Email: reiddyer@mvalaw.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF CHARLESTON, SC August 3, 2021

State of South Carolina COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE MATTER OF: CYNTHIA MAXINE BOYD GARLINGTON IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO: 2021-ES-10-00309 SALLY ANN BOYD, Petitioner, vs. DONALD GARLINGTON, Respondent. SUMMONS TO THE RESPONDENT(S) LISTED ABOVE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Petition in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the Petitioner(s) listed above at the following address{es):Seth A. Levy (Name of Petitioner/Attorney for Petitioner) 21 Gamecock Avenue, Suite A {Street Address or Mailing Address) Charleston, South Carolina 29407 {City, State, and Zip Code)Your Answer must be served on the Petitioner at the above address within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Petition upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Petition within that time, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRS PETITIONER: SALLY ANN BOYD; DECEDENT:

CYNTHIA MAXINE BOYD GARLINGTON; DATE OF BIRTH: April 22, 1950; DATE OF DEATH: July 23, 2010; NAMES OF POSSIBLE KNOWN HEIRS: DONALD GARLINGTON, ALBERAT STROBLE, and JULIUS FIELDS. REASON FOR PETITION: To determine the heirs of Cynthia Maxine Boyd Garlington. NOTICE OF HEARING (VIRTUAL) IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENTS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing on this Petition for Determination of Heirs has been scheduled in this matter September 27, 2021 at 10 A.M. at Virtual Hearing for the Charleston County Probate Court, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401.Notification of invitation for virtual attendance of the hearing shall be provided by Charleston County Probate Court to Petitioner’s counsel one week prior to commencement of the scheduled hearing. Any and all parties may request attendance of the hearing by phone or email communication to Alison Atwood, Clerk of Probate Court, 843-958-4099, or aatwood@charlestoncounty. org. The Law Office of Seth A. Levy, LLC, 21 Gamecock Avenue, Suite A, Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 400-4510, ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER.

Summons (Domestic Violence Restraining Order) FILED AUG 2, 2021 BRANDON E. RILEY, CLERK SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN 180 E WEBER AVE, STE 413 STOCKTON, CA 95202 CASE NO: FL-2021-0134 (1) Person asking for protection: Stefanie Lee Arp (2) Notice to David Raymond Reyher The person in (1) is asking for a Domestic Violence Restraining Order against you. You have a court date: Date: OCT O7 2021 Time: 8:15 AM Dept.: 4B What if I don’t go to my court date? If you do not go to your court date, the judge can grant a restraining order that limits your contact with the person in (1). If you have a child with the person in (1), the court could make orders that limit your time with your child. Having a restraining order against you may impact your life in other ways, including preventing you from having guns and ammunition. If you do not go to your court date, the judge could grant everything that the person in (1) asked the judge to order. How do I find out what the person in (1) is asking for? To find out what the person in (1) is asking the judge to order, go to the courthouse listed at the top of page 1. Ask the court clerk to let you see your case file. You will need to give the court clerk your case number, which is listed above and on page 1. The request for restraining order will be on form DV-100, Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order. Where can I get help? Free legal information is available at your local court’s self-help center. Go to www. courts.ca.gov/selfhelp to find your local center. Do I need a lawyer? You are not required to have a lawyer, but you may want legal advice before your court hearing. For help finding a lawyer, you can visit www.lawhelpca. org or contact your local bar association. BRANDON E. RILEY, CLERK SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA Date: AUG, 2 2021

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2021 DR 10-0882 MIRNA ALICIA SORIANO, Petitioner, v. ROSALBA ESTUDIANTE-BAUTISTA and MARCOS URDUNA, Respondents. SUMMONS TO: ROSALBA ESTUDIANTEBAUTISTA AND MARCOS URDUNA, RESPONDENTS ABOVE NAMED YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve your Answer to said Petition upon the undersigned attorney for the Petitioner, at his offices located at 800 Wappoo Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service and, if you fail to answer the Petition within the time aforesaid, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Petition. YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Petition as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of service, Judgment by Default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. G. EDWARD HAWKINS, III HAWKINS LAW FIRM, P.A. 2 Cavalier Avenue Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 225-7565 (843) 225-7585 fax ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER Charleston, South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-18-0242 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS JEANNINE POLITE, CHRISTOPHER CLARK, and MISTY HAMILTON, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2006 and 2014. TO DEFENDANT: CHRISTOPHER CLARK YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County on March 3, 2021. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Dorchester County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on Plaintiff, South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Deanne M. Gray, Legal Department of the Dorchester County Department of Social Services, 216 Orangeburg Road, Summerville, SC 29483, within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Deanne M. Gray, SC Bar # 17221, 216 Orangeburg Road, Summerville, SC 29483, 843-486-1863.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-10-1337 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Essence Timmons, John Nelson and David Jackson DEFENDANTS.

August 11, 2021

IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2020.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-08-0233

TO DEFENDANT: David Jackson YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on May 3, 2021. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Kenneth L Murphy II, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Kenneth L Murphy II, SC Bar # 101817, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS HONESTE DAVIS, RAQUEL D. RAY, DONNELL DAVIS, DARRYL JOHNSON AND ANN DAVIS, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2009 and 2011 TO DEFENDANTS Raquel D Ray, YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on 19 February 2021. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Jason D. Pockrus, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Jason D. Pockrus, SC Bar # 101333, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, 843-719-1080.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): A blogger who calls herself TheSaddestChorusGirlInTheWorld writes, “Having sex with someone is a big deal and involves a ton of vulnerability. And I think it’s troubling and gross and unhealthy and, yes, dangerous that we pretend otherwise and encourage people to ‘be mature’ by compartmentalizing or completely eliminating their deeper emotions from their sexuality. And even worse, any other view is dismissed as prudish and invalid and unenlightened and restrictive.” You may agree with everything TheSaddestChorusGirl says here. But if you haven’t arrived at her conclusions, now is a good time to meditate on them. Why? Because your assignment in the coming weeks is to deepen and refine your relationship with your sexuality. Be extra reverent about your sensual longings. Ensure that your erotic activities serve your highest ideals and noblest goals. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The popular American TV sitcom 30 Rock produced 138 episodes in seven seasons. At the height of its success, it crammed an average of 9.57 jokes into every minute. Its comic richness derived in large part from multitalented Taurus star Tina Fey, who created the show and played one of its main characters. She was also a writer and executive producer. I propose we make her your role model in the coming weeks. According to my projections, you’re entering a charismatic, ebullient and creative phase of your astrological cycle. It’s time to be generous to the parts of your life that need big happy doses of release and liberation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I got an email from a Gemini reader named Jaylah. She wrote, “Hi, not sure if you remember me, but in our past lives, you and I used to write sacred cuneiform texts on clay tablets while sitting across from each other in a cave in Mesopotamia 4,910 years ago. Your name was Nabu. Mine was Tashmetu. I was always a little jealous because you earned more money than I, but it didn’t get in the way of our friendship. Anyway, if you ever want to catch up about the old days, give me a holler.” I loved receiving this inquiry from a soul I may have known in a previous incarnation. And what she did by reaching out to me happens to be the perfect type of activity for you Geminis right now. Secrets of your history may be more available than usual. The past may have new stories to tell. A resource from yesteryear could prove valuable in the future. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian-born Franz Kafka was an interesting writer and a master of language. But even for him, it could be a challenge to convey what he really meant. He said, “I am constantly trying to communicate something incommunicable, to explain something inexplicable, to tell about something I only feel in my bones and which can only be experienced in those bones.” Now here’s the good news, as far as you’re concerned, Cancerian: I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will have more power than usual to do exactly what Kafka aspired to do. You will be able to summon extra ease and grace in expressing your truths. I invite you to be a connoisseur of deep conversations. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “If we wait until we are ready, we will be waiting for the rest of our lives,” declared novelist Lemony Snicket. This is good advice for you to heed right now. I really hope you avoid the temptation to wait around for the perfect moment before you begin. In my vision of your best approach, you will dive into the future without trying to have all your plans finalized and all your assets gathered. I expect you will acquire the rest of what you need once the process is underway. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Author Katherine Mansfield once told her friend Virginia Woolf, “You put me in touch with my own soul.” I’m sorry Mansfield didn’t previously have that precious connection, but I’m elated that Woolf helped her make it. In the coming weeks, I expect you will encounter an abundance of influences like Woolf: people and animals and places and experiences that can bring you into more intimate contact with your soul. I hope you take full advantage.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): At the age of 70, Libran novelist Magda Szabó mused, “I know now, what I didn’t then, that affection can’t always be expressed in calm, orderly, articulate ways; and that one cannot prescribe the form it should take for anyone else.” In that spirit, Libra, and in accordance with astrological omens, I authorize you to express affection in lively, unruly, demonstrative ways. Give yourself permission to be playfully imaginative, exuberantly revelatory, and vivaciously animated as you show the people and animals you cherish the nature of your feelings for them. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do you Scorpios lie to yourselves more than the other signs lie to themselves? Are you especially prone to undermine yourselves through self-deception? I don’t think so. However, you might be among the signs most likely to mislead or beguile other people. (But here’s a caveat: On some occasions, your trickery is in a good cause, because it serves the needs of the many, not just yourself.) In any case, dear Scorpio, I will ask you to minimize all such behavior during the next five weeks. I think your success will depend on you being exceptionally honest and genuine — both to yourself and to others. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I like being broken,” says Sagittarius actor Jamie Campbell Bower. “It means I can have chocolate for breakfast.” I guess that when he feels down, he gives himself special permission to enjoy extra treats and privileges. According to my assessment of the astrological omens, you now have the right to give yourself similar permission — even though I don’t expect you’ll be broken or feeling down. Think of it as a reward for the brave work you’ve been doing lately. Enjoy this chocolatey grace period! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) was a Jewish theologian born under the sign of Capricorn. He wrote, “Indifference to the sublime wonder of living is the root of sin.” That’s a different definition of sin from what we’re used to! To be a moral person, Heschel believed, you must be in “radical amazement” about the glories of creation. I hope you will cultivate such an attitude in the coming weeks, Capricorn. It would be a mistake for you to numbly take things for granted. I dare you to cultivate as much awe, reverence, and adoration as you can muster. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A blogger who calls herself Hopeful Melancholy wrote a message to her lover. She said, “My favorite sexual position is the one where you work on your paintings and I work on my book, but we’re in the same room and occasionally smile at each other.” You might want to consider trying experiments comparable to that one in the coming weeks, Aquarius. The time will be fertile for you and your dear allies to work side-byside — to cheer each other on and lift each other up — to explore new ways of cultivating companionship and caring for each other. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Dick Dudley was a 17th-century swindler. Among his many victims was the Pope. Dudley offered an item for sale that he claimed was a divine relic: a piece of the beard of St. Peter, founder of the Roman Catholic Church. The Pope paid Dudley a small fortune for the treasure, and kissed it copiously. Only later did the full story emerge: The so-called beard was in fact a sex worker’s pubic wig. I hope you don’t get involved in switcheroos like that anytime soon, Pisces. Make sure that the goods or services you’re receiving — and offering, for that matter — are exactly what they’re supposed to be. Homework: Describe what you’re ever so thankful for. Newsletter@FreeWillAstrology.com

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Sister duo Rising Appalachia is poised to release a new album, The Lost Mystique of Being In the Know

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Backward and forward with Rising Appalachia’s Chloe Smith By Kevin Wilson Rising Appalachia is an eclectic regional ensemble featuring banjo-playing sisters Leah and Chloe Smith. The duo’s path to international acclaim was dusted with subtle evolutions as both learned to derive global and local partnerships from lasting bonds. “The group arose out of a combination of what our family passed to us musically and culturally, our rootedness in community, our burning impulse to self-expression and the bridge between sibling’s brains,” Chloe Smith told City Paper. The sisters’ influences ranged from the writing of Leonard Cohen, Ani DiFranco and Sufi poet Rumi to the singing of Hozier, Martin Hayes and The Wailin’ Jennys. Once they recognized their shared gift for musical expression, the two got to work on expanding their skills and artistic reach. “Leah and I busked for many, many years 9-to-5 in the French Quarter of New Orleans as well as on the streets of Europe,” Chloe said. “We took it rather seriously and made schedules for ourselves, scoped out the best spots, tried out new songs and generally watched passersby’s interactions with our music. From there, we slowly made some connections and began getting asked to perform at various small concert rooms, farmers markets, family engagements, and protests and rallies.” It was a slow and bulky transition to get to where we are now,” she said, stressing that Rising Appalachia was no overnight success story. This is in part because the

band, which is now a six-piece outfit with the Smith sisters at the helm, has been repeatedly recognized for its efforts to call attention to important issues while entertaining large crowds at the same time. As prominent female bandleaders in a male-dominated field, just doing what comes naturally has caused them to become agents of change, particularly in the American South from which they came. “Music can be a great equalizer … bringing folks together across the boundaries of country, language, ideals, religions, rage, gender, politics and everything else that can separate us,” she said. The high-quality songwriting within the Rising Appalachia team has been a consistent component of the group’s output since the beginning. Chloe offered a few insights into its unconventional creative process. “Some [of the songs] we ‘catch’ from the ethers. Some we craft from the bottom up, like clay pots. Some are collaborative throwdowns from all six band members in a jam session. Some are a nugget of a personal story whispered into the hole of the guitar.” It’s that constant cultivation of new tunes that Chloe finds most exhilarating about her profession. “That is what is fun about being an artist — you learn to allow each piece to be what it wants to be … lending your efforts but also somehow getting out of the way. It’s a delicate dance. A beautiful tango. We make art to respond to the times, to reflect our inner and outer world, to be an extension of our souls and spirits.” That fully engaged approach to living life

and making music has recently culminated in the lovely new LP, The Lost Mystique of Being In The Know. The underlying theme of the entire album, according to Chloe, is related to the modern trend of trading knowledge that is deep and well-trained. “This is not all encompassing,” she said. “But the mystique of knowledge is that anyone who is a true master would never call themselves that, and most of our brightest minds don’t engage in the promotion of themselves. Thus, it’s a lost mystique. The subtle. The humble. The refinement. The pace of good work, going slow.” Rising Appalachia is now addressing a world-wide audience through its distinctive home-grown platform. Still, this endeavor is very much a family affair. “Leah and I are blood sisters, life partners and creative cohorts. That is an incredible thing, something we try not to take for granted,” Chloe said. “It makes the road less lonely as well as keeps the ego humbled in a profession that serves the ego first. We balance and shift our weight between one another, and that keeps Rising Appalachia a growing, everevolving, family-led project.” The Smith sisters aren’t on a search for a destination — but rather on “a following of a golden thread along life’s many routes.” Rising Appalachia plays the Windjammer’s Beach Stage on Sunday.

Pulse Gracie Thrice sings all over town Musician Gracie Thrice has been performing at Uncorked Charleston about twice a month for the past two years. You can stream her Fleetwood Mac cover “Dreams,” thanks to the local variety show, The Grilled Cheese Show, and in about a month, she will have five originals released. “I write about childhood and growth and maturing as an adult. Things I feel like most people don’t write about,” she said. As she’s played the songwriter’s soap box at Chico Feo, her selfconfidence has bloomed. Besides recording and releasing her work independently, Thrice has a full gig schedule ahead of her. Find her 6-9 p.m., Aug. 20, at Smoke N Brew. Catch her 12 p.m. show Aug. 29 at Rita’s or 4 p.m. show at Smoke N Brew. —Chelsea Grinstead

See Tom Mackell at The Royal American Local singer-songwriter Tom Mackell will be on The Royal American stage Friday to celebrate the release of Hearts Wide Open, his eclectic fivesong EP produced out of Nashville. He traces his sound from Americiana to alt-country to folk rock. “It’s a blend of those with a little bit of pop, especially with this new EP,” Mackell said. “I like to write music that you can be attracted to at face value the first time. And I like to write music where you can pull off the layers and find more meaning if you want to.” The 9 p.m. show with Chris Wilcox and Riley & the Ship is $10 at the door. —CG

Mel Washington drops new single, “Been to Myself” “This particular single is about recognizing the blessing of a partner,” said local artist Mel Washington of his newest song, “Been to Myself,” released Aug. 6. “Been to Myself” is the third release from Washington’s upcoming album, Feast or Famine, which features local musicians Christian Chidester and Dylan Dawkins. Catch him downtown at Bumpa’s Aug. 26. —CG

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