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Brittany Wilson, CEO of Charleston Christmas Collectibles in the Charleston City Market, is worried that she might be forced to discontinue some merchandise because of the tariff on imported items

Tariff impact varies in city’s large tourism economy

By Herb Frazier

The price tag on a few items sold in the historic Charleston City Market is up slightly because of tariff policies, vendors say, and there are varying reactions on how they have affected local tourist traffic.

Meanwhile, the ever-changing cost of tariffs imposed or threatened by the Trump administration on foreign goods, particularly from Canada, has turned some Canadians off from traveling to the Grand Strand and other major U.S. cities, according to news reports.

But overall, tourism in Charleston was extremely strong in April, said Daniel Guttentag, assistant professor of hospitality and tourism management and the director of the College of Charleston’s Office of Tourism Analysis.

If an economic downturn caused by the tariffs occurs, “then generally speaking the tourism economy, like most other industries, is going to slow down,” Guttentag explained. “It really depends on how things continue to unfold.”

High tourism traffic in April, however, might not be a real-time indicator of the current tourism economy, warns Pramon Sembiring, owner of Maccaro on King Street.

Sembiring said foot traffic to his coffee and bubble tea cafe — and other businesses near him on upper King Street — was down sharply in May as compared to last year.

The Rundown

Charleston celebrates World Oceans Day June 8

Join Toby the Turtle and the Folly Litter Committee in a weekend celebration of World Oceans Day, which is celebrated across the globe.

In Folly Beach, community leaders, advocacy groups and conservation partners will lead a beach cleanup starting at 4:30 p.m. in front of the Tides Hotel. Guests also will speak on the importance of conservation and keeping oceans clean while the community works.

After the cleanup, join a volunteerexclusive 6:30 p.m. after-party at Tides. The event boasts live music, a special World Oceans Day cocktail and discounts on other drinks and food with your volunteer wristband.

Local partners include the City of Folly Beach, South Carolina Aquarium, Tideline Tours, Bohemian Bull, Rita’s, Loggerhead’s Beach Grill, Green Dragon and more. —Skyler Baldwin

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The number of new homes coming to Johns Island over the next five years thanks to a new project by Sea Island Habitat for Humanity. The nonprofit has worked over the last six months to meet its financial goal of $4 million to make the construction possible. The new Sweetgrass Preserve neighborhood will rest about a half mile off Main Road on Black Pen Road.

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“It is very obvious to see that,” he told the Charleston City Paper. Sembiring said he and neighbors monitor the declining customer flow daily. If the trend proves to be a city-wide reality, the next monthly tourism report might not be so rosy, he predicted.

Tariffs not impacting air travel

Doug Warner, executive vice president of the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, said, “There is not a tariff on air

travel, so cost to visit has not gone up.”

Charleston’s share of the international travel market is much smaller than New York and Las Vegas where travel is off by as much as a third, he said.

“We are not seeing that yet, and optimistically, we don’t think we’re going to see that big of a drop because most of our international visitors are from the U.K., and that seems to be a little more resilient,” he said.

Numbers are based on weekly average costs nationwide.

Milk (half-gallon): $1.56 ( $.034)

Cheese (8-ounce block): $2.53 ( $0.03)

Eggs (dozen, large white): $3.99 ( $0.55)

Bananas (per pound): $0.55 ( $0.03)

Avocados (each): $1.12 ( $0.35)

Gas (per gallon, S.C. avg.): $2.778 ( $0.023)

Sources: ams.usda.gov, gasprices.aaa.com

GOP budget has barriers for S.C. health care, food help, experts say

By Jack O’Toole

More than 600,000 South Carolinians who have purchased health insurance through federal Affordable Care Act subsidies may face cuts and renewal barriers if a controversial Republican budget makes it through Congress.

Aaron Polkey, president and CEO of the Charleston-based Palmetto Project, which operates the state’s only nonprofit health insurance agency, said any cuts would be felt immediately and acutely in South Carolina.

Of particular concern, Polkey noted, are provisions that would lower current income eligibility thresholds and raise premiums for those who still qualify.

“It would just make health insurance much more expensive for folks who don’t qualify for Medicaid but are working people who need coverage,” he told the Charleston City Paper on May 29. “And that’s the whole point of the Affordable Care Act.”

Others could lose significant food assistance under the Republican budget plan now moving through Congress, experts tell the City Paper.

The formally dubbed “Big Beautiful Bill,” which narrowly passed the U.S. House on May 22 along mostly party lines, would cut more than $1 trillion over 10 years from Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), while extending tax cuts that primarily benefit high-income households.

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the plan would leave 14 million Americans without health insurance, remove 5 million from food assistance programs and add $2.4 trillion to the national debt over the next decade.

‘Cruel’ Medicaid, food cuts

S.C. Appleseed Center Director of Policy Sue Berkowitz, a board member of the health care advocacy organization CoverSC, called the cuts “cruel” in a May 29 interview.

“These Medicaid and nutrition cuts would devastate low-income people,” she told the City Paper. “Hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians would lose health care, and the SNAP cuts would take food out of the mouths of hungry people who need it.”

What’s worse, she argues, are the larger impacts that cuts of that magnitude would have on systems that all South Carolinians rely on.

“What we’re going to see, particularly in the rural areas, are hospitals and medical providers that rely on Medicaid closing down,” she said. “And that becomes a health crisis for all of us.”

Similarly, she warns that new unfunded SNAP mandates could force state law-

makers to consider deep cuts to beneficiaries or even eliminate the program entirely.

“This turned out to be an easy budget year, but we’re going to see huge cuts and a lot of pain if this bill passes,” she said.

“And our [state] legislators should be really angry that this shift has been pushed onto the states to cut income taxes for the wealthiest Americans.”

Democrats and Republicans square off

Sixth District Democratic U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, the only U.S. House member from S.C. who voted no on the budget bill, highlighted the potential impact of the cuts at a May 29 town hall in North Charleston.

“They call it the Big Beautiful Bill,” he said in remarks prepared for the event.

“I call it the Huge Ugly Bill. Republicans are taking food and health care from the poorest to pay for a massive tax cut for the richest.”

Clyburn went on to note that five out of eight nursing home patients in the state are covered by Medicaid, and that another 600,000 residents — mostly families with children — rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for food aid.

“If Republicans enact this bill,” Clyburn charged, “lives will be lost.”

South Carolina GOP U.S. Reps. Nancy Mace, and Ralph Norman — who both voted for the bill and have said they’re considering gubernatorial runs next year — did not respond to requests for comment.

But in a press release after the House vote, Norman said there were “BIG WINS” in the bill for America and the Palmetto State.

“South Carolinians expect results, and this bill is a step toward restoring trust, accountability, and common sense in government,” Norman said. “The American people sent us here to stop reckless spending, and today we delivered.”

The bill, which President Donald Trump supports and has called “arguably the most significant piece of legislation that will ever be signed in the history of our country,” is now in the U.S. Senate, where at least three Republican members have publicly expressed concerns about the cuts.

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80 arrested in Charleston immigration sting

By Skyler Baldwin

Charleston County Sheriff Carl Ritchie on Monday announced 80 arrests in a multiagency sting operation over the weekend at a Ladson nightclub.

Among the 80 arrests were two “high level” cartel members, Ritchie said, as well as one man with an outstanding warrant for a murder in Honduras. The bar’s owner, Benjamin Reyna-Flores, was also arrested, according to the Charlotte-based branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Additionally, officials found several underage patrons being served alcohol inside, the youngest of whom was 13.

“I wasn’t surprised,” Ritchie said at a Monday morning press conference. “We had information that there was trafficking going on. Being in the business as long as I have, nothing surprises me anymore. Disappointing, yes.”

Charleston County deputies and law enforcement officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and other agencies targeted the Alamo nightclub about 3 a.m. Sunday. The club is in Charleston County, even though it has a Summerville postal address.

Ritchie said officials found a knownmissing child inside the club, as well as several “potential” human trafficking victims.

The investigation began in November, when local law enforcement received a noise complaint, Ritchie said. Upon further investigation, officials said the nightclub appeared to be operating an unlicensed bar and was believed to be the site of illegal activity, including assaults, potential drug

care,” he said. “If you are involved in illegal activity in Charleston County, I can assure you there is no place to hide. We are here to make Charleston County safe, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.”

Concerns over ICE partnership

The operation follows months of community concern over local law enforcement’s involvement with ICE to help carry out immigration enforcement.

Blotter of the Week

The early signs

Spotty signs of the tariff’s effect are showing up along the four-block stretch of vendor stalls in the city market where hundreds of visitors daily file by vendors who display an array of small-ticket items and expensive artwork.

Most of the goods are produced locally, but many are made in China and other countries, like the holiday decorations at Charleston Christmas Collectibles.

“A lot of our vendors are attempting to navigate [the tariffs] as best they can,” company CEO Brittany Wilson said as she stood dwarfed by colorful Christmas trees adorned with ornaments and collectibles in her booth at the market’s Meeting Street entrance.

The replacement cost of inventory already on hand has increased from 13% to 40%, she said. The company has absorbed some of the increase, but it has raised the price of some items.

announcing 80 arrests in a weekend raid of a Ladson nightclub

trafficking and more.

Officials also said they found several weapons and drugs at the scene. Seized drugs are still undergoing testing. There also are allegations of drug trafficking and money laundering, but Ritchie emphasized all suspects were innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

State officials lauded local law enforcement efforts in the ongoing investigation.

“While people are sleeping peacefully in their beds at night,” said S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson, “the men and women of the state and federal agencies standing up here are out there patrolling the streets of the communities and neighborhoods of this area in Charleston County.”

Ritchie said community members should expect more large-scale operations like this as local law enforcement continues to partner with state and federal agencies.

“Anyone who is operating illegal establishments like this, selling drugs, I don’t

“It’s very frustrating because we pride ourselves in keeping our prices as low as possible,” she said.

If the price of some items from a foreign supplier becomes too high, however, that item might be removed if Wilson decides she can’t sell it at a reasonable price.

Christmas Collectible’s manager Carrie Smith said if tariffs continue, “it is going to keep hurting small businesses.” She added the tariffs have delayed the company’s plans to expand the 55-year-old business founded by Wilson’s grandmother, Frenchie Richards.

A morning staple

Fraser Young sells a product that helps his customers kick start the day. He sells a high-end gourmet blend of coffee at Big Kick Coffee Roasters on the East Bay Street end of the market.

Young buys coffee beans from as many as 15 countries, and he grinds an average of 1,000 pounds of the black beans weekly.

A tariff on coffee is not new, and the price

Former Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano pulled out of the program in 2021, ending an agreement that originally began in 2009. The community was divided when Ritchie decided to rejoin earlier this spring.

On Saturday night, police used a nearby flea market to stage ahead of the sting. Community members described seeing a group of 40 to 50 “heavily armed” officers gathering in the area, leading to fear and concern among local immigrants.

The following morning, the flea market was quiet, according to media reports. Local immigration advocates said they believed that was due to fear of ICE raids and deportation tactics.

At Monday morning’s press conference, Wilson called South Carolina “as much a border state as Arizona,” pointing to rising rates of immigration which he says is fueling drug and human trafficking in the Palmetto State.

“The policies at the top matter,” he said. “But it’s not just the policies at the Southern border. It’s the law enforcement and policies here in South Carolina that matter, too.”

of coffee was already high before the latest tariffs, said Young, who also operates a coffee roaster on upper Meeting Street.

“The tariffs make absolutely no sense in an already stricken [coffee] economy that already has been devastated by two years of crop failure in Brazil, which makes a third of the world’s production,” he explained.

Young has been in the coffee business for more than a decade, and this is the first year he has scrabbled to find supplies.

Elsewhere in the market, the cost has not gone up on hand-crafted wooden pens made from foreign-grown trees and French-made table cloths.

Chuma Nwokike, owner of the market’s Chuma Gullah Gallery, said if the tariffs persist, no business will be immune from it.

The Gullah and African-inspired artwork that Nwokiki sells is created by artists throughout the country, but the cost of the supplies to mat and frame them have not yet gone up.

“Everybody is affected one way or the other,” he said. “But the impact is not obvious right now.”

Charleston police on May 23 received calls about a man stumbling down King Street, reportedly kicking over every traffic cone along the way (which was many). What reason did he have to kick over the cones? A tragic event in which a traffic cone caused the death of a loved one? Of course not, he was just drunk. Officers arrested him once they arrived.

Lessons unlearned

Mount Pleasant police on May 25 broke up an underage party, educating “20 to 25” kids about the potential consequences of breaking the law while waiting for parents to come pick them up, according to a report. A neighbor, however, later told officers that several kids hid in his front yard before piling into a truck and leaving while police were busy “teaching.”

Unorthodox payment plan

Two North Charleston men on May 23 reportedly engaged in mutual (according to one participant) combat after one failed to make his weekly payment to the other for a car purchased earlier this year. Since there were no witnesses, and both parties disagreed on how the fight started, no charges were filed. But we’re left wondering if this payment plan is an option for student loans.

By Skyler Baldwin

by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between May 22 and May 25.

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Break out pom-poms for Spoleto, Piccolo Views

Good fortune continues to smile on the Charleston area, particularly at this time of the year when the city bustles with all manner of artists and creatives.

Yes, it’s our season of two festivals, Spoleto Festival USA and the city’s companion Piccolo Spoleto Festival. As the 17-day celebration of all things arts draws to a close, it’s important to reach out and give a pat on the back to the thousands of visitors and residents who filled tens of thousands of seats and to the artists whose sweat and toil again energized the Holy City with worldclass performances.

By all accounts, this year’s festival season continued to thrill. At mid-week with several days left before the June 8 closing, Spoleto Festival USA reported it issued more than 45,000 tickets in an arts celebration that was endloaded with high-quality shows and concerts, including the world premiere of Manual Cinema’s The 4th Witch, the U.S. premiere of Gravity and Other Myths’s Ten Thousand Hours, delightful cabaret with Isaac Mizrahi and thrilling performances at the College of Charleston’s Cistern.

Similarly at Piccolo Spoleto, there’s a big buzz in the air for everyone involved, from emerging artists to seasoned veterans who display their art and engage daily with visitors and residents.

At the Charleston City Paper, we’re blessed to partner

with the Goldring Arts, Style and Culture Journalism program at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. For the last four years, graduate school journalists joined the City Paper staff for three weeks to offer dozens of stories about the festivals, allowing the newspaper to provide the best comprehensive arts coverage in the region for readers. By the time the festivals end this year, we will have published more than 50 insightful stories and profiles online and in print by students and City Paper staff — all about arts in the Holy City. Imagine any other community that offers this powerful journalistic resource to readers.

Eric Grode, who is finishing a 10-year run managing the Goldring program, said students get real-world experience in Charleston at the newspaper as they complete their master’s degrees.

“They shed their Syracuse snow boots and walk the peninsula armed with sunscreen, a notebook and endless curiosity,” he said. “They interview cellists and acrobats, griots and ballerinas, tenors and tap dancers. And then they embark on their post-college lives, stuffed with too much ice cream and the memories that will position them to better make sense of the beauty and the complexity that awaits them.”

So hat’s off to Charlestonians, visitors — and student journalists — for making this year’s Spoleto festival season one of the best in a while.

CHARLESTON CHECKLIST of community objectives

We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:

1. Deal with the water. Build a strong resiliency plan to harden infrastructure and make smart climate change decisions about development, roads and quality of life.

2. Fix roads, traffic. Repair and improve roads and reduce traffic. Speed up alternatives, including more public transportation.

3. Be smarter about education. Inject new energy into the broken Charleston County school board by focusing on kids, not national mantras.

4. Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy.

5. Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community.

6. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow.

7. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone.

8. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate.

9. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan.

10. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.

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National carnage, chaos need to stop

By Andy Brack

The national chaos and carnage caused by the last four months of the Trump administration is almost beyond belief.

Mainstay American values — truth, justice, exceptionalism and fairness — are shivering as greed, retribution, cheating, lying and corruption gnaw at the foundations of two of our branches of government — the legislative and judicial.

Republican members of Congress excel at being sideline lemmings — do-nothings who seem to thrive on rubber-stamping whatever the executive branch wants. Pitiful Democrats can’t seem to get any act together to cobble moderate coalitions to stop the madness.

Across America, anxiety grows for many, worried they may lose Medicaid and Medicare or see Social Security benefits wither. And as tens of thousands lose federal jobs, important research stalls to thwart diseases, protect special places, educate, innovate and help the country grow.

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Look at the see-saw financial markets. Analysts can’t get a clear read on what’s going to happen next.

One day, President Donald Trump threatens more tariffs, sending the market down and gutting retirement savings of millions. The next, there’s a rally after a policy pull-back, which has led to a new term — TACO (Trump-Always-Chickens-Out) tariffs. It seems the permaangry administration sometimes wakes to intentionally say something outrageous — just to manipulate the market.

Pitiful Democrats can’t seem to get any act together to cobble moderate coalitions to stop

Look at the courts, where hundreds of lawsuits have been filed to thwart the president’s assault on the rule of law. By one count, the administration saw more than 325 lawsuits filed against it in its first 100 days. Across the country, federal judges have been in overdrive, often pausing lawsuits related to questionable immigration practices, unlawful restrictions on monies approved by Congress, gutting of agencies and more.

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One particular suit filed on behalf of the Sustainability Institute in North Charleston is worth noting. In it, the nonprofit complained it was unlawful for the administration to cut off an $11 million affordable housing grant that Congress funded. In a recent ruling against Trump’s Justice Department, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel of Charleston appeared flummoxed at the audacity of the administration, finding that it did not follow the law in freezing a bunch of grants.

He noted Deputy EPA Administrator Travis Voyles was unable to produce a single document to back up his sworn claim that he’d reviewed each of the grants individually before canceling them, as required by law.

“I was, frankly, embarrassed for the government to read Mr. Voyles’ affidavit,” Gergel said from the bench. “I’ve just never seen anything submitted to me like that. It was, frankly, sort of an insult to the Court.”

Gergel also said that during his 15 years on the bench, the case surprised him: “I’m used to the government speaking to me straight, to answer my questions honestly. Fifteen years on the bench, I’ve never had an experience where I thought the government did not do that.”

David Brooks, the conservative-turned-moderate columnist for The New York Times, wrote recently about his outrage over what he called the moral rot at the center of Trumpism, with its transactional, retributive zeal chewing at the values that millions died for.

“Trumpism can be seen as a giant attempt to amputate the highest aspirations of the human spirit and to reduce us to our most primitive, atavistic tendencies,” he wrote, outraged that Trump would send a Monday message on social media that said, “Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum that spent the last four years trying to destroy our country.”

the madness. Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.

First of all, you don’t wish anyone a “happy” memorial holiday as it is a day to respect the sacrifices of members of the armed forces who died for the country.

Second, as Brooks explained, “The use of the word ‘scum’ in that context is called dehumanization. It is a short step from dehumanization to all sorts of horrors. Somebody should remind Trump that you don’t love your country if you hate half its members.”

What To Do

FRIDAY

1

D-Day 81st Anniversary Memorial

To honor the 81st anniversary of the June 4 invasion of Normandy, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum invites visitors to explore the museum and step aboard the USS Laffey to learn about the pivotal role this historic destroyer played in the monumental event. As always, military veterans, first responders and teachers receive discounted rates on tickets.

June 6. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. 40 Patriots Point Road. Mount Pleasant. patriotspoint.org

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SATURDAY

Piccolo Spoleto Sand Sculpting Competition

Join the biggest sand sculpting event of the year this weekend, competing with hundreds of others during Piccolo Spoleto. Teams are limited to no more than four people. Sculpting begins at 9 a.m., and judging for the children’s division begins at 10:30 a.m., followed by young adult, family and adult divisions. See a full schedule of Piccolo events online.

June 7. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free to register. Isle of Palms Front Beach. Isle of Palms. iop.net/sandsculpting-contest

TUESDAY

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Kiawah River Full Moon Kayak Tour

Paddle into a tidal flat that dolphins, herons and egrets call home to watch the sun set and the full moon rise. Watching the salt marsh prepare for its nightly slumber is a quintessential Lowcountry experience. Guests will be guided by a local expert and there is no experience needed. All gear and a thorough lesson will be provided before departure.

June 10, 7 p.m.; and June 11, 7:45 p.m. $75/person. Coastal Expeditions at Kiawah River. 3050 Southerly Way. Johns Island. coastalexpeditions.com

SUNDAYS

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Sunday Brunch Farmers Market

Head to the Pour House on James Island for a 100% local market brimming with more than 40 local farmers and artisans, a deck bar, live music, good eats and all kinds of amazing area-made goods. Cap off your weekend by kicking back, enjoying the local tunes and stocking up on unique goodies. This farmers market is open every Sunday between April and January.

Sundays. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free to attend. The Pour House. 1977 Maybank Hwy. James Island. sundaybrunchfarmersmarket.com

THURSDAY

5

Blackness re/Defined

Join the International African American Museum for an evening of thought-provoking dialogue and dynamic creative expression. This program, titled Blackness re/Defined will explore the ways Black artists and cultural producers have shaped narratives of identity, resisted systemic erasure and redefined Blackness through art, music and movement. June 12. Tour starts at 6 p.m.; program starts at 7 p.m. Free with registration. International African American Museum. 14 Wharfside St. Downtown. iaamuseum.org

On how the times are affecting our lives

By Ankit Bandyopadhyay

ou can feel fear, anxiety and anger emanating like rippling waves of South Carolina heat when people start talking about the state of America months after Donald Trump started his second presidential administration.

You feel it at a local demonstration in Brittlebank Park. You hear it in tense voices in quiet, casual conversations. You read about it in stories about attacks, such as just a few days ago after a man shot a flamethrower in Colorado at people marching to support hostages in Gaza.

And it’s front and center now after authorities arrested 80 people over the weekend in Ladson in an immigration raid. The local Latino community is on high alert about Big Brother.

This atmosphere of anxiety so horrified a 22-year-old construction worker in Anderson County that he wrote a 25-page policy document about how to combat the Trump administration and its changes.

“I have watched over the course of my lifetime, institutions like the Supreme Court and presidency, be degraded to such a degree that somebody like Donald Trump can show up and push against it and have nothing pushing back,” said Thomas Cantor, author of what he calls The Sabilist Manifesto.

“Watching basically the American Caesar show up and do what he did and continue to do it — it just hurt and horrified me, and I had to do something about it.”

A Mount Pleasant artist is worried, too — particularly for veterans who fought for American democracy. She said she feared that what they sacrificed for is slowly becoming obsolete.

“The men and women who died to give us this freedom and protect our democracy, and I’m watching it slip away every day,” she said.

A polarized America

According to an April poll by Winthrop University, feelings regarding the Trump administration are polarized in South Carolina. Some 44% of respondents viewed the administration positively, but 43% expressed unfavorability regarding the administration’s current policies.

Winthrop Poll founder Scott Huffmon told the Charleston City Paper that the reason for polarization and anxiety among residents comes from the two parties viewing each other in a growingly negative light.

“Each side thinks the other side is really extreme, and they think the other side isn’t going to govern ethically,” Huffmon, a professor of political science at Winthrop University, said. “And if you believe the other side is unethical and extreme, then you’re going to be terrified if they’re in power.”

The City Paper interviewed more than a dozen people over the last week about the fear and anxiety some feel are gripping the area. Several asked to be not named — because they were worried about what might happen to them.

Anxiety about the economy and tariffs

A 42-year-old store owner from James Island said he worried about people not being able to open up new businesses due to high interest rates.

“Nobody wants to take out a loan at 9% right now as they’re not going to be able to pay it back,” he said.

Meanwhile, Daniel Einhorn, owner of Bilda Bike on upper King Street, is similarly anxious about businesses like his not being able to take bolder risks in the future because of Trumpimposed tariffs.

“The current administration has made it worse in that respect by continuing to double down on the uncertainty,” he said. “You made this bet [of opening a business], and you thought, ‘I’m going to make this amount of profit,’ and all of a sudden it changes in a heartbeat.”

Sources of information

Several people say they are worried about how the country is more divided than before. Some like Mike Lowry say they think it’s because people will only commit to listening to one side of the news.

“They immediately think they need to go fullfledged onto the side they have an allegiance to,” said Lowry, a data engineer visiting from Boston.

Huffmon said this lack of media literacy is one of the root causes behind the political division. His concern is the lack of expanding beyond short blasts of news from social media sites like TikTok.

“You’re not going to get a lot of information, and whoever is giving that information has an incentive to make it seem as dire as possible,” Huffmon said.

Lowry also said he fears the trend of right-wing media influencers pushing rhetoric of fear-mongering to college campuses.

“When you do that to 50% of the country, no matter what side you’re on, it causes distress

which turns into anger, and that turns into hatred,” Lowry said.

Some aren’t worried

One Charleston antique shop owner said he’s not concerned about price increases from Trump’s China tariffs. When asked how much more he would pay for foreign goods, he said, that as long as China is out of the equation it doesn’t matter to him.

“If we get rid of China tomorrow, and they [America] make it [goods] here, I don’t care,” he said. “It’ll all adjust itself out.”

An underwater diver from Pittsburgh said concerns over tariffs were unwarranted. He said prices for foreign goods haven’t changed.

“Everyone says, ‘Good thing you bought that foreign car before the tariffs,’ or, ‘Good thing you bought that Chinese battery before the tariffs,’ when those things are actually the exact same price if not less,” he said.

The need for change

Derek Ward, a Navy veteran who lives in North Charleston, said he views “human action” in local community groups as being more effective than government intervention, citing their lack of timeliness.

“An hour of human action is worth more than 100 hours working towards getting a bill signed to get money scraped together that might only last a few months,” he said.

Cantor said he wrote The Sabalist Manifesto as an appeal to Americans to participate in defending their rights and calls for unity in building a better future for all.

“We commit ourselves to the defense of civil liberties and rights of all Americans no matter their background,” Cantor wrote in the manifesto’s preamble.

“We will fight to make America a greater nation.”

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Pizza with a side of second chances

By Helen Mitternight

How do you like your pizza? Pepperoni? Extra cheese? In Philadelphia, Muhammad Abdul-Hadi serves pizza with a side of second chances.

Abdul-Hadi, the founder of Down North Pizza, hires only those who have been incarcerated. He will be in Charleston June 11 at the Charleston Wine + Food Test Kitchen to discuss food, activism and collaboration. The discussion is part of the festival’s Summer Sizzle series and will be moderated by local food activist K.J. Kearney, creator of Black Food Fridays, a movement encouraging people to support Blackowned food and beverage businesses.

Abdul-Hadi graduated from Temple University in 2018 with a degree in criminal justice, which he said was interested in because “growing up in Philadelphia, I was surrounded by family members and community members who were affected by the incarceration system. I was intrigued by the law and how people could get it to work for them and how it works against them.”

A different path

When he graduated, he didn’t go to law school or a district attorney’s office — he went with his dream.

Down North Pizza serves “Philly-style pizza” which Abdul-Hadi defines as square with a more hydrated dough. You can find recipes in his new cookbook, We The Pizza.

to assemble a team.

The restaurant opened at the end of 2020 doing takeout pizza and had its grand opening in March 2021. It still relies mostly on takeout, with only a handful of seats inside. The building required a complete overhaul of the space that Abdul-Hadi said was “just a shell.” The pizzeria is downstairs and apartments for employees are upstairs.

Philly twist on it, hydrating the dough a little more and making it a square and not a rectangle. Philly didn’t have its own style of pizza before this,” he said.

In addition to pizzas, Down North Pizza offers wings, fries, milkshakes and several vegan options.

“Opening a restaurant was on my bucket list,” Abdul-Hadi said. “I had a background in criminal justice and had to figure out how to marry the two. When I had an opportunity to open up a restaurant in an area with the highest rate of recidivism, I landed on the idea of creating this mission-based restaurant space that would combat recidivism and serve the neighborhood.”

He said that he doesn’t have the skills to make the pizza himself, but he knew how

“The two main factors of recidivism are homelessness and unemployment,” AbdulHadi said. “If you can target those two things, then you reduce it by 70% to 80%.”

Atmosphere of respect

The pizza shop has seven employees and, while the scale of what Pizza Down North is doing is small, Abdul-Hadi said not one of the employees has been incarcerated since being hired, attributing it to an atmosphere of respect and non-judgment in the restaurant.

Despite not being able to cook, AbdulHadi knew he wanted to create a nostalgic pizza in a square shape.

“We call it a Philly-style pizza. It got its inspiration from Detroit, but we put a

Abdul-Hadi said he is looking forward to the Charleston event, adding that food and activism are natural partners.

“If you want to go back to the civil rights movement, selling food funded the movement. Food is always at the forefront of activism,” he said. “There are not many people who don’t like pizza. Everybody speaks the universal language of pizza, and food is a great segue to conversations.’”

At the June event, he will be offering his new cookbook, We The Pizza, which features anecdotes as well as recipes from restaurant staff who have been with him since opening.

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What’s new

Southern Living magazine recently released its 20 best new restaurants in the South and two Lowcountry favorites made the list. Johns Island’s Lost Isle and downtown’s Marbled & Fin join 18 other restaurants selected by the editors of the magazine who report, research, and visit restaurants across the South. To see the full list, visit southernliving.com.

New York City-based self-serve frozen yogurt shop, 16 Handles, has opened its first-ever Charleston location in the Point Hope Community near Cainhoy. The store offers 16 signature soft-serve flavors, 40+ sweet treats and sauces for toppings as well as smoothies, milkshakes and options for those with dietary restrictions. 16 Handles is open daily and is located at 654 Hopewell Drive, Suite 105. More: 16handles.com.

Thirteen South Carolina entrepreneurs will share $200,000 in funding for their agribusiness ventures through the S.C. Department of Agriculture’s Agribusiness Center for Research and Entrepreneurship (ACRE). Charleston County recipients include Roots & Shoots Nursery and Carolina

Bananas, a local banana grower. With the funding, Roots & Shoots will expand its Charleston County nursery specializing in native landscaping plants and Carolina Bananas will extend its production and sale of cold-hardy banana plants. More: acre-sc.com.

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Charleston County School District and Lowcountry Food Bank are offering free meals through August 8 at select public libraries in Charleston County. Kids ages 5-18 are eligible and meals must be eaten on-site. For locations, times and more information, visit ccpl.org.

On June 7 James Beard semifinalist and owner of Mister Mao in New Orleans, Chef Sophina Uong, will join Chef Jason Stanhope at Sullivan’s Fish Camp for a special one-day-only collaboration. From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. guests can enjoy a Lowcountry Khmer Boil — a funky, flavor-packed twist on the traditional Lowcountry boil — as well as bites from Stanhope’s raw bar, which features local seafood and seasonal offerings. For reservations, visit Resy. —Becky Lacey

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With Harvard lawsuit over images settled, IAAM will benefit

By Maura Hogan

Those seeking irrefutable proof of the power of an image should look no further than the yearslong, highly publicized dispute over a selection of 1850 daguerreotypes of enslaved Southerners. Until last week, they been part of the museum collection of Harvard University.

But in late May, after an effort that began 15 years ago, the university announced it settled a lawsuit filed in 2019 by Tamara Lanier, a descendant of two subjects of the images, to relinquish 15 daguerreotypes of Renty, Delia and other people.

Advancing from Harvard

Some of those images are heading home to South Carolina, given from Harvard to the International African American Museum. Two of the subjects, a man known as Renty and his daughter Delia who were disrobed from the waist up, were enslaved in South Carolina.

In a statement in the May 28 issue of The New York Times, Harvard spokesman James Chisholm said, “Harvard has been committed to stewarding the daguerreotypes in a responsible manner and finding an institutional home for them where their historical significance is appreciated,” adding the complexity of the case does not enable Harvard to confirm Lanier’s genealogy.

According to Lanier, Harvard never took a meeting with her. Earlier this year, she chronicled her 15-year effort to do so in From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy (Penguin, 2025).

In a June interview with Charleston City Paper, the author recounted that Harvard has said that she would never get the guides back and the court supported that, but she refused to relent.

“I said I am claiming this victory in advance, and I dated it. I said the cultural property of my enslaved ancestors will ultimately find a fitting resting place where their humanity and their legacies could be celebrated in the way that they deserve,” she said, adding that she vowed never “to stop naming, blaming or shaming Harvard until they do the right thing by Renty and Delia.”

A rightful resting place

For Lanier, the IAAM is that fitting resting place. It’s a notion that is also heartily endorsed by the museum’s president and CEO, Tonya Matthews.

“IAAM is one of the leading African American history museums in the country and so it’s very appropriate that we are approached to hold critical artifacts,” she said. “In this particular case though, I could honestly think of no better venue.”

Matthews flags the origins of the photos and the individuals, both traced to South Carolina. Moreover, she said, a critical part of the story of the images is based on genealogy, which played an integral role in Lanier proving and stating her case.

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Celebrated photographer Nigel Parry returns to Corrigan Gallery June 6 to June 30 with colorful new landscapes large and small, highlighting the ethereal nature of the region’s semitropical environment and embracing the romanticism of the South. Corrigan Gallery, 38 Queen St., Charleston. Opening reception is 5 p.m. June 6.

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• June 6, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. For Park Circle Pride, Itinerant Literate hosts a curated selection of LGBTQ+ books and wine. Odd Duck Market, 1082 E. Montague Ave., North Charleston.

• June 7, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Charleston Friends of the Library hosts its annual That BIG Book Sale of over 50,000 books. Omar Shrine Auditorium, 176 Patriot Points Road, Mount Pleasant.

• June 7, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Groove to the sounds of reggae music, eat some and have fun at the annual Piccolo Spoleto Festival Finale Hampton Park, Charleston.

With its specialty in genealogy, IAAM offers a globally-connected resource in its Center for Family History. It is where Lanier began some of her earliest genealogy work, which the museum facilitated two years before its doors opened to the public.

“The combination of all three of those things as being who we are as a leading African American History Museum — us being in South Carolina, that story being in South Carolina, and arguably one of the linchpins of the conversation being about genealogy — there’s no better place than the museum,” said Matthews.

“In those early days, with the potential of the objects coming to IAAM at some point, we were intrigued and excited by the possibility, and when that conversation resurfaced very recently as potential reality, we did not hesitate,” Matthews said.

Power in photography

The potency of images has played out in marked ways in redressing narratives in the American Black experience, past and present. In the past few years, iPhone captures have time and again exposed all manner of racial profiling and racist aggression, confirming true accounts when others have sought to spin or suppress.

From its earliest years, Louis Daguerre’s process of using a silver iodide-coated plate in the first portable camera did so, too. Available publicly in 1839, it was little more than a decade prior to the 1850 daguerreotypes to which Harvard held fast.

In the images, Renty and Delia have been disrobed, both from the waist up, stripped of dignity in a manner belying what Lanier understood as Renty’s literate, thoughtful character. They had been

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Charleston’s Means debuts solo album at Pour House

By Vincent Harris

Charleston singer, songwriter and upright bassist Shelby Means will do something she’s never done before as a musician. On June 7, she’ll debut a solo album at the Pour House on James Island.

That will be quite an accomplishment, considering that she’s toured the world as part of Grammy-winning bluegrass guitarist Molly Tuttle’s Golden Highway band. She’s also part of the acoustic Americana duo Sally & George with her husband, Joel Timmons, of Charleston’s Sol Driven Train.

And before all of that, she spent time in the Grammy-winning bluegrass outfit Della Mae.

But somehow, Shelby Means has never released a solo album. At least until now. Her Pour House show celebrates the release of the self-titled debut. And it’s worth it. It’s a sparkling collection of acoustic music that touches on Means’ past and points towards her future.

“I’m super-excited to bring my record to the Pour House,” Means said in a recent interview. “And I’m happy that we’re playing on the deck because it’s an early show. That means that friends with kids and people that don’t want to stay up late can come enjoy the music, and we’ll play the whole album.”

A sparkling collection

The songs on Shelby Means are full of burbling banjo, wailing fiddle, soaring vocal harmonies and pumping bass, recorded with a lean and clean sound courtesy of producer Maya de Vitry. There are also touches of sassy humor like “Wild Tiger Style” and “5 String Wake Up Call” that Means hasn’t explored before.

In short, it’s a debut that’s strong enough to make one ask, what took her so long?

“I didn’t want to record too soon,” she said. “I remember my voice teacher saying that a woman’s voice doesn’t mature until she’s in her 30s. So I just took my time with it.”

But once her husband made his own solo album, Means couldn’t resist the itch to make her own, pulling from songs she’d been stockpiling over the years.

“A couple of things inspired me,” Means said of making her solo debut. “Joel made his solo record about three years ago and seeing him go through that process sparked a little inspiration in me.”

It also sparked a collaboration with Timmons’ producer, de Vitry, a Nashville singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist herself.

“I realized that I would like to have a pro-

Means will play here self-titled album in its entirety on the Pour House deck

June 7

ducer whenever I made my solo record, and Maya did a great job with Joel,” she said. “So I just tucked that bit of knowledge away into my brain.”

Who’s who of acoustic music

The result is not only a collection of lively, bluegrass-infused acoustic tunes, but it’s a who’s-who of modern acoustic music, featuring multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien, dobro master Jerry Douglas, guitarist Bryan Sutton, Grammy-award winning mandolin player Sam Bush and more. Molly Tuttle also shows up on backing vocals.

Thankfully, Means had worked with most of the players in the past, so she wasn’t intimidated. For the most part, anyway.

“They’re definitely still legends and heroes to me, but a little bit of the starstruck stuff had already been handled,” she said. “I had a relationship with both Bryan and Jerry going into it, so that helped me just take a breath and remember that these guys are human beings just like me, and we can relate to and enjoy music and coffee together before we settle into the studio.”

Means’s Pour House release show, a trio setup with de Vitry and Timmons, is the only promotional show she has on the books at the moment. But there are more events coming. And more music, too.

“Golden Highway is taking this year off,” she said, “so I’m not sure what the future holds for that. But I have my team in place, we’re booking more live shows and I’m excited to tour this record.”

“Then I definitely want to get back in the studio,” she added. “Because the next one will be even better.”

IF YOU WANT TO GO: Shelby Means, with Maya de Vitry and Joel Timmons. Doors open at 5 p.m. June 7, Charleston Pour House, 1977 Maybank Highway. Tickets are $10. charlestonpourhouse.com.

commissioned this way by a Harvard professor, Louis Agassiz, whose aim was to prove that the subjects were part of an inferior race.

“He’s the father of the eugenics movement. He’s the father of medical apartheid,” Lanier said.

At the same moment, some African Americans leveraged that power to safeguard their own freedom. Ellen and William Craft, the subjects of Ilyon Woo’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Master Slave Husband Wife.” When they escaped from enslavement in Georgia, fled, returned and eventually lived in South Carolina, they used images as a potent prop during their flight. Taken circa 1849-50, a daguerreotype portrays Ellen Craft posing as a white traveler by the name of Mr. Johnson, who was traveling with her servant, a disguised William.

The look, legacy and proprietorship of the haunting images of Renty and Delia held such sway over Lanier that she spent years ensuring that their fate was upended. Now, they impact those who visit the museum.

Plans are underway for a homegoing ceremony.

“South Carolina is kind of like the origin story for so many people, including my ancestors. And I just saw this as an opportunity for a homegoing ceremony,” Lanier said.

Still, these significant images require vigilant safeguarding. First, there is the fragility of a 19th-century artifact, which cannot be exposed to elements for long periods of time. Matthews envisions a digital display to share the story in the museum. The arrival date and number of images to be given to IAAM is still in the works.

There are other hazards, too.

“I have not been completely oblivious to the politics that have been going on and am somewhat concerned,” she said, as narratives once again fall prey to obsolescence and others are asserted. For that reason as well, a cultural home in IAAM spoke to her.

“I just felt that it was safer,” she said. Lanier, who is based in Connecticut, explained that her family has always felt deeply connected with Gullah-Geechee heritage, often in ways she discovered after her deepening exploration of Renty and Delia in South Carolina.

For one, there is the palpable call from her ancestors, urging her to tilt at seemingly insurmountable institutions, training a watchful eye over to steward those who came before her, and shepherding them to the place they knew as home.

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69 LOFTIN ST W EAVERVILLE, NC 28787.

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN as recorded in Lien Book 1290 at Page 597, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN, are

Amount currently in default

(including interest)

Trustee’s Fee

$4,283.14

$450.00

Costs $645.00

Total Amount Due $5,378.14

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§

27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/13/2025, beginning at 10:00 AM.

The Public Auction shall occur at the front entrance of 700 Faison Road Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29466.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01243674632681650% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0518-30B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 4/15/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0981, Page 556.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

NANCIE C. SHILLINGTON-PEREZ, TRUSTEE OF THE NANCIE C. SHILLINGTON-PEREZ REVOCABLE TRUST & EMILIO V. PEREZ-JORGE, TRUSTEE OF THE EMILIO V. PEREZ-JORGE REVOCABLE TRUST, 186 GREENSIDE DR LEXINGTON, SC 29072-8214.

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN as recorded in Lien Book 1290 at Page 600, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN, are

Amount currently in default (including interest)

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/13/2025, beginning at 10:00 AM.

The Public Auction shall occur at the front entrance of 700 Faison Road Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29466.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00621837316340825% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0406-48E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 1/25/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1160, Page 247.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

ELIZABETH DICK & SHELLEY STILES 203 REDONDO CT N HENDERSONVILLE, TN 37075.

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN as recorded in Lien Book 1290 at Page 607, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $2,448.51

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/13/2025, beginning at 10:00 AM.

The Public Auction shall occur at the front entrance of 700 Faison Road Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29466.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01682244733133270% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0305-21B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 5/11/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1179, Page 192.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

TANYA L. MURRAY 701 PALMER DR BLACKSBURG, VA 24060-5247.

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN as recorded in Lien Book 1290 at Page 608, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN, are

The Public Auction shall occur at the front entrance of 700 Faison Road Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29466.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0326-06E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 9/22/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1139, Page 225.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

CARLOS EDGAR RIVERO CORRALES 1720 SHORE RD LINWOOD, NJ 08221.

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN as recorded in Lien Book 1290 at Page 602, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN, are Amount currently in default

$2,140.99 Trustee’s Fee

Costs $645.00

$450.00

Costs $645.00

Total Amount Due

$3,235.99

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

Total Amount Due $3,543.51

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777 the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/13/2025, beginning at 10:00 AM.

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896,

North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/13/2025, beginning at 10:00 AM.

The Public Auction shall occur at the front entrance of 700 Faison Road Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29466.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844%

ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0325-49E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 10/5/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1141, Page 246.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor;

Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

EDUARDO C. RIVERO 1720 SHORE ROAD LINWOOD, NJ 08221.

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN as recorded in Lien Book 1290 at Page 603, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $2,040.18 Trustee’s Fee $450.00 Costs $157.50 Total Amount Due $2,647.68

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:

Facility 1: 427 St. James Ave

Goose Creek, SC 29445 6/17/2025

11:00 AM

Sannethia Bowman 2 couches, microwave, TV

Christopher Cumbee Boxes

Kristina Solara Household items

Facility 2: 609 Old Trolley Road Summerville, SC 29485 6/17/2025 10:30 AM

Timothy Payne Household Items

Tireashia Miller King Bunk Bed- 4 Sofas and Boxes

Amanda Barfield 2 Bedroom Apartment

Facility 3: 8850 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406

6/17/2025 10:45 AM

Dana Cloys Household Items

Anthony Shelton Couch, Chair, Boxes

Randall King 2005 Sea Ray 18’ Boat

Facility 4: 208 St. James Ave, Ste C Goose Creek, SC 29445 6/17/2025 11:00 AM

Hope Shepherd (Pinewood Square) Household Goods

Brittany McNeil Bed frames, tv stand, washer & dryer, household items

Charles Cullen Bedroom furniture, living room furniture, garage items, tools, misc.

Facility 5: 3781 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418

6/17/2025 11:00 AM

Brianna Stanley Boxes, furniture, clothes

Raven Townsend Personal

Ashli Polite

Event rental equipment, tables chairs tablecloths

Amaya Johnson Sectional and washer and dryer set

Facility 6: 434 Orangeburg Road Summerville, SC 29483

6/17/2025 11:15 AM

Twala Scott Household Goods

Anyae Stroman Household Goods

Eric Mazyck Household Goods

Facility 7: 422 Old Trolley Rd Summerville, SC 29485

6/17/2025 10:45 AM

Michelle Miller Household goods/ furniture

Nicholas Sampsel Tools, glassware

Tymetria Grippon Household goods, furniture

Robert Merritt Household goods, furniture

Rita Spivey Holiday decor, furniture

Facility 8: 2130 N Main St Summerville, SC 29486

6/17/2025 10:00 AM

Angel Phillips Household goods

Steven Gunnells Household goods

Facility 10: 344 Nexton Creek Circle Summerville, SC 29486

6/17/2025 11:45 AM

Erica Phlegar Couches, dressers, china cabinet, TV’S, kitchen table

Facility 11: 9670 Dorchester Rd Summerville, SC 29485

6/17/2025 10:15 AM

Tychia Brown Totes and boxes

Terrace Ashe Household goods

Candace Ladin Household goods

Candace Ladin Household Goods

Candace Ladin Household Goods

Starasia Banks king bed, dresser, table, 3 beds, today, 1 month Isheka Manigault Household goods

Jennifer Darcy Furniture. Household goods

Nevada Carson Beds, mattress, dressers, boxes

Facility 12: 6941 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 6/17/2025 12:30 PM

Antoinette Rowell Household items, furniture

Amanda Miller Clothes boxes (2-4), laundry baskets.

Cyril Couchman Household items

Shawn Hix Small Futon/Desk/Table/Storage Cabinet/ Boxes

Humberto Gonzalez Speakers

Facility 13: 5146 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418

6/17/2025 12:00 PM

James Thompson Household items, Asmie Backus Household Items

Shawnterica Gibbs My apartment items, couch, clothes, etc.

Dwayne Simmons Furniture

Rose Waiters 2 bd

Carl Hilstock Boxes, misc from garage, Jamal Worley 5 plastic storage contains wedding

gifts, pictures, personal items

Aubrey Smalls

Couch, bed, end tables, boxes

Jasmine Goodwin Boxes

Bryonna Simmons Pictures, bags clothing, boxes

Facility 14: 1055 Beech Hill Rd. Summerville, SC 29485 6/17/2025 11:00 AM

Michele Vining Rutter Household goods

Mason Hibbitt Household goods

Wendy Mcallister Household goods

Amber Ancrum Household goods

Facility 15: 1205 Central Ave. Summerville, SC 29483 6/17/2025 11:15 AM

Ryan Clark Household Goods

Patricia Crenshaw Household Goods

Richard Ross Household Goods

Denice Jean Winnett Household Goods

FRANCES GRIFFIN-WANDEL Household Goods

Shane Goddard Household Goods

Facility 16: 1217 Central Ave. Summerville, SC 29483 6/17/2025 11:15 AM

Niko Bennett Household Goods

Sakyra Fiall Household Goods

Shelia Wieczorek Household Goods

The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM

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

C/A NO. 2025-CP-10-02475

Capital M Financial Services, Inc. dba SWC Financial Services, as to an Undivided 25% Interest, Second Chance Lending, Inc. as to an Undivided 75% Interest

VS Nicole A. Gethers; Maurice Gethers aka Maurice G. Gethers (Deceased) and any other Heirsat-Law or Devisees of Maurice Gethers aka Maurice G. Gethers, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all Unknown Heirs of Deceased Defendants, and all other persons entitled to claim under or through them being a class designated as Mary Roe; All Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein, being a class designated as Jane Doe; also any Unknown persons who may be in the military service

of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and Any Unknown minors, persons under a Disability or persons incarcerated, being a class designated as Richard Roe It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the Appointment of 7. Kelley Y. Woody as Guardian ad Litem for all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (which are constituted as a class designated as “John Doe”) and any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability (which are constituted as a class designated as “Richard Roe”), it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Kelley Y. Woody is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”), all unknown minors or persons under a disability (constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”), any all other persons entitled to claim under or through them being a class designated as Mary Roe; All Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein, being a class designated as Jane Doe, all of which have or may claim to have some interest in the property that is the subject of this action, commonly known as 7708 Peggy Drive, Charleston, SC 29418 that Kelley Y. Woody is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”, all unknown minors and persons under a disability, constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”, unless the Defendants, or someone acting on their behalf, shall, within thirty (30) days after service of a copy of this Order as directed below, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for the Defendants constituted as a class designated as “John Doe” or “Richard Roe”.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be served upon the unknown Defendants by publication in the Charleston City Paper a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED HEREIN; ALSO ANY PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE ANY ALL OTHER PERSONS ENTITLED TO CLAIM UNDER OR THROUGH THEM BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS MARY ROE; ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED HEREIN, BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JANE DOE; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, PO Box 4216, Columbia, South Carolina 29240, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for

relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 29, 2025.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by to Nicole A. Gethers, Maurice Gethers, Joseph Gethers and Bernita K. Gethers bearing date of March 25, 2003 and recorded March 28, 2003 in Mortgage Book F442, at Page 77. Thereafter, Nicole A. Gethers and Maurice Gethers assumed the Note and Mortgage by Mortgage Assumption Agreement recorded September 10, 2013 in Book 0359 at Page 721. in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of $78,800.00 that, and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows:

All that piece, parcel or lot of land with the buildings thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 25, Block CC, Forest Hills Subdivision, as shown on a plat made by Sigma Engineers, Inc., dated September 28, 1973, and recorded In the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AC, Page 105, said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

SUBJECT to all conditions, covenants, easements, reservations, restrictions, and zoning ordinances that may appear of record, on the recorded plats or on the premises.

Being the same property conveyed to Joseph Gethers and Mostella M. Davis by Deed of Marlin R. Poole, Jr. dated December 2, 1987 and recorded December 3, 1987 in Book Wl70 at Page 363 in the RMC Office for Charleston County., and also by Deed of Mostella M. Davis to Joseph Gethers dated and recorded December 3, 1987 in Book W170 at Page 363.

TMS#: 404-07-00-215

Physical Address: 7708 Peggy Drive Charleston, SC 29418

Crawford & von Keller, LLC PO Box 4216 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29240

Phone: 803-790-2626

Email: court@crawfordvk.com

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

PLEAS

NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

C/A #: 2024-CP-10-05638

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, Plaintiff, Vs.

THOMAS EDWARD FOX, AS HEIR AT LAW OF MARGARET T. FOX, DECEASED, AND ANY OTHER HEIRS-AT-LAW OR DISTRIBUTEES OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR SPOUSES, IF ANY THEY HAVE, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS UNKNOWN WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN; ALSO ANY UNKNOWN ADULTS AND THOSE PERSONS 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 and DISCOVER BANK, Defendants.

NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI AND ATTORNEY

TO: THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN, NAMES AND ADDRESSES UNKNOWN, INCLUDING ANY THEREOF WHO MAY BE MINORS, IMPRISONED PERSONS, INCOMPETENT PERSONS, UNDER OTHER LEGAL DISABILITY OR IN THE MILITARY SERVICE, IF ANY, WHETHER RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO THE NATURAL, GENERAL, TESTAMENTARY GUARDIAN OR COMMITTEE, OR OTHERWISE, AND TO THE PERSON WITH WHOM THEY MAY RESIDE, IF ANY THERE BE:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Motion for an order appointing Kelley Woody, Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe or John Doe, defendants herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, or under other legal disability, and as Attorney for said parties who may be in the military service, whether residents or nonresidents of South Carolina, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or either of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi and Attorney shall be made absolute.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the

Amended Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint upon the subscribers, at their office, 508 Meeting Street, West Columbia, South Carolina 291639 or Post Office Box 11682, Columbia, South Carolina 29211, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Amended Complaint in the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on November 8, 2024 and the Amended Complaint was filed March 29, 2025.

AMENDED LIS PENDENS

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action will be commenced in this Court upon the Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants for the foreclosure of that certain Mortgage of Real Estate given by Margaret T. Fox, now deceased, to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., its successors and assigns, dated November 27, 2000, and recorded on December 1, 2000, in the office of the Registrar of Mesne Conveyance for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book 0359 at Page 143 (the “Mortgage”). By Mortgage Assignment (the “Assignment”), Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. assigned the Mortgage to the Plaintiff, and the Assignment was recorded December 1, 2000, in Book 0359 at Page 805 in the office of the Registrar of Mesne Conveyance for Charleston County, South Carolina. At the time of the filing of this notice, the premises affected by the said action were situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and are described as follows:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any and all improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, in Wildwood Subdivision, being known and designated as Lot No. 3, Block L, on a plat of Wildwood dated March, 1956, made by J. O’Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book K, at Page 82; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

This conveyance is made subject to any and all restrictions, easements and/or rights-of-way affecting the above-described property as recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

This being the same property conveyed to Margaret T. Fox by deed of Patrick H. Bos and Mary B. Bos dated November 27, 2000 and recorded December 1, 2000 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book N359 at Page 237.

TMS#: 475-05-00-122

For a complete description of the property encumbered by the Mortgage, the undersigned craves reference to the Mortgage, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

s/Ryan J. Patane

S.C. Bar No. 103116 Benjamin E. Grimsley

S.C. Bar No. 70335 D’Alberto, Graham & Grimsley, LLC Attorneys for the Plaintiff P.O. Box 11682 Columbia, S.C. 29211 (803) 233-4999 rpatane@dgglegal.com bgrimsley@dgglegal.com

Edward Greene, Plaintiff,

v. Marie S. Bligen and Maurice Barker Defendants.

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the Action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on Plaintiff, through his Attorney, J. Chris Lanning, at his office, 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, 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 Compliant within the time aforesaid, Plaintiff in the Action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for the aforesaid County which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53, South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter final judgment in this case. An appeal from the final judgment entered by the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee shall be made directly to the Supreme Court.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 17, 2025. Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on March 17, 2025.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of Sections 12-16-10 and 15-67-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, for the Quieting of a Title after Tax Sale, for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that Plaintiff is the owner of the said property described in paragraph 6 of Plaintiff’s Complaint, and that Defendants have no right, title, interest, claim or estate in or lien upon the said property.

That said property affected by said Complaint in this Action hereby commenced was, at the time of the commencement of this Action, and at the time of the filing of this Notice is described as follows:

ALL that piece, part, parcel and lot of land, situate, lying and being on Edisto Island in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot No. 2-A containing 0.6941 acres, more or less, on a plat entitled “A Boundary Survey and Subdivision of Lot 2 The Lands of Tyrone Bligen Located on Edisto Island, Charleston County, SC” prepared by Robert L. Frank, RLS #4177, dated October 21, 2005, revised December 23, 2005 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EJ at Page 454, said plat being incorporated herein as part of this description and said lot being bounded nor or formerly an measuring more or less as follows:

On the Northeast by Lot 2-B and by Lot 1 and measuring thereon Fifty-two and Three Hundredths (52.03’) feet and Three Hundred Sixty-five and Sixteen Hundredths (365.16’) feet, respectively; on the

Southeast by Steamboat Landing Road 50’ R/W and measuring thereon Twenty (20’) feet; on the Southwest and Southeast by Lot 2 and measuring thereon Two Hundred Forty-nine and Fifty-two Hundredths (249.52’) feet and One Hundred Thirty-three and Fortyseven Hundredths (133.47’) feet, respectively; on the Southwest by Lot 1 and measuring thereon One Hundred Sixty-eight and Sixteen Hundredths (168.16’) feet; and on the Northwest by Lot 2-B and measuring thereon One Hundred Fifty and Ninety-six Hundredths (150.96’) feet.

TMS: 070-00-00-216

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/ J. Chris Lanning

J. Chris Lanning

12-A Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407 Phone – 843-766-5576

Charleston, SC 29414

06/17/2025 11:15 AM

Rhonda Cummings Household goods.

Ashley Trapp Queen bed, lamps, mirrors, futon, boxes/bags, wedding dress

Carey Cohen Clothing and furniture tv

Facility 6: 1951 Maybank Hwy Charleston, SC 29412

06/17/2025 11:30 AM

Avaney Rivers Household goods

Patrick Kamleiter Boxes, clothes

Calvin Greene

Drs - 3 to 4 ngt stds - 3 chr ktc tbl - Cfe tabl - 10 to 15 Boxes/Binsclothing - shoes

Facility 7: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407

06/17/2025 12:45 PM

Annie Mullins Household goods

David Willis 3-bedroom house

Catherine Whaley Boxes and bags

Facility 8: 1861 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407

06/17/2025 1:15 PM

Ronald Cooke Clothes, instruments, bike

Patricia Reynolds Table, 4 chairs, boxes, 2 lamps

Terrence Sarvis Household Goods

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:

Facility 1: 1108 Stockade Ln. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466

06/17/2025 10:00 AM

Christian Johnson Parts for work, bed

Aspen Majewski Totes and holiday items

Facility 2: 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 06/17/2025 10:20 AM

Renee Williams Household items

Lauran Tolly Furniture

Facility 3: 1117 Bowman Rd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

06/17/2025 10:25 AM

Cindy Moore

King bed, 75 inch tv,

Facility 4: 1514 Mathis Ferry Rd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

06/17/2025 10:35 AM

Annette Lee Household items, Furniture, and boxes

Facility 5: 45 Grand Oaks Blvd

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

DOCKET NO. 2025CP1001858

PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, Plaintiff,

v. Jeffrey W. Tichenor; Ana Nia Tichenor; The Lakes Master Association, Inc The United States of America acting by and through its agency, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs South Carolina Department of Revenue Defendant(s).

(016487-01679)

SUMMONS

Deficiency Judgment Waived TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Jeffrey W. Tichenor and Ana Nia Tichenor:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 153 Coosawatchie St, Summerville, SC 29485, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 388-13-00-864, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 292023200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

Tara Singleton Boxes (under 20)

Facility 9: 1540 Meeting Street Road Charleston, SC 29405

06/17/2025 1:00 PM

Melvin Ellington Household Goods/Furniture, TV/ Stereo Equipment

Tiquanna Jones 2 washers dryer bed clothing boxes

Keoshia Ferguson Furniture, clothing, toys TV

Melody Brown 15 bins boxes

The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

(SC Bar #73516), Brian.Yoho@rogerstownsend.com

Jeriel A. Thomas (SC Bar #101400)

Jeriel.Thomas@rogerstownsend. com

R. Brooks Wright (SC Bar #105195)

Brooks.Wright@rogerstownsend. com

1221 Main Street, 14th Floor Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444

Columbia, South Carolina

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE 2015-CP-10-00377

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

Nationstar HECM Acquisition Trust, 2015-2, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not individually, but solely as Trustee

v. Grange Simons Lucas, III, Individually and as personal representative for the estate of Mary King Lucas (2014-ES-100682), Renee Jervey Lucas, Mary Catherine Lucas Jakeman, James A. McAlister Funeral Home, and the United States of America, acting by and through its agency the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with 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

J. Martin Page, Esquire Telephone: 803-509-5078 File # 21-49077

FOR INSERTION

June 13, June 20, & June 27, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 6946

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 judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein.

service, except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or otherwise appear and defend within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S), AND/ OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff.

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein.

s/Brian P. Yoho

Rogers Townsend, LLC

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend.com

Brian P. Yoho (SC Bar #73516), Brian.Yoho@rogerstownsend.com

Jeriel A. Thomas (SC Bar #101400)

Jeriel.Thomas@rogerstownsend. com

R. Brooks Wright (SC Bar #105195) Brooks.Wright@rogerstownsend. com

1221 Main Street, 14th Floor Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444

Columbia, South Carolina

NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on April 4, 2025.

s/Brian P. Yoho

Rogers Townsend, LLC

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend.com

Brian P. Yoho

Upon authority of a Decree dated August 28, 2015, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on July 1, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IN ST. ANDREWS PARISH, IN THE COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT THREE (3), BLOCK F, ON A PLAT BEARING THE LEGEND “PLAT OF SECTION 3, LENEVAR SUBDIVISION, CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C.” DATED MARCH 24, 1960 BY A.L. GLEN, REG. P.S. AND L.S. AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK M AT PAGE 113 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY. SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, DIMENSIONS, BUTTINGS AND BOUNDINGS AS ARE SHOWN AND DELINEATED ON SAID MAP WHICH IS MADE A PART AND PARCEL HEREOF BY REFERENCE THERETO. SAID LOT IS CONVEYED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO SAID PROPERTY, WHICH ARE SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION OF THE SAME DATED APRIL 9, 1960 IN BOOK D-70 AT PAGE 634 IN THE RMC OFFICE AFORESAID. BEING THE SAME PREMISES CONVEYED TO MARY KING LUCAS, THE MORTGAGOR HEREIN, BY DEED OF GRANGE S. LUCAS, THE MORTGAGOR HEREIN, BY DEED OF GRANGE S. LUCAS, III AND MARY CATHERINE LUCAS, EXECUTED MAY 23, 1989 AND RECORDED MAY 24, 1989 IN P-184, AT PAGE 350, AND RE-RECORDED JUNE 25, 1992 IN BOOK H. 215 AT PAGE 889, AND BY DEED OF RENEE J. LUCAS, EXECUTED MAY 7, 1985 AND RECORDED JULY 29, 1985 IN BOOK W-148, AT PAGE 810. TMS#: 352-12-00-104

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1412 Tara Road Charleston, SC 29407 Parcel No. 352-12-00-104

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-02651

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee of CIM Trust 2023-R2, PLAINTIFF, VS. Bryan A. Seward a/k/a Bryan Seaward, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Evelyn Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Nelson Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Seward a/k/a Evelyn N. Seward, Deceased; et. al. DEFENDANT(S).

(251106.00019)

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANT BRYAN A. SEWARD A/K/A BRYAN SEAWARD, AS LEGAL HEIR OR DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF EVELYN SEAWARD A/K/A EVELYN NELSON SEAWARD A/K/A EVELYN SEWARD A/K/A EVELYN N. SEWARD, DECEASED ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 407, Columbia, SC 29204 or P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on May 6, 2025.

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A. By: _/s/Angelia J. Grant

Ronald C. Scott (rons@ scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #4996 Reginald P. Corley (reggiec@ scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #69453 Angelia J. Grant (angig@ scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #78334

Allison E. Heffernan (allisonh@ scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #68530 H. Guyton Murrell (guytonm@ scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64134

Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@ scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074

ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF 1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 407 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

May 23, 2025

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-01438

FIRESIDE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. ANTHONY DEDRICK BALAOROSS & HELEN SIMONE JONES, Defendant.

SUMMONS (Breach of Contract, Non-Jury HOA Lien Foreclosure) (Deficiency Not Applicable)

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint of the Plaintiff in this action, a copy of which is served herewith upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office at 753 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 100, Mr. Pleasant, SC 29464, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended effective September 1, 2002, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity or Special Referee for Charleston County, Fireside Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Anthony Dedrick BalaoRoss & Helen Simone Jones SUMMONS

which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the SCRCP, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this action.

Respectfully submitted, CLARKSON MCALONIS & O’CONNOR, P.C.

By: /s/Sean A. O’Connor

Adam H. Clarkson, Esq. (SC Bar No. 80673)

Sean A. O’Connor, Esq. (SC Bar No. 68382) Clarkson McAlonis & O’Connor, P.C.

753 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 100, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 Ph: 843-885-8005 aclarkson@cmolawpc.com soconnor@cmolawpc.com

Attorneys for Fireside Homeowners Association, Inc. March 14, 2025

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 one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: FRANCIS NEIL WARD 2025-ES-10-0723

DOD: 11/26/24

Pers. Rep: LINDA WARD 1506 ASHLEY GARDEN BLVD., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty: SAMUEL L. MARTIN, ESQ. PO BOX 98, CHARLESTON, SC 29402 ***********

Estate of KELLE MICHELLE BROWN

2025-ES-10-0761

DOD: 4/17/25

Pers. Rep:

PATRICK L. HAMLETTE

2322 BIRDIE GARRETT ST., NO. CHARLESTON, 29405

***********

Estate of: HERMAN LEE SIMMONS, SR.

2025-ES-10-0771

DOD: 3/30/25

Pers. Rep: ERIKA MACK

2985 CONSERVANCY LN., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty: JOHN E. ROMANOSKY, JR., ESQ.

1 COOL BLOW ST., #201, CHARLESTON, SC 29403

***********

Estate of:

JOSEPH WILSON

2025-ES-10-0775

DOD: 3/11/25

Pers. Rep: MARYETTA WILSON

8 LAUREL AVE., CHARLESTON, SC 29403

***********

Estate of:

PHILIP ANDREWS MCGOWAN, JR.

2025-ES-10-0783

DOD: 3/23/25

Pers. Rep: PHILIP A. MCGOWAN, III AKA

DREW MCGOWAN

304 ROBIN LN. SE, MARIETTA, GA 30067

Atty: F. PATRICIA SCARBOROUGH, ESQ.

115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

***********

Estate of: NILKA CURIEL CHIMA

2025-ES-10-0787

DOD: 4/10/25

Pers. Rep: ANGEL CHIMA VALENTIN

5715 DAKOTA ST., NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406

***********

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-01830

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company. Plaintiff, -vsThomas E. Marx; South Carolina Department of Revenue; United States of America acting by and through its agency the Internal Revenue Service; Crafts House Homeowners Association Inc.; SoFi Lending Corp. as Attorney-inFact for PA Investment Corp V; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Mortgage Network Inc. Defendants

SUMMONS

(Deficiency Judgment Demanded) (Mortgage Foreclosure) Non-Jury

TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Thomas E. Marx

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their office, 1640 St. Julian Place, Columbia, SC 29204, within (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer to Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for a judgment by default granting the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOME THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S), AN/OR TO PERSON UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABLILITY,

INCOMPLETENTS AND PERSONS CONFINED AND PEERSON IN THE MILITARY:

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem within (30) days after service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Summons and Complaint in the above-captioned action were filed on April 02, 2025, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston, South Carolina.

Crawford & von Keller, LLC PO Box 4216 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29240

Phone: 803-790-2626

Email: court@crawfordvk.com Attorneys for Plaintiff

SUMMONS (COLLECTION – NONJURY)

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL CASE NUMBER: 2025-CP10-02845

SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. WILLIAM JAMES MILLER, Defendant.

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.

May 15, 2025

CHARLESTON, SC

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO DEFENDANT WILLIAM JAMES MILLER:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE

NOTICE that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Civil Action Coversheet, Summons, Exhibits and Verification, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on May 15, 2025, at 11:59 a.m., the object and prayer of which is the recovery of a sum certain due Plaintiff by Defendant, WILLIAM JAMES MILLER, and for such other and further relief as set forth in the Complaint.

s/Cynthia Jordan Lowery

Cynthia Jordan Lowery #12499

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

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

May 28, 2025

CHARLESTON, SC

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2025-CP-08-01139

NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing.

Plaintiff,

-vsPhilip J. Lien aka Phil Lien; 254 Seven Farms Drive Condominium Association Inc. Defendants

SUMMONS (Deficiency Judgment Demanded) (Mortgage Foreclosure) Non-Jury

TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Philip J. Lien YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their office, 1640 St. Julian Place, Columbia, SC 29204, within (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer to Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for a judgment by default granting the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOME THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S), AN/OR TO PERSON UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABLILITY, INCOMPLETENTS AND PERSONS CONFINED AND PEERSON IN THE MILITARY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem within (30) days after service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Summons and Complaint in the above-captioned action were filed on April 07, 2025, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Berkeley, South Carolina.

Crawford & von Keller, LLC PO Box 4216 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29240 Phone: 803-790-2626 Email: court@crawfordvk.com Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO.: 2024ES1800328

LATASHA FORREST, Petitioner, vs. JAMARI FORREST, DEMETRIUS GREENE, MARCUS GREENE, BRANDON GREENE, TAREEM GRAHAM, KELLIE FORREST, JOSHUA PHILLIPS, Respondents.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF FORMAL PETITION FOR TESTACY AND APPOINTMENT FOR THE ESTATE OF KELVIN FORREST

TO: THE RESPONDENTS ABOVENAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and notified that an action has been filed against you in this court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you. Within thirty (30) days after the day you receive the Summons and Petition, you must respond in writing to the Petition by filing an Answer with this court. You must also serve a copy of your Answer to the Petition upon the Petitioner or the Petitioner’s Attorney at the address shown below. If you fail to answer the

Petition, judgment by default could be rendered against you for the relief requested in the Petition.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Petition seeking appointment in this action was filed in the Dorchester County Probate Court on June 21, 2024. Note: Probate Court recommends that all interested parties be represented by counsel licensed to practice law in South Carolina. If any interested party wishes to represent him/herself, he/she will be required to adhere to the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure and South Carolina Rules of Evidence.

SHELBOURNE LAW FIRM

/s/ Cooper E. Eppes

Cooper E. Eppes, Esq. (Bar #104957)

131 E. Richardson Avenue Summerville, SC 29483 (843) 871-2210

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER

6108 MARTIN ST.

RAVENEL, SC 29470

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Estate of:

ROBERT CAMPBELL JOHNSON

2025-ES-10-0879

DOD: 3/24/25

Pers. Rep: SALLIE S. JOHNSON

114 LIVE OAK DR.

MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

Atty: ANDREW E. RHEA, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of:

ABRAHAM BILL JENKINS, SR.

2025-ES-10-0899

DOD: 5/1/25

Pers. Rep: DEMETT E. JENKINS 1206 SYMMES DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29407

Atty: ELAINE JENKINS, ESQ. PO BOX 364

JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29457

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Estate of:

RALPH WILLIAM ERVIN, III 2025-ES-10-0900

DOD: 4/16/25

Pers. Rep: RICHARD TUCKER ERVIN 671 OLDE SALT RUN MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

Atty: F. PATRICIA SCARBOROUGH, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

Summons and Amended Complaint were filed on December 20, 2024; The Amended Summons and Amended Complaint For Divorce were filed on April 28, 2025. The Final Hearing has been scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on August 26, 2025 at Charleston County Family Court, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401.

CHARLIE L. WHIRL 2112 Commander Road North Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 566-9705- Office cwhirl2112@gmail.com Attorney for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF RICHLAND

Civil Action Number: 2025-CP10-00215

Jacinda A. Barnes Frasier, Plaintiff Vs. James C. Cole and Crystal N. Pratt

TO: James C. Cole, THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED:

Answer to the said Complaint upon the subscriber at 504 North Pine Street, Summerville, SC 29483 within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action shall apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and a judgment will be rendered against you.

ROSSINGTON LAW OFFICES, LLC

s/ Julio A. Rossington

Julio A. Rossington, SC Bar #73905

504 North Pine Street Summerville, SC 29483

Office: (843) 261-1114

Facsimile: 1-888-977-1140 julio.rossington@rossingtonlaw. com

Attorney for the Plaintiff

APRIL 4, 2025

Summerville, South Carolina

EL DEPARTAMENTO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONTRA

WENDY RODRIGUEZ, ALEGRIA Y FLORENTINOR FORENS EN BENEFICIO DE: MENOR NACIDO EN 2008.

PARA: WENDY RODRIGUEZ ALEGRIA

POR LA PRESENTE SE LE CITA y se le requiere responder a la Demanda de Remoción en esta acción, presentada ante el secretario del tribunal del condado de Charleston el 25 de febrero de 2025, a las 3:19 p. m. Una vez que se demuestre el interés, se le entregará una copia de la Demanda de Remoción si así lo solicita, y deberá entregar una copia de su Respuesta a la Demanda a la Parte Demandante, el Departamento de Servicios Sociales del Condado de Charleston, en la oficina de su abogada, Kyra McMillan, , Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la fecha de esta publicación, sin contar la fecha de notificación. Si no responde dentro del plazo indicado, la parte Demandante procederá a solicitar reparación ante el Tribunal.

Kyra McMillan, licencia del colegio de abogados de Carolina del Sur N.º 102156, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Oficina 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-8802.

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 one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of:

TANGIE EVETTE JENKINS

2025-ES-10-0716

DOD: 5/14/24

Pers. Rep: TIA M. JENKINS 134 CALEB CT. LADSON, SC 29456

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Estate of:

THOMAS V. READEN

2025-ES-10-0852

DOD: 3/3/25

Pers. Rep:

RENEE READEN-PARSONS 6043 CHISOLM RD. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

Atty: MICAH S. JOHNSON, ESQ. PO BOX 20458

CHARLESTON, SC 29413

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Estate of:

MITTIENA GILREATH JOHNSON

2025-ES-10-0856

DOD: 1/31/25

Pers. Rep: RAINEE JOHNSON 881 GODBER ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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Estate of: ISAIAH WALKER MILLER, JR.

2025-ES-10-0857

DOD: 11/5/24

Pers. Rep: KRYSTON JOEL MILLER

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-DR-10-0766

EBONY BROWN, Plaintiff, vs. LASABA ISABELL & TAVORIS HURST. Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to Answer the Complaint, Amended Complaint and Amended Complaint For Divorce in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer thereto on the subscriber, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after the date of service upon you, 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, Amended Complaint and Amended Complaint For Divorce and judgment by default may be entered against you.

NOTICE OF FILING.

The initial Summons and Complaint were filed in Family Court, Charleston County, Case Number 2024-DR-10-0766, on March 15, 2024; The Amended

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file an Answer to the Complaint in the Clerk of Court of the Common Pleas where this action is pending, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint to Stoney & Walker, LLC,930 Richland Street, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgement by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A copy of the Complaint is herewith served upon you.

Respectfully submitted, STONEY & WALKER, LLC

Joy D. Stoney-Reid, (SC Bar No: 71188) 930 Richland Street Columbia, SC 29201 Phone: (803)868-5800

Fax: (843)771-9906

Email: jstoney@stoneywalkerlaw. com

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

Columbia, South Carolina January 27, 2025

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2025-CP-10-01873

JUSTIN HARTMAN, Plaintiff, vs. FRASIER CLINTON, Defendant.

SUMMONS

TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DOCKET NO. 2025-DR- 08-780

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS SHANTIA SIMMONS, SHIRLEY MUSTAPHER DEFENDANTS.

IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2024.

TO DEFENDANT: SHANTIA SIMMONS

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on April 17, 2025, 9:25 AM. 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, John McCormick Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Dr. Moncks Corner, S.C. 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.

John McCormick, SC Bar # 100176 2 Belt Dr. Moncks Corner, SC 29461, 843-719-1007.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-0511

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS WENDY RODRIGUEZ ALEGRIA AND FLORENTINOR FORENS IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2008.

TO DEFENDANT: WENDY RODRIGUEZ ALEGRIA

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Removal in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 25, 2025, at 3:19 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Removal will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Kyra McMillan, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 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.

Kyra McMillan, SC Bar #102156, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-8802.

PLEASE RECYCLE THIS

C.A. No. 2023-CP-08-03074

Summer Wood Property Owners Association, Inc., Plaintiff,

v. Sabal Homes, LLC; Flavia Morales; Et. Al.; Defendants.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

TO: Flavia Morales a/k/a Flavio Morales

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Second Amended Complaint in this action, which was filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County, SC at 300-B California Ave., Moncks Corner, SC on May 3, 2024, notice of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer thereto upon the undersigned at his office, 102 Wappoo Creek Dr., Unit 8, Charleston, SC 29412, within thirty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service.

If you fail to appear and defend the action as required by law, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Second Amended Complaint.

Capell Thomson, LLC

s/ C. Guy Castles IV 102 Wappoo Creek Dr., Unit 8 Charleston, SC 29412 Attorney for Plaintiff

Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice Extra Room Self Storage - North Charleston located at 8911 University Blvd. North Charleston SC 29406 intends to hold an Auction of storage units in default of payment. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures. com on 6/17/25 at 10:00 AM.

This sale is pursuant to the assertion of lien for rental at the self-storage facility. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods, furnishings and garage essentials.

Sheryl Tyler; Christopher Brian Durante; Sheryl Tyler.

This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.

NOTICE PURSUANT TO S.C. CODE ANN. § 33-44-808

Claims against FAMULARIS 002

LLC will be statutorily barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five (5) years from the date of this notice. Claims should be sent to David W. Wolf, P.A., c/o David Wolf, 748-D St. Andrews Boulevard, Charleston SC 29407, within five (5) years of the date of this notice.

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 one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of:

SUSAN GORDON LEWIS 2025-ES-10-0922

DOD: 3/23/25

Pers. Rep: JAMES E. DUFFY 631 ST. ANDREWS BLVD. CHARLESTON, SC 29407

Pers. Rep: ELIZABETH R. COOPER 151 BROAD ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE 98-28-1

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/13/2025, beginning at 10:00 A.M. The Public Auction shall occur at the front entrance of 700 Faison Road Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29466.

$8.42.;

EFFEREN V. HARDNETT

250 PIEDMONT AVENUE NE UNIT 906

ATLANTA, GA 30308,

0.00399374221908844%, 980326-13O, 1134/477, $17,202.18, $1,019.33, $450.00, $18,671.51, $7.91.;

MICHEL TONDREAU & CHANTAL GAGNE

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE 98-28-2

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

or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

Property Description: A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided interest in (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: (SEE EXHIBIT “A”). The names and notice address of the obligor(s), record owner(s) of the timeshare estate (if different from the obligor(s), and junior interest or lienholder(s) (if applicable) (hereinafter referred to as “Obligors”) are identified in Exhibit “A”. The sale of the Properties is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligors of the obligations secured by those certain Mortgages to 1776 Development, LLC as recorded in the records of Horry County, South Carolina and detailed in Exhibit “A”. The amounts secured by the MORTGAGES, including accrued interest and late charges now owing along with a per diem amount to account for further accrual of interest and late charges are detailed in Exhibit “A”, together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter. The successful bidders shall be required to pay, in cash or certified funds, at the time of the bid, unless the successful bidder is the Creditor, which shall reserve a credit against its bid for the Total Owing as set forth in Exhibit “A”. The successful bidders shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto. An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345. KING CUNNINGHAM, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, (843)-249-0777. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Obligor(s), Address, TS Interest, TS Interval Control No., MTG BK/PG, Default Amount, Costs, Trustee’s Fee, Total Amount Due, Per Diem;

ELIZABETH PROVO

70 EASY ST CARBONDALE, CO

81623-9147

0.0022634921241123%, 980206-7E, 1125/2663, $19,866.25, $1,019.33, $450.00, $21,335.58,

83 RUE BROOK GATINEAU QC, CANADA J9H 2Y5, 0.00399374221908844%, 980417-W7O, 849/987, $13,962.32, $1,040.84, $450.00, $15,453.16, $5.40.;

AEESHA MOSLEY & MARVIN DOZIER

1219 65TH AVE

PHILADELPHIA, PA 19126-3211

0.01243674632681650%, 98520-4B, 1265/894, $58,268.62, $949.28, $450.00, $59,667.90, $18.93.;

MARK COSTA & KATHLEEN COSTA 12230 WOODVIEW DR JACKSONVILLE, FL 32246-5201

0.02601758856785460,0.026 01758856785460%, 98-041233B, 98-0409-25B, 1248/565, $127,298.03, $949.28, $450.00, $128,697.31, $42.70.;

MARGARET MARY COPPEZ

13 MORIN DR EAST HAMPTON, MA 010272649

0.02601758856785460%, 980412-35B, 1174/362, $69,593.20, $949.28, $450.00, $70,992.48, $22.92.;

DAVID VAN EPS & MARIAH VAN EPS 11938 CLAY CT WESTMINSTER, CO 80234-2417

0.00798748443817687%, 980427-6B, 1256/716, $37,347.99, $949.28, $450.00, $38,747.27, $13.18.;

MICHAEL PAUL HARRISON & TRISHA MARIE HARRISON

128 ROCK ISLAND ST SPRING VALLEY, IL 61362-1628

0.00399374221908844,0.003 99374221908844%, 98-041620E, 98-0416-19O, 1163/508, $59,271.60, $949.28, $450.00, $60,670.88, $24.12.;

THOMAS J. WARREN & EDNA A. WARREN

122 GREENWOOD AVE HASKELL, NJ 07420

0.00798748443817687%, 980425-23B, 1033/950, $33,303.72, $949.28, $450.00, $34,703.00, $11.44.;

MARIE V. TIZON 924 MCLAIN ST ELIZABETH, NJ 07202-3315

0.00399374221908844%, 980214-13O, 1177/059, $35,236.25, $949.28, $450.00, $36,635.53, $14.09.;

ARYSNEIDA RIVERA & SAMUEL RIVERA 221 LA PAZ DR KISSIMMEE, FL 34743-9483

0.00399374221908844%, 980316-49O, 1204/546, $15,909.33, $949.28, $450.00, $17,308.61, $8.10.;

STEVEN ELSE & FAWN ELSE 6268 LINCOLNIA ROAD ALEXANDRIA, VA 223121530, 0.02601758856785460%, 98-0412-46B, 98-0409-20B, 1252/957, $197,492.06, $949.28, $450.00, $198,891.34, $71.01.

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/13/2025, beginning at 10:00 A.M. The Public Auction shall occur at the front entrance of 700 Faison Road Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29466.

Property Description: A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided interest in (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: (SEE EXHIBIT “A”). The names and notice address of the obligor(s), record owner(s) of the timeshare estate (if different from the obligor(s), and junior interest or lienholder(s) (if applicable) (hereinafter referred to as “Obligors”) are identified in Exhibit “A”. The sale of the Properties is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligors of the obligations secured by those certain Mortgages to 1776 Development, LLC as recorded in the records of Horry County, South Carolina and detailed in Exhibit “A”. The amounts secured by the MORTGAGES, including accrued interest and late charges now owing along with a per diem amount to account for further accrual of interest and late charges are detailed in Exhibit “A”, together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter. The successful bidders shall be required to pay, in cash or certified funds, at the time of the bid, unless the successful bidder is the Creditor, which shall reserve a credit against

its bid for the Total Owing as set forth in Exhibit “A”. The successful bidders shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto. An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345. KING CUNNINGHAM, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, (843)-249-0777. EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Obligor(s), Address, TS Interest, TS Interval Control No., MTG BK/PG, Default Amount, Costs, Trustee’s Fee, Total Amount Due, Per Diem;

KIRK LONG SESSIONS & SUSAN MARIE SESSIONS 133 COOLIDGE RD LA FOLLETTE, TN 37766-5885

0.01682244733133270%, 980513-35B, 1251/247, $71,444.06, $949.28, $450.00, $72,843.34, $28.89.;

SANDRA LESIBU WESTAGE TWR 25 ROCKLEDGE AVE APT 1108 WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601-1214

0.00399374221908844%, 98-0316-1O, 1176/940, $14,743.24, $520.28, $450.00, $15,713.52, $6.86.;

RAFAEL ZABALA & VIRGILIA SANABRIA ZABALA 3705 SOUTHWEST 27TH STREET APT 217 GAINESVILLE, FL 32608

0.01682244733133270%, 980404-21B, 1179/411, $55,469.87, $520.28, $450.00, $56,440.15, $18.58.;

CRISTINA TELLECHEA

52 LAUREL GROVE HIGGANUM, CT 06441-4022

0.01682244733133270%, 98404-41B, 1185/296, $86,153.37, $520.28, $450.00, $87,123.65, $39.61.;

DEBRA ANN KOONTZ & DOUGLAS PAUL SHEPHERD 800 MCGUIRE CIR BERRYVILLE, VA 22611-1543

0.02601758856785460%, 98-

0312-32B, 1245/075, $65,788.76, $520.28, $450.00, $66,759.04, $16.97.;

MELISSA SALAS BYBEE & JASON DELVIN BYBEE 4817 99TH ST

LUBBOCK, TX 79424-6357

0.00798748443817687%, 980422-3B, 1235/303, $68,054.04, $520.28, $450.00, $69,024.32, $31.30.;

CATHERINE TROST TOLBERT 918 OLD COFFEE RD. BARNEY, GA 31625-5021

0.00621837316340825%, 980520-22E, 1170/845, $37,408.50, $520.28, $450.00, $38,378.78, $14.95.;

JAY WHITE 1424 SAGE ST EVANSTON, WY 82930-3320

0.00621837316340825%, 98206-13E, 0849/873, $15,983.46, $520.28, $450.00, $16,953.74, $5.76.;

JOHN STEPHEN LARKIN & EMILY WOLFE LARKIN 160 WESTWOOD AVE BOGART, GA 30622-2101

0.01243674632681650%, 98518-32B, 1238/157, $83,927.42, $520.28, $450.00, $84,897.70, $35.61.;

SUSAN THOMPSON & WILLIAM THOMPSON 120 PALISADE DR FREEHOLD, NJ 07728

0.02601758856785460%, 98-312-15B, 1187/493, $77,664.73, $520.28, $450.00, $78,635.01, $24.26.;

GUY USI & LIOR USI 840 WOODLAND DRIVE LAKEWOOD, NJ 08701-3037

0.00798748443817687%, 980416-23B, 1167/537, $47,096.41, $520.20, $450.00, $48,066.61, $24.13.

MV Transportation Inc. (MV) is proposing as a prime contractor in response to the CARTA Management Operations and Maintenance Services: Fixed Route and Paratransit. The proposal’s due date is 06/25/2025. We would appreciate letters of interest from Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms who are currently certified, active and without restrictions with the SCDOT for the following services: Uniforms, Janitorial Services, Landscaping Services, Vehicle Servicing, and Mystery Rider Services. For additional information, assistance

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A# 2024-CP-10-00663 Santander Consumer USA Inc. v. Perla Lopez, Angel Lopez Lara, Lenders Service Company LLC

SUMMONS (Non-Jury) (Breach of Contract) (Claim and Delivery) (Conversion)

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their office, 1901 Main Street, Suite 900 (29201), Post Office Box 1473, Columbia, SC 29202 within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on February 4, 2025.

John B. Kelchner, S.C. Bar 13589 TURNER PADGET GRAHAM & LANEY, P.A. P.O. Box 1473 (29202) 1901 Main Street, Suite 900 Columbia, SC 29201 Telephone: 803-227-4234 Email: jkelchner@turnerpadget. com Attorneys for Plaintiff Santander Consumer USA Inc.

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have had resemblances to cactuses in recent days. It hasn’t always been pleasant and cheerful, but you have become pretty skilled at surviving, even thriving, despite an insufficiency of juicy experiences. Fortunately, the emotional fuel you had previously stored up has sustained you, keeping you resilient and reasonably fluid. However, this situation will soon change. More succulence is on its way. Scarcity will end, and you will be blessed with an enhanced flow of lush feelings.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I foresee abundance emerging from modest sources. I predict breakthroughs arising out of your loving attention to the details of the routine. So please don’t get distracted by poignant meditations on what you feel is missing from your life. Don’t fantasize about what you wish you could be doing instead of what you are actually doing. Your real wealth lies in the small tasks that are right in front of you— even though they may not yet have revealed their full meaning or richness. I invite you and encourage you to be alert for grandeur in seemingly mundane intimate moments.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s time for your Uncle Rob to offer you some fundamental advice for living. These tips are always worthy of your contemplation, but especially now. Ready? Being poised amidst uncertainty is a superpower. You may attract wonders and blessings if you can function well while dealing with contradictory feelings, unclear situations, and incomplete answers. Don’t rush to artificial closure when patience with the unfinished state will serve you better. Be willing to address just part of a problem rather than trying to insist on total resolution. There’s no need to be worried or frustrated if some enigmas cannot yet be explained and resolved. Enjoy the mystery!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Acclaimed Cancerian poet Lucille Clifton published 14 books and mothered six children. That heroism seems almost impossible. Having helped raise one child myself, I know how consuming it is to be a parent. Where did she find the time and energy to generate so much great literature? Judging from the astrological omens, I suspect you now have access to high levels of productivity comparable to Clifton’s. Like her, you will also be able to gracefully juggle competing demands and navigate adeptly through different domains. Here’s my favorite part: Your stellar efficiency will stem not from stressfully trying too hard but rather from good timing and a nimble touch.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): One of the seven wonders of the ancient world was the Colossus of Rhodes, located on a Greek island. Symbolizing power and triumph, it was a towering statue dedicated to the sun god Helios. The immediate motivation for its construction was the local people’s defeat of an invading army. I hereby authorize you to acquire or create your own personal version of an inspiring icon like the Colossus, Leo. It will symbolize the fact that the coming months will stimulate lavish expressions of your leonine power. It will help inspire you to showcase your talents and make bold moves. PS: Be alert for chances to mobilize others with your leadership. Your natural brilliance will be a beacon.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s biggest structure built by living things. Lying beneath the Coral Sea off the east coast of Australia, it’s made by billions of small organisms, coral polyps, all working together to create a magnificent home for a vast diversity of life forms. Let’s make the Great Barrier Reed your symbol of power for the next 10 months, Virgo. I hope it inspires you to manage and harness the many details that together will generate a robust source of vitality for your tribe, family, and community.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One of my favorite poets, Arthur Rimbaud, wrote all of his brilliant work before he became an adult. I suspect that no matter what your age is, many of you Libras are now in an ultra-precocious phase with some

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resemblances to Rimbaud from age 16 to 21. The downside of this situation is that you may be too advanced for people to thoroughly understand you. You could be ahead of your time and too cool for even the trendsetters. I urge you to trust your farseeing visions and forward-looking intuitions even if others can’t appreciate them yet. What you bring to us from the future will benefit us all.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Blacksmiths still exist. They were more common in the past, but there are many 21st-century practitioners. It’s a demanding art, requiring intense heat to soften hard slabs of metal so they can be forged into intricate new shapes. The process requires both fire and finesse. I think you are currently in a phase when blacksmithing is an apt metaphor. You will need to artfully interweave passion and precision. Fiery ambition or intense feelings may arise, offering you raw energy for transformation. To harness it effectively, you must temper your approach with patience, restraint, and detail-oriented focus.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Jean-Paul Sartre and Simon de Beauvoir were two feisty, independent, strong-minded French writers. Beauvoir was a trailblazing feminist, and Sartre was a Nobel Laureate. Though they never officially married, they were a couple for 51 years. Aside from their great solo accomplishments, they also gave us this gift: They proved that romantic love and intellectual equality could coexist, even thrive together, with the help of creative negotiation. I propose we make them your inspirational role models for now. The coming months will be a favorable time to deepen and refine your devotion to crafting satisfying, interesting intimate relationships.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Over 2600 years ago, ancient Babylonian astronomers figured out the highly complex cycle that governs the recurrence of lunar and solar eclipses. It unfolds over a period of 18 years and 11 days. To analyze its full scope required many generations of researchers to carry out meticulous record-keeping with extreme patience. Let’s make those Babylonian researchers your role models, Capricorn. In the coming months, I hope they inspire you to engage in careful observation and persistent investigation as you discover meaningful patterns. May they excite your quest to discern deep cycles and hidden rhythms.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I invite you to try this visualization exercise, Aquarius: Picture a rosebud inside your body. It’s located in your solar plexus. Imagine it’s steadily and gently opening, filling your body with a sweet, blissful warmth, like a slow-motion orgasm that lasts and lasts. Feel the velvet red petals unfolding; inhale the soft radiance of succulent fragrance. As the rose fully blooms, you become aware of a gold ring at its center. Imagine yourself reaching inside and taking the ring with your right hand. Slip the ring onto your left ring finger and tell yourself, “I pledge to devote all my passionate intelligence to my own well-being. I promise to forever treat myself with tender loving respect. I vow to seek out high-quality beauty and truth as I fulfill my life’s mission.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I foresee the arrival of a living fossil, Pisces. An influence you thought was gone may soon reappear. Aspects of your past could prove relevant to your current situation. These might be neglected skills, seemingly defunct connections, or dormant dreams. I hope you have fun integrating rediscovered resources and earmarking them for use in the future. PS: Here’s a lesson worth treasuring: While the world has changed, a certain fundamental truth remains true and valuable to you.

10. Disposable seen near a water cooler

11. A long time

Across

1. Actor Rudd

5. “Perfect Strangers” cousin

10. Copenhagen resident

14. Cathedral recess

15. Festoon

16. “The Firebird” composer Stravinsky

17. Slimy creature

18. ___ averages

19. TV’s “Warrior Princess”

20. Boat vacation around the top of South America?

23. Silverware item

24. Eng. military award

25. Deep hollow where monikers are created?

32. Military gp. which pronounces “lieutenant” with an “F” sound

35. Kidney-related

36. Bit of gossip

37. Colorful computer

39. Fountain concoctions

41. ___ sci

42. Basketball venue

44. Electrical conduits

46. “I’m Just ___”

47. Pottery surfaces for a Sesame Street resident?

50. ___ Dew

51. “___ to be a little boy ...” (Smashing Pumpkins’ “Disarm”)

54. Generic placeholder phrase demonstrated by the three theme answers?

60. Hydrox competitor

61. Therapy emanation

62. Brewpub menu options

63. Unlike this clue

64. Be bold in effort

65. Bog contents

66. “Lord of the Rings” creatures

67. Piano practice piece

68. “At Wit’s End” humorist Bombeck

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High score?

12. Lacking quantity

13. A long time

21. Gritty film genre

22. Lyft alternative

26. Recognized

27. 1976 Olympics star Comaneci

28. A little morning music?

29. In a wild frenzy

30. Field mouse

31. Fox Sports broadcaster Andrews

32. Biryani base

33. Love, in Spanish

34. “Prelude to the Afternoon of a ___” (Debussy work)

38. Deep red shades

40. Citation that leads to a picture

43. Head of the Louvre?

45. Change direction abruptly

48. Make mad

49. Double-curved figure

52. Fisherman with pots

53. Lofty desire

54. Multivitamin ingredient

55. Lizardlike creature

56. Horse’s pace

57. Celebrity chef Matsuhisa, or his restaurant

58. In the thick of

59. “Como ___ usted?”

60. Dedicated poem