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Palmira’s Hector Garate takes his talents to the small screen

High prices take center stage in governor’s race

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High prices take center stage in S.C. governor’s race

By Jack O’Toole

The two major party candidates running to be South Carolina’s next governor say they each have plans to ease the affordability crunch that’s squeezing Palmetto State voters — and their solutions tend to reflect the philosophical differences that divide the two major parties.

The play for Republican nominee Alan Wilson, the state’s four-term attorney general, mostly focuses on lowering the cost of government.

“My number one goal is going to be making our economy more affordable for South Carolina families,” Wilson told reporters in April. “And you’re going to do that by eliminating the income tax (and) reducing property taxes.”

He added, “Obviously, there’s a lot of fraud, waste and abuse that causes the cost of government to go up and we’re going to address that as well.”

Democratic nominee Jermaine Johnson, who’s represented Richland County in the state House since 2020, says his plan would cut taxes as well, taking 70% of state income taxpayers off the rolls and reducing the property tax.

But it would also focus on raising the minimum wage for lower-income workers.

“I want people in South Carolina to imagine going to your one well-paying job and coming home to your safe neighborhood after picking your children up from a well-performing public school,” Johnson said in a June 3 Democratic gubernatorial debate. “In order to address that, it starts with establishing a livable minimum wage.”

Campaigns sharpen their pitches

Reached this week, both campaigns outlined specific policy proposals they say would help S.C. consumers deal with rising costs, further underscoring the differences in their approaches.

“South Carolina families are feeling the affordability crisis every day, and the solution starts with putting more money back in people’s pockets,” Johnson said in a July 7 text exchange.

“Our campaign is focused on lowering the cost of living by advancing the South Carolina Resource Independence and Resilience Act to boost in-state production of essential resources and strengthen supply chains, supporting a livable minimum wage, holding insurance companies accountable to bring premiums

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in need of blood donations

The American Red Cross is seeking immediate help in the Charleston area in getting people to donate blood. Summer is a critical time for the organization because the hot months are when donations typically decline, officials say.

The Red Cross needs about 12,000 blood donations daily to meet demand.

Red Cross leaders say people with Group O blood make up nearly half of the American population, but the O-Negative type is always in high demand as only 7% of the population is O-Negative.

People in the Charleston area can donate blood any day at the organization’s West Ashley or Mount Pleasant locations. The Lowcountry chapter serves 34 hospitals in the Charleston area.

Additionally, OneBlood, a nonprofit blood center serving much of the Southeast, is experiencing an emergency shortage of O-Negative and O-Positive blood. It also is urgently calling on people with these critical blood types to donate as soon as possible. — City Paper Staff

down, and providing meaningful tax relief for small businesses that create jobs in our communities.

“We believe government should work to make life more affordable and expand economic opportunity for every South Carolinian.”

Meanwhile, Wilson campaign spokesman Woods Wooten told the Charleston City Paper in a July 6 email that “every policy in A.G. Alan Wilson’s campaign starts with one question: Will this make life more affordable for South Carolina families?

“That’s why he’s proposed eliminating the state income tax, reforming property taxes by fixing Act 388, cutting government waste through the Families First Audit Initiative, lowering insurance costs through common-sense tort reform and expanding affordable, reliable energy production.”

Wooten added, “A.G. Wilson believes families should be able to keep more of what they earn, afford to buy a home, raise a family, and build their future right here in South Carolina.”

“A lot of people think about food insecurity around the holidays toward the end of the year. But the summer really can be one of the most stressful times for families trying to put food on their tables.”

—Brenda Shaw, chief development officer for the Lowcountry Food Bank, on the importance of food donations and pantries during the hot summer months. Starting July 13, every dollar donated to the food bank will be matched. Nonperishable foods such as canned goods, peanut butter and dried fruit are also accepted. Source: WCSC-TV

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The number of people arrested in North Charleston’s Chicora-Cherokee neighborhood after a city-permitted Fourth of July block party erupted into violence. Police arrested four youths and two adult teens after an assault on police officers who responded to reports of gunfire.

Tech guru says AI is ‘creeping up,’ but not yet terrifying

By Skyler Baldwin

Artificial Intelligence seems to have taken over much of the nation’s creative space in recent years, doing everything from generating artwork to coding whole websites and apps with a single prompt.

And that staggering shift has been scary for some, but Doug Hamilton, president of tech group CharlestonHacks and program architect for MUSC’s Human Centered Design Innovation Lab, said he isn’t too concerned — yet.

CharlestonHacks periodically hosts themed contests for techies for idea generation and computer programming. Known as hackathons, the group invites people to gather to solve difficult tech problems with out-of-the-box thinking. As AI has been a large component of that problem-solving for years now, Hamilton now stresses the importance of using AI responsibly and intentionally, rather than as a shortcut or cheat code, as he related in a recent interview:

City Paper: How did AI change things for you and the hackathon landscape when AI tools started gaining popularity?

Doug Hamilton: It changed a lot. CharlestonHacks, in general, is based on the MIT Reality Hack, which I attended in 2023. That event was on the MIT campus and happened shortly after ChatGPT launched. Folks during this hackathon were already starting to use it to generate code for the projects they were building. When we did our version with CharlestonHacks, there wasn’t at the beginning as much AI-generated stuff, although it was definitely present. Now, everybody is using it. It has changed a lot, and it has changed the barrier of entry a lot. I’m [also] starting to notice a lot of the fundamentals are becoming a whole lot more relevant again.

CP: It seems like some people are almost looking for ‘AI-free’ as a badge of honor these days. What about you?

DH: I would like to look at that as almost a sort of stigma. Kind of like when everybody was looking for em dashes in emails. There’s certainly a lot of “that looks vibe-coded,” but the fact is, something like 80% to 90% of software developers are using AI-coding tools on a daily basis. So that’s kind of a weird way to look at stuff. There’s lazy AI, but there’s also still really informed, intentional AI use.

CP: What do you think are some of the hallmarks of lazy AI use?

DH: There’s a term, “feature-creep,” developers getting annoyed that there’s more and more features being added to what they’re doing. Because it’s so easy to create new dashboards and crazy graph visualizations, and a lot of times people will attribute complexity to value. You’re not thinking like a software architect. … You don’t have a clear idea of what it is ahead of time, and instead, you’re letting it sort of meander. And what you get is something that doesn’t have a lot of usability in the real world.

CP: What does informed, intentional AI use look like?

DH: Fortunately, some of my friends and our board members and people in our community — they show it to me all the time. The fundamentals are there. A good friend of mine created a pretty useful tool for a pretty specific use-case. And he did all the spec-ing of it in the beginning before hitting the equivalent of “run.” He figured out everything it was going to be on his own ahead of time, and used AI to do all the “grunt work.” And what you get is something that out-of-the-box works really well.

CP: Do you think it’s becoming more important or more impressive for people to know how to do these things without the use of AI tools?

DH: It’s kind of like a vine creeping up a ladder, if you want to be ominous about it. Right now, it’s valuable because all the fundamentals are still there. But the vine is creeping up. We went through this phase where we were doing a little witch hunt of looking for em dashes or typefaces with a rainbow fill on it. And now, we might be critical of the obviously vibe-coded stuff, and we’re sort of championing the old-school, hand-coded stuff. But I think with the exception of some really specific, deep AI roles, this sort of witch hunting is becoming more and more obsolete. I don’t think it’s really valuable anymore to go, ‘Wait a minute, that’s AI,’ and feel like it has less merit because of that.

CP: What are some of the limitations of AI in tech space? A lot of the fears people talk about are that this is going to take over and do everything for us. Is that realistic?

DH: It’s really hard for an individual who isn’t tasked with some specific development goal to have any real benefit outside of the conventional ways it’s being used right now — writing emails nicely or creating presentation slides — and I think that’s fine. There isn’t a clear route from a lot of peoples non-software developer roles to obsolescence. I’m not convinced it’s something to be terrified about right now.

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SEMINARS

Monrovia Union Cemetery restoration finishes

City Paper Staff

Two years ago, Monrovia Union Cemetery in Charleston’s Neck Area was overgrown and flooded. But now it is restored and expanded.

The work is a welcomed transformation for Monrovia where more than 1,000 people have been interred, beginning in the late 1800s, said Charleston resident Sabrena Sheppard, secretary of the cemetery’s board of directors.

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Governor’s race

The politics … and the prices

Winthrop political scientist Scott Huffmon, who polled South Carolinians on the issue of affordability in May, said he wasn’t surprised the issue was dominating the current debate.

“Like the rest of the country, we’re struggling here in South Carolina with increased costs just trying to make ends meet,” Huffmon said. “And both candidates are going to focus on that.”

What does that struggle look like?

According to the Winthrop Poll, 67% of S.C. residents say they find groceries difficult to afford, while 59% say the same of health care and housing costs. And 61% say that eating out is unaffordable, while 72% say a week-long vacation is beyond their reach.

Price data from the national Urban Institute helps explain why voters are

Texas, completed the restoration work this spring, a company spokesman said. The company is building the mixed-used development, Magnolia Landing, next to the cemetery on Oceanic Street.

“We appreciate everything they have done, and I am sure the grave owners are very pleased,” Sheppard said.

Looking to the future, Sheppard said the cemetery could use “a more concerted effort by the current grave owners” to maintain the 3.7-acre cemetery between the Ashley River and Interstate 26.

feeling so squeezed.

Since 2017, average monthly grocery prices and health insurance premiums have each risen by almost 40% in S.C. Rent and child care costs are up by more than 46%.

And the price of a home has shot up by 68%.

But as University of South Carolina economist Joseph Von Nessen pointed out in July 7 interview, rising costs for consumer goods are largely beyond the reach of any governor.

“It’s largely national forces that are driving affordability challenges as a whole,” Von Nessen said, noting that the current U.S. inflation rate is 4.2%, while wages are only rising at 3.4%. “People are losing purchasing power. Their dollar just isn’t going as far.”

A place to make a difference

That said, Von Nessen noted there is one area where state government can make a difference: housing. And in fact, each campaign has offered policies to address the issue, with Johnson supporting larger

The company trucked in soil to prevent flood damage, replaced cracked bricks and headstones, installed a weatherresistant fence and has scheduled regular landscaping, a company spokesman said.

The company also donated an acre adjacent to the cemetery to give it room to expand, the spokesman said.

In about 10 years, Magnolia Landing is expected to be Charleston’s largest commercial and residential development since the city annexed Daniel Island three decades ago.

investments in subsidized affordable housing and Wilson calling for lawsuit reform aimed at bringing down the costs of owning a home. In addition, both support further property tax relief.

But any long-term housing affordability solution, Von Nessen said, would also have to involve significantly increasing the supply of new homes to offset S.C.’s rapid population growth, meaning the state would have to work with local governments on zoning, permitting and infrastructure reforms.

“Upward pressure on housing prices is a big part of the affordability challenge,” Von Nessen said, echoing the Urban Institute data. “And while every region of the state is different in terms of finding the appropriate policy, leaders can work to facilitate housing and increase supply, which we need here in South Carolina.”

To learn more about each candidate’s approach to affordability, visit their campaign websites at wilsonforsc.com and johnsonforsc.com.

A Mount Pleasant woman on June 23 told police the “top half” of a statue she displays near her driveway was missing. Before police could even begin their investigation, the woman called them back and said that her gardener had hit the statue with his lawnmower, breaking it in half. He then took the top half (in pieces) back to his home to try and repair it before the owner noticed it’s absence. Oops?

Long gone

A North Charleston man on June 26 told city police his bicycle was stolen off his front porch while he was inside. The man reported the bike had a chain cover and broken brakes. Our advice: Start looking for a new bike, man — that one’s gotta be across the country by now. Not like the thief could stop without brakes, after all!

Phone a better friend

Charleston police on June 17 stopped an apparently drunken woman walking down Fenwick Hall Allee on Johns Island after receiving a call about her verbally fighting with a man who at some point drove off and left her alone. Police advised her to call a friend to come pick her up — the first didn’t answer the phone, the second told her to call an Uber and the third lived in New Jersey. At the end of the day, police had to take her in for public intoxication.

By Skyler Baldwin

Illustration by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between June 17 and June 27.

Beat the Heat Together

Want private primaries? GOP can pay.

As the rest of us were busy planning our Fourth of July celebrations, the South Carolina Republican Party last month decided to honor America’s 250-year commitment to democratic self-rule in its own special way: By trying to take away your right to vote in the primary of your choice.

Really. No kidding.

Of course, the party didn’t put it that way. Because of, ummm, optics. Or perception. Or whatever the political types are calling it these days when the bad thing they’re doing actually looks every bit as bad as it is.

So make no mistake: If you’re an independent-minded South Carolina voter who participates in whichever party primary your favorite candidates happen to be running in, the state GOP wants you to sit down and shut up.

And now, it’s suing the state of South Carolina to make sure you do. Why? Well, that depends on who you ask. And whose elephant is being gored.

Speaking for the 601 Republican delegates who voted on June 27 to sue over the state’s historic law allowing properly registered voters to participate in the primary of their choice, state GOP Chair Drew McKissick would have you believe it’s because Democrats are sabotaging Republican primaries.

“[It’s] like allowing Carolina or Clemson fans to choose which players the other team will put on the field,” McKissick told reporters in May.

Hogwash. That might be a tad more convincing if the Republican Party didn’t currently hold every statewide constitutional office, enjoy supermajorities in both legislative chambers, control all five seats on the S.C. Supreme Court and

command an 8-1 advantage in the state’s federal delegation, including both U.S. senators.

Some sabotage.

But if “subversive” Democrats aren’t really the problem, what is?

Good question. And as the rest of the lawsuit makes clear, the answer is precisely what you think — power.

Because state Republican leaders are not just asking a court to let party insiders decide who gets to vote. They want to decide who gets to run, too — mostly, they say, to keep partyswitching Democrats from running as Republicans.

People like, you know, the late Strom Thurmond. Or former Gov. David Beasley. Or that longtime former New York Democrat, Donald Trump.

But no need to worry about that, McKissick said last week. See, under the rules they’re asking the court to impose, local party bosses would be free to make exceptions for people they like. Arbitrarily. Capriciously. On a whim.

Like that was the comforting part.

Now, to be clear: If the GOP wants to pay for the privilege of conducting its own primaries under its own rules with its own money, good for it. That’s as American as fireworks and cookouts and patriotic speeches in the park. And we’re for it.

But as long as Republicans expect state taxpayers to keep footing the bill for their primaries — and they do — they need to show a decent respect for the opinions of all South Carolinians.

And that’s a self-evident truth we could all stand to think about a little more often as the nation begins its 251st year of freedom.

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.

Great way to remember call for independence

By Andy Brack

What better time for a careful, considered reading of the Declaration of Independence. Two hundred and fifty years after our founding fathers penned this document, it continues to inspire freedom movements around the world.

But we need to remind ourselves why patriots from New Hampshire to Georgia revolted in 1776 against a tyrannical monarchy. This is particularly relevant today when we have a president who seems to want to be the kind of king that our forefathers shrugged off during the Revolutionary War. Just five years ago, this very same president was complicit in a violent anti-freedom assault on the United States Capitol. Hundreds of bloodthirsty zealots misused and misappropriated the fundamental principles enshrouded in American freedom by trying to rip apart our democracy in favor of the very tyranny our forefathers fought in the fields of Camden and King’s Mountain, the swamps of the Lowcountry and forts from Ninety Six to Sullivan’s Island.

Donald Trump left office two weeks later. Joe Biden restored order. Hundreds of the zealots were prosecuted and convicted. But Trump stewed on his 2020 loss, only to run again and win a second term in 2024. Then he pardoned the felons and wrought a year and a half of dizzying new assaults on our democratic institutions.

So yes, now is a great time to read the 1,339-word Declaration, particularly if you haven’t looked at it since high school.

You may know by heart the opening words of the document penned by Thomas Jefferson and others that espouses the values of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” You also may remember the part that follows and discusses how it’s the people’s right to alter or abolish a government that fails, which is oft-cited by those who threw the destructive tantrum and bludgeoned the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

But they conveniently forgot the cautious words that followed. Perhaps they missed that day in civics class. Or maybe they were so hellbent on getting their own way that they were blinded by the wisdom of colonial leaders who first focused not on a violent overthrow of power, but on reason and intellect to devise a new system to create a safe nation where all could pursue happiness:

“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.”

The Declaration continued by offering a list of abuses by the King of England. As you read of compounding restrictions that denied liberty to colonists, it should dawn on you how our forefathers eventually corrected those abuses with a constitution that created a representative democracy that became the world’s beacon of freedom, a continuing experiment in liberty that changed the course of humankind.

Furthermore, the Declaration is remarkable in another way. It frames the patience of colonists who wanted better lives for their families. Compare their years of endurance to get redress of their grievances to the volcanic violence that erupted in the halls of freedom over a few hours in January 2021. And so in 1776, 56 men from 13 colonies signed the Declaration of Independence. The oldest was Benjamin Franklin, then 70, of Pennsylvania. The youngest was Edward Rutledge, 26, of South Carolina. The document ends like this: “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” And that’s the difference between what happened back then and five years ago: One was bound with honor, community, faith, goodwill and justice. The other had none.

For the next year, celebrate independence frequently with family, friends, burgers, barbecue, hot dogs and honor. And relish our Declaration of Independence to marvel about how these united states came to be.

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

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Palmira’s Hector Garate takes his talents to the small screen

By Becky Lacey

Hector Garate, the man behind West Ashley’s popular Palmira Barbecue, has taken the barbecue world by storm since opening his restaurant in February 2024.

Marrying the flavors of his home island Puerto Rico with the smoking traditions of central Texas and Carolina whole hog, Garate’s food has an identity all its own. His talents will be on full display when Pitmasters, Food Network’s new barbecue series, premieres July 13. Filming has wrapped, but details and results are highly guarded.

But it’s not just Food Network that has noticed Garate’s cooking. In addition to legions of local and visiting fans, Palmira has racked up accolades. The restaurant’s signature beef cheeks were recognized as one of The New York Times’s “Best Dishes of 2025.”

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We

are a barbecue restaurant with Puerto Rican influences. We are going to use all the foundation of Puerto Rican cooking but in barbecue, essentially.”

It was named “Best New Barbecue Joint in the South” by Southern Living magazine. And it earned the top spot on Texas Monthly ’s “Best Texas-Style BBQ Joints in the USA” list. In February 2026, Garate also was named a semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Emerging Chef award.

Whether you join the line at Palmira or tune in on television (or both!), you’re in for a smokin’ good time when it comes to Garate’s craft and cuisine.

—Hector Garate

A pitmaster’s journey

Palmira, which translates from the Spanish as “palm tree” or “city of palms,” was the name of Garate’s great-grandmother. The restaurant is his homage to her. She grew up on a sustainable cattle ranch in Puerto Rico which meant Garate was exposed to whole animal cookery from a young age. His family’s legacy of using local meat and produce is something Garate brought to Palmira.

When he was a teenager, his family moved to North Carolina and then to New York. Garate eventually landed in Charleston and, at the onset of the pandemic, his wife gave him an offset smoker — a traditional barbecue smoker with a large cooking chamber attached to a smaller firebox on the side. This gift planted the seed for a barbecue obsession.

“You’re not going to see Puerto Rican food on the menu,” Garate said of Palmira. “You might see my grandma’s beans in there. You might see empanadas in there. You might see certain Puerto Rican elements like con gandules, which is rice with pigeon peas. You might see those elements in there. We are a barbecue restaurant with Puerto Rican influences. We are going to use all the foundation of Puerto Rican cooking but in barbecue, essentially.”

Those Puerto Rican flavors include adobe (a dry spice blend usually made with salt, garlic powder, oregano, black pepper and onion powder), sazón (which means “seasoning” in Spanish and is a foundational spice blend used in Puerto Rican cooking) and sofrito (a bright, aromatic green cooking paste used in almost every savory Puerto Rican dish).

At Palmira, Garate still uses offset smokers — now made by Cen-Tex Smokers, a premier maker of smokers based in central Texas — along with old school, woodfire techniques. He designed a Lowcountry cooker, also made by Cen-Tex, which is essentially a direct heat vessel used for Carolina techniques. As with much traditional Carolina barbecue, Garate’s smokers burn wood, not gas.

While specialties may be beef cheeks, brisket, whole hog and house-made sausages, it’s hard to go wrong with anything on the Palmira menu. Other meats include barbacoa and chicken along with rotating options like hot honey belly rib and pork steaks. Sides include mustard slaw, Puerto Rican beans, collard greens and mac and cheese.

Food Network star

Pitmasters is a new barbecue competition filmed in Utah that follows nine, two-person teams as they battle over open flames. Judges include celebrated chefs Andrew Zimmern, Jess Pryles, Moe Cason and Ernest Servantes. The show’s challenges include everything from butchering a whole hog to preparing and serving four foundational barbecue proteins on a non-

No sleeping at all. They were filming right through. And you just don’t sleep. It starts getting to you, physically, mentally. They start throwing in more difficult, complicated challenges. One little misstep can throw you off.”

Garate’s teammate was Ruben Santana of Bark Barbecue in Brooklyn, New York. Garate and Santana are old friends and picked one another for the competition.

“He’s my best friend,” Garate said. “We both started cooking barbecue during the pandemic. He started on the block. I started in the backyard. We gravitated towards each other. Then we did a couple collaborations in New York and he came to Charleston too. From there, we started traveling and doing different events. We’re like family.”

Garate said Santana helped him on the ground when Palmira opened. And when Garate was interviewed for this story, he was in New York helping Santana open his second Bark location.

Garate said he sees the show as a way to share his story and build even more awareness for Palmira.

“On the show, you’re going to see some of the best pitmasters in the United States competing,” Garate said. “It’s a competition like no other but at the same time, you can tell a story in a competition. You can showcase what you want to showcase and stick to your roots. You see what people are really like and what they’re trying to say through their food. It’s nice to see that.

“For the restaurant, we are getting busier and busier. For people to see the show, we want people to come and try the food. At the same time, it gives us that national attention.”

stop schedule. The grand prize winning team receives $30,000, and there are cash prizes in every episode. A total of $50,000 is given away throughout the series.

“It obviously was the real deal,” Garate said. “There were a lot of challenges and it was really exciting to be in the show. At the same time, there were a lot of elements.

Pitmasters will premiere on Food Network at 9 p.m. July 13 and can be streamed on HBO Max the next day.

What To Do

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TUESDAYS

Salt marsh biodiscovery

Learn about the importance of the salt marsh and the creatures that live within it in this hands-on citizenscience project made possible through a partnership with South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium. This opportunity to learn about the wildlife that calls Edisto Island home is recommended for participants age 10 and up. Guests can register online for this weekly event held every Tuesday. July 14. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. $2/person. Environmental Learning Center. 8377 State Cabin Road. Edisto Island. southcarolinaparks.com

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SUNDAY

Make collages showing vintage animal heads

Learn how to make your own fun and beautiful vintage collage art featuring stunning animal heads. Join Collage Kitsch and Island Candles in this class, using images cut from vintage books and magazines. Learn which tools to use, how images can be stacked and what it takes to make a collage pop. All tools, instruction and supplies will be provided.

July 12. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. $50/person. Island Candles. 1230 Folly Road. James Island. islandcandleschs.com

WEDNESDAY

Hip-hop dance class

This high-energy hip-hop class led by instructor and choreographer Danton Fullante, is designed to push you beyond the basics and challenge you as a performer. Dive into intricate choreography while sharpening retention skills, musicality, performance quality, stamina and fearless confidence. Expect to move with intention, take creative risks and fully own the room.

July 15. 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. $15/person. Park Circle Community Building. 4800 Park Circle. North Charleston. culturalarts.northcharleston.org

EVERY DAY

Jurassic Seas at S.C. Aquarium

An exhibit 70 million years in the making continues to thrill aquanauts at the South Carolina Aquarium. Jurassic Seas, which is included with the aquarium admission price, sends guests into the late Cretaceous Period to encounter life-size skeletal replicas, examine stunning fossils and learn through interactive displays. This new experience will have everyone in the family from fossil fanatics to biology buffs playing paleontologist.

Open daily. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket prices vary. S.C. Aquarium. 100 Aquarium Wharf. Downtown. scaquarium.org

SATURDAYS

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Charleston Farmers Market

Browse through a bounty of seasonal fruits and vegetables, handcrafted goods and prepared foods as you explore the charming stalls inside Marion Square. From farm-fresh produce to food truck favorites, there’s something for everyone at the Charleston Farmers Market. Bring the whole family and enjoy live music, special events and activities for all ages in the heart of downtown.

Saturdays. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free to attend. Marion Square. 329 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonfarmersmarke

Cuisine

Luther’s Market + Noodle Shop brings global comfort food

By Becky Lacey

If the food at Luther’s Market + Noodle Shop is its heart, then owners Kiki and Hudson Luthringshausen are its soul.

The mother-son duo opened the market at 227 Rutledge Ave. in June 2026 after operating a Lowcountry food truck for several years. The brick-and-mortar location highlights the global comfort food and fresh pasta that won over legions of fans during Luther’s food truck days. It offers everything from a quick lunch to a one-stop shop to stock your kitchen.

For Chicago natives Kiki and Hudson, food has always been a pillar. Kiki — known affectionately as Mama Keeks — comes from a large Italian family. She started making gnocchi at age 6 with her grandmother and mother, and shared this tradition with her children. Homecooked meals and travel were woven into the fabric of their family.

Kiki’s culinary background is vast. She was in the grocery business for six years at beloved Chicago chain Mariano’s, had a

public relations firm representing clients in the food and beverage world, worked at Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant Boka to learn back-of-house operations and had a stint at Salthouse Catering when she first moved to Charleston.

Hudson comes from academia, but grew up with flavors always flowing, he recalled. He studied English, got a master’s degree in the same field and was a teaching fellow with a focus on rhetoric. Since moving to Charleston, he has taught English and rhetoric at the College of Charleston. The pair always shared a love of food as well as a dream to open a restaurant together. Eventually Charleston lured Kiki with its coastal location and opportunity to work closely with farmers. Hudson followed. The food truck was born.

California-inspired cuisine

The two years spent on the food truck gave time to the Luthringshausens to refine their culinary vision as well as a chance to find the

The pasta program at Luther’s includes handmade pasta as well as options produced using a bronze die extruder

right location. Upon the closure of Pinot and Provisions, the former occupant of the space on Rutledge, everything fell into place.

Kiki references California cuisine, specifically two favorite Los Angeles restaurants — Gjelina and Gjusta — as the inspiration

What’s new

Pizza popup: New York export Prince St. Pizza is popping up on July 16 at Uptown Social to preview its Sicilian and Neapolitan-style pizzas. DJ Jack Callahan will be onsite and Uptown Social will offer cocktails. The pop-up starts at 5 p.m. and runs until 9 p.m. (or until sold out). Pizza slices will be available for $8 each, with a two-slice limit per guest. The event is first-come, first-served. No reservations are required. A permanent location at 350 King St. is expected to open later this year. More: princestreetpizza.com Downtown drafts: Two Blokes Brewing is opening a 50-seat taproom and covered outdoor patio at 114 Cannon St. The new downtown location will have a small-batch brewing system that will allow for experimental releases. Signature brews will continue to be produced at the original brewery at 547 Long Point Rd. in Mount Pleasant. More: twoblokesbrewing.com

Private dining: Merci, recent finalist for the James Beard Award’s Best New Restaurant, announced that its market next door at 17 Montagu St. will reopen later this year as a private dining room. Accommodating up to 14 guests, private bookings for this fall are now available. More: mercichs.com

What’s happening

Bastille booze: Charleston’s Smallest Bar, located between 39 Rue de Jean and Coast Bar and Grill on Hutson Alley, will serve a frozen French 75 drink exclusively on Bastille Day, July 14. The special cocktail is presented in partnership with 39 Rue de Jean to celebrate Rue’s 25th anniversary and Bastille Day. The drink is a frozen gin cocktail with lemon and simple syrup, topped with prosecco. More: holycityhospitality.com

Red sauce rager: Renzo will host its annual red sauce week from July 28 to Aug. 1. The special, weeklong menu will be pasta heavy and focus on classic Italian-American cuisine. House wines will be available by the half or full carafe, and there will also be a special martini menu. Reservations are not required but strongly encouraged. More: Resy —Becky Lacey

Be the first to know. Read the Cuisine section at charlestoncitypaper.com.

ATTORNEY

GARY A. LING

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for Luther’s farm table offerings.

“I loved that concept and hadn’t really seen it anywhere else,” Kiki said. “If you’ve been to Gjusta, they would bring out these gorgeous bowls and trays of fresh produce, dressed beautifully but very simple with thought to all the ingredients. That really became my ultimate goal. I want someone to walk in to pick up dinner and fresh pasta that we just made along with the salads.”

The menu at Luther’s is a celebration of Charleston ingredients. If Nathan Hood from Raven Farms comes in with beautiful mushrooms, you might find a salad with blue oyster, lion’s mane and black pearl king trumpets. Each day offers three sandwiches including a Parisian-inspired ham, butter and brie on Grit Bakery baguette, a mortadella with straciatella and pesto and a “Basic Bitch” turkey with white cheddar, Dijon and arugula.

The sauce rotation includes “gumbolo” — a marriage of bolognese and gumbo — Thai peanut, Cajun and pesto. A chickpea and farro salad uses Anson Mills farro and a chili crisp potato salad uses Storey Farms hard-boiled eggs. The freezer might have spicy beef enchiladas or a Mediterranean chicken bake.

Hudson’s baby is the pasta program. It features options that are handmade and produced using a bronze die extruder, which is a machine that creates texture on the pasta’s surface, helping it hold sauce better. Gluten-free and vegan pastas are available. Dumplings use Chinese wheat flour.

Hudson’s brother Thibault, a chef at Sullivan’s Fish Camp, helps at the market one day a week and oversees the butter program at Luther’s. Rotating “melt and toss” butter flavors might include roasted tomato or Provencal with olives, capers and shallots.

The pantry and its oils, vinegars and cook-

books are also an integral part of the market.

Kiki said the pantry came from her time at Mariano’s “sourcing products and traveling all over the world looking for different culinary and artisanal products that people weren’t finding.” She cooks with much of what’s in the pantry.

“My goal here was to be a petite market that highlights really good ingredients that you can use day in and day out,” she said. Hudson added that growing up, home had a room called the pantry that Kiki created in a walk-in closet.

“That’s why I wanted to call it the pantry,” he said. “To me, that’s why we started this. Home-cooking. There’s the professional side to it, but it does really harken back to how we grew up and how we live.”

Next up at Luther’s

Eventually Luther’s will add beer and wine as well as “crave boards” — pre-made cheese and charcuterie offerings perfect for the boat or a beach. Over the next few months, look for an expanded sandwich offering including a spicy mortadella.

Kiki and Hudson said they plan to continue offering noodle-making classes and private pasta classes are also available. There will be pop-ups with hot-to-go options, and a more traditional restaurant might be a possibility down the road.

What will stay the same is the commitment to great food and a space that feels like being welcomed into someone’s home.

“What’s been surprising for me is that our hospitality has resonated with people,” Hudson said. “People enjoy hanging out in the shop. What’s fun about the way we’re doing it is that there’s really no back of house or front of house. It’s just the house. It’s us.”

Luther’s Market is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Culture

Gaillard goes ‘Boundless’ in initiative that’s new

By Maura Hogan

It’s an Irish eye on a perennially transfixing Shakespearean tragedy. It’s a heralded American choreographer gracing the art-filled spaces of the Gibbes. It’s a Mallorcan theater group immersing local audiences in a teen odyssey, all with a little help from a smartphone.

In short, it’s Boundless, a new initiative of Charleston Gaillard Center that radiates from its august hub to present acclaimed artists in Charleston venues certain to raise the bar on live performance through the city.

“There is something deeply exciting about leading this institution as it evolves in ways that are both artistically bold and responsive to the community we serve,” Charleston Gaillard Center President and CEO Lissa Frenkel recently told the Charleston City Paper. “Boundless represents exactly the kind of meaningful step forward that defines who we are.”

Expanding the walls

Boundless extends the Gaillard’s artistic vision beyond its walls with four new additions to the 2026–2027 season, expanding both the center’s artistic offerings and its presence throughout Charleston.

As the Gaillard’s artistic vision has grown alongside the needs of the community it serves, so too has the need for new spaces in which to realize it. Bringing world-class programming to iconic venues and unexpected locations across the city, Boundless reflects the Gaillard’s belief that transformative artistic experiences can take root anywhere, as well as its ongoing commitment to serving as an active cultural partner invested in the vitality of Charleston and its communities.

The initiative launches with six programs, two of which were previously announced as part of the Gaillard’s 2026–2027 season and are now recognized as founding presentations of Boundless: the Sept. 26 collaboration between digital artist Beeple and Grammy Award-winning ensemble Sō Percussion at Beeple Studios and the December run of Cabaret Royale by Underbelly, returning to

live video effects

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Keep enquiring minds sharp this summer with Little Women: The Broadway Musical, inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s novel and presented by Charleston Stage from July 14 to 26 at the historic Dock Street Theatre. 135 Church St. More: charlestonstage.com

VISUAL ARTS

• July 11 , 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Join an artist talk for This Is America, a group exhibition at Drummond Studio Gallery that brings together artists whose work explores freedom, belonging, resilience, memory, justice, community and hope; in collaboration with Geechee Salon. Drummond Studio Gallery, 12 Line St. More: drummondstudiogallery.com

the Spiegeltent on the Terrace Lawn for its fifth year. These are now joined by the four just-announced productions.

Trisha Brown Dance Company’s In Plain Site at the Gibbes Museum of Art, an immersive presentation of the celebrated New York choreographer’s seminal site-specific work, set against the backdrop of one of Charleston’s beloved cultural institutions.

Druid’s Macbeth at College of Charleston’s Sottile Theatre features Tony Award-winner Garry Hynes directing an Irish take on Shakespeare’s fiercest tragedy.

Lost Lear by Dan Colley at College of Charleston’s Sottile Theatre brings the Scotsman Fringe First Award-winner at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe to Charleston, promising a riveting remix of the Shakespeare standard using puppetry, projection and live video effects.

La Mecànica’s A Teen Odyssey at College of Charleston’s Simons Center Black Box Theatre — an exhilarating piece of immersive physical theater from Mallorca that transforms every audience member into an active participant

Boundless also represents a curatorial bellwether for Nicole Taney, Gaillard’s first vice president of artistic programming who was appointed in July 2025. Her vision for the center is manifest throughout the 2026-27 season, including works that are part of the new initiative that she said encompass the city’s exceptional venues and vibrant communities, as well as its deep appetite for meaningful cultural experiences.

“What drew me to these particular productions is that each one uses its environment as an essential part of the work,” she told the

City Paper, teasing out performance morsels in the works, among them Trisha Brown’s dancers moving through the Gibbes, the audience as participants in A Teen Odyssey at the College of Charleston’s Black Box Theatre and Shakespeare on the Sottile stage via Druid, the renowned Irish theater the infuses Macbeth with of-the-moment urgency.

“That specificity is what makes Boundless so compelling to me, and I think it will resonate deeply with Charleston audiences,” she said.

Educating Charleston

The launch of Boundless is testament to the Gaillard’s deepened commitment to its education and community program, which has served more than 200,000 students from across the Lowcountry, including 100% of Charleston County public schools.

As the Boundless initiative expands the Gaillard’s physical presence throughout the city, it will be augmented with new and deepened opportunities for curriculumaligned arts education. More details will be announced in the coming months.

Across spaces and generations, it will leverage the Gaillard’s resources beyond its august performance hall.

“This is an opportunity to take the Gaillard’s artistic vision and let it breathe in new spaces across this city. Charleston has an extraordinary cultural infrastructure, and we are proud to be part of it in an everexpanding way,” said Frenkel.

For tickets and membership information, visit gaillardcenter.org.

BOOKS

The Charleston Friends of the Library bookstore at the Citadel Mall reopened on July 6, relocating its space, doubling its size and expanding its hours to 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays to Fridays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.2070 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Unit 452. More: charlestonlibraryfriends.org

MUSIC

• July 10, 6 p.m.: Wilco, Firefly Distillery

• July 10-11 , 6 p.m.: The Midnight City Band, The Windjammer

• July 11 , 9 p.m.: Homemade Haircuts, Royal American

• July 11 , 7 p.m.: Domani, Music Farm

• July 12 , 6:30 p.m.: moe and Umphrey’s McGee , The Refinery

• July 12 , 6 p.m.: Wheeland Brothers, The Windjammer

• July 12 , 7 p.m.: Conway The Machine , Music Farm

• July 14 , 7 p.m.: Toad The Wet Sprocket , Charleston Music Hall

• July 17, 9 p.m.: Lightwatch, The Royal American

• July 17, 5 p.m.: Wolph, Pour House

• July 17, 7 p.m.: Dierks Bentley, Credit One Stadium

• July 18 , 8 p.m.: Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Pour House

• July 19, 7 p.m.: Cat Power, Charleston Music Hall

By Vincent Harris

Trying to pin down exactly what kind of band Fruit Bats is can be a little tricky — and that’s part of the appeal.

Depending on the album, Fruit Bats, which will perform July 17 at The Windjammer on Isle of Palms, might sound like a full-fledged band with rich harmonies and expansive arrangements. Or it might feel like the work of a lone songwriter following a thread wherever it leads.

That’s because this project has always revolved around Eric D. Johnson and has shifted fluidly between solo endeavor and collaborative band over the years, with a rotating cast of musicians joining him in the studio and on stage as the songs require.

That flexibility has given Johnson the freedom to treat Fruit Bats less like a traditional band and more like a musical vessel for whatever direction that a particular collection of songs demands. What results is a sound that is remarkably consistent in spirit even as its textures change.

Across the band’s catalog, you can hear warm acoustic guitars and sun-faded melodies giving way to shimmering psychedelia, pastoral folk and flashes of classic pop craftsmanship. Its songs can be simultaneously rooted and dreamlike, with arrangements that can evoke a back-porch singalong, a canyon-road road trip or the hazy glow of an old AM radio.

For the new Fruit Bats album The Landfill, Johnson leaned fully into a collective sound, bringing in his longtime touring band — David Dawda on bass, Josh Mease on guitar and synthesizer, Frank LoCrasto on piano and synthesizer, and Kosta Galanopoulos on drums — to shape the record in the studio as an actual band rather than a rotating cast of collaborators.

sound checks; these loose, light moments where I wasn’t thinking about anything, I was just playing. I always loved that and I wanted to figure out a way to capture that.”

The new Fruit Bats album certainly sounds like the work of a close group of musicians. The playing is never flashy and suits whatever the song is. The band settles into a vintage soul groove on “The Saddest Part of the Song,” transitions to bright indie-pop on “Think Aboutcha,” fades into a sparse arrangement on the haunting ballad “Wild Tony Power Moment” and closes things out with full-throated anthemic rock on the title track.

The intuitive playing is the perfect backdrop for Johnson’s writing, which is incisive but often melancholy.

That shift matters. Instead of treating arrangements as something built piecemeal around his voice, Johnson captures a group that has spent years learning how to breathe together in real time.

The result is a sound that feels lived-in and kinetic, where songs aren’t just written and recorded, but are actively performed with a looseness that still carries careful intention underneath.

In fact, “loose” was a word that came up during Johnson’s recent interview with the Charleston City Paper

“I’ve had these same folks playing live with me for about 10 years,” said Johnson, who is based in Seattle. “I was a solo artist historically, but we always had these moments with this Fruit Bats band during

“Someone told me that I write well about aging, and I took that as a compliment,” Johnson said. “These songs are all of a piece. The album is about reflection, anxiety and sleeplessness, things like that.”

As much as Johnson enjoyed making The Landfill with a band, the next Fruit Bats album could just as easily be made in his bedroom. He said that’s one of the advantages of using the name Fruit Bats as an umbrella, not a set-in-stone rock band.

“It’s like a pen name,” he said. “That’s the way I think about Fruit Bats.”

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CASE NO. 2026-CP-10-01605

NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing. Plaintiff, -vsJesse N. Reid

Defendant

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

TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Jesse N. Reid

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 FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON(S) WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S), AND/ OR TO PERSON(S) UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY, INCOMPETENTS AND PERSON(S) CONFINED AND PERSON(S) 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 March 27, 2026, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston, South Carolina.

Crawford & von Keller, LLC

1640 St. Julian Place (29204) PO Box 4216 (29240) Columbia, SC

Phone: 803-790-2626

Email: court@crawfordvk.com Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2026-CP-10-02383

Jason Hayes, Plaintiff, vs. Timothy Whaley, Herbert Whaley, Margaret Whaley, Luther Whaley, Jerold Whaley, Gwendolyn Whaley, Carlton Whaley, Anthony Whaley, Pure in Heart Spiritualist Church of the National Colored Spiritualist Association of the United States of America, and John Doe and Mary Roe, fictitious names representing all unknown persons who may claim any right, title or interest or lien upon the subject real estate, as well as anyone who may be incompetents, in the military, or under any legal

disability,, and any other person or legal entity who or which has or claims any right, title, interest or lien in or to the real property described in this Complaint, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT

TO: THE DEFENDANTS 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 this Summons and Complaint, you must respond in writing to this Complaint by filing an Answer with this court. You must also serve a copy of your Answer to this Complaint upon the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s Attorney at the address shown below. If you fail to answer the Complaint, judgment by default could be rendered against you for the relief requested in the Complaint.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on May 5, 2026.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the thirtieth day after completion of service of this Summons and Notice, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, the undersigned will move for a general order of reference in this action to a Master in Equity or Special Referee pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

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 Notices upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff shall apply for such appointment.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, upon the Complaint of the Plaintiff named above against the Defendants named above to confirm and quiet title to the property described as follows:

ALL that lot, piece, or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known as Lot No. 7 in the subdivision of Sunrise Heights on a plat of the same by Hilliard B. Good entitled “Plat of Subdivision of Sunrise Heights, situated on the South Side of Burton’s Lane, in Charleston Heights Charleston County, S.C., Formerly Parts of Lots 8 & 10 of the “Stromboli Tract” dated November 16, 1954 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County in Plat Book J at Page 148.

MEASURING AND CONTAINING

Thirty-Two and Four/Tenths (32.4’) Feet in front on Sunrise Street; Thirty (30’) Feet on West or back line; Eighty (80’) Feet on the North Line; and Ninety (90’) Feet on the South Line.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING on the North on Lot No. 6 on said Plat, to the East on Sunrise Street, to the West on Property of Estate of Jackson, and on the South on

property of Estate of Jackson.

SUBJECT to any and all restrictions, covenants, conditions, easements, rights of way, and all other matters affecting the subject Property in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

BEING the same property conveyed from Timothy Whaley to Jason Hayes by deed of conveyance dated July 23, 2024 and recorded on August 13, 2024 in Book 1261 at Page 428 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS #: 466-03-00-060

Property Address: 2713 Sunrise Street, North Charleston, SC 29405

NOTICE OF FILING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in this court upon complaint of the above-named plaintiff against the above-named defendants. This Complaint and Lis Pendens address a quiet title action for ownership of the property identified as TMS #46603-00-060.

BREES LAW FIRM /s/ Maria Kiehling Brees Maria Keihling Brees, Esq. (Bar #76799)

800 Wappoo Road, Suite A, Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 804-9998 maria@breeslaw.com

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and judgement by default will be rendered against you.

NOTICE

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED:

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 Berkeley, South Carolina on March 20, 2026.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2026-CP-10-03111

Harold B. Parsons, Plaintiff, v. James Grampus, Jr., Ellen Taylor, Estate of Julia Grampus, Estate of James Grampus and John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all heirs and devisees of James Grampus and Julia Grampus, deceased, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons, corporations or entities unknown claiming any right, title interest in or lien upon the subject real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or person in the Military Service of the United States of America whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as Richard Roe. 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 the 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, the Plaintiff in the Action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

contained in Title 15, Chapter 53, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, and Title 15, Chapter 67, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended for the purposes of obtaining a determination from this Honorable Court that he is the owner of the subject properties and that he acquired possession of the subject properties by adverse possession.

That said properties 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 are described as follows:

ALL that lot, piece or parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being, in the County of Charleston, State aforesaid, and comprising Lot No. 32 on the map of Westerly part of Union Heights prepared for Kopp-Isenhour Realty Company by J.E. Thomas C.E., dated 1919 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Book C, Page 137.

MEASURING AND CONTAINING in front on Meeting Street, forty (40’) feet, and on the East or back line, forty (40’) feet, and in depth on the North line on Groveland Avenue, eighty-five and 15/100ths (85.15’) feet and in depth on the South line on Lot No. 33, sixty-five and 50/100th (65.50’) feet, be the said dimensions more or less.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING as follows: to the North on Groveland Avenue, to the East on Lot No. 1 of said subdivision, to the South on Lot No. 33 of said subdivision and partly on Meeting Street Road and to the West on Meeting Street Road.

TMS: 466-12-00-435

AND

ALL that lot, piece or parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being, in the County of Charleston, State aforesaid, and comprising Lot No. 1 on the map of Westerly part of Union Heights prepared for Kopp-Isenhour Realty Company by J.E. Thomas C.E., dated 1919 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Book C, Page 137.

MEASURING AND CONTAINING on front of Groveland Avenue Thirty (30’) feet and the same on the back or south line in depth on the East and West lines eighty (80’) feet.

Charleston, SC 29407

Phone – 843-766-5576

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2026-CP-10-03212

Jessie Mae Maxwell Ward, Plaintiff, v. Estate of Peter Robinson, Estate of Elijah C. Robinson, Jr., Estate of Samuel Robinson, Estate of Sarah Grant Robinson, Estate of Joseph Robinson and John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all heirs and devisees of Peter Robinson, Elijah C. Robinson, Jr., Samuel Robinson, Sarah Grant Robinson and Joseph Robinson, deceased, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons, corporations or entities unknown claiming any right, title interest in or lien upon the subject real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or person in the Military Service of the United States of America whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as Richard Roe. 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 the 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, the Plaintiff in the Action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

possession.

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 are described as follows:

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in St. John’s School District #9, Johns Island, Charleston County, State of South Carolina measuring and containing three and two-tenths (3.2) acres, and delineated as Lot Number Two (#2) on a plat of W.L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated June 14, 1966, entitled “Plat of property situated on Johns Island, Charleston County, S.C., containing 27 acres owned by Estate of Elijah Robinson”’ which plat is attached to and filed with the Last Will and Testament of Elijah Robinson, deceased, in the Office of Probate Court for Charleston County, South Carolina in File Drawer #897, Folder #36, said plat being made a part hereof by reference as if the contents thereof were fully set forth herein.

BOUNDED on the northern side of Lot Number One (#1) as shown on said plat, being bounded on the eastern most side of lands of Solomon Oil Company, being bounded on the southern most side of Lot Number Three (#3) and being bounded on the western most side by lands of Margaret Robinson, et al., and containing the measurements, buttings and boundings, courses, and distances thereof which will more fully and at large appear when reference is made to the aforesaid mentioned plat.

TMS: 275-00-00-081

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herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or person in the Military Service of the United States of America whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as Richard Roe. Defendants.

NOTICE OF HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing in this matter has been scheduled before the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough and will be held on August 3, 2026 at 10:30 a.m.,

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Case no. 2026-CP-0800899

Ashley Irizarry, Plaintiff v. Tyler Karam, Defendant.

TO TYLER KARAM: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Plaintiff’s Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of Answer to the Complaint upon the subscribers, Mary Linton and Mark Bringardner, at their office located at 41 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for relief demanded in the Complaint within

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 June 10, 2026. Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on June 10, 2026.

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 pursuant to the provisions of the “Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act”

BUTTING AND BOUNDING as follows: to the North on Groveland Avenue, to the East on Lot No. 3 of said subdivision, to the South on Lot No. 34 of said subdivision and to the West on Lot Nos. 32 and 33 of said subdivision.

TMS: 466-12-00-309

GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Conrad Falkiewicz, Esquire, P.O. Box 30266 Charleston, South Carolina, 29417, by Order of this Court Common Pleas dated June 16, 2026 and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina has been appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the Defendants herein as may be unknown infants, persons insane, or otherwise incompetent or under legal disability, claiming any right, title, estate claim, interest in, or lien upon the property described in the Complaint herein, such appointment to become absolute unless they or someone on their behalf shall procure an Order appointing a Guardian ad Litem for such persons within (30) days after past publications of the Summons herein.

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

s/ J. Chris Lanning

J. Chris Lanning

12-A Carriage Lane

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 June 16, 2026. Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on June 16, 2026.

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 pursuant to the provisions of the “Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act” contained in Title 15, Chapter 53, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, and Title 15, Chapter 67, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended for the purpose of seeking to quiet title and obtaining a determination from this Honorable Court that she is the owner of the subject property and that she acquired possession of the subject property by adverse

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Conrad Falkiewicz, Esquire, P.O. Box 30266 Charleston, South Carolina, 29417, by Order of this Court Common Pleas dated June 18, 2026 and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina has been appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the Defendants herein as may be unknown infants, persons insane, or otherwise incompetent or under legal disability, claiming any right, title, estate claim, interest in, or lien upon the property described in the Complaint herein, such appointment to become absolute unless they or someone on their behalf shall procure an Order appointing a Guardian ad Litem for such persons within (30) days after past publications of the Summons herein.

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/ J. Chris Lanning J. Chris Lanning 12-A Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407 Phone – 843-766-5576

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-06685

Elnore J. Montgomery

Plaintiff, v. Robert Allen Peterson, Marlene Collins, Myron Sims and Shannon Sims and John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all heirs and devisees Robert L. Peterson, Elsie S. Peterson and Shirley Sims a/k/a Theodosia Shirley Sims, deceased, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons, corporations or entities unknown claiming any right, title interest in or lien upon the subject real estate described

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 the 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, the 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 June 23, 2026.

Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on June 23, 2026.

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 pursuant to the provisions of the “Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act” contained in Title 15, Chapter 53, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, and Title 15, Chapter 67, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended for the purpose of seeking to quiet title and obtaining a determination from this Honorable Court that it is the owner of the subject 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 are described as follows:

ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and being more particularly designated as Lot 13, on a plat entitled “Plat of property situate in the City of Charleston, S.C., owned by Southgate Construction Company, Inc., and P. Duke Warren, surveyed February 26, 197, By W. L. Gaillard, L.S. #453,” said plat being in Book Q, Page 29 and being known as Athens Court. Said lot measuring and containing, butting and bounding as shown on said plat, reference thereto being made herewith for a more particular description of said property.

TMS No.: 463-12-03-100

GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

or lien upon the property described in the Complaint herein, such appointment to become absolute unless they or someone on their behalf shall procure an Order appointing a Guardian ad Litem for such persons within (30) days after past publications of the Summons herein.

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

s/ J. Chris Lanning

J. Chris Lanning

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Conrad Falkiewicz, Esquire, P.O. Box 30266 Charleston, South Carolina, 29417, by Order of this Court Common Pleas dated July 1, 2026 and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina has been appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the Defendants herein as may be unknown infants, persons insane, or otherwise incompetent or under legal disability,

County of Charleston to acquire certain real property for its public purposes, as is more fully stated in the attached Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment. Responsive pleadings to the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment are not necessary.

LIS PENDENS

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-06442

County of Charleston, Condemnor, vs. The Heirs of Elizabeth Hamilton, Landowners, and James Grant, Other Condemnee, and JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, fictitious names used to designate all other condemnees whose names are unknown, and persons in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, if any, and the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns, firms or corporations of any of the Landowner(s), Other Condemnee(s) or Unknown Claimant(s) who may be deceased, and any and all other persons claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate or other property described in the Condemnation Notice or any part thereof; Unknown Claimant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING

TO: LANDOWNERS, OTHER CONDEMNEES, AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS NAMED ABOVE

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, advised and notified, that pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., the within Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, has been filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina. The purpose of this action is to enable the Condemnor

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Condemnor County of Charleston, pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., has brought an action against Landowners, to acquire a fee simple interest in a strip of land consisting of 268 square feet (0.006 acre), more or less, from the real property described as follows:

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot 5 on that certain plat entitled “A SURVEY OF LOTS TWO AND THREE OF THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH HAMILTON, WITH A FURTHER DIVISION INTO LOTS 2, 3, 4, AND 5” dated September 10, 1989 by Robert Frank & Associates and recorded on March 30, 1990. Said lot having such sizes, dimensions, butting and boundings as reference to said plat will show.

BEING a portion of the property conveyed to Elizabeth Hamilton by that certain deed of Affie Fields, dated August 21, 1907, and recorded June 23, 1908, in Deed Book N025, Page 037, in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County

TMS # 287-00-00-235

The size, shape, location, and butting and bounding of the real property sought herein is depicted more particularly on the plat attached hereto as Exhibit A, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. The County’s acquisition of the real property is necessary for public purposes, more particularly for the improvement and paving of Courtland Road and Dawning Lane in Charleston County, South Carolina.

NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI TO: UNKNOWN CLAIMANT(S) NAMED ABOVE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Order appointing George E. Counts, Esquire, Counts & Huger, LLC, P.O. Box 80399, Charleston, South Carolina 29416, (Telephone: 843-573-0143), as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, Condemnees herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, has been 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 on their behalf or on 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 any of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the Condemnor will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi absolute.

Charleston County Attorney’s Office

Andrew L. Hethington, Esquire

Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services

Building 4045 Bridge View Drive North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 958-4010

alhethington@charlestoncounty. org Attorney for Condemnor North Charleston, South Carolina November 18, 2025

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-06449

County of Charleston, Condemnor, vs. Gloria Black, Rosina Coleman, Soloman Scott, Juanita B. Smalls, Barbara B. Moss, Lydia Gadsden, James Gibbs, Ferdina Manigault, James Manigault, Donald Blake, Herman Blake, Arlys Blake, Marvis Mike, Sidney Blake, Regina Blake, Keith Blake, Arthur Blake, Ferdina Bradshaw, William Blake, Jr., Ian Blake, Phylette Blake, Allen M. Poinsett, Adelle Bowman, Leon Watkins, Joseph Blake, James Dover, Birdiemae Dover, Barbara Spry, Nell Heyward, Lucinda Gibbs, Carolyn Dover, Priscilla Watkins, Roslin Sumter, Brenda Gordon, Vincent Gordon, Marion Gibbs, Carl Gibbs, Rosalee Gibbs, Robert Gibbs, Agnes Washington, Matilda Cummings, Janie Gibbs, Saul Gibbs, Ollie Gibbs, Mary Edwards, Johnny Gibbs, Charles Gibbs, Albertha Gibbs, Janie Gibbs, Carolyn Gibbs, Viola Gibbs, Herman Murray, Nathaniel Murray, Edith Murray, Joeph Murray, Jonathan Murray, Julian Murray, Meklannah Cochran, Carleen Waiters, Vernon Murray, Eugene Murray, Theodore Young, Jr., Herbert Young, James Young, Henry Young, Emily Moore, Mary Young, Carl Young, Betty Young, Arthur Young, Jr., and Miriam Young, Landowners, and Lila Mae Gadsden, Other Condemnee, and

JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, fictitious names used to designate all other condemnees whose names are unknown, and persons in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, if any, and the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns, firms or corporations of any of the Landowner(s), Other Condemnee(s) or Unknown Claimant(s) who may be deceased, and any and all other persons claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate or other property described in the Condemnation Notice or any part thereof; Unknown Claimant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING

TO: LANDOWNERS, OTHER CONDEMNEES, AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS NAMED ABOVE

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, advised and notified, that pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., the within Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, has been filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina. The purpose of this action is to enable the Condemnor

County of Charleston to acquire certain real property for its public purposes, as is more fully stated in the attached Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment. Responsive pleadings to the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment are not necessary.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Condemnor County of Charleston, pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., has brought an action against Landowners, to acquire a fee simple interest in a strip of land consisting of 2,006 square feet (0.046 acre), more or less, from the real property described as follows:

ALL that tract of land, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, formerly in Berkeley County and now in Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

MEASURING AND CONTAINING Twenty Five and one-half (25-1/2) Acres, more or less.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING to the Southwest by lands now or formerly of H. Rials and Brutus Wilson; to the Northeast by lands now or formerly of Lydia Manigault; to the Southeast by lands now or formerly of Swanson Middleton and Sibby Meyers; and to the Southwest by march lands now or late of I.C. Bowen. The said tract being a part of Lot Number 15 on a plat of the Greenwich Tract.

BEING a portion of the property conveyed by that certain Master’s Deed of the Honorable Judge Mikell R. Scarborough, Master in Equity for Charleston County, dated March 2, 2004, and recorded April 7, 2004, in Deed Book X489, Page 442, in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.

TMS # 287-00-00-122

The size, shape, location, and butting and bounding of the real property sought herein is depicted more particularly on the plat attached hereto as Exhibit A, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. The County’s acquisition of the real property is necessary for public purposes, more particularly for the improvement and paving of Courtland Road and Dawning Lane in Charleston County, South Carolina.

NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

TO: UNKNOWN CLAIMANT(S) NAMED ABOVE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Order appointing George E. Counts, Esquire, Counts & Huger, LLC, P.O. Box 80399, Charleston, South Carolina 29416, (Telephone: 843-573-0143), as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, Condemnees herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, has been 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 on their behalf or on 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 any of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the

Condemnor will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi absolute.

Charleston County Attorney’s Office

Andrew L. Hethington, Esquire

Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building 4045 Bridge View Drive North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 958-4010 alhethington@charlestoncounty. org Attorney for Condemnor

North Charleston, South Carolina November 18, 2025

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2025-DR-10-1675

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Nakeia Brown and Bobby Sanders DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2021

TO DEFENDANT: Bobby Sanders

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on June 25, 2025 at 3:19 pm. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Office: Attorney Sally R. Young, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.

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: CHARLES JERVEY FLOOD, JR. 2026-ES-10-0966

DOD: 4/26/26

Pers. Rep: MICHAEL A. FLOOD 7378 HWY. 165, RAVENEL, SC 29470

Atty: JEFFREY C. MOORE, ESQ. 1 CARRIAGE LN., BLDG. H, 2ND FL., CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of: THOMAS ANTHONY COULTER, JR. 2026-ES-10-0889

DOD: 1/20/26

Pers. Rep: CANDICE VIDA COULTER 5830 COUGAR LN., CHARLOTTE, NC 28269

Pers. Rep: OMEGA FELDER

289 SWEET ALYSSUM DR., LADSON, SC 29456

Atty: AMBER D. BROUGHTON, ESQ.

219 N. HWY 52, #P-1, MONCKS CORNER, SC 29461 ***********

Estate of: BETTE CATLING HESTER

2026-ES-10-1022

DOD: 5/5/26

Pers. Rep: ELIZABETH PORCHER HESTER

529 W. LYON FARM DR., GREENWICH, CT 06831

Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ***********

Estate of: WILLIAM MCLEAN MIXON 2026-ES-10-1037

DOD: 4/20/26

Pers. Rep: KIMBERLY MIXON SMITH PO BOX 759, FOLLY BEACH, SC 29439

Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ***********

Estate of:

BETTY MCFARLAND WOOLDRIDGE

2026-ES-10-1051

DOD: 5/15/26

Pers. Rep:

ROGER H. KIMMEL

271 INDIAN HARBOR RD., VERO BEACH, FL 32963

Pers. Rep: MARIE KIMMEL

271 INDIAN HARBOR RD., VERO BEACH, FL 32963

Atty:

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

Estate of:

FREDERIC GORDON JONES 2026-ES-10-1068

DOD: 2/25/26

Pers. Rep: ASHLEY JONES LAWRENCE

1985 RIVIERA DR., STE. 103 #10, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

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

Estate of: BRENDA JO ELDER

2026-ES-10-1080

DOD: 3/31/26

Pers. Rep: LINDSAY M. FITZGIBBON 2402 LARKSPUR DR., JOHNSON CITY, TN 37604

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: PATRICIA ANN HENDRICKS

2026-ES-10-0975

DOD: 12/4/25

Pers. Rep: MICHAEL TROTTIER

13410 NE 91ST ST., VANCOUVER, WA 98682

Atty: JOHN F. PERRY, ESQ. 3021 RUSHLAND MEWS,

JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

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Estate of:

BARBARA K. SCHREIBER

2026-ES-10-1058

DOD: 5/16/26

Pers. Rep:

KATHERINE SCHREIBER

3555 W. SCHOOL HOUSE LN., PHILADELPHIA, PA 19129

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Estate of:

ANTHONY T. DUPRE

2026-ES-10-1083

DOD: 5/3/26

Pers. Rep:

ANTHONY DUPRE, JR.

212 MOLASSES LN., MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

Atty:

SHAWN D. FLANAGAN, ESQ. 44 MARKFIELD DR., #E, CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of:

KARIE BRANTON KENNERLY

2026-ES-10-1102

DOD: 4/29/26

Pers Rep:

KARIE K. CROWTHER

976 GRAND CONCOURSE ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Atty:

JEFREY C. MOORE, ESQ.

1 CARRIAGE LN., BLDG. H, 2ND FL., CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ***********

Estate of:

DEBORAH AMY MAYER

2026-ES-10-1103

DOD: 4/30/26

Pers. Rep:

EDWARD J. KOSINSKI

58 RIVER MARSH LN., KIAWAH ISLAND, SC 29455

Atty:

ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of:

PEGGY LEE NELSON

2026-ES-10-1121

DOD: 1/31/26

Pers. Rep:

ELIZABETH ETHEL RICHARDSON 5100 MALVASIA CT., SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485

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Estate of:

GEORGE DAVID REESE 2026-ES-10-1138

DOD: 2/24/26

Pers. Rep: LYNN R. REESE

1766 HOUGHTON DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Atty: KERRY W. KOON, ESQ. 147 WAPPOO CREEK DR., #203, CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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Estate of: RAMON HUGH RUTLEDGE 2026-ES-10-1142

DOD: 6/6/26

Pers. Rep: LYNN MARIE DREW 1630 AZTEC LN., MT. PLEASANT, SC 29466

Pers. Rep: JOHN E. RUTLEDGE 212 W. RICHARDSON CIR., HARTSVILLE, SC 29550

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: WILLIE LAMONT MCDANIEL, SR. 2026-ES-10-1137

DOD: 5/27/26

Pers. Rep:

THETEKA MCDANIEL

5306 HELENE DR., NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418

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Estate of:

JOHN F. MCILWAIN

2026-ES-10-1147

DOD: 5/27/26

Pers. Rep:

RODERICK L. MCILWAIN

285 FULTON ST., MEDFORD, MA 02155

Pers. Rep:

JOHN C. MCILWAIN

200 HIGH ST., PORTLAND, ME 04101

Atty:

ROBERT S. DODDS, ESQ.

25 CALHOUN ST., #400, CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of:

JAMES EDWARD CORBIN, III

2026-ES-10-1155

DOD: 5/25/26

Pers. Rep:

MARVIA A. CORBIN

4667 WESTERVELT RD., MEGGETT, SC 29449

Atty:

DAVID W. WOLF, ESQ.

748 ST. ANDREWS BLVD., #D, CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of:

DAVID MASON PARKER

2026-ES-10-1160

DOD: 3/10/26

Pers. Rep:

SEBRINA MCKEE

2009 JEDI ST., NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405

Atty:

CHRISTINA D. WYNN, ESQ.

44 MARKFIELD DR., #E, CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of:

TERRE W. STEVENS

2026-ES-10-1161

DOD: 1/16/26

Pers. Rep:

ANDREW W. STEVENS

1838 WHISPERWOOD RD., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

Pers. Rep: R. RYAN WATKINS

3262 GREAT EGRET DR., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

Atty:

J. JAMES DUGGAN, ESQ.

44 MARKFIELD DR., #E, CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of:

FRANCES F. FULLER

2026-ES-10-1164

DOD: 6/4/26

Pers. Rep: LINDA F. PAYNE

303 TAYSIDE CT., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty: PHILLIP MEAD, ESQ.

115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of:

ROBERT BURKE ABELE

2026-ES-10-1176

DOD: 6/4/26

Pers. Rep:

KILEEN ABELE ROSE

405 CREEK LANDING ST., DANIEL ISLAND, SC 29492

Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ.

115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

C/A NO: 2026CP1002862

XANADU MANAGEMENT, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. SC REVITALIZE, LLC; UILLAMIS P. DA SILVA; AND CHARLESTON COLONIAL PLACE, HOA, INC., DEFENDANT(S).

(NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

SUMMONS AND NOTICES TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED TO ANSWER THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, A COPY OF WHICH IS HEREWITH SERVED UPON YOU, OR TO OTHERWISE APPEAR AND DEFEND, AND TO SERVE A COPY OF YOUR ANSWER TO SAID COMPLAINT UPON THE SUBSCRIBERS AT THEIR OFFICE, 222 WEST COLEMAN BLVD, MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29464, OR TO OTHERWISE APPEAR AND DEFEND THE ACTION PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE COURT RULES, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER 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 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 WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE THAT PURSUANT TO RULE 53(B) SCRCP, AS AMENDED EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2002, THE PLAINTIFF WILL MOVE FOR A GENERAL ORDER OF REFERENCE TO THE MASTER IN EQUITY FOR OCONEE COUNTY, WHICH ORDER SHALL, PURSUANT TO RULE 53(B) 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 ACTION. IF THERE ARE COUNTERCLAIMS REQUIRING A JURY TRIAL, ANY PARTY MAY FILE A DEMAND UNDER RULE 38, SCRCP AND THE CASE WILL BE RETURNED TO THE CIRCUIT COURT.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION, TOGETHER WITH THE SUMMONS, WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT

FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY ON JUNE 1, 2026 AT 4:12 P.M.

COBB HAMMETT

THOMAS A. SHOOK

222 W. COLEMAN BLVD. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 (843) 936-6680

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

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

C/A NO: 2026CP1002677

MONEYLINE VENTURES, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. GOLDQUEEN, INC.; BERTRAM MCQUEEN, DEFENDANT(S).

(NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

SUMMONS AND NOTICES TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED TO ANSWER THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, A COPY OF WHICH IS HEREWITH SERVED UPON YOU, OR TO OTHERWISE APPEAR AND DEFEND, AND TO SERVE A COPY OF YOUR ANSWER TO SAID COMPLAINT UPON THE SUBSCRIBERS AT THEIR OFFICE, 222 WEST COLEMAN BLVD, MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29464, OR TO OTHERWISE APPEAR AND DEFEND THE ACTION PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE COURT RULES, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER 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 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 WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE THAT PURSUANT TO RULE 53(B) SCRCP, AS AMENDED EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2002, THE PLAINTIFF WILL MOVE FOR A GENERAL ORDER OF REFERENCE TO THE MASTER IN EQUITY FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, WHICH ORDER SHALL, PURSUANT TO RULE 53(B) 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 ACTION. IF THERE ARE COUNTERCLAIMS REQUIRING A JURY TRIAL, ANY PARTY MAY FILE A DEMAND

UNDER RULE 38, SCRCP AND THE CASE WILL BE RETURNED TO THE CIRCUIT COURT.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION, TOGETHER WITH THE SUMMONS, WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY ON MAY 21, 2026 AT 8:26 A.M.

COBB HAMMETT

THOMAS A. SHOOK

222 W. COLEMAN BLVD. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 (843) 936-6680

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF FLORENCE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 12TH JUDICAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2026-CP-21-00540

HELEN HUNTER, PLAINTIFF vs. CRESCENT VILLA II, LLC, DEFENDANT

SUMMONS

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 his office 821 W Evans Street, Florence, SC 29501 within thirty (30) days of the service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer as aforesaid the Plaintiff herein will apply to the Court for the relief prayed for in the Complaint and judgement by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED:

NOTICE is hereby given that the Complaint in the foregoing action, together with the Summons, of which the foregoing is copy, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Florence County, on the 11th day of March 2026.

COMPLAINT

On or about May 31, 2025, Plaintiff was walking in her Apartment Complex when she fell due to the water on the floor that accumulated due to a leak from the upstairs apartment, etc.

Florence, SC The Law Office Of Linward Edwards II

June 3,2026

Linward C. Edwards, Attorney for Plaintiff

821 West Evans Street Florence, SC 29501 (843) 410-9605

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-DR-10-3013

BRANDY C. DUNMEYER, Plaintiff, vs. SHANTAY CLARK AND JEROME ROLLERSON, Defendants.

IN THE MATTER OF: R.R., a minor child under the age of eighteen (18).

COMPLAINT (ADOPTION)

The Plaintiffs would respectfully show unto this Court: 1) The Plaintiff seeks to adopt the

minor child of the above-named Defendants.

2) The Plaintiff is now and has been bona fide residents and domiciliary of Charleston County, State of South Carolina and have been for at least One (1) year prior to this action.

3) The Defendants is a resident and domiciliary of Charleston County, State of South Carolina and has been for at least One (1) year prior to this action.

4) The minor child sought to be adopted is Rayvonne Rollerson, D.O.B.: 3/18/2012. The minor child was born in Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

5) The Plaintiff is the custodian through DSS of the minor child to be adopted.

6) The Plaintiff has had custody of the minor child since birth (March 18, 2012).

7) The Plaintiff is informed and believes that the biological mother and father of the minor child, Defendants, has consented to the adoption.

8) The Plaintiff has never abused nor neglected any child, has no drug or alcohol problem, and has no criminal records.

9) That no money “changed hands” in Plaintiff obtaining possession of the minor child.

10) The Plaintiff is physically and financially able and willing to maintain, educate, and support the minor child, and believes it is in the best interest of the minor child that her care, custody, and control be given to the Plaintiff.

11) The Plaintiff wishes to adopt the minor child so as to render her capable of inheriting from the Plaintiff and to establish the relationship of parents and child between themselves and the minor child.

12) The Plaintiff is informed and believe that she is the legal guardian of the minor child and thus good cause exists for waiving home studies required by S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-520 and it is in the best interest of the minor child that this investigation be waived.

13) The Plaintiff is informed and believe that it is in the best interest of the minor child that the accounting required by S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-740, the entry of an Interlocutory Decree and the waiting period of six (6) months required by S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9750 be waived.

14) The Plaintiff is informed and believes that a Guardian ad Litem should be appointed to protect the interest of the minor child in this adoption action.

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff pray unto this Honorable Court as follows:

a. That the Court, upon hearing this Complaint, issue an Order forever terminating the parental rights of Defendants.

b. That the Interlocutory Decree and the six (6) month waiting period required by S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-750 be waived.

c. That the home investigation required by S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9520 be waived.

d. That the accounting required by S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-740 be waived.

e. That the Court render its Final Decree and Order that the minor child be adopted by the Plaintiff.

f. That it be declared that the minor child owes to the Plaintiff all the duties and obligations of a child to their natural parents and to be entitled to expect from Plaintiff all rights and privileges of a natural child from their parents.

g. That the Plaintiff be adjudged to have care, custody, and control of the minor child and to have the status of the natural parent to the child, such that the minor child should be treated in all respects as the child of the Plaintiff.

h. That the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem is necessary to protect the interest of the minor child in this action; and

i. For any other such relief as this Court may deem just and proper.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, THE CURRY LAW FIRM, LLC

EDUARDO K. CURRY, ESQUIRE

s/Eduardo K. Curry, Esquire

Attorney for Plaintiff 6518-D Dorchester Road (29418) Post Office Box 42270

North Charleston, South Carolina 29423

Phone: (843) 767-5284 Fax: (843) 767-5286 currylawfirm@bellsouth.net

November 12, 2025 North Charleston, South Carolina

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 7/28/2026 11:00 AM

Onetha Waring 3 Beds headboards- 2Full, 1 king tvs storage containers- around 20 Naprell Vanburen Events Event items

Cranshaw Gibbs Boxes, pictures

Roderick Ferebee Hydro sport boat Andy Williams TV, clothes, boxes, household items

Stephon Johnson Furniture, electronics, household items, holiday decor Mercedes Hernandez Beds small dressers washing machine and dryer

bed frames tvs clothes

Facility 2: 609 Old Trolley Road Summerville, SC 29485

7/28/2026 10:30 AM

Ebenizir Nartey 2-bedroom house furniture

Lavinia Gonder Home goods

Facility 3: 8850 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 7/28/2026 10:45 AM

Raven Saunders Apartment furniture, clothing Dary Minaya Household and personal items, furniture

Timmothy Daniels Speakers// inventory cables// cases// Britany Pasley China Cabinet

Shaunta Rivers Headboard and boxes

Facility 4: 208 St. James Ave, Ste C Goose Creek, SC 29445 7/28/2026 11:00 AM

Tiffany Nelson Sofas, dresser, dining set, household items

Ja’Maicia Savage Table, hutch, totes, record player, TV stand

Taconsha Evans Clothes, luggage, queen size bed,

Sarah

bed, dining room set

Edward German Clothes

Facility 11: 1540 Meeting Street Road Charleston, SC 29405 7/23/2026 1:00 PM

Donte Gregg Queen bed 10 bags , bar stool , Melinda Armstrong-Wrenn Household Goods/Furniture

Shakira Wahington Couch, 2 dressers, bunk bed and queen.

Antoinette Simmona Furniture, kitchenette

Melvin Ellington Household Goods/Furniture, TV/ Stereo Equipment

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.

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

Navy Federal Credit Union, PLAINTIFF, vs. Joe N Pettiford; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., DEFENDANT(S)

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

C/A NO: 2026-CP-10-02251 DEFICIENCY WAIVED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, 240 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 400, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise

appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the 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) 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 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 immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-inEquity/Special Referee in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on April 29, 2026.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

s/ Ashley Z. Stanley June 2, 2026

John S. Kay (S.C. Bar No. 7914)

Ashley Z. Stanley (S.C. Bar No. 74854) Alan Stewart (S.C. Bar No. 15576) Sarah O. Leonard (S.C. Bar No. 80165) Gregory Wooten (S.C. Bar No. 73586)

M. Celeste Bowers (S.C. Bar No. 100981)

Attorneys for Plaintiff Foundation Legal Group 240 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 400 Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 726-2700

john.kay@ thefoundationlegalgroup.com ashley.stanley@ thefoundationlegalgroup.com alan.stewart@ thefoundationlegalgroup.com sarah.leonard@

thefoundationlegalgroup.com

greg.wooten@ thefoundationlegalgroup.com

celeste.bowers@ thefoundationlegalgroup.com

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

SUMMONS FOR DIVORCE

(One Year Continuous Separation)

Docket No.: 2026-DR-10-0084

Plaintiff: Joann Johnson

POST

LEGALS

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2026-CP-10-00688

Defendant: Jake Johnson

To the DEFENDANT AboveNamed: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that you have been sued by the Plaintiff for DIVORCE in the Court indicated above. You must respond in writing to the attached Complaint for Divorce and serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff at the address below within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you, not counting the day of service, or thirty-five (35) days if you were served by certified mail, restricted delivery, return receipt requested.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO.: 2026-CP-10-01195

RALPH BROWN, Plaintiff, v. RICHARD BROWN, Defendant.

SUMMONS & NOTICE

To the Defendant above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B, Charleston, SC 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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 or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice and Complaint were filed on March 6th, 2026 and the Order of Publication was filed on May 28th, 2026 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to obtain injunctive relief against the Defendant.

June 25th, 2026

Date

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell

Attorney at Law 925 Wappoo Road Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3443

jeff@jeffspell.com

Attorney for the Plaintiff

If you wish to retain an attorney to represent you in this matter, it is advisable to do so before submitting your Answer to the Plaintiff.

If you do not answer the Complaint within the required thirty (30) days, the Court may grant a DIVORCE and grant the Plaintiff the relief requested in the Complaint.

Date: Jan 13, 2026

Plaintiff’s Signature: s/Joann Johnson

Address:

1300 Longcreek Dr. #121 Columbia, SC 29210

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 7/21/2026 at 10:00AM. 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.

Angel Brown; Ronald Gavins; Quenica Anderson; MaryAlease Fayth Williams.

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

Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice Extra Room Self Storage - Moncks Corner located at 1505 Cypress Gardens Road Moncks Corner SC 29461 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 7/21/2026 at 10:00AM. This sale is pursuant to the assertion of lien for rental at the selfstorage facility. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods, furnishings and garage essentials.

Kyle J Lanier; Jernarry B Byrd; Monika Latshka Dingle; Johndell Daquin Reid/ Johndell Daqun Reid

Audra Watson Plaintiff, vs. Norton M. Martin, Vernelle Martin, Alice Louise Denton, Gary Denton, Carroll “Chuck” Lewis Wilson, III, Richard M. Martin, Christine M. Stapleton, Matthew Stapleton, Spencer Stapleton, Martin Stapleton, David B. Martin, Daniel Brian Martin, David Bruce Martin, Jr., Natalie B. Howard, Lucas Martin, Brad Martin, Danny Martin, John Martin, Keri Martin Bunch, Shawn Bunch, Katelin Bunch and Savannah Rosipko, and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, fictitious names designating the unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, issue, executors, administrators, successors or assigns of the Defendants named above, RICHARD ROE and MARY ROE, fictitious names designating infants and persons under any disability or incompetent, including those persons who might be in the Military Services within the meaning of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act, Title 50, United States Code, and any other person or legal entity who or which has or claims any right, title, interest or lien in or to the real property described in this Complaint, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT

TO: THE DEFENDANTS 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 this Summons and Complaint, you must respond in writing to this Complaint by filing an Answer with this court. You must also serve a copy of your Answer to this Complaint upon the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s Attorney at the address shown below. If you fail to answer the Complaint, judgment by default could be rendered against you for the relief requested in the Complaint.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 2, 2026.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the thirtieth day after completion of service of this Summons and Notice, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, the undersigned will move for a general order of reference in this action to a Master in Equity or Special Referee pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

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 Notices upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff shall apply for such appointment.

LIS PENDENS

the Plaintiff named above against the Defendants named above to confirm and quiet title to the property described as follows:

This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. #15143)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, upon the Complaint of

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot 5, Block 15B Charleston Farms on a plat prepared for Kirk K. Leopard by Paul C. Lawson, Jr., RLS, which plat is to be recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County at a later date.

SUBJECT to covenants, restrictions, easements of record.

BEING the same property conveyed to Norton M. Martin and Vernelle Martin by deed of Kirk K. Leopard, dated August 18, 1998, and recorded September 8, 1998, in the Register of Deeds office for Charleston County in Deed Book L310, Page 216.

TMS No.: 473-15-00-005

Property Address: 5522 Buskirk Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29406

NOTICE OF ORDER NISI APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM

TO THOSE OF THE DEFENDANTS NAMED ABOVE WHO MAY BE UNKNOWN PERSONS OR ENTITIES HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN OR TO, OR LIEN UPON, THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS TMS #473-15-00-005, INCLUDING MINORS OR THOSE UNDER LEGAL DISABILITY, OR JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE, REPRESENTING ALL PERSONS WHO MAY BE THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, ADMINISTRATORS, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS OF THOSE UNKNOWN PARTIES OR THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS; AND RICHARD ROE AND MARY ROE, REPRESENTNING ALL PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE, CLAIM OR MAY CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE KNOWN AS TMS #473-15-00-005.

NOTICE is hereby given that the order appointing Molly D. Edwards, attorney at law, 120 S. Magnolia Street, Summerville, South Carolina 29483, telephone number 843-501-0602, fax number 843501-0607, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons designated as JOHN DOE and JANE DOE or as RICHARD ROE and MARY ROE for purposes of this action, was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Charleston County Courthouse, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, on May 28, 2026.

Unless any of you or someone on your behalf shall cause, within thirty days after the service of this notice, exclusive of the date of service, a different person to be appointed to represent you, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making absolute the appointment of Molly D. Edwards.

NOTICE OF FILING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in this court upon complaint of the above-named plaintiff against the above-named defendants. This Complaint and Lis Pendens address a quiet title action for ownership of the property identified as TMS #47315-00-005.

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2022-CP-10-4096

By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Park at Rivers Edge Horizontal Property Regime A, Inc. a/k/a Traces and Reflections HPR v. Masonry Restorations, Inc. a/k/a Masonry Restoration, Inc., The Park Recreational Development, Inc., United States of America, by and through its agency, Internal Revenue Service and South Carolina Department of Revenue.

I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on August 4, 2026, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

ALL that certain unit, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Unit 1801, in The Park at Rivers Edge Horizontal Property Regime “A”, as shown on the plans and specifications attached to the Master Deed of The Park at Rivers Edge Horizontal Property Regime “A”, dated September 25, 1984 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book G-140, Page 382; with the amendments thereto recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

TOGETHER with the undivided percentage interest in the General Common Elements of the property described in Section 1 of Article 4 of said Master Deed appurtenant thereto.

SUBJECT to restrictive covenants and easements of record.

BEING the same property conveyed to Masonry Restorations, Inc. by deed of Walter W. Jenkins dated December 19, 2002 and recorded December 20, 2002 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book F430, Page 310.

TMS No.: 404-00-00-148 Property Address: 7955 Timbercreek Lane, Apt. A, North Charleston, SC 29418

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH: The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master’s Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at a rate of 8.00% per annum.

SHELBOURNE LAW FIRM /s/ P. Brandt Shelbourne P. Brandt Shelbourne, Esq. (Bar

The sale shall be subject to that applicable tax lien(s) and/or possible tax lien(s) held by United States of America, by and through its agency, the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to a search of

“Masonry Restoration” with the Charleston County Register of Deeds; that applicable tax lien(s) and/or possible tax lien(s) held by South Carolina Department of Revenue pursuant to a search of “Masonry Restoration” in the MyDORWAY State Tax Lien Registry; and that certain lien held by The Park Recreational Development, Inc. in its favor and against “Masonry Restorations, Inc.” and the Property in the original amount of $5,268.65, dated November 5, 2018, and recorded November 15, 2018, in Book 0760 at Page 379 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds.

Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser. All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title.

See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)

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

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity, Charleston County

Attorneys for the Plaintiff

Derek F. Dean

S.C. Bar No.: 65279

Taylor A. Rumble S.C. Bar No.: 105848

Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

Please take notice SmartStop Self Storage located at 701 Wando Park Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464, intends to hold an auction of the goods stored in the following units to satisfy the lien of the owner. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.StorageTreasures.com on 07/21/26 at 2:00 pm. Contents include personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below.

1C08, Joshua Granite, 2C19, Horving Ramos.

Purchases must be paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. SmartStop Self Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Please contact the property with any questions (843) 213-7903.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

C/A #: 2026-CP-10-01299

TRUIST BANK, F/K/A BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, Vs. JUDY NELL MOODY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR AT LAW OF ROSS E. MOODY

A/K/A ROSS EDWARD MOODY; and JOEY DOUGLAS A/K/A JOEY MOODY, KEVIN DOUGLAS

A/K/A KEVIN MOODY, DIANE

ROUNDS A/K/A DIANE MOODY, DONNA MOODY, AS HEIRS AT LAW OF ROSS E. MOODY

A/K/A ROSS EDWARD MOODY,

DECEASED, AND ANY OTHER HEIRS-AT-LAW OR DISTRIBUTEES OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR SPOUSES, IF ANY THEY HAVE, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN; ALSO ANY UNKNOWN ADULTS AND THOSE PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICES 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; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC ASSIGNEE OF SYNCHRONY BANK; and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 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 and TO THE DEFENDANT JOEY DOUGLAS A/K/A JOEY MOODY:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the 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, 3200 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205 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 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 March 12, 2026.

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 the Ross E. Moody a/k/a Ross Edward Moody, now deceased, and the Defendant Judy Nell Moody to the Plaintiff, its successors and assigns, dated August 27, 2007, and recorded on September 4, 2007, in the office of the Registrar of Mesne Conveyance for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book O637 at Page 445 (the “Mortgage”).

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 the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot No. 11, Block H, Ashley Heights Subdivision, Section Two, as shown on a plat made by J. O’Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, dated February 5, 1957, and recorded in the Charleston County RMC Office in Plat Book K, Page 190; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Ross E. Moody and Judy Nell Moody by deed of Ira M. Beach dated February 22, 1985 and recorded February 25, 1985 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book N143 at Page 068.

TMS#: 484-10-00-058

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.

By: s/Benjamin E. Grimsley

Benjamin E. Grimsley, SC Bar No. 70335

Ryan J. Patane, SC Bar No. 103116

SMITH|ROBINSON P.O. Box 11682 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 (803) 233-4999 ben.grimsley@ smithrobinsonlaw.com ryan.patane@ smithrobinsonlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff June 10, 2026

DORCHESTER COUNTY

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE No.: 2025-CP-18-00470

Project: Pump Station 4 – Phase 2 Tract: 78

Dorchester County, Condemnor, v. Florence M. Fludd (deceased), Renita Fludd-Corbett, Bronwyn Fludd-Boyd, and Avlyn Fludd Rivers Landowners, and John Doe and Mary Roe, being fictitious names used to designate all persons and condemnees whose names are unknown, including unknown children of Florence M. Fludd, heirs, successors, devisees, distributes, Administrators, Executors and Personal Representatives of any of the above named Landowners and Other Condemnees who may be deceased; and also all Condemnees whose names are not known, including heirs, infants, persons under disability and persons who may be in Military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, if any, who claim or may claim, an interest in the property being condemn; and also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment herein, Unknown Claimant(s).

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Condemnor above named pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, Section 28-2-10, et seq., of the South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as amended, has brought an action against the Landowners to acquire the real property described herein for public purposes, to-wit:

All that parcel or strip of land, to establish a permanent easement, containing 0.058 acres (2,529 ft2) of land, more or less, owned by Florence M. Fludd, Renita Fludd-Corbett, Bronwyn Fludd-Boyd, and Avlyn Fludd Rivers, shown shaded and labeled as “New Sanitary Sewer Easement” on Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.

All that parcel or strip of land, to establish a temporary construction easement, for a period beginning on February 28, 2025 and ending June 1, 2026, containing 0.023 acres (1,007 ft2) of land, more or less, owned by Florence M. Fludd, Renita Fludd-Corbett, Bronwyn Fludd-Boyd, and Avlyn Fludd Rivers, shown shaded and labeled as “10’ Wide TCE” on Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Tax Map Parcel Number 152-0200-007

The property sought herein is to be acquired for public purposes, more particularly in conjunction with the construction of Pump Station 4 – Phase 2, in Dorchester County, South Carolina.

DORCHESTER COUNTY

s/Bradley A. Mitchell Bradley A. Mitchell, Deputy County Attorney Dorchester County Attorney’s Office

201 Johnston Street

St. George, South Carolina 29477

bmitchell@dorchestercountysc.gov

843.563.0097

SC Bar No.: 78228

Attorney for Condemnor

February 28, 2025

St. George, South Carolina STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CASE No.: 2025-CP-18-00470

Project: Pump Station 4 – Phase 2 Tract: 78

Dorchester County, Condemnor, v. Florence M. Fludd (deceased), Renita Fludd-Corbett, Bronwyn Fludd-Boyd, and Avlyn Fludd Rivers Landowners, and John Doe and Mary Roe, being fictitious names used to designate all persons and condemnees whose names are unknown, including unknown children of Florence M. Fludd, heirs, successors, devisees, distributes, Administrators, Executors and Personal Representatives of any of the above named Landowners and Other Condemnees who may be deceased; and also all Condemnees whose names are not known, including heirs, infants, persons under disability and persons who may be in Military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, if any, who claim or may claim, an interest in the property being condemn; and also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment herein, Unknown Claimant(s).

NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

TO: THE CONDEMNEE OR CLAIMANTS HEREIN, NAMES AND ADDRESSES UNKNOWN, INCLUDING ANY THEREOF WHO MAY BE MINORS OR UNDER OTHER LEGAL DISABILITY, 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 the order appointing Andrew T. Shepherd, Esquire, 204 Brighton Park Blvd, Suite B, Summerville, South Carolina as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, Condemnees herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone on their behalf or on 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 any of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the Condemnor will apply for an order

making the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi absolute.

DORCHESTER COUNTY s/Christopher L. Murphy MURPHY LAW OFFICES, LLC 622B Windermere Drive Charleston, SC 29407 chris@chrismurphylaw.com (843)926-0146

Attorney for Condemnor

June 8, 2026

Charleston, South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE No.: 2025-CP-18-00470

Project: Pump Station 4 – Phase 2 Tract: 78

Dorchester County, Condemnor, v. Florence M. Fludd (deceased), Renita Fludd-Corbett, Bronwyn Fludd-Boyd, and Avlyn Fludd Rivers Landowners, and John Doe and Mary Roe, being fictitious names used to designate all persons and condemnees whose names are unknown, including unknown children of Florence M. Fludd, heirs, successors, devisees, distributes, Administrators, Executors and Personal Representatives of any of the above named Landowners and Other Condemnees who may be deceased; and also all Condemnees whose names are not known, including heirs, infants, persons under disability and persons who may be in Military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, if any, who claim or may claim, an interest in the property being condemn; and also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment herein, Unknown Claimant(s).

SUMMONS

TO: LANDOWNERS AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANT(S):

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, advised and notified, that pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, Section 28-2-10, et seq., South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as amended, the within Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, has been filed with the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County. The purpose of this lawsuit is to enable the Condemnor, Dorchester County, a public body corporate and political subdivision of the State of South Carolina to acquire certain real property for its public purposes, as is more fully stated in the attached Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment. Responsive pleadings to the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment are not necessary.

DORCHESTER COUNTY

s/Bradley A. Mitchell

Bradley A. Mitchell, Deputy County Attorney Dorchester County Attorney’s Office

201 Johnston Street St. George, South Carolina 29477 bmitchell@dorchestercountysc.gov

843.563.0097

SC Bar No.: 78228

Attorney for Condemnor

February 28, 2025

St. George, South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2026-CP-18-00140

Angel Muehlenkamp, Plaintiff, vs. James Paul Ferguson, Ruth G. Ferguson Cramer, and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, fictitious names designating the unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, issue, executors, administrators, successors or assigns of the Defendants named above, and RICHARD ROE and MARY ROE, fictitious names designating infants and persons under any disability or incompetent, including those persons who might be in the Military Services within the meaning of The Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act, Title 50, United States Code, and any other person or legal entity who or which has or claims any right, title, interest or lien in or to the real property described in this Complaint, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT

TO: THE DEFENDANTS 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 this Summons and Complaint, you must respond in writing to this Complaint by filing an Answer with this court. You must also serve a copy of your Answer to this Complaint upon the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s Attorney at the address shown below. If you fail to answer the Complaint, judgment by default could be rendered against you for the relief requested in the Complaint.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County on January 21, 2026.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the thirtieth day after completion of service of this Summons and Notice, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, the undersigned will move for a general order of reference in this action to a Master in Equity or Special Referee pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

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 Notices upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff shall apply for such appointment.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for Dorchester County, upon the Complaint of the Plaintiff named above against the Defendants named above to confirm and quiet title to the property described as follows:

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Dorchester, State

of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 51, Section II, Straton Capers, on a plat made by Thomas E. Young, Sr., dated December 10, 1964 and revised March 26, 1966, and recorded in the Clerk’s Office for Dorchester County in Plat Book 15, at Page 264.

BEING the same property conveyed to Angel Muehlenkamp by deed of Sidney B. jones, III, Delinquent Tax Collector for Dorchester County, dated January 13, 2021, and recorded on January 14, 2021, in the Register of Deeds Office for Dorchester County in Book 13054, at page 300.

TMS #: 172-15-04-001

Property Address: 3949 Parchment Avenue, N. Charleston, SC 29418

NOTICE OF ORDER NISI APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM

TO THOSE OF THE DEFENDANTS NAMED ABOVE WHO MAY BE UNKNOWN PERSONS OR ENTITIES HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN OR TO, OR LIEN UPON, THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS TMS #172-1504-001, INCLUDING MINORS OR THOSE UNDER LEGAL DISABILITY, OR JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE, REPRESENTING ALL PERSONS WHO MAY BE THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, ADMINISTRATORS, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS OF THOSE UNKNOWN PARTIES OR THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS; AND RICHARD ROE AND MARY ROE, REPRESENTNING ALL PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE, CLAIM OR MAY CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE KNOWN AS TMS #172-15-04-001.

NOTICE is hereby given that the order appointing Molly D. Edwards, attorney at law, 120 S. Magnolia Street, Summerville, South Carolina 29483, telephone number 843-501-0602, fax number 843-501-0607, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons designated as JOHN DOE and JANE DOE or as RICHARD ROE and MARY ROE for purposes of this action, was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Dorchester County Courthouse, 5200 E. Jim Bilton Boulevard, St. George, South Carolina 29477, on Janaury 26, 2026.

Unless any of you or someone on your behalf shall cause, within thirty days after the service of this notice, exclusive of the date of service, a different person to be appointed to represent you, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making absolute the appointment of Molly D. Edwards.

NOTICE OF FILING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in this court upon complaint of the above-named plaintiff against the above-named defendants. This Complaint and Lis Pendens address a quiet title action for ownership of the property identified as TMS #17215-04-001.

SHELBOURNE LAW FIRM /s/ P. Brandt Shelbourne P. Brandt Shelbourne, Esq. (Bar #15143) 131 E. Richardson Avenue Summerville, SC 29483 (843) 871-2210

brandt@shelbournelaw.com

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

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By Rob Brezsny

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This is a perfect moment to express your own unique power more than ever before. I invite you to act with conviction, assert your influence, and claim what you’ve earned. For best results, clarify your ambitions and assert your authority. Write down a formal vow or two. Don’t wait for approval from anyone higher up, and don’t waste time wondering whether destiny is on your side. The succulent opportunities aren’t somewhere else or someday later. They’re here and now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I’m exultant when a vigorous bike ride up the trail of my local mountain leaves me so cleansed and energized that a flash of truth strikes and instantly dissipates the illusions I’ve been clinging to. I get a delightful shock when, while wandering through a city’s maze of asphalt and litter, a sudden breeze carries the earthy aroma of a rebellious garden. I love it when the reckless choices of misguided leaders jolt my community into doubling down on our quest for audacious harmony, inventive affection, and untamed wisdom. How about you, dear Scorpio? Where do you search for your awakenings and salvations? Keep your inner radar tuned; they’re circling close.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian physicist Freeman Dyson (1923–2020) proposed that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations might build megastructures around stars to capture their energy. These “Dyson spheres” would be detectable from Earth as unusual infrared signatures. We haven’t found any yet, but his idea revolutionized how we think about looking for alien intelligence. Moral of the story: Valuable contributions can come from inventing the framework for how to search for unknown things. In the coming weeks, Sagittarius, you might not solve problems, but you could redesign the questions. You may not find the answers, but you could create better tools for exploration.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Do you have a muse? If not, please find one. You shouldn’t go another day without a provocative, inspiring presence to stir your imagination and drive you deliciously wild. If you already have a muse and that genius has been faithfully fueling your creative fire, bestow a reward. Give a gift or blessing that provides a muse-like boost to your muse. And if your existing muse has grown quiet lately, go off on an adventure together. Dream up plans to stimulate the bursts of kaleidoscopic energy that you two are capable of generating.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In some monastic traditions, practitioners engage in “work prayer.” They transform ordinary labor into spiritual practice not by thinking holy thoughts while working, but by bringing complete presence and fond attention to ordinary labors. Chopping vegetables becomes meditation. Sweeping floors becomes devotion. The sacredness arises from their wholehearted attitude. This would be an excellent experiment for you to try, Aquarius. Divine solace and inspiration will arrive as you perform your daily duties with verve and gratitude. Try this: For a few days or even two weeks, approach routine duties and familiar obligations with a ceremonial reverence. Be joyful for the privilege of being alive in the most ordinary ways.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ve entered a phase when your magnetism and charisma will expand as you focus on ruminating deeply about what’s most meaningful to you. Seeking out new teachers and fresh lessons will bring lucky breaks and helpful influences into your sphere. Each fresh insight will polish your allure, and every surge of curiosity will add to your glow. Be extra sexy and ultra smart: Cosmic energies will work in your favor as you weave your id and intellect together.

8. Word with a sigh

9. Place to see constellations

10. Left undamaged

Across

1. Hibachi residue

4. Awards show hosts

7. “___ Kapital”

10. “___ Don’t Use Jelly” (Flaming Lips song)

13. Part of a repeated dance movement

14. Designation for bands like Bon Iver

16. Calligraphy tool

17. Backpacker’s chain

18. Sorting hub for train networks

20. Formative period

22. Mine extractions

23. Lunchbox sandwich

24. Mata Hari, e.g.

25. Mon. follower

26. South American fruit called “pineapple guava” in some areas

29. June honoree, in cards made by little kids

30. Coffee vessel

31. Liqueur in a Negroni

35. Dairy product that may contain seeds

41. Start of many Italian dance track titles

(it means “the rhythm”)

42. Silent assent

43. 1983 Washington-set taxi comedy starring 33-Down

45. Norwegian coast features

48. St. Louis highlight

49. ___ status (oldness, in Gen Z slang)

52. Fig end?

53. “Dude!”, casually

54. She was Maid Marian in “Robin Hood: Men in Tights”

58. It’s extremely high-priced and seaworthy

60. Wolf Man portrayer ___ Chaney Jr.

61. Poem full of praise

62. Pine tree droppings

63. Night before

64. Anderson who directed “The Royal Tenenbaums”

65. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” animal

66. My Chemical Romance genre

67. Garden droplets

11. Iconoclasm

12. Airs the final episode

15. Move your wings

19. “Understand?” but beatnik-style

21. JFK’s veep

25. Luau root

26. Pet’s coat

27. Timeline portion

28. Acid-tongued

29. Exactly when an event takes place

32. Singer Grande, to fans

33. “I pity the fool!” exclaimer

34. Dr. Hank ___ (Michael Douglas’s “Ant-Man” character)

36. Peru’s Machu ___

37. Boring

38. Let out, like a garden hose

39. Unit equal to 5 1/2 yards

40. QB’s achievements

43. DJ behind the 2000 hit dance song “Sandstorm”

44. Pivotal points

46. Kipling’s “___ Stories”

47. Spheroid

49. Hesitant agreement

50. Long-distance swimmer Diana

51. Travel by bike

53. Play the sax

54. Positive votes

55. Throaty attention-getter

56. Sheltered inlet

57. Had a feeling

59. “Messenger” material