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Infrastructure has moment across South Carolina

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By Jack O’Toole, Statehouse bureau

For decades, infrastructure has been what politicians and journalists call a “MEGO issue” — that is, one that’s important enough to deserve attention, but not captivating enough to hold it. Hence the term: My Eyes Glaze Over. But after nearly a decade of galloping population growth that clogged state roads, crowded local schools and pushed some water systems to the breaking point, 2026 is shaping up to be the year that infrastructure stopped being MEGO in South Carolina. In fact, judging by recent headlines, it’s almost starting to look … sexy. Earlier this year, after months of study, state lawmakers revamped the S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) to push more construction projects through the system faster. This fall, residents from Beaufort to Charleston to Greenville will vote on local referendums to raise their own taxes, by millions and in some cases billions of dollars, for roads, schools, water and sewer systems. And right now, if you ask the two major party candidates for governor to name the top issues facing the state, you’ll find there’s one they agree on. “Infrastructure is incredibly important,” state Attorney General and GOP nominee Alan Wilson told the Charleston City Paper recently. “There are parts of our state that are just overpopulated at this point, where people are sitting in parking lots on the interstate on their way home, and they’re

just sick and tired of it.” Wilson’s Democratic opponent, state Rep. Jermaine Johnson of Richland County, was equally forceful on the subject in an Aug. 27 interview. “Our infrastructure is just abysmal,” Johnson said. “We have some of the worst roads in the entire country. We have one of the highest percentages of bridges in disrepair. We’re going to have to redevelop all that.”

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The challenge to all this bipartisan bonhomie? Sticker shock. That’s why the legislature’s SCDOT reform bill included a plan to attract billions in private investment for state road projects. And it’s why local infrastructure referendums so often struggle at the ballot box. For instance, voters in Greenville and Charleston counties rejected transportation sales tax increases in 2024. But with traffic only getting worse, they’ll be asked to rerun the referendums again this year — with Greenville voters weighing a $1 billion tax increase over eight years, and Charleston voters considering $4.25 billion over 25 years. Potentially complicating the issue even further in Charleston: A school sales tax referendum on the same ballot that’s asking for an additional $1.25 billion, mostly for new school construction. Nevertheless, as Logan McVey, leader of the Charleston-area group trying to

get both referendums passed, argued in a recent commentary, the region’s infrastructure has been “overrun” by a “historic shift” in population growth. “These referendums offer our chance to catch up, because waiting only makes the problems worse and the solutions more expensive,” McVey wrote. Put simply, South Carolina has outgrown its infrastructure, and even with successful bureaucratic reforms and private sector participation, taxpayers at one level or another are being asked to come up with billions to catch up. The good news, according to one recent study? If they do, the return on that investment could be significant.

Big investments, big returns?

South Carolina has added about 800,000 new residents over the past decade, with another 800,000 expected in the decade to come. For perspective, the state’s largest city, Charleston, has a population of about 150,000. In other words, S.C. has added more than five Charlestons since 2015. And if trends play out as expected, it will add another five by 2035. So far, experts say, that boom has been a boon to the state’s economy. “South Carolina is currently ranked third CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

Mount Pleasant town council on Tuesday passed the first reading of an ordinance that would establish a temporary moratorium on requests related to data centers. It has a second reading in October. According to the proposal, data centers can generate significant noise and place heavy demands on resources such as water and electricity. Opponents however, called data center concerns a “boogeyman” and a moratorium an empty gesture as no center has been attempted to be built in the town. Currently, the town does not have zoning regulations that prohibit data centers, but existing guidelines could allow certain facilities in light industrial and economic development districts without additional public input or the council’s. If passed, the measure would impose a 120-day moratorium on data centerrelated requests, giving time for town leaders and staff to gather information about potential environmental impacts and determine what restrictions, if any, should be put in place while ensuring smaller business-related data facilities are not unintentionally affected. —City Paper Staff

“There’s just nothing that will shake me of this complete confidence that nature and our connection with it can make us a better set of humans.” —Harvard Professor William Friedman in this week’s edition of The New York Times’ 10-Minute Challenge, featuring Johns Island’s Angel Oak. Every week, readers are challenged to ponder a single image for 10 minutes as a form of calming meditation.

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MOJA artistic director Charleton Singleton will also perform a swing concert with friends Sept. 26 S.C. Aquarium, 100 Wharf St. • Sept. 25, noon: Launch of the MOJA Arts Festival Juried Art Exhibition. This year’s exhibition juror is artist Arun Drummond, who will appear at a 5 p.m. reception at the City Gallery, 34 Prioleau St. The show lasts through Oct. 25. • Sept. 25, 6 p.m.: Reggae Block Dance. The event will feature Kenyatta “Culture” Hill, son of legendary reggae artist Joseph Hill. Hampton Park. • Sept. 26, 9 a.m.: MOJA Fitness, a morning wellness event. Hampton Park. • Sept. 26, 8 p.m.: New Jack Swing. A concert with Singleton and friends, who will perform a repertoire of a defining swing genre of the 1980s and ’90s. Doors open at 7 p.m. • Sept. 27, 4 p.m.: MOJA Gospel. This spirit-filled music series will celebrate men of gospel at Greater St. Luke AME Church, 78 Gordon St. • Sept. 27, 7 p.m.: Black Frequencies: Poetry, South and Vision. Poets Marcus Amaker and Asiah Mae, the city’s current poet laureate, will offer an immersive evening exploring memory, ancestry, joy, resistance and imagination. Cannon Street Arts Center, 134 Cannon St. • Sept. 29, 7 p.m.: Jazz at MOJA. Charttopping artist Jazmin Ghent and her band will celebrate “the unique styling of Charleston jazz.” Opening is Seth Gaillard. Dock Street Theatre. Tickets: You can get tickets for five MOJA events are on sale now at CityPaperTickets.com More info: Get full details and more online at: MojaFestival.com

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Charleston’s streets will fill with bright smiles, beating drums, soulful songs, delectable tastes and more during the city’s annual MOJA Arts Festival, which kicks off for eight days starting Sept. 24. The eight-day festival across the city brings together music, visual art, food, poetry and other events highlighting Black culture and artists. “We are energized by the continued momentum of the MOJA Arts Festival and remain committed to expanding its visibility, elevating its artistic excellence and raising the bar each year to reflect the creativity, innovation and world-class spirit that define both this extraordinary festival and the city of Charleston,” said Charlton Singleton, the world-renowned trumpeter who is the festival’s artistic director. Rochelle Riley, director of the city’s Office of Cultural Affairs, said many people at this year’s festival will be energized by a tribute to familiar songs from albums that debuted 50 years ago. “People are going to go wild for albums celebrating their golden anniversary,” she said. “They were all recorded in 1976. The most familiary of those was Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life.” The event, “Wonder at 50,” is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Dock Street Theatre, 135 Church St. Performing will be Demetrius Doctor. Another exciting show planned for this year’s festival is the Oct. 1 finale, which will offer spirited versions of songs from other albums that turned 50 this year. The show, curated by nationally-recognized producers Ray and Vivian Scott Chew, will feature touring and national performers who offer songs from Wonder, Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind and Fire, and more. Local food trucks and artisans also will be on hand during the Hampton Park event, which starts at 6 p.m. Festival-goers also will enjoy this year’s Food Truck Cookoff on Sept. 25 with three finalists serving Gullah-inspired dishes near the Rose Pavillion at Hampton Park. Celebrity judges will crown a winner, who will get a $1,000 prize. The MOJA Arts Festival opens 11 a.m. Sept. 24 at Marion Square with a free celebration that includes a picnic and bands from Burke, Timberland and Woodland high schools, who will also face off in a drumline battle. The event also will pay tribute to cultural celebrations of Barbados, GullahGeechee culture, Jamaica and Sierra Leone. Other events during the festival, in chronological order:

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Charleston City Council greenlights $5 million in employee bonuses By Skyler Baldwin Members of Charleston City Council on Sept. 8 moved forward a proposal to use $5 million from the city’s general fund reserve to pay for merit bonuses for employees across various city departments. “We’ve been talking about this since Covid,” said council member Keith Waring. “We’re finally getting to the action step on this.” Charleston Mayor William Cogswell brought the proposed bonuses to the council’s Ways and Means Committee meeting. He said the goal of the bonuses, which would apparently go to all employees at varying rates, would be to raise morale and show the city’s dedication to its workers. The city has 1,900 employees. “It’s something that I think will make a big difference to folks, particularly those on the lower edge of the salary range in our city that oftentimes do the hardest work,” he told the committee of the whole.

Bonus breakdown

The city’s department leaders recently conducted sweeping performance reviews of all employees, ranking them on a 1-2-3 scale, Cogswell said. The size of the bonus each employee receives will vary based on those reviews. It was unclear if council members and the mayor are included. “The overwhelming majority of our employees ranked in the 2s and 3s,” Cogswell said. “If you scored a 2 or 3, you’ll get some portion of a bonus. It’s kind of prorated. … There is a formula to it based on the reports that have already been done.” The one-time bonuses come amid ongoing efforts to increase employee pay to match market rates based on a study completed about two years ago, Cogswell said. He added council members and members of the public should expect to see more yearover-year salary increases in future budgets. The funds to pay for the merit bonuses

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in the country in GDP (gross domestic product) growth and fourth in the country in employment growth,” University of South Carolina economist Joseph Von Nessen said in a Sept. 8 interview. “So by most major metrics, we’re right at the top.” But, he added, “You have to invest in, and modernize, the infrastructure grid in all its forms to keep up and ensure the state remains competitive.” Last month, Von Nessen and his colleagues at the university’s Darla Moore School of Business released the second annual report on the economic impact of infrastructure in the state, sponsored

will come from leftover monies from 2025 that the city retains for emergency and discretionary use. Cogswell said he hoped to make annual bonuses more commonplace, but couldn’t promise what funds would be available next year.

Drought conditions persist despite rainy weather By Skyler Baldwin

Meanwhile, council members continue to face ongoing pressure from advocates and organizations regarding the city’s controversial First Amendment ordinance. The ordinance, passed in 2021 to balance public safety with free speech, has drawn growing concerns and criticisms from the community. Critics spoke in July and Sept. 8 saying the ordinance unreasonably restricts public demonstrations. They’ve also called for the ordinance to be reviewed or repealed. Since then, council members have grown more open to the idea, and the city is now evaluating possible changes to the ordinance through its Public Safety Committee. The issue was last taken up at its Aug. 27 meeting. Until changes are made, however, organizers said they would continue to make their voices heard, as more than a dozen spoke out at the Sept. 8 council meeting against the burdens caused by ordinance.

Recent rainfall in the Lowcountry hasn’t been enough to make up the massive rainfall deficit that built in the early months of 2026, according to local forecasters and state experts. An early spring drought led to big problems for local farmers and gardeners, resulting in crop and financial losses. Now months later, the Lowcountry is still more than 16 inches below average rainfall, according to longtime WCSC weatherman Bill Walsh. “As an average, we’re still significantly down rainfall,” he said. “Even after some of the moderate to heavy rain we’ve been getting. It’s just not enough.” Data from the S.C. Department of Agriculture and S.C. Drought Response Committee back him up. Charleston County still shows moderate drought conditions, while neighboring Berkeley and Dorchester counties are considered to be in severe drought. No county in the state is showing normal levels, according to data. “Even though we’re seeing more rain in the region now, we got behind, and we just haven’t had enough to get out of it,” said S.C. Department of Agriculture Communications Director Eva Moore. “Farmers in the area are still concerned about fall planting and livestock foraging.” Some hope is in the forecast, however, as nationwide climatologists are looking at an impending super El Niño event that is expected to bring heavier and more frequent rains across the nation. “When you have an El Niño, especially a stronger one like this, we typically end up wetter in the Southeast,” Walsh said. “We will probably end up getting a lot more rain in the fall and winter, which is good for us. We could use the moisture, not just in Charleston, but all across the Farm Belt.”

by the American Council of Engineering Companies of S.C. The bottom line? S.C. sees $1.70 in economic growth for every $1 it invests in infrastructure. Based on the infrastructure investments currently underway, Von Nessen said, that translates into 38,000 temporary jobs per year during the build-out, and 140,000 additional permanent jobs as a result of the higher economic growth they allow. “Depending on who you talk to, 140,000 may not sound like a lot,” Von Nessen said. “But that’s actually 5% of the total employment base in South Carolina, so it’s a significant amount of job creation coming from infrastructure investments.” What’s more, Von Nessen noted, the study

found that “all types of infrastructure matter” when you look at the state as a whole. “What we see is that 13 counties out of 46 have received 75% of the population growth, so they need investments in things like transportation,” he said. “But in rural communities, the challenge is often broadband, which is needed to help ensure there’s access to opportunity across South Carolina.” He added, “The state’s infrastructure is only as strong as its weakest link.” Increasingly, South Carolina voters are feeling those weak links as pain-points in their everyday lives — longer commutes, overstressed utilities, resource-constrained schools. And to all appearances, their eyes aren’t glazed over at all.

Pay now to save later

Council member Karl Brady praised the idea of merit bonuses, saying employee retention is important and fiscally responsible. Cogswell agreed. “Turnover is incredibly expensive,” Cogswell said. “Anything we can do now to show our appreciation to the folks that work here and keep them in line with everincreasing market pressures, I think we need to do. It’s just a smart economic move. “The cost of losing an employee, hiring a new one, retraining them, is incredibly expensive,” he added. “It’s a burden that’s put on us that is always a line item in our budget.”

Other issues persist

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A North Charleston man on Aug. 29 told city police that someone stole his bicycle from outside his Remount Road residence. The bike is described as gray, with a ripped brown seat, no grips on the handlebars and designer-patterned whitewall tires. Look, dude, level with us. This is just about the tires, right? Try again A downtown woman on Aug. 16 told Charleston police that she left her vehicle running with the keys in it to “cool it off” before leaving for work in the morning. Ten minutes later, when she returned, according to a report, the car was turned off and the keys were missing. A witness said she saw a man standing “around the vehicle.” Dude: You were so close, man! We figured you’d take the car. Better than the other way around North Charleston police on Aug. 30 arrested a man for public intoxication after receiving reports that he was “harassing” women and “dry humping” a nearby pole outside a Rivers Avenue store. The store owner also said he might have stolen a beer, but couldn’t be certain. Don’t worry, we think the harassment and the humping was good enough to call the cops. By Skyler Baldwin Illustration by Steve Stegelin The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Aug. 16 and Aug. 30. Go online for more even more Blotter charlestoncitypaper.com SPONSORED BY

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Be skeptical about county’s plans to get deeper in your pocket W

hen the expensively-printed brochure arrived in the mail finish roads and other projects more quickly. asking for three votes in November to approve more sales taxes, we raised an eyebrow at the slick messaging. But guess what you’re not being told: The other brow went up quickly thereafter when Charleston County unveiled a fancy new Internet dashboard touting the • Borrowing costs. If the county uses bonds to generate early importance of voters extending local option sales taxes for a cash to get road projects moving, it will pay around $284 generation at a cost of almost $6 billion in total. million in borrowing costs — which doesn’t build a single road. Wow. Somebody wants to keep their fingers in our pockets That’s more than 10% in wasted tax money, some would argue. for a long time. And guess who will pay? Yep, the people who • Grocery tax. By saying yes, Charleston will continue to have less because sales taxes are regressive. The very nature keep its local sales tax on groceries — something that some of sales taxes puts more of a burden on people who earn less, counties exempt. forcing them to pay a higher percentage of their incomes for • Water bills. Charleston Water System officials have said taxes compared to those better off. local water bills could go up 9% to 21% to pay for costs of But what if the majority of people in the county vote no? moving water and sewer lines for roads. That’s extra money We’d all save money. In fact, the average household will save out of your pockets. from $375 to $675 each year — up to $16,875 over 25 years — based on average taxable spending. Boy, wouldn’t that put So when you’re considering how to vote on letting the county some extra groceries on tables in tough economic times! and school district have more money, you might want to be In November, Charleston County wants you to do three things: skeptical and ask whether it’s better for you to use money that you need to counteract high food bills, gas bills and other rising costs. 1. Vote yes to extending a half-penny sales tax for transportation. Or if you should trust the county to do what it says it’s going to do. If approved, the county would generate $4.25 billion over 25 For now, we’re thinking it’s probably a better idea to vote years and put $2.7 billion to roads, $858 million to public no and have county officials come back when they’re a little transportation and $690 million to conservation. clearer about exactly what and where it is going to build 2. Vote yes to continue a penny in a local option sales tax for along with realistic estimates of real costs. County officials schools to generate $1.25 billion to pay for new schools and also might want to consider a more comprehensive strategic repairing older ones. transportation plan that accounts for where funding would 3. Vote yes to allow the county to use the $4.25 billion come from if our roads need to be replaced or repaired from from the half penny to borrow and increase debt so it can rising waters that may cause more flooding and road damage.

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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 infra structure and make smart climate change decisions about develop ment, roads and quality of life. 2. Fix roads, traffic. Repair and improve roads and reduce traffic. Speed up alternatives, including more public transportation. 3. Be smarter about education. Inject new energy into the broken Charleston County school board by focusing on kids, not national mantras. 4. Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy. 5. Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community. 6. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow. 7. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone. 8. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate. 9. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan. 10. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.

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Tough messaging ahead for S.C.’s fall campaigns By Andy Brack Every two years, Labor Day welcomes the traditional start of the political campaigning season. This year’s, in a simple word, will be a humdinger.

Republicans in South Carolina will do just about everything they can to scramble away from the sucky economy, high costs of gas and food, and a weird war with Iran where every day seems like Groundhog Day. Meanwhile, Democrats will do just about everything they can to tie any Republican on the ballot into the tumbling Trump administration, its false grandeur, corruption, profligate spending, chaos, protection of the billionaire class and more. Unfortunately, this season’s airwaves probably will be more negative than ever. And that messaging is going to trickle down. Statewide, legislative and local candidates will blow up your phones with texts and spam calls, bombard websites with nasty ads and infiltrate social media with messages your grandma wouldn’t want to see. In anticipation of all of the pettiness and craven attempts to keep or get power, don’t be surprised if you find candidates resorting to these kinds of messages about their opponents.

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The Republican fear-mongering playbook: You will hear more about communists and socialists from Republicans about Democrats than you have since the McCarthyism of the 1950s. Republicans will incessantly push talking points that Democrats now are nothing but supporters of the worst kind of left-wing socialists. They’ll try to tie blue candidates to former President Barack Obama, Rosie O’Donnell, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom and anybody who hasn’t spewed unfettered fealty to President Donald Trump. You might realize how much individual Republican candidates believe they are in trouble by the amount of negative campaigning they do. The more you hear about how Democrats support welfare queens, DEI, the LGBTQ+ agenda and other worn liberal criticisms, the more you will know how scared they really are. As one wag told us, they can’t talk about their buddy Trump because the economy is terrible, the war is unpopular, gas prices are way too high, tariffs are hurting jobs and the price of food has gone way up, not down as Trump promised. So when you encounter a Republican eaten up with fearmongering, ask this question: “What are you going to do for my family?”

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The Democratic victim playbook: Democrats, on the other hand, will spend a whole bunch of their time trying to tie Trump to every Republican on the ballot. If you’re a Republican dogcatcher, Dems will try to figure out a way to argue that the way you pick up dogs is like building a big, beautiful ballroom — wasteful and corrupt. They’ll showcase how Trump is making billions by gaming the system in his favor. They’ll talk about how he ignores the U.S. Constitution, freedom and the rule of law. They’ll wax on about how he slashed taxes for his fellow billionaires or how he and his party want to cut Social Security and Medicare (the Democratic fear mantra). They’ll highlight how the GOP’s intransigence and do-nothing attitude in Congress has led to high gas prices and expensive groceries. They’ll run ads to get voters to ask Republicans in the race whether they support the ballroom or the war or cutting drug research or cutting down national forests. They’ll prod the GOP on corruption in Washington and at home, asking questions like, “Are you better off in South Carolina after more than two decades of Republican control?” So here is what’s ahead in a snapshot: As Republicans try to run from Trump’s abysmal record and conceit by smearing Democrats with accusations of socialism, Democrats will do their damnedest to make Republicans defend Trump to get independent voters to lean their way. In heavily gerrymandered South Carolina, a lot of this won’t matter in some areas. But statewide, it might drive turnout and upset a few political applecarts.

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ORANGEBURG | Legendary photojournalist Cecil Williams has witnessed seven decades of South Carolina civil rights history through his camera’s lens. His photos fill the South Carolina Civil Rights Museum, the only museum of its kind in the state. The museum uses Williams’ gripping photos to tell stories of the state’s major civil rights demonstrations, court rulings and acts of defiance, such as the 1969 hospital strike in Charleston. Williams, his wife and sister, opened the museum in 2019 in his former home and darkroom. The 88-year-old Williams, however, is perhaps better known outside of the state for a 1956 black-and-white photo of him drinking from a “white only” water fountain. The photo, a colorized version of which is this week’s cover image, propelled him in 2025 to pop icon status after he modeled a hoodie bearing the picture at the annual New York Fashion Week. When Dr. Robin White, a Washington, D.C., veterinarian, saw the hoodie last year, she immediately decided to bring her 92-year-old mother, Jean White, to the museum to meet Williams. She also wanted to see the museum before Williams relocates it to a new and larger location in Orangeburg, a move that is nearly a year overdue. Williams said he originally planned to transfer the museum’s exhibits in January to a new two-story building at the Railroad Corner, a redevelopment project across the street from S.C. State University and Claflin University. Williams attributes the delay to a shift in national politics away from diversity, equity and inclusion programs that has made some government agencies and corporations hesitant to support Black causes. At least two major South Carolina manufactures and an energy company, which previously pledged support for the museum, are no longer answering his phone calls, Williams said. Orangeburg County, he explained, is expected to issue a permit soon to occupy the new building. The installation of audiovisual, Wi-Fi and security systems also lagged behind, but may be completed soon.

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White, a retired elementary school teacher from Washington, said she, like Williams, has a “militant” side that she got from her mother, Bernice Catherine Robinson, a Tidewater, Va., school teacher. In 1946, Jean White’s mother defied a bus driver’s order in Rosslyn, Va., to move to seats for Black riders at the back of the bus. As her 12-year-old daughter looked on, Robinson argued that ordering her to move violated her protection under the federal Interstate Commerce Clause that was established in a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court decision. The S.C. museum in Orangeburg tells a similar story of defiance on public trans-

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portation that occurred in 1955 when Sarah Mae Fleming of Eastover sat in a seat reserved for White riders. The White bus driver punched her in the stomach when he expelled her from the bus. The incident occurred in Columbia 17 months before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. That event launched the more widely known Montgomery bus boycott that lasted slightly more than one year. Prior to 2019, most Southern states had civil rights museums, but South Carolina did not, Williams said. He and his family launched the museum “because we believe this is where the civil rights movement started,” he said. Fleming’s lawsuit against the S.C. Electric and Gas Co., which operated the bus service, is one of four events that qualifies South Carolina as a birthplace of the civil rights movement, Williams said.

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Famous photos by Williams of the hospital strike in Charleston feature figures like Coretta Scott King Orangeburg predate similar protests elsewhere in the South, Williams said. The term “boycott” that was used to describe the yearlong Montgomery bus boycott was borrowed from the Orangeburg protests, he added. South Carolina generally is not recognized as a hotbed of protests because the mainstream media ignored civil rights events in the Palmetto State, Williams said. South Carolina also lacked a viable in-state Black press as compared to other Southern states.

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Williams’ museum in Orangeburg will soon be home to more exhibits, a bookstore and a gift shop

Within two months, Williams said he is planning to stage small events in the new museum’s auditorium and open its bookstore and gift shop. It might take another six months to move the museum’s 36 galleries to the new site, he added. The existing museum is a comprehensive history of the state’s civil rights activities from 1940 through 1970. The larger museum will create additional space to expand each of the exhibits, Williams said. Charleston’s civil rights history is displayed in the museum in many ways, Williams said. Civil rights icons Esau Jenkins and Septima P. Clark are promi-

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nent in the Charleston display. A separate exhibit features the school desegregation narratives of Millicent Brown and Harvey Gantt, who were the first Black students at Rivers High School and Clemson University, respectively. The museum also presents the story of James Island resident Fred Henderson Moore, a student activist at the then-S.C. State College. The Rev. Nelson B. Rivers III of North Charleston is recognized for demanding the removal of the Confederate battle flag from atop the South Carolina Statehouse. “Charleston is unique because even before most of this history begins,

(Charleston) had a degree of integration in Catholic schools and churches,” Williams said. “Black people attended the (Catholic) church along with White people, but they sat in a different area.” The museum exhibits on Charleston and other locations in the state are as comprehensive as they can be in a building with limited space. Williams said he hopes that when the exhibits are moved to a much larger location it will take “its rightful place as the most authoritative and historically significant museum highlighting South Carolina’s pivotal role as the catalyst of the American civil rights movement.”

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Attention to civil rights injustices in the Palmetto State, however, started getting attention a few years earlier. In 1946, a White police chief in Batesburg blackjacked and blinded U.S. Army Sgt. Isaac Woodard after the returning World War II soldier asked a bus driver whether there was time for him to use the restroom during a stop prior to the bus’s arrival in Batesburg. When the bus reached Batesburg, Woodard was arrested and beaten. The attack inspired President Harry S. Truman to desegregate the U.S. military. A 1951 school desegregation lawsuit named Briggs v. Elliott, which was led by Clarendon County residents, became part of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision three years later was combined into Brown v. Board of Education that outlawed racially separate schools in the United States. Lunch counter sit-ins and boycotts in 1955 at drug and department stores in

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Sweat on the Ship Sweat on the Ship is an all-levels strength and movement experience designed to help you close out your week with intention. Held on the flight deck of the USS Yorktown, this unique workout session blends functional strength training with breathwork, mobility and grounding movement all while surrounded by sea breeze, golden skies. and the historic energy of the ship. Sept. 11, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m; Sept. 12-13, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Tickets start at $30. Patriots Point. 85 Patriots Point Road. Mount Pleasant. patriotspoint.org

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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. charlestonfarmersmarket.com MONDAY

Building Buddies Get ready to build, play and make new friends! Building Buddies is a hands-on, interactive program at the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry that encourages kids to work together as they explore, stack, snap and build using a variety of fun materials like LEGOs, wooden blocks, magnetic tiles and more. This weekly event is free with museum admission. Mondays and Saturdays. 11 a.m. to noon. $13/ticket. Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry. 25 Ann St. Downtown. explorecml.org WEDNESDAY

The Brett Belanger Trio at Forte Brett Belanger is a highly accomplished and sought-after bassist leading a trio of A-list musicians that includes Abdiel Iriarte on piano and Ron Wiltrout on drums. Together, they cover great American jazz standards as well as more contemporary material from the bebop era. From time to time, they include some of their own compositions. Come in for a relaxing night listening to great performances. Sept. 16. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Forte Jazz Lounge. 477 King St. Downtown. fortejazzlounge.com NEXT WEEKEND

Pickle Palooza The briniest festival of the year returns next weekend, expanding the popular, quirky celebration into a three-day weekend of pickly food, drinks, competition, entertainment and more. The James Island festival drew more than 2,000 attendees last year, and organizers are expecting this year’s to be the biggest crowd yet. The main festival takes place Saturday and will conclude with a more relaxed Sunday with a pickle-themed brunch and market. Sept. 18 through Sept. 20. Event times vary. $26.25/ticket. Cannon Distillery. 1734 Signal Point Road. James Island. thepicklepalooza.com

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The cheesecake at Estadio might be the best desert in Charleston. What’s on the menu today is very different from the cheesecake offered seven years ago when owner Max Kuller opened the Spanish restaurant. That’s because Executive Chef Jeremy Gozlan, who took over the Spring Street kitchen 10 months ago, decided to shoot the restaurant’s cheesecake to a new level through experimentation and technique. Today, Gozlan’s cheesecake is the only dessert on the menu. He shared that this is both for practical Hack Hargett reasons and because The flavors of the cheesecake at Estadio change, are wide-ranging and might even it is the quintessential include a savory slant Basque (a region in north-central Spain make it,” he said. and southwestern Gozlan His first job out of culinary school France) dessert. was as a pastry chef at The Finch, a sea“It speaks to the Spanish food — at its sonal American restaurant in Clinton Spanish vibe of Estadio,” he said. Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y. Gozlan also worked core — is whatever at Lilia, the acclaimed Italian restaurant What’s in a cheesecake? they can grow in Spain, in Williamsburg from famed Chef Missy The Basque cheesecake — also known as He moved to Vancouver for a quick served usually as simply Robbins. torta de queso — was created about four stint that was cut short by the pandemic. decades ago in San Sebastian, a coastal Then he relocated to Charleston to work at as possible.” town in northern Spain. Zero George. Newfoundland lured him back —Chef Jeremy Gozlan “You have your New York cheesecake to Canada, where he cooked at the Fogo which always has a crust,” Gozlan said. “It’s Island Inn for a season before he returned to ranging and might even include a savory a little denser, heavier. The Basque cheeseCharleston to take over the Estadio kitchen. cake has no crust. It’s just an emulsificaslant. Versions have included morel mushtion of a few different things like cream rooms, saffron, wild fennel, lemon fig, blueThe full Estadio experience berry, fermented sweet corn with lime and and eggs. It always has that burnt crust on Gozlan’s approach to the cheesecake even a vanilla with black honey tobacco. the top. A lot of people describe ours as an — intentionality and taking his time almost flan-like consistency.” — applies to the entire menu at Estadio. The current iteration uses a combination The only products he is not sourcing of mahón and idiazabal cheeses, but Gozlan A chef’s background Gozlan, born in South Florida to locally are lemons and ingredients that are has also made the dessert with manchego. Canadian parents, attended the esteemed imported from Spain. This philosophy of He has tried a combination of the three Le Cordon Blue culinary school in getting ingredients that are grown, raised cheeses and each cheese on its own. He Wellington, New Zealand. He shared that or caught close to home is very Spanish. has baked it when the mixture is cold and What else influences Gozlan in the kitchen? the school emphasized the importance of when it’s room temperature. The cheesecake is generally cooked at 450 degrees “My grandpa is from Egypt,” he said. things like percentages of fat and cream Fahrenheit, which allows for the traditional as well as the freshness of butter when “There was a North African influence over brown caramelization on top. Spain for a good 400 to 600 years. I wanted teaching dessert and patisserie. “It was nice having French chefs who Flavoring offers the chance to play. The cheesecake’s flavors change, are widelived to eat pastry and teach you how to CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

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What’s happening Lamb jam: Bintü Atelier will host the Lamb Jam Supper Club at 6 p.m. Sept. 15. The evening offers a multi-course dinner featuring the restaurant’s award-winning Lamb Jam dish alongside additional chef-crafted courses, paired with complementary beverages. Throughout the evening, guests will hear directly from an American lamb producer and experience a live chef’s demonstration. Cost: $125 More: americanlamb.com Tomato party: Sorelle is hosting its inaugural Tomato Fest, a week-long celebration at the restaurant and Mercato from Sept. 19 to 25. Items include Sorelle’s tomato martini and tomato carpaccio as well as Mercato specials like heirloom tomato and watermelon gazpacho and corn and tomato panzanella. On Sept. 25 there will be an intimate six-course dinner from Executive Chef Nick Dugan and guest Chef Jacques Larson of Wild Olive and Obstinate Daughter. Seatings are available at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Cost: $175 plus gratuity. More: Seven Rooms —Becky Lacey Be the first to know. Read the Cuisine section at charlestoncitypaper.com.

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Baking contest: Local chef Kyle Caukins will compete on the Food Network’s Halloween baking championship. Caulkins works as a pastry chef at The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort and as a pastry instructor at the Charleston Chef’s Collective. He also owns Baked By Kyle C, a smallbatch specialty baking business. The show premiers on Sept. 14. More: foodnetwork.com Brunch debut: By The Way has added brunch every Saturday and Sunday starting at 10 a.m. The menu includes brunch classics like steak and eggs, eggs Benedict and avocado toast alongside dishes like seasonal quiche and shakshuka. On the first Sunday of each month, a different neighborhood favorite will offer a one-off collaboration dish on the menu. Oct. 4 will feature The Pass, Nov. 8 will feature Annie Mae’s and Dec. 6 will feature Luther’s: More: bythewaychs.com

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that culinary legacy which is still present in the southern cities of Spain. That Moorish dynasty lives on in the food, in the toasted cumin and coriander. It’s a spice blend that I grew up with at home.” At the moment, Gozlan is the only chef in the kitchen. Estadio’s dishwasher Malika Bissenbayeva — a Kazakhstan native and recent Charleston transplant — is an unofficial sous chef who often helps Gozlan with prep. She’s also made many a cheesecake, he said. “She keeps me sane,” he said. “I think I probably talk to her more than anyone in my life. She’s a godsend.” The restaurant’s menu is an authentic one of Spanish tapas. This means a variety of small plates that are meant to be shared. A traditional gilda stacks olives, peppers and anchovies on a toothpick. The salmorejo is a chilled tomato soup, and there is a classic pan con tomate, a simple yet delectable tomato toast that is garlic and olive oil heavy. Another Spanish classic is the tortilla Española, a combination of egg, potato, onion and smoked paprika. Snowy grouper comes with a butter bean puree, Macabeo (a Spanish white wine grape) and lemon, and clams are paired with cherry bomb peppers, watermelon and breadcrumbs. “Spanish food — at its core — is what-

Learn to make a Basque cheesecake Gozlan is leading a cheesecake cooking class from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 4 at Counter Culture Coffee at 85½ Spring St. The event is a fundraiser for Slow Food, an international organization that is “dedicated to protecting the pleasures of the table from the homogenization of modern fast food and life, promoting gastronomic culture, developing taste education, conserving agricultural biodiversity and protecting traditional foods at risk of extinction.” For more information on the class and to purchase tickets, visit slowfoodcharleston.org. ever they can grow in Spain, served usually as simply as possible,” Gozlan said. “[Spaniards are] eating simple produce, prepared simply.” And how does that apply at Estadio? “For me, this restaurant is really just about highlighting that ethos by using what we have available here,” he continued. “That’s produce of the Lowcountry prepared as simply as possible with as few ingredients as possible.” “I feel silly saying something as cliché as this,” Gozlan reflected. “I just really care that it tastes good, so I put a lot of love into it.”

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Arts+Music Enjoy a free movie in American Gardens Ready to relish those balmy autumn nights in a green space with a crowdpleasing flick? American Gardens offers its new, free Movie Night in the Park series every Thursday evening through Oct. 29 (except Oct. 1). On Sept. 10, you can see Chariots of Fire. Settle in by bringing your blanket and chair, and purchasing food and drink from park vendors. Food carts open at 5:30 p.m.; movies start at 6 p.m. 174 King St. More: americangardenschs.com

Charleston playwright Fred Thompson’s latest work, Church Wars, premiers Sept. 19 at Cannon Street Arts Center

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Pure Theatre’s world premiere throws cookbook at false piety By Maura Hogan There’s nothing quite as delicious as a searing sendup of Southern sanctimony, particularly when it reveals the fangs behind saccharine smiles and the claws clasped in prayer. That’s likely why Charleston-based television great Danny McBride combed these very parts for strip mall sanctuaries and mega-mansion preacher’s homes, turning our frequently flawed relationship with God, money and power into the comedic gold in The Righteous Gemstones. Now, Charleston playwright Fred Thompson (Atwater) is here to testify that there is a heaping helping of hubris and hilarity there for the savoring. The world premiere of his latest work, Church Wars, is directed by Sharon Graci for the launch of Pure’s 24th season. The show runs through Sept. 19 at Cannon Street Arts Center, 134 Cannon St. Thompson’s work goes easy on the raunch and brimstone of the HBO series, but he has plenty of tantalizing fun with his effective conceit. The thrust is this: To raise funds for a church, some congregants with sway to push through the creation of a Southern staple, the church cookbook, with all its biscuits and bless-your-heart. Expect a fight to the death over red velvet cake, deviled eggs and cooter soup, too. To add an extra dollop of drama, a

parishioner by the name of Vea has turned the initiative into a recipe for her own megalomania, calling the shots while fobbing off the work, strong-arming her own dubious culinary contributions, and even enlisting a documentary maker (Mason Monti) to immortalize the whole endeavor. Like a prized family casserole, the 11-member cast melds its divergent congregation into a delectable whole, with performers asserting their distinct flavors, from R.W. Smith’s woefully flawed Pastor Fred to Julian Blake Gordon’s numbercrunching, budget-focused Dash, and from Emily Wilhoit’s delegating diva of a Vea that you love to hate to Camille Lowman’s type-A delegatee Grace. There are others, too, like Jayna (Anna Lin) and Chris (Ngaa Magombedze), ready to lend a progressive voice to the cacophony and the conscience-addled Brenda (Tara Holwenger), at odds with truly practicing what Pastor Fred preaches. And as an ensemble they converge on the expansive stage in lively chaos, antically playing off one another to form an effervescent, engaging whole. To sidestep a full-on spoiler, suffice it to say that in this storyline, it wouldn’t be a proper church war without a food fight. All this is captured in real time on stage, set up as the fellowship hall, as well as via projections that add energy, and at times a hint of reality TV. Actors also conduct their private exchanges via cell phone calls, pop-

ping up throughout in PJs and robes to signify they are at home, burning up the wires to commiserate, conspire and more. Pure Theatre gets a blue ribbon for mounting an original, topical work, particularly in a Charleston theater season, which in aggregate has elected to hark back to classics rather than clap back at societal issues that are, well, boiling over. Let’s toss in some extra points for its home-baked provenance, both in its Southern-fried, churchified setting and a dash of Charleston tossed in the mix that prompted a collective audience chuckle. Mind you, it doesn’t quite pack the slap-yo-mama fire McBride lavished on his ecclesiastical Lowcountry table. Still, Church Wars makes its points in a game, compelling fashion that’s more than palatable, and plenty of fun. If you’re up for a rollicking, relevant evening of live theater in these wild times, you’ll eat it up. IF YOU WANT TO GO: Shows are 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 11-12 and 17-19. Matinees at 11 a.m. Sept. 13; and 3 p.m. Sept. 19. Tickets: $50 to $56. More: puretheatre.org

VISUAL ARTS

• Sept. 12, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Drummond Studio Gallery and Odd Duck Market launch Art Assembly, a new quarterly art market series at Odd Duck Market at Hampton Park. The debut presents Ellis Fox’s curated outdoor artist market featuring 15 artists, live art demonstration, live music, a wine tasting and kids’ facilitated arts activities. 637 Rutledge Ave. More: drummondstudiogallery.com • Through Oct. 10, gallery hours: Redux Contemporary Art Center presents Big Bertha’s Bait n’ Tackle, with studio artist Nick Kawczynski transforming Gallery 1056 into a whimsical bait and tackle shop, complete with handmade fishing lures, rods, and other custom creations. An “artist mumble” with Exhibition Director Maggie Jordan will take place Sept. 12, 2 p.m. 1056 King St. More: reduxstudios.org

MUSIC

• Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m.: 6th annual Drifter Fest, The Refinery • Sept. 13, 12pm: The Swimming Pool Qs, The Windjammer • Sept. 14-15, 6:30 p.m.: Little Feat, Charleston Music Hall • Sept. 17, 7 p.m.: Zac Brown Band, Credit One Stadium • Sept. 17, 7 p.m.: Asleep At The Wheel, Charleston Music Hall • Sept. 18, 9 p.m.: Dog Named Squid (album release), The Royal American • Sept. 19, 7 p.m.: Piano Legends featuring the CJO, Charleston Music Hall • Sept. 20, 7 p.m.: James Taylor and his All-star Band, Credit One Stadium

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Swimming Pool Qs return with new wave at IOP Sept. 13 By Vincent Harris The Swimming Pool Qs emerged from a late-1970s and early-’80s scene that spawned some of the South’s strangest and most enduring bands, from the B-52s and Pylon to R.E.M. When the band comes to The Windjammer on Isle of Palms on Glenn Bewley Sept 13, singer, songwriter and guitarist Jeff Calder will experience a particularly The Swimming Pool Qs have gone through a few changes over the years nice bit of symmetry. He grew up in Charleston. people who normally would not have been “I lived there in the 1950s,” Calder told the in rock bands.” Charleston City Paper in a recent interview. In fact, at the time, Calder was a writer I began to write some “My family moved to Florida in the ’60s and and vocalist Anne Richmond Boston was I eventually ended up in Atlanta.” an artist. lyrics that were not By the time Calder and lead guitarist Bob Only Bob Elsey, Calder added with a necessarily about me. Elsey started the Swimming Pool Qs in laugh, “was actually a musician.” 1978, Atlanta was becoming a place where a That collision of personalities helped A lot of the early songs young band could make something genuinely shape the Swimming Pool Qs’ sound weird and find an audience for it. — and Calder’s songwriting. we did were characterThe problem was finding places outside of “I began to write some lyrics that were not oriented songs, and they Georgia for the band to play its own shows. necessarily about me,” Calder says. “A lot of “There wasn’t any the early songs we did were sort of satirical new wave or punk music were character-oriented songs.” —Jeff Calder scene in the South in songs, and they were 1978,” Calder says. “We sort of satirical songs. were really determined When I started writing Richmond Boston departed. Her rich to get out and play.” songs for (vocalist) Anne harmony vocals had been an integral part As hard as it might Richmond Boston, that’s of the sound, and the band was eventually be to believe, given when I had to approach dropped by A&M. Though it became far the time period, South things on a much deeper less visible, Calder is insistent that the band Carolina was part level,” Calder said. itself never ended. of that early circuit, The band’s second “We actually have never broken up,” notably Charleston and A&M album, 1986’s he said. Columbia. Blue Tomorrow, Richmond Boston returned to the fold “They took a chance reflected that evolution. on the band’s expansive 2003 album The on us,” Calder says Its first A&M record Royal Academy of Reality, and Calder says of those cities. “And People familiar with the early had been co-produced he’s working on a double-LP reissue of that we developed a really ’80s Southern music scene will with Ed Stasium, the album packed with rarities and outtakes. strong relationship with remember this classic 1981 celebrated rock engiMeanwhile Richmond Boston just released them.” Swimming Pool Qs album cover neer whose credits her second solo album, I Should Be Happy. Thanks to those included the Ramones That makes the 40th anniversary show early gigs, the band rose to a certain level and Talking Heads. For “Blue Tomorrow,” for Blue Tomorrow less like an exercise in of national fame within a year of forming, the band brought in British producer Mike nostalgia than a chance to reconnect with opening for Devo and the B-52s and touring Howlett. the places the band was visiting when it with the Police. “He worked totally differently from was young, strange and determined to play At the time, the Qs fit into a peculiar American producers,” Calder says. “British anywhere that would have it. Georgia musical ecosystem that produced records production was very different from Calder remembers South Carolina as one artists who seemed to have little interest in American record production.” of those places. Which makes coming back following the rules of Southern rock. Calder Howlett worked slowly and patiently, all the sweeter. traced it back to Atlanta’s punk culture, creating a record Calder describes as more “We have a lot of friends and family in when you didn’t necessarily have to be a sophisticated than its predecessor. South Carolina,” Calder said. “It really is musician to play music. “The record has a very atmospheric great to be coming back to Charleston.” “There were a lot of creative bands in sound to it by comparison with our prior Atlanta in the ’70s,” he said. “And a lot of the record,” he says, pointing specifically to IF YOU WANT TO GO: Doors open at 5 p.m. bands that we knew when we first began “Runaround” as a song that benefited Sept. 13 at The Windjammer, 1008 Ocean were full of artists of one sort or another,” from the approach. Blvd., Isle of Palms. The show is free; theCalder says. They were painters. They were The Qs made one more album before windjammer.com.

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CHARLESTON COUNTY STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2026CP1003544

is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer thereto upon the undersigned at his office, 102 Wappoo Creek Dr., Unit 8, Charleston, SC 29412, within thirty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to appear and defend the action as required by law, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint.

21st Mortgage Corporation Plaintiff, -vsChristopher D. Behrens, Defendant(s)

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

SUMMONS (Claim and Delivery) Non-Jury TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Christopher D. Behrens 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 offices, 1640 St. Julian Place, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, 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 the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for 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 WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S), AND/OR TO PERSON UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY, INCOMPETENTS AND PERSONS CONFINED AND PERSON IN THE MILITARY: YOUR ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem within thirty (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 July 2, 2026, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina.

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C.A. No. 2025-CP-10-03154 Marsh View Villas Property Owners Association, Inc. Plaintiff, v. Voninho Dos Santos, et al.; Defendants. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: Voninho Dos Santos YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Complaint in this action, which was filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, SC at 100 Broad St., Charleston, SC on June 03, 2026, notice of which

ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONDADO DE CHARLESTON EN EL TRIBUNAL DE FAMILIA PARA EL NOVENO CIRCUITO JUDICIAL NÚM. DE EXPEDIENTE 2026DR-10-0218 EL DEPARTAMENTO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONTRA Kendy Alejandra Bonilla Rodriguez, Nelson Hernandez Alvila, Matuzalen Villar Rodriguez, Nahun Hernandez, DEMANDADOS. EN BENEFICIO DE: MENORES NACIDOS EN 2012, 2017 y 2022.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Summons in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 27, 2026, at 3:59 pm. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Summons 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 Summons on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, W. Tracy Brown, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave, Suite 101, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. W. Tracy Brown, SC Bar # 5832, 3685 Rivers Ave, Suite 101, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, (843) 953-9625.

AL DEMANDADO: Matuzalen Villar Rodriguez POR LA PRESENTE SE LE CITA y se le requiere que responda a la Citación en esta acción presentada ante el Secretario del Tribunal del Condado de Charleston el 27 de enero de 2026 a las 3:59 pm y a la Citación Enmendada presentada ante el Secretario del Tribunal del Condado de Charleston el 26 de febrero de 2026 a las 8:52 am. Previa demostración de interés, se le entregará una copia de la Citación a su solicitud al Secretario del Tribunal del Condado de Charleston, y usted deberá notificar una copia de su Respuesta a la Citación al Demandante, el Departamento de Servicios Sociales de Carolina del Sur, en la oficina de su abogado, W. Tracy Brown, Departamento Legal del Departamento de Servicios Sociales del Condado de Charleston, 3685 Rivers Ave, Suite 101, North Charleston, Carolina del Sur 29405, dentro de treinta (30) días de esta publicación, excluyendo la fecha de notificación. Si usted no responde dentro del plazo anteriormente establecido, el Demandante procederá a solicitar el reparo correspondiente ante el Tribunal. W. Tracy Brown, SC Bar # 5832, 3685 Rivers Ave, Suite 101, North Charleston, Carolina del Sur 29405, (843) 953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2026-DR-10-0218 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Kendy Alejandra Bonilla Rodriguez, Nelson Hernandez Avila, Matuzalen Villar Rodriguez, Nahun Hernandez, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN IN 2012, 2017, and 2022. TO DEFENDANTS: Matuzalen Villar Rodriguez,

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ODINA GREEN 3318 STONEY BROOK RD., NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29420 *********** Estate of: PHILLIP MICHAEL BLACKMON 2026-ES-10-0886 DOD: 2/10/26 Pers. Rep: DAVID MICHAEL BLACKMON 28 B. WEST MAIN ST., STATESBORO, GA 30458 Atty: NOREEN K. SCAPEROTTI, ESQ. 214 BLUFFTON RD., BLUFFTON, SC 29910 *********** Estate of: LILLYBEE PETERSON 2026-ES-10-1249 DOD: 5/8/26 Pers. Rep: LAVERNE KEECIA WALKER 2557 SHROPSHIRE PL., MCDONOUGH, GA 30253 *********** Estate of: ZULA ANN RENTZ MCGRAW aka ZULA A. RENTZ, ZULA A. MCGRAW, ZULA R. MCGRAW 2026-ES-10-1327 DOD: 7/11/26 Pers. Rep: DONALD MCGRAW, JR. 5270 LOTT RD., #41, EIGHT MILE, AL 36613 Pers. Rep: CONSTANCE RUCKER 730 CANNON COURSE, MARIETTA, GA 30064 *********** Estate of: CARL L. HUTCHINSON 2026-ES-10-1329 DOD: 6/29/26 Pers. Rep: KAREN MADDOX 4623 APPLE ST., NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405 Atty: CHRISTINA D. WYNN, ESQ. 44 MARKFIELD DR., #E, CHARLESTON, SC 29407 *********** Estate of: LORETTA JEWEL GRIFFIN KENNEDY 2026-ES-10-1355 DOD: 7/8/26 Pers. Rep: AMY S. KENNEDY-PENUEL UNIT 8400, BOX 30, DPO, AE, FPO, 09498 *********** Estate of: BARBARA GOODWIN BUNCH 2026-ES-10-1368 DOD: 7/10/26 Pers. Rep: MARK BUNCH 18 MOULTRIE ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29403 Atty: JOHN ROMANOSKY, JR., ESQ. 1 COOL BLOW ST., #201, CHARLESTON, SC 29403 ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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: REBECCA SAMS 2026-ES-10-0594 DOD: 12/21/25 Pers. Rep:

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: JOYCE EILEEN BAUM 2026-ES-10-0862 DOD: 1/9/26 Pers. Rep: ROXANNE M. DEVRIES 4223 ROYAL HARBOR RD., HOLLYWOOD, SC 29449 Atty: CHRISTINA D. WYNN, ESQ. 44 MARKFIELD DR., #E, CHARLESTON, SC 29407 *********** Estate of: MICHAEL PAUL PACKER, SR. 2026-ES-10-1417

DOD: 6/26/26 Pers. Rep: MICHAEL PAUL PACKER, JR. 2148 HOOD RD., STATESBORO, GA 30458 *********** Estate of: ERICK ALEXANDER GEORGE 2026-ES-10-1424 DOD: 5/17/26 Pers. Rep: JANETH ISABEL GEORGE BOLIVAR 1476 ORANGE GROVE RD., #F-143, CHARLESTON, SC 29407 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 T. GODWIN 2026-ES-10-1463 DOD: 7/25/26 Pers. Rep: CHARLES T. GODWIN, II 6187 FIELDSTONE CIR., CHARLESTON, SC 29414 Atty: ANDREW E. RHEA, ESQ. 222 W. COLEMAN BLVD., #124, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 *********** Estate of: JAMES RUSSELL PIERCE 2026-ES-10-1485 DOD: 3/15/26 Pers. Rep: ANNE JEANETTE PIERCE 10410 CAPTAINS ROW, #336, MARINA DEL REY, CA 90292 Atty: SABRINA GROGAN, ESQ. 300 W. COLEMAN BLVD., #205, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 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: HELEN REYNOLDS CASSELL 2026-ES-10-1447 DOD: 7/7/26 Pers. Rep: KEITH CASSELL 3513 OLD FERRY RD., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455 *********** Estate of: LAKESHIA DENISE GOSS 2026-ES-10-1453 DOD: 7/4/26 Pers. Rep: VANESSA GOSS 421 W. HUDSON AVE., ENGLEWOOD, NJ 07631 ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mailtheir 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: ERNESTINE WHITE PARKER 2026-ES-10-1347 DOD: 5/8/26 Pers. Rep: PETER WHITE 6208 FIELDSTONE CIR., CHARLESTON, SC 29414 Atty: JEFFREY C. MOORE, ESQ. 1 CARRIAGE LN., BLDG H, 2ND FL., CHARLESTON, SC 29407 *********** Estate of: THOMAS A. MCKINNEY 2026-ES-10-1543 DOD: 6/22/26 Pers. Rep: CAMILLE H. MCKINNEY 1384 LONGSPUR DR., MT. PLEASANT, SC 29466 Atty: ROBERT H. BREAKFIELD, ESQ. PO BOX 36061, ROCK HILL, SC 29732 *********** Estate of: TRACY LYNN KENNEDY 2026-ES-10-1546 DOD: 11/13/25 Pers. Rep: ALAN J. KENNEDY 4834 MARSHWOOD DR., HOLLYWOOD, SC 29449 Atty: ASHLEY G. ANDREWS, ESQ. 544 SAVANNAH HWY., CHARLESTON, SC 29407 *********** Estate of: SHELBA CLARISE CATTERTON 2026-ES-10-1553 DOD: 8/7/26 Pers. Rep: JANANE BUICE 1077 LEONARD DR., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455 Atty: BRADLEY H. BANYAS, ESQ. PO BOX 348, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29465 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Civil Action No. 2026-CP-1002397 Jean Randall, Plaintiff, Vs. Estate of Harold Bernard Randall, Barbara Jean Randall Harris, Beverly Ann Randall, Earl Jones, Antonio Lamar Milligan, Elmore Sidney Randall, Sidney Marquel Randall, Erline Randall Reed, Estate of Elmore Randall, Jr., Estate of John Milligan, Estate of Rosa Turner Milligan, Estate of Joshua Joseph, Estate of Lucille Randall, Gloria E. MitchellRandall, JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, as fictitious names for a class of unknown persons being incompetents, minors, persons in military service to the United States of America, imprisoned, and/or under any other form of legal disability, including but not limited to unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, administrators, or personal representatives of deceased persons, and all other persons known or appear of record to have some right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein. Defendants. AMENDED SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF THE FILING OF THE AMENDED COMPLAINT (Quiet Title Action/Partition In Kind) TO DEFENDANTS NAMED

ABOVE: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscriber at her office address stated below, within thirty (30) days after the service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within this time, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE hereby being given that a Complaint for Quiet Title/Partition has been filed in this matter regarding property on Legare Road, known as Lot 5, Berwick Plantation Plat of 1876, Edisto Island, South Carolina, and as referenced in the Charleston County Master’s Deed recorded on August 13, 1996 with the Charleston County ROD in Book X272, Page 272, including but not limited to TMS#s: 076-00-00-284, 076-00-00-285, 076-00-00-332, 076-00-00-334, 076-00-00-333, 076-00-00-286, 076-00-00-140, and 076-0000-184. Dated: July 17, 2026 s/Karen M. DeJong Mount Pleasant, SC Karen M. DeJong, Esq. DeJong Law Firm, LLC 222 West Coleman Blvd., Ste. 110 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 Tel. No. 843-216-6161 karen@dejonglawfirm.com Attorney for Plaintiff STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Civil Action No. 2026-CP-1004072 Elizabeth A. Murray Brown, Plaintiff, Vs. Estate of Alfred Smalls, Estate of Elizabeth Smalls, Joseph Smalls, Ruth Smalls Fludd, Estate of Lawrence Murray a/k/a Junior Clarence Murray, Clarence Lamont Murray, Louise Robinson, Individually, Louise Robinson as Trustee of The Ruth Smalls Fludd Irrevocable Trust UTD 11/6/2014, Shirley Murray, Jacobson Mortgage Company, The Nature Conservancy, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, JOHN DOE, a fictitious person representing the class of all unknown adult, mentally competent, unimprisoned, non-military persons, who claim any right, title, interest in , or lien upon, the property described in the Complaint herein; and RICHARD ROE, another fictitious person representing the class of all unknown persons who are either: under the age of eighteen (18) years of age, imprisoned, or in the Armed Forces, and who claim any right, title or interest in, or lien upon, the property described in the Complaint, which fictitious persons include, but are not limited to, all unknown heirs at laws, distributes, devisees, or assigns or any deceased heirs, and all persons entitled to claim an interest in the said property under or through them, or any of them. Defendants. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (Quiet Title Action/Partition In Kind) TO DEFENDANTS NAMED ABOVE: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer

upon the subscriber at her office address stated below, within thirty (30) days after the service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within this time, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE hereby being given that a Complaint for Quiet Title/ Partition has been filed in this matter regarding properties located on Crooked Creek Lane, Edisto Island, SC-TMS# 012-0000-045, TMS# 012-00-00-077, TMS# 012-00-00-019 and TMS# 012-00-00-054. Dated: August 18, 2026 s/Karen M. DeJong Mount Pleasant, SC Karen M. DeJong, Esq. DeJong Law Firm, LLC 222 West Coleman Blvd., Ste. 110 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 Tel. No. 843-216-6161 karen@dejonglawfirm.com Attorney for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Civil Action No. 2026-CP-10-02916 Beverly Bennett Grant, Personal Representative of the Estate of Horace Grant, Plaintiff, Vs. Margaret Elane Ware, Kendall Ware, Daryl Ware, Henry Nesbitt, Tiffany Nesbitt, Carolyn Joyce Haughton, Kimberly Smalls, Charlene Smalls, Persephone Smalls, Charles Smalls, County of Charleston, JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, as fictitious names for a class of unknown persons being incompetents, minors, persons in military service to the United States of America, imprisoned, and/or under any other form of legal disability, including but not limited to unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, administrators, or personal representatives of deceased persons for the ESTATE OF MARGARET WARE, ESTATE OF ELIZABETH NESBITT, ESTATE OF LOUIS SMALLS AND ESTATE OF NORRIS SMALLS, and all other persons known or appear of record to have some right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein. Defendants. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (Quiet Title Action/Partition for Sale) TO DEFENDANTS NAMED ABOVE: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscriber at her office address stated below, within thirty (30) days after the service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within this time, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE hereby being given that a Complaint for Quiet Title/Partition has been filed in this matter regarding property known as 10.0 acres on Parkers Ferry Road, Adams Run, SC, TMS# 053-0000-037. Dated: August 12, 2026 s/Karen M. DeJong Mount Pleasant, SC Karen M. DeJong, Esq. DeJong Law Firm, LLC 222 West Coleman Blvd., Ste. 110 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 Tel. No. 843-216-6161 karen@dejonglawfirm.com Attorney for Plaintiff

Wadmalaw Island 2 Edith L. Frierson Montessori School 6133 Maybank Hwy Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487

Mt. Pleasant 3 Hilton Garden Inn 300 Wingo Way Mt Pleasant, SC 29464

Kiawah Island The Sandcastle 1 Shipwatch Rd Kiawah Island, SC 29455

Mt. Pleasant 4 Mt Pleas Mun Complex 100 Ann Edwards Ln Mt Pleasant, SC 29464

North Charleston – Charleston County Elections Office • 4340 Corporate Road, North Charleston, SC 29405 Downtown – Morris Brown AME Church • 13 Morris Street, Charleston, SC 29403 Hollywood - St. Paul’s Hollywood Library • 5130 SC-165, Hollywood, SC 29449 James Island – Baxter-Patrick Library • 1858 S. Grimball Road, Charleston, SC 29412 Johns Island - St. John’s Episcopal Church • 3673 Maybank Hwy, Johns Island, SC 29455 Mt. Pleasant – Seacoast Church • 750 Long Point Rd, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 West Ashley – Greater Macedonia AME Church • 725 Savage Road, Charleston, SC 29414

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Charleston 2 Hazel Parker Playground 70 East Bay St Charleston, SC 29401

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Charleston 3 Mason Preparatory School 56 Halsey Blvd Charleston, SC 29401 Charleston 4 Moultrie Playground 41 Ashley Ave Charleston, SC 29401 Charleston 5 Mason Preparatory School 56 Halsey Blvd Charleston, SC 29401

Mt. Pleasant 7 Moultrie Middle School 645 Coleman Blvd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 8 Moultrie Middle School 645 Coleman Blvd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 9 St. Andrew’s Mt. Pleasant 440 Whilden St Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 10 Mamie P Whitesides Elementary School 1565 Rifle Range Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464

Mt. Pleasant 28 R L Jones Recreation Center 391 Egypt Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 29 R L Jones Recreation Center 391 Egypt Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 30 Brickyard Community Ctr 1100 Brickyard Pkwy Mt Pleasant, SC 29466 Mt. Pleasant 31 Point Hope Church 3404 Turgot Ln Mt Pleasant, SC 29466 Mt. Pleasant 32 Point Hope Church 3404 Turgot Ln Mt Pleasant, SC 29466 Mt. Pleasant 33 Thomas C Cario Middle School 3500 Thomas Cario Blvd Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 Mt. Pleasant 34 Point Hope Church 3404 Turgot Ln Mt Pleasant, SC 29466 Mt. Pleasant 35 Mt Pleas Park West Rec Complex 1251 Park West Blvd Mt Pleasant, SC 29466 Mt. Pleasant 36 Jennie Moore Elementary School 2725 Bulrush Basket Ln Mt Pleasant, SC 29466

If you have one of these Photo IDs, you are ready to vote. Voters should remember to bring one of these IDs with them to the polling place. Voters without Photo ID can get one free of charge from the Department of Motor Vehicles or their county voter registration office. Voters who encounter an obstacle to getting a Photo ID should bring their paper voter registration card without a photo with them to their polling place. These voters can then sign an affidavit swearing to their identity and to their obstacle to obtaining a Photo ID and vote a provisional ballot. This ballot will count unless the county board of voter registration and elections has grounds to believe the affidavit is false. For more information on Photo ID, visit scVOTES.gov or contact your county board of voter registration and elections.

Charleston 6 Memminger Elementary School 20 Beaufain St Charleston, SC 29401

Mt. Pleasant 11 Doubletree by Hilton Mt. Pleasant 1330 Stuart Engals Blvd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464

Mt. Pleasant 37 Eastbridge Presbyterian Church 1250 Lexington Dr Mt Pleasant, SC 29466

Charleston 7 Bethel United Methodist Church 57 Pitt St Charleston, SC 29401

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Charleston 8 Sanders Clyde Creative Arts Elementary School 805 Morrison Dr Charleston, SC 29403

Mt. Pleasant 12 Doubletree by Hilton Mt. Pleasant 1330 Stuart Engals Blvd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464

Mt. Pleasant 38 Wando Library 1400 Carolina Park Blvd Mt Pleasant, SC 29466

Mt. Pleasant 13 James B Edwards Elementary School 855 Von Kolnitz Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464

Mt. Pleasant 39 Palmetto Presbyterian Church 1720 Carolina Park Blvd Mt Pleasant, SC 29466

EDUCATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SALES AND USE TAX ACT REFERENDUM FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY Must a special one percent sales and use tax be imposed in Charleston County for not more than six years with the revenue of the tax used to pay, directly or indirectly, the cost of the following education capital improvement projects in Charleston County: 1. District-wide school safety and security enhancements to include physical security upgrades, controlled access, video surveillance, communication systems, and measures for continuous improvement of emergency preparedness and response 2. Design, construct and equip additional classrooms in a building addition and annex to include weight room, stadium upgrades and parking additions at Lucy Beckham High School 3. Design, construct, and equip a classroom wing addition to Johns Island Elementary School 4. Design, construct, and equip a Career Technology Education wing at Burke High School 5. Renovate and equip Baptist Hill Middle School on the C.C. Blaney campus 6. Design, construct, and equip a replacement Meeting Street School at Brentwood 7. Design, construct, and equip a new Orange Grove Middle School and Pattison’s Academy for Comprehensive Education (PACE) on the former St Andrews High School campus 8. Design, construct, and equip new multipurpose rooms to include Edith Frierson Montessori, East Cooper Montessori, Belle Hall Elementary and AC Corcoran Elementary Schools 9. Building and property improvements to include a car loop expansion at Camp Road Middle School and renovations at James Island Elementary School 10. Design, construct, and equip a replacement Midland Park Primary School 11. Design, construct, and equip a new elementary school and early education classrooms to accommodate growth in the area of West Ashley Long Savannah 12. Design, construct, and equip an auditorium and fine arts classrooms for Baptist Hill High School 13. Design, construct, and equip early education additions to include Laurel Hill Primary, Drayton Hall Elementary and Hunley Park Elementary Schools 14. Design, construct, and equip Phase III of the recapitalization of Deer Park Middle School 15. Design, construct, and equip a replacement Mary Ford Early Learning and Family Center 16. District-wide athletics improvements to include renovation of the Baptist Hill softball field 17. Design, construct, and equip a new multi-purpose room and classroom addition at Pepperhill Elementary School 18. District-wide land purchase for campus expansion, new schools, and/or bus lot 19. Design, construct, and equip a replacement Ladson Primary School 20. Design, construct, and equip a replacement Northwoods Middle School 21. Design, construct, and equip a replacement Montessori Community School on the former St. Andrews High School Campus 22. Design, construct, and equip a new District-wide Montessori Middle School and replacement Simmons-Pinckney Middle School 23. Design, construct, and equip a building replacement for AC Corcoran Elementary School together with the cost of capital maintenance and technology replacement, upgrades and innovation at school facilities of Charleston County School District? All revenue received from the sales and use tax will be used to pay the costs of the education capital improvement projects described above and to pay debt service on general obligation bonds, if any, issued by Charleston County School District to fund the education capital improvement projects described above. Collection of the sales and use tax will commence upon the termination of the one percent education capital improvements sales and use tax currently imposed in Charleston County on December 31, 2028. Yes [ ] No [ ] Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word “Yes”, and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word “No”.

Charleston 9 Charleston Progressive Academy 382 Meeting St Charleston, SC 29403 Charleston 10 Charleston Water System 103 St Philip St Charleston, SC 29403 Charleston 11 Charleston Water System 103 St Philip St Charleston, SC 29403 Charleston 12 Burke High School 244 President St Charleston, SC 29403 Charleston 13 Burke High School 244 President St Charleston, SC 29403 Charleston 14 James Simons Montessori School 741 King St Charleston, SC 29403 Charleston 15 Sanders Clyde Creative Arts Elementary School 805 Morrison Dr Charleston, SC 29403 Charleston 16 James Simons Montessori School 741 King St Charleston, SC 29403 Charleston 17 Charleston Charter School for Math and Science 1002 King St Charleston, SC 29403

At 7:00 a.m. on Monday, November 2, the County Board of Voter Registration and Elections will begin its examination of the absentee ballot return envelopes Charleston 18 at the Charleston County Board of Voter Registration and Elections Office located at 4340 Corporate Rd., North Charleston, SC 29405. Phone number is Charleston Charter School 843-744-8683. for Math and Science 1002 King St Charleston, SC 29403 At 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 6, the County Board of Canvassers will hold a hearing to determine the validity of all provisional ballots cast in this election. This hearing will be held at the Charleston County Board of Voter Registration and Elections Office located at 4340 Corporate Rd., North Charleston, Charleston 19 SC 29405. Joseph Floyd Manor 2106 Mount Pleasant St The following precincts and polling places will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on election day. Always check your polling place at scVOTES.gov before Charleston, SC 29403 leaving to vote in any election. Charleston 20 Joseph Floyd Manor Awendaw Sullivans Island Deer Park 2A Lincolnville 2106 Mount Pleasant St Berkeley Electric Awendaw Sunrise Presbyterian Church A.C. Corcoran Elementary School Charles Ross Municipal Complex Charleston, SC 29403 7200 N Hwy 17 Awendaw, SC 29429 3222 Middle St 8585 Vistavia Rd 141 West Broad St Sullivans Island, SC 29482 North Charleston, SC 29406 Lincolnville, SC 29485 Charleston 21 Christ Church Freddie Whaley Comm Ctr Ladson Berkeley Electric Awendaw McClellanville Deer Park 2B 1810 Doscher Ave Ladson Elementary School 7200 N Hwy 17 Awendaw, SC 29429 Lincoln Regional Center of SC Otranto Library 3321 Ladson Rd Ladson, SC 29456 Charleston, SC 29405 714 Lincoln Rd 2261 Otranto Rd Isle Of Palms 1A McClellanville, SC 29458 North Charleston, SC 29406 Mt. Pleasant 1 Isle Of Palms Recreation Edisto Island St. Andrew’s Mt. Pleasant 24 28th Ave Isle of Palms, SC 29451 Deer Park 1A Deer Park 2C Trinity Church 440 Whilden St Otranto Library A.C. Corcoran Elementary School 1589 Hwy 174 Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Isle Of Palms 1B 2261 Otranto Rd 8585 Vistavia Rd Edisto Island, SC 29438 Isle Of Palms Recreation North Charleston, SC 29406 North Charleston, SC 29406 Mt. Pleasant 2 24 28th Ave Isle of Palms, SC 29451 Wadmalaw Island 1 Mt Pleas Mun Complex Deer Park 1B Deer Park 3 Edith L. Frierson Montessori School 100 Ann Edwards Ln Isle Of Palms 1C Ladson Elementary School Pinehurst Elementary School 6133 Maybank Hwy Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Isle Of Palms Recreation 3321 Ladson Rd 7753 Northside Dr Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487 24 28th Ave Isle of Palms, SC 29451 Ladson, SC 29456 North Charleston, SC 29420

Mt. Pleasant 14 James B Edwards Elementary School 855 Von Kolnitz Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 15 Mt Pleasant Library 1133 Mathis Ferry Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 16 Mount Pleasant Fire Dept. Station 3 355 7th Ave Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 17 Seacoast Church 750 Long Point Road Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 18 Trident Academy 1455 Wakendaw Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 19 Trident Academy 1455 Wakendaw Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 20 Mamie P Whitesides Elementary School 1565 Rifle Range Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 21 Mamie P Whitesides Elementary School 1565 Rifle Range Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 22 Christ Episcopal Church 2304 N Hwy 17 Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 23 Christ Episcopal Church 2304 N Hwy 17 Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 24 Christ Episcopal Church 2304 N Hwy 17 Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 25 Seacoast Church 750 Long Point Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 26 R L Jones Recreation Center 391 Egypt Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 Mt. Pleasant 27 Belle Hall Elementary School 385 Egypt Rd Mt Pleasant, SC 29464

James Island 1A James Island Elementary School 1872 S Grimball Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 1B James Island Elementary School 1872 S Grimball Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 3 Thomas Johnson Field House 1443 Secessionville Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 5A James Island Charter High School 1000 Fort Johnson Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 5B James Island Charter High School 1000 Fort Johnson Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 6 James Island Town Hall 1122 Dills Bluff Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 7 James Island Charter High School 1000 Fort Johnson Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 8A Fort Johnson Baptist Church 1473 Camp Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 8B Fort Johnson Baptist Church 1473 Camp Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 9 Fort Johnson Baptist Church 1473 Camp Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 10 James Island Charter High School 1000 Fort Johnson Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 11 Stiles Point Elementary School 883 Mikell Dr Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 12 Stiles Point Elementary School 883 Mikell Dr Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 13 Harbor View Presbyterian Church 900 Harbor View Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 14 James Island Rec Complex 1088 Quail Dr Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 15 Fort Johnson Baptist Church 1473 Camp Rd Charleston, SC 29412

James Island 17 Harbor View Elementary School 1576 Harborview Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 19 Harbor View Elementary School 1576 Harborview Rd Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 20 Murray-LaSaine Montessori School 691 Riverland Dr Charleston, SC 29412 James Island 22 Murray-LaSaine Montessori School 691 Riverland Dr Charleston, SC 29412 Johns Island 1A St. Johns Fire Headquarters 1148 Main Rd Johns Island, SC 29455 Johns Island 1B Berkeley Electric Johns Island 1135 Main Rd Johns Island, SC 29455 Johns Island 2 St. Johns High School 1518 Main Rd Johns Island, SC 29455 Johns Island 3A Johns Island Library 3531 Maybank Hwy Johns Island, SC 29455 Johns Island 3B Mt Zion Elementary School 3464 River Rd Johns Island, SC 29455 Johns Island 4 Haut Gap Middle School 1861 Bohicket Rd Johns Island, SC 29455 St. Pauls 1 Minnie Hughes Elementary School 8548 Willtown Rd Hollywood, SC 29449 St. Pauls 2A CC Blaney Elementary School 7184 SC-162 Hollywood, SC 29449 St. Pauls 2B CC Blaney Elementary School 7184 SC-162 Hollywood, SC 29449 St. Pauls 3 Lowcountry Leadership Charter School 5139 Gibson Rd Meggett, SC 29449 St. Pauls 4 St. Paul’s Hollywood Library 5130 Hwy 165 Hollywood, SC 29449 St. Pauls 5 E B Ellington Elementary School 5540 Old Jacksonboro Rd Ravenel, SC 29470 St. Pauls 6 E B Ellington Elementary School 5540 Old Jacksonboro Rd Ravenel, SC 29470 St. Andrews 1 St Andrew’s School of Math and Science 30 Chadwick Dr Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 2 St Andrew’s School of Math and Science 30 Chadwick Dr Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 3 St Andrews Parks Tennis Center 1095 Playground Rd Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 4 St Andrew’s School of Math and Science 30 Chadwick Dr Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 5 St Andrew’s School of Math and Science 30 Chadwick Dr Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 6 Calvary Chapel (West Ashley) 1595 Savannah Hwy Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 7 Stono Park Elementary School 314 Huntley Dr Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 8 St Andrews Middle School 721 Wappoo Rd Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 9 St Andrews Parks Tennis Center 1095 Playground Rd Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 10 St Peters Episcopal Church 1393 Miles Dr Charleston, SC 29407

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St. Andrews 11 Masonic Center 1285 Orange Grove Rd Charleston, SC 29407

St. Andrews 37 Bees Landing Recreation Center 1580 Ashley Gardens Blvd Charleston, SC 29414

North Charleston 27 Midland Park Primary School 2415 Midland Park Rd North Charleston, SC 29406

St. Andrews 12 Masonic Center 1285 Orange Grove Rd Charleston, SC 29407

North Charleston 1 Gethsemani Comm Center 2449 Beacon St North Charleston, SC 29405

North Charleston 28 Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist 7396 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406

St. Andrews 13 Masonic Center 1285 Orange Grove Rd Charleston, SC 29407

North Charleston 2 Azalea Drive Church of Christ 3950 Azalea Dr North Charleston, SC 29405

North Charleston 29 Midland Park Primary School 2415 Midland Park Rd North Charleston, SC 29406

St. Andrews 14 Cynthia Graham Hurd/ St Andrews Library 1735 N Woodmere Dr Charleston, SC 29407

North Charleston 3 Miner Crosby Building 3901 Paramount Dr North Charleston, SC 29405

North Charleston 30 Pepperhill Elementary School 3300 Creola Rd North Charleston, SC 29420

St. Andrews 15 St Andrews Middle School 721 Wappoo Rd Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 16 Stono Park Elementary School 314 Huntley Dr Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 17 Oakland Elementary School 505-A Arlington Dr Charleston, SC 29414 St. Andrews 18 St Andrews Middle School 721 Wappoo Rd Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 19 Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School 1871 Wallace School Rd Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 20 C. E. Williams Middle School (North Campus) 1776 William Kennerty Dr Charleston, SC 29407

North Charleston 6 Mary Ford Early Learning & Family Center 3180 Thomasina McPherson Blvd North Charleston, SC 29405 North Charleston 7 Mary Ford Early Learning & Family Center 3180 Thomasina McPherson Blvd North Charleston, SC 29405 North Charleston 8 Park Circle Community Building 4800 Park Cir North Charleston, SC 29405 North Charleston 9 North Charleston Sports Complex 1455 Monitor St North Charleston, SC 29405 North Charleston 10 Matilda F. Dunston Elementary School 1825 Remount Rd North Charleston, SC 29406

St. Andrews 22 Old St. Andrews Parish 2604 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29414

North Charleston 11 North Charleston Sports Complex 1455 Monitor St North Charleston, SC 29405

St. Andrews 23 Old St. Andrews Parish 2604 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29414

North Charleston 12 North Charleston Sports Complex 1455 Monitor St North Charleston, SC 29405

St. Andrews 25 C. E. Williams Middle School (North Campus) 1776 William Kennerty Dr Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 26 Greater Macedonia AME Church 725 Savage Rd Charleston, SC 29414 St. Andrews 27 C. E. Williams Middle School (South Campus) 3090 Sanders Rd Charleston, SC 29414 St. Andrews 28 Bees Ferry West Ashley Library 3035 Sanders Rd Charleston, SC 29414 St. Andrews 29 West Ashley High School 4060 Wildcat Blvd Charleston, SC 29414 St. Andrews 30 C. E. Williams Middle School (North Campus) 1776 William Kennerty Dr Charleston, SC 29407 St. Andrews 31 West Ashley High School 4060 Wildcat Blvd Charleston, SC 29414

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North Charleston 5 Azalea Drive Church of Christ 3950 Azalea Dr North Charleston, SC 29405

St. Andrews 21 Masonic Center 1285 Orange Grove Rd Charleston, SC 29407

St. Andrews 24 C. E. Williams Middle School (North Campus) 1776 William Kennerty Dr Charleston, SC 29407

North Charleston 4 Garrett Academy Of Tech 2731 Gordon St North Charleston, SC 29405

St. Andrews 32 Springfield Elementary School 2130 Pinehurst Ave Charleston, SC 29414 St. Andrews 33 West Ashley High School 4060 Wildcat Blvd Charleston, SC 29414 St. Andrews 34 Drayton Hall Elementary School 3183 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29414 St. Andrews 35 Drayton Hall Elementary School 3183 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29414 St. Andrews 36 Drayton Hall Elementary School 3183 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29414

North Charleston 13 Royal Missionary Baptist Church 4761 Luella Ave North Charleston, SC 29405 North Charleston 14 Park Circle Community Building 4800 Park Cir North Charleston, SC 29405 North Charleston 15 St John Catholic Church 3921 St Johns Ave North Charleston, SC 29405 North Charleston 16 Royal Missionary Baptist Church 4761 Luella Ave North Charleston, SC 29405 North Charleston 17 Royal Missionary Baptist Church 4761 Luella Ave North Charleston, SC 29405 North Charleston 18 W. B. Goodwin Elementary School 5501 Dorchester Rd North Charleston, SC 29418 North Charleston 19 Garrett Academy Of Tech 2731 Gordon St North Charleston, SC 29405 North Charleston 20 W. B. Goodwin Elementary School 5501 Dorchester Rd North Charleston, SC 29418 North Charleston 21 Lambs Elementary School 6800 Dorchester Rd North Charleston, SC 29418 North Charleston 22 Lambs Elementary School 6800 Dorchester Rd North Charleston, SC 29418 North Charleston 23 Hunley Park Elementary School 1000 Michigan Ave North Charleston, SC 29418 North Charleston 24 Hunley Park Elementary School 1000 Michigan Ave North Charleston, SC 29418 North Charleston 25 Dorothy King Williams Comm Ctr 2401 Richardson Dr North Charleston, SC 29406 North Charleston 26 Matilda F. Dunston Elementary School 1825 Remount Rd North Charleston, SC 29406

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2026-DR-10-1663 JUDITH SUAREZ, Plaintiff. VS. EDGAR LOPEZ-SANCHEZ, Defendant. SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: 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 on the subscriber, D. Allen Badger, at the address below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. That Defendant may be served by law enforcement, by private process server and/or by any other means permitted by Rules of Court or by law. YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Complaint as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. s/ D. Allen Badger D. Allen Badger Attorney for Plaintiff 2129 Dorchester Road North Charleston, SC 29405 843-554-8881 badgerlaw@hotmail.com June 26, 2026 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2025-CP-10-05696 Kenneth L. Edwards Plaintiff, -VShakeria Sawyer, Marvetta Edwards If they be alive, and JOHN DOE adults and Richard Roe infants, insane persons and incompetents, being fictitious names, designating as a class, any person or entity who may be an heir devisee, widow, widower, assignee, administrator, executor, personal representative, creditor, successor, issue, and alienee, of Ben Edward, Mary Mazyck Edwards, Sallie Edwards, Idell Edwads Mitchell, Harriet Cutsy Edwards Brown, Lydia Edwards Newman, Minnie Edwards, Carrie Edwards Brown, Patsy Edwards, Oliver Edwards Sr., Martha Miller Edwards, Oliver Edwards, Jr., and Blondell Edwards, and all other persons or legal entities, in the military or under legal disability, known and unknown, owning, having and claiming any right, title, claim, interest, equity in, or lien upon the parcel of land described in the Complaint herein or any part thereof. Defendants,

NOTICE OF QUIET TITLE HEARING

Nakia Barrow Furniture, toys

Pedro Cessa Corona Furniture, dishes, clothes, tools

Carrie Wiggins Home goods

Gerald Holmes Furniture and personal items

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a QUIET TITLE HEARING CONFIRMING THE OWNERSHIP OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, on the above-referenced case is scheduled on the Roster before the Master in Equity for Charleston County at 3:30 P.M., Wednesday, October 7, 2026. Please be mindful to attend this Hearing or have someone appear on your behalf, on the second floor of the Charleston County Judicial Center, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C.

Kinnon Hope Household items, furniture, boxes

Donielle Crosby Clothes, toys, paperwork

Eddie Simmons House stuff

Facility 5: 3781 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 9/22/2026 11:00 AM

Akela Wilson Clothes, shoes, lamps, shelves

Facility 5: 3510 Glenn McConnell Pkwy Charleston, SC 29414 10/01/2026 10:00 AM

Terrance Batiste Household items

Justin Bigler Golf clubs, 5-6 boxes, 2 suitcases.

Kirsten Shaw Clothes and other personal items

Chelsea Lyssand Clothes, furniture

Karod Johnson Clothes

Dawson Caleb Helms Furniture

Marcus Washington Household items

Facility 6: 2343 Savannah Hwy Charleston, SC 29414 10/01/2026 10:30 AM

Shane Woods Household items

Sadeja Russ Couch, queen bed, twin bed

Jacquette Gibbs barber chair and station rolling cart

Jocelyn Barnes Bins, dresser, misc

Facility 6: 434 Orangeburg Road Summerville, SC 29483 9/22/2026 11:15 AM

Facility 17: 5146 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 9/22/2026 12:00 PM

Facility 7: 45 Grand Oaks Blvd Charleston, SC 29414 10/01/2026 11:15 AM

Melissa Reeves Boxes, household items

Barbara Heyward Household goods

Sherry-Ann Walters Boxes

Anyae Stroman Household Goods

Antenette Murray Sofa, love seat, Kg bed, dresser, 2 amours, table, boxes, tv

Jamal Evans Household goods/Furniture

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.

Dated this 14th day of July, 2026, at Charleston, South Carolina. Name And Address Shakeria Sawyer — 7395 Hwy 162, Hollywood, S.C. 29449 Marvetta Edwards — 7395 Hwy 162, Hollywood, S.C. 29449 KEN EDWARDS LAW OFFICES s/ Kenneth Edwards, Esquire P.O. Box 1563 Hollywood, South Carolina 29449 (843) 437-5798 phone Pro se for Plaintiff I hereby certify service of the Notice of QUIET TITLE HEARING CONFIRMING OWNERSHIP OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO THE Defendants by certified mail to the address listed, herein. 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 9/22/2026 11:00 AM Valena Lizzmore 4-5stools, 1 QN bedframe headboard foot, clothes, shoes Rodney Berry Household items Michael Lamprey Business Supplies Carina Espiritu Household items Jerry Doherty California King Bed and clothing Patrice Tsalichis Furniture and household goods Facility 2: 609 Old Trolley Road Summerville, SC 29485 9/22/2026 10:30 AM

Facility 7: 2130 N. Main St Summerville, SC 29486 9/22/2026 10:00 AM Brian Lewis Household Goods/Furniture Carmen Blackmon Clothing and personal items tv- bed Facility 11: 1055 Beech Hill Rd. Summerville, SC 29485 9/22/2026 11:00 AM Whitney Edwards Bags of clothes Kristian Badger Household items, boxes Facility 12: 1205 Central Ave. Summerville, SC 29483 9/22/2026 11:15 AM Trevonne Freeman Furniture Angela Walker LR set, 3BR fully furnished John Savage Household Goods FRANK PINSKY Household Goods Serena Dewese Furniture for a 1 bedroom 1 bedroom a bunch of shoes all shoe boxes FRANK PINSKY Household Goods

Maureen Horan Washer & Dryer, Rolling Toolbox, Mattress, Boxes, etc..

Facility 15 9670 Dorchester Rd Summerville, SC 29485 9/22/2026 10:15 AM

Lauren Jenkins Furniture

Cassie Harbin Boxes, furniture

Nicole Criswell Two Tables, Fan, and a Box

Tyson Duncan Household goods

Facility 3: 8850 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 9/22/2026 10:45 AM

Amanda Winningham Furniture, tools

Torionta Drayton Furniture Facility 4: 208 St. James Ave, Ste C Goose Creek, SC 29445 9/22/2026 11:00 AM Levi Brown TV, supplies, furniture

Facility 16: 6941 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 9/22/2026 12:30 PM

Dwayne Simmons Furniture Dwaine Wright Tvs, couches, bags of clothes James Rattley Tools Brandi Goodman Clothes, washer, toys, shord 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. PUBLIC AUCTION Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Facility 1: 1108 Stockade Ln. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 10/01/2026 10:00AM Monika Foretova Boxes for Inventory Trailer

Facility 8: 1951 Maybank Hwy Charleston, SC 29412 10/01/2026 11:30 AM Horton Kelley 2 dressers , bed, boxes Shanice Williams Furniture Daphne Fleetwood Furniture and boxes Facility 9: 810 St Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407 10/01/2026 11:45 AM Paula Wood Kitchen items, lamps, tables, 3 beds, 5 dressers, 2-3 nightstands, 2-3 sm bookshelves, love seat, lg Facility 10: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407 10/01/2026 12:45 PM Susan Keenan Furniture, Mirrors, Bags, Totes, Trunk, Legos, Pressure Washer, Fabric, Art, Bags Neal DeArmon Furniture, Boxes, Lamp, Totes, Luggage

Blyco Glass Storing business inventory

Brittany Frazier Appliances, Mattress & Bedding, Electronics, Boxes. Artwork, Shoes

Facility 2: 1904 N Hwy 17 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 10/01/2026 10:15 AM

Facility 11: 1861 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407 10/01/2026 1:15 PM

Alicia Brown Small personal items: toys, bedding,etc.

Angela Baldwin Washer dryer 2 living room twin bed etc

Brandon Gotts Household goods

Patrice Simmons Household

Facility 3: 1117 Bowman Rd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 10/01/2026 10:25 AM Gerald Silver Household Goods

Komora Rivers Household goods

Danita Kinlow Household Items

Tammy Wicker Clothes, toiletries, bedding, storage cubbies

Zach Cooper Household items being stored while moving apartments

Ollie Ross Boxes

Facility 4: 1471 Center St Ext. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 10/01/2026 10:30 AM

Justice Sylvie Boxes, 2 TVs

Kiaonna Brown Misc. items

Patricia Reynolds Household Goods Patricia Reynolds Table, 4 chairs, boxes, 2 lamps Ivan Mcpherson 1 bedrm set, Facility 12: 2118 Heriot Street Charleston, SC 29403 10/01/2026 12:15 PM Lucielle Toomer Washer, dryer, clothing, household items

Facility 13: 1540 Meeting Street Road Charleston, SC 29405 10/01/2026 1:00 PM

Shama Foulk Boxes and clothes

IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2026-CP-10-03372 FOUR CORNERS BUILDING SUPPLY, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. SHANE LANGDALE, Defendant. SUMMONS TO: SHANE LANGDALE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve your Answer to the Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Henderson & Henderson, addressed at 578 East Bay Street, Suite A, Charleston, SC 29403 within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs will move the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Respectfully submitted, HENDERSON & HENDERSON, LLC S//Wesley E. Henderson Wesley E. Henderson S.C. Bar No.: 78665 578 East Bay Street Charleston, SC 29403 P: 843-212-3188 F: 843-872-0634 wesley@hhlawsc.com Attorney for the Plaintiff June 8, 2026 Charleston, South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2026-CP-10-04642 CKG VENTURES LLC, Plaintiff, v. AARON BROWN, a deceased person, his heirs, distributees, personal representatives, successors and assigns and spouses if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the complaint, commonly known as: Lot 4 on Honeyhill Road Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 428-07-00-131 and

and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants. SUMMONS & NOTICE To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 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, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on August 27th, 2026, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on August 28th, 2026 and the Order of Publication was filed on August 28th, 2026 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

ALL that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on James Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina containing 0.136 acres, more or less, being known and designated as LOT NO. 2, dated June 3, 1994 and recorded in Plat Book DA, at Page 219 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, location, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on James Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina containing being known and designated as LOT NO. 4 dated June 3, 1994 and recorded in Plat Book DA, at Page 219 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, location, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear. TMS # 428-07-00-131 and

SUMMONS & NOTICE To the Defendants above-named:

s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell Attorney at Law 925 Wappoo Road Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 jeff@jeffspell.com Attorney for the Plaintiff

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.

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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.

TMS # 428-07-00-133 September 2nd, 2026 Date

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NOTICE OF FILING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on July 17th, 2026, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on July 23rd, 2026 and the Order of Publication was filed on August 28th, 2026 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B. Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated August 28th, 2026 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2026-CP-10-03808 JHNN INVESTMENTS, LLC, Plaintiff, v. ANGELA HOUSE NIX, a deceased person, her heirs, distributees, personal representatives, successors and assigns and spouses, if any they have and GEORGIE MAE JAMISON, ROBERT LEE JAMISON, ALBERTA B. JAMISON, JANIE HORLBACK, LUCILLE JAMISON MOSELEY, AUDREA HOUSE MILLER and KARRESHIA L. NIX, and if they be deceased, their heirs, distributees, personal representatives, successors and assigns and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the complaint, commonly known as: 4885 Nesbit Avenue Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 471-13-00-177 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B. Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated July 23rd, 2026 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice. THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: All that lot, piece or parcel of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the [Ferndale] subdivision known as Lot No. 27, in Block 4, on a Plat of the said subdivision made by James O’Hear, Surveyor, and recorded in the R. M. C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book E, at Page 20, and having such size, shape, dimensions, and Buttings and Boundings as are shown on the said Plat. TMS # 471-13-00-177 September 2nd, 2026 Date s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell Attorney at Law 925 Wappoo Road Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 jeff@jeffspell.com Attorney for the Plaintiff

SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2026DR1000702

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Tijuana Rochelle Jackson, Plaintiff, v. Robert Lee Jackson, Defendant.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to this Complaint upon counsel at the below-referenced address, within thirty (30) days after served hereof, exclusive of the day of such service.

SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION TO ROBERT LEE JACKSON: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint for Divorce filed in this action with the Family Court of Charleston County, South Carolina. You must serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff and file your Answer with the Clerk of Court for the Family Court of Charleston County within thirty (30) days after the date of the last publication of this Summons. If you fail to respond within thirty (30) days after the date of the last publication, the Court may proceed in your absence and grant the relief requested in the Complaint. You must also obtain a copy of the Complaint from the Clerk’s Office at the following address: Family Court of Charleston County 100 Broad Street, Suite 143 Charleston, South Carolina 29401 Clerk of Court: (843) 958-4400

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2026-CP-10-04581 PATRICIA G. SUMMERS, Plaintiff, vs. ESTATE OF JACK A. SUMMERS, ESTATE OF TIMOTHY JOHN SUMMERS, ESTATE OF CHERYL LYNN SUMMERS HORROCKS, JAMES WILLIAM SUMMERS, JACK SUMMERS, JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, FICTITIOUS NAMES USED TO DESIGNATE PERSONS IN THE MILITARY SERVICE WITHIN THE MEANING OF PUBLIC LAW 108-109, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE SERVICE MEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 2003, AS AMENDED, IF ANY, AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW, DEVISEES, WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FIRMS OR CORPORATIONS, THE HEIRS OF JACK A. SUMMERS, AND OF THE DEFENDANTS WHO MAY BE DECEASED, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT OR ANY PART THEREOF, Defendants. NOTICE OF FILING YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Summons, Complaint, Petition for Appointment of Guardian ad Litem Nisi, and Notice of Intent to Refer have been filed with the Clerk of Court for the Charleston County Court of Common Pleas on August 24, 2026. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that C. Mac Gibson, has been appointed Guardian ad Litem in the above-entitled action, by Order dated August 27, 2025, and that such Order will become absolute thirty (30) days after the last publication of this notice, unless such of the defendants as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under any disability or someone on their behalf shall in the meantime procure to be appointed a Guardian ad Litem for them, and that such Order is on file in

SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Complaint, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Kimberly Shelton, Esq. Shelton Law, LLC 21 Gamecock Ave., Ste. A Charleston, SC 29407 843.576.2293 (phone) 866.871.9785 (fax) attorney@sheltonlawllc.com

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2025-CP-10-01803 By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Summer Wood Property Owners Association, Inc., Plaintiff, against Justin Lamar Drayton, Nya Nicole Williams and Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC assignee of Synchrony Bank, Defendant(s); I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on October 6, 2026, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit: ALL that certain piece, parcel of lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 31, Block 5, Summer Wood Subdivision, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Frank D. Baker, PLS, of General Engineering Laboratories, Inc., entitled “FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT, PHASE 1A/1B, SUMMERWOOD SUBDIVISION ON US HIGHWAY 78, OWNED BY PORTRAIT HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA” which Plat is recorded September 20, 2002, in Plat Book EF, at Pages 901 and 902 in the RMC Office for Charleston County. THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Justin Lamar Drayton and Nya Nicole Williams by deed of Stacy L. Steele dated February 24, 2020 and recorded March 4, 2020 in the ROD Office for Charleston County at Book 0863, at Page 909. TMS No.: 379-00-00-101 Property Address: 602 Elm Hall Circle, Summerville, SC 29483 TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH: The Master in Equity will require a deposit of five (5%) percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay

interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 8.00% per annum]. The sale shall be subject to that certain mortgage lien held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for CMG Mortgage, Inc. dba CMG Financial in the original amount of $132,554.00, dated February 26, 2020, and recorded March 4, 2020, in Book 0863 at Page 910 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds and that mortgage lien held by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the original amount of $5,722.75, dated April 6, 2023, and recorded May 4, 2023, in Book 1177 at Page 696 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) Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed. 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. ~The electronic signature of the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity, Charleston County follows~ Attorneys for the Plaintiff Derek F. Dean, Esquire S.C. Bar No.: 65279 Taylor A. Rumble, Esquire 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.storagetreasure. com on 9/16/2026 at 1:00 pm. Contents include personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below. 3C21 Jordan Kodner, 3E05 Jimmy Slagle, 3C24 James Hewitt. 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.

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2025-CP-10-2687 By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Pelican Cove Owners Association, Inc., Plaintiff, against Caroline Pearce, Defendant; I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on October 6, 2026 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

UNIT 21-D, Pelican Cove Horizontal Property Regime, Charleston, South Carolina, a horizontal property regime established pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act, Section 27-31-10, et seq., South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, and submitted by Master Deed dated March 7, 1985, recorded March 20, 1985, in Book A-144 at Page 151, in the RMC Office for Charleston County, which apartment unit is shown on a plat of said regime attached to and made a part of said Master Deed, which plat is designated as Exhibit “B”. SAID Apartment Unit in conveyed together with: 1. An undivided percentage interest in the common area and facilities of the property as described in said Master Deed (“Common Elements”) attributable to the Units, together with any limited common element. 2. An easement for the continuance of all encroachments by the Apartment Unit on any adjoining units or common elements now existing or which may come into existence thereafter. 3. An easement in common with the owner of other apartment units for ingress, egress, installation, replacing, repairing and maintaining all utilities, including, but not limited to, water, gas, sewers, telephones and electricity and for on-going development and operation of the project. 4. The following rights and easements in common with the other apartment unit owners, all as described in the Master Deed and any amendments thereto; common driveway easement, all utility, service, maintenance and recreational easements; parking easement, drainage easements, and use of the common elements. Being the same property conveyed to Caroline Pearce by Deed of Nancy Lee Goforth, Trustee of The Nancy Lee Goforth Trust dated November 2, 2018, said Deed being dated November 9, 2023 and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Book 1218 at Page 856 on December 14, 2023. TMS No.: 425-11-00-245 Property Address: 21 Brockman Drive, Unit 21-D, Charleston South Carolina 29412 TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH: The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 4% per month]. The sale shall be subject to any and all liens including taxes, tax liens, government liens, etc. recorded in the Charleston County Register of Deeds or filed with the Clerk of Court and/or with/by the South Carolina Department of Revenue or the Internal Revenue Service or any other agency or department of the United States of America. 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) Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed. 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 for Charleston County Attorneys for the Plaintiff Derek F. Dean, Esquire S.C. Bar No. 65279 Taylor A. Rumble, Esquire S.C. Bar No. 105848 Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2024-CP-10-5534 By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Brigadier Condominium Association, Inc., Plaintiff v. Adam W. Oyenuga and Wale F. Oyenuga, Defendants. I, the undersigned Master-inEquity for Charleston County, will sell on October 6, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit: All that certain Condominium Unit, Situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Condominium Unit L, Building 1, Phase I, of the Brigadier Condominium Horizontal Property Regime and being more particularly shown and described by reference to the Master Deed for Brigadier Condominiums, a South Carolina Horizontal Property Regime, said deed dated December 18, 1985, and recorded December 24, 1985 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book N150 at Page 890. Together with the undivided percentage interest in the general common elements of the property described in Section 2 of Article 3 of said Master Deed appurtenant thereto. Subject to all provisions of said Master Deed, the provisions of the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act and to all other covenants, condition, easements, restrictions and reservations of record. Being the same property conveyed to Adam W. Oyenuga and Wale F. Oyenuga by deed of Mona Sobhi Wingate dated August 31, 2016 and recorded September 19, 2016 in Book 0583 at Page 831 with the Charleston County ROD Office. TMS No.: 425-14-00-169 Property Address: 1530 Fort Johnson Road, Unit L, Building 1, Charleston, SC 29412 TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH: The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of five (5%) per cent 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 (3) 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.

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The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 4% per month]. The sale shall be subject to that certain senior mortgage lien held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group LLC, in the original amount of $110,000.00, dated September 2, 2016, and recorded September 19, 2016, in Book 0583 at Page 831 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) Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed. 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 for Charleston County Attorneys for the Plaintiff Derek F. Dean, Esquire Taylor A. Rumble, Esquire Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412

DORCHESTER COUNTY STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE No.: 2025-CP-18-00623

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Project: Pump Station 4 – Phase 2 Tract: 68

Dorchester County, Condemnor, vs. Chris Flood, and if the aforementioned be deceased, then any heirs, successors, devisees, distributes, Administrators, Executors and Personal Representatives, and any party claiming by or through them, Landowner, and John Doe and Mary Roe, being fictitious names used to designate all persons and condemnees whose names are unknown, including unknown children of Chris Flood, 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 named 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 Claimants. LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Dorchester County pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, Section 28-2-10, et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, has brought an action against the Landowner 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 0.593 acres (25,834 ft2) of land, more or less, owned by Chris Flood (or if deceased, the heirs of same), shown shaded and labeled as “New 20’ 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 0.091 acres (3,973 ft2 ) of land, more or less, owned by Chris Flood (or if deceased, the heirs of same), shown shaded and labeled as “10’Wide TCE” on Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof. Tax Map Parcel Number 144-1400-005 The property sought herein is to be acquired for public purposes, more particularly in conjunction with the construction of Pump Station 4 – Phase 2 Project, in Dorchester County, South Carolina.

in the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment herein, Unknown Claimants. NOTICE OF FILING TO: LANDOWNER CHRIS FLOOD AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS ABOVE NAMED: Pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, Section 28-2-230(B), Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, you are hereby notified that as you have rejected the amount tendered as just compensation as stated in the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment, the Condemnor has filed the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment with the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County, pursuant to Section 28-2-90, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, and may now proceed to take possession of the property interests and exercise the rights described in the Condemnation Notice. 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 March 18, 2025 St. George, 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 March 18, 2025 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE No.: 2025-CP-18-00623 Project: Pump Station 4 – Phase 2 Tract: 68 Dorchester County, Condemnor, vs. Chris Flood, and if the aforementioned be deceased, then any heirs, successors, devisees, distributes, Administrators, Executors and Personal Representatives, and any party claiming by or through them, Landowner, and John Doe and Mary Roe, being fictitious names used to designate all persons and condemnees whose names are unknown, including unknown children of Chris Flood, 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 named 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

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE No.: 2025-CP-18-00536 Project: Pump Station 4 – Phase 2 Tract: 75 Dorchester County, Condemnor, vs. Barbara Smith McBride, Edward Lee Smith, Furman Burman Smith, Elaine Smith Bryant, Jestine Smith Tucker, Maggie Smith Tucker, Rosalyn Smith-Carson, and if the aforementioned be deceased, then any heirs, successors, devisees, distributes, Administrators, Executors and Personal Representatives, and any party claiming by or through them, 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 Barbara Smith McBride, 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 condemned; 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 Claimants. NOTICE OF FILING TO: LANDOWNERS AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS: Pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, Section 28-2-230(B), Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, you are hereby notified that as you have rejected the amount tendered as just compensation as stated in the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment, the Condemnor has filed the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment with the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County, pursuant to Section 28-2-90, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, and may now proceed to take possession of the property interests and exercise the rights described in the Condemnation Notice. 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 March 10, 2025 St. George, South Carolina STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE No.: 2025-CP-18-00536 Project: Pump Station 4 – Phase 2 Tract: 75 Dorchester County, Condemnor, vs. Barbara Smith McBride, Edward Lee Smith, Furman Burman Smith, Elaine Smith Bryant, Jestine Smith Tucker, Maggie Smith Tucker, Rosalyn Smith-Carson, and if the aforementioned be deceased, then any heirs, successors, devisees, distributes, Administrators, Executors and Personal Representatives, and any party claiming by or through them, 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 Barbara Smith McBride, 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 condemned; 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 Claimants. LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Dorchester County 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 0.067 acres (2,922 ft2) of land, more or less, owned by Barbara Smith McBride, Edward Lee Smith, Furman Burman Smith, Elaine Smith Bryant, Jestine Smith Tucker, Maggie Smith Tucker, and Rosalyn Smith-Carson, 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 0.033 acres (1,459 ft2) of land, more or less, owned by Barbara Smith McBride, Edward Lee Smith, Furman Burman Smith, Elaine Smith Bryant, Jestine Smith Tucker, Maggie Smith Tucker, and Rosalyn Smith-Carson, shown shaded and labeled as “10’ Wide TCE” on Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof. Tax Map Parcel Number 152-0200-010 The property sought herein is to be acquired for public purposes, more particularly in conjunction with the construction of Pump Station 4 – Phase 2 Project, 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 March 10, 2025 St. George, South Carolina STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE No.: 2025-CP-18-00536 Project: Pump Station 4 – Phase 2 Tract: 75 Dorchester County, Condemnor, vs. Barbara Smith McBride, Edward Lee Smith, Furman Burman Smith, Elaine Smith Bryant, Jestine Smith Tucker, Maggie Smith Tucker, Rosalyn Smith-Carson, and if the aforementioned be deceased, then any heirs, successors, devisees, distributes, Administrators, Executors and Personal Representatives, and any party claiming by or through them, 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 Barbara Smith McBride, 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 condemned; 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 Claimants. SUMMONS TO: LANDOWNERS AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, advised and notified, that pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, Section 28-2-10, et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina, 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 March 10, 2025 St. George, South Carolina STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C.A. No.: 2025-CP-18-00536 Project: Pump Station 4 – Phase 2 Tract: 75 Dorchester County, Condemnor, vs Barbara Smith McBride, Edward Lee Smith, Furman Burman Smith, Elaine Smith Bryant, Jestine Smith Tucker, Maggie Smith Tucker, Rosalyn Smith-Carson and if the aforementioned be deceased, then any heirs, successors, devisee, distributes, Administrators, Executors, and Personal Representatives, and any party claiming by or through them Landowners, and John Doe and Mary Roe, being fictitious names used to designate all persons and condemnees whose names are unknown children of Barbara Smith McBride, heirs, successors, devisees, distributees, Administrators, Executors and Personal Representatives of any of the above named Landowners and Other Condemnees whose names are unknown, 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 Sailor Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, if any, who claim or may claim an interest in the property being condemned; 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 Claimants.

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 PO Box 80547 Charleston, South Carolina 29416 chris@chrismurphylaw.com (843) 926-0146 Attorney for Condemnor July 17, 2026 Charleston, South Carolina STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE No.: 2025-CP-18-00533 Project: Pump Station 4, Phase 2 Tract: 72 Dorchester County, Condemnor, vs Chris Flood, and if the aforementioned be deceased then any heirs, successors, devisees, distributes, Administrators, Executors, and Personal Representatives, and any party claiming by and through them, 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 Christopher Flood, 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 condemned; 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 Claimants. 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 August 20, 2026 Charleston, South Carolina STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE No.: 2025-CP-18-00533 Project: Pump Station 4, Phase 2 Tract: 72 Dorchester County, Condemnor, vs Chris Flood, and if the aforementioned be deceased then any heirs, successors, devisees, distributes, Administrators, Executors, and Personal Representatives, and any party claiming by or through them, Landowner, and John Doe and Mary Roe, being fictitious names used to designate all persons and condemnees whose names are unknown, including unknown children of Chris Flood, 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

TO: LANDOWNER CHRIS FLOOD AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS ABOVE NAMED YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, advised and notified, that pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, Section 28-2-10, et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina, 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 March 10, 2025 St. George, South Carolina STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE No.: 2025-CP-18-00533 Project: Pump Station 4, Phase 2 Tract: 72

1. Dorchester County is a public body corporate and political subdivision of the State of South Carolina and seeks to acquire an easement interest in the real property described herein for public purposes. 2. Chris Flood is named as the Landowner in this action by virtue of that certain Deed from Horace C. Hill, to Chris Flood, dated December 9, 1944, and recorded January 19, 1946, in Book 86, at Page 164, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Dorchester County, South Carolina. 3. Upon information and belief, Chris Flood is deceased. 4. The following is a description of the real property subject to this action and a description of the interest sought to be acquired in and to the property by the Condemnor: All that parcel or strip of land, to establish a permanent easement, containing 0.118 acres (5,154 ft2) of land, more or less, owned by Chris Flood (or if deceased, the heirs of same), shown shaded and labeled as “New 20’ 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 0.026 acres (1,130 ft2) of land, more or less, owned by Chris Flood (or if deceased, the heirs of same), shown shaded and labeled as “10’ Wide TCE” on Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof. Tax Map Parcel Number 152-0000-050 5. Dorchester County is vested with the power of eminent domain pursuant to Section 4-9-30(4), South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as amended.

Dorchester County, Condemnor, vs Chris Flood, and if the aforementioned be deceased then any heirs, successors, devisees, distributes, Administrators, Executors, and Personal Representatives, and any party claiming by and through them, Landowner, and John Doe and Mary Roe, being fictitious names used to designate all persons and condemnees whose names are unknown, including unknown children of Chris Flood, 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 condemned; 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 Claimants.

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

CONDEMNATION NOTICE AND TENDER OF PAYMENT

11. Payment of this amount will be made to the Landowner if within thirty (30) days of service of this Condemnation Notice, the Landowner in writing requests payment, and agrees to execute any instruments necessary to convey to the Condemnor the

TO: LANDOWNER CHRIS FLOOD AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS ABOVE NAMED Pursuant to the South Carolina

7. This action is brought pursuant to Section 28-2-240, South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as amended.

property interests and rights described herein above. The Agreement and Request for Payment must be sent first class certified mail with return receipt requested or delivered in person to the Condemnor, care of Bradley A. Mitchell, Deputy County Attorney, 201 Johnston Street, St. George, South Carolina, 29477. If no Agreement and Request for Payment is received by the Condemnor within the thirty (30) day period, the tender is considered rejected. 12. If the tender is rejected, the Condemnor has the right to file this Condemnation Notice with the Clerk of Court of the County where the property is situated and deposit the tender amount with the Clerk. The Condemnor shall give the Landowner notice that it has done so and may proceed to take possession of the property interests and exercise the rights described in this Condemnation Notice. 13. AN ACTION CHALLENGING THE CONDEMNOR’S RIGHT TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY AND RIGHTS DESCRIBED HEREIN MUST BE COMMENCED IN A SEPARATE PROCEEDING IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE SERVICE OF THIS CONDEMNATION NOTICE, OR THE LANDOWNER WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE WAIVED THE CHALLENGE. 14. THE CONDEMNOR HAS ELECTED NOT TO UTILIZE THE APPRAISAL PANEL PROCEDURE. Therefore, if the tender herein is rejected, the Condemnor shall notify the Clerk of Court and shall demand a trial to determine the amount of just compensation to be paid. A copy of that notice must be served on the Landowner. That notice shall state whether the Condemnor demands a trial by jury or by the Court without a jury. The Landowner has a right to demand a trial by jury. The case may not be called for trial before sixty (60) days after the service of that notice, but it may thereafter be given priority for trial over other civil cases. The Clerk of Court shall give the Landowner written notice by mail of the call of the case for trial.

John Doe and Mary Roe, being fictitious names used to designate all persons and condemnees whose names are unknown, including unknown children of Chris Flood, 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 condemned; 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 Claimants.

All that parcel or strip of land, to establish a permanent easement, containing 0.118 acres (5,154 ft2) of land, more or less, owned by Chris Flood (or if deceased, the heirs of same), shown shaded and labeled as “New 20’ 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 0.026 acres (1,130 ft2) of land, more or less, owned by Chris Flood (or if deceased, the heirs of same), shown shaded and labeled as “10’ Wide TCE” on Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof. Tax Map Parcel Number 152-0000-050 The property sought herein is to be acquired for public purposes, more particularly in conjunction with the construction of Pump Station 4 – Phase 2 Project, 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

9. Project plans are available for inspection at 235 Deming Way, Summerville, South Carolina 29483.

March 10, 2025 St. George, South Carolina

Project: Pump Station 4, Phase 2 Tract: 72 Dorchester County, Condemnor, vs Chris Flood, and if the aforementioned be deceased then any heirs, successors, devisees, distributes, Administrators, Executors, and Personal Representatives, and any party claiming by and through them, Landowner, and

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