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Registration underway for spring sports

Registration for youth spring play with the Greer Parks and Recreation Depart-ment has begun.

Residents, both in and out of Green-ville County, have until Feb. 7 to sign up for Greer Baseball Club (GBC), Foothills Soccer Club of Greer (FSCG) and girls’ softball. These sports are open to youth ages 3-14.

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Residentquestions livestock laws BY AMANDA IRWINSTAFF WRITER

Petitioner Reinaldo Re-menteria requested coun-cil consider changing an ordinance regarding the possession of livestock during the Jan. 14 Greer City Council meeting.

Rementeria asked the group of elected officials to consider the allowance of chickens under similar guidelines as Greenville County’s livestock stan-dards.

“The reason I’m here is because I think there’s been a push lately — the City of Greeville has it, the County of Greenville — for people to have a better connection to where their food comes from,” Remen-teria said. “I think it’s a wonderfully teaching tool for your children, spe-cifically my son, to know where his food comes from, how to raise the ani-mals and it’s not just some

SEE COUNCIL | A7

Not to be complacentBY AMANDA IRWINSTAFF WRITER

The 12th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was celebrated by more than 300 people during a program at Greer City Hall Monday, featuring speak-er Rev. Earl Simmons Sr. of Maple Creek Baptist Church.

“Thank God for all of you gathered here today,” Simmons said. “This is a

wonderful distinguished body as I look and see different people from dif-ferent backgrounds and different cultures, surely symbolic of Dr. King’s dream.

“[MLK] chose to confront the dangers and unequal treatment of people of color and of economically disadvantaged individuals throughout the nation — people who have suffered at the hand of institution-alized and ugly inhumane theories of racial superi-

ority for over 300 years — unjust laws, oppressive policies, insecurities and fear,” he said.

Simmons discussed Rev. King’s accomplishments as a result of his advocacy for racial and economic equality. Simmons’ overall message was this: We’ve come a long way, but we’re not there yet.

“Fifty years later, gone are the signs of white only or colored only drinking fountains. Gone are the oppressive policies of Jim Crowe and years of overt and extreme racism. Gone are the marches and pro-testers holding signs that read, ‘I am a man.’ Gone are the riots, the sit-ins,

police dogs, National Guards, night raids of the hooded cowards with burning crosses that terri-fied men and women and children all across Ameri-ca,” Simmons said.

Simmons said the coun-try has come a long way in the last half-century.

“Yes, gone are the unjust laws and policies regard-ing men’s right to vote, so much so that today we can celebrate the two-term election of the first African American man to the high-est office in the land, the most powerful position in the free world, President Barack Hussein Obama. 50 years later, we can cel-

SEE MLK | A7

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An annual disc golf event to bene� t Greer Relief is slated for Feb. 1.

MLK event challenges attendees

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Ed Driggers, left, and Wayne Gri� n enjoy a laugh at Greer’s annual MLK Day of Celebration.


Rev. Earl Simmons of Maple Creek Baptist Church delivered a message of hope in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Greer City Hall.

‘As we celebrate the

passing of these

difficult days, I

stopped by to tell

you that

we’re

not there

yet.’

Rev. Earl SimmonsMaple Creek Baptist Church

Riverside shopping center is possibleBY AMANDA IRWINSTAFF WRITER

By the first quarter of 2015, Riverside Crossing, a potential shopping cen-ter, may be constructed on Hammett Bridge and E. Suber Road near Riverside High School. The shopping center was addressed at the Jan. 16 Planning Ad-visory meeting, and the nine-building retail and restaurant center already has confirmed a grocery store tenant.

Representatives declined to disclose specifics about tenants that may open shop at the center.

Towns at Riverside Park, a town home community at 1249 Suber Road, and a subdivision to be built on Snow Road were ad-dressed at the Planning Advisory meeting as well, and developers were ad-vised they would have to prove their constructed homes would not cause any harm to the surround-ing homes due to storm water runoff issues. There presently isn’t a date set to start construction and Greer City Council will ad-dress the properties dur-ing the Jan. 28 meeting.

The Vien Quong Monas-tery, a Buddhist Temple, will be constructed at

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Disc golf benefits Greer Relief BY KATIE JONESSTAFF WRITER

In February, disc golf, chili and charity will all come together in the third annual Brrr in Grrr Ice Bowl.

Greer Relief has benefit-ed from the event all three years.

“We’ve been very blessed – great guys and they are just cool to hang out with,” said Caroline Robertson, Greer Relief executive di-rector. “They have a chili cook-off at lunch time, so they feed themselves. It’s really cool.”

Last year, 72 disc golf-

ers participated, raising $2,143 and 1,600 pounds of food. This year, John Ludwig, Brrr in Grrr direc-tor and Greer Disc Golf Club president, hopes at least $2,400 and 1,700 pounds of non-perishable items will be collected. Ludwig hopes to attract more business sponsor-ships as well.

“They have lofty goals for their food and finan-cial contributions and I have all confidence, no doubt whatsoever, that they’ll reach their goals,” Robertson said.

Ice Bowls are national events.

“Every Ice Bowl is sup-posed to fund a charity organization that helps lo-cal citizens,” Ludwig said. “That’s one of the caveats of running an Ice Bowl.”

The event also features prizes for players, includ-

ing an Innovista DISCatch-er.

“Every year we’ve had at least five or six partici-pants in (the chili cook-off),” Ludwig said. “Each player will bring in their chili and then it feeds the entire field of play-ers. Unfortunately, I have not won. I don’t feel too bad because people bring some amazingly tasty chili every year.”

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On Facebook: Greer Disc GolfCall: 318-243-3932

GOD’S PANTRYREQUESTS DONATIONS

God’s Pantry needs non-perishable food donations. Items can be dropped off at: 100 Enoree Road, Greer, on Thursdays from 10 a.m. – noon, 2481 Racing Road, Greer, on Thursdays 1 – 4 p.m. or 700 E. Main St., Duncan, on Wednesdays 9 – 11 a.m.

For questions or to vol-unteer call Wendy at 963-4441.

GCM NEEDSSERVERS, FOOD

GCM seeks two servers that can work in the kitch-en on Thursdays on the line getting meals ready for Meals on Wheels cli-ents. Call Ellen at 877-1937 for more information.

GCM is in need of beef stew, spaghetti sauce, oat-meal, grits and boxed cere-al. Donate at the ministry, 738 S. Line St. Ext., Greer, Monday – Thursday 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. For more informa-tion call at 879-2254.

GREER MEALS ON WHEELS SEEKS DRIVERS

GCMs’ Meals on Wheels program needs drivers for a number of routes, in-cluding weekly, monthly or as substitutes. A MOW driver must be a qualified driver with a valid driver’s license and have a heart for serving others. MOW has 19 delivery routes in the greater Greer area. Meals are delivered Mon-day through Friday. For more information contact at 879-2254 or 877-1937.

FAMILY MINISTRIES COAT DRIVE

As the weather gets colder outside, District Five Families Ministries is sponsoring an ongoing coat drive. New or gen-tly used coats for men, women and children are accepted. Please drop off at MTCC, 84 Groce Road, Lyman, to help a family in need. Call the center for pickup at 439-7760.

ROAD TO RECOVERY NEEDS DRIVERS

The American Cancer So-ciety needs volunteer driv-ers to transport patients to local treatment centers. Anyone interested in vol-unteering as a driver must have a good driving re-cord, valid driver’s license, automobile insurance and a vehicle in good working condition. The American Cancer Society provides free training for this pro-gram.

For more information on becoming a Road to Recov-ery volunteer, contact the local office at 627-8289.

EXERCISE PRESCRIPTIONCLASS JAN. 22

Learn about the compo-nents of a safe exercise program on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 9:30 a.m. and

12:30 p.m., at GHS Life Center. The class is free. Call 455-4037 to register.

CAREGIVING ABC’S BEGINS JAN. 22

The five-week program gives information and support to those caring for a loved one with de-mentia. The program be-gins Wednesday, Jan. 22, 6 – 8 p.m., at GHS’ Patewood Medical Campus. Visit ghs.org/healthevents to regis-ter.

GREAT BAY OYSTERHOUSE GIVE A SHUCK

On Jan. 23 the Great Bay Oyster House “Give a Shuck” will be held from 7 – 9 p.m. Call Diane Christoferson at 905-6806 for more information.

DIABETES 101 ON JAN. 24 AT GHS LIFE CENTER

Learn the basics about diabetes on Friday, Jan. 24, 1 p.m., at GHS Life Center. The class is free and regis-tration isn’t required. Call 455-8722 for more infor-mation.

NUTRITION CLASSOFFERED JAN. 27

More than Fat, a class about heart healthy ben-efits of specific foods and nutrients, will be held on Monday, Jan. 27, 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. at GHS Life Center.

The class is free. Call 455-4010 to register.

MEET THE MIDWIVESJAN. 28

Learn about GHS’ nurse-midwifery program on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 6 – 8 p.m., at Greenville Mid-wifery Care. The session is free.

Call 877-447-4636 or visit ghs.org/healthevents to register.

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

Jan. 29 at noonMoms on the go are in-

vited for coffee and a con-versation about women’s health issues on Wednes-day, Jan. 29, noon – 1p.m. at Starbucks on Fairview Road in Simpsonville. The event is free. Visit ghs.org/healthevents to register.

METABOLIC SYNDROMEINFORMATIONAL CLASS

Learn about the risk factors that make up the metabolic syndrome and steps to take to prevent or control diabetes, heart disease and stroke at this free class on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. at the GHS Life Center. Call 455-4001 to register.

LELAND BURCH TOHOLD BOOK SIGNING

The Greer Heritage Mu-seum will host a book signing and photography exhibit Saturday, Feb 1. Leland Burch will sign cop-ies of his new book “Greer, SC: the Center of the Uni-verse” from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Books will be available for purchase.

The museum located at 106 S Main St. is open to the public free of charge Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 pm. Call 877-3377.

GHS GENTLE BALLET CLASSES

Gentle Ballet classes of-fered on Saturdays now through Feb. 1, 10 – 11 a.m. at the GHS Life Center. The classes teach the graceful basics of classical ballet. Cost is $40 for members, $50 for non-members, or $15 per class. Call 455-4001 to register.

GIRLS ON THE RUN

Girls on the Run and Girls on Track will com-bine training for 5K with workouts for girls ages 8 – 15. A free training ses-sion will take place Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, and sessions

begin Feb. 5. Cost is $199. Scholarships and payment plans available. Register at ghs.org/girlsontherun. Volunteer coaches are needed. To volunteer, call 455-4001.

GERMAN-AMERICANCLUB, FEB. 7

German-American Club Stammtisch on Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. at Four Seasons Res-taurant, 1071 fernwood Glendale Road, Spartan-burg.

Open to the public. Call 699-9730 for more infor-mation.

COMMUNITY NIGHT ON FEB. 27

Always Best Care Senior Service and the Manning House of Greer are host-ing Community Night on Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the Manning House of Greer, 10 Companion Court. Guest speaker is Marilyn Smedberg-Gobbett. Limit-ed seating is available and registration is required. For more information call Manning House of Greer at 989-0707 or email [email protected].

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Evelyn Bishop Horton cel-ebrated a milestone on Jan, 17, turning 100-years-old. She is a mother and grandmother.

Note from the family: “Happy 100th Birthday.

As we celebrate your life today, thank you for the time you gave, the shar-ing of your talents in the beautiful gifts you made. For you have blessed so many and blessed the Lord above. Using your gifts to bless another reflects the Father’s love. We love you so very much, family and friends.”

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COMMUNITY

NEWS

TODAY, JAN. 22THE AWANAS CLUB at El

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

THURSDAY, JAN. 23KIWANIS CLUB at 6:30 p.m.

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

THE SOAR BINGO CLUBfrom 10 a.m. - noon at Victor Gym. The cost is 50 cents per card.

FRIDAY, JAN. 24GRACE PLACE in Greer will

have its monthly dinner at 6:30 p.m. Grace Place is located at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.

SATURDAY, JAN. 25COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

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

MONDAY, JAN. 27THE NEVER ALONE GROUP

OF NARCOTICS ANONY-MOUS at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center.

TUESDAY, JAN. 28THE NEVER ALONE GROUP

OF NARCOTICS ANONY-MOUS at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center.

THE ROTARY CLUB of Greater Greer at 7:15 a.m. at Southern Thymes. Call 334-6177.

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

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

GAP CREEK SINGERS will rehearse from 7:30-9 p.m. at The Church of the Good Shepherd, 200 Jason St., Greer. For further information or to schedule a performance contact Wesley Welsh, Presi-dent, at 877-5955.

GIG (GLUTEN INTOLER-ANCE GROUP) of Greenville meets at the Taylors Library, 316 W. Main St. The group meets from 7- 8:30 p.m.

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

COMMUNITY

CALENDAR

This past Tuesday,

Jan. 14, 2014, the SC General Assembly

returned to Columbia for the 120th Legislative Session.

This is the second year of the two-year session and, in addition to bills that were unfinished and carried over from last year, almost 200 addi-tional bills were pre-filed. This year is also an elec-tion year for the House of Representatives and all statewide constitutional officers.

At the end of last year’s session, a conference committee was tasked with addressing the differences between the House and Senate legisla-tion that would create a Department of Ad-ministration (S.22). The committee reached an agreement earlier this week and the legislation is expected to be approved by the House and Senate this week.

The legislation creates a Department of Admin-istration that reports directly to the Governor and handles administra-tive functions of govern-ment. The newly created department will include

an executive budget and screening planning office, general services and consolidated human resources. It also creates a new Legislative Ser-vices Agency that will be responsible for all fiscal and revenue impact state-ments. State agencies will not have the ability to run deficits unless approved by the legislature and the Generally Assembly will be required to review state agency programs every five year.

Gov. (Nikki) Haley released her FY 2014-2015 Executive Budget earlier this past week. Her budget includes funding for her K-12 Education Re-form Initiative that she re-leased this past week. She also included additional revenue for infrastructure funding by proposing that all of the growth in revenue as a result of of-ficial projections between January and May be spent

on roads. At an average of $106 million per year, Gov. Haley believes that adds more than $1 billion over a decade.

The Senate spent this past week debating legis-lation to allow concealed weapons permit holders to legally carry firearms in restaurants and bars. S.308 includes language that would replace the current prohibition on carrying a pistol or firearm into a business, which sells alcoholic liquor, beer, or wine for on-premises without the midnight curfew that Senate Democrats had insisted on last year. The bill, which passed the

Senate by a 34-3 vote and now returns to the House, would allow people who have licenses to carry concealed weapons to carry guns into bars or restaurants as long as they do not drink alcohol. Businesses could, how-ever, post signs to not allow firearms on their property.

The business commu-nity is continuing to push the legislature to make infrastructure funding a priority. H. 3412, the transportation funding bill that passed the House of Representatives last year and was amended by the Senate Finance com-mittee, remains on the Senate calendar. The plan uses a combination of funding options. H. 3412 is expected to be debated in the Senate this year.

Remember you can go to www.sc.gov and click on live House and Senate and listen to the debate each Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. A lot of com-mittee work is being done in these first 3 weeks.

Please know I am here to serve you and your family. Contact me anytime at 909-1092 or [email protected].

Beginning the 120th Legislative SessionLEVER NAMED FOR THIRD TERM WITH GIRL SCOUTS

Rebecca Lever, chair of the Girl Scouts of South Carolina Board of Direc-tors, Greer, was recently elected to serve her third, two-year term.

She is gen-eral man-ager of con-s t r u c t i o n and main-tenance for Duke Ener-gy. She re-ceived a B.S.

in Mathematics from Pres-byterian College, served as chair of the Development Committee and previously served as chair of the Audit Committee and co-chair of the Property Committee. She was a board member, treasurer and chair of the Finance Committee of the Legacy Girl Scouts of the Old 96 Council, and she worked with United Way of Greenville County in a number of roles.

Lever is a previous member of the Board of Directors for Greenville Literacy Association and Greenville’s Child. She also served as chair of the South Carolina Governor’s Council for Workforce Ex-cellence.

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YOUR VOICE IN COLUMBIA

REPRESENTATIVERITA ALLISON

The Senate spent

this past week

debating legislation

to allow concealed

weapons permit

holders to legally

carry firearms in

restaurans and bars.

BY KATIE JONES STAFF WRITER

The Greater Greer Edu-cation Foundation award-ed $16,550 in grants to schools in Greenville and Spartanburg counties.

Now in its fourth year, the amount granted has grown. The organization awarded $6,500 in grants its first year.

David Dolge, the foun-dation’s grants commit-tee chair, wants to see the funding continue to increase.

“I would to see it contin-ue growing,” he said. “This year, we were able to give out $16,550. I’d love to see us next keep increasing.”

The process of apply-ing for grants is an open forum, according to Mar-garet Burch, Greater Greer Education Foundation chair.

“It’s important because it’s an open forum for them to say these are our needs,” Burch said. “We don’t tell any school they can only submit one. We say the grant proposal period is open. The most unique thing about us is that we don’t sit around and talk about them all. We all score them by a rubric. Then we all get together and call out our first, second, third.”

Tigerville Elementary received three grants: $1,500 for iPad minis, $500 to purchase Leveled Reader sets to support science standards and an-other $450 for iPad minis for instructional centers and small groups in Susan Ward’s fourth grade class.

Ward said her class of 24 is at different ability levels.

“My intention for the iPad is to use it for centers and to use it as a digital reader,” Ward said. “Chil-dren today love to read electronically, so I’m going to use it for math centers, for language centers.”

Without the iPads, the school would have to pur-chase hard copies of Level Readers, which are more expensive than the free apps, according to Diane Jackson, Tigerville Elemen-tary principal.

Both Tigerville educa-tors said children are more enthusiastic about schoolwork on iPads than on traditional pencil and paper.

“That’s the way right now,” Jackson said. “Al-though you have a hard copy of a Leveled Reader,

when you show them same book, the excitement, es-pecially in your reluctant readers – they want that technology.”

Funding comes from the money raised at the gala and from donations. Scholarships are awarded later during the year.

The Middle Tyger Com-munity Center received $1,500 for adult educa-tion, childcare and par-ent and child enrichment. Chandler Creek Elemen-tary received $1,500 to create a new tutoring and mentoring program. Re-idville Elementary School received $1,500 to pro-mote science learning by increasing access to an

interactive, hands-on sci-ence program. Greer Mid-dle received $1,480 to in-corporate technology and engineering concepts.

Skyland Elementary re-ceived $1,450 to engage students through litera-ture and music. Mountain View Elementary received $1,350 to incorporate “Hooked with Nooks” in the classroom. Greer High received $1,270 for iPads for the Teacher Cadet pro-gram to create lessons for elementary and middle schools. Byrnes Freshman Academy received $1,250 to increase engagement in learning math concepts and skills through use of an Interwrite board. Ly-

man Elementary received $1,100 to improve math and science skills in third grade with hands-on ac-tivities.

Greer High received $800 to incorporate Sen-teo Interactive Response System, which allows teachers to create ques-tions students can answer electronically with a wire-less clicker. Byrnes High received $500 to continue its FIGHT weight-loss and fitness program. Dunbar Child Development Center received $400 to purchase a Sono Flex app to help students develop a core vocabulary.

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BY WILLIAM BUCHHEITSTAFF WRITER

It’s been 94 years since the first seeds of Compass of Carolina were planted in the Upstate. It was dur-ing WWI, when the Girls Protective Bureau opened a home for young women in downtown Greenville. A few years later, the house began serving boys as well, and by the 1930s, had merged with the city’s Family Welfare Society. In the eight decades since, the organization has served the needs of strug-gling women, children and families throughout Greenville County.

With programs to pre-vent and fight domestic violence, gang involve-ment and financial irre-sponsibility, Compass of Carolina (COC) attempts to strengthen our commu-nity by strengthening in-dividuals and families. It is a non-profit agency that relies on grants and do-nations to keep its doors open.

Its important annual fundraiser, “Chase Away the Blues,” is set for the weekend of February 21 and 22 at The Handlebar in Greenville.

“One of the things we do with our fundraiser is try to raise money so that we can pay the counselors’ salaries and try to keep our programs affordable,” said COC Board Chair Carol Tarwater, who has lived in Greer and served several terms on the board since the mid-90s.

2014 marks the 17th anniversary of the event, a two-night music festival headlined by barbeque and rock music. Tickets for Friday night’s concert, featuring classic rockers Black Oak Arkansas, are $24 and tickets for Satur-day’s show featuring local band The Blue Dogs are $18. Tickets include bar-becue, provided by Table 301 Catering.

Tarwater said this year’s fundraiser is especially im-portant, considering that the federal sequestration cut $40,000 from the non-profit’s operating budget in 2013. COC charges cli-ents for their services, but on a sliding scale, meaning much of its funding must come from outside contri-butions.

Among the agency’s newest programs are “Sec-ond Chance,” a course for at-risk youth, and “Roller-coasters,” an eight-week class for kids age 5-12 who are coping with parental divorce or separation.

“A lot of times they (chil-dren) don’t know who to

turn to. They don’t have anyone to talk to. They just get caught in the mid-dle,” Tarwater explains. “Our child therapist is ex-cellent. She does a great job with the kids.”

Compass also recently launched its “Represen-tative Payee Program,” a financial guidance course for local citizens receiving Social Security, SSI and/or V.A. benefits.

Doors open at 7 p.m. both nights for “Chase Away the Blues,” with food being served until eight, when the opening musical act is set to take the stage. Black Oak Arkansas and The Blue Dogs will come on at 9 p.m.

For tickets, contact Com-pass of Carolina at 467-3434 or The Handlebar at 233-6173.


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Compass of Carolina is hosting ‘Chase Away Blues,’ featuring rock band Black Oak Arkansas.

Compass of Carolina event will ‘Chase Away Blues’

Over the next five weeks, Greer Community Ministries (GCM) is asking for donations of essential food items. The “Fab Five” (cereal, oatmeal, grits, beef stew and spaghetti sauce) go out with every food pantry client and repre-sent the items that run out most often.

“Donations of canned fruits and vegetables are

more consistent, and we seldom have to make an emergency grocery store run for them,” said Cindy Simpler, GCM executive director. “We have a more difficult time keeping suf-ficient quantities of the “Fab Five” available for the families we serve.”

Greer Community Minis-tries sends out around 200 food orders per month.

That means at least 200 of each of these essential items must come in each

month to keep the food pantry stocked.

“When you see a featured item of the week, please add it to your grocery list. We have one supporter who buys one for each of their grandchildren as way of both honoring them and teaching them the im-portance of helping oth-ers. GCM needs your help to provide good nutrition

to every family we serve,” Simpler said.

The challenge is as fol-lows:

Week one: Boxed cereal (12.25 oz boxes)

Week two: Oatmeal (16 oz. container or 10-pack individual servings)

Week three: Grits (18 oz. container or 10-pack indi-vidual servings)

Week four: Beef stew (20

oz. cans)Week five: Spaghetti

sauce (24 oz. cans or jars)Please bring donations

to Greer Community Min-istries, located at 738 S. Line Street Extension, Greer. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

GCM needs the essential food items for pantryGCM CHALLENGE |Week 1: Boxed cerealWeek 2: OatmealWeek 3: GritsWeek 4: Beef stewWeek 5: Spaghetti sauce

Carol Tarwater

MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN

The Greater Greer Education Foundation awarded more than $16,000 worth of grants to local educators in Greenville and Spartanburg counties.

Greater Greer Education Foundation awards $16,550

It was during our Saturday night tradi-tion of watching our favorite recorded “Brit-coms” with a generous gin and

tonic each that my phone rang and I made the motion to answer it.

“Why don’t you turn off the ringer?” Paul asked, slightly annoyed as he put ‘Doc Martin’ on pause.

Because, I reminded him, as both our moms reside at a retirement facility, we always want to be available in case of an emergency. But this number, I squinted at the phone, was coming in from New York and I’m sorry to say my curiosity got the better of me and I answered it.

“Hello, Pam, my name is Andy and I used to own your horse, Forrest,” came the kindly voice on the other end. “I tracked you down through Rerun Thor-oughbred rescue and thought you might like to know Forrest’s backstory as it’s quite amazing.”

“It’s about Forrest!” I mouthed to Paul, who rolled his eyes and muttered, “Oh, great, horses. Again.”

“We have a few race horses that we’ve bred and raised ourselves, and when For-rest was born,” Andy began as I turned

my back on Paul and listened hard, “it was a difficult birth and my trainer called to tell us he showed no interest in nursing and didn’t look good. We took him to the clinic in Rhinebeck and the vets there told us his kidneys were in bad shape and he was failing.”

“When Forrest was born, he was dy-ing!” I whispered hoarsely to Paul who, now checking Facebook, replied, “Well, we all are, after we’re born.”

“I asked the vets if they could save him,” Andy continued, “and they said, ‘we can try,’ and I asked how much it would cost because if it was going to be hugely expensive, like, $10 grand, then, you know,” he trailed off.

“Sure,” I agreed.“But they said it would be about a

thousand a day, so, I said, go for it.’ ”

“A thousand a day!” I eeked to Paul, who said, “You do realize you have a speaker button on your phone, right?”

“Oh, yeah.”“So Forrest stayed there for awhile

and, after a few days, he began to rally and surprised everyone by recover-ing, but the problem was, because of his difficult delivery, his front legs were so crooked, so ‘over in the knee,’ ” Andy explained, describing a condi-tion where the front legs look bent at the knees even when a horse is stand-ing as straight as it can, “that then the vets had to custom-make special braces, splints, for him to wear on his legs for six months.”

“Just like Forrest Gump!” I gasped to Paul who reminded me with a pointed finger that I had the speaker on.

“And I thought, this horse is just like Forrest Gump as a kid!” Andy echoed.

“And when the braces came off?” I urged, leaning forward slightly.

“When the braces came off, he was turned out with the other youngsters in the field, but was pretty much the low man on the totem pole, and it was

even more like the movie, getting picked on all the time. However, he was com-pletely normal and galloped around, so I thought I’d call him Run Forrest Run, but that name was already taken, so we chose Go Forrest Go. Anyway, it’s just amazing that he survived at all. He did race at Belmont and finished fourth, and I had an offer on him. But, I didn’t want to see him go to the minor leagues, in claiming races, and be raced ‘til he broke down, so we just gave him and his brother, Eli, to Rerun and asked Lisa to find good homes for them. And we’re just delighted he’s with you.”

Even Paul looked moved at this last bit of information.

I thanked Andy, not only for this wonderful tale about my new horse, but for being one of the good guys: the race owners that truly care about their ani-mals. The ones that don’t send them to auction to be bought up by the slaugh-terhouses, the ones that don’t grab a quick buck, but are true horsemen, in every sense of the word.

And, Andy, Forrest sure thanks you, too.

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Just like Forrest Gump!

MLK: The civil rights leader who sacri� ced all

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day busi-nesses and government activity ceased and citizens took time to reflect on the impact this single man had on the civil rights movement.

King committed his life to shattering the ra-cial and economical barriers that resulted in un-equal rights through non-violent action. He par-ticipated in numerous marches and protests, including the bus boycott, the lunch counter sit-in, the March on Washington and the Freedom Walk. He was jailed several times for his efforts, and he was responsible for delivering some of the most recognizable speeches in American history, including his “I have a Dream” speech, delivered in 1963 and his “I’ve been on the Mountaintop” speech, delivered 1968 — the same year he died.

In that speech, King said: “We’ve got some dif-ficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the moun-taintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!”

While King is responsible for valiantly propel-ling the civil rights movement forward, during his lifetime he faced more opposition than sup-port from both white and black people. Oppo-nents often stood on one of two sides against King: they either accepted segregation as an inevitable part of life and didn’t want to face the possible consequences that would form as from protest, or they believed that King’s vision couldn’t be accomplished through the nonvio-lent approach he so publicly advocated. It’s for these reasons King’s dream was all the more dif-ficult to envision and he was often alienated in his civil rights journey. But, he wasn’t in search of validation of his beliefs.

“I come here tonight and plead with you, be-

lieve in yourself and believe that you’re some-body,” King said. “As I said to a group last night, nobody else can do this for us. No document can do this for us…If the negro is to be free he must move down into the inner resources of his own soul and sign with a pen and ink of self-asserted manhood his own emancipation proclamation.”

King advocated for racial and economic equality, but the significance of King’s journey doesn’t only relate to these aspects. King’s lega-cy also represents the possibility of change in a democratic society and a turning point in Amer-ican history. Despite his oppressors, King made an uphill climb to the mountaintop alongside many others who sacrificed their lives, never seeing the result of their efforts. In 1968, after King was fatally shot in Memphis, Tenn., and within a week after his assassination, the Open Housing Act King advocated for was passed by Congress. The act prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of a private home based on race.

King left behind a legacy that continues to impact the way we live our lives today, and it’s for this reason his holiday should be remem-bered and honored, not only by Greer, but by the United States.

To hearthe wordRead James 2:1-9

Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be

heirs to the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? -James 2:5 (NRSV)

Our young-adult Bible study group sat outside a sandwich shop in downtown Washing-ton, D.C. We were beginning our discussion of the letter of James when a man approached our table. “Excuse me,” he said.

“Are you studying the Bible?”One of us hesitantly an-

swered, “Yes.”“May I join you?” he respond-

ed. We glanced at each other. How could we say no?

The man sat down and asked if we would read the passage again. We did, and it was stun-ning. James indicts his audi-ence for showing favoritism to the rich while neglecting the poor. Ray, the man who had just joined us, listened intently as we read. Then he told us about being homeless and going into churches and being ignored or even asked to leave because he wasn’t well-dressed or well-groomed. “The worst part of being homeless,” he said, “is having nowhere to hear the word.” He meant the “word of God”; but he could also have meant any word at all. Too often, people who are homeless are ignored; no one speaks to them. After studying the Bible and sharing a meal, we asked Ray if we could pray for him; but he prayed for us.

Christ visited us that night. How many other nights have we received a visit from Christ and not realized it?

Prayer: God of the poor, help us to see your face in everyone who is in need. Amen.

An unfulfilled dream

I had the honor of attending the MLK event at Greer City Hall on Monday, and it left

an impression. The singers gave riveting performances that moved everyone in the room. The conviction in the dramatic interpretations per-formed by students gave me chills, and speaker Rev. Earl Simmons left me with a mes-sage I carried home: We’re not there yet.

King didn’t only fight for racial equality, but also eco-nomic equality. He opposed capitalism and believed it allowed for systematic op-pression and promoted greed and profit over the individual. Time has proven him correct. King opposed the allowance of poverty, as it’s a manmade struggle that can only exist if society lets it. For this reason, King called for a revolution of values that would restructure society and eliminate poverty. We’re not there yet.

We’ve made progress, but to believe inequality doesn’t still resonate in our policies and practices is foolish. Today, nearly 47 million people are living below the poverty level. While our government recog-nizes corporations as people allowing them tax breaks, fast food workers fight for living wages because as the cost of living rises, minimum wage remains stagnant. Corporations continue to export industrial jobs, contributing to the 7.6 percent unemployment rate. American-based franchises fill their stores with products made abroad to increase their profit margin, and as a result, condemn local businesses. Women remain underpaid, as we make 78 percent of what men do, and that gap increases for women who aren’t white.

“The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty,” King said. We’re not there yet.

Refusing to learn from our mistakes, history repeats itself as we discriminate against ho-mosexuals — the latest target of our oppression. We righ-teously deny their rights with the same bigoted beliefs we used to justify the suppression of African-American citizens. We deny these rights under the guise of religion, when in truth, it’s merely fear-fuled hate.

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear,” King said. We’re not there yet.

‘The worst part of being

homeless is having

nowhere to hear the

word.’

Opponents often stood on one

of two sides against King: they

either accepted segregation as

an inevitable part of life...or they

believed that King’s vision couldn’t

be accomplished through the

nonviolent approach he so publicly

advocated.

Local residents will have the opportunity to meet with potential employers today (Wednesday, Jan. 22) in Greenville.

Proterra Inc, the leading provider of zero-emission battery-electric transit so-lutions, is hosting a job fair to find qualified can-didates to fill full-time mechanical and electrical assembly openings.

The job fair, held in con-junction with HTI Employ-ment Solutions, lasts from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Em-bassy Suites.

The main highlight of the job fair will include giving dedicated and tal-ented job seekers the op-portunity to meet with recruiters who are looking to fill open positions for one of the Upstate’s larg-est manufacturers.

HTI Employment Solu-tions will be accepting ap-plications and conducting interviews for mechanical assemblers and electrical assemblers. Comprehen-

sive benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision insurance and 401k are available. All qualified candidates must have a high school diplo-ma or GED.

“Due to the exceptional growth at Proterra, we are looking to fill several open positions to support our operations. The col-laborative effort between Proterra and HTI will help identify top talent in the Greenville area to ensure

our continued success,” said Cissy Reid, director of human resources for Proterra.

Embassy Suites is located at 670 Verdae Boulevard, Greenville. Interested can-didates that cannot attend the job fair can visit www.htijobs.com/job-openings to apply online.

Proterra is a leader in the design and manufac-ture of clean technology and clean energy, provid-ing zero emissions vehi-

cles that enable bus fleet operators to significantly reduce operating cost while delivering clean, quiet power to the com-munity. Headquartered in Greenville, HTI Employ-ment Solutions is a multi-faceted human resource advisory firm providing professional recruiting, industrial staffing, cor-porate staffing/executive search, human resource consulting, and outplace-ment services.

BUSINESSThe Greer Citizen

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 THE GREER CITIZEN A5

Pay the IRS first!

Q: My husband has his own business installing windows. As a result, we now have IRS and state tax debt. We’re managing the payments, but where should these debts be placed in the debt snow-ball plan?

DR: I don’t usually cheat on the smallest to largest progression of the debt snowball, but I’d recom-mend moving these debts to the top of the list.

Both state and fed-eral taxes come with ridiculous penalties and interest rates, and the authorities at either level have virtually unlimited power at their disposal to screw with your life if something bad happens. The IRS can actually take your money without suing you. So, you don’t want to become a blip on their radar screen by being late with payments.

Get it cleaned up as quickly as possible, Olivia. You don’t want to mess around with these guys!

Check on the checkingaccount

Q: My husband died eight years ago, and I never closed his bank ac-counts that were opened when we lived in another state. We lived in Florida before moving to Oregon. I didn’t probate the es-tate, and he did not have a will. I’m trying to work with the banks to get this settled, but they’re giving me the runaround. Do you have any advice?

DR: The first thing you need to do is contact an attorney who handles estate planning. If the accounts were opened in Florida, but you both lived in Oregon at the time of his death, technically the estate would be probated in Oregon. That may be what has to happen. If so, a judge would ap-point you as executor. As executor, you can close the accounts and disperse any money to the rightful heir—which is you.

Be prepared, though. It may take somewhere between $250 and $500 in attorney fees and court costs to make this hap-pen. If you’re lucky, you might get a simple motion from the court that would cost you next to nothing. But find a good estate planning attorney who knows Oregon law inside and out. Estate laws and probate laws differ from state to state, and Florida and Oregon both have some weird laws in these areas.

DAVESAYS

DAVERAMSEY

Coldwell Banker hires Howle

Coldwell Banker Com-mercial Caine recently wel-comed Graham Howle as its new commercial sales agent for the company’s Greenville office.

Howle has expertise in deal structuring, negotiat-ing and investing. He has been in the real estate business as an investor since 2002. Prior to his real estate career, Howle was president of Mosaic Management LLC.

He graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science in economics. He also holds certifications in lean man-agement and time man-agement.

In the Greenville com-munity, he is a member of Buncombe Street United Methodist Church.

“We are excited about the opportunities that are available to Graham given his comprehensive knowledge of business and real estate,” said Brad Halter, chairman of Cold-well Banker Commercial Caine. “And we are con-fident that he will have a long and successful career with us at Coldwell Banker Commercial Caine.”

With an office in Greer, Coldwell Banker Commer-cial Caine services busi-nesses across Greenville, Spartanburg, Oconee and Pickens counties. Family owned and operated, the company has been provid-ing service to the Upstate community since 1933.

At Tuesday’sPresbyterianCollege event

Minor Shaw, chair of The Daniel-Mickel Foundation and 2012 South Carolina Business Hall of Fame in-ductee, will deliver Presby-terian College’s Robert M. Vance Lecture on Business Ethics.

Shaw will speak from 11 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Jan. 28 in Edmunds Hall as part of the event, host-ed by the Department of Business Administration and Economics.

Shaw was instrumen-tal in bringing Southwest Airlines to South Carolina while serving as chair of the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Commission. She also served as a founder

of the Roper Mountain Sci-ence Center and the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, described by Columbia Metropolitan magazine as “two staples of the Upstate community bringing great value to students and awe to children and families.”

Shaw serves on numer-ous boards, including the

Greenville Chamber of Commerce, the South Car-olina Governor’s School for the Arts Foundation, The Palmetto Institute, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Piedmont Natural Gas and Columbia Mutual Funds. She is a for-mer board member of C&S National Bank of South Carolina and Interstate Se-curities.

Recognized as one of the country’s leading business individuals, Shaw current-ly is president of Micco, LLC, a private investment company located in Green-ville. She previously served as president of both Micco Corporation and Mickel Investment Group, also private Greenville busi-nesses.

She attended Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and received her bachelor of arts degree from the University of North Caro-

lina at Chapel Hill.The Robert M. Vance

Lecture on Business Eth-ics was created to honor its namesake, who consid-ered ethics, honesty and integrity to be extremely important. The lecture, funded by the Bailey Foun-dation, is a tribute to the late businessman’s legacy and his numerous con-tributions to the Clinton community.

Limited seating is avail-able for the lecture. For tickets and information, contact Christie Mueller by phone at 833-8700 or by email at [email protected].

Founded in 1880, Pres-byterian College is a Carn-egie One liberal arts col-lege and is fully accredited by the Commission on Col-leges of the Southern As-sociation of Colleges and Schools.

Graham Howle

1921 Hwy. 101 South(Exit 60 off Interstate 85)

Greer, SC 29651

864-968-1133

CigarsS.C.’s Largest Humidor

Shaw is featured lecturer

Minor Shaw

Greenville job fair set for Wednesday

Allowsmobile banking

Greer State Bank re-cently launched its new mobile banking applica-tion, designed to provide customers with on-the-go banking.

The mobile application enables customers to ac-cess their bank, pay bills and credit card accounts anytime, anywhere. The application allows the customer to view upcom-ing bills and get notifica-tions about payments and real time confirmations that payments have been scheduled. Cash flow and account balances can be

checked in real time. The banking app pro-

vides a comprehensive view of account transac-tions including merchant details, available cash, available credit and more through the app dash-board. All activity is fully secure, which allows cus-tomers to transfer funds and move money where they need it.

“People are constantly on the go, but not always able to visit one of our branch locations,” said Vic Grout, chief banking of-ficer at Greer State Bank. “The convenience of mo-bile banking lets a cus-tomer easily manage their finances whenever they choose to best fit their schedule. This new mobile app is just another one of the tools we provide to en-hance the banking experi-

ence for our customers.”The Greer State Bank

mobile banking applica-tion is currently available at the Apple App Store and Google Play for online banking customers. The download is free.

Now in its twenty-sixth year of operations, Greer

State Bank serves the Greer community with three branch offices and a fourth branch office in the Taylors community. More information on the company can be found at http://www.GreerState-Bank.com.

Greer State Bank launches app

‘People are constantly on the go, but not

always able to visit one of our branch

locations. The convenience of mobile

banking lets a customer easily manage

their finances whenever they choose to

best fit their schedule.’

Vic GroutChief banking o� cer, Greer State Bank

Veleda J. AstonVeleda Jackson Aston,

88, of Greer, widow of W.L. “Bill” Aston, died Jan. 18, 2014 at Alpha Health and Rehab.

A native of Greenville County, daughter of the late Thurlow Quain and May Gibson Jackson, she attended Anderson Col-lege and was a member of Greer First Baptist church where she taught in the Beginner Sunday School class and GA’s for many years.

Surviving are one daugh-ter Beth Aston of Greer and one sister Cornelia Ki-nard of Greer.

Graveside services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Mountain View Cem-etery conducted by Dottie Bryson.

The family greeted friends after the service at the gravesite.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully re-quests that memorials be made to the charity of one’s choice.

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

Wilma CooperWilma Jean Phillips Coo-

per, 76, of 211 Lanford St., Greer, died Jan. 19, 2014 at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

A proud native of Greer, daughter of the late Wood-row and Mattie Lou Pear-son Phillips, she was a homemaker and a member of Victor Baptist Church. She was a loving mother, a poet, a seamstress, a cook, and very patriotic.

Surviving are her daugh-ter, Carol Wilson and her husband, Ryan of Greer; two sisters, Gail Reeves and her husband, Lewis of Greer, Carolyn Edwards and her husband, Earl of Greer; a brother, Richard Phillips, Sr. and his wife, Anna of Altoona, Penn-sylvania; and a beloved grandson, Aaron Wilson.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday at The Wood Mortuary, conducted by Rev. David Cobb. Burial will follow in Wood Memorial Park.

Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at The Wood Mortuary.

The family is at the home of her daughter, Carol Wilson, 13 Kimbrells Cove Lane, Greer.

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

Eugene B. HoltzclawVeteran

Eugene Branan “Gene” Holtzclaw, 66, of 123 Meadow View Lane, died

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 at his home sur-

rounded by his loving family and mortuary staff. Born in Summerville, he was a son of the late James T. Holtzclaw and Frances Branan Cannon.

He graduated from Greer High School, attend-ed Gardner Webb College, and was a 1988 Graduate of Gupton Jones College of Mortuary Science. He was a licensed funeral director since 1971 and was owner of Liberty Mortuary, Inc.

Gene was a United States Army veteran of the Viet-nam War where he served in Saigon.

Funeral services to hon-or the life of Mr. Holtzclaw will be 2 p.m. Friday, Janu-ary 17, 2014 at East Side Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Dr. Royce Addis, and Rev. Dr. Rick Lee. Burial will be at Liberty Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Liberty Mortuary.

Surviving are his wife of 42 years, Pat Newton Holtzclaw of the home; a son, Brad Holtzclaw and his wife Christina of Lib-erty; two grandchildren,

Madison and Connor Holtzclaw; two aunts, Mil-dred Van Patten and Lucile Campbell both of Greer.

In addition to his par-ents, he was preceded in death by his father and mother in law, Peter Jack and Ethell Rogers Newton.

Flowers will be accept-ed or memorials may be made to Pickens County Meals On Wheels, P.O. Box 184, Easley S.C. 29641.

The family would like to extend their sincere appre-ciation to his nurses from Providence Care Hospice, Pam, Alexia, and Kayla, for all of their kind love and support during this time.

The family will be at the home. Memorial mes-sages may be sent to the family by visiting www.libertymortuary.com Lib-erty Mortuary is handling arrangements.

Jay LoganVeteran

James Coleman Logan, 71, of 179 Logans Run, Duncan, passed away Sun-day, Jan. 19, 2014.

A native of Savannah, GA, he was the son of James Rich-

ard Logan of Columbia and the late Evelyn John-son Logan and the hus-band of Sylvia Logan. Mr. Logan was a member of Dutch Fork Masonic Lodge No. 402 and Veteran of the US Navy. He obtained a marketing degree from East Tennessee State and retired from Aetna as an insurance adjuster.

He was one-of-a-kind and we were honored to call him “Daddy, Dada, Papa and Husband.” He thor-oughly enjoyed showing his grandchildren a good time on his farm. Once, he even baked a Valentine’s cake for us-with icing! - and our initials! He loved to cook for us “goats, guts and collards.”

Survivors also include: three daughters, Angela L. Rumsey and husband Tim of Greer, Andrea L. “Gidget” Palladino and husband Rick of Simpson-ville, and Jaymee L. Black-well and husband Travis of Lyman; a brother, Roger H. Logan and wife Kay of Decater, Alabama; a sis-ter, Shanna L. Grannis and husband Larry of Co-lumbia; and eight grand-children, Logan Craig and husband Elliott, Laundon and Coleman Rumsey, Will, Reagan, Ryan Pal-ladino, Chastin Blackwell and Andrew Rumsey. He is predeceased by a brother, Gary R. Logan.

The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday on his farm, 179 Logans Run, Duncan.

Interment was at Wood Memorial Park. The family received friends following the graveside service.

The family will be at 104 Crestwood Drive, Greer.

Robert L. SiegelRobert Louis Siegel,

71, of Greer, died Jan. 7, 2014 at his home.A native of Milwaukee County, WI, son of the late Lawrence and Martha Jutz-ronka Siegel, he gradu-ated from UW of Madison, Bachelor of Science and was a massage therapist 15 years with the Family Practice of Greer with Dr. DeGarmo.

Robert was a Agronomist for 31 years with DeKalb Seed Company, a member

of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, member of Brides of the Most blessed Trin-ity, Knights of Columbus 3rd Degree council 12274 and Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Holy Family Council 2502.

Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Barbara Briski Siegel of the home; two daughters, Clare Sarbacker of Greer and Deanna Ro-man (Rick) of Taylors; one brother, Lawrence Siegel, Jr., (Debbie) of Franksville, WI; five sisters, Carol Peck (Ron) of Redmond, WA, Dorothy Acker (Duane) of Franksville, WI, Susan Bliss (Jerry) Las Vegas, NV, Lois Dombrowski (Ervin) of Caledonia, WI, and Sally Marsch (Larry) of IL; five grandchildren, Aaron Rob-ert Sarbacker (Tiffany) of Madison, WI, Carl Sarback-er (Katie Winn) of Greer, Anna Sarbacker of Greer, Rachel Pochardt (Ben) of Travelers Rest and Zach-ary Roman (Elisabeth) of Sweden; four great-grand-children, Annie Bernice, Addison, Alivia and Daisy; sister-in-law, Mary Briski Pakulski (John) of WI and brother-in-law, Richard Briski (Diane) of WI.

A wake service will be held January 24, 2014 at the Wood Mortuary from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. with Ro-sary at 6 p.m.

A funeral mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Sat-urday, January 25, 2014 at Blessed Trinity Catholic Church conducted by Fa-ther Phillip Gillespie.

The family respect-fully requests flowers be omitted and memorials be made to Blessed Trin-ity Catholic Church for masses said for Robert L. Siegel.

The family is at the home.


Betty M. Suddeth

Betty McAbee Suddeth, 77, of Greer, went home to be with the Lord Satur-day, Jan. 18, 2014. She was the loving wife of James A. (Jim) Suddeth for 55 years.

Born in Greenville Coun-ty, she was the daughter of the late William (Brudge) and Grace Mason McAbee.

She retired from Pied-mont Industries after 37 years of service and she was the caregiver for her mother for 12 years. She was an active member of Camp Creek Baptist for 55 years.

In addition to her hus-band, she is survived by one sister and three broth-ers: Willie Mae Williams, Joe K. McAbee, Donald L. (Jr.) McAbee (Evelyn), Mar-shall O. (Bud) McAbee, Sr., (Sandra).

She was a loving aunt to many nephews and nieces; Britt McAbee (Linda), Steve and Sabrina McAbee, Don-nie Williams, Beckie Augh-try (Joe), William K. McA-bee, Mart McAbee (Debbie), Debbra Wilson (Randy), Chet McAbee (Rita), Chris McAbee (Renee), Lee McA-bee (Sharon) and Marshall McAbee, Jr. (Deana). She had twelve great nephews and nieces, two special great-great nephews, Wil-liam (Will) McAbee and Hunter McAbee and a sis-ter-in-law, Hilda Dill.

She was predeceased by her oldest brother, J.W. McAbee.

A special thanks to In-terim Health Care Hospice for the special care.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Wood Mortuary conducted by Rev. John Sullivan, Dr. David Boyter and Dr. Bill McManus. Burial will fol-low in Hillcrest Memory Gardens.

Visitation will be held 12:30-1:45 p.m. Wednes-day at Wood Mortuary.

Pallbearers will be her nephews Britt, Mason, Lee, Donnie, Scott and Chet.

Memorials may be made to Camp Creek Baptist Church, 1100 Camp Creek Road, Taylors, S.C. 29687 or Interim Health Care Hospice, 155 Deacon Til-ler Court, Duncan, S.C. 29334-9967.

The families will be at their respective homes.


Betty W. VadenBetty Harvey Waters Va-

den, 85, of Pickens, died January 18, 2014 at her home.

A Greer, SC native, she was a daughter of the late Boyce Lee Harvey, Sr. and Lillian Lister Harvey. Bet-ty was predeceased by her first husband, James Har-old (Hodge) Waters and her second husband, Wil-liam L. (Bill) Vaden. She was a retired employee of Greenville Memorial Hos-pital, a member of Fair-view Baptist Church, and she will be remembered as the original owner of The Fork Restaurant in Greer.

Survivors include her four children, Cynthia W. Barrera of Atlanta, Tony Waters (Kay) of Greer, Cathy W. Sanders (John) of Pickens and Susan W. Dillard (Franky) of Greer; eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

She was also prede-ceased by a brother, Boyce Lee “Billy” Harvey, Jr. and a sister, Jean Harvey Smith.

A memorial service will be held at The Wood Mor-tuary Chapel in Greer on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 3:30 p.m., offici-ated by Rev. Bryan Hester, Rev. Jim Frost and family tributes. The family will receive friends from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Wednesday prior to the service at the mortuary. Private burial will follow the funeral ser-vice.

The family is at the home of the son, Tony Waters.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

The family extends a special thank you to In-terim Healthcare Hospice, Vardrey Williams and An-gela Young for the excel-lent care they gave during her illness.

Memorials may be made to Greer Community Min-istries, P.O. Box 1373, Greer, SC 29652-1373.


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About 40 people have registered and Ludwig hopes to reach 70.

Registration for the third annual Brrr in Grrr Ice Bowl starts at 8:30 a.m. and tee off is around 10:15 a.m. Feb. 1 at Century Park. Registration costs $20 and a five-canned good dona-tion.

To register or get more information, search Greer Disc Golf on Facebook or visit discgolfunited.com. Those interested can also call Ludwig at 318-243-3932.

Online registration clos-es at midnight Jan. 25.

A.M. Best Co. recently affirmed the A+ finan-cial strength rating of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina’s (BSBS SC) group of companies. The outlook for this rating is stable.

“This rating reflects the financial stability of our total group of more than 40 companies,” said David Pankau, BlueCross presi-dent and chief executive officer. “It means that our customers can depend on us for excellence, stability and leadership. To achieve this rating for 12 consecu-tive years is a testament to our hard work. As one of only three insurance carriers in the nation to achieve this rating, we are very proud to be in this se-lect group.”

In the latest report re-ceived in January for 2013 performance, A.M. Best said the uncertainties of the effects of the Afford-able Care Act on the com-pany’s core health insur-ance operations are offset

by the diversification into other businesses by the group of companies. It said BlueCross “maintains excellent financial flexibil-ity.”

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BlueCross is the only health insurer to compete in all customer segments in the state.

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far away farm somewhere. It’s actually his backyard.

“There’s all kinds of benefits to knowing where your food comes from, the fact that you’re raising it in your backyard for eggs, and that you can live more of a sustainable lifestyle,” Rementeria continued.

In other business, coun-cil unanimously approved a contractual agreement between Greer Commis-sion of Public Works (CPW) and Renewable Wa-ter Resources (ReWa) for sewer territory assignment within areas in the City of Greer’s jurisdiction. The agreement allows ReWa to temporarily service the area until CPW’s service area can be expanded through legislation.

Ann Cunningham, di-rector of Greer’s parks and recreation, and her staff presented the de-partment’s annual report. In 2013, the Greer Parks and Recreation Depart-ment participated in mul-tiple projects, including the National Night Out Campaign, Friends with Lake Robinson Day of Cel-ebration, the erection of a sculpture in front of the Cannon Centre and the rehabilitation of batting cages and tennis courts, as well as facilitating several youth sports and theater programs.

In 2014, the department will appropriate funds for another piece of the com-munity art and citywide trails plan. The plan was presented in May to be considered as part of the city’s master plan. About $47,000 in grants was awarded to the depart-ment in 2013, and through 2014, the department will continue to utilize avail-

able grants.Councilmember Wayne

Griffin received unani-mous approval to serve a second term as mayor pro tempore. Gene Gibson, with CPW, along with Grif-fin, Lee Dumas and Judy Albert were sworn in to serve another term.

Council also approved

the first reading of ordi-nances for annexation of property at 3006 and 2941 Brushy Creek Road with R-12 residential zoning.

The next Greer City Council meeting will be held on Jan. 28 at 6:30 p.m. at Greer City Hall.


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ebrate that we’ve come a mighty long way. So as we celebrate the passing of these difficult days, I stopped by to tell you that we’re not there yet.”

He said while there are milestones to celebrate, there is still a lot more to accomplish as a nation.

“We’re not there yet while the poverty rate for black families is three times that of any other racial group. We’re not there yet,” Sim-mons said. “We’re not there yet because the eco-nomic inequality, the gap between the rich and the poor keeps getting wider and wider. We’re not there yet. We’re not there yet as long as black men are not able to get a decent pay-ing job, while all the good jobs go to anybody but us. We’re not there yet as long the incarceration rate of black people is three times higher than that of white people, and yet they do the same crimes as we do. We’re not there yet, while single mothers rais-ing two kids working for a minimum wage job, can’t survive off the shrinking dollar, but the CEO gets a bonus every year. We’re not there yet as long as our children continue to receive a below standard education that systemati-

cally puts them at a disad-vantage…”

Simmons’ high-energy speech asked those in at-tendance not to be com-placent and to continue to work toward change for equality.

Sammy Dotson provided musical entertainment for the event, performing sev-eral gospels.

Dramatic interpreta-tions were given by LeAn-dra Sligh, who performed Maya Angelous’ “Still I Rise,” Tymetrious Bolden, who performed Maya An-gelous’ “Phenomenal Wom-

an,” and Terrell Hampton, who performed Dr. King’s “I have a Dream” speech.

Dramatic interpreta-tion performers were all students from the Phyllis Wheatley Dwight Woods Repertory Theatre.

“We want the youth to understand the history and understand the struggle — that you didn’t get where you are by yourself today, you’re actually (standing) on the shoulders of the people that came before you and that’s important that they know the his-tory, and that they also

understand his dream. His dream was for all kids, black kids, white kids, His-panic, for every kid. And we do live in a country where, if you do believe in your dreams, you can live to be whoever you want to be,” said Wayne Griffin, councilmember and mas-ter of ceremonies.

Stephania Talley-Priester and Ed Driggers were each honored with Samaritan Awards for their service to the surrounding com-munities.

“I’m surprised every time. Every time it’s a dif-ferent spirit. No two pro-grams are ever the same,” Griffin said.

The Black History Pro-gram will be held on Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Can-non Centre, located at 204 Cannon St., Greer.

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GRIEFSHAREFAIRVIEW BAPTIST

Fairview Baptist Church, 1300 Locust Hill Road, Greer, will host Grief-Share, a support group led by Carol Allen, on the sec-ond Sunday of each month from 4:45 - 6:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Carol Allen at 292-6008.

CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOLREDEEMER LUTHERAN

Redeemer Lutheran Church, 300 O’Neal Road, Greer, conducts Sunday School at 9 a.m., followed by the worship service at 10 a.m. each Sunday.

Redeemer’s pastor is Scottie Burkhalter.

For more information, call 877-5876.

TNT TUESDAY AT NEW BEGINNINGS OUTREACH

New Beginnings Out-reach Ministry will host a bible study entitled “TNT Tuesday” every other Tuesday (beginning Dec. 3) at 105 Marshland Lane, Greer.

New Beginnings Out-reach meets on Sundays at 611 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer, from 10-11:30 a.m. in the lower level of the strip mall across the street from Kia Dealership.

For more Information, call 325-2714.

OFFERING FREE FOODEBENEZER WELCOME

The Bread of Life Food Pantry at Ebenezer Wel-come Baptist Church, 4005 Highway 414, Landrum, is open on Thursdays from 2-4 p.m.

The pantry is open to families in need of as-sistance. Photo ID is re-quired.

For more information, call 895-1461.

SINGLES BIBLE STUDYPELHAM ROAD BAPTIST

Pelham Road Baptist Church, 1108 Pelham Road, Greer, hosts a Sin-gles Bible Study each Sun-day from 6-8:30 p.m.

SMALL GROUPS OFFERED AT GREER FIRST BAPTIST

ENGAGE Small Groups began this past Sunday at Greer First Baptist Church.

Groups offered include Co-Ed Young Adult Sin-gles (twenty-somethings - 35), Newlywed Married Couples (couples married less than five years), Mar-ried with Children (middle adult ages with children or youth) and Co-Ed Older Adults (married or single over 35).

Groups will meet in the Family Life Center. Dough-nuts and coffee will be available beginning at 9:15 a.m. and the class begins at 9:45 a.m.

There will be a large group time and the last part of the class will con-sist of small group discus-sion times. Class will be lead by Pastor Rick.

GREER FIRST BEGINS NEW SERMON SERIES

Beginning last week, Greer First Baptist kicked off its new series entitled, “Honest to God.” The se-ries addresses foundation-al issues in the life of ev-ery person: the origin and significance of human life, the existence and nature of God and how God re-veals Himself and relates to people.

Phil Neves, a 2013 cine-ma production graduate of Bob Jones University, won the first place award for short film in the Intercol-legiate National Religious Broadcasters (iNRB) Stu-dent Production awards competition.

Neves’ film, “No Com-promise,” is a 12-minute social science fiction film he completed as his cin-ema capstone senior proj-ect. The film included a cast and crew of nearly 30 students and staff mem-bers and was filmed on the BJU campus and in the Greenville area.

Neves will be recognized at the iNRB Awards Cer-emony at the Gaylord Op-

ryland Hotel in Nashville, TN. on Feb. 24. In addition to receiving a cash award and a travel stipend, he will participate in the Na-tional Religious Broadcast-

ers Convention.“I’m fascinated by the

relationship of individu-als to institutions,” said Neves. “At home, work, school and under govern-ment, we’re surrounded by bureaucracy and au-tomation. As institutions grow and age, they can

become inflexible and fail to respond to individuals on an individual basis. ‘No Compromise’ is an explo-ration of what it feels like when you don’t fit into the machine, what it’s like to be a loose part trapped in the gears.”

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MLK: Talley-Priester, Driggers receive Samaritan Awards


Recreation Supervisor Justin Miller (left) and council member Wayne Gri� n (right) presented Stephania Talley-Priester with the Samaritan Award Monday at the MLK event.

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BAPTISTAbner Creek Baptist Church2461 Abner Creek Rd., Greer • 877-6604Airport Baptist Church776 S. Batesville Rd., Greer • 848-7850Apalache Baptist1915 Gap Creek Rd., Greer • 877-6012Bible Baptist Church6645 Mountain View Rd., Taylors • 895-7003Blue Ridge Baptist Church3950 Pennington Rd., Greer • 895-5787BridgePointe600 Bridge Rd., Taylors • 244-2774Burnsview Baptist Church9690 Reidville Rd., Greer • 879-4006Calvary Baptist101 Calvary St., Greer • 877-9759Calvary Baptist108 Forest St., Greer • 968-0092Calvary Hill Baptist100 Edward Rd., LymanCalvary Road Baptist Church108 Bright Rd., Greer • 593-2643Camp Creek Baptist Church1100 Camp Creek Rd., TaylorsCedar Grove Baptist Church109 Elmer St., Greer • 877-6216Community Baptist Church642 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 848-3500Double Springs Baptist Church3800 Locust Hill Rd., Taylors • 895-1314Ebenezer-Welcome Baptist Church4005 Highway 414, Landrum • 895-1461El Bethel Baptist Church313 Jones Ave., Greer • 877-4021Emmanuel Baptist Church423 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer • 877-2121Enoree Fork Baptist Church100 Enoree Dr., Greer • 268-4385Fairview Baptist Church1300 Locust Hill Rd., Greer • 877-1881First Baptist Church202 W. Poinsett St., Greer • 877-4253Freedom Fellowship Greer High • 877-3604Friendship Baptist Church1600 Holly Springs Rd., Lyman • 877-4746Good News Baptist Church1592 S. Highway 14, Greer • 879-2289Grace Baptist Church760 W. Gap Creek Rd., Greer • 879-3519Grace Place407 Ridgewood Dr., Greer • 877-7724Greer Freewill Baptist Church110 Pine Ridge Dr., Greer • 968-0310Heritage Chapel Baptist Church218 Alexander Rd., Greer • 989-0170Highland Baptist Church3270 Hwy. 414, Taylors • 895-5270Hillcrest Baptist Church111 Biblebrook Dr., Greer • 877-4206Hispanic Baptist Iglesia Bautista Hispana199 Hubert St., Greer • 877-3899Holly Springs Baptist Church250 Hannon Rd., Inman • 877-6765Locust Hill Baptist Church5534 Locust Hill Rd., Travelers Rest • 895-1771Maple Creek Baptist Church609 S. Main St., Greer • 877-1791Milford Baptist Church1282 Milford Church Rd., Greer • 895-5533Mount Lebanon Baptist Church572 Mt. Lebanon Church Rd., Greer • 895-2334New Hope Baptist Church561 Gilliam Rd., Greer • 879-7080New Jerusalem Baptist Church413 E. Poinsett St., Greer • 968-9203New Life Baptist Church90 Becco Rd., Greer • 895-3224Northwood Baptist Church888 Ansel School Rd., Greer • 877-5417O’Neal Baptist Church3420 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-0930Pelham First Baptist Church2720 S. Old Highway 14, Greer • 879-4032People’s Baptist Church310 Victor Avenue Ext., Greer • 848-0449Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church201 Jordan Rd., Lyman • 879-2646Pleasant Grove Baptist Church1002 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer • 877-6436

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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It was the Greer Police Department’s response to a shoplifting call last Monday that led to the ar-rest of a Campobello man wanted by the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office for his role in a Jan. 11 Lyman home invasion.

Ronald Lynn Harris, 42, of 3460 Mount Lebanon Road, Campobello, has been charged with: mis-representing identifica-tion to law enforcement, first degree burglary, as-sault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

He also has warrants pending from Greer police for possession of drugs, possession of drug para-phernalia and shoplifting property enhancement.

According to incident reports obtained from the Greer police, two officers were dispatched to the Walmart shopping center in reference to providing assistance to another of-ficer, who was working a shoplifting case at Sally Beauty Supply.

Upon arrival, officers learned a white female wearing a blue dress had just shoplifted some hair products from the store and her vehicle was a white GMC suburban parked in front of the Rent A Center. After running the tag num-ber of the suburban it was determined to be linked to the Jan. 11 home invasion in which The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office is-sued three warrants (first degree burglary, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and possession of a firearm during a violent crime) on a male suspect identified as Ronald Lynn Harris.

While police were at-tempting to locate Harris and the female shoplifting suspect (later identified as Atkinson), a concerned citizen approached offi-cers and stated there was a white male matching Harris’ description walk-ing around the parking lot holding two fishing poles.

Officers located the man (Harris) and asked him for his identification. Har-ris provided the officers with a false identification, and when asked about the fishing poles, told them he had bought them from a man in the parking lot for $10 a piece. When the of-ficers realized Harris had provided them with a false identification, they placed him in investigative deten-tion and performed a terry frisk that yielded his wal-let, containing his iden-tification card. The Spar-tanburg County Sheriff’s Office was notified Harris had been arrested.

A loss prevention offi-cer inside Walmart, along with video surveillance, confirmed that Harris had stolen the two fishing rods that were each valued at $49.96.

The female shoplifting suspect, Audrey Thomp-son Atkinson, 36, of 475 Edwards Road 7, Lyman, was then arrested when she returned to the sub-urban. The stolen items from Sally Beauty Supply were located in the subur-ban, along with two flash-lights that had been stolen from Walmart. A search of Atkinson’s purse yielded ten oval pills identified as hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen. Also

located inside Atkinson’s pocketbook were two fish-ing reels and two pairs of sunglasses that had been shoplifted by Atkinson from Walmart. A search of the suburban yielded a black bag, containing five hypodermic needles (one of which contained a clear liquid that tested positive for opiates) and a spoon with drug residue. Harris claimed the bag and its contents belonged to him. Harris was turned over to Spartanburg County. At-kinson was also arrested.

(Note: All information contained in the following blotter was taken directly from the official incident reports filed by the Greer Police Department or The Spartanburg County Sher-iff’s Office or The Green-ville County Sheriff’s Of-fice. All suspects are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.)

METH MANUFACTUREBecky Sue Starnes, 44, of

10 21st St., Greer, has been charged with manufactur-ing methamphetamine and possession of meth-amphetamine.

Bruce Lee Horne, 30, of 201 Goforth Road, Lan-drum, has been charged with: possession of meth-amphetamine with the intent to distribute, traf-ficking ephedrine/pseudo-ephedrine, manufacturing methamphetamine, driving under suspension, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia and faulty equipment.

Stephen Joel Horton, 34, of 102 Windemere Drive, Greenville, has been charged with manufactur-ing methamphetamine and a bench warrant for failure to appear.

According to incident reports, an officer was on routine patrol in the area of Memorial Drive Ext. when he observed a green Pontiac with two inoper-able brake lights.

The officer activated his blue lights to initiate a traf-fic stop on the vehicle and, upon doing so, he observed the backseat passenger and the driver moving around inside the vehicle in a suspicious manner. After the vehicle stopped, the officer approached the driver (Horne) and asked for his license and reg-istration. Horne did not have a license or a vehicle registration. The officer also asked for the back seat passenger’s (Horton) license.

The officer learned that Horne’s license was sus-pended and Horton had a failure to appear warrant. Horne and Horton were placed under arrest. A third passenger (Starnes) was ordered out of the vehicle as well. All three suspects were searched.

A search of Horne yielded two bullets (.22 and .32 cal) in his front pocket. A search of Horton yielded a package of surefire 3-volt lithium batteries and a baggie containing 12 ca-plets of Sudafed. A search of Starnes yielded a bag-gie of methamphetamine, a baggie of white powder residue and a package of energizer lithium AA bat-teries. A search of the ve-hicle yielded a baggie con-taining .4 grams of a white powder, several small plas-tic baggies, 288 pills, all of which contained 30 mg of pseudoephedrine, three pills, which contained 120 mg of pseudoephedrine, a digital scale, a BB gun, a can of camp fuel and a can of starting fluid. All three subjects were arrested and transported to the Greer City Jail.

DISTURBING SCHOOLAntonio Maurice Ken-

drick, 19, of 2 Bass Way, Taylors, has been charged with disturbing school.

According to incident re-ports, an officer respond-ed to Greer High School in reference to a student disturbing school.

Upon arrival, the officer met with a faculty member who stated Kendrick had a verbal altercation with his English teacher and cursed her out in front of class before walking out without permission. The officer made contact with Kendrick, who continued to curse loudly and re-main belligerent with both the school staff and the officer.

Kendrick was placed un-der arrest and transported to the Greer City Jail.

POSSESSIONLisa Marie Burnett, 37,

of 1077 Mt. Lebanon Road, Greer, has been charged with improper tag, posses-sion of stolen goods and possession of drug para-phernalia.

Herbert Jackson Free-man, 36, of the same ad-dress, has been charged with possession of stolen goods.

Phillip Scott Krause Jr., 30, of 4201 Jordan Road, Greer, has been charged

with petit larceny, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia and carrying a concealed weapon.

According to incident reports, an officer was on routine patrol when he ran the tag number on a blue Ford Taurus station wag-on and it came back as be-ing registered to a Toyota Camry.

The officer initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle and its driver (Burnett) who stated she didn’t know why the tag was com-ing back under a different vehicle. She was unable to provide a registration card or proof of insurance on the vehicle, but her driv-er’s license was valid.

Another officer arrived on the scene and asked the rear passenger of the vehicle (Krause) to step out and, after receiving consent, he performed a search on Krause’s per-son that yielded a blue plastic baggie containing white residue. Krause told the officer the bag previ-ously contained metham-phetamine. Burnett then signed a consent to search form on the vehicle, which yielded one capped sy-ringe in Burnett’s purse, an expired tag on the floorboard and a set of brass knuckles under the rear passenger seat.

Krause admitted to of-ficers they had been at Target earlier and he re-moved the license tag off of another vehicle and handed it to Freeman, who screwed the plate on

to the station wagon. All three suspects were ar-rested and transported to the Greer City Jail.

SHOPLIFTINGRobert Lee Clark, 39,

of 102 Fairhaven Drive, Greer, has been charged with shoplifting.

According to incident reports, an officer was dispatched to Target in reference to shoplifting in progress. While en route to the location, the officer received information that the suspect had fled in a silver Dodge caravan.

The officer arrived at Target and met with the loss prevention officer, who stated that the sub-ject (Clark) cut the box containing a TV inside the store, then removed the security device before dis-carding it in another sec-tion of the store.

Clark then pushed the cart containing the tele-vision to the front of the store and approached the front door, but then be-came aware of store se-curity and fled the scene without the television. Clark was later located and apprehended at his residence by the Green-ville County Sheriff’s Of-fice. A positive identifica-tion of Clark was made as being the suspect inside the store.

A review of Clark’s crim-inal history revealed he had approximately forty prior convictions for shop-lifting/property offenses.

DUS, POSSESSIONJames Emory Mathis, 43,

of 16 Henderson Drive, Travelers Rest, has been charged with: driving un-der suspension (seventh), possession of drug para-phernalia, window tint vi-olation, habitual offender and simple possession of marijuana (third).

According to incident reports, an officer was on patrol when he observed a silver Ford Taurus with dark tinted windows trav-eling on U.S. 29. The of-ficer could also see the driver was wearing head-phones in both ears, pre-venting his ability to hear emergency vehicles. The officer initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle and its driver Mathis.

The officer asked Mathis for his driver’s license, registration card, and proof of insurance. Mathis informed the officer his license was suspended. Mathis then told the offi-cer he was a habitual of-fender and was currently on house arrest.

The officer placed Mathis in investigative detention before confirming through dispatch this would con-stitute as Mathis’ seventh DUS offense within the last five years. Mathis in-formed the officer he had a dime bag of weed, along with a scale inside his ve-hicle. The marijuana and the scale were located.

Mathis was arrested and transported to the Greer City Jail.

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Riverside High is bring-ing back a long-dormant tradition.

The school’s student council will resurrect a service fair at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 24 at the school.

“The service fair used to be a tradition at River-side. We used to do it ev-ery year, but we haven’t done one for 20 years,” said Dan Freeman, the ju-nior class vice president. “This will be kind of a first and kind of bringing back a tradition. We’re excited about that.”

Freeman hopes the ser-vice fair will provide stu-dents with more volunteer opportunities.

“The service fair stands out from any other pro-gram that we do at Riv-erside because its value isn’t really measure in monetary terms,” he said.

“It’s really the only pro-gram whose only focus is to build citizenship and introduce students to new opportunities. We’re really excited about having that as an entirely new aspect of what we do on student council.”

A dozen nonprofits “that have great programs for high school students,” will visit with information, hoping to attract volun-teers and get students in-volved with the organiza-tions.

“Teachers will be bring-ing their students down to the gym so that they can meet the representatives and see if there is some-

thing in their area of inter-est,” Freeman said.

He hopes to continue the service with more organi-zations participating next year. Generally speaking, it’s been a year of firsts for Riverside, Freeman said.

“Six years ago, our spirit week made $7,000. This year, in just over six years, we made over $75,000,” he said. “There’s been a lot of changes going on recently in our student council. We’re always looking for new projects or ways to expand things that we al-ready do. That was main reason we thought of the service fair, that it’s a good reason to bring it back.”

The Academy of Arts, The Children’s Museum of the Upstate, The Frazee Dream Center, the Green-ville Zoo, Greer Relief, Habitat for Humanity, Hands on Greenville, the Humane Society, the Make a Wish Foundation, Teach-er Cadets, Youth Base and Youth Forward will be at the service fair.

For more information, contact Freeman at 404-1475.


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After taking a month off for the holidays, the “Give a Shuck” fundraiser is re-turning to Great Bay Oys-ter House.

This month, “Give a Shuck” benefits Greer Re-lief. The restaurant gives 10 percent of sales to the nonprofit.

The events feature guest shuckers each month – this month includes Police Chief Dan Reynolds. Le-land Burch, former editor of The Greer Citizen, will be there for storytelling, along with some of the “Greer High Oldies.”

Owner Diane Christo-pherson started “Give a Shuck” as a way to give back to the community that was giving to her after her husband’s death.

The event runs from 7-9 p.m. Jan. 23 at Great Bay Oyster House, 109 E. Poin-sett St.

“Give a Shuck” is usu-ally the third Thursday of the month. February’s will benefit the Greer Soup Kitchen, followed by Greer Community Ministries in March.

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1107 Poplar Dr. Ext. on 6.8 acres of land. There will be two phases to the con-struction, the first being the temple and the second being a residential home.

Gene’s Dairy Bar on Wade Hampton and Bella Michele will be demolished and replaced by a two-space retail facility. The tenants for the facility are unknown, but construc-

tion is expected to begin by mid-March or April.

A Dollar Tree may be built at 14001 E. Wade Hampton Blvd. off Patter-son Road and Wade Hamp-ton Blvd. near Walmart in a 10,000 square foot facil-ity. Demolition and con-struction is expected to begin within five months. Typically, Dollar Tree’s are not standalone stores and they usually measure about 5,000 square feet.

About two years ago, the company began an initia-tive to create larger stand-alone stores that measure about 10,000 square feet. Presently, about 40 of the planned 500 have already been constructed.

The next regularly scheduled Planning Advi-sory meeting will be held on Feb. 20.


PLANNING: Gene’s Dairy demolished

Embracingrivalry

As a sports writer/fan, it’s easy to lose your passion for the game.

You know, that thing that made you stay out until it was dark as a kid.

That thing that helped you get closer to your dad or meet the girl you ended up marrying.

That thing that offers a simple escape when you just need a few hours to play.

I know, I know. I need to stop getting so gushy about sports, but I couldn’t help but be re-minded of why I love the game of basketball during Thursday night’s double-header between Greer and Blue Ridge.

The place was electric. That’s what you would expect during a rivalry game. I had heard stories of the Blue Ridge/Greer rivalry, but I’d never expe-rienced it first hand.

It didn’t take long though. While sitting about a foot away from the Blue Ridge bench dur-ing the boys’ game and I overheard a conversation that made me smile. A heckling Greer student (sitting directly behind a Blue Ridge player) leaned over to express his disapproval of the Tigers’ performance during the first quarter (I say this as child-friendly as possible).

Blue Ridge is a team that has already lost its fair share of games this season, but that didn’t stop the player from returning fire.

“Didn’t you guys take the ‘L’ in football,” he said.

“Oh, snap!” I thought to myself. The sports fan in me loved it. The basket-ball fan in me loved it. It was rivalry at its finest. These guys are just kids and they loved sports just as much as I did.

You really couldn’t hear either the boys’ game or the girls’ game. The crowd was so intense the entire night.

After watching the Greer and Blue Ridge girls trade three-point-ers in the first half of their game, I had to stop myself from letting out a cheer. I wasn’t pulling for a team. I was pulling for the sport. These girls played some pretty flaw-less basketball, hitting big shot after big shot.

The same was true for the boys’ game. I’ve got-ten to know both teams pretty well during my first couple of months on the job, and it was fun seeing their competitive spirits come alive.

When the Blue Ridge men hit several crucial buckets to secure the go-ahead points late in the fourth quarter against Greer, not a single person in the arena was jumping higher than head coach Ray Riley.

It was a great night of basketball. Just ask Greer girls’ coach Carlton Greene.

“This is the best of bas-ketball right here,” Greene said. “I wish we could play like this every night. This not only makes the play-ers excited to play, but it makes the fans excited to come to the game and it makes the sport one of the most exciting sports in the country.”

He gets it. During games like we

saw Thursday night, it’s a shame anybody has to lose. Sure, both teams want wins over their rival schools, but for us sports fans in the crowd who simply want to be reminded of why we love the game, it couldn’t have lasted long enough.

SPORTSThe Greer Citizen

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014

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BY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR

Eastside put together one of its best team per-formances of the season over the weekend, defeat-ing Hillcrest 260-254 for the Greenville County wrestling championship.

Eagle coach Jack Kos-micki said his team showed some major improvements during the outing.

“They’ve kind of been under our expectations so far, but a lot of that has to do with injuries. We’ve been far from our full starting lineup,” Kosmicki said. “Our focus going into county was to work on individual improvement

and let the team score fall where it may fall. The next thing I know, we’re coming out of semifinals with the lead.”

Eastside now sits at 12-4 on the year with a 3-0 re-cord in the region.

“We’re starting to feel like the wrinkles are start-ing to get ironed out,” Kos-micki said. “Their perfor-mance and having other guys come back into the lineup this week is start-ing to make me feel like we’re rolling in the right direction.”

Kosmicki said several of his guys showed promise.

“I was pleasantly sur-prised,” Kosmicki said. “We were able to fight Hill-crest off during the final round. They wrestled the way I expected them to

wrestle. We just needed to focus on several things we do in terms of our tech-nique. We just got back to what we’ve always done. We were fundamental and solid. It really paid off.”

Freshman Sam Blumer, 113, gave the team a lift during the county tour-nament and surprised his coach along the way.

“Sam has filled in for us all year and has been steadily improving,” Kos-micki said. “He made it to the finals and that was a lot of points that we haven’t been getting from him. He stepped up and had a great tournament. He was big for us.”

Taylor Chemell, 182, named most outstanding wrestler of the tourna-ment, also had a stellar showing for Eastside, win-ning his weight class.

“We’ve always expected that level of wrestling from Taylor and he fi-nally came out with it,” Kosmicki said. “He stayed solid in his technique and was very aggressive and

SEE EAGLES | B4


Courtney Robinson net-ted her 1,000th career point at Blue Ridge on Thursday, a milestone most high school athletes have to wait until their senior season to accom-plish.

Not Robinson. The ju-nior guard has seen a great deal of success during her first three years and joins teammates Ross Mathis and Eden Holombo in the Tigers’ 1,000-point club.

“I didn’t feel the ex-citement that I wanted to because I didn’t know anything about it. To me, it was a surprise,” Robin-son said. “It was a big ex-perience for me. I never thought I would get the points and never really thought about it.”

Blue Ridge coach Byron Hardy said Robinson’s success can be attributed to hard work.

“I am truly a blessed coach,” Hardy said after the team’s win over Greer. “I’ve got three 1,000-point scorers on my team at one time. Not many coaches have that. It’s a blessing and I know that it’s the product of other people’s hard work. They work hard on their own. They are classic gym rats. They’re always in the gym and I get to see the results of all that hard work. It’s

awesome.”Reaching the 1,000-

point mark is not enough for third-year standout, however.

“I want to accomplish more,” Robinson said. “I just be an all-around play-er. I want to leave some-thing here at Blue Ridge.”

Robinson said her team-

mates have helped her lift her game to the next level.

“I’ve played with these girls all my life,” Robinson said. “I love playing with them. Even though we’re a small team, we can ac-complish more than any-body in this region. I just love these girls so much.

SEE ROBINSON | B4

Jacob Simms has been named the head coach of North Greenville’s track and field program and Cameron Stober will take over coaching duties for the cross country team.

Simms, who ran col-legiately at University of Tennessee Chattanooga and North Greenville, graduated as a Crusader in the Spring of 2013.

In addition to running for the Crusaders, Simms has worked for both the cross country and track and field teams for three seasons.

Simms is married to Whitney Simms and the couple has one son, Coo-per.

Stober takes over a cross country program that had one of its most successful seasons in 2013.

“I am blessed to have this opportunity. I look

forward to working along side Coach Simms to im-prove both the cross coun-try and track and field pro-grams,” Stober said. “God has truly blessed me and I am grateful to be part of such a wonderful school and athletic department.”

Both the men’s and women’s teams finished the season with two first-place postings, while also placing in the top five four times. Stober is a former North Greenville cross country runner, who graduated with a degree in sport management in May of 2012.

While working in the athletic department at North Greenville, Stober also assisted former head coach Michael Bayne with track and field, coaching the Crusaders in several field events.

Eagles secure county title


Ian Rodgers, right, helped Eastside defeat Berea on Monday night. The Eagles are looking to win their 22nd region title in a row this season.


Michael Fernandez, blue, won his weight class at the Greenville County tournament over the weekend.

Blue Ridge’s Robinson joins 1,000-point club


Courtney Robinson scored her 1,000th career point during The Lady Tiger’s game against Greer.

‘They’ve got to get

better and they’ve

got to get consistent.

There is always

something to work

on. There is always

something that is

sloppy that we need

to tighten up.’

Jack KosmickiEastside wrestling coach

Jacob Simms Cameron Stober

Stober, Simms accept NGU coaching roles

b2 the greer citizen sports wednesday, January 22, 2014

By Billy CannadaSportS Editor

Blue Ridge After a 1-9 start to the

season, Blue Ridge was desperate for a win.

Thursday night, that win came over rival Greer in a hard-fought 66-57 contest at home. Tiger coach Ray Riley said he hopes his team will be able to turn the page on a rough start.

“I washed the back-boards and put up new nets. We talked about this being a new season. It was a good win for us,” Riley said.

Blue Ridge was forced to battle back early on. The Yellow Jackets opened the game on an 8-0 run in the first quarter, but the Ti-gers would not stay down for long.

Blue Ridge knotted the game at 13 late in the first before heading into the half down 35-27.

“It was tough,” Riley said. “I thought we may have shown some signs of defeat, but we came back and played a really great second half. We had three good days of practice and we’ve worked extremely hard. It’s the kids. I was feeding on them as much as they were feeding on me.”

Things would begin to shift in the third quarter, as the Tigers took advan-tage of a Greer offensive slump.

“We were finally able to hit some free throws and some shots and played

pretty good defense,” Riley said. “I thought we played tough. Greer is a very good basketball team. It’s a great win for our program against a great coach.”

Key free throws down the stretch sealed the nine-point win for Blue Ridge.

“Jeff (Neely) and I go way back, and it’s always good to win against a quality program,” Riley said.

Riley said it was a per-fect rivalry atmosphere for his team.

“Our fans were great,” Riley said. “Thank God for our fans. When you’re 1-9 like we were and they come out and support you, it’s just super.”

After letting his team enjoy the win with fellow students and family mem-bers Thursday night, Riley said it is time for the Ti-gers to refocus.

“You have to credit the kids. The kids did every-thing,” Riley said. “We’re going to come back and try to get a win against Pickens.”

RiveRsideIt was not an easy week

for the Warriors.Riverside picked up two

more losses, falling to 7-10 on the year. Warrior coach Greg Miller said the team gave up some key buckets to one of the state’s best players during its 79-47 loss to Gaffney.

“L.J. is a special player,” Miller said. “He ended up having 31, but I though we actually did a good job against him. The rest of the team hurt us.”

Riverside followed up the Gaffney loss with a 68-56 defeat against Mauldin.

“In the Mauldin game, it came down to rebound-ing and turnovers,” Miller said. “They put a really good run on us in the first quarter, and we were able to pull it back to within one in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, offen-sive rebounds really hurt us and cost us the game.”

Despite the recent strug-gles, Miller said his team continues to work hard and prepare for success each week.

“We really just try to pre-pare for these games like they’re any other team,” Miller said. “We don’t want to under play them or over play them. We just have to

execute our game plan and do what we do well. That will put us in a position to win.”

The team faces games against Byrnes and Spar-tanburg this week.

“Every game in this re-gion is important,” Miller said. “We’re just at the point in the year where, if we can clean up what we do on the defensive glass and make a few better de-cisions with the ball in our hands, I think we can be in pretty good shape to be in a position to win those two games (against Byrnes and Spartanburg).”

Miller said this is the toughest Rebel team he has seen in a while.

“Byrnes is very big and physical,” Miller said. “This might be one of the best Byrnes teams I’ve seen in the past seven or eight years. It’s a team that’s very dangerous. We have to keep them off the glass. That’s the key.”

Results for the Byrnes game were not available at press time.

The head coach said his team will be up for another test on Friday as they take on Spartanburg.

“It’s going to be a diffi-cult game at their place,” Miller said. “We’ve had a rough five-game stretch, but the kids have come back every day ready to work. We’re just trying to prove our point that we’ve made some mistakes, but we’re going to bounce back.”

eastsideThe Eagles remain un-

defeated in region play, earning a 64-52 win over Greenville last week.

Eastside coach Tom Ch-amness said his team is heading in an encouraging direction.

“Greenville was ranked in the top 10 in the state and our kids responded to the challenge,” Chamness said. “I felt pretty good about it.”

Nigel Owens led the ef-fort for the Eagles with 21 points while Wesley John-son followed closely be-hind with 13 of his own.

Eastside led 31-15 at the half before mustering a few runs to finish the job in the final 16 minutes of play.

In what was an uncon-ventional week for his team, Chamness said his team responded well.

“We were thrown off our routine a little bit,” Chamness said. “The kids had exams that day and it wasn’t like a regularly scheduled day. We cut back our practice time because we wanted the kids to have more time to study. You always go into something like that think-ing ‘how are your kids go-ing to respond?’ I thought they responded well.”

The Eagles battled Trav-elers Rest for first place in the region on Tuesday. Re-

sults were not available at press time.

“It’s for control of the region,” Chamness said. “They’re 6-0, we’re 6-0 and I think the next team has three losses. It’s a huge game for us and it’s a huge game for them.”

Chamness said Eastside has gotten better, and hopes the team will con-tinue to improve.

“I think they feel like we’ve gotten better, and I feel that way too,” Cham-ness said. “I think we’ve taken some steps forward and we’re getting more confident in our game plans and what we’re do-

ing. With just a few games

left in the home stretch of the season, the Eagles want to finish strong.

“We’re certainly not overconfident,” he said. “You’ve got to go into ev-ery game against every opponent and understand you have to fight for your life, but I think we’re start-ing to handle things bet-ter.”

gReeRJeff Neely’s team saw a

lead slip away during its 66-57 loss to rival Blue Ridge Friday night.

Greer stumbled against

a struggling Tiger team that has lost nine games this season, falling behind in the fourth quarter.

“We didn’t have a great night offensively,” Neely said. “We missed a lot of shots and couldn’t get into a flow. Blue Ridge played outstanding. It was one of the best games they’ve played from what I’ve heard.”

Greer led for most of the first half, securing a 35-27 halftime lead. Blue Ridge would bounce back in the third, however, taking a 42-41 lead with a minute remaining in the quarter. A three by Greer’s Mat-thew Moore knotted the score at 44 heading into the fourth.

Blue Ridge pulled away in the final eight minutes, securing the nine-point win on several made free throws and converted turnovers and second chance opportunities. Moore led the Yellow Jack-ets with 21 points.

“They played great, we didn’t and they converted down the line,” Neely said. “We just have to go from there and get better.”

Neely said, despite Blue Ridge’s record, his guys knew it would be a tough matchup heading into the game.

“Our guys have played there before and they know what it’s like play-ing Blue Ridge,” Neely said. “They weren’t caught off guard, but we tried to prepare them for the fact that Blue Ridge was go-ing to play their very best against us.”

Neely said there is no room to have a bad show-ing in region play.

“You see it everywhere,” Neely said. “Duke came into Clemson and got ambushed by Clemson. Things like that happen. We have to be totally fo-cused and ready. Anybody can beat anybody in this game. I don’t care who it is, if you don’t show up and play your best, bad things happen. That’s what hap-pened to us.”

For Greer, it’s back to the drawing board.

“We just have to get back to work,” Neely said. “We’ve had a few good days of practice. We’re re-focusing on some things that are important to us to be successful. We didn’t feel like we were doing the things, offensively, that we should do. We’re work-ing hard.”

The head coach said there is no point in look-ing back at what you can-not change.

“You don’t look back. You keep going,” Neely said. “You take the next game and try to get bet-ter.”

Greer will take on Green-ville, a team the Yellow Jackets beat earlier in the season, this Friday.

“Greenville is playing re-ally well and Southside has won their last two,” Neely said. “They’re dangerous. You just can’t take a night off.”

ByRnesDorman’s buzzer-beat-

er sent the Rebels home with a sour taste in their mouths, but Byrnes would bounce back to pound Boiling Springs on Friday night.

Dorman’s Carlos Dotson hit a shot with less than two seconds remaining to seal Byrnes’ 50-48 loss.

A couple of buckets by Byrnes’ Syverio Jones tied the score with less than two minutes remaining in the fourth. The Rebels, however, were unable to top a Dorman squad that remains undefeated in the region.

Despite the loss, Byrnes rebounded to pound Boil-ing Springs during a 72-47 win Friday evening.

Jones led the 9-7 Reb-els with 16 points on the night. With the win, Byrnes improved to 3-3 in the re-gion.

The Rebels faced games against Riverside and Wade Hampton this week.


blue ridge ends losing skid, defeats Greer

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Greer’s short win streak was snapped last week against Blue Ridge. The Yellow Jackets take on Greenville on Thursday.

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Blue Ridge got its first win of 2014 on Thursday night against rival Greer. The Tigers im-proved to 2-9 on the season.

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By Billy CannadaSportS Editor

Blue Ridge The Lady Tigers capi-

talized on a last-minute comeback Thursday night, sealing a 81-77 win over rival Greer in the final sec-onds of the game.

After sitting out most of the game with foul trouble, Blue Ridge guard Court-ney Robinson hit four last minute free throws that ultimately gave her team the win.

Tiger coach Byron Hardy said his team had to fight hard to stay in the con-test.

“They battled all night,” Hardy said. “There are no easy games in our region and Greer shot the ball extremely well. We knew they could shoot, but we just kept battling back. We got in the passing lanes and we didn’t give up.”

Senior Ross Mathis led Blue Ridge with 36 points, nine assists and seven steals on the evening. Ju-nior Robinson added 21 points to the effort, while senior Eden Holombo con-tributed 18.

“We have some smart players on our team and we took advantage of it,” Hardy said. “We started out with some foul trou-ble, but we came back re-ally strong. That’s the type of game you want to be in. It makes your blood pres-sure go up, but you want to be in those games.”

Hardy said his team showed the will to win down the stretch.

“We saw some maturity,” Hardy said. “We got a little rushed at times, trying to get back all eight or nine points at one time and that doesn’t work. But, we have the players that give us the opportunity to be in games by the way we play. Going forward, we have to build on that. No deficit is too difficult to come back from.”

Hardy was impressed with Robinson, who scored her 1,000th career point in the game.

“She came out with three fouls in the first half and picked up her fourth early in the third quarter,” Hardy said. “Down the stretch, we knew it was do or die and she played smart through the rest of the game. When it got down to the point where she got into a rhythm, it was very exciting.”

Mathis’ 11 made field goals kept the game with-in striking distance for the Lady Tigers, who trailed for most of the second half.

“Ross kept us in the game. She kept us within striking distance,” Hardy said. “When you’re staying competitive and staying in the game, you’ve got a chance to win. That’s what we’re looking for.

“That was a heck of a game to watch and very entertaining. My heart’s pumping a little bit, but I’m okay,” he said.

Hardy said Blue Ridge will be looking at some even tougher battles ahead.

“We’ve got teams gun-ning for us every time,” Hardy said. “It doesn’t get any easier from here so we’ve got to go back to the drawing board and get af-ter it.”

gReeR Greer was less than a

minute away from stealing a rivalry win the over one of the region’s top teams Thursday night, but came up just shy in a 81-77 loss to Blue Ridge

“The thing about a game like this is that nobody got ahead,” Greer coach Carl-ton Greene said. “It was a pressure-packed game. Every possession counted, but each team kept com-ing back and making big plays. That’s what made it such a good game. The shame of a game like that is that somebody has to lose. Both teams ought to come out winners when the play like that.”

Greer led most of the fourth quarter, but Greene’s Yellow Jackets were unable to come away with the win.

“We’ve got a great op-ponent in Blue Ridge and they found out they’ve got a great opponent in us,” Greene said. “That’s what

makes a rivalry so good.”Despite the loss, Greene

said he got some huge per-formances from his team.

“We’ve been talking all year about playing as a team and playing togeth-er,” Greene said. “(Against Greer), it paid off. At dif-ferent phases of the game, different people stepped up and made plays that we had to have. Some made shots, some got rebounds and others took care of the basketball against the trap. They did all of those things when we needed them to do it. It was a won-derful team effort.”

Greene said his team had its hands full dealing with Blue Ridge’s Mathis and Robinson.

“They’re two great play-ers and we knew we had to shut them down,” Greene said. “We rotated some players on them and tried to take them out of what they liked to do and, for the most part, we thought we were successful, but good players find a way to score. Good players find a way to make the game what it’s supposed to be. We made them play ex-tremely hard.”

In such a competitive re-gion, the head coach said there is no room to take a night off.

“We have to come every night to play and, if you don’t, you can bet your opponent will,” Greene said. “It’s very difficult to win on the road. I thought, playing as well as we did, this was a great mark of maturity on our part.”

When asked if he learned anything about his team against Greer, Greene re-sponded with a sure an-swer.

“I learned they can play,” he said.

eastsideThe Lady Eagles have

struggled in games against the top teams in the region this season, and last week was no different.

Eastside fell during a heartbreaking 60-57 loss to Greenville Thursday night, and coach Cindy De-Hart said her team simply let the Red Raiders get to the line too often.

“We started out slow in the first quarter and dug ourselves in a hole,” De-

Hart said. “The rest of the game was fairy even. We actually outscored them in the fourth quarter, but they went to the free throw line 39 times and scored 22 points. That was the major difference in the ball game.”

Despite the loss, DeHart said she was pleased with her team’s effort.

“We played them hard,” DeHart said. “We were in the ball game. It went down to the wire. We had a number of opportunities to win the ball game in the fourth quarter and just couldn’t do it. The effort was there.”

Taylor Thompson led the team with 13 points, and her sister, Destiny Thompson, added 10.

“We’re playing young people and they have to learn and grow from their experiences,” DeHart said. “We just have to learn how to finish. We’ve improved so much in a year’s time. We’ve come a long way and now we’ve got to learn to finish.”

The Lady Eagles have now dropped close games to Blue Ridge, Southside and Greenville.

“We played pretty good defense, we just have to learn how to finish,” De-Hart said. “We’ve played the top three teams (in our region) and we’ve lost by a total of eight points.”

DeHart said the competi-tion will not get any easier going forward.

“It’s just tough compe-tition,” DeHart said. “We lost by two to Blue Ridge at their place, we lost by three to Southside in over-time and we lost to Green-ville by three. We know we’re competitive and we will learn with experi-ence.”

Eastside faces a rematch with Blue Ridge this Friday at 6 p.m.

“You have to learn and you have to grow,” DeHart said. “Blue Ridge comes to us Friday and we’ll face the other (top two) teams on the road, but you can never overlook anybody else. Every night is a battle for us and we’ve got to get ready.”

ByRnes The Lady Rebels strug-

gled against Dorman be-

fore punishing Boiling Springs last week.

Byrnes coach Stacey Par-ris said foul trouble caught up with the team during its 81-54 loss to Dorman.

“I was very pleased with how we played against Dorman,” Parris said. “We were down 11 at halftime against the number one team in the region and the number one team in the state. I thought our girls just played hard. It was a very hard fought game un-til the third quarter when we got into foul trouble and their bench started to have its way on us.”

The team was looking for redemption after a rough outing Tuesday night, beating Boiling Springs by more than 50 points.

“After playing Dorman as well as we did, we had our best practice of the season on Wednesday. We just came back and were

able to bounce back re-ally hard,” Parris said. “We were just ready to play against Boiling Springs and we shot the ball the best we have all season.”

The Rebels face games against Riverside and Wade Hampton this week.

“This is our biggest week of the season,” Parris said. “Wade Hampton is ranked fourth, I would think we’re fourth and Riverside is sixth. It’s the teams that are right there with us in region rankings and we re-ally need to sneak up on somebody.”

Parris said two wins this week would go a long way.

“If we can win Tuesday and Friday and get on a three game winning streak, it would be amazing,” Par-ris said. “It would certainly go a long way in securing us a playoff spot. This week is crucial for us.”

Tuesday was “Pink Night” for the Lady Reb-els as they kicked off the start of Relay for Life with “Hoops for Cancer” against Riverside. Results were not available at press time.

“We need to take care of business at home so we can secure a place in the playoffs,” Parris said. “That is our focus going into this week.”

RiveRsideThe Lady Warriors had

another tough week, drop-ping games to Gaffney and Mauldin.

Head coach Jenny Taylor said she saw some posi-tive things from her team against Gaffney, which outscored Riverside in the final quarter of play.

“We did okay against Gaffney,” Taylor said. “It was a seven-to-10 point game most of the time and they built a 12-point lead at one point. During the last few minutes of the game, we cut it to about seven or eight, but we just don’t have quite enough to get where we need to be in those games.”

“We didn’t play bad, we just didn’t have enough,” she said.

The Lady Warriors were unable to bounce back against Mauldin, dropping to 4-12 on the year.

“I was pleased with our effort against Mauldin. I thought they played ex-tremely hard,” Taylor said. “I thought we did some things well and made some strong moves. We lost, but there were some bright spots also. They played about as hard as you can play.”

This has been a chal-lenging year for Riverside, which has seen a tremen-dous amount of success in the past.

“We’ve had extremely strong teams in the past at Riverside,” Taylor said. “At one point, we won four region championships in five years. This is just a lit-tle bit different team. The experience isn’t there and we’re not as athletic as some of those teams in the past. It’s just a little dif-ferent. You have to coach them differently, but you have to coach every team differently.”

Taylor said this has been a fun team to coach, de-spite the losing record.

“I love being around them and I love coaching them,” Taylor said. “It’s just going to be a process and it’s going to take time. We’ve got the majority of our team coming back next year and sometimes, when you have kids that work as hard as they do, you end up being better than some teams that are extremely talented. We’ve got some good things going on and it’s going to continue to get better.”


Lady tigers steal win over Yellow Jackets

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Greer’s Julia Sudduth and company were not able to finish the job on Thursday, losing to Blue Ridge in the final minute of the rivalry game.

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Riverside dropped two more games last week, losing to Gaffney and Mauldin. The Lady Warriors are now 4-12 on the year.

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Ross Mathis has had no trouble scoring the bas-ketball this season.

The senior has led Blue Ridge in scoring in a number of game, and her most recent 36-point per-formance against Greer earned her The Greer Citi-zen and Clock/Clock Ex-press’ Player of the Week award.

Mathis added nine as-sists and seven rebounds in the contest.

“Playing Greer is always intense anyway. They’re our rival,” Mathis said. “They’ve actually gotten a lot better in the last cou-ple years. This year they are really tough.”

The Lady Tigers, who trailed for a majority of the second half, battled back all game.

“I felt like everyone wanted it,” Mathis said. “We were intense, but we were under control. I was just trying to stay relaxed and mentally into the game the entire time and it made it a little bit easier. Everyone just played men-tally tough.”

The team crawled back into the game behind a big shooting night from

Mathis.“During practice I work

a lot on my shot,” Mathis said. “During game situ-ations, I think that really helps.”

Another Lady Tigers standout, Courtney Robin-son, sat on the bench for the extended period, but Mathis said other team-mates stepped up.

“Courtney sitting on the bench (with foul trouble) for a while was definitely tough,” Mathis said. “Ev-eryone else really had to step up. We had to make sure we were really play-ing good defense and whenever Courtney was in the game, we had to make sure we were playing a lot of help defense.”

“Everyone really stepped up,” she said.

Mathis has seen her role develop during her four years at Blue Ridge.

“I think my role is being a leader,” Mathis said. “(My job is) being that encour-aging leader and getting everyone settled down and into the game.”

The guard said the play of her teammates makes the game easier.

“They make me bet-ter,” Mathis said. “Play-ing with them, I definelty learn some things from

everyone on the team. I’ve played with Courtney and Eden forever and I’ve learned a lot from them. They make me want to be a better player and prac-tice harder.”

Blue Ridge will still need big performances from Mathis down the stretch, as it hopes to make a push for a region champion-ship.

“We want to make it to the playoffs, obviously, but right now our region is really tough,” Mathis said. “We can’t look ahead too far. It’s nice to have goals, but we have to fo-cus on what’s in front of us now.”

The Lady Tigers face Eastside on Friday, a team Blue Ridge narrowly es-caped earlier this season.

“They’re very aggressive and super intense,” Mathis said of Eastside, “We’re going to have to settle down and do our game plan and what we want to

do. It’s going to be a tough game and it’s going to be intense, but I think we can pull it out.”

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22Wrestling ..........................................................Greer @ Southside, 6 p.m.

Travelers Rest @ Eastside, 6 p.m.Blue Ridge @ Pickens, 6 p.m.

THURSDAY, JAN. 23Basketball................................................... Greer @ Greenville, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, JAN. 24Basketball ...................................................Blue Ridge @ Eastside, 6 p.m.

Riverside @ Spartanburg, 6 p.m.Byrnes @ Wade Hampton, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, JAN. 25College Basketball...........North Greenville @ Belmont Abbey, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, JAN. 28Basketball..................................................Travelers Rest @ Greer, 6 p.m. Eastside @ Pickens, 6 p.m. Berea @ Blue Ridge, 6 p.m. Byrnes @ Spartanburg, 6 p.m.

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REGISTER FOR BASEBALL, SOCCER AND SOFTBALL

Greer Baseball Club, Foothills Soccer Club of Greer, and Girls Softball sign-ups for the spring of 2014 begin Monday, Jan. 6 and conclude Friday, Feb. 7.

Parents may choose to sign up in the office, lo-cated at 446 Pennsylvania Ave., Greer, Monday - Fri-day from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Registration is also avail-able online at cityofgreer.org/departments/youth_sports.php.

The 2014 seasonal fee for the Greer Baseball Club and Girls Softball is $75 for an in-city resident and $85 for out-of-city residents.

The seasonal fee for the Foothills Soccer Club of Greer is $70 for in-city residents and $80 for out-of-city residents.

The clubs are accepting registrations for all kids ages 3 - 14. There are a

limited number of spots in certain divisions. Registra-tion will occur on a first come first serve basis.

Practices and games are held at Greer Parks and Recreation facilities.

Opening day for Greer Baseball Club is sched-uled for April 5 at Century Park. Opening day for Foothills Soccer Club is March 17 at Suber Park.

MIDDLE TYGER INDOOR SOCCER REGISTRATION

Registration is now open until Feb. 5 for Middle Tyger youth indoor soc-cer.

Ages range from 3 - 12 with the cost being $15 for members and $65 for non-members.

Matches are held Tues-days and Thursdays from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

For more information, please visit spartanbur-gymca.org or call Adam Beasley, sports director, at 433-9623.

GCM GOLF TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION OPEN

The Dick Brooks Honda Meals on Wheels Invita-tional golf tournament has opened registration for the May 9 event at Greer Coun-

try Club. The 17th annual tournament benefits Greer Community Ministries.

Golfers and sponsors should register online at DickBrooksHondaMOW-golf.com. There is a limit of 48 teams of four and the deadline to sign up is March 31. Each golfer will receive a gift bag, grilled lunch and snacks.

Cost is $160 per indi-vidual and $640 per team. Teams will be split into morning and afternoon sessions with a shotgun start.

Winning teams will re-ceive cash prizes. Compe-titions this year include Closest to the Pin, Hole in One, Closest to the Line and a putting contest.

There are many levels of sponsorship support avail-able: partner, $5,000; plat-inum, $2,500; gold $1,500; contest sponsor, $500 and hole sponsors, $125. Sign up to be a sponsor at the website by March 14 to be included in event public-ity.

The Meals on Wheels Golf Tournament provides funds needed to continue serving over 300 home-bound senior adults in the Greater Greer area with a

hot meal Monday through Friday. The meals are pre-pared on site in the Greer Community Ministries kitchen and volunteer drivers deliver them.

For more information contact Hannah Rainwater, GCM events coordinator, 877-1937 or [email protected].

GOODWILL MUD RUNREGISTRATION CONTINUES

Registration is now open for the Goodwill Mud Run, presented by St. Francis Sports Medicine.

The event will be held Saturday, April 12, at 7 a.m. and Sunday, April 13, at 4 p.m.

The run will be 3.5 miles with 35 obstacles. Teams will compete against each other and will be officially timed.

The cost to enter for a two-person team (Satur-day only) is $100. A four- person team is $140 and a JROTC team (this is for JROTC high school teams only) is $90.

For more information, visit GoodwillMudRun.org.

Mathis drops 36 in win over Yellow Jackets

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Ross Mathis was named Player of the Week for her 36-point performance. She is pictured with coach Byron Hardy.

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Finishing on topBob Jones basketball players Rebecca Teruel, left, and Matt Quantrille were named to the all-tournament team after a second place � nish at the Tabernacle Christian School New Year’s Classic Tournament over the weekend.

SPORTS

ROUNDUP

Boston Red Sox General Manager Ben Cherington will be in attendance dur-ing the Greenville Drive’s annual Hot Stove Event, slated for Monday, Jan. 27.

Cherington, who was named Major League Base-ball’s executive of the year in 2013, is entering his third season with the Red Sox.

“This is the first time that a Red Sox General Manager has attended the Drive’s Hot Stove Event, and we couldn’t be more excited,” Drive Team Pres-ident Craig Brown said. “Ben Cherington was the architect behind Boston’s remarkable 2013 season that concluded with a World Series champion-ship, and we are thrilled that he has taken time out of his busy schedule to visit Greenville.”

The Red Sox received contributions from a wide variety of players this season, storming to a 97-65 record, an American League East division title and a World Series cham-pionship.

Seven former Drive play-ers were featured on the postseason roster, includ-ing pitchers Clay Buch-holz, Felix Doubront, Jon Lester, Franklin Morales

and Brandon Workman, and infielders Xander Bo-gaerts and Will Middle-brooks.

The Hot Stove Event will be held at ZEN, located in Downtown Greenville near the Main Street gates at Fluor Field, from 5:30-8 p.m. The event is compli-mentary to the public and includes food and bever-age.

“I’m sure that Ben will discuss the principles he used to build the Red Sox into a championship club in 2013 and how he sees the team’s prospects for 2014. He will also be able to talk about former Drive players and how they will impact the big league club in the near future.”

“The 2014 Hot Stove Event will be a one-of-a-kind experience for our fans,” said Drive General Manager Eric Jarinko. “Our fans will have the chance to interact with Ben Cher-ington, a prominent face of the Red Sox organiza-tion, and Darren Fenster, who will be the face of the Greenville Drive all season long. We’ll also be giving our fans a sneak peek of what’s in store at Fluor Field in 2014, including this year’s theme.”

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patient. He had a phenom-enal day.”

Eastside’s Raj Al-Mashri, 160, also won his weight class.

“He’s kind of been our big gun in our back pocket that nobody really knows about,” Kosmicki said. “If you see him wrestle one time, he’s not a secret any-more. He’s wrestling with tons of confidence.”

Eastside has won more than 20 region champion-ships in a row, and Kos-micki does not want to stop now.

“I think the last time we didn’t win was in 1992,” Kosmicki said. “(Having the streak is) not fun at all. I can’t tell you how much I hate that thing. You’ve got to keep it going. Nobody wants to be the team that

loses it, but it is always refreshing to know, if all goes well and we do win it, that it is past us.”

“We really like to get that thing in the rearview mirror,” he said.

Eastside will need to im-prove if the team hopes to have success at the state tournament.

“We have to get better,” Kosmicki said. “We lost to Dorman the other night and that team that wres-tled Dorman wasn’t good enough to win a state title. They’ve got to get bet-ter and they’ve got to get consistent. There is always something to work on. There is always something that is sloppy that we need to tighten up.”

A few key region match-ups still stand between the Eagles and the playoffs.

“Right now we’re still focused on winning our region,” Kosmicki said. “Once we get that monkey off our back, we can focus on other things.”

Riverside finished third in the tournament with 128.5 points as a team. Blue Ridge also placed in the top ten, scoring 101 points.

Eastside’s Michael Fer-nandez, 194, Clay Walker, 138, and Charlton Clark, 120, also won their weight classes.


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They push me every single day.”

She has seen her fair share of close games. Stepping to the line in the closing seconds of Blue Ridge’s game against the Yellow Jackets, the pres-sure was on Robinson to make four free throws to seal a late comeback win.

“I just wanted to make them,” she said. “I’m not a good free throw shooter, but I knew I needed to make the shots.”

She would make the shots, guaranteeing her

team the win over its ri-val.

“Beating Greer is a great experience,” Robinson said. “I love winning over our rival team. That’s the game that really pumps me up. Greer is one of our toughest (opponents) and I love playing them.”

Looking ahead, Blue Ridge has hopes of com-peting for a state title.

“We can go all the way,” Robinson said. “I have faith in my team. I know for a fact that, if we keep doing what we do, we can make it all the way to state.”

ROBINSON: Has faith her team can make state

EAGLES: Team has won more than 20 region titles

‘Right now we’re

still focused on

winning our region.

Once we get that

monkey off our

back, we can focus

on other things.’

Jack KosmickiEastside High wrestling coach

Red Sox GM will headline Greenville Drive ‘Hot Stove’

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KEEPING UPWITH JONES

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BY KATIE JONESSTAFF WRITER

Three groups of two writers will write all night; the directors and actors will arrive the following morning. After 24 hours, the audience will fill the theater to watch a perfor-mance that didn’t exist the previous day.

The 24 Hour Play Festival returns to the Greenville Little Theatre (GLT) for its fifth year this weekend. It’s a production of Studio 444, an arm of GLT.

“It’s a very fun event,” said Katie King, GLT as-sociate director. “It’s my favorite event of the whole season because it’s so fast-paced.”

A poll is on the GLT web-site, greenvillelittletheatre.org, on what to include in the play – situations, occu-pations, dialog and props are all included. The poll runs through Jan. 24.

“The groups of writers come in and they find out what won the polls and what they have to include in their plays and then they start writing. And

they write all night,” King said. “They have, basically, from seven o’clock at night until seven o’clock the next morning. Last year, I think the first group got done about 2 or 2:30 in the

morning. The last group got done around seven in the morning.”

Everyone comes with their “A” games, she said.

“It’s just really cool to see how much work and

effort everyone puts in and how exciting it is for everybody,” King said.

The cast and crew are made up of the six writ-ers, three directors, three stage managers and 15

actors. The performances are typically family-friend-ly, she said, describing it as PG-13.

“It’s nothing that would be offensive, I don’t think,” King said.

The Greenville Little Theatre is the only theater in town that does some-thing like this.

“I just love how fast-paced it is and how we can put everything together so quickly and still come up with three really great pro-ductions,” she said. “We’ve never had one that’s gone terribly wrong. It’s really awesome to see how much dedication people put into it.”

The production also fea-tures the Laughing Stock Improv group.

The fifth annual 24 Hour Play Festival produc-tion starts at 8 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Greenville Little Theatre, 444 College St. in downtown Greenville. Tickets are $10 and are available through green-villelittletheatre.org or by calling 236-6238.

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The play, set to debut this weekend, is a production of Studio 444. Those interested can go online and participate in a poll that asks what should be inculded in the play.

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The Greenville Little Theatre is getting set to conduct its 24 Hour Play Festival, an event that requires writers, directors and actors to put together a perfomance in a single day.

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kill usFor Christmas, I

received two really amazing gifts: a mas-

sage at Urban Nirvana and a Fitbit, a small pedom-eter/fitness tracker.

Both gifts were wildly appropriate for me. The massage, because I’m an uptight worrier; the Fitbit, because I’m a nerd who likes to make lists and keep track of all kinds of data.

I was unprepared for both gifts to open my eyes the way they have.

I redeemed the mas-sage this past weekend. The massage therapist guessed that I spent a lot of time at a desk, because apparently I roll my shoulders forward and most of my tension was in the upper neck and shoulder area.

He suggested being mindful of slouching and I’ve caught myself several times since Saturday. It’s hard to change 20-plus years of habits. He also suggested using an exer-cise/yoga ball instead of a chair.

(Are you reading this, Billy and Steve? I need an exercise ball and a Y membership...for work.)

The Fitbit measures my steps taken, calories burned and lets me know how much time I spent being active. One of the early goals is to hit 10,000 steps.

The first time I hit 10,000 steps, my day included a half-hour gym visit, walking in down-town Greenville and some normal weekend errands and chores (cleaning my apartment, grocery shop-ping, all that fun stuff). It wasn’t difficult, but it blows my mind how little I walk during the week – when I spend hours at a desk – compared with the weekend.

Just doing every day things like cleaning, shop-ping, going for a walk, all add up quickly.

Writing, unfortunately, is mostly a sedentary profession. As of early af-ternoon Tuesday, I hadn’t hit 700 steps.

I’m not tied to my desk the way some profes-sions are. I get out into the community, attend-ing Tarzan rehearsals, Greater Greer Education Foundation functions at the Chamber or whatever else I’m working on in a given week.

I’m not a doctor or a scientist, but sitting all the time is basically a death sentence. OK, so that is not backed up with any data.

But Google “sitting and health.” You’ll get 481,000,000 results. And they’re not good news.

The Washington Post published an infographic titled “The health hazards of sitting” this week. It’s terrifying – problems with organs, legs, bones and muscles can all come from sitting too much.

According to the Mayo Clinic, sitting can be linked with cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Like my new pal the massage therapist told me – just be mindful of your habits. If you sit at a desk for work, don’t immediately park yourself in front of the TV or flop on the couch (I myself am guilty of this).

Go for a walk on your lunch break. Dance. Par-ticipate in the Wii Olym-pics. Life is short – don’t spend it sitting. Stand (and walk, run and dance) while you can.

Benefits GCM BY KATIE JONESSTAFF WRITER

Family and friends gath-ered Jan. 18 to share food and fond memories at the fifth Annual Mark Wiburn Memorial Oyster Roast.

Michael Wright, one of Mark’s lifelong friends, helps organize the event. Before he died, Mark men-tioned wanting to host an oyster roast.

“When he passed, we all just kind of thought it be something to remember him by and it’s evolved since then,” he said. “Five years ago, it was just to get everybody together to remember Mark…Now it’s become we remember Mark and it’s fellowship, too.”

When Mark died at 27-years-old, his friends streamed into his parents house and haven’t stopped checking in on the family since, his mother Susan Winburn said.

“When God scooped up Mark, we did not know that morning that

he was not going to, at some point, start to im-prove enough to get into a regular room,” she said. “In the moment of every-thing, Mark’s friends just streamed in our house and have not stopped touching base with us and checking in on us.”

The event raises money for Greer Community Min-istries. Since the first oys-ter roast, the group has donated thousands of dol-lars to the nonprofit.

Winburn was generous, his mother said.

“Our son Mark was a giver of himself,” she said. “Otherwise these friends wouldn’t have been so touched by him and asked John and I if it would be agreeable to honor Mark’s memory near his birth-day.”

Rachael Angel and her husband were friends of Mark’s from college. He was in their wedding and the Angels have kept in touch with the Winburn family. This was the first year they missed the oys-ter roast.

“We’ve enjoyed going the past several years,” Angel said. “It’s just a great way to honor him and remember him and

get everybody together at one time and celebrate his life. He touched each of us in a special way.”

He would have loved the oyster roast, she said.

“Oh, he would love it,” Angel said. “I know it’s a day he smiles down on all of us. He always enjoyed a good party and always en-joyed being around friends and family.”

Mark Winburn’s legacy will continue to live on. Angel and husband are expecting a son in March, whom they are planning to name Elijah Mark.

“He was a great guy. He was always the life of the party,” she said. “His smile just made you smile…You always had a good time when you were around him. You felt special being his friend.”

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Susan Winburn, Theresa Harvey and John Winburn (left to right) celebrate the � fth annual Mark Winburn Oyster Roast.


There were plenty of oysters to shuck on Saturday evening.

WASHINGTON CENTER STUDENTS GO BOWLING

Nardia Lloyd’s middle school class at Washing-ton Center enjoyed their curriculum-based instruc-tion trips to the bowling alley.

Through bowling trips, students are able to work on gross motor skills, turn-taking skills, sports-manship and practicing appropriate behavior. Communication is also a huge skill that is practiced on bowling trips. Students are able to communicate their snack choices and needs through tactile pic-ture symbols and voice output devices.

These experiences give the students a chance to practice classroom skills in a real-life setting.

RMS PLANS EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION CONFERENCES

Eighth Grade Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) Con-ferences will begin on Jan. 21-Feb. 14.

Students were sent home with a bright orange letter Jan. 6 that will give parents’ the appointment date and time for their child’s conference at the bottom of the letter.

For more information, you can go to the Guidance Department’s Website or contact Brooke Howard at 355-7987 or [email protected].

RIVERSIDE LOOKINGFOR CAREER EXPERTS

RMS is seeking parents and people in the com-munity that may be inter-ested in coming to speak to students about their career to expose students to a variety of career op-portunities and/or would like to host a student for a job shadowing experience for a day.

Contact Brooke Howard at 355-7987 or [email protected]

ENROLLMENT OPEN AT GREER MIDDLE COLLEGE

Open Enrollment for Greer Middle College Char-ter High runs through Feb. 3. Interested applicants can submit the application located on the website.

Greer Middle College will hold a lottery to deter-mine enrollment at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 11 in the school cafeteria.

For more information, visit greermiddlecollege.org. Greer Middle College is a public, charter school located on the Greer cam-pus of Greenville Techni-cal College.

LANGSTON SCHOOL HELPS WITH TOYS FOR TOTS

Langston Charter Middle School students and fac-ulty assisted members of the United States Marine Corps as they collected donations for Toys for Tots during the school car line.

The school collected more 450 toys, 12 books, and 35 stocking stuffers to be given out by Marines to needy children in the community.

LANGSTON YEARBOOKS ARE AVAILABLE FEB. 2

Langston Charger Mid-dle School yearbooks are on sale for $48 until Feb. 2 and $50 from Feb. 3–May

1. Order online at jostens-yearbooks.com.

Contact yearbook advi-sor, Rachel Hamilton, at [email protected] with any questions.

LANGSTON WILL HOST BOOK FAIR FEB. 3-7

The Scholastic Fiesta Spring Book Fair is Feb. 3-7 at Langston Charter Middle School.

Family Night will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Parent volunteer opportunities are available and may be scheduled be contacting June Deas 286-9700.

BJA FORENSICS TEAMWINS AWARDS

The Bob Jones Acad-emy Forensics team par-ticipated in two forensics tournaments during their Christmas break.

The Laird Lewis Invi-tational, held Jan. 3-4 at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, N.C., featured teams from seventeen states.

The following BJA stu-dents won individual awards:

Micah Samuels of Pied-mont – First Place, Extem-poraneous Team Debate

Jonathan Savoy of Greer – Semi-finalist in Novice Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Elliot Lovegrove of Greenville – Semi-finalist in Extemporaneous Speak-ing

Marina Shew of Green-ville – Double Octafinalist in Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Julianne Doney of Green-ville – Quarterfinalists in Original Oratory

Jacquelynne Perry – Quarterfinalist in Im-promptu Speaking

BJA also participated in the Hillcrest High School Invitational on Jan. 11 with teams from South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee.

The team won the third place sweepstakes trophy at the HHS Invitational.

The following BJA stu-dents won individual awards:

Michael Leung of Simp-sonville – First Place, Chil-dren’s Literature

Marina Shew of Green-ville – First Place, Lincoln-Douglas Varsity Debate

Jonathan Savoy of Greer – Second Place, Lincoln-Douglas Novice Debate

Micah Samuels of Pied-mont and Elliott Kelley of Easley – Third Place, Public Forum Debate

Jacquelynne Perry of Greenville – Third Place, Impromptu speaking

Anne Nguyen of Taylors – Third Place, Novice Read-ing

Haley Brammer of Green-ville – Fourth Place, Prose

Lauren Jacquette of Tay-

lors – Fifth Place, Declama-tion

The BJA Forensics team is coached by Chuck and Gail Nicholas.

CHANDLER CREEK TO HOLD SCIENCE FAIR

Chandler Creek Elemen-tary’s annual science fair is Feb. 7. Third through fifth grade students are encouraged to enter. They should see their teacher for the guidelines.

Participating students need to turn in projects Feb. 6. The school will be selling display boards in the front office for those who need to purchase one.

LANGSTON COLLECTING BOXTOPS, POP TOPS

Langston Charter Middle School is collecting Box-tops and pop tops (the tabs on soda cans) to raise money for the school.

Donations can be dropped off in the school lobby.

ANNE FRANK EXHIBIT TO VISIT RMS

“Anne Frank, A History for Today,” the traveling exhibit from the Anne Frank museum, will be at Riverside Middle School Feb. 18-March 28.

The exhibit will be open to schools for field trips March 11-28 and to the public March 15-27 during select hours.

Visit greenville.k12.sc.us/rms/ for more infor-mation and times. Contact Mary Higgins at 355-7902 to schedule a field trip. A

$1 donation per person is requested.

LANGSTON EXTENDS COMPUTER LAB HOURS

Langston Charter Mid-dle’s computer lab will be open on Wednesday mornings at 7:45 a.m. for students to work on any school related projects or homework. Students must enter at the drop off door and then come around through the lunch area to enter the lab.

GREER STUDENT NAMED TO SAMFORD DEAN’S LIST

Caroline S. Reid of Greer has been named to the Dean’s List for the fall se-mester at Samford Univer-sity in Alabama.

Samford University re-leases dean’s lists after the close of the fall and spring semesters each aca-demic year. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have earned a mini-mum 3.5 grade point aver-age out of a possible 4.0 while attempting at least 12 credit hours of course-work.

Dean’s List is the high-est academic recognition given by the school at the end of each semester.

PRINZ GRADUATES FROM AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Christopher Prinz of Greer graduated from Au-burn University at Mont-gomery on Dec. 14 with a Bachelor of Science de-gree.

Prinz was one of more than 300 students to re-ceive a degree at the uni-versity’s fall commence-ment ceremony.

The nationally accredit-ed university offers more than 90 degree programs to more than 5,000 un-dergraduate and graduate students. Learn more at aum.edu.

SHOESTRING PLAYERS SEEK DIDGERIDOO PLAYER

A didgeridoo player is needed for the upcom-ing production of “Our Country’s Good” by the Shoestring Players at the University of South Caro-lina Upstate.

The play is about the colonization of Australia in the late 1700’s. Perfor-mance dates are Feb. 20-23.

For details, contact Jimm Cox at 503-5697 or [email protected].

USC UPSTATE HOLDS RETIREMENT WORKSHOP

The University of South Carolina Upstate Continu-ing Education Division is offering an educational course to help retirees “Rejuvenate Your Retire-ment.”

The course is designed to help retirees, or those getting ready to retire, to plan and protect invest-ments, while making it possible to enjoy retire-ment without worrying about money.

The course will be of-fered in the John M. Rampey Center on the USC Upstate Campus during four different sessions: 1 – 3 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 23 and 30; 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 28 and Feb. 4.

The course is $19 per person in advance or $29 per couple. A $21 materi-als fee is payable to Larry Stringer, instructor, at the first class meeting.

Register by calling Dr. Faruk Tanyel at (864) 503-5587 or email [email protected].

FURMAN RECEIVES $1 MILLION GRANT

The Duke Endowment of Charlotte, N.C., has award-ed Furman University a $1 million grant to support the work of the Riley In-stitute at Furman, a highly respected public policy organization devoted to driving significant social and economic progress in South Carolina.

The $1 million grant will go toward establishing a permanent endowment for the Riley Institute, whose wide array of public policy programs benefits not only Furman students and fac-ulty but also people across the state and region.

The Institute is named for former South Carolina Governor and U.S. Secre-tary of Education Richard W. Riley, a 1954 Furman graduate.

For more information, visit the Riley Institute website, or call 294-3546 or e-mail [email protected].

CLARENCE B. JONES WILL SPEAK AT FURMAN

Clarence B. Jones, who served as political advisor, counsel and draft speech-writer for Martin Luther King, Jr., will speak at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 on the Fur-man University campus in Shaw Hall of Younts Con-ference Center.

His talk, “King’s Legacy: Challenge for the 21st Century,” is free and open to the public. Jones will also sign books following the lecture.

In addition to coordi-nating the legal defense of King and other leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the Civil Rights era, Jones assisted King in drafting his celebrated “I Have a Dream” speech. He also helped negotiate, at the request of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, an end to the historic Attica prison inmate rebellion in 1971.

Jones was the first Af-rican-American to serve as partner in a Wall Street investment banking firm, and was twice recognized as Fortune’s Business Man of the Month. He is co-au-thor of the books, What Would Martin Say? and Behind the Dream—The Making of the Speech That Transformed a Nation. He also writes a regular col-umn for the Huffington Post.

He currently serves as the Diversity Visiting Pro-fessor at the University of San Francisco, and as Scholar Writer-in-Resi-dence at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Educa-tion Institute at Stanford University.

Jones’ visit to Furman is part of the university’s MLK celebration. Furman is also sponsoring these MLK events:

9 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 1, Burgiss Theater and Wat-kins Room, Trone Student Center — “Martin Luther King Youth Program and Rudolph Gordon College Fair”

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 15, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Burgiss Theater, Trone Student Center — “Joseph Vaughn

Oratorical Contest”For more information,

contact Chandra Dillard at [email protected] or 294-2503, or visit the Furman website.

BJU GRAD WINS STUDENT PRODUCTION AWARD

Phil Neves, a 2013 Cin-ema Production graduate of Bob Jones University and resident of Sunbury, Pa., won the first place award for short film in the Intercollegiate National Religious Broadcasters (iNRB) Student Production Awards competition.

Neves’ film, “No Com-promise,” is a 12- minute social science fiction film he completed as his cin-ema capstone senior proj-ect. The film included a cast and crew of nearly 30 students and staff mem-bers and was filmed on the BJU campus and in the Greenville area.

Neves will be recognized at the iNRB Awards Cer-emony at the Gaylord Op-ryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. on Feb. 24.

In addition to receiving a cash award and a travel stipend, he will participate in the National Religious Broadcasters Convention.

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ELEMENTARYThursday – Sweet and sour

chicken over brown rice, stu� ed shells with garlic bread stick for all, vegetation station, broccoli and cheddar soup, fresh vegetables with dip, choice of fruit, milk.

Friday – Pizza, chicken fajita with lettuce and tomato, vegetation station, corn chowder, pinto beans, choice of fruit, milk.

Monday – Baked � sh sand-wich, pizza, vegetation sta-tion, southwest chicken and brown rice, soup, vegetable medley, choice of fruit, milk.

Tuesday – Chicken gumbo over brown rice, toasted cheese sandwich, vegetation station, tomato basil soup, corn, choice of fruit, milk.

Wednesday – roasted chick-en, pasta marinara, garlic bread stick for all, vegetation station, chicken noodle soup, carrots, choice of fruit, milk.

MIDDLEThursday – Beef burrito,

cheese quesadilla, grilled chicken salad with whole grain roll, pinto beans, gar-den salad, assorted fruit, milk.

Friday – Hot dog with chili, meatball sub, chef salad with whole grain roll, Cole slaw, sweet potato bites, assorted fruit, milk.

Monday – Roasted chicken with brown rice and whole grain roll, barbeque sand-wich, mandarin chicken salad with whole grain roll, corn, carrots, assorted fruit, milk.

Tuesday – Spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread stick, spicy chicken wrap, southwest chicken salad with whole grain roll, vegetable medley, green beans, as-sorted fruit, milk.

Wednesday – Fish nuggets with macaroni and cheese, deli sandwich, chicken Caesar salad with whole grain roll, fresh vegetable with dip, lima beans, assorted fruit, milk.

HIGHThursday – Beef burrito,

cheese quesadilla, grilled chicken salad with whole grain roll, pinto beans, gar-den salad, assorted fruit, milk.

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Tuesday – Spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread stick, spicy chicken wrap, southwest chicken salad with whole grain roll, vegetable medley, green beans, as-sorted fruit, milk.

Wednesday – Fish nuggets with macaroni and cheese, deli sandwich, chicken Caesar salad with whole grain roll, fresh vegetable with dip, lima beans, assorted fruit, milk.

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Seven Riverside Middle School Students have been selected to attend the 2014 SC All State Orchestra on Feb. 21-23 at Furman University. Students will work with nationally acclaimed conductors throughout the weekend and perform a concert at 2 p.m. on Feb. 23 at Furman University’s McAlister Auditorium.

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The BJA Forensics team won the third place sweepstakes trophy at the HIllcrest High School Invitational.

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A Washington Center middle school class took a curriculum- based trip to the bowling alley.

‘LAUGH FOR A CHILD’ SETAT CHAPMAN CENTER

Healthy Smiles of Spar-tanburg will host the eighth annual “Laugh for a Child” event on Jan. 30 at the Chapman Cultural Center in downtown Spar-tanburg.

Tickets are sale for $75 per person, which in-cludes entertainment by the legendary comedian, Dave Coulier, also known as Uncle Joey from the sit-com, “Full House,” as well as heavy hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.

To order tickets to Laugh for a Child, contact the Healthy Smiles office at 592-4696 or email Kitta Cates at [email protected].

The pre-party will start at 6 p.m. Jan. 30 in the Jennifer Evins Lobby fol-lowed by Dave Coulier’s performance at 8 p.m. in the David Reid Theatre. See silent auction items at healthysmilesonline.org.

ONE-ACT OPERAS ON STAGE AT DANIEL RECITAL HALL

From crime family rival-ry in a 1920’s Speakeasy to the hilarious antics of over-the-top opera audi-tionee “Wanda Wannabe,” all sung in English, Con-verse Opera Theatre puts a modern-day twist on classic operas by Purcell and Mozart for its upcom-ing production.

The double-bill of one-act operas are specially designed for those who might typically shy away from opera, featuring modern-day twists on the tragic Dido and Aeneas and comedic The Impre-sario.

The production runs Jan. 24-26 in Blackman Music Building’s Daniel Recital Hall at Converse College. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 and 25 and 3 p.m. on Jan. 26.

Tickets are $15 for gen-eral admission, $13 for se-niors and free for students with ID and children.

They are available for advance purchase through the Twichell Auditorium Box Office at 596-9725 or at the door prior to perfor-mances.

SPARTANBURG YOUTH THEATRE LISTS CLASSES

The Spartanburg Youth Theatre will begin the spring semester of its

2014 Theatre Education Program for grades 4K-12 starting the week of Feb. 10.

Among the new offer-ings is a series of classes for younger actors en-titled Storybook Ad-ventures: From Page to Stage, in which students will have the opportu-nity to turn their favorite children’s books, such as the “Frindle,” “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” “Judy Moody was in a Mood,” and for our young-est actors, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” into live performances. Other classes include a Stage Combat class for interme-diate acting students and a class for more advanced actors called The Actor’s Lab.

Students will also have the opportunity to devel-op their musical theatre talents by enrolling in Broadway Basics or Broad-way Boot Camp, featuring selections from the hit Broadway musicals Shrek! The Musical and Legally Blonde. All classes will culminate in an end of the semester performance showcase for family and friends.

SYT has also added an additional Daytime Drama Class, giving home school students an opportunity to take Stage Makeup and The Art of Acting.

The Spartanburg Youth Theatre offers scholarship opportunities available for those who require finan-cial assistance. Call The Spartanburg Youth The-atre at 585-8278 to enroll or for more information.

STOMPING GROUNDSCOFFEE & WINE BAR EVENTS

7:30-10:30 p.m. Jan. 24 – Northern Border Blue-grass Band

5-7 p.m. Jan. 25 – Craig Owens

5-7 p.m. Jan. 25 – Italian Dinner for $9.95

7-10 p.m. Jan. 25 – Greer Oldies Storytelling night

Jan. 27 - $10 pencil drawing class with Robert Decker

7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Jan. 31 – Leather and Lace

CHAPMAN CULTURAL ANNOUNCES EVENTS

Spartanburg Soaring!: Through Apr. 30. A four-month long celebration of the community’s pro-gressive and playful spirit, symbolized by the kite. Look for cool things to do, like see kite-themed mov-ies and write poems about kites.

Creative Ladies: Though Feb. 15. On exhibit at the Spartanburg Art Museum (SAM). The exhibition fea-tures a variety of art and craft created by 20 artists, all seniors who meet week-ly to learn new art tech-niques and practices at the City of Spartanburg’s C.C. Woodson Community Center. Free and open to the public.

Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Call 582-7616

for more information.Artists’ Guild: Jess Stone:

Through Jan. 28. Jess Stone’s exhibit will be a re-flection on her life, espe-cially how she views turn-ing 30 years old. It will be free for public viewing 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Satur-day, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Call 542-ARTS for details.

Sundays Unplugged: Jan. 19, 26. Chapman Cultural Center is open 1-5 p.m. every Sunday afternoon and presents a local mu-sician for the public’s ca-sual listening enjoyment. The musicians are part of Chapman’s Singer-Song-writer Concerts series, where they perform free mini-concerts 2-4 p.m. For January, the line-up is Jan. 19, Daniel Z; and Jan. 26, Travis Smith. Call 542-ARTS for details.

Ballroom Dance Classes: Jan. 27. Ballet Spartanburg offers ongoing ballroom and popular dance classes at 7:30 p.m. every Monday. at Chapman Cultural Cen-ter. The disco dance The Hustle will be featured on Jan. 27, and Feb. 3. Call 583-0339 for details.

Abstract Invitational Ex-hibition: Through Mar. 29. Eight artists from the pied-mont of North and South Carolina exhibit abstract works on paper, canvas and ceramics. It is free and open to the public, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Satur-day, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Call 582-7616.

Lunch and Learn: His-tory: Jan. 24. Spartanburg Regional History Museum will host its monthly Lunch & Learn at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at Chapman Cultural Center. Each month, a guest speaker presents on a topic related to local his-tory. $5 at the door. Call 596-3501 for details.

Fiber Arts Workshop with artist Gloria D. Ward: Jan. 25. Spartanburg Art Museum will host a free fi-ber art workshop by Gloria Ward 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Ward will demonstrates the tra-ditional craft of felting and leads participants through the process of creating a fiber pin similar to those on exhibit at Spartanburg Art Museum in the We Are the Creative Ladies of C.C. Woodson exhibition. This workshop is appropriate for students 10 and older, and families are encour-aged to come and learn together.

Millennium Brass: Jan. 25. Spartanburg Philhar-monic Orchestra will spon-sor a chamber concert by Millennium Brass quintet at 8 p.m. in the Chapman Cultural Center Theater. These five internationally known musicians perform jazz, pops and classical styles, and collectively have performed as solo and section members with many of America’s leading orchestras and pops stars. Tickets are $38 for adults and $15 for students. Call 948-9020 for details.

Winter Jazz Series: Jan. 31. Daniel Z and his Jazz Ensemble will kickoff Chapman Cultural Center’s

Winter Jazz Series at 7 p.m. Daniel has performed throughout the western world with his wide range of talent on drums, piano, and voice. Listeners can ex-pect swinging jazz, bossa nova, and modern jazz. On Thursday, Feb. 20, Tish Oney will be in concert with tunes by Peggy Lee, and on Thursday, Feb. 27, the series ends with Jazz Singers and the Spartan-burg Jazz Ensemble. $10 each. Call 542-ARTS for details.

ROCK ‘N ROLL GOLD BEGINS JAN. 23 AT CENTRE STAGE

Music of the 50s, 60s and 70s will come to life with this concert that runs Thursday-Sunday Jan. 23 - Feb. 15. Shows are at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Tickets are $35, $30 and $25.

Student rush tickets available 30 minutes prior to show time for $20 with school ID (day of, based on availability), one ticket per ID. The box of-fice can be reached at 233-6733 2 - 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday two hours before performances.

Tickets and additional information are avail-able online at centrestage.org.

DAVID WILSON ON DISPLAY AT THOMPSON GALLERY

An exhibition by Univer-sity of Tennessee art pro-fessor David Wilson will be on display Jan. 6 – 31 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building at Fur-man University campus. Thompson Gallery hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Mon-day through Friday.

A reception and gallery talk is scheduled for 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Jan. 30 in the Roe Art Building. Wilson’s exhibition, “Wander,” is free and open to the pub-lic.

For more information, contact Furman’s Depart-ment of Art at 294-2074.

GREER OPRY HOLDS SATURDAY DANCE

The Greer Opry House at 107 Cannon St. presents Classic Country Band with Ed Burrell on Saturdays at 8 p.m.

Admission is $9 per person. Free line dancing from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. No alcohol, smoking or out-side food and drink. Fam-ily entertainment.

Visit greeropryhouse.5u.com.

ARTWALK CELEBRATES SPARTANBURG’S CULTURE

Celebrate Spartanburg’s culture with ArtWalk, the self-guided tour of down-town’s artistic commu-nity, 5-9 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

Many venues are open late to show patrons all the new and exciting ex-hibits.

Wine-and-cheese type refreshments are available and art talks are often on tap.

Call 542-ARTS for more information.

SEND US YOUR UPCOMING CONCERTS, PLAYS, EVENTS

Send all of your enter-tainment news to Katie Jones at [email protected] or to The Greer Citizen, Attn: Things To Do, P.O. Box 70, Greer, S.C. 29652.

ENTERTAINMENTThe Greer Citizen

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PICKS OF THE WEEK“The Dallas Buyer’s

Club” (R) -- Matthew Mc-Conaughey delivers a ca-reer-altering performance as a hard-partying cow-boy who became a hero to many people only after he was told he had 30 days to live. Ron Woodroof (McConaughey) was di-agnosed with HIV in the early 1980s, when little was known about the virus and many promising treat-ments were not available in the U.S. Ron sets about smuggling medicine into Texas for the benefit of himself and the HIV-posi-tive population.

As Ron’s character de-velops, there is a raw and believable change as he sympathizes with people he used to shun. The film also carries a strong con-tender for best supporting actor with Jared Leto as Rayon, a transsexual and fellow HIV patient who becomes Ron’s friend and business partner.

“About Time” (R) -- Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) is a decent, fumbling, charm-ing and awkward young Brit who learns on his 21st birthday that the men in his family can time travel -- only into the past and only into moments from his own life. Tim’s power allows him to erase and re-do his most uncomfort-able mistakes and missed opportunities. He spends the rest of his (screen) time keeping his girl and staving off life’s tragedies.

Written and directed by Richard Curtis (veteran of a thousand English ro-mantic comedies, includ-ing “Love, Actually” and “Four Weddings and a Funeral”), the movie devi-ates just a little while still showing the Curtis stamp. It’s painfully cute, full to the brim with sentiments and a little clumsy while advancing the plot. It’s an easy watch, and sure to have a few laughs for even the most cynical viewers.

“Free Birds” (PG) -- This is the big, animated, star-studded, 3D Thanksgiving movie about turkeys us-ing a time machine to go to the first Thanksgiving and prevent turkey from ever being part of the tra-dition. Though it’s stuffed with sight gags and goofy sidekicks, it’s just never very funny. The way facto-ry farms and turkey hunts are depicted can be pretty scary for the young ones. If you want your child to be a vegetarian, there must be a kinder way than mak-ing him or her sit through this.

DOG OF THE WEEK“Baggage Claim” (PG-13)

-- There are romantic com-edies that are cloying and gushy, or too serious and heavy. And all romantic comedies are pretty pre-dictable -- it just runs in the genre. However, some romantic comedies are so atrocious that they may actually intend to harm us with bizarre messages about love. In “Baggage Claim,” a flight attendant needs a man in 30 days (just because), so she ar-ranges to be on a plane whenever one of her exes travels (she’s apparently involved with TSA and NSA on this one) in the vain hope of rekindling a romance.

Matthew McConaughey in “The Dallas Buyer’s Club”

Rating: 7 out of 10

Run time: 121 minutesRated: ‘R’ for language and

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That “Lone Survivor” raked in over $70 million in its first ten

days shows how much our country loves real heroes. Based on the autobiographical book by former Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell, the film is a visceral and moving tribute to military bravery and sacrifice. It’s another showcase for the under-rated Mark Wahlberg, and a return-to-form for direc-tor Peter Berg, who gave us “Friday Night Lights” a decade ago.

Set in 2005, the story follows a team of four Navy Seals into the moun-tains of Afghanistan, where they’ve been or-dered to locate and kill a Taliban leader. All goes as planned until a group of goat herders come along, alerting enemy soldiers and leaving the Americans badly outnumbered by at-tacking Taliban forces.

Like all good war movies, it’s a fierce and difficult viewing experi-ence. From the opening training montage to the real-life photos that close the show, Berg’s emo-tional investment in the project is evident. The handheld cinematogra-phy and piercing sound effects put us right into the action, emphasizing Afghanistan’s unforgiving terrain and the horrifying intensity of the firefight. If not for the first and last half hour, “Lone Survivor” would still be a rock-solid action movie, but Berg’s quieter moments with both the Americans and Afghanis give the film a stronger, more human resonance.

Character development is the film’s glaring weak-ness — a shame given the

talent and chemistry of a cast that includes Eric Bana (“Munich”) and Emile Hirsh (“Into the Wild”). Berg deserves credit though, for avoiding political angles and high-

lighting the blurry ethics of wartime dilemmas.

As for Wahlberg, it’s his best performance since 2010’s “The Fighter.” And, judging by the physical and emotional strain of

the role, there’s no doubt he cared as much about this tribute to our brave soldiers as his director did.


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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

Quinn threatened Char-lie into keeping her secret about the jewelry heist. Ridge comforted Katie after her argument with Brooke. Liam frantically tried to reach Hope before she went on her camping trip with Wyatt. Mean-while, Quinn urged Wy-att to leave sooner rather than later. Caroline hinted to Liam that it might be time to let Hope go. Quinn had an ulterior motive when she asked Pam to lunch. Rick and Brooke disagreed on Hope’s re-bound relationship with Wyatt. Believing that Pam could be trusted, Quinn told her about Wyatt’s role in the heist. Katie received a dinner invitation from a handsome man. Hope and Wyatt go on their camping trip along the Pacific coast. Wait to See: Bill recruits Justin to dig up some dirt.

DAYS OF OUR LIVESJulie shared her suspi-

cions with Abigail that something happened to Nick. Brady was guilt-rid-den when he realized the consequences of his ac-tions. JJ convinced Bev to help him neutralize There-sa. A very angry dad read Hope the riot act about her daughter. Abigail demand-ed to know if EJ killed Nick. Eric was faced with a difficult decision. The-

resa used Brady’s drunken state to her advantage. Family and friends gath-ered to celebrate Arian-na’s christening, which concluded with a shocking turn of events. Gabi grew worried as Julie made it clear that she wanted to question her about Nick’s disappearance. Abigail struggled with a moral dilemma. Sami made a decision about her rela-tionship with EJ. Wait to See: Kate finds herself in a sticky situation.

GENERAL HOSPITALLuke was flabbergasted

by what he found at the boathouse. A new chief of staff at the hospital was an-nounced. Felix apologized to Sabrina. Kiki confronted Franco about the knife and bloody fingerprints that were found. Another op-portunity presented itself for Carly to be saved. Lulu and Dante shared a bitter-

sweet moment. The other candidates were stunned by who was named the new chief of staff. Nathan was running on borrowed time regarding Silas’s case. Brad was asked out on a date. Duke’s mysteri-ous whereabouts piqued Anna’s interest. Wait to See: Duke is cornered by an armed Julian.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

Summer was rushed to the hospital after she took too many energy pills. Jack demanded to know why Sharon called Nick instead of Jack. Billy asked Kelly not to come to his house anymore. Noah caught Courtney buying drugs. Chelsea announced that she was moving to Paris with Adam. Jabot was be-ing investigated by the labor board for selling ille-gal diet pills online. Abby was locked inside the loft by the mysterious woman who was following her and Tyler around. Michael and Christine argued over Fen’s legal defense. Dylan and Avery were hot on Ian’s tail until someone warned the cult leader that people were looking for him. Gloria welcomed wedding planner David Tutera to Genoa City. Wait to See: Chelsea’s world is turned upside down.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 71 years old and have been diagnosed with chronic heart failure. In October of last year, I had triple bypass surgery, but now I’m in good health. Some things I have read about chronic heart failure are unnerving. Will you give me your take on what lies ahead for me? -- S.T.

ANSWER: Heart failure, chronic heart failure and congestive heart failure are the same condition. It’s one of the most common reasons why older people are hospitalized. The basic problem is that the heart has become so weak that it circulates blood poorly. Such poor circulation per-mits fluid to ooze out of blood vessels and “con-gest” tissues in the feet, ankles and lower legs. The lungs fill with fluid, which brings on heart failure’s cardinal feature -- gasping for breath on even slight exertion.

Other signs of heart failure are breathlessness when lying in bed, heart enlargement, seen on X-rays, and the doctor’s dis-covery of lung sounds that indicate the lungs have fluid in them.

Numerous conditions lead to heart failure. At the top of the list is coronary artery disease, the block-age of heart arteries that often brings on a heart attack. This must be why your heart failed. You did have surgery to correct

blocked heart arteries, but they did their damage well before surgery took place. Heart valve problems, high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation are other causes of heart failure.

Medicines usually can get the heart beating with greater vigor and can less-en or abolish most symp-toms. Anything that af-fects heart function must be treated. High blood pressure, for example, has to be lowered.

You might think that inactivity is best for your heart -- it isn’t. Your doc-tor will outline a program that keeps you active to the level that your heart can tolerate. Walking is one example, but more strenu-ous exercise is encouraged when your heart becomes stronger. You should be on a low-salt diet.

You ought not to be discouraged about your outlook. The life span of people with congestive heart failure has increased by 15 percent in men and by 5 percent in women in just the past decade. The increment in women’s life span is smaller because women live longer, on av-erage, than men.

Readers can order the booklet on congestive heart failure by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 103W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipi-ent’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My EKG report, sent to me, says “left axis deviation.” Is that a big deal? -- M.Y.

ANSWER: It means that that electric signal origi-nating in the upper heart chamber and responsible for each heartbeat takes a different route to reach the lower heart chambers, the pumping chambers.

In the absence of symp-toms, it’s not a dangerous thing. You don’t have to dwell on it. I take it you have a doctor who ordered the EKG. That doctor will follow up to see if you have any hidden heart trouble. The condition is not an emergency situation.

Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer in-dividual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newslet-ters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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