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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015
GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 102 NO. 10 75 CENTS
Greer may establish

historic districts
BY AMANDA IRWIN
STAFF WRITER
Were tentative
The Greer Planning and

Zoning staff will seek
$50,000 to help establish
local historic districts in
Greer.
If approved, the funds
will be used to conduct a
survey to identify historic
standards and regulations,
beginning with the Mountain View Heights area, located between Broad and
Green Streets and Arlington Avenue.
The establishment of local historic districts, similar to that of the National
Historic Registry, will offer tax incentives for residents in compliance and
will only come into play
when updating or making
looking at what they

call the Mountain
View Heights. This
is our first endeavor
at looking at a local
district...
Glenn Pace
Coordinator, Greer Planning

and Zoning
construction changes to
homes or businesses within the established areas.
Thats what the whole
point of the ordinance,
said Brad Sauls, with the

State Historic Preservation
Office (SHPO). To allow
for people to make improvement and rehab and
repair properties, but be
sure that its done in a way
in that maintains what
makes it a significant and
unique place so that youre
maintaining whats unique
to Greer and part of what
defines Greers character.
Some people might
see it as an obstruction
of growth, but youre trying to manage growth and
be sure that, while youre
growing, youre maintaining what makes it desirable to be here in the first
place, he said.
In addition, the establishment of local historic
SEE PLANNING | A6
WILLIAM BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN
Sister Hazel to take

stage at Family Fest
Twenty-five people representing 16 countries were granted United States citizenship last
Friday at a naturalization ceremony at Buena Vista Elementary School in Greer.
Buena Vista
hosts new citizens
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Alternative rock band
Sister Hazel will headline
the 31st annual Pelham
Medical Center Greer Family Fest, slated for May 12.
The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce the first
details about this years
Family Fest at a press conference on Tuesday.
We think Sister Hazel will bring and attract
young families, Greer
Chamber President and
CEO Mark Owens said.
Were really looking at
reconnecting with the entire family sector of Greer
and we think this will provide a great time for us to
showcase what Greer has
to offer.
Owens also said the Family Fest golf tournament
would return two weeks
prior to the event.
Family Fest is probably
our biggest downtown festival in Greer, so the planning is really year-round
Owens said. It takes a
long time, but we have
great volunteer leadership
and a huge commitment
from the City of Greer and
Pelham Medical Center.
Were excited to be
able to offer quality rides,
art shows, vendors, great
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Twenty-five men and
women from 16 different
countries achieved a common dream of becoming
United State citizens last
Friday afternoon, and a
group of Buena Vista Elementary School students
were there to help celebrate.
I feel more than

MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
Family Fest chairman Rudy Painter revealed new details

about this years event on Tuesday afternoon.
foodits just a great family atmosphere in Greer for
our community, he said.
On Friday, Pickett Strait,
Silver Travis and Hott
Gritzz will perform. Saturday will feature Becky
Greene,
the
Chandler
Creek Choir, New River
Bluegrass, Splitshot and
Hot as a Pepper. The Veterans Walk, Greer Idol and
the Lil Mr. and Miss. Pageant will return as well.
Owens said this is an op-
portunity to showcase the

city.
We focus on our downtown merchants, he said.
We really plan on ways
to maximize exposure for
them when we have visitors like this in our downtown area. This year, were
doing an economic impact
study with Clemson University to determine what
the festival brings to our
downtown.
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happy. Its hard to

describe.
Siegfried Kaiser
New citizen
The school hosted a

naturalization ceremony,
joining the immigrants
for the final step of a long
process.
We told the children
how privileged they are to
be able to witness this,
Cindy Watson, a fifth
grade social studies teacher at the school, said. Its
quite the honor and we
SEE CEREMONY | A6
Petra James looked on as her mother, a native of Alberta,

received American cititizenship.
Lyman allocates $218,000 for Pacific Place, streets

BY AMANDA IRWIN
STAFF WRITER
Lyman Town Council allocated more than
$218,000 in funds for two
projects Monday night.
Council approved a
resolution that allows
the Streets Department
to take bids for and purchase a new grapple truck
INDEX
CLASSIFIEDS
B4-5
COMMUNITY CALENDAR/NEWS
A2
CRIME
A9
ENTERTAINMENT
B8
OBITUARIES
A6
OPINION
A4
OUR SCHOOLS
B7
SPORTS
B1-4
WEATHER
A6
not exceeding $140,000.

The resolution followed
a report advising council
that the current truck had
exceeded its 15-year lifespan and, despite already
costing the city more than
$10,000 in repairs, is currently not working and is
in need of more repairs.
Council also took action
on a resolution allocating
DEATHS
$78,277.95 in hospitality
funds to construct a kitchen and purchase kitchen
equipment for Pacific
Place, located 59 Groce
Road, allowing the venue
to better serve potential
clients and residents, according to councilmember
Rita Owens.
Although no action was
taken, Andrea Moore, di-
SPORTS
William Chris
Christopher Dover, 59
Lee Frank Elmore, 72
Ruth Marcelle Stone
Stansell, 89
rector of Middle Tyger

Community
Center
(MTCC), addressed Lyman
Council with a request
for $6,000 in support for
District Five Ministries.
Council said the request
for funds would be placed
on the next agenda for a
formal vote.
Moore reported that in
2014 the center provided
NOTABLE
food assistance to 122

households, which assisted 134 children and 67
senior citizens. The center
also provided diapers to 17
households, hygiene kits
to 69 households, utility
bill assistance to 45 households and gifts to 171
children for Christmas. In
addition to assistance for
families and households,
INSIDE
Eggtastic Easter Event

set for March 28
GOIN DANCING
North Greenville
makes DII tourney
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The City of Greer Eggtastic Easter Event

will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on March
28 at Century Park, featuring age-appropriate egg hunts, inflatable games, a magic
show, crafts and activities.
In the event of rain, all activities will be
held from 2-4 p.m. on March 29.
Please call Greer Recreation Supervisor
Justin Miller at 848-2192 with any questions.
MTCC, donated school

supplies to 39 students
at Lyman Elementary and
37 students at DR Hill
Middle School. Since the
September opening of the
free clinic at MTCC, 14 uninsured Lyman residents
have established a medical home with MTCC and
the center is establishing
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noon on Tuesdays. All listings are subject to editing
and/or omission due to
space constraints. Please
submit information about
area events, meetings, etc.
to Amanda Irwin at 8772076, email to airwin@
greercitizen.com or mail
to The Greer Citizen P.O.
Box 70 Greer, SC 29652.
TODAY, MARCH 11
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.
THE 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.
MTCC TOUR MEETS at the
MTCC, at 84 Groce Road in
Lyman at 10 a.m. Potential
volunteers and interested
parties can tour the facility.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN Voters
of Greenville County meet at
1 p.m. at University Center,
McAlister Square, 225 S.
Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville. Ages 18 and older, men
and women, are invited to
join. Visit the information
monitor at University Center
for the room number.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12
KIWANIS CLUB AT 6:30 p.m.
at Laurendas Family Restaurant. Call Charmaine Helfrich
at 349-1707.
TRADITIONAL RUG HOOKING guild meet at Spalding
Farm Clubhouse off Highway
14 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Contact Betsy McLeod at
270-1164 or email Patty Yoder
at scupstatehooking@gmail.
com
SATURDAY, MARCH 14
have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Grace Place
is located at 407 Ridgewood
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
10 -11:30 a.m. at Calvary
Christian Fellowship, 2455
Locust Hill Road, Taylors.
Limited supplies available on
a first come, first serve basis.
MONDAY, MARCH 16
THE NEVER ALONE GROUP
OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center.
GRACE PLACE IN Greer will
have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - noon. Grace Place
is located at 407 Ridgewood
TUESDAY, MARCH 17
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 contact Wesley Welsh,
President, at 877-5955.
BARBERSHOP HARMONY
CHAPTER at 7 p.m. at Memorial United Methodist Church,
201 N. Main St., Greer. Call
877-1352.
DISABLED AMERICAN
VETERANS and Auxiliary
at 7 p.m., 721 E. Poinsett St.,
Woodmen of the World. Call
Preston Johnson at 979-7758.
THE NEVER ALONE GROUP
OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center.
THE LIONS CLUB at Lake
View Steak House, Higway 14
at 5:30 p.m.
THE SOAR LUNCHEON from
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Victor Gym.
Bring a covered dish and/or
dessert.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18
THE 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, MARCH 19
THE TAYLORS LIONS Club
at 6 p.m. at the Clubhouse,
500 East Main St., Taylors. Call
Allen Culver at 350-6939.
THE TAYLORS LIONS Club
at noon at the Taylors First
Baptist Church Ministry Center (old Post Office) on Main
Street, Taylors. The meeting
will last approximately one
hour. Call Jerry Hatley at
268-0567.
COMMUNITY
NEWS
MTCC CLINIC
TAKING NEW PATIENTS
The Middle Tyger Community Clinic is accepting new patients. The Free
clinic for uninsured patients is open Friday mornings, Monday afternoons
and Thursday mornings .
Insured patients and pediatric patients are welcome.
For appointments call 4397760.
CRAFTY WAYS
TO FIGHT HUNGER
On March 28, Westside

Church, 611 Richardson
St., Simpsonville, is hosting Crafty Ways to Fight
Hunger from 9 a.m. 4
p.m. All handmade hometown crafts, including
recycled art, home dcor
jewelry, yard art, Easter
dcor and more will be
sold by more than 40 local
vendors. Hot dogs will be
sold as well from 10 a.m.
2 p.m. Proceeds will benefit Gods Pantry and local
craftsmen throughout the
Upstate.
Contact Wendy Roberts
at 396-4441 for more information.
PROM PROJECT 2015

IS TAKING DRESS NOW
District Five Family Ministries at the Middle Tyger

Community Center and
Wellspring Treasures in
Spartanburg are currently
taking prom dress donations for students unable
to afford a prom dress
otherwise.
Students in need of a
dress can purchase one
at the Community Chest
Thrift Store, in downtown
Lyman on Groce Road, and
Wellspring Treasures, at
the intersection of John. B.
White Sr. Blvd. and Blackstock Road in Spartanburg,
for $5 between February
and April.
THRIFT STORE SALE

BENEFITING MTCC
The Community Chest

Thrift Store, located at
52 Groce Road, Lyman, is
open Thursday and Friday
10 a.m.6 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m.2 p.m., hours
may extend if volunteers
are available and a need

arises. The store has an
ongoing sale on coats and
jackets for $5 and sweaters 50 percent off. All of
the proceeds benefit the
programs and services offered by District Five Family Ministries.
Donations of gently
used ladies clothing, accessories, home dcor
items, and mens clothing,
shoes and accessories are
being accepted and can be
dropped off at the MTCC,
located at 84 Groce Road,
Lyman, Monday through
Friday 8 a.m.5 p.m. To
setup larger donations or
to volunteer contact Lyn
Turner at 439-7760.
SENIOR DINING REQUESTS

SUBSTITUTE DRIVERS
The Senior Dinging program needs substitute

drives to pick up participants MondayFriday from
9:30 a.m.noon. Contact
877-1937.
GCM NEEDS DRIED

BEANS, PEANUT BUTTER
Greer Community Ministries is collecting dried

beans and peanut butter
for the food pantry this
week.
Sharons Clothing Closet
needs blankets and towels.
Donations
may
be
dropped off from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. Monday-Friday at
738 S. Line St. Ext., Greer.
Visit gcminc.org for more
information.
have questions, please contact call 582-6737 or email

Robin at pa2.hshelter@
att.net.
ROLLING ON THE RIVER

MAY 2 AT 7 P.M.
The sixth annual Rolling

on the River, a fundraiser
benefiting the Middle
Tyger Community center,
is May 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the
BMW Zentrum. The event
features a live auction
and silent auction, several
casino games, heavy hors
doeuvre, beer and wine
and live musical entertainment.
The MTCC is a nonprofit
that offers several programs and services for
low-income
individuals,
families and adolescent
parents.
To purchase tickets,
sponsor the event or for
more information, visit
middletyger.org or contact
Lisa Hall at 439-7760.
PURSES WITH PURPOSE

IS MAY 13-16
Middle Tyger Community Centers 8th annual

Purses with Purpose sale
is May 13-16 from 10 a.m.
6 p.m. at the Community Chest Thrift Store, 52
Groce Road, Lyman. The
center is currently taking

donations of purses. All
proceeds benefit District
Five Family Ministries.
For each purse donated at
Community Chest, donors
receive $1 their purchse.
JAILBREAK 5K RUN &

WALK, MAY 23
The Lexington County

Sheriffs Foundation is
holding its ninth annual
Jailbreak 5K Run & Walk
on Saturday, May 23, at
the Lexington County
Sheriffs Department, 521
Gibson Road, Lexington.
Packet pickup and late
registration begins at 6:15
a.m. and the event begins
at 8 a.m. The Cost is $25
prior to race day and $30
at the event. Anyone interested in participating can
register online at stricklyrunning.com.
GODS PANTRY NEEDS

PASTA, CANNED MEATS
Gods Pantry needs pasta, oatmeal, grits, beans,

rice, crackers, Ramen noodles, canned goods, peanut butter, dessert mixes,
condiments, snack foods,
coffee and drink mixes.
Call 963-4441 or visit
godspantrysc.org.
THE HAVEN SHELTER

NEEDS FIRST AID SUPPLIES
The Haven Shelter in

Spartanburg, which provides shelter and supportive services to homeless families to facilitate
a transition to a stable
living environment, needs
several items. Items needed include: antibiotic and
Benadryl cream, band
aids, antiseptic cleaner,
Clorox products, wood
floor cleaner, healthy
snack items for children,
floor mops, brooms and
dustpans, sponges, bedroom dressers, window
mini-blinds, insulated curtains for large windows,
toolbox set, five bathroom
towel racks, Kleenex, liquid laundry detergent and
dish soap.
If youre able to donate
any of the above items or
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Wellford Council approves fees

By Amanda Irwin
Staff writer
In an effort to uphold a
democratic society that
public business be performed in an open and
public manner, Wellford
Town Council voted to
pass a resolution establishing a Fee Schedule
for Staff Time and Copies
that requires any Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA)
requests to be specific,
made in-person and cost
$5.
The resolution further
details added fees, includ-
ing $.50 per copy for requests exceeding 10 pages, $25 per disk for videos
and DVDs, $20 per hour
per employee for staff time
at a gross hourly rate.
The
resolution
also
states that: In circumstances where it is anticipated
that staff time necessary
to comply with a request
may exceed five hours, the
requestor may be required
to pay a deposit of half the
estimated costs of complying with the request prior
to staff searching for or
making copies of the requested records.
Public records requests

exempt from being requested in writing and for
a fee include: minutes of all
public meetings preceding
six months, reports from
preceding within 14 days
that disclose the nature,
substance and location of
any crime or alleged crime
committed excluding juvenile crimes and documents identifying persons
confined in any jail, detention center or prison for
preceding three months
excluding juveniles.
In addition, the resolution states, costs shall
not be charged for time

spent examining records
to determine whether they
may be disclosed and at
the discretion of the city
clerk, any portion of the
rate may be waived.
It is uncertain as to what
led to the adoption of the
resolution, which only requires a single reading
and, upon approval, is immediately enforced.
Wellford Mayor Tom
Watson was unable to be
reached by press time to
further comment.
[email protected] | 877-2076
Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen
Savvy shoppers
Greer Opry House, located at 107 Cannon Street, Greer,

hosted Savvy Restyle Market during a craft event on
Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7.
Womens History Month
Rollins: The first councilwoman and mayor

By Amanda Irwin
Staff Writer
In 1887, Susanna Salter
became first female mayor
in the United States when
she was elected in Argonia, Kansas. But it wasnt
until nearly a century later
that Greer would see its
first female mayor.
Possibly without realizing it, Shirley Rollins political career began with a
septic tank and a petition
triumph. Shirley became
the first female councilmember in Greer in 1971,
under Mayor Worth Barnett, but her leadership
would not stop there. In
1988, she became the first
female mayor in Greer,
which then was a statewide rarity.
Ive always been doing
something that I thought
would better (the community), she said. Somebody probably said, well
why dont you run, and
thats probably why I did
it. Just because of that.
Ive always been real active in anything I was in
with children, the schools,
PTA president, working
with the band. Just when
anybody did anything, I
wanted to be right there
doing it.
Although Shirley accomplished a first for females
in Greer, at that time, it
hadnt occurred to her
she had done so. Shirley
said she never received
any adversity about being
a woman in a leadership
position.
We had a good council
then. The men, they were
very nice. I felt welcome,
Shirley said. My mama
taught me to be nice to
people and theyll be nice
to you. There might be an
odd ball every now and
then that doesnt work
with you, but its hard to
be ugly with people that
are nice to you. Ive always
been one of those people
that wanted harmony.
While serving on council and as mayor, Shirleys
focus was beautification.
She featured a Mayors
Yard of the Week and began Greers first adopt a
highway program.
My thing, back then,
was beautification, Shirley said. I dont think
theyd ever thought about
that. I did all the flowerbeds around the city
hall, put out trees, I was
the first one to decorate
the fire department, put
lights and stuff. I just love
decorations and making
it pretty. I had flowers everywhere. Then I had yard
of the week. I had picked
out a yard of the city every
week and would go have
my picture with theirs.
People loved that.
I think, at that time,
I got about 35 miles of
roads adopted by different organizations.
Prior to being mayor,
Shirley worked as a secretary for her husband, John
Rollins.
He had to hire three
people to replace me, she
said.
After serving a single
term as a mayor, she began
working in real estate and
continued to be involved
in the community while
raising four children. She
said one thing she taught
her children was never to
lie.
Tell me the truth and I
can deal with it. [My kids]
I voted with my heart and for what I

thought was best for the city. It wasnt
popular all the time.
Shirley Rollins
Former mayor of Greer
Shirley Rollins was the first woman elected as City of Greer

mayor in 1988.
will tell you right now, my
mama will not lie, Shirley
said. Now, I go around
the bend sometimes. Like,
when people would call
my husband at home,
theyd say is Mr. Rollins
there and Id make him go
outside before I answered
them because I wasnt going to lie and say he wasnt
in the house right now.
Now thats kind of silly,
but thats how I am with
the truth. Always tell the
truth because its too hard
to cover up lies.
My
husband
said
youre the only politician
I know that it costs them

money to be in politics
because I voted how I felt
and I didnt owe anything
to anybody. I voted with
my heart and for what I
thought was best for the
city. It wasnt popular all
the time.
Her son, John Rollins
Jr., remembers his mother
teaching him equality.
We never had the problem thinking that women
were necessarily inferior
to anything, he said.
Somebody had to step
out and start everything,
you know, Shirley said.
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Somebody has to step

out, and then they look
back and say, you know
if she can do that, I can
do that. Women just are
not stay at home moms
anymore. Theyre very
educated, very smart and
like I say, they do details
and stuff where some men
dont.
Shiley said if she can offer advice to todays women, she would tell them to
seek the jobs they want.
If you have a desire to
do something--you know
when you go to school and
say I want to be a rocket
scientist or whatever you
like to do--do that, she
said. It may not be a field
for women, but if you do
what you like to do, you
do better when you love
what you do. These people
that have jobs when they

hate to go into work every
morning. That must be a
horrible life.
I listened to everybody
that gave any advice, but
then I made my own decisions always have. I dont
know if thats a good point
or a bad point, but I listen
to everybody. I dont argue

or do that, I just listen and
decide which is the best
way for me or what Im
voting on, or what would
help more people.
Although no longer a
resident in the City of
Greer, Rollins continues to
be involved in community
beautification,
working
with County Club Estates
on its adopted highway on
Gap Creek Road and getting Greer High School to
sign up to adopt the highway along Country Club
Road and the remainder
of Gap Creek Road.
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OPINION
The Greer Citizen
A4 THE GREER CITIZEN
Spotting a fellow farm hand
dont have a resume, really, but if I

did, under other talents I guess Id
write tell jokes and ride horses. But
after just emceeing another fashion
show benefit, I realize I have another
gift, if you will:
I can spot a fellow farm hand from
across the room.
Its been awhile since I was last in
London, but I could also always spot the
American tourist: besides baseball caps
and chinos being the dead giveaway,
them stepping obliviously off the curb
into traffic, looking the wrong way and
narrowly being missed by taxis and other shouting drivers is so prevalent that
painted on every curb are the words,
LOOK RIGHT or LOOK LEFT.
This was said to have cut dramatically
down on emergency calls for ambulances.
And being a first generation American
born of English parentage, here in the
States I can often spot a wandering Brit.
Its just something in the facial expression I recognize: bewilderment at the
size of everything in this country, from
shopping malls to jaw lines.
But the spotting of the lesser-known
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
denim-chested farm hand was only
something of which I became recently
aware. She was one of the models at the
fashion show.
Like me, she was tall and pretty fit, but
unlike me, she got to wear long, black,
flowing trousers of which I was exceedingly jealous. PJ, the coordinator, always
likes to put me in one of her dresses
because Im built like Twiggy, only not
as buxom, so unlike my brunette doppleganger, I had to worry about extensive
grooming the evening before the big
event.
I was shocked at the whiteness of my
legs which seemed to lure moths the
same way as do bug zappers on a back
porch. For this I was prepared: I had
bought a tube of tanning make-up for
legs. You squirt some of the glop in
your hands, rub it all over your legs and

feet and hey, presto! Youre back from
a week in Cozumel. Just remember to
wash your hands thoroughly afterwards
or, like me, it will appear that while your
palms also went on holiday, the rest of
your hands and arms were stuck in the
frozen Carolinas.
Standing at the podium, describing
each model as she ascended the steps
to the runway, it was the self-conscious
way this woman carried herself that
made me instantly recognize a sister
from another mother.
From the card I was given to describe
her ensemble, I read that she also rode
tractors and baled hay on her 300-acre
farm.
I knew it, I thought, in triumph. It
wasnt just that she had her hands
partially concealed within the folds of
her outfit (were not ones to show them
off or, heaven forbid, paint our nails
some silly color to actually draw attention to the calluses) it was just the way
she stood. Even beneath the elegant and
becoming hat that was worthy of Ascot,
she stood as I would stand: like someone
who rarely did very girly things and was
just waiting for someone to point out

that she was playing dress up in someone elses clothes. She looked terrific but
would probably roll her eyes if told so.
As she passed me on the way to the
steps, I whispered, Hey Ive got a pair of
earrings made from tiny, green tractors.
I call them my John Deerings. You want
em?
That made her face light up, her eyes
sparkle as if Id presented her with a
pale blue Tiffany gift box.
Oh, wow, yeah! she mouthed back,
and made her way to the runway,
completing her walk and pirouette with
slightly slumped shoulders.
In the end the event was a huge success, a sell out, and best of all, lots of
money was raised for a very worthy
cause. I enjoyed wandering around the
country club, taking in its opulence and
ladies who lunch and even marveling at
the ease in which I found Pauls Hyundai,
standing out like a sore thumb in a sea
of gleaming European imports.
The only other person I spied was my
spiritual sister. Like me, she was heading
home early.
We got critters to feed.
THE UPPER ROOM
CURIOUSLY
AMANDA
Getting rid
of worry
AMANDA IRWIN
Staff reporter
Read Luke 8:4-15
lessed is the onewhose

delight is in the law of the
Lord, and who meditates
on his law day and night. That
person is like a tree planted by
streams of water, which yields
its fruit in season and whose
leaf does not wither whatever
they do prospers. Psalm 1:1-3
(NIV)
The pink flowers in my garden brought joy to my heart.
On the day I planted them, the
petals and leaves consumed
all the available space. But
sometime later weeds began
to appear, and I was too busy
to address the problem. By
the end of the summer, the
bed that once overflowed with
colorful flowers was filled with
weeds. If only I had maintained the garden and pulled
each weed as it appeared, I
would still have an abundance
of flowers.
Ive noticed that this same
phenomenon occurs in my
spiritual life. When I ignore the
worries that invade my mind,
they eventually choke my spiritual growth and the beauty and
fragrance of Christ disappear
from my life. Like the flowers,
I do not mature.
As with weeds, the key is to
act when each worry arrives on
the scene. I can maintain the
soil of my heart by meditating
on scripture, since its truth is
the best tool for weeding out
worry. If I look up verses that
speak to the issues that worry
me and meditated on those
passages, I can be prepared
when worry invates my mind.
The result will be a life that
produces a good crop instead
of an abundance of weeds.
Prayer: Dear Father, thank
you for providing a way to cope
with worry. Help us to apply
your word daily so you can
produce abundant fruit in our
lives. Amen.
Thought for the day: Gods
word can help us overcome
worry.
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EDITORIAL
Tragic display of states

growing violence problem
On February 5, around 1:15 p.m., students at
the University of South Carolina received a text
message warning SHOTS FIRED two words
that would send chills and panic through the
large campus that is home to nearly 32,000 students.
For a few hours, we all believed that USC had
become the latest face of campus shootings.
Instead, we soon would learn, USC had become the latest site of an epidemic that usually
spreads in obscurity, but is all too familiar in
South Carolina: domestic violence.
USC professor Raja Fayad was shot to death
in his office by his ex-wife, Sunghee Kwon, before she turned the gun on herself.
Just three and a half weeks prior, police had
been called over a situation involving Fayad and
Kwon. The couple had a clear history of violence, and Fayad had moved out of their shared
home on Jan. 10.
As a society, we often imagine domestic violence in a stereotypical way, where a man beats
his wife and uses power and/or money to control her throughout the relationship. This tragedy serves as a very real wake-up call that domestic violence can happen anywhere. Anyone
can be a victim of domestic violence, regardless
of gender, race or socioeconomic background.
Dr. Fayad was a well-respected professor. He
was a successful cancer researcher who made
significant progress in colon cancer research,
and was an expert on Crohns disease and ulcerative colitis. His death is a tragic loss for our
community.
I started 2015 by addressing South Carolinas
domestic violence problem and the need for
proper reform, and legislators are responding.
Rep. Shannon Erickson and the members of the
House domestic violence study committee have
introduced H.3433. Sens. Larry Martin and Greg
Hembree are spearheading S.3, which is being
debated on the Senate floor.
Ive spoken endlessly on the need for tougher
penalties and zero tolerance for repeat offenders. However, we must also focus on education.
We need better education for our law enforce-
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ment officials who are on the front lines of this

battle. They need to have the appropriate tools
to work with and identify victims, and should
be equipped with the necessary skills to determine whether or not someone is in a life-threatening situation.
Just hours before the gun shots on February
5, I spoke to a group of faculty members on
USCs campus about the severity of domestic
violence in South Carolina, and what we can do
about it. My speech was a small part of the oneday regional summit hosted by USC and EverFi,
a Washington-based education company. The
purpose of the event was to encourage S.C.
institutions to take a leadership role by implementing domestic-violence and sexual-assault
awareness programs that can reach all incoming students at the start of each school year.
Its a chilling thought that the same day we all
gathered to discuss domestic-violence prevention and education, a life was cut short due to
this tragic crime just a few blocks away. This
reaffirms the need for more conversations like
this about domestic violence.
We need to educate ourselves and our children. The conversation with our children cannot begin early enough. They need to understand that violence is never acceptable. There
are appropriate ways to talk to your children,
regardless of age, about what a relationship is
and is not. A healthy, loving relationship never
includes a partner using coercion, intimidation
or physical violence to get his or her way.
My heart breaks knowing that in just a few
months, I will read Dr. Fayads name out loud
during our annual Silent Witness ceremony to
honor the slain victims of domestic violence. It
is my hope that the tragic death of Dr. Fayad
inspires us all to do our part in this fight. We
must change the way we view this tragic crime,
and we must accept that domestic violence is a
real problem in South Carolina. We cannot sit
idle any longer, and risk losing another life to
this reckless crime.
This guest editorial was submitted by South Carolina Attorney General Alan
Wilson.
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Hidden
agendas
he Freedom of Information Act isnt simply words

written on paper to appease
the public and fool them into
believing that transparency
exists. The act is a promise that
transparency between government and the public they serve
is protected and information
pertaining to the public is
freely accessible to ALL. Notice
the FREE.
Its for this reason I was
stunned, disappointed and
then increasingly annoyed by
the recent passage of a resolution by Wellford Council to
impose astronomical fees on
residents who, as of 2012, had
a median household income
of $28,133--nearly 35 percent
lower than the statewide median household income.
What you can or cannot
afford shouldnt determine
what information you do or
do not have access to. The
fees incurred for information
requested through Freedom of
Information Act requests begin
at a minimum of $5, which for
a minimum wage employee
making $7.25 accounts for 42
minutes of work prior to taxes
and assuming the individual
has money to spare to request
information pertaining regarding laws, records, ordinances,
minutes and any other information that impacts them that
pertains to the officials they
elected to pass laws and regulations that impact them. The
fees only worsen from there:
$.50 per copy is required for
requests exceeding 10 pages,
$25 per disk for videos and
DVDs, and perhaps the most
outrageous - $20 per hour per
employee for staff time at a
gross hourly rate.
In a town where the former
mayor, Sallie Peake, is charged
with misconduct in relation to
the towns finances, its understandable if residents are reluctant to believe the government
its elected officials are trustworthy and seek documents
obtained through transparency
and guaranteed through FOIA
requests.
The attack on FOIA over the
past year is concerning.
From the Saluda County
ruling regarding publication
of agendas, or lack thereof, to
FOI reform sitting with the S.C.
Legislature to Wellfords recent
move, I cant help but wonder
what our public officials are
hiding.
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BUSINESS
The Greer Citizen
DAVE
RAMSEY
The
problem
with being
impulsive
DR: Debit cards are

great. You cant spend
money you dont have
with them like you can
with a credit card, but
youve still got to budget
carefully and give a name
to every single penny of
your income. Otherwise,
you can still overspend.
When I made the decision to get intentional
with my money, I just
used cash. Its hard to
spend it when you dont
have any on you. Its a
tough thing, I know, but
you have to make a conscious decision to start
living differently.
Try looking at your life
as a whole, not a moment
at a time. All the moments youre living right
now will have either a
positive or negative effect
on your future. I decided I
wanted the greater, longterm good, so I gave up
on the short-term stuff.
Trust me,. The greater
good is worth the sacrifice. But until you make
that decision for yourself,
you wont do it.
Doing without
Q: In your mind, whats
the biggest thing a family
can live without when it
comes to getting control
of your money and living
on a budget?
DR: On a regular, dayto-day basis, I think maybe the biggest and best
thing you can eliminate
is eating out. There are
always the shiny things
people can do without.
But its really not a good
idea to be eating out when
youre broke. It really
adds up.
I love a good restaurant, and Ive got nothing
against the industry. The
problem, though, is that
lots of people are struggling to pay their bills
or set aside something
for retirement because
theyre eating out all the
time. Most folks simply
dont realize how much
money they throw away
by heading to the drivethrough for lunch or
going out to dinner once
in a while.
I want people to enjoy
life, and a great part of
that can be going out and
having a meal with your
family and friends. But if
youre experiencing financial issues, the only time
you should see the inside
of a restaurant is if youre
working there!
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Culpepper Designs, a wedding and event planning shop, cut the ribbon on its new
location in downtown Taylors last Thursday. The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce
was on hand to award the business its ceremonial first dollar of profit.
R. Kinard
Johnson, Jr.
has been reappointed to
the Greenville Airport
Commission by the Johnson, Jr.
Greenville
City Council to serve
an additional three-year
term.
The Greenville Airport
Commission is the owner
and operator of the Greenville Downtown Airport
(GMU).
GMU is the busiest general aviation airport in

South Carolina and is a
self-sufficient entity with
financial strength that
doesnt rely on local taxpayers for funding.
GMU is also home to
Greenville Jet Center, the
largest Fixed Base Operator (FBO) in S.C., as well as
more than 25 other aviation-related
businesses,
creating 453 jobs that
annually contribute more
than $35.2 million to the
Upstate economy.
Wedding shop opens

in downtown Taylors
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Couples looking to tie
the knot now have a new
wedding planning option
in downtown Taylors.
Culpepper Designs, a
wedding and event planning company, recently
opened its new location
at 207 W. Main Street, offering a wide range of
services including floral
designs.
Were pretty much a
one-stop shop for weddings and floral design,
Owner Angie Culpepper
said. The biggest thing
that sets us apart from
other wedding and floral
companies is the personalized service that youre
going to get. Youre not
going to call us and get a
1-800 number. Youre going to get us personally.
Well do anything you ask
us. We can do it all.
Angie started the business with her mother, Andrea Culpepper.

Weve been open for
five years as a company,
but we just got a lot bigger
than we originally anticipated, so we had to grow
into this storefront, Angie said. Its been great.
We did a wedding festival along with our grand
opening, and now we have
the credibility of a storefront. Business has kind of
grown a lot.
This is a huge step for
us. We want this to be our
home location.
Angie said her roots kept
her in Taylors and she
feels as if the business can
succeed on Main Street.
We love Taylors, Andrea said. I was born and
raised here, so Taylors has
our heart. The Main Street
area was perfect. We love
being right across the
street from Taylors First
Annual report
available online
The City of Greers
2014 Annual Report is
now available online, giving local residents an opportunity to receive news
and features in flipbook
format.
The report, titled Team
Greer and produced by
the citys communications
office, includes information about programs and
highlights from city news
from the calendar year. It
includes mini-features on
the Greer Police Department equipping patrol
officers with body worn
cameras, Partnership for
Tomorrows community
master plan, and the Greer
Fire Departments 100th
anniversary. Greer Fire
Captain Paul Brown is
featured on the cover in
recognition of the anniversary.
Also included are a financial report and annual recaps for each of
the citys departments,
as well as Greer Development Corporation and the

Greenville County Redevelopment Authority.
The 2014 publication is
the third year the city has
utilized the online flipbook format for its annual
report.
Feedback about the
format has been very positive because visitors may
read it online, download
the publication and read
it at their leisure, or print
a copy. Its the perfect answer to those who want a
traditional annual report
with the convenience of an
online publication, Greer
Communications Manager
Steve Owens said. Its
easy to access, easy to
read, and is designed as
a traditional publication
while offering substantial
savings over printing and
mailing an annual report.
The report may be accessed at www.cityofgreer.
org.
Business students partner

with Guy Harvey company
Clemson
University
business students have
teamed up with Guy Harvey, the man behind both
Guy Harvey Inc. and the
Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) to understand
how social media can be
used to tackle problems
related to ocean wildlife
conservation.
The Creative Inquiry
class, led by Jason Thatcher, director of Clemsons
Social Analytics Institute
and professor of management, has been working
with Harveys team since
January. Along with their
study of ocean conservation, the class also hopes
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Johnson named to
Greenville Airport
Commission
DAVE
SAYS
Q: I have a problem
with impulse spending. I
switched to a debit card
so that the money comes
straight out of my checking account, but I still buy
things I know I shouldnt.
Should I stop using the
card?
THE GREER CITIZEN
to dissect the Guy Harvey

business model, focusing
specifically on social media utility in the companys strategy.
This class is about two
things: getting the students involved in a handson way with real data and
cultivating a lasting relationship with a popular
brand, said Thatcher.
He explained that companies like Guy Harvey
are always thrilled to work
with young students on
real-world projects as
it creates a pipeline of
trained and employable
graduates.
Thatchers
students
will be working with Guy

Harveys marketing team
on two projects simultaneously. First, they will
be investigating the social
media strategies behind
Guy Harveys new marketing campaign called Real
Guy, Real Life, which aims
at making the brand more
transparent and open to
its followers.
The groups second
project involves an examination of Guy Harveys
Great Shark Race.
The students will be
studying the races impact
on various social media
platforms.
Baptist because we have a

lot of weddings there. Its
growing so fast with Taylors Mill and things like
that, so we really think
this is an up and coming
town.
Working with the community has been easy for
Andrea and Angie.
Greer City Hall, the
Cannon
Centrewere
there all the time, Andrea
said. Weve been able to
work with a lot of great
people.
Our slogan is making
your dreams a reality one
wedding at a time. We just
want to take all the ideas
and dreams people have
and make them come true
without the stress of the
wedding planning, Angie
said.
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OBITUARIES
The Greer Citizen

Chris Dover
Ruth M. Stansell
William Chris Christopher Dover, 59, of 218

Moore Street passed away
on Monday, March 9,
2015. He was the son of
Mozelle Runion Radke of
Piedmont and the late William Russell Dover and the
husband of the late Rita
Kay Vaughn Dover.
Survivors include two
sons, Shane and Rusty
Dover both of Greer; two
daughters, Angie Kimpton and Lena Pruitt both
of Greer; two brothers,
Parker Dover and Charlie
Woodall; two sisters, Angie
Earnhardt and Lisa Staton;
and seven grandchildren.
A memorial services will
be 3 p.m. Friday at His
Vineyard with Rev. Keith
Kelly officiating. The family will receive friends following the service.
The family is at the
daughters home, Lena
Pruitt, 301 School Street,
Greer.
Condolences may be
made online at www.striblingfuneralhome.net.
Ruth Marcelle Stone

Stansell, 89, widow of
Thomas Obie Stansell,
Sr., died March 1, 2015 at
Regency Hospital.
A native of Anderson
County, she was a daughter of the late Ben and Ollie Porter Stone, a retired
employee of Umbro/Stone
Manufacturing Company
and was of the Baptist
faith.
Surviving are two sons
and
daughters-in-law,
Thomas Tom and Phyllis
B. Stansell of Taylors and
Michael Mike and Delores B. Stansell of Travelers
Rest; four grandchildren
and their spouses, Susan
and Tracy Huggins, Melissa
& Eric Lovin, Jon Stansell
and Tosha S. Webb, and
ten great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were
held 2 p.m. Saturday at
Hillcrest Memory Gardens,
conducted by Dr. Ralph
Carter.
Visitation was held 12:45
until 1:45 p.m. Saturday at
the Wood Mortuary.
The family is at the
home of a son, 315 East
Darby Road, Taylors.
Memorials may be made
to the American Heart
Association, Upstate SC
Regional Office, Attn. Memorial Donations, 3535
Pelham Road, Suite 101,
Greenville, 29615.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.
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Lee Frank Elmore

Lee Frank Elmore, 72,
died March 3, 2015, at his
home.
He
was
the son of
the
late
Robert Lee
Elmore and
Eunice Mae
Owens Elmore.
Surviving are his wife,
Martha Elmore; two sons,
Lee Elmore and Timmy Elmore; a daughter, Tonya
Harris; an aunt, Virginia Elmore; two brothers, James
Elmore and Bobby Elmore;
two sisters, Betty Pearson
and Gloria Bentley; and a
lot of beloved grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mr. Elmore lived life to
the fullest whether he was
traveling out West, panning in the mountains,
playing in a casino, fishing, or pulling a joke on
someone. He always gave
his family and friends a
new wild and crazy tale to
tell.
To our husband, dad,
papa, Uncle Flunky, Root,
Bubba and good friend,
you will be missed.
wonderful time.
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PLANNING: Districts wont occur soon

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district regulations will

help maintain property
values, could result in
tax incentives and gives
residents and the city the
ability to self regulate its
historic standards.
Our office commissioned a study -- its been
several years ago probably needs to be updated
so keep in mind Im talking about a study that was
done in the 1990s. At that
time, there was a comparison of sales prices of
houses in locally designated districts versus those
that were of comparable
age but were not in a local historic district, said
Sauls. The analysis of the
sales data showed that the
prices of the properties in
the historic districts they
were selling at the same
or higher than properties
that were not designated
(historic).
We have local incentives also, so I guess we
could look at expanding
those, said Glenn Pace,
Greer Planning and Zoning
coordinator. If your expenditures are 50 to 100
percent of the evaluation,
you can get a 20 years assessment.
Should the city choose
to go forward with allocating the funds to conduct
a survey and eventually
designing guidelines for
the district, the city can
apply for a grant through
the SHPO that awards a
50/50 reimbursement for

the costs incurred by the
city for the establishment
of historic districts.
The survey collects data
on property location information, dates of construction and major operations,
kinds of materials on the
property,
photographs
and historical information
on the properties.
However, according to
Pace should the city forgo
approving funds in next
years budget, the staff
will go forward with identifying and establishing
historic districts with the
use of staff evaluations
rather than outside professional consultants.
Were tentative looking at what they call the
Mountain View Heights,
Pace said. This is our first
endeavor at looking at a local district, and this being
a good, small area thats
why were concentrating
at looking at, right now,
that area.
Weve had residences
in other parts of the city
in that same interest, but
theyre in larger geographic areas and I dont know
if were ready to bite that
much off yet.
Pace added that the staff
would only pursue establishing a local historic district if both the residents
and council desire staff to
do so.
Hopefully with the involvement level that we
would want to have from
the community, and the
After a week of warm, wet weather we will

see a drier weather pattern return as we head
into the weekend. Highs on Saturday and
Sunday will tumble from the upper 70s to
the upper 40s by the end of the week. Cloudy
skies and rain will bring temperatures down as
we move to Thursday and Friday. Above normal temperatures continue for the beginning of
next week with highs near 70 and dry weather.
Have a great weekend!
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assurance that were not

just wanting to impose
something on them its
more or less self imposing
regulations makes them
feel better when changes
do happen or development
happens and they can rest
assured that, yeah, its
not going to decrease the
value of my home, Pace
said.
Residents will not have
to immediately become
compliant to a historic
district code or ordinance
once passed, but once
construction or physical
changes occur on their
property, if local historic
district regulations are developed, the historic regulations developed by the
city would be enforced.
If [property owners in
an established local historic district] make changes, from that point on you
comply with the standards
that youve imposed, he
said.
Development and application of a local historic district will not occur
soon. The next step is to
determine whether council will approve funding
to conduct a survey and
then design guidelines will
need to be developed.
a pediatric clinic that will

provide services to any uninsured pediatric patients
in Spartanburg County,
which according to Moore
is the only one of its kind
in the county.
Other action taken by
council included a resolution permitting a request
to solicit bids by the Economic Development board
for the construction of
a road on city property
for the Bryant Center was
unanimously approved as
well. A temporary gravel
road may be constructed
until the centers completion to afford access to the
property for construction
beginning in July. A paved
road will be established
later pending a written

agreement between the
city and the Bryant Center
stating the center will reimburse the city the cost
of the road construction.
The Lyman Police Department reported to
council that, using $550
approved
by
Lyman
Council in January, it had
launched its emergency
reporting mobile application and more than
200 people have already
downloaded the app. The
application, once downloaded, provides residents
with department contacts,
emergency push notifications, access to a list of
sex offenders and a list of
most wanted individuals
and access to a forum to
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provide anonymous tips

to the department.
Following approval from
council to sell unused
items by the department
to other local departments
that have expressed interest, the Police Department
will recoup $1,075 for the
sale of VHS camera systems, mini DVR cameras
and computer laptops to
the Chesnee Police Department and the Tyger River
Fire District.
The next regularly scheduled Lyman Town Council
meeting is at 6 p.m. on
April 13 at Lyman Town
Hall, 81 Groce Road.
CEREMONY: Grants citizenship to 25

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feel very fortunate to be a

part of it.
For Siegfried Kaiser, a
native of Germany, it was
an emotional day.
I feel more than happy,
Kaiser said. Its hard to
describe. If you work over
a decade to get citizenship
in a legal way, its pretty
tough. Ive come a long
way.
Although the process
has been challenging at
times, Kaiser said he never
regretted it.
Immigration has always
treated me well, he said.
People should know that.
Most people dont even
know that. Theyve always
treated me fair and well.
Sometimes you hear bad
things, but everything was
absolutely fine and Im
glad Im here and Im glad
to be an American now.
Some of the other countries represented included:
Guyana, Russia, Poland,
Peru, Jordan, Honduras,
India and Mexico.
Buena Vista quickly took
advantage of the opportu-
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ceremony when it became
available.
The students do a lot of
research on immigration
and we have a day where
students come dressed
as an immigrant from another country and they go
through our Ellis Island,
Watson said. With that
opportunity, we had a
lady from Homeland Security ask if wed like to
host a real naturalization
ceremony and we jumped
at the chance. We thought
that would be wonderful.
Watson worked with
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Greer
to set up the ceremony.
Students from the school
sang the Star-Spangled
Banner, while Boy Scout
Troops 260 and 925 presented the colors.
This is like the hands
on part of social studies,
Watson said. They dont

just have to read about
this stuff in the text book.
They can actually see it
happen. This is wonderful
because they see real people going through the process. We told them there
might be some tears and
that it might be emotional.
Its just a unique opportunity.
Watson said Buena Vista
would be interested in
hosting another Naturalization ceremony in the
future.
Whats next for the new
American citizens?
I look forward, Kaiser
said. I love this country
and I think I still have opportunities. I like it here.
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First Presbyterian to update historic sanctuary

BY KATIE CRUICE SMITH
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
The old church building has become a landmark for many who come
to downtown Greer, but
First Presbyterian Church
is ready to make some improvements to the regal
brick sanctuary.
First Presbyterian has
been a mainstay in the
Greer community, moving to its present location
in 1880 with the help of
40 mules, who pulled the
original building from its
previous location near the
current Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church.
As the 1900s came
around, it became apparent that the church
needed a new building. A
new sanctuary was built in
1923, and a new pipe organ was added. Today, the
churchs congregation of
518 active members is still
meeting in that same sanctuary, complete with many
of the problems that were
never addressed when the
buildings blueprints were
first bought from a catalog.
In 2002, we held a capital campaign to build the
new fellowship hall, said
Harriett Williams, who is
the cabinet chair for the
building project. And
step two was going to be
to rebuild the sanctuary,
but that became a multimillion dollar project because there was no land
for us to expand.
Located on the corner

of Main St. and School St.
limited the ways that the
church could expand. But
the new Fellowship Hall
helped to resolve some
of their capacity issues as
they are now able to provide a more contemporary
service at 8:45 a.m.
We then determined
that 2008 was when we
would expand, but then
the economy fell apart,
said Williams. Then our
Sunday school classes
started getting crowded.
This past August, the
church was able to purchase the old Davenport
Library building, which
provided plenty of room
for the churchs educational needs. They also added
a Columbarian in between
the sanctuary and the Fellowship Hall.
But as one obstacle after
another stood in the way
of expanding the sanctuary, the almost centuryold building began to look
its age. During the excessive rain storms the area
received last year, the
lowest level of the church
was flooded, resulting in
severe water damage to
the walls and other areas
of the building. Currently, most of the church is
barely accessible by wheelchairs, although there is
an elevator in one part of
the church. The current
handicap ramps are quite
difficult to maneuver, and
the choir loft is completely
inaccessible to the handi-
PHOTO | COURTESY OF KATIE CRUICE SMITH
First Presbyterian Church in Greer, located at 100 School St., recently annouced it would
make improvements to its sanctuary.
capped.
We had thought we
were going to rebuild, but
we are renovating instead,
said Williams. One-third
of the money is going to
just make everything more
accessible.
The church is planning
to renovate all of the areas
of the church to be more
handicap-accessible. And
the current elevator is going to be replaced with a
three-level elevator that
will be accessible to all the
levels. In addition, the current sanctuary will be connected by a bridge to the
Fellowship Hall with a covering and accessibility to
the elevator as well. There
Springwell offers
community assistance
BY KATIE CRUICE SMITH
Springwell Church is
putting their feet to their
message and stepping out
to serve in the Greer community.
During the month of
February, Springwell led
their bi-annual event, Feed
the Need, a month-long
attempt to receive food
items for Greer Reliefs
food pantry.
We usually do okay,
bringing in about 1,000
food items, said Brandon
Higginbotham, who is the
churchs communication
pastor. But this time, we
brought in over 2,000 food
items, completely filling
the Greer Relief food trailer.
The difference this time
is that the church was able
to partner with His Radio,
89.3FM, to be a venue for
a free concert featuring
Christian recording artist,
Brandon Heath.
His Radio came to us
and said they needed a
venue, said Higginbotham. We asked them if
we could do it in conjunction with Feed the Need,
and they were excited to
partner with a community
ministry.
Although the concert
was free, the church asked
the community to bring
a food item with them to
the concert. With over 600
people in attendance on
Feb. 13, it was easy for the
church to be able to fill the
needs of Greer Relief.
Higginbotham realized
that Greer Relief especially
had a need in the non-food
months. It all began when
his daughter came to him
to do a neighborhood food
drive. They were trying to
find a place that needed
donations
and
found
that Greer Relief could
use the help. Ever since,
the church has gotten on
board with the project and
is planning another food
drive in June.
But Feed the Need is not
the only event the church
does to help the community. Next week, Springwell
will be reaching out with
One Loaf, a ministry that
is as simple as making
sandwiches from a loaf of
bread.
Currently, we do this
four times a year, said
Higginbotham. But we
are trying to strategize
how to do it more often.
The idea is to make as
many sandwiches as one
will also be outdoor covering added to the church

for protection in inclement weather.
First Presbyterian is also
planning to update its
furnishings and carpeting and to waterproof the
walls from future flooding. The foundation will
have to come out as well
and be waterproofed. The
bathrooms will also be renovated, as well as the current parlor kitchen, which
will become the Communion Kitchen instead.
We also want to replace
the Plexiglas that protects
the original stained glass
windows, said Williams.
But that would be an ad-
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The Golden Hearts of

Apalache Baptist Church
will host a covered dish
supper on March 10 at
the church at 6 p.m. Guest
speaker Bud Moon will
present
Observations
from the Moon. The senior adults have scheduled
a shopping trip March 17
to Hamricks in Gaffney.
The group will eat lunch at
Arbys in Lyman. Celebrate
March Madness is on the
calendar for the Golden
Hearts at Laurendas Restaurant in Greer at 6 p.m.
on March 26.
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PHOTO | COURTESY OF KATIE CRUICE SMITH
Spring well recently brought in more than 2,000 food

items for Greer Relief.
can from a loaf of bread
and then head out into the
community and hand them
out to people in need. The
church sends groups to
parks, government housing communities, homeless communities, and
anywhere else they think
they might find someone
who needs a hand.
The first time we did
this, we had 30 people,
said Higginbotham. The
second time, we had 90

people. We wanted something that was administratively light and that anyone can join.
Anyone in the community who wants to participate
is invited to come to the
church on Saturday, March
14, at 11 a.m. Groups will
return around 1 p.m.
Springwell is located at
4369 Wade Hampton Blvd.
in Taylors.
Jason Gray is having a

Homemade Hotdog Supper at Liberty Hill Methodist Church, 301 Liberty
Hill Road, Greer, on March
20, Friday from 6-7:30
p.m. Donations will be
taken for his Mission Trip
ditional $20,000, so it is
not currently in the building plan.
While the sanctuary,
which currently seats
around 300 people, will
not be expanded as originally planned, the accessibility changes will make
it much easier for many of
the congregation.
But some of the renovations will be beneficial for
the community as well.
The churchs gymnasium
and bathrooms will be renovated. Currently, many
groups in the community
use the gymnasium for
their own purposes. And
this part of the church is
where GAIHN (Greenville
to South East Asia. He will

be leaving in April for an
extended time to make
plans for a long-term stay.
Come enjoy hotdog plates
and talk with Jason about
his trip.
SEEKING YARD SALE

PARTICIPANTS
The annual indoor/outdoor Yard Sale at Sacred

Heart Church, located at
1009 Benson St. (across
from Quality Foods), will
be held on Saturday, April
18th. The church is seeking anyone who would be
interested in reserving a
table to sell their things
at $20 per 8ft table. Please
call Kris Ann Alexander at
770-715-0332 for reservations.
COLLECTING FOR GCM
Riverside Baptist Church,

located at 1249 South Suber Road in Greer, will be
collecting 20 boxes of cereal per month for Greer
Community
Ministries.
Those interested in donating can place items in collection baskets throughout
the church. There are 228
boxes left to collect.
Area Interfaith Hospitality Network) families stay.

GAIHN families are homeless families trying to stay
together as they get back
on their feet. First Pres offers shelter for these families once every quarter.
Even the smallest members of the First Presbyterian family will benefit from the renovations.
Their previous playground
structure was basically
condemned when the
wooden play set began to
fall apart. As part of the
current building plan, the
children will have a new
playground that is up to
code.
Although $1.6 million
was left to the church as
part of the capital campaign, the church has had
so many needs that there
currently remains only
$1.2 million in the fund
and much more is needed
to make all the repairs
possible.
The
campaign
was
kicked off again with a
dinner for the College of
Elders, anyone who has
ever served as an elder for
the church. Then on Feb.
8, a big breakfast was held
for the church. The church
is planning to raise all the
needed funds by Sunday,
April 26, and is planning a
Pass It On Dedication.
If you are interested in
helping with the capital
campaign, call the church
at 877-3612 or donate online at www.fpcgreer.org.
RIVERSIDE BAPTIST
JUDGEMENT HOUSE
Riverside
Baptist
Church, located at 1249
South Suber Rd., will be
returning to an Ohio state
prison to present the gospel through Judgement
House from March 21-24.
Cost is $225 per person.
For more information, call
the church at 879-4400.
COMMUNITY YARD SALE
Camp ONeal, located at

3726 Highway 101, Greer,
will hold a community yard
sale on Saturday, March
14 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. The
cost is $10 per table.
EASTER EVENT
Abner Creek Baptist

Church will host Walk
With Jesus: An Easter
Event for Families on Saturday, March 28 from 1
p.m.-3 p.m. on the church
campus. Come learn the
story of Jesus in a fun
and interactive way. The
church is located at 2461
Abner Creek Rd in Greer.
visit www.abnercreekbaptist.com.
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Two car crash

Two Pelham-Batesville firefighters stand in the aftermath of a two-car crash at the
intersection of Highway 80 and Highway 14 Thursday afternoon. No one appeared
seriously injured in the accident.
Deputies say a Greer

woman is accused of driving drunk and leading
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deputies say a yellow Camaro was first reported
as a possible intoxicated
driver that had failed to
stop for the Spartanburg
City Police Department to
dispatch early Thursday
morning.
After spotting the Camaro, deputies said they
tried to pull the Camaro
over but it fled at a high
speed
down
Reidville
Road, reaching speeds
Vanessa Welchel
higher than 100 mph at
one point.
Deputies say the vehicle
then went into the median, across two lanes, and
slowed to 90 mph while
driving the wrong way
into oncoming traffic for
several miles.
As the vehicle approached the town of

Reidville, deputies say
it slowed its speed and
abruptly stopped. Officers say while placing
handcuffs on the driver,
identified as 44-year-old
Vanessa Ann Welchel, they
smelled a strong alcoholic
odor on her and from inside the car.
According to deputies,
two bottles of Jagermeister were found open, with
two cups of Red Bull and
Jager also within the car.
Deputies also say they
found half of an 18 pack
of Busch Light unopened.
Welchel was arrested
and charged with driving
under the influence, failure to stop, and open container.
Alcohol, drug related crimes top arrest reports

CRIME REPORT
(Note: All information

contained in the following
was taken directly from
the official incident reports
filed by the Greer Police
Department, The Spartanburg County Sheriffs
Office or The Greenville
County Sheriffs Office All
suspects are to be considered innocent until proven
guilty in the court of law.)
NOT IN LYMAN ANYMORE
Michael Anthony Cervantes, 33, of 106 Shore

View Court in Taylors has
been charged with driving
under the influence.
According to an incident report provided
by Greer Police, officers
were dispatched around
5 a.m. to the area around
Brushy Creek and South
Buncombe in reference to
a driver that was passed
out near a red light. When
officers approached the
driver, they could smell
an alcoholic odor emanating from it. When asked
if he knew where he was,
the driver said, Lyman.
When Cervantes failed to
follow an officers penlight with his eyes, he was
arrested for driving under
the influence and transported to the Greer City
Jail.
The subject refused to
submit a breath sample.
PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS
Tammy Lynn Wyatt, 32,

of 1409 Roper Mountain
Rd. in Greenville has been
charged with public drunkenness and open container. According to a Greer
Police incident report, an
officer was dispatched to
West Wade Hampton to
assist EMS with a woman
passed out in a vehicle.
Upon inspecting the vehicle, he found several con-
tainers of liquor and beer

on the front seat in clear
view. Unable to walk, the
subject was placed on a
stretcher and transported
to the hospital. Her vehicle was towed and Wyatt was issued tickets for
open container and public
intoxication.
SHOPLIFTING
Melvin Javier Ramirez.

31, of 12 Dunbar Ct. in
Greer has been charged
with shoplifting greater
than $1,000.
According to the Greer
Police incident report, the
complainant said Ramirez
had walked into Sunnyside
Grocery on East Fairview
and took a lighter and can
of Pepsi without paying.
After witnesses identified
Ramirez as the suspect,
officers searched the surrounding area and found
him near East Poinsett
Street. Upon seeing the officers, he threw down his
Pepsi can.
He was arrested for
Shoplifting and transported to Greer City Jail.
POSSESSION
Amy Danielle Collins,

27, of 640 Faymor Lane
in Woodruff has been
charged with possession
of schedule III narcotics
and possession of meth or
cocaine base.
According to an incident report filed by Greer
Police, an officer was on
routine patrol on Brushy
Creek Road when he noticed a Honda in front of
him with a broken windshield. He issued a traffic
stop and noticed Collins
hands were shaking. After
the driver granted them
permission to search the
car, officers found Suboxone and a small amount of
crystals resembling meth.
Upon arriving at the jail,
officers found a glass pipe
and more Suboxone on
Collins person. She was
held pending warrants.
RECKLESS DRIVING
Andrew Albert Dohring,

26, of 218 Oakland Avenue A in Greer has been
charged with reckless
driving.
According to an incident
report provided by Greer
Police, an officer on East
Poinsett Street observed
Dohring
spinning
his
wheels at a red light and
driving 50 mph in a 35
mph zone.
A traffic stop was
conducted, after which
Dohring was arrested and
taken to jail.
Wade Hampton collision
PUBLIC DRINKENNESS
Clarence Eugene Smith,

52, of 212 Oakland Avenue
in Greer has been charged
with public drunkenness.
According to a Greer
officer was dispatched to
Poinsett Grocery in reference to a male stealing a
bottle of wine. Officers
located Smith at the Oakland Place Apartments
and found him unable to
stand, with a strong odor
of beer about him.
He was arrested for public drunkenness and transported to Greer City Jail.
POSSESSION
Shelly A. Lindsey, 36,

of 3762 Berry Mill Rd. in
Greer has been charged
with possession of schedule III narcotics, possession of methamphetamine
and possession of drug
paraphernalia.
According to the incident report furnished
by Greer Police, Lindsey
was the passenger in a
car stopped for having
an inoperable brake light.
Between her seat and the
door panel, police found a
plastic baggy with a white
crystallized
substance
and five Diazepam pills
wrapped in cellophane.
Syringes, spoons, bungee
First responders flock to the scene of a two-car collision on Wade Hampton Boulevard in
Greer last Wednesday morning. Pictured is an injured driver being attended to by police
and EMS personnel.
straps and dirty cotton,
items generally associated
with drug use, were also
found.
The crystal substance
tested positive for methamphetamine. She was arrested and transferred to
Greer City Jail.
OPEN CONTAINER
Alan Matthews Mills, 39,

of 1600 Sandy Flat Rd. in
Taylors has been charged
with Open Container.
According to the Greer
officer pulled Mills over
for making an illegal turn
on South Line St. After
running his name, the officer discovered Mills had
an active warrant with the
Greer Police Department.
He was taken into custody
and asked if he had anything illegal in his car.
He said he had just
opened a beer can, which
was found between his
seat and the center console.
Teacher assistant accused

of sex with student
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The Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office said
a teacher assistant was
arrested Thursday after
being accused of having
sexual relations with a
student.
Deputies said Christopher Lyne Drake, 25, was
charged with sexual battery with a student. Drake
is a District 3 teacher at
Daniel Morgan Vocational
School, where the victim
attends classes.
After a detailed statement was taken from the
victim on March 4, deputies said Drake confessed
to the allegation.
He was booked in to
the Spartanburg County
Detention Center and released on $10,000 bond
on Thursday night.
Christopher Drake
Spartanburg School District Three spokeswoman
Sherri Horton said Drake
has been a teacher assistant at the school and an
assistant coach of boys
basketball and track at
Broome
High
School.
Horton said he has not
coached or taught the vic-
tim.
Horton said Drake is currently suspended without
pay pending a dismissal,
which is expected later
Thursday.
According to Horton,
administration began an
investigation on March 2
after receiving an anonymous tip. The student was
questioned by a veteran
counselor, and the counselor immediately contacted the childs parent. Later
that day, the teacher was
questioned by the sheriffs
office and other authorities.
Horton said there was
no information that supported the claim, but they
continued their investigation until they learned of
Drakes arrest.
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THEYRE GOING DANCING
BLAME
CANNADA
Crusaders take conference championship

BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
My
bracket
conundrum
For the first time in

school history, the Crusaders are heading to the
big dance.
The North Greenville
mens basketball team
pulled out a thrilling 6866 victory over No. 9
Mount Olive last Saturday,
securing a No. 8 seed in
the NCAA Division II tournament.
That celebration
and seeing your
players happy is
something youll
never forget.
Chad Lister
NGU basketball coach

It was a great experience to watch our guys
be joyous and excited for
each other, North Greenville coach Chad Lister.
That celebration and seeing your players happy is
something youll never
forget.
The Crusaders fell behind quickly, but bounced
back, securing a two-point
PHOTO | COURTESY OF TROY HERRING
The North Greenville mens basketball team punched its ticket to the big dance last weekend, defeating Mt. Olive in the
Conference Carolinas final. The Crusaders will play Lincoln Memorial in Round on of the NCAA Division II tournament.
advantage at halftime.
With a six-point lead and
time dwindling away,
North Greenville managed
to hold off a late Mt. Olive
run, scoring several clutch
baskets to pull away.
Theyre terrific, Lister
said of Mt. Olive. Theyre
No. 9 in the country at 27-
2 and I think theyd won

16 in a row, so they were
as hot as anybody in the
country. To beat them on
their home floor for a conference tournament title
is pretty special. Theyre
talented at every position. They might have had
the most talented players,
but we felt like we had the

best team.
Spencer Reaves led the
Crusaders with 23 points,
while Micah Parker, the
tournaments most valuable player, contributed
17. LaShawn Alexander
added 13 to the effort.
Weve got a great group
of seniors that have really

believed in what we were
trying to do from day one,
Lister said. Weve had a
great focus on the defensive end the entire season
and weve seen guys that
have sacrificed some individual stats in order to
SEE NGU | B4
Eagles begin
title defense
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Making it official
Greer Middle College students, sitting left to right, Stephen McIntee (Anderson University
soccer), Micah Williams (Clemson University track) and Caden Risen and Timothy
Holcombe (Limestone baseball) signed National Letters of Intent last week.
Whats next for a team

that just got finished celebrating a state title? More
of the same, according to
Eastside boys soccer coach
Bill Martin.
Eastside won its first
two games of the regular season last week, and
Martin said he believes his
squad is back and better
than ever.
Were probably just as
good a team as we were
last year, he said. I dont
have some of the individuals that I had last year, but

we have a very good roster from top to bottom. I
think were as good, if not
even a little better than
last year, so Im excited
about the season.
Although Martin said his
team has plenty of talent,
it will be a new look for
the Eagles on the pitch.
We have to start from
scratch, he said. Everything that we accomplished last year, as of
now, means nothing. With
SEE EASTSIDE | B4
Byrnes returns to field

hungry and humble
After state
We always work
championship to be one of the top
teams in the state
last season
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
For the Byrnes softball
team, defending a state
championship means getting back to work quickly.
Although the Rebels
have lost a few key components of their championship roster, there are
a number of reasons why
you shouldnt count them
out come playoff time.
Of course, after winning
the state championship,
we were all very excited to
get back on the field and
start the 2015 season, By-
BILLY
CANNADA
and I feel like we

have accomplished
that in recent
years.
Brandi Aiken
Byrnes softball coach

rnes coach Brandi Aiken
said. We worked extremely hard this fall and have
been anxiously awaiting
the chance to scrimmage
against someone other
than ourselves.
Our team motto all year

has been to stay hungry...
stay humble, she said.
This is a new team, missing two big parts of our
2014 (roster), so our goal
is to work even harder this
year to make sure we have
another successful season.
Getting several starters
back will help with that effort.
We return most of our
starting line-up, Aiken
said. We lost Bailey Pearson and Lauren Duggar,
but other than that, we
return seven starters. The
two newcomers both saw
significant time last season, so they have some
varsity experience going
into this season
SEE BYRNES | B4
The Eastside boys soccer team has opened the season 2-0
after claiming a state title in 2014.

is the season for

bracket wagers and
friendly betting, but if
prior years are any indication, Im just going to be
throwing my money away.
I know my college basketball. I keep up with the
sport as much as anybody
else, so I cant help but be
intrigued by bracket pools
when March rolls around.
That being said, Ive
only ever won my pool
twice.
Im not a bad picker. I
understand what makes
a good team and what
doesnt. I understand (for
the most part) where to
pick the upset and where
to go chalk.
My problem is: Im
blinded by bias.
The two years I won my
pool were 2005 and 2009.
For those of you keeping track at home, those
were the two years in
recent memory that North
Carolina ACTUALLY won
the national title. Every
other year, Ive picked my
Tar Heels and Ive been
wrong.
I havent lost my ability
to be objective, I just never had it when it comes to
college hoops. Each year,
when the bracket is revealed, I immediately look
at UNCs path to the Final
Four and think man, they
could realistically win it
all.
I know this is ridiculous, considering how bad
my Heels have been the
past few seasons, but at
some point, you have to
decide what kind of man
you want to be.
Sure, you could probably win a bunch of money
picking with your head
and not with your heart,
but is it worth being a
disloyal fan?
I cant take Carolina
fans seriously that dont
pick the Tar Heels to win
it all.
Rule No. 1 of fandom is
that you pick your team,
regardless of the scenario.
This school of thought
often leaves my wallet
hurting in March.
North Carolina has put
up 10 losses this season
and cant win a big game
to save its life. The Heels
finished in the middle
of the pack in the ACC
and will have to win four
games this week in order
to claim a conference
championship.
The odds of them winning the NCAA tournament are slim, to put it
nicely.
But it will be a cold day
you know where when
I become one of the
32,000,000,000 (give or
take a few) people in the
world picking Kentucky
to run the table. March is
about upsets. Its about
the underdog. Its about
things not going according to the experts plans.
So, despite all the
embarrassing losses this
season, Ill once again
put my money where my
heart is.
To the person that wins
my bracket poolyoure
welcome.
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Lady Tigers return to pitch

stronger, more experienced
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
The Lady Yellow Jackets hope to defend their region

championship with another solid year in 2015.
Jackets swing
back into action
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
The Greer softball team
is hoping to pick up where
it left off last season.
The reigning region
champions began regular season play this week,
opening the schedule with
matchups against rival
Riverside and region newcomer Emerald.
We are coming off winning region last year, and
(repeating) will be a test
with our competition,
said head coach Ashleigh
Anderson. We plan on
making playoffs again this
year.
Danyale Davis and Madison Bates will lead the effort for Greer.
Returning
seniors
Danyale Davis and Madison Bates will be leading
this years team, as well as
returning junior Brooke
Wade and sophomores
Paige Clifford and Shaan
Delport, said Anderson,
who will also rely on freshmen Sydney Craig, Taylor
Hannah and Tanaya Ellis
for production.
Greer has progressed
during the off-season and
the Jackets hope a strong
defense will get the team
where it wants to go.

Ive expected the team
to mesh well together and
work as a group, she said.
So far, they have done
just that. (The) defense
should be pretty solid with
returners filling previous
roles, as well as freshmen stepping into starting
roles. Our offense should
be pretty good again.
Anderson
said
her
team would need to find
some consistency on the
mound.
Pitching will be a test,
she said. We have four
pitchers that will all see
some time.
Looking at the region
schedule, Anderson notes,
Chapman and Blue Ridge
will be our biggest competition, along with Berea.
Anderson said team
goals are high as the Lady
Yellow Jackets look to
make a playoff push this
spring.
The players came up
with goals for this season, she said. That included playing as a team
and being successful.
They know they have a lot
of hard work ahead to win
the region again, but that
isnt stopping them.
With a roster full of upperclassmen, the Blue

Ridge girls soccer team is
looking to make a push for
a region title this spring.
We have six seniors and
eight juniors, so this is by
far our most experienced
team since I have been
coaching, Blue Ridge
coach Chris Crist said.
We should be better than
we have been in the past
because of our experience,
but we really have not had
any game experience.
All but one of the Tigers preseason scrimmages were cancelled due
to rain, but Blue Ridge has
since won its first regular
season game, topping Landrum 2-1.
We return three of our
four All-Region players
from last year, including
our starting goal keeper
Abby Koger. She is coming off an injury from club
season, but looked really good in her first start
against Landrum. She will
be the anchor of a very
experienced all junior defense that will get better
as the year goes on.
That defense includes:
Chase Crist, Cheyenne
Brady, Bailee Seppala and
Claire Herman.
Blue Ridge returns both
starters to its center midfield, led by juniors AJ
Lynn and Cassidy Hipp.
Senior Griffin Rohrer will
hold down the outside
midfield position.
We finished third in the
region last year and we really hope to improve upon
that this season, Crist
said. We lost Greenville
and Pickens, but added
Emerald and Chapman to
an already tough region.
We are going to have to
play really good soccer every single night of region
play.
The Peach Blossom re-
The Blue Ridge girls soccer team suffered a 1-0 defeat to reigning region champion
Eastside Monday night, moving to 1-1 on the season.
gion will again include
a tough Eastside squad,
which begins the season
atop the state rankings.
There are no easy wins
in our region. With the No.
2 ranked team in the state,
Eastside, and our cross
town rival, Greer, we will
have to have our A game
every night, Crist said.
We obviously would like
to compete for a region
title again.
The Tigers hope team
chemistry and speed will
prove valuable as the season goes along.
Our team chemistry is
very good and the girls
just like to play soccer
and hang out with each
other, Crist said. Our

team speed is above average and with the addition
of some key new players,
I think our offense should
be a little better. As a team
we still need to play faster.
We tend to hold the ball
too much sometimes and
it creates problems. In the
past I would have said we
were a little soft, but our
girls have put in time in
the weight room and in
off-season conditioning.
I think you will see more
physical play out of us
this year.
Crist said he hopes his
team will be able to bury
some bad memories from
a season ago.
We lost 1-0 in the first

round of the state tournament last year to a very
good Seneca team, but
that was disappointing,
he said. We had plenty of
chances to win that game
and just came up a little
short. Really, the most
important thing is to play
more consistently every
night. We tend to slack off
at times when we think a
game may already be won,
instead of putting the
game away early. We have
to continue to work on our
conditioning and practice
like we want to play--fast
and hard.
Tigers look to rebuild

By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen
Byrnes assistant coach Brett Hamilton throws pitches for the varsity boys during a recent
practice. The Rebels will face Riverside in the early going this season.
Rebels hope defense, bats

get hot at the right time
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
An experienced Byrnes
baseball team will need
solid defensive performances all season if the
Rebels hope to make another playoff push this
spring.
We expect to be prepared for each game and
we expect to be very sound
defensively, Byrnes coach
Michael Maus said. We
pride ourselves on our
defense, so we are hoping
that is one of our strong
suits.We have a good bit
of experience this year
and should be able to rely
on our more experienced
players to step up and
come through for us.
The team will be led
by shortstop and South
Carolina commit Mason
Streater.
He should be one of
our more experience players, even though he is just
a sophomore, Maus said.
He is coming off back-toback All-Region years.
Maus said he hopes Davis Agle and Hunter Hernandez can provide quality innings on the mound.
We should be able to
Everyones goal should be a region

championship and Upper State
championship, and eventually a state
championship.
Michael Maus
Byrnes head baseball coach

throw strikes and be successful, he said.
Alex Vazquez, a twoyear starter, returns to the
outfield and the top of the
Rebels lineup.
Maus said his team
will enter a tough region
schedule this season.
Two teams in the
states top 10 in J.L. Mann
and Boiling Springs return
a lot of guys, he said.
There will be stiff competition throughout the region with very good teams
in Wade Hampton and Riverside as well.
Despite the tough competition, Byrnes does not
plan to take its foot off the
gas in 2015.
Everyones goal should
be a region championship
and Upper State championship, and eventually
a state championship,
Maus said. If those are
not your goals, what are
you playing for? We will
need to play as a team and
put the guy beside us before ourselves. The team
first attitude will help us
accomplish everything we
are capable of.
Maus said he hopes an
experienced lineup will result in playoff success.
In order to make a deep
playoff run, we need to get
hot at the right times, he
said. It is a long season,
but we do not need to take
any game, inning, pitch for
granted. The short-term
focus will help us achieve
our long-term goals.
Blue Ridge baseball

coach Travis Henson is
working to rebuild after
losing nearly all of his
string lineup from 2014.
A slew of new faces and
inexperience has made
this off-season an interesting one for the Tigers.
Its really been different
because of the unknown
and the uncertainty, Henson said. We return two
starters from last years
team. We lost a lot of good
seniors that were contributors my first two years
here, but weve got a good
foundation to build on.
Heading into the season, Blue Ridge has four
seniors, two juniors, five
sophomores
and
two
freshmen.
Were pretty young,
Henson said. We have
more underclassmen than
upperclassmen, so its going to be a team thats got
good senior leadership,
but thats very limited in
experience.
With plenty to learn
early, the Tigers have been
hindered by inclement
weather during the opening weeks of spring.
We knew the preseason
was going to be very important for us, Henson
said. We got in two scrimmages and were able to
play four preseason tournament games, and I think
we improved a lot over
those games.
Henson said the success
of his defense has to start
on the mound.
Weve got some pitchers that are going to throw
strikes, and at the top of
the staff is junior Ethan
Few, Henson said. Ethan
was a closer for us last
year, but hes going to be
our No. 1 starter this year.
He had a great preseason
and made a lot of pitches
under pressure last year.
He closed out both playoff wins on the road in the
district for us last year,
so now were going to ask
him to start.
Behind Few in the pitching staff is junior John
Blue Ridge got its season underway this week, taking on

Eastside and Berea in region matchups.
Coker and seniors Mikey
Urueta and Ryan Teems.
Sophomores Travis Lancaster and Elijah Henderson will also put in some
innings from the mound.
Thats very few innings
at all from last year, Henson said. They dont have
much experience on the
varsity level, but theyve
got good stuff.
Blue Ridge will need
Brandon Southern to step
up and fill a void left by
former tiger standout Ty
Montgomery.
Hes going to have to
really mature fast, but hes
done a great job, Henson
said. Hes going to have
to learn on the fly as we
go.
Henson said the teams
strength lies in its ability
to get around the bases.
Were going to be very
solid on the bases, Henson said. Weve been very
aggressive throughout the
preseason and our guys
have done a great job in
terms of base running.

While the Tigers are hoping to rebuild fast, Henson
said the region hasnt gotten any easier.
Its a tough region,
Henson said. Eastside and
Travelers Rest are high
this season, not just in our
region, but in the state in
(Class) AAA. Emerald is
very good, Berea is really
scrappy, and all the teams
are solid. You dont get a
night off in our region.
Were going to have to
coach and the players are
going to have to learn, he
added. The good thing
about this team is that
theyre really receptive to
coaching and theyre very
hungry. Theyve got to
be hungry and ready to
compete and our guys are
learning that.
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Rebel golfers place at invitational

Costello
earns
medal
By Stan Olejnik
For The Greer Citizen
The Byrnes Rebels put
themselves into the mix
among the top teams in
the Upstate with a victory
in their Rebel Invitational
tournament played at River Falls Plantation.
Led by medalist Jonathan Costello, who shot a
5-under par 67, the Rebels topped the field of 16
teams in the first big Upstate High School tournament of the spring.
This certainly is going

to give us a confidence
boost after last year, said
head coach Mickey Deering. We were kind of middle of the pack last year
and this gets us started
the right way, he said.
Costello avoided any
mistakes, made only one
bogey and didnt miss
many greens on his way to
the best score he has shot
in tournament play.
I wanted to be aggressive today and go for all
the par-5s in two, he said.
I putted better than I have
in a long time and tried to
keep my foot on the gas
and go as low as I could,
he added.
Joining Costello on the
winning team were Reed
Bentley, Will Brooks, Tyler
Jones and Keefe Purcell.
It is very early in the

season so Im sure all of
these teams are going to
improve. I know we are going to have to improve, but
this was a very good win,
said the Byrnes coach.
Oakbrook Prep golfer
Connor Bruns was second
at 2-under par 70. Drake
McAlister of Easley finished third at 1-under par
71.
Bentley, Cole Patton, Josh
Ryan and Jacob Bridgeman
finished in a tie for fourth
place at even par.
After the Rebels, Easley was second, Gaffney
finished third and the defending AAAA state champions from Boiling Springs
was fourth.
The Byrnes Rebels shot a team total of 293 to win their own Rebel Invitational at River
Falls Plantation. Members of the winning team included (front row left to right) Reed
Bentley, Keefe Purcell, Will Brooks, Jonathan Costello, Tyler Jones. (Back row, left to right)
Coach Mickey Deering, Arthur Brooks and Darrius Murph.
Austin Dillon holds off

charging Ryan Blaney
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Matt Crafton claimed a recent truck series win at Atlanta Motor Speedway, charging to
the front from his 15th place starting position.
Crafton annihilates the

field in Atlanta truck win
Theres no letup in Matt
Crafton.
The two-time defending
NASCAR Camping World
Truck Series champion,
Crafton charged to the
front from his 15th-place
starting position and ran
away from the rest of the
field during a win at the
Hyundai
Construction
Equipment 200 at Atlanta
Motor Speedway.
At the end of a 74-lap
green flag runthe longest in NCWTS history at
AtlantaCrafton crossed
the finish line 8.752 seconds ahead of runner-up
Ty Dillon. Keystone Light
Polesitter Ben Kennedy
came home third, a distant
10.275 seconds behind the
race winner.
Daniel Suarez finished
fourth, followed by Tyler
Reddick, last weeks winner at Daytona.
The victory was the
sixth of Craftons career
and his first at Atlanta,
though four of his six wins
have come at intermediate
speedwaysCharlotte,
Kansas, Texas and Atlanta.
Photo | Submitted
Despite a lackluster qualifying effort, it didnt take

Crafton long to realize he
had the field covered with
his No. 88 ThorSport Racing Toyota.
I was really, really disappointed in qualifying,
but (my truck) didnt have
a lot of single-lap speed by
itself, Crafton said. But I
knew, once they dropped
the green and this thing
took off and it ran three
laps, Im like, Weve
got something for these
boystheyre in trouble.
Crafton won the race in
his 14th start at the 1.54mile speedway.
This is my favorite race
track, by far, Crafton said.
You can search, and you
can move around so much.
Now that Ive got this win,
its an amazing feeling.
A key to Craftons victory was the ability to adapt
to changing tracks condition, as the race moved
from daylight to dark.
We just tried to stay
ahead of it, Crafton said.
We knew when the sun
started going down that
the track was going to
change quite a bit. I have

had that racing experience
before and gotten really,
really free at night.
We just kept tinkering
away at it, tinkering away
at it we made all the
right adjustments.
Indeed. All told, Crafton
led 85 laps, including the
final 72 after surging past
Suarez to take the top spot
for good on Lap 59.
Notes: Brad Keselowski
originally was awarded the
pole, but a review of timing and scoring confirmed
that his No. 29 Ford had
not reached the start/finish line in time to begin a
qualifying lap in the final
round of knockout time
trials.
In fact, Kennedy was the
only driver to post a bona
fide lap in the third round,
and he was awarded the
pole after Keselowskis
time was disallowed. Keselowski started 10th and
finished 15th in his own
truck
Craftons margin of victory is the 10th largest in
NCWTS history.
For
XFINITY
win in
Vegas
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
As dominant as Austin
Dillon was in Saturdays
Boyd Gaming 300 NASCAR
XFINITY Series race at Las
Vegas Motor Speedway,
he had to give his utmost
effort in the closing laps
to hold off charging Ryan
Blaney for the victory.
Dillon led 183 of the 200
laps at the 1.5-mile speedway, but Blaney had a tire
advantage at the end of the
race, thanks to a late pit
stop after his car snapped
loose and knocked Erik
Jones into the outside wall
at the exit from Turn 4.
After restarting fifth
with 21 laps left, Blaney
charged to the front, making up a deficit of more
than 1.5 seconds and forcing Dillon to block him
repeatedly during the last
three laps. Blaney ran out
of room in the final corner, his No. 22 Ford turning sideways and tagging
the outside wall as Dillon
crossed the finish line
with an advantage of .664
seconds.
During the closing laps,
winning crew chief Nick
Harrison made a point
of not telling Dillon that
Blaney had fresh tires.
There at the end, youve
got to do what youve got
to do, said Dillon, who
won for the third time in
the XFINITY Series and the
Photo | Courtesy of Getty Images/Nascar.com
Austin Dillon held off Ryan Blaney to claim the Boyd

Gaming 300 over the weekend.
first time at Las Vegas.
You got to do whatever
you can to win. Our car
was dominant all day, and
to give one away like that
would have been heartbreaking.
I hadnt heard in my ear
all day that somebody was
catching me, and he was
catching me at about three
tenths (of a second) a lap.
And that was all I had. The
other good thing is that
my crew chief made sure
no one told me that he
had tires on, so I wouldnt
second-guess myself. I
just thought I was getting slowerI didnt know
what I was doing wrong.
In his post-race question-and-answer session
with reporters, Blaney was
more distraught about his
contact with Erik Jones
than he was disappointed
with his runner-up finish.
And after the run-in with
Jones, Blaney wasnt about
to move Dillon for the win
in the closing laps.
I didnt want any more

people saying bad things
about me after I wrecked
Erik, said Blaney, who
passed fourth-place finisher Denny Hamlin on Lap
190 and third-place Regan
Smith on Lap 193 before
charging after Dillon. I
wasnt going to move Austin, thats for sure.
He did what he had to
do. He stopped my run. I
didnt expect him to pull
over. So, no, I wasnt going to move him to win the
race.
Chase Elliott came home
fifth, followed by hometown favorite Brendan
Gaughan, rookie Darrell
Wallace Jr., Ty Dillon,
Brennan Poole and Daniel
Suarez.
Ty
Dillon,
Austins
brother, took over the series lead by six points over
Chris Buescher, who came
home 14th.
Harvick dominates race at Las Vegas speedway

Kevin Harvick must
have been tired of finishing second, because on
Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the reigning
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
champion did something
about it.
Once Harvick got to the
front of the field from his
18th-place starting spot in
the Kobalt 400, he was untouchable.
Even with a disquieting vibration on the final
green-flag runand a
left-rear tire that shredded during his celebratory
burnoutHarvick
had
enough of a working margin to hold off runner-up
Martin Truex Jr. by 1.640
seconds.
Harvick, who ran second in the season-opening
Daytona 500 and in last
weeks 500-miler at Atlanta, led a race-high 142 laps
in winning for the first
time in Las Vegas and for
the 29th time in his career.
In his last six races, dating
to last years championship season, Harvick has
three victories and three
second-place finishes.
Ryan Newman came
home third, followed by
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny
Hamlin and AJ Allmend-
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Kevin Harvicks pit crew worked hard Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, earning their
driver a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.
inger. Brad Keselowski,
last years Las Vegas race
winner, rallied from a
pass-through penalty for
a runaway tire on pit road
to finish seventh. Kyle
Larson, Matt Kenseth and
Joey Logano completed
the top 10.
Harvick will try to extend his string of top-two
finishes next weekend
at Phoenix International
Raceway, where the driver
of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas
Racing Chevrolet has won
four of the last five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
races.
Its so cool to win here in
Las Vegas, and to start this
West Coast swing off this
way is pretty awesome,
Harvick said in Victory
Lane. Just to be in front

of all these fans Ive raced
in front of since about the
mid-90s its pretty special to win here.
The only issue in doubt
for the last half of the race
was whether Harvicks car
would hold together in the
closing laps.
That wasnt a comfortable last run there, Har-
vick radioed to his crew

after he crossed the finish
line.
A few minutes later, after climbing from his car,
he elaborated.
It wasnt right, Harvick said. Luckily we were
able to hang-on to it and
had a good enough lead to
where we could pace ourselves and be able to keep
the lead, I guess.
It got to be a handful
there at the end. For whatever reason we got really,
really loose the last run.
Tires started vibrating
and we were just kind of
hanging on. Glad the race
is over at that particular
point for our own good.
The victory vaulted Harvick into the lead in the
series standings by nine
points over Earnhardt,
who has finished third,
third and fourth in the
first three races of the season.
Fourth in the standings after three straight
top 10s to open the year,
Truex was gaining on Harvick at the finish but never
got close enough to make
a move. Nor was Truex
aware that Harvick had a
potential problem.
I noticed he was getting
a lot bigger, and I asked

Why in the world is Harvick so slow right now?
Truex said. They gave
me my lap times and his
and Im like, Whats going
on?
I really thought he was
just playing with us, taking
it easy because he knew he
had a big gap. They never
said anything to me about
him thinking he had any
issues or anything else.
Note: Pole winner Jeff
Gordon started from the
rear in a backup car because of an accident in the
last minute of Saturdays
final practice. The fourtime champions luck
didnt improve on Sunday. He ran into the back
of Jeb Burtons Toyota as
both drivers were trying
to avoid the Chevrolet of
Jimmie Johnson, who had
blown a tire and hit the
wall ahead of them. Gordon finished 18th, one lap
down... Gordon was the
last driver before Harvick
to post six straight toptwo finishes, a feat he accomplished in 1996.
B4
SPORTS
THE GREER CITIZEN
A SPORTING VIEW
BYRNES: Earns ranking
FROM B1
Batter up!
BY MARK VASTO
aseball is not slow.

It is untimed. This
concept seems to
baffle people. It is not
losing popularity. It is
the No. 1 spectator sport
in the world in terms of
attendance (yes, there are
more games to watch,
which pad the numbers,
but a fact is a fact). It is
fiscally sound. Last year
Major League Baseball
posted around $8 billion
in revenues (by contrast,
the NFL had around $9.5
billion), and even the
worst-attended ballparks
still hit the 51 percent of
capacity mark.
Baseball lends itself

to sappiness. Sappy
sports writing,
sappy poetry,
sappy analogies
and annoying
monologues.
And itd be easy to
grow the game. An official Wiffle Ball set costs
about $7. Isnt it high
time that MLB made those
guys manufacturing
them from Connecticut
whole? Enough with those
knockoff versions with
the plastic wrap around
the flimsy plastic bat and
a ball that doesnt break
correctly. Nobody wants
them. If MLB could negotiate a wholesale price, they
should give away a set
to every kid attending a
game from spring training
through May. That would
cost something like $30
million, and it would
instantly turn 10 million
backyards and vacant lots
into miniature fields of
dreams.
Baseball lends itself to
sappiness. Sappy sports
writing, sappy poetry,
sappy analogies and annoying monologues. That
in and unto itself is one
of the great things about
baseball!
Yes, when Bob Costas
says a player is so old
they use Absorbine
Sr., the joke is on him
because nobody outside
of the Korean War generation knows what Absorbine Jr. is in the first
place. Its great because
Costas is like that uncle
at the holiday table who
always tells the same
story. I dont like interleague play! We know,
Uncle Bob, we know ... but
everybody should get to
see the Yankees at least
once a decade.
Baseball, unlike many
sports, matters all the
way through the game.
Watching a starter at the
top of his powers is like
watching a matador. He
strides confidently out to
the mound, he mesmerizes the charging batters
and asserts his will on the
outcome. Never mind that
weve never seen an actual
matador or understand
the allure of the bullfight.
We dont know whats in
the hot dogs, either. It
doesnt matter.
Dont overthink it. Let
the ballpark metaphors
wash over you like waves.
Ride it out for all nine innings. Revel in the clutch
hit, in the adept way the
second basemen turns
two, at how the closer
didnt even blink when
the bases were loaded
before striking out the
side. Every game tells a
different story.
This season, go to a
game. Go to a game with
no agenda other than
being there to watch the
game. Dont complain
about the prices. Save
up. Bring your kid. Tell
your kid stories about
the baseball players you
watched growing up, and
while youre at the game,
just watch the game.
Relax, will ya?
The next morning, get a
newspaper and show your
kid the box score. Cut it
out, paperclip it to the
game program and tell
him to keep it in a box.
Decades later, it will be
found. You thought the
game was too long? The
game isnt too long ... it
lasts forever.
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Tournament title
The Riverside Middle School girls soccer team won the Lakeview Preseason Invitational
Tournament with a perfect 3-0 record recently.
SPORTS
ROUNDUP
GIRLS BASKETBALL CAMP
AT GREER FIRST BAPTIST
Greer
First
Baptist
Church will sponsor a free
Basketball Camp for girls,
ages 6-10, every Monday
for six weeks beginning
Feb. 23. The camp will run
from 6-7:30 p.m. Registration is not necessary. Call
Paul Lister at 630-6625.
LADY REBELS SOFTBALL

TEAM RANKED NO. 1
The season is just beginning and the defending

state champion Lady Rebel
softball team from Byrnes
is already making state
and national news.
Max Preps ranked the
team No. 1 amongst teams
in South Carolina, and the

Rebels secured a ranking
of 40th nationwide.
AAU GIRLS BASKETBALL

TRYOUTS AT BYRNES
If you have talent on the

basketball court, this announcement might be for
you. AAU girls basketball tryouts will be held
Thursday, March 12 at
Byrnes High School. Third
through fifth grade students will try out from
5:30-6:30 p.m. Sixth and
seventh grade students
will have tryouts from
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Contact Coach Stacey
Parris at stacey.parris@
spart5.net.
THE SWAMP RABBIT

CYCLEBRATION
The Swamp Rabbit Cyclebration will host an entire weekend of cycling on

March 28-29, centered at
Gateway Park in Travelers
Rest.
The events include road
rides through northern
Greenville County and trail
rides in on the GHS Swamp
Rabbit, the mountain bike
skills trails at Gateway
Park and the JFA Trail at
Pleasant Ridge Park.
All proceeds go to expanding greenways and
trail systems in Greenville
County. Visit greenvillerec.
com.
SUMMER DAY CAMP

REGISTRATION OPEN
Greenville Rec summer

day camp registration
opened Monday, March 2.
There are several camps
to choose from, including
the new Conestee Camp,
a one week event focusing
on exploring nature and
outdoor adventure.
Visit
https://webtrac.greenvillerec.com/
wbwsc or greenvillerec.
com.
NGU: Will take on No. 1 this weekend

FROM B1
help our team win basketball games. Its really been

fantastic to see this group
come together.
North Greenville drew
No. 1 seeded Lincoln Memorial University in the
first round and will face a
virtual away game on Saturday.
Theyre
very,
very
good, Lister said. Luquon Choice is one of the
premier scorers in the
southeast, and hes from
Laurens High School. They
also have a young man
from Dorman High School
that comes off the bench
and gives them good minutes, so theres an Upstate
flare to their lineup.
Were working on creating a game plan and hopefully well come up with
something that will give
our guys the best opportunity to win, he said.
Lister said his teams
success in the tournament
is going to have to start
with defense.
Were going to have to
be good defensively, and
we have been all year, he
said. Weve got to take
good shots and be patient.
Weve also got to play really hard-nosed defense in
the half-court to be successful. When we do that,
were as good as anybody.
We have to make sure that
we stay true to who we are.
We have a group of guys
that like to grind.
North Greenville hopes
to keep the tempo down
against Lincoln Memorial
and run good sets in the
half-court.
Its not the up and
down fast-paced style
that a Kentucky is going to run, he said. We
probably wouldnt fill the
highlights for ESPN, but
our guys work hard and
theyre a lot of fun to be
around and coach.
A SCHOOL FIRST
The mens basketball

program has never participated in the NCAA Division II program, and North
Greenville athletic director
Jan McDonald said Lister
is deserving.
This just shows a
commitment from coach
Lister and how hard the
mens basketball team has
worked this season, McDonald said. Coach Lister
has been at North Greenville now for quite a number of years, so the hard
work and all the dividends
are finally paying off. Im
proud of them and North
Greenville University for
how far weve come and
where were going.
Any time you can win

a conference tournament
and make a Division II
playoff appearance, its
huge for the athletic program, she said. I think it
gives momentum to all of
our other teams as well.
Lister said the postseason appearance has been
long awaited.
When I arrived 13 years
ago, we were a NCAA Division II independent, he
said. (The tournament)

was really governed by
the conferences and thats
who got the nod. It was just
going to be impossible to
make the field of 64 as an
independent. Youve got
to credit Dr. (Jimmy) Epting and (athletic director)
Jan McDonald for stepping
up to help us find a home
in Conference Carolinas.
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SUMMONS
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ABDUL
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Date: January 26, 2015
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Notice is hereby given that
CIRCLE K STORES, INC.
intends to apply to the South
Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit
that will allow the sale and
on premises consumption
of BEER AND WINE at: 901
W WADE HAMPTON BLVD,
GREER SC, 29650; and
14215 E WADE HAMPTON
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To object to the issuance of
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Pitcher Regan Messenger

will return to the mound
for the Rebels this season
after picking up some key
wins in the playoffs a year
ago. Malibu Gaston will be
behind the plate. She started every game for Byrnes
in 2014.
(Gaston) was a huge factor in our success. Shes a
tremendous athlete who is
a year better, Aiken said.
(Shes a) big hitter who
will need to step up this
year and help replace the
loss of Pearsons power in
the line-up.
Haven Pesce and Tatum
Arboleda will provide
help in the infield for Byrnes, as sophomore Parker
Birch returns for her third
season as the starting SS.
Kate Burnett will anchor
the infield at third base.
Junior Allison Neely has
a ton of speed and will
step-up to replace Duggar
at the top of the line-up,
Aiken said, providing assistance in the outfield.
Payten Bennett will see
time in left field as freshman Christa Whitesides
joins her in right.

Weve focused on improving the little things
and getting our young
players ready to contribute more, Aiken said.
We have a lot of veteran
returners, so it was mostly
about continuing to improve from where we left
off last year and getting
the newcomers ready to
contribute if needed.
Aiken said her team
wants to be one of the last
two teams playing in May.
We always work to be
one of the top teams in
the state and I feel like we
have accomplished that in
recent years, she said. Of
course, the ultimate goal
is to be one of the last two
teams playing in May and
to win the state championship, but we also concentrate on just playing one
game at a time and doing
everything we can to beat
whatever team we play on
that given day. We have a
tough region so the first
goal for us is to make sure
we earn a spot in the playoffs. Once playoffs start
everyone is even again
anyway.
EASTSIDE: Ready to run

FROM B1
our new team, we do have

a clean slate. Just because
we had some success last
year doesnt mean well
have success in the future.
We really have to take the
roster all the way down to
zero and rebuild it.
The Eagles hope to demonstrate a balanced look
this spring.
We believe in a total
soccer kind of game,
Martin said. We need to be
able to defend, we need to
be able to possess and we
need to be able to attack.
We have to understand
how and when you need
to emphasize all three of
those things because soccer is a very complicated
game.
Martin said for the team
to reach its goals, fitness
and a drive to improve
have to be a priory.
The foundation has to
be fitness, he said. Its
one thing to be fit enough
to run up and down the
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field for 90 minutes, but

its another thing to be
able to endure the rigors
of a deep playoff run.
We have to keep improving, Martin added.
We have to be a better
roster today than we were
yesterday. Were always
looking to improve, so
when those bigger games
come during a playoff run,
were the team we hope
were going to be. You
cant get complacent in
your conference.
The 2014 state championship generated plenty
of interest in the soccer
program, Martin said.
We had a lot of momentum coming off of
that season, Martin said.
Theres a lot of interest
in soccer at Eastside High
School and we had a ton of
kids that wanted to be involved. Taking advantage
of some of that momentum has been something
that our staff has been really focused on.
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LIVING HERE
The Greer Citizen
B6 THE GREER CITIZEN
MORTON
Newlyweds
DENNIS
Its a happy, happy

day for me.
I just cant believe it.
Sheryl Morton
Bride
Greer Community Ministries seniors tie the knot

BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
It was the first wedding
ever at Greer Community
Ministries (GCM).
Longtime companions
Sheryl Morton, 68, and
Lewis Dennis, 74, exchanged vows surrounded
by friends and family last
Wednesday afternoon, renewing a relationship that
has existed since the 80s.
I feel like Im on cloud
nine, the new Mrs. Dennis
said. I feel like Im floating. I had my blood pressure checked the other
day and the doctor told
me that my blood pressure was up. I said, Its

no wonder. Im running
around here acting like Im
16 years old.
Sheryl met Lewis in 1983
and the two have since
spent time at Greer Community Ministries as part
of the organizations Senior Dining program.
Weve been friends for
a long time, she said. I
cant believe how it has all
gone.
They actually grew up
together and knew each
other as children, Senior
Dining coordinator Patsy
Quarles, who helped with
the wedding planning,
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
GCM Senior Dining clients pitched in to provide food,

decorate help orchestrate the wedding ceremony.
said.
This
is just a
God thing.
For things to
come together like
they did, its been
fun.
Quarles said she had a
week to help get the wedding together.
[GCM Executive Director] Cindy (Simpler)
couldnt believe I would
take it on, she said. It
just all came together. My
daughter gave me three
months notice when she
got married, and I thought
that was short. So, Ive had
some experience.
We havent purchased
a thing, Quarles said. Everybody pitched in.
Sheryl said her peers
made her big day even
more special.
They have gone so far
out of their way to help
with everything, Sheryl
said. One of the ladies
here made the cake and everyone decorated. Theyve
just gone so far out and I
cant believe it.
Although some have had
their doubts, Sheryl said
she believes the relationship was meant to be.
My son told me he
thought I was making an
irrational decision, but I
said, Gods in this and
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Lewis Dennis and Sheryl Morton exchanged vows in front of an audience at Greer
Community Ministries last Wednesday afternoon, becoming the first couple to ever be
married at the venue.
hes been it from the get
go. This time Im going to
go by what God says and
Im not going to worry
about what anybody else
thinks about it.
After a walk down the
isle at Greer Community Ministries, Sheryl
said she couldnt have
asked for anything better.
It was beautiful, she

said. Everything was. I
really appreciated everybody being here. I never
dreamed that there would
be a crowd like this. Its a
happy, happy day for me. I
just cant believe it.
As for the honeymoon,
no big plans are in the
works.
We hadnt talked about

a honeymoon, Sheryl
said. Wed like to take a
ride and maybe go to the
mountains, but if we dont
go anywhere, we just want
to go home and be with
each other.
We all need somebody,
Quarles added. This has
just been beautiful.
Riverside
to perform
Hello, Dolly!
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
The Riverside High fine
arts department is brining a Broadway classic to
Greer this weekend, performing Hello, Dolly! on
three consecutive nights
beginning Thursday.
WANT TO GO?
What: Hello, Dolly!

Who: Riverside High
Fine Arts Department
When: March 12-14, 7 p.m.
Tickets: $10
For info: 355-7828
[email protected]
This is a show that I
have not done before, but
its one that a lot of people
really like, Donna Fowler,
the productions director, said. I havent seen it
around in a while, but its
a really good show.
The musical will feature
Riversides Jam Troyan,
Ben Matthews, John Mark
Matthews, Corrine McGrath, Phillip Pagliuca and
Brittnee Seebo with shows
starting promptly at 7
p.m. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
We had auditions in
January and selected the
characters, Fowler said.
Weve been working hard
on the singing, choreography, acting and running
scenes. Its just been a big
project for us. Its enormous.
Fowler has done several
other productions in the
past, including: The Wizard of Oz, How to Succeed in Business Without
Really
Trying,
Grease,
Oklahoma,
Into the
Woods,
O n c e
U p o n Jam Troyan as
a
Mat- Dolly
tress.
I really
just talk
things over with the chorus and drama teachers
and we figure out which
students most want to audition and want to try to
be a part of the show, she
said. I just see what I have
and what kind of voices we
have and go from there.
Fowler said she believes
she has a great cast for the
show.
Several of the students
were in the show a couple
of years ago, so theyve
had some previous experience and know how it
works. Theyre working
really hard. Many of them
have been in their own
community theatres, so
that definitely helps, she
said.
There will be reserved
seating. Tickets are $10
and are on sale now. Contact Fowler at 355-7828 or
[email protected].
sc.us to purchase tickets.
A lot of people remember the main song in Hello,
Dolly! I actually graduated
from Riverside and one of
the shows that I saw while
I was in school was Hello,
Dolly! I just remember it
being a fun show with a lot
of comedy, Fowler said.
Dolly distracts Horace while Minnie and Barnaby steal away a gift in Riversides production of Hello Dolly. Pictured,
left to right, are Ben Matthews (as Horace Vandergelder), Jam Troyan (as Dolly Levi), Brittany Seebo (as Minnie Fay),
and Phillip Pagliuca (as Barnaby Tucker).
Pagliuca and John Mark Matthews (as Cornelius

Hackl) play Horaces clerks in the RHS musical.
Horace, played by Matthews, offers a gift to Irene Molloy, played

by Corinne McGath, during the shop scene in Act I.
OUR SCHOOLS
The Greer Citizen
SCHOOL
NEWS
GREENVILLE COUNTY
SIRRINE SCHOLARSHIP
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED
The application for the

J.E. Sirrine Scholarship,
administered
through
Greenville County Schools,
is now open at Greer High
School. Scholarships are
awarded based on merit
and financial need.
Students are encouraged
to apply online. Individuals who would like a paper
copy may see their counselor for an application.
The students application must be postmarked
or submitted online by
April 15. For more information, visit greenville.
k12.sc.us/greerhs.
DISTRICT FIVE
DISTRICT ANNOUNCES
TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
Cheers and congratulations could be heard across

District Five this week as
schools and facilities recognized some of their best
employees. Schools named
their 2014-15 Teachers
and Support Employees
of the Year, continuing a
long standing tradition of
rewarding excellence both
in, and out, of the classroom.
District Five Superintendent Dr. Scott Turner visited each district school and
facility to congratulate the
honorees, and thank them
for their hard work.
The Teachers of the Year
for 2014-15 are:
Mamye Gardner (Abner Creek Academy), Paje
Smith (Duncan Elementary), Debbie Smith (Lyman
Elementary), Paula Quinby
(Reidville
Elementary),
Ava Skinner (River Ridge
Elementary), Sammie Burman (Wellford Academy),
Kristy Fulbright (Beech
Springs
Intermediate),
Freddy Coan (Berry Shoals
Intermediate), Cassie Lemus (D.R. Hill Middle),
Sunshine Furner (Florence Chapel Middle), Barry
Burnette (Byrnes Freshman Academy), and John
Ratterree (Byrnes High
School).
The Support Employees
of the Year for 2014-15
are:
Doreen Riceputo (Abner
Creek Academy), Ann Canty (Duncan Elementary),
Angela Classen (Lyman
Elementary), Dee Spaniol
(Reidville Elementary), Denise Garland (River Ridge
Elementary), Kristie Bentley (Wellford Academy),
Wanda Chasteen (Beech
Springs
Intermediate),
Jackie Moore (Berry Shoals
Intermediate),
Denise
Cantrell (D.R. Hill Middle
School), Lois Irby (Florence
Chapel Middle School),
Rhonda Bradey (Byrnes
Freshman Academy), Rita
Jackson
(Byrnes
High
School), April Peel (District
Office), Travis Lister (Maintenance Department), and
Kathy Buckson (Middle
Tyger Community Center).
The overall District Five
Teacher and Support Employee of the Year will
be announced later this
month.
DISTRICT DECIDES
MAKEUP SNOW DAYS
District Five has adjusted its 2014-15 school year,

due to four days missed
because of winter weather
over the last month.
As
previously
announced, students will
now attend school on Friday, March 13, a day which
was originally scheduled
as a staff development
day. In addition, Monday,
June 1, Tuesday, June 2,
and Wednesday, June 3
are now also considered
makeup days. June 1 will
be a full day, and June 2-3
will be half days for students.
State law requires that
districts schedule three
makeup days in their calendars, in order to ensure
students are in class 180
days each year.
BRIDWELL CROWNED
SPELLING BEE CHAMPION
A Florence Chapel Middle student is bound for

the Scripps National Spelling Bee, after taking home
the regional bee champi-
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Gail Dentons English I classes performed scenes from Romeo and Juliet. They dressed for
their parts and recited full scenes in Shakespearean dialogue.
onship for the third consecutive year.
Eighth
grader Kalika
Bridwell correctly spelled
the words impregnable and pediment to
take home the top prize.
Bridwell competed against
more than 80 other students
from
Upstate
schools to win the spelling
bee, which is sponsored
by the Spartanburg Herald
Journal each year.
Bridwell will travel to
Washington, D.C. for the
national competition later
this spring.
BEECH SPRINGS STUDENTS

COLLECT CANS FOR MTCC
Students and teachers at

Beech Springs Intermediate tapped into their love
for football with their recent Souper Bowl of Caring Food Drive.
Students set a record
by collecting 2,000 cans,
breaking their previous
number of 1,600.
ILead students helped
load the goods, once they
were collected. The 2,000
cans were then delivered
to Middle Tyger Community Center to benefit families all over District Five.
BYRNES FIGHT CLUB GETS

HEALTHY ON SC COAST
Members of the Byrnes

High School FIGHT Club
laced up their running
shoes last weekend and
headed to the South Carolina coast to participate in
the Lifepoint 5K.
Thirty-seven students,
along with teachers, ran
in the race, and many
students posted personal
best times. Valentyna Khveschuk placed second
overall in her age group
After running the race,
the group was able to tour
Charleston, some of them
even getting to visit the
ocean for the first time.
BYRNES STUDENTS SHINE

IN REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR
Students from Byrnes

High School competed
against some of the brightest in the Upstate recently,
and showed off their science smarts.
The following students
received awards:
Klaara Hannu- Honorable Mention in Behavioral/Social Science
Megan Davenport- 1st
Place in Chemistry
US Stockholm Junior
Water Prize
Jordan Brown- 3rd Place
in Chemistry
Sarah Finleyson & Hayle
Hudgins- Honorable Mention in Chemistry
Quinton Kinzie- 1st Place
in Physics
US Metric Award
Andrew Vaughn- 1st
Place in Biology
Maggie Hance -Honorable Mention in Biology
Molly Boyle-Honorable
Mention in Biology
Katherine Blackwood- US
Public Health Service (Surgeon Generals Award)
Cody Taylor- US Navy
Award
Ellie Stephens- 2nd Place
in Math/Computer Science
Amanda Howell- 3rd
Place in Math/Computer
Science
Yale Science and Engineering Award
D.R. HILL DEBATE TEAM

WINS BIG AT REGIONALS
The D.R. Hill Middle

School debate team talked
their way to another big
win last weekend, participating in the SC Regional
Tournament in Greenville.
The team placed second
overall for the season,

meaning that every member that participated in
any tournament throughout the season contributed
to this ranking. There were
many individual awards
won at this tournament as
well.
The following students
won individual awards:
John Harmon (8th grade):
1st place in Humorous Interpretation
Sophie Smith (6th grade):
3rd place in Humorous Interpretation
Henry
Havens (6th
grade): 4th place in Humorous Interpretation
Rya Bohmer (6th grade):
1st in Oral Interpretation
Sophie Smith (6th grade):
6th place in Oral Interpretation
Ethan Brown: Gary Fan
Memorial Award for Exemplary Leadership and
Dedication to Speech and
Debate
Sirena Perez: Most Outstanding Public Speaker at
DRH
Rya Boomer: Most Outstanding
Interpretive
Speaker at DRH
Madison Stephens: Most
Outstanding Debater for
DRH
Hank Gilchrest: Most Improved Public Speaker at
DRH
Megan Stephens: Most
Improved
Interpretive
Speaker at DRH
Charla Gentry: Most Improved Debater at DRH
HIGHER EDUCATION
Presidents List, a student

must have at least a 4.0
grade point average and
carry a minimum of 12
hours for the semester.
HOWARD MAKES GSU

DEANS LIST
Gabrielle Howard, of
Greer, is among 2,725
Georgia Southern University students named to the
2014 Fall Semester Deans
List.
To be eligible for the
Deans List, a student must
have at least a 3.5 grade
point average and carry a
minimum of 12 hours for
the semester.
BJU STUDENTS
WIN NRB AWARDS
Fourteen Bob Jones University students won numerous awards during the
Intercollegiate
National
Religious
Broadcasters
(iNRB) Competition late
last month in Nashville,
Tennessee, bringing back
THE GREER CITIZEN
first, second and third

place prizes in several
categories. Students also
participated in the National Religious Broadcasters Convention held in the
Gaylord Opryland Convention Center following the
iNRB Competition.
BJUs Digital Video Team
of Brian French, of Newark,
Delaware; Rachel Madeira,
of Dallas, Pennsylvania;
Ryan Holmes, of Ellington,
Connecticut and Danielle
Wunker, of Taylors, won
first place in the 24-hour
Digital Video challenge.
BJUs Public Relations
Team 1 of Anna Magnuson, of Mahtomedi, Minnesota; Kaitlyn Unruh, of
Greenville; Karen Christine Alamer, of Saipan;
and Reina Perez, of Greenville, won first place in the
24-hour Public Relations
challenge.
BJUs Public Relations
Team 2 of Laura Hernandez, of Boone, North Carolina; Kaitee Kozlowski, of
Bridgewater, New Jersey;
and Noel Elijah Vazquez,
of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
won second place in the
24-hour Public Relations
challenge.
BJUs
Digital
Audio
Team 1 of Dawn Mellinger,
of Taylors; Maria Ervin,
of Fairmont, West Virginia; and Noelani Debski,
of Napa, California, won
third place in the 24-hour
Digital Audio challenge.
About 21 teams of students from Christian colleges and universities
across the nation participated in the 24-hour challenges. NRB hosted the
Digital Video challenge,
the Digital Audio challenge, the Digital News
challenge, as well as the
newly added Public Relations challenge. The challenges began Monday
night and ended Tuesday
night when projects were
submitted.
LUNCH
MENUS
GREENVILLE COUNTY
ELEMENTARY
MIDDLE/HIGH
Thursday: Chicken Caesar

Salad, Chicken Pot Pie Bread
Bowl, General Tso Chicken,
Brown Rice, Roll, Whole Grain,
Fruit and Vegetable Bar
Friday: Chef Salad, BBQ
Chicken Quesadilla, Fish
Basket, Vegetation Station,
Potato and Sausage Soup,
Baked Beans, Assorted Fruit
Monday: Mandarin Chicken
Salad, Pasta Primavera, Breadstick, Whole Grain, Turkey
Sandwich, Vegetation Station,
Asian Ginger Chicken Soup,
Lima Beans, Assorted Fruit
Tuesday: Grilled Chicken
Salad, Beef & Cheese Nachos,
Chicken Nachos, Fruit and
Vegetable Bar
Wednesday: Southwest
Chicken Salad, Chicken
Tenders, Roll, Whole Grain,
Grilled Cheese Sandwich,
Vegetation Station, Broccoli
Cheese Soup, Mashed Potatoes, Assorted Fruit
Tennessee
Wesleyan
College has accepted John
McCormick, a student at
Byrnes High, of Duncan,
for the upcoming academic year.
Home of the Bulldogs,
Tennessee Wesleyan is a
private, comprehensive institution grounded in the
liberal arts and affiliated
with the United Methodist
Church. Located in Athens,
Tenn., only 45 minutes
from Knoxville, Tenn., or
Chattanooga, Tenn, TWC
offers an array of undergraduate and graduate
programs including a wellknown nursing program.
GALLAGHER NAMED TO
WASHINGTON DEANS LIST
Paulina Catherine Gallagher, of Greer, was named

to the Deans List for the
fall 2014 semester at
Washington University in
St. Louis. Gallagher is enrolled in the universitys
Olin Business School.
To qualify for the Deans
List in the Olin Business
School, students must earn
a semester grade point average of 3.6 or above and
be enrolled in at least 14
graded units.
JOHNSON NAMED
TO MUSC DEANS LIST
Kinsley Johnson, of
Greer, has been named to
the Fall 2014 Deans List at
the Medical University of
South Carolinas James B.
Edwards College of Dental
Medicine.
The Deans List recognizes students who earn
a GPA of 3.5 or better for
any given semester.
Alison Snover, of Greer,

was among 1,219 Georgia
Southern University students named as 2014 Fall
Semester Presidents List
honorees recently.
To be eligible for the
COUPON FOR IN STORES OR ONLINE USE!
Coupon
Coupon
Coupon
Code:
Thursday: Teriyaki Chicken

Tenders, Roll, Whole Grain,
Vegetarian Lasagna, Fruit and
Vegetable Bar
Friday: Pizza, Cheese, Fish
Basket, Vegetation Station,
Potato and Sausage Soup,
Vegetables with Dip, Fruit
Monday: Teriyaki Chicken,
Brown Rice, BBQ Chicken
Flatbread Sandwich, Vegetation Station, Asian Ginger
Chicken Soup, Sweet Potato
Bites, Fruit
Tuesday: Enchilada Pie,
Grilled Cheese Sandwich,
Fruit and Vegetable Bar
Wednesday: Cheeseburger,
Baked Potato Bar, Roll, Whole
Grain, Vegetation Station,
Broccoli Cheese Soup,
Steamed Broccoli, Fruit
MCCORMICK ACCEPTED
TO TENNESSEE WESLEYAN
SNOVER NAMED TO
PRESIDENTS LIST
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Limit one coupon per customer per day. Must present coupon at time of purchase.
Offer is not valid with any other coupon, discount or previous purchase.
Excludes CRICUT products, Tim Holtz Vagabond Machine, Silhouette CAMEO Machine,
candy & snack products, gum & mints, helium tanks, gift cards, custom orders, special orders,
labor, rentals and class fees. A single cut of fabric or trim by the yardequals one item.
Online fabric & trim discount is limited to 10 yards, single cut.
Cash Value 1/10.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Greer Citizen
B8 THE GREER CITIZEN
THINGS
TO DO
GREER CULTURAL ARTS
2015 SCHEDULE
Lee Pace in The Hobbit: The
Battle of the Five Armies
COUCH THEATER
DVD previews
By Sam Struckhoff
NEW RELEASES FOR THE

WEEK OF MARCH 23
PICKS OF THE WEEK
The Hobbit: The Battle

of the Five Armies (PG13) -- The final installment
of Peter Jacksons epicly
bloated epic reimagines
the final few pages of a
beloved old book into a
two-and-a-half hour computer-generated monster
mash. The big bad dragon,
Smaug (voiced by Benedict
Cumberbatch), scorches
villagers and then gets
slain, leaving his mountain
of treasure up for grabs.
More dangerous than a
dragon is the impending
battle between everyone
who wants a chunk of the
treasure -- including elves,
dwarves, orcs and anything else that shows up.
Bilbo Baggins is there, too,
but you might miss him.
The satisfaction of the
conclusion and climactic
confrontation gets a little
lost in Jacksons big-battle
imagination. Much of the
film relies on winks and
nods to The Lord of the
Rings and Jacksons own
fan-additions to the story.
If youve enjoyed the journey so far, then this third
movie certainly will wrap
it up for you.
Into the Woods (PG)
-- This movie-adapted
Broadway play stirs up the
familiar fairy-tale formula
by mixing them all together. A nasty witch (Meryl
Streep) runs a scheme on a
baker and his wife (James
Corden and Emily Blunt),
putting them on a quest
for magical ingredients
to cure their infertility. At
the same time, Cinderella
(Anna Kendrick), Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford),
the Big Bad Wolf (Johnny
Depp) and a host of others
are set on their own intersecting journeys.
The songs are fun and
the performances -- particulary Streep, Kendrick
and Chris Pine as a superficially charming prince
-- are enjoyable. The story
throws people off, though.
The second half is a great
deal darker than the first.
It makes the movie feel
even more divided, as the
threads holding it together
were already pretty loose.
Unbroken (PG-13) -Lou Zamperini already was
a revered athlete when his
plane was shot down over
the Pacific. Zamperini (Jack
OConnell), who ran for
America in the Berlin 1936
games, and two fellow airmen survived on a raft
in the open ocean for 47
days before getting picked
up by Japanese forces and
placed in a camp run by a
sadistic officer called The
Bird (Takamasa Ishihara).
Its a powerful story told
capably by Angelina Jolie
in her directorial debut.
Song One -- Anne Hathaway stars in this lowkey romantic drama set to
soft indie-rock music. She
plays Franny, who leaves
her studies abroad to visit
Brooklyn, where her musician brother (Ben Rosenfield) lies in a coma after a
car hit him. Franny starts
tracking down her brothers contacts, hoping that
she feel a connection to
him and possibly help him
recover with music. Along
the way she falls hard for
James (Johnny Flynn) -the musician her brother
looks up to.
TV RELEASES
Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXXII

Bukow and Konig: Set
1
The Donna Reed Show:
Season 2
Street Outlaws: Season
1
The remaining schedule

for 2015 includes:
March 13: Greenville
Charter High School Play
March 27: Juried Art
Show
June 2-30: Tall Tale
Tuesdays
June 12-July 24: Tunes
in the Park
Aug. 14-23: Camp Ark
Nov. 5: Thanksgiving Art
Show Reception
TBA: Phyllis Wheatley
Motown Performance, InTireNational Contest, and
Needmore After School
Art Show
NEWBERRY OPERA HOSTS

RHYTHM OF THE DANCE
Rhythm of the Dance,

an epic show reliving the
journey of the Irish Celts
throughout history, will be
staged at Newberry Opera
House Monday, March 16,
at 8 p.m. Using modern art
forms of dance and music, the richly costumed
production marries the
contemporary and the
ancient. Combining traditional dance and music
with the most up-to-date
stage technology, the show
is a thousand-year-old
story executed with all the
advantages of the modern
day stage show.
Tickets are available
at the Newberry Opera
House box office. Call 803276-6264 for reservations
or visit our website www.
newberryoperahouse.
com.
PHILHARMONIC PRESENTS
MASTERWORKS III
Foothills Philharmonic continues its 14th concert

season, Symphonies, on
Saturday, March 21, with
the final Masterworks
Concert of the season.
Foothills Philharmonics
full symphony ensemble
will perform Hector Berliozs Symphonie Fantastique at 7:30 p.m. at Greer
First Baptist Church.
The 2014-2015 season
features an exciting repertoire showcasing international masterpieces that
will transport our audience across the globe and
beyond. Season
14 will
explore everything from
classical and popular favorites to more intimate
chamber music, and probably a few selections youll
hear for the first time.
The church is located at
201 West Poinsett Street in
Greer.
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Country music star Joe Diffie performs at Newberry Opera House March 20.
ist at the Bulgarian Folk
Festival in Pittsburgh. In
2009, Demor moved to
Spartanburg to reside with
his mother and sister and
continued studying the cello at Converse College. He
played the cello for three
years at both Dorman
High School and for the
Carolina Youth Symphony
Orchestra at Furman University. Though achieving
high accolades as a cellist,
he decided to focus solely
on the accordion several
years ago. Patrons may
hear Demor playing anything from classical tunes
to modern pop.
on Sundays Unplugged,
please call 542-ARTS or
visit
ChapmanCulturalCenter.org.
JOE DIFFIE AT NEWBERRY

OPERA MARCH 20
Grammy and CMA winner Joe Diffie is getting

back to the roots of his
music when he offers his
stories and songs during
a special evening at The
Newberry Opera House
on Friday, March 20, at 8
p.m.
Twelve number one hits,
chart-toppers like Pickup
Man, Third Rock From
the Sun, Prop Me Up
Beside the Jukebox, and
John Deere Green, plus
13 albums and over 20 top
10 singles to his credit,
Joe has little to prove at
this point in his career,
yet he still has a fire in his
belly to make good country music. Described as
the man with the golden
voice, Diffie has Grammy
and CMA awards to his
credit and is a member of
the Grand Ole Opry.
Make reservations early
at the Newberry Opera
House box office. Call 803276-6264 or visit our website www.newberryoperahouse.com.
WOODTURNERS HOST
DEMO MARCH 21
Vince Demor
YOUNG ACCORDIONIST
IN FREE CONCERT SUNDAY
Chapman Cultural Centers free weekly concert

series as part of its Sundays Unplugged program
is featuring all young musicians for March in celebration of National Youth
Art Month. Sundays Unplugged presents a different singer-songwriter on
the Centers campus every
Sunday, 2-4 p.m., for the
publics casual enjoyment,
and this Sunday, March
15, features teenage accordionist Vince Demor.
Demors musical education began at Duquesne
University in Pittsburgh at
the age of 3. His accordion
lessons did not begin until
age 7, despite continuing
his studies of cello and
piano until age 9, and he
debuted as an accordion-
The Carolina Mountain

Woodturners and the
Southern Highlands Craft
Guild will sponsor a woodturning demonstration by
John Jordan on Saturday,
March 21, from 10 a.m.-4
p.m., at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville.
Jordan,
from
Cane
Ridge, Tennessee, has
been a woodturner for 25
years. He has seven pieces
in the Renwick Gallery of
the Smithsonian.
Meetings are open to the
public and free of charge.
Everyone interested in
woodturning is encouraged to attend. Demonstrations by world class
turners are planned for
the third Saturday of each
month, except for April on
the second and September
on the fourth.
For info call John Hill
at 828-712-6644 or visit
www.carolinamountainwoodturners.org.
Examples of Jordans work
can be found at http://
johnjordanwoodturning.
com/.
NC WOOD CARVERS
MEET MARCH 22
The
Western
North
Carolina Carvers (WNCC)
will hold their monthly
meeting Sunday, March
22, from 1:30-4 p.m. at
Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road, Asheville,
North Carolina.
This months activity
will consist of a discussion and demonstrations
of sharpening techniques
used in maintaining wood
carving tools. The discus-
sion will be followed by

open carving. The activity
and parking are free.
For further information
call Bruce Dalzell at 828665-8273.
FURMAN HOSTS HINDUISM

SYMPOSIUM
Furman University will

hold its annual World Religions Symposium continues Wednesday, April 1, at
7 p.m. in Plyler Hall 126,
Townes Science Center,
with Dr. Kalyani Menon,
Professor of Religious
Studies, DePaul University, presenting Ritual
Exclusions: Religion, Politics, and the Hindu Right
in India.
The symposium, Hinduism, A Living Tradition is
free and open to the public, and includes a series
of lectures and other programs that run through
April 20. Most events are
part of Furmans Cultural
Life Program.
Other speakers and programs for World Religions
Symposium are:
Priesthood on Campus,
Monday, April 20, 7 p.m.,
Watkins Room, Trone Student Center, with Dr. Bhagirath Majmudar, Emory
University School of Medicine.
Dr. Kalyani Menon, Associate Professor in the
Department of Religious
Studies at DePaul University, is an anthropologist
whose research focuses on
the intersection of political ideology and religious
practice in India. Much of
her work has examined
the religious politics of
the Hindu Right in India.
This research culminated
in her book, Everyday Nationalism: Women of the
Hindu Right in India published by the University
of Pennsylvania Press. She
is currently focusing on
how Muslims residing in
Old Delhi respond to the
exclusionary and violent
politics of the Hindu Right
by constructing their identity, community, and national belonging in Modern India.
Dr. Bhagirath Majmudar
is a Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
and Associate Professor of
Obstetrics-Gynecology at
Emory University School
of Medicine. As an innovative teacher, he has won
the Evangeline Papageorge
award, the School of Medicines highest teaching
award, and the Deans
Award for outstanding
teachers. Majmudar, faculty adviser to Emorys
Hindu Student Council,
previously served 30 years
as a Hindu priest to the
Emory community.
about the symposium,
contact Maria Swearingen
in the Office of the Chaplains at 294-2133, or maria.swearingen@furman.
edu.
FURMAN MUSEUM
OPENS JOYCE EXHIBIT
The Upcountry History

Museum-Furman University will open its latest
exhibit, William Joyce:
Guardian of Childhood,
on Saturday, March 7.
Featuring 84 pieces of
original art in media ranging from ink, charcoal and
graphite to acrylic and digital, this exhibit presents
an up-close look at Joyces
early works, as well as his
picture books and animation prints, in particular
from The Guardians of
Childhood picture books,
Meet the Robinsons, and
The Mischievians. Con-
sidered a true luminary

and creative spirit, his ability to bring to life stories
of whimsy, fun and adventure has helped shape the
frontier of childrens stories through classic storytelling, drawings and film.
This exhibit, which runs
through June 7, was organized by the National Center for Childrens Literature, Abilene, Texas.
The Museum is open
Tuesday through Saturday
from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and
Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults,
$5 for senior adults (age
65 and up) and college
students with valid ID, and
$4 for children/students
(age 4-18). Children age 3
and under admitted free
of charge.
CENTRE STAGE SHOWS

SPAMALOT APRIL 2-26
Centre Stage will show

Monty Pythons Spamalot April 2-26.
Monty Python stalwart
Eric Idle and composer
John Du Prez adapt the
classic film Monty Python
and the Holy Grail into
a musical featuring the
Knights Who Say Ni, killer
rabbits, and other Python
touches. Spamalot adds
swipes at Vegas glitz and
Broadway conventions to
the films anarchic spirit.
The play is the winner of
the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award.
Tickets for Monty Pythons Spamalot are $35,
$30, and $25. Student rush
tickets available 30 minutes prior to show time for
$20 with school ID (based
on availability), one ticket
per ID. Shows run Thursday through Sunday and
all seats are reserved.
call 233-6733 or visit www.
centrestage.org.
PROFESSOR GLEN MILLER

EXHIBIT AT FURMAN
An ongoing drawing exhibition by Furman art professor Glen Miller will be

on display through March
20 in Thompson Gallery
of the Roe Art Building
on the Furman University
campus.
In the exhibition, Black
and White, Miller will be
creating a 185-square-foot
charcoal drawing on the

walls of Thompson Gallery. A closing reception
and gallery talk with the
artist is scheduled Thursday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m.
in the Roe Art Building.
In addition to the ongoing exhibition, Miller will
show other recent works
in charcoal.
Miller is native of Northeast Tennessee, and has
taught in South Carolina since 1979. He relocated to South Carolina
for a teaching position
in Greenville County and
taught secondary art in
public schools until 2000.
Resigning full-time public school to devote more
time to working and showing professionally, Miller
staged his first solo exhibition in 2003 at Hampton
III Gallery in Taylors.
Thompson Gallery hours
are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Learn
more about Glen Miller
<http://hamptoniiigallery.com/miller/> . For
more information about
the exhibition, contact the
Furman University Department of Art, 294-2074.
GREER CULTURAL ARTS

UPCOMING EVENTS
March 21: Masterworks

III: Berliozs Symphonie
Fantastique.
May 2: Pops Celebration.
GREER OPRY HOUSE

HOLDS LINE DANCING
Classic Country Band

with Ed Burrell at is at 8
p.m. each Saturday night
at the Greer Opry House.
Admission is $9. There
will be free line dancing
from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
STOMPING GROUNDS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Stomping
Grounds
is revamping Open Mic
Nights. Open mic night
is going to be the second
Friday of the month from
7-10 p.m. This is a family
friendly event hosted by
Danny Gray. There will be
a sign up sheet prior to the
event for those wanting to
perform.
Visit
www.stompinggroundsgreer.com
for
more information.
SCCTS 20TH ANNUAL

CHARACTER BREAKFAST
Jaws dropping, cameras

flashing, fairy tale celebrity sightings, what can it
be and who can you see?
Its the 20th Annual South
Carolina Childrens Theatre Character Breakfast.
A magical morning for
children and their families
filled with delightful food,
Pooh, Tigger, and all of
the princesses will be held
Saturday, March 14, at the
Poinsett Club in Greenville.
There will be two seatings:
8:30-10 a.m. and 11 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Tickets are $30 per person. Advance reservations
are required, and seating
is limited.
Tickets are required for
all attendees regardless of
age.
For questions call 2352885 ext. 10 or email vanessa@scchildrenstheatre.
org.
FUN AND GAMES
THE GREER CITIZEN
B9
Shingles can recur,

even decades later
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am
in my 60s. About 40 years
ago, I had a case of shingles. Can shingles reoccur,
or having once had it am
I protected from having it
again? Ive been given conflicting information about
whether I need to be vaccinated. -- M.F.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
heard a report from a
recent study that said a
person who has shingles
early in life is more likely
to suffer a stroke. Would
you please explain why? - A.L.R.
ANSWER: Shingles is
a disease caused by the
reactivation of varicella
zoster virus, the virus for
chickenpox, which lays
dormant in the body for
years or even decades.
Shingles itself is painful,
but the most feared complication has been postherpetic neuralgia, which
can be horrifically painful
and can last for months,
especially in older people.
In January 2014, researchers in the UK found
an increased risk of stroke
and other vascular disease, including heart attack, in people whod had
shingles before the age of
40. The study could not
answer why, but previous
research has shown that
blood vessels in the brain
can be affected by the virus that causes shingles.
There may be a role for
the antibodies produced
by the body as well.
It is clear that people
with shingles at an early
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
age should be even more
careful about other risk
factors for stroke, especially smoking, blood
pressure and cholesterol.
A previous history of shingles does not guarantee
against further episodes,
so the vaccine is recommended at age 60 with or
without a history of shingles in the past. The recommendation for shingles
vaccine may change: The
vaccine has a Food and
Drug Administration indication for ages 50-59, but
is not recommended by
the Advisory Committee.
Shingles
questions
are among the most frequently asked. The booklet on the shingles virus
answers many of them.
Readers can obtain a copy
by writing: Dr. Donohue - No. 1201W, Box 536475,
Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
Enclose a check or money
order (no cash) for $4.75
U.S./$6 Canada with the
recipients printed name
and address. Please allow
four weeks for delivery.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: My
great-niece is 9 years old.
She saw her doctor for a
bad complexion, and was
told that she is stage 3 for
puberty. What does this
mean, and how many stages are there? -- F.N.

ANSWER: Puberty is a
process, not an event. It
goes on normally for several years. There are five
stages of puberty, usually called Tanner stages.
There are specific criteria
for development that correspond to each stage.
Nine years old is on the
younger side for Tanner
stage 3, but puberty starts
at different times for different people, with significant differences that run
in families and by ethnic
background.
Your great-nieces complexion issue probably
relates to high levels of
adrenal hormones, which
start increasing even before puberty. Very high
levels early in puberty
should raise concern for a
condition called congenital adrenal hyperplasia, although most cases of acne
in early puberty are quite
normal. If the gynecologist
is worried, some simple
blood and urine tests can
tell you more.
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer individual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possible. Readers may email
questions to [email protected].
To view and order health
pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to
P.O. Box 536475, Orlando,
FL 32853-6475.
SOAP UPDATES
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND

THE BEAUTIFUL
Quinn had some words

with Aly, telling her to stay
away from Wyatt. Donna
was shocked when Brooke
confided in her about Katie and Ridges newfound
love. Liam accused Wyatt
and Quinn of being deceptive. Brooke vowed to win
back Ridge. Pam revealed
to Charlie that she wasnt
the one who spilled the
beans about the diamond
heist. Aly was stunned
when Hope told her not to
call the police because she
already knew about Wyatts role in the theft. Aly
and Quinns confrontation
on the office bridge got
physical. Ridge and Katie
discussed their future together. Eric received some
upsetting information during an important meeting.
Rick and Caroline heated
up the steam room. Wait
to See: Eric takes a firm
stand with Aly.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Marlena demanded answers from Dr. Chyka.

Stefano and Nicole had
an ugly confrontation.
Abigail realized that she
didnt trust EJ after all. JJ
was mortified when his
past came back to haunt
him. Eric made a slip to
Jennifer about Daniels lie.
Nicole ripped into Marlena
for meddling in her relationship with Eric. Hope
Joseph Mascoto stars as

Stefano on Days of Our
Lives
began to see Aiden in a
new light. While trying to
evade Sami, EJ wound up
in a precarious position.
Daniel confronted Nicole
when he found evidence
of what shed been keeping from Eric. Jennifer received a malicious piece of
mail. Wait to See: Kate and
Stefano battle for control
of the DiMera empire.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Sonny comforted Michael during AJs hospital

stay. Julian issued a stern
warning to Carlos. Britt
asked her mother to keep
her and Nikolass engagement a secret. Silas told
Kiki the details about what
happened to him in New
York, unaware that someone was eavesdropping
on their conversation. Ric
had an offer for Liz that
put Nikolas on edge. In order to figure out what re-
ally happened the night of

AJs shooting, the stymied
Anna and Dante continued
to question more people.
Emma asked Patrick a difficult question regarding
Robin. Monica enlisted
Patricks help in an effort
to save AJ. Spencer had a
plan to woo Emma. Kiki
was puzzled by Lukes odd
behavior. Silas got an unexpected visitor from his
past. Wait to See: Alexis
tries to figure out the connection between Ric and
Julian.
THE YOUNG AND

THE RESTLESS
Billy warned Stitch to

stay away from Victoria.
Nick and Sharon found it
difficult to suppress their
attraction for each other.
Chloe received court-ordered outpatient therapy
instead of jail time for
taking Connor. Victor reminded Cassies imposter
that he was paying her a
lot of money to get Sharon
to reveal her secret. Chelsea accused Victor of hoping that Adam was dead.
Victor invited Kelly out
to lunch. Stitch told Billy
to fix his marriage. Leslie
asked Neil if they could
still be friends. Michael
warned Kevin that Chloe
didnt share his feelings
for her. Christine wondered if Nikki had designs
on Paul. Victor was furious
when the Cassie imposter
showed up at his office.
Wait to See: Billy confronts
Jack.
THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
RFD by Mike Marland
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas
B10 the greer citizen
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