Duncan Passes District Overlay For Businesses: Resident: Preserve Allen Bennett

Streak continues: Eastside tops Greer, 3-0 B1
South Carolinas Premier Weekly

wednesday, march 18, 2015
GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 102 NO. 11 75 CENTS
Duncan passes
district overlay
for businesses
Admin
moves
$20,000
Jeff Neely
End of
an era
Other action taken by

council included authorizing the Duncan Police
Department to purchase a
police vehicle and related
equipment for funds not
exceeding $27,400.
What we did was,
By Amanda Irwin
Staff Writer
Neely says
goodbye
to Greer
By Billy Cannada
Editor
Its the end of an era at
Greer High School.
Jeff Neely, who has
coached Yellow Jacket
basketball for 26 years,
announced
last week he
See
Related
will
make
the
move Story | B1
to
Christ
Church, beginning a new
chapter in an already successful career.
Its not easy, he said.
When I walk away and
know that I dont have
keys to get back in the
see Neely | A7
Duncan council recently

moved to establish an ordinance for an overlay district, despite previously
tabling the topic twice.
The ordinance amends
the Duncan Code of Ordinances for the Central
Business District and seeks
to regulate newly built or
renovated buildings in the
downtown area.
Originally, the law required newly built or renovated businesses in the
business district to be at
least two stories tall and
include alleyways for delivery trucks, but we
took that out, said Duncan Mayor Lisa Scott
Under the new ordinance, existing buildings
will be grandfathered in.
Should construction or
renovations occur, businesses are required to become compliant with the
new overlay district regulations.
we traded an old
police car in on that
new police car.
Mayor Lisa Scott
Town of Duncan
What we did was, we

traded an old police car
in on that new police car,
said Scott.
Council also passed
a
resolution
permitting nearly $20,000 to
be moved. The approved
resolution authorized the
city administrator to move
$15,282.40 from the water
park fund and $4,633.26
from the victims advocate
fund to the general fund
to cover operating expenses by the general fund.
The next regularly scheduled Duncan Town Council meeting is at 6 p.m. on
April 14 at Duncan Town
Hall, 153 W. Main St., Duncan.
Resident: Preserve
Allen Bennett
The Greer Police Department will reinstate its K9 Program. Pictured: K-9 officer trainee
Stryker takes a break with handler James Compton. Find more on this story on B5.
City of Greer Business License Summary

Residential Licenses
Non-Residential Licenses
For License Year April 2014-2015
While the city awaits

restitution from the Allen
Bennett Memorial case of
more than $10,000 from
Garrick Good, CEO of Cardinal Real Estate Group
Inc., Greer is left to decide
what to do with the longtime vacant building.
Its with that question
in mind that resident Tom
Ebetino addressed council
on March 10.
Ironically, seven years

ago, on March the eighth, I
came before the city council and asked for you to
consider saving the Cannon Centre. I think all of
us have been amazed at
what that has been, resulted in, for the city. Tonight,
I would like to give you
some ideas about possibly
saving the Allen Bennett
center, Ebetino said.
Playing off the initial
intention of the building
see Council | A9
Ready to Stryke
Number of Businesses
By Amanda Irwin
Staff Writer
Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen
License Fee Payment Categories
City could lose $2 million in revenue

By Amanda Irwin
Staff Writer
Amanda Irwin | The Greer Citizen
Greer Police Chief Dan Reynolds presents the departments

annual report, stating theres been a decrease in complaints
against the department with the use of body cams.
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The City of Greer faces

losing more than $2 million in revenue annually if
the Business License Tax
Reform Act being considered by state legislators is
passed.
The City of Greer is
home to 2,647 licensed
businesses, composed of
1,457 residential businesses and 1,190 nonresident businesses that oper-
| Living here
Donald Ross Addyman

Jr. 76
Jeffrey Allen Jeff Bell,
58
Barbara Ann Smith
Gibson, 85
Leila Mae Middleton
Lipscomb, 92
ate within and outside of

the city.
Of that 1,457, we collected $1,782,428 this past
year from those resident
businesses. (From) the
nonresident businesses,
(Greer collects) $838,758
for a total of $2,621,186
(collected in business licenses), said Greer City
Administrator Ed Driggers. Why is that number
significant? It represents,
along with our collections
for insurance and for tele-
| notable
communications, 30 percent of the total revenue

stream for our city.
Also known as Bill
3490, the legislation removes power from municipalities to set their own
licensing rates.
Bill 3490, which was
initially proposed to the
General Assembly by Representative Rick Quinn on
Feb. 3, amends South Carolinas Business License
Tax that permits municipalities to determine busi-
| Inside
ness license fees based on

a graduated scale of gross
income of the person or
business. The proposed reform bill eliminates licensing taxes based on gross
revenue, requires tax to
be applied uniformly and
caps fees at $100.
The legislation that is
out there caps businesses
licenses at $100 with a
total of 2,647 and a cap
of $100. The math is really easy to do. With that
see Licensing | A7
Concert at Greer First

Baptist this Saturday
Getting crafty
Local teen takes

jewelry skills
to a new level
B5
Foothills Philharmonic and the Greer

Cultural Arts Council will present,
Masterworks III: Berliozs Symphonie
Fantastique on Saturday, March 21 at 7:30
p.m. at Greer First Baptist Church, located at
201 West Poinsett Street.
For more information, visit foothillsphil.
org.
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Hiring Our Heroes

Is March 25
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.
Hiring Our Heroes is

from 10 a.m. 1 p.m. on
Wednesday, March 25, at
the Salvation Army Kroc
Center, 424 Westfield St.,
Greenville. The event is
a hiring fair for veterans
and military spouses and
more than 45 expected
employers are expected to
participate. Interested job
seekers can pre-register
online at hiringourheroes.
org and veterans will have
to provide proof of service.
An employment workshop
will be held prior to the
event at 8:30 a.m. and will
focus on resume writing,
interview skills and job
search techniques.
Thursday, March 19
Barbecue fundraiser
march 27
Today, March 18
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. Call Jerry
Hatley at 268-0567.
Saturday, March 21
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.
Kingdom Assembly
Outreach Center will be
handing out free groceries to
qualified applicants from 10
a.m. - noon at 3315 Brushy
Creek Road, Greer. Call 8482728 or visit www.kingdomaoc.com.
Sunday, March 22
Monthly breakfast at
Second Baptist Church, 570
Memorial Drive Ext., Greer,
at 8 a.m. Free. Reservations
are required. Call Larry at
233-0387.
Monday, March 23
have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - noon. Grace Place
is located at 407 Ridgewood
Drive. I.D. required.
The Never Alone GROUP
OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center.
Tuesday, March 24
have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - noon. Drive. I.D.
required.
GIG (Gluten intolerance GROUP) of Greenville
meets at the Taylors Library,
316 W. Main St. The group
meets from 7- 8:30 p.m.
Gap Creek Singers will
rehearse from 7:30-9 p.m.
at The Church of the Good
Shepherd, 200 Jason St.,
Greer. 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.
The Rotary Club of
Greater Greer at 7:15 a.m.
at Krumms on a Plate, 3318
Brushy Creek Road. Guests
welcome. Call 630-3988.
The Never Alone GROUP
OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center.
A barbecue delivery
fundraiser will be held to
help Miss Greater Greer
and Miss Greater Greer
Teen with expenses as
they head to Columbia in
June to compete for the titles of Miss South Carolina
and Miss South Carolina
Teen 2015.
The date for the barbecue is set for Friday, March
27. Deliveries will be made
to businesses and schools
in the Greer area between
10 a.m. -2 p.m. (a minimum of 3 orders for delivery). Deadline for orders
is Wednesday, March 25.
Contact Amy at 303-3214
or Debbie at 901-0308.
Butch and Kathy Garrett
will be preparing the barbecue. The cost for a plate
is $7 and will include barbecue, beans, slaw, chips
and a brownie.
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 much 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 dresses 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. There is an ongoing
sale on coats and jackets
for $5 and sweaters 50
percent off. All 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 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.
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Donations
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Clothing Closet to clients
and the public through
March 20 from 9 a.m. 2
p.m. to shop for fall and
winter clothing. Even if
clients were served within
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For a minimum of a $10
donation, the public can
also shop during this time.
Nothing will be held back.
Sharons Closet will then
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House makes move on budget
t was budget week at

the South Carolina
State House.
After a lengthy week
of fervent debate, the
House passed a responsible budget that spends
within our means, invests
in our economy, and
appropriates taxpayer
dollars wisely, Speaker
Jay Lucas stated. South
Carolina families balance
their own budgets and
our state government is
appropriately required
to do the same. Chairman Brian White and the
dedicated members of the
House Ways and Means
Committee worked hard
to prepare a laudable fiscal blueprint that meets
our states needs and I
am proud that the House
has coalesced around this
plan.
When the budget pack-
Your voice Our budget includes workforce training

in Columbia programs, healthcare advancements, road
Representative infrastructure repairs, and other priorities
rita allison
that will allow South Carolina to continue
age was passed out of the
to prosper.
House Ways and Means
Committee in mid-February, it included a $497
million bond provision
that funded key statewide
economic development
projects. Every bill that
is drafted in the House is
subject to the legislative
process. The measure
went through this process and was ultimately
defeated during debate
in the House. Several of
these important priorities
are included in the final
version of the budget
package and are funded
with unobligated available

resources.
South Carolina is a
powerhouse for economic
development and job
creation, Speaker Lucas
continued. As lawmakers, we have a responsibility to invest in the future
so that our economy will
continue to flourish.
I am very pleased that
our budget includes workforce training programs,
healthcare advancements,
road infrastructure
repairs, and other priori-
ties that will allow South

Carolina to continue to
prosper.
Long week
It was a long and hectic

week, with many ups and
downs and variables.I
stayed in Columbia on Friday to catch up the work
in my House Education
and Public Works Committee.
We will begin a full
week of sub-committee
meetings and the viewing
of 180 Days-Hartsville.
This is a great documentary about the schools

in Hartsville and the
dedicated community,
parents and education
family who truly turned
education around in this
high poverty area. Tune
in to SCETV on March 17
and 19 around 8 or 9 p.m.
to view on your local ETV
station.
First Steps Study Committee will resume its
work on Thursday, March
19 at 1 p.m. in Columbia.
This committee is tasked
with governance policy
going forward for the Office of First Steps.
These meetings are
open to the public. Monday, March 23 from 4 - 8
pm the Education Reform
and Policy Task Force
(which I chair) will meet
in Dillon. The public is
invited and we will hear
from many citizens in

that area about the issue
of education.
The House Ways and
Means sub-committee will
begin work this week on
the Infrastructure/Transportation Legislation that
came from the House
Infrastructure/Transportation Ad Hoc Committee
(I served on this committee over the last year)
and was sponsored by
our chairman, Rep. Gary
Simrill.
We are blessed with
great economic development. We must encourage
a workforce that is skilled
and educated to fill the
jobs and the opportunity
for each person to bring
about their own quality
of life.
Clemson president
named to ACE board
Clements
to represent
430 members
Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen
Jeb visits Taylors

Former Florida Governor and potential Presidential
candidate Jeb Bush made a stop at Hidden Treasure
Christian School in Taylors on Tuesday. Above: Becky
Vaughn presents Bush with the book she co-authored.
The book outlines Vaughns life and her fathers founding
of the school that provides special education to children
with mental, physical, emotional and developmental
disabilities.
Commission addresses
four rezoning requests
By Amanda Irwin
Staff Writer
The Planning Commission recommended four
rezoning requests for approval during its March
meeting. Of those approved, two are for subdivisions and two are for
single-family residences.
The 3.26 acres of property located at 2204 Country
Club Road and .86 acres of
property located at 3511
Brushy Creek Road, part
of Residences at Brushy
Creek, received approval
for a DRD design review
district request.
Design review district
zoning allows smaller lots
due to development of
purposeful shared common areas.
Approximately 10.26 of
property located at the intersection of Wayman and
Pleasant drive received
recommendation for approval to be change from
a Greenville County R-15
single-family residential to
an R-12 single-family residential. The zoning change
will permit 28 homes with
access to Pleasant Drive.
Approximately .27 acres
of property located at 126

Golf St. also received recommendation for approval for R-12 single-family
residential. The lot is a
single-family dwelling.
All properties reviewed
by the Planning Commission will be presented to
Greer Council for final approval or denial for rezoning requests.
The
next
regularly
scheduled Planning Commission meeting is at 6
p.m. on April 20 at Greer
City Hall.
[email protected] | 877-2076
Now opeN!
Clemson
University
President James P. Clements was appointed to
the board of directors of
the American Council on
Education (ACE), the major coordinating body for
the nations college and
universities.
Clements will represent
the 430-plus members of
the Association of Public
and Land-grant Universities (APLU) for a three-year
term beginning in June.
The appointment was announced in conjunction
with ACEs 97th annual
meeting in Washington,
D.C.
Clements
currently
serves as chair of APLUs
board of directors, and
his appointment to the
ACE board is intended to
foster communication and
collaboration between the
two organizations that are
influential voices for issues and policies affecting
higher education.
Im honored to be asked
to serve in this capacity,
and I look forward to furthering the already strong
relationship between ACE
and APLU, said Clements.
My appointment will also
help ensure that the interests of Clemson University
and the state of South Carolina are well represented
at the national level.
Clements is a nationally recognized leader in
higher education who also
chairs the ACE Council on

Leadership, serves on the
Business Higher Education
Forum and co-chairs the
U.S. Department of Educations National Advisory
Council on Innovation and
Entrepreneurship.
The ACE board of directors
oversees
the
councils work as we advocate on behalf of the
entire higher education
community, help develop
and expand the pipeline
of future campus leaders
and provide our members
with the information they
need to turn challenges
into opportunities, said
ACE President Molly Cor-
bett Broad. We appreciate

President Clements commitment to helping guide
the work of ACE and are
pleased he is joining the
board as the representative of the Association
of Public and Land-Grant
Universities.
Clements holds three
degrees in computer science and operations analysis from the University of
Maryland-Baltimore County and one from Johns
Hopkins University. He
spent 20 years at Marylands Towson University
before serving for five
years as president of West
Virginia University.
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Ill bring the beer
aul and I had been given (by ourselves) full permission to be somewhat hedonistic this past week. Before you imagine reservations at a luxury
spa or champagne-laced bubble baths,
remember who Im talking about: Mr
and Ms Whole Foods, The Costco couple,
the annoying, we only eat wild-caught
salmon and organic, free-range eggs as a
protein people.
So when Pauls mother made the
transition into assisted living a few days
ago, while she now has galley kitchen
with a wee fridge, something had to be
done with the piles of food in her other
apartment.
With her new kitchen chock-a-block
full, we stood among the stacks of foodstuffs that remained in her old apartment and remaining dutiful, Paul packed
up every unopened box and took it to
our local food pantry.
What about all the rest of this stuff,
I gestured towards the freshly opened
packets of girl scout cookies, then with
dismay, found upon opening a final
cupboard, 3 bags of potato chips, one
bag of multi-grain tortilla chips, a box
containing 12 packets of cheesy goldfish snacks, a box of granola bars and 6
Im Just
Saying
Pam sTone
(yay!) bottles of Heineken beer.
How does your mom stay so tiny with
all this stuff around? I wanted to know,
This looks like the catering truck for an
old Cagney and Lacey episode.
So as she doesnt grocery shop by
herself anymore, when I go to Costco, I
just pick up a big box of snacks. Some of
this is probably a year old. Its a waste to
throw it all out so we might as well take
it home. Besides, we usually have some
chips during the cocktail hour, he said.
It should be mentioned my idea of the
cocktail hour is draining a beer in the
barn after feeding, sweeping the aisle
and refilling water buckets for the night.
Pauls the Dan Draper in this relationship: all cocktail shakers and martinis.
So back to the farm came three cardboard boxes (oddly enough, marked
Taylor Sherry) filled to the brim with
snacks. And like a wine taster, that
evening, between moments of yelling

at the screen during our regular viewing of International House Hunters,
I sampled,from neatly arranged piles
along the top of the coffee table, Archer
Farms traditional potato chips, a Nature
Valley granola bar, Girl Scout shortbread cookies, Pepperidge Farm goldfish
snacks and two beers.
I felt like Henry VIII at the banquet
table, tearing with my teeth a chunk of
meat from an enormous drumstick, all
the while madly gesturing, bring me
more, MORE!
But it didnt last long and thats the
reason we never buy this stuff in the
first place because, besides the fact none
of its healthy (the first 5 ingredients of
the Nature Valley granola bar include
high maltose corn syrup, sugar and tapioca syrup), the truth is I have no willpower whatsoever and just like a child
rolling on the floor of their bedroom
after bingeing on their entire stash of
Halloween candy, within minutes I was
pressing my palms to my temple and
groaning, Why did I eat all this crap? I
have the worst sugar headache, ever!
Paul passed me a Clanceys multi-grain
tortilla chip.
Maybe this will cleanse your palate,

he suggested, helpfully.
What, are you trying to kill me? I
spluttered, scrubbing my tongue with a
napkin, that was the worst tasting chip
I have ever put in my mouth. Id rather
eat a moth ball. Blech!
Curious, Paul popped one in his mouth
and demonstrated an expression one
might expect to see if someone bit heartily into a lemon.
This cant taste right, he gasped,
there has to be something wrong with
this bag. All I taste is chemicals and
cardboard.
Youd better hope so because we donated a ton of that to the food pantry,
I suddenly remembered. Those poor
people will think were sadists.
So consider this a PSA and if you
have visited our local food pantry and
ingested any of those sugar stumps (aka
granola bars) or multi-grain tortilla
chips in an effort to eat healthier, you
have our profuse apologies. And wed
like to make it up to you. Wed love to
take you out for a steak dinner.
Or, you know, wild-caught, sustainable
salmon.
Ill bring the beer.
the Upper room
Curiously
Amanda
Changed
by the spirit
Amanda irwin
Staff reporter
Read Acts 9:26-28
hat is impossible for humans is possible for God.

Luke 18:27 (CEB)
Since my retirement six years

ago, I have volunteered to help
in the kitchen of a local rescue
mission two days a week. Several months ago a new resident
admitted into the missions
rehabilitation program was
assigned to the kitchen for his
work duty. He was loud, confrontational, and unpleasant to
work with.
After his work assignment
was changed to another area
of the facility, I had no contact
with him for several weeksuntil one day recently. While
I was helping to set up for the
morning meal, he walked up
and asked how I was doing.
I rather warily gave the pat
answer: Fine. He then said he
wanted to pray with me. He led
me over to a quiet corner of the
dining room, held my hands,
and prayed the most gentle,
humble, heartfelt prayer I had
ever heard. It was immediately
obvious to me that the Holy
Spirit was deeply at work in his
life. I was stunned and moved
to tears. He gave me a quick
hug and left.
When I first met this man, I
had felt there was little chance
he could turn his life around.
But I had viewed him from an
earthly perspective, not from
the perspective of what God
might be ready to do in his life.
I realized anew that no addiction, no pain, no regret is too
overwhelming for the redeeming love of God.
Prayer: All-powerful God,
you are an awesome God for
whom nothing is impossible.
In the midst of dealing with
lifes problems, may we always
keep your eternal perspective
in focus. Amen.
Thought for the day: No
problem is beyond the redeeming love of God.
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Sunshine Week shows

basic freedom under fire
Its not a sexy topic nor one the average person cares much about. But a lack of access to
public information is a real problem that hurts
us all. When government at any level denies or
unduly restricts access to information, democracy suffers.
We join the national Sunshine Week initiative beginning today to promote a dialogue
about the importance of open government and
freedom of information.
And were sad to say that the publics right to
know is being obstructed far too often around
Beaufort County and across South Carolina.
Freedom of Information requests are routinely
denied for questionable reasons, and theres no
recourse for denied parties other than hiring
lawyers. Excessive fees are charged to lessen
the likelihood that reporters and citizens can
afford copies of public information. Vaguely
written parts of the states open-records law
are interpreted by governmental bodies in ways
that allow them to deny access to information. And sometimes, even when information
is turned over, important portions are redacted
for no good, legal reason.
Its enough to leave any reporter or average
Joe searching for public information information they have every right to access pulling their hair out.
Indeed, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis
Brandeis was right in his oft-repeated comment
that sunlight is the best disinfectant. If we really want to sniff out government corruption
and clear it out, then we must require those in
power to adhere to a high level of transparency
and openness. Unfortunately, we are headed
in the opposite direction in the Palmetto State.
Too often, our public bodies illegally conduct
business in closed-door sessions. Judges close
court proceedings and seal documents in Beaufort County without going through the required
process. And two recent S.C. Supreme Court decisions have further undercut the publics right
to know:
In June, the states highest court ruled that
public bodies do not have to publish agendas
before regular meetings and they can add to the
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list of items discussed during the meetings. In

other words, a town council, county council or
any other public body can discuss and vote on
a tax increase without giving taxpayers advance
notice.
In July, the court ruled that autopsy reports
are medical records and therefore closed to the
public and the media. Media outlets routinely
turn to autopsy reports for key information to
piece together just how police investigate unusual deaths. The court ruling came after the
Sumter County coroner refused to release the
autopsy report of a 25-year-old who was shot
by police in 2010. Police initially claimed the
man had fired on officers. But the local paper,
The (Sumter) Item, wasnt willing to take police
at their word. It obtained a copy of the autopsy
report from a different source and discovered
there was no gunshot residue on the mans
hands and he had been shot in the back. Without access to autopsy reports, similar telling
information will not see the light of day, and
the public will have to accept the governments
version of events.
Fortunately, some state lawmakers are taking
note of the erosion of government transparency.
Rep. Weston Newton, a Republican from
Bluffton, introduced three bills this legislative
session to turn the tide. The first would create
an Office of Freedom of Information Act Review
to determine whether requests for records were
handled correctly. A second would require agendas for regular meetings of public bodies and
also require that new items be added at least
24 hours in advance of meetings. And Newtons
final bill will eliminate some of the exemptions
that S.C. legislators currently enjoy under the
states open-records law. For example, some
types of correspondence by lawmakers could
be obtained via open-records requests.
We hope that members of the public will demand that public bodies in South Carolina operate in the sunshine.
This guest editorial was published by The Island Packet on March 14.
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digression
ve never taken a strong

stance regarding small
versus large government,
instead taking a case-by-case
stance. While I agree there are
times when large government
must intervene to guide small
government because sometimes small governments and
its residents are simply too
close to the issue to see the
larger picture.
Over the past year the S.C.
government has overstepped
its boundaries and intervened
where it shouldnt have regarding municipalities and other
local agencies on more than
one occasion. Most recently,
Ive taken issue with two areas
in which the state officials have
stomped their way past the line
creating a path for corruption
and deficits.
Firstly, recent legislation
regarding the Freedom of Information Act, which includes
disallowing autopsy and cause
of death information from being publicly released, allowing
agendas to be amended during
council meetings and eliminating requirements for councils
to provide agendas for regularly scheduled meetings. All
of these attacks on FOIA are a
detriment to publics right to
information creating a nicely
paved road for corruption to
more seamlessly enter government.
Secondly, the S.C. government overstepped in its
attempt to regulate business-licensing costs in municipalities.
The regulations, currently being deliberated, will limit business licenses fees in an attempt
to protect business owners at
the expense of municipalities.
Business owners can choose
which municipalities they
establish their companies in,
if any. No one forces entrepreneurs to establish themselves
in a city rather than a county,
but its to their benefit to do
so because of the services
provided and easily accessible
population, which they should
understandably pay additional
costs for. The uniform fees
being proposed does not represent the cost of each municipalities services and are unfair
for municipalities that provide
more services than others.
Should the state government
continue to intervene and
micromanage, residents will be
saddled with hirer taxes, and
less access to services and information. Stop destroying the
progress South Carolina.
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The Greer Citizen
State adopts
new education
standards
State
Superintendent
Molly M. Spearman recently announced that South
Carolina has adopted
new standards for English
Language Arts (ELA) and
mathematics.
I am proud of the new
homegrown, South Carolina college and careerready standards that we
have adopted, said Spearman. This is an important
day for our state. We have
developed a set of high
quality standards written
by our own South Carolina
teachers and certified as
college and career-ready
by our own institutions
of higher education. This
process was truly a team
effort and I want to thank
the thousands of parents,
teachers, community leaders, and business men and
women who all played an
integral role.
Last June, 365 educators applied to serve on
the ELA and math writing
teams.
To review the initial
drafts of the standards
they submitted in October,
the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee (EOC) and the South
Carolina Department of
Education each convened
separate task forces of
parents, businessmen and
women, community leaders and special education
teachers.
Both task forces totaled
nearly 100 people, selected from across the state.
Each was charged to carefully review the drafts.
Public review of the draft
standards resulted in nearly 18,000 comments being
submitted. Both the EOC
and State Department of
Education then convened
joint teams of reviewers to
work through several versions of the drafts from
I am proud of the
new homegrown,
South Carolina
college and careerready standards
that we have
adopted.
Molly Spearman
State Superintendent
December, 2014 through

January before submitting
final versions for review
and adoption to the State
Board of Education and
EOC.
The State Board unanimously approved the ELA
standards in January and
the mathematics standards
in February. The EOC voted by a margin of 11-1 to
adopt both the ELA and
mathematics standards on
Monday, March 9.
The State Board unanimously passed its final
approval of both sets of
standards last Wednesday.
the greer citizen
Help? Not yet

Q: My daughter is in
her late twenties, and she
has a good job making
$50,000 a year. The other
day, she told me she has
$15,000 in credit card
debt and has financed an
expensive car shes upside
down on. Her apartment
in Omaha costs $600 a
month, and she is asking
for help to get out of the
hole. We tried to teach
her how to handle money,
but apparently it didnt
work. How do you think
I should handle this situation?
DR: Heres what I would
tell her if she were my kid
in that situation. First, Im
not paying for your problem to go away. Id tell her
to sell the car and get a
cheap little beater. Shell
have to get a small loan
to cover the difference,
but it will rid her of a car
payment. And hey, a little
bit of debt is better than a
whole lot of debt especially when the debt is
on something thats going
down in value. After that,
she can get a part-time
job and work her tail off
until she cleans up the
mess she made.
I know all this sounds
harsh, but this girl had a
good thing going and she
screwed it up by being
impulsive and immature.
Think about it; shes making $50,000 a year, and
only $7,200 of that was
going toward rent. Her
taxes arent that much,
so wheres the rest of the
Dave
says
dave
ramsey
money going? Im guessing a big chunk is being
wasted on restaurants,
goofing off and other
stuff she doesnt really
need.
Let her wallow in it and
worry about things for
while first, though. Then,
if shes willing to accept
responsibility for her
actions, and she starts
working hard toward
handling her money
wisely, you might help her
out once in a while. Every
time she pays off $1,000,
you could add $500 to
the next payment. But Id
test her resolve first to
see if she wants it badly
enough!
Wed still have his small

pension, what I bring
home and my savings, but
I think he should invest
at least half of what he
has in our marriage and
relationship. What do you
think?
DR: So, his wealth goes
to his kids and you get to
feed and take care of him
until he dies? In my mind,
this is not a good plan.
I think what youre
discovering here is that
this guy just doesnt want
to be lonely. It sounds,
too, like hes dipping into
your wealth while all his
stuff goes to his kids. Id
be a little frustrated with
this idea if I were you.
And I think the two of you
need some premarital and
relationship counseling
before you take another

step forward. Right now,
youre in third place
behind his kids and his
belongings.
Im not saying he has
to give everything to you,
but you guys definitely
need to have a serious
talk and find a little
balance. Right now, hes
clinging to everything in
one way or another, and
not really offering to take
care of you. In my mind,
you need to be ready to
take a bullet for someone
when you want to marry
them. And this guy hasnt
shown that hes ready to
put you first.
The moneys
ahead of you
Q: Im 64, and Ive been
dating a 73-year-old man
for four years. Were talking about marriage, and
weve been discussing
finances. Hes retired, but
I still work part-time even
though Im in pretty good
shape financially. His
plan, if we get married, is
to give his house and his
savings to his children,
while we live in my home.
Notice of Annual Meeting of Members
The annual meeting of members of Citizens

Building and Loan SSB, Greer, South Carolina
will be held on April 16, 2015 at 9:00 am at the
main ofce of the Bank at 229 Trade Street,
Greer, South Carolina. The business to be
conducted at the annual meeting is the annual
election of directors and a report of its nancial
condition. Members of the Bank as of January 30,
2015 are eligible to vote at the annual meeting.
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International Diamond Society
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Local leaders to serve

GCM Meals on Wheels
As part of the Meals on
Wheels America March
for Meals campaign, Greer
Community
Ministries
(GCM) will celebrate Community Champions Week
with Greer leaders Mayor
Rick Danner, Police Chief
Dan Reynolds, Fire Chief
Chris Harvey and Chamber
President and CEO Mark
Owens delivering Meals on
Wheels routes.
The event will kick off
Wednesday, March 18.
On
Thursday,
Blue
Ridge High Principal Reena Watson will help

prepare
and
package
meals in the kitchen.
We are excited to have
these community leaders join us to highlight
our Meals on Wheels program, said Cindy Simpler,
GCM Executive Director.
Mayor Danner is a regular volunteer driver and
we hope that these other
leaders are inspired to volunteer as well once they
see firsthand the needs
of the elderly and home

bound right here in Greer.
March for Meals is a nationwide celebration and
has been organized by
Meals on Wheels America
for the last 13 years.
The event seeks to raise
awareness for not only the
vital network of Meals on
Wheels programs, it also
highlights the needs of the
seniors they collectively
serve.
Dr. Randall Pannell

at Regent University in
Virginia Beach.
He has also served as
assistant professor of Hebrew and Old Testament
at Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary, associate professor of Hebrew and Old Testament
at Seminario Internacional
Teologico Bautista in Buenos Aires, Argentina, vice
president for academic affairs and acting president
at Coral Ridge University
in Houston, TX, and vice
president for academic af-
Church
News
Homemade Hotdog
Supper benefit
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
to South East Asia.
He will be leaving in
April for an extended time
to make plans for a longterm stay. Come enjoy
hotdog plates and talk
with Jason about his trip.
Riverside Baptist
Judgement House
Pannell named interim

president at NGU
The North Greenville
University Board of Trustees voted last week to
name Dr. Randall Pannell
interim president after it
was announced that Dr.
Jimmy Epting would step
down in June.
Eptings has been on
sabbatical and will retire
on June 1.
Pannell came to the institution in 2011 when he
was hired as vice president
for academics.
We want to continue offering quality education as
well as protect the culture
here during this interim
period, said Bill Tyler,
member of the interim
leadership search committee. We feel we can
accomplish this with Dr.
Pannell.
Pannell has more than
30 years of teaching and
leadership experience in
higher education.
Prior to coming to NGU,
he served as associate
dean of academics and
associate professor of Hebrew and Old Testament
fairs and associate professor at American Christian

College in Houston, Texas.
He has written over 40
reviews and published
over 12 reviews. He is a
member of the Institute for
Biblical Research, National
Association for Professors
of Hebrew, National Case
Study Institute, National
Christian Counselors Association (NCCA), Society
for the Study of the Old
Testament, and Society of
Biblical Literature.
Pannell holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Religion from
Baylor University in Waco,
Texas, a Master of Divinity in Biblical and Theological Studies and Ph.D.
in Semitic Languages and
Old Testament Literature
from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
in Fort Worth, Texas.
The North Greenville
board will form a presidential search committee
to begin a national search
its eighth president.
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.
Riverside Baptist
Collecting for GCM
Riverside Baptist Church,

located at 1249 South Su-
ber 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.
Prayer breakfast
March 21
The I.M.A. prayer breakfast will be held at Lord of

Glory Full Gospel Church,
located at 401 Pennsylvania Avenue, Greer, on
Saturday, March 21 at 9
a.m. Rev. Bobby McDowell
will be the speaker. Tickets may be purchased for
$14.
Golden Hearts
calendar
March Madness is
on the calendar for the
Apalache Baptist Church
Golden Hearts at Laurendas Restaurant in Greer at
6 p.m. on March 26.
Easter event
abner creek
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.
For more information, visit
abnercreekbaptist.com.
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.
Easter program
First Baptist Church
Do you know Easter beyond the bunnies, baskets

and peeps? There is joy
in Christs triumph over
death that trumps any
golden egg.
Discover the treasure for
the first time as First Baptist Church of Simpsonville
presents the Easter story,
Redeemer, through drama and music.
The event will take place
March 27-29 at 6:30 p.m.
and on Sunday at 4:30
p.m. Visit the church website at fbcsimpsonville.org
for more information.
Give yourself a little credit.

Take a class or two this summer,
and you can return to campus a step ahead.
Earn credits to graduate early, recover from dropped classes, take fewer hours
in a challenging semester, or take difficult classes one at a time in the summer
without the distraction of a full schedule. Most students find that the cost per
credit hour here is lower than at their home school.
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Obituaries
The Greer Citizen
Wednesday, march 18, 2015
Donald Ross Addyman

Donald Ross Addyman
Jr., 76, passed away Feb.
23, 2015. He was born in
Dobbs Ferry, New York, in
1938, to Donald Ross Addyman and Helen Seymore
Addyman.
Donald was a member
of the Dutch Fork Masonic
Lodge #402; a member of
the Jamil Shrine Temple
and was potentate in 2010,
he was the past president
of the Shrine Bowl and was
also a part of the Jamil
Racers; Donald was civic
minded and loved helping the Shriners children.
Donald was a great husband, animal lover and an
avid Gamecock fan.
He is survived by his
wife, Melissa Addyman; his
daughters Cindy Sizemore
and Crissy Harley (Jimmy)
of Greer, daughter Patty
Keith (Glenn) of Maryland
and brothers Stanley, Steve
and Pete Addyman. Donald has nine grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren. Special nephew and
niece, Sam Beason and
Roxanne Breland. Donald
was preceded in death by
his parents and sister, Linda Adcock.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at a later
date. Caughman Harman
Funeral Home Lexington Chapel is assisting the
family with arrangements.
Jeff Bell
Jeffrey Allen Jeff Bell,
58, of Greer, died March
16, 2015, at Spartanburg
Regional Hospice Home.
A native of Chillicothe,
Ohio, son of Robert and
Eleanor Bell of Campobello, he was an employee
of Hewlett Packard and
a member of Greer First
Baptist Church.
Also surviving are his
wife, Victoria Lynn Burns
Bell; son, Captain Matthew
Aaron Bell of Greer; daughter, Katie Bell Thomas of
Taylors; brother, Greg
Bell of Greer; two sisters,

Vonnie Burdett of Taylors
and Vickie State of Boiling Springs; four grandchildren;
father-in-law
and mother-in-law, Cecil
Medley and Carolyn Pruitt
Burns; and brother-in-law,
Greg Burns.
Visitation will be held
noon-1:30 p.m. on Friday,
March 20, at The Wood
Mortuary with funeral
services to follow at 2
p.m. Burial will follow in
Wood Memorial Park. The
family is at the home.
Online condolences may
be made at thewoodmortuary.com.
Barbara S. Gibson
Barbara Ann Smith Gibson, 85, of 111 Davenport
Ave., widow of Robert Nolan Gibson, died March 13,
2015, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.
A native of Spartanburg
County, daughter of the
late Newton and Eva Anne
S. Smith, she was a retired
employee of Greenville
County School District,
a member of Greer First
Baptist Church and was
active in the Camellia Garden Club. Mrs. Gibson
was a loving mother and
grandmother.
Surviving are two sons,
Robert Gibson, Jr., and his
wife Lynn and Kevin Gibson all of Greer and two
grandchildren,
Amanda
Gibson and her fianc
Todd Evans and Eric Gibson. Mrs. Gibson was predeceased by two brothers,
Donald N. Smith and Kenneth Smith, and three sisters, Louise Corne, Miriam
Redfearn and Aileen Davis
Dobson.
Funeral services were
held at 2 p.m. on Sunday,
March 15, at Wood Mortuary conducted by Mrs. Dottie Bryson and Dr. Drew
Hines. Burial followed in
Mountain View Cemetery.
Visitation was held from
12:30-1:45 p.m. Sunday at
The Wood Mortuary. The
family is at the home of

the son, Robert Gibson,
Jr., 108 Pine Forest Drive,
Greer, S.C. 29651.
Memorials may be made
to First Baptist Church,
202 W. Poinsett St., Greer,
S.C. 29650 or Greer Community Ministries, P.O. Box
1373, Greer, S.C. 29652.
Leila Lipscomb
Leila Mae Middleton Lipscomb, 92, of 14 11th St.,
widow of Wallace David
Lipscomb, died March 17,
2015, at Spartanburg Regional.
A native of Greenville
County, daughter of the
late Spurgeon and Bertha
Lou Massey Middleton, she
was a retired employee of
Stone Manufacturing and
a member of Fairview Baptist Church.
Surviving are a son and
daughter-in-law,
David
and Sonja Lipscomb of
Greer; a daughter, Sharyn
Hambrick of Concord,
North
Carolina;
four
grandchildren, four greatgrandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Lipscomb was predeceased by one son, Robert
Middleton.
Funeral services will be
held at 2 p.m. Thursday,
March 19, at Fairview Baptist Church, conducted by
Dr. Eddie Leopard. Burial
will follow in the church
cemetery.
Visitation will be held
from
12:45-1:45
p.m.
Thursday at Fairview Baptist Church.
The family is at the home
of her son, David Lipscomb, 3931 N. Highway
101, Greer, S.C. 29651.
Memorials may be made
to Fairview Baptist Church
Mullinax Fund, 1300 Locust Hill Road, Greer, S.C.
29651.
Licensing: Bill on chamber watch list

from page one
pending legislation, we
would collect $264,700.
Today, we are collecting $2,621,186, Driggers
said. The effect to our
municipality and municipality cities and towns
across the state would be
devastating. It would be
crippling to many municipalities. We are no exception.
In Greer, the business
license fee charged within
city limits is determined
by the type of business,
whether it is residential
or nonresidential and the
business gross annual income.
According to Vicky Adams, Greers business license inspector, Greers
fees differ based on the
North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS), a Federal standard
used to classify business
establishments for the
purpose of collecting,
analyzing and publishing
data related to the United
States business economy.
We would classify the
business according to the
type of work it is. We do
that by the NAICS code
In other words, a restaurant would have one NAICS code, a doctors office
would have something
else, Adams said. Once
that business is classified,
there is a rate class that
is assigned to a classification. Its a rate class and
that is given to us from
municipal
association.
Certain
classifications,
certain NAICS codes are in
certain rate classes. Then
of course, our local government, we assign a fee
to those rate classes.
When businesses are
first established in the
city, they are charged a
base fee that ranges from
$65-75 for a resident business and $130-150 for
nonresidents, unless its

a manufacturing business
that can be $250.
Representative Rita Allison said the Municipal
Association is working
with the Quinn, the author
of the bill, to change the
proposed legislation so
it worked better for businesses and municipalities.
I would definitely think
our municipalities would
take a loss in revenue
should this pass as it is
now, said Allison. I think
thats one of the reasons
that the author of the bill
has said that he would be
glad to sit down with the
municipal association to
This is a very, very

serious matter...
Ed Driggers
Greer City Administrator

try and work through the
system.
I think it would be a
very detrimental impact to
[municipalities] if it passed
as it is now, Allison said.
If they brought in less revenue, (cities) would have
to look at services because
I would imagine that that
goes into their operating
funds. They would have
to look at how to makeup
the revenue or how to cut
services.
Driggers
said
there
would not be a way to
raise taxes enough to
compensate for the loss
of revenue, so cuts to services and programs will be
likely.
There is no ability to
transfer 2.6 million to
property tax. There isnt
the ability to do that. It
would require a combination of drastic reductions in service, drastic
reduction in programs we
provide, as well as an additional transfer of those
revenue streams, he said.

Allison said while she
cannot speak for Quinn,
she believes the bill was
developed in response to
small businesses seeking
relief from business licensing costs.
Our community and the
Chamber, which represents
our business community,
recognizes the value that
our city brings to our citizens and to this community, Driggers said. As
the state chamber of commerce has endorsed this
legislation, our chamber
has not endorsed it. Its on
their watch list and they
are concerned about it as
well and have communicated with us that this is
not a bill that they would
be in support of or that
they would put on their
legislative agenda to push
for passing as well.
The bill doesnt only
eliminate cities revenue, it
also removes power, which
some view as a violation or
infringement on the Home
Rule Act. The act gives local government more authority and allows them
to provide municipal-type
services.
This is a very, very serious matter as it pertains
to Home Rule and the ability for [council] to regulate and manage this local
city, Driggers said.
However, in accordance
with the Local Government Fiscal Authority Act
passed in 1997, municipalities authority to tax
is limited, as it specifically
states that a local government cannot enact a tax
without legislative authorization.
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Neely: Leaving Greer for Christ Church

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school anymore, and Ive

had them for 26 years,
thats going to be strange.
I dont know how Ill feel
then, but right now Ive
got total peace that Im doing the right thing.
Neely said he was approached by Christ Church
recently and decided to
take the leap.
Theres a lot of things
that go into it, but it just
seemed right from the
very beginning, Neely
said. There were just a lot
of benefits that I couldnt
turn down.
Its bittersweet because
I really love Greer and
the boys that Ive been
coaching, he said. This
is a new challenge and a
new opportunity. Change
sometimes can give you a
little bit of new life.
During his career at
Greer, Neely won a state
title, three Upper State
championships, 11 region
championships and more
than 350 games. He has
been named Region Coach
of the Year 11 times,
Greenville County Coach
of the Year three times
and Spartanburg County
Coach of the Year once.
Not only is he and excellent coach, but more
importantly, he is a fine,
fine man, Greer Athletic
Director Travis Perry said.
On top of all that, hes a
close friend. It will definitely be different without
coach Neely being there,
but hes also a man thats
very strong in his faith and
he believes God is sending
him there to do a work. I
know hell do a good job.
He can come back home
any time he wants to, and
he knows that, Perry said.
Hell be missed.
Neely said he leaves
Greer during an exciting
time for the program.
Its a good time for
Greer, he said. I think
theyre going to land on
their feet real well. After
26 years being the head
coach at Greer, its time for
somebody else to do it and
see what can happen. Im
very excited about Greer
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also excited about what
Im going to be doing.
The head coach called
a team meeting to tell his
players, but said it was difficult saying goodbye.
Thats hard, Neely
said. Thats the most
un-fun part of making a
change. They kind of understood. It wasnt anything personal or anything
they had done wrong.
You go in there and you
start talking to them, and
youre thinking, Are they
thinking theyre not good
enough and thats why Im
going somewhere else?
Thats just not the case.
This is just something I
had to do.
Wont be the same
For many, Greer High

basketball has always been
synonymous with coach
Neely.
Its going to be different. It was a surprise for
me and I think it might
have been a surprise for
a lot of people, Former
Greer basketball standout, Chandler Hash, said.
Its definitely going to
be something that will
take time to adjust to, but
Greer has done a great job
of brining in coaches, no
matter what sport. It will
be cool to see the future
at Greer High School, although well be missing
a coach thats been there
forever and thats had a
great impact.
North Greenville basketball coach Chad Lister,
who was an assistant
under Neely, said Greer
would miss him.
I cant imagine Greer
High basketball without
coach Neely, Lister said.
He gave me my first job.
I dont remember a lot of
the plays he drew up in the
huddle late in the game.
I dont remember a lot of
the game plans that were
prepared for opponents.
But Ill never forget how
he treated his players-how much he cared for

and loved current players
and past players.
Neelys impact wasnt
just felt on the basketball
court.
Coach Neely always
taught about more than
just basketball, Hash
said. He is very strong in
his faith and hes a firm
believer in Jesus. He set
a foundation for what it
meant to be a Christian in
his work place and also on
the court.
Lister said he views
Neely as a mentor.
He was a great example
and mentor for me as I
started my coaching career, he said. I owe a lot
to Jeff Neely and the community of Greer owes a lot
to Jeff Neely.
Taking the memories

with him
Neely will take some special memories with him to

Christ Church.
Ive got so many memories, but the memories
that are the most fun are
those with the players, he
said. I have players that
I coached in the 90s that
have contacted me to support me. Thats the stuff
that really means a lot.
Theyre always going to
be my players, no matter
where I go.
Some of those players
were his own blood.
The chance to coach my
three sons at Greer was
super, Neely said. How
many guys can say theyve
coached three sons. Thats
something Ill never forget.
I cant do that again.
Whatever path awaits
the Neely, one thing is certain.
I dont know what the
future holds, but Im going to coach until I cant
coach anymore, he said.
Its what I do.
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Investigators are trying
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into the Gamestop on East
Wade Hampton Boulevard
and stole more than two
dozen game consoles.
According to an incident
report furnished by Greer
Police, a complainant told
police he had seen a black
male jump out of the drivers seat of a nearby van
and flee the scene, and he
had seen two white men
make a run for it as well.

Officers found stolen merchandise inside the van
and near a wooden fence
behind the store. They
were placed into evidence
for processing.
After observing no signs
of forced entry, police deduced the suspects had
snuck in through the sheet
rock from the adjoining
business, an old Dollar
General store that was at-
tached to Gamestop.
Inside the rear door of
the abandoned business,
police found eight more
game consoles.
Altogether, the district
manager reported that 32
consoles had been stolen
from the stores inventory,
with an approximate total
value of $13,100.
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Deputies: Former Dorman

employee accused of sexual
battery against students
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Public Information Officer Kevin Bobo said Larry

Donnell Foster, 19, was
charged with sexual battery with a student 16 or
17 years of age, sexual
battery with a student 18
years of age and first-degree assault and battery.
On March 2, two of the
victims told administrators Foster had touched
them inappropriately at
school and away from campus, according to Bobo.
He said the administrator immediately notified
a school resource officer
and an investigation was
started.Bobo said the
Special Victims Unit took
statements from the two
victims and collected evidence.
Bobo said from the interviews, they learned of a
third victim, who also gave
a detailed statement.
Foster was arrested on
Wednesday.
Bobo said Foster partially confessed to the allegations.
Spartanburg
District
6 released the following
statement Wednesday:
Last week, a Dorman
High School student came
forward accusing a parttimetheaterhelper, Donnell Foster, 19 years old,
of inappropriate behavior. We immediately con-
Larry Donnell Foster

tacted law enforcement
and trespassed him from
all District Six properties.
Foster was immediately
terminated. We are currently cooperating with
law enforcement as they
continue to conduct this
investigation.
For security purposes,
all applicants in District
Six undergo a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division background check.
Nothing in Fosters background check would indicate any potential problems. In fact, Foster was a
graduate of Dorman High
School who came highly
recommended.
District Six superintendent Darryl Owings
said, We are completely
shocked and disappointed
in his actions and lack of
proper judgment. Foster
was directly instructed on
the proper way to interact
with students. Our top
priority in District Six has

been and always will be
the safety of our students.
Therefore, we will not tolerate this type of behavior from any employee,
whether temporary or permanent.
In order to protect the
identity of the students,
we will not release the
names of the 16, 17 and
18 year old females who
have come forward. Regardless of their ages, it is
against South Carolina law
for a school employee to
have a relationship with a
student.
Let this be a reminder
to current employees and
those considering employment in District Six...
this type of inappropriate behavior will never
be tolerated. District Six
will remain unwavering
in its commitment to protect the children we serve
each day. We have placed
school resource officers
in every school as additional safety and security
measures. District Six is
grateful for the cooperative working relationship
we have developed with
law enforcement.
We will continue to cooperate in this investigation and always encourage
any student to come forward immediately, if they
are experiencing any type
of abuse.
Council: Body cams reduce complaints

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promoting wellness for

the city, Ebetino proposed
creating a multi-use facility that upholds the same
goal. Ideas he proposed
included an activity center
for seniors, children and
young adults, that would
house exercise equipment,
meeting
rooms,
computer rooms, after school
programs, a kitchen, an
aquatic center and an art
gallery and studios.
No action was taken on
the matter and, though
the Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital was listed as
an item to be discussed on
the agenda, council moved
to hold the item.
Council was also presented with Police Chief
Dan Reynolds annual department report, during
which he addressed the
nationwide movement for
police departments to use
body cameras.
Were still working
through this body camera thing. If you heard,
the legislature is trying to
pass some legislation to
control this I dont think
the body camera issue is
resolved yet. We have a
police, developed a police,
to implement them into
the system, but there are
still some issues related
to privacy and that sort of
thing, Reynolds said.
Were still using them
now, and we feel like
theyve cut back on complaints, theyve cut back
on people arguing with
police officers or police
officers getting into it with
the citizens. I think its going to be a plus for us, he
said. I asked Lieutenant

(Cris) Varner today about
use of excessive force, and
weve even seen a reduction in that.
They also showed that in
2014, control techniques
most used by officers was
deployment of a taser, 24,
followed by pointing a
firearm, 15, using hands,
five, pointing a taser, four,
and, lastly, discharging a
firearm, two.
Last year, the patrol division of the department
issued 8,739 citations,
an increase of 21 percent
from 2013, issued 4,289
warnings, an increase of
16 percent, and made
2,194 arrests, an increase
of 6 percent.
The criminal investigation division reported handling 321 cases, down 27
from 2013, a clearance rate
of 61 percent for crimes
against persons, down 7
percent from the previous
year, and a clearance rate
of 24 percent for property
crimes, up 4 percent from
2013. The number of prostitution and drug cases increased from the previous
year, as well as the number of agency assists.
For 2015, the police departments goals include
implementing a canine
unit, requesting six additional officers, holding
a three-week a Summer
Youth Leadership Academy and expanding its
crime prevention efforts.
Greer Council gave final
approval for an ordinance
that regulates donation
bins inside city limits to
preserve the visual quality
and character of commercial neighborhoods within
the city. The ordinance allows the city to regulate

the number donation bins
on a property, the size and
upkeep of the bins and
required signage indicating whether the bin is for
a for-profit or non-profit
business.
Business owners can
place donation bins on
their own property without a permit, but churches
that are residential will
not be permitted to have
donation bins outside on
its property.
Several annexation and
rezoning requests were
addressed by Greer City
Council as well, including
the second final readings
for properties located on
Poplar Drive Extension,
which requested R-12
residential zoning and100
Peachtree Drive, which requested R-20 residential
single family zoning.
Properties that received
approval for annexation
and rezoning, but await
second reading include
property located at 1710
Hood Road and South
Buncombe, which requested C-2 commercial zoning; 126 Golf St., which
requested R-12 residential
single family zoning; and
properties on Pleasant
and Wyman drive, which
requested R-12 residential
single family zoning to establish 28 detached single
family dwellings.
The
next
regularly
scheduled
Greer
City
Council meeting is 6:30
p.m. on March 24 at Greer
City Hall.
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Car crashes into Brushy Creek business
Last week, the driver of a red Dodge Challenger apparently lost control
of the vehicle on Brushy Creek Road and plowed through an office and into some cars
in the parking lot. No one was hurt in the incident. Apex General Manager Tyler Rehn said
though someone is usually there working on the computer, at the time of the incident
the office was unoccupied. Pictured: Greer fireman Drew Holloman photographs the
damaged Apex Termite & Pest Control building.
Crime
Report
Reckless
(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.)
vandalism
Austin Wade Giles was

charged with vandalism.
According to an incident report furnished by
the Spartanburg County
Sheriffs Office, someone
called in a complaint that
several vehicles were doing doughnuts on private
property near Snow Mill
Drive and Reidville Sharon
Road in Greer.
Upon arrival, the subjects were gone but the
damage to the victims
field was evident.
The owner said this has
been a recurrent problem.
Witnesses identified one
of the drivers as Giles, who
was found at his residence
at 12 Snow Mill Drive.
Giles was arrested and
transported to Spartanburg County Jail.
Trespassing
Shana Mai Bowen was

charged with trespassing
after notice.
According to a Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office report, a complainant
said Bowen had defied a
trespass notice and tried
unsuccessfully to break
into his home before leaving a few minutes earlier.
When Bowens car was
pulled over moments later, she admitted she was
at the complainants residence.
She was arrested for
trespassing after notice
and transported to the
Spartanburg
Detention
Center.
Gabrielle Elaine Temple,

27, of 4 27th St., Greer,
was charged with reckless
driving and possession of
drug paraphernalia.
According to an incident
report submitted by Greer
Police, an officer on routine
patrol observed a white
Saturn enter the wrong
lane of travel on North
Line Street and strike a
median. The vehicle then
swerved across the white
fog line and nearly struck
a mailbox.
The officer issued a
traffic stop and arrested
Temple for reckless driving. While performing an
inventory on the subjects
vehicle, the officer located
a glass pipe.
Temple was taken to
Greer City Jail and issued
citations for reckless driving and possession of drug
paraphernalia.
shoplifting
Stephanie
Michelle
Glenn, 26, of 29 Dixie
Circle, Greenville, was
charged with shoplifting
less than $1,000, possession of marijuana and
possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to the incident report, officers were
called to Highway 14 in
reference to potential
shoplifting at Walmart on
East Wade Hampton Boulevard.
Officers located the
suspects vehicle and issued a traffic stop. Upon
approaching the vehicle,
police detected marijuana
smoke. Glenn admitted
to owning the marijuana
and stealing 12 containers of Tide detergent from
Walmart. She also said a
scale found in the car was
hers.
She was transported to
the Greer Detention Facility.
possession
Antonio Jaquawn Snoddy, 20, of 212 Oakland

Ave., Greer, was charged
with possession of marijuana, driving under sus-
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death
pension, and speeding.

According to the incident report supplied by
Greer Police, an officer was
patrolling East Poinsett
Street when he observed a
Mercury traveling 54 mph
in a 25 mph zone.
After issuing a traffic
stop, the officer was told
the driver, Snoddy, had a
suspended license.
He was placed under arrest for driving under suspension, and admitted to
having a marijuana blunt
in the ashtray. His passenger, Larie Hunter, 62, was
also arrested for possessing and open container of
Icehouse beer.
CDV
Lauren Scruggs, 27, of 7

Calcite Drive, Greer, was
charged with criminal domestic violence (first).
According to the Greer
Police incident report,
an officer arrived at the
above address to find
Scruggs claiming she had
been fighting with her
husband and was in fear
for her life.
Scruggs did not have
any marks on her face.
Her husband said she had
stabbed him with an ink
pen during an earlier altercation. He had two bloody
cuts on his cheek and another on his chest.
Upon interviewing the
children, who witnessed
the conflict, police determined Scruggs was the
primary aggressor.
She was placed under arrest and transported to the
Greer Detention Center.
Tresspassing
Melvin Javil Ramirez, 31,

of 12 Dunbar Ct., Greer,
was charged with trespassing after notice.
According to the incident report filed by Greer
Police, an officer located
Ramirez at Walmart on
East Wade Hampton Boulevard, where he was placed
on trespass notice for
shoplifting and begging.
He was arrested and taken to jail for processing.
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After falling behind 3-0 in the first inning, Blue Ridge mounted a comeback to upset region favorite Eastside 6-5 during the season opener last week.
Tigers upset Eastside in baseball opener

By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
It was a big time
A Blue Ridge lineup that

only returned two starters managed to knock off
one of the top teams in the
state last week.
The Tigers defeated
Eastside 6-5 on the road in
the season opener, giving
Blue Ridge fans something
to cheer about.
Eastside is a quality ball
club with a lot talent, said
Blue Ridge coach Travis
Henson. Theyre certainly one of the favorites in
the region, so to go over
to their place to open the
season, we knew it was going to be a challenge.
The Tigers fell behind 3-
win for us.

Travis Henson
Blue Ridge baseball coach

0 early in the first, digging
themselves into a hole.
We pretty much just
gave away three runs, but
with an inexperienced
team, youre just going
to have to learn through
experience, Henson said.
They good thing is, we
learned pretty quickly.
The score remained 3-0
until the fifth inning when
Blue Ridge made its move.
We had some big at
bats, said Henson, whos

team scored five runs on
a big hit from John Coker
and a homerun from Elijah
Henderson.
I was very proud of
our team, he said. Not
only did they come from
behind to beat a good
ball club, but they did it
on the road. It was a big
time win for us. Its just
one step for us, but thats
how youre going to have
to take thingsstep by
step.
The Tigers started Coker, brought in Mikey Urueta for relief and Ethan Few
to close.
Graham Mitchell got the
start for Eastside, but the
Tigers ended up with 14
hits on the night.

I think this gives us
a lot of confidence on a
bunch of different levels,
he said. I think our guys
realize that if we do play
well, we can beat anybody.
We also know that we can
come from behind, and
thats the kind of confidence you have to have
heading into the season.
Blue Ridge will face Emerald and Travelers Rest
this week.
On paper, Eastside, Emerald and TR are the three
best teams in our region.
So well end up opening
against the three best
teams, he said. But, if
youre going to learn, you
might as well get out and
Eagles blank Jackets, 3-0

By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
After dropping a match
to Brookland-Cayce over
the weekend, the Eastside
boys soccer team got back
to its winning ways on
Monday night at Dooley
field, shutting out Greer,
3-0.
Eastside, which hasnt
lost a region match in
three years, managed to
hold off a scrappy team,
scoring two game-sealing
goals in the final 10 minutes of action.
Sebastian
Echeverry,
Connor Hubbard and Conley Blair each netted a goal
for the Eagles.
The boys stuck with the
game plan, Eastside assistant coach Kyle Rogers
said. We worked on the
things weve been working
all week in practice and it
paid off for us in the end
luckily.
Eastside held a 1-0 lead
at halftime and thats how
the score would remain
for most of the second
half. After several costly
Greer turnovers, Eastside
found its chance to pull
away and did.
One of the things we
work hard at doing is making sure we stay organized
defensively, Rogers said.
That really helps us win
balls when we need to and
posses the balls out of the
back and build out of the
back. Thats always part of
our game plan.
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do it that way.
Henson said his squad
will have to continue to
play at a high level if they
want to make a run at the
playoffs.
We have a lot to learn,
but our guys are willing to
learn, Henson said. The
things that we were weak
on in the preseason, were
not as weak now. Now
weve got to focus on constantly improving. Theres
a difference between good
teams and great teams.
Good teams learn from
losses. Great teams dont
have to lose to learn. We
realize that we were fortunate and that were going to have to keep getting
better.
Two
programs,
no head
coaches
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
The recent departure
of Greer girls basketball
coach Carlton Greene and
boys coach Jeff Neely has
left many Yellow Jacket
fans wondering whats
next.
The two coaches each invested more than 25 years
in the school, so replacing
them will be no easy task.
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Players
show out
at FCA
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Recovering from a loss to Brookland-Cayce over the weekend, Eastside bounced back to
defeat Greer 3-0 Monday night.
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The ninth annual Spartanburg vs. Greenville FCA

All-Star Basketball Challenge ended with a split.
The two counties, showcasing several area athletes, each took away a
victory as the Spartanburg
boys defeated Greenville
114-111 in overtime while
the Greenville girls topped
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The field
s this Kentucky team

the best youve ever
seen?
I couldnt help but
grin as college basketball analysts dissected
the brackets on Sunday,
saying the only thing that
was guaranteed about this
years tourney was a UK
national championship.
Dont believe me?
According to Westgate
SuperBook, Kentucky has
11-10 odds to win it all.
A line for the Wildcats
opening round matchup
against Manhattan/
Hampton was not available at the time of this
column, but experts said
it could surpass Dukes
47-point spread as favorites over Florida A&M in a
1999 first-round game.
Theyre simply too
good to get beat, says
Nancy Amour of USA
Today Sports.
You hear that non-Kentucky basketball fans,
youre all playing for
second. Forget what you
know about the NCAA
tournament. Forget
about 15-seed upsets, the
overtime games and the
overall anything-can-happen motto of the tournament. Theres no need to
even play this one.
Oh, you still want a reason to watch the tournament? Me too.
Heres a case for the
field.
Since 2015 began,
Kentucky has only
played one ranked team.
Arkansas.(Kentucky has
played some good teams
this year. Beating Kansas, Louisville and North
Carolina in non-conference play is no laughing
matter, especially when
you continue to find ways
to finish games).
But Arkansas though?
Thats right, the same
Arkansas that lost to
Clemson. The only reason
Arkansas was ranked was
because networks needed
UK to play good teams
to justify putting all of
the Wildcats terrible
games on television.
But, theyre undefeated!!!
So was Wichita State
heading into the tournament last year. Look how
that ended. As it turns
out, playing in an incredibly weak conference
(Im looking at you, SEC)
doesnt exactly prepare
you for the dance.
The field is too good to
be overlooked so easily.
Have the experts even
seen Duke/Wisconsin/Virginia/Notre Dame play?
The biggest thing going for the wildcats is
the cupcake draw the
selection committee gave
them. I dont believe Kentucky is going to win the
national championship,
but I guarantee theyll
make it to the Sweet 16
without breaking a sweat.
Teams like Purdue,
WVU and Maryland are no
match for this team, but it
will be interesting to see
what Notre Dame or Wisconsin/Arizona (or dare I
say the Tar Heels) can do
if they make it to Indy.
Go ahead and pick Kentucky. All the sure fire
bets are with the Cats.
But Ill put my money
on the field and the madness.
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Warriors slip
up to Dorman
Bounce
back for
win
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Riverside split a pair of
season opening matchups
with Dorman last week,
falling 4-1 before bouncing back for a 3-0 victory.
We didnt play our
best, head coach Travis
Pitman said of his teams
performance during the
loss. We made some adjustments and cleaned our
game up.
Pitman said a lack of
focus contributed to the
early loss.
Weve just got to focus.
Sometimes high school
guys can kind of lose sight
My guys have been

on the field and
have been in the
tough games.
Travis Pitman
Riverside head coach

of what were out here to
do, which is play baseball,
Pitman said. Mentally, I
dont think we were ready
to play that first game
against Dorman, but we
were the second. We had
much better focus and
much better execution. If
we play like that all season, were going to win a
lot of games.
Riverside will take on
Byrnes and Eastside twice
this week, piling up four

games in four days.
Weve got a big week
this week, Pitman said.
Its going to be interesting
to see how we respond.
Byrnes is always real
fundamentally
sound,
he said. They dont do a
whole lot to hurt themselves, so weve got to go
out and make plays, throw
strikes and hit good pitches.
Pitman said Eastside
also returns a good roster,
making this seasons rivalry matchup even more
competitive.
The boys really know a
lot about each other, he
said. Scott (Erwin) always
has a really good team.
Theyve got some pretty
good arms pitching and
it will be two really tough
games against them this
week. With that being a rivalry, its always fun.
Despite the success of
other teams, Pitman said
his team has to continue
to worry about limiting its
own mistakes.
It really doesnt matter
what the other team has
or who is pitching or what
their batting order is, he
said. As long as we take
care of ourselves, make
the routine play and throw
strikes, nine times out of
ten were going to come
out on top. Thats kind of
been the mindset weve
been trying to install the
last few years.
The Warriors return 12
seniors to a lineup that is
expecting to make a run at
a state championship.
My guys have been on
the field and have been in
the tough games, Pitman
said. Theyve got a little
more experience and a little bit cooler heads when
things get tight. Thats always a plus.
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Greer Highs Travis Perry was named South Carolina Athletic Director of the Year for his work with the Yellow Jackets.
Perry said, while he is honored, the credit should go to the school and players.
Travis Perry named state

Athletic Director of Year
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Greer Highs Travis Perry was recently named the
states athletic director of
the year.
Perry said the honor,
handed out by the South
Carolina Athletic Administrators Association, is a
testament to his school.
Its a great honor for our
region and our school, he
said. Its not about me.
Its about our head coaches, our assistant coaches
and our administration at
Greer High and the support that they give me, our
coaches and our kids.
Perry was named the
Peach Blossom Regions
athletic director of the
year as well.
Its not about me. Its about our head

coaches, our assistant coaches and our
administration at Greer High...
Travis Perry
Greer High Athletic Director

Accomplishing this milestone at Greer makes the
recognition mean a little
bit more, Perry said.
I grew up in it, he said.
My grandparents went
to Greerthis has always
been home to me. Im
solely where God sent me.
Theres no question there.
Ill continue to be there as
long as thats what his will
is for me.
Greer is a very tightknit community, Perry
said. Since I grew up here,

I know the expectations.
You hear people say all
the time that theyre living
the dream, and thats how
I feel. Im where I want to
be and theres nowhere
else I want to be. Ive made
the big salaries and money
doesnt buy happiness.
Youve got to be where
youre heart is and Greer
is my heart. If you cut me,
Id literally bleed black
and gold.
Perry is currently tasked

with finding two head basketball coaches, but says
the future remains bright
at Greer High.
The future is very
bright, Perry said. Were
very excited about the
people weve been able to
bring in. Were also very
excited, as youll find out
later in the week, about
the people were continuing to bring in.
For Perry, this job is
more about the studentathletes and less about the
accomplishments.
We have the opportunity to impact kids lives
and change the game for
the better, and thats what
we want to do, he said.
Greer Yellow Jackets hoping for region push

By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
The Greer baseball team
is off to a scratchy start,
dropping three of its first
five games.
Despite Landrum, Emerald and Wade Hampton,
the Yellow Jackets will
have to put their woes behind them as they prepare
for another brutal week.
Weve been in every
ball game, but well have
one bad inning and that
gets us, head coach Bob
Massullo said. Weve
had some bad innings,
but weve fought back.
Thats something that we
wouldnt have done last
year and thats what these
kids are doing.
Greer returns quite a
few seniors, but the team
is still fairly young at its
core.
Right now weve got
eight seniors, but if you
look at my lineup, at times
Ive got two freshmen
starting, two tenth graders
and a good bit of eleventh
graders, Massullo said.
After falling to Landrum, Emerald and Wade Hampton, the Yellow Jackets will have to
turn around and prepare for another brutal week.
[Our juniors] have a good
bit of experience under
their belt from last year.
They guys from last
year have gotten stronger, he said. Honestly, I
think their mental process
has gotten a little bit better. As a young guy, sometimes you let your mind
wander, but theyve stayed
pretty focused.
Greer has earned wins
over Brashier and Pow-
dersville, giving Massullo

plenty of reason to hope
in the early going.
I hope they turn it
around. I think were fighting harder than we did last
year and I think they get
upset when they lose, he

said.
The Yellow Jackets
region schedule will be
tough, however.
Going into the preseason, I put [Eastside] in
the top five in the state,
Massullo said. Theyre
going to be good. Eastside
is always good. Emerald
is new to the conference,
but Ive played them in the
past and theyve had some
stout teams. Their top five
hitters are like murders
row. You can tell theyre
going to be good.
Anything can happen
on a given night, he said.
We know that.
Massullo said it is going
to be a fight for the fourth
playoff spot.
I think youll see Emerald, TR and Eastside [in
the playoffs], he said.
Then youve got Greer,
Blue Ridge, Berea and
Chapman fighting for that
fourth spot. Its going to
be really exciting.
Im trying to get these
guys to buy in because
were tired of being the
homecoming game, he
said. Thats what weve
been in the past years.
With recent struggles
continuing, Massullo said
he has tried to motivate
his players by showing
them how teams before
them have had success.
Ive pointed out some
names of guys that won
district
championships
and stuff like that for us,
and I told them, not only
are you letting yourself
down, youre letting them
down. This is Greer baseball. Weve been good. But
the last four years, we
havent. I havent changed,
so you have to wonder
whats going on, he said.
For this season, the goals
are simple.
Wed like to win more
than we lose and itd be
nice to go back to the playoffs, he said. I think we
have a chance, but were
going to have to eliminate
those one or two bad innings that get us behind
too far to even catch up.
North Greenville falls in NCAA opening round

Korval
McElroy
finished with 21 points and
Lashawn Alexander poured
in 16 as the Crusaders
fell to Lincoln Memorial
University in the opening
round of the NCAA Tournament, 95-62.
Lincoln Memorial shot a
blistering 57 percent from
the field during Saturdays
NCAA opening round,
while North Greenville finished 23 of 55 from the
field.
The leading scorers for
both teams were held under 10 points, as Spencer
Reaves scored just six for
North Greenville while
Luquon Choice finished
the day with seven. Micah
parker scored eight points
for the Crusaders and Phillip Brown had five.
Lincoln
Memorial
jumped ahead five points
with 16:51 left in the opening half, extending its lead

to 14 with six minutes left
before halftime. McElroy
scored 10 points for the
Crusaders in the final
5:57 of the period to keep
North Greenville within in
striking distance, closing
the half on a 5-0 run to cut
the lead to nine.
Lincoln Memorial opened
the second half by hitting
their first four shots, a
small foreshadowing of
what was to come.
The No. 1 seed exploded,
running out to a 23 point
lead just five minutes into
the second half. The Railsplitters were 3-4 from
three point range while
NGU struggled, shooting
just 50 percent from the
field.
Lashawn Alexander cut
the lead to 15 with 13:34
left, capping an 8-3 run.

North Greenville would
lack answers down the
stretch of the final 13 minutes of play, however.
The Railsplitters shot a
lights out 73 percent from
three-point range in the
final minutes. LMU was 16
of 23 from deep.
The Crusaders went
scoreless for nearly five
minutes, as Lincoln Memorial shot its way to a 74-45
advantage with 8:06 left.
Lincoln Memorial had
four players in double
figures, led by Keenan Peterson, who led all players
with 23 points.
North Greenville finished
the season 22-10, capping
the year with the teams
first Conference Carolinas
Championship.
Photo | Submitted
North Greenvilles tournament run was cut short last week, as the Crusaders fell to Lincoln
Memorial, 95-62.
SPORTS
THE GREER CITIZEN
Harvick cruises to fourth

straight Phoenix win Sunday
BY REID SPENCER
Yes, the best car won
Sundays CampingWorld.
com 500 at Phoenix International Raceway but
one-man juggernaut Kevin
Harvick had to hold off
charging Jamie McMurray
on the final restart with
12 laps left to notch his
fourth straight victory at
the one-mile track.
The box score will show
that the reigning NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series champ
led 224 of 312 laps, but
McMurray took his best
shot on the Lap 301 restart, driving hard to the
inside of the race winner
and, for the briefest of moments, clearing Harvicks
No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing
Chevrolet off Turn 2.
But the driver who has
become an all-but-irresistible force in NASCARs
premier series fought back
to the outside, cleared McMurrays No. 1 Chevrolet
and cruised to the finish
line 1.153 seconds ahead
of the race runner-up.
The victory was Harvicks second straight this
season, his fourth straight
at Phoenix and the 30th
of his career. Harvick has
won five of the last six races at the one-mile track in
the Sonoran Desert seven overall and his string
of seven straight top-two
finishes in the Sprint Cup
series, dating to last season, is the longest since
Richard Petty rattled off
11 consecutive top-results
in 1975.
When you said the Richard Petty part, that just
gives me chills, Harvick
said after the race.
The last driver to win
four straight NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series races at
the same track was Jimmie Johnson at Charlotte
in 2004-05.
With restarts as crucial
Spartanburg, 67-63.
Byrnes Tegan Waters and
Tavin Richardson showed
their skills, scoring 17 and
15 points respectively for
Spartanburg. Riversides
Myles Smith added four
for Greenville.
In the girls game Byrnes
trio Breanna James (2), Brianna Hines (5) and Caira
With coach Greene, it

was kind of known for
quite some time that he
was going to retire, Greer
Athletic Director Travis
Perry said. With coach
Neely, we didnt know.
My old boss from Christ
Church called me about
two weeks ago. I think it
was somewhat my fault because when I was at Christ
Church, I was always bragging about coach Neely
and what a great job he
does. When they had that
opening, they came calling
right away.
A new boys coach could
be announced as soon as
the end of this week.
Were well into that
process right now, Perry
said. That all started last
week, but were not ready
to make the announcement yet.
When he told us he was
going, we immediately had
somebody in mind, he
said. I think every athletic
director always has something in mind because, in
this business, you never
know what will happen.
Thats a part of it. Weve
got a list of who we would
like to get. There are other
jobs that are open right
now, so well need to move
quick and thats what well
do. Well get the right person, I assure you.
The offseason coaching
carousel doesnt often impact Greer in a significant
way, Perry said.
Weve been blessed to
THURSDAY, MARCH 19
Girls Soccer ...................................Blue Ridge @ Travelers Rest, 5:30 p.m

Southside @ Eastside, 5:30 p.m
Berea @ Greer, 5:30 p.m
Riverside @ Spartanburg, 7 p.m
Boys Soccer ....................................Blue Ridge @ Travelers Rest, 7:30 p.m
Southside @ Eastside, 7:15 p.m
Berea @ Greer, 7:30 p.m
Baseball .......................................................... Riverside @ Eastside, 6 p.m
Softball ...........................................................JL Mann @ Riverside, 6 p.m
FRIDAY, MARCH 20
TUESDAY, MARCH 24
Boys Soccer................................................. Greer @ Blue Ridge, 7:30 p.m

Softball ................................................................Berea @ Eastside, 6 p.m
Greer @ Chapman, 6 p.m
Spartanburg @ Riverside, 6 p.m
Baseball ...............................................................Eastside @ Berea, 6 p.m
Chapman @ Greer, 7:30 p.m
Golf ................................................................Eastside @ Greer, 4:30 p.m
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Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning Sundays CampinWorld.com 500 at Phoenix

Intational Raceway.
as they were on Sunday,
Harvick was glad he had
raced in the XFINITY Series event on Saturday afternoon.
The restarts were just
really slippery, and I
learned that in the race
yesterday, said Harvick,
who finished third in Saturdays race. You had to
really maintain your entrance speed and really
slide the thing through the
center of the corner to try
to help keep it pointed up
off (the corner).
Harvick did that to perfection on the last four
restarts, holding off Stewart-Haas teammate and
fifth-place finisher Kurt
Busch when action resumed on Laps 234 and
242 and outdueling McMurray (after Busch pitted
for tires under the ninth
of 10 cautions) on Laps
296 and 301.
Ryan Newman ran third,
followed by Kasey Kahne
Dillard (1) combined for

eight points.
Blue Ridges Courtney
Robinson had the big
numbers for Greenville,
scoring 16 points to lead
her team. Eastsides Destiny Thompson added a
point and Greers Amy Leonhardt also got her name
in the scoring column with
two points.
HEADLESS: Neelys
departure unexpected
FROM B1
CALENDAR
Baseball ...................................................Southside @ Eastside, 6:30 p.m

Riverside @ Byrnes, 7:30 p.m
Softball ......................................................... Eastside @ Southside, 6 p.m
Gaffney @ Greer, 5:30 p.m
Golf .........................................Eastside @ Star Fort Tournament, 11 a.m
FCA: Robinson scores 16
FROM B1
B3
When he told us
he was going, we
immediately had
somebody in mind. I
think every athletic
director always has
something in mind...
Well get the right
person, I assure
you.
Travis Perry
Greer High athletic director

not have as much turnover, he said. Coaches
really havent left and, if
they have left, its been
because of bigger promotions or something like
that. The people weve
lost, weve lost for all the
right reasons.
As for the girls job, an
answer could still be a
ways away.
We continue to take application, letters of interest and resumes through
[March 28], he said. At
that time, well sit down
and evaluate everyone
who has applied and begin
the interview process. We
dont have a timetable set
to announce that one yet.
and Busch. Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr., Joey

Logano, Jeff Gordon and
Kyle Larson completed the
top 10. Truex posted his
fourth consecutive top-10
finish, the first time a Furniture Row Racing driver
has accomplished that
feat.
McMurray left the track
wishing he had a mulligan
on the final restart.
Matt McCall (crew chief)
made a really good decision at the end to stay out
(on old tires) and got us
on the front row, McMurray said. That was a fun
battle with Kevin. Those
are the kinds you wish
you could do over again,
because I would have slid
up earlier.
Its similar to plate racing with the engine package we have now, where
if you dont get the guy
cleared, he can kind of
stall you out a little bit.
And I saw Kevin coming
and I thought I could slide

up in front of him, but I
also knew it was for the
win and that we would
probably have wrecked
there.
Notes: With two victories and two second-place
finishes this season, Harvick leaves Phoenix with a
22-point lead over Logano
in the series standings
Dale Earnhardt Jr. blew a
right rear tire the result
of a melted bead and
slammed the Turn 2 wall
on Lap 180. Credited with
a 43rd-place finish, Earnhardt dropped four spots
to sixth in the series standings, 56 points behind
Harvick Busch scored 39
points in his return from
a three-race suspension,
good for 33rd place in the
standings. To be eligible
for the series championship, Busch must be in the
top 30 in points at the end
of the 26-race regular season.
SHUTOUT: Eastside rolls
FROM B1
The Eagles have not had

many struggles in region
competition over the past
few years, but Rogers said
Greer showed promise.
Im surprised, but Greer
is a little bit better than
they were last year, he
said. They came in ready
to play tonight. They did a
great job and their coach-
ing staff did a great job.

Fortunately for us, we were
able to squeak one out.
The girls defeated Greer
9-1 with goals from Asheton Robinson, Natalie
Royaards, Abby Robinson,
Mikayla Rajcan, Lauren
Thomas, Bridget Wilson
and Betsy Evatt.
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Cedric A. Cunningham
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CAMEROON, LLC intends
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for a license/permit that will
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WINE AND LIQUOR at 207
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(2) the specic reasons why
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(3) that the person protesting
is willing to attend a hearing
(if one is requested by the
applicant);
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where the proposed place of
business is located or within
ve miles of the business;
and
(5) the name of the applicant
and the address of the premises to be licensed.
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is Saturday, March 28 at 9
a.m. at Brutontown Community Center. The Greater Greenville Senior Sports
Classic will be held April
20-24 at locations across
the county.
The new Come On
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new sport or practice their
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that will allow the sale and
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W WADE HAMPTON BLVD,
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business is located or within
ve miles of the business;
and
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B5
On the case: Boss and Stryker

BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
The Greer Police Department
welcomed its newest members
this week.
Brought over from the Czech
Republic, Boss and Stryker, two
German Shepherds that will
lead Greers K9 program, began
training with local officers on
Sunday and will soon be put
into action.
Greer officers James Compton
and Jordan Williams applied to
partner with the K9s and are
now training with them around
the clock.
Probably 80 percent of the
training were doing right now
is for us, Williams
said.
We just want to
make sure were
doing the right
things.
Sgt. Randle
Ballenger said
the department has
been trying
to reinstate
its K9 program after
bringing
it to a
halt
sev-
Boss
eral years ago. It will be no easy

task for Compton and Williams,
however.
Basically, thats a 24 hour
job, Ballenger said. Itd be the
equivalent of getting a 4-yearold. Dogs require maintenance,
they require kennel upkeep. Its
just a tough job.
In the past, Greer Police have
had to call on other departments to assist when K9s are
needed.
It will open us up to more
options, Williams said. If
something happens, theyll call
us out and we can help. That
beats what it is nowhaving
to wait 30 or 40 minutes (for
K9s)
to get there. Every
minute that goes
by decreases the
chances well have
of finding the
person.
Kevin Beck,
with Enforcement
K9 International,
has been working
with the dogs
for a month.
He said German Shepherds are
the breed
of choice
be-
MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
Boss and Stryker are Greers newest police officers, beginning training with their K9 handlers this week, as
Greer Police Department reinitiates a program that has not existed in the city for several years. Shown left
to right are: James Compton, Stryker, Jordan Williams and Boss.
cause
they
are extremely high
energy
and are able to adapt to
police work.
They can work amongst
the schools with the children and theyre very social, he said. Their energy
level and desire to work and
please is very high.
The dogs are currently
learning to respond to situations they would encounter on the job.
Through continuous
repetition, we teach a
dog to passively respond
(sit or lay) to the presence of

narcotics, Beck said. When
he does, hes rewarded with
a round rubber ball, which
the dog selects as his primary
reward. Of course, we also use
verbal and physical praise.
The dogs are conditioned to
the odors of marijuana, heroin,
cocaine and methamphetamine.
[The trainers] have to be able
to read the dogs behavior and
let the dog work, Beck said.
Once the dog gets as close he
possible can to the source, hell
give a passive indication that
theres something there. Once
the dog response, weve now
established probable cause and
can get a search warrant.
MATURITY
Like most other jobs, age is

an important factor.
I like a dog between the

15-18 month range, Beck said.
Thats when theyre mature
mentally and physically.
Working with dogs, however,
still requires a little bit of play
time.
Just the same as any other
dog, they want to play too,
Compton said. They want to
have fun, but they know when
its time to go to work and they
turn it on. They dont deviate
from that. Its just work, work,
work.
A GOOD PARTNERSHIP
Folks in Greer will soon get to

meet Boss and Stryker. The two
will sworn in when the bulk of
their training is complete.
Were with them from start
to finish, Compton said. The
finish could be six years, seven
yearsas long as Greer still

likes it.
Im very, very excited, he
added. This is another tool for
the police department. This is
going to be very helpful.
Williams said the two plan
to be very visible in the community.
At any major function,
theyre going to be there, Williams said. At any major function: football games, parades,
big events in the parktheyre
going to want us around and
visible. We hope it will give the
community a little more insight
as to whats going on.
With all the time and money
invested, Beck said it would be
worth it in the end for Greer.
Its very worthwhile and the
return is unlimited, he said.
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BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
WILLIAM BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN
Taylors student Lauren Alexander has been making her

own jewelry since she was 9 years old.
Although Lauren Alexander is only 13 years old,

she is hopes to turn her
crafty hobby into something for every age to enjoy.
The Vanguard Homeschool Academy student
from Taylors has taken an
interest in designing different types of jewelry and
recently took her product
on the road to the Greer
Opry House Savvy Restyle
Market to put it on display.
For my ninth birthday,
my mom got me a set of
beads and I stayed up all
night making [jewelry]. I
probably shouldnt have,
but I did, Lauren said.
Eventually, it led to making earrings, bracelets and
necklaces.
Amy Bright teaches
Laruens jewelry class at
WILLIAM BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN
Lauren Alexanders jewelry is available on Etsy and at local

craft shows.
Vanguard, which meets
at Pleasant Grove Baptist
once each week.
She got really hooked on
chain maille and has done
really well picking up the
patterns and the weaves,
Bright said. Most of these
students are very independent and are doing things
that are practical. Their
parents are able to really
help them in areas theyre
good at and get them out
there because theyre
not restrained by regular

school hours. Not only do
they have the drive to do
it, but they also have the
time to do it.
Bright said, out of all
her students, Lauren has
shown the most drive to
succeed in creating jewelry designs.
She loves doing everything with her hands,
Kirsten Alexander, Laurens mother, said. She
could just do this right
away. She had no problems

and she was able to make
a ton of things. She started
with little girl beads, but
she has always enjoyed
painting and drawing and
sewing and knitting.
Although she is proud
of the work shes accomplished, Lauren said there
is still plenty of room for
improvement.
Ive been looking up
different types of chain
mail that Ive been trying
to learn how to do by myself, Lauren said. Some
of them have been successes and some have not
been, but thats how you
learn to do it. Ive been
getting ideas from pictures and different places
and, of course, my teacher
is still teaching me different things.
Laurens work will be
featured at the youth
booth at downtown Greenvilles Saturday market on
May 16.
To learn more, visit
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Lorynnes-Earring-Tree or
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ENGAGEMENTS
Pvt. Ernest Nicholas Zapetis V and Miss Callie Alexandria Bryan
Bryan - Zapetis
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Glenn
Bryan, of Lincolnton, Georgia, announce the engagement of their daughter,
Callie Alexandria Bryan,
of Lincolnton, Georgia, to
Pvt. Ernest Nicholas Zapetis V, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Eric Moody, of Greer, and
Mr. Ernest Nicholas Zapetis IV, of Toccoa, Georgia.
A graduate of Lincoln
County High School, 2014,
Miss Bryan is attending
Lander University to obtain a degree in mass com-
munications with a minor

in English.
The groom, a graduate
of Greer High School, is
presently in basic combat
training and advanced individual training at Fort
Benning, Georgia, where
he will graduate on April
24, 2015. He is employed
with the U.S. Army.
They will be married May
2, 2015, at Lincoln County
Historical Park in Lincolnton, Georgia.
Spartanburg Soaring! returns Saturday

Thousands of kites representing the colorful diversity and sky-high spirits of the community will
fly above Chapman Cultural Center and Barnet
Park during the Spartanburg Soaring! International
Kite Festival on Saturday,
March 21.
More than 2,000 people,
including hundreds of
out-of-town visitors, flew
to the fields surrounding
Chapman Cultural Center in the spring of 2014
for the inaugural festival,
which featured food, music, and kite-flying. Professional fliers attended,
sending kites of impressive sizes and designs into
the air, as well as children
who ran enthusiastically
with simple, handmade
kites.
The sky was full of kites,
and the city was full of
joy, Jennifer Evins, President and CEO of Chapman Cultural Center, said.
Kite-flying brings people
together. The festival is a
great place for people of
all ages and backgrounds
to experience what Spartanburgs all about.
This year, Spartanburgs
Way to Wellville initiative will have a presence
at the festival to promote
wellness and community
pride in an effort to lead
to a healthier Spartanburg.
In addition, Partners for
Active Living and City of
Spartanburg will feature
plenty of no wind activities, such as Frisbee throwing and face painting.
To promote good health
and exercise, attendees
are encouraged to walk
or ride bicycles to the
event. As an added benefit to this years festival,
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City of Spartanburg will
waive public bus fares for
the day to give residents
transportation to the festival free of charge. The
whole city is on board
with Spartanburg Soaring, Evins said. Whether
you walk, bike ride, or ride
a bus, just come. Its going
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Festivalgoers are encouraged to bring their own
kites, but inexpensive kites
will be on sale for those
who wish to purchase one
at the festival. Live music
will be provided by Rock
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lead by local news anchor
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p.m., as well as Wentzler
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jazz band The Rockers, 35 p.m. Dozens of regional
artisans will be on hand as
well, selling their affordable handcrafted wares in
Barnet Park. Food trucks
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NEWS
GREENVILLE COUNTY
of Dimes.
This month, the schools
student body is working
together to collect money
for March of Dimes by doing Bottles for Babies. The
fundraiser challenges students to bring in spare
change to fill up baby bottles in their classrooms.
The twins went on the
schools morning show recently with their mom, Byrnes High teacher Susanne
Cash, to talk about their
experience with the wellknown charity.
Harper and Hampton
were born 10 weeks early,
and thanks to the help
from March of Dimes, they
were able to get all the
medicine and care they
needed. Now they are K5
students at Reidville and
sharing their very important message.
RHS HOSTS LACROSSE

BENEFIT MARCH 21
The Riverside High boys

and girls lacrosse teams
and Daily Bread Ministries
will host Training for Warriors on Saturday, March
21, from 10 a.m.-noon at
Alliance Champions Training Center.
The charity event is a
high energy workout that
anyone can do.
Cost is $5 per student,
$10 per adult, and $25 per
family. For more information, contact Lynne Riese
at [email protected] or Lara
Farnsworth at larisatfw@
gmail.com.
RMS HOSTS COMMUNITY

SPIRIT NIGHT MARCH 26
Riverside Middle will

host its annual Community Spirit Night on Thursday, March 26, from 5-7:30
PM.
Local restaurants will
have food available for
purchase, and visitors can
learn more about local
community services.
All spring sports teams
will be playing against rival Northwood Middle, the
Model United Nations will
present its Festival of Nations, and Media, Visual
Arts, and Design classes
will be presenting their
projects.
RIVERSIDE SOFTBALL TEAM

COLLECTING SHOES
The Riverside High softball team is collecting gently used shoes through
the month of March to
help support micro enterprise programs around
the world. The shoes are
repaired and given to local
businesses to be distributed to those without shoes
or sold in their stores.
This enables them to form
an income so they can pay
for housing, food, educational expenses, and other
necessities.
The team hopes to fill
100 bags with 25 pairs of
shoes each, representing
just over one pair of shoes
for each student at Riverside High.
Donations can be delivered to the main office every Friday during March.
DISTRICT FIVE
DOZENS OF D5 STUDENTS
NAMED JUNIOR SCHOLARS
Several District Five

eighth graders were among
a select group of Spartanburg County students honored recently for their academic achievements. The
43 students, representing
both D.R. Hill and Florence
Chapel Middle School,
were named Junior Scholars for the 2014-15 school
year.
The Junior Scholar program recognizes middle
school students across the
state who score a 50 or
higher on the PSAT in all
three subject areas: math,
critical reading, and writing.
The following students
were named Junior Scholars: Devin Adams, Kristen
Adolf, Aaron Anderson,
Alexis Belanger, Kalika
Bridwell, Hydeia Brown,
Sarah Byrd, Anna Cantrell,
Owen Cieluch, Aiden Constantine, Anna Constantine, Clayton Crile, Alexander Daniels, Christopher
Doering, Caroline Emerson, Aurelia Fendley, Carolyn Fowler, Chloe Godinez, Adam Hamby, Sydney
Harling, Robert Kent, Benjamin Kilgore, Lauren Lee,
Philip Masonoff, Maleik
McAbee, William McDonald, Lillian Moore, Lena
Mosijchuk, Kobe Moss, Rachel Nelson, Audrey Nguyen, Ethan Pack, Sarah Pearson, Elizabeth Poole, Ricci
Rodgers, Isabella Roper,
Raegan Settle, Caleb Shelton, Hunter Sloan, Jason
Smith, Katherine Spurling,
Sydney Thompson and
Kenna Zeitz.
Florence Chapel Middle eighth grader Kalika
Bridwell was also honored for having the highest reading score in all of
Spartanburg County.
LYMAN ELEMENTARY CLUB

GIVES GIRLS SUPPORT
Dozens of girls at Lyman
WINTERGUARD WINS,
HOSTS FUNDRAISER
Science fun
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Washington Center student Gregory Morgan learns about

the tenacious qualities of a tree frog during teacher
Amy Garbes Washington Center class visit to Roper
Mountain Science Center. The students studied the life
cycles of animals and animal adaptations. Students had
the opportunity to see, touch and feel different animals
including a rabbit, chinchilla, salamander, snake and
toad. Students learned animal characteristics and played
a matching game.
Elementary have found a
new sense of community
outside the classroom.
The third and fourth
grade students are part of
a new program at Lyman
called ENGAGE, which
stands for Enabling Girls
With Academics, Good
Behavior and Encouragement. The idea of school
guidance counselor, Carrie
Potter, ENGAGE aims to
help girls realize their full
potential through a focus
on academics, and encouraging activities.
At each meeting, girls
participate in fun activities, and hear from community speakers who
share messages on topics
like health, wellness, safety and much more.
In just a couple of
weeks, ENGAGE already
has more than 40 students
involved.
DUNCAN MASONIC LODGE

DELIVERS GIFT TO BYRNES
A small piece of history is now hanging in Byrnes High School, thanks

to a local civic club. The
Duncan Masonic Lodge
#309 recently delivered a
framed portrait of George
Washington to the school.
The gift is part of a
national project called
Return George to the
Schools, sponsored by
the Mount Vernon Foundation and local Masonic
Lodges.
Members of the local
lodge were on hand to
present the portrait to
Principal Jeff Rogers, and
then talked to students
following the program.
WELLFORD ACADEMY
HOSTS LEGO NIGHT
Students at Wellford
Academy got creative recently with the schools
first ever Lego competition.
Wellfords PTO hosted
the event and all students
were invited to participate. Students made their
creations at home, then
brought them to school
for judging on March 5.
Judges scored each Lego
masterpiece based on originality, design, and theme.
Scores were totaled and
there was a first place, second place, and honorable
mention for each grade
level. Families and guests
were encouraged to participate in the judging as well
by voting for their favorite
constructions. A Peoples
Choice Award was given
to the creations with the
most votes.
The first place winners
for each grade level were
John Parker Trizzino (kindergarten), Jackson Bellaire (first grade), Jihsyon
Burnette (second grade),
Alex Somero (third grade),
and Kanan Moran (fourth
grade).
GAMBRELL USES CROWN

TO SHOWCASE PLATFORM
A
Florence
Chapel
Middle student is using
her success outside the
classroom to be a positive voice for District Five
schools. Leighanna Gambrell was recently crowned

Miss Middle Tyger Teen
for 2015. Gambrell is a
seventh grader at Florence
Chapel.
While representing our
area, she plans to promote her platform: Step
Up to the Plate and
Graduate. She envisions
raising the states graduation rate to at least 70
percent by 2020. Gambrell
says she wants to see students in SC take education
seriously, and succeed.
The Florence Chapel student will compete for the
title of Miss SC Outstanding Teen in June.
Byrnes Highs Winterguard scored three big

wins this past weekend.
All three guards won first
place in their divisions
as they competed at Blue
Ridge.
The Winterguards Dinner and A Show will be
held Tuesday, March 27, at
6 p.m. at Byrnes Freshman
Academy.
There will be a basket
raffle, and performances
by the JV Spin Club and
Byrnes JV and Indigo
groups.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the
door.
HIGHER EDUCATION
COX TO ATTEND D.C.
JOURNALISM CONFERENCE
Courtney Cox, a student

at Greenville Tech Charter
High School, has been selected to represent Greer
as a National Youth Cor-
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respondent to the 2015

Washington
Journalism
and Media Conference at
George Mason University.
Cox joins a select group
of students from all over
the country for an intensive study of journalism
and media. Cox was chosen based on academic
accomplishments and a
demonstrated interest and
excellence in journalism
and media studies.
The Washington Journalism and Media Conference
will be held July 12-17.
THE CITADEL RECOGNIZES

GOLD STAR RECIPIENTS
Members of The Citadel

South Carolina Corps of
Cadets were recognized
for earning Gold Stars in
the fall 2014 semester.
Gold Stars are awarded by
The Citadel to cadets and
students who have made
a grade point ratio of 3.7
or higher for their work
accomplished during that
semester.
The following local residents earned Gold Stars
for the fall 2014 semester:
Greer
Andrew Joiner
Colin Maier
Austin Mason
James Daniell
Jacob Riggs
Taylors
Kenneth Sparano
MENCHES NAMED
TO VERMONT DEANS LIST
Kourtney Menches, of
Greer, has been named
to the deans list for the
fall 2014 semester at the
University of Vermont.
Menches is a first-year student Exercise and Movement Sciences major.
To be named to the
deans list, students must
have a grade-point average
of 3.0 or better and rank in
the top 20 percent of their
class in their respective
college or school.
LUNCH
MENUS
GREENVILLE COUNTY
ELEMENTARY
MIDDLE/HIGH
Thursday: Chicken Caesar Salad, Lasagna, Spicy Chicken,

Brown Rice, Breadstick, Whole
Grain, Fruit and Vegetable Bar
Friday: Chef Salad, Hot Dog,
Chili, Baked Potato Bar, Roll,
Vegetation Station, Vegetable
Beef Soup, Cole Slaw, Fruit
Monday: Mandarin Chicken
Salad, Spaghetti with Meat
Sauce, Breadstick, Grilled
Chicken Sandwich, Vegetation Station, Corn Chowder,
Steamed Broccoli, Fruit
Tuesday: Grilled Chicken
Salad, Chicken Fajita Casserole, Beef Burrito, Fruit and
Vegetable Bar
Wednesday: Southwest
Chicken Salad, Orange
Chicken, Brown Rice, Roll,
BBQ Chicken Flatbread
Sandwich, Vegetation Station,
Chicken Noodle Soup, Mixed
Vegetables, Assorted Fruit
Members of the Byrnes

High JROTC represented
District Five well recently
as they participated in two
big events.
Last weekend, cadets
took center court and
honored our country by
presenting
the
colors
at a Charlotte Hornets
game. Twenty-eight cadets
then got the opportunity
to cheer the Hornets on to
victory over the Toronto
Raptors.
Then on Saturday, 46
cadets boarded a bus and
traveled to Irmo High to
compete in the Stinger Drill
Meet. After taking on some
of the best teams from
across the state, the Byrnes JROTC placed in four
out of six events. Awards
included: Third place in
Armed Flight, Third place
in Armed Element, Third
place in Armed Individual,
and First Place in Unarmed
Element.
A total of 11 high
schools from across South
Carolina participated.
BYRNES ACADEMIC TEAM

SHOWS OFF SMARTS
MARCH OF DIMES MESSAGE

HITS HOME AT REIDVILLE
Reidville Elementary students, Harper and Hampton Cash, are living proof
of the work of the March
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Monday: Grilled Chicken
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Tuesday: Roasted BBQ
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BYRNES JROTC
CELEBRATES BIG WEEKEND
The Byrnes High Academic Team continues to

improve with several performances at recent competitions.
On Saturday, February 28, team members
Cynthia Edwards, Khalil
Gamble, Stevie Greer, and
Mikaela Williams traveled
to USC in Columbia to
compete in the SC HSAPQ
Championship. The
team won three matches
and was ranked seventh overall. Out of 50
individual
competitors,
Gamble placed 13th and
Greer placed 16th in individual player statistics.
On Saturday, March 7,
team members Edwards,
Gamble, and Williams
traveled to Wofford to
compete in the SC NAQT
Championship. The team
tied for fifth out of 10 in
the
non-championship
division, winning four
matches. Gamble ranked
13th out of 106 individuals at the tournament.
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THE GREER CITIZEN
Greenville Zoo welcomes siamang baby

Benedict Cumberbatch in
The Imitation Game
COUCH THEATER
DVD previews
By Sam Struckhoff
NEW RELEASES FOR THE

WEEK OF MARCH 30
PICKS OF THE WEEK
The Imitation Game

(PG-13) Alan Turing
was a renowned genius,
roboticist, code-breaker,
Nazi-confounder and allaround British treasure.
In the 1940s he led a team
of geniuses who broke the
Germans unbreakable
code and laid the foundation for modern computers. In the 50s, Turing
(Benedict Cumberbatch)
was arrested, tried and
convicted for the crime
of homosexuality. This biopic goes in-depth with a
brilliant mans struggles
against persecution.
The film won the Oscar
for best adapted screenplay, on top of a pile of
nominations.
Cumberbatch should have taken
the Best Actor, but that
of course went to Eddie
Redmayne, who was in
a different biopic about
a different British genius struggling against
non-scientific challenges.
Still, Cumberbatchs performances and Keira
Knightly playing opposite
stand strong.
Interstellar
(PG-13)
In the not-too-distant
future, crops are failing,
populations are dwindling
and the earth is enshrouded in a new Dust Bowl.
Matthew
McConaughey
stars as Cooper, a brilliant
engineer forced into
farming for the past few
years, like everyone else
who takes on a last-ditch
space mission to find a
new home for mankind,
somewhere among the
stars. Cooper and scientist
Dr. Brand (Anne Hathaway) must travel through
a wormhole from which
no one has ever returned.
Directed by Christopher
Nolan (Inception, The
Dark Knight trilogy), this
space adventure has some
cool ideas covered up by
stretches of boredom and
cheesy dialog. I couldnt
contain laughter when Hathaway ardently declares
that love is a quantifiable
entity. Its a long ride with
some cool twists, but the
movie plows through most
of the emotional rest stops
along the way.
Wild (R) Reese Witherspoon plays a woman
who takes a solo walk for
more than 1,100 miles
of the Pacific Crest Trail
for reasons that arent
easy to spell out, even for
her. There a sense that she
has no control over her
life. She seems caught between destructive behavior when shes alone, and
toxic relationships when
she tries to connect. Based
on the memoir by Cheryl
Strayed, this is doubtlessly Witherspoons best performance since Walk the
Line, perhaps her best on
film.
The Rewrite (PG-13)
Hugh Grant has a way of
stumbling over his words,
fidgeting, looking around
and then saying something understatedly clever
or disarmingly earnest. Its
his modus operandi. If he
were a pro wrestler, stammering through a sheepish
grin would be his signature
move. In this way-too-oldfor-coming-of-age dramedy, Grant plays a washedup Hollywood screenwriter
who reluctantly accepts a
gig teaching screenwriting
at a little college in upstate New York. First hes
a jerk, but then he must
learn some lessons and repair relationships with the
various stereotypical characters hes offended with
his offbeat charm.
TV RELEASES
VEEP: The
Third Season
Complete
First born
at the zoo
in 21 years
The Greenville Zoo is
celebrating the birth of a
siamang. Born March 14,
the offspring is the first
for parents Ella, 25, and
Oscar, 23, and marks the
first birth of the endangered species for the zoo
in the last 21 years. Zoo
staff will allow the family
time to bond and will determine the gender over
the next few weeks.
According to Greenville
Zoo Director Jeff Bullock,
the family is doing well
and will continued to be
closely monitored. The
birth of this threatened
species is an extraordinary
event, and we are thrilled
to begin a new chapter
with the zoos siamang
breeding program, said
Bullock. We hope people
will venture out this week
to enjoy the rare opportunity of seeing a baby siamang on exhibit.
Ella is relatively new to
the zoo, moving from the
Lee Richardson Zoo in
THINGS
TO DO
GREER CULTURAL ARTS
2015 SCHEDULE
The remaining schedule

for 2015 includes:
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
PHILHARMONIC
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.
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
Garden City, Kan. to the

Greenville Zoo last summer as part of a breeding
recommendation by the
Gibbon Species Survival
Plan (SSP). Oscar was born
and raised at the Greenville Zoo. The zoo works
directly with the SSP who
make recommendations
and develop long-term research and management
strategies for the species.
Currently, siamangs are
critically endangered due
to habitat destruction for
logging and agriculture.
Siamangs are the largest
species in the gibbon family, weighing 18-29 pounds
and reach approximately
2 to 3 feet tall. They have
an arm spread of as much
as 5 feet, allowing them
to be spectacular brachiators (arm-over-arm swinging used for locomotion).
Siamangs are arboreal
(tree-dwelling)
primates
that
consume
leaves
fruits, flowers and insects
from the upper canopy
of mountainous forest
regions. One feature that
distinguishes
siamangs
from other primates is
the duet song that marks
their territory with sound.
It consists of loud booms
and barks, amplified by
voice, Diffie has Grammy

and CMA awards to his
credit and is a member of
the Grand Ole Opry.
Call 803-276-6264 or
visit our website www.
newberryoperahouse.com.
WOODTURNERS HOST
DEMO MARCH 21
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/.
HONORS STUDENTS OF USC

UPSTATE PERFORM 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 for the publics casual enjoyment. This Sunday, March 22, will feature
a special concert featuring
many students from USC
Upstates Commercial Music Honors program, beginning at 3 p.m.
Various student ensembles and soloists from
USC Upstates Department
of Fine Arts and Communications Studies will perform jazz, pop, rock, classical, and original music
in Chapman Cultural Centers theater. This is the
universitys third annual
Commercial Music Honors
Concert, and it will feature
award-winning songs by
finalists from its annual
Songwriting Competition,
founded by professor and
nationally touring jazz
musician Dr. Tish Oney.
Admission is free.
For more information
on Sundays Unplugged,
please call (864) 542-ARTS
or visit ChapmanCulturalCenter.org.
WOOD CARVERS
MEETING MARCH 22
The
Western
North
Carolina Carvers (WNCC)
will hold their monthly
meeting Sunday, March
22, from 1:30-4 p.m. at
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
The new baby siamang will be given time to bond with its family before Greenville Zoo
staff determines the gender.
resonating sounds across
their inflated throat sacs.
This vocalization can be
heard several miles away.
Siamangs bear one offspring after a 7 to 8 month
gestation period. For the
first few months, the baby
can be seen clinging to the

mothers abdomen. After
2 years old, the baby will
begin to wean and become more independent.
At about 7 years old they
reach sexual maturity and
leave their family group.
Once the gender has been

determined, the Greenville
Zoo will announce how
the public can participate
in helping name the baby
siamang.
Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road, Asheville,

NC.
This months activity
will consist of a discussion and demonstrations
of sharpening techniques
used in maintaining wood
carving tools. The discussion will be followed by
open carving. The activity
and parking are free.
For further information
call Bruce Dalzell at 828665-8273.
traditions to tell their own

stories, no matter how
complex or challenging
they may be. The symposium is sponsored by the
Office of the Chaplains,
Furmans Religious Council, Association of Hindu
Students, Departments of
Religion and Asian Studies,
Anthropology
Program,
Cothran Center for Vocational Reflection, Mere
Christianity Forum, Office
of Diversity and Inclusion,
Furman Interfaith Youth
Core, and A.S.I.A. Club.
Other speakers and programs for World Religions
Symposium are:
Priesthood on Campus, Monday, April 20,
7:00 p.m., Watkins Room,
Trone Student Center, with
Dr. Bhagirath Majmudar,
Emory University School
of Medicine.
For more information
about the symposium,
contact Maria Swearingen
in the Office of the Chaplains at (864) 294-2133, or
[email protected].
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 864-233-6733 or visit
www.centrestage.org.
FURMAN PRESENTS DIARY

OF ONE WHO VANISHED
The Furman University

Music Departments Lyric
Theatre will present The
Diary of One Who Vanished, Saturday, March
28, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus.
Directed by Furman Professor of Voice Grant Knox,
D.M., the performance is
open to the public. Tickets
are $20 for adults, $15 for
seniors, and $10 for students.
The Diary of One Who
Vanished is co-presented
with the Furman Womens
Chorale and is conducted
by Furman Music Professor
Vivian Hamilton, D.M.A.
The half opera, half
song cycle features music by Czech composer
Leo Jancek. The music
is performed by Martin
Katz, also known as the
gold standard of accompanists. Katz has performed on more than five
continents with some of
worlds finest singers and
is the Artur Schnabel Collegiate Professor of Collaborative Piano at the University of Michigan. Katz will
perform with tenor Knox,
and mezzo-soprano Magdalena Wr, guest artist
from Atlanta.
Katz will also lead a master class Friday, March 27,
2-5 p.m. in Daniel Recital
Hall. The class is free and
open to the public.
call the Furman Music Office at (864) 294-2086, or
email the Music Department at furmanmusic@
furman.edu. Tickets for
may be ordered online
https://app.furman.edu/
LyricOpera/.
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.
The World Religions
Symposium seeks to provide a forum for religious
CENTRE STAGE SHOWS

SPAMALOT IN APRIL
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.
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.
SCCT ANNOUNCES SPRING

KIDS NIGHT SCHEDULE
The
South
Carolina
Childrens Theatre offers
drama activities, a craft,
snack and movie time during Spring Kids Night on
Saturdays this spring, 6
p.m.-10.p.m.
for K3-5th
grade students.
To register, visit scchildrenstheatre.org.
FUN AND GAMES
THE GREER CITIZEN
B9
Help for spinal stenosis pain

DEAR DR. ROACH: I
enjoyed your informative
article on spinal stenosis. I
also have acute and chronic pain in my lower back.
I am 75 years of age and
have had vertebroplasty
on seven vertebrae. I realize that my back will not
be normal again. I am currently working with a doctor who uses osteopathic
manipulation. He is suggesting prolotherapy in
conjunction with the manipulation. I have tried the
prolotherapy previously
without any relief of pain.
What is your assessment
of prolotherapy therapy,
or would you advise me
to go to a pain clinic? The
pain level in the lower
back usually is about 6 or
higher on pain scale of 1
to 10.
I walk 3 miles every day
in a grocery store using a
small grocery cart. I am
trying other exercises,
even working on a balance
ball. But it just does not
seem to improve. I would
greatly appreciate any advice you could give me. -D.R.
ANSWER: Prolotherapy
is the injection of an irritant solution into a space,
designed to stimulate healing and reduce pain. However, if it hasnt worked
for you in the past, it is
unlikely to work for you
again. On the other hand,
some studies have shown
prolotherapy to be modestly effective when combined with spinal manipulation.
A pain clinic has several
modalities available, including steroid injections
and pain medications. Unfortunately, steroid injec-
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
Some studies
have shown
prolotherapy to be
modestly effective
when combined
with spinal
manipulation.
tions have been shown to
be ineffective in back pain
that is due to spinal stenosis lasting beyond six
weeks.
It sounds like you are
doing what you can with
exercise. I think continuing with the manipulation
and prolotherapy as a trial
of six weeks or so is reasonable, and at that point
you can continue if it begins helping. If not, you
can try a pain specialist,
as there are effective nonnarcotic medications that
may be of help, in combination with your continued exercise.
However, I think that
an experienced physical
therapist may be able to
guide your exercises more
effectively.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: My
husband drinks tonic water with quinine every day
because he was told that
it will help alleviate his

leg cramps. He drinks as
much as 1 1/2 quarts a
day. Is that much safe? If
not, what is a safe amount?
-- D.V.
ANSWER: Many people
have found that quinine
relieves leg cramps. However, the Food and Drug
Administration
banned
sales of quinine for leg
cramps due to unproven
effectiveness and the possibility of side effects.
Quinine in large doses
can cause abnormal heart
rhythms, blood problems
and even organ failure.
However, the amount
of quinine in tonic water
is quite small, compared
with quinine tablets. One
common brand has 17mg
in a liter, so your husband
is getting about 25mg. The
quinine tablets formerly
prescribed for leg cramps
were 200mg. Toxic effects
are unlikely at the dose
in quinine water. Some
people are allergic to quinine, in which case even
the small dose in tonic water could potentially cause
problems.
Your husband can keep
on as hes been doing if he
finds that it helps.
***
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
Katie and Bill checked in

on Brooke after she made
a scene at their wedding.
Shaken by their visit and
the stories of their blissful
honeymoon, Brooke had a
difficult time maintaining
her sobriety. Hoping to
find an excuse to get her
sister out of her house,
Maya asked Carter to look
into Nicoles personal
life. Wyatt tried his best
to persuade his mother
not to rush into marriage
with Deacon. During his
research, Carter discovered an important piece
of information that Nicole
was keeping from Maya.
Deacon made a promise
to be there for Brooke
whenever she needed him.
Maya confronted her sister about the real reason
she came to Los Angeles.
Wait to See: Bill confronts
Ridge about his intentions
toward Caroline.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Will confronted Tori

about why she was so desperate to get her son out
of Salem. Sonny ran into
Paul immediately upon returning to town. Justin and
Adrienne shared a heated
exchange before he took
off for Dubai. Brady must
defend his innocence to
his family and friends. JJ
pulled out all the stops to
get Paige to forgive him.
Will threatened to reveal
Kirsten
Storms
stars
as Maxie on General
Hospital
the name of Pauls father
if Tori didnt get her son
out of Salem fast. Nicole
confronted Serena about
the elephant statues. Sonny and Will shared a tense
reunion. Paige made a final decision regarding JJ.
Nicole and Daniel shared
a sexy encounter. Serena
made one final attempt to
complete her mission. Wait
to See: Ben asks Abigail a
life-changing question.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Jake
and
Elizabeth
shared a close moment.
Lulu gave Maxie advice
regarding her dating dilemma. Cameron came
clean to Elizabeth about
what happened the night
of the fire. Tracy gave
Lulu an update on Lukes
sister Pat. Nathan had an
ultimatum for Spinelli.
Kiki wasnt pleased with
Sabrinas latest job. Sabrina overheard Rosalie shar-
ing some vital information

about ELQ with someone
on the phone. Spencer
learned who might have
started the fire. Nathan
went to extremes to stop
Spinelli from interfering
in his relationship with
Maxie. Jake and Elizabeth
were caught off guard by a
surprise visitor. Ava asked
Silas for a big favor. Wait
to See: More secrets are revealed about the Spencer
familys past.
THE YOUNG AND

THE RESTLESS
Kevin ordered Mariah and Summer to quit

fighting because they all
needed to work together
to find out who murdered
Austin. Kyle warned Abby
to stop being so jumpy or
it would make people suspicious. Sage challenged
Adam to tell Chelsea the
truth about himself. Kelly
leaned on Stitch for support. Kevin hacked into
Austins computer and
found some shocking information. Sharon told
Noah that things were better between her and Nick
and hoped, in time, that
Summer would forgive her
as well. Victor updated his
mysterious accomplice on
their plan. Lily lashed out
at Hilary for destroying
her family. Avery was surprised when Joe reached
out to her for legal help.
Wait to See: A suspect
emerges in Austins murder.
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AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps
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wednesday, march 18, 2015

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