Greer Citizen E-Edition 11.9.16

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Greer State Bank announces definitive merger

BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Our companies share very similar
Officials
announced
Tuesday that Carolina Financial Corporation will
be merging with Greer
Bancshares Incorporated,
parent company of Greer
State Bank.
Carolina Financial has
signed a definitive merger
agreement on the matter,
philosophies, cultures and core values.

Rick Medlock
President and CEO, Greer State Bank

bringing Greer State Bank
into Carolina Financials
bank subsidiary, CresCom
Bank.
Greer State Bank currently operates four loca-
tions. As of Sept. 30, Greer

Bancshares reported assets of $381 million, gross
loans of $211 million and
deposits of $296 million.
We are pleased to announce this partnership
with Greer State Bank,
Carolina Financial Corporation CEO Jerry Rexroad
said in a statement. The
Upstate South Carolina
market continues to be
a growing and dynamic

market, and we are excited to expand our current
franchise further into the
Upstate.
We look forward to being able to provide new
products and services to
our new customers in the
Upstate while continuing
the same great service
Greer State Bank customers have come to love and
Turner
charges
cleared
Syl Syl
toy
drive
set for
Sunday
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Community
members
will gather toys this weekend to help local families
in need, but theyll also be
honoring the memory of
the late Sylvia Holtzclaw.
The Syl Syl
Christmas
Toy
Drive
is slated for
Sunday, Nov.
13 from 24 p.m. at
The
Clock
r e s t a u r a n t Holtzclaw
on Poinsett
Street in downtown Greer.
Sylvia, the events namesake, was murdered during a still unsolved Blue
Ridge Savings Bank robbery that occurred on May
16, 2003.
Her family, along with
the community, organized
the toy drive 13 years ago.
(If she could see this
event) she would say, this
is my hometown, Sylvias
son, David, said. She embodied what Greer is about.
I think she would truly be
overwhelmed that people
would do this in memory
of her and that it helps
kids, which she loved.
Theres just no way for
people to understand how
much this would mean to
SEE DRIVE | A9
appreciate from their local

bankers.
The combined company
will have approximately
$2.0 billion in assets,
$1.6 billion in loans and
$1.5 billion in deposits.
The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings per share
(before acquisition costs),
with tangible book value
SEE BANK | A7
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Rockin the vote

Community members stood in line for more than an hour at some Greer locations Tuesday afternoon, waiting to cast
their vote in the general election. Results were not available at press time, but will appear in next weeks Greer Citizen.
Charges against former Lyman Mayor Rodney Turner have been

dropped, more than a year
after he was arrested for
misconduct in office and
wiretapping.
The South Carolina Attorney Generals recently
informed Turner and his
attorney, Andrew Johnston, of the decision, noting the case lacks prosecutorial merit and/or
evidence.
I have lost so much because of the actions taken
against me by Town officials and SLED. Certain
people tried to ruin my
reputation for their own
political and personal
SEE TURNER | A7
Gateway projects a focus for Greer

BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
The City of Greer is continuing to implement its
Community Master Plan,
and downtown roadways
are slated for improvements in 2017.
Greer City Administrator
Ed Driggers shared some
of the citys plans during
the First Friday Luncheon
last Friday, Nov. 4, at Greer
City Hall.
Gateway projects is one
of the things that we have
been charged with responsibility, Driggers said. We
have a new partnership
with BMW. Were going to

be doing gateway improvements at the I-85 and Hwy
101 corridor. Were going
to do that in partnership
there with BMW.
Continued
improvements are to take place at
the Hwy 14 and I-85 corridor, Driggers said.
Were looking for opportunities and having
discussions on how to expand that, he said.
As a city, as a community, we are on both sides
of that I-85 corridor, north
and south, Driggers continued. You will continue
to see way finding and sig-
nage and improvements

and landscaping that will
designate that as an entrance to our community.
Improvements are to
continue on Hwy 29, and
improvements are coming to the historic district,
specifically the bridge entrance on Hwy 14.
Youll see improvements and signage and
those types of things at
all of our city limits signs
around our community,
Driggers said. Those are
in the design phase now.
We are working with design architects for that.
Youll start to see instal-
lation of those types of

items here in the very near
future.
In addition to the gateway projects, Greer Commission of Public Works
(CPW) is working with the
city on lighting projects,
including one coming to
Wade Hampton.
We will have the Wade
Hampton corridor lighting
project that will be taking
place, Driggers said. We
hope to have that completed in 2017.
That is a seven-mile
stretch, east to west, Gap
Creek Road to Fairview
Road that we will replace
91 light fixtures, and they

will be increased to 261
LED light fixtures that will
be installed along that corridor, Driggers continued.
It will transform the appearance of Wade Hampton Boulevard for that seven-mile stretch from city
limits to city limits.
That project is out to
bid, he said. Its going
through design.
Walking and bicycling
plans are also being designed in the areas of
Brushy Creek Road, downtown and Century Park
with constructing to being
in 2017, Driggers said.
Big Thursday totals

down from 2015
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Greer Community Ministries (GCM) put on one of
its biggest fundraisers of
the year last week, hosting
Big Thursday at Fairview
Baptist Church.
The final numbers, however, will likely be down
from 2015.
We
havent
gotten
through all the numbers,
but initially, it looks like
were going to be down
from last year, Executive
Director Cindy Simpler
said. Thats disappointing, but we have to keep
plugging away.
Greer Community Ministries netted $65,000 from
last years Big Thursday,
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but Simpler said this years

event will likely net in the
$50,000 range.
When we drop in revenue, and the costs are going up, it is cause for concern, Simpler said. Ive
wrestled with what could
be causing it, but I still
just praying that people
would open up their wallets and be generous as we
end this year.
The event, which included a live auction, did bring
in members of the community throughout the day.
The live auction was
great, Simpler said. We
had 50 items and it was
just enough for folks to
participate and enjoy. I
think people just like the
back-and-forth that a live
DEATHS
Michael Anthony Semones,
Sr., 69
auction brings.
Simpler said as the end
of the year approaches,
she hopes donors will
keep GCM in mind.
There are lots of great
nonprofit organizations
out there, and as people
get to the end of the year,
I would just ask folks to
consider seriously what
they are passionate about
and give generously, Simpler said. With small nonprofits like us, funds are
going right back into the
community. Our administrative costs are less than
9 percent, so that means
91 percent is plowed back
into our programs and
serving people.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
Local residents flocked to Fairview Baptist Church last week to participate in Big Thursday, GCMs annual fundraiser. Pictured here is Lindsay Ellis and her son, Cooper.
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Daily Bread Ministries to hold Hunger Walk

The Greer Soup Kitchen
and Greer STEP is hoping
to raise awareness about
hunger in the Greer community during the annual
Merle State Hunger Walk
on Nov. 19.
The first walk was held
in 2004.
The event, which will begin at 10 a.m. at the park-
ing lot of McLesky-Todd

Pharmacy at 109 N. Main
St., will end at The Greer
Soup Kitchen. Registration
begins at 9:30 a.m.
The short, one-mile walk
will run from Main Street
to Poinsett Street, passing
by the Greer Family Shelter.
T-shirts will be available,
and it is a dog-friendly
event. It will be held rain
or shine.
The Greer Soup Kitchen, a part of Daily Bread
Ministries, is a non-profit,
charitable
organization
that was founded in 1990
when concerned citizens
observed that people in
their own town were go-
ing hungry. One meal was

served on our first day.
Today over one hundred
and fifty meals per day are
served in a modern restaurant-style facility. Learn
more at www.greersoupkitchen.com.
Greer Shelter to Empower People (STEP) provides
early intervention to en-
COMMUNITY
NEWS
COMMUNITY COPS
AND COATS
Join the Greenville County Sheriffs Office to help

spread a little warmth this
winter. Start your Thanksgiving season off early by
purchasing a new winter
coat for those in need. Buy
one for a child or an adult
and help keep them warm
this winter.
Donations are accepted
from Nov. 1-20 at the Salvation Army, 417 Rutherford Street, Greenville, or
the Law Enforcement Center, 4 McGee Street, Greenville.
Sponsors include Mi-
program, families must be

homeless, have a strong
desire to not be homeless,
and be recommended by
an appointed commission.
Successful
participants
will be equipped to retain
a home. Learn more at
www.greerstep.com.
RUN FOR THE PIES

5K/WALK
Join and support small

businesses.
Trees will be available
until 7 p.m. or until trees
run out.
Daily Bread Ministries

is holding their Run for
the Pies 5K/Walk starting
at 10 a.m. on Nov. 21 at
McLeskey Todd Pharmacy
Parking Lot, 109 N Main St,
Greer.
For registration and
more information, visit
greersoupkitchen.com.
OPEN ENROLLMENT
CONTINUES TO JAN. 1
Mary Black Health System Spartanburg is offering free assistance during

Open Enrollment, Nov. 1
through Jan. 31, 2017.
Appointments may be
made with the hospitals
certified assisters by calling 573-3194 or can be
booked online at www.
GetCoveredAmerica.org/
connector.
The Affordable Care Act
(ACA) was passed in 2010,
and this years Open Enrollment marks the fourth
annual campaign to extend
healthcare coverage to citizens who would otherwise
be uninsured. More than
13 million people enrolled
in Marketplace plans for
2016.
For more information,
visit MaryBlackHealthSystem.com.
able families and veterans

to move from being homeless to employed-withhome. The facility provides
four separate apartments
for participants and meeting space for a 90-day program conducted by trained
counselors working under
a licensed mental health
professional. To enter the
GREER FARMERS MARKET

TO SELL CHRISTMAS TREES
KAELYN PFENNING | THE GREER CITIZEN
For the cure
The Greer Farmers Market will be selling Christmas trees from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.
26.
WELLFORD CHRISTMAS
PARADE COMING DEC. 3
The Christmas Parade

will be held on Saturday,
Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. with line
up starting at 9 a.m. at Immanuel Methodist Church
on Main Street, Wellford.
Anyone wishing to participate may call Wellford
City Hall at 439-4875.
Last Tuesday, Catwalk for the Cure 2016, a downtown Greer Fashion Show, presented
a check for $8,400 to Marisa Cecil, Director of Philanthropy, and Chantel Washington,
Director of Community Outreach, with the Spartanburg Regional Foundation with
designation to the Missy Rowland Turner Foundation. The recipients of these funds are
those who do not have a doctor and need prescriptions in order to have mammograms.
Pictured, left to right, are: Kristi Mabry; Washington; Patrick Stevenson; Mollie Brockman;
Kyle Mensing; Lisa Lynn, Chairman of Catwalk 2016; Mary Prestifiloppo; Cecil; Danielle
Prestifiloppi MacLanders and Anne Hendley.
chelin, Salvation Army,
Greenville County Sheriffs Office and Greenville
Health System.
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

SET FOR NOV 11
INTERIORS Marketplace
of the Carolinas will host
a Holiday Open House on
Fri., Nov. 11, from 6 to 8
p.m. at its store location at
2129 Old Spartanburg Rd.
in Greer.
INTERIORS Marketplace
of the Carolinas, which
features a wide variety of
home accessories, jewelry, furniture and gift
vendors, will provide light
refreshments during the
event. Vendors will be
on hand throughout the
Open House with holiday
gift and decorating ideas.
Door prizes and special

event sales will also take
place during the event.
The holiday season is
a busy time for everyone,
but we love to take this
opportunity at the start
of the season to celebrate
with our customers and
vendors, said Tom Van
Deren, INTERIORS Marketplace of the Carolinas proprietor.
The event is free admission. For more information, visit www.facebook.
com/InteriorsMarketplaceoftheCarolinas or call
520-8155.
of household hazardous
waste properly from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 12
at VLS Recovery, located
at 306 South Main Street,
Mauldin.
Greenville County is
partnering with local company Atlas Organics in
operating upstate South
Carolinas first commercial food waste composting facility.
CHRISTMAS CHILD
COLLECTION WEEK
Drop-off locations for

Operation Christmas Child
are open Nov. 14 - 21. In
Greer, Joshuas Way Inc.,
located at 1001 W Poinsett
Street, is open.
To find other drop-off
locations, visit samaritanspurse.org/occ.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
COLLECTION DAY
Join the community in

celebrating America Recycles Day and dispose
309 Northview Drive Greer

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In observation of Veterans Day,

Greer State Bank would like to
thank all the men & women who
have served our country.

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Senior Vice President,

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A4 THE GREER CITIZEN
Is nothing sacred anymore?
lright, Im going to say it.

And I know this wont win me any
friends. Its even possible I might
alienate every reader Ive ever had. But
here goes:
I dont like modern day cupcakes.
Clearly, Im the odd man out, because
cupcake sales are soaring and there is
even a televised baking contest, The
Cupcake Wars. Every person I know just
loves how, nowadays, the icing on top is
applied to look almost like soft-serve ice
cream, with a sort of light, fluffy, dollop.
And thats my beef.
Because me no likey the soft, butter cream goo that adorns the top of
cupcakes, today. I remember, with great
fondness, my mother making cupcake
icing- OK, she didnt actually make it,
she scooped it out of a Betty Crocker
ready-made tub when she got too lazy
to open a box of Duncan Hines and pull
out the little packet of frosting mix- but
thats my point. There is nothing that
gives me a cozier sense of nostalgia than
my mothers handcrafted, homemade
cupcakes adorned with her secret recipe:
Sugar, Water, High Maltose Corn Syrup,
Palm Oil, Corn Starch, Cocoa Processed
with Alkali, Canola Oil. Contains 2% or
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
less of: Salt, Distilled Monoglycerides,
Polysorbate 60, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate,
Natural and Artificial Flavor, Citric
Acid. Freshness Preserved by Potassium
Sorbet.
Oh, the memory of her applying that
frosting with a putty knife (it was quite
effective as bondo, too), building it up
to impasto perfection. However, as a
true aficionado, I must proclaim that the
frosting of the 1960s, while America was
still having a passionate affair with DDT,
was superior because, Ms Crocker, up to
her elbows in the well known, original
ingredients of icing: refined sugar, egg
whites and flavoring, had not yet figured
out, chemically, how to keep frosting
soft for a shelf life of 1,700 years, so
it hardened beautifully, and when you
actually bit into the cupcake, it ripped
the sugary flesh of the cake right off
with it. No licking off any whipped, airyfairy nonsense, followed by nibbling the
cake. Oh, no, baby, you had to plunge in
and bite through that hardened frosting
and commit to the entire confection. In
fact it was possible to chip a tooth. It
was sort of like a chocolatey chew toy,
cemented Nutella, working admirably to
loosen every filling, every crown. But later, with the advent of laboratory experimentation, the softened version, with
the consistency of melted fudge, appeared. And do not even try to pretend
that you havent, when faced with an
empty refrigerator (or a very full one, for
that matter), and a broken heart, pried
off the top of one of those Betty Crocker
Rich & Creamy Milk Chocolate tubs, and
freebased the entire thing, your soup
spoon flashing back and forth at Mach
5, while watching Dirty Dancing, before
rolling back and forth on the floor, your
head between your hands, moaning, with
a sugar rush that is intolerable enough
to drop a Hells Angel.
That was a great cupcake. And thats
why its called a cupCAKE, people. It
deserves cake-quality frosting, applied
thickly, with a knife, not, Saints above,
piped on with a pastry bag. Is nothing
I must proclaim that the

frosting of the 1960s...was
superior because, Ms Crocker,
up to her elbows in the well
known, original ingredients of
icing: refined sugar, egg whites
and flavoring, had not yet
figured out, chemically, how to
keep frosting soft for a shelf life
of 1,700 years...
sacred, anymore??
(You do realize my sole reason for
writing this column is to be on the
receiving end of several angry emails
from well known bakeries, requesting
me to sample their creations in order
to change my mind, right? Next week,
PIZZA!)
THE UPPER ROOM
KAELYNS
KORNER
Moved
with
compassion
KAELYN PFENNING
Staff reporter
Read Matthew 9:35-38
hen Jesus saw the

crowds, he had compassion on them, because
they were harassed and helpless, like sheep with a shepherd. Matthew 9:36 (NIV)
Scrunched in the seat of
a pedal rickshaw in India,
I observed the masses of
humanity pressed together on
the narrow street. The sound
of horns, the smell of fumes,
and the sight of chaotic bustling overwhelmed my senses.
Struck by the scene, I wondered what God thought while
looking at the crowd. Then
I thought of Matthew 9:36:
When Jesus saw the crowd,
he had compassion on them.
Jesus response to the
people revealed the vision of
God. The word compassion in
Greek indicates a gut-wrenching burden for people. That
burden led Jesus to send
his followers on a mission
to engage the harassed and
helpless. Jesus wanted his
followers to reach those who
are suffering.
Viewing this crowd of
people led me to pray for
them and moved me to deep
compassion. I was propelled
into action. As our rickshaw
slowly maneuvered its way
through the crowds, I wondered what our world would
be like if every Christ-follower
was to pray for those who are
suffering and then to act with
compassion as Jesus commands.
EDITORIAL
Time to come together

after brutal election
Thought for the day: God

is working for good in every
situation.
Prayer: Dear God, help us
use our past pains to help
others through their trials.
Amen.
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Voting in Tuesdays Presidential election was

just ending at press time for The Greer Citizen
this week, so election results didnt make it
into this edition of the newspaper. But, unless
there are some significantly contested results,
you are reading this after we have elected a
new president.
And you probably have an opinion about the
results.
Please consider laying that opinion aside.
Whether the winner was Donald Trump or
Hillary Clinton, our new President-elect faces
great challenges including defeating ISIS and
other terrorists, dealing with the problem of
immigration, the economy and fixing or replacing Obamacare, and a federal debt hovering
near $20 trillion.
This presidential election has been one of
the most bitterly divisive contests in recent
political history. Both Trump and Clinton had
hard-fought primary races that left scars for
the general election. The campaigns and debates leading up to Tuesdays vote were filled
with personal attacks and accusations, hacked
emails and other leaked information and mean
nicknames. Both candidates were viewed more
negatively than positively by a majority of
Americans and many voters were talking about
writing in a candidate not on the ballot. In a
skit over the weekend, Saturday Night Live
implied that even that show was sick of the
mudslinging.
In many ways, this election lowered the dignity of the presidency to new lows. Harsh comments were made by the candidates and their
supporters. After a campaign season like this,
it seems impossible for the nation to come
together and support our new president-elect.
But we must do exactly that for the good of
the country.
One of the things that sets the United States
apart from much of the rest of the world is our
peaceful transition of power. For more than
200 years, presidents have handed over power
to successors sometimes successors who
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defeated them. The losing candidate has called

the winning candidate to congratulate and
pledge support for the winner. It is the shining
example of democracy at its best to the rest of
the world.
We must be that shining example again, but
it will not be easy.
All of us need to resolve in our hearts and
minds to accept the new president-elect as
their president, agreeing to support and offer
prayers on behalf of our new leader. From the
candidate who lost this hard-fought election to
elected officials on both sides of the aisle and
even the average voter, we all need to come
together in support of our new President-Elect.
We face too many challenges to spend the next
four years trying to one-up the other side. The
stakes are too high.
We must stop the partisan bickering and
threats that have been such an awful part of
this campaign. Our new president-elect won
the election and deserves a chance. We dont
have to support every decision and policy, but
we can support the person and the office.
While our new leader bears much of the responsibility of working together with political
friends and enemies, those on the other side of
political spectrum also need to take a leading
role in working together with a new administration. If the new president doesnt succeed,
there will be plenty of time to argue for a
change in four years.
But we need our president-elect to succeed
in a very difficult job because our success as
individuals and a nation depends on it.
In the Bibles Book of Jeremiah, the prophet
was preparing the people for disaster in which
they would be defeated by the Babylonians and
carried away from their homeland for 70 years.
Jeremiah received a message from the Lord
and told the people, Also, seek the peace and
prosperity of the city to which I have carried
you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because
if it prospers, you too will prosper. (Jeremiah
29:7).
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Peace
t times, peace can seem

very allusive.
With unprecedented
elections, rising violence and
unpredictable storms, life is
so easily thrown out of our
control.
It is understandable how we
get overwhelmed.
Every season of life brings
new challenges along with joys,
trials along with adventures
and tears along with laughter.
Life is hard.
Yet, in the midst of the turmoil, there is a source of peace
that has been around since the
beginning of time.
The Prince of Peace came
into our world.
Jesus, born of a virgin,
became flesh in order to die in
our place, to carry our diseases
on Himself and to redeem us.
As He prepared to go to
the cross, He encouraged His
disciples.
John 14:1-3 says, Let not
your hearts be troubled. Believe
in God; believe also in me. In
my Fathers house are many
rooms. If it were not so, would
I have told you that I go to
prepare a place for you? And
if I go and prepare a place for
you, I will come again and will
take you to myself, that where I
am you may be also.
Jesus is coming again. Are we
ready?
In verse six, Jesus continues,
I am the way, and the truth,
and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through me.
Peace comes through our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
By His death and resurrection,
we have forgiveness of sins
and reconciliation with God.
John 16:33 says, I have said
these things to you, that in me
you may have peace. In the
world you will have tribulation.
But take heart; I have overcome
the world.
In Him alone, we are able to
find peace.
Jesus promised tribulation,
but He also promised victory
over sin and death. He is now
reigning at the right seat of the
Father in heaven and interceding for His followers.
Our hope rests in His sovereignty.
John 14:27 says, Peace I
leave with you; my peace I give
to you. Not as the world gives
do I give to you. Let not your
hearts be troubled, neither let
them be afraid.
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Taylors Townsquare
to add board members
To oversee
farmers
market
BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting last Tuesday to celebrate
the five-year anniversary of 9Round.
9Round celebrates five years

BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
9Round in Greer celebrated its fifth anniversary
with a ribbon cutting Nov.
1 at 201 W. Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greer.
Its a big milestone for
small businesses. said
Mark Owens, President/
CEO of the Greater Greer

Chamber of Commerce.
9Round is a specialized
fitness center that offers a
kickboxing themed fitness
program. The first visit is
free.
Its just 30 minutes at a
time, and theres no class
times, said Owner John
Ownby. Workouts change
every day, so come on and

check us out.
The programs consist
of a proprietary system of
nine challenging workout
stations developed by a
professional fighter.
County outlines proposed

sewer boundaries
BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
Local sewer service providers are coming together in hopes of more clearly
defining boundaries for
future development.
Entities such as the
Greer Commission of Public Works (CPW), the Town
of Duncan, the Town of Inman, the Town of Lyman
and the Spartanburg Sanitary Sewer District (SSSD)
met recently to discuss
issues pertaining to coverage.
Following the last meeting, the group has reached
a consensus on boundaries for future service
areas with only a couple
of exceptions, said Chip
Bentley, Planning and Economic Service Director of
the Appalachian Council
of Governments.
At the Oct. 31 meeting,
Bentley presented the
maps to the Spartanburg
County Water and Sewer
Advisory Committee, who
approved motions to recommend the maps for
approval by the County
Council.
Five maps detailed the
boundary for each entity,
establishing
proposed
service areas, so that everyone will be on the same
page about who should be
contacted when someone
seeks sewer services to
a particular property or
site.
The Tyger Basin Proposed Service Areas map
is an overview of all the
proposed service areas.
Three of the maps reference the boundaries between Lyman and SSSD,
and the final map highlights a couple unresolved
issues.
Two points of contention remained on the border of the Duncan and
Greer CPW service areas.
The primary dividing line
between the two service
providers is Robinson
Road between Victor Hill
Road and SC 290.
The one unresolved
issue in this section is
a question surrounding
three large parcels on the
Greer side of Robinson
Road, Bentley said.
A developer considered
building an industrial operation on these properties but did not wish to be
annexed into the City of
Greera requirement of
service being provided by
Greer CPW.
The Town of Duncan has
plans to run sewer nearby
and could access the properties from their proposed
collection system on the
east side of Robinson
Road, Bentley said. The
Town of Duncan is willing
to serve the site and would
like to be allowed to. Greer
CPW feels that it makes
sense for them to serve
the property because they
have lines nearby and feel
Robinson Road is the logi-
cal dividing line for this

area.
For future development,
the area has been assigned
to Greer CPW with the
condition that if the developer does not wish to be
annexed, other options are
available.
The service providers
came to a consensus on
the other three maps.
The one unresolved

issue in this section
is a question
surrounding three
large parcels on
the Greer side of
Robinson Road.
Chip Bentley
Appalachian Council of Governments

The Area One map clarified the boundaries in the
SC 290 corridor area where
Lyman and SSSD both
serve, Bentley said. The
proposed boundaries clarify who will serve which
sites moving forward to
reduce confusion. There
was consensus between
both parties on the service
areas based on their existing service lines and the
natural basin flows.
The Area Two map outlined a proposed bound-
ary between Lyman and

SSSD in the areas around
SC 129 headed north towards Lake Cooley.
This area was completely undesignated and
not served by either entity
at this time, Bentley said.
South of SC 120, the
North Tyger River serves
as the boundary between
the two providers, and
north of SC 129, John
Dobb Road serves as the
boundary.
There is one small area
that was left undesignated
at this time around Lake
Cooley, Bentley said.
There is development on
septic there currently and
it was agreed that if at
some point in the future
service was requested,
the providers would work
together to find the most
logical solution.
The Area Three map is a
proposed addition to the
SSSD boundary extending
primarily on the east side
of I-26 from their existing boundary along Clark
Road north to Lake Bowen.
I-26 would serve as the
western border and Boiling
Springs Road would serve
as the eastern border.
Most of this section of
the basin would flow by
gravity to SSSD service areas as well as being able
to take advantage of existing service lines they
have along Boiling Springs
Road, Bentley said.
Taylors
Townsquare
will install two new board
members to oversee the
Taylors Farmers Market
and Parks and Recreation.
We aim to add board
members who can help us
further the causes of Taylors TownSquare through
their knowledge of a specific field or their action in
the organization of Taylors
TownSquare, Alex Reynolds, president of Taylors
Townsquare, said.
Our board may have between five and nine members, he continued. We
currently have five, so we
are bringing that number
up to seven.
The board of directors
plans to re-elect Doug
Young and Chip Bentley,
two current board members, and add Tee White
and Michele Coker.
We are adding a couple of additional Taylors
TownSquare board members this year, Reynolds
said. Were going to add
Michele White, who has
served as our Farmers
Market team leader basically for the past year.
She does a great job
with logistics, Reynolds
continued. Micheles going to step up to a board
level and let me step aside
from being the voice of the
Farmers Market.
In addition, Tee Coker,
Planning Associate with
Alta Planning + Design,
is going to be joining the
Taylors Townsquare board

members.
As we continue to look
at the Parks and Recreation and all those different avenues that will
be future possibilities for
Taylors, were going to add
a gentleman by the name
of Tee Coker, Reynolds
said. Hes been in Taylors
a long time.
Coker, a graduate of
Eastside, has undergraduate and graduate degrees
in History from Furman
Towns, parks, and

neighborhoods
designed for people
can build civic pride
and strengthen
community
relationships.
Tee Coker
Taylors resident
University and Clemson
University, respectively, as
well as a Masters Degree
in City and Regional Planning from Clemson University. Coker is a certified
planner who has managed
or contributed to over one
hundred projects in twenty states, according to altaplanning.com/people/
tee-coker.
I love places made
for people, Coker said.
Towns, parks, and neighborhoods designed for
people can build civic
pride and strengthen community relationships. As
a practicing planner, Ive
worked in over one hundred communities, help-
ing stakeholders plan and

build stronger places using a variety of planning
tools, including economic
development, marketing
and branding, wayfinding,
and placemaking strategies.
His projects have included downtown and neighborhood master plans,
community
wayfinding
plans, regional tourism
strategies, marketing and
branding charrettes, community education and outreach initiatives, signage
design guidelines, and
bicycle and pedestrian
master plans. At his previous firm, he established
a community wayfinding
practice and developed
wayfinding master plans in
twenty-five communities,
including three countywide wayfinding systems
in the Carolinas.
Were going to make
those couple of additions
to Taylors Townsquare
board just so that some of
those particular areas get
a little better represented
as we continue to push
forward, Reynolds said.
In other business, Stan
Wilson, Executive Director of Greenville County
Redevelopment
Authority (GCRA), shared about
some of the work being
done by GCRA in Greer,
including Creekside and
Needmore.
In the Needmore area,
right now, were focusing on Spring Street,
Wilson said, doing infrastructure work, sidewalk,
streetscape and more.
For the Creekside area,
thats a development
where we combine senior
housing with home ownership, Wilson said.
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Former Yellow Jacket head coach Jeff Neely will host his basketball camp, Shooting
for Heaven, in July at Greer First Baptist Church.
Shooting for Heaven

Aslan
represents
Taylors
returns
this July
Residents meet and greet Aslan on Nov. 2.
I have
at international
festival
By Billy Cannada
SportS Editor
Shooting for Heaven,

a basketball camp hosted
by former Greer coach Jeff
Neely, returns for its 22nd
year this summer, running
from July 6-9 and July 1316 at Greer First Baptist.
Its about teaching them
sportsmanship and how
to work with other kids,
BY KAELYN
PFENNING
Neely
said.
Its tough for
STAFF
a
lotWRITER
of these kids to play
with one another, so we
Aslan,
a creation
of that
the
teach
them
how to do
Academy
of Arts
Minisand other skills
for all
levtries in Taylors, recently
els.
represented
the United
For both sessions,
the
Stateswill
and
and
camp
run Canada
from 9-11:30
the
Highand
School
a.m.American
and 1-4 p.m.
will
Theatre
Festival
(AHSTF)
be
open to
boys and
girls
in
Edinburgh,
Scotland.
ages
kindergarten
through
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the third
Lion,
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Witch
and
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sixth
grade.
robe
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years,
now
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were
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Pruitt,
promotions
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had a lot of older people come

back and say how much it meant and how
Academy of Arts program way level, Class A producso
that we
can make
Prince
much
they
enjoyed
it. tions with local talent, he
Caspian come to life for
everybody.
With more funding, the
Academy of Arts would
be able to expand on the
production and surpass
the level of the Lion, the
Witch
and thebeliefs
Wardrobe,
our Christian
and
he said. like that. We try
things
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toInspend
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said he
willEngland
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thata he
people
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of tell
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what current
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and greets,
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this
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said. of
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meet
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Christ Church.
and
to learn
firsthand
I get
hope
(its making
a
who
C. S. Lewis
was.
difference),
Neely
added.
The Academy of Arts
Ministries puts on Broad-
said.
We dont hire outside
actors, Pruitt Jeff
said.Neely
We
dont hire
outside
graphic
shooting
for heaven
host
design artists. We dont go
outsourcing anything. Everything that we do is in
house.
I have had a lot of older
We come
take people
people
back andfrom
say
your
community,
how much
it meant from
and
here in
the Taylors
area,
how
much
they enjoyed
Pruitt
continued,
and
it, Neely
said. A lot
of
thatsstuff,
the you
people
who
that
dont hear
went
Edinburgh,
about over
until to
later.
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Scotland,
to represent
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see names
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know.
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nis
or golfbut
or basketball
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remember
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lors
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grade or something
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BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF
WRITER
By Billy
Cannada
SportS Editor
A Startex resident asked
Wellford
Councilhere
to
SummerCity
is almost
consider
annexation
reand that an
means
American
quest
a recentismeeting.
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back in
Most
of my frustration
full
swing.
comes
fact that
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live on
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since
season,
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theadditional
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nior team
to Bryant
handlesaid.
the
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on the front
porch
rising
of interest.
almost
every night,
and
The response
this year
people
comereally
through
that
has been
good,
road
high Konrate
seniortraveling
coach aPaul
of
speed.said. We had a
towsky
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cantturnout
get anyfor
coopvery
tryeration
the county
outs. Wefrom
had players
from
police
and allthat
the we
highway
every school
draw
patrol,
he continued.
from. Were
able to The
have
traffic
is getting
dangertwo junior
teams this
seaous
area because
son, in
so that
our younger
guys
its
an
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perience.on 85, between
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as
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there from
Blue Ridge,
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over
the country.
side,
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Joes,
come
through
a high
Landrum
and at
Southside
rate
of speed.
Christian.
Bryant
is requesting
to
With the
senior team,
weve got a good group
of kids that have, for the
most part, played with us
for three years now, Kontowsky said. They know
what to expect. Weve
also got a couple of new
kids that are really smart
ball players. I dont think
theres going to be any
trouble with how they buy
into the system.
Scott McGregor and Mike
Fowler will coach the two
junior teams, while Nate
be annexed into Wellford would have jurisdiction

in order to have the pro- down there, so they could
tection of city police, he stop some of these people
said. Something needs to coming in and out through
be done.
there.
Wellford City AdminisIn addition, Wellford
trator Chris Guy addressed would work with Lyman
what would need to take to bring sewer to Startex,
place for Startex to be an- Guy said.
nexed into Wellford.
Wed already talked to
We welcome the idea some of the house of repof the annexation of that resentative people, Guy
community into the city said. If Startex did come
limits of Wellford, Guy into the city of Wellford,
said.
we would hire a full-time
In order to annex Star- code enforcement officer
tex into Wellford, the to do nothing but try to
residents of Startex would get some of those abanneed to sign an initiative doned properties cleaned
to place a referendum for up.
popular vote on the ballot,
Were willing to do
Guy said. The residents that, Guy continued. We
of Startex would have to would love to have Startex
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vote on it. If it passed, in the city limits.
Startex would be incorpoBryant responded, sayGreer
American
Legion
Post
opens
the season
May
rated into
the city
limits
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thereonwere
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against Inman.
Wellford.
probably some other benComing into Wellford, efits. I wasnt aware of all
we would put streetlights of them. Thats good to
up,
Guyhelps
continued.
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do garbage picking on Union the follownior team.
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goingdepartment
to bring kaelyn@greercitizen.com
ing day. Kontowsky
some of our younger guys the first few games of
up and let them come the season will be crucial.
to our non-conference Inman is our rival and
games, Kontowsky said. they are always strong,
Weve got a great group he said. They only lost
of young kids right now, two kids from last year
so our next four or five and they were one game
years are looking really away from playing in the
good. Its exciting to see championship game at
the young kids investing state last year. Gaffney is
in American Legion.
also supposed to be pretty
The schedule will be good, so well have a tough
tough right out of the road.
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heading our way. Highs are expected to
fall to the low 60s with mostly sunny skies
on Saturday and Sunday. After a week of
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temperatures for the weekend. Our rain
chances remain low over the next 7 to 10
days with sunny, dry weather.
Michael Anthony Semones, Sr., 69, died November 6, 2016.

A native of Greenville
County, son of the late
James Kent and Frances
Corene Bridges Semones,
he was the former owner
of Single Source Supply
and a member of Blessed
Trinity Catholic Church.
Surviving are his wife,
Sylvia Feronti Semones
of Greer; a son, Michael
Anthony Semones, Jr.
(Melanie) of Williamston;
a daughter, Melissa Semones Beasley (David) of
Wellford; four brothers,
Stephen Semones of Taylors, James Semones of
Rome, Georgia, Douglas
Semones of San Antonio,
Texas, and Geoffrey Semones of Greer; two sisters,
Theresa Angela S. Treon
of Duncan and Monica
Semones of Lilburn, Georgia; three grandchildren,
Brandi Leigh Semones of
Williamston, Christopher
Brandon Semones of Pelzer
and Evan Daniel Beasley of
Wellford; and three greatgrandchildren,
Meadow
Grace Wilson, Bryson Allen Brown, and Christian
Alexander Semones.
Mr. Semones was predeceased by one brother, Christopher Vincent
Semones.
A memorial service will
be held at a later date.
Memorials may be made
to Blessed Trinity Catholic
Church, 901 River Road,
Greer, SC 29651.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.
Obituaries can be emailed
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Open for business

The Greer Center for the Arts opened last week at 100
Davis Ave in downtown. The facility will be part of a new
arts district in the City of Greer.
FROM PAGE ONE
per share recovered in less

than 2.5 years, according
to a bank release.
We are excited about
partnering with Carolina
Financial Corporation and
CresCom Bank, Rick Medlock, President and CEO
of Greer State Bank, said
in a statement. Our companies share very similar
philosophies, cultures and
core values. We believe
that the strength and resources provided by Carolina Financial Corporation
will enable us to expand
the products and services
available to our customers.
The merger agreement
has been unanimously
approved by the boards
of directors of each company. The transaction
is expected to close in
the first quarter of 2017
and is subject to customary conditions, including
both regulatory approvals and approval by Greer
Bancshares
shareholders. Subject to the terms
of the merger agreement,
the shareholders of Greer
Bancshares will have the
right to receive $18 per
share of common stock,
payable, at their election
and subject to certain
limitations, in cash or in
shares of Carolina Financial Corporation common
stock based upon a fixed
exchange ratio of 0.782.
Per the agreement, 10
percent of the consider-
ation will be paid in cash

and 90 percent will be in
newly issued shares of
Carolina Financial common stock. This equates
to an aggregate deal value
of $45.1 million based on
the per share price of $18.
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods,
Inc. is serving as financial
advisor and Nelson Mullins
Riley & Scarborough LLP is
serving as legal counsel to
Carolina Financial. Raymond James & Associates,
Inc. is serving as financial
advisor and Wyche, P.A. is
serving as legal counsel to
Greer Bancshares.
Carolina Financial has
agreed to seek a hearing
with respect to the fairness of the terms and conditions of the proposed
transaction before the Securities Division of the Office of the South Carolina
Attorney General (the SC
Securities Commissioner)
under Section 35-1-202(9)
of the South Carolina
Uniform Securities Act of
2005.
Upon successful completion of this process,
the Carolina Financial
common stock issued to
the shareholders of Greer
Bancshares in the transaction will be exempt from
registration under the federal securities laws pursuant to the exemption provided in Section 3(a)(10) of
the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and therefore
freely tradeable.
FROM A1
easons,
Turner
said.
While I consider this dismissal of charges to be a
complete vindication of
my lifetime of public service; there is still damage that can never be repaired.
On August 5, 2015,
Agents of the State Law
Enforcement Division arrested
former
Lyman
Mayor, Rodney Turner on
charges of two counts of
misconduct in office and
one count of wiretapping.
Later, Turner was indicted by a Spartanburg
County Grand Jury on
those same charges.
Turner had been the
Mayor of Lyman since July
2008, but Governor Nikki
Haley suspended him
from that office on August
24, 2015, as a result of the
indictments.
Turner also resigned his
longtime position as a Sergeant with the Greenville
Spartanburg Airport Police Department after his
arrest.
Turner had been accused
of intercepting the oral
communications of employees working and persons conducting business
in and around the Lyman
Town Hall, according to
one indictment.
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While I consider this dismissal of charges

to be a complete vindication of my lifetime
of public service; there is still damage that
can never be repaired.
Rodney Turner
Former Mayor of Lyman

Turner was also accused
of misconduct of engaging in acts and omissions
in the form of malfeasance, misfeasance and
nonfeasance, in breach
of his duties to public of
good faith, honesty, and
accountability in his role
as mayor the other indictment stated.
That indictment alleged
that Turner had entered
into secret negotiations
without town councils
knowledge and consent
and caused the town to ex-
pend more than $200,000

in legal fees.
(I have) known Rodney
Turner for over 25 years
and never doubted his innocence for one moment,
Turners attorney said. I
reviewed the evidence in
this case and Rodney did
absolutely nothing illegal.
I am delighted that the Attorney Generals office saw
that these charges were
baseless and dismissed
them.
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Mount Pleasant Baptist

Church will host a special
service for first responders and military on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 11 a.m.,
followed by a luncheon at
noon.
The event will also feature inflatables for children and a police car on
display.
The church is located at
499 Hwy 912 in Travelers
Rest.
call 895-8224.
APALACHE GOLDEN
HEARTS PLAN EVENTS
Nov. 23
The senior adults of

Apalache Baptist Church
will host a Thanksgiving supper at the church
Christian Life Center Nov.
10 at 6 p.m.
The church will furnish
the turkey and dressing
for this meal, and seniors
are asked to bring sides
and desserts.
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with a musical program
after the meal.
The senior adults have
scheduled a shopping trip
Nov. 15 to Hamricks in
Gaffney.
The group plans to leave
the church at 8:30 a.m.
They will have lunch at
Arbys in Lyman.
HERITAGE BAPTIST PLANS

HOMECOMING
Nov. 14
Heritage Baptist Church,

located at 218 Alexander
Rd., will host a homecoming at 10:30 a.m. on Nov.
13.
Guests will be Freedom
Quartet from Pigeon Forge,
Tennessee.
Lunch will follow the
concert and a love offering
will be received.
GLAD TIDINGS TO HOST

HOMECOMING SERVICE
Glad Tidings Tabernacle will hold Family and

Friends Homecoming on
Sunday, Nov. 13, at 10:45
a.m.
The Carrell Family will
sing. Lunch will be served
following the service.
100 Oneal Road in Greer.
LIBERTY UMC HOST

WEEKLY GOSPEL JAM
Liberty United Methodist Church will hold a

bluegrass gospel jam at
the church activity building every Tuesday at 6:30
p.m. Everyone is welcome
to play.
4282 Hwy. 414, Landrum.
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561 Gilliam Rd., Greer 879-7080
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90 Becco Rd., Greer 895-3224
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1301 S. Main St. (S. Hwy. 14), Greer 877-0308
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Highway 290, Greer 879-3291

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100 Davis Avenue Greer 655-0009
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12481 Greenville Highway, Lyman 439-2602
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1400B Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer 350-1051
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105 Daniel Ave., Greer 895-3966
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213 Oak St., Greer 848-0727
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Kohlhepp granted three requests before confession

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In an interview with
CBS News, Spartanburg
Co. Sheriff Chuck Wright
says they granted three
requests from murder and
kidnapping suspect, Todd
Kohlhepp before he confessed to the Superbike
Motorsports murders.
Those were:
Wright took a picture
to his mom
Wright let him talk to
his mom
Transfer money to a
girl he is helping raise to
pay for college
He wanted me to give
his mom a picture, so I
did. He wanted to be the
one to tell his mom some
stuff, so I did. So I actually
said a prayer with him,
said Wright.
Wright said investigators built a rapport with
Kohlhepp.
We treat everyone when
they come into the sheriffs office or the detention
center like Gods children.
CRIME
REPORT
(Note: All information
contained in the following
was taken directly from
the official incident reports
filed by the Spartanburg
Sheriffs Office or the Greer
Police Department. All
suspects are to be considered innocent until proven
guilty in the court of law.)
SHOPLIFTING
Christopher Scott Weir,

29, of 5 Princess Dr., Duncan, was arrested and
charged with shoplifting
of $2,000 or less and financial transaction card
theft.
According to a Greer Police incident report, an officer responded to Target
in Greer in reference to a
Investigators in Spartanburg Co. say theyll continue searching for human

remains Monday after
finding the remains of two
people and a woman alive
and chained by her neck
and ankle in a metal storage container.
Todd Kohlhepp has become a suspect in at least
seven deaths and authorities say hes confessed to
a quadruple slaying at a
motorcycle shop in 2003.
In an interview with
CBS This Morning, Sheriff
Chuck Wright says Kohlhepp asked to meet with
his mother.
It was after that meeting
that he confessed to the
killings.
Kohlhepp is without an
attorney and speaking
freely with investigators,
according to Wright.
Kohlhepp confessed Saturday to the four murders,
Sheriff Wright said.
since the Superbike Motorsports murders. Scott

Ponder, Beverly Guy, Chris
Sherbert and Brian Lucas,
were killed at Superbike
Motorsports on Nov. 6,
2003.
Scott Ponder, Beverly
Guy, Brian Lucas, and
Chris Sherbert were shot
and killed inside the Superbike Motorsports shop
in Chesnee on Parris
Bridge Road.
Years went by and
sketches were released,
leads were followed, but
the case remained cold.
Scott Ponders widow,
Melissa, says deputies told
her that Kohlhepp was a
customer of the shop.
Chris Sherberts brother
remains in disbelief, telling
7 News that he stopped by
his brothers grave Saturday night, to tell him there
was closure.
Tom Lucas, the father of
Brian Lucas, says that its
unreal still.
THE SUPERBIKE MURDERS
REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER
shoplifting in progress.
According to a complaintant, the suspect, Weir, had
been opening cell phone
packages in the store.
Upon making contact
with Weir, police found a
gold Boost LG cellphone
on his person. Upon further search of Weir, police
found two syringes, a razor blade and four debit/
credit cards that Weir stated he found on a job.
Weir admitted to using
methamphetamine
but
said he had no drugs on
him at the time. Weir was
arrested and transported
to Greer City Jail.
Spot in reference to a possible intoxicated male that

fell inside the store. Upon
arrival, the officer made
contact with the suspect,
Heath, who could not
maintain his balance or
keep his eyes open.
Heath had a cold unopened can of beer in his
hand when he fell to the
floor.
Upon a search of Heath,
officers found a bottle
containing a pill, identified
as Alprazolam. Heath told
police he had consumed
Xanax. He was transported
to Greer City Jail.
MULTIPLE CHARGES
Jamie Lesesne Lambert,

43, of 774 N. Liberty St.,
Spartanburg, was arrested
for possession of methamphetamine, possession of
marijuana and possession
of drug paraphernalia.
According to a Greer
Police incident report, officers responded to the 7-
11 store at 13195 E. Wade

Hampton in reference to a
suspicious vehicle. Upon
arrival, officers made contact with the vehicle and
its driver, Lambert, who
was asleep in the passenger seat with the windows
rolled down.
The officer woke Lambert up and detected an
odor of marijuana coming
from the vehicle. The officer also saw a plastic bag
on the center consol containing a green substance.
Lambert was searched,
and a black metal container, containing a crystallike substance was found,
along with a small baggie
containing a green leafy
substance.
Lambert also had a
brown pouch containing
a green glass pipe with
white residue inside. Lambert was transported to
Greer City Jail.
Todd Kohlhepp
We just dont mistreat
them and people respond
when you treat them like
humans, Wright said.
He says he thinks Kohlhepp wants to make things
right. He told the Herald
Journal that Kohlhepp was
remorseful.
We had prayer, the
mom and I and the stepdad. And I drove them
here and then he did as he
agreed. He kept his word,
said Wright.
Branen Heath, 36, of 5

9th Street in Greer, was arrested for public drunkenness and possession of
Schedule IV drugs.
According to a Greer
Police incident report, an
officer responded to the
Hammett Bridge Road Hot
It has been 13 years
DRUG CHARGES
The registry says he is
a Juvenile Tier III type offender for a 10/16/1987

conviction in AZ for Kidnapping.
According
to
court
records, Kohlhepp kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl.
He was 15-years-old at
the time of the crime.
According to court records, Kohlhepp had extensive counseling, including hospitalization, for his
behavior in Georgia.
He was living with his biological father at the time
of the kidnapping.
According to court documents, Kohlhepp forced
the girl into his home and
tied her hands and put
tape over her mouth and
sexually assaulted her.
The court documents
also include a psychiatric
evaluation that say Kohlhepp destroyed his room
with a hammer, destroyed
other childrens projects,
cloroxed a goldfish, shot
a dog with a BB gun, was
dismissed from the Boy
Scouts because he was too
disruptive, and shredded

his own new clothes. The
report also says his father
made a statement saying
the only emotion Kohlhepp was capable of was
anger.
WOODRUFF DEVELOPMENT
Spartanburg
deputies
were at a property off
Wofford Rd. in Woodruff
Thursday afternoon serving a search warrant.
That property is owned
by Kohlhepp, according to
records.
The sheriff said deputies
heard a woman banging on
the metal container.
They found Kala Brown
inside with a chain around
her neck. She has been
taken for treatment.
Her boyfriend, Charles
Carvers body was found
on the property on Friday.
They couple had been
missing since August 31.
The sheriff says they
may be dealing with a possible serial killer and there
could be four bodies on
the property.
DRIVE: Set for Sunday

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her. Theres no better way

to keep her memory and
spirit alive.
The event benefits the
Cops for Tots program
and Country Santa.
Weve had a really good
response once again from
the community, David
said. Honestly, the community runs this event
now. We just pick the day
and people come out to
help. It has taken on a life
of its own.
Now that more than a
decade has passed, David
said his family has not lost
hope that police will find
the person that murdered
his mother.
We absolutely have
hope that this case is going to get solved, David
said. Its just a matter of
when. We know were on
Honestly, the
community runs
this event now. We
just pick the day
and people come
out to help. It has
taken on a life of its
own.
David Holtzclaw
Sylvia Holtzclaws son
the good Lords timeline

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SPORTS
The Greer Citizen
Teams
win
state
titles
BLAME
CANNADA
BILLY
CANNADA
Looking
back
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Eastside and Riverside High swim teams took
home plenty of hardware
at the state championship
meet.
Both teams claimed titles
in their respective classes,
while several individuals
won championships of
their own. Eastside won
the boys championship,
while Riverside swept both
the boys and girls events.
Eastsides Joseph Brooks
won the Class AAAA state
title in the 200 Individual
Medley.
At Riverside, several
more swimmers finished
on top, including: Emily Horomanski (200 Freestyle), Jessi Snover (100
Butterfly and 200 Individual Medley), Brandon
Meier (50 Freestyle and
100 Freestyle), Maegan
Rudolph (100 Freestyle),
Michael Juengel (100 Backstroke), Hannah Ownbey
(100 Breaststroke), Madelinne Reilly/Rachel Lentz/
Maegan Rudolph/Ariana
Schneider (200 Medley
Relay), Emily Horomanski/Ariana Schneider/Jessi
Snover/Hannah Ownbey
(200 Freestyle Relay) , Hannah Ownbey/Emily Horomanski/Maegan Rudolph/
Jessi Snover (400 Freestyle
Relay), Jake Prewette/Jake
Young/Cope Viney/Brandon Meier (400 Freestyle
Relay).
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The Riverside boys and girls cross country teams are state champions after taking first at the Class AAAAA meet last
week. The Lady Warriors have now won four state titles in a row.
Riverside sweeps state

With cross
country
titles
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
For the fourth-straight
season, the Riverside girls
cross country team is the
best in the state.
The Lady Warriors were
crowned state champions
Saturday during the state
meet at Sandhills Research
Center. Riverside finished
with 26 points as a team,
with the next closest being
Dorman at 85 points.
This one feels really
good, head coach Eric
Cummings said. Its the
girls fourth in a row,
which is the first time
in 25 years that has happened. It was also the first
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
The Greer Middle College cross country team took home hardware at the state meet.
Class AAAAA title. It was
just very exciting.
The boys also took home
the championship, finish-
ing in front of Wando with

93 points on the day.
We knew it was going
to be a tight race with the
boys, Cummings said.

It came down to the last
400 meters and our guys
SEE TITLES | B3
Byrnes tops
rival Dorman
to end season
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Greer will take on North Augusta in the first round of playoff action next week.
Jackets get ready for

playoff home game
BY LELAND BURCH
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
Greer Highs Yellow
Jackets are studying themselves this week at the
halfway point in an unexpected break in football
action prior to kicking
off the Class 4-A playoffs
against North Augusta
High.
Coach Will Young and his
staff are examining their
own play calling tenden-
cies in certain situations,

just like we do when
looking at film of our opponents, he explained.
Of course, the staff also
is studying film on Greers
foe in the opener next Friday night at Dooley Field,
having swapped three
game films with North
Augusta. Young and assistant several coaches also
scouted North Augusta in
person last week, watching
Airport win a close contest

in Columbia.
That much scouting information is serving as a
warning, Young said, because North Augusta is
not your usual first round
playoff patsy. They have a
very good team that has
been competing in a very
strong region that will
send four teams to the
playoffs, he said. Even
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The Rebels wont be in
the playoffs this season,
but the future is bright for
the Byrnes football program.
Thats because freshman Rahjai Harris will be
returning.
Harris rushed for more
than 200 yards and two
touchdowns to give his
team a 29-24 win over rival Dorman in the regular
season finale.
The loss will cost Dorman a home playoff game,
as the Cavaliers drop to a
3-seed in the postseason.
It was a positive way to
end what has been a difficult season for Byrnes.
Despite, picking up two
non-region wins, the Rebels had fallen short in each
of their three conference

games leading up to Dorman.
Byrnes took a quick 70 lead in the contest as
quarterback Cary Enos
found Demarcus Gregory
on a 21-0 yard touchdown
route.
The Rebels struck again
in the first half, as Harris
scored his first touchdown
on a 43-yard run.
A field goal by Luis Hernandez put the Rebels up
16-14 at the half.
Dorman was not out of
it, however, as the Cavaliers worked their way
back into the lead on a 42yard field goal.
The Rebels were able
to fight back, however,
as Enos found Gregory
again with just over seven
minutes remaining in the
game. Harris scored his final touchdown later in the
quarter to seal the win.
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or sothis has been a
very weird high school
football season.
Blame it on a number of
factors (inexperience, injuries, region swaps, etc),
but this season has been
anything but normal.
After two straight undefeated regular seasons,
the Yellow Jackets enter
this postseason with a record of 6-4, having faced
one of the most brutal
schedules in Class AAAA.
You may not have been
able to say it for recent
Greer teams, but this
football program is battle
tested in 2016. The team
has been led by a stellar offensive line and a
suburb running game.
The defense hasnt been
too shabby either, making
this Greer team a tough
out in the playoffs.
Blue Ridge came into
the season with a very
capable offense, but this
Tiger team is a shade of
itself entering November.
Blue Ridge has lost so
many playersand startersto injury, and the
players that have managed to come back have
had to face a very tough
schedule. The Tigers have
only won two games, but
the win over Travelers
Rest is the only one that
mattered, because four of
five teams make the playoffs in this new region.
Blue Ridge will have to hit
the road to face a 1-seed
in the first round.
Eastside is in the playoffs for the first time
since World War II, if you
listen to coach Steve Wilson. With one of the more
skilled offenses youll see,
the Eagles have been winning games in dynamic
fashion. But Eastside has
struggled with consistency. The Eagles will need
big-time performances
from guys like Chance
Pride and T.J. Gist if they
want to keep pace with
the high powered teams
theyll likely see on the
road.
If I wouldve written
this next sentence before
the start of the season,
nobody (including me)
would have believed me.
Byrnes is on the outside
looking in this postseason. Let me make this
clear, having watched
this team several times
throughout the season
they arent bad. This is a
very capable Byrnes team
that always found a way
to lose it in the fourth
quarter. Dont sleep on
the Rebels though. A
young, talented roster
and a vengeance win over
Dorman last week tell me
theyll be back.
Riverside had a stellar season, but got bit
late by the injury bug
and faced a tough Class
AAAAA region schedule.
The Warriors won four
games this season, making this senior class the
winningest senior class in
school history. This team
has nothing to hang their
heads about. The future is
bright at Riverside.
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against Wren
But falls
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By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Eastside managed an
improbable
comeback
against Wren during the
Eagles regular season finale last Thursday, but
came up just short of their
sixth win of the season.
The Eagles erased a 21-0
deficit after digging itself
into a hole in the first.
Eastside opened the
game with an onside kick,
but Wren recovered, scoring with only 30 seconds
coming off the clock.
Wren quarterback Jay
Urich then tossed two
touchdown passes over
the next 12 minutes to put
his team on top 21-0.
The Eagles responded in
the second quarter, however, as quarterback TJ
Gist found Michael Gladden on a 28-yard touchdown route.
Eastside continued to
chip away at the lead

before the half, as Gist
tossed a touchdown pass
to Chance Pride, who also
ran for a touchdown in the
second quarter.
Wren went into the break
with a 27-21 lead.
The Eagles took the lead
on their first drive of the
second half on a touchdown run from Gist. That
score was quickly negated,
however, as Urich tossed
another touchdown putting his team up 33-28
The theme of trading
punches continued as Gist
reeled off a 59-yard touchdown run to put his team
back on top.
Down 41-34 late in the
game, Eastside scored on
a 20-yard run from Pride
to bring the Eagles within
one, but the extra point
was missed, ending the
game and the regular season.
The Eagles will now
move on to the Class
AAAA playoffs, which will
begin on Nov. 18.
so, for us this is much better than the alternative of

not going to the playoffs
at all.
The winner of this first
round contest will face the
winner of Belton-Honea
Path vs. Lancaster on Nov.
25th. I am not worried
about that second round
game at all. We have to
get there first, Young declared.
I am not worried
about that second
round game at all.
We have to get there
first.
Will Young
Greer High head coach

Although North Augusta
happens to be is another
team of Yellow Jackets like
Union, Young said flatly,
This game will not be another Jacket Bowl.
Greer and North Augusta
have met only three times
on the gridiron, a half century ago in the late 1950s,
and North Augusta won
all three games by narrow
margins. After that North
Augusta moved up to 4-A
while we stayed 3-A until
this year, and now we are
both in the same classification again, he said.
Greer last played nearly
two weeks ago, handily
defeating Blue Ridge. The
break that followed has
given the Yellow Jackets

the luxury of doing things
that time would not permit in every previous runup to the playoff opener.
The Yellow Jackets took
last Monday off, practiced
Tuesday and Wednesday
and then scrimmaged on
Thursday at Dooley Field.
After
taking
Friday
off, Young put the team
through a full practice on
Monday and took yesterday (Tuesday) off for Election Day since school was
not in session. The Yellow
Jackets will turn their attention to North Augusta
in practice today (Wednesday). Players will participate in a simulated game
on Thursday afternoon.
Then, instead of practicing Friday, the team will be
treated to a movie at the
school and a cookout.
Next Monday, the team
will return to a regular
game week routine. The
break resulted from numerous cancellations of
lower state games because
of the early October hurricane.
The down time has given
several Yellow Jackets time
to recover from injuries.
Jalen Terrell, a junior defensive tackle who missed
the final two regular season games with a concussion, is expected to return
to practice this week. But
junior cornerback Richie
Sadler who broke a leg
at Eastside on Oct. 7th
is unlikely be cleared to
compete until Nov. 25th,
Young said.
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Each of our five area high school football teams: Blue
Ridge, Byrnes, Greer, Eastside and Riverside, honored
a player with strong character and a lot of heart during
the final Greer Touchdown Club meeting last week. The
Smiley Howell award is given to football players who
help their team succeed either on or off the football field.
Players receiving the awards included: Corbin Nicholas,
Hayden Mitchem, Dixon Douglas, Gabriel Rice and Robert
Morrow.
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Edwards resurrects title chances Titles: GMC runner-up

By Reid Spencer
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With a Lazarus act that
was delayed and then
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shortened by rain, Carl
Edwards revived his moribund championship hopes
the only way he could
with a victory in Sundays
AAA Texas 500 at Texas
Motor Speedway.
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in the
Chase for the
NASCAR Sprint Cup standings after a hard crash and
a 36th-place finish last
week at Martinsville, Edwards took the lead under
caution on Lap 257 when
his crew dashed off an 11second pit stop.
Edwards beat Martin
Truex Jr. out of the pits,
and that proved the difference, as the No. 19 Joe
Gibbs racing Toyota held
the top spot the rest of the
way until a rain shower
halted the proceedings after 293 of a planned 334
laps.
Winning for the third
time this season, the
fourth time at the 1.5-mile
track and the 28th time in
his career, Edwards joined
Martinsville winner Jimmie Johnson in the Championship 4 season finale
on Nov. 20 at HomesteadMiami Speedway, knowing hell have a chance
to compete for the series
title that eluded him on a

tiebreaker in 2011.
I enjoyed it, said Edwards, who finished second in each of the last
three races in 2011 but
lost the championship to
Tony Stewart, who won
two of them, including the
season finale. The pressure was really mounting,
and obviously, this is what
we had to do. (Crew chief)
Dave (Rogers) and the
guysthey got me off pit
road first, and thats what
won it for us. ...
Weve got a shot at the
championship. Thats all
we wanted this year, and I
cant wait to go to Homestead. Its going to be a
blast.
Joey Logano, who led a
race-high 178 laps before
losing the top spot while
pitting on Lap 188 during
a cycle of green-flag stops,
was second when the race
was called. Truex finished
third, followed by Chase
Elliott, Kyle Busch, Kevin
Harvick and Matt Kenseth.
We had a good AAA Fusion that was capable of
winning the race, Logano
said. We just lost our
track position on a greenflag cycle and got our balance off a little bit. We got
it fixed and got it going
and had a good restart at
the end to get back to sec-
ond but it seemed like we

needed maybe five or 10
more laps to try to catch
the 19 there.
We were making up
about three-tenths (of a
second) a lap when the
caution came out. It is
what it is. Were disappointed with second which
is a good thing. I think
were in (the top four in
the Chase) right now, but
it sure would have been
nice to be locked in. It sure
would make it easier next
week.
Easy it will not be. Yes,
Logano is third in the
Chase standings, but by
the slimmest of margins.
Hes even with Kyle Busch
on points but currently
holds the tiebreaker on
the basis of the runnerup finish at Texas. And
Kenseth and ninth-place
finisher Denny Hamlin are
a dangerous one and two
points behind Logano, respectively.
Harvick likely needs a
victory next Sunday at
Phoenix to advance to the
Championship 4 for the
third straight year. The
2014 champion fought a
tight handling condition
for most of the race, and
on Lap 262 he tangled
with polesitter Austin Dillon as the two were racing
hard through Turn 4.
Dillon slid up in front of

Harvick, and contact between the two Chevrolets
sent Dillon hard into the
outside wall, ending his
race. Harvick asserted on
his radio that the bump
was unintentional. Dillon
disagreed.
He is tucked down to
my door tighter than anybody did all night, Dillon
said. He knew how tight
he was on my door, and
thats why I got tight and
slid up in front of him. He
didnt check (up), but he
had the opportunity to.
So well be all right. We
have two weeks left, and
we just want to come out
and win a race.
Harvick trails Logano
and Kyle Busch by 18
points entering the final
race of the Chases Round
of 8.
A driver with an affinity for winning races when
his title chances are on the
line, Harvick has eight victories at Phoenix, a number that includes five of
the last six races.
Stewart-Haas teammate
Kurt Busch likewise is
in a near must-win position. Busch finished 20th
on Sunday and enters the
Phoenix race eighth in the
Chase standings, 34 points
behind his brother.
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closed better than anybody

else out there that day.
They were one of the
favorites coming in, but
theyd lost to Wando both
times we faced them head
to head, the head coach
said. We knew it was going to be a fight, but they
knew they could do it.
They left nothing on the
course.
Cate
Ambrose
took
home her second individual state cross country
title, finishing the race in
18:35. Abigail Smith came
in third with a finish of
18:46, while Jessie Crowley (18:59), Mikie Harris
(19:12), Carter Marchbanks (19:15), Ashley Fallow (19:20) and Anna Yang
(19:20) followed closely
behind.
Cate has been great
all yearand so has that
whole group of seniors,
Cummings said. Theyve
been huge and theyve
never been on a team that
has lost state.
Weve got a group right
behind them that are capable of running the way
these girls have, Cummings said. Weve got
98 girls on the team and
theyre all fighting for position and fighting to race.
We feel good about where
We knew it was
going to be a fight,
but WEDNESDAY,
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could do it. They
left nothing on the
course.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016
Eric Cummings
Riverside head coach

we are going.
On the boys side, Riverside was led by Ben Cignarale (15:59), Andrew
Castano (16:09) and Neel
Taber (16:39).
GMC takes state title
The Greer Middle College girls cross country

team finished as runners
up at the AA state championship meet.
Morgan Summey won an
indidual state title, marking her second top finish
in a row. Those earning
All-State honors: Summey,
Aysia Cooper, Leah Trusty
and Anna Dunn.
The Greer Middle College
boys placed third overall at state, with All-State
honors going to: Cooper
Schell, Jacob Hudson and
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their brains about the perceived problem of shrinking NFL TV ratings, we
now get to shift our focus
to the flawed NCAA playoff rankings. But why stop
there? There are plenty
of things in the sporting
world that need to be addressed.
Here are a few I will toss
out there:
1. Tim Tebow needs to
try out for every major
sport. This is a no-brainer.
Everyone knows that Tim
Tebow is a superior athlete
and a virtuous Christian.
That is why he must always
be set up for martyrdom,
so we can talk about how
teams dont understand
the righteous talent they
are sitting on. It doesnt
matter that hes only hitting .149 for the Mets fall
instructional league team,
he probably sells more jerseys than most of the Mets
big-league players combined. Surely he could be a
center on the Blue Jackets
checking line, or a power
forward for the Brooklyn Nets. It might hurt to
watch, but that means its
working.
2. Every NFL team has to
wear black (or pink). Studies show that teams wearing black are more aggressive. That study, no doubt
commissioned by the
circa 1970s tangerine-orange mustachioed Tampa
Bay Buccaneer, has taken
hold of the league because
black keeps creeping into
color schemes. The only
exception can be made for
the Eagles, but only if they
switch their color back
to Kelly Green. Philadelphians shouldnt be made
to wear Forest Green, sorry.
3. Nick Saban needs to
trash every other teams
offensive scheme at press
conferences, then destroy
that team by mastering the
offensive scheme he just
trashed. It started with the
run option, but something
tells me that Saban would
win if he ran nothing but
wildcats or fake punts
on every first down. This
is a good thing, because
Sabans idea of a perfect
game would be Alabama
scoring every quarter and
beating LSU 8-0, all safeties.
4. Pete Rose and Alex
Rodriguez need to do
postgame analysis for every baseball game. When
A-Rod isnt name-checking Andy Pettite (which
almost never happens)
or using multi-syllabic
words, Pete Rose is there
to make fun of him or
tease him about Derek
Jeters inspiring play. The
matchup of those two plus
Frank Thomas is a thing of
beauty. You can just picture a bunch of drunken
FOX execs coming up with
the idea ... No! Wait! Pete
Rose has to wear a bowtie! then still going with
the idea the next morning.
5. The Cubs needed to
lose the World Series. The
world needed the Cubbies to lose. They were the
last team clinically proven
to break hearts. Look at
what happened to Red Sox
fans. They used to be the
quirky losers, now theyre
just obnoxious without
the charm (Fenway Park
notwithstanding). Look at
how miserable hockey fans
are having been robbed of
the joy that was chanting
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well, Wrigley Field is still
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The Greer Citizen
Sill, Brewster win Greer crowns

BY LYNN BRUCE
Sydney Sill and

Brooklyn
Brewster
were crowned on Saturday night at Greer High
School, earning the
titles of Miss Greater
Greer and Miss Greater
Greer Teen.
Sill, age 20, a student
at Clemson University,
brought to the stage a
winning jazz tap dance
as her talent to the delight of the audience.
Attired in a red, formfitting gown graced by
a chiffon side sweep
train, she spoke on her
platform, Overcoming
Obstacles.
Brewster, a student at
Palmetto High School,
brought frequent applause as she strutted
her talent in a two-piece
aqua ensemble with a
baton twirling routine.
She chose a fuchsia satin ball gown decorated
by a jeweled bodice for
PHOTO | COURTESY OF LYNN BRUCE the evening gown portion of the pageant. She
Sydney Sill, left, and Brooklyn Brewster were named Miss spoke on her passion for
Greater Greer and Miss Greater Greer Teen respectively.
volunteerism.
PHOTO | COURTESY OF LYNN BRUCE
The annual Miss Greer Pageant was held at Greer High School last Saturday evening.
First runner-up for

the Miss Greater Greer
title was Taylor Miller,
a 19 year-old student at
Converse College. She
was joined on stage by
Mackenzie Hrobar, age
20, a student at Clem-
son University, as second runner-up.

First runner-up for
the title of Miss Greater
Greer Teen was Madison Crymes, a student
at Travelers Rest High
School. Katherine Kit
Lindsey, a student at
Dorman High School,
joined the winning
contestants as second
runner-up to the Miss
Greater Greer Teen
crown.
Local artist Joe Everson acquires national fame

BY KATIE CRUICE SMITH
Theres a constant uncertainty for starving artists, said Joe Everson of
Joes Studio. Its difficult
being a dreamer in a world
where dreams dont make
money.
Everson knows firsthand the uphill battle of
striving to make it as an
artist. In fact, Everson was
just about ready to give
up on his dream when he
suddenly went viral and
started to see his dream
becoming a reality with
just several thousand
clicks online.
On Oct. 22, Everson was
invited to do a special
performance at the Toledo Walleye hockey game
by singing the National
Anthem while painting.
For the struggling artist,
this was the break that
he needed. Since then,
Everson has had over 100
orders for prints, been invited to do a performance
on Fox and Friends in New
York City, was hired to do
a private performance for
Steve Robinson (CEO of Reimagine) and Janet Crown
(whose family founded
General Dynamics) in Los
Angeles, and has been
scheduled to perform for
the NBA, a major league
soccer game, and at the
Arnold (Schwarzenegger)
Classic.
But up to just a day before Everson was preparing to leave for Toledo, he
had already determined
that his dream would never be enough to feed his
family.
I was ready to pound
out a few more rounds and
then give up, said Everson. I had an interview for
a job scheduled on the day
before I left that I knew I
was almost guaranteed to
get, but then I decided to
cancel it.
Everson grew up in Michigan and was just a boy
who loved art and loved
to draw. In fact, it was his
art teacher who pushed
him to do more because
she saw a potential in him.
But growing up in a small,
Christian school, Everson
eventually began to lose
interest in drawing and
became more involved
in music and sports. He
eventually began traveling
around with his brother,
Ben, singing across Michigan.
It was during this time
that I met Terry Snow,
said Everson. He asked
me to sing with his group,
Calvary Quartet, and I began to spend many weekends traveling with them
often into Canada.
After three months were
up, Everson came off the
road and tried to find
work. He started a construction company and
was able to secure work
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Joe Everson, a local artist, recently aquired some national

fame after going viral.
on a regular basis.
But Snow also owned
a trucking company and
wanted Everson to come
work for him. It would
mean a move down South,
but Everson was ready for
a change.
Theres a constant
uncertainty for
starving artists. Its
difficult being a
dreamer in a world
where dreams dont
make money.
Joe Everson
Artist
My wife, Bethany, and I

were living in an apartment
with our small family, and
it didnt feel like we were
gaining any traction, said
Everson. So we moved
down [to Greenville], and I
did a lot of driving during
the week.
Everson was first introduced to the artist community in Greenville when
Bens father-in-law showed
him the artwork in the
downtown area.
I knew that I could do

what a lot of those artists
were doing, and I started
to draw again over the
next few days, said Everson. Ever since college, I
wanted a studio for music, art, and fashion. A
little known fact about
me is that I can also sew!
Ive even designed a few
things including a skirt
that my wife still wears to
church.
As Everson began to
get back into drawing
again, his interests began
to develop more towards
painting. He knew that he
wanted to dive into working on pieces that were a
little different but spoke
to people as well.
I started to get into
abstract realism with my
Faces of the Past series,
said Everson. I wanted to
create emotions and memories in people.
Everson began painting
abstracts of well-known
people, like Marilyn Monroe, as well as some lesserknown people who would
still conjure up memories
for people when they saw
them.
After two years of driving trucks and painting in
his laundry room, Everson
decided it was time to take
a leap of faith and find a
way to pursue his dream
full-time. He had been
painting on the side for
about three years when he
began to research a way to
take his virtual studio to
the next level.
It was at this time that
he happened to meet Kenneth Walker, who owned
Taylors Mill at the time
and loves quartets. After
hearing Eversons story,
Walker encouraged him
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Everson grew up in Michigan with a passion for creating art and painting.
to rent a space at Taylors
Mill, insisting he would set
him up for a low monthly
fee.
From there, I just kept
painting and slowly growing, said Everson. Every
now and then, there would
be a big explosion of business, and this recent event
[in Toledo] is definitely the
biggest.
Everson
had
finally
reached his dream of being a full-time artist, but he
often had to mix in some
other jobs, like photography or office positions,
just to make ends meet
for his wife and two boys,
Lincoln and Beckham.
The idea started from
my friend, Daniel Lyles,
said Everson. About two
years ago, he asked me to
do a piece for him and told
me he had a proposal for
me. He came up with the
idea of singing the National Anthem while painting
in a minute and 35 seconds with the painting being created upside down!
My mother had always said
that I should find a way
SEE ARTIST | B10
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Everson, now a full-time artist, has dabbled in photography

and other jobs.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Greer Citizen
THE GREER CITIZEN B7
Hacksaw Ridge depicts heroics amid horror

Rating: 7 out of 10
INVINCIBLE PICTURES
Harley Quinn Smith and

Lily-Rose Depp in Yoga
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BY SAM STRUCKHOFF
NEW RELEASES
FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 21
PICKS OF THE WEEK
Kubo and the Two

Strings (PG) -- A one-eyed
boy with a supernatural
heritage and a magic musical instrument embarks
on a gorgeously animated
adventure through ancient Japan. Kubo (voiced
by Art Parkinson) lost his
eye to the Moon King, his
evil grandfather who also
can become a terrifying
dragon. While adventuring, Kubo has a protective
white monkey (Charlize
Theron), a dopey warrior
made from a transformed
beetle (Matthew McConaughey) and his magic
music that can make origami come to life.
Laika Studios (Coraline, The Boxtrolls)
has a great track record
of adapting stories with
enchanting stop-motion
animation. It goes off the
beaten trail, and makes offerings that can be genuinely scary (Coraline got
pretty creepy, and Kubo
has some spooky monsters) or sad, while still
remaining engaging and
appropriate for the little
ones.
War Dogs (R) -- Back
in the heady days of 2008,
David Packouz (Miles Teller) gets recruited away
from his dead-end massage gig into the sleazy
world of semi-legal arms
dealing, as introduced
to him by old pal Efraim
(Jonah Hill). Efraim rolls
up in a nice car, cackling
maniacally, shooting guns
in the air and throwing
cash around, and were
supposed to sympathize
with David, who views
this as a stable option for
supporting his pregnant
girlfriend. Their moral descent sees them supplying
arms to shady characters
in Afghanistan.
Its sort of trying to be
The Wolf of Wall Street
but with guns instead of
bonds, but neither lead
ever really takes it there.
Hill is playing it big and
sleazy, but the movie just
isnt as smart as it thinks
it is.
Hell or High Water (R)
-- When the bank threatens to take their mothers
Texas home unless they
can come up with the
cash, two brothers decide
the best place to get the
money is from that same
bank. Tobey (Chris Pine)
and Tanner (Ben Foster)
have checkered pasts and
a lot of baggage, but not
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robbin banks for dear ol
momma. Marcus the Texas
Ranger (Jeff Bridges) is archetypally getting too old
for this, but hes quick to
catch on to the Tanners
plan, setting the stage for
some modern-day Wild
West shootouts.
Yoga Hosers (PG-13) -Kevin Smiths latest project
features a pair of sardonic
Canadian
conveniencestore clerks facing off
against Nazi sausages. Our
heroes, both named Colleen (Lily Rose Depp and
Harley Quinn Smith), are
teenage best friends who
really only care about their
phones and their private
yoga lessons (taught by a
bushy Justin Long). They
get roped into a scheme
involving an undying Nazi
and a peculiar Nazi-hunter
(Johnny Depp). The girls
are dogged by walking,
talking bratwursts that
have been indoctrinated
with fascism. There are
very few laughs, but the
two leads perform well together, and it should not
be held against them that
their fathers are Smith
and Depp.
ince his drunken antiSemitic rant after a

DUI arrest a decade
ago, Mel Gibson has kept
a low profile. He hasnt directed a movie since and
has appeared in just six
films. Its a shame. There
are plenty of other actors
out there, of course, that
are better than Gibson.
But there are only a few
directors as adept at making such powerful, ambitious epics. Braveheart
and The Passion of the
Christ were two of the
most brutal yet moving
films of the last quartercentury, and Gibsons last
film, Apocalypto was
a visceral and absorbing
war movie.
Though he twice turned
down the chance to direct
Hacksaw Ridge, Gibson
must have finally realized
the project had his name
on it.
Virtually any viewer
would dismiss the story
of WW2 hero Desmond
Doss as completely unrealistic were it not true.
Doss grew up in a violent
alcoholic household that
left him unwilling to
shoot or even carry a gun
even after he enlisted
in the Army following
Pearl Harbor. In boot
camp, he was verbally
and physically abused for
his non-compliance and
would have likely served
time in a military jail had
his father, a WW1 veteran, not intervened. As it
unfolded, however, Doss
was able to accompany
his comrades to Okinawa
and participate in one
of the bloodiest battles
of the Great War. On the
Japanese killing fields, he
saved more lives than any
US medic before or since,
all without even a pistol
to defend himself.
Hacksaw Ridge is
split into three distinct
sections, Dosss turbulent
childhood and adolescence, the bootcamp
THINGS
TO DO
NEW LISTINGS
FBI AGENT TO SPEAK
AT MUSEUM & GALLERY
The Museum & Gallery at

Bob Jones University will
host Special Agent Byron
Thompson on Thursday,
Nov. 10, during the noon
lunch hour.
This event is part of
M&Gs ArtBreak, a program held monthly during
the academic year, and will
be held in the Exhibition
Gallery at the Museum &
Gallery at Bob Jones University.
Art can be mysterious
enough by itself, but linking
art to crime really piques
ones curiosity! This lunch
venue creates a great opportunity to satisfy some
of the imaginations questions, said Erin Jones,
M&G director.
Thompson, who has
been with the FBI for over
20 years, has covered cases in almost every area the
bureau investigates, from
spy and terrorism to computer hacking and steganography. His current
area of expertise focuses
on high-dollar financial
fraud.
For this event, Thompson plans to concentrate
primarily on talking about
crime that falls under
MOVIE
REVIEWS
WILLIAM
BUCHHEIT
experience and the battle
for Okinawa. The first
of these chapters is the
weakest, as much of the
characters, settings and
dialogue are steeped in
clich and artificiality.
The set-up is redeemed
somewhat, however, by
the flashback sequences
which illustrate the acts
of violence that turned
Doss into a conscientious
objector.
The bootcamp section
is a little better, thanks
mostly to the casting of
Vince Vaughan, who plays
a vengeful drill instructor hell-bent on getting
Doss kicked out of the
Army. These sequences
effectively establish our
protagonists ironclad
determination and introduce us to many of the
men he will save on the
battlefield.
But Gibsons movie
reaches its crescendo in
the final 45 minutes, once
Doss and his battalion are
hoisted into the hell of
Okinawa. This war footage, just as graphic and
even more horrifying than
that of Spielbergs Saving
Private Ryan, is not for
the faint of heart. Indeed,
even gore tolerant viewers will have a difficult
time watching it. But it is
the electric intensity and
realism of these battlefield scenes that propel
Hacksaw Ridge, into a
superior realm.
Without the incessant
images of terror and
agony, Dosss faith-based
courage and heroics
would have lost much
of their resonance. As
honestly as Gibson presents this footage to us,
however, Dosss stunning
heroics, like several of
the category of interstate

transportation of stolen
property.
Thompsons topic complements the Museum &
Gallery at Heritage Greens
current exhibition The Art
of Sleuthing.
Guests are welcome to
bring their own lunch or
register online to have one
provided for them. Admission to the lecture itself is
free for M&G members and
$5 for non-members.
visit www.bjumg.org.
FURMAN TO PRESENT
CHESEBRO TRIBUTE
Furman University music faculty and guests will

present a concert honoring
retired faculty member Dr.
Robert Chesebro on Friday, Nov. 11, at 8 p.m. in
Daniel Recital Hall.
A Tribute to Robert
Chesebro is free and open
to the public.
Joining faculty member
Dr. Cecilia Kang are guest
clarinetists and alumni Dr.
Elizabeth Crawford (Class
of 1982) of Ball State University; U.S. Army Field
Band members Sergeant
First Class Jennifer Everhart (Class of 2002) and
Staff Sergeant Erik Franklin (Class of 2011); and
Dr. Tod Kerstetter (Class
of 1985) of Kansas State
University. Furman music
faculty member Dewitt
Tipton provides piano accompaniment.
Guest clarinetists are
former students of Chesebro. Chesebro joined the
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Andrew Garfield stars in Mel Gibsons new film, Hacksaw Ridge, now out in theatres.
the films scenes, will be
branded into your mind
for some time.
ROOTS REMAKE AN
OUTSTANDING MINISERIES
Rating: 8 out of 10
Thirty-nine years after
the original adaptation of
Alex Haleys novel took
Americas living rooms
by storm, the History
Channel released this $50
million reboot this year.
The result is one of the
best miniseries Ive ever
seen.
Told in four parts,
Roots follows Kunta
Kinte, an African warrior
that is shackled by an
opposing tribe and taken
to America to be sold as
a slave. For four generations, the family endure
the cruelty and dehumanization of the colonial institution, clinging tight to
relatives and their African
heritage to persevere.
The production values
are super, with tack-sharp
direction and beautiful
cinematography and music. Its the cast, however,
that thrusts Roots into
Furman music faculty in

1965 and retired in 2015
after a 50-year career with
the university.
The program includes
works by Jean Franaix;
Luigi Bassi; Felix Mendelssohn; Gustav Holst; and
traditional and contemporary pieces arranged by
Kerstetter.
Also paying tribute to
Chesebro is a 20-plus
member Paladin Clarinet
Choir comprised of Chesebros current and former
students, Furman Clarinet
Studio members and other
friends.
JACKIE TOHN TO PERFORM

AT TRYON
Tryon Fine Arts Center

continues the Main Stage
Series with a performance
from stand up comedienne and singer/songwriter Jackie Tohn on Nov. 12
at 8 p.m.
She was recently cast to
play Gilda Radner in director David Wains, A Futile
and Stupid Gesture, alongside Will Forte, Domhnall
Gleeson, Joel McHale, and
others. Her recent movies include, CHiPS (Dax
Shepard & Michael Pena),
Bad Roomies, & Sisters
(Tina Fey & Amy Poehler).
Tohn was a finalist in the
Top 24 of American Idol
season 8.
She continues to tour
the country, having played
hundreds of shows, doing standup and playing
music. She has also guest
starred on Its Always
Sunny in Philadelphia,
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
The recent remake of Roots is faithful to the classic.

the ring with the other
Emmy contenders. Some
of Hollywoods finest
African American talent is
on display here, including Laurence Fishburne
and Forrest Whitaker.
Newcomers Malachi Kirby
and Rege-Jean Page are
especially impressive as
Kunta and his son.
All in all, Roots
Rules of Engagement,
The Sopranos, House of
Lies, Castle, The Nanny when she was a kid,
and many more.
Tryon Fine Arts Center is
located at 34 Melrose Ave.
in Tryon, North Carolina.
For tickets or more information, visit www.tryonarts.org or by call 828859-8322.
EVENT REMINDERS
Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical

Oct. 20-Nov. 12
Centre Stage
www.centrestage.org
233-6733
Ill Be Back Before Midnight
Oct. 28-Nov. 13
Greenville Little Theatre
greenvillelittletheatre.org
233-6238
The Women of Lockerbie
Nov. 9-12, 17-19
remains faithful to the

classic 70s miniseries
that preceded it, all the
while utilizing high definition picture and sound
to maximum effect. It is
a story that, despite the
violent and inhumane institution it depicts, should
be mandatory viewing in
every US household.
The Playhouse
Furman University
294-2125
furman.edu/theatrearts
SCCT Princess Academy
Saturday, Nov. 19
Scchildrenstheatre.org
Disney On Ice
Dream Big
Nov. 23-27
Bon Secours Wellness Arena
1-800-745-3000
ticketmaster.com
FUN AND GAMES
Chelation Therapy:
Tests can be flawed
DEAR DR. ROACH:
Would you please comment on chelation therapy? A urine test for mercury, lead and arsenic was
done that showed abnormal elevations after I was
given DMSA. I also was
prescribed a long list of vitamins and supplements.
This testing and treatment
have caused me great confusion. -- Anon.
ANSWER: Chelation is
the process of using a
medication to rid toxic
chemicals, especially the
heavy metals you mention, from the body. DMSA
is a chemical that binds
to mercury and lead, and
is then excreted into the
urine.
We all have some
amount of these metals in
our bodies, because they
are present in the environment, but few people have
toxic amounts. Toxicity
happens mostly in people
with industrial exposure
to the heavy metals. Toxic
levels usually, but not always, are associated with
symptoms.
The DMSA you took before the urine test will
cause these small amounts
to be rapidly excreted by
the kidney. The problem
I have with this type of
testing is that comparing
your urine toxin levels after DMSA with urine toxin
levels in healthy people
who have not had DMSA
is not valid, and I would
not recommend treatment
based on this faulty analysis. Unfortunately, the
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
analysis you had is commonly done, so that nearly everybody tested will
show falsely abnormal results. Thus, I recommend
strongly against testing
without a clear reason to
do so, and never using this
method.
Chelation treatment of
heavy metals is appropriate only if there are
symptoms and a history
of exposure, and if blood
levels not obtained after
administration of a chelating drug are high (or
urine, for mercury). An occupational medicine physician has expertise in this
area and would be a good
consultant if you still are
confused.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: My
relative is a 69-year-old
who has smoked for 55
years. She has a terrible
cough. I want her to cover
her mouth with a hankie
or tissue when she coughs.
The coughing can go on
for a few minutes. She insists that she is not sick,
and that its just allergies.
I say she is spraying her
sputum, and I might catch
what she doesnt know she
has. -- S.B.
ANSWER: You dont

need to be worrying about
yourself. Although it is
possible that she has pneumonia, most pneumonias
are not transmitted from
person to person, so the
risk to others is low.
You need to be worrying
about your relative. With
this degree of cough, it
is very likely that she has
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Whats
worse, a small number of
smokers with a cough like
this have lung cancer. In
all probability, she is fooling herself that she has
only allergies. She needs
to quit smoking, now, and
also get evaluated.
The booklet on COPD
explains in detail both
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bronchitis, the two elements of COPD. Readers
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Please allow 4-6 weeks for
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incorporate them in the
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questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu.
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SOAP UPDATES
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND

THE BEAUTIFUL
Maya gave Nicole some

relationship advice about
forgiving Zende and telling him the truth regarding the surrogacy. Katie
had an ulterior motive
when she checked in on
Erics recovery. Hoping
that it was not too late
to save Wyatts marriage,
Quinn extended an olive
branch to Steffy attached
to a rewarding career opportunity. Rick attempted
to console Maya when
she couldnt help but feel
responsible for the problems between Zende and
Nicole. Not everyone was
on board as Quinn attempted to take the lead in
preparing for the fashion
show. When Katie paid another visit to Erics home
to thank him for his favor,
he invited her to watch the
show with him. Wait to
See: Jealousy rears its ugly
head in a new marriage.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Brady made a disturbing

discovery about Theresa.
Gabi came to Chads rescue. Andre received some
unsettling news from Laura. Steve proposed to Kayla. Hope and Andre made
a deal. Sonny hired Paul to
investigate the docks. Joey
opened up to Steve about
ending things with Jade.
Brady and Theresa had a
huge confrontation. Gabi
arranged a welcome home
SONJA FLEMMING | CBS
Mishael Morgan stars as

Hilary on The Young and
The Restless
party for JJ with Sonny,
Paul and Chad. A mysterious woman arrived in
Salem. Theo heard Valerie
lie on the phone and was
determined to figure out
what was going on with
her. Brady called Kimberly
to see if there was any way
she could help him deal
with Theresa. Wait to See:
Theresa is rushed to the
hospital.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Carly continued to rely

on Nelle for support on the
day of Morgans funeral.
Tracy witnessed a meeting
that piqued her curiosity.
Alexiss careless behavior
led to some scary consequences. Sam and Jason
came up with a new theory about Morgans death.
Franco comforted Liz after
she received some upsetting news. Hayden stepped
into the path of danger.

Nelle made an ominous
prediction about Carly.
Finn and Laura jumped
into action during a crisis.
Obrecht was determined
to take down Finn. Dillon
comforted Kiki. Jordan
and Andre witnessed a
meeting that raised a few
eyebrows. Hospital politics
interfered with a medical
emergency. Wait to See:
Sonny makes a stunning
confession.
THE YOUNG AND

THE RESTLESS
Victoria told Billy to

stay out of her personal
life. Later, Billy confided
to Cane that he didnt like
having Travis around his
kids. Victor told Abby that
he was using GC Buzz to
do his dirty work. Cane
struggled to balance work
and family life after Charlie and Mattie complained
about him not being
around. Tension between
Hilary and Mariah escalated, and Hilary was more
determined than ever to
find a juicy story for GC
Buzz. Travis told Victoria that he was not going
to live in Billys shadow.
Ashley scheduled a press
conference to announce
her new plan for Jabot.
When Travis appeared too
confident, Victor strongly
reminded him that he
needed to learn his place.
Wait to See: Sharon takes
her story public.
THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
RFD by Mike Marland
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas
(c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
OUR SCHOOLS
The Greer Citizen
SCHOOL
NEWS
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GREENVILLE COUNTY
REFLECTIONS WINNERS
ANNOUNCED
The top three winners

from Greer High in the Reflections Contest have advanced to the district competition. The winners will
be recognized at Awards
Night in the spring.
They include:
Literature
1st - Taylor McIntyre
2nd - Michaela Parker
3rd - Ryan McCullough
Visual Arts
1st - Ryan McCullough
2nd - Martha Weston
3rd - Kira Reed
1st HM Laura Brown
GMC EVENTS RAISE

MORE THAN $42,000
Greer Middle College

Charter High recently
raised more than $42,000
to complete the Outdoor
Learning Courtyard at the
new building.
The total exceeded the
school goal of $30,000.
BLUE RIDGE MIDDLE TO

CELEBRATE VETERANS DAY
Blue Ridge Middle will

celebrate Veterans Day
with a special school wide
assembly on Thursday,
Nov. 10.
Students and faculty are
encouraged to invite family members who have
served to join the presentation and stay for lunch.
RSVP at 355-1900.
BUENA VISTA WANTS TO

HONOR VETERANS NOV. 11
Buena Vista Elementary

plans to honor veterans
with a celebration on Nov.
11.
Any students with relatives who are veterans are
invited to fill out a form
and send a photo to be
recognized on the schools
Wall of Honor. (Photos will
not be returned.)
Submissions should be
turned into the students
teacher by Nov. 10.
Students are also invited
to bring the veteran to
lunch on Nov. 11.
For more information
and to access the form,
visit the school website.
SKYLAND TO HOLD FALL

FESTIVAL NOV. 12
Skyland Elementary will

hold its annual fall festival
and silent auction fundraiser on Saturday, Nov.
12, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
This family event will
feature balloon animals,
bounce house, bungee
run, obstacle course, super
slide, rock wall, mechanical swings, face painting,
cake walk, hay rides, sand
art, scooter race, basket
raffle, vendor tables, and
more games.
Food and drinks such
as hot dogs, chips, boiled
peanuts, funnel cakes,
fried oreos, cotton candy,
popcorn, nachos and more
will be available.
TAYLORS SEEKING CRAFT

VENDORS FOR FAIR
Taylors Elementary is
seeking vendors for Tinsel
Town craft fair and market
to be held Saturday, Nov.
12, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at
the school.
The school is searching for handmade crafts
and products to be sold at
booths.
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Stevie Martin was named 2016 North Greenville University Homecoming Queen recently.
Pictured, left to right: first runner-up Candace Petit; NGU Interim President Dr. Randall
Pannell; Martin; second runner-up Macy McDonald.
visit
TaylorsTopcats@
gmail.com.
COUNTY TO RECOGNIZE
EDUCATION WEEK
Greenville
County
Schools will celebrate
American Education Week
Nov. 14-18 with the theme
Inspiration happens here
every day.
A different employee
group will be recognized
each day of the week:
Monday, Nov. 14: School
Support Staff Appreciation Day
Tuesday, Nov. 15: Transportation
Appreciation
Day
Wednesday, Nov. 16: Educator Appreciation Day
Thursday, Nov. 17: Operations/Maintenance Appreciation Day
Friday, Nov. 18: District
Staff Appreciation Day
JOB FAIR SCHEDULED

FOR NOV. 15
Greenville
County
Schools will host a Job Fair
for bus drivers, bus aides,
custodians, and food service operators on Tuesday,
Nov. 15, 5-7 p.m. at Enoree
Career Center, 108 Scalybark Road, Greenville.
Applicants can apply
online at the Job Fair. Bus
driver pay starting pay is
$13.91 per hour, and bus
aides starting pay is $9.92
per hour. Custodial and
food service starting pay
is $10.24 per hour. Training is provided.
Benefits include health
and dental, retirement,
sick leave, and free life
insurance for employees who work 30 or more
hours per week.
For more information
contact INFOLine at 3553100 or visit the Employment section of our website.
RIVERSIDE TO HOST
HOLIDAY MARKET
Riverside High will host

its first Holiday Market on
Saturday, Nov. 19, 9 a.m.-1
p.m. at the school.
The event will include
holiday gifts including
quilts, wood crafts, home
dcor items, goodies and
more.
To register as a vendor,
visit www.rhsptsa.com.
contact Tammie Pinson at
pinsontammie@yahoo.
com.
RIVERSIDE HIGH LISTS

REFLECTIONS WINNERS
Riverside High has announced the list of 20162017 Reflections winners.

They include:
Film Composition
1st: Nayha Hussain
2nd: JD Dawson
3rd: Justin Sanders
Literature
1st: JD Dawson
2nd: Ivana Ramirez
3rd: Elise Van Zele.
Music Composition
1st: Jieying Tong
2nd: Jiaying Tong
3rd: Justin Sanders.
Photography
1st: JD Dawson
2nd: JD Dawson
3rd: Bryson MacDonald
Visual Arts
1st: Emma Simonis
2nd: Madeline Corvin
3rd: Bryson MacDonald
The RHS Reflections
Awards Ceremony will be
held in the spring when
all of the state judging is
complete.
DISTRICT FIVE
ABNER CREEK PLANS

VETERANS DAY EVENT
Students and staff at Abner Creek Academy invite

the District Five family to
join them for their annual
Veterans Day program on
Friday, Nov. 11.
The event will be held
in the Abner Creek cafeteria at 1:15 p.m. Patrick
Flanigan will be the guest
speaker.
STUDENTS SELECTED
FOR STATE HONOR CHOIR
District Five had 18

students chosen for the
South Carolina Elementary Honor Choir this year,
the most D5 has ever had
make the ensemble.
Students
competed
against other third-fifth
graders from across South
Carolina for the honor.
They will perform with
the 2017 SC Elementary
Honor Choir on Feb. 4 at
the SCMEA Convention in
Columbia.
Students named to the
choir include:
Beech Springs
Lily Preston
Alyss Robertson
Emory Stratton
Arianna Wilkes
Berry Shoals
Mollie Hodge
Sydnee Manteaw
Sarah Sears
Lillie Underwood
Abner Creek
Charlotte Gardner
Abigail Hodge
Maddie Wiant
Lyman
Cadence Dismukes
Kayleigh Geiger
River Ridge
Katelin Johnson
Reidville
Charlotte Price
Lakota Woods
Wellford
Jennifer McIlwain
Carolena Sims
D5 STUDENTS NAMED
TO REGION ORCHESTRA
Dozens of District Five

musicians
have
been
tapped to perform with
their peers for this years
All-Region Orchestra. In
total, 51 District Five students were named, which
marks the most the District has ever had to receive the honor.
The following students
were selected:
Berry Shoals
Caroline Kopf
Charlotte Whitesell
D.R. Hill Middle
Mia Cuffel
Zelda Sanderson
Roman Marcano
Gabby Cook
Sophie Smith
Emma Leigh Byrum
Florence Chapel
Payton Lee
Jennifer Nguyen
Makenna Patterson
Lauren McClary
Caroline White
Jessica McAbee
Ella McGarity
Makayla Kelley
Rohan Patel
Anika Rana
Emily Gaffney
Diana Ilie
Gabe Dillard
Jefferson Elmore
Byrnes Freshman
Academy
Angeline Novikov
THE GREER CITIZEN B9
Christopher Trinh
Ben Harding
Justin Min
Will Stuart
Katie Watts
Brittany Hawkins
Noah Heck
Molly Hance
Preston Lee
Natalie Pickren
Maddie Bridges
Byrnes High
Kayla Brock
Lily Moore
Presley Rimel
Victoria White
Kristeena Cole
Kaitlyn Gilbert
Damaris Hernandez
Haleigh McSwain
Emily Carroll
Aurelia Duncan
MacGregor Latimer
Jacob McAbee
Molina Srey
Andrew Vaughn
Stevie Greer
Erin Hackney
DISTRICT RECEIVES
ENERGY AWARD
District Five is one of six

South Carolina state agencies to receive an Energy
Milestone
Achievement
Award at the Tri-Association Fall Conference last
week.
The award recognizes
agencies for reducing their
annual energy consumption by 20 percent for two
consecutive years as compared to baseline data collected in fiscal year 2000.
Currently, only 50 state
agencies, including 15
school
districts, have
achieved this goal.
DISTRICT HONORS
TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
District Five held its annual Teacher of the Year

celebration at the Piedmont Club in Spartanburg
recently.
Each educator was presented with a framed certificate, and gifts from
both the district and business donors.
Superintendent
Dr.
Scott Turner recognized
Katie Henderson, of Wellford Academy, as the District Five Teacher of the
Year. Henderson will now
go on to compete against
teachers from across the
state for the title of SC
Teacher of the Year.
Other district teachers
of the year include:
Elementary
Abner Creek Shannon
Woodroof
Duncan Adam McClain
Lyman Sherri Rogers
Reidville Tonya
Williams
River Ridge Anna
Taylor
Wellford Katie
Henderson
Intermediate
Beech Springs Ashley
Bailey
Berry Shoals Chris
Sudduth
Middle
D.R. Hill Marcia Kay
Florence Chapel Kim
McGaha
Freshman Academy
Byrnes Marie Claire
Mottet
High
Byrnes Geoff Turner
HIGHER EDUCATION
MARTIN CROWNED NGU
HOMECOMING QUEEN
Stevie Martin, from Conway, was crowned queen

for North Greenville Universitys 2016 homecoming recently.
NGU Interim President
Dr. Randall Pannell and
2015 Homecoming Queen
Christie Reilly crowned
Martin during halftime of
the Crusaders football
game against Wingate University.
Martin, who represented
the resident assistant association, is a junior elementary education major.
She is the daughter of Steven and Michelle Martin.
Candace Petit was named
first runner-up. Petit represented the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes and is a
junior elementary education major from Rosman,
North Carolina. She is the
daughter of Eric and Cindy
Petit.
NGU awarded Macy McDonald, representing the
Big/Little program, the
second runner-up honor.
She is a junior elementary education major from
Greenville. She is the
daughter of Richard and
Chris McDonald.
The NGU homecoming
queen is chosen annually
by the student body in a
campus wide vote during
homecoming week.
Holiday Open House

at Christines Hallmark Shop
SATURDAY, NOV. 12
featuring
FREDERICK BAUS
Local Childrens Book Author
Book Signings 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Also featuring
MATT MUNGER
Performing Close-Up Magic
Noon-1:30 p.m.
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Artist: Goes from unknown to viral sensation

from B6
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Delivery
Mandi Newton, owner of Little Me Academy, handed
Keegan Ale, 4, canned goods collected from a recent food
drive to give to the Greer Soup Kitchen last Wednesday,
Nov. 2.
to sing and paint together,

so we started to develop
his idea.
During the holidays
that year, Everson told
his brother-in-law, Everett Callan and his wife,
Brooke, about the idea.
His brother-in-law immediately began working on
a spinning easel, sold his
house in North Carolina,
and moved to Greenville
in time for Eversons first
performance at a Swamp
Rabbit hockey game.
Everson and his now
manager, Lyles, and production manager, Callan,
decided that they didnt
want to post the first video of his performance but
wanted to save a surprise
for Toledo. They knew
that marketing his products was all about timing.
Everson then found out
Toledo took very

good care of me.
Joe Everson
Artist
that the landlord of the

house he and his wife
were renting had died.
They were given 30 days
to either buy the house
for themselves or to find
a new place to live. With
Bethany working part-time
at the Eastside YMCA and
as a Jamberry consultant
and the boys in school,
Everson knew he needed
to find a way to provide
some more money for his
family.
Our
church,
Suber
Road Baptist, were being
so positive and helpful in
so many ways during this
time, said Everson. And

we had a lot of help from
our friends and family.
Everson got just the
push he needed at the Toledo game, where he made
an impact on some key
people, including a man
from ESPN, who tweeted
the live performance.
Toledo took very good
care of me, said Everson.
Apparently, they have a
tradition there to yell, Hit
somebody! When they
yelled, it pushed me to do
a big ending and make a
great finish.
After painting an abstract of the famous scene
from Iwo Jima, Everson
started receiving a lot of
phone calls and emails
from veterans 99 percent
of them being positive.
Since his performance
just a few weeks ago, Everson has barely had a chance
to slow down. He was able
to move his family into a

new apartment and is still
receiving calls for repeat
performances, including
the opening game for the
Swamp Rabbits in Greenville and a charity event
honoring veterans at the
Eastside YMCA.
I have so many emails
to answer and so much
work to do, laughed Everson, who said that he had
just received a large shipment of fresh canvases.
From starving artist to
viral sensation, The Anthem Man or The Singing
Painter, as Everson is now
called, is walking encouragement to other starving
artists to never give up on
your dreams.
For more information or
to order a print, visit www.
joeeverson.com or stop by
Taylors Mill on First Friday each month to see his
work for yourself.
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