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Voter registration closes today for Nov. 6 election

BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Voter registration in
South Carolina closes to-
day, three weeks before
the 2018 General Election
on Nov. 6.
Turnout could be higher
in Greenville and Spartan-
burg Counties this year,
based on an increase in
absentee voting. tion years on governors. “If absentee is any indica- said. “All of the politics still need to remember to
“There’s been no real There’s been an uptick, tion, which sometimes it have kept people involved take that photo ID with
change in registration for sure.” is and sometimes it isn’t, in the process.” them to the polls. That’s
numbers, but we have Belangia said voter par- we might be looking at a As local voters gear up the most important thing.”
seen an increase in ab- ticipation generally drops 4-5 percent drop from the to cast their ballots, Belan- Belangia said it is also
sentee voting, at least up when presidential candi- presidential election.” gia said important infor- important to make sure
until this point, for a mid- dates are not on the ballot. The potentially higher mation is readily available. voters visit the precincts
term election,” Greenville “We typically see an turnout could be due to “Other than the Voter that coincide with their
Elections Director Conway 8-10 percent drop (in vot- a more polarized political ID law, which we’ve had registered addresses. That
Belangia said. “Right now, er turnout) from a presi- landscape. for a number of years information, and more,
that number seems to be dential election to a gov- “The change could be in now, nothing has really can be found on SCvotes.
higher than previous elec- ernor’s election,” he said. the news cycles,” Belangia changed,” he said. “People org.

Greer to vote on Ansel

School Road annexation
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
A county development
on Ansel School Road in
Greer could be annexed
into the city as early as
Tuesday, following a Plan-
ning Commission deci-
sion.
The commission heard
a request from John W.
Beeson regarding his
33.78-acre property Mon-
day night. The annexation
would provide the future
108 lots with R-10, Sin-
gle-Family Residential
zoning.
“They have currently
started grading, develop-
ing in the county under
permits issued by Green-
ville County, but quickly
determined the need for
a tie-on to the CPW sew-
er and as such have re-
quested annexation into
the city,” Kelli McCormick,
Planning Manager, said
SEE ANNEXATION | A6
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COUNCIL ACTION
*Greer City Council action items from the regular Oct. 9 meeting
BZA Appointee: Greer City Council unanimously approved
Council Member Jay Arrowood’s appointee to fill the vacant seat
on the Board of Zoning Appeals following the resignation of
Allison Ringer due to her moving outside city limits.
Project Agreement: Greer City Council unanimously approved a
project agreement with Tribe513 and Greer Poinsett Properties,
LLC, related to the redevelopment of property located on Poin-
sett Street to create corporate headquarters, privately-owned
commercial facilities, a publicly-accessible walkway, place of
worship, a publicly-accessible courtyard and related infrastruc-
ture.
Abandoned Building: Greer City Council unanimously ap- PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
proved the request for “abandoned building site” status for the
properties owned by Greer Poinsett Properties (GPP) due to an
affidavit provided by the previous owner; GPP seeks to receive Siblings Peter and Caroline Ragan play around in the mega brain inflatable during Pelham
income tax credit. Medical Center’s 10-year celebration on Saturday, which offered activities for children
and hospital tours. The center is a part of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.
Range Renovation: Greer City Council unanimously approved
to hold over a request from Captain Eric Pressley to award an
$108,000 bid to Sterling Structure & Design LLC to raise the
burns at the Greer Police Department Range in order to weigh
other options, such as a possible move to a different location.
Spartanburg Regional
to acquire Mary Black
SEE ACTION | A6

BY BILLY CANNADA The two Community is not final.

EDITOR Health Systems hospitals According to officials,
involved in the transac- all employees in good
Spartanburg Regional tion are Mary Black’s Spar- standing at the time the
Healthcare System will ac- tanburg and Gaffney loca- transaction is closed will
quire Mary Black Health tions. be hired. Upon closing,
System, following a recent The transaction includes more than 8,000 associ-
agreement. all physician clinics and ates will be employed, and
The transaction between outpatient services asso- Spartanburg Regional will
Spartanburg Regional and ciated with the two hos- operate six hospitals in
Community Health Sys- pitals, which will become Spartanburg, Union and
tems is expected to close part of Spartanburg Re- Cherokee counties.
by the end of the fourth gional Healthcare System The cost of the acqui-
quarter of 2018 and is once the transaction is sition was not known at
subject to customary regu- complete. The regulatory press time.
latory approvals and clos- review process has just
ing conditions. begun, and the acquisition billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076

Development to Hiatt
750-foot strip of
land acquired to bring 348 homes to lead
Ghost
make the parcel
contiguous to city
limits.
Density 81.02 acres and will add
153 single family lots and

becomes
195 town homes.
“Each single family unit
will have a minimum of
concern
two required parking
spaces,” said Paul Harri-
son, founding Partner and
BY KAELYN CASHMAN Professional Engineer with
STAFF WRITER blueWATER Civil Design.
In addition to a two-car
A 348-unit development garage, the units with four
located on Highway 14 bedrooms will also have
and Gibbs Shoals Road re- two spaces in the drive-
ceived final approval from ways.
IMAGE | SUBMITTED the Greer Planning Com- For those units with four
mission Monday night. bedrooms, Commissioner
The red border outlines the property on Ansel School Road that council will consider for The mixed-use devel- Judy Jones said, “You can
final approval of the annexation request next Tuesday night. opment called Sudduth bet your bottom dollar at
Farms sits on a total of SEE DEVELOPMENT | A2
Walks
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Greer historian Joada
Hiatt is inviting local res-
idents to go on a Ghost
Walk this Halloween.
During an eerie journey
through Greer Station’s
historic district, walkers
will hear stories and leg-
end of the unusual and
supernatural, combined
with educational and
SEE WALKS | A6

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Helen E. Gordon, 87
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ENTERTAINMENT B6
Gladys V. Grubbs, 92 Greer to face THE GREER CITIZEN,
Louis C. Rogers, 83
OBITUARIES A6 Eastside
OPINION A4
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Community
News
GOLF TOURNAMENT
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The Greer Police Depart-
ment recently announced
the winners of the Greer
Cops for Tots Golf Tour-
nament.
First place went to the
Robert Lynn team; second
place went to the Spink

Artisan market Team, and third place

went to the Duncan PD
Team.
The Artisan Makers Market joined the Greer Farmers Closest to the Pin was
Market on Saturday, as 35 craft vendors displayed Kevin Byrd.
merchandise at Greer City Park Longest Drive was Rob-
ert McClain Jr.
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Church
News
LEE ROAD UMC TO HOLD
PRAYER SERVICE
Lee Road United Meth-
odist Church is holding a
“Fight Human Trafficking
Community Prayer Ser-
vice” on Thursday, Oct.
18, from 7-8 p.m. at the
church, located at 1377
East Lee Road, Taylors.
The purpose is to seek
God’s help and wisdom,
to promote awareness, to
provide information, and
to be a beacon for lives to
be changed. Jason John-
ston, campus minister for
the Navigators at Clem-
son University, will help
attendees recognize how
pornography impacts hu-
man trafficking. The Nav-
igators is an international
Christian mission organi-
zation. Human Trafficking
Hotlines are: 704-8497 (lo-
cal) and 1 (888) 373-7888
(national).
For more information,
visit www.humantraffick-
inghotline.org.
EL BETHEL BAPTIST TO
HAVE BAZAAR AND SALE
On Saturday, Oct. 20,
from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., El
Bethel Baptist Church will
have its first Craft Bazaar
and Bake Sale.
Proceeds will be used
for shipping costs for the
church’s Operation Christ-
mas Child Shoebox Minis-
try. El Bethel is located at
313 Jones Ave., Greer.
MILFORD BAPTIST TO HOST
SWEET STREET OCT. 21
Milford Baptist Church,
located at 1282 Milford
Church Rd., will be host-
ing Sweet Street on Sun-
day, Oct. 21, from 5-7 p.m.
This free community
event will include food,
games, bounce houses,
trick or treating, a hayride,
popcorn, cotton candy,
snow cones, cake walk,
door prizes and a chance
at the grand prize: NES
Classic Edition. For more
information, visit milford-
baptistgreer.org.
REDEEMER LUTHERAN
WELCOMES NEW PASTOR
Redeemer Lutheran
Church at 300 O’Neal
Road, Greer, is welcoming
Pastor Elise Stringer this
coming Sunday, Oct. 21.
Pastor Stringer is the
seventh pastor to serve
Redeemer in its 46-year
history.
The Greer Community is
invited to welcome Pastor
Stringer, who is a graduate
of the University of South
Carolina.
Although Elise grew up
in Irmo, her husband Jef-
frey and his extended fam-
ily have lived in Blue Ridge
and Greer for many years.
Her husband Jeffrey and
Pastor Elise have two sons,
Tyndall (7) and Jones (4).
APALACHE BAPTIST TO
HAVE HALLOWEEN EVENT
The senior adults plan to
meet at Laurenda’s restau-
rant in Greer on Thursday,
Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. for their
annual Halloween “Trick
or Treat” party and meal.
FREE DENTAL DAY
Greer Crowns Now, lo-
cated at 451 Pennsylvania
Ave, Greer, is hosting a
Free Dental Day in coordi-
nation with Greer Commu-
nity Ministries and Greer
Relief & Resources Agen-
cy, Inc.
Dentists and staff are
donating their time and
services on Friday, Oct. 19,
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to
those that are not able to
afford dental work.
Adults 18 and older with
no insurance and limited
income are eligible to pick
one treatment: Cleaning,
Filling or Extraction.
Call Stephen at 877-
1937 for an appointment.
Walkups are limited but
available on a first-come,
first-served basis
. Sunday, Oct. 21.
FOOD TRUCK ROLLOUT
RETURNS OCT. 19
The City of Greer is
hosting its quarterly Food
Truck Rollout once again
on Friday, Oct. 19, from
5-8 p.m., at Greer City
Park.
Celebrate the start of
the weekend with food,
drinks, trucks, tailgating
games, and music.
Food and beverages will
be available onsite. Valid
ID is required to purchase
alcohol. Outside alcohol
and coolers are prohibit-
ed.
Children under 16 must
be accompanied by an
adult.
Anyone who requires
an auxiliary aid or service
for effective communica-
tion or a modification of
policies or procedures to
participate in a program,
Between 30 and 60 people came to the Taylors TownSquare open house last Tuesday night
to voice their opinions on a proposed Main Street Development District by answering
questions on visual displays set up by Ben Cotton with Greenville County Planning.
lic meeting of the City of
Greer should contact 864-
968-7008 as soon as pos-
sible, but no later than 48
hours prior to the sched-
uled event.
BLUE RIDGE BREWING WILL
HOLD GREER OKTOBERFEST
In the absence of the
Greer chamber’s annu-
al Oktoberfest, The Blue
Ridge Brewing is hosting
Greer Oktoberfest on Sat-
urday, Oct. 20, starting at
2 p.m. and lasting through
the night until 2 a.m. on
The Blue Ridge Brewing
Company is located at 308
Trade St., Greer.
There will be a Ger-
man-style menu as well
as some classics, beer and
band music.
COMMUNITY SHRED DAY
COMING OCT. 23
CBL State Savings Bank
is hosting a Community
Shred Day on Tuesday,
Oct. 23, from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. at CBL’s main office,
located at 229 Trade St.,
Greer.
CBL invites customers
and other local citizens
and business to bring
sensitive documents for a
certified shred company
onsite to dispose of the
documents.
A second location in
Open House
Landrum will be available of age and up.
Monday, Oct. 22, from 9 For more information,
a.m. to 1 p.m., at Brook- call the Greer Heritage Mu-
wood Park. seum at 877-3377 or Greer
Development Corporation
GREER STATION GHOST at 416-0127.
WALK TO RETURN OCT. 23
The Greer Station Ghost RELAY FOR LIFE KICKOFF
Walk is returning this fall PARTY SET FOR OCT. 25
with walks taking place For the annual Relay For
Tuesday, Oct. 23; Thurs- Life Kickoff Party, Relay
day, Oct. 25, and Tuesday, for Life of Greer will be
Oct. 30, starting at 5:30 joining the Relay For Life
p.m. and 7 p.m. each night. of Greenville this year.
Join an eerie journey There will be dinner and
into Greer Station’s haunt- a short meeting to discuss
ed past with others to each of the upcoming Re-
stroll through the historic lays, fresh ideas, and what
district. works best within each of
Stories and legend of the the Relays.
unusual and supernatural There will also be give-
are combined with the fun aways, raffle items, games
and fascinating history of and bowling.
the city. The meeting will take
Local historian Joada place on Thursday, Oct.
Hiatt will be leading two 25, from 6-8:30 p.m. at
ghost walks covering his- Spare Time Entertainment,
toric hauntings of down- located at 822 Congaree
town Greer. Rd, Greenville.
Meet at the Depot on
Randall Street for a quar- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
ter mile walk down Trade FOR LTBM EVENT
Street to East Poinsett, Volunteers are needed
ending at the Greer Her- for the Let There Be Mom
itage Museum on South (LTBM)’s 12th Annual Dine
Main. Out for Mom fundraiser
The first walk will begin on Thursday, Oct. 25, at
at 5:30 p.m., and the sec- 92 Upstate restaurant lo-
ond will start at 7 p.m. cations.
A $5 cash donation, ben- For more information,
efitting the Greer Heritage visit lettherebemom.org.
Museum, is requested for
all participants nine years

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DEVELOPMENT: Ups density concerns

FROM PAGE ONE

some point in time, there’s

“We have to think of cre-
ative solutions for things
like that,” McCormick
unanimously approved to
annex 214 Center Street
from unzoned in Spartan-
LIFESTYLE AT
going to be four cars there
which is going to cause
problems eventually.”
said, mentioning a couple
of upcoming training ses-
sions about density, de-
burg County to R-7.5 in
the City of Greer for Wil-
liam McAbee to develop a
Oakleaf Village At Greenville
Additional parking is sign and crime prevention. single family residence.
available at the amenity In other business, Greer
center and common area. Planning Commission kaelyn@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
“We are providing an
additional 60 off street
parking spaces,” Harrison
said. “That will kind of be
used as overflow parking
as well.”
Concerned about park-
ing, a commissioner asked
Planning Manager Kelli
McCormick about how the
city enforces no parking
on city streets.
“It’s not just a town
home problem; it’s a sub-
division problem,” Mc-
Cormick said. “You’re not
supposed to park on the
road on city streets unless
it’s designated parking
COME SEE
like downtown; we have ONE OF OUR
some on street parking.”
“Enforcement is diffi- DESIGNER
cult because homeown-
ers don’t want red curbs
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or no parking painted on
their pretty roads, so we
don’t want to do that,” she
said. “We don’t have any
requirements for overflow
parking for town houses.” Our community’s million-dollar designer remodel will offer
Cars parked on city
streets can become a safe-
new and inviting spaces for an even better way to dine,
ty hazard if fire trucks
can’t fit or residents can’t
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A4 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018
I
t’s been a good 17 years since we’ve
had a puppy in our house, much
less two, and I think Jerry Seinfeld’s
wonderful joke about toddlers—“a two
year old is like a blender that doesn’t
have a top”- also easily applies to young
canines.
Poppy and Posie have had the run of
the farm and are joyously living wide
open: running, leaping, tumbling down
the grassy banks into the sandy footing
of the riding arena. The latter they gen-
erally do after having immersed them-
selves in the drainage ditch so that when
they roll about in the sand they conjure
up an image of ‘Shake and Bake.’
The girls have escaped the surgeon’s
spaying scalpel at present...our vet, Dr
Evans, upon initially examining them
found that each pup has, ahem, ‘re-
cessed vulvas’ (which are evidently far
more troublesome than Saabs), and they
mustn’t be spayed until their first heat
cycle, or could face a lifetime of urinary
tract infections.  possible moment, she drops her shoul-
Having generous acreage for them
to play until tired (generally 36 to 48
hours), viewing their antics is far better
THROUGH THE YEARS  | KAELYN’S
Lovelace
remembers
time at
Fairview
Editor’s Note: Walk down mem-
ory lane with us! In upcoming
editions of The Greer Citizen, we
will be taking a look at old news-
papers and bringing you stories
from the past to commemorate
our 100-year anniversary. We
hope this section gives you a bet-
ter look at the people, events and
businesses that made the Greer
area a great place to live for the
past Century.
Wednesday, May 15 1985
Two decades and counting
“I don’t have the problems
others have. It’s been a very
pleasant and profitable experi-
ence for me at Fairview. I have
been fortunate to be here for
this length of time.”
Those were the words of Fair-
view Principal Hollis Lovelace,
as he reflected on his 20 years
of service at the school.
He was planning to retire that
school year.
“I would encourage anyone to
go into teaching,” he remarked.
“There are more opportunities
to serve and to grow in the
Christian faith in schools than
churches.”
Elsewhere in this edition, the
Southern Crescent Band from
Greer had just won there pre-
liminary at the Wrangler Coun-
try Showdown in Spartanburg.
Sue Mobley and Beth Jones
were also named Nurses of the
Year at Mary Black Hospital.
At Family Dollar, a new pair
of Nike shoes would cost you
$6.99 and a can of motor oil
would run you 84 cents.
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Doggone crazy
I’M JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
than anything we might find on Netflix.
Watching Poppy, who resembles Bonnie,
exert her alpha-tude over Posie is fasci-
nating. If called to follow and come into
the house, she will hang back and wait
until Posie builds up a head of steam
loping after us, then catapults from her
crouched position, and chest-butts her
rival out of the way, sending Posie into
a roll, so that she then has the lead and
arrives first.
Oh, but it is Posie that lures Poppy to
spring upon her at the top of the grassy
bank and like Lucy jerking the football
away from Charlie Brown, at the last
der and spins in the opposite direction,
leading Poppy to leap into empty air and
face-plant.
GUEST EDITORIAL
Flood insurance program
is at risk in South Carolina
As is being shown again with Hurricane
Florence in South Carolina and North Carolina,
flooding is a huge threat to people and prop-
erty. And every time there is flooding, there
is the painful outcry from some that they did
not know their homes and property were not
covered by insurance for flood losses. Flood
insurance is separate from a homeowner’s poli-
cy and varies in cost by the location. The more
flood-prone a place is, the higher the cost.
CoreLogic, an AAA Insurance partner and a
property information services company, esti-
mates that 1.5 million homes were at risk of
flooding in North and South Carolina, but only
an estimated 400,000 properties had flood
insurance in the entire region.
“Sadly these trends mirror what we saw last
year after Hurricane Harvey, when close to 80
percent of properties in Texas did not have
flood insurance,” said Jim McCafferty, senior
vice president of AAA Carolinas Insurance
Services. “Florence has the potential to have
more non-insured losses than any other storm
in North Carolina history.”
Overall, the number of Americans with flood
insurance is on the rise. An analysis of federal
flood insurance records by The Associated
Press found there were roughly 5.1 million
active flood insurance policies in the U.S. as of
July 31, up from 4.94 million a year earlier.
The Carolinas had modest gains – a 2.5
percent increase in South Carolina and a 3.5
percent increase in North Carolina.
But large gaps in coverage remain. South
Carolina is the second-highest insured state for
flooding, with roughly 65 percent of properties
in flood-hazard areas insured. But in North
Carolina, flood coverage is less common, with
only 35 percent of at-risk properties insured.
Most of the gains observed in the federal
flood insurance data over the past 12 months
occurred in Texas, with about 145,000 new
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are devoid of ripped sofa cushions and
Each day has been charming streams of toilet paper down the hall.
But as at least one of us is usually home
and fun. Until the weather during the day, and when I’m the one
home, I’m in the barn, there’s no reason
turned. Energetic puppies the pups can’t be hanging with me and
learning to ignore my firm, NO, when
outside are bliss. they sneak into the manure pile for a
post-lunch snack. Actually, I’m that way
after a Mexican meal. For some reason I
Each day has been charming and fun. have to have a peppermint patty after-
Until the weather turned. Energetic pup- wards. I guess Poppy and Posie, follow-
pies outside are bliss. Energetic puppies ing being fed the most expensive and
confined to a 1,500 square foot house nutritious organic kibble available, find
during three days of a storm requires that snatching a ripe horse ‘egg,’ or two,
endless patience, paper towels and thun- is a palate cleanser. 
der shirts. Sadly, they don’t make those We’ve had these girls for going on
shirts in my or Paul’s size, but double three weeks. They’re nuts. They require
martinis and ear plugs were somewhat muscling into the big, mud room sink to
effective. scrub off the mud and sand twice daily.
We don’t crate. At least not dogs. I’ve They try to steal the cats’ food. They
sat in front of a couple of screaming, only obey a command in which the pos-
kicking kids on planes that have caused sibility of a treat is imminent. They turn
me to muse that possibility for a mo- over water bowls, steal shoes and break
ment, but, no, we don’t crate.  I’m not wind most frightfully. 
begrudging those who do—I understand We’ve only had them three weeks.
and acknowledge their training theories. And I can’t imagine the farm without
And I admire how their neat homes them.
KORNER
KAELYN CASHMAN
Staff reporter
Money
M
ost of us work for money
to buy what we need or
want.
Money is important in our
economy for putting food on
the table, providing shelter over
our heads and obtaining clothes
to wear.
Despite or perhaps because
of this need, money is often the
root of corruption.
Businesses, which are tasked
with a certain role, can some-
times be bought for the right
price.
Government officials often
cater to those who fund their
campaigns.
Media outlets may be pur-
 |
chased by their advertisers who
keep them in business instead
of holding cities and businesses
accountable for their actions.
Truth, justice and righteous-
ness are more important than
money.
Love, loyalty and trust cannot
be bought but must be earned
or given freely as well as for-
giveness, kindness and respect.
Matthew 6:25-34 addresses
this issue:
Therefore I tell you, do not be
anxious about your life, what
South Carolina is the second-highest you will eat or what you will
drink, nor about your body,
insured state for flooding, with what you will put on. Is not life
more than food, and the body
roughly 65 percent of properties in more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air:
flood-hazard areas insured. they neither sow nor reap nor
gather into barns, and yet your
policies. Insurance experts say that Hurricane heavenly Father feeds them.
Harvey, which brought tremendous flood dam- Are you not of more value than
age to Texas and Louisiana late last summer, they?
helped increase public awareness that home- And which of you by being
owners need flood insurance. anxious can add a single hour to
“That’s terrific. Nothing sells flood insurance his span of life?
like a storm,” Robert Hunter, who ran the Na- And why are you anxious
tional Flood Insurance Program in the 1970s, about clothing? Consider the lil-
told The AP. ies of the field, how they grow:
But the problem with flood insurance is they neither toil nor spin, yet I
bigger than people not making the purchase. tell you, even Solomon in all his
It remains by and large a federal govern- glory was not arrayed like one
ment program run by the Federal Emergency of these.
Management Agency. And a November 2017 But if God so clothes the grass
Congressional Budget Office report estimated of the field, which today is alive
the program operates at a $1.4 billion loss and tomorrow is thrown into
each year. the oven, will he not much more
In 2017, Congress forgave roughly $16 bil- clothe you, O you of little faith?
lion in the National Flood Insurance Program’s Therefore do not be anxious,
debt. And it is still roughly $20.5 billion in the
red, according to the Federal Emergency Man-
saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or
‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What
agement Agency. shall we wear?’
In August, Congress voted in favor of a bill
that extends the program another four months
For the Gentiles seek after all
these things, and your heavenly
– the seventh extension since September 2017. Father knows that you need
The extension expires on Nov. 30, the final them all.
day of the official hurricane season. The ex- But seek first the kingdom of
tension is designed to give lawmakers enough God and his righteousness, and
time to draft and pass a bill reforming the pro- all these things will be added to
gram. None of the previous extensions resulted you.
in any changes to the program. Therefore do not be anxious
about tomorrow, for tomor-
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DAVE
SAYS City recognizes employees’ service
DAVE BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
RAMSEY
A number of City of

Spending Greer employees were rec-

ognized for reaching mile-
stones last week.
money in Mayor Rick Danner and
City Administrator Ed
Driggers expressed ap-
the budget? preciation for the years of
service during last week’s
Greer Council meeting.
Q: We are debt-free Kevin Holtzclaw has
except for our home, and served in the Fire Depart-
we have six months of ment for 25 years.
expenses set aside in our Four have served for 15
emergency fund. Every years: Warren Douglas and
time we do our monthly Taylor Graham in the Fire
budget, we set aside a Department; Clara O’Neal
small amount of personal in the Recreation Depart- KAELYN CASHMAN | THE GREER CITIZEN
spending money for us ment; and Ashley Wright
both. Do you see anything in the Police Department.
wrong with this? Ten have served for 10 Mayor Rick Danner and City Administrator Ed Driggers presented Certificates of Appreciation to employees last week at
years: Edgar Atkins, JB the regular Greer City Council meeting.
DR: There’s absolutely Carson, Ray Shaffer and
nothing wrong with hav- Laura Swain in the Public lice Department; Andrew in the Recreation Depart- McCauley Hannah and Development Standards
ing a little fun money cal- Services Department; Lisa Holleman in the Fire De- ment. Drew Pitman in the Fire Department; and Jonathan
culated into your monthly Elliott in Administration; partment; and Michael Five have served for five Department; Billy Camp- Saunders in the Police De-
budget when you’re in Jeffery Hemric in the Po- Paulson and Sally Wise years: Alston Blanchard, bell in the Building and partment.
good financial shape.
The problems start when
couples don’t agree on
these kinds of things — or
worse — when they start
hiding stuff and lying to
each other about where
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  |
Hospital system taking
Black spray paint?
on new name in 2019
the money’s going.
People either grow to-
gether or they grow apart
when they get married.
When you start hiding To the editor, intersection and stopped
things from your spouse
you’re essentially keeping I am very disappointed
and did not finish the last
few miles to Spartanburg
To become When GHS and Palmetto
Health first announced a
between patients and their
health care providers will

Prisma
separate lives. That’s a on the road work that was County line. I was expect- partnership, the organi- not change, nor will our
bad sign in any marriage. done on Wade Hampton ing a more professional zations planned to retain bedrock commitment to
Having an agreed-upon Blvd. It doesn’t look good. job with our tax dollars. their existing brands. Over our communities and im-

Health
budget isn’t just telling Seems like they sprayed Just my opinion. Thank time, however, officials proving the lives of the
your money what to do. black instead of paving you. saw need for more unity. people who live there,
It’s also an important part on the last portion. They “We’ve already learned whether it’s through pa-
of a healthy sharing and paved from downtown Patti Haddock BY BILLY CANNADA so much from each oth- tient care, academics or
communication process Greenville to St. Marks Greer EDITOR er,” said Prisma Health clinical research.”
between husband and Co-Chief Executive Officer Palmetto Health Presi-
wife. Greenville Health Sys- Michael C. Riordan. “What dent John Singerling add-
  tem (GHS) and Palmetto we’re doing now will pave ed, “From the Upstate to

Close up small Ask questions Health will get a new name

in 2019.
The SC Health Company
the way for transforma-
tive changes to health care
in South Carolina. And
the Midlands, we want our
communities to see the
Prisma Health name and
business?
and vote responsibly affiliates will become Pris-
ma Health at the start of
next year, while local cam-
through our efforts, we’ve
already identified ways to
achieve more together by
know they can always turn
to us for a personalized
experience of high-qual-
Q: I have a small busi- puses and hospitals retain operating as one organiza- ity, compassionate care.
ness, and I love what I To the editor, community is unaware of their core name identities, tion under a single name By unifying under one
do. Unfortunately, things how the choices of three such as Greenville Memo- and brand identity. shared name, we will
haven’t been going well As elections are upon board members are affect- rial. “Although much is make it easier for our pa-
the last several months. us, I challenge you to con- ing the quality, or lack “This is an once-in-a- changing, much will re- tients and their families
On top of that, I’ve com- sider making your right as of quality that GCPW has lifetime moment for our main the same, including to understand who we are
mitted a lot of money to owners of Greer Commis- always prided themselves. organization,” Prisma both the Upstate and Mid- and what we do when they
advertising in the com- sion of Public Works a With the elimination of Health Co-Chief Executive lands affiliates’ longstand- need our services.”
ing year. Recently, I got priority in your vote. positions and personnel Officer Charles D. Beaman ing dedication to patient As part of the new iden-
a great job offer from a Our vote as a citizen with years of knowledge Jr. said of the re-branding. care, unwavering commit- tity, the current GHS and
company that would pay of Greer City limits also being replaced with “We’re poised for great ment to their communi- Palmetto Health brands,
me twice what I’m making speaks for those custom- contractors, it is apparent change. With a motivat- ties and a strong focus on including their names and
now. What do you think I ers who have no voice that quality customer ed 30,000-team-member academics and clinical re- logos, will be retired in
should do? from as far north as service is no longer a workforce, we’re confident search,” he said. early 2019.
Landrum, west Taylors, concern or priority. we will continue to make GHS President Spence For more information,
DR: If you find you like east Lyman and south Again, ask questions strides to improve clinical Taylor, M.D. emphasized please visit prismahealth.
this new job, then you’ve Woodruff. and vote responsibly. quality, access to care and Prisma Health’s commit- org.
got a great income and Not only VOTE, but the patient experience for ment to its patients.
something you like doing question Gene Gibson, Lynn Stewart South Carolinians, while “Patient care remains billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
on weekends that pays. If Jeff Howell and Perry Greer addressing the rising cost at the center of all we do.
you keep your business Williams as to where they of health care.” The trusted relationships
open — even on a small stand on issues concern-
scale — there’s always ing the customer and the
a chance it will begin to employees who make up
grow again. Who knows? GCPW.
It might give you the This Board is our voice,
opportunity to jump back our utility bills reflect
into it full-time some- their salaries, therefore
where down the road. they have an obligation to
represent us to the fullest.
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A6 THE GREER CITIZEN 
R. David Burns
Reginald David Burns,
loving husband of Barba-
ra Burns and father of Pe-
ter Burns (Gloriela), Tony
Burns (Kim), Janine Barger
(Steve) and Richard Burns,
passed away on October
14, 2018.
Born in Northampton,
England, he was the son of
Winifred Joyce Kean and
Cyril Gandy.  After Cyril's
death, Joyce remarried
to Wallace Bruce Burns,
whom David knew as his
father.
David married Barbara
Franks, the love of his life,
in Perth, Australia in 1951.
A short while later they
moved to England where
David went to college and
began his career in engi-
neering.  David and Bar-
bara and the four children
moved to the U.S. in 1967
where David took an op-
portunity in the aerospace
industry.  They retired to
Greer, SC in 1992.  Memorials may be made
David had many hob-
bies, including gardening
and model shipbuilding,
and he was an active mem-
ber of the choir at The
Episcopal Church of the
Good Shepherd in Greer.  passed away October 15,
He will be remembered
most for his friendly and
generous nature, which
endeared him to all whom
he met.
David was predeceased
by his wife, Barbara, and
brothers, Keith Burns
(Melbourne, Australia)
and Anthony Burns (Perth,
Australia).
We will be forever grate-
ful to the staff and admin-
istration at Rolling Green
Village, who became a sec-
ond family to David and
Barbara (and our family).
A memorial service will
be held at 11 a.m. Friday,
October 19, 2018 at The
Episcopal Church of the
Good Shepherd, Greer, SC
conducted by Father Mike
Schnatterly.
Visitation will be held
following the service in
the church parish hall.
The families are at their
respective homes.  Plant and a member of Pel-
In lieu of flowers, the
family requests that a
donation be made to the
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org or Leuke-
mia & Lymphoma Society
www.lls.org.  (Scott), Lisa Rollins (Audy),
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewood-
mortuary.com.
Helen E. Gordon
Helen Joan Edney Gor-
don, 87, passed away on
October 16, 2018 at her
home.
A native of Hender-
sonville, North Carolina,
daughter of the late Paul
and Lecy King Edney, she
was a retired employee of
State Auto Insurance, and
a member of Washington
Baptist Church.
Surviving are her hus-
band, Milton Gordon of
the home; two daughters,
Deborah Lee Gordon of
Taylors and Paula Gordon
White (James) of Lyman;
one sister, Jean McKinney
of Summerville; and one
granddaughter, Emily Su-
zanne White.
Mrs. Gordon was prede-
ceased by a brother, Alan
Dean Edney.
Funeral services will be
held 11 a.m. Friday, Octo-
ber 19, 2018 at The Wood
Mortuary conducted by
Dr. Drew Hines. Burial will
follow in Mountain View
Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Mike
Wade, Tony Tipton, Chuck
Harvey, Jimmy White,
Bruce Redmon and Jack
Hollifield.
Visitation will be held
6-7:30 p.m. Thursday,
October 18, 2018 at The
Wood Mortuary.
The family will be at the
home.
to Greer Community Min-
istries, P.O. Box 1373,
Greer, SC 29652.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewood-
mortuary.com.
Gladys V. Grubbs
Gladys Vaughn Grubbs,
92, widow of James Cecil
Grubbs, Sr., passed away
October 11, 2018 at her
home.
A native of Oconee Coun-
ty, SC, she was a daughter
of the late Joel Anderson
Vaughn and Ruby Holden
Vaughn, a retired employ-
ee of J.P. Stevens, Dunean
ham First Baptist Church.
Surviving are one son,
James C. Grubbs, Jr. and
one daughter, Sherry
Walden, both of Greer; five
grandchildren, Joy Taylor
Chrissy Grubbs, April Rap-
er (Rob) and Hope Poole
(Rob); nine great-grand-
children, Cassidy Thorn-
ton (Ray), Devin Gilreath
(Angel), Amae Gilreath
(finance’ Trent), Aubrey
Rollins, Cole Taylor, Alys-
sa Joy Poole, Emily Rollins,
Charlie Poole and Hold-
en Raper; and one great-
great-grandson, Barrett
“Bear” Thornton.
She was also prede-
ceased by daughter-in-law,
Cathy Grubbs; son-in-law,
Charlie Walden; four sis-
ters; and two brothers.
Graveside services were
held 3 p.m. Sunday, Octo-
ber 14, 2018 at Wood Me-
morial Park, conducted by
Rev. Patrick Clark and Rev.
Chad Hastings.
Pallbearers were Scott
Taylor, Audy Rollins, Rob
Raper, Devin Gilreath, Cole
Taylor and Ray Thornton.
Visitation was held Sun-
day at the cemetery fol-
lowing the service.
The family is at the
home of the daughter,
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Gibbs Shoals Road, Greer,
The family would like
to extend special thanks
to Crescent Hospice, Ton-
ya, Tracy and Barbara for
their compassionate care
of Mrs. Grubbs.
In lieu of flowers, memo-
rials may be made to Pel-
ham First Baptist Church,
2720 S. Old Highway 14,
Greer, SC 29651.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewood-
mortuary.com.
Louis C. Rogers
Louis Columbus Rogers,
83, widower of Cather-
ine Louise Fuller Rogers,
2018.
A native of Greenville
County, son of the late
Lawrence Columbus and
Ruth Rogers, he was a re-
tired carpenter and build-
er and a member of River-
side Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter,
Cindy R. Bishop (Barry D.)
of Taylors; three grand-
children, Keith “Peedro”
Bishop (Anna) of Greer,
Joshua “Peedro” Bishop
(Kristie) of Campobel-
lo, and Stephen “Peedro”
Bishop (Chandler) of Tay-
lors; and five great-grand-
children, Alexis Bishop,
Jackson Bishop, and Kay-
tee Bishop all of Greer,
Katelyn Bishop of Taylors,
and one on the way.
Funeral services will be
held 2 p.m. Wednesday,
October 17, 2018 at The
Wood Mortuary, conduct-
ed by Rev. Keith Kelly and
Pastor Steven Griffith.
Burial will follow in Wood-
lawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Keith
Bishop, Joshua Bishop,
Stephen Bishop, Jackson
Bishop, Roger Smith and
John Baker.
Honorary escort will be
the Men’s Fellowship Sun-
day School Class of River-
side Baptist Church.
Visitation will be held
12:30-1:45 p.m. Wednes-
day at The Wood Mortu-
ary.
The family is at the
home of his daughter and
son-in-law, Cindy and Bar-
ry Bishop.
In lieu of flowers, memo-
rials may be made to Josh-
ua’s Way, 1001 W. Poinsett
St., Greer, SC 29650.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewood-
mortuary.com.
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last week during Greer City
Council’s regular meeting.
“This has been a challeng-
ing project, but we are
excited to finally have it
coming to fruition.”
A strip of land, 10 feet
wide and 750 feet in
length, was recently com-
bined with the property to
make the parcel contigu-
ous with city limits.
A public hearing took
place Monday night at the
Greer Planning Commis-
sion meeting.
Initially, the commission
tabled the request because
the applicant, Mark III
Properties, was not pres-
ent. Then, Brandon McMa-
han, Zoning Coordinator,
called Mark III Properties
while the meeting contin-
ued. He spoke with the
chairman. After approving
two other items, the com-
mission removed the re-
quest from the table with
Paul Harrison, who was
present for another re-
quest, representing Mark
III Properties on the Ansel
School Road property.
“We’re just trying to
place it in a zoning ap-
plication that the city of
Greer offers,” Harrison
said. “We tied to a Greer
sewer line, CPW line, that
runs through our proper-
ty. They allowed us to do
that and approved us to
do that, and then after the
fact said, you’ve got to an-
WALKS: Lead up to Halloween, Oct. 31
FROM PAGE ONE
historical facts about the
city.
The walks will be tak-
ing place Tuesday, Oct.
23; Thursday, Oct. 25, and
Tuesday, Oct. 30, starting
at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
each night.
Hiatt said her favorite
part of the event each year
is “meeting new people
and hearing their ghost
stories. Every time I have
done this, people have of-
fered their ghost encoun-
ters.”
One story came from lo-
cal resident, Jimmy Taleff.
“Louie and Ollie Watson
who lived on Park St. told
the neighborhood children
that there was a ‘haint’ in
their house,” Taleff re-
membered.
“The old Westmoreland
house had been turned
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COUNCIL ACTION - CONTINUED  |
FROM PAGE ONE
Paving Lists: Greer City Council unanimously approved the 2019
paving lists for Greenville and Spartanburg counties, impacting
downtown, Greer Mill, Riverdale and Sunnyside communities
among others.
Debt Collection: Greer City Council unanimously approved
a resolution to authorize the Municipal Association of South
Carolina to act as claimant agency for the collection of debt on
behalf of the City of Greer in accordance with the Setoff Debt
Collection Act.
Collection Costs: Greer City Council unanimously approved
an ordinance relating to the recovery of collections costs as a
part of delinquent debts collected pursuant to the Setoff Debt
Collection Act.
Center Street: Greer City Council unanimously approved an
ordinance to annex property owned by William B. McAbee lo-
cated at 214 Center Street with a zoning of R-7.5, Single-Family
Residential, for future development on 0.436 acres.
Streetscape Project: After Executive Session, Greer City Council
unanimously approved to allow the Mayor or City Administrator
to enter into a participation agreement with the Greenville Leg-
islative Delegation Transportation Committee for construction
of the downtown streetscape project.
nex into Greer if you want where we are tonight in
us to serve your subdivi- how this came about.”
sion. “It took like six months
“We would’ve annexed for us to get that accom-
it up front, but we were plished,” McCormick said.
not contiguous to the City The commission unan-
of Greer property, which imously approved the
we would’ve preferred to request, and Greer City
go that route anyway,” he Council will have the sec-
said. “My understanding ond reading at the next
is that Greer CPW assisted regular meeting on Tues-
Mark III Properties in the day, Oct. 23, at 6:30 p.m.,
acquisition of the ten foot at Greer City Hall.
annexation strip, which is
into a multifamily dwell- quarter mile walk down
ing by splitting the house Trade Street to East Poin-
with a center stairway. The sett, ending at the Greer
Watsons lived on the first Heritage Museum on
floor. Louie had come to South Main.
Greer with a carnival that “If there are people who
set up near the mill vil- can’t walk, they can come
lage. He met Ollie as she to the museum approx. 40
walked down the midway. min. after the start of the
When the show left town, tour to hear the museum
Louie stayed, married Ol- ghost story and tour mu-
lie, and took a job at Vic- seum free,” Hiatt said.
tor Mill. The Watsons were “The 30th tour is near
childless but enjoyed the Halloween so will be pop-
neighborhood children. ular,” Hiatt said. “I en-
Louie told the children,  courage people to come
‘We were listening to the to the Oct. 25 Thurs. night
radio when the front door walks.”
opened. We heard foot- A $5 cash donation, ben-
steps past our door and up efitting the Greer Heritage
the stairs. When I looked, Museum, is requested for
no one was there.’ Taleff all participants nine years
said, ‘I was a kid. The hair of age and up.
on my neck would stand For more information,
up.’” call the Greer Heritage Mu-
To participate in the seum at 877-3377 or Greer
event, meet at the Depot Development Corporation
on Randall Street for a at 416-0127.
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201 Jordan Rd., Lyman • 879-2646
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1421 Reidville Sharon Rd., Greer • 879-7926

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Abner Creek Baptist Church
2461 Abner Creek Rd., Greer • 877-6604
Airport Baptist Church
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
1002 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer • 877-6436
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
4899 Jordan Rd., Greer • 895-3546
St. Mark United Methodist Church
911 St. Mark Rd., Taylors • 848-7141
St. Paul United Methodist Church
3856 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-5570
776 S. Batesville Rd., Greer • 848-7850
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2388 Brown Wood Rd., Greer • 921-3557
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2094 Highway 101 North, Greer • 483-2140
Devenger Road Presbyterian Church
Calvary Baptist
AID Jim SCSwiger DHEC #412 101 Calvary St., Greer • 877-9759 445 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 801-0181 1200 Devenger Rd., Greer • 268-7652
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United Family Ministries
1105 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer • 877-3267
First Presbyterian Church
Blue Cross Blue&Shield
Humana Calvary Hill Baptist
ALL MAKES & Humana
100 Edward Rd., Lyman 13465 E. Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer • 877-3235
Victor Baptist
100 School St., Greer • 877-3612
Calvary Road Baptist Church Fulton Presbyterian Church
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121 New Woodruff Rd., Greer • 877-9686
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821 Abner Creek Rd., Greer • 879-3190

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109 Elmer St., Greer • 877-6216 1779 Pleasant Hill Rd., Greer • 901-7674 Anglican Church of St. George the Martyr
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642 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 848-3500 CATHOLIC Barton’s Memorial Pentacostal Holiness

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Double Springs Baptist Church
3800 Locust Hill Rd., Taylors • 895-1314
Blessed Trinity Catholic Church
901 River Rd., Greer • 879-4225
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Bethesda Temple 125 Broadus St., Greer • 877-8523
Beulah Christian Fellowship Church
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4005 Highway 414, Landrum • 895-1461
El Bethel Baptist Church
313 Jones Ave., Greer • 877-4021
Riverside Church of Christ
2103 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer • 322-6847
Calvary Bible Fellowship
Holiday Inn, Duncan • 266-4269
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Freedom Fellowship O’Neal Church of God Faith Family Church
4373 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 631-1336 3794 Berry Mill Rd., Greer • 895-4273 3339 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 244-0207
Friendship Baptist Church Pelham Church of God of Prophecy Faith Temple 5080 Sandy Flat Rd., Taylors • 895-2524
1600 Holly Springs Rd., Lyman • 877-4746 139 Abner Creek Rd., Greer • 801-0528 Harmony Fellowship Church
Good News Baptist Church 468 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 877-8287
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1592 S. Highway 14, Greer • 879-2289 3390 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer • 879-4878 Harvest Christian Church
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Greer Freewill Baptist Church
110 Pine Ridge Dr., Greer • 968-0310
Groveland Baptist Church
2 Groveland Rd., Taylors • 879-2913
Heritage Chapel Baptist Church
218 Alexander Rd., Greer • 989-0170
Highland Baptist Church
3270 Hwy. 414, Taylors • 895-5270
Hillcrest Baptist Church
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1379 W. Wade Hampton, Greer Hispanic Baptist Iglesia Bautista Hispana
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250 Hannon Rd., Inman • 877-6765
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200 Cannon St., Greer • 877-2330
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Abiding Peace Ev. Lutheran Church
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Apostolic Lutheran Church
453 N. Rutherford Rd., Greer • 848-4568
Immanuel Lutheran Church & School LCMS
2820 Woodruff Rd., Simpsonville • 297-5815
Redeemer Lutheran Church, ELCA
300 Oneal Rd., Greer • 877-5876
Saints Peter and Paul Ev. Lutheran
400 Parker Ivey Dr., Greenville • 551-0246
METHODIST
Bethel United Methodist Church
International Cathedral of Prayer
100 Davis Avenue • Greer • 655-0009
Journey Fellowship
1846 Old Hwy. 14S • 877-2442
Lifesong Church
12481 Greenville Highway, Lyman • 439-2602
Living Way Community Church
3239 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-0544
New Beginnings Outreach
104 New Woodruff Rd., Greer • 968-2424
New Hope Freedom
109 W. Wade Hampton Blvd. • Greer • 205-8816
New Life in Christ 210 Arlington Rd. • 346-9053
Point of Life Church
Wade Hampton Blvd. • Duncan • 426-4933
Shekhinah Kind Glory Church
600 N. Main St., Greer • 655-4545
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4369 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 268-2299
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1282 Milford Church Rd., Greer • 895-5533
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572 Mt. Lebanon Church Rd., Greer • 895-2334
508 North Main St. • 877-4043 New Hope Baptist Church
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New Jerusalem Baptist Church
413 E. Poinsett St., Greer • 968-9203
New Life Baptist Church
90 Becco Rd., Greer • 895-3224
Covenant United Methodist Church
1310 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer • 244-3162
Ebenezer United Methodist Church
174 Ebenezer Road, Greer • 987-9644
Faith United Methodist Church
1301 S. Main St. (S. Hwy. 14), Greer • 877-0308
Fews Chapel United Methodist Church
4000 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-2522
Grace United Methodist Church
627 Taylor Rd., Greer • 877-7015
Lee Road United Methodist Church
1377 East Lee Rd., Taylors • 244-6427
United Anglican Fellowship
1001 W. Poinsett St., Greer • 629-3350
United Christian Church
105 Daniel Ave., Greer • 895-3966
United House of Prayer
213 Oak St., Greer • 848-0727
Upstate Friends’ Meeting (Quaker)
P.O. Box 83, Lyman • 439-8788
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203 East Bearden St., Greer • 848-1295
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209 Victor Ave. Ext., Greer • 877-3981
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4373 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 244-8175
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A8 THE GREER CITIZEN  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018

Roebuck man sentenced to 40 years for murder

A Roebuck man will
serve 40 years in prison
for shooting a restaurant
worker to death during an
armed hold-up in 2017.
Jyquez J. Freeman, 20,
was found guilty of mur-
der, armed robbery, four
counts of kidnapping and
possession of a weapon
during the commission of
a violent crime at the con-
clusion of a four-day jury
trial. Freeman will serve
every day of Circuit Judge
Derham Cole’s prison sen-
tence. The defendant is
not eligible for parole or
early release.  death during the March 31,
2017 robbery of the Ken-
tucky Fried Chicken at 254
Cedar Springs Road.  Free-
man and Deadrian Garcia,
20, of Spartanburg, wore
masks and brandished
handguns when the en-
tered the restaurant about
9:25 p.m. Four employees
of the business were held
against their will at gun-
point while Tiffany, the
store manager, was forced
into the office. Tiffany was
Jyquez J. Freeman shot 3 times in the chest
and back.
Anthony Duane Tiffany, The store’s surveillance
31, of Union, was shot to video shows one of the
robbers reaching over
Twitty’s body and trying
to open the safe. When
the safe failed to open,
the gunman kicked dying
manager and emptied the
victim’s pockets.
The surveillance video
helped the police to iden-
tify Garcia as the shooter
and Freeman as the ac-
complice.
After the shooting, a
resident near the busi-
ness found a revolver
and a mask wrapped in
a black jacket outside of
his home.  The recovered
property matched the se-
curity video. A DNA sam-
ple taken from the mask
matched Freeman.
On April 7, 2017, police
obtained arrest warrants
on another armed robbery
case and went to home
where Garcia and Freeman
lived. Garcia was arrested
on the spot while Freeman
fled the scene. During
the execution of a search
warrant on the residence,
police found the murder
weapon, latex gloves and
a substantial amount of
cash.
“Jyquez Freeman was
an active participant in
the fatal robbery and he
is just as culpable as the
trigger man,” Solicitor Bar-
ry Barnette said.
Barnette utilized surveil-
lance video, forensics, law
enforcement testimony
and civilian testimony to
prove the case.
Garcia has already
pleaded guilty to murder,
armed robbery, kidnap-
ping and other charges
in connection to the fatal
shooting. He is detained
in the Spartanburg County
jail awaiting sentencing.

City to hold drug take back day Crime The driver of the vehicle
identified herself to the
insurance.
White was placed under

BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Greer Commission of
Public Works and the
Greer Police Department
will once again partner to
get potentially dangerous,
expired, unused and un-
wanted prescription drugs
off the streets.
The annual Drug Take
Back Day is set for Satur-
day, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
Citizens are asked to
bring their medicine, no
questions asked, to 301
McCall Street. The public
should not bring liquids,
needles or sharp objects,
only pills or patches.
“We accept any kind of
over-the-counter or pre-
scription pills, including
pet medicine for our an-
nual drug take back day,”
said Sergeant Jeff Smith,
Community Outreach Of-
ficer with the Greer Police
Department. “This event
has proved to be success-
ful the past two years,
collecting 190 pounds in
2016 and 158 pounds in
2017. It’s important to
properly dispose of these
medicines.”
In addition to keeping
the drugs off the streets,
Greer CPW is particular-
ly interested in properly
disposing of medicines in-
stead of having customers
Report
officer as Tina White by arrest and transported to
providing a South Carolina the Greer City Jail without
driver’s license. incident.
This license was run The owner of the vehicle
through the DMV, and it was notified and request-
(Note: All information showed that White’s priv- ed the vehicle be towed.
contained in the following ilege to drive in the state Squirrels Towing arrived
was taken directly from of South Carolina was sus- on scene and removed the
the official incident reports pended for cancellation of vehicle from the roadway.
filed by the City of Greer
Police Department. All
suspects are to be consid-
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Riverside is now 0-8 after a
loss to Gaffney Friday.
RHS
falls to
Eastside blows past Tigers, 56-22
Gaffney
at home
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
A difficult season did
not get any better for Riv-
erside last Friday, as the
Warriors hosted Gaffney
at the Reservation, falling
48-0.
The Indians piled on the
points early and often, es-
tablishing a 41-0 lead by
the fourth quarter.
The loss is Riverside’s
eighth of the season and
fifth in the region. The
Warriors have two games
remaining on the regular
season schedule, traveling
to Spartanburg next week
and hosting Dorman on
Oct. 26.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
Greer rolls past Berea, 51-0 Region
During
home-
coming
BY LELAND BURCH
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
Make it 23 in a row.
Greer football wins over
Berea, that is.
The Yellow Jackets
humbled the Bulldogs
51-0 in a Friday night
race against time at Dool-
ey Field.
For the second straight
week, the officials wound
the clock and let it run -
through the entire sec-
ond half that was briefer
than the Homecoming
ceremonies at intermis-
sion. Halftime provid-
ed the most excitement
when Hannah Bowens,
daughter of School Re-
source Officer Perry
Bowens, was crowned
the 2018 Homecoming
Queen. But the band,
decked out in new uni-
forms, did not get on the
field until after the game.
“Overall, I thought we
played well, but it’s hard
to tell in a game like
this,” said Greer Coach
Will Young after the Jack-
ets had improved to 7-1
overall and 3-0 in the re-
gion.
“We didn’t have the
ball much,” Young not-
ed. Greer built a 28-0
lead with only five plays
from scrimmage. At that
point, Young said the of-
ficials wanted to run the
clock, but backed off un-
til the third quarter start-
ed. Greer’s first team
offense and defense sat
out the entire second
half that was like a five
inning baseball game,
ended by the mercy rule.
“My point is, are we go-
ing to abandon football
so it will no longer be a
Rebels fall to cross-town rival
On the
road at
Dorman
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Rebels ran into trou-
ble last Friday night on the
road at Dorman.
With a couple of slip-ups
late, Byrnes picked up its
second loss of the season
to its cross town rival, and
dropped to 4-1 in confer-
ence play.
The Rebels got going
late in the first quarter, as
Lawrence Scott found Kris
Byrd on a 7-yard touch-
down route to give Byrnes
a 7-3 lead.
Dorman came
quickly in the second,
back
however, scoring a touch-
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Eagles used a strong
first half to power past
Blue Ridge last Friday
night at home, improving
to 7-1 on the season.
Eastside is now tied with
Greer for first place in the
region, as the two schools
get set to meet this week.
Quarterback Marshall
Skoloff got things started
early for the Eagles, find-
ing Payton Mangrum on a
22 yard route to open the
scoring. Max Louris then
reeled off touchdown runs
of 31 yards and 16 yards
to give Eastside a 21-0 ad-
vantage heading into the
second quarter.
Louris got going again
in the second, finding the
end zone on a 18-yard run
to move the Eagle advan-
tage to 28-0. Randy Veal
capped a stellar offensive
half with a 44-yard run
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Greer dominated Berea last Friday to move to 7-1 on the year and 3-0 in region play.
game?” Young asked. “If
I am trying to get better,
I don’t want the clock
to run so the kids will
get more reps. Besides,
our kids have worked
hard all week, and we
need to let them get out
there, get after it and fly
around a little bit.
“I think we were able
to get all the kids in the
game,” Young continued.
“It was good to get Hollis
Crosby (freshman) some
reps at quarterback, and
Vonte Martin (sopho-
more) some carries at
Sports
The Greer Citizen
The Rebels were outplayed in the second half on Friday,
falling to Dorman, 45-31.
down of their own on a
Zack Hillstock 2-yard rush.
Max Louris rushed for four touchdowns during Eastside’s win over Blue Ridge at home
last Friday.
running back, although
both kids didn’t get very
many.” Greer had the ball
for only 14 plays in the
second half.
Greer’s first team de-
fense stole the football
show. Not only did the
Yellow Jackets shove the
Bulldogs backwards for
minus nine yards in the
first half, they scored 14
points on a pass inter-
ception, punt return and
a safety.
The Yellow Jackets of-
fense was no slouch ei-
ther. Taking the opening
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Byrnes kicker Clayton
Crile evened the score at
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kickoff out to the 45-yard
line, Greer scored in four
plays. The touchdown
came on a 31-yard pass
from Huff to Jaleel Skin-
ner, and Edwin Sales’ ex-
tra point made it 7-0 with
only 1:30 having elapsed
in the game.
Greer soon forced a
Berea punt that Dre Wil-
liams scooped up and
returned 63 yards to the
end zone. Although Sales
misfired on the conver-
sion try, the Yellow Jack-
ets led 13-0 with 9:24
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10-10 with a 38-yard field
goal with 10 minutes to go
in the half, and the Rebel
defense held strong, giv-
ing Byrnes another chance
to score with four minutes
to go, as Scott found Ben
Henson in the end zone.
With under a minute to
go in then second, Dorman
tied the game at 17-17.
In the third, the two
teams traded scores. Scott
evened the score at 24-24
on a 1-yard rush. He then
found Braylin Johnson in
the end zone later in the
quarter to bring Byrnes
within eight points.
The defense could not
hang on, and Dorman put
the nail in the coffin with a
late fourth quarter touch-
down.
Both teams currently sit
at 4-1 in the region with
two games remaining on
the regular season sched-
ule.
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title on
the line
As Jackets
face Eagles
BY LELAND BURCH
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
Greer and Eastside will
battle it out for the Re-
gion II, 4-A regular sea-
son football champion-
ship this Friday night in
Taylors.
That’s not all, since the
7:30 p.m. contest will
also feature Eastside’s
Homecoming celebra-
tion. “I find this a bit
odd,” said Greer High
Coach Will Young since
the Yellow Jackets are
rarely scheduled as a
Homecoming game foe.
“Even so, the challenge
this week is huge for
us,” Young continued. “I
think our kids will look
at it that way. Homecom-
ing will draw a big crowd,
as well as the fact that
we are playing for the
title and both teams are
ranked in the top ten in
the state,” Young added.
The most recent SC me-
dia poll (Oct. 9th.) listed
Greer at number 2 and
Eastside 7th.
Both teams bring 3-0
region marks and 7-1
overall records into the
game. Greer’s only loss
was to Byrnes, 39-26, in
the season opener, while
the Eagles only defeat
was inflicted by Chap-
man, 49-23.
The teams have played
two common foes, Berea
and Travelers Rest.
Greer defeated those two
teams by scores of 51-0
and 58-6, respectively.
Eastside beat Berea 46-0
and edged Travelers Rest
55-49 in overtime.
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ach year, before the
high school football
season begins, I make
predictions.
I also try to check back
in on those predictions at
some point and update
them as necessary.
This year has played out
pretty much as I expected
for our area teams, with
only a few exceptions.
So, if you’ll indulge me
for just a moment, here
are a few things I think I
got right and one or two I
might’ve gotten wrong.
In August, I said Greer
would be a contender for
the state championship
again this season, and
I’m sticking to it. Not
only that, I’m going to
go ahead and say they’re
likely the team to beat in
Class AAAA. The Yellow
Jackets have been flat out
impressive this season.
It’s easy to look at the
stats and point to a guy
or two that have been the
driving force, but that
doesn’t tell the full story
for Greer. That defensive
box is so good. They’re
big and fast, and they’re
the reason the Yellow
Jackets have only lost one
game to this point. I antic-
ipate that Greer will win
its region, and then much
more. The only question
right now is at quarter-
back, where Greer has
been without starter Trey
Houston since the Union
game. With Matthew Huff
in his place, however, the
Jackets haven’t seemed
to miss a beat. Still, part
of me thinks Will Young’s
team will need Houston in
the playoffs.
Greer isn’t the only
team to exceed my expec-
tations in 2018, however.
Byrnes has continued
its return-to-form under
second-year head coach
Reggie Shaw and they’ve
secured themselves in
a solid position for the
playoffs. Sure, the Rebels
just lost to Dorman, but
rivalry games on the road
are hard to win, and By-
rnes has seemingly been
able to right a lot of their
wrongs from last season.
I still think they have
a much more difficult
path in playoffs due to
the level of competition
in Class AAAAA. They’ll
benefit from a home game
or two early on, but after
that they’ll need to create
some magic to get back
to Columbia. Don’t be
surprised if they do it,
though.
Eastside has also
performed better than
expected in Dan Morgan’s
second year. Coming off
a record-setting 2017, the
Eagles picked up where
they left off in a lot of
ways, working their way
to a 7-1 season so far.
But, their last two games
are no walk in the park.
With a lot of talent in skill
positions, I think Eastside
will be a very difficult and
sneaky playoff matchup
for someone, assuming
they end up as a No. 3
seed.
Blue Ridge and River-
side are about who we
thought they’d be with
new head coaches at the
helm. Building programs
takes time. James Thurn
and Rick Martin have
made some positive
strides in year one, but
I don’t expect either of
these teams to be in the
playoffs this year. I do
think they’re trending in
the right direction.
So there they are (for
what they’re worth)—my
somewhat worthless
end-of-season predic-
tions. Football fans in
Greer have a lot to be
excited about, as do
folks in Duncan. We
should know a lot more
after this week, however.
The Eagles might have
something to say this
Friday.
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Weekly
Wrap
PLAYERS OF WEEK 8  |
DEFENSIVE
Garrett Dill Greer
LINEMAN
Alex Shirley Eastside
OFFENSIVE
Max Louris Eastside
WEEK 9 GAMES  |
Blue Ridge vs Travelers Rest
Byrnes at Hillcrest
Eastside vs Greer
Riverside at Spartanburg
 |
WEEK 8 SCORES
Blue Ridge 22 Eastside 56
Byrnes 45 Dorman 31
Greer 51 Berea 0
Riverside 14 Gaffney 48
SCHEDULES/RECORD  |
BLUE RIDGE
Aug. 17..........0 Landrum 42
Aug. 31...........7 Chesnee 42
Sept. 7..........0 Chapman 42
Sept. 14.................13 TR 44
Sept. 21...........6 Vernon 34
Sept. 28............. 26 Berea 0
Oct. 5...........0 Greenville 50
Oct. 12...... 22 at Eastside 56
Oct. 19.......... Travelers Rest
Oct. 26................... at Greer
BYRNES
Aug. 17............. 39 Greer 26
Aug. 24. 41 Northwestern21
Aug. 31...... 17 Don Bosco 22
Sept. 14..............26 Spart 7
Sept. 21.........34 Gaffney 14
Sept. 28.......45 Riverside 20
Oct. 5............31 Mauldin 20
Oct. 12.......45 at Dorman 31
Oct. 19...............at Hillcrest
Oct. 26........ Boiling Springs
EASTSIDE
Aug. 17...... 22 Southside 18
Aug. 24........47 Riverside 21
Aug. 31...27 W. Hampton 21
Sept. 14.........33 Broome 28
Sept. 21...... 23 Chapman 49
Sept. 28............ 56 at TR 55
Oct. 5..............45 at Berea 0
Oct. 12...... 56 Blue Ridge 22
Oct. 19.......................Greer
Oct. 26................Greenville
GREER
Aug. 17........... 26 Byrnes 39
Aug. 24.. 37 Spartanburg 17
Aug. 31........48 Westside 14
Sept. 7............40 Mauldin 3
Sept. 14.. 42 Union County 7
Sept. 28. 28 at Greenville 20
Oct. 5...................58 at TR 6
Oct. 12............... 51 Berea 0
Oct. 19...............at Eastside
Oct. 26...............Blue Ridge
RIVERSIDE
Aug. 17....... 14 Trav. Rest 35
Aug. 24.........21 Eastside 47
Aug. 31........ 6 Southside 56
Sept. 14.0 Boiling Springs 51
Sept. 21........13 Mauldin 49
Sept. 28...... 20 at Byrnes 45
Oct. 5........ 19 at Hillcrest 51
Oct. 12.......... 14 Gaffney 48
Oct. 19........ at Spartanburg
Oct. 26................... Dorman
PLAYERS OF WEEK 7
Greer’s Jakyre Kerns was named The Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance Lineman of the Week
for Week 7. Pictured left to right are Chris Crist (Owens), Kerns, coach Will Young and
Shane Lynn (Owens).
Eastside’s Kaden Jennings was named The Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance Defensive
Player of the Week for Week 7. Pictured left to right Chris Crist (Owens), Jennings and
Shane Lynn (Owens).
PLAYERS OF WEEK 8
DEFENSIVE PLAYER
OF THE WEEK
GARRETT
DILL
GREER LB #15
SOPHOMORE
9 Tackles
1 Tackle for Loss
Sports
Roundup
GREER HIGH PLANNING
ALUMNI GAME
Greer High is planning a
Baseball Alumni Game and
Home Run Derby for Sat-
urday, Oct. 27.
Eight former/current
Yellow Jackets will com-
pete in a Home Run Der-
by fundraiser at 2 p.m. A
six-inning alumni game
(odd vs even years) is
scheduled for 4 p.m.
Proceeds will go toward
continued enhancements
to the Yellow Jacket base-
ball field and the team’s
2019 Spring Break Trip to
the Mingo Bay Classic in
Myrtle Beach.
For more informa-
tion, contact Coach Matt
Landreth at mlandreth@
greenville.k12.sc.us or
355-5786.
RHS SWIMMERS WIN
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Several Riverside High
athletes were recognized
as Individual State Cham-
pions in the recent tourna-
ment.
They were:
OFFENSIVE PLAYER
OF THE WEEK
MAX
LOURIS
EASTSIDE RB #7
JUNIOR
131 Rushing Yards
4 Touchdowns
Michael Juengel - 200
Freestyle, 100 Backstroke
Hannah Ownbey - 200
Individual Medley, 100
Breaststroke
Christopher Meier - 200
Individual Medley
Emily Horomanski - 100
Butterfly
State champions in relay
competition included:
200 Freestyle - Emily
Horomansky, Paris Chris-
tie, Katy Rose Snover, Han-
nah Ownbey
200 Freestyle - Michael
Juengel, Christopher Mei-
er, Cope Viney, Kai Van
Den Bosch
400 Freestyle - Kai Van
Den Bosch, Cope Viney,
Christopher Meier, Mi-
chael Juengel
GMC VOLLEYBALL
DONATES TO CAUSE
The Greer Middle Col-
lege Charter High volley-
ball team recently raised
more than $350 to do-
nate to Dabo Swinney’s
All In Team Foundation
to support breast cancer
research.
WADDELL MAKES
ALL-REGION TEAM
Greer Middle College
Charter High’s Alyssa
Waddell has been named
All Region in Girls Golf.
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of his own to give the Ea-
gles a commanding 35-6
lead at the break.
The Eagles scored their
final three touchdowns in
the third quarter. Louris
ran one in from 12 yards
out, as Veal scored again
from the 6-yard-line. Skol-
off’s touchdown pass to
Reggie Rodgers put East-
GREER: Rolls past Berea
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remaining in the first
quarter.
Three plays later, Greer
defensive back Cameron
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN Hammonds intercepted a
Berea pass and returned
the pick 37 yards for a
touchdown.
After forcing a punt,
the Yellow Jackets scored
on the next play from
scrimmage, a toss-sweep
to wider receiver Camer-
on Martin who raced 55
yards to the end zone.
Williams then ran a two-
point conversion, round-
ing up the lead to 28-0
with 4:09 still left in the
opening period.
Martin set up Greer’s
next score with a 15-yard
punt return to the Berea
24-yard line. Miller DeAr-
mond got the touchdown
when he caught a five-
yard Huff pass while fall-
ing backwards in the end
zone.
The ensuing kickoff ap-
peared headed to the end
zone only to stop at the
one yard line where the
Bulldogs beat the Yellow
Jackets to recover the
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
ball. On the next play,
however, Greer defend-
ers Jakyre Kerns and Mc-
Zavion Holley smothered
Berea’s Qua Chapman in
the end zone for a safety.
A penalty nullified Mar-
tin’s 75-yard return for a
touchdown on the fol-
lowing kickoff. But, start-
ing at midfield, Greer
was soon in the end zone
LINEMAN again with a successful
nine play drive that Huff
OF THE WEEK capped with a two-yard
touchdown pass to Aus-
tin Green. That made it
a 44-0 affair at intermis-
sion.
With the clock running
faster than the Saints
marching through the
Pearly Gates, the sec-
ond half was over barely
30 minutes later. Berea
consumed nearly the en-
tire third quarter with a
drive against Greer’s sec-
ond and third stringers.
Three penalties slapped
on the Yellow Jackets ac-
ALEX counted for nearly half
SHIRLEY of the 65-yard march.
Eventually, the Yellow
EASTSIDE OL #51 Jackets defense swarmed
JUNIOR Chapman for a two-yard
loss on third-and-nine at
88 Percent Grade the Greer 11-yard line.
4 Knockdowns That led to a field goal
attempt that was short
of the uprights.
The Yellow Jack-
ets tacked on a touch-
down with their only
fourth-quarter posses-
sion, a 50-yard drive of
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side up 56-6 late in the
third and capped the scor-
ing.
Louris finished the night
with 131 rushing yards on
10 carries. Mangrum had
106 receiving yards on
eight receptions. Skoloff
completed 13 passes for
the Eagles, throwing for
174 yards on the night.
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11 plays. Martin scored
from 29-yards out on a
burst through the middle
of the line.
Greer dominated the
stats as well as the
score. The Yellow Jack-
ets recorded a dozen
first downs on 249 total
yards. Greer rushed for
155 yards and took to
the air for 94 yards as
Huff completed 10 of 13
passes.
The Bulldogs had only
17 yards net, but picked
up seven first downs in-
cluding four on Greer
penalties. All of Berea’s
yards were on the ground
as the Bulldogs complet-
ed only one pass for no
gain.
Greer did not have a
turnover but was penal-
ized nine times for 85
yards. Young was upset
over several penalties,
“because they were from
a lack of discipline, like
off-sides and a personal
foul. But I can live with
some others that hap-
pened because kids were
making an extra effort.”
Berea had five flags for
28 yards and lost one
turnover on a pass inter-
ception.
THE SCORE BY QUARTERS
Berea 0 0 0 0 – 0
Greer 28 16 0 7 – 51
First quarter: Skinner
(G) 31-yard pass from
Huff; Sales kick. Wil-
liams (G) 63-yard punt
return; kick failed. Ham-
monds (G) 37-yard pass
interception return; Sales
kick. Martin (G) 55-yrd
run; Williams run.
Second quarter: Safety
(G) (Kerns, Holley). DeAr-
mond (G) five-yard pass
from Huff; Sales kick.
Fourth quarter: Martin
(G) 29-yard run; Sales
kick.
INDIVIDUAL STATS
Greer rushing: Williams
1/13 yards; Huff 1/1
yard; Zech Evans 4/23
yards; Martin 2/60 yards;
Martin 4/61 yards; Cros-
by 4/minus 3 yards.
Berea rushing: Chap-
man 24/30 yards; Zane
Carr 2/2 yards; Shawn
Norris 3/minus 15 yards.
Greer passing: Huff 10-
13-0 94 yards; Crosby
0-1-0 0 yards.
Berea passing: Norris
1-5-1 0 yards.
Greer receiving: Martin
1/9 yards; Skinner 3/42
yards; Williams 2/22
yards; DeArmond 2/5
yards; Green 2/16 yards.
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North Greenville earns REGION: Houston return up in the air

‘Trey feels he can play, but he has not
homecoming win, 41-7
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Operating out of the been released by the doctor. I would love to

The North Greenville
football team bounced
back during homecom-
ing, clipping the Shorter
Hawks 41-7 in Tigerville
last Saturday.
North Greenville is
now 2–0 on the season in
games following a loss the
previous week. The win
over Shorter tips the se-
ries in NGU’s favor, which
now holds a 2–1 lead.
The offenses traded in-
terceptions on their first
drives. The Hawks picked
off a Will Hunter pass on
their own two-yard-line.
Aaron Watson returned
the favor a couple plays
later to give NGU offense
the ball at the Shorter 45.
Will Hunter found Dema-
jiay Rooks five plays lat-
er for the first score of
the game. A missed extra
point would give NGU the
6–0 lead with 6:03 left on
the first quarter clock.
NGU’s special teams came
up big in the second quar-
ter when Jordan Helms
blocked a Shorter punt.
The blocked kick landed
in the end zone and was
covered by Adrian McGee
for the touchdown as NGU
went up 13–0. EJ Hum-
phrey added a rushing
score late in the second
period, capping a 9 play
85–yard drive for the Cru-
saders (20 – 0).
Shorter was able to put
up a touchdown before
intermission as Elijah Gil-
bert reeled in a 22–yard
pass from Tyler Pullum
to cut North Greenville’s
edge to 13 – points.
Jacob Harper would cut
Shorter’s opening drive of
the second half short as he
picked off the second Pul-
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North Greenville cruised past Shorter last Saturday at
home.
lum pass of the game, giv-
ing NGU possession at the
30. The Crusaders would
cash in quickly as Will
Hunter found Ken Drum-
mond form 34– yards out.
Kyle Belack would add
the second big play of the
quarter when he broke
away from two Shorter
defenders, taking it 75 –
yards to give NGU a four-
score advantage. NGU’s
defense would keep the
Hawks scoreless for the
entire second half, record-
ing a third interception in
the process.
Dashonnell Wright
tacked on one more score
for the Crusaders later on
in the fourth, taking it in
from 17 – yards. Jeremy
Hart’s extra point made it
41–7 with 9:07 left to play.
It was a big day for
NGU’s offense as it put a
season-high 580 – yards
including 378 through the
air and another 202 yards
on the ground. Both of
which were season highs.
Hunter led the charge
with 350 yards and three
touchdowns, completing
20 of his 29 passes. Wright
led the ground game with
90 yards and a touchdown
while Humphrey also add-
ed a score and 38 yards.
Jarvion Norman put up 58
yards on six carries. Kyle
Belack finished the day as
the team’s leading receiv-
er with 98 yards on three
catches and a touchdown.
Lucas Catalfomo had 78
yards while Rooks had 41
yards and a touchdown.
Defensively Aaron Wat-
son led the charge with
two interceptions on the
day to go along with 3.5
tackles. Azende Dixon
finished with three tack-
les for a lass while Seth
Laughter had 2.5 stops
in the backfield. Both fin-
ished with four tackles on
the day.
The NGU defense held
the Hawks to 258 – yards
of total offense, allowing
just six yards to the hawks
on the ground.
familiar spread offense,
the Eagles are averaging
scoring 36.6 points per
game this year. “They
are doing this with two
quarterbacks, Marshall
Skoloff, a sophomore,
and Dawson Conrad, a
junior,” Coach Young
noted. “I don’t know why
this is, but both of them
are good players.”
Max Louris, a junior,
carries the running load
for the Eagles, having
rushed for 1,016 yards
and 13 touchdowns thus
far.
Another junior, Payton
Mangrum, leads East-
side’s receiving corps
with 57 catches for 708
yards and eight touch-
downs. “Their receivers
are as good or better
than last year, and the
offensive line is not bad.
Their left tackle, Braedan
Looper, is a very good
player,” Young declares.
He said the Eagles de-
fense usually operates
as a 3-4 “with several
very good players. They
have a couple of line-
men, Brandon Mcloyd,
and Joshua Malloy, and
inside linebacker Jack-
son Braswell, all seniors.
They played against us
last year, as did their
safety, Devin Noel.”
Young said the Eagle
defense “may have giv-
en up a lot of points to
Travelers Rest, but it was
because of some busted
plays and a lot of screens
that surprised them.
They are a whole lot
better than the team we
played last week.”
Greer’s offense contin-
ues to be hampered by
injuries. Starting quarter-
back Trey Houston will
get him in for a series of two this week, but
that’s up in the air.’
miss a fourth straight
game. “Trey feels he can
play, but he has not been
released by the doctor. I
would love to get him in
for a series of two this
week, but that’s up in the
air,” Young said.
The coaching staff con-
tinues to hone Matthew
Huff who was praised
for his passing against
Berea. “He threw a beau-
tiful deep ball for a
touchdown and complet-
ed a very high percentage
of passes,” Young noted.
Hollis Crosby, a fresh-
man who saw action
at quarterback against
Berea, will remain with
the varsity. “Crosby is a
good wide receiver right
now with a lot of po-
tential at quarterback.
We hope to get him and
several other kids in a
quarterback competition
during the off season
because we are graduat-
ing two quarterbacks,”
Young said.
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Greer head coach
Starting wide receiver
Braxton Collins will not
return for at least anoth-
er week with a broken
collarbone, and reserve
offensive lineman James
Gray remains sidelined
with a knee injury.
Meanwhile, back-up
running back Zeph Cox
injured a knee in practice
last week and will not
be back this Friday. “We
won’t know more until
he has an MRI,” Young
said.
Zech Evans, who plays
a number of snaps at
linebacker, will back up
Dre Williams at running
back.
Young said this week’s
practices “will be some-
what normal. The offen-
sive and defensive lines
will be full speed, but
there will be no tackling
– no going down on the
ground. Mainly we are
making sure the kids
know where they line up
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018 THE GREER CITIZEN B5
Dr. Norma Nesbitt Givens shows family and friends at Stomping Grounds on Friday the relics from Ella Jane Nesbitt’s beauty shop to be placed into the Greer Heritage Museum. Lisa
Garland (far right) looks on along with Pastor Earl D. Simmons, Sr., of Maple Creek Missionary Baptist Church (far left) and Kellie Wilson, Priest Associate for Faith Development with
Christ Church Episcopal, who prayed over the sandwich before lunch began.
Memory of Ella Jane Nesbitt carries on
At Stomping
Grounds
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Ella Jane Nesbitt made
her mark on Greer.
The longtime owner of
Nesbitt’s Beauty Shop was
the first African American
to operate a business of
this nature in Greer. The
store opened in 1947 and
continued on until Nes-
bitt’s retirement in 2011,
when she was 90 years
old.
“It wasn’t just a beau-
ty shop, it was a place to
gather,” her daughter, Dr.
Norma Nesbitt Givens, re-
marked.
Following her mother’s
passing, Givens wanted
to do something to honor
her mother. That’s when
she approached Stomping
Grounds owner Lisa Gar-
land, who routinely names
menu items for prominent
local fixtures.
“We’ve had a coffee
shop for about seven
years now,” Garland said.
“From the moment I came
Wish granted for local hospice patient
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Two years ago, plans
changed for the Hughes
family.
Nicholas and Kami
Hughes were preparing to
move to Florida with their
son, Joshua Lee Vaughn,
who was getting set to
attend the Motorcycle Me-
chanics Institute in Orlan-
do.
“That was the plan be-
fore [Nicholas] got can-
cer,” Kami said. “As soon
as [Joshua] graduated, all
three of us were ready to
go.”
Nicholas was diag-
nosed with colon cancer,
and while under the care
of Wren Hospice, he ex-
pressed a desire to see his
son graduate from high
school.
“When I found out this
was his wish, I set out
to make it happen,” said
Jaime Hester, Director of
Clinical Services at Wren
Hospice. “I enlisted many
people. I was so blessed to
grant this wish.”
Last week, that dream
came true.
“It makes me proud,”
Nicholas said. “It’s really
special.”
The honorary gradua-
tion, which took place last
Tuesday at Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church, was kept a
secret.
“I think I’d almost made
it to the chair before I
found out what was going
Living Here
Lisa Garland, Owner of Stomping Grounds, named her
tuna salad special after Ella Jane Nesbitt.
to Greer, I always felt like
Greer was home to me,
even though I missed a
lot of the stories from not
growing up here.
“I guess I like to hear
about people who’ve lived
here their whole lives and
the things that have gone
on in Greer and that makes
me feel more rooted here,”
she said, “so when I met
Norma, I think we clicked
instantly.”
Givens asked Garland
if a sandwich could be
named for Nesbitt.
‘I think I’d almost
made it to the chair
before I found out
what was going on.’
Nicholas Hughes
on,” Nicholas said.
“I kept it from him,”
Kami said. “I kept telling
him, we’re going to eat.”
Joshua, who is a senior
at Byrnes High School,
wore a cap and gown for
the ceremony.
“It means a lot because
it gives me more boost to
actually graduate,” Joshua
said.
After graduation in the
spring, Joshua plans to
continue to Florida if the
money is available or to
work as an auto mechanic.
CEREMONY
The ceremony came to-
gether through the team
efforts of Wren Hospice,
Byrnes High School, Pleas-
ant Grove Baptist Church
and Vanguard Homes-
chool Academy.
“The first step for us
was to contact Byrnes
High School, where Josh-
ua goes to school,” said
Heather Burton, Executive
Director. “They loaned us
the cap and gown for the
ceremony.”
“The next step was to
The Greer Citizen
KAELYN CASHMAN | THE GREER CITIZEN
Miss Ella Jane’s Tuna Salad
“Right away, she said
yes,” Givens said. “I was
shocked.”
“She didn’t hesitate,” she
said. “That really made me
feel good. I’m really grate-
ful for this. This is another
way to remember her (Ella
Stephanie Wong (right) with Vanguard gave Joshua
flowers to give to his parents.
find a location to hold the
ceremony, and luckily for
us one of our Chaplain’s
Todd Johnson is the pas-
tor at Pleasant Grove Bap-
tist Church, and he offered
to let us have it there,” she
said.
Johnson asked for the
help of Vanguard Home
School, which meets at
Pleasant Grove Baptist on
Tuesdays.
“Vanguard Home School
went above and beyond,”
Burton said. “They put the
program together using
their staff and students,
decorated the church and
fellowship hall and pro-
KAELYN CASHMAN | THE GREER CITIZEN
KAELYN CASHMAN | THE GREER CITIZEN
Dr. Norma Nesbitt Givens remembered her mother Ella Jane Nesbitt Friday at the
Stomping Grounds on Trade Street.
Jane).” her mother, it’s unbeliev- of Ella Jane Nesbitt at the
The sandwich consists ably touching,” she said. Stomping Grounds, and
of one of Nesbitt’s favorite “I was so inspired to hear relics of her hair products
foods. the story and know that are going to be displayed
“We have it on the menu she worked 70 years; she in the Greer Heritage Mu-
(now),” Garland said. “It’s retired at age 90. That’s seum.
called Miss Ella Jane’s incredible. We’re delighted
Tuna Salad.” to have it on the menu.” kaelyn@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
“When you hear a Garland is also looking
daughter talk so highly of to hang a framed picture
KAELYN CASHMAN | THE GREER CITIZEN
vided all the food for the
reception.”
“In addition, the stu-
dents made cards and
gifts for the graduate,” she
said.
The honorary gradua-
tion included the key ele-
ments with a processional,
speaker, special music, KAELYN CASHMAN | THE GREER CITIZEN
presentation of a diploma
and the throwing of caps.
“The moment when
Byrnes senior Joshua Lee Vaughn celebrated with an early
Nick walked in and real- graduation ceremony in order for both of his parents,
ized what was happening” Nicholas and Kami Hughes, to be present.
stood out to Burton. “Up cial moments for us was to care for and be a part of
until that point, he did not when Joshua presented our patient’s lives, and we
know about the ceremo- the flowers to his par- feel moments like this is a
ny.” ents,” she said. “It is a small way that we can give
“One of the other spe- blessing for all Wren Staff back to them.”

B6 THE GREER CITIZEN 
MARVEL STUDIOS
Scene from ‘Ant-Man and
the Wasp’
COUCH THEATER  
BY AMY ANDERSON
NEW RELEASES
FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 15
PICKS OF THE WEEK
“Ant-Man and the Wasp”
(PG-13) -- Paul Rudd and
Evangeline Lilly star as
Scott Lang and Hope Van
Dyne, respectively the tit-
ular hero and heroine of
“Ant-Man and the Wasp.”
Scott is languishing at the
end of a two-year house
arrest after his actions
in “Captain America: Civ-
il War,” when Hank Pym
(Michael Douglas) and
daughter Hope finally get
a line on the whereabouts
of wife and mother Jan-
et, the original Wasp who
was lost mid-mission in
the quantum realm. Scott
receives a message from
her, and although he’s
been persona non grata
to Pym and family, they
whisk him away on the
adventure. Director Pey-
ton Reed mixes the right
amounts of duty and dan-
ger and shenanigans with
a dash of the love angle,
making this movie a whole
lot of fun.
“Unfriended: Dark
Web” (R) -- Colin Woodell
leads a gang of inadver-
tent cyber voyeurs in “Un-
friended: Dark Web,” the
sequel to the 2014 horror
screenshow “Unfriended.”
When teenager Matias
(Woodell) pulls a laptop
from the lost and found of
a cybercafe, he is woeful-
ly unprepared for the vile
and disturbing files it con-
tains. The plot thickens
when the computer’s own-
er starts using his dark
web minions to forcibly
“close out the windows”
of Matias’ friends. He’s
killing them, in alarming
and very uncool ways. It’s
scary. You don’t need to
have seen the first to un-
derstand the sequel, but
the format is the same: en-
tirely from a device POV --
the computer screen, with
multiple user windows
open, text screens, camera
phones and such.
“Whitney” (R) -- Direc-
tor Kevin Macdonald turns
the magnifying glass on
Whitney Houston, iconic
songstress, actress, re-
cord-breaking musician
and the voice behind the
most beautiful version of
“The Star-Spangled Ban-
ner.” It’s no surprise to
find that her life was dif-
ficult -- her death at age
48 came on the heels of
repeated high dramatics
in her marriage to sing-
er Bobby Brown, as well
as incidents of drug and
alcohol abuse, but there
are revelations made in
this in-depth look. Woven
through interviews with
close family and friends,
rare footage, private home
movies and off-guard
moments, we experience
the daring heights and
the deep, profound lows
alongside this very much
missed voice of a genera-
tion.
“Reprisal” (R) -- Based
on the poster and trailer,
you’d think Bruce Willis
headlines this cat-and-
mouse thriller that pits
a bank robber against a
bank manager with an ex-
cop neighbor, but the truth
is Willis barely registers
screen time. Frank Grillo
plays the bank manager
who decides to get a little
payback after he is robbed
by a sophisticated crook
(Johnathon Schaech). What
could have been a compel-
ling story came off as bor-
ing, and worse -- I ended
up not knowing who to
root for.
NEW TV RELEASES
“The Affair” Season 4
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”
Season 3
“When Calls the Heart”
Year 5
Entertainment
Seven photographers to exhibit works
Seven local photogra-
phers will come together
at West Main Artists Co-
op in Spartanburg to dis-
play their collective works
in the exhibition “Click,”
which will run through
Nov. 11.
The artististic photogra-
| phers are John Lever, Dave
Sawyer, Tom Lowrimore,
Patty Wright, Chuck Re-
back, Thomas Koenig, and
Pete Harding. The open-
ing and public reception
will be Thursday, Oct. 18,
5-9 p.m., during the city’s
monthly ArtWalk.
“This will undoubtedly
be one of West Main Art-
ists Co-op’s most accessi-
ble exhibits,” curator and
watercolorist Dwight Rose
said. “Unlike oil or water-
color or sculpture, this art
is more directly linked to
reality, and a lot of peo-
ple relate to photography
better than traditional art.
It often reflects the world
in ways we didn’t notice–
until a photographer with
a critical and artistic eye
captures the moment and
presents it to us. I am al-
ways surprised at what
messages a photographer
can send with his or her
click of a camera.”
The exhibit will depict
Things
To Do
NEW LISTINGS  | Childhood Delights
FALL FARM DAY PLANNED
IN WELLFORD
Fall Farm Day, hosted by
Harp & Shamrock Croft,
LLC, will be held Saturday,
Oct. 20, from 3-7 pm. in
Wellford.
The event will feature
a food truck, animals,
pumpkins, live music, ven-
dors, crafts, face painting
and baked goods.
The event will be held at
the new location of Harp &
Shamrock Croft, LLC, 254
Morgan Road in Wellford.
SMC TO SHOW
CORBIN EXHIBIT
A retrospective exhib-
it of the works of local
artist Nancy Corbin runs
through Dec. 2 at Spartan-
burg Methodist College’s
Ellis Hall gallery.
A reception for the art-
ist will be held Oct. 18 at
4 p.m. The exhibit and re-
ception are free and open
to the public.
Corbin is a painter,
printmaker and collage
artist who uses a bright,
airy and uplifting style to
depict what it means to be
human. She also incorpo-
rates thought-provoking
symbolism into her work.
WILEY PRESENTS ONE-MAN
PLAY ‘ONE NOBLE JOURNEY’
Actor, director and play-
wright Mike Wiley brings
the fight for freedom to
life with his original work
“One Noble Journey: A Box
Marked Freedom” at Tryon
Fine Arts Center.
The one-man documen-
tary theater performance
takes place on Thursday,
Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. as part
of the Something Differ-
ent Series of innovative
performances and creative
conversations.
“One Noble Journey:
A Box Marked Freedom”
tells the true story of Hen-
ry “Box” Brown, an African
American who was born
a slave in 1816 in Louisa
County, Virginia. When
Brown witnessed his wife
and children taken from
him and sold to anoth-
er state, he reached his
breaking point and de-
vised an escape plan that
would have him sealed in
a small wooden box and
shipped to friends and
freedom in Philadelphia.
The Greer Citizen
many different views on
the world.
Koenig is the creative
lead at AGE K Media LLC.
“In addition to my pro-
fessional work, I have cho-
sen photography as my
artistic outlet with several
exhibits in South Caroli-
na. Art, photography, and
graphics communication
for me are not only a pro-
fession, they are personal,
from changes in technique
and technology to changes
in communication itself,”
Koenig said.
“My photographic inter-
ests are eclectic and op-
portunistic,” Reback said.
“Inspired by the world
around me, I photograph
anything from an abstract
of a single leaf to a scenic
vista to an industrial land-
scape.”
“The inspiration for my
photography comes from
my desire to share my
views of my travels and of
the natural world,” Lever
said. “Whether this takes
form as a snow covered
mountain, a tropical is-
land or a bird in flight,
the theme is the same:
connect the viewer with
my personal view of the
world.”
With no formal art ed-
Taylors Mill hosted Second Fridays on Friday, Oct. 12, at
250 Mill Street, including open studios, a vendor market,
live music and more.
In this original historical
drama from Wiley, audi-
ence members join him on
stage, becoming pivotal
players who help propel
the historic action.
Within “One Noble Jour-
ney” is embedded the mi-
raculous true account of
William and Ellen Craft's
escape from slavery. This
pre-civil war “cloak and
dagger” tale recounts the
numerous times they es-
caped capture. Like Hen-
ry “Box” Brown, the story
of perseverance, bravery
and hope inspires with the
Craft’s fight for freedom
and what’s right.
“One Noble Journey: A
Box Marked Freedom” is
appropriate for all ages.
For tickets or more in-
formation, visit tryonarts.
org or call 828-859-8322.
YOUTH SYMPHONY
TO PERFORM OCT. 21
The Carolina Youth Sym-
phony (CYS) will perform
on Sunday, Oct. 21, at 5
p.m. in the Peace Center
Concert Hall. The youth
orchestra, under the ba-
ton of Dr. Leslie Hicken,
will be joined on the con-
cert by 21 members of the
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
‘Cornbread’ by Tom Lowrimore is among the artwork on
display by seven artists during the West Main Artists Co-
op exhibit, ‘Click,’ on display through Nov. 11.
ucation or training but great gift of nature.”
having always appreciated Truly a product of South
photography and ceram- Carolina, Lowrimore has
ics, Sawyer began his own lived all over the Palmetto
work in clay in 2008 with state. Educated at Wofford
classes at a local artisan College, Duke Universi-
studio and followed with ty, and the University of
photography. “My work in- South Carolina, he spent
cludes art pottery, decora- his working life managing
tive ceramic wall art, and information technology
photographic images,” for public libraries.
Sawyer said. “My inspira- Lowrimore quoted Aris-
tion comes from the world totle: ‘The aim of art is to
around us and reflects my represent not the outward
love of history and God’s appearance of things but
Greenville Concert
Band to perform
At Greer
City Hall
next Friday
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
The Greenville Concert
Band (GCB) will perform
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN Childhood Delights next
weekend.
A free performance is
scheduled for Friday, Oct.
26, at 7 p.m. at Greer City
Hall.
“This year’s concert date
Greenville Symphony Or- fell very close to Hallow-
chestra. een, so I thought the per-
Guest artist for the con- fect concert theme would
cert will be CYS alumnus, be for children,” said Dr.
Dr. Gordon Hicken, marim- Dan Turner, Band Direc-
ba, performing Emmanuel tor. “No spooky, scary mu-
Sejourne’s "Concerto for sic though.”
Marimba and Strings." The The GCB performs about
Symphony Orchestra will 12 concerts a year in vari-
also perform selections by ous venues in the upstate.
Copland, Holst and Liszt. “The band members love
The Concert Orchestra seeing the reactions of
conducted by James Kil- children to the music and
gus and the Repertory talking with them about
Orchestra conducted by music and the band,”
Ginger Greer will also per- Turner said. “One of the
form at the concert.   things I look forward to
For tickets or more in- the most with this concert
formation, visit http://car- is the opportunity to have
olinayouthsymphony.org. guest conductors join me
on the podium to conduct
EVENT REMINDERS  |
the band.”
“For one number, I will
ask for volunteers who
Trombone and Horn Choirs would like to conduct the
Oct. 19, 5 p.m.
Stratton Hall
Bob Jones University
bju.edu/finearts
242-5100
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018
their inward significance.’
“I am a traveler, a per-
son that wants to see it
all,” Wright said. “I love
nothing more than to ex-
perience the end of the
day with sunset cruising! I
look to capture the inter-
esting, the unexplored and
feel the silence as photog-
raphy inspires me to look
at the world around me
and to see through my
lens.”
“Growing up in England,
my mother would take me
for walks across the local
fields and tell me about
all of the wild flowers,
birds, insects, and wildlife
we would chance upon,”
Harding said. “I marveled
at the wonders that might
be found on a blade of
grass or under a petal or
leaf, and as I grew up and
began to travel and hike
across the UK I fell in love
with the majestic land-
scapes there. This is the
inspiration for my photog-
raphy: the desire to bring
all the splendor and maj-
esty of nature back from
wherever I travel.”
The exhibit is open
Tuesday-Saturday, 10
a.m.-4 p.m. For more in-
formation, visit WestMain-
Artists.org.
group, and they will get
to actually lead the Ed-
win Franko Goldman's
Children’s March, a great
march of well-known
songs,” he said.
The GCB has performed
in Greer for a number of
years, usually in October
or December.
“Although this concert
theme is ‘Childhood De-
lights,’ and we hope a
large number of children
attend with their parents,
children are always wel-
come guests at GCB con-
certs,” Turner said.
A special feature on this
concert is an appearance
by story-teller, Bill Pink-
ston, who will be narrat-
ing the fun story Tubby
the Tuba as well as tak-
ing on the roles of Ratty,
Mole, and Badger as he
tells portions of the Wind
in the Willows accompa-
nied by the music of Johan
de Meij. This concert will
also feature Light Cavalry
Overture by von Suppe,
Variations on “Pop! Goes
the Weasel,” and the Ital-
ian march, The Little En-
glish Girl by Davide Delle
Cese.
This same program will
be performed on Sunday,
Oct. 28, at the Mauldin
Cultural Center at 3 p.m.
All concerts are free.
Donations to support the
band can be made at www.
greenvilleconcertband.org.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018 FUN AND GAMES
After Hep C is treated,
what about cirrhosis?
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am
a 59-year-old woman who
was recently diagnosed
with hepatitis C and cir-
rhosis. I have never been a
drinker. I was treated with
Harvoni for three months.
I understand the medica-
tion is intended to cure the
hepatitis C. What about
the cirrhosis? My doctor
hasn’t explained any of
my long-term effects from
taking this. -- C.J.
ANSWER: Hepatitis C
is a common infection
of the liver. It is caused
by a virus, which can be
transmitted by blood and
blood products, as well as
through sharing needles
for injection drugs. It is
rarely transmitted sexual-
ly.
Anyone with a history of
injection drug use, who re-
ceived blood transfusions
or organ transplants be-
fore 1992, or who received
clotting factors before
1987 should be tested,
as should anyone with a
known blood or sexual ex-
posure to someone with
hepatitis C. The Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention also recom-
mends testing all adults
born in the United States
between 1945 and 1965,
anyone who is HIV-infect-
ed, who received hemodi-
alysis or was incarcerated.
The treatment you have
taken (Harvoni) is a com-
bination of ledipasvir and
sofosbuvir, and has an
excellent cure rate. The
cure rate is 99 percent
in people who had never
been treated before and
Soap Updates
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND
THE BEAUTIFUL
Hope confronted Brooke
about kissing Bill. Mean-
while, Bill spent time with
his young son by teaching
him how to be a good in-
vestor. Katie told Thorne
that his brother black-
mailed Judge McMullen
into ruling in her favor.
Charlie made a “sweet”
and unexpected marriage
proposal to Pam in the
Forrester kitchen. Thorne
and Ridge bonded over
their mutual hatred of Bill
Spencer. Tension filled
the room after Quinn ob-
jected to Pam’s request to
Eric about her wedding.
Ridge warned Brooke not
to trust Bill. Liam and
Hope visited Dr. Phillips
to learn their baby’s gen-
der. Pam showed off her
engagement ring to Hope
and Steffy. Wait to See: A
brawl between three men
ends in tragedy.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Gabi advised Chad to
have Abigail committed.
Ciara had an unexpect-
ed romantic dream about
Ben. Hope shared with
Rafe her theory about the
planted evidence. Ciara
and Tripp were suspicious
when they came upon
Claire and Ben conspiring.
Gabi tried to make Chad
believe that Abigail had
turned violent. Stefan told
Abigail that he was certain
her alternate personality
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
who did not have cirrho-
sis. Even people like you,
with cirrhosis, had a cure
rate of 94 percent with 12
weeks of therapy in the
trial that got the medica-
tion approved.
Cirrhosis is liver damage
and scarring as a result of
liver disease. Once it has
developed, it is not revers-
ible; however, a success-
ful cure of the hepatitis C
virus greatly reduces the
risk of further damage,
specifically reducing the
need for liver transplant
and the rates of death,
liver cancer and other liv-
er-related complications.
These medications are
so new that I can’t estimate
how much lower your risk
of further damage to your
liver is post-treatment;
however, there is little
doubt that your likely suc-
cessful treatment will sub-
stantially improve your
expected length and qual-
ity of life.
But, since you still have
cirrhosis, you will need to
take some important pre-
cautions. These include
continued abstinence
from alcohol, careful mon-
itoring of prescription and
non-prescription medica-
tions, avoiding raw shell-
fish and making sure your
immunizations are up-
to-date. You should keep
CLIFF LIPSON | CBS
Alley Mills stars as ‘Pam’ on Phyllis strongly opposed
‘The Bold and The Beautiful’ it, Nikki and Sharon voted
“Gabby” was back. Sami
and Eric broke into Xan-
der’s warehouse. Belle was
caught between Mimi and
Chloe. Rex Brady returned
to Salem. Sami accused
Brady of being in cahoots
with Kristen. Nicole es-
caped from Xander, but
unknowingly stumbled
upon an earth-shattering
secret. Wait to See: Sami
discovers the mystery pa-
tient.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Carly got a big surprise.
Sonny’s conversation with
Jason was unexpectedly
cut short. Drew thought
things over long and hard.
Elizabeth visited Sam. Lu-
lu’s marriage continued
to test her. Jason sought
Monica’s help. Ava found
a new drinking buddy.
Nina had a theory. Max-
ie feigned surprise. Drew
THE GREER CITIZEN B7
asking your gastroenterol-
ogist questions until you
are satisfied. I recommend
you make a list of ques-
tions to ask, and bring a
friend to help make sure
you understand the an-
swers you get.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH:
Should your blood pres-
sure go higher as you age?
Is the top number or the
bottom more important?
I don’t like medicine, and
my blood pressure was
145/82, but the top num-
ber sometimes goes to
150-158. -- J.S.
ANSWER: Both the sys-
tolic (top number) and dia-
stolic blood pressures are
important, and the differ-
ence between them is oc-
casionally important (for
example, a blood pressure
of 160/60 is more worri-
some than 160/85). Blood
pressure does go up with
age, but even in people
over 60, the recommen-
dation is still to get the BP
down below 150, and I try
to aim for 140 if there ar-
en’t too many side effects.
It often takes several tries
to find a regimen that gets
the blood pressure where
it should be without af-
fecting quality of life.
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer in-
dividual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possi-
ble. Readers may email
questions to ToYourGood-
Health@med.cornell.edu.
considered his choices.
Sonny put everything into
perspective. Maxie offered
some words of encourage-
ment. Peter received a sec-
ond chance. Kim leaned
on Bobbie. Alexis started
her day with Julian. Cam-
eron couldn’t help him-
self. Elizabeth and Franco
addressed their issues.
Jordan had some news for
Curtis. Wait to See: Josslyn
puts her plan in motion.
THE YOUNG AND
THE RESTLESS
Although Victoria and
to pay the group’s black-
mailer. Lola walked out on
her date with Kyle after
he leapt to comfort Sum-
 |
mer. Lily was concerned
when Cane missed visiting THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
hours at the prison, so she
asked Nate to check on
him. Cane admitted that
he skipped the visit be-
cause he was having trou-
ble seeing his wife behind
bars. Billy returned from
rehab and nearly came to
blows with Kyle when he
found out that Kyle was
the one who set him up to
gamble again. Despite his
earlier nonchalance about
 |
the matter, Kyle realized
that he went too far, but RFD by Mike Marland
Billy refused to accept his
apology. Wait to See: The
Abbotts receive a painful
reminder from their past.
(c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps  |
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas  |

B8 THE GREER CITIZEN 
School
News
PTA REFLECTIONS CONTEST
ACCEPTING ENTRIES
The National PTA is
accepting entries for its
2018-2019 Reflections
contest through Thursday,
Nov. 1.
This year’s theme is He-
roes Around Me.
Entries will be taken in
six categories including
dance choreography, film
production, literature,
music composition, pho-
tography and visual arts.
Students in pre-K through
12th grade can create and
submit original works of
art in one or all of the cat-
egories.
For more information on
the contest, visit www.pta.
org/reflections. For specif-
ic entry instructions, visit
your school website.
GREENVILLE COUNTY |
COUNTY SETS WEATHER
MAKE UP DAY
Greenville County
Schools has announced
that the district will make
up the day of school
missed due to a Tropical
Storm Warning (Oct. 11)
on April 22, 2019.
RIVERSIDE RAISES MONEY
FOR FOUNDATION
Riverside High an-
nounced that the school
raised $111,320.19 for the
Emerson Rose Foundation
through its recent Spirit
Week events.
GREER MIDDLE HOLDING
CANNED FOOD DRIVE
After a recent visit to
Greer Community Minis-
tries, Greer Middle stu-
dent council has decided
to sponsor a food drive for
the organization.
All students are en-
couraged to bring canned
goods in through Oct. 24
to be donated to Greer
Community Ministries.
REGISTRATION OPEN FOR
WOODLAND MARATHON
Registration is now open
for the Woodland Elemen-
tary Marathon Club.
The goal is to log enough
miles to complete a half
or full marathon (13.1 or
26.2 miles). The event cul-
minates in the final mile
around the Greenville
Drive Baseball Stadium
during the Spinx Run Fest
on Saturday, Oct. 27.
For more information,
visit the school website.
BRUTON NAMED TO GCS
HALL OF FAME
Greer High graduate Kris
Bruton (Class of 1989)
is among five Greenville
County Schools graduates
who have been selected
for induction in the GCS
Hall of Fame.
Bruton was raised in
Greer by his grandmother,
who instilled in him an im-
peccable work ethic. After
high school, he attended
Benedict College. While
there, he so impressed
the men’s head basketball
coach during a pick-up
game he was recruited and
offered an athletic schol-
arship.
Bruton’s basketball ca-
reer soared as he earned
National Association of
Intercollegiate Athlet-
ics (NAIA) First Team
All-America honors and
won the 1994 Slam Dunk
contest as a college senior.
He was drafted by the Chi-
cago Bulls in 1994, but his
NBA career was derailed
by injuries.
After playing basketball
overseas, he signed a con-
tract with the world-re-
nowned Harlem Globetrot-
ters. Bruton, AKA Hi-Lite,
is currently playing in his
17th season with the Glo-
betrotters in a career that
has taken him to dozens
of countries.
The Greenville Coun-
ty Schools Hall of Fame
honors men and women
who have graduated from
Greenville County Schools
and have made substantial
or significant contribu-
tions at the local, regional,
national, or international
levels in areas such as aca-
demia and education, arts,
athletics, business, media,
public service, philanthro-
py, medicine, military, or
science.  hours for donating. Stu-
Other 2019 inductees
include: Rudolf Anderson,
Our Schools
Aracely Quintero paints a pumpkin at Greer High FFA’s Fall Fair on Saturday, Oct. 13, at
the school.
Greenville High Class of
1944 (awarded posthu-
mously); Matthew Cord-
ell, Hillcrest High Class
of 1993; Kelly Hall-Tomp-
kins, Wade Hampton High
and the Fine Arts Center
Class of 1989; and Jim
Mattos, Greenville High
Class of 1950.
The group will be hon-
ored at an awards ceremo-
ny and dinner on Thurs-
day, Nov. 1, at the TD
Convention Center hosted
by the Greenville County
Schools Foundation.
GMC TO OPEN AFTER-
SCHOOL SMART CENTER
Greer Middle College
Charter High has begun
a Smart Center for af-
ter-school academic tutor-
ing and homework.
The Smart Center will
be open Tuesdays and
Wednesdays from 3-5 p.m.
in the Academic Learning
Commons.
Teachers and peer tu-
tors will be available to
assist with homework and
help students master con-
tent with which they are
struggling. Students are
welcome to attend each
day and for all or part of
the time.
TIGERVILLE HOLDING
PET FOOD DRIVE
Tigerville Elementary
Student Council is holding
its first project, a pet food
drive, to help local animal
shelters which have taken
on extra animals from the
recent hurricane.
Families are encouraged
to donate canned dog and
cat food during the month
of October. Individual box-
es will be marked in the
front lobby for Dog Food
and Cat Food.
BUENA VISTA SEEKING
DONATIONS FOR BASH
Buena Vista Elementary
is seeking classroom do-
nations for its Bobcat Bash
PTA fundraiser set for Oct.
26.
Donations are requested
by grade level and can be
dropped off on the atrium
stage anytime from Oct.
15-24.
Items requested include:
Kindergarten and first
grade - silly string
2nd and 3rd grades -
One 12-pack of Coke prod-
ucts
4th and 5th grades - One
pack of bottled water
GCS HOLDING FINANCIAL
AID WORKSHOPS
Greenville County
Schools will hold several
Financial Aid Workshops
for parents during the
month of October.
All workshops are open
to the public. Parents can
hear from school counsel-
ors and college financial
aid officers regarding the
most current financial aid
information. Handouts
will be provided.
All types of financial aid,
including scholarships,
grants and loans will be
discussed.
Workshops are sched-
uled at 6 p.m. as follows:
Oct. 23: Greenville High
For more information,
call 355-3391 or 355-3392.
GMC WILL HOST FALL
BLOOD DRIVE
Greer Middle College
Charter High will host its
annual Fall Blood Drive on
Thursday, Oct. 18, 1:30-
6:30 p.m.
Students and parents
will receive two service
dents 16 years old may
donate with a signed per-
The Greer Citizen
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018
 |
with Red Ribbon activities.
Spirit Week will end with DISTRICT FIVE
a dodgeball tournament
on Friday, Oct. 26, after DISTRICT SETS WEATHER
school. MAKE-UP DAY
For more information, District Five Schools will
visit the school website. make up the day missed
last week due to Hurricane
BRHS HOLDING DRUG Michael on Monday, Feb.
ABUSE ASSEMBLY 18, 2019.
On Thursday, Oct. 25,
Blue Ridge High students D.R. HILL TO HOLD
will have the opportunity FALL MUSICAL
to attend a school-wide D.R. Hill Middle Drama
“Anything but Free” as- will present its Fall Musi-
sembly. cal on Thursday, Oct. 18,
Presented by the Exec- from 3:30-4:30 p.m. and
utive Director of the Pal- Friday, Oct. 19, from 6:30-
metto Foundation along 7:30 p.m. at the Fine Arts
with local and national law Center.
enforcement agencies, the
program will focus on opi- RIVER RIDGE HOLDING
oid/heroin abuse and ad- FOOD DRIVE
diction and is aligned with River Ridge Elementary
the 2017 South Carolina will be collecting canned
Academic Health and Safe- food and nonperishable
ty Education standards. food items Oct. 22-25 to
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN Students will watch the benefit the food pantry.
“Anything but Free” docu-
mentary. (Note: The docu- DUNCAN TO OFFER
mentary includes minimal PASTRIES FOR PASTORS
profanity and gives ref- Duncan Elementary will
mission form. Students 17 for Greer Soup Kitchen. erence to sexual assault). hold Pastries for Pastors
and older do not have to Requested items include: Students will then hear on Tuesday, Oct. 23, from
have a permission form.
For more information
mayonnaise, sugar, pow-
dered milk, canned green
from a panel of local and
national law enforcement
7-7:30 a.m.
Students’ pastors, re-
and sign-up times, visit beans and corn, cream agencies on the growing ligious leaders or youth
donate.thebloodconnec- of mushroom and cream epidemic among teenag- ministers are invited to
tion.org. of chicken soup, canned ers. the annual event.
fruit, gallon ziploc bags, If you would like for
GREENVILLE COUNTY plastic forks and spoons, your student not to be in- MIDDLE SCHOOLS HOLDING
COLLEGE FAIR IS OCT.18,19 16 oz. cups, dinner nap- volved, complete the form ORCHESTRA CONCERT
The Greenville County kins and paper towels, di- to opt out on the school D.R. Hill Middle and
College Fair has been re- vided plates and laundry website. Florence Chapel Middle
scheduled for Oct. 18-19 detergent. Items can be will hold an Orchestra
after weather prevented placed in the red bin locat- BUENA VISTA BOBCAT BASH Spooktacular Concert on
several college representa- ed outside the front and PLANNED FOR OCT. 26 Tuesday, Oct. 23, from
tives from traveling. back school entrances. Buena Vista Elementary 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Fine
Greenville County high will hold its Bobcat Bash Arts Center.
school juniors and seniors NORTHWOOD TO HOLD fall carnival on Friday, Oct.
will attend the fair at the SPIRIT WEEK 26, 3:30-7:30 p.m. BERRY SHOALS ROBOTICS
TD Convention Center. Northwood Elementary For more information, TEAM WINS SILVER
Students will attend with will hold its Spirit Week/ visit www.bvpta.net/the- Berry Shoals Intermedi-
their classmates during Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23- bobcat-bash or contact ate Robotics Team scored
the school day and have 26. Keri Dille at keridille@ “Silver” in its first Lego
the opportunity to meet This year’s proceeds will charter.net or Lindsey League Scrimmage spon-
with representatives from benefit Homes of Hope Smith at lpsmith731@ sored by Carolina Isobots
more than 100 colleges that provides homes to gmail.com. at Swofford Career Center
and universities from those overcoming alcohol The event is a major in Inman recently.
across the nation. and drug addictions. fundraiser for the PTA. The next scrimmage will
For more information, Dress down/theme days be Wednesday, Oct. 24.
visit www.greenville.k12. will be held in conjunction
sc.us.
GREER HIGH SPIRIT WEEK
TO BENEFIT GCM
Greer High will hold
Spirit Week activities Oct.
19-26.
The school has set a
goal of raising $30,000 for
Greer Community Minis-
tries.
A full schedule of spirit
week events can be found
on the school website.
BROOK GLENN TO HOLD
FALL FESTIVAL
Brook Glenn Elementary
will hold its Fall Festival
on Saturday, Oct. 20, from
9 a.m.-noon at the school.
The event will feature
games, crafts, inflatables,
snacks and more.
MAGNET SCHOOL HOLDING
OPEN HOUSE
Greenville Middle Acade-
my will hold Magnet Night
Open House on Tuesday,
Oct. 23, at 6 p.m.
The school will offer a
Spooky Scavenger Hunt
and share what makes the
school unique.
This meeting is for all
interested magnet and
prospective families. Visi-
tors can hear about GMA’s
unique curriculum, tour
the school, meet the teach-
ers, and learn about the
Application Process.
For more information,
call or contact Alonda Rol-
lison at 355-5670 or arol-
liso@greenville.k12.sc.us.
NORTHWOOD TO HOLD
STRINGS FALL CONCERT
Northwood Middle will
hold a Strings Fall Concert
on Thursday, Oct. 25, from
6-7 p.m. at the school.
RMS TO CELEBRATE RED
RIBBON WEEK
Riverside Middle will
celebrate National Red
Ribbon Week Oct. 23-26
with the theme “Life is
your Journey. Travel Drug
Free.”
Dress-up days include:
Tuesday - Wear red
Wednesday - Wear Ha-
waiian shirts or leis
Thursday - Wear tie die
clothing
Friday - Wear favorite
sports team shirts
Students can also par-
ticipate in contests by cre-
ating a poster illustrating
healthy lifestyle choices
or writing a short essay
about the importance of
being drug-free. The PTSA
will award prizes to one
student in each grade for
the poster and essay that
best represents Red Rib-
bon Week.
In addition, the school
will collect food items