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Frontier Airlines, revealed Frontier Airlines four new destinations on Tuesday morning.
Four
slots
require
runoff
After primary
election
BY JULIE HOLCOMBE
STAFF WRITER
Four candidate slots
remain blank for the No-
vember ballot following
last Tuesday’s primary
election.
A runoff is
PRIMARY scheduled for
RESULTS Tuesday, June
| A6 26, to decide
the nominees
for governor, attorney
general and U.S. House
District 4 (D and R) rep-
resentative after all of the
candidates fell short of
the mandatory 50 percent-
plus-one majority vote.
Republicans will return
to the polls to choose be-
tween incumbent Henry
SEE PRIMARY | A6
Tamala Wingate Redd
Redd Mother finds hope through Greer Relief
faces
charges
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
A former Lyman town
clerk has been arrested for
misusing traffic fines and
two town credit cards “for
personal gain,” accord-
ing to the South Carolina
Law Enforcement Division
(SLED).
SLED officers arrest-
ed Greer resident Tama-
la Wingate Redd, 46,
charging her with one
count of breach of trust
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COMMUNITY NEWS
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A2
ENTERTAINMENT B5
OPINION A4
OUR SCHOOLS B7
SPORTS B1-2
WEATHER A6
TALENTED
Greer’s Guthrie
‘kills it’ on AGT
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Noah Guthrie’s fan club
has been growing, and Si-
mon Cowell might just be
the newest member.
The Greer singer made
his debut on America’s
Got Talent last week, earn-
ing a standing ovation
from the four judges, in-
cluding Cowell, and a spot
in the next round of the
contest.
“When I first stepped
on the stage I was a lit-
tle nervous, just because
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
A mother of two worked
hard to provide for her
family, but when an eye
surgery left her dealing
with complications, An-
drea Daly-Duncan fol-
lowed the advice of a
friend and reached out to
Greer Relief.
Daly-Duncan, who has
an 18-year-old son and
a six-year-old daughter,
shared her journey with
business leaders and com-
munity members during
the fourth annual Neigh-
borhood Breakfast last
Thursday at Greer First
Presbyterian Church.
“My mom and dad were
married, and we had a
happy home pretty much,
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you’ve got these awesome
judges that are a few feet
from you,” Guthrie said.
“But that crowd was really
great and once they got on
their feet and got into it, I
was able to relax and get
into my groove.
“It’s been a really cool
process. I’ve just been
waiting for this episode
to air, and when it finally
did, I got so much positive
feedback.”
Guthrie performed Ri-
hanna’s “Love on The
Brain.”
SEE GUTHRIE | A5
hard working parents,”
she said.
Her parents taught her
the value of working.
“Don’t expect handouts
and always try and do
your best in everything
you do,” she said. “Let
your word stand for some-
thing because sometimes
that’s all you have is your
word.”
Daly-Duncan was work-
ing at Adidas when she
had her first eye surgery
last April.
“I was only supposed
to be out for six weeks
from my job,” she said.
“Six weeks turned into
two months. Two months
turned into three months,
and I was having all type
of complications with side
effects from the medi-
GSP welcomes Frontier
Airlines to the Upstate
BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
Greenville-Spartanburg
International Airport (GSP)
is welcoming its sixth air-
line.
Denver-based Fron-
tier Airlines begins ser-
vice Sept. 8 with nonstop
flights to Denver (DEN),
Las Vegas (LAS), Orlando
(MCO) and seasonal ser-
vice to Tampa, Florida
(TPA).
“Without community
support, GSP would not be
what it is today,” said Dave
Edwards, GSP’s president
Noah Guthrie will continue to Round 2 Judge Cuts in the
America’s Got Talent competition.
cine. I ended up catching a
staph infection.
“Then, when I did go
back to work, I was having
dizzy spells, and the doc-
tors didn’t know. It took
them the longest to diag-
nose that it was the med-
icine, that I was having a
side effect on the medi-
cine.”
During that time, Da-
ly-Duncan was in and out
of work until she blacked
out.
“I went back to work,”
she said. “Then, sitting at
the computer, everything
went dark. Then, every-
thing came back.”
Daly-Duncan was rushed
to the doctor, but her doc-
tor wasn’t in the office.
“When my doctor came
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new cities is in the top 20
destinations for GSP’s pas-
sengers and Frontier will
make reaching these desti-
nations more convenient.
We are excited to offer
these services to people
living in the Upstate and
surrounding areas.”
There will be flights to
each of those cities from
GSP twice a week, Wednes-
days and Saturdays.
“We are proud to bring
our unique brand of
‘Low Fares Done Right’
to Greenville,” said Tyri
Squyres, vice president of
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Andrea Daly-Duncan shared her story at Greer Relief’s
fourth annual Neighborhood Breakfast last Thursday.
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marketing for Frontier Air-
lines. “Our new flights to
Denver, Las Vegas, Orlan-
do and Tampa will make
air travel more accessible
and more affordable for
everyone in the Green-
ville-Spartanburg area. We
look forward to serving
the community and mak-
ing it easier for people to
fly.”
Flights to Denver, Las
Vegas and Orlando will be
on 180-seat Airbus A320
aircraft. Denver flights
will depart GSP at 12:20
p.m. Flights from Denver
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Greer
budget
nears
$26
million
No millage
hike planned
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Greer City Council
has approved the first
reading of the proposed
$25,965,208 budget for
fiscal year 2018-19.
“That is a $1,783,389
increase to the prior year
budget,” said City Admin-
istrator Ed Driggers. “That
reflects a 7.73 percent in-
crease, but we are able to
accomplish that with the
same millage as the prior
year, 97.8 mills.
“We are not the norm in
that we are able to sustain
our growth in our budget
off of increase in tax value
to our appreciating prop-
erties,” he said.
The city has not in-
creased millage for the
past nine years with the
majority of resources
coming from property tax-
es at 47.12 percent and
franchise and license fees
at 28.42 percent.
“We wanted to make sure
that we are continuing
SEE BUDGET | A3
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GSP: Hosts flight training

for Navy Squadron VT-86
FROM PAGE ONE 2018 compared to August
2017.
to GSP will depart at 6:30 “There is no doubt that
a.m. GSP flights to Orlan- GSP and the Upstate are
do will depart at 3:40 p.m. on the radar of our airline
and flights from Orlan- partners,” said Scott Carr,
do to GSP will depart at GSP’s vice president of
6:05 p.m. GSP flights to commercial business and
Las Vegas will depart at marketing. “The support
8:40 p.m., and flights de- of our customers is mak-
parting Las Vegas for GSP ing these new routes pos-
will leave at 7:40 a.m. All sible.”
service will be provided Frontier is now offering
on Wednesdays and Satur- introductory specials and
days. booking flights at flyfron-
Flights to Tampa will be- tier.com.
gin in the winter and can
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be booked in July when TRAINING EXERCISES
Frontier’s winter schedule GSP is also playing host

Celebrating new location

is released. to the Navy Squadron VT-
In the past two months, 86 this week.
GSP has announced addi- Based in Pensacola,
tional service to six cities Florida, the squadron will
Countybank held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the opening of its new Trade Street location on Tuesday. Pictured, by three different airlines. conduct approximately
left to right, are: Ken Harper, COO of Countybank; Sue Gaines; Candice Good; Marjorie Dowd, chamber president; Mayor Frontier’s announce- 30 training flights per day
Rick Danner; Kevin Duncan; Julia Simmons; Danielle Cox; and Thornwell Dunlap, president and CEO of Countybank. ment brings the number at the airport from June
of nonstop destinations 18-29. The normal flight
from GSP to 19. Airlines window will be from 7:30

Community ANNUAL FAMILY REUNION

SET FOR JUNE 24
6-8 p.m. at Lake Robin-
son, located at 2544 Mays
Bridge Road, Greer.
dors offering festival fare,
army vehicles, and numer-
ous activities for children.
flying out of GSP are in-
creasing seat capacity in
the market. Total avail-
a.m.-3:30 p.m. with a few
night flights to be deter-
mined.

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Sightings.
Greer First Baptist
Classes are for ages two
through youth.
There will be a special
A Silent Auction will run
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
and a Golf Awards Dinner
FINANCING
News Church is located at 202
W. Poinsett Street, Greer.
kick off pep rally on Sun-
day, June 24, from 5:30-7
p.m. with bounce houses,
will take place at 6 p.m.
Those who are interest-
ed in the Silent Auction
AVAILABLE
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VBS is for children who
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as dining packages from
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First Baptist Church from
Sunday, June 24 to Thurs-
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Gibbs Shoals developments moving forward in city

BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Developments on Gibbs
Shoals Road are bringing
more than 500 new homes
to the area.
Following discussion,
Greer City Council unan-
imously approved three
ordinances to annex a to-
tal of 102.54 acres at 1689
and 1749 Gibbs Shoals
Road and to rezone from
Greenville County R-S to
Design Review District
(DRD).
Greer Planning Manager
Kelli McCormick presented
a couple of changes to the
original requests, which
first came to the Planning
Advisory Committee. The
changes included a ve-
hicular connection, along
with a fire access and pe-
destrian connection.
“Those owners and en-
gineers have worked dili-
gently this week to create
a plan to make this a more
connected community and
would like to ask for those
changes to be made,” Mc-
Cormick told council.
“It’s good to see that
we’ve had some cooper-
ation in terms of zoning
where we have had multi-
ple developers to take on a
much broader view,” said
Greer Mayor Rick Danner.
Danner asked about city
staff’s involvement with
the changes made.
“Staff had discussions
about the magnitude
and scale of this devel-
opment and its pretty
much regional impact,”
McCormick said. “We felt
the need to bring those
developers together and
the owners to the table in
order to discuss some al-
ternatives to what we had
seen as initial proposals.
We did work with them
this week diligently.”
City Administrator Ed
Driggers added that when
developers or property
owners approach the city,
all the departments come
together at the Planning
Advisory Committee to
talk about the impact on
city services, such as po-
lice, fire, recreation and
more.
“All of us are going to
provide our input to what
we believe the impact of
that would be, and again,
that’s on city services,”
Driggers said.
“We’re going to review
open space in those com-
munities,” he said. “In a
DRD, there are trade offs.
That gives us much more
flexibility. We can com-
Concerned residents came out to the Greer Planning
Commission Monday night to voice traffic and privacy
concerns regarding nine developments, including the
Gibbs Shoals annexations approved by city council. The
developments would bring 1,100 new homes to the area.
Look for a full report of the meeting in the June 27 edition
of The Greer Citizen.
municate to the project
certain things that we
would expect before we
would approve in a DRD
environment. It allows us
to be much more involved
in the process of how the
final product looks, feels
and functions. We strive
to make sure we are influ-
encing that process.”
Danner addressed those
in the audience, who did
not speak during the pub-
lic forum.
“This is a useful piece
of property that has been
empty for many, many
years,” Danner said.
“We’re sensitive to the fact
that this is changing.
“We have also been
preparing for this for at
least the last 15 years as
this council has been dis-
cussing the fact that the
best way for us to influ-
ence and even ultimately
control growth and de-
velopment is through an-
nexation. It gives us the
ability through a number
of means to be able to craft
projects that are reviewed
and are held in regards
to appropriate forms of
development, which is
changing rapidly.”
Danner continued to
explain how the tradition-
al mode of single family
homes on large tracts of
land is changing towards
alternative forms of hous-
ing.
“It brings a lot of differ-
ent people together,” Dan-
ner said. “As we continue
to grow and more forward,
I think you’re going to see
more and more of these
types of developments.
One of the ways that we
keep taxes low and have
not had to raise them is
JULIE HOLCOMBE | THE GREER CITIZEN
through development.”
Danner also talked
about the city not keeping
up with sprawl outwards.
“We have now realized
that the limits of outer
growth have pretty much
been reached,” he said,
“and these types of proj-
ects that we are looking
for to infill and backfill
those areas as we work
our way back towards the
center of town.
“It gives us the ability
to better determine where
services are going to be
needed in the future in
terms of fire and police
and ambulance and rec-
reation and a lot of other
things. To those that are
working on this project…I
do applaud the efforts
that have gone into work-
ing on this project.”
One of the requests had
a slight reduction in den-
sity with the total housing
units remaining over 500.
“Traffic studies are un-
derway on all three of
these projects,” McCor-
mick said.
“The first reading sim-
ply says that we’re willing
to pass that on to plan-
ning commission for them
to review, hold that public
hearing and provide feed-
back back to you for your
consideration at second
reading,” Driggers said.
“Under that DRD, that has
to be approved by both
planning commission and
ultimately council.”
“This is such a large
project that’s really going
to change,” said council
member Lee Dumas. “I
think about the impact of
all the homes that are go-
ing to move in there.”
Dumas asked about
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GREER CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Gibbs Shoals: Council unanimously approved (3) James E. Wright, Jr. located at (1) 936 South
the first reading of an ordinance to provide Suber Road, 2(A/B) 938 South Suber Road and
for the annexation of property owned by (1) (3) 942 South Suber Road by one hundred
William and Marsha Johnson located at 1689 percent petition; and to establish a zoning
Gibbs Shoals Road and (2) Ella Sudduth Nichols classification of R-M1 (Residential multi-family)
located at 122 Nichols Drive and to establish for the 9.546 acres.
a zoning classification of DRD (Design Review
District) for 10.61 acres. The development will GSP Commission: Council unanimously
contain 40 single-family residences. approved to reappoint Spartanburg County
Representative Miles Nason to the Green-
Gibbs Shoals: Council unanimously approved ville-Spartanburg International Airport Envi-
the first reading of an ordinance to provide rons Planning Commission.
for the annexation of property owned by (1)
and (2) William and Marsha Johnson located at BAR Appointments: Council unanimously ap-
1689 Gibbs Shoals Road and (3) Ella Sudduth proved to reappoint Joada Hiatt and Brandon
Nichols located at 122 Nichols Drive and to Price to the Board of Architectural Review.
establish a zoning classification of DRD (Design
Review District) for 10.91 acres. The develop- BZA Appointments: Council unanimously
ment will contain 52 townhouses. approved to reappoint Glendora Massey for
District 2, Robbie Septon for District 4, Lisa H.
Gibbs Shoals: Council unanimously approved Lynn for District 5 and Monica Y. Ragin for the
the first reading of an ordinance to provide for At-Large position with the Board of Zoning
the annexation of property owned by (1) and Appeals.
(2) James D. Sudduth and Pamela S. Tonnsen
located at 1749 Gibbs Shoals Road and 1670 Jones Avenue: Council unanimously approved
South Highway 14 and (3) Dennis R. and Pa- second and final reading of an ordinance
mela S. Tonnsen located at 1755 Gibbs Shoals to annex property owned by Jones Avenue
Road by one hundred percent petition; and to Partners, LLC (Indu Vakharia) located at Jones
establish a zoning classification of DRD (Design Avenue and to establish a zoning classification
Review District) for 81.02 acres. A mixed use of DRD, Design Review District.
development will contain 163 single-family
residences, 97 townhouse, 216 apartment Property conveyance: Council unanimously
units and 100,000 square feet of commercial approved second and final reading of an ordi-
development. nance authorizing the conveyance of certain
real property in the City of Greer.
Church Street: Council unanimously approved
the first reading of an ordinance to change Miller Road: Council unanimously approved
the zoning classification of property owned second and final reading of an ordinance to
by Professional Offices located at 106 West annex property owned by Beate Bannon locat-
Church Street from O-D (Office District) to R-12 ed at 9 Miller Road and to establish a zoning
(Residential Single-Family). classification of DRD, Design Review District.
Main Street: Council unanimously approved ACE Environmental: Council approved 5-1
the first reading of an ordinance to change for the Administrator to execute a contract for
the zoning classification of property owned services with ACE Environmental Inc.
by Southside Baptist Church located on Main
Street from R-12 (Residential Single-Family) to District 5 SRO: Council unanimously approved
C-2 (Commercial District). to enter into a contract with the Spartanburg
District 5 SRO.
Suber Road: Council unanimously approved
the first reading of an ordinance to provide for Service Agreement: Council unanimously
the annexation of properties owned by (1) Lola approved to enter into a service agreement
M. Crawford, (2A/B) James E. Wright, Sr. and with Reidville Fire District.
green space. Greenville County Schools millennials age and wait to
“We have worked with comes to Greer’s Plan- have children until a later
the developers to talk ning Advisory Committee date, the school planning
about green space,” Mc- meetings. system will change a little
Cormick said. “The school district al- bit….Certainly, working
“We’ve also been in com- ways notes that while the with our schools is of par-
munication this week with school’s right across the amount importance.”
the developers regarding street, students may be Danner added, “Al-
improvements to possibly assigned to other areas,” though obviously as large
working with Greenville McCormick said. as any (development)
County Schools,” McCor- McCormick had further we’ve considered, we ob-
mick said. discussions in private with viously need to take a
Woodland Elementary the GCS representative proactive approach. While
is located on Gibbs Shoals about Greer’s growth. this is a large number of
Road, and Riverside Mid- “There is a new elemen- homes, it is a small por-
dle School is close to the tary school planned in the tion of what we have on
proposed development. near future for the west the table at this point in
“Teacher to student ra- side of Greer, this area, as time.
tio is climbing drastically,” it is a growing area,” Mc- “Being proactive is one
Dumas said. “They’re re- Cormick said. of the ways that we help
ally concerned about the “The family is chang- manage this.”
acceleration of growth in ing,” she said. “People are
that area.” no longer having four chil- kaelyn@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
A representative from dren by the age of 30….As

BUDGET: Balances with seven new full-time and two part-time positions created
FROM PAGE ONE
to demonstrate that there
are steady increases to
providing the services to
our community as we con-
tinue to grow as a commu-
nity, but we are very, very
proud that we have been
able to do that at a very
stable tax rate,” Driggers
said.
“Seeing increases to
property value has been
what has continued to
fund that growth for us,”
he said.
As a service provider,
the city’s largest expense
is related to personnel
costs.
“We try for those not to
exceed 65 percent (of the
budget),” Driggers said.
“Last year, we were at
64.24 percent as a percent
of total budget. We did
see a decrease this year,
bringing that back down
to 63.16.”
This year, department
heads requested 10 new
full-time positions and
two new part-time posi-
tions while Driggers rec-
ommended seven new
full-time positions and
two new part-time posi-
tions.
“We did prepare this
budget on a two-year cy-
cle,” Driggers said.
So, the department
heads submitted requests
for the next two years, but
the Fire Department did
not request any personnel
in order to evaluate facili-
ties and staffing first.
The Police Depart-
ment requested a Victims
Advocate, a School Re-
source Officer (SRO) and
a Uniformed Police Officer
(UPO) for year one as well
as a Detention Officer and
a Uniform Police Officer
for year two.
“I am recommending the
SRO and the uniformed
police officer in this bud-
get, and I am proposing
that Victims Advocate be
rolled over to year two
where we would consider
the detention officer and
the UPO with that as well,”
Driggers said.
The Public Services De-
partment requested one
new worker, but Driggers
is not recommending that
position.
“We have a funded posi-
tion that has been vacant
for the entire fiscal year,”
Driggers said. “I cannot
justify adding a position
when we have a funded
vacant position.”
“There’s various reasons
for that,” he said. “There
has been difficulty in get-
ting somebody to accept
that position.”
For year two, however,
Driggers is recommending
a public service worker
but not the requested cus-
todian.
The Recreation Depart-
ment requested a Cultural
Arts Coordinator as well
as two part-time positions.
“We are putting much
more emphasis in our arts
programming,” Driggers
said. “We are making an
investment at the Center
for the Arts.”
“We think we are well
at the position that we
need to supplement that
as a part of our program-
matic recreation services,
and so that request was
made and I am proposing
that to you in this budget
as well as two part-time
groundskeeper assistant
positions in this budget,”
he said.
For year two, the recre-
ation department is look-
ing to move a part-time
recreation coordinator to
a full-time position and
implement a grounds
maintenance supervisor
and a part-time custodian.
“Each of those are in my
request to you as we be-
gin to ramp up our staff-
ing needs that we will
ultimately need for a heav-
ily-landscaped downtown
area,” Driggers said. “Our
downtown area, when it
goes into full installation,
we will need additional re-
sources to do that.
“In these budgets, we
are trying to prepare to do
that.”
The Building and Devel-
opment Standards Depart-
ment requested an admin-
istrative assistant and a
storm water inspector.
“The volume of work
in that department is
mind-boggling,” Driggers
said. “We’ve seen the data
that’s there.
“They are reactionary
to the amount of devel-
opment that is occurring.
They are really our only
department that we can
truly make staffing adjust-
ments if we see decreases
in volume over time be-
cause many of their posi-
tions are directly related
to the volume of work
that’s coming through rel-
ative to the development
that is occurring in our
community.”
Driggers recommended
both of those new posi-
tions to council, providing
additional information
about the storm water in-
spector.
“If council chooses that
it is not appropriate for us
to proceed with the rec-
ommendation for an in-
crease in the storm water
fee, that position would be
removed,” Driggers said.
“It is directly related to
the additional resources
needed under the storm
water adjustment from
21.60 to 25.”
The Administration De-
partment requested a new
Budget & Audit Manager’s
position, HR coordina-
tor, and assistant for the
communications coordi-
nator while Driggers rec-
ommended the Budget &
Audit Manager and the HR
coordinator starting mid-
year from January to June,
holding the communica-
tions help until the next
budget.
“The budget accounts
for a 2.5 percent cost of
living allowance for our
employees,” Driggers said.
“That allowance is based
on merit and merit first.
“Every department head
has to submit their recom-
mendations for increases
for all employees within
their department.”
The budget also includes
an additional one percent
contribution to the state
retirement system.
“We will realize that for
three more years,” Drig-
gers said. “We’re having
to prepare for that as well.
The budget fully funds
that.”
In addition to the Gener-
al Fund, there are 10 other
funds.
The Contingency Fund,
created a couple of years
ago, is used to cover unex-
pected or emergency ex-
penditures, and this year’s
budget has a proposed
increase from $35,824 to
$47,455.
“That fund has seen a
couple of expenses hit it
this year for some repairs
and things that we weren’t
anticipating, emergency
repairs,” said David Seif-
ert, Director of Finance.
The Recreational Pro-
gram Fund has two new
programs, the food truck
rollout and the vintage
market, with a proposed
increase in this year’s
budget from $229,800 to
$250,700.
The Lease Purchase
or Capital Equipment
Fund has a proposed in-
crease from $2,550,354 to
$2,981,310 for computer
and software upgrades,
end of life replacements,
playground updates, new
hires, fleet needs, mainte-
nance equipment, Christ-
mas decorations, firearm
upgrades for the police
and more, including vehi-
cle requests.
There are three main
reasons for new vehicles:
new hires, replacement
needs and service need
issues, according to Assis-
tance City Administrator
Mike Sell.
Vehicles requested in-
clude three for the Fire
Department, 11 for the
Police Department, five
for the Public Service De-
partment, one for the Rec-
reation Department and a
truck for the new Storm
Water Inspector position.
“It (a new fire truck) is
the big ticket item that is
in the capital budget this
year,” Sell said. “Whenever
you add a fire truck to it, it
makes that number go up.
It represents about a mil-
lion dollars.”
The Debt Service Fund
has a proposed increase
from $1,594,944 to
$1,792,080.
The Hospitality and
Accommodations Taxes
Fund has a proposed in-
crease from $2,085,910 to
$2,240,023.
The Storm Water
Fund has a proposed in-
crease from $739,600 to
$1,246,500 with a fee in-
crease from $21.60 ERU to
$25 ERU, which is about a
$3.40 increase.
“We are scheduled to
spend down most of those
dollars within the next 12
to 24 months,” Driggers
said. “We have a number
of projects that those dol-
lars will be used in. One of
those is the recycling cen-
ter.”
The largest expenditure
will be the downtown area
with a lot of the work com-
ing out of the Storm Water
Fund for the parking lots,
construction and streets-
cape.
“We’re going to see a
pretty significant deple-
tion,” Driggers said.
The Real Property Fund,
which is used for the pur-
chase or sale of city prop-
erty, has a proposed de-
crease from $373,370 to
$311,750.
The Sanitation Services
Fund has a proposed in-
crease from $1,175,000
to $1,181,175 with a pro-
posed fee increase from
$115 to $121 in accor-
dance with the new con-
tract with ACE Environ-
mental which has a 50
cent increase annually for
the next five years.
The “Per Residence
Charge” will be: $8.40,
from July 1, 2017 through
June 30, 2018; $8.90, from
July 1, 2018 through June
30, 2019; $9.40, from July
1, 2019 through June 30,
2020; $9.90, from July 1,
2020 through June 30,
2021; and $10.40, from
July 1, 2021 through June
30, 2022, according to the
new contract.
The Facilities Use
Fund has a proposed in-
crease from $233,284 to
$263,938, and the Paving
Fund has a proposed in-
crease from $450,000 to
$600,000.

A4 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018
F I’M JUST
lipping recently through an issue of
the AARP Bulletin (I’m far too young
to be receiving it, you know, I must
have come across it in the waiting room
at the dermatologist’s, who still insists
I’m 10 years away from even considering
Botox) my eyes (with no need for reading
glasses either, mind you) fell upon one
particular article: ‘Humor Therapy—Why
Laughter Eases Dementia.’
Clearly brought to you by the Depart-
ment of Duh...
Of course laughter eases dementia!
Studies have found that after but one
humor therapy session, the positive
effects can last a week or more with
patients. I saw it with my own eyes in
regards to my mother, whose nature it
was to be effusive and to laugh often.
Towards the end of her life when she
knew me not as her daughter, but as a
pleasant visitor who would load her into
the Hyundai for ‘car picnics,’ in which
we would drive to a beautiful location,
be it the shore of a local lake or along-
side a river in the mountains, I would
often repeat a silly little rhyme she had
taught me as a child that, undoubtably,
she had picked up during her own En-
THROUGH THE YEARS  | KAELYN’S
Bank
reports
strong year
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, January 17, 1968
“Bank of Greer has Best Year”
Nineteen-sixty-seven was a
good year for the Bank of Greer.
Officials reported resources
for the bank totaled $16,660,
up from $14,780 during the
prior year. In somewhat related
front-page news, a “personals”
note announced E.A. Burch,
Editor and Publisher of The
Greer Citizen suffered a broken
collarbone during a fall behind
the Bank of Greer.
Also on the front page,
break-ins were reported on East
Poinsett Street, services were an-
nounced for Dr. Joseph Clapp,
former pastor of First Baptist
Church, who passed away and
a photograph documented a
recent snow day for Greer-area
children.
At McLeskey-Todd, you could
buy a thermometer for 98 cents,
an electric heater for $4.95 and
100 Aspirin for 59 cents.
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Laughter benefits
SAYING
PAM STONE
glish childhood:
‘A nice cup of tea in the morning,
Starts the day off, you see,
And half past eleven, my idea of heav-
en, is a nice cup of tea.
A nice cup of tea with my supper,  left for me by a stranger after a show in
A nice cup of tea with my tea,
And when it’s time for bed, there’s a
lot to be said,
For a nice...cup...of TEA!
It was silly and endlessly repetitive,
but whether it was the bouncing rhythm,
or my absurd gestures and enthusiasm
as I chanted it, my mother never failed
to begin to repeat it, giggling, her hands
clapping like a metronome with each
line. It was the only memory left to her
that she could recite other than The
Lord’s Prayer.
Early in my stand-up career, I always
felt as though I had gotten away with
GUEST EDITORIAL
Troubling budget provisos
in appropriations bill
In May, the House passed its first version
of the state appropriations bill. After it was
amended by the Senate, the budget returned
to the House for another round of extensive re-
visions before going to conference committee.
Budget conferees are tasked with developing a
compromise between the final House and Sen-
ate versions to present to both chambers when
they return on June 27.
The final House budget contains some note-
worthy differences from both the original House
budget and the version passed by the Senate,
particularly in the matter of budget provisos.
These should merely direct agency spending,
but the provisos become a catch-all for every-
thing from earmarks to previously failed bills.
Not only does this violate the proper legislative
process, it often violates the constitutional ban
on multiple-subject bills – a provision intended
to ensure that lawmakers debate each bill on its
own merits in a public, transparent process.
Despite multiple Supreme Court rulings
against unconstitutional budget provisos, law-
makers continue to insert them into the budget.
Below are some of the most significant provisos
included by the House in their final version of
the appropriations bill.
Allowing formerly retired state employees
to draw salaries and pension benefits. This
pair of provisos would allow retired state em-
ployees to return to work while still drawing
pension benefits.
Lawmakers have already tried this approach
with a teacher incentive program. It was largely
responsible for running up the state’s massive
pension deficit, and in 2012 lawmakers passed
a law to phase out the program, completely end-
ing it by June 30 of this year.
 Creating a “Workforce Pathways” grant pro-
gram. This proviso would create a $2.6 million
grant program for technical colleges offering
“Pathways programs.” These programs are a
workforce development tool meant to facilitate
the funneling of students into industry sectors
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going through life without having a still somehow manage to elude AARP
real job. No desk or cubical for me, no publications) the real satisfaction for me
Human Resources attitude breathing is finding a way to help benefit worthy
down my neck, no mind numbing daily causes with performances.
commute in traffic. Nope, I swapped And so, if you will, here comes the
that daily grind for blearily dragging my shameless plug.  I am over the moon to
luggage behind me for 6:00am flights be sharing the stage with my all time
from Los Angeles to...you name it. Essen- favorite comedienne, Judy Tenuta, June
tially, every state as well as half a dozen 23rd, at Foundation Performing Arts
countries. Duking it out with drunks and Center in Spindale, NC. As always, a
inhaling enough second hand Marlboro percentage of the ticket sales will benefit
Lites to smoke a pig. a favorite charity, Mobile Meals. It’s an
But! I have in my possession a letter enormous auditorium and I promised
Judy, who’s flying in at 6:00am from
Chicago who told me that night was the Los Angeles, that we’d make her feel
first time she’d laughed since her twin welcome, as well as force-feed her at The
daughters had been still born eighteen Beacon (that’s what she gets for looking
months prior. And some of my dearest so damnably gorgeous after all these
held memories include doing a show at a years).
school for the deaf and figuring out the I hope you’ll come. If ever there has
weird timing as not a ripple of laughter been a time that we all need to spend
emerged from the audience until the an evening out laughing our collective
translator signed out my punchlines. heads off, it’s now. There is something
Then there was the performance for about that cycle of giving and receiving
2,500 naval recruits and officers from laughter, back and forth for a couple of
the back of a flatbed truck on the beach hours, that is both cathartic and inspir-
in Rota, Spain. ing. And afterwards, when it’s time for
All those years were great, self in- bed, there’s a lot to be said, for a nice...
dulgent times, but as I grow older (yet cup...of TEA!!
KORNER
KAELYN CASHMAN
Staff reporter
Dad
S
ince getting married, my
appreciation for the role of
fatherhood has grown.
Watching Brad step into
leadership has broadened my
perspective and deepened my
gratitude for the male role in
the home.
I am thankful for the hard
work Brad does each day to
provide for us.
With his recent promotion
to Lead Carpenter, Brad now
shoulders more responsibility
of ordering materials, request-
ing help and completing his
projects by deadline with
weather and health factoring
into the equation as well.
 |
This past week, Brad worked
through being sick.
Saturday, I woke up with a
sore throat, and we cancelled
our Father’s Day plans with
both our families and stayed
home from church.
We wanted to get well and
not infect anyone else.
Our moms stopped by to
drop off food for us, and we
gave them cards for our dads.
Sunday night, after seeing
others’ posts on Facebook, I
selected by a state board. shared a couple of pictures of
The program itself represents a highly ques- me and my dad from my wed-
tionable expenditure of funds. The biggest ding last March.
hindrance to employment is not the lack of I wrote, “Happy Father’s Day
government-subsidized programs. Licensing, to my Dad, who showed me by
regulatory, and tax reform would do much more his living testimony the grace
to stimulate the economy and open new doors of God, true love in marriage,
for opportunity without costing the taxpayer. a present father for us kids,
Increasing the cap on customer-based solar genuine fellowship with other
generation. This proviso would increase the believers and a heart for those
cap regulating how many customers can install without Christ! I am truly bless-
home-based solar panels. Current law limits ed to call this man Daddy.”
customer-based solar generation (known as Coming from a very different
“net metering”) to 2 percent of a utility’s overall home environment, my dad
power generation, and this proviso would dou- started to follow Jesus Christ
ble that cap. It also creates a study committee later in life.
tasked with developing permanent policy rec- My dad met my mom in
ommendations for net metering. college, got married, went to
This proviso follows a bill that failed in the seminary, had us children and
House, which would have completely removed traveled overseas as mission-
the net metering cap. Much like the previous en- aries.
ergy provisos, it does not directly relate to the After a year in language
appropriation of revenue and therefore fails the school in France, we moved to
one-subject constitutionality test.  Gabon, Africa.
Reducing debt service payments in favor We stayed there a total of five
of other projects. This proviso would reduce years before our family settled
the state’s debt service payments to the mini- in Vermont for six years.
mum amount required, and spend the rest on Back in the states, my dad
a new State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) worked in the medical field.
lab ($54 million), port permitting ($5 million), When we were getting
and correctional facility security upgrades ($8.3
million). Another budget proviso (112.2) would
squeezed financially in Ver-
mont, my dad started looking
loan the Ports Authority up to $50 million from elsewhere and found Greenville
excess debt service funds. Memorial Hospital, where he
Lawmakers should be accelerating the pro- worked until he had to leave on
cess of paying down state debt, not slowing it long-term disability.
down. The billions of dollars owed by various Even as he now deals with
state agencies wield a disproportionate amount Parkinson’s Disease, my dad
of influence over state policy, and practically seeks to keep moving, get out
guarantee that any form of tax reduction will be when he can and spend time
unachievable. with others.
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Grace UMC sign destroyed
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
A “hit and run” left
Grace UMC’s church sign
destroyed last Thursday
morning.
Pastor Robert Cox said
he pulled into the church
parking lot only to find
the sign knocked over and
tire tracks leading from
the road to the sign.
“It was given as a gift by
John Burnett who owns
John’s Auto,” Cox said of
the sign. “When we first
started, we were meeting
in their house, and his
mother is named Grace.
We originally started out
with the name for the
neighborhood. When they
got chartered, they decid-
ed to call it Grace. It’s a
good name for a church,
but that was also her
name.”
The sign was donated
two or three years ago.
“Somebody came off
the road, came through
the ditch, and all the way
up here and hit this,” Cox
said.
“Whether that’s inten-
tional or whether they
were drunk or whether
they lost control of their
car, we have no idea,” he
said. “It’s pretty much
destroyed. It’s not repair-
able. We’re going to have
to get a new one.”
Cox’s main concern is
that the one who hit the
sign did not contact the
church.
“Nobody left a note,” he
said. “Nobody has called.
“They just did this and
left. Even if this is an acci-
dent, somebody came off
the curve, lost control of
MOTHER: Finds support for herself and two children through Greer Relief programs
FROM PAGE ONE
back, (he said) ‘you need
emergency surgery,’” she
said. “Your retina on your
other eye is detaching;
it has a tear in it, so this
surgery was more complex
than the first surgery.
“I can’t see out of one eye
already because it hasn’t
healed, and now I’m going
to have another surgery.
I’m going to be about ba-
sically completely blind.”
Daly-Duncan had used
up her savings and had
borrowed out of her 401k
for her son to attend col-
lege.
“Resources I thought
were there basically dwin-
dled up,” she said.
“My short-term disabil-
ity hadn’t kicked in yet,
being emergency surgery.
Paperwork was missing.”
That’s when her friend
told her about Greer Re-
lief.
“I was just asking for
rental assistance,” she
said. “The one thing you’ve
got to have is a place to
live. Even if everything
else gets cut off, you at
least have a roof over your
head. I came here asking
for the rental assistance.”
The first person Da-
ly-Duncan saw had a “smi-
ley, happy face.”
“She didn’t make you
feel like you were less than
anybody,” she said. “She
sort of like empowered
you. Once I got through
309 Northview Drive • Greer
Pastor Robert Cox found the sign on the ground when he arrived at the church.
their car, came up and hit
that, they could’ve at least
left a note, something.
This is just very disturb-
ing.”
The church’s insurance
will cover the repair of the
sign, but Cox would still
like to hear an apology
from the one who hit the
sign.
“It’s a hit and run,” Cox
said, “even though nobody
was injured, and I hope
nobody was injured in the
car.”
“I’m just concerned that
somebody would do that
and then not say, ‘listen,
it was an accident; my in-
surance will cover it,’” he
said.
When asked what Cox
would say to the one
who did the damage, he
said, “Contact the church.
That’s all we need.”
He is looking for some-
the intake process, they
told me all the stuff I was
qualified for.”
Daly-Duncan qualified
for the food program
since she didn’t have any
income.
“They gave me groceries
that day,” she said. “Com-
ing to the RENEW classes,
it taught you how to save,
it taught you how to cook
healthy, but my favorite
of all was the co-op once
I was able to see and start
participating in the co-op.
It just helped so much.”
“My kids were able to
have Christmas,” Da-
ly-Duncan added. “It was
just amazing.”
Since then, Daly-Dun-
can’s family has pro-
gressed significantly.
“We’re coming along
great,” she said, “a whole
lot better than where I was
last year at this time. When
the anniversary came up
for my first surgery, I did a
little dance in my cubicle.
“When you don’t have
your health, it’s hard to
get up in the morning. It’s
hard to even be motivated
to do anything because it
can get very depressing.
It can get very lonely be-
cause you really find out
who your friends area. You
get family members who
don’t understand what
you’re going through. It
can be a very lonely and
difficult time.”
Daly-Duncan credits
Greer Relief for turning
848-1935
one to say, “It was me. I’m
very sorry; it was an acci-
dent.”
“Our insurance is cover-
ing it,” Cox said. “That’s
not a problem. We’re not
going to ask somebody to
pay for it, but I think hav-
ing somebody to stand up
and say, it’s my fault, is a
step in just doing the right
thing.”
Cox looks at the sign as
evidence of the state of
the country at large.
“I’m going to preach,”
he said. ”We have lost re-
spect for each other in
this country. We call each
other horrible names. We
don’t respect each other
as persons and that we’re
in this thing called democ-
racy together.
“We don’t respect each
other’s property. You can
see the stuff in the park-
ing lot where people come
her situation around.
“You made this possible
for me,” she said. “Greer
Relief was like my angels
here on earth.
“I’m a believer of God,
and I believe that people
are put in place to help
you along the way, situ-
ations are put in place to
help you along the way, to
help you grow. It made me
appreciate more. It made
me want to help the next
person no matter. You
may not have the financial
stability, but a smile some-
times is also a need. You
always have something to
give back.”
“We’re all glad that
you’re back and taking
care of those kids,” Timo-
thy Joner, 2018 Greer Re-
lief Board President, told
Daly-Duncan. “Life-chang-
ing stories, like Andrea’s,
are made possible by the
great work of community
partners who help fund
Greer Relief.”
Greer Relief officials
also took time to highlight
some of the agency’s pro-
grams.
RENEW
In 2015, Greer Relief
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This sign was destroyed
last Thursday morning.
up, and they feel it’s ab-
solutely just wonderful
to make stuff in our park-
ing lot and drink here at
night and leave trash lying
around. There’s no respect
for other people or other
people’s property in our
country anymore. We’re
falling apart. There is just
more evidence of it.”
“RENEW takes the next
steps past crisis down the
path of stability,” Execu-
tive Director Caroline Rob-
ertson said. “We focus on
financial, job and health
wellness classes taught by
volunteers who want to be
part of the healing. It’s the
doctor who teaches home
remedies. It’s the business
owner who talks about
what it takes to keep a job
or get a better job. The nu-
trition students who prep,
cook and share a new reci-
pe using fresh ingredients
from Loaves and Fishes’
donations.
“It not only offers that
base of information and
education, but it also of-
fers community,” she said.
“It offers a safe place to
talk. It offers a friend. It
offers hope.”
In the last 10 years,
Greer Relief has prevent-
ed homelessness by pro-
viding direct financial
assistance of rent mort-
gage and utilities to 6,548
households for a total of
$1.1 million directly pay-
ing somebody’s bill.
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GUTHRIE: Continues on
FROM PAGE ONE Knowing his new role
would open some doors,
“I really love that song,” Guthrie began to gain a
he said. “I’ve been playing following.
it live for a while now, and “Anything like that is
it’s always gotten a good going to open some doors,
reaction. So this time I but what it also gave me
guess people liked it, and was a lot of new fans,”
I’m glad they did. Guthrie said. “Now I have
“Everyone is nervous a lot of ‘Gleeks’ that come
about Simon, but he was to shows, and that makes
very nice. All the judges me really happy. They’re
were really great to me, all such sweet people and
but Simon said I sounded have been really good to
‘current,’ which I took as me.”
a big compliment. To hear Even with the onslaught
someone of his caliber say of new fans, Guthrie re-
that felt very good.” mains appreciative of the
Born and raised in Greer, support he receives from
Guthrie began pursuing a his hometown.
career in music as an up- “Greer has always been
perclassman at Greer High so wonderful to me and
School. so supportive,” he said.
“I started pursuing mu- “The music business, es-
sic right after my 11th pecially if you’re from a
grade year,” Guthrie said. small town, is not always
“I started doing online looked at as a super viable
high school as a senior, option for a lot of people.
which opened me up to But I think we need more
be able to tour. I was also people supporting young
doing these cover videos folks with talent, and I was
on YouTube and people very lucky to have that.”
started liking them. My Guthrie plans to release
whole thing has always new music in the near fu-
been to put my own twist ture, as well as continue
on a song and make it my live performances.
own. A couple of the songs “I’m always writing mu-
I did blew up and changed sic and trying to work on
things from then on out.” new stuff,” he said. “I am
Guthrie released his first trying to get in the studio
album, “Among the Wild- and put some new proj-
est Things,” in 2013. Soon ects together. I don’t have
after, he was contacted by a ton of shows planned
the television show Glee. over the summer, but I’m
“I got a call from the Glee always bopping around so
casting department, which people can keep in touch
was very out of the blue,” with me on my website.
Guthrie said. “They were “Hopefully the next
trying to cast a character round goes well and ev-
for their last season and eryone can stay tuned for
were looking for someone more. It’s been an exciting
to play a shy, misfit kid time for me.”
with a soulful voice. I told More information on
them, ‘here I am,’ and one Guthrie can be found on
thing led to another.” noahguthrie.com.
Fishes and Greer Commu- pumped back into the eco-
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ownership of the co-op,” donations from the com-
Robertson said. “Members munity for two years now.
give sweat equity. They “We’re not just helping
unload, sort, distribute, by providing the tradition-
organize and then con- al safety net but offering
sume fresh vegetables, a crisis prevention sta-
fruit, meat, dairy, bread.” bilizing program to help
“On average, they’re change that path and ex-
bringing $200 worth of pand the impact,” Robert-
fresh food into their home son said.
every two weeks,” she “I thank God for calling
said. “This can make or me to serve and the bless-
break somebody’s budget ing of caring and compas-
very easily.” sionate mentors to help
guide me, a solid team to
VITA walk with me and dedicat-
For the eighth year, ed volunteers who are pas-
Greer Relief has organized sionate about sharing and
and hosted a Volunteer giving their time, talents
Income Tax Assistance and heart and of course
(VITA) site. This year, 284 the generous community
households took advan- we have here who gives to
tage of the free service, our needy,” she said.
resulting in $396,952
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A6 THE GREER CITIZEN 
Rebekah R. Antley
Rebekah Ross Antley,
73, widow of Gary J. Ant-
ley, passed away June 11,
2018.
A native of Greenville
County, daughter of the
late Clyde and Sadie
Hopkins Ross, she was a
homemaker and of the
Baptist faith.
Surviving are: nephew,
Derrell Brown (Pat), of
Anderson; a brother, Jack
Ross, of Texas; three sis-
ters, Joan Bright, of Greer,
Annette Stokes, of Blue
Ridge, and Betsy Brown, of
Anderson; sisters-in-law,
Doris Antley Hollifield
and Joan Marshall, both
of Greer; and many nieces
and nephews.
Graveside services will
be held 11 a.m. Thursday,
June 21, 2018 at Hillcrest
Memory Gardens, con-
ducted by Rev. Curtis Mar-
shall and Rev. Fred Brown.
Visitation will be held af-
ter the service at the cem-
etery.
Memorials may be made
to Greenville Humane So-
ciety, 305 Airport Road,
Greenville, SC 29607 or
Spartanburg Humane So-
ciety, 150 Dexter Road,
Spartanburg, SC 29303.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewood-
mortuary.com.
Jane H. Rhodes
Jane Elizabeth Huggin
Rhodes, 75, widow of Da-
vid Wayne Rhodes, passed
away June 14, 2018.
A native of Gaffney,
daughter of the late Robert
Lee Huggin, Sr. and Minnie
Ethel Elmore Huggin, she
was a retired educator and
a member of Memorial
United Methodist Church.
Surviving are a daugh-
ter, Clare Rhodes Laye
(Andy), of Greenville; a
son, David Parks Rhodes
(Bobbie Jo), of Greer; two
brothers, Robert Lee Hug-
gin, Jr. and John Elmore
Huggin, both of Gaffney; a
cousin, Brenda Elmore Az-
zara, of Chesnee; and four
grandchildren, Drew Laye
and Merrick Laye, both of
Greenville, Tyler Crowe
and Brooke Crowe, both of
Greer.
Funeral services were
held at 2 p.m. Tuesday,
June 19, 2018 at Memo-
rial United Methodist
Church, conducted by Rev.
Joe Cate and Rev. George
Strait. Burial will follow in
Wood Memorial Park.
Visitation were held
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tues-
day at the church.
In lieu of flowers, me-
morials may be made to
Memorial United Method-
ist Church, 201 N. Main
Street, Greer, SC 29650.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewood-
mortuary.com.
Virginia W. Shirley
Virginia Ward Shirley,
86, widow of Paul Edward
Shirley, Sr., passed away
June 14, 2018.
A native of Greenville
County, daughter of the
late Lewis and Clela Whit-
ener Ward, she was a
homemaker, a member of
Greer First Baptist Church
and Southern Bell Tele-
phone Pioneer, and a vol-
unteer for the American
Cancer Society.
Surviving are a son,
Paul “Eddie” Shirley, Jr.
(Sue), of Greenville; a sis-
ter, Nancy Fieneman, of
Hohenwald, Tennessee;
two grandchildren, Alan
Shirley (Beth) and Mar-
ijke Posch (Owen); and
one great-granddaughter,
Anna Meike Posch.
Mrs. Shirley was prede-
ceased by a son, Kenny
Shirley, and four brothers,
Lewis Ward, Jack Ward,
Richard Ward and Paul
Alan Ward.
A memorial service was
held 5 p.m. Sunday, June
17, 2018 at Greer First
Baptist Church, conducted
by Mrs. Dottie Bryson.
Honorary escort was
the Truth Seekers Sunday
School Class.
Visitation was held
3-4:45 p.m. Sunday at the
church.
In lieu of flowers, memo-
rials may be made to Greer
Community Ministries,
P.O. Box 1373, Greer, SC
29652 or Country Santa,
P.O. Box 856, Pickens, SC
29671.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewood-
mortuary.com.
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Lee Bright, left, and William Timmons squared off in a debate Monday night at the Greenville Hilton in advance of the
Republican Primary runoff for the U.S. House District 4 seat on June 26.
PRIMARY
FROM PAGE ONE
McMaster who received
42.32 percent of the vote
and John Warren who gar-
nered 27.82 percent.
They will also decide
between incumbent Alan
Wilson who received 48.63
percent of the vote and
Todd Atwater who re-
ceived 29.74 percent.
In the highly contested
U.S. House District 4 seat
vacated by Trey Gowdy
which saw 18 names on
the ballot, a runoff will be
required for both Republi-
can and Democratic candi-
dates.
Democrats will vote for
either Doris Lee Turner
(29.46 percent) or Brandon
P. Brown (28.47 percent).
Republicans will choose
between Lee Bright (24.95
percent) and William Tim-
mons (19.21 percent) who
edged out third place fin-
isher Dan Hamilton by 391
votes.
All of the area incum-
bents running for re-elec-
tion to the State House of
Representatives received
the majority vote except in
the District 21 race which
saw Phyllis Henderson
upset by Bobby Cox in a
3,563 to 2,103 vote.
All of the questions on
the Democrat and Repub-
lican ballots received re-
sounding “yes” votes, each
receiving more than 82
percent affirmative votes.
Spartanburg County
saw 19.28 percent of its
173,592 registered voters
turnout for the June 12
primary. Greenville Coun-
ty turnout was 20.71 per-
cent of its 335,551 regis-
tered voters.
In-person absentee vot-
ing for the runoff is now
available at the Voter Reg-
istration and Elections
office located at 366 N.
Church St. in Spartanburg
from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
through Friday, June 22; 9
a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, June
3; and 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday, June 25.
In order to cast a ballot,
voters must have a valid
photo ID. Voters who did
not participate in the June
12 primary are eligible to
vote in the runoff. Voters
must select the same po-
litical party they chose to
vote in on June 12. Cross-
over voting is not permit-
ted.
Polls will be open on
June 26 from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
for in-person voting.
To see the candidates
that will appear on your
runoff ballot or find your
voting precinct, visit sc-
VOTES.org.
SC PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS
Votes %
Governor
DEMOCRAT
Phil Noble 25,587 10.64
James Smith 148,633 61.81
Marguerite Willis 66,248 27.55
REPUBLICAN
Kevin Bryant 24,790 6.74
Henry McMaster 155,723 42.32
John Yancey McGill 6,375 1.73
Catherine Templeton 78,705 21.39
John Warren 102,390 27.82
Secretary of State
REPUBLICAN
Nelson Faerber 41,570 12.46
Mark Hammond 218,215 65.43
Joshua Putnam 44,639 13.39
Kerry Wood 29,075 8.72
Attorney General
Republican - RUNOFF
Todd Atwater 102,038 29.74
William D. Herlong 74,199 21.63
Alan Wilson 166,860 48.63
U.S. HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
District 3 (D)
Hosea Cleveland 5,630 30.27
Mary Geren 12,971 69.73
District 4
DEMOCRAT
Brandon P. Brown 6,833 28.47
JT Davis 1,733 7.22
Eric Graben 6,174 25.72
Will Morin 2,192 9.13
Doris Lee Turner 7,070 29.46
REPUBLICAN
Dal Albert 510 .76
Barry Bell
Lee Bright
200
16,742
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24.95
Stephen H. Brown 5,078 7.57
Mark Burns 1,662 2.48
James Epley 5,386 8.03
Dan Hamilton 12,494 18.62
Josh Kimbrell 7,465 11.13
John Marshall Mosser 457 .68
Shannon Pierce 2,442 3.64
Justin David Sanders 354 .53
Claude Schmid 1,415 2.11
William Timmons 12,885 19.21
District 5 (D)
Mark Ali 3,722 13.41
Steve Lough 2,627 9.46
Sidney Moore 4,766 17.17
Archie Parnell 16,648 59.96
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STATE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
House District 17 (R)
Mike Burns 4,007 85.02
Lee B. Vining 706 14.98
House District 18 (R)
Tony Gilliard 1,395 33.29
Tommy Stringer 2,795 66.71
House District 19 (D)
Carrie Counton 620 51.88
Hao Wu 575 48.12
House District 20 (R)
Bobby Davis 2,114 40.46
Adam Morgan 3,111 59.54
House District 21 (R)
Bobby Cox 3,563 62.88
Phyllis Henderson 2,103 37.12
House District 22 (R)
Brett Barcato 1,874 36.08
Jason Elliott 3,030 58.34
Samuel Harms 290 5.58
House District 25 (D)
Jack Logan 320 12.44
Leola Robinson
-Simpson 1,984 77.11
Bruce Wilson 269 10.45
House District 27 (R)
Garry R. Smith 2,709 75.33
Fred Wall 446 12.40
Ira Williams 441 12.26
House District 32 (R)
Max Hyde 2,983 68.84
O’Neal Mintz 1,350 31.16
House District 33 (R)
Tommy Dimsdale 1,472 34.51
Eddie Tallon 2,794 65.49
House District 37 (R)
Donna Hicks 819 28.10
Steven Long 2,096 71.90
House District 38 (R)
Joan Clyborne 1,381 30.97
Josiah Magnuson 3,078 69.03
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018
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Votes %
SPARTANBURG
COUNTY COUNCIL
Council Chair (R)
Manning Lynch 17,403 74.95
Brian Andre’ Turnage 5,815 25.05
Council District 2 (R)
William Crawford 2,099 45.85
Jack A. Mabry 2,479 54.15
GREENVILLE
COUNTY COUNCIL
Council District 28 (R)
Sylvia Lockaby 887 25.47
Dan Tripp 2,595 74.53
DEMOCRATIC BALLOT
QUESTIONS
Democratic Question #1: Do you
support passing a state law allow-
ing doctors to prescribe medical
marijuana to patients?
Yes 200,990 82.03
No 44,041 17.97
Democratic Question #2: Do you
support passing a state law requir-
ing the governor of South Carolina
to accept all federal revenues of-
fered to support Medicaid and Med-
icaid expansion efforts in the state?
Yes 225,929 92.75
No 17,656 7.25
REPUBLICAN BALLOT
QUESTIONS
Republican Question #1: Do you be-
lieve that voters should have the
option to choose to affiliate with a
political party when they register to
vote or change their voter registra-
tion in South Carolina?
Yes 255,848 82.35
No 54,834 17.65
Republican Question #2: Do you be-
lieve that South Carolina’s tax code
should be brought into conformity
with the new Trump tax cuts in the
federal tax code for maximum sim-
plification and to lower the overall
tax burden on South Carolina tax-
payers and businesses?
Yes 266,773 92.30
No 22,244 7.70
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Airport Baptist Church
776 S. Batesville Rd., Greer • 848-7850
Apalache Baptist
1915 Gap Creek Rd., Greer • 877-6012
Bible Baptist Church
6645 Mountain View Rd., Taylors • 895-7003
Blue Ridge Baptist Church
3950 Pennington Rd., Greer • 895-5787
BridgePointe
600 Bridge Rd., Taylors • 244-2774
Burnsview Baptist Church
9690 Reidville Rd., Greer • 879-4006
Calvary Baptist
101 Calvary St., Greer • 877-9759
Calvary Baptist
108 Forest St., Greer • 968-0092
Calvary Hill Baptist
100 Edward Rd., Lyman
Calvary Road Baptist Church
108 Bright Rd., Greer • 593-2643
Camp Creek Baptist Church
1100 Camp Creek Rd., Taylors
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
109 Elmer St., Greer • 877-6216
Community Baptist Church
642 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 848-3500
Double Springs Baptist Church
3800 Locust Hill Rd., Taylors • 895-1314
Ebenezer-Welcome Baptist Church
4005 Highway 414, Landrum • 895-1461
El Bethel Baptist Church
313 Jones Ave., Greer • 877-4021
Emmanuel Baptist Church
423 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer • 877-2121
Enoree Fork Baptist Church
100 Enoree Circle, Greer • 268-4385
Fairview Baptist Church
1300 Locust Hill Rd., Greer • 877-1881
First Baptist Church
202 W. Poinsett St., Greer • 877-4253
Freedom Fellowship • 879-2913
4373 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 631-1336
Friendship Baptist Church
1600 Holly Springs Rd., Lyman • 877-4746
Good News Baptist Church
Office Hours: 1592 S. Highway 14, Greer • 879-2289
Grace Baptist Church
848-5330 760 W. Gap Creek Rd., Greer • 879-3519
400 W. Wade Hampton Blvd. Grace Place
Greer 407 Ridgewood Dr., Greer
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
111 Biblebrook Dr., Greer • 877-4206
Hispanic Baptist Iglesia Bautista Hispana
199 Hubert St., Greer • 877-3899
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250 Hannon Rd., Inman • 877-6765
Locust Hill Baptist Church
5534 Locust Hill Rd., Travelers Rest • 895-1771
Maple Creek Baptist Church
609 S. Main St., Greer • 877-1791
Memorial Drive Baptist Church
570 Memorial Drive Ext., Greer • 877-7061
Milford Baptist Church
1282 Milford Church Rd., Greer • 895-5533
Mount Lebanon Baptist Church
572 Mt. Lebanon Church Rd., Greer • 895-2334
New Hope Baptist Church
561 Gilliam Rd., Greer • 879-7080
New Jerusalem Baptist Church
413 E. Poinsett St., Greer • 968-9203
New Life Baptist Church
90 Becco Rd., Greer • 895-3224
Northwood Baptist Church
888 Ansel School Rd., Greer • 877-5417
O’Neal Baptist Church
3420 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-0930
Pelham First Baptist Church
2720 S. Old Highway 14, Greer • 879-4032
People’s Baptist Church
310 Victor Avenue Ext., Greer • 848-0449
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Rebirth Missionary Baptist Church
2375 Racing Road, Greer • 877-0449
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417 S. Buncombe Rd.
1 Wilson Ave., Greer • 877-5520
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901 River Rd., Greer • 879-4225 Bethesda Temple 125 Broadus St., Greer • 877-8523
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3794 Berry Mill Rd., Greer • 895-4273 3339 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 244-0207
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Pelham Church of God of Prophecy
139 Abner Creek Rd., Greer • 801-0528 Glad Tidings Tabernacle
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Harvest Christian Church
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A8 THE GREER CITIZEN  WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018

Caldwell gets 25 years Crime

the truck and told them BWC was activated. The
to “get back, get back” and case is under investiga-
then returned the item to tion.

Report
the truck.
During that incident, the ASSAULT

for botched robbery (Note: All information con-

A Spartanburg man re-
ceived a 25-year prison
sentence after he accept-
ed responsibility for a
botched armed hold-up at
a local home.
Gerald Caldwell, 53,
pleaded guilty to first-de-
gree burglary, kidnapping
and attempted armed rob-
bery. Caldwell, a previous
sex offender, will serve 85
percent of Circuit Judge
Mark Hayes’ prison sen-
tence before he is eligible
for release.
On September 22, 2016,
Caldwell approached a
homeowner burning yard
debris in Boiling Springs
and attempted to rob
him at gunpoint.  Cald-
well kept the gun pointed
at the victim for over an
hour forcing him inside
the residence.  During the
robbery attempt, Caldwell
attempted to steal a truck
and a motorcycle, but
Sheriff’s deputies con- tained in the following was
nected Caldwell to the taken directly from the
crime through the victim’s official incident reports
description and a DNA filed by the Spartanburg
sample that was taken County Sheriff’s Office. All
from the cigarette butts.  suspects are to be consid-
Caldwell claimed in court ered innocent until proven
he had no recollection of guilty in the court of law.)
the events as he was high
on meth and crack co- ASSAULT
caine.  Two tow truck drivers
“The victim has had were taken into detention
trouble sleeping after this by the Spartanburg Coun-
incident, but now that ty Sheriff’s Office follow-
Caldwell will be behind ing a disturbance on June
Gerald Caldwell bars for a long time, I 16.
know the victim will sleep Christo-
neither were in working soundly tonight,” Assis- pher Michael
order.  He also made the tant Solicitor Eddie Hunter Cole, 42,
victim show him his wallet said. and Shan-
to prove he had no mon- Caldwell’s prior criminal non Dominic
ey in it.  During the crime, record included convic- Black, 37,
Caldwell drank a Coca-Co- tions for criminal domes- were placed
la and smoked cigarettes tic violence, driving un- under arrest Black
and threw them away in der the influence and two for assault
the burning yard debris.  counts of second-degree and battery
Caldwell threatened the criminal sexual conduct after alleged-
victim before fleeing the with a minor. ly pepper
home. spraying a placed under arrest for as-
crowd at 400
Ti m b e r l a ke
View Circle
in Inman. Cole
second truck arrived and
according to her almost
hit everyone. She stated
that the driver (Black) then
exited his vehicle while
yelling expletives to the
crowd and began spray-
ing everyone with pepper
spray.
The nephew stated that
when he questioned why
his vehicle was being
towed, Cole advised him
to “get back, get back” be-
fore spraying him.
The deputy was advised
that Cole’s girlfriend had
videoed the incident,
which he was then able to
view and record via body
worn camera.
In the video, Cole hand-
ed something to his girl-
friend, later identified as
a mace bottle which was
handed over to the depu-
ty, who placed it into the
patrol vehicle.
Another deputy on
scene interviewed Cole.
After the conversa-
tion, Cole and Black were
sault and battery.
After being searched,
both men were placed into
one patrol vehicle.
On June 17, Spartan-
burg County deputies re-
sponded to the call of an
assault at Tracy’s Place,
2725 Highway 101 South
in Greer.
According to the report,
the deputy arrived and
spoke with two male vic-
tims who advised that they
were in line waiting to get
into the bar when a guy
with a BMW shirt on came
by and started “mouthing”
about the truck they were
standing near.
Following a verbal argu-
ment, both men were as-
saulted.
One of the victims was
able to get the name “Sam”
from the BMW work shirt
and the tag number from
the vehicle.
The registration came
back to BMW with no
make, model or VIN listed
with the DMV.
Both men stated that
they did not know the sus-
pect who assaulted them.
One provided a written
statement to the Sheriff’s
Office.
The ID unit arrived on
scene and photographed
one of the victim’s injuries

REDD: Misused two town credit cards According

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with fraudulent intent
($10,000 or more) and fi-
nancial transaction card
fraud ($500 or more in a
six-month period).
According to SLED, Redd
“did alter and/or change
the dispositions of the
tickets and issues refunds
in the system (LawTrak) in
order to steal the money
and permanently deprive
the Town of Lyman and
the State of South Carolina
of the monetary value re-
ceived from the collection
of fines and court costs”
during her time as clerk.
The breach of peace with
fraudulent intent took
place between December
2012 and June 2016, SLED
said.
Also during the investi-
gation, SLED discovered
that Redd used two Town
of Lyman credit cards, one
in her name and one in the
name of Dennis Drozdak,
former Town Treasurer, to
make purchases that were
personal in nature.
Information provided by
the Lyman Police Depart-
ment indicated that Redd
used the cards to make
purchases such as deco-
rations, car rental, hotel
rental, and equipment
rental for the weekend of
and related to her son’s
wedding (May, 2016).
Other miscellaneous
purchases included food,
cleaning supplies, teacher
supplies, men’s clothing, a
Fossil watch, candles, Fit-
bit, child booster seat and
women’s clothing.
The total spent on per-
sonal purchases on the
two credit cards totaled
$7,977.28, SLED officials
said.
Redd denied making
changes in the LawTrak
(ticket) system or stealing
any money, but SLED offi-
cials said she did admit to
using the credit cards to
make purchases that were
personal in nature. Redd
disputed the total amount
of purchases.
A forensic audit showed
that the two schemes re-
sulted in $20,387.65 in
missing funds, according
to SLED.
The case was investigat-
ed by SLED and the Lyman
Police Department and
will be prosecuted by the
Seventh Circuit Solicitor’s
Office. Redd was booked
at the Spartanburg County
Detention Center.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
to the report, the dispatch
call broadcasted that a
tow truck driver from
Cole’s Towing had pulled
a firearm.
While enroute to the
scene, another dispatch
advised that a second
tow truck arrived almost
hitting individuals in the
parking lot and began
spraying pepper spray
into the crowd.
Upon arrival, the deputy
observed two tow trucks
with two white males
standing beside them.
Both men were placed into
investigative detention
away from the crowd.
While questioning wit-
nesses, one stated that
she was one of the first on
scene when the first truck
began loading up a vehicle
belonging to her nephew.
As more individuals ar-
rived, she stated that the
tow truck driver (Cole)
grabbed something from
When they were ob-
served speaking to each
other, they were advised
that they were not to
speak to each other while
enroute to the jail.
When they did not com-
ply, Cole was placed into a
separate vehicle.
While enroute to the jail,
Black asked why they were
under arrest instead of the
other individuals on scene
that had assaulted the tow
truck drivers.
He also contented that
he was never read his Mi-
randa Rights.
The deputy responded
that he was not question-
ing him in any way.
During the ride, Black
continued to speak, stating
that Cole never sprayed
anyone with mace.
Later at the jail, he con-
tradicted himself, telling
one of the booking dep-
uties that he and Cole
sprayed everyone with
mace.
which included a busted
nose and cut under his
right eye on the cheek-
bone area.
TRUCK TAKEN
On June 17, Spartanburg
County deputies respond-
ed to the QT at 1840 High-
way 101 South in Greer
after the report of a stolen
vehicle.
The report states that
the victim told the arriv-
ing deputy that she had
left the keys inside her
2006 Dodge Ram while
she went inside the store
to purchase items.
The vehicle was un-
locked.
When she came outside,
the truck was gone.
The victim plans to try
to contact her cell phone
provider and use the lo-
cate feature to find the ve-
hicle using the phone that
was left inside.
The case is under inves-
tigation.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018 
CALLING UP THE COACH
Michael Pettit
Pettit
returns
to lead
Warrior
baseball
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
When Michael Pettit left
Riverside two years ago,
he hoped it wouldn’t be
for good.
“I never moved out
of Greer,” Pettit said. “I
stayed here even after I
went to Woodmont. My
wife and I just didn’t want
to leave. We love it here,
and we wanted our child
to be able to grow up
here. The dream, for me,
was always to be able to
come back and coach at
Riverside. It’s something I
couldn’t say no to.”
That dream came true
earlier this month when
Pettit stepped in as head
coach for the Warrior
baseball team. He takes
over for Travis Pitman,
who resigned from the job
following a run to Upper
State in 2018.
“There’s not going to be
much of a building pro-
cess here,” Pettit said. “At
Woodmont, I was building
from the ground up and
trying to revamp every-
thing. But now I’m step-
ping into a program that
is established and has had
a lot of success.”
Pettit graduated from
Riverside in 2005. He won
state championships with
SEE PETTIT | B2
Sugar Creek (top) and Silverleaf swim teams continue to compete in SAIL (Swim
Association Invitational League) meets through June 28. For more information, visit
www.swimsail.org.
Martin takes new role at Riverside
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Rick Martin is hoping to
turn things around at Riv-
erside.
A former offensive coor-
dinator under Phil Smith,
Martin will step into the
lead role for the Warrior
football team this fall.
“It’s been a busy winter
and spring trying to get
things ready for football,”
Martin said. “The kids
are working hard and are
committed to what we’re
trying to do. They realize
that if they want things
to change and improve,
they’ve got to be the ones
to do it. Right now, we’re
just learning and trying to
enjoy it.”
Smith’s run with the
Warriors was a roller
coaster to say the least.
His four-year stint includ-
ed a couple of winless
seasons and the team’s
first trip to the playoffs in
many years.
Martin believes, howev-
er, that consistency will
start with relationship
building.
“We’re building rela-
tionships,” Martin said.
“During spring and sum-
mer workouts, the goal
is to spend a lot of time
together, so we’ve played
games together and gotten
to know one another.
“We’re trying to help
these guys become good
Ferrel named newest assistant coach
For NGU
lacrosse
North Greenville men’s
lacrosse coach Corey
Struss has tabbed Dan
Ferrel as the newest as-
sistant coach for the Cru-
saders.
Ferrel comes to Tiger-
ville with a great deal
of coaching experience,
including his current
position with the True
Lacrosse National Team
as an assistant coach.
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Sports
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Rick Martin is moving from offensive coordinator to head coach of Riverside High’s
football team, the Warriors.
husbands and fathers
one day, so that means
developing good charac-
teristics now. Football is a
great way to develop those
skills.”
Rebuilding the program
will take patience, and
Martin said he’s up to the
task.
“It’s not about me,” he
said. “This is something
that’s bigger than me or
any one of us. We just
Dan Ferrel
Before his stint with the
national team, Ferrel
worked with True La-
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
have to be committed to
each other and to our vi-
sion. There’s no magic bul-
let here. I don’t have the
secret to all-of-the-sudden
becoming a great football
program, but we have to
work hard and raise our
expectations and commit-
ment level.”
The Warriors will com-
pete in 7-on-7s through-
out June and July before
practice officially gets un-
crosse in Illinois where
he served as the team’s
defensive coordinator.
Previous stops on his
coaching resume include
assistant coaching spots
with new River Valley
Lacrosse Club (2016)
and the U-13 Lexington
Lacrosse team the previ-
ous season. As a player,
Ferrel helped lead Cul-
ver Military Academy
to the North American
Lacrosse Invitational
Championship as the #1
high school program in
the country and contin-
Sports
Roundup
BR BOOSTER CLUB SELLING
RESERVED TICKETS
The Blue Ridge High
Booster Club is currently
selling reserved seats in
the Booster Club section
for home football games
for the upcoming season.
General admission pass-
es, reserved parking spots
and All Sports passes are
also for sell.
For more information,
visit the Blue Ridge Fight-
ing Tigers Facebook page.
COMPETITIVE AXE THROW-
ING LEAGUE TO BEGIN
Craft Axe Throwing is
launching a competitive
axe throwing league in
Greenville.
No experience is neces-
sary, and players will com-
pete individually while re-
ceiving tips from coaches.
For more information,
visit craftaxethrowing.
com.
BR FOOTBALL ANNOUNCES
SUMMER SCHEDULE
The Blue Ridge Tigers
football team will par-
ticipate in several 7 on 7
events this summer.
Their schedule is as fol-
lows:
June 22-23: Cam Newton
7 on 7
June 26, 10 a.m.: Pow-
dersville 7 on 7
June 29-30: Byrnes 7 on
7 Greer, SC 29650.
July 10, 10 a.m.: 7 on 7
at Broome
Practice begins Monday,
July 30.
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derway in August.
“It’s going to be a grind
and it’s going to take a
lot of work, but to their
credit, the kids have been
stepping up and have been
willing to put the work in,”
Martin said. “They believe
we’re going to be success-
ful and we’re going to
work toward those goals.”
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
ued his playing career at
Virginia Military Institute
where he graduated 2017
with a dual major in Phi-
losophy and History.
At North Greenville,
Ferrel will assume his
responsibilities as defen-
sive coordinator for the
Crusaders. He will also
double as the program’s
Coordinator for Academ-
ic Success and take over
as the men’s lacrosse re-
cruiting coordinator.
RIVERSIDE OFFERING
YOUTH ALL-SKILLS CAMP
Riverside High will offer
a Youth All-Skills Summer
Volleyball Camp for 6th-
8th graders June 21-23.
Times are Thursday-Fri-
day, 6-8 p.m., Saturday, 9
a.m.-11 a.m. and noon-2
p.m. (bring lunch for hour
break).
The camp is for all play-
ers who want to improve
the six basic skills of un-
derhand passing, over-
hand passing, serving,
attacking, movement and
defense through funda-
mental training and game-
like drills. Sessions will be
heavily skill based to give
all players a solid founda-
tion of fundamental vol-
leyball to prepare them for
their upcoming seasons.
To register, visit https://
goo.gl/forms/cKKY3xex-
aWfzzQf32 or the school
website.
For more information,
email riversidehsvolley-
ball@gmail.com.
RIVERSIDE TO HOLD KIDDIE
CHEER CAMP
Riverside High will hold
a Cheerleading Summer
Kiddie Camp 2018 for chil-
dren ages 4-12 June 25-28
from 9 a.m.-noon each day
in the school gym.
A drink and snack is
provided daily. A t-shirt
will be provided for all
participants.
Cost is $50 per child.
Registrations can be
mailed to Riverside High
School, Attn: Cheer, 94
Hammett Bridge Road,
For more information,
contact carmstro@green-
ville.k12.sc.us.
B
BLAME
CANNADA
BILLY
CANNADA
Lost
I
t’s the worst feeling in
the world.
Your stomach drops
to the floor. Your heart
starts beating a mile a
minute. The room begins
to spin.
You slip into a deep,
dark state of depression
and anxiety.
All you can do is wait
for the phone to ring.
Seriously, you need that
phone to ring…because
you’ve lost it.
On two separate oc-
casions this week, I lost
my cell phone. If you’re
like me, you’ve done this
many times, and the feel-
ing never gets any easier.
We were with a group of
friends when I lost it the
first time. I’d just finished
a game of monopoly with
these cheaters (I’d go into
that if I had more time)
when I decided to retire to
the couch to get my mind
off the game.
About an hour later,
I had no clue where my
iPhone was. We searched
everywhere. We looked
in the couches. We tried
calling it. We looked in
the trash. We opened
closet doors in the house
that hadn’t been opened
in years.
It was one of the most
frustrating experiences of
my life.
If you’ve ever misplaced
your mobile device, you’ll
understand the anxiety
that comes along with it.
Who could be calling?
What if I’m missing
something important?
What if it’s gone forever
and I’ve lost all my con-
tacts?
I’m getting stressed out
just thinking about this.
Back to the story,
after about an hour, we
called off the search and
decided to resume at a
later point in time. The
next morning, I searched
the deep recesses of each
piece of furniture in the
house and, sure enough,
there it was—buried
about a mile deep inside a
recliner.
I was happy to have it
back. I’d been so out of
the loop for the 12 hours
it was missing, you’d
think I’d been exiled to a
deserted island.
I wish I could say that
was the only moment
where I struggled this
week, but it wasn’t.
Monday night, I guess I
thought it would be fun to
repeat the process. After
grabbing some dinner
and gas for my wife, I
returned home, only to
find that I’d misplaced my
phone yet again.
“CALL IT!!” I said in a
panic, knowing what terri-
ble anxiety I was about to
experience yet again.
Shannon rolled her
eyes, mumbling several
disapproving remarks
about how I couldn’t keep
track of anything.
After a few attempts to
find it using the ringer,
I was convinced that I’d
left it on top of my car on
the way back from the gas
station.
I grabbed my keys, sped
off, and began examining
the roadways for a busted
cell phone. I made it to
the gas station a few min-
utes later.
“Have you seen a cell
phone?” I asked the
worker. “I’m unable to
keep track of anything in
my life.”
He hadn’t seen it, and
this time, I was sure it
was gone forever.
I drove back home feel-
ing defeated.
“You’re such an idiot,”
I told myself. “Why can’t
you stop losing things?”
I pulled into my drive-
way slowly, only to find
my wife sitting there with
my phone.
“I found it five minutes
after you left,” she said
with a furrowed brow.
I can’t take this kind of
stress anymore, y’all.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr vs. Brad Keselowski March 25 ............................. March 29, Martinsville Speedway
Winner: Steve Gosnell, Inman
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great you have a chance to win. are just so many things when the players like you
team, the players have to If he’s on, you Winner: only need Allen Batson,
a highGreer school team has ‘A lot of guys are and respect you, they’ll
the baseball team in 2003 want to be great. That’sApr.about 29.................................
one or two runs. May A 3,totalladega
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Moore,a Greer there’s a fine line there.
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6 .................................. May 9,has to throw
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tory,” Pettit said. “We’re al- line every time, win the citing.
Winner: Scott McCallister, Greer
to throw it to second and lot of that falls on the tra-
ways going to be competi- day—that’s what is goingMay 20 ................................
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apply a tag.Motor
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are so good last year, so dition that Riverside has
tive. Travis did a good job to turn this good team ing out four days a week, many things there that can built. There’s a standard
of getting us back to being into a great team.” Junedoing
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level, so I’ve got some big several key pieces in 2019, some great leadership. so that’s why I like to get long after I’m gone.”
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shoes to fill. Hopefully I’ll including several seniors Some of the seniors were guys in motion.” Michael Pettit With a couple of moves
be able to come in and take and a Clemson commit. freshmen when I was here, The new head coach Riverside baseball coach in the last few years, Pettit
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time.
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B4 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018

Retired public safety officers

recall work on Bull Street
PART 2
Editor’s Note: The fol-
lowing is Part 2 of a series
on the lives of public safe-
ty officers at the SC State
Hospital in Columbia. Part
1 can be found in the June
13 edition of The Greer
Citizen. Look for further
stories on Bull Street to ap-
pear this summer.

BY WILLIAM BUCHHEIT
STAFF WRITER

Thinking about all the

people who worked at the
state hospital, the officers
who patrolled and protect-
ed it might not be the first
to come to mind.
But the fact is few em-
ployees there had as diffi-
cult and demanding a job.
Though they had their
incidents with combative
men, women and children,
officers generally found
the state hospital’s patient
population courteous,
friendly and well-behaved.
“You started out kind
of apprehensive but once
you got to know them (the
patients) and what not,
they’d be your friends and
wave at you,” remembers
Phil Parker, who spent 25
years on Bull Street.
“My favorite part was
all the different patients
you’d get to know,” adds
Sam Alexander, who came
to the hospital in 1978.
“It taught me about the
different types of mental
illness. There’s all types.
I got to see some of them
discharged and not come
back. There were also
some that died there and
knew no other life but
that, and that’s sad.”
Bull Street’s public safe-
ty also had to respond to
suicide attempts (both
failed and successful) and
transport bodies to the
morgue.
Sometimes, patients
would even sell sexual
favors just so they could
purchase something at the
canteen.
“The oldest profession
in the world went on at
the state hospital with
the patients,” Alexander
reflects. “They wore old
house dresses back then
and some days they’d
have a whole dress full of
change.”
Obviously, there was not
much the officers could
do if they stumbled upon
such an illicit tryst. Alert-
ing the nurse manager
was usually the only form
of reprimand at their dis-
posal.
Though no employees
were busted for that par-
ticular offense, some Bull
St. staffers did manage to
find their way into hand-
cuffs. Occasionally, offi-
cers would arrest them for
theft, threats and even do-
mestic violence.
Sam Alexander (left) with wrestling legend Ric Flair.
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
A marshal badge from the
old SC State Hospital.
‘My favorite
part was all the
different patients
you’d get to know.’
Sam Alexander
“Sometimes we would
have disgruntled employ-
ees that would pull a fire
alarm or threaten someone
else that worked there,”
says Alexander. “I’ve even
seen them come out there
at night and pour a gallon
of paint on their supervi-
sor’s car.”
COMPASSION
With the new millenni-
um approaching and the
nationwide push towards
deinstitutionalization
gaining steam, Bull Street
became a more pleasant
place for patients and
staff.
“As time went along,
there was better staffing,
newer drugs, more activi-
ties,” Parker recalls. “They
(patients) got to go places
around the city for dif-
ferent kinds of outings. It
was easier for them to get
PHOTO | SUBMITTED PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Sam Alexander (right), present day.
privileges. There was also
more freedom of move-
ment and family would
come and visit more.”
The retired public safe-
ty director says hospital
staff would even take pa-
tients to fill out job ap-
plications and help them
apply for positions so that
they could better reinte-
grate into the community.
Towards the end of
Parker’s career on Bull St.,
the DMH introduced a new
course for its public safety
officers. It was called “Pre-
vention and Management
of Aggressive Behavior”
and gave staff long-need-
ed standards for handling
patient interactions. Until
that point, Parker says,
most officer education oc-
curred on the job instead
of in a classroom.
“Before PMAB started,
you were kind of on your
own, trying not to hurt,
not to bruise, to do things
as easy and humanely as
you could.”
Parker credits his par-
ents for teaching him that
sense of compassion. Af-
ter two decades in the
Army, his father spent 20
more years working as a
nurse at the V.A. Parker’s
sister also was a nurse and
his mother worked at the
state hospital’s laundry.
She was the one who first
suggested he work for the
state when he returned
from service in the Air
Force.
Alexander shared his
mentor’s sensitivity to pa-
tients. One formerly com-
bative woman took such a
liking to him that she let PHOTO | SUBMITTED
him escort her to the hos-
pital for her cancer treat- Phil Parker, present day.
ments.
He also did all he could combat infantry badge, an’s Day, he would walk Parker and Alexander
for a proud war veteran which was very rare,” Al- off from the state hospi- both extend thanks to all
who lived out his golden exander remembers. “I tal. All he wanted to do Public Safety personnel,
years on the campus. explained to my officers was march in the parade. active and retired, for
“He was an Afri- that he was a man’s man He earned the right to be their dedication and com-
can American who had and told them not to dis- in that parade, but they mitment to SCDMH.
fought in WW2 and had a respect him. Every Veter- wouldn’t let him march.”

Greer Idol returns to Tunes in the Park lineup

BY JULIE HOLCOMBE
STAFF WRITER

Five contestants will

compete for the 2018
Greer Idol crown this sum-
mer.

TUNES IN THE PARK  |

June 22: Son Del Callao
July 6: The Carolina Coast
Band
July 13: The Mighty Kicks
July 20: Power 2 Party
July 27: The Note Ropers Amber LaVallee Tim Morgan JJ Pearson Ian Ritchings Tiffany Margaret Smith

The competition, which
kicked off last Friday, will
take place in the coming
weeks during Tunes in the
Park at the city’s amphi-
theater.
Amber LaVallee began
singing at age 3. She cur-
rently performs for her
husband, sons and cus-
tomers of Waffle House,
where she works.
Tim Morgan is a teacher
at Florence Chapel Middle
School. The music lover
named his children Oliver
Reed after the woodwind
instrument and Graham
Davis after famous jazz
artist Miles Davis.
JJ Pearson is a graduate
of North Greenville Univer-
sity with a degree in Per-
formance Theatre. He has
performed in and directed
several plays for the Greer
Children’s Theatre.
Ian Ritchings, of Lyman,
is a junior at North Green-
ville University studying
Broadcast Media. He has
been singing in choirs and
as a soloist for as long
as he can remember, and
has also been involved in
several theatrical produc-
tions.
Tiffany Margaret Smith
is a 27-year-old from Ea-
sley. She has been sing-
ing since age 4, perform-
ing in choirs, church and
schools. Her favorite mu-
sic genres include coun-
try, musicals, Disney and and inflatables will be on-
popular. site prior to the perfor-
Fans can vote for Round mance at 5 p.m.
1 now at www.facebook. This week’s Tunes in the
com/GreerIdol/. Park headliner is Son Del
The competition will run Callao who will take the
each week at 7 and 8:30 stage at 7:30 and 9 p.m.
p.m., during intermission For more information
of Tunes in the Park. on the event, rain delays
Salsa Greenville SC will or location changes, visit
open at 6 p.m. Food trucks Facebook.com/GreerIdol.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018 
AFFIRM FILMS
Scene from ‘Paul, Apostle
of Christ’
 |
COUCH THEATER
BY AMY ANDERSON
NEW RELEASES
FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 18
PICKS OF THE WEEK
“Pacific Rim: Upris-
ing” (PG-13) -- It’s the
next generation’s turn
to throw giant robots at
otherworldly monsters
in the sequel to Guiller-
mo del Toro’s inventive
2013 original. This is no
shiny new penny, though:
The Jaegers (human-con-
trolled giant robot-type
vehicles) are still battling
the Kaijus (also giant
alien-controlled monsters
that threaten the exis-
tence of all life on Earth).
John Boyega stars as Jake
Pentecost, son of Stacker
Pentecost, from the origi-
nal. A jaded former pilot
turned fringe criminal,
he is pressed into serving
as a trainer and bringing
along a ragtag recruit: the
scrappy hacker Amara
(Cailee Spaeny). As new
threats emerge, it’s down
to Jake, Amara and Jake’s
former co-pilot Nate
Lambert (Scott Eastwood)
to stop the re-emergent
threat of the Kaiju. Char-
lie Day reprises as Dr.
Geiszler.
“Unsane” (R) -- It’s a
new job in a new city for
Sawyer Valentini (Claire
Foy), whose previous
life involved a troubling
stalker named David
(Joshua Leonard). She’s
doing all the right things
to recover, including
joining a local support
group. But, she is coerced
into a 24-hour commit-
ment to the psych ward
for evaluation, which
turns into a twisted and
trapped nightmare. An
orderly is revealed as her
former stalker, and as the
body count rises, reality
becomes skewed. Direc-
tor Steven Soderbergh is
known for innovation,
and this is no exception:
The film was shot in rela-
tive secret and entirely on
an iPhone 7 Plus.
“Paul, Apostle of
Christ” (PG-13) -- A de-
tailing of the final days of
the apostle Paul (James
Faulkner), imprisoned in
Roman Emperor Nero’s
darkest dungeon, as a
threat to the Roman Em-
pire. He awaits death, but
what is on his mind is his
life -- Paul began his life
persecuting Christians be-
fore his own conversion.
The streets of Rome are a
bloodbath, with faith flag-
ging in even the staunch-
est. Luke (Jim Caviezel,
in another impassioned
biblical performance)
risks life and limb to visit
Paul in order to tell his
story. The message: God
forgives, and His grace
abounds. Joanne Whal-
ley and John Lynch also
appear as Priscilla and
Aquilla, companions to
Paul during his ministry.
“Midnight Sun” (PG-
13) -- Bella Thorne, once
a Disney teen princess,
stars as Katie, a girl with a
rare disease that pre-
cludes her being exposed
to sunlight. (Full disclo-
sure: She is not a vampire;
this is a real disease that’s
hastily and shoddily por-
trayed.) She’s been kept
company lo these many
years (17) by her dad (Rob
Riggle), her bestie (Quinn
Shephard) and the view
through her window of
hunky Charlie (Patrick
Schwarzenegger -- yes,
he’s Arnold’s son). The
two connect one night
and begin a summer ro-
mance. But how long can
she keep her secret and
her health? The biggest
question, though, is why
this was a theatrical re-
lease and not a TV movie
of the week.
NEW TV RELEASES
“Dark Matter” Season 3
“Doctor Who: Tom Bak-
er” complete 1st season
Entertainment
SC Ag + Art Tour in Spartanburg June 23
As one of the newest
participants in the South
Carolina Ag + Art Tour,
West Main Artists Co-op
will welcome guests on
Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m.-
4 p.m. with several mem-
bers demonstrating how
they create art and the
agency sponsoring a pop-
up art market.
Now in its seventh year,
this free self-guided farm-
and-art tour educates
people about where food
and fiber comes from, as
well as introduces them
to local artisans, Clemson
Extension Agribusiness
Agent and Tour Adminis-
trator Ben Boyles said.
“We are so glad to have
added Spartanburg Coun-
ty and West Main Artists
Co-op to the tour this
year,” Boyles said. “This
is a unique opportunity
for the public to tour vari-
ous ag-related businesses,
farms, and art facilities in
Spartanburg and to give
people a better knowledge
of what is produced in
their own backyard. West
Main Artists Co-op is well
known for producing and
showcasing ‘The People’s
Art,’ which works well
with our tour.” West Main
Artists Co-op is located
at 578 West Main Street,
Spartanburg.
The South Carolina
Ag + Art Tour is a free
self-guided tour of farms
and farmers markets, fea-
Things
To Do
NEW LISTINGS  |
GREENVILLE ZOO
OFFERING CAMPS
The Greenville Zoo will
offer Spring and Summer
Zoo Camp 2018 for chil-
dren ages 3-14.
Camps cover a variety of
themes and are available
by age groups: 3, 4-5, 6-8,
9-11 and 12-14.
Activities include animal
encounters, games, ex-
periments, crafts and zoo
keeper talks.
For more information,
visit greenvillezoo.com or
call 467-4300.
ZOO TO OFFER LECTURE
ON TIGER INITIATIVE
The Greenville Zoo will
hold a Conservation Lec-
ture Series: The Global Ti-
ger Initiative on Thursday,
June 21, 7-8 p.m. at The
Children’s Museum of the
Upstate.
Brett A. Wright, Ph.D.,
who serves as director of
the U.S. Tiger University
Consortium (a four-uni-
versity collaborative to
support the Global Tiger
Recovery Program), will
describe the dire situa-
tion facing tigers in the
wild, some of the primary
issues causing their de-
cline and how Clemson,
Auburn, LSU and Missouri
(all tiger-mascot schools)
are trying to reverse the
decline.
Adults and children are
welcome. Pre-registration
is not required, but help-
ful.
For more information
about the event and the
Conservation Lecture Se-
ries, visit greenvillezoo.
com/lecture.
MOONLIGHT MOVIES TO
SHOW LEGO MOVIE
The City of Greer will
continue its Moonlight
Movies series on Thurs-
day, June 21, with The
Lego Ninjago Movie.
Movies are shown on
Thursdays in June and
July in Greer City Park.
Free pre-show fun with in-
flatables, crafts, raffle and
dancing begins at 6 p.m.
each evening. Movies be-
gin at dusk.
The Greer Citizen
Roderice Cardell, THEMADDDARTIST, will create non-
representational works of art during the South Carolina
Ag + Art Tour at West Main Artists Co-op on June 23.
turing artisans at every
stop and occurring every
weekend in June.
“West Main Artists Co-
For the safety of all at-
tending the movies, chil-
dren 16 and under must
be accompanied by an
adult at all times. Smoking
and pets are not allowed.
For more information,
visit www.cityofgreer.org
or call 968-7008.
LYMAN TO HOLD FAMILY
MOVIE NIGHTS
The Town of Lyman will
hold Family Movie Nights
on Thursdays through the
summer.
The first showing is
scheduled for Thursday,
June 21, in the town am-
phitheater.
Popcorn and drinks will
be available.
TUNES IN THE PARK TO
FEATURE SON DEL CALLAO
Tunes in the Park will
feature Son Del Callao
on Friday, June 22, in the
Greer City Park amphithe-
ater.
Events kick off each Fri-
day at 5 p.m. with food
trucks and inflatables. A
local musician will per-
form at 6 p.m. followed
by Greer Idol at 7 p.m. The
headliner will perform at
7:30 p.m. with Greer Idol
resuming at 8:30 p.m. The
headliner will once again
return to the stage at 9
p.m.
For more information
or to check the schedule
for rain delays or location
changes, visit facebook.
com/GreerIdol.
ARTISTS’ GUILD TO DISPLAY
‘EMBRACING DIVERSITY’
The Artists’ Guild of
Spartanburg will display
“Embracing Diversity:
The Art of Inclusivity” by
The Charles Lea Center
through June 28 in the
Guild Gallery. An art walk
reception will be held
Thursday, June 21, from
5-8 p.m.
For the past 45 years,
The Charles Lea Center
(CLC) has been serving the
needs of individuals with
intellectual disabilities
and/or chronic medical
conditions in both early
intervention and adult ser-
vice programs.
The CLC notes that of-
ten diversity is synony-
mous with exclusion, and
as an organization, they
are working to change the
perception, to encourage
dialogue, and to promote
inclusion in all aspects of
community life.
The art show serves
to showcase the talent
housed within the CLC
family and to promote
community integration
through mixed media and
abstract design. Each one
of the pieces was created
by someone associated
with the intellectual dis-
abilities world. It is the
hope of the Artists’ Guild
of Spartanburg that the
exhibit will continue to fa-
cilitate the breaking down
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op is one of Spartanburg’s
largest arts agencies and
one of the few places
where you can actually see
of barriers, stereotypes
and exclusive practices for
individuals with disabili-
ties.
The Artists’ Guild of
Spartanburg is located at
200 East St. John Street
in Spartanburg. For more
information, visit http://
artistsguildofspartanburg.
com.
STANSELL EXHIBIT ON
DISPLAY IN SPARTANBURG
“Ruination,” installa-
tions and prints by Caren
Stansell will be on display
in the Crutchfield Gallery
of the Spartanburg County
Headquarters Library June
21-Aug. 29.
An artist talk is sched-
uled for Thursday, Aug. 9,
at 6 p.m.
“My current work is an
investigation of Appa-
lachian dumpsites. This
has led me to look at hu-
manity’s relationship to
the natural world through
consumerist tendencies.
In particular, I am inter-
ested in what we choose
to leave behind and how
we organize our perspec-
tive on what constitutes
an aesthetically appealing
landscape,” Sansell said.
For more information,
call 285-9091 or email mi-
randas@infodepot.org.
PARK HOP PLAY DATE
SET FOR JUNE 22
The first LiveWell Green-
ville Park Hop Play Date
for the sixth annual Park
Hop on Friday, June 22,
from 10 a.m.-noon at Sun-
set Park in Mauldin.
Park Hop is a sum-
mer-long scavenger hunt
across Greenville County
that encourages children
and families to discov-
er featured parks while
searching for answers to
clues within each park.
Participants earn priz-
es like swag bags, water
park passes and Park Hop
t-shirts.
For more information,
visit parkhop.org.
SCCT SHOWING
‘MADAGASCAR’ MUSICAL
Three showings remain
in South Carolina Chil-
dren’s Theatre perfor-
mance of “Madagascar
- A Musical Adventure” at
the Peace Center’s Gunter
Theatre.
Alex the Lion, Marty the
Zebra, Melman the Giraffe
and Gloria, the hip hip
Hippo and those hilarious
plotting penguins bound
onto the stage in a musi-
cal adventure based on
the smash DreamWorks
animated motion picture.
Show times are Satur-
day, June 23, 10 a.m. and
1:30 p.m., and Sunday,
June 24, at 1:30 p.m.
For more information,
visit scchildrenstheatre.
org or call 467-3000.
art being made,” the agen-
cy’s President Beth Regula
said. “In addition, we have
the largest retail outlet
for locally made art. It is
an honor to participate in
this tour...”
West Main Artists Co-
op’s participation will
include Roderice Cardell–
THEMADDDARTIST–creat-
ing non-representational
works of art.
“I usually begin a new
painting with random
brush strokes of color or
I sling paint onto the can-
vas to create violent and
uncontrolled responses to
the music,” he said. “The
work’s unpredictability
creates movement to the
rhythm of the music and
emotional connection I
have with the content of
the music. I connect sound
to emotion, and I see col-
ors when I hear the mu-
sic. The music gives me a
sense of direction when I
create.”
As an emerging artist,
Cardell has spent his ca-
reer telling his story of
overcoming dyslexia and
fighting anxiety using art
as an outlet. The “MADDD”
in his performance name
stands for Making Art Di-
verse, Daring, and Distin-
guished.
Other West Main artists
who will be demonstrating
that day are Regula, An-
nette Giaco, Dave Sawyer,
Shelley Sperka, and Barbie
EVENT REMINDERS  |
‘Beauty and the Beast’
Through June 23
Greenville Little Theatre
233-6238
greenvillelittletheatre.org
‘Bloody Bloody Andrew
Jackson’
Through June 30
Warehouse Theatre
235-6948
warehousetheatre.com
‘The Tin Woman’
Through June 30
Centre Stage
www.centrestage.org
233-6733
Tall Tale Tuesdays
Tuesdays through July 24
7-8 p.m.
Greer Heritage Museum
Greer Cultural Arts
Camp Ark 2018
Comic Book Art-Venture
June 25-29
Fairy Tale Art-Venture
July 9-13
Musical Theatre Camp
July 16-27
Tryon Recreation Center
greerculturalarts.com
848-5383
ONGOING EXHIBITS  |
Jessica Lane
Through June 30
Artists Guild Gallery
of Greenville
‘Passing Time’
Through July 1
RIVERWORKS Gallery
www.gvltec.edu/dva
THE GREER CITIZEN B5
Workman. The pop-up art
market will be in the “Ven-
ue,” West Main’s largest
gallery.
From 11:30 a.m. to 3
p.m., the popular Herb’N
Eats food truck will be sta-
tioned at West Main Art-
ists Co-op.
Tour stops include
farms and farmers mar-
kets with art featured at
each location. Artisans on
the tour range from weav-
ers, painters, musicians,
storytellers, metalworkers
and craftsmen, to poets
and live musical perfor-
mances. Some of the farms
will offer value-added
products, such as jarred
and canned foods, honey,
baked goods or even farm-
fresh meals. There is no
fee to attend, and visitors
can start and stop their
tour at any location.
Participating ag busi-
nesses and art agencies
in Spartanburg include
Billamere Farm, Dave’s
Bee & Honey Farm, Harp
& Shamrock Croft, Ingle-
nook, Strawberry Hill USA,
Thicketty Mountain Farms
and the Cleveland Pre-
serve, Blue Farms Natural
Market, Chapman Cultur-
al Center, Hub City Book-
shop, and Hub City Farm-
ers Market.
More information about
the tour can be found on-
line at www.agandarttour.
com.
Area
women to
compete
for
Miss SC
Several area contestants
will compete for Miss
South Carolina and Miss
South Carolina Teen 2018
June 26-30 at Township
Auditorium in Columbia.
Forty-seven women will
vie for the title in each
contest.
Area representatives for
Miss South Carolina in-
clude Miss Greater Greer
Sydney Ford and Miss In-
man Catherine Kirkland.
Area contestants for
Miss South Carolina Teen
include Miss Greater Greer
Teen Kellan Fenegan, Miss
Inman Teen Grayson Bent-
ley, Miss North Greenville
University Hannah Pear-
son.
Miss Powdersville Teen
Hailey Greer is also from
Lyman.
Preliminaries will be
held June 26-28. The 2018
Miss SC Teen Final is set
for Friday, June 29, at 7
p.m. The 2018 Miss SC Fi-
nal will be held Saturday,
June 30, at 8 p.m.
For more information,
visit www.miss-sc.org.
B6 THE GREER CITIZEN FUN AND GAMES
Was son right to ignore
his doctor’s advice?
DEAR DR. ROACH: My
son is 40 years old. After a
recent stress test, he end-
ed up with five stents in
his arteries, and also was
diagnosed with diabetes.
His doctor ordered him
not to go back to work for
three or four weeks, but he
went back after three days.
He told the doctor that he
would be more stressed if
he stayed home. His job
is mostly sitting down.
Since he didn’t follow the
advice, how will this affect
his health? -- V.B.
ANSWER: We don’t nor-
mally have people stay
home for long periods of
time after placement of
stents, so I was surprised
to hear that he was “or-
dered” (I almost never
“order,” only recommend,
more or less strongly) to
stay home.
My experience is that
after receiving life-chang-
ing diagnoses, such as di-
abetes or coronary artery
disease, it’s best to keep
some habits, such as work,
the same and change oth-
ers. For your son, I am sure
he will be recommended a
proper diet for diabetes
and exercise appropriate
for a person with a new
diagnosis of heart disease.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’ve
suffered from essential
tremor for 16 years. I
take 500 mg of primidone
and 40 mg of propranolol
Soap Updates
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND
THE BEAUTIFUL
Hope dealt with the
shock of learning that
Liam was preparing to pro-
pose to Steffy again. Steffy
got wrapped up in the
excitement of her dream
coming to fruition, but
her mood quickly soured
when Bill stopped by un-
expectedly. Sally and Wy-
att struck up a flirtation.
Maya voiced her concerns
to Julius about Xander’s
interest in Emma. Liam
visited Hope and made
an announcement about
his relationship with his
dad and future at Spen-
cer Publications. After Bill
blackmailed Steffy, Taylor
arrived but was oblivious
to Steffy’s plight. Hope
shared with Liam how
close she came to living
happily ever after. Xander
asked Emma out on a date,
frustrating Maya. Wait to
See: Eric goes against ev-
eryone’s wishes and offers
Sally a job.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
The Hortons rallied
around Lani as she under-
went an emergency C-sec-
tion. Eric, Jennifer, Lucas
and Chloe shared a cele-
bratory dinner. Abe bond-
ed with Eli. Distraught
about Ciara, Hope lashed
out at Tripp. Ben confided
in Ciara about a disturbing
moment from his child-
hood. Will kept a secret
from Paul. Chad made a
suggestion to Sonny and
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
twice daily. I’ve gradually
increased the dose over
the years, and the combi-
nation works quite well.
What is the highest dose
of these medications that
I can take? Also, are there
any new drugs on the mar-
ket that have been proven
to help? -- S.S.
ANSWER: Primidone, a
medication indicated for
seizures, often is used
off-label for essential
tremor. The normal dose
for essential tremor is
250-500 mg at night, but
doses up to 750 mg some-
times are used. For sei-
zures, the highest recom-
mended dose is 2,000 mg,
so although yours is at the
high end of normal for es-
sential tremor (“essential,”
by the way, simply means
we don’t know what is
causing it; it isn’t essential
for anything), you still are
at a dose that’s well below
the safe limit. I suspect
that because you have
been on it for so long, your
body is used to this dose.
The usual starting dose is
25 mg.
Propranolol is used for
many conditions, includ-
ing high blood pressure
and preventing migraines,
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‘Obrecht’ on ‘General
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Victor as the best candi-
date to run Titan. Kayla got
caught snooping around
Kate’s room. Steve blasted
Stefan for what he did to
Abigail. Hope was relieved
by Ciara’s phone call, but
quickly grew upset by her
news. Kate made a huge
confession to Chad. Stefan
threw Brady and Eve a cur-
veball. Wait to See: Gabi is
released from prison, but
her reunion with Ari isn’t
what she expected.
 
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Sonny and Mike’s con-
versation was interrupt-
ed. Obrecht covered her
tracks. Peter continued
to plead his case. Nina
ran into Drew. Amy of-
fered some insight. Carly
learned to play nice. Nelle
reflected on her past. Fran-
co caught up with Kevin.
Liz tried to keep things
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018
but its use in essential
tremor also is off-label,
meaning that the Food
and Drug Administration
has not approved the drug
for use for this condition.
“Off-label” doesn’t nec-
essarily mean your pre-
scription is wrong or dan-
gerous, only that it hasn’t
been approved by the FDA.
In your case, the combi-
nation of primidone and
propranolol frequently is
used and recommended in
the medical literature. For
essential tremor, experts
have recommended doses
up to 320 mg per day, but
the dose can be limited
by slow heart rate or low
blood pressure.
If you are doing well,
there is no reason to
change. Other medica-
tions frequently used for
essential tremor include
gabapentin and topira-
mate. There also are surgi-
cal treatments, deep brain
stimulation, gamma knife
radiation and ultrasound
for resistant cases.
***
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.
To view and order health
pamphlets, visit www.rb-
mamall.com, or write to
Good Health, 628 Virginia
Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.
simple. Sam expressed her
admiration to Alexis. Dan-
te and Michael confronted
Chase. Josslyn leaned on
Nelle. Sonny was relieved.
Anna refused to place
blame. Nina demanded
answers. Kiki was disap-
pointed. Julian decided to
hear Alexis’s side of the
story. Sam and Curtis hit
a dead end. Valentin’s ro-
mantic gesture backfired.
Carly feared that nothing
would ever be the same
again. Wait to See: Jason
and Spinelli finally catch
a break. 
THE YOUNG AND
THE RESTLESS
Abby crashed Father’s
Day brunch at the New-
man Ranch to force Vic-
tor to make amends with
her new love, Arturo. Nick
 |
found himself disagreeing
with Brittany when she THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
suggested that he break
up with Sharon. Victoria
received an anonymous
threat at work from a
hacker. Wanting to re-es-
tablish his relationship
with Jack, Kyle offered to
help him search for his bi-
ological father. Now hap-
pily reunited, Hilary and
Devon celebrated Father’s
Day with the Ashby/Win-
ters clan, where they were
 |
met with grudging accep-
tance. Nikki was upset to RFD by Mike Marland
see Arturo and Abby in
love. Devon helped Hila-
ry cope with her morning
sickness despite her best
efforts to hide it. Wait to
See: Victoria’s world is
shaken to the core.
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps  |
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas  |

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018 
School
News
GREENVILLE COUNTY |
SCHOOLS OPERATE
ON SUMMER HOURS
Greenville County
schools and offices will
operate on a summer
schedule through Thurs-
day, Aug. 10.
All will be open Monday
through Thursday from
7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; closed
on Friday.
Regular schedule will re-
sume Monday, Aug. 13.
RIVERSIDE SETS SENIOR
PORTRAIT DATES
Riverside High has set
senior portrait dates for
July 9-12 in the school au-
ditorium.
Seniors will receive more
information by mail from
Images.
STUDENTS PLACE AT BETA
CLUB CONVENTION
Several Woodland Ele-
mentary students placed
in competition at the Beta
Club National Convention
in Savannah, Georgia, re-
cently.
Student winners includ-
ed:
1st Place Poetry - Isla
Pace
2nd Place Science - Jef-
frey Wu
5th Place Fiber Arts -
Alexia Thomas
Students also placed in
the Top Ten in these cat-
egories:  Songfest, Living
Literature, Scrapbook,
Tower of Power, Spotlight
and T-Shirt.
CHANDLER CREEK LISTS
SUMMER REMINDERS
Chandler Creek Ele-
mentary has announced
its School Theme for the
2018-19 school year and
listed important summer
dates to remember.
The theme will be
“We’ve Got The Power!”
The school community
will celebrate the power of
learning through academ-
ics, social and emotional
growth, and creating op-
portunities for community
awareness.
Summer activities will
include:
June 25 and 28: School
Library open for check-out
9-11 a.m.
July 12: 2018 Public Ed-
ucation Partners Summer
Reading Celebration 6
p.m.
July 16 and 18: School
Library open for check-out
9-11 a.m.
Aug. 6-9: Teacher As-
signment Letters mailed
Aug. 17: Open House
(times to be announced)
Aug. 20: First Day of
School 2018-19
EASTSIDE TO ALLOW
OTHER DRIVER COURSES
Starting in the 2018-
19 school year, Assistant
Principal Mark Drango
will accept other driving
awareness courses that
are comparable to Alive
at 25 for student parking
privileges.
If students took another
course than the approved
ones below, they will need
to print out the contact
information and summary
of the course and present
it to Drango for review pri-
or to it being accepted.
Alternate approved
courses include:
Budget Driving School
911 Driver School
AAA Driver Improve-
ment Program-SafeAuto
Road Runner Driving
Academy
Greenville Driving
School
Hanna’s Driving School
Sabbadino Driving
School
Teen Driving Solutions
All students must have
completed an approved
driving awareness course
to qualify for Student
Parking.
GREER HIGH INTRODUCES
NEW COURSE
Rising juniors and se-
niors at Greer High will
have another course op-
tion for the upcoming
school year.
The IB Information Tech-
nology and Global Society
course is the study of how
developments in Infor-
mation Technology affect
people and society. It will
examine both positive and
negative social impacts. IT
Our Schools
Several Riverside High and Area Health Education Center students passed the Certified
Nursing Assistant Exam recently. Pictured from left to right are: Anika Koo, Kenady Mazyck,
Maddy Smith, Amanda Abrams, RN, Lindsay Young, Varshitha Karveti, Omika Merchant
and Victoria Phillips.
systems in education, gov-
ernment, health care and
military are a few of the
areas affected.
Topics will include work-
place and government sur-
veillance, e-waste, hack-
ing, violence in computer
games, internet censor-
ship and more.
For more information,
contact Mary Smith at 355-
5745 or msmith@green-
ville.k12.sc.us.
RIVERSIDE OFFERING
SUMMER CHEER CAMP
Riverside High will hold
a cheerleading Summer
Kiddie Camp June 25-28
from 9 a.m.-noon in the
school gym.
The camp is for children
ages 4-12.
A showcase will be held
on June 28 at 11:30 a.m.
GREER BAND RECEIVES
‘OUTSTANDING’ AWARD
The Greer High band
program is a 2018-19 re-
cipient of the Outstanding
Performance Award.
Throughout the course
of the year, high school
band programs across
the state compete at four
major events: Marching
Championships, Region/
All-State, Concert Perfor-
mance Assessment, and
Solo and Ensemble. Each
event earns points toward
the Outstanding Perfor-
mance Award, the high-
est award that the South
Carolina Band Directors
Association gives to band
programs.
Greer earned 97 out of
100 points, seven more
than required to qualify
for the award.
GMC RECOGNIZED AS
‘SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION’
Greer Middle College
Charter High is among
nine schools recognized
by the South Carolina Pub-
lic Charter School District
as a School of Distinc-
tion based on data from
the 2016-2017 academic
school year.
These schools have re-
ceived this distinction for
promoting educational im-
provement and excellence.
The SCPCSD Distinction
Program was formed to
recognize schools that ex-
hibit excellence in overall
academic achievement
and/or overall student
growth measures.
The other schools re-
ceiving the distinction are
Greenville Tech Charter
High, Brashier Middle Col-
lege, Lead Academy, Youth
Leadership Academy, York
Preparatory Academy,
East Point Academy, Fox
Creek High and Palmetto
Scholars Academy.
“Our first charge, by
law, is to improve student
learning, and our Schools
of Distinction are great ex-
amples of charter schools
maximizing their auton-
omy to give power to ed-
ucators, expand quality
choice for families, and
drive student outcomes,”
said SCPCSD Superinten-
dent Elliot Smalley. “We’re
thrilled that these Schools
of Distinction are achiev-
ing top-level growth or
achievement and we look
forward to growing the
impact of these schools
and learning from their
practices this year.”
This school year, the
South Carolina Public
Charter School District
oversees 39 public charter
schools serving approx-
imately 26,000 students
across the state.
The Greer Citizen
THE GREER CITIZEN B7
VAN WYK NAMED TO IOWA
STATE DEAN'S LIST
Lyman
Emily Biggers
Jonathan David Van Alysa Burke
Wyk, of Greenville, is Kinsley Burke
among the approximately Barbara Snyder
9,196 Iowa State Univer- Shian Spaulding
sity students recognized Wellford
for outstanding academ-
ic achievement by being
Candace Beebe
named to the spring se- BAUCUM GRADUATES
mester 2018 Dean's List. FROM CARSON-NEWMAN
Students named to the Lauren Baucum, of
Dean's List must have Greenville, received a
earned a grade point av- BA in Biology from Car-
erage of at least 3.50 on a son-Newman University
4.00 scale while carrying during the school’s Spring
a minimum of 12 credit Commencement recently.
hours of graded course
work. GARDNER-WEBB
ANNOUNCES DEAN’S LIST
AREA STUDENTS NAMED Several area students
PHOTO | SUBMITTED TO ANDERSON DEAN’S LIST are among those named to
Several area students the Gardner-Webb Univer-
Passed the test have been named to the
Dean’s List at Anderson
University for the spring
sity Dean’s List and Honor
Roll for the 2018 spring
semester.
semester. Dean’s List honorees in-
They include: clude:
Greer Duncan
Marissa Black Clark Earnhardt
Luke Boalt Landrum
Jesse Cannon Lauren Pitts
 |
DELAHUNTY GRADUATES Jackson Cowdrey Moore
DISTRICT FIVE FROM DENISON Chloe Doar Christian Maroni
Andrew J. Delahunty Coleman Fitts Taylors
REIDVILLE MEDIA CENTER was among 522 gradu- Alisa Gralinski Aaron Bluff
OPEN THIS SUMMER ates awarded diplomas by Katherine Guest Named to the Honor Roll
Reidville Elementary will President Adam Weinberg Mallory Haley were:
open its media center for at Denison University’s McKenzie Hardin Inman
the summer from 9-11 177th commencement cer- Ashleigh Hartsell Abbey Sprinkle
a.m. emony recently. Rebekah Hoover William Sprinkle
Story times have been Delahunty, of Greer, was Jessica Jeter Taylors
scheduled for 10 a.m. on awarded a Bachelor of Sci- Caitlin Keef Antwann McCray
the following dates: ence degree in Biochemis- Mary-Peyton Knapp Alexis O’Daniel
June 27: Mrs. Spitzer’s try. Kaela Matthews
Garden Davy McGuirt BEACH GRADUATES
July 11: Acoustic Roost- WEST EARNS JOURNALISM Ginger Mitchell FROM CENTRE COLLEGE
er DEGREE AT BAYLOR Kathryn Partin Cameron Beach, of
July 18: There’s a Bug on Clara Ruth West, of Well- Kelsey Paulus Greenville, graduated
My Book ford, received a Bachelor Brandon Peddicord from Centre College with
July 25: The Tree Lady of Arts degree in Journal- Katelyn Pittman a bachelor of arts degree
ism at Baylor University Leola Pressley in international studies
BERRY SHOALS HOLDING recently. Logan Rollins during the 195th Com-
READING PROGRAM She graduated summa Matthew Scott mencement ceremony
Berry Shoals Intermedi- cum laude when the uni- James Skinner held on campus May 20.
ate will offer “A Magical versity conferred degrees Amanda Smith Beach is the daughter
Summer of Reading” chal- on a record number of Stephen Talbert of Genevieve and Richard
lenge now through Friday, nearly 3,000 graduates Dylan Taylor Beach, of Greenville, and
Sept. 7. during spring commence- Sarah Teague is a graduate of Christ
Students can read any- ment exercises. Olivia Wells Church Episcopal School.
thing that they choose and Taylor Wood
record minutes at www.
scholastic.com/summer.
Incentives include:
• Fall Ice Cream Social
for students who read at
least 12 hours.
• Homework pass for
one teacher-approved as-
signment for students
who read at least 12 hours.
• Free Book of Choice
from the Scholastic Arrow
flyer (up to $10 value) for
top three readers from
each hall
For summer reading
suggestions and a link
to the reading log, vis-
it https://sites.google.
com/a/spart5.info/ber-
ry-shoals-library/.
BFA’S MCCLURE WINS
ART CONTEST
Byrnes Freshman Acad-
emy student Charity Mc-
Clure won first place in
the high school category
of the 2018 “Make a World
of Difference” art contest
for the Spartanburg Earth
Day Festival.
HIGHER EDUCATION  |
VIRGINIA COLLEGE
TO HOST HEALTH FAIR
Virginia College in Spar-
tanburg will host a Com-
munity Health Fair on
Wednesday, June 27, from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
campus located at 8150
Warren H. Abernathy
Highway.
The event is free and
open to the public and
will feature refreshments,
a variety of health-related
checks and activities for
all ages, including pre-
scription drug counseling,
a drug take-back drive,
free mini facials and body
mass index checks.
Guests are invited to see
first aid and CPR demon-
strations at noon, fol-
lowed by a guest speaker
who will discuss signs of
and treatment options for
post-traumatic stress dis-
order at 1 p.m.
Additionally, the cam-
pus will hold a blood drive
on site for those inter-
ested in and able to give
blood, and the Bearden Jo-
sey Mobile Mammography
Unit will be available for
consultations throughout
the event.
The event is part of
Virginia College parent
company Education Cor-
poration of America’s na-
tional Community Health
Fair events being held at
59 other Brightwood Col-
lege, Brightwood Career
Institute and Virginia Col-
lege locations throughout
17 states.
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6:00 PM
plan to ARRIVE EARLY AS
the veteran parachute team
HONORS our MILITARY AND
VETERANS WITH A U.S. FLAG
SKYDIVE INTO GREER CITY PARK
TO OPEN THE EVENING.!

MILITARY TRIBUTE & VETERANS WALK 6: 30 PM

ALL ACTIVE MILITARY AND VETERANS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS
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