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The Greer Citizen
South Carolinas Premier Weekly
wednesday, february 18, 2015
GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 102 NO. 7 75 CENTS
Hospital should be demolished, report states

By Billy Cannada
Editor
A recent market analysis report, conducted by
consulting firm KimleyHorn, says the City of
Greer should demolish the
former Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital building,
which occupies more than
168,000-square-feet
on
Wade Hampton Boulevard
at Memorial Drive Extension.
The campus was largely
vacated by the Greenville
Hospital System when its
new Greer Memorial Hospital campus opened in
August of 2008.
The 50-page report explored partial and full
demolition opportunities,
Greer Development Corporation Executive Director Reno Deaton said.

In the analysis, were
taking consideration of
what might happen next
with the property, Deaton
said. We looked at two
scenarios in particular
one of partial demolition
and one of full demolitionand the impact that
it might have on those particular areas.
It would appear that
the greatest opportunity
for the property lies in full
demolition, he said. The
findings are pretty complete and pretty well put
together.
City Administrator Ed
Driggers said Greer officials have expressed the
Council indicated
that it was their
desire for the
property to create
jobs and add to the
tax base of the city.
Ed Driggers
Greer City Administrator

desire to see the site redeveloped.
City council has always
offered the property for
redevelopment, Driggers
said. Originally, we resee Report | A7
File Photo | The Greer Citizen
A recent report suggested the City of Greer demolish the old Allen Bennett Memorial
Hospital, which sits on Wade Hampton Boulevard at Memorial Drive Extension.
Greer Fire seeks

staffing grant
By Billy Cannada
Editor
Preston Burch | The Greer citizen
Winter wonderland
Residents in Greer woke up Tuesday morning to find their yards and roads blanketed with a thick sheet of ice, resulting
in a rare snow day. Most Upstate schools and businesses were delayed or closed for the day. Pictured is 10-year-old
Olivia Akins.
Back in the
The Greer Fire Department could soon fill several staffing voids, garnering
approval from city council
to seek SAFER (Staffing for
Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) grants
last week.
It would fund four positions, if were awarded,
Greer Fire Chief Chris
Harvey said. They will be
fully funded for two years,
which would include the
cost of the firefighters
salary, their benefits, their
uniforms and employment
physicals.
The grant would bring
the department up to 12
personnel per shift. Currently, one shift has only
10 people on staff.
Back in the economic
downturn in 08, we lost
about six positions, Harvey said. Weve been trying to get those positions
economic downturn
in 08, we lost about
six positions. Weve
been trying to get
those positions
back...
Chris Harvey
Greer Fire Chief
back and weve been getting some back, but were

still four short.
Harvey said the department has applied for the
grant before.
We have applied several times, but weve gotten turned down he said.
Were in the second category of priorities in the
see grant | A6
Black History Month
Greer Heritage Museum

tells community stories
Photo | Submitted
BMW Manufacturings passenger vehicles through the Port of Charleston totaled $9.2
Billion in 2014, leading the nation in automotive exports.
BMW leads auto exports

by Billy Cannada
Editor
BMW Manufacturing became the nations leading
automotive exporter last
week, producing more than
260,000 vehicles from the
Greer plant in 2014.
Company officials said
in a statement that the
export value of the BMWs
passenger vehicles through
INDEX
the Port of Charleston in

2014 totaled $9.2 Billion.
According to data from
the U.S. Department of
Commerce, this accomplishment represents a
13 percent increase over
BMWs 2013 value.
Claiming the top spot
for U.S. automobile exports rounds out a very
successful year for BMW in
South Carolina. With more
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than 364,000 units, 2014

was also a record production year for the plant,
said Manfred Erlacher,
President and CEO of BMW
Manufacturing. Our companys significant contribution to the U.S. balance
of trade strengthens our
position as the leading
manufacturer of premium
vehicles for the world.
see BMW | A6
| living here
By Billy Cannada
Editor
Editors note: This is the
third of a four part series
that will run each week in
February in honor of Black
History Month.
s local residents
reflect on African
American history during the month of February, Greers museum is
hoping to tell stories from
the community.
The Greer Heritage Museum has been offering
special storyteller events
to commemorate Black
History Month, including
programs from Stephanie
Pepps and Laura Smith.
see Museum | A6
Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen
Historian Joada Hiatt shows off a new display at the Greer

Heritage Museum, located on South Main Street.
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| Sports
Beech Springs
students to perform
Mulan
Clarence Earl Bailey, 86

Dr. Francis Simon
Sullivan, 91
Alene Pat West, 95
Edna Henderson Wynn,
93
Slapshot
Hospital offers sled

hockey in Taylors
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The Beech Springs Intermediate School

drama department will present Mulan at
the District Five Fine Arts Center on Friday,
Feb. 20. at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, call 949-7600 or
visit spart5.net/bsis.
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COMMUNITY
THE GREER CITIZEN
COMMUNITY
NEWS
PROM PROJECT 2015
IS TAKING DRESS NOW
District Five Family Ministries at the Middle Tyger

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

FREEZIN FOR A REASON
Miss Greater Greer Scholarship Pageant presents

Freezin for a Reason to
benefit Childrens Miracle
Network on Saturday, Feb.
21, from 3-4 p.m. at 109
Peachtree Drive, Greer.
Miss Greater Greer Anna
Brown and Miss Greater
Greer Teen Emma Kate
Rhymer will be on hand
along with a few Clemson
Tigers and Greer High Yellow Jackets to take the polar plunge.
Cost is $10 per jump. A
waiver must be signed before jumping. Participants
under 18 years of age must
have a waiver signed by a
parent or legal guardian.
Donations in lieu of jumping are also accepted.
For more information,
email achildagain4@gmail.
com or lwilson0722@
charter.net.
PHANTOM OF THE
PAWPERA FEB. 27
The 4th Annual Saved by

the Heart Soiree is Friday,
Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. at Grace
Hall. The event features
live entertainment, a silent
auction, food and beverage
stations. General admission is $30 and VIP admission is $45, with proceeds
benefiting special-needs
and rescued animals. Visit the Saved by the Heart
Facebook page or savedsoiree2015.eventzillat.net
for more information.
A WORLD OF SENSATION
GALA IS FEB. 27
The gala, held by the

International Center, is
Feb. 27 from 7-11 p.m.
at Westin Poinsett. The
Cost is $75 for members
and $95 for nonmembers.
The event will have a live
band, international entertainment, delicious hours
doeuvres and drinks and
a silent auction all in celebration of international
cultures, customs and cuisine. Visit internationalupstate.org/gala2015 for
more information.
GRIEF SUPPORT
CLASSES BEGIN
Beginning
March
3
through May 5, a 10-week
grief support class will be
held on Tuesdays from
11 a.m. 12:30 p.m. at Interim Healthcare Hospice,
155 Deacon Tiller Court,
Duncan.
The classes aim to help
adults cope with death-related loss by focusing on
Alan Wolfelts book, Understanding Your Grief:
Ten Essential Touchstones
for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart.
For more information or
directions, contact Tonya
Taylor at 721-4131 or
tonya.taylor@interimcares.com.
GARDEN CLUB HOSTS

BENEFIT FASHION SHOW
The Greenville Garden

Club invites the community to attend a Fashion
Show fundraiser featuring
PJs Fashions of Landrum
at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 4, at Thornblade Country Club in
Greer.
Each $30 ticket price
includes lunch, a glass
of wine, door prizes, and
a ticket to the show. All
proceeds will benefit the
landscaping project at the
Center for Developmental
Services, a 501c3 organization.
For ticket information,
please contact Debbie
Crawley at 864-352-2559,
Beth Satterfield at 864234-0200, or Robin Smith
at 414-3628.
GREER LEARNING CENTER

NEEDS TUTORS
The Greer Learning Center needs tutors, particularly for English as a Second Language. The hours
for Greenville Literary Associations Greer Learning

Center are Monday 8:30
a.m. 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday 12:30 8:30 p.m.
Call 848-5370 or visit
greenvilleliteracy.org for
more information.
GCM NEEDS
PASTA, BEANS
Greer Community Ministries is collecting 1 pound

boxes of spaghetti noodles as part of their Fab 5
campaign this week. Dried
beans are also needed.
Sharons Clothing Closet
needs new packages of
underwear and socks as
well as towels, sheets, and
washcloths.
Donations
may be dropped off from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. MondayFriday. Visit gcminc.org
for more information.
CREATIVE ADVANCEMENT
SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
The Creative Advancement Centers, at Victor

Park Gym, needs volunteers and teachers in preparation for the additional
20 students the program
will take in. The program
provides after school help
for at-risk children in
grades K-12.
To apply or for more
information, contact Director Dan Dudley at 4237555 or dandudley@charter.net.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Calendar deadline is
noon on Tuesdays. Please
submit information to
Amanda Irwin at 8772076, airwin@greercitizen.
com or mail to The Greer
Citizen P.O. Box 70 Greer,
SC 29652.
TODAY, FEB. 11
GRACE PLACE in Greer will
have its clothing closet open
from 6-8 p.m. Grace Place is
located at 407 Ridgewood
Drive. I.D. required.
THE AWANAS CLUB at El
Bethel Baptist Church, 313
Jones Ave., Greer, from 6:30
- 8:15 p.m. Kids ages 3-12 are
invited. Call 877-4021.
MTCC TOUR MEETS at the
MTCC, at 84 Groce Road in
Lyman at 10 a.m..
LEAGUE OF WOMEN Voters
of Greenville County meet at
1 p.m. at University Center,
McAlister Square, 225 S.
Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville. Ages 18 and older, men
and women, are invited to
join.
THRIFT STORE SALE

BENEFITING MTCC
The Community Chest

Thrift Store, located at
52 Groce Road, Lyman, is
open Thursday and Friday
10 a.m. 6 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. 2 p.m., hours
may extend if volunteers
are available and a need
arises. The store has an
ongoing sale on coats and
jackets for $5 and sweaters 50 percent off. All of
the proceeds benefit the
programs and services offered by District Five Family Ministries.
Donations of gently
used ladies clothing, accessories, home dcor
items, and mens clothing,
shoes and accessories are
being accepted and can be
dropped off at the MTCC,
located at 84 Groce Road,
Lyman, Monday through
Friday 8 a.m. 5 p.m.
To setup larger donations or to volunteer contact Lyn Turner at 4397760.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015
THURSDAY, FEB. 12
TUESDAY, FEB. 17
KIWANIS CLUB AT 6:30 p.m.

at Laurendas Family Restaurant. Call Charmaine Helfrich
at 349-1707.
TRADITIONAL RUG HOOKING guild meet at Spalding
Farm Clubhouse off Highway
14 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Contact Betsy McLeod at
270-1164 or email Patty Yoder
at scupstatehooking@gmail.
com

have its clothing closet open
from 6-8 p.m. Grace Place is
located at 407 Ridgewood
GAP CREEK SINGERS will
rehearse from 7:30-9 p.m.
at The Church of the Good
Shepherd, 200 Jason St.,
Greer. For further information or to schedule a performance contact Wesley Welsh,
President, at 877-5955.
BARBERSHOP HARMONY
CHAPTER at 7 p.m. at Memorial United Methodist Church,
201 N. Main St., Greer. Call
877-1352.
DISABLED AMERICAN
VETERANS and Auxiliary
at 7 p.m., 721 E. Poinsett St.,
Woodmen of the World. Call
Preston Johnson at 979-7758.
THE NEVER ALONE GROUP
OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center.
THE LIONS CLUB at Lake
View Steak House, Higway 14
at 5:30 p.m.
THE SOAR LUNCHEON from
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Victor Gym.
Bring a covered dish and/or
dessert.
SATURDAY, FEB. 14
have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Grace Place
is located at 407 Ridgewood
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
10 -11:30 a.m. at Calvary
Christian Fellowship, 2455
Locust Hill Road, Taylors.
Limited supplies available on
a first come, first serve basis.
MONDAY, FEB. 16
THE NEVER ALONE GROUP
OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center.
GRACE PLACE IN Greer will
have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - noon. Grace Place
is located at 407 Ridgewood
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Highway Patrol releases new info in fatal crash

By Fox Carolina
News Partner
Highway Patrol troopers
have identified the driver
who was going the wrong
way on the
interstate
before
a
crash that
killed four
people last
week,
including the Smith
driver himself.
Carolina
Highway Patrol troopers
said a driver was traveling south in the northbound lane at a high rate
of speed.
Lance Cpl. Bill Rhyne
with the Highway Patrol
said a State Transport
Police officer drove in
the southbound lanes, attempting to parallel the
driver and stop them. The
officer had lights and sirens engaged, Rhyne said.
Before the driver was
able to be stopped, troopers said a crash involving
six vehicles occurred.
Emergency
personnel
from Wellford, Duncan,
and Spartanburg County
responded to the scene.
A witness driving near a
pickup truck involved in
the crash reported hearing
a loud bang, and saw the
truck flip on its side and
almost fly over the concrete barrier. He said he
immediately knew it was a
fatal wreck.
No one could have survived that, the witness
said.
The Spartanburg County
coroner said four people
were killed in the wreck.
Rhyne said multiple people were injured and transported to local hospitals.
Troopers said Thursday
morning all lanes were reopened on I-85 North near
mile marker 67 after they
were closed overnight.
Spartanburg
County
Coroner Rusty Clevenger
identified the victims as
Martha Marie Diaz, 21,
Josh Leroy Smith, 60,
Shiree Lynette Whitaker,
22, and Edwin Ferguson,
27.
Highway Patrol said
Smith was the driver going the wrong way on the
interstate.He had a long
history of arrests involving drugs and alcohol.
Clevenger said Diaz,
Smith and Whitaker were
pronounced dead at the
scene. Ferguson was transported to the hospital
where he succumbed to
his injuries.
Two MEN SENTENCED FOR

APARTMENT ROBBERIES
Two Spartanburg men

received lengthy prison
sentences last week for

the armed hold-up of an
off-duty police officer and
two other individuals in a
separate crime.
Tobias L. Rogers, 24, received a 27year prison
sentence after he pleaded
guilty
to
three
counts
of
armed rob- Rogers
bery, three
counts
of
possession
of a weapon
during a violent crime,
two counts
of financial
transaction Shields
card fraud
and
firstdegree assault. Antoine L.
Shields, 23, pleaded guilty
to three counts of armed
robbery, three counts of
possession of a weapon
during the commission of
a violent crime, first-degree assault & battery and
financial transaction card
fraud.
The robberies occurred
July 16, 2014 at The Reserve at Park West on
Keats Drive and July 20,
2014 at The Corners
Apartments on Fernwood
Drive. The first robbery
occurred about midnight
when Rogers and Shields
approached a couple who
was leaving the apartment
complex gym and demanded they lie on the ground
and turn over money. The
bandits, who were armed
with silver handguns, took
the victims cell phones
and a set of keys after
learning they werent carrying cash. A witness to
the crime told deputies
he saw the fleeing bandits
leave the apartment complex in a dark-colored car.
Four days later, an offduty city officer reported
he was approached in the
parking lot of The Corners Apartments about 3
a.m. while he was getting
belongings out of his car.
The officer said someone
put a gun to his head and
took personal belongings
that included his wallet
and a book bag containing
clothes. The robbers used
their guns to hit the officer
in the back of his head and
demand the pin number of
a bank card before fleeing
the crime scene. The officer was able to share a
detailed description of the
bandits and their getaway
car.
Minutes later, sheriffs
deputies located the getaway car on Spruce Street
near an apartment. During a joint investigation
with the city police department,
investigators
learned that Shields and

Rogers used the stolen
bank card to withdraw
money from a nearby teller machine. The victims
ID was recovered in the
car along with other items
belonging to the officer. A
telephone taken from the
Keats Drive robbery was
found in the apartment.
The off-duty city officer really set the stage for
the arrests with his vivid
suspect descriptions, Solicitor Barry Barnette said.
His attention to detail really gave the responding
officers good information
to work with.
Rogers prior criminal
record included convictions for second-degree
burglary and grand larceny. Shields prior criminal
record included convictions for traffic offenses.
Both men will serve 80
percent of Circuit Judge
Letitia Verdins sentence
before they are eligible for
release.
MAN GETS 25 YEARS FOR

BUSINESS ROBBERIES
A Spartanburg man received a 25-year prison

sentence last week after
he admitted to robbing
two local businesses at
gunpoint.
Courtney J. Pauling,
27, pleaded guilty to two
counts of armed robbery,
second-degree assault &
battery and use of a vehicle without owners
consent. The hold-ups occurred June 18, 2013 at
the Dominos Pizza Store
on Reidville
Road
and
the Kangaroo store on
East
Main
Street
in
Duncan.
In
the
first
rob- Pauling
bery, Pauling entered
the store about 12:15 a.m.
and approached two employees who were in the
process of cleaning the
store. Pauling flashed a
handgun and threatened
to shoot the employees if
they didnt turn over money. After collecting store
money and a cell phone,
Pauling locked the employees in the freezer and fled
the area in an unknown
direction. The employees
forced the freezer door
open after Pauling left the
building. The second robbery occurred about 2:50
a.m. when Pauling entered
the store and approached
an employee who was in
the process of stocking a
cooler. Pauling forced the
employee to place store
money and a box of cigarettes in a bag before he
fled the business.
In both robberies, similar suspect descriptions

were reported by the victims. Investigators collected surveillance video
from nearby businesses
and noticed the robber
driving the same distinctive-looking vehicle during
both crimes. Investigators
caught Pauling driving the
getaway car after issuing
a countywide law enforcement bulletin to be on
the lookout for him. Pauling had a semi-automatic
handgun in his possession
when he was apprehended.
Investigators
tracked
down the owner of the car
and learned it belonged to
an acquaintance of Pauling. He was later connected to a series of robberies
in unincorporated areas of
the county and the City of
Spartanburg. Some of the
stolen property was recovered.
Pauling also pled to the assault and kidnapping of an
ex-girlfriend at Crescent
Hills Apartments that occurred on July 6, 2013. He
had stalked her at that
location and attacked her
in front of her apartment.
Pauling then drug her
into her home presumably to assault her some
more. Neighbors came to
the victims aid and she
was able and get away
from the defendant. The
victim suffered a broken
left orbital bone in the assault.
Pauling will serve 80
percent of the prison
sentence before he is eligible for release. His prior
criminal record included
convictions for attempted
armed robbery and criminal conspiracy.
Crime report
complainants purse and

returning it minutes later.
Kirby turned himself in
and was placed under arrest.
DUI
Eddie Knight, 33, of

4320 Sandy Flat Rd. in
Taylors has been charged
with driving under the influence. According to the
Greer Police incident report, officers clocked the
subject driving 69 mph in
a 45 mph zone on Wade
Hampton. During a traffic
stop, they could smell alcohol on him and found his
eyes red and glassy. After
failing a field sobriety test,
Knight was transported
to Greer City Jail, where
he refused to submit a
Breathalyzer sample.
hide and seek
Jason Allen Oliver, 35, of

710 S. Line St. Extension in
Greer has been charged
with possession of stolen Goods greater than
$2,000.
According to an incident
report furnished by Greer
Police, officers went to the
above address looking for
Oliver, who had an active
warrant with the Duncan
Police Department for the
above charge. After some
looking, they found Oliver
hiding with a friend in the
attic. He was arrested and
transported to Greer City
Jail, where Duncan Police
came to get him.
hot clothes
Robert Lee Tyler, 43, of

161 North Dill Avenue in
Greer has been charged
with enhancement property offense (third).
According to a Greer incident report, an officer was
called to the Kohls store
on West Wade Hampton
in regards to a shoplifting
report. The subject was
found in the Lowes parking lot, subdued by the

Kohls loss prevention officer. Tyler was taken into
custody and some stolen
merchandise was discovered concealed on his
person. The total amount
of clothing taken was valued at $474.97. Tyler was
transported to the Greer
City Jail and charged with
property crime enhancement due to 13 prior property crime convictions.
CDV
Tristan Lanarr Stanley,

23, of 42 Old Woodruff Rd.
in Greer has been charged
with criminal domestic
violence.
According to the Greer
Police incident report, the
victim stated Stanley, her
live-in boyfriend, punched
her after she accidentally
hit him on the face while
rolling around on the
floor. The officer reported
that the victims eye was
still bruised and red when
she reported the incident
a week later. Photos were
taken and the officer obtained a warrant for CDV
(first).
multiple charges
Kenneth Barnard Nesbitt Jr., 28, of 214 Earl St.

with Open Container and
simple possession of marijuana.
According to the incident report filed by Greer
Police, the officer pulled
the subject over on Sunnyside Dr. because he
knew his license had been
suspended. The officer
smelled marijuana in the
vehicle and saw an open
container of Redds Apple Ale inside. Inside the
car, police found a black
bag with marijuana and a
scale.
(Note: All information

contained in the following
was taken directly from
the official incident reports
filed by the Greer Police
Department, The Spartanburg County Sheriffs
Office or The Greenville
County Sheriffs Office All
suspects are to be considered innocent until proven
guilty in the court of law.)
petit larceny
William Kyle Kirby, 29,

of 95 West Celestial Dr.
with petit larceny. According to the incident
report supplied by Greer
Police, a complainant at
Pour Sports said Kirby had
stolen some Oxycodone
tablets from her bottle the
prior evening. Surveillance
video showed the subject
taking the bottle from the
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Harvey to wrap career

By Billy Cannada
Editor
The City of Greer will
lose nearly 40 years of service this spring, as one of
its own gets set to retire.
Greer Fire Chief Chris
Harvey will hang it up
on May 1, completing 38
years of work in Greer.
The Community has
been very supportive, Harvey said. A lot of people
have told me theyre going
to hate to see me leave.
During my tenure here, its
always been about them.
Its not really about me.
Weve accomplished a lot
of great things and were
probably in some of the
best shape that weve ever
been in.
Harvey directed the fire
departments 100th anniversary celebration in
2014, which included a
campaign to restore a 1941
open cab pumper truck
the city purchased for the
department 74 years ago,
performing much of the
mechanical work himself.
In this day and age, its
rare for anyone to commit
38 years to a single organization, but Chief Harvey
has made the city the cornerstone of his professional life and we are grateful
for his skilled service and
strong leadership, city
administrator Ed Driggers
said.
Harvey has been essen-
tial for the departments

growth, monitoring and
implementing training and
equipment throughout his
career.
Theres always continuing efforts to better the
delivery of service, he
said. Theres going to be
facility needs and probably more staffing needs
as the city continues to
grow. The headquarters
building was built in 75
and weve really outgrown
it. So there are always going to be more needs.
Since his promotion to
fire chief in 1996, Harvey
has led boot drives and
other fundraisers for Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Ill miss the people the
most, he said. Its been
a privilege to be given this
opportunity by the city
and I hope Ive been able
to pass along to everyone
else in the department
how important their jobs

are. Its a calling. We get to
help our fellow man every
day.
Harvey has spent time
as president of the S.C.
State Fire Chiefs Associations, the Greenville and
Spartanburg County Fire
Chiefs Association, the
International Association
of Fire Chiefs, the Southeastern Association of Fire
Chiefs and the S.C. Fire
Marshals Association.
As for what hell do during retirement, Harvey
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A4 THE GREER CITIZEN
While were still young
ts been in development for years

but now being released on roads in
the U.K. are the worlds first driverless cars, i.e. two-seater pods that
roar down the pavement at 12 mph and
are designed to take people on short
journeys.
And during this trial period, its good
to know that they do each come with a
steering wheel and a driver in case anything goes wrong.
Dont get me wrong- for those who are
unable to drive owing to age or disability, this is a marvelous idea for independence- its just that there is also a wave
of driverless technology being developed
for everyone else as well. There are cars
that now parallel park by themselves.
That kills me because parallel parking
is right up there, along with eating a
bag of Cape Cod Cracked Pepper potato
chips for dinner, my favorite thing in the
world to do.
Listen, after 15 years residence in Los
Angeles, where affordable rentals came
with street parking only, I am the official
(self declared) Queen of Parallel Parking.
Any vehicle, any size, and I can maneuver that baby in the desired slot in two
I yearn for the classic dash
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
moves. And quickly, too: right arm slung
over the seat as I squint an educated eye
at the drivers side rear corner of my
truck as it approaches the passengers
side of the vehicle behind. I confidently
come to the rescue of hapless friends,
and even complete strangers (Just get
the hell out and let me do this, youre
holding everybody up behind you!).
I have a backup screen if you want to
use that, suggested a befuddled friend
as I yanked her out of her Prius after
seven attempts.
Just learn to drive, I barked, while
were still young. This is the problem
I have with car technology. Its getting
to the point where we dont have to
do anything. We dont have to think, or
learn hand-eye coordination or anything.
We essentially are pushing snooze but-
of yesteryear with a needle

winding round to show me
rpms and mph instead of
digital, colored, numbers
flashing at me like something
in the cockpit of the Starship
Enterprise.
tons for our brains as Siri tells us how to
get to the mall and then our car drives
us there. I understand having screens
for SUVs so that people dont back over
children or dogs but I dont need a
smart screen on my dash. The last thing
I want to do is see/hear email while I
drive. Thats one of the reasons I drive
somewhere in the first place- to get away
from that stuff.
And this is a reason I may never buy a
new truck. First of all, I wouldnt know

how to drive it with all its accompanying
doodads and second of all, if I happen
to have a spare 70 grand to go shopping, I believe Id invest in real estate
before trundling away in something that
just lost 30 percent of its value as soon
as I pull of the dealers lot. But mostly
because I just love a straight forward,
old fashioned, vehicle. I like a knob for
the lights, one for the wipers, a wheel
and a radio.
Maybe a button for A/C or heat. I
yearn for the classic dash of yesteryear
with a needle winding round to show
me rpms and mph instead of digital,
colored, numbers flashing at me like
something in the cockpit of the Starship
Enterprise. Oh yes, for 70 grand I could
buy the most spectacular of vintage
trucks that would last forever. I might
even Christen it by whacking the quarter
panel with a bottle of champagne which
probably wouldnt leave a dent. Heck,
owning a truck like that might lead
me to celebrate by drinking the bottle,
instead.
Giving me the only excuse I can think of
to have a driverless car take me home...
THE UPPER ROOM
VETERANS POST
For the good

of all
BY FREDDY GROVES
VAs prestige
plummets
Read Galatians 6:7-10
henever we an opportunity, let us work for the

good of all. Galatians
6:10 (NRSV)
On a recent flight, I read in
the airline companys in-flight
magazine about the way they
treat their employees once they
are hired. They dont focus intensely on rules or policy applications (except those related to
safety). Instead, they give their
employees freedom to be themselves, to do what they discern
to be right in taking care of
their customers. They have
one overriding rule, the Golden
Rule treating others as they
want to be treated. They hire
people with passionate servant
hearts and empower them to
do whats right. They have
found that when treated in this
way, their employees consistently surprise, delight, and
amaze their customers.
I began to compare this
companys policy to our opportunity as Christians. As
set forth by God, we the
church- will be truly committed to Jesus Christ, enjoying
our freedom in Christ, living
by the Golden Rule, and having
passionate servant hearts. God
empowers us to use our Godgiven gifts and talents in doing
what is right. Such a Body will
also consistently serve those
around it. A congregation
whose members walk as Jesus
walked and focus on people
will also surprise, delight, and
amaze their community. Those
around us will see us showing love and deliberate acts of
kindness every day. Inst this
a picture of Gods way for the
family of Christ?
Prayer: Dear God, fill us with
zeal to be your people in everything we do. Help us focus on
serving you and serving those
around us. Amen.
Thought for the day: God
empowers us to serve for the
good of all.
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SEE LETTERS | A7
EDITORIAL
Leaders should offer plan

to stabilize university
We dont expect anything to come of some
House members poorly conceived plan to shutter the financially troubled S.C. State University
for two years, but that and a flurry of other
legislative activity aimed at the college late last
week should serve as a stern warning to school
officials: Get your house in order. Now. Or else.
While it has been difficult to watch S.C. States
finances, enrollment and image nosedive over
the past few years, the half-baked idea to close
the college isnt the answer. It doesnt sufficiently consider the implications for students,
the schools delicate accreditation position or
other concerns.
That said, the proposal along with the Legislative Black Caucus vote of no confidence in
the schools president and another House proposal to oust the board of trustees and transfer
its authority to the Budget and Control Board
has gotten the attention of S.C. State officials.
The question is whether the universitys board
is willing to take the kind of extreme measures
that surely will be required to secure S.C. States
future.
We cant stress enough how critical it is for
university officials to do more than simply seek
more money while ignoring the chronic problems that threaten to fundamentally change
S.C. States existence. The school must undergo
a top-to-bottom examination from its board
and administrative leadership to its financial
practices and management to its core academic
functions so that it can restructure itself for
its new reality.
S.C. States enrollment has dropped 40 percent since 2007. That same year or earlier
school leaders began borrowing money from
a community program to cover unpaid bills. Declining state funding, the drop in revenue from
falling enrollment plus other problems created
a $14 million deficit. S.C. State owes $11.2 million in unpaid bills. It has received two state
loans totaling $18 million, one of which is a $12
million package that the school is to receive in
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S.C. States finances, enrollment and
image nosedive over the past few
years, the half-baked idea to close
the college isnt the answer.
installments through 2016-17.
S.C. State, which might not ever fully recapture the enrollment it has lost, needs to take a
fresh look at its mission and design a new way
forward.
While some of their proposals are questionable, lawmakers are duty bound to hold S.C.
State officials feet to the fire. They are asking
legitimate questions and are right to demand a
comprehensive fix.
In the process, legislators would do well to
accept their part in the decline of the taxpayer-owned Orangeburg college. This is still very
much a Legislative state; the General Assembly
has a full range of authority and responsibility
for overseeing this states colleges and most of
state government. Legislators have the power
now to help turn things around, just as they
had the authority and responsibility in the past
to ensure S.C. State never got to this point.
S.C. State leaders have miserably failed students, taxpayers and this state. So have neglectful lawmakers. Its all their responsibility to
devise a plan to pull this university from the
precipice of disaster. This is one case in which
failure, indeed, is not an option.
This guest editorial was published in The State newspaper on Feb. 14.
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the ratings for most agencies
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While it could be said that
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A more recent survey of
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paints the most damaging picture of all. Employees voted the
VA as the second-worst place
to work out of 19 government
agencies. Just one year before,
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Clarence E. Bailey
Veteran
Clarence Earl Bailey, 86,

of 9 25th Street, died Feb.
10, 2015 at his home.
A native of
Spartanburg
County,
son
of the late Ben
and Nellie Turner Bailey,
he was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII, a retired employee of J.P. Stevens Victor Plant and a member of
First Assembly of God. He
was also a retired truck
driver.
Surviving are his wife,
Blanche Leonard Bailey of
the home; two daughters,
Joan Mathews and Tracie
Penning both of Greer;
three sons, Steve Bailey,
Haskell Bailey and Mickey
Bailey all of Greer; a brother, Bill Bailey of Greer;
a sister, Judy Tucker of
Greer; eight grandchildren
and ten great-grandchildren.
Mr. Bailey was predeceased by one grandson,
two sisters and three
brothers.
Funeral services were
held 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Fellowship Church, conducted by Rev. Lee Athey
and Rev. Chuck Hill. Burial followed in Hillcrest
Memory Gardens.
Visitation will be held
noon-1:45 p.m. Friday at
the church.
The family is at the
home.
Memorials may be made
to Medi Home Hospice,
20 Roper Corner Circle,
Greenville, 29615.
The family would like
to thank his special nurse
Cindy for the caring compassion of Mr. Bailey.
Online condolences may
be made at thewoodmortuary.com.
Dr. Francis Sullivan, MD

Veteran
Dr. Francis Simon Sullivan, MD, of 164 Bellamy

Close, died February 16,
2015 at his home.
He was born
in Cambridge,
Massachusetts
in 1924 and was a son of
the late Thomas and Julia
Hegarty Sullivan. Dr. Sullivan received the Buckley
Scholarship to Harvard
where he attended until
he volunteered for the
U.S. Army during World
War II. He graduated from
The University of Virginia
Medical School; from there
he completed his residency in internal medicine
where he served as Chief
Resident.
Dr. Sullivan
moved to Greer with his
wife in 1954 where they
both practiced medicine.
After twenty-two years,
in 1977, he joined the faculty of Greenville Health
System where he became
the Director of Internal
Medicine Clinics. Later in
his career, he served as Director of Employee Health.
His volunteer activities include Mobile Meals, Greer

and Taylors Free Medical
Clinics and Wycliffe Bible
Translators. Dr. Sullivan
was a member, elder and
Sunday school teacher at
First Presbyterian Church
of Greer.
Surviving are his loving wife of 67 years, Josephine Young Sullivan
of the home; one son and
daughter-in-law, Dr. Francis Mason Sullivan, MD
and Leslie of Warwick, RI;
five daughters and sonsin-law, Martha and Ervin
Robinson of Lancaster,
Louise Rogers of Taylors,
Virginia and Roger Sims
of Greer, Julia Pressley of
Campobello and Drs. Joy
and Jonathan Hicklin, MD
of Rock Hill; nine grandchildren, Daniel Sullivan
(Dy), Caleb Rogers (Paige),
Kate Leggett (Taylor), Dr.
Cole Sims, MD (Ashley),
Allie Pressley, Melanie
Pressley, Elizabeth Pressley, Joy Caroline Hicklin
and Andrew Hicklin and
two great-grandchildren,
Adelyn Rogers and William Leggett.
Funeral services will be
held 3:00 p.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian
Church of Greer, conducted by Dr. Brandi Casto-Waters, Rev. Wayne Cole and
Rev. Ray White. Private
interment will follow in
Mountain View Cemetery.
Visitation will be held
1:45-2:45 p.m. Wednesday
in the fellowship hall at
First Presbyterian Church.
The family is at the
home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to
First Presbyterian Church,
100 School Street, Greer,
29651, Greer Community
Ministries, P.O. Box 1373,
Greer, 29652 or Taylors
Free Medical Clinic, 400
West Main Street, Taylors,
29687.
Alene Pat West

Alene Pat West, 95,
passed away on Friday,
Feb. 13, 2015 at AnMed
Health Medical Center.
Born in Anderson on
Sept. 1, 1919, she was the
daughter of the late Henry
Phillip Duncan and the late
Maude Wheeler Duncan.
She retired from McCants Junior High School
as a teacher. She was a
member of First Baptist Church in Anderson,
where she was the former
WMU director for so many
years. Pat enjoyed playing
the piano at NHC for Sunday morning services.
She is survived by her
daughter, Rebecca Anne
Tapp and her husband
Gene M. Whitey Tapp,
of Greer; one grandson,
David Tapp and his wife
Stacy, of Greer; one greatgranddaughter, Ivey Elizabeth Tapp; four sisters,
Margaret Dean, Agnes

Guyton, and Edith Melton,
of Williamston, and Lillian Schomburg, of Santa
Paula, California; and her
precious dog Bennie.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded
in death by her husband,
Samuel Franklin Tab
West; and sisters Ethel
Cooley, Lucille Jamieson,
Emma Duncan, Clara Duncan and Barbara Kincaid.
The funeral service was
held in the chapel of The
McDougald Funeral Home
on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 2
p.m. with Rev. Dr. James
Thomason and Dr. Nobel
Brown officiating. Entombment followed at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park.
The family received
friends at the funeral
home prior to the service
on Sunday, from 12:30
p.m. until 1:45 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St.
Jude Childrens Hospital,
501 St. Jude Place, Memphis Tennessee 38105.
Edna H. Wynn
Edna Henderson Wynn,
93, widow of Overton
Earnest Wynn, life long
resident of Greer, died
Tuesday Feb. 10, 2015 following an illness of eleven
years.
Edna was the daughter
of the late Charlie Berry
Henderson and Rachel
Cole Henderson. She was
a member of Victor Baptist
Church and a former Sunday school teacher. Edna
was a graduate of Carolina
Commercial College. She
was employed by John
Ratterree Company and
retired from State Auto Insurance Company.
Surviving are one nephew, Truman H. Henderson,
Jr. and his partner, Thomas S. Ebetino of Greer and
niece, Melissa Simposs and
her mother, Elizabeth Ham
of Riverside, California.
She was predeceased by
two brothers, Troy Henderson and Truman H.
Henderson, Sr. and one
infant sister, Grace Henderson.
A reception will be held
at Episcopal Church of
The Good Shepherd on
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 at
2 p.m. followed by a memorial service at 3 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to
Alzheimers Association
of the Upstate, 301 University Ridge, Suite 5000,
Greenville, 29601 or Ark
Hospice, 101 Grace Drive,
Easley, 29640.
Ednas family would like
to thank the multitude
of caregivers at Alpha
Health & Rehab for their
outstanding care, love and
support.
Protecting the unborn
he House of Representatives, led by your

Republican majority,
made significant progress
on regulatory reform, updating public safety laws
and protecting the unborn
this past week.
Government red tape
and over-regulation burden job creators and stifle
small business start-ups
I hear this repeatedly
from business owners here in our district.
We passed a regulatory
reform law in the House
placing a sunset provision on all future regulations. Many regulations
are outdated, and this
new measure would give
an automatic expiration
to regulations five years
after implementation.
This ensures an ongoing
review of our regulations
and provides the business
communitys opportunity
to have input. The bill
now heads to the Senate, and I hope they will
join us in lending a hand
to the businesses and
innovators that drive our
states economy.
We took additional
steps this past week
to pass the next set of
ethics reform legislation
part of our larger ethics reform package. We
passed the Whistleblower
and Public Employee
Pepps, a childrens minister at St. Matthew United

Methodist Church, told African American folk tales
on Feb. 7 and Smith, a retired school teacher, will
offer a program and book
signing on Feb. 21 at 1
p.m. The museum has also
offered a special exhibit,
featuring the stories of
folks in the community.
One of the things were
doing this year is an exhibit called Faces and
Places. Its pictures of African American people in
our community, as well as
schools and churches that
are part of the African
American
community,
said Joada Hiatt, historian at the Greer Heritage
Museum. Since were using a storytelling theme,
weve got a whole board
of stories from people of
the community. There was

one lady that told about
here childhood over near
Apalache. These are just
neat little stories from everyday people that grew
up in the African American community.
Theres also a section of
the exhibit where stories
can be added.
We thought it would be
neat to collect other peoples stories, Hiatt said.
Even after the month is
over, if people will bring
stuff in, these are the
kinds of things we like to
keep in the museum.
This Saturday, museumgoers will have the opportunity to learn about Harriet Tubman, as well as a
number of issues impacting children and adults.
(Smith) is going to tell
the story of Harriet Tubman, but shes also written some books and has
made up original stories,

Hiatt said. Shes done a
book for children about
bullying, which has been
a problem in schools, no
matter what culture. Shes
a great storyteller and It
should be a good event.
Hiatt said each person
in the community has
something to contribute
to Greers history.
Its important to collect
memories and tell the stories of everyone, no mat-
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BMW Manufacturing currently produces more than

1,200 vehicles each day. It
is the exclusive exporter
of passenger vehicles to
more than 140 global markets.
South Carolinas exports continue to grow because we have built a reputation around the world
as a great place to do business, Gov. Nikki Haley
said. The fact that we
continue to break export
records is a real reason to
celebrate in South Carolina
because its a testament to
Protection Act providing

public employees legal
protections and substantially increased financial
incentives for reporting
unethical behavior when
your tax dollars are on
the line. I was also proud
to support H-3195, which
tightens and clarifies our
existing ethics statutes.
The act also gives guidance to elected officials
about the proper use of
political campaign dollars.
We continue to discuss
the best path forward to
fix our ailing road system.
On Wednesday, the two
highly discussed proposals one resembling Governor Nikki Haleys plan
and one from the House
Transportation Infrastructure & Management
Ad-Hoc Committee were
placed into bill form. Both
bills head to the House
Ways and Means Committee where work will begin
to find common ground.
If you have not yet taken
the chance to share your
thoughts with me on
this important matter, I
our world-class workforce

and business-friendly climate. Our economy is on
the move, and were just
getting started.
In 2014, the plant celebrated two decades of
production, announcing
a $1 Billion investment in
the Greer plant and a production capacity increase
to 450,000 vehicles.
The expansion will make
the location BMWs largest
in the world.
BMW vehicles, world
renowned for their brand
and quality, continue to be
a major contributor to the
South Carolina Ports Au-
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said Jim Newsome, president and CEO of the South
Carolina Ports Authority.
We are proud to handle
both finished vehicles and
parts for BMW, whose
presence in South Carolina
endorses the capabilities
of our ports and logistics
infrastructure.
Currently, BMW and
Adidas are among nine
customers contracted at
Greers inland port.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
GRANT: Would bring in new firefighters

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grant because of the attrition factor. Those that

have been laid off have a
higher priority.
Council unanimously approved the departments
request to seek the grant.
We received a grant
back in 2009, but the city
turned it down at that time
due to the economic downturn, Harvey said. It was
ter their race or whether

theyre rich or poor, she
said. It adds to the fabric
of our community. I like
to think of it as a big quilt
that we each put a patch
on. Thats why it becomes
colorful and gives us a
much richer heritage.
For more information
on the Greer Heritage Museum, visit cityofgreer.org
or call 877-3377.
for six people at that time.

This time, we believe its a
good grant. But we know
theres only so much money in the pot.
Harvey hopes for the
best this time around.
We feel like (we should
get it), he said. It gets reviewed by your peers from
across the nation. You
have to meet all the criteria. We do meet it, but its
just about how its scored.
It really boils down to who

is sitting at the table reviewing your grant at that
time. They have to read
it and see the need. You
could have a volunteer sitting there thinking, Well,
they dont need paid people.
The department could
know the fate of the grant
by late this year.
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moment to do so today. I
have served on the Transportation Ad-Hoc and
while I am not in favor
of the entire bill, I have
signed on both bills. They
are on their way to Ways
and Means to be worked
out with hopefully the
best from each bill making it to a final solution
for our state.
One of the core functions of a limited government is providing for the
safety of our children
and otherwise vulnerable adults. All too often
during the heat of our
South Carolina summers,
we see news reports of
children who have died
while trapped or locked
inside hot vehicles. My
House colleagues and I
supported a measure that
would give certain legal
protections to bystanders
who rescue those trapped
inside sweltering cars and
trucks.
This week we will also
hear from a 10 state consortium (which includes
South Carolina), who have
been working on assessments for early childhood
school readiness.
I am happy to honor
the James F. Byrnes High
School Class AAAA state
champion girls softball
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Q: Im 30 and debt-free.
Do you think I should
stop making contributions
to my 401(k) account for
a year in order to save up
an emergency fund?
DR: Yes, I do. But it
shouldnt take you a year
to set aside an emergency
fund if youre debt-free
and making decent money
at your job. Just make it
part of your monthly budget plan, grit your teeth
and do it! I recommend
that people put off or
stop investing until they
are debt-free, except for
their home, and have an
emergency fund of three
to six months of expenses
in place. In some cases, it
could take three or four
years to do all this. I know
it seems like a long time,
but its really not in the
grand scheme of things.
If you have no emergency
fund, but youre contributing to your 401(k),
theres a good chance
youll end up cashing out
your 401(k) if a large, unexpected expense comes
along. When you cash out
a 401(k) early, you get hit
with a penalty plus your
tax rate. Thats not a good
plan.
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letter to the editor
The Diet of Lent

To the editor:
This Wednesday marks
the beginning of Lent, the
40-day period before Easter, when many Christians
abstain from animal foods
in remembrance of Jesus
40 days of fasting in the
desert before launching
his ministry.
But meat-free Lent is
much more than a symbol
of religious devotion to
Christ.
It helps reduce the risk
of chronic disease, environmental
degradation,
and animal abuse. Dozens of medical reports
have linked consumption
of animal products with
elevated risk of heart failure, stroke, cancer and
other killer diseases. A
2007 United Nations report named meat production as the largest source
of greenhouse gases and

water pollution. Undercover investigations have
documented farm animals being beaten, caged,
crowded, deprived, mutilated and shocked.
Lent offers a superb opportunity to honor Christs
powerful message of compassion and love by adopting a meat-free diet for
Lent and beyond. After all,
its the diet mandated in
Genesis 1:29 and observed
in the Garden of Eden.
Our supermarket offers
a rich array of plant-based
meat and dairy alternatives, as well as the more
traditional
vegetables,
fruits, and grains.
Entering vegan recipes
in our favorite search engine offers more products,
recipes, and transition tips
than we can use.
Faith United Methodist

Church, located at 1301
S. Main St. (Across from
McDonalds), will offer
communion from 7:308:30 a.m. each Wednesday
during Lent, beginning
Feb. 18 and concluding on
April 1. Communion elements will be served as a
drive-through service to
anyone.
The United Methodist
Church has an open communion where any believer
is invited to the table. For
more information, call the
church office at 877-0308.
End Times, Are We There

Yet? will be taught by Dr.
Robert McQuaid at Memorial United Methodist
Church, located at 201 N.
Main in Greer, at 5:30 p.m.
on six Sunday evenings,
beginning Feb. 22.
It will be held in Fellowship Hall. The public is
welcome.
Church anniversary
Word of Deliverance is
celebrating its 19th anniversary on Sunday, Feb. 22
at 10 a.m. at the church,
located at 3324 Chesnee
Hwy, Gaffney. Guest Messenger will be Apostle J.Q.
Lockette. For more information, contact the church
at 461-7178 or email
wordofdel@chesnet.net.
Dinner Theater
Liberty Hill Methodist

Liberty Hill Road Greer,
will be having a Dinner
Theater on March 7 at 6
p.m.
The program will be
Race To Win. Donations
will be taken for the meal
and it will benefit the
youth mission trip. Come
see for yourself who wins
the race. Everyone is welcome.
Judgement House
Riverside
Baptist
South Suber Rd., will be
returning to an Ohio state
prison to present the gospel through Judgement
House from March 21-24.
Cost is $225 per person.
For more information, call
the church at 879-4400.
New study at Memorial

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quested proposals by interested parties. Council

indicated that it was their
desire for the property to
create jobs and add to the
tax base of the city. City
Council commissioned the
market analysis to determine the most feasible use
for the property, based
on current market conditions.
The next step in the
process could come soon,
Driggers said.
The report has been
presented to council and
it has been made available
for the public to review,
he said. I expect council
to discuss the report and
the site during their upcoming planning session.
The report does not address market value of the
property and recommends
that an appraisal be done
to determine its worth.
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Waving goodbye
BLAME
CANNADA
BILLY
CANNADA
The accolades that we receive or other things that come along

are just byproducts of what the kids were able to accomplish.
Carlton Greene
After 25
years
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Greer coach Carlton Greene, who will retire at the end of

the season, said goodbye to the Yellow Jacket faithful at a
ceremony last Tuesday.
A home crowd of Yellow

Jacket fans said goodbye
to one its most dedicated
coaches last week
After spending more
than a quarter of a century working with players
at Greer High School, girls
basketball coach Carlton
Greene has decided its
time to hang it up.
Its been a great place
for me, Greene, who
plans to end his coaching
career at the conclusion of
this season, said. I never
would have thought Id be

there 25 years when I first
started, but it seems like,
at times, that I just started
yesterday.
Greene said the job was
getting to be a little too
much to handle.
Unfortunately,
with
high school ball, you basically work two jobs,
he said. You work a day
job and then you coach
after that. I just got to the
point where my body was
saying, you cant do this
anymore. There comes a
point where youve got to
listen to your body, so I
think it was time for me to
wrap it up.
The head coach said his
time spent at the school
has been worth it.
Its been a great ride
for me, he said. The best

part of it has been the
players. Weve really been
blessed at Greer, not only
to have some good players, but to have some good
people come through our
program. Thats the highlight of it, I think.
Although he has experienced 254 wins during his
tenure, no team has provided one season particularly better than the other,
he said.
Each team is different and each team has
its own characteristics,
Greene said. Its hard to
say that one was better
than the other or one had
a moment that the other
didnt have. Some teams
may not have as much talSEE GREENE | B3
Byrnes to face
Northwestern
In playoff
matchup
four-point margin.
The winner of Wednesdays game will move on
to take on either Spring
Valley or Greenville.
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
LADY REBELS
TAKE ON WESTSIDE
After tough back-to-back

losses last week, Byrnes
will have to hit the road
during round one of the
playoffs, taking on Northwestern on Wednesday.
The Rebels stroll into the
postseason as a three-seed,
boasting an overall record
of 19-4. Byrnes was unable
to seize an opportunity to
take control of the region
in the final two games of
the regular season, falling
to Wade Hampton in overtime (78-75) and Dorman
(64-56).
The Rebels had previously beaten Dorman by a
Like the mens team, the

Lady Rebels also struggled
in the final two games of
the regular season.
Dropping contests to
Wade Hampton and Dorman, Byrnes will march
into the playoffs as a fourseed, taking on Westside
this week.
We were on the road
at Wade Hampton and
Dorman and I felt like
we played as hard as we
could for three quarters,
Byrnes coach Stacey Parris said. They just pulled
away towards the end. We
competed hard last week
SEE BYRNES | B3
After securing third place in region play, the Eastside boys basketball team is now putting
the focus on the postseason and its matchup with Union County.
Eastside takes third in

region, moves to playoffs
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Byrnes will hit the road to take on Northwestern this week

in the first round of the Class AAAA state playoffs.
Our kids believe in the system and what
With a third place finish in Peach Blossom play,

the Eagles are back in the
playoffs.
Eastside
dropped
a
matchup with Travelers
Rest last week (58-47), but
bounced back to beat Emerald (86-56) in the regular
season finale, earning a
date with Union County in
round one.
We knew going into the
last two games that we
had secured the playoffs,
but we knew we were going to have to win one of
the last two to get third
place in the region, Eastside coach Tom Chamness
said.
There was a little bit of
pressure on us with Emerald coming in on Friday
night, he said. The winner of that game finished
were doing. Winning kind of becomes a

culture and a mentality that requires a lot
of hard work.
Tom Chamness
Eastside boys basketball coach

third and the loser finished fourth, but the kids
really responded. Thats an
Emerald team that beat us
by 15 or 16 at their place
and we ended up winning
by 30.
Tyius Lewis had the big
night for Eastside against
the Vikings, scoring 26
points.
Chamness said although
his team has dealt with
its fair share of growing
pains, improvement has
come slowly.
Were young, so weve
felt the bumps and bruises
that you have to go through
when thats the case, Chamness said. Our kids
believe in the system and
what were doing. Winning
kind of becomes a culture
and a mentality that requires a lot of hard work.
The fans see what you do
on Tuesday and Friday,
but they dont understand
SEE EAGLES | B3
Gassed
dont understand long

distance running.
I get that its very
competitive and that
people who can run
five-minute miles have
reached a level of athleticism that I could only
dream of, but its hard for
me to comprehend why
people enjoy doing this to
themselves.
This past weekend, I
ran a 10-mile race near
Furman.
Now, before you get all
proud of me and tell me
how impressive that is
(Im sure thats what you
were thinking) know that
I only began training for
this race two days beforehand.
My friend Joel, a fierce
competitor, had been
training and encouraging
me to do so for a couple
of months leading up to
the big day. But instead, I
tried everything I could to
do just the opposite.
Heres my gripe with
running: I actually dont
mind it, but I havent
always found the sport in
it. In my mind, running
is something you do because youre participating
in another sport (football,
basketball, soccer).
Its also something you
do to punish yourself
(say youve gained a few
pounds or your coach is
particularly frustrated
with your performance
during a recent game).
But as Ive gotten
older, I realize that people
around my age (20, 30
and 40 somethings) have
turned to running as an
adopted sport. Nobody is
letting you on a football
or basketball team at
this age, so naturally, the
athlete inside of you still
wants to compete. While
some might turn to beer
softball leagues, this is
where 5Ks, marathon
running and 10-mile races
come in.
I knew Saturday was
going to kick my butt. I
hadnt trained. A couple
of days before the race,
I decided to try to run
seven miles without stopping, just to see if it was
physically possible to do
so. Having gotten in a
little better shape over the
past year, I found I was
able to at least sustain a
jog for that long.
Seven miles into
Saturdays 10-miler, I was
feeling pretty good.
This isnt bad, I told
myself. Im not even
huffing and puffing anymore. I bet Im on pace
for a decent time, too.
Then it happened.
I hit a wall. My body
was done. I was about to
pass out. Eight and a half
miles in, I reached a point
where I kind of blacked
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Tough year ends

For Lady
Tigers
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
It was a difficult season
for the Blue Ridge girls
basketball team, which
only returned one starter
to the lineup.
The Lady Tigers capped
the year with an 85-54
loss to rival Greer, failing
to make a postseason appearance.
They jumped on us
early, Blue Ridge coach
Byron Hardy said. They
played really well and hit
17 three-pointers. It was
like shooting practice
for them. Theyre a good
shooting team and whether we put a hand in their
face or we didnt, they just
knocked down a bunch of
shots. We just didnt have
some of the offense we

needed that day.
The
Tigers
fought
through adversity this
season, including a number of injuries and lineup
changes.
They finished in a much
more positive way toward
the end, Hardy said. We
were not in sync earlier
this year. We didnt have
as much experience coming back so everybody was
kind of forced into a different role. We saw a lot of
progress.
Robinsons impact
The Greer game marked

the end of a stellar high
school career for Tiger
guard Courtney Robinson,
who averaged better than
27 points and 11 boards
her senior season.
I knew it was going to
be a special four years,
Hardy said. The numbers
speak for themselves. Its
obvious that Courtney is
a phenomenal ball player.

I think she was the best
player in our region by
far. Shes able to control
a game and take over
a game, and its a good
thing, as a coach, knowing
you have players on your
team that are that way.
Hardy said Robinsons
skill set is like none hes
seen before.
Its fun to watch her
play, he said. If she was
able to focus on something that year, she made
it happenwhether its
rebounding, or scoring,
or assistsif she set her
mind to something, she
could knock it out.
It was just a stellar year
for her this year, Hardy
added. When she brought
the ball down the court,
she could either drive and
score, drive and get fouled
or drive and dish the ball,
and I was OK with all three
of those options. Courtney
has some rare abilities.
Riversides season game to an end last Friday night after a loss to J.L. Mann. The Warriors
went into the game playing for fifth place and a chance to go to the playoffs.
Warriors left out of

postseason
action
Lady Yellow Jackets Following
head to postseason loss to
J.L. Mann
To face
Lancaster
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
For the Lady Yellow
Jackets, a season of highs
and lows now comes down
to one game.
Greer takes on top-seeded Lancaster this week,
hoping to steal a win in
round one of the postseason.
I think the regular season has helped us prepare, Greer coach Carlton
Greene said. Eastside has
been ranked second or
third in the state all year
and Southside has been
ranked fourth to eighth all
year, so weve played two
top-five teams in our region. We understand what
we have to do and how we
have to play in order to be
successful. If we go in and
hit a few shots, we feel like
we might be able to come
out with a victory.
The
Yellow
Jackets
capped the regular season last week with a loss
to Southside (72-53) and a
win over rival Blue Ridge
(85-54).
We played a pretty good
game against Southside,
but came up a little short
at the end, Greene said.
We had some shots that
didnt drop, but I thought
we played pretty well to be
going up against the third
or fourth ranked team in
the state. We gave them a
run for their money.
Things began to heat
up for Greer against Blue
Ridge.
We really had a good
game at Blue Ridge,
Greene said. The kids
were loose and they were
ready to play.
Greers Diamon Shiflet dropped 34 points against Blue

Ridge last Thursday night.
Diamon Shiflet led the
effort for Greer with 34
points on the night. The
team rained in 17 combined threes on the Lady
Tigers.
We were shooting the
ball pretty good, Greene
said. Anytime you do
that, it really doesnt
make a whole lot of difference what the other team
does.
Greene said a playoff
victory would have to be
hard earned this week.
Sooner or later youve
got to beat the best to win
the state championship,
so why not play them
the first time out? If you
knock them off, youve got
a pretty good road to Columbia, he said. Theyre
undefeated, so we feel like
if we can get a little bit of
a lead late, all the pressure

will be on them. Sometimes that pressure gets
to be too much.
Greene, who will retire as
the girls coach at the end
of the season, said he has
seen his team mature over
the last several months.
I think we have a fairly
mature team, he said.
We feel like weve got a
veteran squad. Our freshmen and sophomores
arent freshmen and sophomores anymore. Theyve
got 24 games under their
belt, so theyre ready to
go. We really have seen
the younger players come
along and develop, and
we believe theyre starting to make the right decisions in the right places.
After beginning region

competition at 1-9, Riverside bounced back to win
two of its last three games,
nearly landing a playoff
spot.
It wasnt meant to be,
however, as a season ending 64-47 loss to J.L. Mann
sealed the deal for the
Warriors.
It didnt go the way we
wanted to, but here we are
at the last game of the season playing a meaningful
game, second year Riverside coach Greg Miller
said. If we win that game,
weve got a chance to go
to the playoffs. Through
all the adversity we went
throughthe ups, the
downs, the winning, the
losingwe found ourselves in a position to play
for the playoffs still. That
was good for the kids and
something to be proud of
because they kept fighting
for that goal.
The week began with
a 59-53 win over Boiling
Springs.
We played really well
and executed well. I was
pleased with our patience
on defense and the decisions we were making on
offense, Miller said. It
was just an all around
good game for us.
Alan Caldwell led the
way for Riverside, scoring
13 points and going 3-for4 from three-point range.
We came into the game
Friday night playing for
fifth place, he said. J.L.
Mann just shot lights out.
We played very, very hard,
but I felt like we didnt
play smart.
Caldwell again led the
Warriors with 15 on the
night. Miller said his seniors have laid the groundwork for a program that is
just beginning to realize
its potential.
Our sub-varsity teams
look up to them, Miller
said. They saw what these
guys had to do to get in a
position to make the playoffs, and now they want to
carry the torch. Something
I believe in wholeheartedly
The biggest thing
this job was that you have

to prove yourself night
in and night out. The biggest thing Ive learned is
how this game is a game
of mistakes. The team that
minimizes mistakes is the
team thats going to be
successful. Were learning
together how to do that.
I really like the progression from this year to last
year and we continue to
see huge signs of improvement.
Girls pummel
Boiling Springs
Ive learned is how
The Lady Warriors punthis game is a game ished Boiling Springs
last week, 54-24, putting
of mistakes. The
the finishing touches on
an otherwise frustrating
team that minimizes year.
We just came out exmistakes is the team cited and ready to play,
head coach Jenny Taylor
thats going to be
said. Everybody got in on
the scoring and I thought
successful. Were
we rebounded well and
played good defense. We
learning together
really made a lot of good
things happen on offense
how to do that.
and executed extremely
Greg Miller
Riverside boys basketball coach
is that you cant win with

boys and you cant lose
with men.
Despite losing most of
his team to graduation,
Miller said he is confident
the warriors will bounce
back.
I know were graduating
eight seniors, but I dont
feel like were going to fall
off, he said. The younger
guys have learned a lot
and were going to have a
lot of great young men trying to step up and do what
other teams werent able
to do.
Miller said he feels as if
the program is in a good
position following his second year at Riverside.
This is what you want,
he said. One of the things
that really attracted me to
well.
With no playoff appearance in sight, this will be it
for Taylors three seniors,
including standout Brooke
Jordan-Brown.
Theyre great kids,
she said. I enjoy coaching them. They try as hard
as they can and they give
as much as they have. We
just play in a tough region.
(Class) AAAA is not easy
and were in the toughest region in the state. Im
happy with their effort
and were going to keep
working.
All of them have been
in our program for four
years and they all bring
something different to
our team, Taylor added.
They will be missed. Our
last three games, we started all three of our seniors,
so were going to have to
find somebody to fill those
shoes.
Jackets edge Blue Ridge, 52-48

To end
regular
season
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
A frustrating season
ended with a little bit of
satisfaction for the Yellow
Jackets, as Greer knocked
off Blue Ridge, 52-48, last
Thursday night on the
road.
The win completes a
season sweep over the
Jackets cross-town rival.
They had no trouble
getting up for Blue Ridge
because it was Blue Ridge,
Greer coach Jeff Neely
said of his team. They responded well. Its hard to
go to Blue Ridge. Theyve
had lots of close games
there, but our guys stuck

together and had a good
last game. We were able
to end the season feeling
good about each other and
our team. The seniors went
out on a good note.
Senior night did not
go according to plan for
Greer, which dropped a
52-36 contest to Southside
on Tuesday.
We hung with Southside for a little bit, like
weve been doing with a
lot of teams, but their athletic ability probably wore
us down, Neely said. I
dont think our guys really played well and were
up for the game. Weve
just had so many close
games and lost so many
close games, I dont know
if they went into the game
thinking they had a shot.
Thats just kind of what
happens when you know
youre out of the playoffs,
he said.
I dont know if they went into the game

thinking they had a shot.
Jeff Neely
Greer boys basketball coach

Despite the tough losses
this season Neely said his
team has gained a lot of
confidence.
I think they have a lot
of confidence knowing
that they played well in
so many games and were
so close in a lot of them,
Neely said. Things just
didnt go our way.
Although five seniors
will be departing, Neely
said this team will continue to build and get better.
We feel like were going
to return a good team,
he said. Weve got young
kids coming up from middle school and our future
looks bright. It was a tough
year on all of us and frustrating in a lot of ways, but

that happens. I think were
going to grow from it and
be a lot better.
A main offseason goal
for Greer will be to get
stronger in the weight
room.
We need to get stronger, Neely said. We felt
like we got pushed around
a lot, so we want to get
better in the paint. Our
assistant coach, Josh Williams, is real good with
that aspect of the game
and hes really excited
about getting guys in the
weight room.
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Despite several strong late season performances from

Justin Carter, Greer was unable to make a push for the
playoffs.
sports
the greer citizen
Caldwell becomes a leader for Warriors

By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
The Greer Citizen
11
Position: Guard
Age: 18
Class: Senior
Parents: Eric and Topeka Caldwell

Away from the court: Enjoys reading
Favorite athlete: Kobe Bryant
Favorite movie: Jumper
Favorite video game: Call of Duty Black Ops
Pre-game ritual: Listens to music
Actor who would play you: Denzel Washington
Favorite artist: J. Cole
lot of charity events and
had an awesome time.
There were a lot of great
behind the scenes moments, like being in the
locker room during halftime and things like that.
Im going to miss it.
The senior said he saw
his role on the team develop this season.
At first I wasnt really a
leader. I was kind of in a

shell and kept to myself,
Caldwell said. But as the
season started progressing
and developing, I picked
up and started leading my
teammates how I should
have. I was able to handle
myself better on the court
with a positive attitude.
Caldwell said he plans to
attend college and study
Riversides Alan Caldwell scored 15 points against J.L.

Mann, earning Player of the Week honors from The Greer
Citizen and Owens Insurance.
either civil engineering or
international business.
Right now, Im looking
to play college basketball,
he said. Thats always

been a dream of mine, but
well see what happens.
Byrnes: Looks for upset
from B1
against two really good

teams, but unfortunately,
we fell short. We just did
not shoot well enough to
win.
Parris said the Rebels
will have to look for ways
to slow Westside down.
Theyre extremely athletic, theyre quick and
they like to press, she
said. I feel like with what
weve seen in our region
so far, were prepared
for what they do. We just
have to play well. If we can
shoot well and not foul, I
think we have a chance.
Although the task is tall,
Parris said some recent
playoff experience will
come in handy this week.
Last year was our first
time going to the playoffs
in a long time, Parris said.
Not a single player on
our team had any playoff
experience and we played
a really good team. Westside is a good team, but I
think the advantage for us

this year is that weve got
a little bit of experience.
We know its going to be a
tough game and that were
going to have to play well
to have a shot at it.
We have four seniors
who are capable, she said.
If they do what theyre
supposed to do and play
well, we know we have a
shot.
Byrnes will look to establish some half-court
sets and rebound well
against the tournaments
top seed.
We have to be able to
contain them and limit
them to the half-court,
Parris said. We have to
make them take set shots
and limit them to one possession. They want to take
us out of our game and
make us play fast, but we
want to slow them down.
I think its going to be a
matter of who executes
their game plan the best.
Champs back at it
The Byrnes softball team, fresh of its 2014 state championship, got back in action recently,
preparing for the upcoming spring season.
By Mark Vasto
For The Greer Citizen
Tipton inks decision

By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Greer defensive back

Jackson Tipton will take
his talents to Union College next fall, singing a letter of intent last week.
During his senior season, Tipton recorded 23
individual tackles, 18 assists, one tackle for loss,
one forced fumble, three
interceptions, one blocked
kick and one touchdown.
Its another level, but
its just like anything you
doyouve got to adapt
and youve got to get better everyday, he said.
Tipton joins fellow Greer
defender Tyler Wright,
who also committed to
Union.
Its great to get to do it
with somebody Ive known
for a while, Tipton said.
I get to look forward to
four more years with (Tyler Wright). Weve been
friends since I moved here,
so thats going to be cool.
Weve all grown up together. This is a feeling like Ive
never had before.
Tipton said he expects
more of the same at the
next level.
Im going to go up there
and play DB in the fall,

he said. Theyre wanting
to work me in at safety
and some other areas.
Its pretty much the same
stuff I was doing here (at
Greer).
Competing as a Yellow
Jacket has provided Tipton with a valuable skill
set that he believes will
come in handy.
I grew up a lot at Greer,
Tipton said. The coaches
molded me into the player
Im going off to college to
be.
I learned to never take
anything from anybody,
he said. Youve always got
to step up and rise to the
occasion. You cant take
any days off. I learned that
at Greer. If you take any
day off, coach (Will) Young
is going to get all over
you.
Tipton was recently
named one of Greers permanent captains.
Its awesome getting
to be named a permanent
captain, he said. I get to
carry that up to Union. Im
going to do my best to go
in there as a freshman and
work my way up.
He will major in education.
what youre doing the rest

of the week. We put a lot
of hours in to try to give
our kids the best opportunity to be successful.
This years group is a
little different because
theres not one marquee
guy, he continued. We
were kind of a no-name
group, but now at the end
of the season, I bet most
of these coaches in the region know who these guys
are.
The Eagles will need to
be ready to compete at
a high level this week as
they square off with the
Jackets.
Union is an athletic
team, Chamness said.
Theyre kind of a streaky
shooting team, but theyre
definitely athletic and
weve got to play at their
place. Were going to have
to be prepared to execute in order to win that
game.
Chamness said he does
not plan to change his
style of play for any team
moving forward.
Weve had a formula
for what weve wanted
to do all year long, he
said. You have to tweak
things a little bit, but I believe you are who you are.
Were going to play the
style of game weve been
playing. With our guys, its
about trying to find a level
of consistency with how
we play the game. Thats
more important than Xs
and Os.
Lady Eagles earn

No. 2 seed
The Deans List

Jackson Tipton
Eagles:
Ready for
playoff push
from B1
player of the Week

Alan Caldwell
Alan Caldwell and the

Riverside boys basketball
team narrowly missed the
playoffs last week, despite
winning three of their last
four region games.
The senior guard tallied 13 points, three assists, three rebounds and
three steals against Boiling Springs and 15 points,
five rebounds and three
assists against J.L. Mann,
earning The Greer Citizen/
Owens Insurance Player of
the Week award.
Although his team is
not in the postseason,
Caldwell said his final
year will leave some lasting memories.
It was pretty tough,
he said. I knew my teammates had my back. We
were a talented team, but
our record didnt really
show it. We had our ups
and downs, but I just dont
know what happened honestly. I felt like we should
have been in the top five
in our region.
I really had fun this
season, Caldwell said. It
sucks it came to an end so
soon, but I really enjoyed
getting to know my teammates.
Caldwell said he and his
teammates shared a special connection.
We bonded over a lot of
stuff, he said. We did a
b3
or the first month or

so, times were fun
-- even a bit giddy
-- in Cole Field House at
College Park, Maryland.
Led by head coach Gary
Williams, the early 90s
edition of the Maryland
Terrapins were off to a
hot start, and their newest
recruits, like Joe Smith
and Exree Hipp, were
electrifying to behold.
Smith played center with
a calmness and physical
grace that made watching him a pleasure. Hipp,
who would later go on
to play for the Harlem
Globetrotters, spent most
of his time above the rim,
or trying to get there. The
Terps were on a roll, and
the fans were living it up.
And then, one day,
something called the
ACC schedule dropped.
Suddenly the other team
didnt look like it was
wearing hand-me-downs
from an intramural
volleyball team. The
other squad wasnt an
undersized troop led by a
manic point guard taking
75 shots per game, and
the other coach wasnt
some wet-behind-the-ears
kid barely out of college himself, clutching
a clipboard with a death
grip while tugging at his
ill-fitting dress shirt.
On this one particular
day, the team that came
out of the locker room
was wearing powder blue,
and the head coach was
a guy who carried so
much gravitas that the
a sporting view |
entire student section
just stopped and stared.
To paraphrase one of the
freshmen seated close
behind the bench upon
seeing Dean Smith in
person for the first time:
[Things] just got real.
He didnt look like

an innovator, and
he didnt look very
friendly, either.
Always in a suit,
always with a
certain look of
intensity, a gaze
that seemed to burn
right through you.
He didnt look like an
innovator, and he didnt
look very friendly, either.
Always in a suit, always
with a certain look of
intensity, a gaze that
seemed to burn right
through you. He was a
very religious man off the
court, and on the court,
despite that gaze, he was
never blue -- didnt
curse or throw chairs onto
the court. But as soon as
you heard the whistle, he
unleashed all the furies of
basketball hell he could
devise.
Two-three zones and
four corners offensive

schemes; shooting nothing but threes or driving
for layups ... no dinky
jump shots; substituting
five players at one time;
starting six seniors and
taking the technical to
begin a final home game.
He slowed the game down
just so he could speed it
up to otherworldly levels.
He was amazing. Brilliant.
Gary Williams, who
suffered at the hands
of Smiths teams for the
early part of his tenure at
Maryland, recalled how he
developed a rivalry with
Smith over the course of
the 90s.
We had a lot of great
games, Williams told
listeners of The Norris &
Davis Show in Baltimore
upon learning of Smiths
death. He really went after it. He was a tough guy
in terms of competition
... if you werent prepared
you were going to lose,
because he was going to
be prepared.
Smith, who passed Feb.
8 at age 83, was prepared to go. A victim of
the long goodbye that
robbed him of some of his
greatest memories in old
age, he could always be
content in knowing that
the list of his accomplishments both on and off
the court will continue to
resound and rebound and
aggressively inbound and
come right back down the
court inside the minds
of those who witnessed
his life and the lives he
touched.
The Lady Eagles did not

end the season they way
they would have liked,
dropping two of their last
four region games.
They will need to have
a short memory, however,
as they get set to take on
Chester this week.
Heading into postseason
play, Eastside is in unfamiliar territory. Before a
Feb. 3 loss to Southside,
the Eagles had not seen defeat in region action. The
late season struggles were
enough to bump Eastside
down to a No. 2 seed in
the playoffs, which still
results in a home game in
round one.
If the Lady Eagles were
to get past Chester, a potential matchup with topseeded Belton-Honea Path
could await in round two.
The Upper State championship will be held in
downtown Greenville on
Feb. 28.
Greene:
On to the
next chapter
from B1
ent as another team, but

what they achieve with the
talent they have might be
to a greater degree than
the people who had a team
that was very talented.
Greene said his passion
for coaching comes from a
desire to see players succeed.
Its a players sport,
he said. Everything that
we do is for them. The
accolades that we receive
or other things that come
along are just byproducts
of what the kids were able
to accomplish. The nice
thing is that when you
work with kids, youre
supporting them. Youre
trying to get them to see
things in a different light
or gain some skills that
may help them later on in
life.
Greene said he would
likely keep his teaching
job at Greer Middle School
for a couple more years.
The nice part, in terms
of basketball, is I can be a
fan, Greene said. When
Friday night rolls around
and I want to go see the
best game in the county, I
can go watch it. Ill probably still show up in gyms
from time to time.
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From left: Simon Garreau, Marie Garreau, and Joram

Garreau watch the hockey players compete.
Sabrina Walker laughs as she glides across the ice during the Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital sled hockey event.
Sled hockey comes to Taylors

Kristal Kemppainen, therapist, and Kristen Caldwell,

Recreational therapist secure Jeremy Kerr into a sled.
Michael Garreau smiles at his children as he comes off the

ice.
Alejandro Cano takes aim at a ball during the sled hockey

event.
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Hockey enthusiasts with
disabilities recently tested
their skills at the sport
during a sled hockey clinic
at The Pavilion in Taylors.
The clinic, put on by
Greenville Health Systems
(GHS) Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital, was
the third one of its kind.
The fourth and last clinic
will be held March 3, also
at The Pavilion.
Two other clinics were
held at Ice on Main in
Greenville.
The event was made
possible through a grant
received from the South
Carolina Developmental
Disabilities Council.
We were able to purchase some equipment
and secure some ice time
and these sled hockey clinics have gone really well,
said Kristen Caldwell,
recreational therapist at
Roger Peace. Were starting to increase the opportunities in Greenville and,
really, the equipment is a
key piece in us being able
to do that.
The grant we received
has two goals, she added.
The first is to increase the
amount of adaptive sports
we offer through Roger C.
Peace. We want to provide
more opportunities for
people with disabilities to
play sports and to recreate.
While many local residents may not have heard
of sled hockey, Caldwell
said it is more popular in
Luann Bannister uses hockey sticks that double as training poles to acclimate to the ice.
other areas of the country.
Sled hockey is kind of
odd for South Carolina,
but it is a sport that can be
played year round in an
indoor ice rink, she said.
Its a sport that is gaining popularity in the U.S.
Our U.S. Paralympics team
has actually won gold in
the last two Paralympics,
so its definitely gaining
some momentum.
The hospital is holding
the clinics for the first
winter this year. The participants play in sleds.
They get time to get adjusted to the ice and have
a little fun moving around
on the sleds on the ice.

Volunteers with hockey
experience teach the participants about the game
and they divide into teams
and play against each other. The game is played the
same as traditional hockey
except that the players are
sitting on sleds as they
play. Otherwise the rules
are the same.
Caldwell said the clinics
have attracted a good deal
of interest.
A lot of people have
gotten really excited about
it, she said. Weve had
a couple of people that
keep coming back to each
clinic and, in every clinic,
we have some new interest. Its kind of novel, but

our hope is that we do get
a nice core of people that
are really interested in it
and are serious about it
and want to form a team.
Roger C. Peace currently
offers other sports opportunities for those with disabilities including water
skiing, cycling and golf.
Its essential, in my
opinion, to have equal access, Caldwell said. Unfortunately, people with
disabilities dont have
equal opportunities a lot
of times, but were doing
our best to make sure they
do.
Former Riverside baseball coach publishes book

BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Former Riverside High
School teacher and coach
Don Miller has written a
book based on his 43-year
career working with students and student athletes.
The book, titled Winning Was Never the Only
Thing, began after he was
telling stories at a high
school reunion. Many of
the stories in the book
focus on Millers years at
Riverside.
I went to a 40th reunion
at Mauldin High School,
and we had such a good
time telling a bunch of
stories, Miller said said.
People kept reiterating
that I needed to write, so
I decided, since I had retired, that it would probably be a pretty good time
to do that.
Miller began his 12-year
tenure at Riverside in the
late 1980s as a science and
history teacher. He was
a baseball and football
coach at the school where
he served as an assistant
coach on the lone region
championship team in
1990. As a baseball coach
at Riverside, Miller led
his teams to eight region
championships, two upper
state championships and
the 1999 state championship. He was coach of the
year in the state for baseball in 1996 and 1999.

Miller
also
coached
teams at Mauldin, Greenville, Landrum, TamasseeSalem, Greer Middle College, Legacy Charter and
Northwest Middle. Combined, Miller has a total of
43 years of baseball, football and soccer coaching
experience.
The title of the book is
part of what he learned as
a coach during his career.
I always thought that I
was a competitive sort and
it was all about winning
and losing, he said. After I had given up coaching football, I really began
to realize that it was about
the people. From the officials, to the parents, to the
players it was about being
able to interact with those
folks and the camaraderie.
As for big moments in
coaching, Miller points to
the state baseball championship and the region
football championship as
highlights.
The state championship at Riverside was a big
deal, he said. We also
won a region championship in football, which is
the only region championship theyve ever won.
We clinched it on Greers
home field, so that was a
pretty good moment con-
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Former Riverside coach Don Miller, right, and Tim

Bright are pictured here at the 2000 North-South
All-Star game.
sidering the trouble that
Riverside has had defeating Greer.
Relationships with players were the things he
treasures most from his
coaching career.
I have been very fortunate to stay in touch with
a lot of the kids, Miller
said. For the most part,
they were winners in the
classroom; they were winners on the field and they
have turned into winners
as family men. Theyve
got good-looking kids
and good-looking wives.
Theyve just done well for
themselves.
Its about competition;
its about winning and losing, but its more about
the relationships and
the friendships that you
build overtime, he added.
Time is something we
dont know how much we
have. I think our time is
better spent in pursuit of
friendships rather than in
pursuit of hardware.
With a long career, Miller has also dealt with the
death of former players.
So many kids stand
out, he said. Whats
probably affected me
more than anything is

the death of Tim Bright.
He was one of the pitchers on the 99 team. Weve
actually lost three kids off
that team including Heath
Benedict and Jeff Gulley.
That weighs heavily on my
mind, those three kids.

Winning Was Never the
Only Thing is available
on Amazon in paperback
or Kindle.
Entertainment
The Greer Citizen
Things
To Do
Centre Stage extends
Rock n Roll
Natalie Dormer in The

Rock n Roll continues
Hunger Games: Mockingjay at Centre Stage Thursday-
couch theater
DVD previews
By Sam Struckhoff
New Releases
for week of March 2
PICKS OF THE WEEK
The Hunger Games:

Mockingjay -- Part One
(PG-13) -- After wrecking
the Hunger Games and
igniting a revolution, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence)
-- the franchises arrowslinging teen heroine - is determined to rescue
Peeta (Josh Hutcherson)
from the clutches of the
evil President Snow (Donald Sutherland). Katniss
gains new allies from District 13 led by Alma Coin
(Julianne Moore), who
means business, and from
the Capitol when Cressida
(Natalie Dormer) and her
camera crew flee. However, it seems like Katniss
and the 13ers have different priorities.
Those two words at the
end of the title tell you
everything else you need
to know about the movie. Part One is now the
universal code for we
stretched out a single book
of material into two bloated movies, because youll
see both anyway, and well
get twice as much money.
Its a shame. While the
looks and performances
are all there, this movie - or more accurately the
first part of a movie -- has
a lot of set up and no climax.
Foxcatcher (R) -- Based
on real events, this film
looks at the toxic relationship between two wrestling
brothers and the rich man
who sees them as his way
to greatness. Channing
Tatum plays Mark Schulz,
a once-revered Olympic
wrestler who is invited to
train for the 1988 Seoul
Olympics at the estate of
John du Pont (Steve Carrell) -- the not-so-athletic
heir to a fortune. David
Schulz (Mark Ruffalo)
is Marks older brother,
coach and a hitch in Johns
control over Mark.
This is a movie of steady
building suspense, meaningful small moments and
an undeniable sense of aggression and violence just
under the surface. Tatum
plays a seemingly simple,
icy character, but you can
tell theres a lot of energy
and confusion swirling
behind that heavy brow.
Carrells role is often described as a transformation, and it fits -- he is
unsettling and almost unrecognizable.
The Captive (R) -- A
young girl goes missing
in an instant, leaving no
trace and little to clear the
guilt from her father (Ryan
Reynolds). Almost a decade later, the parents are
divorced, damaged and
still searching for the people who kidnapped their
daughter -- somebody
who apparently kidnaps
and abuses children, and
spies on the parents while
their lives fall apart. Youll
endure plot twists and TV
crime-show cliches, and
all youll be left with an
icky feeling.
The Better Angels
(PG) -- This ponderous
black-and-white film takes
us into the childhood of
Abraham Lincoln, but its
not a biography, and its
certainly no history lesson.
Much of the story comes
from the environment -little sounds of nature, a
timely breeze swaying the
old oak branches. But its
easy to miss the story. Its
a more moody, artsy look
at growing up and the
role of virtues. Its plain
to see that filmmaker A.J.
Edwards has drawn on his
work with Terrence Malik;
he just hasnt reached that
level with this offering.
TV RELEASES
Outlander: Season One

-- Volume One
Saturday, Feb. 19-21, at 8

p.m.
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showcases the talent in
the Upstate and celebrates
a diverse set list. Spanning
the 50s through the 90s,
the set includes hits from
such artists as Ray Charles,
The Four Seasons, Chicago,
Stevie Wonder, Foreigner,
Journey, Aerosmith, Tom
Petty, and many more.
call 864-233-6733 or visit
www.centrestage.org.
Greer Heritage Museum

honors Black History
The Greer Heritage Museum announces new exhibit and programs for
February. The theme is
Celebrating Black History
Telling Our Stories.
Author and storyteller
Laura Smith will present
a program of original stories on Feb. 21 at 1 p.m.
Retired from Greenville
County Schools, Smith has
written childrens stories,
poems, and published two
books. After the program
she will sell and sign her
books Steps of Yesterday and Samidis Trunk,
a book for children about
bullying. The book signing
is from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
All programs are free.
For more information, call
the museum at 106 South
Main St. at 864-877-3377.
Auditions for the The

Music Man Feb. 22-23
The Spartanburg Little

Theatre announces open
auditions for its May musical The Music Man on
Sunday, Feb. 22, and Monday, Feb. 23, at Chapman
Cultural Center in Spartanburg.
Children and preteen
auditions will be Sunday,
Feb. 22, at 3 p.m., and
Monday, Feb. 23, at 6 p.m.
Teen and adult auditions
will be Sunday, Feb. 22, at
4 p.m., and Monday, Feb.
23, at 7 p.m.
The musical has singing and dancing roles for
adults, teens and children.
There is a detailed casting breakdown posted at
www.spartanburglittletheatre.com that all actors
should read prior to auditions. Certain roles require
previous musical theatre
experience and a dance
background.
Prepare at least 16 bars
of a musical theatre style
song and bring sheet music. An accompanist will
be provided and you must
sing with accompaniment.
Wear comfortable clothes
and shoes for the dance
audition, which will take
place after the vocal auditions. Anyone auditioning for a major role or the
dance ensemble is strongly
encouraged to participate
in the dance audition.
Arrive 15 minutes early
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The Lettermen
Wood carvers hold

monthly meeting
Interested wood carvers are invited to visit this

months Western North
Carolina Carvers (WNCC)
meeting and determine if
you would like to become
a member.
The WNCC will hold their
monthly meeting Sunday,
Feb. 22, from 1:30- 4 p.m.
at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road, Asheville,
NC.
This months topic will
be on Moravian Stars and
consist of a free presentation and carving activity.
Bring your tools and carve
while you enjoy good fellowship with other local
carvers. For more information, call Bruce Dalzell at
828-665-8273.
6:30 p.m. and the event

begins at 7 p.m. A discussion will follow the movie.
Seating is first come, first
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spaces.
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Furman Theatre to
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Stanley Lambchop is
your ordinary, every day,
run-of-the-mill ten-yearold: normal mom and dad,
normal little brother, normal life. Thats just the
problem...for Stanley, life
is too normal. He wants to
travel the world, do something amazing, something
no ones ever seen before.
Performance dates are
Fridays, Feb. 27 and March
6, at 7 p.m.; Saturdays,
Feb. 28 and March 7, at 2
p.m. and 5 p.m.; and Sundays, March 1 and 8, at 3
p.m.
Performances are held at
SCCT Headquarters, 153
Augusta Street, Greenville,
29601.
visit scchildrenstheatre.
org.
ons & Princesses

In addition, SCCT will
offer a new Friday Kids
Night Out with Mia Phillips.
The schedule is as follows:
Friday, March 13 (K46th) - Fancy Fancy Girls
Night
Friday, April 17 (K56th) - Hogwarts Students
Roaming the Castle Night
Friday, May 8 (K4-6th) America Girls Night
To register, visit scchildrenstheatre.org.
BJU theatre department

presents One Voice
Film House presents

Life Itself Feb. 25
The Bob Jones University Theatre Department

will present One Voice,
a black history narrative
created and produced by
Jeremiah Dew on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m.
in Stratton Hall on the BJU
campus.
One Voice is a celebration of the contributions
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of important figures in
American history from the
time of the African slave
trade to the election of
our first African American
president, Barack Obama.
Jeremiah brings to the
stage voices of Frederick
Douglass, James Weldon
Johnson, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali.
Tickets for the single
performance
of
One
Voice are available online, at the box office on
campus or by calling (864)
770-1472. Tickets may be
purchased online at bju.
edu/tickets.
Furman University Theatre will present Christopher Durangs Durang

Durang Feb. 18-21 at 8
p.m., with a matinee performance Sunday, Feb. 15
at 3 p.m. in the Theatre
Playhouse on campus.
Furman theatre professor Rhett Bryson is director and scenic designer.
Sophomore Haley Brown
designs lights. Sophomore
Lauren Girouard is sound
designer; and senior Morgan Nance designs costumes.
Intended for mature audiences, the production
consisting of six short
plays is open to the public. For ticket information
and reservations, call the
Theatre Box Office at (864)
294-2125.
The Lettermen will perform at the Newberry Opera House

for two performances, Sunday, Feb. 22, at 3 and 8 p.m.
Tickets are available at the Newberry Opera House box office. Call 803-276-6264 for reservations or visit our website
www.newberryoperahouse.com.
to fill out any necessary
paperwork. You may also
download your audition
form from www.spartanburglittletheatre.com and
fill it out before you arrive.
call 864-585-8278 or email
director Jay Coffman at
jcoffman@spartanarts.
org.
the greer citizen
Greer Opry House

holds line dancing
Classic Country Band

with Ed Burrell at is at 8
p.m. each Saturday night
at the Greer Opry House.
Admission is $9. There
will be free line dancing
from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
SCCT stages Adventures

of Flat Stanley
The Upstate Film Society

and the The Film House are
joining forces at the Warehouse Theater to present
Life Itself on Feb. 25.
This documentary on the
life of Roger Ebert made
many Best of 2014 lists.
The event is presented
free as a celebration of
film as art. Doors open at
Greer Cultural Arts

stages Aladdin
Greer
Cultural
Arts
Council will kick off 2015
with the Greer Childrens
Theatre production of
Aladdin Feb. 27-March 8
at the Cannon Centre.
Showtimes are Feb. 2728 and March 6-7 at 7 p.m.
and March 1 and 8 at 2
p.m.
Tickets can be purchased
at greerculturalarts.com.
SCCT announces Spring

Kids Night schedule
The
South
Carolina
Childrens Theatre offers
drama activities, a craft,
snack and movie time during Spring Kids Night on
Saturdays this spring, 6
p.m.-10.p.m.
forK3-5th
grade students.
The schedule is as follows:
Saturday, March 21 Heroes & Heroines
Saturday, April 11 - Cats
& Dogs
Saturday, May 16 - Drag-
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Riverside High Mattress
Sale is Saturday
The Riverside High baseball team will be sponsoring its annual mattress
sale from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
on Saturday, Feb. 21, in
the school cafeteria.
Simmons
Beautyrest
and other name brand
mattress sets will be sold
at 30-60 percent below
retail prices. One of the
manufacturers has won
the Consumer Digest Best
Buy Award and Womens
Choice Award for the
eighth consecutive year.
All mattresses come with
full factory warranties. All
sizes and price ranges. Delivery and layaway will be
available.
Floor models will be
displayed in the cafeteria
during the event.
District Five
District Five Proposes

Redistricting Plan
Due to a rapidly growing population, Spartanburg District Five schools,

along with its local delegation, is proposing redrawn
school board election lines
that reflect numbers from
the most recent census.
The change is necessary
to comply with the Constitutional
requirement
of one person, one vote
established by the Voting
Rights Act of 1965. The
new proposal does not affect attendance zones for
any District Five schools.
Under the plan, proposed by the SC Office
of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs, the current at-large
district within District Five
will be eliminated.District
5-1 will elect one board
member, District 5-2 will
elect two board members, and the remaining
six board members will be
elected from District 5-3,
which contains the largest
population.
Bobby Bowers, with the
Office of Revenue and Fiscal Affairs, will present the
plan at District Fives next
Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, Feb. 23,
at 6:30 p.m. at the District
Administrative Office.
Legislators are expected
to vote on the changes in
the coming months.
D5 Students Hit High

Note At Honors Choir
Several District Five students took their vocal talents to Columbia recently
to participate in the South
Carolina Elementary Honors Choir.More than 500
elementary students from
across the state auditioned
for the choir, but just 200
were selected.
Abner Creek Academy
students Cassie Cullison,
Sarah Grant and Katie
Wade, and Reidville Elementary students Annabelle Ly, Simeon Meno,
and Maleah Jones were all
a renaissance man, becoming an accomplished

painter, professor, biologist and pianist.The play
is one of more than 40
original works written by
Stenhouse.
Show times are Feb. 18
at 7:50 a.m., 10:55 a.m.,
and 2:05 p.m.; and Feb.
19 at 10:10 a.m. and 12:50
p.m.
Abner Creek stages

Along Came a Spider
Austin Epps - third grade
Skye Tooley - second grade with father, Chris Tooley.
Governors School lists

20 Merit Finalists
Hansen Mou, of Greer

has been named a National Merit Finalist by the
National Merit Scholarship
Corporation (NMSC).
The son of Yanghu Mou
& Haiping Huang is one
of 20 members from the
class of 2015 at South Carolina Governors School
for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) to receive the
honor. These students
are now eligible for continued competition in the
National Merit Scholarship Program. Not only is
this the highest number of
National Merit Finalists in
any South Carolina high
school, it is also the most
finalists in GSSMs 27-year
history.
We congratulate our National Merit Finalists and
their families and wish
them success throughout
the scholarship competition, said Dr. Murray
Brockman, GSSM president.
NMSC chose approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 60th annual
National Merit Scholarship
Program from across the
nation, including 205 in
South Carolina.
Grab some tissues, and

enjoy Abner Creek Academys presentation of
Along Came a Spider on
Friday, March 6, at the District Five Fine Arts Center.
Under the direction of
Janet Sherbert, Corrie
Kennette and Anna Poole,
Abner Creek drama club
students bring the charming, life-affirming story
of Charlottes Web to the
stage.
The audience will relate
to Wilbur, the pig, and his
very good friend, Charlotte
A. Cavatica whose last
mission in life is to save
Wilbur and to give life to
her baby spiders.
Show times are at 9:30
and 6:00 pm at the Fine
Arts Center.
Higher education |
Wofford Announces
Fall 14 Deans List
Zackery Roberts - second grade with mother, Amber

Roberts.
Erika Collins - first grade
selected for this honor.

The students sang in a
variety of languages and
genres under the direction
of acclaimed and internationally-known director,
Dr. Maribeth Yoder-White.
The Honors Choir performed as part of the SC
Music Educators Association Conference.
Top Speller crowned

at Berry Shoals
D.R. Hill begins new

reading program
Seventh grade students

at D.R. Hill Middle School
are turning the page on an
exciting new pilot program
that aims to build better
readers. The Tigers Read
to Succeed program was
implemented recently as
a way to encourage reading at D.R. Hill and give
students something to do
before class, when they
traditionally spent time in
the schools gym.
Now, after theyve arrived and eaten breakfast, students head to
their halls to read. The
students can bring their
own books or choose
from one of the schools
book carts made available on each hall.Based
on research that the more
students read, the better
readers and writers they
become, D.R. Hill administrators and teachers are
hoping the program translates into success in the
classroom.Students track
the number of minutes
they read and are given
incentives based on how
long they read and attendance every day.
Byrnes band student

brings home honor
Byrnes High senior Melvin Robinson brought

home a big honor this past
weekend, winning first
place in the SC Band Directors Associations Masters
Recital competition.
Students across the state
auditioned for the competition, sending in recordings
of college level concertos
this past fall to a selection
committee.Robinson was
selected as one of 10 finalists, who performed at
the SCMEA convention in
Columbia.
His saxophone performance of Concerto in E
Flat by Alexander Glazounov earned him first place
among all ten finalists.
Robinson is one of four
drum majors in the Byrnes Rebel Regiment, and
is privately instructed by
District Five teacher and
band director, Jonathan
Valentine.
Duncan Students Seek

Good In Classmates
A new program at Duncan Elementary is bringing

out the best in students.In
recognition of February as
Friendship Month, second grade students in Terri Barnetts class are focusing on friendliness.Each
day, students focus on one
friend and write positive
words about that classmate.
Students write the words

on a handmade heart to
share with their classmates, and also talk about
their words during community time. If anyone in
the class is having a bad
day, they are reminded to
read their heart, and remember the good that is
in them.
The idea is an extension of Duncans Olweus
bully prevention program,
which teaches students to
help others and find the
good in their classmates.
Amanda Petty, a sixth

grader in Melissa Rhodes
English class, took home
the top prize at the Berry
Shoals Intermediate annual spelling bee. Sixth
grader Clayton Gurley, a
student in Sharon Brewers English class, was the
runner-up.
Petty will now represent Berry Shoals at the
the Herald-Journal/GoUpstate.com Regional Spelling Bee on Feb. 28.
Byrnes inducts
Honor Society members
Byrnes Students Shine

In Science Fair
A group of Byrnes High

students can now consider themselves among
the schools most gifted
academic achievers. A new
group of juniors and seniors at the school were
inducted into the National
Honor Society this week,
joining an elite group of
top students at Byrnes.
National Honor Society
members must maintain at
least a 4.2 cumalative GPA,
have completed at least six
honors/AP courses, have a
clean disciplinary record,
and receive a positive faculty recommendation.
Those inducted include:
Bailey Belcher
Payten Bennett
Tanisha Berry
Thu-uyen Bui
Michael Chandler
Vanessa Chiu
Sarah Cobb
Matthew Compton
Daniel Cooper
Heather Davis
Harsahib Dev
Cynthia Edwards
Christian Eitel
Jermaine Glenn
Rebecca Glenn
Dillon Green
John Guthrie
Maggie Hance
Patricia Henderson
Sydney Hughes
Megan Jenson
Haley Jones
Allison Kennedy
Valentyna Khveshchuk
Parker Malone
Haleigh Miles
Jonathan Nguyen
Reagan Ortt
Destinee Panyasiri
Jason Peck
Kennedy Peterson
Matthew Powell
Annika Pregenzer
Victoria Shaw
Christopher Shin
Savannah Shuler
Shaylyn Simmons
Emily Simpson
Jessica Spurling
Harry Stathakis
Stevie Swain
Michelle Thai
Austin Thomas
Lananh Tran
Mallory Turner
Haley Baker
Colin Burkett
Jacob Cashour
Jackson Darash
Caroline Hall
Emma Jennings
Regan Messenger
Dylen Rodriguez
Theodora Sanoulis
Brady Ward
Kristina Williams
Jessica Wright
Students
at
Byrnes
High showed off their science skills recently in the
schools annual science
fair.The event consisted
of projects in the categories of Behavioral/Social
Science, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, General Science and Math/Computer
Science.
The following students
took home first place in
their
category:William
Blackwood
(Behavioral/
Social Science), Sarah Finleyson and Hayle Hudgins
(Chemistry),
Quintin
Kinzie (Physics), Andrew
Vaughn (Biology), Katherine Blackwood (General Science) and Amanda
Howell (Math/Computer
Science).
All first place winners
will go on to represent
Byrnes at the Regional Science Fair later this month.
Dr. Dennis M. Wiseman, provost of Wofford

College, has announced
Deans List students for
the Fall 2014 semester, including:
Duncan
Savanny Renee Savath
Greer
Gregory Robert Drew
Haley Marie Gryskevich
Nicolas Anthony
Limogiannis
Chad William Sauvola
Maya Gabrielle Ward
Lyman
Cierra Anne Holcombe
Taylors
Isai Daniel Cabrera
Wellford
Alyssa Torey Ballenger
To be named to the
Deans List, a student
must be enrolled for at
least 12 semester hours of
graded courses and attain
a semester grade point average of 3.6 or higher.
Lunch
Menus
Greenville County|
Elementary
Thursday: Baked Potato Bar,

Roll, Whole Grain, Stuffed
Shells, Fruit and Vegetable
Bar
Friday: Pizza, Cheese, Mexican
Lasagna, Vegetation Station,
Chicken Vegetable Soup,
Steamed Broccoli, Assorted
Fresh Fruit, Assorted Cupped
Fruit
Monday: Spaghetti with Meat
Sauce, Teriyaki Chicken Leg,
Roll, Whole Grain, Vegetation
Station, Vegetable Beef Soup,
Green Beans, Assorted Fresh
Fruit, Assorted Cupped Fruit
Tuesday: Herb Roasted
Chicken, Enchilada Pie, Roll,
Whole Grain, Fruit and Vegetable Bar
Wednesday: Cheeseburger,
Lettuce & Tomato, Fish
Nuggets, Roll, Whole Grain,
Vegetation Station, Chicken
Noodle Soup, Sweet Potato
Bites, Assorted Fresh Fruit,
Assorted Cupped Fruit
Middle/High
Thursday: Chicken Caesar Salad, Chili with Beans, Chicken

Jambalaya, Cornbread, Fruit
and Vegetable Bar
Friday: Chef Salad, Hot Dog/
Chili, Mexican Lasagna, Roll,
Whole Grain, Vegetation Station, Chicken Vegetable Soup,
Lima Beans, Assorted Fresh
Monday: Mandarin Chicken
Salad, Grilled Chicken
Sandwich, Teriyaki Chicken,
Brown Rice, Roll, Whole Grain,
Vegetation Station, Vegetable
Beef Soup, Steamed Broccoli,
Assorted Fresh Fruit, Assorted
Cupped Fruit
Tuesday: Grilled Chicken
Salad, Herb Roasted Chicken,
Pasta Marinara, Roll, Whole
Grain, Fruit and Vegetable Bar
Wednesday: Southwest
Chicken Salad, Cheese
Enchilada, Sweet Thai Chili
Chicken, Brown Rice, Roll,
Whole Grain, Vegetation Station, Chicken Noodle Soup,
Green Beans, Assorted Fresh
Harvest of month |
Beets
Add fresh sliced or canned

beets to spinach salads.
Berry Shoals Presents

Carver play
Put on your history hats,

and prepare to take a trip
back in time as drama
students at Berry Shoals
Intermediate present Peanuts, Paintings, Potatoes
and Peas! on Feb. 18-19.
The play, written and
directed by Berry Shoals
teacher Jan Stenhouse,
takes a look back at the
life and contributions
of George Washington
Carver.Born into slavery,
students show how Carver
transformed himself into
Make the education to career connection.

Learn about everything from admissions requirements to job opportunities.
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Assistant Health Information Management Physical Therapist Assistant
Tuesday, March 10 6 p.m. Benson Campus

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The Greer Citizen

South Carolinas Premier Weekly

wednesday, february 18, 2015 

GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 102 NO. 7 75 CENTS

Hospital should be demolished, report states

Greer Development Corporation Executive Director Reno Deaton said.

Greer City Administrator

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Greer Fire seeks

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Greer Fire Chief

back and weve been getting some back, but were

Black History Month

Greer Heritage Museum

BMW leads auto exports

the Port of Charleston in

than 364,000 units, 2014

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Historian Joada Hiatt shows off a new display at the Greer

Clarence Earl Bailey, 86

Hospital offers sled

The Beech Springs Intermediate School

25 years in the books

Greer coach Carlton

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District Five Family Ministries at the Middle Tyger

MISS GREATER GREER

Miss Greater Greer Scholarship Pageant presents

The 4th Annual Saved by

The gala, held by the

GARDEN CLUB HOSTS

The Greenville Garden

GREER LEARNING CENTER

for Greenville Literary Associations Greer Learning

Greer Community Ministries is collecting 1 pound

The Creative Advancement Centers, at Victor

THRIFT STORE SALE

The Community Chest

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015

KIWANIS CLUB AT 6:30 p.m.

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wednesday, February 18, 2015

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Highway Patrol releases new info in fatal crash

Two MEN SENTENCED FOR

Two Spartanburg men

sentences last week for

learned that Shields and

MAN GETS 25 YEARS FOR

A Spartanburg man received a 25-year prison

In both robberies, similar suspect descriptions

complainants purse and

Eddie Knight, 33, of

hide and seek

Jason Allen Oliver, 35, of

Robert Lee Tyler, 43, of

found in the Lowes parking lot, subdued by the

Tristan Lanarr Stanley,

Kenneth Barnard Nesbitt Jr., 28, of 214 Earl St.

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