Greer Police To Host Softball Tournament: Resident: Protect Family Graves

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015
GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 102 NO. 34 75 CENTS
Greer Police to host

softball tournament
Benefits
families of
fallen officers
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
When Laurens County
Deputy Roger Rice was
killed in the line of duty in
2011, it sent shockwaves
across the Upstate law enforcement community.
Since then, the Greer
Police Department has
hosted an annual softball
tournament
benefitting
families of fallen officers.
This years event is set
for this Saturday, Aug. 29
at Century Park.
We thought it would
be a good idea to raise
SEE TOURNAMENT | A6
FILE PHOTO | PRESTON BURCH
The Greer Police Department will host a softball fundraiser

on Saturday at Century Park.
Election could be canceled

WILLIAM BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN
Shooting in downtown Greer

A woman was injured after a shooting in Greer last Wednesday afternoon. According to
local authorities, two women were involved in an argument at Rosies Hotdogs, causing
one of the women to pull out a pistol and shoot the other in the upper chest area. The
injuries sustained were not life-threatening, according to police.
Lyman
mayor
indicted
Governor
removes
Turner
from office
BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE
STAFF WRITER
The Spartanburg County
Grand Jury has indicted Lyman Mayor Rodney Turner
on charges of wiretapping
and misconduct in office.
Monday afternoon, Gov.
Nikki Haley suspended
Turner from office until
he is convicted or acquitted of the charges.
The indictment states
that Turner did intentionally intercept the oral communications of employees
working and persons conducting business in and
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR/NEWS
A2
CRIME
A9
ENTERTAINMENT
B8
MILESTONES
B10
OBITUARIES
A6
OPINION
A4
OUR SCHOOLS
B7
SPORTS
A1-4
WEATHER
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If no one
files by end
of month
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
The deadline for candidates to file for the City of
Greers November election
has come and gone, and so
far, no one is contesting
the four incumbents seeking another term.

Residents still have until
the end of the month to
file as a write-in candidate,
but if none do so, Greer
Municipal Clerk Tammy
Duncan will ask that the
results be certified, canceling the Nov. 3 election.
Its hard to say (why no
one has filed), said Greer
Communications Manager
Steve Owens. People may
be very content with their
representatives or it may
be matter of people not
wanting to get involved as
a representative. Its hard
to say, but thats the system we have.
Its rare that we have no
contested races, particularly with the Commission
of Public Works seat, he
added. Thats been one
of the most contested offices during the past two
or three elections.
SEE FILING | A6
Resident: Protect family graves

BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
I would also like
A local historian is asking that a recently discovered cemetery be protected as plans to develop
housing on the land hang
in the balance.
Graves, some dating
back to the 1800s, were
found just north of the
Lake Cunningham Fire
Department off Highway
101, causing the City of
Greer to issue a stop work
order at a 25-acre plot of
land that was slated to
see development.
Lorene Fisher, a Lyman
resident, visited the family cemetery in 1982.
I just want to see the
cemetery protected and
preserved, Fisher said. I
would like to see the Orchard Crest Community
developed, but I would
suggest, perhaps, that a
half acre be set aside (for
the cemetery), depending
on the number of graves
(found). I would also like
to see a historical marker
placed for the names of
those buried there.
Fisher
said
among
those buried there is
DEATHS
Dr. James Jim Calvin
DuBose
Margaret Louise Parker
Morgan, 88
to see a historical
marker placed for
the names of those
buried there.
Lorene Fisher
Lyman resident
PHOTO | COURTESY OF LORENE FISHER
This memorial reads: John Marion Rush who departed

this life in the faith of the Gospel on the 19th of June,
1853 in the 27th year of his age.
Col. John Thomas, who
fought in the Revolutionary War. Thomas, a native
of Wales, married Jane
Black and moved to Spartanburg County in 1762.
According to records,
Thomas was labeled a
hero of the revolution.
After the war, Thomas
and his wife moved to
Greenville County where
they remained the rest of
their lives.
Fisher said she has
some
connection
to
Thomas family.
With my great-grandmother being a Thomas,

Im definitely interested
in it, she said. (Thomas)
is not my ancestor, I dont
think. Although, his family is buried where some
of mine are.
Also buried in the cemetery are John Marion
Rush and Matthias Rush,
who passed away in the
1850s. Their tombstones
were legible in the early
1980s, when Fisher took
photographs of the memorials on site.
John Marion Rushs plot

reads: John Marion Rush
who departed this life in
the faith of the Gospel on
the 19th of June, 1853 in
the 27th year of his age.
The property was annexed into the City of
Greer in late 2014.
Greer Planning and
Zoning
Coordinator
Glenn Pace said plans to
proceed with the development project are still
uncertain.
Were still consulting,
he said. Weve consulted
with the state archeology
and anthropology office.
Were in contact with the
state department of archives and history. Both
of these entities are well

versed in what to do in
these types of situations,
so were seeking advice.
Although developers of
the Orchard Crest Community are only now
finding out about the
cemetery, Fisher said it
has been known about
for years.
Everybody in the community has known about
it for years and years,
Fisher said. The people
that owned the property
had to know about it. Its
just a few hundred feet
off the road. I dont see
how it could have been
overlooked.
Fisher said she would
like to see homes on the
site, but asks proper recognition be given to the
cemetery.
Theyve made a big investment and they need
to go ahead with it, but I
want them to respect the
dead, the 72-year-old
said. John Thomas was
one important figure. He
cant be swept under the
rug.
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COMMUNITY
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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26
GRACE PLACE in Greer will
have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - noon at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.
THURSDAY, AUG. 27
KIWANIS CLUB MEET at 6:30
p.m. at Laurendas Family
Restaurant, 300 South Line St.
Call Charmaine at 349-1707.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 1
THE NEVER ALONE group
candlelight meeting at 7:30
p.m. at the Greer Rec. Center,
226 Oakland Ave.
THE ROTARY CLUB of
Greater Greer meet at 7:15
a.m. at Krumms on a Plate,
3318 Brushy Creek Road. Call
630-3988.
THE GREER LIONS Club
meet at Laurendas Family
Restaurant, 300 South Line
St., at 6 p.m. Call Suzanne at
905-0394.
FIRST TUESDAY ON Trade at
5 p.m. on Trade Street. .
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION SUPPORT Group
meets from 5:30 - 7 p.m. at
The Haven in the Village
at Chanticleer, 355 Berkmans Lane, Greenville. Call
275.5022.
GAP CREEK SINGERS
rehearse from 7-8:30 p.m.
at The Church of the Good
Shepherd, 200 Jason St.,
Greer. Call 877-5955.
FRIDAY, AUG. 28
GRACE PLACE in Greer will
have its monthly dinner at
6:30 p.m. at 407 Ridgewood
Drive. I.D. required.
SATURDAY, AUG. 29
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Packing their bags
SUNDAY, AUG. 30
Spirit and Truth Ministries hosted a back-to-school book bag giveaway on Saturday, Aug.
15 from noon-3 p.m. at Edwards Park on Sunnyside Drive in Greer. Pictured: Javon Paden,
left, helps Deborah Gideon find school supplies.
COMMUNITY
NEWS
FUNDRAISING BENEFITS
DAVID TAYLOR
Georges Brick Oven and

Bistro in Greer will have a
fundraising dinner for David Taylor, who is battling
cancer. The dinner will be
Aug. 26 from 5 to 9p.m.
The restaurant is located
at 111 Middleton Way. The
owner is donating all tips
and a portion of the sales
to Taylor. Question or
comments can be directed
to
support@DavidTaylorGreerSC.com.
A yard sale is scheduled
for Saturday, Aug. 29 in
the WHAM Auctions parking lot at 104 Middleton
Way in Greer. The fundraiser will take place from
8 a.m. to 12 p.m. All proceeds will go towards offsetting some of David Taylors medical expenses as
he battles pancreatic cancer. You can participate by
dropping off items to be
sold. Items may be left at
WHAM on Friday.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
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LTBM needs 18 volunteers to help with a

scrapbooking project for
a mom. Volunteers will
work at the LTBM location 1200 Woodruff Road
Suite H13 in Greenville
between 9 a.m. and 9
p.m. on Sept. 1. If interested, visit the link below
to let Jane Cochrane know
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FOOD PANTRY DEVOTIONAL 9:30 -10 a.m. at Calvary

Christian Fellowship, 2455
Locust Hill Road, Taylors. First
come, first serve basis.
THE NEVER ALONE Group

of Narcotics Anonymous
meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer
Recreational Center, 226
Oakland Ave.
MONDAY, AUG. 31
JAM FOR CARE

FUNDRAISER
On Tuesday, from 6-8:30

p.m. on October 13 is Jam
for Care at Wild Wing Cage
in downtown Spartanburg.
The fundraiser benefits
HIV prevention programs
of Piedmont Care Inc. Tickets are $35 in advance or
at the door sponsorships
available. Event performers include Teresa DeGeer,
Scott Williams, Melinda
Moretz, Joe Boscia, Ray
Dunleavy, Matt Roper, David Rice, Henry Stein and
Catherine and Dirk Schlingmann. For more information call 582-7773.
BREAST CANCER PATIENT

SUPPORT ORGANIZATION
Breast cancer patient

support organization, The
Tyanna Foundation will
hold BreastFest, its flagship fundraising event,
for the first time in South
Carolina, on Saturday, Oct.
24 at Quest Brewing Company (55 Airview Drive)
from 3 to 8 p.m. Tickets
go on sale in August and
will range from $40 in advance to $60 at the door.
The cost includes admission, craft beer, wine and
soft drinks, food and live
music. The family-friendly
event also will have activities just for kids, such as
face painting, crafts and
games. The event will ben-
efit the Greenville Health

System and will help to
provide free breast screenings to women. For more
information, contact Cate
Tyson at 864-363-4977
or BreastFestGreenville@
gmail.com
BARBERSHOP HARMONY
CHAPTER meet at 7:30 p.m.
at Memorial United Methodist Church, 201 N. Main
St., Greer. Call Richard at
384-8093.
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A public information
meeting is scheduled for
Sept. 15 from 5 to 7 p.m.
at the Greer High School
cafeteria located at 3000
East Gap Creek Rd. The
purpose of the meeting is
to discuss the proposed
project to the intersection
at SC 101 and N. McElhaney Road. The meeting
will be informal, with concept plans and other information displayed for viewing. Time will allotted for
attendees to review and
comment on the proposed
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NEWS
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Century Park to receive facelift

STAFF WRITER
First Baptist bash
Amanda Cloonan, left, and her son Landon enjoy a

snowcone at the Back-to-School Bash, hosted by Greer
First Baptist Church on Saturday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Public input
sought for trails
Public input is being
sought as the City of Greer
works to complete and
implement a downtown
walking and bicycling
master plan an initiative
listed in the recently completed Greer Community
Master Plan.
Ann Cunningham, director of the citys Parks and
Recreation
Department,
said the public is encouraged to attend a workshop
and presentation Sept. 3 at
the Cannon Centre.
The workshop will be
open from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
and the presentation is
scheduled for 6 p.m.
The public told us
through the Greer Community Master Plan that
recreation opportunities in
the city are important, particularly related to walking
and bicycling, Cunningham said. With improvements planned in major
corridors in the city, this
is the perfect opportunity
to examine and plan new
ways to make the city walk
and bike friendly. We hope

many residents will join
us to learn more about
the work that has already
been done and to share
their thoughts on the next
step of this project.
The City of Greer has
partnered with Alta Planning + Design of Greenville on a preliminary
study taking into account
the citys sidewalks, pedestrian crosswalks, existing bike lanes and walking
trails and available parks
and other recreational
green space
The study, which is being
funded by Greenville-Pickens Area Transportation
Study, will be available for
review at the workshop.
Those in attendance will
receive a free pedometer
or bicycle reflector.
Advance
registration
is not required. For more
information, contact the
Parks and Recreation Department at 848-2190.
A press box that has

seen decades of action
has been torn down as
the Greer Parks and Recreation Department looks
to make improvements to
Century Park.
The old press box was
built in 1976. With money
from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund, the
department hopes to construct a new building that
should be ready to view
baseball in the spring.
Parks and Recreation director Ann Cunningham
said plans havent been
finalized for what theyd
like to build.
Weve got a lot of planning going on now, she
said. It may be one building; it may be two buildings. Were trying to figure
out whats best for the
property.
Though the demolition
of the old box has already
occurred, building of the
new structure will not take
place until November, so
as not to interrupt play for
fall sports leagues.
David Langley and As-
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
The press box at Century Park was demolished on Aug. 13. The Greer Parks and Recreation
Department is currently working on plans for a new press box and concession stand.
sociates are the architects
for the project.
In addition to the demolition of the old press box,
theyve addressed a storm
water issue, completed
some necessary minor
Abner Creek Baptist

Church is once again calling on golfers to join them
to Tee It Up for Toronto
on Sept. 19 at 1 p.m. at
Willow Creek Golf Course.
The third annual golf
tournament is the main
source of fundraising that
the church does for church
planters in downtown Toronto specifically, Trinity Life Church.
This is one thing we try
to do really well for Toronto, said Greg Mathis, the
student ministry leader at
the church. Doug Bortone
is the church member who
really had a vision for this
years ago. We sent people
on an initial trip there,
and we are just wanting
to come alongside of [the
church planters].
The church has a mission fund set up as well,
and they are hoping to be
able to send a group up
to the church in the next
year. But the goal, for

now, is to be able to raise
enough money for whole
sponsorships.
Cities
are
growing
at a rate that churches
just cant keep up with,
said Mathis. Were hoping that, as awareness is
raised, people will see the
cause as beneficial.
The tournament costs
$60 per person and will be
captains choice. Whole
sponsorships are available
for businesses for $100.
Local businesses will be
donating prizes, including
a prize from Golfsmith of
Greenville. Refreshments
will be provided by Abner
Creek.
Sign-up for the tournament is available on the
churchs website at abnercreekbaptist.com until
Aug. 30. Teams can also
sign up at the tournament.
For more information,
call Doug Bortone at 3133487.
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The town will put three
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Well do some painting of our backstop, she
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scoreboards coming in. It
gives us the opportunity
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Hollywood is people!
o reply to concerned and well-meaning friends that have bid me adieu

from the Carolinas as I headed back
west to California, I am aware of the
irony that I sound very much like Mitt
Romney who, under attack from the left
in regards to those businesses who had
robbed pensions and laid off thousands while CEOs escaped with golden
parachutes, declared, Corporations are
people!
Because, as I explain, when I hear over
and over- Dont let Hollywood try to get
its claws into you or You know how
Hollywood chews people up and spits
them out- Hollywood is people!
The concept of the studio guy with the
cigar and the casting couch is a pretty
rare anomaly these days and when I
think of Hollywood, either here in my
hotel or back on my farm, with the exception of the traffic, and, OK, the giant
quake in 94, the yearly wildfires and
Rodney King riots, as funny as it soundsmy memories are all highly enjoyable.
Yes, there was the mentally ill, homeless, man who leaped on the hood of
my car--one of dozens halted in traffic
before a red light--waving a machete
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
and snarling menacingly through my
windshield as he then crossed the street
by jumping onto the hood of the next
car, and the next. But there was also a
knot of us standing in the kitchen of my
church, making sandwiches every Friday
to distribute to those on Skid Row.
And after the riots reduced neighborhoods to smoldering ruins, an awful lot
of us carpooled down to bag tons of donated groceries, to bring to those whose
grocery stores had been destroyed. I
vividly remember Valerie Harper, bless
her, and her husband, running that
exercise with the organized precision of
a drill sergeant.
Besides Valerie, exactly who is Hollywood? In my experience, the Stars make
up just a tiny proportion. Its Tanha, a
production assistant who picks me up in
her Prius (that I have named, The Blue
Angel) each morning, and delivers me

to the set and Nick, who runs me back,
in his aged Jetta with the roof covering
coming unglued so it drapes over our
head like a tent.
Its the props guy who hands me my
prop phone just as I begin to rehearse
my scene and takes it away again, when
Ive finished. Its the set construction
guys that I remember from 17 years ago
that enveloped me with an enormous
hug and told how they both jumped at
the chance to work on Coach, again.
And its new faces too: those responsible for feeding us (no more Twizzlers!),
some of the writers, gaffers and cameramen, assistant directors, new cast members- folks that, like the rest of us, show
up in jeans and t-shirts and share jokes
before hunkering down when its time to
work, and sit in traffic when its time to
return to home and family.
Last but not least, it is our shows creator, producers, director, original writers
and returning cast that have made this
experience not only tremendously surreal, but wonderfully welcoming. Its
work- dont get me wrong- its serious
work with a lot at stake: a show gets can-
The concept of the sleazy studio

guy with the cigar and the
casting couch is a pretty rare
anomaly these days and when I
think of Hollywild...as funny as
it soundsmy memories are all
highly enjoyable.
celed and all those Ive mentioned are
out of work with mortgages to pay and
kids to feed.
But it is also nothing short of a privilege to watch this production run like a
well-oiled machine and stand back in rehearsal and watch the comedic brilliance
of our two lead actors, laughing my head
off despite having seen this scene run
ten times, already. Its a great script. Its
a great pilot.
Thats what Hollywood is- just people.
An awfully nice ones, too.
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KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE

Staff Reporter
When envy
creeps in
Thanks,
Northwood
ow can we overcome envy?

How can we remain calm
in the midst of a competitive society? The next time
envy creeps into your heart and
mind do the following.
Acknowledge envy as sin.
Many people struggle with envy
for years, yet never acknowledge its true character. Envy is
sin. The envious person is not
just a victim; he or she bears
responsibility. The Scripture
says, For where you have envy
. . . there you find disorder and
every evil practice (James 3:16
NIV). The failure to confess
envy will only lead to more
sin. Envy causes conflict with
others, it travels with its cousin
anger, it leads to depression,
it manifests itself in gossiping,
and it can even pull the trigger
on murder.
Recognize Gods goodness.
In other words, we need to be
grateful for what we already
have. A myth has circulated
since the beginning of time: I
must have more than you to
be happy. And, you must have
more than me to be happy.
This is simply not true. Instead
of focusing on what we dont
have, we need to remind ourselves what we do have, giving
thanks for Gods graciousness
in our lives.
Respond to others in love.
Love does not envy (1 Cor.
13:4 NIV). When we love other
people we appreciate their
strengths and their gifts. We
acknowledge that God loves
them like God loves usno
more, no less. And when we
choose to love, envy is eradicated from our lives.
Refocus on God. Dont be
envious of sinful people; let
reverence for the Lord be the
concern of your life. If it is,
you have a bright future (Prov.
23:17 GN). There are only
three things that will last for
eternityGod, his Word, and
his people.
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GUEST EDITORIAL
Black Lives Matter puts

focus on wrong targets
The idea that disrupting and protesting Bernie Sanders speeches will change what is wrong
in America is lunacy. The BlackLivesMatter
movement is focused on the wrong targets, to
the detriment of blacks who would like to see
real change and to the benefit of its powerful
white liberal funders using the attacks on Sanders for political purposes that mean nothing for
the problems that face our community.
The notion that some lives might matter less
than others is meant to enrage. That anger is
distracting us from what matters most. Were
right to be angry, but we have to stay smart.
Of course, the protesters are right that racial
policing issues exist and some rotten policemen
took actions that killed innocent people. Those
actions were inexcusable and they should be
prosecuted to deter such acts in the future.
But unjust treatment from police did not fill
our inner cities with people who face growing
hopelessness. Young men and women cant find
jobs. Parents dont have the skills to compete in
a modern job market. Far too many families are
torn and tattered by self-inflicted wounds. Violence often walks alongside people who have
given up hope.
I grew up in neighborhoods most Americans
were told to never drive through. I saw bullets,
drugs and death in the same places I played tag
and ball with my friends. Both of my older cousins died on the streets where I lived. I thought
that was my destiny.
But my mother didnt. She changed all of that.
She saved my brother and me from being killed
on those streets with nothing but a library
card.
My mother knew what the problems were and
she shielded me and my brother from them. I
can tell you she wasnt worried about Socialist
senators from tiny rural states. BlackLivesMatter could learn from her to focus on the real
sources of our hopelessness.
This is where we should march:
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William Buchheit
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Lets head down to the board of education.

Teaching is a tough job and thank God there
was a teacher who convinced me that I was
not dumb, but our schools are failing and we
have no power to abandon them. The actions
of rogue police officers take black lives one at
a time. Our public school system has destroyed
black lives not in the ones and twos, but in
whole generations.
The schools dont teach and our children
dont learn. Too many public schools are controlled by teachers unions focused more on the
convenience and compensation of adults rather
than the education of children who started out
far behind. Their failures dont kill as quickly,
but they do kill as surely as a bullet.
Over 19 trillion dollars has been wasted, but
can anyone identify a single battle won as a
result? We certainly have not helped the poor
lift themselves out of the ruts of poverty as
Lyndon Johnson promised far from it. These
programs have been a great American failure.
We should have a talk with the Democratic Party. Lets tell them, we dont want to be clothed,
fed and housed. We want honor and dignity.
We dont want a plan to give us public housing in nice neighborhoods. We want an end to
excuses for schools that leave us without the
means to buy our own houses where we choose
to live. We want the skills needed to compete, not
a consolation prize of Section 8, Food Stamps
and a lifetime of government paperwork.
Finally, we need to go over to the Republican
Party. We need to tell them they have ignored
us for too long.
There are many things to be angry about
when you are consumed by hopelessness. Bernie Sanders isnt one of them.
This guest editorial was written by Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben
Carson and was published on Aug. 24 and the full version can be found on
USAToday.com.
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ve never been a person who

desired to live vicariously
through other people--that
is--until I met the Northwood
Little League team from Taylors.
I didnt actually meet them
in person. I met them on ESPN
like everyone else who became
instant fans. I suddenly found
myself turning off Atlanta
Braves games in favor of a
ragtag squad (maybe theyre
not ragtag, but that would
make the story more likely to
be picked up on Lifetime) of
12-year-olds.
I think the appeal for me is
that they were doing something
I was never able to do--play in
the Little League World Series,
or play baseball at a high level,
or simply play rather than
riding the pine. Essentially,
that ragtag group (yes, Im
sticking with the adjective)
became my new favorite team.
Northwood infielder Ryan
Chapman replaced Andrelton
Simmons, catcher Braden Golinski replaced A.J. Pierzynski
and pitcher Alex Edmondson
replaced John Smoltz. Yes,
I know Smoltz doesnt play
anymore, but I cant for the life
of me think of a Braves pitcher.
Things are that abysmal in
Atlanta, but I digress.
Before this summer South
Carolina hadnt been represented at Williamsport since
1950, the same year Willie
Mays signed with the New York
Giants. Thats also only three
years after the first year of the
Little League World Series. It
was good to be back.
And there I go again, living
vicariously, like I was around
in 1950 or in Williamsport on
Monday afternoon. Still, maybe
thats what youth baseball is all
about. Maybe its our prerogative to participate alongside or
through our televisions with
those young athletes. And
theres something more accessible about it when youngsters
play it. After all, baseball is a
kids game. When I watch the
Little League World Series, Im
far removed from the salaries
and the suspicions of steroids
and the Philadelphia Phillies.
Instead, I find myself wrapped
up in the fundamentals of the
game, played purely and unadulterated for the joy of playing. And for that I say thanks
to the Northwood Little League
team.
Well done, boys.
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Gas department
recognized at CPW
DAVE
SAYS
DAVE
RAMSEY
Cash
wedding
on a budget
Q: Im getting married
soon, and my fiance
and I together have
saved about $9,000 for
our wedding. Right now,
were doing really well on
our budgets and almost
always have money left
over each month. Should
we use the extra money
to continue paying down
our debt, or is it okay to
use it for a few wedding
incidentals?
DR: I love the idea of
having a nice, reasonable
wedding paid for with
cash. Some people look
at weddings as an excuse
to go nuts, but you guys
sound like you have a
good plan in mind.
The average cost of a
wedding in America right
now is around $30,000.
Even if the extras you
mentioned run $5,000 to
$6,000, youre still talking
about half that amount.
So, lets look at it this
way. Basically, youre
asking me if its okay to
put your debt snowball on
hold temporarily in order
to modestly enhance your
already reasonable wedding plans. My answer is
yes!
It doesnt sound like
you two are going to
abuse the situation,
though. I think youre
both being very wise.
KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE | THE GREER CITIZEN
The Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) celebrated the completion of yet

another phase of its WINGSPAN project with a Topping Out event Friday afternoon.
GSP project on pace

for 2016 completion
STAFF WRITER
Fridays event, then,

was largely ceremonial,
highlighting that the $125
million project is moving
towards completion. Edwards called it a milestone
in the last phase of the
project.
Were
very
excited
about being really on the
backside of the project
today, and we know weve
got a little over a year to
go, but we really can see
everything coming along,
Edwards said.
While the project is in
year three, Wingspan was
actually envisioned in October of 2009. The airport
underwent a yearlong planning study for the future
of the airport. Edwards
said part of the study was
looking at the deficiencies
in the terminal. Those deficiencies are being taken
The Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) celebrated the

completion of yet another
phase of its WINGSPAN
project with a Topping Out
event Friday afternoon.
Before lifting the highest steel beam onto the
airport terminals Grand
Hall, members of the
GSP International Airport
Commission, airport staff,
construction officials and
workers added their signatures. Once the beam was
securely in place, David
Edwards, president and
CEO of the GSP Airport
District, said the project is
moving along in a timely
manner. The project is still
expected to be complete in
mid to late 2016.
The Greer Commission

of Public Works (CPW)
Natural Gas Department
recently received the System Operational Achievement Recognition (SOAR)
- bronze level award from
the American Public Gas
Association (APGA).
SOAR is awarded to
natural gas distribution
utilities that demonstrate
commitment to excellence
in four areas: system integrity, system improvement, employee safety and
workforce development.
APGA gives the award to
approximately 20 utilities
nationally in recognition
of systems striving to operate safely and efficient-
ly. The designation is valid

for three years, at which
time the utility may apply
to receive it again.
Our Gas Department
consistently exceeds operational standards nationally, and were glad to
receive the SOAR award,
said Jeff Tuttle, Greer
CPWs General Manager.
Im proud of how well
we provide reliable and
safe natural gas service to
our customers every day,
said Rob Rhodes, Greer
CPWs Natural Gas Department Manager. Im also
especially proud of our
team. They go out there
every day and work hard.
care of within the project.

So far the project has addressed renovations to the
baggage claim, additions
to the two concourses
and a one-stop center for
rental car operations and
services.
Edwards was very complementary of those who
have assisted with the
project while also keeping
the airport operating at a
high level.
Airport
Commission
Vice Chairperson Hank
Ramella credited Edwards
as well.
I cant say enough as to
what the staff and Dave
Edwards has done to get
us this far, he said. The
commission really appreciates how theyve been able
tow work and keep the
airport going and friendly
during construction.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Lets celebrate history, not moan destruction

As chairperson of the
Greenville County Preservation Commission, this
has been the year of cemeteries, mine and yours.
I have always been intrigued by cemeteries and
Ive been to cemeteries
just to photograph angels.
Ive been to cemeteries like
Boot Hill in Tombstone,
Arizona, too. Once when
visiting Deadwood, South
Dakotas, Mt. Moriah Cemetery, you know, the one
where Wild Bill Hickok
and Calamity Jane are buried, folks were celebrating
over their graves. They
were dressed in period
costumes, playing guitars,
drinking, and singing.
Thats what graveyards
should be memory places - for each of us has a
different type of history to
share.
One such fenced cemetery is for my own

Campbell ancestors in
the Moonville area, and
it is surrounded now by
Campbell Farms housing
development.
As many
family cemeteries often
are, it was neglected for
tens of years until recently
a distant cousin from Columbia came to the rescue
and the local garden club
accepted the project.
The Commission members and I have also been
working on three different
abandoned
graveyards,
Duncan Chapel Cemetery
near Furman, the Stephen
Smith Family Cemetery
off Pelham Road, and the
Thomas, Edwards, Rush
Families Cemetery off
Hwy. 101 near Lake Cunningham. These cemeteries are very old and have
much history to share,

but because they were unfenced and almost forgotten, and because developers want the surrounding
property, their stories are
not so happy.
Delineating graveyards
for posterity and locating
them on your deed with
the county would be helpful to all concerned. Please
be aware that someone in
the future may be looking
to build something there
and destroying cemeteries
is against state law.
Growth is inevitable and
needed, but this history
of Greenville is what has
brought us to this place,
and these souls led the
way. Let us celebrate history over the graves of our
ancestors with those folks
at Mt. Moriah, not moan
their destruction.
Anne Campbell
Moonville
Free to rebel
Re: Editorial, Aug. 19
I dont see what all the
fuss is about. The name
Rebels is a school rallying cry. Rebellion is as
American as it can be.
Those who fought at Bunker Hill were rebels. Those
A5
who gave their lives in the

formation of this country
were rebels. Yes, the confederacy was also a rebellion against tolerance and
equal rights, but it was,
nonetheless, a rebellion.
Every election, we are
free to have a peaceful re-
bellion and often do rebel

against the standing administration. This is what
makes us Americans.
We are free to rebel!
So, Byrnes, wear that
title proudly.
John Helfrich, Greer
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The Greer Citizen

Dr. James C. DuBose
Veteran
Dr. James Jim Calvin

DuBose, died Friday, August 21, 2015 at The Cottages at Brushy Creek.
A native of
Laurens County, son of the
late Charles Edwin and
Ethel Gertrude Barker DuBose, he was an optometrist in Greer for over 30
years, was a faithful member of First Presbyterian
Church of Greer and was
active in his community.
He was a Rotarian who
attended all meetings as
long as he was physically
able, a Kiwanian, and an
officer of the South Carolina Optometric Association as well as many other
civic organizations.
He
was a Veteran of the U.S.
Army obtaining the rank
of Captain. He was a charter member of Greer Golf
and Country Club where
he enjoyed many years of
golf and fellowship.
Surviving are his wife
of 68 years, Ethel Olson
DuBose; two daughters,
Johanna DuBose Blackwell (Reece) of Greenville,
Jennifer DuBose Carter

(Buddy) of Greer; a son,
James Timothy DuBose of
Garland, Texas; two grandchildren, Matthew DuBose
Carter and Sarah Emerson
Carter; and one greatgrandchild, Georgia Luisa
Carter.
A memorial service will
be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 29, 2015 at
First Presbyterian Church,
Greer, conducted by Dr.
Brandi Casto-Waters and
Rev. Wayne Cole.
Visitation will be held
9:45-10:45 a.m. Saturday
in the church social hall.
The families are at their
respective homes.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to
First Presbyterian Church,
100 School St., Greer, SC
29651 or Greer Community Ministries, P.O. Box
1373, Greer, SC 29652.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.
Louise P. Morgan
Margaret Louise Parker
Morgan, 88, of 4500 Locust Hill Road, widow of
John Lindsey Morgan, died
August 23, 2015 at her

home.
A native of Greenville
County, daughter of the
late Theron and Geneva
Ward Parker, she was a retired employee of Wunda
Weve Carpet and a member of Double Springs Baptist Church.
Surviving are a son,
Johnny Harold Morgan
of Taylors and one sister,
Jewell Paris of Travelers
Rest.
Mrs. Morgan was predeceased by two sisters, Hazel Mullinax and Winifred
Bridwell.
Funeral services will be
held 3 p.m. Wednesday
at The Wood Mortuary,
conducted by Rev. Keith
Mincey. Burial will follow
in Wood Memorial Park.
Visitation will be held 78:30 p.m. Tuesday at The
Wood Mortuary.
The family is at the
home.
Memorials may be made
to Regency Hospice, 880 S.
Pleasantburg Dr., Suite A,
Greenville, SC 29607.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.
Weekend Outlook
Scattered weekend storms
After a dry, cool week, we will see a return

of higher humidity and warmer temperatures
for the weekend. That change will increase
our thunderstorms chances for Saturday and
Sunday. Our afternoon temperatures will
return to near 90 this weekend. Partly sunny
skies and isolated thunderstorms will stay in
our forecast for the first part of next week as
well. Have a great weekend!
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Dental Access Days

Upstate dentist Bryan Satterfield and hygienist Erin Morris work on a patient Friday
morning at the TD Convention Center. Dental workers from across the state provided
free care to an estimated 1,000 individuals during the seventh annual Dental Access Days
event last Friday and Saturday.
TURNER: Removed by Gov. Nikki Haley

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around the Lyman Town

Hall, located in Lyman,
South Carolina, through
the use of electronic devices designed to intercept
and transmit oral communication by transmitting
a signal through a radio
transmission, wire, cable,
or other like connection
that could be monitored
and/or recorded remotely.
The indictment says
Turner intentionally wiretapped between Feb. 21,
2014 and Aug. 14, 2014.
Additionally, the indictment says Turner committed misconduct in office
from July 8, 2008 to Aug.
14, 2014. He did knowingly, intentionally, and
willfully engage in acts of
misconduct by engaging
in acts and omissions in
the form of malfeasance,
misfeasance, and nonfeasance, in breach of his
duties to the public of
good faith, honesty, and
accountability in his role
as mayor of the Town of
Lyman by adopting and
amending Town Administrative Codes; Creating,
renewing, or extending
franchises and contracting to lease lands of the
municipality without ordinance; acting independently of Lyman Town
Council on matters under
their jurisdiction; and entering into secret negotiations without knowledge
and consent of the town
We officially received the executive

order this afternoon and well be taking
whatever operational steps necessary to
comply with that order. Otherwise itll be
business as usual.
Tony Wyatt
Mayor pro-tem
council on a pending legal

matter, causing the Town
of Lyman to expend in excess of $200,000 in legal
fees.
The Town of Lyman responded to the indictment
in a recent release, stating: The Town of Lyman
learned this afternoon
from media reports that
the Spartanburg County
Grand Jury issued indictments against Mayor
Turner. Any change of
the status in office of the
Mayor is not an action for
the Town. At this time,
the Town has received no
notification from other
governmental bodies of
any change in the status
of the Mayor. If the Mayor
is no longer able to serve
the duties of mayor, the
Mayor Pro Tem for the
Town of Lyman will serve
as acting Mayor. The Town
Council will continue to
serve the citizens of Lyman and await information as to next steps.
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us.
Holcombe said the tournament also provides a
means for the department
to interact with community members.
We pride ourselves on
getting out and meeting
the people, and this is
another opportunity for
that, he said. In the past,
we havent been one of the
better softball teams, but
thats not what we do it
for. We do it because we
enjoy the camaraderie and
getting to know people out
in the community.
Hamburgers and hotdogs will be sold at the
event, along with softball
tournament t-shirts. Admission is free and donations are encouraged. For
more information, visit
scupstateofficersmemorial.com.
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Greer City Council district seats one, three and

five are up for grabs, as
well as the offices of mayor and commissioner of
public works.
All are four-year terms,
with the exception of the
six-year Greer CPW seat.
Incumbents Wryley Bettis (district five), Rick Danner (mayor), Jeffery M.
Howell (CPW), Kimberly
Bookert (district three)
and Jay Arrowood (district
one) have all announced
bids for reelection.
Anyone wishing to file
as a write-in candidate
should do so between 8:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at Greer
City Hall, located at 301 E.
Poinsett St.
Candidates for Greer
City Council must reside
in the district for which
they are filing.
The filing fee is $70 for
City Council and $125 for
mayor and commissioner
of public Works.
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ers suspension, Mayor

Pro-Tem Tony Wyatt has
taken over as acting mayor.
He said, from an operational standpoint, officials
will continue to perform
their duties.
We officially received
the executive order this
afternoon and well be taking whatever operational
steps necessary to comply
with that order, Wyatt
said. Otherwise itll be
business as usual.
Gary Christopher Martin was also indicted on
a third-degree computer
crime act and wiretapping.
He is accused of intercepting oral communications
of town employees doing
business around town hall
from Feb. 21, 2014 to Aug.
14, 2014.
Both Turner and Martin
have October court dates.
The S.C. Attorney Generals Office is prosecuting.
money for the families.

Officers arent known for
their riches and theres an
immediate financial need
after something like that,
said Sgt. Kara Blackwell,
one of the events organizers. We thought, if we
could help ease that burden even just a little bit,
it would be the least we
could do.
All the money generated
from the event is reserved
for families of fallen officers in the 10 Upstate
counties.
A Greenville officer who
was shot in the line of
duty, Tim Harrison, will
be honored during the
tournaments opening ceremony on Saturday.
Were really blessed
and lucky that we havent
lost anybody since Roger
Rice, but its a dangerous
job, Blackwell said. Right
now, with the way law en-
forcement is viewed and

all the negativity, we really
enjoy getting together and
supporting each other.
Participating
agencies
include: Simpsonville Police, Greenville City Police,
Greenville County Sheriffs
Office, Greenville County
Detention Center, Fountain Inn Police, Laurens
County Sheriffs Office,
Cherokee County Sheriffs
Office, Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office, Tyger
River Fire Department and
Greer Police.
Every year, weve increased the number of
teams that come out and
play, Blackwell said. It
gets competitive, but its
a lot of fun and we all remember why were there.
Its a neat experience.
The Greer Police Department is just a small
part of a bigger family,
said Lt. Jim Holcombe. In
law enforcement, when
anything happens to one
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Springwell Church will celebrate its 20th year of ministry on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 11 a.m.
Springwell celebrates
two decades of service
STAFF WRITER
Twenty
years
have
passed- or 1,040 Sundaysand Springwell Churchs
vision hasnt wavered;
they still seek to introduce
the lost to Jesus Christ.
Springwell
Church
sprung from the heart of
the churchs senior pastor, Scott McAlister. With a
desire to reach the people
that maybe other churches
were not reaching, McAlister and 57 other individuals met in the home
of Tim and Sandy Howard at 31 Silver Meadow
Lane in Greer. More than
1,000 services later, and
the church has met in six
other locations including their present home at
4389 Wade Hampton Blvd.
in Taylors. In between July
23, 1995 and 2002, they
had 312 weeks of load
in and load out before
moving into their current
building. Other numbers
include singing in excess
of 4,160 songs, celebrating 545 recorded baptisms
and 1,027 people worshiping there for the first time.
As impressive as those
numbers sound, they are
not the reason for celebration. Instead, as the church
seeks to celebrate its 20th
year of ministry, they will
celebrate that God is the
one who changes hearts.
According
to
David
Pearson, family and operations pastor, the church
was built on an idea to
do church differently--to
reach everyone.
Its like folks from all
different walks of life, he
said. I think thats really
been the key to the ministry here. Thats why theres

so much life change. Even
those first 58 were the
same- doctors, lawyers,
addicts all together.
Today, the church has
about 1,000 regular worshipers. The church has
two services to incorporate that many people.
Still, you only have to
speak to McAlister to realize that, even with the
growth, the foundation is
still the same.
McAlister said he knew
he wanted to have a church
that welcomed the everyone, but they also sought
something else.
Another
really
big
thing for us was community, McAlister said. We
wanted to experience deep
community with each other. We worked as hard on
community and building
relationships as we did
trying to reach the unchurched.
Thats precisely what
they have today. To celebrate that community and
continuity of the ministry,
the church is gearing up
for a Sept. 13 service that
has been enjoyable for
staff members to plan.
They will worship together in one service at 11
a.m.
Weve
constructed
this entire service in two
parts, said Worship Director Dillon Arms.
The first part is to celebrate what God has done
in 20 years at Springwell
Church, not just celebrating 20 years of Springwell
existing but to celebrate
20 years of life change
here. The second part is re-
ally more focused on what

God is going to do with the
next 20 years. Thats to focus in on people that will
still walk in these doors
on Sunday mornings even
after that service for the
next 20 years.
Interestingly enough, as
often as staff members
use the word change,
they expect that much will
carry on as usual at the
church.
When asked what the
church expects to see in
the next 20 years, Pearson
said they expect to see the
continued mission of the
church.
We expect to see exactly
what weve seen in the last
20 years just for it to continue to reach people in
our community, he said.
And were actually at
the service going to talk
about the next 20 and what
we anticipate. And thats
completely
unknown,
but we do know that the
foundation of the churchwhich was to reach people
who were missing something that foundation
will continue. Thats what
we were built upon.
The anniversary has provided a splendid time to
remember just that.
The cool thing about
what weve created for this
service is it shows what
the church has looked like
over the last 20 years,
said Will Wright, production director, How it can
change and how worship
styles can change but the
underlying thing is life
change.
Grace United Methodist

Church is searching for
musicians for its new contemporary service.
We started with 45
members and now average 90 people each Sunday after just three years,
said Pastor Robert Cox.
Our sanctuary only holds
120 people. If you hit 80
percent [capacity], people
start to get uncomfortable. So you either build
a new building or add a
service.
The contemporary service will start around 8
a.m. or 8:15 a.m. and will
be led by the music.
The only difference
in the service will be the
style, said Cox. At the
contemporary service, the
music is the liturgy. There
will be more music, except
for the preaching.
In order to make the
contemporary service possible, Cox has put out a
call for musicians of any
religion and experience.
The church is in need of at
least two or three singers,
guitarists, and especially
a keyboardist. Cox is also
planning on using digital
drums in order to control
the volume of the band.
Musicians must be upper high school age or
CHURCH
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The seniors will meet

at Petes Restaurant in
Greer on Aug. 27 at 6
p.m. for the evening meal.
PELHAM FIRST BAPTIST

SUPERHERO GALA
Pelham
First
Baptist
older, but Cox is willing to

train anyone who is interested in being a part of the
band.
We are small and cant
afford to pay anyone,
said Cox. So we are depending on volunteers.
They must be available for
one rehearsal a week and
then, of course, play on
Sunday.
The band will also play
once a month for the services at Zoar UMC, where
Cox also pastors. The service at Zoar begins at 9:30
a.m.
Less than one-third of
all Americans are active
in religious services, said
Cox. We are trying to
make a place where people
who are not used to church
will be comfortable trying.
The music is intended for
folks not accustomed to
church. We want to be intentional about being welcoming.
The idea of liturgical
music for worship is based
on Old Testament temple
worship, which moves
each person from the outer part of the temple and
then into the inner parts,
until the person is close
enough to worship God.
The church is wanting
music that is powerful and
uplifting to bring the congregation into the time of
preaching. And then, the
music is intended to bring

them down to a quieter
place for prayer time.
The most important
thing is that the band
keeps the integrity of the
music, said Cox. This is
not a performance where
the band plays, and the
congregation just sits
there. There is a lot of really good contemporary
music out now. The neat
thing about contemporary
music is that we are singing to God, not just about
God.
Cox will be the one who
designs the worship service but is looking for a
singer who can lead the
congregation.
There will be an initial
interview for those who
are interested, and then
Cox plans to put some
people together for auditions.
Cox is planning for the
process to take between
six to nine months and is
hoping to launch the new
service by Easter.
I will not turn people
away who are interested,
said Cox. I am just looking for people who love
music and understand
worship.
contact Pastor Cox at 8777015 or email him at graceumcgreer@gmail.com.
Church will host a Princess and Superhero GalaSaturday, Aug. 29, from
6-8 p.m. In the Family Life
Center.
Princess and superhero
attire are welcome. The
event will feature a royal
dinner, dancing, singalong and a parade.
Childrens tickets are
$15 in advance, $20 at the
door, and adult tickets are
$5 (dinner included). A
ticket is required for entry.
All proceeds benefit Pel-
ham First Baptist Family

Life Center. The church is
located at 2720 Old Highway 14 South in Greer.
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Burnsview
Baptist
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every Sunday morning in
the month of September
with a different speaker
each Sunday.
The church is located
at 9690 Reidville Road in
Greer. For more information, call 879-4006.
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MAN RECEIVES 20 YEARS
FOR CHILD SEX ASSAULT
A Moore man received

a 20-year prison sentence
today after he admitted
to sexually assaulting a
young boy.
Earle
A.
Lindsay,
35, pleaded
guilty
to
first-degree
criminal
sexual conLindsay
duct with a
minor.
The victim of the crimes
was 6-years-old. The victims father reported the
crimes to the Sheriffs
Office on June 24, 2013
after his son acted inappropriately at a daycare.
The young boy described
how he had been sexually
abused by Lindsay during a conversation with a
daycare worker. The boy
also disclosed the abuse
in detail during a forensic
examination at the Childrens Advocacy Center.
Lindsay confessed to the
crimes during a recorded
interview with a sheriffs
investigator. He also said
he was a friend of the
victims father and he visited the victims home on
a regular basis.
Lindsay, whose prior
criminal record included
a breach of trust with
fraudulent intent conviction, will serve 85 percent
of Circuit Judge Roger
Couchs prison sentence
before he is eligible for release.
He will also have his
name added to the sex
offender registry and the
central registry for child
abuse.
1 DEAD, 4 INJURED IN
UPSTATE PIT BULL ATTACKS
FROM FOX CAROLINA
NEWS PARTNER
Authorities responded
to a dog attack in Greenville around 8 a.m. on
Tuesday morning.
Officials with the Parker Fire District said they
responded to a pit bull attack on 3rd Avenue at C
Street in the Poe Mill area.
Officials said two people were injured and taken
to the hospital via EMS.
Deputies said they heard
the dog ripped off one victims arm while en route
to the scene. When they

arrived on scene, the woman was still being attacked
by the dog as it chewed
on her arm, according to
deputies.
An on-scene deputy put
herself in harms way and
fired shots, killing the
dog. The deputy then tried
to stop the bleeding. The
victim also suffered several leg wounds.
Over the weekend, a fatal dog attack occurred
at a residence on Beverly
Hills Drive in Spartanburg.
County Coroner Rusty
Clevenger said Porsche
Nicole Cartee, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Clevenger said statements
from witnesses indicate
Cartee suffered trauma
to her body during the attack.
On Sunday, Clevenger
said an examination revealed the cause of death
to be dog bites to the head
and body.
Clevenger identified the
dog as a pit bull and said
two other family members
were injured in the incident.
Police called it a horrific attack.
Reportedly, Cartee and
her sister were pulling the
dog off of Cartees mother
when the dog turned on
Cartee and killed her.
Her sister and mother
both suffered injuries to
their arms from the attack.
The mother had surgery
the night of the attack.
The male dog was seven to ten years old.
The dog has been euthanized and tested for
rabies. The results of the
rabies test are expected to
be back by the end of the
week.
The two local incidents
marked the third and
fourth of the kind involving pit bulls within the
last six weeks. In July, an
adopted pit bull killed a
six-year-old boy in Hendersonville and earlier
this month, a 75-year-old
Anderson woman was attacked and hospitalized by
three dogs she described
as pit bulls.
(Note: All information
contained in the following
blotter 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.)
HATCHET JOB
Jeronnie Daniel Freeman, 31, of 108 Oak St. in

Greer, is suspected of attempted murder.
According to an incident
report filed by Greer Police, officers responded to
an altercation on Austin
Street and found a man
standing in the roadway
holding a hatchet.
He told police that Freeman had assaulted him
with the weapon earlier,
striking him in the head
from behind as he was
standing in a store.
The victim then showed
the police the cut on the
back of his head to verify
his story. He said the subject attacked him because
he is friends with a woman
he knew.
A witness said that Freeman had indeed attacked
the victim and that he had
video to prove it.
The hatchet was placed
into evidence and the case
remains active.
CDV
Shane Barron, 25, of 11

6th St. in Greer, has been
charged with domestic
violence (third).
According to a Greer Police incident report, police
responded to the above address to investigate a fight.
There, a victim claimed
Barron had grabbed her by
the arms and thrown her
down, causing a cut to her
knee. She had red marks
on her arms and back, as
well as a cut on her right
knee.
Pictures were taken and
Barron was transported to
the police station.
PARKING LOT PUNCH
Henry William Hall, 31,

of 115 Whittlin Way in
Taylors, has been charged
with assault and battery
and disorderly conduct.
According to the incident report provided by
Greer Police, officers arrived at Village Pub on
West Wade Hampton Blvd.
to find a man in the parking lot with an apparent
broken nose.
Hall, meanwhile, was
walking around the parking lot without a shirt,
yelling and bleeding from
the head. EMS came and
said the victims nose was
likely broken.
A bouncer at the bar
said that Hall had been
fighting with several of the
pubs customers before he
was kicked out of the establishment. Once he was
outside, he punched the
victim in the nose.
He was arrested and taken to Greer City Jail.
CDV
Peter Nicholas Littleton,

26, of 800 S. Main St. D10,
has been charged with domestic violence of a high
and aggravated nature.
According to the incident report, an officer was
called to St. Francis Hospital in reference to an assault victim there.
The victim had bruising
and swelling in both eyes
and a bloody lip. She said
Littleton, her live-in boyfriend, had been drinking
heavily when they got into
an argument earlier.
She claims he punched
her repeatedly in the face
as she sat on the couch,
then picked her up and
slammed her to the floor.
Next, he choked her repeatedly, causing her to
lose consciousness several
times. Finally, he left with
their two-year-old son.
The victim was diagnosed with two broken
ribs and a collapsed right
lung. A warrant was issued
for Littleton.
THE GREER CITIZEN
Greer, Duncan
men arrested
For sawedoff shotgun
Four men were arrested
on weapons charges after
police stopped the BMW
they were riding in last
week. According to a Greer
Police incident report, officers were patrolling the
Greer Recreation Center soon after a drive-by
shooting involving a white
BMW occurred in the area.
When police saw the
white BMW cruise past
Oakland Street, they followed the vehicle into a
parking lot at Oakland
Place Apartments. When
the cars direction of
travel was blocked by police, the front passenger,
Patrick Dewayne Prince
Jr., of Duncan, fled on

foot. Devagio Talley, also
of Duncan, and (driver)
Davon Demetrius Wright
and Jalonzio Demarcus
Gamble, of Greer, also exited the car. All occupants
were detained and cuffed.
Inside the car, officers
found a short rifle in the
back floorboard.
Police also reported that
Prince had thrown a handgun off into the woods before he was apprehended.
Officers took the rifle into
custody and removed a
bullet from the chamber. The stock of the rifle
was missing and it was
less than the required 36
inches. The pistol was not
found and all of the subjects denied knowledge
of the rifle. They were all
transported to the Greer
City Jail.
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BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Little League World
Series is over for South
Carolina, but the boys
from Northwood did not
go down without a fight.
The 12U All-Star team
from Taylors made history this past week, becoming the first team from
the state to win a game
in the tournament. South
Carolina defeated Rhode
Island, 7-1, before falling
in games to Pennsylvania
(9-8) and Kentucky (4-3).
South Carolinas first
loss came in heartbreaking fashion. Northwood
fought back from a 6-0
deficit to take an 8-6 lead
late in the sixth inning.
Alex Edmondson sparked
the comeback with a threerun homerun in the fifth
and his team added four
more in the sixth to put
the pressure on the host
team.
Pennsylvania proved to
be too strong from behind
the plate, however, scoring three runs in the bottom half of the inning to
seal the walk-off.
The loss meant Taylors
had to play again the next
day (Monday) against Kentucky, but South Carolina
was still unable to start its
ace, Edmondson, on the
mound.
The two teams were tied
3-3 late in the game, but
South Carolina gave up a
run in the fifth to open the
door for Kentucky.
Kentucky then struck
out Terrance Gist, one of
South Carolinas top hitters, to open the sixth. Although Edmondson managed to get on base, he was
unable to come around to
score, sealing the loss for
Taylors.
The Little League World
Series is being broadcasted on ESPN and ESPN2.
Rebel defemder DJ Crosby attempts to bring down Northwestern running back Jerry Howard before he crosses the goal
line Friday night at Nixon Field. Crosby was a force for Byrnes, providing some of biggest hits of the evening.
Rebels top Northwestern

In messy
season
opener
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
His team was barely
clinging to a two-point advantage, but when Byrnes
wide out Chavis Dawkins
caught a screen pass late
in the fourth quarter, he
knew just what to do.
I had to get to the end
zone, he said. Thats it.
Thats all I was thinking.
Dawkins did get to the
end zone, sealing a 40-31
Byrnes victory over Northwestern last Friday night
at Nixon Field.
The Rebels have defeated the Trojans three times
in the past 15 games, and
each contest has been decided in the fourth quarter.
Friday night, however,
things started off shaky
for Byrnes.
On the first play from

scrimmage, Rebel quarterback
Micah
Young
fumbled the ball, setting
up Northwesterns first
score of the night just 30
seconds into the game. Byrnes answered back a few
seconds later, however, as
Jaylan Foster took the ensuing kickoff to the house
to knot the score at 7-7.
Coach always says
special teams sparks the
game and leads to momentum, Foster said. I
just wanted to be apart of
that and I was able to help
my team.
The two teams traded
touchdowns later in the
first, but Northwestern
pulled ahead early in the
second, gaining a 21-14
advantage. After several
costly penalties and turnovers, the Rebels finally
answered back late in the
second, as Young found
Foster once again on a 22yard touchdown pass.
After a missed extra
point opportunity, Byrnes
went into the half trailing
Northwestern 21-20.
When we had some of those turnovers

we had against a top-notch team and still
come out on top, you can see
that our football teams not
that bad.
Brian Lane
Byrnes head coach

Hopefully, we dont
start out like this every
week, but I like how our
guys came back, head
coach Brian Lane said after the game. Thats all
you can ask. We had a few
first-game hiccups, but we
were able to smooth things
out. When we had some of
those turnovers we had
against a top-notch team
and still come out on top,
you can see that our football teams not that bad.
Northwestern went on a
four-minute drive to open
the second half, which resulted in a field goal, put-
ting the Trojans on top

24-20.
Byrnes countered a few
minutes later, as Dawkins
caught his first touchdown
pass of the night with 5:45
remaining, putting Byrnes
ahead 26-24. The Rebels
never relinquished the
lead, sealing the first victory of the season.
Lane gave credit to his
defense for not giving up
The defense does a
great job, Lane said. We
kind of helped them out
on offense there (on the
first drive) and gave them
SEE BYRNES | B4
WEEK 1 PREVIEW
Warriors hope
to hold off new
look Eagles
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
As the high school football season officially gets
underway Friday night,
two rivals will once again
be battling for bragging
rights.
Riverside flexed its muscles against Eastside last
season, leaving no doubt
during a 31-7 week one
victory. This year, however, it could be a different
story.
The Eagles swapped
coaching staffs and have
added several more players to the roster during

the offseason, leaving several big question marks
for Riverside head coach
Phil Smith.
When you get a new
staff in, obviously, youre
going to have a different
philosophy, Smith said.
All we have to go off of is
the film that we have. You
dont know whats up their
sleeve or what wrinkles
they have in store because
you really havent seen any
go-to plays. Theyre still
SEE RIVALS | B4
Adrian McGee and the Yellow Jacket offense will take on Clinton Friday on the road.
Jackets, Clinton square off

BY LELAND BURCH
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
Reid Banish hands out a stiff arm during a recent Riverside

scrimmage. The Warriors face Eastside in week one.
An old rivalry will offer

a new twist Friday night
when Greer High kicks off
the 2015 football season
at Clinton.
The two schools first
met on the gridiron in
1938, and Clinton has
been known for its three
yards and a cloud of dust
running attack over the
ensuing 76 years. But no
more. New interim coach
Andrew Webb, who was
plucked from within the
staff, has installed a wideopen shotgun offense.

Clinton comes out a lot
like us, with one back and
three wideouts, and they
throw the ball a lot more,
says Greer Coach Will
Young after scouting the
Red Devils in their seasonopening overtime win over
A.C. Flora last week. They
like to use the H-back set
with a lot of jet sweeps,
power and counter plays.
One thing that hasnt
changed is that Clinton
plays a tough, physical
game. They never quit, so
we are expecting a very

competitive game.
Actually, Young and the
Yellow Jackets coaching
staff have been thinking
about Clinton since last
December. We started
planning back then, and
our focus in the preseason
has been to make sure we
are ready for this one. So
we sprinkled in a lot of
things in our scrimmages
and jamborees that we
expect to see this Friday
night. It is very important
to win the first game.
SEE JACKETS | B4
hese kids from Northwood can play.

Thats what you
should take away from
South Carolinas performance in the Little League
World Series.
Although they fell short
of their ultimate goal, the
boys from Taylors showed
plenty of heart, guts and
talent last week. Oh yeah,
AND they became the first
team from South Carolina
to ever win a game at the
event. Pretty impressive.
Ive watched each pitch
with anticipation over the
last several days, and here
are a few of my observations:
1. Alex Edmondson can
flat out play baseball.
Theres no doubt he
was the best pitcher in
the Little League World
Series, but he may have
also been the best hitter. The six-footer had a
monster performance on
the worlds biggest stage,
providing one of the most
memorable moments of
the tournament against
Pennsylvania. For those
that didnt see, South
Carolina was all but out
of the game with only
two innings left, when Edmondson cranked a shot
to center field, narrowing
the lead to two runs. This
kid is so fun to watch and
I cant wait to see what
kind of player he develops into.
2. Kevin Tumblin
coached his rear-end off.
Despite South Carolinas
many strengths, there
were also some glaring
weaknesses. Northwood
gave up a lot of hits
and runs, but Tumblin
and company never got
rattled. Tumblins team
faced some of the toughest competition in the
tournament, but remained
in games because of
smart strategy and timely
substitutions. You dont
get to the Little League
World Series without
having a lot of talent, but
you have to be able to
manage that talent. This
head coach deserves a
lot of credit, not just for
developing a good game
plan, but also for doing it
with class.
3. Its hard not to love
Terrence Gist.
What a fun personality
this kid has. He is what
the Little League World
Series is all about. His
passion for the game is
evident, and he wears his
emotions on his sleeve.
His encouragement for
his teammates and his
enthusiasm in the dugout
remind me why I love the
game of baseball.
4. The supporting cast
stepped up.
Whether they were
batting first or ninth,
each South Carolina
kid stepped up. Guys
like Brock Myers, Gage
Laymon, Ben Tumblin
and Braden Golinski (just
to name a few) played a
huge role in this teams
success. Although guys
like Gist and Edmondson
stand out more because
of their power and ability
to pitch, the Northwood
supporting cast stepped
up when they needed to.
Its not hard to see why
they made it all the way
to Williamsport.
5. This team had me
cheering from start to
finish.
This week, I rediscovered my love for the
game of baseball, and I
have a bunch of 12-yearolds to thank. Watching
these guys took me right
back to my days playing
Little League and I quickly
remembered how fun that
age was. Dont get me
wrong, my teams were
never as talented or as
successful as this one, but
we had just as much fun.
Little League represents
baseball in its purest
form and these kids from
Northwood play the game
well.
B2
SPORTS
THE GREER CITIZEN
WEEKLY FOOTBALL WRAP

WEEK 0 STANDOUTS
DEFENSE
OFFENSE
D.J.
Crosby
Chavis
Dawkins
BHS
BHS
THIS WEEKS GAMES

BLUE RIDGE WADE HAMPTON
BYRNES
at TL HANNA
EASTSIDE
at RIVERSIDE
GREER
at CLINTON
LAST WEEKS SCORES
BYRNES 40 NORTHWESTERN 31
BLUE RIDGE HIGH
Fighting Tigers
HEAD COACH - SHANE CLARK

AUG. 28
WADE HAMPTON
SEPT. 4
at JL MANN
SEPT. 11
STEPHENS CO.
SEPT. 18
EASTSIDE
SEPT. 25
at BEREA
OCT. 2
EMERALD
OCT. 9
at TRAVELERS REST
OCT. 16
at SOUTHSIDE
OCT. 22
at CHAPMAN (THURS.)
OCT. 30
GREER
Tigers open season

with Wade Hampton
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Blue Ridge football
team will open its 2015
campaign at home against
Wade Hampton Friday
night.
The Tigers were undersized during the matchup
last year, but still came
away with the week one
victory on the road.
As usual, theyre about
twice the size of us, head
coach Shane Clark said.
Theyve got some pretty
big guys on both sides of
the ball and some great
athletes, too.
Weve just got to

try to limit some of
the mistakes weve
been making in the
preseason and go
from there.
Shane Clark
Head Coach
The Generals will likely

use their athletes in different ways this fall, adopting a different philosophy
on offense.
Theyre in a different
scheme, offensively, than
they were last year, Clark
said. Theyre running a
lot more spread now. We
see a lot more of that than
we do the Wing-T, so thats
Blue Ridge quarterback Jake Smith scrambles during the teams recent scrimmage against
Woodruff. The Tigers will open the regular season against Wade Hampton/.
going to help us in our
preparation.
Clark said Wade Hampton will likely line up in
a three-man front on defense.
Thats something weve
been accustomed to with
them. Theyve been showing that look for years, he
said. Weve just got to try
to limit some of the mistakes weve been making
in the preseason and go
from there.
Unlike last season, four
of Blue Ridges first five
games will be at home.

Hopefully we can get that
home field advantage that
everyone talks about,
Clark said. We think the
crowds going to be into
it, so there will be some
extra motivation there.
Well have our guys ready
to go.
Although hes noticed
significant improvement
from his team, Clark said
the Tigers will have to
eliminate penalties and
turnovers if they want to
have success Friday night.
In our scrimmages and

jamborees, weve had a
few penalties and turnovers that have been very
costly, he said. All of
them have either taken
points off the board or
killed drives when we had
some momentum. Were
really working on trying to
eliminate those mistakes
as we game plan for Friday.
Kickoff is set for 7:30
p.m.
BYRNES HIGH
Rebels
HEAD COACH - BRIAN LANE

AUG. 22
40 NORTHWESTERN 31
AUG. 28
at TL HANNA
SEPT. 4
MALLARD CREEK
SEPT. 18
GAFFNEY
SEPT. 25
at BOILING SPRINGS
OCT. 2
SPARTANBURG
OCT. 9
at RIVERSIDE
OCT. 16
JL MANN
OCT. 23
at MAULDIN
OCT. 30
DORMAN
NOV. 6
at WADE HAMPTON
EASTSIDE HIGH
Eagles
HEAD COACH - STEVE WILSON

AUG. 28
at RIVERSIDE
SEPT. 4
at CHRIST CHURCH
SEPT. 11
WADE HAMPTON
SEPT. 18
at BLUE RIDGE
SEPT. 25
CHAPMAN
OCT. 2
at GREER
OCT. 9
SOUTHSIDE
OCT. 16
at BEREA
OCT. 23
TRAVELERS REST Not much could stop Byrnes wide out Bouvier Howard, who caught five passes for 145 yards and a score Friday night.
OCT. 30
EMERALD
GREER HIGH
Yellow Jackets
HEAD COACH - WILL YOUNG

AUG. 28
at CLINTON
SEPT. 4
RIVERSIDE
SEPT. 11
UNION
SEPT. 18
EMERALD
SEPT. 25
at TRAVELERS REST
OCT. 2
EASTSIDE
OCT. 9
at BEREA
OCT. 16
at CHAPMAN
OCT. 23
SOUTHSIDE
OCT. 30
at BLUE RIDGE
RIVERSIDE HIGH
Warriors
HEAD COACH - PHIL SMITH

AUG. 28
EASTSIDE
SEPT. 4
at GREER
SEPT. 11
at WOODMONT
SEPT. 18
HILLCREST
SEPT. 25
at SPARTANBURG
OCT. 2
at BOILING SPRINGS
OCT. 9
BYRNES
OCT. 15
MAULDIN
OCT. 23
at J.L. MANN
OCT. 30
WADE HAMPTON
NOV. 6
at DORMAN
Byrnes to take on T.L. Hanna

In week one
matchup
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
If history repeats itself, Byrnes Friday night
matchup at T.L. Hanna
should be a walk in the
park.
The Rebels pummeled
Hanna in week one last
season, scoring early and

often in route to a 50-0
win.
Byrnes hasnt had a
flawless start to the season, however, nearly falling at home in week zero
to Northwestern. Despite
several costly penalties
and turnovers, the Rebels
found a way to win against
the Trojans. Head coach
Brian Lane attributes many
of the teams mistakes to
rust.
Its the first game of
the year, so we have to
make sure we clean some

of those (penalties) up,
he said. Thats what weve
got to do to get ready for
next week.
The rebels cannot afford
to lose focus against Hanna, which only won one
game last season.
We have to fix some of
the mental mistakes, said
Byrnes senior receiver defensive back. We have to
go out and play hard right
from the start and not dig
ourselves in a hole.
After T.L. Hanna, the
Rebels will face a brutal September schedule,

which includes matchups
with the 2014 North Carolina AAAA state champions, Mallard Creek, and
archrival Gaffney.
Both of those games will
be played at home. Byrnes
will wrap up September on
the road against Boiling
Springs.
Kickoff for Friday nights
game at T.L. Hanna is set
for 7:30 p.m.
Touchdown club ready for football

The Greer Touchdown
Club kicks off Thursday,
Aug. 27 at Greer First Baptist Church.
The weekly meetings will
highlight local coaches,
players and guest speakers.
Lunch during each meeting will be catered by The
Clock Restaurant and will
open at 11:45 a.m. The
program will start shortly
after noon.
The five area high
school coaches will give a
short preview of their seasons during the first meeting, said Robbie Gravley
with the touchdown club.
Well also have a pickem
contest that will go on
throughout the year.
The touchdown club
usually runs for about 11
weeks.
We ask people to come
to the first meeting and
join on site, he said. Its
$35 to join and youll get
a Greer Touchdown Club
hat.
Lunch is $8 for members

and $10 for guests.
Everybody eats lunch
somewhere every day, so
why not come to a place
where you can eat lunch
from The Clock and also
talk about football with
your friends, Gravley
said.
The Greer Touchdown
Club will recognize four
Players of the Week at
each meeting. Those players will be chosen by The
Greer Citizen.
We try to highlight four

Players of the Week, Gravley said. We try to make
that a big deal. We feel like
were a different club than
a lot of the touchdown
clubs around in that we
still primarily feature high
school football. Were not
looking to bring in the college coaches and give Players of the Week to the start
running back at Clemson.
We want to promote high
school players and high
school football.
Sports
wednesday, august 26, 2015
the greer citizen
B3
Logano holds off Harvick to defend title

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire
With
Kevin
Harvick
hounding him mercilessly
for 63 laps, Joey Logano
kept his No. 22 Team Penske Ford out front after
taking the lead on a Lap
438 restart and held on to
win Saturdays Irwin Tools
Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Successfully defending
last years victory at Thunder Valley, Logano won his
third race of the season,
his second at the .533-mile
short track and the 11th
of his career.
Harvick recovered from
two pit road speeding penalties to finish second, a
mere .220 seconds behind
Logano. Polesitter Denny
Hamlin ran third, and
Clint Bowyer got a muchneeded fourth place result
in his No. 15 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota.
It was a fascinating
Chase over the final 63
laps, as Harvick would
bury his No. 4 StewartHaas Racing Chevrolet
into the corner at the top
of the track, catch Logano
in the turns and watch as
Logano dived to the bot-
Photo | Courtesy of Nascar.com/ getty Images
Joey Logano kept his team out front after taking the lead on a lap 438 restart and held on
to win Saturdays Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
tom on corner exit and
pull away.
Theres not much time
to look in the rearview
mirror, but I realized how
different his line was than
mine, Logano said. Hed
drive in so hard and almost get to my back bumper, and then Id drive off
really good.
Its kind of interesting to watch a race like
that, when two cars are a
similar speed, but in two

completely different ways.
Thats whats so fun about
Bristol is you can drive the
car about five or six different ways and make it fast,
so its fun to race here.
Harvick said Loganos
ability to diamond the
corner gave the Ford an
advantage when it came to
working traffic.
He was just one step
ahead of me in traffic,
Harvick said. I couldnt

get my car to rotate across
the center like I needed it
to, and every time I tried
to force it, it would snap
the back out. He was able
to go in really high and
before the center of the
corner drive down the corner and I was just having
to wait just a split second to be able to put the
throttle back down, and I
couldnt do that, that huge
diamond all the way to the

bottom like he could, and
that was really beneficial
for him through traffic
He was able to get
those huge runs up off
the exit of the corner and
just stayed one step ahead
of me through traffic, I
felt like, and in clean air
we probably were a little
faster, but it didnt really
matter. I had to be in front
of him to show that.
Brad Keselowski came
home fifth, followed by
Carl Edwards and Kyle
Busch, who led a race-high
192 laps but was hit with a
pit road speeding penalty
on his last stop under yellow on Lap 432.
Logano took over from
there and racked up 176
laps out front in a race
that saw 14 lead changes
among five drivers. The
runner-up finish was Harvicks 10th of the season.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished ninth, followed by
Ryan Newman and Jamie
McMurray, who solidified their positions in the
fight for the Chase for
the NASCAR Sprint Cup
berths on points. McMurray and Newman are 10th
and 11th in the standings,
respectively, the highestscored drivers without a

victory this season.
Given that there have
been only 11 different
winners in the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series this
year, at least three drivers
are certain to qualify for
the Chase on points.
Kyle Busch, a four-time
winner and 29th in the
standings, also moved
closer to locking up a
Chase berth, padding his
advantage to 46 points
over
31st-place
Cole
Whitt. Busch, who missed
the first 11 events of the
season because of injury,
must remain in the top 30
for the next two races to
qualify for the Chase.
Busch wasnt pleased
when NASCAR flagged him
for the speeding penalty,
but he made a masterful
drive from the rear of the
field to eighth place.
I was proud of Kyle,
keeping his cool and getting back up, because I
think that gave us some
more points, some more
cushion there, team owner Joe Gibbs said. I think
hes doing a really good
job of focusing and not
losing his poise.
Blaney battles back from penalty for thrilling victory

By Chris Knight
NASCAR Wire
A spin with four laps to
go in Wednesday nights
UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway proved to
be the saving grace for
Brad Keselowski Racings
Ryan Blaney, who grabbed
the lead on a green-whitecheckered restart to win
his first race of the 2015
NASCAR Camping World
Truck Series season.
Blaney recovered from
an early race penalty for
jumping a restart to find
himself closing on leader
Matt Crafton with five laps
remaining. When Ty Dillon
spun on Lap 196, it triggered the final caution of
the night and the oppor-
tunity for Blaney to steal

Craftons thunder. On the
final restart, Craftons
truck sputtered, failing to
come up to speed, allowing Blaney to take off and
seal his fourth career NCWTS victory.
It feels really good,
Blaney said. Im proud of
everyone on this No. 29
team. Ive had a chance to
drive this truck four times
this year and weve come
really, really close every
single time and to finally
get it to Victory Lane, my
last start of the year for
this truck, it really means
a lot to get Chad (Kendrick, crew chief) and Brad
(Keselowski, team owner)
back to Victory Lane.
To do that in that fash-
ion coming from a lap

down and being able to
drive through the field like
that says a lot about our
race team and a lot about
what as an organization
we can do.
Keystone Light Pole
Award winner Kyle Buschs
slow start allowed outside
pole-sitter Blaney to steal
the lead early by the exit
of Turn 1, controlling the
field through the first caution on Lap 31 for a spin
in Turn 2.
On the restart, Blaney
roared away from the
field, but a few laps later,
NASCAR
black-flagged
him on Lap 37 for jumping
the restart, forcing a passthrough penalty, giving
the lead to Cole Custer.
Photo | Courtesy of Nascar.com/ Getty Images
Kyle Busch won his third XFINITY race of the season last week, edging Chris Buescher at
Bristol Motor Speedway.
Busch grabs overtime

XFINITY win at Bristol
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire
When Chris Bueschers
Ford faltered on a greenwhite-checkered restart on
Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, Kyle Busch
took full advantage, as is
his custom.
In a Food City 300 that
went to two laps of overtime at the .533-mile short
track, Busch finished .427
seconds ahead of Kyle Larson, as Buescher faded to
11th after his car failed to
pick up fuel off Turn 2 of
the next-to-last lap.
The victory was Buschs
third of the season in the
NASCAR XFINITY Series,
his eighth at Bristol and
the 73rd of his career,
extending his own series
record.
This is homethis is
where Im supposed to
be, Busch said, standing
outside the car in Victory
Lane. I wish I was here
Wednesday night (after the

Truck Series race), so we
could continue the sweep
lookout for (Saturday), but
that was a second place.
Oh, well.
Polesitter Denny Hamlin
ran third, followed by Ty
Dillon and Daniel Suarez,
who got a bonus for his
top-five run. As the highest finishing eligible driver
in the XFINITY Dash 4 Cash
program, Suarez picked
up an extra $100,000.
Pit strategy put Buescher
at the front of the field under the fourth caution of
the race, caused by Cale
Conleys spin in Turn 4.
Staying out on older tires
while most of the lead-lap
cars came to pit road for
fresh rubber and fuel, Buescher nevertheless pulled
away from Busch during
a succession of restarts,
as Busch saved his equipment for what he thought
would be the inevitable
late-race caution.
I let the 60 (Buescher)
go, Busch said. He

ran out there to about a
straightaway on us, and I
was just trying to save and
do what I could to keep
my tires underneath me. I
knew we were going to get
some cautions at the end
to bunch us back up, and
fortunately we did.
I wasnt sure they were
going to make it on fuel
(having pitted on lap 131
of 302), and obviously
they cut it closea little
too close.
Busch got the yellow he
needed, just in time. Brad
Teagues wreck on the
frontstretch with five laps
left set up the green-whitecheckered and gave Busch
the chance he needed.
Buescher, who saw his
series lead shrink to 19
points over Ty Dillon,
knew he could have made
it to the end on fuel, had
the race not gone to overtime.
Busch, who restarted

fifth, methodically worked
his way forward and attempted to take the lead
away from the young
Truck Series winner, but
Custer kept Busch at bay
through the races second
caution on Lap 79 for debris in Turn 1.
Busch and Johnny Sauter
would trade the lead following the caution, before
Custer returned to the top
spot on lap 90.
A more than 1.5-second
lead for Custer would be
erased when Ray Black Jr.
and Caleb Holman crashed
in Turn 4 on lap 112.
With darkening skies
overhead and the threat
of rain approaching the
Worlds Fastest Half-Mile,

a majority of the teams
elected to stay out. Despite his best efforts,
Crafton tried to snatch
the lead away from the JR
Motorsports driver, but to
no avail.
Custer slowly saw Crafton become a diminishing factor in his rear-view
mirror until he hit heavy
lap traffic with 50 laps
remaining. Thats when
Spencer Gallagher spun in
Turns 3 and 4, and Custer
found himself trapped in
the high-line and collided
with Gallagher.
Heavy front-end damage
sent the No. 00 Chevrolet
to pit road for repairs,
eliminating the NASCAR
Next driver from competi-
tion. As the accident happened, Crafton slipped by

on the inside and took the
lead -- which he held until
the green-white-checkered
restart that lost him the
race.
While under yellow for
the fourth time of the
night, heavy rain began to
fall, causing a red flag for
45 minutes, 50 seconds
while the track was dried.
Next up for the NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series is the Aug. 30 race at
Canadian Tire Motorsport
Park for the third-annual
Chevrolet Silverado 250.
Blaney is the defending
champion.
B4
SPORTS
THE GREER CITIZEN
JACKETS: Prepare for

dangerous Clinton team
FROM B1
The Yellow Jackets must

be prepared to contain
Donovan Blackmon, a senior who plays numerous
positions. He can be at
wide receiver and run the
wildcat on offense, which
he did against us last year,
Young said. Blackmon also
starts on defense, usually
at linebacker, although he
was at safety in the opener
when another Red Devil
did not dress out.
Donte Reeder returns
at quarterback, and is
joined in the backfield by
Kris Holmes, a sophomore
who runs hard, Young
notes. Vee Thomson and
Jasper Fuller join Blackmon to give Clinton a triple threat at wide receiver.
And the offensive line is
not bad, although they are
still trying to get used to
the new offense, which is
more complicated than
what they have done in the
past, Young said.
The Red Devils operate out of a 3-4 defense.
Young pointed out, Clintons defensive line is a
little undersized, but typically like Clinton they play
extremely hard and give
great effort.
FATIGUE SET IN
As for his Yellow Jackets,

Young said the third week
of practice was a letdown.
We did not play well in the
scrimmage last Tuesday at
Boiling Springs. We were
flat, and I dont know why.
Maybe it was because that
was the first day of school,
we were late getting there,
and then it looked like we
would get rained out, he
recalled. We came back
Wednesday and had a
good practice, but Thursday was only so-so. The
kids have been going at it
for so long that they had a
lot of fatigue, so we gave
them the next three days
off. I hope they will be
ready to go this week.
An upside of many
hours on the practice
field is that the coaching

staff has installed a huge
quantity of offensive and
defensive schemes. Young
explained, we are far
ahead of any team that I
have ever coached at this
point in the season, and
now we have to fine tune.
By Wednesday, we will
have trimmed everything
back to about 75 percent
to take into the game Friday night. Sometimes you
can have so many things
that you arent much good
at any of them.
Fortunately, the Yellow
Jackets have an array of
experienced leaders to execute the offense. Third
year starter Mario Cusano opens at quarterback
alongside veteran running
back Adrian McGee. At
wideout will be three-year
letterman Dorian Lindsey,
Troy Pride, Zach Glidden
and Alex Seifert. Noah
Blosser will anchor the
offensive line at center,
flanked by Bradley Thompson and Adam Tapp at
guard, with Noah Hannon
and Tyrek Donaldson at
tackle.
Jordan Hawthorne, who
missed all of last season
with an injury, will anchor
the defensive line at nose.
C.J. Collins and Travegia
Ware step in at tackle in
the 3-4 scheme. Opening
at inside linebacker, the
position hit hardest by
graduation, will be Quantavious Cohen and Brodie
Wright. Blake Wright joins
the only linebacking returnee, Isaiah Long, at outside linebacker. Pride and
Lindsey will start at corner
back, playing both ways,
with McGee and newcomer
Jamiel Canada at safety.
I dont know what to expect, other than a typical
Greer-Clinton game, like
the two we had last year,
Young said. Fortunately
we won both of those. But
the team that plays the
best is all that matters this
Friday night.
Eastside, but its a whole

different staff and theyre
so much better.
Smith said Eastside is
much stronger on offense.
They are so much better offensively than weve
seen in the past, Smith
said. Theyve got a lot of
weapons on that side of
the ball. They run the ball
well, and thats something
weve got to be able to stop.
We have to try to make
them one dimensional, but
thats hard to do. Theyre
pretty balanced.
You can tell theyve had
a lot more kids come out
and they utilize them all,
he said. Thats dangerous.
During the preseason,
injuries have taken a toll
on Riversides defense,
which is currently missing
players on the defensive
line and in the secondary.
Were trying to get everybody back, Smith said.
Weve been pretty banged
up this preseason and Ive

got about four guys that
have been on the sidelines
for the past week and a
half. Were missing some
key guys at some key positions.
Keeping his players fresh
and healthy will be one of
the biggest challenges for
Smith.
Weve had so many
guys going both ways that
weve got to find a way for
our guys to stay on the
field, he said. Our offense has to get some first
downs so our defense can
rest. We have to be able to
control the tempo of the
game.
Eastside is coming off
a two-win season, while
Riverside enters 2015 with
some momentum, making
the Class AAAA playoffs
for the first time in school
history in 2014.
Kickoff is set for 7:30
p.m.
BYRNES: Shakes off rust,

seals important victory
FROM B1
a short field for the touchdown, but Jaylan Foster is

the real deal. Jaylan Foster, Chavis Dawkins, Micah Young with that last
run, Bouvier Howardyou
can just go down the list
offensively. They played a
heck of a game out there
as far as not giving up and
not quitting.
Dawkins said the Rebels need to put more time
in on the practice field if
they want to see results on
Friday night.
Weve got to practice
harder, he said. Thats
the main thing. We cant
take downs off in practice.
We have to go hard every
day.
SPORTS
ROUNDUP
MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
SEEKING DONATIONS
The fourth annual Upstate South Carolina Law

Enforcement
Memorial
Softball Tournament is
seeking donations for the
families of fallen officers.
They are currently in
need of cash donations,
raffle items and service
donations.
The event is set to take
place on Aug. 29 at Century Park in Greer and will
include games for kids,
food, a charity raffle and
softball.
For more information
or to donate, contact Sergeant Kara Blackwell of
the Greer Police Department at 238-4807, email
kblackwell@cityofgreer.
org or visit scupstateofficersmemorial.com.
GREER BOOSTERS TAKING

HALL OF FAME NODS
The Greer High Booster

Club is accepting nominations for induction into
the Athletic Hall of Fame.
Nominees must have
graduated from Greer
High a minimum of five
years before becoming eligible. Criteria are based on
athletic accomplishments
as a high school student.
Nominations must include
the candidates specific
accomplishments as an
athlete and any postseason honors received, such
as All-Region, All-State,
Shrine Bowl and NorthSouth.
The deadline for nominations is Monday, Sept.
Game. Set. Match.
The Greer and Byrnes volleyball teams squared off Monday night during an early season
rivalry matchup. The Rebels came away with the victory.
7. They must be submitted in writing to GHS Hall
of Fame, 121 Rubiwood
Circle, Greer, 29651.
The Hall of Fame will induct new members in ceremonies during halftime
of the Greer versus Emerald football game on Sept.
18 at Dooley Field.
GREER HIGH FOOTBALL

TICKETS AVAILABLE
Reserved seat tickets

for the Greer High football regular season home
games are available for
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RIVALS: To battle Friday

night at The Reservation
FROM B1
Despite several fumbles

and some miscues on offense, the combo of Foster
and Dawkins made things
difficult for the Northwestern defense.
Weve just got playmakers on the outside, Foster
said. We have to make
plays when Micahs getting knocked down a little
bit.
You have to give credit to the offensive line,
Dawkins added. Without
their help, we wouldnt be
able to score the way we
do.
The Rebels will travel
to T.L. Hanna this Friday
night in search of their
second win.
TERMS
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American Express, and Discover Card
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Subject to the Federal Fair
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makes it illegal to advertise
any preference, limitation or
discrimination based on race,
color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status, national origin
or an intention to make such
preference, limitation or discrimination. This newspaper
will not knowingly accept any
advertising for real estate
which is in violation of the law.
Our readers hereby informed
that all dwelling advertised
in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity
basis.
PUBLIC HEARING TO
CONSIDER A PERMIT FOR
SPECIAL EVENT
EXCLUSION FROM THE
COUNTY NOISE
ORDINANCE
A public hearing will be held
September 21, 2015, at 5:30
p.m. by Spartanburg County
Council for a Special Event
Exclusion to the Noise Ordinance.
John Brown is requesting to
have an Outside Haunted
Trail from Dusk until 10:00
p.m. Sunday - Thursday, October, 4, 11, 15,18, 22, 25,
and 29. Dusk till 1:00 a.m.
Friday - Saturday, on October
2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30
8-5,12,19,26-TFN
purchase at the school.

Tickets will be sold from 9
a.m.-noon each day.
call Rebecca Barbare at
355-2588.
GREENVILLE COUNTY REC

OPENS REGISTRATION
Greenville County Rec

Athletics has announced
the opening of registration
for the Fall 2015 Adult
Soccer Leagues.
Entry Fees are $350 for
6-on-6/7-on-7 Leagues ,
and $445 for 11-on-11
and 31. The event will be held

at 3411 Reidville Rd. Spartanburg, SC 29301. The request
for exclusion will be for entertainment of scaring groups
and individuals.
For further information please
contact Spartanburg County
Building Codes at: (864)5963188.
8-19,26
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL
NOTICE
PURSUANT TO S.C. SELF
STORAGE LAW 39-20-45,
the following units will be
auctioned on September
12th, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. at
Upstate Storage, 13072 E.
Wade Hampton Blvd. Greer,
SC 29651. (864) 879-0562.
Contents are to be sold by
the unit for monies owed as
follows:
#87 P. BRAGG: bottles, furniture, electronics, housewares,
printer, clothing, orals, decor,
dishes, etc.
#8 J. STEPHENS: couches,
Leagues.
Sunday Leagues cost
$275.
Registration after Aug.
28 will incur a $25 Late
Fee.
The entry fee covers an
eight-game season, postseason tournament (see
info sheet for tournament
guidelines), regular season
and tournament trophies,
pre-season practices, facility rental and supervision,
and field preparation.
chairs, boxes, china cabinet,

tools, tv, housewares, etc.
#150 K. ODEN: refrigerator,
appliance, clothes, desk, bed,
ladder, boxes, tubs, chair,
housewares, etc.
#190 J. OGLE: stove, kennel,
tv, printer, clothes, telescope,
radiator, chair, lamp, boxes,
etc.
#192 C. LOTHROP: furniture, chairs, bed frames, toys,
books, tables, boxes, housewares, etc.
#199 J. OGLE: metal shelves,
sports stuff, games, etc.
#241 M. STARKEY: a/c,
tables, tv, desk, dresser, refrigerator, telescope, toys,
clothes, boxes, housewares,
etc.
#242 F. MCCULLOUGH: tables, chairs, couches, boxes,
furniture, housewares, etc.
#153 S. RAMSEY: exerciser,
boxes, toolbox, tools, furniture, computer, toys, golf
cllubs, etc.
Contents included but not limited to the above listed items.
8-19,26,9-2,9
PROPOSED SC 101 (HWY. 101) AND S-23-135 (N. MCELHANEY ROAD)

INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT
Greenville County
Public Information Meeting
Meeting:
Tuesday, September 15, 2015, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at Greer High School cafeteria
located at 3000 East Gap Creek Rd., Greer, SC, 29651. The meeting will be informal, with
concept plans and other information displayed for viewing. Informal written and verbal
comments will be collected during the meeting. In the future if an official Public Hearing is held,
a formal presentation will be given during the meeting and citizens will have the opportunity to
make formal verbal comments immediately following.
Purpose:
The intersection has a high rate of vehicular collisions. The proposed project is intended to
improve safety at the intersection.
The purpose of this Public Information Meeting is to give attendees an opportunity to review and
comment on the proposed concept plans. Attendees are encouraged to review the various
displays at the meeting and discuss your questions or concerns with any of the SCDOT
representatives. Attendees are also encouraged to provide written comments on the forms that
will be provided. Another purpose of the meeting will be to gather information from the public or
any interested organization on historic or cultural resources in the area. Engineering, Right-ofWay and Environmental personnel from SCDOT will be available to answer questions.
Contact:
Questions about the project may be directed to SCDOT Safety Projects Engineer Keith Riddle
at 803-737-0403 in Columbia, SC. Persons with disabilities who may require special
accommodations should contact Ms. Betty Gray at 803-737-1395.
South Carolina Department of Transportation
classifieds
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the greer citizen b5
notice
of
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Notice is hereby given that

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Department of Revenue for
a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER/
WINE/LIQUOR at 103 WADE
HAMPTON BLVD, Greer,
SC 29651-1350. To object to
the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must
be postmarked no later than
August 28, 2015.
For a protest to be valid, it
must be in writing, and should
include the following information:
(1) the name, address and
telephone number of the person filing the protest;
(2) the specific reasons why
the application should be denied;
(3) that the person protesting
is willing to attend a hearing
(if one is requested by the applicant);
(4) that the person protesting
resides in the same county
where the proposed place of
business is located or within
five miles of the business;
and,
(5) the name of the applicant
and the address of the premises to be licensed.
Protests must be mailed to:
S. C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box
125, Columbia, SC 29214; or
faxed to: (803) 896-0110.
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The Greer Citizen
B6 THE GREER CITIZEN
OUR MISSION INTO THE JUNGLE
Part III Lessons learned

Editors note: This is
the final installment in a
series about Westminster
Presbyterian Churchs July
mission trip to Iquitos,
Peru.
BY WILLIAM BUCHHEIT
STAFF WRITER
here are no cars,

banks or grocery
stores in the tiny village of Santa Clara. There
are no roads, inns or
restaurants, either.
But there is beauty in
the towns simplicity
and a peace inherent in
its lack of technological
distraction. The silence
there is nice, occasionally
interrupted by the chorus
of exotic birds singing
and children playing. Its
a pleasant contrast to the
incessant noise, crowds
and garbage so prevalent
in neighboring Iquitos.
I had a feeling before I
went to Peru that I would
learn some important
lessons from the villagers.
Our minister and team
leader had told us the Peruvian people emphasized
relationships over results,
and those words proved
prophetic for what I experienced in Santa Clara.
In America, we are so
goal oriented -- always
working towards something we think will bring
fulfillment to our lives.
A college degree, a job, a
mate, a house, a family, a
raise, a car, a nest egg...
the list goes on and on.
All too often, while we
are yearning and slaving
for these things, some of
lifes most beautiful moments and Gods greatest
blessings pass us by.
As John Lennon wrote,
Life is what happens
while youre busy making
other plans.
The people of the village taught me the joy
and significance of living
in the present. They
showed that its possible
for love to conquer fear
even under the ubiquitous
cloud of poverty.
I learned quite a bit
from my fellow missionaries as well. Each night,
following dinner and a
religious devotion, the
minister would ask us if
wed seen Jesus working
through anyone that day.
What usually followed
was akin to a team giv-
An Amazon Howler Monkey inhabits an island across from

the Yarapa River Lodge, where I spent my last three nights
in Peru.
Westminster missionaries Jane Peterson, right, and Alison Bishop helped babysit during
the afternoon church sessions in Santa Clara.
All too often, while

we are yearning
and slaving for
these things, some
of lifes most
beautiful moments
and Gods greatest
blessings pass us by.
ing out game balls to
individual players after a
win. Thats not to say, of
course, that we were comparing each other to Jesus
in any way, but rather
commending those whod
performed in a way that
seemed divinely inspired.
I guess all 15 of us
shined at some point
during the week, but
that had more to do with
Gods will than anything
involving our own. I was
surprised how much better a person I was during
the mission to Peru. My
patience and tolerance
levels were higher and I
was friendlier, both with
my new Hispanic friends
and fellow missionaries.
Maybe thats because,
when you know you
are doing the Lords

work, you can sense him
strengthening and guiding
you. In contrast, when
Im in the midst of more
self-serving pursuits, it
seems like Im trying to
smash through a door
I cant unlock. Things
rarely go the way I wish
and I become more disgusted and agitated the
harder I try.
When my turn came to
do the nightly devotion
(a 10-minute Christian
lesson of sorts), I chose
to do it on letting go
and letting God. Basically, this means trusting
that God will handle your
problem and making a
conscious decision to
stop obsessing about it
yourself. Blame my stubbornness, controllingness
or imagination, but I have
a particularly tough time
putting this into practice.
The result is that I spend
all of my time obsessing
about an uncertain future
with fear and dread,
instead of enjoying the
present.
When our week in Santa
Clara was over, my fellow
missionaries and I parted
ways and became American tourists once again.
Some flew home, others
headed for Machu Pichu,
Simba, the 1-year-old Amazon Ocelot and mascot of Yarapa River Lodge, where I stayed.
and I spent three nights
down in an Amazon river
lodge about 110 miles
south of Iquitos. Prior
to heading to Peru, this
was the part of the trip I
was most excited about.
By the time I arrived at
the lodge, however, my
energy was depleted and
my stomach ravaged.
Dont get me wrong,
my rainforest experience certainly had its
moments. There were
monkeys living in nearby
trees and even a half-domesticated ocelot named
Simba that was free to
enter the lodge whenever

she pleased. The guide,
Jorge, was such an expert
on the Amazon that hed
been hired to work as
a consultant on the TV
show Naked and Afraid.
But while I enjoyed
the fishing, scenery and
wildlife the Amazon lodge
offered, it seemed a little
anticlimactic after our
tremendous week in Santa
Clara. As much as I love
my space and solitary
photographic pursuits, I
missed my fellow missionaries and the grateful
smiles of the villagers as
we passed them by with

our supplies and work
tools.
But most of all, I missed
those kids. I missed how
big their eyes got when
they saw us walking up to
the village every morning.
I missed the adorable way
they said my name, the
way they giggled when I
tried to say theirs, and
the way their brown eyes
lit up when they first saw
photos of themselves.
They are the reason I
hope to return to Santa
Clara on another mission
soon.
Beloved apple farm enters final season

STAFF WRITER
Don Nivens promised his
wife Katherine he would
never buy a farm. But, for
more than 39 years, thousands of people have been
glad Don broke his promise.
She was a farmers
daughter, and he was in
love. Don used to go to her
fathers farm, near Pendleton, to help pick cotton,
among other crops like
tomatoes, sweet potatoes,
cantaloupe, apples and
peaches.
Katherine said he never
did much work. He was
more interested in her.
He couldnt pick that
much cotton because he
played around too much,
Katherine said He was
flirting.
Still, he knew he they
would marry, and he continued to pursue her.
When Don asked for her
hand in marriage is when
she made him promise not
to ever buy a farm; she
had spent enough time
working on one throughout her young life. Looking back on their years together, the farm promise
is not the only one he has
broken. When he began
talking about buying what
is now known as Nivens
Apple Farm, he promised
something else.
Just let me buy you this
farm, and Ill build you a
new house in two or three
MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN

Hannah Rhodes, Brianne Rasmussen and Lois Webster purchase apples from Katherine
Nivens Thursday.
years, Katherine recalled,
laughing, And I havent
gotten it yet!
Instead, Don and Katherine have lived on their
land now 41 acres - in a
old farmhouse. This apple
season, though, they are
looking to sell.
FIVE ACRES
The Nivens began with

five acres of apple trees.
This was back in 1976, two
years after they purchased
the land. After three years
they had 14 acres, and
it was looking like they
would never profit from
their investment.
We were getting broke,
Don said. We had a lot

of children. We still had
to buy them cars and get
them through college. All
we did was spend money
for five years.
To support the six children and keep the farm
going, Don continued to
work, though he retired
after eight total years with
the United States Coast
Guard. He spent time as
a pilot and flight instructor and then he worked
selling agricultural equipment. He sold primarily to
farmers.
I called on all the apple
growers, peach growers,
watermelon growers, can-
taloupe growers, pecans

whatever they grew, I sold
equipment for it, Don
said. I fell in love with a
certain group of people.
Youre going to think Im
silly, but they were apple
growers. Them ole tobacco-spitting rascals up
there talking about that
stuff and peeling them apples reminding me of my
grandpa. I just loved it.
He loved it so much he
decided to make apples
his life.
APPLES AND THEN SOME
Apple
trees
extend
across the orchard, beckoning the young and old
Don Nivens reminisces about his early days of courting

Katherine.
to come pick. The farm
seems as though it should
exist solely in the Autumnal months, but in
the heat of late August is
when so much of the preparatory work is being accomplished. Nivens Apple
Farm opened for the season on Aug. 15, but they
wont be fully functional
until Sept. 5. Regardless,
the vibrant red of the apples seems to somehow
usher in cooler weather.
Don said thats when his
customers like to pick. Regardless, customers will
find that Nivens Apple
Farm is about more than
just apples. Jars of apple
cider, honey and syrups
line the shelves in the farm
store; a train choo-choos

around a track above.
Friendly scarecrows pretend to keep watch over
the store and bees crowd
onto a honeycomb, apparently uninterested in the
juicy Pink Ladies dangling
in the orchard. And then
there are the pumpkins.
With the arrival of October
the overwhelming color
of the farm might change
from red to orange.
We grow the finest, biggest, best pumpkins you
could ask for, Don said.
No doubt those pumpkins will be as big as ever
during Pumpkins Fest,
an event Nivens has on
Oct. 17. In addition to the
SEE NIVENS | B10
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The Greer Citizen
SCHOOL
NEWS
GREENVILLE COUNTY
WILKIE TO SERVE IN
TEACHER EDUCATION
STUDENTS BEGIN
NEW SCHOOL YEAR
Greenville
County
Schools open the 20152016 school year on Tuesday, Aug. 18, welcoming
more than 73,500 students
and 9,500 employees.
BRUSHY CREEK REPEATS

BOOSTERTHON FUN RUN
For the fourth year in

a row, Brushy Creek will
hold a Boosterthon Fun
Run.
Through Friday, Aug. 28,
students collect pledges
before participating in the
run that day. All money
goes towards upgrading
the K-4/K-5 and big playgounds.
Log on to www.funrun.
com to register your child.
All students participate
in the fun run, regardless
of pledges raised.
CHANDLER CREEK FAMILY

NIGHT SEPT. 14
Chandler Creek Elementary Curriculum Treasure

Hunt and PTA Family
Night for parents and students will be held Sept. 14
from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
on summer and back to
school events, contact the
school office between 7:30
a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday
through Thursday.
BRUSHY CREEK WELCOMES

NEW TEACHERS
Brushy Creek Elementary welcomed seven new

teachers for the 20152016 school year.
They include:
Betsy Shouse, Assistant
Principal
Daniel Hoilett and Emily
Covington, second Grade
Molly
Mosley,
third
Grade
Kim Lambert, School
Counselor
Summer Hankins, LDSelf Contained
Drew Robinson, STEAM
Lab Facilitator
SKYLAND ELEMENTARY
HOLDS FUN RUN
Skyland
Elementary
kicked off the Boosterthon
Fun Run with a recent pep
rally. The fun run includes
all students in a fun, team
building, fitness event
while helping the school
raise much-needed funds
for new technology.
Register at funrun.com
with the school registration code 775-482.
Students will participate
in the fun run on Friday,
Aug. 28, by running 30-35
laps.
Parents are invited to attend.
TIGERVILLE ELEMENTARY
PTA MEETING AUG. 31
The Tigerville PTA invites all parents on Monday, Aug. 31, at 5:30 p.m.
for dinner followed by a
PTA meeting at 6 p.m.
Open House will start
at 6:30 p.m. to visit classrooms and teachers. Votes
will be taken on the proposed budget for 2015-16
and nominations for president (Jennings Autrey)
and vice president (Kristin
Autrey).
REFLECTIONS CONTEST
DEADLINE OCT. 6
The theme for this years

South Carolina PTA Reflections contest Let Your
Imagination Fly.
Official rules and entry
form are available at http:
scpta.org. Deadline for entries is Oct. 6.
Each year, students in
Grades Pre-K through 12
are recognized for bringing the theme to life
through film production,
dance choreography, literature, music composition,
photography, and visual
arts.
Contact Elane Poeta at
edpoeta@greenville.k12.
sc.us for questions.
Entries must meet all
requirements and be submitted with a completed
official entry form.
BR MIDDLE OFFERS
DRESS CODE DROP-OFF
Blue
Ridge
Middle
School is accepting gently
used dress code appropriate items for its Clothes
Closet.
Donations are used to
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BMW University Day

In an effort to create demand for graduate and undergraduate positions within the
company, BMW Manufacturing hosted over 20 different South Carolina-based colleges
and universities. The goal of the event was to increase awareness of various student
opportunities available at the companys South Carolina factory. BMW Section Manager
Marwan Qubti, left, discusses the Body Shop layout with Anderson University co-op,
Mason Child.
support students in need
and to insure the availability of appropriate clothes
in cases of emergency.
DISTRICT FIVE
DISTRICT FIVE BEGINS

NEW SCHOOL YEAR
Nearly 8,000 students

began classes in District
Five Schools Monday.
Seventy-seven
new
teachers, including 24
first-time teachers, were
welcomed during an annual luncheon.
More than 600 District
employees enjoyed ice
cream at a Welcome Back
Celebration last week.
DISTRICT LAUNCHES
MOBILE APP
District Five is kicking

off the new school year
with a new way for parents, students, employees,
and the community to stay
informed.
The district launched
its new mobile app, powered by Blackboard, earlier
this month. The app combines all D5 information
in one place, in a format
thats easily accessible for
visitors. Parents can check
on everything from a
students grades to lunch
menus or sports scores.
Push notifications also allow users to receive emergency messages regarding school closings very
quickly.
The app is available for
free in both the App and
Google Play stores, for
Apple and android users.
Search Spartanburg District 5 Schools.
NEW LEADERS JOIN

DISTRICT FIVE STAFF
District Five welcomes

several new leaders for the
2015-2016 school year.
Dr. Eric Levitt joins the
district as the new Director of STEM and Gifted
and Talented Services.
Levitt comes to District
Five from Spartanburg
District Three, where he
most recently served as
Assistant Superintendent
for Instruction. Levitt has
worn many hats in his
career, including teacher,
instructional coach, assistant principal, principal,
and personnel director.
Jill Brady joins the District Five team as the Director of Instructional Services.
Brady has served as a
teacher, an instructional
coach, a prinicipal, and
district coordinator in
both Illinois and Indiana.
Brady has been transitioning into the district office
since April, but officially
took over her post full
time in July.
Staff member Pat Paul
is taking on a new role in
the district. In July, Paul
took over her new post as
Director of Professional
Development and Teacher
Evaluation.
She was previously Principal of Beech Springs Intermediate School and Abner Creek Academy.
HIGHER EDUCATION
FINANCIAL SERIES HELPS
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
Wells Fargo is sponsoring Money Management

for Young Professionals,
a five-week series that will
help young professionals

get the financial edge they
need in life, beginning at
12:05 p.m. Wednesday,
Aug. 26, in the BMW Classroom of The George Dean
Johnson, Jr. College of
Business and Economics.
This course will walk
participants through the
effect of money on your
life.
Classes will end Wednesday, Sept. 23.
Becky Goessel will instruct the class. Goessel
has more than 20 years of
experience in accounting.
The course is free to all
USC Upstate students; $50
for the community and
USC Upstate alumni; $25
for faculty, staff and retirees.
Reserve your seat at
www.uscupstate.edu/
moneymanagement.
SHOESTRING PLAYERS
TO HOLD AUDITION
The Shoestring Players

at the University of South
Carolina Upstate will hold
auditions for The Cripple
of Inishmaan from 7-9
p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, in
the Performing Arts Center. Performances will be
Nov. 12-15.
Those interested in auditioning should familiarize
themselves with the play
and be prepared to read
from the script.
about The Cripple of Inishmann, contact director
Jimm Cox at 864-503-5697
or at jcox@uscupstate.
edu.
USC UPSTATE OFFERS LSAT

PREP CLASS
The University of South

Carolina Upstate will offer
a Law School Admission
Test (LSAT) Prep class beginning Tuesday, Sept. 1.
Class will be held each
Tuesday and Thursday
from 4:30-6 p.m. in Media 124. Richard Combes,
Ph.D., and Jim Griffis,
Ph.D. will be the instructors for the course.
The cost to attend is
$250 and is due the first
day of class.
The LSAT will be administered on Oct. 3, Dec. 5,
2015, and Feb. 6, 2016.
contact Jim Griffis at (864)
503-5660 or jgriffis @uscupstate.edu.
WAMPOLE TO SERVE AS
PROFESSOR OF NURSING
Kathryn Wampole RN,

MSN will serve as an assistant professor of Nursing
in the College of Arts and
Science at Bob Jones University this fall. Wampole
previously served as an RN
at Spartanburg Regional
Healthcare
System.
Wampole
earned a BS
in Business
Administration
from
L a n d e r
Wampole
University
(1997), a BS
in Accounting from Furman University (2001), a
BSN from the Mary Black
School of Nursing at the
University of South Carolina Upstate (2012) and an
MSN from the College of
Nursing and Allied Health
at Charleston Southern
University (2014).
Wampole has served in
various capacities with
the Spartanburg Regional
Healthcare System as a
Registered Nurse in their
Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit, Labor and Delivery as
well as In-Patient Oncology and Palliative Care. She
also directed an Obstetric,
Neonatal and Womens
Health Teaching Practicum for nursing students
from Spartanburg Community College during the
spring and fall semesters
in 2014.
A resident of Lyman,
Wampole is a member
of the Association of
Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
(AWHONN), the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS),
Sigma Theta Tau Nursing
Honors Society and Sigma
Beta Delta Business Honors Society.
Dr. Sharon Wilkie will

serve as an assistant professor of teacher education
in the School of Education
at Bob Jones University
this fall. Wilkie previously
served as an adjunct professor at BJU.
W i l k i e
earned
a
BS in Social Studies
Education
(1977) from
BJU, an MPM
(1990) from
Wilkie
Troy University in Troy,
Alabama, an EdS in Administration and Supervision
(2005) from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, and an
EdD in Leadership (2015)
from Liberty University in
Lynchburg, Virginia.
She previously served
as an adjunct professor at
Piedmont Technical College in Greenwood, The
Citadel in Charleston, and
the University of South
Carolina in Columbia. She
also served in various capacities with elementary,
middle and secondary
schools and school districts in South Carolina
and Georgia.
A consultant to the
South Carolina Department of Educations Office
of Career and Technology
Education, she has given
conference presentations
to the Georgia Graduation
Coach Conference, the
Cobb County Area 5 Professional Development Regional Conference, Cobb
County Leadership Summit and the South Carolina Business and Education
Summit.
A resident of Greenville,
she and her husband have
one adult child and three
children who attend Bob
Jones Academy.
THE GREER CITIZEN
B7
LUNCH
MENUS
GREENVILLE COUNTY
ELEMENTARY
Thursday: Carolina Chicken

Chili, Roll, BBQ Sandwich,
Fruit and Vegetable Bar, Milk
Friday: Pizza, Chicken Parmesan Sandwich, Vegetation
Station, Corn Chowder, Fresh
Veggies w/Dip, Asst. Fresh
Fruit, Asst. Canned Fruit, Milk
Monday: Teriyaki Chicken,
Sweet & Sour Chicken, Brown
Rice, Roll, Vegetation Station,
Vegetable Beef Soup, Sweet
Potato Bites, Asst. Fresh Fruit,
Asst. Canned Fruit, Milk
Tuesday: Beef & Cheese
Nachos, BBQ Chicken Quesadilla, Fruit and Vegetable
Bar, Milk
Wednesday: Brunswick
Stew, Baked Potato Bar, Roll,
Vegetation Station, Chicken
Tortilla Soup, Mixed Vegetables, Asst. Fresh Fruit, Asst.
Canned Fruit, Milk
MIDDLE/HIGH
Thursday: Chicken Caesar

Salad, Carolina Chicken Chili,
Roll, BBQ Sandwich, Fruit and
Vegetable Bar, Milk
Friday: Chef Salad, Pulled Pork
Taco Bowl, Chicken Parmesan
Sandwich, Vegetation Station,
Corn Chowder, Fresh Veggies
w/Dip, Asst. Fresh Fruit, Asst.
Canned Fruit, Milk
Monday: Mandarin Chicken
Salad, Teriyaki Chicken, Sweet
& Sour Chicken, Brown Rice,
Roll, Vegetation Station,
Vegetable Beef Soup, Sweet
Potato Bites, Asst. Fresh Fruit,
Asst. Canned Fruit, Milk
Tuesday: Grilled Chicken
Salad, Beef & Cheese Nachos,
BBQ Chicken Quesadilla, Fruit
and Vegetable Bar, Milk
ENTERTAINMENT
The Greer Citizen
THINGS
TO DO
STOMPING GROUNDS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Blake Lively in The Age of

Adaline
COUCH THEATER
DVD previews
BY SAM STRUCKHOFF
DVD REVIEWS
FOR WEEK OF SEPT. 7
PICKS OF THE WEEK
The Age of Adaline

(PG-13) -- Adaline Bowman
(Blake Lively) survives a
strange car accident while
driving one night in 1938.
A Very Authoritative Narrator tells us that due to
some science-magic whatever, Adaline stopped aging, preserving her elegant
blond 29-year-old form for
all time. Tragic, I know.
After some years, Addys unaging beauty draws
suspicion, so she changes
identities every decade to
keep her immortality a secret -- shes kinda selfish.
This keeps her from getting too close to anyone,
or falling in love, until she
falls in love with a guy
whose father (Harrison
Ford) recognizes her as
the lost love of his youth.
The film goes for that
dreamy, timeless, starlit
moody look, and achieves
it across different time
periods. It all looks good,
but the story feels undercooked. Things limp along
at times, and the ending
feels a little off-kilter.
Cyber-Seniors
(PG)
-- How do you get a senior citizen from knowing
nothing about the computers to deftly hustling Facebook friends to check out
their latest Youtube video? Very patiently. Thats
one lesson in this charming documentary about a
group of retirees paired
with teen volunteers who
teach them how to use the
Internet. When one senior
posts her own cooking
video to YouTube, it starts
a contest among the old
folks to see who can get
the most hits online.
While at first, the cluelessness of the old folks is
played for laughs, the real
focus of the story comes
from the new connections
made and possibilities
opened up. Its not meant
to be an instructional film,
but it does teach us a lot
about the generational
gap: It sure is deep, but
not too wide to cross.
Beyond the Mask (PG)
-- An English mercenary,
Will (Andrew Cheney),
working for the British East
India company, gets backstabbed by his employer
and reinvents himself as
a masked vigilante, seeking revenge against his enemies who have relocated
to the American colonies
just before the revolution.
He teams up with an annoying Benjamin Franklin, who spouts popular
Benjamin Franklin sayings
because thats how he
talked, I guess. Will falls in
love with a nice lady (Kara
Kilmer) and starts to learn
that the key to redemption
isnt vengeance, but good
faith and Christianity. He
still gets his vengeance,
though.
American Heist (R) - Frankie (Adrien Brody)
served time for a crime
that he and his younger
brother, James (Hayden
Christensen), messed up.
A free man again, Frankie
gets together with his old
robbery pals (Tory Kittles
and rapper Akon) and
pulls James in as a driver
on their next job. James is
trying to make a real living
and patch things up with
his girl (Jordana Brewster), but Frankie reels him
in with guilt, and James
botches yet another robbery. The two brothers are
then forced to help with
an even bigger, heist-ier
heist. Is this the One Last
Job that leads to a better
life? Getting the answer
might not be as exciting as
you think.
Stomping Grounds Open

Mic Night is held the second and fourth Friday of
each month. Dan and Luann Gray are hosting open
mic on the second Friday
of the month and Mr. John
is hosting on the fourth
Friday of the month, each
from 7-10 p.m.
Upcoming events:
Aug. 22: Book Signing
Event Timothy Brink,
author of Ricky the Rickshaw, 10 a.m.- noon.
Aug. 29: Music Night
with Dan, Luann, and
Nancy. Playing a mix of
acoustic tunes, 7-10 p.m.
Sept. 4: Cheryl Teal,
Folksinger and alternative
music, 7-9 p.m.
Sept. 5: Saturday, September 5th
Musical
Artist,
Titus Acoustic Rock Music, 7-10 p.m.
Sept. 7: Closed for Labor
Day
Ongoing events:
Mondays: Colored Pencil Art Class with Robert
Decker, 7-9 p.m.
Tuesdays: Weekly Majong Games, 2-5 p.m.
First & third Tuesdays:
Old Time Jam with Bob
Buckingham, 7-9 p.m.
First & third Wednesdays: Celtic Session, 7-9
p.m.
Visit
www.stompinggroundsgreer.com
for
more information.
SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

CONCLUDES WEDNESDAY
Music fans can enjoy live

musical entertainment all
summer long at the South
Carolina BLUE Reedy River
Concerts. The free series
will showcase 13 weeks
of local and regional musical entertainers on the
TD Stage behind the Peace
Center. The summer series
concludes Aug. 26 with
True Blues (Blues/Rock)
from 7-9 p.m.
Concert attendees are
invited to come early,
bring lawn chairs, blankets and a picnic. Food
trucks will also be on-site
throughout the season,
including Thoroughfare,
Chuck Truck and ASADA.
Pets are not allowed at city
special events. Individuals consuming alcohol at
the event must purchase
a $1 wristband. For more
information visit events.
greenvillesc.gov or follow
the event on Facebook
and Twitter. A complete
schedule of this seasons
concerts is listed below.
TWO PIANISTS PERFORM

BENEFIT CONCERT
Freeburg & Perzina Pianos is presenting A Night

at the Opera: A Rare TwoPiano Fantasy in Chapman Cultural Centers
theater on Saturday, Aug.
29, beginning at 7 p.m.
This concert will feature
pianists Dr. John Cobb
and Christopher Tavernier. Proceeds will benefit
Spartanburg Philharmonic
Orchestras youth education program.
Patrons
can
experience musical fantasies
of 19th century Hungarian composer Franz Lizst
performed by 15-yearold pianist Tavernier and
international
performer
and recording artist Dr.
Cobb. Other musical selections will include Bellinis
Reminiscences of Norma
and Reminiscences of
Don Juan from Mozarts
Don Giovanni. Broadcast
journalist Michael Cogdill
of WYFF News 4 will emcee the concert; Jennifer
C. Evins, president and
CEO of Chapman Cultural
Center, will be the keynote
speaker.
Christopher Tavernier
made his debut as the
youngest concert pianist
in North Carolina at the
age of 13, performing
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Pianists Dr. John Cobb and ChristopherTavernier will perform selections from 19th
century composer Franz Lizst at the Chapman Cultural Center this Saturday.
Tchaikovskys Piano Concert No. 1 in B Flat minor

with the Tar River Philharmonic Orchestra. This
year, he was named the
First International Perzina
Artist by Perzina Pianos,
the first to receive the distinction since the companys founding in 1871.
Cobb is an international
performer and recording artist known for his
broad interpretive range
and technical command.
He studied with Claudio
Arrau, whose teacher was
a pupil of Franz Liszt.
Throughout his career,
Arrau (1903-1991) was
renowned throughout the
world as one of the supreme keyboard masters
of the century. Liszt was
a student of Carl Czerny,
who was a pupil of Ludwig
van Beethoven.
Tavernier and Cobb are
set to begin the program
with an eclectic prelude
of some of Liszts most
loved solo pieces. The
two pianists will alternate, each playing parts
of the composers powerful works, ending with a
performance of Hungarian
Rhapsody No. 2, a composition arranged exclusively
for two pianos.
Tickets are $15 for general admission and $12
per senior and student,
available both online at
ChapmanCulturalCenter.
org or in the Centers Ticket Office. Groups of 10 or
more will receive a 10 percent discount.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

RUBY SLIPPER EVENT
Tickets are on sale for

Habitat For Humanity
Greenville Countys No
Place Like Home Ruby
Slipper event. The event
will be held at the TD Convention Center Monday,
Sept. 14, at 6 p.m. and will
feature a benefit guest
appearance by the Edwin
McCain Acoustic Trio, a
performance by the Phillis Wheatley Repertory
Theatre, a silent auction
with sports items, jewelry
and travel packages and a
seated dinner.
Tickets are $75 per person, or $500 for a table of
ten. Sponsorships are also
available in the amount of
$1,000-$10,000.
call Gail Peay at 672-6341
or email gpeay@habitatgreenville.org.
KEVIN LORENZ PERFORMS

SUNDAYS UNPLUGGED
Chapman Cultural Center offers opportunities

for free, casual, and cultural entertainment every
Sunday, 1-5 p.m., during
its Sundays Unplugged
program. Art galleries and
the history museum are
open, and regional singer-songwriters
perform,
2-4 p.m., to showcase the
breadth of musical talent of the Upstate. This
Sunday, Aug. 30, eclectic
Asheville-based musician
Kevin Lorenz plays.
Lorenz is a classically
trained musician with
experience in public performance,
conducting,
composition,
teaching,
and arranging. He studied
classical guitar at UNCGreensboro while earning
his doctorate in music
education. In addition, he
attended master classes
with Michael Lorimer and
Jesus Silva among others.
Citizens and visitors of
Western North Carolina

are likely to have heard
Lorenz perform with the
Asheville Symphony and
the NC Pops Orchestra
and as a soloist, or in
churches, theaters, hotels,
colleges, universities, and
country clubs. His style
is a mixture of jazz, pop,
ragtime, bossa nova, Irish,
and classical. As a well
versed guitarist, he plays
several different guitars to
match the instrument to
the genre. Samples of his
work, as well as additional
biographical details, can
be found on his website
KevinOnGuitar.com.
Artists Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg Art
Museum, Spartanburg Regional History Museum,
and the Student Galleries will be open with free
admission, 1-5 p.m., to
complement Lorenzs performance.
Spartanburg
Science Center will be
open for a small fee.
Sundays Unplugged is a
program of The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg, the administrative non-profit agency that
owns and operates Chapman Cultural Center and
provides cultural leadership throughout Spartanburg County. For more
information on Sundays
Unplugged, call 542-ARTS
or visit ChapmanCulturalCenter.org.
SPARTANBURG YOUTH
THEATRE FALL CLASSES
Spartanburg Youth Theatre (SYT) will offer several classes and workshops
this fall for students (K412), beginning the week of
Sept. 14. Class highlights
include an all-girl writing
and performance class, an
on-camera class including feedback from T3 Talent representatives and
a series of new one-day
workshops for high school
students where teens will
create their own television
shows, learn sword-fighting from a certified fight
director, and master the
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
style of improv comedy.
Other offerings include
beginner and intermediate
acting classes, a stagecraft
class with SYT production
designer Will Luther and
an Inside Out themed class
for K4 and K5. There are
two Friday classes specifically designed for homeschooled students.
Parents can register for
classes online at www.
spartanburgyouththeatre.
com or call the Spartanburg Youth Theatre at
585-8278. There are multiclass and sibling discounts
available.
THE FILM HOUSE

UPCOMING SHOWINGS
The Film House will host

a a free screening of To
Kill a Mockingbird at the
Hughes Main Branch of
the Greenville County Library at 6 p.m. Thursday.
The event celebrates the
release of Harper Lees
Go Set a Watchman by
screening this classic adaptation of her beloved
first novel. A girl being
raised in the deep south
by her morally upright
father is exposed to the
ugly side of humanity as
a black man is brought to
trail for a crime he didnt
commit. A discussion will
follow.
Upcoming events include:
Aug. 30: Caramel 7

p.m. at VaVaVoom Lingerie in Asheville, North
Carolina. The Film House
is proud to present this
2007 Lebanese romcom
that centers on a beauty
salon in Beirut. This film
marks the start of the female empowerment. $5 in
advance, $7 at the door.
Aug. 31: Deadline for
submissions to the Reedy
Reels Film Festival. If you
are a filmmaker, visit
greenvillefilmhouse.us3.
listmanage.com for more
details.
Sept. 1: The Film House
will be launching a brand
new IndieGoGo campaign
in order to expand capabilities and improve the
quality of screenings. More
news to come.
October will present
fans with horror both new
and old, funny and terrifying, indie and foreign
including What We Do
In the Shadows at Coffee Underground Sept.
27; The Monster Squad
at Swamp Rabbit Caf
Oct. 3; The Lost Boys at
Coffee Underground Oct.
4; Cabin in the Woods
at Thomas Creek Brewery Oct. 8; Shaun of the
Dead at Connollys Irish
Pub Oct. 12; Beetlejuice
at Swamp Rabbit Caf
Oct. 17; Ringu at Coffee Underground Oct. 18;
The Shining at Thomas
Creek Brewery Oct. 22;
and Night of the Living
Dead and a very ghastly
party at Connollys Irish
Pub Oct. 26. Throughout
the month of October,
The Film House will also
be running local scavenger hunts for great horror
prizes.
SPUDS & SPROUTS

PROGRAM
Twice a month children

have the opportunity to
participate in a learning
activity focused on local
foods and healthy and active living. When children
sign up for the program
at the Spuds & Sprouts
booth, they will receive a
passport that is stamped
for each completed activity. Once they fill up their

passport, children will receive a special prize. Upcoming event dates are
listed below:
September 5 : Mr. & Mrs.
Potato Head hosted by
Greenville Health System
September 19 : Pepper Tasting hosted by
The Childrens Museum
October 3: Maiz and the 3
Sisters hosted by The Upcountry History Museum
October
17:
Apple
Tasting hosted by The
Childrens
Museum
October 31 : Wizard of Oz
and the Autumn Harvest
hosted by The Upcountry
History Museum
The Saturday Market is
located on Main Street at
McBee Avenue Saturdays,
until October 31 from 8:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For
more information, call:
864-467-4494.
CENTRE STAGE WILL SHOW

THE ODD COUPLE
Centre Stage will show

the popular comedy The
Odd Couple by Neil Simon Sept. 10-26.
Felix Ungar, a neurotic,
neat freak newswriter is
thrown out by his wife,
and moves in with his
friend, Oscar Madison, a
slovenly sportswriter.
Despite Oscars problems careless spending, excessive gambling, a
poorly kept house filled
with spoiled food he
seems to enjoy life.
Felix, however, seems
utterly incapable of enjoying anything and only
finds purpose in pointing
out his own and other peoples mistakes and foibles.
Even when he tries to do so
in a gentle and constructive way, his corrections
and suggestions prove extremely annoying to those
around him. Performances are Thursday-Saturday
at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3
p.m. Tickets for The Odd
Couple are $30, $25, and
$20. Student rush tickets
may be available 30 minutes prior to show time for
$15 with school ID (based
on availability), one ticket
per ID. Shows run Thursday through Sunday and
all seats are reserved.
The Fringe Series production of The Night We
Bombed Lincoln Towing
will run concurrently with
The Odd Couple and
will play on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, September 15, 16, 22, & 23 at
7pm. All performances are
$15.
The Night We Bombed
Lincoln Towing was the
winner of our 2014 New
Play Festival and will kick
off this seasons New Play
Festival with an encore
performance on Sunday,
October 4. The New Play
Festival will run October
4-8. A different play will
be given a staged reading
each night of the festival.
Admission to the festival
is free.
The box office can be
reached at 233-6733 on
Tuesdays-Fridays from 2-6
p.m. and two hours before
performances.
Tickets
and additional information are available online at
www.centrestage.org.
FUN AND GAMES
THE GREER CITIZEN
B9
Sugar alcohols arent

sugars or alcohol
DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently was diagnosed as
being prediabetic and told
to watch my sugar intake.
So I now read the nutrition
facts on packages. However, I am confused about
the listed sugars. Sometimes the label includes
both sugar and sugar
alcohols. For instance, a
package can read sugars
1 g and sugar alcohols
11 g. Would my sugar intake be 1 g or 12 g? What
is the difference, and what
should I avoid/limit? -B.D.
ANSWER: First, congratulations on reading labels. There is a lot of good
information to be found
that can help you decide
whether something is a
healthy food for you. That
being said, sugar alcohols
are confusing.
Sugar alcohols have
nothing to do with the
type of alcohol in beer,
wine or spirits, and they
arent sugars either. A
sugar alcohol, such as
sorbitol or xylitol, is an incompletely absorbed carbohydrate. Since they are
incompletely
absorbed,
you get only some of the
calories, and your blood
sugar goes up less than
if you had had the same
amount of sweetness with
regular sugar. A rough but
reasonable rule of thumb
is to count about half the
grams of sugar alcohol as
sugar, for the purposes of
counting sugar grams. So
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
in your example, it would
be about 6.5 grams of
sugar.
You might wonder what
happens to the unabsorbed sugar alcohol. It
continues through your
GI tract and acts as a laxative. Some people are very
sensitive and will have
diarrhea with just a little
sugar alcohol; others tolerate more.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
have been suffering for
many years from miserable episodes of perineal
pain related to my benign,
enlarged prostate. My urologists recommendation
of NSAIDs and sitz baths
has afforded very limited
relief. I would appreciate
any suggestions you have
to offer. -- J.S.K.
ANSWER: I see a lot of
people with benign enlargement of the prostate,
and the most common
symptoms are inability to
empty the bladder easily
and having to urinate frequently. Persistent pain
would make me concerned
that the prostate enlargement is not the cause, or
not the only cause, of the

pain. I would think carefully about a bladder stone,
chronic inflammation of
the prostate and interstitial cystitis as a short list.
Chronic pelvic pain is
a condition much more
frequently
encountered
in women, and there are
specialists in evaluating
just that complex problem. Men can get chronic
pelvic pain too, and I am
concerned that it often is
assumed to be due to the
prostate, when there are
many other possibilities.
Its time for you to be reevaluated.
The booklet on the prostate gland discusses treatments for enlargement as
well as cancer. Readers can
obtain a copy by writing:
Dr. Roach -- No. 1001, 628
Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL
32803. Enclose a check or
money order (no cash) for
$4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with
the recipients printed
name and address. Please
allow four weeks for delivery.
***
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer individual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possible. Readers may email
questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu.
To view and order health
pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to
Good Health, 628 Virginia
Drive Orlando, FL 32803.
SOAP UPDATES
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND

THE BEAUTIFUL
Liam put Ivy on the spot

when he challenged her to
either delete the video of
Steffy or go to the police
with it. Having suspected
for a while that something
was weighing heavily on
her mind, Ridge implored
Steffy to come clean. Wyatt and Quinn discussed
the difficulties of advancing within the company
without having Forrester
as your last name. Despite
his feelings for her, Thomas encouraged Caroline to
talk to Ridge about her desire to have children. Steffy feared the consequences that she would face if
the police saw Ivys video.
Hoping to finally get the
approval he didnt receive
before, Thomas showed
Ridge the new designs
that he and Caroline had
been working on together.
Brooke asked Ridge how
he felt about having more
children. Wait to See: An
angry Liam gives Ivy an ultimatum.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Aiden confronted Rafe

about his feelings for
Hope. Chad and Serena hit
it off as they commiserated together over drinks.
Nicole shared with Daniel some surprising plans
for her future. Theresas
latest plot had dire consequences for Xander.
Chad and Serenas night
took an unpleasant turn.
Daniel Cosgrove stars as

Aiden on Days of Our
Lives
Eves actions put JJ in a
very dangerous situation.
Carolines family rallied
around her. Will lashed
out at Paul over Sonnys
departure. Jennifer and JJ
found themselves in hot
water thanks to Eve. Eric
made a shocking discovery. Hope confided in John
that she was committed to
moving on from Bo with
Aiden. Steve made an unexpected return to Salem.
Wait to See: John takes
Marlena on a romantic trip
down memory lane.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Franco made a bold

move, but his efforts
might have been in vain.
Paul and Tracy bonded
over their love for Dillon.
Franco helped Nina reclaim her sense of sanity,
making them closer. Julian
revealed a truth to Alexis
that she found surprising.
Franco had a confession
for Kiki. Jordan, Nathan

and Dante pursued a new
angle in their investigation. Morgan rebuffed
Sonny and Carlys request
to seek help. Julian sought
a familiar face at the police headquarters. Alexis
advised Nina to put herself first. Ric and Madeline
continued to conspire together. Dante and Nathan
began investigating Silass
murder. Wait to See: Patrick and Sam receive a surprise visitor.
THE YOUNG AND

THE RESTLESS
Christine figured out

that Dylan was keeping
tabs on the police station
for Paul during his medical leave. Jack decided he
couldnt trust Victor to
help find Marco and decided to take matters into his
own hands. Abby caught
Stitch off guard when she
told him that she was moving out. Victor welcomed
Sage to the Newman family and made an effort to
accept Marisa too. Lauren
confided in Cane that she
was happy that her marriage to Michael was back
on track. Adam and Chelsea were determined to
leave Genoa City and make
a new home in Paris. Phyllis convinced Jack to make
some changes at work.
Sharon confided in Mariah about her relationship
with Dylan. Wait to See: Jill
returns to Genoa City.
THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
RFD by Mike Marland
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas
(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.
MILESTONES
The Greer Citizen
ANNIVERSARY
NIVENS: A bushel of fond memories for couple

FROM B6
Mr. and Mrs. B. Don Bright
Celebrate 50th anniversary

Janet Harrington Bright,
originally of Durhamville,
New York, and B. Don
Bright, originally of Lyman, announce their 50th
anniversary on Aug. 26.
Currently residing in
Midlothian, Virginia, they
have three daughters,
Holly Blackman, of Pagosa Springs, Colorado; her
twin Heather Santiago, of
Charlottesville, Virginia;
and Wendy Bright, of N.
Chesterfield, Virginia; four
granddaughters; and two
grandsons.
Mrs. Bright was employed as a flight atten-
dant for Eastern Airlines

and various secretarial
positions including faculty secretary at U. of
Richmond,Virginia.
The couple married in
Salem, Massachusetts, and
lived in Germany while
Mr. Bright was in the US
Army before he retired as
a USAR Lt. Colonel.
Mr. Brights career in
international
shipping
required many moves, including Florence; Charleston; Houston, Texas; The
Hague, Holland; and Richmond, Virginia.
normal activities like hay

rides and the gem mine,
the farm will have pumpkin picking, live music and
pumpkin carving contest.
This event is just one of
several draws that bring
out children and adults
alike.
We have a wonderful time, Don exclaimed
about the picking season,
Every kid up through the
third grade thats ever
been in school has been
out here.
The way the farm looks
on Saturday afternoons,
his words arent much of
an exaggeration.
Simply put, people love
the Nivens farm.
Chelsea Stewart is a first
grade teacher at Bethel Elementary in Simpsonville.
She said she takes her students every year.
One of our standards
is the lifecycle of a plant,
and we choose apples specifically so we can go to
Nivens, she said.
While students enjoy
Nivens, the field trips are
also fun for teachers.
My favorite part as an
adult is the store, Stewart said. If it can be made
from apples, they have it.
Amy Hansen is also a
schoolteacher, in charge
of a classroom of kindergartners at Fairforest Elementery in Spartanburg.
She has taken one class
trip there, but when asked
about Nivens she had
more to say about time
spent there personally.
Nivens is a family-centered place with lots of
activities for everyone,
Jonagold, Fuji, Golden Delicious and Galas are just some

of the early varieties available at Nivens.
she said. Going to Nivens as an adult brings
back fond memories
from my childhood of
picking apples, choosing the perfect pumpkin,
and drinking fresh apple
cider.
It seems that Don and
Katherine have created a
place that seems to resonate with anyone, young
or old.
We built really an entertaining, clean familyorienting type place that

you dont just find everyday, Don said. And were
proud of it.
RETIREMENT
Both Don and Katherine

are experiencing the bittersweet emotions of closing down a place abounding with memories.
Its sad. I feel, kind of

what you call, melancholy
because we love this, he
said, motioning to the
acreage behind him. We
love what we do.
Been here so many
years its going to be hard
when we quit, Katherine
added. Weve made a lot
of friends. Its going to
take us a while to get adjusted to not having it.
The Nivens are hoping
to sell, preferably to someone who would continue
to sell the best apples
around.
I hope God brings us
somebody out here that
wants to buy this place,
Don said. I wish it would
be sold for what were doing out here. You wouldnt
believe how much good
weve done for the children and the school teachers out here.
While only time will tell
of the fate of the farm,
those children and those
schoolteachers will have
one more season to enjoy
the beloved Nivens farm.
For now, youll find it likely as you left it last year.
Well work this season
just like we worked every
other season, he said.
Don said he isnt going
to worry much about the
future of the farm until
Nov. 22, when the trees
are bare and the pumpkins have been turned into
pies.
Is there any chance the
Nivens might change their
minds about retirement
between now and then?
Not a chance, Don said. He
promises.
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BACK ON THE FARM: Apple farm begins final season B6

SOUTH CAROLINAS PREMIER WEEKLY

GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 102 NO. 34 75 CENTS

Greer Police to host

FILE PHOTO | PRESTON BURCH

The Greer Police Department will host a softball fundraiser

Election could be canceled

Shooting in downtown Greer

the four incumbents seeking another term.

Resident: Protect family graves

I would also like

PHOTO | COURTESY OF LORENE FISHER

This memorial reads: John Marion Rush who departed

With my great-grandmother being a Thomas,

John Marion Rushs plot

of these entities are well

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

Call for an appointment today

THE GREER CITIZEN

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015

Packing their bags

Georges Brick Oven and

LTBM needs 18 volunteers to help with a

FOOD PANTRY DEVOTIONAL 9:30 -10 a.m. at Calvary

THE NEVER ALONE Group

JAM FOR CARE

On Tuesday, from 6-8:30

BREAST CANCER PATIENT

Breast cancer patient

efit the Greenville Health

309 Northview Drive

GIRL SCOUT MEETING

The Girl Scouts of South

WITH PURCHASE OF A QUALIFYING SYSTEM

Sanders Heating & Air Conditioning

The Newcomers Club of

NOW OPEN FOR APPLE PICKING

HAY RIDES START LABOR DAY WEEKEND

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015

THE GREER CITIZEN

Century Park to receive facelift

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

First Baptist bash

Amanda Cloonan, left, and her son Landon enjoy a

and bike friendly. We hope

A press box that has

Abner Creek Baptist

year. But the goal, for

$3 Admission (4 for $10)

with commemorative dog tag for first 2500 attendees

Simpsonville City Park

while were under construction to do some other

How Can You

repairs and will do some

Welcome Center Open!

isnt the answer. We only hire

A4 THE GREER CITIZEN

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015

o reply to concerned and well-meaning friends that have bid me adieu

Angel) each morning, and delivers me

The concept of the sleazy studio

KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE

ow can we overcome envy?