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SOUTH CAROLINAS PREMIER WEEKLY

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015
GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 102 NO. 40 75 CENTS
Retail
sales
soar
past $1
billion
SOUTH CAROLINA
FLOODED
In Greer
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Greer is growing and local retail dealers are reaping the benefits.
Retail sales in the city
eclipsed $1 billion this
year, marking a 22 percent
increase since 2014.
Its really just phenomenal news for our
businesses and for our
community, said Reno
Local folks are

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
Runners took to the streets on a wet, Saturday morning to

race in annual the Benson OctoberFAST 5K.
A number of trees toppled over in the Greer area during

the recent rain and wind storm.
GCM raises $50,000 Storm rainfall was

despite heavy rain record-breaking
Oktoberfest
canceled
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Eighty runners braved
torrential rain to support
Greer Community Ministries (GCM) during the annual Benson OctoberFAST
5K Saturday morning,
helping the nonprofit raise
$50,000 for local families
in need.
All things considered,
we think it went amazingly well, GCM Executive Director Cindy Simpler said.
Our sponsors stuck by us,
even though we canceled a

fair portion of the event.
The runners were amazing despite how cold and
windy and wet it was.
You want to talk about
some people made of
tough stuff? she said.
For these people to come
out in those conditions, it
was amazing.
Most of the event, which
included activities for
children and a classic car
show, had to be canceled.
We had so many different activities that were attached to it this year that
we were excited about, but
well get another opportunity next year, Simpler
said.
SEE OCTOBERFAST | A11
WANT TO HELP?
Red Cross of South Carolina

www.redcross.org/local/sc
SC Baptist Convention
www.scbaptist.org/donationsfor-flood-disaster-relief/
Damages
reported
Harvest Hope Food Bank

www.harvesthope.org
Salvation Army
donate.salvationarmyusa.org/
disaster/East-Coast-FloodsDisaster-Relief
or text STORM to 51555
BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE

STAFF WRITER
Record rainfall, flooding
and high winds contributed to a wet and dangerous
weekend for South Carolina.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) has made aid available to supplement state,
local and tribal response
efforts in the areas affected the most by the
storms, which began last
Thursday.
Local residents pitched in to

help flood victims in other
parts of South Carolina.
East Suber and Sweetbriar

Charleston,
Dorchester, Georgetown, Horry,
SEE RECORD | A6
Local distribution sites

New Hope Freedom Church
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 4-7 p.m.
Three Rivers Baptist Assoc.
by Thursday, Oct. 8, 5 p.m.
Memorial United Methodist
Texas Roadhouse
Riverside Tennis Club
Lake Cunningham FD
Benson Chrysler
Benson Fiat
Greer First Baptist Church
choosing to stay
here and buy, and
thats reflected in
what our businesses
are doing.
Reno Deaton
Executive director, GDC
Deaton, executive director

of the Greer Development
Corporation. Our businesses are obviously doing
a great job and are taking
advantage of a growing
community. Theyre appealing to a wide trade
area and theyre providing
great customer service.
The recently released
number, which amounts to
$1,034,016,761, is up significantly from last year,
which saw $843,576,165
in retail sales.
Its a pretty dramatic
increase compared to
our pre-recession high,
Deaton said. There are
certainly larger cities that
SEE RETAIL | A6
Newman family honored

for Greer CPW service
STAFF WRITER
This family has collectively given more
When Mike and Brent

Newman started with the
Greer Commission of Public Works (CPW) in the early 1970s, they worked out
of an old brick building by
the train tracks, a far cry
from the nice building on
McCall Street in which the
utility company operates.
When their father, Reuben Ernest Buzz Newman, began working there,
CPW didnt even have a
bucket truck.
INDEX
CLASSIFIEDS
B7
COMMUNITY CALENDAR/NEWS
A2
CRIME
A11
ENTERTAINMENT
B10
OBITUARIES
A6
OPINION
A4
OUR SCHOOLS
B9
SPORTS
B1-6
WEATHER
A6
service than CPW has even been around.

Matthew Brady
Greer CPW
As times changed, facilities were upgraded and

bucket were trucks added,
but the Newman family
has been the constant, collectively serving Greer for
110 years.
This family has collectively given more service
DEATHS
James Larry Miller, 69

Milton Wayne Moore, 69
Donald Alfred Wilson, 87
than CPW has even been

around, said Greer CPWs
Matthew Brady.
CPW celebrated 100
years two years ago,
but more recently on
Thursday, Sept. 24 they
celebrated the service of
SEE NEWMANS | A6
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Collectively, the Newmans have more than a century of work experience at the CPW.
SPORTS
STATEMENT GAME
Greer knocks off

Eastside during
homecoming
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COMMUNITY
THE GREER CITIZEN
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7
GRACE PLACE in Greer will
have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - noon at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.
THE VIETNAM VETERANS
of America Chapter 523 will
meet at Greenville Shrine
Club, 119 Veverly Road.
Greenville Chow time is 6-7
p.m. for $5, with meeting following. For more information,
call Chapter President Patrick
Ramsey at 232-4110 or V.P.
Jerry Brock at 918-4451.
THE NEVER ALONE GROUP
OPEN at 7:30 p.m. at the
Greer Recreational Center,
226 Oakland Ave.
THURSDAY, OCT. 8
KIWANIS CLUB AT 6:30 p.m.
at Laurendas Family Restaurant. Call Charmaine Helfrich
at 349-1707.
TRADITIONAL RUG HOOKING guild meet at Spalding
Farm Clubhouse off Highway
14 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Call
Betsy McLeod at 270-1164
or email Patty Yoder at scupstatehooking@gmail.com
SATURDAY, OCT. 10
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.
FOOD PANTRY DEVOTIONAL 9:30 -10 a.m. at Calvary
Christian Fellowship, 2455
Locust Hill Road, Taylors. First
come, first serve basis.
SUNDAY, OCT. 11
THE NEVER ALONE Group
of Narcotics Anonymous
meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer
Recreational Center, 226
Oakland Ave.
LANCE-ANDERS REUNION
DESCENDANTS of the late
Williamson Burton Lance
and Sarah Caroline Anders
Lance will meet 1 p.m. at
Lance Knoll, 1755 Wingo Rd.
Campobello.
MONDAY, OCT. 12
10 a.m. - noon. Grace Place
is located at 407 Ridgewood
Drive. I.D. required.
BARBERSHOP HARMONY
CHAPTER meet at 7:30 p.m.
at Memorial United Methodist Church, 201 N. Main
St., Greer. Call Richard at
384-8093.
DIABETES SUPPORT
GROUP meeting from 6-7:30
p.m. at the GHS Life Center,
875 W. Fais Road, Greenville.
Call 455-4003.
TUESDAY, OCT. 13
THE NEVER ALONE group
candlelight meeting at 7:30
p.m. at the Greer Recreational
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. Guests
welcome. Call 630-3988.
GRACE PLACE in Greer holds
its clothing closet from 6-8
p.m. I.D. required.
THE GREER DAY Lions Club
meets at noon at Mutts BBQ,,
101 West Road. Call Caroline
at 848-5355.
GAP CREEK SINGERS
rehearse from 7-8:30 p.m.
at The Church of the Good
Shepherd, 200 Jason St.,
Greer. For further information contact Wesley Welsh at
877-5955.
will be accepted from Oct.

1-20 at WHAM Auctions
Appraisals & Real Estate
LLC, 104 Middleton Way,
Greer. The auction will be
online Oct. 28-Nov.5. Needed items include: antiques,
jewelry, furs, artwork,
cars, trucks, motorcycles,
RVs, boats, new and used
furniture in good condition, and more. Items may
be taken to WHAM 9:30
a.m.-5 p.m. Call 877-1937
for more information.
BENEFIT
FISHING TOURNAMENT
Gods Pantry is hosting

the Black Bag Bass Benefit
Tournament on Lake Hartwell Oct. 10. The entry
fee is $150 per boat. Participants will leave from
the Portman ramp. Prizes
include $400 payout to
the first big fish and an
overall payout of $1,000
to the biggest fish. For
more info, contact Rodney
Floyd, director of the SC
Upstate Legacy Division at
417-5804.
UPSTATE AUTISM FORUM

WORKSHOP SESSIONS
The Upstate Autism Forum will be on Saturday,

Oct. 10 from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the BMW Zentrum
in Greer. This free forum
is sponsored by BMW, LUCAS Network, the South
Carolina Autism Society
and Project Hope Foundation. Workshop sessions
will include Autism 101,
parenting training and
toolkit and Medicaid ABA
coverage. Lunch will be
available by advance purchase. The Upstate Autism
Forum is recommended
for families affected by
autism, individuals with
autism, educators and
disability
professionals.
Registration is available
online at scautism.org.
VOLUNTEER
NEEDED GCM
BILLY CANNADA | THE GREER CITIZEN
Homecoming festivities
Greer High School held its annual homecoming parade
last Thursday on Main Street in downtown Greer.
is Ray Roback, a local photographer who currently
teaches
photography
classes as part of the Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute
at Furman University. Selected art will be displayed
at the Lake Robinson Day
of Celebration on Oct. 18
at the J. Verne Smith Park,
Grere CPW and at the Wall
Gallery in Greer City Hall.
For more info, visit cityofgreer.org.
All Larkins restaurant

locations will be taking
voluntary donations from
guests to be donated daily
to flood relief efforts in
Columbia. Larkins, which
opened a Grill Marks location in Columbia in mid
August, will provide a free
dessert to any who provide
a donation of $10 or more.
For more info, contact
Liz@LarkinRestaurants.
com or at 704-577-2743.
GRIEF SUPPORT CLASSES

CLASSES IN GREENVILLE
DINE OUT FOR MOM

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Interim Healthcare Hospice will be offering new

grief support classes in
Greenville. Classes are for
those who are struggling
with the loss of a loved
one. The classes meet
weekly for 10 sessions beginning Oct. 12. Leaders of
the classes will focus on
basic principles and tools
using Alan Wolfeits book
Understanding Your Grief:
Ten Essential Touchstones
for Finding Hope and Healing.
Classes will meet at the
Mackey Corporate Office,
5 Century Dr., Suite 220.
Interested individuals may
sign up with Tonya Taylor
at 721-4131 or tonya.taylor@interimcares.com or
directly online at hospicegriefsupport.com.
PHOTO CONTEST
LAKE ROBINSON
The Friends of Lake Robinson organization is accepted photos of the lake

environs for its 2015 juried art competition as part
of its Lake Robinson Day
of Celebration. Photographers may submit as many
as two original photo files
for the competition. The
winning entry will receive
a $100 prize. Cash prizes
will also be awarded for
the second and third place
photos. This years juror
GCM ONLINE
AUCTION DONATIONS
Donations for the Greer

Community Ministries Big
Thursday online auction
FUNDRAISING EVENT
TYANNA FOUNDATION
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 Com-
BIG THURSDAY
AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED
Churches have been the

foundation of Big Thursday for 36 years. Congregations are needed to join
and fill tables with products for their Nov. 5 auction. Items may include
baked goods, casseroles
and crafts. These items
are needed the week of the
event.
Call 877-1937 or email
Hannah
Rainwater
at
hrainwater@gcminc.org
to volunteer.
JAM FOR CARE,

OCT. 13
On Tuesday, from 6-8:30

p.m. on October 13 is Jam
for Care at Wild Wing Cafe
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.
LARKINS TAKING FLOOD

RELIEF DONATIONS
lettherebemom.org/dineout-for-mom-volunteers.
Greer Community Ministries needs a volunteer to

help with assessments on
Meals on Wheels clients
through an application
process. Retired nurses
or medical professionals
would be ideal for this
position. For more information, call Cindy at GCM,
877-1937.
pany (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 benefit the
Greenville Health System
and will help to provide
free breast screenings to
women. For more information, contact Cate Tyson at
363-4977 or BreastFestGreenville@gmail.com
This years event will be

Thursday, Oct. 22. Volunteers are needed to hang
posters and deliver marketing materials to participating restaurants. For
more information visit
Sponsored by
Citizens Building and Loan
R
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Nov. 5th
@Fairview Baptist Church
G
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8am - 7pm
CRAFTS FOOD AUCTION
Online Auction
OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 2
New ar!
Ye
This
Bid from the comfort of your home!

whamauctions.com
WHAM will be receiving donated items at their showroom
104 Middleton Way, Greer, SC, now through Tuesday, October 20.
Appraise
your treasures!
Master Appraiser Llewellyn Kelly Dykes

will appraise items from noon-4 pm
$5 for one item

$10 for up to three items
309 Northview Drive Greer

848-1935
news
wednesday, October 7, 2015
the greer citizen
a3
Bat company creates big waves from small space

By Kenneth Collins Maple
Staff Writer
Anchor Bat Company
founders, Eddie and Matthew Rollins, searched the
Greer and Taylors area
for the prime location for
their new business, which
creates maple baseball
bats for ballplayers of all
ages. At the end of their
search, it seemed that
the best place for them,
at least for now, was in a
two-car garage.
From that cozy garage
in Taylors, the father-son
duo begun a business that
is already making waves,
even in Major League Baseball. MLB players, player
agents and teams at all
professional baseball levels have contacted them.
Theres a certain mysterious component about
us, Matthew said, relaying a story about an agent
Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen
As part of the finishing process, each bat is sealed and stenciled with the Anchor logo.
Theres a certain
mysterious
component about
us.
Matthew Rollins
After sanding, the bat is smoothed with a metal tube to

compress the wood fibers.
Co-founder
who tried to contact the

company. Who are you?
Whys it so hard to get
your product? Well, its
because were in a two
car garage bootstrapping
through life.
Matthew explained that
they are in the garage of
Martha Pittman, his grandmother.
Weve taken over her
space. Shes been a really
good sport about it, Matthew laughed.
From there, he and his
father have begun crafting
bats, an idea in the making
for the last decade.
There was this constant
thing my dad and I had
talked about for a decade
plus, and it was a bat company, he explained. I had
never thought through it
in terms of, can you make
money? Is it a glorified
hobby? Is it something
that is sustainable? Is it
something that is realistic?
It certainly seems realistic now. From their space
in Taylors, the Rollins can
make 8,000 bats a year.
Theyre putting up the
finishing touches on the
garage now and planning
a strategic sales launch of
their product within the
next 30 days.
The marketing idea for
Anchor Bats is different
than one might find elsewhere in the industry. Because of the cost and the
restrictions imposed by
the MLB on bat suppliers,
Eddie and Matthew are
looking to limit the number of players and teams
that are serviced by An-
The final touch for each bat is a brand of the anchor logo on the base. Above, a hollowed
out end cap reduces the weight of a made-to-order bat.
Matthew Rollins discusses the development of his brand

name and logo.
chor Bats.
So many companies,
what they do is go out of
business trying to service
the major league guys,
said Matthew, a former
college and independent
ballplayer.
He said they are looking
to provide bats for around
30 MLB players and a similar number for the minor
leagues. He said they might
give an exception to local
teams like the Greenville
Drive or Asheville Tourists
or Charleston RiverDogs.
Matthew said professional players would have
to go through an application process in order to be
serviced by the company.
Anchor bats arent exclusively for professional
ballplayers. Little leaguers
will soon be swinging Anchor bats, too.
Every single person is
going to get a bat thats
the same quality, he said.
Literally theres nothing
that we could buy thats
better than what a major
leaguer would buy.

Its fitting then that the
wood for the bats comes
from a company located
just outside of Cooperstown, New York, where
the MLB Hall of Fame is
located. Matthew said they
have made bats from ash,
but primarily they work
with maple, the choice
for most major leaguers.
He also said they hope
to one day also use European beech wood, a
harder, denser wood from
Ukraine.
On each bat is a logo that
Matthew and Eddie hope
will be recognizable. Its
an anchor with a bat in the
middle. The logo serves as
a tie to the Rollins Christian faith. Matthew said
they were struggling to
come up with an embraceable name. He and his wife
Delecta chose one on a
long car ride to southern
Georgia.
I said before we get to
your moms house, were
going to have a name, he
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been trying for 60 days to
get a name, how are we going to get one?
Around Macon, Georgia
we came up with Anchor
Bat.
Since then, the company
has supplied bats upon
request to baseball players and fans near and far.
Theyve sent bats to nearly
all 50 states, to Canada,
Australia and countries
in between. One day former U.S. Attorney General
and baseball bat collector

John Ashcroft, contacted
them with a request for
three bats. Ashcroft sent
one back signed that said,
These bats are a home
run.
A Disney executive involved in marketing contacted one day and invited
the Rollins to come and
share about Anchor Bats.
How did that guy find
us? Matthew wondered
aloud.
Of all who have re-
quested bats, maybe the

most impressive was an
individual who randomly
emailed over the weekend. The email was from
a professional ballplayer,
who preferred not to give
out his name, but is likely
the National League Most
Valuable Player.
When youve got potential MVPs contact you, you
must be doing something
right.
kmaple@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
OPINION
The Greer Citizen
A4 THE GREER CITIZEN
For Christine
he irony was not lost on Paul this

past week as, on the day normally
spent marking the occasion his
mother, Christine, brought him into the
world, he was signing the papers from
hospice to assist her in leaving it.
And you would be forgiven for mistaking this as a time when family, and all
who love her, gather round her bed in
tears and prayer. For Christine, yesterday, was sitting up, dressed, in her
favorite blue chair, sherry in one hand
and The Christian Science Monitor on
her lap, wondering aloud if Joe Biden
might run for President.
He might, Paul said, but he has
said he doesnt know if hes in the right
frame of mind.
Yes, Christine remarked, But I hope
he does. His son wanted him to.
There is a small silence before Christine asks, Can anyone think of a reason
I shouldnt have a second sherry?
Well, I take a risk of gallows humor,
its not very good for your health, you
know, and am relieved she finds the
humor and laughs heartily along with
the rest of us.This is not a woman dying
of cancer or dementia. This is a 94 year
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
old woman strong in will yet frail in
body, a body, she says, with the candidness and formidable nature that saw her
surviving four years of camp in what
was then Japanese-occupied Indonesia,
that is no longer hers- unrecognizable
in its infirmity. And so there will be no
heroics. There is instead an honoring
of her desire for a dignified departure
and I marvel at the unselfish support
from all her beloved children, in this era
dysfunctional families, as they arrive to
sit and spend hours and days of shared
memories from a devout and active life
well lived. No drama, no theatrics. Tears?
Of course, but often in private.
Its so disconcerting, I said to Paul,
on our way home after a visit, Spending
time with her this week, saying goodbye...its as if shes moving, not dying.
In a way, thats exactly what shes
doing. said Paul. But he agrees, as do

his sisters, Elizabeth and Guusje, that
the word best describing this time is
surreal.
Im not sure how taking a tipple is
often referred to as Dutch courage,
but I certainly recognize the courage
in this small Dutch woman, as well as
her kind and generous heart. A woman
of lesser strength- both in faith and
nature- would not have survived the
camps or moving to America knowing
nary a soul. Her proficiency in speaking
five languages secured her position at
the Dutch Embassy in Washington and,
with a desire for a conventional life with
husband and children, she left that job
after a few years to begin again, met
the man of her dreams- John, a fellow
Dutchman to whom, she told me, she
married because he had beautiful manners, after three months. The marriage
flourished for 52 years before Christine
was left a widow, and she bolstered on,
including a return visit to Indonesia with
her beloved twin sister, Bertha, on their
80th birthday.
Having never been the sort of person
who could self indulgently sit around
and do nothing, Christine swam 20

laps, every morning, for well over fifty
years and only stopped at 89 when her
diminishing balance interfered with her
safety in the water. When she wasnt
swimming, she was marching: around
her retirement village, down our endless driveway, or, as I reminded her this
week, zig zagging up the side walk of
a daunting hill in San Francisco, after
waltzing round the ballroom floor at the
top of the Sir Francis Drake hotel with
John, and too many Tia Marias, during a
wonderful holiday spent with Paul and
me.
Christine, I know you dont need to
hear me tell you once again that I love
you. But I want to write it, anyway. And
as you have told me you consider me
a daughter, I gratefully take my place
within this marvelous family unit- these
lives you have nurtured and cultivated to
become the wonderfully good and compassionate people they are- to tell you
how honored I am to be in your presence
during this precious and sacred time.
With all our hearts, we love you. We
thank you. May Gods blessings and
abiding peace be upon you.
REFLECTIONS
FROM THE
MAPLE TREE
RICK EZELL
Pastor, Greer First Baptist Church
KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE

Staff Reporter
Dream house
Now be pleased to bless the

house of your servant, that it
may continue forever in your
sight; for you, O Sovereign
LORD, have spoken, and with
your blessing the house of your
servant will be blessed forever
(2 Samuel 7:29 NIV).
ome is a place you grow

up wanting to leave, and
grow old wanting to get
back to.John Ed Pearce
John Howard Payne had
been away from home for nine
years. One afternoon he stood
at the window watching the
throngs of peoplehappy and
hurryinggoing home. Suddenly he felt lonely, there in
a Paris boardinghouse room.
Impatiently he turned from the
window. He had projects to finish, perhaps an important play
he was writing. He had no time
for sentimental dreaming. But
the mood and the memories
of a little town on Long Island
would not leave him. He picked
up a pencil and began writing:
Mid pleasures and palaces
though we may roam,
David prays that his house
will always find acceptance
and approval from God. For his
househis name, his family,
his descendantswill always
be a reflection on God. He
would never want to be away
from Gods tender touch and
Gods watchful eye. David
knows there is no place like a
house that has the approval of
God. He craves to remain in
the aura, in the atmosphere,
in the awareness that he is in
Gods favor, wherever he is.
Have you prayed that God
will bless your home? Be careful of that prayer, however. To
pray for Gods blessing youre
not asking for an upgrade.
Youre not longing for a renovation. You do not desire an
addition. You are asking God
to move inforever. You are
giving God the title, keys and
allpermanently. God becomes
a lifelong resident.
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GUEST EDITORIAL
Reform road system first,

then talk about revenue
If more money were the answer to the states
infrastructure woes, the topic would hardly be
worth debating. The real trouble with South
Carolinas roads, though, isnt a lack of money.
Its a lack indeed, a total lack of citizen control or influence on road funding. How do we
know more money wont produce better roads?
Consider the fact that since 2012 the Department of Transportations (DOT) total ratified budget (from all three parts of the budget
General Fund, federal funds, Other Funds) has
grown by $708 million. Thats about 54 percent
when adjusted for inflation. Further, the State
Transportation Infrastructure Banks (STIB)
budget has grown from $50 million in 2014 to
$155 million in 2015, and hit a whopping $255
million in the current fiscal year.
The states transportation budget is growing,
then more money has been put into it with
no discernible improvement. The common misconception by proponents of a gas tax increase
is that the state needs more overall revenue.
Thats not the same as supposing we need to
spend more of what we have on repair. Consider: in the last fiscal year less than $300 million
of the just under $2 billion in transportation
funding was free to be devoted to road maintenance anywhere in the state road system.
In reality, though, no one has any idea if the
state needs more overall revenue. Why? Because
the current system of prioritization and funding
of projects is not transparent. For example, 642
payments were made from the State Transportation Infrastructure Bank (STIB) to the home
county of Florence Sen. Hugh Leatherman hes
also a member of the STIB board from 2010 to
March of this year. Under our current system,
its simply impossible to know if these monies
were used on the most pressing transportation
needs in the state. It seems extremely unlikely,
but the truth is that there is no way to be sure.
And indeed some lawmakers have even complained that they dont know what projects the
DOT has prioritized according to Act 114 (a law
they passed in 2007 that restructured the De-
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partment of Transportation). Lawmakers made

a gesture at transparency in the 2015-16 budget
by inserting a proviso requiring the project priority list to be made publicly available.
By itself, that will accomplish very little as
long as the underlying problem remains the
same namely that the lions share of power
over the DOT belongs to two lawmakers for
whom the great majority of South Carolinians
cant vote for and have never heard of.
Clearly reform must come before any consideration of revenue. But how?
The Department of Transportation Commission should be eliminated and the DOT Secretary made directly accountable to the governor.
Decisions affecting the states road system
should be made by an official accountable to
the entire state the governor and when the
system fails in one way or another, citizens
should know whos responsible.
The STIB should be eliminated entirely. Revenue currently used by the STIB to pay bond debt
and fund new projects should fund repair and
maintenance of the roads we currently have.
If bonding is necessary to pay for roads in the
future, that debt should be incurred by a fully
accountable DOT.
Finally, expenditures, matching federal projects, debt, and project prioritization should be
fully transparent. Citizens should be able to
see how much money is actually available for
our roads, and which projects are being funded
the most critical, or pet projects. Only when
citizens and the media can see exactly which
projects are being funded and which arent
unnecessary expansions versus long-needed repair, for instance will those in authority have
an incentive to change.
Once these reforms are achieved, lawmakers
may begin talking about taking more money
from taxpayers and putting it into the transportation system. Not until then.
This guest editorial was submitted by Jamie Murguia, director of research for the
S.C. Policy Council.
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My playoff
team
need an October team.

My Chicago White Sox
and Atlanta Braves failed
to reach the playoffs, again.
Heres my attempt to convince
myself of a new team for the
postseason.
Off the bat, Im eliminating
Houston, New York (Yankees),
Chicago (Cubs) and Pittsburgh.
They get the boot because if
they lose the wild-card game,
then Ive written an entire column about a team that didnt
even survive one day. Additionally the Cubs get eliminated for
making my White Sox look bad
(actually they made themselves
look bad) and the Yankees get
eliminated for, well, being the
Yankees.
That leaves six teams.
Ill start with the perennial
contenders the Cardinals.
They get picked off because,
frankly, Im tired of their winning ways. If I lived in Missouri
then I would probably be beaming with pride for a team that
always has a chance at another
title. I dont live there, though,
so they get discarded.
Next we have the Mets. I
dont know how this has happened that they won the NL
East. Laughingstocks are supposed to be laughed at. If we
let them win the World Series,
we might as well let the Phillies
play in the Fall Classic. Because
I dont want to see that and Im
confused about the suddenly
talented Mets, they get thrown
out.
Staying in the National
League, we have the Dodgers.
Id kind of like to see a hothitting team try to touch up
Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke for a few runs. Theyre not
my new team, but they are the
team Id like to see get upset in
the World Series. Nice try.
In the AL, Im rooting against
the Royals. Amazingly theyve
gone from a great worst to first
story to annoyingly arrogant.
Theyre out.
Lastly we have the Rangers
and the Blue Jays. Im torn
here. I like the personnel for
both teams- players like Adrian
Beltre, Elvis Andrus and Prince
Fielder in Texas and Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki
in Toronto. However, theyve
left former White Sox ace Mark
Buehrle off their playoff roster
in his final season. Whether
this is a good call or not from
a winning standpoint, Im irritated at them. Texas gets the
nod, then. Go Rangers (until
next season)!
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BUSINESS
The Greer Citizen
CBL announces executive changes

Greers Citizens Building
and Loan (CBL) recently
made changes to its executive team.
Jennifer T. Jones, who
has been with CBL since
2000, has been named
executive vice president,
and Dennis D. Trout, who
joined the bank in 2013,
has been promoted to senior vice president. Brent
S. Garrett also has joined
the bank as a senior vice
president. His primary focus will be in business development.
Jones has more than 15
years of local banking experience. She is a lifelong
Greer resident. She received her degree in Business Administration with
an emphasis in Accounting, from Presbyterian

College. Jones presently is
the chairman of the South
Carolina Bankers Associations Financial Literacy
Division. In addition, she
is first vice chairman on
the Board Of Directors for
the Young Bankers Division of the SCBA. She is
also serving on the Board
of Trustees for Greers
Partnership for Tomorrow.
She is the chairman for
the School Improvement
Council at Chandler Creek
Elementary, is a Meals on
Wheels Volunteer and is a
member of the Budget and
Finance Committee for
First Presbyterian Church
in Greer.
Trout has more than 19

years of banking/financial
operational
experience
in the Greer and Spartanburg communities. Trout
received his BS in Financial Management and MBA
degree from Clemson University.
He currently serves on
the Leadership Council,
and was a former director for the Greater Greer
Chamber of Commerce.
He is also a director and
former vice chairman of finances for Greer Community Ministries and serves
as deacon and trustee for
First Baptist Church of
Gowensville.
A longtime resident of
Greer, and a graduate of
Lander University in Business Administration, Garrett brings 10 years of

leadership experience to
his position. He currently
serves as chairman of the
Greater Greer Education
Foundation, is a member of the Greater Greer
Chamber of Commerce
Advisory Board and is a
member and former chairman of the Greater Greer
Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Council.
He is also a committee member of the Greer
Family Fest, and serves as
a Deacon, Elder and Committee Member for Capital
Campaign of First Presbyterian Church.
Greer State Bank promotes Duncan

Welcomes
Timmons
Greer State Bank recently promoted Kevin Duncan
to the position of assistant
vice president, LPL financial consultant.
Having more than eight
years of experience in
banking and financial services, Duncan joined Greer
State Bank last year and
served as the Buncombe
Road Branch Manager and
developed the banks private banking services.
Now, serving in the corporate offices, he will be
responsible for business
development in the areas
of retirement planning
and risk management. He
will also continue to work
closely with the private
banking and wealth management areas of Greer
State Bank.
We are very excited to
have Kevin join our Greer
Financial team, said John
Gifford, senior vice president, financial advisor for
Greer State Bank. Kevins
experience and commit-
ment to his
customers,
and
our
community,
is evident
and we are
looking forward to this Duncan
new partnership.
As a Greer native, Duncan is actively involved in
numerous local non-profit
organizations. Currently,
he serves on the Greer
Relief Board of Directors,
City of Greer Board of Zoning Appeals, Greater Greer
Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Development
Council, School Improvement Council at Crestview
Elementary and recently
received the Greer Chamber 2014 SUD Volunteer
of the Year award.
The bank also recently
welcomed Scott Timmons,
who will serve as branch
manager/private banker
and assistant vice president. Timmons joins with
more than 10 years of
banking experience. Serving at the Buncombe Road
branch, Timmons will be
responsible for leading the
branch team, business de-
velopment
and customer acquisition. Scott
will assume
the Private
Banking
r e s p o n s i - Timmons
bilities while
working closely with Greer Financial
Services and Wealth Management.
Greer State Bank is
excited to welcome Scott

Timmons as the new manager and loan officer at its
Buncombe Road office,
said Tommy Williams, senior vice president and
retail banking manager.
Scott is a military veteran
who brings ten years of
banking and leadership
experience with him, and
we are confident he will
be an effective presence in
his new position.
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Late fees
Q: Our family has an
account at a movie rental
store. I rented a movie the
other day, and forgot to
take it back on time. The
late fees add up to $20.
Im in college and have
a part-time job, so my
parents think I should pay
the late fees. They started
the account, so shouldnt
they have to pay the fees?
DR: Technically, Im
sure your parents are responsible for the account.
But think about this.
Youre the one who rented
the movie and forgot
to take it back on time.
If you have a job and
access to money, I think
you should be the one to
make things right.
DAVE
SAYS
DAVE
RAMSEY
Chalk this one up as
a learning experience. If
youre grown up enough
to be in college and have
a job, then youre grown
up enough to start cleaning up your own messes.
Thats the way life works.
It doesnt mean that your
parents dont love you. In
fact, it means that they
love you enough to teach
you a valuable lesson in
responsibility!
OBITUARIES
The Greer Citizen
Donald A. Wilson
Veteran
Larry Miller
Milton W. Moore
Veteran
Veteran
James Larry Miller, 69,

passed away peacefully in
his sleep Oct. 2, 2015 at St.
Francis Hospital.
A
native
of
Greenville
County, son of
the late James Ervin and
Faira Belle Floss Burgess
Miller, he was the owner
and operator of Millers
Porcelain Studio and a U.S.
Navy Vietnam Veteran.
Surviving are a daughter, Lisa Miller Dean and
her husband, Gregg of
Taylors; a son, James Lee
Miller and his wife, Dawn
of Taylors; five grandchildren, Alex Dean, Eric Dean,
Taylor Miller, Ciera Miller
and Brody Miller; and a
niece, Dedi Raines.
Mr. Miller was predeceased by a sister, Katherine Kat Holloway and a
niece, Renae Lindley.
Funeral services were
held 4 p.m. Monday at The
Wood Mortuary, conducted by Rev. Steve Hawkins
and Rev. Jeff Dean. Burial
followed in Hillcrest Memory Gardens.
Visitation was held 5-7
p.m. Sunday at The Wood
Mortuary.
The family is at the
home of his daughter, Lisa
Dean.
Online condolences may
be made at thewoodmortuary.com.
Milton Wayne Moore, 69,

widower of Valentine Chomutov Moore, died Oct. 3,
2015 at Greenville Memorial Hospital.
A native of
Greer, son of
the late Charles
and Marie Whitmire Moore, he served in
the U.S. Army National
Guard, was a retired employee of Bi-Lo and of the
Baptist faith.
Surviving are two daughters, Crystal M. Moore
(Tommy James) of Greer
and Rhonda C. Moore of
Boiling Springs; two sons,
Chuck S. Sink (Kimberly)
of Greer; and Marshall
W. Moore (Shannon) of
Cowpens; a brother, Dean
Moore (Terry) of Greer;
four grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held 4 p.m. Wednesday at
The Wood Mortuary, conducted by Evangelist Mildred Smith. Entombment
will be held in Hillcrest
Memory Gardens Mausoleum.
Visitation will be held 24 p.m. Wednesday at The
Wood Mortuary.
home.
Donald Alfred Wilson,

87, died Oct. 5, 2015 at his
home.
A native of
Millersburg,
PA, son of the
late Alfred M.
and Etta Strausser Wilson, he served as a Lt Col
in the Civil Air Patrol as
a Chaplain, a U.S. Navy
Veteran and was a member of Good News Baptist
Church. He was a graduate of Bob Jones University with a BS in Bible and
a Master of Divinity. He
served his Lord and Savior
as a minister of the gospel for over 60 years. His
greatest joy was leading
his family members to a
saving knowledge of Jesus
Christ.
Surviving is his wife,
Nancy Elizabeth Wood Wilson of the home.
Mr. Wilson was predeceased by two sisters, Lois
Mapes and Nancy Hensel
and three brothers, Robert M. Wilson, Rahn Wilson
and Richard Wilson.
Funeral services will be
held 2 p.m. Friday at Wood
Mortuary conducted by
Pastor Daniel Waters and
Dr. Donald Wood. Burial
will follow in Mountain
View Cemetery.
Visitation will be held
12:30-2 p.m. Friday at
Wood Mortuary.
home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Good
News Baptist Church, 1592
S. Highway 14, Greer, SC
29650.
RETAIL: Sales continue to skyrocket
FROM PAGE ONE
are well in excess of ($1

billion), but were very
pleased with the progress
weve made here in Greer
coming out of the recession. Since the recession,
every year for us has been
a record.
To a certain extent,
Greer really has become
a destination for retail,
he said. Local folks are
choosing to stay here and
buy, and thats reflected
in what our businesses are
doing.
The positive trend is
due to a couple of factors,
Greer City Administrator
Ed Driggers said.
It is a combination of
new businesses opening
and existing businesses
seeing an increase in overall sales, he said. Success breeds success, so

they say. An overall positive economy, a growing
community with higher
disposable incomes, more
shopping opportunities,
flexible shopping hours-all of these provide the
right climate for economic
success.
The City of Greer is a
great place to do business
and businesses do well
here, Driggers added. We
work very hard to make
the process of opening a
business as easy as possible. That, combined with
a low tax rate, is attractive
to new businesses and existing businesses alike.
As for the future, Deaton
said there is plenty of reason to believe retail shops

will see more business
Its hard to predict
what the future will hold,
but we continue to see
good growth, Deaton
said. Our local businesses have to continue to do
the right things, offering
the right products and the
right customer service, but
I really think the future is
bright.
I believe we will continue to see double-digit
percentage increases for
many more years, Driggers said. Rooftops drive
retail sales and our housing starts in the Greer
community continues to
be very strong.
NEWMANS: Celebrate century at CPW

FROM PAGE ONE
the Newman family with

a resolution proposed
by Jeffrey Tuttle, general
manager of the CPW. The
family gathered at the
CPW regularly scheduled
meeting to be recognized
and remember Buzz, who
has since passed. The elder Newman worked for
28 years; his two sons have
worked as linemen since
1974. They havent really
ever thought of working
anywhere else.
Brent said he began
working in the 10th grade
when he was just 16 to
save up money to buy a
car.
My boss man said he
didnt know if it was legal
or not, Brent said, laughing about working at such
a young age.
Brent began reading meters at that time. He said
it was gratifying to restore
peoples power when they
were in need.
People depend on you.
They still do. Mike said
in 1980, several years after he started with CPW,
the electrical department
had 6500 customers. Today they have 17,400.
The numbers point out
the obvious Greer has
grown and continues to do
so. The brothers have seen
the changes made within
CPW either firsthand or
through stories from their
father.
Our dad who was retired for 25 years and was
always constantly amazed
at the progress and how
much the company was
growing, Brent said. Of

course when he started
here the company didnt
even own a bucket truck.
The lack of equipment
obviously would not last.
Buzz is even known for
using a bright red bucket
truck to deliver Christmas
gifts to children. He loved
children, and he loved
serving the public. His passion for Greer was passed
down to Mike and Brent.
We were just always a
commission family with
dad being in the business, Mike said. I can remember as a kid throwing
snowballs at the commission trucks as they come
up and down the road. I
dont think we ever had a

choice where we were going to work. Preordained
we were gonna come
here.
(We) followed in Dads
footsteps, Brent said.
Thinking back on Buzzs
service and the changes
theyve seen, the sons discussed the conditions of
CPW when they began.
We came to work here
in the early 70s. Mike
said. Our facility was located down near the railroad tracks. This cavernous brick building with
broken out windows and
full of rats. Thats what we
worked out of.
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RECORD: Flooding invades the south

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Lexington,
Orangeburg,
Richland and Williamsburg counties are all able
to receive federal funding.
Nine deaths have been
attributed to the storm
across the state, according
to South Carolina Department of Safety Director Leroy Smith, who spoke at a
Monday press conference.
Five of those deaths came
from individuals trying to
drive through floodwaters.
The other deaths were results of car crashes.
While Columbia and the
middle of the state seemed
to receive the most rainfall and consequently, the
most flooding, the Upstate
was saturated with rain
and experienced heavy
winds.
Scott Krentz, meteorologist with the National
Weather Service at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport
said Laurens County received the most rainfall in
the Upstate at around 10
inches in some places.
Greenville and Spartanburg counties received
between four and eight
inches of rain from Friday
until midday Sunday.
There was a lot of
flooding with it, Krentz
said. A lot of roads were
closed. The Highway Patrol had to close a bunch
of roads across the Upstate and a bunch of trees
down as well because the
soils were saturated. It
didnt take much wind to
take trees down.
Krentz said most of the
rain was not from Hurricane Joaquin.
We werent really af-
fected by that too much,

Krentz said of the hurricane. It did provide some
easterly flow, moist Atlantic flow to the system that
was over us.
In Greer, a number of
trees were felled by high
winds. The Greer Commission of Public Works
responded to downed
trees on Inglesby and Bob
Streets, as well as Mountain View Court near Locust Hill Road. CPW responded to three power
outages, which affected
114 customers, according
CPW public information
officer Matthew Brady.
Tyger River Fire Chief
Jim Redd said they responded to a few trees
that fell in Lyman.
They also called on their
Swift Water Rescue Team.
Fortunately we didnt
need them, he said.
Columbia is in need,
however. Tyger River sent
four individuals from their
department to the state
capital. Those individuals
are trained as swift water
technicians, hazmat technicians and emergency
medical responders. Greer
Fire Department has also
sent individuals to help
out with efforts. They sent
one individual Sunday,
two on Monday and are
waiting to hear if they will
need to send more.
Officers and civilian
employees at the Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office took seven pallets of
bottled water in a 26-foot
truck to the Lexington
County Law Enforcement
Center to aid the citizens
affected. Sheriff Chuck
Wright has been in con-
tact with law enforcement

officials in the Columbia
area and learned that all
the bottled water that was
brought was gone in about
two hours.
Wright is asking citizens
of Spartanburg County
and surrounding counties to donate more bottle
water. He said citizens
could bring bottled water
to the office until noon on
Wednesday and it would
be immediately transported to the Columbia area.
Displaced animals are
being taken care of, too.
Greenville County Animal Care has deployed its
Animal Rescue Team to
assist Lee County Animal
Shelter, which was impacted by heavy rain and
flooding from the storm.
Animals from the shelter
will be brought to Greenville County before being
transferred to other Humane Society Emergency
Placement Partners in the
coming days.
The inclement weather
affected many planned
events in the Greer area.
The
bi-annual
Albino
Skunk Music Festival had
to cancel its Saturday performances. Also cancelled
was the Greer Station Oktoberfest and FestiFall, the
annual history-based festival at Walnut Grove Plantation in Spartanburg.
In addition, some football games were moved
forward including Spartanburg versus Byrnes and
Emerald at Blue Ridge.
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CHURCH
NEWS
GLASSY MT. BAPTIST TO
HOLD BENEFIT YARD SALE
A benefit yard sale will

be held at Glassy Mountain
Baptist Church, located at
936 N. Glassy Mountain
Rd., this Saturday from 8
a.m.-until.
The proceeds will go to
benefit children in West
Virginia.
HARMONY FELLOWSHIP
HOMECOMING
On Sunday, Oct. 11, Harmony Fellowship Church,

located at 468 S. Suber
Road in Greer, will be celebrating homecoming.
Service will start at 10:30
a.m. Pastor Dan Smith welcomes all past members to
be our guest at this service.
Wade Spencer, of Ohio,
a member of the original
Spencer Family will be our
featured musical guest.
There will be a nursery
provided. For more information, call 877-8272.
DAY OF UNITY BENEFIT

SCHEDULED OCT. 18
A Day of Unity benefit for the Charleston

Nine is set for Sunday,
Oct. 18, at 5 p.m. at Piney
Grove Missionary Baptist
Church.
The Church is located on

Jordan Road in Lyman.
The event will feature
speakers, a unity prayer
by Greer Mayor Rick Danner and singers.
There is no cost and the
doors will open at 4 p.m.
For more information,
contact Tena Irby at 4170076 or minister Travis
Watson at 525-3565.
TRBA ANNUAL MEETING

IS OCT. 18
The Three Rivers Baptist

Association will hold its
annual meeting on Sunday,
Oct. 18, at 5 p.m. At Enoree Baptist Church. Special
guest speaker is Dr. Ron
Barker, SCBC evangelism
and prayer strategist. The
event will feature missions
and ministries exhibits; a
celebration of Gods work
in member churches; testimony of a former Muslim who is now a Christfollower; presentation of
2016 visions for prayer
and evangelism; and a
prayer for revival. Member
churches are encouraged
to move their Sunday night
services to the meeting.
CHRISTMAS PRISONER
PACKETS DUE NOV. 18
Christmas
Prisoner
Packets are due to the
Three River Baptist Association office by Wednesday, Nov. 18. Approved
packing items include: one
black non-retractable pen
(no wire clip and no other

color pen), one junior legal
or no larger than 51/2x
8 Writing Tablet (no wire
bound tablets), One Adult
Toothbrush (individually
factory-sealed, no multipacks), Five First-Class
#10 Stamp-Embossed Envelopes (purchased at US
Post Office), Two Rolls of
Candy (LifeSavers, Mentos,
Breath Savers type), One 4
oz. to 6 oz. Bar of Soap (no
travel size), One 5.8 oz.
or larger Toothpaste (no
travel size), 1 gallon size
zipper bag. The packets
are given to the inmates
by the chaplains with the
help of volunteers. For
more information, visit
www.scbaptist.org.
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FOR NEWSLETTER
Due to a computer virus Three Rivers Baptist

Association has lost the
database containing all
mailing addresses. In order to continue to receive
the bi-monthly newsletter
and any other communication from the association
through the US Postal Service, call 834-9635 or visit
threeriversba.org.
RIVERSIDE WILL HOLD

YARD SALE OCT. 17
Riverside Baptist Church

will hold a churchwide
yard sale on Saturday, Oct.
17, from 7 a.m.-noon. The
event will be held inside
the church gym at 1249 S.

Suber Road in Greer.
MILFORD BAPTIST HOSTS

SWEET STREET
Milford Baptist Church

at 1282 Milford Church
Road, Greer will be hosting Sweet Street on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 5-7pm.
This is a free event for the
community. There will be
games, inflatables, food
and candy. For more information, visit milfordbaptistgreer.org.
Your forgotten
treasures can help
us feed and clothe
people right here in
our community that
are in need.
April Staggs
Auction Coordinator
or higher for the items donated because we believe

that is what our donors
intend for us to do. We believe that broadening the
exposure will help us accomplish that goal.
In addition, an online
auction will introduce
Greer Community Minis-
tries to a host of new people for the first time.

The more we can broaden our support base, the
more we are able to help
our clients, Simpler said.
WHAM has also agreed
to provide certified appraisers at Big Thursday.
For a small fee, the appraisers will estimate the
value of antiques or other
items. One item can be
appraised for $5 and up
to three items can be appraised for $10. All proceeds will be given back to
the ministry.
We are excited to be
able to include the appraisal services in this
years event. People are
intrigued by the idea of
finding treasures in their
attics. We hope having appraisals will bring more
people to the event, Simpler said.
The event will have

a shotgun start at 10
a.m.The cost is $240 per
team and includes green
fee, cart, range balls and
club house lunch. Trophies
will be awarded for first,
second and third place.
there will be an additional
prize for lowest scoring
church team with four ac-
A7
tive members of the same

church. A mulligan package is available for $20.
To reserve a space or for
more information, contact
Roger Stegall at 561-5376
or email MFBCgolf@gmail.
com. Money raised from
the event will go to support a mission trip to Nicaragua.
APALACHE BAPTIST
CHURCH GOLDEN HEARTS
The Golden Hearts seniors of Apalache Baptist

Church will be treated to a
movie and meal at 6 p.m.
in the Christian Life Center on Oct. 13. The movie
Moses is to be shown
and the meal will include
nibbles from Zaxbys, sweet
cakes and drinks. Popcorn
will be served during the
movie. The movie will end
at 8:30 p.m. On Oct. 29 the
senior adults plan to meet
at Laurendas restaurant
at 6 p.m. for their annual
Halloween Trick or Treat
party and meal.
Smith Phayer Hospice House welcomes

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than you thought youd need.
You have a choice. Stay close to home.

Our hospice care is available
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MARIETTA FIRST BAPTIST

GOLF TOURNAMENT
The Marietta First Baptist Church Nicaragua Mission Team is hosting a golf
tournament Saturday, October 24 at Cherokee Valley Golf Club.
Online auction added

to GCMs Big Thursday
The Big Thursday event
benefitting Greer Community Ministries is in its
36th year and changes are
in the works to make it
bigger and better.
Big Thursday is Nov. 5 at
Fairview Baptist Church.
The day-long event features a Christmas, crafts
and baked goods bazaar,
silent
auction,
barbecue lunch prepared by
the Bucket Boys, and the
Greer Lions Club hot dog
supper. Nancy Welchs
angel biscuits and Ann
Heltons apple pies will be
sold again this year. New
aspects of the event this
year are an appraisal fair,
upcycled and repurposed
furniture for sale, vendor
boutique, man cave items,
and an online auction.
The biggest change is
moving the evening live
auction to an online auction that will be completed
before the event even begins. Live auction items are
being collected through
Oct. 20 at WHAM Auctions
& Real Estate LLC. Donations are needed.
We encourage everyone
to clean out their attics
and garages and donate
quality items to the online
auction, said April Staggs,
Big Thursday auction coordinator. Your forgotten
treasures can help us feed
and clothe people right
here in our community
that are in need.
Helping GCM in their
mission to feed and clothe
neighbors in need has
never been easier. All proceeds from Big Thursday
benefit the ministrys four
programs including Meals
on Wheels, Senior Dining,
Food Pantry, and Sharons
Clothing Closet. Donate
items such as antiques,
artwork, jewelry, new and
used furniture in good
condition,
professional
services, tickets to sporting events, and like items.
Or bid generously during
the auction at whamauctions.com beginning Oct.
28.
Moving to an online auction will offer greater visibility of the items that
are donated. WHAM has a
worldwide audience and
people can bid from their
own homes for an entire
week, Oct. 28-Nov. 2.
Even though crowds
are consistent throughout
the day at Big Thursday,
by the time the live auction rolls around at 7 that
night, many people have
already gone home, said
Cindy Simpler, Executive
Director. The online auction accommodates everyones schedule.
We want to be good
stewards of the gifts we
are given. Our objective
is to get fair market value
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FIRE PREVENTION 2015

The Greer Citizen
Week focuses on importance of smoke alarms

In sleeping
Hear the BEEP where you SLEEP
quarters
Location matters when
it comes to your smoke
alarm. Thats the message
behind this years Fire Prevention Week campaign,
Hear the Beep Where
You Sleep. Every Bedroom
Needs a Working Smoke
Alarm!
Along with firefighters and safety advocates
nationwide, Greers local
departments are joining
forces with the nonprofit
National Fire Protection
Association (NFPA) during Fire Prevention Week,
Oct. 4-10, to remind local
residents about the importance of having working smoke alarms in every
bedroom, outside each
sleeping area, and on every level of the home, including the basement.
Half of home fire deaths
result from fires reported
at night between 11 p.m.
and 7 a.m. when most
people are asleep. Home
smoke alarms can alert
people to a fire before it
spreads, giving everyone
enough time to get out.
According to the latest NFPA research, working smoke alarms cut the
chance of dying in a fire in
half. Meanwhile, three out
of five fire deaths resulted
from fires in homes with
LOCAL FD CONTACTS
Boiling Springs FD
288-5037
Duncan Fire Department
439-1877
Glassy Mountain FD
895-4306
Gowensville FD
895-4452
Greer Fire Department
848-2166
Lake Cunningham FD
895-1212
North Greenville FD
834-9332
Pelham-Batesville FD
877-1247
Reidville Fire Department
433-9918
Taylors Fire Department
244-3980
Tigerville Fire Department
895-8855
Tyger River FD
949-6061
no smoke alarms or no
working smoke alarms.
This years Fire Prevention Week campaign
includes the following
smoke alarm messages:
Install smoke alarms in
every bedroom, outside
each separate sleeping
area and on every level of
the home, including the
basement.
Interconnect all smoke

alarms throughout the
home. This way, when one
sounds, they all do.
Test alarms at least
monthly by pushing the
test button.
Replace all smoke alarms
when they are 10 years old
or sooner if they dont respond properly.
Make sure everyone
in the home knows the
sound of the smoke alarm
and understands what to
do when they hear it.
If the smoke alarm
sounds, get outside and
stay outside. Go to your
outside meeting place.
Call the fire department
from outside the home.
To find out more about
Fire Prevention Week programs and activities contact your local fire department.
To learn more about
smoke alarms and Hear
the Beep Where You Sleep.
Every Bedroom Needs a
Working Smoke Alarm!
visit NFPAs Web site at
www.firepreventionweek.
org and www.sparky.org/
fpw.
Reproduced from NFPAs Fire Prevention Week
website, www.firepreventionweek.org.
2015 NFPA.
Install smoke
alarms in every
bedroom, outside each
separate sleeping area,
and on every level of the
home, including the
basement. Larger
homes may need
more alarms.
Fire Prevention Week Oct. 4-10, 2015

Half of home fire deaths
happen between 11 p.m.
and 7 a.m., when most
people are asleep.
For the best
protection, install
interconnected
smoke alarms in
your home. When
one sounds, they
all sound.
years
Test alarms at
least once a
month by pushing
the test button.
Some people, especially

children and older adults,
may need help to wake
up. Make sure someone
will wake them if the
smoke alarm sounds.
Replace all smoke alarms

when they are 10 years
old or if they do not sound
when tested.
When the smoke alarm

sounds, get outside and stay
outside. Go to your outside
meeting place.
Call the fire department

from a cellphone or a
neighbors phone. Stay
outside until the fire
department says its
safe to go back inside.
For more information about smoke alarms, visit

www.usfa.fema.gov and www.firepreventionweek.org.
Tips to properly install

home smoke alarms
GMFD
to host
open
house
Saturday
Glassy Mountain Fire Department is hosting a Fire
Prevention Month Open
House on Saturday, Oct.
10, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at
their headquarters, 2015
Highway 11 in Landrum.
Activities and events are
planned for all ages including fire station apparatus tours, fire prevention
trailer
demonstrations,
MedTrans
helicopter,
Sparky the Fire Dog and
other surprises for kids.
Hot dogs and hamburgers will be served. The
event is free to the community.
The Blood Connection
will be on hand for a blood
drive.
Every Bedroom Needs
a Working Smoke Alarm!
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
All suited up
Members of the Taylors Fire Department visited Brook

Glenn Elementary last Thursday to promote Fire Prevention
Week. Teachers Carolyn Lucas (kindergarten) and Rachel
Pinckney (fourth grade) suited up in full firefighter gear
during the assembly. The firemen stressed the importance
of working fire alarms as part of this years theme: Hear
the Beep Where You Sleep.
Local fire departments

often will install smoke
detectors at the request
of residents. However, if
homeowners choose to
install the detectors themselves, the National Fire
Protection Association offers the following tips.
Choose smoke alarms
that have the label of a
recognized testing laboratory.
Install smoke alarms
inside each bedroom, outside each sleeping area
and on every level of the
home, including the basement.
On levels without bedrooms, install alarms in
the living room (or den or
family room) or near the
stairway to the upper level, or in both locations.
Smoke alarms installed
in the basement should be
installed on the ceiling at
the bottom of the stairs
leading to the next level.
Smoke alarms should

be installed at least 10 feet
from a cooking appliance
to minimize false alarms
when cooking.
Mount smoke alarms
high on walls or ceilings.
Wall-mounted
alarms
should be installed not
more than 12 inches away
from the ceiling.
If you have ceilings
that are pitched, install
the alarm within 3 feet of
the peak but not within
the apex of the peak (four
inches down from the
peak).
Dont install smoke
alarms near windows,
doors, or ducts where
drafts might interfere with
their operation.
Never paint smoke
alarms. Paint, stickers, or
other decorations could
keep the alarms from
working.
For best protection,
interconnect all smoke
alarms. When one smoke

alarm sounds they all
sound.
When interconnected
smoke alarms are installed, it is important that
all of the alarms are from
the same manufacturer. If
the alarms are not compatible, they may not sound.
There are two types
of smoke alarms ionization and photoelectric. An
ionization smoke alarm
is generally more responsive to flaming fires, and
a photoelectric smoke
alarm is generally more
responsive to smoldering
fires. For the best protection, both types of alarms
or combination ionization-photoelectric alarms,
also known as dual sensor
smoke alarms, are recommended.
Reproduced from NFPAs Fire Prevention Week
website, www.firepreventionweek.org.
2015 NFPA.
Clip and hang on your refrigerator!
Pelham-Batesville
Fire Department
Fire Prevention Week - October 4-10, 2015
Hear the Beep Where You Sleep: Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm
SMOKE ALARM CHECKLIST

Sparky and the Pelham-Batesville Fire
Department remind you to:
Install smoke alarms in every room.

Check your smoke alarms once a month.
Change your batteries twice a year, as needed.
Check each month after you test your smoke alarms.
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Tyger River is Fire Ready! Is your family ready? Have your Address
clearly posted, have working smoke detectors, have an escape plan
with meeting area. Never go back inside a burning house. Call 911
Business Phone 949-6061
Fire prevention 2015
wednesday, october 7, 2015
the greer citizen
a9
Five ways to increase

home fire safety
Dont be
a statistic
An average of seven
Americans die each week
as a result of house fires.
Most fires occur in residential buildings between
the hours of 11 p.m. and 7
a.m., when occupants are
most likely to be asleep.
Your first line of defense
is fire preparedness.
In addition to installing working fire alarms,
there are several other
preventive actions to help
increase your chance of
survival in a fire:
Have a fire escape plan
for your family and practice it. A small fire can
spread rapidly you may
only have minutes or seconds to escape. When going over the details of your
escape plan, check windows and doors to ensure
all open easily. Know your
local emergency number
(911). Never stop to gather
belongings or reenter a
home after safely outside.
When renovating,
consider using fire-rated,
William Buchheit | File Photo
Greer fireman Taylor Graham hoses down some wood

inside a burned townhouse last November.
noncombustible products.
Your choice of insulation,
for example, can be vital.
Fire-resistant building materials can give you extra
time to escape when seconds count.
Purchase a multi-use
fire ladder for each bedroom in your home and
practice using it. A fire
ladder may be your only
escape option if flames
block critical exits.
Place fire extinguishers on every level of your
home, especially in highrisk areas like the kitchen,

near fireplaces and in the
garage. Use only for small,
contained fires that are
not spreading rapidly.
Know how to operate
your extinguisher before
an emergency occurs using the PASS method: Pull
pin, Aim low, Squeeze lever and Sweep from side
to side. The safest option
is always to evacuate your
home and call for help.
Reproduced from NFPAs Fire Prevention Week website, www.firepreventionweek.org. 2015 NFPA.
Departments team
for public safety activity
At Pelham
Road BI-LO
Friday
Several
departments
are teaming up for a large
event to promote public
safety awareness at the
BI-LO on Pelham Road on
Friday, Oct. 9, from 9 a.m.3 p.m.
Pelham-Batesville, Taylors, Wade Hampton, Boil-
ing Springs and GreenvilleSpartanburg International

Airport fire departments
will be on hand at the
event.
The departments will
bring out their trucks and
fire safety trailers, and
citizens will have opportunities to be trained in
using fire extinguishers.
The event will also feature
a demonstration from the
Home Sprinkler Coalition,
and Safe Kids Spartanburg
will check car seats for
safety.
Left to right: Michael Howard, Jonathan Anderson, Cameron Kelly, Dave Kuether,
Mike Campbell, Casey Paris, Josh Davis, Pierce Burton, Darren Korpi (kneeling).
Fire Prevention Week
Hear the Beep Where You Sleep: Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm
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taylors Fire rescue
October 4th - 10th
Properly installed and maintained smoke alarms save lives

and protect against injury and loss due to fire. In 2004, 65
percent of reported home fire deaths occurred in homes
with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. The fire
death rate in homes with working smoke alarms is 51 percent
less than in homes without a working alarm, representing
an estimated 890 lives that could be saved each year if all
homes had working smoke alarms. Thats why this years
Fire Prevention Week focuses on Hear the beep where you
sleep, every bedroom needs a working smoke alarm.
Our goal is to help you prevent and prepare for fires within your home with the following tips:
tIps
Install smoke alarms in every bedroom and on every level of your residence.
Install a working carbon monoxide detector in the common area outside of
bedrooms and on every level of the home.
Test and clean smoke alarms once a month. A good rule of thumb is to
change detector batteries when you change your time back in the fall.
Have an escape plan and outside meeting place. Review escape routes with
your family. Always have at least two ways out.
Practice fire drills and your home escape plan with your family.
Never leave cooking unattended. Always wear short or tight-fitting sleeves
when you cook. Keep towels, pot holders and curtains away from flames.
Keep a three-foot kids-free zone when cooking or near hot items to prevent
burns.
Place space heaters at least three feet away from flammable/combustible
materials.
Use only the type of fuel designated for your space heater.
Keep matches/lighters away from children.
Never smoke in bed or when drowsy or medicated.
Inspect extension cords for frayed or exposed wires or loose plugs
Make sure outlets have cover plates and no exposed wiring.
Do not overload extension cords or outlets.
Make sure windows are not nailed or painted shut.
Teach family members to stay low to the floor, where the air is safer, when
escaping from a fire.
If there is a fire, always check closed doors with the back of your hand to feel
for heat before you open them.
If the door is hot do not open it. Find a second way out, such as a window. If
you cannot escape through a window, hang a white sheet outside the window
to alert firefighters to your presence.
Stuff the cracks around the door with towels, rags, bedding or tape and cover
vents to keep smoke out.
If there is a phone in the room where you are trapped, call the fire department
again and tell them exactly where you are.
Do not assume someone else already called the fire department, get out of
the house then call the Fire Department.
Once you are out of the building, STAY OUT! Do not go back inside for any
reason.
Tell the fire department if you know of anyone trapped in the building.
If your clothes catch on fire, you should: Stop, drop, and roll until the fire is
extinguished.
Also be aware of state and local burn ordinances.
Go to www.greenvillecounty.org for further information.
Dorian Flowers - Fire Chief
Rick Danner - Mayor
Ed Driggers - City Administrator
For questions or concerns visit our website at

www.taylorsfirerescue.org
3335 Wade Hampton Blvd. taylors 864-244-3980
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445 S. Suber Rd., Greer 801-0181
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13465 E. Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer 877-3235
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453 N. Rutherford Rd., Greer 848-4568
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2820 Woodruff Rd., Simpsonville 297-5815
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413 E. Poinsett St., Greer 968-9203
New Life Baptist Church
90 Becco Rd., Greer 895-3224
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Pelham First Baptist Church
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Peoples Baptist Church
310 Victor Avenue Ext., Greer 848-0449
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3610 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer 877-0419

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REPORT
(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.)
CDV
Hugh Davidson Gilchrist, 25, was charged

with Criminal Domestic
Violence (3rd Degree).
According to an incident report supplied by
the Spartanburg County
Sheriffs Office, police
were dispatched to 1120
Valentine Ln. in Greer in
reference to a domestic
disturbance. There, the
complainant said that
shed been assaulted by
the subject, her live-in
boyfriend. She stated that
Gilchrest had pinned her
down to the bed and then
smacked her in the face.
Police observed bruising
on the right side of the
complainants face.
Gilchrist was arrested at
the scene and transported
to the Spartanburg County
Detention Center.
EP OH NO YOU DONT
Tony Sharod Bennett,

40, of 600 Sunnyside Dr.
in Greer was charged with
Enhancement Property Offense (3rd).
According to an incident
report filed by Greer Police, an officer was called
to the Walmart on East
Wade Hampton Blvd. in
reference to a shoplifting
complaint. There, an employee said Bennett had
passed all points of sale
with three items in his
buggy without paying for
them. Later that day, the
subject allegedly tried to
return one of the stolen
items for a refund. The
items stolen from the store
were two sound bars and
one Sky Viper toy. The total value was $365.53. After reviewing the subjects
history, it was discovered
that he had two prior convictions for Shoplifting.
A warrant was obtained
and the case remains open
pending Bennetts arrest.
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
Stuart Minnis, 44, of 676

Cathcart Rd. in Glasgow,
Scotland has been charged
with Public Drunkenness.
According to the Greer
Police incident report, an
officer was on routine patrol around 2:00 am when
he saw the subject walking on Pelham St. The
subject nearly fell several
times and became hostile
when approached by the
policeman. When asked
how much alcohol hed
consumed, he answered,
Enough to be drunk in
my country. He went on
to say that he was on his
way home but didnt know
what his address was.
STICKER SHOCK
Brian Howell Dodds, 34,

of Charlotte was charged
with Public Drunkenness
and Drinking in Public.

According to an incident
report furnished by Greer
Police, an officer arrived
at the intersection of Highway 29 and Poinsett in reference to a vehicle parked
on the road. A witness approached the officer and
said the driver had gone
into the nearby Ryans
Steakhouse. Dodds was
located inside, holding a
5-year-old child. He had a
clothing sticker across his
forehead and was attempting to make a call on a cell
phone. His speech was
slurred and he smelled of
alcohol. A check of his license revealed that it had
been suspended for DUI.
He said the child was his
stepson.
He was placed under
arrest and transported
to Greer City Jail. At the
facility, a can of beer was
located in the front pocket
of Dodds jacket.
CDV
Richard
Christopher
Bates, 44, of 104 Lake Ave.
in Greer is being investigated for Domestic Violence (High & Aggravated).
Police incident report, an
officer responded to an
address at Connecticut
Ave., where the victim was
being loaded into an ambulance after suffering a
possible concussion. At
the hospital, the woman,
whose face was bruised
and bleeding, said Bates
had punched her in the
mouth when she hung up
from talking to her son.
When she tried to leave
the home, Bates tackled
her and punched her in
the face until she lost

consciousness. When she
regained consciousness,
she discovered Bates was
asleep and fled the house.
Police attained a search
warrant for the address
where the attack occurred
but Bates was nowhere to
be found.
Pictures were taken of
the victims injuries and
a warrant is being sought
for Bates arrest.
TRAFFICKING
Demetrice Ricole Fruster,

37, of 109 Weathers Cir.
in Fountain Inn has been
charged with Trafficking
Crack, Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute and Illegal Possession of a Firearm.
Police incident report,
an officer issued a traffic stop after seeing an
inoperable brake light on
Frusters car. Due to a
thick smell of air fresheners, cologne, potpourri
and cigarette smoke emanating from the vehicle,
the K-9 unit was called to
the scene. A license check
revealed Fruster had three
prior convictions for drug
charges including one for
Trafficking Cocaine.
The police dog made a
positive alert and Fruster
was ordered out of the vehicle. Fruster had a small
bag of marijuana inside
his wallet, and admitted
that he had a gun on his
hip.
A review of Frusters
criminal history showed
that he is prohibited from
possessing firearms or
ammunition.
THE GREER CITIZEN
A11
OCTOBERFAST: Run
goes on despite heavy rain
FROM PAGE ONE
Although GCM wasnt

able to reach many members of the Greer community last Saturday, Simpler
said support from local
residents is still critical.
We need individual
support, she said. There
were so many events that
were washed out on Saturday and several of them
were charitable events. If
youre dependent on event
income, that could be devastating to you. Had it not
been for our sponsors,
wed be in very serious
trouble.
We are still at a point
where we depend on
events for about 25-30
percent of our income. Until that changes, when an
event doesnt do as well as
wed hoped, it does hurt
us. Theres only so tight
you can go with your belt
on operational costs.
Greer Community Ministries will host another
fundraiser, Big Thursday,
on Nov. 5 at Fairview Baptist Church.
OctoberFAST wasnt the
only event to be rained out
over the weekend. Greer
Stations Oktoberfest also
had to abandon ship as
inclement weather moved
in.
We put a lot of time into
this event, but weve had
some great fortune that
we havent had to cancel
in 10 years, Greer Chamber President Mark Owens
Ahmad Nesbitt won the

Benson OctoberFAST 5K
said. After looking at the

weather over the weekend,
it was the right decision.
Of course, we wish we
could have put it on, but
the most important thing
is keeping people safe.
Owens said Oktoberfest would have provided
Greer with some beneficial
exposure and plenty of entertainment.
When you have to cancel
an event, especially a festival, theres an impact, he
said. What we strive to do
is to bring people to downtown Greer and showcase
what it is, so we hate it for
our downtown vendors. A
weekend where we would
have had 10,000-12,000 in
front of their shops didnt
get to happen. Thats what
hurts the most for us.
Neither event was rescheduled.
A12
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North Greenville
Unplug Your
reaches out to alumni
After
Epting
video
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
and provide students with

opportunities for spiritual
growth, academic training
and Christian service. We
will continue to focus our
efforts on celebrating the
start of the academic year
with our students and ask
that we be allowed to focus on the traditions of
our campus and our bright
future as a community.
Further clarification of
the statement was provided in a letter mailed to
alumni from Pannell. The
letter stated that, during
a recent chapel service,
Hawkins addressed students, saying:
We made our messaging
decision based on what we
believed to be best of the
University as well as all
substantiated information
that we had at the time.
Our intent as a Board was
not to mislead, but to be
humane and honorable to
all involved. We are sorry
for any damage that we
may have inadvertently
caused
In the letter, Pannell
says the school has offered times for the campus community to discuss
their thoughts with mem-
While some believe

the past three weeks
have threatened our
great institution, I
know that we have
been strengthened
by the experience.
North Greenville University Interim President

Dr. Randall J. Pannell is
rebuilding trust with
Dr. Randall Pannell
alumni after a controversial video regarding the
Interim President
schools former president,
Dr. James Epting, surfaced
in August.
bers of our board and seThe video, which apnior campus leaders.
peared to show Epting
Pannell said, while the
and a female being conschool is legally bound not
fronted inside a residence,
to disclose the specifics of
was posted to YouTube
employment contracts, he
on Aug. 26 and reached
hopes efforts to rebuild
40,000 views before it was
trust will succeed.
eventually removed.
While some believe the
University officials anpast three weeks have
nounced earlier this year
threatened our great inthat Epting would be stepstitution, I know that we
ping down as president
have been strengthened
of North Greenville, citing
by the experience. It has,
health issues as a reason.
in fact, propelled our acaEpting took a sabbatical in
demic community to a
the spring, retiring after its
new place and prepared it
completion. He addressed
to face a quickened pace
students for the last time
of change
at the end of April in a
chapel ceremony.
Epting served at North
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Players
selected
to Shrine
Bowl
BLAME
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Striking it
rich
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Four local players will
represent South Carolina
at this years Shrine Bowl
of the Carolinas on Dec.
19 at Gibbs Stadium in
Spartanburg.
Greers Dorian Lindsey
and Troy Pride, along with
Byrnes standouts Chavis
Dawkins and
Jaylan Foster,
will take part
in the all-star
game. They
will be joined
by
Greer
coach
Will
Dawkins
Young, who
was selected
as an assistant
coach
for the team.
Other
local
players
selected
to
Foster
represent the
South Carolina team include: Evan
Vaughn, TE,
BHP,
Cade
Stewart, OL,
Daniel, ColLindsey
lin Hill, QB,
Dorman, K.J.
Chamberlain,
DB, Emerald,
Tori Delesline, LB, Hillcrest, Thomas Jones, DB,
Laurens, MatPride
thew Graveley, P/K, Pickens, Amyrical Diggs, DL,
Seneca, Jeremiah Ferguson, LB, Southside, Tavain
Feaster, RB, Spartanburg,
Austin Scott, QB, Spartanburg, Matthew Martin, WR,
Westside
WILLIAM BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN
Spartanburg, led by star running back Tavien Feaster, held off Byrnes last Thursday to keep its title as the best Class
AAAA team in the state. The Rebels will face Riverside this Friday .
Spartanburg takes down Byrnes

Handing
Rebels first
defeat
STAFF WRITER
Spartanburg handed Byrnes its first loss of the
season last Thursday night
at Nixon Field.
Both teams were undefeated heading into the
contest, but the Vikings
pulled away by a final
score of 17-7.
For Spartanburg, the win
ended a 14-game losing
streak against the Rebels
that dates back to 2001.
Spartanburg
becomes
just the fourth team to win
at Nixon Field since 2002.
Byrnes hung with the
Vikings through the first
half, but the home team
was unable to put points
on the board in the final
two quarters.
Byrnes coach Brian Lane
chalked the loss up to
poor execution.
We had a couple of
plays there that I wish we
could get back, you know,
but thats football and you
just got to continue to play
hard, he said.
While the Rebels were
blanked on the scoreboard
in the second half, they
continued to compete even
with a light, misty rain beginning around the end of
We had a couple of plays there that I wish

we could get back, you know, but thats
football and you just got to continue to
play hard.
Brian Lane
Byrnes head coach

the third quarter.
It looked like Byrnes was
going to score after an impressive drive that unfortunately culminated with a
fumble into the end zone
for the Rebels, recovered
for a toucbback by Spartanburg.
Regarding that play,
Lane said they have to se-
cure the ball.

That was easier said than
done in a game where the
field conditions worsened
throughout the contest.
The game, like a few others in the area, was moved
ahead one evening anticipating the heavy rainfall,
which was predicted for the
SEE BYRNES | B5
Greer gets
last laugh
over Eastside
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Despite gaining an early advantage against Emerald, Blue Ridge was unable to notch its
third win of the season last Thursday night at home.
Emerald overpowers
Blue Ridge, 49-28
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Blue Ridge could not
maintain its hot start last
Thursday, falling to Emerald 49-28 in a region
showdown.
The Tigers were all over
the Vikings from the opening kickoff.
With just a few seconds
ticking off the game clock
in the first quarter, senior
running back Vonta Jenkins returned Emeralds
kick 87 yards to set up the
first Blue Ridge score of
the night, giving his team
a 7-0 lead.
That lead was extended
to 14-0 after quarterback
Jake Smith punched in
another score from threeyards out.
Emerald wasted no time
getting back in the game,
however, narrowing the
Greer (6-0, 3-0) took last

Fridays matchup with
Eastside personally, making a statement during its
48-7 win over Eastside.
The Eagles (4-2, 2-1)
have been on a hot-streak
this season, and according
to Greer coach Will Young,
that success led to some
online trash talk before
the game.
They like to say a lot
of things on social media. I dont know anything
about social media, but
my kids do and they bring
me the things that theyre
saying. So I think, yeah,
there was a little more intensity, Young said after
the game. We do want to
be respected here at Greer.
We think we have a firstclass program and we demand respect.
We do want to be
respected here at
Greer. We think we
have a first-class
program and we
demand respect.
Will Young
Greer head coach

If respect is what the
Jackets were looking for,
they got it during the second quarter, as Virginia
Tech commit Troy Pride
returned two punts for
touchdowns, opening up a
21-6 lead for Greer.
Theres two of them
back there that can do
SEE GREER | B5
Its kind of the story of our seasonwere

able to put one half together, but were
not able to get anything going in the other
half.
Shane Clark
Blue Ridge head coach

Blue Ridge margin to 1413 with just a minute left
in the first quarter. The Vikings then took the lead in
the second quarter, completing a two-point conversion to go up 21-14.
The Tigers countered,
however, as Smith found
Tamaje Green on a touchdown route to even the
score with seven minutes
left in the second.
Emerald held the advantage at halftime, however,
extending its lead in the

second half to seal the victory.
Its kind of the story of
our seasonwere able to
put one half together, but
were not able to get anything going in the other
half, Blue Ridge coach
Shane Clark said.
We moved the ball pretty well in the first half, but
we gave up a couple of big
plays. We knew that was
SEE TIGERS | B5
Greer made Eastside pay for a few defensive miscues,

putting up 48 points on the Eagles last Friday at home.
eve all dreamt we

were filthy stinking
rich, only to wake
up to sad disappointment.
You know what Im
talking about. You finally
drift off to sleep only to
find yourself cruising
down the California coastline in your brand new
sports carnot a care in
the world. These dreams
dont last long, but theyre
as realistic as dreams
come. Each time after
waking up to one of these
nightmares, you begin
arguing with yourself.
It was real! It had to
be real, I try to convince
myself.
But with each passing
second, I slowly realize
my bank account isnt going to change.
For this reason, I am
now playing the lottery.
No, Im not obsessed
with money, but the only
way to pretty much guarantee youre NOT going
to strike it rich is by NOT
playing the lottery.
I probably shouldnt
dabble into the world of
scratch-offs and Powerball
guesses. I have a naturally
addictive personality. Im
the kind of guy that gets
obsessed with anything. If
I hear a song I like. I listen
to it over and over until
I simply cant stand it
anymore. Its what makes
me so picky at the dinner
table. I love the taste of
chicken, therefore, chicken is what I eat. I might be
addicted to chicken, but
in my humble opinion,
there are far worse things
to be addicted to.
Luckily my addictive
personality hasnt gotten
me into a lot of trouble,
and hopefully that wont
change as I purchase lottery tickets each month.
My first experience with
this game wasnt a great
one though.
First, theres the problem of buying the ticket. It
was kind of weird walking
up to that large counter at
Ingles to tell the cashier
what two sheets of paper
I wanted to waste my $10
on.
Just give me two of the
$5 scratch-offs, I told
him, questioning every
word of that sentence Id
just uttered out loud.
Which two? he asked.
Surprise me, I said,
looking puzzled.
Im sure this isnt the
method of experienced
lottery winners, but give
me a break, it was my
first time.
My buddy also purchased two scratch-offs
(he doesnt play either, so
we decided to make this
bad decision together).
Do you want to scratch
them in the car? he
asked.
No! Have some decency
man, I exclaimed. We
have to at least wait until
we get back to the house.
We did wait, and once
we got home, my friend
and I, along with our two
wives, began scratching.
Cmon, Cmon, Cmon,
Cmon, I continuously
muttered while slowly
revealing each losing
number.
You have to understand,
I was sure I was going to
win this thing. I already
had plans for the money.
First a new lawn mower,
then maybe a jet ski, then
maybe a jet pack. It was
all but official.
We didnt win anything.
Like not even a dollar.
We spent $20 and
didnt win anything? I
said with a frustrated
look on my face.
I blame the guy at
the counter, my friend
said. These are just bad
tickets. He gave us bad
tickets.
THATS IT.
Bad tickets.
Thats all it was.
Time for another trip to
Ingles.
B2
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THE GREER CITIZEN
WEEKLY FOOTBALL WRAP

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
Mario Cusano
John Patrick
Kyle Anders
Korey Styles
GHS
BRHS
GHS
BRHS
THIS WEEKS GAMES

BLUE RIDGE
at TRAV. REST
BYRNES
at RIVERSIDE
EASTSIDE
SOUTHSIDE
GREER
at BEREA
LAST WEEKS SCORES
EMERALD 49 BLUE RIDGE 28
SPARTANBURG 17 BYRNES 7
GREER 48
EASTSIDE 7
B. SPRINGS 52 RIVERSIDE 0
BLUE RIDGE HIGH
Fighting Tigers
HEAD COACH - SHANE CLARK

AUG. 28
24 WADE HAMPTON 28
SEPT. 4
27 JL MANN 18
SEPT. 11
0 STEPHENS CO.21
SEPT. 18
21 EASTSIDE 33
SEPT. 25
30 BEREA 27
OCT. 2
28 EMERALD 49
OCT. 9
at TRAV. REST
OCT. 16
at SOUTHSIDE
OCT. 22
at CHAPMAN (THURS.)
OCT. 30
GREER
Greer took care of business last Friday night against Eastside and will hit the road Friday to take on Berea in a region
matchup. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
Greer to take on Bulldogs

BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Yellow Jackets are
6-0, but thats not good
enough for Will Young and
his senior-led team.
Greer will take on Berea
this Friday in search of
win number seven, but
they wont be facing the
same Bulldog team weve
seen so far this year.
Berea is a different
animal, Young said. We
expect them to have their
running back for the first
time this year. He was
one of the states top run-
ning backs last year, so

we know hes a very good
football player. We just
have to prepare for that
and try to get better offensively.
With wins over Eastside,
Travelers Rest and Emerald, Young said he is happy that his team has managed to stay unblemished.
Theyre like everybody
else in our conference, he
said. It looks like everybody has gotten a little bit
better and Greer is no different. Its always good to
play good competition. It
tests the kids and it keeps
them playing at a high

level.
Although getting the win
is important, the approach
is no different.
Its really no different
than every other week,
Young said. Were just
focusing on their schemes
and what they do and
hopefully well be ready
by Friday night.
The Bulldogs turned to
running back Stevie Williams a lot last season, and
Young expects them to do
the same Friday night.
I would be surprised if
they dont give it to him
Rebels
HEAD COACH - BRIAN LANE

AUG. 22
40 NORTHWESTERN 31
AUG. 28
42 TL HANNA 21
SEPT. 4
31 MALLARD CREEK 29
SEPT. 18
14 GAFFNEY 28
SEPT. 25
28 B. SPRINGS 23
OCT. 2
7 SPARTANBURG 17
OCT. 9
at RIVERSIDE
OCT. 16
JL MANN
OCT. 23
at MAULDIN
OCT. 30
DORMAN
NOV. 6
at WADE HAMPTON
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
EASTSIDE HIGH
HEAD COACH - STEVE WILSON

AUG. 28
25 RIVERSIDE 0
SEPT. 4
13 CHRIST CHURCH 15
SEPT. 11
41 WADE HAMPTON 34
SEPT. 18
33 BLUE RIDGE 21
SEPT. 25
31 CHAPMAN 27
OCT. 2
7 GREER 48
OCT. 9
SOUTHSIDE
OCT. 16
at BEREA
OCT. 23
TRAVELERS REST
OCT. 30
EMERALD
GREER HIGH
Yellow Jackets
HEAD COACH - WILL YOUNG

AUG. 28
40 CLINTON 8
SEPT. 4
49 RIVERSIDE 6
SEPT. 11
35 UNION 28
SEPT. 18
39 EMERALD 20
SEPT. 25
41 TRAV. REST 13
OCT. 2
48 EASTSIDE 7
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
0 EASTSIDE 25
SEPT. 4
6 GREER 49
SEPT. 11
0 at WOODMONT 32
SEPT. 18
3 HILLCREST 70
SEPT. 25
7 SPARTANBURG 55
OCT. 2
0 B. SPRINGS 52
OCT. 9
BYRNES
OCT. 15
MAULDIN
OCT. 23
at J.L. MANN
OCT. 30
WADE HAMPTON
NOV. 6
at DORMAN
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Warriors
fall to
Boiling
Springs
BYRNES HIGH
Eagles
about every play Friday

night, Young said. Thats
what I would do, too.
Berea will line up in a 3-4
defense, Young said.
Theyre better on defense, he said. Theyll
give you some four man
front, but theyre based
out of a 3-4, similar to
what we do. Theyre better
up front than theyve been
in the past. Theyve got
some good linebackers.
Kickoff for Fridays
matchup is set for 7:30
p.m.
games for the Tigers, who

will have to face Southside
and Chapman on the road
before closing the season out at home against
Greer.
Struggles continued for

the winless Warriors last
Friday night, as Riverside
fell to Boiling Springs 520.
Riverside has now been
outscored 304-23 during
its first seven games.
Its getting frustrating,
head coach Phil Smith
said. Were trying to find
the positives in stuff were
doing and thats what
were going to keep focusing on.
The Warriors saw some
positives early against
Boiling Springs. Riversides
opening kickoff bounced
off a Boiling Springs returner, allowing the Warriors to recover the ball.
That was huge, but we
just couldnt get anything
going early, Smith said.
We were able to put them
in some long third downs
that they ended up converted. When youve got
third and long, you always
want to be able to get off
the field, but we werent
able to. That hurt us.
Boiling Springs held a 140 lead, before punching
in its third touchdown of
the night right before the
half.
The Bulldogs extended
the lead after the half, extinguishing any comeback
hopes the Warriors had.
Defensively, were out
of position a lot of the
time, Smith said. Weve
got too many guys trying
to do too many things.
Were just not able to
make the plays when we
dont do things correctly.
Smith said his team still
suffers from some inexperience.
Some of these guys are
still young and were waiting on a light to come on
for them, he said. We
want them to realize, if
they do the things we tell
them, good things can
happen.
Riverside will take on
Byrnes during a homecoming matchup this Friday at
The Reservation. Kickoff
is set for 7:30 p.m.
The Tigers and Devildogs will renew an old rivalry Friday night during a region matchup.
Tigers renew old rivalry

With
Travelers
Rest
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The 2-4 Blue Ridge Tigers are hoping to correct
some mistakes heading
into the fourth week of region play, as they get set
to take on rival Travelers
Rest Friday night.
The Tigers are coming
off a 49-28 loss to Emerald, the teams second region loss of 2015.
With only four games
left on the schedule, Blue
Ridge coach Shane Clark
said the Devildogs are
going to be ready to compete.
Weve got a team that,
we know, probably wants
to beat us more than anybody else on their schedule, he said. It is (a special game for me) and Im
really looking forward to
it.
Clark coached at Travelers Rest before coming to
Blue Ridge and he knows
the rivalry well. But this
years Devildog squad
looks a little different.
Travelers Rest is much
better than theyve been,
Clark said. Theyve got a
lot of guys moving around
to the football and our focus this week is going to
be fixing what we do. I like
Blue Ridge didnt do enough to trip up Emerald last week,

but the Tigers hope to bounce back this Friday at TR.
what we do, but we have
to be more consistent in it
and we cant keep making
the errors that we make.
Clark expects Travelers Rest, a spread team,
to switch things up on
offense and defense this
Friday.
Theyre doing a few
things differently both
on offense and defense,
Clark said. They seem to
have a lot more athletic
guys out there and theyre
moving around a little bit
better, so they do present
some challenges for us,
obviously.
Travelers Rest marks the
first of three-straight away
It is (a special
game for me) and
Im really looking
forward to it.
Shane Clark
Head Coach
SPORTS
THE GREER CITIZEN
B3
NGU knocks off Mars Hill
MANDY FERGUSON | FILE PHOTO
Riverside is still searching for its first win of the season, but faces a tough test in Byrnes
Friday night.
Byrnes, Riverside square

off for Homecoming
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Coming off its first loss
of the season, Byrnes is
looking to bounce back
this Friday on the road
against Riverside, a team
that has yet to notch a win
in 2015.
The Rebels fell to Spartanburg 17-7 last week,
giving up two second-half
scores last Thursday to the
states top-ranked team.
Riverside failed to get
anything going against
Boiling Springs in week six

during a 52-0 defeat. Head
coach Phil Smith said his
team is going to have to
show more physicality
against Byrnes.
Weve got to attack the
offensive line at the line of
scrimmage, Smith said.
Weve got to be more
physical up front if we
want to have a shot against
Byrnes. Offensively, were
still going to do what weve
been doing. Were just trying to get better and better
every day.
THE GREER CITIZEN
With time winding down

in the regular season, the
Warriors still have matchups with J.L. Mann, Mauldin, Wade Hampton and
Dorman remaining on the
schedule.
Byrnes faces all of the
same teams, but will host
its archrival Dorman on
Oct. 30 in a matchup that
will likely have region implications.
Kickoff for Fridays game
is set for 7:30 p.m.
PLAYERS OF WEEK SIX
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK

Kyle Anders
55
Position: OL
Age: 18
Class: Senior
The North Greenville

football team beat Mars
Hill for only the second
time in NGU history Saturday, with a final score of
38-14.
North Greenville totaled
568 yards of total offense
while the defense held the
Lions to 290-yards. Simeon Byrd had 112-yards on
12 carriers for the Crusaders while Ashton Heard
totaled 26 carries for 99
yards. Byrd led the NGU
rushing attack with two
touchdowns followed by
Trey Walker who finished
with one touchdown and
18 yards. The NGU ground
game accumulated 290yards and three touchdowns, the second largest
total against Mars Hill in
program history.
The Crusaders were
equally
as
dominant
through the air. Nelson
Hughes threw for a season
high 331 yards and two
scores, connecting with
Heard who led all NGU receivers with 95-yards and
a touchdown out of the
backfield. Robbie Brown
had 89-yards on six receptions, finding pay dirt
once. Heard finished the
game with a season high
180 all-purpose yards.
The two teams traded
scoreless
possessions
until North Greenville finally broke through with
1:51 left in the first quarter when Hughes found
Brown for a 17-yard hookup. NGUs defense would
thwart a Mars Hill fourth
down conversion attempt
on the Lions ensuing drive
to give the ball back to the
North Greenville offense.
The Crusaders capitalized
on the extra possession,
marching 89-yards on seven plays, capping off by a
Walker touchdown from
seven yards out, extending
the lead to 14-0.
North Greenville would

tack on a 24-yard field
goal before the buzzer to
extend the lead to 17-0.
A 15-play, 79-yard touchdown by Mars Hill would
cut the North Greenville
lead to 10 points. NGUs
offense amassed 274yards in the first half while
Mars Hill was held to just
151-yards overall.
CRUSADER
CORNER
The Lions struck first in
the second half after NGU
failed to convert its first
two drives into points.
The Lions connected for a
30-yard touchdown pass
to cut the lead to 17-14,
a score, which still favored the Crusaders. The
two squads then traded
scoreless possessions before Hughes and company
found second half pay dirt
for the first time. Byrds
third rushing touchdown
of the season from seven
yards out would give the
Crusaders a 24-14 advantage, heading into the
fourth quarter.
North Greenville would
use the big play in the
fourth quarter to create
some separation. Hughes
would connect with Heard
for a 33-yard score before
a fumble recovery by Darius Custard (forced by Sam
Houston) would lead to a
51-yard touchdown from
Byrd on the ground, making the score 38-14, which
would stand as the final.
NGUs defense turned
in one of its best performances of the season,
forcing and recovering two
fumbles while sacking the
quarterback three times.

Houston led the charge
from his middle linebacker spot with 11 total
tackles (9 solo 2 assisted)
while Nigel Gay finished
with eight. Darius Custard
and Anthony Blair both
recovered fumbles while
Blair, Martez Abrams, and
Logan Terrell had one sack
apiece.
CRUSADERS FALL TO
PFEIFFER, 5-0
The third-ranked Pfeiffer

Falcons visited Tigerville
and handed the mens soccer team its fifth conference loss of the season by
a final score of 5-0.
The Falcons opened the
scoring with a quick strike
in the second minute. Pfeiffers Juan Sanchez linked
up with Jaime Siaj to put
the Crusaders in a quick
hole that they would not
be able to recover from.
Twenty minutes later, the
Falcons struck again as
Martim Galvao gave the
team a 2-0 lead. Pfeiffer
would get one more goal
in the first half as Nathan
Regis would score in the
43rd minute.
The second half saw
much of the same, as the
Crusaders could not get
anything going forward
throughout the entire
game. A quick strike from
Pfeiffers Christobal Allendes in the 46th minute put
the game out of reach for
North Greenville, and Regis would score his second
goal of the day on a penalty kick to seal the deal
for the Falcons.
Substitutes Andre Cakar
and Murilo Materagia were
the only Crusaders able to
get a shot off on the day,
while Mateo Barzola spent
the full 90 minutes in goal,
making nine saves on the
day.
PLAYERS OF WEEK FIVE
Parents: Joey and Allison

Away from the field: Enjoys hanging out with friends
Favorite athlete: Vic Beasley
Favorite movie: Facing the giants
Favorite football team: Patriots
Favorite video game: Madden
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Mario Cusano
11
Position: QB
Age: 17
Class: Senior
Blue Ridges Travis Lancaster was named Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance Defensive Player
of the Week for Week Five. Pictured, left to right, are Chris Crist (Owens), Lancaster, coach
Shane Clark and Shane Lynn (Owens).
Parents: Kim and Phil

Away from the field: Enjoys hanging out with family
Favorite athlete: Brett Favre
Favorite movie: Handcock
Favorite artist: Drake
Favorite video game: Madden
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

John Patrick
25
Position: S
Age: 17
Class: Senior
Parents: Julie and Tim

Away from the field: Enjoys hanging out with family
Favorite athlete: Kam Chancellor
Favorite video game: Skyrim
Favorite football team: Clemson
Favorite genre of music: Country
Greers Bradly Thompson was named Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance Offensive Lineman
of the Week for Week Five. Pictured, left to right, are Chris Crist (Owens), Thompson, coach
Travis Dix and Shane Lynn (Owens).
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK

Korey Styles
58
Position: DE
Age: 17
Class: Senior
Parents: Lashonda Cooper and Ben Styles

Away from the field: Enjoys wathing football and
hanging out with friends
Favorite athlete: Von Miller
Favorite TV Show: NCIS, Impractical Jokers
Favorite football team: Broncos
Favorite genre of music: Country, folk
Eastsides Tyius Lewis was named Offensive Player of the Week and Tyler Brown was
named Defensive Lineman of the Week by The Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance for Week
Five. Pictured, left to right, are Chris Crist (Owens), coach Steve Wilson, Lewis, Brown and
Shane Lynn (Owens).
B4
sports
the greer citizen
Harvick dominates Dover to preserve title hopes

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire
Forced to win at Dover
International Speedway to
keep his NASCAR Sprint
Cup Series championship
hopes alive Sunday, Kevin Harvick did just that,
dominating Sundays AAA
400 to stave off elimination from the Chase for
the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
In a virtual carbon copy
of last years Chase race at
Phoenix, where the 2014
premier series champion
had to win to advance to
the Championship Round
at
Homestead-Miami
Speedway, Harvick led 355
of 400 laps (a career best
at any track) in winning
for the third time this year
and the 31st time in his
career.
I think were better than
we were last year, just because of the experiences
and things that weve
had, Harvick said after
the race. I think when we
look at everything thats
gone on over the last couple of years, its just been
a lot of fun.
So, its just that neverquit attitude. Thats what
(team co-owner) Tony
Stewart said when we went
to Homestead last year. He
said, Whatever you do, do

not quit until they throw
that checkered flag.
Harvick won the race
and secured his first Sprint
Cup title by a half-second
over Ryan Newman.
But there was one major
difference between last
years must-win race and
the one on Sunday. Phoenix is Harvicks best track.
At Dover, on the other
hand, he had never won
before and had posted
just four top-five finishes
in 29 previous starts.
As fast as Harvicks No. 4
Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet was, however, none
of the statistics mattered.
After a restart with 24 laps
left, he pulled away to a
2.639-second victory over
Kyle Busch, who likewise
secured a berth in the 12driver Contender Round
with his second-place run.
Nor did the stats help
Jimmie Johnson, whose
shocking ouster from the
playoffs took place at the
Monster Mile where he
holds a record 10 victories. The six-time series
champion took his No. 48
Chevrolet to the garage on
Lap 106 after a rear axle
seal failed.
Johnson lost 36 laps
while his team replaced
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Kevin Harvick dominated at Dover, staying in the hunt for the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup.
the rear end housing and
was credited with a 41stplace finish, leaving him
12 points shy of the Chase
cutoff, which came down
to a tiebreaker for the 12th
and final spot between
third-place finisher Dale
Earnhardt Jr. and fourthplace Jamie McMurray.
Joining Johnson and McMurray on the Chase side-
lines were Paul Menard

(25th Sunday) and Clint
Bowyer, who like Harvick
faced a win-or-bust scenario at the one-mile concrete track.
Narrowed to 12, the field
for the Contender Round
now includes Challenger
Round winners Matt Kenseth (Chicago), Denny Hamlin (New Hampshire) and
Harvick, as well as Carl

Edwards, Martin Truex Jr.,
Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon,
Brad Keselowski, Kyle
Busch, Newman and Earnhardt.
But on Sunday, Harvick
showed his hand as the
speed horse in the Chase,
just as he was last year.
Harvicks car was fast last
week at New Hampshire,
but he ran out of fuel while

leading with three laps left
to create the must-win scenario at Dover.
Anytime you can go
through moments like this
and gain some momentum and prove to yourself
that you can do things like
this, theres no way you
cant be stronger, Harvick
said. Im just so proud of
those guys and so proud
of our fans and everybody
for all their support all
week. There it isstay the
course.
Kyle Busch conceded
Harvicks victory was bad
news for everyone else
still in the Chase.
The way he ran todayhell, yeah, Busch
said. That was a guy
that we wanted to knock
out. Thats a guy that can
win all these races, and
you dont want to have to
compete against a guy like
that.
But thats why theyre as
good as they are, and they
were last years champion,
so theyre going to have
an opportunity to continue on. Well see what
happens. Theres still two
more rounds to figure out
whos going to make it to
Homestead.
Smith pulls away

for win at Dover
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire
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John Wes Townley got the win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last Saturday night .
Townley scores first

truck series victory
In Las
Vegas
By Owen A. Kearns
NASCAR Wire
John Wes Townley collected his first NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series victory at Las Vegas
Motor Speedway Saturday
night, saving just enough
fuel during his final run
to win the Rhino Linings
350.
Townley, who qualified
his No. 05 Chevrolet second, battled among the
top five for much of the
race taking the lead from
two-time series champion
Matt Crafton with five laps
to go when Crafton was
forced to pit road for a
splash of fuel.
Townleys victory came
in the Georgia veterans
89th career start. He
scored a previous-best finish of third at Texas Motor
Speedway in June. His best
performance at Las Vegas
had been a seventh place.
Both Townley and crew
chief Michael Shelton
credited the teams spotter, Terry Cook, for coaching Townley through the
deciding laps.
I would have run out
of gas if it hadnt been
for Terry, said Townley
of the former series competitor. I took care of this
thing (truck) tonight and
it took care of me. This is

amazing; awesome.
Said Shelton, a former
series championship crew
chief, Its been a lot of
time coming. Hes (Townley) had a tough career at
times.
Crafton, who led the
most laps and qualified
his No. 88 Toyota on the
pole, finished eighth. He
closed the gap on championship leader Erik Jones
to four points as Jones finished ninth.
Red Horse Racing teammates Timothy Peters
and Ben Kennedy drove
their Toyotas to second
and third-place finishes,
respectively. John Hunter
Nemechek, who won at
Chicagoland
Speedway
last month in a race also
dictated by fuel mileage,
took fourth despite being
involved in an early caution. Brandon Jones was
fifth.
Nine different drivers
swapped the lead 15 times
with
Craftonwhose
ThorSport Racing truck
had been the fastest in
both practice and qualifyingleading seemingly
at will. His greatest challenge came from a teammate, Cameron Hayley,
who passed Crafton on the
69th lap and built a lead of
five seconds before a slow
pit stop dropped him back
in the field.
Hayleys Toyota, running
third behind Crafton and
Townley, also ran short of
fuel and finished 10th.

Contact in Turn 4 on lap
14 between Brad Keselowski Racing teammates
Austin Theriault and Tyler
Reddick sent Theriaults
No. 29 Ford head-on into
the outside wall, triggering the races first caution.
Theriault was assisted
from his truck by safety
workers and was transported to a local hospital
for evaluation, where he
reportedly was awake and
alert.
Reddick continued to
finish seventh and remain
in championship contention, 16 points behind
Jones.
Johnny Sauter, the races
2009 winner, and Nemechek triggered another
caution on lap 49, spinning in Turn 2 while battling for the runner-up
position behind leader Peters. Both continued after
pit stops for repairs.
Notes: Defending Rhino
Linings 350 winner Jones,
who entered the seasons
18th event leading Crafton
by seven points, qualified
his No. 4 Toyota 15th but
fell to the rear of the field
at the start after his Kyle
Busch Motorsports crew
made an engine change.
Action sports star Travis Pastrana made his
second NASCAR Camping
World Truck Series start,
finishing 16th. Pastrana
was 15th in his initial appearance, also at LVMS in
2012.
Regan Smith charged

from fourth to first during
a restart on Lap 121 and
stayed there for the rest of
the Hisense 200 NASCAR
XFINITY Series race at Dover International Speedway Saturday, posting his
second victory of the season and working his way
back into championship
contention.
After a 31-minute rain
delay, Smith passed Kyle
Busch, Denny Hamlin and
leader Elliott Sadler on the
restart on Lap 121 of 200,
staved off intense pressure from Hamlin midway
through the final greenflag run and pulled away
as the Joe Gibbs Racing
teammates battled for second place.
Without a concrete deal
in place for next season,
Smith won for the first
time at the Monster Mile
in fact, the 80 laps he led
were the first circuits he
had ever spent out front
at Dover. The victory was
the sixth of Smiths career,
and all of them have come
under the JR Motorsports
banner.
Hamlin won the fight for
the runner-up spot, crossing the finish line .703 seconds behind Smith. Busch
led a race-high 110 laps
and came home third, followed by Ryan Blaney and
Kyle Larson.
Austin Dillon ran sixth,
one spot ahead of Chase
Elliott, who moved into
second place in the series standings, 24 points
behind leader Chris Buescher, who finished eighth
on Saturday. Smith, who
rallied from a flat tire in
the first third of the race,
took over third in points,
36 behind Buescher.
I knew the car was fast,
but I didnt know it was
that fast until we got out
in clean air, Smith said in
Victory Lane. This wasnt
a Hail May. We came from
the back to the front and
just had a fast race car.
If we can keep doing
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Regan Smith posted his second victory of the season and

worked his way back into championship contention over
the weekend at Dover.
I knew the car was fast, but I didnt know

it was that fast until we got out in clean
air.
Regan Smith
Driver
that every week, and get

another win or two here or
there, I dont know whats
going to happen. Im trying
to figure out some things
for next year, so wins never hurtthats never a bad
thing going forward.
A victory for Smith was
not even a remote consideration when a light rain
began falling shortly after
the halfway point, with the
race already under caution
for a wreck involving Stanton Barrett and Cale Conley on Lap 106.
Sadler,
whose
2016
move to JR Motorsports
was announced on Friday, took two new tires
under the yellow and was
first off pit road, leading
the race and praying for
a monsoon. But the rain

abated, depriving Sadler
of a going-away present to
Roush Fenway Racing, the
organization he will leave
at seasons end.
Ive never had much
luck with the rain, Sadler
said ruefully. Ive always
been on the wrong side
of that, going back to the
2009 Daytona 500 (where
Sadler was fifth with a
chance to win when the
race was called because of
rain after 152 laps).
Note: Ty Dillon cut a tire
and hit the outside wall on
Lap 24, resulting in a 28thplace finish. He slipped
from second to fourth in
the series standings, 39
points back of Buescher.
Byron notches K&N East title

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire
For William Byron, an extra day was worth the wait
at the Monster Mile.
After the Drive Sober
125 was postponed Friday
due to inclement weather,
and the start was delayed
again Saturday morning,
the 17-year-old NASCAR
Next member from Charlotte, N.C., was finally able
to drive his No. 9 Liberty
University Chevrolet to
a ninth-place finish and
raise the 2015 NASCAR
K&N Pro Series East championship trophy Saturday
afternoon at Dover International Speedway.
The rain delay didnt
slow down Sunoco Rookie
of the Year candidate Collin Cabre, as the 21-yearold from Tampa scored
his first career victory.
Cabre became the sixth
different driver from the
NASCAR Drive For Diversity program to win a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
race and gave Rev Racing,
which has fielded the competition team for the program since 2010, its 17th
win.
Cabres No. 2 UTI/NTI
Toyota crossed the finish
line 6.454 seconds in front
of series veteran Eddie
MacDonalds Chevrolet.
SPORTS
GREER: Gets solid outing from Pride

FROM B1
it, Young said of Prides

28-yard and 77-yard punt
returns. You have to pick
which side youre going to
go to. Youre going to go
to (Pride) or youre going
to go to Dorian Lindsey.
Both of those guys have
shown the ability to bring
it to the house. Our return
guys take a lot of pride in
block for those guys too,
so its a team effort, but
they obviously have some
special talent.
Pride also scored on a
long, 50-yard pass from
Cusano in the fourth quarter. Other Jackets got in on
the action as well. Running
back Adrian McGee rushed
for 99 yards in the game,
80 of which came on a
third quarter touchdown
run to open the second
half.
Troy
Pride,
Dorian
Lindsey, Adrian McGee,
Mario Cusano, Noah Hannonwe can keep going,
Young said. Those guys
were key for us.
I thought we played
pretty well. We struggled
a little bit with some of
Mario Cusano
the run stuff early on,

he said. I thought Eastside was doing some good
stuff on defense that frustrated our running game.
We were able to give Mario

a little bit of time to throw
the football around and he
made the plays.
After forcing a turnover
on Eastsides first possession, Greer capitalized
by punching in the first
touchdown of the game.
The Eagles answered on
an ensuing drive, as quarterback T.J. Gist scrambled
to find the end zone on a
short run. Those seven
points, however, were the
only points Greer would
allow.
The rain got the best of
Dooley Field, but the conditions seemed to play to
Greers advantage in the
running game.
The field was in pretty
bad shape overall, but we
thought at least moving
it back to 6 p.m. helped a
little bit, he said. I dont
think it had a major impact on our preparation at
all.
The Jackets will face
Berea this Friday on the
road, while Eastside takes
on Southside. Both kickoffs are set for 7:30 p.m.
THE GREER CITIZEN
TIGERS: Unable to knock off Emerald

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something we couldnt do
if we were going to try and
beat them.
We came out in the second half and turned the
ball over four times, he
said. You cant do that
and expect to be successful at all.
The Tigers have been in
several games they werent
able to win this season,
and Clark said it is a little

discouraging.
It is frustrating to see
that you have that potential and that youre kind of
on the brink, he said. I
feel like were so close. If
we could get one of these
complete games to come
together, I think it would
make a world of difference
for us.
The game was moved up
a day due to the threat of
severe weather, but Clark

said it did not impact his
team.
Most teams had to play
on the same surface,
Clark said. It was very
slick. There were a couple
of times where we slipped
in some situations, but
they did too. (The weather)
did impact practices, but
we were all dealing with
it.
BYRNES: Struggles in second half

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Upstate. Still, after several days of rainy weather,

moving the ball became
difficult for both teams.
Spartanburg just did it
better than Byrnes.
The Vikings recorded
18 first downs to 11 for
Byrnes. And while the two
quarterbacks threw for
nearly the same yardage
Spartanburgs Austin
Scott for 156 yards and

Byrnes Micah Young for
164 the difference on the
offensive side of the ball
was on the ground where
Spartanburg running back
Tavien Feaster racked up
127 yards. The Rebels
only managed 32 rushing
yards.
Though
the
Rebels
struggled
offensively,
Lane praised his defense,
which recorded three
sacks and an interception

by Tashaun Bright.
Defense played great
tonight, he said. Holding
this offense to 17 points.
We just gotta continue to
work and get better.
Scoring by quarter:
Sptbg. 7 0 10 0 - 17
Byrnes 7 0
0 0 -7
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The hierarchy of needs

BY MARK VASTO
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
A SPORTING VIEW
his guy named Maslow

posited a pretty-wellaccepted theory that
every human being has
five basic needs. They
need food and water and
a house to live in, and
they need love. Things
like that.
In baseball, if there
was a hierarchy, Id say
you would need a good
manager, a staff pitching
ace or a reliable stopper
that can eat innings. You
need a great contact hitter, and lets face it, you
need a slugger because
nobody wants to watch
that Ty Cobb, drag-bunt
stuff from the back row
of an upper deck all summer long. And you need
a closer. Someone to turn
the ball over to at the end
of the night.
But there is another
theory about life, and it
is called the seven stages
of grief. Theres shock,
denial, anger, bargaining,
guilt, depression and, in
baseball, Jonathan Papelbon. And nowadays that
is almost always followed
by regret, a blown save
and ejection.
Athletes who play
adrenaline sports are
going to be a little more
on edge than most other
types of people in the
world. Take a guy like
Papelbon (which, weve
already discerned, will
lead to certain regret). He
doesnt play an adrenaline sport, right? So as a
closer, he has to supply
his own excitement. He
walks out of a bullpen to

Metallicas For Whom
the Bell Tolls and then is
expected to strike out the
side.
But you really have to
question this guys sanity.
The guy makes $13 million a year for throwing a
piece of leather-covered
twine, and he just cant
keep it together.
Statistically, hes one
of the greatest of all-time
... the all-time leader in
saves for both the Red
Sox and Phillies, set
records for most saves
by rookie and all sorts of
other statistics. Hes won
a ring (and his dog ate the
game ball. Nice.)
But dont kid yourself
... to say Papelbon is on
the downside of his career
isnt a hard statement to
make.
SPORTS
ROUNDUP
GREER GIRLS TENNIS
DEFEATS EASTSIDE
Final: Greer 1 Eastside 4

Match stopped during
the doubles matches due
to lightening storm.
Singles:
No. 1
J. Zhm (E) def.
M. Davis 6-2, 6-2
No. 2
E. Joye (E) def.
H. Henline 6-0, 6-1
No. 3
C. Gallicerd (E)
def. M. Harvey 6-2, 7-5
No. 4
C. Evatt (E) def.
O. Turner 6-3, 6-2
No. 5
G. Harvell (G)
def. M. McCuthen 7-5, 6-0
Greer: 4-7 (4-5)
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The Riverside swim team

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with both the boys and
girls teams each finishing
first. Riverside swimmers
won 12/16 individual
events.
Riverside is now gearing up to compete for the
state championship in Columbia at the University of
South Carolina Saturday,
Oct. 10.
RUNNIN REBEL GOLF

TOURNAMENT OCT. 24
Rebel fans can tee it

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month, at the Byrnes High
School
Runnin
Rebel
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held Saturday, October 24
at River Falls Plantation.
Cost is $300 per team, or
$75 per player. The tournament will be Captains
Choice.
contact Coach Layne Fowler at 303-5807 or layne.
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TAILGATE PARTY IS OCT. 16
Spartanburg District Five

orchestras annual tailgate
party will be held Friday,
Oct. 16 prior to the Byrnes
High varsity football game
against J.L. Mann at Nixon
Field.
The event begins at 5
p.m. in front of the high
school.
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Skunks and music lovers crash festival

STAFF WRITER
A mangy old dog straggles across a stage, dragging his weathered leash
behind him. He saunters
directly in front of a performing band. Anywhere
else, this might seem out
of place. But the only thing
more appropriate on this
stage, nestled in the Blue
Ridge woods, would be if
a skunk wandered in front
of the band.
According to volunteer
Brandy Long, theres no
festival like the Albino
Skunk Music Festival, an
event that happens each
Fall and Spring on the
Its literally like

going to a big
family reunion
every time you
come here.
Darby Wilcox
Musician
farm land of Glynn and

Susan Zeigler. Its a coming together of friends and
music.
Its because of this,
man, began Billy Strings,
motioning to a music pit
of sorts where artists hang
out prior to performing.
Its the campground. All
these guys that make this
thing happen- Ziggy and
Toothbrush and Special Ed
and all these guys, theyre
friends and they have this
cool thing and they make it
happen every year. It feels
more like a family than a
festival. It feels like going
to a party at a relatives
house.
Strings performs 200
shows a year. However,
he always finds himself
at Skunk Fest, playing his
brand of fiery bluegrass.
Every year its the same
thing, he said. Great
music. Great people. Awesome food. They take care
of their artists really well.
Its just the best.
Long says that Strings
is the best guitarist shes
watched perform, though
Matt Fassas, electric guitarist in Darby and the
Peep Show, says all the
bands are top notch.
The singer and Green-
ville resident, Darby Wilcox, agrees. Its one reason

shes been performing at
Skunk Fest since 2010. The
other reason is the community of artists, volunteers and listeners alike.
Everyones really genuine, she said, following
her bands performance.
People are gonna get rowdy and we like to throw
down, but theyre genuinely good people here. Its
literally like going to a big
family reunion every time
you come here.
Performers and listeners
have been coming for quite
some time. Debbie Knebel,
a volunteer from Greer,
said she has met people at
the festival and watched
their children grow up and
get married. Still, while
she and her husband Pat
Jones have enjoyed meeting new friends at the festival, Knebel said she sort
of hopes the festival keeps
its cozy size.
You almost dont want
people to know about it,
she said. With the talent
coming through the festival, that hardly seems possible.
Darby and The Peepshow opened the Albino Skunk Fest Thursday afternoon. The bi-annual event, however, had to be
cut short due to severe weather conditions.
In addition to Stringer
and Darby and the Peep
Show, Glynn, affectionately known as Zig invited
down some bands that
already have some avid

followers. Bands included:
New Riders of the Purple
Sage, The Hillbenders and
Bradford Lee Folk and the
Bluegrass Playboys, just to
name a few.
Unfortunately, the festival had to be cut short due
to the weather. Saturdays
festivities were cancelled.
That didnt keep those in
attendance from enjoying
the music while it lasted.
Few enjoyed Skunk Fest
more than Erwin The Boogie Cat Laitala. The tiedyed individual has traveled to 27 festivals this
year alone, showcasing an
interesting free-moving interpretive dance style. He
enjoys Skunk Fest because
no one prohibits him from
dancing. Surprisingly there
are festivals that ask the
Boogie Cat not to dance.
Part of Skunk Fests draw
is meeting the bevy of personalities on the stage and
in the crowd.
Rob and Olga Trotter
were definitely full of
unique personality. The
couple originally from
Ukraine, was at the festival to dance in traditional
gypsy clothing.
They find that attending
festivals is an enjoyable
way to conduct their business tarot card reading
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Erwin The Boogie Cat Laitala strikes a pose during his

dance routine on the side of the Skunk Fest stage.
The Albino Skunk Fest generates an atmosphere similar to a family reunion, and all,
including dogs, are welcome.
Local writer, Conley, completes first novel

STAFF WRITER
Ernest Conley isnt a
writer. At least, he wasnt
prior to discovering a book
on how to write.
I love to read, and my
wife and I used to go up to
the Salvation Army store
to get books. For some
stupid reason, I picked up
a book on how to write,
he said. I have no skills,
no training. Just a love for
it.
With that helpful book
in hand, as well as years
of experience handwriting short stories in the
cold Ohio winters, Conley
said he taught himself the
trade.
Before, he and his wife
retired to Blue Ridge, Conley worked for FedEx and
even earlier he built racecars. He never thought
hed write a book, especially a love story.
Me writing a love story
is amazing, he said. Before I went to work for
FedEx, I built racecars for
a living. Racecars and being a senior vehicle technician with FedEx did not
(conduce) a writer of love
stories but, for some reason ,the more I wrote, the
more it became that way.
Conleys novel, Long
Walk to Yesterday, an intriguing story of war and
romance, nearly never saw
completion. His computer
crashed three different
times and his hard work
was lost each time. His
wife, Marilyn, convinced
him to try once more, this
time on a different computer.
The story just came out
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Ernest Conley has developed a passion for writing and hes hoping to create work that
appeals to friends, family and local readers.
a whole different story, he
said. She loves it because
its dedicated to her.
I loved it from the very
beginning, Marilyn said. I
just thought it really was a
cute story at that time and
then it got so involved in
so many different things.
Of course its going to kind
of be biased, isnt it?
Perhaps, but the feedback from others has been
positive, too. One of Long
Walks biggest fans is Eileen Conley, Ernests sister-in-law.
Shes my cheerleader.
The first batch of books I
sent her one. She has since
taken almost 25 and sent
them around the country
to her friends. And Ive
been hearing great things
Racecars and being a senior vehicle

technician with FedEx did not (conduce) a
writer of love stories, but for some reason,
the more I wrote, the more it became that
way.
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Ernest Conleys novel is a story of war and romance.
Ernest Conley
Author
about the book. People

love it. They love the story
line.
The story line is captivating, and maybe most
fascinating of all is that
just as the author is local,
much of the setting will be
familiar to South Carolina
residents.
While locals might find
the
book
interesting,
theres really something
in the book for most readers. Civil war buffs will be
intrigued since the book
takes place in that time
period, Christian readers
will notice the elements of

faith, and those who love a
good romance will not be
disappointed.
I think if people read it
with an open mind theyll
love it, he explained.
Because theres a lot to
it. Even to me Ive read it
again four or five times. I
find things that I had no
idea I had written that I
hope carry a message of

hope to anybody.
Long Walk to Yesterday, from Tate Publishing,
is available in traditional
and digital formats at
tatepublishing.com/bookstore as well as barnesandnoble.com and amazon.
com. Ernest hopes to do
some local book signings
in the near future.
OUR SCHOOLS
The Greer Citizen
SCHOOL
NEWS
GREENVILLE COUNTY
tary will be Oct. 26.

Students may decorate
a pumpkin to look like a
book character. (No carving is allowed.)
All entries must be
turned in at the school cafeteria on Monday, Oct. 26,
and must include an entry
form.
RIVERSIDE HOMECOMING
IS FRIDAY AGAINST BYRNES
Riverside High will crown

its Homecoming queen on
Friday, Oct. 9, during half
time of the Warriors home
game agains Byrnes High.
The 2015 Homecoming
Court includes:
9th grade: Lexi Bennett,
Ashley Boggs and Carson
Chapman
10th grade: Marianne
Garcia-Alonso, Alex Smith,
and Valerie Wolf
11th grade: Cate Ambrose, Tea Hayes and Maddie Ludwig
12th grade: Regan Bell,
Brayla Cannon, Shelby
Peek, Abby Stageburg, and
Logan Young
RIVERSIDE BAND EARNS

SUPERIOR RATING
The Pride of Riverside

marching band earned a
rating of Superior at the
Henry Laurens Invitational in Class VI recently.
With a score of 90.85,
they swept their class, taking awards for Best Color
Guard Performance, Best
Percussion Performance,
Best Music Performance
and first place in Class.
The band competes
again on Oct. 10th at
Woodmont High in the
Wildcat Rumble.
RHS HONORS WARRIORS

OF THE MONTH
Several freshman were

named Warriors of the
Month for August and
September.
The students were nominated by a classroom
teacher for showing True
Warrior Spirit in and outside of the classroom. The
students will be recognized with a luncheon in
their honor and will also
be awarded certificates.
Those honored include:
Wyatt Armstrong, Liam
Baker, Caylee Bishop, Victor Bryant, Grace Davis,
Emma Fletcher, Tyler Gillespie, Peyton Hicks, Asia
Hopwood, Amav Lal, Brenna Maclin, Madison McClatchey, Jaimie McKeel,
Austin Oboril, Vanessa
Quiros, Pratamesh Ramasubramianian,
Preston
Smith, Cameron Thatcher,
Chandler Waldrop, Grace
West and Carleigh Youmans.
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, BUS

AIDES JOB FAIR IS OCT. 13
Greenville
County
Schools will host a Job Fair
for bus drivers and bus
aides on Tuesday, Oct. 13,
5-7 p.m. at Berea High, 201
Burdine Drive, Greenville.
Applicants can apply
online at the Job Fair. Bus
driver pay is $13.00 per
hour with no experience
needed, and bus aides
earn $9.32 per hour with
no prior experience. Training is provided.
Great benefits, including
health and dental, retirement, pension, sick leave,
and free life insurance,
are available for employees who work 30 or more
hours per week.
If you are interested in
working at a job where
you can make a difference
in the quality of our community and receive great
benefits, you are encouraged to attend this event.
LANGSTON CHARTER
ENROLLMENT LOTTERY
Prospective
parents must attend one of
three Application Orientation Meetings, as part of
the lottery application process for Langston Charter
Middle 2016-2017 school
year enrollment lottery.
The remaining meetings will be on Thursday,
Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. All
meetings will be held at
Woodruff Road Christian
Church, 20 Bell Road in
Greenville.
In addition to attending
a meeting, parents must
submit a lottery application, which are available
on the school website
www.langstoncharter.
org. The deadline for all
lottery applications is Friday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m.
A lottery of all complete
applications will be held
on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 5
p.m. at the school and is
THE GREER CITIZEN
BUENA VISTA PARTICIPATES

IN READING PROGRAM
Special performance
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Chandler Creek first and second graders were treated to a performance of Junie B.
Jones the Musical by the Greenville Little Theatre recently. Pictured, left to right, are:
Samuel Floyd, Cory Granner, Emily Grove, Chelsea Garrett, Cody Cobb and Laura Sykes.
open to the public. Parents of former or current
students with a sibling
planning to enroll for next
year must attend a meeting and submit the lottery
application by the deadline of Oct. 23.
Call Celanie Martin, registrar,
at 286-9700 with
any questions.
GREER MIDDLE COLLEGE

FALL 4 GMC IS NOV. 14
RHS HOSTS LITTLE MISS

RED AND BLUE PAGEANT
Riverside High will hold

its first Little Miss Red and
Blue Pageant for ages 5-12
on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 11
a.m.
The first category will be
casual wear to give the girls
an opportunity to express
themselves and show their
personal, everyday style.
The second category is
formal wear. The third category is a Riverside spirit
wear category. (It doesnt
have to be Riverside apparel, so get creative with
colors and outfits.)
The cost to enter is $30
for the first child and $10
for each additional child.
General admission is $5.
All of the money benefits Riverside Highs spirit
week for the Barbara Stone
Foundation.
visit the schools website.
BRUSHY CREEK COLLECTING

CANDY FOR CARNIVAL
Brushy Creek Elementary

will hold its Spooktacular
Carnival on Oct. 30, 4:308 p.m., with games, rides
and food.
Candy and volunteers
are needed for the event.
Parents can send one large
bag of wrapped nut-free
candy to school with their
student starting now until
Oct. 23, and the student
will receive a homework
pass.
Advance ticket sales will
start soon and will also
be sold during the carnival. If you are interested
in volunteering, contact
Tieraney Rice at tggrice@
gmail.com.
BRUSHY CREEK STUDENTS

HELP WITH FOOD DRIVE
Brushy Creek Elementary students will be collecting canned food from

Nov. 16-20 for the student
councils annual drive to
benefit Greer Relief.
Students can vote as a
fan for Clemson or South
Carolina with their donations. The cans will be
counted each day and the
winner announced. A neutral zone will be available
for donations not supporting either school.
CHANDLER CREEK
CELEBRATES HEALTH
Chandler Creek Elementary is celebrating Health

and Wellness this week.
Events
are
planned
throughout the week including Move It Monday,
Thirsty Tuesday, iWalk
Wednesday, Brain Break
Bonanza Thursday and
Fresh Fruit Friday. Students can wear their favorite sports team apparel
for the pep rally assembly
on Friday.
Each class is in need of
fun and adventurous fresh
fruit for the Friday sampling.
CHANDLER CREEK OFFERS

FREE ESL CLASSES
Chandler Creek Elementary offers free English

classes for parents, family
and friends of the school
on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9-10 a.m. in the
school cafeteria.
Buena Vista Elementary is inviting students

to participate in the
Six for Sticks Reading
Program. Students who
read six books by Oct. 12
can receive a voucher for a
hockey ticket.
Each student who completes the challenge will
receive a Buy One, Get
One ticket voucher for
the game night on Nov. 14
along with a certificate of
completion.
Each student must read
a minimum of six grade
level books in six weeks.
The six week period runs
from the week of Labor
Day to Columbus Day
(Sept. 7-Oct. 12).
Parents should return
the childs reading log to
their teacher by Oct. 16.
Vouchers can be redeemed online or through
the box office before or on
the game night of Nov. 14.
Queen bee
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Tara Hawkins was crowned Homecoming Queen before

the Greer vs. Eastside game Friday night. She is shown
with her father, Danny Hawkins.
SKYLAND ELEMENTARY
CELEBRATES LITERACY
Skyland
Elementary
kicked off Literacy Week
Monday with a PTA event
offering prizes for the
best decorated book character pumpkin and student character costume
for each grade level.
Other events throughout
the week include: Tuesday,
wear T-shirt with words;
Wednesday, Mystery Guest
Reader
to
classroom;
Thursday, Book Buddies;
and Friday, read outside
with your class.
TIGERVILLE WILL HOST

SPOOKY FALL STORYTIME
Tigerville
Elementary
students will host Spooky
Fall Storytime on Monday,
Oct. 19, at 6 p.m. in the
school cafeteria.
The drama club will
present The Little Old
Lady Who Was Not Afraid
of Anything.
WOODLAND STUDENTS CAN

JOIN KIDS MARATHON
Woodland
Elementary
students can now register
for the Kids Marathon
Club offered through
the Greenville Track Club
in conjunction with the
Spinx Run Fest.
Last year more than 60
students
participated.
The goal this year is for
students to log enough
miles to complete a halfmarathon (13.1 miles).
Students run their final
mile around the Greenville
Drive Baseball Stadium on
Oct. 31. The program is
designed to encourage students to establish lifelong
fitness habits by becoming
involved in a participative/
goal setting activity.
For more information
or to register, visit the
schools website.
DAVIS NAMED GMS

TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Nanette Davis has been

named the Greer Middle
School Teacher of the Year
for the 2015-2016 school
year.
Davis teaches eighth
grade math at Greer Middle and has a very dynamic
classroom. Known as the
Math Mama, she is entering her third year at GMS
and has been immersed in
the life of our school since
she arrived. She was an
assistant with the varsity
girls basketball program
and with the volleyball
team at Greer High. She is
currently the Athletic Director at Greer Middle and
provides leadership for all
the sports teams here.
In addition, Davis is the
middle school Vice President of Greenville County
Teachers of Mathematics.
TIGERVILLE PUMPKIN
DECORATING CONTEST
The Storybook Pumpkin

Patch at Tigerville Elemen-
Greer Middle College

Charter High Fall 4 GMC 5k
Walk/Run will be Saturday,
Nov. 14, at 9 a.m. along the
streets of Greer.
The money raised from
the event will help purchase a new activity bus
for Greer Middle College
Charter High School.
DISTRICT FIVE
TEACHERS, STUDENTS
HONORED AT MEETING
District Five Board of

Trustees honored Virginia
B9
Ingram and Pat Horton

with its Fives Finest
award for September, recognizing educators who
go the extra mile to see
students succeed.
Ingram, a math teacher
at Byrnes Freshman Academy, is one of the schools
most requested teachers,
and serves as a positive
roll model to fellow staff
members and students
alike.
Horton, a third grade
teacher at Lyman Elementary, helps every year to
organize the school supply shopping, securing
deals from stores to make
sure parents money is
well spent. She also serves
as a positive role model
for students and staff.
Eleven Byrnes High seniors were also honored
during the meeting for
their participation in Palmetto Boys and Girls State
programs sponsored by
the American Legion that
promote education about
state and local government, and seek to spark
interest in the political
process.
The following students
were
honored: Anthony
Battastini, John Gibbs, Dillon Green, John Guthrie,
Harry Stathakis, Erik Suri,
Sarah Cobb, Reagan Ortt,
Victoria Shaw, and Shaylyn Simmons.
BYRNES ROTC ADOPTS

A HIGHWAY
AFJROTC cadets from

Byrnes High spent their
Saturday picking up trash
for a good cause recently.
The group participated
in a cleanup project as part
of the Adopt-a-Highway
program, picking up litter around Duncans Main
Street and the SCALE park.
Each team was student
led, enforcing safety, and
the qualities that ROTC instills in cadets daily.
SEE SCHOOLS | B12
ENTERTAINMENT
The Greer Citizen
B10
THE GREER CITIZEN
Green Inferno for hard core

horror fans only
Bryce Dallas Howard in
Jurassic World
COUCH THEATER
DVD previews
By Sam Struckhoff
NEW RELEASES
FOR WEEK OF OCT. 19
Rating: 6 out of 10
Testament of Youth
(PG-13) -- Adapted from
the bestselling memoir,
this drama tells the story
of a young woman finding herself and her whole
world changed through
World War I. Vera Brittain
(Alicia Vikander) was an
intellectual and rebellious
student at Oxford, part of
a growing feminist movement, and shed fallen
for her brothers friend
Roland (Kit Harrington).
When the fighting breaks
out, Vera becomes a nurse,
while many of her friends
and loved ones become
memories.
The film is visually stunning, especially in the jarring contrast between the
English countryside and
the bleary chaos of trench
warfare. Vera is a fine and
fascinating character, and
her transformation is handled expertly by Vikanders performance.
Z for Zachariah (R)
-- Nestled in a Southern
valley, Ann (Margot Robbie) and her farm animals
are safe from the killer radioactivity that took out
(almost) every other living
thing on Earth. One day,
a scientist named Loomis
(Chiwetel Ejiofor) stumbles into her idyllic sanctuary. As the Last Man and
Woman on Earth, Loomis
and Ann make good-faith
efforts to get along, understand each other and try
to grow some romance in
the post-apocalypse. Just
when things seem to click,
in comes Caleb (Chris
Pine), a strapping miner
who has more in common
with Ann than Loomis ever
could. The tension in the
triangle, and the ideas that
the characters represent,
make it a slow-burning but
effective post-apocalyptic
drama.
The Wolfpack (R) - This documentary tells
the strange tale of the Angulo brothers, six young
men who spent most of
their childhoods stuck in a
tiny Manhattan apartment,
watching movies as their
main source of contact
with the outside world.
The documentary shows
interviews and old footage
of how the boys became
cinephiles,
re-enacting
blockbuster movies in their
apartment, with intricate
homemade costumes and
handwritten scripts transcribed from watching the
VHS tapes over and over.
The documentary explains
that they were kept inside
by an alcoholic father and
homeschooled by their
mother. Its a fascinating,
if somewhat jumbled portrait of some surprisingly
personable and creative
brothers.
The Greer Farmers Market will continue Thursday, Oct. 1, from 4-7
p.m. in the parking lot at
Main and Poinsett streets
(across from BB&T).
The market will be held
each Thursday through
the end of October.
Visit greerfarmersmarket.com.
t used to be that American horror movies were

all about the same
when it came to violence
and gore. Most were silly,
low budget affairs that
MOVIE
REVIEW
OLDE TYME FARM DAY

RETURNS OCT. 24
WILLIAM
BUCHHEIT
couldnt even get the
color of blood right, let
alone portray violence in
a realistic, horrific manner. Things took a turn in
the early part of the millennium when the Saw
and Hostel films came
out. With their sadistic
violence and unrestrained
gore, they popularized a
subgenre of horror called
torture porn, a style
defined by its visceral
annihilation of the human
body as much as its sinister psychological games.
But even though Saw
and Hostel may have
brought torture porn into
the American mainstream,
it was the Italians that
invented it a quartercentury earlier. The best
and most influential of
these was a sickening
1980 flick called Cannibal Holocaust. Directed
by Ruggero Deodato, it
was a found footage
film (much like the Blair
Witch Project some two
decades later) in which
an American production
crew travels into the Amazon to film a documentary called The Green
Inferno only to meet a
violent end at the hands
of local savages.
As its title illustrates,
Eli Roth used that gruesome work (as well as its
Italian companion piece,
1985s Cannibal Ferox)
to create a modernized
version of the South
American cannibal film.
If his goal was to make
an entertaining, repellent
THINGS
TO DO
GREER FARMERS MARKET
CONTINUES THURSDAY
Run time: 103 minutes

Rated: R for graphic violence
and extreme gore
PICKS OF THE WEEK
Jurassic World (PG13) -- Boldly defying the

lessons of the past, somebody decides to build a
theme park with dinosaurs
surrounding poorly protected humans. Chris Pratt
stars as Owen Grady, a velociraptor trainer who has
a shaky alliance with a few
dino-buddies. Hes opposite Bryce Dallas Howard,
who plays an uptight park
director who doesnt take
off her heels even when
being chased by dinosaurs.
The greedy genetic-tinkerers who run the park have
crafted the biggest attraction yet: the Indominus,
a mutant hybrid monster
made pointlessly deadly
and intelligent.
The visual effects and
overall scope of the action
sequences go beyond what
was done in the original,
but even with upgraded
tech and bigger teeth, this
Jurassic thriller isnt as
thrilling. Characters are so
one-sided that even Pratts
immutable charm gets a
little muted.
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As a horror movie, The Green Inferno, had plenty of room

to accomplish more.
and occasionally funny
gorefest, he succeeded. As
a horror movie, though,
The Green Inferno is
pretty mediocre.
The storyline follows
a group of idealistic college kids to the Peruvian
jungle as they try to stop
a construction crew from
destroying the forest and
driving out a local tribe.
Misfortune strikes, however, when their Buddy
Holly plane crashes and
the tribe they are hoping
to save mistakes them for
the corporate infiltrators
they are trying to save
them from. As the movies
name indicates, theres
green hell to pay.
It all takes too long to
get going, as Roth introduces the characters and
their apparent motivations for making the trip.
The acting is weak, the
dialogue worse and the
characters are as superficial as a shrunken head
youd find on Amazon.
com. The tone shifts dramatically, of course, once
they start getting gobbled.
The use of sound effects,
makeup and tight editing
heightens the sense of
terror and dread, and the
violence is as realistic as
it is relentless.
Apart from an absurd

plot twist involving marijuana, the final half of the
film is quite compelling,
a wild adventure through
the lush vegetation and
roaring rivers of the Amazon wilderness.
Roth and crew deserve
immense credit for filming on location in the
harsh elements of Peru,
and the local Callanayacu
tribes cooperation and
involvement in the production certainly adds
to the realism. Though
critics have slammed Roth
for racially profiling the
natives, it doesnt seem
to bother him much. Its
unlikely that he meant for
The Green Inferno to be
taken too seriously. Sure,
there are some relevant
jabs at social media and
American exceptionalism,
but what the director was
clearly going for was a
nostalgic tribute to the
cannibal films he grew up
watching.
The Green Inferno is
not for everyone, most, or
even half the people out
there. Heck, its not even
for most horror fans out
there. But for those who
can stomach it, there are
enough treats to make it a
flick worth digging into.
Gail and Vic Campbell

will hold Olde Tyme Farm
Day at their Log Cabin
Farm on Saturday, Oct. 24,
from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. with a
welcome and prayer at 11
a.m.
The day will feature old
time processes including
molasses-making with a
horse-drawn mill, apple
butter making, apple cider
press, grist mill, quilting,
spinning and felting, blacksmithing, butter churning
and campfire cooking.
Childrens crafts, hay
wagon, pony cart and
horse rides will also be offered. There will be bluegrass music, antique displays, farm animals and
Amish barn.
Cost is $5 donation per
carload. Barbecue and hot
dogs by Sims BBQ will be
available for purchase.
Visitors are welcome to
bring lawn chairs. Rain
date will be Saturday, Nov.
7.
Log Cabin Farm is located at 3855 Pennington
Road in Greer, one mile
south of Blue Ridge High.
STOMPING GROUNDS
UPCOMING EVENTS
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:
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.
FICTION ADDICTION HOSTS

STORYTIME THURSDAYS
Local independent bookstore Fiction Addiction

hosts a free childrens storytime for preschoolers
every Thursday morning
at 10:30 a.m.
Upcoming picture books
to be read include:
Oct. 8: Were in the
wrong book! by Richard
Byrne.
Oct. 15: Pete the Cat
and the Bedtime Blues by
James Dean.
The store is located at
1175 Woods Crossing Rd.
#5 (in the shopping center
with Fried Green Tomatoes, Boardwalk, and Jimmy Johns). For more info,
call 675-0540.
ARTISTS GUILD GALLERY

JURIED SHOW
The Artists Guild Gallery

of Greenville will host the
5th Annual Juried Small
Works Show Oct. 1-31.
They work in various mediums including
acrylic, mixed media, oil
and watercolor paintings,
jewelry, glass, woodwork,
photography, pottery and
sculpture. One or more of
the artists is in the gallery
at all times, demonstrating
throughout the day and
always ready to discuss
their art with visitors.
The Artists Guild Gallery
of Greenville is located at
200 North Main Street.
DR. EDUARDO BONILLASILVA IN FURMAN SERIES
The University of South

Carolina Upstate will host
Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
as a speaker in the Black
Lives Matter Speaker Series Race Relations in the
21st Century, on Thursday, Oct. 8.
Bonilla-Silva will speak
on Racism in Post-Racial
Times, at 6 p.m. at the
Chapman Cultural Center Theater in downtown
Spartanburg.
The event is free and
open to the public.
To view the full schedule
of speakers and topics for
the Black Lives Speaker Series, visit www.uscupstate.
edu.
My 10 favorite Beatles songs
eatles fans spend

dozens of hours each
year arguing with
each other about what
the groups best albums
and songs are. While the
following list may not
include several songs you
see at the top of most
Beatles lists, it represents
the ten I like most after
listening to them fanatically since my teens.
10. Nowhere Man
(1965) One of the best
tunes from Rubber Soul,
it is beautifully arranged
and melodic. Featuring
superb harmonies from
the other three Beatles, it
marked a critical point in
Lennons career, as it was
one of his first philosophical songs. For the
remainder of the groups
run, he would continue to
distance himself from the
love songs that defined
much of his early writing.
9. Im Looking Through
You (1965) Sung over
shimmering acoustic guitar chords, McCartneys
best song from Rubber
Soul was written after
the dissolution of his relationship with girlfriend
Jane Asher. It reflects his
resulting cynicism with
relationships (Love has a
nasty habit of disappearing overnight). I love the
way the song sounds so
clean and tightly produced.
THE BUCK
STOPS HERE
WILLIAM
BUCHHEIT
8. Any Time At All
(1964) My favorite track
on the glorious Hard
Days Night record, I
just love the urgency of
its chorus. I also love
Lennons singing during
the bands early days. Like
much of the early music,
he sings this testament
of love as if his life depended on it. Harrisons
guitar licks add additional
resonance to this underrated rocker.
7. Golden Slumbers/
Carry the Weight/The
End (1969) Its hard
to imagine a better song
medley to end the Beatles
last recorded album (Abbey Road) than this one.
From the simple but beautiful opening of McCartneys vocals and piano
to the consecutive guitar
solos from everybody but
Ringo, its an enduring
statement to the bands
artistry. It also wraps up
with their enduring message: And in the end, the
love you take is equal to
the love you make.
6. Yesterday (1965)
To me, its the prettiest
song ever recorded, and
its almost inconceivable
that the ballad was written by a 23-year-old. In
any case, Yesterday is a
melancholic two-minute
gem and possibly the best
example Ive heard of
pop music timelessness.
McCartneys vocals beautifully convey the songs
sense of loss and regret.
5. Dear Prudence
(1968) I just love the
buildup of this song, one
of Lennons best from the
White Album. The tinny
guitar notes that open it,
Harrisons electric licks
during the verses and
Ringos thundering drums
in the chorus, this one
never gets old. Lennon
wrote it for Prudence
Farrow, Mias sister who
was in India studying
Transcendental Meditation while the band was
there. She was reportedly
so absorbed in meditation
that she wouldnt come
out of her tent. This song
asserts that the world is
beautiful, so get out and
enjoy it.
4. I Wanna Hold Your
Hand (1963) An iconic
tune that beautifully defines the energy of early
60s rock, this one was
the Beatles first #1 single
in America and the best
selling of their career.
Lennons vocals are
dramatic but what really
makes the song legendary is the guitar chord
progression. One can only
imagine the smiles that
came over peoples faces
all those years ago when
they first heard it crackle
out of their car speakers.
3. A Day in the Life
(1967) Perhaps the finest collaborative effort
between Lennon and
McCartney, this epic
song closes the Sgt.
Peppers album with a
bang. The minor guitar
chords, accompanying
piano and eccentric McCartney-sung interlude all
come together to make a
truly unique and hypnotic
work. Without question,
producer George Martins
studio masterpiece.
2. Happiness Is a Warm
Gun (1968) -- Ive been a
Beatles freak since I was
17, but it took me at least
ten more years before
I could fully appreciate
this psychedelic classic
from The White Album.
Its subject matter may
be open to interpretation
and it may not be the
most impressive lyrical
effort Lennon ever put on
paper, but its structurally brilliant. The doo-wop
background harmonies,
majestic climax and
wicked guitar riffs make it
one of their best.
1. Let It Be (1970) A
piano ballad full of hope,
faith and human emotion,
I still get chills every time
I hear it. It showcases McCartneys vocal range and
unsurpassed knack for
melody. Like Yesterday,
its lyrics and musical arrangement are timeless,
and it features George
Harrisons finest guitar
solo he ever recorded. It
should be noted that I favor the album version of
this song over the single
version, which doesnt include the aforementioned
guitar solo.
FUN AND GAMES
THE GREER CITIZEN
B11
Psoriasis can precede

psoriatic arthritis
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
am a 77-year-old male. I
had to stop playing golf
about two years ago due
to joint pain. I had psoriasis from age 15 until I was
40. I am retired from the
Navy and had to be hospitalized twice during my
time in service due to my
skin. Why it disappeared
at age 40, I dont know.
Is it possible that I could
have psoriatic arthritis?
One doctor I saw said that
I had to have psoriasis in
order to get it. I saw that
you said that sometimes
the arthritis shows up before the skin lesions. Can
it show up after you have
quit having the lesions? - Anon.
ANSWER: Indeed, psoriatic arthritis can show
up years after psoriasis
starts and when there are
no skin lesions. Often, pits
in the nails or other nail
changes are seen in those
with psoriatic arthritis.
However, having psoriasis doesnt protect you
from other types of arthritis, such as osteoarthritis
or rheumatoid arthritis.
Since psoriatic arthritis is
so destructive, you should
see an expert, perhaps a
rheumatologist.
The arthritis booklet
discusses rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and
lupus. Readers can order a
copy by writing: Dr. Roach
-- No. 301W, 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
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
and address. Please allow
four weeks for delivery.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: Do
varicose veins in the leg
still return blood? Does
circulation diminish if
they are removed? Should
the elderly avoid removal?
What if a vena cava filter
exists for a one-time DVT
25 years ago? -- S.S.
ANSWER: Varicose veins
are dilated veins. They are
very common, especially
as we get older, and they
seem to run in families.
They often come because
of leaky valves inside the
veins. A previous blood
clot is a risk factor, and a
filter may make varicose
veins and clots somewhat
more likely.
They do continue to
function, returning blood.
They should be treated
conservatively, with leg
elevation, exercise and
compression, such as using pressure stockings. I
seldom recommend moreaggressive therapy, but
if they are symptomatic
(pain, tightness, skin irritation) despite a good trial
of conservative treatment,
they can be treated with
laser or radiofrequency
ablation,
by
injecting
medication into or around
them, or by vein stripping.
A vascular surgeon is the
expert on these treatments.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
am a 63-year-old male
who had a subarachnoid
hemorrhage in 2008. The
source of the bleed could
not be found, and fortunately I came out of it in
good shape, with no adverse effects. My doctor
prescribed diclofenac [an
NSAID] for joint and muscle pain, and it does help.
Do you see a problem with
this, considering that it
thins the blood? -- T.O.M.
ANSWER: Since the aneurism wasnt repaired, I
would not recommend taking the NSAID unless your
consulting neurosurgeon
has specifically told you
that it is safe to do so. I
wouldnt be brave enough
to prescribe it without that
OK, even though there is
some evidence saying it
may be safe.
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
Steffy demanded that

Thomas apologize to their
father, Ridge, for punching him. Eric agreed to
speak with Steffy on Ivys
behalf about getting her
job back at Forrester Creations. Realizing that Eric
was unaware of the whole
truth surrounding Ivys
dismissal, Steffy filled in
the blanks, which included being blackmailed. Ivy
felt uncomfortable with
her new position at the
company. Thomas was
shocked by Ridges decision and begged Caroline
to help him out. Maya told
Rick about what she wanted next out of their marriage. Liam disapproved
of Steffys plans for Ivy.
Zende hinted to Nicole
that he would like to take
their relationship to the
next level. Wait to See: The
stress of keeping a secret
is too much to bear for
someone.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Chad and Stefano came

up with a strategy to flush
out Clyde. Stress over
Chads predicament took
its toll on Abigail, who
suffered a health crisis. JJ
rescued Gabi from a tense
situation. Theresa and
Brady feared that something was wrong with
Tate. Steve returned to Salem with some disturbing
news about Bo. JJ tried to
Melissa Ordway stars as

Abby on The Young and
The Restless
trap Clyde. Aiden realized
that there may be another
way for him to pay off his
debts. Will uncovered key
evidence about the Necktie Killer. Caroline had a
vision of Bo. Aiden finally
exacted payback against
Clyde. Chad and Abigail
shared a fraught moment
when he asked her why
she kept helping him. Stefano and Andre attempted
to clear Chads name. The
Necktie Killer claimed another victim. Wait to See:
Sami returns to Salem.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Hayden overheard a
juicy conversation. Carly
made an emotional plea to
Sonny. Anna and Sam had
a heart-to-heart discussion
with Emma. Laura urged
Jake to discover his true
identity before committing
himself to Elizabeth. Felix
paid Sabrina a visit. Dillon
turned to Paul for advice.
A wrong assumption made

by Nathan led to some dire
consequences. Dante and
Lulu shared a close moment and discussed their
future together. Michael
rebuffed Tracy and Pauls
pleas to stay away from
the dangerous Corinthos
family business. Julian had
a surprising encounter.
Dillon told Lulu how he
felt about her. Meanwhile,
Dante confronted Valerie
about a rumor. Olivia came
up with a plan to protect
her baby from Julian. Wait
to See: Kiki makes a scene
at a bar.
THE YOUNG AND

THE RESTLESS
Paul visited Patty and

Sharon at Fairview. Later,
Patty told Dr. Anderson
that she was concerned
about Sharons behavior.
Kyle warned Billy to stop
buying up Newmans assets, but Billy told Kyle
that he was ready to take
on Victor. Victoria confronted Sage about her
relationship with Nick.
Devon and Lily wondered
if Colin was somehow involved in Hilarys disappearance. Michael made
a business decision that
completely shocked Lauren. Abby asked Victor to
cut Chelsea a break. Summer shared some shocking
news with Phyllis. Wait to
See: Devon takes the law
into his own hands.
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.
B12
Living Here
the greer citizen
Schools: Earn achievement awards

From B9
Duncan Collects Cans

For Community
Students at Duncan Elementary recently learned

the meaning of giving back
to their community.
Students and teachers
rallied together to bring
in cans for Duncans annual food drive for Middle
Tyger Community Center.
The drive is a service-learning project sponsored by
Duncans Student Council.
In just one week, Duncan was able to donate
over 1,200 items.
d5 Students Prepared
For Workforce
Bradford Lee Folk and the Bluegrass Playboys warm up in the woods backstage Thursday
evening.
Fest: Rain cancels final day of festival
A majority of District
Five students have the
skills necessary for career
success, according to test
results released by ACT
and the SC Department of
Education.
Based on the WorkKeys
assessment results, 89% of
District Five students are
ready for the workforce.
Performance on WorkKeys,
assessments administered
by ACT, allows a student
to earn an National Career Readiness Certificate,

or NCRC. The portable
credential demonstrates
achievement and a certain
level of workplace employable skills.
Students were tested
in three different areas:
Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and
Reading for Information.
Certificates can be earned
at the Platinum, Gold,
Silver, and Bronze level.
Nearly 70% of District Five
students earned certificates of Silver or above.
Gerhardt, Tucker win

school supplies
Kelli Gerhardt, of D.R.

Hill Middle, and Janice
Tucker, of Beech Springs
Intermediate, are winners
of the FSI Office Teacher
of the Week contest,
each winning boxes of
school supplies for their
students.
Each week, the company, along with the Carolina Panthers, announce
the top 10 vote-getters
among teachers in North
and South Carolina.
Wellford teams with

YMCA for swim program
Kindergarten students
at Wellford Academy are
diving into a new lesson
this year that takes them
out of the classroom and
into the swimming pool.
The school has teamed
up with the Middle Tyger
YMCA to offer swimming
lessons to each of its kindergarten students this
year as part of a first-time
pilot program. SwimSafe
aims to give students lifesaving skills when theyre
in the water and also build
character traits like confidence and self-esteem.
Each week, kindergarten students and teachers
travel to the YMCA pool,
where students receive a
45-minute lesson.
Organizers hope the
results transfer into the
classroom, having a positive impact on student
learning as well.
The pilot program will
last 10 weeks, with students taking their last lessons in December.
From B8
I prefer tarot reading

at events because you get
to enjoy like this. This is
a very awesome bluegrass
festival and, by the way,
you might make money,
Olga said.
While the Trotters hoped
to gain some exposure for
their business, Zigs motive for the festival is not
financial.
The guy doesnt do it
for the money, Jones said
about Zig. He does it because he likes the music
and the people.
When the organizer was
asked about how he chooses bands to perform each
fall and spring, he said, I
just pick the ones I like.
Its hard to argue against
his choices, particularly
late at night when bands
and individuals gather
around campfires to play
and sing, creating an
amalgamation of creative
sound enhanced by the serenity of campfire light.
A lot of really cool
jams happen around every
campfire, Fassas said.
Fall into color
Glynn Zig Zeigler pauses for a moment while working the

backstage kitchen.
Those jams can be the
highlight of the festival and also the demise
of those looking to grab
some sleep but unable to
leave the music.
One year we were here
and we met this friend and
he came walking up, Jones

said. Hes walking real
slow, and I said, When did
you go to sleep? And he
said, I didnt. He stayed
up all night picking!
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Runners took to the streets on a wet, Saturday morning to

A number of trees toppled over in the Greer area during

GCM raises $50,000 Storm rainfall was

even though we canceled a

Red Cross of South Carolina

Harvest Hope Food Bank

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Local residents pitched in to

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East Suber and Sweetbriar

Local distribution sites

Executive director, GDC

Deaton, executive director

Newman family honored

This family has collectively given more

When Mike and Brent

service than CPW has even been around.

As times changed, facilities were upgraded and

James Larry Miller, 69

than CPW has even been

Greer knocks off

Call for an appointment today

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015

will be accepted from Oct.

Gods Pantry is hosting

UPSTATE AUTISM FORUM

The Upstate Autism Forum will be on Saturday,

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All Larkins restaurant

GRIEF SUPPORT CLASSES

DINE OUT FOR MOM

Interim Healthcare Hospice will be offering new

The Friends of Lake Robinson organization is accepted photos of the lake

Donations for the Greer

Breast cancer patient

Churches have been the

JAM FOR CARE,

On Tuesday, from 6-8:30

LARKINS TAKING FLOOD

Greer Community Ministries needs a volunteer to

pany (55 Airview Drive)

This years event will be

Citizens Building and Loan

@Fairview Baptist Church

CRAFTS FOOD AUCTION

Bid from the comfort of your home!

Master Appraiser Llewellyn Kelly Dykes

$5 for one item

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After sanding, the bat is smoothed with a metal tube to

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