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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018 
Police apprehend attempted murder suspect
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
A suspect wanted for
attempted murder surren-
dered to Greer Police Fri-
day afternoon.
Ahkeem Jabarr “AJ” Rec-
tor, who police say opened
fire at 220 Biblebrook
Drive in Greer on Jan. 14,
is facing charges of at-
tempted murder, burglary
first degree and posses-
sion of a weapon during
the commission of a vio-
lent crime.
Rector was found in a
residence on Mason Street,
following an investigation
by Greer Police. He then
barricaded himself in the
home.
“We already had our
emergency response team
activated for service of
this warrant because it
was a high risk warrant,”
Lt. Patrick Fortenberry
said. “We were able to
contain the situation and
surround the trailer. It
was about a 30 minute ne-
gotiation with him and we
were able to get Mr. Rector
to surrender peacefully.”
Fortenberry said the
department was pleased
Greer officer, suspect injured
After
shooting
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
A Greer Police officer
opened fire on a suspect
who struck him with a ve-
hicle last Wednesday night
on the J. Verne Smith Park-
way.
The shot hit the driver,
and both parties sustained
non-life threatening inju-
ries, according to reports
from the Greer Police De-
partment and the South
Carolina Law Enforcement
Division (SLED).
According to Greer Po-
lice, the officer, whose
name was not released at
press time, was investi-
gating a suspicious vehi-
cle when the incident oc-
curred.
Reports state the vechi-
cle began driving toward
the officer, making con-
tact and causing the offi-
cer to open fire.
“Both the officer and
driver of the vehicle were
transported to the emer-
gency room for treat-
ment,” Greer Police said in
a statement. “Our officer
was treated and released
from the hospital…The
driver of the vehicle re-
ceived what we are told
to be non-life threatening
injuries and is still being
treated at the hospital.”
Lt. Patrick Fortenberry
did not provide an update
on the suspect’s condi-
Greer receives positive report by new audit firm
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
The City of Greer re-
ceived an unmodified
opinion—the best opinion
possible—during a recent
audit by Greene, Finney &
Horton.
“The (General Fund) bal-
ance increased about 3.8
million to $13.9 million
for the year,” Ken Mead-
INDEX  | DEATHS
CLASSIFIEDS B4
ENTERTAINMENT B6
OBITUARIES A6
OPINION A4
OUR SCHOOLS B8
SPORTS B1-3
WEATHER A6
Ahkeem Jabarr ‘AJ’ Rector
to resolve the negotiation
without injury.
“Law enforcement offi-
cers do not want to have
harm brought to them-
selves or anyone else,
which is one reason we
use the emergency re-
sponse team,” he said.
“These officers train every
month for something like
this. We were happy that
no officers and Mr. Rector
himself were not injured
during the negotiation.
The shooting that police
say Rector is connected to
injured one person.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
An officer-involved shooting took place on the J. Verne Smith Parkway last Wednesday.
tion, but said the officer is
continuing to recover.
“He will have a follow
up appointment, but right
now he’s at home recover-
ing,” Lt. Patrick Fortenber-
ry said.
“Our thoughts
prayers are with our in-
and
jured officer and the in-
jured driver involved in
this incident,” he said.
The investigation will
be handled by SLED, as is
protocol.
“SLED conducts law en-
forcement officer involved
shooting investigations at
the request of the agency
involved in the incident,”
a statement from SLED
explained. “These inde-
pendent investigations
follow SLED’s guidance
in conducting interviews
ows, a CPA (Certified Pub-
lic Accountant) with the
firm, said.
Unassigned fund bal-
ance is $13.6 million,
which is up from $10 mil-
lion last year, and that
fund balance is about 74
percent of 2017 actual ex-
penditures and 71 percent
of 2017 budgeted expen-
ditures. The Government
of Financial Officers As-
 | LIVING HERE
Jeffery (Jeff) Scott
Edwards, 45
Bradley North Ramp, 68
Charles M. Walden, 72
Emergency response teams were called to a location on Mason Street on Friday where they negotiated with attempted
murder suspect Ahkeem Jabarr Rector. He was arrested without conflict after 30 minutes.
‘Our thoughts and prayers are with our
injured officer and the injured driver
involved in this incident.’
along with the gathering
and analysis of forensic
evidence.”
Dash camera footage is
not available, however.
“Interviews are being
conducted with the re-
sponding officers and
others,” SLED said in the
statement. “There is no
dash camera video of the
incident.”
Information gathered by
SLED will be submitted to
sociation (GFOA) recom-
mends a minimum of 16.7
percent.
“You all are well above
that,” Meadows said.
The city’s own minimum
fund balance policy re-
quires 35 percent of Gen-
eral Fund operating reve-
nues.
Some benefits to main-
taining an adequate fund
SEE AUDIT | A6
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Lt. Patrick Fortenberry
City of Greer Police Department
prosecutors.
“No other information
about the case will be
disclosed by SLED at this
time,” the statement said.
According to SLED, this
was the fifth officer in-
volved shooting in South
Carolina in 2018. There
were 49 officer involved
shootings in the state last
year, none of which in-
volved Greer Police.
OTHER FUNDS
HOSPITALITY TAXES FUND
Revenues: $2.1 million
Expenditures & Transfers:
$1.9 million ($169,000 for
recreation such as festivals;
$149,000 for capital outlay
such as Century Park
renovations; and $1.6
million to the General Fund.
 |
FINDING NEW FOCUS
Greer family uses
STEP program
to get back on feet
B5
GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 105 NO. 5 75 CENTS
GREER CITY COUNCIL
City extends EMS
lease agreement
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
The City of Greer has ex-
tended a lease on property
located behind the former
site of the old Allen Ben-
nett Hospital.
The exten-
See Council sion comes
Action | A6 as part of an
agreement
between the
city and Greenville County
Emergency Medical Ser-
vices to keep EMS opera-
tions running.
Duncan selling
sewer to Lyman
Updating
ordinances
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
The Town of Duncan is
in the process of selling its
sewer system to Lyman.
After an extensive dis-
cussion in Executive Ses-
sion during a Jan. 23
special called meeting,
ROAD PAVING FUND
Revenues: $135,000
Expenditures: $328,000
(for Brushy Creek sidewalk
project and the GDCLTC
paving match and
miscellaneous Greenville
and Spartanburg County
projects)
TO SUBSCRIBE TO
THE GREER CITIZEN,
CALL US TODAY AT 877-2076
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
“Part of our restriction
with receiving the gift (of
the Allen Bennett site) was
that we would continue to
make this property avail-
able for EMS operations,”
City Administrator Ed
Driggers explained. “Our
current lease has expired,
and this is an extension of
that current lease.”
The property sits on
0.27 acres off Memorial
Drive.
“This is what we call the
ambulance barn,” Driggers
said.
Duncan Town Council
unanimously approved
the first reading of an or-
dinance for the Town of
Lyman to provide waste-
water collection and treat-
ment for Duncan.
With the purchase, Ly-
man will be responsible
for $800,000 of Duncan’s
sewer debt and may be
able to reduce rates, ac-
cording to officials.
In other business, Dun-
can council approved the
SEE DUNCAN | A6
 |
STORMWATER FUND
Revenues: $787,000
Expenditures: $264,000
(for projects and operating
expenses)
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Community SOUPER BOWL OF CARING

RETURNS THROUGH FEB. 4
officials and discuss im-
portant issues facing the
into the showcase, a light
brunch, and local vendor Church business leaders, CEOs,
and owners who want

News
GREER RELIEF SEEKS
VOLUNTEERS FOR VITA
Greer Relief & Resource
Agency, Inc., offers Vol-
unteer Income Tax Assis-
tance (VITA) to those who
need it most in the com-
munity.
Instead of paying a high
fee at traditional prepara-
tion locations, neighbors
in need can get their taxes
prepared for free and keep
much needed refunds in
their pockets.
Greer Relief is looking
for volunteer tax prepar-
ers and greeters.
Don’t have any experi-
ence with taxes? That’s ok!
Go to www.vitavolun-
teer.org to learn more.
For more information
or to volunteer for VITA,
contact Evan McLeod at
volunteer@greerrelief.org
A6 THE GREER CITIZEN
or 334-3492.
The Souped Bowl of Car-
ing is a way to support
local nonprofits in con-
nection with Super Bowl
Sunday.
Game Plan:
1) Register at souper-
bowl.org to receive free
promotional material.
2) Collect money or
canned goods before or on
Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 4.
3) Report results to
share victory and inspire
others.
4) Donate 100 percent
of collection to the chari-
ty of choice, such as Greer
Community Ministries.
PUBLIC POLICY BREAKFAST
RESCHEDULED FOR FEB. 9
The second annual Pub-
lic Policy Breakfast has
been rescheduled for Fri-
day, Feb. 9, because of
winter weather.
The event will take place
from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at The
Davenport, located at 230
Trade Street, Greer.
This is an opportunity
to connect with elected
General Assembly in 2018.
This year's program will
feature Representative
Rita Allison, Senator Tom
Corbin, Representative
Phyllis Henderson, Repre-
sentative Tommy Stringer
and Senator Scott Talley.
BRIDAL SHOWCASE BRINGS
WEDDING VENDORS FEB. 10
The second annual
Greater Greer Bridal Show-
case is coming to Greer
City Hall on Saturday, Feb.
10, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Join the City of Greer
Events Center for brunch
as the Upstate’s best wed-
ding vendors gather.
The Showcase will high-
light local vendors and
their talents, including
décor, food, and entertain-
ment in a “mock recep-
tion” style.
Meet face to face with
musicians, photographers,
wedding planners, and
more.
Brides, grooms, family,
and friends are invited.
Tickets include entry
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information.
Register for FREE at
https://form.jotform.
com/73404182915152.
WINTERSKUNK MUSIC FEST
AT THE SPINNING JENNY
WinterSkunk Music Fest
is coming to The Spinning
Jenny on Saturday, Feb.
10, from 2-11:30 p.m., in
Greer Station.
The one-day, indoor
concert, with vendors and
food trucks, will be held at
109 Cannon Street, Greer.
Artists scheduled to ap-
pear include Yarn, Forlorn
Strangers, Cicada Rhythm,
Sawyer, The Note Ropers,
Angela Easterling & Bran-
don Turner, and Vilai Har-
rington & The Hamptones.
Music starts at 2:15 p.m.
with tickets available at
albinoskunk.com/winter-
skunk-music-fest/.
WinterSkunk is for
adults or older teens if ac-
companied by parents. No
kids activities will be pro-
vided.
News
APALACHE BAPTIST TO
HOLD VALENTINE PARTY
The Apalache Bap-
tist Church (ABC) senior
adults Valentine Party is
Feb. 13 with a “Breakfast
at Supper” at 6 p.m. in the
Christian Life Center.
Their guest will be Joe
Price from Washington
Baptist Church and friends
who will be presenting a
musical program for the
Seniors.
The Golden Hearts of
Apalache Baptist Church
will also be treated to a
movie and meal on Feb. 22
in the CLC at 6 p.m.
ABNER CREEK TO HOST
SIMULCAST RETREAT
Abner Creek Baptist
Church will host the Work
as Worship Simulcast Re-
treat on Friday, Feb. 23
from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Join other Christian
their faith to impact their
work.
Simulcast speakers
include Matt Chandler
and numerous business
leaders from companies
throughout the country,
from the CEO of SeaWor-
ld to the creator of Veggi-
eTales.
The cost is $25 per tick-
et and registration is re-
quired.
Visit www.abnercreek-
baptist.com and follow
the prompts to register for
this event by Feb. 21.
The church is located
at 2461 Abner Creek Rd,
Greer.
LOCUST HILL TO PRESENT
THE KINGDOM HEIRS
Locust Hill Baptist
Church is presenting The
Kingdom Heirs on Satur-
day, Feb. 24, at Turner
Chapel on the campus of
North Greenville Universi-
ty in Tigerville.
Tickets are on sale now.
Call the Locust Hill
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017
church office at 895-1771.

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A4 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018

No fishes but lots of loaves

S
hameless brag alert.
It’s very much a ‘warm fuzzy’ when
you see a group of folks collecting
money during a church service for the
needy, count out the total amount, deter-
mine the most needed items to be pur-
chased with their budget, clip coupons
giving them more bang for their bucks,
do the actual shopping and deliver their
foodstuffs back to the pantry, (Thermal
Belt Outreach), all in the same day.
Exhausting? You bet.
Naps taken? Well, for one of them it
was mandatory.
Because these folks were the young-
est members of Holy Cross Episcopal
Church in Tryon, NC, and aged three
through ten. While their parents and
a couple of adult volunteers did the
actual driving (very hard to see over the
steering wheel, even with a booster seat)
these children spent pretty much their
entire Saturday deep in thought, and
along with a little horseplay (pushing
each other around in the Lidl grocery
carts), actively choosing groceries
that would benefit families--including
children their own age who might go
I’M JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
without.
It’s difficult for a child in a stable situ-
ation to understand and empathize what
it’s like for another child to go to bed
hungry, to attempt to study on an empty
stomach, to be too embarrassed to invite
a friend over for a sleep over. But when
they arrived at the food pantry, opened
especially for them that afternoon to
unload the nearly five hundred pounds
of food they had purchased, George, the
manager, lowered himself to their level
on one knee and explained why people
find themselves in need in the first
place.
“Sometimes a mom or dad loses their
job,” he said to an audience of five
pairs of eyes that widened considerably
as he went on. “Sometimes, a mom or
dad leaves, or gets too sick to work, or
even dies, and there’s just not
enough money to buy food.”
The fidgeting, only too
normal after a rather long
day, suddenly stopped as the
words were taken in. The un-
It’s very much a ‘warm
fuzzy’ when you see a
group of folks collecting
money during a church
service for the needy...
thinkable in regards to their own world
became unpleasantly considered for a
few moments as the magnitude of their
offering grew before them.
Relieved to be dismissed, the remain-
der of their day was theirs--including a
birthday party to attend, a favorite mov-
ie to watch, dinner to wonder about... Yes, it takes a village to raise a child.
But this Saturday they’re going to be at And sometimes it takes a child to raise
it again. our awareness.

FROM THE MAILBAG  | KAELYN’S

KORNER
Car key KAELYN CASHMAN

winner? Staff reporter

Q: Do people really win the

Choices
direct mail contests that include

L
a car key and a scratch off? ife is full of choices from
big ones to little ones.
A: We’ve all seen these pop Our circumstances often
up in our mailbox from time dictate what choices we’re
to time–printouts asking you given, but we can also impact
to scratch off a box (using a our circumstances through the
provided car key) to see what choices we make.
you’ve won. Two of the major determin-
ing factors are time and money.
As is the case with this How we spend our time and
money determines the course
contest, and many others of our lives for better or for
worse.
out there, if something As a couple, Brad and I try to
make wise decisions.
seems too good to be We seek to invest in others
by opening our home, spending
true, it probably is. time with family and gathering
with friends.
There’s a great story from This past weekend, we invit-
Houston Texas about this from ed over the couples without

 |
several years back. kids in our church.
Apparently, an older gentle- GUEST EDITORIAL Since there are just a few
man got the direct mail piece, of us, Brad and I decided to

A reminder that SC officers

scratched off his prize and bring this group together for a
found out that he’d won a gold time of studying the Bible and
coin. encouraging each other.
Although we’re pretty sure all We hosted this time, but we
these mailers tell you you’re a hope to rotate each month.

deserve our gratitude

winner (that’s how they get you
to the dealership), this guy went
anyway.
According to the story, written
by an ABC affiliate, he was
informed by the salesman that
the gold coin was only half the
prize, and that he should try his
key to see if it would start the
car that was being given away.
IT DID START THE CAR.
The happy gentleman actually
drove it 50 feet before reversing
it back into the dealership.
But it wasn’t supposed to
work that way.
Apparently the ignition had
been rigged so that all the direct
mail keys would start the car.
When the management at the
dealership explained to this guy
that they weren’t going to give
him the car, you could probably
bet he was a little frustrated.
But the direct mail piece actu-
ally says nothing about the key
and winning a car, if you take a
closer look.
As is the case with this con-
test, and many others out there,
if something seems too good to
be true, it probably is.
Sharing dinner gave us a
chance to catch up while sitting
in the living room opened the
door for deeper conversation.
I enjoyed catching up with
The annual observance of National Law En- see blue lights, we pull over, and we think more the ladies in the group.
forcement Appreciation Day reminds us of the about the inconvenience and cost of being It is encouraging to hear how
constant dangers facing our police, deputies stopped than we do about the noble service be- God is working in the lives of
and other public safety officers. ing performed by the officer. That’s normal, but fellow brothers and sisters in
A much more sobering reminder came it’s a shame. While it may seem like a routine Christ and what He is teaching
just one week later, on January 16, when a York traffic stop, the officers are never truly sure each of us.
County sheriff’s detective was slain while pur- what awaits them. Yet every day brave men and As we spend time thinking of
suing an armed domestic violence suspect. Of- women suit up, get into their cruisers, and go others, we are blessed.
ficer Mike Doty, 37, was laid to rest the follow- wherever a dispatcher sends them – knowing Using our resources to en-
ing Monday. Three other officers were wounded that, in the blink of an eye, even a routine call courage others is part of what
by gunfire during the pursuit but are recovering, could turn tragic.  we are here on earth to do.
according to media reports. The news about Of- Here are some ways people can meaningfully Everything we have is en-
ficer Doty was heartbreaking, but all too famil- show appreciation for officers in their commu- trusted to us from God.
iar. Last year, four S.C. law enforcement officers nities: James 1:17 says, “Every good
were killed while on duty. In April, Spartanburg If you have a positive experience with local gift and every perfect gift is
Police Officer Jason Gregory Harris lost his life law enforcement, share your story - whether from above, coming down from
when his department motorcycle crashed while on social media or by writing a letter to the lo- the Father of lights, with whom
he was responding to a call. In June, Anderson cal newspaper. Especially now, after so much there is no variation or shadow
County Deputy Devin Pressley Hodges died in a attention has been paid to controversial issues due to change.”
boating accident while participating in a marine related to police, it’s important for us to do our We are each responsible for
patrol training exercise. In October, S.C. High- part to make the positive things shine through. our own gifts, emotions and
way Patrolman Daniel Keith Rebman Jr. died in Get involved in programs that benefit offi- actions; though, we also have
a line-of-duty collision on I-385 in Greenville cers, either through volunteer efforts or by a responsibility to look out for
County. In December, Cpl. James Eric Chap- donating money. Heroes in Blue (HeroesIn- others.
man of the Johnston Police Department in Edge- Blue.net) is a nonprofit organization founded Galatians 6:2-5 says, “Bear
field County lost his life following the crash of by Kassy Alia, the widow of slain officer Greg one another’s burdens, and so
his vehicle while on a call. Alia, that supports the law enforcement com- fulfill the law of Christ….But
In March 2016, Greenville Police Officer Allen munity and raises funds for the families of let each one test his own work,

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  |

Lee Jacobs was shot to death while approaching
a known gang member to conduct a field inter-
view. In September 2015, Forest Acres Police
Officer Greg Alia was shot to death by a man
Submission guidelines he was pursuing during a suspicious-person in-
vestigation. In November 2015, Columbia Police
fallen officers. In-Vest USA (InVestUSA.org) is and then his reason to boast
a national nonprofit based in S.C. which helps will be in himself alone and not
equip officers with life-saving body armor. Or in his neighbor. For each will
perhaps your community has an Adopt-a-Cop have to bear his own load.”
program or similar worthy cause. Verses 8 continues, “For the
If you’re grateful, by all means let them know. one who sows to his own flesh

T
he Greer Citizen accepts Let-
ters to the Editor. Letters
should be 125 words or less
and include a name and a phone
number for verification.
The Greer Citizen reserves the
right to edit any content.
Letters to the Editor can be
mailed to 317 Trade St., Greer
29651.
Officer Stacy Lynn Case was killed in a traffic
accident while responding to a call.
The men and women of law enforcement
have perhaps the most challenging, stressful,
and dangerous job there is. They risk their lives
every day to protect the lives of people they do
not know – frequently working long hours for
little pay. And of course, they often don’t re-
ceive the appreciation they certainly deserve. 
We all know or can imagine the feeling: We
Say a heart-felt “thank you” each time you come will from the flesh reap corrup-
in contact with an officer. A little appreciation tion, but the one who sows to
can go a long way. Law enforcement officers the Spirit will from the Spirit
routinely serve with more courage than most reap eternal life.”
of us could muster. They neither expect nor re-
quire our appreciation, but Officer Doty’s sac- kaelyn@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
rifice was yet another reminder of the tremen-
dous debt of gratitude they’re due.
This guest editorial was submitted by SC Comptroller Richard Eckstrom

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GDC board
sets 2018 goals
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
The Greer Develop-
ment Corporation (GDC)
is setting new goals on
its recently released 2018
Scorecard.
The top five goals are
weighted as the most im-
portant: Business Reten-
tion, New Capital Invest-
ment, New Job Creation,
Healthy Pipeline and Con-
tacts, according to GDC
Executive Director Reno
Deaton.
“What we try to do with
the scorecard each year
is basically to capture
the goals and objectives
of this organization in
an easy to follow, easy to
report on format that al-
lows us to track meeting
to meeting how we’re pro-
gressing relative to some
of the major things we
want to accomplish,” said
Deaton.
For Business Retention,
specific objectives include
completing a minimum of
three Industry Apprecia-
tion BBQs as well as a min-
imum of 20 substantive
business retention calls.
One of the main initiatives
is the BMW Pro Am.
“GDC will execute a com-
prehensive Business Re-
tention Program designed
to assist companies in
need, identify companies
with growth potential,
build relationships with
new companies and help
all Greer companies and
employees to feel that
they are a part of the Greer
community,” according to
the 2018 Scorecard under
Business Retention.
Other goals relate to re-
cruiting, product develop-
ment, fiscal responsibility,
marketing, innovation,
networking, Partnership
for Tomorrow, profes-
sional development, board
evaluation and equalizer,
which takes into account
other factors impacting
each goal.
In regards to recruit-
ment, Deaton said, “I think
the goal last year was four.
That just kind of varies
year by year in terms of
what those opportunities
are, but then we’ve got to
make sure that we’re tak-
ing advantage of those op-
portunities.”
The goal for 2018 is
10 successful projects
with recruiting defined
as the process of (1) un-
derstanding, developing,
and promoting our assets;
(2) identifying prospects
whose needs and wants
appear to match the as-
sets we have to offer; (3)
verifying the prospect’s
site selection criteria; and
(4) demonstrating to the
prospect that our assets
match their site selection
criteria and that they can
be successful here.
“Retailers and restau-
rants usually have in mind
a very specific retail trade
area—the distance a pro-
spective customer is will-
ing to travel to dine or
shop at the restaurant or
retail establishment—and
a specific set of demo-
graphic/consumer charac-
Storage warehouse
moves to Greer
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
UNITS Moving and Por-
table Storage Company is
growing in the Upstate.
The Charleston-based
franchise recently moved
its warehouse to Greer.
“We’re happy our com-
pany is helping facilitate
Greenville’s growth with
the fast-paced develop-
ment of industry and in-
flux of jobs here,” said Mi-
chael McAlhany, Founder
and CEO of UNITS Moving
and Portable Storage.
“With Greenville now
the fourth fastest-growing
U.S. city, new businesses
and residents need stor-
age containers to handle
their move,” he continued.
“Plus, with all the new con-
struction, building compa-
nies need to store all their
materials and we’re here
to help, providing a conve-
nient solution.”
The new warehouse at
2018 GOALS  
Business Retention: 3+ BBQs
New Capital Investment:
$50 million
New Job Creation: 300 jobs
Healthy Pipeline: 10 projects
Contacts: 100 meetings
Outbound Missions/
Recruiting
Product Development
Fiscal Responsibility
Marketing
Innovation
Networking and
Relationships
Partnership for Tomorrow
Professional Development
Board Evaluation
Equalizer
teristics within that retail
trade area that they feel
are necessary for them
to be successful,” Deaton
said.
“In making a site selec-
tion decision, these retail-
ers and restaurants first
look to identify retail trade
areas that have charac-
teristics that match their
formula,” he continued.
“If our community doesn’t
provide a retail trade area
that matches the compa-
ny’s formula, it is very un-
likely that we will be con-
sidered as a location. If we
can match the necessary
formula for their retail
trade area, we then get a
chance to talk about their
real estate needs, costs
and operational issues,
and other factors that
drive their decision if and
when to locate, relocate,
or start up a facility in our
community.”
The process is similar
for industrial recruiting
with industries looking
for a match for a specific
set of factors that they’ve
identified as most likely to
help them to be success-
ful.
“For industries, those
factors include a com-
bination of proximity to
customers and suppliers,
the availability of skilled
and dependable workers,
infrastructure, availability
of utilities, logistics, the
real estate, and a host of
operational and cost is-
sues,” Deaton said.
For the financial posi-
tion, GDC is over budget
in terms of revenue and
under budget in terms of
expenses.
“The great news, I think,
is this snap shot shows
11-months in reserves,”
Deaton said. “As we get
near the end of first
quarter, as we get reve-
nues for 2018 flowing in,
we’re probably in a posi-
tion where we get to that
12-months in reserves—a
goal for us for a long, long
time—looks like we’ll real-
ize that this year.”
“It’s pretty basic,” he
continued. “It’s keeping
the lights on. It’s keeping
the staff intact. It’s limited
programming. If ever we
ran into a position where
we had very few revenue
sources, it would give us
time to figure things out
before we had to make any
drastic changes.”
308 Pennsylvania Avenue
in Greer is more than dou-
ble the size of the previ-
ous facility in Pelzer.
“We are excited to wel-
come UNITS Moving and
Portable Storage to the
Greer community,” said
Katie Witherspoon, Vice
President of Operations
for the Greater Greer
Chamber of Commerce.
“Their decision to open
here speaks to the tremen-
dous growth Greer is expe-
riencing,” she continued,
“and they will make an
excellent addition to our
expanding community.”
Along with the new
warehouse, UNITS Moving
and Portable Storage has
also invested in several
dozen new containers and
equipment and plans to
hire new employees.
Interested candidates
can apply at info@unitss-
torage.com.
kaelyn@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
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The City of Greer is finalizing the installation of this pedestrian bridge at Century Park.
Greer Parks and Recreation
highlights 2018 projects
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Renovations at Centu-
ry Park, phase two of the
Center for the Arts project
and a master plan for Kids
Planet are just a few of the
items on the Greer Parks
and Recreation Depart-
ment’s agenda for 2018.
Ann Cunningham, Di-
rector of Parks and Recre-
ation for the City of Greer,
presented the depart-
ment’s plans to City Coun-
cil last week.
“We’re working with Ulta
Planning + Design for the
development of the Kid’s
Planet Master Plan,” Cun-
ningham said. “This would
be a long-term plan and
one that we can use to
guide us in the develop-
ment of the park and fu-
ture programming.”
The city is also finaliz-
ing the installation of the
pedestrian bridge at Cen-
tury Park, updating one of
the playground structures
at Ward’s Creek Neighbor-
hood Park and completing
a master plan for Country
Club Road Park.
Greer Parks and Rec will
be replacing and updating
entrance signs at some of
the facilities and installing
a radio frequency ID read-
er on the automatic gate
in the 14-foot warehouse
door at the Operations
Center that will read a
sticker on the vehicle as it
approaches to access.
“Long term planning is
an important part of en-
suring prosperous and
adequate growth for our
department,” according to
Cunningham.
In 2017, the city’s 267
programs featured 19,618
participants, 1,580 vol-
unteers and 17,420 vol-
unteer hours. Some new
programs included the
Bridal Showcase, Greer
GREER PARKS AND RECREATION UPDATE
2018 HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS
• Center for the Arts renovation
• Kid’s Planet Master Plan
• Installation of Century Park Pedestrian Bridge
• Ward’s Creek Neighborhood Park Playground Equipment
• Country Club Road Complex Master Plan
• Signage Replacement at Parks
• Radio Frequency ID Access for Operations Center Gate &
Warehouse
2017 HIGHLIGHTS
• Center for the Arts Master Plan
• Century Park Construction Completion
• Completion of South Suber Road Park Master Plan
• South Suber Road Park Drainage Installation
• Cannon Centre Restroom Renovation
• Over Seeding of Multi-Purpose Fields
• Operations Center Conference Room A/V Upgrade
• Installation of Automated Gate Opener at Operations Center
• Installation of Tube Dudes
GREER RECREATION ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES
John Bohannon: District 1
Travis Ware: District 2
Amanda Hopper: District 3
Wayne Yount: District 4
Paul Taylor: District 5
Charles Ryan: District 6
Marc Metcalf: At Large
SPORTS—BY THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
Youth Baseball: 650
Youth Girls Softball: 110
Youth Soccer: 633
Youth Football: 93
Youth Cheerleading: 50
Youth Wrestling: 55
Tournaments: 850
Adult Baseball: 90
Youth Basketball: 80
Adult Baseball, HAM Ra-
dio Classes and Walk with
Elected Officials.
“We’re always trying to
offer new things,” Cun-
ningham said. “That’s im-
portant because people
come to this community
and would like for us to
offer programs, and we
encourage people to let us
know what those are.”
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THE GREER CITIZEN A5
DAVE
SAYS
DAVE
RAMSEY
converts to
scholarship
Q: I’m a senior in high
school here in Arkansas,
and I think I want to
study business in college.
I’ve gotten an unusual
offer from a small, out-of-
state school. It revolves
around a $3,000 student
loan program, where the
loan converts to a scholar-
ship if I maintain a grade
point average of 3.3 or
higher. Tuition at this col-
lege costs about $34,000
a year, so I was wondering
what you think about the
idea.
DR: I’m glad you’re
thinking about the future.
But this is not my favorite
KAELYN CASHMAN | THE GREER CITIZEN idea, because you could
end up with a loan.
In business, one of the
things we look at is return
on investment. If I can
go to one place where
tuition’s $34,000 a year,
but I could go to another
place that’s in-state for
about $7,000, the ques-
tion becomes this: Am I
going to get a five times
better education — or is
 | my income going to be
five times greater — by
going to the expensive
school? I think most of us
who have been walking
around a while would say
no.
Your income will not
be based on where you
went to school, and it
won’t necessarily even be
based on your grade point
average. It will be based
on your ability to take
what you learned into the
marketplace, kill some-
thing and drag it home.
This has as much, if not
more, to do with your ini-
tiative, your perseverance,
character qualities and
integrity as where you
went to school.
One of the great jokes
in America today is that
where you go to school
matters. Some places may
have better programs in
certain areas than others,
but is this particular col-
lege — which I’m guessing
isn’t a prestige school,
since you didn’t mention
the name — five times
better than a solid in-state
school like Arkansas
State or the University of
Arkansas? No, it’s not.
I don’t think you’re
going to get a return on
your investment overall
in this picture, Garrett. I
would have to say don’t
do it.
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A6 THE GREER CITIZEN 
Jeffery (Jeff) Scott
Edwards
Jeffery (Jeff) Scott Ed-
wards went to be with the
Lord on January 22, 2018
at his home.
A native of Greer and
Lyman, South Carolina, he
was born July 25, 1972, to
James M. Edwards and Lin-
da Grant Edwards.
Also surviving are his
sons, Damian and David,
and his daughter, Jessi-
ca, all of the home; two
brothers, Johnnie (Rhon-
da) Edwards, of Woodruff,
and James, Jr. (Debra) Ed-
wards, of Greer.
Mr. Edwards was prede-
ceased by his two sisters,
Mary Elizabeth Edwards
and Dana Lynn Edwards;
his grandparents, Clovie
and Harry Grant, Etulia
and Monroe Edwards.
The family is at the
home of his parents, 118
Yellow Lane, Greer, SC.
Online condolences may
be made at lanfordgwin-
nmortuary@gmail.com or
lanfordgwinn.com.
Bradley North Ramp
Veteran
Bradley North Ramp, 68,
of Greer, loving husband
to Robin Burke
Ramp for the
past 35 won-
derful years, passed away
on Saturday, Jan. 20.
From Philadelphia, he
was the loving son of Herb
and Sarah Fenimore, and
brother to Carolyn and
Mary.
Summit set for March 22 DUNCAN: Council adopts tier system
at Taylors Mill location
Ten at the Top (TATT)
will host its third annual
PIQUE: Young Profession-
als Elevating the Upstate
Summit on March 22 from
1:15-5 p.m., with a net-
working reception follow-
ing at the Taylors Mill.
Hundreds of young lead-
ers from across the Up-
state region are expected
to be in attendance.
Ten at the Top board
members and executives
representing Upstate busi-
nesses, local governments
and community organiza-
tions will also be present.
“Ten at the Top is look-
ing forward to hosting
another exciting PIQUE:
Young Professionals Ele-
vating the Upstate Summit
this year,” said Dean Hybl,
Executive Director of Ten
at the Top.
“The Upstate region has
grown to support an ex-
tensive young profession-
al community,” he said.
“We are pleased to be able
to annually convene an
event that connects young
professionals from across
the region with each other
as well as with more expe-
rienced Upstate leaders.”
This event focuses on
the collaboration and con-
nection of young profes-
sionals (ages 21-40) in the
ten counties comprising
the Upstate community.
Ten at the Top aims to
create an opportunity for
young professionals to
connect with one another
A U.S. Navy veteran of
the Vietnam War, he was
the proud father of Sam
(Angela) Ramp, of Iwakuni,
Japan, and Matt (Alex-
is) Ramp, of Brunswick,
Georgia, and adoring Pop
Pop to four grandchildren,
Jackson Ramp and Taylor
Ramp, of Iwakuni, Japan,
and Emmaline Ramp and
Isabella Ramp, of Bruns-
wick, Georgia.
In lieu of flowers, memo-
rials may be made to Greer
Community Ministries.
Charles M. Walden
Charles M. Walden, 72,
passed away on January
22, 2018 at his home.
A native of Gainesville,
Ga, son of the late Willard
and Gusalee Satterfield
Walden, he was a retired
employee of J.D. Holling-
sworth and a member
of Pelham First Baptist
Church.
Surviving are his wife,
Sherry Grubbs Walden of
the home; three daughters,
‘We are pleased to be able to annually
convene an event that connects young
professionals from across the region
with each other as well as with more
experienced Upstate leaders.’
across the Upstate, engage
with Upstate business and
community leaders and
gain valuable personal and
professional development
opportunities as they will
soon become regional
leaders.
PIQUE ‘18 will feature
four workshops, a panel
on globalism in the Up-
state, an executive round-
table and a networking re-
ception with opportunities
to connect with Upstate
business and community
leaders.
Attendees will have the
opportunity to choose
their personal agenda be-
tween multiple workshops
as well as coordinated net-
working opportunities to
meet with an executive in
their respective industry
or interest area to discuss
relevant insights and the
attendee’s professional
goals.
PIQUE tickets cost $25
and may be purchased
here. Advanced registra-
Obituaries
The Greer Citizen
Joy Taylor (Scott), Lisa Rol-
lins (Audy) all of Greer and
Hope Poole (Rob) of Biloxi,
MS; three brothers, Roy
Walden of Woodruff, Mar-
vin Satterfield and Charles
Satterfield both of Greer;
two sisters, Shirley Kelly
of Greenville and Kather-
ine Pierce of Young Har-
ris, GA; six grandchildren,
Cassidy and Raymond
Thornton, Aubrey Rollins,
Cole Taylor, Alyssa Poole,
Emily Rollins and Charlie
Poole and one great-grand-
child, Barrett Thornton.
Mr. Walden was prede-
ceased by grandparents,
Gordon and Mae Satter-
field.
Funeral services were
held at 2 p.m. Thursday,
January 25, 2018 at Pel-
ham First Baptist Church
conducted by Rev. Patrick
Clark and Rev. Chad Hast-
ings.  Burial followed in
Wood Memorial Park.
Visitation was held 6-8
p.m. Wednesday, Janu-
ary 24, 2018 at The Wood
Mortuary.
The family is at the
home.
Special thanks to care
givers at Crescent Hos-
pice, Ashley, Margaret and
Traci.
Memorials may be made
to Pelham First Baptist
Church Family Life Center,
2720 S. Old Highway 14,
Greer, SC 29651.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewood-
mortuary.com.
Dean Hybl
Executive Director, Ten at the Top
tion is required, and space
is limited.
Following the event
programming, 13 Stripes
Brewery will host the net-
working reception, and
Cribb’s Catering will ca-
ter the reception. Tickets
include two drinks at 13
Stripes Brewery for at-
tendees 21 and older.
In the spirit of collabo-
ration, young professional
organizations that pro-
mote PIQUE to its mem-
bers will receive $5 of each
ticket sold to members of
that partner organization
to help fund its program-
ming and events.
Any organizations in-
terested in sponsoring
or partnering with PIQUE
please contact Briana Carr
at 864-672-8600 or at bri-
ana@startflourishing.com.
Further sponsorship and
partnership information is
available at https://tenat-
thetop.org/the-pique/. For
more information, visit
www.tenatthetop.org.
AUDIT: Shows strength
FROM PAGE ONE
balance include having
cash flow through slow
times, being prepared for
unanticipated expendi-
tures, obtaining better in-
terest rates and more.
“I think you do have
good internal controls for
a city of your size,” Mead-
ows said.
The opinion came de-
spite a material weakness
with internal controls for
the fiscal-year ended June
30, 2017. It was related to
the sale of the Allen Ben-
nett property.
When the City of Greer
received that property sev-
eral years ago, it should
have set it up on the gov-
ernment-wide statement
as an asset held for sale,
according to Meadows.
“That wasn’t done,” be-
cause of the understand-
ing at the time that the
property did not need to
be listed there after con-
sultation with other ac-
countants, Meadows said.
“It’s a one-time anomaly
that you don’t really deal
with in your day-to-day
operations,” he said.
Due to the cost of about
$3 million, the property
should have been recorded
on the government-wide
statements.
“By default, under the
county literature, it be-
comes a material weak-
ness,” Meadows said. “In
my mind, it’s not that big
of a deal.”
FROM PAGE ONE
first reading of an or-
dinance to amend town
codes related to business
licenses and annexation or
rezoning requests.
“What we’re trying to do
is make ourselves a little
bit more competitive for
businesses that come in,”
Duncan Town Administra-
tor Cameron Fant said.
To annex a property into
the Town of Duncan, an
applicant would currently
need to annex the proper-
ty, then rezone in a sepa-
rate step with more public
hearings and readings.
“It just takes up so much
time,” Fant said. “We want-
ed to amend the ordinanc-
es where you could do it
simultaneously, just to cut
down on some time.”
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“It doesn’t really impact
your day-to-day opera-
tions,” he continued. “As it
came to the actual record-
ing of the cash, all of that
was dealt with correctly.”
With the sale of the Al-
len Bennett property, the
funds went into the Real
Property Fund, which had
a fund balance of about
$3.3 million.
“This is the fund that
received the proceeds
from the sale of the Allen
Bennett Hospital,” Mead-
ows said. “Proceeds this
year were about $2.7 mil-
lion that you all received
there. Then, you also got a
$300,000 receipt for what
you all will receive in the
coming years.”
Expenditures from the
Real Property Fund to-
taled about $1.1 million
for community develop-
ment, such as various con-
struction and renovation
projects, including the
Century Park press box/
concession stand/picnic
shelter project.
“This is our first year au-
diting the City of Greer,”
Meadows said. “I think it
went very well this year.
There is a lot of stuff we do
for a first year audit. Next
year, we don’t do nearly as
much because we’ve got a
lot of background.”
“You are in strong finan-
cial position as of June 30,
2017,” Meadows conclud-
ed.
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In addition, the town
approved the first reading
of an ordinance to adopt
a tier system similar to
the City of Greenville and
the City of Greer to offer
incentives for business li-
cense purposes.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018
COUNCIL ACTION  |
Annexation Request: Greer
City Council unanimously ap-
proved the second and final
reading of an ordinance to
annex the rest of the Inland
Port properties into the City
of Greer.
Business Licenses: Greer
City Council unanimously ap-
proved the second and final
reading of an ordinance to
update the business license
ordinance.
Mitigation Plan: Greer City
Council unanimously ap-
proved a resolution to adopt
the Spartanburg County
Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard
Mitigation Plan.
Annexation Request: Greer
City Council unanimously ap-
proved the first reading of an
ordinance to annex property
owned by Jones Avenue Part-
ners, LLC, located at Jones
Avenue, into the City of Greer
with a zoning of DRD, Design
Review District.
Berkshire Place: Greer
City Council unanimously
approved the first reading
of an ordinance to allow the
City Administrator or Mayor
to execute the appropriate
documents to disaffirm,
waive, and relinquish any
rights it may have in the
subject property, identified as
Berkshire Place, pursuant to
the Corrective Deed and file
with the Greenville County
ROD office and document
evidencing the same.
“We wanted to at least
have the ability to do
that,” Fant said.
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Apalache Baptist
1915 Gap Creek Rd., Greer • 877-6012
Bible Baptist Church
6645 Mountain View Rd., Taylors • 895-7003
Blue Ridge Baptist Church
3950 Pennington Rd., Greer • 895-5787
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600 Bridge Rd., Taylors • 244-2774
Burnsview Baptist Church
9690 Reidville Rd., Greer • 879-4006
Calvary Baptist
101 Calvary St., Greer • 877-9759
Calvary Baptist
108 Forest St., Greer • 968-0092
Calvary Hill Baptist
100 Edward Rd., Lyman
Calvary Road Baptist Church
108 Bright Rd., Greer • 593-2643
Camp Creek Baptist Church
1100 Camp Creek Rd., Taylors
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
109 Elmer St., Greer • 877-6216
Community Baptist Church
642 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 848-3500
Double Springs Baptist Church
3800 Locust Hill Rd., Taylors • 895-1314
Ebenezer-Welcome Baptist Church
4005 Highway 414, Landrum • 895-1461
El Bethel Baptist Church
313 Jones Ave., Greer • 877-4021
Emmanuel Baptist Church
423 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer • 877-2121
Enoree Fork Baptist Church
100 Enoree Circle, Greer • 268-4385
Fairview Baptist Church
1300 Locust Hill Rd., Greer • 877-1881
First Baptist Church
202 W. Poinsett St., Greer • 877-4253
Freedom Fellowship • 879-2913
4373 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 631-1336
Friendship Baptist Church
1600 Holly Springs Rd., Lyman • 877-4746
Good News Baptist Church
Office Hours: 1592 S. Highway 14, Greer • 879-2289
Grace Baptist Church
848-5330 760 W. Gap Creek Rd., Greer • 879-3519
400 W. Wade Hampton Blvd. Grace Place
Greer 407 Ridgewood Dr., Greer
Greer Freewill Baptist Church
110 Pine Ridge Dr., Greer • 968-0310
Groveland Baptist Church
2 Groveland Rd., Taylors • 879-2913
Heritage Chapel Baptist Church
218 Alexander Rd., Greer • 989-0170
Highland Baptist Church
3270 Hwy. 414, Taylors • 895-5270
Hillcrest Baptist Church
111 Biblebrook Dr., Greer • 877-4206
Hispanic Baptist Iglesia Bautista Hispana
199 Hubert St., Greer • 877-3899
Holly Springs Baptist •Church
879-2913
250 Hannon Rd., Inman • 877-6765
Locust Hill Baptist Church
5534 Locust Hill Rd., Travelers Rest • 895-1771
Maple Creek Baptist Church
609 S. Main St., Greer • 877-1791
Milford Baptist Church
1282 Milford Church Rd., Greer • 895-5533
Mount Lebanon Baptist Church
572 Mt. Lebanon Church Rd., Greer • 895-2334
New Hope Baptist Church
561 Gilliam Rd., Greer • 879-7080
New Jerusalem Baptist Church
413 E. Poinsett St., Greer • 968-9203
New Life Baptist Church
90 Becco Rd., Greer • 895-3224
Northwood Baptist Church
888 Ansel School Rd., Greer • 877-5417
O’Neal Baptist Church
3420 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-0930
Pelham First Baptist Church
2720 S. Old Highway 14, Greer • 879-4032
People’s Baptist Church
310 Victor Avenue Ext., Greer • 848-0449
Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church
201 Jordan Rd., Lyman • 879-2646
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Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Sharon United Methodist Church
1002 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer • 877-6436 1421 Reidville Sharon Rd., Greer • 879-7926
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
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Victor United Methodist Church
2375 Racing Road, Greer • 877-0449
Riverside Baptist Church PRACTICAL HEARING 848-5500
417 S. Buncombe Rd.
1 Wilson Ave., Greer • 877-5520
Woods Chapel United Methodist Church
Suite 7C
SOLUTIONS
1249 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 879-4400 2388 Brown Wood Rd., Greer • 879-4475
Second Baptist Church Zoar United Methodist Church Greer, SC 29650
570 Memorial Drive Ext., Greer • 877-7061 1005 Highway 357, Greer • 877-0758
Southside Baptist Church
410 S. Main St., Greer • 421-5686
St. John’s Baptist Church
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2 Groveland Rd., Taylors • 879-2904 Sessions at 10 a.m., 12 noon, and 2HEARING
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2094 Highway 101 North, Greer • 483-2140
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200 W. Main St., Taylors • 244-3535 Try the New
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901 River Rd., Greer • 879-4225 Bethesda Temple 125 Broadus St., Greer • 877-8523
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O’Neal Church of God Faith Family Church
3794 Berry Mill Rd., Greer • 895-4273 3339 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 244-0207
Faith Temple 5080 Sandy Flat Rd., Taylors • 895-2524
Pelham Church of God of Prophecy
139 Abner Creek Rd., Greer • 801-0528 Glad Tidings Tabernacle
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Good Shepherd Episcopal International Cathedral of Prayer
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Abiding Peace Ev. Lutheran Church Lifesong Church
401 Batesville Rd., Simpsonville •288-4867 12481 Greenville Highway, Lyman • 439-2602
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453 N. Rutherford Rd., Greer • 848-4568 3239 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-0544
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600 N. Main St., Greer • 655-4545
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Fews Chapel United Methodist Church 1700 N. Pleasantburg Dr, Greenville • 244-6011
4000 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-2522 United Anglican Fellowship
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A8 THE GREER CITIZEN  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018

Spartanburg man receives 25 years

For 2014
strangulation
homicide
A Spartanburg man re-
ceived a 25-year prison
sentence today for killing
a local woman and setting
the victim’s home on fire.
Alexander R. Matthews,
48, was found guilty of
voluntary manslaughter
and third-degree arson at
the conclusion of a three-
day bench trial. Matthews
will serve 85 percent of
the prison sentence before
he is eligible for release.
Willie Mae Gray, 63, of
102 Overbrook Circle,
died of strangulation and
blunt force trauma at her
home on June 17, 2014.
Matthews set her home
on fire prior to fleeing
the crime scene. City fire-
fighters pulled Gray from
the burning home and at-
tempted to revive her.
City police investigators
developed Matthews as a
suspect in the case after
being told he smelled of
smoke after the fire and
Alexander R. Matthews
he lived in close proximity
to the crime scene. Mat-
thews was charged with
the murder in February of
2016 after DNA evidence
collected from the victim
was matched to Matthews.
Assistant Solicitors Abel
Gray and Alli Mabbs uti-
lized the DNA evidence
along with testimony from
law enforcement, firefight-
ers, lay witnesses and a
doctor to prove their case.
Matthews’ prior criminal
record included convic-
tions for voluntary man-
slaughter, second-degree
burglary and violation of PHOTO | COURTESY THE FAMILY FROM FOX CAROLINA
probation. Nathan Poffenberger

Landrum murder
Crime two AR-15 magazines, one Rd. in reference to a war- STOLEN BIKE

victim’s family
of which could have been rant service case. Prior to the neglect call,
loaded with .223 bullets. Upon arrival, officers Spartanburg County depu-

Report The officer then request-

ed backup, and once oth-
found an older female,
who suffers from demen-
ties responded to the res-
idence above in reference

(Note: All information
contained in the following
was taken directly from
the official incident reports
filed by the Greer Police
Department or the Spar-
tanburg County Sheriff’s
Office. All suspects are to
be considered innocent
until proven guilty in the
court of law.)
POSSESSION
Hutchinson Allen Lu-
cas, of Greer, has been
arrested for driving under
suspension and unlawful
carrying of a pistol, and
Jeffrey Quinton Smith was
arrested for possession of
schedule III drugs during
an incident on Jan. 24.
According to a Greer
Police incident report, an
officer was on patrol in
the city when a vehicle
was pulled over for faulty
equipment.
The officer made con-
tact with Lucas, and after
looking inside the vehcile,
the officer could see an
AR-15 rifle against Lucas’
right side. The officer stat-
ed that Lucas and Smith
were moving around in the
vehicle appearing to hide
something, so the officer
told them to sit still. When
Lucas opened the glove
box, the officer observed
er officers were there, the
gun was removed from
the car. A search of the
car was conducted and K9
Sryker was able to locate
one suboxone sublingual
film on one of the sus-
pects. The suspect was not
able to provide any valid
reason for possessing the
drug and was taken into
custody.
Both parties were trans-
ported to Greer City Jail.
HOT DOG CART HEIST
On Monday, Spartanburg
County deputies were ap-
proached at the Sheriff’s
Office in reference to an
aluminum hot dog cart be-
ing stolen at 13435 Wade
Hampton Blvd in Greer.
The victim said the larce-
ny occurred last Thursday
in front of the location.
The cart was attached to
the victim’s trailer, which
he states was not dam-
aged,
The victim was unable to
provide the make, model,
and possible serial num-
ber of the stolen cart. The
cart had a water tank, pro-
pane tank, and a hot water
tank attached to it.
NEGLECT OF ADULT
On Friday, Jan. 26, dep-
uties with the Spartanburg
County Sheriff’s Office
responded to 924 Harvey
tia, inside the residence
where she resides with
Brandon and Christopher
Taylor.
The female was sitting
in a chair in the living area
and was wearing an adult
diaper. She appeared to
have been in the chair for
a lengthy period of time,
according to police, and
had no pants. The house
was in poor condition and
there were dishes piled
up all over the living area
next to the female victim.
She stated that Brandon
and Christopher take care
of her and are her primary
care givers. She was show-
ing signs and symptoms
of dementia, and did not
recall what was going on
and why the police were
there.
Police state the residence
was not safe or healthy for
the elderly victim to be re-
siding there. According to
an incident report, “The
living conditions in the
residence were not fit for
any human being.”
EMS responded to the
scene to evaluate the vic-
tim and she was placed
into Emergency Protected
Custody and transported
to Spartanburg Regional.
Warrants will be sought
on Brandon and Christo-
pher Taylor for neglect of
a vulnerable adult.
to a disturbance in which
one party had warrants
out for their arrest.
A resident of the home
told police that his neigh-
bor, Brandon Taylor, was
riding up the street on a
stolen motorcycle.
The resident then stated
that Taylor had been pro-
viding drugs to another
party, according to the in-
cident report.
Upon arrival, police at-
tempted to make contact
with Taylor at the front
door of the residence.
After knocking several
times, police opened the
door, which was unlocked.
Taylor slammed the door
back closed and locked it.
Police then saw Taylor
jump out a window on the
east side of the residence
and start running.
Police pursued Taylor
through the woods, gain-
ing control of Taylor’s
right arm in the process.
Once cuffed, Taylor was
transported to a patrol
car. Police ran the VIN
number of the motorcycle
in question through NCIC
and it came back stolen
out of Greer City.
The owner was contact-
ed and responded to re-
trieve the motorcycle. Tay-
lor was arrested.
speaks out
FROM FOX CAROLINA
NEWS PARTNER
It was a very active scene
Saturday morning at the
home of Fred and Fran-
ces Delancey Richards off
Landrum Mill Road. In-
side, Spartanburg County
deputies say they found
the bodies of the couple,
along with 23-year-old
Nathan Poffenberger - all
three victims of a violent
crime.
“He didn’t deserve this.
He didn’t deserve this,”
Poffenberger’s mother,
Coreen said.
Poffenberger’s father,
Jeff found the three in
one room after his son
did not return home from
spending time with Fran-
ces and Fred Richards Fri-
day night. Coreen says the
family’s biggest question
is “why?”.
“He didn’t have a mean
spirit,” described Coreen,
“If somebody needed
something, then no ques-
tions asked. He would
help anybody with any-
thing that he could.”
Poffenberger had be-
friended the Richards sev-
eral years ago, and routine-
ly spent time with them on
Saturday nights. His sister,
Holly, says the tragedy has
torn apart their family.
She says a man that cared
more about others, was
taken too soon.
“Fishing, mowing grass,
NASCAR and just being
with family is all that mat-
tered to him,” explained
Holly, “They ripped a fam-
ily member from me.”
According to Spartan-
burg County Sheriff’s In-
vestigators, they still don’t
have suspects or a motive,
but are investigating the
three deaths as homicides.
Sheriff Chuck Wright said
they were chasing some
leads as of Monday. The
family is hoping someone
speaks up so they can get
closure.
“We want closure,” said
Coreen, “We want justice
for all three of them. But
Nathan being my son, I
want just for my son.”
Anyone with any infor-
mation is being urged to
contact the Spartanburg
County Sheriff’s Office or
CrimeStoppers.

SCSO launches campaign

to curb drug trafficking
FROM FOX CAROLINA
NEWS PARTNER
Spartanburg County
Sheriff’ Chuck Wright ad-
dressed the public during
a press conference on Op-
eration Fresh Start.
Wright said the cam-
paign, aimed at curbing
the presence of illegal
drugs in Spartanburg
County communities and
getting drug traffickers
off the streets, has been
underway for five months.
“We’re gonna get these
street-level drug dealers
and get em into rehab or
jail, whichever one they
need,” said Sheriff Wright.
Wright applauded the
work of the Sheriff’s Of-
fice, its narcotics team and
the Solicitor’s Office over
the past five months with
Operation Fresh Start. At
the time of the press con-
ference on January 24,
Wright said that 31 out of
64 targeted suspects had
already been brought in.
“These are your people
that are stealing, just to
supply all their drugs for
them,” Wright explained.
“There’s a lot of things
been stolen out of cars, a
lot of shoplifting, a lot of
houses have been broken
into. That’s unacceptable.”
Wright said the Sheriff’s
Office has been getting
a lot of tips from people
who call them in on their
tip line or contact the me-
dia with their information.
Methamphetamines,
pills, marijuana and co-
caine were among some
of the street drugs Wright
listed. He said there will be
more roundups like Oper-
ation Fresh Start in 2018.
Wright asked that mem-
bers of the community
come forward with their
tips.
“Give us tips from the
community. Tell us what’s
strange in your neighbor-
hood and let us figure
it out,” Wright said. “We there, what normal time
haven’t been playing with of day or month they they
them and we certainly ar- come into those communi-
en’t going to start now.”  ties - that kind of helps us
Wright said that if the pinpoint our focus.”
average non-law enforce- Wright said the list of
ment person can see that suspects in the roundup
a lot of cars are coming to was gathered through un-
a home, staying there 3-5 dercover buys, having pri-
minutes and leaving, it’s or dealings with the sus-
probably drugs.  pects or by the suspects
“So the more tips you being identified through
guys you give us, the an investigation. Warrants
better off we are,” said have been issued for ar-
Wright. “Write tag num- rests, and law enforce-
bers down, descriptions ment is just trying to get
of the cars, what the peo- the suspects into custody,
ple look like that come in  said Wright.
The City of Greer Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing
at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 19, 2018 at Greer City Hall
located at 301 E. Poinsett Street on the following:
DOCKET NUMBER: AN 2018-03
APPLICANT: Indu Vakharia
ADDRESS: Jones Avenue
PARCEL ID NUMBERS: G006000101000
EXISTING ZONING: I-1, Industrial (Greenville County)
REQUEST: Annexation and zone to DRD,
Design Review District
DOCKET NUMBER: AN 2018-04
APPLICANT: Cullum GSP 081, LP
ADDRESS: Victor Hill Road
PARCEL ID NUMBER: 5-24-00-031.00
EXISTING ZONING: Unzoned (Spartanburg County)
REQUEST: Annexation and zone to I-I, Industrial
DOCKET NUMBER: RZ 2018-05
APPLICANT: T2 Design & Construction,
Mark Thornton
ADDRESS: 124 & 126 Gilbert Street
PARCEL ID NUMBER: 9-03-14-231.00 & 9-03-14-356.00
EXISTING ZONING: R-M1, Residential Multi Family
REQUEST: Rezone to DRD,
Design Review District
FINAL DEVELOPMENT
PLAN REVIEW: SUB 2018-06
APPLICANT: ECS Development, Ryan Kaiser
ADDRESS: Town Pines
PARCEL ID NUMBER: 0537050103100
EXISTING ZONING: DRD, Design Review District
REQUEST: Final Development Plan Review
TEXT AMENDMENT: TXT 2018-01
REQUEST: An Ordinance to add brewpubs,
breweries, and distilleries to the
City of Greer Zoning Ordinance.
Documents related to the requests are available for public inspection
in the Planning and Zoning Office located at 301 E. Poinsett Street.
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The Greer Citizen B

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018 

Byrnes wrestling wins region title BLAME

CANNADA

Will host BILLY

playoffs
Saturday
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Byrnes High wres-
tling team won a confer-
ence championship over
the weekend, topping
Boiling Springs, 45-24,
to claim the Region III-
AAAAA title.
It was the Rebels’s first
region win since 2005.
“At the beginning of the
year, we felt like we had a
group that could win some
matches,” head coach Russ
Howard said. “We thought
we would have a chance
to compete with Dorman
and Boiling Springs for a
title, and it kind of fell into
place.”
Howard cited the teams
depth as one of The Reb-
els’ biggest strengths.
“They’re continuing to
work and get better, but
we’ve also got guys that
SEE BYRNES | B3
CANNADA
Weird year
I
t’s been a weird year in
college basketball.
Kentucky fell out
of the top 25. Duke has
two losses to unranked
opponents. Wofford beat
North Carolina in the
Dean Dome. Clemson
has actually been watch-
able and fairly good at
the sport of basketball.
Virginia is undefeated in
the best conference in the
league. Texas Tech and
Saint Mary’s have cracked
the top 15.
Maybe unstable is the
right word.
Just because you domi-
nate a top 5 opponent one
week doesn’t mean you’re
going to win at Boston
College the next (Looking
at you, Duke).
And just because you
have every top 10 recruit
doesn’t mean you’re not
going to take some bad
PHOTO | SUBMITTED losses (Oh, hey Kentucky).
Maybe the only two
The Byrnes wrestling team won a conference championship over the weekend, claiming the Region III-AAAAA title. teams that haven’t been
unstable this year are
Villinova and Virginia, two

Eagles outshoot
very well-coached basket-
ball programs. I don’t care
about Purdue. Don’t even
start talking Big 10 bas-
ketball to me right now.

Blue Ridge The truth is, most folks

Fall to in the hunt for the Peach
Blossom title at 3-2.
“Winning the region is
Union still on the table for us,”
head coach Tom Cham-
ness said. “After this
County week, maybe it won’t be,
but the players have to
go out there and make
BY BILLY CANNADA plays against two solid
SPORTS EDITOR teams.”
Eastside’s week began
The Eastside boys bas- with a non-region show-
ketball team split a pair down at Wren. The Hur-
of region road games ricanes play a different
last week, topping Blue brand of basketball, but
Ridge (80-70) but falling Chamness’ squad still
to Union County, 63-57. managed a 58-49 victory.
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN Despite two region “It’s on the road and
losses, the Eagles remain SEE EAGLES | B3
The Greer boys basketball team earned a blowout victory over rival Blue Ridge last week.
are just now starting
to pay attention to the
sport. For super fans like
myself, it’s been basket-
ball season since early
November. But for those
who just like the March
Madness of it all, this is
about the time you start
tuning in—around the
first Duke/North Carolina
game.
So here are five things
to watch in the weeks to
come. I hope it gives you
some idea of what’s been
going on so you’re not
totally clueless when it’s
time to fill out the office
pool bracket.
1. There are a handful
of teams outside of the
current top 10 that could
win a national champion-
ship.
The team with the best

Greer boys top Tigers RHS’s Cummings

chance is probably West
Virginia, which plays a
brand of basketball even
the most casual fan of the
sport would enjoy. Teams

BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
A cross-town rivalry was
renewed on the hardwood
last week, and each school
walked away with brag-
ging rights.
Greer’s success came in
boys game, as the Yellow
Jackets put a 83-51 beat-
ing on the Tigers.
Greer led Blue Ridge
from the jump, building a
17-6 lead at the end of the
first. That lead was 32-24
at halftime and Greer ex-
tended its advantage with
a 24 point third quarter.
Chris Davis filled it up
with 20 points on the
night. Sam Gravely and
Tyric Fleming also scored
in double figures with 14
and 10 respectively.
LADY JACKETS FALL
The girls game was a dif-
ferent story.
The Lady Jackets played
the Tigers even in the first
quarter and trailed by only
one going into intermis-
sion.
Blue Ridge then used
a 19-point third quarter,
however, to build a sev-
en point lead that Greer
could not overcome.
Abby King had the hot
night for Blue Ridge, scor-
ing 29 points of 12-16
shooting.
Baylie King and Clayton
Mathis also contributed to
the scoring, recording 15
points and 10 points re-
spectively.
Megan Jones was Greer’s
main contributor, drop-
ping 16 on the night.
Both Greer teams took
on Travelers Rest on Fri-
day, but the results were
reversed. The boys fell
during a close 54-47 battle
while the girls claimed a
54-51 win in overtime.
Pearson led the scoring
effort for the guys, drop-
ping 12 on the night. Da-
vis was the second Jacket
to score in double figures
with 11, while Sam Grav-
ley added nine and Kyle
Moore had five.
Shakaiya Bradford led
the scoring for the ladies
with 14 points on the
night. Other contributors
included Sierra Carter,
who had six, and Megan
Jones, who had five.
Greer will hit the road
this week to face Eastside
and Byrnes.
is Coach of Year
like Oklahoma, Gonzaga
and Kentucky have looked
bad at times, but don’t
be surprised if any one
Riverside cross country of these guys is in play
coach Eric Cummings re- during the second week-
ceived national recogni- end of the tournament.
tion in January. 2. Virginia is probably
Cummings was one of a fluke.
23 high school coaches They do this every year,
from around the country y’all. They are brilliant
to be honored as 2017 in the regular season,
National Coach of the particularly in ACC play,
Year for boys cross coun- but fall apart in March.
try (2016-2017). I don’t understand it at
The recognition is giv- all, but UVa is always just
en each year by the Na- good enough to bust a lot
tional Federation of State Eric Cummings of brackets.
High School Coaches As- 3. There are lots of
sociation. This is an honor that ranked mid-majors, but
“This was completely should be credited to my few you should put stock
unexpected,” said Cum- runners (Ben Cignarale, into.
mings. “Prior to yester- Neel Taber, William Ken- Xavier, Saint Mary’s,
day, I did not even know nedy, Andrew Castano, Gonzaga, Wichita State,
I was up for this award. SEE CUMMINGS | B3 Rhode Island all crack the
top 25, but we’ll be lucky
to see just one in the Final
Four. Like I said before, I
think Gonzaga probably
stands the best chance,
but Xavier hasn’t looked
half-bad either.
4. Duke is the best team
in the country…or they
really should be.
I say this because Mar-
vin Bagley is a stud. Very
rarely do freshmen steal
the spotlight of a NCAA
season, but this kid is
making a clear case for
Player of the Year. Add to
that Grayson Allen and
Gary Trent Jr.—oh and
Wendell Carter—and the
Blue Devils are the team
to beat on paper. But they
also play suspect defense
at times, so who knows.
5. My beloved Tar Heels,
the defending champs,
could miss out on the
tournament.
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN Only time will tell, but
UNC has already dropped

Region tournament four conference games

and the next nine aren’t
exactly cakewalks. I hope
Eastside High (top left) will host Greer (above and top left), Blue Ridge (bottom left), it ain’t so but I have no
Travelers Rest and Union County at the Region II-AAAA tournament on Thursday, Feb. 1, reason to believe other-
wise.
at 4 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018 SPORTS
A SPORTING VIEW  |
It’s not
war,
it’s the
Olympics
BY MARK VASTO
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
Y
ou can learn a lot --
and argue a lot, too --
watching the Olympic
Games. Really, the Olym-
pic Games are the greatest
things that the world does
in concert. Some would
argue the World’s Fair or
World Cup, but taken in
its entirety they cannot
match the pageantry or
the sheer spectacle the
Games provide.
The World’s Fair (next
hosted by Dubai in 2020)
ceased to be relevant at
about the same time the
ice-cream cone was in-
vented, and a city chosen
as a World Cup venue
doesn’t feel the impact
either economically or
psychologically that an
Olympic host city expe-
riences. The only time
you see the world come
together, all at once, hold-
ing the flag of their coun-
try and smiling is at the
Olympic Games. The only
other time the human
race comes together en
masse holding a flag, it’s
a war -- and they’re really
there to shoot you.
And, unlike war, the
cities aren’t pillaged. Most
cities use the Olympics as
a springboard to civic im-
provements. They attract
businesses, they build
parks and entertainment
districts, and they also get
a bevy of sports facilities
that they’d otherwise
never think of building,
such as a bobsled track or
a cross-country track with
a shooting range attached.
That track, by the way,
is used for the Biathlon, a
competition that strikes
many people in America
as being a bit weird. Curl-
ing, we already knew was
weird, but it at least re-
minds us of shuffleboard.
For many, the Biathlon is
just too foreign a concept.
At least in some parts
of the country or, as I
learned on a radio show I
hosted, college campuses.
“The Biathlon is the
most ridiculous sport
there is,” charged the
liberal, tenured professor,
aptly positioned to my
left. “Skiing with guns.
What’s next? Hand gre-
nades and ice dancing?”
Having once dated a
mountain girl, I reminded
him that skiing and shoot-
ing were a perfect combi-
nation. I knew of hunters
who cross-country skied
while hunting grouse, for
instance. There used to
be a deer-hunting event
in the Olympics, too. And
there is little doubt that
those in the biathlon are
athletes.
“These are the best
hunters in the world. If
we lived near the ice cap,
these are the guys you
want to have with you --
someone who can outlast
their prey and take it
down with one neatly
placed bullet,” I observed,
rather astutely. Plus, I
argued, target shooting
was very sporting, and
hunting was a great recre-
ational pursuit.
“Well, I’m vegetarian,”
said the young student
on the discussion panel.
“Why would we need guns
if we didn’t kill animals?”
Well, duh ... to fight
wars. Silly question.
BYRNES: Will host first two rounds of playoffs
FROM B1
are stepping up in a sup-
port role to do what’s
needed when they’re
called upon,” Howard
said. “This has been one
of the few years that we’ve
been able to get through
most meets without hav-
ing to forfeit weight class-
es. That’s been the big dif-
ference.
For the second season in
a row, Howard was named
Buzzer beater lifts NGU over Limestone
The North Greenville
men’s basketball team
completed a regular sea-
son sweep of Limestone
last week, following a
game-winning buzzer
beater by Roderick Howell.
Four Crusaders scored
double-digit points, led by
DJ Brooks with 17, during
the 65-64 victory.
Howell nearly had a dou-
ble-double for the second
straight game with 12
points and nine rebounds.
The Saints were on fire
from behind the arch to
start the game, as their
first twelve points came
from three-point range.
North Greenville preferred
points in the pain as eight
of NGU’s first 17 points
were layups. Tied 23-23
with five minutes remain-
ing in the first half, the
Crusaders went on a run
to lead by as much as nine.
Limestone’s Macoumba
Kane hit a three-pointer to
close the half with North
Greenville leading 36-30.
Howell led the Crusaders
in the first half with eight
points.
Limestone quickly
scored the first six points
of the second half to tie
the game once again. Nei-
ther team would lead by
more than five for the re-
mainder of the game. The
two teams continued to
trade the lead through-
out the half. The Saints
had the advantage with
one minute left in the
game, leading by four. A
three-pointer by Brooks
cut the deficit to one with
49 seconds remaining.
Coming out of a timeout
with 10 seconds left, NGU
would get three shots off.
The last shot, taken by
Howell, gave the Crusad-
ers the one-point victory.
NGU RUNNERS
SET PERSONAL BESTS
North Greenville track
and field runners set
several personal records
during the Liberty Kickoff
over the weekend.
JJ Sherman finished
third in the men’s 60-me-
ter, but also had a solid
showing in the 200-meter
run turning in another
personal best of 21.70.
His time also doubled as
a school record and an
NCAA provisional mark.
Ben Sessions and Austin
Nobles both had a person-
al best in the men’s 3K
with times of 8:55.26 and
EAGLES: Will take on TR this Friday
FROM B1
they play a 1-3-1 zone
that can really cause
problems. It was just a
different environment,
but I’m really proud of
how they played,” Cham-
ness said.
The Eagles established
a 10-point lead in the
first, winning two of the
final three quarters to
seal the victory.
Eastside’s matchup
with Blue Ridge was a lit-
tle more fast-paced, how-
ever.
“Blue Ridge is a tough
place to play and we won
in a shoot out,” Cham-
ness said. “There was
a lot of scoring in that
game, but fortunately we
came out on top.”
The Eagles scored a
staggering 27 points in
the first eight minutes,
but Blue Ridge got hot
late with 40 points in the
second half. The Tigers’
Tyree Cofield finished
with a game high 32
points.
Eastside had a disap-
pointing finish to the
week at Union County,
as the Eagles handed the
the Region Coach of the
Year.
“It’s an honor to be se-
lected by your peers,” he
said. “It’s nice, but the
honor really goes to our
team and the players.
They’re the ones perform-
ing. And it also goes to the
assistant coaches. They’re
in there just like me work-
ing hard. In most pro-
grams, there are a lot of
people behind the scenes
that help you become suc-
Crusader
Corner
9:44.42.
In the mile run, Brooks
Hovis turned in a per-
sonal record with a time
of 4:29.88 while Jadyn
Slaughter turned in her
best personal time with a
5:37.95.
Emily Beisecker broke
the school record in the
500-meter with a time of
1:23.01 which is her best
time in that event.
Sarah Scism and Sarah
Flook bested their person-
al times in the women’s
200-meter run, clocking in
at 29.65 and 30.67.
Also setting North
Greenville personal re-
cords were: Dazwon Mc-
Cormick – High Jump
(1.84-Meters); Brittany
Edwards – 400-Meter Run
(1:01.74); Jordan Walters –
400-Meter Run (51.12) and
Trey Stewart – 800-Meter
Run (1:59.44).
Emily Bryant, Tracy
Oyugi, and Nikki Holdren
scored personal records
in the weight throw with
distances of 11.63-meters,
11.95-meters, 6.88-me-
ters.
Adrian McGee jumped
a distance of 6.98-meters
in the men’s long jump,
scoring himself a personal
best for the second week-
end in a row.
LADY CRUSADERS
FALL TO CONVERSE
The North Greenville
women’s basketball team
fell to 3-9 in Conference
Carolinas play on Satur-
day after a 90-71 loss to
Converse College.
The Crusaders shot
better in the contest, hit-
ting 44.8-percent of their
shots in the first half but
the Valkyries were on fire,
knocking down an impres-
sive 58-percent of their
takes.
Converse carried a 31-34
edge into intermission.
Converse’s offense
cooled off greatly in the
second half and NGU took
advantage, going on an
11-3 run to cut the edge
to just four points on a
Cameron Carter jumper
as the third-period buzzer
sounded.
The Valkyries answered
Jackets their second re-
gion win of the season.
“We let that one slip
away,” he said. “I didn’t
think we played very well
and we had a lot of guys
in foul trouble. That real-
ly hurt us.”
Chamness said his
team needs to learn from
the experience and move
on.
“It’s a good experience
for them to have because
you realize that you have
to show up every game,”
Chamness said. “If you
don’t show up, you’re go-
ing to get beat. It’s going
to be that way once you
get to the playoffs. And
there, when you get beat,
it’s over.”
“This region is tough
because you can lose on
any night,” he said.
Eastside will take on
Greer and Travelers Rest
this week.
“Greer’s a tough team.
They’ve got kids that
can shoot it and they’ve
got athletic kids that can
attack the glass,” Cham-
ness said.
“TR has beaten Greer
twice and they have sev-
eral kids that are real-
cessful. This was an award
for our program.”
During his more than 20
years at Byrnes High, How-
ard said there have been
other seasons where he’s
been just as proud of his
team and the coaching.
“The thing a lot of peo-
ple lose sight of is that
sometimes you do your
best coaching job when
you’re not winning cham-
pionships,” Howard said.
“There are a lot of times
THE GREER CITIZEN B3
PHOTO | COURTESY OF NGCRUSADERS.COM
The men’s volleyball team topped Lees-McRae in four sets to stay undefeated in the
conference
with a run of their own to
open up the fourth to ex-
tend the advantage to 69-
58 with 7:50 left.
In the end, the Crusad-
ers were their own worst
enemies, committing
23-turnovers which led to
31, Converse points.
Karen Donehew once
again proved why she
is one of the top scor-
ers in the league, scoring
17-points while collecting
five rebounds.
Cameron Carter was
inserted into the start-
ing line-up on Saturday
and came through with
16-points. PHOTO | COURTESY OF NGCRUSADERS.COM
Bree Stoddard scored
her second double-dou- The North Greenville track team took part in the Liberty
ble of the season with
Kickoff recently.
13-points and a team-high
10-rebounds.
this time LMC will get the hitting .400 for the set.
NORTH GREENVILLE final two points of the set, A kill by Lawrence ended
TOPS LEES MCRAE earning a 25-23 victory. a 3-0 run for the Bobcats
North Greenville ex- With a hitting percent- bringing the Crusaders to
tended their win streak age of .550, the Crusader within one 8-9. NGU will
to three games defeating took a 25-19 set win to tie go on a 5-1 run to end the
Lees-McRae in four-set the match up at one set set with a kill by Aaron
while staying undefeated apiece. A kill by Gilbert Campbell.
in conference play (23-25, gave NGU an early 14-9 In the fourth set, tough
25-19, 25-23, 25-18).  lead causing LMC to call serving by Matthew Mc-
Lees-McRae started the their first time out of the Manaway came big for the
match off with a 5-0 run set. The Crusaders would Crusaders as two service
from tough serving by take a 21-16 lead with a aces in a row gave me an
Chris Woolslayer. North service ace by Hamsho. A early 12-8 lead. Two kills
Greenville was able to fight service error by Woolslay- by Robert Bowling would
back and tie it at 10 with a er would end the set for bring the Bobcats two
solo block by Ben Hamsho. the Bobcats, giving the within 2, but another run
After being down 13-15, Crusaders win. by the Crusaders gave
the Crusaders tied it up at Set three saw ten tied them an 18-12 lead. A kill
15 with a kill by Jackson scores and just 2 lead by McManaway increased
Gilbert. Once again NGU changes as North Green- NGU’s lead to 20-13. A
found themselves down ville took a 25-23 set win. service error by Ethan Gar-
but were able to tie it at 23 Grayson Lawrence led the nder gave NGU the 25-18
with a kill by Hamsho, but Crusaders with four kills set win.
CUMMINGS: Named
Coach of the Year
FROM B1 sweat I have put into
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Harper Harris, Mar- 20 plus years. I feel tru-
lin Young, and Spens- ly honored to be named
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their parents and all the Cross Country Coach of
teachers and admin at the Year. It is very surre-
Riverside High School.” al.”
Cummings said the John Olson of SCRun-
work has been hard at ners contributed to this
times, but always re- report.
warding.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018 THE GREER CITIZEN B5
Family finds redemption through Greer shelter
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
After eight months in
the Greer STEP (Shelter
to Empower People) pro-
gram, it’s moving day for a
local family of four.
Chad and Lisa Clontz,
along with their two chil-
dren, Chance and Tim-
berlie, are relocating
into their own home this
week, taking with them a
renewed focus on family
and work.
“Their focus is not on
drugs anymore,” said Mar-
tha Bennett, former direc-
tor of the shelter and cur-
rent director of the soup
kitchen. “It’s on family and
what can they do to better
their family. That comes
with a lot of listening and
doesn’t always come from
a book.
“We’re not here to fix
homelessness in Greer.
We’re basically here to
eliminate it complete-
ly. That’s really our goal
here,” she said.
The shelter has helped
about 11 families so far.
“Lisa and Chad have
kind of been our poster
kids,” Bennett said. “We’ve
just become so close to
them because we know
what the past can be like.”
FINDING SHELTER
The past year has
brought many changes
in the lives of the Clontz
family members.
“I had just got out of jail
for not doing my commu-
nity service,” Lisa said of
last summer. “We had re-
located to Greer because
we were homeless, and
that was the only place we
could find.”
“We had had so much
trouble getting help be-
cause we have two kids,”
she continued. “Our car
was on its last leg. At that
point in time, it had actu-
ally just been towed by a
good samaritan and was
not running, so we were
going to have to walk ev-
erywhere.”
Around the month of
May, Lisa called STEP and
agreed to take the re-
quired drug tests.
“A month later, I get a
call from Martha,” Lisa
said. “I called her back;
I was scared to death be-
cause she intimidated me
over the phone.”
The Clontz family tried
to catch a ride on Friday,
but plans did not come to-
gether.
“Plus, my daughter was
graduating, fifth grade
graduation,” Lisa said. “It
was hectic, and then, we
did not get in here to talk
to Martha until Tuesday.”
“We were in the apart-
ment Friday morning,”
she continued. “That’s us
walking all the way from
Poplar Drive Ext.”
The family made the
walk twice in one day, and
they also walked from
there to Greer Memori-
al and back. They caught
a ride to the DMV to get
Chad a new license.
“We moved in June 2,
which blessedly was the
last day of school,” Lisa
said. “We didn’t have our
Chance plays in the snow after one of the storms in Greer
this winter.
Living Here
STEPPING STONES - PART 1
Chad Clontz now spends time playing football with his
son, Chance.
kids. Our kids weren’t
with us. They were living
in Taylors (with a friend).”
“We only got to see them
on the weekend,” she con-
tinued. “For us to be able
to call them and tell them,
we got a home. It was won-
derful.”
Lisa’s voice caught as
she added, “It was, like, so
good.”
LOOKING BACK
“My babies were so de-
pressed,” Lisa said. “Their
grades went from straight
As to Ds and Cs.”
“My daughter is very,
very shy,” she continued.
“My son was showing out
violently with the oth-
er children in the home.
There were six kids in this
house. My best friend was
wonderful. We didn’t have
to provide nothing.”
At that point, Chad and
Lisa lived behind a relative
in a trailer with no power,
water or windows.
“It was hard,” Lisa said.
They lived in a room
where drug addicts were.
“We were clean at that
point in our life because
we were prior drug ad-
dicts,” Lisa said. “The
temptation of having the
drugs in front us, if we
could withstand that and
not do them, we knew that
we were on the right path.”
“Whenever Martha
called, it was like, yes, let’s
do this,” she continued.
FALLING APART
The Clontz couple lived
in the trailer almost a
month, but life had start-
ed falling apart before that
in the month of April.
“I was working day and
night to stay in a hotel,”
Lisa said, “$88 a day just
for the hotel.”
“I can’t feed my kids,
gas and whatever else was
needed,” she continued.
“I couldn’t do it no more.
It was spring break for
the kids, and we bounced
from friend to friend, to
drug addict to drug addict
house. We were on drugs
at that time. I’m not happy
about it, but it’s a part of
me. I can’t hide it….I am
a recovering drug addict,
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and I am proud of that. I
did good.”
Her husband Chad start-
ed drugs when he was 18;
he is 32 years old now.
Lisa started drugs four
or five years ago after her
dad died.
“When my dad died of a
double stroke, about two
to three months later, [a
relative] gave me drugs for
the first time,” Lisa said,
“and the backbone of the
family—as the whole fam-
ily will tell you—broke the
day I did drugs because I
was the backbone of the
family. I kept our crap to-
gether. Chad could be on
a drug binge from crap,
and the bills still got paid.
I would work endless.”
On May 1, the Clontz
family could no longer
stay where they had been
living.
“It came down to a bat-
tle because we didn’t have
nowhere to go,” Lisa said.
“We didn’t want to leave,
but the guy wanted us to
leave. We surrendered.”
“We had already surren-
dered our kids, basically
giving her permission on
documents between the
two of us in mid-April, and
we were officially home-
less,” she continued. “Our
van was barely running. It
was me and my husband
and my dog because I
had already given my best
friend my cat too, two kids
and a cat.”
The pair stayed with a
relative in Travelers Rest
for a time.
“We had a week to get
our van running,” Lisa
said. “He did odd jobs up
in the country. He got it
running.”
“We went to court for
him one day,” she contin-
ued. “We were going to sell
a battery for our last bit of
gas money and food. I was
like, I don’t have no war-
rants; boom, they locked
me up that day.”
But the financial strug-
gle had been happening
for a long time.
“I love my husband, but
my husband wasn’t the
husband he needed to
be,” Lisa said. “I always
worked, and he had trou-
Timberlie makes a snowball outside of the shelter.
Lisa Clontz takes a fun picture with her children, Timberlie and Chance.
ble with drugs and so did
I, but I managed to hold
on.”
“I was a functioning ad-
dict,” she continued. “I
think those are the words
that you never want to say
you are, ‘you’re a function-
ing addict.’”
Lisa worked 11- to 12-
hour shifts each week
“functioning high every
day, but my kids, I took
away from my kids,” she
said.
“I sold everything,” she
continued. “I wouldn’t sell
it and give it to drugs, but
it’d be like, we need this
because I took the money
from that to give to drugs.
It was horrible.”
BREAKING THE CYCLE
Four days after being
thrown in jail, Lisa got
out, but during that time,
her dog had been attacked
and almost killed, and the
car had been burned. Lisa
didn’t know how she was
going to walk to where her
husband Chad was, and
she had nowhere else to
go except back to the drug
dealer’s house.
“I didn’t feel comfort-
able there,” she continued.
“I’d told myself in jail, I’m
not getting high, and I did
that night.”
“It’s a cycle,” Bennett
said. “I think her situation
and Chad’s situation is the
worst of the worst because
it’s so much family, not
friends.”
Some family members
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
‘I am a recovering drug addict, and I am
proud of that.’
did try to help, however,
as Chad’s sister took the
dog to the vet, gave them
pizzas to eat and allowed
them to take showers.
“I did one load of laun-
dry in a month,” Lisa said.
“You have to pick, well,
sniff, this smells okay to-
day.”
“That’s what I wore to
my daughter’s graduation,
sniff, Chad, you got any
perfume over there?” she
continued.
Everything is different
now—eight months later.
“We were sitting there
last night,” Lisa said.
“We have accumulated
so much stuff. Our living
room, it’s full.”
“We came with nothing,
like three trash bags, and
no car,” she continued.
“We have our car that we
own. It’s been a long, hard
road.”
FINDING COMMUNITY
At the shelter, the family
took classes related to fi-
nances and the Bible, espe-
cially once all four of the
shelter apartments were
occupied.
“Then, we started going
to church with Martha,”
Lisa said. “Martha and her
husband Jim would come
and pick us up, almost
every single Sunday morn-
ing; we’d arrive to church
with her.”
“We’d all four squeeze
in her back seat,” she con-
tinued. “It was weird. I was
always more, hey, let’s go
to church. Chad used to be
like that when he’d have a
clean spurt.”
Timberlie and Chance
had different reactions to
attending church as Tim-
berlie is shy while Chance
sang “like a canary,” Ben-
nett said. “He’s got a voice
like no other.”
“They’ve both been in
chorus for four or five
years now,” Lisa said.
After Chad got a job
where he had a work
truck, the Clontzes bought
a TV with his first check
and drove themselves to
church on Sunday.
“We put the kids in the
back with the air condi-
tioning pipes and a towel,
and we went to church,”
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Lisa Clontz
Wife and mother
Lisa said. “It felt good be-
cause she didn’t have to
take us.”
Attendance to the class-
es is a requirement with
consequences for those
who decided not to come.
“You have classes you
have to attend,” Lisa said.
“If you don’t attend them,
repercussions; however,
there’s more than that.”
“There’s the sense of
community,” she con-
tinued. “There’s coming
down to the soup kitchen.
My kids begged to come
down here. My son begged
to come down here and
just pour tea. Timberlie
spent the day with Mar-
tha cleaning windows with
some of the other peo-
ple here. It’s not because
Timberlie was in trouble.
It wasn’t because Mar-
that required it of her. It
was because I as a parent
thought she needed it.”
While Lisa has some con-
cerns, she wants her chil-
dren to learn.
“Some of the exposure
down here is not the great-
est, and my kids are smart
enough to know, we don’t
feel comfortable; let’s go
to a different area,” Lisa
said.
“They know how it feels
to be judged,” she con-
tinued, “and I don’t want
them to judge other peo-
ple. Even though it’s not
part of the program, it’s
part of our program as
parents from up there.”
LOOKING AHEAD
One of the activities,
about midway through
the class, that helped the
Clontzes to refocus was
making a mental model,
which is a big piece of pa-
per with a circle in it, say-
ing, “What’s your future
story? Where do you want
to be in three months? six
months? a year?”
“In three months, we’d
still be here,” Lisa said.
“In six months, we were
hoping to be out; that was
about a month ago.”
“We’re leaving next
Wednesday,” she contin-
ued, “but our one year,
volunteering at the soup
kitchen was on my list. It
still is.”

B6 THE GREER CITIZEN 
ORION PICTURES
Josh O’Connor, Alec
Secareanu in ‘God’s Own
Country’
 |
COUCH THEATER
BY SAM STRUCKHOFF
NEW RELEASES
FOR THE WEEK OF JAN. 29
PICKS OF THE WEEK
“God’s Own Country”
(R) -- In a remote section
of Yorkshire, Johnny (Josh
O’Connor) toils at his
family farm, tough hard-
scrabble work with his
only escape being cheap
assignations after a night
of heavy drinking at the
local pub. Into this life of
desolation comes Gheo-
rghe (Alec Secareanu), a
Romanian migrant who
will assist in lambing sea-
son. The heart wants what
the heart wants, even in
-- or maybe especially in
-- adverse circumstances.
The longing and lone-
liness and humanness
of these two men are
palpable and real. It’s an
exceptionally well-done
love story from a first-
time director (Francis Lee)
and a breakout role for
O’Connor.
“Last Flag Flying” (R)
-- Steve Carrell, Bryan
Cranston and Laurence
Fishburne head up this
heartwarming story of
three Vietnam veteran
buddies -- one Navy
corpsman and two Ma-
rines -- who reconvene in
present day for a mission
of love and friendship.
Larry “Doc” Shepard
(Carrell) gets the news
that his son, a Marine,
has been killed in Iraq.
He enlists his friends Sal
(Cranston), a rowdy bar
owner, and Richard (Fish-
burne), former womanizer
and troublemaker turned
reverend, to help him
bury his son. Doc decides
against an Arlington
funeral, opting instead
to bring his son home to
New Hampshire. Easier
said than done. Along
the way, director Richard
Linklater paints a portrait
of these heroes (of both
generations) with equal
measures of reminiscing
and ribbing.
“Professor Marston
and the Wonder Women”
(R) -- Yowza. This is no
Marvel feature. It’s the
biographical tale of psy-
chologist William Moulton
Marston (Luke Evans), the
creator of Wonder Wom-
an, along with his wife,
Elizabeth (Rebecca Hall),
and their live-in mistress
Olive (Bella Heathcote).
Marston and Elizabeth
both are involved in
research into dominance
theory, and William be-
comes intrigued by Olive,
a student who becomes
his teaching assistant. The
trio develop a romantic
relationship that spans
decades. It’s fascinating
and quite sexualized. But
then, it IS about Wonder
Woman, who by Eliza-
beth’s description: “wears
a burlesque outfit and
all her friends in Harp-
er’s Bazaar are sorority
girls who have spanking
parties, and everybody
fights Nazis and rides in
an invisible plane.” You
better believe it.
“Boo! Two: A Madea
Halloween” (PG-13) -- Ma-
dea (Tyler Perry) and her
sassy gal pals Bam (Cassi
Davis) and Hattie (Patrice
Lovely) are back once
again to come to the res-
cue of Brian’s (also Tyler
Perry) daughter Tiffany.
They’re joined by Uncle
Joe (also Tyler Perry).
Tiffany is off to another
frat party on Halloween
-- when will she learn?
-- and this time, it’s at a
closed and presumably
haunted summer camp.
Listen. I’m a Tyler Perry
fan, OK. I recognize the
contributions of Madea to
both the black community
and comedy, but we need
to stop this craziness
right now. This movie
views like somebody’s
cashing in on a tired
franchise, because that’s
what it is.
Entertainment
‘Newspaper Wars’ takes on tough topics
BY JAY BENDER
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
I
f 2017 is bookmarked in
history it will be as the
year of reassessment.  as a leading weapon in
During the year we’ve
been urged to reassess
the meaning of “sexual
harassment.” We’ve been
urged to reassess what
is “normal” conduct for
a President of the United
States. And, sometimes
with violence we’ve been
confronted with a reas-
sessment of those who
are honored by statues
and monuments in public
places.
Former reporter Sid
Bedingfield, now Dr. Sid
Bedingfield, an assistant
professor of journalism
and mass communication
of the University of Min-
nesota provides a timely
and solidly researched
book on the role of news-
papers in South Carolina
during the civil rights
movement and the white
backlash to that move-
ment.
The book, Newspaper
Wars Civil Rights and
White Resistance in South
Carolina, 1935-1965,
examines the emergence
of a black newspaper, the
Things
To Do
 |
NEW LISTINGS
GREENVILLE ZOO CLOSES
FOR MAINTENANCE
The Greenville Zoo will
be closed to the public
from Monday, January 29
through Friday, February
9 for annual maintenance.
The zoo will reopen on
Saturday, February 10.
Visit the zoo's website
or follow the zoo on face-
book at to keep updated
on Greenville Zoo news,
programs and events.
FOOTHILLS PHILHARMONIC
TO PERFORM FEB. 10
Foothills Philharmonic,
City of Greer, and Greer
Cultural Arts Council will
present “A Few Chamber
Selections” on Saturday,
Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m. at
Cannon Centre in Greer.
In this first concert of
the new year, Foothills
Philharmonic's various
chamber groups will pres-
ent famous chamber works
by various composers.
Cannon Centre is locat-
ed at 204 Cannon Street in
Greer.
GLT TO PRESENT 24 HOUR
PLAY FESTIVAL
The Greenville Little
Theatre (GLT) will present
its ninth annual 24 Hour
Play Festival on Saturday,
Feb. 10, at 8 p.m.
Local writers, directors,
actors, stage managers,
and technicians will write,
stage and perform three
short plays, all within 24
hours.
“The 24 Hour Play Fes-
tival provides an amazing
experience for everyone
involved because it distills
our art form of play-cre-
ating down to only 24
hours.” says Emily Grove,
Director of the 24 Hour
Play Festival. “Instead of
having weeks and months
to rewrite, rehearse, and
prepare, we only have
hours and minutes.”
GLT’s 24 Hour Play Fes-
tival has earned a reputa-
tion for its hilarious and
exhilarating performances
over the past nine years.
One play performed will
be selected as the winner
based on votes cast by
audience members. The
night is completed with
a set by Laughing Stock
Improv, a popular come-
dy troupe that performs
regularly at the Coffee Un-
derground in Downtown
The Greer Citizen
 |
BOOK REVIEW
Lighthouse and Informer,
the effort by the NAACP
to gain a role for African
Americans in 20th Centu-
ry political life in South
Carolina.
The other side in the
newspaper war was
fought by the white press,
led principally by William
Watts Ball, Thomas R.
Waring, Jr. and William
D. Workman, Jr. through
the News and Courier in
Charleston.
In today’s context all
would be characterized as
racists and white suprem-
acists. In their period,
they were merely typical
of white South Carolin-
ians in attitude, although
their ability to communi-
cate their views was far
from typical.
Bedingfield traces the
confrontation between the
black activists and white
resisters with profiles
of the principals in the
battle.
On the side of the
NAACP there was Colum-
bia activist Modjeska Mon-
teith Simkins, Lighthouse
‘Mind the Gap’ (above) is among the works in artist Claire Louka’s exhibit ‘As It Lingers’ on
display at West Main Artists Co-op Feb. 5-28.
Greenville.
“Any fan of comedy will
want to be a part of this.
The day is a wild ride, not
only for the writers, actors,
directors, stage managers,
and designers, but for the
audience, too” adds Grove.
“Will we be able to pull it
off? We're not even sure
that we can do it, but we'll
hold on for dear life!”
Tickets are available on
line or at the door.
For more information,
call the Box Office at 233-
6238 or visit www.green-
villelittletheatre.org.
Greenville Little Theatre
Box Office is located at
444 College Street on Her-
itage Green and is open
Monday through Friday
from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
REPTICON COMING TO
GREENVILLE MARCH 3-4
Repticon, a recognized
host of reptile and exotic
animal expos through-
out the United States, is
coming back to Greenville
with a mixture of vendors,
breeders, and educators
March 3-4 at the Greenville
Shrine Club.
This family-oriented
event offers guests the
opportunity to learn about
animals not normally seen
in local pet stores. Breed-
er-vendors are always will-
ing to teach; and, through-
out the event, there will be
seminars on animal-relat-
ed topics by experts in the
field of herpetology.
Repticon Greenville also
offers merchandise, cag-
es, supplies, and both live
and frozen feeders, as well
as to get expert advice
about caring for a reptile.
Many of our vendors allow
live interactions with the
pets during visits to their
booth.
To add to the fun,
free-entry raffles are held
frequently during both
days of the event, offering
guests the opportunity to
win prizes.
This event, held at the
Greenville Shrine Club,
offers a unique family out-
ing suitable for all ages
and for a very diverse
range of enthusiasts.
and Informer editor John
Henry McCray, the African
American citizens who
risked lives and property
to participate in suits
challenging unequal pay
for teachers, inadequate
facilities and resources
for black schools and
the exclusion of African
Americans from voting in
the Democratic Party pri-
mary with appearances by
famed civil rights lawyer
and later United States
Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall.  The route from 1948 to
Arrayed against the civil
rights movement in an
effort to maintain white
control of South Carolina
life were the editors Ball,
Waring and Workman and
the entire South Carolina
political establishment
led by Strom Thurmond,
James E. Byrnes, Cotton
Ed Smith and Olin John-
ston.
The only newspaper
in the state not standing
with the white resistance
movement was The Flor-
ence Morning News under
the leadership of editor
James A. Rogers who, in
his initial editorial stated
his aim was “to publish a
liberal, progressive news-
paper.”
The doors open to the
general public at 10 a.m.
on Saturday, closing at 5
p.m. On Sunday, the show
hours are 10 a.m. until 4
p.m. Tickets available at
the door or in advance
at  http://repticon.com/
south-carolina/green-
ville/.
LOUKA EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY
AT ARTISTS CO-OP
Spartanburg artist Claire
Louka will present her
exhibit “As It Lingers” at
West Main Artists Co-op
Feb. 5-28, showing a col-
lection of paintings that
explore life’s transient
moments.
The exhibit of more than
25 images will be open
for free public viewing
Tuesday-Saturday from
10 a.m.-4 p.m. A reception
will be held on Thursday,
Feb. 15, from 5-9 p.m.
during the city’s month-
ly ArtWalk, when many
of the local galleries stay
open late allowing the
public an evening oppor-
tunity to see the latest art
on display in Spartanburg.
Louka will be one of three
artists exhibiting at West
Main Artists Co-op.
Louka is an art teacher
in Spartanburg’s public
school system. Much of
her work is characterized
by stylized and vivid peo-
ple in settings that cause
curious contemplation.
“Some would describe
me as an expressionist,
some illustrative: I would
call myself a narrative ex-
pressionist,” she said. “I
am an expressionist with
illustrative line work, my
figures are very distinctly
mine and somewhat cari-
cature-like. There is a lot
of energy and movement
in my use of color and
brushwork, and my fig-
ures often depict expres-
sions of contemplation.
They are observers and
thinkers. I don’t take my-
self too seriously though,
I often include humorous
elements in my work to
lighten the mood of those
deep thoughts.”
Louka’s two-dimension-
al works are primarily pro-
Bedingfield charts the
shifting political align-
ment in South Carolina
from the 1948 Dixiecrat
campaign of Thurmond
through the 1952 Eisen-
hower campaign where
white voters were en-
couraged to vote for a
Republican candidate for
the first time since the
Civil War, and on to the
development of the South
Carolina Republican party
as the white persons’
party.
the present was shaped
by newspapers and their
editors who developed
and advanced a political
vocabulary substituting
“states rights” and “eco-
nomic conservatism” for
the more blatant racist
language of the state’s
political past.
Over the course of the
political realignment the
line between “objective”
news coverage and propa-
ganda was blurred, partic-
ularly by Workman who
acted as a political advi-
sor and consultant while
serving as a statehouse
reporter. Ball and Waring
steered the news content
of their paper to reflect
their views that African
ARTWORK | SUBMITTED
duced with acrylics, but
she also uses mixed me-
dia, such as inks, graphite,
pastels, and charcoal.
For a preview of Louka’s
work, visit ArtWanted.
com/claire.
For more information,
visit WestMainArtists.org.
EVENT REMINDERS  |
‘Junie B. Jones Is Not A Crook’
South Carolina
Children’s Theatre
Through Feb. 4
Peace Center
Gunter Theatre
scchildrenstheatre.org
235-2885
‘Rockin’ The Keys’
Through Feb. 10
Centre Stage
www.centrestage.org
233-6733
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018
Americans were inferior
to whites—sometimes
expressing a paternalistic
view while on other occa-
sions demanding that the
members of the race be
kept in their place.
Newspaper Wars is not
a comfortable book to
read if one is willing to
reassess South Carolina’s
past and the roles our
newspapers and political
leaders played in an effort
to rollback the gains of
Reconstruction and resist
the decisions of the Unit-
ed States Supreme Court
in the areas of education,
voting, graduate educa-
tion and other civil rights.
Maybe that reassess-
ment might lead one to
ask why we have statues
of “Pitchfork” Ben Till-
man, Byrnes and Thur-
mond on the Statehouse
grounds. Maybe one could
even ask why we have
monuments to those who
fought to preserve slav-
ery. Do those monuments
stand in the way of the
creation of the progres-
sive and just society envi-
sioned by Rogers in The
Florence Morning News?
 
Newspaper Wars was published by the
University of Illinois Press. 
‘A Moon for The
Misbegotten’
Through Feb. 10, 2018
Warehouse Theatre
warehousetheatre.com
‘Prince Caspian’
Feb. 2-April 21
Logos Theatre
www.theacademyofarts.org
Shana Tucker
Main Stage Series
Saturday, Feb. 3, 8 p.m.
Tryon Fine Arts Center
tryonarts.org
828-859-8322
‘The French Connection’
Christopher Tavernier
Matthew Hanna
Saturday, Feb. 3, 2 p.m.
Flat Rock Playhouse
TheFrenchConnection.rocks
828-693-9708
Benefit Concert
for Saved By The Heart
Feb. 5-6, 7 p.m.
The Warehouse Theatre
558-4569
‘Alice in Wonderland Jr.!’
Greer Children’s Theatre
Feb. 23-25, March 2-4
Cannon Centre
greerculturalarts.com
ONGOING EXHIBITS  |
‘Nouveau 9’
Through Feb. 10
West Main Artists Co-op
Spartanburg
WestMainArtists.org
804-6501
‘Vanishing Points’
Taryn McMahon
Through Feb. 15
Reception: Feb. 15,
6-7:30 p.m.
Furman University
Thompson Gallery
www.tarynmcmahon.com
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018 FUN AND GAMES
Should women
still take estrogen
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
have a question concern-
ing estradiol. My gynecol-
ogist has me taking 1 mil-
ligram of estradiol daily.
My internist recommends
that I not take it. Which
recommendation should
I follow? I have never had
hot flashes, so that is not a
problem. My internist says
that I need to gradually
stop taking the estradiol.
He says that this medicine
has more problems than
benefits.
It is hard to choose what
to do. What do you recom-
mend? -- H.L.
ANSWER: Back in the
1990s, we often recom-
mended that women take
estrogen in order to pre-
vent problems, in addition
to treating hot flashes.
Two important studies
came out showing that es-
trogen appeared to cause
problems as well as pre-
vent them. The definitive
answer as to whether es-
trogen causes more prob-
lems than it prevents still
isn’t known, and it proba-
bly depends on many fac-
tors. The term “estrogen”
as I am using it refers to
a group of related com-
pounds.
Estradiol is sometimes
referred to as “bioidenti-
cal,” since it is the same
hormone that a woman’s
body makes, as opposed
to conjugated equine es-
trogen (Premarin), which
was most commonly used
in the 1990s and earlier.
The type of estrogen may
make a difference in terms
of risk. Also, estrogen is
seldom given without a
Soap Updates
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND
THE BEAUTIFUL
Katie was ecstatic when
Brooke asked her to be
her maid of honor. Thorne
suggested that Brooke ask
Rick for his blessing be-
fore marrying Ridge. Sally
brought a distraught Liam
some comfort food. Wy-
att ran into Hope for the
first time since she arrived
back in Los Angeles. Later,
Steffy became defensive
when Hope paid her an un-
expected visit to discuss
Liam. Sally put herself in a
vulnerable place, and Liam
told her how he really felt.
Brooke and Ridge begged
Liam to attend their wed-
ding and to take a step to-
ward healing his relation-
ship with Steffy. Katie and
Thorne found themselves
planning the wedding to-
gether. Wait to See: An
ex-husband and wife share
an awkward reunion.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Kayla found Steve strug-
gling with his vision and
urged him to see a doctor.
Sonny felt gut-punched
by Will’s news. Valerie
remained suspicious of
Lani and decided to take
action. Steve shared with
Kayla the dire news about
his health. Will vowed to
help Paul get to the bot-
tom of what was going
on with John. Eve tried to
give Sonny relationship
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
progesterone compound
in women who have not
had their uterus removed,
and the type of progester-
one appears to make a ma-
jor difference in risk.
Briefly, the evidence sug-
gests that estrogen reduc-
es the risk of colon cancer
and of osteoporosis and
fractures. However, it in-
creases the risk of blood
clots. The largest areas
of confusion are in breast
cancer and heart disease.
For conjugated estrogens
with medroxyprogester-
one, which has the best in-
formation, for 1,000 wom-
en in 10 years there were
seven more heart attacks,
eight more strokes, eight
more blood clots in the
lungs and eight more inva-
sive breast cancers, but six
fewer colon cancers and
five fewer hip fractures.
Recent data suggest that
women who start estro-
gen immediately at meno-
pause have a lower risk of
heart disease than those
who start five or 10 years
after menopause (in fact,
they may have an overall
lower risk, compared with
women who don’t take es-
trogen). Women who took
estrogen alone did not
have an increased risk of
breast cancer.
Because of the known
harms of estrogen, at this
ABC | CRAIG SJODIN
James Patrick Stuart stars
as ‘Valentin’ on ‘General
Hospital’
advice, but he lashed out
at her. Victor suggested
how Brady could win Eve’s
trust. Tensions rose at
Andre’s funeral. Carrie re-
turned to Salem to defend
her parents. John and Paul
got a lead on Anna’s letter.
Rafe learned that someone
else knew his secret. Wait
to See: JJ shares his good
news with Julie.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Anna was ready with
some tough questions.
Jason was determined
to find the truth. Jordan
felt deceived. Sonny grew
more and more suspi-
cious. Griffin attempted
to repay a debt. Valentin
had a vulnerable moment.
Anna made a surprise
move. Drew knew more
than he thought. Valen-
tin reminded Nina of her
THE GREER CITIZEN B7
time neither I nor any ex-
pert body recommends
taking estrogen just to
prevent problems. Until
new studies become avail-
able, since you have no hot
flashes, I agree with your
internist.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
wanted to tell you of the
unbelievable relief I’ve
gotten from the small,
very painful cracks that
used to develop at the
ends of my fingers next
to the nails, usually in the
winter. Since I started tak-
ing 1,000 mg of fish oil
once a day, I have had only
one crack. -- R.L.S.
ANSWER: I couldn’t
find any studies on this,
but anecdotal reports say
fish oil may be helpful
and is unlikely to harm.
It’s reasonable to give it a
try. I would recommend a
supplement that contains
both EPA and DHA. The
Costco brand was found
to be of high quality.
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer in-
dividual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possi-
ble. Readers may email
questions to ToYourGood-
Health@med.cornell.edu.
To view and order health
pamphlets, visit www.rb-
mamall.com, or write to
Good Health, 628 Virginia
Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.
(c) 2018 North America Synd., Inc.
All Rights Reserved
actions. Peter was unable
to help, and Sam refused
to help. Curtis had some-
thing in mind for Jordan.
Things didn’t go according
to plan for Jason. Anna
later received some disap-
pointing news. Monica was
put on guard. Kevin inter-
rupted Franco’s time with
Scott. Drew lost his tem-
per. Ava put Kiki in an un-
comfortable position. Car-
ly threatened Nelle. Wait
to See: Alexis and Finn
connect with one another.
THE YOUNG AND
THE RESTLESS
Traci arrived home
and noted the tense at-
mosphere between Jack
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and Ashley. Jack was
surprised when Ashley’s THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
lawyer, Tony Kingsman,
also arrived. Tessa was
shocked when Devon told
her that he was pulling
her song’s release date
and cutting her from his
label. Hilary confided in
Phyllis that she was at
peak fertility and planned
to find a donor immedi-
ately. Nick began reno-
vations at the Penthouse
and was shocked when
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he found a huge stash of
money in the vents. Cane RFD by Mike Marland
watched Lily through the
baby monitor struggling
to connect with baby Sam.
Mariah was shocked to
learn that Hilary sold GC
Buzz back to Devon. Wait
to See: Chelsea receives an
ominous message.
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps  |
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas  |
 Our Schools
The Greer Citizen

B8 THE GREER CITIZEN  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018

Brown crowned Miss Greer High

After
Saturday
pageant
Laura Brown was
crowned Miss Greer High
2018 in front of a full
house on Saturday night
at Greer High School.
Runners-up were: PHOTO | SUBMITTED
1st: Ella Kate Brannon
2nd: Tory Abercrombie Thursday night’s Princes and Princesses.
3rd: Isabel Smith
4th: Emily Jordan
Preliminary winners
were:
Thursday
Casual Wear: Katie
Larke
Talent: Laura Brown &
Ella Kate Brannon
Evening Gown: Emily
Jordan PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Saturday
Causal Wear: Ella Kate The top five contestants in the Miss Greer High 2018 pageant. Pictured, left to right: Emily
Brannon
Talent: Tory Abercrom-
Jordan, Ella Kate Brannon, Laura Brown, Tory Abercrombie and Isabel Smith.
bie
Evening Gown: Laura Roberts of competition. All except one of the
Brown Interview WInner: Han- Brown received a $500 former Miss Greer High
Other winners included: nah McGill college scholarship from School titleholders were
Photogenic: Hanna Princes and princesses the pageant, sponsored in attendance during the PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Henline accompanied the contes- by the Greer High Band 20th anniversary pageant.
Congeniality: Ellie tants during both nights Boosters. Saturday night’s Princesses.

4K pre-registration underway
Greenville County
Schools 4K Pre-Registra-
tion continues through
March 2.  dance area to pre-register
To be considered, chil-
dren must turn four-years-
old on or before Sept. 1,
2018.
Parents may pre-register
at any district elementary
school or child develop-
ment center until March
2. Pre-registration will not
be accepted after March
2. Children do not have
to live in the school atten-
at that location.
Pre-registration does
not guarantee enrollment
in a GCS 4K program. Chil-
dren selected for 4K pro-
grams must demonstrate
academic/developmental
needs and/or risk factors
such as low family income
and low parent educa-
tion level. Screened chil-
dren will be ranked dis-
trict-wide and those most
at-risk for school success
will receive initial assign-
ments.
Notification of 4K ac-
ceptance will be mailed
to parents late March
2018. 4K screening will
be held for pre-registered
children March 14-16.

PHOTO | JENNIFER RAE GRIMES PHOTOGRAPHY

Miss Souvenirs
Senior Caroline Hopkins was crowned Miss Souvenirs at Byrnes High Saturday night.
Class winners were, left to right: Miss Freshman, Wren Simmons; Miss Sophomore,
Natalie Pickren; Miss Souvenirs, Caroline Hopkins; Miss Senior, Hunter Singleton and Miss
Junior, Makenna Adkins. The Miss Souvenirs Class Pageant is sponsored by the Byrnes
High Orchestra and the ‘Souvenirs’ title derives from the name of the school yearbook.

School Jan. 29-Feb. 2. Donations

can be dropped off in
the boxes located in the
Current students will
be showcasing their work
and demonstrating what

News school atrium.

GREENVILLE COUNTY |
RMS STUDENTS SELECTED
FOR HONORS ORCHESTRAS
Riverside Middle had
five students selected for
this year’s All-State Or-
chestra.
They were:
8th Grade
Abigail Lenz - viola
Anna Voelk - violin
Naomi Wright - violin
7th Grade
Tom Bucher - bass
Agatha Sultan - cello
The students will be
performing with other stu-
dents from South Carolina
at Anderson University at
the end of February.
Fourteen students were
selected for the All-County
RIVERSIDE TO SHOW
‘SCREENAGERS’ MOVIE
Riverside High and Mid-
dle schools will show the
documentary “Screenag-
ers: Growing Up in the
Digital Age” on Thursday,
Feb. 1, at 6:30 p.m. in the
Riverside High auditori-
um.
Tickets are $5 for adults,
free for students and
staff. To purchase tickets,
visit the Riverside Middle
website.
For more information,
visit screenagersmovie.
com.
CRESTVIEW STUDENTS TO
PRESENT MUSIC PROGRAM
Crestview Elementary
first graders will present a
musical program based on
the book “There Was an
Old Lady who Swallowed a
Fly” on Monday, Feb. 5, at
they are learning.
This is an opportunity
for students and parents
who are considering ap-
plying to attend Bonds for
the 2018-19 school year to
see the programs in action
and talk to the teachers
and current students.
GREER MIDDLE STUDENTS
CHOSEN FOR HONOR BAND
Several students have
been chosen for the Green-
ville County Honor Band.
They include:
Olivia Akins
Daniel Connelly
Bryson Duckett
Adam Erlewine
Javan Esterak
Hunter Garrison
George Hernandez
Michael Huff
Hannah Hyatt
Amber Le Qiu
Jackson Matthews
Zuyen Padilla

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Orchestra, and performed 6 p.m. in the school cafe-
with other students from teria. DISTRICT FIVE
Greenville County at Wade The brief program will
Hampton High last week. kick off the “I Love Read- BYRNES ACADEMIC
Those students were: ing” PTA night. Games and SHOWCASE IS FEB. 5-9
Rachel Ball a trip to the book fair will Byrnes High will hold
Mackenzie Fisher follow. an Academic Showcase
Amisha Hoque to help students choose
Abigail Lenz BUENA VISTA TO HOLD courses for 2018-19
Andy Lin LITERACY NIGHT during Power Hour Feb.
Farah Mehrabani Buena Vista Elementary 5-9.
Theodore Nguyen will hold Family Literacy Teachers and guidance
Caroline Phillips Night on Monday, Feb. 5, counselors will be avail-
Nora Quebe at its general PTA meeting. able to answer questions,
Sophia Quebe The meeting begins at distribute applications
Miranda Ramirez 6:15 p.m. with the Family and discuss course offer-
Kimmie Rauscher Literacy Night events fol- ings at the school. RD An-
Eliza Spilker lowing until 7:30 p.m. derson will also be there Offer good for one item at regular price only. Limit one coupon per customer per
day. Must present coupon at time of purchase. Offer is not valid with any other
Naomi Wright to sign students up for coupon, discount or previous purchase. One cut or one bolt of fabric or trim

Alternates BONDS SHOWCASE courses.

"by the yard" equals one item. Online fabric & trim discount is limited to 10 yards,
single cut. Excludes CRICUT® products, Gemini Machine™ Crafters Companion,

Olivia Huber
Telisa Kidd
BUENA VISTA HOLDING
SOUPER BOWL FOOD DRIVE
Beuna Vista Elementa-
ry will participate in the
SOUPer Bowl Food Drive
SET FOR FEB. 8
Bonds Career Center will
hold a drop-in showcase
on Feb. 8, from 4-7 p.m.
for all parents of current
students and students and
their parents from feeder
high schools.
Silhouette CAMEO® Machine, candy & snack products, gum & mints, helium
tanks, gift cards, custom orders, labor, rentals or class fees. Cash Value 1/10¢.
BYRNES TALENT SHOW
SET FOR FEB. 15
The Byrnes High Beta
Club will hold a Talent
Show on Thursday, Feb.
15, at 7 p.m. at the District
Five Fine Arts Center.