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GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 104 NO. 2 75 CENTS
Allen Bennett fate still uncertain, lawsuit remains

By Billy Cannada
Editor
The fate of the old Allen
Bennett hospital property,
located at Memorial Drive
Ext. and Wade Hampton
Boulevard, is still uncertain but could be decided
soon.
The sale of the property
to 313 Memorial Drive LLC
was tabled at a Greer City
Council meeting in late
December. The tabling of
the ordinance came after
JBM Leasing LLC offered

more than $3 million for
the property, which was
set to sell for $2.1 million.
Council [had] their first
opportunity to review
JBMs offer at Tuesday
nights meeting, said City
Administrator Ed Driggers.
The ordinance to sell the
property was tabled at the
December meeting. They
have an agenda item to recall that ordinance at the
January 24 meeting. They
may choose to take action
at that time.
Driggers said that strategic plans for the development of the site were given
to council, but details of
the plans will not be available until after closing.
The plans presented to
city council were done in
executive session at the
request of each offeror
as economic development
projects, Driggers said,
noting that each offer has
changed multiple times.
We have great respect for
The plans presented to city council were

done in executive session at the request
of each offeror as economic development
projects.
Ed Driggers
Greer City Administrator

the economic impact that
each of these businesses
have on our local econo-
my. We desire for each to

be successful in their respective businesses.
JBM Leasing filed legal

action against the city after the first reading of the
ordinance to sell the property to 313 Memorial Drive
LLC. That legal action is
still on the table, according to Driggers, and Greer
City Council is receiving
briefings from the city attorney.
The suit is still active
and we are preparing our
defense, he said.
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Local legislators
discuss issues
for new session
By Kaelyn Pfenning
Staff Writer
Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen
Snow day
Clancey Coley, left, and Jewel Kittrell got into a snowball fight last Saturday as more than five inches of snow fell in Greer.
The first snow of the year caused schools to cancel on Monday and Tuesday.
Wellford
changes
election
date
By Kaelyn Pfenning
Staff Writer
The Town of Wellford
will soon be changing the
date of its municipal elections.
Wellford City Council
unanimously
approved
the first reading of the
ordinance changing the
date from the first Tuesday in June to the second
Tuesday in June. Elections
occur on odd numbered
years.
The election commission asked us to do that,
so wed all be on the same
dates (within the county),
said City Administrator
Chris Guy.
The change will go into
effect this year.
In other business, Wellford is waiting on the deed
see Wellford | A6
INDEX
Richard Perry Turner Jr. was found dead inside this home on Pine Street Extension on
Sunday evening.
together.
Rita Allison
State Representative
nicipality, and in turn that
becomes a tax burden on
our businesses, our residents and our public community.
Rep. Henderson addressed Driggers concerns, saying, Each municipality would have its
own license fee schedule.
The goal would not be to
make any limitations on
the municipality for their
rate.
State officials are working on a bill to unify due
dates, deadline times, rate
classifications and growth
revenues related to business licenses, Sen. Henderson continued. I think
were going to have a bill
very, very soon. Well have
a bill, and it will be very
quick, and then well have
to negotiate the house and
the senate.
Having a place, a one
stop website, is a good
idea, said Rep. Stringer,
a local business owner
in Greer, before continuing, If you dont want
the money skimmed off,
see Breakfast | A6
Greer man found dead

after Sunday night fire
By Kaelyn Pfenning
Staff Writer
Richard Perry Turner Jr.,

89, was found dead in his
home after a Jan. 8 fire on
Pine Street Extension, authorities say.
Greer Fire Department
responded to a call at
11:41 p.m. on Sunday for
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State officials addressed

business licenses, ethics
reform, road improvements, transitions and
more during the Greer
Chamber of Commerces
inaugural policy breakfast.
Rep. Phyllis Henderson,
Rep. Rita Allison, Sen.
Tom Corbin, Rep. Tommy
Stringer and Sen. Scott
Talley attended theevent
at The Davenport, providing details on the issues
concerning the Greer area.
We recognize that 30
percent of the revenue of
the city of Greer comes
from businesses, so the
impact on revenue stream
is extremely important to
us, said City Administrator Ed Driggers on business license reform. We
want to be at the table and
work through this process
with our state legislators.
In 2015, dollars invested inside the city limits of Greer added up to
$123,606,000 while this
past year dollars totaled
$284,839,000.
There needs to be a uniform process, Driggers
said. We are concerned
that there will be a time
in the future that those
revenues will be diverted
back away from our mu-
We all have to work
Boyd Carter Lister, 90

Marverine McAbee
Pittman Mewbourn, 88
Lanny Brooks Page, 69
a structure fire at 106 Pine

Street Extension.
Once there, officials
found Turner lying on the
bathroom floor near his
bedroom.
Pelham Batesville Fire
Department and Greenville County Emergency
Medical Services (GCEMS)
were also on scene, but
Turner was pronounced

dead shortly thereafter.
The cause of the death is
still pending, the Greenville County Coroner says.
The fire has been classified as accidental with
$130,000 worth of damage, according to Scott
Keeley,
Deputy
Chief
see Fire | A6
Living Here
Winter skunk
Popular event
moves to The
Spinning Jenny
B5
Kaelyn Pfenning | The Greer Citizen
Rep. Tommy Stringer addressed community members at

the first chamber public policy breakfast last Friday.
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COMMUNITY
A2 THE GREER CITIZEN
COMMUNITY
NEWS
The event begins at 11

a.m. and is scheduled to
run until 2 p.m.
Contact Justin Miller at
848-2192 for ticket information.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
FOR TAX ASSISTANCE
VITA, Volunteer Income

Tax Assistance, is a free
tax preparation service
for households earning
$60,000 or less.
No prior tax experience
is necessary, and training
is provided by the United
Way of Greenville County.
Volunteer Greeters and
Preparers are needed on
Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 5-8 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m.
Any amount of time
volunteers can give is
welcome, whether that
be once a month or a few
times a week.
For more information,
contact Evan McLeod at
volunteer@greerrelief.org.
LINE DANCING FOR

SENIORS OFFERED
The City of Greer is

holding Senior Line Dancing Classes at 10 a.m. on
the second and fourth
Wednesdays
of
each
month at the Tryon Recreation Center, located at
226 Oakland Ave, Greer.
FIRST FRIDAY LUNCHEON

RETURNS JAN. 13
The monthly First Friday

Luncheon presented by
Greer Memorial Hospital
will take place from 11:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jan. 13,
at Greer City Hall, located
at 301 East Poinsett Street,
Greer. Dave Edwards,
President/CEO, GSP International Airport, will be
featured.
The cost is $10 for members of the Greater Greer
Chamber of Commerce
and $15 for non-members.
Registration will close
the Wednesday before the
event. Pre-registration will
be required for admittance.
If a notice of cancellation
is not provided within 48
hours of the event, an invoice will be generated.
The annual sponsor is
Greer State Bank, and the
CHURCH
NEWS
CALVARY HILL CHURCH
TO HOLD REVIVAL
Calvary
Hill
Baptist
Church, located at 100
Calvery Hill Church Dr.,
Lyman, will host a revival
from Jan. 8-11.
Services will be at 7 p.m.
Monday-Wednesday and
11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on
Sunday.
Dr. Mike Bagwell will be
speaking.
call 968-0493.
NON-PROFIT
ROUNDTABLE
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
At the polls
The Boiling Springs Fire District conducted a referendum
yesterday, Jan. 10, on the issuing of Bonds of up to 2.1
million dollars.
monthly sponsor is GrandSouth Bank.
visit https://greerchamber.com/.
GERMAN-AMERICAN
CLUB TO MEET JAN. 13
German-American Club
Stammtisch will start at
6 p.m. on Jan. 13 at Bangkok 2 Restaurant, located
at 1398 Boiling Springs
Road, Spartanburg SC
29303.
contact Marlies Welsch,
secretary, at 590-9230 or
marlies.welsch@gmail.
com.
BREAKFAST TO HONOR
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Unity Sports Soccer Club

will host its 23rd Annual
Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. Breakfast beginning at
8:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan.
16, at Sterling Community
Center, located at 113 Minus St, Greenville. A program honoring Dr. King
will follow.
This years program will
also be a Tribute to the
Vietnam Era Veteran. The
keynote speaker for this
program will be retired
LIFESONG HOSTS BLOOD

DRIVE
Because of the holidays,

critical blood supplies are
down. Yet, the
demand for all blood
types remains high. The
Blood Connection will be
on the campus of LifeSong
Church in Lyman on Jan.
15 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Blood Connection is
offering a choice of a Clemson or Carolina sweatshirt
for each successful donation.
GOLDEN HEARTS SET

CALENDAR FOR JANUARY
A Souper Bowl supper

is on the calendar for the
seniors in the CLC at 6 p.m.
on Jan. 26. Soup/Stews
Marine Sergeant James

(Jim) Fairfax, a combat
artist during the Vietnam War. Fairfax was the
first African-American to
serve as an official artist
in a combat zone in the
history of the organized
combat artist program.
His work gives a firsthand
look at combat operations
in Vietnam. His paintings
have been exhibited at the
Smithsonian Air and Space
Museum, galleries, other
museums and universities.
Games, prizes and fun
activities will be available
for the kids. The program
is free and open to the
public.
contact Hiram Springle,
Unity Sports Soccer Coach
and Co-founder, at 864484-1009 or hiramspringle519@gmail.com.
MLK DAY LUNCHEON SET

AT GREER CITY HALL
Celebrate the words and

message of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the annual
MLK Day Luncheon held
on Monday, Jan. 16 in the
Events Center at Greer
City Hall.
and cornbread are on the

menu for this meal.
KINGDOM HEIRS COMING

TO TIGERVILLE
The Kingdom Heirs, the

Carolina Quartet and other
special guests will be performing at North Greenville Universitys Turner
Chapel on Saturday, Feb.
25, at 6:30 p.m.
The concert, presented
by Locust Hill Baptist
Church, is $10 for advanced tickets and $15 at
the door.
For more information or
to purchase tickets, call
the Locust Hill Church office at 895-1771.
Burning Feet?
Electric Shocks?
Pain & Numbness?
Pins & Needles?
Creepy Crawlies?
You might have
PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
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the feet and lower legs and can advance to the hands.
Treatment of oral medications and injections often dont
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Weve utilized a NEW TREATMENT that may take away
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for most people, even diabetics. Its covered by many
insurance plans.
Call 864-847-6020 now to schedule

a consultation with one of our medical providers.
Pain Relief at
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Due to the morning

road conditions yesterday and Monday nights
national championship
game, the Greater Greer
NPR is rescheduled for
8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan.
17, at Stomping Grounds
Coffee Shop, located at
208 Trade Street, Greer.
Please share this information with anyone interested in attending or
joining and remember to
bring information on any
upcoming programs and
events.
FOOD TRUCK ROLLOUT

RETURNS JAN. 20
On Friday, Jan. 20, food

trucks are returning to
Greer City Park from 58 p.m. for the start of
the weekend. Tailgating
games and music by My
Girl My Whiskey and Me
are included with food
and beverages. Valid ID
is required to purchase
alcohol. Outside alcohol
and coolers are prohibited. Children under 16
must be accompanied
by an adult. Pets are not
permitted.
Anyone who requires
an auxiliary aid or service
for effective communication or a modification of
policies or procedures to
participate in a program,
service, activity or public meeting of the City
of Greer should contact
Ruthie Helms, ADA Coordinator at 848-5397 as
soon as possible, but no
later than 48 hours prior
to the scheduled event.
VENDOR APPLICATIONS
COMING IN JANUARY
Taylors is planting
seeds for the 2017 Farmers Market with vendor
applications coming this
month. The launch is
scheduled for May 4. FCI
Agency, a Sprout Sponsor in the first season, is
the new Root Presenting
Sponsor.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017
Taylors is still looking

for a few sponsors, including one more Sprout
level sponsorship and
their Market Stage Sponsorships for increased
exposure.
All excess funds left
over at the end of the
market season go to help
the market and Taylors
TownSquare make Taylors Better, Together.
HEALTH INSURANCE
ENROLLMENT ENDS JAN. 31
Mary Black Health System Spartanburg is once

again offering free assistance during Open Enrollment until Jan. 31.
Appointments may be
made with the hospitals
certified assisters by calling 573-3194 or can be
booked online at www.
GetCoveredAmerica.org/
connector.
visit MaryBlackHealthSystem.com.
WINTERSKUNK 2017
COMING TO GREER
Albino Skunk Music Festival is hosting the firstever, indoor WinterSkunk

Music Fest from 2-11:30
p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11,
at The Spinning Jenny, located at 107 Cannon St,
Greer.
The Spinning Jenny is
a relatively new venue
in downtown Greer. Its
a former skating rink
with hardwood floors,

pressed tin ceilings, and
great sound.
The room can handle
over 300 people, so its
a perfect spot to present great live music with
plenty of free parking.
Its just one block off of
Trade and Main streets.
There will be food
trucks, craft brews and
craft vendors.
Tickets
are
available now at http://albinoskunk.com/winterskunk-music-fest/
for
$25 in advance or $30
at the door to hear The
Grass Is Dead, Forlorn
Strangers, THE TRONGONE BAND, Tellico,
Taylor Martin and The
Brooks Dixon Band.
GREATER GREER BRIDAL

SHOWCASE IS FEB. 18
The City of Greer is

hosting the Greater Greer
Bridal Showcase from 10
a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, at the City of
Greer Events Complex.
The brunch gathers together Upstate wedding
vendors to highlight their
talents, including dcor,
food, and entertainment
in a mock reception
style.
For details, wedding
vendors may submit information to the online form
at https://form.jotform.
com/62944568665169.
The City of Greer Planning Commission will hold a Public

Hearing at 6:30 p.m. on January 30, 2017 at Greer City
Hall located at 301 E. Poinsett Street on the following:
DOCKET NUMBER:
OWNER:
ADDRESS:
RZ 2017-01
Ells Holdings, LLC
Wade Hampton Boulevard
at Tryon Street
PARCEL ID NUMBER: G013000102203
EXISTING ZONING: C-3, Commercial District
REQUEST:
DRD, Design Review District
DOCKET NUMBER:
OWNER:
ADDRESS:
VAR 2017-02
Le Jardin, LLC
Intersection of Brockman
McClimon Road
And East Howell Road
PARCEL ID NUMBER: 9-07-00-052.04
and 9-07-00-052.05
REQUEST:
Variance Sidewalks
Documents related to the requests are available for public
inspection in the Planning and Zoning Office located at 301
E. Poinsett Street.
news
Dave
says
dave
ramsey
Dissolve
the LLC?
Q: My wife and I are
debt-free, plus she has
a business giving music
lessons. We formed an
LLC last year when she
had several students and
was making over $3,000
a month, but that all
changed when our first
baby arrived. Now, she
has only a few students,
and they bring in around
$700 per month. Should
we dissolve the LLC?
DR: First, congratulations on being debt-free
and new parents. Happy
New Year to you all!
In most states, the only
upfront cost for an LLC
is the money you pay for
the initial set up. There
may be a small fee for a
business license and subsequent annual renewal,
but that generally doesnt
add up to much. Then,
theres the money you pay
for filing your tax return
on the LLC once a year.
Even if you live in a state
where there are other fees
to consider, as long as the
cost of maintaining the
LLC wasnt killing you,
Id recommend keeping
it in place. You went to
the trouble of opening it,
and you just might use
it again someday. Even if
your wife is staying home
with the baby, she just
might be able to take on
more students again as
time goes by.
Just be reasonable and
use common sense. If
you spend $3,000 to stay
open, and youre making
$700, youd dissolve it,
right? But as long as you
dont have fees that are
making you cringe, Id
probably leave it in place.
Helping
dad
Q: My dad has been
really bad with money his
entire life. Anytime he
would get into trouble,
my grandparents would
always bail him out. This
time he came to my wife
and I, asking for $350 to
get out of overdraft at the
bank. Were trying to live
on a budget and get control of our finances, and
$350 would make things
kind of tight at the moment. What do you think
we should do?
DR: I understand feeling
an obligation to help your
dad. But theres a lesson
here that dad needs to
learn, and its something
that goes much deeper
than the money or helping out a family member.
You have to do the right
thing, no matter how dad
reacts to this. Right now,
the right thing is taking care of your family
and not putting them in
jeopardy. So my answer to
dad would be no. Another thing that needs to
happen is for the definition of help to change.
When you say hes been
irresponsible with money
his whole life, giving him
$350 wont help and it
will make you an enabler.
Just handing him $350
will actually hurt him, and
it will give him the idea he
can continue being dumb
with money and hit you
up for cash anytime.
Like I said, I understand the pull of helping
out a parent. So if you
feel this is something
you absolutely must do,
I would advise making
the $350 contingent on
the fact that he begin
and complete a financial
counseling course. Be
gentle when you talk to
him, and let him know it
hurts to see him struggling. But let him know,
too, its his responsibility
to work through his debts
and take care of his own
finances!
the greer citizen a3
New roles bring new perspective at GCM

Two familiar faces at
Greer Community Ministries (GCM) are in new roles
as 2017 begins. Although
the transition has been ongoing since October, Kelly
Lee and Maureen Bryan recently received new titles
and responsibilities.
Lee is now the interim
Senior Dining Coordinator
while Patsy Quarles is on
extended medical leave.
Lee previously ran the
Food Pantry and Sharons
Closet at the ministry.
She has been employed at
the ministry since January 2007. Bryan is now
the Food and Clothing
Services coordinator. She
previously worked in the
ministrys kitchen.
Its given me a whole
new perspective, Lee
said. I didnt think being
in Senior Dining would be
that different. At the front
desk I could love on them,
but in here I get to sit
with them and I hear their
hearts.
Lee was ready to give
up her job this May, when
her family will relocate to
Iowa. She had been training Maureen Bryan in the
details of the Food Pan-
Maureen Bryan
Kelly Lee
try and Sharons Closet

with that in mind. When
Quarles had unexpected
surgery, the timeline for
change moved up quickly.
I asked Kelly to take
over for Miss Patsy until
her return and she gladly
accepted the role, said
Cindy Simpler, GCM executive director. With
Kelly in place, we asked
Maureen if she would be
willing to step into Kellys
role sooner. They have
both been amazing with
their willingness to change
course.
Bryan started working
at GCM nine years ago as
a volunteer in the kitchen.
She had recently moved to
the area and had taken to
heart a message from the
newly elected president of

the United States about the
importance of volunteering and being a good citizen right where you lived.
With her daughter starting
preschool, she had time to
give back.
She found GCM when
her husband decided to
donate his truck to a charitable organization. While
negotiations for that were
going on, Bryan filled out
a volunteer application.
When she didnt hear back
from anyone about serving
right away, she decided to
visit the ministry.
I walked in one day
because I really wanted
to volunteer, Bryan said.
The director asked me if
I wanted to work in the
kitchen that day. I said,

Yes, I do. He said they
had just been praying for
somebody to show up.
She started working one
day a week, then moved to
two days plus as a substitute when needed.
When Ellen (Roberson)
took over the kitchen,
she hired me for one day
a week. I worked one day
and volunteered the other, Bryan said. She eventually started working
three days per week.
When Bryan heard that
Lee was moving out of
state, she approached Simpler about the opening.
She had just been praying
with friends about finding
something fulfilling and
time filling, she said. Simpler asked her to train under Lee at that time to see
if she would be interested
in taking over later. Then
Quarles had emergency
surgery and the time line
changed.
Bryan said that there are
obviously challenges in
her new role but that she
is proud of the work that
the ministry does.
Even the most frustrating days, there is always
something rewarding. And

its made me thankful for
everything I have, Bryan
said.
In her new role, Lee said
she makes it a habit to
speak individually to each
Senior Diner each time
they visit. She has worked
to decipher their particular love language so that
she can make them feel
loved and welcomed because leadership changes
can be hard.
Their willingness to accept change comes from
their love for Patsy, Lee
said. I think they realize
that you dont know what
will happen.
I was ready to give up
that job in May, not October. I had to come to terms
with that. Its so obvious it
is God setting everything
in place. I never would
have imagined that this
would be the outcome.
Lee said a perfect example of Gods providence
in all of it is something a
Senior Diner said to her. I
just love to see your smiling face, he said.
I told him that goes
both ways, Lee said.
What a way to go out.
CPW anticipates
2017 changes
Updated
sewer, LED
lighting
By Kaelyn Pfenning
Staff Writer
Kaelyn Pfenning | The Greer Citizen
Rosylin Weston, VP of Communications at GSP Airport, showed local media outlets the
new conference center last week.
GSP opens conference center

By Kaelyn Pfenning
Staff Writer
Greenville-Spartanburg
International Airport (GSP)
is continuing progress on
its Wingspan project, totaling $125 million, with
the opening of a new conference center later this
month.
GSP launched Wingspan
in May 2012, hoping to
modernize the main terminal building, improve passenger flow and upgrade
the facility.
The conference center
space is something new to
the airport, said Rosylin
Weston, VP of Communications at GSP Airport.
Weve not had officially
conference center space
before, but, essentially, it
is a room that is a little
over 1,700 square feet
that can be used as one
continuous space or it can
be subdivided into three
individual spacesone of
them at 571 sq. ft., a second one at 573 sq. ft. and
the third and final one at
590 sq. ft.
The conference room,
which will be able to host
up to 100 people with
seating capacity for 90, is
available for rent by companies, corporations, businesses, non-profits and
others upon request and
availability.
Were really excited
about that, Weston said.
We have at least one
event planned for this
space towards the end of
January.
A new entrance next to
the conference center will
become operational soon
at the north end of the terminal.
Were still discussing the options of having
outside caterers, Weston
said. That could be a possibility, but first and foremost, we will have food
and beverage opportunities here for people to be
able to utilize that space.
Different furniture, such
as cocktail tables, would
be able to be rented from
an outside vendor, and a
back hall provides some
prep space. Parking may
depend on the event, and

rental rates are to be released later in the month.
For more information
or to reserve the space,
call the GSP airport at
877-7426 and ask for the
community relation coordinator.
In addition, a new business center is being construction right next door
for passengers.
Theres not a lot to look
at in there now, except the
spacing is there, Weston
said. I think the important thing about it is the
fact that we have listened
to what the consumer has
been saying in terms of
coming in and out of the
airport and those business travelers wishing
that there was a business
center.
They could get a limited

amount of business things
taken care of whether its
faxing or getting an email
or putting together a FedEx
package to go out, some
of those last minute business items that they might
want to take care of prior
to boarding a flight, so
we have designated some
space that will be visible
from the lobby, Weston
continued.
The 200 square-foot
room will be under the
watchful eye of GSP customer service, Weston
said. It is an effort to
start to answer some of
the concerns that we get
from people about wanting to have some business
space.
kaelyn@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
The Greer Commission

of Public Works (CPW)
is planning in-house upgrades, updated services
and more economic development in 2017.
Company-wide, were
working on a new afterhours call system, said
Allison Rauch, Public Information Officer for CPW,
at the first inaugural Public Policy Breakfast on Jan.
6. Its great that theyll
know the lingo when people call after hours to get
service and answer questions.
CPW is also planning to
update sewer and water
systems while the city is
repaving some downtown
streets.
This includes some of
the oldest pipes on our
system, and we figured we
would do a one-two punch
while the city is doing
their repaving project,
Rauch said. We would go
in and replace some pipes
of ours so that we know
that our service to you
guys is going to be structurally sound for many,
many years.
At the water filter plant,
CPW is changing out the
water filters, which are
similar to extra large Bri-
ta filters, Rauch said. We

are changing out to make
sure that your GreerMade
water stays great for many,
many years to come.
In addition, CPW is continuing the LED lighting
project along Wade Hampton Boulevard in partnership with the city.
We hope that customers, as theyre going up
and down the road, will really see things a whole lot
clearer, Rauch said, and
it will make Greer more inviting for people to come
and do business with.
The natural gas department is working to accommodate local industry
coming and growing.
Were upgrading a gas
distribution line at Velocity Park, Rauch said. A
Chinese plastic mold supplier for the auto industry
is coming to town, and
were also replacing a gas
line near Brockman-McClimon and J Verne Smith
Parkway, and this will give
more pressure to BMW,
who is also expanding. We
want to continue being a
great partner for them and
help them do great business in the area.
After former general manager Jeff Tuttle
stepped down last year,
Ken Holliday is filling in
as the Interim General
Manager while a national
search is being conducted.
Holliday, the Human Resource Manager, has been
with the organization
since 2002.
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OPINION
The Greer Citizen
Air rage
his past week in the news, as seemingly each week, there was another
report of what has been dubbed, air
rage, when yet another flight was forced
to divert, this time, to New Zealand,
because of an unruly passenger.
Never have I been so grateful not to be
touring full time, anymore.
For well over twenty years, I could
have saved rent money and just taken a
cot inside various terminals. I amassed
nearly a million frequent flier miles on
Delta and traveled so often on others
that I would encounter flight crews with
such familiarity it got to the point where
I could ask such things as Hows the
gallbladder? or, Did you ever try that
deli we were talking about, in Chicago?
And never, not once, did I ever encounter a single case of air rage, whether it
was domestically, or anywhere else in
the world.
Thats not to say I havent come close
to committing air rage, or actually, air
hysteria, myself. Coming into Sicily dur-
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
ing the good old, pre 9/11 days when
everyone felt immortal, and witnessing
flight attendants standing and chatting
in the back of the plane with several
passengers, everyone gesturing wildly
with cigarettes they had just lit with the
ground coming up very quickly left me
hyperventilating.
Im actually not a violent person, I
only fantasize about it when such news
events come over the wire. In reality,
I know quite well that I would simply
sit there, hiding behind my magazine,
praying that no one tries to open the
emergency exit. But something has to
be done. Behavior that is deemed so out
of control that it requires an aircraft
to divert, sometimes hours out of its
way to intended destination, cannot be

tolerated. Were a savvy country. Weve
landed little ATVs on Mars and can now
make only one tasty cup of hazelnut
coffee at a time, so it seems to me that
we can design retractable arms into
each airline seat which, at the touch of a
flight attendants button, can reach out
and snap shut around the unruly passenger, rendering him immobile, arms
clamped against his sides.There was
an airline expert interviewed about this
spate of bad behavior on the national
news and his rather weak consensus was
this: People have less and less room
on planes and when you cram a lot of
people together, tensions flare. I think
its only fair to point out that astronauts
often spend months trapped together in
ridiculously tight quarters, ships filled
with Irish immigrants, wedged together
like sardines, sailed days across the
ocean and, as a child, our family of six
somehow managed the yearly, eight
hour trip to Sarasota, Florida, in a Ford
Galaxy, driven by a frugal German who

refused to turn on the air conditioner,
and none of us, let me repeat, none of
us, began attacking each other.
Its too easy to explain away such foul
behavior because of a lack of space, or
because a particularly brutal election
has made it socially acceptable to spout
the most vulgar things in public. The
reason, in my view, is simply the result
of big babies, often liquored up, who
are used to the instant gratification that
technology, in general, has brought into
their lives and refuse to be in any way
inconvenienced. And if 1980s pop star
Richard Marx can be brave enough, bless
his little 58 frame, to assist in a passenger take down as he did recently, then
I guess this six foot ex sitcom actress
can put easily put some pinecone in a
headlock. Which, actually, would be kind
of cool.
Because you know somebodyll film
it and then I can add it to my resume,
along with those stints on Match Game.
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The big
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KAELYN PFENNING
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Read Jeremiah 29:11-13
rust in the Lord with all

your heart and lean not on
your own understanding.Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)
Many years ago I was sitting on a small boat deck at a
youth camp.
I had been having a bad day;
everthing seemed to be going
wrong.
Feeling sad, I looked down
the river.
The sun was just setting,
and it caused a reflection of
the trees in such a way that
it looked as if the river ended
there.
However, turning at an
almost 90-degree angle, the
river continued beyond that
point.
This experience reminded
me of the many times in life
that we feel that we have
reached a dead end in a situation-whether a job or a relationship or any situation that
makes us feel as if our path is
leading nowhere.
During times like these it
helps to remember that God
know what lies ahead.
God can see the whole river,
and knows that just around
the bend lies something better.
So when it looks as if life is
not leading anywhere, we can
trust God and then persevere
around that bend in the river.
Addressing Islamic State

problem across the world
Thought for the Day: God

always sees the big picture.
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, when we feel uncertain
of the way ahead, help us to
trust in you knowing that
your will for our lives is much
better than we can ever hope
or imagine. Amen.
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We need to do it because children who dont

get a decent education drag down our whole
state.
They end up in dead-end jobs and raise another generation just like themselves, and we
pay for their welfare benefits and medical care.
If they cant get jobs and then become criminals, we become their victims; we pay for extra
police to protect ourselves from them, and the
jails that become their homes.
As shown by the three-months-old, much delayed Iraqi Army battle to regain Mosul from
Islamic State control, this approach has given
ISIS time to prepare defenses that further impede the progress made by U.S.-backed forces
and time to develop and train individuals able
to mount widely separate terror attacks.
A plan to recapture the Islamic State capital in
Syria, Raqqa, has been similarly delayed. Meanwhile our NATO ally Turkey is complaining bitterly about the administration giving arms and
assistance to Syrian Kurds whom it regards as
dangerous allies of the Kurdistan Workers Party, a designated terrorist organization at war
with Turkey. In Syria, the Obama administration relies on the very effective Syrian Kurds to
provide the necessary boots on the ground. But
these Kurds are also seeking to consolidate control over territory along Turkeys border and
Turkey is fighting them.
On Jan. 3, Turkeys Prime Minister Binali Yildrim, told the Turkish parliament that America
isnt doing a damn thing to defeat Islamic State
in Syria.
The Obama approach also has been criticized
by a number of prominent senators and military specialists for failing to use U.S. ground
forces to swiftly destroy Islamic State. Among
the most persistent critics are Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
But President Obamas decision to acquiesce
in Russias military deployment to Syria in
support of the government of Bashar al-Assad
means that any large U.S. military deployment
in Syria will require Russian cooperation. President Obama proposed such cooperation last
year, but his offer was not accepted by Russian
President Vladimir Putin.
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Meanwhile our NATO ally Turkey

is complaining bitterly about the
administration giving arms and
assistance to Syrian Kurds whom
it regards as dangerous allies of
the Kurdistan Workers Party, a
designated terrorist organization
at war with Turkey. In Syria, the
Obama administration relies on
the very effective Syrian Kurds to
provide the necessary boots on the
ground. But these Kurds are also
seeking to consolidate control over
territory along Turkeys border and
Turkey is fighting them.
Now President-elect Trump, who has hailed
the idea of a Russia-U.S. alliance against terrorism, is likely to push the same idea. To do so he
will likely have to minimize U.S. conflicts with
Russia over its seizure of parts of Ukraine, its
meddling in the recent U.S. election and its support of Syrias President Assad. And Mr. Trump
will have to overcome the resistance of legislators like Sens. McCain and Graham who view
Russia with alarm. Thats a big order.
The longer all of this takes, the more time Islamic State will have to plan havoc here and in
Europe.
This editorial was written and published by The Post and Courier on Jan. 9.
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Snow
now has a way of hushing

everyday activities.
Plans, to-do-lists and
events often, especially in the
south, come to a halt with cancellations or postponements.
Special activities take the
place of the ordinary.
Friday night, I threw snowballs, built a snowman, made a
snow angel and took a walk in
the winter wonderland.
The next morning, the fun
continued with sledding and
drinking cocoa.
Keeping warm inside and
resting accompanied the outdoor exercise, extra family time
and snow adventures.
I love to watch the fluffy
snowflakes drift down to the
earth.
Coating trees, roofs and
yards, many snowflakes join
together to transform the natural into something spectacular.
Snow has so many beautiful
attributes.
Each snowflake is unique
with six points; no two are
alike. In the same way, every
person is a unique individual
with certain similarities to the
rest of humankind.
In addition, snow falls pure,
white and clean.
Isaiah 1:18, says, Come now,
let us reason together, says the
Lord: though your sins are like
scarlet, they shall be as white
as snow; though they are red
like crimson, they shall become
like wool.
When snow decorates the
world, an unusual quiet descends on the land.
Psalm 46:10 says, Be still,
and know that I am God. I
will be exalted among the
nations, I will be exalted in
the earth!
Having lived in Vermont,
my family shovels the driveway, scrapes the cars and
salts the icy areas.
This time, the snow has
stuck around a few days.
Driving past snow-covered
banks is unusual for this
area, and Monday brought
back memories of growing
up in Vermont. We regularly drove around in a white
world.
As a child, I built snow
forts with my brothers and
sister, shoveled a couple feet
of snow off of our roof and
jumped into the pile.
At one time, we owned
chickens.
In the winter, we stomped
down the snow into a trail to
the chicken coop where we
delivered fresh food and boiling water each morning.
Snow adventures are limitless for those willing to brave
the cold.
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Boyd C. Lister
Marverine P. Mewbourn
Lanny B. Page
Boyd Carter Lister, 90,

widower of Sybil Lynn
Lister, passed away January 8, 2017 at his home.
A native of Greenville
County, he was a son of
the late Vaught and Alta
Mae Dill Lister, a retired
residential building contractor, member of Double
Springs Baptist Church,
and US Navy veteran.
Surviving are two daughters, Sylvia McCauley (David) and Joan Tysinger
(Terry) all of Taylors; two
sons, Larry Lister (Sandra)
of Taylors and Glenn Lister
(Lydia) of Greenville; two
brothers, Bobby and Clifton Lister both of Taylors;
one sister, Mildred Pittman
of Tigerville; eleven grandchildren, fourteen greatgrandchildren and one
great-great-grandchild.
He was also predeceased
by siblings, Golden, Fred
and Clois Lister.
Funeral services will be
held 2 p.m. Wednesday,
January 11, 2017 at Double Springs Baptist Church,
conducted by Rev. Keith
Mincey. Burial will follow
in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Cale
Lister, Rory Lister, Doron
Lister, Lance Lister, Ty
Tysinger, Barrett Tysinger,
Thomas Lister and Jimmy
Lister.
Visitation was held 6
until 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
January 10, 2017 at The
Wood Mortuary.
The family is at their respective homes.
Memorials may be made
to Double Springs Baptist
Church, Family Life Center, 3800 Locust Hill Road,
Taylors, SC 29687.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.
Marverine McAbee Pittman

Mewbourn,
88,
passed away January 7,
2017 at her home.
A native of Spartanburg
County, she was a daughter of the late James Lee
and Della Marie Atkins
McAbee, widow of Lloyd
W. Pittman, a homemaker,
and member of First Baptist Greer. She was an
entrepreneur in the real
estate and investing areas
of business.
Surviving are two daughters, Susan Pittman (Tom
Shetler) of Brevard and
Penny Hinton (Rodney) of
Greenville and two grandchildren, Alexis Hinton
Furman and Asheton Lloyd
Hinton.
Funeral services will be
held 11 a.m. Wednesday,
January 11, 2017 at The
Wood Mortuary, conducted by Pastor Chad Clint of
Grace Church at Pelham.
Entombment will be in
Hillcrest Memory Gardens
Mausoleum.
Pallbearers will be Asheton Hinton, Quan White,
Robert Furman, Larry
Fowler, Rodney Hinton
and Tom Shetler.
Visitation will be held
9:30 until 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday at the mortuary prior to the service.
The family is at their respective homes.
Memorials may be made
to the National Parkinson
Foundation, 200 S.E. 1st
Street, Suite 800, Miami,
FL 33131 or Providence
Hospice, 202 Wall Street,
Piedmont, SC 29673.
Lanny Brooks Page, 69,

died January 3, 2017 at his
home.
A native of Greer, son of
the late Albert Brooks and
Merle Tapp Page, he was a
retired employee of Spartan Express, served in the
S.C. National Guard for 6
years and was a member of
St. Johns Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife,
Kathy Farmer Page of the
home; one sister, Lanese
Drake (Marshall) of Lyman
and one sister-in-law, Pat
Harris (Fred) of Anderson.
Graveside services will
be held 3:30 p.m. Thursday, January 5, 2017 at
Mountain View Cemetery
conducted by Rev. Odell
Moseley.
Visitation will be held
after the service at the
graveside.
The family is at the
home.
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WELLFORD: Waits on county for park

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and check from Spartanburg County to continue

work on a city park.
Once we get our check,
I can get a check to the architect, Guy said. Well
know a final balance on
what the parks going to
generally cost. Then, we
can start applying for
grants.
Some grant funds are
already in the works, he
said.
Weve been wanting a
park for a long time, said
Mayor Pat Watson. Were
finally getting close. The
years Ive been on council, weve never been this
close before.
In addition, council
member Wymond Wilkins
reported a donation of
$65,000
towards
the
Breaking Bread for Jesus soup kitchen, which
Weve been
wanting a park for
a long time. Were
finally getting close.
The years Ive been
on council, weve
never been this
close before.
Pat Watson
Mayor, City of Wellford

is looking to construct a
building across from the
city hall.
Weve been working at
that real good, Wilkins
said. We started March of
last year. Now, weve gotten $130,000 in there.
We keep chugging along

on it, he continued, and
hopefully, well be able to
try to do something before this year is out on the
soup kitchen. Its coming
along very good, so Im
proud of that.
In addition, a building,
which is located on Main
Street, was donated to
the city by David Gist on
June 25, 2010, and was to
be converted into a museum, Guy said. However,
at this time, the city does
not have the funds to complete this project.
The agreement with Gist
states that if the city no
longer has interest with
the building, it will be
deeded back to Gist, Guy
said.
Ive got to get with a
real estate attorney to get
that handled, Guy said.
BREAKFAST: Addresses state issues

FROM PAGE ONE
dont send it to Columbia

because thats whats going to happen. I do support the revenue process
being kept local.
That is something that
were going to be monitoring, said Mark Owens,
President and CEO of the
Greater Greer Chamber of
Commerce.
Those in attendance
were given the opportunity to write down their
questions, two of which
read, How will the governors office situation be
handled? and Why do we
even have a line of succession if its not followed?
Sen. Corbin outlined
some of the history of
similar situations, sharing how the president of
the senate has filled the
position of lieutenant governor in the past while
other presidents resigned
instead of stepping into
the vacancy.
Theyre taking a look
now at how the structure
works, Sen. Corbin said.
One of the newest senators, Scott Talley, brought
up the lawsuit filed by Sen.
Tom Davis, saying, There
are some, including I think
our current standing president, that believes the next
governor, Gov. McMaster,
will have the ability to appoint the successor, so
that we dont have to go
through what Sen. Corbin
ON THE ISSUES
LINE OF SUCCESSION
Theyre taking a look now
at how the structure works.
Tom Corbin
State Senator
ETHICS
If were going to offer

ourselves for public service,
you need to know where our
contributions are coming
from. If were scared to expose
it, then maybe we shouldnt
have taken it to start with.
Scott Talley
State Senator
EDUCATION
There are special things

that need to be done in
education for (poverty) areas.
All children need to have a
quality education.
Rita Allison
State Representative
just outlined. I, for one,

support that lawsuit.
Sen. Talley also addressed the question of
ethics, saying, If were going to offer ourselves for
public service, you need to
know where our contributions are coming from. If
were scared to expose it,
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then maybe we shouldnt

have taken it to start
with.
In the area of education,
Rep. Allison addressed the
33 districts where were
not providing an adequate
education.
These districts are in
the poverty area of our
state, she said. There are
special things that need to
be done in education for
those areas. All children
need to have a quality education.
We have no data system, to track a child
through the education
system to know whether
that child attends a career
center, enrolls at a fouryear college or gets a job,
Rep. Allison said, so we
do work with the department of commerce to be
able to do that.
We all have to work together, Rep. Allison continued, addressing the isolation of institutions and
the need to break silos
down.
In relation to the gas tax,
Rep. Stringer said, It does
take time to work through
the right legislation.
Rep. Henderson agreed,
saying, I think theres
still a lot of work that we
need to do to be coming
together on what kind of
bill we can all get around,
including the views of the
new governor.
These three newborns quickly donned Tiger gear for the National Championship game
on Monday.
GHS presents special

gifts to game day babies
Greenville Health System gave every baby born
on Monday a Clemson outfit, in conjunction with the
National
Championship
game.
Clemson came out on
top against Alabama, 3531.
Clemson is one of GHS
FIRE:
Investigated
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of Administration at the
City of Greer Fire Department.
The fire started in the
den at or near the gas
logs, he said.
When using supplemental or space heaters,
always keep combustible
at least 3 feet away. Only
use these appliances while
you are in the room and
never sleep with these appliances on. If you are using a fueled appliance, a
Carbon Monoxide detector
must be installed.
The incident remains
under investigation.
primary academic partners, and we are proud

to support them in their
quest to bring home a national championship title,
said Karen Potter, manager of public relations for
GHS. We are also excited
to welcome the teams
newest fans, who will have
the opportunity to cheer

on the Tigers from their
bassinets.
GHS gave every baby
born on Fiesta Bowl Saturday (Dec. 31) a Clemson
hat or bib.
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Bishop Allen L. Bruton is the senior Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church. Hes the
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The Greer Citizen
GMFD honors firefighters

During
awards
banquet
The Glassy Mountain
Fire Department honored
several firefighters during its annual Christmas
and Awards Banquet in
December.
Firefighter
Zachary
Coates (Travelers Rest)
was named Cadet of the

Year; Firefighter Donald
Blanchard (Greer) was
named Rookie of the Year;
Firefighter Hunter Ward
(Travelers Rest) was named
Volunteer of the Year; Engineer/Paramedic Donald
Jeffers (Easley) was named
Career Firefighter of the
Year; Sergeant Shawn
Jenkins (Travelers Rest)
was named Officer of the
Year and Firefighter/Support Max Heim (Landrum)
received the Fire Chiefs
Award.
Merit Awards were presented to Sergeant Shawn
Jenkins (Travelers Rest)
for Most Alarm Responses; Firefighter John Roggy
(Travelers Rest) for Most
In-house POC with 1,932
hours; Sergeant Branson
Bowns (Travelers Rest) for
Most At-home POC with
1,572 hours; Engineer/
Paramedic Don Jeffers for
Most Career Staff Training
Hours Completed and Sergeant Shawn Jenkins for
Most Volunteer Training

Hours Completed.
Length
of
Service
Awards were presented to
Firefighter/Support Max
Heim for 25 years; Support
Member Christine Renae
Sprouse (Flat rock, NC) for
five years and Firefighter
Matthew Dowgos for five
years.
The Team Award was
presented to the 27 members that responded to a
structure fire on Raven
Road in July of 2016.
Sheriff Will Lewis was sworn into office yesterday along

with other officers from Greenville County.
CRIME
REPORT
Sheriff Will Lewis

sworn into office
(Note: All information

contained in the following
was taken directly from
the official incident reports
filed by the Greer Police
Department or the Spartanburg County Sheriffs
Office. All suspects are to
be considered innocent
until proven guilty in the
court of law.)
BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE
Greer Police and the

Greenville County Bomb
Squad responded to a
suspicious package on W.
Poinsett Street last Thursday. According to an incident report, employees
at AT&T found a package
tied to their mailbox. Upon
arrival, officers noticed
the package appeared to
be a black briefcase with
gold
latches.
Officers
also noticed a green rope
tied around the case and
a white rope tied around
the handle. The area was
closed to the public for
safety and the bomb squad
responded to the scene.
After determining that the
brief case was empty, it
was labeled a non-threat.
The briefcase was left for
forensics to examine.
The incident is still under investigation.
MURDER-SUICIDE
INVESTIGATION
Spartanburg
County
emergency personnel responded to 540 Serendipity Dr. Monday where it
was discovered that 57year-old Anthony Huston
had been shot and killed
at a residence.
The Spartanburg County
Coroner also found that
Joanne Brown Huston had
a gunshot injury. She was
transported to Spartanburg Regional where she
died. At this time I have
no information from scene
investigation other than
murder/ suicide on these
deaths, said Spartanburg
Coroner Rusty Clevenger.
I will make an official
ruling when all information is provided to me via
complete Sheriffs investigation, as well as my investigators and autopsies
that will begin (Monday)
afternoon.
SHOPLIFTING
On Jan. 9, the Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office responded to Kohls,
KAELYN PFENNING | THE GREER CITIZEN
The Greer Police and Fire Departments responded to a suspicious package call on W.
Poinsett St. last week, blocking off local traffic at the scene.
located at 102 Franklin
Ave, in reference to a
shoplifter in custody.
Upon arrival, the officer
spoke with the loss prevention, who said Callie D
King was stealing various
products from the store
(jewelry and sleep wear).
The loss prevention employee stated that King
concealed the obtained
items inside of her purse
and exited the store without paying for them. The
employee stated that he
stopped King once she was
outside of the store and
escorted her back inside
to the LP office. King said
that she did indeed conceal multiple sleepwear
items and jewelry inside
of her black purse. She
stated that she then exited
the store and was going to
her car to get her drivers
license for the clerk. King
stated that after exiting,
she was stopped. She did
provide a written statement admitting her guilt
in the incident.
King was placed under
arrest for shoplifting and
transported to the Spartanburg County Detention
Facility.
ASSAULT
On Jan. 7, the Spartanburg County Sheriffs

office responded to 20
Springbrook Ct. in reference to a disturbance.
While en-route to the incident location, the responding was informed that the
disturbance was between
the caller and an intoxicated adult son. Upon arrival,
the officer spoke with
Bobby Casey who stated

that his son, Brian Casey,
had come home drunk
and was causing problems
and threatening to assault
him.
The officer went inside
to speak with Brian and
while in the yard walking
toward the house, the officer could hear Brian yelling inside the house. The
officer spoke with Brian,
who was grossly intoxicated. Brian voiced his anger with Bobby and made
comments that Bobby
used drugs. Brian got up
and walked toward Bobby
multiple times as if he was
going to assault him. The
officer was initially able
to talk Brian into leaving
with a family member to
stay somewhere else for
the night to prevent further altercations this evening. Brian walked outside
to get into the vehicle to
leave.
A few moments later, Brian unexpectedly
charged toward the front
door. No one else was inside the residence besides
Bobby. Believing that Brian
was making an attempt
to assault Bobby, officers
grabbed Brian to prevent
him from physically assaulting Bobby. The officer
yelled at Brian to Stop!
but he continued trying to
get away. At one point, Bri-
Sheriff Will Lewis was

sworn in with others from
the Greenville County
Sheriffs Office at the rescheduled swearing-in ceremony yesterday at County Council Chambers.
Im very appreciative of
the support of the community of the law enforcement in Greenville County, said Sheriff Lewis
before the ceremony. Im
truly thankful for the path
that was laid before us by
our predecessors.
I will continue to build
my team through prayer,
Sheriff Lewis said. I will

continue to build the sheriffs office through prayer.
I will continue to move
forward seeking Gods
guidance in everything
that I do. That will be the
way that I lead.
I will be a servant leader as Jesus did and as the
Bible tells us to, Sheriff
Lewis continued. Now
whether you choose to believe in the Bible or not is
irrelevant, but you cannot
refute the fact that it is a
great leadership book. I
will continue to lead from
that perspective.
an turned toward a Deputy pushed him. The officer then told Brian Dont
fight us. The officers were
attempting to secure Brian
against the back of a minivan, so the officer pushed
him backwards by his left
shoulder. Brian was trying to push back against
us when he slipped on the
ice and fell forward. The
officer then took control
of Brians left arm and attempted to handcuff him.
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in my handcuff, preventing it from catching. Brian
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was transported to the
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SPORTS
The Greer Citizen
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
BLAME
CANNADA
Chance Pride
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Some know him as Troys little brother. Opposing defenses know him as a nightmare in
the open field.
His coaches, however, know him as their
teams most valuable player.
Eastsides Chance Pride had a tremendous
impact on his teams season in 2016, leading
the Eagles to the state playoffs for the first time
in years.
His stats speak for

themselves...Hes a guy that
makes you better in every way.
Steve Wilson
Eastside High head football coach

We wouldnt even be close to the same
team without Chance Pride, head coach Steve
Wilson said. He is just a skilled player that can
do just about anything you ask him to do. His
stats speak for themselves. If he gets the ball in
space, hes very hard to bring down. Hes a guy
that makes you better in every way.
Pride caught 100 passes for 1,500 yards on
the season. He also added 341 rushing yards
and 377 special teams yards to his resume,
along with 25 total touchdowns.
Pride averaged 13.8 points per game by himself.
For his efforts, the junior has been named
The Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance Player of
the Year.
We certainly knew that if we were going to
make any kind of playoff run, we were going to do it with him and he was going to have to be our go-to
guy, Wilson
said.
Thats
not to diminish
anybody
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CANNADA
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around himhes just been that good.

Pride said his goal has been to help put
Eastside back on the map, and the Eagles are
beginning to see progress in that area after a third place region finish and a
first round playoff berth.
We had a wonderful
year, Pride said. The
program was coming
off a lot of losses and
turmoil, but bringing
in a new coaching
staff has been a big
key to our success.
Theyve changed
the mindset at Eastside. Its been awesome
to see the progression, coming from
the bottom up.
As one of the most effective receivers in
the state, Pride said practice and great
teammates helped him achieve some staggering numbers.
We practice a lot and Ive been able to
see a lot of different looks in this offense,
Pride said. Ive just been in a place where
I can make plays and do what I do best.
The competitiveness is what helps
me to put up big numbers.
My teammates are also very
unselfish, he said. They
stepped up and did what it
took to win. If we play as a
team, thats what is going to keep us going.
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Chance Pride caught 100

passes for 1,500 yards, in
2016, leading the Eastside
High football team with 25
touchdowns.
Byrnes
could
name
coach
this
month
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Rebels are continuing their search for a new
head football coach, following the departure of
Brian Lane last fall.
Byrnes
will be conducting
interviews
with candidates
this
week, and
there
has
Lane
been plenty
of interest,
according to the schools
athletic director, Tony Gillespie.
We had a lot of interest,
he said. I had (applications) anywhere from Delaware to Florida to far out
west to Colorado. Weve
got it narrowed down and
we feel like weve got some
good ones.
Its
certainly
more
names to research and go
through, so that makes it
a little more time consuming, but on the flip side, it
says a lot about your program when you get a lot of
interest, Gillespie added.
If we only had two people
apply, I probably wouldnt
feel so good about our
program.
The soonest Byrnes can
make a decision is at the
end of the month, however.
We cant make anything
official until the school
board approves it, and the
next meeting is on Jan. 23,
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Takin it back to Tigertown

The Clemson football team capped a stellar season with a 35-31 win over Alabama in the National Championship game
Monday night in Tampa Bay, Florida. It was the Tigers first title in more than 30 years. Pictured: head coach Dabo Swinney
hoists the championship trophy as Ben Boulware and company celebrate the win.
Gravley helps Greer top Vikings

BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Greer boys basketball team improved to 6-8
off stellar performances
from Sam Gravley and
Magic Moody, who combined for 42 points during
the Yellow Jackets recent
67-63 win over Spartanburg.
Greer used a 17-point
fourth quarter to hold off
a surging Viking team that
had beaten the Jackets
in overtime earlier in the
year.
Head coach Greg Miller
said he was proud of his
team for finishing strong.
I think its a culmination of all the work weve
put in to this point, Miller
This year, were

never going to take
a moral victory.
Greg Miller
Greer High boys basketball coach

said. This year, were never going to take a moral
victory. The guys are continuing to do a great job of
learning and growing, and
thats what this year is all
about. We just want to
put ourselves in the best
possible situation when
it matters most, and that
win over Spartanburg was
a big sign of that.
Gravley dropped 25
points in the contest, while
Moody added 17.
The Yellow Jackets have
been improving their post
play ahead of region action, which begins this
week.
Weve been working really hard on rebounding
and it has showed as the
year has gone on, Miller
said. Were also getting
to the rim more and thats
being shown by us getting to the free throw line
more. Were not just relying on the three. We know
we can get a three any time
we want, but you have to
work for the best shot.
Greer will take on Eastside this Thursday, a team
that has seen its fair share
of region titles.
Theyre a great team
that is very well-coached,
Miller said. Theyre deep,
theyve got three or four
bigs, theyve got guards
that can handle it. Were
going to have to be prepared to play one of our
best games.
Youve got to respect
them,
Miller
added.
Theyve won a lot of region championships over
the past five or six years.
They always play well and
theyre very skilled. This is
what you want. You want
to compete against the
best teams.
Game time is set for 7:30
p.m.
his national championship was due for

Clemson.
Over the past couple of
years, there hasnt been
a college football team
that has done more to put
itself in a position to succeed like the Tigers.
Dabo Swinney has
done an admiral job with
recruiting and player
development. Guys like
Deshaun Watson, Jordan
Leggett, Ben Boulware and
Mike Williams would put
any team on the map, but
when you have them all
on the same team, really
good things can happen.
The coaching staff has
put on a recruiting clinic,
giving Alabama and
the SEC a run for their
money. If you look
down that Tiger roster, youll see five-star
player after five-star
playersome of which
havent even seen the
field yet.
Clemsons leadership
has a lot to do with how
good this team turned out
to be. Dabo Swinney has
morphed into one of the
best coaches in football.
Hes every bit a players
coach, which has a lot to
do with his recruiting success. Over the past eight
years, Dabos Tigers have
gone from a team that
couldnt help but choke in
big games to a team that
completes game-winning
drives against Alabama on
the biggest stage.
Can we take a second
to acknowledge how good
that national championship was? Sure it was like
1 a.m. before it was over,
but if you give me three
lead changes in the last
six minutes of any ball
game, Im all for it.
The play everyone will
be talking about for the
next several years is Watsons two-yard roll out TD
toss to Hunter Renfrow
with just one second left
on the clock. But Clemson
does not win that game
without Mike Williams.
Theres no way to give
that guy enough credit.
Deshaun Watson is able to
do what he does, in large
part, because he can just
toss it anywhere in the
vicinity of Mike Williams
and its almost guaranteed to be caught.
That guy had two late
catches (and drew a pass
interference call in the
end zone), to set his team
up. For my money, no
player has been more
valuable to his team this
year than that guy.
This was a milestone
win for the Tigers, not
only because its their
first national title in 35
years, but because they
beat what I believe was
a better Alabama team
than last year. Alabama
made teams look silly
this yeargood, talented
SEC teams. To be honest,
Clemson was the only
team that showed they
could go punch for punch
with the Tide, and theyve
done it in back-to-back
years.
Its impossible to accurately describe what
this win means for the
Tigers. It certainly puts
them over the hump, but
it might also be the start
of an Alabama-like run.
This doesnt look like its
going to be a one and
done thing for Clemson.
As Dabo said after the
game (and Im paraphrasing): the Tigers are hoping
to get several more of
these titles before they
put the head coach out
to pasture.
With some extremely
strong talent coming up
behind Watson and company, Id say its not out
of the question.
In fact, Id venture to
say Clemson is the team
to beat now.
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off JL Mann
for fifth win
Golfers
qualify
for
national
finals
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
To compete
at Pebble
Beach Resorts
Twelve local golfers will

compete at the legendary
Pebble Beach Resorts in
California this month for
the National Finals of the
National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic.
Tyson Haefele of Rock
Hill, Michael Cale of Simpsonville, Craig Lyons of
Simpsonville and Scott
Walters, also of Simpsonville, qualified as a team
for the prestigious event
with their top finish at
the NKF Golf Classic held
at the Cliffs at Glassy last
September.
Other qualifying teams
include the team consisting of Walter Hutto of
Lexington, Tony Golembesky of Greenville, Chuck
Steiner of Charlotte, and
Mark Palmer, also of Charlotte as well as the team
consisting of Brent Shealy
of Lexington, Christopher
Nelson of Simpsonville,
Jeff Boteler of Greenville
and Kris Kapoor, also of
Greenville. The foursomes
have set their sights on
securing the national title
but first must challenge
more than 60 other teams
from across the country
in the 54-hole tournament
to be held January 13-15,
2017.
Teams will play the fabled fairways and signature holes of the Monterey
Peninsula: Pebble Beach
Golf Links, Spyglass Hill
Golf Course and The Links
at Spanish Bay.
The NKF Golf Classic, a
nationwide series of more
than 30 golf tournaments
held in major cities across
the country, is the Premier
Amateur Golf Event for
Charity, raising more than
$3.5 million annually for
the NKF.
The next opportunities
in South Carolina to qualify for the National Finals
at Pebble Beach will be on
March 27 at Musgrove Mill
Golf Club or June 5 at the
River Course at the Kiawah
Island Club. To register or
for more information, visit
www.NKFGolfClassic.org.
wednesday, January 11, 2017
Diamon Shiflet dropped 25 during a recent game against Spartanburg. The Yellow Jackets
face Eastside this week.
Greer knocks off

Spartanburg
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
The Greer girls basketball team is boasting a
12-2 record heading into
region play, following a recent 59-50 win over Spartanburg.
Yellow Jacket Diamon
Shiflet had 25 points, 16
rebounds, eight blocks,
seven steals and six assists
in the contest, helping her
team to a win over a Class
AAAAA opponent.
It was the best game
Ive probably seen from a
girl since Ive been coaching, head coach Mazzie
Drummond said.
But it wasnt an easy
game for the Jackets to
play, as Greer had more
than just basketball on
its mind. In recent weeks,
three players suffered
deaths in the family.
Jonae Rawls lost her
grandfather, Marshea Murray lost her mother and
Diamon Shiflet lost her
aunt on Monday, Drummond said. Theyve been
going through a lot. Its
been a real emotional time
for our team. Its been a
tough situation because
I consider them my family. Were really close. Ive
been really good friends
It was the best

game Ive probably
seen from a girl
since Ive been
coaching.
Mazzie Drummond
Greer High girls basketball coach

about player Diamon Shiflet
with Marsheas mother
since Marshea was in sixth
grade. Everyone genuinely
cares about each other, so
its just difficult.
Drummond said his
team has become closer,
and basketball has helped
provide an escape for his
players.
We talked about supporting each other and
what might be the best
way to do that, he said.
We decided that were going to play for each other
and the loved ones that we
lost. I dont know another
team that could take losing three family members
in one week.
As the Yellow Jackets get
set to look forward, Drummond feels his team could
make a push for a region
title, which proved elusive

last year.
We had a really good
season last year, but nobody really knows because
we couldnt close out some
of those region games, he
said. We felt like we were
better than some teams,
but we couldnt finish.
Greer will travel to Eastside this week, where the
Jackets have struggled in
the past.
We havent beaten Eastside in the last six tries,
Drummond said. Thats
a little motivation there.
Weve got a lot to play
for.
Drummond said he believes his team is talented
enough to live up to its No.
7 state ranking, and said a
deep playoff run is very
much in the realm of possibility.
Our ultimate goal is to
win the region and to get
home playoff games, he
said. We feel like we can
make a run this year. We
have some of the most talented girls and we feel like
this might be our time.
Were certainly not saying were that much better than everybody else,
but we feel like we have a
chance to win every time
we play.
Sarah Cline hit a last

second shot to give the
Riverside girls basketball
team its fifth win of the
season, as the Lady Warriors topped J.L. Mann last
week, 27-26
With just seconds remaining in regulation and
her team trailing by one,
Cline hit a shot with six
seconds left to put Riverside over the top.
In late game situations, we always like for
her to have the ball in her
hands, Riverside coach
Jenny Taylor said. Shes
our leading scorer and
best ball handler, so we really trust her to make the
right decision.
Taylor said her team
had been fighting through
an ugly outing, but she
trusted her point guard to
make a play.
We had two timeouts,
but I wanted to let it play
out, she said. I felt like
we would catch their defense off guard, and we
did a good job of looking
for the best shot possible.
It wasnt the prettiest
of games, she said. We
It wasnt the
prettiest of games.
We did some things
well, but it was ugly
at times.
Jenny Taylor
Riverside High girls basketball coach
did some things well, but

it was ugly at times. We
know we can play much
better. It was great to pull
it out. When you can not
play well and still win,
thats a good thing.
Due to weather, Riverside was unable to take on
Hillcrest on Tuesday, but
the Warriors will return to
action against Mauldin on
Thursday.
They are a good team,
Taylor said. Theyve improved even more from
last year, but luckily we
have them at home. Hopefully, well be able to play
well and get our first region win.
The Warriors knocked of JL Mann last week and will take

on Mauldin this Thursday.
Blue Ridge tops

Carolina, will
play Devildogs
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
The Blue Ridge boys basketball team recently picked up wins over Carolina Academy and Walhalla after a tough nonconference schedule. The Tigers will now get set to take on Travelers Rest duing their first Peach Blossom game of the
season.
Coming off two frustrating Christmas tournament

losses, the Blue Ridge
boys basketball team got
back on track last week,
knocking off Walhalla (6253) and Carolina Academy
(44-43), improving to 6-8
overall.
Head coach Richie Stevens said his team struggled to get anything going
over the holidays, as the
Tigers dropped games
to Landrum (66-48) and
Chapman (81-56).
We seemed to be a bit
sluggish in the Christmas
tournament. We didnt really perform like we can,
Stevens said. Were still
trying to learn how to trust
each other. We know we
cant take bad shots. We
have to turn down good
shots for better shots and
we have to move the ball.
When we do that, were
successful, but during the
Christmas tournament, we
did not.
With league play coming up, theres not one
team we can play like that

against, Stevens said. We
cant just expect to be in
the game with TR. Were
going to have to fight and
were going to have to be
smart. We dont have a lot
of room for error.
The Tigers now turn to
the region schedule, which
features a matchup with
Travelers Rest this week.
From what Ive seen,
they like to play manto-man, Stevens said.
Theyve got some great
scorers. From what Ive
seen on film, any of their
guys can lead them in
points. Well have to just
play solid defense.
Stevens said as his
young team continues to
develop, it is important
that they nail down fundamentals.
If we focus on us and do
what we need to dobox
out, finish possessions,
swing the ballwe can be
good, Stevens said. Its
just going to come with
time and reps.
SPORTS
A SPORTING VIEW
Its
on you,
Jed York
BY MARK VASTO
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
n October 2010, after

a close loss to Philadelphia, ESPNs Adam
Schefter received not so
much a text as a bold
proclamation. The message was from Jed York,
the 30-year-old CEO of the
0-5 San Francisco 49ers,
and it simply stated
Were going to win the
division.
The message was
ridiculed. The 49ers
under Mike Singletary -- a
head coach who mooned
his team -- looked to be
careening out of control,
far removed from the
stately grace of Bill Walsh
or precision play the team
used to execute under Joe
Montana, Steve Young,
Jerry Rice and Roger
Craig. Making bold predictions doesnt make them
smart or learned takes on
a situation ... it just makes
them bold. I went into a
new diner and the menu
was typed out in bold
comic sans, it didnt help
the meatloaf one bit.
The 49ers would almost
pull it off though, but
Yorks star didnt rise
along with it ... in fact, it
THE GREER CITIZEN B3
NGU first in state to offer impact cryotherapy

Post competition recovery just got a little more
high tech for North Greenville student athletes with
the addition of a cryogenic
chamber to the Angie and
Sam Kelly Strength and
Conditioning Complex.
The cryogenic chamber, a much colder and
modern alternative to the
traditional ice bath, was
donated to the NGU Athletic Department by the
Sam Group and is ready
for use. North Greenville
is one of just SIX schools
in all of NCAA with its
own cryotherapy chamber,
a group which includes
Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, and Georgia. It is also
used widely throughout
professional sports.
Cryotherapy is the exposure of the body to extreme cold temperatures
and is beneficial to athlete
recovery following strenuous workout, competition, or even injury. Temperatures in the chamber
can reach as low as 120
degrees below zero. The
three-minute sessions can
help with inflammation
in muscles, accelerate recovery time and reduce
exercise induced muscle
damage.
Cryotherapy has also
been used for rheumatoid
arthritis, depression, pain
management as well as
weight management.
This is a great opportunity for our athletes,
says Andre Bernardi, head
strength and conditioning coach for NGU athlet-
CRUSADER
CORNER
ics. Giving our kids an
opportunity for faster
recovery will give them a
competitive edge. Athletes
put an enormous amount
of strain on their bodies
between practices, team
workouts, and games and
the chance to let the body
recover is a key component in being successful.
Our student athletes
put in a lot of work during
the school year, in both
the classroom and on the
playing surface so finding
different ways give them a
leg up on the competition
is one of our main objectives, remarked associate athletic director Micah
Sepko. Cryotherapy is a
proven method that will
benefit all of our athletes.
Sam Group continues to
bless our student athletes
and for that we are extremely grateful.
NORTH GREENVILLE
DROPS TO 1-4
The North Greenville

mens basketball fell to 14 in league play on Friday
night after a 72-59 loss to
Emmanuel College.
The Crusaders trailed
by as many as 10-points
in the first half but closed
the gap late in the period,
even taking the lead for
the first time at 32-31 with
PHOTO | COURTESY OF NGCRUSADERS.COM
The Lady Cruaders came up short against Emmanuel.

2:06 left. The Lions would
end the half with a layup,
though, to take a 33-32
lead.
The two offenses traded
the lead a couple times in
the opening minutes of
the second period before
the Lions opened up a 10point lead with and an 110 run. Miguel Cartagena
ended a nearly four minute scoring drought for
the Crusaders who now
trailed 46-38 with 14:57.
The Lions continued
to pressure the Crusaders with an offense that
knocked down 10 three
pointers on the night compared to just one for NGU.
Emmanuel used four of
those threes in the second
half to extend its lead to
15-points (65-50) with 4:58
remaining in the game.
North Greenville continued to fight and chis-
eled the lead to 11 points

with 2:02 left but ran out
of gas down the stretch as
the Lions wrapped up the
game on 4-0 run to earn
the league victory.
Miguel Cartagena led
North Greenville with 16points on the day while
Roderick Howell and Tommy Wade each had nine.
LADY CRUSADERS
FALL TO EMMANUEL
The North Greenville

girls
basketball
team
erased an 11-point fourth
quarter deficit as three
players scored in doublefigures, but the Emmanuel
College Lions were able to
escape a close call in overtime, taking a 74-70 win
over the Crusaders.
Cameron Carter scored
14-points to lead NGU in
scoring. Elizabeth Trentham added 12-points
Allegedly,
Harbaugh and Jed
BYRNES:
Coach search
clashed behind
the scenes, and
Harbaugh had
insulted him in
front of the team.
probably only exacerbated
the problems to come.
Unlike his very wellrespected father, John
York, one of the countrys
foremost cancer researchers and great philanthropist, Jed fit the mold of
the rich kid who didnt
earn his spot ... the kid
born on the opponents
one-yard line who thinks
he just ran back a kickoff
for 99 yards. He had a BA
from Notre Dame, he was
captain of his high-school
baseball team, but he
spent only one year in
the work force before his
family brought him into
the family business, owning one of the premier
franchises in sports.
The turnaround occurred when Jim Harbaugh took over the
reins. Harbaugh, a fierce
competitor and brilliant
football mind with the
abrasive personality to
match, took the team to
a Super Bowl. Allegedly,
Harbaugh and Jed clashed
behind the scenes, and
Harbaugh had insulted
him in front of the team.
Apparently unable to
stomach the slight, Jed
took every opportunity to
point out shortcomings
in Harbaughs game plan.
Harbaugh left for Michigan after being fired amid
a slew of stories that were
obviously leaked by Jed
and then-49ers GM Trent
Maalke.
There would be some
who would (wrongly)
point out parallels between him and George
Steinbrenner III. George
used to love talking about
how he was captain of the
high-school football team.
He too was keen on firing
coaches and leaking damaging information to the
press. The comparison
stops there, as Steinbrenner had true business
acumen and after a fan
revolt, mellowed enough
to find the right set of
winners.
After firing Chip Kelly,
an uncharacteristically
brazen press started asking Jed questions about
his future as CEO. Fans
and columnists in the
Bay Area alike are calling
for his removal, a move
that would seem likely
if the team plans on getting any head coach with
substance to take over the
job and carry the oncegreat team back to the
heights of success.
while Karen Donehew

scored 11 to go along
with a team high eight
rebounds. The Crusaders shot 34.7-percent as
a team, hitting 11 of 40
three-point attempts.
The Lions held a 5241 lead heading into the
fourth quarter but quickly
lost control of the frame as
NGU knocked down six of
its 14 three point attempts
and outscored Emmanuel
24-13. A Trentham jumper
gained NGU the lead at 6562 with 44-seconds left
on the clock but the Lions
high a late three-pointer to
send the game into an extra period.
The scoring started
quickly in the overtime
period as Elizabeth Trentham knocked down another shot to give NGU the
early 67-65 advantage. A
set of free throws for the
Lions earned them a 78-67
lead, an advantage which
ballooned to six points
as North Greenville came
up empty on its next four
possessions.
Karen Donehew cut the
lead in half with a threepointer as Emmanuel led
73-70 with 10-seconds left
in the game. The Crusaders would do their best to
even the score in the final
seconds of the game but
the Lions hit the back half
of a pair of foul shots to
secure the 74-70 win as
a Cameron Carter three
pointer at the buzzer came
up short.
FROM B1
Gillespie said. Our goal is

to give the board a name
on the 23rd.
Gillespie said the search
committee is looking for
a coach to continue the
programs success.
We just want to try to
continue the success and
the foundation of what
Byrnes football has been
for such a long period of
time, Gillespie said. State
championships arent even
going to come up when we
interview people. I dont
care about the rings and
the medals. This program
is more than state championships. Its about the
community, too.
The Rebels failed to
make the playoffs for the
first time in more than a
decade last season.
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
FROM B1
On to conference play
The Riverside high boys basketball team worked its way to an 8-5 record with recent wins over Woodmont and JL Mann
in nonconference play. The Warriors will take on Mauldin this week.
Eastside falls to Wade Hampton

Cruises
past Union
County
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
After a frustrating loss
to Wade Hampton, the
Eastside boys basketball
team bounced back to
notch its first region win
over Union County last
week, 70-37.
Head coach Tom Chamness said his team has
got to limit mistakes if it
wants to have success during the region schedule.
The Eagles struggled to
get anything going against
the Generals, dropping a
55-29 contest.
We didnt play very
well, obviously, Chamness said. There were
some breakdowns, but we
held them to 24 in the first
half. It wasnt like we were
giving up tons of points.
We just couldnt score.
We missed every perimeter shot we took, it felt
like, and we didnt convert
from the free throw line

when we had our opportunities.
The offense committed
a lot of turnovers, giving
Wade Hampton plenty of
extra possessions.
We had 22 turnovers
against a team that wasnt
really trapping us, Chamness said. A lot of our mistakes were self-inflicted,
but you have to give Wade
Hampton credit. They are
a really solid team that
knows their schemes well.
Theyve got guys that can
make plays.
Trying not to dwell on
the loss, Eastside bounced
back with a win against a
struggling Union County
team.
We had a long conversation with the team trying to get them refocused
on region play, Chamness
said. This is a whole new
season and these are the
games that really matter.
It was a great win on the
road. Unions got a young
team, hes said. Theyre
also a little depleted with
some injuries. They just
look like a young team that
is going to get better.
This week, Eastside will
take on Greer, which has

faced a schedule full of
Class AAAA opponents
this season.
Theyve played a really tough non-conference
schedule, so although their
records not stellar, its
due to the fact that they
play a lot of 5A teams,
Chamness said. They did
that to get ready for the
region, and thats smart
because thats what matters the most. Greer is going to be a tough challenge
for us.
The Yellow Jackets have
several players Chamness believes can present
matchup problems for his
guys.
Theyve got Cam (Woodruff) back and hes always
a perimeter threat, Chamness said, Theyve got
some other solid shooters
and I know Magic Moody
has been big for them. He
finishes at the rim really
well. Hes not your typical
guard. They can put him
in the post or they can
stretch him out to the perimeter. He creates matchup difficulties.
With three of their next
four region games at
PRIDE:
Honored
home, Eastside has an opportunity to open league

play with a few good wins.
Youve got to win your
home games if you want
to have a shot at winning
the region title, Chamness said. You just hope
that you can steal some
on the road too. If you can
get those wins at home, it
puts the other team in a
position where they cant
afford a slip up.
Prides brother, Troy

Pride Jr. is currently attending Notre Dame on a
football scholarship, and
the rivalry between the
two has always been real.
We were always competing, Pride said. With
him being two years older,
he was always competing
at a higher level, but that
didnt stop the competitive nature and the urge
to win. He pushed me a lot
when I was younger to be
successful, and that was
huge for me.
Just like his brother,
Pride hopes to one day
play football for a NCAA
Division I school.
I want to go Division
I, he said. I know I have
to work hard to get the
offers, but I want to feel
how it is to be a DI athlete
and further my career as a
football player. I just need
to stay in the weight room
and keep the momentum
going.
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THE GREER CITIZEN B5
Abner Creek class wins national math challenge

BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
Ann Salways third grade
class at Abner Creek Academy is one of two grandprize winners of the national DreamBox Learning
Fall Math Challenge.
Last year, I didnt push
dream box until the contest, said Ann Salway,
who is a second-year winner. This year, I started
dream box from day one.
For winning, Salway
received a trip to the National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics (NCTM), a
gift card for her classroom
fund and backpacks full of
school supplies for each
student.
I dont really care what
the prize is; I just like winning, Salway said.
Salway held her own
mini contests leading up
to the start of the event,
awarding prizes and recognizing the students for
their work.
When the contest arrived, Salway said, Were
going to try to get this
many lessons done today.
On the first day of the
three-week contest, Salways class did twice as
many lessons as she expected, and the next day,
they did three times as
many.
When we go for it, were
going for it, Salway told
her class, using DreamBox as the students math
homework.
It challenges them, and
theyre all on different
levels, Salway said. One
day, one got exponents. Ill
do little mini lessons.
DreamBox is a gamebased school program to
help the students learn
math as well as identify
problem areas for teachers to address.
Salways class completed 6,000 lessons during
the three-week contest in
contrast to the 160 lessons recommended for
each week, Salway said.
Last Friday, the DreamBox team held a virtual
meet-and-greet with Salways class to allow the
students to ask questions
and to receive feedback.
Across the U.S. and Canada, students completed
more than 2 million math
lessons in three weeks, a
record number for the annual DreamBox Math Challenge.
To be named regional or
grand-prize winners, classrooms competed to complete the greatest num-
FALL WINNERS
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
Grand Prize Winner:

Lighthouse Community
Charter Lodestar Campus,
Lighthouse Community
Charter, CA. Teacher: Robbie
Torneys mixed K-2 class
Grand Prize Winner: Abner
Creek Academy, Spartanburg
5, SC. Ann Salways third
grade class
REGIONAL PRIZE WINNERS
Ann Salway, third grade teacher at Abner Creek Academy, led her class for the second year in a row to win the annual,
three-week DreamBox Math Challenge.
ber of standards-aligned
lessons on the DreamBox
platform.
The results of this math
challenge were truly extraordinary, said Jason
Bedford, senior vice president of client engagement
and success at DreamBox
Learning. Students found
extra time to complete
these lessons by using
DreamBox at home and
opting to spend indoor recess doing DreamBox lessons on rainy days, among
other things. Its especially
exciting because we know
the real impact that more
time on DreamBox can
have on math learning
for early elementary students.
DreamBoxs
technology and curriculum are
informed by decades of
research about childrens
natural development and
growth in mathematical
reasoning. The program,
long considered a favorite among students and
teachers, received national attention over the
past year when a Center
for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard
University study, DreamBox Learning Achievement
Growth, showed students
who spent more time on
DreamBox saw larger gains
in achievement.
Teachers competing in
the math challenge said
that DreamBox helped
students stay motivated by
As grand-prize winners, third-grade students in Salways class at Abner Creek Academy

raised their hands to ask questions to the DreamBox team last week.
adapting to each learners
individual needs.
DreamBox does a great
job providing a variety
of representations and
models that build on the
teacher directed work and
help students think about
numbers and operations,
said Robbie Torney, teacher of a DreamBox Learning
Fall Math Challenge grand
prize winning class. It was
great to see students taking the initiative to learn
more and complete more

lessons as their interest
in math developed during
the DreamBox Math Challenge.
All children have brilliance. Its up to us as
learning guardians to activate learning and unleash
that brilliance, said Jessie
Woolley-Wilson, president
and CEO of DreamBox
Learning. We are excited
to see that through the
DreamBox Learning Chal-
lenge, students are developing a love for math and

unlocking their own learning potential.
Twelve regional winners and two grand prize
winners were named by
DreamBox. Grand prize
winners completed the
highest number of lessons
in the country while regional winners completed
the highest number of lessons in their region.
Regional winners re-
Cameron School, Burnaby

School District 41, BC,
Canada. Teacher: Micheline
Kambers sixth grade class
Sylvan Hills Middle School,
Pulaski County Special
School District, AR. Teacher:
Shanon Hums sixth grade
class
Harlem West Middle School,
Success Charter Network, NY.
Teacher: Brittany Frieds
seventh grade class
Peeples Elementary School,
Fayette County, GA. Teacher:
Monica Thomas third grade
class
Meadow Ridge Elementary
School, Kent School District,
WA. Teacher: Amy
Kalmbachs fourth grade
class
Bush Creek Elementary
School, Eagle County School
District NO. 50, CO. Teacher:
Michele Morrisons fifth
grade class
Sir John A. MacDonald P.S.,
Thames Valley District School
Board, Ontario, Canada.
Teacher: Craig Murrells
mixed fifth and six grade
class
Twain Elementary School,
Houston Independent
School District, TX. Teacher:
Francisco Martinezs third
grade class
Centennial Elementary
School, Harrison School
District NO. 2, CO. Teacher:
Vinessa Lopezs third grade
class
Longbranch Elementary
School, Boone County
School District, KY. Teacher:
Meredith Larisons fifth grade
class
Garden Elementary School,
Tulare City Schools, CA.
Teacher: Stacy SayreBostroms fourth grade class
Morehead STEM Academy,
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools, NC. Teacher: Kennan
Goodmans mixed sixth
through eighth grade class
ceived a math challenge

prize pack that includes
a T-shirt, bracelet and bag
as well as a gift card for
the teachers classroom
fund.
WinterSkunk Music Fest

debuts next month
At The
Spinning
Jenny
BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
FILE PHOTO | THE GREER CITIZEN
The new WinterSkunk Music Fest will feature the original musical acts that are a favorite
of Glynn Zeiglers Albino Skunk Music Festival.
A popular music festival

is making its way to downtown Greer this winter.
The Albino Skunk Music
Festival will host its firstever indoor WinterSkunk
Music Fest from 2-11:30
p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11,
at The Spinning Jenny, located at 107 Cannon St,
Greer.
Glynn Zeigler, owner
of The SkunkFarm, has
been putting on two annual outdoor festivals in
April and October since
1995 in the Blue Ridge
area north of Greer.
It started as a private
party and quickly grew
into a nationally recognized music festival that
features artists from all
over the US and a few
from other countries, Zeigler said.
One of his favorite parts
of these festivals is bringing in great acts that people in the area may not
yet be familiar with, Zeigler said, while one of the
hardest parts is promoting the event to get folks

to come out and support
live music.
Our regular fans know
they will get to enjoy great
talent at our fests, Zeigler
continued. I attended several music shows at The
Spinning Jenny and realized it would be a great
venue to present an indoor
music fest.
The indoor music event
during the winter will feature Americana music,
which covers a spectrum
of music, such as acoustic,
bluegrass,
singer-songwriter and more.
We hope folks in Greer,
Spartanburg,
Greenville
and the entire Upstate area
will come out and enjoy
the party atmosphere and
music, Zeigler said. Well
have food trucks and craft
vendors to create more of
a festive feel rather than
just a concert.
WinterSkunk
could
grow into a two day event
and involve other venues
in Greer, Zeigler continued, and were also hoping that having the event
at The Spinning Jenny will
bring more attention to the
venue. They have presented many great bands.
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PICKS OF THE WEEK
Inferno (PG-13) -- Mystery-solving, plot-stopping

Harvard historian Robert
Langdon (Tom Hanks reprising his role from The
Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons) wakes
up in an Italian hospital
with head trauma and no
memory of the past two
days. A quick-witted doctor (Felicity Jones) helps
Langford escape an assassin infiltrating the hospital. This puts the pair on
a whirlwind pursuit of a
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a deadly virus called Inferno. Of course, since this
is an adaptation of a Dan
Brown book, the superweapon can be thwarted
by analyzing clues about
Renaissance-era religious
artwork.
As the third installment
of Dan Brown hijinks directed by Ron Howard and
starring Hanks, the beats
of the story are pretty well
known. It might be that
repetition has worn the
formula thin, but this adventure seems to rely even
more on urgency to keep
the audience from questioning plot holes or making too-easy predictions
about the telegraphed
twists.
The Light Between
Oceans (PG-13) -- A veteran of World War I (Michael Fassbender) takes
up residence as the lighthouse keeper on a lonely
island off the coast of
Australia, and finds happiness when he falls in love
with a bright beauty from
the town (Alicia Vikander).
Desperate for a child they
cannot have naturally,
they one day find a baby
washed on shore in a boat
with a dead man. Despite
every shred of decency
and common sense telling
them to report the missing
child, the grief-stricken
couple decides to adopt
the infant as their own,
setting more tragedy into
motion.
Its a romance and a
tragedy and a handy tearjerker with powerful acting and gorgeous cinematography. What stops it
from being a real success
is the central conflict of
the story -- that these two
reasonable people make a
series of totally irrational
and awful decisions, yet
were supposed to feel bad
for them in the fallout. Its
not how they look or act
that rings false, but the
decisions they make that
stretch plausibility.
The Vessel (PG-13) - A quiet Latin-American
village is still healing 10
years after a tidal wave
destroyed the elementary
school and killed all the
children inside. New births
are unheard of in the last
decade, and Father Douglas (Martin Sheen) presides over empty pews as
the town has lost its faith.
Leo (Lucas Quintana) is
in a terrible accident that
he miraculously survives,
causing a spiritual stir
among the townspeople.
Leo starts building some
kind of boat -- a vessel, if
you please -- from the scattered debris of the school.
Director Julio Quintana
had Terrence Mallick producing, and the stirring,
intimate drama has some
of his visual and narrative
watermarks.
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NEW LISTINGS
SPARTANBURG GUILD
TO SHOW KING EXHIBIT
The Artists Guild of

Spartanburg will host
Sherrill Kings Carolina
Vistas Jan. 3-28.
A pink duck painting
in the fifth grade opened
Kings eyes to the whole
world of creativity. She has
studied with local artists
including Robert Wilson,
Sr., Claire Hopkins, and
Guido Migiano, and oil is
her medium of choice.
After retiring from work
as a scientist, she studied
pastels and did numerous
children portraits. Then,
she returned to oils often
selecting Carolina lake,
streams, and oceans.
An art walk and artists
reception will be held Jan.
19, 5-8 p.m.
The Artists Guild of
Spartanburg is located at
200 East St. John Street in
Spartanburg.
FURMAN MUSIC FACULTY

CONCERT IS JAN. 13
The Furman Faculty

Chamber Music Series will
present a concert Friday,
Jan. 13, at 8 p.m. in Daniel
Recital Hall on campus. A
reception follows the recital.
The event is open to the
public and is part of Furmans Sound Quality Concert Series.
The 90-minute concert
is hosted by Furman Music Department Chair, Dr.
Hugh Ferguson Floyd. It
features music faculty
who will present a diverse
array of older and newer
repertoire for chamber ensemble.
Furman ensembles performing include duo runedako, comprised of faculty
members Ruth Neville and
Dan Koppelman on piano;
the Poinsett Piano Trio,
whose members include
David Gross (piano), Deirdre Hutton (violin), and
Christopher Hutton (violoncello); and a jazz combo led by Matt Olson (saxophone). Additional faculty
performing include:
Ian Bracchitta, bass
Mark Britt, trombone
Silviu Ciulei, guitar
Keith Davis, piano
Cynthia Hopkins, flute
Cecilia Kang, clarinet
Grant Knox, tenor
Gary Malvern, trumpet
Derek Parsons, piano
Dewitt Tipton, piano
Steve Watson, guitar
Justin Watt, drums
tickets, contact the Furman Music Office at 2942086, or visit this http://
www.furman.edu/academics/music/ConcertsandEvents/Pages/MusicTickets.aspx.
COWPENS TO CELEBRATE
ANNIVERSARY JAN. 13-21
To celebrate the 236th

anniversary of the decisive
American victory over the
British, Cowpens National
Battlefield will celebrate
special events from Jan.
13-21.
The
commemoration
will begin with the Sons,
Daughters, and Children
of the American Revolution laying flowers at the
Daniel Morgan Monument
in Spartanburg at 2:30
p.m. on Friday, Jan. 13.
At 7 p.m. that evening
will be a free, familyfriendly program in the
Barrett Room of the Spartanburg County Library
Headquarters on South
Church Street in Spartanburg. Cowpens National
Battlefield is proud to
partner with the Greenville
Chautauqua, the Spartanburg County Library System, and the Sons of the
American Revolution to
present Ken Johnson portraying Lieutenant Colonel
Banastre Tarleton, British
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Sierra Hull will lead a master class in mandolin at Tryon Fine Arts Center from 1-2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14. A Main Stage
performance will follow at 8 p.m. More information and registration details are available at www.tryonarts.org.
commander at the Battle
of Cowpens.
Throughout the day on
Saturday and Sunday, Jan.
14 and 15, the park will
host free activities including a wreath-laying, 18th
century weapons firing
and cavalry demonstrations, ranger-led battlefield walks, and author
and historian talks.
On Jan. 14, the park
will continue the annual
Saturday evening lantern
tours. This year, however,
instead of presenting what
might have happened the
night before the battle of
Cowpens, reenactors will
interpret scenes that took
place immediately after
the battle through the predawn hours of the following day. Each stop will be
based on primary sources
or supporting documents.
Although this program is
free, reservations are required. Please make reservations for a lantern tour
by calling 461-2828. Tours
begin at 6 p.m. at the Visitor Center, will depart every 15 minutes, and are
limited to 50 people each.
In addition, visitors can
experience what it was like
for Morgans Flying Army
to arrive at the Cow Pens
by registering for Morgans
Victory March. The 25-mile
walk/ride retraces the
route that Daniel Morgans
men took to the Cow Pens,
a well-known landmark
in 1781. Participants will
march to the park visitor
center, arriving on Sunday
afternoon at 1:30 p.m. For
more information about
Morgans Victory March,
call the Cherokee Historical and Preservation Society (CHAPS) at 489-3988.
Marchers should register
at
http://www.cherokeecountyhistory.org/
upcoming-events.html.
The
commemoration
will end with the Race for
the Grasshopper on Saturday, Jan. 21. For over
thirty years, Cowpens
National Battlefield has
worked with the Spartanburg Running Club to
honor the race to capture
the two British grasshopper cannons at the end of
the Battle of Cowpens into
an annual competitive 5k
run/walk and a 1-mile fun
run. This year the fun run
will begin at 8:30 a.m., and
the 5k at 9 a.m.
Cowpens National Battlefield is a unit of the
Southern Campaign of the
American Revolution Parks
Group within the National
Park Service. The group
mission is to protect, preserve, and interpret the
significance of the decisive battles where America earned its freedom. For
more information about
activities at Cowpens National Battlefield, call 4612828 or visit the parks
webpage at www.nps.gov/
cowp/.
HULL TO PERFORM, LEAD

MASTER CLASS IN TRYON
Americana-enthusiasts
will be able to get up close
and personal with awardwinning mandolin player
Sierra Hull on Saturday,
Jan. 14.
Hull will lead a master
class in mandolin from 12 p.m. on the Veh Stage at
Tryon Fine Arts Center.
Participants may bring
their mandolin for hands
on experience with Sierra
for $20, or audit the class
(no instrument required)
for $10. Musicians of all
backgrounds and skill
levels are invited to participate, and learn more
about Sierras unique approach to Americana and

bluegrass music. The master class is sponsored by
Ray McLees.
Students may reserve
the spot to participate or
audit the class at www.tryonarts.org.
Hull takes the stage at
8 p.m. for a virtuoso performance. Tickets for the
Main Stage performance
are available for $35 for
adults and $17 for students.
Hull has been astonishing audiences and fellow
musicians alike since the
age of 11. As her musical expertise grows, Hull
has effortlessly combined
the sounds of bluegrass,
Americana, and folk into a
voice thats all her own.
Her mentor bluegrass
star Allison Krauss has
said, I think shes endless.
I dont see any boundaries.
Talent like hers is so rare,
and I dont think it stops.
Its round.
Sierra Hull was recently
named the International
Bluegrass Music Associations 2016 Mandolin
Player of the Year, and
her latest album Weighted
Mind has been nominated
for a GRAMMY-award.
Tickets and class registration information is
available online at www.
tryonarts.org
<http://
www.tryonarts.org>
or
by calling the TFAC Box
Office at 828-859-8322.
CONCERT FEATURED
AT TASTE OF RUSSIA
A Taste of Russia
event featuring a traditional Russian Bells Concert and Old Calendar New
Year celebration with food
and wine is scheduled for
Saturday, Jan. 14, from 17 p.m. at Russian Chapel
Hills Winery.
Russian Chapel Hills
Winery invites the public
to join in celebration of
our heritage and the joy
of the holiday season. According to the traditional
Julian
Calenderwhich
runs 13 days later than
the modern civil calendar
New Years is celebrated on
Jan. 14. In the spirit of this
old tradition, Russian Chapel Hills Winery will host
a traditional Russian bellringing performance and
New Years Day celebration.
Experience this unique
New Years tradition that
was celebrated in the early
days of America, as well as
traditionally and currently
in Russia.
Father Steven Webb will
play the Bilo, a standing framework of flat bells
struck by mallet with a resonant, meditative sound.
The instrument represents
a lost style used long ago
for church services in Russia that is todaybecause
of music enthusiastsmaking a comeback. The sound
of Russian bell-ringing has
been called music of the
soul. Also, guests will
have a chance to have a
taste of a traditional Russian cuisine: stuffed Ukrainian dumplings (pierogi),
Russian Pelmeny, Golubzy, Borsh, and more
will be served throughout
the day.
For more information
or tickets, visit https://
tasteofrussia.eventbrite.
com
or call the Russian Chapel Hills Tasting
Room at 828-863-0540.
Russian Chapel Hills
Winery is located at 2662
Green Creek Drive in Columbus, NC. For more information about the winery, its traditional Russian
chapel, and other events

throughout
the
year,
please visits www.russianchapelhill.com.
16-YEAR-OLD PIANIST
FEATURED IN BENEFITS
Christopher Tavernier, a
16-year-old concert pianist
and native of Hendersonville, will be the featured
performer for two backto-back
coffee-themed
concerts that will benefit
the Hendersonville Community Theatre. Both concerts, Friday and Saturday,
Jan. 14 and 15, will be free
and at the theater, 229 S.
Washington Street in Hendersonville.
These concerts are part
of a three-concert series,
sponsored by The Music
Foundation of Western
North Carolina. The 2nd
Annual Benefit Concert
Series will also include a
classical and jazz concert
on Friday, Jan. 27.
Im glad to be a part of
the Foundations concert
series that will help the
Theatre, Tavernier said.
It is working out really
well because Im able to
include two of my coffeethemed concerts into the
series. Ive played these
concerts in Upstate South
Carolina and in Asheville,
and now Im really excited
to play them here in my
hometown.
The first concert, A
Rich Blend of Piano Solo
Classics, will be Saturday, Jan. 14, at 4 p.m. This
concert will have some
of the most noted and
popular classical piano
solos from the Baroque,
Romantic, and Modern
periods, including J.S.
Bachs Prelude and Fugue
in F minor, BWV 881;
Ludwig van Beethovens
Sonata in C Major, Op.
53 Waldstein; Frederic
Chopins Nocturne
in
C minor, Op. 48, No. 1;
Franz Liszts Saint Francis of Paola Walking on
the Waves; and Sergei
Prokofievs Sonata No. 7
in B flat Major, Op. 83.
The second concert,
Cappuccino: A Rich Swiss
Blend of Clarinet & Piano,
will be Sunday, Jan. 15,
at 4 p.m. and will include
local clarinetist Matthew
Hanna. They will perform

both solos and duets,
the most noted being the
modern classic Sonata
for Clarinet in B-flat and
Piano by the late French
composer Francis Jean
Marcel Poulenc, who wrote
the piece in honor of his
friend Swiss composer Arthur Honegger in 1962.
call 828-707-2604 or visit
HendersonvilleTheatre.
org for more details.
EVENT REMINDERS
Prince Caspian
Through Jan. 21
Logos Theatre
AcademyofArts.org
268-9342
1BlueStringHubCity
Singer/Songwriter
Competition
Through Feb. 12
1BlueStringHubCity.com
Ring of Fire
Jan. 13-22
Spartanburg Little Theatre
spartanburglittletheatre.
com
Jukebox Heroes
Jan. 19-Feb. 11
Centre Stage
233-6733
www.centrestage.org
Memories of the Game
Jan. 24,25,31 and Feb. 1,7,8
7 p.m.
233-6733
www.centrestage.org
True West
Studio 444
Jan. 26-29
Greenville Little Theatre
233-6238
greenvillelittletheatre.org
Charlottes Web
South Carolina
Childrens Theatre
Jan. 27-Feb. 5
Peace Center
Gunter Theatre
467-3000
scchildrenstheatre.org
James Gregory
Feb. 24, 7 and 9 p.m.
Centre Stage
centrestage.org
FUN AND GAMES
THE GREER CITIZEN
B7
Blood test results

wildly different
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
went in for an annual examination with my primary-care doctor, and she
had my blood tested at a
laboratory. She told me
that I have high potassium,
5.5, and had me retake it.
I did, and the test came
back with a much lower
level of 4.3! What could
have caused the level to go
up so high? Was this due
to eating a lot of avocado
and yogurt? I was eating a
whole avocado for breakfast and a yogurt with
apple and peach. Should
I be seeing a specialist to
recheck it? Please advise
what I should do. -- A.V.R.
ANSWER: Avocados and
yogurt are high-potassium
foods, and peaches and
apples are medium-potassium foods. Most people
can take in high amounts
of potassium without
worry, since the kidney is
very good at getting rid
of potassium if the body
doesnt need it. I more
often see low potassium
levels, from poor intake or
from medications, such as
diuretics, which can cause
the body to lose potassium. However, some people with kidney disease
(especially severe kidney
disease) need to carefully
watch and limit oral potassium intake.
By far the biggest reason for a potassium blood
test to come out abnormally high relates to the
lab itself. Samples that
sit around a long time or
that are shaken will have
broken blood cells, which
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
release high levels of potassium into the serum,
causing false elevations
in the lab. If you didnt
change your diet between
the two tests, there is no
reason to worry at all.
Your primary doctor is
the right person to see.
The biggest reason

for a potassium
blood test to come
out abnormally
high relates to the
lab itself.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
have chronic constipation,
and have had this most of
my life. I have used most of
the bulking (husk) things
that are out there. Nothing
works for me. Years ago, I
went to my doctor, and he
said that I could use MiraLAX and use it for the rest
of my life. It has worked!
Now my new doctor wants
me off of it, wants me to
incorporate fiber into my
diet. I already do this. Plus
I drink a lot of water in a
day. I start my day with
24 ounces of water every
morning before anything
else. Is there anything
wrong with taking MiraLAX every day? I do not

take the full dose. -- V.B.
ANSWER: While I recommend non-drug treatments, such as increased
water intake, high-fiber
diet and exercise, as treatment for constipation,
that doesnt work for everybody. In that case, using a medication as recommended by your doctor
makes sense. Polyethylene
glycol (MiraLAX) is a generally safe treatment that
works by increasing fluid
in the bowel. Its a good
idea to use it as little as is
needed to keep the stool
from getting uncomfortably hard.
READERS: The booklet
on constipation explains
this common disorder and
its treatments. Readers can
obtain a copy by writing:
Dr. Roach -- No. 504W, 628
Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL
32803. Enclose a check or
money order (no cash) for
$4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with
the recipients printed
name and address. Please
allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer individual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possible. Readers may email
questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu.
To view and order health
pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to
Good Health, 628 Virginia
Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.
SOAP UPDATES
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND

THE BEAUTIFUL
Bill and Katie played

nice for Wills sake as she
prodded him about his
relationship status with
Brooke. Wyatt drank a
bottle of tequila to cope
with his heartbreak. Ridge
assured Brooke that when
she returned from her
trip, Quinn would be gone
and they could finally get
married. Wyatt attempted
to get Steffy to realize how
much he loved and supported her -- much more
than Liam did. Eric sent
Ridge and Quinn on a trip
to San Francisco for a design symposium. Thomas
returned from New York
only to learn that his sister
Steffy was now his boss.
Tensions rose between
Wyatt and Liam as Steffy
discussed her future living
situation with Thomas.
Wait to See: Old friends
bond over their opinions
about their significant
others.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Hattie,
increasingly
fearful for Hopes safety,
made a bold move. The
search for Stefano continued. Jennifer told Thomas
stories about the Horton
family. Chad and Abigail
attempted to reconnect
during a night out. Ciara
learned that Hope broke
out of prison. Carrie and
Austin showed up just in
time to get Marlena out of
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Jacqueline MacInnes Wood

stars as Steffy on The Bold
and The Beautiful
a tough situation. Deimos
took Nicole out for a romantic evening. Eduardo
informed Dario about the
missing device and how
he believed that Kate took
it. Gabi was curious when
she received a call from
JJ asking them to meet.
Chloe awakened from her
coma. Wait to See: Justin
helps Adrienne through a
tough time.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Jasons alliance with

Curtis hit a snag. Sam was
suspicious of Ava. Franco
and Scott teamed up. Julian gave Alexis an ultimatum. Nelle got in over her
head. Kiki agreed to keep
Francos secret. Alexis
struggled with her sobriety. Maxie and Nathan
set out to find Claudette.
Liz questioned her influence on Franco. Nathan
and Maxie returned with

bad news. Lulu was ready
for Charlotte to learn the
truth. Franco found himself in trouble. Alexis
sought the support she
needed. Lulu and Dante
met with Valentin. Finn hid
a dangerous secret. Maxie
saw a familiar face. Rudge
ordered a hit. Nelle had
second thoughts. Jason
and Sam had a pregnancy
scare. Sonny confessed his
sins. Wait to See: Annas
memories become more
vivid.
THE YOUNG AND

THE RESTLESS
Lauren was not amused

when Gloria offered to
help solve her business
problems.
Meanwhile,
Jack told Ashley that he
was determined to make
a move on Fenmores.
Nikki was grateful that
Victor was spending more
time with family. Jack was
shocked to learn that Lauren hired Phyllis. Nick was
overwhelmed with Christian and wasnt sure he
could ever get over Sharons deception. Ashley
accused Phyllis of stopping by Jabot just so she
could run into Jack. Victor
was thrilled that Faith was
doing so well since moving in with him and Nikki.
Ashley moved Ravi into
Phylliss old office. Nikki
helped an overwhelmed
Nick by hiring a nanny to
help with Christian. Wait
to See: Dylans life is on
the line.
THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
RFD by Mike Marland
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas
LIVING HERE
OUR SCHOOLS
MILESTONES
SCHOOL
NEWS
completing projects that

meet the needs of the various agencies served.
The community is invited to participate in this
day of service. To sign up,
visit tiny.cc/GTCMLK17 or
contact Tomeika Bennett
at 250-8825.
EPA AWARDS $1.1 MILLION

FOR CLEANER BUSES
Early Education Teacher Sharon Russo was chosen as

a winner of Blue Cross/Blue Shields Fearless Teacher
contest. Russo was selected based on her efforts to
encourage her students to Live Fearless in spite of their
disabilities. The award funded craft supplies for students
to create family gifts. Sharon is also Washington Centers
2016-17 Teacher of the Year. Pictured are Glenn Niemiec,
BCBS of South Carolina Senior Account Representative,
(left) and Russo.
GSSM PREVIEW DAY

IS MONDAY
EASTSIDE STUDENTS TO
PERFORM WITH CHOIR
VIRTUAL ENGINEERING ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
The South Carolina Governors School for Science

& Mathematics (GSSM) is
accepting applications for
Accelerate, its virtual engineering program, through
Jan. 18 for the Class of
2020.
Online applications are
available at http://www.
scgssm.org/admissions/
virtual-admissions.
GREENVILLE COUNTY
NORTHWOOD MIDDLE
COLLECTING LEGOS
Northwood Middle is in
need of donations of Legos
and large Lego boards for
the schools Maker Space
in the Media Center.
Donations would not be
returned.
ENGAGEMENT
FURMAN CHANGES
MLK SPEAKER
The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA)
awarded South Carolina
more than $1.1 million to
replace 57 school buses
with new cleaner models.
We are pleased to have
been awarded this funding
which will go to replacing
our states aging fleet with
lower emission and more
efficient buses, said State
Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman. The
SC Department of Health
and Environmental Control (DHEC) played an integral role in the application
process and we appreciate their support as these
funds will truly benefit the
health and safety of students and communities
in our state, concluded
Spearman.
The EPA awarded more
than $7.7 million to replace or retrofit 401 older
diesel school buses in 27
states. The funds are in the
form of rebates through
the EPAs Diesel Emissions
Reduction Act (DERA)
funding. The new and retrofitted buses will reduce
pollutants that are linked
to health problems such
as asthma and lung damage. South Carolina is receiving 11 bus rebates that
will provide $1,140,000 to
replace 57 school buses.
The South Carolina Governors School for Science

& Mathematics (GSSM) is
hosting its final Preview
Day for prospective students and their families
on Monday, January 16,
from 1-4 p.m. on the GSSM
campus at 401 Railroad
Avenue, Hartsville, SC
29550.
This open house event
will provide intending students and parents with a
chance to meet faculty,
staff and current students,
as well as take part in a
series of informational
panels and participate in
student guided campus
tours.
To attend a Preview Day,
students should register online. Due to limited
space, students must meet
all GSSM admissions requirements.
GSSM applicants should
be South Carolina residents and have at least
10.5 high school credits
prior to the end of the
2017-2018 school year, including Geometry, Algebra
I and II, English I and II, a
social studies course and a
lab science course.
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Students are very interested in a Lego Creation

Station in the Media Center.
to donate, contact gcleveland@greenville.k12.sc.us.
BLUE RIDGE HIGH PLANS

MISS EL DORADO PAGEANT
The El Dorado staff will

host the Miss El Dorado
Pageant at Blue Ridge High
on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017
at 6 p.m.
Under the direction of

Mr. Ron Hendrix, 14 chorus students will be representing Eastside
High at the Greenville
County District Honors
Choir on Friday, Jan. 27, at
Mauldin High.
The students selected
are Neycha Del Valle Rivera, Quentin Salinas,
Davis Crews, Noah Awe,
Andrew Rapan, Anna Guryan, Grady Mauney, Keely
Dyer, Anna Fox, Emilee
Hart, Lisa Williams, Sam
Bradley, Paola Alverez and
Jackson Blanton.
Greenville Countys top
choral students will gather
from all the high schools
in the district and rehearse
choral literature directed
by Mr. Warren Cook of Bob
Jones University.
The day will end with a
concert at Mauldin High at
7 p.m. in the auditorium.
GMCS TO HOLD ANNUAL

WINTER BALL
Greer Middle College

Charter High will hold its
annual Winter Ball SemiFormal Dance on Saturday,
Jan. 28, from 7-10 p.m.
The location will be announced later.
Non-GMC students are
allowed to attend with a
signed permission form.
Tickets will go on sale
Jan. 17.
GREER HIGH PAGEANT

SET FOR FEB. 11
The Miss Le Flambeau

pageant will be held at
Greer High on Saturday,
Feb. 11.
BRUSHY CREEK TO
PERFORM AT SPRING SING
Brushy Creek Elementary fifth graders Lillie

Garrett, JMaya McGowan
and Ally Testerman will
perform in the All-District
Spring Sing Choral Festival
on Tuesday, March 14, at
the Peace Center.
Each year, Greenville
County fifth graders are
invited to participate in
the event.
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DISTRICT FIVE
BYRNES STUDENTS WIN

WRITING CONTEST
Several Byrnes High students recently put their

writing skills to the test,
competing against students from across the Upstate.
The students, part of the
Professional and Leadership Development class
at Byrnes, participated in
the USC Upstate Junior
Achievement
Business
Ethics Program Essay Contest. Entries were judged
by business professionals
in the area.
The following students
participated:
Mitzi Herr
Chloe Godinez (finalist)
Ashtyn Henson (finalist)
Andrea Zepeda Flores
(finalist)
Jonah Baumgardner
Marcos Leon Caban
Savannah Jeffers
Codie Powell
The group is sponsored by teacher Claudia
Batichon and Assistant
Principal Saterria Broomfield.
FOWLER TAPPED
FOR STATE PANEL
Beech Springs Intermediate teacher Christie Fowler

will soon serve with top
teachers from around
South Carolina to shape
curriculum for students
across the state.
Fowler has been tapped
to serve on the State Standards Review Panel for
the South Carolina Social
Studies Academic Standards. The group will
report on recommended
changes and/or additions
to the states Social Studies curriculum.
Fowler will begin serving
in January.
HIGHER EDUCATION
GREENVILLE TECH
TO OBSERVE MLK DAY
Greenville Technical College will host its 5th MLK

Day of Service on Monday,
Jan. 16, from 8:30 a.m.noon in the Student Center on the colleges Barton
Campus.
Continuing a tradition of
on-site service-to-go projects, efforts will benefit the
Salvation Army, Regency
Hospice, A Childs Haven,
Providence Care Hospice,
and the Greenville Technical College Child Development Center. Teams will
rotate through stations
Author, educator and

historian Dr. Mary Frances
Berry will speak Friday,
Jan. 13, during a Community Breakfast celebrating
the life and work of Martin
Luther King, Jr. The breakfast begins at 8 a.m., with
the program following at
8:30 a.m. in Watkins Room
of the Trone Student Center on the Furman University campus.
Dr. Berrys talk, Achieving Diversity and Opportunity in the 21st Century:
Now is the Time, is part
of Building the Beloved
Community, a series of
events honoring MLK.
The Community Breakfast featuring Berry is
open to the public and is
sponsored by Diversity
and Inclusion Initiatives of
Furman Universitys Student Life, and the Community Relations office. Tickets are $50 per person.
For more than four decades, Berry has been recognized as one the most
respected voices in our nations civil rights, gender
equality and social justice
movements. Serving as
Chairperson of the United
States Civil Rights Commission, Berry led the charge
for equal rights and liberties for all Americans over
the course of four presidential administrations.
She also became the first
woman of any race to head
a major research university, serving at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Mr. Sam Studley and Miss Corrie Coggins
Coggins - Studley
Donald Jay Coggins and
Kimberly Bowers Coggins,
of 109 Mountain Valley
Drive, Greer, announce
the engagement of their
daughter, Corrie Coggins,
of Greer, to Sam Studley, of 3495 N. Highway
14, son of Tim and Marie
Studley, of 3419 McAbee
Road, Greer.
Miss Coggins is a 2008
graduate of Greer High
School, attended North
Greenville University and
Greenville Technical College. She is employed at

Southern Dance Connection, of Greer.
Mr. Studley is a 2006
graduate of Greer High
School and 2012 graduate
of North Greenville University with a BA degree
in Music Education. He is
the band director at Berea
High School.
They will be married at
Song Hill Reserve in Landrum on April 15, 2017.
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