NEW HEIGHTS: City official celebrates climbing milestone B6

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Business owner concerned

About veloped Southern Bleach-
ery with his wife Ashleigh, ‘It is an additional layer of bureaucracy...’
Taylors is turning a large portion
of the Taylors Mill into an
event space. Lawrence Black
proposal “It is an additional layer
of bureaucracy that can
lead to worse community tions, [which] is that it’s
Owner, Southern Bleachery

“We have to make sure

BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
A local business own-
er is expressing concerns
ahead of the proposed
Main Street Development
District in Taylors.
Lawrence Black, who de-
rather than better commu-
nity,” Black said. “I don’t
think anybody here feels
like we’re under regulated.
“While the intent is al-
ways good, I think we re-
ally need to flesh this out
and not let what normally
happens in these situa-
presented, and then it just
sort of marches its way to
council, and they assume
everybody supports it,” he
said.
The overlay district
will need to come before
Greenville County Council
in order to be approved.
we’re doing it right, and
that we’re not just going
to march down to council,
where it will be approved
and there is not a lot of in-
put and there is not a lot
of community feedback
and we’re not educated on
SEE TAYLORS | A6

FILE PHOTO | THE GREER CITIZEN

Greer Community Ministries is seeking community

support for its annual Big Thursday fundraiser.

Big Thursday
returns Nov. 1
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Greer Community Minis-
tries is recruiting commu-
nity support for its biggest
fundraiser of the year.
The nonprofit’s 39th an-
nual Big Thursday event,
presented by D&D Motors,
is set for Nov. 1 at Fair-
view Baptist Church, run-
ning from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Big Thursday will once
again feature local crafts,
baked goods, frozen cas-
seroles, a barbecue lunch
and a hot dog supper for
attendee. A silent auction
with items donated from
local individuals and busi-
nesses will be in the Fair-
view ROC from 8 a.m. to JULIE HOLCOMBE | THE GREER CITIZEN
SEE GCM | A6
Mountain View Elementary fifth graders gathered on the playground during Superhero Day to remember their late
classmate, Skyla Forcier.

Student facing KEEPING HER MEMORY ALIVE

charge for threat Students
At BRMS
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Police have arrested a
13-year-old Blue Ridge
Middle School student
following threats made in
September.
According to informa-
tion from the Greenville
County Sheriff’s Office,
School Resource Officers
FUNDRAISING FAIR  |
were made aware of the
threats on Sept. 28 by ad-
ministration officials.
Police said an investiga-
tion ensued and precau-
tions were taken by the
resource officer to ensure
the safety and security of
all students. During the
course of investigation,
multiple interviews were
conducted and police
found credible evidence
SEE ARREST | A7
honor
classmate
BY JULIE HOLCOMBE
STAFF WRITER
A playground of fifth
grade superheroes de-
scribe her as funny,
friendly, and caring. Her
larger than life portrait
has a designated place
on the wall. And bright,
hand-painted stones make
a path to her favorite tree.
Skyla Forcier may not
be here physically, but her
positive influence remains
in the halls of Mountain
View Elementary, in the
lives of those who knew
her, and in the day to day
enjoyment of some who
never will.
“Every parent you talk to
that has lost a child, their
worst fear is that their
child will be forgotten. She
will not be forgotten here
What: Skyla Strong
Fundraising Fair
When: Oct. 27, Noon-4 p.m.
Where: Eastside Apostolic
Lutheran Church
2200 Mays Bridge Road
Greer, SC 29651
For info: skylastrong.org
for sure,” said Shannon
Forcier, Skyla’s mom. “We
are extremely, extremely
thankful that God has put
SEE SKYLA | A9 Skyla Forcier

Teeing Two arrested in Taylors

off for following armed robbery
Tots
BY BILLY CANNADA
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER

Two Taylors residents

EDITOR
Members of the Greer
community helped the
police department raise
money for its Cops for
Tots program on Tuesday,
with a round of golf at
Greer Country Club.
The 14th annual tour-
nament has become the
primary fundraiser for the
Christmas program, which
benefits under privileged
children in the communi-
ty.
SEE GPD | A7
have been arrested in con-
nection with an armed
robbery that occurred last
week.
Deputies with the Green-
ville County Sheriff’s Of-
fice arrested 18-year-old
Khallil Amar Rajan Gard-
ner and 34-year-old Rod-
erick Demarrio Tate after Khallil Amar Rajan Gardner Roderick Demarrio Tate
a Super Mobile store was
held up last Wednesday crime, possession of a robbery and criminal con-
afternoon. stolen pistol, criminal spiracy.
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN Gardner has been conspiracy and posses- Deputies responded to
charged with armed rob- sion of marijuana (second the 3217 Wade Hamp-
Greer Police Department held its 14th annual golf bery, possession of a offense); while Tate has ton Blvd. location after
tournament fundraiser Tuesday to benefit Cops for Tots. weapon during a violent been charged with armed SEE ROBBERY | A7

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Church LEE ROAD UMC TO HOLD

COMMUNITY SERVICE
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Proceeds will be used
for shipping costs for the
church’s Operation Christ-

News odist Church is holding a

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
FALL BAZAAR
SET FOR OCT. 13
Liberty Hill Methodist
Church is hosting a Fall
Bazaar on Saturday, Oct.
13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at 301 Liberty Hill Road,
Greer.
Featured items include
homemade baked goods,
jams, jellies, pickles, soup,
lots of craft items, casse-
roles and more, and there
will be a silent auction.
Biscuits will be ready for
breakfast and hotdogs,
and hotdogs will be ready
“Fight Human Trafficking
Community Prayer Ser-
vice” on Thursday, Oct.
18, from 7-8 p.m. at the
church, located at 1377
East Lee Road, Taylors.
The purpose is to seek
God’s help and wisdom,
to promote awareness, to
provide information, and
to be a beacon for lives to
be changed.
Jason Johnston, campus
minister for the Navigators
at Clemson University, will
present information to
help attendees recognize
how pornography impacts
human trafficking.
The Navigators is an in-
mas Child Shoebox Minis-
try.
El Bethel is located at
313 Jones Ave., Greer.
MILFORD BAPTIST TO HOST
SWEET STREET OCT. 21
Milford Baptist Church,
located at 1282 Milford
Church Rd., will be hosting
Sweet Street on Saturday,
Oct. 21, from 5-7 p.m.
This free community
event will include food,
games, bounce houses,
trick or treating, a hayride,
popcorn, cotton candy,
snow cones, cake walk,
door prizes and a chance
at the grand prize: NES
Classic Edition.

Night Out in Lyman

at lunch.
Shop for Christmas and
enjoy the fellowship.
The Town of Lyman held its fourth annual National Night Out event last Tuesday, Oct. 2,
at the Amphitheater near the new playground. NEW HOPE CHURCH TO
OFFER FREE CLOTHING
New Hope Freedom
ternational Christian mis-
sion organization.
Human Trafficking Ho-
tlines are: 704-8497 (local)
and 1 (888) 373-7888 (na-
tional).
For more information,
For more information,
visit milfordbaptistgreer.
org.
APALACHE BAPTIST TO
HAVE HALLOWEEN EVENT
The senior adults plan to

Community
to 3 p.m. at 1 East Main Tableware and ice will Church will be offering a visit www.humantraffick- meet at Laurenda’s restau-
Street, Taylors. be furnished. no cost clothing closet on inghotline.org. rant in Greer on Thursday,
Live music will be pro- Saturday, Oct. 13, from Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. for their

News
TAYLORS MILL TO HAVE
SECOND FRIDAYS
Taylors Mill will host
Second Fridays on Friday,
Oct. 12, from 5-8 p.m. at
250 Mill Street.
vided by singer/songwrit-
er Darby Wilcos, and food
and dessert stylings will
be available through Mex-
ibilly Food Truck and Des-
serted Isle.
Fun and games will be
on site for the kids, includ-
ing a special appearance
by Aslan from the Logos
Theatre.
13 STRIPES BREWERY
TO HOST HOP YOGA
13 Stripes Brewery is
hosting HOP YOGA, a one-
hour yoga session and one
pint for $10, on Sunday,
Oct. 14, starting at 1 p.m.
at 13 Stripes Brewery, lo-
cated at the Taylors Mill at
250 Mill St., Taylors.
This one hour class will
10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 109
W. Wade Hampton Blvd,
Greer.
For more information,
text or call Rebecca at 376-
9937.
NORTHWOOD BAPTIST TO
HOST HOLIDAY MARKET
Northwood Baptist
Church will be hosting a
EL BETHEL BAPTIST TO annual Halloween “Trick
HAVE CRAFT BAZAAR or Treat” party and meal.
On Saturday, Oct. 20, A large group of ABC se-
from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., El niors usually attend this
Bethel Baptist Church will event.
have its first Craft Bazaar
and Bake Sale.
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ARTISAN MAKERS MARKET

RETURNS OCT. 13
The Artisan Makers Mar-
ket will host up to 35 mak-
ers at Greer City Park on
Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m.
An artisan is a worker in
a skilled trade, especially
one that involves making
things by hand, or of food
or drink made in a tradi-
tional or non-mechanized
way using high-quality in-
gredients.
Makers who have worked
to perfect their craft and
brand themselves well will
be chosen to participate in
the event.
Food and beverages will
be available onsite.
Children under 16 must
be accompanied by a par-
ent or legal guardian at all
times.
Anyone who requires
an auxiliary aid or service
for effective communica-
tion or a modification of
policies or procedures to
participate should contact
968-7004 as soon as pos-
sible, but no later than 48
hours prior to the event.
PELHAM MEDICAL TO
CELEBRATE A DECADE
Pelham Medical Center
is celebrating its 10-year
anniversary on Saturday,
Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. at 250 Westmoreland
Rd, Greer.
Walk through an inflat-
able replica of a brain and
a heart, have a blast with
live music, enjoy great
food and have a wonder-
ful time.
The first 100 people get
free flu vaccines.
MAIN COLLECTIVE TO HOLD
BLOCK PARTY
The Main Collective is
hosting its 2018 Season Fi-
nale Block Party on Satur-
day, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m.
Local crafted and vin-
tage wares will be for sale
by local Upstate artisans.
This free event has free
parking.
For more information
about the Main Collective,
visit www.maincollective-
market.com.
FORMAL DRESS SALE
HAPPENING OCT. 13
Greer Cultural Arts
Council is holding a For-
mal Dress Sale on Satur-
day, Oct. 13, from 4-6 p.m.
at the Tryon Recreation
Center, located at 226
Oakland Avenue, Greer.
All dresses are $10 in
cash only.
Hundreds of new and
gently used formal dress-
es, varying sizes and
styles, will be sold “as is.”
Changing areas will be
available in limited quan-
tity.
LANCE-ANDERS REUNION
SET FOR SUNDAY, OCT. 14
The descendants of the
late Williamson Burton
Lance and Sarah Caroline
Anders Lance will hold
their annual family re-
union on Sunday, Oct. 14,
at 1 p.m. at Lance Knoll,
located at 1755 Wingo
Road, Campobello.
Please bring food and
drinks to share.
HIS EYE PHOTOGRAPHY
Open for Viewing
Saturday, Oct. 13 • 11-6
FREE ENTRY
Variety of art including framed photographs, His Eye greeting cards for
occasions or blank for any occasion. Beautiful photographs of nature,
animals, and landscaping from South Carolina. Everything will be for sale!
ALIGNLIFE OF PELHAM FALLS
996 Batesville Road • Greer, SC 29651 • 864-361-0224
be led by Suzanne Fernan-
dez-Cromer from Pivotal
Fitness. She has over 25
years working in the fit-
ness industry and is certi-
fied in dozens of special-
ized group and personal
training programs includ-
ing pilates, pilates reform-
er, yoga, spin, kickboxing,
step and much more, and
she works with people of
all levels including people
in need of post rehabilita-
tion and off season train-
ing for NFL athletes.
This specific class will
begin with a warm-up,
followed by sun saluta-
tions to build heat in the
body. Once the fire has
been stoked, a standing
sequence will challenge
stability and increase mo-
bility. Participants will
develop strength and
stamina while embracing
flexibility and engaging
their cores.
Bring your own mat and
after class, cool down
with a 13 Stripes pint of
choice (all pints must be
13 Stripes products ONLY
and no special release or
high gravity beers are in-
cluded with the class - $5
pints only).
The class will begin one
hour before the brewery
opens to the public.
PAT
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Seniors L ve Bayberry
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Trial Stays
13, at 6 p.m. at Blue Ridge
Presbyterian Church, lo-
cated at 2094 N. Hwy 101,
Greer.
Doors will open at 5:15
1st DAY FREE • $69/day
p.m., and the event will be
a love offering concert. 1-800-552-8785
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cated at 6525 Mountain
View Road, Taylors.
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A4 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018

E I’M JUST
veryone has known for ages that
women, on average, live longer than
men and now researchers appear to
have found that there is a reason why
women actually age slower.
We do everything slower, by the way.
We’re exhausted. But that’s not the
reason.
Turns out that estrogen, the hormone
that gives us our feminine appearance,
fertility, and the desire to punch you
guys in the throat when you opine that
we’re grumpy because ‘it’s that time of
the month,’ protects cells from wear and
tear. And that’s not all, gents.
We have something quite important
that is longer than yours. But we’re se-
cure enough in ourselves that we feel no
reason to lie about it’s length. I’m talking
telomeres, the set of genetic information
at the tips of chromosomes. Now, pay
attention, class, because there’s going to
be a pop quiz at the end of this column.
Telomeres are like body guards.
Is it hot in here?
SAYING
PAM STONE
They keep vital genetic material in the
rest of the chromosome from getting
damaged, especially as cells replicate.
And cells replicate constantly, which
over time, beats up the telomeres, which
is when cells begin to age and die,
dragging our health and well being along
with it.
It’s not just the way things go, we con-
tribute to the trauma which kills those
little genetic end caps by stress (so no
more watching anything about Kava-
naugh), and bad habits (slugging back
Jaegermeister while watching the news
about Kavanaugh).
For women, it all comes back to what
Turns out that estrogen, the hormone that gives us our feminine
appearance, fertility, and the desire to punch you guys in the
throat when you opine that we’re grumpy because ‘it’s that time
of the month,’ protects cells from wear and tear.
makes us sniffle through Hallmark like a southern mee-maw and you know
Christmas movies: estrogen. And what’s it) bids us adieu, and some women take
weird is that while on one hand, es- hormone replacement therapy for bone
trogen fuels some cancers, it also has loss.
protective effects against other diseas- Science is fascinating, isn’t it? Particu-
es. And higher levels of estrogen are larly biology. If you’d like to read more
thought to help keep our tickers in good about this study you can google the lead
working order and produce healthier author, Dr Elissa Epel. As a matter of
bones, too. That’s why you see all those fact, she presented her research just to-
mature women during commercials day at the annual meeting of The North
hiking through the woods and patting American Menopause Society.
a horse on its neck without their wrists I’ve no idea where that meeting was
snapping in half—because as we get old- held, but I can guarantee you the air con-
er, Aunty Estrogen (that does so sound ditioning was cranked wide open...

THROUGH THE YEARS  | KAELYN’S

KORNER

The KAELYN CASHMAN

Staff reporter

Roosevelt Camping
Tour
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his past weekend, Brad and
I went tent camping at Lake
Keowee.
Editor’s Note: Walk down mem- We left Friday afternoon, set
ory lane with us! In upcoming up camp, followed the trail to
editions of The Greer Citizen, we the lake, took a dip, ate BBQ
will be taking a look at old news- chicken sandwiches and roasted
papers and bringing you stories marshmallows for s’mores.
from the past to commemorate The next morning, we
our 100-year anniversary. We made breakfast with Brad’s
hope this section gives you a bet- three-burner camping stove.
ter look at the people, events and Afterwards, we packed a
businesses that made the Greer couple backpacks with snacks
area a great place to live for the and water before setting out on
past Century. a hike while the morning was
still cool.
Early 1900s edition of The The first part of the trail ran
Greer Observer next to SC-11.
Nevertheless, farther into the

 |
Southern hospitality for Presi- woods, we explored off-shoots
dent Theodore Roosevelt GUEST EDITORIAL from the trail, climbed rocks
and soaked our heads in a

Think pink this October,

This edition of the Greer waterfall.
Observer documented the When we returned to our
travelings of President Theodore campsite, we roasted hotdogs
Roosevelt, who gave a speech at over another fire.
Old Dominion, discussing the Then, we hiked back down

but practice savvy

the Civil War at times.
“The wounds left by the great
Civil War have long healed,” he
told a crowd. “But its memo-
ries remain. Think of it, oh my
countrymen! Think of the good
fortune that is ours. That where-
as every other war of modern
times has left feelings of rancor
and bitterness to keep asunder
the combatants, our great war
has left to the sons and daugh-
ters of the men who fought on
whichever side they fought, the
same right to feel the keenest
pride in the great deeds alike of
the men who fought on one side
and of the men who fought on
the other.”
Elsewhere in this edition,
three escaped prisoners from
Knoxville Tennessee where
arrested in Asheville.
They had been on the road for
four months following the jail
break, according to the report.
to the lake, where we spent the
afternoon swimming, skipping
rocks and playing in the water.
We had a simple dinner of
ramen noodles that night.
The weather was a bit warm
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, over night but eventually began
a 31-day period that has become synonymous Ask not only where the money is to get cool towards morning.
with one color – pink. I enjoyed the time getting
Fighting breast cancer is an important battle going but also what percentage of away with my handsome hus-
– 1 in 8 women will get it, and it kills more than band.
40,000 each year. And the month of pink-coated the cost will be donated and how Growing up, my family regu-
awareness has led to a lot of positive education larly spent time camping, and
efforts – we know exercise, a good diet, annual the funds will be used. If they can’t whether we took a day trip to a
mammograms and self-examines can go incred- lake or a week vacation to the
ibly far in preventing cancer and making sure it answer the questions – or you can’t ocean, we explored the out-
is caught early if it does develop. doors.
But all that pink and “awareness” has given verify the answers – take a second One morning last week, the
birth to a new cottage industry – the commer- sunrise particularly captured
cialization of cancer. Everyone wants to give look. my attention.
back, and because breast cancer touches so Psalm 19:1 came to mind,
many lives and the pink ribbons and gear is saying, “The heavens declare the
well-associated with it, many businesses and to buy but don’t consider which charity will be glory of God, and the sky above
nonprofits want to get in – some might say ex- the best stewards of their money. proclaims his handiwork.”
ploit – the phenomenon. Experts do offer some tips to consider: Psalm 24:1 also relates, “The
Famously, the NFL decks its players out in Ask questions: Don’t assume the proceeds earth is the Lord’s and the
pink every Sunday in October and then sells from that pink ribbon you’re buying is going to fullness thereof, the world and
the associated gear to “support breast cancer cancer research at all. Ask not only where the those who dwell therein, for he
research.” However, it has now been thorough- money is going but also what percentage of the has founded it upon the seas
ly reported by various media outlets that, after cost will be donated and how the funds will be and established it upon the
everyone takes their cut and overhead, only 8 used. If they can’t answer the questions – or you rivers.”
percent of the money spent on the NFL’s pink can’t verify the answers – take a second look. Isaiah 40:28-31 has often
gear actually goes to breast cancer research. Know the business and charity: Ignore the encouraged my heart:
The Susan G. Komen Foundation has taken a immediate pressure to donate or make a pink “Have you not known? Have

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  |

public relations hit in recent years after fund- purchase and take the time to research the busi- you not heard? The Lord is the
ing breakdowns showed only 20 percent of its ness or charity. Make sure they have good repu- everlasting God, the Creator of
money goes to research. (To be fair, charitynav- tations, using sites like the Better Business Bu- the ends of the earth. He does

Submission guidelines igator.org indicates 80 percent of its revenue

goes toward some kind of breast cancer pro-
reau or the aforementioned Charity Navigator
(which offers a financial breakdown for many
not faint or grow weary; his un-
derstanding is unsearchable.
gramming, but that also included education and charities). He gives power to the faint,

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screenings/treatments.)
The situation only underscores that our as-
sumptions about where our money is going
when we give to charity can be quite inaccurate.
Whether it’s the pink ribbon bought in the gro-
cery store checkout line or the shirts being sold
at various locations, we give in hope of doing
good without putting any critical thought to it.
People spend hours researching the right phone
Think about your purchase: If whatever pink and to him who has no might he
item you’re buying doesn’t represent something increases strength.
you truly want or need, consider if you would Even youths shall faint and be
be better off simply giving that money directly weary, and young men shall fall
to a breast cancer charity – it’s even better if exhausted; but they who wait
the charity is one that permits you to designate for the Lord shall renew their
specifically what the funds can be used for. strength; they shall mount up
with wings like eagles; they shall
This guest editorial is from The Star-Beacon. run and not be weary; they shall
walk and not faint.”

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Rosie’s Hotdogs had its annual Mill Hill Reunion on Saturday, Oct. 6. Pictured: Tracy Hooker holds pictures made for
Rosie while Keith Genoble, Larry Waddell and Charlton Eugene Miller Jr. (left to right) look on.
Springwell Church to host Candy Dash
For children
on Oct. 31
BY KATIE CRUICE SMITH
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
Springwell Church is
seeking to reach the com-
munity in a unique way
this October, hosting its
first-ever Candy Dash.
On Wednesday, Octo-
ber 31, from 6 p.m. until
7:30 p.m., Springwell will
open the line for children
to “dash” to 100 different
candy stops, where they
will be able to receive their
candy for Halloween and
still make it home in time
for bed.
“We started talking
about how Halloween is
Mill reunion
falling on a school night
this year and how we could
do something for the fam-
ilies to get the candy of
100 homes in a fifth of the
time,” said Brian Rhodes,
the family and student
pastor at the church. “This
came out of a heart for
families. It’s one way that
we could make it easier.”
The church is planning
to hand out over a half a
million pieces of candy
on that night, which they
hope will be enough to
satisfy the crowds. Since
they aren’t sure what to
expect for their first year,
they are going to have to
be firm about closing the
line at 7:30 p.m. Anyone
who gets in line before the
cut-off will be able to go
through.
‘We just want to love on our community
and show Taylors and
about their families.’
“This isn’t a fall festi-
val,” said Rhodes. “We just
want to love on our com-
munity and show Taylors
and Greer that we care
about their families. It’s
not about what we want
from them but about what
we can do for them.”
Children are encour-
aged to dress up in their
costumes and make the
church their one-stop
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to move its headquarters property. Once the prop-
in the near future. erty is purchased, we will
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A6 THE GREER CITIZEN  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018

Lyman to demolish old pizzeria

In remembrance of Jim-
my, memorials may be
made to Emmanuel Bap-
tist Church, 3000 Stone

James A. Smith
James Allen Smith, 71,
husband of Dianne Lee
Smith, died Friday, Octo-
ber 5, 2018 at his home,
surrounded by his loving
family.
Born December 18, 1946
in Greer, SC, Jimmy was
a son of the late Charles
Smith and Edith Smith
Haney. He was the owner
of Joe Fincher’s Cabinet
Shop and was a master
craftsman and cabinet
maker. Jimmy was a faith-
ful member of Emmanuel
Baptist Church and served
as a Deacon for many
Station Road, Roebuck,
SC 29376 or to Greer
High School, Athletic De-
partment, 3000 East Gap
Creek Road, Greer, SC
29651.
Condolences may be ex-
pressed to the family at
www.JMDunbar.com.
Dunbar Funeral Home &
Crematory
June W. Smith
June Wilson Smith, 84,
widow of Roy Earl Smith,
passed away October 7,
2018.
A native of Greenville
County, daughter of the
late Avery and Kate White
Wilson, she was a retired
employee of Her Majesty
in Mauldin and a member
of Zoar United Methodist
Church.
She was predeceased by
two brothers, Dan Wilson
and Steve Wilson, and a
sister, Phoebe Howard.
Funeral services will
be held 11 a.m. Wednes-
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
The Town of Lyman is
planning to demolish a
couple of buildings down-
town.
On Monday, council
unanimously approved a
resolution for TKO Demo-
lition, LLC, to perform the
demolition of the former
pizza parlor located at the
Groce Road and Old Spar-
tanburg Highway in the
amount of $11,952 to be
distributed from the Gen-
eral Fund.
“Right now, the plan is
to demolish the old piz-
za building,” said Lyman
Mayor Larry Chappell.
“The old Western Auto
building is currently being
abated to clear any haz-
ardous material.”
“We would like to sell
both properties,” he said.
COUNCIL ACTION
Renew Sponsorship: Jared Hembree with
the Miss Byrnes High Scholarship Pageant
requested for Lyman Town Council to renew
their sponsorship, and council plans to vote at
the next meeting.
Little Library: Chelsey Burnette with Beech
Springs Elementary School requested for
Lyman Town Council to accept their donation
of a Little Library for the Park of Lyman, and
council plans to vote at the next meeting.
Breaking Bread: Gail Eanes with Breaking
Bread for Jesus asked Lyman Town Council
about having their “Turn Your Town Orange”
fundraiser downtown on Saturday, Sept. 21,
2019, and council put her in touch with the
events coordinator.
Fireworks Restricted: Lyman Town Council
unanimously approved the second reading of
an ordinance limiting the shooting of fireworks
to the Fourth of July.
 |
Prohibited Noise: Lyman Town Council unan-
imously approved the second reading of an
ordinance amending Town Code Chapter 22 to
add a new section 22-32 “Prohibiting Noise.”
Town Proclamations: Lyman Mayor Larry
Chappell read three proclamations: National
Disability Employment Awareness Month,
Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Red
Ribbon Week.
Rental Rate: Lyman Town Council unanimously
approved to adjust the rental rate of 65 Groce
Road from $1,000 to $750 a month until the
lease ends in October 2019 in order to retain
the tenant.
Economic Development: Lyman Town Council
unanimously approved an economic devel-
opment agreement with RW Woods Chapel
Industrial Owner, LLC, since the town will be
providing sanitary sewer service to the large
development and investment, consisting of
warehouse, distribution and manufacturing
facilities in the Town of Duncan.

NGU offers workshop to veterans

years. He was a Greer High
School football enthusi-
ast, and watched them
play all over the state for
more than 30 years. More
than anything, Jimmy took
great care of his family,
friends and never met a
stranger. He was a won-
derful husband, a loving
papa, and great grandpa.
In addition to his wife
of 51 years, Jimmy is sur-
vived by his daughters,
Angela Smith Wofford
and her husband, Todd,
and Nicole Smith Brown
and her husband, Thom-
as; his grandchildren,
Desiree, Deidra, and Da-
vid Hunter, Carson and
Addison Brown, Dylan
Wofford, and Bailey Husic
day, October 10, 2018 at
The Wood Mortuary, con-
ducted by Rev. Michael
Cheatham.  Burial will fol-
low in Hillcrest Memory
Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Tim
Smith, Brian Reynolds,
Spencer Reynolds, Kai
Wilson, Matt Walker and
Todd Walker.
Visitation will be held
9:30-10:45 a.m. Wednes-
day at The Wood Mortu-
ary.
The family is at their re-
spective homes.
Memorials may be made
to Zoar United Methodist
Church, 1005 Highway
357, Greer, SC 29651 or
the charity of one’s choice.
Online condolences may
A workshop to help vet-
erans develop better inter-
view skills is planned for
later this month at North
Greenville’s Tim Brashier
Campus in Greer.
The event, which is being
hosted by North Greenville
University’s Leadership
and Professional Develop-
ment Department, will be
held on Tuesday, Oct. 30.
“This seminar is de-
signed to equip our tran-
sitioning veterans with
skills needed in the inter-
view process as they move
from military to civilian
life,” said Dr. Jill Rayburn,
NGU’s Director of Aca-
demic Engagement and
Outreach.
“We are excited to part-
ner with The RECON Net-
work to make this event
possible for these heroes,”
Rayburn continues. “Vet-
eran’s United Home Loans
and ReWa are sponsoring
this event, which will be
free for veterans to at-
tend.”
Dr. Tracy Kramer, NGU’s
Dean of the Graduate
School of Business and
Dr. Ed Sherbert will be
presenting the workshop,
providing information for
veterans on resume writ-
ing, cover letters, and in-
terview dress code.
HR Professionals from
BMW, Godshall Profession-
al Recruiting and Staffing,
The Greenville-Spartan-
burg Airport, Hire Dynam-
ics, Honeywell-Aerospace,
Michelin, Milliken, Pelham
Medical Center, and ReWa
will be on site to conduct
mock interviews for the
participants.
Enrollment for this
event is limited to 25 vet-
erans and lunch will be
provided.
For more information or
to register for this and any
of NGU’s fall professional
development seminars,
please visit https://www.
ngu.edu/pd-events.php.

TAYLORS: To hold second Open House on Oct. 17

and her husband, Anes;
a great-grandson, Aiden
Husic; and many brothers,
sisters, nieces and neph-
ews.
He was predeceased by
a special brother, Frank-
ie Smith, whom he loved
dearly.
The family received
friends on Sunday, Octo-
ber 7, 2018 at Emmanuel
Baptist Church.
Funeral services were
held immediately follow-
ing at 2 p.m., officiated by
Pastor Frankie Taylor.
Burial was in Heritage
Memorial Gardens.
The family would like
to thank Kindred Hospice
of Spartanburg for all of
their care, support and
love to Jimmy and all of
his family.
be made at www.thewood-
mortuary.com.
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educated on this because
it can backfire against us,”
Black said.
“Our problem is lack of
development,” he said.
“Our problem is slum
lords. Our problem is ir-
responsible property own-
ers. Our problem is not too
much development. Our
problem is not somebody
wanting to build a casino
on Main Street or a sky
scraper or condominiums.
Our problem is nobody’s
investing in the commu-
nity. I certainly am, and
there are other people, but
I would hope they would
be a lot more included in
this going forward, espe-
cially since they are major
property holders.”
Alex Reynolds, President
of Taylors TownSquare,
clarified the proposition
during the monthly meet-
ing last Wednesday.
“To be fair, there is no
plan that currently exists,”
Reynolds said. “There is
no zoning ordinance that
has been written. The
point is to do the public
input and then write what-
ever comes from that.”
The first of two open
houses took place Tues-
day night with the next
one set for Wednesday,
Oct. 17, from 11:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. at the Taylors
Branch of Greenville Coun-
ty Library System, located
at 316 W. Main Street, Tay-
lors.
“To develop any sort of
mixed use development,
you’ve got to put it inside
a planned development,
which is a whole other big
animal of the development
process,” Reynolds said.
“This would relax that re-
quirement. There’s a lot of
elements of this that do go
on to that step of relaxing,
not adding more burdens
of regulation.”
Earlier in the meeting,
Ben Cotton, Principal
Planner with Greenville
County, explained certain
aspects of the proposed
district.
“It can impose require-
ments, or it can relax re-
quirements,” Cotton said.
“On top of the base zoning
requirements, the overlay
allows us to adjust based
on what we feel like is ap-
propriate for this commu-
nity.”
For more information,
contact Cotton at bcot-
ton@greenvillecounty.org,
Reynolds at alexr@taylor-
stownsquare.com or visit
www.taylorstownsquare.
com.

GCM: Needs books, baked goods, crafts as well as volunteers for Big Thursday Nov. 1
FROM PAGE ONE
6:30 p.m. A live auction
will begin at 7 p.m. with
Jerry Bruce.
“Big Thursday is exact-
ly what Greer Community
Ministries is all about,”
said Stephen Smith, GCM
executive director. “The
community donates their
time, crafts, and baked
goods for us to sell and
then the community
comes back to support the
event by purchasing those
items as well as lunch and
dinner.”
For 39 years, Big Thurs-
day has generated need-
ed revenue for GCM’s
four programs (Meals on
Wheels, Sharon’s Clos-
et, Senior Dining and the
Food Pantry).
HISTORY
In 1979, Big Thursday
began to bring the com-
munity together to sup-
port the efforts of GCM
to feed the community.
Pies and cakes were baked
and sold, a barbecue lunch
brought individuals and
businesses together, and
a hot dog supper and live
auction ended the day.
That year, $25,000 was
raised.
“The goal of Big Thurs-
day is to remind the com-
munity that the need to
feed hungry people in
Greer still exists,” said
Stephen Smith, GCM ex-
ecutive director. “We need
members of the communi-
ty to step up and donate
so that we can continue to
serve.”
NEEDS
GCM needs immediate
donations of silent and
live auction items.
The Book Nook, a sec-
tion where gently used
books are sold, is back
this year after a two-year
hiatus. Volunteers at The
Episcopal Church of the
Good Shepherd are tak-
ing in donations for the
Book Nook. Books may be
dropped off at the church
Monday, Wednesday, or
Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
or at GCM, 738 S. Line St.
Ext., Greer, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday – Friday.
Baked goods, such
 |
as pies, cakes, cookies,
breads, and other items SCHEDULE
to sell the day of the event
may be delivered to the 8 A.M.-6:30 P.M.
Fairview Baptist Church Silent Auction
ROC on Wednesday, Oct.
31, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 8 A.M.-7 P.M.
Crafts, such as decora- Bazaar
tive wreaths, Christmas Book Nook
items, and handcrafted Furniture & Home Decor
gifts may be delivered to
the ROC as well Monday 11 A.M.-1:30 P.M.
– Wednesday, Oct. 29-31, BBQ Lunch
from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Donations of your time 5-7 P.M.
are also welcomed. For Hot Dog Supper
inquiries on donations,
please call GCM, 877-1937. 7-9 P.M.
Live Auction

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018 
Crime
Report
(Note: All information
contained in the following
was taken directly from
the official incident reports
filed by the City of Greer
Police Department. All
suspects are to be consid-
ered innocent until proven
guilty in the court of law.)
METH POSSESSION
Michael Jay Shirley, 37,
of Spartanburg, has been
charged with possession
of methamphetamine
(fifth offense).
According to an incident
report supplied by Greer
Police, on Sept. 30 around
2:30 a.m., an officer con-
ducted a traffic stop near
the intersection of South
Highway 101 and Caliber
Ridge Drive in reference
to a vehicle that failed to
signal when entering the
roadway.
The officer observed the
passenger was extremely
startled when the officer
approached his window to
avoid standing in the mid-
dle of the roadway.
The passenger identified
himself to the officer as
Michael Shirley by writing
down his name and date
of birth when asked.
Shirley then immediate-
ly began smoking a ciga-
rette when the officer was
conversing with him.
The officer observed
that Shirley was trying to
avoid making eye contact
with him when he was
speaking with him.
Shirley’s name was run
for active warrants, which
revealed he had several
prior drug charges in the
past.
Shirley was asked to exit
the vehicle and he stated
he did not want to. The
officer explained that he
wanted to speak with him
outside of the vehicle.
After making further
contact with Shirley, the
officer approached the
passenger door to ask the
passenger for proof of in-
surance.
The officer observed
a small baggie that was
tied that appeared to have
some white residue in it.
Further inspection of
this baggie showed that
it had a white crystal sub-
stance consistent to that
of methamphetamine.
A probable cause search
of the vehicle was con-
ducted, and a large pipe
with the same white crys-
tal residue was located
on the floorboard directly
under where Shirley was
sitting.
The crystal substance
was field tested, and it
positively field tested for
methamphetamine.
Shirley was placed un-
der arrest and transported
to the Greer City Jail with-
out incident.
Once at the Greer City
Jail, the white crystal sub-
stance was weighed (0.4
grams) and placed into
property and evidence
where it will be sent to
Spartanburg County for
lab analysis.
DRUG POSSESSION
Matthew Allen McClain,
33, of Greer has been
charged with possession
of Schedule IV drugs (first
ARREST:
At BRMS
FROM PAGE ONE
to charge the student with
student threats last Tues-
day afternoon.
The juvenile’s case will
now be turned over to the
Department of Juvenile
Justice.
“The measures taken by
school staff and resource
officers in addition to the
willingness of students
at Blue Ridge Middle to
come forward, shows the
promise that our commu-
nity has in an effort to
foster the best learning
environment in the en-
tire state,” Sheriff Johnny
Mack Brown. “I commend
all of the parties involved
and the tremendous work
of our School Resource Of-
ficer.”
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Police and Fire
offense).
According to an incident
report supplied by Greer
Police, on Sept. 30 around
11:30 a.m., an officer re-
sponded to the area of
N. Main St. and W. Wade
Hampton Blvd. in refer-
ence to a suspicious white
male wearing a gray pull-
over and blue jeans pan-
handling.
Another officer arrived
in the area shortly before
the first officer did and
observed a white male
matching the given de-
scription.
The white male was
identified as Matthew Mc-
Clain.
The officer to arrive first
observed McClain acting
nervously and appeared to
be looking for a direction
to flee.
Upon the other officer’s
arrival, McClain observed
him and attempted to
flee but was apprehended
without incident.
McClain was then placed
in handcuffs and was
searched before being
placed in an officer’s ve-
hicle.
While conducting the
search, an orange pill bot-
tle with a white lid was ob-
served in plain view of the
right pocket of McClain’s
jacket.
The name on the pill
bottle was not McClain’s
name.
When asked about the
bottle, McClain stated the
pills belonged to his sister
and provided a different
name.
Upon further inspection,
the pill bottle contained
two round white pills with
the imprint E65.
the pills were identified
using pill identifier as
Clonazepam 2 mg which
is a schedule IV controlled
substance.
The pills were seized
and placed into P&E for
further analysis.
McClain was placed un-
der arrest without incident
and placed in the rear seat
of the other patrol vehicle.
SHOPLIFTING
Shanteriyan D. Drum-
mond, 19, of Greenville
has been charged with
Shoplifting ($2,000 or
less).
According to an inci-
dent report supplied by
Greer Police, on Sept. 30
around 1:40 p.m., an offi-
cer responded to Walmart
located at 14055 E. Wade
Hampton Blvd in reference
to a report of a shoplifting.
Upon arrival, the offi-
cer made contact with the
complainant, who works
for Walmart Loss Preven-
tion. The complainant
stated that he observed
the female in question,
Shanteriyan Drummond,
conceal items within her
purse.
He next stated that he
observed Drummond pay
for two drinks but not
the items in her purse
and then proceed towards
the exit. The complainant
stated that he stopped
Drummond after she had
already passed all points
of sale.
Drummond was escort-
ed to the Loss Prevention
office where four Sylvania
vehicle headlights were
found in her purse. It was
also learned at this time
that the slipped she was
wearing had been stolen
from Walmart as well.
ROBBERY: Ends in detention center
FROM PAGE ONE
receiving a call at around
3:30 p.m. Police say a male
suspect wearing a mask
entered the store armed
with a long gun and de-
manded cell phones from
the store.
The suspect then fled
the store with an undis-
closed amount of mer-
chandise.
There were no report-
GPD: To help children
FROM PAGE ONE
“The Cops for Tots Golf
Tournament has become a
fun and important annual
event to support children
in our community,” Lt.
Patrick Fortenberry said.
“Thanks to the generosity
of community members
and businesses who make
The Greer Citizen
The price of the head-
lights is $79.52, and the
price of the slippers is
$5.97.
The light bulbs were
recovered with minimal
damage to the packaging;
however, the slipped had
been removed and worn.
Total price of the items
is $85.49.
Drummond was taken
into custody and trans-
ported to the Greer City
Jail.
Drummond had no pri-
or property crimes on her
criminal history and was
placed on trespass from
Walmart.
MARIJUANA POSSESSION
Catlin Gwen Brewer, 26,
of Greenville has been
charged with Possession
of Schedule III Drugs, and
Tyler Lee Olson, 26, of
Lyman has been charged
with Simple Possession of
Marijuana (first offense)
and two counts of Unlaw-
ful Possession of Prescrip-
tion Drugs.
According to an incident
report supplied by Greer
Police, on Sept. 28 around
1:37 a.m. while on patrol
on E. Wade Hampton Blvd
and Hampton Rd, an offi-
cer observed the driver of
a blue vehicle stopped at
the red lights on Hampton
Rd.
The driver was in the
center left turning lane
and had his left turn sig-
nal on.
As the officer pulled
up behind him, the driv-
er suddenly turned right,
from the left turning lane.
The officer perceived
this abrupt change in di-
rection to be the driver
trying to avoid him.
The officer turned right
onto E. Wade Hampton
Blvd and followed the ve-
hicle for a short distance
and also noticed that the
vehicle’s tag light was out
and the left side view mir-
ror was hanging from the
door.
A traffic stop was con-
ducted on the vehicle, and
a strong odor of marijua-
na was detected coming
from the car. The officer
identified himself as a po-
lice officer and asked the
driver, identified as Tyler
Olson, if there was any
marijuana in the car.
Olson stated that he had
marijuana on his person
inside his short pockets.
The officer had Olson
get out of the vehicle, and
he conducted a probable
cause search of him and
located two bags of mari-
juana and a glass pipe.
Olson stated there was
also a grinder located in
the center console area of
the vehicle.
The officer then had the
front seat passenger, iden-
tified as Catlin Brewer, get
out of the vehicle.
Brewer stated that he
had smoked marijuana
earlier that day but did
not have any on his person
at the time.
A probable cause search
was conducted of the ve-
hicle. Inside the dash,
the officer located two
pill bottles with one label
scratched out with a pen
and the other with some-
one else’s name on the
bottle. In the back seat
of the vehicle behind the
passenger seat, the officer
located a book bag con-
taining several cut straws
and a pill bottle contain-
ed injuries as a result of
the incident. Just after 9
p.m. that night, deputies
observed a white Toyota
Camry, described as the
one used in the crime, at
3301 Wade Hampton Blvd.
The vehicle was occu-
pied by both Gardner and
Tate. During the course
of investigation, depu-
ties discovered a signifi-
cant amount of the stolen
property taken during the
it successful, we are able
to brighten the lives of
many children and start to
build a relationship with
them.”
Last year, the Cops for
Tots program in Greer
reached more than 300
children.
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ing three small bags.
Inside each bag was a
white rock substance and
half a pill that appeared to
be crushed.
The officer asked the oc-
cupants in the car whose
book bag was in the vehi-
cle to which Brewer stated
it was his.
The officer then asked
what was in the bags, and
he stated that it was Subu-
tex, which is a Schedule III
controlled substance.
The officer asked Brew-
er if he had a prescription
for the pills, and he stated
that he has just been buy-
ing them off the street.
Brewer and Olson were
placed in handcuffs, and
the vehicle was turned
over to a licensed driver.
Brewer and Olson were
transported to the Greer
City Jail without incident.
The glass pipe was en-
tered into property and
evidence for destruction.
The marijuana as well as
the pills were placed into
property and evidence for
analysis.
The crushed up pills
were also placed into
property and evidence for
analysis.
UNLAWFUL CARRY
Jamal Marcquies Gary,
31, of Huntersville, North
Carolina, has been charged
with Unlawful Carry of Pis-
tol, Unlawful Possession
of Schedule I Drugs and
Driving Under the Influ-
ence.
According to an incident
report supplied by Greer
Police, on Sept. 27 around
1 a.m., an officer was on
patrol in the area of S.
Main St. and W. Poinsett
St. when he observed the
driver of a Chevrolet Im-
pala traveling on S. Main
St. with his headlights off.
The officer began fol-
lowing the driver, and he
abruptly turned right onto
N. Miller St. from W. Poin-
sett St.
He accelerated and
turned left from N. Miller
onto W. Church St. with-
out coming to a complete
stop at the stop sign.
As the officer turned
onto W. Church St., the
driver abruptly turned
left onto Davenport and
then right back onto W.
Poinsett St., again without
coming to a complete stop
at the stop sign.
The officer was able to
catch up to the vehicle and
conduct a traffic stop.
After the officer acti-
vated his blue lights, the
driver continued driving
at around 38 mph.
After an unusually long
time following the vehicle
with his blue lights activat-
ed, the driver pulled over
into the Clock Restaurant.
The officer then made
contact with the driver,
Jamal Gary. The officer
asked Gary why he was
trying to evade him, and
he said it was because his
license plate was expired.
The officer asked Gary
if he had any drugs in the
car, and he said no.
The officer asked if he
had a gun in the car, and
he gave a noticeable pause.
The officer asked Gary
where the gun was, and
he stated it was inside his
lunch box, which was sit-
ting on the back seat.
The officer asked Gary
to get out of the car and
placed him in handcuffs.
The officer noticed that
robbery, as well as the
weapon believed to have
been used.
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main in the Greenville
County Detention Center
on a temporary bond.
 
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Gary smelled strongly of
alcoholic beverage.
The officer conducted
a probable cause search
of Gary’s vehicle for the
unlawfully carried pistol
and located a silver Smith
& Wesson 9mm inside the
lunch box.
The officer found Gary
to be federally prohibited
from possessing a firearm
and searched Gary’s car
for additional weapons
and located a vape pen
insert, which was partially
loaded with a thick brown
wax substance, which ap-
peared to be THC oil.
The officer asked Gary if
the liquid inside the vape
pen was THC, and he stat-
ed it was.
Gary was placed under
arrest and transported to
the Greer City Jail.
His car was towed by
Barnes Towing.
STOLEN GOODS
William White, 23, of
Greer has been charged
with Possession of Stolen
Goods less than $1,000
and Driving Under Sus-
pension (second offense).
According to an incident
report supplied by Greer
Police, on Sept. 27, while
patrolling the area of 705
North Main Street (Waf-
fle House), an officer ob-
served a gray Toyota Yaris
with the running lights on
and two people sitting in
the parking lot.
As the officer passed by
them, he ran the tag and
circled the parking lot.
While doing this, the oc-
cupants exited the vehicle
and hastily walked into
the Waffle House.
The tag was showing
stolen, and the officer
then parked behind the
vehicle and went inside to
make contact with the oc-
cupants.
They were located in
a booth, and the officer
asked both people what
vehicle they drove, and
they stated the Toyota
Yaris.
When asked who drove,
the male William White
stated that he did.
White was then asked to
come outside and talk.
He immediately stated,
is this about the tag with-
out me mentioning that it
was stolen.
At this point, White was
placed in handcuffs to
await conformation that
the tag was stolen through
dispatch.
White stated that he
received the tag from a
friend to borrow.
Once this was con-
firmed, White was in-
formed that he was under
arrest for Possession of
Stolen Goods.
PETIT LARCENY
Randon Biggerstaff, 17,
of Greer has been charged
with Petit Larceny.
According to an incident
report supplied by Greer
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Police, on Sept. 20 around
midnight, an officer re-
sponded to the area of
Milky Way in reference to
assisting another officer
at an assault.
As the officer ap-
proached a residence, he
witnessed a male subject,
later identified as Randon
Biggerstaff, running from
the drive way and jumping
onto a bicycle.
Biggerstaff continued
down the middle of the
street of Milky Way until
he looked over his shoul-
der and saw the patrol ve-
hicle.
As the officer stopped
his vehicle at another res-
idence, Biggerstaff abrupt-
ly jumped off the bicycle,
laying it on the ground
and stood next to it.
The officer then exited
his patrol car, unknown if
Biggerstaff was related to
the original call with an-
other officer.
The officer asked Bigger-
staff if he was involved in
the assault.
Biggerstaff stated, no,
my friend told me to do it.
The officer asked Bigger-
staff what he was referring
to and advised him that he
saw him exiting the house
down the street.
Biggerstaff stated his
friend told him to take the
bike, so he just took it.
To confirm, the officer
asked Biggerstaff whose
bicycle he was on.
Biggerstaff stated he did
not know; he took it from
down the street; he didn’t
want to walk home.
Biggerstaff was advised
he was being detained un-
til the officer investigated
further.
The officer placed the
bicycle in the trunk of the
patrol car and returned to
the residence down the
street.
Biggerstaff confirmed
he took the bicycle from
this location in the front
drive way.
The officer made con-
tact with a Spartanburg
County Deputy, the home
owner, and asked him if
he was missing anything
from his property.
The deputy had several
of his children’s bicycles
outside in the front drive
way but quickly advised
his 11-year-old son’s blue
bicycle was missing.
The deputy was shown
and confirmed the bicy-
cle in the back of the of-
ficer’s patrol car belonged
to him.
The deputy advised the
value of the bicycle was
$70 and would like to
press charges.
Biggerstaff was advised
he was under arrest for
Petit Larceny, was hand-
cuffed, searched and
transported to the Greer
City Jail.
The deputy was issued
a subpoena for court, and
pictures of the bicycle
were taken.
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FROM PAGE ONE
Mountain View in our lives
and everyone here. Ev-
erybody makes sure that
she’s not ever going to be
forgotten.”
Last month as part of
Childhood Cancer Aware-
ness activities, the school
recognized Skyla’s Su-
perhero Day, allowing
students to dress in their
favorite costumes–a tradi-
tion begun by Skyla her-
self during her battle with
Leukemia while a student.
The event was natural
for the brave, spunky five-
year-old who was diag-
nosed March 7, 2013. She
dressed as superman on
the first Superhero Day,
but had several other alter
egos to choose from.
“From the time she was
very little, she just had
something about her per-
sonality. She was very easy
going. All the kids got
along with her. Definitely
a tomboy,” Shannon said.
“One of her superpowers
was to just keep a good
attitude during all of her
treatment. Everything she
went through she always
had a good attitude.”
“She was the only girl
playing football with us.
She was good,” said Skyla’s
friend Andrew Gray. “She
was funny. She always had
a sense of humor. She just
hung with all the boys. She
was a good friend.”
Qualities echoed by her
other friends, Preston
Hill, Chase Shirley, Hunter
Johnson and Ian Leitch.
“It’s sad, but it’s still fun
remembering her, how
she was really funny and
played with the boys the
most,” Leitch said.
Friends Dalena Seppa-
la, Marlee Highsmith and
Asher Mason remember
her humor and loyalty.
“I was in with her for
one year, just third grade.
From the short time I
knew her, she would al-
ways light up the room
with all her laughs and her
smiles,” Highsmith said.
“She would pull a bunch
of pranks.”
“She was always nice to
us, and she always cared
about each other. She
would defend her friends,”
Mason said.
“She had a spirit of nev-
er giving up and faith in
a miracle. She believed
wholeheartedly that she
was going to get a miracle
and although we thought
it was going to be a miracle
on earth, she definitely got
her miracle, she’s in heav-
en and she’s pain-free. Her
faith and her fighting spir-
it is what keeps us going
everyday,” Shannon said.
Skyla passed away Oct.
25, 2016.
Last summer, the school
celebrated her life by in-
stalling a rock garden path
to her favorite tree on the
playground.
“As she was coming to
school terminally ill, her
energy was very low, so
she would go play with the
kids and when she ran out
of energy, she told them
she was going to ‘medi-
tate’ under the tree with-
out telling them she was
too tired to play. And all
the boys followed,” said
Brian Forcier, Skyla’s dad.
A local landscaping
company donated rocks,
students painted them
and fellow parent James
Fifth graders gathered around Skyla’s ‘meditating tree’ behind the rock garden path that
Mountain View students created in her memory.
Lajoie donated time, labor
and sealant to help com-
plete the project.
“Skyla was my Superhe-
ro! She will always live in
our hearts,” said Elaine
Parris, Skyla’s third grade
teacher. “The Class of
2025 will always remem-
ber the good times we
shared at Mountain View
in room 302.”
SKYLA STRONG
During Skyla’s cancer
battle, she was energized
by donuts and activities.
“While Skyla was at the
end of her treatment,
twice a week we would
have to go to clinic for her
to get blood and platelets,
and we weren’t going there
without Krispy Kreme do-
nuts. It became a weekly
thing that we were stop-
ping at Krispy Kreme, go-
ing to the hospital…once
she got her procedure, she
could eat her donuts,” Bri-
an said.
“After Skyla passed, I
really felt like I needed to
bring donuts to the hos-
pital. In the back of my
brain, I had an idea that I
wanted to do what a lot of
people did for Skyla while
she was there, bring gift
bags and toys and little
things.”
Noticing the difference
it made to their daughter
to have random people
bringing items by during
long stretches in the hos-
pital (one stretch for 47
days straight), the family
saw an opportunity to give
back and created Skyla
Strong.
The first mission of
the non-profit is to bring
smiles to children battling
cancer and comfort and
support to their families.
Each Thursday, Brian de-
livers donuts and gift bags
of games and toys to the
hospital.
“Mainly we’re catering
to the kids, bringing them
silly string, whoopee cush-
ions, zapping pens…just
fun prank stuff, anything
just to keep them occu-
pied throughout the day,”
Brian said.
“A lot of prank stuff
because that’s what Skyla
loved,” Shannon said. “The
nurses and the doctors
can tell you all about her
pranks.”
Skyla Strong’s second
mission of helping parents
Skyla Forcier’s parents and siblings stand with the custom
portrait painted by Jared Emerson. Clockwise from top
left: Brian, Shannon, Maycee, Isaiah and Malayna.
make the time left with
their terminal children as
special as possible was
inspired by Tim McGraw’s
song “Live Like You Are
Dying.”
“When we left MUSC
that day coming home
with Skyla, I had to really
think about the song and
listen to the song,” said
Brian of the day that the
doctors informed the fam-
ily that there was nothing
more that could medically
be done for his 8-year-old
daughter and that they
would have four to six
weeks left with her. “Re-
ally it’s a great song, and
that’s what I told Skyla.
We were going to live this
way. And for 17 weeks, we
did. We partied like rock
stars.”
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“We took a [private] jet
to California. She said she
wanted to go eat a cheese-
burger in San Diego–she
really meant San Francisco
cause when we got to San
Diego, she asked where
the bridge was. We went to
Legoland,” he said. “If you
have a terminal child, you
don’t know if it is today
or tomorrow. After having
done that, I realized that
other families could do
that.”
Since beginning, Skyla
Strong has been able to
help four children realize
special events including a
trip to Great Wolfe Lodge,
a chartered fishing trip
and party with bounce
houses, a zoo trip and
magician visit, and a trip
to Disney World (given to
4 years old,
like new condition.
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THE GREER CITIZEN A9
BECOMING AWARE  |
Teacher Assistant Cindy Fitts helped begin Mountain View Ele-
mentary’s tradition of recognizing Childhood Cancer Awareness
Month. Here, she shares her inspiration:
W hen we came up with the idea for celebrating Child-
hood Cancer Awareness month, we had three awe-
some little girls. Rayleigh was in K5 and a survivor, Skyla was in
1st grade and fighting and Shaelyn was in 2nd grade and a
survivor. What are the odds of having these three awesome
girls in one school?
‘I feel that I am a better person because
Skyla was in my life. I am a better mom,
teacher, and friend because of the
lessons I learned from her.’
Cindy Fitts
Teacher Assistant, Mountain View Elementary
The idea behind it was to educate the students and parents
that childhood cancer is affecting our school community. The
next year in September, Rayleigh was in K5 (2.0), Skyla was in
2nd grade and Shaelyn was in 3rd grade. At this time Skyla
was in remission from ALL. However, in January of 2nd grade
Skyla was diagnosed with AML. The day before she left for
MUSC and a bone marrow transplant we had a huge school
wide parade to send her off! She would miss the rest of 2nd
grade.
In July before she was to start 3rd grade she was sent home
with hospice to live as long as God allowed. She was amazing!
She was determined to be a normal, wild and carefree kiddo.
During September of 3rd grade we had an awesome celebra-
tion! Jared Emerson came and painted a 8 x 8 ft. canvas in
front of the entire school. The students were so thrilled!
On October 25 Skyla’s Earthly fight ended and she was final-
ly healed. Mountain View went into mourning for our best
friend. The parents and community rallied around us and we
could feel the love.
During our many celebrations our school has collected toys
and books for Happy Wheels, MUSC and the Greenville cancer
center.
In the nearly two years since then, Skyla is still with us. We
will never forget our wonderful friend! We will never forget
that life is precious and we should live it to the fullest.
I feel that I am a better person because Skyla was in my life. I
am a better mom, teacher, and friend because of the lessons I
learned from her. Always find a way to make a difference.
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the anniversary of her to love no matter what we
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raising Fair is planned for embrace differences and
Saturday, Oct. 27, noon-4 show compassion to one
p.m. at Eastside Apostolic another. Skyla taught us
Lutheran Church. all what it means to really
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018 

Eastside downs BLAME

CANNADA

Berea, 46-0 BILLY

CANNADA
BY BILLY CANNADA On the ground, Randy
SPORTS EDITOR

Eastside picked up its

second region win of the
Veal and Bayne also found
the end zone, although
Max Louris led the charge
Two-day
with 65 rushing yards.

season last Friday, topping
Berea 46-0 on the road.
With the win, the Eagles
improve to 6-1 on the sea-
son with games against
Blue Ridge, Greer and
Greenville remaining.
Eastside got off to a hot
start against the Bulldogs,
scoring 19 points in the
first quarter. That lead
extended to 32-0 by half-
time, as the Eagle offense
put up staggering num-
bers.
Four different Eagle re-
ceivers caught touchdown
passes, with Gray Bayne,
PHOTO | COURTESY OF JUSTIN BAUSTERT Payton Mangrum, Reggie
Rodgers and Kodi Jones
Eastside’s Max Louris led his team in rushing against Berea last Friday on the road. each hauling in one.
Marshall Skoloff and
Dawson Conrad shared
snaps once again at quar-
terback. Skoloff was 7-7 in
the contest with 114 yards
and two touchdown pass-
es. Conrad was 4-8 on the
night with 52 yards and
two touchdown passes.
The Eagles are currently
tied for first place in the
region with Greer at 2-0.
At 1-1 are Greenville and
Blue Ridge, and at 0-2 are
Travelers Rest and Berea.
The top four teams will
make the playoffs, with
the top two receiving
home playoff games.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
D
oes it bother anyone
else that Amazon can
and will get anything
to your doorstep in two
days?
Some people don’t ques-
tion this. They just think,
‘Oh what a connivence.
What would we ever do
without two-day ship-
ping?’
But my thoughts are
very different.
I often think….are they
watching me?
What kind of surveil-
lance have they be doing
on me that they can be
confident in a two-day
shipping promise on
every order?
It’s a bit weird and it
goes against every shop-
ping habit I learned as a

Greer young boy.

Last week, one of my
favorite bands put out
an album that I wanted

to host
to purchase. This doesn’t
happen often, so I wanted
to pick it up that day.
Here’s the thing. I don’t

Berea
do the whole iTunes-
download-it-straight-to-
your-phone nonsense.
This would work if I had a
car that was new enough

Friday to play music from my

phone, but I do not, so I
still enjoy having a physi-
cal copy of the CD.
During Can I pause here for
a minute to ask what in

Homecoming the world is wrong with a

BY LELAND BURCH
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
This Friday night’s
challenge for Greer
High’s football team
will be the Yellow Jack-
ets themselves. Now 6-1
and tied for the Region
II lead, Greer will host
Berea, the last place re-
gion team and one that is
unlikely to pull an upset.
But this is Greer’s
Homecoming, an event
that could prove to be a
distraction for the play-
ers. And even though the
last time Greer lost to a
Berea team was in 1983,
Coach Will Young has his
work cut out to keep the
Yellow Jackets focused.
“Obviously Berea has
struggled this year.
They’ve had a tough go
good old fashioned com-
pact disc??
This whole column is
about to sound very “get
off my lawn,” but when
did we cast out CDs and
DVDs and why? Just
because digital music and
movies exist doesn’t mean
that’s the only way I want
to consume them. There’s
value in having a physical
copy of things. It makes it
feel more yours.
Anyway, Saturday morn-
ing, I set off to find this
album in a store, know-
ing with certainty that
this band had released
CD copies (some don’t).
The first place I thought
to look was Best Buy
because, in my memory,
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN they had the biggest CD
collection of anyone. It
Matthew Huff led the Greer offense to another dominating performance Friday night, as the Jackets cruised past wasn’t that long ago (at
Travelers Rest on the road. least I thought) that I had
purchased music from

Yellow Jackets ease past TR

of it,” Young says of the
1-6 Bulldogs. “So I look
at this as a challenge of
always wanting to play
good football to perform
well because it’s a Friday
night. The only fear we
had going to Travelers
Rest last week was that
we might play at a lev-
el we don’t want to play
at. You have to trust the
kids will see the big pic-
ture and want to get back
where we were last year,
playing for the upper
state title.”
Young continued, “It’s
simple: either the kids
want to get better or they
don’t. So far, this group
SEE GREER | B4
BY LELAND BURCH group of kids, though.
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN They were focused in
practice, and when they
Greer broke a prece- got off the bus, they
dent of stumbling out were ready and played at
of the gate at Travelers a good level.
Rest, and the result was “A lot of the kids played
a one-sided 58-6 rout of really well,” Young con-
the Devildogs in a Friday tinued, singling out Dre
night road game. Williams who rushed
“We challenged the for 137 yards and three
kids about how we have touchdowns, and his
not started well in the back-ups Zeph Cox and
past over here,” said Zech Evans. “Then too,
Greer Coach Will Young. Mathew Huff did a good
“This is a pretty mature job at quarterback, while
our wide receivers con-
tinued to do well at
catching and blocking.
Our defense played well
as usual. The only prob-
lem I saw was we should
get some pass intercep-
tions when we have a
chance, and we didn’t.”
The Devildogs, with
one of their better teams
in recent years, attract-
ed a full house at Chico
Bolin Stadium. They were
treated to a Greer defen-
sive show that complete-
ly shut down the home
team except for one se-
ries.
By the second half, the
home stands had emp-
tied, and the referees
were running the clock
faster than rabbit fleeing
from a pack of hounds.
After a 90 minute first
half, the last two quar-
ters went by in less than
30 minutes as Greer im-
proved to 6-1 overall and
2-0 in the region.
SEE JACKETS | B4
Best Buy. So when I en-
tered the store and didn’t
find the first CD, you
could imagine my sur-
prise. No CDs? Not even
one rack of CDs?
I was frustrated. Of all
the antiquated things
in a Best Buy, CDs were
taking up the most room,
apparently.
I went from there
to Barnes and Noble.
Now, I didn’t anticipate
Barnes and Noble coming
through, but it was worth
a shot. A place with books
might have CDs. Those
two things are a match
made in heaven.
They did have a rack of
albums, but not the one I
was looking for.
No big deal. It didn’t
cost me much time.

Rebels use strong start

I got back in the car and
drove to Target. Now, I
know for a fact that I’ve
purchased an album by
this band from Target

to outlast Mauldin within the last year. Sure-

BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Rebel offense piled
31 points on Mauldin be-
fore hitting cruise control
at Nixon Field Friday night.
The result was a 31-20
win for Byrnes, the team’s
fourth region victory in a
row.
“You want to compete
well and build some mo-
mentum, and we felt like
jumped out on them in
the first half,” head coach
Reggie Shaw said. “Our
guys were kind of in cruise
control for a while in the
second half, so we have
to do a better job of keep-
ing the gas on. You have
to give Mauldin credit,
though. They fought hard
until the last play.”
ly they would have it.
But wouldn’t you know
that Target has also
waged war on the com-
‘You want to be playing your best ball pact disc. Of the 10 CDs,
they had, the one I was
at this time of year, so that’s what we’re looking for could not be
found.
working toward.’ I was heading back to
the front of the store,
very angry, when I pulled
Reggie Shaw out my phone. Before I
Byrnes head coach reached the parking lot,
I had the CD ordered off
The game opened with The Rebels scored one Amazon with the promise
a 63-yard Byrnes drive last time in the half on a of two-day shipping.
capped with a 3-yard 30-yard pass from Scott to I don’t like that I’m
score from Rahjai Harris. Braylin Johnson. forced to participate
A Clayton Crile field goal The Mavericks put up a in this ridiculous on-
moments later pushed the fight in the second half, line-shopping culture. If
lead to 10-0. but the Rebel defense held millennials are killing the
Quarterback Lawrence strong to come away with brick and mortar retail-
Scott got going on an en- the win. ers, I promise it’s not me
suing possession, toss- “Finishing has been a that’s doing it!
ing a 66-yard touchdown point of emphasis for us,” BILLY CANNADA | THE GREER CITIZEN
pass to Kris Byrd. He then Shaw said. “We’ve changed
rushed for five yards to how we train. We’re trying Rahjai Harris led Byrnes to its fourth region win of the
extend the lead to 24-0. SEE REBELS | B2 season last Friday at Nixon.
B2 THE GREER CITIZEN SPORTS
Weekly
Wrap
PLAYERS OF WEEK 7  |
DEFENSIVE
Kaden Jennings EHS
LINEMAN
Jakyre Kerns Greer
OFFENSIVE
Braylin Johnson Byrnes
WEEK 8 GAMES  | us,” Shaw said. “This is
Blue Ridge at Eastside
Byrnes at Dorman
Greer vs. Berea
Riverside vs. Gaffney
WEEK 7 SCORES  | BY BILLY CANNADA
Blue Ridge 0 Greenville 50
Byrnes 31 Mauldin 20
Eastside 46 Berea 0
Greer 58 Travelers Rest 6
Riverside 19 Hillcrest 51
SCHEDULES/RECORD  |
BLUE RIDGE
Aug. 17..........0 Landrum 42
Aug. 31...........7 Chesnee 42
Sept. 7..........0 Chapman 42
Sept. 14.................13 TR 44
Sept. 21...........6 Vernon 34
Sept. 28............. 26 Berea 0
Oct. 5...........0 Greenville 50
Oct. 12...............at Eastside
Oct. 19.......... Travelers Rest
Oct. 26................... at Greer
BYRNES
Aug. 17............. 39 Greer 26
Aug. 24. 41 Northwestern21
Aug. 31...... 17 Don Bosco 22
Sept. 14..............26 Spart 7
Sept. 21.........34 Gaffney 14
Sept. 28.......45 Riverside 20
Oct. 5............31 Mauldin 20
Oct. 12............... at Dorman
Oct. 19...............at Hillcrest
Oct. 26........ Boiling Springs
EASTSIDE
Aug. 17...... 22 Southside 18
Aug. 24........47 Riverside 21
Aug. 31...27 W. Hampton 21
Sept. 14.........33 Broome 28
Sept. 21...... 23 Chapman 49
Sept. 28............ 56 at TR 55
Oct. 5..............45 at Berea 0
Oct. 12...............Blue Ridge
Oct. 19.......................Greer
Oct. 26................Greenville
GREER
Aug. 17........... 26 Byrnes 39
Aug. 24.. 37 Spartanburg 17
Aug. 31........48 Westside 14
Sept. 7............40 Mauldin 3
Sept. 14.. 42 Union County 7
Sept. 28. 28 at Greenville 20
Oct. 5...................58 at TR 6
Oct. 12...................... Berea
Oct. 19...............at Eastside
Oct. 26...............Blue Ridge
RIVERSIDE
Aug. 17....... 14 Trav. Rest 35
Aug. 24.........21 Eastside 47
Aug. 31........ 6 Southside 56
Sept. 14.0 Boiling Springs 51
Sept. 21........13 Mauldin 49
Sept. 28...... 20 at Byrnes 45
Oct. 5........ 19 at Hillcrest 51
Oct. 12................... Gaffney
Oct. 19........ at Spartanburg
Oct. 26................... Dorman
Blue Ridge struggled to get anything going against Greenville at home last Friday.
Tigers fall to Greenville
SPORTS EDITOR
Blue Ridge couldn’t keep
its newfound momentum
alive last Friday night, fall-
ing at home to Greenville,
50-0.
The Tigers, who hadn’t
won a game all season,
were coming off a 26-0 vic-
tory over Berea last week.
PLAYERS OF WEEK 7
DEFENSIVE PLAYER
OF THE WEEK
KADEN
JENNINGS
EASTSIDE DB #41
SOPHOMORE
13 Tackles
7 Solo Tackles
Crusaders pick up first conference loss
At No. 5
West Georgia
The North Greenville
football team dropped its
first Gulf South Confer-
ence game on the season
on Saturday, falling 31-7
to the fifth-ranked West
Georgia Wolves.
The Wolves are the sec-
ond consecutive top 25
team the Crusaders have
played in the last two
weeks, having knocked off
West Alabama last Satur-
day.
On the first drive, West
Georgia took the ball 43
yards down field before
fumbling at their own 49.
North Greenville took pos-
session, but the Crusader
drive went nowhere and
the Wolves proceeded to
drive 98 yards to gain a 7-0
lead. The Crusaders failed
to score on their first drive
of the second period and
were forced to punt. UWG
took over on the NGU 15
after a punt return of 20
yards and an NGU penal-
ty but the defense stood
for the Crusaders, forc-
ing a West Georgia field
goal to make it 10–0 with
12:28 left in the quarter.
The Wolves would tack on
two more touchdowns in
the second quarter using
a 47–yard return on an in-
terception and a 71–yard
rushing score to make it
24–0 at the half.
Another North Green-
ville punt led to West
Georgia’s only score of the
second half. The Wolves
took over at the 19 yard
line and drove 81 yards on
12 plays to extend their
lead to 31 – points. The
third quarter TD would be
The game against the
Red Raiders got out of
hand early, however, as
Greenville jumped out
to a 33-0 at the half. The
Tiger offense had no an-
swer, and the Red Raiders
cruised to their first re-
gion win of the season.
Leading the charge for
Greenville was Tyrique
Simmons, who caught two
OFFENSIVE PLAYER
OF THE WEEK
BRAYLIN
JOHNSON
BYRNES WR #7
JUNIOR
114 Receiving Yards
1 Touchdown
Crusader
Corner
the only score of the half
for the Wolves but NGU
was unable to take advan-
tage of the lack of scoring.
The NGU offense was
held in check for much of
the game, finishing with
just 171 yards of total of-
fense. The Crusaders were
finally able to find pay dirt
late in the fourth quarter
when Will Hunter found
Bruce to make it 31–7.
The Wolves would take
the ensuing drive and take
it 70 yards but use a pair
of quarterback kneels to
run out the clock.
Will Hunter finished the
game with 119 passing
yards and was 12 of 27
with a touchdown and an
interception. Lucas Catal-
fomo led the team with
44 receiving yards while
Bruce had the game’s only
touchdown. Dominique
Hunt led the defense with
nine tackles on the day
while seven players com-
bined for five tackles for
a loss. Travis Beatty had a
forced fumble and a recov-
ery to go along with five
tackles.
LADY CRUSADERS
TOP CHOWAN, 1-0
Megan Biehl came
through for the Lady Cru-
saders scoring the only
goal to lead the North
Greenville soccer team
past the Chowan Hawks
1-0. North Greenville now
holds a 5-2 Conference
Carolinas record, which
puts them in sole posses-
sion of second place in the
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018
REBELS: To face Dorman
FROM B1
to train smarter and keep
Shaw said the Cavaliers
are strongest on offense.
“Offense is probably
guys healthy. Hopefully, their strong point,” Shaw
we can stay fresh and bal- said. “They run the ball
anced in what we’re doing. well but they also have
You want to be playing three receivers that are
your best ball at this time gargantuan. You have to
of year, so that’s what defend the whole field
we’re working toward.” against them.”
Up next for Byrnes is a “On defense, they’ll put
rivalry matchup with Dor- you in some binds with
man. Although the region their formations, so you
implications are obvious, have to be ready for any-
Shaw said his team is thing,” he said.
treating this week like ev- The Rebels are anticipat-
ery other week. ing a tough atmosphere,
“It’s a typical week for similar to what you would
another game. You can’t
see in the postseason.
“It should be a play-
overemphasize it. You off-type atmposphere,”
PHOTO | COURTESY OF TED CONWELL don’t want your guys play- Shaw said. “There should
ing tight. They’re a very be a large crowd that’s
good team that has had a pretty rowdy, so it’ll be a
lot of success through the lot of fun.”
years. They’ll be a tough
opponent.” billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
touchdown passes for 56
PLAYERS OF WEEK 6
yards. Davis Beville went
15-18 at quarterback,
throwing three touch-
downs in the process.
The Tigers next game
will be on the road at East-
side this Friday night. The
Eagles are currently 2-0 in
the region with wins over
Travelers Rest and Berea.
LINEMAN
OF THE WEEK PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Greer’s Andrew McGee was named The Greer Citizen/
Owens Insurance Lineman of the Week for Week 6.
Pictured left to right are coach Will Young and McGee.
JAKYRE
KERNS
GREER DE #12
JUNIOR
4 Solo Tackles
2 Sacks
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Blue Ridge’s Shayne van Wettering was named The Greer
Citizen/Owens Insurance Defensive Player of the Week for
Week 6. Pictured are van Wettering and James Thurn.
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
North Greenville football dropped its first conference game of the season last week.
regular season standings.
NGU began the match as
the aggressors, putting up
the first two shots of the
match. Both teams would
have several opportunities
throughout the half, but
the match would remain
scoreless at the half. Late
in the half, Madison Kelly
was charged with her first
yellow card of the season.
Both teams recorded six
shots each in the half, but
only three shots were on
goal with NGU recording
two.
The action slowed down
in the second half with
both teams recording just PHOTO | SUBMITTED
four shots each. However,
Megan Biehl came through The Lady Crusaders recently notched a 1-0 victory over
with her fourth goal of the Chowan.
season in the 79th minute,
which would end up being Emma Shearer recorded the season.
the game-winner. Brianna 3 shots with 1 on goal. Natalie Johnson played
Rowe would only have to Megan Biehl scored the all 90 minutes and took 2
save one shot in the half to only goal of the match. shots.
preserve the shutout.  The goal was her 4th of
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 WEDNESDAY,
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CITIZEN B3
6, 2016

Elliott grabs victory at Dover Bell wins Xfinity

BY REID SPENCER
NASCAR WIRE
What looked like a Stew-
art-Haas Racing victory pa-
rade for much of Sunday
afternoon ended in a wild
overtime scramble, with
Chase Elliott taking the
checkered flag in the Gan-
der Outdoors 400 at Dover
International Speedway.
On considerably older
tires, Elliott pulled ahead
cleared runner-up Denny
Hamlin through Turns 1
and 2 after a restart on
Lap 403 and powered his
No. 9 Hendrick Motor-
sports Chevrolet across
the finish line .265 second
ahead of Hamlin’s Toyota.
With the victory—his
second of the season and
the second of his career—
Elliott punched his ticket
into the Round of 8 in the
Monster Energy NASCAR
Cup Series Playoffs, extri-
cating himself from the
bottom four in the post-
season standings.
“This was a lot about
perseverance,” said Elliott,
who recovered from a pen-
alty for an uncontrolled
tire incurred during a yel-
low-flag pit stop on Lap
123. “We had a penalty
early and fell behind and
luckily had a good enough
car and good strategy to
get back (to the front).
What a day!”
The win was a satisfying
turnaround from the same
race last year, when Elliott
had victory in his sights,
only to be tracked down
and passed by Kyle Busch
on the next-to-last lap.
“Definitely think it
makes it sweeter, for
sure,” Elliott said. “You
don’t appreciate it in
those moments, b but to
come back here and have
Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane
after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Gander Outdoors 400 at Dover
International Speedway on Oct. 7.
the day we had...
“We get to move on to
the next round, and I don’t
have to worry about Talla-
dega next week. It’s just a
hell of a day.”
The move that won the
race was crew chief Alan
Gustafson’s decision to
keep Elliott on the track
with tires that were more
than 50 laps old, when
most of the other lead-lap
cars opted to pit on Lap
393 after Clint Bowyer’s
Ford slammed into the
Turn 4 wall one lap earlier.
Elliott led the field to
a restart on Lap 397, but
on the backstretch during
that circuit, Aric Almirola
nicked the outside wall
and started a chain-re-
action collision that also
damaged the cars of fel-
low Playoff drivers Brad
Keselowski, Alex Bowman,
Martin Truex Jr. and Ryan
PHOTO | BRIAN LAWDERMILK/GETTY IMAGES
Blaney. tion called on Lap 339, but
NASCAR red-flagged the he couldn’t work his way
race, and Elliott outran back to the front before
Hamlin in an overtime that the race ended.
extended the event four Joey Logano dodged
laps beyond its scheduled the Almirola wreck and
distance. The only laps El- finished third, followed
liott led were the last 11. by Erik Jones, Kurt Busch
Kevin Harvick, on the and Harvick. Austin Dil-
other hand, was out front lon ran seventh, one spot
for 286 of the 404 laps in ahead of Kyle Busch, who
a No. 4 Ford that was the snared his top 10 despite
clear class of the field. dealing with a malfunc-
Harvick swept the first tioning track bar adjuster
two stages, as he had done throughout the afternoon.
during his June victory at “You use it (the track
the Monster Mile and ap- bar) a lot here because
peared headed for anoth- of the tire wear and tire
er perfect afternoon, but build-up,” Busch said.
the 2014 series champion “Cars get loose over cours-
had to return to pit road es of the run. Not having
under green for an extra that and not knowing
tire change after a flying where it was (set), I had no
lug nut knocked the valve clue where it was through-
stem off Harvick’s left rear out the whole day. We
tire. came in here poised to not
Harvick regained the lap run very well, and that’s
he lost under a debris cau- how we did.”
race in playoff
BY REID SPENCER
NASCAR WIRE  Today we had (sponsor)
In a scene that has be-
come all but routine this
season, Christopher Bell
won Saturday’s Bar Harbor
200 at Dover International
Speedway, collecting his
sixth victory in his rookie
year in the NASCAR Xfin-
ity Series.
What was not routine
was the desperation bat-
tle for the final spot in
the Round of 8 of the
Xfinity Playoffs. In the
closing moments of the
race, after a restart on
Lap 184 of 200, Matt Tifft
and Ross Chastain dueled
for the right to move on
to the next round, with
Tifft getting the edge by
three points and ending
Chastain’s Cinderella run.
Already locked into the
Round of 8 by virtue of
his Round of 12 victory
at Richmond, Bell led the
field to a restart with 17
laps left and pulled away
for the victory, eventually
taking the checkered flag
.525 seconds ahead of
Cole Custer, who also ad-
vanced to the next round
of the Playoffs.
“It the means the world,”
said Bell, who broke a tie
with Greg Biffle, Kyle Bus-
ch and Carl Edwards for
most victories in the series
as a Sunoco rookie. “To be
able to have the season
we’ve had, it’s been a ca-
reer year for me. It’s all
credit to everyone at Joe
Gibbs Racing and my crew
chief Jason Ratcliff.
“Everyone that works
at the shop to put these
Camrys together… We
have really fast cars every
time we go to the track. All
of our partners deserve it.
Rheem on the car, other
weeks we’ve had Ruud and
GameStop. Everyone that
makes this happen, I’m
thankful to be a part of it
and drive for them.”
Bell’s record victory
aside, it was the accident
that led to the final re-
start that infused the clos-
ing laps with drama. On
Lap 179, Chastain moved
Tifft’s Chevrolet with his
bumper, nudging the No. 2
Camaro up the track into
the No. 60 Ford of Chase
Briscoe.
Briscoe spun in front of
Tifft, who saved his Play-
off life with a deft move
around Briscoe’s car.
“By the time the 60 was
spinning, I was about to
spin into the 60,” Tifft
said. “There were a lot of
words I probably shouldn’t
be saying as I was trying
to save it. You’re so on the
edge of grip already that,
when somebody gets into
the back of you here, it’s
everything you can do to
save it, let alone hit anoth-
er car in there.
“Thank goodness we
were able to save it there.
I thought for sure we had
lost it at that point.”
Regular-season cham-
pion Justin Allgaier (third
Saturday) also advanced to
the Round of 8, along with
(pole winner) Daniel Hem-
ric (seventh), Austin Cin-
dric (eighth), Elliott Sadler
(11th) and Tyler Reddick
(14th). Chastain finished
13th and Tifft 15th.
Eliminated from the
Playoffs were Chastain,
Brandon Jones (sixth),
Ryan Truex (10th) and
Ryan Reed (16th).

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B4 THE GREER CITIZEN SPORTS
JACKETS: Cruise past Travelers Rest with big nights on offense and defense
FROM B1
Travelers Rest dropped
to 5-2 overall and 1-2 in
the region.
Greer needed only two
touches to put up 14 ear-
ly points. The carnage
began when Dre Williams
wove his way through
most of the Travelers
Rest defense during a
62-yard touchdown run
on Greer’s first play from
scrimmage. Edwin Sales
kicked his first of eight
extra points.
Three plays later, Greer
forced a Devildogs punt
that Williams gathered
in and returned 72 yards
for a touchdown, putting
the Yellow Jackets up 14-
0.
Backed up at their own
six-yard line, the Dogs
turned to quarterback
Wilson Hendricks who
delivered passes of 37
and 17 yards to get them
out of the hole. A penalty
against Greer provided
another first down. Hen-
dricks then found wide
receiver Derrick Fields
in the end zone on a
32-yard pass that sailed
over a Yellow Jacket de-
fender who went for an
interception and missed.
GREER: To take on Berea this Friday for homecoming
FROM B1
has been very mature in
handling the schedule in
front of them. During the
first five games, which
were very tough, there
was a chance they could
have gone another way.
But they didn’t. They
handled those games
very well, without any
panic. They are very
business like, and that is
what I expect this Friday
night if the kids want to
make sure we are getting
better.”
As for Homecoming,
Young said, “We are
practicing in the after-
noons when a lot of the
Homecoming activities
are going on, and we
will not be on the field
during the halftime fes-
tivities. The kids may be
excited about Homecom-
ing week, and the school
will probably have a pep
rally on Friday. But they
don’t spend a lot of time
talking about Homecom-
ing.”
Then there is the in-
jury factor. Trey Hous-
Sports
Roundup
EASTSIDE SWIM TEAMS
WIN STATE
Eastside High boys and
girls swim teams recently
became the 2018 AAAA
State Championship win-
ners.
The wins represent the
four consecutive champi-
onships for the boys team
and two for the girls.
The Riverside High girls
swim team finished sec-
ond overall in state com-
petition recently. The boys
team placed third overall.
Byrnes High girls swim
team placed eighth in the
state competition.
BRMS VOLLEYBALL
ARE CHAMPIONS
The Blue Ridge Middle
volleyball team recently
became the 2018-2019 Re-
gion Champions.
GMC VOLLEYBALL TEAM
SUPPORTS CHARITY
The Greer Middle Col-
lege Charter High raised
over $450 at the Go Gold
Volleyball Game for Jack
Williams and the Chil-
dren’s Oncology Unit at
Greenville Hospital Sys-
tem.
BR CROSS COUNTRY WINS,
PLACES AT EVENTS
The Blue Ridge High
Cross Country teams com-
peted in the Starlight Res-
ervation Run at Riverside
High last week.
The JV Boys finished 5th
overall led by Jake Dentler
with a personal record of
18:30 and a second place
finish.
The Varsity Girls fin-
ished third. Khursten
Thompson and Hattie
Jennings ran a 21:20, and
Greer safety Ethan Alex-
ander knifed sailed into
the Devildogs backfield
to block the extra point,
preserving a 14-6 advan-
tage with 5:39 remaining
in the opening period.
The Yellow Jackets
needed only two minutes
to regain a two-touch-
down lead. After Cam-
eron Martin returned
the ensuing kickoff 22
yards, quarterback Mat-
thew Huff engineered a
seven-play scoring drive,
overcoming a 10-yard
penalty in the process.
Huff reeled off a 22-yard
gain to put Greer in scor-
ing position and walked
across the goal line on
the next play to make it
a 21-6 affair at the 3:50
mark of the first period.
Greer’s next posses-
sion was a 53-yard scor-
ing march, culminating
in a 12-yard touchdown
pass from Huff to Martin
to open the second peri-
od. That pushed the lead
to 28-6.
DOGS PICK PASS
Devildog defender Cam
Henderson picked off a
Huff pass at his own six-
yard line to stop Greer’s
next threat. But the Yel-
ton, three-year starter at
quarterback, has missed
two consecutive games
after being injured three
weeks ago. Young said
Houston may have to
undergo surgery, “and
if not, he might be able
come back and play. We
don’t know what the de-
cision will be, but it is
out of our control. I have
to make sure we continue
to get better, and the only
thing I can do is try to get
Matthew Huff (Houston’s
replacement) to be the
best quarterback he can
be. I feel we are fortunate
to have a guy like him on
the team.”
Young expects wide
receiver Braxton Collins,
sidelined with a bro-
ken collarbone, to play
against Blue Ridge on
Oct. 26. “After that, we
will have a week off be-
fore the playoffs start,
and Braxton can get back
in shape.”
Zach Drake, an offen-
sive lineman, is out with
a knee injury, but is ex-
pected back in a couple
of weeks. Also sidelined
The Greer High volleyball team raised more than $400 for breast cancer awareness during
its annual Pink Out recently.
Hayden Williams set a per-
sonal record of 22:08.
Varsity Boys came in
ninth with Austin Lane
posting a 16:22 personal
record, Barrett Broome a
16:42, and Zack Spindler’s
season best of 17:30.
Prior to that competi-
tion, the Boys Cross Coun-
try team won their pre-re-
gion meet at Travelers
Rest High recently, com-
peting against all teams in
the region.
Team members include
Barrett Broome, Austin
Lane, Zack Spindler, Aus-
tin Shealy, Dylan Spindler,
Colton Jones, Jake Dentler
and Isaac Berck.
Caleb Lane and Kyan
Sapko also top ten finish-
es in the JV Boys race.
low Jackets scored quick-
ly enough by forcing a
short punt that landed
at the hosts’ 28-yard
line. Williams peeled off
an 18-yard run on first
down, and two plays lat-
er, Zeph Cox scored from
two yards out.
Greer’s 35-6 lead at in-
termission would have
been larger without a
penalty that nullified a
42-yard Williams sprint
to the end zone in the
closing seconds of the
first half. The Yellow
Jackets were hit with
eight flags for 70 yards
in the half, while the Dev-
ildogs did not have a sin-
gle penalty.
No matter, Greer took
the second half kickoff
and cruised 64 yards
to pay dirt in just four
plays. Isaiah Foster
reeled off a 33-yard gain
on an end-around pitch
to put the Yellow Jackets
in scoring position, and
Huff flipped a short pass
to Williams who con-
verted it into a 16-yard
touchdown on the next
play.
The only Travelers Rest
first down of the second
half occurred when Hen-
dricks found Hall on a
is Josh Young a reserve
defensive lineman.
“Others have nicks,
bumps and bruises. We
have backed off a bit in
practice at this point. We
don’t have any tackling
unless it is individual
drills on dummies, oth-
erwise the kids would
blow each other up every
day,” Coach Young said.
“It looks like this is pay-
ing off because the kids
seemed fresher at Travel-
ers Rest last week.”
Greer will substitute
more freely this week,
Young said. “We will be
relieving Dre Williams
with Zeph Cox and Zech
Evans sooner. We also
will be bringing up a few
juniors from the jayvees.
They have been down
there to get more reps
by playing on Thursday
nights, and I hope to get
them in the upcoming
games.”
He said a couple of
ninth graders, Hollis
Crosby, a wide receiver,
and Jurelle Robinson,
a defensive end, would
also be promoted to the
BYRNES FISHING TEAM
WINS TOURNAMENT
The Byrnes Rebels Fish-
ing Team are the overall
champions of the 2018
PBC High School Tour-
nament Trail Centurions
Clash at Lake Murray.
The recent win was an-
chored by a 4th place fin-
ish by Marshall Robinson/
Mason Fulmer, a 6th place
finish by Wesley Vaughn/
Allen West, and a 14th
place finish by Jared Haw-
kins/Josh Willis.
The Rebels Middle
School Anglers were 2nd
Place overall anchored
by a 2nd place finish by
Mitchell Robinson/Mason
Ritts and an 8th place fin-
ish by Braden Quinby/Ka-
lyn Baxter.
36-yard pass. Four plays
later, Greer’s defense
took over on downs,
and the Yellow Jackets
zoomed to the opposite
end zone. The eight play
drive featured Cox who
scored on a two-yard car-
ry to make it 49-6 at the
8:40 mark of the third
period.
While that score put
the clock in overdrive,
the Yellow Jackets add-
ed insult to injury by
pinning the Devildogs
in their own end zone
for a safety. Starting at
their own 17-yard line
after the kickoff, the
Devildogs went back-
wards when Jakyre Kerns
sacked Hendrix for a 12-
yard loss at the five on
first down. Hall took a
handoff on the next play
and was nailed in the end
zone by McZavion Holley
to add two points to the
scoreboard.
After E.J. Bradford took
the ensuing kickoff 20
yards to the Travelers
Rest 44-yard line, Greer
scored on the next play.
Zech Evans reached the
end zone on a burst up
the middle, out-running
the Devildog defense to
end the third period.
varsity this Friday. “Then
quite a few sophomores
will come up for the play-
offs.”
When the Yellow Jack-
ets put their 22-game
winning streak over
Berea on the line, the
Bulldogs will attack from
a spread offense, Young
said. “They have a very
good quarterback in Cam
Massey, who was at Greer
Middle School for a year
or two. He is a very good
athlete.
“Defensively, Berea
runs a 3-2 or a 3-4 much
like we do. They have an
excellent defensive line-
man, in William Smith,
but they struggle on
that side of the ball too,”
Young added.
The Bulldogs have beat-
en only Carolina while
losing to Blue Ridge,
Southside, Eastside, Lib-
erty, Pickens and Pend-
leton. Berea is averaging
scoring eight points a
game while giving up 44
points.
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BYRNES SOFTBALL TEAM
RECOGNIZED
The Byrnes High 2018
Lady Rebel softball team
has been recognized for
excellence in the class-
room by the National
Fastpitch Coaches Associ-
ation, placing 6th on the
2017-2018 Easton/NFCA
High School list with a
4.242 team GPA.
This marks the fourth
consecutive year that the
Lady Rebels have been
ranked in the top 10.
Individually, 14 softball
student athletes earned
NFCA All-American Schol-
ar Athlete honors.
Each team had only one
possession on the fourth
quarter as the clock ran
through play stoppages
for injuries, etc. Third-
team quarterback Miller
DeArmond guided the
Yellow Jackets to a pair
of first downs in eight
plays before the game
ended.
“I think we got every
kid in the game, which
was good,” Coach Young
said. “We really don’t
have that many kids on
the team when you con-
sider we are running
two platoons. And we’re
down to two quarter-
backs.”
The stats were as
one-sided as the score.
Greer piled up 479 yards
of total offense for 22
first downs. The Yellow
Jackets rushed for 411
yards and threw for 68
more.
Greer’s defense put the
Travelers Rest rushing
game in reverse, throw-
ing the Devildogs to a mi-
nus 42 yards net on the
ground. The Devildogs
threw for 149 yards and
wound up with just five
first downs.
The only turnover was
a Devildogs pass inter-
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ception. Travelers Rest
did not draw a penalty,
but Greer was flagged
eight times for 65 yards,
losing a touchdown in
the process.
THE SCORE BY QUARTERS
Greer 21 14 14 9 - 58
TR 6 0 0 0 - 7
Individual stats:
Greer rushing: Williams
9/137 yards; Huff 10/58
yards; Cox 11/89 yards;
Martin 1/5 yards; Jaleel
Skinner 1/33 yards; Fos-
ter 1/33 yards; Evans
5/60 yards; Austin Green
3/18 yards; Miller DeAr-
mond 1/minus 3 yards.
Travelers Rest rushing:
Hall 7/minus 12 yards;
Hendricks 0/minus 23
yards; Corbin Baker 4/
minus 7 yards.
Greer passing: Huff
7-13-1 68 yards.
Travelers Rest passing:
Hendricks 10-24-0 149
yards.
Greer receiving: Martin
3/27 yards; DeArmond
3/25 yards; Williams
1/16 yards.
Travelers Rest receiv-
ing: Esaias Tucker 2/7
yards; Hall 4/85 yards;
Fields 2/49 yards; Sam
Brown 1/4 yards; Chris-
tian Ciriaco 1/4 yards.
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B6 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018
Brandon McMahan, Zoning Coordinator with the City of Greer, voyaged with his climbing team to Columbia Crest on Mt. Rainier in Washington state a couple weeks ago.
Greer’s McMahan conquers Mt. Rainier summit
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Brandon McMahan’s
hobby has taken him to
new heights.
The 15-year City of
Greer Zoning Coordina-
tor has been honing his
mountain climbing skills
for quite some time, and
recently reached the sum-
mit of Mount Rainier in
Washington.
“Not to be deterred, he
worked out for the past
year with one of those
masks that replicates a
high-altitude environ-
ment,” remarked Steve
Owens, the city’s Commu-
nications Manager.
“I think it shows a lot of
resolve,” added Kelli Mc-
Cormick, Greer Planning
Manager.
Last year, McMahan at-
tempted the hike at the
end of May, reaching close
to 13,000 feet of Mt. Rain-
ier’s 14,411 feet, the high-
est mountain of the Cas-
cade Range of the Pacific
Northwest.
“Being from South Car-
olina, we don’t have a lot
of altitude,” McMahan
said. “Altitude was not my
friend last year. I got some
altitude sickness, stopped
eating day two.”
“Nothing tasted good,
just didn’t want to eat,”
he said, “lost all my ener-
gy so basically had to turn
back at 13,000 and head
back down to 11,000 and
kind of wait for everyone
else so that was kind of
my motivation. No one ac-
cepts failure. A lot of peo-
ple told me I didn’t fail; it
is what it is. I looked at it
as a failure, and I wasn’t
going to accept it.”
PERSEVERING
McMahan spent from
March last year to Septem-
ber of this year training to
hike Mt. Rainier again.
“I spent the whole next
year training with this
crazy mask,” McMahan
said. “It’s called a training
mask; it basically restricts
your breathing.”
McMahan used the mask
a couple times a week
while biking, running, and
hiking. He also wore a 50
pound pack “to try and get
ready,” he said.
“It paid off this year,”
McMahan said. “Altitude
still bothered me, but it
was enough I could man-
age it to get to the top.”
“I got emotional; I didn’t
cry,” he said. “It was kind
of like two years in the
waiting, so it meant a lot
to me. I was very proud.
My family was out there
with me, so it was good
to have them down at the
bottom waiting.”
Last year was a different
story when McMahan flew
out and back by himself.
“They’ve put up with a
lot,” McMahan said. “When
I first came home last
year, I was probably un-
bearable to live with for a
few months because I was
just disappointed, upset,
so I kind of took it out on
everyone, and I realized
that and apologized quick-
ly to my wife because she
had to deal with it.”
“They were super proud
(this year),” he said. “It
was worth it.”
Living Here
Brandon McMahan, Zoning Coordinator with the City of
Greer, reached the summit of Mt. Rainier on Sept. 28.
McMahan made the hike
with nine others through
International Mountain
Guides.
“We had a great group of
people that I climbed with
this year,” McMahan said,
“great guides that got us
up there and got us down
safe.”
McMahan hiked along
side a brother and sister
team, with her being a
pediatric orthopedic sur-
geon and him being a pho-
tographer/filmmaker out
of L.A., as well as a phys-
ical therapist, a Canadian
banker and a retired en-
trepreneur.
“Everyone came from
all walks of life, but by
the end, everyone was
friends,” McMahan said.
The hike took three days
to get up and down again.
“First day, we climbed
to Camp Muir, which is
about 10,000 feet,” McMa-
han said. “The next day,
we climbed to Ingraham
Flats and slept on the gla-
cier that’s at a little over
11,000 feet.”
After reaching 11,000
feet, the trail is glaciers,
he said.
“You’re going from gla-
cier to glacier,” McMah-
an said. “There’s a lot of
crevices you have to cross,
cracks in the ice.”
Technical gear included
ropes, helmets and spikes
on the bottom of shoes.
“It got sketchy in parts,”
McMahan said.
A few years ago, in a sec-
tion termed the “Ice Box,”
about 10 or 11 people died
when a piece of ice broke
loose and knocked them
down, he said.
“So, what we did in that
section, one team went at
a time,” McMahan said.
“We were broken up into
four teams.”
“Basically, during that
section, we were told,
you’re not to stop at any
point; you’re just going
to keep going,” he said.
“Once we got through
that, it was a little calmer.
It was a ton of fun. Once
I hit 13,500 feet, we took
a break. Once I hit there, I
knew it was going to hap-
pen.”
Then, on the third day,
the group got up at one
o’clock that morning to
reach the summit by sun-
rise.
“It was very cool ‘cause
it was pitch black, so you
really didn’t see a lot be-
cause you had your head
lamp on,” McMahan said.
“The moon was out, so it
provided some light. As
you’re headed up onto the
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summit, watching the sun
come up over the moun-
tain range, it’s hard to be-
lieve and describe it at the
same time.”
McMahan decided to
do the hike after visiting
Washington State with his
wife back in 2010.
“We decided we were
just going to ride out to
Rainier for a day,” McMa-
han said. “We got to Para-
dise, which is about 5,000
feet, and it started snow-
ing.”
With about 15 feet of
snow on the ground, Mc-
Mahan and his wife hiked a
bit, and he thought at that
time that he was going to
try hiking to the summit;
so, when he reached the
age of 40 last year, he de-
cided to go ahead.
“I was taking a gamble
this year,” McMahan said
of attempting in Septem-
ber rather than May. “Sep-
tember’s not always the
best weather; you can get
caught in a rain storm or a
blizzard.”
WEATHER
“It was sunny, warm,
just kind of a weird time,”
he said. “It was like a per-
fect storm of great weath-
er.”
Last year, there was a lot
more snow on the ground.
“This year, there was no
snow on the trail, so it was
just mainly trail hiking un-
til you hit the snow fields
at about 8,000 feet,” Mc-
Mahan said. “That was a
lot easier.”
“Last year, every step
you took, you went knee
deep in snow and had to
pull out leg and go anoth-
er knee deep,” he said. “It
was taxing on the body.”
In addition to being mo-
tivated by not reaching the
summit last year, McMah-
an also took time to enjoy
the hike this time.
“Last year, I think I was
too concerned with mak-
ing it to the top,” McMahan
said. “I didn’t enjoy seeing
the different scenery and
the views and stuff like
that, so I made it a point
the first night, once I woke
up real early that morning
because I wanted to watch
the sunrise come over the
mountain, tried to enjoy it
a lot more this time.”
A storm moved over the
summit after the group
started back down.
“We got very lucky with
our weather,” McMah-
an said. “Typically, our
weather was that the entire
time, sunny and unusually
warm; I mean it was still
20 to 30 degrees, but for
Two climbers with McMahan were airlifted after getting injured on the way back down
the mountain.
there, it was warm.”
While McMahan hiked,
his wife and four-year-old
son went to a wildlife pre-
serve.
“They actually saw a real
black bear on Mt. Rainier
one day,” McMahan said.
“They were out there just
hiking.”
INJURIES
On the way back down
the mountain, two guides
were injured near the Ice
Box and had to be flown
out by helicopter.
“We were all trying to
figure stuff out,” McMa-
han said. “Once the first
person got hurt, we had
to start splitting up packs
and taking their gear.”
“One of the guides fell
and messed his ankle up
pretty bad at about 13,200
feet,” he said. “On this
climb, we had someone
climbing that was a physi-
cal therapist and an ortho-
pedic pediatric surgeon.
He got very lucky. They
were able to tape his leg
up.”
But the helicopter could
not land on the glacier, so
the injured person had to
climb down to 11,000 feet.
“During that time, an-
other person fell, tore
up their ACL, so we got
two for the price of one,
the way the guide looked
at it, two people for one
helicopter ride,” McMah-
an said. “The helicopter
couldn’t actually land
because it’s a glacier, so
they basically had to send
down a guy on a rope and
pick him up and take him
back up.”
After the second person
was hurt, McMahan was
told that he would be tak-
ing the lead on a section
because they needed to
hold a short rope on the
last guy that got hurt.
“So, not being a whole
lot of mountain experi-
ence, it was nerve wrack-
ing at times, trying to find
a route down,” McMahan
said, “but they kind of just
told me to stay between
the flags and figure out
the easiest way for every-
one to get down on my
team.”
“It kind of got sketchy
there for a while, but it
was a good climb,” he said.
Reaching the bottom,
McMahan was exhausted.
“I was so exhausted
when we got down,” Mc-
Mahan said. “Since we had
to get two people flown
out, it made the day a
lot longer. We should’ve
been done at 3; it was af-
ter 7 when we actually got
down.”
“We ran out of water
around 10 or 11,” he said.
“I was a little dehydrated,
hungry. According to the
fitbit, I burned like 8600
calories that day, so there
was no way for me to
maintain that. Every time
we’d stop, I would eat.
Probably last four miles,
I had no clue what was
going on. I knew where I
was at; I knew I was going
down, but it was kind of
like a tunnel.”
McMahan kept put-
ting one foot in front of
the other, and his family
went out to eat that night;
though, McMahan does
not remember the steak
his wife tells him that he
ate.
“The next day, we drove
out to pacific northwest
coastline,” McMahan said.
“We did a lot of hiking. I
was trying to get a lot of
the lactic acid out of my
legs. I was in a good bit
of pain. I basically had to
pick my legs up to get out
of bed, pick ‘em up to get
‘em in the car.”
McMahan arrived back
in South Carolina last
Tuesday after reaching
the summit on Friday and
returned to work Wednes-
day, and he has some ad-
vice for anyone else con-
sidering this hike.
ADVICE
“Train as hard as you
can; and then, when you
think you’ve trained as
hard as you can, train
harder,” McMahan said.
“We don’t have the ad-
vantage of a lot of people
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that have big mountains to
climb.”
“Mt. Mitchell’s kind of
our biggest one, and it’s
still two and a half hours
away,” he said. “You can
do it in a day; it’s about
a six-hour climb, but you
have to count in that five
hours of travel time.”
McMahan also had a
word of encouragement
for anyone who has failed.
“If you fail, it’s not the
end of the world,” McMa-
han said. “My motto with
fail, it’s the first attempt
in learning.”
“I failed, but I learned
what not to do,” he said.
In addition, McMahan
would encourage hikers to
enjoy the experience.
“A lot of people can’t say
they’ve slept on a glacier,”
McMahan said. “That’s one
thing I finally realized a
few months after I failed
last year. There’s not a lot
of people from South Car-
olina that say they slept
on a glacier above 11,000
feet.”
McMahan flew out to
Mt. Rainier by himself last
year.
“If anyone wants to do
it, just train, train, train,
train,” McMahan said.
“Once you get there, take
the time to enjoy it be-
cause you’re going to ex-
perience something only
a small percentage of the
world gets to.”
He said about 8,000 to
10,000 climbers attempt a
year, and about 50 percent
make it.
“If you make it, it’s good;
if you don’t, it’s still an ex-
perience,” McMahan said.
“It is scary at times be-
cause you’re walking on a
path that might be a foot
wide of pure ice and just a
cliff drop off, so you have
to be—as some people
have put it around here—
a little crazy, a little off,”
he said. “You can’t live
your life scared. You’ve
got to take risk, just calcu-
lated risk.”
kaelyn@greercitizen.com | 877-2076

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018 
Neve Campbell, Dwayne
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of high school. As we walk
through the highs and
lows of Kayla’s last days of
eighth grade, we are treat-
ed to an unvarnished view
-- not nostalgic, not over-
dramatized, but real and
honest and thoughtful.
NEW TV RELEASES
“Killing Eve” Season 1
“The Witch Files”
“The 100” Season 5
“Private Eyes” Season 1
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Entertainment
Skunk Fest
fun
Visitors enjoyed the Albino
Skunk Music Festival
from Oct. 4-6 on Jordan
Road. Clockwise from
right: Melanie Milikin
relaxes while swinging in a
hammock; Austin Fleming
tries his hand on a standing
| swing; Loretta Rose slides
into the arms of her waiting
dad, Jeff Barfield, while Lily
Adams awaits a turn at the
slide.
Photos by Preston Burch
Things
To Do
NEW LISTINGS  | on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at
AUDUBON SOCIETY EXHIBIT
DISPLAY AT USC-UPSTATE
The 2018 National
Audubon Society Annual
Traveling Photo Exhibition
is coming to the University
of South Carolina Upstate
October 15-26. Hosted by
the University Galleries,
the exhibit will be on dis-
play at the George Dean
Johnson, Jr. College of
Business and Economics
in downtown Spartan-
burg. A public reception
is planned for Thursday,
Oct. 18, from 5-8 p.m. to
coincide with the monthly
Spartanburg ArtWalk.
The traveling photo ex-
hibit features rare and
unusual moments from
the avian world and is
comprised of winning bird
photographs from this
year’s Audubon Photogra-
phy Awards.
Selected from more than
5,500 entries, the winning
photos were published in
the Summer 2017 issue of
Audubon Magazine and
show birdlife at its most
vivid, vulnerable, formida-
ble, and elegant. Photogra-
phers from 49 states and
eight Canadian provinces
submitted images in three
categories: professional,
amateur, and youth. A
panel of five judges sifted
through the stunning im-
ages, grading them based
on technical quality, orig-
inality, and artistic merit.
For more information,
contact University Gallery
Director Jane Allen Nodine
at 503-5838.
BJU TO PRESENT OCTOBER
MUSICAL EVENTS
Bob Jones University will
hold several free concert
events during the month
of October.
A Homecoming Choral
Festival Concert is set for
Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7
p.m. in Rodeheaver Audi-
torium. The BJU Choral,
Collegiate and Concert
Choirs with the BJU Alum-
ni singers and festival or-
chestra will perform Re-
quiem for the Living by
The Greer Citizen
internationally acclaimed
BJU alumnus, Dan Forrest.
The University’s Trum-
pet and Tuba-Euphonium
Choirs will present works
from their standard reper-
toire in the first brass en-
semble recital of the year
5 p.m. in Stratton Hall.
The second brass en-
semble recital of the year
will be performed by
the Trombone and Horn
Choirs on Friday, Oct. 19,
at 5 p.m. in Stratton Hall.
The University Singers,
composed of nearly 100
freshman singers, will per-
form a varied selection of
choral music on Wednes-
day, Oct. 24, at 5 p.m. in
Stratton Hall.
The paid-ticket Concert,
Opera and Drama Series
will show Symphonic Hol-
lywood: Featuring the Mu-
sic of John Williams on
Thursday, Oct. 25, at 8
p.m. in Founder’s Memori-
al Amphitorium.
Renowned Hollywood
horn soloist James Thatch-
er and Grammy Award
winning conductor Rich-
ard Kaufman join the BJU
Symphony Orchestra for
an evening of music from
the concert hall and Holly-
wood, featuring the music
of John Williams.
For more information,
visit bju.edu/finearts or
call 242-5100, ext. 2711.
LOGOS THEATRE TO SHOW
‘EVENING WITH C.S. LEWIS’
The Logos Theatre will
present “An Evening with
C.S. Lewis” Oct. 12-13 at 7
p.m.
The year is 1963 and
C.S. Lewis, the famous
British author, is hosting
a group of American writ-
ers at his home just out-
side of Oxford. They have
come to hear a man whose
writings have already es-
tablished him as one of
the most influential au-
thors of his day and they
are about to be treated to
a display of powerful or-
atory and great humor as
he recounts the significant
events and the people that
shaped his life.
“An Evening with C.S.
Lewis” provides an in-
sight into the life of a man
whose collected works
made him one of the lit-
erary giants of the 20th
century.
Logos Theatre is located
at 80 School Street in Tay-
lors.
For more information,
visit www.anevening-
withcslewis.com. For tick-
ets, visit www.theacade-
myofarts.org.
PICKENS HUMANE SOCIETY
TO HOLD FALL FESTIVAL
The Pickens County Hu-
mane Society (PCHS) will
hold a Fall Festival on Sat-
urday, Oct. 13, from 10
a.m.-2 p.m. at their facili-
ty, 500 Five Forks Road in
Liberty.
Activities will include
live music, food, bounce
houses, games, a costume
contest for children 13
and under, face painting,
and a dunk tank.
A Pumpkin Coloring
Contest table will be avail-
able for children of all
ages. The pictures will
then decorate the walls
of the Humane Society.
A winner from each age
group will receive a buck-
et of treats and a photo
taken with PCHS mascot,
Roxie.
For more information,
visit www.PCHumaneSoci-
ety or call 843-9693.
GSO TO PRESENT
SHERWOOD’S PICKS
The Greenville Sympho-
ny Orchestra Spotlight
Series will feature Sher-
wood’s Picks on Saturday,
Oct. 13, at 2 and 7 p.m. in
the Fellowship Hall of First
Baptist Greenville.
The GSO will perform a
“top ten” list of favorite
pieces selected during his
tenure by their late col-
league and friend, Sher-
wood Mobley.
Selections include:
Mozart: Oboe Quartet
for Oboe, Violin, Viola and
Cello
Gliere: Suite for Violin
and Double Bass
Carter: "March" from 8
Pieces for 4 Timpani
Martinu: Nonet for Flute,
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon,
Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello
and Bass
For tickets or more in-
formation, visit green-
villesyphony.org or call
467-3000.
SCCT TO PRESENT
HALLOWEEN PLAY
The South Carolina Chil-
dren’s Theatre 2nd Stage
will present “Click, Clack,
Boo! A Tricky Treat”
Oct. 13-27 at the Salva-
tion Army Kroc Center in
Greenville.
Join Duck, Pig and their
barnyard friends in the
spooktacular musical.
Costumes are encour-
aged for the performance
for ages 3 and up.
The Kroc Center is locat-
ed at 424 Westfield Street
in Greenville.
For showtimes and tick-
ets, visit scchildrensthe-
atre.org or call 235-2885.
LIBRARY HOSTING
FIREFIGHTERS, TRUCKS
The Greenville Library
System will host firefight-
ers and fire trucks for chil-
dren ages five and under.
The schedule is as fol-
lows:
Monday, Oct. 15, 10-
10:30 a.m. and 11-11:30
am.: Five Forks
Monday, Oct. 15, 10-
10:30 a.m.: Mauldin
Branch
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 10:30-
11 a.m.: Berea Branch
THE GREER CITIZEN B7
Liszt
Festival
opens
Furman
music
series
The Furman University
Department of Music has
announced its Sound Qual-
ity Series for the 2018-
2019 season. Opening the
series is the Franz Liszt
Festival concert Thursday,
Oct. 11, at 8 p.m. in McAl-
ister Auditorium.
The concert features
Furman pianist David
Gross performing the
Liszt Concerto for Piano
and Orchestra No. 2 in A
major.
Additional selections
will be presented by the
Furman Singers and the
Furman Symphony Or-
chestra. Furman Music
Professors Thomas Joiner
and Hugh Ferguson Floyd
conduct.
Furman University will
host the 2018 American
Liszt Society Festival Octo-
ber 11-13. F
or more information
about the 2018 Liszt Fes-
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 10- tival, visit www.furman.
10:30 a.m.: Hughes Main edu/Liszt-Festival-2018.
Library Attendees need not be
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 10- members of the Liszt Soci-
10:30 a.m.: Pelham Road ety to register and attend
Branch the conference.
Thursday, Oct. 18, 10- Remaining Sound Quali-
10:30 a.m.: Augusta Road ty Series events include:
Branch
Thursday, Oct. 18,
Oct. 22: Gilead Mishory,
Guest Artist Recital/Dis-
10:30-11 a.m.: Simpson- tinguished Visiting Profes-
ville Branch sor
Friday, Oct. 19, 10-10:30 Oct. 26: Furman Sym-
a.m.: Taylors Branch phony Orchestra                    
This event replaces sto- Nov. 7: Faculty Chamber
ry time for the above loca- Recital                                              
tions. Nov. 30: Haydn’s “Cre-
ation,” Fall Oratorio
EVENT REMINDERS  | Feb. 1: Faculty Chamber
Recital                                              
Feb. 14, 16: “She Loves
Artisans Arts Me” by Bock and Harnick
and Crafts Bazaar Feb. 22: Furman Sym-
Oct. 13 phony Orchestra Concerto
Disciples United Methodist Concert
Greenville March 11, 12: Furman
Singers Tour Concert                    
‘Lobby Hero’ April 6: Furman Percus-
Oct. 18-21 sion Ensemble   
The Playhouse April 12: Furman Sym-
Furman University phonic Winds                                         
294-2125 April 26: Spring Oratorio
Tickets are available in
ONGOING EXHIBITS  | advance or at the door
for all Sound Quality Se-
ries events. A season set,
‘Unfettered’ including 12 Sound Qual-
Kaydee Hughes ity performances, is also
Through Oct. 13 available for purchase.
West Main Artists Co-op For more information
WestMainArtists.org and to order tickets visit
www.furman.edu/Music-
‘Wildness’ Tickets or contact the Fur-
Dave Sawyer man Department of Music
Through Oct. 13 at 864-294-2086, and Fur-
West Main Artists Co-op manMusic@furman.edu.
WestMainArtists.org
B8 THE GREER CITIZEN FUN AND GAMES
Reducing eye strain
DEAR DR. ROACH:
Would you mind provid-
ing some guidelines for
preventing eye strain? I’m
a graduate student, so I
spend a lot of time read-
ing, both from computer
screens and from books.
I will always need to read
to get things done, but I’d
also like my eyes to last
me my whole life. -- B.I.
ANSWER: We tend to
spend a lot of time read-
ing or in front of comput-
er screens, and eye strain
is very common. I think
eye problems from excess
screen time and read-
ing fall into two catego-
ries: dry eyes and muscle
strain.
Computer users in par-
ticular can get dry eyes,
largely from decreased
blinking. Unfortunately,
“blink more” isn’t likely
to be successful advice,
so I recommend an eye
lubricant, used periodical-
ly during computer work
if you have any sense of
eye fatigue or strain. If
dry eyes are part of your
problem, you will feel re-
lief immediately, and you
should use a drop in each
eye every few hours.
Muscle strain comes
from staring at one point
of focus -- your comput-
er screen -- for long peri-
ods of time. Also, many
people tend to hold their
shoulders and neck in an
uncomfortable position
during computer work or
play. The solution is to get
away from the computer
for a while. I recommend
getting up and pacing pe-
riodically, since prolonged
sitting isn’t good for you.
Soap Updates
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND
THE BEAUTIFUL
Wyatt celebrated his
new job offer with Sally.
Brooke felt guilty for not
telling Bill that Ridge had
blackmailed the judge.
Bill then made admissions
of regret to Brooke be-
fore sweeping her up in a
kiss, which Steffy secretly
witnessed. Brooke swore
Katie to secrecy about
the real reason Judge Mc-
Mullen ruled in her favor.
Steffy went straight to her
father and told him about
Brooke’s betrayal. Ridge
then confronted Brooke,
and the two accused each
other of being disloyal,
capped off by Brooke in-
advertently admitting that
the kiss Steffy witnessed
was the second one she
shared with Bill. Katie
struggled with her guilt as
she watched Bill bonding
with Will by helping him
with his homework. Wait
to See: Charlie makes an
unexpected proposal to
Pam.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Eric reunited with Ni-
cole. Mimi had some
choice words for Bonnie
about her lies. Abe and
Sheila continued to clash.
Sami dug deeper into the
mystery surrounding EJ.
Marlena and John got clos-
er to unraveling the truth
about what happened the
night of their nuptials. Eric
was shocked by Nicole’s
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
Muscle strain comes
from staring at
one point of focus
-- your computer
screen -- for long
periods of time.
Another option is the
20-20-20 rule (I haven’t
been able to discover who
made the rule, but I think
it makes sense): Look at
something 20 feet away
for 20 seconds every 20
minutes. This can help
prevent fatigue to the cil-
iary muscles, the muscles
of the eye. Some people,
especially those who are
nearing or past their 50th
birthday, might benefit
from very mild reading
glasses when using the
computer.
There is a science behind
adjusting your workspace,
lighting and monitor set-
tings to reduce strain.
There are apps to remind
you to take breaks period-
ically and to change the
color of your computer to
make it easier on the eyes.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
have had nail fungus since
1985 in both my toenails
MONTY BRINTON | CBS
Eileen Davidson stars as
‘Ashley’ on ‘The Young and
The Restless’
news. Kristen was being
followed. Lucas uncovered
a key bit of information
about Bonnie’s miracle
baby. Lani’s jealousy got
the best of her. Mimi had
enough of the games. Xan-
der found an ally. Wait to
See: The mystery patient
calls out a familiar name.  recently arrested for dig-
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Margaux had an ace up
her sleeve and stood firm
in her decision. Kim was
ready to take drastic mea-
sures. Drew got the break
he needed. Jason agreed
with Carly for once. Mike
shared his concerns. Os-
car starts a new day with
Liz. Julian offered his ex-
pert advice. Finn was tak-
en aback. Felicia made a
big announcement. Grif-
fin looked forward to the
future. Maxie felt a bit
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018
and my fingernails. I was
treated with oral Lamisil,
but it did nothing for my
big toe. I have been treat-
ed by skin and foot spe-
cialists, but the problem
has continued progres-
sively over the years. I am
80 years old, and it’s still
there. Is there really any
hope for cases like mine?
-- C.J.R.
ANSWER: Are you sure
you really want the con-
dition treated? The treat-
ments have potential for
real harm, even though
it isn’t likely. If the is-
sue is strictly cosmetic,
I wouldn’t recommend
treatment. If it’s for pain
or because you have had
skin or soft tissue infec-
tions in the area, then
treatment is reasonable.
If you pursue treatment,
get a culture done to be
sure you know what you
are treating. Sometimes
what looks like a nail in-
fection is really something
else (psoriasis, eczema,
lichen planus or others).
Depending on what the
culture shows, you might
benefit from itraconazole,
an oral antifungal agent.
***
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer in-
dividual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possi-
ble. Readers may email
questions to ToYourGood-
Health@med.cornell.edu.
To view and order health
pamphlets, visit www.rb-
mamall.com, or write to
Good Health, 628 Virginia
Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.
deflated. Scotty and Ava
shared a deep conversa-
tion. Nina regretted her
actions. Jordan expressed
her regrets. Michael was
extremely nervous. Aiden
continued to struggle at
school. Sonny’s conver-
sation with Jason was cut
short. Elizabeth paid Sam
a visit. Lulu’s marriage
was strained. Wait to See:
Ava finds a new drinking
buddy.
THE YOUNG AND
THE RESTLESS
Sharon, Phyllis, Victo-
ria and Nikki all received
anonymous threatening
letters. Cane was upset to
see Lily creating a tough
persona in order to cope
with the stress of prison
 |
life. After arguing with
her, Cane realized that THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
he was being selfish and
promised to love Lily no
matter what. Rey did a
background check on Kyle
and learned that he was
ging up a grave. Lola told
Rey to mind his own busi-
ness. With Billy out at Ja-
bot, Ashley pressured Tra-
ci to overturn the Blood
Abbott Clause so that she
could run for the CEO
 |
position. Despite Traci’s
misgivings, she called the RFD by Mike Marland
vote, and the clause was
overturned. Kyle then dou-
ble-crossed Ashley. Wait
to See: A secret about J.T.
is revealed.
(c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps  |
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas  |
 Our Schools
The Greer Citizen

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018  THE GREER CITIZEN B9

School Tigerville wins

News
GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
The South Carolina Gov-
ernor’s School for the Arts
and Humanities, a public,
residential high school
for artistically-talented
students, is now accept-
ing applications for the
2019-2020 school year
and summer programs.
All South Carolina resi-
dents in grades 6-11 are
eligible to apply online at
SCGSAH.org.
Located in downtown
Greenville, the Governor’s
School offers pre-profes-
sional training in creative
writing, dance, drama,
music, and visual arts. Stu-
dents attend from all over
the state to learn from
established, practicing
artists in an environment
that provides the resourc-
es needed to hone their
artistic abilities: including
specialized arts studios,
state-of-the-art perfor-
mance halls, a world-class
library, and dedicated re-
hearsal spaces.
In the tuition-free Res-
idential High School pro-
gram, students explore
and refine their talents
in a one-of-a-kind, mas-
ter-apprentice communi-
ty while receiving a high
school education that has
been nationally recog-
nized by U.S. News and
World Report, The Wash-
ington Post, and The Daily
Beast. Students interested
in creative writing, drama,
and visual arts apply in
the tenth grade and attend
during their junior and
senior years. The music
and dance programs also
accept exceptional soph-
omores, who apply in the
ninth grade. The final ap-
Blue Ridge Varsity cheerleaders and basketball players partnered to organize relief items
for Hurricane Florence survivors recently. The group collected bottled water, canned
goods, toiletries and other essentials for those trying to recover.
TIGERVILLE HOLDING
PET FOOD DRIVE
Tigerville Elementary
Student Council is holding
its first project, a pet food
drive, to help local animal
shelters which have taken
on extra animals from the
recent hurricane.
Families are encouraged
to donate canned dog and
cat food during the month
of October. Individual box-
es will be marked in the
front lobby for Dog Food
and Cat Food.
GCS HOLDING FINANCIAL
AID WORKSHOPS
Greenville County
Schools will hold several
Financial Aid Workshops
for parents during the
month of October.
All workshops are open
to the public. Parents can
hear from school counsel-
ors and college financial
aid officers regarding the
National Blue
Ribbon Award
U.S. Secretary of Educa-
tion Betsy DeVos today
recognized five South Car-
olina schools as National
Blue Ribbon Schools for
2018, including Tigerville
Elementary in Taylors,
S.C. The recognition is
based on schools’ overall
academic performance
or progress in closing
achievement gaps among
student subgroups. Ti-
gerville becomes the 15th
school in the District to
win National Blue Ribbon
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
status.
According to the most
recent SCReady and SC-
PASS test results, Ti-
gerville Elementary led
Greenville County Schools
in the 2017-18 school year
with 87% of its students
scoring meets or exceeds
expectations on SCPASS
science and 95% of its
students scoring met or
exemplary on social stud-
ies. Additionally, Tiger-
ville students improved
their performance on the
SCReady English Language
Arts exams by 9% and in-
creased the percentage of
students scoring meets or
exceeds expectations in
math by 1%.
“Tigerville Elementary
is proof that students in
rural schools can produce
outstanding academic re-
STEPHANIE REIDER | THE GREER CITIZEN sults,” said Superinten-
dent Burke Royster. “It
is also evidence of the
Students at Blue Ridge HIgh held a benefit car wash at important role commu-
Fairview Baptist last weekend ahead of the school’s Spirit nity partners such as the
Week to be held Oct. 15-19. The group collected more Cliff’s Residents Outreach
than $150 for this year’s charity, PAALS, a Service Dog can play in a school’s suc-
organization. cess. I want to extend my
‘Tigerville
Elementary is
proof that students
in rural schools
can produce
outstanding
academic results.’
Burke Royster
Superintendent
congratulations to Prin-
cipal Diane Jackson, her
administrative staff, out-
standing teachers, and
the school’s hard-working
students and supportive
families for receiving this
national recognition. We
are incredibly proud of
their accomplishments.”
Now in its 36th year,
the National Blue Ribbon
Schools of Excellence Pro-
gram has bestowed recog-
nition on more than 8,800
schools. On November 7
and 8, the Secretary and
the Department of Edu-
cation will celebrate with
all honorees at an awards
ceremony in Washington,
D.C.
Other South Carolina
schools honored today
included: Beech Hill El-
ementary (Summerville),
Fort Mill High School (Fort
Mill), Mount Lebanon Ele-
mentary (Pendleton), and
York Preparatory Acade-
my (Rock Hill).

plication deadline for the
Residential High School is
January 4, 2019, however
all applications received
by November 30, 2018 will
have the application fee
waived.
Students interested
in the Residential High
School Dance Program or
the Summer Dance Pro-
gram are strongly encour-
aged to register online
to attend Early Decision
Dance auditions, which
will be held on October
13 and 14, and November
4. The final application
deadline to be considered
for Early Decision Dance is
November 9. Applications
completed after this date
will be considered for Reg-
ular Decision Dance.
For more information
about these programs and
application details, visit
SCGSAH.org.
Interested families are
also welcome to attend a
Govie Saturday for a group
tour on October 20, or the
Governor’s School’s First
Look event on November 3
for tours, information ses-
sions, and student demon-
strations.
Also, on October 16 at
6 p.m., the S.C. Gover-
nor’s School for the Arts
and Humanities and the
S.C. Governor’s School
for Science and Math will
be hosting joint informa-
tion sessions in Columbia,
Florence, Greenville, and
North Charleston.
For locations and de-
tails, visit SCGSAH.org/
two-paths.
most current financial aid
information. Handouts
will be provided.
All types of financial aid,
including scholarships,
grants and loans will be
discussed.
Workshops are sched-
uled at 6 p.m. as follows:
Oct. 16: Riverside High
Oct. 23: Greenville High
For more information,
call 355-3391 or 355-3392.
RIVERSIDE SPIRIT WEEK
CONTINUES
Riverside High will hold
Spirit Week activities Oct.
5-12 to benefit the Emer-
son Rose Heart Founda-
tion.
A check reveal presen-
tation will take place on
Friday at halftime of the
Riverside versus Gaffney
football game.
A full events calendar
is available on the school
website.
GHS FFA FALL FAIR
SET FOR OCT. 13
Greer High FFA will hold
its Fall Fair on Saturday,
Oct. 13, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at
the school.
The event will feature
hayrides, games, pump-
kin painting, interactive
inflatables, 4-H club ex-
hibit, food, pallet maze,
kids tractor pull, vendors,
Greer Fire Department,
and more.
For more information,
contact jfarmer@green-
ville.k12.sc.us.
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DISTRICT FIVE
BYRNES BAND WINS
TOURNAMENT
The Byrnes High Rebel
Regiment marching band
was named Grand Cham-
pion at the Gaffney Res-
ervation Tournament re-
cently.
Out of 21 bands, the Reb-
el Regiment placed first in
every competition: Class
VI, Color Guard Class VI,
Percussion Class VI, Music
Class VI, and Gold Divi-
sion Grand Champions.
SCHOOLS TO PERFORM
‘SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL’
Berry Shoals Intermedi-
ate and Florence Chapel
Middle will perform “Se-
ussical The Musical” on
Thursday, Oct. 11, at 4:30
p.m. and Friday, Oct. 12,
at 6:30 p.m. at the District
Five Fine Arts Center.
REBEL REGIMENT
TO COMPETE AT GAFFNEY
The Byrnes High Rebel
Regiment will compete
at the Bands of America
Carolina Regional on Sat-
urday, Oct. 13, at 8 a.m. at
Gaffney High School.
FLORENCE CHAPEL TO HOLD
ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Florence Chapel Middle
will hold an Orchestra
Concert on Tuesday, Oct.
23, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at
the District Five Fine Arts
Center.

GREENVILLE COUNTY |
GHS RECOGNIZED
BY LIVEWELL GREENVILLE
LiveWell Greenville rec-
ognized the Greer High
Physical Education De-
partment in making the
school healthy during the
organization’s first recog-
nition event, The Wellies,
held last week.
During the 2017-18
school year, Coach Kayla
Barbare completed the Al-
liance for a Healthier Gen-
eration Healthy Schools
Program evidence-based
online assessment, devel-
oped an action plan, set
goals and worked to meet
those goals.

RIVERSIDE BAND PLACES

AT COMPETITION
The Pride of Riverside
marching band placed 309 Northview Drive • Greer
third in Class V at the C.
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Suzuki demo classes coming to Taylors Mill

BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Kendra Zimmerman is
looking to create a hub for
the Suzuki piano commu-
nity in the Upstate.
This Friday, she is hold-
ing two free demo classes
to launch her new Suzuki
Early Childhood Education
program for babies and
toddlers.
“It’s going to be a lot of
fun,” Zimmerman, with
Toccata Music Studios,
said. “It’s time for par-
ents and their children to
bond.”
The demo classes will
take place on Friday, Oct.
12, at 5:30 p.m. and 6:15
p.m. in the Model Train
Station Classroom at the
Taylors Mill.
“These are all skills that
you want your child to
learn so that they can suc-
ceed not just in music but
in life,” Zimmerman said.
The Suzuki method is
based on the belief that
talent can be nurtured and
developed in every child.
“I’ve had a lot of families
over the last year since we
started the business con-
tact me for lessons for
children that are three and
under,” she said.
The program is designed
for infants through age
three and a half, and at-
tendees of a demo class
will be given a discount-
ed pass to visit the Model
Trains Museum that eve-
ning.
“This is a community
demo event just to create
awareness,” she said. “I’m
excited about it.”
Community demo class-
es will last about 25 min-
utes each with space for
about 12-20 people, and a
sign up sheet will be avail-
able for those who are in-
terested in regular classes.
“We’re going to give a
sampling of some of the
activities we do,” Zimmer-
man said. “We’ll have the
opening that we normal-
ly do where everybody
comes in and there’s Mo-
zart playing.”
“We do this type of
game where we roll a ball
across the room, across
the circle, and we’ll take
turns because this is also
social development and
encouraging the children
that when they get the
ball, they can hold it for
a second and then they
roll it on to their friends,”
she said. “We’ll have a
greeting song. Then, we’ll
have some opening songs,
where we’re tapping the
beat, perhaps on our
knees or our head, and
saying rhymes in rhythm.”
Kendra Zimmerman teaches local students Suzuki piano lessons using a xylophone.
The Suzuki curriculum,
which uses folk music,
is implemented for three
years at a time.
“We’ll start simple and
teach the songs,” Zimmer-
man said, “Then, as they
get better at them, we’ll
add props; we’ll add in-
struments. It’s a very mas-
tery based curriculum. I
think that that’s a good
foundation for when they
get older and they’re plan-
ning things like Mozart
and Bach. That’s not the
kind of piece you learn in
one week and then move
on.”
“Suzuki as a method is
so focused on creating a
team,” she said. “We call it
the Suzuki triangle where
it’s the parents, the child
and the teacher all work-
ing together for one com-
mon objective—their suc-
cess in nurturing them.”
The classes are based on
observation with journal-
ing time for the parents to
write down positive feed-
back on their child’s reac-
tions to the music, and a
typical class will last about
45 minutes.
“We would have activ-
ities with this very large
xylophone,” Zimmerman
said. “They actually get to
make their own little com-
positions each week and
share with the class. It’s
very exciting.”
“What I’ll be doing with
the little ones, the classes
I’ve taught and observed,
usually lower than seven
months, it’s going to be
more where the parents
might hold the shaker so
to speak,” she said. “Once
they get to about seven or
eight months, then they
can start actively doing
things. As far as the xylo-
phone goes, I’ll be giving
quality art and good qual-
ity music and a loving,
nurturing environment,
they’re going to grow up
feeling confident and posi-
tive and happy and willing
to try new things without
feeling afraid, and that
sense of follow-through
even if something is a lit-
tle difficult is a good skill
to have whether you be-
come a concert pianist or
a doctor,” she said.
Zimmerman sees poten-
tial for the Greenville area.
“There are so many peo-
ple moving here from so
many places, and there’s a
lot of young families, and I
love the potential this city
has and what we can be-
come,” Zimmerman said.
“We can become a real
leader here in the south. I
feel like I’m a part of creat-
ing that, and I feel like the
Suzuki philosophy and the
education program that I
have is going to contribute
to making that happen.”
“Taylors is just this neat
town,” she said. “I settled
here after a lot of travel
overseas and throughout
the United States. I settled
here in about 2009. This
particular venue here, Tay-
lors Mill, I remember the
very first time I came here;
it was a party that a friend
was holding in what is
now the Southern Bleach-
ery; it was just this open
space; we were like, this is
very interesting. What it’s
become, people coming
here and investing in this
community and building
something that’s amazing
and beautiful; that’s just
been fun to watch, and I’m
really excited to be a part
of it.”
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TEACHING
Zimmerman start-
ed teaching for another
studio in Greenville in
2009 right after graduate
school.
“That was pretty much
when I started to cut my
teeth and solidify who I
was as a teacher,” Zim-
merman said. “I was there
for about six and a half
years, and during that
time, I completed my first
few levels of certifica-
tion in Suzuki; I started
a small Suzuki program
underneath that studio. I
learned a lot of things; it
was a very positive experi-
ence.”
“Towards the end of my
time there, because they
were a Kindermusik stu-
dio, and I think there’s
a lot of positive things
about Kindermusik, but I
really wanted to create a
full scale Suzuki program,
and I didn’t feel that that
was going to be a potential
possibility there, so end of
2015, beginning of 2016, I
went out on my own,” she
said.
Zimmerman currently
manages and operates her
own studio while employ-
ing contracted staff from
time to time for larger
groups.
“I’m hoping in the next
two years that we can
bring some other Suzuki
teachers on for violin pos-
sibly, but I’d specifically
like to hire more Suzuki
piano and early childhood
teachers,” Zimmerman
said. “There’s a lot of Su-
zuki violin and strings
teachers in Greenville.
I don’t think there’s as
much awareness that this
‘I really try to create
an environment
in my studio that
music is this fun,
bright, positive
thing that will bring
joy to your life no
matter what you
do.’
Kendra Zimmerman
Owner, Toccata Music Studios
is a method that’s for oth-
er instruments, especially
piano. Hiring other staff
on a long-term basis is in
the works, but we’re still
growing.”
“We’re teaching them to
hear and imitate before we
teach reading and sym-
bols,” she said. “I think
what I like best about it is
that I’m creating a sense
of bodily awareness and
good technique early.”
Zimmerman also teach-
es traditional piano les-
sons.
“If you give the child
too much written, sym-
bolic stimulation too ear-
ly, they’re so focused on
what’s in front of their
eyes that they’re not mov-
ing their bodies very well,”
Zimmerman said. “If you
can teach a child to listen
to music and imitate and
also listen to their body
and what feels right and
train them before you
start putting symbols in
front of them, I think that
sets them up for success
and heads off a lot of
problems.”
“After the first six
months, I usually start
teaching reading because
particularly as pianists,
we carry such a leadership
role in the music com-
munity,” she said. “We’re
accompanists for choirs;
we’re part of the bands;
we help leading in musical
theater, so it is very im-
portant that we read and
we read well, so I don’t
put that off for very long,
but I do spend those first
six months or so making
sure that they’re moving
naturally and that they’re
listening to good music
and that they can imitate
it well.”
With a new Suzuki stu-
dent, Zimmerman begins
with exercises for stu-
dents to hold their hands
in a correct position while
playing the piano.
“I was a Suzuki student
myself,” Zimmerman said.
“I started in 1991. I know
this method inside and
out from both sides of the
piano.”
“I did not perform with
the music until I was in
my mid-20s in graduate
schools,” she said. “I was
taught early, when you
play and perform, you
play by memory; that gave
me a very strong sense of
confidence.”
Zimmerman currently
teaches about 23 students
from ages three to about
high school with the pro-
gram for babies to three
and a half year olds begin-
ning this fall.
FUTURE
“There’s also a need that
I see from the window of
about three, three and a
half, to about five, five
and a half, that I want to
address next year,” Zim-
merman said. “I’m creat-
ing kind of a Suzuki piano
prep academy.”
“Sometimes, students
are able to start full on
piano lessons at three
or four, but sometimes
they’re not there quite
yet, but the baby class
and the toddler class is
still too small for them;
they’re easily bored,” she
said. “My vision next year
would be to have some-
thing where kids could
come on a weekly basis
to a 30 minute class with
their other preschool
friends, and we could do
some basic Suzuki piano
songs but also a lot of the
fun music and movement
that they remember from
the baby class, basically a
prep class.”
Zimmerman is eventual-
ly looking to grow her stu-
dio into a Suzuki school.
“We have the capacity to
grow,” Zimmerman said. “I
am not just teaching in my
home. This is something
where I’m looking to cre-
ate a school, even if it’s a
small one.”
“I do have some strong
connections through dif-
ferent families to the
Montessori community,
the Waldorf education
community, Classical Ed-
ucation community,” she
said. “The Suzuki philoso-
phy and how we educate,
I think it gels very much
with those other three
philosophies.”
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“I’m always looking to
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JOURNEY
Zimmerman has taken
Suzuki lessons herself,
started teaching piano
lessons in 2009, began
teaching the Suzuki piano
method in 2012, branched
out on her own in 2016,
found her current Taylors
location last year and offi-
cially registered this year.
“I had a lot of families
contacting me for piano
lessons for their children,
and Suzuki piano lessons
are best designed for ages
five, maybe four, and up,”
Zimmerman said. “Much
before that, I find that
children’s hands do not
quite have the dexterity
to be able to do that, but
I had a couple of families
that even came to me with
18-month-olds. I was like,
okay, I want to serve you
because you seem eager
and excited.”
“So, this started a two-
year journey of just trying
to find who the leaders of
the early childhood com-
munity were,” she said.
This search took Zim-
merman to Canada and to
conferences in Wisconsin
with the American Suzuki
Institute.
“It really is amazing
what babies—I’m talking
like eight months, six
months—are capable of,”
Zimmerman said, “Be-
cause they’re not necessar-
ily responding like a five-
year-old, you would think,
what are they really taking
in? But every moment is
crucial; they are soaking it
in like a sponge.”
low sounds by going up
and down the xylophone
as well as a call and re-
sponse activity.
“People are going to get
a chance to try these in-
struments,” Zimmerman
said. “With the smaller
babies, because they can’t
necessarily manipulate
that with their hands,
we’re still encouraging the
parents to rock to the beat;
even that small, they’re
internalizing a sense of
rhythm.”
LOCATION
Toccata Music Studios
is located at 3307 Ruther-
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