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wednesday, april 1, 2015
GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 102 NO. 13 75 CENTS
Grounded
Miracle
landing on
Highway 29
By Billy Cannada
Editor
A lot could have gone

wrong when a single-engine plane lost power last
Thursday night in Wellford.
Instead, pilots Hollis

Collins and Paul Peckham
completed
a
successful emergency landing
on Highway 29 near Wild
Oaks Drive just before 9
p.m., allowing five people
to walk away uninjured.
Were not actually sure
what happened, Collins
said. We planned it pretty
well, but for some reason,
the engine stopped working.
Peckham said the gauges
were reading incorrectly,
causing the plane to burn
through fuel faster than

expected. The plane was
heading to GreenvilleSpartanburg International
Airport to refuel when the
worst happened.
We were trying to aim
for some soccer fields off
to the right, Collins said.
Unfortunately, we didnt
get to land into the wind.
We noticed that we were
not going to make the soccer field. The other pilot
(Peckham) was flying, but
I took over control at that
see Landing | A5
Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen
A single-engine plane had to make an emergency landing on Highway 29 in Wellford last

Thursday night. Pilot Hollis Collins called the landing a miracle.
Eggcellent
Easter
Council allocates
CDBG funds
By Amanda Irwin
Staff Writer
CDBG Allocations |
The City of Greer allocated $40,000 in Community

Development Block Grant
(CDBG) funds to local organizations last week,
making a few changes before the final reading.
Although the largest
portion of funds was allocated to Greer Community
Ministries (GCM), council
voted to redirect a portion
of the money elsewhere.
When recommendations
were presented a typo on
behalf of CDBG staff
which assess the applications and provides recommendations to council on
where funds to distribute
indicated that the Needmore Summer Camp would
serve 15, rather than 47 as
indicated on the application. Council unanimously
voted to redirected $1,000
from Greer Relief and
$1,000 from GCM to the
Greer Parks and Recreation Needmore Summer
Camp program.
Realizing that that
summer program is of
real benefit and value to
the Needmore community,
and after some discus-
Brushy Creek First Assembly of

Gods Helping Hands
Ministry $2,000
Creative Advancement
Centers $8,000
Greer Community Ministries
$14,000
Greer parks and Rec Senior
Center Program $3,000
Greer Relief $6,000
Needmore Summer Camp
$7,000
sion, I think it would be
appropriate for use to proceed with a motion on the
floor, said Mayor Rick
Danner.
Of the $22,137.77 requested by the Needmore Summer Camp for
part-time counselors and
program supplies and activities, CDBG staff recommended allocating $5,000
toward the program. Council redirected an additional
$2,000 of grant funds for
the program, awarding the
program a total of $7,000,
fulfilling about 31 percent
of the requested amount.
GCM applied for $30,000
of CDBG Grant funds to
purchase food for the
see Council | A5
By Billy Cannada
Editor
Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen
Wesley Hodgson makes the most of the Greers community Eggtastic

Easter Event Saturday at Century Park.
More than 1,300 local residents

flocked to Century Park on Saturday to
take part in the City of Greers annual
Easter egg hunt.
Parks and Recreation SuMore pervisor Justin Miller called
Photos the Eggtastic Easter Event a
| A2 huge success despite cooler
weather.
It was great, Miller said. It was
close to 30 degrees, but folks still
came out. There were kids galore. We
thought it was very successful.
Along with the egg hunt, the event
featured crafts, inflatables, a magic
show, games and other entertainment.
This is an established event and we
think its a great opportunity to get the
community to Century Park, he said.
Its always a great time.
The mad dash for prizes took place
from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Its pretty laid back, especially with
the format we do now, Miller said. We
used to do one big Easter egg hunt with
a ready, set, go format, but now we do
an egg hunt all day that features age
appropriate locations for the egg hunt.
Its a lot safer for the kids and a great
way to spend some time together.
Local restaurant recognizes veterans service

By Billy Cannada
Editor
Its really nice to be able to do something
A local restaurant is doing its part to recognize

the service of military veterans in Greer.
Ryans, located at 1501
W. Poinsett St. near downtown, now showcases a
Room of Honor, designed to tell stories of
sacrifice.
Its really nice to be able
to do something like this,
Ryans Manager Dave Taylor said. Its humbling to
see that these guys are
still appreciated and recognized even to this day
20, 30 or 40 years after
their service.
The room is decorated
with photos, newspaper
articles, apparel and other
artifacts representing each
branch in the service.
Preston Johnson, who
serves as commander of
INDEX
like this. Its humbling to see that these

guys are still appreciated and recognized
even to this day 20, 30 or 40 years after
their service.
Dave Taylor
Manager, Ryans
Photo | Submitted
Ryans restaurant recently cut the ribbon on its new Room of Honor, which seeks
to honor military veterans by telling their stories.
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 39, said the
room dedication is spe-
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cial and believes it gives

veterans a place to call
their own.
You can go up to Ryans

and hear guys come in and
say, lets go back there
| notable
| INside
and see my room, Johnson said. That tells me

that they know its there
and they appreciate the
fact that somebody is finally recognizing them.
Taylor, a Marine Corps
veteran, said the Room of
Honor is a corporate-wide
initiative that includes 350
stores.
Its amazing. You sit
there and you feel so hum-
| Sports
bled around these guys,

he said. To see these veterans come in here and
hear their stories, its really amazing what they
went through, and a lot of
people really arent aware
of it.
Johnson, who served in
Vietnam, said the new establishment has already
served its purpose.
see Room | A5
Moonlight Movies
returns to Greer
Mrs. Wyona Elizabeth

Brooks, 76
Albert Montemayor, Jr.,
48
Robert Wesley Rowland,
73
Furry friends
Pets in the Park a

success
A11
Moonlight Movies is making its way back

to Greer. The summer series offers free
family friendly films in the City Park
amphitheater every Thursday evening from
June 4 through July 30. All movies begin at
dusk, but free, pre-movie fun such as
inflatables, games and dancing begins at
6:30 p.m. Moonlight Movies opens with
Monsters University, followed by Planes:
Fire and Rescue,Muppets Most Wanted
and The Lego Movie.
For more information, call Greer City Hall
at 848-2150.
To subscribe
to the
GreeR Citizen,
call us
GCM golf tourney

registration open
B1
today at
877-2076
A2
community
the greer citizen
Scenes from Eggtastic

Easter Event
Jennifer Meeks helps her daughter Natalie Winburn sort

through eggs after a hunt.
Carson Schleif picks up eggs during a round of egg hunts

for the 3 and under age group.
Julian Crace watches the wind blow bubbles from his

wand during Saturdays Eggtastic event.
Unsung animal advocates feed stray and feral cats

By Amanda Irwin
Staff Writer
Without asking for help
or being recognized, Louise Smith advocates for
animals in her own simple
way.
For more than 20 years,
she has devoted her time
and resources toward caring for stray and feral cats.
Four nights each week,
Smith pulls into the parking lot in her aged, rickety vehicle, opens her car
door, sets up her walker,
puts food out and waits
for the homeless cats to
emerge from hiding.
I dont know, its just
in me, she said. Sometimes I feel like thats
what the Lord wants me
to do because somebody
has to take care of them. I
couldnt do this if it wasnt
for him, I know the Lord
helps me.
As a mother of two
daughters,
throughout
her life, Smith worked in
various positions, ranging from waiting tables to
working retail to working
at the airport. But for her,
taking care of stray and feral animals is listed among
her most notable jobs.
I dont care who says
what, Im going to feed
them as long as the Lord
lets me live Its just like
a job to me. Its not a job,
but its something I know
Im going to do, she said.
Smith began feeding
homeless cats in 1993
while employed at Walmart
and has continued to do
so ever since.
Despite knee problems
and requiring assistance
from a walker, Smith treks
to her car and drives herself from Holly Springs
to Greer each Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday and
Sunday to feed her babies, as she calls them.
I go four days a week,
and sometimes more (to
feed the cats), Smith said.
I just do it because I love
them and I enjoy it. I enjoy
that more than anything. I
go down there and sit with
them for about an hour.
Smiths love of animals
is rooted in her childhood
growing up in Startex, and
has been passed down to
her two adult daughters.
(Growing up) we had a
cat at home, his name was
Ervin. Ervin was a girl and
she had babies and wed
keep them. But my daddy,
he was that way, she said.
Momma wasnt as bad.
Louise Smith makes a trip to Greer four nights a week

to feed stray and feral cats in the Greer Community.
Shed say We aint keeping them cats, we aint
keeping them! But my dad
he was just like us, and we
always had cats.
Although she doesnt
ask for help, over the
years several people who
have seen Smith at work
feeding her babies, have
stopped to give her several
bags of cat food or money
to buy cat food.
You wouldnt believe
the people that are really
concerned about them,
she said. It costs me to
feed them regular cat food
and dry food... Sometimes
I find it hard (buying cat
food) but I always make
it. I dont care if I dont
get nothing, as long as I
can take care of them, Im
happy.
They know me and
Im about all theyve got,
Smith said. They see
these other people, but
theyre scared of them.
Im the only thing in the
world that theyve got and
it breaks my heart when
I cant get down there.
Thats why I put my knee
surgery off. I dont want to
go and leave them, I dread
it so bad.
Because Smith already
has seven cats at home,
shes unable to take in any
more strays, but she said
she hopes when people
find cats they bring them
home or to a shelter if
they are able, rather than
leaving them to fend for
themselves.
Although Smith usually
embarks on her efforts
alone, she remains one
among many stray and feral cat advocates.
Like Smith, Paula McAlister has taken care of
animals all her life. But
McAlisters animal advocacy approach is a bit
different in that she coordinates with other agencies to get animals spayed
or neutered and placed
and transported to new
homes, in addition to fostering animals and providing cat food to individuals
like Smith.
Animals are sentient
beings. A lot of people see
them as not having feelings like we do, but I dont
believe that. They have the
capability of feeling pain
and love just like humans.
There are perhaps not
enough of us who care because the general population in South Carolina
has the mentality that animals are beasts of burden.
They have the mentality
that theyre not here to
be companions, she said,
adding that the states
laws do not do enough to
protect animals.
Presently, McAlister is
working toward pitching
a shelter idea to Greer officials to establish small
shelters in Greer she
would voluntarily maintain for homeless cats to
seek refuge.
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Its in the thought processes right now. I havent

contacted anyone about
it, she said. I would
like to make it something
that is aesthetically pleasing, something that would
be accepted by the Greer
citizens, something that
would be easy to maintain
and that would benefit the
feral cats around the community. And thats where
I came up with building it
like train having the different cars like the engine and
the caboose not something extremely huge, but
something that would be
functional enough for the
feral cats to get out of the
weather.
McAlister advises anyone who finds a feral or
stray animal to never try
and chase it. To catch a
cat, she suggests trying
to coax it out. If it doesnt
respond or approach, its
likely a feral cat. Feral cats
that have a clipped ear tip
have been spayed ore neutered and re-released.
Anyone who captures
a stray should take it to
a vet to be scanned for a
chip. If an owner is unable
to be located, McAlister
suggests posting information about the animal in
the newspaper, online and
at vets offices. When contacted about a stray pet,
have the owner describe
the pet to you with identifying details to determine

if the person is actually
the owner. Individuals who
have lost a pet should first
contact Greenville County
Animal Care, even if the
animal may have been lost
in Spartanburg County. In
addition to posting a yard
sign with information
about the lost pet, visit
Greenville County Animal
Care in-person to do a
walk through search for

the pet.
Most of the people that
have a love for animals,
we want to save them all,
McAlister said. We kind
of do it anonymously. We
dont brag. We put a lot of
information out there and
we just kind do it.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
TODAY, APRIL 1
THE AWANAS CLUB at El
Bethel Baptist Church, 313
Jones Ave., Greer, from 6:30
- 8:15 p.m. Kids ages 3-12 are
invited. Call 877-4021.
THE VIETNAM VETERANS
of America Chapter 523 will
meet at Greenville Shrine
Club, 119 Veverly Road.
Greenville Chow time is
6-7 p.m. for $5, with meeting following. Call Chapter
President Patrick Ramsey at
232-4110 or V.P. Jerry Brock at
918-4451 for more information. Significant others
invited to join.
THURSDAY, APRIL 2
THE GREER CHURCH of God
fellowship building hosting a Gospel and Blue Grass
Jam from 6:30-9 p.m. Call
877-3668.
THE TAYLORS LIONS Club
at 6 p.m. at the Clubhouse,
500 East Main St., Taylors. Call
Allen Culver at 350-6939.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
10 -11:30 a.m. at Calvary
Christian Fellowship, 2455
Locust Hill Road, Taylors.
Limited supplies available on
a first come, first serve basis.
MONDAY, APRIL 6
GRACE PLACE in Greer will
have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - noon. Grace Place
is located at 407 Ridgewood
Drive. I.D. required.
THE NEVER ALONE GROUP
OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7
have its clothing closet open
from 6-8 p.m. Grace Place is
located at 407 Ridgewood
THE ROTARY CLUB of
Greater Greer at 7:15 a.m.
at Krumms on a Plate, 3318
Brushy Creek Road. Guests
welcome. Call 630-3988.
THE NEVER ALONE GROUP
OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center.
THE LIONS CLUB at Lake
View Steak House, Higway 14
at 5:30 p.m.
BARBERSHOP HARMONY
CHAPTER at 7 p.m. at Memorial United Methodist Church,
201 N. Main St., Greer. Call
877-1352.
UPSTATE LEWY BODY and
Related Dementia Support
Group from 5-6 p.m. at The
Haven in the Village at Chanticleer. Contact Gail Stokes
at 350-7160 or gstokes@
seniorlivingnow.com.
GAP CREEK SINGERS will
rehearse from 7:30-9 p.m.
at The Church of the Good
Shepherd, 200 Jason St.,
Greer. For further information or to schedule a performance contact Wesley Welsh,
President, at 877-5955.
FIRST TUESDAY ON Trade
at 5 p.m. on Trade Street.
Visit tuesdaysontrade.com for
more information.
Calendar deadline is
noon on Tuesdays. All listings are subject to editing
and/or omission. Submit
events to Amanda Irwin at
877-2076, airwin@greercitizen.com or The Greer
Citizen, P.O. Box 70 Greer,
SC 29652.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9
KIWANIS CLUB AT 6:30 p.m.
at Laurendas Family Restaurant. Call Charmaine Helfrich
at 349-1707.
A3
Shop offers a taste of something new

BY AMANDA IRWIN
STAFF WRITER
Next week, residents will
have the opportunity to
savor a new tasting experience when Carolina Vine &
Branch opens its doors at
300 Randall St.
Business owners Tom
and Kim Berry, longtime
owners of Kwik Kerb landscaping, have embarked
on a new specialty business venture where they
will offer about 35 different flavors of olive oil
and balsamic vinegar to
give new life to old recipes
and new recipes a dash of
something unexpected.
We are an olive oil and
balsamic vinegar tasting
store. Eventually we will
offer pastas and other
COMMUNITY
NEWS
DOCUMENTARY TO FIGHT
HUNGER TO SHOW APRIL 10
The Brashier Middle College Charter High School

created a documentary
about food insecurity in
upstate South Carolina.
A showing of the film,
which focuses on several
local organizations that
fight hunger, is Friday,
April 10 6:308 p.m. at the
TRC Auditorium at Greenville Technical College.
The film will provide insight to how people can get
involved in the fight and
admission is free, though
donations are accepted.
PROM PROJECT 2015

IS TAKING DRESS NOW
District Five Family Ministries at the Middle Tyger

Community Center and
Wellspring Treasures in
Spartanburg are currently
taking prom dress donations for students unable
to afford a prom dress
otherwise.
Students in need of a
dress can purchase one
at the Community Chest
Thrift Store, in downtown
Lyman on Groce Road, and
Wellspring Treasures, at
the intersection of John. B.
White Sr. Blvd. and Blackstock Road in Spartanburg,
for $5 between February
and April.
THRIFT STORE SALE

BENEFITS MTCC
The Community Chest

Thrift Store, located at
52 Groce Road, Lyman, is
open Thursday and Friday
10 a.m.6 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m.2 p.m., hours
may extend if volunteers
are available and a need
arises.
The store has an ongoing sale on coats and
jackets for $5 and sweaters 50 percent off. All of
the proceeds benefit the
programs and services offered by District Five Family Ministries.
Donations of gently
used ladies clothing, accessories, home dcor
items, and mens clothing,
shoes and accessories are
being accepted and can be
dropped off at the MTCC,
located at 84 Groce Road,
Lyman, Monday through
Friday 8 a.m.5 p.m.
To setup larger dona-
items, Kim said. Were

on Randall Street in the
old Greer Depot, and it
just has the greatest feeling of the history...
The store offers an wide
array of flavors, ranging
from the more commonly
known to the unpredictable, such as chipotle,
cinnamon pear and blackberry ginger dark balsamic
vinegar.
We were really, really
busy when we first got our
shipment, Kim said. Wed
taken out hamburger, and
Id made some homemade
mac and cheese and green
beans. Wed put garlic parmesan oil to the mac and
cheese, and then we put
balsamic over the hamburger and it made it taste
like steak. It was so good
tions or to volunteer contact Lyn Turner at 4397760.
SENIOR DINING REQUESTS

SUBSTITUTE DRIVERS
The Senior Dinging program needs substitute

drives to pick up participants MondayFriday from
9:30 a.m.noon. Contact
877-1937.
GCM NEEDS CANNED

FRUIT, PEANUT BUTTER
Greer Community Ministries needs canned fruit,

and one pound bags of
dried beans.
Donations
may
be
dropped off from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. Monday-Friday at
738 S. Line St. Ext., Greer.
Visit gcminc.org for more
information.
SHARONS CLOSET NEEDS

SPRING/SUMMER CLOTHES
Greer Community Ministries Sharons Closet

needs spring and summer
clothing in all sizes from
infant to adult.
Donations
may
be
dropped off from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. Monday-Friday at
738 S. Line St. Ext., Greer.
Visit gcminc.org for more
information.
THE HAVEN SHELTER

NEEDS FIRST AID SUPPLIES
The Haven Shelter in

Spartanburg, which provides shelter and supportive services to homeless families to facilitate a
transition to a stable living
environment, needs several items.
Items needed include:
antibiotic and Benadryl
cream, band aids, antiseptic cleaner, Clorox products, wood floor cleaner,
healthy snack items for
children,
floor
mops,
brooms and dustpans,
sponges, bedroom dressers, window mini-blinds,
insulated curtains for large
windows, toolbox set, five
bathroom towel racks,
Kleenex, liquid laundry detergent and dish soap.
If youre able to donate
any of the above items
or have questions, please
contact call 582-6737 or
email Robin at pa2.hshelter@att.net.
ROLLING ON THE RIVER

MAY 2 AT 7 P.M.
The sixth annual Rolling

on the River, a fundraiser
benefiting the Middle
Tyger Community center,
is May 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the
BMW Zentrum. The event
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8
have its clothing closet open
from 6-8 p.m. Grace Place is
located at 407 Ridgewood
THE AWANAS CLUB at El
Bethel Baptist Church, 313
Jones Ave., Greer, from 6:30
- 8:15 p.m. Kids ages 3-12 are
invited. Call 877-4021.
MTCC TOUR MEETS at the
MTCC, at 84 Groce Road in
Lyman at 10 a.m. Potential
volunteers and interested
parties can tour the facility
and learn about programs
offered.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN Voters
of Greenville County meet at
1 p.m. at University Center,
McAlister Square, 225 S.
Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville. Ages 18 and older, men
and women, are invited to
join. Visit the information
monitor at University Center
for the room number.
THE GREER CITIZEN
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Ask for us by name!

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MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
Carolina Vine & Branch, located at 300 Randall St.,

opens Monday.
so we turned this really
blah meal into something
that really was not blah
anymore.
Kim said shes working
on different recipes in
hopes of having a menu of
suggestions for customers
who stop in.
Everybody thinks vin-
features a live auction

and silent auction, several
casino games, heavy hors
doeuvre, beer and wine
and live musical entertainment.
The MTCC is a nonprofit
that offers several programs and services for
low-income
individuals,
families and adolescent
parents.
To purchase tickets,
sponsor the event or for
more information, visit
middletyger.org or contact
Lisa Hall at 439-7760.
Ramen noodles, canned

meats, canned vegetables,
canned fruits, canned tomato products, peanut
butter, dessert mixes, condiments, snack foods, coffee and drink mixes.
Gods Pantry is a nonprofit that provides free
food assistance at 12 distributing pantry sites in
the Upstate.
For questions or to vol-
PURSES WITH PURPOSE

IS MAY 13-16
Middle Tyger Community Centers 8th annual

Purses with Purpose sale
is May 13-16 from 10
a.m.6 p.m. at the Community Chest Thrift Store, 52
Groce Road, Lyman. The
center is currently taking
donations of purses.
All proceeds benefit District Five Family Ministries.
For each purse donated at
Community Chest, donors
receive $1 their purchse.
egar and oil is just vinaigrette, and it doesnt have

to be, she said, adding
that she suggests putting
blackberry ginger dark
balsamic vinegar, one
of the more popular flavors, on ice cream or over
strawberries and angel
food cake.
You just have to kind
of turn into a foodie,
Kim said. The olive oil
and balsamic vinegar is a
much better quality than
you can buy in a grocery
store. And, of course, you
cant get the flavors in
the grocery store in my
store.
The store will be open
10 a.m. 6 p.m. on Monday Saturday and 1 5
p.m. on Sunday.
unteer contact Wendy

Robert at 963-4441 or visit
godspantrysc.org. Donations can be dropped off
at Sharon United Methodist Church, 1421 Reidville
Sharon Road, Greer, Enoree Fork Baptist Church,
100 Enoree Road, Greer,
or Rebirth Missionary Baptist Church, 2375 Racing
Road, Greer.
Notice of Annual Meeting of Members
The annual meeting of members of Citizens

Building and Loan SSB, Greer, South Carolina
will be held on April 16, 2015 at 9:00 am at the
main ofce of the Bank at 229 Trade Street,
Greer, South Carolina. The business to be
conducted at the annual meeting is the annual
election of directors and a report of its nancial
condition. Members of the Bank as of January 30,
2015 are eligible to vote at the annual meeting.
CITIZENS BUILDING AND LOAN
JAILBREAK 5K RUN AND

WALK IS MAY 23
The Lexington County

Sheriffs Foundation is
holding its ninth annual
Jailbreak 5K Run & Walk
on Saturday, May 23, at the
Lexington County Sheriffs
Department, 521 Gibson
Road, Lexington.
Packet pickup and late
registration begins at 6:15
a.m. and the event begins
at 8 a.m. The cost is $25
prior to race day and $30
at the event.
Anyone interested in
participating can register
online at stricklyrunning.
com.
GODS PANTRY NEEDS

PASTA, CANNED MEATS
Gods Pantry needs spaghetti, pasta, oatmeal,

grits, beans, rice, macaroni and cheese, crackers,
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The Greer Citizen
A4 THE GREER CITIZEN
Magic and memories gone
ast Sunday I threw myself an enormous pity party: table for one, face
down on the bed, enough Radiohead filtering through the speakers to
convince anyone to taste steel, shoved
coldly against their back molars.
It wasnt because Id been motivated
to visit the loo twelve times during the
night by Mr Norovirus, or realizing that
in my gratitude to Paul for doing barn
duty, I knew I was going to have to drag
myself out there to see if he had cleaned
the water buckets properly, but knowing I was missing an event I had looked
forward to for weeks...
The Punchline Comedy Club in Sandy
Springs, Georgia, was closing its legendary doors after 33 years in business, to
re-open in a new location and a private
bash was being held for all former staff
(of which I was one) and comics (of
which I was one) in order to pay homage
to this building which had been described by one comic as sacred ground
and another as Hotel California.
In his documentary on the club, If These
Walls Could Talk, filmmaker Steve
Mitchell interviewed those of us who
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
were regulars including British comic
and television host, John Oliver, who
referred to the dingy, plywood paneled,
graffiti- laced landmark as, My Narnia.
And I will heartily agree with comic
Jimmy Shubert who remarked, If these
walls could talk? Theyd better not talk.
Because a lot of us, frankly, would still
be trying to post bail.
Along with the rest of the wait and bar
staff, I was in my early 20s when I began
my 4 hour-a-shift night in those early
days, winding through a packed house,
delivering drinks and nachos (or whatever was flung out of the sweat box also
known as the kitchen) by Alan.
And it wasnt worth putting your life
on the line by popping your head around
the corner to inquire when the philly
steak sandwich you ordered 20 minutes
ago might be ready as the customers are

getting impatient?
Get the hell out of here! was the general reply.
Everyone fed and watered, I could lean
against the bar and take in a few minutes of the best comics working in America: Seinfeld, Leno, Paul Reiser, Elayne
Boosler...the list went on and on as The
Punchline had the reputation for hiring
only household names and was a very
tough nut to crack for comedians that
had not yet landed The Tonight Show
or a sit-com.
I distinctly remember driving back to
the comedy condo, a very dejected, up
and coming Dennis Miller, who wondered aloud why on earth he had to
remain the middle act, instead of being
the headliner, when he headlined every
other club in the country.
You will one day, I said, like a patronizing mother.
Robin Williams dropped by when he
was in town. So did Pryor.
And Eddie Murphy. The photos documenting those memories still hang in the
office.
When the show was over, the audience

sent home and the house lights turned
up, then it was our turn to sit at the bar
(I have no recollection in all my years of
both working and performing there having ever paid for a single drink) safe and
comfortable from the amateur partiers
that roamed the Buckhead area in those
days, and not uncommonly, blinking at
the rising sun as we finally opened the
back door to depart, realizing that once
again, wed stayed up all night.
So many friendships made, such fun to
watch a young comic grow and develop
then make his or her Tonight Show
debut from the nicotine stained green
room.
The good news is that some of those
folks live close enough by for a visit and
a chinwag.
But the bad news is that the doors of
that scruffy old building within that
scruffy old strip mall, poised for redevelopment, are closed.
Gone.
And with it, a lot of magic, memories
and probably, my pancreas.
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CURIOUSLY
AMANDA
From death
to life
AMANDA IRWIN
Staff reporter
Read 1 Corinthians 15:35-45
nless a grain of wheat falls

into the earth and dies, it
remains just a single grain;
but if it dies, it bears much
fruit. John 12:24 (NRSV)
Recently, I bought seeds from

a seed store and planted them
in pots in my house. As I was
sowing the seeds in pots, this
verse from John 12 came to my
mind. I pondered how planting seeds is similar to what
Jesus said that the seed must
die, meaning the seed must be
The death of Jesus

producedand continues
to producemuch fruit.
buried before it can bear fruit.
These words were fulfilled in
Jesus life. He died on the cross
and was buried for three days.
Through his death, the Word
of God was sown in everyone
who believed in him, and those
people proclaimed it to other
people. The death of Jesus
producedand continues to
producemuch fruit.
Currently, the number of
Christians is over two billion,
or nearly one-third of the
worlds population. All this is
the result of Jesus sacrifice on
the cross. Whenever I celebrate
Communion, I want to reflect
on how Jesus willingly sacrificed, and like a little grain of
wheat, was buried so that the
fruit of faith, love and hope
could be produced in countless
lives.
Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus,
thank you for dying and rising
from the dead so that we can
live forever with you. Amen.
Thought for the day: Christ
died so that we can live.
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EDITORIAL
Finish South Carolina

ethics reform this year
Ever wonder why some legislative measures
get the go-ahead even though they dont broadly benefit the residents and taxpayers of this
state? Former attorney general Travis Medlock
does, and he says an ethics law requiring lawmakers to reveal more about their income could
provide South Carolinians with answers.
Thats why Mr. Medlock is sounding the alarm
about ethics reform legislation that is in danger
of falling by the wayside yet again this session.
He has been joined in that effort by Lt. Gov.
Henry McMaster, who says the lack of a strong
ethics law will impede South Carolinas ongoing
economic renewal.
Mr. McMaster and Mr. Medlock were co-chairmen on the governors commission on ethics reform, which provided a solid framework
for greater accountability. That is particularly
true for legislative review of ethics complaints,
which continue to be considered by colleagues
on the House and Senate Ethics Committees.
Meanwhile, all other elected officials face review by the State Ethics Commission.
So far this session, the House has approved
an ethics bill, but the Senates effort fell short,
as a reform proposal by Sen. Larry Martin, RPickens, was sidetracked by senators who dont
support the independent investigation of ethics
charges against legislators.
There is yet a chance that ethics reform can
still advance, if there is the legislative will.
There is no question that South Carolina deserves a stronger ethics law, and lawmakers
have seen enough bad examples among former
colleagues to recognize that as fact.
Mr. Medlock questioned why any lawmakers
would be willing to see rivers in South Carolina depleted for the benefit of irrigating megafarms, or allow out-of-state garbage to pile in
local landfills, or permit the disposal of stronger radioactive waste.
An ethics law that requires lawmakers to dis-
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for its commitment to economic

development, but the states rating
on ethics rules is an F.
close the nature and source of private income
could provide some answers, he said. Disclosure also would discourage improper activity
by legislators on behalf of special interests.
Lt. Gov. McMaster describes the ethics bill as a
jobs bill that will encourage greater success in
economic development. South Carolina is rated
high for its commitment to economic development, but the states rating on ethics rules is an
F. It needs to match up, Mr. McMaster says.
A strong ethics bill would reassure prospects
that they can expect good clean government
in South Carolina.
So far, none of the ethics reform bills considered by the House or Senate is as strong as the
proposal that came from the governors commission more than two years ago. That proposal, for example, would have required legislators
facing ethics charges to be judged as well as investigated by an independent panel.
But both Mr. Medlock and Mr. McMaster agree
that the measures now under consideration
would significantly improve ethics oversight
and accountability.
The more the Legislature delays approving a
meaningful ethics law, the more the public will
question why.
Mr. McMaster says the issue can be resolved
this year with a stroke of a pen. Its time for
the Legislature to act.
This guest editorial was published in the Charleston Post and Courier on March 31.
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Smarter
than dogs
ike Pavlovs dog, as children, we are taught how to

behave through reinforcement of good behavior. Do
something good; get a cookie
or gold star. Earn high marks in
school; receive an award. Score
the most points in a game;
named MVP. Perhaps, this is
why it is all the more impressive and unexpected when
individuals do good without
recognition or expectation.
But, thats exactly what Louise
Smith has done for 22 years.
From outside appearances,
Smith lives simply without
expecting much from anyone. What she has, she gladly
contributes toward her efforts
to feed stray and feral cats
she finds striving to survive
without shelter through out the
Greer community. From a distance, Smiths efforts may seem
pointless, daunting or misunderstood; Whats the point
when no matter what amount
of effort you put forth, stray
and feral cats will, unfortunately, continue to be an unsolved,
persistent problem??
As a cat lover, I understand
why Smith dedicates herself
toward aiding a seemingly
unsolvable problem. She cant
fix it, but she can offer what
she has to animals that are left
at the mercy of Mother Nature
facing survival of the fittest. I
think many of us could afford
to take a page from Smiths
book and learn a bit of selflessness not only in our
willingness to give back, but
also regarding our expectation
to receive credit, gain notoriety
or acquire awards. This idea
thats been portrayed that only
the greatest, the acclaimed, the
untouchable are the ones that
matter, have the biggest impact
or are the ones to measure up
to is simply untrue.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
didnt march by himself and
Elizabeth Cady Staton didnt
earn women the right to vote
standing all alone with her
single picket sign both
served as cogs in a larger
machine that extended beyond
them. But between us peons,
our actions arent likely to gain
us notoriety and are efforts are
apt to be forgotten when ashes
are all that remain of us, but
that doesnt render our time or
actions insignificant. Dont fret
over leaving your mark, just
do what you can with what you
have, and depart with the peace
that you did what you could.
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OBITUARIES
The Greer Citizen

March 27, at the Kersey
Funeral Home. Interment
followed at Auburndale
Memorial Park.
Visitation was held before services from 10-11
a.m. at the funeral home.
Weekend Outlook
Cloudy, but dry
Clouds and mostly dry conditions arrive for our

weekend forecast with the exception of Saturday
when a few showers will pass through. Look for a
cold front to move through the upstate with cooler
than average high temperatures in the 60s. Easter
Sunday will be sunny and milder than Saturday
with upper 60s for highs. Have a great weekend!
Albert Montemayor, Jr.

Veteran
Wyona Elizabeth Brooks

Mrs. Wyona Elizabeth
Brooks, 76, a resident of
Auburndale, passed away
Monday, March 23, 2015,
at her home with her family.
Mrs. Brooks was born
Oct. 4, 1938, in Greer
to John Paul and Edith
Hortense (Henderson) Gentry. She was an Auburndale resident since 1967
coming from South Carolina. She graduated from
Greer High School class of
1957, a retired Para Professional for Polk County
Schools and a member of
Lena Vista Baptist Church
in Auburndale.
Elizabeth enjoyed drawing, painting, spending
time with her family and
being called Bidgie by
her grandchildren. She
was preceded in death
by her parents and sister
Barbara Ann Nunn.
Elizabeth is survived by
her loving family: Harold
Brooks of Auburndale,
husband of 55 years; her
two daughters, Renee (Bernie) Kelly and Lori (Linnis) Feagle of Auburndale;
her brother, Paul Robert
(Becky) Gentry of Duncan;
and four grandchildren,
Ashton Elizabeth Thomas,
Austin Lee Thomas, Lindsey Renee Feagle and Lewis Sky Feagle.
In lieu of flowers, the
family requests donations
in Mrs. Brooks name to:
Good Shepherd Hospice,
105 Arneson Ave., Auburndale, Florida 33823.
Funeral services were
held at 11 a.m. Friday,
Albert Montemayor, Jr.,

48, of 303 Belton Ave.,
died March 30, 2015.
A native of
Chicago,
Illinois, he was a
son of the late Albert and
Alma Santana Maldonado
Montemayor, was self employed and a U.S. Navy
Veteran.
Surviving are his wife,
Marion Stephens Montemayor of the home; two
daughters, Madison and
Melanie Montemayor; two
sons, Austin and Avery
Montemayor all of Greer;
four sisters, Romano Vertiz and Sandy Montemayor
both of San Antonio, Texas,
and Dahlia Hernandez and
Toni Montemayor both of
Greer; and one grandchild,
Giuliana Montemayor.
A memorial service will
be held at 4 p.m. Friday,
April 3, at the Wood Mortuary, conducted by Rev.
Michael Joe Harvell.
The family is at the
home.
Memorials may be made
to the American Heart
Association, Upstate SC
Regional Office, Attn. Memorial Donations, 3535
Pelham Road, Suite 101,
Greenville, S.C. 29615 or
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 3608 Landmark
Drive, Suite C, Columbia,
S.C. 29204.
Online condolences may
be made at thewoodmortuary.com.
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Robert W. Rowland
Veteran
Robert Wesley Rowland, 73, died peacefully

on March 30, 2015 at his
home, surrounded by his
loving family.
A native of
Pensacola, Florida, son of the
late Lawrence Wesley and
Doris Bartley Rowland, he
was a retired employee
of the U.S. Postal Service,
Greenville, a U.S. Army
Veteran and of the Baptist
faith.
Surviving are his wife,
Teresa Cashin Rowland
of the home; one son,
Scott Rowland (Tracey) of
Greer; two daughters, Susan Rowland of Pensacola,
Florida and Kellyn Rowland of Greer; one brother,
David Rowland (Ginny) of
Provo, UT; one sister, Patricia Chavis (Richard) of
Pensacola; three grandchildren, Lindsay Ruiz,
(Ruben) of Landrum, Kyle
Rowland and Kevin Rowland both of Greer and
three great-grandchildren,
Alex Ruiz, Owen Ruiz and
Sara Ruiz.
A memorial service will
be held at 2 p.m. Friday,
April 3, at Wood Mortuary
conducted by Rev. Timothy Gouge.Visitation will
be held at 1-1:45 p.m. Friday at Wood Mortuary.
The family is at the
home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Faith
Baptist Church, 265 Highway 9 North, Mill Spring,
S.C. 28756.
Online condolences may
be made at thewoodmortuary.com.
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Date: Sunday, April 5
Temps: Partly sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s.
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COUNCIL: Greer Fire gives annual report

FROM PAGE ONE
Meals on Wheels program,

Senior Dining and the GCM
Food Pantry. GCM was
awarded $14,000, fulfilling nearly 47 percent of
the requested amount and
equals 35 percent of the
grant total.
Greer Relief applied for
$22,000 of CDBG Grant
funds to provide client financial assistance toward
mortgage and rent payments and client utilities.
Of the $7,000 recommended by CDBG staff, $6,000
was awarded by council.
The Parks and Recreations Cannon Senior
Center Program requested
$5,360.04 in CDBG grant
funds to provide computer
services and programs for
seniors. The program was
awarded $3,000.
Creative Advancement
Centers requested $10,000
and was awarded $8,000.

Brushy Creek First Assembly of Gods Helping
Hands Ministry was awarded $2,000.
GFD ANNUAL REPORT
Council heard Greer

Fire Departments annual
report during last weeks
meeting. Fire Chief Chris
Harvey reported that, in
2014, the department received a total of 2,457
alarms with the largest
portion being rescue and
emergency medical services, 1,635 or 66.5 percent,
followed by service calls,
229 or 9.3 percent. Of the
medical calls the department responds to, 1,139
or 70 percent are in Greenville County and 480 or 30
percent are in Spartanburg
County. The least handled
incident type by the department is severe weather and natural disaster
and special incident types,

both of which equaled less
than one percent of incidents handled.
During his annual report, Harvey highlighted
a service call problem the
department has faced.
Harvey said that of the 229
service calls handled, 105
were to one address. Harvey said the department is
looking for ways to manage the problem, but mentioned its becoming taxing on the services of the
department and its ability
to respond to higher priority calls, as service calls tie
up two or more personnel.
Harvey also reported
that all except one of the
departments employees
were EMS certified and he
was awarded the Duke Energy Citizen of the Year.
The
next
regularly
scheduled council meeting
is 6:30 p.m. on April 14.
LANDING: Left passengers uninjured

FROM PAGE ONE
point because I had seen

a better landing area. We
very luckily missed a set
of power lines. We came
dead to a stop in the middle of the road.
The plane was not damaged and was towed into
the median in the hours
that followed. Collins
said he could not help but
think the worst when the
plane was going down.
All you can think about
is your friends, he said.
Everybody on this team
is extremely close, so all I
wanted to do was put my
friends down safe so they
could get home to see their
kids and family.
Collins, a pilot with faithbased skydiving company,
Fastrax, was with his crew
during the emergency.
With team Fastrax, we
are required to do what
we call power off landings
or practice landings, he
said. Paul and I practice
landings about a week ago.
Flying a under no power is
really hard. Without that
training, you might not
have been talking to me at
all.
Collins called the landing a miracle.

We pray before every
flight, he said. Me and
one of the other guys went
back and walked the area
where we landed and its
absolutely divine intervention that we didnt hit
something. A plane doing
90 miles per hour going
down the road is a recipe
for disaster, so the fact
that we had no damage to
the airplane and absolutely nothing is a miracle.
The plane departed from
Middletown, Ohio with a
destination of Charleston.
Instead, Collins and his
crew ended up in Wellford,
nearly drawing a speeding
ticket from a local patrolman.
Funnily enough, as I
was coming into land, a
cop clocked me doing 90
miles per hour and actually
turned his lights on thinking we were a car, he said.
So as soon as I got out of
the airplane, the cop was
standing there. I didnt really have a chance to think
about everything.
It was a close call, Collins said.
Collins said on Friday
that he would get back on

the horse and fly again,
and thats exactly what he
did.
The plane left Wellford
the same way it got there
on Highway 29. It took off
Friday afternoon, using a
stretch of closed off road
as a makeshift runway to
complete its journey.
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The Room of Honor at Ryans features military artifacts from various local servicemen.
ROOM: Offers escape for local veterans

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You get a lot of guys

that go back there and
just sit and look at the
pictures, he said. They
can walk up and relate to
these people.
These are pictures

of local guys. Thats
what makes this so
special.
Dave Taylor
Manager, Ryans
These are pictures of

local guys, Taylor said.
Thats what makes this
so special.
Johnson said he was
proud to serve his country
and believes other veterans feel the same.
I loved it, he said. I did
things that, had I not been
in the military and stayed
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best people Ive ever met
in the world.
Taylor said he considers it an honor to say he
served his country.

Im very proud of what
Ive done, he said. I have
people to this day come
up and say, thank you for
your service. I always say
it was my pleasure to do
it.
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THE GREER CITIZEN
Potential Church makes

big move to Wellford
To meet in
old Family
Dollar site
BY KATIE CRUICE SMITH
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
Hanna Sweatt, who portrays Mary Magdalen in the fifth station, teaches participants
about the meaning of the resurrection as children dissolve sins in water.
Abner Creek provides

full Easter experience
BY KATIE CRUICE SMITH
While many churches
were busy hosting Easter
egg hunts this past weekend, Abner Creek Baptist
Church decided to create
a more interactive experience.
In the spirit of the journeys through Bethlehem
that many churches present at Christmastime,
Walk with Jesus: An Easter Experience for Families, helps children to visualize the Easter story as
it unfolds in the Bible.
We do an Easter egg
hunt every year, said
Emily Dean, who is the
childrens director at the
church. But this year, we
wanted to do an Easter
event for people to experience the Gospel in a new
way.
The church was divided
into five stations representing Palm Sunday, the
Last Supper, the Garden of
Gethsemane, Good Friday
and the Resurrection of
Christ. Volunteers were
dressed in biblical costumes to tell the story of
their day to the children,
and each station also provided an opportunity for
the children to be involved
in the story.
Children colored palm
leaves on Palm Sunday,
washed each others feet
at the Last Supper, hid
behind trees as soldiers
came for Jesus in the Gar-
CHURCH
NEWS
PUBLIC INVITED TO EASTER
AT GREER STATION CHURCH
The Church at Greer Station is inviting the community to join as the Easter
story is told this Sunday,
April 5, at Grace Hall, 108
Trade Street, at 10 a.m.
For more information,
please visit tcgreerstation.
com.
RIVERSIDE COLLECTING
CEREAL FOR GCM
Tom Rodriguez helps his son, Rocket Rodriguez, wash his

feet during the Last Supper station.
den, tasted sour lemons
(sin) that were made sweet
with sugar tablets on Good
Friday, and watched their
sins being washed away
in the water of Christs
death on the cross.
We did a Walk Through
Bethlehem at Christmas,
and the same company
does this event as well,
said Dean. We asked for
volunteers, and then each
person was responsible to
learn their own part.

After the Easter experience, the children were invited outdoors for an Easter egg hunt and balloons.
In order to make the event
a success, 50 volunteers
helped in various roles.
Abner Creek Baptist
Church is located at 2461
Abner Creek Road. For
more information on upcoming events, visit abnercreekbaptist.com.
for the evening meal at

Silver Bay Seafood Restaurant on White Horse Road
in Greenville.
Everyone is invited. For

more information, call
877-3981
VICTORIAN HILLS HOSTS

EASTER EVENTS
Victorian Hills Community Church, located at 209

Victor Avenue Ext., will be
having an Easter egg hunt
and hamburger and hotdog cookout on Saturday,
April 4, at 1 p.m.
The church will also be
having a Sonrise service
at 6:45 a.m. Sunday, April
5, and worship service will
begin at 10:30 a.m.
SACRED HEART SEEKS

YARD SALE PARTICIPANTS
The annual indoor/outdoor Yard Sale at Sacred

Heart Church, located at
1009 Benson St. (across
from Quality Foods), will
be held on Saturday, April
18. The church is seeking anyone who would be
interested in reserving a
table to sell their things at
$20 per 8ft table. Call Kris
Ann Alexander at 770-7150332 for reservations.
God provided
the money. People
stepped up. We
have been able
to do enough to
make it nice and
get moved in... The
church planter
community is very
tight.
Lance Martin
Pastor, Potential Church
It all works out for the

good, said Martin. Were
so much better where we
are.
Because of the increased
use of Pacific Place, the
church was finding it
more difficult to set up
their equipment for Sunday worship services.
Martin started arriving at
5:30 a.m. just to set up the
church for his congregation. The church knew that
it was time to move on to a

more permanent location.
But moving on such short
notice also meant that the
church was not necessarily prepared financially to
renovate another building.
God provided the money, said Martin. People
stepped up. We have been
able to do enough to make
it nice and get moved in.
We also had donations
from companies and other
churches, like Four Points
Church.
The church
planter community is very
tight.
An average service at Potential Church hosts about
100 people. But construction at the facility last
summer hurt attendance
as many people thought
the church had closed its
doors. Now the church is
slowly beginning to see its
numbers climb again.
We are trying to present Jesus in a modern
culture, said Martin. Its
our time to grow and
bloom. There have been
a lot of life changes, marriages healed, and people
realizing the potential God
has for their life.
Although the church officially opens its new doors
on April 12, they are planning to host five weeks
of a grand opening in the
fall after renovations have
been completed.
For more information
about Potential Church,
visit them online at potentialsc.com.
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Join Us In Celebration
Easter
Sunday
APRIL 5TH
9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Riverside Baptist Church,

located at 1249 South Suber Road in Greer, will be
collecting 20 boxes of cereal per month for Greer
Community Ministries.
Those interested in donating can place items
in
collection
baskets
throughout the church.
There are 228 boxes left to
collect.
With the Choir, Orchestra, and a

Special Message from Pastor Jerry Madden
APRIL 3RD
Good Friday
APALACHE BAPTIST
GOLDEN HEARTS EVENTS
A covered dish supper

is on the calendar for the
Golden Hearts on April
14 at the church Christian
Life Center (CLC) at 6 p.m.
The guest entertainment
for this night will be Ashlan Village choir.
The senior adults have
scheduled a day trip April
20 to Charleston. The seniors plan to go sightseeing around Charleston,
some will walk the bridge
from Charleston to Mt.
Pleasant, and the group
will eat a meal in Mt. Pleasant.
On April 30 the senior
adults will go out to eat
Easter Sunday will be

bittersweet for the members of Potential Church,
as they say their goodbyes
to their current church
home at Pacific Place at
the Lyman Event Center
on Groce Road, where they
have been gathering since
the church began in June,
2012.
On Sunday, April 12, the
young church of 125-130
members will meet at its
new location at 311 Greenville Highway, Wellford,
where Family Dollar was
located. The 5500-squarefoot building will give the
church the space it needs
to hold its community
events.
Its really a blessing,
said Pastor Lance Martin,
who founded the church.
We never could have permanent signage, and we
will come out better in the
long run because we have
hopes for expansion.
The church first started
meeting in the old armory
in Lyman in conjunction
with the town, and the
church took care of renovating the old building,
which had stood abandoned for quite some time.
But as the town developed
and changed its government, the facility became
an event venue during the
week.
We had to jump quick
because we had become
100 percent mobile, said
Martin. We had to take
everything out during the
week. It cost $10,000 to
go mobile, and it was a big
expense for us over the
last two months.
Although the congre-
gation felt an emotional

connection to the place
that they had renovated
to start their church, they
knew that they needed to
get a new building, where
they could focus on big
community events, such
as drive-in movie nights in
their church parking lot.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Allen Bennett demolition alternative
DAVE
RAMSEY
The original gift from

the Allen Bennett family
was conceived from the
idea of wellness for the
Greer Community and to
honor their son a World
War II veteran.
After surveying numerous individuals from our
community, I would like
to propose these ideas
as an alternative option
to the demolition of the
facility; Envision this, the
Allen Bennett Activity
and Wellness Complex of
Greer.
One of three components of the complex
would be an activity and
wellness center. This portion would help satisfy
the numerous needs of
our growing population
of seniors, young adults,
teens and children.
Increasingly, we are all
more interested in exercise, nutrition and healthy
lifestyle choices. This area
could include exercise
equipment, an auditorium
for wellness seminars,
meeting rooms for clubs
and civic organizations,
computer rooms, after
school programs and a
kitchen for catering and
nutrition classes.
The second component
is an aquatic center. This
portion of the complex
could contain one 50meter pool available for
local, state and regional
swim meets and another
pool with zero entrance
depth for children and
seniors. An outdoor water
park for fun during summer will attract all ages.
Family memberships,
swim team rentals from
local high schools and
communities and concessions can all bring in
considerable dollars for
upkeep.
The third portion would
Just a
theory
Q: Lets say you have
$1 million in the bank.
Why would you take out
$300,000 to buy a house,
instead of just making a
20 percent down payment and keeping the rest
of the money in mutual funds to make more
money?
DR: Interesting question. Okay, Im game.
The spread that youd
make between even a
high-interest rate mortgage lets say six
percent and mutual
funds at 11 percent or so,
is about five percent. And
thats assuming nothing
goes wrong, and you can
get your mutual fund out
if needed.
What youre talking
about is theory, and what
Im talking about is actual
life. In your theory youve
left out two major issues: paying taxes on the
mutual fund, which would
make your yield less, and
risk. Youve compared a
zero-risk investment with
a risk investment, and
you shouldnt do that.
You must factor in risk
so you can accurately
compare one investment
to another.
Every time you pay off
a mortgage, the bank
no longer charges you
interest. Thats zero risk
compared to a mutual
fund, which does have
risk. If your house was
paid for you wouldnt borrow $300,000 against it to
invest in mutual funds.
The City of Greer Planning Commission will hold a Public

Hearing at 6:30 p.m. on April 20, 2015 at Greer City Hall
located at 301 E. Poinsett Street on the following:
DOCKET NUMBER:
OWNER:
ADDRESS:
PARCEL ID NUMBER:
EXISTING ZONING:
REQUEST:
THE GREER CITIZEN
AN 2015-08
Paul E. Chicky
600 S Buncombe Road
G0060003001405
S-1, Service District
C-2, Commercial District
Documents related to the requests are available for public

inspection in the Planning and Zoning Office located at
301 E. Poinsett Street.
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house the Greer Heritage

and Art Museum. This
would give much needed
additional exhibit space
for a large, important
collection of historical
memorabilia documenting Greers history. This
portion could also contain
exhibit space for a new
permanent collection of
Greers renowned artist
Suzanne Lanford Greene.
This unbelievable collection of amazing watercolors will astound visitors,
a must see for tourists
and art-lovers. Another
much needed exhibit hall
will allow local artists to
showcase their works on
a quarterly basis. This will
constantly given renewed
interest and enthusiasm
for our community and
visitors alike.
Without question, tourism can have an undeniably positive impact on
Greers economic future.
With the coming of Bass
Pro Shop to our area, we

have the unique opportunity to capitalize on
and entice thousands of
tourists to Greer. I would
like to emphasize to the
mayor, city officials and
citizens that this opportunity will pass our way
only once.
Let us all be reminded
of the tremendous voids
created in our community
architecturally, esthetically and psychologically
by the demolition at tax
payer expense of Tryon
Street School, Duke Street
School, Woodland School
and Victor Mill. These
properties remain vacant
until this day. Yes, this
property is very valuable to the city of Greer,
therefore an investment
in a multi-use facility
would prove to be a much
superior alternative.
Thomas S Ebetino
Greer
WILLIAM BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN
Security talk
Last week, Greer State Bank hosted its quarterly breakfast

at Thornblade. The chosen speaker for Thursdays
event was Dennis Dowdy (pictured), who addressed
the increasingly problematic topic of cyber security.
Software security has not kept pace with emerging
threats, he said to those in attendance. Security breaches
are inevitable and youre a target.
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13465 E. Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer 877-3235
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121 New Woodruff Rd., Greer 877-9686
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199 Hubert St., Greer 877-3899
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3390 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer 879-4878
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300 Oneal Rd., Greer 877-5876
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12481 Greenville Highway, Lyman 439-2602
Living Way Community Church
3239 N. Highway 101, Greer 895-0544
Mountain Bridge Community Church
1400B Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer 350-1051
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104 New Woodruff Rd., Greer 968-2424
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2425 Racing Rd., Greer 848-4521

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1282 Milford Church Rd., Greer 895-5533
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New Jerusalem Baptist Church
413 E. Poinsett St., Greer 968-9203
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90 Becco Rd., Greer 895-3224
Northwood Baptist Church
888 Ansel School Rd., Greer 877-5417
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3420 N. Highway 101, Greer 895-0930
Pelham First Baptist Church
2720 S. Old Highway 14, Greer 879-4032
Peoples Baptist Church
310 Victor Avenue Ext., Greer 848-0449
Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church

201 Jordan Rd., Lyman 879-2646
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1002 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer 877-6436
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174 Ebenezer Road, Greer 987-9644
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4369 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors 268-2299
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3610 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer 877-0419

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1001 W. Poinsett St., Greer 629-3350
1301 S. Main St. (S. Hwy. 14), Greer 877-0308

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301 Liberty Hill Rd., Greer 968-8150
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4276 Highway 414, Landrum 292-0142
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6525 Mountain View Rd., Taylors 895-8532
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THE GREER CITIZEN
Greer man faces

murder charges
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WILLIAM BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN
Wade Hampton wreck

Greenville County EMS workers help a mother retrieve her infant from a wrecked car following an accident on Wade
Hampton Boulevard last Friday morning.
CRIME
REPORT
(Note: All information
contained in the following
was taken directly from
the official incident reports
filed by the Greer Police
Department, The Spartanburg County Sheriffs
Office or The Greenville
County Sheriffs Office All
suspects are to be considered innocent until proven
guilty in the court of law.)
CDV
Jonathan Shawn Johnson, of 2470 Racing Road,

Greer, was charged with
criminal domestic violence.
According to an incident
report provided by the
Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office, officers arrived
at the above address to
find the complainant saying Johnson had bitten her
on the arm during an argument. She said she then hit
him in order to get away.
The responding officer
noted a bite mark on her
arm, and the subject admitted hed bitten her.
The officer determined
the complainant had hit
the subject in an act of
self-defense and therefore
arrested Johnson for CDV.
He was transported to
the Spartanburg Detention
Center.
UNLAWFUL ALCOHOL
Emily Alexandria Lewis,

21, of 203 Hopesewee
Drive,
Piedmont,
was
charged with driving with
unlawful alcohol content.
According to an incident report filed by Greer
Police, an officer was dispatched to a single-car
collision around J. Verne
Smith Parkway and East
Wade Hampton Boulevard.
When the officer asked
Lewis where she was coming from and where she
was headed, she responded that she didnt know.
The officer soon realized
that Lewis wasnt even
aware that shed been involved in an accident. She
failed a field sobriety test
and was placed under arrest. She blew a .08 on the
breathalyzer and admitted
to taking a Xanax earlier
in the day. She was turned
over to the jail for processing.
WANTED
Michael Wesley Bockstiegel, 34, of 309 Werrington

Court, Greer, is being
sought in a case of shoplifting.
According to a Greer Police incident report, police
responded to a call about
a shoplifting that had occurred at the Spinx on West
Wade Hampton Boulevard.
The clerk reported that
shed seen a tall man take
three cases of beer from
the cooler without paying.
The clerk was able to note
sions between May 8, 2013

and April 18, 2014.
On April 30, 2014, Griffin
was arrested at an apartment complex on the east
side of the City of Spartanburg. When confronted by
police, Griffin had nearly
6.8 grams of crack cocaine
in his pants. He also tried
to discard 9.4 grams of cocaine when he briefly tried
to run from officers during his arrest.
Griffin, whose prior
Clifford I. Haney
While at the home on

Saturday, family reported
hearing two loud noises
and seeing Clifford holding a gun while firing it at
the victim.
After an autopsy on
Tuesday, Fowler said the
cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds to the
abdomen.
Fowler said the case is
under investigation by the
Greer Police Department
and the Greenville County
Coroners Office.
the license plate number,

which police tracked to
Bockstiegel.
A warrant is being
sought for his arrest, and
police say Bockstiegel has
an extensive criminal history of shoplifting.
SHOPLIFTING
Anna Michelle Wyatt,

30, of 414 Fairview Road,
Taylors, was charged with
shoplifting.
According to the incident report furnished by
Greer Police, a Walmart
loss prevention officer was
holding Wyatt in his office
at the store on East Wade
Hampton Boulevardd. He
explained that the subject had concealed several
items in a purse and tried
to exit the store.
When the loss prevention officer confronted
her about the crime, Wyatt handed over the merchandise, which totaled
$62.87.
She was arrested and
transported to Greer City
Jail, where she was issued
a citation for shoplifting.
CDV
Megan Leanne Siler, 31,

of 220 Biblebrook Drive,
Greer, was charged with
criminal domestic violence.
According to the Greer
Police incident report, an
officer met the complainant near the incident location and found him with a
bleeding lip and torn shirt.
Man sentenced for cocaine

A Spartanburg man received a 12-year prison
sentence Tuesday after he
admitted to selling cocaine
and crack cocaine.
Bennie Griffin Jr., 28,
pleaded guilty to three
counts of distribution of
crack cocaine and one
count of possession of
cocaine with intent to
distribute. Griffin sold
quantities of crack cocaine
to law enforcement informants on multiple occa-
The Greenville County

coroner said a 76-yearold Greer woman died two
days after she was found
suffering from multiple
gunshot wounds.
Coroner Jeff Fowler said
the victim, Frankie Haney,
was found at her home by
Greer police on Saturday.
Fowler said Frankie was
transported to the Greenville Memorial Trauma
Center, and she died on
Monday.
Greer police said the
womans husband, 84year-old Clifford Haney, is
charged in her death.
According to the incident
report, Clifford had been
living at a rehab facility for
three months and family
had brought him back to
his home on Pennypacker
Court to help prepare for
him to move back in. The
report said the plan was
for him to move back in
and be placed on hospice.
criminal record included

convictions for drug and
traffic offenses, will serve
about a decade of Circuit
Judge Derham Coles prison sentence before he is
eligible for release.
Assistant Solicitor Matt
Kendall prosecuted Griffin. Charges were filed by
the Sheriffs Office and
the Spartanburg Police Department.
Now opeN!
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Reid School and Wade Hampton

Three cars were involved in a collision at Reid School Road and Wade Hampton Boulevard
Sunday night. One person was transported to the hospital for injuries.
The officer also noted
scratches to his back and
neck. When Siler arrived
back at her residence, she
admitted to striking the
complainant during an argument.
She was arrested and
transported to the Greer
City Jail for processing.
CDV
David Dwain Skinner,

46, of 338 North Glassy
Mountain Road, Landrum,
was charged with criminal domestic violence of
a high and aggravated na-
ture, assault and battery

and reckless driving.
According to an incident
report filed by Greer Police, a woman claimed that
Skinner deliberately hit her
with his car in the parking
lot during a Greer Middle
School soccer game.
The complainant said
she and Skinner were arguing and that he got in
his car to leave the scene.
When she went to his window to tell him to be careful, he threatened to hit
her and then jumped a
curb and hit her in the left
knee with the car, a Jeep

Wrangler.
After that, witnesses
claim Skinner jumped a
curb and tore off through
the lawn where children
were playing. A short time
later, Skinner arrived at
the Police Department
to explain his side of the
story.
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Pets take over Greer City Park

Photos by William Buchheit | Article by Billy Cannada
Furry, four-legged pets of all shapes, sizes and breeds
took to Greer City Park on Saturday
to help raise awareness for military veterans
suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Healing Heroes Pets in the Park, an
event put on by the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerces Leadership Greer
Class XXXV, featured a pet walk and dog
demonstrations, but more importantly,
shined the spotlight on veterans.
It appeals to a lot of different people
for different reasons, class president
David Eill said. A lot of people can get
behind supporting veterans for what
theyve sacrificed for us. I think everybody that was there received the message
and I think it raised a little bit of awareness, which is what we wanted it to do.
The event also featured service dogs that
would be working with veterans impacted by PTSD.
It was neat being able to award two
service dog vests to a couple of the dogs
that have graduated the program, Eill
said. That was pretty cool. It was also

neat to see the veterans come out and
connect. Overall, we felt like everybody
had a really good time.
The Leadership Greer class has been
working with Bill Brightman, the Dog
Trainers Workshop and the Service Dog
Institute on the project, and has nearly
reached its goal of raising $15,000 to provide local veterans with animals.
Pets in the Park was about raising
awareness in the Greer community, Eill
said.
It was a bigger success than we
thought itd be, he said. We had a lot of
traffic that came through and a lot of involvement from vendors. Everything just
seemed to be a win and everyone had a
good time with it. The community was really engaged with it.
Nikita, a husky belonging to military veteran Eric Gross, was awarded a service vest
Saturday.
Ursa, an 8-year-old German Shepherd service dog, takes a moment to visualize before
her performance at Saturdays demonstration.
Marine veteran Ernest McDuell of Gray Court congratulates his Shizu, Ella, after she
received a service vest Saturday.
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Yellow Jackets fall to Blue Ridge
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BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
BILLY
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It was an up and down

week for Greer on the diamond.
The Yellow Jackets secured a win over Chapman
(8-1) before falling to rival
Blue Ridge on the road, 64.
It was a good ball game
to watch, Greer coach
Bob Massullo said of the
rivalry game. Both teams
made one error, but the
problem was they got their
lead off guy on almost
every inning. Its kind of
hard to defend when you
get that lead off guy on,
and we didnt. That made
the difference. They just
made one more play than
we did.
Blue Ridge led the Yellow Jackets late.
They got on top of us,
but we cut it to 4-3 and
were feeling pretty good
about our chances, Massullo said. We had a couple of guys on late, but
just couldnt push them
across.
Massullo said his team
doesnt usually get excited
for one particular game,
but playing Blue Ridge was
different.
Next year
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Greer stumbled against cross-town rival Blue Ridge last week, but knocked off Chapman to remain in the hunt
for the postseason. The Yellow Jackets are competing in a Spring Break tournament at Eastside this week.
I try to keep it calm over
here, but I notice when
you go up to their place,
its pretty exciting, Massullo said. I told the boys
they were getting ready to

walk into a bees nest. Its
not just the players, the
fans get into it too. It was
an exciting night.
Greers win over Chapman helps keep the Yellow

Jackets at just three region
losses.
Anytime you can get a
win in the conference, its

big especially in this
conference, he said. Every night, youve got teams
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GCM tournament tees off

May 9 at country club
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Sitting pretty
The Eastside boys soccer team knocked off Travelers Rest
3-0 last week, remaining atop the conference standings.
Warriors begin
head coach search
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
For the second time in
three years, Riverside is in
search of a boys basketball coach.
The gig was left vacant
after Greg Miller, who ran
the program for two years,
announced he would be
leaving to take a head
coaching job at Greer.
Were going to open the
job this week and post it,
Riverside Athletic Director
Murray Long said. Hopefully well have a better
idea after spring break
of what our future situa-
tion is going to look like.

We would love to have
somebody in the building
if possible, but obviously
were going to go with the
highest quality coach that
fits our program.
Murray said during his
stint with the Warriors,
Miller proved himself to
be very valuable.
He brought a fantastic work ethic and really
worked hard to provide
the kids with a great overall experience, he said.
He didnt just focus on
basketball, he focused on
the community and the
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Golf enthusiasts and

others in the Greer community are gearing up
for the 18th annual Greer
Community
Miniseries
(GCM) golf fundraising
event, which serves as a
primary fundraiser for
Meals on Wheels.
The Dick Brooks Honda
Meals on Wheels Invitational golf tournament will
be held on May 9 at Greer
Country Club.
Theres a couple of
things we try to accomplish every year one
being that its a big fundraiser for us, Cindy Simpler, Greer Community
Ministries executive director, said during a previous
interview. The more our
programs are funded, the
more we can be confident
in serving the needs in
the community. Its also
a good time for people to
come in and learn more
about us.
Each golfer will receive a
gift bag, grilled steak and
snacks. Teams will be split
into morning and afternoon sessions with a shotgun start. Winning teams
will receive cash prizes.
Through participation,
every year there are new
people and they get to
learn more about the programs we do offer, beyond
just Meals on Wheels,
Simpler said. Its a time
of fun and fellowship.
Like Big Thursday and the
Benson event, these things
keep reminding folks that
were out here.
Competitions this year
include closest to the pin,
hole in one and closest to
the line. There are many
levels of sponsorship support available: partner,
$5,000; platinum, $2,500;
gold $1,500; contest sponsor, $500; and hole sponsors, $125.
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The deadline to sign up for GCMs annual golf tournament

at Greer Country Club is April 15.
Its a time of fun

and fellowship. Like
Big Thursday and
the Benson event,
these things keep
reminding folks that
were out here.
Cindy Simpler
Executive director, GCM

The tournament provides funds needed to
continue serving more
than 300 homebound senior adults in the Greater
Greer area with a hot meal
Monday through Friday.
The meals are prepared on
site in the Greer Community Ministries kitchen and

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volunteer drivers deliver

them.
Simpler said this is a
chance for people to get
involved in what is going
on.
Its one thing to say,
thats great, the Meals on
Wheels program is there
to help our seniors, but
until you actually go and
hand that meal to the person that is depending on
it, its not quite the same,
Simpler said. Its like the
difference between watching a race and driving in a
race.
The deadline to sign up
is April 15. Cost is $160
per individual and $640
per team.
contact Hannah Rainwater, GCM events coordinator, at 877-1937 or hrainwater@gcminc.org.
s college basketball
comes to a close, I
thought Id offer a
few parting shots and
some closure on the season that was.
For those of you who
were hoping for the best
Final Four possible, youve
got it. With the exception of Michigan State
- Kentucky, Wisconsin and
Duke are elite programs
with very, VERY good
teams.
The Wildcats proved
they were human last
week, nearly getting
knocked off in the Elite
Eight by Notre Dame.
Duke has made its easy
road to Indianapolis
look even easier, plowing through four midmajor schools (yes, Utah
and Gonzaga are STILL
mid-majors, no matter
what you say). Wisconsin
has battled back from
deficits and its best big
man, Frank Kaminsky, has
proven his worth in key
moments.
All signs point to a
Kentucky/Duke final,
which is the best possible
matchup. But if youre like
the rest of America, this
game will be like watching
villain vs. villain. Nobody
but Ashley Judd and a
bunch of other spoiled
Kentucky fans want to see
the Wildcats go undefeated and even less
people want to see Duke
win a title.
These programs are
hated for one reason
theyre consistently
good. Although I dislike
both very much, Id be
lying if I said I didnt want
to see the two match up.
Hopefully, this Final Four
will send the 2015 season
out on a high note.
As for my Tar Heels,
seeing the season end early isnt such a bad thing.
Ive been a fan during
some hard seasons. In the
early 2000s, Carolina won
only eight games before
Roy Williams returned to
Chapel Hill to turn things
around. In 2010, a year
after winning a national
championship, UNC laid
an egg, resulting in a NIT
berth.
This season, however,
was a special kind of difficult.
The team was good. The
potential was there, but
so many games that could
have been wins turned
into losses.
Off the court, things
were far worse than
theyve ever been. The
school itself is dealing
with an academic scandal
that could end up being one of the worst in
NCAA history. Although
sanctions are likely to
be delayed for as long as
possible, theyre coming,
and that dark cloud hanging over Chapel Hill has
only gotten darker as time
has passed. Losing Tar
Heel greats such as Stuart
Scott and legendary coach
Dean Smith hasnt helped
either.
In sports, theres always next year, but for
my Tar Heels, any year
but this one will do.
As you sit back to catch
the games this weekend,
please remember the ageold motto: Anybody but
Duke!
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Crusaders take win over

Southern Wesleyan
North Greenville baseball
picked up a split against
Southern Wesleyan in the
finale of a three game
series against their Conference Carolinas rivals.
The Warriors took game
one 4-2, before falling
12-5 in the rubber match.
The Crusaders won Friday
nights matchup 3-2.
Game One
Billy Cannada | The Greer Citizen
Carolyn Hillier will join her sister, Jennifer, on the Limestone cheer team next year.
Blue Ridges Hillier

chooses Limestone
Will join
Cheer squad
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Following in the family footsteps, Blue Ridge
cheerleader Carolyn Hillier
signed a letter of intent to
compete at Limestone College next season.
Hillier joins her sister,
Jennifer, who signed with

Limestone a year ago.
I wanted to cheer in college and I wanted to cheer
with my sister, so that was
a great thing, Hillier said.
(Limestone) just felt like
the best fit. Its going to be
awesome.
Hillier said she has already had plenty of interaction with her new teammates.
I see the cheer team a
lot and Ive talked to the
girls there when they go

to competition, she said.
Im excited about it.
The incoming freshman
will room with her sister
and will major in social
work.
I think Im just excited
to be on my own, Hillier
said. Its going to be great
to get to cheer because its
something I love to do.
The Warriors scored

early and often in the first
game to snap a 13 game
losing streak with a 4-2
victory. Dan Williams delivered a sacrifice fly to
score Mike Hyman in the
first inning to give the
Warriors an early lead.
Zach Mondoux knocked
in Luke Hostetler in the
second before scoring on
a single by Hyman. The
Warriors collected three
hits in that inning alone
but left two on. The Warriors added another run
in the third as Julio Lara
scored on a wild pitch.
Lara reached on a single
before reaching third on
a double by Hostetler.
The Warriors put four runners on in the fifth, loading the bases with two
outs but failed to score.
SWU had a runner reach
in each of the final two innings but couldnt cash in.
None of that mattered as
Matt Buss tossed five innings to pick up the win
and improve to 3-3. Buss
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North Greenville split a pair of games with Southern

Wesleyan over the weekend.
allowed just six hits and
two runs in the performance. He struck out four
and walked four. Jordan
Finster pitched the final
two innings, allowing just
one walk to pick up his
third save.
Game Two
The Warriors struggled

in game two, collecting just
six hits as they lost 12-5 to
drop the three-game series.
SWU scored all five runs in
the ninth as they sent 10
batters to the plate. The
Crusaders walked one and
hit three in that inning as
Justin Brew and Avery Mahon collected RBI singles.
Mike Hyman was plunked
with the bases loaded as
was Dan Williams. Matt
Costa collected a sac fly.
Prior to the ninth the Warriors had just three hits,

two in the first inning as
SWU left the bases loaded.
Hyman and Brew led off
with back-to-back singles
but were left stranded
in scoring position. Lara
doubled to start the sixth
but was left there.
The Crusaders scored
seven times in the fourth
to bust open a 1-0 game.
NGU collected eight hits
off of Andrew Howard in
the frame to take a commanding lead. In the fifth
they added four more
runs to take a 12-0 lead as
Drew Carson walked three
and hit a batter before Kalin Smith was summoned
from the bullpen.
Tigers exceeding expectations early

By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Blue Ridge has been on
a hot streak, and it didnt
stop last week.
The tigers earned wins
over Southside Christian
(11-3), Greer (6-4) and
Chapman (11-10), remaining in the hunt for a region
championship
It was a big week for us
having now won nine of
our last 11, head coach
Travis Henson said. Were
really pleased going into
the break with the first
half of the season weve
had.
Henson said he was particularly impressed with
his teams poise during a
tough rivalry game with
Greer.
Greer is steadily improving and we got them
at a hot time, Henson
said. We had a clutch bases loaded double by Elijah Henderson that gave
us a push in that game.
Ethan Few and John Coker
pitched really well for us.
Greer was pushing us the
entire time and we knew
they would.
During the Chapman
win, Blue Ridge blew an
8-1 lead late in the game.
The Tigers gave up nine
consecutive runs in the
sixth, forcing the offense
to win it from the plate.
We went to five different arms to try to get them
out in the sixth and sev-
enth inning, but we were

out of pitching at the end
of the week, he said. We
just had to scrap and battle. We won that game on
a bases-loaded, full count,
two out, walk-off double
by Melvin Smith.
Ive never been in

a game like that
in all my coaching
career.
Travis Henson
Blue Ridge Baseball Coach

Henson said it was the
strangest game he has
ever been a part of.
Ive never been in a
game like that in all my
coaching career, Henson
said. Ive coached in probably 500 baseball games,
and Ive never lost an 8-1
lead in the sixth inning.
It was exciting, theres no
doubt about it, but it was
frustrating in the sixth and
seventh when we couldnt
get it done.
The Tigers two region
losses came in tight games
with Emerald and Travelers Rest, two teams that
currently sit atop region
standings.
I think every one of
these games, especially in
the top half of this region,
is going to come down to
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Blue Ridge came into the season with little experience, but the Tigers have proven themselves in the last 11 games,
winning nine. The Tigers only trail Emerald and Travelers Rest in region play.
one pitch or one play,
he said. Were all pretty
good.
Although Blue Ridge
came into the season unsure of what they would
see, Henson said the team
has stepped up.
The key for us right
now is that were hitting
the ball a lot better, he
said. Offensively, up and
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knocking other teams off.

Anybody can beat anybody, I believe. Anytime
you get a win, its huge.
Greer gained some confidence recently from big
wins over Wade Hampton
and Eastside.
anybody, I believe.
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coach Bob Massullo will have his team ready for

Bob Massullo Greer
a return to region action next week.
Greer Baseball Coach
bit. Next Saturday, weve

got Emerald coming to the
house. Thats going to be a
big game so were hoping
to be ready for them.
Massullo said he hopes
to use this week to fine
tune his squad.
We want to tweak that
lineup a little bit and get
everything squared away,

he said. We probably had
a different lineup in each
ball game, so were going
to try to get people where
they belong and figure out
where we can be most productive.
Well develop the experience, Henson said. The

biggest advantage weve
got going for us is where
we are. Now, we have to
see if we can continue to
improve. Were at a great
spot at the halfway mark,
but we know its going to
be a battle. Weve got to
get better, and everybody
else will too.
Out of all the teams Ive

coached, this group probably responds to coaching
and learns from mistakes
faster than any group Ive
had, he said. Thats important. It really is. Thats
why weve been able to put
this run together.
Rebels split series with

Wade Hampton Generals
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Anybody can beat
The Yellow Jackets face

a Spring Break schedule
of: Palmetto, Seneca and
T.L. Hanna.
Those are three quality
opponents, Massullo said.
We want to use this time
to get work in and batten
down the hatches a little
down the order, weve

been able to put up a lot
of runs, which is good because we really build ourselves on pitching and defense. When you hit well,
youve got a little bit more
cushion and margin for error.
The Tigers positive record has left reason for
optimism in Blue Ridge.
The Byrnes baseball

team dropped a tough 8-7
decision to Wade Hampton before bouncing back
to shutout the Generals 50 last week.
The split gives the Rebels a two-loss record in the
region heading into Spring
Break.
In our region, we kind
of control our own destiny, Byrnes coach Michael
Maus said. Weve got two
losses and many other
teams have two or more.
All you really want to do
is control what you can
control. You dont want
to put something in somebody elses hands in order
to be successful. We know
that if we do what we do
best, well put ourselves in
a good position to be successful.
Maus said the first loss
to Wade Hampton was
tough to swallow.
We were able to come
all the way back from being down 7-1 and tie the
game, Michael Maus said.
In the bottom of the sixth,
we gave up a run and that
ended up being the difference. We hit the ball
well, but they made some
defensive plays. We just
came up a little bit short.
Hunter Hernandez threw
a shutout for the Rebels in
game two, willing his team
to a commanding victory.
He pitched a complete
game two-hitter with 11
strikeouts, Maus said.
He was strong for us.

Maus said he has gotten
some solid innings from
his rotation so far this season. Hernandez currently
boasts a 3-0 record on the
mound.
Weve played four or
five games at home and
weve only made two errors, Maus said. Weve
actually hit the ball a lot
better than I thought we
would. Were batting .300
as a team right now, so
were swinging the bats,
but we need to get a little
more consistent (on defense). If we can do that,
well make a little bit of
noise, I think.
Byrnes will take on Boiling Springs on Friday.
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Denny Hamlin holds off Brad Keselowski

With Brad Keselowski
beating a tattoo into his
rear bumper, and with his
No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota sliding sideways as
it approached the checkered flag, Denny Hamlin
held on to his car and held
off Keselowski to win Sundays NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
In winning his first race
of the season, his fifth at
the .526-mile short track
and the 25th of his career,
Hamlin took the lead for
good on Lap 473 of 500,
passing teammate Matt
Kenseth for the top spot.
Two laps later, Keselowski
surged past Kenseth and
tracked down Hamlin, setting up a breathtaking battle in the closing laps.
Keselowski could have
won his second straight
Sprint Cup race by wrecking Hamlin, but the 2012
premier series champion
opted not to win the race
with his bumper.
Hats off to Brad--he had
an option, and he took the
latter (not to wreck the
No. 11), said Hamlin, who
broke a 31-race Toyota
winless streak dating back
to his victory at Talladega
last May. So thank him
for that
We had some good
short-track racing those
last few laps.
Keselowski tried everything in the closing laps
short of knocking Hamlins car into the fence.
I did everything I could,
other than wreck him,
said
Keselowski,
last
weeks winner at Auto
Club Speedway in California. I hit him pretty good
a couple of times. I dont
know what else I could
have done other than drive

through him.
Keselowski took his last
shot off the final corner,
bumping Hamlins car and
turning it sideways. But
Hamlin righted the car and
drove to the finish line
.186 seconds ahead of the
race runner-up.
Hamlin, who recovered
from a penalty for a runaway tire on Lap 166 and
a resulting trip to the rear
of the field, said the victory followed the longest
competition meeting hes
experienced at Joe Gibbs
Racing, one in which team
owner Joe Gibbs pointedly
addressed his teams.
Joe doesnt raise his
voice very often, but he
did this time, Hamlin
said. He told us to get off
our tails and get to work.
Obviously, the effort
paid off on Sunday.
Coors Light Polesitter
Joey Logano ran third,
overcoming a Lap 219
spin in Turn 2 that started when Michael Annetts
Chevrolet got loose underneath Loganos Ford and
knocked the No. 22 out of
the racing groove.
Kenseth came home
fourth and David Ragan
fifth in his continuing substitute role for Kyle Busch,
as Joe Gibbs Racing put
three cars in the top five.
Martin Truex Jr. was sixth,
posting his sixth straight
top 10 to start the season,
and Danica Patrick finished seventh, one position shy of her best result
in the Sprint Cup series.
The top 10 was Patricks
fifth in NASCARs premier
division, tying her with Janet Guthrie for most in the
series by a female driver.
The driver of the No. 10
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Denny Hamlin held on to his car and held off Brad Keselowski to win Sundays NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 500 at
Martinsville Speedway.
Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet gained seven positions in the standings to
16th.
Im proud of everyone
for not giving up and for
keeping their head in the
game, and the pit crew
did a good job, said Patrick, who was a lap down
after 200 circuits but benefited from a free pass as
the highest-scored lapped
car under a Lap 206 caution for Ricky Stenhouse
Jr.s brush with the Turn
3 wall
They were frustrated
last weekend after making
a mistake on the last stop
appeared headed for victory in his final full-time

season before NASCAR
threw the yellow flag for
debris on the frontstretch
on Lap 460.
Trying to maintain his
position at the front of the
field, Gordon was flagged
for speeding on pit road
as he approached his stall
and restarted at the rear
of the field on Lap 467. To
his credit, Gordon drove
to a ninth place before he
ran out of laps.
Notes: In his series debut, Chase Elliott was a
victim of early contact,
went to the garage for re-
pairs and completed 427

laps, finishing 38th
Kevin Harvick ran eighth
and saw his streak of consecutive top-two finishes
end at eight. Harvick retained the series lead by
24 points over Logano,
with Truex holding third,
32 points back
Hamlins 25th victory
ties him with the late Joe
Weatherly for most by a
Virginia native. Hamlin
has accounted for all five
of Toyotas victories at
Martinsville.
Welcome back, Kurt Busch
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Joey Logano led 150 laps, winning the first NCWTS of his career and becoming the 26th
driver to take a checkered flag in each of NASCARs top three national touring series.
Joey Logano pulls out

wild overtime victory
Race runner-up Matt
Crafton said Joey Logano
barreled into turn one
on the final restart like
he was shot out of a cannon.
Ducking to the inside with the accelerator
mashed was the move Logano, the Coors Light Pole
Award winner, had
to
vault from third to first to
win Saturdays Kroger 250
NASCAR Camping World
Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway in an
event that went eight circuits past its posted distance of 250 laps.
Logano led 150 laps, winning the first NCWTS race
of his career and becoming the 26th driver to take
a checkered flag in each
of NASCARs top three national touring series.
After Crafton led the
field to green on Lap 257,
Logano and third-place
finisher Erik Jones made
a sandwich of Craftons
No. 88 Toyota, and Logano
squeezed his No. 29 Brad
Keselowski Racing Ford
through the first two corners into the lead. With
a car that was set up for
short runs, Logano was
untouchable the rest of
the way and arrived at the
(at Fontana), and its a

team effort, you know. Im
going to make mistakes
at the very end, too. Im
not going to lie, I was glad
there was not a yellow at
the very end coming to the
white. I was glad for that.
The late-lap war between
Hamlin and Keselowski
was simply the finale to
an action-filled afternoon
that produced 16 cautions
for a total of 112 laps.
It was the 16th caution
that proved the undoing
of eight-time Martinsville
winner Jeff Gordon, who
grabbed the lead from
Kenseth on Lap 442 and
finish line with a .431-second advantage over the

two-time defending series
champion.
I just had a great restart, Logano said of the
winning move. The tires
worked out well. I prepped
them good down the back
straightaway and made
sure I had them clean
enough. I got a good jump,
a fourth-gear grab there,
drove it in there and hope
I got past himand it was
able to stick down there
Its cool to say Ive won
in all three series now. Its
kind of special.
Logano is the first driver
to put a Ford truck in Victory Lane since Ricky Craven in 2005.
Crafton caused the caution that sent the race to
overtime when he bumped
Cole Custers No. 00 Chevrolet off Turn 4 and sent
him spinning on Lap 248.
Craftons tap was retaliation for an aggressive
move on Custers part
on lap 246, where Custer
drove hard into Turn 1,
knocked both Crafton and
Logano out of the way and
took a short-lived lead.
But Crafton soon caught
Custer and moved him out
of the way. With Custers
Chevrolet sitting in the

middle of the frontstretch,
NASCAR was forced to call
the ninth caution of the
race, setting up the greenwhite-checkered-flag finish.
I drove in too hard and
couldnt stop, and I hit em
a little too hard, Custer
said of the move that gave
him the lead for two laps.
It worked, so I knew he
(Crafton) was going to
come back and nudge me
a little bit. I was giving it
everything I had to try and
stay up there.
In vain, as it turned out.
Driving a truck fielded by
JR Motorsports, Custer finished 16th after overcoming two pit road speeding
penalties.
Crafton led 100 laps in
his second-place effort
and took the series lead
from Tyler Reddick, who
ran fifth. Reddick trails
Crafton by two points
through three events this
season.
Johnny Sauter came
home fourth, followed by
Reddick, Daniel Suarez,
James Buescher, John Wes
Townley, Matt Tifft and
Justin Boston.
f I had to list the

drivers people have
asked me about over
the years, Kurt Busch
wouldnt be in the top 10.
But over the course of
the past several weeks, he
has been number one.
Ive internally debated
what my response should
be. Do I defend NASCARs
decision to suspend
Busch from racing for a
couple of weeks while
waiting for a courts decision on whether or not
to bring criminal charges
against him? (He was
reinstated in time for the
March 22 race at Auto
Club Speedway, where he
started on the pole.)
Do I loudly decry violence against women or
against anyone, for that
matter for the whole
wide world to hear? Do
I decline to say anything
at all? Most importantly,
does it even matter what
I think?
Call it self-congratulatory, but I havent heard
many women sticking
up for Kurt, so I kind of
think it might.
I have only one had one
meaningful encounter
with Kurt Busch. Heres
what happened.
I was the director
of public relations at
Darlington Raceway on
March 18, 2003 that was
back in the glory days
when Darlington had two
annual Sprint Cup Series
weekend; just thought
Id throw that one out
there, NASCAR when
fans who came for a
race left as witnesses to
history.
It was the day Ricky
Craven beat Kurt Busch
(who was battling the
car as well as the track
since his power steering
had gone out several laps
earlier), to the checkered
flag by .002 seconds. It
was the closest finish in
NASCAR history, and one
heck of a show.
We brought Kurt and
Ricky back to the track
for a media event, and
as part of the old-school
promotional silliness that
Darlington was famous
for back in the day, asked
them to put on boxing
gloves and pose for a
photo op on the start/finish line. They declined
the invitation to wear the
satin trunks, citing skin
allergies or something like
that. Go figure.
Think about it; its great
to be part of the closest-
My brain
on Nascar
Cathy Elliot
for the Greer Citizen
ever finish if you end up
in Victory Lane at the end
of the day, but for the
second-place guy, well
you kind of become
the sports most famous
loser. Yet Kurt Busch,
without complaint, drove
himself from the Charlotte area to Darlington,
SC on a Tuesday morning
and posed for a slightly
embarrassing photo
to promote a race at a
track where he had never
scored a win.
In all my years at Darlington, I can honestly
say I never worked with
anyone more gracious and
accommodating.
In a court of law, one
person can hang a jury.
In the court of public
opinion, this may be more
akin to a lone voice crying
in the wilderness, saying
something that few agree
with.
We have seen Kurt
Busch lose his temper
and let his mouth get the
better of him. Thats happened to me; its probably
happened to you, too. We
have seen him blame his
co-workers, AKA his team
members, for a poor
job performance.
Ive done that; you
probably have,
too. We have
seen him
lose jobs as a result of his

questionable behavior;
thats probably happened
to some of us, too.
And we have definitely
experienced the thrill of
seeing him race. Week
after week, he reminds us
that as far as pure driving
ability goes, he is as good
as anyone in NASCAR,
and better than most. Like
him or not, you cant deny
his talent. I love to watch
Kurt Busch drive that
stock car, and hope Ill
be able to continue doing
that for a very long time.
The details of Buschs
domestic problems have
been prominently featured by most national
news outlets for a number
of weeks now where is
all this coverage when
the really positive stuff
happens in NASCAR, by
the way? so I dont feel
the need to reiterate them
here.
I do, however, feel
the need to stick up for
the guy. If were going
to judge somebody and
endanger the dcor of
our glass houses in the
process, then whenever
possible we should try
to base our opinions on
what we know of the person in question through
our own experience.
For me, its time to put
these recent events in
the rearview, stop talking
about it already, and get
on with the so-far exciting
2015 racing season. The
court system couldnt find
a reason to charge Kurt
Busch with anything; who
are we to judge?

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SEARCH: Riverside looking for captain

FROM B1
school as well. Thats a

heavy work load and Greg
did a great job with it and
were going to look to continue that with our next
hire.
Riverside, which narrowly missed the playoffs this
season, will have to rebuild
once again in 2016.
I think we have some
pieces, Long said. The
biggest challenge will be
graduation. Were graduating eight seniors and two
of those guys were fouryear varsity players. Were
graduating a lot of age
and a lot of experience,
which is huge. Those are
big shoes for our younger
CRUSADER
CORNER
LACROSSE PROSPECT CAMP
The North Greenville

mens lacrosse coaching
staff will be hosting its
first ever lacrosse prospect camp on May 2 from
8 a.m.- 4 p.m. at Pepsi
Field.
The camp is directed towards players who want
to improve their game and
showcase themselves to
college coaches in a personal setting. The team
will provide prospective
student-athletes with a
glimpse into the lives of
college lacrosse players
both on and off the field.
Prospects will receive a
day full of extensive instruction and live games.
The cost of the camp is
$80. The camp is capped
by position to ensure each
participant adequate instruction and attention.
MENS VOLLEYBALL

mens volleyball team lost
to Erskine College on Monday in three straight sets
(15-25, 19-25, 25-27).
The first set would start
off with a first point win
guys to come in and fill,

but I think weve got some
guys that can do it.
A TOUGH DECISION
Miller said the choice to

leave Riverside was not an
easy one.
This was one of the
hardest decisions Ive
ever made, he said. I
have nothing but respect
for coach Murray Long,
Mr. (Andy) Crowley and
Riverside High School for
giving me an opportunity.
Theres nothing wrong
with Riverside. It wasnt a
bad thing. But when some
place youve been comes
callingand theres a
chance to carry the torch
(coach Jeff Neely) was car-
by the Crusaders on a kill

from Luuga Vailuu. Early
in the set the two teams
would trade points as they
remained close with Erskine leading 7-5. Later in
the set a few attack errors
by North Greenville would
give a slight advantage to
the Flying Fleet at 12-6.
The Crusaders would try
to pull back close at 15-9,
before Erskine would take
the set away with a 10-6
run winning the first set
25-15.
The Crusaders would
start out strong in the second set coming out of the
break with a 5-2 run. The
Flying Fleet would then
answer back with a 3-0
run to tie the set early at
5-5. The set would continue to be close as the largest lead in this entire set
would be three points by
either team until Erskine
would make a late offensive charge taking this set
by six at 25-19.
The third set would not
differ from the starts of
the previous two sets as
Erskine would get out to a
6-2 start. North Greenville
would then take advantage of three Flying Fleet
attack errors to take the
lead in the set at 7-6. Both
teams would battle back
and forth as Erskine would
take the lead back at 14-13.
A SPORTING VIEW
The ballad of
Buckethead Craig
BY MARK VASTO
If Rodney Craig did
any one thing poorer
than most people, it was
walking away. But Craig
certainly could hit, and
boy could he run. The
wiry 6-foot-1, 195-pound
switch hitter, who was
described as having
a gift for larceny on
the base paths, was the
Seattle Mariners first real
prospect to make it to the
major leagues, which he
finally did in 1979.
His teammates called
him Buckethead, probably for two reasons:
his oversized Afro that
required an oversized
helmet to cover, and his
correspondingly gigantic sense of ego and
self-pride. And while he
played well enough in
the minors, he became an
easy mark for the other
players who knew how to
toy with his delicate emotions. His other nickname
was Fish, because he
never knew when to walk
away from the table.
He had a history of
walking away from the
team, however. He had
quit his high-school
teams, his Mexican-league
and Class A teams. At
AAA Spokane he was hitting a steady .318, but he
was emotionally erratic,
quitting the team after
a failed steal attempt of
home. He was fined $750.
He came back, but walked
off two weeks later. For
that, he was demoted to
Class A San Jose. It was
there that he said he lost
his ego and concentrated
on the game.
That September he
made his rookie debut,
the first Mariners prospect to make it to the
show, and he played
lights out. He hit safely,
often multiple times, in

13 out of 16 games, picking up 20 hits in 52 at
bats, striking out only five
times. The next season
he would be named the
Mariners opening-day
centerfielder.
The record shows that
Craig never really got his
mind right. His baseball
card shows a ballplayer
that could barely open his
bloodshot eyes in 1981.
His eye at the plate had
steadily worsened, too.
For the rest of his career
he garnered little playing
time and hit in the .230
range. By 1986 he was out
of the Majors, by 1990 he
was out of the minors,
and soon after, he was out
on the streets.
While he certainly
was due the minimum
MLB pension benefit of
$34,000 annually, how
he spent that money was
unclear. His thinking may
not have been clear the
night of Aug. 13, 2013,
when he chose the wrong
spot to spend the night in
Los Angeles.
According to police,
Craig was stabbed after
being told by a group of
transients to leave. Craig
tried to kick a dog as
he left. He missed, but
the dogs owner did not,
fatally stabbing him. The
killer was convicted a few
weeks ago and will spend
16 years in jail.
Friends and neighbors
of Craigs will spend the
rest of their lives wondering how this could
happen, how someone
who seemingly had it all,
in the end had nothing
... couldnt even kick a
dog, he was so down.
If anything he proved
that while, yes, he could
always be counted on to
walk away, poorly at that,
but he never really knew
where to go.
rying, its something that

means a lot to me.
Miller spent two years
coaching at Greer Middle
School and six years under
Neely at Greer High. He
helped coach three region
championship teams, one
of which made a state title
appearance.
There was nothing easy
about it, Miller said of
his decision. I truly hope
that we were able to start
a spark over there at Riverside and I hope all those
players can pick it up, run
with it and let it grow. Its
a great, great place.
PRESTON BURCH | FILE PHOTO
Greg Millers departure left Riverside with a vacancy to fill. Warrior AD Murray Long said
the school is beginning the search process this week.
Both teams would trade

leads in the set before it
would take longer than
twenty five as the Erskine
Flying Fleet would take the
final set 27-25 to win the
match 3-0.
The Crusaders next
match will be on Wednesday, April 1 on the campus
of Pfeiffer University.
NGU HOSTS INVITE

University womens golf
team hosted the 2015
Cherokee Valley Womens
Invitational on Monday
and Tuesday at Cherokee
Valley Golf Club.
Cherokee Valley Golf
Club was designed by
world-renowned
golf
course architect Pete Dye.
Cherokee Valley played
host to the NGA Hooters Tour during the early
2000s and is now under
management by Brown
Golf, which has the course
in good shape for the
womens Invitational.
Cherokee Valley brings
back good memories for
the women said Associate
Head Coach Brad Caldwell
We won our first collegiate event as team here
two years ago, we are very
comfortable out there so
I look for the girls to play
well this week.
SPORTS
ROUNDUP
RIVERSIDE MIDDLE 5K SET
TO BENEFIT CHARITIES
Riverside Middle School

will host an annual 5K run
on May 2 at 9 a.m in hopes
of raising money for local charities. Check in and
event day registration will
begin at 8 a.m., followed
by a short interaction with
the Riverside High state
champion cross country
team.
The event is open to
the public and those participating will have the option to register as a team.
Those interested can register at rmsptsa.com.
RIVERSIDE GOLF SUCCEEDS
The Riverside JV boys

golf team won the 2015 JV
Bengal Invitational Tournament on
March 24 at Columbia Country Club in Blythewood. The team shot
319 to beat the second
place team by 17 strokes.
The team was Andrew
Rose, Jeffrey Zhou, Logan
Gillespie, Max Butler and
Layton Torti. Jeffrey and
Max made the All Tournament team
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RIVERSIDE TRACK
AND FIELD
Riversides Jessie Crowley won the Coaches Classic 3200 with a time of
11:19.6, which makes her
the fastest seventh grader
in the country.
Abigail Smith medaled
in the 800m, while Andrew Castano ran 10:27 in
early heats of 3200m. Emmanuel Jackson ran 11.76
in 100m prelims.
SUMMER DAY CAMP
Greenville Rec summer

day camp registration
opened March 2. There are
several camps to choose
from, including the new
Conestee Camp, a one
week event focusing on
exploring nature and outdoor adventure.

For more information or
to register, visit https://
webtrac.greenvillerec.
com/wbwsc or greenvillerec.com.
USC UPSTATE GOLF

TOURNAMENT
The University of South

Carolina Upstate Alumni
Association is hosting its
sixth annual golf tournament on Friday, May 15 at
Woodfin Ridge Golf Club
as a fundraiser for the
associations scholarship
fund.
All alumni and friends
of the university are invited to play as well as enjoy lunch, prizes and contests. Registration forms,
including itinerary for the
day and prize information
are available at uscupstate.
edu/alumnigolf.
Registration for the tournament begins at 10:30
a.m. with a shotgun start
at 12 p.m. The entry fee is
$300 per team of four.
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(2) the specic reasons why
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denied;
(3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a
hearing (if one is requested
by the applicant);
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The Riverside varsity

golf team finished in sixth
place at the Greenville
County
Championship
on Monday and shot 343
and 157 (18 holes then 9
holes).
At the Viking Classic in
Greenwood, the varsity
team shot a team score
of 312 to finish second.
Sophomore Dan Castleberry shot three over 75 to
lead the team. Senior Ryan
Moseley shot 77, senior
Will Strickland shot 78,
Junior Chase Laymon shot
82 and Senior Bleu Rively
shot 83.
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APPLICATION
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to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue
for a license/permit that will
allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER,
WINE AND LIQUOR at 207
TRADE STREET, GREER
SC 29651. To object to the
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be postmarked by the S.C.
Department of Revenue no
later than March 1, 2015.
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person ling the protest;
denied;
(3) that the person protesting
is willing to attend a hearing
(if one is requested by the

applicant);
(4) that the person protesting
resides in the same county
where the proposed place of
business is located or within
ve miles of the business;
and
(5) the name of the applicant
and the address of the premises to be licensed.
S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box
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B6 THE GREER CITIZEN
Breathing masterpieces
Bob Jones University models re-create Christ in the House of the Pharisee. The piece features six live models. Can you distinguish real-life from still-life? Answers on B7.
Bob Jones University

presents The Living Gallery
BY JULIE HOLCOMBE
STAFF WRITER
You will have to see all
sides to get the complete
picture. Bob Jones Universitys annual Living Gallery production, Rivals
on the Road, challenges
audiences to take another
view of art and of Christ
by presenting the story
of Sauls conversion.
I knew it needed to be
a drama that was set in
the time of Christ and I
wanted to find characters
who were not his core followers, but who were kind
of on the periphery. Also

I wanted to show what
Christ looked like from
his enemies perspective.
So Saul actually works as
that because, before his
conversion, he was a Pharisee on the opposite side
of Christ, said Jason Waggoner, playwright and set
designer.
To tell the story, a cast
and crew of 175 re-create classic paintings and
sculptures with live models, music and drama.
This year features 13
works including The
Last Supper, Descent
from the Cross and a

new sculpture, Damascus
Road, by local artist Doug
Young.
Young has participated
in the production in various capacities since its
inception, but this is the
first original work he has
created for it. Waggoner is
responsible for transforming the original sculpture
into a life-size replica.
Jason is completely responsible for making the
pieces large. Hes done
this for years and I had my
hands full doing (the original piece), Young said.
Youngs original Damascus Road will be on
display in the Rodeheaver
lobby during performances.
Director Jeffrey Stegall
explained the integral
symbolism of the piece.
Saul met God on the
road to Damascus as a rival of the Christian faith,
but God used His glorious
light to break the darkness of Sauls unbelief and
transform him into a missionary to bring others to
Jesus Christ, said Stegall,
who is directing his fourth
installment of the Easter
series.
Transformation is also
the goal of the series
changing volunteers into
living art while molding
the audience in ministry.
STILL LIFE
A palette of makeup colors is ready to be applied to the

models, while Margaret Pasztor (background) works at her
makeup station.
The metamorphosis to
masterpiece begins with
the selection process.
Since some pieces from
previous years are reused,
models are chosen for
their particular scenes by
size.
They take your measurements and look at
different pieces of art and
pick based on body types
for spots, said Nick Skin-
Photos by
Mandy Ferguson
ner, who portrays Jesus in

Christ in the House of the
Pharisee.
Once selected, 40 makeup artists and four wig stylists transform live models
into the two- or three-dimensional characters.
(Makeup) is a vital part
of the whole. It is the finishing touch, if you will,
to creating the character,
said Dan Sandy, makeup
coordinator.
Students and volunteers
reference foam versions of
the characters they paint,
spending about 20 minutes on each model.
Its a really good experience, especially for
an art major, said junior
and makeup artist Emily
Vandeburgh.
Synthetic
wigs
and
beards complete the transformation.
Its fun to try to re-create the artists originals.
It can be trial and error
at times, said Wig Master
Alicia Carr, who oversees
the styling of the hairpieces.
Once in full makeup, hair
and costume, models take
their place in the works
of art some braced by
tethers, some reclining
and some in statuesque
pose and are revealed
on stage with special lighting and music.
Violet Mullennex
BY THE NUMBERS
18
Years Bob Jones has staged production
12K-14K
People are estimated to see

this years production over 7 performances
24
Inches is the approximate height of original

Damascus Road sculpture
Feet is the approximate height of the recreated work
20
Minutes of makeup application per model
9-10
3
Hours are spent in full makeup by models
Minutes are spent on stage in exhibit by models
60
Hours are spent in rehearsals over six weeks
72
Models are in the production
24
Members are in the cast
13
Works of art are represented
40
Makeup artists commit their time
SEE PRODUCTION | B7
THE ART SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
Theres nothing else like it that Ive

I understand art pretty well. I tried to think about how
Its surprising. I feel like
Im part of a painting.
Karen Haxton
Mary Magdalene with Jeffrey Stegall
I would feel as one of the humble before Jesus. I tried to

prepare in that mindset as much as possible.
Joshua Powell
Pharisee with Dan Sandy
seen before. With all of the lighting

often its really hard to tell whats a
painting and whats a person.
Nick Skinner
Jesus with Alicia Carr
MILESTONES
The Greer Citizen
THE GREER CITIZEN
B7
WEDDING
Miss Keri Liann Perry and Mr. Columbus Leo Howell, IV
Perry - Howell
Keri Liann Perry, of
Elizabethton, Tennessee,
and Columbus (Colby) Leo
Howell, IV, of Greer, were
married by the Rev. Todd
Hallman, of First Baptist
Church in Elizabethton,
on October 25, 2014. The
5:30 p.m. ceremony held
at The Charles in Johnson
City, Tennessee, was followed by a buffet dinner
reception, dancing and fellowship.
The tables, decorated by
burlap runners under lace
on champagne overlays,
were centered with oil
lanterns detailed by soft
babys breath. Guests enjoyed the tree-tiered bridal cake finished with buttercream icing and a scroll
design. A white layer with
strawberry whipped filling
was set between a white
top layered with buttercream icing and a chocolate bottom tier which held
chocolate cream icing. The
creation was topped with
a silver H.
The grooms chocolate
cake with buttercream icing and fondant details,
was designed to replicate
The Citadel ring.
On the evening of October 24, 2014, the parents of the groom hosted
a rehearsal dinner at The
Glass Room at Medical
Care in Elizabethton.
For the ceremony, the
church aisle was decorated
by white lanterns accented
with plum ribbon. Burlap
and lace designated the
first three family rows. A
cluster of rustic windows
with tea light candles and
babys breath served as
the backdrop.
The bride, escorted by
her son, Nicholas Bradford
Perry, chose an elegant
mermaid-style gown. Layered organza and bridal
satin featured a lace overlay and modified Sweetheart neckline detailed by
pearls, rhinestones and
Swarovski crystals. The
bridal bouquet of hydrangeas was gathered by antique heirloom brooches,
made by the bride.
Stephani Shouse, Staci
Peters and Kristi Zimmerman, sisters of the bride,

along with Ana Linzan
and Leah Nixon, stood as
bridesmaids.
Each attendant selected
their own creations in
plum. Ms. Shouses sleeveless chiffon dress featured
a ruffled plum back detail.
Ms. Peters was gowned in
strapless chiffon which fell
in layers of plum above the
knee. Ms. Zimmermans
strapless chiffon dress fell
to floor length designed
with a pleated bodice.
A high-low style dress
fashioned with a split front
was worn by Ms. Linzan
while Ms. Nixon, gowned
in a soft crinkle chiffon
halter dress finished with
a draped cascade, completed the bridesmaids
ensembles.
Each bridesmaid carried a bouquet of hydrangeas and antique heirloom
brooches designed by the
bride.
Brianna Nixon, daughter
of Brian and Leah Nixon,
wore a full tulle ballgown
with a tank bodice and
lace appliques as the couples flower girl.
Mr. C.L. (Billy) Howell,
III, as his sons best man,
served with Oliver Belue,
Lawrence Caudle and Robert Britt, classmates from
The Citadel, and Thomas
Hamilton, uncle of the
groom, as groomsmen.
The bride is the daughter
of Wade and Viki Campbell, and Lowell and Linda
Shell, all of Elizabethton.
She is the granddaughter of Leunah Tipton, the
late Jolly Tipton, Elizabeth
Shell, and the late Eugene
Shell, all of Elizabethton,
and Richard and Louise
Woodside, of Walterboro.
Mr. Howell is the son
of C. L. (Billy) and Debbie Howell, of Greer, and
grandson of Hilde Hamilton-Melfi, of Summerville,
and the late Nicholas H.
and Jean Hamilton and the
late C. L. (Bill) and Betty
Howell.
The newlyweds are currently at home in Hinesville, Georgia.
The living models are highlighted. They are, left to right, Karen Haxton, Nick Skinner, Alfredo Trujillo, Ryan Berbin,
Joshua Powell and Violet Mullennex.
PRODUCTION: Living
Gallery on stage April 2-4
FROM B6
FRAMING FAITH
Bob Jones University will

present The Living Gallery
in Rodeheaver Auditorium
April 2-4 at 4:30 and 7:30
p.m., and April 4 at 2 p.m.
I hope (the audiences)
think about Christ in a
different way. So those
who do believe that Christ
came, I hope that they will
think about what Christ
looks like to other people
because that helps them
try to explain to somebody
else, Heres what I believe
in and why. And then at
the same time, I hope that
people who havent really
I hope (the
audiences) think
about Christ in a
different way...I
hope that they will
think about what
Christ looks like to
other people...
The set crew makes adjustments to a work of art while Violet

Mullennex stands as youth in blue dress in foreground.
Read it and reap!

Community newspapers alive and well
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considered Christ as a person, that theyre going to

look at it and see maybe
a more rounded picture
than sometimes religious
drama (portrays), Waggoner said.
(The Living Gallery) is
different than our other
productions this is
connected to our faith,
Stegall said.
The Museum and Gallery
at Bob Jones University
will be open for extended
hours, 2-7 p.m. on performance days. Tickets to The
Living Gallery provide free
admission to the campus
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Mellencamp terrific at Township

Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Amy Adams in Big Eyes
COUCH THEATER
DVD previews
By Sam Struckhoff
NEW RELEASES FOR THE

WEEK OF APRIL 13
PICKS OF THE WEEK
Big Eyes (PG-13)

Walter Keane (Christoph
Waltz) was rich and renowned for his eye-catching paintings of tiny girls
with big, vacuous eyes. His
wife, Margaret Keane (Amy
Adams), enjoyed the fruits
of the commercial success, all while suffering
under weight of one big
lie she was the painter,
she invented the haunting
images, and she let Walter
talk her into his taking the
credit. He told her that
people arent interested in
lady art.
Tim Burton directs this
true-to-life tale about the
artist whose work rose to
great commercial heights
in the 1950s and 60s.
Its not your usual Burton
flick a bit toned down,
focused on lovingly telling
the story of a kitsch artist
admired by the director.
Maps to the Stars (R)
Agatha (Mia Wasikowska) has just returned to
L.A. Just out of the psych
ward, shes speckled with
unexplained burn scars,
and she has a strange,
unwavering look in her
eyes. Agatha becomes the
personal assistant to a
famous actress (Julianne
Moore), who is ever melting-down and clawing to
get the role that will rejuvenate her career. There
also is Agathas father
(John Cusack), a schlocky
guru who counsels Hollywood train wrecks, including Moores character.
The seedy, needy, murky
and alluring underbelly of
Hollywood stars in this
tale about awful people
and their tangling webs
of intersecting selfish desires. Its awfully moody
and has a rough final act,
but it might just be worth
it if youre a fan of director David Cronenberg.
The Babadook (NR)
After seeing this movie,
it might take you a little
longer than usual to get
to sleep. This unexpected
hit will send shivers down
your spine with the story
of a creepy, murderous
creature who comes into
your life and wont leave
you until the awful end.
Shaken little 6-year-old
Samuel (Noah Wiseman)
finds a pop-up book called
Mister Babadook, and
it gives him terrifying
nightmares. His widowed
mother, Amelia (Essie Davis), reaches her limit with
Samuels constant bad behavior and wailing about
nightmares. Then the
Babadook starts to visit
her while she sleeps.
Antarctica: A Year on
Ice (PG) Been a long
winter? Had it with the
ice and snow and general chilling of activities?
This documentary shows
you the people who can
sympathize with that,
and then doggedly laugh
in your face. The worlds
loneliest continent also
is the worlds harshest,
coldest environment, and
yet there are people living
there. Their seasons arent
like ours its always cold,
and the nights can last for
weeks. This focus on the
little things of living life in
a frozen, alien world sets
this film apart from other
nature documentaries that
go to extreme places.
TV RELEASES
Foyles War, Set 8

Haunting: Season 7
Teen Titans Go!: Appetite For Disruption Season
Two Part One
Jag: The Complete Series
Metal Hurlant Chronicles: The Complete Series
(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.
CONCERT
REVIEW
ohn Mellencamp is
one artist Ive always
wanted to see live.
With his honest lyrics,
farmers sensibilities and
raspy, hopeful voice, the
Bloomington, Indiana
native made a career tattooing Americas heartland into our collective
conscience. In the 1980s,
his brand of hard-rocking
populism captured the
hearts and fears of citizens losing their farms,
factories and houses to
dirty politicians and corporate takeovers. In defining their distinctly human
struggle, Mellencamp
managed to illuminate the
love, dreams and personal
loyalties that keep all
of us pushing forward
against the grain and
through the darkness.
Thats why, over the
course of three-and-a-half
decades, Mellencamp has
sold over 40 million albums. Its also why some
4,000 fans paid top dollar
to see him at Columbias
Township Auditorium
last Tuesday night. The
63-year-old roots rocker
didnt disappoint, turning
in an energetic, focused
two-hour set with some
worthy new material to go
along with all the trusty
classics.
Mellencamp came
onstage about 8:30, following a strong set by
Carlene Carter of the
famous Carter family. He
wore black pants and a
black coat with a white
tee-shirt underneath, his
graying hair cut short and
slicked back. The first
song, a jazzy new one
called Lawless Times,
seemed a strange choice
for an opener, but it was
reassuring to hear that
the singer still has his
machete of a voice. It was
one of three entries from
the artists latest album,

Plain Spoken, which
has garnered widespread
critical acclaim since its
arrival last year.
Most acts like to play at
least a half-dozen tracks
off the record theyre
touring to promote, but
Mellencamp chose to
throw in a handful of
tracks from multiple
recent releases. Two of
the nights most heartfelt
numbers, Longest Days
and If I Die Sudden, for
instance, came from his
2008 collaboration with TBone Burnett, Life, Death,
Love and Freedom.
But while the more
recent material offered
Mellencamp some terrific
opportunities to showcase his voice, it was the
classics that predictably
got the arena rocking.
The opening chords of
his 1985 smash Small
Town sent the crowd
into a frenzy, issuing in
what was probably the
nights best performance.
Authority Song and Pink
Houses, had everyone
at the Township dancing
and singing along, while
Mellencamp fueled his
farmers lament, Rain on
the Scarecrow, with the
same venom he did three
decades ago.
Of the oldies, the only
disappointment was
Jack and Dianne, arguably the singers most
famous song. It had the
makings of a wonderful
performance, with the
band leaving the stage to
just Mellencamp and his
acoustic guitar. Sadly, the
song was ruined when
THINGS
TO DO
Reserve your tickets

early at the Newberry Opera House box office. Call
803-276-6264 or visit our
website newberryoperahouse.com.
GREER VINTAGE MARKET

IS APRIL 18
Vintage Market at the

Park will be held Saturday,
April 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Vintage Market at the Park
is a semi-annual outdoor
pop-up market held at
Greer City Park.
The event will offer vintage finds, repurposed
dcor, jewelry, furniture,
handmade delights, and
clothing. Live music and
food trucks will also be on
hand.
visit vintagemarketgreer.
com.
THE NEWBERRY OPERA

HOUSE TO HOST BLUES
BROTHERS REVIEW
The Official Blues Brothers Revue will be at the

Newberry Opera House on
Wednesday, April 15, at 8
p.m.
This live concert show
combines the comedy
and hits from the original
movie and pays homage
to Chicagos rich history
of blues, gospel, and soul
music. The Official Blues
Brothers Revue features
Wayne Catania as Jake and
Kieron Lafferty as Elwood.
Tickets are available
at the Newberry Opera
House box office. Call 803276-6264 or visit our website www.newberryoperahouse.com.
LENNON SISTERS ON STAGE

AT NEWBERRY OPERA
The Lennon Sisters, an

American Institution first
introduced to the country
by Lawrence Welk, will celebrate their 50th anniversary at The Newberry Opera House Thursday, April
16, at 3 and 8 p.m.
WILLIAM
BUCHHEIT
FURMAN HOSTS
HINDUISM SYMPOSIUM
Furman University will

hold its annual World Religions Symposium concludes Monday, April 20,
at 7 p.m. in Watkins Room,
Trone Student Center,
with Dr. Bhagirath Majmudar, of the Emory University School of Medicine,
speaking on Priesthood
on Campus.
The symposium, Hinduism, A Living Tradition
is free and open to the
public, and includes a series of lectures and other
programs.
contact Maria Swearingen
in the Office of the Chaplains at 294-2133, or maria.swearingen@furman.
edu.
CENTRE STAGE SHOWS

SPAMALOT IN APRIL
Centre Stage will show

Monty Pythons Spamalot April 2-26.
Monty Python stalwart
Eric Idle and composer
John Du Prez adapt the
classic film Monty Python
and the Holy Grail into
a musical featuring the
Knights Who Say Ni, killer
rabbits, and other Python
touches. Spamalot adds
swipes at Vegas glitz and
Broadway conventions to
the films anarchic spirit.
The play is the winner of
the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award.
Shows run Thursday
through Sunday and all
seats are reserved. Call
233-6733 or visit www.
centrestage.org.
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Most acts like to play at least a half-dozen tracks off the record theyre touring to promote,
but John Mellencamp throws in a handful of tracks from multiple recent releases.
he essentially turned the
vocals over to the fans
while he strummed his
guitar and nodded his
head. The worst part
about it though, was that
the crowd rushed into
the chorus prematurely,
leading Mellencamp to
stop the tune completely
and correct them. Many
among the crowd found
the moment funny. I did
not.
The only other complaint I had was the
absence of my favorite
song, Hurts So Good,
from the setlist. After the
20th song, Pink Houses,
it seemed that Hurts
would be the logical
showstopper. Instead,
Mellencamp opted to
close the show with the
nostalgic 1988 hit Cherry

Bomb, which was decent
enough but paled in
comparison to Hurts So
Good, which likely would
have brought the house
down.
All in all, however, it
was a fine concert and
most of the crowd left
energized and jubilant.
The backing band, led
by spellbinding violinist
Miriam Sturm and longterm lead guitarist Mike
Wanchik, was exceptional.
In fact, when Mellencamp
took his leave before the
encore, Sturm and accordion player Troy Kinnett
ripped out a phenomenal
medley of Mellencamp
songs, including his first
hit, I Need a Lover.
And it was also reassur-
ing to see Mellencamps

warm and friendly temperament has held up as
well as his voice. He interacted with the audience
all night, dancing during
his songs and telling selfdeprecating stories about
his rocknroll past.
When you get to be
about my age, you realize
that having the dream was
the important thing and
never losing the dream
was the important thing,
he told the crowd late in
the show. Whether you
achieve the dream or not,
it doesnt really matter.
What shouldve mattered to the rock legend
is that he made a few
dreams come true last
Tuesday night.
LECRAE MAKES STOP

AT FURMAN UNIVERSITY
To register, visit scchildrenstheatre.org.
8 p.m. Admission for each

dance is $7 per person.
Classic Country Band
with Ed Burrell at is at 8
p.m. each Saturday night
at the Greer Opry House.
Admission is $9. There
will be free line dancing
from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
call 801-1999.
Furman University will

host Grammy award-winning hip-hop artist Lecrae
on Saturday, April 11, at
7 p.m. in Timmons Arena
on campus. Doors open at
6 p.m. Also featured in the
concert are Andy Mineo
and DJ Promote.
call 294-3267.
THE SOUND: A MOTOWN

TRIBUTE APRIL 24
Phillis Wheatley Repertory Theatre presents The

Sound: A Motown Tribute
on April 24 at 7 p.m. at the
Harley Bonds Center.
Music from Motown will
be performed by students
and the show was written,
produced and directed by
Sammy Dobson.
Admission is free, but
donations are encouraged.
Contact Wayne Griffin at
wgriffin@cityofgreer.org.
SCCT ANNOUNCES SPRING

KIDS NIGHT SCHEDULE
The
South
Carolina
Childrens Theatre offers
drama activities, a craft,
snack and movie time during Spring Kids Night on
Saturdays this spring, 6
p.m.-10.p.m.
for K3-5th
grade students.
The schedule is as follows:
Saturday, April 11 - Cats
& Dogs
Saturday, May 16 - Dragons & Princesses
In addition, SCCT will
offer a new Friday Kids
Night Out with Mia Phillips.
The schedule is as follows:
Friday, April 17 (K56th) - Hogwarts Students
Roaming the Castle Night
Friday, May 8 (K4-sixth)
- America Girls Night
GREER OPRY HOUSE

No
Alcohol
107 Cannon St. Greer, SC 801-1999 SmNokoing
A Shag Dance Night

with Peggy Leonard
TUESDAY, APRIL 7 8 P.M.

Free Shag Dance Lesson from 7-8 p.m.
ADMISSION: $7 PER PERSON
For more information, call (864) 877-4027
Visit us at www.greeropryhouse.5u.com
GREER OPRY HOUSE

HOSTS SPECIAL EVENTS
Greer Opry House will

stage Faces in the Mirror, a Bob Jones University student production,
Wednesday-Friday, April
1-3, at 7:30 p.m.
The play shed light on
various types of domestic
abuse, promoting abuse
awareness. Following each
performance,
representatives from Piedmont
Womens Center, Julie
Valentine Center and Safe
Harbor will be available to
field questions from audience members.
Tickets are $8 and more
information can be found
at facesinthemirror.net.
Special dance nights
are also scheduled. Shag
Dance Night will be held
Tuesday, April 7, at 8 p.m.
with a free shag lesson
from 7-8 p.m. Swing Dance
Night will be held Tuesday,
April 21, at 8 p.m. with a
free swing lesson from 7-
STOMPING GROUNDS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Stomping Grounds upcoming events include:

Friday, April 3: Mike
Johnson 7-10 p.m. (New to
Stomping Grounds, acoustic mix of 50s, 60s, and
more)
Monday, April 6: Colored Pencil Art Classes
with Robert Decker 7-9
p.m. ($10)
Tuesday, April 7: Old
Time Jam with Bob Buckingham 7-9 p.m.
Wednesday,
April
8: Celtic Session 7-9 p.m.
Visit stompinggroundsgreer.com for more information.
OUR SCHOOLS
The Greer Citizen
THE GREER CITIZEN
Blue Ridge FBLA wins state recognition

The members of the
Blue Ridge High School
Future Business Leaders
of America (FBLA) chapter received recognition in
several competitive events
at the FBLA State Leadership Conference held in
Charleston recently.
The competitive events
were part of a two-day program for FBLA members
from around the state.
The chapter had nineteen
members attending the
two-day conference.
Students that placed in
the top three of their competition qualified to compete at the 2015 National
Conference to be held in
Chicago, Illinois, this summer.
The members placed in
the following events: Addison Callahan first Place
Business Communication;
Karlee Gibson, Heather
Fitch and Charlee Wilkerson first Place Digital
Video Production; Shadda
Corwin first Place Electronic Career Portfolio;
Wilton Smith first Place
Information Technology;
Jonathan Coggins and
Emily Steadman first
Place Web Design; Savannah Reeves first Place
Desktop Publishing; Isa-
SCHOOL
NEWS
GREENVILLE COUNTY
ROCK THE SIDES

RAISES $30,000
The Riverside/Eastside
Booster Clubs raised over
$30,000 at the Rock the
Sides Oyster Roast recently.
Riverside won the event
with the most tickets sales.
The school will be keeping
approximately $17,000 for
Riverside Athletics.
RIVERSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL

IMOVE IS MAY 2
The Riverside Middle

track team will host iMove
5K Run/Walk on Saturday,
May 2. Check in begins at
8 a.m. with the pre-race
warmup at 8:30 a.m. and
the race start at 9 a.m.
Cost is $15 for individuals, $10 for children 10
and under, and $12 for
team members.
All proceeds benefit Safe
Harbor, an agency that
breaks the cycle of domestic violence and helps
women and children in
crisis.
To register or for more
information, visit www.
rmsptsa.com. Those who
register by April 10 are
guaranteed a free iMove
t-shirt. Online registration
closes April 25.
SIRRINE SCHOLARSHIP
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED
The application for the

J.E. Sirrine Scholarship,
administered
through
Greenville County Schools,
is now open at Greer High
School. Scholarships are
awarded based on merit
and financial need.
Students are encouraged
to apply online. Individuals who would like a paper
copy may see their counselor for an application.
The students application must be postmarked
or submitted online by
April 15. For more information, visit greenville.
k12.sc.us/greerhs.
DISTRICT FIVE
DISTRICT NAMES TEACHER,

EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
There were cheers of

excitement at two District
Five schools Friday, as two
very special employees received a surprise.
Paula Quinby, from Reidville Elementary, was
honored as the 2015-16
District Five Teacher of the
Year. Quinby is a fourth
grade ELA and Social Studies teacher at Reidville and
strives to build relationships with her students
and see them succeed in
the classroom.
Wanda Chasteen, from
Beech Springs Intermediate, was given the honor of
District Five Support Em-
bel Greene third Place

Business Math; Hannah
Cox and Hailey Chapman
third Place Desktop Publishing; Hannah Pendergrass fourth Place Job
Interview; Taylor Holton
fifth Place Sales Presentation. We are very proud
that all of our members
placed in the Top Ten
of the competition area.
There were over 2000 students from all over the
state in attendance.
I am so proud of our
Blue Ridge chapter. They
have risen to the challenge
and I am so ecstatic to attend Nationals with them
this summer.
FBLA is the best thing
that I have been a part of
in high school. I am excited to see where South Carolina and Blue Ridge FBLA
will go in the future, Karlee Gibson, Chapter President and State Reporter.
For more than 60 years,
FBLA (Future Business
Leaders of America) has
helped middle and high
school students successfully make the school-tocareer transition.
The Blue Ridge High
chapter of FBLA is led by
Mrs. Stephanie Casey-Collins.
ployee of the Year. Chasteen drives a special needs

bus for Beech Springs, and
assists students in the
schools computer lab.
Superintendent Dr. Scott
Turner congratulated both
employees in person, and
thanked them for all their
hard work in District Five.
WHITE, GOODE HONORED

AS FIVES FINEST
Two district educators

were honored as part of a
new program called Fives
Finest at the recent District Five Board of Trustees meeting. The program
recognizes teachers who
go the extra mile both in,
and outside the classroom,
to see students succeed.
Patricia White, a science
teacher at Byrnes High,
and Lorie Goode, an art
teacher at River Ridge Elementary, were both recognized.
DISTRICT PURCHASES
REIDVILLE PROPERTY
At the March 23 District Five board meeting,

Assistant Superintendent
of Operations Greg Wood
reported on two properties available for purchase
near Reidville Elementary,
one on Pine Street and one
on Main Street.
Dr. Wood reported the
district has no plans for
building on the property
at this time, but the purchase would allow for
greater options for future
use.
According to the draft
minutes, the property
at 304 Pine Avenue consists of four-to-five acres
with a home and garage
located on the property.
The reduced sale price for
this property is $100,000,
with an approximate cost
of $30,000 to remove the
structures, fill the well, and
test for asbestos and lead.
The second property is located at 520 Main Street
and consists of a 1.5-acre
empty lot for a reduced
sale price of $22,000.
The board unanimously
approved the purchase
that will create approximately 20 contiguous
acres owned by the district at this location.
SCHOOLS HIT HIGH NOTE

AT STATE PERFORMANCE
Several District Five

schools walked away with
top marks from the SC
Band Directors Associations assessments this
week.
The symphonic band
from D.R. Hill Middle
earned a Superior rating,
the highest achievable
mark at the performance.
The orchestra and honor
band from Florence Chapel Middle earned Superiors in all categories.
Berry Shoals Intermediate Honor Band I and Honor Band II, under the director of Jonathan Valentine
and Matthew Wofford,
delivered outstanding performances at the festival,
earning straight superior
ratings as well.
B9
LUNCH
MENUS
GREENVILLE COUNTY
ELEMENTARY
PHOTO | COURTESY TAYLOR PAIGE PHOTOGRAPHY
Pictured from back, left to right, are Marc Western, Gabby Leonard, Jonathan Coggins,
Wilton Smith, Addison Callahan, Hannah Pendergrass, Shadda Corwin, Taylor Holton,
Savannah Reeves, Isabel Greene, Abrianna Hill, Heather Fitch, Charlee Wilkerson, Hannah
Cox, Hailey Chapman, Alicia DiPerri, Karlee Gibson, McKylie Bowen, Stephanie CaseyCollins and Emily Steadman.
Chapter Officers are
Karlee Gibson, President/
State Reporter; Heather
Fitch,
Vice-president;
Charlee Wilkerson, Sec-
retary; Shadda Corwin,

Treasurer; Ryan Teems,
Reporter; Hannah Pendergrass, Historian; Taylor
Holton, Parliamentarian;
and, Jaclyn Kellems, Social

Media Coordinator.
FLORENCE CHAPEL
IN BATTLE OF THE BRAINS
time to participate in enrichment activities with

some four-legged friends,
as part of their year-long
service project.
A favorite enrichment
activity is the Puppy Picasso painting where
students use treats and
toys to entice a puppy to
walk over paint splotches
on art paper covered with
plastic. The end result is
an abstract piece of art
that is framed, hangs on

the puppys kennel door,
and will go home with the
puppy when adopted.
Academic Team students

from Florence Chapel Middle recently showed off
their smarts in a Battle of
the Brains competition.
Florence Chapel placed
second out of 34 schools
in the contest. Students
Will McDonald, Rebecca
Lewis, Anna Constantine,
Robert Kent, Claire Levasseur, Ricci Rodgers, Elijah
Williams, Belle Roper, and
Christopher Trinh and
coach Kristie Cox participated in the event.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Thursday: No school
Friday: No school
Monday: Teriyaki Chicken,
Brown Rice, BBQ Chicken,
Flatbread Sandwich, Vegetation Station, Asian Ginger
Chicken Soup, Sweet Potato
Bites, Assorted Fresh Fruit,
Assorted Cupped Fruit
Tuesday: Enchilada Pie,
Grilled Cheese Sandwich,
Fruit and Vegetable Bar
Wednesday: Cheeseburger,
Lettuce & Tomato, Baked
Potato Bar, Roll, Whole Grain,
Vegetation Station, Broccoli Cheese Soup, Steamed
Broccoli, Assorted Fresh Fruit,
MIDDLE/HIGH
Thursday: No school
Friday: No school
Monday: Mandarin Chicken
Salad, Pasta Primavera, Breadstick, Whole Grain, Turkey
Sandwich, Vegetation Station,
Asian Ginger Chicken Soup,
Lima Beans, Assorted Fresh
Fruit, Assorted Cupped Fruit
Tuesday: Grilled Chicken
Salad, Beef & Cheese Nachos,
Chicken Nachos, Fruit and
Vegetable Bar
Wednesday: Southwest
Chicken Salad, Chicken
Tenders, Roll, Whole Grain,
Grilled Cheese Sandwich,
Vegetation Station, Broccoli
Cheese Soup, Mashed Potatoes, Assorted Fresh Fruit,
CALDWELL EARNS
DEANS LIST HONORS
Thomas Caldwell, of
Taylors, a member of the
class of 2018 at WashingSEE SCHOOLS | B11
CURTAIN CALL FOR D.R.

HILL DRAMA TEAM
Members of the D.R.

Hill Middle drama team
(composed of D.R. Hill and
Beech Springs students)
traveled to Meadow Glen
Middle in Lexington to
compete in the South Carolina Speech and Theatre
Association Youth Theatre
Festival.
The teams Readers
Theatre group, made up
of sixth-graders Sophie
Smith, Sirena Perez and
Henry Havens, was awarded first place.
Eighth-grader
Carrie
Fowler also made it to the
final round in Poetry Interpretation.
There were 17 schools in
attendance.
STUDENTS TAKE THE STAGE

IN ONE ACT PLAYS
Drama students from

Florence Chapel Middle
presented a Night of One
Act plays recently to a
packed house.
Students performed a
Readers Theatre version
of The Raven by Edgar
Allan Poe written by Lindsay Price and a comedy
piece titled The Baloney,
The Pickle, The Zombies,
and other things I hide
from my Mother by Bradley Walton.
This past weekend, the
students traveled to the
South Carolina Speech and
Theatre Association Festival to perform scenes and
monologues for judges.
Florence Chapel students
Chris Rivera and Andrew
Munoz made it to the finals round in Impromptu
speaking, which placed
them in the top six. All
students who performed
received professional critiques and rating sheet of
their performance skills.
Brady
Cunningham,
Andrew Elkins, Charlie
Jones, Chris Rivera, Sam
Heidenreich, Hannah Owens, Shayla Goode, Julia
Weirks, and Belle Roper
participated in the plays.
FLORENCE CHAPEL
COMPLETES PET PROJECT
Florence Chapel Middle

Schools Student Government Association has
stepped up the schools
service learning efforts
this year, working diligently to raise money for
the Spartanburg Humane
Society (SHS).
Students visited SHS to
share their donations and
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FUN AND GAMES
THE GREER CITIZEN
Hand sanitizers
vs. hand washing
DEAR DR. ROACH: One
encounters many forms of
hand sanitizer products
these days: in medical
waiting rooms, restrooms,
public places and in our
kitchen.
These are waterless, very
quick drying products; we
even have them in our automobile.
When one has many
daily occasions to clean
the hands, is it better (for
your skin) to use soap
and water, or the modern
hand-sanitizer products?
-- N.M.G.
ANSWER: The jury is out
on which is more effective,
if you compare good technique with one against the
other. Both are effective at
reducing bacteria on the
hands. However, alcoholbased sanitizers are easy
to use, portable, fast and
are less irritable to the
hands than repeated washings. There is better compliance with them, and so
they are more effective in
the real world.
Sanitizers are not effective against all germs.
They do not kill the spores
of Clostridium difficile, a
cause of severe diarrhea.
However, soap and water
wash the spores off and
are effective where sanitizers are not, so soap and
water should be used in
cases of known or suspected C. diff diarrhea. Sanitizers also are not effective
against norovirus, another
infectious diarrhea. They
also cant remove grease.
***
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: After
two years of seeing several
doctors and being misdiagnosed and treated with
wrong medications, my
27-year-old daughter has
been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. Her joint
pain has been constant
during this time. What
kind of long-term damage
has been done during this
time? -- A.F.
ANSWER: Psoriasis is
a common inflammatory
skin condition, with wellknown plaques -- raised
red patches with silvery
scales or flaked skin -most commonly seen over
the elbows, knees or on
the back. Only a minority
of people with psoriasis
will ever develop psoriatic
arthritis, but you have to
have psoriasis to get psoriatic arthritis. Sometimes,
the arthritis shows up before the skin lesions, making the diagnosis difficult.
Unfortunately, damage
to the joints can happen
early in the course of psoriatic arthritis, but only an
X-ray can show the extent
of damage. Your daughter
may need aggressive treatment. A rheumatologist
experienced in psoriatic
arthritis is essential.
DEAR DR. ROACH: During a checkup with my

internist, I was told that I
have a rather large lipoma
on my back. I was told that
it is totally harmless and
can be removed if it bothers me. Now I realize that
I am somewhat concerned
about it, as I had ovarian
cancer two years ago.
Can I really be sure it is
benign without a biopsy? I
dont want to find out in a
few years that it is cancerous. -- S.R.
ANSWER: A lipoma is a
very common fatty tumor.
They almost always are
benign. If there is a suspicion of malignancy (called
liposarcoma), an MRI scan
can be done or a biopsy
obtained. Surgery is seldom required, except for
cosmetic reasons.
I dont believe that you
are at higher risk for this
being the rare cancerous
type simply because of
your history. I would just
recommend dutiful follow-up. I have sometimes
carefully measured these
to see if they grow over
time.
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer individual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possible. Readers may email
questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu.
To view and order health
pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to
P.O. Box 536475, Orlando,
FL 32853-6475.
SOAP UPDATES
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND

THE BEAUTIFUL
Quinn became irate when

she realized that Deacons
friend from his 12-step
meetings was Brooke. Bill
asked Katie why she was
so concerned about Brooke
lately. Wyatt continued to
face opposition from his
co-workers regarding his
mom being rehired at Forrester Creations. Brooke
feared for her life when
Quinn threatened her. Nicole told Oliver that she
wanted to be the next big
Forrester model. Sensing
that something was troubling Maya, Carter tried to
get her to confide in him.
Wyatt angrily confronted
Brooke and Deacon about
the conversation that he
overheard between them
regarding Quinn. Wait to
See: Carter discovers a
huge secret.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
JJ confided in Daniel.
Eve and Cole took the first
step in their plot to keep
JJ and Paige apart. Sonny
met up with Paul to thank
him for saving his life. At
the charity fundraiser,
Marlena made a stunning
discovery on Wills tablet.
Stefano was pleased to
hear of Chads manipulation of Abigail. Melanie
realized how she could
prove her theory about
Theresa. Sonny and Paul
found themselves in a
heated moment. Lucas and
Lawrence Saint-Victor stars

as Carter on The Bold and
The Beautiful
Adrienne made love. Ben
and Abigail reconciled,
much to Chads dismay.
Marlena was determined
to reveal the truth about
Paul, but Will begged her
to keep quiet. The benefit
turned into a disaster after a secret was exposed.
Clyde had a surprising request for Victor concerning Kate. Wait to See: Daniel and Jennifer clash over
JJs secret.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Jake was startled by a

flashback that involved
Sam. Elizabeth shared the
Jake situation with Patrick,
while Patrick updated her
on his status with Sam. In
the interim, Ric was forced
to cover up his scheme
by informing Sam about
Jakes state of affairs.
Carly reminded Jake why
he needed to stay in town.
Dante and Lulu got closer
to finding Pat. Lukes fami-
ly made a difficult decision

about his future. Carly and
Lucas rallied around Bobbie. Cameron asked Ric for
a favor. Later, Ric smugly
accepted Elizabeth when
she gave into an emotional moment with him. Sam
and Patrick talked about
their future. Jake interrupted a confrontation between Shawn and Julian.
Wait to See: Spinelli questions where he stands with
Maxie.
THE YOUNG AND

THE RESTLESS
Abby confronted Ashley

about her past. Avery noticed that Gabriels signature was different on older
documents compared to
now. Chelsea confided in
Sage that she couldnt let
go of her love for Adam.
After witnessing her erratic behavior, Nick told
Sharon that it would be
best if she didnt see their
daughter for a while. Phyllis found out that Avery
was going to be working
with Joe. Victor left a package for his mystery partner. Joe convinced Avery
that they needed to have
dinner with Jack and Phyllis to talk about raising
money for his foundation.
Kevin believed Michael
was more worried about
his cancer than he was letting on. Chelsea admitted
to Gabriel that she still
wasnt over Adam. Wait to
See: Nikki gives Neil some
tough love.
THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
RFD by Mike Marland
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas
living Here
Schools:
Higher
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Skyland Elementary Terrific Kids
from B9
ton and Lee University,

has earned deans list status for the recently ended
fall term 2014.
Deans list status at
Washington and Lee represents a term grade-point
average of at least 3.4 on a
4.0 scale.
Nestlen Named to
Alumni Directors Board
The
University
of
South Carolina Upstate is
pleased to announce that
Alumni Relations Director
Charlianne Wyatt Nestlen,
of Spartanburg, has been
appointed as secretary of
the South Carolina Association of Alumni Directors.
Nestlen is a 2003 graduate of USC Upstate, where
she earned her bachelors
degree in communications.
The South Carolina Association of Alumni Directors held its winter conference at USC Upstate in
January.
The Kiwanis Club of Greer presented 50 Skyland Elementary students with Terrific Kids honors for the third nine weeks of school recently. Presenting
the awards were Principal Dr. Carolyn Styles; Joe Brown, of the Greer Kiwanis Club; and Guidance Counselor Phil Liston (back row left to right). First
grade honorees included: Averi Chastain, Abby DeYoung, Emeree Few, Cole Gosnell, Hannah Hernandez, Eli Hightower, Faylee Huffman, Landon
Nichols, Sophia Neria Pena, Conner Roddy, Bella Sands, Landon Seppala, Nicholas Simpson and Beau Weavil.
Earnhardt, Evans make

Wake Forest Deans List
Christian Earnhardt, of
Duncan, and John Evans,
of Greer, have been named
to the Wake Forest University deans list for the fall
semester, 2014.
Students who achieve
a 3.4 grade point average
and no grade below a C
were named to the list.
Fourth grade: Hudson Brannon, Isaiah Chapman, Jordan Guerro Chastain,

Madison Davenport, Sarah Duren, Isaac Hernandez, Jena Jarrett and
Melanie Meredith.
Second grade: Zion Anderson, Paul Bishop, Isabella Brueckner, Lydia
Genovese, Daniel Gray, Elise Greer, James Jones, Sydney Leppard, Jadin
Parrish, Kurt Tobin and Emmy Woodham
Welch Earns Deans List

at Davis & Elkins
Davis & Elkins College

student Abigail Welch,
of Taylors, has achieved
the deans list for the fall
2014 semester. To earn
the honor, full-time students must achieve a 3.6
or higher GPA.
Welch is a daughter of
Dana and Ray Welch, of
Taylors.
Third grade: Halle Aho, Eli Dunigan, Carson Flynn, Liam Kemp, Aubrey Fifth grade: Emily Bright, Marissa Campbell, Elijah Hernandez, Jessica
Smith, Riley Stefanacci, James Stiltner and Abigail Welchel.
Knepp, Gracie Mason, Jackson Rogers, Cole Sanford and Brandt Somero.
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South Carolinas Premier Weekly

GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 102 NO. 13 75 CENTS

A lot could have gone

Instead, pilots Hollis

through fuel faster than

Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen

A single-engine plane had to make an emergency landing on Highway 29 in Wellford last

The City of Greer allocated $40,000 in Community

Brushy Creek First Assembly of

Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen

Wesley Hodgson makes the most of the Greers community Eggtastic

More than 1,300 local residents

Local restaurant recognizes veterans service

Its really nice to be able to do something

A local restaurant is doing its part to recognize

like this. Its humbling to see that these

cial and believes it gives

You can go up to Ryans

and see my room, Johnson said. That tells me

bled around these guys,

Mrs. Wyona Elizabeth

Pets in the Park a

Moonlight Movies is making its way back

GCM golf tourney

the greer citizen

wednesday, april 1, 2015

Scenes from Eggtastic

Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen

Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen

Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen

Jennifer Meeks helps her daughter Natalie Winburn sort

Carson Schleif picks up eggs during a round of egg hunts

Julian Crace watches the wind blow bubbles from his

Unsung animal advocates feed stray and feral cats

Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen

Louise Smith makes a trip to Greer four nights a week

WITH PURCHASE OF A QUALIFYING SYSTEM

Sanders Heating & Air Conditioning

Its in the thought processes right now. I havent

the pet to you with identifying details to determine

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Dentures from $399 set

$75 per tooth

Repair & relines

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015

Shop offers a taste of something new

The Brashier Middle College Charter High School

PROM PROJECT 2015

District Five Family Ministries at the Middle Tyger

THRIFT STORE SALE

The Community Chest

items, Kim said. Were

tions or to volunteer contact Lyn Turner at 4397760.

SENIOR DINING REQUESTS

The Senior Dinging program needs substitute

GCM NEEDS CANNED

Greer Community Ministries needs canned fruit,

SHARONS CLOSET NEEDS

Greer Community Ministries Sharons Closet

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