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SOUTH CAROLINAS PREMIER WEEKLY


WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 104 NO. 3 75 CENTS

Hamby named police chief


BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
Matt Hamby, who began
his policing career as a patrol officer with Greer PD
in 1993, will serve as the
departments new chief,
city officials announced
last week.
Hamby will take over duties upon the March 31 retirement of Current Police
Chief Dan Reynolds.

Matt Hamby

We conducted a national search and received 50


applications, some internal
and some from
Reynolds as far away as
to retire California and
| A8
Utah,
Greer
City
Administrator Ed Driggers said.
We narrowed the field
to 25 and then to eight.
Capt. Hamby continued to
rise with each cut, and it
became apparent that the

I feel like Im a part of the culture of


Greer and look forward to many more
years here.
Matt Hamby

Greer Police Department


candidate with the right
combination of experience, training and educa-

tion was already among


our ranks.
SEE HAMBY | A8

Council
nixes
2017
festival
Lyman Town Council
voted unanimously on
Monday to postpone Lymanfest in 2017.
With all the projects
going on right now, I cant
dedicate any time to Lymanfest, said Town Administrator Gregg Miller.
Theres a lot that goes
on behind the scenes to
put that ona lot of stuff.
Were really late in that
process. Weve got a lot of

worth town business


not being done
because theyre
doing Lymanfest
stuff.
Greg Wood

Lyman councilmember
good things going on, but
unfortunately, something
has to give this year. Im
not saying it cant come
back.
Members of council
stressed the importance
of town priorities.
Its a very big undertaking, said Councilmember
Tony Wyatt.
To me, its not worth
town business not being done because theyre
doing Lymanfest stuff,
said
Councilmember
Greg Wood in regards to
town staff. Id like to see
somebody else or another
group do a lot of the work.
It sounds like its awful
heavy on town staff.
Lymanfest,
generally
held in May, has drawn
thousands of people over
the years to the town of Lyman for live music, crafts,
SEE LYMANFEST | A2

INDEX
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COMMUNITY NEWS
CRIME
ENTERTAINMENT
OBITUARIES
OPINION
OUR SCHOOLS
SPORTS
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A6
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B8
B1-3
A6

Greer
CPW
names
new GM
STAFF REPORTS

BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER

To me, its not

Mike Richard

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

Justin Miller, left, and Greer Councilman Wayne Griffin, right, presented Sammy Dotson with the 2017 Samaritan Award
at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Luncheon on Monday.

REMEMBERING MLK JR.


Knocking
holes in the
darkness
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Its time to start knocking holes in the darkness.
That was Rev. Curtis
Johnsons message to hundreds of local residents at
the 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Luncheon at Greer City
Hall on Monday.
Johnson, pastor at Valley Brook Outreach Baptist
Church and radio host on
107.3 Jamz, delivered the
events keynote address
on Martin Luther King Jr.
Day.
If Dr. Kings work
means anything to us, it
cant be enough for us to
just sit here and see some
good videos and hear some
good speeches. It cant be

DEATHS
Rebecca Galliher, 74
Bradley Glenn Godfrey, 36
Ben R. McClimon, 87
James Suddath Paget,
Jr., 90
Richard Perry Turner, 89
Nancy Baldwin Waters,
93

enough for us to just sit


here and enjoy a day off.
This is the time for those
of us whose lights are lit
to keep shining brighter
with the light of love,
truth, peace, integrity and
humility.
Johnson used the illustration of Dr. King being a
lamplighter, who knocked
holes in the darkness of
racism, hatred and ignorance.
He was a lamplighter,
Johnson said. He took
his ladder from lamppost
to lamppost, from city to
city, from issue to issue,
from school to school,
from church to church
and at every lamppost,
he climbed the ladder, ignited a wick against the
backdrop of dark nights,
and he knocked holes in
the darkness.
The wicks that he ignited have not stopped burning, and many of those
lights are still shining, he
said.
Johnson highlighted a
few areas where Ameri-

The Greer Commission


of Public Works (CPW) has
named Michael Richard
its next general manager,
according to company officials.
Richard, 55, was selected
after several months of interviews by the companys
Board of Commissioners.
He is the current General
Manager for the Sylacauga Utilities Board in Sylacauga, Alabama and has
served in many roles with
the company including
Operations Director, Electric Superintendent and
Staff Engineer for more
than 25 years.
SEE RICHARD | A6

City
rated
high
after
audit
STAFF REPORTS

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

Greer PDs Chad Richardson was also honored for his work
in the community.
cans must still strive for
improvement, such as ignorance and fear.
Yes, we have to con-

tinue the work of improving education for our students. Yes, we need a more
SEE MLK | A6

The City of Greer received high marks following an independent audit


of its financial records and
transactions for the 201516 fiscal year.
The citys audit was completed by the accounting
firm of S. Preston Douglas
& Associates, LLP, of Lumberton, North Carolina.
Lee Grissom, a partner
in the firm, visited Greer
last week to present to
Greer City Council with
the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR),
which contains the financial statements and other
financial and statistical
SEE AUDIT | A2

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

Greer raises city


purchasing power
BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER

PHOTO | SUBMITTED

Womanless Wedding
This throwback picture is from a Womanless Wedding fundraising evening at Woodland
Elementary in the early 1960s, and its owner is seeking identifications for the men
pictured. If you recognize anyone, please email billy@greercitizen.com.

COMMUNITY
NEWS
REFERENDUM PASSED
ON ISSUING BONDS

The Boiling Springs Fire


District held the referendum last Tuesday, Jan. 10,
on the issuing of bonds of
up to 2.1 million dollars.
Unofficial results passed
the bond referendum with
a 42-6 vote.

COMMUNITY MEETING
ON HISTORIC RESOURCES

The City of Greers goal


to promote, preserve and
protect historic resources
is taking its next step this
month with a team of historians from the cultural
resources firm Brockington and Associates undertaking fieldwork for a survey of historical resources
in the city.
Sheldon Owens, Patricia Stallings, Gwendolyn
Moore and Rachel Bragg
are canvassing the citys
neighborhoods this week
in the study area surrounding downtown Greer.
Data, including information and photos, is being
collected to enable the
second phase of the project, which is to determine
regulatory methods and
zoning planning to preserve and protect the historic neighborhoods and
architectural styles. The
study includes approximately 830 properties.
The city is hosting a
community meeting about
the project from 4-6:30
p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19

at Greer City Hall.


Anyone with questions
about the historic resources survey project may contact Pace at 848-5396 or
gpace@cityofgreer.org.

FOOD TRUCK ROLLOUT


RETURNS JAN. 20

On Friday, Jan. 20, food


trucks are returning to
Greer City Park from 5-8
p.m. for the start of the
weekend.
Tailgating games and
music by My Girl My Whiskey and Me are included
with food and beverages.
Valid ID is required to
purchase alcohol.
The Food Truck Rollouts are planned quarterly: Jan. 20, May 26,
Aug. 4 and Oct. 19.

WALK WITH LOCAL


ELECTED OFFICIALS

Greer is participating in
the Healthy Community
50 project, an initiative to
promote healthy living.
On January 21, take a
walk with elected officials
from the City of Spartanburg, Greer, Inman, Landrum, Pacolet, Spartanburg
County and Woodruff.
Registration begins at
9:30 a.m. in the lobby at
Greer City Hall with light
breakfast items. The 1.6mile walk, starting at 10
a.m., is from the fountain
at Greer City Park to the
new Center of the Arts facility and back.
Mayor Rick Danner will
lead the walk and will be
available for any community questions.

INCOME TAX FILING


OPENS JANUARY 23

The South Carolina De-

partment of Revenue (SCDOR) will begin accepting Individual Income tax


returns on January 23.
Income tax returns are
due April 18, 2017. These
dates are consistent with
dates set by the Internal
Revenue Service
While the SCDORs antifraud measures remain
aggressive, we do not anticipate delaying South
Carolina Individual Income tax refunds this year.
Taxpayers can expect to
receive their refund generally within two to four
weeks of their filing date.
Employer W2s are now
due to employees and the
SCDOR on the same date
January 31. This allows for
more timely data verification and better protection
of taxpayer information.
For more information,
visit dor.sc.gov or www.
irs.gov.

FAREWELL LUNCH
FOR SIMPLER

Greer Community Ministries is holding a farewell


lunch for Cindy Simpler
from 12-3 p.m. on Friday,
Jan. 27, at 738 S. Line St.,
Ext., Greer.
Celebrate Cindy Simplers tenure at Greer
Community Ministries by
joining for a free soup,
salad and sandwich lunch
any time from noon to 3
p.m. Simpler is retiring to
become a full-time grandmother.
Donations to the ministry in Simplers honor will
be accepted at the door.
Please RSVP by calling
Krista or Hannah at 8771937 by Monday, Jan. 23.

AUDIT: Gives the city a clean report


FROM PAGE ONE

data that provide a full


and complete disclosure
of all material financial aspects of the city.
I have nothing but good
news to report tonight,
Grissom told council. We
give a clean, unmodified
audit opinion, which is the
highest level of assurance.
Management was very organized and forthright.
Everything we requested
was provided in a timely
manner. The city seems to
be on a good track.
Key financial highlights
identified in the audit are:
Assets and deferred
outflows of resources of
the city exceeded its liabilities and deferred inflows of
resources by approximately $21,107,000 (net position). Of this amount, approximately $19,845,000
and $1,262,000 were related to the governmental
and business-type activities, respectively.
Governmental funds
reported combined ending
fund balances of approximately $15,849,000, an
increase of approximately
$1,846,000 over the prior

years fund balance.


Unassigned fund balance for the general fund
was $9,956,266 or 48.3%
of general fund expenditures and transfers. The
$1,501,135 increase is
primarily a result of the
improved economic activity resulting in increased
business license fees and
additions to the citys tax
base occurring through
annexation and development.
The citys long-term
obligations,
including
lease purchases and compensated absences, decreased by $1,514,086
from
$19,715,994
to
$18,201,909, a reduction
of 7.7% as principal payments outpaced new borrowing.
The auditors also noted
that councils and managements
commitment
to improving the financial stability is reflected
in the city finishing the
fiscal year approximately
$280,000 under budget for
expenditures in the General Fund. Every department
completed the fiscal year
under budget.
I think all City of Greer

employees recognize their


roles in being good stewards of public funds. We
always seek the best value
when purchasing capital
goods and services and
actively look for grant opportunities to supplement
budget
expenditures,
Chief Financial Officer David Seifert said.
The Finance Office has
been recognized for nineteen consecutive years
with the Certificate of
Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. The honor, given by
the non-profit Government
Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United
States and Canada, is designed to encourage state
and local governments to
go beyond the minimum
requirements of generally
accepted accounting principles to prepare comprehensive annual financial
reports that evidence the
spirit of transparency and
full disclosure.
Current and past audit
results are made available
for public examination at
www.cityofgreer.org or in
person at Greer City Hall.

The City of Greer has


increased the amount city
officials are able to spend
before obtaining an official purchase order.
Greer City Council approved 6-1 the first and
final reading of Ordinance
1-2017 to amend the
procurement ordinance.
Councilmember
Wryley
Bettis opposed the motion.
These
amendments
will help streamline our
processes, create better
efficiencies
shortening
our procurement window
and adjusts the approval
thresholds to better accommodate inflation and
rising prices for smaller
parts and supplies, said
David Seifert, Chief Financial Officer. These
amendments will also create more consistencies and
similarities between our
ordinance and surrounding jurisdictions procurement ordinances.
Key changes increased
the small purchase, which
is a purchase in the city
that does not require a
purchase order, from below $500 to below $1,000.
Weve had requests
from certain departments,
especially in the public services, Seifert said. In the
cases of vehicles breaking down, they need to go
buy a new part, repair the
truck, get it back on the
road, and a lot of times
these parts are coming in
to be greater than $500,
and to go through the
purchase order process is
delaying getting that truck
back on the road.
With this amendment,
department heads are able
to determine if certain

items needed are below


$1,000 and if the funds
are available in the budget
for the item or service to
be purchased. If so, the
department head is able
to authorize the orders
from the vendor most advantageous to the city, according to the amended
ordinance.
For regular purchases,
department heads prepare
requisition forms completely, ensuring the requisition form is properly
filled out and the requisition does not exceed the
budget, and then submits
the requisition to the finance officewell in advance of the time goods
and services are required.
If the cost is less than
$10,000, the finance office
works with the department head to obtain at
least three bids.
If the cost is more than
$10,000 but less than
$35,000increased from
$25,000the administrator opens the bids and
awards the contract.
If the cost is more than
$35,000, council makes
the final decision as to
which vendor will be
awarded the contract.
When asked by council what would come into
the $10,000 to $35,000
range, Driggers said, It
could be a small construction project. It could be
the purchase of electronic
equipment, anything in
the general nature of dayto-day business.
I cant place a project
out to bid that hasnt been
approved by council,
Driggers continued.
The requested increases
originated from the small
purchases, Driggers said.
It was becoming truly
burdensome
to
make

those smaller purchases


by having to go out and
get multiple pricing.
In other business, Greer
City Council unanimously
approved the first and final reading of Resolution
1-2017 to accept ONeal
Village subdivision streets,
namely Noble Street and
Novelty Street, into the
City of Greer street system
for ownership and maintenance.
Councilmember
Judy
Albert nominated William
Henry to fill the District
6 seat created by Dewey
Tarwaters
resignation
from the Board of Zoning Appeals. Wryley Bettis
seconded the nomination,
which passed 7-0.
Mayor Rick Danner nominated Kevin Duncan to fill
the seat created by Larry
Wilsons term expiration
on the Greer Development Corporation Board
of Directors. Lee Dumas
seconded the nomination,
which passed 7-0.
In Executive Session,
council considered a contractual matter pertaining
to the sale of the Allen
Bennett property located
at the corner of Wade
Hampton Blvd. and Memorial Drive and received
legal advice concerning a
potential lawsuit involving
the sale of the Allen Bennett Hospital Property.
Additionally,
council
considered two personnel
matters, one for the police department and one
for the recreation department; a contractual matter regarding the potential purchase of a piece of
property and an ongoing
economic
development
matter.
kaelyn@greercitizen.com | 877-2076

LYMANFEST: Shelved for 2017


FROM PAGE ONE

kids rides, car shows, yard


sales and recognitions.
Im just not confident
that wed be able to even
remotely begin to pull that
together, and we are going into budget season as
well, Miller said.
Council also unanimously approved to let the Lymanfest domain name expire with the installation
of a new website coming
later this year.
Nobody here even knew
there was a domain name
for Lymanfest, Miller said.
Theres really no need
going forward for it. Anything related to Lymanfest
I can incorporate that into
the new website very easily going forward.
Its just an added expense that I really dont
need, Miller continued.
Whether you have it or
not have it, whatever you
want to say about it, Ill be
able to cover that on the
new website.
In other business, Lyman Town Council unanimously approved a motion to research and get
back in touch with a local

Home Owners Association


in regards to streetlights.
In addition, council
unanimously
approved
Andrea Mabrey to the
chair position on the Zoning and Planning Commission and Phillip McIntyre
to an open seat on the
same commission.
Council also unanimously approved to amend the
form of government ordinance to have no commissioners, two committees and others ad hoc as
needed. Members of a new
public safety committee
are to be discussed at the
next meeting.
Council
unanimously
approved the first reading
of an ordinance to amend
town ordinance chapter
10 Sewer System Article IV and approved the Town
Revised Pretreatment Program including but not
limited to the Revised
Sewer Use Ordinance and
the Revised Enforcement
Response Guide as submitted to DHEC for approval
on Dec. 27, 2016.
Council
unanimously
approved a resolution
for Springaire to install
mini-split units at rental

property, located at 65
Groce Road, not to exceed
$16,700.
Council
unanimously
approved a resolution authorizing the town to enter into an agreement with
SJWD to equally divide the
cost of repaving Lawrence
Street and Crest Street
upon completion of the
Water Line Project.
Council
unanimously
approved a resolution authorizing Mike Garret to
assist in drafting the request for proposal, vetting
and awarding the Request
for Proposal and Project
Management for the Playground Project upon commencement of construction with Garretts fees not
to exceed $5,000.
In Executive Session,
council received legal advice pertaining to the zoning ordinance, disclaimers
for town public properties,
event rental insurance
coverage and proposed
contractual
agreements
related to the Duncan and
Wellford sewer systems.
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the greer citizen a3

GSP launches Cerulean,


improves parking lot
Develops
additional
projects
By Kaelyn Pfenning
Staff Writer
With the start of 2017,
GreenvilleSpartanburg
International Airport (GSP)
entered into a new business sector of general
aviation services and commercial fueling.
Its exciting for us,
said Dave Edwards, President/CEO of GSP International Airport, during the
First Friday Luncheon last
week. We have a great
team.
We were able to hire a
very seasoned 30-year veteran of the fixed-base operator (FBO) business out
of a company called Signature Aviation, which is recognized not only around
the country but around the
world in providing corporate aviation services, so
were really excited about
this, he continued.
The new endeavor has
four key pillars: service,
experience, value and convenience.
More and more airports, in particular our
size and smaller, are getting into this business just
because it makes sense
in order to help control
what the costs are to the
users as well as the level
of customer service, to try
to bring that up, Edwards
said.
Were not going to be
the cheapest in town, but
were going to do it better
than anybody else does it,
and theres going to be a

high value of what you


get for what you pay,
Edwards continued. We
want to make sure thats
the case, and thats why
were really heavily focused on the corporate
user going forward.
The brand is Cerulean
Aviation. Cerulean is a
deep sky-blue color.

Parking

In addition, GSP is modernizing the two existing


parking garages, adding
another, expanding an
employee parking lot and
building a new overflow
lot, Edwards said.
In the next six months
or so, a system called
Park Assist is going to be
installed in the two existing GSP parking garages to
indicate what levels have
spaces available with red
or green lighting indicators.
It will get you to a spot
very quickly, Edwards
said.
Last Monday, Jan. 9, the
commission also gave GSP
approval to move forward
with the design for a third
parking garage to accommodate 1,500 more vehicles.
That will be used for
a combination of public
parking as well as some
new rental car facilities,
Edwards said. Our rental
cars have grown tremendously over the same period, over the last five or
six or seven years, and really need almost twice the
amount of space that they
have today, so were going
to build them some new
facilities going forward.
Moreover, GSP is building a new overflow economy lot to be opened during the holidays.
Were hiring more and

more people at the airport


ourselves as well as our
tenants, Edwards said.
Weve got into a parking
crunch this last year a couple of times.

Development Projects

Moving forward into


2017, GSP has a number
of projects in the works to
improve the airport, such
as designing a new aircraft
and rescue firefighting
station.
We think its about time.
Its a little old, Edwards
said of the current one
built in 1962. It did have
a little expansion back in
the 80s, but its time to be
replaced.
GSP is also constructing
a new facility for UPS and
refurbishing some industrial buildings as well as
just completed a new fuel
farm at the airport, which
was a $2.5 million project,
in order to better accommodate fuel supply needs
as we continue to grow,
Edwards said.
Two new hangars recently opened with a total
space of 45,000 square
feet. One corporate hanger
is about 15-18,000 square
feet, and the other hanger
is about 30,000 square feet
for bulk storage. About
120,000 square feet of existing hanger facilities are
also being refurbished.
Were bringing in a new
business that will employ
50 people at the airport approximately with a maintenance repair overall operation for PETA airlines,
Edwards said. Were very
excited about that. That
should be up and operational by the April or so
time frame and a great win
for us at the airport.
kaelyn@greercitizen.com | 877-2076

Taylors Free Medical


Clinic plans expansion
By Kaelyn Pfenning
Staff Writer
A few businesses in Taylors are undergoing expansions while others are
under construction.
Taylors Free Medical
Clinic is adding nearly
2,200 square feet to the
existing clinic, which almost doubles the space
available.
It will give us additional
triage and exam rooms,
said Karen Salerno, executive director of the Taylors
Free Medical Clinic. It will
also help us to expand our
pharmacy, administrative
and waiting room areas.
This will help us to
serve more patients and
better serve our existing
patients, Salerno continued. With the addition of
an elevator in our building
now, it will make the whole
building much more handicap accessible, not only
to our patients, which is
important, but also to our
volunteers.
Taylors Free Medical
Clinic operates with a
small management team
and mostly volunteers
who give their time and
talents.
Our expansion looks really pretty on the outside,
Salerno said. Its not quite
there yet on the inside.
With the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) installation,
the clinic has run into a
snag, Salerno said, but
they are hoping to move
ahead in the next week or
so with an estimated six
to eight more weeks of
construction.
There are still opportunities for you to be involved in our expansion,
Salerno said, mentioning
room or area designations.
Wed love to have you
participate in that.
Other volunteer opportunities include screeners,
greeters, medical records
and data entry.
We have a group of ladies that just felt led to be
involved and werent sure
how to be involved, and
so they make us a cake
every week, Salerno said.
Theyre our sweetest vol-

unteers. We love them.


We want you to be involved, Salerno continued. I cant really fully
communicate to you the
joy that comes from touching the hearts and lives of
people and reaching out to
them in Gods love.

[The expansion]
will give us
additional triage
and exam rooms.
It will also help
us to expand
our pharmacy,
administrative
and waiting room
areas.
Karen Salerno

Executive Director,
Taylors Free Medical Clinic

Taylors Free Medical


Clinic is privately funded
by donations from individuals, churches and grants
without restrictions.
In other news, Caitlin
West started Old Mill Yoga
last fall at the Taylors Mill,
offering individual yoga
sessions by donation and
appointment from 5 a.m.
to 9 p.m.
By taking individual
classes and working one
on one, you get what you
need, West said. I meet
you where you are. I make
it accessible to everyone.
West first came to Greenville to attend art school in
2006. When West moved
into her apartment, she
obtained free membership
to a gym, where she discovered yoga. After moving away, West returned
last January, and a friend
took her to get coffee at
Due South, she said. I fell
in love with the idea of the
mill.
Calling around, West acquired a 500 square foot
studio inside of Taylors
Mill, she said. I wanted
to create a place where

absolutely anyone could


practice regardless of your
financial or your physical
circumstance. Theres a
practice for everyone.
West has been teaching
since 2008, she said. Ive
kind of developed my own
style.
To me, yoga helps you
slow down, West said,
describing the music she
plays as classics, chants or
instrumentals. To me, its
a sanctuary. Its an escape
from your daily life. You
make an appointment.
You show up, and I teach.
Its that simple.
In addition, Kirk Chapman of 9MC is developing
the buildings in the 400
block of East Main Street.
kaelyn@greercitizen.com | 877-2076

Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen

Young entreprenuers Jonas Tholen, Lucien Hawley, Dylan Smith and Lorelei Stork (l to r)
worked at the first market of the Village Project last Saturday.

Village Project kicks


off 2017 with a market
By Kaelyn Pfenning
Staff Writer
A new Greer nonprofit
has a vision to mentor
youth, provide an after
school program, foster
community involvement
and give back to the community.
The Village Project is
more than just a building, said Melissa Eubanks,
owner of Minds in Motion
Learning Center. It is a
community space where
people of Greer can come
and meet and mingle,
build relationships, network, learn some things
and share this with our
children and our youth.
The
Village
Project
kicked off with its first
market from 12-5 p.m. on
Saturday, Jan. 14, at 107
N. Main Street, Greer.
My husband and I wanted to do something that
encompassed the whole
community,
Eubanks
said. We really wanted to
branch off into the community because we knew
there was a need for children to be able to think
outside of the box, and so
we came up with the Village Project.
Its organized exclusively for charitable purposes specifically to motivate learning experiences,
self-esteem and leadership skills, she continued. These youth development and community
service programs will foster job readiness and life
skills especially for the undeserved in those socially,
economically challenged
environments.
One program will allow
students to work with local vendors and even run
their own businesses, said
Melissas husband, Darwin
Eubanks. They will actually run a table, a business,
at the weekly market.
The youth will start this
Saturday, Jan. 21. Setup at
the market is from 11 a.m.
until 12 p.m. with yoga

lessons available from 1011 a.m. at a cost of $10.


Greer is such an awesome place, so many awesome talents, Melissa Eubanks said. We wanted to
showcase those things at
the Village Project.
Booth fees are $30 for
crafters, makers or producers and $35 for direct
sales. Direct sales are limited to three per market
and have to be different
from the crafters, makers
and producers attending.
Fair trade products are
welcome.
Its important to give
back, Melissa Eubanks
said, and you can have
fun giving back.
A portion of the booth
fees from the market will
be donated weekly to various community programs
in Greer, such as Greer
Relief and Saved by the
Heart.
Were hoping to run
these markets all the way
up until April, Melissa
Eubanks said. Its been
amazingly overwhelming
to see people that are really, really taking an interest
in what were doing and
what we have planned for
our youth and the development of the community
in the area.
Its going to be awesome because not only
does it stimulate the
economy for Greer, but it
also helps with our young
entrepreneur and philanthropy program, she continued.
The young entrepreneur
and philanthropy program
teaches students from
fourth grade to middle
school about how to start
their own businesses.
We felt like a program
like that would be great
because thats what we
are, Melissa Eubanks said.
Were entrepreneurs, and
we have so many different ideas, but I remember
being a child and having
these ideas and wasnt taken seriously, so we want to

take our youth seriously


in the community because
theyre very bright and
very smart and intelligent
people.
The Eubanks moved to
Greer five and a half years
ago after Melissas husband researched where to
start a business.
Were glad that we
made the decision to start
our business here, Melissa Eubanks said. Greer is
really an awesome, one of
the better places Ive lived,
and Ive lived all over the
east coast.
Everyone is on board
to help for good causes
around here, she continued, and I think thats
important when youre
developing a community
of strong people for your
kids in the community.
Eubanks has worked
with children for more
than 20 years, she said.
To start our own business, there was a vision
that I had that I didnt see
with any other facility.
Minds in Motion Learning
Center has an on site occupational therapist, speech
pathologist, healthy life
coach and more.
Its important to have
that support system, Eubanks said. At Minds in
Motion, were more than
just a daycare. We are a
family. We are a community.
Our parents at Minds
in Motion Learning Center
are heavily involved in the
development of the Village
Project, she continued.
Its important to them because they have children
in the community.
For more information
or to apply for a program,
email Melissa Eubanks at
me.mimvp@gmail.com or
call the Minds in Motion
Learning Center at 2440405 and ask for Melissa
Eubanks in reference to
the Village Project.
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A4 THE GREER CITIZEN

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

One little dog print

asnt this past week been exquisite?


The foothills, cloaked in white,
sparkling beneath the winter sun,
the open fields under a soft, becoming
mantle of snowhow lovely it has been
to watch the trees bow down, heavily
laden, the cardinals darting to and from
the bird feeders. Honestly, I could stand
out there all day long and never go
inside.
Because my house is a pig sty.
Heres what only took me 18 winters
to learn at The Funny Farm: do not even
try to keep your house clean when snow
is on the ground. Not with dogs and cats
and people stomping in and out. Its an
exercise in futility. I had to make a decision during the three days it remained
on the ground: do I actually eat a meal at
some time during the day, or shall I just
unroll a sleeping bag in the mudroom so
that I can hastily mop up the clay-tinged
snow being tracked across it, and then
into the rest of the house?
Oh, I hear you, Well, Pam, you doorknob, why dont you just leave your
boots outside the door? Because they

IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
then became perilously cold within minutes, and when youre having to check
on your livestock several times a day,
its not pleasant to stick your feet into
frozen drain pipes.
OK, well, then, why dont you have a
mat just inside the door where the boots
go? Done. And once Ive knitted boots
for the critters, thatll help, too. Resigned to live like a slob until the snow
was gone, I gave one last halfhearted
wash over the entire downstairs, thinking how smart it was for early settlers to
have dirt floors. How nice would that be?
Oh, Helen, how ever do you keep your
floors so shiny?
Well, Ruth, I had Ezekiel add mica.
It look wonderful! And youre so
lucky to have wall to wall dirt. Abe says

its too expensive, so I just have an oval


of area dirt in front of the fireplace.
I hear Dirt Liquidators is having a
sale this Friday, you could try there.
Good idea! If nothing else, at least we
should be able to afford to put down
click dirt.
As I passed my Star Glider (comes
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in front of one of the windows, I stopped
in my tracks. Because there, just under
the little oaken pub table that serves as,
oddly enough, Pauls favorite place to set
his beer while watching television, was a
single paw print of our beloved Bonnie, whom we lost six months ago. Her
prints, owing to her faulty conformation,
were unmistakable: round and flat, not
with the tear shaped form of Rosie, but
more like a cats. Sometime, before her
death, she must have had damp paws
and stepped beneath that end table and,

clearly, in the past six months, I couldnt


have been bothered to actually pull that
table out to clean beneath, just stick
the vacuum nozzle between its legs to
suck up tumbleweeds of cat hair and not
wash the pine floorboards beneath it.
I backed up and noticed that unless
the sun is shining through the window,
at a particular time, at a specific spot
beneath the table, her print doesnt
show. I just happened to be crouching
in front of it at the opportune moment,
not unlike viewing the summer solstice
through the keystone at Stone Henge.
OK, perhaps not that archaeologically
significant, because were talking about
a dog print on a pine floor in South
Carolina, but it still made me giddy. And
I didnt have to pay admission to see it,
either.
Guess what? I aint wiping it away.
How can I? Whats one, little dog print
that looks as if she had just stepped in
out of the snow and, by mistake, began
to walk under the table? And you know
what? Maybe she did.

FROM THE MAILBAG

KAELYNS
KORNER

Ask
and you
shall receive

KAELYN PFENNING
Staff reporter

Dignity

ot a question youve been


dying to ask?
Now is the time to get
your answer.
The Greer Citizen is starting
a brand new column that will
feature real questions from
real readers. This addition will
hopefully be as informative as
it is humorous.
If youve always wanted
to know something about
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If youve been curious about
some recent construction in
your areaask us!
If you just want to know the
answer to timeless questions
such as: why did the chicken
cross the road? or how much
wood could a woodchuck
chuck?...ask us!
Well do our best to give you
the answer youre looking for!
Those wishing to submit
questions can do so in a number of ways.
The fastest way to reach us
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youngins that spends most
of their time on the internet,
send us a message on Facebook or Twitter. Or you can
just use the hashtag #AskGC.
If all of that fails, youre
more than welcome to do the
old fashioned thing and come
see us at 317 Trade Street.
Wed love to chat with you,
take your questions and shake
your hand.
Our goal is to be more engaged with our readers.
We want to continue to find
ways to give you a good product that consistently involves
members of our community.
So ask us a question.
Any question.
We promise to find you an
answer (or something that
resembles an answer).

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US needs MLKs message


of love, peace and unity

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No matter your thoughts on a very divisive


2016, wed all be wise to listen to the words of
Rev. Curtis Johnson.
The country has seen a visible spike in mass
protests and riots over the past couple of years,
sparking hateful rhetoric from many Americans.
But, as we take time to remember the life and
work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this week, it
is important that we figure out ways we can be
part of the solution rather than the problem.
It all starts with a conversation.
Yes, we have to continue the work of improving education for our students. Yes, we need a
more broad knowledge of the paths that got us
to where we are. But, we could be even more
practical than that. Its what we dont know
about each other that causes us to fear each
other, Johnson told local residents at the MLK
luncheon at City Hall Monday. Much of what
separates us can be overcome with the simplicity of a conversation.
Johnson gave a great message, emphasizing
that light has a source, while darkness does
not.
Darkness only exists because of the absence
of light, he said, noting that folks who believe
in what Martin Luther King Jr. was doing should
be urgent to spread the light of love, hope and
peace.
Its terribly unfortunate that at this season
in our nation, it seems we have to contend with
so much hate, he said. Hate between the races. Hate between the haves and the have-nots.
Hate between students in schools and co-workers and elected officials. This is why we have to
understand our role as peacemakers. You are
never more like Christ than when you choose
to position yourself in that controversial, and
sometimes dangerous, position called the middle.
As a nation that is often driven by its political
beliefs, this is a hard concept for us to grasp.
How can we put aside our stance on a particular
issue to listen to what the other side has to say?
How can we fight for what we believe in while
still considering the needs and thoughts of others? Its not going to be easy, but its how we

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This is a unique week (and a very


important one) because we are
installing a new president. As
Donald Trump takes office, there
are going to be more protests,
more riots and more unrest.
But as much as it depends on
us, we must try to live at peace
with our community. Johnson
noted several times that being
a peacemaker isnt the same as
being a peacekeeper. We cant
just be content to sit by while our
neighbors are expressing concerns.
affect change.
Sure, you and your neighbor arent going to
agree on everything. But thats not what needs
to happen. We need to be quick to listen and
slow to speak. If we cant listen to those we disagree with, theres no way we can possibly make
any sort of progress towards unity.
This is a unique week (and a very important
one) because we are installing a new president.
As Donald Trump takes office, there are going
to be more protests, more riots and more unrest.
But as much as it depends on us, we must try
to live at peace with our community. Johnson
noted several times that being a peacemaker
isnt the same as being a peacekeeper. We cant
just be content to sit by while our neighbors are
expressing concerns. We must listen, show care
and move forward in love.

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very person should be


treated with dignity.
Dignity is the state or
quality of being worthy of
honor or respect.
The dignity of each individual is not based on the actions
of that person but on the fact
that each person is made in the
image of God.
In his famous I Have a
Dream speech delivered
August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln
Memorial, Washington D.C.,
Martin Luther King, Jr., said,
We must forever conduct our
struggle on the high plane of
dignity and discipline.
Each of us can learn from
these words of encouragement.
Those who are mistreated
can hold onto the truth that
our value is not found in the
words or actions of others but
rather in the Creator who knit
us together in our mothers
wombs.
The Maker of heaven and
earth fearfully and wonderfully
made us.
While our decisions have
consequenceseither just or
unjustthere is one true God
who will make everything right
at the end of time.
Those who mistreat others
will be held accountable for
their actions.
Romans 12:17-18 says,
Repay no one evil for evil,
but give thought to do what is
honorable in the sight of all. If
possible, so far as it depends
on you, live peaceably with all.
Verses 19-21 continue, Beloved, never avenge yourselves,
but leave it to the wrath of
God, for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay,
says the Lord. To the contrary,
if your enemy is hungry, feed
him; if he is thirsty, give him
something to drink; for by so
doing you will heap burning
coals on his head. Do not be
overcome by evil, but overcome
evil with good.
In addition, Matthew 5:44-45
says, But I say to you, Love
your enemies and pray for
those who persecute you, so
that you may be sons of your
Father who is in heaven. For he
makes his sun rise on the evil
and on the good, and sends
rain on the just and on the
unjust.
Verses 46-47 continue, For
if you love those who love you,
what reward do you have? Do
not even the tax collectors do
the same? And if you greet
only your brothers, what more
are you doing than others? Do
not even the Gentiles do the
same?
May God fill us with love to
overflow to everyone we meet.

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BUSINESS
The Greer Citizen

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

THE GREER CITIZEN A5

Risata Pizza celebrates grand opening

DAVE
SAYS

BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER

DAVE
RAMSEY

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unkind
Q: My friend and I are
roommates, and weve
always had an agreement
that we split each of the
bills fifty-fifty. We both
work and have decent
jobs, but for the last
couple of months shes
been really late in paying
her half of the bills. She
says shes broke. I dont
want to be mean, but how
can I approach her about
this situation?
DR: I understand that
you dont want to be
mean to a friend, but situations like this should be
addressed quickly and directly. No matter whether
youre talking about
friendships or business
dealings, to be unclear is
to be unkind.
Turn off the television,
sit down with her, and
have a kind but firm conversation. Let her know
that the roommate agreement is no longer working
because she isnt paying
her bills on time. Make
sure she understands that
the two of you are not
going to be able to stay
there together anymore
unless she starts paying
on time. You might also
ask if she needs help
budgeting her money. I
mean, if shes got a good
job, her money has to be
going somewhere, right?
The problem is that its
not going to the proper
places.
I know you think that
by being subtle or avoiding the situation youre
being nice, but youre not.
Youre being passive-aggressive. You just have to
smile and say, This isnt
going to happen anymore.

Joe Gilman, president of


Risata Pizza, and his team
celebrated the grand opening of a new restaurant at
111 Middleton Way last
Wednesday.
It is a milestone for Gilman, who worked as a
creative director in an advertising agency for more
than 20 years. Gilman said
he worked almost exclusively at restaurants for
his entire career.
I think the real catalyst
for me was I traveled to
New York a lot on business, and I fell in love
with Neapolitan pizza up
there, Gilman said. Every time Id go up there, I
would seek out a different
place, talk to the owners if
they were there and try to
learn as much as I could
about the product.
Eventually,
Gilman
bought his own wood-fire
oven and started making
pizzas for his friends in
the backyard of his house
in Greenville.
I did that almost a
year, Gilman said. Then,
about six or seven months
ago, I got the opportunity
through a friend to go up
to New York and train.
Gilman trained under
Joe Comezio in New York,
learning 300-year-old recipes and more. Afterwards,
Gilman returned to Greenville and started looking
for a place.
I looked all over the
place for where in Greenville I was going to put
this, Gilman said. I had a
couple other places I was
looking at. Greer found me
as much as I found Greer.
Once I got into the market
and looked at who was out
here and looked at the opportunities, it made more
and more sense.
I know I made the right
decision being out here,
he continued. The communitys received us very
well. Its kind of a small
town, big town.
Gilman grew up in a
little farm town in Illinois,

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Joe Gilman, president of Risata Pizza, celebrated his opening with coworkers and the
Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce last Wednesday.
he said, so it feels right to
me to be here because its
kind of a town with roots
and family.
In Italian, Risata means
laughter, Gilman said,
which is sort of the spirit
we wanted behind this
place.
It could be a big, Italian, family gathering every
day, like a big party, he
continued. Thats kind of
how we thought about this
place. We wanted people
to have fun, spend some
time around some pizzas and relax. We tried to
build the whole place to
feel that way. That just felt
like it fit Greer really nicely too because its such a
family centric community.
Im super happy that were
here.
Gilman worked alongside his fianc, Kim Knighting, to renovate the entire
front of the restaurant.
Shes got decades of
restaurant
experience,
Gilman said. Shes the
general manager.
As general manager,
Knighting
hired
and
trained the staff as well as
many other tasks.
She does everything,
Gilman said, so that I can
focus on making the food
as good as we possibly
can.
We do everything according to the Vera Pizza
Napoletana, he continued. Its a governing body
from Naples, Italy, that
sets the standard for how
pizzas are made.
Most toppings are imported from Italy, Gilman

With every meal, Gilman


and his fianc donate to
Upstate Warrior Solution,
headquartered in Greenville.
Almost all of their funds
go right back into the community, Gilman said. Its
something thats near and
dear to our hearts with her
being a veteran.
Knighting served in the
army in Iraq, he said. She
is a wounded warrior herself.
We support them today, he continued. Every
meal that we serve, were
making a donation back
to them. Were going to do
as much as we can to help
them because its something thats important to
us.

said. We do everything we right there.


possibly can from scratch
I love seeing families
with our little family. We come in and hang out and
only have nine employ- have a good time, he conees.
tinued. I love it when kids
Because of the holiday come up to the oven and
schedule and the storm, have questions about how
we have not had one full its done.
week of operation yet, he
continued, but weve been
open for a month, just shy
of a month, I think.
Gilman and his team got
into the building on Oct.
15 and renovated to open
two months later, he said.
Everything on the way
to getting it open was like
we got down to the very
last minute, Gilman said.
The very last day we could
get our DHEC inspection,
we got it. The very last day
we could get our liquor license, we got it. The very
last day we could get our
building inspection to get
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Becky Galliher
Rebecca Becky Youngblood Galliher, 74, passed
away, Friday, January 13,
2017 at her home.
A native of Lenoir, North
Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Samuel McDowell Youngblood and
Clara Watson Youngblood,
a retired educator with
Summit Drive and Welcome Elementary Schools,
and was of the Baptist
Faith.
Surviving are two sons,
Clint M. Youngblood (Melissa) of Lyman and David
M. Galliher (Sara) of Pelzer
and five grandchildren,
Dalton, Kaleb and Keldon
Youngblood and Claire
and Briana Galliher.
She was also predeceased by a brother, Sam
Youngblood.
A memorial service will
be held 3 p.m. Sunday,
January 22, 2017 at Praise
Cathedral, conducted by
Pastor Tommy Harvey.
Visitation will be held 2
until 3 p.m. Sunday at the
church prior to the service.
The family is at their respective homes.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.

Bradley G. Godfrey
Bradley Glenn Godfrey,
36, passed away January
10, 2017.
A native of Greer, son
of Boyd Arnold B.A. and
Sandra Holtzclaw Godfrey
of Greer, he was an employee of Guardian Building Products and a member of Greer First Baptist
Church.
Also surviving are his
wife, Rachel Eaves Godfrey; a daughter, Madison
Kate Godfrey of the home;
a son, Dexter Louis Godfrey of the home; and two
sisters, Stephanie Collins
and Candice Stanton both
of Greer.
Funeral services were
held 2 p.m. Saturday,
January 14, 2017 at Greer
First Baptist Church, conducted by Dr. Doug Mize.
Burial followed in Hillcrest
Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers were Tommy Stanton, Gray Stanton, Stevie Wilson, Steve
Holtzclaw, Martin Price,
John Collins and Jeff
Brown.
Honorary
pallbearers
were David Eaves, Robert
Eaves and Shane Krebs.
The family is at the
home of his parents, B.A.
Bunchy and Sandra Godfrey, 1303 Ansel School
Road, Greer, SC 29651.
Memorials may be made
to Greer First Baptist
Church Missions Ministry,
202 W. Poinsett St., Greer,
SC 29650.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.

Ben R. McClimon
Ben R. McClimon, 87,
widower of Lucy Ertzberger McClimon, passed away
January 15, 2017.

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The Kingdom Heirs, the


Carolina Quartet and other
special guests will be performing at North Greenville Universitys Turner
Chapel on Saturday, Feb.

A native of Greer, son


of the late N. Glenn McClimon, Sr. and Essie McElrath McClimon, he was a
retired farmer and a member of Memorial United
Methodist Church.
Surviving are two brothers, Glenn McClimon, Jr.
of Greer and Hugh P. McClimon of Anderson and
a sister, Anita Colbert of
Irmo.
Graveside services will
be held 2 p.m. Thursday,
January 19, 2017 at Wood
Memorial Park, conducted
by Rev. Joe Cate.
Visitation will be held after the service at the cemetery.
The family is at the
home of his niece, Alicia
Buchanan.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to
Memorial United Methodist Church, 201 N. Main
Street, Greer, SC 29650.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.

James S. Paget, Jr.


Veteran

James Suddath Paget,


Jr., 90, passed away January 17, 2017.
A
native
of
Anderson
County, son of
the late James
Suddath Paget, Sr. and
Ruth Cunningham Paget,
he was a 1949 graduate
of Clemson University and
served in the U.S. Navy
during WWII and 32 years
in the Naval Reserves
where he achieved rank
of Captain. Mr. Paget was
the President and co-owner of Paget Chevrolet and
a member of Greer First
Baptist Church where he
served as a deacon, Sunday school teacher and
was a choir member. He
was a life member of the
Greer Lions Club, board
member at Greer Community Ministries, and served
on the Board of Directors
for Greenville and Greer
Housing Authority, Bank
of Greer and United Carolina Bank.
Surviving are his wife,
Ruth Anderson Paget;
three daughters, Dr. Ann
Fessler and her husband,
Dr. Richard Fessler of
Greenville, Carolyn Rogers
and her husband, Dr. Mark
Rogers of Greer, and Mary
Cognetti and her husband,
Mark of Austin, Texas;
two brothers, Ben Paget
(Nancee) of Garden City
and Dr. John Paget (Patsy)
of Gainesville, Georgia;
a sister, Jessie Lamb of
Wilmington, North Carolina; and nine grandchildren, Daniel Fessler, Mark
Fessler (Elizabeth), Matthew Fessler, Stephen Fessler, James Cognetti, Elizabeth Cognetti, Timothy
Rogers, Jacob Rogers, and
Sarah Rogers.
Funeral services will be
held 12 p.m. Saturday, January 21, 2017 at The Wood
Mortuary, conducted by
Dottie Bryson. Burial will
follow in Mountain View
Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Mark
Fessler, Matthew Fessler,
Stephen Fessler, Timothy
Rogers, Jacob Rogers, Dr.
Mark Rogers and Dr. Richard Fessler.
Visitation will be held
10:30-11:45 a.m. Saturday
at The Wood Mortuary.
The family is at their respective homes.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Greer
Community
Ministries,
P.O. Box 1373, Greer, SC

25 at 6:30 p.m. The concert, presented by Locust


Hill Baptist, is $10 for advanced tickets and $15 at
the door. For more information, call 895-1771.

GOLDEN HEARTS CALENDAR


FOR JANUARY

A Souper Bowl supper


is on the calendar for the
seniors in the CLC at 6 p.m.
on Jan. 26. Soup/Stews
and cornbread are on the
menu for this meal.

29652 or Greer First Baptist Church, 202 W. Poinsett St., Greer, SC 29650.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.

R. Perry Turner, Jr.


Veteran

Richard Perry Turner, Jr.,


89, 106 Pine Street Extension, Greer, passed away
Sunday, January 8, 2017.
Born in Greer
on April 7,
1927, he was
the son of the
late Richard Perry Turner
and Annie Turner Kendrick and the stepson of
John Oliver Kendrick.
He was a graduate of
Greer High School and was
a cum laude graduate of
Furman University, owner
of the R.P. Turner Insurance Agency, and a U.S.
Veteran of the SC National
Guard. He was a lifelong
member of Greer First Baptist Church, where he was
a devoted member of the
choir for many years. He
was also a former member
of the Lions Club.
Known affectionately as
Uncle Perry, he was an
accomplished pianist and
composer, writing many
songs, including a special
song he wrote upon the
birth of his grand-niece.
Perry is survived by his
sister, Sylvia Turner Patterson, of Spartanburg;
two nephews, Vernon
Williams Patterson III, of
Spartanburg; and Perry
Turner Patterson and his
wife, Denise, and their
children, Anna Catherine,
Perry Turner Jr., and William Thomas, all of Spartanburg. Survivors also
include many special cousins and friends.
Perry was predeceased
by his brother-in-law, Vernon Williams Patterson Jr.
A memorial service will
be held at The Wood Mortuary on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 2 p.m. conducted by Dr. Doug Mize.
Following the service, the
family will greet friends in
the parlor of the mortuary.
A private graveside service
will be held at Mountain
View Cemetery at a later
date.
The family is at their respective homes.
Memorials may be made
to the Greer First Baptist
Church, 202 W. Poinsett
St., Greer, SC 29650 or
The American Red Cross,
PO Box 37839, Boone, IA
50037-0839.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.

Nancy B. Waters
Nancy Baldwin Waters,
93, widow of Gabe Hampton Waters, died January
9, 2017.
A native of Greenville
County, daughter of the
late John E. and Amanda
Brooks Baldwin, she was
retired from State Auto
Insurance and was a member of First Presbyterian
Church.
Surviving are nephews
and nieces, Jim Austin,
Tom Austin, Sharon Hill
and Kay Morgan and the
Helton family.
Graveside services were
held 10 a.m. Saturday,
January 14, 2017 at Mountain View Cemetery, Greer
conducted by Dr. Brandi
Casto-Waters.
Visitation
was
held
after the service at the
gravesite.
The family is at the
home of Mary Ludlow,
2617 Holiday Road, Greer,
SC 29651.
Memorials may be made
to
First
Presbyterian
Church, Pass It On Campaign, 100 School Street,
Greer, SC 29651 or Greer
Community
Ministries,
PO. Box 1373, Greer, SC
29652.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.

TAYLORS TO HOST
COTTRELL IN CONCERT

Taylors First Baptist


will host A Night of Worship for Worship Leaders
with Travis Cottrell and
Friends on Monday, Feb. 6,
at 7 p.m.
For more information,
contact Diann Greer at
dianng@taylorsfbc.org or
678-8816 or Kevin Batson
at
kevinb@taylorsfbc.
org.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

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50/50 With Clouds, Then Rain


Increasing clouds on Saturday with
rain approaching on Sunday. Mild
temperatures.

60/50 Mostly cloudy


64/57 Rain

61/51 Mostly cloudy


65/58 Rain

Sundays Unplugged

63/50 Mostly cloudy


66/59 Rain

Where: Chapman Cultural Center


Date: Saturday, Jan. 21
1-5 p.m.
Temps: Cloudy with
showers. Mild.

64/51 Mostly cloudy


66/59 Rain

60/50 MC
61/49 MC
70/56 MC
68/55 MC
70/60 MC
65/56 MC
63/54 MC
60/52 MC

Wednesday

Saturday

71
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64/57 RN
62/56 RN
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73/60 RN
75/65 RN
68/54 RN
66/56 RN
66/55 RN

73
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Jan. 19

Thursday

Sunday

72
60

69
46

Monday

Friday

60
50

Jan. 27

Feb. 10
52
32

69
52
Tuesday

Feb. 3

58
48

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5:44 PM

MLK: Reminds of unity and diversity


FROM PAGE ONE

broad knowledge of the


paths that got us to where
we are. But, we could be
even more practical than
that. Its what we dont
know about each other
that causes us to fear each
other, he said. Much of
what separates us can be
overcome with the simplicity of a conversation.
Johnson also touched
on economic injustice and
hate between various people groups.
Economic injustice is
even more real than racial
injustice, he said. Poverty is a web that deeply entangles its captives. When
the poor have to stay sick
and die because they cannot afford the healthcare
that would keep them
alive, its injustice. We
can keep talking about
these economic issues as
it relates to education,
employment and access to
capital, but Dr. King said
it this way: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere.
Its terribly unfortunate
that at this season in our
nation, it seems we have
to contend with so much
hate, Johnson added.
Hate between the races.

Hate between the haves


and the have-nots. Hate between students in schools
and co-workers and elected officials. This is why we
have to understand our
role as peacemakers. You
are never more like Christ
than when you choose to
position yourself in that
controversial, and sometimes dangerous, position
called the middle.
Greer councilman Wayne
Griffin, who organizes the
event each year, said he
was pleased with the turnout.
It always takes on a
life of its own every year,
Griffin said.
The most important
thing is that it reminds of
the importance of unity
and diversity, he said.
Thats what has made
America greatthe diversity.
Greer Mayor Rick Danner
agreed, saying the Martin
Luther King Jr. celebration
is one of the citys most
successful gatherings.
Obviously, this event
means a lot to the community because every year
we fill this hall, Danner
said. Its encouraging to
see things like this grow,
but its also encouraging
to see more diversity, as

weve seen over the last


couple of years.
It really is more than
just a remembrance of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., he
said. Its about our community coming together.
Danner said he would
continue to encourage
unity moving forward,
holding more prayer services and events that bring
people together from all
walks of life.
When you look at some
of the prayer services
weve been able to have
after the tragic events
of late, along with other
events weve been able to
do like this one, it really
speaks to whats so special about Greer, Danner
said. While other communities have events, I dont
know that theres really a
more heartfelt event than
this one.
The event, sponsored
by Greenville Health System, featured musical entertainment, interpretive
dances and the presentation of two awards. Greer
Police Officer Chad Richardson, along with Sammy
Dotson, were recipients of
the 2017 Samaritan Award
for their work in the community.

RICHARD: To replace GM Jeff Tuttle


FROM PAGE ONE

My wife Cindi has family in the Wilmington,


North Carolina area and
weve always loved the
Carolinas. We are excited
to be closer to family and
continue the great foundation already set in Greer,
said Mike Richard, incoming CPW General Manager.
At his current post,
Richard oversees 61 employees and a $51-milliondollar budget that handles
natural gas, electric, water,
sewer and telecommunications services. Previously,
Richard worked as a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer for Carolina Power
and Light Company in
Wilmington, North Carolina.
Mikes
educational
background plus his significant management experience proved to be a
strong combination as
we narrowed the field of
national candidates. We
know Mike is a great fit
with Greers four utility
system and the Commission welcomes the Richard
family to the Greer community, said Perry J. Williams, CPW Chairman.
Richard will replace Jeff

Tuttle, who announced


plans to leave Greer CPW
last year.
Originally from Kentucky, Richard graduated
with a Bachelor of Science
in Electrical Engineering from the University
of Kentucky and also received his Master of Sci-

ence in Electrical Engineering from the University of


Alabama at Birmingham.
Richard is married to
Cindi and they have two
children, Alex (24) and Caity-Lyn (18). Richards first
day is set for March 6.

the greer citizen A7


THE GREER CITIZEN A7

PAGE LABEL

wednesday, september 14, 2016


WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

the greer citizen A7

wednesday, september 14, 2016

Meet Pastor Mark Alan Lawing


PASTORS NAME:

ABOUT YOU OR YOUR CHURCH:

MARK ALAN LAWING

Our desire as a church is to assist


those who are struggling in life
by pointing them to Christ. Our
website is www.airportbaptistchurch.com. We will begin THE
PORT on February 18th at 5:00
pm and will meet every Saturday. THE PORT is a time of coffee
and conversation.

CHURCH NAME:
Airport Baptist Church
ATTENDED COLLEGE:
Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute,
Gardner-Webb University,
and Luther Rice Seminary
FAVORITE BIBLE VERSE:
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NLT)
For God made Christ, who never
sinned, to be the offering for our
sin, so that we could be made
right with God through Christ.

ABOUT THE PASTOR:

to Johnathan Casey of Pauline,


South Carolina. Mark and
Crystal have two step grandsons, Cameron and Ben, and
two granddaughters Bristol and
Joanie. Mark trusted in Jesus
Christ for his eternal salvation
in December 1988 and was
ordained by Sugar Hill Baptist
Church in Marion, North Carolina
on November 10th, 1991. Mark
holds degrees from Fruitland
Baptist Bible Institute, GardnerWebb University, and Luther
Rice Seminary. Marks passion
is to help people realize who
they can become through Christ
by helping them understand
who they are in Christ. Mark is
a NC Licensed Contractor and a
Potter. You may reach Mark by
email at malawing@gmail.com
or by calling 828-738-4729.

Mark grew up in the Sugar


Hill Community of McDowell
County, North Carolina. He
has been married to Crystal
Smith Lawing since July 12,
1986. They have two children,
a son Jonathan who lives in the
home and a daughter Jill who is
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2461 Abner Creek Rd., Greer 877-6604

Airport Baptist Church

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PRESBYTERIAN

2 Groveland Rd., Taylors 879-2904

2094 Highway 101 North, Greer 483-2140

Burnsview Baptist Church

9690 Reidville Rd., Greer 879-4006

Calvary Baptist

101 Calvary St., Greer 877-9759

Calvary Baptist

108 Forest St., Greer 968-0092

Camp Creek Baptist Church


1100 Camp Creek Rd., Taylors

Cedar Grove Baptist Church

Victor Baptist

121 New Woodruff Rd., Greer 877-9686

Washington Baptist Church

3500 N. Highway 14, Greer 895-1510

Welcome Home Baptist Church

First Presbyterian Church

100 School St., Greer 877-3612

Fulton Presbyterian Church

821 Abner Creek Rd., Greer 879-3190


3315 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer 877-8090

OTHER DENOMINATIONS

CHURCH OF CHRIST

1017 Mauldin Rd., Greenville 283-0639

Blessed Trinity Catholic Church

Riverside Church of Christ

2103 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer 322-6847

CHURCH OF GOD

100 Enoree Circle, Greer 268-4385

Church of God - Greer

1300 Locust Hill Rd., Greer 877-1881

Church of God of Prophecy

Fairview Baptist Church


First Baptist Church

202 W. Poinsett St., Greer 877-4253


Freedom Fellowship Greer High 877-3604

Grace Baptist Church 879-2913

760 W. Gap Creek Rd., Greer 879-3519

Grace Place

407 Ridgewood Dr., Greer 879-2913

Greer Freewill Baptist Church

110 Pine Ridge Dr., Greer 968-0310

Groveland Baptist Church

500 Trade St., Greer 877-0374

2416 N. Highway 14, Greer 877-8329

Eastside Worship Center

601 Taylors Rd., Taylors 268-0523

ONeal Church of God

EPISCOPAL

Good Shepherd Episcopal

200 Cannon St., Greer 877-2330

218 Alexander Rd., Greer 989-0170

401 Batesville Rd., Simpsonville 288-4867

Highland Baptist Church

3270 Hwy. 414, Taylors 895-5270

Hillcrest Baptist Church

Holly Springs Baptist Church

879-2913
250 Hannon Rd., Inman 877-6765

Locust Hill Baptist Church

Abiding Peace Ev. Lutheran Church


Apostolic Lutheran Church

453 N. Rutherford Rd., Greer 848-4568

Immanuel Lutheran Church & School LCMS


2820 Woodruff Rd., Simpsonville 297-5815

Redeemer Lutheran Church, ELCA


300 Oneal Rd., Greer 877-5876

Saints Peter and Paul Ev. Lutheran

400 Parker Ivey Dr., Greenville 551-0246

5534 Locust Hill Rd., Travelers Rest 895-1771

METHODIST

609 S. Main St., Greer 877-1791

105 E. Arlington Ave., Greer 879-2066

Maple Creek Baptist Church


Milford Baptist Church

1282 Milford Church Rd., Greer 895-5533

Mount Lebanon Baptist Church

572 Mt. Lebanon Church Rd., Greer 895-2334

New Hope Baptist Church

561 Gilliam Rd., Greer 879-7080

New Jerusalem Baptist Church

413 E. Poinsett St., Greer 968-9203

New Life Baptist Church

90 Becco Rd., Greer 895-3224

Northwood Baptist Church

888 Ansel School Rd., Greer 877-5417

ONeal Baptist Church

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

Bethel United Methodist Church

Covenant United Methodist Church

1310 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer 244-3162

Ebenezer United Methodist Church


174 Ebenezer Road, Greer 987-9644

Calvary Chapel of Greer

104 New Woodruff Rd. Greer 877-8090

Christ Fellowship

343 Hampton Rd., Greer 879-8446

Christian Heritage Church

900 N.Brushy
Main St.,
Greer
877-2288
3315
Creek
Rd., Greer
877-8090
Christian Life Center 2 Country Plaza 322-1325
Christian Outreach 106 West Rd. 848-0308
El-Bethel Holiness 103 E. Church St. 968-9474

Lee Road United Methodist Church


1377 East Lee Rd., Taylors 244-6427

Liberty Hill United Methodist Church


301 Liberty Hill Rd., Greer 968-8150

Liberty United Methodist Church

4276 Highway 414, Landrum 292-0142

Memorial United Methodist Church


201 N. Main St., Greer 877-0956

Mountain View UMC

6525 Mountain View Rd., Taylors 895-8532

864-879-2117

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468 S. Suber Rd., Greer 877-8287

Harvest Christian Church

2150 Highway 417, Woodruff 486-8877

International Cathedral of Prayer


100 Davis Avenue Greer 655-0009

Journey Fellowship

1846 Old Hwy. 14S 877-2442

Lifesong Church

12481 Greenville Highway, Lyman 439-2602

Living Way Community Church

3239 N. Highway 101, Greer 895-0544

New Beginnings Outreach

104 New Woodruff Rd., Greer 968-2424

New Covenant Fellowship

2425 Racing Rd., Greer 848-4521

New Hope Freedom

109 W. Wade Hampton Blvd. Greer 205-8816


New Life in Christ 210 Arlington Rd. 346-9053

Point of Life Church

301 McCall St. Greer

848-5500

Wade Hampton Blvd. Duncan 426-4933

Shekhinah Kind Glory Church


600 N. Main St., Greer 655-4545

Springwell Church

4369 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors 268-2299

Trinity Fellowship Church

1001 W. Poinsett St., Greer 629-3350

627 Taylor Rd., Greer 877-7015

14372 E. Wade Hampton Blvd.


Greer, SC 29651

Harmony Fellowship Church

Fews Chapel United Methodist Church


Grace United Methodist Church

MOVE IN TRUCK

Glad Tidings Assembly of God

3610 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer 877-0419


1700 N. Pleasantburg Dr, Greenville 244-6011

4000 N. Highway 101, Greer 895-2522

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Faith United Methodist Church

1301 S. Main St. (S. Hwy. 14), Greer 877-0308

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LLC

Calvary Bible Fellowship

Praise Cathedral Church of God

139 Abner Creek Rd., Greer 801-0528

Greer Storage

Beulah Christian Fellowship Church

3339 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors 244-0207


Faith Temple 5080 Sandy Flat Rd., Taylors 895-2524

LUTHERAN

Heritage Chapel Baptist Church

427 Batesville Rd., Simpsonville 281-0015

Pelham Church of God of Prophecy

3794 Berry Mill Rd., Greer 895-4273

2 Groveland Rd., Taylors 879-2913

111 Biblebrook Dr., Greer 877-4206


Hispanic Baptist Iglesia Bautista Hispana
199 Hubert St., Greer 877-3899

7 am - 10 pm Mon.-Sat.

13465 E. Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer 877-3235

1105 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer 877-3267

Highway 101 North, Greer


Bethesda Temple 125 Broadus St., Greer 877-8523

1592 S. Highway 14, Greer 879-2289

508 North Main St. 877-4043

United Family Ministries

Fellowship Presbyterian Church

901 River Rd., Greer 879-4225

Good News Baptist Church

QF

200 W. Main St., Taylors 244-3535

1200 Devenger Rd., Greer 268-7652

3800 Locust Hill Rd., Taylors 895-1314

Double Springs Baptist Church

1600 Holly Springs Rd., Lyman 877-4746

UALITY
OODS

Taylors First Baptist Church

Devenger Road Presbyterian Church

Bartons Memorial Pentacostal Holiness

Friendship Baptist Church

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445 S. Suber Rd., Greer 801-0181

CATHOLIC

Enoree Fork Baptist Church

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Suber Road Baptist Church

Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church

642 S. Suber Rd., Greer 848-3500

423 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer 877-2121

864-848-5222

St. Johns Baptist Church

1779 Pleasant Hill Rd., Greer 901-7674

Community Baptist Church

Emmanuel Baptist Church

DILL CREEK COMMONS

Southside Baptist Church

Agape House 900 Gap Creek Rd., Greer 329-7491


3315 Brushy
Creek Rd.,
Greer
877-8090
Anglican
Church
of St.
George
the Martyr

109 Elmer St., Greer 877-6216

313 Jones Ave., Greer 877-4021

1379 W. Wade Hampton, Greer

1 Wilson Ave., Greer 877-5520

1005 Highway 357, Greer 877-0758

El Bethel Baptist Church

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Victor United Methodist Church

570 Memorial Drive Ext., Greer 877-7061

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3856 N. Highway 101, Greer 895-5570

3950 Pennington Rd., Greer 895-5787

Ebenezer-Welcome Baptist Church

Collision Repair Center

Rebirth Missionary Baptist Church

St. Paul United Methodist Church

2388 Brown Wood Rd., Greer 879-4475

108 Bright Rd., Greer 593-2643

BENSON

2020 Gibbs Shoals Rd., Greer 877-3483

911 St. Mark Rd., Taylors 848-7141

1249 S. Suber Rd., Greer 879-4400

Calvary Road Baptist Church

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Providence Baptist Church

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Zoar United Methodist Church

100 Edward Rd., Lyman

989-0099
1409 W. Wade Hampton Blvd.

St. Mark United Methodist Church

4899 Jordan Rd., Greer 895-3546

1421 Reidville Sharon Rd., Greer 879-7926

6645 Mountain View Rd., Taylors 895-7003

Calvary Hill Baptist

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Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

Riverside BaptistBaptist
Church
Woods Chapel United Methodist Church
New Trinity
Church

Blue Ridge Baptist Church


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Sharon United Methodist Church

1002 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer 877-6436

Abner Creek Baptist Church

Apalache Baptist

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church

United Anglican Fellowship


United Christian Church

105 Daniel Ave., Greer 895-3966

United House of Prayer

213 Oak St., Greer 848-0727

Upstate Friends Meeting (Quaker)


P.O. Box 83, Lyman 439-8788

Upstate Tree of Life

203 East Bearden St., Greer 848-1295

Victorian Hills Community Church


209 Victor Ave. Ext., Greer 877-3981

Vine Worship Center

4373 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors 244-8175

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POLICE AND FIRE


The Greer Citizen

A8 THE GREER CITIZEN

Greer Police Chief will


retire in spring of 2017

CRIME
REPORT

The communitys

(Note: All information


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

BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
Dan Reynolds became
Greers police chief in
February 2005 after more
than 30 years with the
Savannah (Georgia) Police
Department.
When I first came here,
one of the goals when we
talked to command staff
was to try to give them an
opportunity to increase
their qualifications so that
one of them could take
over when I left, Reynolds
said. I came from a department that chose from
the outside on a regular
basis.
Ive enjoyed the [Greer]
community, he said. The
communitys very supportive of the police. You
dont find that everywhere
around the country, but
here, even through the
hard times, theyve been
very supportive. I have
a very good staff. All of
them are very loyal, very
dedicated to the profession.
Reynolds grew up in a
U.S. Navy family and lived
in many different areas
of the country before his
family finally settled on
a small farm in Virginia
Beach, Virginia. He graduated in 1966 from Floyd E.
Kellam High School, joined
the U.S. Army that June,
and was commissioned
in 1967 after graduating
from Artillery OCS at Ft.
Sill, Okla.
He left the Army with
the rank of captain in
1972 to join the Savannah
Police Department, where
he worked numerous assignments and eventually
rose to the rank of Deputy
Chief. He spent most of
his career in investigations
and facilitated the implementation of Community
Oriented Policing (COP)
and Problem Oriented Policing (POP) in the depart-

very supportive
of the police. You
dont find that
everywhere around
the country...

POSSESSION

Dan Reynolds
Greer Police Chief

ment. He attended Class


136 of the FBI Academy in
1984.
In 2002, when the Savannah Police Department
merged with the Chatham
County Police Department
to form the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police
Department, Reynolds was
appointed to head criminal investigations. While in
Savannah, he also worked
as a part-time training
consultant in the areas of
POP and COP for the Police Executive Research Forum, the League of Cities,
the National Institute of
Justice, and several state
agencies in Georgia.
Chief Reynolds earned
both B.S. and M.S. degrees
in criminal justice from
Armstrong Atlantic State
University, where he later
taught undergraduate and
graduate courses in criminal justice. He earned an
M.P.A. from Columbus
State College after graduating from the Georgia Command College in 2004.
Our city supports education training and provides the resources that
we need to get that done,
especially in these times,
Chief Reynolds said. Always in the area of police,
discipline is a challenge.
That is always going
to be a challenge to every
chief because you want to
be fair to the officers that

work here because theyre


under a lot of pressure,
but you also want to make
sure you dont expose your
department to risk, Chief
Reynolds said. That has
been a challenge to me,
and it will be a challenge
to him as we go forward,
especially today as people
are challenging police.
Chief Reynolds is now
planning for his retirement, building a house
and getting ready to move
while mentoring Hamby to
fill his role.
He and I have the opportunitywhere
some
people dontto work
together, Chief Reynolds
said, and he can work his
way into the position and
make that transition much
easier and much cleaner
than it would be otherwise.
Chief Reynolds has already planned to spend
a few months getting his
house straight before finding a job at a school, like
his alma mater, outside of
law enforcement.
Six years, I was an officer in the army, Chief
Reynolds said. I got out
and joined the Savannah
Police Department and
worked there 34 years and
then here for 12 years. Its
50 plus years in public service.
kaelyn@greercitizen.com | 877-2076

Jason Joe Nelson, Jr., of


407 Rexford Drive, Moore,
was charged with possession with intent to distribute, faulty equipment,
possession of drug paraphernalia, drivers license
not in possession and disregarding stop sign.
According to a Greer Police incident report, on Jan.
4, an officer made contact
with Nelson in reference
to a vehicle traffic stop
for disregarding the stop
sign at the intersection of
Hammett Bridge Road and
South Hwy 14.
Nelson failed to come
to a complete stop crossing of South Hwy 14. The
officer was the vehicle di-

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

rectly behind Nelson on


Hammett Bridge and was
not able to directly follow
Nelson due to traffic on S.
Hwy 14.
When the officer pulled
across South Hwy 14 onto
Judson Ave, Nelson accelerated at a high rate of
speed. Nelson continued
down Judson, making a
left turn on Wood Drive
then making a right turn
on Wayman Dr. Nelson
continued to drive at a
high rate of speed on Wayman Dr. until he turned
left on Harris Dr.
The officer activated his
blue lights shortly after
Nelson turned onto Harris
Dr. Nelson continued to
drive on Harris Dr. making a right onto Leona Dr.
Nelson came to a stop on
Leona Dr. near Pinecrest
Dr.
The officer made contact
with Nelson and asked for
his drivers license. Nelson
would not comply with the
direction. Nelson was told
to exit the vehicle, and he
was checked for weapons.
Next to Nelson, there was a
baseball bat wrapped with
barbed wire, a large sword,
a tomahawk, and multiple
other large knives.
Nelson began yelling for
help, saying the officers
were going to kill him.
Nelson began acting like

he was having a seizure


and breathing difficulties.
Officers requested EMS to
respond to evaluate Nelson.
A K-9 officer responded
and conducted a free air
sniff. The K-9 alerted to
the vehicle. Nelson stated
he had some drug paraphernalia in a red and
black box with some edibles.
The officers located a
black and red cigar box
that contained two sharp
pieces of metal with burnt
residue on it, a glass pipe
with marijuana residue in
it, a black digital scale with
small pieces of marijuana
on it, a metal grinder with
small pieces of marijuana
on it and a blue glass bottle that had a picture of a
marijuana leaf on it.
In a one-gallon zip lock
bag, labeled in large letter
WEED, the officer located seven individual bags
of fruity pebble treats that
individually smelled of
marijuana. Nelson stated
the treats had marijuana
in them.
Nelson was taken into
custody and transported
to the Greer City Police Department. The vehicle was
towed by Wolfes towing.

Officers honored at banquet


The Greer Police Department held its annual
awards banquet on Saturday, Jan. 14. Officers were
awarded certificates and
pins for years of service,
safe driving, and perfect
attendance.
Below are the notable
awards that were received
on Saturday.
Certificate of Promotion
Mike Ferrell
Education Award
Lt. Eric Pressley
SRO Perry Bowens
Det. Jonathan McWhite
Shenra Jackson-Cunningham
Supervisor of the Year
Sgt. Randle Ballenger

Tactical Award
Officer Anna Barnett
Officer Lavatus Holcombe
Det. Trent Parrott
Field Training Officer
FTO Angel Santana
FTO Jonathan Saunders
Good Conduct
Det. Jason Bash
Off. Ashley Guinn
Off. Lavatus Holcombe
Off. Tyler Mitchell
Off. Chris Montgomery
Police Shield
Det. Bash
Det. Jeff Hemric
Off. L. Holcombe
Officer of the Year
FTO Wes Keller
Supervisor of the Year
Sgt. Randle Ballenger

Life Saving Award


Detention Officer
Shenra Jackson-Cunningham
Certificate of Merit
FTO James Compton
FTO Jordan Williams
Civic Achievement
Meghan Weibel
Community Service Award
Off. L. Holcombe
Mike Garfield Community
Service Award
Bill Bennett
Chiefs Award
Brandon McMahan
Angie Childers
Rookie of the Year
Officer Lavatus Holcombe
Civilian of the Year
Meghan Weibel

HAMBY: Has served City of Greer Police Department for more than 20 years
FROM PAGE ONE

Mayor Rick Danner and


city council expressed
their support Tuesday
night when Driggers informed them of his decision, he said, adding that
three internal applicants
were among the final eight
candidates.
Ive seen the City of
Greer go through a lot of
changes and growth over
the years, Hamby said. I
feel like Im a part of the
culture of Greer and look
forward to many more
years here. Im extremely
honored and appreciative
to have this opportunity.
I cant think of a better
place to serve in this capacity.
Hamby was promoted to
captain in 2014, serving as
second in command of the
department.
Being second in command is a really good
place to be because you
have a lot of influence but
dont have to be the ultimate responsible person,
Hamby said.
In that role, Hamby
provided supervision of
all division commanders, ensured compliance
with department general
orders, rules, regulations
and standards, and represented the department
at a variety of community
events.
In regards to his new position, Hamby said, I will
be the ultimate responsible party, so the burden
will multiply many times
from where Im at now.
The responsibility level
is going to be a massive
change, but Im looking
forward to it.
From 2000-2014, Hamby
fulfilled lieutenant duties
in the Operational Support, Criminal Investigation, and the Uniform
Patrol divisions. He previously served as a sergeant
with the Uniform Patrol
Division and Traffic Unit,
and an officer with the
Traffic and Patrol units.
Hamby has been honored
as the Greer Police Departments Rookie of the Year
and Officer of the Year.

Ive always been fascinated with the law itself,


so its just a good fit,
Hamby said. I just like
to see people who had a
period of their life where
they were struggling and
somehow or another we
were able to help make an
impact and then see them
years later when theyre
doing so much better.
When someone flags
him down to give an update, thats the most rewarding part of the job,
Hamby said.
His diverse experience
within the department includes responsibility for
uniform patrol, telecommunications, traffic investigations, the detention
facility, criminal investigations, vice and narcotics,
crime analysis, crime mapping, community policing,
internal affairs, policy development and administration.
Capt. Hamby is unequivocally prepared to
lead the City of Greer Police Department, Chief
Reynolds said. He has
displayed professionalism
and tremendous ability
during each assignment
during his career and has
earned the respect of our
command staff and officers. Im confident that
the department will remain on the cutting edge
of law enforcement issues and trends to protect
and serve the citizens of
Greer.
A native of Greenville
and graduate of Mauldin High School, Hamby
holds a bachelors degree
in criminal justice from
the University of South
Carolina and a masters
degree in criminal justice
2012 Anderson Universitys Command College of
South Carolina.
Ive just applied myself
to any opportunities for
training and education
that have been provided,
but Ive also just been really lucky that Ive been
working in a department
that provides that platform, that environment,
Hamby said. Ive learned
a lot from working under

Chief Reynolds. You have


to continually retrain, reinvest, in your people. Its
a nonstop, continuous
process. You never arrive
at the place you want to
be.
He is a 2003 graduate of
the FBI National Academy
and holds membership
in the International Association of Chiefs of Police,
the South Carolina Police
Chiefs Association and
the South Carolina Law Enforcement. A graduate of
Leadership Greer, Hamby
is on the Board of Directors for Greer Relief and
Resources Agency and a
volunteer for multiple
youth, church and civic
activities.
I want to thank Chief
Reynolds for the 12 years
he has spent investing in
our employees, values,
education and training,
Hamby said. His legacy
will definitely be the investment he has made in
our people. He has done
so much for me, personally, to put me in a position
to take the reins as chief
of the department.
Its just going to be
a very slow transition,
Hamby said of the next
two months before he assumes the chiefs position
when Reynolds retires.
He has a lot of wisdom
that he has shared with me
over the years. He likes to
take the time to sit down
and help me work my way
through some of the decisions that he would have
to make. Hes also taken
me and exposed me to
a lot of chief events. Ive
been going to those with
him a couple years.
Because of his participation in mentoring me,
Ive been able to establish
a lot of network, Hamby
continued. I feel already
that Im well connected
to other law enforcement
leaders in Greenville and
Spartanburg counties.
Moving forward, we
will work on developing a
strategic plan that works
together with the city of
Greers strategic plan,
Hamby said. As we move
forward as a city, expand-

ing, growing, improving,


we have to be right along
with that process here at
the police department.
There will be times we expand our resources here,
and weve got to be smart
about how we do that.
We want to be very wise
managers of the citys resources and the citizens
resources that theyve provided us.
In regards to the tensions this past year with
police officers, Hamby
said, Weve been way
ahead of the curve with
that.
Greer Police Department
has had body cameras
since before the Ferguson attacks and has been
transparent with the community, Hamby said. We
feel like weve been very
far ahead of other places
in the country that have
struggled with some of
these issues. Weve been
ahead of the game with
communicating with various groups in our community, minority groups.
Weve had a lot of dialogue
with them. Were trying to
do that before anything
stressful happens.
We want to have those
relationships in place in-

stead of trying to piece


them together after a
major incident occurs, so
we feel like were in a really good place right now,
Hamby said. Weve had
pretty much unprecedent-

ed support from our community. Weve got to hold


on to that and actually
make it better.

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The Greer Citizen

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

POWERHOUSE
RHS XC
coach
earns
honor

Cummings is
state winner
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

The Eastside wrestling team topped Blue Ridge 67-10 Monday night to capture its 25th consecutive region title.

Eastside wins
25th consecutive region title
When you hit a milestone

BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
If youve been in Eastsides region
during the last quarter of a century,
youve lost.
The Eagles wrestling team locked
up its 25th consecutive conference
title Monday night with a 67-10 win
over Blue Ridge, and many of the
teams former athletes dropped by
to help celebrate.
When you hit a milestone like
that, theres a sense of long-term accomplishment that you feel, head
coach Jack Kosmicki said. I got a
chance to say a lot of thank yous
on Monday night. There are a lot
of people that have been out of the
wrestling scene for years, but are
still a part of Eastside wrestling. Its
great to get to thank them, because
they were a critical part of it.
The Eagles have blown through region play this season on their way
to what will likely be another deep
playoff run.
During his 22 years as head coach,
Kosmicki said hes had some memorable moments.
In 1996, we had 11 freshmen
start and we beat Greer, which was

like that, theres a sense of


long-term accomplishment
that you feel. I got a chance
to say a lot of thank yous
on Monday night.
Jack Kosmicki

Eastside High wrestling coach


No. 2 or No. 3 in the state, to win
the region championship, Kosmicki
said. That team, when they were seniors, went on to win state. Moments
like that were just so great.
But all the success hasnt led Eastside to complacency.
You get a new team dynamic every year, so thats what prevents the
complacency. Even though Ive been
there for 22 years, they havent and
nobody wants to be part of the team
that drops the ball, Kosmicki said.
Nobody wants to be the team that
loses the streak. Its just motivation.

Kosmicki said former wrestlers


play a vital role in Eastsides success, something he picked up from
his head coach many years ago.
Mark Hoyt was my high school
coach and he always stressed the
importance of guys coming back
and getting on the mat with the guys
that were already there, Kosmicki
said. That was always stressed as
vital to part of our success. Most of
everything I do is copied from Mark
Hoyt.
With goals still to accomplish this
season, this Eastside team is preparing for more milestones and more
hardware.
Right now its all about polishing, he said. We have to fix the little things and install techniques that
are unique to the situations we find
ourselves in. As we go into the dual
meet portion of the postseason, our
coaching and instruction becomes
much more individualized. Everybody has a different style, and we
need to make each person better.
The postseason begins on Feb. 4.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076

Lady Jackets top Eastside, 56-49


Get over
the hump
to victory
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Lady Yellow Jackets
are finally over the hump.
After 10 disappointing
outings, the Greer girls
basketball team knocked
off Eastside 56-49 to take
possession of first place in
the region.
Trailing the Eagles by
nine to start the fourth
quarter, Greer went on a
24-10 run to secure the
victory.
We were the more aggressive team, head coach
Mazzie Drummond said.
I never felt like we were
out of it. Weve been down
a few times this year and
weve been able to make
runs.
Drummond said his
team had been knocking on Eastsides door
over the past couple of
seasons, but the Yellow
Jackets were never able to
find the success they were
looking for.
We hadnt beaten Eastside in 10 tries, so it was
just a mental hurdle we
had to get over, Drummond said. Last year, I
felt like our team was just

BILLY
CANNADA

Greer will
miss
Tony
Tipton

Eric Cummings

After leading the Riverside boys and girls cross


country teams to state
titles in 2016, Eric Cummings was named Coach
of the Year by the U.S.
Track & Field and Cross
Country Association.
The U.S. Track & Field
and Cross Country Coaches Association announced
its state-by-state winners
last week, giving Cummings the nod for both
Riverside teams.
I was shocked that I
got both, Cummings said.
Its a culmination of the
kids doing a lot of work
over the last four to six
years. On the girls side,
theyve won four straight
state championships and
havent lost to a team in
the state. It was just a lot
of hard work.
One boys coach and
one girls coach from each
of the 50 states and the
District of Columbia were
honored for their successes during the fall of 2016,
as selected by a committee
of experts from around
the nation.
Cummings, who was one
of three coaches on the
list to receive both honors,
said the Riverside program
has come a long way.
When I took the job, I
had six kids on the team.
We never anticipated (all
the success), we were
just trying to get enough
for a team, Cummings
SEE CUMMINGS | B2

BLAME
CANNADA

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

Greer outlasted Eastside on the road last Thursday during a 56-49 win. It was the Yellow
Jackets first win over the Eagles in 10 tries.
as good as Eastside, but
we lost two to them that
were really, really close. It
was nice to finally get that
victory and get over the
hump.
Tori Henderson (13), Me-

gan Jones (12) and Diamon


Shiflet (11) each scored in
double figures, but it was
Drummonds bench play
that made the difference.
Although we have great
shooters, great rebounders

and a D1 basketball players, were at our best when


were giving maximum
team effort, Drummond
said. We need everybody
to contribute to the win,
and thats what happened

last week.
Shakayia Bradford and
Jonae Rawls combined for
16 points and 17 rebounds
on the night.
The Yellow Jackets controlled the paint, working
their way to the free throw
line 38 times.
When they can do that,
we can be really good,
Drummond said. Weve
got a couple of players that
everybody knows about.
But when everybody starts
to contribute, were really
strong.
Greer will take on Greenville this week, which has
spent most of the season
ranked in the top five of
Class AAAA.
We talk about wanting to be a champion and
wanting to be the best,
and when you play teams
like Greenville, you get to
see what youre made of,
Drummond said. Greenville is probably considered by most to be the
best team in our area, so
its an exciting week.
The Yellow Jackets will
end the week with matchups against Travelers Rest
and Union County.
If we can find a way
to grab those two games,
well have a nice lead on
everybody else, Drummond said. We just have
to stay focused.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076

ve never seen a town


that loves its football
like Greer, and Ive
never met a man who
loved Greer football quite
like Tony Tipton.
Tony was an ambassador for Greer High School
and an advocate for all
Yellow Jacket sports. His
passing will certainly
leave a void in the hearts
of his friends and family.
Some of my earliest
memories at The Citizen
are of Tony.
During football season,
he would be one of the
first people to read each
paper when it came out
on Wednesday afternoons.
Hed come into the office
with his three quarters,
ready to see what Leland
Burch wrote about after
Fridays game.
Week after week, wed
shake hands at the Touchdown Club and swap
stories.
Tony would always give
me a hard time about my
picture selections on the
front page and Id tell him
it was Prestons fault.
He was a guy that
never really raised his
voice, but always thought
about what he said and
said what he meant. He
was passionate. He was
driven. And he cared
about promoting athletics
and young people in his
community.
He also loved his son,
Jackson, who became a
fixture for the Yellow
Jacket defense in recent
years.
Youre not going to
find many more Tonys
out there. As President
of the Greer High Booster
Club, he would always try
to make the most of his
opportunities to promote
the school, raise money
and bring in more Jacket
Backers.
And it rubbed off on the
people around him. Without folks like Tony, Greer
athletics wouldnt be
what they are. Greer High
School would be just another school rather than
a place where tradition
gives rise to excellence.
Tony loved his football,
but he was just as enthusiastic about every sport
at Greer. Whether it was
volleyball, tennis or basketballTony made sure
each team got its time in
the spotlight.
For the longest time, my
favorite thing to do on a
Friday morning was to go
on the Greer High Booster
Facebook page and read
Tonys post about the
game that night.
Tony wasnt shy about
putting his love for the
Yellow Jackets into words.
One of his favorite
quotes to use (I assume it
was one of his favorites
because I saw it more
than once) went something like this: Some say
football is a matter of life
and death. I can assure
that it is much more serious than that.
He loved Greer and Im
sure if you cut him, hed
bleed black and gold.
Its hard to remember
some of these things
knowing that Ill never get
to experience them with
Tony again. As much as
I enjoyed going back and
forth with Tony about
football, he was always
a consistent face in the
community everyone
could count on.
Greer will miss him.
So will his family,
friends and others who
got to know him.

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B2 THE GREER CITIZEN

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

Greer boys fall to Eastside on the road


BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
A second-half on slot
proved to be too much
for Greer, as the Eagles
topped the Jackets 69-47
last Thursday night.
The Eastside boys basketball team moves to 2-0
in region action after the
win.

Weve got to play


our game. Whether
the other team is
in man or zone, we
have to be able to
execute well and
finish things off.
Tom Chamness

Eastside High boys basketball coach


Were on the right
track, head coach Tom
Chamness
said.
We
havent won anything yet
and we still have a long
way to go, but the most
important game is always
the next one. Were always
excited when we can get a
win against a quality opponent at home.
The two teams were
evenly matched throughout the first half, as Greer
took a slight lead into the
break.
They played some manto-man early, then they
switched to zone. I felt
like we didnt do a good
job early of attacking the
zone, Chamness said.
We missed some oppor-

tunities early, but in the


second half we settled
down and did a much better job.
After the half, however,
it was all Eastside.
Eastside came out in
the second half and executed really well, Greer
coach Greg Miller said. I
dont feel like we really
ever found a way to slow
them down. They had an
answer for everything
we tried. Its just another
learning experience as the
year goes on.
The Eagles scored 44 second half points to Greers
21, easing past the Yellow Jackets at home. But
Chamness and his squad
never felt comfortable.
Greer is very capable,
Chamness said. Ive always been very leery of
them because theyre never out of a game with their
ability to shoot the three.
Even though we were up
12 or 13 points, you never
feel comfortable because
they can get back in a
game so quickly.
Magic Moody was the
leading scorer for Greer
with 21 on the night.
We have to have a short
memory, Miller said. You
cant focus more on getting the game won instead
of realizing you have to do
things right one possession at a time. We have to
keep reminding ourselves
how the game is played
and focus on not getting
ahead of ourselves.

EAGLES READY TO BUILD

Chamness and company


will take on Travelers Rest
and Blue Ridge this week,
hoping to build on their
early momentum.
Weve got to play our

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

Eastside outscored Greer 44-21 in the fourth quarter last Thursday to earn its second conference win of the season.
game, Chamness said.
Whether the other team
is in man or zone, we have
to be able to execute well
and finish things off.
The Eagle head coach
said teams like Blue Ridge
can be dangerous.
Blue Ridge is very
scrappy, Chamness said.
Theyre going to be one of
those teams that is tough
to deal with because they
dont quit.

Blue Ridge blows lead in


fourth against Devildogs
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Blue Ridge dropped to 01 in the region after giving
up a late lead against Travelers Rest last Thursday.
The Tigers were up by
nine heading into the final period, but gave up 27
fourth quarter points to
the Devildogs during the
61-52 loss.
That was the hardest
weve played this year,
head coach Richie Stevens
said. Our guys fought for
loose balls and moved the
ball around offensively. We
just have to be able to do
the little things all game
long to beat the teams in
our region.
After trailing by two at
the half, Blue Ridge exploded for a 17-8 run in
the third quarter. Thats
when everything came
apart for Stevens team.
Toward the end of the
third quarter, we went on
a turnover fest where we
took bad shots and gave
them a lot of easy layups,
Stevens said. That erased
a nine-point lead that we
had in the fourth quarter.
You just cant give up 27
points in the fourth quarter.
Blue Ridge was unable to
keep Travelers Rest off the
glass, creating plenty of
second opportunities for
the Devildogs.
All season long, weve
played great initial defense, but were not able
to finish the possession
with a rebound, Stevens
said. You cant give them
more opportunities.
Sonny Stevens led the
team with 15 points on
the night while Stephen
Sammons recorded 11 of
his own.
The head coach said he
expects more of his team

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

Jason Sammons and the Blue Ridge basketball team could


not hang on for their first region win against TR.
going forward.
Playing hard is a given
now. We have to put a
whole game together and
try to win some of these
games We can do really
good things in the region.
But everybody in our region is tough and can
blow you out any night,
he said.
The Tigers got back to
the basics this week in
preparation for a tough
slate of games against
Union and Eastside.
(On Sunday) we scrimmaged our JV team and
they gave us a run for
our money, Stevens said.
That was a huge eye-opening experience for them
because of how bad the
JV team wanted it. They

beat us to every loose ball


and they beat us on the offensive glass. I think they
really started to see that
if they buy in and start to
work on the little things,
they can beat anybody.
Blue Ridge was blown
out by Eastside earlier this
season, and Stevens said
his team will have to have
a strong showing to avoid
a similar outcome.
Eastside has high-caliber big men and guards.
They can shoot and they
can drive. Theyre probably as dangerous of a team
as well play. Theyve got
great skill sets and were
going to have to play perfect to beat them.
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CUMMINGS: Named Coach of the Year


FROM B1

said. Eleven years later,


weve got 179 kids on the
team and the program has
grown so much. Its been
great.
State-by-state winners
were selected based on
their teams performances throughout the 2016
cross-country
season.

Among the factors taken


into consideration were
team score and placement
at the state championships, margin of victory,
performance against rankings if available, individual
championships, and how
their teams performances
stacked up to previous
years (e.g. first title in
school history, consecu-

tive titles, etc.).


Each honoree receives
a trophy from the USTFCCCA and winners from
each state are in consideration for the associations
National High School Cross
Country Coach of the Year
award.
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NONCONFERENCE TEST

The
Yellow
Jackets
slipped back into nonconference play for a moment
this week with a matchup
against Greenville (results
were not available at press
time).
Theyve been ranked
in the top 10 in 4A pretty
much all year, he said.
They are a great team
with good guard play.
Theyve got a big guy in the
middle that knows how to

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a great test for us.
Greer gets back into region action later this week
with games against Union
and Travelers Rest.
Travelers Rest is super aggressive. We know
theyre going to fly around,
theyre going to shoot and
theyre going to try to get
to the rim, Miller said.
Theyre a younger team
with a lot of charisma and
were going to have to be

able to match that.


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that familiar with the other
Yellow Jackets in Union.
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traded
layups
before
Spease grabbed the defensive rebound and dished
the ball ahead to Evans for
the fast-break layup.
Newberry would then
lead 79-76 before Benedict scored back-to-back
buckets to lead 80-79 with
2:15 remaining. After the
Wolves secured the defensive rebound, Burton drove
hard to the lane from the
left side and banked the
shot home off the glass to
put Newberry ahead 81-80
with 1:22 left to play.
The Wolves defense
forced a Tiger turnover
and Copeland knocked in
a layup to put Newberry
up 83-80. Spease made his
free-throws to give Newberry a two-possession
lead. Benedict attempted
to force the game into
overtime but could not
secure the rebound and
Newberry was victorious,
87-84.
Newberry started the
game quickly, running out
to an 18-8 lead. Benedict
pulled within two at 23-21
midway through the first
half. Neither team could
pull away the rest of the
period as Newberry led
40-35 at halftime. Copeland led all scorers with
10 points at halftime.
Brandon Morris scored
20 points and pulled
down 10 rebounds to lead
four Benedict players in
double-figures. Quayshun
Hawkins and Umar Frost
also recorded double-doubles for the Tigers.
The Wolves shot 15-for18 (83.3 percent) from
the free-throw line in the
second half after an 8-for14 (57.1 percent) performance in the first half.
Newberry was just 8-for-33
from beyond the arc (24.2
percent), a season-low.
The Wolves scored 16
fast break points, and
scored 22 points off 22
Benedict turnovers. Newberry held the Tigers to
just six made three-point
field goals in the contest.

NEWBERRY KNOCKS OFF


BENEDICT COLLEGE

Quaman Burtons layup


with 1:22 left gave the
Newberry mens basketball
team a lead it would not
relinquish as the Wolves
defeated Benedict 87-84 in
a non-conference thriller
Monday evening at Eleazer
Arena. Newberry has now
won seven in a row and 11
of its last 14 contests.
D.J.
Copeland led
the way with 20 points
and Gerald Evans scored
14. Mason Spease poured
in 13 points and Christopher Camper, in just his
second game in a Newberry uniform, chipped in 11.
Burton posted a team-high
eight rebounds and also
swiped four steals.
Newberry trailed Benedict 71-65 with 7:46 remaining in the contest.
The Wolves used a 7-2 run
to cut the lead down to
one at 73-72. The teams

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A SPORTING VIEW

Clemson,
won
and done
BY MARK VASTO
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN

hances are, if you ever


spend a little time at
Angelos Fairmount
Tavern in Atlantic City,
you will run into the odd
Dallas Cowboys fan. They
can be found at the bar or
found in the restaurant
proper, drinking house
wine and shoveling in
plates of pasta underneath the watchful eyes of
all the sports memorabilia
on the walls.
Ive alwaaays been
a Cowboys fan, is the
familiar refrain. Nobody
knows why this is, however. Is it because of Roger
Staubach? Tom Landry?
The handsome star on
their helmets? The cheerleaders? What is it about
this team that makes guys
like Gov. Chris Christie

The game goes into


the waning minutes,
and its like the best
heavyweight fight
youve ever seen.
Clemson scores.
go to their home games
at the taxpayers expense
and hug on Jerry Jones
while wearing orange
sweaters?
Atlantic City is the kind
of place that will forgive
you if you are a Philadelphia fan. They may even
forgive you if you like the
New York Mets. But when
youre rooting for teams
from South Carolina and
Alabama, is that where
you draw the line?
Heres a guy from Galloway who changed his
Facebook profile picture
to the Alabama Crimson
Tide logo. Why?
I love Nick Saban, he
says. OK. What does he
love about jolly ol Nick?
Hes on the Bill Parcells
coaching tree, he responds. Turns out the guy
is a high-school football
coach. The whole coaching tree thing is a popular
trend for fans, and apparently, coaches these days.
So really, Coach? The
love of Parcells extends
all the way to Alabama?
Have you ever visited that
state? Ever left Atlantic
County?
Never thought of it like
that, he says, deleting his
profile picture. Yeah ...
kind of weird that a whole
place is cheering on South
Carolina and Alabama.
Not to be a contrarian,
but I disagree again. Were
not so much cheering on
South Carolina as we are
cheering on a great game.
And this is a great
game, he says in agreement. One day removed
from the Giants kind
of lame loss to Green
Bay (yes, hes wearing a
jersey), its as if college
football made everything
right in the world again.
The game goes into the
waning minutes, and its
like the best heavyweight
fight youve ever seen.
Clemson scores. Alabama
scores. Theres one second left on the clock and
Clemson is on the 2-yard
line. Every single person
is in rapt attention, all
eyes on the TV screen.
Deshaun Watson wins
the game. He is the living
embodiment of Rocky
II. The entire restaurant
erupts in exhilaration. We
have seen football future,
and its name is Deshaun.
This kid can flat out play.
The tabs start getting
paid. Vegas, it is said,
took a huge loss on the
game. Nobody feels bad
... theyre already looking
forward to the next game.
Think Dallas can beat
Green Bay?
Thats why they play the
game, right?

THE GREER CITIZEN B3

Crusaders drop games to Mount Olive


The North Greenville
mens basketball team fell
to Mount Olive in Conference Carolinas action on
Monday night, 65-51 in
Hayes Gymnasium.
Miguel Cartagena led
North Greenville with 16
points and was the only
scorer in double-figures
for the Crusaders. Daniel
Burchette and Justin Dotson each finished with
nine points. Burchette was
also tied for the team lead
with six rebounds.
The Crusaders jumped
out to an early lead as
Cartegena and Tommy
Wade knocked down a pair
of early threes. A Roderick
Howell layup would then
extend NGUs lead to 8-1.
North Greenville led 16-9
before the Trojans went
on a 13-0 run to take a 2216 lead.
The lead for the Trojans
would stick as NGU played
form behind for the rest
of the game. UMO led by
as many as 17-points in
the second half but North
Greenville made a late
push to cut the lead to 11points with 9:01 left in the
game but fell short in the
end as the Trojans earned
the win in second meeting
of the season.
North Greenville fell
to 6-9 overall and 1-7 in
Conference Carolinas play
after the loss to Mount
Olive. The Crusaders will
take on Pfeiffer University
on Wednesday night at
7:30 p.m. in Misenheimer,
North Carolina.

WOMENS BASKETBALL

The North Greenville


womens basketball team
put a scare into league
leading Mount Olive on
Monday night but came
up just short in its bid for
an upset as the Trojans
escaped Tigerville with an
84-79 victory.
The Crusaders trailed by
seven points with 1:26 left
on the clock but put together a 7-0 run capped by
a game tying three pointer
by Cameron Carter to even
the score at 79-79 with 40seconds left in the game.

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The Crusaders dropped an 84-79 game to Mount Olive.

CRUSADER
CORNER
Carters game tying shot
was set up with a turnover
forced by NGUs defense
following a layup from
Divonnie Powell cut the
UMO lead to three. Karen
Donehew sparked the
quick NGU burst with a
two pointer that made the
score 79-74 with 1:08 left
in the game.
UMO would knock down
a pair of free throws on
the possession following
Carters shot to regain a
2-point edge. The Crusaders would advance to the
offensive end on the ensuing possession but a three
pointer from Carter would
draw rim as the Trojans
grabbed the rebound forcing North Greenville to
foul. Mount Olive would
then knock down three
more shots from the charity stripe to end NGUs bid
at an upset.
The Crusaders trailed
by as many as 18-points
during Mondays game
but battled back to within
seven points before the
end of the opening period.
The Trojans once again
built a double-digit lead in
the second half but North

Greenville continued to
chip away before the late
game antics which evened
the score.
The Trojans improved
to 12-3 overall and 9-1
in league play while NGU
felt o 4-9 overall and 1-7
in Conference Carolinas
competition.
Cameron
Carter led the Crusaders
with 25-points and was 23 from three point range.
Divonnie Powell finished
with 13-points while Karen Donehew had 12-points
and 12-rebounds to record
North Greenvilles only
double double.

TRACK AND FIELD

The North Greenville


track and field wrapped
up its first weekend of
competition on Saturday
at the East Tennessee State
University Invitational.
Kyle Joiner and JJ Sherman finished the weekend with a pair of school
records in the mens pole
vault and 60-meter dash.
Joiner cleared a height of
4.15 meters (137) in the
vault while JJ Sherman ran
the third fastest 60-meter
dash in Division-II thus far
this year, crossing the finish line in 6.79-seconds.
The time also earned Sherman a provisional qualifier
for the D-II national race.
Notable Performances:
Lilli Haines set personal bests in two differ-

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North Greenville will play Pfeiffer University Wednesday.


ent races including the
200 and 400-meter sprint.
The sophomore crossed
the finish like in 28.52
seconds in the 200 and in
1:03.81 in the 400-meter.
Amanda Ward improved on her performances from the 2016-season
with an 11:32 in the 3000meter race. Ward also won
her 3k heat.
Sarah Scism turned in
a new personal record in
the long jump as she leapt
4.45-meters (147.25).
Kaleigh Roach also finished the weekend with a
personal record, crossing
the finish line in the 200meter in 5:32.
Austin Nobles finished
the weekend clipping the
heels of a pair of personal records. Nobles ran a
10:09.27 in the 3k and a
17:21.03 in the 5k.
Jonathan Keller turned
in an impressive showing in his first collegiate
race. The freshman posted
times of 9:24 in the 3k and
a 16:21 in the 5K.
Scotty McCauley raced
his way to a personal record in the 200-meter with
a time of 23.52.

VOLLEYBALL

A long northern road


trip came to an end for the
North Greenville volleyball
team on Saturday afternoon with a 3-0 (9-25, 2025, 19-25) loss to Sacred

Heart.
The Pioneers downed
the Crusaders for the second straight day as NGU
continued to struggle offensively. The Crusaders
hit a season low .076 on
Saturday with 26-kills and
21-errors. Aaron Campbell
led North Greenville with
nine kills. Dustin King finished with six. Alexander
Schinzing tacked on 24assists while Silas Jenkins
added six digs to lead the
team.
The Pioneers took advantage of nine NGU errors in
the first half to go along
with three service aces
to overwhelm the road
weary Crusaders who left
Wednesday for the four
game northern stretch.
NGU led briefly in the second set and kept the match
close in the third but Sacred Heart took advantage
of a mistake prone North
Greenville squad that was
wrapping up a four games
in four days stretch as
fatigue began to take its
toll.
North Greenville finished
the weekend with an 0-4
record. The Crusaders will
have about a week to rest
before hosting Barton on
January 20th in the home
and Conference Carolinas
opener for the team. The
first serve is scheduled for
7pm.

Limestone rallies to knock off Pfeiffer


The Limestone College
womens basketball team
rallied from a 10-point
deficit in the second half
and then was forced to
hold on late against visiting Pfeiffer University
with a 66-65 decision in
Conference Carolinas action on Saturday, January
14 at the Timken Center.
The Saints connected
on their first three shot
attempts of the evening,
highlight
by
Kearses
three-point bomb, but
Pfeiffer would pull ahead
8-7 early on. A step-back
three by Smith put Limestone back on top, but the
Falcons responded with a
7-2 run to move in front
15-12 with 4:38 left in the
opening quarter.
Kearse drained her second triple of the period to
cap a 5-0 spurt for the Blue
and Gold, but the visitors
continued to hold a hot
hand as a 6-0 counterattack made it a 21-17 game
with 45 ticks remaining.

Kearse hit a runner in the


paint late in the quarter,
but Limestone trailed by
two at the end of one.
Senior Peyton Bockholt
(La Porte City, Iowa) and
junior Aliya Ruffin (Apex,
N.C.) connected on backto-back layups to start
the second period, but
Limestone struggled to
get any stops on defense
as Pfeiffer rattled off nine
straight points to take a
30-23 lead with 6:26 left.
The Saints cut the lead to
six on a backdoor layup by
Davis, ending a field goal
drought that stretched
almost six minutes, but
the visitors pushed its advantage to nine with 1:26
remaining. Kearse, who
finished with 11 points in
the first half, would then
pull the Blue and Gold to
within 36-29 at the break.
Pfeiffer grabbed its largest lead of the night, 3929, on the first possession
of the third quarter, but
Smith hit two straight from

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first five shots of the frame


before Hunter drove the
lane for a layup to keep
Limestone within striking
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

THE GREER CITIZEN B5

PART 1

Martial artist earns rare 10th-Degree Black Belt


BY WILLIAM BUCHHEIT
STAFF WRITER
Hes been a Green Beret in Vietnam, met Bruce
Lee and Chuck Norris, and
studied under the worlds
most accomplished martial artists.
After a half-century in
the dojo, however, the
thing Mike Sanders is
most proud of is helping
so many students become
the best people they can
be.
Shortly before Christmas,
the
69-year-old
martial artist received a
document in the mail that
rewarded a lifetime of
training and service. It was
a certificate only a handful of American karate instructors have ever earned
a 10th degree black belt
from Al Tracys International Studios of Self Defense.
To earn 1st through
8th degree black belts, the
requirements are mostly
physical, Sanders, who
lives in Wellford, explains.
But you have to be a
minimum of 65-years-old
before you can go up to
9th or 10th. You have to
have a certain maturity.
Youve got to show loyalty
to the arts. Most people
take karate 5-6 years. A
few take it 20-25 years,
but hardly anybody takes
it 50 years.
Sanders martial arts
career started in the mid1960s when he was living
in Union and serving in
the Army Reserves. By that
time, his obsessive commitment to weight lifting
had made him the strongest man in Union, and
he began fighting other
tough guys across the Upstate for money and kicks.
He quickly learned that it
took more than brawn and
toughness to win every
fight, however.
I knew I was heading
down a dead-end road and
then I heard about a local
martial arts school, he
recalls. I went there and
fell in love with it immediately. I liked the intrigue,
I liked the techniques and
I liked the skill involved.
I knew it would help me
make something out of
myself.
And that is exactly what
the Spartanburg school,
run by instructor Richard
Towell, did. By the time
he flew off to Vietnam
in 1968, Sanders was an
Army Green Beret teach-

ing karate to his fellows in


the special forces. Returning from the war in 1970,
the Upstate native took a
job as a mail carrier, but
continued to study marital
arts every waking second
he was off the clock. In
1972, his fire was ignited
even more when he met
a student of Billy Hongs
during a martial arts seminar at Wofford College.
He was invited to attend
a class at Hongs Anderson school, and thus began one of the most significant relationships of
Sanders life. Haunted by
the horrors hed witnessed
in the Vietnam jungle and
resentful towards a father
whod abandoned him in
infancy, Sanders found
that Hong provided love
and guidance when he
needed it most.
Of course he taught
me self-defense but he
taught me a lot more than
that, says Sanders. He
taught me how to accept
responsibilities and be a
man. He taught me things
that a good father would
teach a son . . . things that
Id missed. He taught me
to be strong through the
tough times and that whining wasnt going to get it.
You got to work your way
through [lifes struggles].
Hongs life story seems
almost too amazing to be
true. Orphaned during the
Korean War, Hong was adopted and spent his teen
years becoming one of the
most skilled martial artists
in the world. By the early
1960s, he was teaching the
Korean military and special
ops forces, and in 1965, he
won the world Tae Kwan
Do championship. The following year, Hong moved
to South Carolina and became the head instructor
at Greenvilles Southeastern Tae Kwan Do Institute.
As a student at Clemson
in 1967, he founded the
universitys Tae Kwan Do
club and, a decade later,
was named Instructor
of the Year by the World
Tae Kwan Do Federation.
In one of the Cold Wars
greatest tragedies, Korean
Airlines Flight 007 was en
route from Alaska to Seoul
when its pilots accidentally drifted into Soviet airspace. It was shot down.
All 269 passengers died,
including Billy Hong, who
was on his way to visit
family in Korea. Hong was
41-years-old.
Sanders,
who
had

I fell in love with it immediately.


I liked the intrigue, I liked the
techniques and I liked the skill
involved. I knew it would help
me make something out of
myself.
10th-degree black belt Mike Sanders
On the first time he saw a karate school

WILLIAM BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN


climbed the ranks to become Hongs chief instructor and business partner
during the 1970s, was
in fact the one who had
driven him to the airport
the day before. The two
men had recently opened
a dojo in the old Arcadia
Boys Home near Spartanburg. Overnight, Sanders
had lost his friend, mentor
and father figure.
It hurt me tremendously, he explains. He was
more than a dad to me. He
was like a special friend.
I thought about taking a
break for a while and decided that Billy wouldnt
want me to cry and moan
about his passing. I know
he wouldnt. But at the
same time, I knew that I
would never find another
Tae Kwan Do man that
would fill his shoes.
Thankfully it wasnt long
before Sanders found Robert Trias, the man considered the most important
figure in the history of
American martial arts.
This story will be continued in next weeks
Greer Citizen.

WILLIAM BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN

Mike Sanders, 69, received a 10th degree black belt from Al Tracys International Studios
of Self Defense shortly before Christmas last year.

Doris Franchina celebrates a century of living


BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
Doris Franchina is celebrating a century of life,
with parties held in her
honor at Greer Community Ministries (GCM) and
the Needmore Community
Center.
This doesnt happen
very often100 years old,
wow, said Nimfa Clauter,
Senior Action Coordinator
at Needmore Community
Center. Its a great community here.
Around 50 seniors gathered to celebrate with
Franchina, whose birthday
was on Jan. 8, during one
of their regular morning
outings. The Needmore
Center is open from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Monday through
Friday for field trips, bingo, Bible study, crafts and
food.
Most of the seniors live
alone, Clauter said. She
has been an inspiration to
all of my seniors here. This
is a place where everyone
is like a family.
Margaret Nix, who recently moved to Greer,
met Franchina at Orchard
Park Senior Action before
transferring to the Needmore Community Center.
Im a good friend of Doris, Nix said. Doris was
the greatest exerciser. She
would come and get me.
When Nix did not feel
like exercising, Franchina
tell her get up and youll
feel better, and when

One of her first loves was dancing. She


actually won trophies. Her favorite dance
was the tango.

Charles Franchina

Son

KAELYN PFENNING | THE GREER CITIZEN

Doris Franchina, 100, celebrated her birthday last Thursday at the Needmore Center
along with family and friends.
Franchina would say, Im
not getting in the water today, Nix would tell her to
suit up.

We used to get into the


pool and instead of us doing our water aerobics like
we were supposed to do,

Nix continued. Wed get


in the corner somewhere
and do something else.
Franchina has done a lot

of dancing in her lifetime,


said her oldest son Charles
Franchina. One of her
first loves was dancing.
She actually won trophies.
Her favorite dance was the
tango.
When she retired, she
came South, right around
79, he continued. She
needed a hobby to do, so
she got involved in square
dancing and line dancing.
Im a big dancer too,
Nix said. Shes a lovely
person, and I love her to
death.
Wed all go to Orchard
Park,
Nix
continued.
Wed go on trips together,
and I would always be with
her and help her pick out
stuff. Id always sit with
her.
Doris Franchina, born
to Anacleto and Tomasina
Foglia in 1917, grew up as
the sixth of seven children
with four brothers and
two sisters.
She was somewhat of a
tomboy growing up, said
Charles Franchina. She
even had her nose broken
playing baseball with the
boys.

By most accounts, Doris


Franchina took after her
brothers growing up.
Playing against the
boys, she often jockeyed
for a position on the baseball field much to the
dismay of her sisters, according to an account put
together by her relative,
John Roberts. Once they
dragged Dorisand her
muddied dresshome to
see mother.
Like most young Italian children of the day,
Doris was disciplined with
a large planta spoon, the
account continued. But
young Doris got the better
of the spoon that day. It
splintered.
Her parents, Anacleto
and Tomasina Foglia, immigrated to America from
Northern Italy in the early
1900s, were welcomed by
the Statue of Liberty and
processed at nearby Ellis
Island. Doris Franchina
was born Jan. 8, 1917, in
Elmhurst, a working class
Queens NY neighborhood
in New York City.
Shes seen a lot during
her lifetime, said Charles
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ENTERTAINMENT
The Greer Citizen

B6 THE GREER CITIZEN

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

Guild Gallery hosts Through Our Eyes


EDWARD ECHWALU | DISNEY ENTERPRISES

Madina Nalwanga inQueen


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-- In a gorgeous dramatization of real-life struggle
and success, teenage Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga) goes from her
impoverished life in a
Ugandan slum to being an
internationally recognized
chess prodigy. Raised by
her single mother (Oscarwinner Lupita Nyongo)
and waking up each morning in a hut, Phiona is still
illiterate when she is invited to take up chess by a
Christian missionary (David Oyelowo). While her
story is an uplifting one,
Phionas rise comes with
hard lessons -- you need a
plan to get what you want,
and that plan may have to
change.
Do not be tempted to
write this one off as another glossy, feel-good underdog story. Weve seen
plenty of chess-underdog
stories, and this one is a
Disney production, but
it steers clear of cornball
territory and doesnt shy
away from the complexities of the story.
Masterminds (PG-13)
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posse of SNL veterans give
a comedic interpretation
of one of the largest cash
robberies in U.S. history,
committed by hillbillys
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David Ghantt (Galifianakis) is a fumbling guard
for an armored car company, and a perfect sucker
for his co-worker (Kristen
Wiig) to sweet-talk into an
ill-conceived heist run by
a greasy huckster (Owen
Wilson). Rounding out the
menagerie are SNL performers Leslie Jones, as
a cop gobsmacked by the
stupidity of the perps; Jason Sudeikis, as a sleazy
hitman; and Kate McKinnon, as Ghantts fiancee
with an unsettling gaze.
Despite the comedic
power assembled here, the
movie is low on laughs and
long on forced-awkwardness and slapstick humor.
Awkward can be funny
(Jared Hess also directed
Napoleon
Dynamite),
but here it all mostly adds
up to a slow story about
unbelievable idiots.
Boo! A Madea Halloween (PG-13) -- Tyler Perry
writes, directs and stars in
another moralistic misadventure with the militant
matron Madea. Brian (Perry not wearing any special
makeup) has to work on
Halloween and enlists the
help of his cantankerous
aunt Madea (Perry again)
to help keep an eye on
his rebellious 17-year-old
daughter, Tiffany (Diamond White). Madeas real
call to action comes when
Tiffany manages to escape with her friend and
head toward a frat party
-- the ultimate den of sin.
It plays like your usual
Madea comedy, with only
a few moments of horrormovie satire filling out the
extended sitcom-episode
vibe.
Jack Reacher: Never
Go Back (PG-13) -- Exmilitary police officer and
current full-time badass,
Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise)
burst from books into the
film world in 2012 with
bone-crunching first impression. We met a stonefaced hero who travels
around the country righting wrongs, breaking faces
and refusing to take crap
from anyone. This second
installment, which finds
Reacher uncovering a conspiracy at his old MP unit,
switches directors and
seems to lose all forward
momentum. While the first
film was exhilarating and
surprising, this one sticks
to formula and doesnt
take many big risks in action or drama.

The Artists Guild Gallery


of Greenville will host the
Through Our Eyes exhibit through Jan. 31.
On Dec. 5, 100 people
affected by homelessness
in Greenville received disposable cameras with one
task: to tell the stories.
Jason Williamson, missions pastor at The Mill
in Moore, is spearheading
the sequel to the inaugural
Through Our Eyes project,
which took place in Spartanburg May through July
2016.
The effort earlier this
year to shine a light on
homelessness in Spartanburg drew the attention of
media outlets around the
world, including the Huffington Post and UpWorthy,
and raised over $5,000 for
five charities in the Spartanburg area.
Williamson, with the
help of David Street Baptist Church canvassed
areas affected by homelessness in Greenville in
order to find participants

for Greenvilles iteration


of the project. Each participant became a photographer for the week. Photographers each received
a
disposable
FujiFilm
QuickSnap camera and a
project t-shirt, boldly stating Photographer on the
back. The assignment was
simple: photograph what
your life looks like - where
you go, what you see, the
places you eat, who you
spend time with - and return the camera at the end
of the week.
There is a satisfaction
that comes with creating
something. Each photographer will have the opportunity to share a piece
of their life with the community around them. This
is their chance to tell the
community what a life affected by homelessness
truly looks like through
their eyes, said Williamson. During the Spartanburg project, we received
many images similar to
what we expected to see.

What caught us by surprise was the number of


photos that radiated hope.
Theres something really
special about that.
Ive used photography
as a way to meet people
and start conversations
on mission trips around
the world, said Williamson. Seeing the same tool
affect positive change in
the communities around
me has been amazing. I
cant wait to see what the
project produces in Greenville.
On Friday, December
9, the Through Our Eyes
Project held a special camera collection event. Photographers turned in their
cameras, had their portrait taken and received
care bags full of hygiene
products and other useful
items.
The following weeks,
Spartan Photo developed
the film from each camera and printed photos.
A group of judges from
the Greenville community

carefully considered each


photo for quality, composition, subject matter and
storytelling,
eventually
narrowing the field to the
top 20 photos.
The top 20 photos were
enlarged, framed and will
be displayed during a
month-long exhibition at
the Artist Guild Gallery of
Greenville at 200 N. Main
Street, Suite 104.
During this event, which
will be open to the public,
the community has the
opportunity to be a part of
the project.
Those who attend the
exhibit will vote on the top
photos by placing money
in the boxes by each piece
of art.
At the end of the month,
the work of art with the
most donations will be the
overall winner.
The money raised during the gallery show will
be donated to Greenville
charities that work with
the homeless population.
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Greenville Little Theatre


invites the public as it
participates in The Ghostlight Project on Thursday,
Jan. 19, at 5:30 p.m. as the
group gathers outside the
theatre to create a light in
the darkness.
Visitors are asked to
bring a candle, flashlight
or cell phone to ignite
at exactly 5:30 p.m. as a
pledge to stand for and
protect the values of inclusion, participation and
compassion for everyone,
regardless of race, class,
religion, country of origin, immigration status,
ability, gender identity or
sexual orientation.

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an opportunity to own a
piece of the project. Each
of the final 20 photographs will be auctioned
off through an online service.
There will be prizes provided for the top three
winners. Prizes will be
constructive and personalized, based on the winners needs/requests.
Weve come to realize that those affected by
homelessness dont all
have the same experience,
said Williamson. One
person might need some
warm clothes for winter.
Someone else might need
new clothes for a job interview. Another might want
to use the prize money
to buy a gift for a family
member. We are going to
leave the final decisions
up to the winners.
Williamson said, These
photographers may be
homeless, but they do not
have to be hopeless, nameless or voiceless.

West Main Artists CoOp will be the epicenter


of ArtWalk in Spartanburg
Thursday, Jan. 19, with
the opening of two new art
exhibits and a live comedy
performance by Sparkle
City Improv, a Spartanburg-based improvisational company. The nonprofit
venue will open its doors
5-9 p.m. There is no cost
to attend, and free refreshments will be served.
The exhibit Visions &
Vessels will open during
ArtWalk and will showcase the work of 14 local
artists who are new members of the Co-Op: Patrick
DeCrane, Susan Eleazer,
Marcy Fedalei, Glenda
Guion, Rita Howard, Eugene Johnson, Carol Kelly,
Melissa McEllhiney, Ruza
Pocivavsek, David Sawyer,
Shelley Sperka, Cherri Williams, Anna Abhau Elliot,
and Chandler Crawford.
Their media will include
ceramics,
photography,
glass, painting, and comedy improvisation.
The second exhibit to
open that night will be
Many Moods in Watercolor by the nationally
acclaimed artist Dwight
Rose. Most of Roses 15
works will be paintings of
architecture, florals, and
landscapes.
All of the work in Roses
exhibit will be for sale and
was created during the
past three months. Rose is
a graduate of the Ringling
College of Art and Design
earning a bachelors degree in painting. He went
on to teach both in Ringlings degree and community art programs and
VCU School of the Arts in

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AiR BUD, Spartanburgs improv team, will perform Thursday at the West Main Artists CoOp.
Qatar. During his 25-year
career, Dwight has won
numerous awards and his
work has been included in
many collections here in
the US and abroad.
At 7 p.m., Sparkle City
Improvs
professional
team, AiR BUD, will present a 15-minute improvisational comedy show.
We perform improv comedy, which means that we
take a suggestion from the
audience, and then the six
performers on stage make
up a scene that will never
be repeated! So if you like
Whose Line is it Anyway?
Youll love Sparkle City
Improv. Sparkle City Improv started in February
2015 and is a member of
the Co-Op, hosting public
workshops Space Jam
the last Sunday of each
month. Its purpose is to
hone and present improvisational acting. In addition, the acting troupe is
expected to announce its
formal name change to
Sparkle City Improv during this performance.
ArtWalk is a self-perpetuating public event on
the third Thursday of each
month, when most of the
art galleries and museums
in Spartanburg host receptions. West Main Artists
Co-Op houses affordable
studio space for many
artists. In addition, it has
performance and meeting
space, galleries, and displays of locally made art
that is for sale.
For more information,
call 804-6501 or visit
WestMainArtists.org.

BJU PRESENTS TRUE STORY,


WIESENTHAL

Bob Jones University


concert, opera and drama
series will present Wiesenthal: An Ordinary Man
Who Did Extraordinary
Things Jan. 26-27 at 8
p.m. in Rodeheaver Auditorium.
Filled with hope, humanity and humor, Wiesenthal is the true story of
Simon Wiesenthal. Nicknamed the Jewish James
Bond, he devoted his life
to bringing more than
1,100 Nazi war criminals
to justice. Intelligent, funny, flawed and noble, Wiesenthal was a universal
hero. His dedication and
tenacity over decades is

honored in this play, which


gives equal weight to his
wisdom and wit during his
long, purposeful life.
Written by and starring
Tom Dugan, the play is directed by Jenny Sullivan.
For tickets and more information, call 770-1372
or visit bju.edu/tickets.

CIRCUS XTREME COMES


TO GREENVILLE FEB. 2-7

Feld Entertainment Inc.,


the worldwide leader in
live family entertainment,
has announced that Kristen Michelle Wilson will
join Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Presents Circus XTREME and
become the first-ever female ringmaster in the
brands 146-year history.
A dynamic performer with
tremendous stage presence and exceptional vocal skills, Wilson beat out
hundreds of candidates in
a nationwide open audition process to earn the
prestigious role. Further
modernizing The Greatest
Show On Earth, Wilson
will make her mark in the
iconic role at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena Feb.
2-5.
For more than a century,
female performers have
been some of Ringling
Bros. biggest stars, and
Wilson will continue the
tradition when she joins
the show on Jan. 12 in Orlando, Fla. A professional
singer with a background
in theater, Wilson brings
her talent and enthusiastic
energy to the iconic role of
ringmaster.
We constantly travel the
globe looking for the best
and brightest talent, said
Alana Feld, Executive Vice
President of Feld Entertainment and Producer
of Ringling Bros. Kristen
Michelle Wilson wowed us
with her powerful voice
and charismatic personality. We knew immediately
that she would be able to
connect with the audience
and bring them along on
the Circus XTREME adventure.
Wilson will be the 39th
ringmaster in Ringling
Bros. history and will star
in Circus XTREME alongside artists who redefine
the word extreme in everything they do by combining never-before-seen

spectacles with original,


fast-paced performances.
The Feld Family continues to bring fresh, modern
elements to their productions and Circus XTREME
is no exception, says Wilson. To be the ringmaster
of The Greatest Show On
Earth is a bucket-list role.
Seats are reserved, and
tickets are available by
calling
800-0745-1000,
visiting ticketmaster.com,
or contacting the GSP Box
Office at the Bon Secours
Wellness Arena. For more
information, visit Ringling.com. For group rates
and information, contact
Group Tickets Plus at 888305-9550.

EVENT REMINDERS
Prince Caspian
Through Jan. 21
Logos Theatre
AcademyofArts.org
268-9342

Race for the Grasshopper


5k run/walk
1-mile fun run
Saturday, Jan. 21
Cowpens National
Battlefield
461-2828
www.nps.gov/cowp
Memories of the Game
Jan. 24,25,31 and Feb. 1,7,8
7 p.m.
233-6733
www.centrestage.org
True West
Studio 444
Jan. 26-29
Greenville Little Theatre
233-6238
greenvillelittletheatre.org
Charlottes Web
South Carolina
Childrens Theatre
Jan. 27-Feb. 5
Peace Center
Gunter Theatre
467-3000
scchildrenstheatre.org
James Gregory
Feb. 24, 7 and 9 p.m.
Centre Stage
centrestage.org

ONGOING EXHIBITS

Carolina Vistas
Sherrill King
Through Jan. 28
Artists Reception: Jan. 19,
5-8 p.m.
Artists Guild of Spartanburg

FUN AND GAMES

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

THE GREER CITIZEN

B7

Clean-freak dad
turns into hoarder
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
know youre not a psychiatrist, but I hope you can
help. My dad was a single
parent raising us kids, and
he was always clean when
it came to housework. Every room in our house was
almost spotless.
But lately, we have noticed him becoming a
hoarder and being more
disorganized. By that, I
mean keeping weeks-old
newspapers on the floor,
the kitchen table, everywhere, and he gets upset
if we try to help him clean.
Hes 79. Could it be a sign
of senility or Alzheimers
disease? -- R.S.
ANSWER: Hoarding behavior can have several
psychiatric causes, and,
indeed, a psychiatrist may
be necessary to make the
diagnosis. However, odds
are that your dad always
had some form of obsessive-compulsive disorder,
and with age has become
worse.
There are other possibilities. Fronto-temporal dementia, a type of dementia that is distinct from
Alzheimers disease, has a
variant in which personality and behavior changes
are prominent, but given
the history of what sounds
like unusual cleanliness
habits, I would suspect
that OCD is the most likely
diagnosis. There usually is
a long delay from the time
symptoms begin until
the time the diagnosis is
made. A diagnosis needs
to be made before treatment -- be it medications,
psychotherapy or some

TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
combination -- can begin.
Treatment can improve
not only the hoarding behavior, but also the distress your dad is feeling. A
psychiatrist or psychologist is the expert in making the diagnosis and for
treatment.
The new booklet on
Alzheimers disease gives
a detailed presentation
of this common illness.
Readers can obtain a copy
by writing: Dr. Roach - No. 903W, 628 Virginia
Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.
Enclose a check or money
order (no cash) for $4.75
U.S./$6 Canada with the
recipients printed name
and address. Please allow
four weeks for delivery.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: In
discussing treatment of
nail fungus, you did not
mention newer laser treatments that I see advertised
by podiatrists in my area.
Are they effective? -- J.F.
ANSWER: We dont really know if they are effective, since well-done
studies havent yet proven
it; however, preliminary
evidence is suggestive.
This would be a great addition to treatment, since
the only currently accept-

ed highly effective treatments are oral medications, which have risk of


liver damage. Even more
exciting is the idea of combining a topical antifungal
agent, amorolfine, with laser. This medication is not
available in the U.S., but a
study in Korea showed a
50 percent effectiveness
rate (which is pretty good
for this difficult-to-treat
condition).
Since I last wrote about
this condition, I heard
from a lot of readers.
Some mentioned cures
from Vicks Vapo-Rub, but
the only study I found on
that showed a 22 percent
cure rate. One person
asked about surgery, but
since the fungus gets into
the nail bed, the infection
often recurs after removing the nail. Listerine and
white vinegar mixed half
and half cured one couple,
and several people had
success with Dr. Pauls Piggy Paste, which also is vinegar-based. None of these
has good data to support
its use, but all likely are
safe.
***
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer individual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possible. Readers may email
questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu.
To view and order health
pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to
Good Health, 628 Virginia
Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.

SOAP UPDATES
BY DANA BLOCK

THE BOLD AND


THE BEAUTIFUL

Ridge boldly admitted


to Quinn that he would do
everything in his power
to break up her and Eric.
Bill had a fatherly discussion with Liam about the
importance of having patience with the women in
their lives. As Eric gushed
over his marriage, he assured Katie that she would
not be single for much
longer. Quinn delved into
her past as Ridge began to
learn what makes her tick
and sometimes explode.
Later, the staff at Forrester Creations was stunned
to see the dramatic shift
of Ridges attitude toward
Quinn. Liam gave Steffy
an ultimatum to either allow her family to continue
their manipulation of her
or to follow her heart and
live happily with him. Wait
to See: A former outsider
becomes a peacemaker.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES

Chad called an important


meeting with Sonny and
Dario. Carrie and Austin
tried to locate an escaped
and crazed Anna. Hope
found herself in the care
of a familiar face. Rafe,
Steve and Paul prepared
to ambush Stefano. Hope
was forced to hide from
the police. Jennifers interest was piqued when she
learned that JJ was investigating the docks. Abigail

CHRIS HASTON | NBC

Jordi Vilasuso stars as Dario


on Days of Our Lives.
and Gabi separately started
to catch on that something
big was going down with
Chad, Sonny and Dario.
Meanwhile, Dario decided
to take drastic measures.
Kayla got an alarming call
about Steve and decided
to head to Prague. Wait to
See: Eric tends to Hope as
she battles for her life.

GENERAL HOSPITAL

An old friend came


through for Maxie. Annas
memories became more
vivid. Julian received a
threat that hit close to
home. Valentin was an
unwanted guest. Jordan
went
against
Andres
wishes. Maxie and Nathan
spent time with family and
friends. Lulu attempted
to bond with Charlotte.
Julian faced his demons.
Liz shared her suspicions

with Sam. Anna uncovered a pivotal memory. Liz


turned to Scott for help.
Dante comforted Lulu.
Valentin showed his true
colors. Brad worried about
Finn.
Sam
discovered
Alexis secret. Kiki was determined to find some answers. Carly struggled with
Sonnys violent lifestyle.
Jordan and Curtis reminisced. Nelle was moved
by Michaels advice. Wait
to See: Liz puts herself in
harms way.

THE YOUNG AND


THE RESTLESS

Jack warned Neil that the


press was asking why alcohol was served at a benefit
to help struggling addicts.
Neil informed Jack that
Devon was well under the
legal limit when he left the
benefit. Victoria was irked
that Reed preferred Billys advice to hers. Victor
hosted a Newman family
dinner where Reed spiked
his own soda with alcohol.
Chelsea and Nick talked
about their New Years Eve
kiss. Ashley was stunned
to discover that Ravi was
having lunch with Phyllis.
Later, Ravi told Ashley that
he had no idea Phyllis was
trying to lure him away
from Jabot. Gloria discovered that Lauren was
meeting with a friend of
Michaels about investing
in Fenmores. Wait to See:
Nick comforts Sharon.

THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering

RFD by Mike Marland

AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps

OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas

(c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.

LIVING HERE

B8 THE GREER CITIZEN

OUR SCHOOLS

BIRTHDAY: Marks 100-year milestone


FROM B5

PHOTO | SUBMITTED

Repeat winners
The Riverside High Speech and Debate team won their ninth consecutive first place team
Sweepstakes Award at the 2017 PanoRAMa Speech Tournament held at Hillcrest High
Jan. 14. Several Riverside students also won individual event championships: Sooruj
Bhatia in Humorous Interpretation, Ian Chiu in Declamation, Daniella Diaz in Program
Oral Interpretation, Shantal Gomez in Novice Reading, Faith Ingle in Prose/Poetry,
Monique Louw in Storytelling, Julia Murray in Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate, Brooke
Reid in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate, and Devin Remley in Original Oratory.

SCHOOL
NEWS
GREENVILLE COUNTY

COUNTY SETS SNOW


MAKE-UP DAYS

Greenville
County
Schools will make up the
two days missed due to
snow on Thursday, March
16, and Friday, March 17.

BLUE RIDGE HIGH TO HOLD


CURRICULUM NIGHT

All rising 9th-12th graders and their parents are


invited to attend Blue
Ridge Highs annual curriculum night on Monday,
Jan. 23, from 6:30-8 p.m.
A general meeting will
address the registration
process for the upcoming
school year followed by an
opportunity to meet teachers and find out about the
different courses offered
at Blue Ridge High.

There will also be special sessions for anyone


interested in advanced
placement classes and
learning about the technology change in which
all students will receive a
Chrome book.

BLUE RIDGE HIGH PLANS


MISS EL DORADO PAGEANT

The El Dorado staff will


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

DISTRICT FIVE

DISTRICT SCHEDULES
SNOW MAKEUP DAYS

District Five has announced makeup days for


the two days missed by
students due to snow.
Students will now attend class on Feb. 20 and
March 17, both of which
were previously scheduled
teacher workdays.

DISTRICT FIVE HOSTS


WINTER GUARD PREVIEW

District Five will host a


winter guard preview show

on Saturday, Jan. 21, at Byrnes Freshman Academy.


Performances will begin at
5:45 p.m. and include Blue
Ridge, Pendleton and Byrnes high schools. Doors
open at 5 p.m.
Admission is $5 at the
door (free for children 5
and under). For more information, visit byrnesband.org.

HIGHER EDUCATION
MISS NGU 2017
TO BE CROWNED

On Friday, ten contestants will compete for the


title of Miss North Greenville University 2017. The
pageant will be held in
Turner Chapel at 7 p.m.
Each contestant will
compete in private interview, physical fitness, talent, evening gown, and
on-stage question. The
pageant is a local preliminary for the Miss South
Carolina Pageant.
Admission is $10 for
adults and $5 for students
at the door. NGU students
will be admitted free.

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Franchina. She had three


brothers who fought in
WWII.
Her father Anacleto
Foglia supported his family by operating a small
bakery that sold Italian
pastries to nearby hotels
in New York City.
She was the first of her
family that actually graduated high school, in 1934,
he continued.
Doris Franchina learned
a trade and took a job as
a stenographer at a nearby resort hotel where she
took diction from businessmen who managed
the property.
Outside of work, Doris
enjoyed ballroom dancing,
and one weekend, her
footwork caught the eye of
Nicholas Franchina, a tall,
athletic Italian boy who
was an amateur boxer, according to the account.
Doris
and
Nicholas
Franchina married in 1942
just three months after
meeting. They moved into
a three-room apartment
in Stamford, Connecticut,
and had two sons, Charles
in 1943 and Alan in 1945.
They purchased their first
home in 1951.
She was more of a
homemaker,
Charles
Franchina said. When we
tried things or did things,
she was there as a support.
When Charles and Alan
entered school, Doris
Franchina returned to the
workforce, remaining with
the circulation department
of a trade publication for
nearly 30 years.
Shes seen a lot and
done a lot, living through
WWI, WWII, the Great Depression, Korean War,
Vietnam War and more,
Charles Franchina said.
Its amazing when you
think about it.
In 1979, Doris and Nick

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Franchina celebrated her 100th birthday with an early party


with the senior diners at Greer Community Ministries.

I think one of the


big secrets of a
good life is family.
Our family is pretty
much a tight-knit
family.
Charles Franchina
Son

Franchina retired and


moved to Taylors, South
Carolina, to be closer to
Charles, his wife Margaret
and their four children:
Lisa, Nick, Suzanne and
Nicole. Alan joined his
family in 1995, moving to
Taylors from Stamford.
I think one of the big
secrets of a good life is

family, Charles Franchina


said. Our family is pretty
much a tight-knit family.
Engaged in church and
civic life, the Franchinas constructed a large
network of friends and
maintained a very active
lifestyle well into their
late 80s, such as square
dancing and line dancing.
Doris and Nick had been
married for 67 years when
Nick passed away in 2009
at the age of 91.
Doris Franchina has two
sons, four grandchildren
and 15 great grandchildren, and all of them live
in the Upstate of South
Carolina. Today, Doris
continues to reside at
home on Gray Fox Square,
where caregivers occasionally visit her.
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