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GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 102 NO. 37 75 CENTS
Local brewing
company to
open this fall
Other
businesses
will follow
Freda Lynn Lambert-Smith
Search
ends for
shooting
suspect
By Billy Cannada
Editor
By Kenneth Collins Maple

Staff Writer
A suspect turned herself in to police following
a shooting early Monday
morning in Greer.
According to Spartanburg County Sheriffs
Office officials, officers
responded to a call on
Kaleigh Drive in Greer at
around 2 a.m. Upon arrival, deputies found James
Condrey, 50, with a gunshot wound to the chest.
The victim told police
that a suspect (described
in reports as Freda Lynn
Lambert-Smith) held him
at gunpoint for a few
hours Sunday night.
Following an altercation,
Condrey was shot.
see Shooting | A9
William Buchheit | The Greer Citizen
Exceeding expectations
Keith Rollins reaches across his trailer for a stalk of corn at last Thursdays Farmers Market
in downtown Greer. Rollins owns R & R Farms in Gowansville with his brother Ronnie,
who was also at the event last week. The first Greer Farmers Market was a success for
the community, with nearly 20 local vendors and over a thousand customers supporting
it. It far exceeded everyones expectations. Greer is truly an amazing community, said
market organizer Cristy Ray. Ray said this Thursdays market should be even better, with
Modern Harvest Farms added to the growing list of vendors. Once again, the event will
be held at the corner of Main and Poinsett Streets.
When The Cazbah closed

indefinitely in 2013, Bob
Hiller, owner of Blue Ridge
Brewing Company, knew
Greers Trade Street would
be great for his business
second location.
After more than a year,
the wait should soon be
over for Hiller, as Blue
Ridge Brewing nears a
grand opening date.
Weve been working on
it for a while, Hiller said.
There were some issues
to resolve, but everything
is falling into place now.
We have our liquor license
and our permits. Were
working through zoning with Greer right now.
Were really excited to get
out there and get it open.
Although an exact date
isnt official, Hiller said
his business is hoping to
be open sometime in October.
I dont have an opening
date set, but as soon as
everything falls into place,
well get things going,
he said. Unfortunately, I
dont see how we can catch

the beginning of Oktoberfest, but were hoping to
be open in October.
Hiller chose downtown
Greer for many of the
same reasons he chose his
first location, 217 N. Main
Street, Greenville.
The Cazbah was up
for sell for a while and it
didnt sell. When it closed,
it just seemed like a logical fit for us, Hiller said.
I think theres
a good synergy
downtown.
Bob Hiller
Owner, Blue Ridge Brewing Company
Thats when we started

working on getting a Blue
Ridge Brewing location
out there.
I think theres a good
synergy downtown, he
said. Like a lot of places,
it got hurt a few years ago
when things took a downturn. It had good momentum then, and I think, like
downtown Greenville, its
building momentum again.
Many of my customers are
actually closer to downtown Greer than they are
to downtown Greenville,
so a lot of my customer
base seems really excited
see Openings | A7
Greer PD teams up
with local restaurant
To promote
seatbelt
safety
Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen
The Greer Shelter to Empower People (STEP) received a donation of $100,000 from the
Timken Foundation last Friday afternoon.
STEP receives $100,000

Staff Writer
A $100,000 donation will
help continue construction efforts at Greers new
STEP (Shelter to Empower
People) facility, located off
Highway 101 in downtown
Greer.
The Timken Foundation presented Daily Bread
Ministries the organization in charge of Greer
STEP with a check Friday
INDEX
afternoon. Adam Wickliffe,

Daily Breads board chairman, said the donation
will go a long way towards
completing the $500,000
project.
Without this donation,
we may have had to pause
construction. We dont
want to do that, he said,
mentioning they hope to
complete the facility in
the fourth quarter of this
year. We want to continue
working on this facility.
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Obituaries A6
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Campbell, 73
Judith Judy Ann
Cannon Cudd, 78
Vance Johnson Norton,
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The organization still

needs
an
estimated
$60,000 in order to have
fundraising completed.
Fundraising is going
great. I would love to have
it completely funded. And
were almost there. Well
definitely get there with
Greers help.
In addition to the funds
still needed, Daily Bread
Ministries still needs furniture, appliances and other
see Donation | A7
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
A group of Greer Police
officers stopped every car
passing through the intersection of Poplar Drive
and Snow Street Monday
afternoon, but if you were
wearing your seatbelt, you
didnt receive a ticket.
Rather, you were surprised
with a much more attractive handout.
Greer PD teamed up with
Chick-fil-A of Greer, handing out 1,000 gift cards,
good for a free frozen lemonade or parfait, to drivers
wearing their seatbelts at
an established checkpoint.
The checkpoint lasted
about 90 minutes.
This year, 213 people
have died on a South
Sgt. Patrick Fortenberry with Greer PD offers a Chick-fil-A

gift card at a seatbelt checkpoint Monday afternoon.
Carolina roadway for not
wearing a seatbelt, said
Sgt. Randle Ballenger as
he waved a car through
the intersection. If we
can do something to help
with that and make sure
people are wearing their
seatbelts, thats what we
want to do.
Sgt. Patrick Fortenberry

said he and his fellow
officers were hoping to
spread awareness about a
very dangerous problem.
Wearing your seatbelt
is very important, he
said. If you get in a collision at 45 miles per hour,
see Checkpoint | A7
Sports
Jacket bowl victors

Greer tops Union
County in fourth
quarter
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Community
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fundraiser
for David Taylor
A handful of businesses
will host a spaghetti dinner on Thursday, Sept. 17
at Grace Hall to raise money for David Taylor who is
combating stage four pancreatic cancer. Grace Hall
is located at 108 Trade
Street in Greer. You can
purchase tickets online at
davidtaylorgreersc.com or
at Stomping Grounds.
In addition to dinner, attendees can bid on items
up for auction. MP3-Mills
Party of three has donated
their time to play music
for the evening along with
Elizabeth Wood Brown, the
opening act.
Neighbors Helping
Neighbors breakfast
On Tuesday, Sept. 22,

Greer Relief & Resources
Agency will host a Neighborhood Breakfast. The
purpose of the event is to
educate the community on
the mission of Greer Relief
and their focus on hunger and homeless prevention. Over 200 individuals
are expected to gather at
Community
Calendar
WednesDay, Sept. 16
Grace place in Greer will
have its clothing closet open
from 6-8 p.m. Grace Place is
located at 407 Ridgewood
Drive. I.D. required.
ThursDay, Sept. 17
The Taylors Lions Club
meets at 7 p.m. at the Clubhouse, 500 East Main St.,
Taylors. Call Jerry 420-0422.
SaturDay, Sept. 19
Food Pantry Devotional 9:30 -10 a.m. at
Calvary Christian Fellowship,
2455 Locust Hill Road, Taylors.
Limited supplies available.
SunDay, Sept. 20
The Never alone Group
of Narcotics Anonymous
meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer
Recreational Center, 226
Oakland Ave.
MonDay, Sept. 21
have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - noon. Grace Place
is located at 407 Ridgewood
Barbershop Harmony
Chapter meet at 7:30 p.m.
at Memorial United Methodist Church, 201 N. Main
St., Greer. Call Richard at
384-8093.
TuesDay, Sept. 22
The Never Alone group
candlelight meeting at 7:30
p.m. at the Greer Recreational
Center,226 Oakland Ave.
The Rotary Club of Greater Greer meet at 7:15 a.m.
Never Forget Project

A display of 2,977 flags were placed on the front lawn of
Bob Jones University to commemorate the 2,977 lives lost
in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
the City of Greer, Cannon
Centre, to learn about opportunities within Greer
Relief and what it offers to
the community. Breakfast
is available at 7:30 a.m.
and the program starts at
8 a.m.
There is no cost to attend, though attendees
will have the opportunity
to support the organization by volunteering, donating or getting involved
in future events. Greer
Relief board members,
volunteers,
supporters
and donors will speak on
at Krumms on a Plate, 3318
Brushy Creek Road. Guests
welcome. Call 630-3988.
The Greer Day Lions Club
at noon at Mutts BBQ,, 101
West Road, Greer. Call Caroline at 848-5355.
Gap Creek Singers
rehearse from 7-8:30 p.m.
at The Church of the Good
Shepherd, 200 Jason St.,
Greer. For further information contact Wesley Welsh at
877-5955.
WednesDay, Sept. 23
behalf of Greer Relief.

To RSVP for the event,
contact Bill Roughton at
bill.roughton@greerrelief.org or by calling
848-5356. Volunteers are
needed to set up and clean
up.
Grief Support Classes

Classes in Greenville
Interim Healthcare Hospice will be offering new

grief support classes in
Greenville. Classes are for
those who are struggling
with the loss of a loved
one.
The classes meet weekly

for 10 sessions beginning
Oct. 12. Leaders of the
classes will focus on basic
principles and tools using
Alan Wolfeits book Understanding Your Grief: Ten
Essential Touchstones for
Finding Hope and Healing.
Classes will meet at the
Mackey Corporate Office,
5 Century Dr., Suite 220.
Interested individuals may
sign up with Tonya Taylor at 721-4131 or tonya.
taylor@interimcares.com
or directly online at www.
hospicegriefsupport.
com.
Big Thursday
Auction Items Needed
Churches have been the

foundation of Big Thursday for 36 years. Congregations are needed to join
and fill tables with products for their Nov. 5 auction. Items may include
baked goods, casseroles
and crafts. These items
are needed the week of the
event.
Call 877-1937 or email
Hannah
Rainwater
at
hrainwater@gcminc.org
to volunteer.
Photo Contest
Lake Robinson
environs for its 2015 juried art competition as part

of its Lake Robinson Day
of Celebration. Photographers may submit as many
as two original photo files
for the competition. The
winning entry will receive
a $100 prize.
Cash prizes will also be
awarded for the second
and third place photos.
This years juror is Ray
Roback, a local photographer who currently teaches photography classes as
part of the Osher Lifelong
Learning Institute at Furman University. Selected
art will be displayed at
the Lake Robinson Day of
Celebration on Oct. 18 at
the J. Verne Smith Park,
Grere CPW and at the Wall
Gallery in Greer City Hall.

For more info, visit cityofgreer.org.
Upstate Autism Forum

Workshop Sessions
The Upstate Autism Forum will be on Saturday,

Oct. 10 from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the BMW Zentrum
in Greer. This free forum
is sponsored by BMW, LUCAS Network, the South
Carolina Autism Society
and Project Hope Foundation. Workshop sessions
will include Autism 101,
parenting training and
toolkit and Medicaid ABA
coverage.
Lunch will be available
by advance purchase.
Moon-RodgeRs Reunion
Sunday, September 27th, 2015
Lunch: 1:00 p.m.
Descendants of the late John Walker and Susan Burch

Moon, William R. (Bob) and Dorah Campbell Rodgers
will hold their annual family reunion at Lance Knoll
1755 Wingo road, campobello, Sc

Off Jug Factory Road
Bring picnic lunch. Tableware and ice furnished.
The Friends of Lake Robinson organization is accepted photos of the lake
Info Syble 895-2196

homer 469-9420 or earlene 268-2086
How Can You

Prove Care?
Kiwanis Club meet at 6:30

p.m. at Laurendas Family
Restaurant, 300 South Line St.
Call Charmaine at 349-1707.
ThursDay, Sept. 24
Kiwanis Club meet at 6:30
p.m. at Laurendas Family
Restaurant, 300 South Line St.
Call Charmaine at 349-1707.
Friday, Sept. 25
have its monthly dinner
at 6:30 p.m. Grace Place is
located at 407 Ridgewood
Welcome Center Open!

Now Accepting Reservations
Saturday, Sept. 26
Food Pantry Devotional 9:30 -10 a.m. at Calvary
Christian Fellowship, 2455
Locust Hill Road, Taylors. Limited supplies available. First
come, first serve basis.
Sunday, Sept. 27
MOON-RODGERS REUNION
1 p.m. at 1755 Wingo Rd.,
Campobello off Jug Factory
Road. Bring picnic lunch.
Tableware and ice furnished.
Call Syble at 895-2196 or
Homer at 469-9420 or Earlene
at 268-2086 require
The Never alone Group
of Narcotics Anonymous
meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer
Recreational Center, 226
Oakland Ave.
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Our accurate and accountable
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These Electronic Health
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Management Records can
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they can stay informed on a
residents health and wellness.
Of course, technology alone
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are committed professionals
and they specialize exclusively
in senior care.
At Thrive Assisted Living
and Memory Care, we care
about, and care for residents
and families. And we do it just
down the road in Greer SC.
Our care is convenient to
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letters to the editor
We need football
Many of us may not like
football. Many of us may
not have liked the football
players when we were in
high school. Many of us
may think that football is
just too dangerous.
But, we all need to support high school football
in Greenville County public schools!
The next time you complain about football, you
should remember that
football allows all of the
other high school sports
to exist! Most of the larger schools in Greenville
County host as many as
21 sports other than football. Some of the smaller
schools host 10-12.
For most schools, football is the only revenue
sport. That means that

your high school football
team pays for all of the
non-revenue sports to
continue. In some schools
baseball and basketball
come close to being selfsupporting sports and
lacrosse is growing every
year but football keeps
all of those sports on the
field, court or track.
So the next time you feel
the urge to criticize high
school football, the players or the traditions that
go with the game, you need
to remember that without
high school football your
student might not be an
athlete at all.
Cindy Armstrong
Greer
Remember
September is Suicide
Prevention Month. Suicide
is the tenth leading cause
of death in this country.
It touches millions of
livespeople of all ages,
ethnicities, and backgroundsbut the research
is clear: suicide is preventable, and the more people
who stand up for suicide
prevention and mental
health, the more lives we
can save.If youve lost
someone to suicide, or you
or someone you know suffers from a mental health
condition like depression
or anxiety, please join us
for the Out of the Darkness Walk to fight suicide
on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015
from 2-4 pm at Greer City

Park, Greer.Im walking in
memory of my son, Cale,
who died in 2007 and for
all those who have died
by suicide. I am walking
for all survivors of suicide
loss.Funds raised support
the American Foundation
for Suicide Prevention and
its bold goal to reduce the
annual suicide rate in the
United States 20 percent
by 2025 through research,
education, advocacy, and
support. These walks are
truly uplifting experiences,
and they grow every year.
Hope to see you there.
Lucinda Davis
Spartanburg
A3
Car seat check is Saturday

At Greer
Fire
Department
Staff Writer
National Seat Check Saturday is Sept. 19, and parents or caregivers can have
their car seats inspected,
receiving some helpful
pointers about keeping
children safe while they
ride.
From 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,
Greenville Health Systems
Safe Kids Upstate will
check car seats through
the Kohls On the Way
Child Passenger Safety
Program at Greer Fire Department. Ayesha Ahmad,
program coordinator for
Safe Kids Upstate, said
about 73 percent of car
seats are installed incorrectly nationwide.
Its completely free,
Ahmad said. It just takes
30 minutes out of your
day to know your child is
riding safer.
To ensure young riders
are safe in their seats, Safe
Kids Upstate will check the
seats while also speaking
about other safety measures surrounding kids in
cars.
Its not just a technician
looking at the seat, she
said. Its really a handson opportunity. We want
the caregivers hands to
be the last on the seat so
that we really equip and
empower with the knowledge of how to install their
Miss Kitty wins photo contest

The grand prize winner
of the Greer Community
Ministries (GCM) Pet Photo Contest is Miss Kitty,
owned by Phil and Janice
Pickett.
Miss Kitty wins $100.
Miss Kitty is a beautiful Calico with a sweet and
loving disposition, Janice
Pickett wrote about her
pet. If she thinks she has
been outside too long she
will jump up on the front
door and peek in.
Category winners are
as follows: Pets are Family: Diane Personett and
her pups; Funniest: Rodeo
Bluegrass Capizzo; Best
Dressed: Xiao Huang Ti
Wood; Best Action Shot:
Bayleigh Grace Sarles; and
Naughty Pet: Ava Moreland. Prizes for category
winners include spa packages from Aprils Doggie
Day Spa, nail grooming
from Dog Gone Beautiful,
and gift cards.
The contest raised $321
for the ministrys Meals on
Wheels pet food program.
Currently, clients receive
monthly pet food supplements for 46 dogs and
50 cats. Pet food is provided so that clients do
not share their meals with
their pets.
We had 22 contestants
this year and are so happy with the results, said
Wendy Campbell, Meals on
Wheels coordinator. We
need donations throughout the year so we hope
people will remember
to give to this vital program.
the greer citizen
Photo | Submitted
National Seat Check Saturday will be held Sept. 19 at the Greer Fire Department.
childs seat correctly.
In Greenville County,
there are soon to be eight
fire stations that will check
car seats.
If you cannot visit the
safety check on Saturday,

Safe Kids Upstate encourages motorists to make
appointments for other
days. To make an appointment for Saturday or an-
other day, call 494-1100

or visit www.ghschildren.
org/kohls. Greers Fire
Department is located at
103 West Poinsett St.
DINNER&
DINNER & A BENEFIT
SPAGHETTI DINNER
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH
5:00 PM-8:00 PM
GRACE HALL @ 108 TRADE ST.
David Taylor and his wife Laurie recently gave up their business,
New Day Physical Therapy Center, to combat Davids stage 4 pancreatic
cancer. As a business community, we are holding a spaghetti dinner, sponsored
by Thrivent Financial, Stomping Grounds, Events at the Davenport, and the
Greer Kiwanis club (who will be doing the cooking.) Other business groups have
donated goods for an auction. MP3-Mills Party of 3 will be playing music for
the evening, along with Elizabeth Wood Brown who will be the opening act.
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE STOMPING GROUND
Photo | Submitted
Miss Kitty was the grand prize winner of Greer Community

Ministries Pet Photo Contest.
GCMs pet food program
has expanded and a Banfield Charitable Grant totaling $2,500 this year has
enabled the ministry to
construct a pet food storage building purchased
from Barnyard Utility
Buildings of Greer. With
the addition of this build-
ing, having ample space to

store excess pet food is no
longer an issue.
To learn more about
GCM, visit gcminc.org, or
stop by for a tour of the
facility any time between
8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday
Friday.
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OPINION
The Greer Citizen
A4 THE GREER CITIZEN
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
How the stash should be spent
s I celebrate yet another trip around

the sun in the next week, it is my
hope that, if nothing else, Ive picked
up various scraps of wisdom that is supposedly the trade-off for crows feet and
that one, odd hair that...
Nevermind.
And what is the point of wisdom if
one cannot bore others with tid-bits of
tedious trivia? So instead of receiving
birthday gifts from any of you (although I
would totally dig any Starbucks prezzies
sent to me via my Facebook account),
let your Aunty Pam share what she has
gleaned so far in, as Prince, or the Artist
Formally Known as Prince, or the Little
Guy in the Heels whos calling himself
yet again, Prince, would call, This thing
called life:
Despite just making fun of him, Prince
is probably the most original, talented,
solo pop artist of the last 30 years.
When a cat is trying to dislodge a hairball, you have exactly three Aacks! in
which to grab it and get it off your rug
before the hairball is deposited.
And if the hairball is ejected at night,
you will step in it in the morning. In bare
feet.
The reason your dogs go insane upon
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
seeing you return from a 10 minute dash
to the post office is because, if you consider the time span of dog years, to them,
youve been gone 3 weeks.
Your dog will only drag his bum across
the carpet when you have guests over.
Gas station pumpkin spice coffee tastes
every bit as good as Starbucks because
theres no evidence of any pumpkin,
whatsoever, in either of them.
A 1953 Ford Jubilee tractor will try to
kill you every time you get on it, despite
the fact that the PTO is turned off and the
brakes have just been repaired.
Dogwood berries get the first faint
flush of red by August 10th.
In a nod to the pioneers of stock car
racing, if someone would sponsor a
Bangers Series, where drivers must work
on their own car and drive it to the race,
it would be a huge hit and racing would
once again truly embrace the average enthusiast. Just dont let NASCAR get their
paws on it
If I won the lottery, I would sponsor
that series.
At some point, I should play the lottery.
The original, classic, charm of Winnie
the Pooh was completely destroyed when
Disney bought it.
Dames Judi Dench and Helen Mirren
prove that one doesnt need to inject their
lips into a trout pout in order to stay relevant and successful in the business.
Its just nuts that kids are no longer being taught cursive handwriting. If I had to
struggle through the entire third grade to
legibly create a capital T and F, so can
you, you little brats.
The Amalfi coast is exquisite.
Big football players shouldnt punch
their girlfriends.
People on airplanes shouldnt start
fighting so furiously over reclining a seat
that a flight has to be diverted.
Violent football players should be
forced to fly in Economy Class all the way
to Japan, behind their girlfriends who just
reclined their seats as far as possible.
Arizona has tanning booths. How lazy
are these people? Just walk to the mailbox and youll come back looking like
rawhide.
There really is such a thing as Hair
Club for Men.
At some point, there will be a woman
that files suit, claiming its sexist not to
be allowed to join.
ISIS doesnt realize that, in America, a
Black Flag means insect killer.
We need to create an enormous fogger...
Theres nothing funnier than watching
the expressions in your rear view mirror
when you put an Obama/Biden sticker
on the left side of your bumper and an I
am the NRA! on the right.
If you are letting your bare skin or your
pet come in contact with the upholstery
of your made-in-China sofa, youd better
google the health risks.
Fresh flowers in a room immediately
make you feel better.
When Jack Russells become fat and elderly, squirrels simply stroll past them.
Most people have a secret stash of cash
their spouse knows nothing about.
That stash should be spent on horses.
REFLECTIONS
FROM THE
MAPLE TREE
RICK EZELL
Pastor, Greer First Baptist Church
KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE

Staff Reporter
Contentment
is learned
STEP coming
at right time
I know what it is to be in
need, and I know what it is to
have plenty. I have learned the
secret of being content in any
and every situation, whether
well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. (Phil.
4:12 NIV)
ith Timkens donation to

Daily Bread Ministries,
the STEP (Shelter to
Empower People) facility moves
closer to helping the homeless
and those in poverty. Daily
Breads chairman Adam Wickliffe said they hope to complete the building by quarter
four of this year. This couldnt
come at a more appropriate
time with autumn and winter
weather approaching.
In South Carolina, as all residents know, winters are mild.
Some years, to my disheartenment, we seem to avoid snow
altogether, and while Id prefer
to celebrate Christmas in the
tranquility of a new-fallen
snow, I have to remind myself that not everyone has the
comforts of a warm house or
plenty of warm food. Making a
snow angel just isnt as gratifying when I know people are
shivering in the very thing in
which I play.
With that said, I was encouraged this week to hear of how
Daily Ministries is serving
the community of Greer not
only through the STEP facility but also through the Greer
Soup Kitchen, which provides
over 150 meals per day to the
hungry. As we remember the
work of some outstanding
volunteers within Daily Bread
and other ministries, I hope we
remember that now is the time
to really help out our nonprofits. The Greer Soup Kitchen
is always in need of financial
donations, and they continue
to advertise needs for their
pantry. These needs include
sugar, powdered milk, canned
goods, plastic cutlery, 16-oz.
cups, divided plates, dinner
napkins, paper towels and
laundry detergent.
Over at the STEP facility, executive director Bob McQuaide
said they really need volunteers. He has three volunteers
to help run the facility; he
would like to have eight to
begin.
Former teachers, former
counselors, former social workers, former ministers, whatever, McQuaide said, people
who are retired and maybe getting bored, heres an opportunity to serve the community.
Heres hoping that as the
days get shorter and temperatures drop that Greers citizens
will support ministries like
Daily Bread to assist those in
need.
aul learned contentment

in the circumstances of
life, having more or having
less. He learned this attitude
in relationship with Christ who
strengthened him. It is in that
relationship that we learn the
lesson of contentment, too.
Contentment is learned. It
isnt natural. Were not born
with it. It is not a gift.
Our tendency is to look
for things that will make us
contentthose things that are
better or those events that are
next, rather than putting forth
the effort it takes to learn how
to be content.
The first time I took a group
of students snow skiing,
several of the older teenagers
didnt want to learn. They
just wanted to ski like the rest
of the people on the slope. Skiing isnt like that, and neither
is becoming content. It takes a
willingness and effort to learn
anything.
We cant just wish things
into existence. Contentment
is no different. It too must be
learned.
When several of the men
who had been prisoners of
war during the Vietnam War
returned home after surviving
the horrors of Hanoi, a number
of those brave men said, We
learned after a few hours what
it took to survive, and we just
adapted to that. They didnt
whine or complain because
they had been captured. They
learned contentment.
And, so must we.
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South Carolina should try

for judicial independence
If South Carolina does it one way, and most
other states along with the federal government
do it another way, we might wonder how likely
it is that South Carolina is right and everybody
else is wrong.
Consider the way we install judges. In effect,
the legislature unilaterally elects them.
The South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection
Commission is made up of 10 individuals. All
ten are lawmakers or people appointed by lawmakers. The Commission uses its own criteria
to screen candidates and narrow down to a
maximum of three applicants per judicial position. The whole legislature then votes on these
candidates. Throughout this process, the governor has no say on how or who these candidates
for the judiciary are.
Imagine if this were the case at the federal
level. Imagine if Congress unilaterally elected
judges, and the president had nothing at all to
do with the process. Nobody would trust the
court to challenge the constitutionality of laws
passed by Congress.
Yet thats exactly what happens in South Carolina. What we have, in essence, is one branchs
domination of another a blatant violation of
the principle of the separation of powers.
Its hardly surprising, therefore, that South
Carolina judges seem frequently to rule in the
legislatures favor. State laws are rarely struck
down as unconstitutional. State lawmakers
might think thats because they only pass constitutional bills. Others I think more logically
might think it has something to do with the
fact that judges owe their careers to the lawmakers responsible for the laws whose constitutionality theyve been asked to judge.
How should we install our judges, then? Some
states use popular elections to choose judges
a system widely and correctly criticized for
politicizing the judiciary. Most others togeth-
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Steve Blackwell | Publisher
Billy Cannada | Editor
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
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Julie Holcombe
Shaun Moss
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er with the federal system empower the executive to nominate judges and the legislature
to confirm them. That is the only way to avoid
the legislatures domination, on one hand, and
politicization of the judiciary, on the other.
In recent years, the South Carolina judiciary
system has drawn the legitimate criticism that
it promotes inbreeding. At one point in the
mid-1990s, for instance, more than half of circuit court judges and all five Supreme Court
justices had served in the General Assembly
prior to being elected to the bench. The case
isnt so different now.
Five judges have filed to fill the seat on the
South Carolina Supreme Court that Justice
Costa Pleicones is vacating in January when he
becomes chief justice. At the same time, nearly 50 will be reviewed for an at-large Circuit
Court seat. All the decisions on these judicial
seats will be made by people youve likely never
heard of and cant vote for legislative leaders
and their appointees. The governor, whom you
can vote for, should play an equal role in these
decisions. But she will play virtually no role at
all.
Is reforming South Carolinas system just a
dream? Not really. There are two bills now in
General Assembly that would take significant
steps toward creating an independent judiciary.
Either of these bills would eliminate the unilateral power of the General Assembly to control
the judicial branch by requiring the governor to
nominate judges with advice and consent from
the Senate.
A few lawmakers especially the sponsors of
these and similar bills see the gravity of the
problem. Lets hope that number grows.
This guest editorial was submitted by Cecilia Brown of the South Carolina Policy
Council
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CPW urges furnace test

The Greer Commission
of Public Works (CPW) is
asking natural gas customers to test their furnaces to ensure proper
functionalityincluding
pilot lights and system
connectionbefore colder
weather sets in.
In a recent release, CPW
officials said, customers
should call CPW to reconnect services or have pilot
lights lit. To avoid delays,
customers should call
customer service during
September and early October.
Greer CPW typically experiences significant service backlogs during the

first cold snap, causing
longer response times.
Everyone should test
their heat source now
to make sure its working. Calling us early will
help avoid a chilly night
without heat, said Rob
Rhodes, CPWs Natural
Gas Department Manager.
This weekend, temperatures across our service
area are expected to drop
down to the low fifties, so
I am sure well have some
calls already.
Greer CPWs 460-squaremiles of service territory
stretches from southern
Spartanburg County to the
North Carolina line and encompasses several nearby
communities. The utility
has approximately 21,000
natural gas customers
and maintains nearly 730
miles of pipeline.
To schedule a re-connection, customers should
call CPWs customer service at 848-5500.
Aran to bring jobs to Greer
Photo | Submitted
Quality winner
Earnest Suber, left, of Greer won a John Deere riding lawn mower from Quality Foods of
Greer. Above, Suber thanks Quality Foods manager Junior Holder.
Dont freak out

Q: I started my own
small bakery from home
two years ago, providing
wedding and specialty
cakes. I just found out Im
pregnant, and while my
husband and I are really
excited about the baby,
were worried about how
well handle things after
the baby is here. We both
work long hours, but we
dont make a lot of money. I made about $20,000
last year, and he currently
makes $35,000 working
60 to 70 hours a week. Do
you have any advice for
us now and after the baby
arrives?
DR: Congratulations!
Youre going to be a mom,
and youre running your
own business.
I think more than anything you just need some
good business planning
and time management.
The good news is that you
have a little time on your
hands before the baby
gets here. You can begin
scheduling things now
and laying out a plan. If
you get into a busy time
say around wedding
season you may want
to bring in a baby sitter
or some part-time help
for your business. I dont
think I would do daycare
every day. Youre probably not that busy 12
months out of the year
or even at the height of
A liquid packaging company is establishing its

first United States location
in Greer.
Aran Packaging is investing $5.2 million in a
local facility, creating an
expected 63 new jobs over
the next five years.
Established in 1983 in
Israel, Aran Packaging has
grown significantly since
its inception.
Today, the firm serves
companies in more than
COMFORT
FreuercGhaifset
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Dave
says
dave
ramsey
some seasons yet.
Your husband also
needs some relief in the
future. Working those
kinds of hours, and bringing home just $35,000
a year, is no way to help
support a family the way
he would like, Im sure.
If his hours are going to
back down soon and his
income is going to go up,
thats one thing. If not, he
needs to look into getting
some additional education, making modifications to his current career
or finding another line of
work. With some careful
and realistic planning on
your end, and him doing
something to make things
better on his, a lot of the
stress will fall off.
Many people do the
kind of things were
talking about, and it
ends up being an awesome experience. Just sit
down together, and talk it
through. Help each other
out, and decide what it
will take to get where you
want to be as a family and
with your careers.
40 countries across the

globe, offering packaging
solutions using aseptic
and bag-in-box technologies for both the food and
non-food industries.
In addition to Arans
headquarters and production facility in Israel, the
company also operates a
production facility in Valladolid, Spain, which serves
the European market.
Aran currently employs
180 workers worldwide.
The companys new

Greer location will be
housed in an existing
building at 1704 Poplar
Dr.
The facility is expected
to be fully operational
by July, 2016, with initial
hiring for new positions
anticipated to take place
in February, 2016. Those
interested in joining the
Aran team should contact
Hila Frish-Manor at aran@
aran.co.il.
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THE GREER CITIZEN
CHURCH
NEWS
GOD, HOME AND COUNTRY
RALLY IS SEPT. 27
Fairview Baptist Church

will host a concert, the
God, Home and Country
rally, on Sunday, Sept. 27,
at 6 p.m. The event will
feature the Sould Out
Quartet.
The cost of the concert,
presented by TheLifeFM, is
$10 at the door.
Doors will open at 5
p.m.
COMMUNITY-WIDE FALL
REVIVAL BEGINS SEPT. 27
A community-wide revival is set for Sept. 2730, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

nightly.
Sunday: Reedy River
Baptist Church. Music by
Locust Hill Baptist choir.
Message by Dr. Steve Peterson.
Monday: Enoree Baptist
Church. Music by TR First
choir. Message by Rev. David Simmons.
Tuesday: Travelers Rest
Enoree Baptist choir. Message by Rev. Stephen Cannon.
Wednesday: Locust Hill

Reedy River Baptist choir.
Message by Dr. Chris
Gray.
Childrens ministry activities provided nightly
by North Greenville University Impact team for
ages birth through fifth
grade.
WASHINGTON BAPTIST TO
HOLD REVIVAL SEPT. 20-23
Washington Baptist will

hold a revival featuring
Deeper and Greater with
guest speaker Rev. Curt
Bradford of Charleston
Sept. 20-23.
Revival times will be
Sunday 10:45 a.m. And 6
p.m. and Monday through
Wednesday at 7 p.m.
The church is located at
3500 Highway 14 North in
Greer. For more information, call 895-1510.
BURNSVIEW BAPTIST
REVIVAL CONTINUES
Burnsview
Baptist
Church is having revival
every Sunday morning in
the month of September
with a different speaker
each Sunday.
Sept. 21: Evangelist Bill
Thomason, Light It Up
Ministries
Sept. 28: Dr. Eddie Saxon, Pastor Gilead Baptist
Church, Union
The church is located

at 9690 Reidville Road in
Greer. For more information, call 879-4006.
TRBA HOSTS PRISON

RE-ENTRY DISCUSSIONS
A Faith Roundtable Discussion for Partnerships

with Prison Re-entry Efforts will be held at the
Three Rivers Baptist Association Mission Center
on Thursday, Sept. 30, at
2 p.m.
The program offers the
opportunity for church
groups to partner by providing mentors, job training and re-entry kits for
men and women returning
to communities. The event
will feature discussions by
the SC Department of Probation and Parole and the
Greater Greenville Employment Advocate leaders.
For more information,
contact Jimmy Batson at
423-0592 or james.batson@ppp.sc.gov.
TRBA ANNUAL MEETING

SET FOR OCT. 18
The Three Rivers Baptist

Association will hold its
annual meeting on Sunday, Oct. 18, at 5 p.m. At
Enoree Baptist Church.
Special guest speaker
is Dr. Ron Barker, SCBC
evangelism and prayer
strategist.
The event will feature

missions and ministries
exhibits; a celebration of
Gods work in member
churches; testimony of a
former Muslim who is now
a Christ-follower; presentation of 2016 visions for
prayer and evangelism;
and a prayer for revival.
Member churches are encouraged to move their
Sunday night services to
the meeting.
CHRISTMAS PRISONER
PACKETS DUE NOV. 18
Christmas Prisoner Packets are due to the Three

River Baptist Association
office by Wednesday, Nov.
18.
Approved items include:
one black non-retractable
pen (no wire clip), one
junior legal writing tablet, one adult toothbrush,
five first-class #10 stampembossed envelopes, two
rolls of candy, one 4-oz. to
6-oz. bar of soap, one 5.8oz. or larger toothpaste,
one-gallon size zipper
bag.
visit www.scbaptist.org.
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Obituaries
The Greer Citizen
Wednesday, september 16, 2015
Alice Guynelle Campbell

Alice Guynelle Campbell, 73, wife of Grady Lister Campbell, of Taylors
passed away on Monday,
Sept. 14, 2015 at Beaufort
Memorial Hospital after
spending a short vacation
with her family at Harbor
Island.
Guynelle was born on
December 18, 1941 in
Clayton, Georgia to the
late Jordan Hughes Cobb
and Claudia Collins Cobb.
She worked as a payroll
clerk for Greenville County School District for 31
years and was a member
of Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church in Greer. She was
a devoted wife, mother,
Nana, and friend. She was
a Christian who showed
the love of Jesus to everyone she met.
Surviving in addition to
her husband Lister, is one
son, Kevin Campbell of Taylors; one daughter Andrea
Massey (Randy) of Greer;
two brothers, Marvin Cobb
(Erith) of Taylors and Herron Cobb (Betty) of Westminster; one sister, Faye
Hart of Woodruff; two
granddaughters, Makenna Massey and Katelyn
Campbell, and many special nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the
family suggests donations
be made to GHS Office of
Philanthropy, 300 East
McBee Avenue, Suite 503,
Greenville, SC 29601 Attn:
Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit Fund.
The family will be at
her sisters home at 149
Hart
Road
Woodruff,
SC 29388.
A memorial service will
be held on Saturday, Sept.
19, 2015 at 2 pm at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church at
4899 Jordan Road, Greer,
SC 29651.
Forest Hills Funeral
Home is serving the family.
Obituaries can be emailed
to billy@greercitizen.com or
dropped off at 317 Trade St.
Deadline: noon Tuesday. Cost:
$60; with photo $75.
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Judith Judy Cannon Cudd

Judith Judy Ann Cannon Cudd, 78, of Spartanburg, passed away on
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at
The Waterford at Dillon
Pointe Assisted Living.
Born Dec. 4, 1936, in Spartanburg County, she was
the daughter of the late
Arthur L. Cannon, Sr. and
Mamie Pennington Cannon and wife of the late
Reverend Charles A. Cudd.
She was the last surviving
member of her immediate
family.
A graduate of Spartanburg High School, Mrs.
Cudd retired in 2004 after
serving for 31 years as the
administrative assistant to
the Director of Missions
for The Greer Baptist Associational Office. She was
a member of Southside
Baptist Church and the
Joy Sunday School Class in
Spartanburg.
Surviving are her daughters, Carol C. Bobo (Steve)
of Roebuck, SC, and Susan
E. Cudd of the home; three
grandchildren,
Christopher Joseph Bobo (Alyssa)
of Spartanburg, SC, Devin
Lee Cudd (Amanda) of
Bennettsville, SC, and
Channing Alana Cudd of
Georgia; three great-grandchildren; and a number of
nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and
husband, she was predeceased by a son, Charles
Alan Cudd; two brothers,
Thomas Earl Cannon and
Arthur Lester Cannon, Jr.;
and four sisters, Polly S.
Cannon, Frances E. Cannon, Rena C. Brown, and
Doris C. Parris.
Visitation was 1-1:45
p.m. Friday, Sept. 11,
2015, at Floyds Greenlawn Chapel, 2075 E. Main
St., Spartanburg, 29307.
Funeral services followed
at 2:00 PM, at the Chapel,
conducted by the Reverend Dr. Schuyler Peterson
and the Reverend David

M. Blanton. Burial was
in Greenlawn Memorial
Gardens, 1300 FernwoodGlendale Rd., Spartanburg,
29307.
Honorary escort was
members of the Joy Sunday School Class.
Memorials
may
be
made to the Alzheimers
Association, 901 South
Pine Street, Spartanburg,
29302 online at www.alz.
org 2015 Walk to End
Alzheimers; Connie Maxwell Childrens Home, PO
Box 1178, Greenwood, SC
29648.
Special thanks to the
staffs at Dillon Pointe Assisted Living, Spartanburg
Regional Hospice, Home
Instead Senior Care, and
other personal caregivers
for their love and compassionate care shown to
Judy.
The family is at the home
of Steve and Carol Bobo.
An online guest register
is available at www.floydmortuary.com.
Vance J. Norton
Vance Johnson Norton,
49, of 300 Phillips Road,
died September 11, 2015
at his home.
A native of Rex, North
Carolina, son of Kenneth
and Anne Johnson Norton of Greenville, he was
the financial manager for
Shaw Inc., a member of St.
Giles Presbyterian Church
and attended Greer First
Baptist Church.
Also surviving are his
wife, Jamie Christine Sharp
Norton of the home; two
daughters, Jasmine Ann
Norton and Amber Katerina Norton both of the
home; and a brother, Kenneth Charles Norton, II of
Charlotte, North Carolina.
A memorial service will
be held 2 p.m. Friday at
The Wood Mortuary, conducted by Dr. Rick Ezell.
Visitation will be held
12:30-1:45 p.m. Friday at
The Wood Mortuary.
The family is at the home
of his parents, Ken and
Anne Norton, 5 Bridgeport Drive, Greenville, SC
29615.
Memorials may be made
to the Education Fund for
his daughters; to contribute please call 350-4728.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.
Checkpoint: Greer PD gives back

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youre body is still going

that same speed. Thats
the reason seatbelts are
thereto prevent serious
injury. For people that are
doing the right thing, we
just want to give something back.
The treats were a pleasant surprise to passersby,
who appreciated the gesture.
One lady stopped in
the middle of the intersection and held her hand out
the window yelling, I got
a card! I got a card! Its
great to see how happy
some people are, Ballenger said.
I puts a big smile on
peoples faces, Fortenberry said. One family
came through with a little
girl, and when they told
her she was getting an ice
cream, her face just lit up.
Its just really good to be
able to do that.
Greer Police try to conduct checkpoints as often
as possible, often in areas
with higher crime rates
and traffic problems.
When we have the
manpower, we try to do
proactive stuff like this,
Santana said. Its very
important to make sure
everyone is buckled. Its
the law, but its also for
the drivers safety. Thats
why its so important. An
accident can occur at any
Greer Police set up a seatbelt checkpoint for Greer drivers

Monday afternoon.
time and if you have your
seatbelt on, theres a good
chance youre going to be
OK.
This is a tool we use
to educate the public on
wearing seatbelts and
having the proper paperwork in their cars, added
Fortenberry. Being in
those areas allows people
to see a large amount of

police, which deters crime.
We want people to know
that were out here.
The gift cards were provided courtesy of Chickfil-As Bill Tyler and are
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Greer location.
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Weekend Outlook
Warm Weekend Weather
After a week of chilly nights and cool

afternoons, we will see warmer temperatures
for the last weekend of summer. The first day
of fall is Wednesday, September, 23rd and our
weather this weekend will see temperatures in
the upper 80s and low 90s. Partly sunny skies
and cooler temperatures will return to our
forecast for the first part of next week as highs
fall to the low 80s. Have a great weekend!
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Donation: Keeps construction going

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items needed to make the

facilitys four apartments
comfortable for future
residents. Bob McQuaide,
executive director for the
facility, said that while
those items are certainly
needed, they are also seeking more volunteers.
With the check from Timken, the ministry moves
closer toward a time when
volunteers will be able to
work closely with those in
need.
Timkens facility manager, Terry Lynn Haynes said
the company gives towards
such causes because they
believe in giving back to
the community.
The community will certainly be assisted by their
generosity.
Were just very blessed

to have partners in our
community who can help
us out in really trying to
help end homelessness in
Greer, Wickliffe said during the check presentation. Were already helping end hunger in Greer
through the Greer Soup
Kitchen. And this facility
will help us end homelessness in the Greer community as well.
In a way, the STEP facility will assist those who
are hungry in Greer. McQuaide said those who are
accepted into the 90-day
STEP program will spend
time working at the soup
kitchen. They are also
required to gain employment. Doing so should
help individuals and families to envision what life
could be like and what it

takes to get there.
Were looking for people who want to get out of
poverty, he said. Thats
the first priority.
Wickliffe said the facility
is for families or vets or
those who are underemployed or unemployed. To
accommodate these families and individuals, the
facility has four separate
apartments. A courtyard
exists between the apartments, and the facility has
a conference room where
residents can meet with
counselors. The model of
the program is based off
of Greenvilles Triune Mercy Center, which Wickliffe
said has been highly successful in ministering to
the homeless and those in
low-income jobs.
openings: Aldi to open on Oct. 29

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Find It!
Buy It!
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The Greer Citizen
the greer citizen a7
about getting that location

open.
The site has undergone
some cosmetic renovations over the past several
months.
Having four or five
years of wear and tear,
weve done a fair amount
of work. Almost all of it
has been cosmetic, he
said. There were some
other things. The rooftop
had taken a beating and
hadnt been kept up well,
so we had to take care of
some things like that.
The interior dcor at
308 Trade Street will look
similar to the downtown
Greenville location, Hiller
said.
Its not going to be
a great departure from
Greenville, he said. Were
In Loving Memory
of
Mrs. M.L.
Terry
getting back to our roots a

little bit, which means (the
Greer location) will have
more of an outdoor feel
to it. Hopefully well be
able to bring the outdoor
element of the Blue Ridge
mountains
downtown,
which is what made us all
enjoy it here in the first
place.
Aldi nears completion
Blue Ridge Brewing isnt

the only business looking
to make a splash in Greer
this fall.
Aldi will soon be putting
the finishing touches on
a 17,000-square-foot grocery store, located at the
corner of Poinsett Street
and Wade Hampton Boulevard.
The store plans to open

on Oct. 29, according to
Thom Behtz, Aldi Jefferson
division vice president.
Signage went up at the
location over the weekend.
Behtz says population
density, proximity to competition, cost of the property and traffic patterns
are some of the main reasons the company decided
to locate in Greer.
We want to be conveniently based where Aldi
shoppers are located in the
Greer-area, Behtz said.
Aldi is expected to employ up to 40 people. The
grocery chain currently
boasts more than 1,400
stores in 32 states.
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Mother, the day (9/13/11)

you departed,
An ache in my heart started
I knew you did not want to go
But Earthly time was over,
you could not stay.
God saw that you
had grown tired
He knew that you needed rest
So He wrapped His arms
around you,
one of the best
Now you are in Heaven
resting in His nest.
Saturday,
November 7, 2015
6 pm 10 pm
The LODGE
Inman, SC
Although we are not together

It seems as though
we are far apart
Memories of you
are like no other
Still abides within my heart.
Gone but never
will be forgotten.
Your Son, Jim
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State continues
trend in new
homicide data
South Carolina again
ranked first in the nation
for women murdered by
men, with a rate of 2.32
per 100,000, according to
the new Violence Policy
Center (VPC) report When
Men Murder Women: An
Analysis of 2013 Homicide Data.
This is the 18th year in
a row that South Carolina
has ranked in the top 10
states for the rate of women murdered by men and
the fourth year in which
our state has been identified as having the highest lethality rate by this
count. The rate of 2.32 per
100,000 is over twice the
national average of 1.09
per 100,000.
This years report compiles and utilizes 2013
data, the most recent year
for which data is available. The study covers
homicides involving one
female murder victim and
one male offender, and

uses data from the Federal
Bureau of Investigations
Supplementary Homicide
Report.
The U.S. Department
of Justice has found that
women are far more likely
to be the victims of violent
crimes committed by intimate partners than men,
especially when a weapon
is involved. Moreover,
women are much more
likely to be victimized at
home than in any other
location.
This year has seen South
Carolinas
Legislature
pass reforms in domestic violence laws that aim
to increase accountability for offenders, provides
for state law prohibitions
on the possession of firearms by those who have
been convicted of domestic violence and requires
prevention education for
students in our schools.
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SCDNR to make use of a robot deer to catch poachers.
SCDNR unveils
robot deer
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The S.C. Department of
Natural Resources has a
new tool to crack down
on illegal poaching in the
Upstate: a robotic deer decoy.
The robotic deer, which
was donated by the Quality Deer Management Association Foothills Chapter,
looks just like a whitetail
deer, complete with real
taxidermy-preserved skin
and fur and lifelike motion in the legs, head and
tail, according to a news
release. The robot also has
detachable antlers so it
can be made to resemble a

doe or a buck.
Poachers take wildlife
anywhere, anytime and
they do so using the most
unsporting methods, the
release stated. It is difficult to have a law enforcement officer, a poacher
and a wild animal at the
same location at the same
time, but by incorporating
a robotic decoy, officers
can do just that.
Once a DNR officer receives a tip or complaint
of possible poaching, officials said a crew would
deploy the robotic deer in
the reported area and wait
to catch the act.
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REPORT
WOMAN ACCUSED
IN FOOTBALL TICKET SCAM
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Prosecutors have filed
new
charges
against
a Greenville woman accused in a college football
ticket scam and dozens
after learning of dozens
more victims in the case.
During a hearing Tuesday,
prosecutors
announced that Melissa Grey
was facing three additional
counts of computer crimes
and was accused of selling
fraudulent
sports tickets to an additional 80
victims who
lost a total
of $40,000.
Grey was
Grey
charged
with computer crime in
November 2014 after investigators said she sold
fraudulent
tickets
to
Clemson and South Carolina football games.
Warrants from 2014
state Grey advertised on
various websites that she
was selling 2014 game
tickets and parking passes
online and then swindled
customers out of more
than $4,000. Grey then
either provided fake tickets or did not deliver any
tickets at all, investigators
said.
Investigators said Grey
returned some victims
money after the Greenville
County Sheriffs Office began investigating.
Greys attorney left the
case during Tuesdays
hearing.
(Note: All information
contained in the following
blotter was taken directly
from the official incident
reports filed by the Greer
Police Department, The
SHOOTING:
Brings charges
FROM PAGE ONE
Tuesday evening, Lambert-Smith, 44, turned herself in.

A violent crimes investigator has signed warrants
on Lambert-Smith for attempted murder, kidnapping and possession of a
weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
Condrey was airlifted to
Spartanburg Regional Medical Center and is expected
to survive his injuries.
Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office or The Greenville County Sheriffs Office. All suspects are to be
considered innocent until
proven guilty in the court
of law.)
OPEN CONTAINER
Michael Allen Bodway,

49, of 218 CCC Camp Road
in Greer, has been charged
with open container.
According to an incident
report supplied by Greer
Police, an officer observed
Bodway walking on East
Poinsett Street carrying
a Gatorade bottle with a
dark gold liquid inside.
The officer approached
the subject and smelled alcohol on Bodways person.
He admitted that it was a
mix of ginger ale and Jim
Beam.
Checking him for warrants, the officer discovered that Bodway had an
active warrant for shoplifting. He was placed under arrest and transported
to the Greer City Jail.
MULTIPLE CHARGES
Kelly Emmanuel Bruton, 46, of 210 Fairview in

Greer, has been charged
with breach of peace
(high/aggravated nature),
assault and battery, and
stalking.
According to the Greer
Police incident report,
officers arrived at a residence on Kemper Lane.
The complainant said she
and her son were walking
along a path when Bruton
approached them. Fearing for their safety, they
began walking faster, but
Bruton followed the victim
to her house and profanely threatened her. Finally,
he ran away.
Police found the subject
on Broadus Street and detained him for questioning.
A passerby told officers
at the scene that Bruton
had approached his teen
daughter and made similar statements.
Both identified Bruton
as the suspect, and he was
transported to Greer City
Jail without incident.
THE GREER CITIZEN
HOT RIDE
Randall
Jason
Simmons, 32, of 25 Taylor
St. in Greenville, has been
charged with possession
of a stolen motorcycle.
According to an incident
report provided by Greer
Police, an officer was notified that a stolen motorcycle had been located at an
address on Flint Drive.
Police arrived to find
Simmons working on the
bike. When asked where
he got it, Simmons said
hed bought it for $300
that day in Greenville.
Officers told him that
the vehicle had been reported missing from Anderson County.
Simmons was placed under arrest.
REPEAT OFFENDER
Laura Mae Martin, 49, of

36 Scottie Ct. B in Greenville, has been charged
with shoplifting (third and
above).
Police incident report, an
officer went to the Walmart
on East Wade Hampton
Boulevard in response to
a shoplifting call. At the
store, a loss prevention officer had the subject Martin in custody.
He reported to the officer that hed seen Martin
take a curtain set, sheet
set, wings, and a pillowcase past the point of sale
without paying. The merchandise was valued at
$58.81.
Martin was placed under
arrest and transported to
the Greer City Jail.
A check of her criminal record revealed more
than three convictions for
shoplifting within the last
ten years.
PUBLIC DRINKING
Derek Demargio Young,

27, of 218 North Line St. in
Greer, and Twana Shardi
Waddell, 26, of Spartanburg, have been charged
with open container and
public drinking.
Police incident report, officers were dispatched to
Greentown Park in reference to a suspicious vehicle parked there.
Police arrived to find
Young in the drivers seat
holding some peach brandy. Waddell, meanwhile,
had an open 16-oz. beer
in hand. In the back seat
were two children, both
unsecured without car
seats.
Young and Waddell were
arrested for public drinking, and Waddell, who was
uncooperative with the
officers, was also charged
with interfering with police.
DUI AGAIN
Joshua Daryl Beattie, 41,

of 329 East Celestial Dr. in
Greer, has been charged
with driving under the influence (fourth).
According to the incident report filed by Greer
Police, an officer pulled
over a vehicle traveling
erratically down Wade
Hampton Boulevard.
Smelling alcohol on the
drivers person, the officer issued a field sobriety
test. Beattie said that he
couldnt perform the test
due to a medical disability.
He also refused to submit
a breath sample.
He was arrested for DUI,
the same charge hes been
convicted of three times in
the last decade, according
to the report.
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Lyman man combines interests for hobby

BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE
STAFF WRITER
From his blacksmithing
shop in Lyman, a man hammers a glowing-hot piece
of metal, crafting half of
a horseshoe into a work
of art. With each strike,
sparks fly in all directions
from atop a 100-pound anvil. Soon hell have a bottle
opener to give to a friend
or possibly to sell.
Jim Bausman has found
a way to combine his two
main interests blacksmithing and beer drinking into a hobby.
My goal when I put the
shop together was, if I
can, make enough money
to buy my beer with what
I make in the shop. Im
good to go, he said.
A retired facilities engineer, Bausman now
spends his days doing
what he loves, creating
metallic functional art.
One his creations he calls
a Brewgar Caddy, a useful bottle holder that can
be staked into the ground.
Hes made towel holders,
coat racks, coffee tables,
door pulls and even jail
bars to surround the wine
room within the Bausman
home.
Your imagination is
about your own limitations with this, he said,
his hammer again clanging against horseshoe.
For the time being
Bausmans
imagination
revolves around how to
make artistic bottle openers. He has bottle openers
that are made to look like
leaves, owls, hawks, mermaids, bulls and dragons,
to name a few.
Bausmans wife, Marsha,
is partial to the dragon
that he makes. Theres
one in particular that she
wouldnt let him sell. She
also likes the Brewgar
Caddies.
I love the dragons, and I
love the Brewgar Caddies,
she said. This is what he
was becoming known for.
If you visit La Boutielle,
Greers new wine and beer
boutique at 300 Randall
St., you might know what
she is talking about. There
youll see bottle openers and a few other items
from the Bausman shop.
Shelly Block, owner of
La Boutielle and friend the
Bausmans, said she believes in supporting local
artists, and she considers
Jim work to be art.
You may not be able
to buy a $3,000 painting,
but you can buy a $20
opener, she said. I think
they are definitely one of a
Clockwise from top: Jim Bausman hammers a heated

horseshoe into a bottle opener. Bausman reheats the iron
in his forge before continuing to shape the metal. Bausmans final test of quality; opening a bottle of beer with his
newly crafted opener. Sparks fly from homemade coals as
Bausman removes the heated metal from the forge.
Photos by Mandy Ferguson

kind, and I think its kind
of nice to have items that
are unique and have a local, handcrafted touch to
them.
You can also find Jims
art online at lymanlakeforge.com. While Jim and
Marsha are hoping for
more traffic on the site
so that items might be
purchased, they continue
to get passersby stopping
into the shop to see exactly what Jim is making.
He is the most popular
shop on the street, Marsha exclaimed. Thats for
sure. Guys stop here all the
time. Theyre like, What
do you do up there?
Hes honing his craft.
Jim has always enjoyed
working with metal, and
hes been collecting tools
for 20 years. Now that hes
retired, though, he has the
freedom to create more in
his shop. Thats where he
spends his days now, and
his nights. Thats when Jim
tests his bottle openers.
What does he mean by
testing the bottle openers?
It means I gotta drink a
beer, he said.
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The Greer Citizen
Eastside tops
Wade Hampton
In dramatic
fashion
STAFF WRITER
Eastside football fans
who stayed until the end
of Fridays game against
Wade Hampton were rewarded with a 41-34 finish
that will likely be remembered.
Although the Eagles
scored first on a five-yard
DeShawn Sullivan touchdown run, they relinquished the lead shortly
thereafter and trailed until
46 seconds were left in the
game.
Throughout the majority of the game, it did not
appear as though Eastside
would get its second win
of the season. However, a
Chance Pride 80-yard punt
return placed the team
within striking distance.
The running back said he
was confident in his abilities to take the kick in for
the score and for the team
to ultimately emerge victorious.

Nothing but taking it
to the endzone, he said,
Thats all I was thinking.
The Eagles pulled it off,
and we knew we were going to do it.
Head coach Steve Wilson
wasnt so sure.
We feel great now, he
said after the game. We
didnt feel too good about
two minutes ago when
we had that extra point
blocked and it looked like
we were going to lose the
game. It would have been
sickening to lose after we
came back like that in the
fourth quarter.
Wilson was referring to
a blocked extra point following a fourth-and-eight,
30-yard touchdown pass
from quarterback TJ Gist
to Pride. With the kick
blocked by Wade Hamptons Devante Scott, the
Eagles trailed the Generals
by a point. The situation
looked grim for Eastside.
Not yet defeated, Eastside lined up for an onside
SEE EASTSIDE | B3
BLAME
CANNADA
BILLY
CANNADA
Snoozer
WILLIAM BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN
Eastside mounted a fourth quarter rally to top Wade Hampton last Friday night, earning
the team its second win of the season.
Greer takes
Jacket Bowl
BY LELAND BURCH
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Clutch defense from Dorian Lindsey helped Greer sneak away from Union County last
Friday night during a game that came down to the final play.
Swarms of Jacket Backers lingered longer than

usual at Dooley Field just
to savor Greers astounding 35-28 football victory
over Union County in the
annual Jacket Bowl on Friday night.
Greer had spent the
entire contest trying to
contain Unions dazzling
offense, often bending
and occasionally breaking while giving up 526
yard, in the game that was
deadlocked and appeared
headed to overtime. But
with time running out,
Coach Will Youngs team
scored the winning touchdown on Troy Prides 53-
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Union 0
Greer 7
7 14 7 - 28
7 7 14 - 35
yard touchdown reception

from Mario Cusano.
Greer needed one minute longer to succeed last
year when the winning
score came on the last
play of the game, although
both wins stem from the
fact that our kids seem
to find a way to bounce
back. They dont get upset when things go wrong,
and I think that is because
of our great senior leadership, Coach Young explained. Im really proud
of our kids.
SEE GREER | B4
D5 program benefits Byrnes cross country

STAFF WRITER
A youth cross country
program is beginning to
pay off at Byrnes High
School.
The team is already a few
meets into its season, and
the Rebels have a number
of contributing runners
that have come up through
the D5 program.
If you look at the

high school team
now, a good portion
of them of course
came up through
the D5 program.
Tim Thigpen
Byrnes assistant cross country coach

Girls head coach Ashley
Bailey explained that the
programs goal is to build
the cross country and track
programs by introducing
the sport to elementary
school students.
Our biggest thing is getting our kids while theyre
young and then feeding
them into our varsity program, she said. Numbers
are our biggest thing trying to get depth in numbers.
Boys head coach Kevin
Wyatt agreed, saying D5
helps the programs find
out who might be interested in competing.
D5 is good for us in that
it exposes them to the rig-
MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
The Byrnes High cross country team is benefiting from a program that recruits long-distance runners at an early age.
ors of what cross country
is really like. So, when they
get to the seventh grade,
theyre not just going out
for the first time and running a 5K, he said. The
youth program has been
tremendously beneficial
for us.
Students who want to
train and learn about the
sport meet with coaches
twice a week for an hour
and a half. They learn drills
and warm-up exercises as
well as the importance of
nutrition and hydration.
By the time those students
have entered the seventh
grade, they already know

whats expected.
The coaches also emphasize diligence in the classroom. Cross-country and
track athletes at Byrnes
are amongst the brightest
and most diligent student
athletes in the district.
The D5 board gives
out honor role certificates
and the cross country and
track programs have the
highest percentage of honor roll certificates compared to any other sport,
said assistant coach Tim
Thigpen.
Thigpen is in charge of
D5. He said the sport at

Byrnes has nearly doubled
in size the last few years
thanks to the youth program.
If you look at the high
school team now, a good
portion of them of course
came up through the D5
program, he said.
The program has not
only drawn in more students, it has brought in
one of the coaches, Julie
Clark, in her first year as
an assistant.
I enjoy the sport, and
really our youth program.
It has really influenced me
to want to coach the older

kids that started with D5
and now are on the team.
Clark could be referring to four of the top
seven runners on the girls
squad.
All four are in the seventh grade.
When asked if it was difficult to compete with older athletes, D5 products
said it was challenging,
but not problematic.
Its definitely a different experience because
youre running with guys
that are older than you
SEE BYRNES | B10
s I sat down to watch

some pro and college
football over the
weekend, something profound dawned on me.
This next sentence is a
little profane, so if youre
a sensitive sports fan, I
suggest you stop reading
now:
Football, yes FOOTBALL,
is a little bit boring.
I know I just ruffled a
few feathers out there,
so allow me a chance to
explain. Football isnt
completely boring, but
lets not kid ourselves,
it has its dull moments.
As I began watching the
Cowboys/Giants on Sunday night, I was scrolling
through twitter when I
saw a very accurate tweet.
A sportswriter from North
Carolina wrote:
Your average football
running play is easily one
of the most boring things
in sports.
I couldnt disagree.
Nothing is worse than
watching a running back
scramble for two yards
only to be brought down
by a crowded group of
oversized men.
Maybe its because I
dont really have a college
football allegiance, but
for me, its hard to tune
in for a full Saturday
game without dozing off
or channel surfing for
something better. At least
with pro football theres
the fantasy aspect. Watching Green Bay take on the
Bears is a little less brutal
when youre intently waiting to see Randall Cobb
catch a touchdown pass
so you can rub it in your
buddys face.
I wont argue that football has more exciting moments than dull moments,
however, almost every
sport is a little boring.
Take baseball for example. This is the only sport
where when a camera
cuts to a shot of the head
coach, you see an old man
with his foot propped
up chewing bubble gum.
Baseball is boring because
the players, managers and
fans looked bored out of
their minds. Pardon me
for changing the channel
to a rerun of The Office.
Ironically, basketballs
most boring moments
often come in the final
minute of the game. The
trailing team usually
notices the game slipping
away, and decides to foul
constantly to send the
other team to the free
throw line. The last minute of a basketball game
usually lasts 20 minutes,
and its rarely worth the
payoff to stick around.
Hockey is boring because you cant see the
puck. Ive tried to like and
understand hockey on
more than one occasion,
but my eyes cant keep up
with the little black dot
floating across the ice.
The worst part is when
somebody scores and the
crowd goes nutsI can
only be frustrated for not
seeing exactly what happened.
Golf is arguably the
most boring sport there
is, but have you ever
played it? As boring as
golf is to watch is as fun
as it is to play. Unless its
the Masters, I cant really
get tuned into a round of
golf, but when Im out on
the course, I could spend
hours there and not get
tired of it.
Soccer can get a little tedious because there isnt
much scoring, but the
strategy behind it keeps
it interesting. However, if
youre not a soccer fan,
a 90-minute match can
seem like an eternity.
It takes a lot to keep
me entertained, so please
dont be offended that I
think your favorite sport
is a little boring.
B2
SPORTS
THE GREER CITIZEN
Riverside drops ball

at Woodmont, 32-0
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
BILLY CANNADA | THE GREER CITIZEN
Despite a strong outing from Vonta Jenkins, the Tigers were unable to stop Stephens
County last Friday night, falling 21-0 at home.
Tigers blanked by
Stephens County, Ga.
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Blue Ridge struggled
against the size of Stephens County last Friday night, falling 21-0 at
home.
The Tigers are now 1-2
on the season heading into
region competition.
Stephens County is a
very strong team, Blue
Ridge coach Shane Clark
said. Obviously, we didnt
like the outcome, but we
liked the effort and what
we saw from our guys and
I think if we can continue
to build off that this week
as we head into the region,
we can be alright.
The Tigers faced off
against a stout Stephens
County offensive line,

which was led, in part, by
6-7, 320 pound senior Ben
Cleveland.
I thought we played
pretty well on defense,
Clark said. The size was
pretty obvious and they
kind of wore us down as
the night went on. But we
had way too many mistakes on offense to overcome and be successful.
Weve got to find ways to
put a stop to those.
Blue Ridge held Stephens County scoreless in
the first quarter, but gave
up a touchdown in the second and another score just
before halftime, falling behind 14-0. The Tigers were
unable to pull closer due
to several key turnovers.
THE GREER CITIZEN
Although his team currently has a losing record,

Clark said several of his
guys are beginning to
make a name for themselves, including wide out
Tamaje Green.
Hes approached this
season a little bit differently than he has in the past,
Clark said of Green. Hes
worked hard this summer and weve found a lot
of things we can do with
him. Hes doing a great job
blocking, hes catching the
ball when hes thrown to
and he provides another
element to the offense for
us.
The Tigers will take on
Eastside at home this Friday. Kickoff is set for 7:30
p.m.
PLAYERS OF WEEK THREE
The Warriors offensive

woes continued last Friday night, as Riverside fell
to Woodmont 32-0 in the
final non-region contest of
the season.
Through three games,
Riverside has only managed six points, giving up
a staggering 106 points on
defense.
Hopefully well
be able to put this
puzzle together.
Phil Smith
Head coach
Weve got to regroup,

Riverside coach Phil Smith
said. Were going to have
some personnel changes
and were going to shake
things up a little bit at
practice. We just feel like
we have to become more
physical, and to become
more physical, youve got
to practice that way.
Woodmont opened up
a lead on Riverside early,
piling on the points as
time went on. Smith said,
despite his teams performance, he went into Fridays matchup with some
hope.
I thought we had a
good week of practice
and a good game plan. We
knew what they were going to do and we just tried
to put the team in the best
position to be successful.
When we got over there,
the kids seemed flat and
Woodmont disposed of Riverside last Friday night during

a 32-0 shutout win.
not really interested in
the game, Smith said. I
thought we were ready to
play, but we went out there
and got it handed to us.
We didnt tackle well, we
didnt pursue the football
well and, offensively, we
didnt block well enough.
They were just better than
we were up front.
Quarterback
Aaron
Odom got the Warrior offense moving a couple of
times, but the offensive
line was unable to hold off
the Woodmont charge.
When we felt like we
got something going on
a drive, wed give up two

sacks and end up having
to punt, Smith said. It
was probably one of the
hardest defeats Ive ever
been involved in, simply
because it was like we
didnt even show up.
Riverside will face Hillcrest this Friday in its first
home game of the season.
Kickoff is set for 7:30
p.m.
Well try some guys at
different positions and
hopefully well be able to
put this puzzle together,
Smith said.
PLAYERS OF WEEK TWO
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Mario Cusano
11
Position: QB
Age: 17
Class: Senior
Parents: Kim and Phil

Away from the field: Enjoys hanging out with family
Favorite athlete: Brett Favre
Favorite movie: Hancock
Favorite video game: Madden
Favorite artist: Drake
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK

Drake Garrett
71
Chavis Dawkins and Ray Miller were named Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week
for Week Two. Pictured, left to right, are Chad Hannon (Owens Insurance), coach Brian
Lane, Miller, Dawkins and Shane Lynn (Owens Insurance).
Position: OL
Age: 18
Class: Senior
Parents:Wes and Maggie

Away from the field: Enjoyshanging out with friends
Favorite movie: The Blind Side
Favorite video game: NCAA Football
Favorite athlete: Marshawn Lynch
Favorite artist: Chief Keef
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Deshawn Sullivan
44
Position: LB
Age: 16
Class: Junior
James Martin was named Defensive Lineman of the Week for Week Two. Pictured, left to
right, are Chad Hannon (Owens Insurance), Martin, coach Shane Clark and Shane Lynn
(Owens Insurance).
Parents:Eddie and Darlene

Away from the field: Enjoys listening to music,
hanging out with friends
Favorite movie: Hoosiers
Football team: Baltimore Ravens
Favorite athlete: Kyle Snyder
Favorite artist:T he Beatles
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK

CJ Collins
92
Position: DB
Age: 17
Class: Senior
Mother: Anita and Curtis

Away from the field: Hanging out with friends
Favorite television show: Martin
Favorite athlete: Cam Newton
Favorite artist: Migos
Favorite video game: NBA 2K15
Noah Hannon was named Offensive Lineman of the Week for Week Two. Pictured, left to
right, are Chad Hannon (Owens Insurance), Noah Hannon, coach Travis Dix and Shane
Lynn (Owens Insurance).
SPORTS
WEEKLY FOOTBALL WRAP

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
Mario Cusano
CJ Collins
Drake Garrett
Deshawn Sullivan
GHS
GHS
EHS
EHS
THIS WEEKS GAMES

BYRNES
GAFFNEY
GREER
EMERALD
RIVERSIDE
HILLCREST
EASTSIDE
at BLUE RIDGE
LAST WEEKS SCORES
STEVENS CO. 21 BLUE RIDGE 0
EASTSIDE 41 WADE HAMPTON 34
GREER 35
UNION 28
WOODMONT 32 RIVERSIDE 0
BLUE RIDGE HIGH
Fighting Tigers
HEAD COACH - SHANE CLARK

AUG. 28
24 WADE HAMPTON 24
SEPT. 4
27 JL MANN 18
SEPT. 11
0 STEPHENS CO.21
SEPT. 18
EASTSIDE
SEPT. 25
at BEREA
OCT. 2
EMERALD
OCT. 9
at TRAVELERS REST
OCT. 16
at SOUTHSIDE
OCT. 22
at CHAPMAN (THURS.)
OCT. 30
GREER
THE GREER CITIZEN
Jackets take on Emerald

BY LELAND BURCH
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
It will be difficult to top
last weeks dramatic football victory over Union
County, but that is the
challenge facing Greer
High this Friday night
when the unbeaten Yellow
Jackets host Emerald. The
contest will open Peach
Blossom Region play, making the 7:30 p.m. event at
Dooley Field the most important game yet.
Even so, Greer Coach
Will Young is sticking to
his plan of taking them
one at a time during the
2015 season. This is the
only game we are concerned about, explains
Young, while acknowledging that Greer would have
to win every week to be assured of clinching another
region championship.
Emerald poses a new
challenge for the Yellow
Jackets, Young reports,
because this is the first
time we will have faced a
4-3 defensive alignment.
The
Vikings
suffered
some graduation losses
along the defensive front,
but they have a very good
experienced secondary including DeTaurio Drennon
(senior linebacker) and
K.J. Chamberlain (senior
safety) who is their best
player.
Greer downed Emerald
28-13 last year, but the
Yellow Jackets may be
hard pressed limit the Vikings to a pair of scores
this time. I think Emerald
is better offensively. They
use a spread offense, but
they prefer to run the ball
out of it, somewhat like
Clinton. Meldrecous Jones,
their quarterback, is an
Earning Player of the Week honors in week three, Greer quarterback Mario Cusano and
his squad will take on Emerald at home this Friday.
exceptional runner and
Emeralds running backs
arent bad. They also like
to throw the ball to Chamberlain who is a wide receiver on offense.
The Vikings opened the
season with narrow wins
over Daniel and Ninety Six
before losing to Class AA
power Abbeville, 28-7, last
week.
As for his Yellow Jackets,
Young expects the team to
be at full strength for Emerald. We dont have any
significant injuries. But we
do have plenty of room to
improve to become a really good tem. So we will
be working in practice this
week to polish up things
and add a few new wrinkles for Friday night.
Young praised the Yellow
Jackets for their effort in
the Union game last week,
saying our kids have been
able to overcome adversi-
This is the only game we are concerned

about.
Will Young
Head Coach
ty and hang in there. After

Union tied the game late,
our kids kept their composure. They felt we could
take the ball down and win
and they did just that.
Young adds, Theres
no question that Union
had the best team we have
played so far, but we knew
that going into the game.
He said Mario Cusano
has made great progress. He had a very physical game last week and is
becoming a very dynamic
quarterback.
Troy Pride, who turned
a pair of pass catches
into touchdowns against
Rebels
EASTSIDE HIGH
Eagles
HEAD COACH - STEVE WILSON

AUG. 28
25 RIVERSIDE 0
SEPT. 4
13 CHRIST CHURCH 15
SEPT. 11
41 WADE HAMPTON 34
SEPT. 18
at BLUE RIDGE
SEPT. 25
CHAPMAN
OCT. 2
at GREER
OCT. 9
SOUTHSIDE
OCT. 16
at BEREA
OCT. 23
TRAVELERS REST
OCT. 30
EMERALD
GREER HIGH
Yellow Jackets
HEAD COACH - WILL YOUNG

AUG. 28
40 CLINTON 8
SEPT. 4
49 RIVERSIDE 6
SEPT. 11
35 UNION 28
SEPT. 18
EMERALD
SEPT. 25
at TRAVELERS REST
OCT. 2
EASTSIDE
OCT. 9
at BEREA
OCT. 16
at CHAPMAN
OCT. 23
SOUTHSIDE
OCT. 30
at BLUE RIDGE
RIVERSIDE HIGH
Warriors
HEAD COACH - PHIL SMITH

AUG. 28
0 EASTSIDE 25
SEPT. 4
6 GREER 49
SEPT. 11
0 at WOODMONT 32
SEPT. 18
HILLCREST
SEPT. 25
at SPARTANBURG
OCT. 2
at BOILING SPRINGS
OCT. 9
BYRNES
OCT. 15
MAULDIN
OCT. 23
at J.L. MANN
OCT. 30
WADE HAMPTON
NOV. 6
at DORMAN
Union, has been outstanding, Young said. We realized Troys great potential
last year, but he had a lot
of work to do to improve
his ball skills, and he has
done that over the past
year. He made a nice catch
in traffic last week.
I thought all of our defensive backs played well
against Union, Young
continued. We may have
given up a good many
catches, but not the big
bomb. And our kids tackled well in the open field,
which was very important
to winning the game.
EASTSIDE:
Wins second
game of the
season
BYRNES HIGH
HEAD COACH - BRIAN LANE
AUG. 22
40 NORTHWESTERN 31
AUG. 28
42 TL HANNA 21
SEPT. 4
31 MALLARD CREEK 29
SEPT. 18
GAFFNEY
SEPT. 25
at BOILING SPRINGS
OCT. 2
SPARTANBURG
OCT. 9
at RIVERSIDE
OCT. 16
JL MANN
OCT. 23
at MAULDIN
OCT. 30
DORMAN
NOV. 6
at WADE HAMPTON
B3
FROM B1
The Warriors are hoping to stop the bleeding this Friday night as the square off against
Hillcrest in their first home game of the season.
Warriors to square off

Against
defending
state champs
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The road wont get any
easier for the 0-3 Warriors as Riverside enters
its region schedule Friday
night.
In the first three weeks,
Riverside has managed
just one touchdown, giving up shutouts to Eastside and Woodmont.
Now, the Warriors must
take on the defending
Class AAAA state champions.
Hillcrest is very good,
Riverside coach Phil Smith
said. Theyve got a lot
of speed and theyre big.
Theyre the defending
state champions, so you
know theyre good.
Offensively,
Hillcrest
will line up in multiple formations.
Theyll line up in 15
different formations and
thats going to pose a
problem for us, Smith
said. The bad part is,
youve got to take so much
practice time showing the
kids how to line up against
some of these formations.
Were spending a lot of
time on preparation.
Smith said he and his
coaching staff have been
watching film, hoping to
prepare the team for its
toughest test yet.
J.L. Mann did a tremendous job against (Hillcrest), he said. If you take
away a coupe of big plays,
Mann is in that game and

possibly ties it to go into
overtime. Hopefully, we
can learn from that.
On defense, Smith said
the Rams like to crowd the
box.
Theyll line up in a
five-man front. Theyll
put seven in the box and
come after you. Theyll
run a four-man front. Its
just multiple looks, Smith
said. Theyre going to put
the pressure on us, so
weve got to be ready.
This will be Riversides
first home game of the
season. The Warriors were
slated to open the season
against Eastside at The
Reservation, but due to
issues with the field, they
were forced to play on a
neutral site.
BLUE RIDGE/EASTSIDE
The Tigers will host the

Eagles Friday night, offering a first glimpse at Peach
Blossom competition.
For Blue Ridge coach
Shane Clark, however,
preparation for this game
has changed dramatically.
Eastside is a much
improved team, he said.
Coach (Steve) Wilson has
done an outstanding job
with those guys. Theyve
got a lot of players out
there that they havent had
in the past. Theyre pretty
solid, so we have to make
sure were prepared.
Theyre a lot more athletic than they have been,
he added. Theyre scoring
points and theyre keeping
some people from scoring,
so weve got our work cut
out for us.
Clark said his team was
already preparing for the
Eagles shortly after its
loss to Stephens County

last Friday.
As we were leaving the
field Friday night, thats
one thing we emphasized.
This is like facing a new
team, Clark said. This
is somebody they havent
faced
before
because
theyre that much different. We have confidence in
our guys and what were
doing.
The Eagles, now 2-1 on
the season, have already
matched their total number of wins from 2014.
Eastside couldve possibly achieved a perfect
mark thus far, had it not
been for a late safety that
cost the Eagles the game
against Christ Church.
Theyre doing a few
things different in their
schemes, Clark said.
They may blitz a little
more and coach Wilsons
got them running around
a little bit, so well be prepared for that come Friday.
BYRNES
The Rebels are hoping to

continue their strong start
as they take on cross-town
rival Gaffney this Friday at
Nixon Field.
Byrnes has been on a
tear as of late, knocking off
Northwestern, T.L. Hanna
and nationally ranked Mallard Creek (N.C.) in the
early going.
The Rebels have taken
care of business against
Gaffney in the past two
years, defeating the Indians soundly in both
matchups. Byrnes will also
host two other top region
contenders later this season, as they take on Spartanburg and Dorman.
kick, and to the dismay

of Wade Hampton, Eastside recovered. Students
in the visitor stands expressed their displeasure
with a chorus of boos.
They thought Eastside had
touched the ball before
it had traveled 10 yards
from where it was kicked,
which would have been a
penalty. Instead, officials
ruled the play was legal.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
W. Hampton 7 20 7 0 - 34
Eastside
7 13 0 21 - 41
When asked if he thought

the referees made a good
call, Wade Hampton head
coach Marc Klatt said it
wasnt his call to make.
Its not in my judgment to say whether it
went 10 yards or not, he
said following the contest.
Whether it did or it didnt
you have to play the next
play.
I did think it went 10
yards, said Wilson afterwards, and I wasnt going
to argue with him.
Three plays after the
recovered kick the Eagles
were once again celebrating a score a 41-yard carry by Jovani Lawton this
time to put them on top
for good. Eastside added a
two-point conversion for a
final score of 41-34.
Wilson said he was
proud of his players and
coaches for their efforts in
turning the game around
and ultimately grabbing
the win.
Our first half we did
about everything we could
do wrong, he said. We
had a bunch of penalties,
a bunch of stupid fouls,
and we messed up on our
coverage and let them get
an easy one. We felt like if
we could correct all those
mistakes and all those penalties we could get back in
the game and we did.
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B4
SPORTS
THE GREER CITIZEN
GREER: Holds off Union County surge

FROM B1
He added, It was a typical Jacket Bowl. Just a few

points separate us every
time we play. It will be that
way next year when Union
returns to our region, and
we will probably see them
again later this year in the
playoffs.
Defensive Coordinator
Travis Perry declared, I
cant say enough about
Pride, Dorian Lindsey and
Adrian McGee who all
went both ways tonight
and made the difference.
Union is the best 0-4 team
in the state. They have a
lot of weapons, including
four of the best receivers
in the state, and these kids
defended them well.
Having these three iron
men is like the old days,
Young said. You dont
see many kids going the
entire game these days. I
also was very proud of our
defensive line for getting
some pressure on their
quarterback.
GREER DOMINATES EARLY
Before improving to 3-0

on the season, Greer dominated the early action. The
host Yellow Jackets drove
to the Union 27-yard line
before stalling on their
first possession. Greer followed that with a 97-yard
scoring drive capped by
Cusanos 21-yard touchdown pass to Alex Syphrett. McGee had turned
in a 33-yard run along the
way, and Nick Roberson
nailed the extra point at
the two-minute mark of
the first period.
Greer made it 14-0 to
open the second period
Cusano found Zach Glidden wide open on a 59yard scoring pass.
After stopping early
Union drives with fourthdown stands at their 32
and 15-yard lines, the host
Yellow Jackets gave up
a touchdown just before
intermission. Union drove
49 yards after a short punt
and scored on Deairrius
Smiths 16-yard quarterback draw. Jacob Crockers

extra point made it a 14-7
affair at intermission.
I think we got a little
tired before the half and
missed some tackles. But
our kids bounced back.
We knew it would be a
four quarter game, Coach
Young said.
Greer opened the second half with a touchdown
when Pride converted a
short pass into a 61-yard
score the put the host Yellow Jackets up 21-7.
Union responded two
minutes later when Shi
Smith turned a Deairrius
Smith pass into a 50-yard
gain. Roscoe Johnson
nabbed a 29-yard toss
on the next play, and
Deairrius Smith scored
on a one-yard drive that
slashed Greers margin to
21-14.
Greer came back with a
long drive that died at the
Union 12-yard line where
Robersons field goal attempt was ruled no good.
Then Union went the
length of the field to pull
even, scoring on another
Deairrius Smith quarterback draw with 2:08 left in
the third period.
Coach Youngs club
eventually
answered
when Lindsey intercepted
a Union pass at midfield
and returned the pick to
the visitors 13-yard line.
McGee scored on a twoyard dive to put Greer
back on top, 28-21, to get
the fourth period under
way.
Union was soon knocking on the door with a first
down at the Greer threeyard line, but McGee intercepted a deflected pass
in the end zone to end the
threat. The interceptions
were really huge for us tonight, Perry noted.
When Greer failed to pick
up a first down, however,
the visiting Yellow Jackets
had only 43 yards to travel
to pull even again. That
touchdown required just
six plays, capped by Shi
Smiths diving pass catch

on the goal line with 3:06
left on the clock.
Troy was a little tired at
that point, but I told him
he had to go out there and
win the game, Coach Perry said later.
McGee launched the 79yard winning drive with a
nine-yard run, and Lindsey
later made a huge third
down catch to keep the
drive alive near mid-field.
The plan was to move it
down to about the 25 yard
line and let Roberson win
with with a field goal,
Young explained. But
Troy messed up the plan.
Actually, Greer was facing third and 11 with 1:05
remaining when Cusano
got a short pass to Pride
for the dramatic 53-yard
game-winning touchdown.
Union kept a flicker of
hope alive, quickly moving
out to midfield following
the kickoff. But linebacker
Isaiah Long snuffed out
the spark when he sacked
Smith for a 10-yard loss as
time expired.
The defeat, following
on the heels of losses to
Gaffney, Newberry and
Spartanburg, left Union
with little consolation except for some huge stats.
Union ran off 79 plays to
Greers 64 snaps. That resulted in 26 first downs on
526 yards. Union rushed
for 175 yards and completed 25 of 41 passes for
351 yards with Johnsons
10 catches for 145 yards
leading the way.
Unbeaten Greer chalked
up 15 first downs on 433
total yards. Youngs club
rang up 151 rushing yards
with McGees 105 yards
on 17 carries leading the
way. Cusano completed
12 of 21 passes for 282 air
yards.
Greer did not have a
turnover but picked off a
pair of Union passes. Both
teams were penalized five
times with Greer losing 25
yards and Union assessed
40 yards.
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B6 THE GREER CITIZEN
Firefighters vow to Never Forget

BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
t 9:59 a.m. Friday

morning, members
of the community
and the firefighters from
across the county paused
for a moment of reflection.
Fourteen years earlier,
at that exact moment,
thousands of Americans
were losing their lives.
This is a very heartfelt
moment for all firefighters, first responders and
law enforcement, Lt
Travis Dehart with the
Wade Hampton Fire Department said. This gives
us a time to reflect back
and remember those that
gave the ultimate sacrifice. It gives us a chance
to honor them and their
families.
Firefighters were
gathered at a memorial
service, held each year at
the Boiling Springs Fire
District on Pelham Road,
remembering the terrorist attacks in New York,
Washington, D.C. and
Pennsylvania on Sept. 11,
2001.
This was our pearl
harbor, said fire chief
Steve Graham. I think it
was a wake up call to our
nation. Even with everything going on today, we
need to remember that
We knew then the

job would never be
the same. We knew,
when the towers
collapsed, that our
brothers and sisters
were dying in those
buildings.
Lt. Travis DeHart
Wade Hampton Fire Department
were still America. In the

fire service, we have a
motto, never forget and
thats one thing we hold
very dear.
The service began just
before 10 a.m., the exact
time the south tower of
the World Trade Center
was collapsing.
And most people
remember exactly where
they were.
I was at this station
getting off duty, Dehart
said, gazing back towards
the firehouse. I couldnt
believe it at the time. It
didnt feel real. We were
watching it on the television in the station and
when we saw the second
tower get hit, it almost
felt like a dream. It was
heart-stopping. We knew
that life had changed forever in that very instant.
Taylor Schuster, a Boiling Springs firefighter
who is originally from
Long Island, New York,
was still in grade school
at the time.
A memorial at the site of the World Trade Center towers in

New York City displays the names of those lost on 9/11.
It was intense, Schuster recalls. I was 11in
sixth grade at the time.
It was really emotional.
Everyone turned the
televisions on and we
just watched what was
happening to our country. When I got home, my
mom was just down on
her knees in front of the
television just hysterically
crying. It was tough.
I have family in FDNY. I
have family in NYPD, she
said. It really hit home,
being from New York.
Richard Nelson was the
general manager for a major airline in Charleston
at the time of the attacks.
He has since become the
assistant federal security director for the TSA
(Transportation Security
Administration).
We were so caught up
in the moment, Nelson
said. We watched the
news reports, but within
about an hour, the FAA
grounded all aircrafts, so
we were extremely busy
in Charleston. That day,
in some regards, was the
longest day ever.
Our agency is battling
a threat thats still there
and its probably more
present than ever today,
he added. That threat
evolves and we have to
adjust accordingly. The
mission is still the same
and I think weve done
a really good job over
the years. Our people at
Greenville-Spartanburg
are some of the best in
the country.
The ceremony, which
centered around a mounted piece of steel from one
of the World Trade Center
buildings, featured a message from Dr. Gary Rogers, chaplain for the South
Carolina State Firefighters
Association.
Fear can paralyze us,
he told the crowd. Fear
can chase us into hiding. Fear can plunder our
minds and steal the joy of

the things we enjoy. Fear
can do a lot of things, but
it cant do anything that
we dont let it. We stand
here at this memorial as a
testimony that were not
going to let fear run our
lives.
For Dehart and many
others, the attacks on
Sept. 11 still resonate
today.
We knew then the job
would never be the same,
Dehart said. We knew,
when the towers collapsed, that our brothers
and sisters were dying in
those buildings.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
Honor Guard Lt. Clint Belcher, of Boiling Springs Fire District, raises the U.S. flag during
the departments annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony.
A single dove was released at the start of the remembrance ceremony Friday morning on Pelham Road near I-85.
Firefighters from all over the Upstate gathered at Boiling Springs Fire District headquarters to pay homage to those
killed during the September 11 attacks.
A piece of the World Trade Center sits outside the Boiling

Springs Fire District headquarters on Pelham Road.
OUR SCHOOLS
The Greer Citizen
THE GREER CITIZEN
B7
Eastside students show a spirit for service

During
annual
spirit week
Basically we pack the week with events,

sunrise to sunset, that students go to, that
the community comes to and all of them
with the goal of raising money for our
charity With Purpose.

STAFF WRITER
Somewhere in the fabric
of Eastside High School is
the urge to serve.
Eastsides Spirit Week is
the perfect time to sense
their character, and it
has been this way since
1981, when the Taylors
high school raised $2,000
for charity. This year, the
schools goal is to raise
$150,000 for the nonprofit
With Purpose, an organization that exists to conquer
childhood cancer.
Eastside kicks off Spirit
Week on Friday, Sept. 18.
Student government association (SGA) president
Jonathan Michala, 17, said
the week is loaded with
events to raise money in
entertaining ways.
Basically, we pack the
week with events, sunrise
to sunset, with the goal
of raising money for our
charity, With Purpose, he
said.
The events during the
week include a music festival, golf tournament, a
5K run, a Bingo night and
a Boot Scootin Bash
complete with low country
boil, BBQ, auctions, raffle,
music and line dancing.
Clearly Spirit Week is a
lot of fun.
Still, when students are
asked about the importance of Spirit Week, their
SCHOOL
NEWS
GCM OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP
OPPORTUNITY
High school students

participating in the 9th
Annual Benson OctoberFAST 5K on Saturday, Oct.
3, will have the opportunity to win a $1,000 scholarship for their school.
The race begins at 8:30
a.m. at Greer First Baptist
Church, 201 W. Poinsett
St. The fast, flat course is
certified.
Points will be awarded
for the following: number of paid participants
representing a particular high school including
family and friends; wearing school colors or other
spirit wear during the
race; number of supporters at the event including
mascots,
cheerleaders,
drumline, and others.
The school with the
greatest number of total
points will be awarded
the scholarship. Students
from the winning school
will then be eligible to apply for it in January 2016.
Rules for eligibility are
available at gcminc.org.
Sign up for the 5K at gogreenevents.com. Adults
can register for $20 and
students for $5 without a
shirt or $15 with a shirt.
Indicate a preferred high
school at that time.
Register for the 5K at gogreenevents.com. RSVP to
hrainwater@gcminc.org.
GREENVILLE COUNTY
LANGSTON CHARTER
ENROLLMENT LOTTERY
Prospective
parents must attend one of
three Application Orientation Meetings, as part of
the lottery application process for Langston Charter
Middle 2016-2017 school
year enrollment lottery.
The meetings will be on
Saturday, Sept. 26, at 4
p.m.; Thursday, Oct. 8, at
7 p.m.; and Tuesday, Oct.
20, at 7 p.m. All meetings
will be held at Woodruff
Road Christian Church, 20
Bell Road in Greenville.
In addition to attending
a meeting, parents must
submit a lottery application, which will be available on the school website
(www.langstoncharter.
org) at the conclusion of
the first meeting on Sept.
Jonathan Michala
Eastside High student government president
KENNY COLLINS MAPLE | THE GREER CITIZEN
Eastside High seniors Zane Mitchell, Jonathan Michala, Abby Wynn Jackson and Melanie
Matters (left to right) advertise the schools Spirit Week. Through numerous programs
and the generosity of the community, students hope to raise money for childhood cancer
research.
focus is on the charity and
how it unites the community.
Everybody looks forward to it every year, said
SGA member Abby Wynn
Jackson, 17. Its like everybodys favorite part,
and it brings the whole
community together. Our
whole school works together. We get involvement from businesses all
over Greenville and even in
Greer. It just brings every-
body together. Everybody

looks forward to it.
Theres nothing like it,
added SGA member Melanie Matters, 17.
Matters explained that
charities were researched
and chosen back in the
spring.
The school narrowed
down five charities that
interested them.
Its whatever hits our
hearts the most is how
we choose our charity
26. The deadline for all

lottery applications is Friday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m.
A lottery of all complete
applications will be held
on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 5
p.m. at the school and is
open to the public. Parents of former or current
students with a sibling
planning to enroll for next
year must attend a meeting and submit the lottery
application by the deadline of Oct. 23.
Call Celanie Martin, registrar,
at 286-9700 with
any questions.
COUNTY COLLEGE FAIR

IS SEPT. 21, 22
PARIS ELEMENTARY BACK

TO SCHOOL PARTY SEPT. 26
It Takes a Village SC
will host a back to school
party to celebrate Little
Buddies at Paris Elementary on Saturday, Sept. 26.
RSVP number of attendees to ittakesavillagesc@
gmail.com.
Volunteers will pack
food bags at 10 a.m. with
a pizza party to follow at
11:30 a.m. at Christ the
King Lutheran Church
located at 1925 Pelham
Road in Greenville.
Volunteers and donations are needed.
For more information
or to make a financial
contribution to It Takes a
Village backpack buddies
program, contact Ellen
Pourmand at 525-4616 or
234-5647.
MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
SEMIFINALISTS
Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation

(NMSC) announced the
names of approximately
16,000 semifinalists in the
61st annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
These high school seniors
have an opportunity to
continue in the competition for some 7,400 National Merit Scholarships
worth more than $32 million that will be offered
next spring.
Area semifinalists include:
Riverside High
Rowan W. Crowley
Sarai S. Dai
Victoria C. Glenn
Carol Lee
Karen R. Zhao
Eastside High
Grace E. Anderson
Kaitlyn M. Bresette
Emily C. Grant
Jonathan J. Michala
To be considered for a
Merit Scholarship award,
semifinalists must fulfill
several requirements to
advance to the finalist level of the competition.
The 2015 Greenville

County College Fair will be
held Monday and Tuesday,
Sept. 21 and 22, at the TD
Convention Center.
Over 130 colleges and
universities typically register for the event each
year.
The event is free to the
public. For more information, visit greenvillecountycollegefair.com or call
355-3392.
BR MIDDLE SCHOOL OFFERS

EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM
Blue Ridge Middle offers and Extended Day

program for students who
need a place to stay after
school.
Students work on homework, have time for group
activities, exercise and a
daily snack. For more information, call 355-1900.
GREER HIGH HOLDS SENIOR

PARENT MEETING
An informational meeting will be held for all senior parents at 6:30 p.m.
on Thursday, Sept. 17, at
Greer High.
Topics to be discussed
include senior year expectations, financial aid
opportunities and scholarship information.
DISTRICT FIVE
BYRNES CHEERLEADERS
HOLDING FUNDRAISER
The Byrnes High Cheerleading Booster Club is

holding a benefit raffle for
a Yeti Ice Blue 45 Tundra.
Tickets are available for
a $5 donation. The raffle
will be held on Friday, Oct.
2, during halftime of the
Byrnes versus Spartanburg football game. (Winner does not have to be
present to win.)
Tickets are available
from Byrnes cheerleaders during home football
games and during first
half of the Oct. 2 game.
HIGHER EDUCATION
NORTH GREENVILLE
OPEN HOUSE IS SEPT. 26
North Greenville University will host an open

house on Saturday, Sept.
26, for potential students.
Prospective
students
will have the opportunity
to tour the campus, meet
professors, eat in the dining hall, talk with Admissions Staff, and hang out
with NGU students.
and With Purpose really

did kind of blow us away.
We connected with them,
Matters said.
When Matters said they
connected with the charity,
she means the students.
Spirit week is run by
students for students,
said Sandy Mitchell, student government advisor.
We have very few adult
events and adult involvement.
Primarily led by stu-
dents, the school has

raised over $2 million in
a tradition that is over 30
years old.
Michala said the week is
such an event around the
school because of its tradition.
A lot of these students,
their parents went here 2030 years ago and you know
they had Spirit Week, he
said. And they did all the
stuff were doing now.
The raising of funds for
Spirit Week initially got
its start from competition
with Wade Hampton High
School.
That practice ended
three years ago.
We really felt like it was
moving in the wrong direction and the focus was no
longer on the charities and
more on the competitions
between the schools, so
we wanted to bring it back
to focus on our charities,
Mitchell said. It is such a
big part of Eastside and the
student body is just notorious for their hearts. This
is not our only community
service project; this is just
the biggest one.
The school hopes for the
community to step up in a
big way for With Purpose.
According to information
from With Purpose, less
than four percent of United States funding for cancer research is dedicated
to childhood cancer. Consequently, few drugs exist
for children battling cancer. With Purpose steps in
to fill that gap where there
is little funding.
Its difficult to walk the
halls of Eastside and not
know about the charity.
The schools is advertising through banners hung
on the walls, and SGA and
Central Spirit members
are hyping up the events
for the week. Social media is also being used, and
Eastsides Spirit week has
its own website ehsspiritweek.com.
From there, individuals
may donate to the cause
through PayPal or they
may purchase tickets to
events. The school also accepts checks or cash.
Spirit Week concludes
on Friday, Sept. 25. The
total amount raised will
be revealed during a check
presentation at halftime of
the football game against
Chapman High School.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Greer Citizen
B8
THE GREER CITIZEN
Go set a watchman
a rough draft that
has its moments
Melissa McCarthy in Spy
COUCH THEATER
Rating: 6 out of 10
n the month following

the publication of Go
Set a Watchman the
story behind the novel
has become bigger than
the book itself. Because
of Harper Collins ambiguous and (some would
say) misleading market-
DVD previews
By Sam Struckhoff
NEW RELEASES
FOR WEEK OF SEPT. 28
PICKS OF THE WEEK
Marvels
Avengers:
Age of Ultron (PG-13) -Genius inventor and Iron
Man, Tony Stark (Robert
Downey Jr.), creates a
powerful artificial intelligence thats supposed to
keep the peace. The program, Ultron (voiced by
James Spader), concludes
that peace on earth starts
with killing the Avengers.
The Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow,
Iron Man and Hawkeye
demonstrate the value of
teamwork through a series
of intense battles with evil
forces and each other. Also
joining the fray are Scarlet
Witch and Quicksilver, super-powered siblings from
the X-Men world.
These characters are
more developed than the
last time, and there are
more of them, but that
doesnt produce the same
fun atmosphere. What
once was a box-office blast
starts to look like another
Expendables sequel with
brighter colors. Its still an
exciting flick, but Marvel
had better learn some new
tricks before getting the
gang back together again.
Spy (PG-13) -- Melissa
McCarthy stars as a CIA
agent launched from her
usual office-work into
the field of high-stake espionage. Susan (McCarthy)
normally watches over her
CIA colleagues, feeding
vital information from a
secluded office. When all
the more Bond-like agents
fall, the Companys best
bet is to send in Susan, the
last person the bad guys
would suspect of being a
spy. Jason Statham does
an excellent parody of his
usual badass character,
and Rose Byrne nails it as
a haughty Euro-villain who
trades eloquent insults
with the more grounded
McCarthy.
Melissa McCarthy gets
back on her feet after some
flopular turns in less-funny movies like Tammy.
The laughs in this movie
show that she hasnt hit
the edges of what shes capable of. Its also another
gold star for director Paul
Feig, who worked with McCarthy on Bridesmaids
and has my hopes up for
the new Ghostbusters
movie hes directing.
Entourage (R) -- As
somebody
who
never
watched the show on HBO,
I wasnt sure if this was a
movie or somebodys exercise in getting as many
confusing cameos as possible. Of the characters
who arent cameos, theres
a young actor guy named
Vince (Adrian Grenier),
and were asked to care
about the future of his
Hollywood career. The
poor, bland guy is just a
few million short of finishing his terrible-looking
Jekyll and Hyde remake,
while the other characters
around him -- all sporting
silly bro-names as if being
a man with friends makes
you a fighter pilot -- confirm that it truly is a great
movie worth making.
Cop Car (R) -- Two
young boys running away
from home come across
an unoccupied police car
and take it for a joy ride.
It seems like fun because
they dont know whats in
trunk, or that the car belongs to a twisted sheriff
in the middle of a deadly
scheme. Kevin Bacon stars
as the corrupt lawman,
playing him as a dangerously devious villain with
an unsettling spark of aggression in his eyes and
mustache. From the start
you fear for these boys - even if they are mischievous and foul-mouthed
-- as they get in over their
heads in scenic rural
America.
PHOTO | COURTESY OF WARNER BROTHERS
Mad Max: Fury Road features Tom Hardy, pictured, and Charlize Theron in a thrilling,
post-apocalyptic adventure.
Mad Max triumphs

with stunning action sequences
Rating: 7 out of 10
DVD
REVIEWS
f you like action movies, you cant go wrong

with Mad Max: Fury
Road, the fourth installment in George Millers
Mad Max series. The
last time we saw our
post-apocalyptic hero was
30 years ago and he was
played by Mel Gibson.
This time, Tom Hardy
takes the lead, sharing
the spotlight with a bald,
tough-as-nails Charlize
Theron. Together, the
two attempt to lead a
small group of women to
asylum from an evil warlord and his bloodsucking
army.
Stylistically distinct
from Millers three earlier
Max films, Fury Road
is a blitzkrieg of sound
and fury. The action
seldom lets up, tossing
us into a cyclone of dust,
blood, smoke and fire as
the characters chase each
other across a dystopian
desert landscape. Hardy
and Theron are exceptional together and the visual
effects and cinematography are first rate.
Millers handling of the
action is nothing short of
extraordinary, and left me
wishing Id seen the film
in 3-D on the bigscreen.
The major problem I
had with the movie is
the dearth of story and
THINGS
TO DO
STOMPING GROUNDS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Stomping Grounds Open

Mic Night is held the second and fourth Friday of
each month. Dan and Luann Gray are hosting open
mic on the second Friday
of the month and Mr. John
is hosting on the fourth
Friday of the month, each
from 7-10 p.m.
Upcoming events:
Saturday, Sept. 26: MP3Mills Party of Three Group
playing from 7-10 p.m.
Eclectic mix of 70s pop
and country music.
Ongoing events:
Mondays: Colored Pencil Art Class with Robert
Decker, 7-9 p.m.
Tuesdays: Weekly Majong Games, 2-5 p.m.
First & third Tuesdays:
Old Time Jam with Bob
Buckingham, 7-9 p.m.
First & third Wednesdays: Celtic Session, 7-9
p.m.
Visit
www.stompinggroundsgreer.com
for
more information.
GSO PRESENTS LOLLIPOPS

CONCERT STARTUDAY
The Greenville Symphony Orchestra will present

a free concert Lollipops:
Clink featuring Jason
WILLIAM
BUCHHEIT
context. Even if the plot
is elementary, it would
be nice to have some
semblance of a backstory.
The few flashbacks that
Miller sprinkles offer little
insight, and the dialogue
is serviceable at best. The
supporting players are
either freaks or eye candy,
serving merely to advance
the plot.
What makes Fury
Road worth watching
is the spectacle of it all.
Even taking inflation into
account, it cost about four
times more to make than
its predecessors combined. Thanks to Miller,
the big budget proved far
more of an asset than a
detriment. And that, of
course, isnt always the
case.
LOVE AND MERCY

A TOUCHING BIOPIC
Rating: 7 out of 10
You dont have to be a
Beach Boys fan to appreciate this unconventional portrait of tortured
genius Brian Wilson. Paul
Currin (percussion) on Saturday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. at

the Jean M. Smith Library
in Greer and 11:30 a.m. at
the Hughes Main Library
in Greenville.
Clink was a state-of-theart robot with the dazzling
ability to make toast and
play music at the same
time. But that was many
years ago. Now kids want
snazzier robots who do
things like play baseball
and bake cookies. So day
after day, Clink sits on a
shelf and sadly watches as
his friends leave with their
new owners. He almost
gives up on ever finding a
home unitl the day Clink
spies a boy who just might
be the right one for him.
Lollipops concerts introduce children to classical
music and the instruments
of the orchestra through
interactive concerts presented by members of the
Greenville Symphony Orchestra. During each concert, chamber ensembles
accompany a storybook
reading. And of course,
audience members receive
a lollipop at the end of
each performance!
Lollipops concerts are
appropriate for children
in K3-5th grade, although
all children and adults are
welcome. Programs last
approximately 30 minutes. Reservations are not
required and admission is
free.
Dano plays the mid-60s

era Wilson, who was
spitting out hits as fast
as The Beatles were for a
couple years. Then came
the panic attacks, depression and drug-induced
hallucinations. The music
stopped, and Wilson
became an overweight
hermit who would lock
himself in his bedroom
for days at a time.
Then he found a quack
psychotherapist named
Eugene Landy (played
by Paul Giamatti), who
restored Wilsons physical
health but took over his
life, assets and mind in
the process. John Cusack
plays the older, pitiful
version of Wilson, who
finally begins to come
out of his shell when he
meets Melinda (Elizabeth
Banks) at a car dealership
and falls in love with her.
Director Bill Pohlad
takes the story back and
forth from the 60s to the
80s to document Wilsons
mental collapse and long
crawl from the abyss.
Filled with fantastic music, stellar performances
and keen attention to 60s
era Los Angeles, Love
and Mercy is a winner.
And if you need any more
motivation to see the
film, know that Wilson
himself gave it his seal of
approval, commending
the accuracy of Polhads
work.
For more information

about Lollipops and other
GSO programs for children, click here or contact
Braxton Ballew at (864)
232-0344, x19 or braxton@greenvillesymphony.
org.
BJU MUSEUM & GALLERY

HOSTS APPRAISAL EVENT
Fans of the Antique Road

Show will get a taste of
local and live antique appraisals at the Bob Jones
University Museum & Gallerys 16th annual Collectible or Curiosity? event on
Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. From now
through the event day,
those interested in receiving a verbal appraisal on
their antiques can register
up to three items.
Appraisals are available
for general antiques, fine
art, pottery, china, porcelain, silver, jewelry and
books. Stations with regional experts will be set
up throughout the M&G
galleries according to appraisal specialty.
In addition to their appraisal, registered guests
receive free admission to
explore the 30 galleries
of European Old Master
paintings housed at M&G.
Those who make their appointment before Sept. 23
receive a discount off the
regular price of $18 per
item.
To schedule an apprais-
Fri., Oct. 2 &

Sat., Oct. 3
FREE ADMISSION
5k Run-Arts & Crafts-Music-Fabulous Food & More
Visit DownTownBeaufort.com for More Information
Henry Chambers Waterfront Park
Downtown Beaufort, S.C.
While there is
some eloquent
writing and
some provocative
arguments between
characters, the
plot of Go Set a
Watchman is paperthin. It offers little
of the emotional
resonance...
ing of the book, millions
of people have bought it
not knowing what it is.
A prequel to To Kill a
Mockingbird or maybe
even some sequel 50something years in the
making?
The stark truth is that
Harper Lee wrote it in
1957 and no publisher
liked it enough to buy
it. Three years later,
her second novel, To
Kill a Mockingbird was
published and went on
to rival Gone With the
Wind and Huck Finn as
the most beloved literary work to come out of
the South. Essentially,
then, Go Set a Watchman is less compelling
as an independent novel
and more intriguing as a
birthplace of the themes,
characters and ideas that
would go on to produce
Mockingbird.
Set in mid-century
Alabama, the flimsy plot
follows a grown-up Scout
as she returns home from
her new life in New York
City. Atticus, now in his
al appointment, visit www.

bjumg.org/collectible-orcuriosity or call 770-1331.
HUB CITY EMPTY BOWLS

TO FEED PUBLIC, NEEDY
Hub City Empty Bowlss

seventh annual Soup Day
will be Saturday, Sept. 26,
11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Chapman
Cultural Center with a goal
to feed both the socially
responsible public and the
communitys most needy
citizens.
On Soup Day, more than
15,000 handmade pottery
bowls will be available for
purchase-donations of $15
BOOK
REVIEW
WILLIAM
BUCHHEIT
70s and suffering from
rheumatoid arthritis, has
taken one of his daughters old suitors into his
firm. The action begins
to pick up when a young
black man is arrested for
hitting and killing a town
drunk while speeding in
his car. The tragedy leads
Scout into a series of
disheartening encounters
with the people she loves
most.
There are a few endearing flashback scenes
involving Jem, Scout
and Dill playing in their
youth, which undoubtedly morphed into some
of the more humorous
moments of To Kill a
Mockingbird. The inherent racial tension of a
white lawyer representing
a young black man is critical here, and would go on
to become the thematic
backbone of Lees masterpiece a few years later.
While there is some eloquent writing and some
provocative arguments
between characters, the
plot of Go Set a Watchman is paper-thin. It offers little of the emotional
resonance and coming of
age wonder of To Kill a
Mockingbird.
Tons of (likely misinformed) readers bought
the book this summer. It
remained on top of the
New York Times bestseller list for six weeks. But
as the weeks, months and
years go by, dont expect
Go Set a Watchman
to have much staying
power. In and of itself,
it is a slightly better than
mediocre first novel. It
is far more likely that it
will be read and analyzed
as a supplement of To
Kill a Mockingbird, the
timeless book that its
ideas and characters soon
spawned.
each. Participants will then

enjoy unlimited gourmet
soup provided by more
than 20 local restaurants.
In addition, the event will
feature continuous live
music, a silent auction,
and drum circles through
out the day.
The money raised will be
given to TOTAL Ministries,
a faith-based non-profit
agency that provides assistance to Spartanburgs
most needy citizens.
call 621-2768 or visit HubCityEmptyBowls.com.
FUN AND GAMES
THE GREER CITIZEN
B9
Tuberculosis concerns
put to rest with test
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am
22, and I am a security
guard at a local store. Just
recently, I detained a suspect for shoplifting. We
were in a room no bigger
than a small office, and
she was coughing up a
storm. I was in and out of
the room for a half-hour
or so. When the local police department showed
up, she revealed that she
has active tuberculosis. I
did my research, and it is
contagious when its airborne. How much exposure is necessary to catch
it? What are the symptoms
of TB? Is it curable? Please,
Im in need of answers. -E.A.M.
ANSWER: Tuberculosis
is an infection caused by
the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The most
common body location is
the lungs, but tuberculosis can infect the kidneys,
lining of the brain, bones
and lining of the heart,
among others. It is contagious by air only when in
the lungs, as you said. The
major symptom is cough,
but weight loss also is frequent in advanced stages,
giving TB its old name,
consumption.
The likelihood of getting
infected after exposure
depends on many factors,
including some things we
dont know in this case,
such as whether she is being treated and whether
she has cavities in her
lungs.
The good news is that
you would be considered
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
a low-risk contact, having
been in a room with her
only for a relatively short
period. The bad news is
that it is possible to have
acquired an infection. Your
doctor or a public health
official should evaluate
you for evidence of prior
infection with a skin test,
which should be repeated
in eight to 10 weeks.
Tuberculosis is almost
100 percent curable. People with active infection
usually are treated with
several medications for six
months.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: My
wife drinks in excess of 3
liters of diet soda a day,
sometimes even more. She
has colitis, for which she
takes Lialda, and on her
last visit to her primary
care physician, her blood
work revealed borderline
bad levels in her liver.
The doctor seems to think
she needs to stop drinking alcohol, but I have
been married to her for
more than 30 years, and I
know its not drinking that
is causing this. We both
consume only moderate
amounts of alcohol. Could
it be the chemicals in diet
soda? -- F.J.R.
ANSWER: Three liters a

day is a lot of diet soda,
and that much caffeine
probably isnt good for
her. However, I dont think
it is likely to be affecting
her liver. Mesalamine (Lialda and others) rarely can
cause abnormal liver tests
-- specifically, high levels
of the same enzymes that
might lead a doctor to suspect alcohol use.
You didnt tell me what
kind of colitis your wife
has, but ulcerative colitis,
a form of inflammatory
bowel disease, is associated with several kinds of
liver problems, including
fatty liver and primary
sclerosing
cholangitis,
which is potentially severe.
I dont think either alcohol
or diet soda should be
blamed until she has had
a more careful workup. I
think a visit with her gastroenterologist would be
wise.
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Dante confided in Nathan
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With vengeance on his

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Having an agenda of her
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his attempt to get Bill to
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Stefanos fate was in

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Maxie and Nathan realized how precious life was
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Victor hired Kevin to investigate who was behind

the Paragon Project. Esther was certain that Colin
was up to something once
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Abby announced that she
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Singles:
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Taylor is looking to drop
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but I do definitely try to
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body to its full limit and
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