Lottery Fever Hits Greer: Waters Announces Retirement

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016
GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 103 NO. 2 75 CENTS
END OF AN ERA FOR GREER HIGH
Lottery fever
hits Greer
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
We have never sold
What would you do with

more than a billion dollars?
Thats
the
question
many people in Greer have
been contemplating over
the last two weeks, as the
Powerball Jackpot for the
South Carolina Education
Lottery has spiked to more
than $1.4 Billion.
The higher the jackpot
goes, the more interest
there seems to be in the
game
We have never sold
this many lottery tickets
everin the history of the
store, said Belinda Logan,
manager at the Hot Spot
in downtown Greer. Our
normal Powerball sales
are like a couple hundred
dollars a day. Last week,
it was well over $1,000 or
$1,500. On the actual Powerball days, it was more
like $5,000.
The Powerball drawing
takes place each Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59
p.m. The last two jackpots
have been more than $400
million and $800 million
respectively.
This Wednesdays jackpot will be the biggest one
ever recorded for one winner.
This is the biggest one
theres been, said Missy
Hawkins, manager at W.E.
Willis. (Lottery sales)
havent just doubled
this many lottery

tickets everin the
history of the store.
Belinda Logan
Manager, downtown Hot Spot
theyve tripled. We had a

guy that came in and spent
$90 on tickets. Thats just
not an everyday thing.
The W.E. Willis has sold
winning lottery tickets in
the past, and so has the
Hot Spot.
Weve had some winners on a few scratchoffs, Hawkins said. At
one of other locations,
somebody won $300,000,
so weve had some pretty
big winners.
The hotspot sold a winning scratch-off ticket last
year, totaling $250,000.
When something like
that happens, theres a lot
more interest in the lottery, Logan said. Theres
definitely a lot of excitement.
As for a good strategy to
win the lottery, Logan said
there really isnt one.
Theres no strategy to
it, she said. Maybe just
have Gods favor or something like that.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
Marion Waters announced he would be leaving Greer High School after more than 40 years in education. Waters has
been the principal at Greer since the early 1990s.
Waters announces retirement

BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
After more than 40 years
in education, Greer High
School Principal Marion
Waters is calling it a career.
Waters announced that
he would be retiring at the
end of the school year last
week. He is currently finishing up his 45th year in
the field of education.
He said the decision to
retire was made last summer.
I started thinking about
an exit strategy a year or
two back, he said. You
always want to leave when
all the indicators are positive and things are on

top, and I think thats the
case here. I knew it was a
good time. Plus, Ill be 67
in June, so Id like to have
enough time, with the remaining chapters of my
life, to be able to do some
things Ive deferred in doingmaybe some travel,
hunting or fishing, things
like that.
It will be different,
said Greer High Athletic
Director Travis Perry. It
wont be the same at Greer
High anymore. Hes always
been like a father figure to
me and we are really going
to miss him.
Some things change, but when it comes

to tradition, theres some things that never
change.
Marion Waters
Greer High Principal
Perry attended school

under Waters before returning to his alma-mater
to work with him.
Hes been there with me
all along, Perry said. Hes
somebody who Ive always
looked up to and admired.
Hes one of the hardest
working people Ive ever

been around. He has an
unbelievable work ethic
and thats what has kept
him at Greer for so long.
Hes the most fair person
Ive ever worked with in all
my life. Hes always going
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Southern shootery puts

emphasis on training
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Police responded to Wade Hampton Boulevard at Morrow Street Tuesday afternoon after
a mobile meth lab was found.
Police bust mobile meth

lab on Wade Hampton
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
A routine traffic stop
turned into a mobile meth
lab bust Tuesday afternoon on Wade Hampton
Boulevard in Greer.
Police say they stopped a
truck at around 2:45 p.m.,
finding what appeared to
be materials used to make
methamphetamine inside
and outside of the cab.
The officer saw some
materials he thought were
related to a meth lab,
said Detective Jonathan
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McWhite, who investigates

narcotics. We have several
meth lab certified officers
who came out here and
identified everything.
SLED also responded,
causing one lane of traffic to be shut down near
Wade Hampton and Morrow Street. Two people
were taken into custody
It looks like there were
at least five different meth
labs, and this (the materials officers found) is all
the trash he was carrying, McWhite said. He
could have had (the meth
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Chumley, 92
James Lewis Geddis, 78
Ruby Blackwell McCraw,
88
labs) anywhere. We dont

know where the cooking took place, but whatever hes done in the past
was all together here.
McWhite said potential
charges would likely include
manufacturing
methamphetamine.
As of 5 p.m. Wednesday,
an incident report was not
available and officers had
not released the name of
suspect(s).
The case is still under investigation.
A new knife and firearm

business recently opened
its doors in downtown
Greer, and owner Scott
White is hoping to put the
emphasis back on training.
Known as A Southern
Shootery, Carolina Barrel
and Blade offers firearm
training, self-defense and
active shooter courses, as
well as an indoor range.
The business, which is
located across the street
from Greer City Park at
212 W. Poinsett St. is membership based.
My original intention
for the business was that
it was going to be training only, White said. We
werent going to allow
members of the public in
at all. But my wife talked
me into it, so we decided
to allow 100 members.
Once we get to 100
members, thats it. We
want to keep it small because were still putting
our main focus on training.
White said he has had
the idea for Carolina Barrel and Blade for 15 years.
He worked in law enforcement for 18 years and
taught criminal justice for
three.
Most of my background
in law enforcement is in
training, so this is kind of
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Scott White said his new firearm training business seeks to

equip members with knowledge of weapon safety.
the perfect job for me, he
said. We actually started the business in 2001
on my kitchen table. We
started as a knife fighting
business where we taught
knife fighting to a bunch
of military guys. Then it
grew, and weve just snowballed from there.
White said his motivation for starting the company was to properly train
gun owners.
Only about five percent
of the gun owning population have taken a formal
course on how to operate the gun, he said. I
think that says something
about us. There are a lot
of folks that could benefit
from coming in here. You
dont really appreciate the

power of the device youre
holding in your hand until
you have some training.
As long as you understand
and respect that, thats really what gun safety is all
about.
With the gun control debate raging across the nation, White said it is more
important than ever for
gun owners to be educated
and trained.
There needs to be some
controls (on guns). I think
thats just a common sense
thing, he said. Its such a
polarizing issue that its
almost too loud on both
sides of the issue.
Statistically, I think I
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CITY OF GREER
MLK LUNCHEON
The 14th annual Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Celebration Luncheon will
begin at 11:30 a.m. on Jan.
18, 2016 at the Events
Center at Greer City Hall.
Tickets are $5 and can be
purchased at the City of
Greer Recreation Office
at 446 Pennsylvania Ave.
Greer, 29650 or by calling
848-2190.
The Keynote Speaker
will be James Hellams and
special entertainment by
New Salem All Male Choir.
Lunch will be provided by
Chef Manigault of Manigault La Vieille Maison.
For any questions, please
contact Justin Miller at
848-2192.
GCM WINTER
NEEDS LIST
Greer Community Ministries list of needs includes

the following: beef stew,
spaghetti sauce, peanut
butter, and grits in the
COMMUNITY
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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13
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.
THE AWANAS CLUB meets
at El Bethel Baptist Church,
313 Jones Ave., from 6:30
- 8:15 p.m. Kids ages 3-11 are
invited. Call 877-4021.
MTCC TOUR HELD at the
MTCC, at 84 Groce Road,
Lyman, at 10 a.m. Potential
volunteers and interested
parties can tour the facility
and learn about programs
offered. Call 439-7760.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN Voters
of Greenville County meet at
1 p.m. at University Center,
McAlister Square, 225 S.
Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville. Ages 18 and older, men
and women, are invited. Visit
the information monitor at
University Center for the
room number.
Food Pantry. Room-sized

heaters are also needed
for Meals on Wheels recipients.
Donations are accepted
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Visit gcminc.
org for a list of all current
needs.
WOMENS SELF
DEFENSE CLASSES
Bushido Academy of
Traditional Martial Arts
will be hosting a womens self defense class
on Saturday, Jan. 23 at
3:30 p.m. This class will
be the first in a series of
classes.
Interested individuals
can reserve spots in person at 1605 Locust Hill
Rd. STE 106 or by phone
at 381-0213. Tickets are
also available at www.
greenvilleaikidoacademy.com.
ANIMAL CARE VIRTUAL

DONATION TREE
Greenville County Animal Care is offering a second chance to pets with a

virtual donation tree.
Visit any Greenville Heritage Federal Credit Union
to donate or visit the virtual tree at www.greenvil-
lecounty.org/acs/donate.
asp.
PEACH BOWL LANES

RAISING MONEY
Greer Community Ministries is raising money to

combat hunger the greater
Greer area with Glow Bowl
at the Peach Bowl Lanes on
Friday, Feb. 5 from 10 p.m.
to midnight.
Lanes and player fees
are taken care of by sponsors of the event and that
includes shoe rental and
unlimited bowling. Members of your group ask for
pledges from friends and
family based on the number of pins knocked down
in their highest game.
Limited space is available. Sign up by calling
Hannah at 877-1937.
FOOTHILLS PHILHARMONIC
CHAMBER CONCERT
Foothills Philharmonic
continues its 14th season,
Symphonies, on Saturday, Feb. 7 with its annual
chamber concert at the
Cannon Centre.
The concert is free of
charge and will be followed by a complimentary
reception.
Duncan Police catch

two suspected thieves
BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE
STAFF WRITER
Two suspects in a string
of automobile break-ins
have been arrested.
Duncan Police Chief Carl
Long said Jacob Skyler
Cooksey and John Barnett,
both in their early 20s
were arrested and charged
with
multiple
felony
counts of theft from a motor vehicle. Altogether, the
Duncan Police Department
has signed 20 warrants,
though Long was not sure
how many warrants had
been signed by the Wellford Police Department.
Long said the two young
men went through residential areas and church
parking lots opening car
doors that were unlocked.
Allegedly, the two men began breaking into vehicles
in the Wellford Baptist
Church parking lot. Long
said three vehicles were

broken into there. The
men reportedly continued
breaking into vehicles in
residential areas, pulling
GPS devices, tablets and
other electronics. Long
said when they found
something they didnt like,
such as clothing items,
they tossed those things
on the ground.
Following break-ins in
the Duncan First Baptist
Church parking lot, the
police department received a phone call from
an individual who saw one
of the men going through
a car in a residential area
near the church. One of
the men was arrested
there; Long said he had
a backpack with stolen
items. The other man was
found from a description
of their vehicle. Officers
searched throughout the

town to find him and a car
with stolen items.
We had a quick response, Long said. That
somebody took the time
to call us, that makes all
the difference.
Long said people began
realizing what had happened on Thursday morning when they went to get
in their vehicles. He also
said on the departments
Facebook page that residents may call the police
departments to report
break-ins. The Lyman and
Wellford police departments also responded to
the break-ins.
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Wellford to watch
neighborhoods
STAFF WRITER
The Wellford Police Department is encouraging
citizens to form neighborhood watch groups.
During Tuesday nights
city council meeting, police chief Tim Alexander
said the department responded to 729 events in
December.
Yall were busy, werent
you? councilmember Wymond Wilkins exclaimed.
In an effort to look out
for one another and encourage
relationships
between the citizens and
the police, Alexander said
they would like the city to

have four neighborhood
watch groups. He said they
hope to have one meeting
with all interested persons
and then encourage those
citizens to meet together
in their own groups. Occasionally, those groups
could come together at
the police department to
discuss problems and successes.
Alexander also said the
police department could
be available for providing
classes that could be helpful to groups.
The police department
will be hanging flyers
around town advertising
community watch groups.

Alexander believes such
groups are key in keeping Wellford safe. He said
they had some officers in
the past who were not so
community-oriented, but
with some new officers
he believes they can make
Wellford into a town where
the citizens know the officers by name. He hopes
community watch groups
can be going in about two
months.
I like community watch
groups, he said. I really
do because when were on
one side at least we got
eyes on the other side of
town.
THURSDAY, JAN. 14
KIWANIS CLUB AT 6:30 p.m.
at Laurendas Family Restaurant. Call Charmaine Helfrich
at 349-1707.
TRADITIONAL RUG HOOKING guild meet at Spalding
Farm Clubhouse off Highway
14 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Contact Betsy McLeod at
270-1164 or email Patty Yoder
at scupstatehooking@gmail.
com
SATURDAY, JAN. 16
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, JAN. 17
THE NEVER ALONE Group
of Narcotics Anonymous
meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer
Recreational Center, 226
Oakland Ave.
MONDAY, JAN. 18
GRACE PLACE IN Greer will
have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - noon. Grace Place
is located at 407 Ridgewood
Drive. I.D. required.
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, JAN. 19
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. at The Wink Cafe, 1029 W.
Poinsett St. Guests welcome.
Call 630-3988.
GAP CREEK SINGERS
rehearse from 7-8:30 p.m.
at The Church of the Good
Shepherd, 200 Jason St.,
Greer. For further information or to schedule a performance contact Wesley Welsh
at 877-5955.
Calendar deadline is
noon on Tuesdays. Please
submit information to
Kenny Maple at 877-2076
or kmaple@greercitizen.
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Insurance firm
lays off workers
CHURCH
NEWS
MAPLE CREEK MBC OFFERS
BIBLE COURSE
Maple Creek Missionary

Baptist Churchs School of
Christian Leadership and
Development is offering
a Biblical studies course
on Christian stewardship
Wednesday and Thursday,
Jan. 13-14, from 6-9 p.m.
The course will also take
place on Saturday, Jan. 16
from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
The church is located at
609 S. Main St. in Greer.
The pastor is Earl D. Simmons, Sr.
For more information or
to register, call 877-1791.
You can also email mcmbc112@att.net. Tuition
for the course is free.
GRACE UMC TO HOST BIBLE

STUDY JAN. 6-FEB. 3
Grace United Methodist Church will lead an

in-depth study of the Revelation on Wednesday evenings at 6:45 p.m. in the
Grace United Methodist
sanctuary, beginning Jan.
6 and finishing on Feb. 3.
The church is located at
627 Taylor Road in Greer.
APALACHE BAPTIST
GOLDEN HEARTS EVENTS
A Super Bowl supper

is on the calendar for the
seniors at Apalache Baptist Church in the CLC at
6 p.m. on Jan. 28. Soup/
stews and cornbread are
on the menu.
CHURCH CELEBRATES
20TH ANNIVERSARY
Word of Deliverance will

hold its 20th church anniversary celebration at
3324 Chesnee Highway in
Gaffney on Jan. 24 at 10
a.m. Guest messenger will
be Pastor Renea Glenn of
Wellford.
For more information
contact the church at 4617178 or email wordofdel@
chesnet.net.
THE WHISNANTS WILL

PERFORM NORTH FORK
North
Fork
Baptist
Church will host the 12th
annual Evening with The
Whisnants on Saturday,
Jan. 23, at 6 p.m.
Everyone is invited to
this love offering concert.
The church is located
at 162 Callahan Mountain
Road in Travelers Rest.
For more information,
call 836-0022.
TRBA PASTORS MEETING

IS TUESDAY
Three Rivers Baptist Association will host a pastors meeting on Tuesday,

Jan. 19, at 10 a.m. at the
mission center.
The
guest
speaker
will be Cliff Marshall,
SCBC Church
Planting
Strategist and former pastor of Freedom Fellowship. He will be speaking
on the future of church
planting in the TRBA area.

STAFF WRITER
Renovations are currently taking place near Taylors Mill in preperation for a new
motorcycle shop.
Motorcyclist breathes
life into old building
STAFF WRITER
As a vintage motorcycle
revivalist, Kirk Chapman
has a penchant for turning
the useless into something
useful, and hes showing
this by opening a retail
and motorcycle shop in a
couple of Taylors buildings that have been vacant
for quite some time.
9MCs owner has caused
something of a stir just
outside of the mill. Taylors TownSquare president Alex Reynolds told a
crowd at last Wednesdays
meeting that he probably
has 50 emails and texts
asking about the work being done on the old brick
buildings on Main Street
just past Mill Street.
It is the A, number one
question I have gotten over
the past few weeks, what
is going on in those buildings? Reynolds offered.
To appease the curiosity of the community
Chapman shared during
the meeting that he has
purchased the buildings
and is planning on opening one building as retail
space for vintage-inspired
motorcycle gear and the
adjacent building as a motorcycle shop.
Currently, two large
dumpsters sit in front of
the buildings, but within
six weeks Chapman hopes
to have the shop ready for
use. It already has a concrete floor with a great
amount of space, but
theres still much to do.
When Chapman purchased
the buildings, the sub floor
of one building was caved
in, the ceiling was also in
poor condition and plaster
had to be ripped from the
walls. A large hole exists
on the side of the building
he plans to use as retail
space.
When asked why he
wanted the buildings,
Kirk Chapman has a passion for restoring old bikes.

Chapman responded in a
way you might expect for
someone who enjoys making broken things new.
I want to preserve the
place, he said. I want
an old building. What we
do is fix broken things. It
doesnt make sense to tear
it down and put something
new in. I love it. Its like a
project you get to breathe
life back into something
and thats always fun.
Previously he says one
building was a drug store
and the other a cleaners.
Soon theyll be something
different entirely.
The two buildings make
a lot of sense because I can
have a garage, I can have
retail and I dont have to
combine the two, he said.
Thats really attractive to
me.
Chapman had a shop
in Greenville, which was
great for foot traffic except that, at least as far
as retail goes, he wasnt
catering necessarily to local people and the space
was expensive. He doesnt
need a space like that for
the goods he imports and
distributes.
Were a distributor and
retailer for probably the
highest end motorcycle
helmets out of Liverpool,
England, he said. The
Thankfulness and boundaries

Q: My fianc and I are
getting married in May.
Hes a youth pastor, and
Im in grad school. His
mom and dad found a
home they think well like,
and they want to gift us
money for a down payment. Im not sure how I
feel about this under our
present circumstances. Do
you think we should go
ahead and accept when Ill
still be in school and well
still have debt to pay off?
DR: You need to get to
know each other before
you buy a house together.
I always recommend that
young couples rent for
a year and concentrate
on each other, the new
marriage, cleaning up
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any debts you have, and
establishing an emergency
fund. Then, after another
year or so when youve
had time to take control
of your finances, the idea
of looking for a home
becomes much smarter.
It sounds like your
future in-laws are really
generous people. Theyre
trying to do something
nice for you two, but they
kind of got out ahead
of things with this idea.
And in the process, they

violated some boundaries
in your relationship with
your fianc.
My advice is to have a
conversation with your fianc about all this and get
on the same page about
what is the smart thing to
do. Then the two of you
need to have a loving discussion with his parents.
Let him do most of the
talking, and say thank you
a lot, but let them know
you both feel it would be
best to start out by renting something for a year
or so. Then after a little
time has passed, tell them
if they still want to help
with a down payment
youd both very grateful.
The Greer office of

American General Life and
Accident Insurance Company closed its doors last
Thursday.
As employees left the
premises Thursday afternoon, management did not
speak, refusing to answer
questions of how many
employees had been laid
off and how much notice
was given.
One employee standing
outside of the business
did say the company was
laying off its workers,
but that she was still employed. Management provided the phone number
of Stasa Cushman, director
of corporate communications for AIG. She offered
a statement on behalf of
the company.
On January 7, we restructured our AIG Financial Network (AIGFN)
business by moving certain AIGFN financial professionals to AIG Partners
Group, our distribution
channel for independent
agencies that work with a
small number of carriers,
the statement reads. Unfortunately this involved
staff reductions at AIGFN
locations throughout the
U.S. While difficult, we
strongly believe that these
adjustments are critical
to AIGs overall strategic
A sign on the door informed

customers that the Greer
location of American
General Life was closed.
direction and simplified

business model to ensure
efficient resource allocation going forward. We
are committed to delivering innovative insurance
products and excellence
in service as we strive to
become our clients most
valued insurer. And we are
committed to treating all
AIG employees with dignity and respect.
A sign taped on the
business door notified
potential customers of the
closing, saying, This AIG
Financial Network office
has closed and we are now
providing customer service through our service
center. We stand ready to
assist you.
good news is everything

you see over there will not
be available anywhere else
in the US. Its all coming
straight off the boat from
places like Barcelona, East
France, London, Liverpool.
The shop, though, needed a home and after seeing the excitement of the
Taylors Mill, Chapman felt
like he had an opportunity
to capitalize on a unique
scene with worlds of potential.
The end goal is to do
something special, he
said. So much potential
for a scene out here, like a
vintage bike scene.
When Chapman speaks
of the bike shop, he doesnt
mean he will do service on
the bikes of others. He
wants to open the garage
that riders can come in and
work on their bikes there,
possibly renting out space
and tools from Chapman.
Like he mentioned, Chapman is looking to create or
add to an existing scene of
like-minded people enjoying working on bikes. He
doesnt quite know what
thats going to look like,
but he does have a guarantee.
It will be cool, he said.
I can only guarantee that.
It will be cool.
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OPINION
The Greer Citizen
A4 THE GREER CITIZEN
Staying fit
alk about throwing down the gauntlet!

In the past week, actress Kirstie
Alley, 64, has turned up on quite a few
television shows as she flaunts her 50
pound weight loss, and Madonna, age
56, photographed wearing something
that might have been a sling shot, have
both released grumpy statements regarding middle-aged men.
Dont be so freaking boring! laments
Alley, Dont have the life sucked out of
you. She went on to explain she didnt
really want to be a Cougar and stalk boy
toys, but the fuddy-duddies left little
choice: All it does is leave women to
date young men and be really embarrassed, because we are dating guys in
tank tops, Alley continued. I want
some men around my age that arent
boring, and act like they are tired.
Madonna, being far more succinct, said
men her own age were simply undateable, as they are too set in their ways
and not as adventurous.
But Stevie Nicks topped everyone when
she said she avoided men her age, or
older, because, What if I fall in love with
someone and they die? Well, Stevie,
honey, everybody dies at some point.
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
And trust me, theres an awful lot of
marriages out there where Im willing to
bet at least one spouse is grimly musing,
Will he never die?
Now, Im not going to knock out a list
of incredibly active, middle-aged men
(not yet convicted for steroid use) that
are adventurous and reckless to prove
these other women wrong. I am going to,
instead, champion boring old fa**s (or
BOFs). Because, girls, its easy for you to
be full of vim and vigor and ready to go
parasailing.
My Paul was comfortably morphing
into a BOF up until about age 54 when
he couldnt fit into any of his 34 waistbands and took up running.
I havent seen him since.
He appears happy, when I pass him in
my truck, doggedly training for his next
Triathlon on the side of the road. He has
running shoes that cost more than my
entire wardrobe, but I suppose, if this

is indeed a mid-life crisis, Im relieved
the shoes arent blond with big boobs.
I think, for him, he was fighting the
potential of turning into a blob, stuck in
a routine.
But the thing is, hes still in a routine, just a different routine. This one,
however, makes him sweat a lot, wrap
his ankle in ice from time to time and
periodically disappear out of state to
return with a medal, like a Labrador triumphantly paddling back to shore with
a stick, accompanied by a black eye after
a particularly keen contestant elbowed
him in the face during the swimming
part. I tell him he could be just as fit if
hed get up and clean the horses stalls
every morning, so that I could lie in, but
that was firmly rejected.
Ill admit that as a fit person, Im glad
my partner is also fit because if were
ever chased by an axe murderer, or a
school kid selling gift wrap, its important to be able to run, or at least scramble, to hide beneath a bed without your
wheezing giving you away. And for sure
Madonna and Kirstie would be more
attracted to this Paul, with his energy
and activity level, than the Its almost
time for Jeopardy, let me get my pen

and writing pad, Paul, that I had gotten
used to and understood, as opposed to
this lithe man who tosses out things like,
cushioning, anaerobic threshold, and
bonk, (not what you might think) when
I ask him, out of polite interest, how his
run went. If he decides to return to the
land of BOFs, Ill happily receive him.
Theres nothing wrong, is there, having
Cape Cod cracked pepper potato chips
and beer every Saturday night as you
sit down to watch all the favorite shows
youve recorded during the week? Or
insisting your morning coffee doesnt
taste the same unless its in that old,
chipped mug, or ordering the exact same
thing off the lunch menu at Dimitris for
the past five years? In a world that keeps
changing every five minutes, I find all
that old routine quite comforting.
Go ahead, Stevie, give it a shot. Madonna, Kirstie, dont write off the BOFs.
And heres the best part: as you continue
to age and sag and are no longer relevant, your BOF wont even notice. Hell
be watching The New Yankee Workshop
and chuckling softy along with Norm as
he pats your hand.
Kinda nice, huh?
REFLECTIONS
FROM THE
MAPLE TREE
RICK EZELL
Pastor, Greer First Baptist Church
KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE

Staff Reporter
Play hurt
have told you these things,

so that in me you may have
peace. In this world you will
have trouble. But take heart!
I have overcome the world
(John 16:33 NIV)
Champions play hurt. A
successful Jewish businessman once remarked to me,
Amateurs can produce when
they feel like it. Pros can produce when they dont feel like
it.Fred Smith
Play hurt, but dont play
injured, is the refrain often
repeated by coaches to their
players. Dings, scrapes, bruises
are a part of sports. The great
players learn to excel in spite
of them.
We live in an imperfect
world. We experience pain.
We encounter hurts. Try as we
might to avoid the wounds, we
often find ourselves aching. A
bruised ego. A torn relationship. A broken promise. A painful divorce. A failed business.
We, too, must learn to play
hurt.Jesus understood living
in an imperfect worldcoping
with pain and overcoming hurt.
Jesus didnt say to his disciples, In this world you may
have trouble or, In this world
some people have trouble. No,
he assured them, In this world
you will have trouble. No ifs,
ands, or buts about it, his
followers will have their share
of difficulty. Its guaranteed.
What will it take for you
to reenter the game? Like in
athletics, playing hurt means
recognizing that some of our
aches and pains are minornothing more than the
day-to-day bruises that come
from living. Brush aside those
twinges as quickly as they
arise. At other times, our hurts
are far more serious, requiring something more. A forgiving heart. A patient attitude.
An overlooking spirit. Most
importantly, when we trot back
onto the field, banged up and
bruised, a power and presence
accompanies us, prevailing
over our worldly opponent.
Go ahead. Play like the champion you are.
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Celebrate demise of NCLB,

but keep accountability
South Carolinas Education Accountability
Act was based on the idea that students will
learn more if we set high expectations and
hold schools and teachers accountable for the
results. It required schools to make progress
educating not just the middle-class kids who
are easy to teach but the disadvantaged ones as
well. By grading schools on not just overall test
scores but also scores for all demographic subgroups, it made it impossible for schools with
lots of better-off students to mask their failure
to teach poor kids.
It was a smart law that was off to a good start,
when the Congress passed its own law based on
the same idea but compromised by poor design.
The No Child Left Behind law set dangerously
unrealistic long-term requirements, demanding
that every student in the country be proficient
in reading and math which was possible only
if the word proficient was stripped of any
meaning. And it gave states so much flexibility in the short-term that they were tempted to
game the system by doing precisely that as
many did.
So we couldnt be more delighted that the
Congress and the president finally have dismantled No Child Left Behind.
But while were not convinced that the federal
government needs to be looking over states
shoulders, the fact is that removing that oversight provides a tremendous temptation for
states to lower the bar. We must not let that
happen in South Carolina.
Frankly, this isnt something we would have
worried about at the time No Child became
law, when the consensus among Republicans
and Democrats was that we had to improve our
public schools, because those are the schools
that will always be responsible for educating
the vast majority of children in this state. But
then Gov. Mark Sanford ushered in the out-ofstate, defund-the-public-schools interests, and
they took advantage of the fact that we set our
standards higher than nearly all the other states
resulting in much lower state rankings than
we would have had in an apples-to-apples com-
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parison to run down the schools, and run

them down, and run them down some more, all
the while increasing legislative and public support for their fantasy fix of enticing children to
private schools.
Rather than pointing to areas we needed to improve, low test scores suddenly became ammunition to abandon the public schools. And over
time, those legislators who wanted to improve
the schools we actually own and are responsible
for gave in and made our tests easier. Oh, they
wont admit it, and they certainly didnt go as
far as they could have, but they did.
Now they have a free hand to go much further,
and already weve heard calls from officials as
responsible as Education Superintendent Molly
Spearman to add squishy extras into the school
grades.
Should we be considering something beyond
standardized test scores in grading schools?
Probably. Certainly creating good citizens, a
component Ms. Spearman has mentioned, is
important. For that matter, encouraging good
health is important. But the focus must remain
on the core function of the schools: providing
all children in this state the opportunity to receive a decent education, of the sort that will
allow them to become self-supporting, productive, taxpaying citizens.
If that sounds familiar, its because thats
what the state Supreme Court has ordered legislators to do.
The court has promised to hold our elected
leaders accountable for providing the laws and
the resources to ensure that every child in this
state has access to that decent education, and
legislative leaders seem to be working in good
faith to determine what those laws and resources should be.
The way our legislators tell whether the
schools are doing their job is by grading them
using tough but fair standards that show us,
quite simply, how much students are learning.
This guest editorial was written and published by The State Newspaper on Jan. 7.
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did some ridiculous news

searching today and stumbled upon some very comical, if not sad, stories. I feel as
though I would be doing you
a disservice if I didnt share
these with you.
To begin, out of Lima, Ohio, a
man with an active warrant for
failure to appear decided he
didnt like the mug shot being
distributed by news agencies.
Donald Pugh, also a person of
interest in cases of arson and
vandalism, decided not to visit
the Lima Police Department
because, you know, he might
have been detained. However,
he did send them a more flattering picture. His caption
with the new photo reportedly
reads, Here is a better photo
that one is terrible. The new
photo captures Pugh seated
in a classy car (we know this
from the sunroof in the photo)
sporting sunglasses and a suit.
His record may not be spotless,
but at least he looks good.
This next story comes from
the historic village of Whitesboro, New York. According to
the Associated Press, the logo
is supposed to depict a friendly
wrestling match between the
village founder, Hugh White,
and an Oneida Indian. The
problem is that Whites hands
look dangerously close to the
Native Americans neck and
the wrestling match looks
dangerously close to a choking.
With that in mind, I propose
a new slogan until the logo is
changed: Whitesboro. A place
to live, a place to be choked.
Finally, this last story is from
May of last year, but too good
to pass up. In what could be
called a stupid suspect case,
sheriffs deputies in Livingston
County, New York, arrested
three burglary suspects when
they followed a path of macaroni salad. The suspects allegedly broke into a restaurant
and stole a cash register along
with a surveillance system
and a bowl of macaroni salad.
Deputies apparently found surveillance parts as well as macaroni along a walking trail away
from the restaurant. Of course,
it could have been that the
macaroni was so delicious, they
were simply leaving behind a
Hansel-and-Gretel-like trail that
would lead them back to the
restaurant should they again
have a craving for macaroni.
I hope you enjoyed these
stories as much I did.
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OBITUARIES
The Greer Citizen
Dorothy D. Chumley
Dorothy Dillard Chumley, 92, widow of John William Dub Chumley, Jr.,
died Jan. 11, 2016.
A native of Greenville
County, she was a daughter of the late Manning
Jefferson and Mae Smith
Dillard, a retired employee
of Bailes Collins Department Store, and a member
of Poplar Springs Baptist
Church.
Surviving are two sons,
Bill Chumley (Faye) and
Kenny Chumley (Brenda)
all of Reidville; a daughter,
Lila Bruce (Hugh) of Greer;
six grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by
four brothers, Harold, Davis, Jewell and Dan Dillard
and a sister, Vera Dillard
Snow.
Funeral services will be
held 3 p.m. Wednesday
at Poplar Springs Baptist
Church. Burial will follow
in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be held
1:30 until 2:45 p.m.
Wednesday at the church
prior to the service.
The family is at their respective homes.
Memorials may be made
to Poplar Springs Baptist
Church, 790 Highway 417,
Moore, SC 29369.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.
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James L. (J.L.) Geddis

James Lewis Geddis, 78,
died December 31, 2015 at
Spartanburg Regional.
A native of Spartanburg
County, son of the late
Lee and Pauline McCraw
Geddis, he was associated
with Spartanburg Methodist College for 41 years,
where he served as Vice
President of Business Affairs, Professor of Accounting and Economics,
a former member of the
Association of Accountants and Financial Professionals and a member of
Lyman United Methodist
Church. He also served in
the Naval Reserve.
Surviving are his wife,
Shelba Allison Geddis of
the home; one daughter,
Rhonda Geddis Wood
(Greg) of Lyman; one
brother, John Geddis of
Campobello; one sister,
Lorene Pierce of Landrum
and one granddaughter,
Allison Lee Wood.
Mr. Geddis was predeceased by one brother,
Kenneth Geddis.
Funeral services were
held 3 p.m., Sunday at
Church conducted by Rev.
Brian Gilmer. Burial followed in Wood Memorial
Park.
Honorary escort will be
the Lyman United Methodist Church Mens Club.
Visitation
was
held
1:30-2:45 p.m., Sunday at

Church.
The family is at the
home of the daughter and
son-in-law, Rhonda and
Greg Wood of Lyman.
Memorials may be made
to J.L. Geddis Scholarship
Fund at Spartanburg Methodist College, 1000 Powell
Mill Road, Spartanburg,
SC 29301 or the Lyman
United Methodist Church,
106 Groce Road, Lyman,
SC 29365.
Ruby B. McCraw
Ruby Blackwell McCraw,
88, widow of William Bill
McCraw, died January 9,
2016 at her home.
A native of Spartanburg
County, she was a daughter of the late Doc and
Lela Cochran Blackwell,
a retired employee of J.P.
Stevens Taylors Plant, and
a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter,
Connie Cox (Mike) of the
Greer; a son, William Eddie McCraw, Jr. (Tricia)
of Atlanta, Georgia; seven
grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were
held 2 p.m. Tuesday at
The Wood Mortuary, conducted by Rev. Nathan
Thomas. Burial followed
in Hillcrest Memory Gardens.
Visitation was held 6-8
p.m. Monday at the mortuary.
The family is at the
home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to
Calvary Baptist Church
Bus Ministry, 101 Calvary
Street, Greer, SC 29650.
Scott Whites new business, Carolina Barrel and Blade, hosts knife fighting and active
shooter classes for its members and other clients.
CAROLINA: Offers church safety course

FROM A1
have a responsibility to
let people know that this
is the safest time to live
in the United States. It is
not as violent as the media
would have you believe. If
you look at the facts, the
number of officer-involved
shootings has declined
steadily since 1985. I think
we are becoming less violent, but the violence we
do have is instantaneously
publicized.
With a number of mass
killings last year, much
of the national attention
has been placed on the

response to active shooters. Carolina Barrel and
Blade currently offers active shooter classes to its
clients.
I tell my folks that
theyre more likely to be
struck by lightning than to
die in a terrorist event, but
its still a big issue, White
said. We run a church
safety program and a corporate threat management
course. Weve helped a lot
of different groups, but I
dont like to call them active shooter classes. Thats
more of a buzzword.
These classes are just for

safety and insurance, in
case something were to
happen.
White has always had a
passion for firearms.
My wife, Dawn, and I
shoot competitively, he
said. We didnt really
grow up hunting, but my
passion for it really kicked
into high gear when I got
into law enforcement.
Carolina Barrel and Blade
is open from 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Monday through Saturday,
and 1-5 p.m. on Sunday.
Veterans charities need support

BY FREDDY GROVES
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
ow that the holidays

have come and gone,
its time to think
about how well handle
the new year -- and that
includes what charities
well support.
The big thing, as always,
is to avoid the scammers.
Unfortunately, when it
comes to supporting
veterans and active-duty
endeavors, the scammers
are out in full force, either
pocketing the cash or misdirecting it.
Here are two sites to
investigate to make sure
you dont give money
to a scam operation:
Charity Navigator (www.
charitynavigator.org) and
GuideStar (www.guidestar.
org).
VETERANS POST
One of the best and

most worthwhile formilitary charities I know
of is Operation Gratitude
(www.operationgratitude.
com). Ive written about
it before, coaxing you to
send a few dollars when
its trying to hit a big goal,
such as their next 100,000
packages. Now Im asking
you to consider regular
monthly giving. Each $15
you donate will get one
box of goodies mailed to
a service member.
The boxes are loaded
with snacks, flash drives,
toiletries, iPods, books,
games, socks, comic
books, T-shirts, hats,
DVDs and players, batteries, puzzles ... and sometimes even the keys to a
new vehicle waiting when

the service emember gets
home. If you check the
photos and thank-you letters at the website, youll
see just how appreciated
those boxes can be for
service members far from
home.
At the OpGrat website
you can choose to send a
check, sign up for monthly giving or even have it
taken out on your credit
card. Its up to you.
If you absolutely cant
give money, can you
write letters? Each box
thats sent out includes
a few letters, written by
schoolkids, retired military, families...everybody
pitches in.
Check the website for
hints about the content of
letters and where/how to
send them.
THE GREER CITIZEN A5
Weekend Outlook
Dry weekend weather
After warm week with swings of cool and cold

temperatures, we will see falling temperatures
and dry weather as we head into the weekend.
We will see partly to mostly sunny skies for
the weekend. Our afternoon temperatures will
fall from the upper 50s on Saturday to the
upper 40s on Sunday. Our overnight lows will
fall from the 40s on Saturday to the low 30s on
Sunday. Have a great weekend!
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MLK Celebration Luncheon
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WATERS: Will be missed by many

FROM A1
to do whats right and I appreciate him for that.

Greenville County Superintendent W. Burke
Royster said Waters has
contributed a great deal to
the district.
It has been my privilege to work with Marion
Waters and to know firsthand his commitment and
professionalism, Royster
said in an email with The
Greer Citizen. Marion
exemplifies the traits of
integrity and ethical conduct in his leadership and
in all his dealings with
others. He was truly called
to be a public school educator, giving of himself
far beyond that which is
required. His great love
for Greer High and the
Greer community is seen
every day in his passion
to do what is best for his
students and his fellow
educators. Marion Waters
is an excellent principal
and educator, who is an
even better person. He
will be greatly missed by
all who have known him as
a colleague, mentor, principal, teacher, coach and
friend.
Waters came to Greer
High School in 1974. He
started his career at Lakeside High School in Atlanta, Georgia in 1971, before
moving to Brooklyn-Cayce
High School in Columbia.
At Greer, he was a teacher and coach from 19741985. He then served as
an assistant principal,
before moving to Greer
Middle School in 1986. He
returned to Greer High as
principal in 1994.
Since the 90s, plenty has
changed, including state
standards and technology.
A lot of my years were
before the era of accountability and high stakes
testing, Waters said. Today, we spend a lot of time
preparing for tests and
administering tests, but
I worked in an era before
all of that. Back then you
could spend a bit more
time with students than
you could tasks.
The technology and
curriculum has definitely
changed as well, he said.
When I came to Greer
High School, to graduate
you had to have 18 units.
Now its 24. Its just a different classroom today.
Although the curriculum
has changed, some things
at Greer High School have
stood the test of time.
We have some outstanding teachers, faculty
and coaches here, Waters
said. If you go back in
the history of Greer, you
find some commonalities.
Some of those commonalities are strong academics, emphasis on the arts
and athletics. Those areas
were strong 125 years ago
FILE PHOTO | THE GREER CITIZEN
Greer High Principal Marion Waters said hes leaving the

school better than he found it.
and theyre strong today.
Our school isnt a Northside, Westside, Eastside
or Southsideits Greer,
he said. Its always been
Greer and it will always be
Greer. Some things change,
but when it comes to tradition, theres some things
that never change.
Those traditions mean
more to Waters, having
completed more than
40 years in Greer area
schools.
Were one of the few
schools that still has a
homecoming parade, he
said. Our football team
still comes down through
the stands on Friday
nights. These are all good
things that have become
such great traditions.
Waters
retirement
comes
after
longtime
Greer icon Lonnie Gee
McGee moved to Clinton
in December. Through the
years Gee has been a friend
to the high school and to
Waters, but the principal
said his departure and

Gees arent related.
I dont know that Gee
had anything to do with
it, Waters said with a
laugh. Hes certainly a
big part of the school, but
I think that was more of a
coincidence.
I think Ive been here
long enough now to be
called a citizen of the fair
city of Greer, Waters said.
My intentions are to remain here and to make
whatever contributions I
can make to better Greer
High and this community.
Waters said while it will
be a difficult transition,
he is excited for the next
chapter in his life.
Nothing lasts forever,
he said. Its going to be
bittersweet. I really enjoy working here and the
community, but you want
to leave on top and that
you leave the school better
than you found it. I think
thats true.
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KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE | THE GREER CITIZEN
The fire department responded to a call on Coldbrook

Drive Monday morning in Greer.
No injuries
in Greer fire
STAFF WRITER
No one was injured during a Monday morning
fire on Coldbrook Drive in
Greer.
The Greer Fire Department asked local residents,
via Twitter, to avoid the
scene while they tended to
the structure fire, which
was mostly confined to
the garage.
Some damage also occurred in the kitchen, said
Capt. Barry Davis with the
Greer Fire Department.
DUI
Davis said they received

a call around 4 a.m. from
a resident of the home.
The resident was the only
one at home at the time
of the fire. The Greer Fire
Department and Tyger
River Fire Department responded and had the fire
under control within five
minutes, Davis said.
We had a good group
of guys that hit it quick,
Davis said.
The cause of the fire is
currently undetermined.
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Greer woman faces

charges after chase
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Three people were taken
into custody after a chase
that ended on I-85 North
Thursday morning, according to the Anderson
County Sheriffs Office.
Deputies were pursuing
a white Nissan Maxima reported stolen from Travelers Rest.
Lt. Sheila Cole said deputies joined the pursuit
just before 11 a.m. She
said officers with the Anderson Police Department
initiated the pursuit and
both deputies and troopers joined to assist.
Cole said the vehicle being pursued rear-ended a
pickup truck and crashed.
The driver attempted
to flee but was taken
into custody. Cole said
two passengers were also
taken into custody.
The driver was identi-
Kayla Gosnell
fied as 23-year-old Kayla
Lynn Gosnell of Greer. She
is charged with failure to
stop for blue lights, driving under suspension, habitual traffic offender and
receiving stolen goods valued at $2,000 or less.
Passengers Daniel Blaze
OBrien, 22, and Carla
Gail Ryder, 22, are both
charged with receiving stolen goods valued at $2,000
or less.
One killed in Sunday

evening accident
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The Spartanburg County
Coroners Office is investigating a fatal crash on
Sunday.
The single-vehicle collision occurred on Victor
Hill Road near J Verne
Smith Parkway around
6 p.m. One person was
(Note: All information

contained in the following
blotter was taken directly
from the official incident
reports filed by the Spartanburg County Sheriffs
Office, The Greenville
County Sheriffs Office or
Greer Police Department.
All suspects are to be
considered innocent until
proven guilty in the court
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pronounced dead at the

scene, Coroner Rusty Clevenger said.
The victims identity
has not yet been released.
Toxicology results and a
forensic examination are
pending.
The collision remains
under investigation by the
Greer Police Department
and the coroners office.
Orlando T. Evans, 22, of

W. Mittersaw Ct. in Greer
has been charged with
driving under the influence and driving under
suspension.
According to an incident
report supplied by Greer
Police, officers found Evans passed out behind the
wheel of his Green Kia at
the intersection of Buncombe and Main Streets.
After struggling to wake
the driver up, police finally did so, asking him to
put the vehicle in park and
step out of the car.
Evans had bloodshot
eyes and alcohol on his
breath. He was issued a
field sobriety test, which
he failed.
He was arrested for DUI
and taken to the Greer Police Department for processing. He gave a bloodalcohol sample of 0.18
percent.
MALICIOUS DAMAGE
Lawrence M. McKinney,
66, of 303 St. Croix Ct. in
Greer is being investigated
for malicious damage to
real property, malicious
damage to personal property and simple assault.
According to a Greer Police incident report, officers arrived to investigate
a complaint at an Ashley
Commons address. The
victim stated that McKinney had thrown a rock
through her bedroom window and cracked her car
windshield as well.
Arriving at the suspects
house, officers found
McKinney in his bedroom,
where he admitted hed
taken some pills.
Upon opening the door,
officers found a bottle of
Lorezapam and McKinney estimated hed taken
about 25 sleeping pills.
EMS was called to the
scene and transported the
subject to Greenville Memorial Hospital.
SHOPLIFTING
Tammy Amick Powell,

42, of 100 Richglen Way
in Greer has been charged
with shoplifting.
According to a Greer
Police incident report, officers were called to the
Walmart on East Wade
Hampton Blvd. about a
shoplifting in progress. At
the store, a loss prevention
agent said Powell had left
with several items without
paying and was about to
leave the parking lot in a
gold minivan.
Escorting the subject
back to the store, the officer discovered shed stolen
roughly $52.62 in clothing. She was placed under
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Robert Mansell Brown,

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and slurred speech, swaying side to side where he
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LEAVING THE SCENE
Tommy Dodd, 50, of 100

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been charged with leaving
the scene of an accident.
According to a Greer
Police incident report, officers responded to a collision that had just taken
place at the intersection of
Harris St. and Baileyview
St. Authorities found one
of the vehicles empty and
damaged at the intersection of Harris and Line
streets. A license check revealed that the owner was
Dodd. Soon thereafter,

Dodd arrived at the scene
with a towing company to
pick up the vehicle. He explained that his girlfriend
had taken the van without permission and then
called him saying shed
been involved in a collision. Dodd himself denied
any involvement in that
wreck.
Meanwhile, another officer responded to an address on Old Woodruff Rd.
where he observed a black
Mercedes with front-end
damage. The resident at
that address, said that he
had allowed Dodd to borrow the car, only to return
it with significant damage.
Soon thereafter, Dodd admitted that he had driven
the Mercedes to the scene
in order to make his girlfriend return his van. When
he began following her,
she slammed on breaks,
causing the collision. After that, the woman in the
van parked it and fled the
scene. Dodd, whose license
was suspended for a DUI
charge, was charged with
both Leaving the Scene of
an Accident and Driving
Under Suspension. He was
taken to the Greer Police

Department.
DUS
Derrick William Lockhart, 30, of 2201 Country

Club Rd. in Greer has been
charged with driving under suspension and Possession of drug paraphernalia.
report furnished by Greer
Police, an officer watched
Lockhart pull out of the
Hot Spot and head down
Highway 101 at a high
rate of speed. A traffic
stop was conducted and
Lockhart admitted that
his license had been suspended. Inside the car, police found two meth pipes
inside a camo case, as well
as a firearm and another
glass pipe with white residue inside. The cars passenger, Wesley Kyle Redd,
28, of 206 Cannon St. in
Greer, claimed possession of the latter pipe and
handgun. He did not have
a concealed carry permit.
Both men were arrested
and transported to the
Greer Police Department.
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wednesday, january 13, 2016
Over-supply could stress crop prices in 2016

A stressed crop market
could further pinch South
Carolina farmers already
reeling from last years
drought
and
historic
flood.
Clemson Cooperative Extension economist Nathan
Smith is optimistic corn
can rebound some in 2016,
but global supply-and-demand pressures continue
to depress cotton, peanut
and soybean prices, Smith
said at an Extension finance workshop in Santee.
While prices have dipped,
production costs have not,
leading to lower net income for South Carolina
farmers, he said.
Costs are going to have
to adjust pretty soon for
margins
to
improve,
Smith said.
Clemson works closely
with growers to help re-
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duce input costs. An expanded precision-agriculture program, for example,

teaches growers to use
various sensor-based technologies to reduce water
and pesticide usage, and
educational workshops on
soil health and cover-cropping are helping growers
minimize nutrient leaching, optimize water usage
and reduce the need for
fertilizers and irrigation.
Additionally,
Clemson
plant-breeding; and weed-,
insect- and disease-management programs; can
help growers maximize
yield. The university has
requested $2.5 million in
state funding to enhance
agricultural programs that
help boost the profits of
South Carolina farmers.
Increasing the corn yield
just 1 percent would pock-
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et farmers nearly $1.3

million, based on recent
production data. South
Carolina growers planted
278,000 acres of corn
in 2014 at a production
value of $127.8 million,
according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
That puts corn just below
soybeans ($160.2 million)
and cotton ($157 million
plus another $30.6 million from cottonseed) as
South Carolinas No. 3
cash crop.
Strong demand for ethanol and livestock feed are
likely to support corn futures, Smith said, though
prices could dip if production spikes next year.
Corn prices have ranged
between $3.35 and $3.95
per bushel.
Im probably more bullish on corn than any crop
right now, but its going to

depend on what farmers
plant, not in South Carolina but throughout the
U.S., he said. Id say look
for pricing opportunities
when futures get above $4
in the near term.
The peanut market,
meanwhile, remains pressured by abundant supplies.
Planted
peanut
acreage was up 20 percent nationally this year,
federal data shows. Many
farmers in the Southeast
grew more peanuts instead of corn and cotton
because of low prices and
higher expected peanut
payments from the newly
enacted Farm Bill, Smith
said. Peanut production
already had spiked nationally to 3.38 million tons in
2012 as inventory shortages pushed prices to $700
to $800 per acre, according to U.S. Department of

Agriculture statistics. The
2015 crop is expected to
dip to 3 million tons, but
warehouses are crowded
now and peanut prices are
down to around $400 a
ton or less, depending on
the variety.
My concern is that at
harvest time in 2016, you
may not have as much
warehouse space available
as you did in 2015, though
South Carolina may be the
exception given the disaster last year, Smith said.
South Carolina growers produced 410 million
pounds of peanuts in 2014
at an estimated value of
$91.1 million, according
to the USDA.
The cotton market has
suffered from reduced demand and yield, as well as
crop quality, Smith said.

Cotton exports to China
have declined as the country has reduced use.
Soybean yields, meanwhile, have reached record
highs nationally, but demand is down, Smith said.
Additionally, U.S. soybeans
face more international
competition in China, the
top market for U.S. soybean exports, he said. Soybeans are priced at around
$8.70 per bushel, according to market reports.
Growers,
meanwhile,
continue to evaluate the
value of this years crop,
which was heavily damaged by summer drought
and then an October flood.
The flood alone caused an
estimated $300 million in
crop losses, a figure that
likely will rise as final figures are calculated.
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BY BILLY CANNADA
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An award-winning NFL
strength and conditioning
coach is now on staff at
Greer High.
Rich Tuten, who spent
more than 15 years with
the Denver Broncos and
garnered two NFL Strength
Its a monumental
hirebeing able to
get a man with his
experience at that
position.
Travis Perry
Greer High athletic director

Coach of the Year awards
during that time, was
recently hired to work
alongside Will Young and
the Yellow Jacket football
team.
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monumental
hirebeing able to get a
man with his experience
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Perry said. The strength
position is vital in todays
athletics. Here, youve got
a guy who not only knows
about strength and conditioning, but he also knows
the dietitian side of it and
how to teach our athletes
to eat right. His experience and the athletes that
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Tuten, a two-time Super
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BY BILLY CANNADA
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If your team met the Yellow Jackets on the gridiron this season,
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2. You were probably worried
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2015 Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance Player of the Year.

Everybody knows hes a great
athlete, but Troy is one of the
smartest young men Ive ever been
around, Greer Athletic Director
Travis Perry said. Hes always
had a go-to-work attitude and hes
always been a great leader. Its no
surprise to me that hes Player of
the Year. Hes a Player of the Year
type of person.
His senior year was one to remember.
It was a special experience,
Pride said. I was really able to
broaden my game and go against

some top-level athletes in practice
everyday. I think that prepared
me for game days. We definitely
would have liked to finish better, but at the same time, I cant
discount the fact that we had an
amazing season.
Pride stuffed the stat sheet this
season, rushing for 183 yards and
three touchdowns on 16 carries;
catching 41 passes for 848 yards
and 13 touchdowns; picking off
three passes for one touchdown
and returning 10 punts for three
SEE PRIDE | B3
Rebels remain
perfect within
conference
After win
over Boiling
Springs
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Rebels are now 40 in region play, topping
Boiling Springs 79-59 last
week to move to 12-2 on
the season.
The Byrnes boys basketball team used a second
half surge to push past
the Bulldogs in the third
quarter, securing a place
at the top of the region
standings.
Despite the recent success, Byrnes coach Layne
Fowler said his team has
the tendency to get complacent at times.
Were in that part of
the season where we just
cant become complacent, Fowler said. Were

a little bit in that mode
of turning it on and turning it off at times. Im not
really pleased with that
part, but were really doing some good things on
defense when everything
is clicking.
I would like to see us
play a full four quarters,
he said. Weve yet to do
that, but were getting a
little bit closer. Against
Boiling Springs, it was
a two-point game at the
half and then we came out
and had a really dominant
third quarter. If we can put
together a complete game,
we can be really good.
Ray Miller led the charge
for the Rebels with 17
points on the night. Fowler said Miller, along with
several of his teammates,
have stepped into leadership roles this season.
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REX BROWN | THE SENECA JOURNAL
Heartbreaker
Clemson could not bring home the hardware Monday night during the National
Championship game, falling to Alabama, 45-40 in Arizona. The Tigers finish 14-1.
Locally owned and operated

for 50 years in 2016!
ets be honest, were

all dreaming about
what we would do
with our Powerball winnings. With the jackpot
surpassing a billion dollars this week, Ive started
to compile my own list of
plans for the money. Just
for fun, here are a few:
1. I would go see any
game I wanted, whenever
I wanted.
Now, this may not
sound like a tall order,
but I havent experienced
a lot of live sporting
events in my life. Ive
never been to a national
championship, Ive never
seen a Super Bowl live.
Ive never watched a UNC/
Duke game in person.
Actually, now that I think
about it, why should I
settle for buying tickets
to these events? Ive got
a billion dollars. I think I
might buy Duke University, cancel its basketball
program and rename the
school after Michael Jordan. Yep, Im doing that.
2. I would buy one of
those fancy tours to the
moon.
Whats the best use
of one billion dollars? A
commercial trip to the
moon, of course. Last
year, it was announced
that the Virgin Galactic
would be taking a select
few well-off people on
trips around outer space.
I know what youre thinking, why would you need
to go to outer space? Well,
the answer is simple: a
billion dollars. Why go on
some trip to the Grand
Canyon or Mount Rushmore when you can leave
the planet?
3. I would pay J.J.
Abrams to remake the
Star Wars prequels
As a Star Wars fan, I
would consider this a
favor to all of humankind. J.J. has done such a
good job with The Force
Awakes that I would give
him what he needs to go
back and right all of the
wrongs created by George
Lucas. No more Jar Jar
Binks. No more Jedi Council meetings. Only good
things. Youre welcome,
world.
4. I would pay off debt
and hire a sound financial
planner.
What? This surprises
you? I have to be somewhat reasonable, right?
5. Id run for president,
obviously.
Lets be honest, if you
want to make America
great again, youre going to want to elect me.
Im not as outlandish
as Donald Trump or as
devious as Hillary Clinton.
Im just a guy who wants
to resolve some problems in the United States,
and maybe expand the
college football playoff.
A mandatory three-day
weekend for all Americans wouldnt be a bad
idea either.
Now that I think about
it, its probably better that
I dont win this money.
Ive already spent way
too much time dreaming
about thisIts probably
better that I return to the
real world.
The world would be a
more ridiculous place if I
won the money.
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the greer citizen
wednesday, january 13, 2016
Riverside falls
to Mauldin,
Spartanburg
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
The struggles continued
for the Lady Warriors last
week.
The Riverside girls basketball team opened the
week with a 64-36 loss
to Spartanburg. The Lady
Warriors dug themselves
into a hole early trailing
39-16 at the half.
We played a much better second half in that
game, head coach Jenny
Taylor said. In the first
half, we just couldnt slow
them down. Defensively,
we had some issues, and
theyve got one of the best
players in the state, so
thats always going to cost
you. Right now, theyre sitting at the top of our region and they were better
than us last week.
The Warriors played a
competitive game against
Mauldin to end the week,
but it wasnt enough to
secure a win, as Riverside
fell 49-39.
I really felt like we
played one of our better
games of the year, Taylor said. We played really
well on defense and we
had players crashing the
boards and getting a lot of
rebounds.
Riverside trailed Mauldin
by 11 in the first half, but
cut the lead to one later in
the game.
We just kind of started
clicking, Taylor said of
the comeback. We had
some changes in our lineup that worked for us, but
we were able to get some
momentum. Unfortunately, we just couldnt close
it out.
The Warriors will open
this week with Byrnes.

Were going to have to
have to play the way we
did (against Mauldin) to
compete with Byrnes,
Taylor said. Were going
to have to handle the ball
well against pressure and
were going to have to play
well defensively.
We had some
changes in our
lineup that worked
for us, but we were
able to get some
momentum.
Jenny Taylor
Lady Warriors head coach

Taylor said her teams
biggest need right now is
offense.
We need kids to score,
she said. Brooke (JordanBrown) had 19 points and
Natalie Boulos had 12 on
Friday, but we need one
more person to step up
consistently. If we can get
some extra scoring, we
should be able to compete
in a lot of games.
The Warriors will take
on J.L. Mann on Thursday.
Theyre a little bit better
than they were last year,
Taylor said. Theyre quick
and theyve got some
young players with some
talent. Were just going to
have to play well to win.
Tipoff for both contests
is set for 6 p.m.
Preston Burch | the Greer Citizen
Greer held off Chapman behind a stellar performance from shooting guard Cam Woodruff, who had 17 points in the
contest. With the win, Greer improves to 4-1 in region action.
Jackets clinging to top spot

By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
The Yellow Jackets perfect region record took its
first hit last week, as Berea
knocked off Greer convincingly, 73-51.
Greer is now 8-7 overall
with a 4-1 mark in region
play.
Berea was kind of an
eye-opener for us, head
coach Greg Miller said.
That game really got away
from us. Theyre a good
team and theyre very dangerous. We just lost our
identity a little bit in the
second half. We tried to
play more like Berea down
the stretch and I think that
hurt us.
The Jackets never got
anything rolling against
the Bulldogs, resulting in

one of the more difficult
losses Millers team has
faced this year.
It was a low point for
us. We lost control of what
weve been doing night in
and night out this year,
Miller said. We didnt do
anything that was really
bad or wrong, we just tried
to play a different brand
of basketball.
Greer bounced back on
Friday, however, topping
Chapman 89-82.
We were down eight at
the half, but something
just started to click with
our guys to start the third,
Miller said. We showed a
lot of fight, a lot of energy
and we stepped right back
into the way we had been
playing. It was a great win
for us on the road.

Six Jackets scored in
double figures against
Chapman. Sam Gravley led
the effort with 21 points,
followed by Malik Archibald (15), Cam Woodruff (17), Andy Bryson
(11), Nate Moore (12) and
Noah Hannon (10).
Right now, we have a
share of the lead for first
place, and if we enjoy that
then well have to get better, Miller said. You cant
look ahead in this region
and you cant worry about
(standings) in this region.
All that matters is your
next game and our next
game is Blue Ridge.
Miller said the Tigers are
a dangerous team.
I know the success isnt
where (Blue Ridge) wants
it to be right now, but

Ive seen them play and
theyre a team that can get
hot at any moment, he
said. Theyre a team that
has played with their heart
on their sleeve and when
you see a team like that,
you have to be prepared
to play.
The rivalry game is the
only one on the schedule
for both teams, who are
taking exams this week.
Its a huge rivalry,
Miller said. I think its
something that rallies the
communities together and
its something that ends
up being a good thing.
You know youre going to
get your best shot when
theres a Blue Ridge/Greer
game.
Lady Rebels pick up

two region wins
Take on
Warriors,
Cavaliers
this week
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Mandy Ferguson | THe Greer Citizen
Darius Foster and the Eagles topped Berea last week, improving to 3-2 in the region.
Eagles lose to Southside

Beat Berea
again
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Eastside split a pair
of region matchups last
week, falling to Southside
(46-41) before bouncing
back to beat Berea (47-42).
The Eagles are now 10-6
overall with a 3-2 mark in
region play
Despite holding a lead
for most of the game,
Eastside could not manage
a win over the Tigers, who
currently rank atop the region standings.
We played pretty well
in the first half and in the
third quarter, but we made
a lot of mistakes in the
fourth quarter, Eastside
coach Tom Chamness said.
We had some missed free
throws at bad times and
we had some turnovers
that left the door open for

Southside to get back in
the game. They just outplayed us in the last three
or four minutes.
Eastside got back on
track against Berea, knocking off the Bulldogs for a
second time this season.
We played much better
against Berea, Chamness
said. We did some things
to try to correct our mistakes in practice and we
played a much more complete game.
Currently, Greer, Southside and Berea share first
place in the Peach Blossom conference.
Were only one game
back of all those other
teams, but theres a lot
of basketball still to be
played, Chamness said.
We cant afford to look
past anyone and we dont
have any margin for error
in any game. If we can do
the things we need to do, I
think were capable of winning the region. We can
compete with any team

in this region, but we can
lose to anybody in this region too.
Chamness said the region is strong each year,
and 2016 is no different.
This conference, and
it has been this way for
years, has always been
very challenging, Chamness said. I know there
are some other regions
where youve got maybe
one or two teams at the
top, then everybody else
is sort of weak. In this region, if you dont show up,
youre going to get beat.
You saw Berea beat
Greer by about 20. We
lost to Greer in overtime
by two and we beat Berea
twice alreadyand Berea
was the No. 3 ranked team
in the state. The balance in
the region is so strong.
Eastside will take on
Emerald this Thursday
at home. Tipoff is set for
7:30 p.m.
The Byrnes girls basketball team picked up two

region wins last week,
knocking off J.L. Mann
(47-32) and Boiling Springs
(56-38) to improve to 7-6
overall and 3-1 in region
play..
Victoria Shaw had 21
points to lead the effort
for the Rebels against
Mann.
That was a big game
for her, head coach Stacey Parris said. She really
stepped up for us, so it
was good to see that.
Byrnes outscored Mann
in three of the four quarters, building on a 27-18
lead after intermission.
The Lady Rebels continued their success against
Boiling Springs, cruising
to another easy win.
Eighth grade point guard
Jada Burton and Shelia Zikusooka led the effort for
Byrnes scoring 10 points
and 11 points respectively.
We had a great start
against Boiling Springs,
Parris said. We showed
some depth which is something you always want to
see as a coach. It was just
a great week for us.
Morgan Powe provided
some leadership for the
Rebels last week, returning from an ACL injury.
Shes a player that can
bring speedshe can
bring defense and offense, Parris said. Shes
shooting 71 percent from
the free throw line. Shes
just going to contribute
right away. Shell produce
points and we need that
right now.
Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen
The Lady Rebel post players will have their hands full this
week as they battle Riverside and Dorman.
Were challenging our post players to step

up.
Stacey Parris
Lady Rebels head coach

Byrnes will take on Riverside to open the week.
Riverside is the biggest game of our season,
Parris said. It has always
been a battle with them.
Weve battled them for a
playoff spot every year.
It always seems to come
down to us and Riverside,
and weve been fortunate
enough to get it the last
two seasons.
The Rebels will have to
find an answer for Riversides Brooke JordanBrown, who has been averaging close to 20 points
per game this season.
Were challenging our
post players to step up,
Parris said. Shes a great
post player and weve

got to use some strategy
against her and try to keep
it out of her hands as much
as possible. Were going to
do our best to minimize
her touches and make her
get rid of it.
Byrnes wont get much
of a break on Friday as
they take on rival Dorman
on the road.
Were going to go in
there and make sure we
play confident, Parris
said. Were going to play
as hard as we can and
hopefully we can come out
with a big win.
SPORTS
SPORTS CALENDAR
THURSDAY, JAN. 14
Basketball ...........................................................Greer @ B. Ridge, 6 p.m.

Emerald @ Eastside, 6 p.m.
Riverside @ J.L. Mann, 6 p.m.
FRIDAY, JAN. 15
Basketball ........................................................ Byrnes @ Dorman, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, JAN. 16
College Basketball ............................North Greenville @ SWU, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, JAN. 19
Basketball..............................................Byrnes @ W. Hampton,6 p.m.

Boiling Springs @ Riverside, 6 p.m.
Southside @ Greer, 6 p.m.
Blue Ridge @ Chapman, 6 p.m.
Travelers Rest @ Eastside, 6 p.m.
FRIDAY, JAN. 22
Basketball........................................................ J.L.Mann @Byrnes, 6 p.m.

Riverside @ Spart., 6 p.m.
Greer @ Emerald, 6 p.m.
B. Ridge @ Eastside, 6 p.m.
SPORTS
ROUNDUP
SPRING REGISTRATION
NOW OPEN FOR GREER REC
The Greer Recreation

department is currently
holding signups for popular spring leagues such as
the Greer Baseball Classic
(GBC), the Foothills Soccer
Club and Dixie Softball.
The City of Greer offers
different levels of baseball
for youth ages 3-19. Each
division is designed to
help players develop skill
level. Programs offer six
different leagues: TBALL,
Coaches Pitch (A), Coaches
Pitch (AA), Minors (Kids
Pitch), Majors (Kids Pitch)
and HS. Games are played
at Country Club Park, Stevens Field, and Century
Park.
The Foothills Soccer
Club plays on Monday /
Thursday nights and Saturday mornings at Suber
Soccer Park or Country
Club Park. The club offers
four age groups: U6, U8,
U10, and U12. The season
typically lasts two months
with 10 regular season
games.
Girls softball typically
practices one to two times
a week with interleague
A SPORTING VIEW
games at various locations.

Early signup is encouraged
because teams are limited.
If three teams are reached
in one division, play will be
facilitated at Victor Park.
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

FOR BIKE MS EVENTS
General
registration
opened on Monday for all
three of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Bike
MS events in the Carolinas.
Last year, more than 3,300
people rode in a Bike MS
event, raising more than
$3 million.
This year, there are three
event options: Historic
New Bern Ride in New Bern,
North Carolina on September 10-11 (bikemsnewbern.org); Tour to Tanglewood Ride in Clemmons,
North Carolina on September 17-18 (bikemstanglewood.org); and Breakaway
to the Beach Ride in scenic
Sunset Beach, North Carolina on October 8-9 (breakawaytothebeach.org). Registration is $35 through
the month of February. All
of our Rides have a $300
fundraising commitment
in order to participate on
ride weekend.
In 2015, Bike MS raised
more than $83 million
through 100 Rides across
the country and with more
than 100,000 people cycling in one of our events.
CRUSADER
CORNER
CRUSADERS FALL
TO MOUNT OLIVE
The North Greenville

mens basketball team
came up short last Saturday night, as the Mount Olive Trojans escaped Hayes
Gymnasium with a 66-63
win over the Crusaders
in a physical Conference
Carolinas showdown.
The Crusaders led by as
many as nine points in the
first half when a Tommy
Wade jumper made the
score 28-19. The Trojans,
now 4-2 in the conference,
chipped away at the lead
and eventually evened
the tally at 34-34. It was
the fourth tie of the half.
UMO closed the half on a
6-2 run though as the two
teams went into the locker
rooms with Mount Olive
leading 40-36.
The second half saw the
Trojans work their way
into a nine-point advantage with 15:08 left in the
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touchdowns. Pride racked

up 1,562 total purpose
yards, scoring 20 touchdowns on the year.
I was preparing myself
to be (a threat) during the
offseason, Pride said. In
years past, I might have
gone through the motions
a little bit, but I put the
work in this year and dedicated myself. I would get
my punter, during the offseason, to come out and
just punt balls to me. I just
wanted to establish myself as a dangerous punt
returner and a weapon on
defense.
He exits Greer with a
standout senior class.
Quarterback Mario Cusano,
receiver
Dorian
Lindsey and running back
Adrian McGee led the
Jackets in 2015, setting records along the way.
I wish the best for those
guys, Pride said. I hope
they continue grind and
be great. They all have the
desire to be great, but now
For whatever reason,

there seemed to be a lot
of fuss -- more than usual,
at least -- made over one
question: Who was the
athlete of the year?
Most people, Im guessing, didnt even know that
there are still organizations that actually care
enough to sit down and
decide such things (in
smoke-filled rooms,
natch), but apparently
there are. And depending on which source you
hold most dear, you heard
several different answers:
The Associated Press
chose Serena Williams;
Sports Illustrated chose
Stephen Curry; and the
BBC made waves across
the ocean for not choosing the new heavyweight
champion of the world,
Tyson Fury. (Fury, who
may have the coolest
name in boxing history,
might have won in the
worst fight in history,
and he may have possibly
given the worst post-fight
performance in history
... singing Aerosmith and
offending everyone else
with his mouth.) Golfer
Jordan Spieth tripped off
the tongues of more than
a few pundits as well.
And then, of course,
there were the curiosities. According to Google,
the most searched-for
term in 2015 was Lamar
Odom, but chances are,
the teeming masses
werent interested in the
retired basketball players
lifetime stats. Caitlyn Jenner made it onto a bunch
of lists, but Im not quite
sure how that relates to
the world of sports other
than an interesting asterisk for the record books.
And poor Holly Holm.
She superkicked the peoples champion to the face
to become the undisputed
bantamweight champion
of the UFC world, and all
anybody wants to talk
about is the girl she beat.
I have to admit, count

me among those who
had their heart shattered along with Rhonda
Rouseys face. I was one
of those holdouts when
it came to mixed martial
arts. In the beginning I
bought the fight, and all I
remember was the sumo
wrestler getting his teeth
blasted into the front row
in the first fight, and then
everyone else just rolling
around the floor for a few
hours.
After that, I stubbornly
clung to boxing until I
realized the sweet science wasnt all that sweet
anymore. How thrilling is
it to watch Floyd Mayweather hold his hands
up and shake his head
no and make a few
hundred million dollars
for the pleasure? Rousey
only worked about two
rounds in her three
fights combined, but she
reintroduced the sport to
the world. Nobody was
talking about boxing like
they were talking about
MMA this year, and she
deserves the lions share
of the credit.
But in the end, it wasnt
a lion that mattered most.
Serena didnt win the
Grand Slam, Rousey didnt
beat Holm, and Spieth, as
amazing as he was, didnt
win them all either. So
who was the athlete of
the year? The horse, of
course!
Why does everyone have
such a hard time saying
it? Was it because they
misspelled the horses
name? American Pharoah
-- thats your athlete of
the year. Its not a slam
on any athlete to lose to
an animal, in this case
an incredibly beautiful
one from New Jersey
that glided to the Triple
Crown, drawing crowds
that rivaled presidential
campaigns and rock
concerts. In 2015, that
horse, as briefly as he was
around, was truly a sight
to see.
game. North Greenville

would cut the deficit to
four a couple times, only
to see UMO score seven
unanswered to extend its
lead 11 points, the largest
lead of the game for either
team, a 61-50 margin with
7:33 left on the clock.
North Greenville would
cut the lead to 62-61 with
2:46 left in the game and
then take the lead with a
pair of Korval McElroy free
throws 43 seconds later.
Mount Olive regained the
lead a possession later and
would extend the advantage to 66-63 after a pair
of shots from the charity
stripe with 10 seconds left
on the clock.
The Crusaders gained
possession down three
with four second left in
the contest but a last second three pointer from
McElroy at the elbow was
blocked and recovered by
the Trojans as the clock
wound down to zero, leaving NGU searching for its
second league win of the
season.
McElroy led the way
again for North Greenville with the games only
double-double, scoring 16
points while collecting 14
boards, a game high. Justin Dotson had another
solid night for the Crusaders with 14 points (3 of 7
from three point range)
while Jai Jenks scored 11
points and collected nine
rebounds.
NGU dominated the
boards, collecting 44 rebounds compared to just
25 for the Trojans. Both
teams scored 24 points
in the paint while Mount
Olive turned 19 North
Greenville turnovers into
25 points.
NORTH GREENVILLE TRACK

HAS STRONG OUTING IN
NORTH CAROLINA
The North Greenville

track and field team
opened up its 2016 indoor
season last Saturday afternoon at the UNC Open,
hosted by the University
of North Carolina.
The Crusaders put together a solid first meet,
setting several school records for the indoor program. Among the school
records were two set by
first year runners includ-
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ing Kaleigh Roach for the

women and Stanley Limoh
for the men. Roach earned
a first-place finish in the
womens mile, posting a
time of 5:49 while Limoh
logged a time of 4:24.
Shekinah Wilder, also a
freshman, set the school
record in womens long
jump with a distance of
172 which earned her a
fourth place finish.
This weekend was an
excellent combination of
upperclassmen performing well and a strong showing from newly recruited
freshman class, remarked
head track and field coach
Jacob Simms. The UNIC
meet was a great environment to begin our 2016
journey with a team that
has already proved its
eagerness to train and
compete in a humble and
Godly way.
The Crusaders finished
the weekend with six firstplace finishes and 13 top
three finishes.
NGU will be back in action on Jan. 29 and 30 at
the Bob Pollack Meet, hosted by Clemson University.
PRIDE: Talks Notre Dame, reopening recruitment
TUTEN:
The Athlete of the Year Joins Greer
staff
BY MARK VASTO
THE GREER CITIZEN
FROM B1
spent time at some major

Division I programs, working at North Carolina and
Florida. He is a former
Clemson defensive lineman, where he started
from 1976-1978.
Hes coached John Elway and Tim Tebow. For
us to have him at Greer
working with our kids,
its just something special
that were really excited
about, Perry said. Our
kids are blessed. There are
not a lot of high schools
that can say theyve got
a two-time NFL strength
coach of the year as their
strength coach.
Tuten has family in Greer
and he recently retired to
the area after leaving the
Broncos in 2012.
I think hes hungry and
excited to get back in there
with the kids, Perry said.
I cant wait to watch him
work with them.
Im going to get a
chance to play on a
stage that is second
to none.
Troy Pride
Player of the Year

its about keeping at it and
being persistent. That was
a great group of guys and
Ill cherish all those memories that we had.
Pride will soon be on his
way to South Bend, where
a new level of competition
awaits.
Im going to have to adjust to that stage slowly,
he said. Weve had some
pretty packed crowds at
Dooley Field, but its not
going to be the same as
South Bend, Indiana.
Notre Dame is the complete package, Pride added. When you look at the
overall picturethe great
degrees that they offer
its just a great place to get

an education. On the field,
Ive already taken a look at
their 2016 schedule and
theyre playing the top
teams across the country.
Im going to get a chance
to play on a stage that is
second to none.
The recruitment process wasnt easy, however.
Pride had been committed
to Virginia Tech before
head coach Frank Beamer
announced he would be
leaving. After that, Pride
reopened his recruitment,
courting teams such as
Clemson, South Carolina
and North Carolina.
It was hectic, Pride
said. Everybody noticed
that I was reopening my
recruitment, so they were
putting their bid in for me
and they were telling me
what was great about their
school. You really had
to filter through a lot of
stuff. Some schools would
say they were interested,
but they might just be trying to fill a spot or use you
as a backup. In the end, I
felt like my final decision

was the right one for me.
Pride hopes to work his
way into a starting role at
Notre Dame.
Theyve said they want
to try to incorporate me
into the rotation, Pride
said. Its all about my
preparation and my adaptation to the system. But,
the best players are going
to playand I want to be
one of those players. My
ultimate goal is to start.
I want to be in there. But
if I have to take a special
teams role to move into
a starting position, thats
what Ill do.
The Greer senior would
like to major in broadcast
media at Notre Dame.
It would be nice to further my football knowledge through being an
ESPN analyst or something
like that, he said. Notre
Dame has a great network
for that field, so thats
something Im considering.
BYRNES: Will face Dorman this week
FROM B1
Weve got good shared

leadership, he said. Weve
got seven seniors and they
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Jaylan Foster, our point
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thats out there in front
the most. Bouvier Howard
and Christian Eitel are quiet leaders for us. Tyrique
(Glenn) is just solid. Hes
a solid defender, solid rebounder and a good, high
character kid.
These guys just compete well together and
they dont let anything
get them down, Fowler
added. Our senior leaders
have really stepped up and
our underclassmen are doing a good job too.
Byrnes will take on Riverside and Dorman this
week. Fowler said his team
cannot afford to take any
team for granted at this
point in the season.
Weve had some good
games with Riverside over
the past couple of years,
he said. They had a good
win against Mauldin the
other night and they beat
Mann earlier in the year,
so we know weve got our
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As for Dorman, Fowler
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young but talented.
Theyre
just
really
fundamental, he said.
Theyre young this year
and they dont really have

that one playmaker or
two that theyve had the
last couple of years, but
theyre a pretty good team
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THE GREER CITIZEN B5
Miss Greater Greer Contestants

Competing in interview, swimwear, talent, evening gown
ADDISON HICKS
Age: 18
School: Winthrop University
Talent: Piano
Platform: Swimming
Education and Learning for
Safety
SOPHIE KEYES
ADDIE LEDBETTER
Age: 20
School: University of South
Carolina
Talent: Broadway Vocal
Platform: Americans With
Disabilities Act
Age: 20
School: Converse College
Talent: Piano, Equestrian Skills
Platform: Educating on the
Dangers of Texting While
Driving
MARY GRACE NASIM
Age: 19
School: University of South
Carolina
Talent: Operatic Vocal
Platform: I Heart Art
ASHLEY ROGERS
Age: 20
School: Columbia College
Talent: Gospel Vocal
Platform: Mentoring
S.A.S.S.Y. Ladies
MONTGOMERY WILSON
Age: 20
School: Clemson University
Talent: Broadway Vocal
Platform: Child Abuse
Prevention
Miss Greater Greer Teen Contestants

Competing in interview, fitness wear, talent, evening gown
BERKLEY BRYANT
SARAH FINLEYSON
Age: 15
School: T.L. Hanna High
Talent: Tap Dance
Platform: TAP Out
Cyberbullying
Age: 16
School: James F. Byrnes High
Talent: Comedic Monologue
Platform: De-Stress for
Success
SAVANNA FORE
Age: 15
School: Greer High
Talent: Dance
Platform: Girls Inspiring Girls
CAROLINE HOPKINS
Age: 15
School: James F. Byrnes High
Talent: Jazz Dance
Platform: The Importance of
Early Head Start Programs
Passing the Crown

MISS GREATER GREER MISS GREATER GREER TEEN PAGEANT
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 7 P.M.

GREER HIGH AUDITORIUM
Reigning queens prepare to say goodbye

BY JULIE HOLCOMBE
STAFF WRITER
On Saturday night, Anna
Brown and Emma Kate
Rhymer will pass on their
Greater Greer titles, but
the community natives will
Final thoughts
Thecommunity of Greer
went out of their way to
make me feel special and for
that I will forever be thankful.
- Emma Kate Rhymer
always represent where

they come from.
Holding a Greer title is
definitely a job, but its
a great job, said Brown,
who logged more than 300
hours volunteering and
making community appearances.
Brown was representing her hometown for the
second time, having first
been crowned Miss Greater Greer Teen in 2010 and
placing third runner-up in
the state pageant. During
her current reign, she won
first runner-up for Miss
South Carolina.
Among her favorite duties was a fundraising
campaign for Childrens
Miracle Network, a Miss
America program partner. Each local queen is
required to raise $100
for the charity in order to
compete in her state pageant. Brown and Rhymer
decided to plan a united
polar plunge fundraiser,
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Miss Greater Greer Teen 2015 Emma Kate Rhymer with her
Palmetto Pincesses.
Freezin for a Reason.

As a junior at Clemson
University, Brown called in
reinforcements.
I happen to be friends
with several of the football players including former Yellow Jacket, Tyrone
Crowder. I gave Tyrone a
call and asked him if he
could round up some of
his buddies that would be
willing to take the plunge
with meThe Clemson
O line showed up! These
big ole guys put on their
swimsuits on a 29 degree
day with sleet coming
down and jumped right in
that freezing water with
Emma and I.
Passing
the
crown
doesnt mean the work is
done for Brown. She will
continue to live her platformFinding the Ability
in DisAbilityemphasizing that her own 50 percent hearing loss in both
ears does not limit her
from accomplishing her
goals. Brown is on the
Deans List at Clemson
where she is majoring in
Visual Arts and plans to
work in Public Relations.
She accomplishes her
dance talent by counting
the beats and learning the
words instead of relying
on the music.
I have strengths just
like you do, she said. My
message is loud and clear
to anyone who will listen
look beyond someones
disability and find their
abilityI hope that my life
showcases my platform
and encourages others.
Her advice for the next
queen is rooted in that
message. Enjoy the year,
work hard and most importantly always be true to
yourselfNever be afraid
to be you.
Following her own motto, Brown is not eliminating another run for the
state title.
Being first runner-up at
Miss South Carolina last
year was a huge honor. But
its also a strange and emotional place to be. You are
so very close to the crown
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Miss Greater Greer 2015 Anna Brown, center, with the Clemson offensive line. The players
participated in Browns fundraiser Freezin for a Reason.
yet you are far away, she
said. I have one year left
to compete in the system
(the age limit is 24) so I
dont want any regrets
about not going back.
There is nothing like
representing your hometown. I love this place that
I call home.
TEEN QUEEN
As Miss Greater Greer

Teen,
Rhymer
shares
Browns philosophy.
Its been a life-changing experience for me,
she said. I learned many
life lessons through community service and mock
interviews. The most valuable thing I learned was to
stay true to myself through
sharing my platform Beautiful You.
The Greer High juniors
mission to strengthen selfconfidence in children and
teens was chosen in part
by her own experiences.
When she noticed that her
younger brothers challenge with ADHD caused
him to have low self-esteem, she made it her goal
to help make everyone feel
loved and wanted while
learning to love and accept themselves.

My favorite appearance
was sharing my platform
at the Connie Maxwell
home for girls, Rhymer
said. It was such a humbling moment for me.
The pageant experience
she enjoyed the most was
dancing on the Miss South
Carolina stage in Columbia. She encourages her
successor to savor those
moments.
My advice for the next
Miss Greater Greer Teen
would be to enjoy every
minute because time will
fly by. They will be fortunate to become a part of a
great community, Rhymer said.
After passing on her title Saturday, she plans to
focus on enjoying her last
two years of high school
and preparing for college
preferably Clemson.
While she doesnt have
any plans to continue in
the pageant system at this
time, Rhymer enjoyed her
first experience with the
program.
It was a huge honor for
me to represent my home-
Final thoughts
I have been blessed. I
have had wonderful
directorsPaige Burkhalter
and Lisa Wilson; I have the
most supportive friends;
and I have the greatest,
craziest family that any girl
could possibly ask for...
Thank you Greer, for the
greatest experience of my
life. I love you with all my
heart. - Anna Brown
town of Greer. I was born

here and have lived here
my whole life. I will always
treasure the friendships
made throughout my journey.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Greer Citizen
B6
THE GREER CITIZEN
Remembering
David Bowie
BY WILLIAM BUCHHEIT
STAFF WRITER
FOUR IN A BILLION PICTURES
Mom, Dad give thumbs-up

in Meet the Patels
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NEW RELEASES
FOR WEEK OF JAN. 25
PICKS OF THE WEEK
Burnt (R) -- Bradley

Cooper stars as a hotshot
chef who is equal parts
charm and self-destruction -- with a seasoning of
carefully crafted stubble.
Once a sizzling kitchen
captain in Paris, American
chef Adam Jones (Cooper)
made a sputtering greasefire out of his life with
drugs and nastiness. Rehabbed and back on the
culinary scene in London,
Adams got to assemble
the right crew -- including
Sienna Miller as a reluctant romance and Omar
Sy as a former rival -- then
start cooking his way to
redemption.
Cooper supplies his best
bad-boy charm, but that
smarm loses its flavor
after a while, and youre
stuck with a bunch of
characters who keep forgiving a raging jerk. The
ample shots of food will
make you want to feast
through your eyes, but the
story doesnt do much to
plate it.
A Brilliant Young Mind
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he suffers from a disability that makes it difficult
for him to connect with
people or even manage
the barrage of information
from the outside world. As
a teen, Nathan (Asa Butterfield) represents the United Kingdom at the International Math Olympics,
an undertaking that could
open up his world or shut
him down.
Director Morgan Matthews does a great job
of putting you inside Nathans mind without resorting to flashy camera
moves or special effects.
Especially strong is Sally
Hawkins performance as
Nathans mother, who carried so much of the struggle, supporting Nathan
along the way while keeping her hopes in check.
Meet the Patels (PG) -Nearly 30 and newly single,
actor Ravi Patel agrees to
try things the way his Indian parents suggest. Ravi
and his sister Geeta co-direct this documentary -partially told in animation
-- about Ravis search for
love through somewhat
more traditional means:
His information is spread
through a network of relatives and friends, plus
there are matchmakers
and speed-dating conventions for people who have
favorable family lines. Its
overwhelming from the
start, as Ravis not the
most traditionally inclined
guy, and hes even pretty
shy for an actor. Its a fun,
lighthearted look at love,
tradition and change.
The Assassin (R) -This stunning martial-arts
drama set in ancient China
has been cutting a swath
through various film festivals for the past year.
Nie Ninniang (Qi Shu) was
betrayed and exiled years
ago, and has since become
a graceful and effective assassin under the guidance
of a scheming nun. After
showing some compassion, the young killer is
then tasked with executing
her former betrothed. The
real thrust of this feature
is its astounding visuals,
especially long, gorgeous
shots that put color and
form to work creating a
living painting. The political and intimate dramas
may not land for everyone,
but some of these scenes
will leave an impression
on any kind of viewer.
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The Hateful Eight is a distinct Quinton Tarantino film that is a sweeping tribute to 1960s
westerns.
The Hateful Eight

heavy on talk, light on story
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
Run time: 167 minutes
Rated: R for language and
graphic violence
thought Quinton
Tarantino took a step
back with Django Unchained, his 2012 slave
film set in the antebellum
South. Sure, there were
some interesting characters, cool shoot-outs and
great moments, but the
movie was simply too
long and disjointed for
me.
The Hateful Eight, the
directors eighth work,
is even more of a disappointment. Despite a
solid ensemble cast and
engrossing look, theres
just not enough of a
story here to warrant the
movies 3-hour runtime.
That tale follows two
bounty hunters and a
prisoner (Kurt Russell,
Samuel Jackson and Jennifer Jason Leigh) across
THINGS
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FREE LOLLIPOPS CONCERT
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11:30 a.m. at Hughes Main
Library in Greenville.
The concert features Jason Currin, percussion.
In this rendition of the
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Ant and The Grasshopper follows the story of
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Lollipops concerts are
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WONDERETTES MUSICAL
ON STAGE AT SLT
Roger Beans The Marvelous Wonderettes, a

musical comedy featuring
music from the 50s and
60s, has made its way
from the Westside Theatre in New York to the
Spartanburg Little Theatre
stage. Performances are
Jan. 15, 16, 22, and 23 at
8 p.m., and January 17, 23,
and 24 at 3 p.m.
This modern musical
classic takes audiences to
the 1958 Springfield High
School prom where we
meet the Wonderettes, an
all-girl singing squad with
hopes and dreams as big
as their crinoline skirts.
The girls perform such
classic 50s and 60s songs
as Lollipop, Dream
Lover, Stupid Cupid,
Lipstick on Your Collar,
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss
Me, Its My Party and
over 20 other hits.
Joanna Haynes, Janna
McClure, Janet Allison and
Anna Elyse Lewis star. The
play is directed by John
Fagan, with musical direction by Joy Finch.
Tickets can be purchased
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at www.chapmanculturalcenter.org.
MOVIE
REVIEW
WILLIAM
BUCHHEIT
the Wyoming mountains
towards Red Rock, where
they hope to collect their
bounties. Caught by a
blizzard, they are forced
to take refuge in an old
haberdashery, where several other shady figures
await. In the two hours
that follow, alliances are
formed, words exchanged
and a whole lot of blood
spilt.
The Hateful Eight is
distinctly Tarantino, a
sweeping tribute to the
60s westerns that defined
the genre. Shot with 70
mm Ultra-Panavision film
that nobody has used
in half a century, its a
uniquely beautiful movie
to watch. Unfortunately
MUSIC PROFESSORS
PRESENT CONCERT JAN. 15
The Furman Faculty

Chamber Music Series will
present a concert Friday,
Jan. 15, at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall on campus
with a reception following.
The 90-minute concert
is hosted by Furman Music Theory and History
Instructor Carolyn Carrier-McClimon. It features
Furman music faculty who
will present a diverse array of older and newer
repertoire for chamber ensemble. Faculty members
performing are:
Mark Britt, trombone
Thomas Joiner, violin
Anna Barbrey Joiner,
viola
Vivian Hamilton, piano
Christopher Hutton,
violoncello
Deirdre Hutton, violin
Cecilia Kang, clarinet
Grant Knox, tenor
Daniel Koppelman,
piano
Gary Malvern, trumpet
Ruth Neville, piano
Matt Olson, alto
saxophone
Derek Parsons, piano
The event is open to the
public as part of Furmans
Sound Quality Concert Series. Contact the Furman
Music Office at 294-2086.
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BACKYARD NATURE
Spartanburg
Science
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nature hike/presentation
on Nature in Your Backyard Saturday, Jan. 16,
from 12:30-2 p.m. at Chapman Cultural Center.
Jonathan J. Storm, Associative Professor of Biology
at USC Upstate, will give
the presentation about
common plants, fungi, animals, rocks and minerals
that can be found in most
backyards or on hikes in
the Upstate.
If the weather permits,
attendees will meet at the
Science Center and move
to Cottonwood Trail. In
case of inclement weather,
the entire program be held
in the Science Center.
Children under 12 years
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call 583-2777.
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FOR DIXIE SWIM CLUB
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production of the play
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the filmmaker failed to

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of his previous work.
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job with the dialogue
theyve been handed (especially the incomparable
Jackson), but its as if the
director wrote his screenplay for the stage instead
of the screen.
Much like his first film,
1992s Reservoir Dogs,
almost everything takes
place under the same
roof, the tension supplied by the characters
suspicions and prejudices
towards one another.
Also like that film, there
is a climactic shootout
and grimly ironic ending.
The problem is, much like
Reservoir Dogs, none
of the characters are all
that appealing, and nearly
three hours in, youre less
concerned with who will
die than with when the
final credits will finally
come.
held on Jan. 17 and 18 at 7

p.m. in Chapman Cultural
Centers theater.
The production will run
March 11-20 and will be
directed by Dan Harvey.
Roles are available for five
adult women. Each character ages throughout the
course of the show from
her 40s to her 70s. Auditions will consist of readings from the script.
The play is about five
Southern women, whose
friendships began many
years ago on their college swim team and who
set aside a long weekend
every August to recharge
those relationships.
Free from husbands,
kids, and jobs, they meet
at the same beach cottage
on North Carolinas Outer
Banks to catch up, laugh,
and meddle in each others lives, while relying on
each other to get through
the challenges life flings
their way. Call 585-8278
or visit SpartanburgLittleTheatre.com.
SCCT ANNOUNCES
UPCOMING SHOWS
The South Carolina Childrens Theatre Wee Play

Theatre will present Go
to Bed Little Raccoon on
Jan. 18 and 30.
How I Became a Pirate
musical will be presented
Feb. 5-14 at the Peace Center Gunter Theatre.
Visit scchildrenstheatre.
org or call 467-3000.
WOODTURNING DEMO
TO BE HELD JAN. 18
The Carolina Mountain

Woodturners and the
Southern Highlands Craft
Guild will sponsor a woodturning demonstration by
Alan Leland on Saturday,
Jan. 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,
at the Folk Art Center on
the Blue Ridge Parkway in
Asheville, North Carolina.
Meetings are open to
the public free of charge.
Call 828-712-6644 or visit
www.carolinamountainwoodturners.org.
STOMPING GROUNDS
HOSTS DON BROWN ROAST
Stomping Grounds Coffee House and Wine Bar

will host a Greer High
School Oldies Roast for
Don Brown on Saturday,
Jan. 30, at 7 p.m.
Visitors are invited to
enjoy the night of comedy
while friends of Don Brown
roast him, and he is given
a chance for rebuttal.
ts really a shame that

David Bowie made his
best music during his
Ziggy Stardust phase
in the early 70s. Its a
shame because the beauty
and genius of his songs
were overshadowed by his
bizarre stage persona an
androgynous alien with
died red hair wearing a
unitard.
But thats Bowie for you.
He wanted to be a performer and he was. From
the stage to the screen
and Top of the Pops
to Masterpiece Theatre,
Bowie put as much effort
into his visual persona
as he did the songs that
first made him famous.
Theres no question he
was immensely talented,
but he was simply too
strange for most of America to fully appreciate.
The artist sold over a
hundred million records
during his lifetime, but
reached the apex of his
popularity from 19751985. His best music,
however, came before
The melodies,
fueled as much
by piano and
Bowies voice as by
crunching guitars
and driving bass
lines, are as strong
as anything the
Beatles were writing
a few years earlier.
that. I would argue, in
fact, that 1971s Hunky
Dory and 1972s Ziggy
Stardust are two of the
best albums ever recorded
by a solo act. The melodies, fueled as much by
piano and Bowies voice
as by crunching guitars
and driving bass lines, are
as strong as anything the
Beatles were writing a few
years earlier.
All the while, Bowies
lyrics were abstract and
cinematic. Space Oddity, Star Man, Life
on Mars and Moonage
Daydream, showcase a
space obsession apparently triggered by Kubricks
1968 film, 2001: A
Space Odyssey. Notably,
though, much of Bowies
1970s writing centered
on themes of Apocalypse
and paranoia, of a world
being wrestled away from
our youth by sinister
forces only a distant alien
force could combat.
Like his Brit contemporaries, The Beatles, Stones
and Elton John, most of
Bowies best work was
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
David Bowie
retroactive, showcasing
piano chords and doowop melodies popularized in the early and
middle 60s. The media
may have painted him as
a postmodernist over the
years, but go back and listen to Drive in Saturday,
Rock and Roll Suicide
and Changes. Each work
is definitively Bowie yet
undeniably derivative.
In the early 70s, only
the Rolling Stones and
John Lennon were making
music as timeless and
unique as Bowie was. As
the 80s dawned, however,
Bowie seemed to trade
in musical ingenuity for
image and style. Fame,
Under Pressure and
Lets Dance were all
huge hits for the artist
but a far cry from his finest rock n roll moments
a decade earlier.
After he went public
with his bisexuality and
channeled much of his
energy towards acting,
Bowies popularity in
America waned. Live performances became rarer
and new albums went
mostly unheard, as he
became more of a niche
draw. But the artist never
stopped making music,
releasing his final album
Blackstar, just days before he finally succumbed
to cancer last weekend.
Much like Queen singer
Freddy Mercury, Bowies
enormous talent has
been obscured somewhat
by his iconic showmanship. But I implore you
to go back and listen to
those two aforementioned
albums. In Rock musics
last great heyday, Bowie
was as good as any artist
going, and thats a claim
only the true legends can
make.
OUR SCHOOLS
The Greer Citizen
SCHOOL
NEWS
administrators, a social
worker, a Clemson History
and Psychology instructor
and a Fluor Daniel employee, have given their
time and effort to tutor
20 male students in math,
science, social studies and
reading.
Upon completion of
the tutorial year, the students have received electronic devices, such as
a Nook and Galaxy Notebook, at the awards program. The Sigma Pi Phi
Fraternity Boul Scholars
Tutorial Program is held
on the first and third
Thursday of each month.
SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED
FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
The James F. Byrnes

Scholarship Program was
established in 1949 to assist young South Carolinians who had lost one or
both parents to obtain a
college education.
The annual award of
$3,500 is applied for each
year of a four-year bachelors degree program. The
scholarship is renewed
annually contingent upon
the recipients maintenance of satisfactory academic standing, need for
financial assistance, and
participation in Byrnes
Scholar activities.
Students may visit the
James F. Byrnes Foundation website at www.byrnesscholars.org to obtain
an application packet.
Applications must be
submitted before Feb. 6.
The James F. Byrnes
Foundation Scholarships
are living memorials to
James Francis Byrnes and
his wife, Maude Busch
Byrnes. Since 1949 the
Byrnes Foundation has
awarded 1,090 scholarships.
GREENVILLE COUNTY
K5, FIRST GRADERS

REGISTER JAN. 11-14
Registration for kindergarten and first grade in

Greenville County Schools
will
be
held through
Thursday, Jan. 14.
Children who will be
five years old on or before
Sept. 1, 2016, must enroll
in public or private kindergarten, unless the parent or legal guardian signs
a waiver. Any child who
will be six years old on or
before Sept. 1, 2016, must
enroll in first grade. Visit
your Greenville County
public school Jan. 11-14 to
register.
To enroll a new student
in kindergarten or first
grade, a parent must present the following at registration:
State-issued birth certificate
Properly completed
immunization certificate
or religious exemption
certificate
Two forms of proof of
residence (two documents
required such as a current
utility bill or copy of lease
agreement)
For your childs school
assignment and other information, visit the Kindergarten
Registration
website or call INFOLine at
355-3100.
FINE ARTS APPLICATION

DEADLINE IS FRIDAY
The deadline to submit

an application to Fine Arts
Center for the 2016-2017
school year is Friday, Jan.
15.
Students may complete
an application by visiting
www.fineartscenter.net
and clicking on the Apply
Now button.
Students apply and are
selected on the basis of talent, interest and commitment to their discipline and
study theatre, dance, architecture,
visual
arts, music, creative writing, or digital filmmaking.
For more information,
call 355-2550.
GREER MIDDLE COLLEGE

SPIRIT WEEK IS JAN. 22-29
Greer Middle College

Charter High will hold its
Spirit Week Jan. 22-29
This years fundraising
beneficiary will the GMC
Building Fund and Greenville Hospital Systems
Center for Integrative
Oncology and Survivorship (CIOS). The goal is
$50,000.
Freshman Hannah Leonhardt chose CIOS as it has
been a fundamental organization through her fight
with Luekemia. The Music
Therapy program through
CIOS has given her hope
allowing her to learn how
to play the guitar during
her visits at GHS.
A detailed calendar of
events will be released on
Jan. 15.
Contact Ms. Smith with
any questions on how to
get involved with Spirit
Week 2016 or visit www.
spiritweek.org for
more
information.
THE GREER CITIZEN
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Washington Center students, left to right, Matthew Hudson, Kenny Diaz, Rodney
Blackstone and Demetries Owens along with their classroom staff, Josh Kirksey, Karimah
Morris, Lizzie Wakely (volunteer) and teacher Nardia Lloyd, enjoy learning while on a trip
to the Glazing Pot.
GREER HIGH BAND TO HOLD

MATTRESS SALE
The Greer High G-Force

marching band will hold
its second mattress fundraiser on Saturday, Jan.
23, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in
the school commons area
from 10am-5pm.
All purchases benefit
the band.
WASHINGTON CENTER
CLASS VISITS GLAZING POT
Nardia Lloyds middle

school class at Washington Center enjoyed taking
a curriculum based instruction trip to the Glazing Pot.
This trip allows students
to work on fine motor
skills (painting), paying
for their materials, and
practicing appropriate behavior.
Communication is also a
huge skill that is practiced
when out in the community. Students are able to
communicate their wants
and needs through tactile
picture symbols and voice
output devices.
FURMAN HONORS GREER

HIGHS JOHN MORRISON
John Morrison, a social

studies teacher at Greer
High, has been named
a recipient of the 2015
Childers Education Foundation Teaching Excellence Award from Furman
University.
A committee of Furman
faculty, along with school
administrators and mentor teachers who worked
closely with award nominees, used three main criteria in selecting Morrison
for the award: love of content, love of teaching and
love of student.
Morrison, a history major, graduated from Furman in 2015 and served
as a social studies student
teacher intern at Berea
High School last fall.
The $1,500 award was
established in 2009 by Marybeth Bunting Childers
80, an education major at
Furman who founded two
schools and was named
North Carolina Teacher of
the Year, and her husband,
Alfred Childers 80, a former member of Furmans
Board of Trustees.
GREER HIGH HOSTS

FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP
Parents are invited to

attend a financial aid
workshop sponsored by
Greenville County Schools
on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 6
p.m. at Greer High.
Additional workshops
will be held at Hillcrest
High on Feb. 2; Carolina
High Academy, Feb. 11;
and Travelers Rest High,
Feb. 25. All workshops begin at 6 p.m. and are open
to the public.
Visitors will hear from
school counselors and college financial aid officers
regarding the most current financial aid information and strategies for successfully navigating the
financial aid process.
All types of financial
aid, including scholarships, grants, FAFSA, and
loans will be discussed.
Parents will also receive
information on the Sirrine
Scholarship. For more information call 355-3391
or 355-3392.
GREER HIGH PAGEANTS

SET FOR FEBRUARY
This year the Miss Greer

High School and Mr. GHS
pageants will be held together for the first time on
Saturday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $7 and will be
sold at the door.
Miss Greer High School

is a scholarship pageant. It
is open to any young lady
that wants to participate.
They must have at least a
C in every subject and be
in good standings with the
staff and administration.
Miss GHS crowns one winner and four runners-up.
The winner will receive a
$500 college scholarship.
The contestants compete
in interview with the judges, casual wear, talent and
evening gown. The pageant is in its 18th year and
serves as a fundraiser for
the band.
Mr. GHS features young
men competing in sportswear and business attire.
A representative will be
chosen from each grade
level with Mr. GHS coming
from the senior class.
Miss LeFlambeau will
take place on Saturday,
Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. Tickets
will be sold in advance
with the cost and date
to purchase will be announced at a later time.
Miss LeFlambeau is the
class beauty pageant. Contestants are voted in by
their peers and compete
in casual wear and evening
gown. A winner is chosen
from each grade level with
Miss LeFlambeau coming
out of the senior class. It
serves as a fundraiser for
the yearbook.
Miss LeFlambeau contestants include:
Freshman
Caroline Crusco
Grace Edwards
Savannah Fore
Olivia Heneise
Jazmine Rainey
Sophomores
Carley Blackwell
Laura Brown
Mary Claire Gay
Katelyn Larke
Hannah Perry
Juniors
Molly Aughtry
Paige Clifford
Emma Cornell
Cassey Freeman
Haley Hunt
Lindsey Jarecki
Candace Jensen
Michaela Parker
Jonae Rawls
Emma Kate Rhymer
Seniors
Mackenzie Cain
Makala Cain
Katelyn Coleman
Allee Dacus
Morgan Davis
Madison Dial
Shayla Grayson
Madison Harvey
Tara Hawkins
Abigail Heneise
Heather Hill
Nomi Henkin
Kinsley Kennedy
Taylor Landrum
Tierra Mack
Natalie Minor
Madison Morris
Taylor Patton
Samantha Perez
Kathleen Price
Madison Reynolds
Asjah Rubano
Hannah Taylor
Brooke Wade
Amy Yarborough
SCHOOLS HOST INTERNET

SAFETY PROGRAMS
Mountain View Elementary will host an Internet Safety program on

Wednesday, Jan. 20, at
7:30 a.m.
The presentation for
parents will cover Internet Safety and Cyberbullying Prevention in the
school media center.
Brushy Creek Elementary
will host an Internet Safety
presentation by Rick Floyd
on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 6
p.m. in the school media
center.
Floyd, a retired Greenville City undercover internet detective, will share
valuable
information
about internet safety and
how to keep your child
safe with
technology.
Topics will include social
networking,
cyberbullying, texting, popular apps
and more. Floyd currently
works in the Greenville
County School Districts
Information Security Department.
HIGH SCHOOL PAGEANT

SCHEDULE
Blue Ridge High School

will hold its annual Miss El
Dorado pageant Saturday,
Jan. 23, from 5-10 p.m.
Eastside High School will
hold its annual Miss Aurea
Aquila Pageant Saturday,
Feb. 6, from 7-9:30 p.m.
FORMER TEACHERS
MENTOR AT BROOK GLENN
For three years, members of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity have mentored Brook
Glenn Elementary fourth
and fifth grade boys.
The group, including
retired Greenville County
DISTRICT FIVE
WINTERGUARD PREVIEW
SHOW SET FOR SATURDAY
The District Five Winter

Guards will perform a preview on Saturday, Jan. 16,
at the Byrnes Freshman
Academy gym, beginning
at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $3 at the
door, and donations will
also be accepted. All proceeds will benefit the Winter Guard program.
STUDENTS SHARE STAGE

WITH RENOWNED VIOLINIST
A master of music will

soon visit District Five to
share his skills and perform with orchestra students.
The District Five Orchestra program will be hosting a two-day clinic called
Electrify Your Strings
(EYS) Jan. 28-29.
Mark Wood, a worldrenowned electric violinist, founding member of
Trans-Siberian Orchestra,
and Emmy-winning composer for orchestra students, along with his partner, Sarah Charness, will
conduct a workshop with
middle and high school
orchestra
students. The
students will perform an
B7
orchestra rock concert

with Wood at the Fine Arts
Center on Friday, Jan. 29,
at 7 p.m.
Tickets can be preordered for $8 or purchased at the door for
$10.
Contact
arlyn.
mills@spart5.net for more
information.
BERRY SHOALS STUDENTS

WIN SCIENCE AWARDS
Students at Berry Shoals

Intermediate put their science skills on display before the holiday break for
a shot at the regional Science Fair.
The school held its own
science fair, and fifth and
sixth grade winners included:
Physics
Thomas Eubanks (1st)
Caleb Melton (2nd)
William Chastain (3rd)
Grey Lister (3rd)
William Emerson (3rd)
Kamdan Gilbert (Honorable Mention)
Jack Eitel (Honorable
Mention)
Biology
Cole Gillis (1st)
Juston Slate (1st)
Sara Proper (2nd)
Michael Adolf (2nd)
Makayla Pernell (3rd)
Asa Fendley (3rd)
Xander Reeves (Honorable Mention)
Chemistry
Adrian Gluchowski (1st)
Daniel Wallwork (2nd)
Shawna Gasper (3rd)
Charlotte
Whitesell
(Honorable Mention)
General Science
Raegan Burnette (1st)
Jared Palmer (2nd)
Harrison Scott (2nd)
Caroline Martin (3rd)
Timothy Sullan (Honorable Mention)
School winners will go
on to compete in the Piedmont Region III Science
Fair this February, hosted
at USC Upstate.
FUN AND GAMES
B8 THE GREER CITIZEN
Diabetic foot ulcers

deservedly feared
DEAR DR. ROACH: My
father is an 84-year-old diabetic. He has had a wound
on his foot (on the inner
side of his right foot, near
his big toe) for about five
months. He has been treated by a podiatrist, who has
debrided the wound every
week. He prescribed antibiotics when the wound
has looked infected. A visiting nurse and my mother
have changed and dressed
the wound regularly during these months.
This week, the podiatrist said he could see the
bone in my dads foot, and
recommended hyperbaric
treatment. Could you tell
me what your opinion is
of this treatment in my fathers case? Do you know
if it has a high percentage
of success? -- C.O.
ANSWER: Foot ulcers in
diabetes are common and
feared. Diabetes damages
blood vessels, both large
and small. Also, longstanding diabetes decreases the
effectiveness of the inflammatory response and
immune system. Finally,
poor nerve function in
people with diabetes combines with these other factors to predispose one to
developing breakdown of
the skin and development
of ulcers. These ulcers
can get large and deep,
and when the bone is visible (and sometimes even
when its not), the bone is
infected. In this case, there
is a high risk of the need
for amputation.
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
By far, the best way to
deal with diabetic foot ulcers is to not get them in
the first place. Good control of diabetes, proper
footwear, regular checks
by a professional and daily self-checks of the feet
for people at high risk can
reduce the likelihood of
developing ulcers. Early
and aggressive treatment
of precursor lesions, even
mild redness of the skin,
ingrown toenails or fungal infection of the feet,
should prompt urgent
evaluation by a podiatrist.
Once the ulcer has progressed to the point where
your dads is now, aggressive measures are called
for. In addition to care by
a podiatrist or orthopedic
surgeon, evaluation by a
vascular surgeon and a
wound-management specialist may be limb- and
even life-saving.
While hyperbaric oxygen
has indeed been shown
to be beneficial in several
studies (reducing amputation rate from 33 percent
to 9 percent in one study),
only an expert with detailed knowledge of your
dads case can decide
whether this is appropriate treatment. If you trust
your podiatrist, I think it
may well be a useful treatment. However, I would be

sure that he, or a vascular
surgeon, has looked at the
quality of blood flow to
the foot.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH:
What is your position on
the shingles vaccine for
people in their 70s? We
have been told that some
doctors do not approve of
it. Yet we know of so many
people who suffered terribly from shingles. Thank
you. -- J.T.
ANSWER: Ive written
about the vaccine lots of
times. I am a strong believer in it and think anyone over 60 should get it
unless they have a medical
reason not to. The older
you are, the more important it is to get the shot,
since the complication of
pain (postherpetic neuralgia) is so devastating and
tends to lasts longer the
older you are.
***
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer individual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possible. Readers may email
questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu.
To view and order health
pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to
Good Health, 628 Virginia
Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.
(c) 2016 North America Synd., Inc.
SOAP UPDATES
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND

THE BEAUTIFUL
The tension between

Brooke and Bill was palpable as they began working
together at Spencer Publications. Rick offered Sasha a position in his company. Nicole filled Maya
in on how her friendship
with Sasha had always
been of a competitive nature. Meanwhile, Sasha
had aspirations of obtaining more than just a job at
Forrester Creations. Katie
assured Rick that Brooke
could be trusted around
Bill. Because Nicole had
selflessly sacrificed so
much of herself for him
and Maya, Rick made a sacrifice of his own. Nicoles
insecurity got the best of
her when she witnessed
how much attention Zende
was receiving from other
females. Sashas hopes
got dashed. Wait to See: A
once-solid marriage comes
to an end.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Chad proposed to Abigail. Rafe offered to help

a traumatized Hope. Victor comforted Maggie
over Daniels death. Steve
was stunned when Ava
revealed the story behind
the baby pictures. Andre
learned the truth about
Chad. Theo found a cruel
message inside his locker.
Melanie returned to Salem
to help plan her fathers
funeral. Nicole had a dif-
MITCHELL HAASETH | NBC
Arianne Zucker stars as

Nicole on Days of Our
Lives
ficult time dealing with
Daniels death. Eric was
wracked with guilt over his
actions. Eduardo gave John
key information about his
mother. Andre became
suspicious of Hope. Eric
and Brady shared an intense confrontation. Later,
Brady had an odd dream
involving Nicole. Caroline
described another disturbing vision she had about
Victor. Wait to See: Hope
confesses to murder.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Kiki wondered if Ava

was in trouble with the law
yet again. Morgan wanted
to do something to make
his family proud of him.
Johnny put his master
plan with Valerie into motion. Carlos made a heartfelt appeal to Sabrina.
Lulus guilt got the best of
her as she started to realize that there was no sim-
ple solution to repairing

her and Dantes marriage.
Anna sought out Robert
for help. The success of
Crimsons green issue put
the tax-dodging Julian on
edge. Alexis nixed the idea
of having an engagement
party. Johnnys plans for
Valerie put her life in jeopardy. Incriminating photos
of Johnny and Lulu turned
up at the PCPD. Hayden
was torn between acting
on her head or her heart.
Wait to See: Kristina makes
a confession.
THE YOUNG AND

THE RESTLESS
Kevin turned down Victor and Jacks offers to

invest in his project. The
tension was thick between
Noah, Luca and Marisa at
Newman Enterprises. Michael delivered surprising
news to Jack. Lily confronted and slapped Hilary
over how she was treating
Devon. Meanwhile, Devon told Cane he couldnt
bring himself to walk away
from Hilary. Victor warned
Noah of the importance
of sticking to their plan
and not losing his cool.
Cane informed Lily that he
wasnt ready to move forward with their relationship. Victor scolded Nikki
after finding out that she
was on a lunch date with
Neil. Mariah was shocked
at how bravely Kevin stood
up to Jack and Victor. Wait
to See: Kevin smells a con.
THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
RFD by Mike Marland
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas
(c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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