Police Connect With Citizens: Community Support For Cops On Rise

SOUTH CAROLINAS PREMIER WEEKLY
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016
GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 103 NO. 31 75 CENTS
Community
support for
cops on rise
Policing is a partnership.
We have to work together to make our neighborhood as safe as we can.
Sgt. Chad Richardson, Greer Police Department
Police
connect
with
citizens
BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
Local police have seen
an increase in community support since a mass
shooting in Dallas that
took the lives of five officers..
When all this stuff has
been going on over the last
couple of years, Ive never
seen anything like it in my
entire career, and thats
At National
Night Out
If people are
praying for us, I
know thats always
made me feel good,
to know that people
are lifting us up.
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
With a summer of reports of tensions between
police and residents across
the nation, Tuesdays National Night Out in Greer
gave police officers and
local residents an opportunity to promote partnership needed for safer
communities.
With all thats been going on, this is a great opportunity to show people
that theres a different
side of police than the one
thats being portrayed in
the media, said Sgt. Chad
Richardson of the Greer
Police Department. Right
now, were at a crucial time
where we have to bring everybody together as one.
Without a bond between
the community and police,
we cant do our jobs and
its hard for community
members to get the services they get, Richardson added. Policing is a
partnership. We have to
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C.E. Long
Duncan Police Chief
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Cash Watson plays ring toss at the City of Greers National Night Out event, held at City
Park on Tuesday.
been a long time, said

Duncan Police Chief C.
E. Long, who has worked
with Duncan around 15
years. Ive also never seen
the outpouring of support.
Chief Long shared an example of a man at a local
QT paying for his biscuit
and coffee.
I think one of the best
things people can do is really pray, Chief Long said.
If people are praying for
us, I know thats always
made me feel good, to
know that people are lifting us up.
Greer Police Chief Dan
Reynolds agreed with the

recent increase of visible
support from the community, I think people realize
the difficulty of our work
and the danger in our work
and do appreciate what we
do and the sacrifices we
make in order to keep this
community safe.
Reynolds has been working as chief in Greer since
February 2005 after serving more than 30 years
with the Savannah (Georgia) Police Department.
Theres been so many
people that have come
here and given us support
through all kinds of meals
and other donations, as
well as calls and emails,
said Chief Reynolds. Its
hard to respond to everybodys kind words and
support, but I just want
them to knowthe officers all appreciate the
support we get from this
community. That has to be
said.
Lyman Police Chief Jay
Hayes shared some specific examples of citizens
paying for officers meals
at restaurants, parents
bringing their children by
the department and residents giving goodie bags
and cards as well as people stopping us just to
thank us for the job we do
and let us know they are
praying for us.
Chief Hayes has been
working in Lyman since
1994, and I believe the
area around us (Lyman,
Duncan, Wellford, Greer,
Spartanburg) has always
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Jobs coming to Greer

industrial park site
With $45
million
investment
BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
KAELYN PFENNING | THE GREER CITIZEN
First responders took on a fire on W. Poinsett Street last Wednesday morning. The blaze
claimed the life of a 90-year-old Greer man.
Man found dead after

Poinsett Street blaze
BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
A Greer man has died
after a fire at a W. Poinsett Street residence last
Wednesday morning.
John Benjamin (J.B.) Norris, 90, passed away at
around 7:50 a.m. as firefighters responded to a
call, which reported smoke
coming from an exterior
window.
Firefighters pulled an
unresponsive Norris from
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the residence and began

performing CPR at the
scene.
An autopsy, performed
that afternoon, determined the cause of death
to be smoke inhalation.
The cause of the fire
has been ruled unintentional but undetermined,
said Greer Fire Marshal
Scott Keeley.
Residents should always have a working
smoke detector in each
bedroom, outside a group
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of bedrooms and a detector on each level of the

house, Keeley advised.
If a residence has a double keyed deadbolt lock;
then, the resident should
keep a key in the lock, but
we recommend changing
deadbolt locks to a single
cylinder.
Pelham Batesville Fire
Department also responded to the call.
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Greer will soon welcome

Jiangnan Mold Plastic
Technology Corporation
to Velocity Park, according
to city officials.
Technology Corporation,
which is currently constructing a location in
Spartanburg County, is investing $45 million in the
project and is expected to
create 150 new jobs over
the next five years.
At a July 26 meeting,
Greer City Council unanimously approved a resolution to include the corporation in the multi-county
industrial park.
We are pleased to welcome Jiangnan to the City
of Greer and Spartanburg
County, said Greer Mayor
Rick Danner. On my economic development recruiting trips to China, Ive
learned first-hand what a
positive impact that foreign direct investment
from Chinese companies
can have on a commu-
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nity. With Minghuas gracious example and their

great success in the City
of Greer and Spartanburg
County, we hope that this
project will encourage other foreign companies to
see the advantages of our
quality workforce, readyto-go sites, and can-do attitude.
It is very clear
to us that South
Carolina is a probusiness state, and
we look forward
to continuing our
cooperation with the
state as we grow.
Robert Cao

One of the largest suppliers of plastic mold parts in
Chinas automotive industry, Jiangnan Mold Plastic
specializes in the development,
manufacturing
and sales of plastic products and hi-tech molds.
The company will manufacture a variety of parts
and products for original

equipment manufacturers
and tier one suppliers in
the automotive industry.
This investment in
South Carolina and in Spartanburg County will further strengthen Jiangnans
effort to expand its global
leadership role in the plastic molding industry, said
Robert Cao, Chairman of
the Board of Directors and
General Manager for Jiangnan Mold Plastic Technology Corporation. It is
very clear to us that South
Carolina is a pro-business
state, and we look forward
to continuing our cooperation with the state as we
grow.
Strategically positioned
to support South Carolinas thriving automotive sector, the new plant
will be located at 1000
Robinson Road in Greer,
S.C. Expected to be fully
operational in the second
half of 2017, hiring for the
260,000-square-foot facility will begin in the second
half of 2017.
We are exceedingly
pleased that Jiangnan
chose to locate a new operation in Spartanburg
County and welcome yet
another
international
company to our community, said David Britt,
chairman of the Economic
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away prizes, book bags

full of school supplies,
face painting, inflatables,
free food, and having special guests in attendance.
Students in elementary
school
through
high
school will receive a book
bag filled with school supplies,
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By Billywhile
Cannada
SportS Editor
FOOD TRUCK ROLLOUT

GREER CITY PARK
Several trucks offering

different food and beverage options are coming to
Greer City Park from 5-8
p.m. on Friday, August 5.
The Food Truck Rollout is
to hold an event for young
adults in the Greer area
where they can celebrate
the weekend with multiple
food trucks, live music
and drink at Greer City
Park, said Ashlyn Stone,
Greer Events Supervisor.
Three to four trucks are
to carry dinner options for
purchase while one truck
is to carry desserts and
Former
Yellow Jacket head coach Jeff Neely will
cool treats for guests to
for Heaven, in July at Greer First Baptist Church.
purchase.
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The Camellia Garden Club of Greer has awarded the

Business Yard of the Month for August to The Carolina Law
Group, located at 210 West Poinsett Street, Greer.
Shooting for Heaven

returns this July
Edward Jones will be collecting school supplies at
its Locust Hill Road office
during normal business
hours through Aug. 5. The
supplies, accepted during
normal business hours of
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily,
will be donated to Chandler
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SportS Editor
Glue
sticks, crayons, composition notebooks, copy
paper,
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markers,
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a
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camp
are hosted
among
by former Greer coach Jeff
Neely, returns for its 22nd
year this summer, running
from July 6-9 and July 1316 at Greer First Baptist.
Its about teaching them
sportsmanship and how
to work with other kids,
Neely said. Its tough for
a lot of these kids to play
with one another, so we
teach them how to do that
and other skills for all levels.
For both sessions, the
camp
BY KAELYN
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run from 9-11:30
a.m.
STAFF WRITER
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1605 Locust Hill Road in
Greer.
hosting a back to school

bash from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6,
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filled afternoon of food,
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people come back and say
how much it meant and
how much they enjoyed
it, Neely said. A lot of
that stuff, you dont hear
about until later. It is fun
to see names in the paper
that I know. It could be tennis or golf or basketball or
football, but I remember
when they were at camp in
first grade or something
like that. Its pretty cool.
The cost for the camp is
$75 per week. For more information, email Neely at
Jkimeneely@gmail.com
or call 787-9663.
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from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Aug. 10, 2016, in front of
the Bon Secours Wellness
Arena. Donations will be
collected to benefit the
animal shelter. The new
K-9 trailer as well as the
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(pate style), Wet/Canned
Dog/Puppy Food (ground),
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Fleece & Baby Blankets,
Towels & Hand Towels, Pillow Cases, Flat Sheets, Dog
& Cat Carriers, Pet Leashes, Pet Sweaters (all sizes),
Kitchen timers, Heating
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CALL BEFORE YOU DIG

GREER CPW
Greer Commission of
Public Works invites the
public to a Call Before
You Dig event from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11, at Greer CPW
Headquarters, 301 McCall St., Greer. A hotdog
lunch is to be served from
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A
bounce house, free hotdog
lunch and drawing for gift
cards are to be part of the
event.
Keep Your Old Folks Home!

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Greer American Legion Post 115 opens the season on May

20 against Inman.
Ramsey helps lead the senior team.
Were going to bring
some of our younger guys
up and let them come
to our non-conference
games, Kontowsky said.
Weve got a great group
of young kids right now,
so our next four or five
years are looking really
good. Its exciting to see
the young kids investing
in American Legion.
The schedule will be
tough right out of the
gate. The senior team will
travel to Inman on May
20 for a 7 p.m. game, taking on Union the following day. Kontowsky said
the first few games of
the season will be crucial.
Inman is our rival and
they are always strong,
he said. They only lost
two kids from last year
and they were one game
away from playing in the
championship game at
state last year. Gaffney is
also supposed to be pretty
good, so well have a tough
road.
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Lady Tigers on the ropes

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By Billy Cannada
SportS Editor
After claiming the District II championship last
week, the Blue Ridge softball team opened the Upper State tournament with
a 7-0 loss to Union County
Monday night.
With the loss, the Lady
Tigers drop to the losers

With a win, the Tigers
bracket where they will would advance to take
take on Wren Wednesday on the loser of the Union
night on the road.
County/Lancaster matchLiving up
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had not
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have to win twice
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Night out
Duncan celebrated National
Night Out with food, games
and educational booths at
Stoneledge Park Tuesday.
Right: Dillon Blackwell, of
the Duncan Fire Department
watches as Ashdon Leverette
and Messiah Williams model
their helmets in the fire engine.
Below, from left, Chris Back
watches as his daughter Alissa
draws for a prize from Maleah
Alewine and Lark Long at the
Duncan Police booth.
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Daily Bread Ministries
will begin operations in its
family shelter next week,
naming Martha Bennett
operations manager for
the facility.
Greer STEP (Shelter to
Empower People) completed construction recently
after two and a half years.
The shelter, which seeks to
provide a 90-day program
for families to move forward from a life of homelessness, is the first of its
kind in downtown.
Bennett has managed
the Greer Soup Kitchen
for years and will now
add shelter operations
to her duties. The shelter
currently has 24 trained
volunteers with 15 dedicated as facilitators with
families and nine devoted
to helping residents find
employment, permanent
housing, learn budgeting
and other skills.
People from all walks
of life have come forward
to help with this project,
said Don Louis, STEP chairman.
Its like a dream come
true. I cant believe it,
said Levi LC Crowder,
Photos by Mandy Ferguson
CHURCH
NEWS
REVIVAL AT UPSTATE TREE
OF LIFE CHURCH
A revival will be held

at Upstate Tree of Life
Church, located at 203
East Bearden Street, Greer.
The event will be held Aug.
3-5 beginning at 6 p.m.
nightly. There will be special singing and messages
from guest Rev. Johnny
Crawford. For more information, call 848-1295.
CALVARY HILL
TO HOLD REVIVAL
Calvary
Hill
Baptist
Church, located at 100
Calvery Hill Church Dr.
in Lyman, will hold a Revival from Aug. 7-11. Services will begin at 7 p.m.
Monday-Thursday
and
5:30 p.m. on Sunday. All
are welcome and Dr. Stan
Wardlaw will be speaking.
For more information, call
968-0493.
DRUMMOND
TO SHARE SERMON
Sis. Shere Drummond

will share an initial sermon on Aug. 7 at 4 p.m. at
New Hope Baptist Church.

The church is located at
561 Gilliam Rd. in Greer.
879-7080.
SPECIAL SERVICES AT
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST
There will be a revival at

Fellowship Baptist Church,
located 2231 Howard
Gap Rd. Hendersonville,
North Carolina, beginning
Wednesday Aug.10 and
lasting through Friday.
Events will start at 7:30
p.m. nightly with Rev.
Billy Mitchell preaching.
828-685-3730 or 828-6972282. They will also host
Greer PD joins webbased Greer community

BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
The Greer Police Department recently joined Nextdoor, a private social network for neighbors.
Last month, Community
Outreach Sergeant Chad
Richardson posted to the
site, I am pleased to announce that the Greer Police Department will be
utilizing Nextdoor to help
make our neighborhoods
stronger and safer.
Nextdoor provides a
safe way to connect with
those who live nearby and
to stay informed about local, timely happenings.
The Greer Police Department plans to share
important news and emergency notifications that
are relevant to your neighborhood,
Richardson
said.
Residents can use Nextdoor to communicate
about break-ins, Neighborhood Watch Groups, babysitters, painters, lost dogs,
outgrown bikes and other
related items.
Please be assured that
your Nextdoor website
remains private, Richardson said. Our staff will
not be able to see any of
the content on your neighborhood website except
for the direct replies to
our posts.
Nextdoors mission is to
use the power of technology to build stronger and
safer neighborhoods, according to nextdoor.com.
On Facebook, the Greer
Police Department posted,
The web based communication tool allows neighborhoods to communicate
privately together and
specifically communicate
needs and criminal information to law enforcement. These needs are
easily assigned to particular departments, to have
them met quickly and efficiently. We encourage
residents to create and/or
find the neighborhood
that you are attached too,
geographically, and get to
know each other and your
area officers.
To join, visit nextdoor.
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com, enter your email address, physical street address, and zip code and
click GET STARTED -- ITS
FREE. From there, residents are able to join an
existing neighborhood or
create a new one.
We look forward to
communicating with you

on Nextdoor to make
Greer an even better place
to live, Richardson said.
For more information,
visit nextdoor.com.
a homecoming service on
Sunday, Aug. 14 at 11 a.m.
featuring the Jimmy Justice Family and the Sheltons singing. For information call 828-685-3730 or
828-697-2282.
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Those
interested
in
Greer STEP can apply by
calling 469-9805 and leaving a message.
Potential
candidates
will go through an initial
phone interview followed
by in-person interviews if
warranted.
We need to dissuade
ourselves of any notion
that the people who will
come to this shelter over
the years with broken
lives can be fixed by what
we have done and will do
here. It is not more stuff
we all need, or a welldesigned program, or a
well-intended pep talk; it
is hopefulness because
someone cares enough to
offer a helping hand; it is
optimism about tomorrow because we are loved

by God. It is seeing a way
out of a broken life, Bob
McQuaid, the programs
designer, said.
Our goal is to go out
of business, said Adam
Wickliffe,
development
director. We want to end
hunger and homelessness
rather than just fight it.
Inc. began with the Greer
Soup Kitchen in 1992.
Over 500 volunteers serve
over 50,000 hot meals 365
days a year. The Greer
Family Shelter is an extension of the ministry.
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The Greer Citizen
A4 THE GREER CITIZEN
Maybe well find out
y choices to write about this week

were either a fox Im trying to
heal from sarcoptic mange, or the
fact that America just nominated its
first woman for President of the United
States.
Sorry, Freddy, you get bumped to next
week.
Even if you loathe Hillary Clinton, can
we at least all come together to rejoice
for Jerry Emmett, aged 102, a delegate
from Arizona, who was born 6 years before women were given the right to vote?
I remember that day, she said on
camera, being interviewed for NBC news,
I was about 8 years old and we all
thought, Oh, boy!
She also stated, this time to USA
Today, that she remembers seeing her
mother going to vote for the first time
and that recently, she prayed often to
God that she would die a happy woman
after seeing a woman nominated for
President.
Oh, no you wont, replied a friend,
Ive already bought your dress for the
inauguration.
And when Jerry was handed the
microphone at the Democratic National
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
Convention and declared, Fifty-one
votes for the next president of the United States of America, Hillary Rodham
Clinton, she struggled before dissolving
into tears.
Its a lovely thing to witness someone,
particularly someone of a great age, live
to see their dreams realized. It would
also be a mistake for any Democrat to
crow, Just remember, the womans right
to vote happened under a Democratic
Presidents (Woodrow Wilson) administration! Because that conveniently
leaves out the fact that Democrats of
that era were intensely socially conservative and it was during the Republican
platform of 1872 (although well after
the very first womens convention in
Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848) that
additional rights for women should
be considered, was first mentioned

and the words for the subsequent 19th
Amendment first introduced by California Republican, Aaron A Sargent in 1878.
But before Republicans begin to pat
each other on their back for their part
in the nomination of Hillary Clinton, let
it be known that this baby didnt just
happen over night. While Sargent indeed
introduced the words of the amendment,
there was no forward movement for a
decade as it sat, lifeless, bogged down
in endless committees, until it finally
appeared for a vote and was soundly
defeated, as Suffragettes marched and
protested and starved themselves, 34
to 16. Regardless of the fact that the
bill was introduced again and again, the
victorious vote in the Senate did not take
place until 1919 and ratified in 1920.
Author Alana Jeydel, in her book,
Political Women: The Womens Movement, Political Institutions, the Battle
for Womens Suffrage and the ERA,
points out that really, both Republican
and Democratic parties really made little
more than symbolic overtures regarding the Womens Right to vote and that
most of the credit should go to then
former President, Theodore Roosevelts

Progressive Party, which he created upon
breaking away from the GOP, which fully
endorsed the Womens Right to Vote on
their platform. And Woodrow Wilson,
embarrassed and wearied by the picketing outside the White House, finally supported passage of the amendment. From
there, it was still in for a bumpy ride but
ultimately victorious following members of the National American Woman
Suffrage Association working to defeat
two senators, ultimately giving them the
votes needed.
So the take-away (as is the over-used
term mouthed by every political pundit
on television) in all of this is that the
glass ceiling that has suddenly shattered
above all our heads could not have had
its beginnings without a Republican Congress and a Democratic President. So we
should all feel very good about that.
It boggles the mind to think of how
many monumental pieces of legislation
could actually see the light of day with
the spirit of compromise.
Maybe well find out.
Maybe.
THE UPPER ROOM
KAELYNS
KORNER
Small but
worthwhile
KAELYN PFENNING
Staff reporter
Road trips
Read Ephesians 4:25-32
et the favor of the Lord our

God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our
hands.-Psalm 90:17 (NRSV)
What did your hands do
today? One day I came across
that question in a devotional
book. When I paused to ponder
my answer, I realized that what
I was doing with my hands
was small but worthwhile. On
Mondays I go to the church
and take apart the large church
flower arrangement from the
Sunday services to make small
bouquets for the sick, elderly,
or lonely members. I spend a
few hours sorting the flowers
and rearranging them. Then
someone else distributes them.
Although my work is a
Although my work is a small

effort, I know it spreads joy
and love to people who often
feel forgotten. We all have a
need to be noticed and acknowledged. We all have a
need for someone to say we
count, especially when things
are not going so well in our
lives. Thats what I am trying
to do. We can each do something to brighten anothers
day. All it takes is the power of
our loving imagination and the
work of our hands.
Thought for the day: Whatever I do, I can work at it with
all my heart, as though I were
working for the Lord. (See Col.
3:23.)
Prayer: Dear God, help us to
serve you and share your love,
giving new life and hope to others. Amen.
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To say that there is corruption in the South

Carolina Department of Transportation is like
saying its dark at night.
The question is will the current reform effort
shed any light in the darkness or is this simply
the case of the day following the night only to
see the darkness return. Well see.
State highway departments, especially in the
South, have been notoriously corrupt since the
1930s when states first began to spend significant money to pave dirt roads. To adapt a saying
from the Watergate era, corruption follows the
money and highway department budgets (and
corruption) skyrocketed to meet the demands
for better roads by votes that were no longer
content to be stuck in the mud literally.
Last week Attorney General Alan Wilson obtained five indictments for corruption against
former DOT employees and their friends.
Now, Folks is not without his critics (us included on some other issues) and he is often
guilty of overblown rhetoric but for years he has
relentlessly and fearlessly chronicled the abuse
at DOT and the politicians who have benefited.
Make your own judgment go to FitsNews.com
and search DOT corruption but you had better
pack a lunch as its going to take you a while to
get through it all.
Setting aside all of the specific abuses that
Folks chronicles, lets focus on the three big issues: the money, the roads and the reform efforts.
First the money. The S.C. Department of
Transportation spends a lot of money $1.6
billion last year. And, despite recent tough
economic times for the state, relatively speaking the DOT has continued to make out like a
bandit. According to a recent story in The State
newspaper entitled How S.C.s Leaders Have
Failed South Carolinians (I strongly encourage
you to Google the story and read it) over the last
10 years Counting federal and state money the
state Department of Transportation (spending)
has increased to $1.6 billion from $1 billion,
including a $49.9 million increase in money
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This amounts to a 63 percent increase for the
DOT from the 2007-8 budget until today. At the
same time, there were huge reductions in other
departments: -27 percent for the Dept. of Health
and Environmental Control, 25 percent for
higher education, -24 percent in funds for local
governments, -10 percent for K-12 funding, etc.
Clearly the highway boys (and girls) have their
friends in the legislature who protect them.
Second, the roads. We spend lots of money
on roads but look what we get great roads,
right? Wrong anyone who has driven in our
state knows how bad the roads are.
Our roads are literally killing us S.C. was tied
with West Virginia as the state with the deadliest roads according to last years authoritative
study by the National Transportation Research
Group.
The roads are so bad that a couple of years
ago Pete Selleck, chairman and president of
Greenville-based Michelin North America, said
South Carolinas roads are in such bad shape
the company might have to consider other locations for expansion. The roads in this state are
a disgrace, he said.
Third, the reform. The question is are things
going to change? The answer is maybe, possibly, a little, in time but dont count on it.
The road bill passed by the legislature this
year supposedly had some significant reform
provisions. Heres what Gov. Haley said of the
so-called reforms, A lot of elected officials went
home and said, We got you roads. Rah rah! You
know, Re-elect us. We did a great thing. And
the truth of the matter is I think we stepped
back a decade.
We dont need more studies; we need more
indictments.
More simple math: Corruption + Inaction
= More Corruption + More Bad Roads + More
Deaths
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he other day, as I drove

to work, I noticed the left
blinker start on the vehicle
in front of me.
I slowed down.
Soon after, that vehicle
pulled into the right-hand lane
to pass the vehicle now in front
of me.
Smiling, I said to myself,
Nice try, Dude.
A few minutes later, I
watched as the left blinker
came on again. This time, the
vehicle pulled back into the
left-hand lane.
I said aloud to myself, There
you go.
This incident reminded me
of a common saying I have
heard here in South Carolina:
A blinker only means that it
works.
Thinking of blinkers and vehicles, a good friend and I hung
out the other day and recalled
some childhood memories.
When my family came back
to Vermont from Africa, we
took a road trip to the Grand
Canyon.
On the way, the four of us
kids kept track of how many
different state license plates we
saw as well as interacted with
others on the road.
We signaled the drivers of
18-wheelers, who obliged by
pulling on their hornsone
literally sounded like a train.
The alphabet game is a
favorite in my family, and
I personally loved a special
yellow cassette tape with kids
songslater learning it is by
the Doughnut Man.
My older sister and brother
even to this daydo not enjoy
listening to that tape since we
played the 30-minute tape over
and over and over and over.
On other trips, we had fun
looking for punch bugs and
woody wagons.
In general, we enjoy trips together, especially to the beach
or lake. When I was in high
school, we often ventured to
Lake Hartwell with tubes and
picnic lunches.
On the way, we applied
sunscreen, but on the return,
we sleptexcept my dad who
drove.
Trips to the lake are less
frequent now that my three
siblings are married and the
older two have three and four
children.
But on July 4th this year,
we spent a good three or four
hours at Lake Hartwell.
Those times with family are
treasured memories, especially
since we are not guaranteed
tomorrow.
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DAVE
SAYS
DAVE
RAMSEY
Learning
and living
Q: Im a recently retired
widow, and my husband
always took care of most
of our finances. We never
had any debt, but after
starting to learn a little
bit about how money
works, Im worried that
there may be too much of
it invested in CDs (certificates of deposit). The
total nest egg is a little
over $1.5 million, with
$300,000 of that in CDs.
Theres also a $317,000
annuity, a 403(b) and
around $900,000 in IRA
mutual funds. I also have
two homes and a new car
that are paid for. How do
you think I should handle
things going forward?
DR: Im really sorry to
hear about your husband,
but you two did a fantastic job with your finances.
Youre worth at least $1.5
million, and you have no
debt. Youre set for life,
but youre wise to want to
be careful.
The CDs give you some
stability, but obviously
theyre not earning much
of anything. I think of
them as money kicked
up in a hammock its
not working for you. You
both worked hard for that
money, so personally Id
like to see it working hard
for you now. If youve had
good luck with a variable annuity, thats fine.
Youve also had very good
luck with your mutual
fund investing. So, with
all this money in different
areas, youre definitely
diversified.
Its just a matter of
wrapping your arms
around it all and developing a deeper understanding of things going
forward.
THE GREER CITIZEN A5
Firehouse beats the heat with H2O

BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
Firehouse Subs is inviting guests nationwide to

help their local first responders beat the heat
in exchange for a sub with
the fifth annual H2O for
Heroes bottled water collection drive.
On Saturday, Aug. 6,
2016, all Firehouse Subs
restaurants will provide
one medium sub to each
guest who donates an unopened, 24-pack of bottled
water. Subs are medium
and limited to one person
per case.
In Greer, Firehouse Subs,
located at 1205-A West
Wade Hampton Blvd., is
open from 10:30 a.m. to
9:30 p.m. and is collecting
water all day for local fire
departments first.
First, we will reach out
to the first responders in
the area, said Elliott Goldsmith, Local Firehouse
Subs Owner, so well
probably start with the
City of Greer Fire Department.
In 2012, Phoenix-area
franchisees Jerry
and
Windy Griffin launched
H2O for Heroes as a
local initiative to support firefighters battling
wildfires. Now, in its fifth
year, the program has expanded into a nationwide
effort to aid first responders and community members in need.
This year, were doing
it one day on Saturday,
Goldsmith said. Last year,
we did do it for the full
week cause it was new to
the area. When we did the
national rollout, we decided to keep it one day.
Goldsmith, owner of seven locations in the Greenville area, opened the Greer
location 10 years ago, and
this location participated
for the first time in H2O
for Heroes last year.
Its amazing to see how
many people come in to
take advantage of dropping off a case of water
and getting a free sub,
Goldsmith said. We also
had other people who
had other plans but just
safety foundation, Goldsmith said. Weve raised

since 2005over $20 million and over a million of
that has gone back to the
state of South Carolina.
In the city of Greer alone,
we gave one of those John
Deere gatorsutility vehicleswe gave one of those
to the city of Greer a few
years ago to use, so this is
just another way for us to
give back.
Recently, the foundation approved a grant for
Greenville County for almost $25,000 to buy a rescue boat, Goldsmith said,
so its neat to see the
money we raise through
the canister donations at
the register, the empty
pickle buckets that we
sellthose things really
add up to make a big difference.

Firehouse Subs recently
opened its 1,000th restaurant in Rowland Heights,
California and currently serves its signature
hot subs to guests in 44
states, Puerto Rico and
Canada.
First responder support
is an integral part of our
brand heritage and mission
statement, and it is an effort we consistently work
to maintain and build up,
said Don Fox, Chief Executive Officer, Firehouse of
America, LLC. Im proud
that for the first time in
our brands history this
program is now a national
initiative for all communities to participate in.
Firehouse Subs is holding a bottled water collection drive

on Saturday, Aug. 6.
dropped off a case of water.They just wanted to
help out; thats really nice
to see.
Water cases will be given
to the local fire departments first, and if there
is an excess, the water
may be given to the police
department,
retirement
homes and places that
could use water during
August, Goldsmith said.
We all know what were
getting ready to experience here in the month of
August.
Last year, some of Goldsmiths stores had 30-40
cases of water, Goldsmith
said, and I thought it
was going to be a lot, but
the fire departments can
go through a lot of water
pretty quick.
Greer has multiple fire
stations to spread out the
water received from local
residents.
Typically, this time of
year, every time they have
a call, Goldsmith said, on
the fire truck, they normal-
ly have water for that reason because if they have a

real call, they can quickly
deal with heat exhaustion
and these guys need the
water pretty quickly.
The water is not only
necessary for calls but
also for training as they
train every week.
You can never have too
much water, Goldsmith
said. Its important to
stay hydrated.
After the water is received on Saturday, Goldsmith said, We will reach
out to them and see if we
can arrange for pick-up either Sunday or Monday
or we can arrange to help
get it to them.
With heat indexes reaching triple-digit temperatures across the nation,
H2O for Heroes continues
to fuel Firehouse Subs
ongoing commitment to
public safety, while also
encouraging guests to help
their community.
We do this as part of
our firehouse sub public
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The Greer Citizen
Wade Thomas Tom

Cathey, Jr.
Wade Thomas Tom
Cathey, Jr., 78, of Boulder,
CO, loving husband, father,
grandfather and brother,
passed away at his home
on July 7. Tom was a kind
and gentle man with a
keen sense of humor who
contributed greatly to the
scientific community. He
had a unique zest for life
and enjoyed everything he
did. He loved to ski, hike,
sail, camp, play golf and
travel. He lived in the moment, rarely complained
and was blessed with a
child-like curiosity which
made him a success in
his business and personal
life.
Tom was born on Nov.
26, 1937 to Wade and Evelyn (Waters) Cathey, in
Greer, South Carolina. He
was a member of the 1st
graduation class of Chapman High School, Inman,
South Carolina where he
played football and basketball and drove a school
bus at age 15. Tom received his BS and MS in
Electrical Engineering (EE)
from the University of
South Carolina in 1961.
He graduated from Yale
University in 1963 with a
Ph.D. in EE. Afterward he
took a job at Autonetics
Research Center in Anaheim, CA. conducting research in pattern recognition, holography and laser
arrays.
In 1968 Tom and his
family moved to Boulder,
where he became a professor of Electrical and
Computer
Engineering
at the University of Colorado, Boulder and Denver
campuses. In 1974 his
book, Optical
Information Processing and Holography was published,
becoming what many considered the seminal book
in the field.
Tom was awarded an
NSF grant in May 1987 to
start the NSF Engineering
Research Center for Op-
toelectronic
Computing
Systems (OCS). This was
the largest grant awarded
to CU at the time. Tom was
the Director of the OCS
from its initiation in 1987
until August 1993. In 1997
he started CDM Optics in
Boulder with partners R.C.
Merc Mercure and Ed
Dowski. CDM developed
Wavefront Coding technology, a cutting edge depth
of field imaging system. In
2015, Tom and Juan Rodriguez started Ubifocal
to look at using extended
depth of field for human
vision.
In his lifetime, Tom
was honored with several awards and fellowships including the Joseph
Fraunhoffer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize for
contributions to Computational Optical Imaging and its Commercial
Application[CC1] awarded
by the Optical Society of
America in October 2013.
He was a Fellow of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers,
the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers
and the Optical Society
of America and a member
of several honor societies
including Phi Beta Kappa
and Tau Beta Pi. Tom was
awarded 23 patents.
He is survived by his
wife of 32 years, Cherilynn
(Isberg) Cathey, daughters
Susan Cathey Union and
Cheryl Ann Cathey, grandchildren Erika Union and
Cole Thomas Gillespie,
and siblings Benjamin
Theodore Cathey and Deborah Cathey Moore.
A service will be held
for Tom on Saturday, Aug.
13 at 2 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Boulder,
1820 15th St., Boulder, CO
80302 with a reception
following.
In lieu of flowers, the
family would prefer you
make a donation in Toms
name to the Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society
at www.donate.lls.org or
to the University of Colorado Foundation Tom and
Cherilynn Cathey Flatirons
Fund.
Daisy Carter
Daisy Carter of Lyman
passed away July 31,
2016.
She was the widow of
J.V. Carter. Mrs. Carter
was born in Jonesville, Virginia July 27, 1932, daughter of the late Charles Fitts
and Ella Hines Fitts. She
graduated from Jonesville
High School and Lincoln

Memorial University, also
doing graduate work at
Radford University, Wake
Forest University, University of South Carolina and
Clemson University. Mrs.
Carter taught in Tennessee, Virginia, North and
South Carolina, retiring
from D.R. Hill after 32
years teaching.
Mrs. Carter was a member of Lyman United Methodist Church where she
served on many committees, organized the Senior
Group in 1987, was coordinator for 27 years, and
Chairman of Circle 5 for
20 plus years.
She was a member of Lyman Town Council for 20
years, a charter member
of Lyman Chapter Order
of Eastern Star and a Jefferson Award Winner in
2008.
She is survived by a
niece, Gwen Harris of
Jonesville, Virginia; a sister-in-law, Nora Fitts of
Jonesville, Virginia; and
other family, Joe and Sharon Cave, Betty Crumley,
Patty Cox and Fay Speck
all of Jonesville, Virginia,
June Livesay of Ohio, Diane Faircloth of Tennessee
and Audrey Thompson of
North Carolina.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was
predeceased by daughter,
Joella Carter and brother,
Bob Fitts.
Funeral services will be
held 11 a.m. Wednesday,
Aug. 3, 2016 at Lyman
United Methodist Church,
conducted by Rev. Brian
Gilmer. Burial will follow
in Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Greer.
Pallbearers will be Terry
Blackwell, Ian Moore, Steve
Ensley, Brad Shaver, Roger
Pate and Richard Lester.
Honorary escorts will
be the Manley Jones Sunday School Class, Lyman
United Methodist Church
Senior Group, Circle 5 and
Lyman Order of Eastern
Star.
Visitation will be held
9:30-10:45 a.m. Wednesday at the church.
Memorials may be made
to Lyman United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 190,
Lyman, SC 29365 or Daisy
& J.V. Carter Endowed
Scholarship Fund, Lincoln
Memorial University, 6965
Cumberland Gap Parkway, Harrogate, Tennessee
37752.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.
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Weekend Outlook
Isolated weekend storms
90/65 Iso. showers

88/67 Sunny
Get ready for hotter temperatures this

weekend with isolated storms. After a
week of partly sunny, hot weather with
afternoon thunderstorms we will see
hotter temperatures with fewer storms
this weekend. Highs are expected in the
middle 90s on both Saturday and Sunday.
92/67 Iso. showers

90/70 Sunny
Food Truck Rollout
95/70 Iso. showers

94/72 Sunny
Where: Greer City Park

Date: Friday, Aug. 5
5-8 p.m.
Temps: Partly sunny with a few storms.

88 to 85.
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95
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96/74 Sunny
88/67 SUN
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NIGHT: Brings community together

FROM PAGE ONE
work together to make our

neighborhood as safe as
we can.
Dozens of officers and
city residents occupied
the lawn of City Park Tuesday night, celebrating the
event which also included
information from city officials and games and activities for kids.
National Night Out has
gotten a little bit bigger
each year, Richardson
said. Weve tossed this
idea around for a couple of
years, but we feel like its
really worked out better
than we even planned. Its
a great event that brings
the whole community
here. This is a one-stop
shop to meet everybody in

the city tonight.
Natalie and Ricky Williams attended their first
National Night Out, talking with several officers.
Its great for the community, Natalie said. We
all need to get together
and stay together. Thats
what this is all about.
Things like this raise
good awareness about
what your police officers
do in the community,
Ricky added. Its also a
good way to meet and
greet and get to know each
other. We just want this
community to be a better
place.
Greer Police Chief Dan
Reynolds said the event
was good for both the po-
lice and community.

Normally, the officers
have different shifts and
not everyone gets to meet
the officers in their community, he said. With an
event like this, people can
go around and talk specifically with the officers that
patrol their area.
The National Night Out,
which began in 1984 in
an effort to bring people
out into the community
to stand up against crime,
was expecting similar
events in 16,500 communities nationally, according to the National Association of Town Watch,
which organizes the event
each year on the second
Tuesday in August.
SUPPORT: Community shows appreciation for law enforcement amid tension

FROM PAGE ONE
shown great support for

law enforcement and they
know that were here to
make their community
safer and better through
our work.
With the recent shift
to community policing,
Chief Hayes continued,
we can see residents willing and wanting to get involved to assist us to solve
problems and make sure
the future of their neighborhoods is going to be
better for their children. I
can really tell that the recent support has a beneficial effect on our officers
in these troubling times.
Wellford Police Chief
Timothy C. Alexander has
been with the police department of Wellford since
2007 and shared about the
good relationship with
the Wellford community
prior to the Dallas shooting.
The residents still have
faith in us and will stand
behind us through whatever we may encounter,
Chief Alexander said.
Thats why we take pride
in just old fashion community
policing.They
are more likely to help you
if they know you and the
big word is trust you and
know that you truly care
about them and the town
you swore to protect.
As a team, all the officers in Wellford know they
will be held accountable
for their actions, Chief Alexander said. They will
be spoken to if I find out
that they mistreated a person.A true officer does
this job because they want
to help people not just
ride around in a patrol car
with a badge and gun tell-
ing people what they can

and cannot do.
Four Points Church in
Greer seemed to kick off
an increase in public demonstrations of support
for local police with their
July 9 gift to the Duncan
Police Department. The
trend continued when Potential Church of Wellford
delivered cookie cakes to
Lyman, Duncan and Wellford police departments
on July 11.
We wanted to do more
than just say we supported
our police officers, said
Lance Martin, Lead Pastor
of Potential Church. With
all the negativity in the
media toward our officers,
we wanted them to know
that we appreciate and
support them.
Martin said the church
has done similar projects
in the past for other groups
of public servants. His favorite part was praying
with the officers and seeing how happy they were

over just a small gesture
of appreciation.
On July 12, Lt. Teal with
the Lyman PD posted, Id
like to give a shout-out
and a big thank you to all
of our Citizens for your
love and support during
these difficult times!
We live in a community thats always basically
supported the police in
what we do, Chief Reynolds continued, and we
try to work hard to develop good working relationships with people here in
the community both business and residents.
Some
programs
include youth academies,
citizen academy, community meetings and surveys, Chief Reynolds said.
Things like that which are
extremely important for
us to develop that working
relationship.
Last week on July 26,

Wellford
PD
posted,
Thank you to Adriana Lopez and Family for bringing by some very special
police officer prayer pocket cards. The Officers will

love them.
One of the prayer pocket cards reads, Keep us
safe day and night, give

us courage, strength and
might.
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POLICE AND FIRE

The Greer Citizen
Chase ends in arrest
CRIME
REPORT
(Note: All information
contained in the following
was taken directly from
the official incident reports
filed by the Greer Police
Department. All suspects
are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in
the court of law.)
MULTIPLE CHARGES
David Edman Cordle, 24,

of 215 Brannon Avenue,
Greer was charged with operating faulty equipment,
driving under suspension
third and above, habitual
offender,
misrepresenting ID to law enforcement,
possession of drug paraphernalia and possession
of methamphetamine.
According to the City
of Greer police incident
report, an officer at the
intersection of South Buncombe Road and Wade
Hampton Boulevard observed a gray Dodge Ram
stopped the traffic light
with no illuminated brake
lights. The officer initiated
a traffic stop and the driver
pulled into a private drive
on North Buncombe Road.
The officer observed that
neither brake light was
illuminated as the truck
came to a stop.
The officer made contact with the driver and
explained the reason for
the stop. The driver apologized and explained that
he had just purchased the
truck that morning. The
officer asked for paperwork and drivers license.
The driver stated that he
did not have his license
and wrote down the name
Johnathan Ross and date
of birth 01/06/1992. A
second officer arrived and
maintained cover on the
three occupants of the
vehicle while the first ran
the name and birth date.
No match was found. The
driver then provided two
dates of birth. He was
then advised that he was
being placed under arrest
for misrepresenting ID to
law enforcement. He apologized and provided his
real name, David Edman
Cordle, and date of birth,
7/21/1992.
The officer had dispatch
run the license and found
he was driving under suspension third and above
and also habitual traffic offender. A search of
Cordle incident to arrest
yielded a glass pipe with
burnt residue and a small
plastic baggy containing
approximately a gram of
white crystal substance.
Those items were found in
Cordles right lower cargo
pocket on his shorts. He
explained that his father
was driving the truck
earlier and he found the
items in the ashtray and
put them in his pocket.
The two passengers in
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Like father, like son

Lyman Police Department recently welcomed new Reserve
Officer Andy Wright. At his July 25 swearing-in, his father
Sheriff Chuck Wright pinned the badge on his son.
the vehicle were found to

be clear of wants and warrants.
Cordle was transported
to Greer City Jail without
incident. The pipe and
white rock substance were
seized and placed into
evidence. The crystal substance field-tested positive
for methamphetamine.
MULTIPLE CHARGES
Bill John Davarino, 32, of

7 Beaufort Street, Greenville, was charged with
open container and two
charges of possession of a
schedule IV drug.
Sherri Marie Smith, 27,
of 134 Roger Drive, Pelzer,
was charged with simple
possession of marijuana
and possession of drug
paraphernalia.
According to the City of
Greer Police incident report, an officer observed
a silver car pulled into the
back of the Middleton Way
Marathon Gas station lot.
The area was not a part
of the parking lot, only a
service access area for the
back of the building. The
officer observed two people sitting inside. The officer found this suspicious,
so he circled to block and
returned to find them still
parked there.
He pulled into Marathons parking lot and
walked back to make contact with the individuals.
The occupants appeared
to be nervous while speaking with the officer. He
requested both IDs and
noticed that the driver,
identified as Smith, was
attempting to hide a glass
beer bottle with her leg.
The officer also noticed an
empty brown paper bag
in the center console. He
removed Smith from the
car while a second officer
stood by with the passenger, identified as Davarino. While the officer
was speaking with Smith,
he could detect an odor of
alcohol on her breath. He
asked when she had consumed alcohol and if there

were any open containers
in the car. Based on the
officers training and experience, he believed her
responses to the negative
were lies, so he returned
to the car to speak with
Davarino.
The officer leaned down
to the car and smelled an
odor of alcohol inside.
When confronted about
the odor, Davarino showed
the officer an open bottle
of E&J Apple Brandy hidden next to his leg.
He was removed from
the vehicle and placed under arrest. During a search
incident to arrest, the officer found a wrapped
up tissue containing four
pills shoved down his
pants. Two pills were not
a controlled substance,
however, the other two
bore markings that identified them as a controlled
substance. One pill was
identified as Tramadol,
the other Clonazapam.
The officer then returned to the vehicle to
evaluate the beer Smith
had been sitting on. The
beer was found to still be
closed, but he could detect the odor of marijuana
near the beer. He then
opened the center console
to find a glass pipe in a pill
bottle with Smiths name
on it. The officer removed
it from the car and Smith
said, Oh, I forgot that was
in there. She was placed
under arrest.
Both Smith and Davarino were transported to
Greer City Jail. Once there,
a search of Smiths purse
revealed a bag containing
about a gram of marijuana.
A criminal background
check revealed that she
had a prior conviction in
2008 for simple possession of marijuana and
possession of drug paraphernalia.
Kristina Marie Marcy is

facing a series of charges
with multiple agencies
after leading deputies in
pursuit northbound on
Interstate 85. Marcy, 31,
of 105 Hunter Road Lot 7,
Simpsonville, was charged
with failure to stop for
blue light, driving under
suspension first and expired tag with Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office. She was charged with
assault and battery first
degree, shoplifting, providing false information
to police and driving under suspension first by the
Lyman Police Department.
She also has outstanding
warrants from Wellford
and Greenville County
Sheriffs Office.
According to the Lyman
Police incident report,
on July 29, an officer responded to Dollar General
at 201 Charlotte Highway
in reference to a larceny in
progress.
Upon arrival, the officer
learned about a female
who was concealing items
in her purse and taking
them to her car, then returning to the business.
An employee identified
the female, who was still
inside of the store, and the
officer asked her to step
outside under suspicion
of trespassing, the report
continued. The female,
later identified as Kristina Marcy, entered her
vehicle in the parking lot
and began looking for her
identification when asked.
While inside of her vehicle,
Marcy identified herself as
Kacie Marie Tonstill.
While looking for her
identification, Marcy exited the vehicle then reentered. Marcy was in the
driver seat of the vehicle,
and the officer was standing in the apex of the driver side door.
He advised Marcy to exit
the vehicle, but she placed
Kristina M. Marcy
the car into reverse. As
the officer advised her to
stop, she proceeded rearward, leaving him with no
avenue of escape.
Marcy then accelerated
forward, spinning the tires
and attempting to close
the door with the officer
in tow. He advised her to
stop, but Marcy accelerated through the parking
lot.
At that point, the officer
lost his grip and footing
and fell to the ground and
away from the vehicle as
Marcy sped away, turning
right onto Holly Springs
Rd. He received bleeding
scrapes and abrasions,
and his uniform pants
were also damaged.
The officer was assisted
by a citizen and gave the
information over the radio. He returned to his
vehicle and attempted to
pursue Marcy but was unable to locate her.
The officer later returned
to the business where two
employees provided written statements.
That evening, Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office was made aware of a
vehicle pursuit that had
been initiated by Spartanburg County Sheriffs
deputies in reference to
a wanted subject from an

assault against an officer,
according to the Spartanburg County Sheriffs Officer report.
Spartanburg
County
Sheriffs Office continued
monitoring the pursuit,
and an officer began traveling towards I-85 northbound.
A number of traffic units
arrived to I-85 northbound
at the 72 mile marker, secured the entrance ramp
to I-85 and prepared to
deploy stop sticks.
As Marcy approached
the 72 mile marker, two
deputies attempted to
deploy stop sticks. Marcy was able to avoid the
stop sticks and continued
northbound on I-85.
The pursuit continued
northbound on I-85 with
speeds reaching 115 miles
per hour. Marcy, on several occasions, drove in the
emergency lane to pass
vehicles.
On two additional occasions, stop sticks were attempted and she was able
to avoid them.
On the final attempt,
Cherokee County Sheriffs Office deployed stop
sticks at the 90 mile marker. Marcy made an evasive
maneuver to the left into
the median to avoid them
at which point she lost
control of the vehicle. She
slid back across all lanes
of I-85 northbound and
struck a large ditch on the
right side of the road.
With pistol drawn, an officer approached the vehicle and commanded Marcy
to show her hands and to
keep them where he could
see them. Other deputies
then moved in and made
the arrest.
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Recruitment Committee of
Spartanburg County and
member of the Economic
Futures Group Board.
The decision to locate
here continues to demonstrate Spartanburgs ability to attract international
manufacturing operations
and highlights the role our
skilled workforce plays in
recruiting companies.
Velocity Park is a firstclass industrial park being
built in Upstate South Carolina. The 131-acre park
is located in Greer, a thriving, pro-business community between Greenville
and Spartanburg, SC.
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The Greer Citizen
DIVING IN
BLAME
CANNADA
August practice underway
BILLY
CANNADA
Hey,
August
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
August practice is underway and theres less
time for area high school
football teams to prepare
than ever.
Riverside, Eastside, Byrnes, Blue Ridge and Greer
each play during Week 0,
which kicks off on Aug.
19.
On Monday, the teams
emerged from dead week
to begin full practices.
EASTSIDE
The Eagles, who went

5-5 in 2015, have a lot of
holes to fill after graduating a stellar senior class in
2015.
Eastside lost players
such as Qualen Anderson,
Tyius Lewis and Shamarius
Rucker, which helped the
Eagles to their best season
in recent memory.
The hardest part about
replacing those seniors
is going to be replacing
Tyius Lewis, who signed
with North Greenville,
head coach Steven Wilson
said recently. He had 55
catches for us last year,
and some of those were
under pressure and won
some games for us. We
dont really have a guy like
that this season, but we do
have a couple of younger
kids that have come along
that are very athletic.
Guys like Taylor Patterson, Cole Rossi and Andrew Cloy are also going to
be very tough to replace.
We lost a lot of leadership
up front, so we need some
guys to step up.
The Eagles wont be
without talent, however.
Eastside returns T.J. Gist,
Chance Pride, Deshawn
Sullivan, Deshundre Rucker and Quez Brown, among
others.
RIVERSIDE
The Warriors will have

a hill to climb this fall as
they seek to rebound from
another winless season.
Riverside coach Phil
Smith said that while his
team is young, he does
believe he will have some
talent.
Were teaching them
the offense and getting
them up to speed, Smith
said. Were going to have
to have some guys step up
and play both ways, which
can be kind of difficult in
our league.
The Warriors return
starters Logan Dibenedetto, Reid Banish and Nathan Tullos.
SEE PRACTICE | B3
The 2016 Yellow Jackets have a lot to live up to, having gone undefeated in the regular season in back-to-back years.
Greer will take on Westside in the season opener on Aug. 19.
Blue Ridge
PRESTON BURCH
Riverside
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Eastside
PRESTON BURCH
The Byrnes offense is beginning to take shape as the

Rebels look to improve on their Upper State championship
appearance last season.
Breaking down
the realignment
New
AAAAA
class
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Greer lineman run drills during the teams first official practice last Friday morning.
Yellow Jackets reload

BY LELAND BURCH
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
Its Christmas in August for Coach Will Young
and his Greer High football coaching staff. They
are hoping for a pleasant
surprise when the wraps
come off the 2016 Yellow
Jackets on Friday in a 6
p.m. scrimmage with Gaffney at Dooley Field.
We want to find out

where we stand, and get
an idea of where we have
strengths and weakness,
Young said. Scrimmaging another team is not
the same when the kids go
against each other in practice every day.
Todays
(Wednesday)
first practice in full pads
as Camp Swarm opens will
give coaches something
of a preview of what to
expect before Greer faces
Gaffney. We have a good
idea about the kids who
have come through the
ranks, but seeing the new
guys will help us plug
some of the holes we have
to fill.
Practice in shells (shoulder pads and helmets only)
began last Friday, and
SEE GREER | B3
Football fans may not

notice a huge difference
under the lights on Friday
nights, but the South Carolina High School League
has taken on a new look
entering the year.
Regions have been realigned and a new classification has been added,
causing schedules to look
a little different this fall.
Charlie Wentzky, an assistant
commissioner
with the South Carolina
High School League, said
the work was done with a
primary goal in mind.
Part of the selling point
was that the schools wanted one champion in every
sport, he said. There really isnt going to be much
difference that you will
notice.
Adding a fifth classification came with some re-
gion shuffling, causing the

Peach Blossom conference
to shrink. Class II-AAAA
consists of Blue Ridge,
Greer, Eastside, Travelers
Rest and Union County.
Class II-AAAAA will include Riverside, Mauldin,
Laurens, Hillcrest, Greenwood and Wade Hampton,
while Class III-AAAAA is
made up of Byrnes, Dorman, Gaffney, Spartanburg
and Boiling Springs.
There are some old
faithfuls coming back together, Wentzky said.
Gaffney is coming back
to Spartanburg and Byrnes. Some of your smaller
classifications are going
back to where they used
to be. Pickens will be back
in there with that AAA
crowd. Greer and Union
will be back together. It
will be a lot better for
some of these teams.
Our schools were really
big on a couple of things.
They wanted to be with
schools that were alike in
size and they wanted to
be in proximity to other
region schools, he said.
It would have been really
easy if the schools just
SEE REALIGNMENT | B3
ts August, yall. And

August means football.
What a dark, dark
time this has been for
sports fans across the
nation. Each offseason
seems more long and
grueling than the last.
I know I can finally see
the light at the end of the
tunnel. Every year, this
happens to me. Basketball
helps me deal with the
loss of football, the lull
afterward is too much
to stand. Then August
comes. Sweet, sweet August. Even just the word
brings a shot of life to
sports fans.
Were only a couple of
weeks away from high
school football?? What
a blessing. Things are
finally beginning to look
up. That being said, I
wanted to throw out my
Way-To-Early high school
football predictions
before we get any further
down the road. So, like
always, dont get mad
at me if I get this totally
wrong. These are just my
observations from the offseason and I have no clue
how the season is going
to turn out.
1. Greer
I hope the loss of Troy
Pride, Mario Cusano,
Adrian McGee and Dorian
Lindsey will be less significant than it looks on
paper. The Yellow Jackets
are going to have their
work cut out for them
replacing skill positions,
but with four out of five
offensive lineman returning to a team that was
very efficient on offense
last season, I still have
good expectations for
Greer. This is a team that
should finish in the top
half of the region along
with Union.
2. Blue Ridge
Now let me go down
the road a few miles. Blue
Ridge has the opposite
problem of Greer. The
Tigers return a number
of great skill players, but
lack experience up front. I
do believe Blue Ridge is a
playoff team because they
work extremely hard. The
Tigers will be competitive
in all their region games
this season and could
sneak up on some teams.
3. Eastside
Rounding out the Peach
Blossom conference is
a team that is doing extremely well under Steve
Wilson. I have no doubt
the Eagles will continue
to improve this season,
but the loss of several
key players makes me
nervous. Its going to
be another interesting
season, but Eastside has
shown that it is a force
to be reckoned with and
could wind up with a
playoff spot as well.
4. Riverside
Phil Smith has had
a roller coaster ride at
Riverside during the past
three years. After going
winless his first year, his
team made the playoffs
in 2014, before going
winless again in 2015. I
have no clue what to predict for this team. Some
young talent and a decent
nonconference schedule
could put Riverside on the
winning end of several
games this season, but
the Warriors are in a
tough region.
5. Byrnes
Youll see your typical
Byrnes roster in 2016.
Speedy athletes, hard
hitters and A LOT of players capable of scoring.
Demarcus Gregory is a
standout and youll hear
his name called quite
often this fall. Add to that
some returning pieces
and experience playing the top teams in the
country: Byrnes should be
pretty good by October.
This is a team that is built
to go deep in the playoffs
once again.
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Jordan has spoken

By Mark Vasto
For The Greer Citizen
t was less than a year

ago that Kareem Abdul
Jabbar mentioned that
Michael Jordan chose
commerce over conscience, failing to comment on the social issues
we face in America.
Welcome to this weeks
sports column. Its time to
let the man have his say,
which he did on ESPNs
newly dropped website
called The Undefeated -the famous sport channels attempt to address
racial matters, presumably in sports.
Wedged between a lis-
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ticle about Prince and the
death of Ms. Cleo (which
she surely predicted), we
have a statement from his
Airness himself.
When you think about
sports drinks or really
cool sneakers or a guy
who can fly and dunk
on Bugs Bunny, only one
name bubbles to the
surface: Michael Jordan ...
the second greatest player
to ever play who did not
fight Bruce Lee, through
no fault of his own.
When you think about
social causes, the second
most exposed athlete
of all-time -- Jordan
-- remained silent on the
issues that mattered.
No longer. Jordan has
spoken. Here are his
words:
As a proud American,
a father who lost his own
dad in a senseless act
of violence, and a black
man, I have been deeply
troubled by the deaths of
African-Americans at the
hands of law enforcement
and angered by the cowardly and hateful targeting and killing of police
officers. I grieve with the
families who have lost
loved ones, as I know
their pain all too well.
...Over the past three
decades, I have seen up

close the dedication of the
law enforcement officers
who protect me and my
family. I have the greatest
respect for their sacrifice
and service. I also recognize that for many people
of color their experiences
with law enforcement
have been different than
mine. I have decided to
speak out in the hope that
we can come together as
Americans, and through
peaceful dialogue and
education, achieve constructive change.
To support that effort,
I am making contributions of $1 million each
to two organizations, the
International Association
of Chiefs of Polices newly
established Institute
for Community-Police
Relations, and the NAACP
Legal Defense Fund.
The Institute for Community-Police Relations
policy and oversight work
is focused on building
trust and promoting best
practices in community
policing. My donation to
the NAACP Legal Defense
Fund will support its
ongoing work in support
of reforms that will build
trust and respect between
communities and law
enforcement. Although I
know these contributions
alone are not enough to
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Jones powers past Dillon for third victory

For 83 laps, it looked
like Ty Dillons winless
drought would finally end.
That was until Erik Jones
flashed the brilliance that
has many predicting big
things for the Joe Gibbs
Racing prodigy.
Jones led a race-high 154
laps in the No. 20 DeWalt
Toyota en route to victory
lane on Saturday night
in the U.S. Cellular 250
at Iowa Speedway. Jones
passed Dillon with 15 laps
remaining to retake the
lead for the final time of
the night and beat Dillons
No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet to the checkered flag
by 3.533 seconds.
The NASCAR XFINITY
Series victory was the third
of the season for Jones
and the fifth of his career
in his 45th start. Having
one of the most impressive Sunoco Rookie of the
Year campaigns in recent
memory, Jones has 11 topfive and 12 top-10 results
in 19 starts this season.
Its a great day. We had
a great car. One that definitely deserved to win the
race, Jones said in victory
lane. The fastest car I feel
like won tonight, which is
always a good feeling. It
was an awesome day for
us.
I feel like we deserved
to win when we came here
earlier this year, we had a

really fast car. It was nice
to get some redemption
for that one.
Jones qualified second
but passed his Joe Gibbs
Racing teammate Daniel
Suarez on the first lap.
While several teams flew in
Sprint Cup pit crews from
Pocono, the Joe Gibbs Racing teams did not. Despite
dropping spots after pitting, Jones would quickly
regain them when the field
returned to green.
When the caution flew
at Lap 150 as Brandon
McReynolds made hard
contact with the Turn 1
wall, teams hit pit road
for fresh tires and fuel.
Dillons pit crew had the
quickest stop to give Dillon the lead for the first
time of the night at Lap
152.
When the field returned
to green, Dillon was able
to put some distance between his No. 3 Chevrolet
and Jones. Dillon would
lead the next 83 laps before Jones drove to the
bottom and made the final
pass on Dillon at Lap 235.
I want the win so bad,
said Dillon, whose drought
extended to 66 races.
That was all I had. They
(Joe Gibbs Racing) are
good right now. That was
all I had.
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PHOTO | COURTESY OF NASCAR.COM / GETTY IMAGES
Erik Jones led 154 laps during the U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway over the weekend,
taking the victory.
Im proud of my guys.
They gave us a great opportunity tonight. My
hearts been broken every
race since Indy (site of
Dillons last win in 2014). I
want to get in victory lane
again. Were close; we just
have to get a little better.
Brad Keselowski, the
only Sprint Cup regular
to make the trip from Pocono Raceway, site of this
Sundays Sprint Cup Series
race (1:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN), finished eighth in the

No. 22 Discount Tire Ford.
Daniel Suarez won the
Coors Light Pole Award on
Saturday afternoon and
ran second to his teammate Jones for the firsthalf of the race. On the
restart for McReynolds
accident, Suarez was running seventh and when
Josh Berrys No. 88 didnt
go, Suarezs No. 19 AR-
RIS Toyota plowed into it,

suffering heavy front-end
damage. Suarez would
remain on track for several laps before hitting pit
road. Unable to continue,
Suarez finished 30th and
lost the lead in the championship standings to Elliott Sadler.
By virtue of his thirdplace finish in the No. 1
OneMain Chevrolet, Sadler
leads Suarez by 14 points.
REALIGNMENT: Will bring old rivals together, shrink Peach Blossom

FROM B1
said they wanted an even

number of teams in each
classification, and thats
kind of how it had been
done in the past. But this
time, schools really just
wanted like enrollment
numbers.
While most regions are
down to about five teams,
thats not the case all
across the state.
The
Columbia
and
Charleston regions have
gotten much bigger, Wentzky said. Thats where
two smaller regions were
combined to make one
large region. It really de-
This wasnt a one-day process where we

sat down and worked out a realignment...
Charlie Wentzky
Assistant commissioner at the SC High School League

pends on the school when
youre looking at the size
of each region. With AAA
and AAAA, youre going to
have pretty balanced numbers across the board with
five teams in most every
region.
The
playoff
picture
wont look much different,
as the top four teams from
each local region will make
the postseason.
The general rule of
thumb is that four teams
from every region will
get in, Wentzky said.
In AAAA and AAA, that
will be pretty standard.
In AAAAA, youll have a
hiccup here or there to
try to balance everything.
The only way to make the
playoffs now is to qualify
through your region play,

and that hasnt always
been the case. Some classifications have used a
point system or a win-loss
record to determine who
got in. Now its going to
work strictly through region play. Hopefully that
will encourage more local competition in rival
games.
Through the process, the
league said it tried to consider rivalries and proximity, taking proposals from
all schools.
We tried to consider
rivalries and locations as
much as possible, Wentzky said. Every school had
PRACTICE: Underway at five local high schools

BLUE RIDGE
FROM B1
BYRNES
The Rebels lost a lot in

2015, but in Duncan, there
is no rebuilding, only reloading.
Despite losing veteran
quarterback Micah Young
and star wide out Chavis
Dawkins, the Rebels have
a surge of new talent ready
to take center stage on Friday nights.
We have guys like Demarcus Gregory coming
back, who has about five
or six offers from major
D1 colleges. We want to
put a great support system around him to build
this offense, head coach
Brian Lane said. We lost
all of our offensive linemen, except for one who
played. We definitely have
to work on our guys up
front. Weve got guys who
did a great job for us in JV,
but adjusting to the varsi-
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Riverside coach Phil Smith gets his players ready for the
season as August practice resumes.
ty level can be a different
experience.
The Rebels will also re-
turn Jaylon Pinson, Dylan

Donahoo, Hayden Mitchem
and Quez Mayes.
Despite struggling at
times last season, Blue
Ridge enters fall practice
with a bit of optimism, returning a core of offensive
skill players.
Starting
quarterback
Jake Smith will return
to lead the team under
center, while wide receivers Jason Sammons and
Austin James join him as
threats.
We have to keep building, head coach Shane
Clark said. We lost most
of our offensive line, so
we have to get those guys
ready. Weve got a lot of
work to do to get people
in the right places, but our
guys have been working
hard throughout the summer.
The Tigers will be tested
right out of the gate as
they face Belton-Honea
Path on the road.
GREER: Preparing for Week 0 game at Dooley Field

FROM B1
Young said the drills

have gone well. We were
pleased with the kids level
of condition, and they were
able to handle the heat
well. We got a lot done.
Coaches installed most of
the offense and defense
over the first four days
of practice before shifting into high gear today.
Greer will host Chapman
next Tuesday night, Aug.
9. a 6 p.m. for Meet the
Jackets Night. The event
at Dooley Field provides
an opportunity for all 80
varsity and jayvee players
to see some action. They
will be introduced to the
crowd along with cheerleaders and the marching
band.
Pre-season action continues with jamboree outings against Pickens in the
Daniel Jamboree on Thursday, Aug. 11, and Hillcrest
in the Greenville Jamboree
on Friday, Aug.12. The
Yellow Jackets kick off
the season against AAAAA

power Westside of Anderson in a Week 0 game on
Aug. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at
Dooley Field
Playing on Week 0 reduces the amount of time
for preparation, so we did
a three-day mini camp in
mid-July. We worked on
the kicking game, coverage, returns and field
goals, Young said. Were
losing a week of preparation and at least one scrimmage, but the good thing
is that todays kids have a
short attention span. They
want things digital fast,
and they are going to get
it.
JACKETS RELOADING
The rush is on, because a number of gifted

athletes, including Troy
Pride, Dorian Lindsey, Mario Cusano, Adrian McGee,
Tyrek Donaldson, Jordan
Hawthorne and C.J. Collins have graduated after
leading the Yellow Jackets
to back-to-back 10-0 regu-
SPORTS
ROUNDUP
lar seasons. Most schools

would be looking at having a rebuilding year, but
it is different at Greer
High where Young believes
the Yellow Jackets will be
merely reloading. Some
younger players must step
up, but Greer has added
some new bullets in the
form of seven transfers,
a record for the program.
We had three kids who
came to enroll in our IB (International Baccalaureate)
program, and four moved
into our attendance area,
he explained.
Young said some of the
transfers enrolled after
Christmas, and the others arrived in June. All of
them have been working
and learning the system.
There is talent among
them, but they have yet to
learn Greer traditions, he
added.
The newcomers include
Quavian White, junior
running back who transferred from Southside
High; Jaylin Perrell, junior
nose guard from Travelers Rest; Jaylin Mills,

junior linebacker from
Greenville High; Harom
Pringle, linebacker from
Tennessee; Jacob Harris,
junior linebacker from
J.L. Mann; Braxton Collins,
sophomore wide receiver
from Riverside, and Richie
Sadler, junior cornerback
from J.L. Mann.
We have four of our
five starting offensive line
coming back, which is always a good thing, and our
receiving core is impressive. We have three kids
6-2 or better, and I think
they are going to be really
good, Young declared. On
the other hand, the Yellow
Jackets have big shoes to
fill in the offensive backfield, defensive line and
secondary. I feel good
about the talent we have,
but theres a long way to
go to replace the leadership we have lost and for
these kids to learn to hold
each other accountable,
he concluded.
an opportunity to submit
a proposal for realignment
and every proposal was reviewed by our office. This
wasnt a one-day process
where we sat down and
worked out a realignment.
This happened over the
course of about a month
and a half.
Not everything is going
to make sense to everybody, but when youve got
214 schools and youre
trying draw something up
based on the surrounding
schools, we hope that it
will a better situation, he
said.
billy@greercitizen.cpom | 877-2076
GREER BOOSTERS TAKING

HALL OF FAME NODS
The Greer High Booster

Club is accepting nominations for induction into
the Athletic Hall of Fame.
Nominees must have
graduated from Greer
High a minimum of five
years before becoming eligible. Criteria are based on
athletic accomplishments
as a high school student.
Nominations must include
the candidates specific
accomplishments as an
athlete and any postseason honors received, such
as All-Region, All-State,
Shrine Bowl and NorthSouth All-Star games.
The deadline for nominations is Friday, Aug. 26.
They must be submitted
in writing to GHS Hall of
Fame, 121 Rubiwood Circle, Greer, 29651.
The Hall of Fame will
induct new members in
ceremonies at halftime on
Sept. 9 during the Greer
versus Daniel football
game at Dooley Field.
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REGISTRATION CONTINUES
Registration for fall

adult softball leagues at
the Greenville County Recreation Department are
currently underway.
Team registration is
$325 per team. Fee covers
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Register online at www.
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wine, the manufacture of
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PIONEERS IN TECHNOLOGY
Brushy Creek participates in learning program

BY KAELYN PFENNING
STAFF WRITER
Brushy Creek Elementary
and Buena Vista Elementary are two of 10 Greenville
County schools to receive
Chromebooks this year.
Its a great time at
Brushy
Creek,
said
Charles Davis, principal of
Brushy Creek Elementary,
and were very excited.
Greenville
County
Schools is expanding its
personalized
learning
program this year by issuing more than 7,500
Chromebooks to students
at 10 schools, said Beth
Brotherton, Assistant Director of Communications
for Greenville County
School District. These 10
schools are phase one of
a four-year rollout for every Greenville County student in grades 3-12 to have
their own device for use at
home and at school,
Were just on the front
end of it, Davis said. We
want our students to be
ready to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
A delivery of 461 Chomebooks arrived on July 28
for all of the third to fifth
grade students at Brushy
Creek to access in September after some foundations are laid.
Our goal is to allow
students to be able to
take those Chromebooks
home, Davis said, but of
course theres some foundational things that we
need to do prior to that
taking place.
Some foundations include keeping the devices
in good conditions and
knowing what is appropriate for the use of the
devices and what is not
appropriate, Davis said.
I think that is one of the
biggest challenges that we
will pursue this yearto
make sure not only our
students have that understanding but our parents
as well.
We will work with our
students and our parents
to make sure they have
that level of understanding
before we roll out those
Chromebooks for those
students to be able to take
home, Davis continued,
but they will immediately
begin to use those to support teaching and learning

in the classroom.
The Chomebooks will
be available on a check-in,
check-out process similar
to the textbooks and other
material at Brushy Creek,
Davis said. At the end of
the year, the students will
turn those Chromebooks
back in, and when the instructional program starts
for the upcoming year, they
will be reassigned those
same Chromebooks.
When the district announced Brushy Creek as
one of the schools to receive personalized learning devices, Davis said,
we were thrilled because
we felt like this is the perfect opportunity for us
because we felt that we
had done some of those
foundational pieces to get
ready for it.
A key foundation is professional development for
teachers to incorporate
technology into teaching,
Davis said.
We dont want these devices just to be placed on
the shelf and collect dust,
Davis said. We want our
teachers to have all the
tools that they need in order to incorporate good
teaching practices and
technology practices to
their existing program.
Last year, the academics
department asked Davis,
the instructional coach
and the assistant principal
to select four teachers, Davis said, so we identified
four teachers who we felt
like had the leadership capacity as well as the technology capacity to be the
digital teacher leaders.
they are really excited
about this journey, and
weve already seen some
great contributions thus
far.
Holly Rushton, a fifth
grade teacher, was one
of those teachers chosen
to be a digital leader. As
a digital leader, Rushton
went through intense professional development.
Those teachers createdwhat we calllearning labs for their colleagues to be a part of,
so that they can start the
process of learning how to
integrate technology, Da-
Brushy Creek Elementary Principal Charles Davis shows off one of the new Chromebooks
to Media Specialist Sharon Bennett.
Media Specialist Sharon Bennett and custodian Ann Finch unpack a shipment of
Chromebooks in the Brushy Creek Elementary Media Center.
vis said.
Those learning labs are
going to be exciting too,
Rushton said, because
well be able to promote
what were doing in the
classroom and teachers
will be able to see it live
with the kids.theyre go-
ing to be able to see it in

action, and then to see it
within our own community, with our own students,
will be super exciting.
For a daily basis, one of
the things that were going
to be able to do is target
individual kids needs,
Rushton said, so for

practical reasons, well be
able to do project based
learning or problem based
learning, where the students are presented with a
problem.
Students will be able
to use the devices for re-
search as well as presentation purposes, Rushton

said. Its going to be able
to target each individual
need, meeting the learner
where they are, so were
super excited about being
able to do that.
The kids are using technology every day, Rushton continued. We need
to be able to teach them to
think critically about the
images, the websites, the
things that they are viewing on a daily basis outside of school.
When Brushy Creek
joined the digital leadership core two years ago,
some schools already had
some experience, Davis
said. We actually had the
chance to hear from some
of those schools and some
of the practices that they
already had in place to
work with students and
teachers in regards to
technology.
Our role in this process will be to allow other
schools to be a part of our
instructional program, to
see our learning labs, to
see our practices as they
start their phase of personalized learning, Davis
continued.
Were excited about
opening our doors up to
not only other Greenville
County schools, administrators, teachers, but also
to our board, to our district
leaders who are interested
in learning how we are
utilizing these devices to
support student achievement because thats what
they are for. They are
devices to help enhance
and support teaching and
learning, Davis said. Of
course, were going to have
fun, and theyll be games
and apps to support the
instructional program, but
all of those best practices
in applications will be
supporting our state standards, supporting teaching and learning.
Last year, Brushy Creek
purchased 60 Chromebooks for their STEAM
lab, Davis said, so the students are familiar with
Chromebooks.
Pickleball celebrates one year in Greer

BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
It may still be new to
Greer, but the sport of
Pickleball has been around
since the 1960s.
The citys parks and
recreation
department
introduced Pickleball, a
combination of tennis,
badminton and ping-pong,
last May, and Athletics Supervisor Justin Miller said
interest has been growing.
Weve had a lot of interest from the community
and surrounding areas, he
said. A lot of folks were
having to drive to Greenville to play, but Greer
made it easier access for
them. We had probably 70
people during the first few
nights.
Invented in 1965 by Joel
Pritchard, Pickleball tests
the hand-eye coordination of players and can be
played both indoors and
outdoors.
The United States Pickleball Association (USAPA)
says accounts of how the
name of the sport came to
be differ.
The Pickleball Associations website says: According to Pritchards
wife (Joan), the game received its name because
the combination of different sports reminded
(her) of the pickle boat in
crew where oarsmen were
chosen from the leftovers
of other boats. However,
according to Barney McCallum, the game was officially named after the
Prichards dog, Pickles,
who would chase the ball
and run off with it.
Others claim both accounts may actually be
Marion Boatwright became a fan of Pickleball after a quick

introduction to the sport.
true.
Ideas for bringing the
sport to Greer were tossed
around early last year.
Pickleball is now celebrating its one-year anniversary in the city.
Id gone to some conferences (in 2015) and when I
knew the sport was making its way up from Florida, I met with Joe Boch
and tried to get something
started here, Miller said.
Its been a great new
program for our department.
Boch said Pickleball offers the perfect amount of
challenge.
Its like playing ping
pong on a tennis court,
Boch said. Its still a challenge to play, but its a

smaller, confined court to
navigate.
Pickleball, however, does
tend to appeal to more experienced players, according to Boch.
Ive never seen so many
white-haired, bald people,
like myself, come out to
play Pickleball, he said.
Seniors love to do this.
At 73, I know what my interests are, but I couldnt
believe so many other seniors were interested.
Pickleball takes place on
three nights each week at
Tryon Recreation Center
and Victor City Gym.
Tuesdays and Thurs-
Carol Dietrich plays a game of Pickleball at Victor Gym. The sport began in Greer just over
a year ago.
days, players can gather
at Victor to play indoors,
while Fridays matches
at Tryon take place outdoors.
We try new programming all the time, Miller
said. We have a lot of
instructors approach us
and, fortunately, we have
several facilities we can
host events in.
Were always open to
trying new things and
finding folks in the community that can teach new
things.
For more information
on upcoming games, visit
cityofgreer.org.
FUN AND GAMES
B6 THE GREER CITIZEN
Prostate screening guidance

has changed
DEAR DR. ROACH: Im
67 and male. When I had a
male doctor, he did a yearly testicle and prostate
exam during my physical. Now the practice has
been taken over by female
doctors, and for the past
three years, this has not
been done. Is this new? Is
there a correct way to ask
why the change? Believe
me, this exam is not one I
look forward to, but with a
family history of prostate
cancer and other cancers,
the bloodwork I get each
year alone does not seem
to be enough. -- Anon.
ANSWER: There has indeed been a change in the
way prostate and testicular screening tests have
been considered in recent
years, and recommendations by advisory groups
have changed as well.
The current recommendation by the most influential group in the U.S., the
Preventive Services Task
Force, is against routine
screening for prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
However, there are some
situations, such as with a
strong family history, in
which screening for these
conditions is appropriate,
and it is always appropriate for your doctor to listen to your concerns and
preferences.
As far as male doctors versus female, most
studies have shown that
women physicians tend
to spend a bit more time
with their patients and
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
tend to be more in compliance with practice guidelines. However, differences between individuals
are more important than
differences between the
groups. Just tell your doctor, male or female, that
you would like to further
discuss prostate and testicular cancer screening.
READERS: The new
booklet on the prostate
gland discusses enlargement and cancer. Readers can obtain a copy by
writing: Dr. Roach -- No.
1001W,
628
Virginia
Drive, Orlando, FL 32803..
Enclose a check or money
order (no cash) for $4.75
U.S./$6 Canada with the
recipients printed name
and address. Please allow
four weeks for delivery.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
have had episodes for
many years where I am
shocked, like an electric
shock, which wakes me
from sleep. I jump out
of bed, then my legs and
feet tremble rapidly, and I
need to sit down or I will
fall. I have been diagnosed
as having night terrors,
but it is not that. I had a

normal MRI.
It used to happen twice
a week, then dwindled to
monthly. Lately, I have it
pretty much under control. I wonder if there is
some diagnosis out there
for me. I hope you have an
answer. It would make me
feel like less of an idiot! - J.N.
ANSWER: I dont think
you are an idiot at all, and
I do think I know the cause
of these episodes. You
have a pretty severe case
of nocturnal myoclonus
(which sounds like I know
what I am talking about,
but it just means muscle
jerks at nighttime). These
are very common and
usually are normal, but
are sometimes associated
with epilepsy. Since yours
arent getting worse over
time and you havent had
seizures, you are almost
certain to have the physiologic type. Occasionally,
there is a family history. I
dont think you will need
any treatment.
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer individual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possible. Readers may email
questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu.
To view and order health
pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to
Good Health, 628 Virginia
Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.
SOAP UPDATES
for Jason. Nina was confused by what she heard.
Dillon had some awkward
news to break to Morgan.
Nathan asked Maxie to
trust him again. Sonny
and Jason intercepted a
dangerous scheme. Nina
took matters into her own
hands. Alexiss emotions
finally rose to the surface.
Wait to See: Lulu delivers
some staggering news to
Hayden.
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND

THE BEAUTIFUL
Steffy attempted to convince Eric that Quinn was

just using him. Meanwhile,
Wyatt was shocked by
Quinns version of events.
Eric was faced with a big
decision. Steffy felt like
she was having a nervous
breakdown. Ridge asked
Thomas for forgiveness.
Eva tried to comfort Liam
but quickly realized that
he only had eyes for Steffy. Afraid of losing her,
Wyatt vowed to Steffy that
he would quickly handle
the latest situation with
his mother. Thomas and
Ridge were stunned to
hear about Quinns latest
scheme. Liam warned Steffy to get far away from Wyatt and his lunatic mother.
Eric told Wyatt his side of
the story. Wait to See: Fear
takes over the boardroom
at Forrester Creations.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Sonny and Paul got

caught up. John and Marlena shared a romantic
moment. Caroline had
a startling vision. Chad
remembered his father.
John and Brady gained a
lead on Tates kidnapping.
Chloe shared her news
with Philip. Gabi had a
scary encounter. Deimos
declared his love for Nicole. Dario struggled to
forgive his father. Deimos
and Nicole took their relationship to the next level.
Jennifer and Chad contin-
THE YOUNG AND

THE RESTLESS
NBC | PAUL DRINKWATER
Nadia Bjorlin stars as Chloe

on Days of Our Lives
ued their custody battle.
Rafe and Hope enjoyed a
romantic evening together. Nicole confided in her
former enemy, Chloe. Wait
to See: Jennifer imagines
Jack comforting her.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Dante advised Lulu not

to share her theory with
Laura. Jordan and Valerie
found clear fingerprints
on the tainted vial. Nina
inadvertently told Curtis
of a disturbing conversation between her and
Franco. Jason delivered
some important news to
the gang on Cassadine Island. Scott suggested that
Nina was a better match
for Franco than Elizabeth.
Morgan didnt understand
why Kiki was so upset by
his wonderful gesture.
Dante and Lulu vouched
Esther and Kevin were

shocked to see Chloe back
in Genoa City. Chloe assured Kevin that she was
mentally stable and no
longer wanted to harm
Adam.
After
learning
about their history together, Natalie feared that
Kevin still had feelings for
Chloe. Phyllis was upset
when she learned that she
would be working close
to Billy. Nick worried that
his father would fire Victoria now that he was out
of prison. Dylan, Sharon
and her daughters went
camping together. Hilary
was insistent on fighting
the lawsuit filed by the
participants in the drug
trial. Ashley came to Dr.
Nevilles defense at the
press conference. Sharon
became uneasy when Faith
told a tale about a baby
switch. Wait to See: Victoria makes a decision about
whether or not to join
Brash & Sassy.
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.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Greer Citizen
Greer to host Park Hop closing Museum

SONY PICTURES
Scene from The Angry

Birds Movie
COUCH THEATER
DVD Previews
BY SAM STRUCKHOFF
NEW RELEASES
FOR THE WEEK OF AUG. 8
PICKS OF THE WEEK
The
Angry
Birds
Movie (PG) -- Audiences
finally are getting what
weve been clamoring for
with such fervor: Its a CG
movie based on a phone
game that was pretty big
a few years ago. Jason Sudeikis voices Red, a wry
red bird sentenced to anger-management classes
for running afoul of the
peaceful bird-island society. Pigs arrive on a big
ship, and only Red is suspicious of them at first. Of
course, when the pigs take
over, Red and his angermanagement class fling
themselves into the counterattack.
So its a big silly overt
cash-grab with cartoon humor. At least it features a
good cast of voice actors -Danny McBride, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad -- and that
does make a difference in
laughs and watchability. In
an age where Disney and
Pixar have consistently
shown that kids entertainment need not be thoughtless, we got a movie based
on a game meant to be
thoughtless -- you know
what youre in for.
Sky (R) -- Against the
multi-colored skies of the
American West, a French
woman sets out a journey of self-discovery, to
mixed results. Romy (Diane Kruger) was on a tour
of the U.S. with her husband, Richard (Giles Lellouche), but he crosses a
line and shes on the run
-- believing she may have
killed him. Theres nothing left for her to do but
start over, and Las Vegas
is right on the horizon. On
this crooked journey, she
meets stoic Diego (Norman
Reedus) and gets drawn
into a different ill-advised
romance.
Something about Romy
is hard to get behind. She
seems too dreamy for the
grounded setting and characters around her. Theres
a missing edge or intensity
to her, and it get harder
and harder to watch the
demure ball of light drift
down the dusty road.
Raiders! The Story of
the Greatest Fan Film
Ever Made (Not Rated)
-- After seeing an undeniably awesome adventure, a trio of 11-yearolds started a backyard
project of re-creating the
first Indiana Jones movie,
shot-for-shot. After about
seven years, the three
young men were able to
make almost the whole
movie -- except for the
killer airplane fight scene.
Now in their 40s, two of
those Dr. Jones fanatics
reunite to finish what they
started. This documentary
features insights from Eli
Roth and John Rhys Davies, and puts together a
fun portrait of fandom.
Gods Not Dead 2 (Not
rated) -- In the first installment, a good Christian
college student stood up
to a deeply wounded philosophy teacher who tried
to force his students into
denouncing the Almighty.
This time around, a highschool history teacher
(Melissa Joan Hart) is
persecuted for using a
few quotes from Jesus to
talk about one of MLKs
speeches. Much like the
last one, this sermon is
aimed directly at the converted. Lawyers and media
professionals are depicted
as eager anti-Christs, and
the ACLU may as well be
a Satanic cabal. Its not
so much a celebration of
faith as another misfired
shot in some culture war.
TV RELEASES
Gotham: Season 2
Hell on Wheels: Season
Celebration
Tuesday at
City Park
each year.
There will be many activities, games, and the prize
pick up and giveaways at
closing ceremonies next
Tuesday.
There are two different prizes given out at
this
event,
including:
prizes from visiting parks
throughout the summer (5,
10, and 15 parks receive
prizes), and on-site prize
drawings. Prize drawings
will start at approximately
6:20 and you need to have
completed at least five
park visits to be entered
into prize drawings.
The full schedule includes:
4:30 p.m.: Access to vendors including: Cabelas,
City of Greenville MobiRec, Carolina Dance Collaborative, Swamp Rabbits
Hockey, Kidding Around
Greenville, Greenville Zoo,
SkyZone, WellCare, Tumblebus, and others.
6:15-7 p.m.: Announcements and Prize Giveaways
in the amphitheatre area.
Park Hop will conclude

its summer series at Greer
City Park next Tuesday,
Aug. 9, at Greer City Park.
The closing ceremony
will mark the end of Park
Hop for 2016. The event
is a free, summer-long
scavenger hunt in parks
across Greenville County.
This
adventure-themed
scavenger hunt encourages children and families
to discover featured parks
throughout the summer
while searching for answers to clues within each
park. Participants can earn
local prizes like a LiveWell
Greenville swag bag, water park passes, Greenville Drive vouchers, and a
Park Hop t-shirt by visiting
parks.
Beginning in 2013, Park
Hop was developed in
partnership with all of

Greenvilles park and recreation agencies as one
solution to combat childhood obesity.
Parks and recreation
opportunities are great
ways for children and
families to be active and
maintain good health, so
LiveWell Greenville and

the parks and recreation
departments City of
Fountain Inn, Greenville,
Greer, Mauldin, Simpsonville, Travelers Rest and
Greenville County got
together to create the first
Park Hop adventure and
the momentum has grown
THINGS
TO DO
Park on Thursday, Aug.

11, from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
or the Mauldin Cultural
Center on Friday, Aug. 12,
from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
blages, is free and open to

the public.
About Another Roadside
Altar, Brooker says:
These contemporary altarpieces mimic the symbolism of ancient works
with recreated objects that
may be both old and new.
I wish to provoke personal
reflection by replacing the
central object of worship
with signage provided by
the local church authority.
The signs are real images I
have observed and photographed in my travels.
The found objects are
designed to work as symbolic imagery comparable
to the purposeful use of
symbols in ancient icons.
These objects are the result of a life-long need
to collect, store, and display. As my collections
grow through rummaging
through local flea markets, estate sales, curio
shops, and bestowment,
I find recycling these objects works in harmony
with the desire to process
and move away from the
past.
Brooker is creator of Off
the Grid Greenville whose
mission is to connect the
widely diverse people of
the Upstate through a visually appealing resource.
Off the Grid Greenville is
a collaborative effort with
local FishEye Studios photography.
about Brookers work, visit
jshapiroart.com.
Thompson Gallery hours
are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.5 p.m.
the Waterpark event is set

for Sept. 10 and 24.
Dogs will be invited to
Discovery Island on Sept.
10 and Otter Creek on
Sept. 24, from 9 a.m.-1:30
p.m.
Sessions are: 9-11 a.m.
for dogs 25lbs and up (Session 1); 11:15 a.m.-1:15
p.m. for dogs 25lbs and up
(Session 2); and 1:30-3:30
p.m. for 24lbs and under
and senior dogs 9 years
and older.
Event will be held rain or
shine.
contact Joni Dilworth at
jdilworth@greenvillecounty.org or 864-676-2180
x126.
ARTISTS GUILD GALLERY

HOSTS SMALL WORKS
Young Pianists Concert

Tavernier, Anthony
Aug. 27, 7-9 p.m.
Chapman Cultural Center
542-ARTS
chapmanculturalcenter.org
NEW LISTINGS
USA BOXING SHOW

TO BENEFIT CEE
A USA Boxing Show to

benefit the Center for Educational Equity (CEE)/TASC
After-School Program for
student discipline, focus
and determination will
take place Saturday, Aug.
6.
The event will begin at 2
p.m. at the West Greenville
Community Center.
The show features USA
Youth Boxing Champions
from Georgia and Ohio,
Greenvilles elite boxing
champs, music and food.
Tickets are $10 at the
door.
West Greenville Community Center is located at
8 Rochester St. in Greenville.
contact
Cocah
Shakir
Robinson at 905-5479 or
Coach Ernie Cuevas at
619-212-3383.
GREER LIBRARY OFFERS

HOMESCHOOL FAIR
The Jean M. Smith Library in Greer will offer a

Homeschool Fair (Drop In)
on Tuesday, Aug. 9, from
10 a.m.-noon.
Attendees can visit interactive stations to try
out online resources and
enjoy programs including
Craftime, Science Station
and Adventures in History.
Door prize drawings will
be held throughout the
event which is for ages 511.
email
greer@greenvillelibrary.org or call 8778722.
GREER CITY PARK TO HOST

PARK HOP CLOSING
The 2016 Park Hop Closing Celebration will be

held at Greer City Park on
Tuesday, August 9, from
4:30-7 p.m.
The event kicks off at
4:30 p.m. with vendors, activities and the chance to
pick up earned Park Hop
prizes based on the number of parks visited during Park Hop. Names must
be in by 6 p.m. for on-site
prize drawings, and the
announcements and prize
giveaways will take place
from 6:15-7 p.m. in the
amphitheatre (must be
present to win).
Those unable to attend
the closing celebration
can pick up earned prizes
(swag bag, tshirt and ticket) at the Sears Recreational Center at McPherson
TAYLORS LIBRARY TO HOLD

COMPUTER CLASS
The Taylors Branch Library will hold an Introduction to Computers and

the Internet class for teens
ages 12-17 on Thursday,
Aug. 11, from 1:30-3:30
p.m.
Students can learn keyboarding, basic computing, internet searching
and how to use library databases.
and to register, email taylors@greenvillelibrary.
org or call 268-5955.
GREENVILLE LITERACY
BOOK SALE IS AUG. 13,14
Greenville Literacy Association will hold The Really Good, Really Big, Really Cheap Book Sale Aug.
13-14 at McAlister Square
in Greenville.
The sale begins Saturday, Aug. 13, from 8:30
a.m.-4 p.m. with no entry
fee. (Early birds can shop
from 7:30-8:30 a.m. that
morning for a $10 entry
fee.)
On Sunday, Aug. 14,
from 1-4 p.m., visitors can
fill a bag with books for
$10.
The fundraiser accepts
cash, check, or credit card
(with a minimum $10 purchase).
McAlister Square is located at 225 S. Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville.
visit greenvilleliteracy.org.
CENTRE STAGE SEASON

TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Single and season tickets are on sale now for the

upcoming season at Centre Stage in Greenville.
The Main Stage Series
will kick off Sept. 8 with
Is He Dead which will
run through Sept. 24. The
remaining lineup includes:
Jekyll & Hyde Oct. 20Nov. 12; Let Nothing You
Dismay Dec. 1-17; Jukebox Heroes Jan. 19-Feb.
11, 2016; Sister Act Mar.
16-Apr. 8, 2016; DeliKateSSen May 11-21, 2016;
Intimate Apparel June
15-July 1, 2016; and Million Dollar Quartet July
20-Aug. 12, 2016.
The Fringe Series will
include: The Volunteer
Sept. 13-24; Luna Gale
Oct. 25-Nov. 9; In The
Middle of Nowhere Dec.
6-14; Memories of the
Game Jan. 24-Feb. 8,
2016; and Death and the
Maiden June 20-28.
visit centrestage.org or
call 233-6733.
BROOKER ON DISPLAY
AT THOMPSON GALLERY
The Furman University

Department of Art will
present an exhibition by
local creative stylist Jackie
Shapiro Brooker through
Aug. 23 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on campus. A reception will be held Monday,
Aug. 22, from 6-7:30 p.m.
in Thompson Gallery.
Brookers
exhibition,
Another Roadside Altar:
A Retrospective of Assem-
The Artists Guild Gallery

of Greenville will host the
6th annual Juried Small
Works Show.
The 120 works in the
show range from assemblage to photos to oil and
acrylic.
An opening reception
and awards ceremony will
be held Friday, Aug. 5,
from 6-8 p.m.
The Artists Guild Gallery
of Greenville is located at
200 North Main Street
in downtown Greenville.
Hours are Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 1-5 p.m., and the first
Friday of each month 10
a.m.-8:30 p.m.
PEACE CENTER TO SHOW

GENTLEMANS GUIDE
Tickets go on sale Friday, Aug. 5, for the Peace

Center production of A
Gentlemans Guide to Love
and Murder coming Sept.
27-Oct. 2.
Winner of the 2014 Tony
Award for Best Musical,
the play tells the story of
Monty Navarro, an heir to
a family fortune who sets
out too jump the line of
succession by eliminating
eight relatives (all played
by one man) who stand in
his way. In the meantime,
he has to juggle his mistress, his fiance and the
threat of arrest.
call 467-3000 or visit
peacecenter.org.
REC OFFERS WAGGIN

AT THE WATERPARK
Greenville County Recreations annual Waggin at
EVENT REMINDERS
Music by the Lake

Thursday, Aug. 4 , 7:30 p.m.
Greenville Jazz Collective
Big Band
Shannon Hoover
and Brad Jepson, directors
294-2086
www.furman.edu/music
Sisters of Swing: The
Andrews Sisters Musical
July 21-Aug. 13
Centre Stage
centrestage.org
233-6733
Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay!
Aug. 5-14
Greenville Little Theatre
greenvillelittletheatre.org
Cruise-In at the Bridge
Saturday, Aug. 6
The Bridge of Greenville
http://tinyurl.com/zz2hqyy
Sippin Safari
Sept. 9, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Greenville Zoo
seeking
artists
for
public
project
The Spartanburg Art Museum is seeking proposals

from artists, designers,
architects, and other creatives to paint, decorate,
or otherwise alter six-foot
fiberglass light bulbs. The
altered bulbs will be installed throughout the city
of Spartanburg concurrently with the Bloomberg
Philanthropies
funded
project Seeing Spartanburg in a New Light which
opens to the public in October of 2016.
Lighten Up Spartanburg
will be comprised of approximately 20 altered
bulbs, each of which will
be assigned to one local/
regional artist, designer, or
other creative. In addition
to transforming the industrially fabricated light
bulbs into works of public
art, participating artists
will work with SAMs Curatorial Staff and the City
of Spartanburg to craft
interactive experiences for
city residents and visitors
to supplement their visual
contribution to Lighten Up
Spartanburg.
Applications and specifications can be found
online at spartanburgartmuseum.org. Deadline to
enter is Wednesday, Aug.
31.
The exhibition dates of
Lighten Up Spartanburg
are March 2017March
2018. Participating artists
will receive a $500 stipend
as well as a percentage of
the proceeds of the sale
of their artwork at a museum-sponsored event in
2018.
contact Ashleigh Shuler,
Exhibitions Coordinator,
by phone at 864.582.7616
x 254 or email apayne@
spartanarts.org.
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B8 THE GREER CITIZEN
OUR SCHOOLS
MILESTONES
Schools plan new year events

ELEMENTARY
BROOK GLENN
Monday, Aug. 15
Meet the Teacher
6-7:30 p.m.
TIGERVILLE
WOODLAND
Thursday, Aug. 11
Kindergarten Orientation
5:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 12
Popsicle Pop-In
K5-2nd: 5 p.m.
3rd-5th: 6 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 12
Meet the Teacher
1st-3rd: 1-2:30 p.m.
4th-5th: 2-3:30 p.m.
INTERMEDIATE
CHANDLER CREEK
Tuesday, Aug. 9
Meet the Teacher
2-6 p.m.
BERRY SHOALS
Tuesday, Aug. 9
Meet the Teacher
2-6 p.m.
CRESTVIEW
Friday, Aug. 12
Meet the Teacher
Session 1: 4 p.m.
PTA Meeting: 4:40-5 p.m.
Session 2: 5:05 p.m.
MIDDLE
BLUE RIDGE
Thursday, Aug. 11
Meet the Teacher
5-7 p.m.
SCHOOL
NEWS
items. Checks and cash

are not accepted.
The office is located at
1605 Locust Hill Road in
Greer.
PAVILION OFFERS AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM
Greenville County Recreation will offer an afterschool program at The Pavilion in Taylors.
The program provides
pick up for youth K5-5th
grade from Brushy Creek,
Buena Vista, Lake Forest,
Mitchell Road, Pelham
Road, and Woodland Elementary Schools. Snack,
homework time, sports,
games and crafts are offered.
Ice skating and
visits to the bounce house
are also included.
Full day programs are
provided on teacher work
days and Presidents Day.
Cost for the program
is $165 per month plus a
$40 registration fee. For
a complete listing and to
register, visit greenvillerec.com.
contact Program Coordinator Christy Martin at
chmartin@greenvillecounty.org.
Edward Jones will be collecting school supplies at

its Locust Hill Road office
hours through Aug. 5.
The supplies, accepted
hours of 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m. daily, will be donated
to Chandler Creek Elementary.
Glue sticks, crayons,
composition notebooks,
copy paper, dry erase
markers, and #2 pencils
are
among
requested
EASTSIDE HIGH OFFERS

INTRODUCTION
Rising freshmen and

new students are invited
to attend Eastside 101,
sponsored by the student
government and led by
current students.
Workshops include student government and spirit week, freshmen success,
extra extra and an average
day of an Eagle. They will
be on Saturday, Aug. 6,
from 9 a.m.-noon.
Cost to pre-register by
July 30 is $20; $25 day of
workshops.
visit the school website.
STUDENTS MUST BE HAVE

TDAP IMMUNIZATION
All rising seventh graders are required to have

their TDAP immunizations
before attending class.
A copy of the SC Certificate of Immunization must
be turned in to the school
office before Aug. 16.
DISTRICT FIVE
ONLINE REGISTRATION
CONTINUES
GREER
Orientation
Thursday, Aug. 11
10th-12th: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
9th: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
GREER MIDDLE COLLEGE

Monday, Aug. 22
Open House
6 p.m.
Orientation
Friday, Aug. 12
7th Grade
a-m: 8:30-10 a.m.
n-z: 10-11:30 a.m.
8th Grade
a-m: 12:30-1:45 p.m.
n-z: 1:45-3 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 15
6th Grade
a-m: 8:30-10 a.m.
n-z: 10-11:30 a.m.
HIGH
RIVERSIDE
Online registration for

the 2016-17 school year is
now open for District Five
students.
Parents who have students returning to District
Five should have received
a letter in the mail from
their childs school. Each
letter contains a snapcode, which is required
for online registration. If
you have a snapcode, your
child is not considered
a new student. Students
with snapcodes do not
need to follow any links
during the registration
process that are marked
new student.
Parents of new students
who are registering for
the very first time in District Five schools must go
to their childs school to
complete the registration
process in person.
Online registration is
available at www.spart5.
net.
HIGHER EDUCATION
GREENVILLE TECH HOLDING

BOOK BUYBACK DAYS
Greenville Technical College will be holding a Book

Buyback at all of its locations this week.
The Benson Campus in
Greer will hold its event
Aug. 3 and 4 from 8:30
a.m.-5 p.m.
The Brashier and Northwest Campuses and Student Center (Room 214)
will operate on the same
schedule.
Barton Campus and the
Admissions and Registration Center will buy back
books Aug. 1-4 from 8
a.m.-6 p.m. and Aug. 5
from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
MOU RECEIVES COLLEGESPONSORED SCHOLARSHIP
Tiger Hanlin Mou, of

Greer, is among over 800
additional winners of National Merit Scholarships
financed by colleges and
universities. These Merit
Scholar designees join approximately 3,000 other
college-sponsored award
recipients who were announced in June.
Mou, a student at the
South Carolina Governors
School for Science and
Mathematics, received the
National Merit Vanderbilt
University Scholarship.
Officials of each sponsor college selected their
scholarship winners from
among the finalists in the
National Merit Scholarship
Program who will attend
Registration for Fall

classes underway!
Apply now for the best course offerings!
Visit www.gvltec.edu/get_there for more information.
Orientation
Thursday, Aug. 11
9th Grade
a-f: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
g-m: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
n-z: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 12
12th: 8-10:30 a.m.
11th: 10:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
10th: 1:30-4 p.m.
Self-contained:
10-11:30 a.m.
For those not listed, contact

your school or district for more
information.
BLUE RIDGE
Orientation
Monday, Aug. 8
10th-12th: 9-1 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 9
9th: 5-7 p.m.
Orientation
Thursday, Aug. 11
7th-8th: 2-4 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 12
6th: 2-5 p.m.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
NORTHWOOD
ENGAGEMENT
Orientation
Wednesday, Aug. 10
12th: 10 a.m.-noon
11th: 1-3 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 11
10th: 10 a.m.-noon
9th: 5-7 p.m.
RIVERSIDE
BEECH SPRINGS
Friday, Aug. 12
Open House
K4-K5: 10 a.m.-noon
1st-3rd: 1-2:30 p.m.
4th-5th: 2-3:30 p.m.
EASTSIDE
Friday, Aug. 12
6th Grade Boot Camp
9-11:15 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 15
Meet the Teacher
7th: 9-10 a.m.
8th: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 12
Meet the Teacher
1:30-4 p.m.
BUENA VISTA
GREER
Orientation
Thursday, Aug. 11
Hispanic: 3-5 p.m.
6th: 5:30-7 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 12
8th: 5-6 p.m.
7th: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 11
Meet the Teacher
4-6 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 12
Curriculum Night/
Meet the Teacher
K5-2nd: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
3rd-5th: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
BUSINESS COLLECTING
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Thursday, Aug. 11
Meet the Teacher
4-6:30 p.m.
TAYLORS
BRUSHY CREEK
GREENVILLE COUNTY
SKYLAND
their institution. Collegesponsored awards provide

between $500 and $2,000
annually for up to four
years of undergraduate
study at the institution financing the scholarship.
Mr. Kyle Benjamin Ballew and Miss Evelyn Kirsten Thomas
Thomas - Ballew
Mr. Paul Charles Eill, Jr.
and Mrs. Paula Kathryn
Eill, of Taylors, announce
the engagement of their
daughter, Evelyn Kirsten
Thomas, to Kyle Benjamin Ballew, son of Mr.
Sanford Croal Ballew and
Mrs. Tammy Koon Ballew,
of Greer.
Miss Thomas is the
granddaughter of Mr. Paul
Charles Eill, Sr. and Mrs.
Dagny Petra Eill, of Taylors, the late Mr. Louie
Wesley Waddell and Mrs.
Dorothy Charlene Waddell
Campbell, of Greer.
A 2012 graduate of the
University of South Caro-
lina Upstate with a Bachelor of Science degree in

Business Management, she
is a customer service representative with Wireless
Solutions in Greer.
Mr. Ballew is the grandson of Mr. Frank Ansel
Ballew and Sanford Willownel Ballew, of Greer,
Mrs. Carolyn Deborah
Koon, of Greer, and the
late Mr. Harold Benjamin
Koon.
He is employed by Holder Electric in Greenville.
They will be married
September 17, 2016, at
The Davenport in Greer.

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