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When The Cazbah closed indefinitely in 2013, Bob Hiller, owner of Blue Ridge Brewing Company, knew Greer’s Trade Street would be great for his business’ second location.

After more than a year, the wait should soon be over for Hiller, as Blue Ridge Brewing nears a grand opening date.

“We’ve been working on it for a while,” Hiller said. “There were some issues to resolve, but everything is falling into place now. We have our liquor license and our permits. We’re working through zon-ing with Greer right now. We’re really excited to get out there and get it open.”

Although an exact date isn’t official, Hiller said his business is hoping to be open sometime in Oc-tober.

“I don’t have an opening date set, but as soon as everything falls into place, we’ll get things going,” he said. “Unfortunately, I

don’t see how we can catch the beginning of Oktober-fest, but we’re hoping to be open in October.”

Hiller chose downtown Greer for many of the same reasons he chose his first location, 217 N. Main Street, Greenville.

The Cazbah was up for sell for a while and it didn’t’ sell. When it closed, it just seemed like a logi-cal fit for us,” Hiller said.

“That’s when we started working on getting a Blue Ridge Brewing location out there.

“I think there’s a good synergy downtown,” he said. “Like a lot of places, it got hurt a few years ago when things took a down-turn. It had good momen-tum then, and I think, like downtown Greenville, it’s building momentum again. Many of my customers are actually closer to down-town Greer than they are to downtown Greenville, so a lot of my customer base seems really excited

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To promote seatbelt safety by billy cannadaSportS Editor

A group of Greer Police officers stopped every car passing through the in-tersection of Poplar Drive and Snow Street Monday afternoon, but if you were wearing your seatbelt, you didn’t receive a ticket. Rather, you were surprised with a much more attrac-tive handout.

Greer PD teamed up with Chick-fil-A of Greer, hand-ing out 1,000 gift cards, good for a free frozen lem-onade or parfait, to drivers wearing their seatbelts at an established checkpoint. The checkpoint lasted about 90 minutes.

“This year, 213 people have died on a South

Carolina roadway for not wearing a seatbelt,” said Sgt. Randle Ballenger as he waved a car through the intersection. “If we can do something to help with that and make sure people are wearing their seatbelts, that’s what we want to do.”

Sgt. Patrick Fortenberry said he and his fellow officers were hoping to spread awareness about a very dangerous problem.

“Wearing your seatbelt is very important,” he said. “If you get in a colli-sion at 45 miles per hour,

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Search ends forshooting suspectby kenneTh collins mapleStaff WritEr

A suspect turned her-self in to police following a shooting early Monday morning in Greer.

According to Spartan-burg County Sheriff’s Office officials, officers responded to a call on Kaleigh Drive in Greer at around 2 a.m. Upon arriv-al, deputies found James Condrey, 50, with a gun-shot wound to the chest.

The victim told police that a suspect (described in reports as Freda Lynn Lambert-Smith) held him at gunpoint for a few hours Sunday night.

Following an altercation, Condrey was shot.

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A $100,000 donation will help continue construc-tion efforts at Greer’s new STEP (Shelter to Empower People) facility, located off Highway 101 in downtown Greer.

The Timken Founda-tion presented Daily Bread Ministries – the organiza-tion in charge of Greer STEP– with a check Friday

afternoon. Adam Wickliffe, Daily Bread’s board chair-man, said the donation will go a long way towards completing the $500,000 project.

“Without this donation, we may have had to pause construction. We don’t want to do that,” he said, mentioning they hope to complete the facility in the fourth quarter of this year. “We want to continue working on this facility.”

The organization still needs an estimated $60,000 in order to have fundraising completed.

“Fundraising is going great. I would love to have it completely funded. And we’re almost there. We’ll definitely get there with Greer’s help.”

In addition to the funds still needed, Daily Bread Ministries still needs furni-ture, appliances and other

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The Greer Shelter to Empower People (STEP) received a donation of $100,000 from the Timken Foundation last Friday afternoon.

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exceeding expectationsKeith Rollins reaches across his trailer for a stalk of corn at last Thursday’s Farmers’ Market in downtown Greer. Rollins owns R & R Farms in Gowansville with his brother Ronnie, who was also at the event last week. The first Greer Farmers’ Market was a success for the community, with nearly 20 local vendors and over a thousand customers supporting it. “It far exceeded everyone’s expectations. Greer is truly an amazing community,” said market organizer Cristy Ray. Ray said this Thursday’s market should be even better, with Modern Harvest Farms added to the growing list of vendors. Once again, the event will be held at the corner of Main and Poinsett Streets.

fundraiser for david Taylor

A handful of businesses will host a spaghetti din-ner on Thursday, Sept. 17 at Grace Hall to raise mon-ey for David Taylor who is combating stage four pan-creatic cancer. Grace Hall is located at 108 Trade Street in Greer. You can purchase tickets online at davidtaylorgreersc.com or at Stomping Grounds.

In addition to dinner, at-tendees can bid on items up for auction. MP3-Mills Party of three has donated their time to play music for the evening along with Elizabeth Wood Brown, the opening act.

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On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Greer Relief & Resources Agency will host a Neigh-borhood Breakfast. The purpose of the event is to educate the community on the mission of Greer Relief and their focus on hun-ger and homeless preven-tion. Over 200 individuals are expected to gather at

the City of Greer, Cannon Centre, to learn about op-portunities within Greer Relief and what it offers to the community. Breakfast is available at 7:30 a.m. and the program starts at 8 a.m.

There is no cost to at-tend, though attendees will have the opportunity to support the organiza-tion by volunteering, do-nating or getting involved in future events. Greer Relief board members, volunteers, supporters and donors will speak on

behalf of Greer Relief.To RSVP for the event,

contact Bill Roughton at bi l l . roughton@greer-relief.org or by calling 848-5356. Volunteers are needed to set up and clean up.

grief supporT ClassesClasses in greenville

Interim Healthcare Hos-pice will be offering new grief support classes in Greenville. Classes are for those who are struggling with the loss of a loved one.

The classes meet weekly for 10 sessions beginning Oct. 12. Leaders of the classes will focus on basic principles and tools using Alan Wolfeit’s book Under-standing Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing.

Classes will meet at the Mackey Corporate Office, 5 Century Dr., Suite 220. Interested individuals may sign up with Tonya Tay-lor at 721-4131 or tonya.taylor@interimcares.com or directly online at www.hospicegriefsupport .com.

big ThursdayauCTion iTems needed

Churches have been the foundation of Big Thurs-day for 36 years. Congre-gations are needed to join and fill tables with prod-ucts for their Nov. 5 auc-tion. Items may include baked goods, casseroles and crafts. These items are needed the week of the event.

Call 877-1937 or email Hannah Rainwater at hrainwater@gcminc.org to volunteer.

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The Friends of Lake Rob-inson organization is ac-cepted photos of the lake

environs for its 2015 jur-ied art competition as part of its Lake Robinson Day of Celebration. Photogra-phers may submit as many as two original photo files for the competition. The winning entry will receive a $100 prize.

Cash prizes will also be awarded for the second and third place photos. This year’s juror is Ray Roback, a local photogra-pher who currently teach-es photography classes as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Fur-man University. Selected art will be displayed at the Lake Robinson Day of Celebration on Oct. 18 at the J. Verne Smith Park, Grere CPW and at the Wall

Gallery in Greer City Hall. For more info, visit cityof-greer.org.

upsTaTe auTism forumWorkshop sessions

The Upstate Autism Fo-rum will be on Saturday, Oct. 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the BMW Zentrum in Greer. This free forum is sponsored by BMW, LU-CAS Network, the South Carolina Autism Society and Project Hope Founda-tion. Workshop sessions will include Autism 101, parenting training and toolkit and Medicaid ABA coverage.

Lunch will be available by advance purchase.

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Moon-RodgeRs ReunionSunday, September 27th, 2015

Lunch: 1:00 p.m.Descendants of the late John Walker and Susan Burch Moon, William R. (Bob) and Dorah Campbell Rodgers

will hold their annual family reunion at Lance Knoll

1755 Wingo road, campobello, ScOff Jug Factory Road

Bring picnic lunch. Tableware and ice furnished.Info Syble 895-2196

homer 469-9420 or earlene 268-2086

Wednesday, sepT. 16Grace place in Greer will

have its clothing closet open from 6-8 p.m. Grace Place is located at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.

Thursday, sepT. 17The Taylors lions Club

meets at 7 p.m. at the “Club-house”, 500 East Main St., Taylors. Call Jerry 420-0422.

saTurday, sepT. 19Food panTry devo-

Tional 9:30 -10 a.m. at Calvary Christian Fellowship, 2455 Locust Hill Road, Taylors. Limited supplies available.

sunday, sepT. 20The never alone Group

of Narcotics Anonymous meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center, 226 Oakland Ave.

monday, sepT. 21Grace place in Greer will

have its mini-mall open from 10 a.m. - noon. Grace Place is located at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.

BarBershop harmony chapTer meet at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial United Meth-odist Church, 201 N. Main St., Greer. Call Richard at 384-8093.

Tuesday, sepT. 22The never alone group

candlelight meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center,226 Oakland Ave.

The roTary cluB of Great-er Greer meet at 7:15 a.m.

at Krumms on a Plate, 3318 Brushy Creek Road. Guests welcome. Call 630-3988.

The Greer day Lions Club at noon at Mutts BBQ,, 101 West Road, Greer. Call Caro-line at 848-5355.

Gap creek sinGers rehearse from 7-8:30 p.m. at The Church of the Good Shepherd, 200 Jason St., Greer. For further informa-tion contact Wesley Welsh at 877-5955.

Wednesday, sepT. 23kiwanis cluB meeT at 6:30

p.m. at Laurenda’s Family Restaurant, 300 South Line St. Call Charmaine at 349-1707.

Thursday, sepT. 24kiwanis cluB meeT at 6:30

p.m. at Laurenda’s Family Restaurant, 300 South Line St. Call Charmaine at 349-1707.

friday, sepT. 25Grace place in Greer will

have its monthly dinner at 6:30 p.m. Grace Place is located at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.

saTurday, sepT. 26Food panTry devoTion-

al 9:30 -10 a.m. at Calvary Christian Fellowship, 2455 Locust Hill Road, Taylors. Lim-ited supplies available. First come, first serve basis.

sunday, sepT. 27moon-rodGers reunion

1 p.m. at 1755 Wingo Rd., Campobello off Jug Factory Road. Bring picnic lunch. Tableware and ice furnished. Call Syble at 895-2196 or Homer at 469-9420 or Earlene at 268-2086 require

The never alone Group of Narcotics Anonymous meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center, 226 Oakland Ave.

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never forget projectA display of 2,977 flags were placed on the front lawn of Bob Jones University to commemorate the 2,977 lives lost in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

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National Seat Check Sat-urday is Sept. 19, and par-ents or caregivers can have their car seats inspected, receiving some helpful pointers about keeping children safe while they ride.

From 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Greenville Health System’s Safe Kids Upstate will check car seats through the Kohl’s “On the Way” Child Passenger Safety Program at Greer Fire De-partment. Ayesha Ahmad, program coordinator for Safe Kids Upstate, said about 73 percent of car seats are installed incor-rectly nationwide.

“Its completely free,” Ahmad said. “It just takes 30 minutes out of your day to know your child is riding safer.”

To ensure young riders are safe in their seats, Safe Kids Upstate will check the seats while also speaking about other safety mea-sures surrounding kids in cars.

“It’s not just a technician looking at the seat,” she said. “It’s really a hands-on opportunity. We want the caregivers’ hands to be the last on the seat so that we really equip and empower with the knowl-edge of how to install their

child’s seat correctly.”In Greenville County,

there are soon to be eight fire stations that will check car seats.

If you cannot visit the

safety check on Saturday, Safe Kids Upstate encour-ages motorists to make appointments for other days. To make an appoint-ment for Saturday or an-

other day, call 494-1100 or visit www.ghschildren.org/kohls. Greer’s Fire Department is located at 103 West Poinsett St.

The grand prize winner of the Greer Community Ministries (GCM) Pet Pho-to Contest is Miss Kitty, owned by Phil and Janice Pickett.

Miss Kitty wins $100. “Miss Kitty is a beauti-

ful Calico with a sweet and loving disposition,” Janice Pickett wrote about her pet. “If she thinks she has been outside too long she will jump up on the front door and peek in.”

Category winners are as follows: Pets are Fam-ily: Diane Personett and her pups; Funniest: Rodeo Bluegrass Capizzo; Best Dressed: Xiao Huang Ti Wood; Best Action Shot: Bayleigh Grace Sarles; and Naughty Pet: Ava More-land. Prizes for category winners include spa pack-ages from April’s Doggie Day Spa, nail grooming from Dog Gone Beautiful, and gift cards.

The contest raised $321 for the ministry’s Meals on Wheels pet food program. Currently, clients receive monthly pet food supple-ments for 46 dogs and 50 cats. Pet food is pro-vided so that clients do not share their meals with their pets.

“We had 22 contestants this year and are so hap-py with the results,” said Wendy Campbell, Meals on Wheels coordinator. “We need donations through-out the year so we hope people will remember to give to this vital pro-gram.”

GCM’s pet food program has expanded and a Ban-field Charitable Grant to-taling $2,500 this year has enabled the ministry to construct a pet food stor-age building purchased from Barnyard Utility Buildings of Greer. With the addition of this build-

ing, having ample space to store excess pet food is no longer an issue.

To learn more about GCM, visit gcminc.org, or stop by for a tour of the facility any time between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday – Friday.

Car seat check is SaturdayMany of us may not like

football. Many of us may not have liked the football players when we were in high school. Many of us may think that football is just too dangerous.

But, we all need to sup-port high school football in Greenville County pub-lic schools!

The next time you com-plain about football, you should remember that football allows all of the other high school sports to exist! Most of the larg-er schools in Greenville County host as many as 21 sports other than foot-ball. Some of the smaller schools host 10-12.

For most schools, foot-ball is the only revenue

sport. That means that your high school football team pays for all of the non-revenue sports to continue. In some schools baseball and basketball come close to being self-supporting sports and lacrosse is growing every year but football keeps all of those sports on the field, court or track.

So the next time you feel the urge to criticize high school football, the play-ers or the traditions that go with the game, you need to remember that without high school football your student might not be an athlete at all.

Cindy Armstrong Greer

September is Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in this country. It touches millions of lives—people of all ages, ethnicities, and back-grounds—but the research is clear: suicide is prevent-able, and the more people who stand up for suicide prevention and mental health, the more lives we can save.If you’ve lost someone to suicide, or you or someone you know suf-fers from a mental health condition like depression or anxiety, please join us for the Out of the Dark-ness Walk to fight suicide on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015

from 2-4 pm at Greer City Park, Greer.I’m walking in memory of my son, Cale, who died in 2007 and for all those who have died by suicide. I am walking for all survivors of suicide loss.Funds raised support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and its bold goal to reduce the annual suicide rate in the United States 20 percent by 2025 through research, education, advocacy, and support. These walks are truly uplifting experiences, and they grow every year. Hope to see you there.

Lucinda DavisSpartanburg

DINNER & A BENEFITDINNER & A BENEFIT

David Taylor and his wife Laurie recently gave up their business, New Day Physical Therapy Center, to combat David’s stage 4 pancreatic

cancer. As a business community, we are holding a spaghetti dinner, sponsored by Thrivent Financial, Stomping Grounds, Events at the Davenport, and the

Greer Kiwanis club (who will be doing the cooking.) Other business groups have donated goods for an auction. MP3-Mills Party of 3 will be playing music for the evening, along with Elizabeth Wood Brown who will be the opening act.

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE STOMPING GROUND

SPAGHETTI DINNERTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH

5:00 PM-8:00 PM GRACE HALL @ 108 TRADE ST.

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National Seat Check Saturday will be held Sept. 19 at the Greer Fire Department.

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Miss Kitty wins photo contest

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Miss Kitty was the grand prize winner of Greer Community Ministries’ Pet Photo Contest.

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As I celebrate yet another trip around the sun in the next week, it is my hope that, if nothing else, I’ve picked

up various scraps of wisdom that is sup-posedly the trade-off for crows feet and that one, odd hair that...

Nevermind.And what is the point of wisdom if

one cannot bore others with tid-bits of tedious trivia? So instead of receiving birthday gifts from any of you (although I would totally dig any Starbucks prezzies sent to me via my Facebook account), let your Aunty Pam share what she has gleaned so far in, as Prince, or the Artist Formally Known as Prince, or the Little Guy in the Heels who’s calling himself yet again, Prince, would call, “This thing called life:”

Despite just making fun of him, Prince is probably the most original, talented, solo pop artist of the last 30 years.

When a cat is trying to dislodge a hair-ball, you have exactly three “Aacks!” in which to grab it and get it off your rug before the hairball is deposited.

And if the hairball is ejected at night, you will step in it in the morning. In bare feet.

The reason your dogs go insane upon

seeing you return from a 10 minute dash to the post office is because, if you con-sider the time span of dog years, to them, you’ve been gone 3 weeks.

Your dog will only drag his bum across the carpet when you have guests over.

Gas station pumpkin spice coffee tastes every bit as good as Starbucks because there’s no evidence of any pumpkin, whatsoever, in either of them.

A 1953 Ford Jubilee tractor will try to kill you every time you get on it, despite the fact that the PTO is turned off and the brakes have just been repaired.

Dogwood berries get the first faint flush of red by August 10th.

In a nod to the pioneers of stock car racing, if someone would sponsor a ‘Bangers’ Series, where drivers must work on their own car and drive it to the race, it would be a huge hit and racing would

once again truly embrace the average en-thusiast. Just don’t let NASCAR get their paws on it

If I won the lottery, I would sponsor that series.

At some point, I should play the lot-tery.

The original, classic, charm of Winnie the Pooh was completely destroyed when Disney bought it.

Dames Judi Dench and Helen Mirren prove that one doesn’t need to inject their lips into a trout pout in order to stay rel-evant and successful in the business.

It’s just nuts that kids are no longer be-ing taught cursive handwriting. If I had to struggle through the entire third grade to legibly create a capital ‘T’ and ‘F,’ so can you, you little brats.

The Amalfi coast is exquisite.Big football players shouldn’t punch

their girlfriends.People on airplanes shouldn’t start

fighting so furiously over reclining a seat that a flight has to be diverted.

Violent football players should be forced to fly in Economy Class all the way to Japan, behind their girlfriends who just reclined their seats as far as possible.

Arizona has tanning booths. How lazy

are these people? Just walk to the mail-box and you’ll come back looking like rawhide.

There really is such a thing as ‘Hair Club for Men.’

At some point, there will be a woman that files suit, claiming it’s sexist not to be allowed to join.

ISIS doesn’t realize that, in America, a Black Flag means insect killer.

We need to create an enormous fog-ger...

There’s nothing funnier than watching the expressions in your rear view mirror when you put an ‘Obama/Biden’ sticker on the left side of your bumper and an “I am the NRA!” on the right.

If you are letting your bare skin or your pet come in contact with the upholstery of your made-in-China sofa, you’d better google the health risks.

Fresh flowers in a room immediately make you feel better.

When Jack Russells become fat and el-derly, squirrels simply stroll past them.

Most people have a secret stash of cash their spouse knows nothing about.

That stash should be spent on horses.

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If South Carolina does it one way, and most other states along with the federal government do it another way, we might wonder how likely it is that South Carolina is right and everybody else is wrong.

Consider the way we install judges. In effect, the legislature unilaterally elects them.

The South Carolina Judicial Merit Selection Commission is made up of 10 individuals. All ten are lawmakers or people appointed by law-makers. The Commission uses its own criteria to screen candidates and narrow down to a maximum of three applicants per judicial posi-tion. The whole legislature then votes on these candidates. Throughout this process, the gover-nor has no say on how or who these candidates for the judiciary are.

Imagine if this were the case at the federal level. Imagine if Congress unilaterally elected judges, and the president had nothing at all to do with the process. Nobody would trust the court to challenge the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress.

Yet that’s exactly what happens in South Car-olina. What we have, in essence, is one branch’s domination of another – a blatant violation of the principle of the separation of powers.

It’s hardly surprising, therefore, that South Carolina judges seem frequently to rule in the legislature’s favor. State laws are rarely struck down as unconstitutional. State lawmakers might think that’s because they only pass con-stitutional bills. Others – I think more logically – might think it has something to do with the fact that judges owe their careers to the law-makers responsible for the laws whose consti-tutionality they’ve been asked to judge.

How should we install our judges, then? Some states use popular elections to choose judges – a system widely and correctly criticized for politicizing the judiciary. Most others – togeth-

er with the federal system – empower the ex-ecutive to nominate judges and the legislature to confirm them. That is the only way to avoid the legislature’s domination, on one hand, and politicization of the judiciary, on the other.

In recent years, the South Carolina judiciary system has drawn the legitimate criticism that it promotes “inbreeding.” At one point in the mid-1990s, for instance, more than half of cir-cuit court judges and all five Supreme Court justices had served in the General Assembly prior to being elected to the bench. The case isn’t so different now.

Five judges have filed to fill the seat on the South Carolina Supreme Court that Justice Costa Pleicones is vacating in January when he becomes chief justice. At the same time, near-ly 50 will be reviewed for an at-large Circuit Court seat. All the decisions on these judicial seats will be made by people you’ve likely never heard of and can’t vote for – legislative leaders and their appointees. The governor, whom you can vote for, should play an equal role in these decisions. But she will play virtually no role at all.

Is reforming South Carolina’s system just a dream? Not really. There are two bills now in General Assembly that would take significant steps toward creating an independent judiciary. Either of these bills would eliminate the unilat-eral power of the General Assembly to control the judicial branch by requiring the governor to nominate judges with advice and consent from the Senate.

A few lawmakers – especially the sponsors of these and similar bills – see the gravity of the problem. Let’s hope that number grows.

This guest editorial was submitted by Cecilia Brown of the South Carolina Policy Council

South Carolina should try for judicial independence

STEP coming at right time

With Timken’s donation to Daily Bread Ministries, the STEP (Shelter to

Empower People) facility moves closer to helping the homeless and those in poverty. Daily Bread’s chairman Adam Wick-liffe said they hope to com-plete the building by quarter four of this year. This couldn’t come at a more appropriate time with autumn and winter weather approaching.

In South Carolina, as all resi-dents know, winters are mild. Some years, to my dishearten-ment, we seem to avoid snow altogether, and while I’d prefer to celebrate Christmas in the tranquility of a new-fallen snow, I have to remind my-self that not everyone has the comforts of a warm house or plenty of warm food. Making a snow angel just isn’t as gratify-ing when I know people are shivering in the very thing in which I play.

With that said, I was encour-aged this week to hear of how Daily Ministries is serving the community of Greer not only through the STEP facil-ity but also through the Greer Soup Kitchen, which provides over 150 meals per day to the hungry. As we remember the work of some outstanding volunteers within Daily Bread and other ministries, I hope we remember that now is the time to really help out our nonprof-its. The Greer Soup Kitchen is always in need of financial donations, and they continue to advertise needs for their pantry. These needs include sugar, powdered milk, canned goods, plastic cutlery, 16-oz. cups, divided plates, dinner napkins, paper towels and laundry detergent.

Over at the STEP facility, ex-ecutive director Bob McQuaide said they really need volun-teers. He has three volunteers to help run the facility; he would like to have eight to begin.

“Former teachers, former counselors, former social work-ers, former ministers, what-ever,” McQuaide said, “people who are retired and maybe get-ting bored, here’s an opportu-nity to serve the community.”

Here’s hoping that as the days get shorter and tempera-tures drop that Greer’s citizens will support ministries like Daily Bread to assist those in need.

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RICK EZELLPastor, Greer First Baptist Church

Contentment is learned

‘I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether liv-ing in plenty or in want.’ (Phil. 4:12 NIV)

Paul learned contentment in the circumstances of life, having more or having

less. He learned this attitude in relationship with Christ who strengthened him. It is in that relationship that we learn the lesson of contentment, too.

Contentment is learned. It isn’t natural. We’re not born with it. It is not a gift.

Our tendency is to look for things that will make us content—those things that are better or those events that are next, rather than putting forth the effort it takes to learn how to be content.

The first time I took a group of students snow skiing, several of the older teenagers didn’t want to “learn.” They just wanted to ski like the rest of the people on the slope. Ski-ing isn’t like that, and neither is becoming content. It takes a willingness and effort to learn anything.

We can’t just wish things into existence. Contentment is no different. It too must be learned.

When several of the men who had been prisoners of war during the Vietnam War returned home after surviving the horrors of Hanoi, a number of those brave men said, “We learned after a few hours what it took to survive, and we just adapted to that.” They didn’t whine or complain because they had been captured. They learned contentment.

And, so must we.

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A liquid packaging com-pany is establishing its first United States location in Greer.

Aran Packaging is in-vesting $5.2 million in a local facility, creating an expected 63 new jobs over the next five years.

Established in 1983 in Israel, Aran Packaging has grown significantly since its inception.

Today, the firm serves companies in more than

40 countries across the globe, offering packaging solutions using aseptic and bag-in-box technolo-gies for both the food and non-food industries.

In addition to Aran’s headquarters and produc-tion facility in Israel, the company also operates a production facility in Vall-adolid, Spain, which serves the European market.

Aran currently employs 180 workers worldwide.

The company’s new Greer location will be housed in an existing building at 1704 Poplar Dr.

The facility is expected to be fully operational by July, 2016, with initial hiring for new positions anticipated to take place in February, 2016. Those interested in joining the Aran team should contact Hila Frish-Manor at aran@aran.co.il.

The Greer Commission of Public Works (CPW) is asking natural gas cus-tomers to test their fur-naces to ensure proper functionality—including pilot lights and system connection—before colder weather sets in.

In a recent release, CPW officials said, “customers should call CPW to recon-nect services or have pilot lights lit. To avoid delays, customers should call customer service during September and early Oc-tober.”

Greer CPW typically ex-periences significant ser-vice backlogs during the first cold snap, causing longer response times.

“Everyone should test their heat source now to make sure it’s work-ing. Calling us early will help avoid a chilly night without heat,” said Rob Rhodes, CPW’s Natural Gas Department Manager. “This weekend, tempera-tures across our service area are expected to drop down to the low fifties, so I am sure we’ll have some

calls already.”Greer CPW’s 460-square-

miles of service territory stretches from southern Spartanburg County to the North Carolina line and en-compasses several nearby communities. The utility has approximately 21,000 natural gas customers and maintains nearly 730 miles of pipeline.

To schedule a re-con-nection, customers should call CPW’s customer ser-vice at 848-5500.

Q: I started my own small bakery from home two years ago, providing wedding and specialty cakes. I just found out I’m pregnant, and while my husband and I are really excited about the baby, we’re worried about how we’ll handle things after the baby is here. We both work long hours, but we don’t make a lot of mon-ey. I made about $20,000 last year, and he currently makes $35,000 working 60 to 70 hours a week. Do you have any advice for us now and after the baby arrives?

DR: Congratulations! You’re going to be a mom, and you’re running your own business.

I think more than any-thing you just need some good business planning and time management. The good news is that you have a little time on your hands before the baby gets here. You can begin scheduling things now and laying out a plan. If you get into a busy time — say around wedding season — you may want to bring in a baby sitter or some part-time help for your business. I don’t think I would do daycare every day. You’re prob-ably not that busy 12 months out of the year or even at the height of

some seasons yet.Your husband also

needs some relief in the future. Working those kinds of hours, and bring-ing home just $35,000 a year, is no way to help support a family the way he would like, I’m sure. If his hours are going to back down soon and his income is going to go up, that’s one thing. If not, he needs to look into getting some additional educa-tion, making modifica-tions to his current career or finding another line of work. With some careful and realistic planning on your end, and him doing something to make things better on his, a lot of the stress will fall off.

Many people do the kind of things we’re talking about, and it ends up being an awe-some experience. Just sit down together, and talk it through. Help each other out, and decide what it will take to get where you want to be as a family and with your careers.

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GOD, HOME AND COUNTRY RALLY IS SEPT. 27

Fairview Baptist Church will host a concert, the “God, Home and Country” rally, on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 6 p.m. The event will feature the “Soul’d Out Quartet.”

The cost of the concert, presented by TheLifeFM, is $10 at the door.

Doors will open at 5 p.m.

COMMUNITY-WIDE FALL REVIVAL BEGINS SEPT. 27

A community-wide re-vival is set for Sept. 27-30, beginning at 6:30 p.m. nightly.

Sunday: Reedy River Baptist Church. Music by Locust Hill Baptist choir. Message by Dr. Steve Pe-terson.

Monday: Enoree Baptist Church. Music by TR First choir. Message by Rev. Da-vid Simmons.

Tuesday: Travelers Rest Baptist Church. Music by Enoree Baptist choir. Mes-sage by Rev. Stephen Can-non.

Wednesday: Locust Hill Baptist Church. Music by Reedy River Baptist choir. Message by Dr. Chris Gray.

Children’s ministry ac-tivities provided nightly by North Greenville Uni-versity Impact team for ages birth through fifth grade.

WASHINGTON BAPTIST TO HOLD REVIVAL SEPT. 20-23

Washington Baptist will hold a revival featuring “Deeper and Greater” with guest speaker Rev. Curt Bradford of Charleston Sept. 20-23.

Revival times will be Sunday 10:45 a.m. And 6 p.m. and Monday through Wednesday at 7 p.m.

The church is located at 3500 Highway 14 North in Greer. For more informa-tion, call 895-1510.

BURNSVIEW BAPTIST REVIVAL CONTINUES

Burnsview Baptist Church is having revival every Sunday morning in the month of September with a different speaker each Sunday.

Sept. 21: Evangelist Bill Thomason, Light It Up Ministries

Sept. 28: Dr. Eddie Sax-on, Pastor Gilead Baptist Church, Union

The church is located at 9690 Reidville Road in Greer. For more informa-tion, call 879-4006.

TRBA HOSTS PRISONRE-ENTRY DISCUSSIONS

A Faith Roundtable Dis-cussion for Partnerships with Prison Re-entry Ef-forts will be held at the Three Rivers Baptist As-sociation Mission Center on Thursday, Sept. 30, at 2 p.m.

The program offers the opportunity for church groups to partner by pro-viding mentors, job train-ing and re-entry kits for men and women returning to communities. The event will feature discussions by the SC Department of Pro-bation and Parole and the Greater Greenville Employ-ment Advocate leaders.

For more information, contact Jimmy Batson at 423-0592 or james.bat-son@ppp.sc.gov.

TRBA ANNUAL MEETINGSET FOR OCT. 18

The Three Rivers Baptist Association will hold its annual meeting on Sun-day, Oct. 18, at 5 p.m. At Enoree Baptist Church.

Special guest speaker is Dr. Ron Barker, SCBC evangelism and prayer strategist.

The event will feature missions and ministries exhibits; a celebration of God’s work in member churches; testimony of a former Muslim who is now a Christ-follower; presen-tation of 2016 visions for prayer and evangelism; and a prayer for revival. Member churches are en-couraged to move their Sunday night services to the meeting.

CHRISTMAS PRISONER PACKETS DUE NOV. 18

Christmas Prisoner Pack-ets are due to the Three River Baptist Association office by Wednesday, Nov. 18.

Approved items include: one black non-retractable pen (no wire clip), one junior legal writing tab-let, one adult toothbrush, five first-class #10 stamp-embossed envelopes, two rolls of candy, one 4-oz. to 6-oz. bar of soap, one 5.8-oz. or larger toothpaste, one-gallon size zipper bag.

For more information, visit www.scbaptist.org.

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you’re body is still going that same speed. That’s the reason seatbelts are there—to prevent serious injury. For people that are doing the right thing, we just want to give some-thing back.”

The treats were a pleas-ant surprise to passersby, who appreciated the ges-ture.

“One lady stopped in the middle of the intersec-tion and held her hand out the window yelling, ‘I got a card! I got a card!’ It’s great to see how happy some people are,” Balleng-er said.

“I puts a big smile on people’s faces,” Forten-berry said. “One family came through with a little girl, and when they told her she was getting an ice cream, her face just lit up. It’s just really good to be able to do that.”

Greer Police try to con-duct checkpoints as often as possible, often in areas with higher crime rates and traffic problems.

“When we have the manpower, we try to do proactive stuff like this,” Santana said. “It’s very important to make sure everyone is buckled. It’s the law, but it’s also for the driver’s safety. That’s why it’s so important. An accident can occur at any

time and if you have your seatbelt on, there’s a good chance you’re going to be OK.”

“This is a tool we use to educate the public on wearing seatbelts and having the proper paper-work in their cars,” added Fortenberry. “Being in those areas allows people

to see a large amount of police, which deters crime. We want people to know that we’re out here.”

The gift cards were pro-vided courtesy of Chick-fil-A’s Bill Tyler and are only redeemable at the Greer location.

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about getting that location open.”

The site has undergone some cosmetic renova-tions over the past several months.

“Having four or five years of wear and tear, we’ve done a fair amount of work. Almost all of it has been cosmetic,” he said. “There were some other things. The rooftop had taken a beating and hadn’t been kept up well, so we had to take care of some things like that.”

The interior décor at 308 Trade Street will look similar to the downtown Greenville location, Hiller said.

“It’s not going to be a great departure from Greenville,” he said. “We’re

getting back to our roots a little bit, which means (the Greer location) will have more of an outdoor feel to it. Hopefully we’ll be able to bring the outdoor element of the Blue Ridge mountains downtown, which is what made us all enjoy it here in the first place.”

aldi nears completionBlue Ridge Brewing isn’t

the only business looking to make a splash in Greer this fall.

Aldi will soon be putting the finishing touches on a 17,000-square-foot gro-cery store, located at the corner of Poinsett Street and Wade Hampton Bou-levard.

The store plans to open on Oct. 29, according to Thom Behtz, Aldi Jefferson division vice president.

Signage went up at the location over the week-end.

Behtz says “population density, proximity to com-petition, cost of the prop-erty and traffic patterns” are some of the main rea-sons the company decided to locate in Greer.

“We want to be conve-niently based where Aldi shoppers are located in the Greer-area,” Behtz said.

Aldi is expected to em-ploy up to 40 people. The grocery chain currently boasts more than 1,400 stores in 32 states.

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items needed to make the facility’s four apartments comfortable for future residents. Bob McQuaide, executive director for the facility, said that while those items are certainly needed, they are also seek-ing more volunteers.

With the check from Tim-ken, the ministry moves closer toward a time when volunteers will be able to work closely with those in need.

Timken’s facility manag-er, Terry Lynn Haynes said the company gives towards such causes because “they believe in giving back to the community.”

The community will cer-tainly be assisted by their generosity.

“We’re just very blessed to have partners in our community who can help us out in really trying to help end homelessness in Greer,” Wickliffe said dur-ing the check presenta-tion. “We’re already help-ing end hunger in Greer through the Greer Soup Kitchen. And this facility will help us end homeless-ness in the Greer commu-nity as well.”

In a way, the STEP facil-ity will assist those who are hungry in Greer. Mc-Quaide said those who are accepted into the 90-day STEP program will spend time working at the soup kitchen. They are also required to gain employ-ment. Doing so should help individuals and fami-lies to envision what life

could be like and what it takes to get there.

“We’re looking for peo-ple who want to get out of poverty,” he said. “That’s the first priority.”

Wickliffe said the facility is for families or vets or those who are underem-ployed or unemployed. To accommodate these fami-lies and individuals, the facility has four separate apartments. A courtyard exists between the apart-ments, and the facility has a conference room where residents can meet with counselors. The model of the program is based off of Greenville’s Triune Mer-cy Center, which Wickliffe said has been highly suc-cessful in ministering to the homeless and those in low-income jobs.

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Sunrise 10/23/23 - Sunset 09/13/11

Mother, the day (9/13/11)you departed,

An ache in my heart startedI knew you did not want to go

But Earthly time was over, you could not stay.

God saw that youhad grown tired

He knew that you needed restSo He wrapped His arms

around you, one of the best

Now you are in Heavenresting in His nest.

Although we are not togetherIt seems as though

we are far apartMemories of youare like no other

Still abides within my heart.

Gone but neverwill be forgotten.

Your Son, Jim

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

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alice�‘Guynelle’�CampbellAlice “Guynelle” Camp-

bell, 73, wife of Grady List-er Campbell, of Taylors passed away on Monday, Sept. 14, 2015 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital after spending a short vacation with her family at Harbor Island.

Guynelle was born on December 18, 1941 in Clayton, Georgia to the late Jordan Hughes Cobb and Claudia Collins Cobb.

She worked as a payroll clerk for Greenville Coun-ty School District for 31 years and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Greer. She was a devoted wife, mother, Nana, and friend. She was a Christian who showed the love of Jesus to every-one she met.

Surviving in addition to her husband Lister, is one son, Kevin Campbell of Tay-lors; one daughter Andrea Massey (Randy) of Greer; two brothers, Marvin Cobb (Erith) of Taylors and Her-ron Cobb (Betty) of West-minster; one sister, Faye Hart of Woodruff; two granddaughters, Maken-na Massey and Katelyn Campbell, and many spe-cial nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to GHS Office of Philanthropy, 300 East McBee Avenue, Suite 503, Greenville, SC 29601 Attn: Blood and Marrow Trans-plant Unit Fund.

The family will be at her sister’s home at 149 Hart Road Woodruff, SC 29388.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 at 2 pm at Pleas-ant Hill Baptist Church at 4899 Jordan Road, Greer, SC 29651.

Forest Hills Funeral Home is serving the fam-ily.

Judith�‘Judy’�Cannon�Cudd

Judith “Judy” Ann Can-non Cudd, 78, of Spar-tanburg, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at The Waterford at Dillon Pointe Assisted Living. Born Dec. 4, 1936, in Spar-tanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur L. Cannon, Sr. and Mamie Pennington Can-non and wife of the late Reverend Charles A. Cudd. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.

A graduate of Spartan-burg High School, Mrs. Cudd retired in 2004 after serving for 31 years as the administrative assistant to the Director of Missions for The Greer Baptist As-sociational Office. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church and the Joy Sunday School Class in Spartanburg.

Surviving are her daugh-ters, Carol C. Bobo (Steve) of Roebuck, SC, and Susan E. Cudd of the home; three grandchildren, Christo-pher Joseph Bobo (Alyssa) of Spartanburg, SC, Devin Lee Cudd (Amanda) of Bennettsville, SC, and Channing Alana Cudd of Georgia; three great-grand-children; and a number of nieces and nephews. In ad-dition to her parents and husband, she was prede-ceased by a son, Charles Alan Cudd; two brothers, Thomas Earl Cannon and Arthur Lester Cannon, Jr.; and four sisters, Polly S. Cannon, Frances E. Can-non, Rena C. Brown, and Doris C. Parris.

Visitation was 1-1:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, at Floyd’s Green-lawn Chapel, 2075 E. Main St., Spartanburg, 29307. Funeral services followed at 2:00 PM, at the Chapel, conducted by the Rever-end Dr. Schuyler Peterson

and the Reverend David M. Blanton. Burial was in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, 1300 Fernwood-Glendale Rd., Spartanburg, 29307.

Honorary escort was members of the Joy Sun-day School Class.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 901 South Pine Street, Spartanburg, 29302 online at www.alz.org “2015 Walk to End Alzheimer’s”; Connie Max-well Children’s Home, PO Box 1178, Greenwood, SC 29648.

Special thanks to the staffs at Dillon Pointe As-sisted Living, Spartanburg Regional Hospice, Home Instead Senior Care, and other personal caregivers for their love and com-passionate care shown to Judy.

The family is at the home of Steve and Carol Bobo.

An online guest register is available at www.floyd-mortuary.com.

Vance�J.�NortonVance Johnson Norton,

49, of 300 Phillips Road, died September 11, 2015 at his home.

A native of Rex, North Carolina, son of Kenneth and Anne Johnson Nor-ton of Greenville, he was the financial manager for Shaw Inc., a member of St. Giles Presbyterian Church and attended Greer First Baptist Church.

Also surviving are his wife, Jamie Christine Sharp Norton of the home; two daughters, Jasmine Ann Norton and Amber Kat-erina Norton both of the home; and a brother, Ken-neth Charles Norton, II of Charlotte, North Carolina.

A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Friday at The Wood Mortuary, con-ducted by Dr. Rick Ezell.

Visitation will be held 12:30-1:45 p.m. Friday at The Wood Mortuary.

The family is at the home of his parents, Ken and Anne Norton, 5 Bridge-port Drive, Greenville, SC 29615.

Memorials may be made to the Education Fund for his daughters; to contrib-ute please call 350-4728.

Online condolences may be made at www.thewood-mortuary.com.

Obituaries can be emailed to billy@greercitizen.com or dropped off at 317 Trade St. Deadline: noon Tuesday. Cost: $60; with photo $75.

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BAPTISTAbner Creek Baptist Church2461 Abner Creek Rd., Greer • 877-6604Airport Baptist Church776 S. Batesville Rd., Greer • 848-7850Apalache Baptist1915 Gap Creek Rd., Greer • 877-6012Bible Baptist Church6645 Mountain View Rd., Taylors • 895-7003Blue Ridge Baptist Church3950 Pennington Rd., Greer • 895-5787BridgePointe600 Bridge Rd., Taylors • 244-2774Burnsview Baptist Church9690 Reidville Rd., Greer • 879-4006Calvary Baptist101 Calvary St., Greer • 877-9759Calvary Baptist108 Forest St., Greer • 968-0092Calvary Hill Baptist100 Edward Rd., LymanCalvary Road Baptist Church108 Bright Rd., Greer • 593-2643Camp Creek Baptist Church1100 Camp Creek Rd., TaylorsCedar Grove Baptist Church109 Elmer St., Greer • 877-6216Community Baptist Church642 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 848-3500Double Springs Baptist Church3800 Locust Hill Rd., Taylors • 895-1314Ebenezer-Welcome Baptist Church4005 Highway 414, Landrum • 895-1461El Bethel Baptist Church313 Jones Ave., Greer • 877-4021Emmanuel Baptist Church423 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer • 877-2121Enoree Fork Baptist Church100 Enoree Dr., Greer • 268-4385Fairview Baptist Church1300 Locust Hill Rd., Greer • 877-1881First Baptist Church202 W. Poinsett St., Greer • 877-4253Freedom Fellowship Greer High • 877-3604Friendship Baptist Church1600 Holly Springs Rd., Lyman • 877-4746Good News Baptist Church1592 S. Highway 14, Greer • 879-2289Grace Baptist Church760 W. Gap Creek Rd., Greer • 879-3519Grace Place407 Ridgewood Dr., GreerGreer Freewill Baptist Church110 Pine Ridge Dr., Greer • 968-0310Heritage Chapel Baptist Church218 Alexander Rd., Greer • 989-0170Highland Baptist Church3270 Hwy. 414, Taylors • 895-5270Hillcrest Baptist Church111 Biblebrook Dr., Greer • 877-4206Hispanic Baptist Iglesia Bautista Hispana199 Hubert St., Greer • 877-3899Holly Springs Baptist Church250 Hannon Rd., Inman • 877-6765Locust Hill Baptist Church5534 Locust Hill Rd., Travelers Rest • 895-1771Maple Creek Baptist Church609 S. Main St., Greer • 877-1791Milford Baptist Church1282 Milford Church Rd., Greer • 895-5533Mount Lebanon Baptist Church572 Mt. Lebanon Church Rd., Greer • 895-2334New Hope Baptist Church561 Gilliam Rd., Greer • 879-7080New Jerusalem Baptist Church413 E. Poinsett St., Greer • 968-9203New Life Baptist Church90 Becco Rd., Greer • 895-3224Northwood Baptist Church888 Ansel School Rd., Greer • 877-5417O’Neal Baptist Church3420 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-0930Pelham First Baptist Church2720 S. Old Highway 14, Greer • 879-4032People’s Baptist Church310 Victor Avenue Ext., Greer • 848-0449Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church201 Jordan Rd., Lyman • 879-2646Pleasant Grove Baptist Church1002 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer • 877-6436

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church4899 Jordan Rd., Greer • 895-3546Providence Baptist Church2020 Gibbs Shoals Rd., Greer • 877-3483Rebirth Missionary Baptist Church2375 Racing Road, Greer • 877-0449Riverside Baptist Church1249 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 879-4400Second Baptist Church570 Memorial Drive Ext., Greer • 877-7061Southside Baptist Church410 S. Main St., Greer • 877-2672St. John’s Baptist Church2 Groveland Rd., Taylors • 879-2904Suber Road Baptist Church445 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 801-0181Taylors First Baptist Church200 W. Main St., Taylors • 244-3535United Family Ministries13465 E. Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer • 877-3235Victor Baptist121 New Woodruff Rd., Greer • 877-9686Washington Baptist Church3500 N. Highway 14, Greer • 895-1510Welcome Home Baptist Church1779 Pleasant Hill Rd., Greer • 901-7674

CATHOLICBlessed Trinity Catholic Church901 River Rd., Greer • 879-4225

CHURCH OF CHRISTRiverside Church of Christ2103 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer • 322-6847

CHURCH OF GODChurch of God - Greer500 Trade St., Greer • 877-0374Church of God of Prophecy2416 N. Highway 14, Greer • 877-8329Eastside Worship Center601 Taylors Rd., Taylors • 268-0523O’Neal Church of God3794 Berry Mill Rd., Greer • 895-4273Pelham Church of God of Prophecy139 Abner Creek Rd., Greer • 801-0528Praise Cathedral Church of God3390 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer • 879-4878

EPISCOPALGood Shepherd Episcopal200 Cannon St., Greer • 877-2330

LUTHERANAbiding Peace Ev. Lutheran Church401 Batesville Rd., Simpsonville •288-4867Apostolic Lutheran Church453 N. Rutherford Rd., Greer • 848-4568Immanuel Lutheran Church & School LCMS2820 Woodruff Rd., Simpsonville • 297-5815Redeemer Lutheran Church, ELCA300 Oneal Rd., Greer • 877-5876Saints Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran400 Parker Ivey Dr., Greenville • 551-0246

METHODISTBethel United Methodist Church105 E. Arlington Ave., Greer • 879-2066Covenant United Methodist Church1310 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer • 244-3162Ebenezer United Methodist Church174 Ebenezer Road, Greer • 987-9644Faith United Methodist Church1301 S. Main St. (S. Hwy. 14), Greer • 877-0308Fews Chapel United Methodist Church4000 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-2522Grace United Methodist Church627 Taylor Rd., Greer • 877-7015Lee Road United Methodist Church1377 East Lee Rd., Taylors • 244-6427Liberty Hill United Methodist Church301 Liberty Hill Rd., Greer • 968-8150Liberty United Methodist Church4276 Highway 414, Landrum • 292-0142Memorial United Methodist Church201 N. Main St., Greer • 877-0956Mountain View UMC6525 Mountain View Rd., Taylors • 895-8532Sharon United Methodist Church1421 Reidville Sharon Rd., Greer • 879-7926

St. Mark United Methodist Church911 St. Mark Rd., Taylors • 848-7141St. Paul United Methodist Church3856 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-5570Victor United Methodist Church1 Wilson Ave., Greer • 877-5520Woods Chapel United Methodist Church1288 Brown Wood Rd., Greer • 879-4475Zoar United Methodist Church1005 Highway 357, Greer • 877-0758

PRESBYTERIANBlue Ridge Presbyterian Church2094 Highway 101 North, Greer • 483-2140Devenger Road Presbyterian Church1200 Devenger Rd., Greer • 268-7652Fellowship Presbyterian Church1105 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer • 877-3267First Presbyterian Church100 School St., Greer • 877-3612Fulton Presbyterian Church821 Abner Creek Rd., Greer • 879-3190

OTHER DENOMINATIONSAgape House900 Gap Creek Rd., Greer • 329-7491Anglican Church of St. George the Martyr427 Batesville Rd., Simpsonville • 281-0015Barton’s Memorial Pentacostal HolinessHighway 101 North, GreerBethesda Temple125 Broadus St., Greer • 877-8523Beulah Christian Fellowship Church1017 Mauldin Rd., Greenville • 283-0639Calvary Bible FellowshipHoliday Inn, Duncan • 266-4269Calvary Chapel of Greer104 New Woodruff Rd. • Greer • 877-8090Christ Fellowship343 Hampton Rd., Greer • 879-8446Christian Heritage Church900 N. Main St., Greer • 877-2288Christian Life Center 2 Country Plaza • 322-1325Christian Outreach 106 West Rd. • 848-0308El-Bethel Holiness 103 E. Church St. • 968-9474Faith Family Church3339 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 244-0207Faith Temple5080 Sandy Flat Rd., Taylors • 895-2524Glad Tidings Assembly of GodHighway 290, Greer • 879-3291Greer Mill Church 52 Bobo St., Greer • 877-2442Harmony Fellowship Church468 S. Suber Rd., Greer • 877-8287Harvest Christian Church2150 Highway 417, Woodruff • 486-8877International Cathedral of Prayer100 Davis Avenue • Greer • 655-0009Lifesong Church12481 Greenville Highway, Lyman • 439-2602Living Way Community Church3239 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-0544Mountain Bridge Community Church1400B Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer • 350-1051New Beginnings Outreach104 New Woodruff Rd., Greer • 968-2424New Covenant Fellowship2425 Racing Rd., Greer • 848-4521New Hope Freedom109 W. Wade Hampton Blvd. • Greer • 205-8816New Life in Christ 210 Arlington Rd. • 346-9053Point of Life ChurchWade Hampton Blvd. • Duncan • 426-4933Springwell Church4369 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 268-2299Trinity Fellowship Church3610 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer • 877-04191700 N. Pleasantburg Dr, Greenville • 244-6011United Anglican Fellowship1001 W. Poinsett St., Greer • 629-3350United Christian Church105 Daniel Ave., Greer • 895-3966United House of Prayer213 Oak St., Greer • 848-0727Upstate Friends’ Meeting (Quaker)P.O. Box 83, Lyman • 439-8788Upstate Tree of Life203 East Bearden St., Greer • 848-1295Victorian Hills Community Church209 Victor Ave. Ext., Greer • 877-3981Vine Worship Center4373 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors • 244-8175

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Prosecutors have filed new charges against a Greenville woman ac-cused in a college football ticket scam and dozens after learning of dozens more victims in the case.

During a hearing Tues-day, prosecutors an-nounced that Melissa Grey was facing three additional counts of computer crimes and was accused of selling

fraudulent sports tick-ets to an ad-ditional 80 victims who lost a total of $40,000.

Grey was c h a r g e d

with computer crime in November 2014 after in-vestigators said she sold fraudulent tickets to Clemson and South Caro-lina football games.

Warrants from 2014 state Grey advertised on various websites that she was selling 2014 game tickets and parking passes online and then swindled customers out of more than $4,000. Grey then either provided fake tick-ets or did not deliver any tickets at all, investigators said.

Investigators said Grey returned some victims’ money after the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office be-gan investigating.

Grey’s attorney left the case during Tuesday’s hearing.

(Note: All information contained in the following blotter was taken directly from the official incident reports filed by the Greer Police Department, The

Spartanburg County Sher-iff’s Office or The Green-ville County Sheriff’s Of-fice. All suspects are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.)

OPEN CONTAINERMichael Allen Bodway,

49, of 218 CCC Camp Road in Greer, has been charged with open container.

According to an incident report supplied by Greer Police, an officer observed Bodway walking on East Poinsett Street carrying a Gatorade bottle with a dark gold liquid inside. The officer approached the subject and smelled al-cohol on Bodway’s person. He admitted that it was a mix of ginger ale and Jim Beam.

Checking him for war-rants, the officer discov-ered that Bodway had an active warrant for shop-lifting. He was placed un-der arrest and transported to the Greer City Jail.

MULTIPLE CHARGESKelly Emmanuel Bru-

ton, 46, of 210 Fairview in Greer, has been charged with breach of peace (high/aggravated nature), assault and battery, and stalking.

According to the Greer Police incident report, officers arrived at a resi-dence on Kemper Lane. The complainant said she and her son were walking along a path when Bruton approached them. Fear-ing for their safety, they began walking faster, but Bruton followed the victim to her house and profane-ly threatened her. Finally, he ran away.

Police found the subject on Broadus Street and de-tained him for questioning. A passerby told officers at the scene that Bruton had approached his teen daughter and made simi-lar statements.

Both identified Bruton as the suspect, and he was transported to Greer City Jail without incident.

HOT RIDERandall Jason Sim-

mons, 32, of 25 Taylor St. in Greenville, has been charged with possession of a stolen motorcycle.

According to an incident report provided by Greer Police, an officer was noti-fied that a stolen motorcy-cle had been located at an address on Flint Drive.

Police arrived to find Simmons working on the bike. When asked where he got it, Simmons said he’d bought it for $300 that day in Greenville.

Officers told him that the vehicle had been re-ported missing from An-derson County.

Simmons was placed un-der arrest.

REPEAT OFFENDERLaura Mae Martin, 49, of

36 Scottie Ct. B in Green-ville, has been charged with shoplifting (third and above).

According to the Greer Police incident report, an officer went to the Walmart on East Wade Hampton Boulevard in response to a shoplifting call. At the store, a loss prevention of-ficer had the subject Mar-tin in custody.

He reported to the offi-cer that he’d seen Martin take a curtain set, sheet set, wings, and a pillow-case past the point of sale without paying. The mer-chandise was valued at $58.81.

Martin was placed under arrest and transported to the Greer City Jail.

A check of her crimi-nal record revealed more than three convictions for shoplifting within the last ten years.

PUBLIC DRINKINGDerek Demargio Young,

27, of 218 North Line St. in Greer, and Twana Shardi Waddell, 26, of Spartan-burg, have been charged with open container and public drinking.

According to the Greer Police incident report, of-ficers were dispatched to Greentown Park in refer-ence to a suspicious ve-hicle parked there.

Police arrived to find Young in the driver’s seat holding some peach bran-dy. Waddell, meanwhile, had an open 16-oz. beer in hand. In the back seat were two children, both unsecured without car seats.

Young and Waddell were arrested for public drink-ing, and Waddell, who was uncooperative with the officers, was also charged with interfering with po-lice.

DUI AGAINJoshua Daryl Beattie, 41,

of 329 East Celestial Dr. in Greer, has been charged with driving under the in-fluence (fourth).

According to the inci-dent report filed by Greer Police, an officer pulled over a vehicle traveling erratically down Wade Hampton Boulevard.

Smelling alcohol on the driver’s person, the offi-cer issued a field sobriety test. Beattie said that he couldn’t perform the test due to a medical disability. He also refused to submit a breath sample.

He was arrested for DUI, the same charge he’s been convicted of three times in the last decade, according to the report.

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South Carolina again ranked first in the nation for women murdered by men, with a rate of 2.32 per 100,000, according to the new Violence Policy Center (VPC) report “When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2013 Homi-cide Data.”

This is the 18th year in a row that South Carolina has ranked in the top 10 states for the rate of wom-en murdered by men and the fourth year in which our state has been identi-fied as having the high-est lethality rate by this count. The rate of 2.32 per 100,000 is over twice the national average of 1.09 per 100,000.

This year’s report com-piles and utilizes 2013 data, the most recent year for which data is avail-able. The study covers homicides involving one female murder victim and

one male offender, and uses data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Supplementary Homicide Report.

The U.S. Department of Justice has found that women are far more likely to be the victims of violent crimes committed by inti-mate partners than men, especially when a weapon is involved. Moreover, women are much more likely to be victimized at home than in any other location.

This year has seen South Carolina’s Legislature pass reforms in domes-tic violence laws that aim to increase accountabil-ity for offenders, provides for state law prohibitions on the possession of fire-arms by those who have been convicted of domes-tic violence and requires prevention education for students in our schools.

State continues trend in new homicide data

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The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has a new tool to crack down on illegal poaching in the Upstate: a robotic deer de-coy.

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can be made to resemble a doe or a buck.

“Poachers take wildlife anywhere, anytime and they do so using the most unsporting methods,” the release stated. “It is diffi-cult to have a law enforce-ment officer, a poacher and a wild animal at the same location at the same time, but by incorporating a robotic decoy, officers can do just that.”

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SHOOTING: Brings charges FROM PAGE ONE

Tuesday evening, Lam-bert-Smith, 44, turned her-self in.

A violent crimes investi-gator has signed warrants on Lambert-Smith for at-tempted murder, kidnap-ping and possession of a weapon during the com-mission of a violent crime.

Condrey was airlifted to Spartanburg Regional Med-ical Center and is expected to survive his injuries.

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BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLESTAFF WRITER

From his blacksmithing shop in Lyman, a man ham-mers a glowing-hot piece of metal, crafting half of a horseshoe into a work of art. With each strike, sparks fly in all directions from atop a 100-pound an-vil. Soon he’ll have a bottle opener to give to a friend or possibly to sell.

Jim Bausman has found a way to combine his two main interests – black-smithing and beer drink-ing – into a hobby.

“My goal when I put the shop together was, if I can, make enough money to buy my beer with what I make in the shop. I’m good to go,” he said.

A retired facilities en-gineer, Bausman now spends his days doing what he loves, creating metallic functional art. One his creations he calls a Brewgar Caddy, a use-ful bottle holder that can be staked into the ground. He’s made towel holders, coat racks, coffee tables, door pulls and even jail bars to surround the wine room within the Bausman home.

“Your imagination is about your own limita-tions with this,” he said, his hammer again clang-ing against horseshoe.

For the time being Bausman’s imagination revolves around how to make artistic bottle open-ers. He has bottle openers that are made to look like leaves, owls, hawks, mer-maids, bulls and dragons, to name a few.

Bausman’s wife, Marsha, is partial to the dragon that he makes. There’s one in particular that she wouldn’t let him sell. She also likes the Brewgar Caddies.

“I love the dragons, and I love the Brewgar Caddies,” she said. “This is what he was becoming known for.”

If you visit La Boutielle, Greer’s new wine and beer boutique at 300 Randall St., you might know what she is talking about. There you’ll see bottle open-ers and a few other items from the Bausman shop.

Shelly Block, owner of La Boutielle and friend the Bausmans, said she be-lieves in supporting local artists, and she considers Jim work to be art.

“You may not be able to buy a $3,000 painting, but you can buy a $20 opener,” she said. “I think they are definitely one of a

kind, and I think it’s kind of nice to have items that are unique and have a lo-cal, handcrafted touch to them.”

You can also find Jim’s art online at lymanlake-forge.com. While Jim and Marsha are hoping for more traffic on the site so that items might be purchased, they continue to get passersby stopping into the shop to see exact-ly what Jim is making.

“He is the most popular shop on the street,” Mar-sha exclaimed. “That’s for sure. Guys stop here all the time. They’re like, ‘What do you do up there?’”

He’s honing his craft. Jim has always enjoyed working with metal, and he’s been collecting tools for 20 years. Now that he’s retired, though, he has the freedom to create more in his shop. That’s where he spends his days now, and his nights. That’s when Jim tests his bottle openers.

What does he mean by testing the bottle open-ers?

“It means I gotta drink a beer,” he said.

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Greer Community Min-istries’ board of the di-rectors for the 2015-2016 fiscal year includes nine returning and three new members.

Jim Boyd is chairman of the board. He is a senior vice president at Greer State Bank. April Staggs, vice president of commer-cial lending at the bank, will serve as past chair.

Shane Lynn, Ann Sheri-dan, Dennis Trout, and William Marcus serve as vice chairs. Lynn is an owner of Owens Insur-ance. Sheridan is a sales representative for Bioven-tus Global, and Trout is a vice president at Citizens Building & Loan. Marcus is the commercial relation-ship manager vice presi-dent at Palmetto Bank, Spartanburg.

Tecora Prince, assistant principal at Greer High, Don Owens, retired busi-ness executive, and Dan-iel Hughes, a partner with Duggan & Hughes, also re-turn to the board.

New to the board are Candice Good, Katie With-erspoon, and Inez Han-non. Good is a member of the Branch and Operations Training staff at Greer State Bank. Witherspoon is the director of communi-cations and events at the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce. Hannon is the manager of volunteer and customer services at the Greer Medical Campus, Greenville Health System.

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Lyman man combines interests for hobby

Clockwise from top: Jim Bausman hammers a heated horseshoe into a bottle opener. Bausman reheats the iron in his forge before continuing to shape the metal. Baus-man’s � nal test of quality; opening a bottle of beer with his newly crafted opener. Sparks � y from homemade coals as Bausman removes the heated metal from the forge.

Photos by Mandy Ferguson

SPORTSThe Greer Citizen

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

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As I sat down to watch some pro and college football over the

weekend, something pro-found dawned on me.

This next sentence is a little profane, so if you’re a sensitive sports fan, I suggest you stop reading now:

Football, yes FOOTBALL, is a little bit boring.

I know I just ruffled a few feathers out there, so allow me a chance to explain. Football isn’t completely boring, but lets not kid ourselves, it has its dull moments. As I began watching the Cowboys/Giants on Sun-day night, I was scrolling through twitter when I saw a very accurate tweet. A sportswriter from North Carolina wrote:

“Your average football running play is easily one of the most boring things in sports.”

I couldn’t disagree. Nothing is worse than watching a running back scramble for two yards only to be brought down by a crowded group of oversized men.

Maybe it’s because I don’t really have a college football allegiance, but for me, it’s hard to tune in for a full Saturday game without dozing off or channel surfing for something better. At least with pro football there’s the fantasy aspect. Watch-ing Green Bay take on the Bears is a little less brutal when you’re intently wait-ing to see Randall Cobb catch a touchdown pass so you can rub it in your buddy’s face.

I won’t argue that foot-ball has more exciting mo-ments than dull moments, however, almost every sport is a little boring.

Take baseball for exam-ple. This is the only sport where when a camera cuts to a shot of the head coach, you see an old man with his foot propped up chewing bubble gum. Baseball is boring because the players, managers and fans looked bored out of their minds. Pardon me for changing the channel to a rerun of The Office.

Ironically, basketball’s most boring moments often come in the final minute of the game. The trailing team usually notices the game slipping away, and decides to foul constantly to send the other team to the free throw line. The last min-ute of a basketball game usually lasts 20 minutes, and it’s rarely worth the payoff to stick around.

Hockey is boring be-cause you can’t see the puck. I’ve tried to like and understand hockey on more than one occasion, but my eyes can’t keep up with the little black dot floating across the ice. The worst part is when somebody scores and the crowd goes nuts…I can only be frustrated for not seeing exactly what hap-pened.

Golf is arguably the most boring sport there is, but have you ever played it? As boring as golf is to watch is as fun as it is to play. Unless it’s the Masters, I can’t really get tuned into a round of golf, but when I’m out on the course, I could spend hours there and not get tired of it.

Soccer can get a little te-dious because there isn’t much scoring, but the strategy behind it keeps it interesting. However, if you’re not a soccer fan, a 90-minute match can seem like an eternity.

It takes a lot to keep me entertained, so please don’t be offended that I think your favorite sport is a little boring.

Snoozer

BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLESTAFF WRITER

A youth cross country program is beginning to pay off at Byrnes High School.

The team is already a few meets into its season, and the Rebels have a number of contributing runners that have come up through the “D5” program.

Girls head coach Ashley Bailey explained that the program’s goal is to build the cross country and track programs by introducing the sport to elementary school students.

“Our biggest thing is get-ting our kids while they’re young and then feeding them into our varsity pro-gram,” she said. “Numbers are our biggest thing – try-ing to get depth in num-bers.”

Boys head coach Kevin Wyatt agreed, saying D5 helps the programs find out who might be inter-ested in competing.

“D5 is good for us in that it exposes them to the rig-

ors of what cross country is really like. So, when they get to the seventh grade, they’re not just going out for the first time and run-ning a 5K,” he said. “The youth program has been tremendously beneficial for us.”

Students who want to train and learn about the sport meet with coaches twice a week for an hour and a half. They learn drills and warm-up exercises as well as the importance of nutrition and hydration. By the time those students have entered the seventh

grade, they already know what’s expected.

The coaches also empha-size diligence in the class-room. Cross-country and track athletes at Byrnes are amongst the brightest and most diligent student athletes in the district.

“The D5 board gives out honor role certificates and the cross country and track programs have the highest percentage of hon-or roll certificates com-pared to any other sport,” said assistant coach Tim Thigpen.

Thigpen is in charge of

D5. He said the sport at Byrnes has nearly doubled in size the last few years thanks to the youth pro-gram.

“If you look at the high school team now, a good portion of them of course came up through the D5 program,” he said.

The program has not only drawn in more stu-dents, it has brought in one of the coaches, Julie Clark, in her first year as an assistant.

“I enjoy the sport, and really our youth program. It has really influenced me

to want to coach the older kids that started with D5 and now are on the team.”

Clark could be refer-ring to four of the top seven runners on the girl’s squad.

All four are in the sev-enth grade.

When asked if it was dif-ficult to compete with old-er athletes, D5 products said it was challenging, but not problematic.

“It’s definitely a differ-ent experience because you’re running with guys that are older than you

SEE BYRNES | B10

In dramatic fashion BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLESTAFF WRITER

Eastside football fans who stayed until the end of Friday’s game against Wade Hampton were re-warded with a 41-34 finish that will likely be remem-bered.

Although the Eagles scored first on a five-yard DeShawn Sullivan touch-down run, they relin-quished the lead shortly thereafter and trailed until 46 seconds were left in the game.

Throughout the major-ity of the game, it did not appear as though Eastside would get its second win of the season. However, a Chance Pride 80-yard punt return placed the team within striking distance. The running back said he was confident in his abili-ties to take the kick in for the score and for the team

to ultimately emerge vic-torious.

“Nothing but taking it to the endzone,” he said, “That’s all I was thinking. The Eagles pulled it off, and we knew we were go-ing to do it.”

Head coach Steve Wilson wasn’t so sure.

“We feel great now,’ he said after the game. “We didn’t feel too good about two minutes ago when we had that extra point blocked and it looked like we were going to lose the game. It would have been sickening to lose after we came back like that in the fourth quarter.”

Wilson was referring to a blocked extra point fol-lowing a fourth-and-eight, 30-yard touchdown pass from quarterback TJ Gist to Pride. With the kick blocked by Wade Hamp-ton’s Devante Scott, the Eagles trailed the Generals by a point. The situation looked grim for Eastside.

Not yet defeated, East-side lined up for an onside

SEE EASTSIDE | B3

BY LELAND BURCHFOR THE GREER CITIZEN

Swarms of Jacket Back-ers lingered longer than usual at Dooley Field just to savor Greer’s astound-ing 35-28 football victory over Union County in the annual Jacket Bowl on Fri-day night.

Greer had spent the entire contest trying to contain Union’s dazzling offense, often bending and occasionally break-ing while giving up 526 yard, in the game that was deadlocked and appeared headed to overtime. But with time running out, Coach Will Young’s team scored the winning touch-down on Troy Pride’s 53-

yard touchdown reception from Mario Cusano.

Greer needed one min-ute longer to succeed last year when the winning score came on the last play of the game, although both wins stem from the fact that “our kids seem to find a way to bounce back. They don’t get up-set when things go wrong, and I think that is because of our great senior lead-ership,” Coach Young ex-plained. “I’m really proud of our kids.”

SEE GREER | B4

Eastside tops Wade Hampton

WILLIAM BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN

Eastside mounted a fourth quarter rally to top Wade Hampton last Friday night, earning the team its second win of the season.

Greer takes ‘Jacket Bowl’

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

Clutch defense from Dorian Lindsey helped Greer sneak away from Union County last Friday night during a game that came down to the � nal play.

MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN

The Byrnes High cross country team is bene� ting from a program that recruits long-distance runners at an early age.

D5 program benefits Byrnes cross country

‘If you look at the

high school team

now, a good portion

of them of course

came up through

the D5 program.’

Tim ThigpenByrnes assistant cross country coach

SCORE BY QUARTERS |Union 0 7 14 7 - 28Greer 7 7 7 14 - 35

B2 THE GREER CITIZEN SPORTS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

BY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR

Blue Ridge struggled against the size of Ste-phens County last Fri-day night, falling 21-0 at home.

The Tigers are now 1-2 on the season heading into region competition.

“Stephens County is a very strong team,” Blue Ridge coach Shane Clark said. “Obviously, we didn’t like the outcome, but we liked the effort and what we saw from our guys and I think if we can continue to build off that this week as we head into the region, we can be alright.”

The Tigers faced off against a stout Stephens

County offensive line, which was led, in part, by 6-7, 320 pound senior Ben Cleveland.

“I thought we played pretty well on defense,” Clark said. “The size was pretty obvious and they kind of wore us down as the night went on. But we had way too many mis-takes on offense to over-come and be successful. We’ve got to find ways to put a stop to those.”

Blue Ridge held Ste-phens County scoreless in the first quarter, but gave up a touchdown in the sec-ond and another score just before halftime, falling be-hind 14-0. The Tigers were unable to pull closer due to several key turnovers.

Although his team cur-rently has a losing record, Clark said several of his guys are beginning to make a name for them-selves, including wide out Tamaje’ Green.

“He’s approached this season a little bit different-ly than he has in the past,” Clark said of Green. “He’s worked hard this sum-mer and we’ve found a lot of things we can do with him. He’s doing a great job blocking, he’s catching the ball when he’s thrown to and he provides another element to the offense for us.”

The Tigers will take on Eastside at home this Fri-day. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

BY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR

The Warriors’ offensive woes continued last Fri-day night, as Riverside fell to Woodmont 32-0 in the final non-region contest of the season.

Through three games, Riverside has only man-aged six points, giving up a staggering 106 points on defense.

“We’ve got to regroup,” Riverside coach Phil Smith said. “We’re going to have some personnel changes and we’re going to shake things up a little bit at practice. We just feel like we have to become more physical, and to become more physical, you’ve got to practice that way.”

Woodmont opened up a lead on Riverside early, piling on the points as time went on. Smith said, despite his team’s perfor-mance, he went into Fri-day’s matchup with some hope.

“I thought we had a good week of practice and a good game plan. We knew what they were go-ing to do and we just tried to put the team in the best position to be successful. When we got over there, the kids seemed flat and

not really interested in the game,” Smith said. “I thought we were ready to play, but we went out there and got it handed to us. We didn’t tackle well, we didn’t pursue the football well and, offensively, we didn’t block well enough. They were just better than we were up front.”

Quarterback Aaron Odom got the Warrior of-fense moving a couple of times, but the offensive line was unable to hold off the Woodmont charge.

“When we felt like we got something going on

a drive, we’d give up two sacks and end up having to punt,” Smith said. “It was probably one of the hardest defeats I’ve ever been involved in, simply because it was like we didn’t even show up.”

Riverside will face Hill-crest this Friday in its first home game of the season. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

“We’ll try some guys at different positions and hopefully we’ll be able to put this puzzle together,” Smith said.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKDeshawn Sullivan

Position: LBAge: 16Class: Junior

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEKDrake Garrett

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKMario Cusano

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEKCJ Collins

THE GREER CITIZEN PLAYERS OF WEEK THREE

#92 Position: DBAge: 17Class: Senior

Mother: Anita and CurtisAway from the � eld: Hanging out with friendsFavorite television show: Martin Favorite athlete: Cam NewtonFavorite artist: MigosFavorite video game: NBA 2K15

#11 Position: QBAge: 17Class: Senior

Parents: Kim and PhilAway from the � eld: Enjoys hanging out with familyFavorite athlete: Brett FavreFavorite movie: HancockFavorite video game: MaddenFavorite artist: Drake

#71 Position: OLAge: 18Class: Senior

Parents:Wes and MaggieAway from the � eld: Enjoyshanging out with friendsFavorite movie: The Blind SideFavorite video game: NCAA FootballFavorite athlete: Marshawn LynchFavorite artist: Chief Keef

#44Parents:Eddie and DarleneAway from the � eld: Enjoys listening to music,

hanging out with friends Favorite movie: HoosiersFootball team: Baltimore RavensFavorite athlete: Kyle SnyderFavorite artist:T he Beatles

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

Chavis Dawkins and Ray Miller were named O� ensive and Defensive Players of the Week for Week Two. Pictured, left to right, are Chad Hannon (Owens Insurance), coach Brian Lane, Miller, Dawkins and Shane Lynn (Owens Insurance).

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

James Martin was named Defensive Lineman of the Week for Week Two. Pictured, left to right, are Chad Hannon (Owens Insurance), Martin, coach Shane Clark and Shane Lynn (Owens Insurance).

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

Noah Hannon was named O� ensive Lineman of the Week for Week Two. Pictured, left to right, are Chad Hannon (Owens Insurance), Noah Hannon, coach Travis Dix and Shane Lynn (Owens Insurance).

Riverside drops ball at Woodmont, 32-0

Tigers blanked by Stephens County, Ga.

BILLY CANNADA | THE GREER CITIZEN

Despite a strong outing from Vonta Jenkins, the Tigers were unable to stop Stephens County last Friday night, falling 21-0 at home.

MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN

Woodmont disposed of Riverside last Friday night during a 32-0 shutout win.

‘Hopefully we’llbe able to put this

puzzle together.’

Phil SmithHead coach

PLAYERS OF WEEK TWO

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 SPORTS THE GREER CITIZEN B3

Againstdefending state champsBY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR

The road won’t get any easier for the 0-3 War-riors as Riverside enters its region schedule Friday night.

In the first three weeks, Riverside has managed just one touchdown, giv-ing up shutouts to East-side and Woodmont.

Now, the Warriors must take on the defending Class AAAA state cham-pions.

“Hillcrest is very good,” Riverside coach Phil Smith said. “They’ve got a lot of speed and they’re big. They’re the defending state champions, so you know they’re good.”

Offensively, Hillcrest will line up in multiple for-mations.

“They’ll line up in 15 different formations and that’s going to pose a problem for us,” Smith said. “The bad part is, you’ve got to take so much practice time showing the kids how to line up against some of these formations. We’re spending a lot of time on preparation.”

Smith said he and his coaching staff have been watching film, hoping to prepare the team for its toughest test yet.

“J.L. Mann did a tremen-dous job against (Hill-crest),” he said. “If you take away a coupe of big plays,

Mann is in that game and possibly ties it to go into overtime. Hopefully, we can learn from that.”

On defense, Smith said the Rams like to crowd the box.

“They’ll line up in a five-man front. They’ll put seven in the box and come after you. They’ll run a four-man front. It’s just multiple looks,” Smith said. “They’re going to put the pressure on us, so we’ve got to be ready.”

This will be Riverside’s first home game of the season. The Warriors were slated to open the season against Eastside at The Reservation, but due to issues with the field, they were forced to play on a neutral site.

BLUE RIDGE/EASTSIDEThe Tigers will host the

Eagles Friday night, offer-ing a first glimpse at Peach Blossom competition.

For Blue Ridge coach Shane Clark, however, preparation for this game has changed dramatically.

“Eastside is a much improved team,” he said. “Coach (Steve) Wilson has done an outstanding job with those guys. They’ve got a lot of players out there that they haven’t had in the past. They’re pretty solid, so we have to make sure we’re prepared.

“They’re a lot more ath-letic than they have been,” he added. “They’re scoring points and they’re keeping some people from scoring, so we’ve got our work cut out for us.”

Clark said his team was already preparing for the Eagles shortly after its

loss to Stephens County last Friday.

“As we were leaving the field Friday night, that’s one thing we emphasized. This is like facing a new team,” Clark said. “This is somebody they haven’t faced before because they’re that much differ-ent. We have confidence in our guys and what we’re doing.”

The Eagles, now 2-1 on the season, have already matched their total num-ber of wins from 2014. Eastside could’ve pos-sibly achieved a perfect mark thus far, had it not been for a late safety that cost the Eagles the game against Christ Church.

“They’re doing a few things different in their schemes,” Clark said. “They may blitz a little more and coach Wilson’s got them running around a little bit, so we’ll be pre-pared for that come Fri-day.”

BYRNESThe Rebels are hoping to

continue their strong start as they take on cross-town rival Gaffney this Friday at Nixon Field.

Byrnes has been on a tear as of late, knocking off Northwestern, T.L. Hanna and nationally ranked Mal-lard Creek (N.C.) in the early going.

The Rebels have taken care of business against Gaffney in the past two years, defeating the In-dians soundly in both matchups. Byrnes will also host two other top region contenders later this sea-son, as they take on Spar-tanburg and Dorman.

BY LELAND BURCH FOR THE GREER CITIZEN

It will be difficult to top last week’s dramatic foot-ball victory over Union County, but that is the challenge facing Greer High this Friday night when the unbeaten Yellow Jackets host Emerald. The contest will open Peach Blossom Region play, mak-ing the 7:30 p.m. event at Dooley Field the most im-portant game yet.

Even so, Greer Coach Will Young is sticking to his plan of “taking them one at a time” during the 2015 season. “This is the only game we are con-cerned about,” explains Young, while acknowledg-ing that Greer would have to win every week to be as-sured of clinching another region championship.

Emerald poses a new challenge for the Yellow Jackets, Young reports, “because this is the first time we will have faced a 4-3 defensive alignment.” The Vikings suffered some graduation losses along the defensive front, “but they have a very good experienced secondary in-cluding DeTaurio Drennon (senior linebacker) and K.J. Chamberlain (senior safety) who is their best player.”

Greer downed Emerald 28-13 last year, but the Yellow Jackets may be hard pressed limit the Vi-kings to a pair of scores this time. “I think Emerald is better offensively. They use a spread offense, but they prefer to run the ball out of it, somewhat like Clinton. Meldrecous Jones, their quarterback, is an

exceptional runner and Emerald’s running backs aren’t bad. They also like to throw the ball to Cham-berlain who is a wide re-ceiver on offense.”

The Vikings opened the season with narrow wins over Daniel and Ninety Six before losing to Class AA power Abbeville, 28-7, last week.

As for his Yellow Jackets, Young expects the team to be at full strength for Em-erald. “We don’t have any significant injuries. But we do have plenty of room to improve to become a re-ally good tem. So we will be working in practice this week to polish up things and add a few new wrin-kles for Friday night.”

Young praised the Yellow Jackets for their effort in the Union game last week, saying “our kids have been able to overcome adversi-

ty and hang in there. After Union tied the game late, our kids kept their com-posure. They felt we could take the ball down and win and they did just that.”

Young adds, “There’s no question that Union had the best team we have played so far, but we knew that going into the game.”

He said Mario Cusano “has made great prog-ress. He had a very physi-cal game last week and is becoming a very dynamic quarterback.”

Troy Pride, who turned a pair of pass catches into touchdowns against

Union, “has been outstand-ing,” Young said. “We real-ized Troy’s great potential last year, but he had a lot of work to do to improve his ball skills, and he has done that over the past year. He made a nice catch in traffic last week.

“I thought all of our de-fensive backs played well against Union, “ Young continued. “We may have given up a good many catches, but not the big bomb. And our kids tack-led well in the open field, which was very important to winning the game.”

RIVERSIDE HIGH“Warriors”

HEAD COACH - PHIL SMITHAUG. 28 0 EASTSIDE 25SEPT. 4 6 GREER 49SEPT. 11 0 at WOODMONT 32SEPT. 18 HILLCRESTSEPT. 25 at SPARTANBURGOCT. 2 at BOILING SPRINGSOCT. 9 BYRNESOCT. 15 MAULDINOCT. 23 at J.L. MANNOCT. 30 WADE HAMPTONNOV. 6 at DORMAN

BYRNES HIGH“Rebels”

HEAD COACH - BRIAN LANEAUG. 22 40 NORTHWESTERN 31AUG. 28 42 TL HANNA 21SEPT. 4 31 MALLARD CREEK 29SEPT. 18 GAFFNEYSEPT. 25 at BOILING SPRINGSOCT. 2 SPARTANBURGOCT. 9 at RIVERSIDEOCT. 16 JL MANNOCT. 23 at MAULDINOCT. 30 DORMANNOV. 6 at WADE HAMPTON

EASTSIDE HIGH“Eagles”

HEAD COACH - STEVE WILSONAUG. 28 25 RIVERSIDE 0SEPT. 4 13 CHRIST CHURCH 15SEPT. 11 41 WADE HAMPTON 34SEPT. 18 at BLUE RIDGESEPT. 25 CHAPMANOCT. 2 at GREEROCT. 9 SOUTHSIDEOCT. 16 at BEREAOCT. 23 TRAVELERS RESTOCT. 30 EMERALD

BLUE RIDGE HIGH“Fighting Tigers”

HEAD COACH - SHANE CLARKAUG. 28 24 WADE HAMPTON 24SEPT. 4 27 JL MANN 18SEPT. 11 0 STEPHENS CO.21SEPT. 18 EASTSIDESEPT. 25 at BEREAOCT. 2 EMERALDOCT. 9 at TRAVELERS RESTOCT. 16 at SOUTHSIDEOCT. 22 at CHAPMAN (THURS.)OCT. 30 GREER

THIS WEEK’S GAMESBYRNES GAFFNEYGREER EMERALDRIVERSIDE HILLCRESTEASTSIDE at BLUE RIDGE

STEVENS CO. 21 BLUE RIDGE 0EASTSIDE 41 WADE HAMPTON 34GREER 35 UNION 28WOODMONT 32 RIVERSIDE 0

GREER HIGH“Yellow Jackets”

HEAD COACH - WILL YOUNGAUG. 28 40 CLINTON 8SEPT. 4 49 RIVERSIDE 6SEPT. 11 35 UNION 28SEPT. 18 EMERALDSEPT. 25 at TRAVELERS RESTOCT. 2 EASTSIDEOCT. 9 at BEREAOCT. 16 at CHAPMANOCT. 23 SOUTHSIDEOCT. 30 at BLUE RIDGE

WEEKLY FOOTBALL WRAP

LAST WEEK’S SCORES

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK DEFENSE

CJ CollinsGHS

Deshawn SullivanEHS

OFFENSE

Mario CusanoGHS

Drake GarrettEHS

Jackets take on Emerald

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

Earning Player of the Week honors in week three, Greer quarterback Mario Cusano and his squad will take on Emerald at home this Friday.

‘This is the only game we are concerned

about.’

Will YoungHead Coach

Warriors to square off

MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN

The Warriors are hoping to stop the bleeding this Friday night as the square o� against Hillcrest in their � rst home game of the season.

EASTSIDE: Wins second game of the seasonFROM B1

kick, and to the dismay of Wade Hampton, East-side recovered. Students in the visitor stands ex-pressed their displeasure with a chorus of boos. They thought Eastside had touched the ball before it had traveled 10 yards from where it was kicked, which would have been a penalty. Instead, officials ruled the play was legal.

When asked if he thought the referees made a good call, Wade Hampton head coach Marc Klatt said it wasn’t his call to make.

“It’s not in my judg-ment to say whether it went 10 yards or not,” he said following the contest. “Whether it did or it didn’t you have to play the next play.”

“I did think it went 10 yards,” said Wilson after-wards, “and I wasn’t going to argue with him.”

Three plays after the recovered kick the Eagles were once again celebrat-ing a score – a 41-yard car-ry by Jovani Lawton – this time to put them on top for good. Eastside added a two-point conversion for a final score of 41-34.

Wilson said he was proud of his players and coaches for their efforts in turning the game around and ultimately grabbing the win.

“Our first half we did about everything we could do wrong,” he said. “We had a bunch of penalties, a bunch of stupid fouls, and we messed up on our coverage and let them get an easy one. We felt like if we could correct all those mistakes and all those pen-alties we could get back in the game and we did.”

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SCORE BY QUARTERS |W. Hampton 7 20 7 0 - 34 Eastside 7 13 0 21 - 41

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He added, “It was a typi-cal Jacket Bowl. Just a few points separate us every time we play. It will be that way next year when Union returns to our region, and we will probably see them again later this year in the playoffs.”

Defensive Coordinator Travis Perry declared, “I can’t say enough about Pride, Dorian Lindsey and Adrian McGee who all went both ways tonight and made the difference. Union is the best 0-4 team in the state. They have a lot of weapons, including four of the best receivers in the state, and these kids defended them well.”

“Having these three iron men is like the old days,” Young said. “You don’t see many kids going the entire game these days. I also was very proud of our defensive line for getting some pressure on their quarterback.”

GREER DOMINATES EARLYBefore improving to 3-0

on the season, Greer domi-nated the early action. The host Yellow Jackets drove to the Union 27-yard line before stalling on their first possession. Greer fol-lowed that with a 97-yard scoring drive capped by Cusano’s 21-yard touch-down pass to Alex Sy-phrett. McGee had turned in a 33-yard run along the way, and Nick Roberson nailed the extra point at the two-minute mark of the first period.

Greer made it 14-0 to open the second period Cusano found Zach Glid-den wide open on a 59-yard scoring pass.

After stopping early Union drives with fourth-down stands at their 32 and 15-yard lines, the host Yellow Jackets gave up a touchdown just before intermission. Union drove 49 yards after a short punt and scored on De’airrius

Smith’s 16-yard quarter-back draw. Jacob Crocker’s extra point made it a 14-7 affair at intermission.

“I think we got a little tired before the half and missed some tackles. But our kids bounced back. We knew it would be a four quarter game,” Coach Young said.

Greer opened the sec-ond half with a touchdown when Pride converted a short pass into a 61-yard score the put the host Yel-low Jackets up 21-7.

Union responded two minutes later when Shi Smith turned a De’airrius Smith pass into a 50-yard gain. Roscoe Johnson nabbed a 29-yard toss on the next play, and De’airrius Smith scored on a one-yard drive that slashed Greer’s margin to 21-14.

Greer came back with a long drive that died at the Union 12-yard line where Roberson’s field goal at-tempt was ruled no good.

Then Union went the length of the field to pull even, scoring on another De’airrius Smith quarter-back draw with 2:08 left in the third period.

Coach Young’s club eventually answered when Lindsey intercepted a Union pass at midfield and returned the pick to the visitor’s 13-yard line. McGee scored on a two-yard dive to put Greer back on top, 28-21, to get the fourth period under way.

Union was soon knock-ing on the door with a first down at the Greer three-yard line, but McGee in-tercepted a deflected pass in the end zone to end the threat. “The interceptions were really huge for us to-night,” Perry noted.

When Greer failed to pick up a first down, however, the visiting Yellow Jackets had only 43 yards to travel to pull even again. That touchdown required just six plays, capped by Shi

Smith’s diving pass catch on the goal line with 3:06 left on the clock.

“Troy was a little tired at that point, but I told him he had to go out there and win the game,” Coach Per-ry said later.

McGee launched the 79-yard winning drive with a nine-yard run, and Lindsey later made a huge third down catch to keep the drive alive near mid-field. “The plan was to move it down to about the 25 yard line and let Roberson win with with a field goal,” Young explained. “But Troy messed up the plan.”

Actually, Greer was fac-ing third and 11 with 1:05 remaining when Cusano got a short pass to Pride for the dramatic 53-yard game-winning touchdown.

Union kept a flicker of hope alive, quickly moving out to midfield following the kickoff. But linebacker Isaiah Long snuffed out the spark when he sacked Smith for a 10-yard loss as time expired.

The defeat, following on the heels of losses to Gaffney, Newberry and Spartanburg, left Union with little consolation ex-cept for some huge stats. Union ran off 79 plays to Greer’s 64 snaps. That re-sulted in 26 first downs on 526 yards. Union rushed for 175 yards and com-pleted 25 of 41 passes for 351 yards with Johnson’s 10 catches for 145 yards leading the way.

Unbeaten Greer chalked up 15 first downs on 433 total yards. Young’s club rang up 151 rushing yards with McGee’s 105 yards on 17 carries leading the way. Cusano completed 12 of 21 passes for 282 air yards.

Greer did not have a turnover but picked off a pair of Union passes. Both teams were penalized five times with Greer losing 25 yards and Union assessed 40 yards.

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B6 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

BY BILLY CANNADAEDITOR

At 9:59 a.m. Friday morning, members of the community

and the firefighters from across the county paused for a moment of reflec-tion.

Fourteen years earlier, at that exact moment, thousands of Americans were losing their lives.

“This is a very heartfelt moment for all firefight-ers, first responders and law enforcement,” Lt Travis Dehart with the Wade Hampton Fire De-partment said. “This gives us a time to reflect back and remember those that gave the ultimate sacri-fice. It gives us a chance to honor them and their families.”

Firefighters were gathered at a memorial service, held each year at the Boiling Springs Fire District on Pelham Road, remembering the terror-ist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001.

“This was our pearl harbor,” said fire chief Steve Graham. “I think it was a wake up call to our nation. Even with every-thing going on today, we need to remember that

we’re still America. In the fire service, we have a motto, ‘never forget’ and that’s one thing we hold very dear.”

The service began just before 10 a.m., the exact time the south tower of the World Trade Center was collapsing.

And most people remember exactly where they were.

“I was at this station getting off duty,” Dehart said, gazing back towards the firehouse. “I couldn’t believe it at the time. It didn’t feel real. We were watching it on the televi-sion in the station and when we saw the second tower get hit, it almost felt like a dream. It was heart-stopping. We knew that life had changed for-ever in that very instant.”

Taylor Schuster, a Boil-ing Springs firefighter who is originally from Long Island, New York, was still in grade school at the time.

“It was intense,” Schus-ter recalls. “I was 11—in sixth grade at the time. It was really emotional. Everyone turned the televisions on and we just watched what was happening to our coun-try. When I got home, my mom was just down on her knees in front of the television just hysterically crying. It was tough.

“I have family in FDNY. I have family in NYPD,” she said. “It really hit home, being from New York.”

Richard Nelson was the general manager for a ma-jor airline in Charleston at the time of the attacks. He has since become the assistant federal secu-rity director for the TSA (Transportation Security Administration).

“We were so caught up in the moment,” Nelson said. “We watched the news reports, but within about an hour, the FAA grounded all aircrafts, so we were extremely busy in Charleston. That day, in some regards, was the longest day ever.

“Our agency is battling a threat that’s still there and it’s probably more present than ever today,” he added. “That threat evolves and we have to adjust accordingly. The mission is still the same and I think we’ve done a really good job over the years. Our people at Greenville-Spartanburg are some of the best in the country.”

The ceremony, which centered around a mount-ed piece of steel from one of the World Trade Center buildings, featured a mes-sage from Dr. Gary Rog-ers, chaplain for the South Carolina State Firefighters Association.

“Fear can paralyze us,” he told the crowd. “Fear can chase us into hid-ing. Fear can plunder our

minds and steal the joy of the things we enjoy. Fear can do a lot of things, but it can’t do anything that we don’t let it. We stand here at this memorial as a testimony that we’re not going to let fear run our lives.”

For Dehart and many others, the attacks on Sept. 11 still resonate today.

“We knew then the job would never be the same,” Dehart said. “We knew, when the towers col-lapsed, that our brothers and sisters were dying in those buildings.”

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Fire� ghters vow to ‘Never Forget’

BILLY CANNADA | THE GREER CITIZEN

A memorial at the site of the World Trade Center towers in New York City displays the names of those lost on 9/11.

MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN

Honor Guard Lt. Clint Belcher, of Boiling Springs Fire District, raises the U.S. � ag during the department’s annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony.

MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN

A single dove was released at the start of the remembrance ceremony Friday morning on Pelham Road near I-85.

BILLY CANNADA | THE GREER CITIZEN

A piece of the World Trade Center sits outside the Boiling Springs Fire District headquarters on Pelham Road.

MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN

Fire� ghters from all over the Upstate gathered at Boiling Springs Fire District headquarters to pay homage to those killed during the September 11 attacks.

OUR SCHOOLSThe Greer Citizen

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 THE GREER CITIZEN B7

During annual spirit weekBY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLESTAFF WRITER

Somewhere in the fabric of Eastside High School is the urge to serve.

Eastside’s Spirit Week is the perfect time to sense their character, and it has been this way since 1981, when the Taylors high school raised $2,000 for charity. This year, the school’s goal is to raise $150,000 for the nonprofit With Purpose, an organiza-tion that exists to conquer childhood cancer.

Eastside kicks off Spirit Week on Friday, Sept. 18. Student government as-sociation (SGA) president Jonathan Michala, 17, said the week is loaded with events to raise money in entertaining ways.

“Basically, we pack the week with events, sunrise to sunset, with the goal of raising money for our charity, With Purpose,” he said.

The events during the week include a music fes-tival, golf tournament, a 5K run, a Bingo night and a “Boot Scootin’ Bash” complete with low country boil, BBQ, auctions, raffle, music and line dancing.

Clearly Spirit Week is a lot of fun.

Still, when students are asked about the impor-tance of Spirit Week, their

focus is on the charity and how it unites the commu-nity.

“Everybody looks for-ward to it every year,” said SGA member Abby Wynn Jackson, 17. “It’s like ev-erybody’s favorite part, and it brings the whole community together. Our whole school works to-gether. We get involve-ment from businesses all over Greenville and even in Greer. It just brings every-

body together. Everybody looks forward to it.”

“There’s nothing like it,” added SGA member Mela-nie Matters, 17.

Matters explained that charities were researched and chosen back in the spring.

The school narrowed down five charities that interested them.

“It’s whatever hits our hearts the most is how we choose our charity

and With Purpose really did kind of blow us away. We connected with them,” Matters said.

When Matters said they connected with the charity, she means the students.

“Spirit week is run by students for students,” said Sandy Mitchell, stu-dent government advisor. “We have very few adult events and adult involve-ment.”

Primarily led by stu-

dents, the school has raised over $2 million in a tradition that is over 30 years old.

Michala said the week is such an event around the school because of its tra-dition.

“A lot of these students, their parents went here 20-30 years ago and you know they had Spirit Week,” he said. “And they did all the stuff we’re doing now.”

The raising of funds for Spirit Week initially got its start from competition with Wade Hampton High School.

That practice ended three years ago.

“We really felt like it was moving in the wrong direc-tion and the focus was no longer on the charities and more on the competitions between the schools, so we wanted to bring it back to focus on our charities,” Mitchell said. “It is such a big part of Eastside and the student body is just noto-rious for their hearts. This is not our only community service project; this is just the biggest one.”

The school hopes for the community to step up in a big way for With Purpose.

According to information from With Purpose, less than four percent of Unit-ed States funding for can-cer research is dedicated to childhood cancer. Con-sequently, few drugs exist for children battling can-cer. With Purpose steps in to fill that gap where there is little funding.

It’s difficult to walk the halls of Eastside and not know about the charity. The schools is advertis-ing through banners hung on the walls, and SGA and Central Spirit members are hyping up the events for the week. Social me-dia is also being used, and Eastside’s Spirit week has its own website – ehsspir-itweek.com.

From there, individuals may donate to the cause through PayPal or they may purchase tickets to events. The school also ac-cepts checks or cash.

Spirit Week concludes on Friday, Sept. 25. The total amount raised will be revealed during a check presentation at halftime of the football game against Chapman High School.

KENNY COLLINS MAPLE | THE GREER CITIZEN

Eastside High seniors Zane Mitchell, Jonathan Michala, Abby Wynn Jackson and Melanie Matters (left to right) advertise the school’s Spirit Week. Through numerous programs and the generosity of the community, students hope to raise money for childhood cancer research.

Eastside students show a spirit for service‘Basically we pack the week with events,

sunrise to sunset, that students go to, that

the community comes to and all of them

with the goal of raising money for our

charity With Purpose.’

Jonathan MichalaEastside High student government president

GCM OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY

High school students participating in the 9th Annual Benson October-FAST 5K on Saturday, Oct. 3, will have the opportuni-ty to win a $1,000 scholar-ship for their school.

The race begins at 8:30 a.m. at Greer First Baptist Church, 201 W. Poinsett St. The fast, flat course is certified.

Points will be awarded for the following: num-ber of paid participants representing a particu-lar high school including family and friends; wear-ing school colors or other spirit wear during the race; number of support-ers at the event including mascots, cheerleaders, drumline, and others.

The school with the greatest number of total points will be awarded the scholarship. Students from the winning school will then be eligible to ap-ply for it in January 2016.

Rules for eligibility are available at gcminc.org. Sign up for the 5K at go-greenevents.com. Adults can register for $20 and students for $5 without a shirt or $15 with a shirt. Indicate a preferred high school at that time.

Register for the 5K at go-greenevents.com. RSVP to hrainwater@gcminc.org.

LANGSTON CHARTERENROLLMENT LOTTERY

Prospective par-ents must attend one of three Application Orienta-tion Meetings, as part of the lottery application pro-cess for Langston Charter Middle 2016-2017 school year enrollment lottery.

The meetings will be on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 4 p.m.; Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m.; and Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. All meetings will be held at Woodruff Road Christian Church, 20 Bell Road in Greenville.

In addition to attending a meeting, parents must submit a lottery applica-tion, which will be avail-able on the school website (www.langstoncharter.org) at the conclusion of the first meeting on Sept.

26. The deadline for all lottery applications is Fri-day, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m.

A lottery of all complete applications will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 5 p.m. at the school and is open to the public. Par-ents of former or current students with a sibling planning to enroll for next year must attend a meet-ing and submit the lottery application by the dead-line of Oct. 23.

Call Celanie Martin, reg-istrar, at 286-9700 with any questions.

PARIS ELEMENTARY BACK TO SCHOOL PARTY SEPT. 26

It Takes a Village SC will host a back to school party to celebrate “Little Buddies” at Paris Elemen-tary on Saturday, Sept. 26. RSVP number of attend-ees to ittakesavillagesc@gmail.com.

Volunteers will pack food bags at 10 a.m. with a pizza party to follow at 11:30 a.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church located at 1925 Pelham Road in Greenville.

Volunteers and dona-tions are needed.

For more information or to make a financial contribution to It Takes a Village backpack buddies program, contact Ellen Pourmand at 525-4616 or 234-5647.

MERIT SCHOLARSHIPSEMIFINALISTS

Officials of National Mer-it Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 61st annual National Mer-it Scholarship Program. These high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competi-tion for some 7,400 Na-tional Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 mil-lion that will be offered next spring.

Area semifinalists in-clude:

Riverside HighRowan W. CrowleySarai S. DaiVictoria C. GlennCarol LeeKaren R. ZhaoEastside HighGrace E. AndersonKaitlyn M. BresetteEmily C. GrantJonathan J. Michala To be considered for a

Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist lev-el of the competition.

COUNTY COLLEGE FAIR IS SEPT. 21, 22

The 2015 Greenville County College Fair will be held Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 21 and 22, at the TD Convention Center.

Over 130 colleges and universities typically reg-ister for the event each year.

The event is free to the public. For more informa-tion, visit greenvillecoun-tycollegefair.com or call 355-3392.

BR MIDDLE SCHOOL OFFERS EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM

Blue Ridge Middle of-fers and Extended Day program for students who need a place to stay after school.

Students work on home-work, have time for group activities, exercise and a daily snack. For more in-formation, call 355-1900.

GREER HIGH HOLDS SENIOR PARENT MEETING

An informational meet-ing will be held for all se-nior parents at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, at Greer High.

Topics to be discussed include senior year ex-pectations, financial aid opportunities and scholar-ship information.

BYRNES CHEERLEADERS HOLDING FUNDRAISER

The Byrnes High Cheer-leading Booster Club is holding a benefit raffle for a Yeti Ice Blue 45 Tundra.

Tickets are available for a $5 donation. The raffle will be held on Friday, Oct. 2, during halftime of the Byrnes versus Spartan-burg football game. (Win-ner does not have to be present to win.)

Tickets are available from Byrnes cheerlead-ers during home football games and during first half of the Oct. 2 game.

NORTH GREENVILLE OPEN HOUSE IS SEPT. 26

North Greenville Uni-versity will host an open house on Saturday, Sept. 26, for potential students.

Prospective students will have the opportunity to tour the campus, meet professors, eat in the din-ing hall, talk with Admis-sions Staff, and hang out with NGU students.

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STOMPING GROUNDS UPCOMING EVENTS

Stomping Grounds Open Mic Night is held the sec-ond and fourth Friday of each month. Dan and Lu-ann Gray are hosting open mic on the second Friday of the month and Mr. John is hosting on the fourth Friday of the month, each from 7-10 p.m.

Upcoming events:Saturday, Sept. 26: MP3-

Mills Party of Three Group playing from 7-10 p.m. Eclectic mix of 70s pop and country music.

Ongoing events:Mondays: Colored Pen-

cil Art Class with Robert Decker, 7-9 p.m.

Tuesdays: Weekly Ma-jong Games, 2-5 p.m.

First & third Tuesdays: Old Time Jam with Bob Buckingham, 7-9 p.m.

First & third Wednes-days: Celtic Session, 7-9 p.m.

Visit www.stomping-groundsgreer.com for more information.

GSO PRESENTS LOLLIPOPS CONCERT STARTUDAY

The Greenville Sympho-ny Orchestra will present a free concert Lollipops: “Clink” featuring Jason

Currin (percussion) on Sat-urday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. at the Jean M. Smith Library in Greer and 11:30 a.m. at the Hughes Main Library in Greenville.

Clink was a state-of-the-art robot with the dazzling ability to make toast and play music at the same time. But that was many years ago. Now kids want snazzier robots who do things like play baseball and bake cookies. So day after day, Clink sits on a shelf and sadly watches as his friends leave with their new owners. He almost gives up on ever finding a home unitl the day Clink spies a boy who just might be the right one for him.

Lollipops concerts intro-duce children to classical music and the instruments of the orchestra through interactive concerts pre-sented by members of the Greenville Symphony Or-chestra. During each con-cert, chamber ensembles accompany a storybook reading. And of course, audience members receive a lollipop at the end of each performance!

Lollipops concerts are appropriate for children in K3-5th grade, although all children and adults are welcome. Programs last approximately 30 min-utes. Reservations are not required and admission is free.

For more information about Lollipops and other GSO programs for chil-dren, click here or contact Braxton Ballew at (864) 232-0344, x19 or brax-ton@greenvillesymphony.org.

BJU MUSEUM & GALLERY HOSTS APPRAISAL EVENT

Fans of the Antique Road Show will get a taste of local and live antique ap-praisals at the Bob Jones University Museum & Gal-lery’s 16th annual Collect-ible or Curiosity? event on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. From now through the event day, those interested in receiv-ing a verbal appraisal on their antiques can register up to three items.

Appraisals are available for general antiques, fine art, pottery, china, por-celain, silver, jewelry and books. Stations with re-gional experts will be set up throughout the M&G galleries according to ap-praisal specialty.

In addition to their ap-praisal, registered guests receive free admission to explore the 30 galleries of European Old Master paintings housed at M&G. Those who make their ap-pointment before Sept. 23 receive a discount off the regular price of $18 per item.

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HUB CITY EMPTY BOWLSTO FEED PUBLIC, NEEDY

Hub City Empty Bowls’s seventh annual Soup Day will be Saturday, Sept. 26, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Chapman Cultural Center with a goal to feed both the socially responsible public and the community’s most needy citizens.

On Soup Day, more than 15,000 handmade pottery bowls will be available for purchase-donations of $15

each. Participants will then enjoy unlimited gourmet soup provided by more than 20 local restaurants. In addition, the event will feature continuous live music, a silent auction, and drum circles through out the day.

The money raised will be given to TOTAL Ministries, a faith-based non-profit agency that provides as-sistance to Spartanburg’s most needy citizens.

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PICKS OF THE WEEK“Marvel’s Avengers:

Age of Ultron” (PG-13) -- Genius inventor and Iron Man, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), creates a powerful artificial intelli-gence that’s supposed to keep the peace. The pro-gram, Ultron (voiced by James Spader), concludes that peace on earth starts with killing the Avengers. The Hulk, Captain Amer-ica, Thor, Black Widow, Iron Man and Hawkeye demonstrate the value of teamwork through a series of intense battles with evil forces and each other. Also joining the fray are Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, su-per-powered siblings from the X-Men world.

These characters are more developed than the last time, and there are more of them, but that doesn’t produce the same fun atmosphere. What once was a box-office blast starts to look like another “Expendables” sequel with brighter colors. It’s still an exciting flick, but Marvel had better learn some new tricks before getting the gang back together again.

“Spy” (PG-13) -- Melissa McCarthy stars as a CIA agent launched from her usual office-work into the field of high-stake es-pionage. Susan (McCarthy) normally watches over her CIA colleagues, feeding vital information from a secluded office. When all the more Bond-like agents fall, the Company’s best bet is to send in Susan, the last person the bad guys would suspect of being a spy. Jason Statham does an excellent parody of his usual badass character, and Rose Byrne nails it as a haughty Euro-villain who trades eloquent insults with the more grounded McCarthy.

Melissa McCarthy gets back on her feet after some flopular turns in less-fun-ny movies like “Tammy.” The laughs in this movie show that she hasn’t hit the edges of what she’s ca-pable of. It’s also another gold star for director Paul Feig, who worked with Mc-Carthy on “Bridesmaids” and has my hopes up for the new “Ghostbusters” movie he’s directing.

“Entourage” (R) -- As somebody who never watched the show on HBO, I wasn’t sure if this was a movie or somebody’s ex-ercise in getting as many confusing cameos as pos-sible. Of the characters who aren’t cameos, there’s a young actor guy named Vince (Adrian Grenier), and we’re asked to care about the future of his Hollywood career. The poor, bland guy is just a few million short of fin-ishing his terrible-looking Jekyll and Hyde remake, while the other characters around him -- all sporting silly bro-names as if being a man with friends makes you a fighter pilot -- con-firm that it truly is a great movie worth making.

“Cop Car” (R) -- Two young boys running away from home come across an unoccupied police car and take it for a joy ride. It seems like fun because they don’t know what’s in trunk, or that the car be-longs to a twisted sheriff in the middle of a deadly scheme. Kevin Bacon stars as the corrupt lawman, playing him as a danger-ously devious villain with an unsettling spark of ag-gression in his eyes and mustache. From the start you fear for these boys -- even if they are mischie-vous and foul-mouthed -- as they get in over their heads in scenic rural America.

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Rating: 7 out of 10

If you like action mov-ies, you can’t go wrong with “Mad Max: Fury

Road,” the fourth install-ment in George Miller’s “Mad Max” series. The last time we saw our post-apocalyptic hero was 30 years ago and he was played by Mel Gibson. This time, Tom Hardy takes the lead, sharing the spotlight with a bald, tough-as-nails Charlize Theron. Together, the two attempt to lead a small group of women to asylum from an evil war-lord and his bloodsucking army.

Stylistically distinct from Miller’s three earlier “Max” films, “Fury Road” is a blitzkrieg of sound and fury. The action seldom lets up, tossing us into a cyclone of dust, blood, smoke and fire as the characters chase each other across a dystopian desert landscape. Hardy and Theron are exception-al together and the visual effects and cinematogra-phy are first rate.

Miller’s handling of the action is nothing short of extraordinary, and left me wishing I’d seen the film in 3-D on the bigscreen. The major problem I had with the movie is the dearth of story and

context. Even if the plot is elementary, it would be nice to have some semblance of a backstory. The few flashbacks that Miller sprinkles offer little insight, and the dialogue is serviceable at best. The supporting players are either freaks or eye candy, serving merely to advance the plot.

What makes “Fury Road” worth watching is the spectacle of it all. Even taking inflation into account, it cost about four times more to make than its predecessors com-bined. Thanks to Miller, the big budget proved far more of an asset than a detriment. And that, of course, isn’t always the case.

‘LOVE AND MERCY’A TOUCHING BIOPIC

Rating: 7 out of 10

You don’t have to be a Beach Boys fan to ap-preciate this unconven-tional portrait of tortured genius Brian Wilson. Paul

Dano plays the mid-60s era Wilson, who was spitting out hits as fast as The Beatles were for a couple years. Then came the panic attacks, depres-sion and drug-induced hallucinations. The music stopped, and Wilson became an overweight hermit who would lock himself in his bedroom for days at a time.

Then he found a quack psychotherapist named Eugene Landy (played by Paul Giamatti), who restored Wilson’s physical health but took over his life, assets and mind in the process. John Cusack plays the older, pitiful version of Wilson, who finally begins to come out of his shell when he meets Melinda (Elizabeth Banks) at a car dealership and falls in love with her.

Director Bill Pohlad takes the story back and forth from the 60s to the 80s to document Wilson’s mental collapse and long crawl from the abyss. Filled with fantastic mu-sic, stellar performances and keen attention to ’60s era Los Angeles, “Love and Mercy” is a winner. And if you need any more motivation to see the film, know that Wilson himself gave it his seal of approval, commending the accuracy of Polhad’s work.

Rating: 6 out of 10

In the month following the publication of “Go Set a Watchman” the

story behind the novel has become bigger than the book itself. Because of Harper Collins’ am-biguous and (some would say) misleading market-

ing of the book, millions of people have bought it not knowing what it is. A prequel to “To Kill a Mockingbird” or maybe even some sequel 50-something years in the making?

The stark truth is that Harper Lee wrote it in 1957 and no publisher liked it enough to buy it. Three years later, her second novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published and went on to rival “Gone With the Wind” and “Huck Finn” as the most beloved liter-ary work to come out of the South. Essentially, then, “Go Set a Watch-man” is less compelling as an independent novel and more intriguing as a birthplace of the themes, characters and ideas that would go on to produce “Mockingbird.”

Set in mid-century Alabama, the flimsy plot follows a grown-up Scout as she returns home from her new life in New York City. Atticus, now in his

70s and suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, has taken one of his daugh-ter’s old suitors into his firm. The action begins to pick up when a young black man is arrested for hitting and killing a town drunk while speeding in his car. The tragedy leads Scout into a series of disheartening encounters with the people she loves most.

There are a few endear-ing flashback scenes involving Jem, Scout and Dill playing in their youth, which undoubt-edly morphed into some of the more humorous moments of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The inher-ent racial tension of a white lawyer representing a young black man is criti-cal here, and would go on to become the thematic backbone of Lee’s master-piece a few years later.

While there is some elo-quent writing and some provocative arguments between characters, the plot of “Go Set a Watch-man” is paper-thin. It of-fers little of the emotional resonance and coming of age wonder of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Tons of (likely misin-formed) readers bought the book this summer. It remained on top of the New York Times bestsell-er list for six weeks. But as the weeks, months and years go by, don’t expect “Go Set a Watchman” to have much staying power. In and of itself, it is a slightly better than mediocre first novel. It is far more likely that it will be read and analyzed as a supplement of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the timeless book that its ideas and characters soon spawned.

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With vengeance on his mind, Wyatt attempted to get Bill to go along with his plan to give Liam and Steffy some competition. Having an agenda of her own, Katie gave Wyatt her support and joined in on the persuasion. Any chance of reconciliation between Steffy and Ivy was lost when their argument turned personal. Rick and Maya were faced with the reality of how some people were intolerant of their marriage. Wyatt be-gan to make headway in his attempt to get Bill to go along with opening a fashion house that would compete with Forrester Creations. Bill worried that agreeing to Wyatt’s propo-sition would cause an even greater divide between his two sons. Brooke pres-sured Ridge to tell Caro-line the truth. Wait to See: Cupid takes aim at a sweet young couple.

DAYS OF OUR LIVESStefano’s fate was in

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Sam of Jason. Carly must make a critical decision. Maxie and Nathan real-ized how precious life was and found comfort in each other’s arms. Dante con-sidered telling Lulu the truth. Meanwhile, Nathan advised Valerie to stay away from Dante. Scott of-fered to represent Ava. Ju-lian asked Alexis to come

away with him. Ava went on trial and later made an unpleasant discovery. Dante confided in Nathan about his guilt, while Val-erie questioned what she really felt for Dante. Mor-gan pressured TJ to dis-close some important in-formation. Paul called in a favor to help Dillon. Emma, Anna and Sam planned a surprise for Patrick. Wait to See: Elizabeth covers for Sonny’s mistake.

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Victor hired Kevin to in-vestigate who was behind the Paragon Project. Es-ther was certain that Colin was up to something once again regarding Devon. Abby announced that she was renaming Chelsea’s line to Chelsea 2.0. Jack admitted to Ashley that he was wrong to join forces with Victor. Abby accused Ashley of not supporting her, and Stitch rushed to Ashley’s defense. Kevin and Mariah decided to take their relationship to the next level. Sage was confused by Sharon’s strange behavior at the Tack House. Noah planned for a romantic evening with Marisa but was inter-rupted by a surprise visi-tor. Cane discovered that Joe was helping Lily with the twins while he was away. Wait to See: Sharon crosses paths with Patty Williams.

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 22, and I am a security guard at a local store. Just recently, I detained a sus-pect for shoplifting. We were in a room no bigger than a small office, and she was coughing up a storm. I was in and out of the room for a half-hour or so. When the local po-lice department showed up, she revealed that she has active tuberculosis. I did my research, and it is contagious when it’s air-borne. How much expo-sure is necessary to catch it? What are the symptoms of TB? Is it curable? Please, I’m in need of answers. -- E.A.M.

ANSWER: Tuberculosis is an infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacteri-um tuberculosis. The most common body location is the lungs, but tuberculo-sis can infect the kidneys, lining of the brain, bones and lining of the heart, among others. It is conta-gious by air only when in the lungs, as you said. The major symptom is cough, but weight loss also is fre-quent in advanced stages, giving TB its old name, consumption.

The likelihood of getting infected after exposure depends on many factors, including some things we don’t know in this case, such as whether she is be-ing treated and whether she has cavities in her lungs.

The good news is that you would be considered

a low-risk contact, having been in a room with her only for a relatively short period. The bad news is that it is possible to have acquired an infection. Your doctor or a public health official should evaluate you for evidence of prior infection with a skin test, which should be repeated in eight to 10 weeks.

Tuberculosis is almost 100 percent curable. Peo-ple with active infection usually are treated with several medications for six months.

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DEAR DR. ROACH: My wife drinks in excess of 3 liters of diet soda a day, sometimes even more. She has colitis, for which she takes Lialda, and on her last visit to her primary care physician, her blood work revealed borderline bad levels in her liver. The doctor seems to think she needs to stop “drink-ing alcohol,” but I have been married to her for more than 30 years, and I know it’s not drinking that is causing this. We both consume only moderate amounts of alcohol. Could it be the chemicals in diet soda? -- F.J.R.

ANSWER: Three liters a day is a lot of diet soda, and that much caffeine probably isn’t good for her. However, I don’t think it is likely to be affecting her liver. Mesalamine (Li-alda and others) rarely can cause abnormal liver tests -- specifically, high levels of the same enzymes that might lead a doctor to sus-pect alcohol use.

You didn’t tell me what kind of colitis your wife has, but ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease, is associ-ated with several kinds of liver problems, including fatty liver and primary sclerosing cholangitis, which is potentially severe. I don’t think either alcohol or diet soda should be blamed until she has had a more careful workup. I think a visit with her gas-troenterologist would be wise.

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“It just makes me feel like I’m part of the fam-ily,” said Addison Vaughn, 12. “We just got thrown into varsity.”

Teammate Rya Bohmer agreed. Both Vaughn and Bohmer said they enjoy competing with the older students.

Brennan Ponce said that the challenge of compet-ing with older athletes is really just a mental thing. None of the athletes seemed phased by the va-riety of ages. And regard-less of the age, each run-ner has individual goals to hopefully attain. Even the youngest runners talked about reaching personal bests in their 5Ks.

Two athletes who are

poised to surpass their previous goals are sopho-more Sarah Taylor, 15, and senior Malik Epps, 17. They are considered the top runners at Byrnes.

About Epps, Wyatt said, “He’s pretty much going to be the engine that makes the bus go on the boys side.”

The Byrnes record hold-er said he hopes to best his 15:53 5K mark he achieved last year.

Taylor is looking to drop into the 19:00 minute mark this season.

“I try not to over train, but I do definitely try to challenge myself,” she said. “I try to own my mile-age and try to push my body to its full limit and then maybe even over if I can without deteriorating my body.”

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