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BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLESTAFF WRITER

A billowing grey smoke clouded the Greenville-Spartanburg Internation-al Airport (GSP) tarmac where bodies lay strewn on the ground under a bone-chilling rain. Fire-fighters worked to extin-guish a fire created by a downed plane.

Thankfully, the carnage at GSP on Tuesday morn-ing was staged, a full-scale disaster simulation.

“This exercise is de-signed to create a learning environment so that all the potential players can prac-

tice plans, policies and procedures that would be followed in the event of an actual emergency,” said Rosylin Weston, vice presi-dent of communications for GSP.

The airport invited mu-tual aid partners to take part. Area hospitals, fire

departments and law en-forcements attended in an effort to better prepare for a disaster.

“In the event of an actual aircraft disaster we don’t have enough fire fighters, enough police officers, enough operational folks

SEE DISASTER | A9

Inland Port to expand Second port coming soonBY BILLY CANNADA EDITOR

South Carolina Ports Au-thority (SCPA) President and CEO Jim Newsome announced plans to ex-pand Greer’s Inland Port and create a second inland port last Wednesday after-noon.

Greer’s port, which could see expansion as soon as next June, would be able to handle 200,000 lifts per year with the im-provements.

SEE PORT | A3

Crummeyfaces charges after shootingBY BILLY CANNADAEDITOR

A Greer man has been arrested on four counts of attempted murder after allegedly opening fire on a car on Prince Circle in Greer last Tuesday.

Police say Devante Sha-quill Crummey, 23, has been charged with at-tempted murder, posses-sion of a weapon during the commission of a vio-lent crime and discharging a firearm within the city limits for his role in the Oct. 20 incident.

SEE CHARGES | A9


Greer resident and veter-an Brett Claycamp served his country for nearly five years.

Last Thursday, a chap-ter of Purple Heart Homes and The Home Depot de-cided to serve him.

Claycamp, an infantry-man with the U.S. Army, was hit by a 107-millime-ter caliber rocket while in Afghanistan on May 16, 2013. He spent two years in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland receiv-ing treatment and rehabili-tation for the injury.

Claycamp returned to live in Greer where he and his wife Catherine closed on a home in June. On Sept. 15 the veteran received a call that some individuals wanted to help make life a little more comfortable around the house.

Individuals from the business and the nonprof-it installed a whirlpool

tub that will help Brett with continued pain in his back, right shoulder and

arm. They also construct-ed raised garden beds in the backyard so Brett can

garden without having to bend over very far. Lastly, they painted an upstairs

bonus room with the col-ors of any enthusiastic Green Bay Packers fan – green and yellow.

It comes at a time when other veterans will be re-ceiving similar assistance during The Home Depot’s fifth annual Celebration of Service Campaign to help veterans across the na-tion.

“One of the core values of Home Depot is giving back,” said Charlie Bobo of The Home Depot. “Right

SEE VETERAN | A3


Trick-or-treaters only have to wait until Thurs-day to get their hands on their favorite candy, thanks to a number of downtown merchants.

Halloween in Greer Sta-tion, originally scheduled for Tuesday, was post-poned due to rain, but will begin at 5 p.m. on Trade Street.

Dance Visions of Greer will perform at the event at 5:30 p.m.

HALLOWEEN EVENTSThe City of Wellford

will host a family-orient-ed trunk-or-treat on Hal-loween from 6 to 8 p.m.

between Wellford City Hall and First Baptist. Activities include face-painting, hayrides and food in addition to the trunk-or-treat.’

Heritage Bible Church in Greer will have its own trunk-or-treat on Fri-day from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Last year, 450 guests at-tended the event, and the church hopes for more this year.

Families with small children may want to think about visiting the Taylors (Burdette) branch of the Greenville County Library.

The library is set to tell spooky stories and sing songs on Oct. 30 from

10 to 10:30 a.m. Children who attend may dress in costume.

The Spinning Jenny also invites out those in costume. They’ll have live music from the Sweet Potato Pie Kids as well as food and a costume con-test. Their event begins at 6:30 p.m.

More fun-filled activi-ties can be found at the Eastside YMCA. On Oct. 30 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., visitors may enjoy the YMCA’s free Harvest Fes-tival. The festival is free and promises many en-joyable activities for the family.

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Costume-sporting trick-or-treaters played games at Halloween Hoopla, held at Greer City Park last Saturday.

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Local � rst responders helped initiate a full-scale disaster simulation at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport Tuesday morning.

GSP airport stages full-scale disaster exercise

‘I’m proud to say that in most instances,

most of the things work very well, but we

do find areas of improvement.’

Rosylin WestonGSP, Vice President of communications

GREER VETERAN HONORED


The Home Depot recently teamed up with Purple Heart Homes to help Greer resident and U.S. Army veteran Brett Claycamp.

‘The generosity is unexplainable. With

words I just can’t

explain it

to you.’

Brett Claycamp

Veteran

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at 6:00 PM Sandra Savell will share her story as care-giver for her mother and how it inspired her to write this book for you. Dear Clue-

less will be available for purchase for $14.95.

Author Autograph session will be held

The Alzheimer's Association is able to provide a no-cost, in-home patient sitter for any family caregiver that would like to attend the program. To learn more about obtaining a patient sitter please call 1-800-272-3900 at least 2 weeks in ad-

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Please reserve your seat today by calling 864-469-0409

LOCATION: Thrive Assisted Living & Memory Care

715 S. Buncombe Rd. Greer, SC 29650

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The Big Thursday BBQ lunch is on Nov. 5. Those interested in ordering lunch may complete a lunch order form at greer-communityministr ies .com/2015_Big_Thursday_BBQ_Order_Form.pdf.

Church congregations are needed to join and fill tables with products for the Nov. 5 auction. Items may include baked goods, casseroles and crafts.

Call 877-1937 or email [email protected].

COMMUNITY CHESTNEEDS DONATIONS

The Community Chest Thrift Store needs dona-tions to begin the tran-sition into the autumn months. Individuals may donate last year’s gently loved fall clothing, shoes and accessories.

Items may be dropped off at Middle Tyger Com-munity Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

THURSDAY, OCT. 22KIWANIS CLUB MEET at 6:30

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

FRIDAY, OCT. 23GRACE 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, OCT. 24FOOD PANTRY DEVOTION-

AL 9:30 -10 a.m. at Calvary Christian Fellowship, 2455 Locust Hill Road, Taylors. Sup-plies � rst come, � rst serve.

SUNDAY, OCT. 25THE NEVER ALONE Group

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

MONDAY, OCT. 26BARBERSHOP 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, OCT. 27THE 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 LIONS Club meet at Laurenda’s Family Restaurant, 300 South Line St., at 6 p.m. Call Suzanne at 905-0394.

FIRST TUESDAY ON Trade at 5 p.m. on Trade Street. Visit tuesdaysontrade.com for more information.

ALZHEIMER’S ASSO-CIATION SUPPORT Group meets from 5:30 - 7 p.m. at The Haven in the Village at Chanticleer, 355 Berk-mans Lane, Greenville. Call 275.5022.

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 or to schedule a perfor-mance contact Wesley Welsh at 877-5955.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28THE VIETNAM VETERANS

of America Chapter 523 will meet at Greenville Shrine Club, 119 Veverly Road. Greenville Chow time is 6-7 p.m. for $5, with meet-ing following. Call Chapter President Patrick Ramsey at 232-4110 or V.P. Jerry Brock at 918-4451 for more infor-mation. Signi� cant others invited to join.

THE NEVER ALONE GROUP OPEN at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center,226 Oakland Ave.

THE AWANAS CLUB meets at El Bethel Baptist Church, 313 Jones Ave., from 6:30 - 8:15 p.m. Kids ages 3-11 are invited. Call 877-4021.

THURSDAY, OCT. 29THE TAYLORS LIONS Club

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

Calendar deadline is noon on Tuesdays. All list-ings are subject to editing and/or omission due to space constraints. Sub-mit information to Kenny Maple at 877-2076 or [email protected] or by mail to P.O. Box 70 Greer, SC 29652.

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Greer’s Inland Port cur-rently handles about 120,000 lifts “comfort-ably,” according to New-some.

The second port will likely be included in next year’s SCPA budget, but officials did not disclose a location.

IMPACT STUDYNewsome also discussed

the results of an economic impact study, which found that the Greer Inland Port supports one in eight Up-state jobs paying 40 per-cent higher than the state’s average annual wage.

Officials say the Upstate region benefits from $26.8 billion in annual economic activity, representing ap-proximately half of SCPA’s total statewide economic impact.

“The Upstate is home to a large concentration of port users whose cargo represents significant vol-umes for our facilities,” said Newsome.

“The fact that 50 percent of the SCPA’s total state-wide impact benefits the Upstate is a testament to the statewide connectivity of the port. We are proud of the economic develop-ment opportunities and well-paying jobs SCPA sup-ports in the Upstate and across South Carolina.”

The South Carolina Ports Authority is current-ly responsible for nearly 95,000 jobs in the region.

The manufacturing in-dustry, which represents the largest sector of port-dependent businesses in the Upstate, encompasses 15.3 percent of the overall Upstate economy.

The study was complet-

ed by research economist Joseph Von Nessen, using total economic impacts associated with port op-erations and port users during the 2014 calendar year.

“The regional economic benefits of the Port are felt most significantly in the Upstate,” Von Nessen said. “In the Upstate region alone, the Port’s impact translates into nearly 95,000 high-wage jobs and $5.2 billion in labor income. But perhaps more importantly, the Port has an ability to facilitate the ongoing development of export-oriented industry clusters, especially in advanced manufacturing. The automotive cluster expansion in particular has been the main driver of economic growth in the Upstate since the Great Recession. This cluster

expansion simply would not have happened without access to port facilities.”

Statewide, the Port is responsible for 187,200 jobs and $53 billion in annual economic impact, representing nearly 10 percent of total gross state product.


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now during the Celebra-tion of Service between Sept. 10 and Veteran’s Day each Home Depot is help-ing a veteran in the com-munity.”

Claycamp was more than appreciative for the help from Home Depot as-sociates and those from Purple Heart Homes.

“The generosity is unex-plainable,” he said. “With words I just can’t explain it to you.”

Bill Baird, construction manager for Purple Heart Homes, said they are more than happy to help. In fact, that’s what the organiza-tion exists to do.

“Our main focus is to improve the lives of veter-ans,” Baird said. “Veterans who are in need financial-ly, morally, spiritually, and physically.”

Larry Druffel, president of the Golden Chapter of Purple Heart Homes, said Brett was definitely wor-thy of assistance, but the veteran also lends himself to those in need. Since be-ing back in the Upstate, he has begun working at Up-

state Warrior Solutions- an organization that serves current military personnel as well as veterans.

“I love it,” Brett said. “I

work with veterans, help veterans, homeless veter-ans. All of them.”


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Cooler Weekend WeatherAfter a week that started with clouds, rain and chilly temperatures we will see warmer, drier weather return for late week and into our weekend. Our weather this weekend will see temperatures in the upper 60s with overnight lows in the 40s and 50s. Partly sunny skies and mild temperatures will stay in our forecast for the first part of next week with a chance for rain late Sunday and into Monday. Have a great weekend!

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Boyce ‘Jack’ BarnetteBoyce “Jack” Barnette,

79, of 3331 O’Neal Church Road, died October 22, 2015 at his home.

A native of Greenville County, he was a son of the late Elijah Curtis and Callie Williams Barnette, a retired employee of Monaghan Mill, and mem-ber of Calvary Christian Fellowship.

Surviving are his wife of 55 years, Frances Fitts Barnette of the home; two sons, Steve Barnette (Sarah) of Inman and Ed-die Barnette of Greer; two daughters, Sheila Scruggs (Danny) and Teresa How-ard (Joe) all of Greer; a sister, Margie Campbell of Greer; eleven grandchil-dren, Crystal Blankenship (Jack), Tiffany Rogers, Stephen Barnette, Lind-say Bastian (Tony), Dani-elle Sarratt (Josh), Brit-tany Stage (Adam), Dustin Scruggs, Justin Barnette, Lauren Barnette, Colby Howard, and Lindsey Dun-can; and five great-grand-children, Jack Blankenship IV, Camden Rogers, Easton Blankenship, Luke Bastian, and on the way, Addison Sarratt.

He was also predeceased by a daughter-in-law, Toni Barnette; four brothers, Homer, Clyde, Herman and Jay; and four sisters, Catherine, May, Grace, and Ruth Ann.

Funeral services were held 3 p.m. Sunday at Calvary Christian Fellow-ship, conducted by Rev. Phil Lord and Rev. Wayne Davis. Burial followed in Faith Temple Cemetery.

Visitation were held 6-8 p.m. Saturday at the Wood Mortuary.

The family is at the home.

Memorials may be made to the Food Pantry at Cal-vary Christian Fellowship,

2455 locust Hill Road, Taylors, S.C. 29687.Online condolences may be made at thewoodmor-tuary.com.

Jimmy ‘B.R.’ Fleming

Jimmy “B.R.” Fleming, 75, husband of the late Priscilla Ann Fleming, died October 20, 2015 at Alpha Health and Rehab.

A native of Spartanburg County, son of the late Bryant Reid and Lela Peace Fleming, he was a retired wholesale car dealer and a member of Holly Springs Baptist Church.

Surviving are one daugh-ter, Karen Robison of Greer; two brothers, Ed-ward Fleming of Landrum and Larry Fleming of Ly-man; and two sisters, Ma-rie Jeffers of Lyman and Donna Finley of Greer.

Mr. Fleming was prede-ceased by one daughter, Deborah Ann Fleming and two sisters, Ola Turner and Janie Fleming.

A memorial service was held at 4 p.m. Thursday

at The Wood Mortuary, conducted by Rev. David Banks.

Visitation was held from 2:30-3:45 p.m. Thursday at The Wood Mortuary.

The family is at the home of his daughter, Karen Ro-bison, 634 Robinson Road, Greer.

Memorials may be made to ARK Hospice, 101 Grace Drive, Easley, SC 29640.

Online condolences may be made at thewoodmor-tuary.com.

Major A.L. Moore, Jr.Veteran

Major A.L. Moore, Jr. (Chip), passed away peace-fully at his home on Octo-ber 25, 2015 at the age of 68.

He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the

son of the late A.L. Moore, Sr. and Margaret Hamilton Moore.

He is survived by his loving wife, Marie Jackson Moore, and two sons, A.L. Moore III of Gainesville, FL and Joseph Hamilton Moore of Newnan, Geor-gia.

Major Moore served in the United States Army and in the Florida Army National Guard. He was of the Presbyterian faith.

A private family memo-rial service will be held a later date.


The family would like to express its heartfelt ap-preciation to Gibbs Cancer Center and Spartanburg Regional Hospice for their dedicated care and sup-port.

In lieu of flowers, memo-rials may be made to The Wounded Warriors Proj-ect, P.O. Box 758517, To-peka, Kansas 66675 or to Spartanburg Regional Hos-pice, 686 Jeff Davis Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303.


Obena ‘Beannie’ F. Robertson

Violet Obena “Beannie” Few Robertson, 89, of 4552 N. Highway 14, died Oct. 23, 2015 at McCall Hospice House.

A native of Greenville County, daughter of the late Allen Clen and Nancy Stokes Few, she was a re-tired second grade teacher for Skyland Elementary School and a member of Memorial United Method-ist Church.

Surviving are her hus-band, Conrad Numa Robertson of the home; a son, Mark Rowe (Rob-bie) of Charlotte, North Carolina; a sister, Mildred Few of Greer; three grand-children, Cameron Rowe, Rachel Rowe and Derrick Rowe; and a nephew, Tom-my Few (Debbie) of Greer.

Mrs. Robertson was pre-deceased by a brother, Al-len H. Few.

Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Monday at Me-morial United Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. Joe Cate and Don Louis. Entombment was in Wood-lawn Memorial Park Mau-soleum.

Pallbearers were Scott Stokes, Mickey Stokes, Michael Galloway, Chip Sloan, Jerry Bruce and Mark Radlein.

Honorary escorts were the Wesley Davenport Sunday School Class and Bobby Young.

Visitation was held 12:30-1:45 p.m. Monday in the church social hall.


Memorials may be made to Memorial United Meth-odist Church, 201 N. Main Street, Greer, SC 29650.


Doyle WilsonVeteran

Francis Doyle Wilson, 87, widower of Frances Tapp Wilson, died October 24, 2015 at The Cottages at Brushy Creek.

A native of Greer, son of the late Wil-

liam Zadok and Belle Pit-tman Wilson, he was a Class of 1945 graduate of Greer High School, a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War, and a mem-ber of Washington Baptist Church. Doyle started in textiles at 16 years old and had advanced to Director of Domestic Services at Springs Industries by his retirement. He was a giv-ing, loving gentleman.

Surviving are one broth-er, William Walton Wilson of Greenville; two sis-ters, Joan “Joey” Green of Greer and Dorothy “Dot” Parris of West Columbia; and special friend, Peggy Groce.

Mr. Wilson was prede-ceased by one brother, Le-Grand Wilson.

Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Tuesday at Washington Baptist Church, conducted by Dr. Drew Hines and Dr. Harold Parris. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Visitation was held 6-8 p.m. Monday at The Wood Mortuary.

The families are at their respective homes.

Memorials may be made to Washington Baptist Church, 3500 N. Highway 14, Greer, SC 29651 or Greer Community Minis-tries, P.O. Box 1373, Greer, SC 29652.


PORT: Responsible for 95,000 jobs in the region

VETERAN: Appreciative for home help


Susan Roberts paints the upstairs bonus room of the Claycamp home.

Sometimes the stars align and one is handed the job of ones dreams.

“Another acting role?” you might ask, “Another comedy performance at The White House?”

Noooo, this one is even better: stand-ing, albeit rather chilly as the sun went down, amid the crowded bleachers, microphone in hand and flanked by a roving cameraman to add a bit of ‘color commentary’ during show jumping rounds at last Saturday’s Grand Prix Fall Series at The Tryon International Eques-trian Center.

Having had the opportunity to com-pete, myself, in California, at venues as traditionally grand as Del Mar, where the only descent eats could be found, over-priced, several miles away in La Jolla (that’s pronounced ‘La Hoy-a,’ by the way- don’t make my mistake and pronounce it the way it looks and have everyone look at you like Jed Clampett), I really couldn’t believe what I was see-ing as I strolled around this brand new venue in Tryon.

Sushi? Are you kidding me? Sushi? At a horse show? Yes, I understand those

competing at this level are, quite liter-ally, flying in from around the world and expect a finer offering of fare, but like a Saturday evening dirt track race, somewhere in the Deep South, normally, as a spectator or competitor, you’re lucky to grab a greasy burger, fries and a Coke. How strong my memories are of showing my fat pony, as a child, after wolfing down a cheeseburger, chasing it with a YooHoo, only to have it reappear across my pony’s neck after I finished my round under a broiling, Georgia, sun.

But here was a sushi restaurant, ab-solutely packed with spectators, along with a fine dining restaurant, an authen-tic, retro diner, sandwich shops, coffee shops, gift and tack shops, and, cue the heavenly chorus, permanent, immacu-late, restrooms! Oh, this isn’t such a big

deal, you say? Then you, gentle reader, have never had to hold your breath (and close your eyes) after entering a wob-bly, pale blue, port-o-potty, leaving the door cracked as you attempt to hold the reins of your horse, standing impatiently outside, all the while trying to keep your white riding breeches clean, as you do your own business.

Strolling around the show grounds with my cameraman, Dusty, in tow, in search of riders or unsuspecting fans to interview to air on the arena ‘jum-botron,’ I was also heartened to see a changing demographic watching the ac-tion. Whether or not they were there for the Journey tribute-band (what??) or just to meet up with friends, I was seeing all ages and all colors of people turn out for this often regarded exclusive sport (Springsteen’s and Bloomburg’s daugh-ters compete, so you get my drift, but along with local Carolina and Floridian riders), so that was pretty refreshing. And the winner of Saturday’s Grand Prix is one of the very few African American riders in the sport, Paige Johnson, so even better.

The horses, with coats like mirrors and braided to perfection, entered the arena one at a time, jumped a course of dif-ficult hurdles the size of SUVs and this girl, completely in my element, was like a kid in a candy store. There was only one thing missing.

Manure. I never saw one pile of ma-nure. Anywhere. Seriously.

Ya’ll, it’s getting pretty fancy here in our hills.

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KENNETH COLLINS MAPLESta� Reporter

Pretty fancy over here

We have always known the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) helps link our State to the global marketplace, although we don’t al-ways consider how important the Port system is to our statewide economy. It is in fact one of our most strategic economic assets, especially here in the Upstate.

A new study of SCPA’s economic impact is eye-opening. In the Upstate region alone, one in eight jobs are attributed to the Port. And, on av-erage, jobs attributed to the Port pay nearly 40 percent higher than the average annual salary in our State. Over 50 percent of the Port’s total statewide impact is associated with the Upstate region. This has been enhanced even further by the opening of the SCPA’s Inland Port Facility in Greer in 2013. This facility has already greatly exceeded expectations in terms of volume and rail moves, and it has been attributed with help-ing lure several large economic development projects to the Upstate region.

The study defines the Upstate (alphabetical-ly) as Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Greenwood, Lancaster, Laurens, Mc-Cormick, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union and York Counties. Throughout that multi-county region, the Port generates a positive eco-nomic impact of $26.8 billion. That translates to 94,500 jobs and more than $5.2 billion in la-bor income for families in the Upstate.

Behind the statistics are real people whose quality of life has been enhanced because the State long ago recognized the strategic value of being on the ocean. Wisely, State leaders cre-ated a “public-private partnership” called the South Carolina Ports Authority that has served us well since 1942.

The Port’s statewide impact as a job creator and revenue generator is truly amazing. Over 187,000 jobs have been created statewide with an economic impact of $53 billion.

Dr. Joseph Von Nessen, research economist at

the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, conducted the study. It cov-ers the total economic impact associated with SCPA operations and users during 2014. As a region focused on the type of solid economic development that creates well-paying jobs for our citizens and a future of prosperity for our State, the Upstate should celebrate the remark-able success of our State’s port. We were espe-cially pleased to learn SCPA gained the support and approval needed to deepen the harbor to 52 feet, which is essential to remain competitive in the global economy with the new commercial ships that are so much larger than in the past.

The harbor deepening project is scheduled to be complete by 2020, and that will empower our port system to continue the momentum so important to our economy. In his State of the Port last month, SCPA president and CEO Jim Newsome expressed great optimism for the fu-ture. “The Port has a highly talented and skilled workforce,” he said. “And with the commitment of our entire maritime community, I am confi-dent that SCPA’s best years are ahead.”

Those of us in the Upstate who live, work and raise our families many miles away from the coast can be grateful. We live in a state whose leaders back in 1942 had the vision to create a public-private partnership capable of embrac-ing technologies and massive ships traversing the world at speeds they never dreamed pos-sible.

Somehow, those early leaders intuitively knew, by creating SCPA, they were innovating something future generations would need to prosper. And that tradition continues today. In 2015, South Carolina is blessed to have a port system that empowers our small state to play a big role in the world economy.

This guest editorial was submitted by John Lummus, president and CEO of the Upstate SC Alliance

Study: State ports critical to Upstate economy

REFLECTIONS

RICK EZELLPastor, Greer First Baptist Church

Management issues

“Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things” (1 Chronicles 29:12 NIV).

God has given us two hands—one to receive with and the other to give

with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing. It we fail to fulfill this divine duty and privilege we have missed the meaning of Christianity.”—Billy Graham

A theological thread run-ning throughout the Bible is: God owns everything. David’s prayer regarding the gifts that had been given by the people of Israel for the building of a permanent temple in Jerusalem reflects this truth. He under-stood that everything he owned and possessed came from God. In like manner, everything you and I have comes from God. Everything.

We are managers, not own-ers, of what God has placed in our trust. The days we live, the positions we fill, the children we nurture, the people we in-fluence, the homes we inhabit, the things we use, the money in our accounts—all must be rec-ognized as belonging to some-one else. Of these, the steward-ship of money can be the most challenging. Martin Luther astutely observed: “There are three conversions necessary: the conversion of the heart, the mind and the purse. Of these three, it may well be that we find the conversion of the purse most difficult.”

Let’s get one thing straight: God doesn’t need your money. What he wants is what money represents. And that is your heart. A heart that is generous toward God and the things of God is a heart that is close to God.

Devenger Bridge

paranormal investigation

I decided to do my own para-normal investigation last week. With a chill in the air and

my wits just barely about me, I maneuvered a few beautiful Taylors neighborhoods to find quite possibly the most terrify-ing locale in our coverage area – the Devenger Road Bridge.

Maybe you’ve heard the stories. Maybe you haven’t. If you haven’t, it’s likely because you don’t scour the Internet searching for column ideas each week. A frightening bridge in our area makes for a great column. Or maybe it doesn’t. I’ll let you be the judge.

Anyway, I arrive at the bridge, and you’ll never guess what I found. A bridge. Sur-rounded by an immaculately manicured golf course--Thorn-blade that is. The most ghastly thing I saw was a golfer slice his ball into the creek. He cursed a lot.

Legend has it that one Hal-loween night, a woman and her kids were killed on the bridge when a truck struck their car. The woman, clearly a genius, had stopped her car in the mid-dle of the bridge and got out to retrieve something from the trunk. That’s when they were hit. Today, unique people write on unique websites that if you stop your car in the middle of the bridge, the woman’s ghost will push you safely across. Meanwhile the woman’s kids will climb in your car and eat your Candy Corn. I may have fabricated that last part; the rest is completely true.

I stopped on the middle of the bridge to get a nudge from an apparently very robust ghost, but I didn’t move at all. It may have been because it wasn’t Halloween or because it was 4 p.m. on a Wednesday (I wanted to do this on company time) or because I only paused for a millisecond (no reason to disrupt the flow of traffic), but nothing happened. How incred-ibly terrifying. As an investiga-tor, I suppose it’s my job to of-ficially state: though conditions were not optimal for ghoulish occurrences, and it was not Halloween, the only activity I saw Thursday at Devenger Bridge was a very unhappy man hunting his golf ball.

The horses, with coats like

mirrors and braided to

perfection, entered the arena

one at a time, jumped a course

of difficult hurdles the size of

SUVs and this girl, completely

in my element, was like a kid in

a candy store.

Tree lighting, parade areDec. 4, 6

The City of Greer recent-ly released its schedule for Christmas events, reveal-ing many of the same fan favorites from 2014.

Breakfast with Santa will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Cannon Centre from 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 11 a.m. Tickets go on sale Nov. 2 from 4-6 p.m. in the first floor business lobby at Greer City Hall. A queue will be formed at the entry facing Line St. and ticket requests will be processed in order.

Remaining tickets will be on sale at City Hall dur-ing normal business hours (8 a.m. - 5 p.m.) Nov. 3 until sold out. Phone and internet sales will not be accepted.

In addition to a hot breakfast, the event offers arts and crafts for children of all ages and a visit with Santa Claus. A profession-al photographer will be on site, although families are welcome to use their own cameras and camcorders.

Christmas in Greer kicks off Dec. 1 for revelers 18 and older (ID required at the door) when the city hosts a charity event for Cops for Tots at the Can-non Centre. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for National Lampoon’s Christmas Va-cation: A Tacky Sweater Christmas Party. Admis-

sion is a new, unopened toy for the Cops for Tots program. In addition to the film, guests wear-ing tacky sweaters may win a Christmas Vacation themed prize.

The lighting of the City Christmas Tree is set for Dec. 4 following a program in the City Park Amphithe-ater. Santa will greet chil-dren in Greer Station fol-lowing the tree lighting.

The annual Christmas Parade to benefit Greer Re-lief and Resources will roll down W. Poinsett St. and N. Main St. on Dec. 6.

I never had the chance or opportunity to visit the old Allen Bennett hospital. But for the last thirty-six years, I have driven past it at some time or another and looked into its dark, glass windows wondering what she was really like inside. They say that once you’ve seen one, you have seen them all, but I’d like to differ with that state-ment. Each building has its own character just like humans; it has its own creaks and groans, light and darkness, smells and odors. The hallways are both warm and soft or bland and lifeless. From the outside of the building, standing on Wade Hamp-ton Blvd., and looking at this strong, bold, dark brick multi-story struc-ture, facing the mountains with its head erect and chest puffed out in pride, she tells the world to look at me.

For years I passed by this building, daydreaming how I could save the grand structure. Then I thought, “What if I could win the Lot-tery,” then I could save her from the chopping block I daydreamed thousands of times of ways I would redi-rect her mission from be-ing just another hospital to a “Veteran’s Recovery Center.” I would buy the structure and spend an equal amount to get her refitted for her new mis-sion. I would set up a new administration depart-ment, which all of the lo-cal American Legions and Veterans of Foreign Wars Commanders would have an equal say on how it should be administrated. And they will serve her, as volunteers to be advisors and directors, just like their local post. Only the staff will be paid for their services.

They say that people

heal faster when they are at home, rather than be-ing stuck at some far away hospital. Thousands of veterans call the Upstate home, even if they weren’t born or raised here. Once this red clay gets into their clothes, and the Blue Ridge Mountains get into their heart, it becomes home and there’s no going back. The Upstate has be-come my home and I feel alone whenever I get too far away from the Upstate and the hazy Blue Ridge.

Several months ago, I saw an article in The Greer Citizen about the demoli-tion that was planned for this site if someone didn’t come up with the funds to save her or other op-tions for the hospital. I then went into action and called the person that was in charge of the property, Mr. Reno Deaton. I asked if he had made the final de-cision on the hospital, and he said “No.” So I wrote a letter to John Helms, Head Commander of the Ameri-can Legion National Head-quarters in Indiana, and John Collins, American Legion State Commander of State Carolina. I asked them to step in and save this fine structure for our veterans as a rehabilita-tion center or a daycare facility; a place where vet-erans could come by, sit and visit with each other. I was told that neither one could do anything about it because they had no power to purchase. I was dumbfounded and didn’t know where else to turn until I remembered my friend Mike Collins, Post Commander of Post 250 in Tryon. I emailed him a copy of my letter and he passed it to his son who put it into the hands of a state representative whose name I cannot remember. They all thought it was a

grand idea, and then it was shelved. With all the talk about who is going to be elected President, and the juggling around to save ones job or how to get re-elected, these fine men have been blinded. They were too busy trying to save their jobs instead of giving a veteran a place close to home to recover from their mental or phys-ical injuries.

With all my heart, I wish that I had started this cru-sade many years ago. Now I feel I let my fellow veter-ans down, and I, too, have to say good-bye to a dream and to an old friend, the old Allen Bennett Memo-rial Hospital.

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Farewell, Allen Bennett

City of Greer sets event schedule for December


Byrnes High School will soon be expanding its campus following another purchase of acreage from Startex-Jackson-Well-ford-Duncan Water Dis-trict.

Dr. Greg Wood, assis-tant superintendent of administration and op-erations, advised the Dis-trict Five School Board of

Trustees to purchase nine acres valued at $12,500 per acre for a total cost of $229,500. Board mem-ber Michael Thompson made the motion and it passed unanimously.

The purchase comes on the heels of the dis-trict purchasing about 10 acres for the same price per acre back in June. Together these two pur-chases would boost the acreage on the Byrnes

campus from 44 to 63 acres.

Wood said that the land could be used for playing fields or practice fields. He advised against using the space for park-ing since it would be far from the school. Two of the nine acres to be pur-chased are wetland and cannot be disturbed.

Money for the land comes from the building fund balance.

District 5 talks land acquisition

KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE | THE GREER CITIZEN

District Five teachers Alicia Crutchlow, left photo, and Diane McAlister, right photo, were recognized by the school board Monday night. They are pictured with Scott Turner.

APALACHE BAPTIST ‘GOLDEN HEARTS’ EVENT

On, Oct. 29 the senior adults plan to meet at “Laurenda’s “restaurant at 6 p.m. for their annual Halloween “Trick or Treat” party and meal. A large group of ABC seniors usu-ally attend this event.

HOLY SMOKE BBQ SET FOR OCT. 31

Covenant United Meth-odist Church will have its annual Holy Smoke BBQ on Oct. 31 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will take place in the church’s gym.

The church is located at 1310 Old Spartanburg Rd. BBQ plates are being sold for $8 a plate for pulled pork or chicken. Tickets may be purchased at the church office or online at covumc.org.

All proceeds from the BBQ will go towards local missions.

BLUE RIDGE BAPTIST FALL EVENT OCT. 31

Blue Ridge Baptist Church will hold its fall festival on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 5:30-7 p.m.

MARIETTA FIRST HOSTS BIBLE ADVENTURE OCT. 31

Marietta First Baptist Church will hold Bible Adventure Candy Trail at Hallo-lujah Night on Sat-urday, Oct. 31, from 5-8 p.m. The church is located at 2936 Geer Highway in Marietta.

CLEARVIEW BAPTISTHOLDING TRUNK OR TREAT

Clearview Baptist Church will hold Trunk or Treat on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 5-8 p.m. The church is located at 5611 State Park Road in Travelers Rest.

VERITAS IN CONCERT WITH TAYLORS WORSHIP CHOIR

Veritas and Taylors Wor-ship Choir will be in con-cert on Sunday, Nov. 1, 6 p.m.

They will present ar-rangements from “The Lord’s Prayer” to “I Can Only

Imagine” and Switch-foot’s “Dare You to Move.” This is a free concert with a love offering. Childcare is available through age 5.

GRACE HOSTS VETERANS’ DAY CELEBRATION

Grace United Methodist Church at 627 Taylor Road in Greer will host a special Veterans’ Day Celebration on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. as part of our wor-ship service.

All veterans in the com-munity are invited and welcome as we celebrate your service to America. Uniforms, ribbons, and medals are appropriate at-tire.

For more information, please call 877-7015, or visit us on the web at gracegreer.org.

FAMILY FALL FESTIVAL AT MOUNTAIN VIEW UMC

A Family Fall Festival is set for Sunday, Nov. 8, at Mountain View United Methodist Church, 6525 Mountain View Road, Tay-lors (across the road from Mountain View Elemen-tary).

There will be worship at 10:30 a.m. with free lunch at noon. Fall Festival activ-ities include: inflatables, games, prizes, face paint-ing and more until 3 p.m.

Contact 895-8532 for more information.

MARIETTA FIRST BAPTISTHOSTS ANNUAL BAZAAR

Marietta First Baptist Church will hold its an-nual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The event will feature handmade crafts,

baked goods and direct sales companies.

The church is located at 2936 Geer Highway in Marietta. For more infor-mation on being a vendor, email [email protected].

MARIETTA CHURCH STEAK DINNER NOV. 21

Marietta First Baptist Church will host a steak dinner to benefit Nicara-gua Missions on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 6 p.m. Randy Bradley, Director of Mis-sions, and Andy Cancella will share their testimo-nies.

Tickets are $10 per per-son and include rib eye steak, salad, bread, baked potato, tea and dessert.

The church is located at 2936 Geer Highway in Marietta.

Proceeds will benefit the Nicaragua Mission Trip.


A dream has been built and is ready to be inhab-ited by first-time hom-eowner Stacey Greene and her two children D’andre, 9, and Nateyah, 7.

Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County dedicat-ed its 330th house on Fri-day in the Abigail Springs subdivision in Taylors.

Standing on her new front porch, Greene was overcome with emotion, saying the home was “something we’ve been dreaming about for a while now. To finally see it here and literally in my hands is like a real big dream come true.”

She thanked everyone who helped with the build as well as her mother, her inspiration.

“With her support, of course, and pushing me to do everything I can in the Habitat program, again, that’s why we’re standing here today.”

A number of people

stood with her on Friday, sharing her front porch. One such person was Tom-my Blackmon, chairman of

the board, for Greenville Habitat. He spoke to those who made construction possible.

“You’ve also built a leg-acy that will endure for years as a monument to the way a group of people can work together to love their neighbors,” he said.

His words seemed es-pecially poignant consid-ering that this particular home was a community build involving more than

60 organizations. The dedication ceremony also involved other Habitat families. Those families invited the Greene fam-ily to the neighborhood, bearing gifts of a tool kit, quilts and a Bible.

Monroe Free, president and CEO of Habitat Green-ville, said the celebration was fulfilling on several different levels.

“We began the Abigail Springs subdivision nearly seven years ago, and in completing it today, we can see how far our or-ganization has come and how far these homeown-ers have come, in making dreams into realities,” he said.

Abigail Springs is a unique neighborhood in that it’s comprised of houses constructed by both Habitat and Homes of Hope. Free said it’s the first time in the county that two affordable hous-ing agencies have cooper-

ated on something like this in a neighborhood.

“God’s work is best ac-complished when people from different perspec-tives come together, join hands to do the work in his name,” he said.

With that, Free invited the Greene family and oth-er Abigail Springs hom-eowners to come forward and cut a ribbon at the entrance to the neighbor-hood. They now have an 0inviting sign welcoming them into the neighbor-hood.

Standing in front of the sign, Free reflected on Habitat’s 30 years in Greenville County.

“Hitting the 30 year mile-stone is a big deal for any organization, but for us, it means that these fami-lies have 30 years’ worth of opportunities that they wouldn’t have had other-wise.”


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Habitat for Humanity celebrates 330 homes

KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE | THE GREER CIITIZEN

The Greene family saw their home dedicated last Friday.

‘God’s work is best

accomplished

when people

from different

perspectives come

together, join hands

to do the work in his

name.’

Monroe FreePresident and CEO, Habitat Greenville

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wednesday, october 28, 2015 page label the greer citizen a7

The City of Greer has a simple message for chil-dren who want to learn more about services and programs offered by their local municipality: Get out your crayons or markers and have fun.

The city has produced “At Home in the City of Greer,” a 32-page coloring and activity book designed to help children learn more about city government and services.

“Students begin learn-ing about all levels of government early in their elementary school careers so a coloring book with familiar events and land-marks seemed like the ide-al way to introduce them to city government,” said Steve Owens, communica-tions manager for the City of Greer. “The city offers services and programs that touch their families’ lives every day and this is a fun way to introduce those. Who knows? Maybe it will spark a desire for the young people to be-come more involved in local government as they grow older.”

The book includes such local landmarks as Greer City Hall, Greer City Park, Kids Planet Playground, Greer Station and the Po-lice and Court Complex. Children may color pic-tures of city firefighters, police officers and build-ing inspectors, as well as such events as Freedom Blast, the International Festival and Moonlight Movies. Services represent everything from the recy-cling program to youth sports.

Owens said branding the coloring book to Greer was important so children would recognize buildings and scenes from events they attend. He connect-ed with Greer native Roy Miller, Jr., a talented artist who spent his own child-hood in Greer and now resides in Philadelphia, to create the art.

A graduate of the Phila-delphia College of Art, Mill-er’s work has graced the covers of the Strawbridge & Clothier Christmas cata-log and has appeared in the Toronto Star, Ebony, the Saturday Evening Post children’s magazines, In-side Magazine, the Jewish Exponent, and The Greer Citizen. His work has been

highlighted at the Greer Heritage Museum and an example of his building artwork hangs in the Greer State Bank boardroom.

“I’m proud that the city picked me to be of as-sistance in the book’s creation. I love my home-town. I have many good memories from my child-hood days there until we

moved when I was eight years old,” Miller said.

Free copies of the col-oring and activity book are being offered at Greer City Hall located at 301 E. Poinsett St. and the City of Greer Operations Center at 446 Pennsylvania Ave. Digital copies of the books may also be downloaded at www.cityofgreer.org.

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SHAUN MOSS | THE GREER CITIZEN

Pumpkins on displayStudents at Skyland Elementary kicked o� literacy week with a character costume contest and a character pumpkin decorating contest.

‘I’m proud that the

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(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.)

CDVAshley Nicole Black, 30,

of 405 Pelham St. in Greer has been charged with criminal domestic violence (second).

According to an incident report supplied by Greer Police, an officer respond-ed to the above address to investigate a domestic dis-turbance call. Black said she had bitten the alleged victim on both arms when he tried to choke her. The victim had bite marks on his forearms that were swollen and bleeding.

A witness said that he’d seen Black hit the victim several times in the front yard and then bite him. The subject was taken into custody and charged with domestic violence. She had no marks on her body that corroborated her ver-sion of events.

PUBLIC DRUNKENNESSAnthony Trarohan

Greene, 39, of 356 Al-len St. in Woodruff has been charged with public drunkenness.

According to a Greer Police incident report, an officer responded to Har-bor Freight on West Wade Hampton Blvd to reports of a suspicious person. There, they found Greene, agitated and telling a story about someone dropping him off and leaving with his car. A sobriety test was issued and flunked, and Greene was placed un-der arrest.

His mother told the of-ficer that he was using drugs and had fabricated the same car story on sev-eral prior occasions.

He was transported to Greer City Jail.

MULTIPLE CHARGESAlan Ray Starnes, 60, of

447 Butler Road in Lyman has been charged with driving under the influ-ence, resisting arrest and hit and run.

According to an incident report filed by Greer Po-lice, officers responded to an address on 10th St. to investigate a complaint of a white Ford Ranger that had struck someone’s parked vehicle. Soon, an-other report came in that the same vehicle had been involved in an additional collision at the intersec-tion of Victor Hill Rd. and Highway 80.

Upon arriving at the

scene, the officer found the truck overturned in a ditch. Starnes was stum-bling around the wrecked vehicle and threatened to beat up a medic who ar-rived at the scene to check him for injuries. When he resisted arrest, the officer took him down with an armbar. After he was tak-en to the police station, he again became belligerent and refused all testing for blood-alcohol measure-ments.

He was placed in a hold-ing cell to sober up.

PUBLIC DRUNKENNESSRichard Eric Mayfield,

35, of 111 Burgess Dr. in Greer has been charged with public drunkenness.

According to the Greer Police incident report, of-ficers went looking for a drunken driver after it was reported that a car barely missed striking two pe-destrians.

The car in question was located at the corner of East Poinsett and Victo-ria Ave. Two pedestrians said he’d left the car and walked up Trade Street. Officers found him inside Rhythm and Brews, drunk at the bar.

They had to explain to him four times that he’d almost hit two pedestrians with his car. He was ar-rested and transported go Greer City Jail.

MULTIPLE CHARGES Holli Elizabeth Johnson,

30, of 702 Poplar Drive Ex. in Greer has been charged with Possession of Meth-amphetamine With Intent to distribute, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of drug para-phernalia.

According to an inci-dent report submitted by Greer Police, an officer spotted Johnson speed-ing on Cannon St. and ran her license. It came back expired, and he pulled her over in the parking lot of Citizens Building and Loan on Trade St. Knowing the other person inside the car had a criminal history, a K-9 unit was called to the scene.

Police found some met-al knuckles in Johnson’s purse and two cut straws in the driver’s side door. Johnson admitted to hav-ing some meth on her per-son. At the jail, approxi-mately six grams were retrieved that field tested positive for meth.

The officer obtained a warrant charging Johnson with Possession With In-tent to Distribute.

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According to a Greer Po-lice Incident Report, the victim, Jordan Wilson, was picking up three people (Devageo Talley, Patrick Prince and Michael Shell) at Prince Circle in his 1997 Nissan when the vehicle began taking fire from Crummey, who was “run-ning towards his car with a small black semiautomatic pistol in his hand.”

Wilson stated in the re-port that Crummey “fired multiple shots,” striking Wilson’s vehicle in the driver’s side window and one of the tires. Wilson sped away from the scene and went to a friend’s

house, according to the report.

Greer Police responded to the scene, where they found seven .380 cartridge casings on the ground. The shell casings were given to the Greer City Police De-partment to be placed into evidence.

Crummey was positively identified in a lineup, ac-cording to the report.

The investigation re-mains ongoing.


Greer law enforcement officials are looking into an apparent home inva-sion that occurred at Leg-acy Crescent Park. The victim, who lives at 327 Elizabeth Sarah Blvd., told police that two men broke into the residence and stole several items while she was inside last Thurs-day night.

According to the inci-dent report, the victim was in her living room around 10:45 that evening when she heard a knock on the door. Believing it was her boyfriend, she opened the door.

A man she didn’t know who introduced himself as “Jay” was at the door, and when the victim tried to close the door, another man in a Halloween mask appeared from behind the first man and put a gun to her head. That man held

her at gunpoint as the subject “Jay” began rum-maging through the place looking for valuables. A short time later, the other subject asked her to lead him to the valuables. She took him to the bedroom and pointed him towards the computer and jew-elry. He then grabbed her hair and pulled her back towards the living room. After telling her to lie face-down and count to 50, the two men left.

The stolen items were collectively valued at around $7,000. The “Jay” subject is described as around 5’6 with bad teeth and acne. The other was wearing a plastic mask with fake blood on it. If you have any information on this case, please con-tact the Greer Police im-mediately.

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Breaking records

It was a record-setting week for a couple of lo-cal high school football

players.Greer’s Mario Cusano

and Blue Ridge’s Jason Sammons each worked their way into the history books with stellar perfor-mances in week nine, and what’s even better is that we get to see them square off against each other Friday night.

I’ll admit, I had to do a double take when I glanced at the stat sheet from the Blue Ridge/Chapman game last Thursday.

“He had how many yards?” I asked coach Shane Clark in disbelief.

Sammons, along with his quarterback Jake Smith, was on fire. He caught 15 passes for four touchdowns while setting a state record for most receiving yards in a game with 434 through the air.

I can’t even accomplish those stats on Madden, let alone on an actual football field.

It was fun chatting with him Monday after-noon. During practice, he walked up to me with a grin on his face.

“Were you just in the zone?” I asked him.

“Throughout the game, I kind of started to realize what was happening and I started wondering how many yards I had,” Sam-mons said. “Coach Clark called me the next day and told me it was 434. I was like ‘that’s insane.’”

Insane indeed, but even more insane considering he’s only a junior. And the quarterback that threw him all those passes? A sophomore.

Success doesn’t always show up in the win-loss column, and Blue Ridge is a perfect example of that. This team is far better than it’s 2-7 record, and I look for them to make some noise in their final game of the season.

Which brings me to Greer.

Mario Cusano is out-standing quarterback. Having transferred in from Connecticut as a sophomore, Cusano has been a big reason the Yellow Jackets have been successful over the last two years.

He’s developed his skills as a passer, he’s become a legitimate threat in the running game and his positive attitude is contagious around his teammates.

Last Friday against Southside, he became Greer’s all-time passing leader with 5,666 yards, surpassing his coach, Mazzie Drummond.

Drummond was ecstatic for him after the game.

“It’s like a coach’s dream to be able to coach a kid that breaks the record you set in high school,” Drummond said. “I set out to be great when I was in school, but I said all along, if Mario can stay focused and he worked hard, he could be better than I was when I was in school. Today, it’s just a happy day.”

Cusano was humble after breaking the record, giving plenty of credit to his teammates and coaches.

“I’m blessed to be able to play for such a great community,” he said. “They’ve always got my back and I’ve got theirs.”

Regardless of what hap-pens this Friday, Greer is going to be a major threat in the playoffs this sea-son. I fully expect them to finally get over the hump and make a state title appearance. It’s very rare that you make history, but knowing how much hard work these two put in each day allows you to understand why they’ve been so successful.

Boys capture school’s first titleBY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLESTAFF WRITER

Fifteen Eastside boys traveled to Columbia for the Oct. 17 AAA swimming state championship, and all 15 scored on their way to winning the school’s first-ever championship.

Individually, each athlete could celebrate his accom-plishments, but the team’s collective effort is what makes it special. Not only did the team accomplish something no Eaststide swim team has ever done, but it also helped one of its own persevere when he didn’t think he could.

Matthew Berman is a senior on the team. He loves to swim and is con-fident in his teammates. However, Berman’s father, Mark, learned a few weeks before the state champi-onships that his pancre-atic cancer had returned. He had missed most of the previous season being treated for his cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Now, just before Matthew’s chance to help take homea state championship, Mark

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During loss to ChapmanBY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR

A record setting per-formance from wide out Jason Sammons was not enough to give Blue Ridge its third win of the season, as the Tigers fell 52-49 to Chapman on the road last Thursday.

The Tigers now only have a home matchup with Greer remaining on the schedule, having dropped their last four games.

“It was a big night for us offensively, we just had a hard time trying to stop them,” Blue Ridge coach Shane Clark said. “It’s frus-trating because we were able to fight back. With the season going the way it has, they’ve shown that they’re not going to fold and that they’re going to play until the very end.”

Blue Ridge had to fight back from the opening kickoff, falling behind ear-ly in the first 14-0.

“We got down early on in the game, but we were able to fight back to make it 24-24 at the half,” Clark said. “It was the same sto-ry in the second half. We got down a few scores, but we were able to fight back again.”

The Tigers, however, were lifted by the perfor-mance of quarterback Jake Smith went 24-39 for 601 yards, throwing five touch-downs and Sammons, who set the state record for re-ception yards in a game, notching 434 yards on 15 catches.

Sammons recorded four of Blue Ridge’s touch-downs.

“I knew he was getting on up there (in yardage) midway through the third quarter,” Clark said. “I thought, ‘man, is this re-ally happening? Is he re-ally catching all these?’ He made some great plays and he’s very capable of doing that.”

The junior was only 22 yards shy of tying the na-tional record for receiving yards in a game.

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Cusano makes schoolhistoryBY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR

The Yellow Jackets are Peach Blossom champi-ons once again, and their quarterback is now in the school’s history books.

Mario Cusano surpassed Mazzie Drummond on Greer’s all-time passing leader list, setting a new re-cord of 5,729 career yards en route to his team’s 48-14 win over Southside.

“The day he got here, I knew he was a special kid,” Drummond said. “We’ve had a close bond from day one. It wasn’t easy, but he’s a kid that’s willing to put in the work, grind every day and get better every day.

“It’s like a coach’s dream to be able to coach a kid

that breaks the record you set in high school,” Drum-mond added. “I set out to be great when I was in school, but I said all along, if Mario can stay focused and he worked hard, he could be better than I was

when I was in school. To-day is just a happy day.”

Cusano completed 19 of 24 passes, throwing for more than 300 yards and four touchdowns during the Jackets’ ninth win of the season.

“I knew he was close,” Drummond said. “Every-body was asking me, ‘could he get it?’ I was hoping he

could all the way. It’s just something that doesn’t happen every day.”

“I’m blessed to be able to play for such a great community,” Cusano said. “They’ve always got my back and I’ve got theirs. (Drummond has) been so influential in my career, not just (with football), but with growing up and becoming a man. We’ve got a bond that’s going to be there forever.”

Dorian Lindsey led the Greer receivers with four catches for 114 yards and a touchdown. Alex Syph-ertt also caught a touch-down pass off six catches and more than 70 yards.

Adrian McGee boosted his stats in the win, scor-ing through the air and on the ground, racking up 93 more rushing yards on the season. With three more yards, McGee will eclipse the 1,000-yard mark on the ground in week 10.

“Our kids played a great ball game,” Greer coach Will Young said. “They came in ready to do what they needed to do on both

SEE GREER | B6

Sammons breaks state record

Yellow Jackets snag Peach Blossom title

‘It’s like a coach’s

dream to be able

to coach a kid that

breaks the record

you set in high

school.’

Mazzie DrummondGreer assistant coach


Mario Cusano became Greer’s all-time leader in passing yards last Friday at Dooley Field.

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

Jason Sammons caught 15 passes for 434 yards Thursday.

SWIMMING FOR STATE

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The Eastside boys swim team recently celebrated its � rst-ever state championship in Columbia.


The Riverside boys and girls swim teams took home state titles this season, marking the third straight title for each program. Above, seniors from the winning teams design their state championship rings.

EASTSIDE RIVERSIDETeams win third title ina rowBY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLESTAFF WRITER

An experienced coach and a dedicated team of athletes combined to do something no other swim program in South Carolina has ever done – have both the girls and boys win the state championship three years in a row.

For some, the possibility provided the motivation.

“We really wanted to win three times in a row be-cause no body had done it before,” senior Jessica Horomanski said.

“We had to defend our state championship. That was kind of our goal.”

“I just kept thinking about what it would be like when I got back to school on Monday and be like ‘Yeah we won for the third year in a row,’” se-nior Charlie Jason said.

Coach Eddie Hughes is used to winning.

In his 19 years as coach, the girls have won 11 championships and the boys six.

For them to win at the same time and for the third year in a row makes it extremely special.

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B2 THE GREER CITIZEN SPORTS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015

RIVERSIDE HIGH“Warriors”

HEAD COACH - PHIL SMITHAUG. 28 0 EASTSIDE 25SEPT. 4 6 GREER 49SEPT. 11 0 at WOODMONT 32SEPT. 18 3 HILLCREST 70SEPT. 25 7 SPARTANBURG 55OCT. 2 0 B. SPRINGS 52OCT. 9 7 BYRNES 76OCT. 15 14 MAULDIN 49OCT. 23 10 J.L. MANN 37OCT. 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 14 GAFFNEY 28SEPT. 25 28 B. SPRINGS 23OCT. 2 7 SPARTANBURG 17OCT. 9 76 RIVERSIDE 7OCT. 16 56 JL MANN 7OCT. 23 35 MAULDIN 19OCT. 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 33 BLUE RIDGE 21SEPT. 25 31 CHAPMAN 27OCT. 2 7 GREER 48OCT. 9 16 SOUTHSIDE 27OCT. 16 41 BEREA 13OCT. 23 20 TRAVELERS REST 21OCT. 30 EMERALD

BLUE RIDGE HIGH“Fighting Tigers”

HEAD COACH - SHANE CLARKAUG. 28 24 WADE HAMPTON 28SEPT. 4 27 JL MANN 18SEPT. 11 0 STEPHENS CO.21SEPT. 18 21 EASTSIDE 33SEPT. 25 30 BEREA 27OCT. 2 28 EMERALD 49OCT. 9 28 TRAV. REST 33OCT. 16 14 SOUTHSIDE 20OCT. 22 49 CHAPMAN 52OCT. 30 GREER

THIS WEEK’S GAMES

CHAPMAN 52 BLUE RIDGE 49 GREER 48 SOUTHSIDE 14J.L. MANN 37 RIVERSIDE 10 BYRNES 35 MAULDIN 19TRAV. REST 21 EASTSIDE 20

GREER at BLUE RIDGERIVERSIDE WADE HAMPTONBYRNES DORMANEASTSIDE EMERALD

GREER HIGH“Yellow Jackets”

HEAD COACH - WILL YOUNGAUG. 28 40 CLINTON 8SEPT. 4 49 RIVERSIDE 6SEPT. 11 35 UNION 28SEPT. 18 39 EMERALD 20SEPT. 25 41 TRAV. REST 13OCT. 2 48 EASTSIDE 7OCT. 9 61 BEREA 0OCT. 16 35 CHAPMAN 21OCT. 23 48 SOUTHSIDE 14OCT. 30 at BLUE RIDGE

WEEKLY FOOTBALL WRAP

LAST WEEK’S SCORES

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK DEFENSE

Hayden MitchemBHS

DJ SittonGHS

OFFENSE

Noah HannonGHS

Jason SammonsBRHS


A few late scores by the Mauldin Mavericks were not enough to overcome a 28-0 deficit against Byrnes last Friday night at Free-man Field. The visitors took the contest 35-19 to improve to 8-1 overall.

The Rebels jumped out to the lead behind a cou-ple of stellar passes from quarterback Micah Young to wideout Bouvier How-ard. The receiver credited his teammates in making his 32 and 49-yard touch-down catches.

“Micah was making great passes and the oth-ers receivers running good routes and getting me open,” Howard said.

He finished the game with seven catches for 163 yards.

Young attributed the win to the team’s preparation.

“We practiced hard this

week,” he said. “We knew the game plan. How we just had to fight through whatever adversity we faced and we came out and played tonight.”

The defense also showed up. They didn’t allow any points until the second half when the home team returned a kickoff to the Byrnes’ 22-yard line. Jason Labrador then ran in for six points to get the team on the board. They missed the extra point, but didn’t give up, surprising the Rebels with an onside kick recovery. Quarterback Dre Harris threw downfield and drew a passing inter-ference call. They then scored on a 10-yard pass from Harris to Hunter Dawsey.

The penalty highlighted Byrnes’ biggest problem on the night. The Rebels were penalized 16 times for 172 yards. The fans that made the trip from

Duncan voiced their dis-pleasure with many of the flags.

“I heard the fans tonight with all the flags,” head coach Brian Lane said. “They were helping us with the officials and get-ting on them like that.”

At one point a touch-down pass was called back on a holding call. At another point a penalty was called on the Byrnes’ sideline, moving the Reb-els out of reasonable field goal range. The Rebels at-tempted the 51-yard kick anyways but were unable to convert.

With all of the flags, the team kept its composure, and Coach Brian Lane commended his boys on continuing to play.

“We overcame a lot of adversity with the pen-alties,” he said after the game. “I like how our boys played through it and did what we had to do.”

BY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR

Special teams struggles plagued the Eagles last Friday night, as Eastside dropped a critical match-up with Travelers Rest, 21-20.

With only one game re-maining on the regular season schedule, Eastside now sits at 5-4 with a 3-3 mark in the region.

Eastside got on the board first, scoring on its open-ing drive. Drake Garrett plowed through the pile at the 1-yard-line, giving the Eagles a 7-0 advantage.

Eastside extended the lead six minutes later, as quarterback T.J. Gist found Shamarius Rucker in the end zone after an 85-yard drive to put the Eagles on top 14-0.

Travelers Rest got some-thing going in the second quarter, however, narrow-ing the margin to 14-7 with just over three min-utes remaining before the half.

Eastside nearly tacked on three more before the break, but kicker Alex Woznick missed a 42-yard try as time expired.

The momentum shifted in the third quarter. After a Qualen Anderson inter-ception, Eastside drove

the ball into Devildog ter-ritory, ultimately attempt-ing another long field goal. The kick was blocked, however, and Travel-ers Rest returned it for a touchdown with just over a minute remaining in the quarter.

The Devildogs added another score a few mo-

ments later, securing a 21-14 lead over Eastside early in the fourth quarter. Af-ter a T.J. Gist touchdown, Eastside’s kicking woes continued and the extra point was blocked, making the score 21-20 with time ticking away in the fourth.

Eastside had an opportu-nity to win the game with

under a minute remain-ing, but a 45-yard attempt from Woznick sailed wide and Travelers Rest sealed the win.

Eastside will host Emer-ald this Friday during the regular season finale. Kick-off is set for 7:30 p.m.


RHS falls to MannRemains winless on seasonBY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR

The victory Riverside has been searching for all sea-son is becoming more elu-sive as the season comes to a close.

The winless Warriors dropped a game to J.L. Mann last Friday, falling 37-10 on the road.

“That was a tough one to lose,” head coach Phil Smith said. “We were ready. We had a good week of practice. It just didn’t happen.”

The Warriors struck first, as Aaron Odom found Robert Morrow on a 25-yard touchdown route to put Riverside on top 7-0.

The lead wouldn’t last, however, as J.L. Mann an-swered right back, scoring on its next drive.

“We had some really pos-itive things happen early,” Smith said. “We scored on our first possession and the defense really battled throughout the first half.”

Riverside got a field goal in the second quarter, but the Riverside offense found no room to work in the second half.

“I’m not quite sure what happened,” Smith said. “We were moving the ball well, but all of the sudden, we just got shut down. We completed a few balls here and there, but we couldn’t get it back in the end zone.”

The Warriors had a dif-ficult time stopping Mann running back Josh Samu-el, who rushed for three touchdowns on the night.

“I told the kids before the game that it was going to come down to which team was more physical,” Smith said. “As the game went on, they were able to consistently pound the ball. We tried to get fresh legs in there, but it took its toll.”

Despite the loss, Smith said he was impressed with his team’s ability to create opportunities in the trenches.

“We did create some good holes up front. We had a few linemen who came up with some huge blocks,” he said. “When Aaron (Odom) had time to throw the ball, I thought he threw it well.”

Riverside will take on Wade Hampton this Friday at home. It will be senior night for the Warriors.


Wade Hampton has changed its style this sea-son, and that bodes well for the Warriors as they enter week 10 of the regu-lar season.

The Generals have ad-opted the spread offense, which will make them eas-ier to game plan for, ac-cording to Riverside coach Phil Smith.

“I’d much rather see this Wade Hampton than the Wing-T Wade Hampton,” Smith said. “We do see a lot of spread and, defen-sively, that’s what we kind of gear up for.”

Smith’s team is still win-less on the season, with games against the Gener-als and Dorman remain-ing.

Wade Hampton will be a tough matchup, however.

“They’ve got good play-ers that are doing good things on offense and defense,” Smith said. “They’ve got a couple of big kids in the middle and an edge rusher that is able to get in the backfield and disrupt some things.

“They run a 4-3, but they’ll give multiple looks up front,” he said. “They’re big, strong guys, so we’ve got to do a good job in protection. We have to be

able to pick up the blitz and make sure their bigs in the middle don’t hurt us too bad.”

On offense, the Generals have shown the ability to score.

“They scored more than 30 points on Spartanburg,” Smith said. “Their biggest weapon is their quarter-back. That kid is unbe-lievable. He’s a track star, so that always presents a danger. With a running quarterback, you can’t re-ally focus in on one thing. You always have to be aware, no matter what.”

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at The Reservation.

Eagles fall to Travelers Rest

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Eastside was unable to stop Travelers Rest in the second half of last Friday’s region battle, falling to the Devildogs 21-20

Warriors take on Generals


Despite a strong � rst quarter, Riverside was unable to maintain a steady � ow of o� ense last Friday, falling to J.L. Mann on the road.

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By Mark VastoFor The Greer ciTizen

one of the weakest statements a person can make includes

the very strong word “judgment.”

Typically, it’s either uttered, or increasingly in this day and age, tapped out via e-mail or instant message, by people pre-tending not to judge you (but you know they are.) That, or it’s uttered by someone who has all but tapped out for a time and informs you that you are free to judge them.

I once worked with an outstanding journalist who one morning walked into the office looking like a million bucks, sat down at her desk, flipped open

her laptop, reached into her bottom right draw and pulled out a glass and bottle of Moscato. She poured herself a drink and without even looking over her pretty blond-tressed shoulder tossed a brassy, “you can judge me” out of the side of her mouth in my direction.

Less than a year later she was dead by the same hand that poured that drink.

Last month, Lamar Odom, an outstanding basketball player, almost died. By the time you read this, he may already be dead. I’m not an epidemi-ologist, but I’m guessing that the odds are stacked

against him living very long without serious care.

I don’t want to add to Lamar Odom’s despair by pointing out that his ac-tions on reality TV and a four-day stay at a Nevada brothel will define him far more than his career as a NBA champion. He’s a smart man. Also, I cannot claim to understand what his personal motivations were in going to this seeming extreme, since I have not talked with him and would not disturb

him in any event.The majority of the

world believes that ultimately only God can judge you. Atheists and sports/celebrity fan/stalkers just judge you themselves, I suppose. My judgment on Lamar Odom is that he’s a good man.

I often employ sarcasm in this column. Not today. Lamar Odom decided to take a portion of his wealth and go have a little fun after being tortured by the Kardashian clan

and their despicable reali-ty TV cartel for years. I try not to loathe people, but it’s been a real test not to loathe the Kardashians. That he has survived this long is a testament to his strength.

This is for you guys out there: If your wife filed for divorce, broadcast it on international TV, and defamed and disparaged you along the way, would you be upset? Assuming you would be, and that you had a friend there to ask what it would take to get you happy again, what would you reply? Well, Lamar Odom’s vision of nirvana was Kentucky Fried Chicken, T-bone steaks and women that he didn’t have to fight ex-boyfriends over and who

didn’t feign interest for ratings on an obscure re-ality show that, sorry Kim and Khloe, nobody will ever care about or miss as soon as it’s gone.

There still are women like Mary Tyler Moore in this world who people don’t remember. The Kardashians may have “broken the Internet” but trust me ... they couldn’t have broken onto the set of “That Girl” or even “Rhoda.”

If you look down on Lamar Odom, leave him alone. He left sports, lost his spirit and survived. Who are you to judge?

If you look up to Lamar Odom, extend your hand and help the man up. I certainly know which side I’m on.

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OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEKNoah Hannon

Position: OLAge: 16Class: Junior

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKD.J. Sitton

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEKHayden Mitchem

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKJason Sammons

#6 Position: WRAge: 16Class: Junior

Parents: Betsy and TimAway from the � eld: Enjoys hanging out with friendsFavorite movie: Lucky OneFavorite video game: Super Smash Bros.Favorite athlete: Barry SandersFavorite artist: Needtobreathe

#10 Position: DLAge: 17Class: Junior

Father: Kelvin MitchemAway from the � eld: Enjoys playing basketball,

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#20 Position: DBAge: 17Class: Senior

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Eastside High’s Urias Cook and Cole Rossi were named Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance linemen of week eight. Pictured, left to right, are Chad Hannon (Owens), coach Rich Hargat, Cook (Defense), Rossi (O� ense), coach Steve Wilson and Chris Crist (Owens).


Greer High’s Quantavious Cohen was named Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance Defensive Player of week eight. Pictured, left to right, are Chad Hannon (Owens), coach Travis Dix, Cohen and Chris Crist (Owens).


Byrnes High’s Demarcus Gregory was named Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance O� ensive Player of week eight. Pictured, left to right, are Chad Hannon (Owens), coach Brian Lane, Gregory and Chris Crist (Owens).


Neither team has any-thing to lose, but they both have bragging rights to gain.

Greer (9-0) and Blue Ridge (2-7) will meet up this Friday night, marking another installment of a rivalry that has produced plenty of drama.

“You can see how much (this game) means to our kids and our community,” Blue Ridge coach Shane Clark said. “The motiva-tion is there. It’s going to come down to execution now.”

The Yellow Jackets have already clinched the re-gion championship and the Tigers are on the out-side looking in at the post-season. But Clark said he isn’t worried about his team giving up, with the biggest game of the year still ahead.

“There have been very few times that Blue Ridge has beaten Greer,” he said. “In my six years here, we’ve done it twice, which is kind of good for us. We’d like to try and do it every year. Our kids know what it takes to do that—we just have to play our best. The motivation will be there.”

Greer is trying to im-prove its play before mak-ing a playoff run they hope will take them all the way to Columbia.

“We want to improve what we’re doing offen-sively, defensively and in the kicking game,” Young said. “Obviously, with it being Blue Ridge, it’s a big rivalry game. That always adds a little bit of spice to it, but that spice only lasts

until about two minutes after the ball kicks off. Once you start playing, it comes down to who ex-ecutes and who performs better on Friday.”

Clark said his team will have its hands full on de-fense.

“They’re a very good football team,” Clark said. “Offensively, I think they’re probably better than they’ve ever been. It’s going to be a really big challenge to try and slow them down there.

They’ve got a lot of speed everywhere and they’ve got a lot of size on the line,” he said. “We’re going to have to try to do some things scheme-wise that will get us into position. That’s what we’re working on this week as a coaching staff and we’ll continue to work with these kids throughout the week.”

Blue Ridge, however, presents some problems of its own.

“They’ve got a receiver that had a heck of a game against Chapman,” Young said. “He caught a bunch of

balls for a bunch of yards, and their quarterback is a good, young player. There are some issues there that you’re going to have to try and defend.

“Vonta Jenkins at run-ning back is always a threat,” he said. “We very familiar with him and what he’s capable of.”

Clark is hoping to mix some things up to catch the Jackets off guard.

“We’ll throw a few chang-es in there,” Clark said. “Hopefully we can find a few ways to be successful and move the ball.”

Greer, on the other hand, will be staying the course that has led them to an un-defeated record.

“We’re going to prepare the same way we’ve pre-pared all year,” Young said. “The object is to try to get better and bet-ter each week, and we’ve got another opportunity against Blue Ridge.”

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Blue Ridge.



As it does most every year, this Friday’s match-up between Byrnes and Dorman will have signifi-cant region implications and will likely set the tone for the postseason.

The Rebels enter the game having only dropped one contest, hoping to se-cure second place in the conference standings.

“It’s definitely a big week for us,” head coach Brian Lane said. “We’re glad it’s a home game and that we’re coming in here off a victory. It’s one of these rivalry games where anything can happen. Our guys always look forward to these top-notch, chal-lenging games.”

Byrnes will be up against one of the best offenses they’ve seen this season.

“Offensively, they have one of the top quarter-backs in the state in Col-lin Hill,” Lane said. “He’s smart, he’s athletic and he makes the right reads. They’ve also got some speedy receivers, so we’re really going to have to lock it down defensively to keep them off balance. We can’t let them just sit back there and pick us apart.”

On defense, Dorman has size and speed, presenting a tough matchup for Rebel receivers.

“Defensively, Azariah Vasquez is the best line-backer we’ll see this year,” Lane said. “Their defen-sive line is solid. Their de-fensive back are good all the way around. They like to roll and disguise cov-erages any way they can, so we’re going to have to practice hard this week to prepare for what they’re

going to do.”With a Boiling Springs

loss last week, Byrnes will now have a difficult road to the region champion-ship. The Rebels will need Spartanburg to lose one of its final two games in order to finish the regular season on top.

“We were going to have to have a little bit of help. Boiling Springs was going to have to win out, but since they lost last week, the only way we’d have a shot at being region champs is if Spartanburg loses,” Lane said. “Spar-tanburg has their own des-tiny in their hands. Us and Dorman are battling it out for second place, so this is going to be a big game.”

Kickoff against Dorman is set for 7:30 p.m. at Nix-on Field.


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Rebels to host Dorman

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“We’ve been successful,” he said. “It’s not just me. It’s the kids, the parents, the school, the faculty. It’s just a good environment.”

In addition to the win-ning atmosphere, the War-riors also share a closeness that certainly contributed to their most recent victo-ries.

“We’re such a tight knit team that the fact we were able to get together and win this to become the first team in AAAA to be able to do this for both guys and girls was just amaz-ing,” Jessie Boulos said. “Honestly, if just the girls had won it or the guys had won it, it just wouldn’t be the same because we’re all so close.”

So close are they that Boulos said her favorite part of meets is cheering on her teammates.

“We get on the side of the pool and just cheer no matter who is in the pool,” she said.

With the Oct. 17 cham-pionship behind them, seniors on the swim team gathered on Monday to look at championship rings. Hughes said he was going to get one this year because that has been his practice whenever both squads have won at the same time. He may be buy-

ing many more rings in years to come.

Senior Jack Frazier, who placed first in the 100-yard butterfly, commended his coach for a job well done over the years.

“Eddies a great guy,” Fra-zier said. “He has 17 titles. He knows what he’s doing. He knows how to coach a great program.”

That may be so, but the talented and deter-mined athletes help make Hughes’ job worthwhile.

“I’m just awfully proud of them,” he said. “The way they walk, the way they swim, the way they act. I’ve told folks this be-fore, a swimmer, to me, is kind of a step above any other athlete. Their work ethic. The way they hold themselves. I just think they’re a cut above.”


TITLES: Mark special time for program‘I’m just awfully

proud of them. The

way they walk, the

way they swim, the

way they act.’

Eddie HughesRiverside swim coach

North Greenville moved its win streak to four-straight games as the Cru-saders dominated the Uni-versity of God’s Chosen by a final score of 69-0.

For the second week in a row, the Crusaders started fast and were able to score in just 1:22, as Tyrell Hill-ary caught a touchdown pass from Nelson Hughes to make the score 7-0. The Crusaders forced a punt out of the Disciple offense and scored quickly once again. This time the touch-down came on the ground, as Trey Walker ran it in from the one yard line to cap off a six play, 67 yard drive. The Crusader de-fense then forced the first of three turnovers on the day, intercepting the Dis-ciple quarterback and re-turning it to the three-yard line. Tristen Jackson got the ball on the first play of the drive and punched it in for another touchdown, making the score 20-0 af-ter a missed extra point. The Crusaders would get one more touchdown in the first quarter after an-other three-and-out by

God’s Chosen, as Javon Smith caught a 41-yard touchdown pass from Hughes to make the score 27-0.

The second quarter saw much of the same from North Greenville, as they scored early and often. Shakeem Wharton capped off a six play, 54 yard drive with a one yard run just six seconds into the quarter to add to the Cru-sader lead. Not to be out-done, the defense recov-ered a fumble with 12:11 left in the quarter, but the offense couldn’t capital-ize on the turnover. North Greenville wouldn’t score again until three minutes left in the half as Wharton

got his second touchdown of the game on a 20-yard run.

After carrying a 41-0 lead into halftime, the Crusaders began to work the younger players into the game, but the scor-ing continued. With 7:07 left in the third quarter, quarterback Mike Calabro got the scoring started in the second half, taking the ball into the end zone him-self for a one-yard touch-down run. Another three-and-out for the defense gave Calabro the ball back, and with 3:21 left, Calabro completed a seven yard touchdown pass to Mason Sanders to make the score 55-0.

With a shortened fourth quarter clock, the Crusad-ers would get two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter to seal the game. Stewart Hunt caught a 20-yard pass from Calabro and punched it in to add seven more points to the North Greenville total. La-tif Hughes scored the final touchdown of the day, a 22-yard run, making the score 69-0.

North Greenville totaled 564 yards on the after-noon, split nearly evenly between 281 rushing yards and 283 passing yards. God’s Chosen were held to 16 yards of total offense, throwing for 53 yards and rushing for -37 yards.

Nelson Hughes led the Crusaders through the air, completing eight of 11 passes for 162 yards and two touchdowns. Calabro completed four of his five pass attempts on the day, with two of those passes going for touchdowns.

Wharton led the rushing attack with 15 carries for 98 yards and two touch-downs, with Latif Hughes adding 10 carries for 68 yards. Hillary led the re-ceiving corps with four catches for 82 yards and a touchdown.

The defense finished with seven sacks and 16 tackes-for-loss on the af-ternoon, along with one interception and two fumble recoveries. Cor-nerback Travis Beatty and Linebacker Mason Hodge led the Crusader defense with seven tackles apiece,

followed closely by Eddie Studyvance, who had six tackles. Hodge also added the lone interception of the afternoon. Beatty finished with two tackles-for-loss, while Darius Custard led the North Greenville front seven with two sacks.

NORTH GREENVILLE DEFEATS EMMANUEL

North Greenville coach Greg Mosely earned his 100th win while Yomi Ad-eyeye broke the school re-cord for career kills during the Crusaders’ victory over Emmanuel College, 3-2.

Mosely reached the win in dramatic fashion as the Crusaders won their 19th game of the season in five sets, improving to 19-9 overall and 8-5 in league play. Yomi Adeyeye fin-ished the day with 10 kills, after needing only seven to move into first place on the career kills list. She now has 1,270 kills in her four years at NGU.

The Crusaders rebound-ed from a tough night on Friday to oust the Lions, registering 50 team kills, led by Taylor Dupes who

had 14. Megan Gouge also finished in the double-digit column with 11 kills. Other team leaders includ-ed Hannah Lewis who had a season high 34 digs and Megan Steading who had two service aces.

Megan Gouge had five block assists while Madi-son Pogue dished out 41 helpers.

The two squads traded set wins in the first and second frames as NGU earned a 25-21 win in the opening frame, while the Lions evened the game with a 25-23 win in set two.

NGU won the third set 25-20 to gain a 2-1 advan-tage in the set tally.

The Crusaders were poised to win the fourth set as they led by two points midway through. Emmanuel worked its way into the lead though, and forced the match to a de-cisive fifth set. The Lions earned the 25-20 win, as NGU had its worst of-fensive showing of the night with seven errors to go along with just seven kills.

North Greenville dominates God’s Chosen

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Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held before the Board of Fire Control of the Pelham Batesville Fire District at 7:00 PM on Monday November 16, 2015. The hearing will be held at the Headquarters Fire Station, located at 2761 South Highway 14 in Pelham, SC. The purpose of the public hearing is to allow members of the public to express their views regard-ing the proposed operating budget of the District for the year 2016. Anyone that desires to speak at the public hearing should contact the Fire Chief and will be allowed a reasonable time to speak. Questions about the budget prior to the public hearing should be directed to the Fire Chief at (864)877-1247.

As required by 6-1-80, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, the public is advised of the following:The Budget of the Pelham Batesville Fire District for the cur-rent fiscal year, 2015, calls for revenues of $3,602,638.00 and expenditures of $3,602,638.00.The proposed budget of the Pelham Batesville Fire District for fiscal year 2016, calls for revenues of $4,043,016.66. And expenditures of $4,043,016.66.The proposed revenues for the 2016 budget of the district represents an increase of approx. 2.0% in revenues from the current fiscal year.Ad valorem property taxes in the amount of 25.5 mills were levied in the current fiscal year to meet the budgeted needs of the District. The District’s Board estimates that an ad valorem tax levy of 24.9 mills will be necessary to meet the revenue requirements of the fiscal 2016 budget, representing a rollback millage as calculated by the Greenville County Auditor for reassessment in Greenville County for 2016. For purposes of illustration, 24.9 mills would result in ad valorem taxes in the amount of $99.60, levied on the owner of an owner-occupied home with an ap-praised value of $100,000.00.

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sides of the ball. I thought they were crisp and looked sharp out there. “

Southside had worked its way to a 7-1 record heading into last Friday night.

“We were a little wor-ried about Southside com-ing into it,” Young said. “They’ve obviously had some wins and they’re very athletic, but I think our kids want to great and they came out here with that attitude.”

Although clinching a re-gion title is nice, it’s not

the goal for these Jackets.“It’s nice, but we’ve won

a lot of region champion-ships,” Young said. “You’re never going to get enough credit until you get up on the water tower and our kids know that.”

With one more win, Greer will match its per-fect regular season from 2014. But perfect records do not mean much if they don’t produce champion-ships, Young said.

“Hopefully, we’re dif-ferent than we were last year,” he said. “We want to find a way to change something. It’s hard to

go from 10-0 and change something, but we’ve got to. We’ve got to find some way to go deeper into the playoffs and make a run at that thing.”

TIGERS: Come alive FROM B1

“Coming into the game, I thought we had a chance to win, and we showed them we could do some-thing,” Sammons said. “They got a lead on us, but we didn’t lay down. We kept fighting.

I kind of started to real-ize what was happening and I started wondering how many yards I had,” he said. “Coach Clark called me the next day and told me it was 434, and I was like ‘that’s insane.’”

Clark was also impressed with his quarterback, who had a breakout night.

“It’s good to see that because obviously we’re counting on him for big things in the future,” Clark said of Smith. “To see him have that type of perfor-mance and find that con-fidence is a very positive thing. We’re hoping that can build in the future.”

The Tigers will host Greer at 7:30 p.m. this Fri-day.


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wasn’t sure it he would be able to make the trip to Co-lumbia. He was to have a chemotherapy session the day before. Mark, a very supportive parent of Mat-thew and the whole team, rested up and was able to attend. Still, Matthew’s disposition was not high.

“For once I didn’t want to swim,” he explained. “I’m usually pretty pumped for the meets. But then when I showed up one of the moms had passed out a bunch of the tattoos

without telling me. It just warmed my heart.”

Team members wore purple tattoos that read, “hope.”

“All my brothers were there,” Matthew said.

“It was incredible to see the team surround him (Matthew),” Coach Tiffany Watson said. “He could have crumbled, but he drove it and used that support to swim out of his mind.”

Matthew placed 8th in the 100-yard butterfly, 11th in the 200 freestyle

and fourth in the 200 free relay.

Watson is proud of Mat-thew and all of her ath-letes. While no Eagles fin-ished first in any event, collectively they combined for the highest score, best-ing Academic Magnet and Hilton Head.

For senior David De Ma-ria, the victory hasn’t quite sunk in yet.

“I still don’t really feel like we really won,” he said. “Until I get the ring on my finger, that’s when it’s going to hit me.”

De Maria finished eighth in the 100 backstroke and sixth in the 200 individual medley.

Also swimming for East-side was Connor Thorn. He finished second in the 100 butterfly and fourth in the 500 freestyle.

He said they were confi-dent in their abilities, but it still took a lot of deter-mined effort.

“I knew we had it in us, but the question was is everybody going to show up?” he asked aloud. “Is everybody going to do bet-

ter than they thought they would? And I think every-body did.”

The Eagles have been showing up year after year in the pool. They’ve won the region four years in a row.

However, the camara-derie of this year’s team, and the hard work put in throughout the season, helped them to finally cap-ture the state trophy.


CHAMPS: Eastside has won Peach Blossom region four years straight

GREER: Rolls in win over Southside

GMC HOSTS FISHING TOURNAMENT

Greer Middle College hosted it its first an-nual fishing tournament on Lake Keowee on Oct. 2. Dorman High won the tournament with Westside finishing second and Trav-elers Rest finishing third.

VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS/ TOY DRIVE THURSDAY

Greer High’s varsity volleyball playoffs begin

next Thursday, Oct. 29. Everyone is encouraged to come and bring a new, unwrapped toy for the Syl Syl Toy Drive. There will be concessions and dona-tions will go to purchase toys for the charity. Tick-ets to playoff games are $7. The Toy Drive is Sun-day, Nov. 8, from 2-4pm. at The Clock Restaurant.

RIVERSIDE WINS CROSS COUNTRY TITLE

The RHS girls cross-country team won the Greenville County Cross Country meet. Eighth grad-er Jessie Crowley placed first with a time of 18:09.

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until you get up on

the water tower...’

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The City of Greer Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 6:30 p.m. on November 16, 2015, at Greer City Hall located at 301 E. Poinsett Street on the following: DOCKET NUMBER: AN 2015-27OWNER: Alverson PropertiesADDRESS: 405 South Buncombe RoadPARCEL ID NUMBER: G006000100206EXISTING ZONING: C-2, Commercial Greenville CountyREQUEST: C-3, Highway Commercial

DOCKET NUMBER: FDP 2015-28OWNER: McGee Properties of GreenvilleADDRESS: Brushy Creek RoadPARCEL ID NUMBER: T035000100716EXISTING ZONING: PDR, Planned Development Residential REQUEST: FDP, Final Development Plan

DOCKET NUMBER: RZ 2015-29OWNER: Tim Howard Leasing, LLCADDRESS: 92 Old Woodruff RoadPARCEL ID NUMBER: 9-04-10-005.00EXISTING ZONING: R7.5, Residential Single Family REQUEST: R-M1, Multi-Family Residential District

DOCKET NUMBER: AN 2015-30OWNER: William C. and Carolyn R. DorrisADDRESS: 16 Quail Creek DrivePARCEL ID NUMBER: Portion of 0535010102901EXISTING ZONING: I-1, Industrial Greenville CountyREQUEST: DRD, Design Review District

DOCKET NUMBER: RZ 2015-31OWNER: William C. and Carolyn R. DorrisADDRESS: 16 Quail Creek DrivePARCEL ID NUMBER: 0535010102901EXISTING ZONING: PD, Planned Development;

R-12, Residential Singe Family and DRD,Design Review District

REQUEST: DRD, Design Review District

DOCKET NUMBER: RZ 2015-32OWNER: New Jerusalem Baptist ChurchADDRESS: 416 E. Poinsett StreetPARCEL ID NUMBER: 9-04-01-077.00EXISTING ZONING: C-2, CommercialREQUEST: R-7.5, Residential Single Family

Documents related to the requests are available for public inspection in the Planning and Zoning Office located at 301 E. Poinsett Street.

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B8 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015

At Fairview Baptist

Big Thursday benefiting Greer Community Minis-tries (GCM) is Nov. 5 at Fairview Baptist Church, 1300 Locust Hill Road, Greer, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. A bazaar, silent auc-tion, appraisal fair, barbe-cue lunch, and a hot dog supper are part of the event that raises critical funds for the ministry.

“Whether you are help-ing fill the tables with deli-cious baked goods, donat-ing items for our auctions, coming out to purchase items or lifting us up in prayer, we genuinely ap-preciate your generosity,” said Candice Good, event chair. “We invite each of you to come out on Nov. 5 to help us make a differ-ence in our great commu-nity and allow us to con-tinue the mission of the

ministry, which is sharing the love of Jesus while making sure all are clothed and fed in the Greer com-munity.”

An online auction for Big Thursday is happen-ing currently at wham-auctions.com and will be up until Nov. 2. The auc-tion is open to anyone. Bidder fees and commis-sion have been waived by WHAM Auctions & Real Estate LLC, the host of this auction. Patsy Robertson from WHAM will present a check of the proceeds from the auction at 6:30 p.m. at the gym on the day of the event.

“We would love to see board members who are currently serving us or who have ever served us since 1972 at the check presentation,” said Cindy Simpler, GCM Executive Director. “We could not do what we do in this com-munity without the sup-port of our board and the hundreds of volunteers

that join us daily in our mission.”

Big Thursday includes a variety of family friendly activities. Admission fee is $1 or a donation of nonperishable food items. The day begins with an old fashioned bazaar fea-turing Christmas crafts, baked goods, frozen cas-seroles, upcycled furni-ture, and local vendors. The D&D Motors BBQ lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and the Greer Lions Club hot dog supper will be from 5-7 p.m. There will be live music during both meals. For barbecue lunch pre-orders, please fax an or-

der form to 877-1176 or call Hannah Rainwater at 877-1937 before Wednes-day, Nov. 4 at 4 p.m. The order form is available at gcminc.org.

Throughout the day, Nancy Welch will be bak-ing her famous angel bis-cuits on site and they will be available for purchase. Ann Helton is once again providing homemade ap-ple pies, which always sell out quickly each year.

A silent auction featur-ing theatre tickets, din-ing gift cards, jewelry and many other items will take place until 6:30 p.m. WSPA weather personality Chris-ty Henderson will be on

site for live feeds for the 5-7 p.m. Channel 7 news-cast.

Big Thursday sponsors include Citizens Building & Loan, D&D Motors, and

The Wood Mortuary. For more information about the event, follow GCM on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter and check the website, gcminc.org.

GCM’s Big Thursday set for Nov. 5

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Big Thursday, held each year at Fairview Baptist, will feature Christmas crafts and other holiday items.

JUST LIKE OLDE TYMESVic and Gail Campbell’s annual Olde Tyme Farm Day was held last Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Log Cabin Farm in Blue Ridge. Among the activities at the event were antique displays, an apple cider press, spinning and felting, blacksmithing and children’s crafts.Shown clockwise from right: Kensley Crouch examines the results of her e� orts after operating a hand water pump; Joe and Lisa McDaniel dump apples into an apple press for cider; Jamie Good and Krista Fy� e pet a pair of draft horses; Grady Sudduth stirs a batch of cooked-down molasses; Hunter Cole and Bailey Dirba guide horses in a plowing demonstration.

Photos byMandy Ferguson

‘We invite each of you to come out on Nov.

5 to help us make a difference in our great

community...’

Candice GoodEvent Chair

GREER FARMERS’ MARKET CONCLUDES THURSDAY

The Greer Farmers’ Mar-ket will conclude Thurs-day, Oct. 29, from 4-7 p.m. in the parking lot at Main and Poinsett streets (across from BB&T).

The last market of the season will feature activi-ties for children including face painting, pumpkin painting, prizes and a visit from Wildlife Rehab of Greenville. Several vendors will be offering buy one, get one half off deals.

Visit greerfarmersmar-ket.com.

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: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.

THE SPINNING JENNY UPCOMING EVENTS

The Spinning Jenny, 107 Cannon St., in Greer will host the following events:

Thursday, Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m.: Electric City Out-laws.

Saturday, Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m.: Halloween Party with music by The Sweet Potato Kids. Prizes awarded for costumes. Free line dance lesson at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m.: Joker’s Habit. Free line dance lesson at 6:30 p.m.

Beginning Monday, Nov. 9, is a five-week beginners’ line dance class at 6:30pm. $35. Must sign up ahead of time. Contact 864-901-8371 if interested.

SHERMAN COLLEGE HEALTH CENTER TRUNK OR TREAT

Sherman College Health Center will host Trunk or Treat for families on Friday, Oct. 30, from 5-8 p.m.

Cars will be deco-rated, and their own-ers will be dressed to match. Visitors are asked to bring your bags or buckets.

The event will be held in the Sherman College of Chiropractic – Health Center parking lot, 2020 Springfield Road in Boil-ing Springs (use zip code 29316 for GPS).

STRIKING MATCHES PERFORMS AT CONVERSE

Striking Matches, a Nash-ville, Tennessee, duo light-ing up the music world with a buzz as electrifying as their duel guitars and smoldering vocals, makes history when a Petrie School of Music class pres-ents its own rock concert at Converse College.

Striking Matches’ Justin Davis and Sarah Zimmer-mann celebrate the release of their T Bone Burnett-produced album, “Noth-ing But The Silence,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Daniel Recital Hall. The entirely student-produced show is a first for Con-verse’s new Music Busi-ness & Technology Certifi-

cate program, the only one of its kind in the Upstate. The concert is open to the public, and beer and wine will be sold in the lobby.

Tickets are $15 for gen-eral admission and $8 for students, and are available through the Converse Box Office at 864-596-9724.

SLT TO STAGE ‘OF MICE AND MEN’

A story of endurance and hope in the face of un-imaginable hardship, John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” has kept audiences spellbound from 1937 to the present day, through countless productions and film adaptations. The Spartanburg Little Theatre opens its own interpreta-tion of this modern mas-terpiece in November, with performances Nov. 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 8 and 15 at 3 p.m.

The story centers on migrant workers George and Lennie, who dream of owning their own ranch someday, a story that gives them hope as they travel from place to place. When the impossibility of that dream meets harsh reality, it brings George to the brink of an unimagin-ably difficult choice.

Please note that the characters in the play are rough, uneducated men living in a bunkhouse to-gether, and they do em-ploy the frequent use of strong language, includ-ing mild profanity and vulgarities. Therefore, children under the age of 12 should attend at their parents’ discretion

Tickets can be purchased by calling (864) 542-2787 or by ordering online at ChapmanCulturalCenter.org. Tickets are $25 for adults, $24 for seniors and $20 for students.

CHAPMAN CULTURAL ARTS GRANT DEADLINE

The deadline to apply for a Community Grant from Chapman Cultural Center is Nov. 20.

These quarterly grants provide financial assis-tance to cultural arts

projects that impact Spar-tanburg County. They are open to nonprofit organi-zations and professional artists in amounts up to $1,000. This deadline is for projects that will take place from Jan. 1, 2016, to June 30, 2016.

Eligible cultural projects are those that actively en-gage the performing, vi-sual, literary, or folk arts. They can include small or pilot activities, new or developing programs, or-ganizational development, professional development, to establishment of annual events, or special projects of high artistic quality.

For complete details, please visit online Chap-manCulturalCenter.org and search community grants or call 591-5600.

BJU PRESENTS A NEW SEASON OF ‘ARTBREAKS’

Greenville residents will once again have the op-portunity to broaden their artistic and cultural un-derstanding through “Art-Break,” a continuing edu-cation event series hosted by the Bob Jones Univer-sity Museum & Gallery.

On the second Thursday of most months during the academic year, “ArtBreak” participants enjoy lunch while listening to intrigu-ing lectures from experts in fields relating to art, history and culture.

To register for any “Art-Break” event and learn more about M&G, please visit www.bjumg.org/art-break or call 864-770-1330.

ENTERTAINMENTThe Greer Citizen

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 THE GREER CITIZEN B9

By Sam Struckho�

NEW RELEASES FOR WEEK OF NOV. 9

PICKS OF THE WEEK“Terminator Genisys”

(PG-13) -- In the post-ro-bot-apocalypse, human re-sistance leader John Con-nor (Jason Clark) sends his trusted comrade Kyle (Jai Courtney) back to 1980s to protect his mother from the machines. But what’s this?! The time-travel thingy done messed up, landing Kyle in an alter-nate timeline in the year 2017, where Sarah Connor (Emilia Clark) has already befriended the Terminator from T-2. Also, a new app called Genisys will connect all of our data and devices, opening the door for ma-chine takeover. That’s as much plot as can be co-herently explained in this four-car pile-up of a time-travel movie.

There are just so many Terminators. Putting the current-era “Ah-nuld” next to a computer-recre-ation of him in his prime 1980s form may not have been such a good idea. Back then, the Terminator was an ice-cold killer who could give you chills with a one-liner. Now the cy-bernetic assassin is more of a good-natured old pal, joking about what a tough guy he was and still kinda is.

“Trainwreck” (R) -- Co-median Amy Schumer stars in her first leading-role in this raunchy roman-tic comedy that knowingly goes against rom-com trends. Schumer’s char-acter gets the tradition-ally male role of being the over-the-top-but-likable slob saddled with imma-ture ideas about love and commitment. She ends up having real feelings for a surgeon played by Bill Hader. He’s got the role of being there for the protag-onist as they hilariously struggle to grow up and be in a healthy relationship -- usually the woman’s job in this formula. Lebron James surprises everyone with his scenes (not cam-eos) as Hader’s friend and confidant.

It’s the best Judd Apa-tow-ish comedy out there, but Schumer shines as she should. Hader is really hit-ting his mark with easy-going comedy and just the right amount of drama at just the right times. The ending doesn’t really sup-port the rest of the film, but it’s an overall victory for people who want more perspectives in major comedies.

“Mr. Holmes” (PG) -- Long after the height of his crime-solving career, the brilliant detective Sher-lock Holmes (Ian McKel-len) returns to England to find that the popular stories of his exploits are all wrong. Now in his 90s, Holmes tends to his bees and worries over his di-minishing mental powers. Never truly able to retire, Holmes gets caught up in one more mystery with the help of a curious and observant young boy (Milo Parker). This isn’t the fists-of-fury Sherlock of Robert Downey Jr., nor is it the fast-talking defective de-tective played by Benedict Cumberbatch. McKellen shows audiences a new angle on the familiar hero.

TV RELEASES“Better Call Saul: Season

1 Collector’s Edition”“Kurt Cobain: Montage

of Heck”“Alvin & The

Chipmunks: Alvin’s Wild Adventures”

“Slowhand at 70 -- Live at The Royal Albert Hall”

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Amy Schumer, Bill Hader in ‘Trainwreck’

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There’s really no better way to spend Hal-loween weekend than

cramming as many horror flicks as you can into it. I’ve seen a ton of scary flicks over the years, but these are the ones I find myself watching over and over again.

10. “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968) – Not so much a pure horror film as an exploration of paranoia and the occult, director Roman Polanski’s thriller still retains much of its edge after all these years. The whole cast is superb, but the film’s enduring impact can be attributed to Mia Farrow, who plays Rosemary with a perfect blend of naïveté and per-ception.

9. “Session 9” (2001)– Blame it on my obses-sion with old asylums, but I love director Brad Anderson’s film about an asbestos team that begins losing their marbles while working on an abandoned state hospital. The tagline is “Fear is a Place,” and the movie hammers that point home.

Atmospheric, creepy and unpredictable, “Ses-sion 9” was filmed on lo-cation in Massachusetts’s Danvers State Hospital just five years before it was demolished.

8. “Halloween” (1978) – The first ultra low-budget horror movie to become a box office smash, John Carpenter’s classic is one of the most influential chillers ever made.

A simple story about a psycho killer that escapes the asylum and returns to his neighborhood on Halloween night, the film introduced Carpenter as an artistic visionary and Jamie Lee Curtis as an emerging star.

7. “Alien” (1979) – The tagline for Ridley Scott’s science fiction master-piece was “In space, no one can hear you scream,” and it delivers on that brilliant premise. The story of a space crew infil-

trated by a demonic alien creature is a real nailbiter, featuring solid acting, phenomenal makeup and landmark special effects.

6. “The Strangers” (2008) – The second hour of “The Strangers” is as hard to get through as any movie I’ve seen – and that isn’t due to violence and gore.

Bryan Bertino’s film, shot completely in and around a house in Flor-ence, SC, is as scary as it gets. Led by super per-formances from Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman, it takes home invasions to a new level of unrelenting dread.

5. “The Exorcist” (1973)– One of the all-time best adaptations of a best-selling novel, William Friedkin’s tale of demonic possession is widely con-sidered a top three horror film.

Featuring horrific special effects, fine per-formances and enough sacrilegious material to burrow its way under your skin, “The Exorcist” also uses the classical song, “Tubular Bells” to spine-chilling effect.

4. “The Blair Witch Project” (1999) – I don’t think I’ve ever watched a horror flick as many times as this one. A lot of people hate it and a lot of others ridicule it. For me, this ultra low-budget chiller about three youngsters lost in the MD woods triggers the dark side of my imagination like nothing I’ve seen.

Co-directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo San-chez, the movie inspired a flood of found-footage films that continues to this day.

3. “Requiem For a Dream” (2000) – I know, it’s not classified as a horror, but Darren Aronofski’s exploration of drug addiction is as scary as any fictional film I’ve seen.

There’s prostitution, electroshock therapy and amputation, as the lives of four addicts become hellish nightmares.

A beautiful and talented cast makes the charac-ters’ plights even more astounding. If this one was shown in junior high schools, I guarantee you rates of teen drug use

would drop. 2. “The Texas Chain-

saw Massacre” (1974) – Of the hundreds of horror flicks I’ve watched over the last 25 years, none can replicate the vis-ceral revulsion I felt the first time I saw this one.

Devoid of any real actors, music or effects, Tobe Hooper’s low-budget classic gives you the feel-ing that you’re watching some kind of barbaric snuff film. It’s horror at its grittiest and most primitive.

1. “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991) – There’s a reason Jonathan Demme’s film is one of just three to ever win all five major Oscars. It’s as close to a perfect movie as anything I’ve seen, and it’s intensity remains unmatched some 25 years later.

The subject matter is horrific, of course, as the movie examines human-ity’s baser elements, but there’s no denying the movie’s originality and heart-stopping tension. Filmmaking at its most riveting.

TRIP TO “JURASSIC WORLD” WELL WORTH TAKING

Rating: 7 out of 10Run Time: 124 minutesRating: PG-13 for mild

violence and gore

Propelled by spectacular effects, exciting chase sequences and some neat twists, “Jurassic World” manages to overcome its plastic characters and suspect dialogue to emerge a winner.

22 years after the release of Spielberg’s first dinosaur film, the “Juras-sic” series returns to the same park where it all began. Now it is “Juras-sic World, a monumental dinosaur themed attrac-tion on Isla Nublar in Central America. After two decades, tourists have grown weary of the same old prehistoric ani-mals, forcing scientists to genetically engineer more dangerous species. When one of these new car-nivorous giants (named Indominous Rex) escapes captivity, all hell breaks loose, leaving a dinosaur trainer (Chris Pratt) and operations manager (Bryce Dallas Howard) to save the park’s staff and tourists from becoming lunch.

“Jurassic World” suc-ceeds for two reasons.

1. These dinos are superior to the computer-generated creatures that preceded them.

2. Director Colin Trevor-row keeps the thrills com-ing for most of the film, sustaining the excitement and giving us an unpre-dictable and satisfying climax.

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WILLIAMBUCHHEIT

BY DANA BLOCK

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

Thomas resisted the urge to reconnect with Char-lotte the intern for fear of upsetting his dad once again. Julius attempted to recruit an unsuspecting pawn in his backup plan to fight against what he felt was wrong. Always want-ing nothing but happiness for her son, Quinn grilled Wyatt about his relation-ship with Ivy. Vivienne’s maternal instincts over-rode her devotion to her husband. Julius’s confes-sion drove an even bigger wedge between himself and Maya. Nicole began having doubts about being a surrogate for her sister. Wyatt was given cause for concern after seeing Ivy connecting with someone else. Pam and Charlie’s Halloween party was the event of the season. Wait to See: An eligible bachelor sets his sights on someone who isn’t available.

DAYS OF OUR LIVESSteve and Bo tried to es-

cape a deadly situation by working together. Chaos erupted at Hope’s bach-elorette party. Daniel was concerned about Eric’s be-havior. An inebriated Aid-en made a startling confes-sion to Hope. Eve planned to avenge her daughter’s murder by attacking Chad while he was in a coma. Abigail was shaken by

Ben’s intense rage. Hope considered postponing her wedding to Aiden. Marlena was upset when John was called away on an ISA mis-sion. Chad was arrested for the Necktie murders. Eric received an urgent message from Sami. Bo risked everything to try to reach Salem before Hope’s wedding. Wait to See: Ni-cole encourages Theresa to stand up to Kate.

GENERAL HOSPITALJake gave Spinelli some

crucial information to help uncover his identity. Ric of-fered Sonny some legal ad-vice that he didn’t want to hear. Dillon came close to revealing the truth about Dante to Lulu. Ava made a plea to Kiki to help her win back Avery. Elizabeth was moved by Jake’s genu-ine paternal instincts after they took the kids trick-or-

treating. Dante confessed his indiscretion to Sonny. Lulu found some reveal-ing footage from Dillon’s movie. Ava had an emo-tional moment with Paul. Elizabeth received a spe-cial wedding gift from her grandmother and started to feel nervous about her upcoming big day. Wait to See: Jake wonders why Hayden is so eager to at-tend his wedding.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

Billy and Victoria visited Delia’s tree at Chancellor Park and told her spirit that she could finally rest in peace. Victor spent time with Connor and told him how much Adam loved him. Joe broke up a physi-cal altercation between Devon and Cane that erupted over Lily’s disap-pearance. Neil got impa-tient with Dr. Neville when he couldn’t predict when Hilary would wake up. Vic-toria pushed Billy to admit that he blamed himself for Delia’s accident. Ashley confided in Victoria about her feelings for Stitch, but vowed to suppress them. Victor and Jack pressed Kevin to find out who was behind the latest Paragon attack. Phyllis and Nikki worked together on plan-ning the Halloween gala to benefit the Delia Project. Wait to See: Adam stares death in the face.

(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 83 years old. I was lifting a heavy end table back in November, and I heard a crack. I knew I was in trou-ble, as that had happened on the golf course many years ago. I went to the hospital and was there for six days. They took an X-ray, which showed moder-ate facet arthropathy, mild degenerative disc disease and a mild compression fracture at T12.

I was prescribed a back brace, and have been wear-ing it for three months. However, both feet have begun tingling in the toes, and my foot is numb all the time. I have had peri-odic ankle swelling, but now the swelling is up to the knees in both legs. Does the back brace have something to do with it? -- L.B.

ANSWER: Facet arthrop-athy is a term used by radiologists to describe arthritis in the back. De-generative disc disease is very common, if not uni-versal, in 83-year-olds. Both can cause back pain.

However, the “crack” you heard and the finding of a compression fracture are more troubling. A com-pression fracture of a ver-tebra is like what happens to a cardboard box if you put too much weight on top of it. The combination of a compression fracture, tingling and numbness is concerning. It’s time to go back and get re-examined.

Compression fractures can lead to nerve compres-sion.

Kidney, liver and heart problems can all cause swelling of the feet, but I think the most likely cause may be that you aren’t el-evating your feet as much as before because of the back brace.

The booklet on back problems gives an out-line of the causes of and treatments for the more-common back maladies. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Roach -- No. 303W, 628 Virginia Drive Orlando, FL 32803. Enclose a check or money order for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipi-ent’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

***DEAR DR. ROACH: Can

you explain the condition known as “stone shoul-der”? I am a man, 67 years old, and I believe I have it. I spent 45 years as a TV news photographer, han-dling heavy cameras, tri-pods, etc. -- B.J.

ANSWER: “Stone shoul-der” is a new one for me. Maybe you mean frozen

shoulder, a condition also called “adhesive capsuli-tis.” It’s not a strictly ac-curate term, since the loss of movement the name implies is gradual. It starts with shoulder pain, often worse at night, lasting for months. Stiffness devel-ops, and then the loss of shoulder movement can be severe.

A careful physical exam by a regular doctor, a rheu-matologist or sports medi-cine doctor, or an ortho-pedic surgeon can make the diagnosis. Often, the doctor will inject a steroid and anesthetic into the shoulder: The pain relief and improved movement within a minute make the diagnosis. I refer patients to physical therapy for a gradually increasing exer-cise regimen. Sometimes, additional injections are necessary. In your case, I would worry about a rota-tor cuff tear or inflamma-tion, which you also might have acquired while doing your job.

***Dr. Roach regrets that

he is unable to answer in-dividual letters, but will

incorporate them in the column whenever pos-sible. Readers may email questions to [email protected]. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rb-mamall.com, or write to Good Health, 628 Virginia Drive Orlando, FL 32803.

(c) 2015 North America Synd., Inc.

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B10 THE GREER CITIZEN FUN AND GAMES WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015

Emme Rylan stars as “Lulu” on “General Hospital”

Could back brace cause swollen feet?

RMS SPIRIT NIGHT IS THURSDAY

Riverside Middle School will hold Spirit Night on Thursday, Oct. 29, from 5-8 p.m. at the Greer Chick-fil-A and the Pelham Road Chick-fil-A.

By telling the cashier at the counter or the drive thru that you are there to support River-side Middle, the locations will donate 15 percent of the Spirit Night sales to the school.

The class that has the most supporters will win a free nugget tray at lunch. To enter, visitors must write the lunch teacher’s name on the back of their receipts and place them in the Spirit Night Box locat-ed in the restaurant.

BRUSHY CREEK SCHOOL CARNIVAL IS OCT. 30

Brushy Creek Elementa-ry will hold Spike’s Spook-tacular Carnival on Friday, Oct. 30, from 4-7 p.m.

CHANDLER CREEK IS SEEKING MENTORS

Chandler Creek Elemen-tary is looking for mentors to eat lunch with a student once a week or once a month.

Upstate Mentor will hold an informative training program for perspective mentors on Friday, Oct. 30, at 8:15 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.

For more information, contact Alicia Keller at 355-2404.

BLUE RIDGE MIDDLE FUN NIGHT IS NOV. 10

Blue Ridge Middle will hold Family Fun Night on Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 5-7 p.m.

Dinner from Shortfield’s will be offered for $7.

Parents will be able to learn about students’ MAP scores and school oppor-tunities.

TIGERVILLE INVITES VETERANS TO EVENT

Tigerville Elementary is inviting all veterans in the community to its annual Veteran’s Day Program at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015.

For more information, call 355-4600.

GREER HIGH BAND SELLING FRUIT

Greer High School G Force marching band be-gan its annual fruit sale last week and will accept orders through Nov. 5.

Orders can be placed through one of the band students, at the front of-fice, from one of the band directors at the next game or through band director Jeff Norman.

For more information, contact Norman at 355-5738.

BFA STUDENTS CHOSEN FOR REGION ORCHESTRA

Several students at By-rnes Freshman Academy auditioned and qualified for Region Orchestra that will take place at Boiling Springs Middle on Nov. 6-7.

Those students include:Violin 1Lily MooreKayla BrockViolin 2Brooke DanielsPresley RimelViolaKristeena Cole

Caroline EmersonCelloLauren LeeConnor GaffneyBassRebecca LewisAlternates:Victoria White (violin)Darla Valderrama (violin)Robert Gregory (bass)Katelyn Gilbert (bass)

BYRNES’ KALK NAMED SCHOOLOGY AMBASSADOR

David Kalk, a career and technology education teacher at Byrnes High, has been selected as a 2015-16 Schoology Ambassador.

Kalk is one of 43 am-bassadors selected from around the world who were chosen to share their expertise and leadership in using the Schoology platform.

BYRNES ROTC WINSWITH FLYING COLORS

The Byrnes High Air Force Junior ROTC brought home big honors this past weekend when the school’s SC-932 Drill Team competed in the Strike Eage Drill Meet in East Flat Rock, North Caro-lina, last week.

The competition allows only first and second year

cadets to compete, while select upperclassmen serve as judges. The By-rnes team took first place in Honor Guard, first place in Inspection, and third place in Unarmed Element Regulation Drill. Those wins resulted in a second place overall finish.

The team’s leaders are Parker Lewis, Issac Bennett and Hannah Yeargain.

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