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SOUTH CAROLINAS PREMIER WEEKLY

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016
GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 103 NO. 21 75 CENTS
GMC to leave portables

behind for new building
BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE
STAFF WRITER
Greer Middle College
is making headway in its
plans for a more permanent campus.
Last week, Greenville
County Council approved
the charter schools plans
to use a JEDA (Jobs-Economic Development Authority) bond to build a
two-story, 46,000-squarefoot academic building.
Currently the school is a
campus of portables located on Greenville Technical
Colleges Benson campus.
The campus will stay located there, and its building will match those of
the technical college, said
board chairman Vernon
Rutland.
In order for construc-
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Greer Middle College hopes to soon build a two-story,

46,000-square-foot building behind Greenville Tech.
tion to occur, the school
must now wait for final
review from the State Fiscal Accountability Author-
ity on June 7. After that

approval, the school will
then look forward to word
SEE GMC | A7
Michelin seeks tax break

BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
LymanFest fun
Hundreds of local residents made their way to Lymanfest last Saturday for food, fun and a
little rock climbing. The event featured a fishing tournament, a car show and a kid zone.
More pictures from the day can be found on B10.
A Michelin North America distribution center

could soon be on its way to
Spartanburg County, and
would employ 350 workers, according to county
documentation.
Spartanburg
County
Council approved (on second reading) a property
tax break for the Greenville-based tire company
at a meeting last Monday.
The facility would cost

$332 million and would
occupy more than 400
acres near the intersection of S.C. Highway 101
and S.C. Highway 417 in
Reidville, according to
documents. The tax break
allows Michelin to allocate
$5 million to the building
that would have gone to
property taxes.
Michelin North America
operates 19 plants in 16
locations and employs
22,000 people. The com-
pany has nine major facilities in South Carolina, employing more than 8,500
statewide.
The site of the new distribution center would be
located less than 10 miles
from Greers Inland Port,
which is slated to see expansion in 2017.
The inland port recorded
a record volume of nearly
9,000 rail container lifts in
March.
Michelin officials did not
comment on the matter.
December goal set for Byrnes construction

BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Darnell Dogan
Man
shot by
officer
dies
STAFF WRITER
The man who was shot
by officers near the Taylors Wal-Mart at the beginning of the month died
Wednesday in the hospital, said Greenville County
Coroner Parks Evans.
SEE DOGAN | A9
INDEX
CLASSIFIEDS
COMMUNITY NEWS
CRIME
ENTERTAINMENT
OBITUARIES
OPINION
OUR SCHOOLS
SPORTS
WEATHER
B3-4
A2
A9
B7
A7
A4
B9
B1-4
A7
Weve been
A new, 100,000-squarefoot addition to Byrnes

High School should be
operational by December,
according to Spartanburg
School District Five officials.
The school board toured
the facility, which has
been under construction
for more than a year, on
Monday night.
We needed better instructional space for our
students and more capacity because were growing
so quickly, Assistant Superintendent Greg Wood
said. We also wanted to
have a fully enclosed campus, so this accomplishes
all of that. Were going to
have a much safer campus
in the future.
The construction, which
totals more than $25 million, will increase Byrnes
capacity from 1,700 to
2,600 students. It will also
add more than 30 additional classrooms to the
school.
Project manager Sam
Betsill said work on the
new facility has been de-
DEATHS
Fay Fowler Jones, 94
Henry Marshall Lindsey,
91
working at a steady
pace...Right now, its
a matter of whether
or not we can gain
any time. That all
depends on the
weather.
Sam Betsill
Project manager
layed several times due to
weather, but anticipates
the new building opening
in early 2017.
Weve been working at
a steady pace, Betsill said.
We havent dropped any
further behind. Right now,
its a matter of whether or
not we can gain any time
(as we approach December). That all depends on
the weather.
The project has seen
several hiccups, but that
is to be expected with con-
BILLY CANNADA | THE GREER CITIZEN
Members of the Spartanburg District Five school board toured the construction site at
Byrnes High monday night, getting a first look at the new 100,000-square-foot facility.
struction of this magnitude, Betsill said.
Doing renovations and
connecting the two buildings, theres always going
to be something that you
dont know is there, he
said. But weve made ad-
SPORTS
JUST SHORT
Byrnes softball
falls in state
championship
justments and weve been

pleased with the product.
Betsill worked with District Five for nearly 14
years before retiring. He
was then contracted by
the district for four years,
helping initiate several
projects such as the District Five Fine Arts Center.

The renovations to Byrnes are part of what was
originally a four-phase
project, totaling more than
$70 million. After a failed
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MEET THE OFFICERS
OF WELLFORD PD
The Wellford Police Department welcomes the

community out to Wellford City Hall on Saturday,
May 28, from 11:30 a.m. to
3 p.m. to meet and greet
the officers.
Cold drinks and hot
dogs will be served, police
cars and equipment will
be on display and citizens
will have an opportunity
to dunk an officer.
CANDIDATE FORUM
LEGISLATIVE OFFICES
The Greenville Branch

of the NAACP, Freedom
Fighters Upstate SC, Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Greenville Alumnae Chapter, and the Greenville
County League of Women
Voters have partnered to
hold a public forum for
the 13 candidates running
in the June 14th Primary
for the Legislature for
Greenville County.
The event will be held in
the Hughes Main Library
on May 31 from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m.. Candidates will
be asked questions prepared by the partnering
organizations. The questions will not be distributed in advance. As time
permits, audience questions will be taken.
The
first
question
will give the candidates
one minute to introduce themselves to the
audience. There will also
be a brief time after the
forum for people to meet
the candidates and talk
one on one.
For questions, contact
Patrick Prince at patrick.
prince1971@gmail.com or
354-2512.
U-PICK DAY SOUTHERN

HILLS LAVENDER
The first U-Pick Day at

Southern Hills Lavender
is scheduled for Saturday,
June 4, from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Admission is free.
Visitors to the farm may
pay to cut bundles of lavender to take home. The

farm is located on Pennington Road in Greer.
GRIEF SUPPORT
CLASSES THIS SUMMER
Interim HealthCare Hospice is providing 10 weekly grief support classes

this summer in Greenville,
Easley and Spartanburg.
Classes are for individuals
who are coping and adjusting to life without a loved
one. Classes will use Alan
Wolfelts book, Understanding Your Grief: Ten
Essential Touchstones for
Finding Hope and Healing.
To sign up by phone, email
Tonya Taylor at tonya.taylor@interimcares.com or
call 627-7049. For more
information visit hospicegriefsupport.com.
Classes in Greenville are
from June 20 to Aug. 29
from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Easley
classes are from June 23
to Aug. 25 from 11 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m., and Spartanburg classes run from
June 21 to Aug. 23 and will
be from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
SENIOR LEADERS PROGRAM

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
The
Osher
Lifelong
Learning Institute (OLLI)
at Furman is accepting applications through June 6
for its next Senior Leaders Greenville program.
Launched in 2013, Senior
Leaders Greenville is a program designed for adults
55 and up who want to
play a more essential role
in the community.
The program empowers
participants to become
active in fostering better
lives for seniors in Greenville and the Upstate.
Senior Leaders Greenville,
a community partnership
with Upstate programs
Senior Action and Bon
Secours St. Francis Health
Systems Lifewise, runs
August 2016 to May 2017.
Cost for the program is
$350 and scholarships are
available. The program is
limited to 40 participants
per year.
For
more
information about Senior Leaders Greenville including
application details, visit
the OLLI website http://

www.furman.edu/sites/
OLLI/Pages/default.aspx
or contact OLLI Director
Nancy Kennedy at (864)
294-2998, or nancykennedy2767@furman.edu.
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BUDDY THE BEAR CLINIC

CHILDRENS MUSEM
Kids get a chance to play

doctor during the Buddy
the Bear Clinic at The Childrens Museum of the Upstate on Saturday, June 11,
from 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Kids are asked to bring
a stuffed animal to get
hands-on experience with
X-rays, vital signs, surgery,
blood draws and more.
The first 50 doctors to
arrive will receive a free
stuffed animal.
JUNIOR LEAGUE
GREENVILLE OPEN HOUSE
The Junior League of

Greenville (JLG) will hold
a Grant Application Open
House on Thursday, June
9, from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
at the Junior League of
Greenvilles Headquarters
on Greenacre Road to kick
off their 2017 grant application process.
Non-profit groups and
agencies are invited to attend the Open House to
learn more about the Junior League of Greenvilles
projects and partnerships,
as well as learn about applying for grant funding
and volunteer placements
for the 2017 League year.
The Junior League of
Greenville will be awarding grants in 2017 to
agencies that enhance and
promote the JLGs three
Community Impact areas:
Education, Families and
Children and Health and
Wellness.
Applications
for the Junior League of
Greenvilles grant funds
will be available exclusively to people who attend
the Open House.
Questions and RSVPs
for the Open House can
be sent to Hedrick Lewis
at grants@jlgreenville.org.
RSVPs must be made by
Friday, June 3.
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Education Foundation awards scholarships

By Billy Cannada
Editor
The Greater Greer Education Foundation awarded $13,000 in scholarship money to 13 local
students representing six
high schools last week.
The nonprofit has provided more than $150,000
in grants and scholarships
to students in Greenville
and Spartanburg Counties
since 2011.
Those receiving scholarships included: Madeline
Moreland (Blue Ridge, Converse); Cameron Crow (Byrnes, Spartanburg Methodist College); Royal Hilly
(Byrnes, Greenville Technical College); Jeffrey Rainey
(Bonds Career Center,
Greenville Technical College); Emely Cueva (Bonds
Career Center, Greenville
Technical College), Jenna
Self (Greer Middle College,
Greenville Technical College); Kyra Jones (Greer
Middle College, Greenville
Technical College); Chase
Taylor (Riverside, Greenville Technical College);
William Richardson Taylor
(Riverside,
Spartanburg
Community College); Evan
Rice (Blue Ridge, Greenville Technical College);
Nicolas Antonio Lozano
(Blue Ridge, Greenville
Technical College); Lisa

Nguyen (Greer, Greenville
Technical College); Michael
Stoxen (Greer, Greenville
Technical College).
David Dolge, chairman
of the foundations grant
and scholarship committee, said the nonprofit
works with schools to find
students to assist each
year.
Im a retired teacher, so
to be able to give money
to students through our
grant and scholarship program, theres nothing like
it, Dolge said. These are
kids that are going to a
program where they can
learn their skill, which I
think is great. They will
come back and benefit
this community.
The journey hasnt been
easy for some students,
however.
I lost my mom at the
beginning of high school,
so that caused my family
to really struggle financially, Lozano said. It took a
lot of motivation for me to
get through that. I didnt
really feel like doing anything until I realized I
actually wanted to go to
school and be something.
Lozano will study business
management
at
Greenville Tech.
When kids go to school,
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The Greater Greer Education Foundation presented 13 scholarships of $1,000 to local students last week. Thos pictured,
left to right, are: Evan Rice, Maddy Moreland, Nicolas Antonio Lozano, Emily Cueva, Michael Stoxen, Jenna Self, Chase
Taylor, Phillip Rainey, Will Taylor, Royal Hilly, Kyra Jones, Cameron Crow and Lisa Nguyen.
sometimes its not the

most important thing in
their lives, Dolge said.
You never know whats
going on at home. So, its
really rewarding to be able
to give these kids something that will boost their

confidence and help ease
some of the burden.
Nguyen said she is ready
to begin her college jour-
ney so that she can help

her family.
This
money
really
means a lot because Ive
been independent for a
long time, Nguyen said. I
dont want to have to rely

on the help of my parents,
so this gets me one step
closer to that. I feel like
Im finally getting my life
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OPINION
The Greer Citizen
For all our sakes
od save the Queen!!

No, seriously- God save the Queen!
Have you seen what this poor
woman was obliged to wear as she participated in the most important date in
her annual calendar, the State Opening
of Parliament? A 2 lb crown embedded
with over 1,300 diamonds and an ermine
and velvet robe weighing 15lbs with an
18 train.
Now, how many 90 year olds do you
know could manage that? When my
mother was 90, she couldnt lift a bag
of cat food. A bottle of sherry, yes, but
a 4lb bag of Meow Mix, forget it. Now,
granted, Elizabeth had support in that
she held hands with her escort: her 94
year old husband, Prince Phillip, but for
the first time, ever, on account of creaky
knees, she took the lift instead of
trudging up the 26 steps.
She really is a dynamo and I love
her more each year. She is a civilized
constant in a world gone mad. Yes, yes,
the Royal Family essentially live off the
tax paying public, but at very little cost
to each. In return, they give enormous
Pomp and Circumstance as well as draw
millions of tourists each year, many of
which are Americans, who, given our
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
own recent political choices, have no
right to make fun of anyone, Im thinking.
Even though she has no true political power, the Queens words do hold
weight and the speech she gave this
year, well, my word! She spoke of plans
for the UKs first spaceport, a universal
right to high speed broadband, driverless cars, and, er, a crackdown on on-line
porn. Ok, that was a shock. Not because
it isnt an extremely valid concern, I
just dont want her to have anything to
do with that sort of subject. Its embarrassing. Its like your grandmother, out
of the blue, suddenly sharing intimate
details about your grandfather and his
penchant for wearing black socks in bed.
Auuughhh!!! Peas and carrots, peas
and carrots! But bless her, she triumphantly made it through her speech with
her slightly squeaky voice and watching
her endure the endless fanfare, Phillip to

the left of her, on the throne (where husbands spend countless hours), I began
to really feel for her. Fancy wearing a
two pound crown or your head for such
a long time. Even a baseball cap gives
me a headache after a half hour and
theres absolutely no way I could sit still
beneath a 15lb fur-lined robe. No maam.
Not now, not in my 50s. Id be fanning
myself furiously with my speech papers,
drenched with sweat and struggling to
pull the thing off every fifteen minutes,
barking, Im on fire! Turn on the air
conditioning, STAT!
However, the Queen sat quietly and remained dignified throughout the entire
traditional ceremony, dating back to the
16th century, and I kept thinking she
must be starving.What must she think
of Trump? Of Hillary? Elizabeth has
reigned during 12 American presidents
and met 10. Should Hillary win, as both
of them border on the dowdy in terms
of wardrobe and lacquered hairdos, they
might feel comfortable together, but I
have no idea if Elizabeth even likes her.
And as long as Donald doesnt offer to
help her (I have a lot of friends in the
diamond district in Manhattan. Tre-
mendous friends. Many, many friends.

I can get you such a deal, wholesale, if
you want to, you know, upgrade your
crown) they should get along.
But I warn both candidates: she abhors
show offs. She is a very private person
and had she not been born into royalty, I
think she would have been very content,
living in the country with a couple of
kids and a house overrun with dogs.
Maybe a few hens in the front yard. I can
imagine her tending a garden and bringing cakes to the bake sale. And as everyone knows, her favorite time of year is
when she spends several weeks at Balmoral, in the Scottish Highlands, where
she can be herself and take lovely, long
walks through the countryside in her
tweeds, scarf tied over her head, with
her detective body guard for company.
She looks so un-Royal that when she
was approached and unrecognized by
American tourists who excitedly asked
her if she was from around here to
which she nodded, then further pressed,
Have you ever met the Queen?! She
smiled and said, No, then jerking a
thumb towards her body guard, added,
but he has.
God save the Queen! For all our sakes.
UPPERROOM
FROM THE
MAPLE TREE
The bud
of new life
KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE

Staff reporter
Read Romans 12:3-8
ach of you should use whatever gift you have received

to serve others. 1 Peter
4:10 (NIV)
When I belonged to the local
rose club, I learned that most
rose varieties are developed by
grafting a bud-eye of the desired variety onto a rootstock.
Whatever bud-eye the gardener
grafts onto the rootstock will
determine the characteristics of
the new bud.
I see a spiritual parallel to
this. When we become part of
Gods family, the wild part of
us is cut off and a new life is
grafted onto our rootstock.
Just as the gardener determines what kind of rose will
propagate, God determines
what spiritual gifts we will have
to minister to others.
One of the hardest things for
me to accept is that God didnt
give me the spiritual gifts that
I used to think I wanted gifts
that would make me stand
out as a spiritual celebrity.
Instead, I find myself doing
what anybody could do; passing out groceries at a food
pantry, making sandwiches for
a homeless shelter, or writing
words of encouragement to
grieving friends. From my experience over the years, I have
concluded that God is not as
concerned with gifts that bring
us personal recognition as with
those we can use to help meet
the needs of others.
Prayer: Dear Father, help us
to stop wishing for spiritual
gifts we dont have and instead
to eagerly embrace the ones
you have given us and use
them to minister to others.
Amen.
Thought for the day: How
can I use my gifts to serve others?
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GUEST EDITORIAL
Trump, the NRA and the

Charleston loophole
The papers this week had big stories about
Donald Trump speaking to the National Rifle
Association convention and accepting their endorsement. Among his promises to the NRA was
his vow to eliminate gun-free zones in schools
on his first day in office.
In Trumps typical rhetoric, he proclaims himself the greatest defender of the Second Amendment in the history of the world.
No surprise here thats Trump.
But, would Trump come to Charleston, stand
in front of Mother Emanuel Church and explain to everyone why he supports keeping the
Charleston loophole?
Will this guy who says he always tells it like it
is the guy who like the school yard bully (that
he is) loudly proclaims hes such a tough guy
with guts, etc come explain his NRA endorsement to the families of the Emanuel Nine?
The three most recent public opinion polls
show that the attitudes of people in our state are
not what the most rabid NRA extremist would
have you think there are. A few hard numbers
from a Sept. 10, 2015 PPP poll:
89 percent of voters in the state support
background checks on all gun purchases, compared to only 7 percent who are opposed. This
includes 91 percent of Republicans, 90 percent
of Democrats, and 85 percent of independents
in favor of these background checks; 77 percent
think there should be a waiting period before
purchasing a gun to only 11 percent opposed.
86 percent of Democrats, 75 percent of Republicans, and 67 percent of independents support
waiting periods.
Dylann Roof was able to buy a gun because
his background check had not been completed
before the mandatory three-day waiting period
had elapsed and thus he got his gun. This provision that defaults to gun purchasers getting
the gun if their background check is not completed in three days, is now called the Charleston loophole.
The findings of an Oct. 15, 2015 Winthrop
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Poll shows that overwhelmingly South Carolinians regardless of party want the Charleston
loophole closed:
80 percent of South Carolinians polled say
they would support legislation requiring background checks be completed before a would-be
gun buyer can have a firearm;
80 percent of Republicans and 83 percent of
Democrats agreed with closing the loophole.
Winthrop Poll author Dr. Scott Huffmon said
of the results: Most folks of any political stripe
dont see this as a gun-grab-type measure I
would hazard to guess that most people had no
idea that the background check did not have to
be completed before you got a gun.
An earlier Feb. 20, 2015 PPP poll on the broader issues of gun ownership found that common
sense is overwhelming gun extremists positions in South Carolina. This poll found: 76 to
14 percent support a law preventing domestic
abusers from buying guns. Republican support
was 71-17 percent in favor of such laws; 64 to
24 percent support making convicted abusers
turn in any guns they currently own. Among Republicans they favored the measure 61 27 percent; 61 to 27 percent believe that guns should
not be allowed on college campuses.
In 2015, South Carolina led the nation with the
largest rate of lost or stolen firearms per 100
licensed dealers reported to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF);
The rate of lost and stolen firearms in S.C. was
25.3 per 100 licensed dealers; the U.S. average
was 15.4; In S.C. today, there is no limit on how
many guns a person can buy at any given time
in a private sale; In 2009, the number of guns
used in commission of a crime exported out of
S.C. per 100,000 residents was more than twice
the national average according to ATF.
Its pretty clear: the people of South Carolina
have reasonable and responsible views on gun
safety.
This guest editorial was submitted by Phil Noble
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Articles:
The hits
his being my last column

Im taking a retrospective
glimpse at my favorite stories from the last ten months.
I know it sounds like the finale
to a 90s sitcom, but I couldnt
think of a better idea.
In September members of
Nazareth Presbyterian Church
in Moore (as well as members
of daughter churches like First
Presbyterian in Greer, formerly
Mount Tabor, as well as Fairview
Presbyterian Church in Fountain
Inn, which happens to be my
church home) got together to
celebrate 250 years of worship
and service. I enjoyed digging
into the history of Nazareth
while also seeing how the
church was continuing its ministry today.
In October I learned of an incredible event in the Greer area
the Albino Skunk Fest. I went
out to speak with musicians
and listeners and organizers,
and though I was there to get a
nice feature story, I immediately
wished I had brought a tent and
sleeping bag to enjoy the weekend in its entirety.
Somewhere in the early winter
I began a series of articles on
odd jobs, but after interviewing
Greer resident and Bon Secours
Wellness Arena Zamboni driver
Richard Chumley I decided to
abandon the odd jobs series. I
just didnt know how I was going to find a job that intrigued
me more than driving an iceresurfacing machine at six miles
per hour during intermissions at
hockey game. Though Chumley
didnt let me drive the Zamboni,
it was one of my favorites.
Like the Skunk Fest, this story
from Byrnes was as much about
the story as it was my own
enjoyment. In February TransSiberian Orchestras Mark Wood
visited a group of orchestra students to pass on his knowledge
and wisdom to students hungry
to learn to play rock music on
their stringed instruments. I left
wishing I hadnt quit the violin
in the third grade.
Few stories can top what happened at Mountain View Elementary in March. With the bus lane
behind the school lined with
students, second grader Skyla
Forcier waved at her classmates
during a parade to celebrate and
encourage her prior to traveling
to Charleston to receive treatment for leukemia. That little
girls courage inspired everyone
at the parade including this
reporter.
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stories as much as I enjoyed
writing them.
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The Greer Citizen
DAVE
SAYS
THE GREER CITIZEN A5
Liberal parents
make transgender
children
DAVE
RAMSEY
Insurance
for young
couple
Q: My wife and I are
both in our early 20s,
were debt-free, and were
just a couple of months
away from having a fully
loaded emergency fund of
six months of expenses.
We both also have 401(k)
plans at work, and were
looking forward to starting additional investments
later this year. Right now,
were trying to decide on
which life insurance policies to buy. I know you
always recommend term
insurance, but how long
should the coverage last?
Would you suggest 15-,
20- or 30-year policies?
DR: Wow, it sounds like
you two are starting your
lives together on the right
foot. Congratulations on
being super smart with
your money!
I recommend 15- or 20year level term policies,
unless you have children.
Im assuming kids are not
in the picture, since you
didnt mention any. Then,
if you decide to grow your
family at some point down
the road, Id advise converting those to 30-year
term policies. The idea
behind this is you want
the insurance to be there
to protect everyone in the
family until the kids are
out on their own and established.
In the meantime and in
the years after, your continued saving and wealth
building will lead you to a
place where you and your
wife are self-insured.
Military memorial
Members of the public, law enforcement, fire and rescue officials and military personnel
gathered at Greer City Park last Wednesday for a ceremony honoring those who have
served and those who lost their lives. The event was sponsored by John B. White Jr.
City of Greer seeking help

for mitigation plan draft
The City of Greer and All
Clear Emergency Management Group of Raleigh,
North Carolina, are seeking pubic comment on a
draft of the citys hazard
mitigation plan.
City officials say the
document is important to
all city residents because
it is designed to reduce
loss of life and property
by lessening the impact of
disasters.
As stated in the drafts
introduction: In order to
minimize the impact of
hazard events on the City
of Greer, the city must assess its vulnerability to
man-made and natural
hazard events, determine
what resources it has available to dedicate towards
hazard mitigation, and establish and carry out the

specific steps which will
reduce the citys vulnerabilities.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) cites several advantages of developing an
effective hazard mitigation plan. Those advantages include increasing
education and awareness
around threats, hazards,
and vulnerabilities; building partnerships for risk
reduction involving government, organizations,
businesses, and the public; identifing long-term,
broadly-supported strategies for risk reduction;
aligning risk reduction
with other community
Leadership Greer
graduates XXXVI class
Graduation ceremonies
for both the Leadership
Greer Class XXXVI and
Junior Leadership Greer
Class XXVII took place last
Tuesday, May 17, at the
Cannon Centre in downtown Greer.
Graduates include: Morgan Balchin, Davis Orthodontics; Duane Bargar,
Berkshire Hathaway C.
Dan Joyner; Shelley Bierwiler, Eastside Family
YMCA; Joe Cate, Memorial
United Methodist Church;
Vanda Cecco, A Better Way
For Health; Nikki Crabtree,
Greater Greer Chamber Of
Commerce; Doug Fisher,
Independence
National
Bank; Dorian Flowers, City
Of Greer Fire Department;
Josh Holzheimer, City Of
Greer Fire Department;
Amanda Hopper, Hopper
Financial; Susan Howell,
City Of Greer; Phill Jolley,
Pelham Batesville Fire District; Amy Keely, Communities In Schools Of Greenville / Amy Clifton Keely
Photography; Shawn Kelley, Practical Solutions For
Public Safety; Eric Longino,
Pelham Medical Center; Bill
Looby; Sonia Mcfalls, Pelham Medical Center; Evan
Mcleod, Greer Relief &
Resources Agency; Chuck
Morton, Greenville Technical College; Pearl Moutray,
Greer Memorial Hospital;
Tim Moxie, Upstate Professional CPA Services, LLC;
Jon Nelson, MAU Workforce Solutions; Kevin Nix,
Mitsubishi Polyester Film;
Scott Parris, Greer CPW;
Hannah Rainwater, Greer
Community
Ministries;
Marty Satterfield, Greer
Storage LLC /McCullough
Properties; Robert Steves,
Mitsubishi Polyester Film;
Ashlyn Stone, City Of
Greer; Beth Toney, BB&T;
Mike Twomey, The Church
At Greer Station.
Junior Leadership Greer
graduates include:
Hayden Ehlich, Madison
Howard, Macy Wooten,
Becca Brockman, Grayson
McAlister, Mica Sheppard,
Chloe Doar, Rachel Mize,
Andy Bryson, Emma Cor-
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
nell, Candace Jensen, Maddie Lewis, Taylor McIntrye,

Michaela Parker, Bryan
Bargar, Jason Frederick,
Alex Kull, Annabelle Van
Splinter, Taylor Earley, Andrea Rohas-Medina, Kia,
Mara Williams, Emily Hall,
Charlie Hartsell and Anne
Darby Keating
The graduation ceremony included several
individual awards, including the leadership award,
given to Holzheimer. Leadership Greer Class XXXVI
Class President, Amanda
Hopper, presented the
2016 Presidents Award to
Amy Keely for her contributions to the class project.
University in the Fall pursuing a degree in Packaging Science.

Interested
candidates
for the 2016-2017 Leadership Greer class should
contact Lynn Pascazio at
877-3131 for additional
information. Applications
are due by July 7.
The
Greater
Greer
Chamber of Commerce
is a voluntary, non-profit
organization that represents approximately 650
businesses in the Greer
area. The mission of the
Greater Greer Chamber of
Commerce is To Champion Economic Prosperity
for our members and the
greater Greer community.
objectives; identifing implementation approaches

that focus resources on
the greatest risks and vulnerabilities and communicating priorities to potential sources of funding.
A FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plan is also
a condition for receiving
certain types of non-emergency disaster assistance,
including funding for mitigation projects.
Copies of the draft plan
may be viewed or downloaded at www.cityofgreer.org. Comments on
the plan may be submitted
until June 3 by e-mailing
JoAnne Huie of All Clear
Emergency Management
Group at joanneh@allclearemg.com.
It makes sense that the

push for transgender
rights comes after earlier pushes for womens
rights, abortion rights
and gay rights. As the
Bible says: sin begets more
sin. Those folk surprised
by the transgender push
understand neither the
pervasive and infectious
nature of sin in human nature nor the evil of liberals, who work ceaselessly
to rationalize and promote
sin.
Being contrary to Gods
laws, adult homosexuality
is sinful and is therefore
an affront to the perfect
goodness and holiness
of the only real God, the
Triune.
But classifying
vulnerable and hapless
children as transgender
reveals evil even blacker.
Children look to their parents for loving care, and
that means man and wife
acting in the best interests
of their children as created but fallen images of
God. Classifying a child as
transgender is a hateful
act that can only do great
psychological and spiritual harm to the child.
It is the height of stupidity and absurdity for
adults to accept at face
value the inchoate, sin-ridden feelings of a child as
accurate and unquestionable identifiers of self. A
child, by definition, does
not know what is good for
him. He looks to parents
for guidance. And his parents, if they love him, look
to the Lord for guidance in
rearing the child. But Godless parents are a curse to
their hapless children.
Liberals in America have
murdered by abortion
over 45 million children
since 1973, Now liberals
A child, by
definition, does not
know what is good
for him.
are preying upon children

who, by Gods grace, escaped the abortion knife,
but only to fall under a
horrible spiritual curse.
These allegedly transgender children grow up
sexually sick and twisted
by a dysfunctional liberal
household and society.
Scripture says that in the
end time parents will lose
all natural affection for
their children. Perhaps we
are there.
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Career Fair for

Experienced Nurses
WERE CONTINUING TO GROW. COME GROW WITH US.
Thursday, May 26 3 7 p.m.
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853 N Church Street, Spartanburg
WHILE YOURE HERE

Walk-ins are accepted
Meet and interview with nursing leaders, peers and recruiters
On-the-spot offers
Bring multiple copies of your resume/CV. You can pre-apply online
at spartanburgregional.com/srhscareerfair.
WHY CHOOSE SPARTANBURG REGIONAL

HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?
We value working in partnership with highly qualified physicians
committed to providing superior patient care and service.
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System empowers nurses to
recognize their unique gifts, give voice to ideas, and strive for
excellence. We want you to succeed, professionally and personally.
We offer:
Competitive salary and benefits packages
Employee Referral Bonus Program
Tuition reimbursement, nursing advisory councils, a board
certification program, a new grad residency program and
leadership advancement opportunities
Relocation incentives
The Junior Leadership

Greer scholarship was
given to Farkas, a Senior
from Greer Middle College
Charter High School. The
Leadership Development
Council selected Farkas
based on her leadership
roles, honors and awards,
scholastic achievements
and service efforts. She
will be attending Clemson
For more information on

the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce, call
877-3131 or visit www.
greerchamber.com.
RELIGION
The Greer Citizen
Praise Cathedral gets active

with Miracle Hill Challenge
5k set
for June 4
on Furman
campus
It has been
Greers Praise Cathedral

has challenged its congregation to get fit and get
involved.
Jerry
Madden,
the
churchs senior pastor,
leads Praise Cathedrals
Couch to 5k fitness program, encouraging members to get involved.
My wife and I became
active in jogging a few
years ago, and it was
Couch to 5K that I started
with, recalled Madden.
Recently a cardiologist
in our church challenged
me to lead our people in
taking better care of their
bodies by leading a time of
walking/running together.
We felt we needed to have
a goal, so being a part of
the Miracle Hill 5K was the
obvious choice.
The 12th annual Miracle
Hill Challenge event is
slated for Saturday, June 4
at Furman University.
Runners, walkers and
cyclists of all ages and
abilities are encouraged
to participate in this opportunity to raise funds
to support life restoration
for the homeless and hurting of Upstate South Carolina.
especially
rewarding seeing
people who thought
they could never do
something like this
actually participate
and be successful in
their participation.
Jerry Madden
Senior pastor, Praise Cathedral

More than 60 Praise Cathedral members have already registered for the 5k
and have begun training.
We have dozens of
people coming out twice
weekly to walk/run together, and dozens more who
are doing the program on
their own, said Madden.
It has been especially
rewarding seeing people
who thought they could
never do something like
this actually participate
and be successful in their
participation.
Sandy Furnell, Events
Coordinator for Miracle
Hill, added, this partnership with Praise Cathedral
has taken the Miracle Hill
Challenge to a whole new
level.
We are excited to see all
of the new faces participat-
ing in our event, but most

of all, we look forward to
sharing the mission of
Miracle Hill and helping
people see that there are
many ways they can connect, serve and become vitally involved in restoring
lives.
Chrissy Taylor, a 37year-old Praise Cathedral
member and Miracle Hill
volunteer who has been
battling brain cancer for
the past eight years, is participating in the Couch to
5k program and plans to
run the Miracle Hill Challenge 5k.
Ive been blessed. A lot
of people who go through
chemotherapy, their bodies dont interact well with
the medicine. Since Im
physically able to do it, I
do it, said Taylor.
Springwell to host fourth

annual sports camp
BY KATIE CRUICE SMITH
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
The school year is winding down, which means
that many parents are
looking for fun and inexpensive ways to entertain
their children this summer. While many churches in the area will be offering their annual Vacation
Bible Schools, Springwell
Church is doing things a
little differently.
For the fourth year in
a row, Springwell will be
offering its Allstar Sports
Camp from June 5-9 from
6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The
free event presents kids
with the option to focus
on basketball, baseball,
soccer, cheerleading, or a
non-sports activity, such
as cooking, crafts, or sign
language.
This year, we are doing things a little differently as we are writing our
own curriculum, and we
have always used a boxed
kit before, said Kristine
Burgeson, the churchs
childrens ministry direc-
tor. We have a team writing the drama and music

for the camp.
The camp is offered to
kids from five years old to
fifth grade. Each path
offered to the kids is volunteer-led by people who
have coached or played
the sport including some
teens who are current athletes.
Last year, we had between 400 and 500 kids
sign up, said Burgeson.
The first year, there were
only 100 kids! We have really focused on making it a
camp thats top-notch.
The church will provide
all sporting equipment
although children are
certainly welcome to bring
their own and a snack.
Preregistration is encouraged online at www.springwell.org or at the church
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
However, children are also
welcome to register at the
doors.
We make this camp free
because we want to offer
something for the kids
309 Northview Drive Greer

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to do that doesnt make

the parents stress, said
Burgeson. We want them
to see Springwell as a safe
place to bring kids and
learn about God as well.
Springwell Church is located at 4369 Wade Hampton Blvd. in Taylors.
My goal is to get through

the 5k, run the whole thing
without stopping. Im not
looking for any great time,
just looking to finish well.
I love that these ministries can support each
other, she added. Miracle
Hill does things the church
is not equipped to do and
vice versa. If we can come
together and combine our
efforts, we can make a
much bigger impact than
on our own.
The event will include
the 5k run/walk, a free
Fun Run for kids, cycling
distances of 100, 62, or
40 miles, and a 20-mile
option along Greenvilles
Swamp Rabbit Trail.
Family-friendly games,
activities, inflatables, a
healthy lunch and music
will round out the day.
CHURCH
NEWS
WASHINGTON BAPTIST
OFFERS SUMMER DAY CAMP
Washington Baptist will

host SAM (Sports, Art and
Music) Summer Day Camp
Monday-Thursday,
June
20-23, from 9 a.m-noon.
(Drop off starts at 8:30
a.m. and pickup runs until
12:30 p.m.).
The camp is free to all
first through sixth grade
participants. To register,
call 895-1510.
FELLOWSHIP AT THE FALLS:

A COMMUNITY SERVICE
Christ Church Episcopal

will hold a community worship service and breakfast
in Falls Park on Sunday,
June 5, at 10:30 a.m.
Featuring both contemporary praise music and
traditional hymns, the service near the Shakespeare
Stage will include the
liturgy of the Episcopal
Church, in which all who
attend are participants,
whether or not they have
an official role. Christ
Church will provide programs to guide the community through the service, including notes that
explain the meaning and
significance of each part
of the liturgy.
Free breakfast biscuits
from Tommys Ham House
will be served starting at
10 a.m.
The park is located at
South Main Street and
Camperdown
Way
in
Greenville.
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Behind the Scenes hospital tours
Miniature horse rides
Raffle for TV to benefit
Meals on Wheels for Pets
Door Prizes
Greer Police Dog demonstration
Pet Costume Contest
Music by New River Bluegrass
Saturday, May 28, from

noon-3 p.m. Registration
begins at 11 a.m.
His Vineyard is located
at 656 Arlington Road in
Greer.
All cars, trucks, and motorcyles welcome. Registration is $10 and 100 percent of the proceeds will
go to fund a youth trip to
the 2016 Forward Conference.
RIVERS OF LIVING WATER

CONFERNCE THIS WEEKEND
Bishop Allen L. Bruton

Ministries will present the
Rivers of Living Waters
Conference from May 2627, beginning at 7 p.m.
nightly at New Hope Baptist Church in Greer.
Guest speakers will be
prophetess Valerie Moore
and Pastor James L. Rowson.
SUMMER DRAMA CAMP

RETURNS TO ABNER CREEK
Summer Drama Camp is

back at Abner Creek Baptist Church. During day
camp, children will experience fun and exciting opportunities to learn about
music, drama, and the
gospel.
The cost is $30 per
child/$75 family (maximum). Camp will be held
June 6-10 from 8:30 a.m.
2:30 p.m. daily.
After the fun-filled week,
parents and grandparents
are invited to attend the
performance on Sunday
evening, June 12, at 7
p.m. Dress rehearsal for
children participating will
be on Sunday, June 12, at
3:30 p.m.
The church is located
at 2461 Abner Creek Rd,
Greer.
Register online at www.
abnercreekbaptist.com before May 26.
OBITUARIES
The Greer Citizen
Fay F. Jones
Fay Fowler Jones (Nanny), 94, widow of Malcolm
Roland Jones, died May 19,
2016 at Greer Memorial.
A native of Spartanburg
County, she was a daughter of the late Thomas
Manning and Mary Texas
Coker Fowler, a retired
employee of J.P. Stevens,
and a charter member of
Riverside Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter
and son-in-law, Susan and
Bill Tyler of Taylors; three
grandchildren, Bo Ream,
Barrett, and Bailey Tyler
and a sister, Earlene Duncan of Clinton.
She also was predeceased by three brothers,
Thomas Wayne Fowler,
John C. Fowler and Ray
Fowler and one sister,

Cora Lee Adcock.
Funeral services were
held 3 p.m. Sunday at
Riverside Baptist Church,
conducted by Dr. Marcus
Buckley. Burial followed
in Mountain View Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Phil Adcock, Monty Powell, Rudy
Powell, Matt Young, Ray
McCoy, Steve Jones, David
Jones and Bobby Ream.
The family received
friends Sunday from 1
p.m. until 2:45 p.m. at the
church prior to the service.
The family is at the home
of the daughter, 104 Cove
Harbor Court, Taylors, SC
29687.
Memorials
may
be
made to Riverside Baptist
Church, 1249 S. Suber Rd.,
Greer, SC 29651.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.
Marshall Lindsey
Henry Marshall Lindsey,
91, died May 19, 2016 at
his home.
A native of Greenville
County, son of the late
John Malcolm and Nannie
Ola Moon Lindsey, he was

a retired carpenter and a
member of Highland Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Earline Pittman (Greg);
two sons, Calvin Lindsey
(Teresa) and Larry Lindsey
(Phoebe) all of Landrum;
seven grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Lindsey was predeceased by his wife of 62
years, Dorothy Duncan
Lindsey, one daughter, five
brothers and four sisters.
Funeral services were
held 3 p.m. Sunday at
Highland Baptist Church,
conducted by Rev. Malcolm Lance and Bishop
Tim McConnell. Burial followed in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation
was
held
2-3 p.m. Sunday at the
church.
The family is at the
home.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.
OBITUARIES
Obituaries can be emailed
to billy@greercitizen.com or
dropped off at 317 Trade St.
Deadline: noon Tuesday. Cost:
$60; with photo $75.
Weekend Outlook
Memorial Day Weekend
After a week of sunshine and high

temperatures in the upper 80s, we will see
partly sunny skies with isolated rain chances
this weekend. Our Memorial Day forecast
includes a few more clouds with a chance
for a few afternoon thunderstorms. We will
see clear skies and hot temperatures through
Friday. Cooler, partly sunny weather returns
for Saturday and Sunday with isolated rain
especially on Sunday.
81/58 Partly sunny

80/61 Iso. showers
83/60 Partly sunny

82/63 Iso. showers
Memorial Day
85/62 Sunny
85/65 Iso. showers
Where: Greer
Date: Monday, May 30

Temps: Partly sunny,
isolated showers.
82 to 87
81/58 PS
86/61 SUN
82/69 RN
82/69 RN
85/63 SUN
86/66 SUN
86/68 ISO
91/64 SUN
Wednesday
Saturday
85
62
87/64 Sunny
87/67 Iso. showers
80/61 ISO
83/61 PS
82/69 RN
82/69 RN
86/65 PS
85/65 ISO
88/68 ISO
89/64 PS
87
59
Sunday
May 29
Thursday
85
65
Friday
88
63
Monday
87
66
June 4
June 12
82
60
87
63
Tuesday
June 20
4.77
17.04
-1.42
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BYRNES: Improvements ongoing

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The planned Greer Middle College building will be located behind Greenville Technical
Colleges Greer Campus.
GMC: Ready for new school building

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from the bank about how

much money they will receive for the project. They
are asking for $7.5 million.
Though Greenville County
sponsors GMC, because
it is a charter school they
do not receive traditional
funding from the county.
Rutland said teachers
and students are excited
for the build.
They are super excited,
he said. They are ready.
They wanted it yesterday.
Especially the teachers because weve talked about
it for so long and hit some
hurdles along the way. We
were really close one time
and then part of the land
deal fell through and we
had to take a step back
and refocus.
For GMC, the acquisition of a singular building
they could call home has
been a project four years
in the making; however,

Rutland said the portables
have served the school
well, especially the deck in
between some of the portables.
Our students love what
they call the deck atmosphere in between the portables, Rutland said. So
were taking that concept
and behind the school we
will have a big open area
where they can still do
lunches and outdoor learning. They do everything on
that deck in the mornings,
afternoons and lunch.
They have had dances on
the deck. Its just a really
good focal point for them
to meet and hang out.
The chairman said David
Langley and Associates are
behind the design of the
school while Matthew Construction is the contractor.
Additionally, Rutland said
Arbor and Associates have
done some land surveying.
They are looking to make

good use of what needs to
be a retention pond.
Rather than spending
$600,000 on a large hole
with no use otherwise, Arbor and Associates have
designed a flat field that
will double as retention
and also athletic practice
space.
As for indoor athletic
space, the school is also
looking to construct a gym
on the campus, but that
project will be separate
from the academic build.
Rutland said they would
raise money through their
capital campaign to pay
for that project.
Once the state has given
its approval and the school
knows how much funding
they will receive, Rutland
said he would then have
a better idea of when they
will break ground.
kmaple@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
GSP unveils TSA checkpoint

Greenville-Spartanburg
International Airport hosted a tour of their new consolidated TSA passenger
screening checkpoint this
week.
The new checkpoint will
improve passenger flow
and should result in a better utilization of TSA personnel.
The transformation of
the space with TSA equipment began on Monday,
and passengers began accessing all gates through
the new screening checkpoint this morning. The
opening of this new space
marks another major milestone in the terminal renovation program.
The construction at GSP
Airport is a part of WINGSPAN, the $125 million
terminal
improvement
program.
WINGSPAN
GSP launched WINGSPAN, a four-year terminal

improvement program, in
May 2012 that will modernize the main terminal
building, improve passenger flow and upgrade
the facility. Skanska Moss,
a joint venture between

Skanska USA Building
and local contractor Moss
& Associates, is the construction manager at-risk,
Jacobs Engineering is the
program manager and
Michael Baker Jr., Incorporated is the architect.

The terminal will remain
operational
throughout
the entire process.
referendum vote, which

aimed to pay for the improvements with an added tax, District Five was
forced to move forward
with the first phase of the
Byrnes project without additional support.
Although District Five
was able to fund the first
phase of the project, the
rest of the schools renovations will likely take
longer.
Our board is going to
have to make some decisions about what were
going to do in the future,
Wood said. Right now,
were gathering information and the board will
build a plan based on what
the priorities are.
Some of those priorities
will likely require improvements to other District
Five schools.
Weve got needs in
some of our elementary
schools for space, but
there are obviously needs
here as well, Wood said.
Were going to have to
determine whats going to
be next with the money we
Construction workers are hoping to be finished with

improvements to Byrnes High School by December.
have. Its just going to take
time to finance the next
phases. It wont happen
as quickly as we originally
planned.
The new building features several new ROTC
rooms, science labs and
seminar rooms. Renovations to the old gymna-
sium have also been accomplished, as well as

improvements to bus
routes.
Now, you can get a total
picture of the whole thing
rather than just looking
at the blueprints, Betsill
said. Were excited to get
it finished.
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May 25,
POLICE AND FIRE

The Greer Citizen
Middle school
students facing
porn charges
STAFF WRITER
Four Riverside Middle
school students have been
arrested and charged with
disturbing school and possession of child pornography. They are currently
suspended.
A 14-year-old student is
also being charged with
second-degree
criminal
sexual conduct with a minor, says the Greenville
County Sheriffs Office.
According to an incident
report, an alleged sexual
assault occurred over the
weekend at a private residence in Greenville County, and the victim was
under the influence, says
the Greer Police Department. Authorities say that
the incident was recorded,
though the content of the
video is not being released
at this time.
Lt. Chris Varner with the
Greer Police Department
said his department is
handling the child pornography case. The sheriffs
office is in charge of the

assault.
Varner said the video
was shown to other students at Riverside Middle.
Some girls came to
school and started showing the video at the school
on Monday, he said. They
started showing it and one
of the people that saw it
said, No, thats not right,
and went and told the 8th
grade guidance counselor
about it and the 8th grade
guidance counselor contacted the SRO and that
kind of started the investigation on our end of it.
Several students have
been interviewed and
approximately 10 cell
phones have been seized.
Interviews are still being
conducted.
Greenville
County
Schools spokesperson Beth
Brotherton said those four
students have been recommended for expulsion.
Former teacher
arrested, held
without bond
The Greenville County
Sheriffs Office arrested
and charged a former
Hillcrest Middle School
teacher for criminal sexual conduct with a minor in
the second degree after information surfaced about
an incident that happened
at a residence in Greer in
July 2015.
Authorities say Meghan
Colleen Dougherty was
charged with the same by
the Simpsonville Police
Department in March of
2015. The victim in that
case is the same as the one
that occurred in Greer.
The sheriffs office said
she committed the offense
while out on bond.
Investigators with the
Greenville County Sheriffs Office Crimes Against
Childrens Unit became
aware of the new incident
on May 6 and began an
investigation.
Through
the course of the investigation, investigators learned
there were two additional
incidents that occurred
Meghan C. Dougherty
between the victim and
Dougherty after she was
released on bond on the
initial assault.
Dougherty
is
also
charged intimidation of
a witness. The suspect
was taken into custody
on Wednesday and is currently being held in the
Greenville County Detention Center without bond.
CRIME
REPORT
(Note: All information
contained in the following
was taken directly from
the official incident reports
filed by the Spartanburg
County Sheriffs Office. All
suspects are to be considered innocent until proven
guilty in the court of law.)
MULTIPLE CHARGES
Artur Nickoly Lavrenyuk,

18, of 787 Wilkins Road,
Campobello, was charged
with second degree burglary and possession of
a weapon during violent
crime.
According to the Spartanburg County Sheriffs
report, a deputy responded
to an address on Compton
Bridge Road in reference to
a burglary. On arrival, the
officer met with the homeowner who was standing
in the doorway of his detached garage holding a
long gun. The homeowner
informed the deputy that
the two suspects were inside.
The deputy approached
the two individuals and
had the older one, later
identified as Artur Lavrenyuk, stand facing a wall
to be searched. While
searching Lavrenyuk, the
deputy discovered a black
KTP-11 holster in his right
front pocket and a fully
loaded seven round capacity black Ruger magazine
in his left front pocket.
Lavrenyuk stated that
they were not his and he
didnt know how they got
in his pockets. He also had
a pocketknife and a cell
phone. The deputy placed
Lavrenyuk in handcuffs for
investigative detention.
A second deputy arrived
and searched the juvenile
male. While they were sitting together, Lavrenyuk
was advised of his Miranda
rights. Neither Lavrenyuk
nor the juvenile would answer any questions. They
were both placed under
arrest.
A black Ruger pistol, a
backpack and two flashlights were found inside
the garage on the wall opposite of where the suspects were found on the
floor.
The backpack contained
two plastic bags of rubber
fishing bait, a large plastic
bottle, a rifle scope, and
two bottles of prescription
medication belonging to

incident report, a deputy
responded to the above
address in reference to
an active disturbance between the caller and her
son.
Upon arrival, the deputy
spoke with the complainant. She stated that her
son, identified as Joseph
Anderson, started arguing
with her because she told
him that she wanted his
friends to leave. He then
became angry because she
wouldnt give him keys to a
truck and began tearing up
the house. She stated she
didnt want to him to drive
because she was afraid he
was under the influence
of some kind of drug. She
said after she called the
police, he grabbed a piece
of wood and started yelling that he would fight the
police if they came.
The deputy observed
Anderson standing with
two other males, holding a
piece of lumber with tape
around one end. While the
officer was speaking to the
complainant,
Anderson
began yelling about the
keys and using profanity.
The deputy went to speak
with him, stating, one
more word and you are
going to jail, to which Anderson replied, keys. The
officer responded with
one more cuss word, to
which he responded with
profanity. The deputy told
Anderson to put his arms
behind his back and that
he was under arrest for
public disorderly conduct.
While Anderson was being handcuffed, a juvenile
male grabbed his arm and
pulled it away from the officer. The juvenile was told
to step back, but instead
he came forward, placing himself between the
deputy and Anderson. He
stayed between the two,
putting his hands out to
his sides and saying what,
what, what? Are you going
to shoot me? The officer
stated that he was not, and
then gave Anderson the
command to come here.
Anderson walked around
ignoring the officers commands.
The juvenile male then
stated, this is bullsh*t.
The deputy then told him
to put his hands behind
his back. The juvenile
acted as if in compliance,
then stated psyche and
started walking away. The
officer told the juvenile
that he was under arrest
for public disorderly conduct.
When the officer tried
WENT TO BYRNES
Alex Masael Bustillo Rosales, 19, was charged with

DUI (first) and operating a
vehicle without a license.
incident report, an officer on patrol on Highway
290 in the Duncan area
observed a white Nissan
350 drive past at a high
rate of speed with no tire
on the front drivers side
of the vehicle. The deputy
conducted a traffic stop
near the intersection of
highway 290 and Mcaulay Road and the vehicle
pulled into the Lil Cricket
gas station. The driver exited the vehicle and ran
into the store, then came
back out and approached
the deputy, stating that
he didnt have a drivers
license and that he and
a friend had been drinking. The driver, identified
as Alex Bustillo Rosales,
provided the deputy with
a United States Permanent
Resident card.
The deputy then conducted a field sobriety test,
first giving the HGN portion. Rosales failed. The
officer then conducted the
one-legged stand portion.
Rosales failed, starting
the test before the deputy
could finish explaining it
to him, and then was unable to complete it. The
deputy then conducted
the walk and turn portion
of the test. Rosales failed,
starting before the officer
could finish explaining it,
and stepped off the line
and had to reposition.
The deputy then tried to
conduct the alphabet test,
but Rosales stated his English was not that good. He
stated he graduated from
Byrnes High School and
refused to complete this
portion of the test.
The deputy placed Rosales into custody for
driving under the influence and transported him
to Spartanburg County Detention Facility.
ONE MORE WORD
Joseph Robert Anderson, 18, of 124 Caroline

Drive, Inman, was charged
with disorderly conduct
and interfering with police/resisting arrest. A juvenile was also charged in
the incident.
again to place them under

arrest, they fled on foot
across the yard towards
Caroline Avenue. The
deputy advised dispatch
that he was in pursuit of
two male suspects. The
two suspects turned right
on Hickory Nut Drive and
began walking. The officer yelled to stop walking
multiple times, keeping
distance between them
because he was alone. Neither suspect would comply
tothe verbal commands,
so the deputy unholstered
his Taser and pointed it at
the chest of the juvenile,
who was walking backwards facing the deputy.
The deputy then told him
to put his hands behind
his back. The juvenile
then got on the ground
and complied. The deputy
continued aiming his taser
at the juvenile, while telling Anderson to get on the
ground. Anderson did not
comply, instead walking
around the officer while
recording him on his cell
phone. The juvenile was
secured in handcuffs and
told not to move.
The officer then directed
his attention and Taser at
Anderson, giving the command on the ground.
Anderson still refused to
comply, stating this is
bullshi*t, I aint getting on
no ground. The deputy responded with get on the
ground or you are getting
tased. Anderson then got
on the ground and was secured in handcuffs.
Both
suspects
were
transported back to the
residence.
A search of the juvenile
yielded approximately .5
grams of green plant material and a pipe.
No
contraband
was
found on Anderson.
Joseph Anderson was
transported to Spartanburg County Detention
Facility and charged with
the above.
The juvenile was transported to DJJ in Greenville.
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at officers on May 2
the homeowners. Lavrenyuk

was transported
to Spartanburg County
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juvenile was scheduled
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Greenville County Sheriff Steve Loftis said Reginald Darnell Dogan, 52,
pointed a gun at officers
near the shopping center
on the evening of the May
2. Deputies initially responded when they were
told that a man was waving a gun around near the
store.
Loftis said those officers repeatedly instructed
Dogan to put down his
weapon. Citing concerns
for personal safety and
the safety of bystanders,
authorities said a deputy
shot Dogan in the neck.
Officers then rendered
emergency aid to Dogan,
and EMS transported him
to the hospital. During a
press conference on May 3,
Loftis praised his deputies
for the way in which they
handled the situation.
I could not be more
proud of my two deputies
throughout this incident,
Loftis said. They relied
on their training; they
eliminated the threat and
then rendered aid in an
effort to save this mans
life even after he pointed
a gun at them and placed
their lives in danger.
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deputies throughout
this incident.
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Greenville County Sheriff

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SPORTS
The Greer Citizen
Rebels fall in state championship
BLAME
CANNADA
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
BILLY
CANNADA
We had plenty
The Byrnes softball team

dropped
back-to-back
games last week, falling
to Stratford in the Class
AAAA state championship.
Stratford is only the second team Byrnes has lost
to this season, as the Rebels close the year with a
record of 30-4.
For some reason, it
just wasnt meant to go
our way this time, head
coach Brandi Aiken said.
Im proud of the kids. To
go 30-4 on the season is
a huge accomplishment. I
thought we were the better team, but Stratford
showed up two out of
three times and deserved
to win.
After taking game one in
commanding fashion, the
Rebels dropped game two,
2-1, in nine innings.
We just didnt hit the
ball, Aiken said. For a
team thats averaged over
10 runs per game all season, it was tough. We had
plenty of opportunities to
score, but we couldnt get
the runs across and it cost
us.
Stratford scored the winning run on a wild pitch in
of opportunities
to score, but we
couldnt get the
runs across and it
cost us.
Not handy
Brandi Aiken
Byrnes head softball coach

the ninth inning, sending
the series to a game three.
It was a changeup that
hit the dirt and took a crazy bounce, Aiken said. It
was a tough break, but we
still felt good going into
Friday.
The Rebels were still unable to score runs, as they
spotted Stratford a lead it
would not relinquish.
It took us a long time to
get going from the plate,
Aiken said. You have to
give Stratfords pitcher
credit. They threw much
better in games two and
three.
Byrnes gave up a run in
the first inning off an error
and allowed two earned
runs, falling 3-2.
SEE BYRNES | B4
Byrnes came up just short of its second state championship in three years last week,
falling to Stratford in three games. The rebels will return all but four players next season.
GOLF
Fund
to honor
memory
of Moore
Eastside
boys
finish
second
at state
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
JUNE
18
A scholarship honoring the memory of former Greer High basketball

player Nathan Tyler Moore
will aid future student athletes seeking success at
the next level.
Blue Ridge
takes 15th
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
WANT TO GO?

NATHAN TYLER MOORE
Golfers and spectators flocked to the Thornblade Club sunday afternoon for the closing
SCHOLARSHIP
GOLF
round of the annual BMW Charity
Pro-Am.
TOURNAMENT
What: Nathan Moore

Scholarship Fund golf
tournament
When: June 18, 8:30 a.m.
and 1:30 p.m.
Where: Greer Country Club
For info: 877-9279
Werenski wins BMW

Charity Pro-Am
Moore,
who
passed
away during the middle
of the Yellow Jackets seaGreer Golf Club
son earlier this year, was
2299 Gap Creek Road Greer SC 29651
the teams starting point Two Shotgun Start Tee Times
1st Set: Register 7:30 - Shotgun 8:30
guard.
2nd Set: Register 12:00 - Shotgun 1:30
The scholarship will be
joinsenior
us on Saturday
awardedPlease
to one
boy June18th to honor Nathan Moore by raising money for the
NATHAN TYLER MOORE SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Nathan had a BEAUTIFUL heart and always
and girl
basketball
player
wanted
to help others.
This scholarship will be awarded to 1 Senior boy and girl basketball
player
at Greer High School to
with
their college of choice. Prizes
will be awarded
to
at Greer
High.
BYhelp
BILLY
CANNADA
er, Brian
Campbell
and
1 overall team winner. We will be taking 36 teams with two sets of tee times stated above.
A golf
toto reserve
SPORTS EDITOR
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call the pro shop
your spot and please make sureBrett
if possible
to have
players names. We will be offering mulligans 2 per man for $5.00, 1 red tee for $5.00 and
raise money
for the
scholSucher
raffle tickets
will
be sold for $1.00 per ticket for A chance to win all
types offinished
prizes. If strong,
you
or your
business
would like to
sponsor
a hole please
contact Jason
Mangum
at 449-1228.
arship
fund
is set
for June
Richy
Werenski
birdied
earning
birdies
on holes
If you would like to volunteer to help please call Emily Mangum at 864-414-6361
18 at Greer Country
Club.
the &
front
nine
at Included
12, 13, 14 and 15. The
4 Man
Team -three
$240 of
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balls
Cost is $240 for aSingle
four-man
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team (including lunchGreer
and Golf
afternoon,
putting
good enough to tie WerenClub Pro
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864-877-9279
range balls) and $60 for in a position to win the ski for the lead, but Sucher
individuals. The tourna- BMW Charity Pro-Am pre- could not close it out.
ment will accept 36 teams sented by SYNNEX CorpoSeveral other golfers also
with two sets of tee times. ration.
had strong outings, acThe morning tee time will
Werenski finished 21- cording to Stewart Moore
begin at 8:30 a.m. and the under-par for the tourna- of PGATour.com, Albin
afternoon tee time will be ment, shooting scores of Choi became just the fifth
1:30 p.m.
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history to card 27 for nine
sponsor a hole are asked
Werenski,
a
former holes, joining Notah Begay
to call Jason Mangum at Georgia Tech golfer, came III (-9), Chad Collins (-9),
449-1228 and those wish- into the final day trail- Doug Dunakey (-8) and
ing to volunteer should ing Brandon Hagy by one Chesson Hadley (-8) on the
contact Emily Mangum at stroke. The two were tied list of record holders.
414-6361.
at 18-under heading into
The event paired profesFor more information, the back nine, but a dou- sionals with celebrities to
call the Greer Golf Club ble bogey on hole 11 cost raise money for charity.
Pro Shop at 877-9279.
Hagy a chance at the title.
Celebrities included AlThe first place finish fonso Ribiero (Americas
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gave Werenski a prize Funniest Home Videos,
of $121,500, bringing Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Brihis yearly earnings to an Jordan (Atlanta Braves,
258,958.
Atlanta Falcons), Dan JanFinishing in a tie for sec- sen (Gold medal-winning
ond place were Zack Such- Olympian), Drew Cope-
land (Sister Hazel), Rascal

Flatts Joe Don Rooney, Jay
DeMarcus, Oliver Hudson
(Nashville),
quarterback
Jim McMahon, Andy Buckley (The Office), Anthony
Anderson
(Blackish),
Bill Engvall (Blue Collar
Comedian), Danny Masterson (That 70s Show/
The Ranch), Dean Felber
(Hootie and the Blowfish),
Debbe Dunning (Home
Improvement),
Dennis
Haysbert (The Grinder),
Gary
Valentine
(Here
Comes the Boom/King
of Queens), Grant Show
(Melrose
Place/Devious
Maids), Javier Colon (The
Voice, Season 1 Winner),
Jordan Masterson (Last
Man Standing), Jose Alvarez (Atlanta Braves), Kira
Kazantsev (Miss America
2015), Lisa OHurley (clothing designer), Mark Bryan
(Hootie and the Blowfish),
Michael Pena (The Martian), Richard Karn (Home
Improvement), and Rob
Morrow (Billions).
The Eastside boys golf

team came up just short
of a Class AAA state title,
falling to AC Flora last
week at Costal Carolina.
The Eagles shot rounds
of 304 and 306 on backto-back days, finishing the
tournament at 610 behind
Floras 599.
Bennett Gilliard led
Eastside with scores of 71
and 79. He was joined by
Carter Bingham (77, 78),
Jimmy McCollum (78, 72),
Will Joyner (79, 78) and
Conner Fahey (78, 78).
Blue Ridge finished 15th
at the state tournament,
shooting a 666 during the
two day stint.
Walker Redmon led the
Tigers with scores of 79
and 78. He was joined
by Antyn Cooke (81, 83),
Miller Harbin (85, 88), Bo
Upton (89, 83) and Jake
Harvey (94, 88).
Hilton Head and North
Myrtle Beach tied for third
with scores of 615.
Hartsville rounded out
the top five with a 623 finish.
Finishing just outside
the top 10 with a score of
645 was Peach Blossom rival Emerald.
In the individual competition, Chapman Junior
Jacob Bridgeman captured
his first state title with
scores of 71 and 66 (137).
Ryan Marter of AC Flora
finished second overall
with his 143 finish. Gilliard and McCollum finished tied for ninth, while
Bingham, Fahey, Joyner
and Redmon recorded top
30 finishes.
Eastside won the region
championship two weeks
ago at the Links O Tryon.
The Eagles then won the
Upper State championship
at Cross Creek Plantation
in Seneca.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
eople who have known

me for years wouldnt
make the mistake of
asking me to anything
handy.
Well, my wife does, but
she doesnt really ask.
She tells me to do handy
stuffthen fusses at
me for messing it up. I
believe the word for this
is marriage.
I dont have a great
track record with trying to
fix (or assemble) things.
More often than not, I
break the broken thing
even more.
Just before we got married, my wife and I went
on a shopping spree at
IKEA (my own personal
hell). We bought all the
furniture for our new
apartment there, not fully
realizing at the time that
we would be relying on
me to put it all together.
Side note: Shannon
and I have been married
for four years, and I still
believe the toughest test
for our relationship were
the mounds of IKEA boxes
that needed to be assembled in our new living
room.
Long story short, we got
through it.
After each box, I assured my wife of the
finished product.
They put extra parts in
these boxes on purpose,
babe, I tried to convince
her, noticing a great deal
of unused hardware still
sitting on the floor.
All it needs is a little
superglue, I said, shifting
a clearly loose tabletop.
Years later, my wife still
brings these things up.
Our IKEA bed recently
required repairs, and she
couldnt let the opportunity slip
Extra parts, huh?
The moral of this story
isIm not your guy. I can
ghetto-rig just about anything, but dont ask me
to fix it properly. I dont
have the training.
Last Wednesday, I got
this text
Any chance you could
come help me set up
a playground set this
Friday?
I issued a fair warning,
noting my willingness to
help and inability to do
anything correctly.
Friday night, in the
pouring rain, I found
myself helping with this
play set. I didnt mind
the labor, but this time,
children were involved.
If I screwed this up, a
child could be seriously
injured.
After making my friend
aware of this, he handed
me a shovel to help dig.
Finally, something I understood.
The instructions were
simple: stick shovel in
ground, remove dirt with
shovel. Even a caveman
could do it.
But then I saw it. The
most perfect, shiny object
Id ever seen.
A pickaxe.
It was the right amount
of sharp and dangerous
to get me interested. I had
to use it. I had to punish
this dirt I was about to
dig up with the boring old
shovel.
Im gonna loosen some
dirt for you guys, I said
with the pickaxe firmly
grasped.
Before anyone could say
anything, I began swinging the thing.
This must be what a
lumberjack feels like, I
thought to myself.
I wonder how many
swings I need to do to get
huge biceps
Is Shannon watching
me?
I bet shes impressed.
Who wouldnt be impressed? Look at me go.
I paused for a quick
breather when I noticed
my friend had stopped
what he was doing in
anticipation for my next
swing.
Im just trying to get
out of your way, he said.
Thats probably sound
logic anytime Im working
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Spring Football practice

Back on the gridiron
Blue Ridge Tigers
High school football is back and local teams have begun

spring practice in preparation for the 2016 season. Greer,
Eastside and Riverside were in full pads last week, taking
advantage of the South Carolina High School League
allowed practice time. The Yellow Jackets host their
annual spring game on Friday night at 6 p.m. Dooley Field.
Riverside and Eastside will also host spring games at the
same time. Greer is coming off an undefeated regular
season. The Jackets, however, were once again ousted in
the second round of the playoffs, falling to Union County.
Riverside had less luck in 2015, going winless through the
region and non-region schedules. The Eagles had plenty of
success, nearly making the playoffs under new head coach
Steve Wilson. All three teams will be looking to rebuild,
having lost a number of key seniors.
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Kenseth wheels to thrilling victory at Dover

Matt Kenseth held off
charging young upstarts
Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott to visit Victory Lane
in last Sundays AAA 400
Drive for Autism for his
first win of 2016 and his
third at Dover International Speedway.
Kenseths checkered flag
was the 135th overall for
Joe Gibbs Racing, which is
now tied with Roush Fenway Racing for third on
the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series all-time wins list.
With the win, Kenseth
virtually clinched a berth
in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, joining
his three JGR teammates
as the latest of seven drivers to earn a spot in NASCARs playoffs.

The No. 20 Toyota driver now has 37 career wins
tied with teammate Kyle
Busch and NASCAR Hall
of Famer Bobby Isaac for
19th in the record books.
Expect Kenseth to keep
producing strong results
after finishing fourth at
Kansas and first at Dover. Despite sitting 12th
in points, He ranks fourth
in this season in average
running position (9.1) and
driver rating (102.8), as
well as fifth in laps led
(398).
Sprint Showdown set

to advance three
This year, Fridays Sprint

Showdown at Charlotte
Motor Speedway (7 p.m.
ET on FS1) will advance
three drivers to the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
The winner of each segment will earn a spot in
Saturdays nights contest.
No driver has ever won
the Sprint Showdown and
advanced to win the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
Michael Waltrip (1996)
and Ryan Newman (2002)
used transfer spots in the
Showdown to win the AllStar Race.
Rookies ready
to rocket past stars
Only two Sunoco Rookie

of the Year candidates
have ever won the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2000)
and Ryan Newman (2002).
This year, NASCAR Next
alumni Chase Elliott and
Ryan Blaney will try to
make that number three.
Elliott failed to qualify
for the All-Star race last
season after finishing fifth
in the Sprint Showdown.
Blaney will make his Showdown debut this year.
Elliott enters the weekend Charlotte festivities
coming off a career-best
third-place finish at Dover. He leads Blaney by 22

points in the Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings on
the strength of four top
fives and eight top 10s.
Elliott also sits ninth on
the Chase Grid 63 points
ahead of Ryan Newman on
the cutoff line.
The No. 24 Chevrolet
drivers eight top-10 finishes in the first 12 races in
his Sunoco Rookie season
are the most since Jimmie
Johnson accomplished the
feat in 2002. His four topfive showings through 12
races in his Sunoco Rookie
season are the most since
Kasey Kahne posted the
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Blaney placed eighth at
Dover for his third consecutive top-10 finish. On
the season, he claims one
top five and five top 10s.
He occupies the 15th spot
on the Chase Grid where
he sits 10 points above
Ryan Newman on the cutoff line.
Hamlin readies repeat

In All-Star race
Denny Hamlin will attempt to win the NASCAR

Sprint All-Star Race and
the $1 million bonus that
comes with it for the second straight season on
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Legion season
The Greer American Legion Post 115 junior and senior
baseball teams opened their seasons against Irmo this
week.
I was worried about

us being so young, Aiken said. I knew that the
scores werent always going to be 10-0. Our youth
may have shown a little bit
Wednesday and Friday.
The Rebels were led all
season by standout freshmen Tatum Arboleda
and Kasey Widmyer, who
shared the majority of
pitching duties.
While Tatum and Kasey
are young, I expect teams
like Dorman and Boiling
Springs to continue to improve as well, Aiken said.
Were going to have some
good competition in the
years to come.
Our future is bright,
she said. I expect well
be in the mix for several
years to come if our kids
continue to work and improve the way they have.
Were blessed with a good
group of kids that work
hard and believe in what

were doing.
Aiken said her team is
already eager to get back
to work.
There will be a new
sense of drive, she said.
Losing the state championship and knowing that
you shouldnt have, that
will probably add a whole
new aspect to our preparation for next year.
Since beginning her career at Byrnes 16 years
ago, Aiken has coached in
five state championships.
We talk about this being a great program and
we encourage our players to step up and replace
those that graduate, Aiken said. We want the seniors to leave a legacy for
each team, and thats what
theyve done.
It just takes the right
timing to win in the end,
she said.
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Martino signs deal with Buccaneers

Former North Greenville
University standout wide
receiver Freddie Martino
has signed a free-agent
deal with the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers of the National
Football League.
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Tampa Bay will be Martinos third stop in the
NFL having spent time in
Philadelphia with the Eagles following two seasons
with the Atlanta Falcons.
Martino saw action in one
regular season game with
Atlanta.
Martino was a four-year
starter for the Crusaders,
leading the team in receptions and yards in each
year, including two 1,000yard seasons. He played in
48 games throughout his
four years in Tigerville,
catching 296 passes for
3,766 yards and 26 touchdowns while also scoring 5
times on the ground.
In 11 games during the
2013 season, the North,
Davis
SC native totaled NCAA

Division II record 146 receptions for an average of
13.3 receptions per game.
Martino also set the school
record for receiving yards
in a season with 1,680 and
found the end zone 12
times.
Martino will share a locker-room with NFL standouts Jameis Winston and
former Clemson standout
Adam Humphries.
ALL-REGION TEAM NAMED
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o my cousin -- a good
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... Id like baseball a whole
lot better if they only
played, like, 16 games in a
season. The season is just
too long.
In no American
professional sport
can you find such a
rich timeline full of
individual stories...
I didnt want to break
up the party (I think it
was a Christmas dinner,
we were watching the
Knicks midday, if thats
any clue), so I just threw
out what I had immediately available to both refute
and condemn his view on
the national pastime.
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do you suppose a pitcher
will put together a 20-win
campaign? Whos going to
get 100 RBI in a season?
Hit 60 homers?
You see, in this right
now world -- where
everyone has to have
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at the doughnut shop,
the latest bout of calamitous discourse from the
presidential primaries, the
latest late-night sketch
-- all shown on your little
phone or tablet screen,
maybe the subtle nuances
of a 162-game schedule
are lost.
Baseball puts it all out
there, and they do it for
nearly half a year. In no
American professional
sport can you find such
a rich timeline full of
individual stories, vividly
reported on day after day,
during three seasonal
climatic changes (spring,
summer and fall). Its the
only sport that translates
as well, if not better, on
radio as it does on TV. In
fact, some of my finest
memories were of listen-
ing to the Yankees on

WABC while my friends
and I played Wiffleball in
between bouts of delivering pizzas in Red Bank,
New Jersey. Years later,
I remember listening to
Vin Scully being broadcast
on a beach at Key West.
People hung on his every
word.
When Derek Jeter
retired, for my parents
and grandparents, it was
a very dramatic event. For
nearly two decades, when
they wanted to unwind at
night, they would put on
the Yankee game. No, they
werent always in rapt
attention, but the game
was always there. When
he left, it was as if they
had lost a friend or sent
a cousin off to college.
If you think about what
even a decade of baseball
amounts to ... 16,000-plus
evenings and days of
programming, it is almost
mind-boggling.
The storylines only
keep getting better and
more diverse thanks to
expansion. More fans are
more engaged than ever
before. And of course,
baseball venerates its
champions better than
any other sport. The
record books still routinely spit up names like
Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker,
Hack Wilson, Maury Wills
and Catfish Hunter. No
other sport comes close in
that regard. More people
can name the lineup of
the 1927 Yankees than
their own current favorite team. You can trace
historical events -- civil
rights, world wars, 9/11
-- through baseball.
You know what my
cousin said? That some
delivery pizza company
really knew how to market to millennials like
him. Why? Because they
offered a chocolate-chip
cookie pizza. As if they
are the first generation to
find out that chocolatechip cookies are a good
thing. That attitude is
enough to drive you batty
if you think too hard
about it, but thankfully
you dont have to because,
like a warm blanket, the
baseball game is on ... so
just relax, why dont ya?
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Terry Davis, Stanley Limoh, and Kreig Lowe represent the mens team. Davis earned two nods in the
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The womens team set
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B6 THE GREER CITIZEN
Shamus Gaddy shows off a Math Rocks sticker.
Dylan McCray challenges Gub to a dance-off.
Bella Wesley gives Gub a hug.
Math students reach milestone

STAFF WRITER
A classroom of exceptional third graders at Abner Creek Academy has the
distinction of completing
the most math lessons in
the nation using an adaptive software program
called Dreambox Learning.
Even more importantly,
every student now is working above grade level.
Last Thursday individuals with Dreambox Learnings Raleigh, North Carolina office visited teacher
Ann Salways class to celebrate the achievements
of her students. Dreambox
brought with them gift
bags for the students, five
iPads for the school and a
mascot named Gub (also
affectionately known as
Jumper by the students).
Were very proud of
you guys, Dreambox account manager Keith Kostka said as Gub bounced
around the classroom. We
just wanted to show up in
person and congratulate
you.
Students were thrilled
to meet the mascot and
explain why they like the
program, and how it assists them with their math
scores.
Its very awesome because I dont really like
math that much but it
turns out that Im really
good at it, and Im a champion, student Christina
Brewington said.
With that her neighbor
in the classroom Dylan
McCray began to sing,
We are the champions,
MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
Chris Blair, center, assists Carter Presley, left, and Hannah

Watson with a math assignment on the computer.
my friends... And like an
athlete taking home the
championship he added
It was just our determination that led us here and
motivation.
The students were indeed determined. Nineteen
students completed 8,832
lessons in the month of
March.
When Salway found out
there was a competition
she used her own determination to make sure her
class finished first.
When she started it
she emailed me and said
Just going to let you know
were going to win, said
Amanda Dobson, district
director of instructional
technology. Well she
wasnt kidding.
To be honest I didnt
really appreciate the value

of this, and I had used
other programs and then
when I saw there was a
competition I was like,
Were doing this competition. Since then Ive now
realized the value of it and
now were using it daily,
Salway said.
The value is clearly seen
in the fact that Salway has
three students working on
eighth-grade concepts and
10 of them on a seventhgrade level. All students
are above third and fourth
grade in their work. This
is the second year Abner
Creek has had access to
the software.
Dreambox
personnel
said their software is
unique in how it uses technology for learning.
MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
A group of Abner Creek third graders has completed the most math lessons in the nation
using a computer software program titled Dreambox Learning.
Its kind of a different
approach, Kostka said.
Technology
blended
into the classroom is still
kind of new. So Dreambox
from a math perspective
is really the only program
that serves that adaptability that you can remediate
and accelerate based on
whatever you do.
In a way, the software
allows students to have a
kind of teaching aide with
each student, monitoring their progress. Then
teachers can see where
students are excelling and
where they might need
more assistance. Lessons

are created to be engaging and game-like, and the
students seem to appreciate the format.
Its really fun, and it
kind of encourages me to
do math, student Lucian
Driggers said.
Naturally some students
learn in more accelerated
fashion than others. Salway said some students,
like Jax Soule, who has attained the highest level in
the class thus far, will take
the time to help other students who might be struggling a little.
Collectively,
students
have improved 300 percent from when they
started the lessons, said
Salway. She referenced the
MAP testing that students
take and said last year 15
out of 17 didnt meet their
projected growth. This
year 18 surpassed where
they were supposed to be,
and the one student who
did not still stayed in the
99th percentile with a very
good MAP score.
I know thats because
of Dreambox.
Flatwood community gone but not forgotten

STAFF WRITER
Before Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport was the place that Upstate residents could call
home for flights across
the country, it was home
for a community of farmers and mill workers, who
also enjoyed a little baseball when the days work
was complete.
The place was called
Flatwood, and there are
subtle reminders in the
area (which now also includes BMW) that there is
a history beyond airplanes
and automobiles.
Theres the granite historical marker erected in
1999 on Brockman-McClimon Road near the
Stevens Road entrance to
the airport. Its planted on
the site of the old ballfield
where the Flatwood baseball teams used to play.
The names of the ballplayers that played between
1930 and 1960 are listed
on the backside of that
marker.
Another reminder can
be seen inside the airport
at the new Flatwood Grill.
The opening was just last
summer and attended by
about 75 from the old Flatwood community. Francis
Earle F.E Hendrix, a former Flatwood ballplayer,
cut the ribbon.
Hendrix played first
base for Flatwood from
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The Flatwood community was home to farmers and mill workers, who made a name for
themselves on the baseball diamond.
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Flatwood is remembered today through a monument near

GSP International Airport.
1946 to 1955. He often
took throws from shortstop G.W. Witty Davis.
Those two men were integral in ensuring the marker would be erected to
remember the old community. Interestingly enough,
Hendrix is not even native
to Flatwood. Hes from the
nearby Abner Creek area.
By me playing baseball
up there they more or less

adopted me and I adopted
them, he said recently
while recalling Flatwoods
history.
His adopted community
boasted a grammar school
and the Cross Roads
Stores Junction, which included three stores, and
of course the famous Flatwood Peaches baseball
field. Davis son, Phil, said

he is really too young to
remember going to many
ballgames, but he recalls
stories told to him by his
father or mother or other
men on the baseball team.
According to Phil, a home
run over the school behind
right field was quite an accomplishment.
He said B.C. Hawkins
was one of the most powerful hitters on any of
those teams, and he was
known to launch baseballs
over the schoolhouse.

It looked like a golf ball
when he hit it, he said. It
would just keep going and
going, getting smaller and
smaller.
The school was no longer
used when Hendrix and
Witty played. Phil said his
father, who passed away
in 2004, was known to hit
baseballs through the windows of the school, at the
time housing a family.
He would give them
money to replace the win-
dow pains, Phil said.

Some of the best stories from that time seem
to come from games between Flatwood and rival
Reidville.
They were our big competitor, Hendrix said.
People from Reidville,
people from Flatwood
worked together They
went to the country stores
and so they talked the
game over before it was
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ENTERTAINMENT
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THE GREER CITIZEN B7
Amelia Earhart revisits Greenville June 18

PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Behind the
Anomalisa
scenes
in
COUCH THEATER
BY SAM STRUCKHOFF
NEW RELEASES FOR THE

WEEK OF JUNE 6
PICKS OF THE WEEK
Zootopia (PG) -- In the

futuristic metropolis of
Zootopia, society is run
by all types of animals -predators and prey, from
big ol rhinos to tiny hamsters -- coexisting (mostly)
peacefully in a diverse and
advanced society. Optimistic officer Judy Hopps
(voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) follows her dream of
becoming the first bunny
on the police force, only to
face doubts and put-downs
from the bigger animals in
the precinct. When a string
of attacks threatens the
predator-prey peace, Judy
teams up with Nick, a slyfox con artist (Jason Bateman) to solve the case.
Disneys 3D animations
continue to get better and
better under the direction
of PIXARs John Lasseter.
This latest one manages to
be timely, thoughtful and
fun, with a sense of humor
that spans generations. It
shows how much better
kids movies can be when
theres more than rapidfire gags and dazzling visuals.
Hail, Caesar! (R) -- While
shooting an overblown
old-Hollywood
Biblical
epic, the headlining movie
star (George Clooney) gets
kidnapped, and its up to
one dedicated studio fixer
(Josh Brolin) to recapture
the dopey A-lister, manage the press and keep the
Hollywood dream factory
going. Throw in a brassy
screen-darling (Scarlett Johansson) and the caper is
almost complete.
The Coen brothers sure
have fun with their knowledge of cinema history
and backlot absurdity. The
story is littered with movies within the movie, each
one a well-tuned parody of
genres past. Brolin is great
as a hardworking truebeliever in movie magic,
even though he knows all
of the tricks and dirty secrets that keep the illusion
alive. Its definitely fun,
but knowing a bit about
Golden Age cinema will
add to the enjoyment.
Anomalisa (R) -- Its
not everyday you get to
see a deeply introspective,
intimate drama starring
stop-motion
animated
puppets, but it turns out
they are perfect for creating a sense of unease and
isolation. Michael (David
Thewlis) is on a business
trip, promoting his book
about motivational speaking and connecting with
others. But he feels deeply
unmotivated, and he cant
connect with anyone, as
they all look and sound
like slightly different versions of the same massproduced person (Tom
Noonan voices everyone
but the two leads). Michaels haze is momentarily pierced when he meets
Lisa (Jennifer Jason Leigh).
Its slow and melancholy
throughout, but writer/director Andy Kaufman succeeds in creating a unique
experience.
13 Hours: The Secret
Soldiers of Benghazi (R)
-- Michael Bay directs this
based-on-a-true-story film
that responds to nuance
and complexity the way a
mortar-round responds to
the ground. When militants
attack the U.S. Embassy in
Libya, a group of ex-SEALS
working as a private security force are shown
ready to rescue, but held
back by an indecisive CIA
operative (David Costabile). Once the heroes (led
by James Badge Dale and
John Krasinski) get rolling, Bay tears the lid off
of a can of war noise and
maintains a steady pace of
exhilarating battle scenes.
TV RELEASES
Duck Dynasty: Season

9
When Greenville Chautauqua decided to bring

Amelia Earhart to its
June 2016 History Alive
Festival, Lara Kaufmann,
Public Relations Director
of the Downtown Airport,
was asked to present a
discussion on Amelia and
women in aviation.
In preparing for this talk,
84-year-old newspaper articles were discovered in
the South Carolina Room
at the Hughes Main Library in Downtown Greenville. They told of a trip
that Amelia Earhart made
here during the weekend
of November 12-14, 1931.
The same weekend that
Greenville was celebrating
its Centennial.
The stories recorded her
luncheon at the Poinsett
Hotel and demonstration
flights at the Downtown
Airport, then called the
Greenville Municipal Airport.
Miss Amelia Earhart set
the first autogiro ever to
stop in Greenville down
at the local flying field
yesterday afternoon as approximately 4,000 persons
looked on. She brought
the
awkward-looking
windmill ship down to
earth almost vertically...
The world-known Miss
Earhart, first woman to
fly the stormy Atlantic is
flying the autogyro along
a route of Southern cities
for the Beech Nut Products
concern. She will speak at
a Dutch luncheon at the
Poinsett hotel... one ar-
ticle reads.
This surprising find led
to a fun discussion. Since
Greenville
Chautauqua
strives to bring history to
life, through interactive
theater, by bringing voices
from the past to celebrate
our history... why not sort
of recreate and celebrate
her visit to our community, stated Caroline McIntyre, Greenville Chautauquas Administrator
and Media Contact.
Several
organizations
have lined up to help.
Triple Tree Aerodrome is
supplying a 1929 Golden
Eagle Chief one of only
two known to be still flying in the world for Amelias arrival. The Upcountry History Museum and
Greenville
Chautauqua
will have Amelia Earhart
stories and 1930s Greenville photos on display in
the Runway Cafes hangar.
Volunteers from Chautauqua will host 1930s
games and a 1930s costume contest with prizes
donated by local businesses at 10 a.m. at the Runway Caf hangar.
Vintage cars from the
owners of White Horse
Flea Market will be on display.
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Historical interpreter Leslie

Goddard will portray Amelia
Earhart at the Chautaqua
History Alive Festival June
18.
At 11 a.m., Amelia Earhart will land outside the
Runway Caf in the Golden Eagle Chief (weather
permitting) where she will
greet and interact with the
crowd. Following the landing, a 1930s vintage auto
supplied by Maserati Lotus Greenville will take her
to lunch at the Poinsett
Hotel where Centre Stages
Sisters of Swing will entertain.
An advance-ticket lunch
at the Poinsett Hotel will
feature a performance by
Chautauqua Historical Interpreter Leslie Goddard
as Earhart. For tickets, call
244-1499.
All events excluding the
lunch are free to the public.
Runway Park at the Green-
THINGS
TO DO
NEW LISTINGS
CIVIL AIR PATROL
SQUADRON OPEN HOUSE
NONOBJECTIVE ARTIST TO
EXHIBIT IN GUILD GALLERY
Local Greenville artist

Jane Doyle will hold her
second exhibition of nonobjective paintings June
3-30 in Artists Guild of
Spartanburg Gallery at
Chapman Cultural Center
in Spartanburg.
In the exhibit, A Common
Thread, 20 acrylic paintings will be on display.
This exhibit will be free for
public viewing MondaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,
and Sundays, 1-5 p.m.
Doyles work primarily
consists of what she describes as an imprecise
abstract format flowing
from the conscious and
continuous study of the
A vintage newspaper clipping reported Amelia Earharts

visit to Greenville in 1931.
ville Downtown Airport is
located at 21 Airport Road
Ext. in Greenville.
For more information
please,
visit
greenvil-
lechautauqua.org or contact Caroline McIntyre

at caroline@greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org
or
244-1499.
INDOOR FISHING HOLE

OFFERED AT HANDS ON!
Take Flight 5K
Saturday, May 28
Greenville Downtown
Airport
Runway Park
https://book-events.com/
takeflight5k
Hands On!, the childrens museum in downtown Hendersonville, will

hold an indoor fishing
hole June 7-10.
Visitors can catch fish
as they learn about colors, counting, fish identification and habitat. Visit
www.handsonwnc.org or
call 828-697-8333.
Greenville
Composite
Squadron (CAP), the local
unit of the Civil Air Patrol,
will host an open house on
Saturday, May 28, from 11
a.m.-2 p.m. at the squadron headquarters adjacent
to the Greenville Downtown Airport South Ramp,
11 Airport Road Extension
in Greenville. The community is invited to attend.
Americas Civil Air Patrol is celebrating its 75th
anniversary this year, and
the Greenville squadron is
coming up on its 60th year
of operation. The open
house is part of the anniversary observance designed to create a greater
awareness of CAPs presence and contributions in
the community.
Members of the squadron will be present after
Greenville Downtown Airports Fourth Annual Take
Flight 5K Run to greet
visitors and explain CAPs
three primary missions.
Civil Air Patrol provides
emergency services, cadet
programs and aerospace
education for youth and
adults.
For more information,
visit the Greenville squadrons open house between
11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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AT CENTRE STAGE JUNE 16
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Free concert
Spartanburg-based singer/songwriter Jeremy Willis will
perform at Chapman Cultural Centers Sundays Unplugged
program May 29, from 2-4 p.m.
interaction of color, light,
mark and form.
The result is that she
is able to paint in a style
that combines her love
and appreciation of color
with informality creating
a truly revealing insight
into how her work is experimental and influenced
by
Diebenkorn,
Frankenthaler and other abstract artists of that time.
Doyle grew up in South
Carolina and has lived
here most of her life. Her
study of art began as a
hobby about 20 years ago
and developed into a passion.
To see samples of
Doyles work, visit janedoyleart.com.
call 764-9568.
A CAPPELLA MAGIC WITH

GREENVILLE IN HARMONY
Greenville In Harmony
show chorus invites wom-
en of all ages to join them

in a cappella magic on
June 6, 13 and 20.
Women are invited to
sing with the group from
6:30-9:30 p.m. at Eastminster Presbyterian Church,
2240 Woodruff Road,
Simpsonville.
visit greenvilleinharmony.
com.
SHAGGING CLASSES
OFFERED AT CHAPMAN
Ballet Spartanburg will

offer eight shagging classes at Chapman Cultural
Center June 6-August 8.
The class meets in the
Dance Center on Mondays,
7-8 p.m.
Both couples ($160) and
individuals ($96) are welcome. The teacher will be
Marian Norman.
call 583-0339. To register,
visit
BalletSpartanburg.
org.
Centre Stage will present

the comedy, The Explorers Club, June 16-July 2.
Its London, 1879. The
prestigious Explorers Club
is in crisis: their acting
president wants to admit a
woman, and their bartender is absolutely terrible.
True, this female candidate is brilliant, beautiful,
and has discovered a legendary Lost City, but the
decision to let in a woman
could shake the very foundation of the British Empire.
Showtimes are Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.
and Sundays, 3 p.m. Call
233-6733 or visit www.
centrestage.org.
EVENT REMINDERS
Music by the Lake
Thursday, May 26, 7:30 p.m.
Furman Amphitheater
How the West Was Won
Lakeside Concert Band
294-2086
Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Through May 28
Warehouse Theatre
warehousetheatre.com
Mary Poppins
June 3-26
Greenville Little Theatre
233-6238
greenvillelittletheatre.org
Gregg Allman
Wednesday, July 27
7:30 p.m.
Peace Center
467-3000
ONGOING EXHIBITS
Post-WWII Student
Life Exhibit
Through May 31
James B. Duke Library
Furman University
Jeffrey Makala 294-2714
Jeffrey.makala@furman.edu
Madonna and Child
in a Landscape
Through June 5
Museum & Gallery
at Heritage Green
youtu.be/MmdtEbhzz5s
Some Abstraction Required
Through June 12
Spartanburg Art Museum
spartanburgartmuseum.org
B8
FUN AND GAMES
THE GREER CITIZEN
Pancreatitis requires
total abstinence
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
went to the emergency
ward this weekend with
severe chest pains and
bloating. I was sure I was
having a heart attack. After
tests, a CT scan revealed
I had pancreatitis (they
mentioned a number 222
for some enzyme or something); also, my potassium
was low and sodium was
critically low, at 113. I am
62, 5 feet, 9 inches tall and
weigh 210; I have Type 2
diabetes with an A1C of
6.7 and high blood pressure.
I was discharged after
four days with no restrictions other than to eat
light and refrain from alcohol 100 percent for the
rest of my life to avoid
another occurrence. I had
never heard of pancreatitis, and it was devastating
news to me. I make wine,
and have for years. I do
not drink anything except
wine, and the thought of
never being able to drink
again is very disturbing.
Is there a possibility
that I may be able to drink
wine again in the future?
The doctors assessment
seemed pretty harsh to
me. -- J.C.
ANSWER: Acute pancreatitis is an inflammation
of the pancreas, an organ
that makes digestive enzymes and insulin. Acute
pancreatitis can be very
severe, even life-threatening on occasion. There are
many causes, but the most
common in North America
are gallstones and alco-
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
hol. The diagnosis is made
from the history and physical exam, and an elevated
pancreas enzyme level,
usually amylase or lipase.
These often are elevated
into the thousand range. A
CT scan also can help confirm the diagnosis.
Before concluding that
alcohol is the cause of the
pancreatitis, its important to make sure there
is nothing blocking the
pancreatic and common
bile duct, such as a stone
or tumor. The CT scan is
good, but if there is doubt,
an endoscopy may need to
be performed.
If your doctor determined that the cause is
alcohol, then Im afraid
I have to agree that no
amount of alcohol is safe.
Drinking even modest
amounts of wine, even
months or years later,
could bring about pancreatitis again. In addition to
the pain and suffering that
go with an episode, the
more episodes of acute
pancreatitis you have, the
more likely you are to develop chronic pancreatitis
(with constant pain), pancreatic insufficiency (leading to inability to properly
digest food) and worsen
your diabetes.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: My
husband is 61, and has
twice had to take a course
of vitamin D, 50,000 units
weekly. I dont understand
why he isnt taking a daily
dose. -- L.D.
ANSWER: It is commonly recommended for
physicians to treat very
low levels of vitamin D
with vitamin D-2 at the
high dose of 50,000 units
once weekly for six to
eight weeks. However, I
have seen many people
who, like your husband,
take the course of therapy
and then dont take any
daily vitamin D and just
become deficient again. In
most cases, I recommend
vitamin D-3 at 800-1,000
units daily, then rechecking the level. Some people
need even more, especially
if there is poor absorption,
such as after gastric bypass surgery or in people
with celiac disease.
***
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer individual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possible. Readers may email
questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu.
To view and order health
pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to
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BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND

THE BEAUTIFUL
Liam was filled with

anger and resentment toward Quinn. Katie assured
Brooke that she didnt
have a drinking problem
anymore. While awaiting
word from Liam, Bill and
Wyatt differed in their
opinions regarding what
punishment Quinn did or
did not deserve. Sasha proposed to Julius that they
join forces to win back
the people they loved.
Thomas was shocked by
what future role Ridge had
planned for his son. With
Nicole by their side, Maya
and Rick proudly revealed
the name of their baby girl
to their families. Knowing
that Ridge had an ulterior
motive, Thomas had second thoughts about the career opportunity that was
presented to him. A suspicious Nicole put Sasha on
the spot to prove to that
her claim was true. Wait to
See: A lifelong friendship
comes to an end.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Jennifer worried how

her addiction to painkillers would affect Abigail
and JJ. John joined the
search to track down Joey.
Aiden visited Chase in
jail. A nervous Ciara and
Claire faced the consequences at their hearing.
Shawn was torn between
Lani and Belle. Fynn drove
Kayla to Los Angeles to
find Joey. Claire sensed a
MONTY BRINTON | CBS
Miles Gaston Villanueva

stars as Luca on The Young
and The Restless.
thaw in Belle and Shawns
relationship and asked if
they were getting back together. Ciara opened up to
Marlena during a counseling session. Aiden realized
that winning back Hope
would be an uphill battle.
Chase was attacked and
rushed to the hospital. Eduardo was vocal about his
disapproval over JJ dating
Gabi. Wait to See: Adriana
makes a mysterious phone
call.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Elizabeth faced public

humiliation. Tensions ran
high between Nikolas and
Jason on the red carpet of
the Nurses Ball. Obrecht
was up to her old tricks.
Maxie asked Griffin for
a favor. Hayden asked to
speak with Jordan privately. Carly was stunned
by what she found. Lucas

happened upon an interloper with malicious intent. Nikolas and Hayden
caused a scene. Franco
saved the day. Griffin had
a hunch about Finn. Morgan witnessed a painful
exchange. Jordan made an
arrest. Sam found signs of
a struggle. Paul was left
shaken by Avas warning.
Anna was forced to confess. Michael made an emotional plea. Dillon caught
Tracy off guard. Wait to
See: Carly confronts Finn
about his secret.
THE YOUNG AND

THE RESTLESS
Meredith tried to convince Victor that he

shouldnt give up hope
for a reconciliation with
his family. When a problem arose at Newman, and
Summer couldnt locate
Victoria, Luca encouraged
her to send a proposal to
the executives and pretend
it was from Victoria. Jack
had no idea that Phyllis
was having an affair with
his brother. In the midst
of an argument, Mariah
pulled Kevin into a kiss.
Jill arrived back in town
and warned Hilary that she
didnt want her anywhere
near Katherines foundation. Michael told Lauren
that his suspension had
finally been lifted. Victoria got nervous when Travis quizzed her about her
past. Wait to See: Stitch
receives some disturbing
news about Max.
THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
RFD by Mike Marland
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas
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EXPLORE THE ARTS

WORKSHOP OFFERED
Explore the Arts summer art classes will be

available to children and
adults in the Greenville
area Monday through Friday, June 13-17, from 8:30
a.m.-noon at the Fine Arts
Center in Greenville.
Explore the Arts offers a
variety of one-week summer art workshops taught
by local artists. Class size
is limited to 10 to 20 students per class.
The cost to attend Explore the Arts is $125 for
the elementary and middle
school program, and $150
for the high school, college, and adult workshops.
Some partial scholarships
are available.
email Donna Shank, Explore the Arts coordinator,
at dshank@greenville.k12.
sc.us or call 355-2574.
GREENVILLE COUNTY
DISTRICT PROVIDES FREE

SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM
Twenty-five locations in
Greenville County are providing free lunchesand
some,
breakfastsfrom
Monday, June 6, through
Friday, August 12, for any
child 18 years of age or
younger.
Meals are provided without regard to race, color,
sex, age, disability, religion or national origin.
The programs are only
approved for geographic
areas of need where 50
percent or more of the
children qualify for free
and reduced-price meals
during the school year.
Parents should contact a
participating site for details and hours of service.
Dates and times vary by
location.
In the area, Chandler
Creek Elementary will provide lunches June 11-July
15 (closed the week of July
4).
Greenville
County
Schools Food and Nutrition Services provides an
average of 2,000 breakfasts and lunches per day
as part of the U.S. Department of Agricultures
Seamless Summer Program. Organizations that
are interested in hosting
a Seamless Summer Feeding Site should contact the
Food and Nutrition Services office at 355-1590 or
355-1246.
MICHALA, LEE RECEIVE

MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS
Jonathan J. Michala, of
Eastside High, and Carol
Lee, of Riverside High,
have been awarded National Merit Scholarships
of $2,500.
The
students
were
among 15,000 finalists in
the 2016 National Merit
Scholarship Program.
WOODLAND ELEMENTARY
HOSTS BOOK SWAP
THE GREER CITIZEN B9
Woodland
Elementary
will celebrate Childrens
Book Week with its fourth
annual book swap May 2327.
Students are invited to
bring in bound books in
good condition that they
are willing to trade. Space
is limited to five books per
student. Each book can
be swapped for one other
book.
Books can be dropped
off in the media center by
PHOTO | SUBMITTED
Giving group
Greenville Women Giving held its 10th annual meeting to award grant funding for the 2016
cycle. Among the recipients, Washington Center received $35,450 to assist with funding
construction of an ADA-compliant nature trail that is to be developed collaboratively
with Sara Collins Elementary School on adjoining property. Above:Representatives from
Washington Center and Sara Collins Elementary receive a Greenville Women Giving grant
toward funding of an ADA compliant nature trail.
8:30 a.m. each morning,
and the book swap shop
time is 1-2 p.m. daily.
On Friday, from 1-2 p.m.,
any books not swapped
will be sold for 25 cents
each.
All monetary proceeds
will be used for new library books. All leftover
books will be saved for the
next book swap.
For more information
or a permission slip, visit
the Woodland Elementary
website.
BLUE RIDGE MIDDLE

CHORUS EARNS SUPERIOR
The Blue Ridge Middle

School chorus participated in an adjudicated performance at Carowinds on
May 14.
The group received a Superior rating, the highest
possible score, from all
three judges.
RMS STUDENT
WINS ESSAY CONTEST
Riverside Middle eighth

grader Jessie Crowley recently won the Greenville
Civitan essay competition
for her submission on the
topic Building a Better
World Through Good Citizenship.
Crowley will present her
essay at an awards banquet at the Poinsett Club.
Eighth grader Hailey Xu,
the second place winner of
the award, will also attend
the banquet.
Both students are in the
RMS English I Honors program.
SCHOOL YEAR-END
SCHEDULE REMINDER
The final three days of

school for the district,
May 31, June 1 and 2, will
be half-days of school. Report cards will be mailed
on Monday, June 6, to
students who submit a
stamped envelope and are
clear of fees owed.
Greenville
County
Schools moves to the summer schedule on June 6.
The main office will be
open on Monday- Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-5:30
p.m. with lunch closure
from noon-1 p.m. daily.
School offices are closed
on Friday during the summer.
Chandler Creek Elementary will serve as a summer feeding site where we
will provide lunch daily
for families as needed.
More information will be
provided via the phone
messenger and the school
website.
ESOL TEACHERS OFFER NEW

PROGRAM TO PARENTS
There is a new program

available to parents in
Greenville County who
would like to learn English
and become more involved
in their childs academic
achievement.
The program is free to
parents and is on a first
come first served basis.
Rosetta Stone Community Solution for K-12 is
a program available to
the parents of English
Language Learners. This
program will provide the
parents of our English
Language Learners with
an opportunity to learn
and develop their English
Language skills. It will
also enable parents to increase their engagement
in their childs school and
contribute to improving
their childs educational
achievement.
The online lessons from
Rosetta Stone Community
Solution for K-12 allow
parents to use this program at home, work, on
their phone, or anywhere
they have access to the internet.
contact your childs ESOL
teacher. The ESOL teacher
will be able to provide you
with a code to access the
program and share general log-in instructions.
EDUCATORS COMPLETE
ASST. PRINCIPAL INSTITUTE
Several Greenville County Schools educators recently completed the Assistant Principal Institute
(API), a year-long program
of study involving more
than 20 hours of professional development classes, online dialogues, book
studies, and small group
discussions.
Area educators Greg
Cooke, of Greer Middle;
Jason Hudak, of Tigerville
Elementary; and Jennifer
Suber, of Crestview Elementary participated in
the program.
The goal of API is to provide quality professional
growth and leadership development opportunities
for GCS assistant principals and administrative
assistants with a focus on
instructional leadership,
operational management,
finance, communication,
and student achievement.
Program coordinators are
Mrs. Brenda Byrd, Mr. Phillip Davie, Ms. Patty Fox,
Dr. Michelle Meekins, and
Dr. Ken Peake.
GHS ART STUDENTS

PAINT GREER BOXCAR
Greer High School art

students Laura Brown,
Ryan McCullough, Michaelyn Russell and Jetaysia Dandy designed a
boxcar to be displayed
downtown in front of the
Greater Greer Chamber of
Commerce at 111 Trade
Street.
The inspiration of the
students design came
from the idea of what Greer
means to them places of
nostalgia and experience
that make them appreciate their hometown.
Visual art teacher Allison Duncan oversaw the
project that is sponsored
by Partnership for Tomorrow, the City of Greer,
Greer Station Association
and Greer Chamber of
Commerce.
Riverside High student

Karen Raychi Zhao has
been chosen as a 2016 US
Presidential Scholar.
The U.S. Presidential
Scholars Program was established in 1964, by executive order of the President, to recognize and
honor some of our nations
most distinguished graduating high school seniors.
In 1979, the program was
extended to recognize students who demonstrate
exceptional talent in the
visual, creative and performing arts. In 2015, the
program was again extended to recognize students
who demonstrate ability
and accomplishment in
career and technical education fields.
Katherine
Woo
was
named a semi-finalist, and
Saria Dai was named a candidate for the US Presidential Scholars Program.
Each year, up to 161
students are named as
Presidential Scholars, one
of the nations highest
honors for high school
students.
DISTRICT FIVE
DISTRICT FIVES TERRIFIC
KIDS HONORED
Several District Five students were named Terrific

Kids of the Year recently.
The eight students, each
selected by their individual schools, were honored
along with those from
each of Spartanburgs seven school districts. The
program, sponsored by
the Spartanburg and Boiling Springs Kiwanis Clubs,
recognizes character, responsibility, and enthusiasm, both in and outside
of the classroom.
This years District Five
Terrific Kids are:
McKae
Rice
(Abner
Creek Academy), Kevin

Dendall (Duncan Elementary
School),
Kristen
Barrick (Lyman Elementary School), James Oates
(Reidville
Elementary
School), Zee Moss (River
Ridge Elementary School),
Corbin Gilbert (Wellford
Academy), Madilyn Milici
(Beech Springs Intermediate School), and David
Hunsberger (Berry Shoals
Intermediate School).
Former
Spartanburg
mayor Bill Barnet was the
guest speaker for the annual event. Students received an engraved plaque,
a t-shirt and free meal.
QUINBY HONORED
AT STATE CAPITOL
District Fives Teacher

of the Year, Paula Quinby,
traveled to Columbia recently to be honored along
with her fellow honorees
from across the state.
The Reidville Elementary fourth grade teacher
attended the state Teacher
of the Year banquet recently, and later enjoyed a
milk and cookies reception with Education Superintendent Molly Spearman.
BILLBOARD TO SHOWCASE
DISTRICT STUDENTS ART
Fairway Advertising has

chosen the artwork of four
District Five students to
display on a local billboard
in Spartanburg County.
The honor, through an
effort called Live with
HeART is meant to promote the importance of
art in the schools.
Students with work selected for the billboard
are:
Madilyn Milici (Beech
Springs Intermediate)
Benay Daniel (Florence
Chapel Middle)
Rubin Khlopkov (Florence Chapel Middle)
Timme Startsev (Wellford Academy)
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played and then after it

was played they would
talk it over again.
One particular home run
was surely the subject of
those talks. When playing
in Reidville, Clyde Rabbit Dobson annihilated
a baseball down the left
field line towards Reidville
Elementary School. The
home team believed the
ball should have been foul,
though Flatwood players
became fond of saying the
ball was fair when it left
Reidville, meaning the
ball was hit so far that it
left the town.
In addition to competing
against Reidville, Flatwood
also played teams from
Holly Springs and Pelham
as well as other teams in
Spartanburg County. They
were all in the Twilight
League, named such because Saturday games began at 4 p.m., when farmers and mill workers could
finish work and get to
the games. There were no
field lights at the time so
if a game lasted too long
it would get called as the
sun set.
As former Flatwood residents say, though, those
games were the place to
be.
The Flatwood baseball games was by far the
most entertaining event
in the community in the
early 1950s, Alinda Wood
Mahaffey said. That was
in the days when most
families didnt have even a
black and white television
and many families didnt
have cars.
Mahaffeys father played
on teams in the 1930s and
then watched many games
after his playing days were
done. Today the Wood
household is no longer. If
it still stood, it would rest
directly in the middle of
the airport runway.
All I have left of our

Flatwood Community is
memories and a picture
of my grandparents old
home place which was located at what is now the
GSP airport runway, she
said.
Moving, whether for the
airport or 30 years later for
BMW, was difficult for residents, but many of them
knew the sort of impact
the added industry would
bring and they look at it as
a good move today.
It was a bitter-sweet
situation, Hendrix said.
Roughly, about one-half
of the Flatwood Community farm land and homes
would be needed for the
airport. New farms and
homes had to be acquired
by those who lived in the
designated area. It was
more difficult for those
families who had lived
there for generations. However, on the brighter side,
the airport would attract
industry which would provide jobs for our people to
support their families.
Phil agreed, adding his
family moved about two
miles down the road to accommodate BMW. He said
the naming of Flatwood
Grill would have brought a
smile to his fathers face.
That would excite him,
Phil said. I think he wasnt
resistant to the change.
Still, even with the
change, Hendrix and others want the community
to recognize the areas origins.
Without Flatwood you
wouldnt have had the airport, people had to give
the land, Hendrix said.
Without the airport you
wouldnt have had BMW.
And without BMW you
wouldnt have the Inland
Port. So it all goes back to
Flatwood.
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