2.18.15

South Carolina’S Premier Weekly

INDEX� �|� SportS� �|�DEathS� �|�To subscribe

To The

Greer ciTizen,

call us

Today aT

877-2076

25 years in the booksGreer coach Carlton

Greene retiresb1

Clarence Earl Bailey, 86Dr. Francis Simon

Sullivan, 91Alene “Pat” West, 95Edna Henderson Wynn,

93

NotablE� �|�

slapshotHospital offers sled hockey in Taylors

b6

lIvINg�hErE� �|�classifieds b4-5communiTy calendar/news a2crime a3enTerTainmenT b7obiTuaries a6opinion a4our schools b8sporTs b1-4

Beech Springs students to perform

MulanThe Beech Springs Intermediate School

drama department will present “Mulan” at the District Five Fine Arts Center on Friday, Feb. 20. at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, call 949-7600 or visit spart5.net/bsis.

wednesday, february 18, 2015 Greer, south Carolina Vol. 102 no. 7 75 Cents

blaCk history Month

by billy cannadaEditor

Editors note: This is the third of a four part series that will run each week in February in honor of Black History Month.

as local residents reflect on African American history dur-

ing the month of Febru-ary, Greer’s museum is hoping to tell stories from the community.

The Greer Heritage Mu-seum has been offering special storyteller events to commemorate Black History Month, including programs from Stephanie Pepps and Laura Smith.

SEE�museum |�a6


BMW Manufacturing be-came the nation’s leading automotive exporter last week, producing more than 260,000 vehicles from the Greer plant in 2014.

Company officials said in a statement that the export value of the BMW’s passenger vehicles through

the Port of Charleston in 2014 totaled $9.2 Billion. According to data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, this accom-plishment represents a 13 percent increase over BMW’s 2013 value.

“Claiming the top spot for U.S. automobile ex-ports rounds out a very successful year for BMW in South Carolina. With more

than 364,000 units, 2014 was also a record produc-tion year for the plant,” said Manfred Erlacher, President and CEO of BMW Manufacturing. “Our com-pany’s significant contri-bution to the U.S. balance of trade strengthens our position as the leading manufacturer of premium vehicles for the world.”

SEE�bmw |�a6


The Greer Fire Depart-ment could soon fill sever-al staffing voids, garnering approval from city council to seek SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emer-gency Response) grants last week.

“It would fund four po-sitions, if we’re awarded,” Greer Fire Chief Chris Harvey said. “They will be fully funded for two years, which would include the cost of the firefighter’s salary, their benefits, their uniforms and employment physicals.”

The grant would bring the department up to 12 personnel per shift. Cur-rently, one shift has only 10 people on staff.

“Back in the economic downturn in ’08, we lost about six positions,” Har-vey said. “We’ve been try-ing to get those positions

back and we’ve been get-ting some back, but we’re still four short.”

Harvey said the depart-ment has applied for the grant before.

“We have applied sev-eral times, but we’ve got-ten turned down” he said. “We’re in the second cat-egory of priorities in the

SEE�GranT |�a6


A recent market analy-sis report, conducted by consulting firm Kimley-Horn, says the City of Greer should demolish the former Allen Bennett Me-morial Hospital building, which occupies more than 168,000-square-feet on Wade Hampton Boulevard at Memorial Drive Exten-sion.

The campus was largely vacated by the Greenville Hospital System when its new Greer Memorial Hos-pital campus opened in August of 2008.

The 50-page report ex-plored partial and full demolition opportunities,

Greer Development Cor-poration Executive Direc-tor Reno Deaton said.

“In the analysis, we’re taking consideration of what might happen next with the property,” Deaton said. “We looked at two scenarios in particular—one of partial demolition and one of full demoli-tion—and the impact that it might have on those par-ticular areas.

“It would appear that the greatest opportunity for the property lies in full demolition,” he said. “The findings are pretty com-plete and pretty well put together.”

City Administrator Ed Driggers said Greer offi-cials have expressed the

desire to see the site rede-veloped.

“City council has always offered the property for redevelopment,” Driggers said. “Originally, we re-

SEE�reporT |�a7

Hospital should be demolished, report states

FilE Photo | thE GrEEr CitizEn

A recent report suggested the City of Greer demolish the old Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital, which sits on Wade Hampton Boulevard at Memorial Drive Extension.

PrEston BurCh | thE GrEEr CitizEn

winter wonderlandResidents in Greer woke up Tuesday morning to find their yards and roads blanketed with a thick sheet of ice, resulting in a rare “snow day.” Most Upstate schools and businesses were delayed or closed for the day. Pictured is 10-year-old Olivia Akins.

Greer Fire seeks staffing grant

Greer Heritage Museum tells community stories

PrEston BurCh | thE GrEEr CitizEn

Historian Joada Hiatt shows off a new display at the Greer Heritage Museum, located on South Main Street.

BMW leads auto exports

Photo | suBmittEd

BMW Manufacturing’s passenger vehicles through the Port of Charleston totaled $9.2 Billion in 2014, leading the nation in automotive exports.

‘Council indicated that it was their

desire for the

property to create

jobs and add to the

tax base of the city.’

ed driggersgreer�City�administrator

‘back in the

economic downturn

in ’08, we lost about

six positions. We’ve

been trying to get

those positions

back...’

Chris harveygreer�Fire�Chief

The Greer Citizen

Calendar deadline is noon on Tuesdays. Please submit information to Amanda Irwin at 877-2076, [email protected] or mail to The Greer Citizen P.O. Box 70 Greer, SC 29652.

TODAY, FEB. 11GRACE PLACE in Greer will

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

THE AWANAS CLUB at El Bethel Baptist Church, 313 Jones Ave., Greer, from 6:30 - 8:15 p.m. Kids ages 3-12 are invited. Call 877-4021.

MTCC TOUR MEETS at the MTCC, at 84 Groce Road in Lyman at 10 a.m..

LEAGUE OF WOMEN Voters of Greenville County meet at 1 p.m. at University Center, McAlister Square, 225 S. Pleasantburg Drive, Green-ville. Ages 18 and older, men and women, are invited to join.

THURSDAY, FEB. 12KIWANIS CLUB AT 6:30 p.m.

at Laurenda’s Family Restau-rant. Call Charmaine Helfrich at 349-1707.

TRADITIONAL RUG HOOK-ING guild meet at Spalding Farm Clubhouse o� Highway 14 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Contact Betsy McLeod at 270-1164 or email Patty Yoder at [email protected]

SATURDAY, FEB. 14GRACE PLACE in Greer will

have its mini-mall open from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Grace Place is located at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.

COMMUNITY FOOD BANK 10 -11:30 a.m. at Calvary Christian Fellowship, 2455 Locust Hill Road, Taylors. Limited supplies available on a � rst come, � rst serve basis.

MONDAY, FEB. 16THE NEVER ALONE GROUP

OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recre-ational Center.

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

TUESDAY, FEB. 17GRACE PLACE in Greer will

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

GAP CREEK SINGERS will rehearse from 7:30-9 p.m. at The Church of the Good Shepherd, 200 Jason St., Greer. For further informa-tion or to schedule a perfor-mance contact Wesley Welsh, President, at 877-5955.

BARBERSHOP HARMONY CHAPTER at 7 p.m. at Memo-rial United Methodist Church, 201 N. Main St., Greer. Call 877-1352.

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS and Auxiliary at 7 p.m., 721 E. Poinsett St., Woodmen of the World. Call Preston Johnson at 979-7758.

THE NEVER ALONE GROUP OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recre-ational Center.

THE LIONS CLUB at Lake View Steak House, Higway 14 at 5:30 p.m.

THE SOAR LUNCHEON from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Victor Gym. Bring a covered dish and/or dessert.

PROM PROJECT 2015IS TAKING DRESS NOW

District Five Family Min-istries at the Middle Tyger Community Center and Wellspring Treasures in Spartanburg are currently taking prom dress dona-tions for students unable to afford a prom dress otherwise.

Students in need of a dress can purchases one at the Community Chest Thrift Store, in downtown Lyman on Groce Road, and Wellspring Treasures, at the intersection of John. B. White Sr. Blvd. and Black-stock Road in Spartanburg, for $5 between February and April.

MISS GREATER GREER ‘FREEZIN’ FOR A REASON’

Miss Greater Greer Schol-arship Pageant presents “Freezin’ for a Reason” to benefit Children’s Miracle Network on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 3-4 p.m. at 109 Peachtree Drive, Greer.

Miss Greater Greer Anna Brown and Miss Greater Greer Teen Emma Kate Rhymer will be on hand along with a few Clemson Tigers and Greer High Yel-low Jackets to take the po-lar plunge.

Cost is $10 per jump. A waiver must be signed be-fore jumping. Participants under 18 years of age must have a waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian. Donations in lieu of jump-ing are also accepted.

For more information, email [email protected] or [email protected].

PHANTOM OF THE PAWPERA FEB. 27

The 4th Annual Saved by the Heart Soiree is Friday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. at Grace Hall. The event features live entertainment, a silent auction, food and beverage stations. General admis-sion is $30 and VIP admis-sion is $45, with proceeds benefiting special-needs and rescued animals. Vis-it the Saved by the Heart Facebook page or saved-soiree2015.eventzillat.net for more information.

A WORLD OF SENSATIONGALA IS FEB. 27

The gala, held by the International Center, is Feb. 27 from 7-11 p.m. at Westin Poinsett. The Cost is $75 for members and $95 for nonmembers. The event will have a live band, international enter-tainment, delicious hours d’oeuvres and drinks and a silent auction all in cel-ebration of international cultures, customs and cui-sine. Visit international-upstate.org/gala2015 for more information.

GRIEF SUPPORT CLASSES BEGIN

Beginning March 3 through May 5, a 10-week grief support class will be held on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at In-terim Healthcare Hospice, 155 Deacon Tiller Court, Duncan.

The classes aim to help adults cope with death-re-lated loss by focusing on Alan Wolfelt’s book, “Un-derstanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Heal-ing Your Heart.”

For more information or directions, contact Tonya Taylor at 721-4131 or [email protected].

GARDEN CLUB HOSTS BENEFIT FASHION SHOW

The Greenville Garden Club invites the commu-nity to attend a Fashion Show fundraiser featuring PJ’s Fashions of Landrum at 11:30 a.m. on Wednes-day, March 4, at Thorn-blade Country Club in Greer.

Each $30 ticket price includes lunch, a glass of wine, door prizes, and a ticket to the show. All proceeds will benefit the landscaping project at the Center for Developmental Services, a 501c3 organi-zation.

For ticket information, please contact Debbie Crawley at 864-352-2559, Beth Satterfield at 864-234-0200, or Robin Smith at 414-3628.

GREER LEARNING CENTERNEEDS TUTORS

The Greer Learning Cen-ter needs tutors, particu-larly for English as a Sec-ond Language. The hours

for Greenville Literary As-sociation’s Greer Learning Center are Monday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Tues-day 12:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Call 848-5370 or visit greenvilleliteracy.org for more information.

GCM NEEDSPASTA, BEANS

Greer Community Minis-tries is collecting 1 pound boxes of spaghetti noo-dles as part of their Fab 5 campaign this week. Dried beans are also needed. Sharon’s Clothing Closet needs new packages of underwear and socks as well as towels, sheets, and washcloths. Donations may be dropped off from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Visit gcminc.org for more information.

CREATIVE ADVANCEMENTSEEKS VOLUNTEERS

The Creative Advance-ment Centers, at Victor Park Gym, needs volun-teers and teachers in prep-aration for the additional 20 students the program will take in. The program provides after school help for at-risk children in grades K-12.

To apply or for more information, contact Di-rector Dan Dudley at 423-7555 or [email protected].

THRIFT STORE SALEBENEFITING MTCC

The Community Chest Thrift Store, located at 52 Groce Road, Lyman, is open Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., and Satur-day 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., hours may extend if volunteers are available and a need arises. The store has an ongoing sale on coats and jackets for $5 and sweat-ers 50 percent off. All of the proceeds benefit the programs and services of-fered by District Five Fam-ily Ministries.

Donations of gently used ladies clothing, ac-cessories, home décor items, and men’s clothing, shoes and accessories are being accepted and can be dropped off at the MTCC, located at 84 Groce Road, Lyman, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

To setup larger dona-tions or to volunteer con-tact Lyn Turner at 439-7760.

A2 THE GREER CITIZEN COMMUNITY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015

www.nutrimostgreer.com864-879-3899

“Weight loss Changed My Life”Ask yourself how would you like to lose 30 or more pounds, have more energy,look great, decrease your risks of diabetes and heart disease and regain your health all in the next 40 days.

www.nutrimostgreer.com

864-982-5868

Dr. Joseph M. Pesce1011 W. Poinsett Street

Greer, SC 29650(864) 982-5868

864-501-2005 • sandersheatcool.com

Sanders Heating & Air ConditioningHeating • Cooling • Indoor Air Quality

WITH PURCHASE OF A QUALIFYING

SYSTEM

REBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATEREBATE$1,700

*$1,700 offer includes Ultimate Comfort System with the iHarmony and Solar Panel Add-Ons. Rebate or Financing Eligibility: Each homeowner may qualify for one offer, rebate or fi nancing. Financing reimbursement only available when Service Finance used for fi nancing of qualifying products.

COMMUNITY

NEWS

COMMUNITY

CALENDAR

By Billy Cannada Editor

The City of Greer will lose nearly 40 years of ser-vice this spring, as one of its own gets set to retire.

Greer Fire Chief Chris Harvey will hang it up on May 1, completing 38 years of work in Greer.

“The Community has been very supportive,” Har-vey said. “A lot of people have told me they’re going to hate to see me leave. During my tenure here, it’s always been about them. It’s not really about me. We’ve accomplished a lot of great things and we’re probably in some of the best shape that we’ve ever been in.”

Harvey directed the fire department’s 100th an-niversary celebration in 2014, which included a campaign to restore a 1941 open cab pumper truck the city purchased for the department 74 years ago, performing much of the mechanical work himself.

“In this day and age, it’s rare for anyone to commit 38 years to a single orga-nization, but Chief Harvey has made the city the cor-nerstone of his profession-al life and we are grateful for his skilled service and strong leadership,” city administrator Ed Driggers said.

Harvey has been essen-

tial for the department’s growth, monitoring and implementing training and equipment throughout his career.

“There’s always continu-ing efforts to better the delivery of service,” he said. “There’s going to be facility needs and prob-ably more staffing needs as the city continues to grow. The headquarters building was built in ’75 and we’ve really outgrown it. So there are always go-ing to be more needs.”

Since his promotion to fire chief in 1996, Harvey has led boot drives and other fundraisers for Mus-cular Dystrophy Associa-tion.

“I’ll miss the people the most,” he said. “It’s been a privilege to be given this opportunity by the city and I hope I’ve been able to pass along to everyone else in the department

how important their jobs are. It’s a calling. We get to help our fellow man every day.”

Harvey has spent time as president of the S.C. State Fire Chief’s Associa-tions, the Greenville and Spartanburg County Fire Chief’s Association, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the South-eastern Association of Fire Chiefs and the S.C. Fire Marshal’s Association.

As for what he’ll do dur-ing retirement, Harvey said he plans to spend some quality time with his grandchildren.

“I’m going to still stay busy for a little while,” he said. “I enjoy spending time with my grandkids and I’m sure they’ll keep me busy.”

The City of Greer has be-gun accepting applications for Harvey’s replacement.

By Fox CarolinaNEws PartNEr

Highway Patrol troopers have identified the driver who was going the wrong way on the i n t e r s t a t e before a crash that killed four people last week, in-cluding the driver him-self.

Caro l ina Highway Patrol troopers said a driver was travel-ing south in the north-bound lane at a high rate of speed.

Lance Cpl. Bill Rhyne with the Highway Patrol said a State Transport Police officer drove in the southbound lanes, at-tempting to parallel the driver and stop them. The officer had lights and si-rens engaged, Rhyne said.

Before the driver was able to be stopped, troop-ers said a crash involving six vehicles occurred.

Emergency personnel from Wellford, Duncan, and Spartanburg County responded to the scene.

A witness driving near a pickup truck involved in the crash reported hearing a loud bang, and saw the truck flip on its side and almost fly over the con-crete barrier. He said he immediately knew it was a fatal wreck.

“No one could have sur-vived that,” the witness said.

The Spartanburg County coroner said four people were killed in the wreck. Rhyne said multiple peo-ple were injured and trans-ported to local hospitals.

Troopers said Thursday morning all lanes were re-opened on I-85 North near mile marker 67 after they were closed overnight.

Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger identified the victims as Martha Marie Diaz, 21, Josh Leroy Smith, 60, Shiree Lynette Whitaker, 22, and Edwin Ferguson, 27.

Highway Patrol said Smith was the driver go-ing the wrong way on the interstate. He had a long history of arrests involv-ing drugs and alcohol.

Clevenger said Diaz, Smith and Whitaker were pronounced dead at the scene. Ferguson was trans-ported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Two MEn SEnTEnCEd For aParTMEnT roBBEriES

Two Spartanburg men received lengthy prison

sentences last week for the armed hold-up of an off-duty police officer and two other individuals in a separate crime.

Tobias L. Rogers, 24, re-ceived a 27-year prison sentence af-ter he plead-ed guilty to three counts of armed rob-bery, three counts of possession of a weapon during a vi-olent crime, two counts of financial transaction card fraud and first-degree assault. Antoine L. Shields, 23, pleaded guilty to three counts of armed robbery, three counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, first-de-gree assault & battery and financial transaction card fraud.

The robberies occurred July 16, 2014 at The Re-serve at Park West on Keats Drive and July 20, 2014 at The Corners Apartments on Fernwood Drive. The first robbery occurred about midnight when Rogers and Shields approached a couple who was leaving the apartment complex gym and demand-ed they lie on the ground and turn over money. The bandits, who were armed with silver handguns, took the victims’ cell phones and a set of keys after learning they weren’t car-rying cash. A witness to the crime told deputies he saw the fleeing bandits leave the apartment com-plex in a dark-colored car.

Four days later, an off-duty city officer reported he was approached in the parking lot of The Cor-ners Apartments about 3 a.m. while he was getting belongings out of his car. The officer said someone put a gun to his head and took personal belongings that included his wallet and a book bag containing clothes. The robbers used their guns to hit the officer in the back of his head and demand the pin number of a bank card before fleeing the crime scene. The of-ficer was able to share a detailed description of the bandits and their getaway car.

Minutes later, sheriff’s deputies located the get-away car on Spruce Street near an apartment. Dur-ing a joint investigation with the city police de-partment, investigators

learned that Shields and Rogers used the stolen bank card to withdraw money from a nearby tell-er machine. The victim’s ID was recovered in the car along with other items belonging to the officer. A telephone taken from the Keats Drive robbery was found in the apartment.

“The off-duty city offi-cer really set the stage for the arrests with his vivid suspect descriptions,” So-licitor Barry Barnette said. “His attention to detail re-ally gave the responding officers good information to work with.”

Rogers’ prior criminal record included convic-tions for second-degree burglary and grand larce-ny. Shields’ prior criminal record included convic-tions for traffic offenses. Both men will serve 80 percent of Circuit Judge Letitia Verdin’s sentence before they are eligible for release.

Man GETS 25 yEarS For BUSinESS roBBEriES

A Spartanburg man re-ceived a 25-year prison sentence last week after he admitted to robbing two local businesses at gunpoint.

Courtney J. Pauling, 27, pleaded guilty to two counts of armed robbery, second-degree assault & battery and use of a ve-hicle without owner’s consent. The hold-ups oc-curred June 18, 2013 at the Domino’s Pizza Store on Reidville Road and the Kanga-roo store on East Main Street in Duncan.

In the first rob-bery, Paul-ing entered the store about 12:15 a.m. and approached two em-ployees who were in the process of cleaning the store. Pauling flashed a handgun and threatened to shoot the employees if they didn’t turn over mon-ey. After collecting store money and a cell phone, Pauling locked the employ-ees in the freezer and fled the area in an unknown direction. The employees forced the freezer door open after Pauling left the building. The second rob-bery occurred about 2:50 a.m. when Pauling entered the store and approached an employee who was in the process of stocking a cooler. Pauling forced the employee to place store money and a box of ciga-rettes in a bag before he fled the business.

In both robberies, simi-lar suspect descriptions were reported by the vic-tims. Investigators col-lected surveillance video from nearby businesses and noticed the robber driving the same distinc-tive-looking vehicle during both crimes. Investigators caught Pauling driving the getaway car after issuing a countywide law enforce-ment bulletin to be on the lookout for him. Paul-ing had a semi-automatic handgun in his possession when he was apprehend-ed.

Investigators tracked down the owner of the car and learned it belonged to an acquaintance of Paul-ing. He was later connect-ed to a series of robberies in unincorporated areas of the county and the City of Spartanburg. Some of the stolen property was recov-ered.

Pauling also pled to the as-sault and kidnapping of an ex-girlfriend at Crescent Hills Apartments that oc-curred on July 6, 2013. He had stalked her at that location and attacked her in front of her apartment. Pauling then drug her into her home presum-ably to assault her some more. Neighbors came to the victim’s aid and she was able and get away from the defendant. The victim suffered a broken left orbital bone in the as-sault.

Pauling will serve 80 percent of the prison sentence before he is eli-gible for release. His prior criminal record included convictions for attempted armed robbery and crimi-nal conspiracy.

(Note: All information contained in the following was taken directly from the official incident reports filed by the Greer Police Department, The Spar-tanburg County Sheriff’s Office or The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office All suspects are to be consid-ered innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.)

PETiT larCEnyWilliam Kyle Kirby, 29,

of 95 West Celestial Dr. in Greer has been charged with petit larceny. Ac-cording to the incident report supplied by Greer Police, a complainant at Pour Sports said Kirby had stolen some Oxycodone tablets from her bottle the prior evening. Surveillance video showed the subject taking the bottle from the

complainant’s purse and returning it minutes later. Kirby turned himself in and was placed under ar-rest.

dUiEddie Knight, 33, of

4320 Sandy Flat Rd. in Taylors has been charged with driving under the in-fluence. According to the Greer Police incident re-port, officers clocked the subject driving 69 mph in a 45 mph zone on Wade Hampton. During a traffic stop, they could smell alco-hol on him and found his eyes red and glassy. After failing a field sobriety test, Knight was transported to Greer City Jail, where he refused to submit a Breathalyzer sample.

hidE and SEEkJason Allen Oliver, 35, of

710 S. Line St. Extension in Greer has been charged with possession of sto-len Goods greater than $2,000.

According to an incident report furnished by Greer Police, officers went to the above address looking for Oliver, who had an active warrant with the Duncan Police Department for the above charge. After some looking, they found Oliver hiding with a friend in the attic. He was arrested and transported to Greer City Jail, where Duncan Police came to get him.

hoT CloThESRobert Lee Tyler, 43, of

161 North Dill Avenue in Greer has been charged with enhancement prop-erty offense (third).

According to a Greer inci-dent report, an officer was called to the Kohl’s store on West Wade Hampton in regards to a shoplifting report. The subject was

found in the Lowe’s park-ing lot, subdued by the Kohl’s loss prevention of-ficer. Tyler was taken into custody and some stolen merchandise was discov-ered concealed on his person. The total amount of clothing taken was val-ued at $474.97. Tyler was transported to the Greer City Jail and charged with property crime enhance-ment due to 13 prior prop-erty crime convictions.

CdVTristan Lanarr Stanley,

23, of 42 Old Woodruff Rd. in Greer has been charged with criminal domestic violence.

According to the Greer Police incident report, the victim stated Stanley, her live-in boyfriend, punched her after she accidentally hit him on the face while rolling around on the floor. The officer reported that the victim’s eye was still bruised and red when she reported the incident a week later. Photos were taken and the officer ob-tained a warrant for CDV (first).

MUlTiPlE CharGESKenneth Barnard Nes-

bitt Jr., 28, of 214 Earl St. in Greer has been charged with Open Container and simple possession of mar-ijuana.

According to the inci-dent report filed by Greer Police, the officer pulled the subject over on Sun-nyside Dr. because he knew his license had been suspended. The officer smelled marijuana in the vehicle and saw an open container of Redd’s Ap-ple Ale inside. Inside the car, police found a black bag with marijuana and a scale.

Police and FireThe Greer Citizen

wednesday, February 18, 2015 � the greer citizen a3

Burning Feet? Electric Shocks? Pain & Numbness? Pins & Needles? Creepy Crawlies?

You might have

PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHYThis condition affects 20 million Americans. It begins in the feet and lower legs and can advance to the hands. Treatment of oral medi-cations and injections often don’t work.

We’ve utilized a NEW TREATMENT that may take away most, if not all, of your pain. It’s safe and highly effective for most people, even diabetics. It’s covered by many insurance plans.

Call 864-847-6020 now to schedulea FREE conference with one of our doctors.

Pain Relief atComplete Healing & Wellness Center

24 E. Main St., Williamston, SC • CompleteHealing.netFDA Cleared | Safe and Effective

Dr. Robert Walker, MD Internal Medicine,Greg Furness, PA-C, Kevin Burnham, PA-C,

Marylouise and Jack Wise, DC

Turning 65 or need a lower premium?Need help with Medicare supplement

or life insurance?

Wade Insurance864-268-6033

Call

230 Mill Sreet • Suite A • Taylors, SC

Mike WadeMedicare Supplements • life InsuranceHealth Insurance • long Term Care • annuities

Fast & Reliable Service • In Business Since 1986

864-469-9936300 N. Main Street in Greer

Accepts Insurances, Medicare, Cash-pay www.newdayphysicaltherapy.com

Enlarged Prostate? Sexual Dysfunction? Frequent Urination?

Prostate Therapy Now Available!

Highway Patrol releases new info in fatal crash

crime report |

Smith Rogers

Shields

Pauling

Harvey to wrap career

It’s been in development for years but now being released on roads in the U.K. are the world’s first ‘driver-

less’ cars, i.e. two-seater ‘pods’ that roar down the pavement at 12 mph and are designed to take people on short journeys.And during this trial period, it’s good to know that they do each come with a steering wheel and a driver in case any-thing goes wrong.Don’t get me wrong- for those who are unable to drive owing to age or disabil-ity, this is a marvelous idea for indepen-dence- it’s just that there is also a wave of driverless technology being developed for everyone else as well. There are cars that now parallel park by themselves. That kills me because parallel parking is right up there, along with eating a bag of Cape Cod Cracked Pepper potato chips for dinner, my favorite thing in the world to do.Listen, after 15 years residence in Los Angeles, where affordable rentals came with street parking only, I am the official (self declared) Queen of Parallel Parking. Any vehicle, any size, and I can maneu-ver that baby in the desired slot in two

moves. And quickly, too: right arm slung over the seat as I squint an educated eye at the driver’s side rear corner of my truck as it approaches the passenger’s side of the vehicle behind. I confidently come to the rescue of hapless friends, and even complete strangers (“Just get the hell out and let me do this, you’re holding everybody up behind you!”). “I have a backup screen if you want to use that,” suggested a befuddled friend as I yanked her out of her Prius after seven attempts. “Just learn to drive,” I barked, “while we’re still young.” This is the problem I have with car technology. It’s getting to the point where we don’t have to do anything. We don’t have to think, or learn hand-eye coordination or anything. We essentially are pushing snooze but-

tons for our brains as Siri tells us how to get to the mall and then our car drives us there. I understand having screens for SUVs so that people don’t back over children or dogs but I don’t need a smart screen on my dash. The last thing I want to do is see/hear email while I drive. That’s one of the reasons I drive somewhere in the first place- to get away from that stuff.And this is a reason I may never buy a

new truck. First of all, I wouldn’t know how to drive it with all its accompanying doodads and second of all, if I happen to have a spare 70 grand to go shop-ping, I believe I’d invest in real estate before trundling away in something that just lost 30 percent of its value as soon as I pull of the dealer’s lot. But mostly because I just love a straight forward, old fashioned, vehicle. I like a knob for the lights, one for the wipers, a wheel and a radio.

Maybe a button for A/C or heat. I yearn for the classic dash of yesteryear with a needle winding round to show me rpms and mph instead of digital, colored, numbers flashing at me like something in the cockpit of the Starship Enterprise. Oh yes, for 70 grand I could buy the most spectacular of vintage trucks that would last forever. I might even Christen it by whacking the quarter panel with a bottle of champagne which probably wouldn’t leave a dent. Heck, owning a truck like that might lead me to celebrate by drinking the bottle, instead.Giving me the only excuse I can think of to have a driverless car take me home...

EDITORIAL |

OPINIONA4 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015

All advertisements are accepted and published by the Publisher upon the representation that the advertiser/agency is authorized to publish the entire contents and subject matter thereof. It is understood that the advertiser/agency will indemnify and save the Publisher harmless from or against any loss or expense arising out of publication of such advertisements, including, without limitation, those resulting from claims of libel, violation of rights of privacy, plagiarism and copyrights infringement. © All material in this publication may not be used in full or in part without the expressed written consent of management.

Established 1918

The Greer Citizen The Greer Citizenis published every Wednesday by

The Greer Citizen, Inc.317 Trade St., Greer, S.C. 29651

Telephone 877-2076

Periodicals Postage Paid at Greer, S.C. Publication No. 229500

POSTMASTER - Send address changes to The Greer Citizen, P.O. Box 70

Greer, S.C. 29652

Phil Buchheit PhotographerPreston Burch PhotographerMandy Ferguson Photographer William Buchheit Sta� Reporter

Mail subscription rateGreenville and Spartanburg Counties ..................................... $33/yearElsewhere in South Carolina ................................................... $43/yearElsewhere in Continental U.S. ................................................ $53/year

By Carrier and On Newsstand75 Cents Per Copy

Steve Blackwell | PublisherBilly Cannada | Editor

The Greer Citizen

Amanda Irwin Sta� ReporterShaun Moss AdvertisingSuzanne Traenkle AdvertisingJulie Holcombe Graphic Artist

The Greer Citizen accepts Let-ters to the Editor. Letters should be 125 words or less

and include a name and a phone number for verification.

The Greer Citizen reserves the right to edit any content.

Letters to the Editor can be mailed to 317 Trade St., Greer 29651.

SEE LETTERS | A7

Submission guidelines

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |

I’M JUSTSAYING

PAM STONE

THE UPPER ROOM |

Leaders should o� er plan to stabilize university

For the good of all

Read Galatians 6:7-10

Whenever we an opportu-nity, let us work for the good of all. – Galatians

6:10 (NRSV)

On a recent flight, I read in the airline company’s in-flight magazine about the way they treat their employees once they are hired. They don’t focus in-tensely on rules or policy appli-cations (except those related to safety). Instead, they give their employees freedom to be them-selves, to do what they discern to be right in taking care of their customers. They have one overriding rule, the Golden Rule – treating others as they want to be treated. They hire people with passionate servant hearts and empower them to do what’s right. They have found that when treated in this way, their employees consis-tently surprise, delight, and amaze their customers.

I began to compare this company’s policy to our op-portunity as Christians. As set forth by God, we – the church- will be truly commit-ted to Jesus Christ, enjoying our freedom in Christ, living by the Golden Rule, and having passionate servant hearts. God empowers us to use our God-given gifts and talents in doing what is right. Such a Body will also consistently serve those around it. A congregation whose members walk as Jesus walked and focus on people will also surprise, delight, and amaze their community. Those around us will see us show-ing love and deliberate acts of kindness every day. Ins’t this a picture of God’s way for the family of Christ?

Prayer: Dear God, fill us with zeal to be your people in every-thing we do. Help us focus on serving you and serving those around us. Amen.

Thought for the day: God empowers us to serve for the good of all.

We don’t expect anything to come of some House members’ poorly conceived plan to shut-ter the financially troubled S.C. State University for two years, but that and a flurry of other legislative activity aimed at the college late last week should serve as a stern warning to school officials: Get your house in order. Now. Or else.

While it has been difficult to watch S.C. State’s finances, enrollment and image nosedive over the past few years, the half-baked idea to close the college isn’t the answer. It doesn’t suffi-ciently consider the implications for students, the school’s delicate accreditation position or other concerns.

That said, the proposal — along with the Leg-islative Black Caucus’ vote of no confidence in the school’s president and another House pro-posal to oust the board of trustees and transfer its authority to the Budget and Control Board — has gotten the attention of S.C. State officials.

The question is whether the university’s board is willing to take the kind of extreme measures that surely will be required to secure S.C. State’s future.

We can’t stress enough how critical it is for university officials to do more than simply seek more money while ignoring the chronic prob-lems that threaten to fundamentally change S.C. State’s existence. The school must undergo a top-to-bottom examination — from its board and administrative leadership to its financial practices and management to its core academic functions — so that it can restructure itself for its new reality.

S.C. State’s enrollment has dropped 40 per-cent since 2007. That same year — or earlier — school leaders began borrowing money from a community program to cover unpaid bills. De-clining state funding, the drop in revenue from falling enrollment plus other problems created a $14 million deficit. S.C. State owes $11.2 mil-lion in unpaid bills. It has received two state loans totaling $18 million, one of which is a $12 million package that the school is to receive in

installments through 2016-17.S.C. State, which might not ever fully recap-

ture the enrollment it has lost, needs to take a fresh look at its mission and design a new way forward.

While some of their proposals are question-able, lawmakers are duty bound to hold S.C. State officials’ feet to the fire. They are asking legitimate questions and are right to demand a comprehensive fix.

In the process, legislators would do well to accept their part in the decline of the taxpay-er-owned Orangeburg college. This is still very much a Legislative state; the General Assembly has a full range of authority and responsibility for overseeing this state’s colleges and most of state government. Legislators have the power now to help turn things around, just as they had the authority and responsibility in the past to ensure S.C. State never got to this point.

S.C. State leaders have miserably failed stu-dents, taxpayers and this state. So have neglect-ful lawmakers. It’s all their responsibility to devise a plan to pull this university from the precipice of disaster. This is one case in which failure, indeed, is not an option.

This guest editorial was published in The State newspaper on Feb. 14.

VETERAN’S POST | BY FREDDY GROVES

VA’s prestige plummets

How we view the Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs depends on which survey

we read.Back in 2013, in a poll

modeled after the American Customer Satisfaction Index, a majority of veterans approved of their care at the VA. Specifi-cally, veterans rated their care at 84 for inpatient and 82 for outpatient, generally along the lines of civilian hospitals.

Recently though, a gen-eral population poll done by think-tank organization Pew Research concluded that the VA is the third most unpopular U.S. government agency. While

the ratings for most agencies have stayed generally the same over the years, the favorable opinion ratings for the VA plunged 16 percent in one year.

What happened between the two? Likely it was all the bad news: the disclosure of schedule rigging at VA medi-cal centers for the purpose of increasing bonuses, with the focal point being Phoenix; the resignation of Eric Shinseki, probably the best secretary the VA has ever had; and allega-tions that the delays in treat-ment at Phoenix caused the deaths of 40 veterans.

While it could be said that we’re comparing apples and oranges (veterans getting care versus the opinions of the general population), it should be noted that the ACSI veterans survey was not anonymous. Surveyors called veterans at their homes already having their names, phone numbers and addresses as provided by the VA. The Pew survey was dialed randomly.

A more recent survey of employee attitudes at the VA paints the most damaging pic-ture of all. Employees voted the VA as the second-worst place to work out of 19 government agencies. Just one year before, the VA ranked as 13th out of 19.

A general population

poll done by think-

tank organization Pew

Research concluded

that the VA is the third

most unpopular U.S.

government agency.

While we’re still youngI yearn for the classic dash

of yesteryear with a needle

winding round to show me

rpms and mph instead of

digital, colored, numbers

flashing at me like something

in the cockpit of the Starship

Enterprise.

While it has been difficult to watch

S.C. State’s finances, enrollment and

image nosedive over the past few

years, the half-baked idea to close

the college isn’t the answer.

301 McCall St. • Greer848-5500

Highway 14 • Greer, SC879-7311

Management & Employees

ASHMOREBROTHERS

Commercial • ResidentialAsphalt Paving • Site Preparation SINCE 1930

BENSONCollision Repair Center

Offi ce Hours:7:30-6:00 Mon.-Fri.

848-5330400 W. Wade Hampton Blvd.

Greer

• Free Estimates• 120 Years Combined Experience• Rental Car • Competitive Rates• State of the Art Equipment & Facilities

www.bensongreer.com

989-00991409 W. Wade Hampton Blvd.

10% DISCOUNT WITH CHURCH BULLETINS ON SUNDAYS

NEW HOMES

ADDITIONS

PAINTING

ROOFING

FLOOR

COVERINGS

CUSTOM

CABINETRY &

COUNTER TOPS

DECKS

PRIVACY

FENCING

864-578-4100Free Estimates - 35 Years Experience

Greer Church of God 500 Trade Street • Greer

And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” - Isaiah 6:3

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

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

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

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

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

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

LUTHERANAbiding Peace Ev. Lutheran Church401 Batesville Rd., Simpsonville •288-4867Apostolic Lutheran Church453 N. Rutherford Rd., Greer • 848-4568Immanuel Lutheran Church & School LCMS2820 Woodruff Rd., Simpsonville • 297-5815Redeemer Lutheran Church, ELCA300 Oneal Rd., Greer • 877-5876

METHODISTBethel United Methodist Church105 E. Arlington Ave., Greer • 879-2066Covenant United Methodist Church1310 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer • 244-3162Ebenezer United Methodist Church174 Ebenezer Road, Greer • 987-9644Faith United Methodist Church1301 S. Main St. (S. Hwy. 14), Greer • 877-0308Fews Chapel United Methodist Church4000 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-2522Grace United Methodist Church627 Taylor Rd., Greer • 877-7015Lee Road United Methodist Church1377 East Lee Rd., Taylors • 244-6427Liberty Hill United Methodist Church301 Liberty Hill Rd., Greer • 968-8150Liberty United Methodist Church4276 Highway 414, Landrum • 292-0142Memorial United Methodist Church201 N. Main St., Greer • 877-0956Mountain View UMC6525 Mountain View Rd., Taylors • 895-8532Sharon United Methodist Church1421 Reidville Sharon Rd., Greer • 879-7926St. Mark United Methodist Church911 St. Mark Rd., Taylors • 848-7141

St. Paul United Methodist Church3856 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-5570Victor United Methodist Church1 Wilson Ave., Greer • 877-5520Woods Chapel United Methodist Church2388 Brown Wood Rd., Greer • 879-4475Zoar United Methodist Church1005 Highway 357, Greer • 877-0758

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

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

CremationNo hidden fee, no

society to join, no need to be a member!

$8501-866-888-6147cremationauthority.net

Greer Gas,Inc.

864-578-5886

arolina

Lawn

Tractor&

4389 WadeHampton Blvd.

Taylors864-292-1842

Carolina

Lawn

Tractor&

DILL CREEK COMMONS1379 W. Wade Hampton, Greer

864-848-5222

For informationabout advertising

on this page,call 864-877-2076.



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 PAGE LABEL THE GREER CITIZEN A5

Worship With Us

Hospice Care at HomeYou don’t have to do this alone

Ask for us by name!

864.457.9122 www.hocf.org

COMMERCIAL • RENTALS • RESIDENTIALwww.mcculloughproperties.com

McCullough Properties

864-879-2117

Forest Hills Funeral Home6995 Highway 101, Woodruff

(864)576-9444 (864)288-8700(864) 476-9898

www.foresthillsfuneralhome.net

Greer StorageLLC

Let us handleyour storage needs!

FREEMOVE IN TRUCK

14372 E. Wade Hampton Blvd.Greer, SC 29651

864-879-2117

Greer

QUALITY

FOODS

508 North Main St. • 877-40437 am - 10 pm Mon.-Sat.



Life-AppLicAtion BiBLe StUDYEach TuEsday 7 p.m.

Taught by John davis marshallsponsored by Graceview church of christ

(864) 361-2310Hosted at Holiday Inn

1315 W. Wade Hampton Blvd.Greer SC 29650

FROM PAGE ONE

Pepps, a children’s min-ister at St. Matthew United Methodist Church, told Af-rican American folk tales on Feb. 7 and Smith, a re-tired school teacher, will offer a program and book signing on Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. The museum has also offered a special exhibit, featuring the stories of folks in the community.

“One of the things we’re doing this year is an ex-hibit called ‘Faces and Places.’ It’s pictures of Af-rican American people in our community, as well as schools and churches that are part of the African American community,” said Joada Hiatt, histo-rian at the Greer Heritage Museum. “Since we’re us-ing a storytelling theme, we’ve got a whole board of stories from people of

the community. There was one lady that told about here childhood over near Apalache. These are just neat little stories from ev-eryday people that grew up in the African Ameri-can community.”

There’s also a section of the exhibit where stories can be added.

“We thought it would be neat to collect other peo-ple’s stories,” Hiatt said. “Even after the month is over, if people will bring stuff in, these are the kinds of things we like to keep in the museum.”

This Saturday, museum-goers will have the oppor-tunity to learn about Har-riet Tubman, as well as a number of issues impact-ing children and adults.

“(Smith) is going to tell the story of Harriet Tub-man, but she’s also writ-ten some books and has

made up original stories,” Hiatt said. “She’s done a book for children about bullying, which has been a problem in schools, no matter what culture. She’s a great storyteller and It should be a good event.”

Hiatt said each person in the community has something to contribute to Greer’s history.

“It’s important to collect memories and tell the sto-ries of everyone, no mat-

ter their race or whether they’re rich or poor,” she said. “It adds to the fabric of our community. I like to think of it as a big quilt that we each put a patch on. That’s why it becomes colorful and gives us a much richer heritage.

For more information on the Greer Heritage Mu-seum, visit cityofgreer.org or call 877-3377.

[email protected] | 877-2076

OBITUARIESThe Greer Citizen

A6 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015

A Arrangement Florist

877-5711

The Upstate’s Premier Florist

1205 W. Poinsett street • Greer • oPen Mon.-Fri. 8:30-6 • sat. 9-3www.aarrangementflowers.com

Greer’s Freshest Flowers • Master Designer shopVoteD Best in the uPstate

Ask for us by name!

Remember Someone ForeverThere’s room for your brick or paver in the Path of Remembrance at Smith Phayer Hospice House. For information on how to order, visit

To be included in the 2015 Blessing of the Bricks, orders must be received by April 1, 2015.

Jim Swiger H.I.S.SC DHEC #412

Blue Cross Blue Shield & Humana

PractIcalHearIng SolutIonS

The Plaza • 417 S. Buncombe Rd. • Greer, SC 29650

238-4754 • 269-1007Schedule your

FreeHearing TesT

Today!

Hearing aid

repair All Makes

Try the New Z Series

PLACE YOUR AD IN 107 S.C. NEWSPAPERSand reach more than 2.5 million readers

using our small space display ad network

South CarolinaNewspaper Network

Donna Yount 888.727.7377scnewspapernetwork.com

Statewide or regional buys available

FROM PAGE ONE

BMW Manufacturing cur-rently produces more than 1,200 vehicles each day. It is the exclusive exporter of passenger vehicles to more than 140 global mar-kets.

“South Carolina’s ex-ports continue to grow be-cause we have built a rep-utation around the world as a great place to do busi-ness,” Gov. Nikki Haley said. “The fact that we continue to break export records is a real reason to celebrate in South Carolina because it’s a testament to

our world-class workforce and business-friendly cli-mate. Our economy is on the move, and we’re just getting started.”

In 2014, the plant cel-ebrated two decades of production, announcing a $1 Billion investment in the Greer plant and a pro-duction capacity increase to 450,000 vehicles.

The expansion will make the location BMW’s largest in the world.

“BMW vehicles, world renowned for their brand and quality, continue to be a major contributor to the South Carolina Ports Au-

thority’s overall success,” said Jim Newsome, presi-dent and CEO of the South Carolina Ports Authority.

“We are proud to handle both finished vehicles and parts for BMW, whose presence in South Carolina endorses the capabilities of our ports and logistics infrastructure.”

Currently, BMW and Adidas are among nine customers contracted at Greer’s inland port.


FROM PAGE ONE

grant because of the at-trition factor. Those that have been laid off have a higher priority.”

Council unanimously ap-proved the department’s request to seek the grant.

“We received a grant back in 2009, but the city turned it down at that time due to the economic down-turn,” Harvey said. “It was

for six people at that time. This time, we believe it’s a good grant. But we know there’s only so much mon-ey in the pot.”

Harvey hopes for the best this time around.

“We feel like (we should get it),” he said. “It gets re-viewed by your peers from across the nation. You have to meet all the crite-ria. We do meet it, but it’s just about how it’s scored.

It really boils down to who is sitting at the table re-viewing your grant at that time. They have to read it and see the need. You could have a volunteer sit-ting there thinking, ‘Well, they don’t need paid peo-ple.’”

The department could know the fate of the grant by late this year.


Clarence E. BaileyVeteran

Clarence Earl Bailey, 86, of 9 25th Street, died Feb. 10, 2015 at his home.

A native of Spar t anburg County, son of the late Ben

and Nellie Turner Bailey, he was a U.S. Army Vet-eran of WWII, a retired em-ployee of J.P. Stevens Vic-tor Plant and a member of First Assembly of God. He was also a retired truck driver.

Surviving are his wife, Blanche Leonard Bailey of the home; two daughters, Joan Mathews and Tracie Penning both of Greer; three sons, Steve Bailey, Haskell Bailey and Mickey Bailey all of Greer; a broth-er, Bill Bailey of Greer; a sister, Judy Tucker of Greer; eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchil-dren.

Mr. Bailey was prede-ceased by one grandson, two sisters and three brothers.

Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Friday at Trini-ty Fellowship Church, con-ducted by Rev. Lee Athey and Rev. Chuck Hill. Buri-al followed in Hillcrest Memory Gardens.

Visitation will be held noon-1:45 p.m. Friday at the church.

The family is at the home.

Memorials may be made to Medi Home Hospice, 20 Roper Corner Circle, Greenville, 29615.

The family would like to thank his special nurse Cindy for the caring com-passion of Mr. Bailey.

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

Dr. Francis Sullivan, MDVeteran

Dr. Francis Simon Sul-livan, MD, of 164 Bellamy Close, died February 16, 2015 at his home.

He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts

in 1924 and was a son of the late Thomas and Julia Hegarty Sullivan. Dr. Sul-livan received the Buckley Scholarship to Harvard where he attended until he volunteered for the U.S. Army during World War II. He graduated from The University of Virginia Medical School; from there he completed his resi-dency in internal medicine where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Sullivan moved to Greer with his wife in 1954 where they both practiced medicine. After twenty-two years, in 1977, he joined the fac-ulty of Greenville Health System where he became the Director of Internal Medicine Clinics. Later in his career, he served as Di-rector of Employee Health.

His volunteer activities in-clude Mobile Meals, Greer and Taylors Free Medical Clinics and Wycliffe Bible Translators. Dr. Sullivan was a member, elder and Sunday school teacher at First Presbyterian Church of Greer.

Surviving are his lov-ing wife of 67 years, Jo-sephine Young Sullivan of the home; one son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Fran-cis Mason Sullivan, MD and Leslie of Warwick, RI; five daughters and sons-in-law, Martha and Ervin Robinson of Lancaster, Louise Rogers of Taylors, Virginia and Roger Sims of Greer, Julia Pressley of Campobello and Drs. Joy and Jonathan Hicklin, MD of Rock Hill; nine grand-children, Daniel Sullivan (Dy), Caleb Rogers (Paige), Kate Leggett (Taylor), Dr. Cole Sims, MD (Ashley), Allie Pressley, Melanie Pressley, Elizabeth Press-ley, Joy Caroline Hicklin and Andrew Hicklin and two great-grandchildren, Adelyn Rogers and Wil-liam Leggett.

Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Wednes-day at First Presbyterian Church of Greer, conduct-ed by Dr. Brandi Casto-Wa-ters, Rev. Wayne Cole and Rev. Ray White. Private interment will follow in Mountain View Cemetery.

Visitation will be held 1:45-2:45 p.m. Wednesday in the fellowship hall at First Presbyterian Church.

The family is at the home.

In lieu of flowers, me-morials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 100 School Street, Greer, 29651, Greer Community Ministries, P.O. Box 1373, Greer, 29652 or Taylors Free Medical Clinic, 400 West Main Street, Taylors, 29687.


Alene ‘Pat’ WestAlene “Pat” West, 95,

passed away on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 at AnMed Health Medical Center.

Born in Anderson on Sept. 1, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Henry Phillip Duncan and the late Maude Wheeler Duncan.

She retired from Mc-Cants Junior High School as a teacher. She was a member of First Bap-tist Church in Anderson, where she was the former WMU director for so many years. Pat enjoyed playing the piano at NHC for Sun-day morning services.

She is survived by her daughter, Rebecca Anne Tapp and her husband Gene M. “Whitey” Tapp, of Greer; one grandson, David Tapp and his wife Stacy, of Greer; one great-granddaughter, Ivey Eliza-beth Tapp; four sisters,

Margaret Dean, Agnes Guyton, and Edith Melton, of Williamston, and Lil-lian Schomburg, of Santa Paula, California; and her precious dog “Bennie.”

In addition to her par-ents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Franklin “Tab” West; and sisters Ethel Cooley, Lucille Jamieson, Emma Duncan, Clara Dun-can and Barbara Kincaid.

The funeral service was held in the chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Dr. James Thomason and Dr. Nobel Brown officiating. Entomb-ment followed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

The family received friends at the funeral home prior to the service on Sunday, from 12:30 p.m. until 1:45 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memo-rials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Mem-phis Tennessee 38105.

Edna H. Wynn

Edna Henderson Wynn, 93, widow of Overton Earnest Wynn, life long resident of Greer, died Tuesday Feb. 10, 2015 fol-lowing an illness of eleven years.

Edna was the daughter of the late Charlie Berry Henderson and Rachel Cole Henderson. She was a member of Victor Baptist Church and a former Sun-day school teacher. Edna was a graduate of Carolina Commercial College. She was employed by John Ratterree Company and retired from State Auto In-surance Company.

Surviving are one neph-ew, Truman H. Henderson, Jr. and his partner, Thom-as S. Ebetino of Greer and niece, Melissa Simposs and her mother, Elizabeth Ham of Riverside, California.

She was predeceased by two brothers, Troy Hen-derson and Truman H. Henderson, Sr. and one infant sister, Grace Hen-derson.

A reception will be held at Episcopal Church of The Good Shepherd on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 at 2 p.m. followed by a me-morial service at 3 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, me-morials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association of the Upstate, 301 Uni-versity Ridge, Suite 5000, Greenville, 29601 or Ark Hospice, 101 Grace Drive, Easley, 29640.

Edna’s family would like to thank the multitude of caregivers at Alpha Health & Rehab for their outstanding care, love and support.


GRANT: Would bring in new � re� ghters

BMW: To make $1 billion investment

MUSEUM: Tells stories during Black History Month

The House of Repre-sentatives, led by your Republican majority,

made significant progress on regulatory reform, up-dating public safety laws and protecting the unborn this past week.

Government red tape and over-regulation bur-den job creators and stifle small business start-ups – I hear this repeatedly from business own-ers here in our district. We passed a regulatory reform law in the House placing a sunset provi-sion on all future regula-tions. Many regulations are outdated, and this new measure would give an automatic expiration to regulations five years after implementation. This ensures an ongoing review of our regulations and provides the business community’s opportunity to have input. The bill now heads to the Sen-ate, and I hope they will join us in lending a hand to the businesses and innovators that drive our state’s economy.

We took additional steps this past week to pass the next set of ethics reform legislation – part of our larger eth-ics reform package. We passed the Whistleblower and Public Employee

Protection Act providing public employees legal protections and substan-tially increased financial incentives for reporting unethical behavior when your tax dollars are on the line. I was also proud to support H-3195, which tightens and clarifies our existing ethics statutes. The act also gives guid-ance to elected officials about the proper use of political campaign dollars.

We continue to discuss the best path forward to fix our ailing road system. On Wednesday, the two highly discussed propos-als – one resembling Gov-ernor Nikki Haley’s plan and one from the House Transportation Infra-structure & Management Ad-Hoc Committee – were placed into bill form. Both bills head to the House Ways and Means Commit-tee where work will begin to find common ground. If you have not yet taken the chance to share your thoughts with me on this important matter, I

encourage you to take a moment to do so today. I have served on the Trans-portation Ad-Hoc and while I am not in favor of the entire bill, I have signed on both bills. They are on their way to Ways and Means to be worked out with hopefully the best from each bill mak-ing it to a final solution for our state.

One of the core func-tions of a limited govern-ment is providing for the safety of our children and otherwise vulner-able adults. All too often during the heat of our South Carolina summers, we see news reports of children who have died while trapped or locked inside hot vehicles. My House colleagues and I supported a measure that would give certain legal protections to bystanders who rescue those trapped inside sweltering cars and trucks.

This week we will also hear from a 10 state con-sortium (which includes South Carolina), who have been working on assess-ments for early childhood school readiness.

I am happy to honor the James F. Byrnes High School Class AAAA state champion girl’s softball team this week.

Protecting the unbornYOUR VOICEIN COLUMBIA

REPRESENTATIVERITA ALLISON

Communion offeredFaith United Methodist

Church, located at 1301 S. Main St. (Across from McDonald’s), will offer communion from 7:30-8:30 a.m. each Wednesday during Lent, beginning Feb. 18 and concluding on April 1. Communion ele-ments will be served as a drive-through service to anyone.

The United Methodist Church has an open com-munion where any believer is invited to the table. For more information, call the church office at 877-0308.

dinner TheaTerLiberty Hill Methodist

Church, located at 301 Liberty Hill Road Greer, will be having a Dinner Theater on March 7 at 6 p.m.

The program will be “Race To Win.” Donations will be taken for the meal and it will benefit the youth mission trip. Come see for yourself who wins the race. Everyone is wel-come.

JudgemenT houseRiverside Baptist

Church, located at 1249 South Suber Rd., will be returning to an Ohio state prison to present the gos-pel through “Judgement House” from March 21-24. Cost is $225 per person. For more information, call the church at 879-4400.

new sTudy aT memorial uniTed meThodisT

A study entitled, “The

End Times, Are We There Yet?” will be taught by Dr. Robert McQuaid at Me-morial United Methodist Church, located at 201 N. Main in Greer, at 5:30 p.m. on six Sunday evenings, beginning Feb. 22.

It will be held in Fellow-ship Hall. The public is welcome.

ChurCh anniversaryWord of Deliverance is

celebrating its 19th anni-versary on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 10 a.m. at the church, located at 3324 Chesnee Hwy, Gaffney. Guest Mes-senger will be Apostle J.Q. Lockette. For more infor-mation, contact the church at 461-7178 or email [email protected].

To the editor:

This Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period before Eas-ter, when many Christians abstain from animal foods in remembrance of Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the desert before launching his ministry.

But meat-free Lent is much more than a symbol of religious devotion to Christ.

It helps reduce the risk of chronic disease, envi-ronmental degradation, and animal abuse. Doz-ens of medical reports have linked consumption of animal products with elevated risk of heart fail-ure, stroke, cancer and other killer diseases. A 2007 United Nations re-port named meat produc-tion as the largest source

of greenhouse gases and water pollution. Under-cover investigations have documented farm ani-mals being beaten, caged, crowded, deprived, muti-lated and shocked.

Lent offers a superb op-portunity to honor Christ’s powerful message of com-passion and love by adopt-ing a meat-free diet for Lent and beyond. After all, it’s the diet mandated in Genesis 1:29 and observed in the Garden of Eden.

Our supermarket offers a rich array of plant-based meat and dairy alterna-tives, as well as the more traditional vegetables, fruits, and grains.

Entering “vegan recipes” in our favorite search en-gine offers more products, recipes, and transition tips than we can use.

wednesday, february 18, 2015 news the greer citizen a7

NOW OPEN1000 W. Poinsett St. • 864-325-3584

APPOINTMENTS RECOMMENDEDHOURS: THURSDAY & FRIDAY 9-5

210 W. Stone Ave., Greenville • 419 SE Main St. #100, Simpsonville

comeheargreenville.com

MARK SELBY - [email protected]

Grand Opening in Greer!

Come in for a FREE hearing screening and consultation to receive a

GIFT CARD TO RYAN’S STEAKHOUSEwith purchase of hearing aids

YOUR HEARING MATTERS!As a locally owned and operated practice,

we are proud to say our patients come fi rst. At Come Hear Hearing Center you’ll appreciate our old-fashioned

customer service and fi nd premium technologiesat an affordable price...every day.

It shouldn’t take a yearQ: I’m 30 and debt-free.

Do you think I should stop making contributions to my 401(k) account for a year in order to save up an emergency fund?

DR: Yes, I do. But it shouldn’t take you a year to set aside an emergency fund if you’re debt-free and making decent money at your job. Just make it part of your monthly bud-get plan, grit your teeth and do it! I recommend that people put off or stop investing until they are debt-free, except for their home, and have an emergency fund of three to six months of expenses in place. In some cases, it could take three or four years to do all this. I know it seems like a long time, but it’s really not in the grand scheme of things. If you have no emergency fund, but you’re con-tributing to your 401(k), there’s a good chance you’ll end up cashing out your 401(k) if a large, un-expected expense comes along. When you cash out a 401(k) early, you get hit with a penalty plus your tax rate. That’s not a good plan.

The Diet of Lentletter to the editor |

davesays

daveramsey

ChurCh

News

309 Northview Drive848-1935

Preston Burch | the Greer citizen

meet and greet Miss Greater Greer Anna Brown talks with Ensley Karow and Catarina Costa at Pizza Inn on Thursday.

210 W. Poinsett Street

Personal Injury Workers’ Comp

Wrongful Death Criminal Defense

Mitchell K. Byrd, Jr.

We will workto defend your rights.As members of the community,

we want what’s bestfor our hometown.

Let us work for you.

to defend your rights.to defend your rights.to defend your rights.to defend your rights.As members of the community,As members of the community,As members of the community,

www.thecarolinalawgroup.com • 757-5555

Monty DesaiU.S. Veteran

RepoRt: appraisal recommendedfrom page one

quested proposals by in-terested parties. Council indicated that it was their desire for the property to create jobs and add to the tax base of the city. City Council commissioned the market analysis to deter-mine the most feasible use for the property, based on current market condi-tions.”

The next step in the process could come soon, Driggers said.

“The report has been presented to council and it has been made available for the public to review,” he said. “I expect council to discuss the report and the site during their up-coming planning session.”

The report does not ad-dress market value of the property and recommends that an appraisal be done to determine its worth.

mailto:[email protected]

A8 THE GREER CITIZEN PAGE LABEL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015


Indoor air quality experts since 1953


621 Keith Drive, Greenville • 864-501-2005 • sandersheatcool.com

*$1,700 offer includes Ultimate Comfort System with the iHarmony and Solar Panel Add-Ons. Rebate or Financing Eligibility: Each homeowner may qualify for one offer, rebate or fi nancing. Financing reimbursement only available when Service Finance used for fi nancing of qualifying products.

0% APR Financing - 0Down 0Hassles 0WorriesCall for complete details. 0% APR for qualifi ed buyers with approved credit.

FREEHeat Exchanger Analysis Safety Check

FREE SERVICE CALL WITH REPAIR

Home of the $69 Tuneup!

PRSRT STDU.S. POSTAGE

PAIDSpectrum Marketing

Companies

621 Keith DriveGreenville, SC 29607

3902

35

Receive Up to A

$1,700REBATE

With the purchase of a Qualifying System*

5 YEARS • 0% FINANCINGwith 5 Year Parts and Labor Warranties

on select equipment(Qualifi ed buyers must maintain a Heat-Cool Maintenance Agreement.)

SPORTSThe Greer Citizen

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015

B

BLAMECANNADA

BILLYCANNADA

Gassed

I don’t understand long distance running.

I get that it’s very competitive and that people who can run five-minute miles have reached a level of ath-leticism that I could only dream of, but it’s hard for me to comprehend why people enjoy doing this to themselves.

This past weekend, I ran a 10-mile race near Furman.

Now, before you get all proud of me and tell me how impressive that is (I’m sure that’s what you were thinking) know that I only began training for this race two days before-hand.

My friend Joel, a fierce competitor, had been training and encouraging me to do so for a couple of months leading up to the big day. But instead, I tried everything I could to do just the opposite.

Here’s my gripe with running: I actually don’t mind it, but I haven’t always found the sport in it. In my mind, running is something you do be-cause you’re participating in another sport (football, basketball, soccer…). It’s also something you do to punish yourself (say you’ve gained a few pounds or your coach is particularly frustrated with your performance during a recent game).

But as I’ve gotten older, I realize that people around my age (20, 30 and 40 somethings) have turned to running as an adopted sport. Nobody is letting you on a football or basketball team at this age, so naturally, the athlete inside of you still wants to compete. While some might turn to beer softball leagues, this is where 5Ks, marathon running and 10-mile races come in.

I knew Saturday was going to kick my butt. I hadn’t trained. A couple of days before the race, I decided to try to run seven miles without stop-ping, just to see if it was physically possible to do so. Having gotten in a little better shape over the past year, I found I was able to at least sustain a jog for that long.

Seven miles into Saturday’s 10-miler, I was feeling pretty good.

“This isn’t bad,” I told myself. “I’m not even huffing and puffing any-more. I bet I’m on pace for a decent time, too.”

Then it happened. I hit a wall. My body

was done. I was about to pass out. Eight and a half miles in, I reached a point where I kind of blacked out. I hadn’t eaten any-thing, so I was insanely dizzy.

The only thing that kept me going was knowing that, if I walked, this stu-pid race would take even longer.

Well, that, and a bunch of people would pass me, making me look like a sis-sy. I guess running does bring out that competitive fire, but good luck getting me to sign up for another one of these things.

WITH THE PURCHASE OF A QUALIFYING LENNOX SYSTEM

$1,700 REBATEWITH PURCHASE OF A QUALIFYING SYSTEM


864-501-2005 sandersheatcool.com*$1,700 offer includes Ultimate Comfort System with the iHarmony and Solar Panel Add-Ons. Rebate or Financing Eligibility: Each homeowner may qualify for one offer, rebate or fi nancing. Financing reimbursement only available when Service Finance used for fi nancing of qualifying products.

After 25 yearsBY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR

A home crowd of Yellow Jacket fans said goodbye to one its most dedicated coaches last week

After spending more than a quarter of a cen-tury working with players at Greer High School, girls basketball coach Carlton Greene has decided it’s time to hang it up.

“It’s been a great place for me,” Greene, who plans to end his coaching career at the conclusion of this season, said. “I never

would have thought I’d be there 25 years when I first started, but it seems like, at times, that I just started yesterday.”

Greene said the job was getting to be a little too much to handle.

“Unfortunately, with high school ball, you ba-sically work two jobs,” he said. “You work a day job and then you coach after that. I just got to the point where my body was saying, ‘you can’t do this anymore.’ There comes a point where you’ve got to listen to your body, so I think it was time for me to wrap it up.”

The head coach said his time spent at the school has been worth it.

“It’s been a great ride

for me,” he said. “The best part of it has been the players. We’ve really been blessed at Greer, not only to have some good play-ers, but to have some good people come through our program. That’s the high-light of it, I think.”

Although he has experi-enced 254 wins during his tenure, no team has pro-vided one season particu-larly better than the other, he said.

“Each team is differ-ent and each team has it’s own characteristics,” Greene said. “It’s hard to say that one was better than the other or one had a moment that the other didn’t have. Some teams may not have as much tal-

SEE GREENE | B3

BY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR

With a third place fin-ish in Peach Blossom play, the Eagles are back in the playoffs.

Eastside dropped a matchup with Travelers Rest last week (58-47), but bounced back to beat Em-erald (86-56) in the regular season finale, earning a date with Union County in round one.

“We knew going into the last two games that we had secured the playoffs, but we knew we were go-ing to have to win one of the last two to get third place in the region,” East-side coach Tom Chamness said.

“There was a little bit of pressure on us with Em-erald coming in on Friday night,” he said. “The win-ner of that game finished

third and the loser fin-ished fourth, but the kids really responded. That’s an Emerald team that beat us by 15 or 16 at their place and we ended up winning by 30.”

Tyius Lewis had the big night for Eastside against the Vikings, scoring 26 points.

Chamness said although his team has dealt with its fair share of growing pains, improvement has

come slowly.“We’re young, so we’ve

felt the bumps and bruises that you have to go through when that’s the case,” Ch-amness said. “Our kids believe in the system and what we’re doing. Winning kind of becomes a culture and a mentality that re-quires a lot of hard work. The fans see what you do on Tuesday and Friday, but they don’t understand

SEE EAGLES | B3

In playoff matchupBY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR

After tough back-to-back losses last week, Byrnes will have to hit the road during round one of the playoffs, taking on North-western on Wednesday.

The Rebels stroll into the postseason as a three-seed, boasting an overall record of 19-4. Byrnes was unable to seize an opportunity to take control of the region in the final two games of the regular season, falling to Wade Hampton in over-time (78-75) and Dorman (64-56).

The Rebels had previ-ously beaten Dorman by a

four-point margin.The winner of Wednes-

day’s game will move on to take on either Spring Valley or Greenville.

LADY REBELS TAKE ON WESTSIDE

Like the men’s team, the Lady Rebels also struggled in the final two games of the regular season.

Dropping contests to Wade Hampton and Dor-man, Byrnes will march into the playoffs as a four-seed, taking on Westside this week.

“We were on the road at Wade Hampton and Dorman and I felt like we played as hard as we could for three quarters,” Byrnes coach Stacey Par-ris said. “They just pulled away towards the end. We competed hard last week

SEE BYRNES | B3

Waving goodbyeThe accolades that we receive or other things that come along

are just byproducts of what the kids were able to accomplish.

Carlton Greene

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

Greer coach Carlton Greene, who will retire at the end of the season, said goodbye to the Yellow Jacket faithful at a ceremony last Tuesday.


Byrnes will hit the road to take on Northwestern this week in the � rst round of the Class AAAA state playo� s.

Byrnes to face Northwestern


After securing third place in region play, the Eastside boys basketball team is now putting the focus on the postseason and its matchup with Union County.

Eastside takes third inregion, moves to playoffs

‘Our kids believe in the system and what

we’re doing. Winning kind of becomes a

culture and a mentality that requires a lot

of hard work.’

Tom ChamnessEastside boys basketball coach

B2 the greer citizen sports wednesday, february 18, 2015

For Lady TigersBy Billy CannadaSportS Editor

It was a difficult season for the Blue Ridge girls basketball team, which only returned one starter to the lineup.

The Lady Tigers capped the year with an 85-54 loss to rival Greer, failing to make a postseason ap-pearance.

“They jumped on us early,” Blue Ridge coach Byron Hardy said. “They played really well and hit 17 three-pointers. It was like shooting practice for them. They’re a good shooting team and wheth-er we put a hand in their face or we didn’t, they just knocked down a bunch of shots. We just didn’t have

some of the offense we needed that day.”

The Tigers fought through adversity this season, including a num-ber of injuries and lineup changes.

“They finished in a much more positive way toward the end,” Hardy said. “We were not in sync earlier this year. We didn’t have as much experience com-ing back so everybody was kind of forced into a dif-ferent role. We saw a lot of progress.”

RoBinson’s impaCtThe Greer game marked

the end of a stellar high school career for Tiger guard Courtney Robinson, who averaged better than 27 points and 11 boards her senior season.

“I knew it was going to be a special four years,” Hardy said. “The numbers speak for themselves. It’s obvious that Courtney is

a phenomenal ball player. I think she was the best player in our region by far. She’s able to control a game and take over a game, and it’s a good thing, as a coach, knowing you have players on your team that are that way.”

Hardy said Robinson’s skill set is like none he’s seen before.

“It’s fun to watch her play,” he said. “If she was able to focus on some-thing that year, she made it happen—whether it’s rebounding, or scoring, or assists—if she set her mind to something, she could knock it out.

“It was just a stellar year for her this year,” Hardy added. “When she brought the ball down the court, she could either drive and score, drive and get fouled or drive and dish the ball, and I was OK with all three of those options. Courtney has some rare abilities.”

To end regular seasonBy Billy Cannada

SportS Editor

A frustrating season ended with a little bit of satisfaction for the Yellow Jackets, as Greer knocked off Blue Ridge, 52-48, last Thursday night on the road.

The win completes a season sweep over the Jacket’s cross-town rival.

“They had no trouble getting up for Blue Ridge because it was Blue Ridge,” Greer coach Jeff Neely said of his team. “They re-sponded well. It’s hard to go to Blue Ridge. They’ve had lots of close games

there, but our guys stuck together and had a good last game. We were able to end the season feeling good about each other and our team. The seniors went out on a good note.”

Senior night did not go according to plan for Greer, which dropped a 52-36 contest to Southside on Tuesday.

“We hung with South-side for a little bit, like we’ve been doing with a lot of teams, but their ath-letic ability probably wore us down,” Neely said. “I don’t think our guys re-ally played well and were up for the game. We’ve just had so many close games and lost so many close games, I don’t know if they went into the game thinking they had a shot.

“That’s just kind of what happens when you know you’re out of the playoffs,” he said.

Despite the tough losses this season Neely said his team has gained a lot of confidence.

“I think they have a lot of confidence knowing that they played well in so many games and were so close in a lot of them,” Neely said. “Things just didn’t go our way.”

Although five seniors will be departing, Neely said this team will contin-ue to build and get better.

“We feel like we’re going to return a good team,” he said. “We’ve got young kids coming up from mid-dle school and our future looks bright. It was a tough

year on all of us and frus-trating in a lot of ways, but that happens. I think we’re going to grow from it and be a lot better.”

A main offseason goal for Greer will be to get stronger in the weight room.

“We need to get stron-ger,” Neely said. “We felt like we got pushed around a lot, so we want to get better in the paint. Our assistant coach, Josh Wil-liams, is real good with that aspect of the game and he’s really excited about getting guys in the weight room.”

To face LancasterBy Billy CannadaSportS Editor

For the Lady Yellow Jackets, a season of highs and lows now comes down to one game.

Greer takes on top-seed-ed Lancaster this week, hoping to steal a win in round one of the postsea-son.

“I think the regular sea-son has helped us pre-pare,” Greer coach Carlton Greene said. “Eastside has been ranked second or third in the state all year and Southside has been ranked fourth to eighth all year, so we’ve played two top-five teams in our re-gion. We understand what we have to do and how we have to play in order to be successful. If we go in and hit a few shots, we feel like we might be able to come out with a victory.”

The Yellow Jackets capped the regular sea-son last week with a loss to Southside (72-53) and a win over rival Blue Ridge (85-54).

“We played a pretty good game against Southside, but came up a little short at the end,” Greene said. “We had some shots that didn’t drop, but I thought we played pretty well to be going up against the third or fourth ranked team in the state. We gave them a run for their money.”

Things began to heat up for Greer against Blue Ridge.

“We really had a good game at Blue Ridge,” Greene said. “The kids were loose and they were ready to play.”

Diamon Shiflet led the effort for Greer with 34 points on the night. The team rained in 17 com-bined threes on the Lady Tigers.

“We were shooting the ball pretty good,” Greene said. “Anytime you do that, it really doesn’t make a whole lot of differ-ence what the other team does.”

Greene said a playoff victory would have to be hard earned this week.

“Sooner or later you’ve got to beat the best to win the state championship, so why not play them the first time out? If you knock them off, you’ve got a pretty good road to Co-lumbia,” he said. “They’re undefeated, so we feel like if we can get a little bit of

a lead late, all the pressure will be on them. Some-times that pressure gets to be too much.”

Greene, who will retire as the girls coach at the end of the season, said he has seen his team mature over the last several months.

“I think we have a fairly mature team,” he said. “We feel like we’ve got a veteran squad. Our fresh-men and sophomores aren’t freshmen and soph-omores anymore. They’ve got 24 games under their belt, so they’re ready to go. We really have seen the younger players come along and develop, and we believe they’re start-ing to make the right deci-sions in the right places.”


Following loss toJ.L. MannBy Billy CannadaSportS Editor

After beginning region competition at 1-9, River-side bounced back to win two of its last three games, nearly landing a playoff spot.

It wasn’t meant to be, however, as a season end-ing 64-47 loss to J.L. Mann sealed the deal for the Warriors.

“It didn’t go the way we wanted to, but here we are at the last game of the sea-son playing a meaningful game,” second year Riv-erside coach Greg Miller said. “If we win that game, we’ve got a chance to go to the playoffs. Through all the adversity we went through—the ups, the downs, the winning, the losing—we found our-selves in a position to play for the playoffs still. That was good for the kids and something to be proud of because they kept fighting for that goal.”

The week began with a 59-53 win over Boiling Springs.

“We played really well and executed well. I was pleased with our patience on defense and the deci-sions we were making on offense,” Miller said. “It was just an all around good game for us.”

Alan Caldwell led the way for Riverside, scoring 13 points and going 3-for-4 from three-point range.

“We came into the game Friday night playing for fifth place,” he said. “J.L. Mann just shot lights out. We played very, very hard, but I felt like we didn’t play smart.”

Caldwell again led the Warriors with 15 on the

night. Miller said his se-niors have laid the ground-work for a program that is just beginning to realize its potential.

“Our sub-varsity teams look up to them,” Miller said. “They saw what these guys had to do to get in a position to make the play-offs, and now they want to carry the torch. Something I believe in wholeheartedly

is that you can’t win with boys and you can’t lose with men.”

Despite losing most of his team to graduation, Miller said he is confident the warriors will bounce back.

“I know we’re graduating eight seniors, but I don’t feel like we’re going to fall off,” he said. “The younger guys have learned a lot and we’re going to have a lot of great young men try-ing to step up and do what other teams weren’t able to do.”

Miller said he feels as if the program is in a good position following his sec-ond year at Riverside.

“This is what you want,” he said. “One of the things that really attracted me to

this job was that you have to prove yourself night in and night out. The big-gest thing I’ve learned is how this game is a game of mistakes. The team that minimizes mistakes is the team that’s going to be successful. We’re learning together how to do that. I really like the progres-sion from this year to last year and we continue to see huge signs of improve-ment.”

GiRls pummel BoilinG spRinGs

The Lady Warriors pun-ished Boiling Springs last week, 54-24, putting the finishing touches on an otherwise frustrating year.

“We just came out ex-cited and ready to play,” head coach Jenny Taylor said. “Everybody got in on the scoring and I thought we rebounded well and played good defense. We really made a lot of good things happen on offense and executed extremely well.”

With no playoff appear-ance in sight, this will be it for Taylor’s three seniors, including standout Brooke Jordan-Brown.

“They’re great kids,” she said. “I enjoy coach-ing them. They try as hard as they can and they give as much as they have. We just play in a tough region. (Class) AAAA is not easy and we’re in the tough-est region in the state. I’m happy with their effort and we’re going to keep working.

“All of them have been in our program for four years and they all bring something different to our team,” Taylor added. “They will be missed. Our last three games, we start-ed all three of our seniors, so we’re going to have to find somebody to fill those shoes.”


Warriors left out of postseason action

prESton Burch | thE GrEEr citizEn

Riverside’s season game to an end last Friday night after a loss to J.L. Mann. The Warriors went into the game playing for fifth place and a chance to go to the playoffs.

Lady Yellow Jackets head to postseason

prESton Burch | thE GrEEr citizEn

Greer’s Diamon Shiflet dropped 34 points against Blue Ridge last Thursday night.

prESon Burch | thE GrEEr citizEn

Despite several strong late season performances from Justin Carter, Greer was unable to make a push for the playoffs.

Jackets edge Blue Ridge, 52-48‘I don’t know if they went into the game

thinking they had a shot.’

Jeff Neelygreer boys basketball coach

Tough year ends

‘the biggest thing

I’ve learned is how

this game is a game

of mistakes. The

team that minimizes

mistakes is the team

that’s going to be

successful. We’re

learning together

how to do that.’

Greg Millerriverside boys basketball coach



wednesday, February 18, 2015 sports the greer citizen b3

Greene: On to the next chapterfrom B1

ent as another team, but what they achieve with the talent they have might be to a greater degree than the people who had a team that was very talented.”

Greene said his passion for coaching comes from a desire to see players suc-ceed.

“It’s a player’s sport,” he said. “Everything that we do is for them. The accolades that we receive or other things that come along are just byproducts of what the kids were able to accomplish. The nice thing is that when you work with kids, you’re supporting them. You’re trying to get them to see things in a different light or gain some skills that may help them later on in life.”

Greene said he would likely keep his teaching job at Greer Middle School for a couple more years.

“The nice part, in terms of basketball, is I can be a fan,” Greene said. “When Friday night rolls around and I want to go see the best game in the county, I can go watch it. I’ll prob-ably still show up in gyms from time to time.”

from B1

against two really good teams, but unfortunately, we fell short. We just did not shoot well enough to win.”

Parris said the Rebels will have to look for ways to slow Westside down.

“They’re extremely ath-letic, they’re quick and they like to press,” she said. “I feel like with what we’ve seen in our region so far, we’re prepared for what they do. We just have to play well. If we can shoot well and not foul, I think we have a chance.”

Although the task is tall, Parris said some recent playoff experience will come in handy this week.

“Last year was our first time going to the playoffs in a long time,” Parris said. “Not a single player on our team had any playoff experience and we played a really good team. West-side is a good team, but I

think the advantage for us this year is that we’ve got a little bit of experience. We know it’s going to be a tough game and that we’re going to have to play well to have a shot at it.”

“We have four seniors who are capable,” she said. “If they do what they’re supposed to do and play well, we know we have a shot.”

Byrnes will look to es-tablish some half-court sets and rebound well against the tournament’s top seed.

“We have to be able to contain them and limit them to the half-court,” Parris said. “We have to make them take set shots and limit them to one pos-session. They want to take us out of our game and make us play fast, but we want to slow them down. I think it’s going to be a matter of who executes their game plan the best.”

eaGles: Ready for playoff pushfrom B1

what you’re doing the rest of the week. We put a lot of hours in to try to give our kids the best opportu-nity to be successful.

“This year’s group is a little different because there’s not one marquee guy,” he continued. “We were kind of a no-name group, but now at the end of the season, I bet most of these coaches in the re-gion know who these guys are.”

The Eagles will need to be ready to compete at a high level this week as they square off with the Jackets.

“Union is an athletic team,” Chamness said. “They’re kind of a streaky shooting team, but they’re definitely athletic and we’ve got to play at their place. We’re going to have to be prepared to exe-cute in order to win that game.”

Chamness said he does not plan to change his style of play for any team moving forward.

“We’ve had a formula for what we’ve wanted to do all year long,” he said. “You have to tweak things a little bit, but I be-lieve you are who you are. We’re going to play the style of game we’ve been playing. With our guys, it’s about trying to find a level of consistency with how we play the game. That’s more important than Xs and Os.”

Lady EagLEs Earn no. 2 sEEd

The Lady Eagles did not end the season they way they would have liked, dropping two of their last four region games.

They will need to have a short memory, however, as they get set to take on Chester this week.

Heading into postseason play, Eastside is in unfa-miliar territory. Before a Feb. 3 loss to Southside, the Eagles had not seen de-feat in region action. The late season struggles were enough to bump Eastside down to a No. 2 seed in the playoffs, which still results in a home game in round one.

If the Lady Eagles were to get past Chester, a po-tential matchup with top-seeded Belton-Honea Path could await in round two.

The Upper State cham-pionship will be held in downtown Greenville on Feb. 28.


By BiLLy CannadaSpORtS EditOR

Greer defensive back Jackson Tipton will take his talents to Union Col-lege next fall, singing a let-ter of intent last week.

During his senior sea-son, Tipton recorded 23 individual tackles, 18 as-sists, one tackle for loss, one forced fumble, three interceptions, one blocked kick and one touchdown.

“It’s another level, but it’s just like anything you do—you’ve got to adapt and you’ve got to get bet-ter everyday,” he said.

Tipton joins fellow Greer defender Tyler Wright, who also committed to Union.

“It’s great to get to do it with somebody I’ve known for a while,” Tipton said. “I get to look forward to four more years with (Ty-ler Wright). We’ve been friends since I moved here, so that’s going to be cool. We’ve all grown up togeth-er. This is a feeling like I’ve never had before.”

Tipton said he expects more of the same at the next level.

“I’m going to go up there

and play DB in the fall,” he said. “They’re wanting to work me in at safety and some other areas. It’s pretty much the same stuff I was doing here (at Greer).”

Competing as a Yellow Jacket has provided Tip-ton with a valuable skill set that he believes will come in handy.

“I grew up a lot at Greer,” Tipton said. “The coaches molded me into the player I’m going off to college to be.

“I learned to never take anything from anybody,” he said. “You’ve always got to step up and rise to the occasion. You can’t take any days off. I learned that at Greer. If you take any day off, coach (Will) Young is going to get all over you.”

Tipton was recently named one of Greer’s per-manent captains.

“It’s awesome getting to be named a permanent captain,” he said. “I get to carry that up to Union. I’m going to do my best to go in there as a freshman and work my way up.”

He will major in educa-tion.

Tipton inks decisionJackson tipton

By BiLLy CannadaSpORtS EditOR

Alan Caldwell and the Riverside boys basketball team narrowly missed the playoffs last week, despite winning three of their last four region games.

The senior guard tal-lied 13 points, three as-sists, three rebounds and three steals against Boil-ing Springs and 15 points, five rebounds and three assists against J.L. Mann, earning The Greer Citizen/Owens Insurance Player of the Week award.

Although his team is not in the postseason, Caldwell said his final year will leave some last-ing memories.

“It was pretty tough,” he said. “I knew my team-mates had my back. We were a talented team, but our record didn’t really show it. We had our ups and downs, but I just don’t know what happened hon-estly. I felt like we should have been in the top five in our region.

“I really had fun this season,” Caldwell said. “It sucks it came to an end so soon, but I really enjoyed getting to know my team-mates.”

Caldwell said he and his teammates shared a spe-cial connection.

“We bonded over a lot of stuff,” he said. “We did a

lot of charity events and had an awesome time. There were a lot of great behind the scenes mo-ments, like being in the locker room during half-time and things like that. I’m going to miss it.”

The senior said he saw his role on the team de-velop this season.

“At first I wasn’t really a

leader. I was kind of in a shell and kept to myself,” Caldwell said. “But as the season started progressing and developing, I picked up and started leading my teammates how I should have. I was able to handle myself better on the court with a positive attitude.”

Caldwell said he plans to attend college and study

either civil engineering or international business.

“Right now, I’m looking to play college basketball,”

he said. “That’s always been a dream of mine, but we’ll see what happens.”

Caldwell becomes a leader for Warriors

aLan

CaLd

wEL

L

#11

Position: GuardAge: 18Class: Senior

Parents: Eric and Topeka CaldwellAway from the court: Enjoys readingFavorite athlete: Kobe BryantFavorite movie: JumperFavorite video game: Call of Duty Black OpsPre-game ritual: Listens to musicActor who would play you: Denzel Washington Favorite artist: J. Cole

The Greer Citizen

player of the Week

By mark VastoFOR thE GREER CitizEn

for the first month or so, times were fun -- even a bit giddy

-- in Cole Field House at College Park, Maryland. Led by head coach Gary Williams, the early ‘90s edition of the Maryland Terrapins were off to a hot start, and their newest recruits, like Joe Smith and Exree Hipp, were electrifying to behold. Smith played center with a calmness and physical grace that made watch-ing him a pleasure. Hipp, who would later go on to play for the Harlem Globetrotters, spent most of his time above the rim, or trying to get there. The Terps were on a roll, and the fans were living it up.

And then, one day, something called the “ACC schedule” dropped. Suddenly the other team didn’t look like it was wearing hand-me-downs from an intramural volleyball team. The other squad wasn’t an undersized troop led by a manic point guard taking 75 shots per game, and the other coach wasn’t some wet-behind-the-ears kid barely out of col-lege himself, clutching a clipboard with a death grip while tugging at his ill-fitting dress shirt.

On this one particular day, the team that came out of the locker room was wearing powder blue, and the head coach was a guy who carried so much gravitas that the

entire student section just stopped and stared. To paraphrase one of the freshmen seated close behind the bench upon seeing Dean Smith in person for the first time: “[Things] just got real.”

He didn’t look like an innovator, and he didn’t look very friendly, either. Always in a suit, always with a certain look of intensity, a gaze that seemed to burn right through you. He was a very religious man off the court, and on the court, despite that gaze, he was never “blue” -- didn’t curse or throw chairs onto the court. But as soon as you heard the whistle, he unleashed all the furies of basketball hell he could devise.

Two-three zones and

four corners offensive schemes; shooting noth-ing but threes or driving for layups ... no dinky jump shots; substituting five players at one time; starting six seniors and taking the technical to begin a final home game. He slowed the game down just so he could speed it up to otherworldly levels. He was amazing. Brilliant.

Gary Williams, who suffered at the hands of Smith’s teams for the early part of his tenure at Maryland, recalled how he developed a rivalry with Smith over the course of the ‘90s.

“We had a lot of great games,” Williams told listeners of “The Norris & Davis Show” in Baltimore upon learning of Smith’s death. “He really went af-ter it. He was a tough guy in terms of competition ... if you weren’t prepared you were going to lose, because he was going to be prepared.”

Smith, who passed Feb. 8 at age 83, was pre-pared to go. A victim of “the long goodbye” that robbed him of some of his greatest memories in old age, he could always be content in knowing that the list of his accomplish-ments both on and off the court will continue to resound and rebound and aggressively inbound and come right back down the court inside the minds of those who witnessed his life and the lives he touched.

pREStOn BuRCh | thE GREER CitizEn

Riverside’s Alan Caldwell scored 15 points against J.L. Mann, earning Player of the Week honors from The Greer Citizen and Owens Insurance.

byrnes: Looks for upset

pREStOn BuRCh | thE GREER CitizEn

Champs back at itThe Byrnes softball team, fresh of its 2014 state championship, got back in action recently, preparing for the upcoming spring season.

The Dean’s Lista sporting view |

he didn’t look like

an innovator, and

he didn’t look very

friendly, either.

Always in a suit,

always with a

certain look of

intensity, a gaze

that seemed to burn

right through you.


NOTICES

NOTICE All real estate ad-vertised in this newspaper is Subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, na-tional origin or an intention to make such preference, limitation or discrimination. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any adver-tising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers hereby informed that all dwelling advertised in this newspaper are avail-able on an equal opportunity basis.

2-4,11,18,25-TFN

AUCTIONS

AUCTION EVERY THURS-DAY, 11am in old ABC Build-ing 317 S. Buncombe. Visit auctionzip.com

2-4,11,18,25-TFN

Absolute Estate Auction - Antiques - Furniture - Col-lectibles - 97 Good Earth Dr., Hemingway, SC - Sat-urday, February 28, 10 AM - Damon Shortt Real Estate & Auction Group 877-669-4005 SCAL2346 www.da-monshorttproperties.com

DEEP WATER ICW Home AUCTION: Cape Carteret, NC. Canal-Dock Bulkhead Pool. WILL SELL > $399K! MAR 14. Mike Harper 843-

729-4996 (NCAL 8286). www.HarperAuctionRealty.com for details.

ADVERTISE YOUR AUC-TION in 107 S.C. newspa-pers for only $375. Your 25-word classifi ed ad will reach more than 2.6 million read-ers. Call Donna Yount at the S.C. Newspaper Network, 1-888-727-7377.

MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

NICE 3 BEDROOM, 1 BATH, off Mount Lebanon Road. Clean, large lot. $500 per month, $500 Deposit. Call 380-1451.

2-4,11,18,25-TFN

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

SUMMERTREE APTS.: MOVE INTO SUMMER-TREE TODAY & RECEIVE OUR MOVE-IN SPECIAL! Summertree offers spacious 1 & 2 bedroom apartment homes with a great location, just minutes from Spartan-burg. Units designed for persons with disabilities and/or rental assistance subject to availability. Call Sandra at (864) 439-3474 to fi nd out more about our Move-In Special! Credit and background check required. Section 8 voucher holders welcomed. Profession-

ally managed by Partnership Property Management, an equal opportunity provider and employer. Equal Hous-ing Opportunity. Apply To-day!

2-4,11,18

HOMES AND LAND FOR SALE

ONE ACRE LOT FOR SALE, unrestricted, 8 miles North of Greer, off Hwy 290, $ 27,500, C.R.E. Jim 864-420-4003

2-18, 25, 3-4,11

ABBEVILLE, SC- 3 desir-able home sites, approx. 4 wooded acres in great residential area on Whip-o-will Drive, 29620. Asking $32,000. 404-694-9976

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

12,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING

FOR SALE OR LEASE

Located at 438 North Main Street in Woodruff. Facility has 480/3 phase and 220/3 phase electri-cal supply. Prime loca-tion. Call Kevin Pogue with NAI Earle Furman, LLC at 864-494-1466.

2-4,11,18,25-TFN

VACATION RENTALS

ADVERTISE YOUR VACA-TION PROPERTY FOR RENT OR SALE to more than 2.6 million S.C. news-paper readers. Your 25-word classifi ed ad will appear in 107 S.C. newspapers for only $375. Call Donna Yount at the South Carolina News-paper Network, 1-888-727-7377.

HELP WANTED

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Appointment coordination, Event and meeting planning,

Make travel arrangements, Record, monitor expenses, raise monthly invoice, send your resume and salary ex-pectations to [email protected]

2-11,18

SPECIAL OPS U.S. Navy. Elite training. Daring mis-sions. Generous pay/ben-efi ts. HS grads ages 17-30. Do you have what it takes? Call Mon-Fri 800-662-7419

EARN $500 A DAY: Insur-ance Agents Needed; Leads, No Cold Calls; Commissions Paid Daily; Lifetime Renew-als; Complete Training; Health & Dental Insurance; Life License Required Call 1-888-713-6020

2015

This Week’s Race:

YOUR PICKS:

TIE BREAKERGuess the number of caution LAPS in the race.

NAME

ADDRESS

CONTEST RULESPick the driver from each group that you think will fi nish in the higher position and place the name beside the business on the entry form. Entries must be received in person by Friday at noon or postmarked by Saturday at noon. Judges decision is fi nal.

Daytona 500 - Sunday, February 22FIRST CONTEST OF THE SEASON - THANKS FOR PLAYING!

RACING CONTESTThe Greer Citizen

THE GREER CITIZEN317 Trade Street, Greer, SC 29651

PO Box 70, Greer, SC 29652

864-877-2076

Ty Dillon vs. Austin DillonKasey Kahne vs. Carl Edwards

Johnny Sauter vs. Greg Bi� e

Matt Kenseth vs. Kyle Bush

Trevor Bayne vs. Sam Hornish, Jr.

B4 THE GREER CITIZEN SPORTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Jamie McMurray vs. Martin Truex, Jr.

Publication date .... Race date..... Location

2015 Season Contest Winners

Feb. 18 ................................ Feb. 22, Daytona Intl. Speedway Feb. 25 ................................ March 1, Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 4 ............................... March 8, Las Vegas Motor Speedway March 25 ............................. March 29, Martinsville Speedway April 15 ............................... April 19, Bristol Motor Speedway Apr. 29................................. May 3, Talladega Superspeedway May 6 .................................. May 9, Kansas Speedway May 20 ................................ May 24, Charlotte Motor Speedway June 3 ................................. June 7, Pocono Raceway June 10................................ June 14, Michigan Intl. Speedway July 1 .................................. July 5, Daytona Intl. Speedway July 22 ................................. July 26, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Aug. 12 ................................ Aug. 16, Michigan Intl. Speedway

Aug. 19 ................................ Aug. 22, Bristol Motor Speedway

Greer Awning & Siding, Inc. ______________________________________

McCullough Properties ___________________________________________

Sanders Heating & Air ____________________________________________

Quality Foods ___________________________________________________

The Clock _______________________________________________________

Race Contest Schedule __________________________________________

Kelly’s Karpet Connection ________________________________________

Je� Gordon vs. Jimmie Johnson

• Aluminum & Wrought Iron Railing & Fencing• Seamless Aluminum Gutters • Hallett Gutter Cover• Screen Rooms • Room Enclosures

“QUALITY Since 1958”Licensed • Insured

GREER AWNING& SIDING, INC.610 South Main St., Greer, SC

864-877-7722 • 864-877-7138www.greerawningandsiding.com

Residential & Commercial

Awnings • Carports • Patio Covers

CLASSIFIEDSCALL 864-877-2076

RATES 20 words or less: $13.50 � rst insertion

Discount for additional insertionsDEADLINE

5pm Mondayfor insertion Wednesday

TERMS Cash in advance. We accept Visa, MasterCard,

American Express, and Discover Card

AUCTIONS

HOMES ANDLAND FOR SALE

VACATION RENTALS

PUBLIC NOTICE

HELP WANTED

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

Find Just What You’re Looking

Forin

Classifieds

MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

508 North Main Street(across from Greer State Bank)

877-4043

Mon.-Thurs. 7 a.m.-9 p.m.Fri. & Sat. 7 a.m.-10 p.m.

GreerQFUALITY

OODS

SandersHeating & Air Conditioning

621 Keith DriveGreenville, SC 29607

864-501-2005www.SandersHeatCool.com

RestauRant603 W. Poinsett St. • Greer • 877-5768

expRess1328 Wade Hampton Blvd. • Greer

968-0420

14372 E. Wade Hampton Blvd.Greer, SC 29651

Phone (864) 879-2117Fax (864) 877-0286

Greer Storage LLC& McCullough Properties

HELP WANTED DRIVERS

Drivers: CDL-A: WOW! Check-out our New Pay Package, it’s Awesome. More per mile! Monthly Bonuses! stop-Off, Lay-over, Detention, short-Haul PAY! 877-704-3773

2-18, 25

experienced Drivers- Lo-cal carrier needs compa-ny drivers with at least 2 years CDL exp. and clean Mvr. southeast & Mid-west lanes. Weekly home time. vacation, Holidays, ins., Ard Trucking, 1702 N. Gov. Williams Hwy, Darlington sC., 843-393-5101 ext 1451. [email protected]

Are you ready to kick-start your new career? Now interviewing Accred-ited Truck Driving school Graduates (With CDL-A) for our entry Level Ap-prentice Program. Must have Good Mvr, Work history and Criminal Background history. Call Chris Blackwell at 843-266-3731 to discuss pay and benefits. www.bull-doghiway.com eOe

experienced OTr Flatbed Drivers earn 50 up to 55 cpm loaded. $1000 sign on to Qualified drivers. Good home time. Call: 843-266-3731 / www.bull-doghiway.com eOe

Join our Team! Guaran-teed pay for Class A CDL Flatbed Drivers. regional and OTr. Great pay /ben-efits /401k match. CALL TODAY 864.299.9645 www.jgr-inc.com

OTr FLATBeD Drivers NeeDeD!!! Class A CDL required. No hazmat. Home 3 out 4 weekends. Competitive pay & excel-lent benefits. Apply on-line: sennfreightlines.com or call 800-477-0792.

WANT MOre MONeY Or A NeW CAreer? LAiD OFF? Xtra Mile can get you rolling in a new job today. enroll in CDL Class-A Training. 803-484-6313/www. t ruck-trucktruck.com

ADverTise YOUr Driver JOBs in 107 s.C. newspapers for only $375. Your 25-word clas-sified ad will reach more than 2.6 million readers. Call Donna Yount at the s.C. Newspaper Network, 1-888-727-7377.

HEALTH CARE

rN/CAse MANAGers needed iMMeDiATeLY. Competitive pay, flexible hours. Apply NOW: del-tahomecare.com, under “About Us” tab, choose “Careers”, complete ap-plication and “submit” or call Delta Homecare TO-DAY: 1-888-455-4370

FOR SALE

2 BUriAL PLOTs AT WOODLAWN MeMO-riAL FOr sALeTwo burial plots in sec-tion e-2. $1800. Contact owner at 912-598-1412.

1-21-28,2-4,11

WAsHer/DrYer. rop-er by Whrilpool, like new condition, works like new. $325 for both. Call 968-5218 or 283-4361.

2-4,11,18,25-TFN

ANTiQUe WArDrOBe- Great condition. Hickory Chair Armoire- excellent condition. 864-877-4228 or 864-238-9857.

switch & save event from DirecTv! Packages start-ing at $19.99/mo. Free 3-Months of HBO, starz, sHOWTiMe & CiNeMAX Free GeNie HD/Dvr Upgrade! 2015 NFL sunday Ticket included with select Packages. New Customers Only iv support Holdings LLC- An authorized DirecTv Dealer some exclusions apply - Call for details 1-800-291-6954

Dish Tv retailer- sAve 50% on qualifying pack-ages! starting $19.99/month (for 12 months.) Free Premium Movie Channels. Free instal-lation! CALL, COMPAre LOCAL DeALs 1-800-635-0278

PETS

POODLES AKC TOYCHOCOLATe MALes AND FeMALes. Black females. $500 - $600. Call 877-4989.

2-18, 25, 3-4

SERVICES

LISTER ROOFING & SIDING

1493 Abner Creek road, Greer. 35 Years experi-ence, 5 Year Warranty on Labor. We’re like Angels, We do our best work from above. 877-8220 or 864-561-9548.

12-17–2-25

H.L. BALLeNGer Mulch, top soil, gravel, dyed mulch, spreading service. Free estimates. 864-201-4185. Upstate service Available.

2-11– 3-25

BATHTUB reFiNisHiNG. CarolinasTubDoctor.com. renew or change the color of your bathtub, tile or sink. Fiberglass repair specialists. 5 yr warranty 864.598.0882, 843.548.4287 or 803.782.6655. since 1989.

DivOrCe WiTH Or WiTHOUT children $125.00. includes name change and property settlement agreement. sAve hundreds. Fast and easy. Call 1-888-733-7165, 24/7

sell your structured set-tlement or annuity pay-ments for CAsH NOW. You don’t have to wait for your future payments any longer! Call 1-800-446-9734

SCHOOLS

MeDiCAL BiLLiNG TrAiNees NeeDeD! Become a Medical Office Assistant! NO eXPeri-eNCe NeeDeD! Online Training can get you job ready! Hs diploma/GeD & PC/internet needed! 1-888-512-7118.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 is the last day to redeem winning tickets in the following south Caro-lina education Lottery in-stant Game: (607) Caro-lina riches 11th edition

Got Knee Pain? Back Pain? shoulder Pain? Get a pain-relieving brace -little or NO cost to you. Medicare Patients Call Health Hotline Now! 1- 800-815-6016

MISCELLANEOUS

FAA CerTiFiCATiON - Get approved Aviation Maintenance Technician training. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AiM for free informa-tion 866-367-2513

WeLDiNG CAreers - Hands on training for career opportunities in aviation, automotive, manufacturing and more. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. CALL AiM 855-325-4669

sOCiAL seCUriTY DisABiLiTY BeNeFiTs. Unable to work? Denied benefits? We Can Help! WiN or Pay Nothing! Con-tact Bill Gordon & Associ-ates at 1-800-404-5928 to start your application today!

WANT IT! FIND IT!BuY IT!SELL IT!

The Greer Citizen

Classifieds877-2076

Wednesday, february 18, 2015 CLASSIFIEDS the greer citizen b5

327 Suber Road1 & 2 Bedroom879-2015

Now LeasiNg!

Jordan

EmEry’s Tree sErvicE• Fertilization• Thinning• Removals

• Stump Grinding• Fully Insured• Free Estimates

895-1852help wanted

MINI-WAREHOUSESFOR RENT

Jordan Rental Agency329 Suber Rd.

Greer, SC 29651

879-2015 3-8-

tfn

c

OaklandPlace aPartments

Now AcceptiNgApplicAtioNs

for 1, 2, 3, ANd 4 bedroom ApArtmeNts212 Oakland avenue

Greer s.c. 29650affordable section 8,

please call 864-879-4552 for more information

Last Week’s Answers

Dedicated Operation. Swing Transport seeks Drivers and Switchers at Spartanburg facility. No-Touch, Great weekly pay, Benefits! CDL-A, 2yrs Exp. 855-349-2759

REAL ESTATE AUCTION– 1352 Davis Rd., Eastanollee, GA 30538 –

32.4 acres, pasture and timber with 1,200 sq. ft. farm house. Online Bidding Only - Ends Feb. 26, 2015 BrooksAuctionServices.Com

PROPERTY PREVIEW: Monday, Feb. 23 from 1-5 p.m.; Feb. 24 – 9 a.m.-Noon

Ph. 864-379-1011 Fax 1-800-886-4152

Drivers:CDL-A Company Drivers. Quickway Transportation

is Hiring. Home Every Other Day, Excellent

Benefits, High Earnings. Call: 877-600-2121

2-18, 25

Drivers CDL-A- Solos, CO & O/Op’s. New Open-ings! Round trip Dedi-cated Lane from Livonia, MI to Seneca, SC. Home 2 days/wk.! Great Bonus Programs! 855-200-3671

Real estate and PeRsonal PRoPeRty aUCtIon“Friday” February 20th, 11 aM8 Bridgeport drive, Greenville, sC

3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home. Personal Property includes: Sofa, Bedroom Furn, Refrigerator, Washer/Dryer & more.

D. Meares, SCAL 3737 (864) 444-5361www.MearesAuctions.com Meares Auction Group

Drivers/help wanteD

Drivers/help wanteD

health care

for sale

pets

call for services

for sale call for services

eDucation

announcements

miscellaneous

LIVING HEREThe Greer Citizen

B6 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015

BY BILLY CANNADAEDITOR

Former Riverside High School teacher and coach Don Miller has written a book based on his 43-year career working with stu-dents and student athletes.The book, titled “Win-ning Was Never the Only Thing,” began after he was telling stories at a high school reunion. Many of the stories in the book focus on Miller’s years at Riverside.

“I went to a 40th reunion at Mauldin High School, and we had such a good time telling a bunch of stories,” Miller said said. “People kept reiterating that I needed to write, so I decided, since I had re-tired, that it would prob-ably be a pretty good time to do that.”

Miller began his 12-year tenure at Riverside in the late 1980s as a science and history teacher. He was a baseball and football coach at the school where he served as an assistant coach on the lone region championship team in 1990. As a baseball coach at Riverside, Miller led his teams to eight region championships, two upper state championships and the 1999 state champion-ship. He was coach of the

year in the state for base-ball in 1996 and 1999.

Miller also coached teams at Mauldin, Green-ville, Landrum, Tamassee-Salem, Greer Middle Col-lege, Legacy Charter and Northwest Middle. Com-bined, Miller has a total of 43 years of baseball, foot-ball and soccer coaching experience.

The title of the book is part of what he learned as a coach during his career.

“I always thought that I was a competitive sort and it was all about winning and losing,” he said. “Af-ter I had given up coach-ing football, I really began to realize that it was about the people. From the offi-cials, to the parents, to the players it was about being able to interact with those folks and the camarade-rie.”

As for big moments in coaching, Miller points to the state baseball cham-pionship and the region football championship as highlights.

“The state champion-ship at Riverside was a big deal,” he said. “We also won a region champion-ship in football, which is the only region champi-onship they’ve ever won. We clinched it on Greer’s home field, so that was a pretty good moment con-

sidering the trouble that Riverside has had defeat-ing Greer.”

Relationships with play-ers were the things he treasures most from his coaching career.

“I have been very fortu-nate to stay in touch with a lot of the kids,” Miller said. “For the most part, they were winners in the classroom; they were win-ners on the field and they have turned into winners as family men. They’ve got good-looking kids and good-looking wives. They’ve just done well for

themselves.“It’s about competition;

it’s about winning and los-ing, but it’s more about the relationships and the friendships that you build overtime,” he added. “Time is something we don’t know how much we have. I think our time is better spent in pursuit of friendships rather than in pursuit of hardware.”

With a long career, Mill-er has also dealt with the death of former players.

“So many kids stand out,” he said. “What’s probably affected me

more than anything is the death of Tim Bright. He was one of the pitch-ers on the ’99 team. We’ve actually lost three kids off that team including Heath Benedict and Jeff Gulley. That weighs heavily on my

mind, those three kids.”“Winning Was Never the

Only Thing” is available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle.


BY BILLY CANNADAEDITOR

Hockey enthusiasts with disabilities recently tested their skills at the sport during a sled hockey clinic at The Pavilion in Taylors.

The clinic, put on by Greenville Health System’s (GHS) Roger C. Peace Re-habilitation Hospital, was the third one of its kind. The fourth and last clinic will be held March 3, also at The Pavilion.

Two other clinics were held at Ice on Main in Greenville.

The event was made possible through a grant received from the South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council.

“We were able to pur-chase some equipment and secure some ice time and these sled hockey clin-ics have gone really well,” said Kristen Caldwell, recreational therapist at Roger Peace. “We’re start-ing to increase the oppor-tunities in Greenville and, really, the equipment is a key piece in us being able to do that.

“The grant we received has two goals,” she added. “The first is to increase the amount of adaptive sports we offer through Roger C. Peace. We want to provide more opportunities for people with disabilities to play sports and to recre-ate.”

While many local resi-dents may not have heard of sled hockey, Caldwell said it is more popular in

other areas of the coun-try.

“Sled hockey is kind of odd for South Carolina, but it is a sport that can be played year ‘round in an indoor ice rink,” she said. “It’s a sport that is gain-ing popularity in the U.S. Our U.S. Paralympics team has actually won gold in the last two Paralympics, so it’s definitely gaining some momentum.”

The hospital is holding the clinics for the first winter this year. The par-ticipants play in sleds. They get time to get ad-justed to the ice and have a little fun moving around

on the sleds on the ice. Volunteers with hockey experience teach the par-ticipants about the game and they divide into teams and play against each oth-er. The game is played the same as traditional hockey except that the players are sitting on sleds as they play. Otherwise the rules are the same.

Caldwell said the clinics have attracted a good deal of interest.

“A lot of people have gotten really excited about it,” she said. “We’ve had a couple of people that keep coming back to each clinic and, in every clinic,

we have some new inter-est. It’s kind of novel, but our hope is that we do get a nice core of people that are really interested in it and are serious about it and want to form a team.”

Roger C. Peace currently offers other sports oppor-tunities for those with dis-abilities including water skiing, cycling and golf.

“It’s essential, in my opinion, to have equal ac-cess,” Caldwell said. “Un-fortunately, people with disabilities don’t have equal opportunities a lot of times, but we’re doing our best to make sure they do.”

Former Riverside baseball coach publishes book

PHOTO | SUBMITTED

Former Riverside coach Don Miller, right, and Tim Bright are pictured here at the 2000 North-South All-Star game.

Sled hockey comes to Taylors

MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN

Sabrina Walker laughs as she glides across the ice during the Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital sled hockey event.


Luann Bannister uses hockey sticks that double as training poles to acclimate to the ice.


From left: Simon Garreau, Marie Garreau, and Joram Garreau watch the hockey players compete.


Michael Garreau smiles at his children as he comes o� the ice.


Kristal Kemppainen, therapist, and Kristen Caldwell, Recreational therapist secure Jeremy Kerr into a sled.


Alejandro Cano takes aim at a ball during the sled hockey event.

Centre Stage extendS ‘roCk ‘n roll’

‘Rock ‘n Roll’ continues at Centre Stage Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 19-21, at 8 p.m.

This original concert showcases the talent in the Upstate and celebrates a diverse set list. Spanning the 50’s through the 90’s, the set includes hits from such artists as Ray Charles, The Four Seasons, Chicago, Stevie Wonder, Foreigner, Journey, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, and many more.

For more information, call 864-233-6733 or visit www.centrestage.org.

greer Heritage MuSeuM HonorS BlaCk HiStory

The Greer Heritage Mu-seum announces new ex-hibit and programs for February. The theme is Celebrating Black History–Telling Our Stories.

Author and storyteller Laura Smith will present a program of original sto-ries on Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. Retired from Greenville County Schools, Smith has written children’s stories, poems, and published two books. After the program she will sell and sign her books “Steps of Yester-day” and “Samidi’s Trunk,” a book for children about bullying. The book signing is from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

All programs are free. For more information, call the museum at 106 South Main St. at 864-877-3377.

auditionS for tHe ‘tHe MuSiC Man’ feB. 22-23

The Spartanburg Little Theatre announces open auditions for its May mu-sical “The Music Man” on Sunday, Feb. 22, and Mon-day, Feb. 23, at Chapman Cultural Center in Spar-tanburg.

Children and preteen auditions will be Sunday, Feb. 22, at 3 p.m., and Monday, Feb. 23, at 6 p.m. Teen and adult auditions will be Sunday, Feb. 22, at 4 p.m., and Monday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m.

The musical has sing-ing and dancing roles for adults, teens and children. There is a detailed cast-ing breakdown posted at www.spartanburglittlethe-atre.com that all actors should read prior to audi-tions. Certain roles require previous musical theatre experience and a dance background.

Prepare at least 16 bars of a musical theatre style song and bring sheet mu-sic. An accompanist will be provided and you must sing with accompaniment. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes for the dance audition, which will take place after the vocal au-ditions. Anyone audition-ing for a major role or the dance ensemble is strongly encouraged to participate in the dance audition.

Arrive 15 minutes early

to fill out any necessary paperwork. You may also download your audition form from www.spartan-burglittletheatre.com and fill it out before you ar-rive.

For more information, call 864-585-8278 or email director Jay Coffman at [email protected].

Wood CarverS Hold MontHly Meeting

Interested wood carv-ers are invited to visit this month’s Western North Carolina Carvers (WNCC) meeting and determine if you would like to become a member.

The WNCC will hold their monthly meeting Sunday, Feb. 22, from 1:30- 4 p.m. at Harvest House, 205 Ke-nilworth Road, Asheville, NC.

This month’s topic will be on Moravian Stars and consist of a free presenta-tion and carving activity. Bring your tools and carve while you enjoy good fel-lowship with other local carvers. For more informa-tion, call Bruce Dalzell at 828-665-8273.

greer Cultural artS StageS ‘aladdin’

Greer Cultural Arts Council will kick off 2015 with the Greer Children’s Theatre production of ‘Aladdin’ Feb. 27-March 8 at the Cannon Centre.

Showtimes are Feb. 27-28 and March 6-7 at 7 p.m. and March 1 and 8 at 2 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at greerculturalarts.com.

SCCt announCeS Spring kid’S nigHt SCHedule

The South Carolina Children’s Theatre offers drama activities, a craft, snack and movie time dur-ing Spring Kid’s Night on Saturdays this spring, 6 p.m.-10.p.m. for K3-5th grade students.

The schedule is as fol-lows:

Saturday, March 21 - “Heroes & Heroines”

Saturday, April 11 - “Cats & Dogs”

Saturday, May 16 - “Drag-

ons & Princesses”In addition, SCCT will

offer a new Friday Kid’s Night Out with Mia Phil-lips.

The schedule is as fol-lows:

Friday, March 13 (K4-6th) - Fancy Fancy Girl’s Night

Friday, April 17 (K5-6th) - Hogwart’s Students Roaming the Castle Night

Friday, May 8 (K4-6th) - America Girl’s Night

To register, visit scchild-renstheatre.org.

BJu tHeatre departMent preSentS ‘one voiCe’

The Bob Jones Univer-sity Theatre Department will present “One Voice,” a black history narrative created and produced by Jeremiah Dew on Satur-day, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Stratton Hall on the BJU campus.

“One Voice” is a celebra-tion of the contributions

of important figures in American history from the time of the African slave trade to the election of our first African American president, Barack Obama. Jeremiah brings to the stage voices of Frederick Douglass, James Weldon Johnson, Dr. Martin Lu-ther King Jr. and Muham-mad Ali.

Tickets for the single performance of “One Voice” are available on-line, at the box office on campus or by calling (864) 770-1472. Tickets may be purchased online at bju.edu/tickets.

furMan tHeatre to Stage ‘durang durang’

Furman University The-atre will present Christo-pher Durang’s “Durang Durang” Feb. 18-21 at 8 p.m., with a matinee per-formance Sunday, Feb. 15 at 3 p.m. in the Theatre Playhouse on campus.

Furman theatre profes-sor Rhett Bryson is direc-tor and scenic designer. Sophomore Haley Brown designs lights. Sophomore Lauren Girouard is sound designer; and senior Mor-gan Nance designs cos-tumes.

Intended for mature au-diences, the production consisting of six short plays is open to the pub-lic. For ticket information and reservations, call the Theatre Box Office at (864) 294-2125.

filM HouSe preSentS ‘life itSelf’ feB. 25

The Upstate Film Society and the The Film House are joining forces at the Ware-house Theater to present ‘Life Itself’ on Feb. 25.

This documentary on the life of Roger Ebert made many Best of 2014 lists.

The event is presented free as a celebration of film as art. Doors open at

6:30 p.m. and the event begins at 7 p.m. A discus-sion will follow the movie. Seating is first come, first serve with a limit of 50 spaces.

Reserve yours now through Eventbrite.com.

greer opry HouSe HoldS line danCing

“Classic Country Band” with Ed Burrell at is at 8 p.m. each Saturday night at the Greer Opry House. Admission is $9. There will be free line dancing from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

SCCt StageS ‘adventureS of flat Stanley’

Stanley Lambchop is your ordinary, every day, run-of-the-mill ten-year-old: normal mom and dad, normal little brother, nor-mal life. That’s just the problem...for Stanley, life is too normal. He wants to travel the world, do some-thing amazing, something no one’s ever seen before.

Performance dates are Fridays, Feb. 27 and March 6, at 7 p.m.; Saturdays, Feb. 28 and March 7, at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.; and Sun-days, March 1 and 8, at 3 p.m.

Performances are held at SCCT Headquarters, 153 Augusta Street, Greenville, 29601.

For more information, visit scchildrenstheatre.org.

EntErtainmEntThe Greer Citizen

wednesday, february 18, 2015 � the greer citizen b7

$

$

$

$

OneItem at Regular Price

Coupon CouponCOUPON FOR IN STORES OR ONLINE USE!

Cash Value 1/10¢.

CouponCode:

Offer good for one item at regular price only.Limit one coupon per customer per day. Must present coupon at time of purchase.

Offer is not valid with any other coupon, discount or previous purchase.Excludes CRICUT® products, Tim Holtz® Vagabond™ Machine, Silhouette CAMEO® Machine,

candy & snack products, gum & mints, helium tanks, gift cards, custom orders, special orders,labor, rentals and class fees. A single cut of fabric or trim “by the yard” equals one item.

Online fabric & trim discount is limited to 10 yards, single cut.

6766

DVD previewsBy Sam Struckhoff

neW releaSeS for Week of MarCH 2

piCkS of tHe Week“The Hunger Games:

Mockingjay -- Part One” (PG-13) -- After wrecking the Hunger Games and igniting a revolution, Kat-niss (Jennifer Lawrence) -- the franchise’s arrow-slinging teen heroine -- is determined to rescue Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) from the clutches of the evil President Snow (Don-ald Sutherland). Katniss gains new allies from Dis-trict 13 led by Alma Coin (Julianne Moore), who means business, and from the Capitol when Cressida (Natalie Dormer) and her camera crew flee. How-ever, it seems like Katniss and the 13ers have differ-ent priorities.

Those two words at the end of the title tell you everything else you need to know about the mov-ie. “Part One” is now the universal code for “we stretched out a single book of material into two bloat-ed movies, because you’ll see both anyway, and we’ll get twice as much money.” It’s a shame. While the looks and performances are all there, this movie -- or more accurately the first part of a movie -- has a lot of set up and no cli-max.

“Foxcatcher” (R) -- Based on real events, this film looks at the toxic relation-ship between two wrestling brothers and the rich man who sees them as his way to greatness. Channing Tatum plays Mark Schulz, a once-revered Olympic wrestler who is invited to train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics at the estate of John du Pont (Steve Car-rell) -- the not-so-athletic heir to a fortune. David Schulz (Mark Ruffalo) is Mark’s older brother, coach and a hitch in John’s control over Mark.

This is a movie of steady building suspense, mean-ingful small moments and an undeniable sense of ag-gression and violence just under the surface. Tatum plays a seemingly simple, icy character, but you can tell there’s a lot of energy and confusion swirling behind that heavy brow. Carrell’s role is often de-scribed as a “transforma-tion,” and it fits -- he is unsettling and almost un-recognizable.

“The Captive” (R) -- A young girl goes missing in an instant, leaving no trace and little to clear the guilt from her father (Ryan Reynolds). Almost a de-cade later, the parents are divorced, damaged and still searching for the peo-ple who kidnapped their daughter -- somebody who apparently kidnaps and abuses children, and spies on the parents while their lives fall apart. You’ll endure plot twists and TV crime-show cliches, and all you’ll be left with an icky feeling.

“The Better Angels” (PG) -- This ponderous black-and-white film takes us into the childhood of Abraham Lincoln, but it’s not a biography, and it’s certainly no history lesson. Much of the story comes from the environment -- little sounds of nature, a timely breeze swaying the old oak branches. But it’s easy to miss the story. It’s a more moody, artsy look at growing up and the role of virtues. It’s plain to see that filmmaker A.J. Edwards has drawn on his work with Terrence Malik; he just hasn’t reached that level with this offering.

tv releaSeS

“Outlander: Season One -- Volume One”

Natalie Dormer in ‘TheHunger Games: Mockingjay’

couch theater |

things

to Do

Photo | SuBmitted

the lettermenThe Lettermen will perform at the Newberry Opera House for two performances, Sunday, Feb. 22, at 3 and 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the Newberry Opera House box of-fice. Call 803-276-6264 for reservations or visit our website www.newberryoperahouse.com.



RiveRside HigH MattRess sale is satuRday

The Riverside High base-ball team will be sponsor-ing its annual mattress sale from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, in the school cafeteria.

Simmons Beautyrest and other name brand mattress sets will be sold at 30-60 percent below retail prices. One of the manufacturers has won the Consumer Digest Best Buy Award and Women’s Choice Award for the eighth consecutive year. All mattresses come with full factory warranties. All sizes and price ranges. De-livery and layaway will be available.

Floor models will be displayed in the cafeteria during the event.

goveRnoR’s scHool lists 20 MeRit Finalists

Hansen Mou, of Greer has been named a Na-tional Merit Finalist by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).

The son of Yanghu Mou & Haiping Huang is one of 20 members from the class of 2015 at South Car-olina Governor’s School for Science & Mathemat-ics (GSSM) to receive the honor. These students are now eligible for con-tinued competition in the National Merit Scholar-ship Program. Not only is this the highest number of National Merit Finalists in any South Carolina high school, it is also the most finalists in GSSM’s 27-year history.

“We congratulate our Na-tional Merit Finalists and their families and wish them success throughout the scholarship compe-tition,” said Dr. Murray Brockman, GSSM presi-dent.

NMSC chose approxi-mately 16,000 Semifinal-ists in the 60th annual National Merit Scholarship Program from across the nation, including 205 in South Carolina.

distRict Five PRoPoses RedistRicting Plan

Due to a rapidly grow-ing population, Spartan-burg District Five schools, along with its local delega-tion, is proposing redrawn school board election lines that reflect numbers from the most recent census. The change is necessary to comply with the Con-stitutional requirement of “one person, one vote” established by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The new proposal does not af-fect attendance zones for any District Five schools.

Under the plan, pro-posed by the SC Office of Revenue and Fiscal Af-fairs, the current at-large district within District Five will be eliminated. District 5-1 will elect one board member, District 5-2 will elect two board mem-bers, and the remaining six board members will be elected from District 5-3, which contains the largest population.

Bobby Bowers, with the Office of Revenue and Fis-cal Affairs, will present the plan at District Five’s next Board of Trustees meet-ing on Monday, Feb. 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the District Administrative Office.

Legislators are expected to vote on the changes in the coming months.

d5 students Hit HigH note at HonoRs cHoiR

Several District Five stu-dents took their vocal tal-ents to Columbia recently to participate in the South Carolina Elementary Hon-ors Choir. More than 500 elementary students from across the state auditioned for the choir, but just 200 were selected.

Abner Creek Academy students Cassie Cullison, Sarah Grant and Katie Wade, and Reidville El-ementary students An-nabelle Ly, Simeon Meno, and Maleah Jones were all

selected for this honor.The students sang in a

variety of languages and genres under the direction of acclaimed and interna-tionally-known director, Dr. Maribeth Yoder-White. The Honors Choir per-formed as part of the SC Music Educators Associa-tion Conference.

d.R. Hill begins new Reading PRogRaM

Seventh grade students at D.R. Hill Middle School are turning the page on an exciting new pilot program that aims to build better readers. The “Tigers Read to Succeed” program was implemented recently as a way to encourage read-ing at D.R. Hill and give students something to do before class, when they traditionally spent time in the school’s gym.

Now, after they’ve ar-rived and eaten break-fast, students head to their halls to read. The students can bring their own books or choose from one of the school’s book carts made avail-able on each hall. Based on research that the more students read, the better readers and writers they become, D.R. Hill admin-istrators and teachers are hoping the program trans-lates into success in the classroom. Students track the number of minutes they read and are given incentives based on how long they read and atten-dance every day.

byRnes band student bRings HoMe HonoR

Byrnes High senior Mel-vin Robinson brought home a big honor this past weekend, winning first place in the SC Band Direc-tors Association’s Masters Recital competition.

Students across the state auditioned for the competi-tion, sending in recordings of college level concertos this past fall to a selection committee. Robinson was selected as one of 10 fi-nalists, who performed at the SCMEA convention in Columbia.

His saxophone perfor-mance of “Concerto in E Flat” by Alexander Glazou-nov earned him first place among all ten finalists.

Robinson is one of four drum majors in the By-rnes Rebel Regiment, and is privately instructed by District Five teacher and band director, Jonathan Valentine.

duncan students seek good in classMates

A new program at Dun-can Elementary is bringing out the best in students. In recognition of February as “Friendship Month,” sec-ond grade students in Ter-ri Barnett’s class are focus-ing on friendliness. Each day, students focus on one friend and write positive words about that class-mate.

Students write the words on a handmade heart to share with their class-mates, and also talk about their words during com-munity time. If anyone in the class is having a bad day, they are reminded to read their heart, and re-member the good that is in them.

The idea is an exten-sion of Duncan’s Olweus bully prevention program, which teaches students to help others and find the good in their classmates.

byRnes inducts HonoR society MeMbeRs

A group of Byrnes High students can now con-sider themselves among the school’s most gifted academic achievers. A new group of juniors and se-niors at the school were inducted into the National Honor Society this week, joining an elite group of top students at Byrnes.

National Honor Society members must maintain at least a 4.2 cumalative GPA, have completed at least six honors/AP courses, have a clean disciplinary record, and receive a positive fac-ulty recommendation.

Those inducted include:Bailey BelcherPayten BennettTanisha BerryThu-uyen BuiMichael ChandlerVanessa ChiuSarah CobbMatthew ComptonDaniel CooperHeather DavisHarsahib DevCynthia EdwardsChristian EitelJermaine GlennRebecca GlennDillon GreenJohn GuthrieMaggie HancePatricia HendersonSydney HughesMegan JensonHaley JonesAllison KennedyValentyna KhveshchukParker MaloneHaleigh MilesJonathan NguyenReagan OrttDestinee PanyasiriJason PeckKennedy PetersonMatthew PowellAnnika PregenzerVictoria ShawChristopher ShinSavannah ShulerShaylyn SimmonsEmily SimpsonJessica SpurlingHarry StathakisStevie SwainMichelle ThaiAustin ThomasLananh TranMallory TurnerHaley BakerColin BurkettJacob CashourJackson DarashCaroline HallEmma JenningsRegan MessengerDylen RodriguezTheodora SanoulisBrady WardKristina WilliamsJessica Wright

toP sPelleR cRowned at beRRy sHoals

Amanda Petty, a sixth grader in Melissa Rhode’s English class, took home the top prize at the Berry Shoals Intermediate an-nual spelling bee. Sixth grader Clayton Gurley, a student in Sharon Brew-er’s English class, was the runner-up.

Petty will now repre-sent Berry Shoals at the the Herald-Journal/GoUp-state.com Regional Spell-ing Bee on Feb. 28.

byRnes students sHine in science FaiR

Students at Byrnes High showed off their sci-ence skills recently in the school’s annual science fair. The event consisted of projects in the catego-ries of Behavioral/Social Science, Chemistry, Phys-ics, Biology, General Sci-ence and Math/Computer Science.

The following students took home first place in their category: William Blackwood (Behavioral/Social Science), Sarah Fin-leyson and Hayle Hudgins (Chemistry), Quintin Kinzie (Physics), Andrew Vaughn (Biology), Kath-erine Blackwood (Gen-eral Science) and Amanda Howell (Math/Computer Science).

All first place winners will go on to represent Byrnes at the Regional Sci-ence Fair later this month.

beRRy sHoals PResents caRveR Play

Put on your history hats, and prepare to take a trip back in time as drama students at Berry Shoals Intermediate present “Pea-nuts, Paintings, Potatoes and Peas!” on Feb. 18-19.

The play, written and directed by Berry Shoals teacher Jan Stenhouse, takes a look back at the life and contributions of George Washington Carver. Born into slavery, students show how Carver transformed himself into

a renaissance man, be-coming an accomplished painter, professor, biolo-gist and pianist. The play is one of more than 40 original works written by Stenhouse.

Show times are Feb. 18 at 7:50 a.m., 10:55 a.m., and 2:05 p.m.; and Feb. 19 at 10:10 a.m. and 12:50 p.m.

abneR cReek stages ‘along caMe a sPideR’

Grab some tissues, and enjoy Abner Creek Acad-emy’s presentation of “Along Came a Spider” on Friday, March 6, at the Dis-trict Five Fine Arts Center.

Under the direction of Janet Sherbert, Corrie Kennette and Anna Poole, Abner Creek drama club students bring the charm-ing, life-affirming story of Charlotte’s Web to the stage.

The audience will relate to Wilbur, the pig, and his very good friend, Charlotte A. Cavatica whose last mission in life is to save Wilbur and to give life to her baby spiders.

Show times are at 9:30 and 6:00 pm at the Fine Arts Center.

woFFoRd announces Fall ‘14 dean’s list

Dr. Dennis M. Wise-man, provost of Wofford College, has announced Dean’s List students for the Fall 2014 semester, in-cluding:

DuncanSavanny Renee Savath

GreerGregory Robert DrewHaley Marie GryskevichNicolas Anthony LimogiannisChad William SauvolaMaya Gabrielle Ward

LymanCierra Anne Holcombe

TaylorsIsai Daniel Cabrera

WellfordAlyssa Torey Ballenger

To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled for at least 12 semester hours of graded courses and attain a semester grade point av-erage of 3.6 or higher.

Our SchOOlSThe Greer Citizen

B8 the greer citizen wednesday, February 18, 2015

Make the education to career connection.Learn about everything from admissions requirements to job opportunities.

Massage Therapy • Personal Trainer • Pharmacy Technician • Occupational Therapy Assistant • Health Information Management • Physical Therapist Assistant

Tuesday, March 10 • 6 p.m. • Benson Campus

gvltec.edu/benson • (864) 250-3001

eleMentaRyThursday: Baked Potato Bar,

Roll, Whole Grain, Stuffed Shells, Fruit and Vegetable Bar

Friday: Pizza, Cheese, Mexican Lasagna, Vegetation Station, Chicken Vegetable Soup, Steamed Broccoli, Assorted Fresh Fruit, Assorted Cupped Fruit

Monday: Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Teriyaki Chicken Leg, Roll, Whole Grain, Vegetation Station, Vegetable Beef Soup, Green Beans, Assorted Fresh Fruit, Assorted Cupped Fruit

Tuesday: Herb Roasted Chicken, Enchilada Pie, Roll, Whole Grain, Fruit and Veg-etable Bar

Wednesday: Cheeseburger, Lettuce & Tomato, Fish Nuggets, Roll, Whole Grain, Vegetation Station, Chicken Noodle Soup, Sweet Potato Bites, Assorted Fresh Fruit, Assorted Cupped Fruit

Middle/HigHThursday: Chicken Caesar Sal-

ad, Chili with Beans, Chicken Jambalaya, Cornbread, Fruit and Vegetable Bar

Friday: Chef Salad, Hot Dog/ Chili, Mexican Lasagna, Roll, Whole Grain, Vegetation Sta-tion, Chicken Vegetable Soup, Lima Beans, Assorted Fresh Fruit, Assorted Cupped Fruit

Monday: Mandarin Chicken Salad, Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Teriyaki Chicken, Brown Rice, Roll, Whole Grain, Vegetation Station, Vegetable Beef Soup, Steamed Broccoli, Assorted Fresh Fruit, Assorted Cupped Fruit

Tuesday: Grilled Chicken Salad, Herb Roasted Chicken, Pasta Marinara, Roll, Whole Grain, Fruit and Vegetable Bar

Wednesday: Southwest Chicken Salad, Cheese Enchilada, Sweet Thai Chili Chicken, Brown Rice, Roll, Whole Grain, Vegetation Sta-tion, Chicken Noodle Soup, Green Beans, Assorted Fresh Fruit, Assorted Cupped Fruit

beetsAdd fresh sliced or canned

beets to spinach salads.

lunch

MenuS

SchOOl

newS

greenville county | greenville county |

district Five |

Austin Epps - third grade Skye Tooley - second grade with father, Chris Tooley.

Erika Collins - first gradeZackery Roberts - second grade with mother, Amber Roberts.

Chandler Creek kiwanis TerrifiC kids

higher education |

harvest oF month |

2.18.15

Documents

greer plant

city of greer

honor of black history

greer heritage museum

month of febru

bmws passenger vehicles

department of commerce

beech springs students