JACKET TRACKING: Greer takes second at NGU 7-on-7 B1
SOUTH CAROLINA’S PREMIER WEEKLY
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2O18 
Downtown parking lots completed Five
Streetscape
moving
forward
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Downtown Greer park-
ing lots and alleyways are
under construction, and
it’s only the beginning of
Council
hesitates
on two-
year
budget
Approves
2018-19 plan
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Greer City Council is
hesitating to adopt a two-
year budget proposed by
city staff.
Following concerns
about projected revenues
and expenditures for a
two year period, coun-
cil has agreed to use the
second-year budget (pro-
posed at an earlier meet-
ing) as a guideline to be
used during planning for
the next fiscal year.
COUNCIL ACTION  | “It’s the phone call you
Service Offered: Stevie
Simpson with Generation of
Prophets Church offered the
church’s services to the City
of Greer.
Main Street: Greer City Coun-
cil unanimously approved
the second and final reading
of an ordinance to change
the zoning classification of
properties owned by South-
side Baptist Church located
on Main Street from R-12
(Residential Single-Family) to
C-2 (Commercial District).
Budget 2018-19: Greer
City Council unanimously
approved the second and
final reading of an ordinance
relating to the fiscal affairs
of the City of Greer, making
appropriations therefore,
levying taxes and to provide
of an effective date.
Stormwater Fee: Greer City
Council unanimously ap-
proved the first reading of an
ordinance to amend Article
IV. - Stormwater Management
Fee program section 90-284 -
fees in the City of Greer code
of ordinances.
“I’m not convinced yet,”
said Councilmember Wry-
ley Bettis.
“My belief is that we’re
going to be back here next
year, even if we have a sec-
ond-year budget prepared,
changing that budget. Be-
cause stuff happens,” Bet-
tis said.
City Administrator Ed
Driggers said the plan
would benefit the city.
“We believe it’s doable,”
Driggers said. “We’re com-
fortable that it’s a budget
that we can operate un-
der.”
SEE BUDGET | A6
INDEX  | DEATHS
CLASSIFIEDS
COMMUNITY NEWS
B3-4
A2
ENTERTAINMENT
OBITUARIES A6
B6
OPINION A4
OUR SCHOOLS B8
SPORTS B1-3
WEATHER A6
what’s to come.
The City’s infrastructure
overall will continue to
improve as Greer moves
closer to its Streetscape
Project.
“There are two different
projects that are certainly
happening out there,” City
Administrator Ed Driggers
said. “CPW (has) complet-
ed their natural gas instal-
lation and the sewer lines
installation, and they are
now in the process of fi-
Blue Ridge baseball coach Travis Henson hosted a Strike Out Cancer game in March following his fight with the disease.
COACHES BATTLE CANCER
FIGHTING WITH FAITH
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
never want to get. It’s
something no one ever
wants to experience. But at
47 years old, that’s where I
am—fighting cancer.”
Those are the words
of longtime Greer High
School coach Travis Perry,
who began his battle with
bile duct cancer earlier
this summer.
It’s a fight Perry never
saw coming, but one he
plans to win with faith.
“I always felt like I was
in control of my life. I had
everything under control.
I took care of my family.
McMaster takes
primary victory
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
Incumbent Henry Mc-
Master earned his spot
on the November ballot
last week, defeating John
Warren in a runoff with 53
percent of the vote.
Warren won Greenville
County overwhelmingly
despite the loss, accumu-
lating 35,698 votes to Mc-
Master’s 14,542.
William Timmons
topped Lee Bright on the
republican side of the
House District 4 race. Tim-
mons took 54 percent of
the vote to Bright’s 45 per-
cent.
Brandon Brown ran
away with the democratic
nomination, defeating Do-
ris Turner with 62 percent
of the vote.
Incumbent Alan Wilson
 | LIVING HERE
Betty G. Digby, 88
Martha Jean Hudson
Green, 77
Wirron H. Leonard, 87
nalizing their water line
installations in the down-
town area. That’s why
you see temporary lines
above ground, markers,
sandbags, those types of
things. Most of that work
is taking place at night.”
Crews overhauled park-
ing lots at The Depot on
Randall Street in June.
“The new construction
for the lot behind the De-
pot building; that project
is coming to a conclusion,”
I took care of myself. I al-
ways tried to live right and
treat people right,” Perry
said. “When you find out
you have cancer, it’s big-
ger than you are. As much
as I like to be in control,
there’s not a thing in the
world I can do about it.
You have to submit these
things to God. That’s
the only way you can get
through it.”
As difficult as the road
might feel at times, Perry
isn’t alone in his journey.
“Cancer doesn’t care
about rivalries or your
opponents on the field
or what you’re doing. It’s
a disease that doesn’t
SEE FAITH | A6
will keep his spot on the
republican ticket for At-
torney General, topping
Todd Atwater with 65 per-
cent of the vote.
Spartanburg County
saw 19.28 percent of its
173,592 registered voters
turnout for the June 12
primary. Greenville Coun-
ty turnout was 20.71 per-
cent of its 335,551 regis-
tered voters.
In-person absentee vot-
ing for the runoff is now
available at the Voter Reg-
istration and Elections
office located at 366 N.
Church St. in Spartanburg
from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
through Friday, June 22; 9
a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, June
3; and 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday, June 25.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
Driggers said. “We have re-
surfaced the Depot itself.”
A few other areas, such
as the area behind School
Street, have also been
resurfaced. Many other
parking sites have also
been re-striped, with lots
being open over the week-
end for the Freedom Blast
festival.
“It was our intent for
that work to be in advance
of us doing the larger
streetscape project,” he
Travis Perry is continuing his duties with Greer football
despite his own personal battle.
Families enjoyed the fireworks display at the City of Greer’s annual Freedom Blast event
last Saturday in Greer City Park.
 |
BULL STREET SAGA
Patient recalls
time at the
SC State Hospital
B5
GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 105 NO. 27 75 CENTS
said. “We’re in the final re-
view now of the construc-
tion plans for the streets-
cape project.”
Once the final reviews
are complete, the city will
accept bids for the proj-
ect, and they anticipate
about three to four weeks
to receive those bids.
“We’re hoping to bring
that to you in August for
consideration of bids of
the project,” Driggers
SEE STREETSCAPE | A6
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Below,
Ulta
open
Ross opening
in September
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
Two new retail stores
have opened at the Pied-
mont Marketplace on
Wade Hampton Boulevard.
Five Below, which
opened on May 29, and
Ulta Beauty (June 22) are
now accepting customers
beside Kohls department
store in Greer.
Halpern’s
velopment of
rede-
131,000-square-foot shop-
the
ping center is nearly com-
plete with Ross scheduled
to open in September.
“We’ve been looking
forward to having these
popular national brands
open alongside Kohl’s and
Ross,” said Halpern Leas-
ing Director Dan Gagne.
“Five Below and Ulta en-
hance Piedmont’s appeal
and offer products and
services that complement
the big box stores.”
Piedmont Marketplace is
in the final stages of a $9.5
million renovation that in-
cluded rebuilding the Five
Below and Ulta spaces and
retrofitting a former gro-
cery store for Ross.
The property features a
signalized main entrance
and is located near the
heavily-trafficked inter-
section of Wade Hampton
Blvd. and South Buncombe
Road, adjacent to Lowe’s,
The Home Depot, Quik-
Trip and other regional
and national retailers.
Kohl’s, the center’s
largest tenant, occupies
66,970 square feet fol-
lowed by Ross with 21,894
square feet and Tractor
Supply with 21,566. The
site has a 10,000-square-
foot outparcel for lease,
sale or build-to-suit and a
7,000-square-foot expan-
sion area available.
For more information,
visit www.halpernent.com.
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A2 THE GREER CITIZEN COMMUNITY WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018

Community meters & inches); compass

(geometry sets); white glue
sticks; large box of tissues;
tries (GCM) is holding one
of its three biggest fund-
raisers of the year, the
blood pressure checks and
stroke education at the
event as well.
Farehouse and live music
in the Dock No. 3 parking
lot by 13 Stripes Brewery.

News baby wipes; Clorox wipes;

GCM COLLECTING
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Greer Community Min-
istries is collecting school
Megan Hall supplies to give students
for the upcoming year.
liquid anti-bacterial hand
soap; hand sanitizer (not
personal size); and new
back packs or book bags.
EAT LIKE A LOCAL
TO RETURN JULY 9
The Greater Greer Cham-
ber of Commerce is orga-
Benson Classic Car Show,
on Saturday, August 4,
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
Greer First Baptist Church,
located at 201 W. Poinsett
Street, Greer.
GCM is also combining
the event with the annual
school supply project.
The goal for this year’s
Food trucks will provide
lunch.
For more information,
visit www.gcminc.org.
TAYLORS COMMUNITY TO
HOST SECOND FRIDAYS
Taylors TownSquare,
Taylors Farmers Market,13
Stripes Brewery, Southern
Upcoming Second Fri-
days at the Mill are Oct.
12 and Dec. 14. Find more
information, visit www.
taylorsfarmers.market.
MAIN COLLECTIVE TO HOLD
BLOCK PARTY ON JULY 14
The Main Collective is
hosting a Block Party on

Hall will
Please collect supplies
and bring them to the min-
istry between 8 a.m. and 4
p.m. Monday-Friday.
nizing the regular Eat Like car show is $75,000, and Bleachery, Taylors Mill Saturday, July 14, from
a Local event presented by all funds will go towards and The Farehouse are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1 East
Lowes Foods on Monday, GCM’s four programs: partnering to create four Main Street, Taylors.
July 9, from 7-9 p.m., on Meals on Wheels, Senior nights of celebrating life There will be free park-

compete Here is a complete list

of items: Crayola Crayons
(24 count); Crayola Classic
Markers; Dry Erase Mark-
Trade Street in Greer.
Trade Street will be
closed to traffic for an al
fresco GreerMade certified
Dining, food pantry, and
clothing closet.
There will be a large in-
flatable for children to
in the heart of Taylors.
Continuing August 10
at 5 p.m., the second Fri-
ing, ice cold treats, chil-
dren’s story time, scav-
enger hunts, makers
day of every other month demos, special shopping

for title ers; Highlighter markers

BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
A rising junior at Greer
High School is getting
ready to compete at na-
tionals this summer.
Megan Hall, 16, who is
Miss American Royalty
2018 Teen Miss South Car-
olina, is preparing to com-
pete at the Miss American
Royalty nationals July 19-
22 in Florida.
“She loves helping with
the special needs kids at
school,” said her mom
Jamie Hester of Greer.
“That’s why she chose her
platform.”
Hall has already raised
more than $1,000 for her
platform: disabilities and
autism awareness.
For more information,
visit www.becomeroyalty.
org.
(yellow); Red, Black & Blue
ball point pens; colored
pencils (pre-sharpened
preferred); #2 pencils;
red checking pencils;
erasers—chunk and cap;
pencil pouches & pencil
boxes; small pencil sharp-
ener; 1-in., 2-in. & 3-in.
3-Ring Binders; 3-ring
binder subject dividers;
3-prong folders with pock-
ets; Poly (Plastic) 3-prong
pocket folders (red/blue/
green/yellow/orange);
Plain Pocket folders (no
prongs); one-subject spiral
bound notebooks; com-
position notebooks; 500
sheet pack of white copy
paper; pack of colored
copy paper; wide ruled
and college ruled loose-
leaf notebook paper; index
cards (3x5 & 4x6); Fiskar’s
scissors (blunt & sharp
tipped); calculators; pro-
tractors; rulers (with centi-
meal.
The 5-course, fami-
ly-style dinner will be
play on free of charge as
well as music, carnival
games and a dunk tank on
through the end of the
year will feature Open Stu-
dios at the Taylors Mill,
and more.
For more information,
visit www.maincollective-
locally sourced and pre- site with local celebrities 40 vendors by the Taylors market.com.
pared by local award-win- taking the plunge. Farmers Market inside
ning chefs. Greenville Healthy Sys- the Southern Bleachery,
The evening includes tem will provide free ready-to-eat food by The
beverages, live music and
farm-fresh food.
Tickets, which are $75,
include meal, beverages
and live music.
Appearing in Concert
For more information on
the GreerMade program,
visit www.greermade.com.
SAVED BY THE HEART
TO HOLD RUMMAGE SALE
Saved by the Heart An-
imal Services is holding a
Rummage Sale on Friday,
July 13, from 5-7 p.m., and
Saturday, July 14, at 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at 9 Scenic Dr,
Greenville.
BENSON CLASSIC CAR
SHOW COMING AUGUST 4
Greer Community Minis-

Church The “Golden Hearts” Se-

nior Adult Vacation Bible
MOUNTAIN VIEW UMC
TO HOST FAMILY FRIDAY

News
APALACHE BAPTIST TO
HAVE MUSICAL PROGRAM
Rusty Brooks, Ashlan
Village and others will
entertain the Apalache
Baptist Church “Golden
Hearts” with a musical
program on July 10 (Red,
White, and Blue night).
It will be a special eve-
ning of hot dogs, baseball
and apple pie.
The group will meet in
the CLC at 6 p.m.
The senior group plan to
eat out on July 26 at 6 p.m.
at Chick-fil-A in Greer.
School is on the calendar
for July 30-August 3 (Mon-
day through Friday, 6 p.m.
nightly) at Apalache Bap-
tist Church.
There will be a differ-
ent Bible Study Leader for
each of the five nights:
Rev. Jerry Bryant, Rev. Jim
Carpenter, Dr. Benny Lit-
tlejohn, Charles Smith, Jr.,
and Rev. Butch Howard.
Supper will be served to
the group each night at
6:30 p.m. in the CLC after
the Bible Study sessions.
Senior VBS is an annu-
al event held each year at
ABC where the group (av-
erages over 100 per night)
enjoys a week of Bible
Study, food, fun and fel-
lowship.
Mountain View United
Methodist Church is host-
ing another Family Fun
Friday on July 20, from
5:30-8 p.m., at 6525 Moun-
tain View Road, Taylors.
6:00 PM – Sunday, July 15, 2018
The All American Cel-
ebration will include hot
dogs, baseball, and apple
pie.
Apalache Baptist Church
1915 Gap Creek Road, Greer, SC 29651
NEW HOPE BAPTIST
TO HOST CONFERENCE Pastor: Rev. Eddie Cooper
New Hope Baptist
Church is holding the Face
Supply Pastor: Dr. Benjamin Littlejohn
of God Conference 2018 Music Director: Rusty Brooks
July 15-18, starting at 3
p.m. on Sunday and con- This will be a Love Offering Concert
tinuing at 7 p.m. nightly.
New Hope Baptists Contact the Church Office at (864) 877-6012 for more information
Church is located at 561
Gilliam Rd., Greer.
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Use real life women

A
t the risk of sounding catty, may I,
a firmly entrenched middle-aged
broad, make a few suggestions
to the manufacturers of moisturizing
products routinely aired in television
commercials?
Use real life women and then WE shall
decide if your products work.
Use my friend the sports photographer
who, despite her best efforts, has more
sun damage than she’d like.
Use those of us horse chicks with our
famous farmer tans which include that
stripe of ‘red neck’ from forgetting to
wear a collared polo shirt.
Use nurses who, from washing their
hands repeatedly before entering a
patient’s room, have skin as raw as a
filet of chicken, and faces that show the
stress of 12-hour shifts etched around
their eyes and mouths.
But don’t, I repeat, don’t, show me
a particular red-headed actress whose
expression has been frozen for the past
decade from Botox, along with being
plumped up with injectable fillers, and
then tell us we can look just like her if
I’M JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
we use Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair
from the CVS.
We may be desperate for smooth skin,
but we’re not complete idiots.
And if you insist on keeping her on as
your spokesmodel at least let us see her
first thing in the morning, because now
that she’s fifty one, she’s probably scor-
ing no more than three hours of sleep
a night (ask your wife, guys. She’ll be
happy to explain that one after she turns
the thermostat down to 58 degrees).
No professional lighting either—for
heaven’s sake, any of us can look
blemish-free when lit by a rack of deer
hunting spotlights.
That light is so hot she looks like a
film negative. I saw her earlier films. The
At the end of the day, it’s up to us, isn’t it? Yes, we’re bombarded
by ads but we don’t have to buy their products, do we? I can
simply use what I normally buy for my skin: Whatever’s on sale,
whether it be a bottle of Slick 50, or swiping some of the coconut
oil meant for the horses’ hooves on my face.
woman has freckles! it’s not a turn-on. And take off your
(I’ll take a saucer of milk, please.) black socks while you’re at it.
I guess I should be grateful for beauty At the end of the day, it’s up to us,
commercials, regardless of how ficti- isn’t it? Yes, we’re bombarded by ads but
tious they are. we don’t have to buy their products, do
They’re actually a nice break from we? I can simply use what I normally buy
the drug commercials that promise to for my skin: Whatever’s on sale, wheth-
improve your breathing, erectile dys- er it be a bottle of Slick 50, or swiping
function and urinary incontinence (not some of the coconut oil meant for the
necessarily in that order). horses’ hooves on my face. And Paul,
Pay no mind to the side effects, al- well, Paul doesn’t use any of that stuff.
though fair warning, guys: that little blue Although I wish he’d buy some Cialis.
pill will be of little consequence with the Not for the drug, mind you, but for the
ladies if simultaneously you find your- claw foot bathtubs. That’s worth it, right
self vomiting with double vision. there.
I don’t care how virile you might feel,

THROUGH THE YEARS  | KAELYN’S

KORNER

KAELYN CASHMAN
Landmark Staff reporter

demolition
Editor’s Note: Walk down mem-
ory lane with us! In upcoming
editions of The Greer Citizen, we
will be taking a look at old news-
papers and bringing you stories
from the past to commemorate
our 100-year anniversary. We
hope this section gives you a bet-
ter look at the people, events and
businesses that made the Greer
area a great place to live for the
past Century.
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2002
“Days numbered for down-
town landmarks”
In the winter of 2002, several
local landmarks were about to
come down in order to increase
downtown parking. The land-
marks included: the old Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles office,
Freedom
I
n America, we are blessed to
be free in so many ways.
We are free to work where
we choose, to live in relative
peace, to go to church, to
publish nearly anything and to
produce a variety of goods and
services.
These freedoms should never
be taken for granted.
With the comforts many of us
enjoy, sometimes we forget the
price paid by others to obtain
these rights and privileges.
We can start to believe that we
deserve to live even better than
we do without any extra work.
As the political arena seems
to be heating up to a new level,
now may be a good time to take
a step back and to reflect on
where we have been.
Our forefathers came togeth-
GUEST EDITORIAL  | er on July 4, 1776, to dissolve
political bands.

South Carolina gas tax

the Lewis Drive-In and Square They left the rule of England
One. Elsewhere on the front in order to establish a separate
page, a vote to redraw the city and equal nation and listed the
council maps was on its way to reasons in the Declaration of
a second reading after pass- Independence.

hike still not fixing roads

ing narrowly, 4-3, during the
first reading. Opponents of the
decision said that the new map
would reduce minority council
seats.
On the gridiron, Greer line-
backer Derrick White announced
he would play his college foot-
ball at Wingate College.
“I think it was a real good de-
cision for Derrick,” coach Travis
Perry said at the time. “They
have a good football program
and I am impressed with the
recruits they have signed.”
At Food Smart, a pack of
whole boneless ribeyes would
cost you $2.99 a pound and a
back of russet potatoes went for
$1.99.
The document states certain
truths to be self-evident.
All men are created equal and
are endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable rights,
including life, liberty and the
When S.C. lawmakers passed the gas-tax-hike pursuit of happiness.
bill last year, they promised every penny would Critics, though, said then that As our country has grown,
go toward fixing deteriorating state roads and I think our understanding of
bridges. filling potholes that riddle South rights has changed.
Critics, though, said then that filling potholes We have the right to live—
that riddle South Carolina’s roadways was never Carolina’s roadways was never the meaning anyone who takes a life
the real priority. should be justly punished.
Instead, they contended, the law as written al- real priority. We have the right to liberty.
lows millions of dollars generated primarily by We can choose our religion,
gas and vehicle sale tax increases to be diverted up-front costs of those projects are greater than say what we think, publish what
to the legislatively controlled State Transporta- what the 2017 law is expected to generate annu- we want, assemble in peace and
tion Infrastructure Bank (STIB) to cover revenue ally, which means DOT or the STIB would have petition the government about
bonds for big-ticket projects – in violation of to issue bonds to pay for the projects. grievances.
the state constitution. As of the end of April – 10 months after the We have the right to pursue
Department of Transportation Secretary gas tax increase and other related tax and fee happiness, not have guaranteed
Christy Hall told The Nerve on Monday that the increases went into effect – $219 million had happiness.
controversial 2017 law raising the gas tax by 75 been collected in a specially created state fund I believe we may be drifting
percent – known as Act 40 – is not a “windfall known as the Infrastructure Maintenance Trust from some of these basic rights
of funding” to the STIB. She also said the law Fund (IMTF), and only 8 percent of it had been as we as a nation take offense
doesn’t require DOT to transfer funds to the spent, records show. so easily.
STIB. By law, the IMTF “must be used exclusively for In some cases, we are offend-
But in a written response, she conceded that the repairs, maintenance, and improvements ed by simple facts.
if DOT “needs to call on” the STIB for “financing to the existing transportation system.” But no Instead of taking offense and

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  |

of road and bridge projects, Act 40 provides a bridge repair or replacement projects are spe- revenge, we as a nation need to
mechanism to do so.” cifically identified on the current IMTF project reason together, to have civil
“SCDOT has set the targets for pavement con- list, which totaled $309.2 million as of April 30, conversations and to love one
ditions, bridge replacements, rural road safe- a review by The Nerve found. another.
Submission guidelines ty and interstate widenings relying on Act 40
funds to help support the 10-year plan for re-
In a written response earlier this month to
The Nerve, DOT officials said the DOT Commis-
The following verses continue
to challenge me in how I live.

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building our state’s roads,” Hall wrote. sion in February approved adding $15 million Matthew 5:43-45 says, “You
Hall didn’t directly answer how the six-year, annually to a separate 10-year, $1.51 billion have heard that it was said,
12-cent gas tax hike and other related tax and bridge-replacement program – but not until ‘You shall love your neighbor
fee increases could be used to finance STIB 2024 after a tax credit created under the gas- and hate your enemy.’ But I say
debt for interstate widening projects and repair tax-hike law expires, freeing those funds for to you, Love your enemies and
non-interstate roads at the same time. DOT has bridges. pray for those who persecute
said 80 percent of the state’s 42,000 miles of DOT, which has identified 465 out of 750 you so that you may be sons of
roads needs to be resurfaced or rebuilt. “structurally deficient” bridges statewide to be your Father who is in heaven.
Before the gas-tax-hike law was passed, DOT replaced, said the new bridges will be paid for For he makes his sun rise on
estimated the total cost of identified interstate primarily with federal funds. the evil and on the good, and
widening projects at about $5 billion, Hall told sends rain on the just and on
DOT commissioners in April. But the projected This guest editorial was submitted by Rick Brundrett of The Nerve. the unjust.”

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Centennial Lions celebrate year one success

BY KAELYN CASHMAN Mark Hopper, Centenni- the opportunity. We are
STAFF WRITER al Lions Club President. very excited to use this
“We’ve seen clearly that equipment for the good of
The Greer Centennial we can accomplish more the Greer community for
Lions Club celebrated its good things together than years to come.”
first official year as a char- we could individually.” Tuesday night, the club
tered club with a cook- Organizations that the recognized the outgoing
out at Lake Robinson last Greer Centennial Lions board members, swore in
Tuesday night. Club helped include: Lions four new members and
More than 40 Lions and Club International Foun- recognized its secretary,
their families took part in dation, Greer Community Alison Rauch, with the
the special occasion, rec- Ministries, Make-A-Wish Melvin Jones Fellowship
ognizing the clubs fund- South Carolina, Taylors Award – the highest honor
raising efforts and contri- Free Medical Clinic, Storm a Lion can receive within

Lyman
butions for the year. Eye Institute and the South the club.
A bowling tournament Carolina Lions Vision Ser- The Greer Centennial
held in the fall of 2017 vices Charity. Lions Club meets every
and fishing tournament Through grants and second and fourth Tues-
held in the spring of 2018 fundraising money, the PHOTO | SUBMITTED day at Mutt’s BBQ in Greer

woman reeled in $10,657, allowing

the club to donate $5,700
to various organizations
in the Greer community.
Greer Centennial Lions
Club purchased a glau-
coma screening machine
that was used during this
More than 40 Lions and their families celebrated the
organization’s first anniversary at Lake Robinson.
starting at noon. Guests
are encouraged to attend
as the club grows its mem-
bership.

authors
“Looking back on the year’s Family Fest. ly in the club year,” Hop- we could use to provide For more information
past year certainly ener- “The need for glaucoma per said. “We quickly pur- screenings free of charge about Lions Clubs Inter-
gizes us as we move into awareness and screening posed to secure mobile, to individuals who may national, visit www.lions-
the future as a club,” said came to our attention ear- state of the art equipment not have otherwise had clubs.org.

memoir
On mill life Recycling program tested
BY KAELYN CASHMAN BY KAELYN CASHMAN roll it out, so we’re trying “It is included,” not
STAFF WRITER STAFF WRITER to use the test program to itemized, Driggers said of
determine what’s the most the cost to recycle with
A former Victor Mill The City of Greer will efficient way to accom- ACE Environmental. “That
nurse is sharing her story soon roll out a new re- plish that,” Sell said. service is available to ev-
in a new memoir. cycling program, having The new recycling pro- ery single household.”
Sybil D. Smith, RN, the reached a new contract gram will collect plastics
daughter of a millworker, with ACE Environmental. as well as aluminum, pa- kaelyn@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
had her work, “Thank God In the coming weeks, per, and more.
for the Cotton: Memoir of crews will be testing a two-
a Millworker’s Daughter” week pick-up program us-
published in December of
2017.
“Indeed, I do thank God
KAELYN CASHMAN | THE GREER CITIZEN
ing 96 gallon containers.
The experiment will start
in Brushy Meadows.
Dentures from $450 set
for the cotton,” Smith said. “We identified a neigh-
“At my time in history and The Town of Lyman is nearing completion on a new borhood that is currently
that of my family, cotton playground near the amphitheater. participating in the recy- SIMPLE
was a means used by God cling program at a fairly EXTRACTIONS
to anchor my family of
origin in God’s life-giving
ways. The cotton provided
Lyman playground high level,” said Mike Sell,
Assistant City Administra-
tor. “Brushy Meadow sub-
X-RAY $85 per tooth
$65
nears completion
work, food, shelter, cloth- division has a very good
ing and an opportunity to participation rate.”
find the source of it all.” With 202 homes in the
Smith worked at Victor subdivision, the city is
Mill for five years in the BY KAELYN CASHMAN tion is complete, the town securing 202 cans, which
mid-1970s, replacing Ella STAFF WRITER plans to install lighting will be delivered after the
• Repair & relines
Garrison who had been the and sidewalk, but the play- Fourth of July. while you wait
nurse for 25-30 years. The The Town of Lyman’s ground could open before “The test program’s go- • All work done
local textile industry was new playground, located all of the lighting work is ing to run six months,” on premises
beginning to implement near the amphitheater, is finished. Sell said. “We start on July
new Occupational Safety nearing completion. “We had a few tweak- 17.”
and Health Administra- Workers will be back on ing on some of the equip- The program will last
tion (OSHA) regulations. site on July 9, with about ment that didn’t meet until the end of the year
“All employees had to three days of work left to the national standard,” when the city will evalu-
have yearly breathing install a soft deck. said Town Administrator ate the process of distri-
tests due to cotton dust “We’re almost there,” Gregg Miller. “That has bution, participation rates
exposures,” Smith said. said Councilmember Tony subsequently been re- and more.
“There was also yearly Wyatt. shipped and fixed.” “It’ll take some time to
hearing tests that had to Once the final inspec-
be administered due to ex-
posures to noisy machin-
ery. Many transitions were COUNCIL ACTION  |
taking place in the textile
industry in the 1970s.” 2018-19 Budget: Council unanimously approved the second
Because of being raised reading of the Budget Ordinance for the fiscal year 2018-2019.
on a mill village in Green-
wood, Smith could relate Temporary Moratorium: Council unanimously approved the
to the employees of Victor second reading establishing a temporary moratorium on appli-
Mill, which was one of the cations for approval of residential land development, including
few mills to have a nurse subdivisions of land.
before the OSHA regula-
tions required one. Smith Alma Street: Council unanimously approved the first reading
also made house calls of an ordinance re-zoning property located at 349 Alma Street
when needed. from R-15, Residential, to GBD 1, General Business District.
“Understanding the role
of the mill village church- Holly Springs: Council unanimously approved the first reading
es strengthened my ability of an ordinance re-zoning property located at 896 Holly Springs
to relate and come along- Road from GBD, General Business District, to R-8, Residential.
side when various issues
would arise with workers
and their families,” Smith
said. “Friendships were
made that continue today
even though my family
relocated to the midlands
for a few years.”
Smith and her family re-
turned three years later to
the same house in Lyman
that they built in 1972.
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A6 THE GREER CITIZEN 
Betty G. Digby
Betty Gulley Digby, 88,
widow of Ronald Edward
Digby, passed away peace-
fully at home in Greer on
June 29, 2018.
Born and raised in Dun-
can, she was the youngest
child of Bertha Moss and
Marvin Warren Gulley. She
is predeceased by her par-
ents; brother, Joseph Gul-
ley; and great-grandson,
Samuel Wood Taylor.
Surviving are daugh-
ter, Cynthia Digby Wood
(Robert), of Pickens; son,
Christopher Edward Dig-
by, of Greer; and dear
“Duncan Darling” sister,
Clara Nelle Hance, of New-
berry. She is also survived
by five grandchildren: Lau-
ren Elizabeth Wood (Scott
Taylor), of Waynesville,
North Carolina; Sarah Dig-
by Wood Guth (Gary), of
Greenville; Jesse Margue-
rite Wood, of Clemson; and
Katherine Elizabeth Digby
and Matthew Edward Dig-
by, both of Raleigh, North
Carolina. Surviving also
are four great-grandchil-
dren Jackson Wood Guth,
Benjamin Reid Guth, Eli
Andrew Guth, and Ava
Leigh Wood Taylor, and 15
nieces and nephews.
She graduated from
Duncan High School, at-
tended business school in
Spartanburg, and worked
at the Greer Commission
of Public Works. She and
Ron enjoyed 63 years of
marriage, in Greer, Co-
lumbia, and then back in
Greer.
She valued friendships;
several lasted more than
80 years. She loved peo-
ple--doing good for them
and having fun with them.
She was stylish, gener-
ous, outspoken, kind, and
spunky.
Like many women of
her generation, she chose
to work inside the home,
making it a source of
beauty and nourishment
for her family. She cooked
65 years of tasty South-
ern meals. She sewed,
did needlepoint, created
arts and crafts, shopped
for bargains, volunteered
for church, civic, and
children’s activities, and
played a mean game of
bridge. She found her vo-
cational calling in the wed-
ding business and worked
as the bridal consultant
for Belk department store.
She and Ron traveled
throughout the United
States, Canada, Europe,
and Brazil, delighting all
she met with her lovely
FAITH: Coaches lean on family, friends and God during battles with cancer
FROM PAGE ONE
discriminate,” said Blue
Ridge coach Travis Hen-
son, who has recently bat-
tled cancer in his kidney.
“I’ve seen that even those
people you coach against
come together to fight
against cancer.”
That’s exactly what
Henson’s varsity baseball
team did in March during
the Strike Out Cancer
event. The Tigers took on
Greenville and each player
on both teams played in
honor of someone fighting
cancer.
“The game was real-
ly symbolic of the fight
against cancer,” Henson
said. “You fight and fight,
Southern accent.
She was a faithful mem-
ber of the Women’s Mis-
sionary Union, Greer First
Baptist Church, and the
Truth Seekers Sunday
School Class.
Her family wishes to
thank caregivers, Julie
Kees, Sherry Marsh, Steph-
anie Peck, Kamilah Terrell,
Regina Green, and Kevin
Gibson for their loving
care as well as Halcyon
Hospice.
The family is at home.
A memorial service will
be held at 4 p.m. Saturday,
July 7, 2018, at The Wood
Mortuary, conducted by
Dr. Doug Mize and Mrs.
Dottie Bryson. Visitation
will be held Saturday from
3-3:45 p.m. prior to the
service.
Honorary escort will be
the Truth Seekers Sunday
School Class of Greer First
Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made
to Greer First Baptist
Church, 202 W. Poinsett
St., Greer, SC 29652 or
Greer Community Minis-
tries, PO Box 1373, Greer,
SC 29652.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewood-
mortuary.com.
Martha Jean
Hudson Green
Martha Jean Hudson
Green, 77, passed away
on June 21, 2018, at her
home.
A native of Spartanburg
County, daughter of the
late Jesse Dawson and
Bertha Dean Byars Hud-
son, she was a member
of Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church.
Surviving is one daugh-
ter, Stacie McCammon
(Brian), of Atlanta, Geor-
gia.
Mrs. Green was pre-
deceased by a daughter,
Ashli Michelle Green, and
three brothers, Bill Hud-
son, Jimmy Hudson, and
Larry Hudson.
Funeral services were
held 3 p.m. Saturday,
June 23, 2018, at Pleasant
Grove Baptist Church con-
ducted by Joey Hudson,
Dr. Drew Hines, and Rev.
Todd Johnson. Burial fol-
lowed in the church cem-
etery.
Pallbearers were Jimmy
Bright, Chad Bright, Glenn
Smith, Marion Smith, Dan-
ny Stepp, Joe Dillard, Ron
Hayes, and Andy Moore.
Honorary escort was the
Byrnes High School Class
of 1959.
and sometimes it takes a
little extra (for us, it was
nine innings) to win. As
coaches, we always talk
about competing, but the
fight against cancer is one
of the biggest ones any of
us will ever face.”
HILLS AND VALLEYS
Henson’s struggle with
the disease dates back to
2015, when the Tigers had
just won their first region
championship in a while.
“Life is sweet and it’s
short,” he said. “We’d just
come off a 17-game win-
ning streak and the first
region championship, and
then here’s this. That’s
just the way life works.
You go through hills
Obituaries
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Visitation
the church.
was held
2-2:45 p.m. Saturday at
Memorials may be made
to Susan G. Komen, Dept.
#41831, PO Box 650309,
Dallas, Texas 75265.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewood-
mortuary.com.
Wirron H. Leonard
Veteran
Wirron Leonard, 87,
passed away on July 2,
2018. He was predeceased
by his wife of 52 years,
Shirley Ann Cobb Leonard.
A native of
Reidville, he
was a son of the
late George L.
Leonard, Sr., and Zobelia
Johnson Leonard. Wirron
served in the USAF during
the Korean conflict, serv-
ing 30 months in the Far
East. Mr. Leonard gradu-
ated from Wofford College
in 1958, worked for the
FDIC and spent the ma-
jority of his life in bank-
ing. He was active in the
community, serving on
the Boards of Greer Com-
munity Ministries, Greer
Relief, Kiwanis, Civitans,
Greer Heritage Museum,
the Greer Chamber of
Commerce and a member
of Memorial United Meth-
odist Church as well as
the Camak Sunday School
Class.
Surviving are his two
daughters, Rev. Susan
Leonard, of Charleston,
and Amy Leonard, of
Greenville; three grand-
children, Rebecca, Jona-
than, and Elizabeth Ray;
and one sister, June Leon-
ard Cox, of Reidville.
Mr. Leonard was prede-
ceased by two brothers,
William D. Leonard and
George Leonard, and one
sister, Mora Leonard Snow.
Funeral services will
be held 11 a.m. Wednes-
day, July 4, 2018, at Me-
morial United Methodist
Church conducted by Rev.
Joe Cate and Rev. George
Strait. Burial will follow in
Wood Memorial Park.
Honorary escort will be
the Camak Sunday School
Class.
Visitation will be held
9:30-10:45 a.m. Wednes-
day at the church.
Memorials may be made
to Memorial United Meth-
odist Church, 201 North
Main Street, Greer, SC
29650.
Online condolences may
be made at www.thewood-
mortuary.com.
and valleys. Your faith is
what’s constant.
“My wife took me to the
emergency room because
I was throwing up sick.
They did a scan and found
the tumor. Fortunately
they were able to remove
the kidney before it had
spread throughout my
body.”
Henson said, even
through the bad news, he
couldn’t help but smile.
“I went on the day of
graduation practice in
2015 to get the results of
my scan. I head from the
doctor and came hopping
back into graduation prac-
tice all excited. The assis-
tant principal looked at me
and said, ‘I’m so glad you
STREETSCAPE: Projects get underway
FROM PAGE ONE
said to council. “Our de-
sire would be that in Sep-
tember we would begin
construction of the larger
streetscape project in the
downtown area.”
“We are coordinating
logistics with that project
now relative to parking,
where we will move park-
ing during construction,”
Driggers said.
Some private parking
areas will be available
for public use during the
project, and the city is
also working on a shuttle
transportation program.
“Our number one pri-
ority in this project is to
make sure that paying cus-
tomers, those folks who
want to do business with
our businesses, that they
are able to get to them
and that they will have the
closest, most accessible
access to parking,” Drig-
gers said, “and when there
is construction to that
area, that we’re making
BUDGET: Council opts for one-year plan
FROM PAGE ONE
“I would hope that even
if we use this year as a
gauge to see how the exer-
cise has gone for our staff,
that we would give serious
consideration to moving
to a two-year budget,”
Mayor Rick Danner added.
“In my opinion, we are
getting to the point that
I think it’s valid for us to
look at that because many
of the departments now
from both a personnel
standpoint and an equip-
ment standpoint and a
facilities standpoint are
often planning beyond the
year that we’re budgeting
for,” Danner said. “I think
it’s a worthwhile exercise
for our staff. I know it has
been a little tough to be
introduced to it this first
year and to try and think
through all the things you
need to do to be prepared
for a two-year budget but
with our ability to amend
or to change that as we
work through, I think,
from my personal stand-
point, this may be the year
that we want to, maybe
not officially adopt the
second-year budget, but
to have it as a marker or
a guideline to give every-
body a little taste.”
got a great report.’ I said,
‘Well, I actually didn’t get
a great report. They found
a tumor on my kidney and
there’s a good possibility
it’s cancer.’ She said, ‘I’m
so sorry. I thought every-
thing was good because
of the smile on your face
and the positivity.’ I told
her, ‘I’m going to have that
no matter what.’ That’s be-
cause of my faith and what
God has proven, what he’s
promised and what he’s
provided.”
Henson has been cancer
free since his surgery.
FOR THE BETTER
Perry said he struggled
with his diagnosis at first,
but he didn’t take too
provisions to get them to
those sites as well.”
“Workers, both public
and private, in the down-
town area, we are proceed-
ing to move/bus to those
outer areas so that we can
get customers the closest
parking for offices and
commercial retail busi-
nesses in our downtown,”
he said.
With all the work to be
done, Driggers is setting
the message for the city.
“You will never hear us
say, ‘pardon our mess’ or
‘pardon our dust,’” Drig-
gers said. “You will hear
us constantly say, ‘this is
the future of Greer,’ and
‘this is what we are ex-
cited about’; this is what
you will see as this project
comes to fruition.
“We are continuing to
work with our partners on
the hotel and our work on
the garage site,” he said.
“We anticipate that we still
should see demolition be-
ginning relatively soon.
Councilmember Jay Ar-
rowood echoed Bettis’
concerns.
“I’m not convinced that
a two-year budget is prac-
tical,” he said.
“I think it would be good
to use it as a testing peri-
od,” added Councilmem-
ber Kimberly Bookert.
“I’ve gone through two-
year budgets before.”
‘I’m not convinced
that a two-year
budget is practical.’
Jay Arrowood
Greer City Councilmember
Department heads re-
quested ten full-time and
two part-time positions
for next year’s budget
while Driggers recom-
mended eight full-time
and two part-time.
“If we were really wrong,
next year we would say we
need to stay at a one-year
budget,” he said. “If we’re
right on it, we’re where we
thought we would be and
we’re good at it, we would
say, yes, we had a high de-
gree of accuracy. We are
indeed prepared to do that
much time before begin-
ning the fight.
“For two weeks, I really
struggled. It was such a
shock,” Perry said. “Can-
cer can change your life
for the better or it can
change it for the worse. I
decided I wasn’t going to
let it change my life for the
worse. I’m going to live my
life for the better. My faith
will get me through.
“All of us go through
adversity at some time or
another. That’s what I’m
going through right now.
I never imagined in a mil-
lion years I’d be dealing
with cancer, but this is
just one of those things
there’s really no rhyme or
reason for. I hope I can use
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018
Those processes are mov-
ing forward.”
Approvals have been
made for the demolition
of that site for the hotel,
and city officials have seen
the first renderings of the
structure for the parking
garage.
“Our objective is to
make sure that we have
a parking structure wait-
ing to open when the ho-
tel opens,” Driggers said.
“Then, we’re anticipating
that that’s probably an
early to bid in 2020 for
that.”
“The timing, the se-
quencing of everything, is
exactly as we envisioned it
would be at this point,” he
said. “We’re working real-
ly, really hard to keep the
community informed.”
For regular updates on
the progress of the down-
town streetscape project,
visit www.futuregreer.
com.
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moving forward.”
For any type of sig-
nificant change, the city
would have to be prepared
to amend the budget.
“We don’t typical-
ly amend our budgets,”
Driggers said. “I think we
would have to be more
prepared to amend if we
adopted the second-year
budget.”
The second-year bud-
get includes about a 6.5
percent projected growth
in revenues and expendi-
tures.
“There is some project-
ed growth but still a con-
servative projection,” said
David Seifert, Director of
Finance and Information
Technology.
“We don’t see our growth
changing that dramatical-
ly over that two-year peri-
od,” Driggers said.
Before council holds a
budget workshop each
year, department heads do
“zero-based budgeting,”
Driggers said. “We require
them to justify every line
item that they’re request-
ing.”
“It’s easier to approve
than to amend,” Arrowood
said.
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this battle to help others.
My number one prayer
through all of this is that
the Lord would use me in
a bigger way than I’ve ever
been used before.”
The Yellow Jacket coach
is facing three cycles of
chemotherapy and a po-
tential surgery down the
road.
“Both my doctors have
told me that it is treatable
and curable with surgery,”
Perry said. “My faith is in
God and I know he can
cure me. I firmly believe
God’s going to heal me
and I’m going to win this
battle.”
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Heritage Chapel Baptist Church
218 Alexander Rd., Greer • 989-0170
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Hillcrest Baptist Church
111 Biblebrook Dr., Greer • 877-4206
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Memorial Drive Baptist Church
570 Memorial Drive Ext., Greer • 877-7061
Milford Baptist Church
1282 Milford Church Rd., Greer • 895-5533
Mount Lebanon Baptist Church
572 Mt. Lebanon Church Rd., Greer • 895-2334
New Hope Baptist Church
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New Jerusalem Baptist Church
413 E. Poinsett St., Greer • 968-9203
New Life Baptist Church
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Northwood Baptist Church
888 Ansel School Rd., Greer • 877-5417
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3420 N. Highway 101, Greer • 895-0930
Pelham First Baptist Church
2720 S. Old Highway 14, Greer • 879-4032
People’s Baptist Church
310 Victor Avenue Ext., Greer • 848-0449
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410 S. Main St., Greer • 421-5686
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A8 THE GREER CITIZEN 
The Citizens Building and Loan Charitable Foundation recently donated $2,500 to Greer PD’s Cops for Tots.
CBL donates $2,500 to Cops for Tots
The Citizens Building
and Loan Charitable Foun-
dation recently donated
$2,500 to Cops for Tots.
The program, which
began in 1991, provides
Christmas gifts for 300 to
400 local children annu-
ally. With help from the
community, Cops for Tots
accepts monetary dona-
Lost pocketbook returned intact
BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
A returned pocketbook
with everything still inside
gave hope to a local resi-
dent.
Nancy Brock of Wellford
went shopping at Greer
Quality Foods on Satur-
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tions as well as new, un-
wrapped gifts for children
ages 12 and under.
“The Greer Police De-
partment is grateful for
our continued partnership
with the CBL State Savings
Bank and the generous do-
nation provided by the CBL
Charitable Foundation,”
said Greer Police Sergeant
day, June 23, leaving her
pocketbook in the grocery
cart outside in the parking
lot.
“I had over $200 in my
wallet,” Brock said.
Brock drove home, real-
ized she’d forgotten her
pocketbook as she un-
loaded her groceries and
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nity outreach team. “This
donation will be used to
provide Christmas gifts
for those children with-
in the Greater Greer area
who otherwise may not re-
ceive anything for Christ-
mas. It is through this type
of generosity and partner-
ship that the Greer Police
returned about an hour
later.
When she went back in-
side the grocery store, a
cashier told Brock that a
lady from Family Dollar
had brought the purse in-
side.
“I went over to the dol-
lar store and thanked her,”
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Department will be con-
ducting this program for
its thirtieth year. ”
The CBL Charitable
Foundation was estab-
lished in 1999 by Citizens
Building and Loan board
of directors to support
local non-profit and char-
itable entities in the Greer
Area.  The scammer contin-
Brock said. “She saved me
a lot of trouble.”
Brock found everything
still inside her purse, in-
cluding her credit cards.
“You just don’t find
many people like that any
more,” she said.
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MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS
Crime
Report
(Note: All information con-
tained in the following was
taken directly from the
official incident reports
filed by the Spartanburg
County Sheriff’s Office. All
suspects are to be consid-
ered innocent until proven
guilty in the court of law.)
SOCIAL SECURITY SCAM
On June 29, a female vic-
tim came to the Spartan-
burg County Sheriff’s Of-
fice to report a scam. The
victim said she received
a call from a male named
Tony stating he was from
the head office of social
security and her social se-
curity number was being
suspended.
The female victim said
she immediately called
the number back and
was informed that some
unknown individual was
committing crimes under
her assigned social. To
alleviate these issues, the
victim was told she need-
ed to withdraw money
from her account in order
to be assigned a new so-
cial.
The victim told police
she then went to Wal-
greens to purchase two
Google pay cards totaling
($900). After the purchase,
the victim said she called
the number back and read
off the number for the
$500 card, but was unable
to make out the numbers
on the $400 card.
ued to ask for additional
funds. She provided cop-
ies of her gift card receipts
which were scanned as ev-
idence.
The case is still under in-
vestigation.
DUI
Spartanburg County
deputies were observing
traffic on June 29 when a
black Chevy Suburban was
spotted trying to avoid the
attention of law enforce-
ment.
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The driver, later iden-
tified as Bryan Swensen,
was operating a vehicle
with expired tags, so a
traffic stop was initiated
by police.
When the deputy acti-
vated his blue lights, Sw-
ensen turned left into the
Circle K (315 John Dodd
Rd.) parking lot and came
to a complete stop.
The deputy positioned
his patrol vehicle’s spot-
light in the side mirror
of Swensen’s vehicle and
exited my patrol vehicle.
The officer then made a
passenger-side approach.
While walking up to Sw-
ensen’s vehicle, the officer
shined his flashlight into
the vehicle and observed
only one occupant.
Swensen then proceed-
ed to drive off. The offi-
cer ran back to his patrol
vehicle and began pursu-
ing the Suburban. Due to
radio traffic, the officer
was unable to get through
right away.
The deputy followed Sw-
ensens’s vehicle on John
Dodd Rd., heading toward
Asheville Highway. At the
intersection of John Dodd
Rd. and Asheville High-
way, the deputy alerted
Spartanburg Communica-
tions that he was in pur-
suit of the vehicle.
Swensen came to a com-
plete stop on Brookfield
Rd. The suspect then im-
mediately exited the ve-
hicle and ran off into the
woods to the left of the
vehicle. Another deputy
informed dispatch that a
foot chase had been initi-
ated. Swensen was caught
after a brief pursuit.
After Swensen was
placed in a patrol vehicle,
he was then transported
to Spartanburg Regional
Medical Center Emergency
Room. Swensen was eval-
uated by trained medical
professionals and it was
determined that he was
medically cleared to be
transported to the County
Jail.
Swenson was charged
with driving under the
influence, driving under
suspension and failure to
stop for a blue light.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018 
Rebels take Palmetto State Showdown
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The Rebels are back on
top after a win at the Pal-
metto State Showdown
7-on-7 last Saturday in
Duncan.
Byrnes topped Bergen
Catholic in the champi-
onship, 20-14, upsetting
the tournament favorites
on the final day.
“Bergen Catholic was
probably the top team
coming in,” Byrnes coach
Reggie Shaw said. “They
were expected to win
the whole thing, so it
was nice to get a victo-
ry against those guys.
It’s always nice for your
guys to see some fruits
for their labor. We’ve had
an extremely demand-
ing summer, so this was
good for them.”
The Rebels topped Er-
win and Boiling Springs
also, racking up a num-
ber of round robin victo-
ries along the way.
“We’re able to run
some different sets
and see some different
personnel, which only
makes you better,” Shaw
said. “We preach ‘next
man up’ all the time be-
cause during the sea-
son, injuries happen and
guys have to be ready.
Our guys showed some
of that ability last week,
Greer finished in second place during a recent 7-on-7 at
North Greenville University.
Jackets work
to improve skills Glassy Mountain Fire
at NGU 7-on-7 to hold golf tournament
Heading
into July
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
June was about repeti-
tion for the Yellow Jack-
ets.
With a veteran quarter-
back and receiving corps
returning this fall, head
coach Will Young has
used recent 7-on-7 com-
petitions to gain experi-
ence and develop chem-
istry heading into August
practice sessions.
“They’ve gotten bet-
ter each time out, which
is what you hope for,”
Young said. “They fin-
ished strong at USC,
played much better at
the Carolina Panthers
7-on-7 and finished in
the top three at Spartan-
burg.”
The Jackets traveled to
North Greenville Univer-
sity last Friday to con-
tinue 7-on-7 play. Greer
finished second in the
contest, falling to West-
side in the championship
game.
“The receiving corps
is going to be pretty
strong,” Young said. “We
lost Qua (White), but we
also have a lot of guys
coming back. Braxton
Collins, who committed
to Old Dominion recent-
ly, has been strong for
us. Cam Martin is doing
The Byrnes football team took first place in the Palmetto State Showdown 7-on-7.
but at the same time, it
is 7-on-7. This isn’t 11-
on-11, so we’ve still got
work to do this summer.”
Shaw said his team
steadily improved during
the month of July, and
he expects that effort to
continue.
“We challenge our guys
every day to get 1 per-
cent better,” Shaw said.
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
really well. Matthew Huff
is out there for us. We’ve
used Dre Williams a lot
during the 7-on-7s, and
we’ll use him a lot during
the season, but he’s al-
ways been great for us.
It’s a very strong group.”
While these summer
events are good for com-
petition, Young said the
real work is still ahead.
“You can certainly see
some things in your re-
ceivers and in your sec-
ondary, but it’s kind of
hard for your linebackers
to earn their spot during
a 7-on-7,” he said. “It’s
good experience for the
kids and it gives them
the chance to compete.
The secondary is where
the 7-on-7s are really
good for you. It’s a chal-
lenge and you get to see
how guys respond.”
An offensive line
coach, Young said this is
one of the more impres-
sive groups he’s seen in
a while.
“They’ve been in the
weight room getting
bigger and stronger and
in better shape,” Young
said of his linemen. “Our
guys really know how to
work. This has been the
most impressive group
I’ve seen in a long time.
We feel pretty good
about what we have.
Now, it’s just a matter of
putting all the pieces to-
gether. We’ve got to sur-
vive some pretty tough
competition early on.”
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“That’s the goal every
day and we’ve seen a lot
of progress from our first
7-on-7 to now. Offensive-
ly, our quarterback has
gotten better—making
some tough throws in
tight windows. His tim-
ing and decision making
was phenomenal. Our re-
ceivers pushed through a
lot of stress and fatigue.
Registration now open
for Yellow Jacket camp
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Registration is still
open for the Yellow Jack-
et Basketball Camp, host-
ed by Greer High basket-
ball coaches Greg Miller
and Mazzie Drummond.
The camp, set for July
16-19, will be held from
8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. daily.
It was designed to spark
interest in the program
from young players, ac-
cording to Miller.
“We’re excited to get
to do this again,” Miller
said. “Really, the purpose
of it is for our players to
become leaders. We want
them to get to know
and mentor some of the
younger players in Greer
and increase their pas-
sion for basketball.”
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BY KAELYN CASHMAN
STAFF WRITER
The Glassy Mountain
Fire Foundation is hold-
ing its 23rd charity golf
tournament on Saturday,
July 21.
The fundraiser, which
is taking place from 8
a.m.-4 p.m. at The Cliffs
at Glassy Golf Course,
benefits the Glassy
Mountain Fire Service
Area.
Greer’s 8U Dixie Softball team recently topped Boiling Springs to claim the district
championship. The team will now compete at the state tournament on July 6.
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We were down two re-
ceivers going in, so our
depth wasn’t where it
usually is, but they were
able to push through.”
Lawrence Scott will be
under center for the Reb-
els this fall, taking his
first snaps as a Byrnes
starter.
“There’s no other
teacher like experience,
Head coach Greg Miller will host a basketball camp at
Greer High from July 16-19.
The tournament has a
limit of 120 players, who
can register as an indi-
vidual or a team.
Early Bird registration
before July 1 is $175 per
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but second to that is the
film room,” Shaw said.
“There’s always room for
(Scott) to improve with
timing and decision mak-
ing. In August, we’ve got
to be able to put it all to-
gether with the offensive
line.”
Shaw said his defense
will also have to take
things up a notch in Au-
gust.
“We have to try to get
those linebackers out
of some bad habits,” he
said. “The negative thing
about passing leagues is
that in a game, you don’t
have to throw it every
play. We’ve got to correct
some of the things we’ve
gotten used to and get
back to some basic foot-
ball.”
The Rebels will travel
to Laurens High School
on July 10 for their final
7-on-7.
“I hope the culture has
continued to grow and
our guys have continued
to become more self-
less,” Shaw said. “That’s
what it takes to be a great
teammate and hopefully
we continue to see prog-
ress in that area.
“We’ve put a lot of em-
phasis on finishing this
offseason. We want to be
mentally and physically
tougher, and so far we’ve
seen that.”
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The Glassy Mountain
Fire Service Area, estab-
lished in 1987, was or-
ganized as a volunteer
fire department to pro-
vide fire/safety protec-
tion and a first response
emergency unit within
the community.
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nearly 52 square miles
with a population of ap-
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Firework
curmudgeon
I
might have a new opin-
ion on fireworks as the
parent of a 9-month-old.
For years, I viewed
pyrotechnics as one of the
only reasons to go outside
during the oppressive-
ly hot month of July.
Independence Day never
ranked incredibly high
on my preferred holiday
chart, but its redeeming
quality was always fire-
works.
It’s not that I have no
patriotism. America is
great.
I just don’t think ham-
burgers and hotdogs are
a good reason to bake my
skin in 100 degree heat
and 100% humidity.
As a matter of fact,
the only reason I would
ever consider moving
from South Carolina is to
get away from this oven
during the five months a
year it doesn’t get below
90.
Sorry guys, my Jeep’s
air just went out so I’m
a little down on summer
right now.
The better observation
to be made here, however,
is that I’m becoming one
of those surly anti-fire-
workers I’ve always com-
plained so much about.
Much like vegans or
people who exercise,
anti-fireworkers are some
of the most outspoken in-
dividuals. Every year, they
want you to know how
much your enjoyment
of things that explode is
negatively impacting their
dogs, their babies or their
sleep.
Personally, I’ve always
found it hard to complain
about something you
know is coming (ok, may-
be that’s not completely
true). The 4th of July has
never changed. You have
very few options, as an
American, about what to
do on this day.
You can grill. You
can watch Will Smith’s
Independence Day. And,
you can set off obnoxious
fireworks.
There’s no alternative.
This is why neighbors
shouldn’t get upset. Ob-
noxious and continuous
bangs are going to take
place outside your house
on July 4th. Every year.
Plan for it.
This is where my
feelings are starting to
change.
For the last nine
months, my wife and I
have had regular conver-
sations at 3 a.m. We don’t
want to have them. We
don’t want to be con-
scious. But the little hu-
man in our house has yet
to sleep through a night,
and so we’ve adapted.
We sleep when we can
these days. If that means
going to bed at 8 p.m. on
a Saturday night (It defi-
nitely does mean that),
that’s what we do. The
moments Penny chooses
to sleep have become pre-
cious to us, and anyone
who obstructs this is now
an enemy.
That includes you, fire-
works.
Saturday night during
the city’s annual Freedom
Blast, we got our first
taste of the anti-firework
life.
Penny slept well
through what I believe
was the majority of the
firework display. It wasn’t
until the end that we had
problems.
As the grand finale
started, I cringed.
Looking at our video
monitor, the baby began
to stir.
A few seconds later that
stir turned into a cry.
Curse you, fireworks!
I nearly took to my
neighborhood watch’s
Facebook group to
complain, but I stopped
myself before I jumped
off the deep end.
I’m a firework curmud-
geon. This is what the last
nine months have done
to me.
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Kyle Larson blisters the field on a steamy day

BY REID SPENCER
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When Kyle Larson
crossed the finish line at
Chicagoland Speedway
8.030 seconds ahead of
runner-up Kevin Harvick,
there were no screams of
elation from the winner
of Saturday’s Overton’s
300 NASCAR Xfinity Series
race.
Instead, Larson placed
an order.
“Water, ice and towel at
the start/finish line,” Lar-
son radioed to his team,
after winning a race in
mind-numbing heat that
approached 150 degrees
in the greenhouse of his
No. 42 Chip Ganassi Rac-
ing Chevrolet Camaro.
Larson had won the pole
earlier in the day but had
to start from the rear of
the field because of a flat
right front tire that re-
quired changing before
the race. That proved only
a temporary deterrent.
By the end of the first
45-lap stage, Larson had
driven up to sixth place,
and on Lap 72, he made a
three-wide pass of Harvick
and Christopher Bell to
take the lead for the first
time.
The 25-year-old Cali-
fornian went on to lead
a race-high 80 laps and
took advantage of an 80-
lap green-flag run to the
finish to win for the first
time at Chicagoland, the
second time this season
and the 10th time in his
career.
“Yeah, it was pretty
hot,” Larson said in the
understatement of the
week. “But the adrenaline
was kicking in. I can’t say
enough about this race
car. We were really bad
(Friday in practice), so it’s
cool we could win.
“We were able to get our
car better for today. These
guys (the No. 42 team)
never quit. The pit crew
was amazing. That was re-
ally a key there, I thought,
to get some track position
after falling back to fourth
(after the restart following
the end of Stage 2).”
In fact, Larson gained
two positions on pit road
under a caution for de-
bris in Turn 4 on Lap 114
and restarted third on the
bottom on Lap 121. He
cleared the fourth-place
car of Christopher Bell on
the restart and took off in
pursuit of Harvick, who
had assumed the lead.
“I was able to stay pret-
ty close to Harvick on the
bottom,” Larson said. “I
felt like, if the race stayed
green, I would eat him up.”
Indeed, after the tires
began to wear, Larson
moved to the top of the
track, where he was un-
stoppable. On Lap 142 he
surged past Harvick into
the lead and extended his
advantage to more than
four seconds before a cy-
cle of green-flag pit stops
that started on Lap 166.
When the cycle ended
with Brandon Jones’ stop
on Lap 180, Larson was up
by 9.490 seconds. From
that point on, it was a
cruise to the finish—in a
steam bath.
“I needed a short run
there, for sure,” said Har-
vick, who led 38 laps. “The
Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford
was really good there for
about 25 laps, and Kyle
would struggle for 25 laps.
I just didn’t need it to go
green.
“I just couldn’t run the
top. I would slide the
front tires, and I didn’t
have enough rear grip to
throttle through the cen-
ter of the corners. My car
wouldn’t turn, but on the
bottom.”
And the bottom lane
wasn’t the fast way around
the 1.5-mile track when
the tires began to wear.
Cole Custer ran third
and took the series lead
from sixth-place Elliott
Sadler, who fell to third
in the standings behind
Custer and fifth-place
finisher Daniel Hemric.
Daniel Suarez came home
fourth in his second Xfini-
ty start of the season.
Justin Allgaier ran sev-
enth, followed by Paul
Menard and Chase Briscoe,
who scored his first career
top-10 in the series. Chase
Elliott was 10th and paid
a quick visit to the infield
care center before Mon-
ster Energy NASCAR Cup
Series qualifying for some
IV fluids.
“I feel a lot better now,”
Elliott said on his way out
of the care center. “Those
IVs make you feel like a
million bucks.”

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July 16-19 and 23-26 at
Greer First Baptist Church.
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Booster Club is currently
selling reserved seats in
the Booster Club section
for home football games
for the upcoming season.
General admission pass-
es, reserved parking spots
and All Sports passes are
also for sell.
For more information,
visit the Blue Ridge Fight-
ing Tigers Facebook page.
GREENVILLE REC OFFERS
FALL SOFTBALL
Registration is under-
way now through August
3 for Fall Softball at Green-
ville County Rec.
Fall league offers:
Men’s Open (Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays)
Coed Open (Tuesdays)
Men’s Church (Mondays)
Coed B and Church
(Thursdays)
For more information,
contact Rich Dixon at rdix-
on@greenvillecounty.org,
288-6470, ext. 134, or visit
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BR FOOTBALL ANNOUNCES
SUMMER SCHEDULE
The Blue Ridge Tigers
football team will par-
ticipate in several 7 on 7
events this summer.
Their schedule is as fol-
lows:
July 10, 10 a.m.: 7 on 7
at Broome
Practice begins Monday,
July 30.
YELLOW JACKET SOCCER
CAMP IS JULY 9-12
The Greer High Yellow
Jackets will hold a Boys
and Girls Soccer Camp July
9-12 from 9 a.m.-noon.
Classes will be divided
into three different groups
(K5-2nd grade, 3rd-5th
grade, 6th-8th grade)
on the Greer High practice
fields. Snacks and drinks
are not provided, but wa-
ter will be available.
The camp is coached by
Jorge Santos (Boys Varsity)
jsantos@greenville.k12.
sc.us, Dane Perry (Girls
Varsity) dtperry@green-
ville.k12.sc.us, and Greer
High soccer players.
RHS OFFERING ALL-SKILLS
VOLLEYBALL CAMP
Riverside High will be
holding a High School All-
Skills Summer Volleyball
Camp for rising 9th-12th
graders July 12-14.
Sessions will be held
Thursday-Friday 6-8:30
p.m. and Saturday 8-11
a.m. and noon-3 p.m.
(bring lunch for the hour
break).
The camp will cover the
six basic and fundamental
skills of passing, setting,
attacking, serving, de-
fense, and blocking. Ses-
sions will be heavily skill
based to give all players a
solid foundation of funda-
mental volleyball to pre-
pare them for transition
to the next level.
The camp staff will in-
clude all five members
of the Riverside volley-
ball coaching staff, the
strength and conditioning
coach, current club lev-
el coaches, and Riverside
Warrior volleyball alumni.
Athletes will be divided
based on their skill level to
ensure they are receiving
the instruction that they
need.
To register, visit https://
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NlEi1OYt1 or the school
website.
For more information,
email riversidehsvolley-
ball@gmail.com.
ter for July 16-19, 9-11:30
a.m.
Boys and girls (upcom-
ing 3rd-5th grade) can
register for July 23-26, 9
a.m.-noon.
The camp is directed by
Coach Jeff Neely.
For more information
or to register, visit www.
greerfbc.org/basket-
ball-camp/.
PLEASANT GROVE BAPTIST
TO HOLD FOOTBALL CAMP
Blitz Football Camp for
rising fifth through eighth
graders will be held July
16-20, 6-8 p.m., at Pleas-
ant Grove Baptist.
Cost is $25 and includes
a camp t-shirt.
The camp is run by Riv-
erside High D-Team Coach
Mark Freeman.
Register online at www.
pleasantgrovebaptist.org
or call 877-6436.
GMC OFFERING SPORTS
PHYSICALS JULY 23
A doctor will be avail-
able at Greer Middle Col-
lege on Monday, July 23,
from 9 a.m.-noon to con-
duct sports physicals for
student athletes.
All forms required to
participate in GMC athlet-
ics must be turned in at
that time along with a $20
cash fee for the physical.
During this time, stu-
dents will also have the
opportunity to take their
IMPACT concussion test
with the athletic trainer.
Physicals dated April 1,
2018 to present are ac-
cepted for the 2018-2019
school year.
For more information,
email Kelley Bailey at kbai-
ley@greermiddlecollege.
org.

CAMP: Set for July 16 at Greer High

FROM B1
There will be two ses-
sions during the event.
Boys, grades 3-6, will
compete from 8:30 a.m.-
12:30 p.m., while girls,
grades 3-6, will go from 1
p.m.-5 p.m. Registration
forms received by July 1
will get a discounted rate
of $40 for the camp. All
registration after July 1
will be $55. The price in-
cludes a free t-shirt.
While campers will
work on ball skills and
team defense, Miller said
there is a deeper purpose
behind the event.
“We do focus on all-
around skills—ball han-
dling, shooting, passing,
learning to play defense.
We want it to be well
rounded,” he said. “But,
it’s also important that
our players learn how
to behave and act while
they’re on the court. Our
goal is to create contrib-
uting members to society
one day, so we try to help
them mature in any way
we can.”
For more information
on registration, email
gmiller@greenville.k12.
sc.us or mdrummon@
greenville.k12.sc.us.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018 THE GREER CITIZEN B5
DISPELLING THE STIGMA
Jan Wise at her childhood home in Cayce, 1958.
Former Bull Street patient recalls battle
Editor’s Note: The follow-
ing article is part of a se-
ries on the men and wom-
en that worked at or were
committed to the SC State
Hospital in Columbia. Look
for further stories on Bull
Street to appear this sum-
mer in The Greer Citizen.
BY WILLIAM BUCHHEIT
STAFF WRITER
Symptoms of mental
illness don’t usually man-
ifest until adolescence or
early adulthood.
For Jan Wise, the writing
has been on the wall as far
back as she can remember.
“Even as a child I had
problems,” she says. “I
think back about times
that I was reprimanded
or had done something
wrong. I would get in a
closet and say that I want-
ed to kill myself or I want-
ed to die, and that’s not
normal for a child of 6 or
7.”
Born 1955 in Columbia,
Wise grew up just west of
there in Cayce. Her par-
ents tried to ignore the de-
pression and diminished
self-esteem their daugh-
ter exhibited. In the early
1960s, after all, the stigma
surrounding mental ill-
ness was fierce and treat-
ment still rudimentary.
During her teen years,
Wise began self-medicat-
ing with drugs and al-
cohol, frequently using
speed, marijuana and LSD.
She was admittedly impul-
sive and mischievous, and
her parents and teachers
dismissed her as a wild
teenager just out looking
for some fun.
Then, when she was
17, she half-heartedly at-
tempted suicide by swal-
lowing a handful of anti-
histamine pills. Nothing
much came of the inci-
dent, although her parents
did send her to a counsel-
or at First Baptist West Co-
lumbia.
As a student at Win-
throp College, the party-
ing continued for Wise,
though she began using al-
cohol far more than drugs.
During her sophomore
year, the college began
accepting male students,
and the young Cayce na-
tive spent over a half-doz-
en years enrolled there.
“I had a great time. I
majored in about five sub-
jects,” she explains with a
giggle.
It was while she was in
Rock Hill that Wise spoke
to a counselor at the col-
lege. The woman suggest-
ed she might be suffering
from bipolar disorder,
then known as manic de-
Living Here
Wise at Pikes Peak, Colorado during the 1980s.
pression, and referred her
to a psychiatrist in Char-
lotte.
But she never went.
Finally, as the 1980s
dawned, Wise dropped
out of school and moved
to Charlotte, where she
partied, met new people
and took a few odd jobs
that came along. She even
drove an ice cream truck
for a day, but the incessant
chime of “Pop Goes the
Weasel” made that experi-
ence short lived. When she
inevitably ran out of mon-
ey, she returned to Cayce
to live with her parents. At
age 27, it was a cold and
bitter taste of reality, and
that old depression came
crashing down like a tidal
wave.
Her second suicide at-
tempt in 1982 was far
more serious.
“It was an overdose
and it could have killed
me. I forgot what it was,
but they had to pump
my stomach and I ended
up shutting down emo-
tionally,” Wise recalls. “I
was at Baptist Hospital
on the eighth floor for
quite a while. I lost so
much weight and was so
depressed that they gave
me ECT (Electroconvulsive
Therapy).
All the while, Wise’s mis-
chievous streak remained
alive and well. Once, a
friend snuck two beers
up to her hospital room.
The Greer Citizen
PHOTO | SBUMITTED
PHOTO | SBUMITTED
‘What I’ve come to
terms with now is
that Jesus Christ
had a mission for
me in life.’
Jan Wise
When nurses discovered
them, they punished
Wise by putting her in a
straightjacket. A judge
committed her to Baptist
Hospital’s psychiatric unit
for another two months.
But soon after she was re-
leased, she spiraled into
yet another crippling de-
pression.
This time, she was sent
to the SC State Hospital.
A SAFE PLACE
After checking into the
Bull Street facility, Wise
was placed in the William
S. Hall Psychiatric Insti-
tute. Her memory of her
time there remains foggy,
but it proved a crucial first
step in her recovery jour-
ney.
“I guess Hall was a safe
place for me,” she says. “It
kept me from being im-
pulsive and I had a good
doctor. I think he was an
intern from the university
and, maybe once a week,
It does not have to be a death sentence.
It does not have to control your life.
A person has some control and responsibility.
I think a lot of it is learning coping skills
and being educated about what your illness is.
Wise recalls her time as a former patient on Bull Street.
they would take me to see
him. That’s the first time
I learned anything about
coping skills … from that
nice doctor there.”
While she admits Hall In-
stitute seemed a bit over-
crowded compared to Bap-
tist Hospital, Wise insists
it certainly “wasn’t a tor-
ture chamber” of any sort.
She was placed in a ward
with women suffering
from a vast range of men-
tal disorders and slept in a
room with four to six oth-
er patients. Instead of rec-
ommending more ECT, her
doctor prescribed Lithium,
an alkali metal that has
helped stabilize bipolar
patients since the middle
of the 20th Century.
At first, Wise had diffi-
culty just getting out of
bed, but the nurses coaxed
her up each morning and
prohibited her from sleep-
ing during the day. Even-
tually her depression be-
gan to wane, although the
same cannot be said for
her wicked streak.
“I tried to make the best
out of a bad situation and
I was kind of a mischie-
vous patient at the time,”
she recalls. “I remember
one time I bought some
Tide (detergent) and put it
in the fountain in the main
lobby and I got caught. I
was mischievous, just a
kid at heart, but they kept
a good eye on me. They
had to.”
A naturally social per-
son, Wise bonded easily
with other patients. After
being on Bull St. a couple
of weeks, she earned a
“yard card,” a document
that gave her the free-
dom to walk around the
sweeping grounds of the
state hospital campus. On
her walkabouts, she got
to know several of Bull
Street’s permanent resi-
dents, patients deemed
too sick to leave the hos-
pital. She would take them
candy and cigarettes and
talk to them. She says one
elderly man she befriend-
ed had been a patient
there over two decades.
The only other times
Wise was also able to in-
teract with male patients
were during recreational
excursions off the cam-
pus. She laughs as she re-
calls one such field trip to
see the 1983 horror movie
“Christine.”
“We were sitting in the
van and I forget if it had
something written on the
side, but it was pretty
obvious we were a group
from the state hospi-
tal,” she says. “We were
stopped at a red light and I
remember someone in an-
other car staring at us, so
I pretended I was choking
the guy sitting next to me.
I think my humor kept me
going through all of that.”
A MISSION FOR ME
After six weeks at
the state hospital, Wise
emerged from Bull Street
with a new sense of stabil-
ity and purpose.
“What I’ve come to terms
with now is that Jesus
Christ had a mission for
me in life,” she explains.
“Those suicide attempts
were screams for help but
they could have killed me.
There’s a reason why I’m
on this earth. My mission
is to help people, to help
children.”
With the aid of the med-
ication and coping skills
she’d acquired at Hall
Institute, Wise set about
tackling life as a grown-
up. She enrolled at Mid-
lands Technical College
to boost her grade point
average then transferred
to University of South Car-
olina, where she earned
her psychology degree in
1987. Significantly, she
also said farewell to the
booze and dope.
“The combination of
drinking and drugs wasn’t
a good one with me being
so impulsive and vulnera-
ble,” she reflects. “It was a
danger for me to do that
and I finally learned the
hard way.”
And so it was that Wise
started her career work-
ing with children in the
late 1980s. Her first job
was with the Department
of Juvenile Justice. Then,
she found a position she
loved, working with small-
er children at the Boys and
Girls Club of the Midlands.
Despite her fondness for
the nonprofit, however,
she was lured away by a
teaching job that was clos-
er to home and offered a
much higher salary.
That position in Lexing-
ton School District 2 re-
quired her to work with
emotionally disturbed sev-
enth and eighth graders
who’d been expelled from
the county’s public-school
system. Though Wise’s in-
tentions were admirable,
it didn’t take long for the
inherent danger of the job
to present itself.
When a classroom fight
broke out between two of
the students, she and an-
other teacher attempted to
intervene. One of the boys,
whom Wise insists was at
least six-feet-tall and 200
pounds, threw her across
the room, fracturing her
back and ribs and damag-
ing her spleen.
PHOTO | SBUMITTED
Weeks later, when she
had recovered enough to
walk, Wise returned to the
school at the urging of her
supervisor. It was a mis-
take that would trigger a
full-blown psychotic epi-
sode.
“I went back there and
this new kid with a histo-
ry of gun violence looked
at me and told me he was
going to cap me,” she says.
“I had great fear that night
and went back to school
the next morning and got
so upset that I went into
a fetal position up under
one of the other counsel-
or’s desks. She took me to
Baptist Hospital.”
Despite the physical and
psychological toll of those
two incidents, there was in
fact a silver lining. During
her week-long stint at Bap-
tist, her doctor put her on
a new drug called Abilify.
“Since then, I tell ya …
it’s like a miracle how I’ve
been able to function,” she
says.
NOT A DEATH SENTENCE
Supplementing the new
medication with regular
visits to a psychiatrist and
therapist, Wise flourished.
She returned to the Boys
and Girls Club of the Mid-
lands and took a job as
staff supervisor, working
with 70-90 kids per day.
There, she spent nine
years improving the safe-
ty and accountability of
children ages 4-11. It was
work Wise describes as
“very rewarding” and she
did it until she retired last
summer to care for her
mother full-time.
She remains optimistic
about her continued re-
covery and has learned
ways to handle the “intru-
sive thoughts” that used
to rock her. As this story
illustrates, Wise is work-
ing to become an advocate
for victims of mental ill-
ness. She envisions herself
speaking to large groups
and sharing her story of
perseverance and courage.
“I’m very upset about
people with mental ill-
nesses getting a bad rap
and I worry that, in the
direction we are going po-
litically, that it could even
be more of a stigma once
again,” she says. “It does
not have to be a death sen-
tence. It does not have to
control your life. A person
has some control and re-
sponsibility. I think a lot of
it is learning coping skills
and being educated about
what your illness is. It’s
also very helpful to reach
out to others instead of
just isolating.”

B6 THE GREER CITIZEN 
UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Gideon Adlon, Kathryn
Newton and Geraldine
Viswanathan in ‘Blockers’
 |
COUCH THEATER
BY AMY ANDERSON
NEW RELEASES
FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 2
PICKS OF THE WEEK
“Blockers” (R) -- Three
effervescent teens (Kath-
ryn Newton, Geraldine
Viswanathan and Gideon
Adlon), friends since kin-
dergarten, make a pact to
lose their virginity before
the end of senior year. It
comes down to that holi-
est of high-school nights
-- prom night -- to make
it happen. When the trio’s
single parents (played
by Leslie Mann, Ike Barin-
holtz and John Cena) get
wind of their plan, it’s
a cavalcade of parental
hijinks as the parents fol-
low the girls from party
to party in an attempt to,
um, “block” their plans.
You think it’s going to be
a nonstop run of sex gags
and trashy jokes, and it
is -- in the best way -- but
there are also sweet bits
about parenting, growing
up, trust and letting go.
“Finding Your Feet”
(PG-13) -- In this sweet
British romantic comedy,
Sandra (Imelda Staunton)
lives what she thinks is a
wonderful life, until she
finds out her husband of
40 years has been cheat-
ing on her -- with her best
friend, no less. She moves
out of a luxury home and
into the small London
flat of her sister Bif (Celia
Imrie), who is eccentric
and vibrant -- worlds dif-
ferent from the staid and
sedate Sandra. But, it may
be just what she needs
to rediscover her inner
self, a love of dance and
help her find her footing
in a new life. Also star-
ring Joanna Lumley, and
Timothy Spall as Sandra’s
charming suitor.
“Another WolfCop”
(NR) -- Oh, Canada. I
swear you are the gift that
keeps on giving: Justin
Trudeau, gravy on French
fries and the 2014 horror
camp comedy “WolfCop”
-- and now its sequel, the
appropriately titled “An-
other WolfCop.” Basically,
WolfCop is an alcoholic
police officer who also
happens to be a were-
wolf. He battles a local
politician who is plotting
to addict residents to a
microbrew called Chick-
enmilk Stout, and there’s
aliens and also hockey
involved. In the lead role
is Leo Fafard, who -- and
I’m not even kidding here
-- got the WolfCop gig
after donning a werewolf
suit for a local Saskatch-
ewan band’s music video.
Jonathan Cherry, whom
you might remember as
the plucky goaltender in
“Goon,” reprises as Willie
Higgins, and Amy Matysio
is Tina, the by-the-books
straight man (or woman,
as it were).
“7 Days in Entebbe”
(R) -- Rosamund Pike and
Daniel Bruhl play two
German revolutionaries
intent on drawing atten-
tion to the Palestinian
problem in director Jose
Padilha’s retelling of the
real-life 1976 hijacking
of an Air France flight
en route from Tel Aviv
to Paris. The flight is
taken over and diverted
to Uganda, where we
experience events from
the perspective of the
hijackers. Much is made
of re-creating the 1970s
vibe, and it shows in a
well-done hazy brown-
gold tone, but it could use
more tension, more action
and less atmosphere.
NEW TV RELEASES
“New Girl” Final season
“Grimm: The Complete
Collection”
“Striking Out” Season 2
“Shark Week: Sharktacu-
lar Adventures”
(c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
Entertainment
Tunes In The Park and Greer Idol will return to the Greer City Park Amphitheater on Friday,
July 6, with The Carolina Coast Band.
Tunes In The Park,
Greer Idol return Friday Annual ‘Really
BY JULIE HOLCOMBE
STAFF WRITER
Following a week hiatus
for Freedom Blast, Tunes
In The Park and Greer Idol
will return to Greer City
Park Amphitheater Friday.
The Carolina Coast Band
featuring Rhonda McDan-
iel will perform beach mu-
sic, R&B, party music and
shag when they take the
stage at 7:30 p.m. Opening
act Finding Freedom will
take the stage at 6 p.m.
Greer Idol performers
will compete during the
8:30 p.m. intermission.
Things
To Do
 |
NEW LISTINGS
CO-OP TO EXHIBIT‘THROUGH
THE LOOKING GLASS’
Ceramicist Melissa
McEllhiney and photog-
rapher Eugene Johnson
will jointly showcase
their latest works of art in
the exhibition “Through
The Looking Glass” at
West Main Artists Co-op
through July 14.
The exhibit can been
seen 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues-
day through Saturday at
no charge at the nonprof-
it art gallery and studio
located at 578 West Main
Street in Spartanburg.
“There seems to be some
disagreement as to wheth-
er or not photography is
a form of art or simply a
snapshot in time,” John-
son explained. “This ex-
hibit tries to address that
very question through
both works taken directly
from the camera, as well
as photography used as
the base for images craft-
ed through digital means.
I want people to come
away from from this ex-
hibit with an appreciation
of the finished work.”
McEllhiney said the ex-
hibit was inspired by “A
play off of various words,
thoughts and ideas. We
desired to break from our
norms in order to push
and expand our skills and
our own thoughts regard-
ing our art. People can ex-
pect to see a few of my fa-
vorite things in life as seen
through my eyes, my own
personal looking glass: a
reflection on sights and
memories of things past
and present, with a bit of
whimsy thrown in the mix
-- as seen through the art-
sy heart.”
All the work in “Through
the Looking Glass” will be
for sale.
For more information
about this exhibit or West
Main Artists Co-op, visit
WestMainArtists.org or
call 804-6501.
The Greer Citizen
TUNES IN THE PARK  |
July 13: The Mighty Kicks
July 20: Power 2 Party
July 27: The Note Ropers
NEW FORMAT
This year, the five Greer
Idol contestants will have
the opportunity to per-
form each week of Tunes
In The Park with a winner
chosen at the end of the
season based on cumula-
tive scoring.
Each week each perform-
er will sing two songs: a
ZAJAC-BRUCH IS VISITING
ARTIST AT GUILD GALLERY
Angela Zajac-Bruch will
be the visiting artist for
July at the Artists Guild
Gallery of Greenville. A
reception will be held for
her on Friday Friday, July
6, 6-8 p.m.
She has traveled the
world extensively photo-
graphing scenes that she
later paints.
Born and raised in Dor-
rance, Pennsylvania, Za-
jac-Bruch’s love of art
began at an early age.
Serving in the military, her
works of nature, paint-
ed in oil and drawn with
pen and ink showed in the
base gallery. Several of her
paintings sold to decorate
the historic Hotel Del Mon-
te in California.
Mostly recently her work
was in the 43rd Annual
Anderson Juried Show
and Art On The Town. She
is one of the eight artists
chosen for Greenville’s
2018 Flat Out Under Pres-
sure contest. Starting Jan-
uary 2019, her paintings
will decorate a recycling
bin in downtown for one
year. The Artists Guild
Gallery of Greenville is lo-
cated at 200 North Main
Street in Greenville.
MOONLIGHT MOVIES TO
SHOW THE EMOJI MOVIE
The City of Greer will
continue its Moonlight
Movies series on Thurs-
day, July 5, with Jungle
Book (2016).
Movies are shown on
Thursdays in June and
July in Greer City Park.
Free pre-show fun with in-
flatables, crafts, raffle and
dancing begins at 6 p.m.
each evening. Movies be-
gin at dusk.
For the safety of all at-
tending the movies, chil-
dren 16 and under must
be accompanied by an
adult at all times. Smoking
and pets are not allowed.
For more information,
visit www.cityofgreer.org
or call 968-7008.
LOGOS THEATRE TO STAGE
‘LITTLE WOMEN’
The Logos Theatre will
show the Broadway mu-
sical “Little Women” July
6-Aug. 4.
The performance is pre-
sented through special
arrangement with Music
Theatre International.
Based on Louisa May Al-
cott's life, “Little Women”
follows the adventures of
sisters, Jo, Meg, Beth and
Amy March in a musical
filled with personal dis-
covery, heartache, hope
and love.
Show times are Fridays
at 7 p.m.; Saturdays, July
14 and 28, at 2 p.m.; and
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
song of their choice and
one from the genre of the
headlining band.
Voting takes place at the
event or Friday through
Monday at noon at greeri-
dol.com.
Contestants include:
Amber LaVallee, Tim Mor-
gan, JJ Pearson, Ian Ritch-
ings, and Tiffany Margaret
Smith.
Tunes In The Park kicks
off each Friday through
July at 5 p.m. with food
trucks and inflatables.
For more information,
visit www.facebook.com/
greeridol.
Saturdays, July 7, 21 and
Aug. 4 at 7 p.m.
The Logos Theatre is lo-
cated at 80 School Street
in Taylors.
For tickets or more in-
formation, call 268-9342
or visit www.TheLogos-
Theatre.org.
PARK HOP PLAY DATE SET
FOR JULY 13
LiveWell Greenville’s
second Park Hop Play Date
is set for Friday, July 13,
10 a.m.-noon, at Northside
Park.
Belle from Once Upon A
Dream Parties will be on
hand at the event.
Park Hop is a free, sum-
mer-long scavenger hunt
in parks across Greenville
County. This scavenger
hunt encourages children
and families to discover
featured parks throughout
the summer while search-
ing for answers to clues
within each park.
Northside Park is lo-
cated at 101 West Darby
Road in Greenville.
EVENT REMINDERS  |
Tall Tale Tuesdays
Tuesdays through July 24
7-8 p.m.
Greer Heritage Museum
Music by the Lake
The Matt Olson Quintet
Thursday, July 5, 7:30 p.m.
Lakeside Amphitheater
Furman University
www.furman.edu/music
‘The Taming of the Shrew’
Upstate Shakespeare
Festival
Thursdays-Sundays,
July 5-29
Falls Park, Greenville
Swannanoa Chamber
Music Fest
Alyssa Weinberg’s
Clarinet Quintet
Monday, July 9
7:30 p.m.
Carolina Music Museum
Heritage Green, Greenville
www.scm-festival.com
828-771-3050
Greer Cultural Arts
Camp Ark 2018
Fairy Tale Art-Venture
July 9-13
Musical Theatre Camp
July 16-27
Tryon Recreation Center
greerculturalarts.com
848-5383
ONGOING EXHIBITS  |
‘The Undesirables’
Katy Bergman Cassell
July 6-Aug. 5
Artist’s reception:
Aug. 3, 6-9 p.m.
Riverworks Gallery
271-0679
Philharmonic
announces
2018-19 season
Foothills Philharmon-
ic and conductor Kory
Vrieze have announced
the 2018-19 season fea-
turing perennial favorites
and an inaugural Future
Stars Scholarship Compe-
tition.
The season includes:
Opening Night Gala: Art
Sale & Masterworks #1:
September 28, 7:30 p.m.,
Riverside Baptist Church
Greer Community Min-
istries Food Drive & Mas-
terworks #2: November 3,
7:30 p.m., Riverside Bap-
tist Church
Annual Christmas Con-
cert & Toys for Tots Drive:
Good’ book sale
taking donations
Greenville Literacy As-
sociation (GLA) is current-
ly accepting donations
for its 17th annual Really
Good, Really Big, Really
Cheap Book Sale sched-
uled for Saturday, Aug. 11,
from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., and
Sunday, Aug. 12, from 1-4
p.m. at McAlister Square
on South Pleasantburg
Drive.
Donations of new or
used books in good con-
dition can be dropped
off through July 27 at the
McAlister Square loca-
tion. Guidelines for dona-
tion are available at www.
greenvilleliteracy.org.
Other collection centers
inlcude:
Cadence Academy Mauldin
& Greenville
Coldwell Banker Caine
Community Journals
Elliott Davis
Endeavor
Erwin Penland
Fluor
Furman Library
GLA Downtown Greenville
Learning Center
GLA Golden Strip Learning
Center
GLA Greer Learning Center
Greer Athletic Club
Greenville Tech English
Dept and Library
John Knox Presbyterian
Mauldin United Methodist
Michelin Headquarters
Michelin Donaldson
St. Mary’s Catholic
St. Peter’s Episcopal
Starbucks Augusta Road
T&S Brass
Trinity Lutheran
Upstate First Citizens
Bank locations
Upstate Sports Club
locations
Westminster Presbyterian
Whole Foods
YMCA Eastside
THE SALE
Greenville Literacy will
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018
December 15, 7:30 p.m.,
Riverside First Baptist
Church
Annual Chamber Con-
cert: February 9, 7:30 p.m.,
Cannon Centre
Masterworks #3: March
30, 7:30 p.m., Riverside
Baptist Church
Sensory Friendly Con-
cert: May 4, 3:30 p.m., Riv-
erside Baptist Church
Annual Pops Celebration
& Instrument Petting Zoo:
May 4, 7:30 p.m., Riverside
Baptist Church
For more information or
to donate to Foothills Phil-
harmonic, visit foothill-
sphilharmonic.org.
welcome approximate-
ly 15,000 shoppers to
choose from over 140,000
books. All proceeds from
the book sale will go di-
rectly to Greenville Litera-
cy Association to fund its
three Greenville County
learning centers.
Regular admission is
free, but early bird shop-
pers can enter at 7:30 a.m.
on Saturday by paying
$10. On Sunday, shoppers
can fill a bag of books for
$10.
To gain early access to
the books in a cocktail set-
ting with entertainment
and light hors d’oeuvres,
the public can pay $35
each (or $60/couple) and
attend the Preview Party
on Friday, Aug. 10, from
5:30-8 p.m.
The Really Good, Real-
ly Big, Really Cheap Book
Sale is Greenville Literacy
Association’s largest an-
nual fundraising event,
and features books in a va-
riety of categories: fiction,
non-fiction, children’s,
young adults, cookbooks,
self-help books, and more.
Prices range from two for
$1 to $5, and books may
be purchased with cash,
check, or credit card.
Last year, The Really
Good, Really Big, Really
Cheap Book Sale raised
over $130,000. A total of
140,000 books were do-
nated. Approximately 300
volunteers worked the day
of the event and 500 oth-
ers helped in advance of
the event collecting and
sorting books and setting
up for the event.
For more information,
contact Greenville Liter-
acy Association (www.
greenvilleliteracy.org) at
864-467-3456 or by e-mail
at info@greenvilleliteracy.
org.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018 FUN AND GAMES
Making an informed
health decision
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am
71. I’m overweight at 300
pounds and have had Type
2 diabetes for 15 years. I
haven’t had any chest pain
or heart problems, but a
recent nuclear stress test
led my doctor to suspect
buildup in one of my ar-
teries, and he wants to do
a cardiac catheterization.
I do not want to do this,
partly because I feel that
once you let doctors start
messing with your body,
you will only experience
more problems (like a
stent or something) and
your life will never be the
same. I don’t want to of-
fend the cardiologist, but
I really do not want to
do this. Am I completely
wrong? -- P.R.
ANSWER: Making a de-
cision after knowing all
the pertinent information
isn’t wrong, even if it isn’t
the decision the doctor
recommends. I’d like to be
sure you have all the right
information.
A nuclear stress test
uses a radioactive dye to
look at blood flow to the
heart. Although they are
very accurate, like almost
every test, they can be
mistaken. This is why your
cardiologist ordered the
cardiac catheterization --
the best test we have to
look for blockages in the
arteries. The risk in a car-
diac catheterization, also
called an angiogram, is
low. If there are no block-
ages, that information is
helpful and might allow
your cardiologist to have
you stop some medica-
tions.
Soap Updates
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND
THE BEAUTIFUL
Thorne helped talk Maya
down when she became
upset over something
Hope said. Steffy shared
the news with her father
that she was ready to mar-
ry Liam. As Sally decorat-
ed their place for the 4th
of July, Wyatt encouraged
her to have more faith and
believe that she would
win over Hope. Sally vent-
ed her frustrations about
Hope to Wyatt. Hope
shared her exciting news
with a stunned Liam. Eric
and Quinn visited Steffy
and offered to design her
wedding dress. Liam and
Hope shared a tender mo-
ment. Liam realized that
he must go home and tell
Steffy about Hope’s news.
Wait to See: Family mem-
bers set out to determine
who is threatening one of
their own.
 
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Eve brought a surprise
witness to Tate’s custo-
dy hearing. Brady’s past
came back to haunt him
at the hearing. JJ visited
Lani as she mourned the
loss of her baby. Ciara was
concerned as Ben became
increasingly unglued with-
out his medication. Hope
received some unsettling
news about Ben. Eve was
forced into a corner during
Tate’s custody hearing.
Chloe and Eric had a deep
discussion about Nicole.
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
If you do have blockag-
es, you have a choice of
medical treatment (such
as a statin, beta block-
er and aspirin), catheter
treatment (such as an-
gioplasty with or with-
out a stent) and surgical
treatment. Knowing more
about the location and se-
verity of any blockage can
allow you to make a more
informed decision about
what treatment is better.
Stents and surgery would
be less commonly used in
someone without symp-
toms, unless the blockage
were very severe or in a
critical artery.
It’s not unreasonable,
given your medical histo-
ry, to assume that there
is a blockage that might
need medical treatment.
In addition to the medica-
tions I mentioned, taking
excellent care of your dia-
betes, losing some weight,
making sure your diet is
proper for someone with
suspected heart disease,
and participating in a
monitored exercise pro-
gram all can reduce your
risk of a heart attack. In
fact, these are important
even if you do get a stent
or surgery.
I don’t think your cardi-
ologist will be offended if
you can give him your rea-
sons for declining an an-
giogram, even though he
GILLES TOUCA/BELL-PHILLIP
TELEVISION
Darin Brooks stars as
‘Wyatt’ on ‘The Bold and
The Beautiful.’
Ciara tried to reason with
a paranoid Ben while he
was hallucinating. Tripp
pulled back from his kiss
with Claire, who admitted
she was starting to have
feelings for him. Hope
questioned Clyde about
Ben. Brady was on the hot
seat while being implicat-
ed in Deimos’s murder.
Wait to See: Ciara passes
out as the cabin catches
fire.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Michael surprised Nelle.
Sonny received some pos-
itive news for once. Chase
came clean. Peter cau-
tioned Obrecht to be care-
ful. Maxie felt very con-
flicted. Nelle turned on the
charm. Sonny reassured
Carly. Franco’s fears were
assuaged. Julian opened
up to Kim. Josslyn tried
to make amends. Sonny
THE GREER CITIZEN B7
and I are recommending
it in order to provide the
best information to decide
whether further interven-
tion is necessary.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH:
Since turmeric is said to
be a powerful anti-inflam-
matory, would it be bene-
ficial to drink a cup of tea
made with it? Especially
for something like ulcer-
ative colitis? -- J.B.
ANSWER: Curcumin,
an active ingredient in
turmeric, releases two
compounds (TNF-alpha
and nitric oxide) that can
reduce inflammation.
In ulcerative colitis, one
study showed that there
were fewer exacerbations
in people who took cur-
cumin along with their
usual medications for
U.C., compared with those
taking a placebo. It holds
some promise but is by no
means a cure.
***
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer in-
dividual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possi-
ble. Readers may email
questions to ToYourGood-
Health@med.cornell.edu.
To view and order health
pamphlets, visit www.rb-
mamall.com, or write to
Good Health, 628 Virginia
Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.
(c) 2018 North America Synd., Inc.
All Rights Reserved
received word from an old
friend. Franco had a heart-
to-heart with Scott. Sam
made a clean break. Kim
had a talk with Oscar. Ja-
son gave Sonny some as-
surance. Nelle’s appoint-
ment was delayed, but
Micheal offered a solution.
Kiki was relieved. Maxie
received a surprise vis-
it. Peter felt a glimmer of
hope. Wait to See: Carly
confides in Kevin.
THE YOUNG AND
THE RESTLESS
The custody battle for
little Christian continued
as Sharon made an im-
passioned plea to the so-
cial worker. Meanwhile,
Victor and Nikki’s inter-
 |
view didn’t go as smooth-
ly, especially when Nick THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
stopped by to sabotage
it by mentioning Victor’s
failing health. Abby was
disheartened when she
learned that Arturo was
unable to spend the 4th of
July with her due to work.
Billy celebrated his birth-
day trapped in an elevator
with Phyllis. Hilary faced
some challenges when the
guest for her holiday show
canceled, leaving her to
 |
fill airtime with interviews
on the roof deck. Tessa RFD by Mike Marland
avoided Hilary’s interview
questions about her past.
Abby decided to bring
the celebration to Arturo.
Jack continued his quest
to prove that Phillip Chan-
cellor was his biological
father. Wait to See: Jill re-
turns home to chaos.
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps  |
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas  |

B8 THE GREER CITIZEN 
ESOL Camp
Students, whose second
language is English, are
getting some extra help
this summer to prevent
learning loss. Crestview
Elementary is hosting a
two week camp to allow
those students to read,
write and speak in English
so they’ll be prepared for
school in August. For more
information, visit www.
facebook.com/gcsschools.
Photos | Courtesy
Greenville County Schools
School
News
GREENVILLE COUNTY |
BUENA VISTA WELCOMES
NEW STAFF
Buena Vista Elementa-
ry has announced several
new teachers and staff for
the upcoming school year.
They include:
Lorian Norris, Kinder-
garten Assistant
Patrice Powe, First Grade
Teacher
Janell Jenson-Pitman,
First Grade Teacher
Alicia Brown, First Grade
Teacher
Margaret Clark, Fourth
Grade Teacher
Alexis Corso, Fifth Grade
Teacher
Hunter Fridy, Media
Clerk
Pamela Bloom, Music
Teacher
Leigh Croyle, Guidance
Counselor
WOODLAND STUDENTS WIN
BETA CLUB HONORS
Several Woodland Ele-
mentary students placed
in the Beta Club National
Convention in Georgia re-
cently.
They include:
1st Place Poetry - Isla
Pace
2nd Place Science - Jef-
frey Wu
5th Place Fiber Arts -
Alexia Thomas
Students also placed in
other categories, includ-
ing:  6th Place Songfest,
8th Place Living Litera-
ture, 1st Place Scrapbook,
5th Place Book Battle, 5th
Place Technology, 6th
Place Spotlight, 7th Place
T-Shirt, and Top Ten Tow-
er of Power.
RIVERSIDE SETS SENIOR
PORTRAIT DATES
Riverside High has set
senior portrait dates for
July 9-12 in the school au-
ditorium.
Seniors will receive more
information by mail from
Images.
EASTSIDE SENIOR
PORTRAIT DATES SET
Portraits for rising se-
niors at Eastside High will
be taken on July 18-19 and
23-24.
Time slots are 9:30-
11:45 a.m. and 12:45-3
p.m.
A $20 sitting fee is re-
quired by cash or credit
card.
For more information,
visit the school website.
DISTRICT FIVE  |
ONLINE REGISTRATION
OPEN FOR 2018-19
Online registration is
open for the 2018-19 Dis-
trict Five school year.
Parents who have stu-
dents returning to District
Five should have received
an email from the district
that includes the SNAP-
CODE needed for online
registration. Students with
Our Schools
SNAPCODES do not need
to follow any links marked
“new student” during the
registration process.
Parents of new stu-
dents registering for the
first time in District Five
schools will be required to
go to the child’s school to
complete the registration
process in person.
For more information,
visit www.spart5.net.
REIDVILLE MEDIA CENTER
OPEN THIS SUMMER
Reidville Elementary will
open its media center for
the summer from 9-11
a.m.
Story times have been
scheduled for 10 a.m. on
the following dates:
July 11: Acoustic Roost-
er
July 18: There’s a Bug on
My Book
July 25: The Tree Lady
FLORENCE CHAPEL
STUDENTS RECOGNIZED
Fourteen Florence Chap-
el Middle students quali-
fied as Duke TIP scholars
at the state level recently.
They were:
Jacob Bollinger
Guruttam Dev
Durham Hill
Annabelle King
Michael Liu
Noah McAbee
Arihant Patel
Alayna Phillips
Jacob Prevatte
Braden Quinby
Lars Seppala
Juston Slate
Jordan Tucker
Molly Turner
HIGHER EDUCATION  |
AREA STUDENTS GRADUATE
FROM MERCER
Mercer University con-
ferred bachelor's, master's
and doctoral degrees to
nearly 2,200 students rep-
resenting 12 schools and
colleges at four ceremo-
nies during May in Macon
and Atlanta.
309 Northview Drive • Greer
The Greer Citizen
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2018
Lunch
Buddies
feeding
students
BY JULIE HOLCOMBE
STAFF WRITER
Daily Bread Ministries
launched the Lunch Bud-
dies program to feed un- PHOTO | SUBMITTED
der served children during
the summer on June 11. Wednesday volunteers prepare to-go meals for Greer
Since then, the service Soup Kitchen’s Lunch Buddies program.
has expanded to include
meals for 310 children
HELD !WANTED!
each week.
“The response from
OVEWReek 15 Homeowners
the Greer community has
been outstanding–and the
teachers and volunteers,”
1 More
said Martha Bennett, Exec-
utive Director. “Everyone for our new line of
is pulling together even
during vacation times, fill- AFFORDABLE walk-in Tubs
ing in the spots to deliver
and help me in the kitchen Special introductory pricing
when I am short.
“Each day during the during this promotion.
week we make the food for
the clients I feed here each Call today to set up your
day and make the meal for
FREE in-home consultation!
the children a day ahead.
It is working out great.”
Current needs at the
Greer Soup Kitchen are:
Among them were: Hamburger FINANCING
Greenville Fruit cups
AVAILABLE
Katherine Amundsen, Tea bags
Tift College of Education, Sugar
Master of Arts in Teaching Forks
Brooke Devon, Georgia Paper tissues
Baptist College of Nursing, for togo boxes
Master of Science in Nurs-
ing
Pudding
Applesauce Artisan Remodeling
Greer For more information,
John Ramirez, School of
Engineering, Master of Sci-
to volunteer or donate
items, call 968-0323 or 864-593-8198
864-221-6670
ence in Engineering visit www.greersoupkitch-
en.com.
AREA STUDENT NAMED
TO MERCER DEAN’S LIST
Lydia Elsey, of Greer, has
been named to the Dean’s
List for the spring 2018 se-
mester.
Inclusion on the list re-
quires students to meet
rigorous grade-point-aver-
age standards specific to
the college or school with-
in the University.
AREA STUDENTS GRADUATE
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
Several area students
are among 682 students
receiving degrees from
Charleston Southern Uni-
versity recently.
They include:
Greer
Nicholas Sands
Lauren Willard
Abigail Doyle
Inman
Cheryl Blaxton
Hannah Floyd
Brooke Harms
Annika Wagner
Moore
Caleb Burnett
Cassidy Galloway
Grace Hess
WEST NAMED TO BAYLOR
DEAN’S LIST
Clara Ruth West, of
Wellford, is among more
than 4,000 Baylor Univer-
sity students named to the
Dean’s Academic Honor
List for the 2018 spring
semester.
Students on the Dean’s
List are undergraduates
with a minimum grade-
point average of 3.7 while
enrolled in a minimum of
12 semester hours.
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