Mfuge Student Volunteers Lend A Hand at Grace Place Ministry

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Nonprofits team
against hunger
Create food
co-op for
Greer area
MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
MFuge camp volunteers performed service work at Grace Place, which provides clothing, housewares and furniture to
community members in need.
MFuge student volunteers lend

a hand at Grace Place ministry
BY AMANDA IRWIN
STAFF WRITER
We pretty much
Managing the Grace

Place store can be overwhelming, but head volunteer Kim Davis is getting
by with a little help from
MFuge volunteers, who
arent afraid to get their
hands dirty.
They come every year
to help sort clothes, said
Davis. Theyre from North
Greenville
[University]...
We get a different group
(of volunteers) every week
now, anywhere from 15 to
30 kids a day, to come out
and help us.
The store operates out
of Greers Grace Place
church, providing clothing, housewares and furniture to community members in need. With the
help of MFuge, a Christian
summer camp for middle
and high school students,
more donated items have
been sorted, replenished
and recycled, allowing
Grace Place to extend its
services.
We have students all
across Greenville they
do anything and
everything. If
theres a need, we
really just try and
meet it and serve
as many people as
possible.
MFuge director
MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
are in Greer, Spartanburg,

Anderson, Greenville, all
over. Were sending [them]
to volunteer and just serve
the community, said Katie
Roberts, MFuge director.
At Grace Place this week,
they were sorting clothes,
and just ministering to
volunteers (and) people
that were coming through

[the church]. Theyve been
serving all over the city.
Theyve been in nursing
homes, apartment complexes and recreation centers. Theyve been all over
ministering to the city.
The MFuge program
hosts 450 volunteers at
Local nonprofits are

working
together
to
change function of food
pantries in the Greer area.
Greer Relief and Greer
Community
Ministries
(GCM) recently teamed up
with Loaves & Fishes to begin a food co-op, serving
more than 10 households
on a bi-weekly basis.
Were each taking a step
back from our daily operations to come together and
Mayor explains
Allen Bennett
demolition
Katie Roberts
MFuge camper Landon Rowe tosses recyclables into a

truck at Grace Place during the groups service last week.
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
say, what can we do to

make a real impact in our
respective communities,
said Paulette Dunn, executive director of Loaves
& Fishes. Were sharing
pieces of what we all do
best and were bringing
those ideas together to
make a lasting impact.
Twice a month, Loaves &
Fishes delivers a truckload
of groceries to Greer Community Ministries, where
co-op clients (from GCM
and Greer Relief) receive
supplemental help.
Each member of the coop is assigned a role. Some
unload the truck. Others
sort the bins of food by
type and prepare for distribution. Several members distribute the food,
making sure each houseSEE CO-OP | A3
North Greenville University each week from early

June through the end of
July. Volunteers come
from churches all over the
southeast to participate.
The neat thing about
MFuge is students can pick
the type of ministry they
would like to be in based
on the gifts and talents
they have, she said. If
theyre good with working
SEE MFUGE | A5
BY AMANDA IRWIN
STAFF WRITER
Despite calls to preserve
the old Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital, Greer city
officials recently began
moving forward with plans
to demolish the structure.
The decision, however,
was not made hastily.
According to Greer Mayor Rick Danner, gradual
deterioration and depreciation of the building made
repurposing a difficult and
costly task.
We have considered a
number of different things
in terms of the action that
weve taken with the demolition. Part of what has

set this in motion is the
market study that we had
done, said Danner. The
market study indicated
and suggested and I
think rightfully so that
the true value of that property is in the land.
The building has served
a useful purpose and we
know from the bids that
we have gotten in the past
the building has become
more of an obstacle than it
has been an amenity or a
value. We had to weigh the
cost of demolition against
SEE DEMOLITION | A3
Lyman mayor appointed

self zoning administrator
BY AMANDA IRWIN
STAFF WRITER
State law is really clear. Variances can
Lyman Mayor Rodney

Turner has been serving
as the towns self-appointed zoning administrator,
raising legality questions
among officials.
The
issue
surfaced
in May when variances,
which had never been seen
by the appeals board, were
approved with Turners
signature.
[Lyman Administrative
Assistant] Tammy Redd
spoke to me about an upcoming variance hearing,
and I mentioned that we
havent had one for years.
She then told me that she
was aware that Rodney
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only be granted with the approval of

Zoning Appeals.
Jeff Shacker
Municipal Association
had been issuing variances, Lyman Zoning Appeals Chairman Shannon
Stevens said.
At least six variances
approved and issued between October 3, 2011,
and November 15, 2012,
by Tuner were obtained by
The Greer Citizen. None
of them proceeded public
hearings or Zoning Ap-
DEATHS
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Miles Grady Stroud, 64
peals reviews, as required

by law.
On the surface, the variances [Turner approved]
seem to make sense on
the surface. Now, obviously, when you have a
variance hearing, there are
issues that you may not
have thought of and thats
why you have a hearing.
SEE LYMAN | A5
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Patriotic parade
Community residents took to the streets of downtown Greer on Saturday for 18th annual
Fourth of July Kids Parade. City leaders, including Mayor Rick Danner, took part in the
event, which began on West Church Street.
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CHURCH
NEWS
COMMUNITY PRAYER
AND PRAISE GATHERING
Three Rivers Baptist Association is hosting a community-wide prayer and

praise gathering at Greer
City Park Amphitheater on
Sunday, July 12 at 6 p.m.
Everyone is welcome to
attend.
All local pastors are invited to participate. Just
simply come with as many
of your church family as
possible.
For questions call the
church office at 801-0544.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

AT UNITED CHRISTIAN
United Christian Church,

located at 105 Daniel Ave.,
Greer, will host the Vacation Bible School Sonrise
National Park VBS Monday, July 13- Wednesday,
July 15 from 6-8 p.m.
nightly for ages 5-12.
There will be Bible stories, crafts, skits, games,
songs and more. For more
information, call 8953966.
COMMUNITY
NEWS
SMALL BUSINESS
NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
The
Greater
Greer
Chamber of Commerce is
currently taking nominations for Small Business of
the Quarter, voted on by
community members. The
deadline to vote is Friday,
July 17, and the award will
be presented at the August
7 First Friday Luncheon.
Fore more information or
a form, visit greerchamber.com.
RED CROSS COMBATING

SUMMER SHORTAGES
The American Red Cross

is urging eligible donors to
give blood to help prevent
shortages this summer. On
average there are about 2
fewer blood donors than
needed at each Red Cross
blood drive through June,
July and August, equaling
more than 100,000 fewer
blood donations in the
summer.
To offset this, the Red
Cross is holding additional blood donation opportunities. An opportunity
to donate will take place
on July 28 from 9 a.m. 3
p.m. at the TD Convention
Center, 1 Exposition Drive,
Greenville, or to schedule
an appointment, call 1800-733-2767.
GCMS SHARONS CLOSET

NEEDS SUMMER CLOTHES
Greer Community Ministries Sharons Closet

needs donations of summer clothing for the entire
family in all sizes. New
packages of underwear
and socks are also needed.
School supplies are currently being accepted as
APALACHE GOLDEN
HEARTS CALENDAR
On July 14 (Red, White

and Blue night), Doyle and
Shirley Holliday will entertain the Golden Hearts at
a covered dish supper at 6
p.m. in the ABC Christian
Life Center.
On July 20, the senior
adult group has scheduled
a day trip to Gatlinburg,
Tennessee. The group will
eat breakfast at Bojangles
before heading to Gatlinburg.
Seniors will be treated to
lunch at Log Cabin Pancake
House and afternoon ice
cream at Log Cabin Candy
Kitchen in Gatlinburg.
The seniors plan their
evening meal at Chick-filA in Greer at 6 p.m. on
July 30.
ABNER CREEK
DRAMA CAMP
Abner Creek Baptist

Church will host a kids
summer Drama Camp August 37 from 8:30 a.m.
until 2:30 p.m. daily. The
cost of camp is $25 per
child up to a $65 family maximum. All children
ages 5-12 are welcome.
Participants will learn
the musical, Splash Kingdom: A Lifesaving Musical
well, and full list of supplies items can be found

at gcminc.org.
FOOD PANTRY NEEDS

CANNED FRUIT, PASTA
for Kids. The childrens

drama performance of
Splash Kingdom will be
held Sunday, August 9 at
6 p.m. in the worship center.
To register your child
for Drama Camp visit abnercreekbaptist.com and
pay online. Drama Camp
will be held on the church
campus at 2461 Abner
Creek Rd in Greer, 8776604.
THREE RIVERS
VOLUNTEER DINNER
Three Rivers Baptist Association will host a BBQ

dinner for those who volunteered in the construction of the TRBA Mission
Center.
Those who volunteered
are asked to RSVP by July
7 by calling Three Rivers
Baptist Association at 8349635.
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TODAY, JULY 8
GRACE PLACE in Greer will
have its clothing closet open
from 6-8 p.m. Grace Place is
located at 407 Ridgewood
Drive. I.D. required.
MTCC TOUR HELD at the
MTCC, at 84 Groce Road,
Lyman, at 10 a.m. Potential
volunteers and interested
parties can tour the facility
and learn about programs
offered. Call 439-7760.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN Voters
of Greenville County meet at
1 p.m. at University Center,
McAlister Square, 225 S.
Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville. Ages 18 and older, men
and women, are invited. Visit
the information monitor at
University Center for the
room number.
THURSDAY, JULY 9
KIWANIS CLUB AT 6:30 p.m.
at Laurendas Family Restaurant. Call Charmaine Helfrich
at 349-1707.
TRADITIONAL RUG HOOKING guild meet at Spalding
Farm Clubhouse off Highway
14 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Contact Betsy McLeod at
270-1164 or email Patty Yoder
at scupstatehooking@gmail.
com
The Greer Fire Department is offering CPR Saturday to the general public
beginning Aug. 1 at the departments headquarters,
103 W. Poinsett St. Classes
will be held on the first
Saturday of each month.
The four-hour class is designed for anyoe with limited or no medical training
who desires to learn infant, child and adult CPR
and AED use, though not
intended to replace healthcare provider certification.
GFD personnel will serve
as instructors. The GFD
will cover the cost of the
first class, which is limited
to 12 students and begins
SUNDAY, JULY 12
THE NEVER ALONE Group
of Narcotics Anonymous
meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer
Recreational Center, 226
Oakland Ave.
MONDAY, JULY 13
have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - noon. Grace Place
is located at 407 Ridgewood
BARBERSHOP HARMONY
CHAPTER meet at 7:30 p.m.
at Memorial United Methodist Church, 201 N. Main
St., Greer. Call Richard at
384-8093.
DIABETES SUPPORT
GROUP meeting from 6-7:30
p.m. at the GHS Life Center,
875 W. Fais Road, Greenville.
Call 455-4003.
TUESDAY, JULY 14
THE NEVER ALONE group
candlelight meeting at 7:30
p.m. at the Greer Recreational
Center,226 Oakland Ave.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
have its clothing closet open
from 6-8 p.m. Grace Place is
located at 407 Ridgewood
THURSDAY, JULY 16
THE TAYLORS LIONS Club
meets at 7 p.m. at the Clubhouse, 500 East Main St.,
Taylors. Call Jerry 420-0422.
SATURDAY, JULY 18
FOOD PANTRY DEVOTIONAL 9:30 -10 a.m. at Calvary
Christian Fellowship, 2455
Locust Hill Road, Taylors. Limited supplies available. First
come, first serve basis.
Calendar deadline is
noon on Tuesdays. All listings are subject to editing
due to space constraints.
Please submit information
to Amanda Irwin at 8772076 or airwin@greercitizen.com
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have its mini-mall open from
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Grace Place
is located at 407 Ridgewood
FOOD PANTRY DEVOTIONAL 9:30 -10 a.m. at Calvary
Christian Fellowship, 2455
Locust Hill Road, Taylors. Limited supplies available. First
come, first serve basis.
THE ROTARY CLUB of Greater Greer meet at 7:15 a.m.

at Krumms on a Plate, 3318
Brushy Creek Road. Guests
welcome. Call 630-3988.
GRACE PLACE in Greer
holds its clothing closet
from 6-8 p.m. at Grace Place,
407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D.
required.
THE GREER DAY Lions Club
meets at noon at Mutts BBQ,,
101 West Road. Call Caroline
at 848-5355.
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Greer Community Ministries Food Pantry needs

canned fruit, boxes of pasta, canned soups and 1 lb.
bags of dried beans. Please
donate items Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 4
p.m. All donations are tax
deductible. Donations may
be dropped off from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday at
738 S. Line St. Ext., Greer.
Visit gcminc.org for more
information.
The Greenville County

League of Women Voters
will meet Wednesday, July
8, at 1 p.m. at University
Center, Room 501. Campaign finance and voter
access will be the topics of
discussion. The meeting
is open to the public, and
ages 18 years and older
are invited to attend. For
questions, email lwvgreenville@yahoo.com.
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Demolition: Set to begin soon

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Photo | Submitted
Darla Booher, second from left, was recently named Quality Dealer of the Year by the
National Independent Automobile Dealers Association.
Booher named Quality

Dealer of the Year
Darla Booher, president
of Deal Depot in Greer, was
recently named the 2015
National Quality Dealer of
the Year by the National
Independent Automobile
Dealers Association (NIADA). The announcement
came during NIADAs 69th
annual Convention and
Expo in Las Vegas.
Booher was chosen
from the 20 State Quality
Dealers nominated.
Candidates are judged
on a variety of factors, including contributions to
the automotive industry
and community involvement. A panel of judges
from Northwood University selects the annual
winner.
joining 2002 recipient

Wanda Lewark.
When Boohers business
opened in 2001, she had
one employee and only 12
cars.
Now, Deal Depot has
an additional location in
Spartanburg, a related finance company, a towing
and recovery company
and an inventory of more
than 100 vehicles.
Booher became an NIADA Certified Master Dealer
in 2007 and has been active in the Carolinas IADA,
currently serving as the
associations South Carolina vice president.
Over the years, Darla

Booher has earned an exceptional reputation not
only with her customers
and staff, but throughout
her community and within our industry, NIADA
executive vice president
Steve Jordan said. Giving
back to her community
has always been a team effort for her and her staff.
Her rise from a struggling
single mother to a successful
businesswoman
has been built on hard
work, trust and integrity.
As she tells her customers, I wouldnt sell you a
car that I wouldnt put my
grandchildren in.
Booher is the second
woman to win the award,
what we think, ultimately, the value of the land

would be. We have sought
some opinion in that regard, and we think that
removing the building and
simply graphing the area
where the building was
will help us better market
the property and realize a
much higher return on our
investment.
Greer resident and business owner Tom Ebitino
disagrees with councils
decision. Ebitno requested
council consider repurposing the building in March.
He suggested a multi-use
facility with an activity
center for seniors, children
and young adults, meeting
and computer rooms, after
school programs, a kitchen, an aquatic center and
art gallery and studios.
I just thought it was a
pretty good idea, a pretty
good use of the property,
he said. I think this is
something that we should
really think about.
Ebitino was involved in
advocating for the preservation of the Cannon Centre. He also has a business
which operates out of an
older repurposed home.
I guess its just something I love, he said. I
love old houses and old
buildings. I think that we
need to preserve our history. I think its important
that we are progressing,
but theres lots of room to
be progressive. Theres a
lot of land and I just think
its important that we preserve things like this.
The buildings extent of
disrepair is what led to
the decision to demolish
it rather than restore and
repurpose it.
Like anything you want

to sell, appearances can
play a big part, Danner
said. While the outside
of the building has been
maintained in terms of
the landscaping and basic
appearance, the inside of
the building had suffered
greatly
It looked quite sad on
the inside. I think it was
hurting the marketability
of the building, he said.
That, and it was such as
specialized facility. It was
very intentionally built as
It looked quite sad

on the inside. I think
it was hurting the
marketability of the
building.
Rick Danner
Mayor, City of Greer
a hospital and, while it

had been well maintained
up until a point, its not a
building that because of
its construction was going to be easily changed to
accommodate other uses.
We realized that from an
adaptive reuse standpoint,
there was very, very limited reuse for that building.
While Ebitino hopes
council changes its mind,
he said he isnt certain
what other actions he
couldve taken to save the
facility, adding that there
is already a lot of vacant
property in Greer that is
sitting unused, undeveloped and unsold.
You can demolish property weve got lots of
property sitting around

where buildings were
schools, the old Victor
Mill but that property
is still sitting vacant. Just
because you demolish it
doesnt mean somebodys
going to jump right in and
buy it, he said. The old
memorial auditorium in
Greenville has been gone
since before I came here in
2001, and as far as I know,
its still vacant today. I
mean, sometimes it takes
a long, long time for property to sell. Theres a lot of
vacant land up and down
Wade Hampton.
Danner has authority to
enter into a contract with
NEO Corporation for the
demolition of the property, which he expects to being within the next 30 to
60 days and will likely be
completed in January.
Although the city sought
and was awarded by the
court restitution from Garrick Good, CEO of Cardinal
Real Estate Group Inc., in
regard to the former Allen Bennett building, Danner said he doesnt expect
the city will ever see those
funds.
We were awarded restitution, but quite honestly I
dont think theres any expectation that we will ever
receive any, Danner said.
Mr. Garrick (Good) was
ordered to provide that,
but he subsequently filed
for bankruptcy and Im not
sure that he has any business or income that would
provide the means to pay
the amount of restitution.
I dont think theres any
real expectation that were
going to see much if any of
the restitution money.
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co-op: Offers food service to GCM, Greer Relief clients

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hold receives an equitable

portion. Once the food
has been distributed, the
group meets to discuss issues and opportunities for
improvement.
Provisions include a mix
of fresh meats, fruits, vegetables, prepared foods
and bread.
Our co-op, right now,
feeds 11 households, but
thats about to expand,
GCM Executive Director
Cindy Simpler said. For
a $4 processing fee, they
leave here with at least
$100 worth of groceries.
It is supplemental. They
dont get to prescribe
what comes out of the
truck, but what comes out
of the truck is the excess
that has been donated to
Loaves and Fishes.
Simpler said the program
aims to restore dignity to
a food pantry system so
many families rely on.
I get so excited about
the potential that this
thing has, she said.
The co-op effort began
with an interest meeting in February. About 20
households attended the
meeting and 14 ultimately
committed.
While families can already get food from Greer
Relief once every three
months and Greer Com-
munity Ministries once every six months, it is only

emergency
assistance.
This program offers a
more sustainable solution for those in financial
need.
The idea for the co-op

came after nonprofit leaders read the book, Toxic
Charity by Robert D. Lupton. The three organizations scheduled a visit to
the Georgia Food Cooperative/Urban Recipe to entertain the idea of beginning a similar program in
Greer.
They really do have a
fabulous model, but that
model is for Atlanta. It really didnt translate here,
Simpler said. We took
what they had and kind
of tweaked it to see if it
would work. So far, we
feel really strong that this
is something we can continue and expand on.
Greer Relief Executive
Director Caroline Robertson said she believes
partnering with other
like-minded groups sets a
good example for the community.
Working together
Partnering with other

nonprofit
organization
doesnt always come easy,
Dunn said.
Its not always easy to
collaborate, she said. Its
very difficult to open your
doors and really work together because theres a
level of discomfort sometimes. We all struggle to
meet financial goals. We
all have fundraising events
that we get wrapped up in
to support our programs. I
can get a little uncomfortable. But, if we see that we
can make a difference, we
have to figure out how we
can work together.
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this comes easy for Greer
Relief, Robertson said.
We really try to focus on
collaboration and what
the people were helping neednot necessarily what we can provide.
Weve had to get past ourselves.
We can do this by ourselves, but it would be
even better if we did it
with others, Robertson
added. Thats where we
came together. Each organization took an element
of the program, but were
also coordinating with the
rest of the group.
The three groups plan to
expand the program in the
coming months.
Were not going to let
the typical territorial issues and perceived constraints get in the way of
this, Simpler said. This
is important.
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Finding courage, strength and unity
ave you ever seen and read such vitriol as in the past couple of weeks?
Holy cow! I couldnt suppress a
chuckle at the truth of a cartoon I saw,
showing a recent, current, feed of what
was trending on Facebook:
Flag, flag, flag, cute dog video, flag, gay
marriage, flag, flag, gay marriage, cute
dog video...
So much anger, a sea of seething disgust, friends unfriending other friends
because of their stand on one topic or
another.
Its as if we just found out we simply
cant stand each other.
And while we call up radio talk shows
and denounce the idiots who dont occupy our point of view, or burn a church,
or label one another as rednecks or
whiney liberals, we hear on the news
that ISIS has hijacked Ramadan, a time
of prayer, fasting and non-violence for
Muslims, and is calling for a month of
slaughter throughout the world as well
as America, particularly on July 4th- but
were so angry at each other, are we even
paying attention?
To be honest, and I dont mean to
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
sound flip, but what can the lone
wolves ISIS hopes to inspire with their
slick propaganda do to us that we
havent already done to each other,
with unsettling increases in number, for
decades? If the threats are indeed mass
shootings of the American public, well,
you know, whats new? We pretty much
get one of those every couple of months.
We weep, hold candles, bury our dead,
and proclaim, This has got to stop!
And then a 21 year old walked into
Mother Emanuel church, himself having been once described as a regular
church goer, but for whatever reason
and all the while drinking in non-ISIS
but equally violent on-line propaganda,
fulfilled his self-proclaimed mission. He
would have shot more, it was reported,
but he couldnt afford a truly efficient,
automatic weapon.
Gosh, Pam, I kind of read your
column for a laugh or two, thanks for
bumming me out, today.
I know, and Im sorry but I read these
headlines and watch the national news
showing the map of the United States
and where attacks might be most
likely, and listen to Homeland Security
Secretary, Jeh Johnson, state, We are
encouraging all law enforcement to be
vigilant and prepared. We will also adjust security measures, seen and unseen,
as necessary to protect the American
people.
And I think, Meh.
Because it just seems we can be as
vigilant as we want and thats not going to help us if we happen to be in
the wrong movie theatre, digging into
a bag of popcorn with our kids, when
a mentally unstable young man, who
had reportedly been telling his campus
psychologist that he had had thoughts
of committing homicide for over a
month, walk in and begin spraying a few
magazines of ammunition. Or ordering
a cheeseburger at a Hooters type bar in
Texas when a band of rival bikers arrive

and begin blowing each other away, with
you caught in the middle. Or if we were
a carefree student, walking to class on
the Virginia Tech Campus...
I could go on and on and on.
It really is time to have each others
back. And listen, Ive been just as angry
as perhaps you, or others, and arguing
on social media as well. But it really is
time to have each others back.
My mind goes back to an article I
saw this past week detailing the mass
shootings of the European tourists on
the beach in Tunisia by an ISIS inspired
youth. This part of the story didnt make
the front page but at least for me, it was
an incredibly moving piece of information: hotel workers, seeing the carnage
unfold before their eyes, joined hands
to create a human chain to protect the
tourists still within the hotel, and plainly
stated to the aggressor, You will have to
kill us first. And were Muslims.
What courage. What strength. What
unity.
Man, I hope we can find some of that
for ourselves.
THE UPPER ROOM
CURIOUSLY
AMANDA
Be quiet
AMANDA IRWIN
Staff reporter
Read 1 Samuel 3:1-10
Unruly
executive
sessions
e still, and know that I am

God Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
My 10-year-old grandson
loves to talk, so he often hears
this request from his Dad:
Would you please be quiet for
just five minutes? However, he
didnt fully understand why his
dad needed a break from his
constant chatter until he spent
an afternoon with his five-yearold cousin, who also loves to
talk. My grandson discovered
that concentrating on his video
game was difficult to do while
his little cousin stood beside
him, chattering constantly.
He finally put down his game,
came over to me and said,
Grandma, now I know why
Dad asks me to be quiet for a
little while.
I realized that I too am guilty
of being overly talkative when
I commune with God. Although
Im generally a quiet person,
during my prayers I dominate
the conversation, giving God
lists of requests and praises.
Even while reading my Bible,
my thoughts are not always
focused on listening to what
Im reading. This makes it difficult for me to comprehend the
messages that the Holy Spirit
has for me.
God gives us this command
in Mark 9:7: This is my Son,
whom I love. Listen to him!
Therefore, with renewed desire
to receive what our Lord has
for us to hear, we can say with
Samuel, Speak, for your servant is listening.
Prayer: Dear Lord, forgive us
when we do all the talking. As
we pray, help us to pause and
listen to you. Amen.
Thought for the day: Sometimes Gods wisdom comes in
moments of quiet solitude.
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Tax on medical devices

is unnecessary, harmful
Dreaming up innovative products that make
living easier and even save lives requires creating something unimagined out of vision and
thin air. Thats why President Obamas tax on
medical devices has never made sense. It steals
the seed corn that talented scientists and engineers need to fund their ideas, and it hobbles
efforts to build a healthier and more productive nation. The medical device tax is a drag on
progress, and even some progressives understand that.
Fortunately, Congress has taken a step to fix
it. The Republican-led House voted last month
280 to 140, with the help of 46 Democrats, to
repeal the 2.3 percent medical device tax, which
lurched to life as part of the 2010 Affordable
Care Act. Chief Justice John Roberts and the
Supreme Court saved the presidents Obamacare scheme with a little artful abuse of the
language, but that shouldnt deter the Senate
from joining the lower chamber in putting this
piece of Obamacare where the presidents veto
pen cant save it.
Medical devices are some of the miracles of
modern medicine MRIs and other imaging
machinery, heart pacemakers and stents, replacement joints for the aging hips and knees
and prosthetic limbs for Americas wounded
warriors. Companies that make these devices
require the services of top-notch biomedical
engineers and cutting-edge materials, none
of which are inexpensive. The Food and Drug
Administration has proposed that information
technology, such as apps, that receive, transmit,
store or display data from medical devices be
exempt from the tax. Its a nice gesture, but its
not enough.
The medical device tax takes its bite out of
gross sales, not profits, so not even a company
operating in the red is spared. Thats how little
this White House understands about how the
world works. The Congressional Research Ser-
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vice calculated last year that the effect of the

tax on the medical device industry would be
minimal, with the tax expected to raise a mere
$29 billion over 10 years. Only bureaucrats who
count cash by the truckload would think thats
anything mere.
The tax has killed 14,000 existing industry
jobs nationwide and unless repealed will prevent companies from creating 19,000 new jobs,
according to the Advanced Medical Technology
Association.
Heres a figure that no one would mistake for
something mere: $576 billion. Thats the annual cost to the U.S. economy of lost productivity due to illness, as calculated by the Integrated
Benefits Institute in a 2012 study. The nation
suffers from a dearth of productive workers
owing to the effects of Obamanomics. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week that
the labor force participation has fallen to 62.6
percent of the working-age population, a 38year-low, and 93.6 million Americans 16 years
of age or older are not working.
Some people arent working because they
dont want to, but others because theyre unhealthy. If taxing something is the best way to
make it disappear, as the presidents Economics 101 instructs, why is Mr. Obama determined
to tax the stuff that makes Americans healthy
and productive? If the president is genuinely
concerned about a revenue shortfall were the
medical device tax lifted, he could lean on the
Internal Revenue Service to quit sending out tax
refunds to fraudulent filers. That scam alone
costs the Treasury about $6 billion a year.
The medical device tax makes a mockery of
Mr. Obamas claim to solicitude for the halt and
the lame. Its one destructive part of Obamacare
that Congress could strike down without the
help of the Supreme Court.
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ecently, the S.C. Supreme

Court ruled (Donohue v.
North Augusta) that councils are to be specific about
items discussed in executive
sessions and items not publicly stated cannot be discussed
in executive sessions.
Kudos to the citizen who
was able to bring this information to light. Short of being a
part of the executive session,
its hard to know when a council has been discussing previously unstated matter when
the body doesnt keep records
of whats discussed.
I must say like many
Im not shocked councils
were caught discussing items
not previously disclosed, nor
am I surprised councils vague
terminology finally raised
questions (contractual matters,
personnel matters etc.). Especially when one council I cover
simply reads off, verbatim, the
state ordinances list of items
that can be discussed in executive sessions without actually
stating which theyre discussing (For items of business,
contractual matters and/or
personnel matters Really?)
Sadly, theres more progress
to be made before executive
session can be deemed honorably conducted in my opinion.
After speaking to one member
of the Municipal Association, I
was advised its recommended
councils do not keep minutes,
record or take notes in executive session, to avoid having to
disclose documents should a
court proceeding come about.
This seems more like a move
to protect government than a
move to protect the constituents council is supposed to
be representing. How can this
possibly be enforced without a
liaison on behalf of citizens in
executive sessions?
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OBITUARIES
The Greer Citizen
John Lee Edge

John Lee Edge, 86, of
Clute, went home to be
with his Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at
Creekside Village Health
Care.
He was the husband of
Loree M Edge of Creekside
Village Health Care. Mr.
Edge was a native of Duncan and a son of the late
John James and Lillie Mae
Powers Edge. He was a
member of His Vineyard
Church and was retired
from Belk in Greer.
In addition to his wife,
he is survived by a daughter and son-in-law Donna
and Dan Roddy of West
Columbia, Texas; granddaughter, Andrea Anderson, grandson Wade Roddy
and wife Shyanne of West
Columbia, Texas; sister

Doris Edge of Spartanburg
and twin brother David
Edge of Cowpens; sisterin-law Lois Edge of Greer;
great grandchildren, Tori,
Ben, Saben, Piper, Abigail,
and Trace all of Texas. He
was proceeded in death by
Brother Fred Edge, granddaughter Lauren Brooke
Roddy Hawes, and sisterin-law Marcell Edge.
A memorial service, conducted by Chaplin Jerry
Stark, will be held July 12,
2015 at 2 p.m. at UTMB
Angleton Texas Campus
Professional
Building.
Memorials may be made
to Heart To Heart Hospice, 12929 Gulf Freeway Ste.300, Houston, TX
77034.
Grady Stroud
Veteran
Miles Grady Stroud, 64,

of 140 North Packs Mountain Road, died June 29,
2015.
A
native
of
Greenville
County, he was
a son of the late John and
Grace Chappell Stroud,
a mechanical supervisor
with Jennings Dill, member of Apalache Baptist
Church and a US Marine
Vietnam War veteran.
Surviving are his fianc, Melinda Lynette Price

Gadberry of Taylors; two
daughters, Candace Martin of Greer and Jennifer
Collins of Taylors; three
sisters, Grace and James
Bazemore of Pelion, Rebecca and Mark Fentress
of Charleston and Angela Duffie of Columbia;
and two grandchildren,
Brett Carson and Wynter
Stroud.
He was also predeceased
by a brother, John F.
Stroud, Jr.
Funeral services were
held 2 p.m. Friday at the
Wood Mortuary chapel,
conducted by Rev. Mark
Fentress. Burial will follow
in Wood Memorial Park.
Pallbearers were Joseph
Fentress, Donnie Poole,
John Price, Perry Bazemore, Ronnie Bazemore,
Brett Carson, Greg Bunker
and John Fentress.
Visitation will be held 6
until 8 p.m. Thursday at
the Wood Mortuary.
The family is at the
home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the
American Cancer Society,
P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma
City, OK 73123-1718.
Online condolences may
be made at thewoodmortuary.com.
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Hot Weekend Weather
After a warm week with isolated thunderstorms, we will see hot temperatures continue
into the weekend. Mostly sunny skies will stay
with us for the remainder of the week as temperatures remain in the middle 90s with low
chances for afternoon thunderstorms. Highs on
Saturday and Sunday will jump to the middle
90s with overnight lows in the low 70s. Have a
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MFUGE: Students serve in Greer area

FROM PAGE ONE
with students or children,

they can pick childrens
ministry. If theyre good
with recreation, they can
pick recreation. If they like
to build things, they can
pick construction. Really,
its based on their talents
and gifts and abilities.
We work with children,
we work in nursing homes,
we do construction, painting. We do evangelism in
Falls Park in downtown
Greenville. We pretty much
do anything and everything. If theres a need, we
really just try and meet it
and serve as many people
as possible, Roberts said.
Thats our goal and thats
what we feel like were
called to do.
This is Roberts fifth
summer
serving
with
MFuge. While volunteering
is a huge part of the camp,
ministry is the main objective.
We really promote ministry in the context of relationships. Thats kind
of what we model here
at Fuge camp, she said.
All our staffers are having intentional conversations with students, so our
staffers are ministering to
the students that are coming to volunteer and serve
Fuge staffers had an impact on my life

and I really wanted to have an impact on
theirs, to point them to Christ and to point
them to the gospel.
Katie Roberts
Mfuge director
and then our students are

ministering to those in
the community. Its a really neat process to see.
Throughout the week, we
see people and hear stories about how they were
able to open up to staffers
and talk with them, share
with them, grow and just
really impacted Week
after week, we hear its
so hard to be a believe in
our world thats broken
To see somebody whos
able to live out their faith
makes them want to do
the same and its really
impactful to them.
I came to Fuge as a
camper and it really impacted my life in so many
different ways, Roberts
said. It changed my faith.
It really grew me as a person and grew my walk
with the Lord. I know how
many Fuge staffers had
an impact on my life and

I really wanted to have an
impact on theirs, to point
them to Christ and to
point them to the gospel.
Just being able to do that
for students and being
involved in the ministry,
thats bigger than myself.
Its just very solid and this
experience is awesome.
While the volunteers
work was greatly appreciated, Davis said, come
August, Grace Place would
again be in need of volunteers to continue serving community members.
To volunteer or donate
to Grace Place, visit graceplacecommunity.wordpress.com for more information.
For more information
about MFuge and their
mission, visit fuge.com.
Unauthorized subletting
Q: I own a rental
property that brings in
enough to pay the taxes
and insurance with a
little left over. Recently, I
found out that my tenant,
who just signed a new
two-year lease, is subleasing the property for the
short term as a vacation
site. This kind of thing
happened once before
and is prohibited in the
agreement. Do you think
I should approach him
about the situation or
let it go until it becomes
problematic?
DR: Its already a
problem, because hes
in violation of the lease
agreement. Call him today
and tell him to stop the
sublease immediately. Let
him know that hell be
evicted if anything like
this ever happens again.
This may sound harsh,
but an agreement is an
agreement. You may not
have experienced any big
problems up until now,
but what happens when
he pulls this again and
DAVE
SAYS
DAVE
RAMSEY
the next people who come
in are a bunch of partiers?
You could end up with
broken windows, holes in
the walls and a bad reputation. On top of all that,
what if they leave and he
doesnt have the money to
fix things? Its all on you.
Why? Because you lost
control of your property!
As a landlord, I always
try to be gentle and nice
but really clear about
things. But this guy needs
to understand that you
mean what you say in the
lease agreement. Once
more, and hes gone!
Healing first
Q: I have a relative who
recently entered a rehab
center to treat her drug
addiction. Ive been trying

to help with things on the
outside, and recently I
discovered she has about
$20,000 in debt. This is
in addition to the rent
owed on her apartment. I
dont have a lot of money,
but do you think I should
start trying to pay some
of these bills for her?
DR: Im really sorry to
hear about your relative. Addiction is painful
thing for the addict and
for their family and
friends. While what youre
suggesting is noble, my
advice would be to leave
the debt alone. I would,
however, notify her landlord of whats happened.
If he wont hold her place,
then get her stuff out and
turn over the keys so he
or she can find another
tenant.
As far as the debt
obligations are concerned,
just let her creditors cry
and whine. Theyre going
to do that anyway, and
youre in no position to
help financially.
LYMAN: Appeals Board to review variances passed by Mayor Turner

City
changes
trash
collection
Many Greer residents
now have a new day to roll
their trash containers to
the curb.
The change, affecting
approximately half of the
citys residents, comes
with same-day collection
of recyclables and brush.
Ace Environmental recently conducted audits
and collection studies in
an effort to streamline
services and increase efficiency of collection. Coupled with new equipment,
such as automated trucks
that run on compressed
natural gas, the new routes
allow Ace to prepare for
future growth in the city,
manage the waste stream
to appropriate landfills,
and be in a position to
increase recycling participation, according to city
officials.
Ace is notifying customers through tags on roll
carts and mailings to all
current customers with
day changes. Residents
may also check their
trash, recycling and brush
collection day by visiting
cityofgreer.org.
The change went into effect on Monday.
FROM PAGE ONE
On the surfacethey do
look like plausible variances, said Stevens.
Although the variances
appear non-controversial,
Turner had no legal right
to pass them, according to
Jeff Shacker with the Municipal Association.
State law is really clear,
Shacker said. Variances
can only be granted with
the approval of Zoning
Appeals. Theres a hearing
process there before the
board. Thats true of special exceptions, too. You
have these three tiers: permitted uses, conditional
uses things you can do
if certain conditions are
met andspecial exceptions. Those have to
be approved by the zoning
board also.
The variances Turner
passed were not.
MAYOR DESIGNATED HIMSELF AS ADMINISTRATOR
Turner openly appointed himself to the position

during a formal council
meeting.
Councilmember
Larry
Chappell, who, at the time
was newly elected to the
seat, said he remembers
the night Turner appointed
himself because it was the
same night council moved
to pass a property maintenance code containing
more than 80 pages without ever reading it.
I was aggravated that
we passed [the property maintenance code],
Chappell said. It always

irritates me when politicians pass stuff and dont
even know what theyre
reading. I think it was that
night because, I remember,
I hadnt been on council
but six months or so. I was
elected in June 2010 and I
was just blown away that
nobody read it. I thought
it was odd that the mayor
said Well Im going to be
the zoning administrator. I dont know why that
stuck with me, but it did.
The action likely would
not be viewed as legal, according to Shacker.
I guess another issue
with Lyman and Rodneys
signature on any of those
variances thats dual
office holding. Well, it
appears to be dual office holding. The office of
mayor clearly is an office
for the purpose of determining the institution
that says you cant hold
more than one office of
honor or profit, Shacker
said. A municipal clerk,
a city manager, a mayor, a
council member those
are examples of positions
that could not also serve
as zoning administrator.
It sounds to me like
there are a couple of issues
there, Shacker added.
Lymans ordinance regarding variances states:
The provisions of this ordinance shall be administered and enforced by the
Town of Lyman through
an officially designed administrator, and It is the
intent of this ordinance
that all questions arising

in connection with the
enforcement of the ordinance shall be presented
first to the Zoning Administrator. If a request for
a Zoning Permit is disapproves, or if a Certificate
of Occupancy is denied, a
question shall be presented to the Zoning Board of
Appeals only on appeal
from the decision of the
Zoning Administrator.
The way the ordinance
was interpreted before,
I think, was the mayor
certainly by some form
of ordinance was identified as zoning administrator, councilmember Tony
Wyatt said. I dont think,
based on advice weve gotten recently, [thats] the
normal way thats done.
At the time, he had
the authority, Wyatt added. Theres disagreement,
obviously, between he and
the chairman of the zoning
board about that... I dont
think theres anything invalid about it, but I dont
think its been done in the
recommended way.
Though the wording of
Lymans ordinance gives
the zoning administrator
the power to determine
when appeals go before
the Zoning Appeals Board,
the law doesnt permit the
mayor to hold that position.
to seeking appointment
from council for a fifth
Zoning Appeals member,
going forward, the Zoning
Appeals Board will review
variances. Stevens added
that the board is awaiting
direction from the citys
attorney and council regarding variances Turner
passed that failed to follow a public hearing and
board review.
The town attorney will
have to advise what we
need to do (on past variances). The buildings are
built. Theyre there, Stevens said.
We were talking to
our attorney here awhile

back and he said, this is
a grand experiment. Yall
are taking over this town
and running the way yall
are, but its like building
a house. You dont know
what youve got. Everythings going to have to
be gone through and built
back right. Thats basically what were trying to do,
Chappell said.
Despite attempts to contact Turner, he was unable
to be reached as of press
time.
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199 Hubert St., Greer 877-3899
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121 New Woodruff Rd., Greer 877-9686
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1105 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer 877-3267
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100 School St., Greer 877-3612
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3500 N. Highway 14, Greer 895-1510
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CHURCH OF GOD
Church of God - Greer
500 Trade St., Greer 877-0374
Church of God of Prophecy
2416 N. Highway 14, Greer 877-8329
Eastside Worship Center
Agape House
Anglican Church of St. George the Martyr

427 Batesville Rd., Simpsonville 281-0015
Bartons Memorial Pentacostal Holiness

Highway 101 North, Greer
Bethesda Temple
125 Broadus St., Greer 877-8523
Beulah Christian Fellowship Church

1017 Mauldin Rd., Greenville 283-0639
Calvary Bible Fellowship

Calvary Chapel of Greer
104 New Woodruff Rd. Greer 877-8090
Christ Fellowship
343 Hampton Rd., Greer 879-8446
Christian Heritage Church
3794 Berry Mill Rd., Greer 895-4273
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Pelham Church of God of Prophecy

Praise Cathedral Church of God
3390 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer 879-4878
Good Shepherd Episcopal
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Apostolic Lutheran Church
453 N. Rutherford Rd., Greer 848-4568
Immanuel Lutheran Church & School LCMS

2820 Woodruff Rd., Simpsonville 297-5815
Redeemer Lutheran Church, ELCA

300 Oneal Rd., Greer 877-5876
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400 Parker Ivey Dr., Greenville 551-0246
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Harmony Fellowship Church
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100 Davis Avenue Greer 655-0009
Lifesong Church
12481 Greenville Highway, Lyman 439-2602
Living Way Community Church
3239 N. Highway 101, Greer 895-0544
Mountain Bridge Community Church
1400B Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer 350-1051
561 Gilliam Rd., Greer 879-7080
New Jerusalem Baptist Church
413 E. Poinsett St., Greer 968-9203
New Life Baptist Church
90 Becco Rd., Greer 895-3224
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ONeal Baptist Church
3420 N. Highway 101, Greer 895-0930
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2720 S. Old Highway 14, Greer 879-4032
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310 Victor Avenue Ext., Greer 848-0449
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201 Jordan Rd., Lyman 879-2646
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1002 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer 877-6436
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2425 Racing Rd., Greer 848-4521
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3610 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer 877-0419

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1001 W. Poinsett St., Greer 629-3350
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301 Liberty Hill Rd., Greer 968-8150
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4276 Highway 414, Landrum 292-0142
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6525 Mountain View Rd., Taylors 895-8532
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CRIME
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(Note: All information
contained in the following
blotter was taken directly
from the official incident
reports filed by the Greer
Police Department, The
Spartanburg County
Sheriffs Office or The
Greenville County Sheriffs
Office. All suspects are to
be considered innocent
until proven guilty in the
court of law.)
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ASSAULT & BATTERY
James Michael Durham,

51, of 6 Stewart Ave.,
Greer, was charged with
assault and battery of a
high/aggravated nature.
According to an incident
report furnished by Greer
Police, officers responded
to 315 Pennsylvania Ave.
after a man there presented a gun. Upon arrival,
they ordered Durham to
the ground. He complied
and police found a soldering gun inside his rear
pocket. The complainant
stated that Durham had
ordered him to send another person outside or he
would start shooting. Believing the gun to be a pistol, the complainant then
called police. Durham was
arrested and transported
to Greer City Jail.
CDV
Jacob R. Ellis, 32, of 101

Chandler Road 334, Greer,
was charged with criminal
domestic violence (third).
According to a Greer
Police incident report, officers were called to the
above address to investigate a CDV complaint. The
neighbors had complained
because Ellis had screamed
at his girlfriend for around
an hour and then activated
the fire alarm, disturbing
everyone in the building.
Ellis was found intoxicated in the apartment and
arrested for CDV. He was
uncooperative when police attempted to handcuff
him, but they eventually
got him inside the car.
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Injury assistance
Greer police and fire workers help an injured woman onto a stretcher on Poinsett Street
Monday afternoon. The woman was one of several motorists injured in the three-car
accident, which occurred at about 2 p.m.
MULTIPLE CHARGES
Melinda
Sue
Henry,
42, of 14396 East Wade
Hampton Blvd., Greer,
was charged with methamphetamine trafficking,
unlawful conduct towards
a child and possession of
drug paraphernalia.
According to the Greer
Police incident report,
police responded to CBM
Enterprises on East Wade
Hampton Boulevard in
response to a Burglary in
progress.
They went inside the
business and found Henry inside with two of her
children. She was disheveled and her clothes were
soiled with dirt. Officers
believed she was under
the influence of narcotics.
In her hands, she held a
small pouch containing a
pocket scale, broken glass
pipe and a plastic bag containing a crystal-like substance.
She was placed under
arrest. The crystals tested
positive for methamphetamine and weighed approximately 14 grams.
ASSAULT & BATTERY
Levi J. Thrasher, 60, of

404 Harvey Road, B, Greer,
was charged with assault
and battery and trespassing after notice.
According to the Greer
Police incident report, officers were dispatched to an
address on Moore Street
in reference to a fight in
progress with a knife involved.
Upon arrival, police
recognized Thrasher and
asked where his knife was.
It was found in his pant
pocket. Thrasher said
two people had jumped
him and robbed him earlier. One of those individuals said she called
police when she observed
Thrasher hitting a woman
in her front yard. She said
Thrasher had pushed and
struck the woman several
times. When the woman
fought back, the witness
said Thrasher pulled out a
knife and swung it at the
victim. After talking to several witnesses, police arrested Thrasher and took
the knife into evidence.
CDV
Elex Tyrell Gregory, 21,

of 302 Palmer St., Greer,
was charged with criminal
domestic violence (second
degree).
report supplied by Greer
Police, officers responded
to South Beverly Apartments to a domestic violence call.
There, the complainant
said Gregory pushed her
to get inside her apartment. She said when she
tried to deny him entry, he
punched her in the cheek
and stomped on her head.
Gregory had fled the
scene at this point, but
it was discovered he had
violated a protection order and is currently on
probation. Warrants for
the above offenses were
obtained.
DUI
Anthony Joseph Marucci, 32, of 100 Turtle Creek

Drive, Greenville, was
charged with driving under the influence and possession of marijuana.
On Friday at around 2:15 p.m., the branch of Arthur State

Bank at 8770 Warren H. Abernathy Hwy., Spartanburg, was
the victim of an armed robbery. The suspect is described
as a white male, approximately 45-60 years old, 58, 180
pounds, wearing a blue ball cap with white writing on the
front, black T-shirt, blue jeans and sunglasses. The suspect
was armed with a handgun, and left the bank driving a
green 1990-1994 green Ford Explorer with a red stripe
under the doors. The suspects vehicle took a right out
of the parking lot and went toward Wellford on Highway
29. Anyone with any information is asked to call 911 or
Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC. Tipsters can remain
anonymous, and if their information leads to suspects
identity and arrest, they will be eligible for a cash reward
up to $2,000.
According to a Greer
Police incident report, an
officer on Highway 101
observed a silver Toyota
Camry speeding. The officer began pursuit and noted the subject was swerving into another lane.
The driver, Marucci,
pulled over near the BMW
plant, and the officer noticed his eyes were red and
his speech was slurred. He
failed a field-sobriety test
and was taken into custody.
Inside his car, police
found a small baggy of
marijuana in a cup holder
and an open beer under
the passenger seat. Inside
the Jail, Marucci refused to
provide a breath sample.
PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS
Debra Asbell Miller, 49,

of 200 Beverly Lane F105,
Greer, charged with public
drunkenness.
According to a Greer Police report, an officer was
dispatched to Family Dollar on South Main Street
about a woman trying to
leave on a moped. One wit-
ness on the scene stated

Miller had been passed out
on the sidewalk and, after
being awakened, tried to
leave on the bike. She was
unsteady on her feet and
could hardly stand up as
she spoke to officers.
She was placed under
arrest for public drunkenness.
PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS
Rosalind Susan Wadler,

68, of 211 Pebble Springs
Drive, Taylors, was charged
with public drunkenness.
report filed by Greer Police, officers went to the
PetSmart to check on a
drunk woman whod come
to the animal hospital
with her dog. Police found
Wadler sitting inside her
car in the passenger seat.
The vehicle was parked in
four parking spaces. She
had bloodshot eyes and
slurred speech. She admitted to drinking beer and
taking Xanax earlier that
morning.
She was arrested without incident.
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Football
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Aug. 14
Backs Against the ropes
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Summer
of Spurs
At Byrnes
Showcase
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
With football season just
over a month away, several area teams are nailing
down mid-August jamboree appearances.
Fans will get their first
look at Byrnes and Greer
during the annual Byrnes
Showcase, set for Aug. 14
at 6 p.m at Nixon Field.
The night will kick off
with Greer v. Woodruff,
followed by Byrnes v.
Westside. Gate open at 5
p.m.
Preston Burch | The Greer citizen
Jamboree lineup |
After wrapping up the regular season on a 10-game win streak, the Greer American Legion junior squad dropped its first
playoff game to Seneca, 1-0. The two will continue to square off in a best-of-five matchup.
Aug. 13, 6:30 p.m.
Junior legion drops game one
Blue Ridge v. Chesnee

Wolverine Showcase
Woodruff High
Aug. 14, 6 p.m.
Greer v. Woodruff
Byrnes v. Westside
Byrnes Showcase
Nixon Field
On Aug. 13, Blue Ridge

will compete in the Arthur State Bank Wolverine Showcase at Woodruff
High. The Tigers will take
on Chesnee, beginning
at 6:30 p.m. Other games
include Chapman against
Clinton
and
Laurens
against Woodruff. Gates
will open at 5:30 p.m.
Both events will cost $6.
Greer is preparing for
another strong campaign
this year, having finished
the 2014 regular season
undefeated.
Weve got kids that
arent just good players, but theyve got great
character, head coach
Will Young said. They
do the right things in the
classrooms and the right
things in the weight room.
You dont have to baby-sit
them all the time. Were
able to focus more on
football and that makes
everything more fun. Regardless of the outcome,
this group has been fun
to coach and I know Im
going to have a good time
one way or the other.
Byrnes made its second-straight Upper State
championship appearance
last season, but will be
looking for more in 2015.
Rebel coach Brian Lane
said success starts in the
offseason.
The key is the offseason work that we do,
Lane said. We just get in
here and grind it out. Its
really no secret. Our guys
just take the time to put in
the work.
Blue Ridge is continuing
to shape its new varsity
squad, having lost several
key players.
Obviously, we continue
to find areas that we need
to work on with the youth
factor and the inexperience that were going to
have, Blue Ridge coach
Shane Clark said. Weve
had some chances to really pinpoint some of those
areas.
billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
A 10-game win streak
was snapped Monday
night, as the Greer American Legion junior squad
fell to Seneca (1-0) in the
first round of postseason
play.
Senecas sole run came
in the first inning, but
that was all it would take,
as Greer only managed to
compile seven team hits
during game one.
Josh Felton pitched
seven innings for Post
115, allowing eight hits
and giving up one earned
run. Jackson Wilder had

the most success from
the plate, going 2-3 on the
night.
Things can seem like
theyre going your way,
but all it takes is a big inning and a win to get the
momentum going in the
other direction, head
coach Mike Fowler said.
You cant let your guard
down. No lead is safe and
no deficit is too much to
overcome.
Fowlers team had been
on an impressive run, and
he attributes the success
to solid pitching and a
strong lineup.
You cant let your guard down. No lead

is safe and no deficit is too much to
overcome.
Mike Fowler
Junior legion coach

We seem to be pitching very well and I think
weve really come a long
way, Fowler said. I have
a really strong group of
kids and all of them are
very good players. Were
able to mix and match different lineups and every
kid I put in seems to step

up and has the ability to
play. Weve been blessed
to have eight or nine really
good pitchers and theyve
done great for us so far.
Well need them to keep it
going on the mound.
see Juniors | B2
Greer
falls to
Rock
Hill, 7-6
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Its do or die for Post
115.
The Greer American Legion senior team dropped
game one of a five-game
series to Rock Hill (7-6)
Monday night.
Greer, which had won
nine of 11 games heading
into the final week of the
regular season, must now
win three of its next four
games, without two of its
starters, to stay alive in
the playoffs.
We need to pick up the
intensity a little bit, head
coach Paul Kontowsky
said. We dont have Alex
(Williams) and we dont
have Jordan (Sizemore), so
were going to have somebody step up and play big
for us.
Post 115 struggled down
the home stretch of the
regular season, dropping
games to Gaffney (8-5),
Spartanburg (4-2) and Inman (10-1, 15-5). While the
see Seniors | B2
Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen
The Post 115 senior team lost a heartbreaker Monday night, falling to Rock Hill 7-6. Greer
will have to win three of its next four games to advance in the playoffs.
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s it possible to win a
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the season even starts?
If so, thats what the
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In case youve somehow
missed it, San Antonio is
having one of the greatest
NBA offseasons in recent
memory.
Not only did they retain
Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, Manu Ginobili and
NBA legend Tim Duncan,
but the Spurs acquired
LaMarcus Aldridge from
Portland and David West
from Indiana, easily becoming the team to beat
in 2016.
I have no idea how
Gregg Popovich and the
Spurs front office did it.
They got David West to
take an $11 MILLION PAY
CUT.
They are paying this guy
in Cheerios and hes cool
with it (as long as he gets
a ring, Im guessing).
What would it take for
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friends and family? I
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something like this:
I know Im going to the
most boring team/place
on the planet. I know I
wont get much playing
time and Ill lose a TON of
money, but if we win the
championship we get free
hats and t-shirts, so, you
knowtotally worth it.
Whatever his reasoning, the Spurs are now
stacked, making an
already tough Western
Conference now impossibly difficult.
The most amazing thing
about this team is how
much mileage they continue to get out of Tony
Parker, Ginobili and Duncan. These guys have been
together for 13 seasons,
but they arent showing
any signs of deterioration. You could argue that
theyve slowed down, but
theyre still winning rings,
so they havent slowed
down too much.
These three are the
anchor that holds the
Spurs together. They have
created one of the most
successful dynasties the
sports world has ever
seen.
BUT, lets not be
hypocritical. When LeBron
went to Miami, what did
everybody say? Critics
screamed, he cant do it
without help, or Jordan never needed other
superstars beside him.
Everyone was so hard on
LeBron for selling out
to win a few rings, but
he never had a team that
compared to the 2016
Spurs
If were going to put an
asterisk beside LeBrons
name because he won two
titles with Dwyane Wade,
we need to extend the
same courtesy to Duncan,
Parker and Ginobili, who
have never had more
help than theyve got this
season.
Im not a Spurs guy.
In fact, I find this team
impossible to watch.
That being said, I think
all other teams are playing for second place next
season.
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letter to the editor
Yellow Jacket faithful

To the editor,
Photo | Courtesy of Nascar.com/ Getty Images
Dale Earnhardt Jr. endured a weekend of rain, a three-hour-plus pre-race delay and nine caution flags to win the CokeZero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
Earnhardt Jr. claims Coke Zero 400

By Bill Speros
NASCAR Wire Service
Dale Earnhardt Jr. endured a weekend of rain,
a three-hour-plus pre-race
delay, and nine caution
flags to win the Coke-Zero
400 at Daytona International Speedway early
Monday morning.
The race ended at 2:41
a.m. and concluded with a
large crash featuring Austin Dillons No. 3 Chevrolet going airborne and
smashing into the catchfence near Turn 1 after
he crossed the start-finish
line. Dillon walked away
from the wreck, the fourth
major crash of the night.
After being released from
the infield care center,
Dillon said he suffered a

bruised tailbone and forearm.
Pole-sitter
Earnhardt
dominated the night, leading 96 laps in his No. 88 Nationwide Stars and Stripes
Chevrolet. He also had
the convincing support of
the fans remaining at the
track following the 154minute rain delay. The delay was a harbinger for the
race itself, which included
four multi-car crashes and
those nine caution flags
that covered 43 of the
scheduled 160 laps before
the green-white checkered
finish. It was Earnhardts
fourth NASCAR Sprint
Cup career victory on the
2.5-mile Florida track.
I had a lot of fun to-
night, a somewhat subdued Earnhardt said after

the race. We have such
great motors and good
cars. We ran Very fast. I
had to block a lot, get a
lot of pushes from everybody. I had to run real
hard to win this race here.
We got shuffled back a few
times.
Driver
Paul
Menard
could have been speaking
for everyone at the speedway when he said on his
radio during the race that
Earnhardts No. 88 was ridiculously fast. Earnhardt
consistently outran the
competition on re-start after re-start.
Earnhardts crew raced
onto the track after the
last-lap crash to check on
Dillons condition. The

catch fences at Daytona
International
Speedway
were reinforced following
an accident in 2013 during
a NASCAR XFINITY Series
race.
Denny Hamlin finished
third, with Kevin Harvick
and Kurt Busch rounding out the top five. Harvick leads the Sprint Cup
points standings by 63
points over Earnhardt.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series moves to Kentucky
Speedway this week where
it will debut its new aerodynamic package in the
NSCS Quaker State 400
presented by Advance
Auto Parts on Saturday
(7:30 p.m. ET on NBC
Sports Network).
Seniors:
Stumble in
game one
from B1
games against Inman were

rather one-sided, Greer
had Gaffney and Spartanburg on the ropes before
giving up crucial runs
down the stretch.
Now focusing on the
playoffs,
Kontowsky
said his team is going up
against a Rock Hill squad
that is beatable.
Theyre about like us.
They were 7-8, but I dont
think theyre a below .500
team, he said. They had
a couple of weeks where
they had players missing
and they had to do what
they had to do, just like
us. It should be a pretty
good matchup.
Greer is going to have
to figure things out on the
mound if it hopes to stay
alive in the playoffs.
A series, usually, would
favor us because of our
pitching, but with Jordan
gone, Matt Finch is going
Were not going to

be intimidated by
anybody.
Paul Kontowsky
Senior Legion coach
to have to step up on the

mound, he said. Were
going to have to figure out
our bullpen and whos going to close for us.
Despite the 0-1 deficit,
Kontowsky said his team
does not plan on backing
down.
Were not going to be
intimidated by anybody,
he said. Weve got three
teams in our league that
could go to stateInman,
Union and Gaffney. We
could sneak in behind
them. Hopefully well get
all four from our league in
there.
If we can get by Rock
Hill, well have everybody
back, Kontowsky said.
Theres a real possibility
of a good showing from
League 6.
Very often it is not the

debate of which team
has the best fans, or the
biggest fan base or even
the most loyal fans, but
simply who are the best
fans? My vote goes to the
faithful of Jacket Nation.Greer Yellow Jacket
football fans.
Like good therapy,
football satisfies many
psychological and social
needs in the lives of fans.
I love football. I love the
aesthetics of football. I
love the athleticism of
football and the dynamism of Yellow Jacket
fans. I love their passion
for the Black and Gold
and the enthusiasm that
blankets a small town like
Greer. I love the noise and
the buzz and the electricity in the stadium. But
what I really love about
football is that it brings
people together across religious divides, geographic divides, and political
divides. I love the fact
that for 90 minutes in a
rectangular piece of grass,
people can forget hopefully, whatever might be
going on in their life and
Sports
Roundup
Yellow Jacket
basketball camp
Greer High School will

host a Yellow Jacket basketball camp on July 1316 (for girls third through
sixth) and July 20-23 (for
boys grades third through
sixth). Both camps will run
from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The camp, focusing on
defensive skills, offensive
moves, shooting, passing,
lay-ups, rebounding and
quickness drills, will be
put on by coaches Greg
Miller and Mazzie Drummond.
Registration cost is $65.
For more information,
email coach Miller at
gmiller@greenville.k12.
sc.us.
Shooting for Heaven

returns in July
Photo | Submitted
We are the champions

The District 5 12U Softball All-Stars defeated the Boiling Springs All-Stars on June 29 at
Victor Field to clinch the District Championship. They will head to Bluffton to compete in
the State Championship on July the 11.
Juniors: Lose pitching duel to Seneca

in game one of state playoffs Monday
Shooting for Heaven,

a basketball camp hosted
by former Greer coach Jeff
Neely, returns for its 22nd
year this summer, running
from July 6-9 and July 1316.
For both sessions, the
camp will run from 9-11:30
a.m. and 1-4 p.m. and will
be open to boys and girls
ages kindergarten through
second grade, and third
though sixth grade.
The camp offers a unique
opportunity to combine
faith and basketball.
It will be different depending on the age, Neely
rejoice in this communal

celebration of humanity
we call Friday night lights.
The biggest diverse, invasive or pervasive culture
that human kind knows
is a large contingent of
screaming fans cheering
on their beloved boys of
fall. Football is a wakeup call to those whose
lives have become a bit
too predictable, dull, or
dreary. Though fans are
not directly participating
in the action, we benefit
from being spectators.
In short, we love football because it is good for
us! You have every reason
in the world to remain
stationary for two to three
hours; scream and holler
like a banshee, and shove
endless amounts of hot
dogs and carbonated beverages into your system.
Its therapy!
Or, at least, lets keep
believing this until
someone can convince us
otherwise.
57 days. You dont need
a ticket to ride this train-just an attitude.
Tony Tipton
Greer High Booster Club
president
said. With the older kids,

well be able to get into a
little more depth about
our Christian beliefs and
things like that. We try
to spend a fair amount
of time on that. We want
them to have fun, but we
also want them to learn a
little bit.
The cost for the camp is
$75 per week. For more information, email Neely at
Jkimeneely@gmail.com
or call 787-9663.
Gateway Park
Mountain Bike Camp
Do you have adventurous kids who want to hit

the trails? This camp is designed to teach them how
to handle all that mountain bike trails have to offer. The camp is based at
Gateway Park in Travelers
Rest which features the
Bike Skills Flow Park. The
park offers mountain bikers a progression of trails
with various challenges
and terrains designed to
introduce riders to the
sport and sharpen their
skills.
Participants will learn
proper riding techniques
and take day trips to Paris
Mountain State Park, Issaqueena Lake Trail, Dupont State Park, and Otter
Creek and Discovery Island Waterparks.The camp
will run from July 27 31
from 8:00am -5:30pm and
is open to children ages
8-12 years. The cost is
$150 for the week for incounty residents and $190
for non-County residents.
Mountain bike and helmet are required for each
camper.
from B1
Game two with Seneca

was on the road (results
were not available at press
time), and game three will
be held at Stevens Field.
Having a young team
like we do, you worry
about experience, Fowler
said. We want to keep
talking about being in the
moment. Every play now
is magnified. With that
comes a little bit more
pressure. We just want our
guys to relax and play the
game they know how to
play it.
Fowler said his guys will
need to clean up some
things if they want to advance in the tournament.
Our execution has to
be good. We cant miss
signs and get picked off,
he said. Those kinds of
things will probably go a
long way in this tournament and play a role in
how successful we are in
the postseason.
This season has produced plenty of high moments for a Greer team
that ultimately earned a
2-seed in the playoffs.
I thought, coming into
the year, that we had a
Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen
Mike Fowlers Post 115 squad slipped up against Seneca

Monday night and will look to bounce back this week.
very good group of players. We were just young,
Fowler said. Physically,
its hard for 14 and 15year-olds to matchup with
17-year-olds. You have to
be pretty good in order to
compete, but you may or
may not be able to overcome the physicality.
If somebody had told
me before the season
I could go 19-5 in the

league, I probably would
have signed up for that
because I wasnt sure
what to expect, he said.
Weve played against
some strong team, and if
thats any gage, we should
be competitive in every
game.
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B4 THE GREER CITIZEN
Hospice fundraiser
set for July 12-18
BY BILLY CANNADA
EDITOR
A trip to your favorite
local restaurant could
help someone in need, as
the third annual Dining
Out for Hospice event,
benefiting Hospice of the
Carolina Foothills (HOCF),
gets underway next week.
Its a mutually
beneficial
partnership because
it drives people
to their business
who, hopefully, will
return later. You
can support hospice
this week, but find
out youve found a
new restaurant that
you want to go back
to.
Marsha VanHecke
Hospice of Carolina Foothills

director of outreach
A total of 44 restaurants, including three in
the Greer area, will donate
a percentage of their sales
on a particular day. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills will receive between
10-20 percent from each
participating business.
We were looking for a
way to involve places of
business locally without
asking places to just give
to us, Marsha VanHecke,
HOCF director of outreach, said in a previous
interview. This way, its
a mutually beneficial partnership because it drives
people to their business
who, hopefully, will return later. You can support hospice this week,
but find out youve found
a new restaurant that you
want to go back to.
In the programs first
year, Hospice of the Caro-
lina Foothills collected

$6,000. That total increased to $8,000 in 2013,
and $10,000 was raised
last year.
Its grown each year, as
far as the restaurants participating even as some
restaurants go away and
new ones come into the
area, she said.
The fundraiser has been
a positive for business as
well.
One restaurant said
it had been the busiest
week hed had since he
opened his business three
years ago, VanHecke said.
Theres just a lot of people that come in to support it.
Wild Ace Pizza &Pub
will have its hospice fundraiser on Monday, July 13.
Stomping Grounds will
participate on July 16 and
The Chocolate Toad will
participate on Tuesday,
July 14.
Weve had reimbursement cuts from Medicare
and were just looking for
ways to supplement our
patient family care so we
dont have to reduce it in
any way, VanHecke said.
We are a non-profit hospice so every donation
makes a big difference to
us.
VanHecke said the Greer
community has been supportive throughout the
programs
first
three
years.
The Chamber has been
very supportive in trying to get the word out
for us, she said. We understand that some years
are harder for restaurants
than others, but the Greer
restaurant
community,
as a whole, has just been
extremely supportive. Its
hard not to have a soft
spot in your heart for hospice.
Giving back to hospice is
easy for most folks, VanHecke said.
Most
people
have
known somebody that has
received hospice care at
some point in their lives,
she said. Whether its a
family member, a neighbor or a friend, its like everybody want to help give
back.
Its a special kind of
health care that meets
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GREENVILLE COUNTY
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REQUIRED
Greenville
County
Schools rising seventh
and eighth grade students
must have the Tdap vaccination or submit an objectors statement to their
school prior to the first
day of school on Tuesday,
August 18.
Students not meeting
the Tdap vaccination requirement will not be allowed to attend school.
Students new to Greenville County Schools are
granted a 30-day exemption from the date of the
students enrollment.
SCHOOLS ON SUMMER
SCHEDULE
District
offices
and
schools will operate on
summer hours through
Friday, August 7, from
7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
Monday-Thursday.
Schools and offices will
be closed on Fridays. Closing schools and offices on
Fridays during the summer will save the district
$50,000 per day in utility
costs.
SCHOOLS PROVIDE FREE

SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM
Thirteen locations in
Greenville County are providing free lunches and
some are serving breakfasts from Monday, June
8, through Friday, August
14, for any child 18 years
of age or younger. Meals
are provided without regard to race, color, sex,
age, disability, religion
or national origin. Some
sites require enrollment
in their program to receive
free lunch and breakfast.
Parents should contact a
participating site for details and hours of service.
Dates and times vary by
location.
The local provider is
Word Miracle Reach Center, 301 Wilson St., Greer.
Greenville
County
Schools Food and Nutrition Services provides an
average of 2,000 breakfasts and lunches per day
as part of the U.S. Department of Agricultures
Seamless Summer Program. For more information, call 355-1251 or 3551246.
DISTRICT FIVE
All District Five offices

and schools are operating
on the summer schedule,
opening
Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. All offices will be closed on Fridays.
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Oklahoma City University

is proud to announce that
Wajiha Fayyaz of Greer has
been named to the Spring
2015 Deans Honor Roll.
Deans Honor Roll status
is awarded to students
who successfully complete a minimum of 12
credit hours and maintain
a grade point average of
3.5 or higher.
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
PRESIDENTS LIST
DISTRICT OPERATING ON
SUMMER SCHEDULE
HIGHER EDUCATION
the
McNair/Horseshoe
Scholar Awards for outof-state students will join
the Carolina community in
August.
More than 2,750 students applied for Carolinas scholar awards, making it the largest and most
competitive applicant pool
in the universitys history.
The university invited 90
scholar candidates to campus to compete for these
awards. This years 22 McNair and Horseshoe Scholars include students from
11 states. In-state, the seven Stamps Carolina Scholars, 20 Carolina Scholars
and one Hamilton Scholar
come from nine counties
in South Carolina.
The Carolina Scholars
Award is valued at $10,000
per year for four years. Beyond its monetary value,
the scholarship provides
students additional resources and support, including pairing them with
a faculty mentor.
Seven students also are
named Stamps Carolina
Scholars, and will receive
all the benefits of the Carolina Scholars, plus $8,000
to be used for enrichment
opportunities
including
undergraduate research,
study abroad, service projects or trips or unpaid internships during their undergraduate tenure. The
Hamilton Scholars award
for in-state students is valued at $7,000 per year for
four years.
Local Carolina Scholars
include:
Greer
Jared Laymon, son of
Connie and Derek Laymon
of Greer. He is a graduate
of Riverside High School
in Greer.
Moore
Alayna Renee Wells,
daughter of Heather and
William Wells of Moore.
She is a graduate of James
F. Byrnes High School in
Duncan.
Local Hamilton Scholars
include:
Woodruff
Zane Bridwell, son of
Karen and Barry Bridwell
of Woodruff. He is a graduate of James F. Byrnes
High School in Duncan.
The University of South

Carolina will welcome
some of the nations and
the states top students
for the universitys most
valuable and prestigious
scholarship program. Recipients of the Carolina/
Hamilton Scholar Awards
for in-state students and
Clemson University has

announced the Presidents
List for the spring 2015
semester. To be named to
the Presidents List, a student must achieve a 4.0 (all
As) grade-point average.
Local students on the list
include:
Duncan
Anna Logan Cantrell
Lynda Kong
Elisabeth Lara McVey
Greer
Katelyn Leigh Allen
Julie M. Anderson
Austin Mitchell
Anderson
Jordan T. Anderson
Sierra Tarrant Axtell
Elliot Andrew Bailey
Hiram Matthew Blasko
Allison C. Bossong
Andre Xavier Bourg
Clay Goodman Bowden
Hunter Camille Bowers
Taylor L. Brown
Lauren Nicole Burdick
Matthew James Byrd
Brette E. Carey
Alexandria Brooke Cater
Jacqueline C. Craven
Sara Michelle Dartez
Caroline P. Faircloth
Austin Teague Ferguson
Elizabeth Marie
Ferguson
Sydney A. Fossing
David Townsend Furtick
Neil A. Gamble
Katye Denae Gilliland
Zachary Adam Gilstrap
Matthew Lawrence
Greene
Logan A. Gregory
Melissa Nicole Grice
Kirsten Christine
Harkness
James Andrew Hatfield
Christopher N. Heijjer
Megan Rose Henry
Paula Renee Holder
Sara Jessica Horton
Alyssa Paige James
Colton Allen Jamieson
Carolyn Coblentz
Johnson
Mary F. Jordan
Haley Lynn Kaminski
Carlie E. Kerechanin
Michael Robert Kopscik
Mackenzie Brooks
Langston
Rebecca Bradleigh
Leland
Allen Timothy Lollis
Amanda M. Lukhard
Austin Winfield Luttrell
Callie Susanna Martin
Haley Reid McCall
Benjamin W Mccall
Kyle Alexander
McGuigan
Calvin M. Moody
Graham Robert Morris
Hosana Grace Nagasaka
Lindsay Elizabeth
Neeley
Caroline J. Neely
Christopher M. Nelon
James Harold Noel
Kaitlyn Marie Oaks
Nicolas Stanley Osborne
Laura Anne Ostendorff
Joseph Francis Painter
Katherine Anna Payne
Anderson L. Rathbun
Benton Louis Reed
Asa D. Reini
Abigail Elizabeth Riggs
Kristyn A. Robinson
Bryce C. Safrit
Jaclyn Marie Schmitt
Tiffany Lynne Sharpe
Mary Grace Smith
George H. Snyder
Indie Bowers Stanley
Teodora Stanimirova
Stoikov
Bailey Park Tollison
Keith Daniel Tormey
Andrew D. Westberry
Blair Elizabeth
Worthington
Lyman
Alexander Joseph Palka
Caroline Chen Mi Shin
Taylor Randall Warren
Taylors
Reagan Marie Bachour
Luke Jared Badger
Allison Drew Bell
Mary Taylor Burgess
Elizabeth Danielle
Capps
Caleb David Crow
Cameron N. Drummond
Lauren Johanna French
Steven Thomas Greene
Casey L. Halterman
Nicole Ludmil Ivanov
Austin Lee Joyce
Austin T. Lowrey
Rhoda Maritza Oehrig
Sarah M. Pratt
Andrea Rojas
Andrew R. Sedler
Emily Marie Turman
Shawn Michael Vincent
Jennifer Leslie Walker
Wellford
Clara R. West
average between 3.50 and

3.99 on a 4.0 scale.
Local students on the
list include:
Duncan
Nicholas J. Boone
Deiontre Hill
Arliss Lynn Nicholson
Evan P. Sudduth
Joseph Ross Wilson III
Nicole Monet Woodson
Greer
Cameron Alexander
Abarotin
Madison B. Allen
Ana Kathleen Anderson
Marcus Robert
Anderson
Rachel Elizabeth
Andorfer
Chandler Austin Ayers
John Michael Baker
Santiago Barbosa
Charles William Barbrey
Matthew P. Barkal
Jordan F. Bianchi
Lillian Carlisle Brice
Anna A. Brown
Riley B. Butler
Madison Caroline
Carithers
Dennis Han Chung Chan
Christina C. Chiu
Sierra Whitney Crain
Thackston Paul Crandall
Christina Marie Craven
Caroline Joy Creel
Andrea Alicia Culp
Elizabeth M. Daum
Danielle Nicole Denk
Jonathan Michael Doyle
Edward Litton Feher
Hugo Ricardo
Fehrenbach
Charlie Bronson Gale
Emily Kendall Geyer
Devin Elizabeth Gibson
Richard S. Gilbert
Kathleen R. Gonzalez
Alyssa Mary Gourdeau
Brayton E. Gregory
Xiaoqing Gu
Emily T. Gullette
John R. Halloran
Philip John Hatfield
Margaret Suzanne
Heijjer
John A. Holder
Nathaniel Christian
Huygen
Hope A. Ibrahim
Julianna D. Inglesby
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Elise Diane Kao

Karen J. Kerechanin
Sean W. Kerr
Stephen Andrew Kiff
Logan B. Kipling
Haylee K. Knotts
Alexa Lynn Kramer
Erin Suzanne Lang
Andrew Le
Carlen Christine
Leaphart
Weining Li
Jesse Nicholas Long
Rachel Elizabeth Lowery
William D. Macilwinen
Agustin Malki
Cullen Mackenzie
Mason
Kelsey K. Maynard
Nirali N. Merchant
Maria Jose Mesa
Emily H. Mitchell
Triniti L. Moore
Andrew Douglas Morris
Nicholas D. Mylander
Thomas J. Neff
Sharinda Lee Niskanen
Taylor Jean ONeal
Katherine Elizabeth Orr
Thomas H. Owens
Carlyn A. Owens
Graham Ross Pankratz
Billy N. Patrick III
Marie-Charlotte
Alina Pierre
Blake N. Pittman
William Harrison Polk
Austin Campbell Powell
Matthew T.
Raeckelboom
Grayson Michael Raynor
Sarah Cline Rhodehamel
Zachary Joseph
Hunter J. Robinson
Forrest Austin Rogers
Kelsey W. Rogers
Olivia M. Ross
Bryan Stewart Ruby
Amit Govind Rughani
Austin Howard Russell
Clint Reuben Salter
William Laurens Sanders
Javeria Asif Siddiq
Cara Rebekah Sizemore
Gina M. Skrobola
Dean Patrick Stageberg
Emily Anne Stephens
Matthew Bradley
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Holly Anne Tuttle
Emilia Ruth
Dylan A. Warren
Derek Rahn Williams
Julia Lynn Williams
Amelia Gail Williamson
Grant M. Wilson
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Lyman
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Cameron Claffy Miller
Haleigh D. Shelton
Taylors
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Aaron Matthew
Anderson
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Elizabeth Grace Brown
Kevin Ramonde
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Bria Noelle Dillard
Christopher W. Duncan
Anne Marie Endebrock
Olivia B. Felber
Leah Marie Gaffney
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Justin David Hiller
Natalie Robertson
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Mary Paige Morgano
Natalie L. Rogers
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THE GREER CITIZEN
My favorite Eagles songs
T
Lembit
Ulfsak
Tangerines
in
COUCH THEATER
DVD previews
By Sam Struckhoff
NEW RELEASES
FOR WEEK OF JULY 20
PICKS OF THE WEEK
Tangerines (R) -- After

the fall of the Soviet Union,
a benevolent old farmer
finds himself caught in
war between Georgia and
Abkhazian
separatists.
When the conflict comes
right to his front yard,
Ivo (Lembit Ulfsak) buries
a few soldiers, and finds
that two of them are still
alive -- one man from each
side. As they recover in his
small shack, Ivo asks each
man to swear not to kill
the other. The adversaries
agree not to shed blood
under his roof, but its a
cramped, fragile peace between sworn enemies.
Before this film was
nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the
Oscars last year, most of
us in the West had never
heard of Estonian actor
Lembit Ulfsak. After seeing
this performance, its like
finding out there theres
been another Ian Mckellen
just hanging out, putting
his awesome talent into
stuff youve never seen.
The Wrecking Crew
(PG) -- This is another one
of those music documentaries that introduces you
to artists who are/were
so good that you probably already love their
work -- but most folks
have never heard of them.
In the 1960s and 1970s,
the West Coast Sound
that dominated the charts
was mostly created by a
handful of hardworking
session musicians called
The Wrecking Crew.
With interviews, behindthe-scenes footage and a
killer soundtrack, director
Denny Tedesco -- son of
Tommy Tedesco, one of
the Wreckers -- explores
the impact of the Wrecking Crews music and industrys impact on them.
There have been similar
documentaries in the past
few years -- Twenty Feet
from Stardom, Muscle
Shoals -- because its a lot
of fun hearing about the
moment a legendary riff
popped into somebodys
head. This one stands out
because of the directors
personal connection with
story, which adds family
lore to rock history.
Wild Horses (R) - Written, directed and
starring Robert Duvall,
this meandering cowboy/
family drama/crime story
has a lot of heart-to-heart
talks, each one seemingly
sprinkled into the movie at
random. Scott Briggs (Duvall) is a crusty ol cowboy
whos fixin to set up his
last will. He reunites with
his youngest son (James
Franco), whom he kicked
out of the house 15 years
ago after catching him in
the barn with another boy
-- that boy soon went missing. Now an oddly stiff
Texas Ranger starts suspecting Scott is connected
to the 15-year-old missingperson case. The cold-case
stuff is boring as can be,
and the family-bonding
stuff has some stultifyingly cheesy dialog.
Set Fire to the Stars (R)
-- Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was a man of gorgeous
verse and terrifying appetite -- a renowned writer
almost as well-known for
his drinking and shenanigans as for stirring poetry.
This style-conscious blackand-white feature depicts
a week when Thomas (Celyn Jones) was brought to
New York for a speaking
tour, held under guidance of tweeish American
poetry professor John M.
Brinnin (Elijah Wood). The
madness and style of the
movie is great, but it goes
heavy on the morose and
anxious elements of the
characters.
he Eagles will be playing Greenville this

Sunday night for the
first time since their fantastic 2009 concert there.
In preparation for the
event, Im counting down
my favorite 15 songs by
the band thats sold more
records than any American rock group.
15. Seven Bridges
Road (from the album
Eagles Live, 1980) The
five-part harmonies that
begin this song are pure
country gold. Written and
first recorded in 1969 by
Steve Young, its one of
several cover songs on
this list.
14. In the City (The
Long Run, 1980) If you
ask me, Walsh recorded
his best tunes with the
James Gang, before joining the Eagles in 1975. Of
the handful of good ones
he made with the latter
group, this ones his best.
13. Witchy Woman
(The Eagles, 1972) The
song that introduced Henleys special voice to the
world. Written by Henley
and original lead guitarist
Bernie Leadon, this sexy,
hypnotic number proved
the Eagles were more than
just a country-rock act.
12. Ol 55 (On the
Border, 1974) Another
cover song, originally
written and recorded by
Tom Waits. What makes
the ballad work so well
is the integration of both
Henley and Glen Frey on
lead vocals. Its a nostalgic, bittersweet song.
11. Hollywood Waltz
THINGS
TO DO
ALEXANDERS BAD DAY
AT MOONLIGHT MOVIES
The 2015 City of Greer

Moonlight Movies series
presented by Wells Fargo
continues Thursday with
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,
Very Bad Day.
The series offers free
family friendly films in
the City Park amphitheater every Thursday evening through July 30. All
movies begin at dusk, but
free pre-movie fun such
as inflatables, games with
prizes and dancing begins
at 6:30 p.m.
Remaining shows:
July 16: Paddington
July 23: Wreck It Ralph
July 30: Big Hero 6
GREER IDOL, TUNES IN THE

PARK CONTINUE FRIDAY
Greer Idol and Tunes in

the Park continue Friday
with The Shag Doctorz on
stage from 7-8 p.m. and 9
p.m.
The night kicks off at 6
p.m. with season five of
Greer Idol Teen. Greer Idol
takes the stage at 8 p.m.
visit
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com.
STOMPING GROUNDS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Stomping Grounds Open

Mic Night is adding a second night to its schedule. Dan and Luann Gray
are hosting open mic on
the second Friday of the
month and Mr. John is
hosting on the fourth Friday of the month, each
from 7-10 p.m.
Sergeant Jeff Smith of
the Greer Police Department will visit with community members during
Coffee with a Cop on Friday, July 17, from 7:308:30 a.m.
Upcoming events:
July 11: Mr. Johns Medicine Show, 7-10 p.m.
July 13: Colored pencil art class with Robert
Decker
July 14: Ladies Night, 69 p.m.
THE BUCK
STOPS HERE
WILLIAM
BUCHHEIT
(One of These Nights,
1975) This underrated
country cryer hits on
all cylinders thanks to
Henleys amazing vocals.
Much like Lyin Eyes, its
written from a womans
point of view.
10. Take It Easy (The
Eagles, 1972) An iconic
summer driving tune, Frey
co-wrote this one with
buddy Jackson Browne.
Both artists recorded it,
but the Eagles version is
definitive thanks to the
terrific guitar work of
Leadon.
9. Hotel California
(Hotel California, 1976)
Universally lauded as
the bands greatest song,
its certainly their most
complex and ambitious.
Guitarist Don Felder
wrote the music, while
the lyrics were a joint
effort from Henley and
Frey. Unfolding like some
drugged-out nightmare, it
climaxes with the famous
electric guitar duel between Felder and Walsh.
8. After the Thrill Is
Gone (One of These
Nights, 1975) One of
the finest collaborations
between Frey and Henley,
this ballad details the inevitable flame out of a relationship. Another song
in which both lead singers
get their moments, it
July 15: Celtic Session

July 16: Dining Out for
Hospice
July 17: Coffee with a
Cop, 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Visit
www.stompinggroundsgreer.com
for
more information.
FURMANS LAKESIDE
CONCERTS CONTINUE
Furman
Universitys
Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, a
Greenville tradition since
1968, continues Thursday,
July 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the
universitys amphitheater
with Swing It Swing Shift
Combo: John Hoppe, director.
The performances are
free and open to the public and showcase a crosssection of Big Band, Jazz,
International, Contemporary, Marches and Orchestral favorites.
Go to www.furman.edu/
music for more information, or call 294-2086. For
parking information call
294-2111. Bus parking is
available.
GREENVILLE ZOO HOT DOG

DAY SATURDAY
Zoo-goers are invited to

enjoy hot dogs, chips, Pepsi products and ice cream
for 50 cents each at the
annual Hot Dog Day presented by metroPCS set
for Saturday, July 11, from
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Zoo admission for the
event is $9 for adults, and
children ages 3 to 15 years
old will receive a special
discounted admission for
$2.50. There is a limit of
four children per adult.
Greenville Zoo members
will receive free admission
to the event.
visit greenvillezoo.com.
GREENVILLE SUMMER
CONCERT SERIES
Music fans can enjoy live

musical entertainment all
summer long at the South
Carolina BLUE Reedy River
Concerts. The free series
will showcase 13 weeks
of local and regional musical entertainers on the
TD Stage behind the Peace
Center.
The summer series continues July 8 with The Marcus King Band (Blues/Rock)
and runs every Wednesday
through August from 7-9
p.m.
GREER CULTURAL ARTS

2015 SCHEDULE
The remaining schedule

for 2015 includes:
June 12-July 24: Tunes
in the Park
Aug. 14-23: Camp Ark
Nov. 5: Thanksgiving Art
Show Reception
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The Eagles will be playing Greenville this Sunday night.

also features some of the
groups finest lyrics (You
dont care about winning
but you dont want to lose
after the thrill is gone).
7. Take It To the Limit
(One of These Nights,
1975) This is the one
hit the Eagles had with
someone other than
Frey and Henley on lead
vocals. That someone was
bassist Randy Meisner,
who composed this gem
on his own before the rest
of the group assisted in
the lyrics. Ironically, the
song proved Meisners
undoing, as he refused to
perform the song at some
concerts, leading Frey to
kick him out of the band
in 1977.
6. Doolin-Dalton
(Desperado, 1973)
From Freys opening
harmonica solo to Henley
last cymbal, this scorcher
is the best of the bands
outlaw songs. It opens the
Desperado album and
tells the true story of a
frontier gang fighting it
out on the Kansas/Oklahoma plains. Its another

carefully conceived blend
of Frey and Henley on
lead vocals.
5. The Last Resort
Probably Henleys
best vocal, this dreamy
piano ballad is the perfect
bookend for the groups
seminal Hotel California
record. Complex lyrically
and structurally, its a
tragic parable on mans
impulse to conquer and
destroy all that is beautiful. That theme of paradise lost would become a
hallmark for Henley, long
one of the most ecologically sensitive pop artists.
4. Already Gone (On
the Border, 1974) Both
an all-time great breakup
song and full-throttle
highway rocker, this one
is magic from the opening guitar lick. The only
caveat is that the band
didnt write it. The credits
go instead to the team of
Rob Strandlund and Jack
Tempchin. Be that as it
may, the Eagles were able
to get hold of it and use
it as the opening of their
second album. One of
Freys signature songs.
3. Victim of Love
Felder wrote this rocker
and insisted on singing it
for the Hotel California
record. The band apparently liked the song more
than Felders vocal and
chose instead for Henley to sing it. Though a
defeat for Felder, Victim
of Love marked a true
high point for the band.
Felders opening lick and
the songs venomous
lyrics and guitars make it
the Eagles heaviest tune.
2. Lyin Eyes (One
of These Nights, 1975)
Quite simply, one of the
best Country songs ever
made, Lyin Eyes is a
heartbreaking epic of lost
dreams, regret and selling
out. Simple in structure,
the songs strength lies in
its philosophical wisdom
and the superior development of its protagonist.
Freys restrained vocal is
perfect.
1. Desperado (Desperado, 1973) Frey
and Henley never wrote a
better song than this one,
a gorgeous piano ballad
about the price of living
for oneself. Henleys vocal
is as timeless as some of
the lyrics (ie: Your prison
is walking through this
world all alone). Its been
covered too many times
to count, but theres just
no topping the original.
Hollywild founder retires

Atchley
takes over
as director
The Hollywild Animal
Park Board of Directors
recently announced the
retirement of Executive
Director David Meeks.
Park Employees were notified of Meeks retirement
plan last week during a
staff meeting.
In a relay race, the
passing of the baton is
the key to success. Each
individual that carries it
is expected to give their
all toward the united goal
of the team. When that
baton is passed, it means
one person has given all
they had to give and now
its another persons turn
to carry the team forward
as far as they can, said
Meeks.
Meeks passed a baton of
leadership to Kim Atchley,
hired by the Board of Directors to serve as the new
Executive Director.
Atchley has spent the
last six years managing
communications for the
Park and working to develop community partnerships.
Meeks plan is to step
down in stages to allow for
a smooth transition. Meeks
will continue to serve as
Animal Care Department
Manager until a replacement can be found later
this year. He will manage
this years Holiday Lights
Safari Benefit for the Park
for this, the events twenty-fifth anniversary. When
the Holiday Lights Season
closes, Meeks retirement
will begin.
Im 68 years old. Like
most people my age, Ive
been thinking about retirement for a few years. Over
two years ago I was asked
by some students what my
vision was for the park.
But the fact is that what
Hollywild is now, and has
been for some time, has
far exceeded any dreams
Ive had for it. Thats an
amazing thing. I can let
it go now because it has
a life force of its own that
isnt dependent upon my
efforts, but the efforts of
our entire community,
said Meeks.
This is the time for the
community at large to
embrace its ownership of
Hollywild as the treasure
it is, said Board President,
Tim Todd. David and Lucia Meeks converted Hol-
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Hollywilds new executive director is Kim Atchley.

lywild to non-profit status
16 years ago so that we
would be prepared for this
day.
We all want Hollywild to
have a lifespan long past
our own. I encourage everyone in the Upstate to
help ensure that happens
by getting behind us and
the leadership teams efforts to move the park forward.
The Board will launch its

first annual campaign to
support operations within
the week and continues to
build partnerships with
area businesses.
What we all know and
love about Hollywild isnt
going to change- the close
connection to these amazing animals and the experience that just cant be
found anywhere else.
FUN AND GAMES
THE GREER CITIZEN
B7
Fibromyalgia
is real disease
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am
a 56-year-old female. I recently have been having
terrible pain in my joints.
It is so bad at night that I
cant sleep. Mainly the pain
is in my neck, ribs, elbows,
knees and wrists. My finger joints have hurt for
years. I recently went to a
rheumatologist because I
had an elevated rheumatoid factor (it wasnt extremely high). I was told
I have arthritis and a high
risk for rheumatoid arthritis. I was then diagnosed
with fibromyalgia. I was
shocked and embarrassed!
I had always thought that
fibro was not a real disease. I feel bad and tired
almost every day, and I am
so sick of it! -- S.S.
ANSWER: Some of my
colleagues still doubt it,
but I think that fibromyalgia certainly is a real
disease. There is no doubt
that there are a large number of people with chronic
pain in the muscles and
soft tissues who meet the
diagnostic tests for fibromyalgia, which are all
based on history and exam
-- theres no blood test or
X-ray for fibromyalgia, but
that doesnt mean it isnt
real. The current thinking
is that fibromyalgia is due
to alterations in the perception of pain by the central nervous system.
The most common symptom is aching in the body,
usually in the muscles and
joints. Although there are
specific commonly tender
spots that clinicians look
for on exam, the diagno-
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
with a better outcome in

fibromyalgia.
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: My

brother-in-law was prescribed warfarin several
years ago after a stroke.
He claimed that it was
made from rat poison and
refused to take it. Is it, in
fact, made from rat poison? -- D.K.
sis of fibromyalgia can

be made without them.
Fatigue and poor-quality
sleep also are nearly universal in fibromyalgia.
Depression is highly
prevalent in people with
fibromyalgia, and in my
opinion, the depression
is more likely caused by
the chronic pain and fatigue than the other way
around.
Before making the diagnosis of fibromyalgia,
your rheumatologist had
to exclude other possible
causes, such as rheumatoid arthritis, restless leg
syndrome and thyroid
disease. This isnt always
easy or straightforward,
and requires experience.
My opinion is that it is
better to have a diagnosis
of fibromyalgia because,
even though fibromyalgia
isnt completely understood, it is a starting point
for understanding and
treating chronic pain.
Tricyclic antidepressants
are the most common initial treatment of fibromyalgia, because they affect
the way pain is processed.
They are usually started at
far, far below the effective
dose for depression.
Feeling a sense of control over the pain, continuing to work and exercising
more are all associated
***
ANSWER: Yes, warfarin

(Coumadin) was used as
rat poison. Some rat poisons are still relatives of
warfarin.
However, that doesnt
mean he shouldnt take it.
The difference between a
medicine and a poison is
often one of dosing. Warfarin is reasonably safe
when used correctly, and
it can significantly reduce
the risk of a second stroke.
There are also some newer
options, such as Pradaxa
and Xarelto. Your brother
should reconsider the
risks and benefits.
***
Dr. Roach regrets that he
is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column
whenever possible. Readers may email questions to
ToYourGoodHealth@med.
cornell.edu. To view and
order health pamphlets,
visit www.rbmamall.com,
or write to Pamphlets, 628
Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL
32803.
(c) 2015 North America Synd., Inc.
SOAP UPDATES
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND

THE BEAUTIFUL
Katie gave Ivy some dating advice. Zende overheard Maya talking about
her parents not accepting
her. After having a conversation with her deceased
mother, Aly had a new
attitude about Steffy and
Liams relationship. Nicoles father came to L.A.
to present a united front
with her mother to lure
her away from Maya. Aly
felt a sadness come over
her while looking through
the Hope for the Future
memorabilia. Wyatt confronted Liam about the
way he treated Ivy. Steffy
was blunt with Liam about
how she envisioned their
future. Nicole scolded her
father for not accepting
Maya as a woman. Later,
Mayas parents arrived
at the Forrester mansion
and were shocked by what
they saw. Wait to See: The
California Freedom fashion show is launched.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
JJ was stunned when

he learned who had been
spying on him. A guilt-ridden Nicole turned down
Daniels offer to move in
with him. Despite his anger, Eric wanted to team
up with Serena to get the
goods on Xander. Abigail
was jealous when Chad
invited Zoe to the summer
picnic. Stefano conferred
with Victor about their
Rebecca Herbst stars as

Elizabeth on General
Hospital
mutual problem -- Clyde.
Rafe and Hope were flustered when Kate remarked
on how friendly theyd become. Will schemed to get
Sonny to see Paul in a new
light. Later, Paul and Will
had a heated confrontation. Theresa was unhappy to find Brady bonding
with the new nanny. Lucas
wondered if Adrienne really wanted a divorce from
Justin. Wait to See: Abigail
is shocked to learn shes
pregnant.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Lulu told Dante the truth

about where she was with
Dillon. Meanwhile, Tracy
let Dillon know that he
had had an unexpected
visitor. Nikolas puts Elizabeths mind at ease about
Jakes secret. Luke had another stunning revelation.
Carly told Elizabeth that
she was at the hospital for
Josslyns cancer followup

visit. Dante was on the
verge of making a confession to Lulu when Dillon
interrupted and set the
record straight. In a vulnerable moment, Valerie
accidentally spilled a secret to Jordan. TJ was worried that his mother might
make trouble for Sonny.
Luke and Laura realized
the implications of a positive reality. Wait to See:
Alexis and Julian spice up
their relationship.
THE YOUNG AND

THE RESTLESS
Maria surprised Adam

by telling him she knew his
true identity. A nervous
Lily asked Joe if he was
going to tell her husband
that they slept together.
Ashley confided in Stitch
how stressed out she was
by the Abbott-Newman
feud. Adam revealed the
shocking changes he was
making after the merger.
Fed up with his lies, Nikki
told Victor she was finally
done with him. Down at
the police station, Adam
told Paul what transpired
between Jack and Victor.
Joe warned Sharon that
Avery was trying to steal
Dylan from her. Nick realized that he was slowly
turning into his father.
Billy and Victoria formed a
united front against Gabriel. Wait to See: Cane confronts Joe about seducing
his wife.
THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
RFD by Mike Marland
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas
(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.
B8 the greer citizen
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ALL DAY BUFFET
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2608 Locust Hill Road

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