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Billy Cannada

PICKENS COUNTY—Athletic directors at Easley and Pickens high schools expressed concern over flexibil-ity options for additional money made available for non-revenue sports in the county.

A recent budget amend-ment approved on a 5-1 vote the Pickens County

School Board requires high school athletic pro-grams to spend $15,000 of their annual budget on non-revenue sports equipment, while the dis-trict provides a matching $15,000 to do the same.

“We’re not going to complain about any-thing we’re getting,” said Pickens High Athletic Director Steve Corn. “It’s just difficult when

you have to do it in a matching funds situation. They’re still kind of con-trolling how we spend (the money).”

“We’ll certainly have some needs as far as base-ball, softball, and track,” said Easley High Athletic Director Chris Carter. “I don’t think we’ll have a problem finding the items that we need, I just wish we would have been given

the flexibility to use that money for travel as well.”

Corn says that while Pickens is grateful for the money, he does not see the point in the strings that are attached.

“This is $15,000 more dollars than what we have, so (we are grate-ful),” said Corn. “My next question would be what if you don’t have the $15,000 to match it? Why

not just give me $15,000? They’re just giving it now with a stipulation.”

Carter echoed Corn’s beliefs.

“I’m thankful that they were able to get $15,000 back in to help us, because it is certainly better than zero,” said Carter. “My concern is that the $15,000 has been earmarked for equipment only, and for the most

part, the biggest expense in non-revenue sports isn’t equipment, but it’s transportation.”

Board Member Judy Edwards made the argument that supply-ing schools with a one-time matching fund of $15,000 for non-revenue sports equipment could ultimately turn them

Athletic directors concerned about budget

Joe ToppeStaff Writer

PICKENS COUNTY—An idea for a pedestrian and bike path between downtown Easley and Pickens along 8.5 miles of the historic Doodle Railroad is gaining some traction.

The stretch used used by the former railroad will soon be for sale, and some are talking about the possibiliteis of con-verting it into a greenwa similar to Greenville’s Swamp Rabbit Trail

that stretches from downtown Greenville to Traveler’s Rest.

The Pickens County YMCA recently con-ducted a survey with its members and partici-pants on the idea.

Estimates are that the purchase of the land could come from a pub-lic institution with tax monies for approximate-ly $500,000.

“As the largest health and wellness service organization in the

Support expressed for bike path between Pickens, Easley

This image shows the possible route of the of a new pathway that is being considered in Pickens and Easley.

Pickens Celebrates The Fourth

Joe ToppeStaff Writer

E A S L E Y — E a s l e y native Maegan Garner will be participating in the 2012 Miss South Carolina Pageant, which kicked off this week at the Township Auditorium in Columbia, S.C.

She is a for-mer Miss Easley High, graduate of the 2007 class, and is currently attending the nursing program at Greenville Technical College.

After High School, while job shadowing at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Maegan had the opportunity to learn more about the diversity of patient treatment and patient care. It was in high school, however, that Maegan discovered her love for pediatric nursing while conducting her senior project in the

Children’s Pharmacy at Easley Pediatrics.

Following her Miss Easley title in 2010, Maegan was involved in an auto accident in Greenville.

“On November 19, 2010, after I had just finished lunch with my

mother, I was going to make a left hand turn onto Laurens Road when a m o t o r c y c l i s t , who did not see me, collided with the rear of my vehicle,” said Garner. “Unfortunately,

he was not wearing a hel-met and later succumbed to his injuries at the hos-pital.”

It was early the next year that Maegan cre-ated her platform, Smart Rider, which advocates helmet safety and head trauma awareness.

Easley Native Prepares for Miss South Carolina Competition

Photos by Joe Toppe

Garner

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Billy CannadaStaff Writer

EASLEY–Baptist Easley Hospital recently took the next step in provid-ing cancer care for the residents of Pickens County.

The hospital received approval from the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) to proceed with the purchase of a linear accelerator.

The linear accelerator is considered the backbone of cancer radiation thera-pies because it can direct precise levels of high-energy beams of radiation into the affected areas of the body and is used in treating a wide range of can-cers. Currently no radiation therapy providers exist in Pickens County, forc-ing patients and families to travel to surrounding counties for treatments that may require five visits a week for anywhere from two to 10 weeks.

As soon as the summer of 2014, can-cer patients at Baptist Easley Hospital and Pickens County could have access to radiation therapy services in a new building to be constructed on the hos-pital’s campus. The 20,000-square-foot facility will be built on Baptist Easley’s campus at the corner of Jeanes Street and John Street.

“We tried to do this 12 years ago but we couldn’t make it work with the state health plan,” said Baptist Easley CEO Roddey Gettys. “Cancer is such a rele-vant disease today. Lots of people have no option (when it comes to cancer) in Pickens County. They’ve got to hit the

Baptist Hospital Easley takes step toward providing local cancer care

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Billy CannadaStaff Writer

PICKENS COUNTY—County officials are revamping strategies and reaching out fur-ther to try to bring new businesses into Pickens County.

Several past projects, including the construc-tion of new high schools for Easley and Pickens, have led to new business opportunities for the county. Pickens County Administrator Chappell Hurst says efforts to draw new industries in must begin with the school district.

“We’re trying to part-ner on an educational level with both Tri-County Tech and the school system,” said Hurst. “Every industry that we talk to is con-cerned about proper training of the work force, so we’ve tried to instill the importance of

this with the school offi-cials and with the local industries. (Schools) are going to be a main focus as we go forward over the next couple of years.”

Along with some help from economic develop-ers at Alliance Pickens, Hurst says a new bro-chure has been devel-oped for some Pickens County residents with ties to bigger industries.

“We’re trying to make new, personal contacts with industries,” said Hurst. “We’ve got a lot of retirees here in Pickens who have worked for major corporations here in America and all over the world, but we’ve never actually sat down with these people.”

“These brochures have actually already led to some major contacts,” he said. “It’s already begin-ning to pay dividends.”

County taking new approaches toward drawing in business

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CLEMSON — Melur K. “Ram” Ramasubramanian has been appointed chair-man of the mechanical engineering department in Clemson University’s College of Engineering and Science.

Most recently, Ramasubramanian was the lead program direc-tor for the National Science Foundation’s IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) program. IGERT was developed to meet the challenges of educating Ph.D. scientists, engi-neers and educators in the U.S. By introducing them to a fertile envi-ronment for collabora-tive research that tran-scends traditional dis-ciplinary boundaries, IGERT is contributing to the development of a diverse, globally engaged science and engineering workforce.

“Successfully leading the large and complex IGERT program has refined my educational philosophies, improved my strategic thinking and helped me devel-op sound fiscal man-agement skills,” said Ramasubramanian. “But perhaps most impor-tantly, my NSF experi-ence has also given me a national perspective on cutting-edge research areas and research fund-

ing trends across most NSF programs.“

Prior to becoming the IGERT program direc-tor, Ramasubramanian was a professor at North Carolina State University, where he was the direc-tor of the mechatronics program in the mechani-cal and aerospace engi-neering department. He also held an associate faculty appointment in the joint NCSU-UNC Biomedical Engineering Department.

His research inter-ests lie in developing new biomedical devices and procedures that improve health and qual-ity of life. His efforts build on his expertise in biomechatronics, biomi-metics, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems and microfluidics. He holds

a Ph.D. in mechani-cal engineering from Syracuse University, is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He recently was elected a Fellow of the Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI).

“We are fortunate to have someone of Ram’s background and experience coming to Clemson,” said R. Larry Dooley, interim dean of the college. “His vision for a collaborative ME department will allow us to continue attracting the best and brightest students and faculty to our mechanical engineer-ing program.”

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OBITUARIESAlvin Luther Gravley

Alvin Luther Gravely, who was born March 27, 1927 to W. Marvin and Artie Hughes Gravely of Pickens, died June 23 at home — 60 Riverbirch Way, Greer, SC 29650. He was named for his grandfathers Alvin Willoughby (Will) Gravely — a farmer in the Twelve Mile com-munity — and James Luther Hughes — a blacksmith in Pickens. His McKinney and Gravely family roots date in Pickens County to the 1790s and his Dorr and Hughes family heritage from the early 19th century.

After graduating from Pickens High School in 1944 at the age of 17 Alvin volun-

teered for the U.S. Navy and was stationed on Guam through the end of World War II. Upon his return he studied at Wofford College before attending Draughn’s Business school in Greenville. Until retire-ment in 1989 Alvin was employed by Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company for many years.

Characterized by his love of family and his many friends, Alvin Gravely – like his father Marvin — never met a stranger. He showed compassion for oth-ers by helping many through the years. Raised in a Christian home and in Grace Methodist Church he was a devoted to Jesus

whom he knew as Savior and Friend. He and his wife of sixty three years — Mary Stone Gravely – were active members of Taylors First Baptist Church where his funer-al service was held on June 27. Memorials may be made to the church, 200 W. Main St., Taylors, SC 29687.

Besides his wife Mary, he is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Warren Stephens of Simpsonville, grand-daughter Heather Stephens, brothers Donald Gravely of Pickens and William Gravely of Littleton, CO, four nephews, two nieces and nine first cousins.

Billy Cannada

E A S L E Y — E a s l e y Police are investigating the death of an 84-year old woman who died at a local nursing home June 30 from what could be heat-related causes, according to officials.

Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelly said an unresponsive Eloise Arnold was transported from Majesty Health and Rehab to Baptist Easley Hospital where she was then pronounced dead.

An autopsy to confirm cause of death was con-ducted on Monday, and Kelly says the results should be in within 4-6 weeks. The Coroner’s

report also stated that Easley Police are investi-gating.

In a statement, Majesty officials said they could not comment on individ-ual cases.

“Due to resident pri-vacy laws Majesty can-not comment on any spe-cific resident issues but will as always cooperate with all appropriate agen-cies regarding the safety of our residents,” said Administrator Sandra Ferguson.

According to The Weather Channel, temper-atures in Easley reached a high of 102 outside on Saturday. Ferguson, how-ever, says the nursing home has tried to take all

proper precautions dur-ing the recent heat wave.

“Majesty, like all skilled nursing homes in the United States affect-ed by the current heat wave, is most concerned for its residents,” stated Ferguson. “The Majesty facility has taken addi-tional steps to ensure all of the residents here are properly hydrated and as cool as possible in this heat. There is AC avail-able in the facility and we are doing everything possible to supplement the system during this heat wave. The facility will continue to do all that it can to ensure the residents are safe.”

Police Investigating Possible Heat-Related Death at Nursing Home

Across South Carolina, there is a shortage of men advocating for chil-dren in court. Cass Elias McCarter Guardian ad Litem program organizers are challenging men to volunteer and take charge against child abuse.

In 2011, about 2,500 South Carolina citizens served as volunteer Guardians ad Litem. Of those, only 20 percent were men, while half of all children who need a guardian are male.

“This is not just a women’s program,” said Barbara Darley, state director of the program. “A Guardian ad Litem is a powerful role. Boys and young men in foster care need to see men taking charge of the welfare of their community.”

A Guardian ad Litem is a volunteer trained to advocate for a child. After a volunteer is trained, the

program links them with a child involved in a neglect or abuse case. The volun-teer independently inves-tigates a case and makes recommendations that give family court judges a more complete picture of the children’s needs. The volunteer stays with the child throughout the case, making sure their voice is being heard.

“Men are natural pro-tectors and good problem-solvers. That is a power-ful combination in child advocacy,” said Darley.

Volunteers spend an average of 5 hours each month working on a case, which includes visiting the child and other activi-ties like attending court hearings. Volunteers say small gestures are enough to make a huge difference in a child’s life.

“One kid had an event at school and neither of his parents showed up,”

said Charles Ballew, a vol-unteer who has a full-time job and three children of his own.

“He was sad. The other kids had their parents there. But as soon as he saw me he grabbed my hand and we took off down the hall. It put a big smile on his face,” said Ballew.

Program organizers encourage anyone with an interest in children’s issues – both men and women – to sign up. For more information about becoming a volunteer, visit Pickens.scgal.org or call (864) 878-0807.

The Cass Elias McCarter Guardian ad Litem Program is a divi-sion of the S.C. Governor’s Office of Executive Policy and Programs and a member of the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association.

More Men Needed as Child Advocates

UPSTATE—Hundreds of thousands of Internet uses may lose their online access on July 9, 2012, and Better Business Bureau is urging all consumers and businesses to run a quick and easy diagnostic test to see if their computers are infected. The FBI’s DNS Changer Working Group can detect the mal-ware and explain how to fix infected machines.

“Everyone should check to see if their computer is infected,” urged Vee Daniel, BBB President. “It takes less than a min-ute to check and, if your equipment is clean, there is nothing more you need to do. If your comput-er is infected, the DNS

Changer Working Group recommends the neces-sary steps to save your computer. But this must be done by July 9th or you could lose internet access.”

Last November, the FBI took down the servers of international hackers operating out of Estonia. The hackers had already successfully downloaded malware onto more than half a million computers, turning off virus updates and redirecting consum-ers to fraudulent web-sites. If the servers had simply been shut down, the victims’ computers would no longer be able to access the internet. Instead, the FBI set up

clean servers to replace the ones that were run-ning the scam, and vic-tims have been redirected to those clean servers ever since, usually with-out any knowledge they’d been infected in the first place.

Originally the rescue servers were to be active until March, but a court ruling extended the pro-gram until July 9th. At that time the clean serv-ers will be turned off and anyone who is still infect-ed with the malware will lose their internet access. The FBI believes there are still about 360,000 infected computers in a dozen countries, includ-ing the U.S. and Canada.

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road and drive to Greenville or Anderson. It’s all about doing what’s right for the patients and making sure this hospital is doing all it can to make very good care conve-nient and close to home.”

The radiation oncology unit will occupy nearly 6,400 square feet of the building and include the linear accelerator, a computed tomography

imaging simulator and other clinical equipment. Additional medical oncol-ogy services, such as chemotherapy and immu-notherapy, will eventu-ally occupy the remaining 13,625 square feet. The full-service cancer center will also give patients access to clinical trials for cancers that may not respond well to current therapies.

Gettys says the total project will cost about $9 million.

“The linear accelerator itself is about $1.5 mil-lion,” said Gettys. “The facility is somewhere in the neighborhood of $6 million to $7 million. The total project is about $9 million, give or take a lit-tle bit depending on the amount of work we have to do on the campus.”

With approval from DHEC, Baptist Easley will now analyze the proj-ect to make sure every-thing is in order before beginning construction.

“What we will do is re-look at that initial plan, and see if there is a better way to locate that build-ing on this campus,” said Gettys. “If there is, then obviously we will develop plans around that. The

architectural engineers will work with this proj-ect and determine exactly the best location, how it connects, and how easily it will be to get from one building to another.”

“We will (then) look at what we have to do to make it happen,” he said.

Gettys says this is a huge step for Easley resi-dents, who have never been able to receive such

local care for cancer.“We’re honored to

offer this service to the folks in this community,” said Gettys. “It’s truly a privilege for us. We will contractually bring Greenville’s cancer treat-ment program to Easley to take care of people closer to home. We’re trying to focus on con-venient, close to home, exceptional care.”

county comprising of over 10,000 members out of the Easley and Pickens communities, we felt that the YMCA fam-ily needed to speak out in regards to the rails to trails opportunity,” said Sid Collins, CEO of the Pickens County YMCA. “The survey revealed that close to 85 percent of the Pickens County YMCA members and program participants feel that this project needs to hap-pen using public dollars. Even more astounding is that more than half, 51 percent, of those that responded said that they would financially contrib-ute to the development of such a trail.”

There are no official plans for the develop-ment as of yet, but the “Rails to Trails” project has become the popular

phrase, and appears to be the unofficial title of the idea.

“I can’t speak to the overall public opinion of the rails to trails concept, but from the YMCA, we are overwhelmingly in support of the idea,” said Collins. “There would most definitely be a posi-tive impact on commu-nity health, economic development and quality of life for Pickens County residents. The doodle rails to trails program is a win, win for all involved. Projects like this are what our county government should make a high prior-ity to accomplish.”

The Swamp Rabbit Trail has become a popu-lar biking path and busi-nesses on both ends of the stre stretch have developed to cater to cyclists and pedestrians.

While officials are hoping residents will be able to continue to pro-vide new leads, Hurst says the next step is to revamp the old web-sites.

“We’re redevelop-ing the Pickens County website, and the Pickens County tourism web-site,” said Hurst. “The purpose of that is to demonstrate the qual-ity of life issues that we have here. We want to give potential industries the data that they need, and information about how many workers that we have available, the proximity we have to airports, and all of the other information we have available.”

Hurst says this is a top priority.

“That website is cru-cial because it’s one

of the first places that potential industries begin to look when they start their process,” said Hurst.

The County has dropped its partnership with Upstate Alliance in an effort to focus more on Pickens County. Part of their new focus includes maintaining relationships with cur-rent Pickens County businesses.

“We’re continuing to focus on existing indus-tries and we are still meeting with them,” said Hurst. “We’re try-ing to stay up with them, and hear about their problems so that we can work with them and assist them in what-ever way possible so that we are retaining jobs.”

As a part of their

effort, the county will be constructing a new economic development office that will be up and running sometime within the year at the industrial park.

“That will allow us to provide additional training to our current industries,” said Hurst. “We will have meeting facilities where new industries can interview potential staff members or have different func-tions that they would need to have. Right now we don’t have a place for that. We see that as a big component to these efforts. It demonstrates that we have a commit-ment to creating jobs.”

Above all other efforts, Hurst says business is going to be attracted through mar-keting efforts, and from

what he’s seen, that starts in the schools.

“We’re going to have an enhanced marketing campaign that will have a much broader scope than it has in the past,” said Hurst. “From what we’re seeing, the real key is developing cur-riculum with the school systems that supple-ment what industries need. That’s something that we’re going to have to focus on.”

With quite the project on their hands, Hurst says the County has already seen, and hopes to continue seeing posi-tive results.

“We’re already seeing some things happening that lead us to believe that this is a good path to take,” said Hurst. “We’re already getting some good feedback.”

Lonnie Adamson

Finally I won something in a 5K race.

Last week’s Fire Cracker Frolic, presented by the Easley Lions Club, pro-vided a first win for me in a racing forum. It is the first unless you count as a win possessing the able to breath and walk at the end of a race.

And really it still leaves me with no bragging rights. It was really just the luck of the draw.

My wife, Nancy, and

I have enjoyed running together since the first of the year. She has been a runner and cyclist for more than five years. The Fire Cracker Frolic back then was her first 5K.

We gathered with a crowd of more than 200 other runners on the Robinson Funeral Home side of Old Market Square. Being so situated, seemed strangely appropriate to me.

Thankfully race coordi-nators had the foresight to begin at 7:30a.m. And

avoid the tremendous heat that later times of the day would offer.

The route carried us through downtown to the Huddle Restaurant back down to Palmetto Medical Research, on to Shear Elegance Salon and Spa and up Russell Street wind-ing back to the Huddle and back to our starting point at Old Market Square.

It included some decent hills, but was not too chal-lenging for a 52-year-old guy. Lion’s Club coor-dinator Glenn Farrow described the route as “a fast course.” That state-ment convinced me that the younger guys in the crowd like local high school cross country stars would finish well under 20 minutes. In fact they’d be embarrassed to take 20

minutes for a 5K.In the end, the lead

runner, Braxton Sheriff of Easley, made the fin-ish line in just under 17 minutes 25 seconds. I was hoping to finish in a little less than twice that time, but then Braxton is 19 and I’m not.

Daniel High School track coach, Brock Bailey, a very congenial and posi-tive sort of guy, came in second. He is 35, and I am not.

The race proved some credible times even for some older guys in the crowd. It was obvious from the outset that many of even the older guys have done this sort of thing for a while. Nancy left me in her dust by more than 2.5 minutes —whipped by a girl. In fact, I was whipped

by many women. The top woman was 18-year-old Emily Lewis of Easley, coming in just under 20 minutes.

Farrow also described the event as racer friendly and he hopes to build on the success of last week in future years. The club as also raised money to help local children through another racing event, The Run for Sight. Farrow says the club hopes to offer that event again in the future.

Another of Farrow’s sig-nificant observations was the number of local peo-ple involved. They include runners like local financial consultant Rusty Bynum, who brought a gang of young boys, to compete in the Fire Cracker Frolic and get a taste of support-ing their local community.

That is truly a nice part of the event, being a part of one’s community and supporting one of it’s organizations and the efforts it tries to aid. In this case that effort is the Lions Club local giving to help people see.

My major claim to fame is finishing the race stand-ing up and a bit of the luck of the draw.

If a runner dressed up in July Fourth themed apparel, they had the opportunity win a prize for best costume. I did not arrive so attired, but neither did anyone else, so Farrow drew a ticket bearing my race number and I walked away a win-ner of a July 4 decorated lawn folding chair that I can carry to ball games and the like.

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Opinion

Jill Pertler

It’s summertime, and at my house the kids are learning to play. This may sound like a strange and unnecessary activity. Most parents probably take it for granted that kids are born knowing how to play. Not true.

Kids aren’t born know-ing how to kick a soccer ball, dance hip hop or play the violin. They have to be taught to do all these things. The current gen-eration of parents is very good at teaching things involving lessons and prac-tice schedules. I know this from firsthand experience.

What we aren’t so good at is letting kids be kids – unencumbered, unsched-uled and free to just play. At my house, it’s become obviously apparent: we have a lot to learn.

Summers have changed since I was a child. I used to take off on my bike in the morning and not return home until my stomach rumbled at lunchtime. I’d repeat the same sequence of events between noon and supper. We filled our days with running through the sprinkler, playing at the park and making forts in the woods. In the evening, a bunch of neighborhood kids would get together for a game of kick the can, red rover or baseball. Whoever showed up was part of the team, and we played until it got too dark to see.

It’s easy to romanticize the “good old days” and remember the lemonade

stand lemonade tasting a little sweeter than it actu-ally did, but I do think there is something to be said of simplicity. And I think some of the simplic-ity of a generation ago has been lost in our organized, supervised, activity-laden, plugged-in, multi-tasking, cell phone-filled, T-VOed, hyphenated world.

Add to this the lost free-doms our children must live with because of ever-increasing dangers in our society, and you can under-stand why we fill their schedules with organized activities. It’s a way to keep track of them and keep them safe. Unfortunately, safety can be restricting. It also eliminates boredom, which is not necessarily a positive thing.

I have a smart friend who says she loves when her kids tell her they are bored because they usu-ally wind up creating some-thing interesting and fun they never would have dis-covered if it hadn’t been for the B-word.

Parents today are afraid to let their kids be bored. How can we cultivate their minds and strengthen their bodies if they are sitting around being bored? If kids are bored, we aren’t doing our jobs as good parents .

I beg to differ, and my kids recently suffered because of this. They found themselves “bored” and I refused to rescue them from their wasteland. Why? Because I try to be a good parent.

During ten months

of the year, my kids are involved in organized sports and activities. I am an advocate of these types of things. They are great. However, they are not the answer to everything. We all understand this, even if it’s in the far reaches of the backs of our minds.

For the first six or seven weeks of summer, my kids are between activities. They are unencumbered. Unscheduled. Bored. Free.

Can you imagine hav-ing six or seven weeks to do just… well, whatever? Neither could my kids. They were bored by the third day (and that was only because I let them have a video game mara-thon during the first two).

“We’re bored!” They threw the words at me like an accusation, as if it were my fault they didn’t know how to occupy their time. Sad thing is, they had a point. It was my fault, at least partially. And, as any guilt-laden mom would do, I vowed to help them resolve their dilemma – by doing nothing.

It was slow going at first. When I told them video games were off limits, they figured they’d watch TV. This didn’t work for me, and since I am the boss, it didn’t work for them, either. Next they thought I should drive them some-where and pay for an activ-ity because it’s impossible to have fun at home for free. It was difficult, but I held firm on my do-noth-ing stance.

By mid-morning, they

wandered outside and stumbled across their golf clubs. After some initial arguments about “messing up their swing” by playing on regular grass, someone had the idea of making a mini golf course in the yard. It kept them busy until supper. That evening, they mapped out a new golf course on paper – care-fully planning and drawing their creation. It’s been a week now, and they’ve diversified their activities. They’ve caught butterflies and other unlucky flying insects, played wiffle ball, conducted science experi-ments with various food items and had giant water fights with neighborhood friends.

They’ve also gotten into some trouble, like when they turned on the hose and flooded the garage, let their new pet dragon-flies loose in the house or caused an explosion involving Mentos and Coke. There have been fights with friends when one secret agent spy shot the other without cause, or someone refused to let a little brother have his turn at bat. And, there are still times when they think they are bored. It is not a perfect world.

Still, declarations involv-ing the B-word are becom-ing less frequent, and most days they are able to create their own fun. They are learning to play. I am learn-ing it is okay to allow them the time and space to do so. That is what summer is all about.

Learning to play leads to summer fun

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The average interest rate for home mortgages recently fell to a 30-year record low. According to Freddie Mac, the rate for a 30-year loan went to 3.66 percent from a previous 3.71 percent.

Many potential homebuy-ers look at that drop in the interest rate and consider it significant. But look at the fig-ures: A $100,000 loan at 3.71 percent will cost you $460.85 per month in payments. A $100,000 loan at 3.66 per-cent will cost you $458.02 per month in payments.

That’s a savings of only $2 per month … unless you calcu-late the savings over the life of the loan.

At 3.71 percent, that $100,000 loan will cost you $65,905 in interest alone, which means you’ll pay $165,905 over the 30-year course of the loan.

At 3.66 percent that $100,000 loan will cost you $64,888 in interest alone, and you’ll pay $164,888 over the thirty years.

That’s a savings of just $1,017 spread out over 30 years.

There’s a much better way

to cut the amount the interest you pay.

What if you send the mort-gage company $25 extra per month? Your interest, at the 3.71 rate, drops to $59,207 and you cut a year and a half off your mortgage.

Let’s increase that to $100 extra per month. Your inter-est, at the 3.71 rate, will drop to $45,583 and you’ll shave approximately eight years off the life of your 30-year note.

If the idea of paying off your mortgage early appeals to you, let’s increase that extra amount per month to $200 and look at the figures. The interest over the life of the loan drops to $35,042, and you pay off the loan 12 years early.

That, not in the tiny drops in interest rate, is where you’ll see your greatest savings.

If you’re ready to buy, don’t quibble about small changes in the interest rate. Do your homework: Get your cred-it in good shape, assemble your documents (such as tax returns and bank statements) and when it comes to buying, spend less than you’ve been approved for. Send those extra dollars in with your payment each month and watch your balance drop.

How to Cut Mortgage Interest Payments

Coming out a winner in a local race

PICKENS COUNTY—The yearly Blue Ridge Fest charity fund-raiser, conducted on May 11, produced record net proceeds. Those dollars have since been dis-tributed to the 13 local human-assistance agen-cies funded by the 2012 event.

According to festival organizers, the combina-tion Beach Night show and dance and classic-car cruise-in attracted more than 5,000 attendees. The crowd was regaled with musical entertain-ment provided by soul singer Ben E. King,

1960’s teen idol Jimmy Clanton, and Carolinas favorites Jim Quick and Coastline. In addition, a total of 533 collectable vehicles participated in the cruise-in.

Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative President and CEO Charles Dalton observed that there were three key ingredients that contributed to the festival’s success.

“First of all, we had unbelievable participa-tion by nearly 100 cor-porate sponsors, led by our three Presenting Sponsors: Al l ied Tree Service, Quality

Inspection Services, and Sluder Urban Forestry,” said Dalton. “Secondly, thousands of area resi-dents purchased admis-sion tickets and then came and enjoyed what proved to be a fun Friday evening. Finally, dedi-cated employees from both the co-op and Blue Ridge Security Systems volunteered their time and energy to conduct the fest. These factors aligned themselves, and the end result was a record-breaking Blue Ridge Fest.”

That record sum was $171,000. The 13 chari-

table organizations that shared in those proceeds included the following: Anderson Interfaith Ministries, Harvest Hope Food Bank, Helping Hands of Clemson, Meals on Wheels – Anderson, Meals on Wheels – Pickens, Mountain Lakes Access Health, Oconee A.I.D. Association, Oconee Presbyterian Service Fund, Sabrina House Children’s Charity, Safe Harbor, Samaritan Health Clinic of Pickens Co., SHARE, and United Christian Ministries

Since its inception in 1998, Blue Ridge Fest has

donated more than $1.4 million to area human-help agencies. The 2013

Beach Night/Cruise-in has been scheduled for Friday, May 13.

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Elaine Banks and Andrea Griffin, employees of Blue Ridge Electric, along with Blue Ridge Fest spon-sors, Representative Davey Hiott and Tommy Bearden of Bearden Landscaping, present a check in the amount of $12,500 to Meals on Wheels-Pickens. Accepting on behalf of Meals on Wheels is Bart Turner, board member for Meals on Wheels and City Executive/ Vice President of South Carolina Bank & Trust, also a Fest sponsor.

Jennifer Barbour, executive director of Helping Hands of Clemson, is presented a Blue Ridge Fest check in the amount of $12,500 by Darren Brezeale of Blue Ridge Security Systems and Alan Blackmon and Sam McMillan, employees of Blue Ridge Electric (at right). Also assisting with the presentation were Will Huss and Neal Workman of Trehel Corporation, a Fest sponsor.

Anderson Interfaith Ministries Operations Director, Laura Capell accepts a Blue Ridge Fest check in the amount of $12,500 from Blue Ridge Security Systems General Manager, Jim Lovinggood and Blue Ridge Security employees.

At left, Richard Kay of Richard Kay Superstore and Becky Busby-Maiello of Systems Distributors, Inc., Blue Ridge Fest sponsors, join Jim Lovinggood, general manager of Blue Ridge Security Systems along with Blue Ridge Security employees as they present a $12,500 check to Laurie Ashley, execu-tive director of Meals on Wheels-Anderson.

Teresa Nash, executive director of United Christian Ministries, accepts a Blue Ridge Fest check in the amount of $12,500 from Blue Ridge Electric employees, Michelle Watson, Ann Garren and Bryan Roper. Also on hand for the presentation (left to right) are Fest sponsors Shawn Higbe of McCall Thomas Engineering, and Will Ragsdale, Bill Ragsdale and Craig Ragsdale of Martin Printing Company.

As a Blue Ridge Fest sponsor, Bi-Lo employees and management from the Pickens location join Blue Ridge Electric employees Riley Roberts and Terry Ballenger as they present a Fest check for $13,500 to Sabrina House Children’s Charity. Sabrina House, a fourteen-year cancer survivor, joined by her parents, Billy and Tina House, accepts the check on behalf of the organization.

Executive Director, Regina Reece (far right) of Samaritan Health Clinic of Pickens County was recent-ly presented a Blue Ridge Fest check in the amount of $12,500 by Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative employees, Terry Ballenger, Elaine Banks and Michelle Watson.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, July 11, 2012:

You are often so determined to achieve a goal that you push yourself to the point of exhaustion. As a result, sometimes your best ideas go up in flames. Learn to pace yourself, and many dreams could become realities. You will expand your circle of friends and even more possibilities. If you are single, you could meet someone intense and appealing. Be careful; this person could be emotionally unavailable. If you are attached, the two of you can achieve one of your life desires if you remain focused. TAURUS points the way.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Move forward with a project

early on in the morning. You could find that others are very serious, espe-cially a key person in your life. You might be more upset than you realize and need to have a heart-to-heart talk. Follow your instincts. Tonight: Treat someone to his or her favorite dessert.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH As bad as you can be,

you also are capable of being just as good. Keep reaching out for someone who might need your time. By late afternoon, others will not be able to resist you to the same level. Tonight: Beam in what you want.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Take a hint from Aries, and

make your morning and midday count. You will want to retreat to your private world as day becomes night. You could do research and catch up on emails, but the reality is that you very much want to maintain a low profile. Tonight: Not to be found.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Your natural beat is right-

on. You start out on top of your game, ready to deal with others. Your confi-dence carries you far — so much so that you have reason to celebrate. A meeting could be very important. Enjoy the social ramifications. Tonight: Where the maddening crowds are.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Explore alternatives for as

long as you need to. You might want to do some research until you are confident about your choice. Do not close off this process until you are sure of yourself. Others tend to look to you for leadership. Tonight: A must statement.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You are smart to relate

directly to one individual at a time. You’ll see the difference it makes. You might feel short on confidence, funds or talent. Don’t worry — this phase will be ending in the next few months. Tonight: Let your imagination take the lead.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH It’s all about others right

now. You can barely have a complete conversation without a knock on the door, a phone call or some other type of interruption. You could feel down that you cannot accomplish everything you want to. Tonight: Be with a favor-ite person.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Clear out as much as you

can before you decide to socialize or even have an extended conversation. Once you decide to change venues, you might find it difficult to return to your starting point. Make sure you are ready to move on before you do. Tonight: Out and about.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You cannot contain your

creativity, but you can choose not to share all your ideas all the time. Someone seems to close down when-ever this type of discussion emerges. Let go, and relax with the moment. Tonight: Run errands and go to the gym.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Getting going could be

a bit challenging. Why not put your feet up and relax? You cannot keep pushing yourself so hard, which is why there is an issue right now. Make fun plans later today where you can recycle your energy. Tonight: Let the fun begin.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You choose the right

words, even if you might not get the reaction you would like. There are some situations you cannot change, and you certainly cannot change someone else’s reaction. Let go of an implicit demand. Tonight: Head home.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Handle a money situa-

tion as quickly as possible before it handles you. You might want to speak to someone in the know. You express yourself directly and with clarity. Others will get the gist of your thoughts. Tonight: Hang out with friends.

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A platform is an issue that every Miss South Carolina Pageant con-testant is required to promote.

“The accident made me realize that life is precious and an acci-dent can happen at the drop of a hat. It has also inspired me to educate others and to share my story in hopes that they will wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle or bicycle,” said Garner.

The state of South Carolina does not require a motorcyclist over the age of 21 to wear a helmet while operating a motor-cycle, but there are programs encouraged to riders like the Ride Smart Program through the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

The Ride Smart Program is designed to help riders gain the necessary experience to avoid deadly collisions.

“Hopefully, in the future, if legislators don’t mandate the use of helmets, they will make it mandatory for riders to take a motor-cycle safety course just like driver education classes,” said Garner.

Earlier this year, Maegan began prepar-ing for the Miss South Carolina Pageant by winning the Miss Hilton Head Island title. The Miss Hilton Head Island is a pre-liminary competition to the Miss South Carolina and Miss America pag-eants.

Her preparation also includes a personal trainer here in Easley, and another in Atlanta, Georgia, a dance coach, mock interviews, ward-robe preparations, com-munity services and public appearances like speaking to kids about bicycle safety.

“In May of this year, I had the opportuni-ty to go back to my elementary school in Easley and partner with

Safe Kids Upstate and Baptist Easley Hospital to speak about my plat-form and the impor-tance of bicycle safety,” said Garner. “We gave out 500 bicycle helmets to six different elemen-tary schools in Pickens County.”

The Miss South Carolina Pageant can be streamed live at http://www.miss-sc.org/.

For more informa-tion on SMART visit Maegan Garner/Smart Rider on Facebook. The contest is slated for July 10-14.

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CLEMSON — Ann Harvin Whetstone Hunter of Greenwood has taken the reins as the president of the Clemson Alumni Association for a two-year term.

Hunter, a native of St. Matthews, gradu-ated from Clemson in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree and in 1982 with a master’s degree, both in chemical engineering. She worked for Union Carbide in Greenville, then became a home-maker and full-time vol-unteer after the birth of her daughter, Rebecca, who also is a Clemson alumna.

Hunter has volunteered in many positions in the Greenwood commu-

nity and with Clemson University. She was in the parent-teacher orga-nizations for her daugh-ter’s schools, serving as president and in other leadership positions, and was recognized twice by Greenwood High School as Volunteer of the Year. She has been a Girl Scout leader for more than 20 years, is a dea-

con and treasurer of the Women’s Ministries at the Greenwood Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, a member of the Greenwood Woman’s Club and is a past presi-dent and member of the board of directors of Greenwood’s Danse de Noel Assembly.

At Clemson, Hunter has been the chairwom-

an of the reunion and special events commit-tee and the honors and awards committee for the alumni board of direc-tors and was named the Volunteer of the Year in 2009. She has served on the Women’s Alumni Council and has been an IPTAY representative for 14 years. Hunter also has been on the Clemson

Athletic Council and has chaired its campus and community relations committee.

She is on the board of directors for the Greenwood Clemson Club and is in her 16th year as the club’s trea-surer. She and her hus-band, Wilson, who also is a Clemson alumnus, help host receptions for

high school students interested in attending Clemson and assist with the annual Clemson Fan Day in conjunction with Greenwood’s Festival of Flowers.

Danny Gregg, ’71, was chosen as the Alumni Association president-elect for a two-year term.

The alumni board has 23 members and is the governing body for the Clemson Alumni Association. Primary responsibilities of the board include general oversight of the pro-grams and initiatives of the association, financial audit and review, cre-ation of governing poli-cies and strategic plan-ning.

Clemson Alumni Association President takes office

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EASLEY—Runners from around the area kicked off their Fourth of July celebrations by participating in

the annual “Firecracker Frolic” 5K.Racers took to the streets at

about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morn-ing on a course that took them through downtown Easley.

For the first time, the event was sponsored by the Lions Club, and all proceeds went to helping Easley residents aquire glasses and hear-ing aids.

‘Firecracker Frolic’ 5K kicks off Independence Day festivities

E A S L E Y — T h e Easley Business and Professional Women’s Club will meet Wednesday, July 18, at the Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library in Easley at 12:30. At this meeting, scholar-ships for 2012-2013 will be awarded to outstanding young students who are cur-rent undergraduate college students or 2012 graduating high school students. The scholarship winners were carefully select-ed by judges from applications received based on academics, community service and essay responses.

“We are very hon-ored to be able to award these scholar-ships annually through

our fundraising and the generous support of the businesses and citizens of Easley,” said Club Officer. Jean Wilson

“This meeting will be a terrific network-ing opportunity for all working women to become acquainted with all the exception-al ladies that will be there, so don’t miss it. Come and bring a friend. Easley BPW meets every third Wednesday at the library,” said Wilson.

The cost of lunch is $10.00 and will be a catered event. Attendees can bring business cards for drawing for free lunch.

The BPW Mission Statement is to achieve equality for all women in the

workplace through advocacy, education and information. The Objectives are to ele-vate the standards of women in business and in the professions; to promote interest of business and pro-fessional women; to bring about a spirit of cooperation among business and profes-sional women and to extend opportunities to business and profes-sional women through education along the lines of industrial, sci-entific and vocational activities.

To make reserva-tions for lunch please contact Jean Wilson by Monday noon. July 16. Phone 630-1533 or email aloeveracos-met ics@bel l south .net.

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City of Pickens to hold public planning meetings

PICKENS—The City of Pickens and Pickens Revitalization Association have contracted with Main Street South Carolina to conduct a community vision planning charrette. The purpose of the char-rette is to help city leaders understand the local and regional market position to guide strategic expen-ditures in the public realm with a focus on economic development, stimulating tourism and strengthening its sense of community.

“We are anxious to get some public input from the community on how downtown may continue to develop,” said City Administrator, Katherine Brackett.

The City of Pickens will hold several public input meetings on July 17- 19, for its vision planning charrette:

• Tuesday, July 17 at 6 p.m. - Public Input Meeting at Bethlehem Roanoke

Water Office, (corner of 178 and McDaniel Ave.)

• Wednesday, July 18 at 8:30 a.m. Merchants’ input meeting at City Hall.

• Thursday, July 19 at noon - Final presentation lunch at Pickens County Museum.

Pickens Revitalization Association assembled a team of experts to conduct the charrette. Attendees will include:

• Beppie LeGrand, Main Street South Carolina

• Randy Wilson, Community Design Solutions

• Tripp Muldrow and Tee Coker, Arnett Muldrow Associates

• Tom McGilloway, Mahan Rykiel & Associates

• Andy Kalback, Kalback Planning & Design

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ture necessary to revitalize their downtowns, neigh-borhood commercial dis-tricts and cities and towns into vibrant centers of commerce and community.

Main Street South Carolina follows the National Main Street’s Four Point Approach – Organization, Promotion, Design and Economic Restructuring. Each year, Main Street South Carolina recognizes members’ achievements and suc-cesses in downtown revi-talization. For more infor-mation about Main Street South Carolina, visit the Municipal Association’s website at www.masc.sc.

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LegalsSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENSIN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUITSUMMONS

2011-CP-39-1258State of South Carolina ex rel, W. WalterWilkins, Solicitor, Thirteenth JudicialCircuit, Plaintiff, vs. $1185.10 Dollars,Sanyo TV – b9131053317203,Sanyo TV – b9131053316779, De-fendant Property and Tyrone BernardPatrick, Stephaney Foster, InterestedParty.TO: THE INTERESTED PARTY ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBYSUMMONED and required to answer theComplaint in the above entitled action, acopy of which is herewith served uponyou (and which has been filed in the Of-fice of the Clerk of Court) and to serve acopy if your Answer upon the sub-scribers, at their offices located at theThirteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, 305East North Street, Suite 325, Greenville,South Carolina 29601, within thirty (30)days after the date of such service, ex-clusive of the day of service, and if youfail to answer the said Complaint withinthat time, judgment by default will berendered against you for the relief de-manded in the Complaint.Sylvia P. Harrison (#064840)Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office305 East North Street, Suite 325Greenville, South Carolina 29601(864) 467-8647Attorney for PlaintiffGreenville, South CarolinaAugust 12, 2011

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS(NON-JURY MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE)SUMMONS AND NOTICES

C/A NO: 11-CP-39-1921The Bank of New York Mellon fka TheBank of New York as Trustee for theCertificateholders of The CWABS, Inc.,Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-16, PLAINTIFF, vs. The Estate of SamLittle Jr., Nancy Little; and any otherHeirs, Personal Representatives, Suc-cessors, Assigns, Spouses, Creditors,and all others claiming any right, title orinterest in the real estate known as 711 SLewis St, Pickens, SC 29671, any adultsor persons in the Military Service of theUnited States of America, being a classdesignated as John Doe, and any minorsor persons under legal disability, being aclass designated as Richard Roe ; andFrankey Galloway, DEFENDANT(S).TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBYSUMMONED and required to answer theComplaint herein, a copy of which isherewith served upon you, or to oth-erwise appear and defend, and to serve acopy of your Answer to said Complaintupon the subscribers at their office, P.O.Box 71727, North Charleston, SouthCarolina, 29415, within thirty (30) daysafter service hereof, exclusive of the dayof such service; except that the UnitedStates of America, if named, shall havesixty (60) days to answer after the ser-vice hereof, exclusive of the day of suchservice; and if you fail to answer theComplaint within the time aforesaid, orotherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiffin this action will apply to the Court forrelief demanded therein, and judgment bydefault will be rendered against you forthe relief demanded in the Complaint.TO THE MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEENYEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TOMINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARSOF AGE AND THE PERSON WITHWHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDESAND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOMELEGAL DISABILITY:YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED ANDNOTIFIED to apply for the appointment ofa guardian ad litem within thirty (30) daysafter the service of this Summons andNotice upon you. If you fail to do so,application for such appointment will bemade by the Plaintiff.YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE thatshould you fail to answer the foregoingSummons, the Plaintiff will move for ageneral Order of Reference to theSpecial Referee for Pickens, which Or-der shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) of theSouth Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure,specifically provide that the said SpecialReferee is authorized and empowered toenter a final judgment in this action.NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINTNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theoriginal Complaint in the above entitledaction, together with the Summons, wasfiled in the Office of the Clerk of Court forPickens County on April 4, 2012 at 11:03a.m.NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTIONNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that anaction has been commenced and is nowpending in this Court upon Complaint ofthe above-named Plaintiff against theabove-named Defendants for foreclosureof a certain mortgage of real estate givenby Sam Little Jr to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., as nomineefor America's Wholesale Lender, in theamount of $ 55,000.00 dated October31, 2005, and recorded in the Office ofthe Register of Deeds for Pickens Countyin Book 3109 at Page 152 on November3, 2005. The premises covered and af-fected by the said Mortgage as by theforeclosure thereof, were, at the time ofthe making thereof, and at the time of thefiling of this Notice, described as follows:All that certain piece, parcel or lot of landwith improvements thereon situate, lyingand being in the State of South Carolina,County of Pickens, located on theeastern side of S. Lewis Street, con-taining 0.151 acres, as shown on asurvey entitled “Survey for Mitchell T.Davis”, prepared by C.E. Shehan Sur-veying, RLS, dated March 8, 1996, andrecorded in the Office of the Register ofDeeds for Pickens County, South Car-olina, in Plat Book 221 at Page 6-A.Reference is hereby made to said plat fora more complete metes and bounds de-scription thereof. TMS #: 4181-20-91-3729. Property Address: 711 S Lewis St,Pickens, SC.ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN ADLITEM NISI. It appearing to the satis-faction of the Court, upon reading andfiling of the Petition of the Plaintiff for theappointment of Kelley Woody, attorney inColumbia, South Carolina, as Guardianad Litem Nisi for all unknown minors, andfor all persons who may be under a legaldisability, it is ORDERED that KelleyWoody, Attorney at Law, be and she ishereby appointed Guardian ad Litem Nision behalf of unknown minors or personsunder a legal disability, all of whom mayhave an interest in or claim to have someinterest in the real property known as 711S Lewis St, Pickens, SC 29671; that sheis empowered and directed to appear onbehalf of and represent said Defendants,unless the said Defendants, or someoneon their behalf, shall within thirty (30)days after service of a copy hereof asdirected, procure the appointment of aGuardian ad Litem for the said De-fendants;AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that acopy of this Order shall forthwith beserved upon the said Defendants bypublication thereof in the Easley Pro-gress, a newspaper of general circu-lation published in the County of Pickens,State of South Carolina, once a week forthree consecutive weeks, together withthe Summons in the above entitled ac-tion.Harold P. “Pat” Welborn, Jr.Clerk of Court for Pickens CountyPickens, South CarolinaJune 15, 2012FINKEL LAW FIRM LLCThomas A. ShookP.O. Box 71727North Charleston, SC 29415(843) 577-5460Attorney for Plaintiff6/27, 7/4, 7/11, 2012

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE PROBATE COURTINFORMATION TO

HEIRS AND DEVISEESIN THE MATTER OF

SARA LEE PARSONSCASE NO. 2012ES3900361

On June 19, 2012 Application/Petitionwas made to the Probate Court ofPickens County, at 222 McDaniel Ave., B-16, Pickens, SC 29671, for the informalprobate of will and appointment in theabove matter. The decedent's will dated6/11/2012 was presented. This notice isbeing sent to persons who have or mayhave some interest in the estate. Bondhas not been filed. My application/peti-tion was granted within the past thirtydays on 6/19/2012. **Disclaimer: Thisform is required to sent to all the po-tential heirs of deceased. Receipt of thisform does not mean that you will inheritfrom the deceased. You may review thefile in the Probate Court or see an at-torney if you desire further information.Applicant/Personal RepresentativeName:William Randall ParsonsAddress: 305 Coffee Bluff Villa RoadSavannah, GA 31419PH: (912) 665-0181

LegalsSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENSIN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

SUMMONS AND NOTICEC.A. NO. 2011-CP-39-1397

Greenville Hospital System, Plaintiff, vs.Gary Joe Black, Defendant SERVICE OFSUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO THEDEFENDANT GARY JOE BLACKABOVE-NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBYSUMMONED and required to Answer theComplaint in this action, a copy of whichis on file with the Pickens County Clerk ofCourt and available for inspection havingbeen filed September 28, 2011. You areto serve a copy of your answer to saidComplaint on the person whose namesare subscribed below at 75 Beattie Place,11th floor, Greenville, SC 29601 or atPost Office Box 2048, Greenville, SouthCarolina, 29601, within thirty (30) daysafter the service hereof, exclusive of theday of such service, and if you fail toanswer the Complaint within the timeaforesaid, judgment by default will berendered against you for the relief de-manded in the Complaint. NOTICE OFFILING OF COMPLAINT Please takenotice that a Complaint was filed in theabove-action on September 28, 2011,Greenville Hospital System v. Gary JoeBlack, Case No. 2011-CP-39-1397. Acopy of the Complaint is on file with theClerk of Court for Pickens County andavailable for inspection by interestedpersons.HAYNSWORTH SINKLER BOYDP.A. Sarah T. Clemmons(S.C. Bar No. 74093)Attorneys for Plaintiff75 Beattie Place, 11th Floor (29601)P. O. Box 2048 Greenville, SC 29602(864) 240-3200 (864) 240-3300(facsimile)June 19, 2012Greenville, South Carolina6/27, 7/4, 7/11, 2012

NOTICE OF APPLICATIONNotice is hereby given that 123 Tobacco,Inc. d/b/a 123 Spirits intends to apply tothe South Carolina Department ofRevenue for a license/permit that will al-low the sale and off premises con-sumption of wine and/or liquor at 6129-FCalhoun Memorial Highway, Easley, SC29640.To object to the issuance of this permit/li-cense, written protest must be post-marked no later than July 12, 2012.For a protest to be valid, it must be inwriting, and should include the followinginformation:(1) The name, address, and telephonenumber of the person filing the protest:(2) The specific reasons why the ap-plication should be denied:(3) That the person protesting is willing toattend a hearing (if one is requested bythe applicant):(4) That the person protesting resides inthe same county where the proposedplace of business is located or within fivemiles of the business; and,(5) The name of the applicant and theaddress of the premises to be licensed.Protests must be mailed to: S.C. De-partment of Revenue, ABL SECTION,P.O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214-0907; or faxed to: (803) 898-5899.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEASSUMMONS AND NOTICE OFFILING OF COMPLAINT ANDNOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

INTERVENTION(NON-JURY MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE)DEFICIENCY REQUESTEDC/A NO: 2012-CP-39-00658

Bank of America, N.A., PLAINTIFF, vs.Johnny L. Powell, Bank of America, N.A.,United States of America, acting by andthrough its agency, The Internal Rev-enue Service, and Unifund CCR Part-ners, DEFENDANT(S).F12-01727TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBYSUMMONED and required to answer theComplaint in the above entitled action, acopy of which is herewith served uponyou, and to serve a copy of your answerupon the undersigned at their office, 1300Pickens Street, Columbia, South Car-olina, within thirty (30) days after servicehereof upon you, exclusive of the day ofsuch service, and if you fail to answer theComplaint within the time aforesaid orotherwise appear and defend, thePlaintiff, in this action will apply to theCourt for the relief demanded in theComplaint, and judgment by default willbe rendered against you for the reliefdemanded in the Complaint.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theoriginal Complaint in the above entitledaction was filed in the office of the Clerkof Court for Pickens County on May 4,2012.NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE IN-TERVENTIONPLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuantto the South Carolina Supreme CourtAdministrative Order 2011-05-02-01,(hereinafter “Order”), you may have aright to Foreclosure Intervention.PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THETERMS AND CONDITION OF THISORDER ONLY APPLY TO MORTGAGEFORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGSCONCERNING OWNER-OCCUPIEDDWELLINGS, WHICH IS DEFINED BYTHE ORDER AS REAL PROPERTYTHAT IS THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCEOF ANY MORTGAGOR. To be con-sidered for any available Foreclosure In-tervention, you may communicate withand otherwise deal with the Plaintiffthrough its law firm, KORN LAW FIRM,P.A., P. O. Box 11264, 1300 PickensStreet, Columbia, SC 29201 or call (803)252-5817. KORN LAW FIRM, P.A.,represents the Plaintiff in this action anddoes not represent you. Under ourethical rules, we are prohibited fromgiving you any legal advice.You must submit any requests forForeclosure Intervention considerationwithin 30 days from the date of this No-tice. Attached is a request form for youruse. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, ORVOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TOPARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE IN-TERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGECOMPANY/AGENT MAY PROCEEDWITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. Ifyou have already pursued loss mitigationwith the Plaintiff, this Notice does notguarantee the availability of loss mit-igation options or further review of yourqualifications. IF THIS MORTGAGEFORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGCONCERNS A NON-OWNER OC-CUPIED DWELLING, THE TERMS ANDCONDITIONS OF THE ORDER DO NOTAPPLY TO THIS PROCEEDING. THISIS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBTAND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINEDWILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM ADEBT COLLECTOR.KORN LAW FIRM, P.A.P.O. Box 112641300 Pickens StreetColumbia, South Carolina 29211-1264BY: JOHN B. KELCHNERMEREDITH L. PRICKETTAttorneys for PlaintiffColumbia, South CarolinaJune 7, 2012

NOTICETO ALL PERSONS claiming an interestin: 1991 - 16'9" Elan 17 - Dynasty. JamesW. Curry will apply to SCDNR for title onwatercraft/outboard motor. If you haveany claim to the watercraft/outboardmotor, contact SCDNR at (803) 734-3858. Upon thirty days after the date ofthe last advertisement if no claim of in-terest is made and the watercraft/out-board motor has not been reportedstolen, SCDNR shall issue clear title.Case No. 20120328950374.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS(NON-JURY MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE)SUMMONS AND NOTICES

C/A NO. 12-CP-39-0732The Bank of New York Mellon FKA TheBank of New York as Trustee for theCertificateholders of CWABS Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-BC1,PLAINTIFF, vs. Angelia Bagwell a/k/aAngelia C. Bagwell; Option One Mort-gage Corporation; Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., acting solelyas a nominee for The CIT Group/Con-sumer Finance, Inc.; Hamilton ParkCommunity Association, Inc.; and TheUnited States of America acting by andthrough its agency, Internal RevenueService, DEFENDANT(S).TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED andrequired to answer the Complaint herein,a copy of which is herewith served uponyou, or to otherwise appear and defend,and to serve a copy of your Answer tosaid Complaint upon the subscribers attheir office, 4000 Faber Place, Suite 450,P.O. Box 71727, North Charleston, SouthCarolina, 29415, or to otherwise appearand defend the action pursuant to ap-plicable court rules, within thirty (30) daysafter service hereof, exclusive of the dayof such service; except that the UnitedStates of America, if named, shall havesixty (60) days to answer after the ser-vice hereof, exclusive of such service;and if you fail to answer the Complaint orotherwise appear and defend within thetime aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this actionwill apply to the Court for relief de-manded therein, and judgment by defaultwill be rendered against you for the reliefdemanded in the Complaint.TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEENYEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TOMINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARSOF AGE AND THE PERSON WITHWHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S)AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOMELEGAL DISABILITY:YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED ANDNOTIFIED to apply for the appointment ofa guardian ad litem within thirty (30) daysafter the service of this Summons andNotice upon you. If you fail to do so, ap-plication for such appointment will bemade by the Plaintiff.YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE thatpursuant to Rule 53(b) SCRCP, asamended effective September 1, 2002,the Plaintiff will move for a general Orderof Reference to the Special Referee forPickens County, which Order shall,pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the SouthCarolina Rules of Civil Procedure,specifically provide that the said SpecialReferee is authorized and empowered toenter a final judgment in this action. Ifthere are counterclaims requiring a jurytrial, any party may file a demand underrule 38, SCRCP and the case will be re-turned to the Circuit Court.NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINTNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theoriginal Complaint in the above entitledaction, together with the Summons, wasfiled in the Office of the Clerk of Court forPickens County on May 14, 2012 at 3:18p.m.LIS PENDENSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that anaction has been commenced and is nowpending in this court upon Complaint ofthe above-named Plaintiff against theabove-named Defendants for foreclosureof a certain mortgage of real estate givenby Angelia Bagwell to Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc., actingsolely as a nominee for The CITGroup/Consumer Finance, Inc., in theamount of $140,000.00 dated July 25,2006, and recorded in the Office of theRegister of Deeds for Pickens County inBook M3363 at Page 104 on August 28,2006. The premises covered and af-fected by the said mortgage as by theforeclosure thereof, were, at the time ofthe making thereof, and at the time of thefiling of this Notice, described as follows:All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situ-ate, lying and being in Pickens County,State of South Carolina, being known anddesignated as Lot 27 of Hamilton ParkPhase 2, being more fully described inPlat Book 411, Page 8, recorded in theRMC office for Pickens County, refer-ence is hereby made to said plat for amore complete description of metes andbounds thereof.TMS#: 5028-20-82-0210. Property Ad-dress: 374 Hamilton Parkway, Easley,SC.FINKEL LAW FIRM LLCTHOMAS A. SHOOKPost Office Box 71727North Charleston, South Carolina 29415(843) 577-5460Attorney for Plaintiff

Legals

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS(NON-JURY MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE)SUMMONS AND NOTICES

C/A NO. 12-CP-39-0732The Bank of New York Mellon FKA TheBank of New York as Trustee for theCertificateholders of CWABS Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-BC1,PLAINTIFF, vs. Angelia Bagwell a/k/aAngelia C. Bagwell; Option One Mort-gage Corporation; Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., acting solelyas a nominee for The CIT Group/Con-sumer Finance, Inc.; Hamilton ParkCommunity Association, Inc.; and TheUnited States of America acting by andthrough its agency, Internal RevenueService, DEFENDANT(S).TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED andrequired to answer the Complaint herein,a copy of which is herewith served uponyou, or to otherwise appear and defend,and to serve a copy of your Answer tosaid Complaint upon the subscribers attheir office, 4000 Faber Place, Suite 450,P.O. Box 71727, North Charleston, SouthCarolina, 29415, or to otherwise appearand defend the action pursuant to ap-plicable court rules, within thirty (30) daysafter service hereof, exclusive of the dayof such service; except that the UnitedStates of America, if named, shall havesixty (60) days to answer after the ser-vice hereof, exclusive of such service;and if you fail to answer the Complaint orotherwise appear and defend within thetime aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this actionwill apply to the Court for relief de-manded therein, and judgment by defaultwill be rendered against you for the reliefdemanded in the Complaint.TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEENYEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TOMINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARSOF AGE AND THE PERSON WITHWHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S)AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOMELEGAL DISABILITY:YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED ANDNOTIFIED to apply for the appointment ofa guardian ad litem within thirty (30) daysafter the service of this Summons andNotice upon you. If you fail to do so, ap-plication for such appointment will bemade by the Plaintiff.YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE thatpursuant to Rule 53(b) SCRCP, asamended effective September 1, 2002,the Plaintiff will move for a general Orderof Reference to the Special Referee forPickens County, which Order shall,pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the SouthCarolina Rules of Civil Procedure,specifically provide that the said SpecialReferee is authorized and empowered toenter a final judgment in this action. Ifthere are counterclaims requiring a jurytrial, any party may file a demand underrule 38, SCRCP and the case will be re-turned to the Circuit Court.NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINTNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theoriginal Complaint in the above entitledaction, together with the Summons, wasfiled in the Office of the Clerk of Court forPickens County on May 14, 2012 at 3:18p.m.LIS PENDENSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that anaction has been commenced and is nowpending in this court upon Complaint ofthe above-named Plaintiff against theabove-named Defendants for foreclosureof a certain mortgage of real estate givenby Angelia Bagwell to Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc., actingsolely as a nominee for The CITGroup/Consumer Finance, Inc., in theamount of $140,000.00 dated July 25,2006, and recorded in the Office of theRegister of Deeds for Pickens County inBook M3363 at Page 104 on August 28,2006. The premises covered and af-fected by the said mortgage as by theforeclosure thereof, were, at the time ofthe making thereof, and at the time of thefiling of this Notice, described as follows:All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situ-ate, lying and being in Pickens County,State of South Carolina, being known anddesignated as Lot 27 of Hamilton ParkPhase 2, being more fully described inPlat Book 411, Page 8, recorded in theRMC office for Pickens County, refer-ence is hereby made to said plat for amore complete description of metes andbounds thereof.TMS#: 5028-20-82-0210. Property Ad-dress: 374 Hamilton Parkway, Easley,SC.FINKEL LAW FIRM LLCTHOMAS A. SHOOKPost Office Box 71727North Charleston, South Carolina 29415(843) 577-5460Attorney for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS(NON-JURY MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE)SUMMONS AND NOTICES

C/A NO. 12-CP-39-0649Bank of America, N.A., successor bymerger to BAC Home Loans Servicing,LP FKA Countrywide Home LoansServicing, LP, PLAINTIFF, vs. Samuel P.Auld; and The Peoples National Bank,DEFENDANT(S).TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED andrequired to answer the Complaint herein,a copy of which is herewith served uponyou, or to otherwise appear and defend,and to serve a copy of your Answer tosaid Complaint upon the subscribers attheir office, 4000 Faber Place, Suite 450,P.O. Box 71727, North Charleston, SouthCarolina, 29415, or to otherwise appearand defend the action pursuant to ap-plicable court rules, within thirty (30) daysafter service hereof, exclusive of the dayof such service; except that the UnitedStates of America, if named, shall havesixty (60) days to answer after the ser-vice hereof, exclusive of such service;and if you fail to answer the Complaint orotherwise appear and defend within thetime aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this actionwill apply to the Court for relief de-manded therein, and judgment by defaultwill be rendered against you for the reliefdemanded in the Complaint.TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEENYEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TOMINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARSOF AGE AND THE PERSON WITHWHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S)AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOMELEGAL DISABILITY:YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED ANDNOTIFIED to apply for the appointment ofa guardian ad litem within thirty (30) daysafter the service of this Summons andNotice upon you. If you fail to do so, ap-plication for such appointment will bemade by the Plaintiff.YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE thatpursuant to Rule 53(b) SCRCP, asamended effective September 1, 2002,the Plaintiff will move for a general Orderof Reference to the Special Referee forPickens County, which Order shall,pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the SouthCarolina Rules of Civil Procedure,specifically provide that the said SpecialReferee is authorized and empowered toenter a final judgment in this action. Ifthere are counterclaims requiring a jurytrial, any party may file a demand underrule 38, SCRCP and the case will be re-turned to the Circuit Court.NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINTNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theoriginal Complaint in the above entitledaction, together with the Summons, wasfiled in the Office of the Clerk of Court forPickens County on May 3, 2012 at 2:08p.m.LIS PENDENSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that anaction has been commenced and is nowpending in this court upon Complaint ofthe above-named Plaintiff against theabove-named Defendants for foreclosureof a certain mortgage of real estate givenby Samuel P. Auld to Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc., actingsolely as a nominee for CountrywideBank, FSB, in the amount of $74,500.00dated September 19, 2007, and re-corded in the Office of the Register ofDeeds for Pickens County in Book 3707at Page 216 on October 3, 2007. Thepremises covered and affected by thesaid mortgage as by the foreclosurethereof, were, at the time of the makingthereof, and at the time of the filing of thisNotice, described as follows: All thatcertain piece, parcel or lot of land lyingand being situate in the State of SouthCarolina, County of Pickens, beingshown and designated as the Triangularportion of Lot #71 and all of Lot #72 ofthe Nancy Bagwell Subdivision a/k/aBuddin Street, according to a plat pre-pared for Gary S. Whitemore and CynthiaL. Gilbert by Robert R. Spearman,RLS#3615, dated May 26, 1988 and re-corded in Plat Book 32 at Page 662 in theRegister of Deeds office for PickensCounty, South Carolina, reference towhich is hereby made for a morecomplete and accurate description.TMS#: 5029-13-13-7073. Property Ad-dress: 103 Buddin Street, Easley, SC.FINKEL LAW FIRM LLCTHOMAS A. SHOOKPost Office Box 71727North Charleston, South Carolina 29415(843) 577-5460Attorney for Plaintiff

No Trespassing (Legals)

FM &/orGreg Caddell... 4-23-14

Edward andEvonne Elrod... 1-16-13

Frances M. Brazzelland Brazzell LP... 10-10-12Gary andEleanor Pinkowski... 10-16-13

James L. Local & William L.Betts...10-23-13

S t e p h e n a n d / o r M e l i n d aMcAlister...7-11-12

Teresa L. Parker &/or Evelyn BoggsThomason... 7-18-12A & E Ministorage LLC...11-21-12

No Trespassing (Legals)NO TRESPASSING NOTICES

Section 16-11-610 of the South Carolinacode pertains to entry on another's landsfor various purposes without permission.Any person entering upon the lands ofanother for the purpose of hunting,fishing, trapping, netting; for gatheringfruit, wild flowers, cultivated flowers,shrubbery, straw, turf, vegetables orherbs; or for cutting timber on such landwithout the consent of the owner ormanager, shall be deemed guilty of amisdemeanor and upon conviction shall,for a first offense, be fined not more thantwo hundred dollars or imprisoned for notmore than thirty days and, for a third orsubsequent offenses, be fined not lessthan five hundred dollars no more thanone thousand dollars or imprisoned fornot more than six months or both. A firstor second offense prosecution resultingin a conviction shall be reported by themagistrate or city recorder hearing thecase to the communications and recordsdivision of the South Carolina Law En-forcement Division which shall keep arecord of such conviction so that any lawenforcement agency may inquire intowhether or not a defendant has a priorrecord. Only those offenses which oc-curred within a period of ten years, in-cluding immediately preceding the date ofthe last offense, shall constitute prior of-fenses within the meaning of this section.This is a public notice the persons listeddo not consent to others trespassing onthe properties they own or manage:Blanche Martin... 4-17-13

Caroline Lark...11-21-12

Charles M. Smith... 12-26-12Chester or Annette Miller... 4-17-13Danny G. McCall and/orClay A. McCall... 2-20-13Sara F. Emerich... 3-26-14.Fred D. Duncan and/or Patricia E.Duncan...2-20-13

Gladys, James andCurtis Edens...10-10-12H & A Properties LLC 1 &2...11-21-12

Harry or Beverly Carson...11-21-12Janice McGaha ......5-08-2013

John & Ann Poulos, Rebecca Doyle,Linda Cox...10-24-2012

Kirk Williams ....... 05-08-13Laura Carson Jones.......6-05-2013

Lola G. Arnold... 09-26-2012Mark Bridgman...11-21-12Mary Suggs... 07-25-12M i L a m a r & C a t h e r i n eGilstrap...9-26-12Patricia Ann Simmons...11-28-12

Paul Ianuario... 7-11-2012Ruth Owen...11-28-12Sybil M. Looper.....7/3/2013

W.R. and Faye Upchurch... 4-30-14Wylene G. King...... 06-26-2013

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Notice to CreditorsNOTICE TO CREDITORS

OF ESTATESAll persons having claims against thefollowing estates are required to deliveror mail their claims to the indicatedPersonal Representatives, appointed toadminister these estates, and to file theirclaims on Form #371PC with the Pro-bate Court of Pickens County, the ad-dress of which is 222 McDaniel Ave., B-16, Pickens, SC 29671, on or before thedate that is eight months after the date ofthe first publication of this Notice toCreditors (unless barred by operation ofSection 62-3-803), or such persons shallbe forever barred as to their claims. Allclaims are required to be presented inwritten statements, indicating the nameand the address of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amount claimed,the date when the claim will become due,the nature of any uncertainty as to theamount claimed and the date when due,and a description of any security as to theclaim.Estate: John Cresswell CroweCase #2012ES3900314Personal Representative:John Cresswell Crowe, Jr.Address: 3408 Earls Bridge RoadEasley, SC 29640Attorney: N/A

6/27, 7/4, 7/11, 2012Estate: Henry Fant HolderCase #2012ES3900337Personal Representative:Beverly Holder CarterAddress: 333 State StreetGrove City, PA 16127Attorney: N/A

6/27, 7/4, 7/11, 2012Estate: Julius Clarence RevisCase #2012ES3900378Personal Representative:Julius C. Revis, Jr.Address: 3803 Dacusville HighwayEasley, SC 29640Attorney: N/A

7/11, 7/18, 7/25Estate: Winford Grady WalshCase #2012ES3900352Personal Representative:Gary Eugene WalshAddress: 2404 Bee Ridge RoadColumbia, SC 29223Attorney: Thomas C. BrisseyAddress: 1010 E. North St., Ste. C-3Greenville, SC 29601

6/27, 7/4, 7/11, 2012

Community Calendar (AN-

Amazing Grace Fellowship 229 Pearl St. - Pickens, SC

Kid's KrusadeThe Gospel Train

Rev. & Mrs. Donnie SandersPuppets - Games- Bible

Stories - PrizesSunday, July 15 @ 6 pm

July 16 thru July 18 @ 7 pmFor more information, call

Pastor Tim Williamsonat (864) 247-7725

All Aboard For GlorySt. Paul United Methodist

Church of Easley Community Food BankFood Bank will be open

Friday, July 20 from1 p.m. until 3 p.m. to assistpeople in need. Church is

located at 2513 Brushy CreekRoad in Easley.

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MERCHANDISE

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Houses For Sale (REAL

Easley: 2002, 2 story, 1,621sq. ft. 3BR, 2 BA. 0.26 acre oncul-de-sac in desirable subd.near West End School. Ex-cellent condition. $114,900.

864-810-0075

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Waterford Apts.2BR, 2BA

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Liberty: 500 Carolina Dr., 3BR, 2 BA, $675/mo. No pets.

Call (864) 855-4058

Small 2BR, 1BA house, newlyrefurbished, HVAC, $525 mo.,references required.

Call 859-5659

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10A Pickens Sentinel Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Billy Cannada

P OW D E R SV I LL E —The race for Miss South Carolina is almost here, and current Miss Powdersville, Hannah Failoni, says she is ready for the challenge.

This will be will be Failoni’s first time com-peting in the statewide contest, and she says she is excited about the opportunity.

“If I were to become Miss South Carolina, doors would open for me to have a wider area of influence,” said Failoni. “At the end of my life, I want to be able to look

back and see that I gave my best to make a differ-ence, and I feel as if Miss South Carolina would give me the opportunity to impact more people.”

The drive behind Failoni’s campaign is overcoming insecurities in women and in youth. This particular topic hits close to home for her.

“It started with me leading a high school girl’s bible study on inse-curity, and I just realized how insecurity affects such a wide variety of people and keeps them from fulfilling their pur-pose in life,” said Failoni. “Insecurity can be found

in a lot of different forms and a lot of different areas. I’ve known friends that let their insecurities control them, and in mid-dle school, that’s what I did. I just don’t want any-one to be living in that captivity.”

Leading up to the com-petition, Failoni says she had no idea how much time her role as Miss Powdersville would actu-ally take up.

“I never realized that’s it is really like a full-time job,” said Failoni. “It’s a fun job because I get to meet so many people, just by appearing at differ-ent events, fund raising,

and community service. I really try to make an impact on the commu-nity, and I have enjoyed it a lot.”

Failoni says it has all been worth it to repre-sent her community, how-ever.

“It’s a privilege to rep-resent Powdersville,” said Failoni. “It’s just a small little community, but as I represent it, people will be able to learn more about it. Hopefully the commu-nity will be able to grow even more, and this will make people more aware of what Powdersville has to offer.”

As she tries to prepare

for the contest that will determine if she will go on to compete for Miss America, Failoni says she knows things might get a little stressful.

“It’s going to be long days that are jam-packed with activities,” said Failoni. “It may get stressful, but I just need to stay relaxed and get rest when I can.”

There are a few things Failoni says she is focus-ing on more than others. She will perform a song from the musical “Ghost” as her talent, and she says that part is a little scary.

“I’m looking forward

to interviews (during the competition),” said Failoni. “I like talking to the judges and trying to make them laugh so that they like me. The hardest thing will be tal-ent, because I’ve haven’t grown up with vocal train-ing my whole life. It’s not my biggest strength, but my goal is to do my best in all areas and see where God takes that.”

The Miss South Carolina completion will begin at the Township Auditorium in Columbia on July, 9, and the girls will take the stage from July, 10-15.

Miss Powdersville Gets Set to CompeteThis time, she will be competing on a much bigger stage

Elizabeth Cervantes and W. McKinney Holland were united in marriage on June 2, 2012

at Hilton Gardens in Anderson S.C. at 4:00 p.m.

The Rev. James Hallums & Rev. Veronica Hatton officiated at the ceremony.

The bride is the daugh-ter of Hilario Cervantes & Esperanza Castro of Atlanta Georgia.

She is a 2007 graduate of Liberty High School.

The groom is the son of Charles (Skeet) and Bonita Holland of Liberty, S.C. The Groom’s grandpar-ents are Frances Thomas of Pickens, Jesse Thomas Sr. of Pickens, Warren Holland of Seneca, and the late Terressa Holland of Seneca.

He is a 2004 graduate of Pickens High School and a 2009 graduate of Clemson

University, Accounting. He is employed at Invesco.

The guest register was attended by Miss Skylar Ashemore and Ms. Barbara Wimphrie.

Leading up to the Wedding Ceremony, Bridal Showers were given by Sharon Whitworth at The Avocado Tree in Pickens SC. The second shower was given by Barbara Wimphrie, Jo Walker, Alesia Smith and Terra Williams at the home of Terra Williams in Clemson, S.C.

The Ceremony was wit-nessed by family and well-wishers in a romantic set-ting of beautiful guava and orange roses,

The bride was adorned with a white cathedral veil flowing over a strapless sweetheart beaded lace trumpet gown with shirred

tulle bodice with sweeping train.

Her bridal attendants complimented her with guava satin dresses. The Y neck detail added interest while the shirt pleating and sleeveless silhouette kept the look young.

The maid of honor was Jenny Cervantes.

Bridesmaids were Tiffany Ashemore, Brianna Cervantes, Alisha Hughes and Daysha Jackson.

Jr. Bridesmaids were Carla Cervantes and Daniela Cervantes.

The groom and grooms-men were attired in black tuxedos

The groom selected Cody Riddle as his Best man.

The groomsmen were Rob Anderson, Byron Wimphrie, Fredrick Williams and Jerome

Brown.Bell Ringer was Evan

AshemoreNot only was the couple

united in Holy Matrimony, but the families were also united symbolically with a Sand Ceremony.

Everyone continued to celebrate at the Reception with a sit down dinner and dancing to McKinney and Elizabeth’s favorite music.

Joseph Fontana caught the bridal bouquet of roses. Imara Cortez caught the bride garter.

McKinney and Elizabeth share their first piece of cake and toasted to their future. After many sweet expressions from their guest the happy couple swept off for their honey-moon to Key West, Florida. Upon returning from their honeymoon they will reside in Atlanta, Georgia.

Cervantes, Holland united in marriage

Angela Shelf Medearis

I’ve been losing my mind (and spending way too much money) at the Farmer’s Market. The vast array of beautiful fruits and vegetables overwhelms me every time. Last week, the bundles of Rainbow Swiss chard with its colorful stems and fan-like leaves were too tempting to resist. The watermelon radishes, which look like a rose-col-ored pinwheels inside, also captured my attention. I originally planned to cook the Swiss Chard with some smoke-roasted tomatoes and add the radishes to my coleslaw recipe.

When it was time to pre-pare the greens, I decided to add a few cups of the leftover coleslaw vegeta-bles (without any dressing on them) into the pot, too.

It’s wonderful! You also can add in kale or spinach, with or instead of the cabbage, if that’s what you have on hand. Mixing fresh and frozen greens also works beautifully in this versatile recipe.

I love adding oil-packed, sun-dried or smoke-roast-ed tomatoes to finish the greens, but a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of lemon peel also is tasty.

MIXED GREENS WITH GARLIC AND LEMON

1 tablespoon olive oil2 large bunches Swiss

chard (about 2 pounds total), cleaned, stemmed and chopped, stems reserved (see Tip below)

1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced

1 large carrot, chopped2 cloves garlic, minced1/2 teaspoon red pepper

flakes

1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth or water

1 teaspoon reduced-sodi-um soy sauce

1 small head green cab-bage, finely shredded

2 small watermelon rad-ishes, chopped (optional)

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

1 tablespoon seasoned rice wine vinegar

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

3 tablespoons chopped, sun-dried or smoke-roasted tomatoes and the oil

1. In a large nonstick skillet or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the Swiss chard stems, onion and carrot, and cook

until the onion is translu-cent and the stems soften, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and stir until garlic is fra-grant, about 1 minute. Add the broth or water and soy sauce, stirring to combine. Increase heat to high and bring sauce to a boil.

2. Decrease the heat to medium-low, add the Swiss chard, cabbage and radish-es, if desired, and toss to mix. Cover and cook for 7 to 10 minutes, until greens are tender. Stir in lemon zest, lemon juice, vinegar and black pepper. Remove from heat and serve with sun-dried or smoke-roasted tomatoes and a drizzle of the oil. Makes 6 servings.

TIP: Store unwashed fresh greens in a plastic bag, removing as much of the air from the bag as possible, for up to 5

days. The longer they are stored, the more bitter the flavor becomes. Do not wash greens before storing because exposure to water encourages spoilage.

To clean fresh greens, discard any leaves that are wilted, brown, yellow-ing or damaged. Immerse greens in a sink full of water and wash well to remove sand, grit and any debris. Lift out, drain, rinse and repeat until the water is clean.

To stem, make a V-shaped cut where the stem meets the leaf. Use the stems the way you would use celery, and cook them with the onions. Stack the leaves and coarsely chop them into 3- to 4-inch ribbons, or roll several leaves together into a cigar shape and slice into thin ribbons.

Mixed Green Madness

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Pickens Sentinel 11A

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PICKENS COUNTY—With the support of many local businesses and individuals, the Pickens County Career & Technology Center’s nineteen SkillsUSA first place state winners com-peted at the National SkillsUSA Competitions

in Kansas City, MO from June, 24 to June, 27.

While all of the PCCTC students performed well, three individuals stood out on the national stage. McKenley McPeters, a new Pickens High gradu-ate, placed 2nd in the nation in masonry and

brought home the silver medal.

The team of Russell Brinson and Austin Black, also recent Pickens High graduates, place 3rd in the nation in mechatronics bring-ing home the bronze medal.

Local Students Compete in National SkillsUSA Competitions

(Left) McKenley McPeters (2nd in the nation in masonry) with instructor (right) Jeff Stephens follow-ing the state SkillsUSA competition.

Russell Brinson (left) and Austin Black (right) display their 1st place State medals before competing at nationals and bringing home bronze.

Grilled Sweet PotatoesWe steam and slice sweet potatoes,

and then give them a turn on the grill to create this deliciously unexpected side dish.

2 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled if you like

1 tablespoon olive oil1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black

pepperParsley, for garnish1. Prepare outdoor grill for covered,

direct grilling on medium.2. In 5- to 6-quart saucepot or Dutch

oven, place collapsible steamer basket and 1 inch water. Cover saucepot; heat water to boiling on high on range top. Cut sweet potatoes into 1/2-inch-thick diagonal slices.

3. Place potato slices in steamer bas-ket; reduce heat to low. Cover saucepot and simmer 12 to 15 minutes or until potatoes are just fork-tender; do not overcook. (Potatoes can be steamed a day ahead and refrigerated until ready to grill.)

4. Transfer potato slices to jellyroll pan; brush with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper to season both sides. Place potato slices on hot grill grate. Cover grill and cook potatoes 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly charred and tender, turning slices over once with large metal spatula. Transfer pota-toes to serving bowl; garnish with pars-ley. Makes 4 side-dish servings.

Each serving: About 245 calories, 4g

total fat (1g saturated), 0mg choles-terol, 170mg sodium, 50g carbohydrate, 6g dietary fiber, 3g protein.

Gourmet Grilled Angel Food CakeStore-bought angel food cake goes

gourmet when it’s grilled and topped with sweetened balsamic-soaked straw-berries.

1 1/2 pounds strawberries, hulled and each cut in half, or into quarters if large

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar1 tablespoon sugar1 (9-ounce) store-bought angel food

cakeWhipped cream (optional)1. In medium bowl, toss strawberries

with balsamic vinegar and sugar. Let stand at room temperature until sugar dissolves, at least 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2. Meanwhile, prepare outdoor grill for direct grilling on medium. Cut angel food cake into 6 wedges.

3. Place cake on hot grill rack and cook 3 to 4 minutes or until lightly toasted on both sides, turning over once. Spoon strawberries with their juice onto 6 des-sert plates. Place grilled cake on plates with strawberries; serve with whipped cream if you like. Serves 6.

Each serving: About 155 calories, 1g total fat (0g saturated), 0mg choles-terol, 320mg sodium, 35g total carbs, 3g dietary fiber, 3g protein.

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Dance Party FridaysCalling all dancers,

movers, and shakers. The Pickens County Library System and DJ Rita Lott Present: Dance Party Fridays.

Upcoming events will be held on Friday, July 13 at 10:30 a.m. and Friday, August 3 at 10:30 a.m.

Step into your danc-ing shoes and show off your fancy moves with DJ Rita Lott. She’ll be spin-ning kid-friendly tunes at the Hampton Memorial Library in Easley that are sure to make you bop ‘til you drop. Dancers 12 and under are welcome to move and groove. Children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by a caregiver.

The event is free. For more information, please contact the Youth Services Department at 850-7077 ext. 104.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Join the Central-Clemson Book Club on Wednesday, July 11 at 7pm to discuss The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick.

Hugo is an orphan, clock keeper, and thief who lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station. His secret world becomes suddenly infiltrated by an eccentric young girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station. A cryptic drawing, a trea-

sured notebook, a stolen key, and a hidden mes-sage from Hugo’s dead father form the backbone of this spellbinding mys-tery.

“A true masterpiece.” — Publishers Weekly

Yack and Yarn at Sarlin Branch, Liberty

Do you like to quilt, crochet, knit, needle-point, or do some other kind of needlecraft? If you are an expert, or need help getting started, join us at the Sarlin Branch Library in Liberty. We meet regularly on the first and third Saturday of each month at 10am. On Saturday, July 7 AND Saturday, July 21 bring your current project or come ask for help from a fellow group member on a project you want to start. This informal group wel-comes anyone who likes to have a good time and

enjoys needlecraft.Participation is free

and open to all. For more information stop by or call the Sarlin Branch at 843-5805.

Ju ly ’s Adul t Summer Reading Program Theme is “A Midsummer Night’s Read.”

For the Pickens County Library System’s Adult Summer Reading Program, July’s theme is “A Midsummer Night’s Read.” In keeping with this theme, the following programs will be held at the Hampton Memorial Library in Easley:

Saturday, July 7 at 2pm- We’ll show the movie, “She’s the Man” starring Amanda Bynes. This film is loosely based on the Shakespearean comedy, “Twelfth Night” and is rated PG-13.

Saturday, July 21 at 2pm- Join us for a presen-tation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Rebecca Evatt of the SC Governor’s School, fol-lowed by a showing of the movie version star-ring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kevin Kline. This film is rated PG-13.

All programs are free and open to the pub-lic. For more informa-tion, contact Miranda Schenkel at 850-7077 x 113 or MirandaS@pick-ens.lib.sc.us.

Upcoming Library EventsANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — An

Anderson County sheriff ’s deputy has been fired after the State Law Enforcement Division accused him of misconduct.

Thirty-four-year-old Ronald Shane Thompson was arrested late Monday afternoon after an interview with SLED agents.

He’s accused of being involved in a number of illegal drug transactions

while on duty. SLED spokeswoman Kathryn Richardson said the inci-dents occurred between November 2010 and April 2012.

Thompson had worked for the sheriff ’s department since 2005. He previously had worked for the Oconee County Sheriff ’s Department and the Iva Police Department.

It was not clear if Thompson has an attorney.

Anderson County Deputy Fired

Joe ToppeFor more than 43 years,

the office of Pickens County Sheriff was held by one man, but early next year Pickens County will enter into a new era.

And so, The Easley Progress will now shake off the red rust of time and open up the archives to the Wednesday January 8, 1969 edition and will summarize the span of years between Sheriff David Stone’s first day to the present.

On page seven of that 1969 edition, an image of Pickens County’s newest officials were pictured tak-ing their oaths.

Sheriff C. David Stone and Coroner Doug Haynes were photographed as they were administered the oath of office by Clerk of Court E.P. McDaniel.

During the four decades of service, Pickens County and the world around it experienced a transfor-mation that made Sheriff Stone’s first year of office unrecognizable to that of the world today.

In January of 1969 no human being had ever stepped foot on the moon, but in July of that same year Neil Armstrong would walk across the lunar sur-face.

The Vietnam War had six more years of fight-ing, and 250,000 men and women would march on Washington in October of that year to protest it.

The 1970s saw the end of the war in Vietnam, the death of Elvis Presley, and the United States Bicentennial in 1976.

The 1980s saw a for-mer Hollywood actor elected President of the United States in Ronald Reagan, the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989.

The 1990s would wit-ness the collapse of the Soviet Union and the official end of the Cold War, but would close with a tragic plane crash that took the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, and his sister-in-law.

The new century would dawn with excitement as Sydney, Australia hosted the Summer Olympic Games, but would be sad-dened the following year with the devastating terror-ist attacks on September 11, 2001.

The War on Terror had begun.

Over the last 43 years, the world has suffered many great losses, trag-edies, and sadness, but there have also been many joys, and improvements.

Communication tech-nology has revolutionized the manner in which the world conducts its busi-ness, including the office of Sheriff and Pickens County.

Gone are the days of lengthy communication, penned letters, and dis-tance isolation.

E-mails, cellular phones, and the internet have made the world a much smaller

place to live, and stands in great contrast to the larger world that circled the sun

43 and a half years ago when Sheriff David Stone first took office.

12A Pickens Sentinel Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Less than an inch. The difference

between off and on. For you, there

is no in-between. Just today’s

errands to run and cookies to

bake. You don’t think about all

that goes on behind that switch.

Because we do.

Kurt Turns Some HeadsMonte Dutton

Kurt Busch, who has been a frequent source of controversy, could not have been more grace-ful than he was following an impressive third-place finish in the Toyota/Save Mart 350.

A year after winning at Sonoma, Busch dueled fiercely with race winner Clint Bowyer but ended up yielding second place to Tony Stewart.

When Busch won at the 1.99-mile road course, he was driving a Dodge for Roger Penske. His misbehavior cost him that prestigious ride, and now he competes in the underfunded — and often unsponsored — Chevy fielded by James Finch’s Phoenix Racing.

“I thought the race would play into our hands,” Busch said. “Our car was a little better on long runs than Bowyer, but he did a great job. I just kept thinking: ‘He’s a dirt-track racer from the Midwest. There’s no way he’s going to be able to run the road course.’

“But he did. He did great. That car and our car, I think we separated ourselves from the pack.”

Busch served a one-race suspension for a post-race verbal altercation at Dover. The comeback perfor-mance at Sonoma left him sentimental and moved.

“When you show up and you’re on a third of the budget, and you almost bring it to victory lane, you can’t say that one guy did it out there. It takes a full team effort,” he said. “I really wanted to deliver for my guys, and being that close … it’s a tough game. That’s why it’s Sprint Cup.”

At the end, Busch’s red Chevy had been crippled by clipping the wall in pur-

suit of Bowyer.“To have a wounded

car, I had to yield to Tony (Stewart),” Busch said. “I didn’t want to get up in the loose gravel and lose a bunch of spots.

“It was still a great day for Phoenix Racing and James Finch, who gave me this opportunity. They bring out the best in me. This is a no-nonsense group. … This way this program feels, we are a bunch of Boy Scouts where we have to support each other and teach each other things. Everybody has three jobs on this team.”

Kurt Busch overcame some recent controversy and a one-week suspension for a respectable third-place finish at Sonoma. (John Clark/NASCAR This Week photo)

Margaret Shelton, Animal Science instructor at Pickens County Career & Technology Center is honored to be one of forty-eight, highly recommended, agriscience teachers from 35 states who will attend the “Ag Academy” at DuPOnt Cheasapeake Farms, Chestertown, Md. this summer. With the current classes, the “Ag Academy” will grow to 181 ambassadors of our country’s finest Agriculture Science teachers, representing 49 states and Puerto Rico.

The “Ag Academy” is a professional development institute, sponsored by DuPont as a special project of the National FFA Foundation and the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE), where agriculture teachers learn new inquiry-based teaching techniques to improve sci-ence learning. Ecology, genetics and biofuels are just a few of the subjects investigated each year. The goal of NATAA is to incorporate more science into existing curriculums, make learning fun and challenging for students and, as a result, improve student performance in standardized science test scores.

Shelton to attend Ag Academy at DuPont Chesapeake Farms

Through the Years