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SOUTH CAROLINA’S PREMIER WEEKLY INDEX | LIVINGHERE | DEATHS | TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE GREER CITIZEN, CALL US TODAY AT 877-2076 HITTING THE HIGH NOTES Greer student takes interest in performing opera B6 Kane DeGeorgis, 6 Ruby Styles Hudson NOTABLE | MAKING PROGRESS Yellow Jackets finish 8-2 at Wren 7-on-7 B1 SPORTS | CLASSIFIEDS B4-5 COMMUNITY CALENDAR/NEWS A2 CRIME A9 ENTERTAINMENT B8 OBITUARIES A6 OPINION A4 OUR SCHOOLS B7 SPORTS B1-4 WEATHER A6 ‘Despicable Me 2’ up next at Moonlight Movies Looking for a show? The City of Greer will continue its Moonlight Movies series this Thursday with the showing of “De- spicable Me 2.” Activities begin at 6:30 p.m. in Greer City Park. The free movie will start at dusk, ap- proximately 8:30 p.m. MISSION-MINDED: Volunteers help build TRBA facility A7 WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014 GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 101 NO. 30 75 CENTS BY BILLY CANNADA EDITOR The Greater Greer Cham- ber of Commerce has a new leader. Mark Owens, who has served as the chamber’s vice president for the past two years, has been named president and CEO. Owens takes the reins a month after the departure of former Greater Greer Chamber President Allen Smith, who took over du- ties as the president of the Spartanburg Area Cham- ber of Commerce. “It’s incredibly excit- ing and really humbling that the leadership of the chamber selected me to be in this role,” Owens said. “I wouldn’t be here without this community and our staff. We have an amazing team at the chamber, and we’re going to continue to be a team moving for- ward.” Owens said there was a lot of competition for the job. “As a staff member at the chamber, I had good knowledge of what has been going on and I’ve been a part of that,” he said. “The interview pro- cess with our board was definitely interesting. We SEEOWENS |A6 For ‘at risk’ youth BY BILLY CANNADA EDITOR A new program target- ing “at risk” youth got underway last Saturday in Duncan with a crash course boot camp for com- munity leaders and local residents. The six-hour “Warrior 101” program, hosted by the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, put partic- ipating “cadets” through various physical and men- tal challenges in hopes of providing discipline and structure. “It’s going to be a lot of discipline,” Capt. Allen Freeman said. “We’re go- ing to run it like a military boot camp.” The actual program will span several days and will include physical training, presentations from North American Rescue and the Spartanburg County Coroner, skill training and more. “We’re excited about it,” Sgt. Terry Cody said. “We’re looking forward to getting the kids in. The sooner we can help these kids, hope- fully, is the sooner we can make a change in the com- munity.” Deputies say they have gotten some feedback, but are still looking for ways to fine-tune the program. “We’ve put on our por- tion, but the real story is going to come from the guys who were actually out there in it,” said Lt. Mark Freeman. “That’s where the feedback comes from.” Cody said the partici- pants began to get more comfortable as the day went along. “I saw a lot of instruc- tors that take it to heart,” he said. “I saw a lot of the community who, at first, seemed to be a little hesi- tant. Some didn’t know what to expect and there was maybe even a little bit of fear when the yelling SEEPROGRAM |A6 Owens named Greer Chamber president, CEO Deputies test Warrior 101 PHIL BUCHHEIT | THE GREER CITIZEN Mark Owens is the new president and CEO of the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce. PHOTO | SUBMITTED Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot seven times in the Fort Hood shooting in 2009, is pictured with his K9s for Warriors dog, Bomber. BY BILLY CANNADA EDITOR Greer lost a memorable personality last week as J. Van Collins passed away at the age of 70. Son of the late J. Van Collins Sr. and Georgia Mae Collins, he was known and loved by many in the Greer area. “I’ll miss him a lot,” said Greer resident Gary Griffin. “He was one of the color- ful characters of Greer.” While he was many things to many people, Collins was often known for his ability to make oth- ers laugh. “He was really funny,” Griffin said. “He had dif- ferent outfits on at dif- ferent times that added to that. He was somebody that I will miss because I enjoyed going along with him and laughing with him.” John Wells, a Lyman resident who spent many years in downtown Greer, has his own collection of funny stories. “I remember one time I left him at my house and told him to burn the leaves—this was right af- ter we moved to Lyman,” Wells said. “I came home and the fire department had pulled up and they had squirted the leaves and put the leaves out- -because he had such a big fire going--and they squirted him and he was soaking wet,” Wells said. “There’s just thousands of great stories I could tell about him.” Collins played the role of salesman from time to time. “When the pecans came in, Poinsett Street was J. Van’s territory,” Wells said. “He would be in ev- erybody’s backyards gath- ering pecans and trying to sell them.” Griffin, who works at Mutual Home Store, said Collins always came look- ing for pecans and a good conversation. “We gave him pecans from our pecan tree,” Griffin said. “He would take them and go around town…He would come into [Harrill’s Clothing Store] sometimes and we would joke around with my fa- ther-in-law [Bill Harrill]. He used to tell my father-in- law how big his feet were and that kind of thing.” Griffin said he knew Col- lins’ family. “I knew J. Van’s fam- ily,” Griffin said. “J. Van’s mother was a customer of ours and was a real dear lady.” The Greer icon was also a hard worker. “He was one of the hard- est workers I’ve ever met in my life,” Wells said. “He could do more with his hands than most people do with garden tools... He could do anything. He wasn’t that well-educated, but he was really smart. He was a good guy that brought a lot of laughter.” Greer resident Ken Emo- ry agreed with Wells “J. Van was a very unique person. I have never seen a man that was as proud of his job as he was,” Emory said. “Whatever he was doing, when he finished, he was proud of it. When he did something good, he would go get everybody and show it to them.” Greer says goodbye to J. Van PHOTO | COURTESY OF JOHN WELLS J. Van Collins, a longtime Greer personality, passed away at the age of 70. ‘There’s just thousands of great stories I could tell about him.’ John Wells See related letter | A6 ‘I really have a passion for this community and, when the opportunity came available, I felt ready for it...’ Mark Owens President, GreaterGreerChamberofCommerce BY AMANDA IRWIN STAFF WRITER They’ve been given a sec- ond chance, and when they put on their vests, they know it’s time to work. They are handpicked and trained to be obedient, intuitive, protective and supportive because they are serving the service- men who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injuries. The vast majority of dogs selected for the K9s for Warriors organization are found in shelters or at rescues in the southeast, and they are paired with a veteran and partake in three weeks of training for a lifetime of service. Sheri Duval, whose son, Brett Simon, served two tours in Iraq where he was a bomb dog handler, founded the K9s for War- riors organization. When Simon returned from his second tour with PTSD, Duval noticed that his rela- tionship with his dog kept him from isolation. After two years of researching service dog programs, Duval began K9s for War- riors, an organization lo- cated in Florida that trains and provides dogs service for veterans across the United States and her son serves as the head trainer. But unlike many organi- zations that train service dogs, Duval’s organization uses primarily shelter and SEEDOGS |A6 Mutually saved: K9s serving servicemen Odd Jobs SERVICE DOGS

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    Moonlight MoviesLooking for a show? The City of Greer

    will continue its Moonlight Movies series this Thursday with the showing of De-spicable Me 2. Activities begin at 6:30 p.m. in Greer City Park.

    The free movie will start at dusk, ap-proximately 8:30 p.m.

    Mission-Minded: Volunteers help build TRBA facility a7

    wednesday, july 23, 2014 greer, soutH Carolina Vol. 101 no. 30 75 Cents

    by billy cannada Editor

    The Greater Greer Cham-ber of Commerce has a new leader.

    Mark Owens, who has served as the chambers vice president for the past two years, has been named president and CEO.

    Owens takes the reins a month after the departure of former Greater Greer Chamber President Allen Smith, who took over du-ties as the president of the Spartanburg Area Cham-ber of Commerce.

    Its incredibly excit-ing and really humbling that the leadership of the chamber selected me to be in this role, Owens said. I wouldnt be here without this community and our staff. We have an amazing team at the chamber, and were going to continue to be a team moving for-ward.

    Owens said there was a

    lot of competition for the job.

    As a staff member at the chamber, I had good knowledge of what has been going on and Ive been a part of that, he said. The interview pro-cess with our board was definitely interesting. We

    sEEowens |a6

    For at risk youthby billy cannada Editor

    A new program target-ing at risk youth got underway last Saturday in Duncan with a crash course boot camp for com-munity leaders and local residents.

    The six-hour Warrior 101 program, hosted by

    the Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office, put partic-ipating cadets through various physical and men-tal challenges in hopes of providing discipline and structure.

    Its going to be a lot of discipline, Capt. Allen Freeman said. Were go-ing to run it like a military boot camp.

    The actual program will span several days and will include physical training, presentations from North American Rescue and the Spartanburg County

    Coroner, skill training and more.

    Were excited about it, Sgt. Terry Cody said. Were looking forward to getting the kids in. The sooner we can help these kids, hope-fully, is the sooner we can make a change in the com-munity.

    Deputies say they have gotten some feedback, but are still looking for ways to fine-tune the program.

    Weve put on our por-tion, but the real story is going to come from the guys who were actually

    out there in it, said Lt. Mark Freeman. Thats where the feedback comes from.

    Cody said the partici-pants began to get more comfortable as the day went along.

    I saw a lot of instruc-tors that take it to heart, he said. I saw a lot of the community who, at first, seemed to be a little hesi-tant. Some didnt know what to expect and there was maybe even a little bit of fear when the yelling

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    Owens named Greer Chamber president, CEO

    Deputies test Warrior 101

    Phil BuchhEit | thE GrEEr citizEn

    Mark Owens is the new president and CEO of the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce.

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    Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot seven times in the Fort Hood shooting in 2009, is pictured with his K9s for Warriors dog, Bomber.

    by billy cannadaEditor

    Greer lost a memorable personality last week as J. Van Collins passed away at the age of 70.

    Son of the late J. Van Collins Sr. and Georgia Mae Collins, he was known and loved by many in the Greer area.

    Ill miss him a lot, said Greer r e s i d e n t Gary Griffin. He was one of the color-ful characters of Greer.

    While he was many things to many people, Collins was often known for his ability to make oth-ers laugh.

    He was really funny, Griffin said. He had dif-ferent outfits on at dif-ferent times that added to that. He was somebody that I will miss because I enjoyed going along with

    him and laughing with him.

    John Wells, a Lyman resident who spent many years in downtown Greer, has his own collection of funny stories.

    I remember one time I left him at my house and told him to burn the leavesthis was right af-ter we moved to Lyman, Wells said. I came home and the fire department had pulled up and they had squirted the leaves and put the leaves out--because he had such a big fire going--and they squirted him and he was

    soaking wet, Wells said. Theres just thousands of great stories I could tell about him.

    Collins played the role of salesman from time to time.

    When the pecans came in, Poinsett Street was J. Vans territory, Wells said. He would be in ev-erybodys backyards gath-ering pecans and trying to sell them.

    Griffin, who works at Mutual Home Store, said Collins always came look-ing for pecans and a good conversation.

    We gave him pecans from our pecan tree, Griffin said. He would take them and go around townHe would come into [Harrills Clothing Store] sometimes and we would joke around with my fa-ther-in-law [Bill Harrill]. He used to tell my father-in-law how big his feet were and that kind of thing.

    Griffin said he knew Col-

    lins family.I knew J. Vans fam-

    ily, Griffin said. J. Vans mother was a customer of ours and was a real dear lady.

    The Greer icon was also a hard worker.

    He was one of the hard-est workers Ive ever met in my life, Wells said. He could do more with his hands than most people do with garden tools... He could do anything. He wasnt that well-educated, but he was really smart. He was a good guy that brought a lot of laughter.

    Greer resident Ken Emo-ry agreed with Wells

    J. Van was a very unique person. I have never seen a man that was as proud of his job as he was, Emory said.

    Whatever he was doing, when he finished, he was proud of it. When he did something good, he would go get everybody and show it to them.

    Greer says goodbye to J. Van

    Photo | courtEsy of John WElls

    J. Van Collins, a longtime Greer personality, passed away at the age of 70.

    theres just thousands of great

    stories I could tell

    about him.

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    i really have a passion for

    this community

    and, when the

    opportunity came

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    Mark owenspresident,

    greatergreerChamberofCommerce

    by amanda irwinstaff WritEr

    Theyve been given a sec-ond chance, and when they put on their vests, they know its time to work. They are handpicked and trained to be obedient, intuitive, protective and supportive because they are serving the service-men who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injuries.

    The vast majority of dogs selected for the K9s for Warriors organization are found in shelters or at rescues in the southeast, and they are paired with a veteran and partake in three weeks of training for a lifetime of service.

    Sheri Duval, whose son, Brett Simon, served two tours in Iraq where he was a bomb dog handler, founded the K9s for War-

    riors organization. When Simon returned from his second tour with PTSD, Duval noticed that his rela-tionship with his dog kept him from isolation. After two years of researching service dog programs, Duval began K9s for War-riors, an organization lo-cated in Florida that trains and provides dogs service for veterans across the United States and her son serves as the head trainer. But unlike many organi-zations that train service dogs, Duvals organization uses primarily shelter and

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  • A2 THE GREER CITIZEN COMMUNITY WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014

    GODS PANTRYIN DESPERATE NEED

    Gods pantry needs vounteers, supporting churches and friends, as giving is down and the needs are up, and Children home from school are un-able to get three meals a day, and the warehouse is out of vegetables.

    Items can be dropped off at 100 Enoree Road, Greer, on Thursdays from 10 a.m. noon; 2481 Racing Road, Greer, on Thursdays 1 4 p.m.; or 700 E. Main St., Duncan, on Wednesdays 9 11 a.m.

    For questions or to vol-unteer call 963-4441.

    HUB CITY FARMERS MOBILE MARKET OPEN

    Through August 19 the Hub City Farmers Mo-bile Market will be at the Pinewood Resource Center Parking Lot in Spartanburg from 12:30 - 2 p.m. to of-fer fresh and local produce and eggs.

    THRIFT STORE TAKING DONATIONS

    The Community Chest Thrift Store, located at 52 Groce Road, Lyman, is open Thursday and Fri-day 10 a.m. 6 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. 2 p.m., hours may extend if vol-unteers are available and a need arises.

    Donations of gently used ladies clothing, accessories and home dcor items are being accepted and can be dropped off at the MTCC, located at 84 Groce Road, Lyman, or to setup larger donations or to volunteer contact Lyn Turner at 439-7760.

    MEALS ON WHEELSVOLUNTEER ORIENTATION

    Orientation for Meals On Wheels volunteer driv-ers will be every Thurs-day of the year from 9:30 11 a.m. at 15 Oregon St., Greenville.

    For more information contact [email protected] or 233-6565, or visit mealsonwheelsgreen-ville.org.

    ROAD TO RECOVERY DRIVERS NEEDED

    The American Cancer Society needs volunteer drivers to transport pa-tients to local treatment centers.

    Anyone interested in volunteering as a driver must have a good driv-ing record, valid drivers license, automobile insur-

    ance and a vehicle in good working condition. The American Cancer Society provides free training for this program.

    For more information on becoming a Road to Recov-ery volunteer, contact the local office at 627-8289.

    GCM SEEKS VOLUNTEERSFOR SENIOR DINING

    GCM needs volunteers to assist with the Senior Din-ing from 9 11:30 a.m., Monday Friday.

    To volunteer or for more information, call Patsy Quarles at 877-1937.

    SHARONS CLOSET REQUESTS BOYS CLOTHING

    Sharons Closet needs towels, sheets and cloth-ing for boys sizes 6 - teen.

    New or gently used clothing accepted Monday through Friday 8 a.m. 4 p.m. at 783 S. Line St. Ext., Greer.

    GREER RELIEF CALLS ON VOLUNTEER GARDENERS

    As part of a collabora-tion with the community, Greer Relief has several plots and needs as many volunteer gardeners as possible ot help grow veg-etables and flowers. Plant-ing for a fall garden cur-rently.

    Contact Greer Relief at 848-5355 for more infor-mation.

    GCM NEEDS BIBLES, CANNED FOODS

    The Food Pantry needs boxed gelatin, canned peas, fruit, potatoes, car-rots, mixed greens, baked beans, corn muffin mix and pasta.

    GCM also needs large print Bibles to distribute to senior adults in the Se-nior Dining and Meals on Wheels programs.

    Donate at the ministry, 738 S. Line St. Ext., Greer, between 8 a.m. 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

    Visit gcminc.org or call 879-2254 for more infor-mation.

    SPARTANBURG REGIONAL OFFERING SIBLING CLASS

    The interactive class will introduce brothers and sisters to changes to expect when siblings are born.

    The class is July 17 from 4 - 5 p.m., and alternative dates are available.

    Registration is open on-line at spartanburgregion-al.com.

    GCM SEEKS DRIVERSFOR SUMMER MONTHS

    Greer Community Min-istries needs drivers for Meals On Wheels during the summer months. Sev-eral routes are available and each takes about an

    hour, with pickup between 10 and 11 a.m.

    To volunteer or for more information, call Wendy Campbell at 879-2254.

    A Meals On Wheels driver must be a qualified driver with a valid drivers license and have a heart for serving others. MOW has 19 delivery routes in the greater Greer area. Meals are delivered Mon-day through Friday.

    INFANT CARE SESSION AT SPARTANBURG REGIONAL

    On July 29 from 6 - 7 p.m., an infant care ses-sion will introduce the basics of baby care and nurturing to moms and support people.

    Registration is available online at spartanburgre-gional.com, and 28 open-ings are available.

    GREER RELIEF NEEDS DELIVERY VOLUNTEERS

    Weekly Costco donates bread and pastries to Greer Relief. Greer Relief needs volunteers who are willing to pick up donations and deliver them to Greer Re-lief for distribution.

    Contact Greer Relief at 848-5355 for more infor-mation.

    FIRST FRIDAY LUNCHEON,AUGUST 1 AT CITY HALL

    The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerces First Friday Luncheon pre-sented by Greer Memo-rial Hospital is August 1 from 11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. at Greer City Hall, 301 E. Poinsett St.

    The event is $10 for member and $15 for non-members. Visit greercham-ber.com to register or for more information.

    NUTRITIONAL NAVIGATION: A GROCERY STORE TOUR

    On August 8, from 10 a.m. - noon, dietitian Kerri Lindberg, R.D., L.D., with Spartanburg Reional Healthcare System, will of-fer an interactive tour of your local grocery store.

    Waiting list enrollment available, and registration is available online at spar-tanburgregional.com.

    CONCERT IN COURTYARDAT MANNING PLACE

    On July 30 a Concert in the Courtyard will be held at Manning Place, located at 10 Companion Court, Greer, from 6 - 7:30 p.m.

    The GRUMPY OLD JAZZ MEN will perform and light refreshments will be served.

    FIRST TUESDAY ON TRADE: CRUISE IN NIGHT, AUGUST 5

    Augusts First Tuesday on Trade is Cruise In Night and will be held at Greer Station from 5 8 p.m.

    For more information on the free event, contact Kyle Mensing with the Greer Development Corporation at [email protected].

    ICAN BIKE CAMPBEGINS AUGUST 11

    The iCan Bike Camp pro-gram runs from August 11 15 with several sessions to choose from and is held at Taylors First Baptist Church, 200 W. Main St.

    With instruction and the assistance of trained staff, teachers and adapted bikes, individuals with dis-abilities are taught how to ride a conventional bike, giving them independence. Riders attend a 75-minute session each day for five consecutive days and the week concludes with an awards ceremony.

    The cost of the program is a $50 registration fee that is 100 percent re-funded on the last day of camp.

    For more information or to register, visit icanshine.org or email [email protected].

    GCM SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE STARTS JULY 28

    The drive runs July 28 - Aug. 22. Applicants can fill out forms beginning July 28 and must have a photo ID of parents/guardian and social security card.

    Donations are accepted 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday - Friday. For more informa-tion, call 877-1973.

    Member celebration

    Several local business leaders got together during a membership celebration, hosted by the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce at the Davenport last week. Above: Jessica Monroe of Shoppes on Trade, and Caroline Robertson of Greer Relief share a light moment. On the right, John Ownby, of 9Round catches up with with Alex Means.

    Photos by Preston Burch

    Calendar deadline is noon on Tuesdays. All list-ings are subject to editing and/or omission due to space constraints. Please submit information about area events, meetings, etc. to Amanda Irwin at 877-2076, email to [email protected] or mail to The Greer Citizen P.O. Box 70 Greer, SC 29652.

    TODAY, JULY 23GRACE PLACE in Greer will

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

    THURSDAY, JULY 24KIWANIS CLUB AT 6:30 p.m.

    at Laurendas Family Restau-rant. Call Charmaine Helfrich at 349-1707.

    THE SOAR BINGO CLUB from 10 a.m. - noon at Victor Gym. The cost is 50 cents per card.

    FRIDAY, JULY 25GRACE PLACE IN Greer will

    have its monthly dinner at 6:30 p.m. Grace Place is located at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.

    SATURDAY, JULY 26COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

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

    SUNDAY, JULY 27MONTHLY BREAKFAST AT

    Second Baptist Church, 570 Memorial Drive Ext., Greer, at 8 a.m. Free. Reservations are required. Call Larry at 233-0387.

    MONDAY, JULY 28THE NEVER ALONE GROUP

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

    TUESDAY, JULY 29THE NEVER ALONE GROUP

    OF NARCOTICS ANONY-MOUS at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center.

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

    FRIDAY, AUGUST 1GERMAN-AMERICAN CLUB

    STAMMTISCH at 6 p.m. at Compadres Restaurant, located at 8161 Warren H. Ab-ernathy Hwy., Spartanburg.

    SATURDAY, AUGUST 2COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

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

    MONDAY, AUGUST 4GRACE PLACE in Greer will

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

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

    TUESDAY, AUGUST 5THE ROTARY CLUB of

    Greater Greer at 7:15 a.m. at Southern Thymes. Call 334-6177.

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

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

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

    UPSTATE LEWY BODY and Related Dementia Support Group from 5-6 p.m. at The Haven in the Village at Chan-ticleer. Contact Gail Stokes at 350-7160 or [email protected].

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

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

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  • By AmAndA IrwInStaff Writer

    A proposed manufactur-ing facility and South Su-ber Road subdivision were addressed at the July 17 Greer Planning Advisory meeting.

    Planning Advisory meet-ings afford an opportunity for developers to pres-ent proposed preliminary plans to all the building standards and develop-ment departments, CPW and District 5 schools for review, feedback and questions. Some projects presented at Planning Ad-visory never develop fur-ther.

    The proposed Veloc-ity Park manufacturing facility is in an industrial zoned area surrounded by primarily undeveloped property. The facility must have a 50-foot set-back along the front and a 25-foot setback along the sides and back of the property. A landscape buf-fer and sidewalks will be required along Genoble Road, unless a variance request is submitted and approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals. A traffic impact study will be re-quired as well.

    Representatives of the property developer said future development after this project has been dis-cussed and presently the propertys future tenant is unknown.

    Planning and Zoning Co-ordinator Glenn Pace rec-ommended adding a sec-ond entrance to the plan. Construction is expected to begin soon, according to .

    The plans presented by Mark III properties pro-

    posed constructing 77 single-family dwellings costing around $250,000 on 17.75 acres for the Hartwood Lake subdivi-sion on South Suber Road. Sidewalks will be required along Suber Road, unless a variance is submitted and approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals. Con-struction on this property is also expected to begin soon, according to Pace.

    The proposed number of homes is the maximum the R-10 zoning classifica-tion allows, however, the request for R-10 zoning was later denied for rec-ommendation to the Greer Council by the Planning Commission. Suber Road is maintained by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and areas of the property are located in the floodplain so a Fed-eral Emergency Manage-ment Agency certificate will be required before construction permits are issued.

    Pace recommended in-cluding a pedestrian ac-cess road between the proposed subdivision and the Emmanuel Baptist Church, potentially less-ening traffic on the main road for nearby churchgo-ers. As the plans currently stand, the proposed open space doesnt have pedes-trian access, which must be changed, according to Pace. Pace also recom-mended setback space that allows road expansion for future development.

    Im sure this portion of Suber Road is pretty much undeveloped at this time from Brushy Creek back to the railroad tracks there around Suber Mill Road, but the intensity is

    starting to pick up signifi-cantly, he said. So in the future there will have to be something done and we want to make sure weve got at least some right-of-way to do that without having to move structures and everything else.

    The Planning Commis-sion on Monday reviewed the Hartwood Lake Subdi-vision and Greer Council will hear the commissions rezoning recommenda-tions next month.

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    And storage regulationsBy AmAndA IrwInStaff Writer

    Hartwood Lake subdivi-sion, a proposed subdivi-sion on Suber Road, an expansion of an ONeal Church Road subdivision and a storage container ordinance were discussed at Greers Planning Com-mission meeting on Mon-day night.

    Developer Mark III properties R-10 zoning request for the Hartwood Lake Subdivision was rec-ommended for denial by the commission because of the small lot sizes the zoning would allow. The proposed property plans showed 77 single-family dwelling the maximum the R-10 zoning allows for the property size on 4,000 square foot lots. Along with the denial of R-10 zoning, commission voted to recommend R-12 zoning because it was more appropriate accord-ing to the lot sizes of near-by neighborhoods. The R-12 zoning has larger lot sizes, allowing for a maxi-mum of 64 single-family dwellings to be construct-ed on the property. The zoning recommendation will be presented to Greer Council next month.

    A phase II subdivision expansion proposed for the ONeal Village subdi-vision, located near the intersection of ONeal Church Road and Highway 101, was tabled after rep-resentatives of the prop-erty failed to attend the meeting. The request was

    for the final development plan, the second phase of the plans originally sub-mitted in 2004, which would add 90 detached residential homes on 23.3 acres with lot sizes rang-ing from 5,8000 to 15,000 square feet. Planning and zoning coordinator Glenn Pace said a sidewalk vari-ance request was also sub-mitted.

    Residents from a nearby subdivision located across ONeal Church Road from the expanding subdivi-sion spoke during the public hearing, presenting questions that went unan-swered due to the absence of a property representa-tive. The residents were advised to submit a Free-dom of Information re-quest in writing and infor-mation about the property could be provided to them

    by the Building and Devel-opment Standards Depart-ment. Another public hear-ing on the property will be held at the next Planning Commission meeting on August 18 at 6:30 p.m.

    The commission passed an amendment to the stor-age code regulations for properties within city lim-its. The changes are more specific and better define what is and isnt permit-ted for storage use inside city limits, specifying the size and types of storage containers permitted for residential and commer-cial use, as well as the amount of time the con-tainers can remain on the property without a permit. The change will be pre-sented to council for final approval.

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    rained outGreer Idol and Greer Idol Teen were cancelled last Friday night due to poor weather. The competition will kick back off this Friday at Tunes in the Park at Greer City Park.

    Proposed Velocity Park, subdivision reviewed

    Commission addresses two planned subdivisions

    Photo illuStration | courteSy city of Greer

    Pictured is a proposed subdivision on Suber Road, which was discussed at a recent Greer Planning Commission meeting.

    By AmAndA IrwInStaff Writer

    Editors note: This story is part one of a multiple part series explaining the processes and purposes of the Greer government in relation to the Greer Coun-cil and the Greer Building and Development Stan-dards Department.

    Greers continued de-velopment is undeniable. Anyone who looks around or drives down Wade Hampton Boulevard or Suber Road can see Greer is continuing to develop commercially and grow residentially. But the pro-cess of conceptual to the beginning of construc-tion is a rigorous process, which municipal govern-ment is highly involved in and residents have an opportunity to partake in long before an ounce of foundation is poured.

    The Building and De-velopment Standards De-

    partment manages and regulates planning, zon-ing, building and codes, engineering and storm water practices for every Greer business and resi-dence. In addition to the various city employees who specialize in these ar-eas, the department is also composed of the Planning Advisory Committee, the Planning Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals and the Board of Architec-tural Review.

    Everything pretty much starts here new devel-opment, existing develop-ment, expansion of devel-opment, said Glenn Pace, Planning and Zoning Coor-dinator.

    When construction oc-curs, the first step is veri-fying the zoning of the property to determine if the proposed project has appropriate zoning for the intended use, and if so then staff goes forward with presenting the pro-posed plans to the Plan-

    ning Advisory Committee. The committee is com-posed of every department in the Building and Devel-opment Standards Depart-ment, including build-ing codes, zoning, storm water, the fire and police departments, the Com-mission of Public Works, the South Carolina Depart-ment of Transportation and District Five Schools of Spartanburg .

    It is a staff review func-tion. We, again each de-partment, each agency of the city, is represented at the meetingIt gives them the opportunity to meet those people and for them to meet the city depart-ments or agencies that theyll be dealing with, Pace said. If is an annexa-tion and development, or if another provider of wa-ter sewer or any of those, theyre there also. Devel-opers, they usually come away with a better knowl-edge of whats happening and they say they like to

    have those meetings.Were kind of unique

    in that we require all new projects to go before our Planning Advisory Com-mittee meeting, a lot of jurisdictions do not do that, he said. They only do that with subdivisions, residential components, but we like to do it with all projects.

    This meeting isnt open to the public because its an information session with preliminary plans that are likely to change based on feedback provid-ed during the meeting.

    One reason its not a public forum, cause its

    just a situation where we have an opportunity to communicate with the de-veloper, Pace said. All of the departments have an opportunity to communi-cate with their engineers. Communicate with them what our requirements are going to be. Theres no decisions that can be made at those meetings or anything like that. We find them very beneficial.

    Lately about 10 percent (a historically, fairly low amount) of projects pro-posed cease to go forward with development after addressed at the Planning Advisory Committee meet-

    ing, according to Pace.If a subdivision or resi-

    dential propertys zoning isnt compliant for the in-tended use, the proposed plans are presented to the Planning Commission for a rezoning request. Plan-ning Commission mem-bers determine if rezoning the property is beneficial to the developer, residents nearby that would impact and for the uses the prop-erty lends itself.

    The Planning Com-mission is composed of seven residents from various backgrounds and are appointed by council members, which also al-lows them to be removed from the board if council doesnt view their service is satisfactory.

    They have varying de-grees of background, and councils very attuned to looking for people in their districts who have a little bit of a knowledge and understanding, he said.

    see Government | A10

    How Government works - Part 1

    Analyzing building and development standardseverything pretty much starts here new development, existing development,

    expansion of development.

    Glenn PacePlanning and zoning coordinator

  • Its not uncommon for people, who have not been around them, to ask me, Are horses smart?

    Well, lets see: one of mine is capable of opening his stall door, another begins whining for dinner, promptly at 5 p.m. (I still dont know how he knows exactly the right time), and Forrest, my newest acquisition, is becoming quite the quick study regarding his new career under saddle.

    On the other hand, if you leave the door to the feed room open and they manage to get into where the grain is stored, they will, as all horses, eat them-selves to death. Sort of like a 14-year-old boy. Theyre seemingly incapable of feeling full, and this leads to colic and laminitis and all sorts of things with a grim prognosis.

    So Im not really sure how to answer that question. Being creatures of habit, theyve been known, incredulously, to run back into a burning stable, after being rescued, and perish, because they feel safe in their stall. And yet, their

    courage and nobility have carried men on their backs to victory in battle, de-spite their own suffering and demise.

    Forrest, with only the handful of races under his belt (or girth), carries in his body the souvenirs of having had even a short career on the track: lumps and bumps, the beginnings of arthritis and, just discovered by his chiropractor (nev-er mind that I havent seen anyone in the medical profession since Pet Rocks were all the rage), muscle spasms in his loins and his sacrum being out to the left.

    It makes sense to me, as I begin tran-sitioning my horse from a career of gal-loping straight ahead and, like NASCAR, taking the occasional left, to a dressage career, to make sure he is physically comfortable in every aspect, and this is why I called out Dr. Baker.

    Standing on a step stool in order to be above his back, Forrest exhibited wari-ness at this peculiar human behavior. However, Dr. B is not only a veterinarian, but also an accomplished rider, know-ing how to work quietly and soothingly, and after massaging away his spasms, Forrest was ready to form a new religion around her.

    When the acupuncture needles came out, this was met with a big, hairy, eye, but trust was restored and Forrest, resembling something like an enormous porcupine, begin to droop his neck and yawn- always an indicator of release.

    His session over, I turned my boy out into the field to keep everything moving like a well-oiled machine and returned to bring him in for dinner a few hours later. I was leaning against the top half of his stall door, my back to him, watch-ing another horse across the aisle when I felt something push against my back, retreat, then push again. Turning to look over my shoulder, expecting to see Forrests head, nudging for a carrot, I was surprised to be greeted by his mas-sive chestnut rump, rocking back and forth as if performing the bump from the Disco Era. I patted his hindquarter and as soon as I did, he pushed his bum assertively towards me. The penny dropped: he had so enjoyed his chiro-practic visit that he was asking for more, so chuckling, I leaned over and rubbed the top of his butt for five minutes. It wasnt enough. When I entered his stall, he followed me around, in reverse, for just five more minutes, Mom.

    Is this horse smart? Im not sure. But he sure aint no dummy.

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    Greer Meals on Wheels needs volunteer drivers

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    Read Psalm 43:3-5

    I know the plans I have for your, declares the Lord, places to prosper and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. -Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

    I received a phone call that turned my world upside down. I was told that I had cancer. Through doctor appointments, tests, and awaited results, I seemed to be living in a dark tunnel. I could not see, could not plan, and could not focus on simple daily tasks. As dark-ness threatened to pull under, I found that I was completely dependent on God.

    The more I depended on God, the more peace I felt. God was my light in the darkness. I realized that the question I should ask was not Why me? but Why not me? Cant God use every circumstance in our lives for a greater purpose? My prayers were transformed. I no longer asked God to take the cancer from me. I asked God to use my cancer diagnosis for Gods greater good.

    God answered my prayer, giving me peace as well as the desire and ability to walk with others through their experi-ences with cancer. God have me gifts of encouragement, compassion, love and care so that I could reach out with understanding and support for others.

    Thought for the day: Our struggles give us the oppor-tunity to show Gods love to others.

    Prayer: Thank you, God, for guiding us in our daily lives and for carrying us through difficult times. Amen.

    Where are the lazy days of summer? They are definitely not here at Meals on

    Wheels (MOW). Its business as usual at Greer Community

    Ministries. Our Meals on Wheels program deliv-ers meals to home-bound, elderly and disabled people in the Greater Greer community in every season during the year.

    Since the end of May, we have added 22 new clients. Every day it takes a minimum of 20 different volunteer drivers to deliver meals to more than 300 clients.

    We deliver downtown routes and rural routes. We deliver to subdivisions and to apartment complexes.

    And, just as Greer is divided between Green-ville and Spartanburg counties, our service area has unique boundaries.

    Our 20 routes encompass areas from Main Street in Taylors to the Inland Port, from Camp-bells Covered Bridge to Barnyard Flea Market, and miles of roads in between.

    During the summer, volunteer drivers take much needed vacations, and service-learning students that normally deliver for us weekly are on break.

    Driver recruiting starts early in the spring for these types of openings. But, with the influx of new clients, we are scrambling to have drivers available as routes change or divide.

    Our dedicated staff covers routes when we cannot find substitutes, so we would love to hear from anyone who is willing to help cover summer shortages.

    Most of our routes take about an hour to com-plete. We realize that your time is valuable. If you are delivering on your lunch hour, we can accommodate your needs by assigning a route close to your workplace, one that is more con-venient for you to serve.

    We are thankful for area businesses that regularly deliver meals to our clients, including Greer State Bank, Dick Brooks Honda, Palmetto Bank and Greer Memorial Hospital.

    We are also blessed to have local churches help with routes, including Taylors First Baptist Church, St. Andrews Presbyterian, Mt. Lebanon Baptist, Abner Creek Baptist, Liberty Hill, Sha-ron Methodist, Covenant United Methodist, Pel-ham First Baptist Church, Ebenezer Methodist and Airport Baptist Church.

    The Meals on Wheels program is a facet of home missions for these churches as they serve the elderly and disadvantaged in the commu-nity.

    We try to pair churches with MOW routes that are in close proximity so that church members are able to see the needs in their specific neigh-borhoods.

    Delivering meals to grateful individuals is a rewarding experience, and we need volunteer drivers in every season of the year -- not just summer. If you have time to drive once a quar-ter, once a month, or once a week, please give us a call at 877-1937.

    This guest editorial was submitted by Wendy Campbell, Meals on Wheels coordinator at Greer Community Ministries.

    Delivering meals to grateful individuals is a rewarding

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    He sure aint no dummyI was surprised to be greeted by his massive chestnut rump,

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    Innovative solutions

    Solutions arent easily found but through innovative thinking, rare projects resolving multiple problems come to fruition. The Indepen-dent Project and the K9s for Warriors organization both accomplish exactly that.

    The Independent Project, developed at a high school in Massachusetts, allows a select number of public school stu-dents to partake in a student-driven learning environment. The project engages students by allowing them to take an active role in creating their cur-riculum in core areas and their learning development, encour-aging students to diverge from the teach-to-the-test approach others are often subjected to.

    When I began college, it was apparent high school insuf-ficiently prepared me, despite excelling. I was taught to be a good test-taker and to regur-gitate information rather than understand and apply it.

    Students excited or inter-ested in a topic will research or learn it, becoming active, independent-learners, more likely to remember, under-stand and apply what theyve learned. Similarly, the indepen-dent learning process allows students to teach themselves how to learn, critically think and manage time in group and independent settings, with the assistance of advisers. These skills are vital for college as well as life. A focus on teaching children how to learn is just as important as what to learn.

    The K9s for Warriors project, is based in the southeast and saves the lives of both shelter dogs and veterans battling PTSD and brain injures. Many service dog are pure-bred only, but K9s uses shelter dogs, who like the warriors they service, deserve a second lease on life.

    Every 65 minutes one veteran dies of suicide, according to the VA. Dogs are selfless animals that ask for little, and show immeasurable gratitude through protection, support and reliability to soldiers who need it.

    These dogs support extends beyond physical assistance and into emotional connec-tion. Animal owners know that when something is wrong its as though dogs possess a sixth sense and detect and respond to that, healing wounds unseen by even people.

    A single innovative solution, tackling multiple problems.

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    DR: I wouldnt do that if I were you. Youll get destroyed with penalties, because if you take money out of a 529 for anything other than college, youll be taxed at your current tax rate and hit with a 20 percent penalty. The other thing is youll have this weird feeling that you took money away from your kid.

    Technically, its your money. You put it there. But when you did, it was in your childs name. Plus, that doesnt really solve your problem. Youve got a ridiculous amount of debt, and that little bit wont move the needle very much. Having more money in your hands isnt the big answer here. What you both need is a behav-ior change when it comes to money.

    My advice is to leave the 529 alone. Stop adding to it for the time being. Put any retirement saving youre currently doing on hold, too. You guys need to start living on a budget, working a debt snowball plan and looking for extra income. Even tutoring would bring in some additional cash. Ive got a feeling, too, that those masters degrees can provide you with more money than youre currently making.

    It can be done, Sean, but its going to take a lot of hard work and discipline. It may even take four or five years to get this mess cleaned up, but you cant keep living without a plan!

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    Caris Creations and Home Dcor, a home furnishings and accessories boutique located at 201 Trade St. in downtown Greer, cut the ribbon on its facility last Wednesday.

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    Migs Pizza Castle of Taylors, located at 5010 Old Spartanburg Road, Taylors, celebrated its ribbon cutting last Wednesday.

    RIBBON CUTTINGS

    The second phase of capital improvements is underway at the Bon Sec-ours Wellness Arena, of-ficials with the Greenville Arena District announced this week.

    This phase of renova-tions will include a restruc-turing of the ticket office, back stage areas, rest-rooms, and concourse, re-surfacing the floors, a new roof and the addition of the Bon Secours St. Francis wellness interactive space on the concourse.

    Two marquees will be added to give the outside a new look. One marquee will go up in front of the building, replacing one that came down earlier this year. A second new marquee will be added to the Church Street side of the building near the VIP Parking Lot entrance.

    Contractor crews with Harper Corporation have begun work and expect

    much of the renovation process to be completed before the next event, slated to take place in the arena in late August.

    When we completed the first part of renova-tions last summer, it made such a huge impact on the interior of the area and we had such a positive reac-tion from all of our guests, artists and sponsors, said Arena District General Manager Roger Newton. We are excited to be able to do that again this year with our concourse reno-vations.

    Phase one of the Arena renovation, completed in 2013, saw a renovation of the interior of the arena bowl with the addition of a 360 degree ribbon board, new center hung video board, digital signage, suite renovations, new ris-ers and a new curtaining system.

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    The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce presented Salvation Army Family Store, located at 5152 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors, with its rst dollar last Friday during a ribbon cutting ceremony.

    Paul Davis Restoration and Remodeling of the Upstate has named Abi-gale Abbi Belcher its new administrative assistant. She will be responsible for adminis-trative and office sup-port activi-ties for staff and will field tele-phone calls and emails, greet and di-rect visitors and prepare documents for staff and customers, among other duties.

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  • FROM PAGE ONE

    rescue dogs, which she ac-quires through shelters in the southeast, including the Spartanburg Humane Society.

    K9s for Warriors pro-cess of finding dogs is not a task that is undertaken without the assistance of volunteers and foster families, like the women who work for the Service Animal Project, which is in conjunction with the Foothills Humane Society located in Tryon, North Carolina.

    Ann Goodheart, Mary Ann Merrill, Sev Bennet and Linda Williams, with the Service Animal Project, volunteer their time to find shelter dogs whos person-alities lend themselves to becoming service dogs. Ideal service dogs are 7 months to 2 years in age, with a full grown height of at least 24 inches, at least 50 pounds in weight, in no way aggressive, able to maintain focus and are easily motivated by food with a desire to please. Typically, labs and golden retrievers are the go-to breeds for service dogs, but Goodheart said theyve found many mixed breeds that have been equally fit-ting if not better for the job. Breeds perceived as more aggressive arent ac-cepted, such as pit bulls or rottweilers.

    Some of it is just the overall personality of the dog. Weve been doing this long enough that we sort of get a gut feelings, Goodheart said.

    If the public perception is, Hmm, I dont know if I could trust that dog or not. Some of this is inter-pretive, she said.

    The dogs are trained to maintain space control, block and cover, which places the dog between the warrior and the public, alert when someone is ap-proaching, react to anxiety, panic attacks, flashbacks and perform behaviors to ground the veteran and help them calm down and regain composure, in addi-tion to commands tailored to veterans individual needs.

    So many of these men and women are so shut down and so afraid when they come back from where they dont know

    who the enemy is and they dont know whos coming around the corner that may want to do harm to them. They cannot by themselves go to a gro-cery store or a CVS, I mean these are all things we take for granted, Goodheart said. They are terrified of somebody coming up behind them. So this cover

    command, the dog circles them and sits right behind them facing backwards, and that way they know the dog will alert them if someone is coming up be-hind them.

    Each month up to four warriors are paired with dogs and they stay with their dogs at the facility in Florida for three weeks of training, during which they are with their dogs 24 hours a day. The train-ing and dog are free to the warriors and the only cost to them is getting to and from the facility. To date, 127 dogs have been placed with warriors, in-cluding Bomber who was placed with Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, who in charge of Foot Hood on Nov. 9, 2009, when the shooting occurred and he was shot seven times.

    We have a young woman who has one of our dogs from last year. She gradu-ated last year, Goodheart said. When she came down to K9s, Jennifer was on 25 different medica-tions and she was seeing a psychiatrist at the VA. Now and I think it was within three months shes down to one medica-tion. These dogs can make such a huge difference in these men and womens lives.

    The dogs are fully cer-tified service dogs, train-ers check in monthly with warriors and their dogs

    and the dogs are retested yearly to keep their certi-fication. But, unlike dogs seeing-eye dogs, these dogs require less training.

    These dogs that can be trained to help with the emotional stress and dis-abilities dont need that much time to work their magic, Goodheart said. Our first dog actually came into Foothills the day we made a presentation to the staff about what we were going to try to do. And he went down with a couple that volunteered to drive for usthey had told us that anyone who brought a dog would have to be willing to stay for three days while the dog was assessed.

    Goodheart said that within hours of the dog ar-riving, the trainer emailed thanking them and say-ing, I dont know what it took for you to bring us Winston, but hes going to change a warriors life.

    By law service dogs can-not be turned away or pre-vented from entering facil-ities, and whenever service dogs are working people shouldnt approach them and pet them.

    Theyre really not pets to anybody else, she said. And having said that, the other thing that really makes this such a good thing for us to be doing, is the dogs know when that special leash comes off and their service dog vest comes off they get to be a dog and play. So they get the best, theyve got a job they know when theyre working and they know when its play time.

    For more information about the Service Animal Project, visit foothillshu-manesociety.org/service-animal-project or email Goodheart at [email protected]. For more information about K9s for Warriors, visit k9sforwarriors.org.

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    Warm, Dry WeekendWe will see sunshine, warm temperatures and drier weather returning for the weekend. We will see highs on Saturday and Sunday in the upper 80s and low 90s. After a week with wet, cool weather, temperatures make a return to normal. Our average high for this time of year is 90. Partly sunny skies and warmer temperatures continue for the beginning of next week with rain chances increasing. Have a great weekend!

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    Kane DeGeorgis

    Kane Donald DeGeorgis, age 6, of Taylors passed away July 20, 2014. He was the son of Linda Massey Crain and Brian DeGeorgis.

    Kane is survived by his parents; his sister, Ashley Manley; paternal grand-parents, Vicki and Woody Waddell; his maternal grandparents, Doris Davis and Larry Massey; and two aunts, Heather Balicki and Anna Stewart.

    He was predeceased by his uncle Donald Massey and his grandfather, James Jim DeGeorgis.

    The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Tues-day at Petty Funeral Home. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Petty Funeral Chapel,

    conducted by Rev. Chad Bowen.

    In lieu of flowers, me-morials may be made to BDSRA.org.

    Condolences may be left at pettyfuneralhome.com.

    Ruby Styles Hudson

    Ruby Styles Hudson died July 19, 2014.

    She was the daughter of the late Earl and Lillian Pace Styles born during the depression in Saluda, N.C. She had seven brothers and three sisters. Padgett, Ellen, Emily and Shirley survive her. She married the love of her life Rob-ert and was married sixty years. They had three children Mike, Tim and Charlene. Tim was fatally injured in a car accident in 1969. She and Robert were

    active faithful members of Greer Church of God. She loved traveling for many years with the On the Road Again Group. She retired from Greer Shirt Plant and Fairview Baptist Church.

    Surviving are her son, Mike (Shayla) and daugh-ter, Charlene Patterson (Don); four grandchildren Alison Howard (Jason), Anna Hudson, Craig Pat-terson (Rhonda) and Blake Kirkpatrick (Shelly); elev-en great-grandchildren, Jaden, Jensen, Adison, Brooklyn, Alec, Emma Kate, Olivia, Hannah, Vic-toria, Joshua and Hunter.

    Visitation was held Mon-day from 5-7 p.m. at Wood Mortuary.

    Funeral services were held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Wood Mortuary. Burial followed at Hillcrest Mem-ory Gardens.

    Please omit flowers: memorials may be made to Greer Church of God, 500 Trade Street, Greer, or Greer Community Min-istries Meals on Wheels or Senior Dining, P.O. Box 1373, Greer.

    Online condolences may be made at www.thewood-mortuary.com.

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    and screaming and dis-orientation started tak-ing place. At the end, the started feeling more com-fortable and more person-able with the instructors.

    The crash course includ-ed physical training, brief presentations with a time for questions and answers, skill training, such as but-ton sewing and ironing, and a run through an ob-stacle course in the rain.

    We brought the admin-istrators and people from the public in to show that this is what were doing and what were trying to do to help the kids in this community, Cody said. I think the rain even added a little bit to it. It was a great success.

    The youth participating in the program will be rec-ommended by parents and school administrators.

    The kids that are be-ing recommended are obviously kids that have been dubbed as possible bullies in the schools or even victims of bullies. They are also kids who, at home, have no discipline and no respect for adults. The principals and school leaders are going to be the ones trying to recom-mend through the parents a way to reach out to the

    kids and get them down the right path instead of choosing the wrong path, which is always easiest to do. They send them to us and maybe we can show them the way to change and get on the right path.

    The crash course was not an exact replica of what Warrior 101 will look like, officers said.

    The adults kind of got a little different aspect of whats going on because we expect more out of the adults. They are leaders in the community, Lt. Free-man said. The children are going to be a little bit different. Theres not go-ing to be as much yelling and theyre going to need to be guided a little more than the adults.

    Cody said providing a multi-dimensional pro-gram gives participants more of a chance to con-nect with the instructors.

    Weve got home skills they can learneven some-thing as small as making a bed, folding clothes or ironing clothes, Cody said. Weve also got team building skills and ways they can work with others. Well have a group come in from North American Rescue because you never know whats going to hap-pen in a home.

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    these kids are going to see a car wreck and they may be a lifeline for some-body, he said. These are just everyday skills that are going to help.

    The goal of the program is simply to point youth in the right direction, Lt. Freeman said.

    If we can point as many children in the right direc-tion as possible and give them some structure to keep them out of trouble, thats the whole goal, Lt. Freeman said. We want to give them something to look forward to and show them everything in the world is not bad.

    All of us work at the sheriffs office and we see the bad results all the time, he said. If we can just reach out and help a couple of kids, for us, it will all be worth it.

    Program organizers say they will continue to fol-low up with those that go through the program in the months and years to come.

    What kills me is when I hear a adult say, If you dont behave Im going to have this officer arrest you, Lt. Freeman said. I have to go over to them and tell them thats not what were about. We want them to know that we are here for them.

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    were able to have honest conversations and it was a competition. We had a lot of great people apply and what that means is that Greer is on the map and is a thriving place to be. Im just humbled to be in this position.

    He began with the Great-er Greer Chamber of Com-merce in September 2008, and said the city quickly became home.

    Ive been in this com-munity for about six years and its home, he said. I really have a passion for this community and, when the opportunity came available, I felt ready for it and excited to continue the progress we have in Greer. Its a perfect place to be.

    Working with what he says is a rapidly growing

    community, Owens said Greers history made it what it is today.

    The growth here is ex-citing and terrific, but it wouldnt happen without the history that we have in Greer. The businesses that were here long before I was here really set the foundation, Owens said. We have new restaurants, new jobs, new manufactur-ing, good diverse business climates and also a lot of small businessesPeople support the local busi-nesses and I think thats whats most important around here.

    Building new relation-ships and maintaining a high level of service is go-ing to be a top priority, he added.

    Our chamber is a per-sonable chamber, Owens said. As we grow and this city grows, I feel whats

    most important are those relationships. Being able to know people and know them by name is so impor-tant. We will never get to the point where somebody is just a number in the chamber. They are going to be their own business and a personality, and thats vital for our success.

    Owens said he has plen-ty of goals for his first year as president.

    To continue to grow, well need to look at ways to serve our members the best, he said. We want to figure out some more ways to get involved with the education of our high school students and our future work force. We want to try to close the gap be-tween our employers and our future employees. We want to see if the cham-ber can be a leader in that role.

    PROGRAM: Provides structure, guidance

    OWENS: Looking to the future of Greer

    This past week Greer lost another icon. J. Van Collins was a friend of mine, unlike most others.

    He could make a sweep through your yard and leave it professionally groomed with his bare hands better than a land-scape company with all their bells and whistles. J. Van was a character to most of his friends. Sev-

    eral years ago, we ran an informal mayoral write-in

    campaign for J. Van. He got three votes: Mike Bull-ock, myself and someone who accidentally hit the wrong button.

    One thing most folks dont know is J. Vans loyalty. One day, several years ago, he was work-ing at my home alone. He found an envelope con-

    taining nearly $900 that had fallen from my wifes pocketbook. When she returned home, he beam-ingly handed it over to her and said look what I found Ms. Dora! Greer just will not be the same.

    We will miss you, J. Van Collins.

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  • CAROLINA FAITHRIDERS HOST BIKE NIGHT AUG. 2

    Carolina FaithRiders will host a Bike Night at The Lil Rebel on Saturday, Aug. 2 from 5-8:30 p.m.

    The event will feature a music, food, and a bike show with trophies award-ed for first, second, and third place at 8:30 p.m. (Voting ends at 8 p.m.)

    The restaurant is located at 2608 Locust Hill Road in Taylors.

    Bike Night is sponsored by Washington Baptist Church Motorcycle Minis-try.

    For more information, contact Ross Burgess at 864-908-8130 or [email protected].

    RIVERSIDE HOSTS GARAGE SALE FOR MISSIONS

    The Dorcas Sunday school class at Riverside Baptist Church will host a garage sale on Saturday, July 26 from 7 a.m.- noon.

    Proceeds will be donated to Michael Boyer, who is going to be a missionary in Peru, beginning in August.

    Donations will be ac-cepted on Friday, July 25 from 5-8 p.m. in the church gymnasium. Dona-tions may not be dropped off in advance.

    For more information, call the church at 879-4400.

    ANNIVERSARY EVENT HELD AT MAPLE CREEK CHURCH

    The Jones Gospel Sing-ers will host a 42nd an-niversariy celebration at Maple Creek Missionary Baptist Church, located at 609 South Main Street, Greer, on Sunday, July 27 at 5 p.m.

    Special guests will in-

    clude: The Gospel Jubi-leers, praise and worship with minister Tevin Smith & friends and the MCMBC praise dancers.

    For more information, call 877-1791.

    TICKETS ON SALE FOR NORTHWOOD LADIES NIGHT

    Northwood Baptist Church will host a ladies night on Tuesday, July 29 at 7 p.m. featuring special guest Carol Kent.

    Kent is an award-win-ning author, whose life changed forever when her only son, a graduate of the U.S. Navel Academy and a Lieutenant in the Navy, shot and killed his wifes ex-husband. She will speak on hope in the midst of challenging circumstanc-es.

    Tickets are available through July 27. The cost is $7. Call 877-5417 for more information.

    WORSHIP THE SON UNDER THE SUN AT AGAPE HOUSE

    Agape House welcomes the public and friends and family to partake in Wor-ship the Son Under the Sun, an outdoor worship service being held on

    July 27 at 9:45 a.m. The church is located at 900 Gap Creek Road, Greer.

    JUNGLE SAFARI VBSAT UNITED CHRISTIAN

    United Christian Church, located at 105 Daniel Ave., Greer, will host Jungle Safari, a vacation bible school for ages 5 and up from July 21-25 from 6-8:30 p.m. nightly.

    For more information, call 895-3966 or 561-8195.

    DEVENGER ROAD TO HOST VBS

    Vacation Bible School at Devenger Road Pres-byterian Church will run through July 24 starting each weeknight at 5:45 p.m.

    Dinner will be provided for free nightly. The pro-gram is for ages 3 to rising seventh graders. To reg-ister, visit Devengerroad.org.

    ABNER CREEK HOSTING SIMULCAST

    Abner Creek Baptist Church will be hosting: THE WORD: CLOSER TO HOME with Beth Moore. The Living Proof Live Si-mulcast will take place Saturday, Sept. 13 from 9:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Tick-ets are $25 per person (including lunch) and are available online at abner-creekbaptist.com. The si-mulcast will be broadcast

    at 2461 Abner Creek Road in Greer.

    APALACHE GOLDEN HEARTS CALENDAR

    The seniors plan to eat out at Chick-Fil-A in Greer at 6 p.m. on July 31.

    Senior Adult Vacation Bible School is on the calendar for August 4-8 (Monday through Friday, 6 p.m.) at Apalache Baptist Church.

    There will be a different Bible Study Leader for each of the five nights: Monday Rev. Eddie Cooper (ABC Pastor), Tuesday- Rev. Jerry Bryant, Wednesday - Rev. Jim Carpenter, Thurs-day Dr. Trenton Connley, and Friday Rev. Butch Howard (all members of ABC).

    Dinner will be served to the group each night after the bible study sessions in the CLC.

    Senior VBS is an annual event held each year at ABC where the group en-joys a week of bible study, food, fun and fellowship.

    A one day trip is sched-uled August 18 for the Golden Hearts (place and time to be announced later).

    The seniors will meet at Petes Restaurant in Greer on August 28 at 6 p.m. for the evening meal.

    EBENEZER WELCOMEOFFERING FREE FOOD

    The Bread of Life Food Pantry at Ebenezer Wel-come Baptist Church, 4005 Highway 414, Landrum, is open on Thursdays from 2-4 p.m.

    The pantry is open to families in need of as-sistance. Photo ID is re-quired.

    For more information, call 895-1461.

    SINGLES BIBLE STUDY AT PELHAM ROAD BAPTIST

    Pelham Road Baptist Church, 1108 Pelham Road, Greer, hosts a Sin-gles Bible Study each Sun-day from 6-8:30 p.m.

    GRIEFSHARE OFFEREDAT FAIRVIEW BAPTIST

    Fairview Baptist Church, 1300 Locust Hill Road,

    Greer, will host Grief-Share, a support group led by Carol Allen, on the sec-ond Sunday of each month from 4:45 - 6:30 p.m.

    For more information, contact Carol Allen at 292-6008.

    ASSOCIATION SEEKS VOLUNTEER ELECTRICIANS

    Three Rivers Baptist Association is in need of electricians to help with its new missions center.

    If you are a licensed electrician or non-licensed with experience and would like to volunteer your time in helping with the new building, contact the TRBA office at 834-9635 as soon as possible.

    A licensed electrician is willing to volunteer his time if he can get others to help.

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

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

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

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

    EPISCOPALGood Shepherd Episcopal200 Cannon St., Greer 877-2330

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

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

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  • The Greenville County Sheriffs Office is inves-tigating a Saturday night stabbing that left a Tay-lors man dead inside his home at The Granite Apartments.

    According to the Green-ville County Sheriffs Of-fice, police received a call shortly before 9 p.m. in reference to a stabbing. When police arrived, they found a 35-year-old de-ceased male with stab wounds to his chest.

    The sheriffs office does not believe the stabbing was a random act. The vic-tim has been identified as Lawrence Bress.

    The investigation is on-going and investigators continue to interview wit-nesses and neighbors. No arrests have been made.

    HELP WANTED IN IDENTIFYING ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT

    The Greenville County Sheriffs Office is ask-ing the public for help in identifying a man they say used a gun to rob a man last Friday night near the QT on Augusta Road.

    According to a release, a male victim went inside the QT gas station, located at 4907 Augusta Road, at around 11 p.m. last Fri-day night and purchased some items from inside the store. After purchas-ing the items, the victim began walking home when a male suspect pulled up behind him before produc-ing a gun and demanding the victims merchandise, wallet and cell phone.

    The victim complied with the suspects de-mands and the suspect then drove away. Anyone with information regard-ing this incident or those who may recognize the subject in the photo are asked to call Crime Stop-pers at 23-CRIME.

    (Note: All information contained in the following blotter was taken directly from the official incident reports filed by the Greer Police Department or The Spartanburg County Sher-iffs Office or The Green-ville County Sheriffs Of-fice or The Duncan Police Department. All suspects are to be considered inno-cent until proven guilty in the court of law.)

    MULTIPLE CHARGESPhillip Wayne Bramlett,

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    Nicholas Gibson, 31, of 111 Lake View Drive, Greer, has been charged with possession of meth-amphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, vio-lation of probation, failure to appear for probation revocation and possession of drugs.

    According to incident reports, an officer was on routine patrol in the area of Trade Street and Randall Street when he observed a black Honda drive through a stoplight without stopping.

    The officer initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle and its driver, Bramlett. The officer quickly learned Bramletts license was sus-pended and that the tag on his vehicle belonged to a Ford truck registered to Bramlett. He also had no proof of insurance. The of-ficer placed him under ar-rest and then began ques-tioning the passenger of the vehicle (Gibson). After learning Gibson had two active probation warrants out of Greenville County, he was placed under ar-rest.

    A search of the vehi-cle was then conducted, which yielded a digital scale containing a residue of methamphetamine, a small plastic baggie con-taining methamphetamine and a pill of Alprazolam.

    Both Bramlett and Gibson denied any knowledge of the drugs or parapherna-lia. They were both trans-ported to The Greer City Jail.

    POSSESSIONRobert Thomas Black,

    49, of 345 Hickory Drive, Startex, has been charged with possession of meth-amphetamine, unlawful possession of a prescrip-tion medication and pos-session of drug parapher-nalia.

    According to incident re-ports, an officer respond-ed to the Rite-Aid on West Wade Hampton Boulevard in reference to assisting the Lyman Police Depart-ment with locating a driver who had left the scene of a crash in Lyman.

    Upon arrival, the officer met with the Lyman police officer who advised that an off duty paramedic had followed the subject to the drugstore from the scene of the accident and that he (the subject) was inside the store. Officers made contact with the subject (Black), who consented to a search. A search of Blacks person yielded .38 grams of methamphetamine and 14 pills of Tramadol that he didnt have a prescrip-tion to have. A search of Blacks truck yielded a glass pipe and metal tube, both containing residue. Black was arrested and transported to the Greer City Jail.

    Lyman Pollice advised that they would be obtain-ing a warrant on Black for leaving the scene of an ac-cident with injuries.

    CHECK FRAUDMonique Bowen, 32, of

    101 Tel Fair St., Fountain Inn, has been charged with check fraud greater than $500.

    According to incident reports, an officer was dispatched to meet with a Fountain Inn police officer to pick up a prisoner who had an active warrant with the Greer Police Depart-ment for check fraud from 2001.

    The officer transported Bowen to the Greer City Jail.

    PETIT LARCENYTimothy Qwentezs Jen-

    kins, 24, of 801 S. Main St. 8, Greer, has been charged with petit larceny, mis-representing ID to law en-forcement and simple pos-session of marijuana.

    According to incident re-ports, an officer respond-ed to the Hot Spot on Hammett Bridge Road in reference to a subject with possible active warrants.

    The complainant told dispatch that she recog-nized the individual and believed he had stolen money from the Hot Spot a few days prior. When the officer arrived on scene, he located the subject and asked him for his name. Jenkins provided a false name to the officer.

    The officer eventu-ally learned the subjects name was Jenkins and placed him under arrest after confirming he had an active bench warrant. A search of Jenkins person yielded a small amount of

    green leafy substance be-lieved to be marijuana.

    Jenkins was transported to the Greer City Jail.

    SHOPLIFTINGRoberto Michael Gutier-

    rez IV, 19, of 319 Tyger Fox Drive, Spartanburg, has been charged with shoplifting. According to incident reports, an offi-cer was dispatched to Wal-Mart on East Wade Hamp-ton Boulevard in reference to a reported shoplifting. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with the complain-ant, who stated that she observed Gutierrez select two sandwiches and a Starbucks coffee from in-side the store and then at-tempt to conceal the items inside his pants and pock-et. When the complainant saw this, she escorted Gutierrez to the loss pre-vention Office. He was ar-rested and transported to the Greer City Jail.

    MULTIPLE CHARGESTony Lewis, 55, of 1128

    Apalache St., Greer, has been charged with pos-session of drugs, assault & battery (third) and pos-session of drug parapher-nalia.

    Robin Holcombe, 49, of 200 S. Beverly Lane F113, Greer, has been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

    According to incident reports, an officer re-sponded to the Quality Inn on West Wade Hampton Boulevard in reference to a complaint of an assault. Upon arrival, the officer met with the motel manag-er who stated that a wom-an came down from room 223 holding her face and asking for help because her boyfriend had hit her. The manager pointed out the womans boyfrien


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