Event aims to raise $120,000By AmAndA IrwInStaff Writer

Survivors, friends and families that have been af-fected by cancer will join together to raise money for the American Cancer Society at the Relay for Life of Greer on Friday, May 16, beginning at 6 p.m. at Greer High Schools Dool-ey Field. The event raises funds for cancer research and to provide free servic-es to cancer patients.

[At the American Can-cer Society] our mission is to create a world with more birthdays and less cancer, said Gina Miller, Relay for Life community manager. We are fight-ing every day to continue

funding cancer research, to support our researchers I think were the only private non-profit that

raises money for cancer that actually has funded 47 Nobel Prize scientists. We also help to fund free

patient health services.The American Cancer

Society, located on Pelham Road in Greenville, pro-

vides wigs, post-surgical camisoles, scarves, trans-portation to and from therapy, access to emo-

tional support through fel-low survivors and funds an around the clock helpline that provides emotional and informational support for cancer patients.

I actually became in-volved with Relay for Life about 13, 14 years ago. I actually was a teacher in Spartanburg County and I was diagnosed with can-cer. [Im a] 14-year sur-vivor, Miller said. One of my nurses at the infu-sion center at Gibbs Can-cer Center in Spartanburg said, Gina, you need to come out to Relay. And Id never heard of Relay for Life before, and I went out with a friend just to kind of experience what it was like. Ive been hooked ever since.

After attending her first Relay for Life event, Miller, who was a teacher at the time, became a team cap-tain at her school and con-tinued her involvement through the years. When

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Tees off annual fundraiserBy BIlly CAnnAdAeditor

Local golf enthusiasts and volunteers pitched in to help raise money for Greer Community Minis-tries (GCM) at Greer Coun-try Club last Friday.

The annual event went as well as expected, GCM

Executive Director Cindy Simpler said.

It went great, Sim-pler said. God was good. The weather was great. I thought the day went ex-tremely well.

Simpler said she is hopeful the organization, which, among other things, delivers meals to families in need, raised more than $50,000 at the event.

I am hopeful that we met $55,000, but I wont know until we get through crunching some numbers, Simpler said. I feel

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Kids Planet, a play area at the City of Greers Century Park on Brushy Creek Road., will be closed May 19-23 to treat the wooden play structures and to repair a sewer line.

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The Greer community is continuing to rally around the family of an injured runner, who has been hos-pitalized for more than a month.

A benefit yard sale, bake sale and block party for Shannon High saw a per-fect turnout last Saturday, according to Highs broth-er-in-law, Jason Blackwell.

I feel like it went abso-lutely perfect, Blackwell said. There were a few times, when we started setting everything out, that we were overwhelmed at the amount of stuff we received and the donations and just how supportive the community had been.

High was injured early during the Goodwill Mud Run, which pits runners against several obstacles in route to the finish line. High, who lives in Greer and attends Praise Cathe-dral Church in Greer, was transported to the hospi-tal, where he received ur-gent care.

Friends and supporters of High have been coming together to help his family ever since, and Blackwell said he saw an enormous

turnout at the yard sale.It was unreal. Ive never

seen so much stuff in my life, Blackwell said. We started setting things out and setting things out, and it just piled up. It would have never been possible if it were not for volun-teers and what they gave.

They put in a tremendous amount of work. At no point did I feel like some-one was there because they wanted something in return.

You could just tell by peoples actions and kind-ness, it was just a great day, he said.

Blackwell said the family was overwhelmed by sup-port.

My familys response and the volunteers re-sponse was almost the same, Blackwell said. They couldnt believe that we had received this

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Friends and family of Shannon High, along with Greer residents, participated in a benefit yard sale for the injured runner last Saturday at Praise Cathedral Church.

By AmAndA IrwInStaff Writer

On Saturday, May 17, from 10 a.m.-9 p.m., thou-sands of people will make their way to the annual LymanFest, being held downtown at the new Ly-man Amphitheater on the corner of Community and Pacific streets.

The location is going to be different from last year. The last two years

weve had it on the park-ing lot at the old Springs Mill. This year its going to encompass the new am-phitheater. So were basi-cally going to surround the new amphitheater and live performances will be performed at the amphi-theater, said Donnie Wet-zel, LymanFest Chairman.

The opening ceremo-nies and performances will begin at noon with the band Mudlick taking the

amphitheater stage first, followed by Motherload at 2 p.m., Rock and Roll Reuninion at 4 p.m. and

concluding with Amanda Cornett and special guest drummer Artimus Pyle, of

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relay for Life event planned for may 16

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Greer will hold its annual Relay for Life event this Friday from 6 p.m.-1 a.m. at Dooley Field. The event will raise funds for cancer research through the American Cancer Society.

lung disease support group meets thursdays

The American Lung As-sociations Better Breath-ers Club will hold support group session for anyone living with or families ef-fected by chronic lung dis-ease on Thursdays, May 15 June 19 from 2 3 p.m. at the Pelham Medical Cen-ters Medical Office Build-ing Community Room.

Visit spartanburgregion-al.com for more informa-tion.

law enforcementmemorial Blood drive

The blood drive will be May 16 from 9 a.m. 5 p.m. and the bloodmobile will be at police, courts and fire complex park-ing lots at the corner of West Poinsett and Miller streets.

Must be 16 to donate and donors will get free T-shirts. For more Informa-tion, call 255-5005.

annual lymanfestis saturday

The Town of Lyman will hold their annual Lyman-fest celebration on May 17, 10 am. 9 p.m.

Performances will be given by Rock and Roll Re-union, Mudlick, Amanda Cornett, and Motherlode. Several craft, food and community vendors will take part in the festivities.

Visit lymanfest.net for more information.

Kids planetcloses may 19-23

Kids Planet, located on Brushy Creek Road, will be closed for maintenance and repairs May 19-23.

City officials will treat the wooden play struc-tures and repair the sewer line. Weather permitting the repairs, Kids Planet will repoen on Friday, May 24. Contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 848-2190 for questions.

support group for diaBetics may 20

Pelham Carb Counters will hold a free support group for people living with or at high risk for de-veloping diabetes on May 20 from 5 6 p.m. at the Pelham Medical Center Medical Office Building Community Room.

german-american cluB stammtisch

On June 6 at 6 p.m. the club meeting will be held at Four Seasons Restau-rant, 1071 Fernwood Glen-dale Road, Spartanburg. For more Information call 590-9230.

road to recovery needs drivers

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.

gods pantryrequests donations

Gods Pantry needs nonperishable food dona-tions.

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

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

sharons closet needs newBorn clothing

Sharons Closet needs spring and summer cloth-ing donations, especially for girls in sizes newborn to 6T New or gently used clothing accepted Monday through Friday 8 a.m. 4 p.m. at 783 S. Line St Ext., Greer.

gcm food pantry needs fruit, condiments, rice

The Food Pantry needs canned fruit and condi-ments, boxed gelatin, corn muffin mix and 1-pound bags of rice.

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.

gcm seeKs drivers for senior dining program

Greer Community Min-istries needs drivers for Senior Dining pickup for every Monday and every other Tuesday beginning June 2.

Substitute drivers are also needed and will op-erate the van or bus and pickup senior diners for a morning program and lunch at the ministry and bringing them home. For more information, call Pat-sy Quarels at 877-1937.

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.

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hashBrowns is may 21Mays Handshakes and

Hashbrowns will be held at Davis Audiology, 431B E. North St., Greenville, on May 21 from 8 9 a.m. The event is free to Greater Greer Chamber of Com-merce Members.

sims & Karr financial hosts shred day

Sims & Karr Financial So-lutions is inviting the Greer community to a free shred day on Saturday, May 17 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

The event will be held at Greer First Baptist Church, located at 201 W. Poinsett St. Any paper documents will be accepted with a maximum of four boxes allowed per car.

greer high indoor yard sale saturday

The Greer High School band will host an indoor yard sale on Saturday, May 17 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. in the commons area of the school.

All proceeds will go to Greer High band programs. For more information, call the school at 355-5700

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today, may 14Grace 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 awanas club at El Bethel Baptist Church, 313 Jones Ave., Greer, from 6:30 - 8:15 p.m. Kids ages 3-12 are invited. Call 877-4021.

MTcc Tour MeeTs at the MTCC, at 84 Groce Road in Lyman at 10 a.m. Potential volunteers and interested parties can tour the facility and learn about programs.

thursday, may 15The Taylors lions Club

at 6 p.m. at the Clubhouse, 500 East Main St., Taylors. Call Allen Culver at 350-6939.

The Taylors lions Club at noon at the Taylors First Baptist Church Ministry Cen-ter (old Post Office) on Main Street, Taylors. The meeting will last approximately one

hour. Call Jerry Hatley at 268-0567.

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

upsTaTe FibroMyalGia supporT Group at the Hampton Inn on Fishermans Drive (behind Earthfare) by Pelham & 85 at 11 a.m. Call Rita Forbes at 968-0430 or Lisa Gambrell-Burns at 268-5907.

kinGdoM asseMbly ouTreach Center will be handing out free groceries to qualified applicants from 10 a.m. - noon at 3315 Brushy Creek Road, Greer. Call 848-2728 or visit www.kingdo-maoc.com.

monday, may 19The never alone GROUP

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

Grace place in Greer will have its mini-mall open from 10 a.m. - noon. Grace Place

is located at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.

tuesday, may 20Grace place in Greer will

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

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

barbershop harMony chapTer at 7 p.m. at Memo-rial United Methodist Church, 201 N. Main St., Greer. Call 877-1352.

disabled aMerican veTerans and Auxiliary at 7 p.m., 721 E. Poinsett St., Woodmen of the World. Call Commander Preston Johnson at 979-7758.

The never alone GROUP OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recre-ational Center.

The lions club at Lake View Steak House, Higway 14 at 5:30 p.m.

The soar luncheon from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Victor Gym.

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There are four weeks left in this years legisla-tive session, and the race is on to get legislation to the governors desk.

Looking back on the two-year session, the House has a long list of notable achievements. Since voters gave us control of the House in 1994, most of our states major reforms originated as priorities of the S.C. House. This year was no exception.

Here are just a few of the notable bills that we passed and their status:

Election reform: This legislation fixed the prob-lems that plagued the 2012 election and made our election system more efficient and streamlined. This legislation has been signed into law.

Common Core: The House and Senate have approved legislation preventing the implemen-tation of the Common Core education standards and removing the state from the Common Core organization beginning next year and revert to our strong, state-created standards.

ID theft protection: In addition to providing ID fraud protection to all South Carolinians, we ap-proved legislation making it easy to put a freeze on your credit report to prevent thieves from stealing your identity to take out loans, apply for

credit cards, or anything else that requires a credit check.

Obamacare: The House Republicans have fought back more than a dozen attempts by the minor-ity party to implement Obamacare and radically expand Medicaid spend-ing. We successfully opted out of the Medicaid ex-pansion, opted out of the exchanges and ordered local governments not to join on their own. Weve worked for two years to fight Obamacare with every tool at our disposal. Most of the legislation is still in the state Senate.

Restructuring: The House approved the big-gest restructuring of our government since Carroll Campbell was governor. That legislation created a Department of Adminis-tration and moved nearly all of the day-to-day operations of the state government under the control of the governor and out of the hands of the unaccountable Budget and Control Board, which was eliminated. This bill is now law.

Two other bills await-

ing consideration in the Senate include shortening the legislative session (something the House has approved a dozen times since 1994), and legisla-tion allowing voters to decide whether the state Adjutant General should be elected or appointed by the governor.

Second amendment: We approved two bills that protected the rights of gun owners that were signed into law. The first allows concealed weap-ons permit holders to take their weapons into restaurants and bars provided they do not consume alcohol. The second expands our state background checks to flag people who have mental health issues. That legisla-tion came following the incident at the Ashley Hall School, when a mentally ill woman brought a gun to the school and an amazing tragedy was nar-rowly averted.

Emmas law: The Gen-eral Assembly approved Emmas Law, which requires repeat DUI of-

fenders to install ignition interlock devices on their cars. I have written about this bill several times in the past few months.

Ethics: The House will soon consider our Ethics Reform Act (after the Sen-ate watered the bill down and sent it back to us last month). We approved this legislation last year and the Senate sent it back to us in April. We are com-mitted to getting this leg-islation to the governors desk before the end of the session.

Data privacy protec-tion: We approved legisla-

tion that prevents the state, or law enforcement, from eavesdropping on your smartphones and/or searching your smart-phone without a warrant. These are vital protec-tions that the federal courts have not given us, but are vital now that many of us carry sensitive personal information on our phones. This legisla-tion is pending in the Senate.

Budget: The House approved two balanced budgets that prioritized education funding and our infrastructure needs. We have approved bal-anced budgets in every year that the Republi-cans have controlled the House.

A few other items of note that are still pend-ing in the Senate as time runs short: legislation requiring people getting unemployment benefits to be drug-tested; legislation

allowing the dependents of our service men and women to receive in-state tuition at our public col-leges; legislation putting new restrictions on tex-ting while driving; legisla-tion expanding criminal background checks for childcare workers; legisla-tion reauthorizing the First Steps program; nu-merous smaller pieces of legislation restricting the use of campaign funds and legislation requiring a fiscal impact statement be computed for new regula-tions.

It was a very busy two years, but as we come to the close of the session, we can hang our hats on a number of significant reforms that will be felt throughout our state in the coming years.

You are why I serve! Your input and concerns are always welcome.

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By Katie JonesStaff Writer

Molly Spearman does not have all the answers, she said, but she wants whats best for South Carolina.

I have spent my life working to improve the education system here and weve done some great things, she said. I have the relationships that it would take with the business community, with the education com-munity and legislators to bring folks to the table and hit the ground run-ning. I dont have all the answers. I dont plan to be an expert in all these fields, but I know people who are and I would have them sitting at the table to find out whats best for South Carolina and what will work here.

Spearman, a Republican, is running for education superintendent.

The role of the state

superintendent actually doesnt have a lot of au-thority to tell people what to do but the state super-intendent is the ambassa-dor for public education in the state and can help working with folks to set a vision and bring all the stakeholders to table to solve issues, she said. I believe Im well prepared to do that.

Spearman wants to cre-ate a strong, collaborative effort among students, parents, educators and the business community to focus on available South Carolina careers and how to prepare students.

Its a lot about informa-tion. I think parents dont understand whats avail-able, she said. Weve got to really enhance our ca-reer and technology cen-ters in the state to make them more accessible so more students to partici-pate in those programs.

Spearman wants to fo-

cus on teacher and princi-pal quality.

To me, those are the two silver bullets that can really change whats happening in classrooms. Youve got to have high quality teachers who know how to teach, particularly teaching reading. We prob-ably need some extra in-struction there, she said. Just as important is to have a principal in every school who understands

instruction. I would put more emphasis on the se-lection and evaluation of principals and work with the districts on that.

Spearman said she wants to work with students and families early on reading and readiness programs.

Id really look forward to working with all the school districts in beefing up our instruction in read-ing in those early grades,

she said. She also wants to build

up resources, infrastruc-ture and accessibility to technology. Safety is a big concern as well, Spearman said.

Ive been a real pro-ponent of mental health counselors, working very closely with mental health agencies to get more coun-selors in schools and on anti-bullying prevention, she said.

Spearman grew up in Saluda County, attend-ing public schools and attended Lander Univer-sity, George Washington University and the Univer-sity of South Carolina. She taught music and went on to become an assistant principal.

Spearman also served four terms in the South Carolina House of Rep-resentatives, where she served on the Education Committee, Ways and Means and the K-12 Sub-

Committee.I really got good expe-

rience in understanding the budget for K-12 works and how its funding, she said.

She has also worked for the South Carolina Depart-ment of Education as the deputy superintendent un-der former superintendent Inez Tenenbaum, where we had six great years.

Since 2004, she has worked as the director for the South Carolina Asso-ciation of School Admin-istrators, a professional organization of district superintendents and prin-cipals.

I work very closely with all of them on ed policy, on professional develop-ment, she said.

The primary is June 10. Spearman is one of 13 can-didates. More information is available at mollyspear-man.com.Kjones@greercitizen.com | 877-2076

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hang our hats on a number of significant

reforms that will be felt throughout our

state in the coming years.

The heart of the racing documentary that I co-produced a year ago, JB Day, passed away last week at the age of 80.

But his life deserves so much more attention than what was limited to in column inches, for his obituary.

You see, JB was a self-made man and came from an era that Tom Brokaw famously described to be The Greatest Generation and lived a life, particularly, a childhood, that would send the rest of us covering our eyes with our hands and watching, in horror, through trembling fingers.

My mama died when I was just a baby, JB told us during the hours we rolled film to record his story, And my daddy was so busy farming he just couldnt raise me, so this old feller looked after me. We slept mostly under the roof of this old barn that had come down and if it was cold, wed just kick some leaves up under it to stay warm.

JB was around 7 years old at this time, sporadically attending school, feeding his dads hogs, entranced with the magic that only a kid would find in the con-fines of an old junk yard. As he grew,

he learned to work on cars, drink a little moonshine, deliver some of it as well, and when he was approaching 10 or 11, his boss told him if he needed a place to sleep, he could sleep, JB thought he said, With that old sow.

I aint sleeping with no pig. JB, of-fended, replied.

Not old sow, his boss retorted, and, pointing to the battered Caddy on blocks, which was to become the boys home for several years, added, The old Lasalle. Curtains were run up for the back window and JB would retire to his room at night, in the junk yard, after a full days work, for years to come. He was in heaven.

I used to ride my bike to all the races, JB declared, warming up. Some-times 50 miles or more. Id sleep in the woods at night and, if I was lucky, the racers would see me on the road to Co-

lumbia or Spartanburg and theyd stop and give me a ride. But one time, I was at a truck rest stop and, in those days, there were these long chains that used to hang off the back of them trucks. So I waited til I heard one get started up, and I snuck round the back and held on to that chain with one hand, and on to my handle bars with the other, and he pulled me along for about 20 miles or so.

You didnt! I gasped, horrified. How is that even possible? How fast were you going?

Oh, a good 60 miles an hour, JB mused, not bragging, just narrowing his eyes in recollection, The trouble was, wed get going so fast, down a hill, that my bike would start runnin up under the truck, so I kept havin to push off from it, but, boy, we got goin so fast that the speedometer on my bike kept windin round and round and then the whole thing busted off the handlebars!

When I saw that I was gonna run up under the truck, again, I swung real wide just as the truck started up the hill, and the driver saw me out of his mirror and, boy, he pulled that thing over and come

after me, pulling his belt from his pants, fixing to tear me up!

There was so much more to hear, from his bootlegging days to his own racing career to his long and loving marriage to wife, Willavene, as well as his de-voted friendship with legendary racer, Tim Flock, for whom he led the funeral procession.

When they start shovelin the dirt on my grave, JB, Tim had asked of his friend when gravely ill, I want you next to the grave, in my car, revvin the engine.

And thats what we done, JB said, softly. Thats what we done.

JB has left us now and all I can think is that this year, the Racers Reunion that he hosted annually at his Riverbend Old Stockcar Museum, in Easley, will be held somewhere the rest of us arent privy to.

But I can just imagine the laughter and stories being shared between JB, the Fabulous Flocks, Fireball, Ed Samples and Louise Smith.

And Ive heard enough about Tim, during his wild glory days, to make me issue a bemused warning...

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Blessed be the Godof all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction. --2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NRSV)

Our son was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old. My wife noticed subtle changes in his behavior; within months, his language and social interactions became se-verely diminished. The outgo-ing boy we knew and loved was gone, fixed in his own world. Nothing could have prepared us for what we were facing. We turned to God, praying for our sons recovery. Knowing that a complete recovery would be uncommon, we also prayed for our understanding and accep-tance.

We found a private school that serves children with autism. After six months, our son has changed significantly. We have been able to rally around him as he continues to progress little each day, one step at a time. By concentrating on intervention and progress, we have developed a healthy perspective toward his con-dition. We are involved in a healing process, emotionally for our family and develop-mentally for our child. Now even the smallest improvement feels like the biggest blessing. I firmly believe that through this sudden adversity, weve been brought closer to God and to one another.

Thought for the day: Small improvements can be big bless-ings.

Prayer: O Lord, may we be strengthened by adversaries and feel your loving presence with us always. Amen.

In creeps censorship

Tuesday, Europes top court approved a controversial law that deters between an individuals right to privacy and publics right to information. The Right to be Forgotten law establishes a precedent for in-dividuals right to publication removal and prevention of dis-tribution regarding personal in-formation and photos online.

The case originated when a persons debts were found in a Google search, despite the person having paid them years before. A newspaper published the information, and while the newspaper had the right to publish the information, it was determined the search engine, Google, didnt have the right to link people to the content and the search engine links were removed.

The law addresses three aspects: an individuals right to permanently delete information they post, an individuals right to have their information that others post or distribute de-leted and, lastly, it tasks sites or content publishers, such as Facebook, and search engines with taking all reasonable steps to remove all occurrenc-es of the content and failure to do results in substantial fines.

Yes, this law protects multi-tudes of nave teens or bad-decision-making adults who drunkenly post regretful things online, but it can also prevent information deemed public record from being found in search engines.

The law allows any informa-tion relating to a data subject to be removed at the their request regardless of who posted it, with the exception of journalist, literary or artistic purposes. However, criminals in Europe have successfully sued to have links to their re-cords removed from search engines, making their murder convictions inaccessible online.

The Right to be Forgotten law isnt an American law, but it effects the accessibility we have to information worldwide, and it censors social sites and search engines we utilize. Simi-lar online eraser legislation has been passed in California, directly in relation to minors. But online eraser advocates continue to push for nation-wide enforcement of this seem-ingly harmless censorship.

However you package it, well-intended censorship is a violation of rights and infor-mation access, and it certainly shouldnt be endorsed.

The Greer community deserves a pat on the back. Last weekend, hundreds of local residents turned out to support Greer Community Min-istries (GCM) and help raise money for a local family going through a difficult time. Everyone was getting involved, and it wasnt unnoticed.

Early Saturday morning at Praise Cathedral Church, piles upon piles of yard sale goodies were sorted and organized in an effort to raise funds for Shannon High and his family.

High, a Greer resident, is facing a long road to recovery after suffering severe injuries dur-ing the annual Goodwill Mud Run. Highs family has watched him slowly progress since the ac-cident. Theyve celebrated victories in his battle with life-threatening injuries, but theyve also celebrated the love and support of volunteers willing to help.

Highs brother-in-law, Jason Blackwell, asked friends and those willing to help to donate items to the yard sale, and he was overwhelmed with the response.

There were a few times, when we started set-ting everything out, that we were overwhelmed at the amount of stuff we received and the do-nations and just how supportive the community had been, he said.

The High Hopes campaign has been running strong for several weeks. Friends and fam-ily members have been organizing event after event to help High, who has a wife and three children. Businesses like Texas Roadhouse, Pizza Inn, Fuddruckers and Sims BBQ are just some of platforms the High Hopes campaign has been able to utilize.

Its no surprise the Greer community has stepped up and answered the call for help. With the constant support of a city that always aims to help its neighbor, those wishing to provide a helping hand to the needy often see a positive results. Just ask the staff at GCM. GCM has been providing aid and meals for people in need since the early 70s. Last year, GCM handed out 80,000 meals to folks in Greer and surrounding areas.

Doing such an extraordinary and needed job, however, requires a little help from some friends. This past Friday, more than 40 golf teams lined up to participate in the organiza-tions annual fundraiser, which was expected to raise more than $50,000. Volunteers came to help serve and cook food, hand out snacks, watch each hole on the course, help with the silent auction and clean up afterwards.

GCM relies on its volunteers. It relies Greer folks to give. We couldnt survive without our volunteers, Cindy Simpler, executive director of Greer Community Ministries, said. If we didnt have volunteers, we couldnt pull off an event like that.

If you just look at that event and you saw how many people were working, there were probably three or four times the number of people we have on staff at GCM, she continued. Theyre the ones that make it happen.

The volunteers always seem to turn up. Wheth-er its Big Thursday, the annual Greer Relief Gala or a food drive at the Greer Soup Kitchen, local residents make Greer what it ought to be.

This past weekend was great for the people that will be helped, but it isnt enough. The city needs to continue to provide support where its needed, and we want to continue to offer you chances to do that. All throughout our paper, there are chances to get involved and to help someone in need. Please dont pass them up.

Lets continue to make Greer the best place to live in the Upstate and have more weekends like this past Friday and Saturday. Our city will be better off because of it.

We couldnt survive without our volunteers.

Cindy Simpler executivedirectorofgreercommunityministries

By AmAndA IrwInStaff Writer

Earlier this month, own-ers Mark Grant and Dixon Howard opened the Cam-eroon, a cigar bar, at 207 Trade St. The facility, named after a type of ci-gar wrapper, holds several seating areas and, in addi-tion to cigars, offers vari-ous local craft brews and wines.

We had our own frus-trations with other cigar shops in the area, stuff we wished that we could change, Grant said. In-stead of being disgruntled customers in other cigar shops, were like, we have an opportunity to do this ourselves and really pay attention to the customer from personal experi-ence.

Prior to opening their new business, Grant was a carpenter, in addition to serving in the military, and Howard is a real es-tate appraiser. Their en-joyment of cigars led them to collaborate and begin the process of renovating the longtime-empty down-town storefront about a year ago.

Greer seemed to have that kind of family com-munity and thats pretty much what brought us here, Grant said. We saw a niche that needed to be filled. Were passionate about cigars, craft beer and fine wines and we fig-ured this was a good place to do it.

Presently four premium cigar brands and vari-ous labels ranging from about $8 to $10 are of-fered, alongside 20 differ-ent craft beers and several wines.

We offer premium ci-gars. Youre not going to find like Swisher Sweets, Black and Mild, things like that. Were a craft store and making cigars is an art. Its a craft. The cigars that we sell, its 100 per-cent tobacco, Grant said.

Eventually the inventory will expand, offering up to 50 cigar brands and dou-bling the beer and wine inventory with an empha-sis on offering local prod-ucts.

What we represent here is stuff people went to great lengths to craft and make it special, he said.

Grant said he has been looking to customers for recommendations of what products to carry and a business website is being developed.

Right now I think the one thing that differen-

tiates us a lot from the other cigar shops around here is the quality of our air inside, Grant said. Our ventilation sucks the cigar smoke outside, and we bring in fresh air. One of the things thats unique about that is most cigar shops recirculate, so you can never really get away from that smell or that haze from the smoke, which makes it a guys hang out. Last week I had a lot of couples coming in here husband and wife, boyfriend and girlfriend that kind of thing

We have a passion to keep the place clean, keep it smelling clean, and I want couples in here. I

dont want the classic, Yeah, my wife let me get away and come in here and smoke a cigar. I want him to bring his wife here and have a glass of wine and enjoy the atmosphere that was created, he said.

The Cameroon is open Monday and Tuesday from noon 8 p.m., Wednesday from noon 9 p.m. and Thursday Saturday from noon 11 p.m. The hours are flexible and, with cus-tomers permitting, the ci-gar shop would stay open later if needed. The hours will eventually be adjusted based on the customer traffic. For more informa-tion, contact the Cameroon at 655-7072.

By KAtIe JonesStaff Writer

Don Jordan does not want to be superintendent, but the longtime calculus professor does not want to sit idly by.

The problem Im hav-ing with myself is this: Im facing a hundred calculus students, he said. Sixty of them out of a hundred of them are in serious debt -- $30,000 to $100,000. Nobodys talking about that. The tuition increases in South Carolina have got to stop.

After graduating from Camden High in 1961, Jordan paid his own way through the University of South Carolina, where he earned a bachelors in math education and mas-ters and Ph.D. in math-ematics.

When he was working his way through school, tuition was $300 per se-mester.

I worked 80 hours a week. I had a hundred bucks in a week. In three weeks, I had my tuition for the first semester, Jordan said. In another three weeks, I had all of it and before the summer was out, I had my room and board. The only thing

I had to do was find some-thing to eat and I worked part time for it. I never was in debt. Today...I couldnt go to college. There would be no way. I cant come up with $25,000 a summer.

Jordan wants to look for programs to help avoid debt, like the military or two-year schools. He wants to work with the legisla-ture to get more funding for college.

Dont you think its a sin to have a 21-year-old $100,000 in debt because he wanted to go to college? Parents are concerned. Students are concerned. he said. Weve got to have more than just talk.

He also would like to ad-dress teaching measure-ment in the state.

Measurement has not been taught right in South Carolina for a long time. Its not been in the guide-lines like it should be, Jordan said. Nanotech-nology is jostling to be taught in middle school. Its completely metricAll chemistry is metric in high school. The teacher has to stop and teach metric be-fore she can teach chemis-try. We havent done that right.

Jordan served as the sci-ence fair director at USC

for 14 years and has also directed Junior Academy of Science for the South Carolina Academy of Sci-ence, where he is a mem-ber. Hes also a member in the South Carolina Council of Teachers of Math and

Science.He has worked with stu-

dents who have gone on to win the national science fair.

South Carolina has the school system that can produce the best in the world, Jordan said. Ive seen that.

He has also worked with Project Access, developing programs to help students in poor or rural areas get into college. Jordan also taught summer programs at the Wil Lou Gray Op-portunity School in West Columbia.

Jordan wants to see math and science incor-porated into early reading programs.

Youve got to have some science and technology in the reading program as well as the pure English, Jordan said. You dont read math like you do a novel.

Jordan has been a pro-fessor at the University of South Carolina for 41 years. He grew up in Cam-den.

More information about Jordan is available at jor-danforsupe.com. He is one of 13 candidates. The pri-mary is June 10.

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Calling it a careerGene Green, meat cutter with Greer Quality Foods, will be retiring at the end of the month following 16 years at the Greer store. Green has been a meat cutter for 52 years having worked with A&P, Smith Supermarket, Community Cash and Greer Quality Food. A reception will be held on Thursday, May 22, 2 - 4 p.m. at Quality Foods to allow friends to express their appreciation. Greens final day at Quality Food is May 31.

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Cameroon Owner Mark Grant celebrates the opening of his new cigar bar on Trade Street in Greer.

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many donations. Everyone was just in sync.

Blackwell said a signifi-cant amount was raised to help in Highs recovery.

Between the yard sale and the block party, its al-most unheard of to know that youve got that kind of support and you came out that well, Blackwell said. It was amazing to have a yard sale and a block party that are 100 percent for the High Hopes campaign. Everybody was just like, I cannot believe it did that well.

Blackwell said, despite all he has been through, High has continued to im-prove.

Hes at the Shepherds

Rehabilitation Clinic and [will soon] come off the ventilator, Blackwell said. Thats a huge blessing, to be done with that. The doctor did tell my sister that they would be able to get him off the ventila-tor and get that trake out. One of his lungs that had some difficulty came back to 100 percent on its own. Were grateful for that.

Were still praying and hoping and reaching out, Blackwell said.

A fundraiser was held for the High family at Tex-as Roadhouse on Monday night. The efforts to sup-port the family will con-tinue today (Wednesday, May 14) at Fuddruckers in Greer from 5-9 p.m. Ten

percent of sales will go to-ward the cause and all tips will be donated.

A benefit for the High family is also scheduled at Sims BBQ in Duncan on Saturday, May 31.

Billy@greercitizen.com | 877-2076

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Lynyrd Skynyrd, at 6 p.m. Pickens native Francine

Roberts Bryson, of Ameri-can Baking Challenge, will be on site for meet and greets and to autograph her cookbook released in September.

Wetzel said last years event was rained out, but two years ago about 10,000 people attended LymanFest, and weather permitting, he expects at least 6,000 people to par-take in the event this year.

We need to promote the town, we need to pro-mote our community. This is just a small way for us as a town to give back to the community, to thank them for what they do for

us and to try to promote what we have in the town, Wetzel said.

Through out the day, ice cream, burgers, kettle corn, Italian ice, pizza and BBQ will be served by one of the several food ven-dors, and more than 50 craft, art and retail vendors will be on site as well, in-cluding Avon, Thirty-One, Origami Owl, Scentsy, Jen-nifer Worleys Homemade items and Allison Gosnesll Gifts, along with several others. All entertainment, activities, inflatables and rides are free and open to the public.

Lymans streetscape project to renovate and beautify the downtown area is presently under-way, but the ongoing con-

struction isnt expected to affect the festival.

It will be done by the end of the month. We tried our best to get it done by LymanFest but it just didnt work out, Wetzel said.

Event parking will be at the old Springs Mill park-ing lot with an entrance of Spartanburg Road. This years event is sponsored by Sew Eurodrive, Ameri-can Foam and Fabric, Carolina Fresh Farms and the Trailer Center, Boiler Tube Company of America and Gravure Inc. For more information about the fes-tival, or to volunteer, visit lymanfest.net.

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like were going to come in somewhere between $50,000 and $55,000.

Greer Community Minis-tries ability to serve stems from the help of volun-teers, Simpler said.

We couldnt survive without our volunteers, Simpler said. If we didnt have volunteers, we couldnt pull off an event like that. We had volun-teers watching holes, we had volunteers helping with registration, we had volunteers cooking and serving. We even had some wonderful beauty queens running the snack cart for us.

If you just look at that event and you saw how many people were work-ing, there were probably three or four times the number of people we have on staff at GCM, she said. Theyre the ones that make it happen.

The event saw more than 40 teams compete.

We had 44 teams, Sim-pler said. We had a silent auctions, a putting contest and fantastic food. All in all, we were extremely

pleased with how smooth-ly things went. The folks at Greer Country Club are always very good to us.

Simpler said the silent auction was much im-proved from last year.

We havent really summed up what we did on the silent auction, but we think it was an im-provement over last year, Simpler said. Folks had a lot of opportunities to get some really nice pack-ages.

Simpler said the golf fundraiser ranks up there with some of the orga-nizations most success-ful events, including the Benson Classic Car Show and Twilight Run and Big Thursday.

All of the businesses in the Greer community that contributed to the silent auction items, thats just huge, Simpler said. You cant have an organization like ours without people in the community who have a heart for wiping out hun-ger and getting involved in a tangible way.

Many of GCMs fund-raising efforts are geared toward raising money for Meals on Wheels.

We always appreciate financial support because thats what takes to buy the food, but when youve got people working shoul-der to shoulder with you through the tasks that arent necessarily the greatest tasks in the world, that means so much, she said. Many hands make light work.

Simpler said Greer Com-munity Ministries has been fortunate to have a solid group of core volunteers.

Most of the folks who volunteer for our events have also been involved with driving a Meals on Wheels route, Simpler said. The folks that were there are not new to us. If youve ever spent a day working in here in some capacity, then you see the need. If you have any com-passion at all, you feel the responsibility. A commu-nity has to take care of the folks out there who are in need. Its our responsibil-ity.

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she retired from teaching two years ago, a job open-ing with the local Ameri-can Cancer Society be-came available and Miller pursued it.

I know, as a cancer survivor, cancer touches so many lives Cancer doesnt just effect the pa-tient, but it effects every-one who loves that person. Its a scary time and people are looking for answers, so the American Cancer Soci-ety just helps provide that for patients, she said.

Preceding the event, a free survivors dinner pro-vided by Texas Roadhouse will served to cancer sur-vivors from 5:306:30 p.m. At 6 p.m., survivors will kickoff the event by taking the first lap around the track before being joined by other teams and participants. Presently, 39 teams are signed up to participate, but partici-

pants do not have to be part of a team. To get in-volved, online registration is available at relayforlife.org/greersc. If there are survivors not yet regis-tered, they can register in-person at the survivor dinner, where they will re-ceive a free survivor t-shit in addition to the event shirt.

Last years Relay for Life of Greer exceeded the $115,000 goal and raised $117,000, after expenses. This years goal is to raise $120,000.

I think, more than any-thing everyone who comes out there, whether its a survivor, or a care-giver or someone whos supporting a friend, ev-erybody there has a rea-son that theyre out there supporting Relay for Life, Miller said.

Unlike the previous years, this year the Lu-minaria ceremony at the

event will begin with a cancer survivor, along with their family, carrying a torch for a silent lap be-fore others join in honor of the people lost to can-cer.

I know one thing thats very emotional and mean-ingful for people out there is our Luminaria service, and its where the bags are lit around 9 p.m and we walk a silent lap around in memory and in honor of our loved ones. Its quite a powerful experience, Miller said. There will be a survivor who actually carries a torch this year to do a silent lap around the track first with their fam-ily, and then everyone else will step onto the track and walk that silent lap. Its just very powerful.

For more information or to register, email Miller at gina.miller@cancer.org.

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sammy ClaytonHorace Samuel Sam-

my Clayton, 68, of Greer, passed away on Sunday, May 11, 2014, after a brief illness. He was the hus-band of Glenda Clayton and the son of Milford and Helen Clayton of Greer.

Survivors also include three daughters, April Clayton, Pamela Crane and Heather Gordon all of Greer; a step-son, Jerry Upton of Greer; two sis-ters, Sandra Peterson of Greer and Elaine Guffey of Forest City; three grand-children, Kayla Worley and Allan Upton, Chase Bray; and one great-grandchild, Kendall Worley.

Funeral services were 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Strib-ling Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Eddie Cooper officiating. Visitation was from noon -1 p.m. prior to the service. The interment was at Hillcrest Memory Gardens.

Memorials may be made to Greer Community Min-istries, P.O. Box 1373, Greer, S.C. 29652.

The families are at their respective homes.

Condolences may be made at www.striblingfu-neralhome.net.

robert a. GillespieRobert Alonzo Gillespie,

72, of 330 Victor Hill Road, Greer, widower of Elaine Jordan Gillespie, died May 7, 2014, at Greenville Me-morial Hospital.

A native of Greer, son of the late Roy Holder and Helen Powell Gillespie, he was a former employee of Grammer Industries and of the Methodist faith.

Surviving are his daugh-ter, Dana Duncan (Andy) of Boiling Springs; one daughter-in-law, Tori Gil-lespie of Greer; two broth-ers, Randall Gillespie (Barb) of Albuquerque, N.M. and Terry Gillespie (Kyong) of Seoul, South Korea; three sisters, Nancy Dill (Melton) of Lyman, Dorothy Star-rett (Terry) of Laurens and Frances Gillespie of Balti-more, Md. and four grand-children, Albany and An-drew Duncan and Miranda and Peyton Gillespie.

Mr. Gillespie was pre-deceased by one son, Brandon Gillespie, two brothers, Paul and Keith Gillespie and one sister, Barbara G. Henderson.

A memorial service was held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Wood Mortuary.

Visitation was held after the service at the mortu-ary.

The family is at the home of Terri Johnson, 104 Leyswood Drive, Greenville, S.C. 29615.

Memorials may be made to American Heart Associ-ation, 3535 Pelham Road, Suite 101, Greenville, S.C. 29615.

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

Jerry a. suggsJerry Archie Suggs, 67,

of 189 Belue Road, Greer, died May 8, 2014, at the Hospice House of the Car-olina Foothills

A native of Conway, he was a son of the late Thom-as Kirby Suggs, Sr. and Brittie Tompkins Suggs, formerly of Loris, a retired draftsman, a member and deacon of First Baptist Church, Gowensville, and an avid Clemson fan.

Surviving are his wife, Dawn Lunny Suggs of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly and Bud-dy Staton of Winston-Sa-lem, N.C.; mother-in-law, Margaret Lunny of Greer; four brothers, Robert Suggs (Sara Way) of Myrtle Beach, Herman Suggs (Oy-landa) of Loris, Thomas K. Suggs, Jr. (Janice) of Lu-goff, and Randy Suggs of North Myrtle Beach; two sisters, Betty Hammack (Ira) of Louisville, Ky. and Bonnie Anderson of North Myrtle Beach; two grand-children, Quinn and Jacob Staton.

He was predeceased by a brother, Thomas Howard Suggs, and a sister, Ber-nice Anderson.

Funeral services were held at 11:30 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, Gowensville, conducted by Rev. Harold Thomp-son, Rev. Josh Phillips and Dr. Tony Beam. Burial fol-lowed in Hillcrest Memory

Gardens.Visitation was held from

6-8 p.m. Sunday at The Wood Mortuary. The fam-ily is at the home.

Honorary escort was the Hartman Sunday School Class.

Memorials may be made to the March of Dimes, 37 Villa Road, B-123, Green-ville, S.C. 29615, or the building fund of First Bap-tist Church, Gowensville, 5650 N. Highway 14, Lan-drum, S.C. 29356.

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

Queenie Herman WilbanksQueenie Lou Stone Her-

man Wilbanks, 98, former-ly of 4864 N. Highway 14, Greer, widow of William August Herman, died May 6, 2014, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

A native of Greenville County, daughter of the late Jesse Lee and Nora Hudson Stone, she was a retired employee of Greer Shirt Plant and a member of Liberty United Method-ist Church.

Surviving are a daugh-ter, Annette Millard Cox (Perry) of Greer; two sons, Billy Herman (Frances) of Landrum and Barry Herman of Greer; seven grandchildren, Stephanie Smith, Mark Robinson, Tina Wells, Kyle Herman, Julie Herman, Mary Camp-bell and Jill Kemp; and ten great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Wilbanks was pre-deceased by one daughter, Mary Lou Bradley.

Visitation was held from 10:30-11:45 a.m. Friday at The Wood Mortuary.

Funeral services were held at noon Friday at The Wood Mortuary, con-ducted by Rev. Will Brown and Rev. Joel Shaw. Burial followed in Liberty United Methodist Church Cem-etery.

The families are at their respective homes.

Omit flowers, and me-morials may be made to Liberty United Methodist Church, 4276 Highway 414, Landrum, S.C. 29356.

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

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lowing is the first part in a series on the exotic pet trade. Look for further en-tries in upcoming issues of The Greer Citizen.

David Meeks has been working with exotic ani-mals for more than 40 years, since Spartanburgs Cleveland Park Zoo closed down and he and his fa-ther took in some of its animals. That was the start of M&M (Meeks & Meeks) zoo near Inman. Eventually, David bought out his fathers share and the zoo became Hollywild Animal Park, which it re-mains today.

Meeks named the park for its frequent contribu-tions to Hollywood films. Over the last three de-cades, his animals have appeared in 60 feature movies, including the blockbusters Days of Thunder and Prince of Tides. Meeks even ap-peared alongside one of his own tigers in Michael Manns 1986 thriller Man-hunter, the first entry in the popular Hannibal Lecter movie series.

His prolific travels, stu-dio connections, knowl-edge of animals and work as Hollywilds executive director have provided him with a clear look into something that typically remains hidden from the general public the exotic pet trade.

People ask me if I think

a person should have a dangerous animal and I tell them that I think they should have it so long as theyre qualified to handle it, he said.

The exotic pet trade is a multi-billion dollar industry that refers to the buying and selling of non-indigenous animals for non-commercial pur-poses. It includes animals as small as insects and as large as tigers. The more dangerous species include apes, big cats (lions, leop-ards, cougars), wolves, bears and certain giant or poisonous snakes (cobras, pythons).

In 2010, the World Wild-life Fund estimated about 5,000 tigers are privately owned in the U.S., roughly 2,000 more than what ex-ist in the wild. Unsurpris-ingly, not all of these own-ers are equipped to handle such beasts, which makes occasional tragedies inevi-table.

In 2003, a captive tiger fatally mauled a 10-year-old boy in Millers Creek, N.C., about 20 miles east of Boone. The child was sweeping near its cage when the animal grabbed him and pulled him through a hole a dog had dug under its fencing. A year prior to that, a boy in Pickens County was also bitten by his familys pet tiger but survived.

Of course, animals that big and powerful are dan-gerous to even the most well-versed handlers. Ev-eryone remembers the tiger that nearly killed en-tertainer Roy Horn during a 2003 show in Las Vegas.

All big cats have the

potential of being dan-gerous, Meeks explains. You can train a tiger to sit and stay and come and all that stuff. As long as everythings going his way and hes not frightened or hurt, hell do what you say because hes learned it. But as soon as you frighten him, he doesnt think anymore. He acts on instinct, and thats what gets you in trouble. Once instinct kicks in, the tam-est leopard in the world can do the same damage one in the wild can do.

Sadly, one of Meeks good friends learned this lesson firsthand in May of 1988. Against Meeks ad-vice, shock rocker Joe Sav-age bought several leop-

ards for his stage show.I told him, Its going

to cause you nothing but trouble. You dont need it, Meeks recalls, point-ing at the hair standing up on his arm. I told him he was going to bring that leopard out and some-thing would go wrong. I told him I just wouldnt do it and he shouldnt do it.

Weeks later, one of Sav-ages leopards escaped its cage and killed his two-year-old daughter.

Meeks says thats the problem for many exotic pet owners: they do not consider all of the sce-narios and variables be-forehand. He asserts a re-sponsible owner not only

researches the breed, but has a special veterinarian in place to examine and treat the animal as well as a plan drawn out should the pet escape.

But as cautious as he is, the Hollywild direc-tor tries to remain open-minded when he talks to potential pet owners. He says people are more in-formed about exotics than they once were, and hes known his share of owners whove established superb health care and living con-ditions for their animal.

I know a couple that have seven gorillas right now as pets and, my gosh, is the facility great. And its not very far from here, he says.

Meeks also claims that owning an exotic pet is less dangerous than own-ing a car and, even though they are sensationalized by the media, attacks on humans remain extraordi-narily rare.

If its gory enough, peo-ple will love it and it will sell a lot of papers, he says. But the fact is dogs kill more people every day than exotics ever thought about killing.

Far more often, its the animals welfare that is compromised in such ar-rangements, as they often become malnourished or sick under a private own-ers care. A captive 130-lb cougar, for instance, can require as much as 10 pounds of raw meat per day, and requires expen-sive veterinary care.

When Meeks consults a potential owner, he does so with as much concern about the animals well being as the owners safe-ty and liability.

I dont try to play animal god with them, because its not for me to say who should or shouldnt have them, he says of prospective exotic pet owners. All I do is tell them what theyve got to consider and tell them they need to make sure the animal is safe and make sure that they have enough experience with those animals to take care of them properly.

The next segment of this series will be a look into the S.C. laws and ordi-nances in the state coun-ties and cities in place for owning, selling and buy-ing exotic animals.

Steve Pettit will be the fifth president of Bob Jones University (BJU), ac-cording to university of-ficials. The change was made May 10.

Pettit replaces Dr. Ste-phen Jones who, for health reasons, announced in De-cember he would end his nine-year tenure as BJUs president at the end of Commencement May 9.

Im overwhelmed by the opportunity to serve as BJUs president, said Pettit. For decades, Ive appreciated the ministry of BJU and the Jones fam-ily to me and my family. I truly desire to honor BJUs heritage and continueby Gods graceto fulfill its mission. I particularly want to emphasize the pri-macy of the local church, encourage relational dis-cipleship among our stu-dents, faculty and staff, and continue the empha-sis on academic excellence and living a Godly life.

Larry Jackson, chairman of the Bob Jones Universi-ty Board of Trustees, said Pettit was the right choice.

With his emphasis on discipleship and his exten-sive experience in work-ing with college students, Steve is a natural choice

for BJU president, said Jackson. He is committed to BJUs biblical positions and educational quality, and we look forward to the leadership he will bring to the University.

Pettit was raised in Co-lumbia and earned his BS in Business Administra-tion from The Citadel in 1978. He earned a MA in Pastoral Studies from BJU in 1980.

Prior to being elected BJUs president, Pettit served as President of the Steve Pettit Evangelistic Association for 29 years. As president of the SPEA, he conducted over 800 campaigns throughout the United States and preached in over 21 countries. Ad-ditionally, Pettit serves as

the national director for Cross Impact Ministries, a ministry which partners with local churches to minister on college cam-puses across the nation.

He has served for sever-al years on the Bob Jones University Board of Trust-ees and also serves on the Board of the Central Af-

rica Baptist College, Kitwe, Zambia.

Pettit is married to the former Terry Elkins of Den-ver, Colorado. They have four children: Rebecca, a filmmaker in Washington, D.C., Rachel, a paralegal in Washington, D.C., Stephen, a BJU senior and Michael, a rising high school senior.

Greer First BaPtist vacation BiBle school

Greer First Baptist Church will hold Agency D3 Vacation Bible School June 22-26, 6-8:30 p.m.

The church is located at 202 W. Poinsett St. For more information, call 877-4253 or visit greerfbc.org/vbs.

victorian hills hostinG yarD sale

Victorian Hills Commu-nity Church, located at 209 Victor avenue extension in Greer, will be having a yard sale on Saturday May 17, beginning at 7 am.

In addition to the yard sale, the church will be selling breakfast food items during breakfast hours and hot dogs, begin-ning at 11 a.m.

Victorian Hills will also have a bake sale and Krispy Kreme donuts to purchase as well. For more informa-tion, call 877-3981

an eveninG oF Praiseemmanuel missionary

TMI Promotions is pre-senting an Evening of Praise benefit gospel sing-ing on May, 25 at 5 p.m. at Mt. Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church, located at 316 Spartanburg Street in Greenville.

Minister Reggie Stod-dard will be the master of ceremonies.

For more information, contact Tena Irby at 417-0076.

GoDs kiDzuniteD christian

United Christian Church, located at 105 Daniel Av-enue in Greer, will hosts songs, crafts, snacks, a bounce house and a Bible lesson on Jonah for chil-dren ages 5-10 on Sat-urday, May 31 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. For more in-formation, call 895-3966 or 561-8195.

auDitions Palmetto statesmen

The Palmetto Statesmen barbershop singers invite men who sing to audition for a show titled How The West Was Won.

Those interested my try out any Monday evening at 7 p.m. until May 26 at the Duncan United Meth-odist Church. The show will be presented Sept. 13 in Duncan at the District 5 Fine Arts Center. Learn-ing tracks and sheet music will be provided.

Call 322-0165 for de-tails.

oFFerinG Free FooD,eBenezer Welcome

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 assis-tance. Photo ID is required. For more information, call 895-1461.

sinGles BiBle stuDy atPelham 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 atFairvieW 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.

tnt tuesDay atneW BeGinninGs New Beginnings Outreach Ministry will host a bible study entitled TNT Tues-day every other Tuesday at 105 Marshland Lane, Greer.

New Beginnings Out-reach meets on Sundays at 611 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer, from 10-11:30 a.m. in the lower level of the strip mall across the street from Kia Dealership.

For more Information, call 325-2714.

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Greenville Women Giv-ing awarded an $81.3K grant to Greer Community Ministries (GCM) at its an-nual meeting held on May 7 at the Gunter Theatre in Greenville.

The money will provide GCM funds for a major renovation of its kitchen operations, including HVAC and lighting, orga-nization officials say.

We are so grateful to Greenville Women Giv-ing for granting funds for this project, said Cindy Simpler, GCMs executive director. This grant will have positive and lasting impact on our operations, providing true remedies and not just band aids to problems that come with aging systems. Their gift is one that will keep on giving for many years to come.

The grant will fully fund the update to the kitchen facility that prepares over 83,000 meals annually in the nonprofit organiza-tions Meals on Wheels and Senior Dining pro-grams. Aged and obsolete kitchen equipment will be replaced, Simpler said, and

HVAC and lighting sys-tems will be upgraded to energy efficient systems.

The kitchen has not been updated since its 1996 in-stallation, according to of-ficials.

The tilt kettle and dishwasher need to be replaced, as well several smaller appliances, Greer Community Ministries stated in a release. The upgrades will provide re-liability, increased opera-tional efficiency and en-ergy savings.

Greer Community Min-istries has been feeding and clothing people in the Greater Greer area for more than 40 years.

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BAPTISTAbner Creek Baptist Church2461 Abner Creek Rd., Greer 877-6604Airport Baptist Church776 S. Batesville Rd., Greer 848-7850Apalache Baptist1915 Gap Creek Rd., Greer 877-6012Bible Baptist Church6645 Mountain View Rd., Taylors 895-7003Blue Ridge Baptist Church3950 Pennington Rd., Greer 895-5787BridgePointe600 Bridge Rd., Taylors 244-2774Burnsview Baptist Church9690 Reidville Rd., Greer 879-4006Calvary Baptist101 Calvary St., Greer 877-9759Calvary Baptist108 Forest St., Greer 968-0092Calvary Hill Baptist100 Edward Rd., LymanCalvary Road Baptist Church108 Bright Rd., Greer 593-2643Camp Creek Baptist Church1100 Camp Creek Rd., TaylorsCedar Grove Baptist Church109 Elmer St., Greer 877-6216Community Baptist Church642 S. Suber Rd., Greer 848-3500Double Springs Baptist Church3800 Locust Hill Rd., Taylors 895-1314Ebenezer-Welcome Baptist Church4005 Highway 414, Landrum 895-1461El Bethel Baptist Church313 Jones Ave., Greer 877-4021Emmanuel Baptist Church423 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer 877-2121Enoree Fork Baptist Church100 Enoree Dr., Greer 268-4385Fairview Baptist Church1300 Locust Hill Rd., Greer 877-1881First Baptist Church202 W. Poinsett St., Greer 877-4253Freedom Fellowship Greer High 877-3604Friendship Baptist Church1600 Holly Springs Rd., Lyman 877-4746Good News Baptist Church1592 S. Highway 14, Greer 879-2289Grace Baptist Church760 W. Gap Creek Rd., Greer 879-3519Grace Place407 Ridgewood Dr., Greer 877-7724Greer Freewill Baptist Church110 Pine Ridge Dr., Greer 968-0310Heritage Chapel Baptist Church218 Alexander Rd., Greer 989-0170Highland Baptist Church3270 Hwy. 414, Taylors 895-5270Hillcrest Baptist Church111 Biblebrook Dr., Greer 877-4206Hispanic Baptist Iglesia Bautista Hispana199 Hubert St., Greer 877-3899Holly Springs Baptist Church250 Hannon Rd., Inman 877-6765Locust Hill Baptist Church5534 Locust Hill Rd., Travelers Rest 895-1771Maple Creek Baptist Church609 S. Main St., Greer 877-1791Milford Baptist Church1282 Milford Church Rd., Greer 895-5533Mount Lebanon Baptist Church572 Mt. Lebanon Church Rd., Greer 895-2334New Hope Baptist Church561 Gilliam Rd., Greer 879-7080New Jerusalem Baptist Church413 E. Poinsett St., Greer 968-9203New Life Baptist Church90 Becco Rd., Greer 895-3224Northwood Baptist Church888 Ansel School Rd., Greer 877-5417ONeal Baptist Church3420 N. Highway 101, Greer 895-0930Pelham First Baptist Church2720 S. Old Highway 14, Greer 879-4032Peoples Baptist Church310 Victor Avenue Ext., Greer 848-0449Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church201 Jordan Rd., Lyman 879-2646Pleasant Grove Baptist Church1002 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer 877-6436

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church4899 Jordan Rd., Greer 895-3546Providence Baptist Church2020 Gibbs Shoals Rd., Greer 877-3483Rebirth Missionary Baptist Church2375 Racing Road, Greer 877-0449Riverside Baptist Church1249 S. Suber Rd., Greer 879-4400Second Baptist Church570 Memorial Drive Ext., Greer 877-7061Southside Baptist Church410 S. Main St., Greer 877-2672St. 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

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

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

OTHER DENOMINATIONSAgape House900 Gap Creek Rd., Greer 329-7491Anglican Church of St. George the Martyr427 Batesville Rd., Simpsonville 281-0015Bartons Memorial Pentacostal HolinessHighway 101 North, GreerBethesda Temple125 Broadus St., Greer 877-8523Beulah Christian Fellowship Church1017 Mauldin Rd., Greenville 283-0639Calvary Bible FellowshipHoliday Inn, Duncan 266-4269Calvary Chapel of Greer104 New Woodruff Rd. Greer 877-8090Christ Fellowship343 Hampton Rd., Greer 879-8446Christian Heritage Church900 N. Main St., Greer 877-2288Christian Life Center 2 Country Plaza 322-1325Christian Outreach 106 West Rd. 848-0308El-Bethel Holiness 103 E. Church St. 968-9474Faith Family Church3339 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors 244-0207Faith Temple5080 Sandy Flat Rd., Taylors 895-2524Glad Tidings Assembly of GodHighway 290, Greer 879-3291Greer Mill Church 52 Bobo St., Greer 877-2442Harmony Fellowship Church468 S. Suber Rd., Greer 877-8287Harvest Christian Church2150 Highway 417, Woodruff 486-8877International Cathedral of Prayer100 Davis Avenue Greer 655-0009Lifesong Church12481 Greenville Highway, Lyman 439-2602Living Way Community Church3239 N. Highway 101, Greer 895-0544Mountain Bridge Community Church1400B Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer 350-1051New Beginnings Outreach104 New Woodruff Rd., Greer 968-2424New Birth Greenville3315 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer 848-2728New Covenant Fellowship2425 Racing Rd., Greer 848-4521New Hope Freedom109 W. Wade Hampton Blvd. Greer 205-8816New Life in Christ 210 Arlington Rd. 346-9053Point of Life ChurchWade Hampton Blvd. Duncan 426-4933Springwell Church4369 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors 268-2299Trinity Fellowship Church3610 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer 877-04191700 N. Pleasantburg Dr, Greenville 244-6011United Anglican Fellowship1001 W. Poinsett St., Greer 629-3350United Christian Church105 Daniel Ave., Greer 879-0970United House of Prayer213 Oak St., Greer 848-0727Upstate Friends Meeting (Quaker)39 Hillcrest St., Lyman 877-9392Upstate Tree of Life203 East Bearden St., Greer 848-1295Victorian Hills Community Church209 Victor Ave. Ext., Greer 877-3981Vine Worship Center4373 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors 244-8175

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A Greer woman, who impersonated law enforce-ment to gain entry into at least two Greer homes in order to look for nar-cotics, has been arrested. Christine Parker Deyoung, 48, of 709 Joines Court, has been charged with im-personating an officer.

According to incident reports obtained from The Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office, Deyoung went to an address on Wa-terwheel Street last Tues-day and told a resident at the home she was an undercover officer with the Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office and she needed to check the home for narcotics. The victim let Deyoung inside the residence and advised her there were no narcotics in-side the residence.

Deyoung then began ask-ing the victim if he knew of anyone in the neigh-borhood who may have narcotics or prescription drugs. Deyoung then left the residence and went to a residence on Fond Hart Street where Deyoung told a second victim she was with both the Department of Social Services and The Spartanburg County Sher-iffs Office before asking if she could examine the victims prescription med-icine. The second victim allowed Deyoung to look through all of her prescrip-tion medicine. Deyoung then left the residence in a small white four-door sedan.

Deyoung was arrested early Monday morning and transported to The Spar-tanburg County jail. Her bond has not yet been set. The Greer Police Depart-ment informed The Spar-tanburg County Sheriffs Office it had a similar inci-dent in its jurisdiction last year and provided them with that case file.

The Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office encourag-es anyone who has experi-enced a similar incident to file a report in the jurisdic-tion where they reside.

(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. All suspects are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.)

GettinG trashedRicky Orlanda Jenkins,

42, of 2627 Poinsett High-way 62, Greenville, has been charged with open container and being drunk in public. Dominique Ja-mar Parks, 23, of 1135 Valentine Lane, Greer, has been charged with inter-fering with police.

According to incident re-ports, officers responded