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GODS PANTRYNEEDS DONATIONS

Gods Pantry needs spa-ghetti, cereal, beans, rice,mixes, boxed items, oat-meal, grits, Ramen noo-dles, macaroni and cheese,canned meats, vegetables,fruits and tomato prod-ucts, peanut butter, des-sert mixes, snacks, condi-ments, coffee and drinkmixes.

Items can be droppedoff at: 100 Enoree Road,Greer, on Thursdays from10 a.m. to noon, 2481 Rac-ing Road, Greer, on Thurs-days 1 4 p.m. or 700E. Main St., Duncan, onWednesdays 9 11 a.m.

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

GCM NEEDSFOOD, BLANKETS

Greer Community Minis-tries is in need of blanketsfor Meals on Wheels cli-ents. Blankets will be de-livered with meals as partof the ministrys 12 Daysof Christmas program inDecember.

The Food Pantry needsbeef stew, and SharonsCloset needs winter coats.

Donate at the ministry,738 S. Line St. Ext., Greer,Monday Thrusday 8 a.m. 3 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. 1 p.m.

For more informationcall Linda Teems at 879-2254.

GREER MEALS ONWHEELS NEEDS DRIVERS

Greer Community Minis-tries Meals on Wheels pro-gram needs drivers for anumber of routes, includ-ing weekly, monthly or assubstitutes.

A MOW driver must bea qualified driver with avalid drivers license andhave a heart for servingothers. MOW has 19 deliv-ery routes in the greaterGreer area. Meals are de-livered Monday throughFriday.

For more information

contact Linda Teems at879-2254 or 877-1937.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FORWELLFORD LITTER PICKUP

The next Wellford volun-teer roadside litter pickupwill be held on Dec. 7beginning at 8 a.m. Vol-unteers can meet at cityhall,127 Syphrit Rd., Well-ford.

ROAD TO RECOVERYNEEDS DRIVERS

The American Cancer So-ciety needs volunteer driv-ers to transport patientsto local treatment centers.Anyone interested in vol-unteering as a driver musthave a good driving re-cord, valid drivers license,automobile insurance anda vehicle in good working

condition. The AmericanCancer Society providesfree training for this pro-gram.

For more information onbecoming a Road to Recov-ery volunteer, contact TeriDonahoo, Mission DeliveryManager, at 627-1903 [email protected].

PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLEIMPROVEMENT PLAN

Bike Walk Greenville andGreenville County Plan-ning Department will holdan open house today, Nov.20 at Greer City Hall from4 6 p.m. to encouragefeedback from the generalpublic on the GreenvilleCounty Pedestrian andBicycle Network Improve-ment Plan.

For more informationcontact the Greenville

County Planning Depart-ment at 467-7278.

OPERATION CHRISTMASCHILD LOCATIONS OPEN

Drop-off centers for Op-eration Christmas Child,including Joshuas WayInc., 1001 W. Poinsett St.,Greer, is open on Nov 22and 25 from 9 a.m. 5p.m., Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. noon and Nov. 24 from 1 3 p.m. Donations shouldbe in shoeboxes along witha $7 donation for shipping.For more information visitwww.samaritanspurse.org/occ.

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR ATWOODRUFF PET RESORT

A Christmas Bazaar willbe held at the WoodRUFFPet Resort & Spa, Inc., 70Concourse Way, Greer, onSaturday, Nov. 23 from 10a.m. 2 p.m. Cost is $1 atthe door or pet food dona-tions for the Greer ReliefPet Food Project. Call 877-0488 for more informa-tion.

MERLE STATEHUNGER WALK

The 9th annual MerleState Hunger Walk will beheld on Nov. 24 at 2 p.m.at Memorial MethodistChurch, 201 N. Main St.,Greer. T-shirts and foodwill be available. The walkis free, but donations areencouraged. For more in-formation contact MarthaONeal at 968-0323.

30THLAWDOGS TOY RUN

The LAW Dogs Toy Runbenefits the Greer SoupKitchen. For more infor-mation contact ThomasPonder 884-7698.

Last week in the MerleState Hunger Walk ap-proaching story, thequote by Martha ONeal,Greer Soup Kitchen Direc-tor, should have read thatSteve Miller began the SoupKitchen along with MerleState after Miller (not Mer-le State) saw someone go-ing through the dumpsterin his yard.

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Thank You For Your Business

The Cannon Family and Employees

CANNONS RESTAURANTCELEBRATING 42 YEARS!

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MCCARTNEY JOINSPRUDENTIAL C. DANJOYN ER CO., REA LTORSPrudential C. Dan JoynerCo., REALTORS hasannouncedthat TammyMcCartneyhasjoined thecompanyand servesas a brokerassociate atthe Greeroffice.With 12 years real estateexperience from bothArizona and Florida, shereceived the CenturionTop Producer awardalong with Top GrossingTeam award. Prior to realestate, McCartneys careerwas in accounting andmanagement.We are excited to haveTammy come to C. DanJoyner Company, saidAvanelle Pelfrey, broker-in-charge.McCartneyand her husband, Steve,came to Greenville almosttwo years ago. In herfree time, she enjoysphotography as well ashealth and nutrition.

WILLIAMS GRADUATESFROM BASIC TRAINING

Army Pvt. Jacari D. Wil-liams has graduated frombasic combat training atFort Jackson, Columbia.

During the nine weeksof training, the soldierstudied the Army mission,history, tradition and corevalues, physical fitness,and received instructionand practice in basic com-bat skills, military weap-ons, chemical warfare andbayonet training, drill andceremony, marching, riflemarksmanship, armedand unarmed combat,map reading, field tactics,military courtesy, militaryjustice system, basic firstaid, foot marches, andfield training exercises.

Williams is the son ofStacy Williams of Greer.He is a 2008 graduate ofGreer High School.

THURSDAY, NOV. 21THE TAYLORS LIONS Club

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

FRIDAY, NOV. 22GRACE PLACE in Greer will

have its monthly dinnerat 6:30 p.m. Grace Place islocated at 407 RidgewoodDrive.

SATURDAY, NOV. 23COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

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

SUNDAY, NOV. 24MONTHLY BREAKFAST at

Second Baptist Church, 570Memorial Drive Ext., Greer,at 8 a.m. Free. Reservationsare required. Call Larry at233-0387.

MONDAY, NOV. 25THE NEVER ALONE GROUP

OF NARCOTICS ANONY

MOUS at 7 p.m. at the GreerRecreational Center.

TUESDAY, NOV. 26THE NEVER ALONE GROUP

OF NARCOTICS ANONY

MOUS at 7 p.m. at the GreerRecreational Center.

THE ROTARY CLUB ofGreater Greer at 7:15 a.m.at Southern Thymes. Call334-6177.

BARBERSHOP HARMONY

CHAPTER at 7 p.m. at Memo-rial United Methodist Church,201 N. Main St., Greer. Call877-1352.

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

GIG GLUTEN INTOLER

ANCE GROUPof Greenvillemeets at the Taylors Library,316 W. Main St. The groupmeets from 7 - 8:30 p.m.

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PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

Season of givingKeith Dammann unloads a stack of boxes to donateto Operation Christmas Child at Joshuas Way on WestPoinsett Street.

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As a woman (at least thats whatrecent lab tests claim I am), I seemto have always known more about

my truck engine or how to mow a slopeon a tractor than my own body. Its notthat Im that much of a tomboy, butrather, Im just relatively indifferent toall things feminine.

It bores me.When other women swoon in excite-

ment over a shoe sale, I just dont get it.If muck boots come out with a pump,perhaps Ill reconsider, but its probablybecause my feet are too big and ugly(horses have a way of making sure eachtoe is broken multiple times) to evenconsider showing them off in peek-a-booopen-toed numbers and Ive never had apedicure because it would be somethingakin to painting the nails on a pigs trot-ters: Yeah, you could do it, but its justunnecessary.

During my tenure as a radio host, Iattacked my friend and fellow on-air per-sonality, Sheri Lynch, while in the middleof my show for destroying my appetitethe previous day. Being a faithful sup-porter, I had purchased her first book,Hello, My name is Mommy, and took itto a local sandwich shop to peruse overlunch.

Letting the book fall open to a randompage, I was in the process of insertingthe first corner of an egg salad sand-wich into my mouth when my eyes fellupon the words mucus plug within asentence describing the birth of her firstchild. With an inward groan, I pushedmy plate away and barely made itthrough my latte.

What is wrong with you, Sheri? Iscolded, the following morning, I couldhave gone my whole life without hearingthat phrase. Its disgusting.

The studio phone immediately lit uplike a Christmas tree as I was berated bymany a mother informing me that it wassimply part of a beautiful and naturalprocess called childbirth and howcould I have possibly not have heard ofsuch a thing at the age of 45?

Probably because I havent had kids, Ibleated. Ive assisted a couple of horseswith their births, but everything wooshes

out so quickly and the foal comes out insomething that looks like a dry cleanersbag. Is that, I asked, what it looks likewhen a babys born?

The phone exploded a second time.And, glutton for punishment that I

am, I also had to know if babies are bornwith their eyes open, or, like puppies,closed?

Now that Im no longer broadcastingradio, its been a relief to get away fromfeigning interest in topics that would ap-peal to my, oddly, large female listenerdemographic (So call in now if youknow someone who has never let herhusband see her without makeup), or tosound enthusiastic about a free facial aspart of a spa package from a local spon-sor. And best of all, no more anatomicalambushes about the female body fromSheri. I figure I knew everything I neededto know, thank you very much.

Or so I thought.My moms got to go back to the doc-

tor, my friend Donna mentioned theother day, She seems to have a recur-ring UTI.

Why is it recurring? I asked. Didntthey give her antibiotics for the infec-tion?

Yeah, they did, she replied, but

when you have a fallen bladder-Im sorry; a what?

Fallen bladder, she repeated. Youknow very common with senior wom-en. It doesnt empty well, or it dribblesand can cause this chronic condition.In fact, Im contemplating a surgicalconsult for this.

For heavens sake, I thought. I had justcome to grips that on Facebook, adspopping up on the side of my page havetargeted me for miracle moisturizersand skin tag removal. I was completelyunprepared that my future could involvea bladder that could fall.

Like, out? I asked, alarmed. Likewhen Im pushing a wheelbarrow, orsomething, it could just fall out?

Dont be ridiculous, Donna said, wav-ing away the absurdity with her hand,But now, a uterus-

I dont remember much more aboutthat conversation, just that I began tofeel a bit lightheaded as a sinister waveof nausea swept over me. All I knew wasthat it seemed most unfair that every-thing, and I mean everything, associ-ated with being a woman at some pointinvolves gravity.

Maybe thats why its nearly impossiblefor us to get a raise.

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OPINIONA4 THE GREER CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2013

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IM JUST

SAYING

PAM STONE

THE UPPER ROOM | CURIOUSLYAMANDA

AMANDA BRADFORD

Staff reporter

The gravity of being a woman

States bail system is

in dire need of reformThis month in Columbia, the state Judi-cial Merit Selection Commission unanimouslyfound Circuit Court Judge Alison Lee qualifiedto continue practicing. That verdict means Leewill likely run unopposed for reelection to herposition in the states 5th Judicial Circuit (Rich-land and Kershaw Counties).

Lee attracted much controversy when shelowered the bails of two known violent offend-ers who returned to jail a few months later withfirst-degree murder charges.

The first of these alleged killers is LorenzoYoung, who was arrested late last year on first-degree burglary, kidnapping and assault charg-es. In January, Lee lowered Youngs bail from$225,000 to $175,000, allowing for his release.Six months later, the 18-year-old Young was ar-rested along with 18-year-old Troy Stevensonand a 16-year-old boy for murdering a youngmother of four during a burglary of a Columbiabagel shop. It wasnt the first arrest for Steven-son either, who had been charged with first de-gree burglary and assault and battery of a highand aggravated nature in November 2011.

That tragedy sparked a rally at the statehousedemanding reform for the states bond system.

But the case of 19-year-old Daquan Vereen isequally maddening. Vereen was arrested lastNovember for armed robbery and attemptedmurder of a convenience store clerk. The youngman might have gotten away with the crime hadthe clerk not shot him in the stomach duringthe ordeal. Yet, inexplicably, Lee reviewed hiscase in February and lowered his bond from$175,000 to $50,000. Because S.C. law onlyrequires a 10 percent non-refundable suretybond be paid, Vereen was released from jail for$5,000.

In September, Vereen was arrested andcharged with the shooting death of a 51-year-old sitting in his car in front of a Midlands con-venient store. The murder was captured on thebuildings surveillance camera.

When she finally addressed questions of whyshe lowered the bonds of the two suspects, Lee

answered unsatisfactorily. Speaking with re-gards to Young, the judge admitted she reducedhis bond because he had no prior record. As forVereen, she said he also had no priors and wasemployed at McDonalds.

There was nothing to show that he shouldnot be given the opportunity to be released,Lee said.

But there was he had fired shots at a clerkwhile robbing a store.

Now, if a judge deems a suspect is either aflight risk or a danger to society, he or she hasthe right (and obligation) to deny bail. The origi-nal judges who handled Youngs and Vereensinitial arrests could have denied bond outright.They are not blameless in this matter.

However, it is Lee who has become the scape-goat for our states broken bond system. Co-lumbia mayor Steve Benjamin was forced toconfront the justice departments shortcom-ings in the wake of the highly publicized bagelshop murder. As it turns out, Young allegedlyburglarized a Columbia house less than 13-daysbefore committing that crime.

We must take steps to reform our bond sys-tem. Yes, the jails are crowded and the courtdockets are backed up, but if we must releaseany suspects on bond, it should be the non-vio-lent ones. It is ridiculous that drug offenders,for example, are given higher bonds than thugswhove been beating and robbing people foryears.

The two murders discussed above shouldnever have happened. Our state must take ac-tion before similar tragedies occur.

Love letterfrom GodRead Timothy 3:10-17

From infancy you haveknown the Holy Scriptures,which are able to make you

wise for salvation through faithin Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 3:15

A good friend of mine carriesa deep and painful love in herheart. Twenty-five years ago,her eldest son turned her backon her and left home. He hasnever tried to get in contactwith he, despite repeated at-tempts on her part to get intouch with him.

This mothers love for herlost son remains inexpressiblydeep and true. Each day, shewrites in a diary a brief letterto her son, telling him of thedaily events in her life. Shehas already filled three bookswith these love letters from amothers aching heart. Perhapshe will one day return he willone day return, even after shehas gone; and he will read herlifetime of love letters to him.

This mothers story remindsme of Gods love for his lostchildren everywhere and Godspersonal love for each ofus. The Bible contains Godseternal love letters to us, writ-ten a long time ago. When wewere lost, we had no desire toread them. But when we returnhome, they should become themost precious possessions inour live, to be read and trea-sured each day.

Prayer:Loving Father, thankyou for the Bible that containsthe whole history of your lovefor us. Amen.

SupportU.S.-madeproducts

Ive stood on my soapboxbefore and preached thissame point, but Ive yet again

been struck with the need totry and persuade people to buyproducts made in the U.S. Sothrow rotten tomatoes if youmust, but here goes

I lived in Upstate New Yorkwhen I was in high school, andwhile there a General Motorsfacility closed down and doz-ens of longtime locals whosefamilies had worked there forgenerations were uprooted orleft behind without jobs, stabil-ity or possibility of a futurebecause the tiny town hadbecome reliant on the facility.

When the plant closed Irecognized it as unfortunate,but I didnt understand thescope of what it meant. Thejobs didnt disappear becausethe company wasnt mak-ing money, as I had assumedbeing we were in a recession.But rather, the jobs were sentabroad so the company couldmake more money by decreas-ing its overhead cost withcheaper labor and parts. And inretrospect whats mind blowingto me is that while most in oursmall town were saddened orangered, it didnt prevent themfrom rushing off to shop at thenearest low-priced retailer whoutilized identical philosophieswhen they shelved productsproduced abroad rather thanchoosing to support localmom and pop retailers andU.S.-made products by stock-ing their shelves with domesticgoods.

What I believe some fail torealize is when a companychooses to manufacture abroadis doesnt only eliminate jobshere, but it has a tremendouslynegative impact on local supplychains, forcing them to findother ways to sustain despitehopes of growth being largelyeliminated.

I really cant stress enoughhow important it is to sup-port industry within our ownborders. Research the productsyou buy and strive to buy local-ly when able. As a society, wehave become far too reliant onother countries for our prod-ucts and that could becomea major point of weakness intimes of war, as well as crippleany homegrown economy wecould hope have.

This mothers story

reminds me of Gods

love for his lost children

everywhere and Gods

personal love for each

of us.

It is ridiculous that drug offenders,

for example, are given higher bonds

than thugs whove been beating and

robbing people for years.


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be little, but we are strongin community service andgiving back to each oth-er.

Money raised will go tothe soup kitchens manyneeds food, laundry de-tergent, paper products.Though the nonprofitsarent partners, they dowork together.

We have recognizedthat Greer Relief and GreerCommunity Ministries arenot partners of ours, butwere all doing the samething, ONeal said. Wereall feeding people. Weregiving back to the commu-nity. Were not in competi-tion with each other. WhenI have too much, I give tothem. Thats what youresupposed to do.

With this being the firstGive a Shuck benefitingthe Greer Soup Kitchen,ONeal is unsure of whatto expect, but has heardgood things from fellownon-profits.

I know that Caroline(Robertson, Greer Reliefexecutive director) andCindy (Simpler, GreerCommunity Ministries ex-ecutive director) have hadgreat success with whatDiane is doing and Im justpretty stoked that shesdoing it, ONeal said.Downtown restaurants,a really well-known placeand we loved her husband.Its really great that shesdoing this in his honor.

The event will featureguest shuckers including

Mayor Rick Danner andGreater Greer Chamber ofCommerce Vice PresidentMark Owens.

It should be a really bignight, Christoferson said.

Give a Shuck will con-tinue in the New Year,Christoferson said, but willskip December. Christofer-son plans to keep the ben-eficiaries mostly local inthe future.

Im local. I just like itthat way, she said. Thiscity needs it, deserves it.

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Centre was formerly theNational Guard Armoryand Horace McKown Cen-ter, but following renova-tions the 10,000 squarefoot facility now servesas an events center with afull-service kitchen, class-rooms and the Greer Cul-tural Arts office.

The Greer DevelopmentCorporation providedan annual update to thecouncil, reporting that asof October 2013, it assist-ed 19 companies planning

for future growth, theseprojects represent an esti-mated $39,859,000 in newcapital investment and thepotential for 509 new jobsin areas such as automo-tive, aviation, manufactur-ing, transportation, res-taurants, corporate officeand specialty retail.

City Administrator EdDriggers announced thaton Dec. 6 a Christmas treelighting will be held at 5p.m. at City Park, and onDec. 13 an employee ap-preciation breakfast willbe held at 7 a.m. The next

Greer City Council meet-ing will be held on Nov. 26at 6:30 p.m. at Greer CityHall.

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Loyd E. BryantVeteran

Loyd Earl Bryant, 86,died Nov. 14, 2013 at Na-tional Health Care.

A nativeof GreenvilleCounty, son ofthe late Lee and

Lillie Hart Bryant, he was aU.S. Army Veteran wherehe served in the 385th MPBattalion, a retired em-ployee of Taylors Post Of-fice, and a member of Fair-view Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife,Doris Elder Bryant of thehome; two daughters andsons-in-law, Carolyn andJohn Baker, and Lindaand Leonard Oliver, all ofTaylors; a sister, LouiseOwens of Statesville, N.C.;three grandchildren, PamForrester (Ronnie), MichaelBaker (Amy) and TravisOliver (Sumer); and threegreat-grandchildren, LeslieForrester, Noah Baker andReid Oliver.

Mr. Bryant was prede-ceased by a brother, RayBryant, and one grand-daughter, Lisa Oliver.

Funeral services wereheld Saturday at TheWood Mortuary, conduct-ed by Dr. Eddie Leopard,Dr. Drew Hines and Rev.Joe Price. Burial followedin Wood Memorial Park.

Pallbearers were RonnieForrester, Michael Baker,Travis Oliver, Wayne Bry-ant, Jimmy Hairston andBilly Hill.

Honorary escort wasthe Bill Dill Sunday SchoolClass of Fairview BaptistChurch.

Visitation was held Sat-urday at The Wood Mortu-ary.

The family is at thehome.

Memorials may be madeto Fairview Baptist ChurchBuilding Fund, 1300 Lo-cust Hill Road, Greer,29651 or WashingtonBaptist Church BuildingFund, 3500 N. Highway 14,Greer, 29651.

Online condolences maybe made at thewoodmor-tuary.com.

Warren Boyd McKinneyVeteran

Warren Boyd McKinney,63, of Moultrie,and formerly ofGreer, died Sat-urday, Nov. 16,

2013 at Archbold MedicalCenter in Thomasville, Ga.

A memorial service was

2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov.19, 2013 at First Presby-terian Church in Moultriewith the Rev. Arch Bakerofficiating.

Born Dec. 8, 1949 inSpartanburg, S.C., he wasthe son of Carolyn BoydMcKinney and the late Mar-shall Eugene Red McKin-ney. He served in the U.S.Army, was a graduate ofPresbyterian College andColumbia TheologicalSeminary. He was Direc-tor of Mens OutpatientServices at Turning PointCare, and was named Li-censed Professional Coun-selor of the Year in 2007.

He served on the Boardof Directors of MoultrieY.M.C.A., was a memberof Moultrie Kiwanis Cluband Sunset Country Club.He was a member of FirstPresbyterian Church,where he was a member ofthe choir and served as anElder from 2010-2012.

He was kind, caring, lov-ing and considerate, hisfamily remembered. Hewas a proud and gratefulfather and grandfather.His co-workers said, Hewas a terrific boss, and heimpacted many peopleslives both personally andprofessionally.

Surviving, in addition tohis mother of Greer, is hiswife, Maresa Tillis ReganMcKinney of Moultrie, Ga.;two daughters, CelesteMcKinney Bracey and hus-band Mose of Thomasville,Ga. and Cara McKinney ofAsheville, N.C.; one son,Boyd McKinney of Thom-asville, Ga.; one sister,Betsy McKinney Porter ofGreer; one grandson, RickBracey of Thomasville,Ga.; a brother-in-law, Ran-dy Tillis and wife Deborahof Ashford, Al.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to Heifer In-ternational, 1 World Ave.,Little Rock, Ark 72202.www.heifer.org.

Cobb Funeral Chapel,Moultrie, Ga., was entrust-ed with arrangements.

Margaret Sweet StigbergMargaret Peggy Doug-

las Sweet Stigberg, 96, diedpeacefully after a long lifeand a brief illness on Nov.14, 2013 at NHC Health-care of Mauldin. She hadrecently been a residentof Hawthorne Inn on Hay-wood Road in Greenville.

Born in Evanston, Ill.,June 29, 1917, she was thedaughter of the late Mr.and Mrs. Anson B. Sweet.She graduated from Mil-ford High School in Mil-ford, Conn., attended PrattInstitute in Brooklyn, N.Y.and earned an associatedegree in fine art. Afterher marriage to KennethStigberg (July 4, 1941), sheworked as a fashion illus-

trator for the Bridgeport,Connecticut newspaper.She and her family livedin Milford, Conn., Hager-stown, Md., Gastonia, N.C.,Westport, Conn., Greer,Myrtle Beach and Green-wood before returning tothe Greenville area.

Wherever she and herfamily lived, she was ac-tively involved with theEpiscopalian church serv-ing on Altar Guilds andperforming other duties.She also volunteered withthe school systems tobring art appreciation pro-grams to the classroom.Peggy enjoyed playing golfaround the world withher husband, Ken, playingbridge and participating inmany Garden Clubs andreading groups.

Peggy also maintainedlife-long passionate inter-ests in music and visualart. She was a skilled artistin watercolor, pastels andoils, producing portraits,landscapes and still lifepaintings that family andfriends are proud to ownand display.

Surviving are her son,David K. Stigberg (SaraTaber) of Champaign, Ill.,her daughter Susan Jack-son (Robert) of Greenville,six grandchildren, KirstenDennison, Aaron Stig-berg, Kate Stigberg, RussJackson, Eric Jackson andDavid Jackson, as well asnine great grandchildren,many beloved nieces andnephews and her sister-in-law Dorothy Miles ofMyrtle Beach. Her husbandKenneth and her brotherAnson Buck Sweet prede-ceased her. Her family andfriends will profoundlymiss Peggy.

A memorial service is be-ing planned to take placeat St. Stephens EpiscopalChurch in N. Myrtle Beach.

Memorials may be madeto Church of the GoodShepherd, 200 Cannon St.,Greer, SC 29651 or St. Ste-phens Episcopal Church,801 11th Ave. N., NorthMyrtle Beach, S.C. 29582.

The family wishes tothan the staff of NHC ofMauldin and Caris Hos-pice.

Kathy C. Ulrich

Kathy Coggins Ulrich,62, of Woodruff, wife ofBobby Allen Urich, diedNov. 10, 2013.

She is survived by onebrother, James Larry Cog-gins, and his wife, Janice;two sisters, Shirley Cog-gins Grubbs and ConnieCoggins Ferguson andher husband, Ronnie; twochildren, Christopher Al-len Ulrich and his wife,Jill, and Angela UlrichReal and her husband,Tony; eight grandchildren,Jon (J.J) Murrin, Juan DelMurrin, Stacia Real, SeanUlrich, Samantha Real,Austin Ulrich, Nicky Realand Saige Ulrich; and fourgreat-grandchildren, JacobMurrin, Anna Richards andtwo on the way.

She was much loved andwill be greatly missed.

A memorial service willbe held 2 p.m. Wednes-day at River Hills BaptistChurch.

In lieu of flowers, pleasemake donations to GentivaHospice.

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The Generations 2 Gen-erations facility will houseveterans for up to 24months while providingtransportation, rehabilita-tion and job preparation.Programs that will be of-fered include vocationalrehabilitation, recoveryprograms, education andjob skills training, life andfinancial skills, social andoutreach services, as wellas other special services.

Well my dad he foughtin the Korean War, andmy husband he is a 29-year veteran, so in decid-ing what Im going to dowith the facility thatswhere the dream cameto do something to helpserve the community andto help those of differentgenerations to adapt backand to bond with thosecoming out of the servicesnow, Dorothy said.

Dorothy said thoughthey cant yet house vet-erans, theyre still workingwith identifying veteransin need and helping themin more immediate waysuntil the facility is com-pleted.

I get a lot of calls tell-ing me that they have vet-erans who need housing,so were helping to findthem homes, Dorothysaid. Our facility isntready yet, havent brokenground for it yet, but werehelping the community indifferent services and or-

ganization to help passon the word and get themhoused before the coldweather breaks.

Tara Walker, projectadministrator, is an armyveteran involved in theproject.

We put our minds to-gether, Im actually a vetmyself a 20-year vet and a lot of the things Ivehad to deal with on theVA side, it actually helpsher (Jenkins-Smith) knowwhat steps we going to beable to take to help ourveterans coming up in thenear future. A lot of thethings Ive seen that shehas not her husbands aveteran, her fathers a vet-eran a lot of what weredoing right now wereveterans helping veteransand so I really appreciatethat, Walker said.

Walker said thoughtheyre not yet opera-tional, they already havepeople who are willing tovolunteer and donors whoare willing give.

Having gone throughsome of the same prob-lems that a lot of the vet-erans have gone through, Iunderstand, Walker said.And for me, as some-body thats been throughit, its a lot easier to teachsomebody if youve beenthrough it yourself.

I have run into so manyveterans over my lifetimethat just talking to themin daily life youd haveno idea that they were

homeless, but as a veteranyou have a way of pullingthings out of veterans,and to hear their stories isjust astronomical, Walkersaid. When I met Mrs.Dorothy and she told meabout the dream she had and Ive always wantedto give back to veterans thebest way that I could and Ididnt really have platformfor it her dream actu-ally gave me the platformto do what I do best as faras community service andcustomer service.

Dorothy, we really ap-preciate you doing this,said Allen Smith, GreaterGreer Chamber of Com-merce president. Theservices youre going toprovide are very admira-ble and it makes me thinka lot of the book of Mat-thew because in Matthewit says: whatever you failto do to the least of theseyou also failed to do untome. And our veteranscertainly arent the leastof the these, but a lot oftimes our veterans findthemselves in difficultsituations and they are soblessed to have people likeyou and your husband thatare willing to stand in thegap and meet their needswhen they come back.

For more information,or volunteer or to donate,visit g2gveterans.org.

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Milder Fall weather returns for our weekend. Aftera week with colder than normal temperatures, aver-age to mild temperatures return for the weekend.We will see a good chance for rain on Saturday.Sunshine returns on Sunday with much colder

temperatures. Highs temperatures will climb to thelow 60s on Friday and Saturday with overnightlows in the 40s and 50s. Cooler temperatures returnfor Sunday and remain through the middle of nextweek with highs falling to the 40s and 50s.

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As the holidays ap-proach, there are manyfamilies who cant afforda regular, nutritious meal let alone a holiday mealwith all of the trimmings.Times may be tough, butchurches like Calvary Cha-pel of Greer are strivingto make things a little biteasier for these familiesduring the holidays.

This is the first year thatCalvary Chapel will beproviding cook-at-homemeal boxes for families inthe community. Turkeys,hams and side dishes willbe given to the first 75families who show up atthe church.

We wanted to reach outto the community in Greerby providing the commu-nity with holiday meals,said Pastor Randy Lucero.We dont have the facility

to host a community meal,but the holiday is really afamily event anyway. Sowe wanted to providecook-at-home meals forthem instead.

The church was lookingfor a way to reach out tothe community and prayedabout providing meals forthose who needed them.A member of the churchthen talked to someonewho was willing to donateturkeys for the churchsoutreach, and another per-son has called the churchand donated some sidedishes. But the church stillneeds more donations tofill the boxes. They are ac-cepting food donations ormonetary donations thatwill be used to buy morefood.

We are not asking forany proof of need, saidLucero. We are trustingthe right people to come.We just want to serve

practical love to the com-munity.

The church is hoping tohave enough food to fill 75boxes, and boxes will begiven out on a first-come,

first-served basis. TheThanksgiving box distri-bution day will be held onSaturday, Nov. 23, from 9a.m. to 1 p.m. The Christ-mas box distribution day

will be on Saturday, Dec.21, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Calvary Chapel is locatedat 104 New Woodruff Roadin Greer. For more infor-mation, call 877-8090.

Calvary Chapel to provide holiday meals

DUNCAN UMC HOSTINGBAZAAR, HOT DOG SALE

The Duncan-Startex-Loree United MethodistCharge will have its annualBazaar/hot dog sale on Sat-urday, Nov. 23 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. at Duncan UMC,139 W. Main St., Duncan.Hot dog plates will besold for $3. The event willalso include baked goods,crafts and canned items.

All proceeds will go to-ward the Open HeartsOpen Hands free lunchthe last Saturday of eachmonth at the DuncanUMC.

FOURTH SATURDAYSINGING AT MT. VIEW

Mountain View Churchof God of Prophecy, 1105Wingo Road, Campobello,is having its fourth Satur-day night monthly singingat 6 p.m. on Nov. 23.

The event will featurethe singing of EDIFY. Thisis a love-offering concert.

For more information,visit mtviewcogopsc.comor call Don at 663-9065.

BENEFIT SCHEDULEDFOR MAPLE CREEK

Happyland Singers,Reverance, CommunityGrove Gospel Choir andJoe Wheeler and The Voic-es Of Praise will performduring a benefit at 5 p.m.on Dec. 8 at Maple CreekMissionary Baptist Church,609 S. Main St., Greer.

This benefit is for theLife Center, and the youthdancers of Maple Creekwill perform as well. Praiseand worship will be byTravious Lee and the em-cee will be Andre Tate.

This is a free event. Formore information, contactTMI Promotions at 417-0076.

FAIRVIEW BAPTISTHOSTING GRIEFSHARE

Fairview Baptist Church,1300 Locust Hill Road,Greer, will host Grief-Share, a support group ledby Carol Allen, on the sec-ond Sunday of each monthfrom 4:45 - 6:30 p.m.

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

REDEEMER LUTHERANCHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL

Redeemer LutheranChurch, 300 ONeal Road,Greer, conducts SundaySchool at 9 a.m., followedby the worship service at10 a.m. Redeemers pastoris Scottie Burkhalter.

For more information,call 877-5876.

EBENEZER WELCOMEOFFERING FREE FOOD

The Bread of Life FoodPantry at Ebenezer Wel-come Baptist Church, 4005Highway 414, Landrum, isopen on Thursdays from2-4 p.m. The pantry isopen to families in need ofassistance. Photo ID is re-quired. For more informa-tion, call 895-1461.

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ville University com-peted in a Saving LivesTogether blood drive tohelp the Blood Connection

collect a record amount ofblood donations and meeta great need for blood inthe Upstate.

Each university spon-sored a drive to see whichstudent body could get thelargest percentage of theirstudents to donate bloodand strengthen unity be-tween the schools and thegreater Greenville commu-nity through the drive.

Through the efforts ofthe students at these threeuniversities, the BloodConnection collected1,261 units of blood. BJUhad 28.2 percent of itsstudent body participatein the drive. North Green-ville and Furman had 8.6percent and 3.2 percent oftheir students body par-ticipate respectively.

Its a great opportunityto help the greater Green-ville community, said Dr.Stephen Jones, presidentof BJU. Im proud of ourstudents for steppingup to the challenge andjoining with Furman and

North Greenville to helpthose who need blood inour community.

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Abner Creek Baptist Church2461 Abner Creek Rd., Greer 877-6604Airport Baptist Church776 S. Batesville Rd., Greer 848-7850Apalache Baptist1915 Gap Creek Rd., Greer 877-6012

Bible 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 877-9759

Calvary Baptist108 Forest St., Greer 968-0092

Calvary Hill Baptist100 Edward Rd., Lyman

Calvary Road Baptist Church108 Bright Rd., Greer 593-2643

Camp Creek Baptist Church1100 Camp Creek Rd., Taylors

Cedar Grove Baptist Church109 Elmer St., Greer 877-6216Community Baptist Church642 S. Suber Rd., Greer 848-3500

Double Springs Baptist Church3800 Locust Hill Rd., Taylors 895-1314

Ebenezer-Welcome Baptist Church4005 Highway 414, Landrum 895-1461

El Bethel Baptist Church313 Jones Ave., Greer 877-4021

Emmanuel Baptist Church423 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer 877-2121

Enoree Fork Baptist Church100 Enoree Dr., Greer 268-4385

Fairview Baptist Church1300 Locust Hill Rd., Greer 877-1881

First Baptist Church202 W. Poinsett St., Greer 877-4253

Freedom Fellowship Greer High 877-3604Friendship Baptist Church1600 Holly Springs Rd., Lyman 877-4746

Good News Baptist Church1592 S. Highway 14, Greer 879-2289

Grace Baptist Church760 W. Gap Creek Rd., Greer 879-3519

Grace Place407 Ridgewood Dr., Greer 877-7724

Greer Freewill Baptist Church110 Pine Ridge Dr., Greer 968-0310

Heritage Chapel Baptist Church218 Alexander Rd., Greer 989-0170

Highland Baptist Church3270 Hwy. 414, Taylors 895-5270

Hillcrest Baptist Church111 Biblebrook Dr., Greer 877-4206

Hispanic BaptistIglesia Bautista Hispana199 Hubert St., Greer 877-3899

Holly Springs Baptist Church250 Hannon Rd., Inman 877-6765

Locust Hill Baptist Church5534 Locust Hill Rd., Travelers Rest 89 5-1771

Maple Creek Baptist Church609 S. Main St., Greer 877-1791

Milford Baptist Church1282 Milford Church Rd., Greer 895-5533

Mount Lebanon Baptist Church572 Mt. Lebanon Church Rd., Greer 895-2334

New Hope Baptist Church561 Gilliam Rd., Greer 879-7080

New Jerusalem Baptist Church413 E. Poinsett St., Greer 968-9203

New Life Baptist Church90 Becco Rd., Greer 895-3224

Northwood Baptist Church888 Ansel School Rd., Greer 877-5417

ONeal Baptist Church3420 N. Highway 101, Greer 895-0930

Pelham First Baptist Church2720 S. Old Highway 14, Greer 879-4032

Peoples Baptist Church310 Victor Avenue Ext., Greer 848-0449

Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church201 Jordan Rd., Lyman 879-2646

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church1002 S. Buncombe Rd., Greer 877-6436

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church4899 Jordan Rd., Greer 895-3546

Providence Baptist Church2020 Gibbs Shoals Rd., Greer 877-3483

Rebirth Missionary Baptist Church2375 Racing Road, Greer 877-0449

Riverside Baptist Church1249 S. Suber Rd., Greer 879-4400

Second Baptist Church570 Memorial Drive Ext., Greer 877-7061

Southside Baptist Church410 S. Main St., Greer 877-2672

St. Johns Baptist Church2 Groveland Rd., Taylors 879-2904

Suber Road Baptist Church445 S. Suber Rd., Greer 801-0181

Taylors First Baptist Church200 W. Main St., Taylors 244-3535

United Family Ministries13465 E. Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer 877-3235

Victor Baptist121 New Woodruff Rd., Greer 877-9686

Washington Baptist Church3500 N. Highway 14, Greer 895-1510

Welcome 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 877-0374

Church of God of Prophecy2416 N. Highway 14, Greer 877-8329

Eastside Worship Center601 Taylors Rd., Taylors 268-0523

ONeal Church of God3794 Berry Mill Rd., Greer 895-4273

Pelham Church of God of Prophecy139 Abner Creek Rd., Greer 801-0528

Praise 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 879-2066

Covenant United Methodist Church1310 Old Spartanburg Rd., Greer 244-3162

Ebenezer United Methodist Church174 Ebenezer Road, Greer 987-9644

Faith United Methodist Church1301 S. Main St. (S. Hwy. 14), Greer 877 -0308

Fews Chapel United Methodist Church4000 N. Highway 101, Greer 895-2522

Grace United Methodist Church627 Taylor Rd., Greer 877-7015

Lee Road United Methodist Church1377 East Lee Rd., Taylors 244-6427

Liberty Hill United Methodist Church301 Liberty Hill Rd., Greer 968-8150

Liberty United Methodist Church4276 Highway 414, Landrum 292-0142

Memorial United Methodist Church201 N. Main St., Greer 877-0956

Mountain View UMC6525 Mountain View Rd., Taylors 895-8532

Sharon United Methodist Church1421 Reidville Sharon Rd., Greer 879-7926

St. Mark United Methodist Church911 St. Mark Rd., Taylors 848-7141

St. Paul United Methodist Church3856 N. Highway 101, Greer 895-5570

Victor United Methodist Church1 Wilson Ave., Greer 877-5520

Woods Chapel United Methodist Church2388 Brown Wood Rd., Greer 879-4475

Zoar 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 281-0015

Bartons Memorial Pentacostal HolinessHighway 101 North, GreerBethesda Temple125 Broadus St., Greer 877-8523Beulah Christian Fellowship Church1017 Mauldin Rd., Greenville 283-0639Brushy Creek First Assembly of God3610 Brushy Creek Rd., Greer 877-0419Calvary 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 Holiness103 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 Church52 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 268-2299United 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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quite coming in. You lookaround, not knowing whatto do or even why youre

there. You know youresupposed to be doingsome kind of task, but youhave no clue what. Mean-while, the man in the cor-ner continues to monitoryou, making you feel likea lab rat in some experi-ment. You sit on the bedand stare at the wall, try-ing to compose yourselfdespite the urge to rip theearphones off your head.After several interminableminutes, the administratorreturns and leads you outof the room. Off come thegoggles and headphones,

and the nightmare isthankfully over.That is the course of

events that constituteThe Virtual DementiaTour (VDT), an experi-ence designed to give care-takers an idea of what it islike to suffer from the dis-ease of dementia. The tourwas presented at ManningHouse last Thursday byemployees of HomesteadHospice, a company basedin Roswell, Ga. that alsohas a local office on Pel-ham Road.

I feel sorry for the care-givers. Its a long arduousjourney and you cant bepatient all the time. But,were hoping that by do-ing this, we can help thatloved one have a betterunderstanding of whythat person is acting the

way theyre acting, saidHomestead Vice PresidentJeanne Pete, who had driv-en up from Atlanta.

It (dementia) is very dif-

ficult for the caretakersbecause they live with itevery single day. If its yourloved one, you are actuallywatching your loved onedie and thats difficult,said Patty Marcus, admin-istrator of Homesteads

Pelham Road office.Eighteen caretakers

took the VDT, which washeld from 4-6 p.m. atManning house. The VDTexperience was designedby P.K. Beville, a geriat-rics expert who foundedthe educational companySecond Wind Dreams in1997. Beville developedand patented the tour af-ter two decades of work

and research on demen-tia patients. The tour isintended to provide thesame symptoms of macu-lar degeneration, poor

circulation, deafness andhallucinatory sensationsproduced by dementia.

Pete said dementiais an umbrella term usedfor several cognitive dis-eases that affect agingpeople. Among these areAlzheimers, Vascular De-mentia and Lewy BodiesDementia. She also notedthat in 2012, 15.4 millionU.S. people helped care fora loved one suffering fromAlzheimers, which killsone in every three elderlyAmericans.

Pete, who has helped ad-

minister the VDT five timesnow, said one of her mostmemorable experienceswas when she adminis-tered it to an 81-year-oldwoman whose husbandhad died of Alzheimers.

After she did it, she wascrying, Pete recalled. Butshe was so glad she hadgone through it becauseit really helped her havea better understanding ofwhat he had gone through.It was very impactful forher, and thats what wewant to do for other peo-ple.

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Seventh Judicial CircuitSolicitor Barry Barnette hasbeen named the recipientof the South Carolina LawEnforcement Victim Advo-cate Associations Solicitorof the Year Award. Bridg-et Daly Musteata, the Lawenforcement Victim Advo-cate for the Duncan PoliceDepartment, nominatedBarnette for the awardbased on: his notoriety asa violent crime prosecu-tor, his skill, knowledgeand professional compe-tence and efforts to securevictims rights in the judi-cial process.

I cannot begin to il-lustrate his commitmentto his profession. Headamantly secures justicefor victims and diligentlyprosecutes and convictscriminals, said Musteatareferring to Barnette.

I have always takenpride in the opportunity towork with victims as theynavigate difficult times.Criminal court is a foreignconcept for most people.I depend on local victimadvocates to help me keep

the lines of communica-tion open with those inneed, said Barnette.

The South Carolina LawEnforcement Victim Ad-vocates Association ad-dresses a statewide needto assist law enforcementin the development and

delivery of crisis interven-tion and direct assistanceto victims of crime. Themembership includes lawenforcement victim advo-cates from law enforce-ment agencies throughoutthe state.

(Note: All information

contained in the followingblotter was taken directlyfrom the official incidentreports filed by the GreerPolice Department, TheSpartanburg County Sher-iffs Office or The Green-ville County Sheriffs Of-fice. All suspects are to beconsidered innocent untilproven guilty in the courtof law.)

NO LICENSEGabriel Sanchez Losada,

39, of 56 SpartanburgSt., Greenville, has beencharged with no statedrivers license (4th) andfailure to display valida-tion sticker.

An officer was on rou-tine patrol when he ob-served a gray Dodge Neontraveling on Highway 29with a validation stickeron its tag dated 6/13. Theofficer initiated a trafficstop on the vehicle and itsdriver Losada.

The officer asked Losa-da for his driver licenseand registration. Losadaprovided the officer withan expired registrationcard for a Dodge van. Theofficer then learned that

Losada did not possess adrivers license and hadthree prior convictions forno state drivers license.He was arrested and trans-ported to the Greer CityJail.

POSSESSIONAnthony Wayne Smith,

39, 370 Pearson Road,Woodruff, has beencharged with possessionof drug paraphernalia andtrespassing after notice.

According to incident re-ports, an officer respond-ed to an address on Ben-

nett Street in reference toa trespassing.Upon arrival the officer

saw Mr. Smith standing inthe back yard of the resi-dence and placed him un-der arrest for trespassing.The officer observed trackmarks on Smiths armsand received permissionto search the vehicle hehad traveled in to the resi-dence. A search yieldedtwo syringes and a spoonwith residue.

Smith was arrested andtransported to the GreerCity Jail.

SHOPLIFTINGMark Anthony Guest

Jr., 32, of 215 Mt. VernonDrive, Greer, has beencharged with shoplifting.

According to incident re-ports, an officer respondedto Belks Department Storein reference to shopliftersinside the store.

As the officer arrived onthe scene he was advisedone subject was exiting thestore and another was sit-ting in a Jeep Grand Cher-okee. The officer detainedboth subjects. Guest, whowas sitting in the Jeepwith numerous articles ofclothing on the floorboardunder his feet, admitted totaking the clothes from in-side the store.

He was arrested andtransported to the GreerCity Jail. The other sub-ject (Chad Allen Waters,32, of 808 CumberlandDrive, Greer) would notadmit to shoplifting. How-ever, it was discovered hehad an active warrant outof Greenville County forfailure to pay child sup-port. He was arrested andturned over to GreenvilleCounty.

POSSESSIONRobert Michael Jackson,

39, of 201 Rhett St., Greer,has been charged withpossession of drugs, tres-pass after notice and pub-

lic intoxication.According to incident

reports, an officer re-sponded to the Hotspotin reference to a subjectwho had been told to leavethe property by the storemanager because he wasintoxicated and causing adisturbance. The officerwas able to locate Jacksonwalking on S. Main Street.

The officer began speak-ing with Jackson, who hadpreviously been placed ontrespass notice from thestore, and noticed Jack-sons speech was slurred

and he had a strong smellof alcohol coming fromhis person.

He was placed under ar-rest and a search of hisperson was performedwhich yielded 4 yellowpills identified as diaz-epam. He was transportedto jail.

INTERFERENCEDaniel E. Webb, 34, of

212 Oakland Ave. #167,Greer, has been chargedwith interfering with po-lice.

According to incidentreports, an officer was dis-patched to Oakland Placein reference to a wantedsubject (Webb) who washiding out in his apart-ment.

The officer contactedThe Greenville CountySheriffs Office and con-firmed Webb had oneactive warrant for petit

larceny and 13 active war-

rants for failure to appear.Officers located Webb out-side the apartment a shorttime later and ordered himto stop. Webb, howevertook off running up stairsto an apartment and thenwent inside, slamming thedoor in one officers facebefore locking it.

Officers knocked onthe door demanding itbe opened and anothersubject inside the apart-ment opened the door andsigned consent to searchform.

The officers could notlocate Webb inside theapartment but observedinsulation protrudingfrom the gap in the attichatch. Webb eventuallycame out of the attic andwas arrested.

Webb was issued a ticketfor interfering with policeand then turned over toGreenville County depu-ties.

MULTIPLE CHARGESBrandon Burnett, 21, of

403 Highland Ave., Greer,has been charged with:driving with no lights atnight, failure to stop for

blue lights and assault &battery (3rd).

According to incidentreports, an officer was onroutine patrol when shenoticed a black vehicletraveling south on High-way 29 with no headlightson.

The officer activatedblue lights to initiate atraffic stop but the vehi-cle and its driver Burnettran through the red lightof Memorial Drive Exten-sion. The officer was ad-vised not to continue thehigh-speed pursuit so she

returned to normal speedand continued down theroad with the suspect ve-hicle now out of site.

The officer came arounda deep curve and saw thevehicle had lost controland slid off the road intobushes. The officer ob-served Burnett exit the ve-hicle and surrender him-self on the ground.

He was placed under ar-rest and it was discoveredhe had an active warrantfor assault and battery(3rd).

He was transported tothe Greer City Jail.

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The Greer Commissionof Public Works has be-gun its budget process for2014.

The commission re-cently heard a preliminaryreport from Chuck Reyn-olds, finance manager. Allof 2013s information isntin yet, so some data from2012 was used, Reynoldssaid.

The CPW has a budget ofalmost $73 million.

Reynolds recommendedconsidering rate increas-es, citing increases fromthe Piedmont MunicipalPower Agency, the SouthCarolina retirement sys-tem and natural gas pricesas well as weather. Watersales were down after thesummers rain.

For residential custom-ers inside the city whoreceive all three services,a potential five percentincrease could mean anadditional $7.44 in theirbills, according to Reyn-olds.

Its a fairly lean bud-get, said CommissionerPerry Williams.

We probably ought tomake it as lean as we pos-sibly can in 2014, with thearrival of our general man-ager yet to be determinedand not restrict his abilityto get started on the rightfoot with a crazily aggres-sive budget, Williamssaid. I think for the mostpart, youve already donethat.

Commissioner Gibsonemphasized that every-thing is preliminary at thispoint.

The commission willvote on the budget at theregularly scheduled meet-ing at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 25

at the CPW offices, 301McCall St. It votes on itsbudget once.

BY AMANDA BRADFORD

STAFF WRITER

The Greer DevelopmentCorporation reported evi-dence of economic growthin Greer during its annualreport at the Nov. 12 GreerCity Council meeting.

In 2013, the Greer Devel-opment Corporation as-sisted 19 companies plan-ning for future growth,

these projects representan estimated about $39million in new capital in-vestment and the poten-tial for 509 new jobs inareas such as automotive,aviation, manufacturing,transportation, restau-rants, corporate office andspecialty retail.

The Greer DevelopmentCorporation focuses onrecruiting new businesses,retaining and expandingexisting businesses, mar-keting opportunities in the

community and promotingthe creation of businessto support and sustainGreers growth. The num-bers reported during thepresentation only reflectprojects the corporationhad direct involvement in.

In 2012, the total newinquiry, leads, prospectsand projects Greer Devel-opment handled was 363,and that number is ex-pected to be exceeded thisyear with 323 inquires,leads and projects alreadyhandled. This year Aprilreceived the most inter-est, and Executive DirectorReno Deaton implied theincreased interest in thearea could be a result ofthe inland port.

No small coincidencethat April was the ground-breaking for the InlandPort and that new projectfor us has driven a tre-mendous amount of newbusiness development ac-tivity, he said.

In addition to piquedinterest in local develop-ment, more sizeable build-ings are receiving moreinterest for industrialuse with 17 requests for90,000 to 100,000 squarefoot buildings and 11 re-quests for buildings great-er than 200,000 squarefeet.

A little different thisyear is that weve seenmore requests, signifi-cantly more in some cases,for the 90,000 and greaterthan 200,000 square feetbuildings on the industrialside, Deaton said. Again,no coincidence that the In-land Port facility is locatedin Greer and that has re-ally driven the demandfor larger buildings in thiscommunity to much big-ger heights.

This year, 509 new jobswere created, compared to294 last year, and the bulkof the jobs, 382 be-ing automotive jobs, andadvanced materials andmanufacturing createdthe next largest amount ofjobs with 94.

The median householdincome for Greer residentsis $68,687, a more than$8,000 increase from lastyear.

Again this indicates forus that not only are weencouraging new residen-tial growth, but the folksthat are moving into ourcommunity are employed,well-off, invest in ourcommunity and are doingwell, Deaton said.

This seems to be reflect-ed in the retail sales aswell, this years gross re-tail sales topped the $700million mark, which is a38 percent increase com-

pared to the pre-recessionhigh, according to Deaton.

Why? An indication of anumber of factors; we area growing community, wehave done a great job onthe community level mak-ing sure that we let folksknow that Greer is a greatplace to invest and to shop,

and more importantly ourretailers have done a phe-nomenal job, he said.

For 2014, the Greer De-velopment Corporationplans to become moreinvolved in residentialdevelopment, update itswebsite and continue todiversify Greers economy.

Greer Development planson focusing on marketsinvolving transportation,distribution and logisticsand talent attraction andretention, as well as con-tinuing to brand in themost appropriate and ef-fective ways.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2013

B

In Greer-DanielmatchupBY LELAND BURCH


Greers most recent vis-its to the third round ofthe playoffs ended in de-feats. The third trip couldbe a charm when the Yel-low Jackets host unbeatenDaniel High, the states topranked 3-A team, this Fri-day night at Dooley Field.

In fact, the current play-offs are beginning to havethe feel of 2003 the lasttime Greer won a state title which delivered a seriesof heart-stopping finishes.Last weeks 45-42 win overWestwood was in that cat-egory.

Some observers may notlike Greers chance of up-setting Daniel, but not WillYoung, the Yellow Jacketshead coach. Im glad wereplaying Daniel, and so areour kids. If you want to bethe best, you have to beatthe best, so we look at thisgame as a huge opportu-nity, Young said.

Three games with mu-tual opponents offer hopefor the underdogs. Greerdefeated Greenville, 42-13; Pickens, 51-20; and

Emerald, 34-30. Danieldowned the same teams,Greenville, 36-28; Pickens,40-3; and Emerald, 35-28.Games with Seneca weretotally opposite, however,as Greer lost, 35-27, whileDaniel blanked the Bob-cats 24-0.

I really dont put muchstock in those scores be-cause every week is differ-ent, Young said. We will

have to do a lot of thingsright to be in the game inthe fourth quarter. But ifwe are, then our kids willfind a way to win becausethey never give up.

Daniel, improving to 12-0, crushed Pickens andClinton in the openingrounds of the playoffs.The winner this week will

SEEJACKETS | B6

BYRNES

MOVING ONGREER

Third roundcould bethe charm

MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN

Quez Nesbitt (20) and the Greer Yellow Jackets will face off against the Daniel Lions Friday in the third round ofplayoffs.

BY LELAND BURCH


Two heavyweight boxers tradedknockout punches for four roundsuntil one settled the fight by pullingout a gun and firing a single shot.Thats how Greer edged Westwood,45-42. After the teams had ham-mered each other with six touch-downs, Nick Roberson kicked a 37-yard field goal to win the secondround 3-A football playoff gameFriday night.

The few spectators that braved therain and cold at Dooley Field were

treated to a scoring spectacle thatratcheted up to five touchdownsin the closing 12 minutes. The lastteam to have the ball would likelywin, and the Yellow Jackets got thatopportunity after Westwood hadpulled even, for the sixth time, with2:41 left in regulation.

With the game knotted at 42-all,Greer marched 48 yards to get intofield goal range. Quez Nesbitt, whoturned in another spectacular effortwith 377 yards, chipped in 23 yardson three carries while Mario Cusanodelivered a 14-yard pass to DorianLindsey and ran for 11 more to put

the ball at the Westwood 20-yardline. With 7.4 seconds remaining, theRedhawks called two time outs in anattempt to ice Roberson, but thesophomore came through with a 37-yard kick out of Bobby Farringtonsflawless hold. When the ball split theuprights, Roberson was mobbed byhis teammates.

Three-point losses had sent Greerpacking from the playoffs threetimes in the past eight years. Butthis one was different, and a key fac-tor was that while our kids madesome mistakes, they continued to

SEE WIN | B2

Late field goal seals Jackets win

BY BILLY CANNADA

SPORTS EDITOR

Byrnes High quarterback ShulerBentley threw for five touchdownsFriday night as the Rebels cruised toan easy 42-14 playoff-opening winover Wando.

Byrnes will face Lexington inround two of the Class AAAA stateplayoffs this Friday in Duncan.

I was proud of the way the guysresponded, Byrnes coach BobbyBentley said. We did what we hadto do to win and thats the mark of agreat team.

The Rebels got off to a rough start,giving up an early score to WandosKenny Waring in the first few min-utes of the game.

Wandos 6-0 lead would not lastlong, however. The Rebels would

score twice in the next minute toquickly capture the lead. Bentleytossed an 80-yard touchdown passto Shaedon Meadors, giving theRebels a 7-6 advantage with sevenminutes remaining in the first. Thattouchdown was quickly followed byan onside kick recovery that gavethe Byrnes offense another chance.

Bentley would capitalize, tossinga 48-yard pass to Najee Bowens forhis second score.

After that first series we startedclicking, Bentley said.

Bentley connected with Bowens foranother score with 4:40 left in thefirst, giving the Rebels a 21-6 lead.

Tavaris Jeter intercepted a passon Wandos ensuing drive, settingup the Rebels fourth touchdown ofthe game on a pass from Bentley toTavin Richardson.

The score put Byrnes in front 28-6and ended an explosive first quar-ter.

Im surrounded by awesome skillplayers, Bentley said. I cant tellyou how many times Ive thrown ahitch or a little screen and it endsup breaking and going for 60 anda touchdown. Those guys are awe-some and it shows how hard theywork in practice.

Coach Bentley said his teamshowed sloppy play in the second,turning the ball over and failing toscore on several drives. The halftimemargin remained at 28-6.

Waring punched in Wandos sec-ond score of the night early in thethird, narrowing the Byrnes advan-tage to 28-14 after a two-point con-version.

SEE BYRNES | B2

PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN

The Rebels advance to round two of Class AAAA state playoffs with a match-up against the Lexington Wildcats thisFriday.

Bentley lights up Wando, 42-14

BY BILLY CANNADA

SPORTS EDITOR

The Byrnes High footballteam is one step closer toits goal of winning a ClassAAAA state championship,but the Rebels will face amuch bigger challenge inround two.

Byrnes coach BobbyBentley said his teamneeds a quick turnaroundto get ready for Lexing-ton after the Rebels first-round win over Wando.

They have a very gooddefensive front, Bentleysaid. Theyre the biggestteam weve seen all year.Theyve got a good de-fense and they have bal-ance on offense. Theyregoing to be able to run itand throw it.

Bentley said Lexington(10-2) is going to showsome looks on offensethat will give his defensesome trouble.

Theyre a good foot-ball team, Bentley said.Theyre very efficient of-fensively. They have fourgood receivers and a goodquarterback. Theyve got agood running back as welland they re going to put alot of pressure on us.

Lexington runs a 3-4 de-fense with three down line-men and four linebackers.

They like to put a lotpeople in the box, Bentleysaid. They do a good job.Theyre a good footballteam.

With a lopsided 42-14win over Wando in therearview, Bentley said heis confident the Rebelswill be able to correct any

miscues.Our kids are resilient,

Bentley said. They playhard and they seem to re-ally be doing better on de-fense. Weve had so muchimprovement on the de-fensive side of the ball andat the end of the day youhave to win ball games ondefense.

As we continue to im-prove our defense, weregoing to be in the game,he said.

Bentley said the key toreaching the teams goalsis to take it one game at atime.

We dont talk aboutbrackets. We dont talkabout the next round,Bentley said. Weve gotto be 1-0. Thats what wefocus on.

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Rebels facetest againstLexington

Im glad were

playing Daniel, and

so are our kids. If

you want to be the

best, you have to

beat the best, so we

look at this game as

a huge opportunity.

Will YoungGreer head coach

Our kids are

resilient...Weve

had so muchimprovement on the

defensive side of the

ball and at the end

of the day you have

to win ball games

on defense.

Bobby BentleyByrnes head coach


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B2 THE GREER CITIZEN SPORTS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2013

RIVERSIDE HIGHWarriors

HEAD COACH - PHIL SMITH

AUG. 30 12 EASTSIDE 13SEPT. 6 3 GREER 42SEPT. 13 6 WOODMONT 14SEPT. 20 3 HILLCREST 44SEPT. 27 0 SPARTANBURG 48OCT. 4 31 BOILING SPRINGS 51OCT. 11 0 BYRNES 57OCT. 18 7 MAULDIN 48OCT. 25 9 GAFFNEY 35NOV. 1 6 WADE HAMPTON 14NOV. 8 AT DORMAN

BYRNES HIGHRebels

HEAD COACH - BOBBY BENTLEY

AUG. 24 51 APOPKA 36SEPT. 6 82 WOODRUFF 49SEPT. 13 35 NORTHWESTERN 42SEPT. 20 62 CLINTON 0SEPT. 27 63 BOILING SPRINGS 34OCT. 4 35 SPARTANBURG 3OCT. 11 57 RIVERSIDE 0OCT. 18 61 GAFFNEY 20OCT. 25 76 MAULDIN 49NOV. 1 54 DORMAN 14NOV. 8 47 WADE HAMPTON 21NOV. 15 42 WANDO 14NOV. 22 LEXINGTON

EASTSIDE HIGHEagles

HEAD COACH - JEFF THOMASON

AUG. 30 13 RIVERSIDE 12SEPT. 6 7 CHRIST CHURCH 31SEPT. 13 7 WADE HAMPTON 14SEPT. 20 12 BLUE RIDGE 35SEPT. 27 7 PICKENS 45OCT. 4 0 GREER 49OCT. 11 7 SOUTHSIDE 28OCT. 18 20 BEREA 0OCT. 25 35 TRAVELERS REST 0

NOV. 1 7 GREENVILLE 40

BLUE RIDGE HIGHFighting Tigers

HEAD COACH - SHANE CLARK

AUG. 30 42 WADE HAMPTON 21SEPT. 6 55 J.L. MANN 26

SEPT. 13 20 CHAPMAN 26SEPT. 20 35 EASTSIDE 12SEPT. 27 43 BEREA 15OCT. 4 7 GREENVILLE 40OCT. 11 69 TRAVELERS REST 7OCT. 18 35 SOUTHSIDE 29OCT. 25 49 PICKENS 18NOV. 1 10 GREER 9NOV. 8 14 BELTON HONEA-PATH 20

THIS WEEKS GAMES

AAA PLAYOFFS

DANIEL at GREER

AAAA PLAYOFFS

LEXINGTON at BYRNES

GREER 45 WESTWOOD 42

BYRNES 42 WANDO 14

GREER HIGHYellow Jackets

HEAD COACH - WILL YOUNG

AUG. 30 27 SENECA 35SEPT. 6 42 RIVERSIDE 3SEPT. 13 31 UNION CO. 28SEPT. 20 42 GREENVILLE 13SEPT. 27 42 TRAVELERS REST 3OCT. 4 49 EASTSIDE 0OCT. 11 70 BEREA 0OCT. 18 51 PICKENS 20

OCT. 25 42 SOUTHSIDE 7NOV. 1 9 BLUE RIDGE 10NOV. 8 34EMERALD 30NOV. 15 45 WESTWOOD 42NOV. 22 DANIEL

WEEKLYFOOTBALLWRAP

LAST WEEKS SCORES

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

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Nick

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FROM B1

The Byrnes offensestalled on the ensuingdrive, but a 17-yard pick-six, courtesy of linebackerJared Davis, gave the Reb-els a 35-14 lead.

It was just big momen-tum for us, the coachBobby Bentley said of theplay. I was really proudof the way our defenseplayed. They made somebig plays.

Bentley would cap thenight with a 33-yardtouchdown pass to Bow-ens with 6:38 to go in thefourth, giving Byrnes aninsurmountable 42-14 ad-vatage.

At the end of the day,there were 16 teams thatstarted out tonight andnow theres only going tobe eight, the quarterbacksaid. Were going to learnfrom our mistakes and tryto get another win nextweek.

The Head Coach said histeam got what it neededfrom its quarterback on acold rainy night.

He continues to per-form, coach Bentley saidof his son and quarter-back. Great players makegreat plays in big games.He knows in big gameshes got to rise up andthats what he is expectedto do.

The senior said he is justhappy to be moving on.

We had some miscuestonight and we probablygot too frustrated, butits alright. Were goingto move on and hopefullywell play better, he said.

The Coach said his Reb-els will need more con-sistency in the secondround.

There was maybe a lackof focus, he said. Whenyou have a lack of focus,you have a lack of execu-tion. You cant have thatnext week or youll bepacking it up.

Bentley said he is ex-cited the teams goals arestill alive.

Were still trying to goto Columbia and our hopesare still there, he said.

FROM B1

advance to meet the win-ner of Chapman vs. Bel-ton-Honea Path for the up-per state title.

This will be our tough-est game yet, but thatsthe way its supposed tobe. Our offensive line hasplayed better the past twoweeks, but they will haveto improve this Friday.Defensively, we continueto have too many missedtackles, especially on kick-offs, and thats got to im-prove, Young said.

Young said the Lionshave been pointing toward2013 for some time. Theyfigured this is their yearwith 20 seniors, especiallysince nine are starting ondefense.

Operating out of a 3-4alignment, Daniels de-fense features twin line-backers Judah and J.D.Davis, sons of Clemsongreat Jeff Davis who planto follow in their dadsfootsteps to play for theTigers. Theyre really

good. And so is the defen-sive line with a huge noseguard, Lee Eddleman, and areally good defensive tack-le, Tyrell Fleming, Youngsaid. Daniel doesnt do alot of stunts or blitzes likesome teams, but then theydont have to.

While Daniels defensecan be smothering, theLions also boast of oneof the states top runningbacks in Jaelon Oglesbywho has committed toClemson. We have facedsome good ones the pasttwo weeks, but you wontsee two better runningbacks on the field at thesame time than Oglesbyand our Quez Nesbitt,Young said. Oglesby isalso Daniels top wide-out,like Quez.

He said the Lions run aspread offense similar toGreer. Daniel does a littlemore zone running thanwe do, but they are notcomplicated on offense.They dont have to be.

Their quarterback,Andy McCall, is a good

player. He throws the ballwell in passing situations,which is about as oftenas we throw. Daniel reallyprefers to run the ball, andtheir offensive line is verygood, Young said.

The fact that Young is aDaniel alum adds anotherwrinkle to the match, buthe said, I really dontthink about going againstmy alma mater. I am fo-cused on playing this asanother game, so we canget on to the next one, andI think our kids feel thesame way. Youngs Greerteams have faced Danieltwice, with mixed results,a win and a loss.

Greer, 10-2 overall, ex-pects to be at full strengthfor the contest with theexception of defensiveback Deandre Moren whosuffered a season-endingknee injury several weeksago.

No matter what hap-pens Friday night, Improud of this bunch ofkids because of the waythey play for each otherand dont get frustratedwhen we get a bad break.This group has made theseason go by amazinglyfast for me, and I hope wecan keep it going, Youngsaid.

Dereck L. Polson of Greerwon $50 in The Greer Citi-zens Football Contest lastweek.

Polson was the onlyparticipant to miss twogames.

Football fans are invitedto participate in the week-ly contest by clipping outand turning in the entryform that will appear ineach Wednesdays sportssection. The final contestof the season will be innext weeks early Tuesdayedition.

Entries may be deliveredto The Greer Citizen officeat 317 Trade Street beforenoon on Friday, may bemailed, or left in the pa-pers drop box located justoutside the building.

Entries must be post-marked by Friday to beeligible.

In the case of ties, thetiebreaker will be used todetermine the winner.

If a tie remains, the prizewill be equally dividedamong the finalists.

2013 WINNERS |Week 1:Scott McCallisterWeek 2:Sandra LeighWeek 3:Allen BatsonWeek 4:James BowersWeek 5:Rick FosterWeek 6:Marie LinderWeek 7:Sherman BurnsWeek 8:Tracy BarbareWeek 9:Jud BlackwellWeek 10:Dereck L. Polson

Polson wins $50in football contest

BY WILLIAM BUCHHIET

STAFF WRITER

Byrnes LB Travis Thom-as seems to have saved hisbest for last.

The 60, 230-pound se-nior played the game of hislife in Fridays 42-14 de-molition of Wando in thefirst round of the AAAAstate playoffs. Flying tothe ball from a number ofdifferent defensive posi-tions, Thomas amassedfive solo tackles, assistedon two more and forced afumble in his