INDEX | SPORTS | DEATHS | TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE GREER CITIZEN, CALL US TODAY AT 877-2076 REBELS OUSTED Byrnes falls in playoffs to Dorman B1 Thomas (Tom) Raymond Cabaniss, Sr. Jerry Dan Houston, 76 CLASSIFIEDS B5 COMMUNITY CALENDAR/NEWS A2 CRIME A9 ENTERTAINMENT B7 OBITUARIES A7 OPINION A4 OUR SCHOOLS B9 SPORTS B1-4 WEATHER A7 SOUTH CAROLINA’S PREMIER WEEKLY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015 GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 102 NO. 49 75 CENTS A BIG HELP: Local student serves elephants overseas B6 BY BILLY CANNADA EDITOR Thousands lined the streets of downtown Greer Sunday afternoon to catch a glimpse of Santa at the Greer Christmas Parade. The event, held each year to benefit Greer Re- lief & Resource Agency, featured more than 90 en- tries, which trucked down Poinsett and Main Streets to the tune of Christmas carols and blaring sirens. “It was beautiful,” Caro- line Robertson, executive director for Greer Relief, said. “The weather was gorgeous and people didn’t hesitate to come out and they were out early.” The parade featured performances from dance groups such as the South- ern Dance Connection and Ignite Dance Company, ap- pearances from local beau- ty queens, and Christmas music renditions from the Blue Ridge and Greer High marching bands. Leading the G-Force marching band was Lon- nie “Gee” McGee, who re- turned from Clinton for the parade. “We were so happy that Gee came back,” Robert- son said. “Truly, the pa- rade would not have been the same without him.” The event marked the end of a weekend full of Christmas activities. On Friday, the City of Greer hosted its annual Christ- mas Tree Lighting cere- mony in conjunction with the Greer Station Associa- tion’s “Christmas in Greer Station.” On Saturday, hundreds of children woke up to at- tend Breakfast with Santa at the Cannon Centre, which featured photo op- portunities with the jolly old elf. “It was nice to be able to end the weekend on that high note,” Robertson said of the parade. “It was a nice Sunday afternoon that really capped a whole week of Christmas activi- ties.” For conspiracy to commit kidnapping BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE STAFF WRITER The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office is seek- ing information regarding the whereabouts of Freda Lynn Lambert-Smith, who is wanted for conspiracy to commit kidnapping. According to informa- tion from police, Lambert- Smith was involved in an incident on Friday night at the Villas at Lawson’s Fork Creek on Asheville High- way. She was previously arrested and charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime on Sept. 14 at 145 Kaleigh Dr. in Greer, but was released on $11,000 bond. The incident on Friday night arose when Lynn Lambert-Smith went to a temporary employment service in Greenville and hired two subjects and asked them to help her move from her apartment. She reportedly told the individuals she was going to play a prank on her ex- boyfriend by kidnapping him and throwing into the back of a rented U-Haul. Spartanburg County Lt. Kevin Bobo said the ex- boyfriend had received a tip from Lambert-Smith’s ex-husband that one of his guns was missing. He reportedly armed himself. Then, when the two sub- jects went to kidnap the ex-boyfriend, he allegedly shot them. The two victims sus- tained non-life threaten- ing injuries. Lambert-Smith fled in the U-Haul. It was later lo- cated at the Waffle House located at Asheville High- way and I-26. Authori- ties say she was seen on SEE SEARCH | A9 BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE STAFF WRITER A store in Taylors is aim- ing to make sure families in need have what they need for Christmas this holiday season. Located within the Com- munity Mission Baptist Church, the Taylors Com- munity Christmas Store exists to provide a place for local residents to pur- chase children’s Christmas gifts at discounted prices. The church’s sanctuary is currently flooded with clothes, school supplies, sporting goods, musical equipment, dolls, bicycles and other items that Santa would likely leave under- neath a tree. The opening of the store on Monday saw a multi- tude of shoppers looking to brighten the spirits of their children or grand- children. Without the store, those involved with the project say some chil- dren might not receive any gifts at all. “If it had not been for this store a lot of par- ents and grandparents wouldn’t have been able to provide Christmas gifts,” store committee member Darlene Rice said. The idea, though, isn’t simply to hand out gifts for free. Those involved with the project believe parents and relatives of children want to provide for their own, and they want to do so with dignity. SEE STORE | A7 BY BILLY CANNADA EDITOR Twenty freshly planted trees now stand firmly in their plots on the lawn at Greer High School, placed there by students who decided to take a more hands-on approach to learning. The trees, donated by the Greer Commission of Public Works in honor of Arbor Day, were delivered to the school early Mon- day morning. They were met by more than a doz- en students, armed with shovels. “I thought this would be a great experience for the kids because that’s what we’re learning about now— planting gardens and get- ting your soil ready,” said Brittney White, an agri- culture teacher at Greer High. “This tied right into the lesson. A lot of times, students will get tired of sitting in the classroom SEE PLANTING | A10 MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN Michael Winston shops for his children at the Taylors Community Christmas Store located in the sanctuary of Community Mission Baptist Church. Taylors Christmas Store opens for holiday business Local woman sought by law enforcement Freda Lynn Lambert-Smith It’s Christmastime in the city GHS students plant trees for Arbor Day BILLY CANNADA | THE GREER CITIZEN Greer High students planted 20 trees Monday morning. PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN Dance Visions performed during the annual Greer Christmas Parade on Poinsett Street Sunday afternoon. There were more than 90 entries participating in the event. MORE PHOTOS | B6 ‘If it had not been for this store a lot of parents and grandparents wouldn’t have been able to provide Christmas gifts.’ Darlene Rice Store committee member ‘For (the students) to get out and try it for themselves, it’s a different type of learning.’ Brittney White Teacher
SOUTH CAROLINA’S PREMIER WEEKLYWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015 GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 102 NO. 49 75 CENTS
A BIG HELP: Local student serves elephants overseas B6
BY BILLY CANNADAEDITOR
Thousands lined the streets of downtown Greer Sunday afternoon to catch a glimpse of Santa at the Greer Christmas Parade.
The event, held each year to benefit Greer Re-lief & Resource Agency, featured more than 90 en-tries, which trucked down Poinsett and Main Streets to the tune of Christmas carols and blaring sirens.
“It was beautiful,” Caro-line Robertson, executive
director for Greer Relief, said. “The weather was gorgeous and people didn’t
hesitate to come out and they were out early.”
The parade featured performances from dance groups such as the South-ern Dance Connection and Ignite Dance Company, ap-pearances from local beau-ty queens, and Christmas music renditions from the Blue Ridge and Greer High marching bands.
Leading the G-Force marching band was Lon-nie “Gee” McGee, who re-turned from Clinton for the parade.
“We were so happy that Gee came back,” Robert-son said. “Truly, the pa-rade would not have been the same without him.”
The event marked the end of a weekend full of Christmas activities. On Friday, the City of Greer hosted its annual Christ-mas Tree Lighting cere-mony in conjunction with the Greer Station Associa-
tion’s “Christmas in Greer Station.”
On Saturday, hundreds of children woke up to at-tend Breakfast with Santa at the Cannon Centre, which featured photo op-portunities with the jolly old elf.
“It was nice to be able to end the weekend on that high note,” Robertson said of the parade. “It was a nice Sunday afternoon that really capped a whole week of Christmas activi-ties.”
For conspiracy to commit kidnappingBY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLESTAFF WRITER
The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office is seek-ing information regarding the whereabouts of Freda
Lynn Lambert-Smith, who is wanted for conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
According to informa-tion from police, Lambert-Smith was involved in an incident on Friday night at the Villas at Lawson’s Fork Creek on Asheville High-way. She was previously arrested and charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon
during a violent crime on Sept. 14 at 145 Kaleigh Dr. in Greer, but was released on $11,000 bond.
The incident on Friday night arose when Lynn Lambert-Smith went to a temporary employment service in Greenville and hired two subjects and asked them to help her move from her apartment. She reportedly told the
individuals she was going to play a prank on her ex-boyfriend by kidnapping him and throwing into the back of a rented U-Haul. Spartanburg County Lt. Kevin Bobo said the ex-boyfriend had received a tip from Lambert-Smith’s ex-husband that one of his guns was missing. He reportedly armed himself. Then, when the two sub-
jects went to kidnap the ex-boyfriend, he allegedly shot them.
The two victims sus-tained non-life threaten-ing injuries.
Lambert-Smith fled in the U-Haul. It was later lo-cated at the Waffle House located at Asheville High-way and I-26. Authori-ties say she was seen on
SEE SEARCH | A9
BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLESTAFF WRITER
A store in Taylors is aim-ing to make sure families in need have what they need for Christmas this holiday season.
Located within the Com-munity Mission Baptist Church, the Taylors Com-munity Christmas Store exists to provide a place for local residents to pur-chase children’s Christmas gifts at discounted prices.
The church’s sanctuary is currently flooded with clothes, school supplies, sporting goods, musical equipment, dolls, bicycles and other items that Santa would likely leave under-neath a tree.
The opening of the store on Monday saw a multi-tude of shoppers looking to brighten the spirits of their children or grand-children. Without the store, those involved with the project say some chil-dren might not receive any gifts at all.
“If it had not been for this store a lot of par-ents and grandparents
wouldn’t have been able to provide Christmas gifts,” store committee member Darlene Rice said.
The idea, though, isn’t simply to hand out gifts for free. Those involved with the project believe parents and relatives of children want to provide for their own, and they want to do so with dignity.
SEE STORE | A7
BY BILLY CANNADAEDITOR
Twenty freshly planted trees now stand firmly in their plots on the lawn at Greer High School, placed there by students who decided to take a more hands-on approach to learning.
The trees, donated by the Greer Commission of Public Works in honor of Arbor Day, were delivered to the school early Mon-day morning. They were met by more than a doz-en students, armed with shovels.
“I thought this would be a great experience for the kids because that’s what we’re learning about now—
planting gardens and get-ting your soil ready,” said Brittney White, an agri-culture teacher at Greer High. “This tied right into the lesson. A lot of times, students will get tired of sitting in the classroom
SEE PLANTING | A10
MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
Michael Winston shops for his children at the Taylors Community Christmas Store located in the sanctuary of Community Mission Baptist Church.
Taylors Christmas Store opens for holiday business
Local woman sought by law enforcement
Freda Lynn Lambert-Smith
It’s Christmastimein the city
GHS students plant treesfor Arbor Day
BILLY CANNADA | THE GREER CITIZEN
Greer High students planted 20 trees Monday morning.
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Dance Visions performed during the annual Greer Christmas Parade on Poinsett Street Sunday afternoon. There were more than 90 entries participating in the event.
MOREPHOTOS
| B6
‘If it had not been for this store a lot of
parents and grandparents wouldn’t have
been able to provide Christmas gifts.’
Darlene RiceStore committee member
‘For (the students)
to get out and try it
for themselves, it’s
a different type of
learning.’
Brittney WhiteTeacher
CARING AT CHRISTMASD5 FAMILY MINISTRIES
Caring at Christmas 2015 is underway at Dis-trict Five Family Min-istries. The goal of the project is to preserve the pride and self-worth of the families they serve in the community. They plan to accomplish this by asking parents to provide a $5 donation for each referral. The contribution received will go back to the Christ-mas Club account for those children who do not get sponsored by a com-munity member.
Interested individuals can sponsor a child or children by spending a suggested $125 for chil-dren 4 -17 years of age. The suggested amount to spend is $75 for children 3 or under. To sponsor a child, contact Lyn Turner or Beth Hollifield at 439-7760 or visit Middle Tyger Community Center. They will give a name or names at that time. All gifts must be turned in before Mon-day, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. In-dividuals may also give monetarily to the cause or sponsor toy and clothing drives.
GLT PRESENTSTWO CHRISTMAS SHOWS
Greenville Little Theatre is presenting “A Christ-mas Carol” Dec. 11-12, 17-19 at 8 p.m. and a Dec. 13 show at 3 p.m. Ticket pric-es are $28 with discounts available for seniors, ju-niors and groups of 10 or more. They’ll also perform “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” during GLT’s third annual Theatre for Young Audience’s Christ-mas show. Performances are Dec. 16-18 at 10:30 a.m. and Dec. 19 and 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. All seats are $12 with discounts available for groups of 10 or more.
HANDMADE CUTLERY SALE AT DOBSON’S HARDWARE
On Saturday, Dec. 12, from noon-3 p.m. Local Artisan Woody Bridwell will be seeling handmade cutlery at Dobson’s Gifts and General Hardware, 1407A W. Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer.
TOY DRIVETAYLORS LIONS CLUB
The Taylors Lions Club, Blue Ridge Lions Club and Grace Place are sponsor-ing a toy drive through Christmas. Toys can be dropped off at Big Boys Country Cooking, 430 Groce Meadow Road across from Lake Robin-son. Hours are Wednesday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday through Saturday 7 a.m. through 8 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. All toys will be donated to Grace Place. For more informa-tion, call Jerry Hatley at 268-0567.
GREER RELIEF NEEDS VOLUNTEERSVolunteers are needed for the Greer Christmas Pa-rade. To volunteer, contact Evan McLeod at 848-5355 or at [email protected].
HOLIDAY LIGHTS CONTEST GREER CPW
Greer CPW is holding a Holiday Lights Contest for its electric customers. There are three catego-ries, and each winner will receive a check for $100. The contest runs through December 18, but partici-pants must register by De-cember 13. Applications may be dropped off at CPW’s office, faxed to 968-2161 or emailed to [email protected]. More info can be found at greercpw.com.
COMMUNITY MEETINGWITH SENATOR KARL ALLEN
The Levi Crowder Foun-dation is hosting a com-munity meeting at Snow Street Apartments Com-munity Room on Dec. 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and will not be opened once the meeting starts. Sena-tor Karl Allen is the guest speaker, and other local government, education and law enforcement of-ficials are to be present as the meeting touches on education, politics, law and terror. Levi “LC” Crowder, a board member with High Point Academy, will lead the meeting.
AMERICAN LEGIONPHOTOS WITH SANTA
The American Legion Post 115 is sponsoring a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus for the kids in the Greer area on Dec. 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. Color pictures will be offered for $5. Proceeds will be used to help veterans in need for Christmas.
The post is located at 421 Snow St. near Stephens Baseball Park. Telephone number is 655-4145 for commander Bob Starliper.
A2 THE GREER CITIZEN COMMUNITY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015
Greer Community Minis-tries (GCM) is once again of-fering a unique way to give during the holiday season. The Gift with Purpose pro-gram is a great way to let someone know that they have been a blessing while helping provide meals for home bound, elderly, and disadvantaged neighbors in the Greater Greer area.
Donate $20 to GCM to honor someone who blesses your life and the ministry will use that gift to feed a Meals on Wheels diner for a week. Every meal costs $4 and is pro-vided to Meals on Wheels clients at no cost five days per week. Currently the program feeds 347 people per week day.
The person you choose to honor will receive a spe-cial card to let them know about the gift and how the contribution in their name is extending blessings to those in need right here in Greater Greer.
“This is the perfect gift,” said Cindy Simpler, GCM Executive Director. “Not only does it let the special people in your life know that they are making a dif-ference, it pays the bless-ing forward by helping us continue our mission of feeding our neediest neighbors.”
The promotion is avail-able year-round as a way to honor others. For more information, visit gcminc.org.
GCM renews Gift with Purpose
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9. GRACE PLACE in Greer will
have its clothing closet open from 6-8 p.m. Grace Place is located at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.
MTCC TOUR HELD at the MTCC, at 84 Groce Road, Lyman, at 10 a.m. Potential volunteers and interested parties can tour the facility and learn about programs o� ered. Call 439-7760.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN Voters of Greenville County meet at 1 p.m. at University Center, McAlister Square, 225 S. Pleasantburg Drive, Green-ville. Ages 18 and older, men and women, are invited. Visit the information monitor at University Center for the room number.
THE AWANAS CLUB meets at El Bethel Baptist Church, 313 Jones Ave., from 6:30 - 8:15 p.m. Kids ages 3-11 are invited. Call 877-4021.
THURSDAY, DEC. 10KIWANIS CLUB MEETS at
6:30 p.m. at Laurenda’s Family Restaurant, 300 South Line St. Call Charmaine at 349-1707.
TRADITIONAL RUG HOOK-ING guild meet at Spalding Farm Clubhouse o� Highway 14 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Contact Betsy McLeod at 270-1164 or email Patty Yoder at [email protected]
SATURDAY, DEC. 12GRACE PLACE in Greer will
have its mini-mall open from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Grace Place is located at 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.
FOOD PANTRY DEVOTION-AL 9:30 -10 a.m. at Calvary Christian Fellowship, 2455 Locust Hill Road, Taylors. Lim-ited supplies available. First come, � rst serve basis.
SUNDAY, DEC. 13THE NEVER ALONE Group
of Narcotics Anonymous meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center, 226 Oakland Ave.
MONDAY, DEC. 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.
BARBERSHOP HARMONY CHAPTER meet at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial United Meth-odist Church, 201 N. Main St., Greer. Call Richard at 384-8093.
DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP meeting from 6-7:30 p.m. at the GHS Life Center, 875 W. Fais Road, Greenville. Call 455-4003.
TUESDAY, DEC. 15THE NEVER ALONE group
candlelight meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center,226 Oakland Ave.
THE ROTARY CLUB of Greater Greer meet at 7:15 a.m. at The Wink Cafe, 1029 W. Poinsett St. Guests welcome. Call 630-3988.
GRACE PLACE in Greer holds its clothing closet from 6-8 p.m. at Grace Place, 407 Ridgewood Drive. I.D. required.
THE GREER LIONS Club meets at Laurenda’s Family Restaurant, 300 South Line St., at 6 p.m. Call Suzanne at 905-0394.
DISABLED AMERICAN VET-ERANS and Auxiliary meet at 7 p.m., Ryan’s, 405 Lancaster Ave. Call Jim at 380-2264.
THE SOAR LUNCHEON for ages 50+ meet at 11 a.m. at Greer City Hall, 301 E. Poin-sett St. Bring a covered dish and/or dessert. Call Lauren at 968-7001.
GAP CREEK SINGERS rehearse from 7-8:30 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 at 877-5955.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16GRACE 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.
THE AWANAS CLUB meets at El Bethel Baptist Church, 313 Jones Ave., from 6:30 - 8:15 p.m. Kids ages 3-11 are invited. Call 877-4021.
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U.S. Air Force Airman Tyler A. Drye of Greer graduated from basic mili-tary training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military dis-
cipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Air-men who complete basic training earn four cred-its toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Drye is the son of Arron and Kristen Drye. He is also the grandson of Karen and Hosea Marrett and Jeff and Tonyah Drye.
The airman graduated in 2015 from Berea High School, Greenville, S.C.
By Kenneth Collins MapleStaff Writer
The Greer High School Virtual Enterprise pro-gram continues to impress other programs across the county after its recent showing at the 2015 Mid-west Trade Show.
While at the competi-tion, students scored a first place in salesman-ship, a second place in best booth and a second place in impact market-ing. The students earned the awards from their vir-tual company, the Golden Spoon, an all-natural ice cream shop.
Makenzie Cain, Golden Spoon’s CEO and a senior at Greer High, said while at the competition they sold their virtual product and networked with other businesses. In order to do this, the virtual company created business cards and other items they could hand out to potential cus-tomers.
Noah Hannon, COO and a junior at Greer, said it was also a time to perfect their product and sales pitch.
“We like to pride our-selves in serving a gold level product at a bronze level price,” Hannon ex-plained.
Hannon said he expected to win a first place prize at the competition, but other
students weren’t quite so confident.
“I think we were all sur-prised and then we got two more awards after that,” Cain said.
Surprised or not, Greer High VE advisor Brad Redd was proud of his students.
“I’m over the moon for it,” he said. “I can’t believe they did so well. There were a hundred schools there from six different states, and they finished first best sales pitch.”
Students suggested that their success was a prod-uct of their realistic prod-uct.
They explained that other schools attempted to sell superpowers, exotic animals and party plan-ning.
“I couldn’t imagine a per-son not eating ice cream as much as I eat it,” Hannon laughed, emphasizing that Golden Spoon ice cream is a product people might
like, if it were real. “I think the biggest thing
for the judges is ‘Could this potentially be a busi-ness one day?’” Redd ex-plained. “And let’s be hon-est, an ice cream shop can potentially be a business. Someone may take this idea and run with it five or 10 years from now.”
That may be so, but for the time being students continue to prepare their product for an even big-ger stage – the VE national trade show in New York. Greer’s program has been twice in the last three years, and they hope for the same this time. For that to happen, they’ll have to place first in February’s State Business Plan Com-petition in Myrtle Beach.
Students say they are a closer group following their time in Pigeon Forge and consequently they are better able to secure a first place finish in February.
“It was fun. It’s my first time being here. I really enjoyed bonding with my team,” said Ghaliyah Co-hen, a junior and AP/ AR manager.
“The chemistry was per-fect,” Redd said. “I was very proud of them for what they accomplished.”
Greer Virtual Enterprise students pose with golden letters that stand for their virtual business, the Golden Spoon. Back row from left to right: Houston Osbourne, Tori Henderson, Ghaliyah Cohen, Makenzie Cain, Hannah Bailey, Noah Hannon. Front row: Mesia Morris, Dylan DeHaven, Kristin Thomas. Not pictured is Cassey Freeman.
Coming in from the barn with my phone after noting the ‘low battery’ icon in the upper corner, I was banging open and closed the kitchen cabinets, and noisily pilfering through piles of mail and laundry until Paul, looking up from his breakfast, felt compelled to ask,
“What are you looking for?”“My phone charger,” I replied, begin-
ning to rummage under the dogs in their beds, dead to the world and snoring after their breakfast, “The battery is dead and I want to recharge it while I have coffee.”
“Why do you need it in the barn?” Paul asked, “Surely you don’t text and ride.”
“I film students during their lessons and then email them video clips of their rides,” I explained, digging through the thumb tacks, birthday cake candles, broken glue gun and half empty tube of hemorrhoid cream (like you don’t have one of these, too) in the junk drawer. Exasperated, I wheeled around and
caught sight of it where I hadn’t thought of looking, the place it was supposed to be: tidily coiled up on the corner hutch, in easy reach of the outlet.
Plugging my phone into the cord, I stared at the screen and then muttered, with some irritation, “There’s something wrong with the recharger. It’s not charg-ing.”
“Probably don’t have it plugged in right,” offered Paul, unhelpfully.
“Of course I do,” I shot back, holding it up, “It’s not working, we need a new one.”
Paul sighed, and rising, the right side of his brain leading him, took it from me.
“No, no,” he said, opening the junk drawer once again, retrieving a safety
pin. Opening it, he began to insert the point into the bottom of the phone, explaining, “I’ve been reading about this. Since people carry their phones in their pockets, lint builds up in the connector socket and you just have to dig it out.”
A sliver of green matter flew across the kitchen.
“Or,” added Paul, with distaste, “in your case, hay, and, oh, gross, was that a flake of dried horse turd?”
I stiffened. “It might be,” I replied. “But don’t ask me the vintage.”
Paul slapped the phone and pin, still stuck in the bottom, into the palm of my hand. “Here, you do it,” he declared, “I’m not going to dig horse turds out of your phone.”
“I’ll have you know,” I said to his back
as he departed the room, “that today is ‘Giving Tuesday’ and you’re supposed to give freely with your time, talent, or treasure!”
Crickets.I plugged the phone back into the
charger. Success!!Really, as we all seem to be attached at
the hip to our phones, I thought, pouring the long awaited coffee into my favorite mug, it’s only natural that they might absorb what we subject them to in our daily routine.
The phones of carpenters must be filled with sawdust, teachers, chalk dust, politicians...well, with politicians, my phone might have quite a bit in com-mon!
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RICK EZELLPastor, Greer First Baptist Church
What was in my phone?
The right fit
Obedience commands a central theme through-out Scripture. From the
story of creation to the end of Revelation, few pages fail to deal—directly or indirectly—with God’s call for obedience.
Jeremiah told King Zedekiah, “Obey the Lord by doing what I told you” (v. 20). Simple command. Difficult to follow. Whether it’s discerning God’s will in our career choices or living morally in an immoral society, God places a premium on our obedience. It’s close to his heart.
Yet obedience to God is often ignored, dismissed, or glossed over. Why? Could it because obedience slaps us in the face? It reminds us that we are not in control; we are not in charge. Prideful, we set out on our own course, thinking our way is better.
I suppose, if we are hon-est with ourselves, we want to be God. Or, like Zedekiah, we want to be the king of our domain. We say to God, “My way is better than your way.” We want to exhibit our power, flaunt our egos, seize center stage, and commandeer the throne in order to control our little world.
When we proudly step into God’s shoes, we discover a bad fit. Just as when a three-year-old tromps around the house in her Daddy’s shoes, it does not work well. It may be cute but to let the child live her life in shoes too big would be disastrous.
Obedience demands that we take pride out of the promi-nent position in our lives. God, instead, is placed on the throne. We get our words from him. We follow them to the let-ter. If we fail to obey, we suffer the damning consequences. The choice is ours. Choose obedience.
Steve Spurrier might or might not have been right to resign as the University of South Caro-lina’s head football coach in the middle of the season; we’ll leave that to the sports analysts and fans to sort out.
But South Carolina’s flagship university was wrong to pay him the rest of his annual salary when he won’t be working during these critical final two and a half months of the year.
We don’t want to take anything away from the achievements of Mr. Spurrier, who did great things for the Gamecocks, including, as USC President Harris Pastides likes to say, giving the school its swagger. But Mr. Spurrier has already been compensated handsomely for his contribu-tions, and we are confident that if he did not feel adequately compensated, he would have let the university know — and the university would have increased his compensation.
The fact that he might serve as a goodwill ambassador for the university — as he sees fit — does not justify paying him the head coach’s salary. That’s what you pay the head coach. Not the former head coach.
If the university wants to compensate him for making appearances, it should enter into a new contract, one that spells out what he will do and what he will be paid for it.
The only time it’s acceptable for a public insti-tution to pay someone who is no longer work-ing is when a contract requires it. And such a requirement usually goes along with firing. We don’t think contracts ought to be written like that — how many people get paid after they are told to leave because they’re not performing up to par? — but we understand that such stipula-tions are necessary in order to compete for top-tier coaches.
It has become routine in the corporate world to pay bonuses to departing CEOs, and frankly it’s none of our business that uniform supplier Under Armour and radio broadcaster IMG de-cided to pay Mr. Spurrier directly the remaining
$1 million in coach’s stipends even though he’s no longer coaching. But there’s simply no justi-fication for such practices in the public sector. It’s worth noting that at the time the university made its decision, The State’s Andy Shain was unable to find other instances where a univer-sity kept paying a coach who left on his own; two others have resigned since, but their contracts mandated continued payments. (While USC boasts that the football program doesn’t receive tax money, the fact is that any money that flows into an athletic department is, by state law, pub-lic money.)
USC officials have hardly provided a justifi-cation for this decision, with Athletics Director Ray Tanner saying merely that “All circumstanc-es are different, especially in collegiate athlet-ics with major college coaches,” and President Pastides saying that Mr. Tanner had acted as a “fiscally prudent administrator.” A spokesman told us that Dr. Pastides believed the decision was particularly prudent “when compared to the costs incurred at many institutions when a coaching change occurs.”
Well, yes, if you compare this to situations where schools are forced to pay off multi-year contracts to make coaches go away. Fortunately, that’s not what happened here. And we’ve seen no good reason to act as though it was.
If USC hasn’t gotten itself into a legal box, it should apologetically inform Mr. Spurrier that a public university simply cannot spend public money this way. If it has made itself obligated to follow through on the ill-advised payout prom-ise, then at the very least we need some better explanations as to why this occurred. And we need assurances that, in the unfortunate event that the school finds itself having to say good-bye to another coach at midseason, this sort of thing won’t happen again.
This guest editorial was published by The State newspaper
USC should not pay Spurrier for work he’s not doing
I thought, pouring the long awaited coffee into my favorite mug,
it’s only natural that they might absorb what we subject them to
in our daily routine.
Your news roundup
Stories upon news stories exist this week that make for solid column fodder. In
the news, presidential wannabe Donald Trump called for the banning of all Muslims from entering the country. Appar-ently he doesn’t realize that refugees seeking religious free-dom founded America. I don’t think this needs elaboration; Jeb Bush did that for me when he said Trump is “unhinged.” To be quite honest, I’m not sure he was ever hinged.
I suppose I could elaborate on the death of former rock star Scott Weiland. He was the charismatic and yet disturbed frontman for the 90s alterna-tive band Stone Temple Pilots. Weiland, like so many of the rock musicians of my forma-tive years, struggled with a va-riety of addictions. He passed last Friday at the age of 48. His brilliance lives on in tracks like “Interstate Love Song,” “Plush” and “Days of the Week” When I’m having a troubling day, I watch Weiland dance to “Wicked Garden.” Instantly I feel better.
Not sure what more I can say about him, other than we miss the music. There’s always the delightful touch-down celebration of Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, who fielded a punt on Sunday versus the Colts, took it to the house for six points and then launched himself at the goal post, straddling it like a fireman sliding down a pole. He said he wanted to stick to the post, as if he was made of Velcro, but instead he bounced to the ground. It’s the funni-est celebration I’ve seen since Gus Frerotte nearly concussed himself headbutting a wall fol-lowing a touchdown. I feel like Antonio Brown’s celebration sells itself, so I’ll leave it alone.
What’s left to talk about? How about the Connecticut elementary school music teacher who changed the lyrics to “Silent Night?” Her version is titled “Solstice Night,” and it’s not being received well by peo-ple who enjoy lighting a candle and singing the song solemnly during Christmas Eve service. Of all the songs to alter, she chose that one. Why not mess with the lyrics to “Christmas Shoes,” Santa Baby” or “Mele Kalikimaka?” If Trump wants to ban something, let him ban those songs from the radio.
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City of Greer building official Ruthie Helms was honored last Wednesday with two awards from the Upper State Code Enforce-ment Association of South Carolina.
Helms received the Mem-ber of the Year Award as well as the M.F. “Red” Al-len Educational Award for outstanding leadership and contribution to the code enforcement profes-sion.
Both awards were pre-sented during the associ-ation’s winter meeting at Greer City Hall.
City of Greenville build-ing official Buddy Skinner praised Helms for making “more positive impacts on our association over the past two years than anyone since I have been a member. And that goes back almost 16 years.”
Skinner added that Helms, who is serving as president of the Upper State Code Enforcement Association of South Car-olina for a second con-
secutive year, “has reor-ganized the way we plan our monthly meetings and has involved more juris-dictions in the planning process. This has taken some of the burden off of the board of directors and given our members an op-portunity to be involved.”
Steve Grant, head of the City of Greer’s Building and Development Stan-dards Department, said the dual awards are de-served based on Helms’ dedication to her profes-sion.
“Ruthie is the consum-mate professional and stays on the leading edge of code changes and ad-vances in the industry. She not only challenges her-self through professional advancement, but also en-courages our staff to make the most of those opportu-nities. It simply improves the quality of service we are able to provide to resi-dents and businesses in the City of Greer,” Grant said.
Q: I started working your plan earlier this year. I even budgeted for Christmas and got my shopping done early, but in the process I over-spent and blew my whole monthly budget. Now I’m having a hard time getting motivated again. Do you have any suggestions?
DR: Lots of folks make mistakes like this, even though they went into things with the best inten-tions.
The best way I know to encourage you to get back on the wagon is to ask one simple question: Where do you want to be in five or 10 years? Is your current path go-ing to reward you with a financially secure life? Is it going to give you the ability to retire with dignity and to have fun living and giving in your golden years, or is it going to leave you broke, scared and desperate? There’s one simple answer if the path you’re on isn’t going to get you what you want and where you want to be in life: Change the path!
Most people don’t even take the time to iden-
tify where they want to go in life or how to get there. They just shuffle along, blame others and circumstances for their situations, and think someone will take care of them. That’s called being a child. Children do what feels good at the moment, but adults devise a plan and stick to it.
Lazy is always easier, and more fun, in the short term. But it’s a huge mis-take when it comes to the future. Think ahead, plan ahead, and jump back on the wagon!
Personal vs. business
Q: Do you view personal debt and business debt the same way? I have about $210,000 in farm loans that are mostly tied
up in land I rent to farm-ers. It’s the only debt I have, and the rental prices supply me an income of about $200,000 a year.
DR: Your debt required you to personally sign for it, right? So, it’s all personal debt. The law is going to treat you exactly the same if you don’t pay a Small Business Admin-istration (SBA) loan as the law treats you with an unsecured personal line of credit. You’re still going to get sued, and they’re still going to come take your stuff or garnish your wages. It’s debt! The only way it’s personal debt versus business debt is in your mind.
If I’m in your shoes, I’m going to live on as little as I can and pay this off like I was trying to pay off a house. If I made $200,000 a year on investments, and everything was paid for except one of my investments, how quickly would I pay that one in-vestment off? Two years. In your situation, surely you can live on $100,000 a year!
To the editor,A lot of folks think Don-
ald Trump is a celebrity and businessman who is running for president, but doesn’t know much about politics and government and has no experience in it.
Let me tell you what I know about Donald Trump and his experience as an active, conservative, grass-roots Republican.
I used to live in New York City back in the 1980s and 1990s, and was a member of the East Side Conserva-tive Club in Manhattan, a group of Ronald Reagan Republicans, who worked to get conservative can-didates nominated by the Republican Party and the Conservative Party of New York.
We met in the Louis XVI room of the Plaza Hotel, because Donald Trump was a member of the club and he owned the Plaza. We got the room for free.”
Many of our speakers were leading Reagan Re-publicans, such as Edwin Meese, his Attorney Gener-al, and Caspar Weinberger, his secretary of defense. Our president was Tom Bolan, a key leader of the staff of Senator Joe McCar-thy. It’s hard to get more conservative.
I admired Trump for being an open, declared, Republican conservative in a city where he had to deal with liberal Democrat officials. It didn’t help his real estate business to be a Republican. He has seen the liberals at their worst and is not fooled by them. Conservatives won some important elections back then. In 1993, Rudy Giu-liani was elected mayor of New York City and, in 1994, George Pataki was elected governor.
Sincerely,
Walter McSherrySpartanburg
Trump is a friend to
conservatives
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vintage findsMelinda Ledford creates a bracelet with vintage buttons at the MLC Findings booth during the Holiday Vintage Market held at Gace Hall over the weekend.
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“It’s a little different be-cause the whole idea of it is this is not a handout,” Ed Rambo said. “These people come in and pay their hard earned money for this and it enables them to gener-ally get more and better things than they could have received.”
Rambo is one individual responsible for seeing the store come to fruition last year. After some experi-ence running the store, Rambo hopes the project will be even more success-ful this Christmas.
“I know for a fact that last year they (shoppers) knew they could go some-where else and get some-thing for free and bring their kids with them, but they preferred to come here and get their gifts,” he said.
With donations from various groups and indi-viduals as well as the in-come generated last year, the store is able to provide three times the amount of goods it had last Christ-mas. That’s good news for shoppers who are able to purchase items at a third of what they would likely pay anywhere else. All items are brand new, in-cluding 13-14 bicycles.
“No used stuff,” Rambo said. “It’s a store. People are coming in just like they’re going to Haywood Mall.”
A number of volunteers are assisting. On Sunday, about 40 people showed up to help with the set up. Volunteers included mem-bers of Community Mis-sion as well as Heritage Bible Church and Taylors First Baptist. Rambo said the student ministry pro-gram at Taylors First Baptist is also involved. He further mentioned the generosity of the new American Legion post in Taylors, which provided a donation of $1,000. Do-
nations like theirs went towards purchasing the items for sale.
But as volunteers and committee members say, this project is about more than giving toys.
“Through this ministry, they will be able to see that God is real and be able to say there is hope,” com-mittee member Stephanie Evans said.
“This is where my heart
is, with children,” volun-teer and Taylors First Bap-tist member Jeanie Eskew said. “Anything that I can do to make someone else’s Christmas happier, but I’m the one who truly receives the blessing.”
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Thomas (Tom) Raymond Cabaniss, Sr.
VeteranBorn during the Great
Depression to the late James Coleman and Lou Annie Smith Cabaniss of Greer, Tom died peace-fully on Saturday Novem-ber 14, 2015 at the age of 86 at the McCall Hospice House.
He is sur-vived by his wife of 57
years, Carolyn Cole Caban-iss, his children Kim Ca-baniss Meece, Debbie Ca-baniss (Jeff Drummond), Thomas (Tommy) Caban-iss, and by his grandchil-dren Jonathan, Haley, Tay-lor, Sadie, and Cole. He is also survived by his great-grandchildren Kylie, Nata-lie, Arianna, Aubrey, and Autumn; his nieces and nephew Nancy Bomar, Te-resa Dye, Jennifer Godfrey, and Jeff Cabaniss; and his beloved cat, Millie.
Tom graduated from Greer High School in 1949. While there, he received several awards in both baseball and football. He continued to enjoy base-ball for several years after graduation by working in various textile mills, which allowed him to play ball. And, his love for baseball paid off.
In 1991, he was inducted into the Greer High School Hall of Fame. In 2009, he was honored at the Ste-vens Field Rededication Ceremony as a Textile
League Player. And, in 2010, he was recognized at Fluor Field during a special event, the Textile League Night.
In 1950, Tom enlisted in the National Guard and spent 9 years serving while still working in the Textile Industry. At the end of his military service, he then began his 37 year career with W.R. Grace (Cryovac) in Simpsonville. While not working, he enjoyed play-ing cards, watching sports, listening to music, yard work, warm days, and car-ing for many family pets throughout his life.
As anyone will say, Tom was truly a very good man and loved by many and will be missed greatly. For friends and family, who wish to celebrate his life, an informal assembly will take place at a later date in the family home. Me-morials may be made to Open Arms Hospice/Mc-Call Hospice House, 1836 West Georgia Rd, Simpson-ville, S.C. 29680. Ph: (864) 688 1700.
Jerry D. HoustonVeteran
Jerry Dan Houston, 76, of 368 CCC Camp Road, died Dec. 4, 2015 at his home.
A native of Greenville County, son
of the late Alexander and Annie Louise Lyles Hous-ton, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves,
was a retired employee of McAlister Designs and a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Louise Hodge Hous-ton of the home; three daughters, Treasa Hix (Danny) of Greer, Sandi Blackwell (Mike) of Boiling Springs, and Debra Ashley (Tim) of Greer; a brother, David Houston of Inman; three sisters, Lucille Bish-op and Nancy Good both of Greenville and Sherry Monroe of Atlanta, Geor-gia; eight grandchildren and fourteen great-grand-children.
Graveside services were held 1 p.m. Monday at Woodlawn Memorial Park, conducted by Rev. Nathan Thomas.
The family is at the home.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 101 Calvary Street, Greer, SC 29650.
Online condolences may be made at www.thewood-mortuary.com.
BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLESTAFF WRITER
A Nov. 4 United States Department of Agriculture inspection of Hollywild Animal Park cites concerns at the park including the death of a baby alpaca.
The report cites a num-ber of issues from veteri-nary care to housing fa-cilities to sanitation, and procedures for fixing the offenses are listed. The final item on the report, though, describes the death of a baby alpaca on July 24. It reads that the animal may have died from injury sustained from “co-housed goats.” The moth-er of the alpaca also died two weeks prior due to un-known causes. The inspec-tion calls for a separation of these animals in future animal housing.
Kim Atchley, Hollywild’s executive director, said they responded by sepa-rating the animals, though it’s only guess as to what really happened. She said they are constantly moni-
toring all needs and re-sponding accordingly.
“If we see a need, wheth-er it’s the USDA sees it or one of our staff seeing it, we need to shift this or change that and it’s al-ways with the mindset of improving animal care.”
She said Hollywild per-
sonnel walked with the inspector throughout the park, so they were not taken by surprise by any findings in the report.
“They give us sugges-tions and they give us a list of things they would like to see done or done dif-ferently,” she said. “They write those up in a report and we address them right away. That’s what we do and all the issues on the November report have been addressed.”
Now is a time in the year when visitors to Hollywild can assist with improve-ments to the park. The park is currently in its 25th
Annual Holiday Lights Sa-fari Benefit.
“This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and that’s what helps us have the resources to do the best we can with animal care with those resources,” Atchley said. “We’ve had a great turnout, and we ap-preciate everyone being a part of it. We’re looking forward to the future.”
Inspection of Hollywild reveals concerns
‘If we see a need,
whether it’s the
USDA sees it or one
of our staff seeing
it, we need to shift
this or change that
and it’s always
with the mindset of
improving animal
care.’
Kim AtchleyExecutive director, Hollywild
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DUIRobert Anthony Gall, 24,
of 434 Martin Rd., Starr, has been charged with driving under the influ-ence.
According to an inci-dent report filed by Greer Police, an officer was on Wade Hampton about four in the morning when he saw a red Ford truck fail to stop at a red light. A traffic stop was issued and the officer noted the smell of alcohol and sev-eral loose beer cans inside the car. A sobriety test was issued and Gall was deemed too impaired to drive. He was placed un-der arrest and transported to the Greer City Jail. He agreed to submit a breath sample, which measured 0.18 percent.
PUBLIC DRUNKENESSVelma Gaynelle Car-
baugh, 52, of 116 Pop-lar Dr. in Greer has been charged with public drunk-enness.
According to the Greer Police incident report, of-ficers went to the Target on West Wade Hampton in response to an intoxicated person inside the store. When they arrived, they found Carbaugh sitting in a wheelchair, which employ-ees had secured for her after she fell down several times. She didn’t know what month it was, and her speech was slurred. She stated she’d had just two glasses of wine. She was arrested for Public Drunk and transported to the Greer City Jail.
PUBLIC DRUNKENESSJerry Lee Frady, 73, of
200 South Beverly Ln. in Greer has been charged with public drunkenness.
According to an incident report supplied by Greer Police, officers were called to the area of Trade St. and Davis Ave., where a man was reportedly stumbling and falling down. Upon arrival, they found Frady lying in the roadway with his hands bleeding from falling into the road. He also had a large knot over his eye. He was given a portable breath test and submitted a 0.219 per-cent. EMS arrived on the scene and treated Frady’s wounds with a medicated solution. He declined to go to the hospital. He was placed under arrest and transported to the Greer City Jail.
ASSAULT & BATTERYRobert Mansell Brown,
42, of 34 Hillhouse St. 3 in Greer has been charged with public drunkenness and Assault and Battery (third).
According to a Greer Police incident report, of-
ficers responded to a re-port of an assault at North Line St. The victim stated Brown had hit her on both arms then pushed her. Po-lice located Brown nearby and found him “grossly in-toxicated.” He was taken into custody and trans-ported to the Greer City Police Department.
MULTIPLE CHARGESHeather Jennings, 37, of
211 Maple St. Lyman has been charged with driving under the influence, Pos-session of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Para-phernalia.
According to an incident report submitted by Greer Police, an officer watched Jennings disregard the red light at South Line St. and Poinsett. Upon approach-ing the driver, a strong alcoholic odor was appar-ent. Jennings admitted she’d been drinking as a result of a fight she’d had with her boyfriend. She refused to participate in a field sobriety test and couldn’t stand without swaying. She was placed under arrest and then in-formed officers that she
had some marijuana inside her purse in the vehicle.
In the purse, police found a small baggy of marijuana and a glass pipe with residue on it. At the detention facility, Jennings submitted a BAC reading of 0.22 percent.
ASSAULT & BATTERYMark Anthony Guest Jr.,
34, of 215 Mount Pleas-ant Rd. in Greer has been charged with assault and battery (third Degree).
According to a Greer Police incident report, of-ficers were called to the above address in reference to an altercation in prog-ress. The victim claimed Guest had struck him in the face before picking him up and throwing him onto the floor. The victim had visible abrasions on the left side of his face and chin. Guest Jr. was arrest-ed for assault and battery and taken to the detention center for processing.
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Investigators are also working to locate 44-year-old Victor Bain Harley, a transient from North Car-olina. The sheriff’s office says Lambert-Smith may have given a ride to Harley, who has had prior deal-ings with law enforcement in Lenoir and Caldwell counties.
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A Greer man is dead after a motorcycle crash Sunday morning.
Greenville County Coro-ner Parks Evans said Gary Lee Kirvan, 55, of 730 Fisher Road in Greer died of blunt force trauma to the head and neck. The coroner’s office estimates he died at 6 a.m., though the crash was reported around 9 a.m.
The South Carolina High-way Patrol said the driver
was traveling north on S.C. 14 near River Road when his 1976 Honda went off the side of the road and struck a ditch.
Kirven, who was wearing a helmet, was ejected from the bike and reportedly died at the scene.
No other vehicles were involved in the wreck, which took place about three miles north of Greer, said the highway patrol.
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doing bookwork. For them to get out and try it for themselves, it’s a different type of learning.”
This was the first time Kadeshia Dodd had ever attempted to plant a tree.
“I used to plant flowers and things like that, but I’ve never planted a tree,” she said. “It’s a pretty cool opportunity. I’m a kines-thetic person, so I like to be very hands on. In order for me to learn something, I need to be able to touch things and see how it works for myself.”
John McMakin, owner of McMakin Farms, instruct-ed the group of students on proper technique, say-ing December is one of the best times to plant a young tree.
“We live in a growing society where cities are ex-
panding every day and are taking away green space,” McMakin said. “Planting trees like this every year will help us keep the green space and will help us keep our atmosphere from depleting.”
As for what he hopes the students will take from the lesson, McMakin hopes the students will continue to focus on their education.
“The biggest thing these students need to do is continue furthering their education,” said McMakin. “There are so many job opportunities for people who have a higher level of education, so that’s what I hope they focus on.”
This isn’t the first time a Greer agriculture class has ventured outside to plant some new greenery.
“We plant a lot of stuff around campus, but never in conjunction with the
Commission of Public Works or anything like that,” she said. “It’s been a cool partnership.”
Greer CPW used the event as an opportunity to remind students and staff about its “Call Before You Dig” 811 program.
“We figured this would be a good partnership and we looked at it as an op-portunity to talk about 811 with these students. It’s important that everyone dial 811 before they dig to make sure they’re not dig-ging on top of utilities and things like that,” said CPW Spokesman Matt Brady. “We’re looking forward to maybe continue doing things like this down the road.”
Confetti fell, Dabo recited his victory speech during a post-game inter-view and DeShaun Watson performed the Heisman pose with the ACC Cham-pionship trophy…but it was all LIES.
You see, Clemson didn’t beat North Carolina on Saturday night.
The referees did. The ACC refs should be
in the four-team playoff right now, not Clemson.
The ACC refs should be given the Heisman trophy.
The ACC refs should be inducted into the Clem-son Hall-of-Fame.
Okay, I’m a little bitter (and overdramatic), but follow along with me if you’d like.
Let me explain: my beloved Tar Heels were robbed of a chance to win this game due to a horrific, phantom offside call during an onside kick with a minute remaining.
North Carolina had trailed by several touch-downs just minutes be-fore this play, and college football analysts were already drawing up their predictions for the playoff selection show the next day. But then, something amazing happened.
UNC scored…then they scored again. Just like that, we’re talking about an 8-point game. Our only hope was the hardly-ever-successful-desperate onside kick.
But it worked! We recov-ered it!
I was at my neighbor’s house watching the game. He and I were the only two people still awake at this point. Everybody else had drifted off to sleep, while we watched the final moments of the ACC Championship. My neighbor had two sleeping children upstairs as well, but when North Carolina recovered that onside kick, I didn’t care about that.
Those kids needed to wake up. EVERYBODY needed to wake up. My Tar Heels were about to tie the game.
Then came the flag.This is the worst thing
about sports. Every time there’s a big play. Every time there’s a big mo-ment. Every time the impossible happens…here comes that stupid, yellow flag.
Our guys were offsides, they said. The replay, LIT-ERALLY SECONDS LATER, proved otherwise.
This ref got it wrong. Nobody was offside. In fact, nobody was even close.
“WHAT?!” I began to yell, as if screaming at the television would help.
The sad thing about this whole situation is that the millions of people watch-ing it on television knew it was a bad call moments after it happened, but the refs can’t change it. It wasn’t reviewable. For whatever, stupid reason, we have to take the short man in the little white hat’s word for it.
My Heels had more than a minute remaining. We had a short field. We had three timeouts. North Carolina was on the verge of knocking off the top team in the country!
But, instead, we’re left with one of the most un-satisfying endings to an ACC title.
Pull quote: “I had a chance to look at it, and they missed it. They were wrong,” UNC coach Larry Fedora told reporters after the game. “That’s all I’m going to say about it. They were wrong.”
Yeah they were wrong. Dead wrong.
As of this week, I am of-ficially awarding Clemson an asterisk on that perfect 13-0 record.
Enjoy your playoffs.
At Southern SlamInvitationalBY BILLY CANNADA SPORTS EDITOR
The Eastside wrestling team muscled its way to a top five finish at the Steadman Hawkins South-ern Slam Invitational over the weekend, finishing
fourth out of more than 30 teams.
The Eagles, who hosted the event, were led by freshman Jordie White, who took first place in the 106-pound weight class with a 6-3 victory in the championship match. Ju-nior DeShawn Sullivan also won his weight class, finishing atop the 220-pound division. Auston Hall finished first in the 138-pound weight class.
“I thought we did really well,” Eastside coach Jack Kosmicki said. “The goal
was to take top 10 and we accomplished that. We’ve got several starters out and we’re missing two weight classes. Almost all of our guys weren’t in the right weight class so, con-sidering all those factors, placing fourth was a big surprise.”
Eastside senior Zane Mitchell finished third in the 126-pound division, while Alex Brown finished fourth in the 145-pound division
“Zane Mitchell was a state champ two years
ago and didn’t even qual-ify for state last year,” Kosmicki said. “You talk about wanting to make amends—that’s a heck of a motivator.”
Kosmicki said his team has a lot to prove.
“I expect big things from
all of them, and I don’t say that philosophically,” he said. “I lost only one senior last year and we had nine guys that were one match short of going to state. All nine of those guys are back, so I expect a lot from
SEE SLAM | B4
By Dorman in Upper State finalBY BILLY CANNADASPORTS EDITOR
A trip to Columbia con-tinues to elude the Rebels, who have now fallen in the Upper State title game each of the last four sea-sons.
Dorman knocked off Byrnes 21-14 last Friday night at Nixon Field, pull-ing the upset and cutting the Rebels’ postseason run one game short.
“It was just a tight ball game,” Byrnes coach Brian Lane said. “We had a cou-ple plays that could have gone either way, but they went Dorman’s way.”
One of the plays Lane was referring to was a crucial fumble, which oc-curred with less than four minutes remaining in the game. The Rebels were driving, down by seven, when a Byrnes ball carrier lost the handle at the Dor-man 19-yard-line, giving up possession and a shot to tie.
The Byrnes defense was unable to get the ball back as Dorman drained the clock, sealing a heartbreak-ing loss for the Rebels.
“The defense did a good job,” Lane said. “They’ve been doing a good job all year. We just had turn-
overs. You can’t do that. We played hard, but they played hard too and they came out on top.”
The game was littered with penalty markers, and several flags on the Rebels took a toll on the defense.
“We had some stupid penalties, but then we had some questionable penal-ties,” Lane said. “That’s just how it goes.”
Neither team had the advantage out of the gate, but Dorman began driving on Byrnes with under five minutes to go in the first, setting up inside the red zone. Tashaun Bright, put a stop to the drive, howev-er, intercepting a Dorman pass in the end zone to give his team momentum.
Byrnes used that mo-mentum to secure its first score of the game, as quarterback Micah
SEE LOSS | B4
DEVASTATION
REBELS OUSTED
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
The Rebles gathered for a team prayer after falling to Dorman last Friday night during the Upper State championship game. This is the fourth-straight year Byrnes has been ousted in the semi� nals.
Eastside wrestlers finish in top five
‘I expect big things from all of them, and I
don’t say that philosophically.’
Jack KosmickiEastside coach
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Byrnes senior Daniel Lindsey takes a moment to re� ect after last Friday’s matchup.
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Quez Mayes was swarmed by a pack of Dorman defenders multiple times during the second half of the Upper State � nal. The Rebels gave up 14 unanswered points in the � nal two quarters.
‘We played hard,
but they played
hard too and they
came out on top.’
Brian LaneByrnes head coach
b2 the greer citizen sports wednesday, december 9, 2015
By Billy CannadaSportS Editor
After dropping three-straight games in the Greenville County Thanks-giving tournament, the Blue Ridge boys basketball team bounced back last week to defeat Riverside and Carolina.
Head coach Ray Riley said, with the wins, his team accomplished some-thing it failed to do last season.
“We really had a good week of practice last week,” he said. “We had two good wins. I was really proud of our kids. We did something we didn’t do last year--win two regular season games. We didn’t win any regular season games last year.”
The Tigers are rebuild-ing a little bit this season, having lost several key se-niors.
“We lost quite a few se-niors last year, so we re-ally had to start all over,” Riley said.
“I think we’re on the right path. The kids have a great attitude and they work hard. They’ve over-come those three losses and they’re playing some pretty good basketball.”
Blue Ridge, however, did return key starters such as Tamaje Jenkins.
“I like the kids on this
team,” Riley said. “They’re good young men and they work hard every single day and they understand what they need to do to win.”
The region is already shaping up to be difficult, Riley said.
“It’s a very good region,” he said. “I’ve seen Eastside
play. I’ve seen Berea up close and personal. I’ve seen TR twice. I’ve only heard about Greer, but what I’ve heard is very good. I know that South-side is really good. The quality of play is tremen-dous in this region.”
Blue Ridge will take on Carolina, Riverside and Eastside this week.
“We’re going to have to shoot the ball well and not turn it over,” Riley said. “No matter what defense we’re facing, zone or man, we have to rebound the ball well and take care of it. If we can do that and force other teams to take only one shot each posses-sion, we’ll hang around.
“This week won’t be easy,” he said. “Anytime you turn around and play a team you’ve already played, it’s very difficult. We’re going to have to play extremely well this week if we want to win. We’ve got five games in 10 days starting now, so here we go.”
Blue Ridge will host the Eagles on Friday night.
“They really have a lot of depth,” Riley said. “We’re going to have to handle the basketball. You can’t turn it over against a team like Eastside.”
The top-ranked Greer Lady Yellow Jackets made a statement last week, blowing out Spartanburg Christian (77-36) and By-rnes (68-42) in non-region competition.
Head coach Mazzie Drummond said he was pleased with his team, but believes there is still plen-ty of work to be done.
“That was a good win for us,” Drummond said. “I don’t know that we are 30 points better than By-rnes, we just played well that night. I expect a much closer game this Wednes-day.”
Diamon Shiflet is lead-ing the team, averaging six steals, 14 points and seven assists per game.
“We don’t have a lot of size, but what we lack in size, we make up for with toughness in our guards,” he said. “We have a group of leaders that are doing a really good job right now. Diamon is starting to learn how to lead the team. She
can score 20 or 25 points each game, but she enjoys getting her teammates involved and creating op-
portunities for them. In two games, she’s averag-ing seven assists and 14 points. That’s much better
than averaging 20 points and three assist.”
Shiflet isn’t the only leader on the court for
Greer, however.“Marshea Murray has
also been a big leader for us on and off the floor,” Drummond said. “Against Byrnes, she really set the tone, dominating the paint with 11 rebounds.
Drummond praised the play of senior Brooke Wade, who has played well throughout the first four games.
“She’s always trying to make the right play and she’s not afraid to commu-nicate with the girls when they’re wrong,” he said. “She’s the first one to prac-tice and the last to leave.” The Yellow Jackets will face Byrnes again this week, along with Emerald on Friday.
“We know what Byrnes
is capable of, so we won’t overlook them,” Drum-mond said. “Any time you get to play your cross-town rival, it’s special.”
The Yellow Jackets hope a tough non-conference schedule will prepare them for a long, grueling region schedule.
“We claim to be one of the best teams,” he said. “We talk about it all the time. We want to be one of the best teams and we want to face the best teams. That’s the reason we went and played Dorman and Wren in the preseason, instead of going to a tournament where we could beat ev-erybody by 30 points. We want to play the best, and playing teams like Byrnes helps with that.”
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The Lady Rebels now sit at 2-2 after their second week of non-region com-petition.
Byrnes defeated Laurens 50-42 before dropping a 68-42 decision to Greer last week.
Head coach Stacey Parris said her team has shown plenty of effort, but lacks experience from time to time.
“I was really pleased with our effort against Laurens,” Parris said. “We were down at halftime 31-24, so we had to battle back and I was really proud of the way we fought. I thought we played really well in the second half.”
Eighth grade point guard Jada Burton had 21 points to lead the Rebels against Laurens.
“It was a big game for her. That’s a pretty good start to the regular sea-son,” Parris said.
Byrnes didn’t have as much success against Greer, a team ranked in the state’s top five to start the season.
“We did not play well mentally in that game,” Parris said. “We’ve got to be tougher when we go to their place on Wednes-day. I’m hoping that we’re a little more prepared for that game. We’re going to work hard in practice to be ready.
“We’re going to continue to work on our weakness-es,” she said. “Greer is ex-actly the type of team that we need to be playing right now because we need that experience against a non-
region opponent. This is a good lesson for us early.”
The Yellow Jacket de-fense caused problems for Byrnes in the matchup last week.
“They pressured our point guard, which rattled us a little bit, but we’re go-ing to see a lot of that,” Parris said. “It’s good to have that experience. Greer has a really good team with some depth, so we’re going to have to step up defensively.”
Heading into the last full week before region compe-tition begins, Parris wants her team to get better on offense, limiting mistakes.
“We’ve got to really work on our ball handling in pressure,” she said. “We’ve got to settle into our of-fense and keep control. We knew that was going to be something we strug-gled with early because we’re young. They’ve got to learn how to handle it.”
The Greer boys basket-ball team is off to a 2-3 start, splitting a pair of non-region games last week.
The Jackets opened the week by defeating Spar-tanburg Christian (SCA) 68-38.
“It was a great win for us,” head coach Greg Mill-er said. “We saw a lot of adversity in the first half. We had a couple of kids who were not able to play in the first half and then we had Sam Gravley and Nathan Moore pick up two fouls in the first quarter. We had to ride with some players who were playing out of position and we counted on them heav-ily. They were able to pull through and get the job done.”
Miller said Parker Long, Sincere Barton and Kyle Moore stepped up in the first half against SCA.
“It was a great testa-ment to these guys that they were able to step up for each other,” he said. “It was really a great win for us and we showed that we’re starting to grow up a little bit.”
The Jackets struggled against Byrnes later in the week, however, falling by a score of 87-54.
“They make you pay for every mistake and we had a lot of them,” Miller
said. “I felt like it was bet-ter than the first time we played them, but they’re still 33 points better than us. At the end of the day, we made a lot of good plays and we did some things really well. But, good teams like Byrnes make you pay.”
Q. Henry led the effort for Greer against Byrnes, scoring 15 points. Cam Woodruff rounded out the double-figure scoring with 12 of his own.
Greer will take on the Rebels again this Wednes-day at 7:30 p.m.
“I’m really not expecting anything different,” Miller
said. “Layne (Fowler) does such a good job with those guys and they’re building a very good system. They’re getting better and better each year, so when you’re preparing for a team like that, you have to prepare to play a great game of basketball.”
Just five games into the season, Miller said he is starting to see his team morph into a more cohe-sive unit.
“They understand what we’re trying to accom-plish,” he said. “They want to do whatever is neces-sary to win, and when you start to think like that as a
team, good things are go-ing to come your way.”
With region play around the corner, Miller said an-other matchup with By-rnes is exactly what his team needs.
“There are some very, very good teams in our region,” he said. “If you can learn from games against Byrnes and Irmo, it will prepare you for what you’ll face down the road. That’s what we need. We’re a young team, so if we can go through some things now, we’ll be better prepared later.”
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to me, Sunday was the darkest day in my 17 years of being a
Gamecock. You might scoff at that
remark. You may bring up Brad Scott’s 1-10 campaign in 1998 or Lou Holt’s winless season the following year. And there’s no question the 63-17 drubbing at the hands of our in-state rival a dozen years ago was a jagged pill to swallow.
But there is just some-thing about the double whammy of Clemson heading to the FBS playoff and us ending up with Will Muschamp that nau-seates me.
It’s tough to accept the gap that’s grown between the two programs, espe-cially when USC beat their
in-state rival five straight times between 2010-2014. But last year the tides turned, and Clemson has gone 23-3 and the Game-cocks 10-15 since we beat them last.
The Tigers’ phenomenal success wouldn’t bother me so much in and of itself, but the Muschamp hire makes it intolerable. I know even good pro-grams have down years, and mediocre programs can have several bad years in a row. In fact, in my first two years at USC, we went 1-21. There are two reasons we were able to survive that abysmal stretch.
1. Our fans are some of the best in America.
2. We had hope. The hope, of course,
came in the diminutive form of Lou Holtz, the aging but proven winner who took Notre Dame to a national championship in 1988. Even in his winless first year in Columbia, we had faith he could turn it around and he did – going 17-7 in his next two sea-sons and giving USC their first win over the Tigers in five years.
Even after Holtz’s shine wore off, the Gamecock fan base got thrown another bone when
Steve Spurrier was hired. Another proven win-ner and former national champion, Spurrier took a while to hit his stride but eventually did – going 33-6 in the best three-year span the Gamecocks have ever seen.
When Spurrier finally burned out this year, I thought he did the right thing retiring midway through this season. Many scorned him and labeled him a quitter but I figured it would allow the school more time and resources to find a young replacement.
That search now ap-pears a colossal failure. While the good candidates – Smart, Fuente, Herman and Riley, either stayed where they were or signed
with other schools, South Carolina just kept inter-viewing. As a result, we got what all late arrivals get – scraps.
While I’ll admit Mus-champ is a strong recruiter and sound defensive mind, his head-coaching resume leaves a lot to be desired. He went 28-21 at Florida, even after inheriting a college powerhouse that had won national titles in 2006 and 2008. In his third season, he went 4-8, losing seven straight to end the year, including embarrassing home losses to Vanderbilt and Georgia Southern. It was the Gators first losing season since 1979.
Even three straight top-8 recruiting classes couldn’t save him in
Gainesville.And so Muschamp went
to Auburn last year to become their defensive coordinator. In his one year there, the team fell from the 66th nation-ally-ranked defense (399 yards per game) to 90th (422 yards per game). Only one defense in the SEC was worse than Muschamp’s in 2015, and that’s the team he’ll be coaching next season.
The good news for Gamecock fans is it can’t get any worse. The bad news is USC just hired a coach no one else wanted, and while the Tigers are just one win from the title game, Carolina now seems light years away.
Add six to rosterBy Billy CannadaSportS Editor
The Byrnes boys bas-ketball team continued its early hot streak last week, topping Laurens (78-46) and Greer (87-54) in non-conference matchups.
With the pair of victo-ries, the Rebels are now 4-0 on the season.
Byrnes got things rolling with a 16-0 first quarter start against Laurens.
“They’re very athletic,” Byrnes coach Layne Fowler said. “Once they get going, you better be able to run with them. We’re fortunate that we jumped all over them in the first quarter. They did a good job of continuing to fight, but we took all the momentum there.
“Our guys are playing re-ally unselfish right now,” he said. “They’re playing really good basketball. It’s nothing magical, but we’re doing everything pretty well, so we’ll see.”
The Rebels capped the week with a 33-point win over rival Greer, a team they beat soundly two weeks ago.
“I thought we did a bet-ter job against them this time,” Fowler said. “We cut off their driving lanes and kept them from get-ting some open shots. Greer is just a dangerous team. Coach (Greg) Miller’s team is young and they’re kind of feeling their way through his first year back, but we respect them. We know we’re going to have to come to play to beat them.”
The Rebels welcomed in six returning players after football season ended last Friday, leaving Fowler with several difficult decisions to make in the lineup.
“We have to break these guys in and start over again. I think we’ll play
even better now that we have everybody back, but sometimes chemistry is difficult,” he said. “These guys kind of have to get out there and sort it out themselves.”
Conditioning will be an issue early on for many of the returning football players.
“Football shape and bas-ketball shape are two com-pletely different things,” Fowler said. “We need our guys to be able to run at strong pace. At the end of the day, we’ll just have to see where the chips fall. Hopefully we’ll learn how to blend it all together and play some solid ball.”
Byrnes will face Greer again on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Four players scored in double-figures for the Cru-saders as NGU shot a sea-son high 36 three-pointers en route to a 70-52 win over Bob Jones Univer-sity, Friday night in Hayes Gymnasium.
The Crusaders trailed heading into the second quarter but found a rhythm offensively. Emily Wampler delivered all eight of her first half points in the second period while four other players got in on the scoring action as NGU gained a two point advan-tage and stretched it to 10 with three minutes left in the game. A three pointer from the Bruins would cut the lead to seven with 2:04 left in the first half as NGU carried a 34-27 cushion into intermission.
Neither team was im-pressive from the floor as both hovered around 38 percent. The Crusaders were 6 of 19 from beyond the arc led by Erika Cobb who was 2 of 2. Wampler also added six points from downtown, as she was 2 of 6. The Bruins edged the Crusaders in rebounding, grabbing 21 boards com-pared to just 18 for NGU. North Greenville controlled the pace of the game, com-mitting just two turnovers while Bob Jones turned it over seven times.
North Greenville gained further control in the third quarter extending the lead to 13 points. The Crusad-ers were 8 of 16 from the floor during the period as Cameron Carter depos-ited eight points to match Wampler’s big second quarter. Carter was 2 of 3 from long range as NGU extended the lead to 55-42. Wampler finished the third with six points while Elizabeth Trentham got in on the action with a three pointer of her own.
NGU’s solid offensive showing continued into the fourth period as the Crusaders put together one of its best offensive performances of the year. NGU converted on five of its eight chances in the fourth quarter as it sprint-ed out to a 70-47 lead. Cameron Carter would give the Crusaders their biggest lead of the night with her fifth three pointer of the night to extend the advantage to 23.
NGU finished with four players in double-figures led by Carter who scored 19 points as she finished
5 of 7 from deep. Emily Wampler had 17 points with four three point-ers while Erika Cobb and Elizabeth Trentham had 13 and 10. The Crusad-ers knocked down 14 of 36 three pointers for 39 percent and 42 percent from the field overall. NGU scored 14 points on 14 BJU turnovers.
NGU improved to 2-5 on the season after Saturday’s win, breaking a three game skid. The Crusaders will be back in action on Wednes-day night as they wrap up the 2015 home slate with a 5:30 tip against Carson-Newman.
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The Mount Olive wom-en’s indoor track & field team has been picked to win the 2015-16 Confer-ence Carolinas indoor track and field champion-ships, the conference of-fice announced today.
The Trojans registered 78 points and seven first-place votes from confer-ence coaches. Mount Olive scored 157 points to win the 2014-15 champion-ships.
Limestone College would come in second af-ter tallying 74 points with two first-place votes. The Saints turned in 109 points to finish second at last year’s Conference Caroli-nas indoor track and field championship. Rounding out the top three was King University with 63 points. The Tornado posted 107 points last year at the in-door championship to take third.
Barton College’s 59 points secured a fourth-place preseason ranking, while North Greenville Uni-versity posted 51 points to land fifth. Belmont Abbey and Lees-McRae enter the season tied for sixth after each garnered 41 points.
Converse College placed eighth in the poll after receiving 35 points. Pfei-ffer University closes out the poll at ninth with 26 points.
The following is the full 2015 women’s indoor track and field preseason poll:
1. Mount Olive2. Limestone3. King 4. Barton 5. North Greenville6. Belmont Abbey 6. Lees-McRae
8. Converse 9. Pfeiffer University
north Greenville men fall to emmanUel
North Greenville’s of-fense struggled on Tues-day night in a 65-56 loss to Emmanuel College.
The Crusaders fell to 3-4 on the season and 1-1 in Conference Carolinas play while the Lions improved to 5-1 overall. Justin Dot-son led North Greenville with 19 points while Miguel Reyes Cartagena finished with 13 as the only other double-figure scorer.
The Crusaders knocked down the first points of the game but an early scoring drought found the Crusad-ers down by 13 points as the Lions jumped out to a 16-3 lead with 12 minutes left in the opening period. Back-to-back buckets from Troy Blyden and Dotson would cut the lead to 21-16 but the Lions would fin-ish the half on an 8-2 run to extend their lead back to double-digits.
The Closest North Greenville would come to the Lions in the sec-ond half was eight points as Cartagena hit a three pointer with 7:21 left to cut Emmanuel’s advantage to 49-41. The Crusaders would cut the lead back down to single digits a couple more times in the stretch run but the Lions kept NGU at arms length as the Crusaders shot just 12-30 from the field in the second period.
The Lions finished the game shooting 40 percent including a 50 percent per-formance from three-point range. The Crusaders out-rebounded Emmanuel by one, 36-35 but the Lions Bench put in 23-points, giving the Emmanuel Li-ons a boost on offense.
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Lady Crusaders notch win over Bob Jones
Rebels continue streak‘We’re fortunate that we jumped all over
them in the first quarter.’
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The North Greenville women’s track team was picked to finish fourth in the conference.
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A former Greer football player is collecting post-season accolades.
North Greenville senior guard Matthew Rochester was recently named to the Conference Carolinas All-Region second team, put-ting the finishing touches on an eight-win season with the Crusaders.
Rochester was a four-year starter for North Greenville, leading the of-fensive line.
The Greer native graded out at an average of 89 per-cent this year and finished with 22 knockdowns.
The Crusaders finished with an average of 433.1 yards per game, including 208 yards on the ground.
them. They’re at that level, so anything short of that is underachieving.
“This is a team that has no returning state quali-fiers,” Kosmicki added. “This is the first time in a long time, maybe even ever, that this has hap-pened. These guys aren’t complacent because, in-dividually, they’ve proven nothing. They fell short of their goal, so there’s nothing to be complacent about.”
Kosmicki said learn-ing technique and nailing down fundamentals is go-ing to important for his team during the early days of the season.
“We’re installing our usu-al technique and increas-ing how much we know,” Kosmicki said. “Obviously, you’re constantly working on conditioning. We want to nail down our stances and footwork and we want to become more and more physical. You can never be mean enough. If you can bully your best friend in
practice, you can bully a stranger during a match.”
Eastside competed in North Carolina on Tuesday and will host Chapman on Wednesday during school. Students can buy their way out of their seventh period class to attend, or they can bring a new toy to donate Toys for Tots. All proceeds will benefit the charity.
Young found his favorite target, Chavis Dawkins, for a 15-yard touchdown. That 7-0 lead stood until the second quarter, when Dorman tied it up on a 45-yard touchdown pass.
After a long drive late in the second, Young punched in a 6-yard score with less than a minute remaining, giving Byrnes
a 14-7 advantage at the half.
The Rebels ended the game by giving up 14 un-answered points.
Although disappointed by the loss, Lane said his team would be dangerous again next season.
“You just have to get back on it in January,” he said. “We’ll be back.”
Recently we shared Vince Lombardi’s fa-mous “What it takes
to be No. 1” speech in this space. Knowing bulletin boards and locker-room walls like I do, I’m betting you have enough space up there for another guy’s take on the subject of winning: John Wooden.
What does it take to have to back-to-back sea-sons without a loss and win 10 championships in 12 years? Well, for one thing, it took a guy like John Wooden. As a child his father gave him seven rules to live by that he would later distill down into three main rules that his players must follow in order to play for him:
1. Don’t be late.2. Don’t curse.3. Don’t criticize your
teammates.
At the heart of Wood-en’s philosophy is one word: respect. His three rules were about respect-ing the program, the coach (him) and each other. Whereas Lombardi makes the case that win-ning is always better and it is something that each individual must strive for at all times -- fairly, but brutally if need be -- Wooden’s famous “10 rules for success” state that if you do the right things all the time, you will end up winning most of the time.
But the “Wizard of Westwood” would go on to write an even more expansive set of “sugges-tions” that incorporated both his father’s and his own set of rules. Fol-lowing these rules, he promised, might lead to success if put to use. He was wrong: They led to unprecedented success.
JOHN WOODEN’S SETS OF SUGGESTIONS
1. Be a gentleman at all times.
2. Be a team player always.
3. Be on time whenever time is involved.
4. Be a good student in all subjects -- not just basketball.
5. Be enthusiastic, industrious, dependable, loyal and cooperative.
6. Be in the best possi-ble condition -- physically, mentally and morally.
7. Earn the right to be proud and confident.
8. Keep emotions under control without losing fight or aggressiveness.
9. Work constantly to improve without becom-ing satisfied.
10. Acquire peace of mind by becoming the best that you are capable of becoming.
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1. Never criticize, nag or razz a teammate.
2. Never miss or be late for any class or appoint-ment.
3. Never be selfish, jeal-ous, envious or egotisti-cal.
4. Never expect favors. 5. Never waste time. 6. Never alibi or make
excuse. 7. Never require re-
peated criticism for the same mistake.
8. Never lose faith or patience.
9. Never grandstand, loaf, sulk or boast.
10. Never have reason to be sorry afterward.
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The BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation was awarded with the Web.com Tour’s inaugural Best Player Ex-perience Award at the PGA TOUR’s Tournament Meet-ings on Wednesday, Dec. 2 in Miami, Florida.
“I am honored to present the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Cor-poration with this wonder-ful first-year award, which was voted on by the most important constituents – our players,” said Web.com Tour President Bill Calfee. “For a number of years, the tournament team and title sponsor BMW have presented a week full of activities for not only players, but their families. Their innovative initiatives to make tour-nament week special for our players gave way to this very well-deserved award.”
As the Web.com Tour event with the best player experience, the BMW Char-ity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX delivered on a number of fronts, includ-ing:
• Pro-am format over three courses, with a num-ber of players competing alongside celebrities.
• Highest-rated Web.com Tour event on Golf Channel, reaching over 2.5 million viewers.
• Opportunity for all pros to attend a driving session at the BMW Per-formance Center Driving School.
• Access to BMW cour-tesy car fleet for each par-ticipant and their family.
• Complimentary meals at select restaurants in downtown Greenville, S.C. during tournament week, including Soby’s New South Cuisine, The NOSE Dive and The Lazy Goat.
• The first pro to record a hole-in-one on #17 at Thornblade during tourna-ment rounds wins a BMW.
“Each year we strive to provide the tournament’s professional and amateur contestants, sponsors, vol-unteers and patrons with a high-quality experience,” said Bob Nitto, president of the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation. “This recog-
nition from the Web.com Tour pros further validates our decision to extend the tournament agreement for another three years.”
The 2016 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYN-NEX Corporation will take place May 19-22 at Thorn-blade Club, The Reserve at Lake Keowee and The Pre-serve at Verdae.
The BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation is the only tournament on the Web.com Tour where amateurs and celebrities are grouped with Web.com Tour profes-sionals in a four-day bet-ter-ball competition over three courses. Amateurs, celebrities and pros rotate between three courses on Thursday, Friday and Sat-urday, with the 10 low-est scoring pro-amateur teams, six lowest scoring pro-celebrity teams and the lowest 65 pros (and ties) advancing to play Sunday’s final round at Thornblade Club.
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In ThailandBY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLESTAFF WRITER
Riverside High senior Lydia Elsey initially wanted to travel so she could see the world, have a unique experience.
Her options weren’t very limited.
She had the time and the energy and the curiosity. But as she narrowed down her choices, Elsey’s inten-tions became less cen-tered on herself and more so on serving others. With a place in mind, then, she found a mission: to help take care of elephants in Thailand.
According to Elsey, el-ephants are a sacred in animal in Thailand; how-ever, elephants have been abused in the past, made to do laborious logging work. While this prac-tice has now been out-lawed, people continue it, breaking the law and also abusing the animals in other ways. Thai Elephant Home, though, rescues the elephants and put them in the care of trainers who will bathe them and feed them and assign vol-unteers to love on them. Elsey was assigned to one of the young elephants, a beautiful 10-year-old res-cue named Waan, which means “sweet” in Thai.
“I rode my elephant ev-ery single day to the river,” she said. “We all were given one elephant, and we basi-cally took care of them.
Elsey spent the month of July with Waan, and her experience is one she will never forget.
“I would do it any day,” she said. “The experi-ence was undeniable. Ev-eryone seemed to have a great time and the things we learned, you almost couldn’t have learned be-ing in America.”
Elsey went with Global Leadership Adventures, a youth volunteer program that focuses on communi-ty service, hands-on-learn-ing and adventure. Elsey’s group consisted of about 20 young people, mostly all strangers from around U.S.
They went to work el-ephants, but they also spent time volunteering in local schools, assist-ing with English language learning. She said learn-ing English is essential for
students to secure careers. Elsey said because learn-ing English is so important for students in Thailand, she felt a great deal of responsibility in helping with studies.
“If a lesson plan didn’t go well one day I felt almost guilty because that’s how I helped them towards their future goals,” Elsey said.
That’s one of the rea-sons Elsey felt the trip was so worthwhile. Stepping outside of the comforts of home, she learned what
it meant for others to de-pend on her.
“Having so much respon-sibility was something that I’ve never really expe-rienced here even though I have responsibilities at home and school,” she stated, mentioning she had to wake up at 5 a.m. to begin taking care of Waan. Furthermore, some-times taking care of her el-ephant meant taking care of Waan’s living space. On more than one occasion she found herself with a machete in hand, slicing at the tall grass so Waan would have room to roam. Elsey became devoted to Waan like the elephant’s trainer, who, when asked if he had a wife, replied
that he was married to his elephant. She said because elephants can live into their 80s, and the animals develop trust with their caretakers, a trainer will spend his or her entire life with an elephant.
Elsey said she now has that trust with Waan, and she hopes to see her el-ephant again.
“While I was there I real-ized I could go to Thailand and come back whenever I wanted,” she said. “The people I was working with said I was able to come back and work with Waan and she would remember me. I formed a bond with her.”
Riverside High senior Lydia Elsey rides Waan, one of the elephants at the Thai Elephant Home. Elsey spent the month of July in Thailand volunteering on the elephant reserve and within a school.
Riverside student works with elephants
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Lydia Elsey was responsible for the care of Waan, one of the elephants at Thai Elephant Home during her trip in July.
EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME
HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS!
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Santa’s visit to Greer wouldn’t be complete without a ride down Poinsett and Main Streets during the annual Greer Christmas Parade.
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Ten-month-old Owen Marshall Loftis was full of oohs and ahhs as he watched the cars, trucks and tractors pass during his � rst Greer Christmas Parade.
MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
Santa gives high � ves to fans awaiting his arrival to Greer City Park Friday during the annual tree lighting ceremony.
MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN
Luke Clarence Bailey explores the holiday lights at City Park during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony Friday.
BJU HOSTS CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Families will get a taste of holiday traditions from around the world at the Bob Jones Museum & Gal-lery’s annual Children’s Christmas Celebration on Saturday at the museum’s Wade Hampton location. Two Christmas parties, one at 12:30 p.m., and another at 3:30 p.m., will feature an assortment of art activities, music, tradi-tions, and food.
“It’s a nice outing for a family,” said Ruth Vidal, M&G’s elementary educa-tion outreach coordina-tor. “The event is set up in stations, so families can enjoy walking through the museum at their own pace.”
Upon arrival, each child will receive a passport and have their photo ID taken. The passport grants them admission to each cultural and craft station including stops at diverse countries such as Mexico, Greece, and France. Along the way, young adventurers will examine various Euro-pean paintings depicting the Christmas story and be able to sample interna-tional cookies and Mexican hot chocolate.
The celebration features two programs designed to be both fun and education-al including an interactive music presentation giving children the opportunity to hear ethnic instruments and carols sung by an in-ternational student choir. The program is directed by Dr. Sue Quindag of the Bob Jones University mu-sic faculty.
The Children’s Christ-mas Celebration will be held at the Museum & Gallery’s main location on the campus of Bob Jones University. Registration is available at www.bjumg.org/christmas-celebration or by calling 770-1331.
Other holiday oppor-tunities at the Museum & Gallery include:
Christmas Scavenger Hunt for kids (ages 5-12): available through Wednes-day, Dec. 16. This self-paced activity highlights various paintings and objects around the world related to the Christmas story. Prizes are available at the completion of each scavenger hunt in the M&G Gift Shop.
Christmas Strolling Tour for adults: avail-able through Wednesday, Dec. 16. While children enjoy their quest through the galleries, adults can discern some of the rich symbolism present in the storytelling power of Old Master paintings. Guests can stroll the galleries and ponder the artists’ use of color and precise imag-ery to reveal an unparal-leled gift to the world.
ABBEY ELMORE BAND PERFORMS FREE CONCERT
The Abbey Elmore Band, four Upstate-based pop/rock musicians, will play a live and free concert at Chapman Cultural Center Sunday, from 2-4 p.m.
Fronted by Abbey El-more, this band is a cross between modern-day pop and old-school rock and roll. The other members are Tyler Tullis, Donnie El-more and Nick Wells.
Every Sunday afternoon, Chapman Cultural Center hosts Sunday Unplugged, a weekly program that of-fers the public a casual, no-stress, and mostly free opportunity to enjoy local culture and art. In addi-tion to having a free live concert, Spartanburg Art Museum, Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg Gallery, Spar-tanburg Regional History Museum, and the Student
Galleries are open, 1-5 p.m. and free. Spartan-burg Science Center is also open with an admission of $4 per adult and $2.50 per student. For more in-formation, call 542-ARTS or visit ChapmanCultural-Center.org.
PAVILION HOSTS PETEY’S HOLIDAY PARTY DEC. 15
Petey’s Holiday Party will be held at the Pavil-ion Recreation Complex in Taylors on Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 9 a.m.-noon.
The event for ages 2-6 will feature a snack, holi-day crafts, story time, a visit to the bounce house and a visit with Santa.
For more information or to register, visit www.GreenvilleRec.com. To register a day care as a group, contact Tarsha Small at [email protected] or call 322-PLAY (7539) ext. 215.
GSO PRESENTS HOLIDAY AT PEACE
The Greenville Sympho-ny Orchestra will present “Holiday at Peace” Dec. 18-20 at the Peace Center Concert Hall.
Returning with the GSO is the International Ballet Company and this year’s show features husband and wife Broadway stars, Gary Mauer and Beth Southard. Edvard Tchiv-zhel conducts.
Show times are Dec. 18-19 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 20 at 3 p.m.
To purchase tickets, con-tact The Peace Center Box Office at 467-3000 or visit peacecenter.org.
SPINNING JENNY HOSTS CLASSIC RADIO-PLAY
The Spinning Jenny will present an American clas-sic, “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” by Joe Landry, on Dec. 18-19 at 8 p.m.
Frank Capra’s 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life has won the hearts of world-wide audiences through its compelling story of a man who has given up his dreams to help others and is driven to despair, yet is transformed to re-newed spirit of thankful-ness when he is reminded of all the lives that he has touched.
The show is presented here in the classic radio-play format popularized in the 1940s, featuring several jingles and com-mercials.
The Spinning Jenny is located at 107 Cannon St. in Greer.
Tickets available at the door or by visiting www.eventbrite.com or calling 901-8371.
FOOTHILLS PHILHARMONIC CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Foothills Philharmonic continues its 15th con-cert season on Saturday, Dec. 19, with the annual Christmas Concert at 7:30 p.m. at Greer First Baptist Church.
This program will fea-ture seasonal favorites and a Toys for Tots drive.
Performing in Greenville since 2000, Foothills Phil-harmonic is committed to providing high-qual-ity, classical music per-formances to the Upstate community free of charge. Each concert is followed by a complimentary recep-tion that allows patrons to meet our musicians and
artistic director.The church is located
at 201 W. Poinsett St. in Greer.
CHAPMAN CENTER TO HOST HOLIDAY ARTMARKET
Chapman Cultural Cen-ter will host its third an-nual Holiday ArtMarket in the lobby of Chapman Cul-tural Center’s theater and in the West Wing Confer-ence Room of the Moseley Building, Saturday, Dec. 19, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
There will be live mu-sic, art demonstrations, and refreshments, as well as dozens of local art-ists and craftsmen selling handmade goods includ-ing paintings, jewelry, pot-tery, metalwork, stained glass, books, teas, soaps and other items.
The ArtMarket will fea-ture vendors including Jewelry by Deb, Plan B Designs, Art Glass Fu-sions, 4 Elizabeth, Soap Deli, McRose Designs, Bel-la Dance Studio, and Hub City Writers.
For more information, call 542-ARTS.
CENTRE STAGE PRESENTS ‘LET IT SNOW’
Centre Stage will present a Christmas comedy “Let It Snow” through Dec. 19.
This will be the Ameri-can premier of the charm-ing and nostalgic comedy following the zany antics of an eccentric 1950’s Eng-lish family of vaudeville actors as they gather over Christmas.
Songs include Winter Wonderland, Have Your-self a Merry Little Christ-mas, The Christmas Song, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town and Let It Snow.
The play is rated PG-13.
‘JUST TELL ME MY NAME’ AT CENTRE STAGE
Centre Stage’s Fringe Series continues with a play about a man seeking to find out just who he is, and where he comes from. Performances of “Just Tell Me My Name” will be 7 p.m. Dec. 15 and 16.
Following the death of his adoptive parents, Bill Moore wants to discover who the people respon-sible for his birth are, but he must fight the secretive system guarding the iden-tity of his birth parents. With twists and turns, the story unfolds in surpris-ing ways.
STOMPING GROUNDS UPCOMING EVENTS
Stomping Grounds Open Mic Night is held the sec-ond and fourth Friday of each month. Dan and Lu-ann Gray are hosting open mic on the second Friday of the month and Mr. John is hosting on the fourth Friday of the month, each from 7-10 p.m.
Upcoming events:Dec. 12: Roni Teems, Pop
and Christian Contempo-rary, 7-10 p.m.
Dec. 18: Annalisa Beni-nate, Christmas Show on harp, 7-9 p.m.
Ongoing events:Mondays: Colored Pen-
cil Art Class with Robert Decker, 7-9 p.m.
Tuesdays: Weekly Ma-jong Games, 2-5 p.m.
First & third Tuesdays: Old Time Jam with Bob Buckingham, 7-9 p.m.
First & third Wednes-days: Celtic Session, 7-9 p.m.
Visit www.stomping-
groundsgreer.com for more information.
BJU PRESENTS ‘ARTBREAKS’
Greenville residents will once again have the op-portunity to broaden their artistic and cultural un-derstanding through “Art-Break,” a continuing edu-cation event series hosted by the Bob Jones Univer-sity Museum & Gallery.
Dec. 10 (M&G at Heritage Green): Martha Severens, curator, Greenville County Museum of Art 1992-2010 – Playing Detective: Sleuth-ing a Little-Known Painter Named Eugene Thomason
M&G museum members receive free admission to all “ArtBreak” lectures. For non-members, the lec-ture fee is $5. For those interested in purchasing a boxed lunch, there is an additional $7 fee.
To register for any “Art-Break” event and learn more about M&G, please visit www.bjumg.org/art-break or call 770-1330.
LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTSTWO CHRISTMAS SHOWS
Greenville Little Theatre is presenting “A Christmas Carol” Dec. 11-12, 17-19 at 8 p.m. and a Dec. 13 show at 3 p.m.
Ticket prices are $28 with discounts available for seniors, juniors and groups of 10 or more.
GLT will also perform “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” during the third annual Theatre for Young Audience’s Christ-mas show.
Performances are Dec. 16-18 at 10:30 a.m. and Dec. 19 and 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
All seats are $12 with discounts available for groups of 10 or more.
FOOTHILLS PHILHARMONIC UPCOMING SEASON
Foothills Philharmonic and conductor Kory Vrieze have announced the 2015-16 season which begins Sept. 12 and runs through May 7, 2016.
Performances include:
Dec. 19: Christmas Con-cert, 7:30 p.m., Greer First Baptist Church
Feb. 6: Chamber Concert, 7:30 p.m., Cannon Centre
March 26: Masterworks #3, 7:30 p.m., Greer First Baptist Church
May 7: Pops Celebration, 6:30 p.m., Greer First Bap-tist Church
FICTION ADDICTION HOSTS STORYTIME THURSDAYS
Local independent book-store Fiction Addiction hosts a free children’s sto-rytime for preschoolers every Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m.
Upcoming picture books to be read include:
Dec. 10: “Green Lizards vs. Red Rectangles” by Steve Antony.
Dec. 17: “Daddy Said a Word I Never Heard” by Scott M. Cohn.
Dec. 24: “The Knights Before Christmas” by Joan Holub.
Dec. 31: “Mother Goose’s Pajama Party” by Danna Smith.
The store is located at 1175 Woods Crossing Rd. #5 (in the shopping cen-ter with Fried Green To-matoes, Boardwalk, and Jimmy John’s).
For more information, call 675-0540.
FURMAN ANNOUNCES SOUND QUALITY SERIES
The Furman University Music Department an-nounces its Sound Quality & More Music Series for the 2015-2016 season.
The Furman Music De-partment presents more than 220 public events each year. Sixteen of those events are spotlighted in the 2015-16 Sound Qual-ity & More series including student ensemble perfor-mances, Hartness organ recitals, faculty chamber music collaborations and a costumed opera produc-tion with orchestra.
All Sound Quality events start at 8 p.m. and are located on the Furman University campus where parking is free.
Tickets are available in advance or at the door. Season sets are $150 and include all 16 performanc-es. Individual event tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for stu-dents, with the exception of opera The Magic Flute, Feb. 25 and 27
The January schedule in-cludes:
Friday, January 15, 8 p.m.Faculty Cham-ber Music SeriesDaniel Recital Hall
Thursday, Janu-ary 21, 8 p.m.Hartness Organ SeriesCharles Tompkins, OrganDaniel Memorial ChapelPart of the annual Church Music Conference
For more informa-tion and to order tickets visit www.furman.edu/MusicTickets <http://w w w . f u r m a n . e d u /MusicTickets> or contact the Furman Department of Music at 294-2086, email [email protected].
ENTERTAINMENTThe Greer Citizen
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015 THE GREER CITIZEN B7
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NEW RELEASESFOR WEEK OF DEC. 21
PICKS OF THE WEEK“Pan” (PG) -- The be-
loved boy who flies about and never grows up gets an extra-helping of CG in this live-action origin sto-ry. Peter starts as a magi-cal orphan, kidnapped by the evil pirate Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman) and taken to Neverland, where pi-rate ships fly and green-screens cover everything. Peter’s parents were spe-cial in some way, so he’s supposed to lead the Na-tives (including Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily) in an all-out revolution against the sky pirates. Our young hero also befriends James Hook (Garrett Hedlund), a dashing young oaf with a horrendous accent.
It just doesn’t fly right. All of the backstory, world-building and by-the-numbers journey get in the way of actual wonder and adventure. Like, did you know pixie dust is called pixum and it’s a valued commodity in the Never-land economy? Yeah. The pirate-fighting, never-ag-ing boy-adventurer was al-ready good enough for au-diences to enjoy, but here he’s too weighed down to fly.
“Pawn Sacrifice” (PG-13) -- In the 1970s, American Bobby Fischer presented a threat to Russia’s domi-nance of international chess. As the Cold War got colder, the world looked to Iceland and a series of matches between Fisch-er (Tobey Maguire) and Russian champion Boris Spassky (Liev Schrieber). Rather high-strung and wracked with inner de-mons, Fischer became a larger-than-life figure as his mental state fluctuates under the weight of sev-eral mega-tons of interna-tional pressure.
Maguire gives a solid performance, even though his real-life inspiration is boiled down to a “tortured genius” archetype. Sch-reiber also is a force to be reckoned with, contrasting his opponent’s paranoia with frosty confidence. This based-on-a-true-story film doesn’t change the game, but shows some in-teresting moves.
“Queen of Earth” (R) -- For Catherine (Elizabeth Moss), a trip to her best friend’s country retreat was supposed to be a wel-come reprieve from her spiral of mental anguish. She’s still reeling from her father’s suicide, and her boyfriend just dumped her in the meanest way pos-sible. Her friend, Virginia (Katherine Waterston), is more abrasive than sup-portive; she knows her friend and how to hurt her. Catherine’s mental breakdown plays out like a slow-motion trainwreck, speckled with bits of ultra-dark humor. Moss’ talent is undeniable, and direc-tor Alex Ross Perry gives her the lens she needs to focus it.
“Dragon Blade” (R) -- In this super-budgeted Chi-nese historical epic, Ro-man conquerors square off with Han-Dynasty heroes in a crucial clash of blade, bone and bronze. The Silk Road is a vital trade route linking the empires of the East and West. Ro-man general Lucius (John Cusack, looking tired per usual) teams up with Chi-nese leader Huo An (Jackie Chan, still kicking butt) to stave off the murderous Tiberius (Adrien Brody, really hamming it up this time). As a lover of his-tory and martial arts and all three of those leads, I really wanted this movie to live up to its epic am-bitions, but like so many other sweeping sword-stories, it gets lost some-where along the road.
Elizabeth Moss in ‘Queen of Earth’
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Children can experience Christmas around the world at Bob Jones Museum & Gallery with two parties on Saturday.
DEAR DR. ROACH: Would you explain the proper method for tak-ing blood pressure? One instruction I read says to use the left arm. However, another shows the health-care worker taking blood pressure in the left arm and patients using auto-matic cuffs on the right arm. The right subclavian artery comes off the as-cending aorta closer to the heart than the left subcla-vian artery, which suggests that the logical method would be to use the right arm. However, the self-as-sessment health stations at the grocery store and the YMCA are set up to use the left arm to measure blood pressure. -- C.R.
ANSWER: There usu-ally is only a small differ-ence between the left and right arm blood pressure, so it is OK to use which-ever arm is easiest for you. There are some automatic blood pressure cuffs that are designed to be on the left arm, probably because most right-handed people have an easier time manip-ulating the cuff with their right hand. A human is more accurate than most machines.
If there is a significant (greater than 10 mm Hg) and consistent difference in the left arm from the right, that could indicate an abnormality such as a coarctation of the aorta. This is a congenital con-striction of the aorta, the major blood vessel of the body. Fortunately, this is
pretty uncommon to find in adults nowadays.
High blood pressure is one of the most common ailments for the general population. The booklet on it describes what it does and how it’s treated. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Roach -- No. 104W, 628 Virginia Drive Orlando, FL 32803. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.
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DEAR DR. ROACH: I have read your articles and respect your opinion. I would like to ask you if you think it is safe to take these medications togeth-er: butalbital, zolpidem, Lunesta, clonazepam, clonidine, hydroxyzine, Lyrica, prochlorperazine, quetiapine, tizanidine and tramadol. I am concerned for someone I love. This person has a history of ad-diction and mental-health issues. Would they be safe if a person didn’t have an addiction history or men-tal-health issues? Your opinion is appreciated. -- Anon.
ANSWER: That’s a very frightening list in a per-son with addiction is-sues. The likelihood of a significant interaction is high, even in a healthy vol-unteer. I could be wrong, and maybe a psychiatrist with much more knowl-edge than I have of your loved one has prescribed this, but the list looks to me like prescriptions from multiple doctors, none of whom knew what the oth-ers were prescribing, and each of whom was try-ing to help a significant psychiatric issue. It also may be that some of these medicines were meant to be discontinued when a new one was started. Lit-erally every one of those 11 medications can cause sedation.
My best advice would be to bring your loved one and ALL of the medicine to ONE doctor, who can pare down the medications to a safer and more manage-able level.
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Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer in-dividual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever pos-sible. Readers may email questions to [email protected]. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rb-mamall.com, or write to Good Health, 628 Virginia Drive Orlando, FL 32803.
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BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Ivy was hospitalized af-ter an accident at Forrester Creations. Maya witnessed firsthand how Nicole’s pregnancy was beginning to take a toll on her sister’s relationship with Zende. Steffy confessed to Ridge and Caroline about what really happened between her and Ivy. Ridge scolded Thomas for seducing Ivy. Attempting to move on from their argument and her accident, Ivy made a confession to Liam about Steffy. Wyatt realized Ivy’s concerns were real when Steffy arrived with the intention of apologiz-ing. Thomas showed some emotion by feeling guilty for Ivy’s predicament. Wait to See: A family friend ar-rives with a secret.
DAYS OF OUR LIVESAbigail pleaded with Ben
to give her back her baby. Hope was pushed over the edge as she demanded an-swers from Dr. Malcolm. Eduardo and Kate got to know one another. Later, Eduardo received an unex-pected visitor. Hope struck a deal with Dr. Malcolm. Someone from Steve’s past turned up in Salem. John questioned Eduardo about Winterthorne Acad-emy. Andre targeted Belle to get to Sami. Steve and Kayla made love. Joey was unaware that was he was
in over his head. Philip returned home with big plans for Titan. Later, Brady confided to Theresa his concerns about Philip. Wait to See: Belle shares a secret with Brady.
GENERAL HOSPITALElizabeth crumbled un-
der pressure and finally made a confession. Dante and Valerie were inter-rupted at the most awk-ward of moments. Lulu made a deal with Johnny. Michael made a covert at-tempt to learn more about Sabrina’s pregnancy. Rob-in’s failure resulted in her living on borrowed time. Olivia went ballistic. Dillon came to the wrong conclu-sion about Johnny. Jason filled in Sonny on the re-cent events and received some advice in return.
Elizabeth warned Nikolas that the truth was out and to brace himself for the fallout. Morgan got reck-less with his meds. Mon-ica came up with an idea for a charitable donation that conflicted with Paul’s plans. Wait to See: Dillon and Maxie recognize an important anniversary.
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Ashley asked Adam what Victor was holding over him. Lily hoped that she and Cane could mend fences. Marisa tried to se-duce Luca in order to get more information about their daughter. Mean-while, Noah asks Kevin to help him find dirt on Luca. Nick pleaded with Sage not to push him away. Dylan asks for Paul’s help getting Sharon an early Christmas present. Adam told Chelsea that working with Victor allowed him to protect Jack. Sharon told Dr. Anderson that feared she was going to lose her baby. Ashley promised Adam she would keep his secret. Paul was proud of Dylan’s devotion to family. Devon lashed out at Cane for making Lily cry. Ashley tried to make a deal with Victor that would end the feud between Jabot and Newman Enterprises. Wait to See: Stitch is forced to tell Abby about his feel-ings for her mother.
(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas |
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps |
RFD by Mike Marland |
THE SPATS by Je� Pickering |
SOAP UPDATES
TO YOURGOOD HEALTH
KEITHROACH, M.D.
B8 THE GREER CITIZEN FUN AND GAMES WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015
ANDREW RASZEVSKI |BELL-PHILLIP PRODUCTIONS
Ashleigh Brewer stars as ‘Ivy’ on ‘The Bold and The Beautiful’
Is right arm betterfor blood pressure?
CRESTVIEW WINTER PROGRAM IS DEC. 10
Crestview Elementary will host its winter pro-gram, ‘Christmas at the OK Corral’ on Thursday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m. at the J. Harley Bonds Center.
This program will fea-ture the chorus and a win-ter, western-themed musi-cal presented by the third grade students.
The event is free to the public.
BLUE RIDGE MIDDLESETS CONCERT SCHEDULE
Blue Ridge Middle will host three winter concerts this year.
The band will perform in concert Monday, Dec. 14, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The strings concert will be Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 7-8 p.m.
BROOK GLENN TO HOLD WINTER CONCERT DEC. 14
Brook Glenn Elementary will hold its PTA Winter Concert on Monday, Dec. 14, at 6:30 p.m. at North Hills Community Church, 4952 Edwards Road in Taylors.
WOODLAND HOLIDAY CONCERT IS DEC. 14
The Woodland Elemen-tary chorus and drum hol-iday concert will be held Monday, Dec. 14, at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria.
A short PTA meeting will be held prior to the con-cert at 6:15 p.m.
CHANDLER CREEK COOKIE DECORATING DEC. 14
The Chandler Creek El-ementary PTA will hold a Christmas Program and cookie decorating event on Monday, Dec. 14, dur-ing its monthly meeting.
The chorus will perform several holiday songs and families can come early to decorate cookies in the school cafeteria.
RIVERSIDE HIGH PRESENTS OLD-TIME RADIO SHOW
The Riverside High Speech and Debate team will host its annual old-fashioned radio produc-tion on Dec. 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the school audito-rium.
The program will feature Charles Dickens’ “A Christ-mas Carol” and other tales of the season.
Tickets are $5 and are available from speech and debate team members or at the door. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, call Michele Peek at 498-8087.
RIVERSIDE MIDDLE COLLECTING TOYS FOR TOTS
The Riverside Middle student council has begun a toy drive to support the local Toys for Tots pro-gram this holiday season.
Students can bring an unwrapped toy to their homeroom teachers be-tween now and Dec. 18.
Each grade level home-room donating the most toys will receive an appre-ciation celebration.
BRMS DONATESTO LOCAL CHARITIES
Blue Ridge Middle stu-dents gathered 2,750 cans of food and more than $4,000 for local charities in their annual food drive recently.
ASSIGNMENT CHANGE CHOICE LOTTERY OPEN
A Change in Assignment Choice Lottery Window where parents can submit a choice form for up to three schools at their num-ber one choice school will be available from through Friday, Dec. 18.
Since order of receipt of form does not impact as-signment, parents will not be allowed to line up at schools.
A lottery will be con-ducted and results will be posted no later than Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 on the GCS website provid-ing the order of lottery se-lections by grade for each school. Names will not be listed. Parents will ac-cess results by using their choice form number.
Space by grade level will later determine the choice assignments. Students selecting a school as a higher choice have prior-ity over students select-ing the school as a lower priority.
Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, Change in As-signment Choice requests will be date and time stamped at each requested school and listed in order of receipt on the request-ed school’s waiting list af-ter students on the lottery waiting list. All parents will be notified of their children’s 2016-17 school assignment no later than Thursday, March 24, 2016. Students will remain on school waiting lists until the tenth day of school.
BRUSHY CREEK HOSTSINTERNET SAFETY EVENT
Brushy Creek Elementary will host an Internet Safety presentation by Rick Floyd on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. in the school media center.
Floyd, a retired Green-ville City undercover in-ternet detective, will share valuable information about internet safety and how to keep your child safe with technology. Topics will include social networking, cyberbully-ing, texting, popular apps and more. Floyd currently works in the Greenville County School District’s Information Security De-partment.
WOODLAND OFFERS AFTER SCHOOL ART ENRICHMENT
Woodland Elementary will offer an After School Art Enrichment program instructed by Mrs. Laird-Arnold beginning in Janu-ary.
Students will create one-of-a-kind art projects us-ing a variety of materials and processes to expand their knowledge of art and exposure to the art-mak-ing process.
The six one-hour classes will be held on Thursdays from 3-4 p.m. The sched-ule is second and third graders, Jan. 7-Feb. 11; fourth and fifth graders, Feb. 18-March 24; and K5 and first graders, April 14-May 19. Cost is $65 per student.
Space is limited. For more information, visit the school’s web page.
HOLIDAY CARD FEATURES RIVER RIDGE STUDENT ART
When hundreds open up the District Five holiday card this year, they will find the artwork of River Ridge Elementary student, Peter Novikov.
Every year, elementary and intermediate school art teachers submit art-work for the district holi-day card contest. This year, Novikov’s entry, which featured a South Caro-lina palm tree and holiday scene, was selected from dozens of finalists.
Novikov is a student of teacher Lorie Goode at River Ridge.
He was honored before the Board of Trustees last week, and presented with a certificate and 50 cop-ies of his card to use this holiday.
STUDENTS RECEIVE PERFECTPASS, ACT ASPIRE SCORES
Dozens of District Five’s top students were recog-nized recently for their performance on SCPASS and ACT Aspire tests.
SCPASS, or the Palmetto
Assessment of State Stan-dards, is given to students in fourth through eighth grade across South Caro-lina each year. This past spring, students were test-ed in the subjects of social studies and science. Five students in District Five scored a perfect score in one, or both, of those sub-jects.
They included:Berry ShoalsIntermediate
Anika RanaHenry Tucker
Lyman ElementaryNoah Miles
Reidville ElementaryOwen Estola
River Ridge ElementaryWilliam ChastainMany students were also
honored for their achieve-ment on the ACT Aspire test. Each year, this test is given to students in third through eighth grade, in the subjects of Read-ing, Writing, English, Sci-ence and Math. This past spring, the district had 20 students score maximum scores in one or multiple subjects.
William ChastainJoshua ChildHailey HolsenbackByrnes High students
Harsahib Dev and Jason Peck also received recogni-tion for perfect scores on one or multiple subjects of the ACT.
REIDVILLE JOINS SANTA PAWS PROJECT
As the holidays ap-proach, students at Reid-ville Elementary are mak-ing sure man’s best friend has a happy holiday too.
The school launched its December Service Learn
ing project, Santa Paws, this week. Ingrid Norris with the Spartanburg Hu-mane Society, along with a volunteer, visited Reid-ville with therapy dog to teach students about car-ing for animals. They also talked about the great way the Humane Society helps homeless animals.
All this month, stu-dents will be collecting food, blankets, towels, toys, treats and shampoo to support the Humane Society. Shelters are very crowded this month, and they want to remind every-one to consider adoption.
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Field trip funWashington Center students were treated to a trip to the Children’s Museum of the Upstate, thanks to a donation from Riverside High. Approximately 130 students were able to learn about the systems of the human body, lasers, working on a farm, grocery shopping and community helpers.
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