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South Carolina Ports Authority officials say the success of the Greer Inland Port has sparked plans for a new port in Dillon. The new facility, if constructed,
would continue rail traffic to the Port of Charleston.
ditional inland port will
be a great diversification
of our logistics footprint.
We believe that building
intermodal infrastructure
in our state goes hand-inhand with the significant
investments we are mak-
Greer
woman
found
dead
Taylors
teen
charged
Stolen gun
used in officer
shooting
Duncan
woman
remains
found
BY KENNETH COLLINS MAPLE
STAFF WRITER
Human remains found
in Spartanburg County
woods have been identified as a missing Duncan
woman.
According
to Spartanburg County
C o r o n e r
Rusty Clevenger,
the
remains were
d i s c o v e r e d Shelton
Tuesday and
are that of 42-year-old Evelyn Audrey Shelton, who
went missing on May 20,
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A new farmers market in Taylors has been in the planning stages for nearly 18 months now, but on May 5, it will open to
the public at Taylors Mill.
We want it to
DEATHS
Ann Wyndham
McClimon, 78
be a very unique
farmers market...
a destination and a
place to hang out
and meet people.
Steve Rhodes
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HARMONY FELLOWSHIP
CHURCH REVIVAL
Harmony
Fellowship
Church invites the public to worship with Mike
Manuel from West Virginia
during a revival from May
1-4. The services on Sunday will begin at 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m. and will begin
at 7 p.m. through Wednesday evenings.
The church is located off
Wade Hampton Boulevard
on S. Suber Road at the
corner of Hood Road in
Greer. For more information call 877-8272.
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Condos
are fine,
but do your
research
Q: I know when it
comes to investing you
like mutual funds and
paid-for real estate. What
do you think about using
condominiums as investment properties instead
of single-family homes?
DR: I dont really have
a problem with condos
as paid-for investments.
I own a couple of them
myself. When it comes
to making this kind of
investment for the first
time, however, I would
advise that you keep a
few things in mind.
You have to think
about what youre getting
into and also take into
consideration a number
of variables. What are the
HOA dues or condo fees
going to be? Is the condo
association being managed well? That and the
neighborhood are the two
biggest concerns I have
when buying a condo. A
lot of condo associations
are very poorly managed.
And if they dont provide
proper maintenance or
keep a certain percentage
of the complex owner-occupied versus rental, the
condo association or complex can lose the ability
to get normal permanent
financing. If they cant get
FHA, VA or conventional
financing, the values are
going to drop like a rock
because youve only got
cash buyers and investment buyers at that point.
Research on these kinds
of things doesnt take an
awful lot of work. Just call
the management company, and the realtor whos
involved if its listed, and
ask for the documentation.
Most of the time this
sort of stuff is public information, so its not hard
to access. Some other
questions you might ask
are: What are the reserves
for the roof? What are
the reserves for paint and
the parking lot? Are they
collecting enough to pay
their bills, and are they
actually paying their bills?
Then you start looking
at things from a buyers
perspective. Would I want
to live in here and have
my wife and children
here?
Would a normal, reasonable person want to live
here? If the answers are
yes, then youve probably
got a good, solid condo
complex.
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Retiring to Ireland
IM JUST
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live in a town call Dingle. Paul muttered.
Possibly. Especially as its shaped
like a peninsula, I offered. In fact, it is
a peninsula and you and I rode horses
along the beach there on that vacation
we did forever ago.
Yeah, Paul grunted, and it poured
the whole time. And you sold me on that
trip by saying It hardly rains in August.
So why would you want to go retire in a
town with 100 people less than the town
we live in, now?
Kobe was back on the screen scoring
basket, after basket, after basket.
I wonder, since it was his last game, if
the other guys just let him win? I asked,
only to receive a snort in reply.
Anyway, I began, to no one in particular as Paul was now fully immersed in
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at 162 Callahan Mountain
Road in Travelers Rest.
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as well as the Midwest.
While our discussions
are preliminary, the success of Inland Port Greer
demonstrates the market
demand for additional
intermodal hubs to support growing volumes of
cargo moving to and from
Charleston by rail, Newsome said. We are working with CSX to determine
the viability of Dillon,
South Carolina as the location for our next inland
port and hope to finalize
our plans by the end of the
year.
Approximately 23 percent of containers imported or exported through
Charleston last year moved
by rail, with nearly 260,000
international intermodal
rail lifts handled in 2015.
Intermodal volume has
seen staggering growth of
166 percent since 2011,
driving increased demand
for additional inland port
facilities.
A second inland port
in South Carolina would
expand transportation options in the state, lowering
TownSquare
president
Alex Reynolds believes
the Taylors market will
do more than simply gives
residents something to do
once a week. He says the
market will fill a need for
the center of a community
that really lacks a grocery
store or market selling
fresh goods.
Obviously Ive got a
car, Reynolds said. I can
go hop in that, but not everybody has that luxury.
Taylors is offering SNAP
benefits,
Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program, in its market. SNAP
offers nutritional assistance to individuals and
families in low-income
situations and provides
economic benefits to communities. Its a program
that Taylors didnt have to
offer, but SNAP coordinator for the Taylors market
Kristien King wanted to be
sure it was included in the
market.
I think taking that added step of doing the SNAP
benefits and opening that
up to people who might
not otherwise have access
to fresh food is just again
one of those valued added
things that we are doing
this for the people of Taylors, Reynolds said And
we want to make sure we
are doing this for all the
people of Taylors.
Talking with team members, it seems one idea
that is shared between all
involved is that this is a
market for Taylors.
Our goal is to build
Taylors and some of the
programs will benefit Tay-
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an argument. The argument escalated and Brown
began throwing items in
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The Greer boys soccer team locked up third place in the region last week with wins
overSouthside and Blue Ridge.
the season.
In our conference, the
boys have played at a high
level all season, head
coach Jorge Santos said.
Weve been in some close
matches and we havent always gotten the result we
wanted, but Ive definitely
seen them step up.
Greer last dropped a
region match to Eastside,
which came after two
overtimes. Although his
team has been in some
close games, Santos said
his guys havent always
finished the job.
They know that theyre
right there in a lot of these
games, he said. Weve
The Blue Ridge baseball team won the Peach Blossom championship last week, defeating
rival Greer, 4-0.
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Edwards indicated he
was willing to take more
liberties with his teammate because they had
both scored victories this
season and are locks to
qualify for the Chase for
the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Kyles
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amazing
teammate, and its like he
got really slow there at
the end, Edwards said in
Victory Lane. Something
happened that last lap. It
was like his rear tires went
off or something. He went
down into (Turn) 1 and I
dove it in and I got to him
and I thought, Man, Ive
got something.
And he went to get
down to the bottom and
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Head coach Rob Gravley and the Greer High golf team have earned six wins this season.
for USC Upstate next fall.
Sams a self-taught
player, the head coach
said. He never had a lesson up until this year. My
brother, Mike, who played
on the PGA Tour back in
the early 80s, has helped
Sam a whole lot mentally.
Sam has been working on
Greer will take on Dorman, Boiling Springs, Riverside, Blue Ridge, Chapman and Broome before
the region tournament on
May 2. The region championship will be held at
the Links OTryon Country
Club.
Celebrities announced
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Former Riverside players Michael Douty, Jeff Gully and Tim Bright, who have passed away,
were honored before a recent Warrior home game.
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They should come back
with a lot of confidence,
Pitman said. Theyve got a
varsity season under their
belt and they know what it
takes. Were expecting big
things next year.
Before a game against
Spartanburg, the baseball program honored the
families of three former
players, Michael Douty,
Jeff Gully and Tim Bright,
who passed away. Memorials were placed at the stadium for each player and
families were recognized
by the crowd.
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the 2016 BMW Charity
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For the second consecutive year, the celebritystudded affair will also
include a free celebrity
concert on Main, as well as
an exclusive VIP concert.
This is a unique event
for South Carolina, and
we are very excited for the
fun that awaits spectators
of both the tournament
and the two great concerts this annual occasion
brings to the community,
said Bob Nitto, president
of the BMW Charity ProAm. We are also proud
to announce that, for the
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Im enjoying the
best day of my life!
OShay Davis
Eastside High athletes Luke Jackson (bronze), Thomas Hicks (gold) and OShay Davis (silver), celebrate after winning
medals in the long jump.
the smiles on their faces,
I mean thats what its
about them getting to
participate and compete
on a stage that everybody
knows. Its just great.
First time volunteer and
Greer High senior Diana
Showing them
is better than just
stacking them up as
I go.
Hal Endsley
Artist
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Artist Hal Endsley will exhibit his paintings at Greer Community Ministries through the
end of May. The works will be available for sale and proceeds will benefit the Meals on
Wheels program.
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Folk-rock trio barleycove will perform at Sundays Unplugged this week from 2-4 p.m. at Chapman Cultural Center.
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BARLEYCOVE TO PLAY
FREE CONCERT SUNDAY
barleycove, a folk-rock
trio of the Carolinas, will
play a free concert at Chapman Cultural Center Sunday, May 1, 2-4 p.m. as part
of the venues weekly Sundays Unplugged program.
Described as modern
folk and Americana with
tinges of classic rock in
the vein of Fleetwood
Mac, barleycove seeks to
merge the sounds of the
70s with the influences
of this age. barleycove
is the creation of singersongwriter, Laura Clinton.
Heavily inspired by Damien Rice, The Civil Wars,
Ani Difranco, and Patty
Griffin, barleycove seeks
to create the intimacy and
genuine nature captured
by these artists in their
own music whether it be
through a recording or
live performance. Clinton
believes music is about
our connectivity with one
another, and that it is
through music that we can
transcend and rise above
negative
circumstances
in our lives. She truly
believes that music can
bring healing. The other
members of the band are
Jesse Thomas, a classically
trained guitarist, and Tim
Trammel, drummer. To
sample their music, please
visit barleyCoveBand.com.
Sundays
Unplugged
happens every Sunday at
Chapman Cultural Center,
1-5 p.m., and all open exhibits are free. For more
information, call 542ARTS.
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Friday
Kasa to
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SC Teen
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If walking hurts,
try water exercise
DEAR DR. ROACH: I
just wanted to touch base
with you about my diabetes. While my weight has
stayed stable around 320
pounds, my sugar numbers have been increasingly hard to keep in line.
Ive maxed out on the oral
medications we use. My latest A1c was 6.6. The doctor says it should be under
6 and that our next step is
insulin. He asked me to try
to lose 50 pounds over the
next six months in order
to get my sugar back under control.
I agree and want it to
happen. Im counting calories and cutting out carbs,
and have started walking
in the morning. I know I
cant run, with no discs in
my bottom three vertebrae.
But even walking is hard.
I walk until my leg goes
numb, but I dont think it
will be enough, and I may
not even be able to keep
that up. Even walking easy
makes my hip hurt and leg
go numb after about 20
minutes. -- S.A.
ANSWER: I am surprised
by your doctors advice,
because its very clear now
(from the ACCORD study)
that an A1c (a measure of
average sugar levels) of 7
percent has lower overall
risks than an A1c of 6 percent for someone like you.
Exercise is always good,
and my first thought is
water. Getting in a pool
will take pressure off your
back, and you should be
able to swim, walk in the
water or do water-exer-
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
cise classes to your hearts
content.
Readers: Start reaping
the benefits of exercise
the moment you begin.
To learn more, order the
booklet on Aerobics, Fitness and Abdominal Exercises by writing: Dr. Roach
-- No. 1301W, 628 Virginia
Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.
Enclose a check or money
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DEAR DR. ROACH: What
can you tell me about laser iridotomy for angleclosure glaucoma? What
are the risks? What is the
success rate? Any other
things that would help
make a decision? -- J.K.
ANSWER: Glaucoma is
increased pressure inside
the eye. Without treatment, it damages the optic
nerve and can lead to vision loss, even permanent
blindness.
Angle-closure glaucoma
is caused by abnormal
anatomy inside the eye,
where the lens blocks
the pupil, closing the
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Greenville
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Schools is co-sponsoring
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with the Greenville Drive
and Greenville Health System.
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The
Riverside
High
School Concert Band and
Wind Ensemble have been
invited to perform in the
Inaugural SCBDA State
Concert Band Festival on
Saturday, May 7, at Irmo
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band will perform at 10:40
a.m. and the wind ensemble at 12:45 p.m.
RHS ensembles will perform three pieces of music
on stage for a panel of four
internationally-recognized
conductors. The public is
invited to attend.
Twenty-nine
South
Carolina high
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state festival.
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Thousands of District
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thanks to the generosity
of District Five staff members and the Teacher Forum.
Through a recent book
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