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Ray Orvin, chief of Renewable Water Resources, on the sewer authority’s decision to use a “purple pipe” water reclamation system to recycle highly treated wastewater for other purposes, such as irrigation, toilet flushing, or replenishing groundwater basins.

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Converse College is working hard to weed out student cheating and plagia-rism before it reaches the scale recent-ly encountered by Harvard University, where 125 students accused of collabo-rating on a spring take-home exam are under investigation.

Converse routinely gives take-home exams, said Laine Sowell, a rising se-nior and chair of the student discipline committee that tries suspected cases of cheating or plagiarism.

“But we also have an honor code that each student signs at the start of their freshman year,” she said. “It hangs on the wall at Wilson Hall for their four years here.

“I’ve found myself going down there to look at my signature on that docu-ment when I’ve got a particularly hard assignment, and recommend that to students who are struggling.”

Converse students face the same kinds of pressures that students at larger, more famous schools face, said a panel consisting of school President Betsy Fleming, Dean of Students Molly Duesterhaus, and Melissa Walker, for-mer Johnson Professor of History.

“The incentives are the same for our students,” said Duesterhaus. “There is the pressure of grades, scholarship pressures and the attitude that you do whatever it takes to get there.”

Major schools, including the na-tional military academies, have all had their share of cheating scandals, and the Converse panel agreed that the greatest problem is with incoming freshmen.

Many are unprepared for the in-creased pressures of college life, some have not had training in proper attri-bution in college papers, and others just have no idea what an honor code really means.

“Last year we had about a dozen cas-es come before the committee,” Sowell said. “Action was taken in about half of the cases.”

Plagiarism is the greatest issue for most students, Walker said. “In a small school like ours, where professors quickly come to know a student’s writ-ing style, this is easier to catch than at a larger school.

“In the day of the internet, plagia-rism is actually easier to catch than in the past,” she said. “All a professor has to do is type in a phrase and all the similar phrases pop up.”

Fleming said a drop in ethics stan-dards on all levels of society plays a role, too.

“At Converse, students have to own it (the honor code) and live it,” Sowell said.

It’s tough for students to judge other students in honors violations, Sowell said. “We have a rule that members of the board can disqualify themselves if they feel they can’t make an impartial judgment. They can just walk out of the room, no questions asked.”

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The real danger to the republicIt was the Democrats’ poor luck that the Labor Department’s August jobs re-

port landed before the convention confetti was vacuumed away. But the depress-ing numbers serve to remind us that returning the economy to a sound footing remains the biggest challenge facing the next president.

� e job of American voters over the next two months is to decide who that man will be. � e choice will be made by a narrow slice of the electorate, as the majority of the voting public is polarized to a draw that pre-exists Election 2012 by decades.

A staggering degree of venom has infused the last three presidential elections, and the shouting hasn’t stopped. Voters guard a stash of nonnegotiables each con-siders good and right and true, and the party and candidate who disagrees is a danger to the republic.

� at attitude – that ideological polarization which says the opposing side is not just wrong, but traitorous – is the real danger to the republic, because it makes working a solution to our nation’s � scal crisis impossible.

� is is a crisis of daunting proportions. � e kind of reforms that will be re-quired to alleviate it demand bipartisan compromise in the real sense of both words – not “I won, so do what I say,” but respectful, true-faith negotiations that realize � nding common ground means neither side gets everything it wants. Not capitulation, not surrender, but the � rm recognition that consensus is the only legitimate way to lead a divided nation.

President Obama has not helped this country or himself by blaming Wash-ington gridlock on Republican intransigence when he has been intransigent – starting with his “I won” reply to Republican ideas on the stimulus package his � rst month in o� ce. Obama’s was not the only election in 2008. American voters elected Congress, too, in 460 individual contests that year that also re� ected the will of the people. � e branches of government are co-equal. Presidents don’t rule. � ey are as e� ective as their ability to persuade.

A talent de� cit in that area is less important when one party controls Congress and the White House; health care reform did become law without a single Re-publican vote. But the 2010 elections guaranteed a divided government will greet the president in 2013, be it Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. A divided electorate inevitably forces shared power. � e voters have seen to it in 24 of the past 32 years, thanks to a shi� ing mass of independents who form the ignored center of our scorched-earth politics.

We owe them our gratitude, because to gain any kind of public acceptance, tough reforms require both parties’ � ngerprints. Solving this nation’s � scal crisis long-term will require painful tradeo� s on taxes and entitlements – which can happen only if Republicans and Democrats leap together.

As for the economy, the August jobs numbers are one more reminder that more of the same will not work. � e national unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent only because 368,000 Americans abandoned the search. � e labor participation rate – the percentage of the civilian working-age population either working or looking for work – fell to 65.3 percent, the lowest in 30 years. Mean-while, TD Economics warned that South Carolina’s leading regional indicators signal a “substantial slowdown” on the horizon.

Our presidential candidates o� er starkly di� erent visions for the future. � is will be an ideological election. But when it’s over, the winner will face a still-polarized nation, a divided government and an economy in a defensive crouch. How each will deal with that daunting combo is the most important question le� to ask.

“Government Is Not the Answer,” proclaims a magnet on the back of my neighbor’s car. In the Aug. 31 issue of the Journal, an opinion was published with a similar theme. It stated, “Gov-ernment cannot fix what’s wrong with this country. It is ‘we, the people’ who have the right and the responsibility to make this country a better place.”

Using a quote from the preamble to the U.S. Constitution is an interesting irony if you consider that the quote continues as “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union...” and directly implies that our government IS “we the peo-ple.” Our Constitution and the form of government it establishes exist to allow us to govern ourselves. Thus to say government can’t fix what’s wrong, followed by saying we have to do it ourselves, makes government a villain while also saying we, the government, can do it better.

Earlier in the same opinion, the au-thor suggests ways to “improve our own corner of the world” by doing such noble deeds as volunteering at a soup kitchen or taking in a pregnant teen-ager. While these are marvelous acts of kindness, this personal approach to changing the world has extreme limita-tions. If we volunteer at a soup kitchen, it helps someone temporarily avoid hunger and helps us feel good about ourselves, but does nothing to address the larger problem of helping folks find a job, get training after losing one, or stay warm when the shelters are full.

Suppose a homeless woman does find a job. Does she have a place to shower before work? How does she get to work? Who takes care of her chil-dren while she’s there? Are we willing to improve our corner of the world ev-ery morning by giving someone a ride to work and watching her kids while she recovers her financial stability?

Similarly, can we as individuals pay the tab for someone who’s had an ac-cident that resulted in large medical expenses, a lost job and lost medical insurance? When many of us are con-

cerned about our own jobs and finan-cial stability, who is able to pay for someone else’s children’s doctor visits, inoculations, or school clothes?

Consider instead that we ask a reli-gious or civic organization to contrib-ute money. This money will be used to help people in trouble, maybe by giv-ing them a place to live, paying their medical needs while they get back on their feet, and financing a six-month training program and a few months of assistance while they work and save money. With a large organization this means only a few dollars a week out of most peoples’ pockets. Some form of this is happening right now all around the U.S.

Now replace the phrase “religious or civic organization” with the word “government.” Suddenly the assistance is a “government giveaway” and the person getting assistance is a “dead-beat on welfare.” “Government” is a bad word. In truth, the big difference is only that instead of contributions, the help is collected as taxes.

Why are taxes to help people con-sidered bad and taxes for war good? Some help cannot be done “one com-munity at a time.” If we wish to be a caring and successful society, we must act together. Believe it or not, collec-tive citizen action is also good for the economy. To quote former President Clinton whose presidency had four years of fiscal surplus, “there’s not a single example on the planet of a suc-cessful economy that runs on the anti-government model.”

Brian (Al) Lowe is a father, husband and engineer in the

Greenville area. He is deeply concerned about

the future of his children and his country.

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Art Exhibit: TransitionsThe Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg presents local artists Robyn Spence and Eddie Schrieffer’s Transitions: Coast to Mill Towns, Sept. 4-28, Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free for public viewing. These oil paintings depict South Carolina coastal and mill village scenes. Reception: ArtWalk on Thur., Sept. 20, 5-9 p.m., free.

Contemporary Still Life ExhibitDr. Henry Fagen curated this exhibit of still life paintings, collected from artists from all over the country. In partnership, the Spartanburg Art Museum and USC Upstate will show portions of this fine example of one of art’s most well-known genres. At SAM, the exhibit runs thru Oct. 20 and is open Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Reception: Thurs., Sept. 20, during ArtWalk.

Art Exhibit: School District 4Every month, a different student exhibit is hosted at the Chapman Cultural Center. It is always free and open Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This month, see the work of students from Spartanburg School District 4. Aug. 29-Oct. 7.

Threads of Our HeritageFiber Artist Jody Raines presents a collection of 10 landscape quilts and five thread paintings on silk. Free and open to the public Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m. 5 p.m. at the Chapman Cultural Center. Aug. 29-Oct. 7. Reception: Thurs., Sept. 20, during ArtWalk.

The King and IThe Spartanburg Little Theatre kicks off its season with this Broadway-classic musical. It’s the romatic story about a charming tutor, a headstrong King, and a lot of children, set in the exotic Orient. Expect a sellout! Fri. & Sat., Sept. 14 & 15, @ 8 p.m. Sun., Sept. 16, @ 3 p.m. In the David W. Reid Theatre.

Campfire at the Price HouseSummer is coming to an end and so are campfires. To have this truly unique experience, visit the Price House on Friday, Sept. 14, starting about 7:30 p.m. Special treat: Explore the night sky and its history with Alison Monahan, physicist and astronomy expert from the Spartanburg Science Center. Hear about the constellations (star-gaze if conditions are right) and the history of artificial light. Brought to you by the Spartanburg County Historical Association.

Seay House SaturdayThe Seay House is the oldest house in Spartanburg. It is only open to the public on special days. Saturday, Sept. 15 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) is one of those days. Located at 106 Darby Road, it is the farmstead of the three maiden Seay sisters in the late 1800s. It is a fine example of life in Spartanburg back in the day. Donations are appreciated by the Spartanburg County Historical Association.

ArtWalkOn the third Thursday of each month, the art galleries around town stay open until 9 p.m. so art lovers can see what’s new. On Thursday, Sept. 20, be sure to stop by the Chapman Cultural Center to see… The Spartanburg Art Museum, which will have Contemporary Still Life Exhibit (with reception and Art Talk by curator Dr. Fagen) and the opening night of the Guild’s 39th Juried Show; Transitions in the Guild Gallery (with reception by artists Eddie Schrieffer and Robyn Spence); Threads of Our Heritage (quilts and silk paintings by Jody Raines, who will host a reception); the Spartanburg Regional History Museum; and student art by Spartanburg School District 4. It’s all free, 5-9 p.m.

Secrets from the RepositoryThe Spartanburg Regional History Museum has secrets to tell. Actually, it has a huge collection of artifacts. Some are always on display. Some are shown as needed. Others, well, they don’t get out much. From Sept. 18-Nov. 3, those seldom-seen artifacts will take center stage. Catch ’em while you can, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Chapman Cultural Center.

The potential effects of climate change are peeking at Upstate residents through depleted mountain lakes and low groundwater levels, particularly in the Savannah River basin, experts say.

How much of an issue this will be-come for Upstate residents is a matter of viewpoint.

“Water is just too valuable to just be used once,” said Ray Orvin, chief of Renew-able Water Resources (REWA), a regional sewer authority. Consequently, REWA is making plans to bring a “purple pipe” wa-ter reclamation system online to provide outflow from the Mauldin Road treatment plant for irrigation and industrial use to customers in REWA’s service area.

Sue G. Schneider, general manager of the Spartanburg Water System, has no plans to use purple pipe systems to con-serve, since the system’s treatment plants are not located near potential users.

She also said her drinking water sup-ply is adequate for the next 75 years.

“A lot of this has to do with which river basin you’re in,” she said. “In the Savannah Basin they’ve had problems. Rainfall here in the Broad River basin has been normal this summer and all of our lakes have stayed at full pool.”

Lake Jocassee is down 25 feet, a reper-cussion of the severe drought in neigh-boring Georgia and the demands of keeping Lake Keowee artificially high to meet requirements for cooling reactors at the Oconee Nuclear Station.

Lower than normal flows from the four small mountain rivers that feed Jo-cassee play a role, too.

“What we’re seeing now with our wa-ter supply is what you’d expect as an ef-fect of climate change,” said Richard Hil-derman, a retired Clemson professor of genetics who has made the study of the science behind climate change his new-est area of interest.

“Long term, drought cycles and higher temperatures tend to deplete the aquifer and that, in turn results in lower flows in rivers and streams,” he said. “The pre-dicted increase in severe rainfall events we are experiencing now produce tre-mendous amounts of water that quickly runs off without sinking in.”

Differing views on the state of water supplies, particularly between suppliers and would-be providers, points to one

of the major problems in managing the state’s water, environmental groups say.

“To protect property values, Geor-gia must maintain water as a public re-source; our rivers and aquifers are not a commodity that can be bought and sold to the highest bidder,” the Georgia Water Coalition said in a 2008 report coming on the heels of one of the most severe droughts in recent regional history.

South Carolina still has not reached the level of water management being prac-ticed by neighboring states, although the Legislature did pass a water withdrawal bill in 2010 in response to potential liti-gation with North Carolina over use of rivers with headwaters in that state.

The most effective tool for the state has been the Drought Response Committee, which monitors conditions around the state and alerts various water systems when vol-untary conservation measures are needed.

The committee is a reactive – rather than a proactive – group.

Georgia forced draconian mea-sures on water users during the severe drought of the early 21st century. The state cut golf course irrigation, a mea-sure never contemplated in South Caro-lina, even though drought watchers say the drought was just as severe here, par-ticularly in the Upstate and neighboring North Carolina highlands.

A draft report in 2008 by the Water Al-location Study team of the N.C. Environ-mental Review Commission found that strong population and commercial growth in the headwaters leaves water systems

with few options for additional supply.The report’s authors pointed to the

high-growth, quickly urbanizing ar-eas in North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. These are “largely concentrated in the Pied-mont … and tend to be located on much smaller streams,” they wrote.

“At the same time, they sit on rock that is hard and is underlain by relatively non-productive groundwater sources. In oth-er words, they are not in optimal places from a water supply point of view. Their growth has depended historically on the normally ample supply of annual precipi-tation that North Carolina receives. As North Carolinians from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the fall line have seen all too well in the past decade, it only takes a few months of rainfall shortages to put some water systems in the Piedmont un-der great stress,” the report said.

Orvin said other states, such as Flor-ida, which has made it illegal to dump sewer plant outflows back into rivers, have taken stronger conservation stands than South Carolina.

“In Florida, treated water must be disbursed using purple pipe systems or ground disbursal systems. They have taken a stand down there that water should be used as many times as pos-sible before being returned to the (natu-ral) system,” he said.

Schneider said downstream users would be impaired by reusing water in the Upstate, a charge Orvin denies.

“The water eventually finds its way back into the natural system,” he said.

As the National Wildlife Federation noted in 2008, “The second major drought of the last decade is a wake-up call for the Southeast United States, showing the re-gion’s vulnerability due to its reliance on scarce supplies of fresh water.

“The region has been operating un-der the best-case water availability for the last 50 years, during which drought conditions were relatively rare. But the region has historically experienced reg-ular droughts. Global warming is the fu-ture wildcard, potentially causing both more extremely dry periods and more heavy rainfall events. At the same time, warming-induced sea-level rise will in-crease the risk of saltwater intrusion into important groundwater aquifers.”

Contact Charles Sowell at [email protected]

Seeking solutions for a thirsty regionLong-term drought cycles force states to rethink conservation measures

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Lake Jocassee is down 25 feet due to the severe drought in neighboring Georgia and the demands of keeping Lake Keowee artifi-cially high to meet requirements for cooling reactors at the Oconee Nuclear Station.

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CITY COUNCILFROM THE SEPTEMBER 10 MEETING

Spartanburg City Council got their � rst look at a new redistricting plan for the city Monday when Bobby Bowers of the state Budget and Control Board O� ce of Research and Statistics presented a � rst dra� to council.

Bowers told council the plan is theirs to work with and changes could still be imple-mented. “But I urge you to make sure you don’t change minority districts,” he said.

Once accepted by council, the plan will be presented to the U.S. Justice Depart-ment for review under provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act.

A hearing on the plan is set for Oct. 4 at 4:30 p.m. at City Hall, when Bowers and others from the Budget and Control Board are scheduled to appear again. � e public is invited to present questions at the meeting, to be held in the city’s training room.

In other business, council approved an ordinance at � rst reading to amend the zoning of 1585 East Main St. to allow National Bank to sell the property for conver-sion to a restaurant.

Council also voted to allow the city manager to execute a deed transferring two vacant lots in the Timberlake Subdivision to the Lower Spartanburg County Habi-tat for Humanity.

Council also approved a change to the tattoo facilities de� nition to include body piercing. � e standards for body piercing parlors are only allowed in industrial districts and must meet the same distance requirements as Internet cafes: Piercing establishments cannot locate within 1,000 feet of a religious institution or church; school or day care center; boundary of a residential district; a property line of a lot containing a structure having a residential use; public park or recreation area; hospital, doctor’s o� ce or medical center; public building; nursing home; youth activity center; and any property listed on the National Register of Historic Places or listed as historic by the City of Spartanburg. � ey also can’t locate within 1,000 feet of another tattoo parlor or another body piercing facility.

� e penalty for violating the body piercing facility restrictions is a maximum � ne of $500 or 30 days in jail.

Spartanburg City Council next meets on Sept. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in chambers at City Hall, 145 W. Broad St.


� e state Forestry Commission’s year-ly tree seedling sale should make wan-nabe foresters’ ears perk up as the sale is underway in anticipation of tree plant-ing season.

Orders are being taken now for state residents and will get underway for out-of- state buyers on Oct. 1.

Remaining in-state customers should get their orders in to the Commission within the next threes weeks while their chances of getting the stock they want are high. � e Commission’s Taylor Nursery, located near Trenton, grows more than 30 varieties of trees, includ-ing pines, hardwoods, and Christmas-tree species.

Taylor Nursery is one of the state’s leading providers of hardwood seed-lings and containerized longleaf pine

seedlings.While Taylor Nursery is a state-run

facility, it is funded entirely through seedling sales. Each year the nursery sows enough seedlings to meet the es-timated need of S.C. forest landown-ers. Sales are opened up to out-of-state customers later in the season to sell any surplus.

Foresters with the Commission strongly recommend late-fall and early-winter planting for better seedling sur-vival.

Orders may be scheduled for UPS shipping or for pickup at the Com-mission’s Taylor Nursery in Edge� eld County beginning in December.

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Wofford College has named the Presi-dential Search Committee to find a suc-cessor for Dr. Benjamin B. Dunlap, who announced his retirement effective at the end of June next year.

The committee started work in late August.

Dunlap is the 10th president of the college and will retain his appointment as the Chapman Family Professor in the Humanities. After a yearlong sabbatical, he will return to teaching at Wofford.

The Wofford Board of Trustees has ap-proved the appointment of these search

committee members:R. Michael James, a 1973 graduate and

former trustee, who will serve as search committee chairman. He is a founding partner of WEDGE Capital Management in Charlotte, N.C.

The Rev. Dr. B. Mike Alexander Jr., a 1973 Wofford graduate and a member of the Wofford Board of Trustees. He is a minister at Belin United Methodist Church in Murrells Inlet, S.C.

Charles J. Bradshaw Sr., a 1959 gradu-ate and a retired business executive from Spartanburg; Linville, N.C.; and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Dr. Ellen S. Goldey, the William R. Ke-

nan Professor of Biology and chair of the Department of Biology at Wofford.

Laura Jackson Hoy of Myrtle Beach, S.C., a Wofford trustee.

Dr. Joab M. Lesesne Jr., president emeritus of Wofford College.

Ronald L. Norman, a member of the Class of 2013 and president of Wofford’s Campus Union student government organization.

Corry W. Oakes III, a 1989 graduate and a trustee. He is a partner in OTO Development LLC of Spartanburg.

Stanley E. Porter, a 1989 graduate and a trustee. He is a consultant with Deloitte & Touche in Chevy Chase, Md.

The Rev. Dr. Ronald R. Robinson, the

Perkins-Prothro Chaplain and Professor of Religion at Wofford and a 1978 graduate.

Edward B. Wile, a 1973 graduate and a trustee. He is senior vice president for UBS Financial Services in Atlanta.

Dr. Dennis M. Wiseman, the Reeves Family Professor of Foreign Languages and dean of the Center for Innovation and Learning at Wofford.

Serving as an ex officio member of the committee is J. Harold Chandler of Kiawah Island, S.C., a 1971 graduate and chairman of the Wofford Board of Trustees.


Wofford begins search for Dunlap’s successorBy CHarles sowell | staff

The 25 or so kids and mothers who had gathered in the top floor of the In-novate Building in downtown Greenville for a back-to-school party weren’t sure what to expect. They saw the boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts on the counter, and colorful book bags filled with school supplies lining the back wall of the huge room.

Although many of them didn’t know each other, they had some things in com-mon. All of the children there had fathers serving time in South Carolina’s Kershaw Correctional Institution. And the man they were about to meet, Cyril Prabhu, wanted to help make sure each of those kids stays out of prison – and makes it to college.

Prabhu’s organization, Proverbs 226, cites data that shows that, without care or intervention, between 50 and 70 per-cent of children with an incarcerated par-ent would themselves end up in prison someday. The danger is even greater for school dropouts, the data shows.

“We wanted to stop that cycle,” said Prabhu.

The group’s single-minded mission – to develop kids with incarcerated par-ents into college graduates – explains its name, Prabhu said. “Proverbs 226” refers

to chapter 22, verse 6 in the Bible book of Proverbs: “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

That mission in-cludes encouraging the child and the father to mend their

relationship. The father is urged to re-main a “positive influence,” even behind prison walls, Prabhu said.

“I tell this all the time to the dads in Kershaw. I tell them that we are in this together. Nobody can do this in silence.”

“Most of the dads I know, I understand the struggles that they go through,” said Jody Jackson, who returned to Greenville just weeks ago after spending eight years in Kershaw on drug-related charges. “I understand how hard the communication problem is sometimes, especially to com-municate that message that you really love your children, that you can’t wait to get home and you want the best for them.”

The Proverbs 226 challenge “is to make sure that the children don’t wind up in the predicament that the father has found himself in – that I found myself in,” Jackson said.

The Proverbs 226 vision is to “engage, encourage, educate and enable” the child. Prabhu engages the children and their caregivers with a “Caregiver Commitment Letter” to be signed by both adult and child, outlining expectations and behav-iors for both. Proverbs 226 then will assign each child a mentor, an advocate who can guide the child toward available education advantages, such as a primary interven-

tion program (PIP) to help him get indi-vidualized attention if necessary. Later on, the children will meet specialists who can help with federal student loans for college. Throughout the process, the child will have opportunities to add to his college fund.

Launched in Charlotte, N.C., where Prabhu works as a senior vice president for Bank of America, the program has expanded to work with children of Kershaw inmates in Charles-ton and Columbia – and now, Greenville and Spartanburg. Jackson will serve as the “City Champion” for the Upstate, helping to coor-dinate activities on the ground.

“I really just want to do whatever I can to help,” Jackson said. “Because when I was there, people helped me and they kept my family intact and communicat-ing, and I just want to give back.”

Prabhu, who grew up in Chennai in In-dia, experienced firsthand the hardships of having an absent parent. “When I was six months old, my father left my mom,” he said. “In India, if you have a child without the mother and the father living together, the child becomes illegal. Meaning the child doesn’t get any support from anybody.”

Help from an Australian couple he never met, who sent him $35 a month in sponsorship money, inspired him to someday help others.

“I’m doing this,” he said, “because somebody did this for me.”

After completing college in India, an-other transformative experience hap-pened a few months after Prabhu moved to the United States in 1993. An electron-ics store he was in was robbed at gunpoint, and soon the trauma of the event sank in.

“I really wanted to go back home,” he said. “But I slowly turned from being

fearful to being very strongly convinced that I should do something. Because these kids don’t have resources, it’s their poverty that’s causing them to do this.”

After several years of ministries within the prison system, Prabhu – who recently became a U.S. citizen – launched Proverbs 226 in January, and is currently working with about 400 children and their fami-lies throughout the Carolinas.

“The best part is just the excitement of seeing the children, and their faces when we get to hand them the bags,” said Linda Jones, who has been with Proverbs 226 from the start. “It’s especially touching because these book bags have been packed by their fathers. And there’s a letter in there from the father to the child. These kids need that reassur-ance. They’re missing that. And they need to know that their father loves them.”

To learn more about Proverbs 226, visit www.proverbs226.org.

Contact Jerry Salley at [email protected].

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By CHARLES SOWELL | staff

City o� cials and hundreds of residents in the Highlands community came to-gether to celebrate the rebirth of Edward C. Stewart Sr. Park last Saturday.

� e renovations came a� er Spartan-burg city o� cials decided to take over management again from the Spartan-burg County Recreation Department and launched a $1.63 million renova-tion of Stewart Park.

Denny’s Corporation donated $20,000 toward the project and the city also got a $29,000 state parks grant.

� e renovated park now features a multipurpose � eld, a basketball court, a playground, a swing set and an inter-active fountain with a sundial, along with a pavilion and picnic area.

According to a biography of Stewart by his family, the community activist was a Seneca native. He met his future wife, Johnnye Code, while attending Benedict College. � e pair married and had four children.

Stewart received a master’s degree from New York University and became an educator and coach in Spartanburg School District 7, where he taught at Highland Elementary School, Cum-ming Street School, and Jenkins and Carver junior high schools, according to the biography. He also managed the Spartanburg City Pool, where Stew-

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Spartanburg City Council took an adroit step in the statewide gambling wars this week, voting on Monday to set up zoning rules that would allow Internet gaming – provided the devices themselves pass muster with law enforcement.

City fathers are betting there will be no flood of applications since the Inter-net cafes would be relegated to industri-al zones with tough rules on incidentals like parking.

“We could have a flood of applica-tions once this takes effect,” said Kathy Hoefer McCabe, city attorney. “But we don’t think we will because of the other rules that go into effect.”

The current temporary ban on Inter-net gaming will expire when the new rule takes effect.

“You can only extend a temporary measure so many times, and the Legis-lature is not going to take this up again until after the first of the year,” she said.

The chaos around the state on Internet gambling created by conflicting judicial rulings and the Legislature’s refusal to in-tervene with a clarifying law forced the city to move to protect itself, officials said.

“We just don’t know when some judge or state lawmakers will make this legal or illegal,” said City Manager Ed Memott.

The new law amending Section 512 of the Regulations for Video Casinos

and Poker Machines will force Internet gaming promoters into narrowly drawn locations with tough rules defining op-eration that include:

Limiting locations to light industrial districts and heavy industrial districts with no cafe within 1,000 feet of the following: a religious institution or church; school or day care center; boundary of a residential district; a property line of a lot containing a structure having a residential use; public park or recreation area; hospital, doctor’s office or medical center; public building; nursing home; youth activity center; and any property listed on the National Reg-ister of Historic Places or listed as historic by the City of Spartanburg.

Spartanburg city staff and the zoning commission were pressured into action in part due to conflicting rulings issued by Greenville County magistrates on In-ternet cafes.

“There are so many types of these devic-es that we felt the need to act,” Hoefer said. “Law enforcement will show up shortly af-ter a business of this type opens their doors and it will then be left up to police and the courts to determine the legality.”

Other rules that will go into effect in-clude a requirement that Internet gaming be the primary use of the business and that there will be no alcohol sales. Rules to en-sure adequate parking are also included.


Spartanburg City Council zones for video gamblingBy CHarles sowell | staff

art encouraged students to “strive for academic excellence.”

Stewart died Sept. 9, 1996.As hundreds of area residents strolled

the park, Stewart family members and city officials took part in the ribbon-cutting that marked the park’s official opening.

The city hopes to connect neighbor-hoods with a string of parks around the city. The Highlands community suffered from high crime rates for years, as have surrounding areas. City officials said one of the purposes of the new park is to give the youths of depressed sections of town a place to gather and work out their problems in a positive way.

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Greenville, SC 29601 or email: [email protected]

� e Glendale Outdoor Leadership School and Palmetto Conservation Foun-dation will host Paddling for Progress on Sept. 26 in Spartanburg. Paddling for Progress is a series of workshops with a main focus on education about paddling and blueways in South Carolina. � e series will include a mobile workshop on the Pacolet River Paddle Trail and paddle trips along the trail. To register, visit www.palmettoconservation.org/paddlingforprogress_registration.htm.

Road Rally 26 – Pirates of the CAR-ibbean, will be held Sunday, Sept. 16, start-ing at 3:30 p.m. � e event will bene� t the Charles Lea Center. A dinner at Gerhard’s Cafe will follow the rally. Cost is $50 per person and sponsorships are available. For more information, contact Charles Lea Foundation President Cyndi Beacham at 864-562-2278 or [email protected].

Alison Monahan, physicist and astronomy expert from the Spartanburg Science Center, will tell stories of the constellations and about the history of arti� cial light at the Friday Camp� re at Price House on Sept. 14. � ere will be a tour at 7:30 p.m. and camp� re at 8:30 p.m., rain or shine. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for ages 5-17. For more information, call 864-542-ARTS.

On Monday, Sept. 17, 6-8 p.m. the Foothills Civil War Roundtable presents Em-ily Cooper speaking on her book, “Queen of the Lost: � e Story of Lucy Holcombe Pickens,” at Wo� ord College. Dinner will be 6:30-7:15 p.m. and the program 7:15-8 p.m. � e cost of dinner and the program is $23; the program only is $5. To make reservations, contact Juanita Pesaro at pesarojb@wo� ord.edu or 864-597-4207.

Glenn Springs Academy will host the � rst annual Upstate Mud Run. Teams of four will compete in the 5K run. All proceeds from the run will bene� t Glenn Springs Academy. � e Upstate Mud Run will be held on Saturday, Oct. 20, at USC Upstate in Spartanburg. For more information, call 864-583-4367, email [email protected] or visit www.upstatemudrun.com.

AFL recently presented a gi� of $8,000 to the Cancer Support Community, an international nonpro� t dedicated to providing support, education and hope to people a� ected by cancer. As part of AFL’s new “Volunteers Choose” program, AFL associates who participated in volunteer programs during the last � scal year were given the opportunity to vote on the nonpro� t of their choice to receive the gi� .

� e Upstate Chapter of Wildlife Action, Inc. presents Fall Pioneer Day at Lost Acres, a day of fun and educational events for children ages 7 and up on Sept. 29 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required as space is limited. Cost is $12 per child or $10 each for two children or more. A hot-dog lunch is provided. Registration deadline for individuals is Sept. 21 and Sept. 14 for groups. Visit www.wlaupstate.org.

� e Boys Home of the South Bull Riding Invitational will be held Sept. 21-22 at the T. Ed Gar-rison Arena. All proceeds will go to the Boys Home of the South in Belton. Special guest Rob Smets will be present to share his story. Tickets are $10 at the door, and kids 10 and under are admitted free. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the bull-ride will begin at 7:30 p.m. To learn more about the event, visit www.brownfamilyministries.org.

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BI-LO Charities, which has raised more than $63 million with its Char-ity Classic golf tournament, is being merged with the charity of Winn-Dixie, the Florida-based supermarket BI-LO acquired, the company con� rmed.

It is expected, but could not be con-� rmed at press time, that the BI-LO Foundation will be disbanded and ad-ministration of the combined charity will move to Jacksonville, Fla., where the merged company is headquartered.

� e company said the 30th anniversary BI-LO Classic will be held in the Upstate next year as scheduled, but under the combined foundation’s administration.

“Going forward as one foundation, there will be one annual charity golf tournament for the company’s suppli-ers and vendors beginning in 2013,” the company told the Journal.

According to BI-LO, “the inaugural tournament” of the combined charity will be in Greenville next June, but “the tournament location may alter-nate between Greenville and Jackson-ville in future years.” More specific plans “will follow.”

BI-LO, Winn-Dixie join charitiesCharity Classic golf tournament may alternate between Greenville and Jacksonville By DICK HUGHES | senior business writer

By DICK HUGHES | senior business writer

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The Rosenfeld Einstein leadership team, from left: Dan Einstein, president; Nathan Einstein, co-founder and current chairman, and Howard Einstein, principal.

MERGER KEEPS BUSINESS IN THE FAMILYMeet the new bosses at Rosenfeld Einstein – same as the old bosses

Eighteen months ago, Rosenfeld Einstein received a phone call much like so many others it had received over the years. � e answer, as usual, was, “No, we are not interested in selling or merging. � ank you for calling. Goodbye.”

An investment bank in New York wanted to introduce the family that has owned the Greenville insurance agency for 79 years to a new approach by an interested party.

“� ey were just another person call-ing us on the phone,” said Howard Ein-stein, one of three family principals. “It was interesting, but they would not tell us what the model was.”

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said yes. So it was that one of Green-ville’s oldest continuously operated family businesses was acquired by the Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA), a subsidiary of global insurance broker Marsh Inc., which is a division of the $11 billion professional services con-glomerate Marsh McLennan.

� e deal was announced Monday. Terms were not disclosed.

Yes, Einstein told the Journal, the sale ends three generations of family owner-ship, and that outcome was the main – and only – argument against the sale.

But he said the new approach MMA o� ered that the other suitors did not was this: “We get to keep all of our people. We get to keep our culture. We still get to run the business.”

Rosenfeld Einstein will bene� t from resources MMA o� ers to keep pace with a rapidly changing market ushered in by the A� ordable Health Care Act, Einstein said. He is convinced changes brought about by the act will survive in whole or, if it is repealed, in part.

MMA’s global resources also will ben-efit Rosenfeld Einstein’s growing list of foreign companies with operations in the Upstate and elsewhere in South Carolina, he said.

“If a client doesn’t need the resources we have access to, then nothing changes. If they do, we can bring them to the table and meet them. Be a better partner. � is is really what this is all about.”

Serious negotiations did not begin until six months ago, the 48-year-old Einstein said. In the end, he, his father Nathan, 76, and his brother Daniel, 51, had to come to grips with “whether we can get over emotionally doing this deal. � at was the only con.”

He said the advantages for the business, employees and clients “kept growing and growing and growing. We have access to global markets. With health care reform, we get all their tools and resources with the changes that are coming.”

What MMA gets is its � rst foothold in South Carolina with one of the state’s largest insurance agencies.

Created in 2008, MMA is acquiring independent agencies in middle markets where the company has not had a pres-ence. Einstein Rosenfeld is MMA’s 21st acquisition.

“As a well-managed and growing enter-prise with a strong platform of property/casualty and employee bene� ts and a rep-utation for service excellence, Rosenfeld Einstein is a perfect � t to join MMA in the mid-Atlantic,” said � omas R. Brown,

a senior MMA executive, in a statement.David Eslick, chairman and CEO of

MMA, was instrumental in putting the deal together. He came to Greenville early in the negotiations to assure the Einsteins they would retain control under the MMA umbrella, Howard Einstein said.

“� at’s what is unique about it. � ey recognize that a lot of our clients don’t know who Marsh & McLennan is. We get to use their brand if we need it, but the

reality is people know who we are, and we get to keep all of our people and all of our resources,” he said. “� at is not typically what happens in a merger and acquisition.”

MMA made sure the family stayed: “� e way they structured it for us, it is too lucrative to leave,” Einstein said.

As an indication of the priority MMA put on acquiring Rosenfeld Einstein, all MMA representatives traveled from their White Plains, N.Y., headquarters to Greenville for negotiations.

“I didn’t need to go” to White Plains, said Howard. “� ey want to be part of this community; I don’t want to be part of theirs.”

When the Einsteins brought employees

together to tell them about the deal, he said, their � rst concern was losing the company’s family culture.

Before they agreed to the transac-tion, the Einsteins talked to � ve � rms already acquired by MMA to deter-mine if MMA’s model worked as ad-vertised. “One thing that was common was all those cultures remained the same,” Einstein said. “What they do and how they manage their people.”

Rosenfeld Einstein’s roots date to 1933 when William Rosenfeld started an insurance agency in Asheville, N.C., moving to Greenville � ve years later. His son-in-law Nathan Einstein joined the company in 1958, became president in 1974, and is now the chairman.

Howard Einstein now holds the title of principal and oversees the bene� ts business. Daniel Einstein runs the prop-erty and casualty division, a $9-million business.

� e hierarchal titles at Rosenfeld Ein-stein are an irrelevant formality, with the three family members equal part-ners within a � at organizational struc-ture, Howard Einstein said.

“Our receptionist is just as important as my father,” he said. “I don’t have a title on my card; never have and don’t want one. My dad doesn’t have one either.”

No one has a designated parking place, everyone eats in the same lunch-room and there are no executive bath-rooms, he said. “� at’s our culture, and this is our family. It is important that we treat people with dignity. We don’t have a lot of turnover.”

� e company has 50 to 55 employees.

Contact Dick Hughes at [email protected].

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Legal Climate Gets Low Mark

� e U.S. Chamber of Commerce ranks South Carolina 39th in its an-nual index of the legal system’s fair-ness to business.

� e chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform, which pushes for business-friendly legal changes across the country, noted no change in South Carolina’s environment since its last ranking in 2010.

But it records improvement from 2008, when the chamber said the state had the 43rd worst legal cli-mate. � e 2012 index was released this week.

California, Illinois and West Vir-ginia have “some of the worst legal climates” and Delaware has the best, the chamber said.

In 2011, the S.C. Legislature passed and Gov. Nikki Haley signed changes in the state’s civil litigation laws, putting a cap of $500,000 on punitive damages or three times compensatory damages.

� e law permits some exceptions. If a defendant’s actions constituted a felony, the punitive-damage cap rises to $2 million. If a defendant was under the in� uence of alcohol or drugs in committing the wrong-ful act, there is no cap.

� e tort law changes went into ef-fect in January.

New Lab Tests Car Interiors

Clemson University o� cially opened a new laboratory Tuesday at its International Center for Au-tomotive Research to test interior components built by Tier 1 suppli-ers to automakers.

� e new lab, which began opera-tion in May, includes solar simula-tion and environmental, climate and vibration testing. Clemson built the lab at a cost of $2.2 million.

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Being able to test interior components locally rather than having to send them to their own company facilities will save automakers “time and money” by faster delivery of innovations to the marketplace, said John Kelly, Clem-son’s vice president for economic development.

Innovation Award FinalistsThe InnoVision advisory board has an-

nounced finalists for the 2012 InnoVision Awards.

Finalists for technology development are Milliken of Spartanburg, Proterra of Greenville and Sealed Air Corp., which is based in New Jersey but has fa-cilities in Duncan and Simpsonville.

Milliken and Sealed Air also are � nalists for technology application. Tech-tronics Industries, which has a plant in Anderson, is the third � nalist.

Clemson University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and its So-cial Media Listening Center are � nalists in innovation in education.

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Martin Co. of Leesville, RockinBoat (Teknikem) of Laurens and � e Technol-ogy Consortium of Greenville.

Engenius and the Greenville County Library System are � nalists for com-munity service.

Winners will be announced Nov. 7 at the 2012 InnoVision Awards Dinner.

New Course Joins BMW Classic� e Reserve at Lake Keowee’s 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course

has been added to the rotation for the 2013 BMW Charity Pro-Am May 14-19.

� e 7,112-yard course replaces � e Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg, which has been on the rotation since 2008, and joins the � ornblade Club and the Greenville Country Club’s Chanticleer in the rotation.

“� e BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corp. has contributed greatly to the Upstate over the last 12 years, and � e Reserve community and our members are delighted to join such a worthy cause,” said Chuck Pigg, community manager for � e Reserve at Lake Keowee.

� e BMW Charity Pro-Am has raised $9.5 million for more than 150 chari-ties in the Upstate since 2001.

Player Resumes Course ConstructionConstruction has resumed on the Gary Player golf course at � e Cli� s at

Mountain Park, where work was suspended when � e Cli� s ran out of money.Construction was resumed as � e Cli� s Club and Hospitality Group, which

owned golf courses, clubhouses and other lifestyle amenities, came out of bankruptcy under the ownership of Silver Sun Partners.

“I have a tremendous amount of optimism for the future of � e Cli� s under the new ownership, especially our project at Mountain Park that will be open for play in the fall of next year,” Gary Player said in a statement.

Scott Ferrell, president of Gary Player Design, said close attention was paid to ensure the Mountain Park course has � rm fairways, uses less water and fertilizer and takes “full advantage of the natural characteristics of the land.”

Player’s Black Knight International headquarters are adjacent to the course, as is the Gary Player Estates enclave and the 8,000-square-foot home Player uses when in South Carolina.


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These mountain musicians aren’t just fiddlin’ aroundHagood Mill hosts South Carolina State Fiddling Championship

Bands and fiddlers had to be imported from western North Carolina in order for the Hagood Mill to have a full slate of musicians for its first old-time music festival 16 years ago.

Times have changed.On Saturday, Hagood Mill will host

the South Carolina State Fiddling Cham-pionship as a part of its 16th annual Ole Time Fiddlin’ Convention.

“Old-time music wasn’t being appreci-ated as much back then,” said Dean Wat-son, a fiddler and one of the organizers of the first Hagood Mill fiddling conven-

tion. “But there were only a couple of old-time fiddlers in the Upstate. I think we’ve restored interest in old-time mu-sic.”

The South enjoys a rich traditional musical heritage, and the Upstate has been a hotbed of tradition.

One of the last of the official old-time fiddling competitions in the Upstate was held in 1924 at Tillman Hall on the cam-pus of what was then known as Clemson College, Watson said.

Many non-musicians equate bluegrass music with old-time music, Watson said. But it’s not the same.

“Bluegrass is older than pop music, but it didn’t get its start until the 1930s

and 1940s,” Watson said. “Old-time mu-sic is pre-Civil War to 1930.”

The main difference between bluegrass and old-time music is the way the banjo and fiddle are played, he said.

Bluegrass banjo players use the three-finger roll popularized by Earl Scruggs. Old-time banjo players use the claw hammer, a high rhythm style, Watson said. Old-time fiddle players use a shuf-fle bow style.

“They both have a distinctively differ-ent sound,” Watson said. “At MerleFest, the largest on the East Coast, the music is so differentiated that they have a different stage for each. Old-time music is more of

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Peace Center concertgoers got a taste of the completed renovations at the performing arts center this week during Vince Gill’s outdoor concert at the TD Stage that kicked off the 2012-2013 season.

The Peace Center launched a capital campaign in 2010 to update the exterior and create a more open public space. Requiring a little more than a year to complete, the renovations include a revamped lobby area, a new plaza facing Main Street, an updated amphithe-ater and a patron’s lounge.

The familiar brick columns at the front of the building are now integrated into the design of the lobby, which creates more room for crowds waiting before shows and during intermissions, said lead architect Mark Timbes of the Garvin Group.

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a Blue Ridge Mountains type of music.”That makes sense, since the mill is

located about 100 yards up the Twelve Mile River, marking the beginning of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Dark Corner area of Greenville, Pickens and Oconee counties.

Although the competition doesn’t be-gin until Saturday at 10:30 a.m., musi-cians will begin arriving Friday and will participate in a “Musicians’ Gathering” on Friday night beginning at 7:30 p.m.

On Saturday, awards and cash prizes will be given to the top three perform-ers in each of the following categories: string band, guitar, “wildcat” open (any-thing musical), junior fiddle, junior open and fiddle.

The winner of the fiddle competition will be named the 2012 South Carolina State Fiddling Champion.

On Saturday, J.C. Owens, who was one of the last winners of the South Carolina State Fiddling Championships in the early 1960s when it was held at Greenville Memorial Auditorium, will perform at 10:40 a.m.

The guitar competition begins at 11 a.m. on the main stage. At the same time, the junior open will be held on the stage behind the rock art building.

At 11:45 a.m., the banjo competition will be held on the main stage, while the wildcat open adult competition will be held on the second stage.

At noon, the state Legislature resolu-tion honoring the Pickens County Cul-tural Commission for recreating the South Carolina State Fiddling Champi-onship will be presented.

Competition gets going again at 12:30 p.m. with the string band competition on the main stage and the junior fiddle competition on the second stage.

At 2 p.m., the adult fiddle competition will be held on the main stage. The sec-

ond stage will feature an open stage for youngsters and the Pickens High School Bluegrass Band.

From 3:30 to 5 p.m., playoffs between the top three guitar, banjo, wildcat open, fiddler and string band entries will be held.

The schedule is subject to change based on the number of registered competitors.

The Hagood Mill is an 1845 water-powered gristmill that will be running throughout the day. Fresh stone-ground cornmeal, grits and wheat flour will be available for purchase.

Hagood Mill also holds a monthly Third Saturday event.

Hagood Mill is three miles north of Pickens off U.S. Highway 178 at 138 Ha-good Mill Road.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum @thespartanburgjournal.com.

So you know:What: South Carolina State Fiddling Championship at the 16th Annual Ole Time Fiddlin’ Convention

Where: Hagood Mill, 138 Hagood Mill Road, Pickens

When: Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

InformatIon: 864-898-3963

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and a new public plaza facing Main and Broad streets added seating walls and will soon host outdoor events in collaboration with the city of Greenville, said Peace Center president Me-gan Riegel. The plaza features donor-named stones, adding to the feeling of community in-vestment, she said.

Transparent structural glass surrounds what once was the façade of the building, creat-ing a “clear veil” designed to allow passersby to see what is going on inside, said Timbes. This design adds approxi-mately 14,000 square feet to the lobby area and “makes it truly a community asset and link to the river,” he added.

Last week, Genevieve’s Lounge, named for a donor and member of the Peace family, hosted its first event for patrons. This week, the lounge hosted a crowd during the Vince Gill concert. The high-ceilinged space overlooks the amphi-

theater and has a move-able wall for opening onto a ter-race. Sound from the concert stage will be piped up to the patron lounge and the terrace, which Riegel dubbed a “giant skybox.” The terrace was built on the former Japanese dogwood lane.

The reconfiguration of the performance space behind the Peace Center includes a slight rotation of the stage, a translu-cent canvas roof and stone seat-ing walls. Scott Garvin, prin-cipal in charge at the Garvin Group, said the area will seat approximately 1,200 people. Concertgoers can bring blan-kets, folding chairs and seat cushions for the show.

Identifying unused or un-derutilized space in the Peace Center has yielded a chance to create areas where those at-tending shows can linger and

that the public can use, Riegel said. “Greenville has changed so much in the more than 20 years since the Peace Center opened, people used to leave immediately after a show,” she said. Now they have spaces for gathering, she said.

In addition to opening up the outdoor spaces for the public, Riegel said that the venue wants to continue to of-fer $10 tickets for many shows and add free performances at the TD Stage.

The improvements are the result of a $21 million fund-raising campaign that finished with $22.8 million, said Riegel. Approximately 44 individual, corporate and foundation do-nors contributed $19.3 million of the funds raised, including several members of the Peace family. The City of Greenville committed $2.5 million and Greenville County added $1 million to the pot.

The campaign went so well because the Peace Center means so much to the commu-

nity, Riegel said. Conceived in 1985 and named after the fam-ily that spearheaded the capital campaign, the Peace Center was constructed when Main Street was littered with vacant lots and empty storefronts. Now it sits among expansive development and brisk commerce, creating an annual economic impact of $22 million on its own.

The renovations will con-tinue into the Huguenot Loft and the center’s education center.

Contact April A. Morris at amorris@

thespartanburgjournal.com.

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The Spartanburg County Historical Association will present Secrets from the Repository in the Spartanburg Regional History Museum at the Chapman Cul-tural Center Sept. 18-Nov. 3. The History Museum has a huge collection of histori-cally important artifacts, many of which are on display for the public year-round. However, the rest spend their time in the repository and never see the light of day. This exhibit features some of the hidden treasures. The exhibit is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 pm. Cost for admission is $2-$4. For more information, call 864-542-ARTS.

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On Sept. 27, 7-8 p.m., the History Hub of the Spartanburg County Historical Association goes on location to the Cowpens National Battlefield to learn about this pivotal battle of the American Revolution. Park staff will answer questions and share this wonderful site. The Spartanburg History Hub is a network of individuals and organizations committed to Spartanburg County history. For more informa-tion, call 864-542-ARTS.

The Spartanburg Repertory Company opens its 2012-13 season with the off-Broadway success “Little Mary Sunshine” on Oct. 12 & 13 at 7:30 p.m., and Oct. 14 at 3 p.m. in the David Reid Theater at Chapman Cultural Center. The show features light-hearted parodies of the musical theater and operettas of such greats as Gilbert and Sullivan, Irving Berlin and Rodgers and Hammer-stein. Spartanburg native Michelle Dover is directing the show, with Converse graduate students Scarlett and Maurice Hendricks playing the roles of Little Mary and Captain Jim, respectively. Season tickets are still available through www.spartanburgrepertorycompany.org. Single tickets can be purchased by calling the Chapman Cultural Center box office at 864-542-2787 or visiting www.chapmanculturalcenter.org. Ticket prices are $14 for adults, $12 for se-niors (over 55), $5 for children or students and $28 for a family package (two adults and up to four children).

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Crossword puzzle: page 26 Sudoku puzzle: page 26

Spartanburg author Michel Stone signs copies of her book for students at Converse. Stone’s widely ac-claimed first novel, “The Iguana Tree,” from Hub City Press, was selected for the annual freshman reading program. The award for best student essay on the book was given during the event.

Right: Spartanburg author and Converse alumna Michel Stone reads from her book, “The Iguana

Tree,” during a recent visit to the school.

First-year Wofford students enjoyed The Summit at Camp Greystone in Tuxedo, N.C. There they swam, canoed, did rock climbing and other outdoor activities while getting acquainted with each other dur-ing the orientation program.

“Order of the Gnomes” gathers for a photograph during field day at Wofford College. First-year students enjoyed some friendly competition during the annual field day games held as part of orientation.

Tug of war on the front lawn of Main Building was one of the events at the annual field day at Wofford College.

Competitors duel it out in the three-legged race during

field day.

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A c r o s s1 Venomous African

snake6 Slants11 Actor Keach16 Martes, por ejemplo19 Pan Am rival20 “Delta of Venus”

author Nin21 Actor/public speaker

who often began “Unaccustomed as I am to speaking ...”

22 Before, in ballads23 Where there’s no

rest for the weary?26 And not27 Exhibit presenters,

briefly28 Swedish imports29 Some Deco col-

lectibles30 Agent Scully on

“The X-Files”31 Consider judicially32 Old Cleveland-

based gas company34 Got burning again35 Word from a crib38 Precinct high jinks?43 Multiple choice

options45 Rural “What if ...?”46 “Damn Yankees” role47 Adman’s demo reel?50 Mason’s jobs55 Fruity wine concoc-

tions56 Rifleman’s aid

57 “Permit Me Voyage” poet James

58 NBC sketch series59 Staircase shape62 Sports venue63 Engross the financial

district?69 __ d’Alene70 Can’t-miss71 Links target72 Yank or Jay73 Whomp, biblically75 Learning period80 Cadenzas in concer-

tos, say82 Court defense team?85 Soccer great who

wore #1086 Court conclusion

starter87 Home of Oral Rob-

erts University88 Where meteorologists

relax and talk shop?95 Draft picks96 Birds named for a

Greek titan97 Big name in wrap98 Turkic tent100 Utopia101 __ Cup: classic

candy103 Extremely tiny105 Actress Farrow108 Large expanse109 Overpromotion of

a Stephenie Meyers fantasy novel series?

113 Elevator compart-

ment114 German wine region115 Glacial ridge116 Port-du-__: French

cheese117 Prince Valiant’s boy118 Puppeteer Lewis119 Epic accounts120 Bobby pin target

D o w n1 California college

Harvey __2 China setting3 __ media4 Flickable lighter5 Materialized6 Jaunt through the

jungle7 Turning point?8 Aardvarks have long

ones9 Quipster10 Sound of a leak11 Zhivago portrayer12 Skin tones?13 Singer India.__14 Navy NCOs15 Hither’s partner16 Highest North Amer-

ican peak, to natives17 Like “Big deal!”18 Do a worm’s job24 Hat-tipper’s word25 Giggle30 New Jersey/Pennsyl-

vania border river31 What a gal has that

a gent doesn’t?

32 Visit Amazon.com, say33 Seine tributary34 Part35 Meteorology tools36 Hocus-pocus opening37 Full __39 Retired jets40 Tax prep pro

41 Hardly a jolly good show

42 Bread in a skillet44 Screen blinker48 POTUS’s alternate

title49 Soft mineral50 Fish feature

51 Usage fee of a kind52 Molding style53 Monthly expense54 New Zealand parrot56 Ladies of Sp.59 Windex targets60 Pulitzer journalist

killed in combat in 194561 1945 battle setting,

familiarly62 Collar63 Links shirt64 Angler’s favorite

dance?65 From the Continent66 Part of BTU67 An article may be

written on it68 Get under control69 __ in Charlie73 Pamplona parlor74 C-ration successors75 In __: as found76 Crouch down77 “Aqualung” band

Jethro __78 Fluency79 Dietary amts.81 Muscle mag display82 Cornstarch brand83 Ten up front?84 Brandy label letters86 Undercover, for short88 Diet Squirt alternative89 Worrywart’s words90 Gain again, as trust91 Mutt, vis-à-vis Jeff92 “Fighting” college

team93 Pedals94 Fling99 Rudely awaken101 [Air kiss]102 Elton John/Tim

Rice musical103 Video file format104 Little bit of Greek?105 Wide margin106 Debtors’ letters107 Hill workers109 Conan’s network110 Isn’t without111 Vocal syllable112 Road crew’s supply

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JOURNAL SKETCHBOOK

My dream for the house had always been new wall-to-wall carpet. � is seemed luxurious, yet essential to me. I’ve spent a good deal of my life on the � oor – writing, drawing, playing guitar, sleeping o� a bender – and quality car-peting had padded my cheeks through these low-level adventures in my youth. So I was spoiled. Forget � xing the faulty plumbing, the gas leak, or the refrigera-tor that sometimes catches � re. I wanted new carpet.

� e problem was Petey, the miscel-laneous dachshund/terrier the wife and I had inherited from her parents. Petey, a squat, nervous mutt, was not the sort of dog who could retrieve the newspa-per, catch a Frisbee, or do anything a dog owner might consider useful or sporting. What Petey could do, with the expert cra� smanship of a true professional, was throw up on the � oor.

It wouldn’t necessarily indicate any serious illness or even minor stom-ach flu. There was just a 50/50 chance any given day that breakfast or dinner might make a return engagement. A floor show, if you will. And since we spent so much time toweling up after Precious Pete, I was certain that no amount of Stainmastering could stand up against the onslaught of this hairy little fire hose. I decided my new carpet was a dream deferred. I’d have to wait until Petey’s demise.

But Petey, true to his disobedient na-ture, would not die. Even a� er going blind and deaf, even a� er losing much of his mobility to arthritis, he staggered

on. Even a� er developing liver cancer and thyroid dysfunction, which caused regular seizures that might take down a racehorse, Petey would merely shake o� the disorientation, lose his lunch, and blindly stumble on with his day. We thought for sure his advanced wobbli-ness would do him in at age 14. By age 19, it seemed the dog would live to be drinking age. He already had the stagger and spew for it.

� e irony in his longevity was that, at one point or another, everyone wanted to kill this dog. In his younger days, frisky and full of manic anxiety, Petey whined incessantly. Not only whined, but yowled in terror and anticipation at nearly any-thing out of the ordinary, no matter how ordinary.

He � ipped out when the car made a le�

turn, he spazzed when someone walked out the door, he freaked if someone on the right side of the room moved slightly to the le� . He yelped as if being water-boarded during a bath and, had he been able to speak (he certainly tried), he would have given up the secret location of the guerrilla freedom � ghters at the � rst threat of a nail trimming. He was, by far, the most nerve-wracking dog I have ever encountered.

Petey got by on his looks. He had a furry little terrier face, with what Me-lissa referred to as his “60 Minutes” eye-brows. He had shaggy ears like a span-iel and, protruding from the center of his skull, a perfect, natural Mohawk of blond hair.

He was, by all accounts, adorable. And this is why we did not kill him. This is why he was allowed to mature into a mellow, stumbling old age. We effectively rewarded Petey for nearly 20 years of daily aggravation by scrub-bing his spills, keeping him clean, trimmed, free of ticks and stickers, medicating his ailments, and feeding him the preferred dog food, treats and occasional French fries that we’d see again later. And we did all this because, in spite of our sandblasted nerves, we loved Petey.

It’s easy to love an adorable puppy that licks your face, snuggles peacefully in your lap, and brings nothing but joy. It’s no trick to show kindness to the in� nitely cute (well, unless it’s Zooey Deschanel). But our real humanity is revealed when we love and care for those we’d much

rather bludgeon with a 9-iron (like Zoo-ey Deschanel).

When we refrain from killing those who constantly whine and complain and stink up our homes, and instead pro-vide them with the a� ection that allows their annoyances to thrive, this is how we know we are civilized people.

And so, in this spirit of tolerance, after giving up the idea that this 19-year-old irritant was ever going to go to Doggie Heaven, I purchased my wall-to-wall dream carpet for the lit-tle mongrel to stain persistently. And stain he did, for nearly a year, until the day came when the spews outnum-bered the meals, and we knew the in-destructible little heaver would finally wobble no more. Just a few days ago, Petey went to that great padded, cut pile flooring in the sky.

I have my carpet all to myself now. It’s held up well under the constant scrubbing. I like to sit on the well-cushioned floor, sketching, eating, picking at scabs, enjoying the com-forts of a hurl-free environment. But I sit very still, as is my conditioning, so as not to upset Petey.

Ashley Holt is a writer and illustrator living in

Spartanburg. His neurotic quirks and extreme sensi-

tivity to broad social trends are chronicled in � e

Symptoms, an illustrated blog. Check out his website

at www.ashleyholt.com.

All hail the King of Stain

THE SYMPTOMSBY ASHLEY HOLT

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