Greer Citizen 12.23.14

The Greer Citizen
South Carolinas Premier Weekly
Tuesday, december 23, 2014
GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 101 NO. 52 75 CENTS
Leaders
share
holiday
rituals
Greer residents
provide gifts for
160 area families
By Norman Cannada
For The Greer Citizen
How can you not
The back seat and trunk

of Onika Bradfords car
was packed down-- loaded
with gifts, food and other
items donated through
Greer Relief to make her
familys Christmas brighter.
How can you not appreciate this? Bradford
asked as she stared in
amazement at the containers of Christmas donations in her car. You see
all this stuff that they just
put in my car. It means
everything to me because
it makes Christmas much
easier. I greatly appreciate
the help.
Bradford was one of
more than 350 people
from about 160 families
receiving assistance last
week from Greer Relief,
appreciate this?
By Norman Cannada
Onika Bradford
Greer Relief donation recipient

according to Caroline Robertson, executive director
of Greer Relief. The donations came from churches,
businesses and individuals and included Christmas toys, food, clothing
and other items that came
from wish lists from the
clients themselves.
While most of the recipients were children, adults
were also helped.
All of the people receiving assistance were either
people who had received
help during the year from
Greer Relief or those who
see Donations | A6
Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen
Tammy Jordan, left, and Phil Rhoads help load packages

during the Greer Relief Adopt-a-Family pickup Thursday.
Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen
A holiday lights display on Rotan Street in Greer features visits from Santa Claus and a
mixture of new and old Christmas decorations. Pictured is Aubrey Stroud with Santa.
Making merriment
By Billy Cannada
Editor
Pam and Chuck Lindsey have been lighting up
Greer at Christmas time
for three decades, hoping
to add a little joy to the
holiday season for their
neighbors.
The couples Christmas
light display, located at
107 Rotan St., has often
been a must-see for folks
in downtown Greer, but
Pam said it draws in folks
from around the Upstate
as well.
Weve been doing it for
about 30 years now, Pam
said. We just add to it and
it gets bigger and bigger
every year.
Its fun seeing the faces of the little kids when
theyre out looking at the
lightsand even some of
the grown ups, she said.
We have met some of
If you are looking for

Greer City Councilman
Wayne Griffin on Christmas Eve, he will likely be
at a store doing his lastminute Christmas shopping.
Procrastination is one of
his Christmas traditions.
A friend of mine and I,
we do last-minute shopping the 24th, said Griffin. We call it fourth and
one. That means its the
The Christmas
breakfast is a big
celebration
for us.
Greer Mayor
Rick Danner
With Santa Claus
Chloe White makes good use of her time at the Christmas

light display in downtown Greer.
the most wonderful and
friendly people by doing
this. Its amazing.
Pam said she got the
idea from a snowman.
I saw a snowman in
the grocery store one

year and I asked for it for
Christmas, Lindsey said.
(Chucks) mother said, If
you get it, youll have to
see Merriment | A6
last two minutes before

Christmas. We always wait
til the last minute were
the chief procrastinators.
Weve been doing it more
than 20 years. I still have a
lot of shopping to do.
Griffin also has a Christmas Day breakfast tradition that has been going
on for the past 15 years.
For Caroline Robertson,
executive director of Greer
Relief, traditions include
attending her churchs
Christmas Eve service,
watching A Charlie Brown
Christmas and making
cookies featuring Snoopy
on his doghouse. One of
see Rituals | A5
Cops for Tots benefits

hundreds with presents
By Amanda Irwin
Staff Writer
...Each person there that walks through
Because of community
support, business donations and the efforts of the
Greer Police Department,
this years Cops for Tots
program provided Christmas presents to more than
350 local children.
The program, which began more than 22 years
ago, provides donated
gifts to in-need children,
ranging from newborns to
12 years olds.
Right now weve got
324 (children) on the list.
Weve already helped a few
families earlier. We did a
little special thing over at
Cabelas, I think there was
about six kids thereWe
usually help around 350400 kids when its all said
INDEX
or helps with a kid finds one that they

can associate with. It makes you feel good
during Christmas time.
Lt. Jim Holcombe
Greer Police Department

and done, said Lt. Jim
Holcombe with the Greer
Police Department.
Applications are submitted to the department between the week of Thanksgiving and the beginning
of December.
You get the ones that
you see the twinkle in their
eye and the smile on their
face. It just makes your
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whole Christmas season.

Its different and unique
and each person there that
walks through or helps
with a kid finds one that
they can associate with. It
makes you feel good during Christmas time, Holcombe said.
Holcombe said there
might be families who
see Benefit | A7
Preston BUrch | The Greer Citizen
The Greer Cops for Tots program provided Christmas presents for more than 350 local
children this past weekend.
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The Greer Citizen office, located at 317

Trade Street, will be closed on
Wednesday, Dec. 24 and Thursday, Dec.
25 for the Christmas holiday.
We will open for normal business
hours on Monday, Dec. 29.
Mail subscribers may receive their
paper late due to holiday mailing
schedules.
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COMMUNITY
THE GREER CITIZEN
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2014
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
NEWS
TUESDAY, DEC. 23
GIG (GLUTEN INTOLERANCE GROUP) of Greenville
meets at the Taylors Library,
316 W. Main St. The group
meets from 7- 8:30 p.m.
GAP CREEK SINGERS will
rehearse from 7:30-9 p.m.
at The Church of the Good
Shepherd, 200 Jason St.,
Greer. Contact Wesley Welsh,
President, at 877-5955.
BARBERSHOP HARMONY
CHAPTER at 7 p.m. at Memorial United Methodist Church,
201 N. Main St., Greer. Call
877-1352.
THE ROTARY CLUB of
Greater Greer at 7:15 a.m.
at Southern Thymes. Call
334-6177.
THE NEVER ALONE GROUP
OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
at 7 p.m. at the Greer Recreational Center.
CANCER SURVIVOR EXERCISE class 10:30-11:30
a.m. at the Cancer Institute
of Greenville Health System,
900 W. Faris Road, Greenville.
Free and registration isnt
required. Call 455-5809.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!
THURSDAY, DEC. 25
MERRY CHRISTMAS !
SATURDAY, DEC. 27
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
10 -11:30 a.m. at Calvary
Christian Fellowship, 2455
Locust Hill Road, Taylors.
Limited supplies available on
a first come, first serve basis.
SUNDAY, DEC. 28
MONTHLY BREAKFAST AT
Second Baptist Church, 570
Memorial Drive Ext., Greer,
at 8 a.m. Free. Reservations
are required. Call Larry at
233-0387.
MONDAY, DEC. 29
OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS at 7 p.m. at the Greer
Recreational Center.
TUESDAY, DEC. 30
OF NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS at 7 p.m. at the Greer
Recreational Center.
GAP CREEK SINGERS will
rehearse from 7:30-9 p.m.
at The Church of the Good
Shepherd, 200 Jason St.,
Greer. Contact Wesley Welsh,
President, at 877-5955.
CANCER SURVIVOR EXERCISE class 10:30-11:30 a.m.
at the Cancer Institute of
Greenville Health System, 900
W. Faris Road, Greenville. The
classes are free and registration isnt required. Call 4555809 for more information.
Greer, MondayFriday 8
a.m.4 p.m.
SHARONS CLOSET NEEDS

TOWELS, SHEETS, COATS
Sharons Closet at Greer

Community Ministries is
in need of towels, sheets
and coats.
Drop off coats between
8 a.m. and 4 p.m. MondayFriday at 783 S. Line
St. Ext., Greer.
CITYS OFFICES CLOSED

FOR HOLIDAYS
The City of Greers offices will be closed Thursday

Dec. 24 and Friday Dec.
25. The offices will also
close on Jan. 1.
FOOD PANTRY NEEDS

CONDIMENTS AND RICE
JOB FAIR
ON DEC. 30
Always Best Care Senior Services is hosting

a job fair for all Greenville County residents on
Monday, Dec. 30, from 9
a.m.noon at their offices
at 33 Market Point Drive,
Greenville.
Visit alwaysbestcare.com
for more information.
Greer Community Ministrys Food Pantry needs

donations of peanut butter, mustard, ketchup,
mayo, relish, salad dressings, 1-pound bags of rice,
boxed gelatin and corn
muffin mix.
Items can be donated
MondayFriday from 8
a.m.4 p.m. at 783 S. Line
St. Ext., Greer.
GREER LEARNING CENTER

NEEDS TUTORS
FIRST FRIDAY LUNCHEON

ON JAN. 9 AT CITY HALL
The Greer Learning Center needs tutors, particularly for English as a Second Language. The hours
for Greenville Literary Associations Greer Learning
Center are Monday 8:30
a.m.4:30 p.m. and Tuesday 12:308:30 p.m.
Call 848-5370 or visit
greenvilleliteracy.org for
more information.
CREATIVE ADVANCEMENT
SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
The Creative Advancement Centers, at Victor

Park Gym, needs volunteers and teachers in preparation for the additional
20 students the program
will take in. The program
provides after school help
for at-risk children in
grades K-12.
To apply or for more
information, contact Director Dan Dudley at 4237555 or dandudley@charter.net.
GODS PANTRY NEEDS

SPAGHETTI, BEANS, RICE
Gods pantry, a nonprofit established in 2002

currently serving about
345 families at about $175
per person. Presently the
pantry needs spaghetti,
cereals, beans, rice, mixes, boxed items, oatmeal,
grits, ramen noodles, macaroni and cheese, tuna,
chicken, vegetables, fruits,
tomato products and peanut butter.
Items can be dropped off
at 100 Enoree Road, Greer,
on Thursdays from 10 a.m.
noon; 2481 Racing Road,
Greer, on Thursdays 14
p.m.; or 700 E. Main St.,
Duncan, on Wednesdays
911 a.m.
For questions or to volunteer call 963-4441.
THRIFT STORE
TAKING DONATIONS
The Community Chest

Thrift Store, located at
52 Groce Road, Lyman, is
open Thursday and Friday
10 a.m.6 p.m., and Satur-
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Touching up
Max Nava, top, and Robert Moss, of Southern Pride
Painting Contractors, work to renovate the pergola over
the swings at Greer City Park Thursday.
day 10 a.m.2 p.m., hours
may extend if volunteers
are available and a need
arises.
Donations of gently used
ladies clothing, accessories
and home dcor items are
being accepted and can be
dropped off at the MTCC,
located at 84 Groce Road,
Lyman, or to setup larger
donations or to volunteer
contact Lyn Turner at 4397760.
SENIOR DINING REQUESTS

SUBSTITUTE DRIVERS
The Senior Dinging program needs substitute

drives to pick up participants MondayFriday from
9:30 a.m.noon. Contact
877-1937 for more information.
MEALS ON WHEELS SEEKS

SPACE HEATERS, PET FOOD
GCM is seeking space

heaters for Meals on
Wheels clients and others
in the community, as well
as dry cat food.
MOW clients with cats or
dogs are provided pet food
once per week as needed
to make sure theyre not
sharing meals with pets.
Donations of pet food are
accepted at the ministry,
783 S. Line St. Ext., Greer,
Monday-Friday 8 a.m.4
p.m. Pet food drop-off locations also include Eye
Associates of the Carolinas and Blue Ridge Feed
and Seed.
To volunteer as a Meals
on Wheels driver Contact
Wendy Campbell at 8792254.
SENIOR DINING SEEKS

BLOOD PRESSURE CUFFS
GCMs Senior Dining

program needs blood
pressure cuffs, one large
and one regular, for month
blood pressure checks.
Donations can be dropped
off at 738 S. Line St. Ext.,
The
Greater
Greer
Chamber of Commerces
next monthly First Friday
Luncheon presented by
Greer Memorial is from
11:30 a.m.1 p.m. on Jan.
9 at Greer City Hall, 301 E
Poinsett St.
The cost is $10 for
chamber members and
$15
for
non-chamber
members. Pre-registration
is required, and registration will close the Wednesday prior to the event, on
Jan. 7.
Visit greerchamber.com
MONTHLY PELHAM POWER

BREAKFAST AT PDQ
The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerces next

monthly Pelham Power
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death
Breakfast, a networking
event, is from 89 a.m. on
Jan. 14 at PDQ, 3906 Pelham Road, Greenville.
The event is free for
chamber members.
MTCCS NEXT MONTHLY

TOUR IS JAN. 14
Middle Tyger Community Center is a non-profit

that utilizes local and
state agencies to support
the Spartanburg District
Five area by offering GED
courses, English as a second languages classes and
health and assistance services to families in-need.
The next monthly tour
is 1011 a.m. at MTCC, 84
Groce Road Lyman.
Visit middletyger.org for
more information.
HANDSHAKES AT BUILD
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monthly Handshakes and
Hashbrowns, a networking
event, is from 8 9 a.m. on
Jan 21 at Guild Mortgage,
104 Trade St.
chamber members.
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Search warrant details

Lyman investigation
Mayor
confronted
employees
about
recordings
By Amanda Irwin
Staff Writer
In August, SLED and the
FBI opened an investigation into alleged illegal
video and audio recordings in Lyman Town Hall,
after Lyman Town Council
learned the surveillance
equipment intended for
security purposes had remote access and audio recording capabilities.
The investigation came
in the wake of Lyman
residents voting in favor
of changing the towns
form of government from
a strong-mayor to a council form in August. Since
then, it was learned that
cameras were placed in
areas council was unaware
of. Lyman Mayor Rodney
Turner has missed all but
one Lyman Town Council
meeting and Alan Johnson, former Public Works
Director, was released
from employment with the
town. Turner and Johnson
had access to the cameras according to council
member Tony Wyatt, and
according to emails obtained through a Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA)
request by WSPA, Johnson
and Turner corresponded
several times sharing images and audio recordings
gathered from the cameras.
According to the search
warrant for one of Mayor
Rodney Turners properties, 303 Earl Drive, Lyman,
obtained by The Greer
Citizen through a FOIA request, any computers or
electronic media that were
or may have been used as
a means to commit the
interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications were sought, including routers, modems,
and network equipment,
records of internet protocol addresses used and records of internet activity.
The warrant states the
affiant is currently conducting an investigation
into allegations of misconduct within the administration of the Town of
Lyman. Pursuant to that
investigation it was discovered that certain public
officials of the Town, to include current Mayor Rodney Turner, facilitated the
installation of the cameras
in the Department of Public Works and City Hall. It
was learned during the
investigation that these
cameras had the ability to
surreptitiously listen to
and record the conversations of Town employees,
the public, and attorneys
meeting with clients outside of the courtroom.
This eavesdropping was
done without the knowledge or consent of any of
these parties.
The search warrant goes
on to state the investigation also revealed that
these conversations were
captured and stored on
servers. Through witness
interviews affiant was able
to determine that a limited
number of employees, one
of which was Mayor Turner, were able to remotely
access these cameras and
listen to and record conversations to other devices. Additional interviews
revealed that Mayor Tuner
would confront employees with information from
conversations that employees had with others
while in City Hall causing
employees to become sus-
Additional
interviews revealed
that Mayor Tuner
would confront
employees with
information from
conversations that
employees had
with others while
in City Hall causing
employees to
become suspicious
that they were
being Bugged.
County of Spartanburg
search warrant
picious that they were being Bugged.
The search warrant is
not clear as to with what
intention Turner used the
information, but according to Lyman Clerk and
Treasurer Dennis Drozdak, Turner wasnt threatening or blackmailing people with the information,
but he was making people
aware he knew.
It wasnt blackmailing,
it was just kind of like, I
am listening in so you better be careful, Drozdak
said. He was listening
in on me because council
wanted to know if there
was something that could
be done to curb his powers
because he was (not providing all the information),
in their opinion. With that
whole SJWD thing with
the mediation they came
to me and said, Find out
if theres something that
can be done. I reported
back to them that they can
change to council form of
government, and Rodney
had been taping, I guess
bugging our office. I didnt
know because I was using my (office) phone and
I had a conversation with
the municipal association.
He was not blackmailing us in the sense. He
wanted to know what was
going on and I wouldnt
tell him because I dont
have to tell him whats going on with conversations
between me and council or
me and municipal associa-
tion, he said.
When Lyman had a lawsuit against SJWD, Rodney
and the attorney werent
reporting back everything
that was being done, according to Drozdak.
There was actually a
proposal last December
that SJWD made to settle
this that never came to
our attention, he said.
Prior to the special
election, when a resident
asked Turner whether he
was obligated to report
what he and the attorney
discussed back to council,
he said an agreement made
years previous eliminated
any obligation for him to
discuss with council matters he discusses with the
attorney until a deal is
reached.
The search warrant also
states that persons close
to Mayor Turner have stated that they have listened
to the recordings of Town
Employees, but it doesnt
specify which persons.
The search warrant notes
that Turner is a certified
enforcement officer and
knows the conduct commonly known as wiretapping, is illegal. It is the
affiants belief that Mayor
Turner would attempt to
conceal this activity from
discovery by law enforcement to prevent his
detection Mayor Tuner
would utilize personally
owned computers to access and store information
from these cameras rather
than the City owned computer.
Items taken from Turners residence included
two HP laptop, three
thumb drives, a Blackberry Verizon phone, and
iPhone, an iPad, a letter
from the SC Revenue and
Fiscal Affairs Office dated
August 21, 2014, a copy of
the selection of Forms of
Municipal Government, a
copy of SLED investigative
report 34-13-141, micro
cassettes, micro cassette
recorder, a Kodak SD card
and a plastic container
containing various documents that appear to be
from the town of Lyman.
The Greer Citizen attempted to contact Tuner
with no response. The
SLED officer listed in the
search warrant declined to
comment.
We had heard that the
grand jury was in session,
thats all weve heard,
Drozdak said.
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LOANS up to $1000
Triple homicide unsolved

after decade, answers sought
A lot of people dont
By Amanda Irwin
Staff Writer
On May 16, 2003, when
police arrived at the former Blue Ridge Savings
Bank in Greer in response
to a robbery, they discovered the bodies of Sylvia
Holtzclaw, James Barnes
and Margaret Barnes, all of
whom were shot to death.
This case remains an unsolved triple-homicide and
bank robbery.
In an effort to bring
about information, a billboard recently went up
on Interstate 85, near the
banks location, asking individuals with information
about the triple homicide
and bank robbery to call
23-CRIME. A white male in
his 50s between 56 and
58 tall weighing about
230 pounds with blond
hair remains a person of
interest in the case.
Well weve had a couple
calls since its gone up,
Detective Dale Arterburn
said. I dont know if its
directly related to the billboard or not, but we get
calls all year long through
Crime Stoppers.
Its still an active case,
even though it can be considered as a cold case, we
do still receive tips and we
do continue to receive information. I believe there
is somebody out there that
has information, hopefully
they will feel the need to
call to give these families
some closure and give the
community some closure,
as well, with this horrific
event that took place there
at the bank.
Arterburn said the case
is rare because its unusual for people to be killed in
robberies, not just in our
area, but nationally.
I dont know what the
FBI statistics are for bank
robberies right now, but
its very, very, very, very
low for people to be killed
in a bank robbery, and nationwide at that rate It is
an odd account obviously,
especially when its just
understand, thats
what motivates us.
A lot of what we do
every day is because
were not going to
give up.
David Holtzclaw
Sylvia Holtzclaw
customers, a teller and no
security guard or anything
like that, he said.
In addition to the billboard, because of the efforts of David Holtzclaw,
one of Sylvias sons, a video about the case is posted on Unsolved Mysteries
Facebook page.
Im always thinking of
ways to get it out there
to more people outside of
just the Upstate because
somebody that has information may not live here
and may have traveled 85
on that day. [They might]
have no idea what took
place and may see that
billboard in passing and
go Hey, I remember that
day, or I remember seeing something funny over
there. So I just was sitting there one night and
thought it might be a good
idea, said David.
Holtzclaw said hes surprised by the response
from people, not just locally but nationally, regarding the case. Eleven years
later, the FBI continues to
get people calling in with
information regarding the
case, although Holtzclaw
said he isnt sure how
much new or useful information comes in.
I still reach out to national shows. Occasionally, Ive reached out to John
Walsh who has a show
called The Hunt on CNN.
Ive reached out to several
because, my thing is, you
might as well put it out
there. If they catch on and
are interested, thats great,

and if they dont, theres
nothing lost, he said.
Arterburn said there are
images of the person of
interest gathered from gas
stations, but the surveillance equipment then produced grainy images. Despite more than a decade
passing, Holtzclaw said
he continues to have hope
that the person or persons
responsible will be found.
A lot of people dont
understand, thats what
motivates us. A lot of
what we do every day is
because were not going to
give up, he said. That is
a huge motivational factor
for me personally every
day. Im not going to give
up on this case in any time,
shape or form. As long as
Im on this Earth, I will
always believe that were
gonna find who done it.
I think theres certainly
an amount of closure that
will come with that. Obviously theres not going to
be complete closure because nothing that we can
do or say now can bring
those three people back,
but I think obviously it will
go a long ways to helping
us. Were able to cope with
it more every single day
as it goes on. But I think
when we find the people
or person responsible, I
think that will help us as
well.
Anyone with information relating to the case
can call 23-CRIME.

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A4 THE GREER CITIZEN
Merry Christmas!
read a comment recently that had

never occurred to me and I thought it
worthwhile to pass along:
When wrapping your childs Christmas gifts this year, make sure the
presents from Santa are the modest ones
and the larger ones are from the parents
or other relatives. This way, a poorer
child wont wonder why he only received
mittens and a cap from Santa while his
friend was given a new bike, i-pad, and
the latest Xbox.
Growing up, and perhaps it was owing to being the offspring of Brits who
always did things, much to my chagrin,
differently from my southern friends
parents, my siblings and I never received
anything from Santa, under the tree.
Santa only stuffed the stockings, just
like in The Night Before Christmas.
Thats the whole point of stockings in
the first place, isnt it? you know: The
stockings were hung by the chimney
with care, in hopes that Saint Nicolas
would soon be there.
In fact, later on in the poem, this
jolly old elf simply stuffs the stockings, pokes his finger to his nose and,
whoosh, or rather, with a jerk,...he
IM JUST
SAYING
PAM STONE
splits back up the chimney. No bikes, no
Barbies, no nothing under the tree.
Yeah, I like this Santa a whole lot better. My father, who grew up quite poor,
used to say that, as a child in Londons
East End, it was an enormous treat to
find a handful of nuts and perhaps an
orange in his stocking Christmas morning. Remember, this was well before
fruits were available 365 days a year at
your local Piggly-Wiggly. So to receive
something this delicious, this exotic,
from a far away land, was surely proof
that magic had occurred the night
before.
His experience also makes sense to
why he would express outrage upon
hearing us on the phone, reciting a list
of what we got for Christmas to our
friends.
I will not have any of you bragging
about what you got for Christmas! he

barked.
Im not bragging- she just asked me
and Im telling her!
Hang up that bloody phone! came
the command that was meekly obeyed
with utter confusion.
But of course, it made sense. As my
father had stormed into the room after
hearing our greedy litany of goods from
the Sears catalog, I suppose he was trying, with his anger, profanity, and a cuff
to the back of the head, to show us that
Christmas was about love, and not about
how many Hot Wheels we just got.
I favor the approach seen in many
countries: Holland, Norway, Sweden,
just to name a few, where the secular
Christmas is completely separated from
Christ Mass. Sinterklass, Paul explained
to me, comes early in December, in The
Netherlands, distributing gifts to good
little girls and boys (he also has a psychotic side-kick that stuffs the bad kids
in a sack and carries them away, never to
be heard from again, but thats another
cozy bedtime story for another time),
leaving December 25th to be a day of
worship and family time that stretches
well into the following 26th. What a far

less stressful way to enjoy the season...
stretched out over a couple of weeks
without that empty, hollow feeling that
can occur after everyone rips open their
gifts and disappears to their respective
bedrooms to stare at their smartphones.
I still want to believe in Santa Claus;
his spirit and his generosity. Admittedly, its difficult to imagine what his
workshop is like as his original crew
of elves were let go after the demand
of electronic toys and games replaced
wooden, hand-made toys and the shop
was outsourced to China where the elves
work for far less with no health benefits
whatsoever, but somehow, that kindly
old soul still squeezes into his red and
white velvet suit and manages to travel
all the way around the world, driving
his flying reindeer from his sleigh each
Christmas eve, and doing his very best
to spread joy and love.
Without asking for a single thing in
return.
Frankly, thats the only aspect where
both the religious and secular meet. And
the most difficult for many to believe.
Merry Christmas.
THE UPPER ROOM
CURIOUSLY
AMANDA
Christmas
Day
AMANDA IRWIN
Staff reporter
Blowing smoke
Read Colossians 3:15-17
n Christ Jesus you are all

children of God through
faith. Galatians 3:26 (NRSV)
Every Christmas season one

of my responsibilities as music
director is to prepare a cantata
with my church choir for our
congregation. This year we
also presented the cantata at a
local nursing home and invited
the residents to join us in singing familiar carols. No lyrics
were provided for this special
performance, but when I gave
the signal for the audience to
join in, the residents even
those with dementia sang
with all their hearts. They
needed no help in recalling
the carols they loved so much.
Those words of Gods love were
etched into their memories,
and nothing could prevent the
words from bubbling up from
deep within.
As we sang of shepherds,
wise men, and angels, we saw
that although we had obvious physical differences, the
residents and choir members
merely belonged to separate
generations of Gods family.
They, the older brothers and
sisters, and we, the younger
were all simply children of God,
saved by grace. In that glorious
moment of singing together,
God allowed me a glimpse of a
time when his entire family will
sing forever in the presence of
our Savoir. And what a choir
that will be! Hallelujah! Glory
to the newborn King!
Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for
loving us so much. Help us to
look beyond our physical differences and to realize that we
all belong to you. Amen.
Thought for the day: Gods
children come in all shapes and
sizes and ages.
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EDITORIAL
Greer community shows

true spirit of Christmas
We are genuinely proud of the community in
which we live and serve, but sometimes that
pride is especially evident.
Last weeks distribution of Christmas gifts,
clothes, food and other items through Greer
Relief was one of those times. Several months
of work and untold numbers of churches, businesses, organizations, individuals and families
came together to make Christmas a little brighter for more than 350 less fortunate people from
about 160 families.
The families watched with excitement, amazement and gratefulness as the donations packaged for their families were loaded into vehicles.
Many were overwhelmed that they were receiving more than they dreamed they would. Some
were in tears, knowing they could not have provided this for their families. All seemed truly
grateful.
It is wonderful to have an organization such as
Greer Relief that helps these families throughout the year and understands these families
need the dignity of providing Christmas for
their children. Caroline Robertson, Greer Relief
executive director, and her staff and board deserve the thanks of the entire Greer community
for meeting tangible needs and helping these
families get on their feet.
But, they are not the only ones who deserve
our thanks. Like so many other organizations
Greer Relief can come up with a plan and find
the people with the needs, but they cant do the
work all on their own. The work provides an entire community coming together.
It requires churches with angel trees asking
members to consider adopting a child or a family taking a wish list and shopping as if they
were shopping for their own family. It requires
businesses not only asking their employees to
give, but putting money and effort from the
company as well. It requires organizations who
may not always have the same goals coming together under one common goal providing for
those in need.
It sometimes requires giving sacrificially and
an attitude of respect for those who are receiving the gifts an understanding that we all de-
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The Christmas story and the birth

of the Savior we celebrate this
Christmas is ultimately a story
about our need to receive help when
we could not help ourselves...
pend on someone and we could find ourselves
at some point in our lives having to ask for
help.
The Christmas story and the birth of the Savior we celebrate this Christmas is ultimately a
story about our need to receive help when we
could not help ourselves:
For unto you is born this day in the city of
David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (Luke
2:11)
Those who celebrate the birth of the Christ
child the Messiah acknowledge that they
need help. We cant get to the place they need
to be on our own.
That help came originally in the birth of a
baby in a stable in Bethlehem. Today, we celebrate that incredible gift by offering assistance
to those in need. Those who participated in the
effort led by Greer Relief had an opportunity to
be a part of something very important caring
for those you dont even know.
It is also about an attitude of giving. In the
Greer Relief effort, that attitude was probably
best expressed in the words of 10-year-old Jensen Howard, who has been helping carry out
bikes to vehicles for the past four years.
I want their Christmas to be better than
mine, Jensen told our reporter last Thursday
as he brought out another bicycle.
The incredible outpouring of the community and the people of Greer Relief will make
a brighter Christmas for so many people this
week. They deserve our thanks for their sacrifices, gifts, and hard work.
It is a great way to share the spirit of Christmas.
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llow me to dust off my

soapbox and respond
to the letter to the editor regarding the ban being
considered in Duncan that
would regulate smoking, which
includes prohibiting individuals from smoking inside
restaurants and businesses and
within a certain distance from
buildings. The ban is being considered to protect citizens and
employees, as the risks and
harmful effects of secondhand
smoke are recognized by the
medical community.
Im curious as to what unspecified impacts Mr. Cowen
claims may do more harm
than good that the regulations
would elicit that are worse than
an addicts right to infringe
on the health of those around
them. According to the Center
for Disease Control, secondhand smoke causes nearly
34,000 premature deaths from
heart disease yearly and it
causes more than 8,000 deaths
from stroke annually among
nonsmokers. Nonsmokers
exposed to secondhand smoke
increase their risk of lung cancer by 20-30 percent and more
than 7,300 die of lung cancer
annually, and children exposed
to secondhand smoke get sick
more often and are more likely
to have asthma.
Although not all greeted the
possibility of smoking regulations, it shouldnt dissuade
council from approving the
regulations. Unfortunately
though rather than admitting
that although the ordinance
would make smoking a bit less
convenient but not impossible
while also protecting citizens,
Mr. Cowen wants to spend taxpayer money on a special election - just in case some want
to forgo protecting the health
of residents and employees,
discourage tourism and create medical burdens to avoid
inconveniencing a handful of
selfish individuals who think
their rights are more important
than others rights.
Duncan Council hasnt hastily
considered the smoking ban,
drafting regulations tailored
similar to those of other cities
ordinances and speaking with
business owners and the public
and making amendments accordingly. Even if a handful
of people disapprove of the
regulations, one persons addiction should never result in the
death or a decreased quality of
life for someone else, whether
it be an alcoholic who drives
drunk or a smoker who doesnt
want to be inconvenienced to
step outside for their fix.
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Me and my siblings go to the nursing
home and deliver homemade goodies and
personalized Christmas gifts.
Kimberly Bookert
Greer Council member
mother would have questions--all of it related to

the Bible and some related
directly to the Christmas
story in the Bible.
As the family has grown
through the years, Mayor
Rick Danner said his tradition has been to stay home
on Christmas Eve and let
family and friends come
to them -- with the offer of
a barbecue buffet.
We have barbecue at
the house for family and
theyll come over and well
invite some friends over,
Danner said. There were
so many people going in
different directions we
just felt like if we were
camped out somewhere
and they wanted to come
by, they knew we would
be there and they knew we
would have something for
them to eat and drink. It
just made it a little easier
and cut down on the planning. Weve probably been
doing it for 10 years or
more.
A Christmas Day tradition for the Danners includes a late breakfast.
We gather at my mother
and father-in-laws house
for breakfast around lunch
time, he said. Well have
country ham, eggs, biscuits and grits. The Christmas breakfast is a big celebration for us.
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Mark Owens, president

and CEO of the Greater
Greer Chamber of Commerce, has only been
married two years and
is developing his family
traditions, but some traditions are already beginning to take shape.
Something that we
enjoy doing each year is
being at the Christmas
parade in Greer and having some family time with
both sides of the family, Owens said. We go
to see extended family in
Virginia and bring back a
Christmas tree from Virginia the first weekend
in December. Then have
the Christmas Parade that
weekend and that is kind
of the start of our Christmas season.
Owens and his wife are
spending their first Christmas in Greer this year with
both sides of the family
coming to them for the
first time.
Greer Fire Chief Chris
Harvey said his Christmas
traditions are beginning to
change some with the addition of grandchildren,
ages 2 and a half and 10
months.
My wife is buying everything in the world for
them, he joked. Were
spending less time in big
groups now.
For years, we got together with my family on
Christmas Eve and my
wifes family on Christmas
Day, he added. One of
the things we have done
with my wifes family is
before the gift giving barrage starts, we would have
a Bible Trivia questions. My
wifes grandmother and
the cookies are left out for

Santa.
Robertsons
children,
ages 8 and 10, are required
to stay in bed until 7 a.m.
before they are allowed
to go downstairs to open
presents.
At 7 a.m. they are at the
top of the stairs ready to
come down, she said. I
come down first and take
pictures of everything
while it is nice. And then
they fly down the stairs.
She also has specially selected music playing while
the presents are being unwrapped.
For city councilwoman
Kimberly Bookert, Christmas traditions include a
trip back to her hometown
of Sumter and a visit to a
nursing home there.
Me and my siblings go
to the nursing home and
deliver homemade goodies
and personalized Christmas gifts, she said of a
tradition that has gone on
for the past eight or nine
years. We always spend
Christmas Day in Sumter
and go to visit people at
the nursing home after
dinner.
My mom was nurse
for years and one of her
coworkers was placed in
the nursing home and
their family never came to
see her, she added. We
found out about it and
starting coming to see her
on Christmas Day and then
we started taking gifts for
everybody else who didnt
have visitors. I dont think
anybody should be in
the nursing home without family to visit them. I
think its crucial to their
rehabilitation and building
themselves back up. It has
always been something we
thoroughly enjoyed doing.
Bookert said she will be
adding a visit to a nursing
home in Spartanburg New
Years Eve to her holiday
traditions this year.
to believe that the vast majority of Duncan citizens

would vote against the
proposed smoking ban.
The question becomes if
this issue should be placed
on the ballot. I would urge
citizens of Duncan that
read this paper to call
Town Hall (439-2664). The
final council vote is scheduled for Tuesday Jan. 12.
With so few citizens
involved your call could
sway that vote and save at
least one concerned citizen
the decision of attempting
to place this issue on the
ballot in 2016 to see if his
suspicions are correct.
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active in this debate

this tells me this
issue isnt important
to citizens...
DR: I know you guys are

excited and happy about
being married. And I wish
you all the happiness in
the world. But I dont recommend credit cards of
any kind, for any reason,
whatsoever.
I dont want to burst
your bubble, but if you
cant pay for this trip up
front you cant afford it.
Maybe one or both of
you could pick up extra
jobs for a little while, and
make it happen sooner.
Then, when you can pay
cash for the trip, go have
a blast on a honeymoon
you can afford.
Just dropping by
Since so few are
Q: I just got married,

and my husband and I
want to book a combination honeymoon and New
Years trip to celebrate.
We dont have all the
money for it right now,
but will have in a few
weeks. We were thinking
about booking the trip on
a zero-interest credit card,
and paying it off when
we have all the money. I
know you hate debt, but
would this be okay since
it would be a very shortterm debt?
Up until the last council

meeting every citizen of
Duncan that spoke to the
town council about a proposed smoking ban was
against the ban. At the
last meeting two citizens
finally did express support of the smoking ban
which created a more even
split in beliefs between the
twelve or so citizens that
have participated in the
discussion. This number
includes the five councilmembers.
One belief is that adding another smoking ban
to the existing bans in
Government
buildings,
District Five schools and
Byrnes football stadium
will have health benefits
well worth the additional
burdens of this new regulation. The other belief is
that an additional ban is
currently not needed in a
town the size of Duncan
and may do more harm
than good.
This issue could be
placed on the ballot. This
can be done by the council
or by a petition from concerned citizens. The only
problem with this is timing. Placing the measure
on the ballot now would
require a special election
that the Town of Duncan
would have to pay for.
Since so few are active in
this debate this tells me
this issue isnt important
to citizens yet an informal
survey of most businesses
near Main Street leads me
Honeymoon
on a budget
To the editor,
DR: I dont mean this

as an insult so much as
an observation, but your
friend sounds kind of
flighty and impulsive to
me. I think she may also
be a bit immature. So
what were really talking
about here is how to get
your friend to grow up a
little bit and stop chasing
rainbows. Dont get me
wrong. Theres absolutely
nothing wrong with having a dream job, but you
have to be realistic and
practical at the same time.
Right now, I want her
chasing three or four
smaller job rainbows at
once so shell actually
have a chance of catching something. When you
chase just one, in most
cases you end up with
nothing. The first thing
Id tell her is that the
most employable people
are ones who arent broke.
When you go into an interview and youre broke,
you come off as tense and
desperate, and you dont
make a very good job
candidate.
The answer to that,
when youre basically
unemployed, is to work
any job and any three or
four jobs. Wait tables, deliver pizzas or mow yards.
I dont care what, just
generate some income.
Work all the time and
smile! You never know
when you might be talking to your next employer.
You could be walking
someones dog one day
and end up in their marketing department the
next. But none of this will
happen if youre trying to
feel better about yourself
by sitting home watching
Oprah reruns.
I assume that since
youre friends, shes willing to listen to what you
have to say. But if she
wont, all you can do is
pray for her. Remember
the old saying, Those
convinced against their
will are of the same opinion still.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
DAVE
RAMSEY
Q: I have a friend who

is experiencing financial
problems. She is between
real jobs at the moment
and only bringing in
about $600 a month. But
even when shes working regularly, she doesnt
budget or manage her
money wisely, and shes
always looking for more
money. On top of all this,
shes holding out hope
for her dream job out of
state. She interviewed
several months ago, and
hasnt heard anything
from the company. What
can I do to help her?
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Obituaries
The Greer Citizen
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Azalee Barton
Mary Azalee Campbell
Smith Barton, 94, widow
of J.T. Barton, formerly of
Greer, died Dec. 17, 2014,
at Magnolia Place. Her first
husband was the late Willie Smith.
A native of Greenville
County, daughter of the
late Houston and Evie Lister Campbell, she was a retired J.P. Stevens employee
and a member of Southern
Bleachery Baptist.
Surviving are two daughters, Earline Sanford and
Lila Dill (Dawson Dill, Jr.,)
all of Greer; one son, Milton Smith of Greer; one
brother, Carroll Campbell
of Greer; two sisters, Lila
Cox of Travelers Rest and
Veldon Slatton of Greer;
two grandchildren Russell
Sanford (Christy) of Greer
and Tracie Parham (Tim)
of Lyman and five greatgrandchildren.
Mrs. Barton was predeceased by four brothers,
two sisters and one sonin-law.
Funeral services were
held at 11 a.m. Saturday,
Dec. 20, at Wood Mortuary
conducted by Dr. Tommy
Turner. Burial followed in
Wood Memorial Park.
Nephews served as honorary escort.
Visitation was held 9:3010:45 a.m. Saturday at
Wood Mortuary.
The family is at the
home of the daughter,
Earline
Sanford.
Memorials may be made
to Greer Community Ministries, P.O. 1373, Greer,
29652 or charity of ones
choice.
Online condolences may
be made at thewoodmortuary.com.
Claude L. Bishop
Veteran
Claude Leo Bishop, 94,

of 1200 Gap Creek Road,
widower of Blanche Lorraine Hunsinger Bishop,
died Dec. 20, 2014, at Hospice House of the Carolina
Foothills surrounded by
his family.
A native of
Spartanburg
County, son
of the late William Asbury
and Sally Elizabeth Garret
Bishop, he was a retired
Springs Industries employee, a U.S. Army WWII
Veteran and a member of
Wellford Baptist Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Linda (Ron) Parks of
Lexington, N.C. and Sally
(John) Rogers of Greer and
one son, Fred (Belinda)
Bishop of James Island.
Funeral services will be
held at 2p.m. Tuesday,
Dec. 23, at Wood Mortuary conducted by Rev. Carl
Poole and Bill Teal. Burial
followed in Wood Memorial Park with military
honors.
Pallbearers are David
Cobb, Bill Cothran, Ronald

Howell, Barry Russell, Bill
Teal and Ed Wingo.
Visitation will be held
12:45-1:45 p.m. Tuesday
at Wood Mortuary.
The family is at the home
a daughter, Sally Rogers,
190 Dewey Road, Greer.
to Hospice House of the
Carolina Foothills, 260
Fairwinds Road, Landrum,
29356.
Frederick E. Rapan, Sr.

Veteran
Frederick Edward Rapan,

Sr., of 1390 Camp Creek
Road, died Dec. 21, 2014
at his home.
A
native
of Wellsville,
New York, son of the late
Benjamin Raymond and
Ella Kathleen Walls Rapan,
he was a self-employed
carpenter and a U.S. Marine Korean War Veteran.
Surviving are his wife,
Hester Maxine Lewis Rapan of the home; one son,
Freddie Rapan, Jr., (Norma) of Greer; two daughters, Teresa Adkins (Rick)
of Greer and Norma Jean
Broshears (James) of Spartanburg; two brothers,
Tommy Rapan of Marion,
North Carolina and Lee
Rapan of Lakeland, Florida; two sisters, Jean Rushmore of Wellsville, New
York and Linda G. Smith of
Old Fort, North Carolina;
nine grandchildren, Emily
and Rachel Rapan, Josh
and Michelle Rapan, Chris
and Tabitha Carroll, Brittany and Jeffrey Foster,
Christian and Shaun Porter, Tim and Jennifer Manley, Ben and Terri Manley
and Katie and Dru ONeal;
and ten great-grandchildren, Landon Carroll,
Aiden Foster, Tyson and
Atlanta Porter, Wesley and
Sadie Manley, Payton and
Colton Manley, MichaelAlan ONeal, Madalyn Rose
Rapan and expecting baby
William Frederick Rapan
on Feb. 1, 2015.
Funeral services will be
held 4 p.m. Friday at Wood
Mortuary.
Visitation will be held
2:30-3:45 p.m. Friday, Dec.
26, at Wood Mortuary.
The family is at the
home.
to Cancer Society of Greenville County, 113 Milles
Ave., Greenville, 29605.
E. Murice Smith
Edna
Murice
Smith,
98, passed away on Dec.
19, 2014, peacefully at
home. Born Oct. 6, 1916,
in Greenville County, she
was the daughter of the
late Theodore Whitner
Smith and Hettie Ann Wilson Smith.

Her sister-in-law, Eloise
H. Smith, survives her.
She is also survived by her
niece, Marjorie and Jack
Anderson of Columbus,
Ohio; her nephew, Wilson Keith Smith of Gaffney; great nephews and
nieces: Warren and Melissa Smith, Tamara and Rob
Main, Dr. Kevin Smith and
Dr. Megan Sykes Smith
and Jonathan and Amanda
Anderson. She is survived
by her great- grand nieces
and nephews: Keely, Riley,
Aubrey and Weston Smith,
Parker and Makayla Anderson and Marley Smith.
Her brothers, Whitner
Wilson Smith, Lewis Keith
Smith and her sisters,
Katherine Hettie Smith
and Grace Ann Smith, predeceased her.
Murice worked in textiles her adult life and retired from Norris/Stone
textile plant. She was an
active member of the
Happy Hearts Seniors club
at Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church and enjoyed many
bus trips all over the United States and Canada. She
loved to work outdoors
and enjoyed gardening
both vegetables and flowers.
Visitation was held Monday, Dec. 22, at Wood Mortuary, 300 West Poinsett
St., Greer, from 2-3:15
p.m., followed by funeral
service at 3:30 p.m. at
Wood Mortuary Chapel
with Dr. Drew Hines, Rev.
Donel Kelley and Rev.
Todd Johnson officiating.
Burial service was after the
funeral at Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church cemetery,
1002 South Buncombe
Road. Honorary pallbearers were members of the
Happy Hearts.
In lieu of flowers, the
family requests memorials may be made to Happy
Hearts at Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church or to
Journey Hospice, 665 N.
Academy St., Greenville,
29601. The family wishes
to express appreciation
to Home Helpers, Inc and
Journey Hospice for the
gentle care provided to
Murice and the family.
Donald W. Werts, Sr.

Donald Walter Werts, Sr.,
60, of 5 Bluegrass Court,
died Dec. 18, 2014.
He was born in Augusta,
Georgia and a son of the
late Virgil J. Werts and
Ann Huntsinger Rollins.
Surviving are two sons,
Donald W. Werts, Jr., and
Jeffrey Werts both of Laurel, Mississippi; two daughters Holly Harrison of Easley and Donnelle Rushing
of Alpena, Michigan; three
brothers, Raymond Werts
of Greenville, Michael
Werts of Irmo and Johnny
Werts of Greenville; three
sisters, Diane Brooks of
Taylors, Arlene Robbins
of Florida and Darlene of
Corinth, Mississippi and
six grandchildren, Tyler
Werts, Olivia Werts, Nancy
Ann Rushing, Jacob Rushing, Atley Harrison and
Sarah Harrison.
Private burial will be held
at Wood Memorial Park.
Merriment: Couple lights up Greer

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get it before Christmas because you wont be able to

put it up. I told her I didnt
care, but she bought it for
me and a little tree, and
weve had it in the front
yard ever since.
How many lights does
she have now?
I have not the slightest
idea, Pam said, unable to
offer a guess.
Each year, Saint Nick
himself drops by to make
visitors feel even more
welcome.
We do Santa Claus during the two weekends before Christmas, she said.
Its usually really busy
then. Weve also done
some throughout the week
and weve seen a lot of
traffic come through.
Lindsey said the weekend before Christmas is
always the busiest.
Visiting guests sign a
book upon arrival, and
Pam said it is fun to see
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where people are coming
from.
Weve got a book that
people sign, she said. We
ask them to put their name
in it and where theyre
from and how many is in
their party. Its really interesting to see how many
come.
In our book, a lot of the
comments are about Santa, she said. Theyre glad
that Santa is here when
they come.
Although Pam said the
electricity bill is not that
bad at the end of December, the couple does take
donations.
We never wanted to do
the donation thing, but
everybody kept walking
up to us asking us about
it, she said. People just
started handing us money. We dont really worry

about it. If you do it, you
do it and if you dont, you
dont.
The display closes the
Saturday after Christmas.
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have been served through

the year by Greer Community Ministries.
Its important for us to
be able to help our folks,
Robertson said. Its very
important for us to help
them put Christmas under
the tree so that they arent
going out and spending
money that we know they
dont have.
No matter what kind
of parent or what kind of
salary you have, youre going to have something for
your kids on Christmas
and youre going to spend
money you dont have to
do that, she added. For
us to be able to relieve that
pressure of having something new and shiny under
the tree is very important.
Its very important for our
families.
More than 20 volunteers
showed up Thursday and
Friday to help distribute
the gifts as families came
at appointed times.
The number one request is for bikes, said
Robertson, who has led
the organization since October 2007. We get a lot
of bikes. play toys, remote
controls, a lot of board
games.
The process of getting
the families and their wish
lists starts every year in
September. Officials check
out families to make sure
they are not getting help
from another organization
for Christmas.
The effort is made possible by about 40 local
churches, businesses and
organizations as well as a
lot of people who adopt
a family or person and
buy items from their wish
lists.
The key to the success
is people stepping forward
and wanting to help, Robertson said.
Allison Howard started
out helping with Greer Relief about five years ago
when she was involved in
Leadership Greer. She now
brings her sons to help.
Its what Christmas is
all about, giving to others,
Howard said. It shows my
sons the true meaning of
Christmas. They get so
much and they dont really realize that Christmas
is about giving instead of
getting. Weve given to
Toys for Tots and would
donate stuff in the bins
for years, but they never

got to see the families that
were receiving. When we
come and do this through
Greer Relief we get to actually show them the receiving process and see how
grateful these families
are.
I just like
giving
and I like
helping
people and I want
to give them a good
Christmas.
Jensen Howard, 10
Volunteer
Howards youngest son,

Jensen, age 10 and a student at Chandler Creek Elementary, has been helping bring out bicycles to
waiting vehicles since he
was 6 years old.
I just like giving and I
like helping people and I
want to give them a good
Christmas, Jensen said. I
want their Christmas to be
better than mine.
Zack Jordan, age 14, said
he came back for a second
year as a volunteer because he enjoyed doing it
last I like just giving to
people and working and
helping people who dont
have as much, he said.
Phil Rhoads, a member
of the Greer Relief board,
said the organization has
been helping provide for
Christmas for families for
three decades.
Corporations, individuals and families just start
bringing in things for the
adopted family, Rhoads
said. We provide presents, clothes, food -- whatever the family needs.
Bill Roughton, the new
business
director
for
Greer Relief, experienced
his first Christmas distribution last week.
Its fantastic; it puts you
in the mood for Christmas, Roughton said. Its
amazing the generosity of
folks that are out there. I
do the books for the agency as well so I get to see all
the donations that come
in. This time of year people just open up. Its just
fabulous. We get wish lists
and we find people that
are willing to pony up for
it or be the adoptive family. They are the ones that
should be thanked -- the
donors.
Jennifer Jennings said
she found herself needing
help this year because of
some illnesses.
This means a lot to me,
she said. Im a very sickly
person and I have been
out of work a lot this year.
I am usually at work and
depend more on myself
for my kids. I am grateful
and hope they continue to
do good stuff for our community.
As she watched bicycles
being loaded into her vehicle, Chiquita Hernandez
expressed excitement as
she thought of her five
children, ages 7, 10, 11, 15
and 16.
Its exciting to see that
the kids are going to have
a wonderful Christmas,
Hernandez said.
Theres all kinds of
stuff, so theyre going
to be excited Christmas
morning. I am out of work
because I have broken my
foot. Its definitely a blessing.
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POLICE AND FIRE

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Four arrested after man tries to run over deputy

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The Spartanburg County
Sheriffs Office said a man
was charged with attempted murder and three others were arrested on separate charges after the man
tried to run over a deputy
with a stolen truck.
Lt. Kevin Bobo said the
deputy responded to an
address on Cornucopia
Lane in Boiling Springs
on Friday in reference to
the recovery of a stolen
truck. Once the deputy arrived, Mark McComas and
Nick Blackwell ran into the
home where the truck was
located.
Bobo said the deputy
was speaking with a female about the incident
when McComas got into
the truck and attempted
to run over the deputy
while fleeing the area.
The deputy fired several rounds at the vehicle,
striking the left front tire,
according to Bobo.
Another deputy saw the
vehicle on River Oak Road
and started a pursuit.
Bobo said the suspect
continued to elude deputies, crossing over Highway
11 and turning onto Red
Radford Road off Highway 9. He said McComas
struck two vehicles during
the pursuit, causing minor
damage to both.
Bobo said multiple deputies converged on the area
and set up a perimeter.
He said they were able to
locate the abandoned vehicle in a field.
A K-9 tracked McComas
to a wooden shack, Bobo
said. He was taken into
custody and charged with
attempted murder, possession of stolen vehicle,
failure to stop for blue
light, leaving the scene of
an accident, reckless driving and driving without a
license.Bobo said McComas also had 2 active warrants from the Chesnee
Police Department charging him with obtaining
money by false pretense
and possession of stolen
property. McComas was
also wanted in McDowell
County for breaking and
entering so a fugitive from
justice warrant was also
signed and served.
Blackwell was taken into
Nick Blackwell
Summer Goode
Mark McComas
Aurilia Mossburg
custody without incident

in the attic of the home on
Cornucopia Lane. He was
charged with receiving
stolen goods/chop shop.
He was also arrested on
outstanding warrants for
possession of marijuana
and distribution of methamphetamine.
Deputies also learned
Blackwell was wanted out
of Rutherford County for
failure to appear in court
on charges of possession
of drug paraphernalia,
possession of methamphetamine, possession of
a firearm by a felon, and
resisting a public officer.
A fugitive from justice
warrant was also signed
and served on Blackwell.
Two women at the scene
were charged with hindering arrest. Bobo identified
them as Summer Goode
and Aurilia Mossburg.
rived on the scene.

Brock said two adults
and a 1-year-old child
were killed in the fire.
Four children survived and
were not hurt in the blaze.
Brock said the childrens
ages range between 4 and
14-years-old and they are
being cared for by family
members.
Greenville County Coroner Kent Dill identified
the victims as Santiago
Mendoza, his wife Rebecca
and their son Giovanni.
Dill said they were found
inside the residence.
They died from smoke
inhalation and thermal
burns, according to Dill.
A 14-year-old girl, who
was visiting the family
for Christmas, was able to
pull two boys ages 6 and
4 from the burning mobile home, according to a
family member. That family member also said they
believe the fire started in a
childs bedroom.
The Red Cross is assisting the family. Emily Simons, a Red Cross worker
at the scene, said two of
the survivors were children and siblings of the
deceased and two were
cousins.
Simons said the children
also lost all their Christmas presents in the blaze.
BABY AND PARENTS KILLED

IN FIRE, 3 SURVIVE
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Chief Gary Brock with

the Berea Fire Department
said they were called to
the fire on Hunts Bridge
Road at 1:19 a.m., after
neighbors called 911.
The fire was heavily involved when fire crews ar-
Brock said the mobile

home was completely destroyed.
Were at a loss right
now of whether or not
they had working smoke
detectors due to the level
of damage, Brock said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Brock said fire crews are
trying to determine how
the family was heating the
home.
At this time we have
been unable to locate heating units inside or outside
the home, he said. Due
to the level of damage we
were unable to identify
any heating sources.
The fire was the second
deadly fire reported in the
Upstate Saturday morning. Firefighters in Spartanburg said four people
were killed and dozens
lost their homes when an
apartment building went
up in flames.
CRIME REPORT
(Note: All information

contained in the following
blotter was taken directly
from the official incident
reports filed by the Greer
Police Department or The
Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office or The Greenville County Sheriffs Office or The Duncan Police
Department. All suspects
are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in
the court of law.)
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
Nicolas Andrew Pantucci, 21, of 406 Grafton Ct.,

Greer was charged with
assault and battery (third
degree).
According to an incident
report provided by Greer
Police, an officer arrived
at the above address in
response to an altercation
between a father and son.
The complainant, the subjects father, said Pantucci
had pushed his mother
and punched him multiple
times in the face following
a verbal argument.
The subject was placed
under arrest and transported to the Greer City
Jail.
BURGLARY
Ryan Anthony Dunson,

20, and Christopher Adam
Reed, 19, both of Woodruff, were charged with

burglary (second degree).
According to the Greer
Police incident report, officers responded to the
old Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital when a motion
alarm inside the building
was activated.
An officer spotted the
two subjects exit the rear
window of the building
and head toward Memorial
Drive. Officers found them
nearby and placed them in
handcuffs. Dunson and
Reed said they had gone
inside the building only to
take photographs.
They were placed under
arrest and transported to
the Greer Detention Facility.
MULTIPLE CHARGES
Tammie Michelle Tyler,

50, of 209 Virginia Ave.
Greer, was charged with
public drunkenness and
trespassing after notice.
According to an incident
report provided by Greer
Police, officers responded
to a disturbance call at a
Lake Avenue residence.
There, the complainant
said a woman had been
banging on his door and
had just fled in a white
and gray SUV. Police found
the vehicle on South Street
and initiated a traffic stop
soon thereafter. The subject was in the passenger
seat and smelled of alcohol. The driver admitted
Tyler was drunk. The officer discovered that Tyler had also been issued a
notice for trespassing on
that property previously.
She was escorted to the
Greer Jail.
FURNISHING ALCOHOL
TO MINORS
Andres Burbano, 21, of

310 Chandler Road 4G,
furnishing alcohol to minors.
According to the Greer
Police Incident Report, an
officer responded to the
above address in reference to a noise complaint.
Burbano came to the door
and said he was having a
party. After being read his
Miranda rights, the subject
admitted to furnishing
beer to three 18-year-olds,
though he claimed he did
not know their age at the
con their way into the

program, but the intent
ultimately is to provide
a memorable Christmas
for children. The program
doesnt prevent recipients
from participating multiple years.
There are certain families in the community that
are always in need.
Maybe theyve got some
financial struggles, some
family struggles, so we
dont eliminate them from
year to year, he said. If
we get to the point where
were really hurting, there
were a few years back
where we were hurting

and we had to not have
as many people. Then, the
ones that participated the
previous year were the
first ones that we left off,
but that doesnt happen
very often. We try to get
everybody in that we can.
Events like the Greer Police Departments annual
golf tournament, the Syl
Syl Toy Drive and businesses donations exceeding a $1,000 largely contributed to the success of
this years event.
Everybody has a unique
reason why they give to
the program, but we definitely appreciate every-
body, Holcombe said. I

tell people all the time, we
do the program, were the
ones that give the toys out
and collect the toys and
stuff like that, but without everybody in the community, we couldnt do it.
This is really a community
program, we just happen
to be the ones that hand
the toys out at the end.
What we receive, we use
and we spend and then,
when it comes to giving
the toys out, we know exactly how to hand them
out, whether its very conservatively or more where
they can have a good year.
We kind of make it work
The City of Greer Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 6:30 p.m. on
January 12, 2015 at Greer City Hall located at 301 E. Poinsett Street on the following:
DOCKET NUMBER:
OWNER:
ADDRESS:
PARCEL ID NUMBER:
EXISTING ZONING:
REQUEST:
RZ 2015-01
Hammett@14, LLC
Hammett Bridge Road
535010200600, 535010200700, 535010200405,
535010202203, 535010202207 and 535010200406
Planned Development Residential District
Design Review District
DOCKET NUMBER:
OWNER:
ADDRESS:
PARCEL ID NUMBER:
EXISTING ZONING:
REQUEST:
RZ 2015-02
Bradley N. Ramp and Robin G. Ramp
104 West Fairview Avenue
G022000300100
C-2, Commercial
R-12, Single Family Residential
DOCKET NUMBER:
OWNER:
ADDRESS:
PARCEL ID NUMBER:
EXISTING ZONING:
FDP 2015-03
Wyatt Realty Investment Opportunity
Brushy Creek Road
G005000100700
DOCKET NUMBER:
OWNER:
ADDRESS:
PARCEL ID NUMBER:
EXISTING ZONING:
MC 2015-04
Donald Dillard and Dennis Dillard
Gibbs Shoals Road
0534010102201
Documents related to the requests are available for public inspection in the Planning
and Zoning Office located at 301 E. Poinsett Street.
with what weve got, and

with everything we get in,
we utilize it, he said.
The Cops for Tots programs takes donations
year-round. For more information, contact the
CDV
Johnny Green Mobley

of 1120 Valentine Lane,
criminal domestic violence.
According to a report
provided by the Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office, police went to the
above address in response
to a domestic disturbance
call. Upon arrival, the complainant said the subject,
her husband, had come
home drunk and threatened her after she accidentally awoke him.
Police determined Mobley was capable of executing earlier threats against
his wife and arrested him
for CDV. He was transported to the Spartanburg
County Jail.
Joseph Edward Hovey,

of 308 Little Angel Drive,
Inman, was charged with
criminal domestic violence.
According to a report
filed by the Spartanburg
County Sheriffs Office, officers responded to Greer
Memorial Hospital, where
the complainant said Hovey had punched, grabbed
and headbutted her earlier
in the evening. She had
gone to the hospital with a
cut inside her mouth and
possibly a concussion.
The case was presented to
a judge, who issued a warrant for CDV (first).
An officer located the
subject and transported
him to the Spartanburg
County Detention Facility.
BREACH OF PEACE
Zachary Rhyshad Fowler

and Haley Michelle Brooke
Johnson, both of Wellford,
were charged with breach
of peace.
According to the Spartanburg Sheriffs Office report, officers were called
to 220 Penrose Lane, Wellford, three times on the
same night regarding a
loud, drunken argument
between Fowler and Johnson. After the third visit,
police arrested the couple
for breaching the peace of
the neighborhood.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Christmas Eve Eve

Services at Riverside
Riverside Baptist Church

will host Christmas Eve
Eve services on Dec. 23 at
6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. The
Church is located at 1249
S. Suber Rd. in Greer.
For more information,
call 879-4400.
Carols by Candlelight
at Greer FBC
Greer
First
Baptist
Church will host a Carols
by Candlelight service on
Dec. 23 at 6:30 p.m.
The church is located
at 201 W. Poinsett St. in
Greer. For more information, call 877-4253.
Praise Cathedral hosts

Christmas Eve service
Praise Cathedral will

host a Christmas Eve service on Dec. 24 at 5 p.m.
The church is located at
3390 Brushy Creek Rd. in
Greer. For more information, call 879-4878.
Springwell Church
hosts Hope Was Born
Springwell Church will

host a special service titled Hope Was Born on
Dec. 24 at 5 p.m. Hope
Was Born is a program
that will focus on Christmas as the time of year
when hope was born again
for mankind.
It takes a look at the hope
that was lost when Adam
sinned in the Garden of
Eden and the despair that
was felt until the birth of
Jesus. The program will
include familiar Christmas
songs but with different
arrangements. There will
also be video elements
and some monologue. The
monologue, which was
written by worship team
member Brittaney Teie, is
based on the real-life stories of people that were
once hopeless but who
have found hope again.
Higginbotham wrote the
video scripts and the worship team crafted most
of the songs. Springwell
Church is located at 4369
Wade Hampton Blvd.
New Years Eve

Celebration at Kingdom
Kingdom
Assembly
Outreach Center, located
at1514 S. Highway 14,
Greer, will be having a New
Years Eve Celebration on
Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 10
p.m. Join us as we hear a
prophetic word for 2015:
The Year of Uninterrupted Supernatural Favor.
Grades one through five
will have a pajama party
as they enjoy a movie and
popcorn in the Teen Center.
Bishop Getties L. Jackson, Sr., M.Div. serves as
senior pastor. For additional information, visit
kingdomaoc.com or call
655-5990.
By Travis Weber
Around this time of the
year, the war on Christmas and the war on the
war on Christmas once
again enter the public
discourse, with each side
claiming support from assorted statistics and anecdotes.
Though there are certainly some who inexcusably exaggerate threats to
public religious expression
and others who claim there
is no hostility to Christianity, we must ask the obvious: If there is no hostility
to public religious expression, what has prompted
fears that Christmas is being stamped out?
Our legal system leaves
a paper trail that can help
us find an answer from
it we can observe how hostile actors have used that
system to attack religious
expression in the public
square.
Looking back over this
year, the law has been
both good and bad in its
treatment of public religious expression. Twice,
the Supreme Court has
affirmed that faith cannot be confined to Sunday morning worship, but
extends to ones business
(Burwell v. Hobby Lobby)
and to government settings (Town of Greece v.
Galloway). On the other
hand, small business owners who want to live quiet
and peaceable lives are
still not being left to do
so, but instead are being
fined and threatened with
jail time for not approving of marriages between
two people of the same
sex (for example: Liberty
Ridge Farm, Arlenes Flowers, Masterpiece Cakeshop,
and Hands on Originals).
Meanwhile, hostile atheist and humanist activist
groups continue to try to
scrub every bit of religious
expression from the public square most recently
by attacking the voluntary
recital of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools
as unconstitutional. After
The recent legal opposition to religious

expression has been driven as much
as anything else by an inaccurate
understanding of the term offensethat
being offended entitles one to a legal
remedy.
years of failed challenges
in federal courts, the activist groups have turned
their attention to state
courts. Just last month,
around the time the initial
rounds were being fired in
the War on Christmas,
oral arguments were heard
in a case brought by the
American Humanist Association in a New Jersey
state court alleging that
the public school recital
(which is already optional
for students) of the Pledge
of Allegiance violates the
Equal Protection Clause of
the New Jersey Constitution. The groups reasoning? Because the Pledge
makes mention of God,
those who do not believe
in God are somehow suffering unequal treatment
under the law.
Those wary of a war on
the public expression of
faith including the War
on Christmas can be excused for their concern.
In addition, despite congressional efforts to protect service-members expressions of faith, stories
have continued to emerge
over the past year about
religious expression being stifled in our military.
Only several weeks ago,
on Thanksgiving Day, an
Army chaplain was called
into his commanders office and punished for
sharing how his Christian
faith has been a source of
strength for him. Military
policy does not prohibit
religious expression. In
fact, it protects the right
to share ones faith. If an
Army chaplain whose
very job it is to care for
service-members religious
needs cannot share that,
exactly what wisdom is he
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supposed to be imparting to his troops? In the

face of such attacks, how
are the fears of the many
Americans
concerned
about hostility to religion
to be alleviated?
Not easily. While there
have been a few important
wins at our nations highest court this year, many
negative trends in the law
which are reflected in our
culture have multiplied
at other levels. And these
lawsuits and other incidents represent only some
of the more recent attempts to suppress public
religious expression using
our legal system. For quite
some time, those hostile
to religion have filed lawsuits in courts around the
country attacking public
religious expression usually alleging violations of
the Establishment Clause.
For years, the Establish-
ment Clause has been

interpreted by legal activists and judges alike
in twisted ways requiring
that mention of God and
other religious expression
be removed from the public square. This interpretation would seem bizarre
to Supreme Court Justice
Joseph Story, who once
observed that at the time
of the adoption of the
constitution . . . the general, if not the universal,
sentiment in America was,
that Christianity ought to
receive
encouragement
from the state. The modern anti-religious activists
view is that the slightest
mention or association
with anything religious
amounts to a constitutional violation. But the words
under God do not establish anything; they are
simply a common recognition by diverse American
citizens, who, despite differences in religious views
and opinions, recognize
their dignity and worth
ultimately come from the
authority of God not
merely the pronouncements of the State.
The recent legal opposition to religious expression has been driven as
much as anything else by
an inaccurate understand-
ing of the term offense

that being offended entitles one to a legal remedy. Thankfully, the Supreme Court rejected such
flawed thinking earlier this
year in Town of Greece v.
Galloway when it stated
that offense . . . does not
equate to coercion.
But many do not like the
Courts rejection of this
idea. They are offended
by religion and want to be
able to sue over it. Some
of these same people and
groups are offended by
mention of Christmas
themes because those are
religious themes. Thankfully, the Supreme Court
has reminded them that it
is okay to be offended it
is part of living in a free
country, and is something
we all have to get used
to. Until they understand
this, many will likely continue to try to suppress
religious themes, and will
continue to try to use the
courts to do so.
In the meantime, Americans can be excused for
being
sensitive
about
a war being waged on
Christmas.
Travis Weber, Esq., is Director of the Center
for Religious Liberty at the Family Research
Council.
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SPORTS
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PLAYER OF THE YEAR - DORIAN LINDSEY
BLAME
CANNADA
A resume of hard work
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
Greers Dorian Lindsey

was the driving force behind this years 11-1 Yellow Jackets and hes got
the resume to prove it.
During his junior campaign, Lindsey caught 62
passes for more than 1,000
yards and 11 touchdowns,
rushed for 322 yards and
seven touchdowns, racked
up more than 250 special
teams yards and picked
off two passes on defense.
For his effort, Lindsey was
named the 2014 Greer
Citizen-Owens Insurance
Player of the Year.
Obviously, he brings
a lot to our football
team, Greer coach
Will Young said.
With his leadership skills and
how
he
carries himself in school

and in the weight room
and on the practice field, it
really does translate to the
rest of the kids. He does
a great job of leading our
football team.
Young said he knew going into the season Lindsey would be a key to success.
He was a big
point of emphasis for us
on Sundays
when
we
were doing
the game planning, Young

said. His versatilitybeing able to run the football, being able to catch
the football, playing some

quarterback and helping
us in the secondarydoes
a lot of things to help our
team. Weve always looked

for ways to use him as
much as possible.
SEE LINDSEY | B4
DORIAN LINDSEY
Greer
Grade: Junior
Position: Wide receiver,
wildcat quarterback, defensive
back
Stats: 62 catches
for 1,090 yards
11 receiving touchdowns
322 yards rushing
7 rushing touchdowns
201 punt return yards 2
interceptions
Top right: Chris Crist, of Owens Insurance; Coach Will Young; Dorian Lindsey; Shane
Lynn and Chad Hannon, of Owens Insurance. Right: Coach Will Young, Lindsey, and
Erie Williams.
Full slate of
holiday hoops
on schedule
BY BILLY CANNADA
SPORTS EDITOR
The holidays mean more
hoops for basketball fans
and many of our area
teams will compete in
Christmas
tournaments
this weekend.
Below is a list of where
area teams will be.
Please visit greenvillecountyathletics.com
for
dates and start times as
tournaments progress.
The Blue Ridge boys and
girls basketball teams will
travel to Landrum after
Christmas to compete in a
tournament.
The Greer boys will compete in the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes tournament at Travelers Rest.
The Riverside boys will
travel to Northwestern
High School, while both
Byrnes teams will hit the
road for a tournament at
Dorman.
Eastside is hosting its
28th Lady Sandlapper
tournament, which will include Greer and Riverside.

It started out as an opportunity for teams to
have a chance to play over
Christmas and see different people in a relaxed
atmosphere,
Eastside
coach Cindy DeHart said.
I started the tournament
never thinking it would
still be going into its 28th
year, but its been great.
While the field does
change each year, many
familiar faces, such as the
Yellow Jackets, keep coming back.
Each year is different, DeHart said. Ive
had some teams that have
been in it every year weve
had it, so Ive made a lot of
good friends. Its all positive.
That tournament will
begin on Dec. 27 and will
wrap up on Dec. 30.
PRESTON BURCH | THE GREER CITIZEN
Spartanburgs Braxton Drummond, pictured center, visited a local track team at Riverside
High School on Sunday to share some of his experiences.
Olympic hopeful visits

local track enthusiasts
BY NORMAN CANNADA
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
Spartanburgs Braxton
Drummond already knows
what it is like to stand on
the podium and hear the
national anthem played in
his honor.
Last summer the Dorman High graduate and
current Charleston Southern University track standout competed for USA
Track and Field in the NA-
CAC under
23 championships in
Canada. He
won the gold
medal in the
long jump
Drummond with a winning jump
of 25 feet, 4
inches to win his first international event.
They handed me an
American flag and played
the National Anthem; it
was real nice, Drummond

told kids, coaches, parents
and others during a meeting Sunday of Greers Running on Faith Track Club
at Riverside High School.
I didnt know how to act
because I aint never had
that.
Now in his senior year
at Charleston Southern,
Drummond has his sights
set on another podium
with another American
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BILLY
CANNADA
POY
he first time I met

Dorian Lindsey, he
was gasping for air.
It was a brutally hot
summer day and, like
any other good coach,
Will Young had his guys
out on the track running
sprints.
Dorian and his teammates were beginning
a season that was a big
question mark in the
minds of a lot of faithful
Jacket backers.
An offense that revolved around stud running back Quez Nesbitt
was now looking for
leadership, and Dorian answered the callnot just
on offense, but on special
teams and defense, too.
As I talked with a
winded Lindsey in 95degree weather, he told
me about how frustrated
he was with the way last
season ended. His face
that had been dawning a
smile suddenly got serious when I asked about
the teams 41-10 loss to
Daniel. It made him mad.
You could see that he was
going to do everything in
his power to make sure it
didnt happen again.
What followed was
perfection. Greer pulled
off an undefeated regular
season with Dorian anchoring many of the key
positions on the field. He
spent time at quarterback,
running back, receiver
and defensive back. Coach
Young even talked about
putting him on the offensive line a couple of
times.
What was more impressive to me, however,
was his attitude. Dorian
impacted so many games
for Greer this season,
but he was quick to pass
the credit around to his
teammates. After he won
Player of the Week this
season, I was trying to
ask him questions about
his game, but he was
insistent on changing the
subject. He wanted to talk
about his teammates and
how he only plays a small
role on a team full of
talented players.
Dorian is a talented kid,
both on and off the field.
You can tell a lot about
a person by what others
say about them when
theyre not around, and
this guy has earned a lot
of respect.
Many of our other area
football players are the
same way. Micah Young
stepped into a difficult
role at Byrnes and made
it look easy this season,
tossing 35 touchdown
passes and throwing for
3,000+ yards. Emanuel
Jackson left his mark at
Riverside during a senior
campaign that earned him
a trip to the postseason.
Tay Jenkins was go-to
player for Blue Ridge, providing versatility for an
offense that relied on him
heavily. Ty Thomason was
a monster for Eastside,
racking up huge numbers
during a frustrating year.
All of these standout
athletes are deserving
candidates for Player of
the Year, but Dorian, in
my opinion, meant the
most to his team.
Greer is in good hands
with this guy leading the
charge.
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Lady Eagles handle Chapman, Greer

By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
The Lady Eagles made it
look easy, earning blowout
wins over Chapman and
Greer to stay unbeaten in
the region.
I thought we came out
really focused and performed well, head coach
Cindy DeHart said. Weve
had so many different people step up and score and
Ive been really pleased
with our effort.
Eastside topped Chapman 76-26 to start the
week.
We were very
focused. We had
a lull in the third
quarter, but we
regrouped and
came back.
Cindy DeHart
Eastside girls basketball coach

The kids just played
smart, they played hard
and they played together,
DeHart said. It was a good
ball game for us.
Jessica Garlington led
the Lady Eagles with 20
points against Chapman.
Shes been shooting the
three really well, DeHart
said. Weve had a lot of
people step up and give us
some good offense.
Teliyah Jeter contributed
14 of her own as Eastside
had 10 players score in the
contest.
DeHart said she also
saw solid performances
from Kennedy Taylor, Taylor Thompson, Destiny
Thompson and Grace Jordan.
After the big win over
Chapman, Eastside beat
Greer for a second time
this season, coming up
with a 68-42 victory on
Friday night.
Jeter led the effort with
a season high 19 points.
Allie Miros and Destiny
Thompson followed closely behind with 11, while
Garlington added 10.
We were very focused,
DeHart said. We had a lull
in the third quarter, but
we regrouped and came
back. I thought we played
a good three and a half
quarters of executing well
and team offense.
DeHart said her team
has been sharing the ball
well and executing on offense.
Im proud of them because theyre trusting each
other. Theyre passing the
ball to somebody that has
a good shot and knowing that person will pass
it back to you if you have
a better one, she said.
Were trying to build that
trust in each other and
theyre playing smart.
Although 3-0 in the region is right where they
want to be, the Lady Eagles
are not settling.
Were not anywhere
near where we need to be
right now, but the attitude
is good and the leadership
Greers Diamon Shiflet injured her foot and could not play against Eastside. As a result, the Yellow Jackets suffered
a 68-42 loss. Greer has now dropped two consecutive region games.
is there, DeHart said. I
think if theres one thing,
weve got to stay out of
foul trouble. Thats been
our weakness this year,
but we have depth.
We refocus a lot, she
said. We remind them that
they havent accomplished
anything and hopefully
that keeps them grounded.
We have to focus on one
game at a time and what
we need to do against our
next opponent. Any team
in our region can beat us.
Eastside will host the
annual Lady Sandlapper
tournament this weekend.
Blue Ridge
After a much needed

win over Berea last week,
the Lady Tigers dropped a
disappointing loss on the
road to Emerald, opening
region play with a record
of 1-2.
Blue Ridge head coach
Byron Hardy said his
teams 47-42 effort against
the Vikings isnt going to
cut it.
We played with no heart
on Friday, he said. (Emerald) is an athletic team,
but they dont run any
sterling offense or have
any outstanding shooters. Courtney (Robinson)
played pretty hard, but
nobody else showed effort, so we deserve to get
beat.
It was disheartening because I though we would
have played better, but it
sure did show on the court
(Friday night), Hardy added.
Hardy said his team
game planned, but did not
execute the way it needed
to.
You cant coach heart
and you cant coach desire, he said. When we
do the things were good
at doing, were successful.
You cant stop and redesign an offense at the spur

of the moment. You have
to work with the system
you have in place and the
players you have in place.
I dont care what youre
doing, though, you can always play hard.
Blue Ridge will compete
in Landrums Christmas
tournament where it will
face a matchup with Spartanburg Day School.
We had a little time to
think about it and well
have to shrug it off,
Hardy said. We have a
tournament after Christmas where we hope to see
some improvement. Hopefully weve got people that
are wanting to play and
play much harder.
Hardy said he will be
searching his roster for
those that want to step up
and give maximum effort
during the holiday tournament.
I think it will show us
who wants to play and
who doesnt want to play,
Hardy said. Right now,
its not really about skill
level, its about attitude. If
you want to play hard and
make something happen,
youre going to find yourself on the court more.
Hopefully well see some
more intensity during this
tournament and well be
able to roll that over into
the last part of our region
play because were going
to need that intensity.
Riverside
Riverside is hoping to
learn from its mistakes
as it recovers from last
weeks losses to Dorman
and Wade Hampton.
The Lady Warriors fell
75-42 to Dorman, a team
regarded as one of the
best in the state.
I thought we played re-
ally, really well in the first

half, head coach Jenny
Taylor said. We actually
took the lead toward the
end of the first quarter and
we were only down by five
at halftime. Dorman is one
of the best teams in the
state year in and year out,
so we were really pleased
with how we played.
The second half was a
different story, however.
In the second half, they
just turned it up, she said.
We were still pleased with
the effort. They played extremely hard and to be
that close to Dorman was
super for us.
Pushing aside their first
region loss, the Lady Warriors were unable to hold
off Wade Hampton on Friday, dropping a 36-27 contest on the road.
Brooke
Jordan-Brown
led the Lady Warriors with
13 in the effort.
It was a physical game,
but we had a hard time
scoring, Taylor said. We
felt like our defense was
pretty good, but we have
to rebound better and find
ways to get open and execute on offense. But the
effort was there so I guess
you cant ask for more
than that.
Despite the 0-2 start in
region competition, Taylor said the team remains
positive.
I dont think weve been
disheartened any year,
she said. Theyre always
fired up and ready to go
and excited to play. This
week, coming out as focused as they were against
Dorman, proves that.
Taylor said teams like
Spartanburg and Dorman
are going to be difficult to
beat this year.
Theyre very talented,
Taylor said. Dorman wins
state championships or
Eastsides Teliyah Jeter rained in a season high 19 points against Greer on Friday, helping her team remain unbeaten
in region action. The Lady Eagles will host a Christmas tournament this weekend.
comes close to winning it

every year. When you play
teams like that, you just
have to keep going. We
have to keep getting better and improve in every
aspect of the game.
Riverside will compete
in the Lady Sandlapper
Christmas tournament at
Eastside this weekend.
We want to put forth
every bit of effort we have
and work extremely hard,
she said. We want to win
some games. Weve been
so close so many times
this year, but we want to
pull those out.
Greer
After going 3-0 last week,

the Lady Yellow Jackets
got off track against Travelers Rest and Eastside,
dropping consecutive region games to fall to 1-2 in
conference action.
Greer found itself on the
losing end of a 67-61 overtime battle with Travelers
Rest on Tuesday.
We didnt start the
game very fast. We played
very slow, Greer coach
Carlton Green said. We
made a couple of coaching blunders in the third
quarter and got our team
down by 14 going into the
fourth quarter. After that,
we got our girls motivated
and they started playing
well.
Greenes team fought
back, forcing extra time.
We came all the way
back and tied the game,
he said. We actually took
the lead in overtime, but
just ended up losing there
at the end. It was an unfortunate situation, but sometimes the clock doesnt
run out soon enough and
sometimes it runs out too
fast.
Greer then fell 68-42 to
Eastside to end the week.
The Lady Yellow Jackets had taken the Eagles
into overtime earlier in
the year, but a slow start
proved costly on Friday
night.
Diamon Shiflet hurt
her toe before the game
started and couldnt go,
so we had to adjust our
game plan and all of those
things, Greene said. We
just got out of sync and
it took us a while to get
adjusted. Unfortunately,
things didnt work out for
us and Eastside played
really well. I think they
scored the first 16 points
of the ball game and were
up 20 at the half.
Greene said it was a
tough week, but he was
happy it happened sooner
rather than later.
Its tough to drop two
region games right there
in the second week, but
its early and thats the
good thing, he said. If we
wouldve dropped those
games in January or February, wed be in a tough
situation, but we feel like
we can bounce back and
everythings going to be
fine.
With so much parody in
the region this year, Greene
is telling his team to never
let its guard down.

Its really going to
be tough, Greene said.
When you have four or
five nights that could really win any time out, sometimes it depends on who
is playing well that night.
It will be anybodys ball
game any night. The only
thing I can relate it to that
most people could understand is the Southeastern
Conference. Were going to
slug it out with each other
at some point before the
season is over and I dont
expect anybody to make
it through our region undefeated. I would say
our region champion will
probably have a couple of
losses.
The Yellow Jackets will
travel to Eastside this
weekend to compete in the
Lady Sandlapper Christmas tournament.
Most of the time, during basketball season, if
the girls get a little bit of
a break, they get re-energized and theyre going to
be ready to play, Greene
said. Were going to be
looking for combinations
that play well together and
were going to try some
different styles of play to
see how they suit us.
Byrnes
The opening week of

region action provided a
mixed bag for the Lady
Rebels.
Byrnes downed Mauldin
last Tuesday, cruising to
a 53-39 victory. But the
Lady Rebels wouldnt have
so much luck against Spartanburg on Thursday.
Were looking
forward to the
break so we can
start over and get
everything back in
sync.
Stacey Parris
Byrnes girls basketball coach
It was a really big win

for us, head coach Stacey
Parris said of the Mauldin
game. I was really pleased
with the way our team
stepped up to get that
first region win. Desirae
Donald and Morgan Powe
both played big minutes
for us.
Byrnes dropped a close
61-52 battle to Spartanburg, despite 15 points
from returning leading
scorer Brianna James.
James is coming off a knee
sprain and did not carry
her normal load during
her first game back.
They jumped out on
us early, Parris said. We
were down almost 20, but
cut it to six right at the
half. We just didnt play
well. I was really disappointed. I think the girls
were ready and everybody
was focused, we just didnt
play well.
Spartanburg is strong.
Theyve got some talented
players so we knew it was
going to be a tough game
going in. We were hoping
we would be a little more
competitive, but I was really proud of the way our
kids fought back.
Adding James back to
the lineup will help the
team immensely, Parris
said.
Were looking forward
to the break so we can
start over and get everything back in sync, Parris
said. We need to practice
so we can get everybody
back in the rotation and
back to playing their original positions.
Byrnes will travel to
Dorman to compete in a
Christmas
tournament
this weekend.
We got in this Christmas tournament for one
reason, and thats to challenge us, she said. Were
thankful that were going
to be able to go into it with
all of our starters back.
The ones that stepped
up and stepped into their
roles got better from it
and we know that were
going to be playing very
good teams in this tournament. We want to be challenged and pushed so we
can learn from it.
sports
tuesday, december 23, 2014
the greer citizen
b3
Tigers
slip up
against
Berea
By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
The woes continued for
the Blue Ridge boys basketball team last week as
the Tigers dropped consecutive region matchups
to Berea and Emerald.
The Tigers were unable
to hold off an athletic
Berea team early in the
week, falling in a 73-67 effort.
Weve got to raise

our level of play
because weve got
a good team every
night. Its not like
youre going to have
a breather.
William Buchheit | The Greer Citizen
Ray Riley
Blue Ridge boys basketball coach
I thought we played a
very good Berea team,
Blue Ridge coach Ray Riley
said. We got better and
we were in the ball game
most of the way. We made
some mistakes and missed
some shots, but we felt
good coming out of the
game.
Bereas size gave the
Tigers some issues on offense.
They were bigger than
we were by a long ways,
but our kids responded,
he said. I think we had
four or five possessions
where I think we took
some ill-advised shots
where we didnt stay with
the offense like we should
have, but overall it was a
good defensive effort. We
changed defenses every
time down the floor and
I think that slowed them
down a little bit. We had a
chance and thats all you
can ask for.
After the matchup with
the Bulldogs, Blue Ridge
boarded a bus for an hour
and a half drive to Emerald, where the Tigers were
defeated by 18.
We knew going in that
it was going to be a long
trip and that they were
very athletic, Riley said.
I thought we came out
and we were right where
we were supposed to be.
We were down by four at
halftime and I thought
we were in good shape
because wed missed a
bunch of shots and turned
it over.
I dont think we came
out in the second half with
the intensity we needed,
he said. I dont think we
came out with any fire. I
didnt think we met the
challenge that Emerald set
before us. We didnt come
out with the same intensity we had against Berea
or Riverside.
Riley said his team is going to have to learn from
its mistakes during the
upcoming Christmas tournament at Landrum High
School.
When we get back from
break, were going to have
to talk about what we need
to do differently, Riley
said. Weve got to be really prepared because weve
got two very real games
coming in with Southside
and Travelers Rest (after
the break). It doesnt get
easier.
Riley said the teams region schedule wont provide a break all season.
Weve got to raise our
level of play because weve
got a good team every
night. Its not like youre
going to have a breather,
he said. Theres not a
team in our region thats
not going be tough. I dont
see one. Every coach does
a great job and every team
has a good player, so our
job is really hard.
Byrnes Tavin Richardson, left, lays down a block for Dutch Forks Matt Colburn, the games MVP, during South Carolinas win. Colburn finished the day
with 13 carries for 71 yards, including the touchdown run pictured.
William BUchheit | The Greer Citizen
Sumters Ky Jon Tyler rushes for a gain during the

Sandlappers victory on Saturday.
Sandlappers shine
William Buchheit | The Greer Citizen
Byrnes Lyrics Klugh tests his skills on defense against a Tar Heel receiver during
the annual Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas.
South Carolina topped North Carolina, 21-12 during

the annual Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas on Saturday at
Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg. Byrnes High seniors Tavin
Richardson and Lyrics Klugh were selected to play, earning
some reps against the states best players.
Greer falls to Travelers Rest, Eastside

By Billy Cannada
Sports Editor
Greer was a few key
buckets away from knocking off 7-3 Travelers Rest
last week, but came up
shy, dropping to 2-6 on
the year.
Despite a tough defensive effort, the Yellow
Jackets were unable to
knock off Travelers Rest
last Tuesday, falling 50-42
to the Devildogs.
I thought we played
well. They are a good
team, Greer coach Jeff
Neely said. We were down
by five at half and it was
really back and forth. We
had a chance to be in the
game right up until the
end. I felt like we did a
lot of good things against
them.
The defense stepped it
up, but the offense just
wasnt there.
Thats been our goal,
defensively, for years
keeping
an
opponent
scoring 50 or less, Neely
said. We feel like we can
win if we play that well,
but weve been having a
difficult time scoring and
were shooting awful from
the free throw line. If we
can get a little better there
and continue to work hard,
I think some good things
will happen.
Greer fell in another re-
Greer was unable to slow down Eastside friday night,

falling in a 55-42 battle. The Jackets were winless last
week.
gion game to Eastside (5542) on Friday.
I feel like we regressed
a little bit at Eastside,
Neely said. I dont think
Eastside was as good as
TR and we played better

there. It might have been
because we were at home,
but sometimes you get on
the road and face a rowdy
crowd and they dont han-
dle it too well.

Despite the final score,
The Jackets were only
down by five at the half.
We had a good first
half, Neely said. We just
kind of fell apart late. We
got in a little bit of foul
trouble and had some selfinflicted errors.
Neely said his team
struggles to play smart
basketball at times.
Our guys play really
hard they just dont always
play really smart, he said.
Weve got to work on that
and be able to shoot better.
Were going to be a better
team. I know we are.
Greer will travel to the
FCA Christmas tournament at Travelers Rest this
weekend.
I think were going to
probably play more of a
variety of players in this
tournament coming up,
Neely said. Weve got
three games that we want
to win, but they dont matter. I want to get a look at
some guys and see what
theyre capable of.
Sometimes,
even
though you see these
guys at practice a lot, its
hard to tell how theyll
respond when you throw
them out there in the heat
of battle, he added. Ive
got a couple of guys that
I really want to see in a lot
of game situations. Weve
got some guys on the team

that can really shoot well,
but theyre young and inexperienced. Maybe weve
got some hidden talent
that we havent tapped in
on fully yet.
Neely said midseason
tournaments have often
provided a spark for his
teams.
The majority of the
time, the Christmas tournament boosts us in a lot
of ways, he said. Thats
not always the case, but
were hoping to gain some
confidence and play well.
Weve still got an opportunity to win games. I think
anybody in our region
can beat anybody in our
region. We can beat these
guys and I really believe
that.
Although a win over
Traveler Rest would have
been nice, Neely said his
guys need to be focused
on winning the next game
in front of them.
Right now, we just need
a win over anybody, so
our next game is the most
important game, he said.
Travelers Rest is as good
as anybody, but we just
need to beat somebody
and end this little spurt
were having. The next
game is a signature win if
we can get it.
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SPORTS
THE GREER CITIZEN
A SPORTING VIEW
More of the
year that
was 2014
BY MARK VASTO
FOR THE GREER CITIZEN
ere back with more

of last years best
and worst performances.
Worst sports performance by a single person:
I didnt want to see it
happen, necessarily, as I
admire the guy -- not only
was he the funniest athlete to ever host Saturday
Night Live, even his new
commercial about chicken
parm tasting so good is
kind of funny. And theres
also the fact that the guy
is one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history. Im
not going to argue this
point. One thing can be
said with certainty after
watching his horrendous
Super Bowl performance
against the Seattle Seahawks, Peyton Manning
is not the quarterback I
would choose in a game
that my life depended on.
Two picks, a fumble and a
general look of shellshock
was to be Mannings
signature the night of the
Broncos 43-8 trouncing.
You can argue that there
were worse performances,
but the guy who just
broke the NFL record for
yards and touchdowns in
a season has to take this
ignominious award for
the year that was.
Worst sports performance by a team:
I suppose you could
have picked the Broncos,
who had come into the
Super Bowl with the NFLs
best record, best offense
and a record-shattering
quarterback but, no ...
there is another. I cant
help but single out the
lowly Jets of New York for
this category, just beating
out the Washington Redskins and with stadiummates the Giants not far
behind.
Twice in the past five
years, Rex Ryan had
this team knocking on
the door for the Super
Bowl, and now its come
to watching Geno Smith
and Michael Vick fighting
for playing time as Mark
Butt Fumble Sanchez
makes like Roger Staubach down in Philly? Vick,
the standard for disgrace
in the NFL, is seen as a
savior? The Jets want to
root for that? Of course
they do. Theyre Jets fans.
Gotta love em, wouldnt
want to sit in front of em
in the cheap seats. Good
luck and good riddance,
Rex ... though you will be
missed by the press. The
candor was appreciated,
and its only a matter of
time before you end up
hoisting the Lombardi
Trophy -- just not with
the Jets.
Most overhyped sporting event:
Pick any Floyd Money
Mayweather fight, and
its automatically overhyped. Facts are, he is one
of the best -- if not the
best -- defensive boxer,
pound-for-pound, in history. But you know with
that mouth, that self-love,
he wont be able to resist
the money, and will come
back for just one more
fight, and then his stock
as best-ever drops out of
the top 10 and he goes
onto the scrap heap of
boxing history.
Nobody cares anymore
award:
Manny Pacquio had his
chance to fight Mayweather, but Mayweathers
demands that he prove to
everyone that he was free
of performance-enhancing
drugs stopped him cold.
Since then, Pacquio has
lost speed, lost fights, lost
box-office appeal. The
fight will happen, someday -- the big fight always
does -- but by then, will
anyone really care?
Most heartening trend:
Americans watching
and rooting for Team USA
soccer in the World Cup
and knowing that the best
is yet to come.
NGU ranked No. 2 in track and field

Conference
Carolinas
track and field coaches
have chosen the University of Mount Olive as the
top team coming into the
2014-2015 season.
Mount Olive enters the
2015 season as the defending Conference Carolinas
mens indoor and outdoor
track and field champions.
The Trojans claimed their
third outdoor championship and first-ever indoor
title in 2014.
The Trojans return virtually all of their All-Conference performers from
last year. Karl Goodman,
Akiharu Kitagawa and Jacob Urys not only won the
distance medley at last
years indoor conference
championship; they also
earned All-America honors
at the 2014 NCAA Division
II Mens Indoor Track and
Field Championship.
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CORNER
Other returning event
champions
from
last
years conference championships include Angus
Sinclair (outdoor high
jump), Austin Steagall
(indoor 5000 meters) and
Donavann Thornton (indoor weight throw). The
Trojans also return their
entire All-Conference First
Team outdoor 4x100 relay
team: Stedmond Hampton,
Eric Jones, Lamonte Taylor
and Cedric Thomas.
Mount Olive was ranked
as high as No. 21 in the
USTFCCCA Division II
Mens Indoor Track and
Field Top 25 and as high
as No. 18 in the Outdoor

Track and Field Top 25.
North Greenville has
been voted to finish second. Last year the Crusaders finished second in
both the indoor and outdoor Conference Carolinas
championships. With the
loss of only 3 scorers and
the addition of a talented
2014 recruiting class, this
team is determined continue on its path of improvement.
Highlighting the returners are Devin Wannamaker, Terry Davis, Ahmad
Nesbitt, Kreig Lowe and
Jared Bolin. All are AllConference/All-Region recipients.
Coach Jacob Simms in
his second year as head
coach at North Greenville
This off-season has
been an all-time high
point for the program. All
of the track and field student-athletes are working

incredibly hard at their
strength and conditioning.
It is a blessing to see how
quickly this group is becoming unified, he said.
We are in an ever-improving Conference but we feel
like this is an outstanding group, capable of our
best season yet. This is the
highest we have ever been
projected to finish in conference, and while our attitude is fixed on winning.
The reality is that we as a
staff and our Student-Athletes have to daily commit
to the development of every area our Program.
After a third place finish
in last years Conference
Carolinas championships,
the Limestone mens indoor track and field team
has been picked to repeat.
The Saints are led by a
healthy mix of returners

and newcomers this season as Joe Wassink takes
over as head coach. Senior
sprinter Jeremy Griffin
was a national qualifier
for the indoor 400m last
season and has finished
second in that event at
the Conference Carolinas
championships for two
consecutive seasons. Marquette Simmons Jr., Jonathan Ross, and Jonathan
Morris have each broken
school records already
this season and several
more school records are
well within reach.
King finished fourth in
the poll with Barton fifth,
followed by Belmont Abbey, Lees-McRae, and Pfeiffer University respectively rounding-out the poll
standings.
TRACK: Drummond trains

for Olympic games in Rio
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FILE PHOTO | THE GREER CITIZEN
It was hard to catch Greers Dorian Lindsey this season and with most of the offense
returning, the Yellow Jackets hope to be just as formidable next season.
LINDSEY: Not giving up on a state title

Were never going to give up and were
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It comes naturally to me
because Im going to do
whatever it takes to help
my team win, Lindsey
said of his abilities. We
were underestimated this
season. Everybody said we
were going to be bad and
doubted us. We faced some
adversity but overcame it
and did what we had to
do. We met our goals and I
couldnt have done it without my team.
Lindsey made it look
easy at times, his coaches
said.
He does a good job of
making it look easy, but
he also works very hard,
Greer receiving coach Erie
Williams said. I can remember when he was ninth
grader and he has the same
work ethic he had then. He
wanted to be one of the top
players on our team and
hes put in the work.
When I watch him make
plays, I just know the history of how hard hes worked
to get to this point, he
added.
Lindsey said this years
team was a group of fighters.
We have heart and we
have pride, he said. Were
never going to give up and
were going to keep playing. Were going to have
going to keep playing. Were going to have

plays here and there, but were a family
and we always come together.
Dorian Lindsey
plays here and there, but
were a family and we always come together.
With another season still
left to play, Greer is expecting big things from its
standout receiver in 2015.
Its getting easier for
me, Williams said. He
can help me with some of
the other guys if I need
help. Hes definitely taken
a leadership role of coaching some of the younger
guys and thats a big part
of what we do. What you
leave behind is big and hes
definitely doing his part.
Lindsey said next season
could be a special one.
Were always going to
be dangerous, Lindsey
said. A lot of people on
the offensive side of the
ball are coming back, but
were losing a lot on our
defense. I dont really like
how we went out. It makes
me mad. We just had a bad
game at the wrong time.
I grew up with my teammates, he added. Weve
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Player of the year
always talked about winning state. Thats been

our goal since we were in
seventh or eighth grade.
Thats what were trying to
do.
With quarterback Mario
Cusano and running back
Adrian McGee returning as
well, Young said he is excited to see what the future
holds.
Were excited about another year, Young said.
Hes got a good class of
rising seniors coming up
with him, so it ought to be
fun to watch him play.
Lindsey has one goal in
mind.
Were trying to get our
names remembered, Lindsey said. Were trying to
do something we havent
done in a long time. We
were undefeated this past
season, but we want to go
farther. We want to prove
that were one of the best
teams in the state.
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flag and another opportunity to hear the National

Anthem played in his
honor -- the 2016 Summer
Olympic Games in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
I want to do better this
year and try to make it to
the Olympics in 2016,
Drummond told the track
club. I just want to be the
best. I just want people to
know me and when I go to
a meet and say, Oh man ,
I know hes about to show
out.
Drummond started out
in the Spartanburg Elite
Track Club as a kid, a club
that competes against the
Running on Faith club. He
said he knows that qualifying for a chance to make
the Olympic team would
require him to jump at
least 27 feet -- a foot and
a half better than he has
ever done. He talked to the
kids about the importance
of working hard to reach
goals and shared some of
his experiences in track
and field.
I just wanted to talk to
the kids and let them know
what to look for in the future, what they need to do
to become better, he said.
He told them he didnt
start competing in high
school track events until
his senior year at Dorman.
His coach entered him in
the long jump. That year,
he jumped 23 feet, qualifying for the state championships.
I thought after that
long jumping might be my
thing, he said.
Drummond won the high
school state championship
in the long jump that year
with another jump of more
than 23 feet. His performance earned him a scholarship with Charleston
Southern.
It was nice that someone

believed in me, he told the
track club.
Drummond improved to
a jump of 24 feet, 7 inches as a freshman and has
topped 25 feet since then,
making it to the collegiate
nationals in his sophomore
and junior seasons. Last
year he finished fifth in the
long jump in the indoor
and outdoor national collegiate championships.
During his talk with the
kids at Riverside, Drummond encouraged them to
work hard to reach goals.
Jimmie Talley, head
coach of the track club, said
he thought the interaction
with Drummond was good
for his young team.
They can see that hard
work and determination
pays of, Talley said. Life
is not going to be easy. If
he (Drummond) can rub
off on them, that would be
awesome.
Eben Harrelson of Duncan is not a member of the
track team, but said hearing Drummond was inspiring.
It made me want me
want to do something like
that, he said.
For Miquel Dingle, a
younger member of the
track club, Drummond was
a source of motivation.
Miquel has been competing
with the track club for two
years and the long jump is
one of his events. He asked
Drummond several questions during the event at
Riverside.
I thought it was like a
reward, he said.
Miquel was also amazed
that
Drummond
has
jumped more than 25 feet,
compared to his personal
best of more than 8 feet in
the long jump.
I think I have a lot of
work to do, he said.
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B6 THE GREER CITIZEN
AMANDA IRWIN | THE GREER CITIZEN
Students at the Creative Advancement Centers celebrated Christmas early at their annual Christmas Program where they performed poems,
songs, skits and received presents.
Creative Advancement
hosts Christmas party
BY AMANDA IRWIN
STAFF WRITER
Molina Healthcare helped provide gifts for students.
Friday night, the Christmas spirit was all around

at Victor Gym as Creative
Advancement Centers students participated in their
annual Christmas program.
Students performed the
nativity play, read Christmas poems and sang
Christmas classics, all
the while eyeing a pile of
presents donated to the
center.
Creative Advancement
Centers offers afterschool
programs, including tutoring, homework help, meals
and other specialized activities made available for
at-risk students in grades
K-12. About 115 children
attend the program.
Students in K-5 through
first grade sang Jingle
Bells, second graders
sang Rudolph the Red-
Nosed Reindeer, and students in third, fourth and

fifth grades sang Santa
Claus is Coming to Town
and Let it Snow. All
grades joined together to
perform Feliz Navidad.
Students also acted out
a version of the nativity
play, Just a Little Christmas. Poems were read by
Danna Gomes, Zauriauna
Drummon, Jamaria Mills,
Kyliyah Brigman, Sandtavious Jones, Lajada Jefferson, Kennedy Horlbeck,
NyAsia Peppers, Jydance
Kerns, Josuha Goodwin
and Olivia Bonilla.
In previous years, an
anonymous donor provided individualized presents
for each student, but this
year, students received
even more gifts with the
participation of Molina
Healthcare. Through the
companys
community
involvement efforts and
promotion of providing
More than 100 students benefited from donated gifts .

safe toys for Christmas,
students were treated to
additional presents and
had the opportunity to
take photos with the com-
panys mascot Dr. Cleo.

Part of the Molina mission statement, and the vision, is to work in collaboSEE CELEBRATION | B7
Wellford students share the Christmas spirit

At Midway
Residential
Care
BY JULIE HOLCOMBE
STAFF WRITER
The spirit of Christmas
was brought to life for
residents at Midway Residential Care last Thursday
when students from Wellford Academy of Science
and Technology delivered
handmade cards and sang
carols.
Student council members from first through
fourth grades personalized cards and practiced
songs leading up to the
visit, coordinated through
Providence Care Hospice
and House Calls.
We believe in doing service learning by the writing of the cards and visiting. The kids really look
forward to it. Its a great
experience for them, Melissa Hyatt, school counselor, said.
The 18 students that
were elected by their peers

and teachers for council
were prepared in advance
to meet the residents.
We told them to accept
everyone and show appreciation for being there,
and they did, Hyatt said.
I was amazed by the unconditional love they came
in with. They came in at
I was amazed by
the unconditional
love they came in
with. They came in
at 100 percent with
hugs and cards.
Amy Howard
Volunteer outreach coordinator,

Providence Care Hospice
100 percent with hugs and
cards. The patients loved
it, said Amy Howard, volunteer outreach coordinator with Providence Care.
During their visit, the
kids visited three buildings
that house 92 residents.
STEVE BLACKWELL | THE GREER CITIZEN
A Wellford Academy student delivers a handmade

Christmas card to a Midway resident.
Students from Wellford Academy of Science and Technology sang Christmas carols at Midway Residential Care last
Thursday. There were 18 students in attendence.
Howard Hrbek, Hyatts
father, accompanied the
group, playing ukulele.
Some residents even followed the students from
building to building with
cards in hand to continue
the celebration.
It was precious to see
the smiling faces (on the
residents). It means you
made a difference, Hyatt
said.
The experience was
cherished by all of the
generations,
reminding
the seniors of times gone
by and teaching children
the value of volunteering.
It teaches the students
something you cant experience in the classroom,
an appreciation of differences, Hyatt said.

(Providence Care) tries
to keep life as normal as
possible for hospice patients so that they are part
of the community and not
left out, Howard said.
This kind of thing
needs to happen all year
longIts the simple need
of a simple visit to the seniors in the community.
We hope this type of magic
happens all year round.
If (the students) have
the opportunity, they want
to do it again, Hyatt said.
This is what Christmas is
all about.
jholcombe@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
Students visited three buildings that house 92 residents.
OUR SCHOOLS
The Greer Citizen
SCHOOL
NEWS
GREENVILLE COUNTY
rnes High School graduate,

Marcus Lattimore.
The local legend came
to the school as part of
Polar Express Day, based
on the popular childrens
book by Chris Van Allsburg. Students and teachers dressed in their pajamas and snuggled up to
listen to Lattimore read
the tale.
END OF COURSE EXAMS

TO BE ADMINISTERED
The
South
Carolina
Board of Education states
that when students complete one of the gateway
or benchmark courses
for high school credit
they must take the End-ofCourse Examination Program (EOCEP) test.
Greenville County high
schools that operate on
block schedules will administer EOCEP tests.
Those schools are Berea,
Blue
Ridge,
Carolina,
Greer, Travelers Rest, and
Wade Hampton.
The EOCEP tests will be
administered
beginning
Jan. 7, 2015, in Greenville
County Schools for students who attend schools
that are offering Carnegie
Units at the end of the
first semester. Identified
students who are enrolled
in Algebra 1/Mathematics for the Technologies
2, English 1, United States
History and the Constitution, and Biology 1/Applied Biology 2 will participate in testing. Each
school selects specific test
dates beginning on Jan. 7,
2015.
The EOCEP tests are
multiple-choice and untimed, but two hours is
the estimated test administration time for most
students to complete the
test. Each session must be
completed during a single
day unless the student
has an IEP or 504 Accommodation Plan specifying
administration of a single
test over several days.
Help teachers help your
child perform to the best
of his or her ability. For
more information about
testing or your childs
progress, please call your
childs school.
HOLIDAY CARDS
NOW ON DISPLAY
Art classes from 26

Greenville County public schools created large,
colorful holiday cards for
Roper Mountain Holiday
Lights.
Starting with a blank
piece of plywood, the students designed and painted the cards, which are
now on display at the top
of the amphitheater walkway in Winter Wonderland
within Holiday Lights.
The participating Greenville County Schools are:
Alexander
Elementary,
Armstrong
Elementary,
Berea High, Bryson Elementary, Bryson Middle,
Carolina High, Cherrydale
Elementary, E. North Street
Academy, Fisher Middle,
Fountain Inn Elementary,
Gateway Elementary, Greer
High, Lake Forest Elementary, Mauldin Elementary,
Mauldin Middle, Monarch
Elementary, Oakview Ele-
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DUNCAN CELEBRATES OLD

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Chandler Creek student council members visited Alpha Health and Rehab, sang Christmas
carols and delivered more than 1,000 Christmas cards made by students.
mentary, Paris Elementary,
Riverside High, Riverside
Middle, Sara Collins Elementary, Stone Academy,
Tanglewood Middle, Tigerville Elementary, Welcome
Elementary, and Woodland
Elementary.
Roper Mountain Holiday
Lights will be open every
evening from 6-10 p.m.
through Monday, Dec. 30.
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WINS STATE AWARD
2015-2016 SCHOOL
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Registration for kindergarten and first grade

in
Greenville
County
Schools will be held MondayThursday, Jan. 12-15,
2015.
Children who will be
five years old on or before
Sept. 1, 2015 must enroll
in public or private kindergarten, unless the parent or legal guardian signs
a waiver. Any child who
will be six years old on or
before Sept. 1, 2015 must
enroll in first grade.
Visit your Greenville
County
public
school
Jan.12-15 to register.
TEACHERS EARN NATIONAL

BOARD CERTIFICATION
Eight Greenville County

Schools educators have
earned National Board
Certification, one of the
teaching professions most
respected achievements.
With 667 teachers who
have achieved National
Board Certification, Greenville County Schools ranks
13th in the nation out of
more than 14,000 school
districts (based on most
recent data) for total number of NBC teachers.
South Carolina ranks
third in the nation with
8,820 NBC teachers, trailing only North Carolina
and Florida.
In addition to the eight
newly certified teachers,
27 teachers have met NBCT
renewal requirements.
I am extremely proud
of our teachers who have
undertaken the National
Board Certification process that allows them to
reflect on and improve
their teaching practices,
and ultimately, increase
academic
performance
Students from Duncan

Elementary School recently traveled back in
time, as they performed
an Old Fashioned Christmas. The honor chorus
and drama team portrayed
a time when life was simpler and the true meaning
of Christmas was celebrated through traditions and
songs.
First and second grade
students were featured
during the daytime performance and they charmed
the audience with their
rendition of Rock the
Holly. At the evening performance, third and fourth
graders were featured as
they sang Santa Claus
and played Hear Those
Bells on their recorders.
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Chandler Creek Elementary held Grinch Day and staff

members performed a skit based on The Grinch Who
Stole Christmas. Counselor Alicia Keller, left, played the
Grinch and P.E. teacher, Katie Raymond, was a huge hit as
Cindy Lou Who.
in the classroom, said
Superintendent W. Burke
Royster.
DISTRICT FIVE
LATTIMORE VISITS RIVER

RIDGE STUDENTS
River Ridge Elementary

School students got a surprise visit from former
NFL running back and By-
Byrnes High School senior Lyric Crow has a way

with words, and it recently
won her a state award.
Last spring, Crow entered the Spartanburg
County Law Day Essay
contest. Under the guidance of teachers Suzanne
Cash and Mandy Loudermilk, the AP student wrote
an essay about why every
vote matters.
Crows essay was submitted to the state, where
she won the 11th grade
division for the state of
South Carolina.
Spartanburg
County
Judge Mark Hayes recently
awarded the Byrnes student with a medal and

certificate, along with a
cash prize. Lyric, now a
senior, will use her award
winnings to attend college
next fall.
DISTRICT FIVE STUDENTS

PERFORM IN NUTCRACKER
Several District Five students recently hit the big

stage for a popular holiday performance. The students were featured in the
Spartanburg Ballets rendition of the Nutcracker.
Those participating included: Lauren McClary
(Berry Shoals), Tommy
Harding (Berry Shoals),
Addy
Reams
(Abner
Creek), Victoria White
(Florence Chapel), Aurelia
Fendley (Florence Chapel),
Anna Walls (River Ridge),
Camille Fendley (Scholars
Academy), Katie Blackwood (Byrnes), and Elli
Boone (Byrnes).
BYRNES HIGH STUDENTS

RECOGNIZED
Seven
Byrnes
High
School were recently honored as some of the top
in Spartanburg County.
The AP English Language
and Composition students
were recognized for outstanding submissions in
the Junior Achievement
Essay contest. The annual
competition focused on
ethics in technology.
Those honored were:
Khalil Gamble, Mazzy
Carver, Haley Jones, Becca
Glenn, Mikaela
Williams,
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MTCC THIS IS MY CHILD

PROGRAM HONORED
Middle Tyger Community Center and its This

Is My Child program were
recently honored by the
Mary Black Foundation
of Spartanburg for excellence.
The program is one of
only three nationally accredited child care programs in Spartanburg
through the National Association for the Education of Young Children
(NAEYC).
The Foundation honored MTCC for its continued success at a breakfast
last week. MTCC Executive
Director, Andrea Moore,
along with TIMC director,
Debbie Strickland, were on
hand for the honor.
The Foundation also surprised the program with a
$2,000 check to continue a
grant it started in the fall.
The funds are in recognition of maintaining
national
accreditation,
which shows the centers
commitment to high standards of quality for early
childhood education.
CELEBRATION: Brings gifts to children

FROM B6
ration with key community

based organizations, said
Molina Healthcare Director
Cathy Rosado. We sponsor monthly campaigns,
different key topics, health
related, that we can share
with the community, and
we chose a healthy, happy
safe holiday.
Over 200,000 children
last year suffered toy-related injuries. Part of what
we do is to make sure they
have a healthy holiday and
a safe holiday as well. We
did a whole session with
the kids and parents and
it was a fun learning activity, and then were giving
them a safe toy, she said.
According to Rosado,
Molina has donated more
than 2,000 toys through
out the upstate and a presentation was given to parents and children about
toy safety.
For more information
about the Creative Advancement Centers, visit
the cityofgreer.org.
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for children under 3 years
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before purchasing them
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certification
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during playtime
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FUN AND GAMES
THE GREER CITIZEN
Achalasia is
painful throat condition
DEAR DR. ROACH: My
adult son recently has
been diagnosed with achalasia, after many months
of being misdiagnosed. He
has suffered unbelievable
pain and difficulty eating
or drinking. At first he
thought he was having a
heart attack. Fortunately,
that was ruled out. He is
going to a prominent gastroenterologist, who made
the diagnosis and has
been treating him. He had
the balloon procedure,
which was not successful. He then had a Botox
procedure. This relieved
him somewhat. However,
he has still had some
painful episodes. What
can you tell us about this
illness? Will he eventually
be cured? -- S.G.
ANSWER: Achalasia
(awk-uh-LAY-shuh) is
a swallowing problem
caused by degeneration
in the nerve cells in the
esophagus, the muscular
tube that carries food
to the stomach. Nobody
knows why it happens,
but it might be autoimmune or related to a viral
infection. Because the
nerve cells no longer work
properly, the esophagus
cannot empty, and food
stays in the bottom of
the esophagus, causing
a stuck feeling, which
indeed can resemble
the symptoms of heart
disease. Both solids and
liquids are affected.
Achalasia may be
diagnosed with several
different types of tests,
including X-rays, barium
swallow, endoscopy and
TO YOUR
GOOD HEALTH
KEITH
ROACH, M.D.
esophageal manometry
(measuring pressures
inside the esophagus). Its
important to get the right
diagnosis, since other
conditions, especially cancer of the esophagus, may
look like achalasia.
The usual first treatment is to widen the
opening at the bottom of
the esophagus, the lower
esophageal sphincter.
Sometimes it takes several
attempts to work, but it
does work for about 60
percent of people. Botulinum toxin (Botox), which
prevents muscle contraction, is effective up to 90
percent of the time, but
it needs to be repeated
since the effect of the
toxin is temporary.
Surgery is the most
definitive treatment, and
it provides long-term
relief for about 85 percent
of people 10 years after
treatment. There isnt a
cure, but most people get
relief from one of these
treatments.
***
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am
86 years old. I had pneumonia in May 2013 and
was very sick for seven
days in the hospital. Since
I got home, I have had no
sense of smell or taste.
Can you tell me what
caused it, and whether

I will ever get it back?
-- L.M.
ANSWER: Since it happened in the hospital,
its likely that something
happened there to cause
it. Sudden loss of smell
and taste most likely are
associated with infection,
injury and medications.
The organisms that cause
pneumonia could possibly
affect your sense of smell
as well (disorders of both
smell and taste usually
are primarily related to
loss of ability to smell).
Injury can happen in the
hospital, especially if you
had to have a breathing
tube placed through your
nose. That leaves drugs
as the other category,
and MANY medications
can cause loss of sense of
smell.
Since this has been
going on for more than a
year and a half, the only
common reversible cause
is medication. It would be
worthwhile to ask your
doctor to review all of
your medicines, especially
any that might have been
started around the time
of the pneumonia.
Dr. Roach regrets that
he is unable to answer
individual letters, but will
incorporate them in the
column whenever possible. Readers may email
questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu.
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SOAP UPDATES
BY DANA BLOCK
THE BOLD AND

THE BEAUTIFUL
Carter thought of his

past relationship with
Maya when he told Ridge
that he was looking for a
good woman in his life. Ivy
was put in a difficult position when Rick warned her
not to tell Caroline what
she overheard. Wyatt was
beside himself, unaware
of the current status of
his marriage or what his
future held. Knowing that
Pam missed her sister during the holidays, John surprised her by making her
the guest of honor at the
best show in town. Out of
fear that Ivy might become
a hindrance, Rick was eager to get Eric to sign the
legal documents as soon
as possible. Deacon acted
as a mediator between
Quinn and Wyatt. Wait to
See: Eric must make a crucial decision.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
The Hortons included

Sonny in the annual tradition of hanging their
namesake ornaments on
the tree. Lucas comforted
Adrienne when she revealed that Justin wasnt
coming home for Christmas. Hope urged Doug to
accept Aiden, while Jennifer argued Aidens case
with Julie. Paige returned
home and confronted Eve.
Theresa was stung when
she spied Brady and Melanie getting closer. The
Billy Miller stars as Jake on

General Hospital
Kiriakis men gave Victor a
special gift. As the Hortons
gathered for a Christmas
Eve celebration, the Bradys also had a heartwarming get-together where
Eric introduced Serena to
the rest of his family. John
returned home for the
holiday just in time to reunite with Brady and Marlena. Paige was devastated
when JJ broke up with her.
Wait to See: Rafe is fired
from the police force.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Maxie received an uplifting gift on Christmas. As

chief of staff, Obrecht continued the General Hospital tradition of telling
the children the story of
Christmas -- with her own
unique twist. Sam and Patrick started to reconnect.
Jake and Elizabeth found
themselves under the mistletoe. Alexis confronted
Julian. Molly shared some

great news with TJ. Monica
and the judge grew closer.
Nikolas had a warning
for Spencer. Maxie and
Nathans special night
was tested by unforeseen
circumstances. Anna tried
to convince Jordan to stay
undercover for her own
safety. Elizabeth got asked
out on New Years, putting
a damper on her relationship with Jake. Wait to See:
Duke and Lucy get honest
with each other.
THE YOUNG AND

THE RESTLESS
Sharon begged Nick to

drop the custody suit, but
he refused. An emotional
Billy placed a picture of
Katie at Delias roadside
memorial. Chelsea almost
caught Adam inside her
penthouse. Nick brought
Faith to see Santa, who
was really Paul. Nick then
asked Santa for a Christmas miracle. Later, Paul
said he would talk to the
mayor about getting the
coffee shops landmark
status approved. Jill was
upset that Colin wanted
to invest in Joes project.
Victor demanded to know
what Ashley was working
on. Neil wondered why
Devon didnt bring Gwen
to the family Christmas
party. Abby noticed something transpire between
her mom and Stitch. Wait
to See: Mariah opens up to
Sharon.
THE SPATS by Jeff Pickering
RFD by Mike Marland
AMBER WAVES by Dave T. Phipps
OUT ON A LIMB by Gary Kopervas
(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Greer Citizen
THE GREER CITIZEN
B9
Opera House plans New Years Eve soiree

Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke
in Boyhood
COUCH THEATER
DVD previews
By Sam Struckhoff
NEW RELEASES
FOR WEEK OF JAN. 5
PICKS OF THE WEEK
Boyhood (R)Over the

course of 12 years, director Richard Linklater made
a film about growing up in
which we get to see an actor age. Mason (Ellar Coltrane) lives with his mom
(Patricia Arquette) and his
spastic older sister (Lorelei Linklater). Every so often, their rolling-stone dad
(Ethan Hawke) comes back
around to teach the kid a
lesson about being a man
or voicing his feelings. Its
a big story told in a series
of small moments.
Starting when he was
just 7 years old, Ellar Coltrane worked on the film
shoot with Linklater for a
little while each summer.
The result is Masons coming-of-age story, in which
we see how a contemplative boy caught between
his estranged parents
changes over years. It may
not be the most life-altering story, but it truly is a
unique
movie-watching
experience.
Get On Up (PG-13)
James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, lived one of
those lives made for musical biopics. He grew up impoverished in a dusty part
of Georgia with an abusive
father (Lennie James) and
a mother who walked out
(Viola Davis). Chadwick
Boseman (the lead in last
years Jackie Robinson biopic, 42), brings Brown
to life with a crackling energy and fervent commitment.
Director Tate Taylor
(The Help) shows the
highs, lows and explosive performances that
defined the man. Behind
the scenes, Brown could
be a tyrant and a monster
consumed by drugs and
ego, but a completely different vision comes out
when hes breaking himself down on stage. The
wild use of flashbacks
and uneven pacing can be
difficult, but Bosemans
performance keeps you
watching and caring.
Horns (R)Ig Parrish (Daniel Radcliffe)
and Meri Williams (Juno
Temple) are two little lovebirds, until Meris body is
found brutalized in the
woods. Ig, even with his
boy-next-door looks, becomes the prime suspect
and the most hated guy
in town. Depressed and
reviled over a crime he
didnt commit, Ig starts to
grow horns, literally. As
Igs visage becomes more
devilish, people around
him feel compelled to
spill their darkest desires
to him, seeking permission to do the bad things
they really want to do.
Its a dark fantasy thriller
comedy with a new twist,
but its so distracted that
it cant settle on a tone. A
lack of tonal clarity makes
it hard to laugh at jokes or
gasp at drama.
Left Behind (PG-13)
This is a religious disaster
flick that goes light on the
religion and comes out as
an overall disaster. Nicolas Cage (oh yes) stars as
Rayford Steele (cool name,
bro), a morally impure
airline pilot who gets left
behind when the biblical
rapture takes all of the
good people to heaven.
Hes flying a commercial
jet over the Atlantic ocean
when a bunch of people
disappear, leaving only
empty clothes behind.
Rayford has to safely land
the plane which seems
pretty
difficult,
even
though hes a pilotwhile
his college-age daughter
wanders a partially emptied New York City.
TV RELEASES
Glee: Season 5
With Dick
Goodwin
Big Band
The magic of small town
charm and the excitement
of Dick Goodwins Big
Band combine for an evening of music, food and
drink and beautiful dance
as the Newberry Opera
House throws its annual
New Years Eve bash.
The Dick Goodwin Big
Band will offer a smorgasbord of musical delights
as they highlight the music for dance throughout
the ages.
From Strauss waltzes
to the Charleston to the
Funky Chicken, the melding of motion and melody
will take center stage in
the historic Opera House.
Dancers will perform and
the audience is encouraged to join in.
Serena Hill, an active
performer, and Professor
of Music at Coker College
will sing both popular and
operatic tunes. Hill has
recently been featured in
THINGS
TO DO
SC CHILDRENS THEATRE
STAGES FANCY NANCY
The
South
Carolina
Childrens Theatre will
present Fancy Nancy The
Musical Jan. 30-Feb. 8 at
the Peace Centers Gunter
Theatre. Nancy and her
friends are excited to
dance in the school recital,
but when she is denied the
role of her dreams, the
story takes an unexpected
twist. Nancy realizes that
when she uses her imagination, being fancy comes
in many forms.
Performance times are
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works such as Handels
Messiah, Haydns Creation
and Seasons, Brahms Requiem, Vaughan Williams
Dona Nobis Pacem and
Handels Samson. She has
performed with the South
Carolina Philharmonic and
Firenze Lirica. Hills recital
engagements include performances in both Italy
and Spain. Her opera credits include Micaela (Carmen), Lady with the Cake
Box (Postcard from Morocco), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Fiordiligi (Cosi fan
tutte), Countess (Le Nozze
di Figaro), and Pamina (Die
Zauberflte). She has sung
with Opera at USC, Opera
in the Ozarks, Studio Liri-
co, Greenville Light Opera,

Central Florida Lyric Opera, and Piccolo Players.
Michael
LaRoche,
A
Wilmington, Delaware native, has sung (Baritone)
in many locales along the
east coast as well as internationally. He currently
serves as the technical director for Opera at USC. A
graduate of the University
of Delaware and East Carolina University. Recent
engagements include the
roles of Herr Frank (Die
Fledermaus),
Pandolfe
(Cendrillon), Fred/Ghost
of Christmas Present (Mr.
Scrooge), Giuseppe (The
Light in the Piazza), Editor
Webb (Our Town), Coppe-
Fridays, Jan. 30 and Feb. 6,

at 7 p.m.; Saturdays, Jan.
31 and Feb. 7, at 1:30 p.m.
and 5:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 1, at 1:30 p.m.
and 5:30 p.m.; and Sunday,
Feb. 8 at 1:30 p.m.
For more information or
to purchase tickets, visit
scchildrenstheatre.org or
call 467-3000.
December to be appreciated once more.

Spartanburg
Regional
History Museum is located
on the second floor of the
west wing at Chapman
Cultural Center, 200 East
Saint John Street in Spartanburg.
REGIOANL MUSEUM
CHRISTMAS DISPLAY
Feb. 7 at Cannon Centre:

Chamber Selections.
March 21: Masterworks
III: Berliozs Symphonie
Fantastique.
May 2: Pops Celebration.
James Buchanans dioramas illustrating Clement

Clarke Moores famous
poem, A Visit From St.
Nicholas are now on display at Spartanburg Regional History Museum.
Buchanan was a local
artist and a founder of
Spartanburg County Historical Association, as
well as the first director of
Walnut Grove Plantation.
His painstakingly crafted
scenes were displayed in
the windows of Aug W.
Smith department store
in downtown Spartanburg
during each holiday season until the store closed
in the 1980s.
Today they reside in the
collections of Spartanburg
Regional History Museum
and are brought out each
lius and Lindorf (Les Contes dHoffmann), Pooh-Bah

(The Mikado), Trinculo
(The Tempest), Ben (The
Telephone), The Vicar (Albert Herring), The Count
(Le Nozze di Figaro), and
Tarquinius (The Rape of
Lucretia). Equally at home
on the recital and oratorio
stages, he has recently performed Moravecs Songs
of Love and War, Howells
Sir Patrick Spens, Duboiss
Seven Last Words of Christ,
Haydns The Seasons, Faurs Requiem, Mozarts Requiem, Vaughan Williamss
Five Mystical Songs, and
given recitals in Augusta,
Greenville, Columbia, and
Hartsville.
The evening will continue from 8 to midnight, with

the music interspersed
with receptions and fun
food and wine with a dessert and champagne reception leading up to a grand
finale in Memorial Square
opposite the Opera House,
punctuated by fireworks,
Auld Lang Syne, God Bless
America and many surprises. What a way to kick
off the New Year!
Black tie attire is encouraged for the festive
evening. Dinner packages
with Steven Ws, are available, and a package including an overnight stay
at the downtown Hampton
Inn is also available. Fireworks are Sponsored by
Pyrotecnico.
For a memorable evening of great music and
great fun please call the
Box Office at 803-2766264 or visit the Newberry
Opera House in historic
downtown Newberry or
online at www.newberryoperahouse.com
Like
us on Facebook at www.
facebook.com/newberry.
opera.house to get exclusive artist and event information, as well as a sneak
peek behind the scenes.
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The Greer Opry will hold

its annual Christmas party
on Saturday, Dec. 20, at 8
p.m.
Cost is $9 per person
and participants are asked
to bring food.
The New Years party is
scheduled for Wednesday,
Dec. 31, at 8 p.m. Cost is
$15 per person.
Classic Country Band
with Ed Burrell at is at 8
p.m. each Saturday night
at the Greer Opry House.
Admission is $9. There
will be free line dancing
from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
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from all of us at
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DEAR SANTA
The Greer Citizen
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
ight-year-old Virginia OHanlon wrote a letter to the editor

of New Yorks Sun, and the quick response was printed as
an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897.
The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has

since become historys most reprinted newspaper editorial,
appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books,
movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps.
DEAR EDITOR,
I am 8 years old.
no Santa Claus.
Some of my little friends say there is
its so.
Papa says, If you see it in THE SUN
ta Claus?
Please tell me the truth; is there a San
VIRGINIA OHANLON
115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET
Aubrey Alkire and her daughter Aria enjoy a moment at the Greer City Park fountain
during this years tree lighting ceremony.
IRGINIA, your little friends are

wrong. They have been affected
by the skepticism of a skeptical
age. They do not believe except (what)
they see. They think that nothing can
be which is not comprehensible by
their little minds.
All minds, Virginia, whether they

be mens or childrens, are little. In
this great universe of ours man is a
mere insect, an ant, in his intellect,
as compared with the boundless
world about him, as measured by the
intelligence capable of grasping the
whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa

Claus. He exists as certainly as love
and generosity and devotion exist, and
you know that they abound and give
to your life its highest beauty and joy.
Alas! How dreary would be the
world if there were no Santa Claus.
It would be as dreary as if there
were no VIRGINIAS. There would be
no childlike faith then, no poetry,
no romance to make tolerable
this existence. We should have no
enjoyment, except in sense and
sight. The eternal light with which
childhood fills the world would be
extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You
might as well not believe in fairies!
You might get your papa to hire
men to watch in all the chimneys on
Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus,
but even if they did not see Santa
Claus coming down, what would that
prove?
Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that
is no sign that there is no Santa
Claus.
After a long wait, Layla Pruitt meets Santa with her Christmas wish list.
The most real things in the world

are those that neither children nor
men can see. Did you ever see fairies
dancing on the lawn? Of course not,
but thats no proof that they are not
there.
Nobody can conceive or imagine
all the wonders there are unseen and
No Santa Claus! Thank
God! He lives, and he lives

forever. A thousand years
from now, Virginia, nay, ten
times ten thousand years
from now, he will continue
to make glad the heart of
childhood.
unseeable in the world. You may tear
apart the babys rattle and see what
makes the noise inside, but there is a
veil covering the unseen world which
not the strongest man, nor even the
united strength of all the strongest
men that ever lived, could tear apart.
Only faith, fancy, poetry, love,
romance, can push aside that curtain
and view and picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real?
Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there
is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives,
and he lives forever. A thousand years
from now, Virginia, nay, ten times
ten thousand years from now, he will
continue to make glad the heart of
childhood.
C2
DEAR SANTA
THE GREER CITIZEN
BUENA
VISTA
Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Jack. I am seven
years old. Thank you for the
presents from last year. I have
been good this year because I
shared with my brother. I
would like Dark Skylanders
Trap Team and Sylanders Trap
Team book. I hope you have a
very Merry Christmas!
MRS. HUGUETS
FIRST GRADE CLASS
Dear Santa Claus,
I am six years old. My name
is Sash and I was good this
year. I listen when my mom is
speaking. Thank you for the
NBA basketball game last year.
This Year I want a remote control airplane.
From, Sash
Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Bentley. I am six
year old. I have been good this
year because I help my sister
when she gets hurt. Thank you
for my toys from last year. I
would like a pet fish. Tell the
reindeer that I will give them
carrots and leave some cookies for you.
Love, Bentley
Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Gracen. I am six.
I have been very good. Thank
you for the presents that you
gave me last year. I played
with all of them. This year I
would love an Olaf set, an Elsa
doll and a Cinderella Castle
lego set. I hope that you have
a very Merry Christmas!
Love, Gracen
I have been good

this year. I set the
table, even though I
dont want to.
Cole
Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Brooke and I am
seven years old. I was very
awesome this year. I helped
my mom around the house. I
loved the American Girl doll
stuff from last year. This year I
want a really live dog, a real
sewing machine and a drum
set. I cant wait until Christmas!
Love, Brooke
Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Cole. I am seven
years old. I have been good
this year. I set the table, even
though I dont want to. I loved
the things I got last year. I
would really like to receive a
real live bunny this year.
Love, Cole
Dear Santa Claus,
I have been good to everybody. I want a toy cap gun and
a puppy. Please tell Jingle our
Elf on the Shelf that I love him.
Tell all of the reindeer and Rudolph that I love them.
Love, Thomas
Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Fitz. I am six and
I have been a good kid I am
nice to my brothers. I wish you
would get me a new Nerf gun.
I liked the toys from last year. I
wish you a Merry Christmas!
From, Fitz
Dear Santa Claus,
From, Jack
Hi Santa. This is Maggie. I am

seven years old, not six like last
year. I am a big girl now. I
would like the lego girls and
legos. Thanks for the wonderful presents last year. I have
been very good. I helped my
mom when my brother was
sick and I find his pacifier
when he loses it. I even help
clean the house. XOXO
Love, Maggie
Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Jaiden. I was
good this year because you
gave me my Wrestling 2K14. I
want Wrestling 2K15. I love all
the other things too.
Love, Jaiden
Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Maddie. I am six
and a half years old. I have
been awesome this year because Ive been nice to my sister. Thank you for my presents
from last year. I would like an
American Girl doll, my two
front teeth, a crazy loom, a
lego set, and a secret diary. Tell
Mrs. Claus, the elves, the reindeer and Rudolph too that I
love them.
From a lovely child, Maddie
Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Melaina and I
have been a good kid because
I have been nice to my friends.
When my friends get hurt I
help my friends. I want Isabelles sewing machine, a new
outfit for my American Girl doll
and a baby doll. I am a good
girl and I hope you have a
Merry Christmas!
Love, Melaina
Dear Santa Claus,
I just turned seven. I have
been good. I have been nice to
my mom and dad. I want another dog. I wish I had a bike. I
hope that you have a Merry
Christmas!
Love, Stone
Dear Santa,
Im Skylar and I am six. I have
been a very good girl. I clean
my room and I help clean the
dishes. I liked the stuff you
gave me last year. I want an
American Girl doll, a doll
house, an Xbox 360, a Barbie
play set and a dog. I hope you
can make it.
Love, Skylar
Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Lydia and I am
six and a half. If my sister gets
hurt, I help her. I help my mom
and dad with the dishes. I
want a baby doll, a baby carrier and an art set. Merry Christmas!
Love, Lydia
Members of the Greer High School Honor Choir entertained downtown visitors with caroling at the corner of Trade and
Poinsett Streets Thursday. The choir is under the direction of Sarah Hargett, left.
Choirs wish Greer a Merry Christmas

BY JULIE HOLCOMBE
STAFF WRITER
City officials, downtown business owners and
general passersby were
treated to a holiday favorite last week as the Greer
High School choirs celebrated Carol Week.
Choir Director Sarah
Hargett said the school
began the new tradition at
the suggestion of Principal
Marion Waters as a way to
continue the holiday cheer
after the final concert before Christmas break.
Were spreading Christmas cheer. It brings lots
of smiles (to the public),
she said. Its fun for us
before the break to bring
ourselves into the community and use the image (the
students) have to show off
their talent. They are some
hardworking kids.
Were always looking
for opportunities for our
students to showcase their
talents, out of the school
and into our community.
And what better time than
Christmas? said Waters.
It makes everyone feel
good to hear it and our
students like to perform...
Its a win-win for all involved.
Seventy students comprise Greer Highs three
choirsbeginning, mixed
and honor. All of the
groups participated in
Carol Week.
The honor choirs 22
members sang at the corner of Trade and Poinsett
streets Thursday, waving
at passing cars, some of
which paused to join in
with passengers dancing
along or clapping to the
music.
I think its fun. I enjoy
coming out in the community and meeting people, said Jerusha Gilbert,
senior and honor choir
president. Ive just enjoyed being with (my choir
mates) everyday. Its been
great being a part of them
this year.
Its good to bring back
a solid tradition, Hargett
said.
Greer High School Honor Choir students enjoyed Carol Week downtown last Thursday.
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Dear Santa,
How is Mrs. Clause doing? I
want a baby alive because it is
pretty. I want an American Girl
doll and her ballet set. I want a
purple pack and play, stroller,
baby bed and a highchair.
Love, Malena
Dear Santa,
Dear Santa,
I want a wrestler because it

is my favorite. I want a toy Santa to put in my room. I want a
DS so I can play games.
All I want for Christmas is a

Barbie Doll with a vehicle because I love it. I would like a
tablet too.
Love, Ladarius
Love, Nevaeh
Dear Santa,
Dear Santa,
I want all of the Walking

Dead figures, a lot of movies
and the Skylander toys.
I want Legos and video

games. How are you doing today?
Dear Santa,
Love, Russell
I want a monster truck and a

nabi.
Love, Jaiden
Dear Santa,
You are the best! I love you.
How are the elves doing? I
want a DS and a baby doll.
Love, Serenity
Dear Santa,
How are your reindeers Santa? I love you! How many presents do you have? Are your
elves well? I want a car so I can
go anywhere. I want a tablet
because I love games. I want a
house so I can watch movies.
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Love, Russ
Dear Santa,
Dear Santa,
How are you doing? How

old are you? I want a BB gun
because they are fun. I want a
Clemson basketball jersey. I
want a Xbox one because I
love Minecraft.
I want a BB gun, camo, and

cars. I want a rabbit. How are
the elves doing?
Love, Danny Lee
Love, Ayden
Dear Santa,
How old are you? Are you
ok? I want a tracfone so I can
call people. I also want a Nintendo 3DS so I can play it all
day. Please Santa I want a
Xbox one so I can watch movies all day. I have been working
hard to follow the rules.
Love, Daniel
Dear Santa,
I want Skylander toys. That is
all I want.
Love, Santa
Dear Santa,
I want a DS, a ghost house
and a Wii.
Love, Brayden
Love, Antonio
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Dear Santa,
Ive been good this year so
dont give me coal. And how
is you raindeer? What is the
north pole look like? Is rouldoulf real? Does he have a red
nose? And have a great Christmas!
HOUCKS CLASS
Dear Santa,
Love, Tobias S
Thank you youre real. This

year for Christmas I want a diamond blue 3dsxL, Polo, Skylander trapteam for 3ds, Pokemon omega ruby and a
Amizon fire. I want these gifts
becase I dont have any electronics to play with. And I just
love Polo. There will be Egg
Nog and cookies.
Dear Santa.
Are you havein a good year?
I want for Christmas a new
bike thats a size 18 and some
rollorskats and the rest suprizes. Im haveing a good year. I
am haveing a good year. I deserve them for being off the
chart. Your sake maybe are
ready herie. I hope you are
haveing a good year.
Love, Caden
Dear Santa,
Thank you for giving me
presents for Christmas. This
year for Christmas I would like
a 3Ds and a dry earay board,
crayzy light, crayzy nits, cholc
board, little ten, nabie big tab,
sleeping bag, make your oan
crayons. I want these gifts because I have been on two bad
colors and alot of good colors.
There will be cookies on the
chimny!
Love your freind, Reece

Dear, Santa
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How are the rain deer?

What I want for Christmas is a
xbox 360 with halo and mine
craft. A I pad downloaded
with mine craft and a zoomer.
I desevve these gifts because I
do chores all day. I love Christmas!
Love, Alexie
Love, Santa
From, Liberty
MENDEZ CLASS
Dear Santa,
Dear Santa,
Thank you for all the presents. This year for Christmas I
would like a Ifon 6 and a pupy.
I want these gifts because,
these things will make my
mom crazy. There will be milk
and cookies.
I would like to know what

are your elves names? I would
like to know what your workshoppe is like? I would like to
know how old are the reindeer? I would like to know are
you doing good? I would like
to know how is the north
pole? How is our slae? Do you
hang ligts and a chrismas tree?
Do your elves get presents?
Does frosty come and visit? I
might leave a treat for the reindeer. I hope you have a good
chrismas.
Love, Jasmine H
Dear Santa,
Thank you for the gifts.
This year for Christmas I
would like a i,pod and 3ds and
a xbox. I want these gifts because I only have boring toys
and the toy I got yesterday I
couldnt bring it. It was a soccer ball. There will be milk and
cookies.
Alexie Ducimo
Anna Wright
Sincerely, Matthew R
Dear Santa,
I would like to know how
your randeer sleep? Dos Mrs.
Clazyous shogur to make
cookise? Are most toys made
of wood? How many tedy
bears do you have? How do
you feed your randeer?
Love, Jesus A
Dear Santa,
Thank you for the presents.
This year for chirsmas I would
like a lego nin jago toy. I want
these gifts because I.ve been a
good boy. There will be mlik
and cookies in the table..
Love, Scott
Sinserly Santa, Anna H

Dear Santa,
Caden Coleman
Is would like to know adoat

you. Wut cookies do you like.
Das rotof have a red nose. Ho
is Mrs. Klos is she go. Wut is
your foritet milk. Ho much
snow is at the nothpolp.
Jasmine Honea
Dear Santa,
Thank you for the keyboard
that you gave me last year.
This year I would like some
moves and a tablet. I think I
should have these things because I have been on pink two
times. The rest of the time Iv
been above green. Thar is going to be cookies on the tabel.
Dear Santa,
Dear Santa,
KUTZ CLASS
Dear Santa,
Thank you for the presents.

This year I want a muisal light
up frozen dolls. I want these
gifts because I dot have fun
because my sister fights over
the toys. There will be milk
and cookies in the living room.
Thank you four toys. This

year for Christmas I want a
foun and now taplat and a skylanders giants. I want theyes
things becus I like them. Ther
will be coke.
Dear Santa,
What is your name? how do

your raindeer fly? What is your
elf names? what toy do your
elf build? How minine elf do
you have?
Love, Jordan
P.S Marry Christmas
Love, Reily
Love, Jahaira
Love, Jullian
How are you doing are you

haveing a good year I have
ben clening my room and I
want a bribiehouse and a frozen plas and some led penils.
Love, Anna
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Dear Santa,
My Name is Lahna Moss. I
have been a good girl this
year. I would like for you to
bring me a skateboard,
baby doll, and a Frozen
bike. Oh, I forgot to tell you
I am 4 years old. Please remember all the boys and
girls everywhere this year.
Would you please bring
my Poppy some new
socks and my Daddy
some new magic tricks.
Merry Christmas.
P.S. We will leave you
some cookies and milk
by the tree. My twin sister Olivia cant wait for
you to visit too.
Makayla Bright
Love, Lahna Moss

Greer, SC
Lahna Moss, Sant
Dear Santa,
a, Olivia Moss
I am a little girl
and my name is Olivia Moss. I
am 4 years old. Santa I would like you to bring me a Frozen
scooter, Frozen bike and baby doll. Thank you for remembering me each year. Be good to
all the children everywhere. We will leave you some goodies under the tree. Please being
my mommy and daddy something nice my mommy would like some new things for her
kitchen. She is a good cooker.
P.S. Take care of Rudolph and the other reindeer. See you Christmas Eve. Please remember my twin sister Lahna. She loves you too.
Love, Olivia Moss
Greer, SC
Paul Smith
Dear Santa,
I want a lot of Legos
and cars. I want an airplane and if I dont see
it in a present it is OK. I
want candy canes and
peppermints that dont
melt in your mouth. Take
four of my presents to
the orphanage place so
they can have a good
Christmas present. Please
dont take away the
Legos. I love you Santa.
Dante Stabell
Dear Santa,
Kaylee Arroyo
Dear Santa,
Dear Santa!
Wer do you get lots of prese

from? Duz rudof have a red
noze? Haw mine elfs do you
have? Do you drik egg nog? Is
it fun in the north pole?
Haw do riandeer fly. Haw

do santa make toys? Haw do
elf fly. Haw do santa? Haw do
santa eat cookies. Do santa
chraek mlik?haw do santa mak
riandeer fly? Do red nes? Rindeer got a red?
Love, Typriest
Dear Santa,
Paul is my fren, Quinton
I would like to know how

can the reindeers be able to
fly? What is your reindeers
name? how minine elfs do
you have? How minine reindeers do you have? I would
like to know if you have a cat?
Love, Angelli.t.z
P.S Marry Christmas.
WADES CLASS
Dear sarta.
I should be on the good list.
Dear sarta I want some presents becaues I love presents
and Christmas becaues christms is my favorite holiday becaues is snow.
Dear Snata
Love Eleazar
I wouldlike how your raindeer eat? And how to fly?

How many cookies do you
eat? What do you do santa?
What do you eat? What do
you like to do? What is a lef?
How many lefs d oyou have?
What is your raindeers name?
Love, Paul
Dear Santa,
I should be on the nice list
because I help my mom fold
closes and distract Dexter
when someone is doing an inportint thing.
Love, Dahlia
I will explain if Im
I would like a Surface Pro 3 for Christmas and if not an I-Phone 5. I would also like a brown
haired Barbie doll and a beach Ken doll. I would like to give my parents a new car that they
want. I really want a Barbie Dreamhouse with a Elsa and Anna doll. If you cant I will accept
anything.
Love,
Dominique Stabell
not on the good

list.
Family makes all

the difference...
Shyanna
Dear santa
and were so grateful to

have you be part of ours.
Thank you for your
kind words and
generous support.
I should be on the nice list

because some thing I bean
nice. I wunt a 3Ds and xbox
one ahazoomer dine.
P.S I didnt mean to push my
brother.
Love, Justin
Dear santa,
Santa am I on the good list I
will explain if Im not on the
good list. I have did bad thas
befor I did not no that of I put
the toybear in fruit of the vent
it will cacth on fruit and I no I
fight me sister loet.
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BEECH
SPRINGS
Dear Santa,
I want Santa to bring me a
new bike for Christmas because my bike wheel popped
and then my dad gave me his
bike and the chain broke. I
would maybe share it with my
brother. I would ride my bike.
I want you to bring me artist
stuff because I love, love, love
art very much and I barely
have any more art supplies
left. I maybe share it with my
brother and paint things.
I want a new phone for
Christmas because I have a flip
phone and it takes me forever
to text and I cant play games.
Maybe with my brother text,
and play games if Im bored.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
JANICE TUCKER AND

CHELSEY GRUMMELS
FIFTH GRADE CLASS
Dear Santa,
For Christmas I want a
Xbox1. I think I deserve it because Ive been good from
time to time also I have
cleared my room and done
the dishes. If I get an Xbox1 I
will continue to do the dishes
and clean my room. I will play
Call of Duty Advanced Warfare.
The second thing I want for
Christmas is a basketball goal. I
think I deserve a basketball
goal because Ive tried my best
to be respectful as possible
and do my chores. If I get a
basketball goal I will play a 3
on 3 with my brothers and
cousins.
The third thing I want for
Christmas is a dirt bike. I think I
deserve a dirt bike because I
have done my best to be good
and Ive gotten in fights with
my brothers from time to time,
but if I get it I will ride in the
mud and in the woods or ride
on the road to papas house.
Love, Sara Comstock

Dear Santa,
The first thing I want is an
iphone 5. I think I should get it
because I have been working
hard in school and if I need
you I can get to. I also can talk
to my friends.
The next thing I want is
clothes and shoes. I think I
should get it because Im
growing and I need more
clothes. I will make sure they
will get washed and put up. I
will wear them. I will not share
because people cant fit in my
clothes/shoes.
The thired thing I want is
Irish shoes. I will dance when
we have a competition with
the shoes. I will also dance
when Im in class. I wont share
because I need to break them
in.
John David
Dear Santa,
I would like a Makeup Kit
because I have helped my
momma pack to move to the
new house. I have been good
for my mom and dad. With my
makeup kit I will put them on
everyday. I will wear it to
school to look cute. No I will
not share because they are too
little to wear it. I want a Ipod 5
so I can play on them all day. I
deserve a Ipad 5 for obeying
my family. I earned it by helping with a lot at home. My responsibility of earning this is
that I bought my gma some
cookies. I will never put it
down because I love it. I will
not share because it is very expensive. I want a cool bake
oven because I have been
good. I deserve it for helping
my mom cook and pack. I had
to watch my lil cousin to go
outside and thats why I deserve it. I can cook by myself
and I wont share because it
can get broken. I could cook
for my mom or dad.
Love, Anaydia Gory-Kerns
Dear Santa Claus,
All I want for Christmas
I would like a Samsung Galaxy S5. I deserve this present
because I take care of my dog
and I really want one. If I had
one I would use it to text, Skype, call, and play games.
My second present that I
would like is money to get my
ears pierced. I deserve this
present because I still take care
of my dog, and do my chores,
and get good grades. If I got
this present I would get my
ears pierced and weir cute earings.
The last present I want for
Christmas is money to get my
tablet repaired. I think I deserve this present because I
take good care of my tablet,
do my chores, good grades,
and take care of my dog. If I
got it I would take my tablet to
the repair shop and get it repaired.
Sincerilly,
Breanna Faith Glover
Dear Santa,
My number one present
that I want for Christmas is a
go-cart called the crazy cart. I
would not share it that much
because they might break
something thats a lot of money. I think I deserve it because I
hold the door open for people
all the time.
My second best present I
would like an electric scooter.
My reasons are that my old
one has a bent wheel, but I secretly think I might crash the
same way I did at Austins
house.
And the one just as important as the go-cart is Mrs. Gs
happiness. She has been the
best teacher ever! Thats why I
want you to give her a bunch
of board markers.
The end!
Love, Aerik A. Clark
Dear Santa Claus,
For Christmas I want a Ipod
5 touch blue, headphones,
and a case black with polka
dots. I should deserve it an
Ipod 5 touch blue, case black
and polka dots.
Gianna J.
From, Halley Howard

Dear Santa,
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Children had the opportunity to share a meal and their Christmas wish list with Santa at the recent City of Greer Breakfast
with Santa event. Those attending made crafts, listened to Christmas carols and wrote letters to Saint Nick.
Dear Santa,
Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas is

I want an Xbox 360, Minecraft, and COD Black Ops 2. A
reason I deserve it is: I have
been good, I have put my
clothes up, and I have been a
good student. I will share it
with my friend and family.
The next thing I want is
For Christmas I also want a
computer and $100. One reason I want this because I have
cleaned my room. Yes I will
share it with others.
The final thing I want for
Christmas is
I want to have a great Christmas with my family. I have
been a very good son. I will
share it with my family.
For Christmas I would like a

Sklander trap team for Xbox
360. I think I deserve a Sklander trap team because I have
been good all year. Also I work
really hard in school. One of
the reasons I want Sklander
trap team because I have all of
the other Sklander. If I got a
Sklander trap team I would
only let people that I know
play it.
I would also like a rocket. I
think I should have a rocket
because I have got good
grades in school. If I got a rocket I would only let my mom
use it.
I also would like a Monster
High doll. I think I should have
a Monster High doll because I
have a lot of them at my
house. If I got a Monster High
doll I would only let certain
friends and family play with
them.
Jacob Oliver
Dear Santa,
big jacked up 2015 Chevy with
airbags. Ive done all my
chores and Im a terrific kid. I
would go mudding and have
fun with friends and family.
I also want a pet baby lion.
Ive tooken care of all my dogs
and chickens. I would go hunting with it.
I also want a 1992 Chevy SS
Camoro. Ive listened to my
parents. I would drag race with
it.
Curtis
By, Ariel
Dear Santa Claus,
I think I should have some
new headphones. I think I
need headphones because I
kinda broke all my other pairs.
Please use your magic to make
them un-breakable. I think I
earn headphones because I
did all my chores. I washed all
my dishes and I did all my
holiday greetings
From all of us!
John M. rollins, Jr., p.c.

Attorney and Counselor at Law
864-877-0134
219 Randall Street, Greer, SC
johnmrollinslaw.com
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laundry. If I got headphones I

wouldnt have to get argued at
with all my loud music. Also I
would share my music.
Michaella
All I want for Christmas,
I phone 5. I think I should
get an iphone 5 because I
have been doing chores
around the house. I have been
very nice to my sister lately. I
have not droped and shaterd
my ipod yet and I have had it
for a year. I will not share it
with anyone. If I got lost or its
an emergency I could contact

you. Or, I could just stay in contact with you.
Softball Bat/Maco 31 in./32
oz. I want a new softball bat
because my batting avridge
has gone up a lot! I have went
to a lot of batting lessons for a
year. My batting avridge went
to above the 125 to 400! I have
been practicing my pitching
and hitting. I might share it
with my friends if they need a
bat. I would hit with it until I
need a new one.
McKinna Taylor
I will like a case for my ipad. I

deserve a case because I got a
ipod for all my A the first semester. I have work hard for all
my As. I will put it on my ipod.
So it will take care of it so
when it fall to well protect it.
The second one I will like
will be money. I work hard all
day. I get good grades. With
this money I will buy a gift
card. I will buy so cool chairs
for my room. I will not share
my money with anyone.
The last one is some blue
beats. Have all As and work
hard every and do do everything I need to do. I have been
good. It good because I have a
blue ipod. What gose better
with blue with blue so I will
love it. I will used my beats, I
can listen to my music and
watch videos.
That is all I want for Christmas.
Danicia Diaz
SEE BEECH SPRINGS | C7
dear santa
the greer citizen
Dear Santa,
Dear Santa,
I want Santa to bring me a

pink electric scotter, because I
did my chores. I will share it
with others, and my neighbor,
and also my whole neighborhood.
I also want Santa to bring
me an ipad, because I deserve
it, because my old ipad broke. I
will maybe, because my
younger sister broke it 3 years
ago.
Santa should also get for
Christmas a cute kitten, because I deserve the cute kitten,
because my last kitten got
squashed by a car, and I want
one really bad. Ill also share it,
because kittens need a lot of
attention, because if not they
will run away.
I want a Wii U for Christmas

because it really fun to play.
On the Wii U you can watch
YouTube and play with people
from other countries. I think I
should get because I got good
grades and did my chores. If I
got this present I would share
it with my brother.
I want Zombie U for Christmas because I could play it on
my Wii U. I got a lot of good
grades. If I got Zombie U I
would share with my brother.
I want a crossbow for Christmas because I want one. If I
will shoot targets for fun. I
think I should get them because I took out the trash. I will
not let anybody use it because
they could shoot someone.
Emilee Dellinger
For Christmas I want a
IPhone6. I think I have earned
it because I have been a good
girl. I think I deserve it because
Im responstable. I wont share
it with my friends because the
teacher doesnt let us, but I will
share iwith my cusins.
I also want a tablet for
Christmas. I have earned a tablet because I do all my chores
and listen to my mom. I deserve it because I will take care
of it like my sister.
If you cant give me that I
want everyone to get at least
one present. If you give me
that I will be good for the
whole year. I havent earned or
deserve that but they do. Everyone deserves a merry
Christmas.
Maggie Calderon
Dear Santa,
For Christmas I would like
you to bring me a ipad for
Christmas. I think Ive deserved
a present because Ive been
good all year and I have behaved my self. I would put
games on it and use it for
school. I will probably share it
if it has a case.
I would also like a Basketball
goal and a basketball too. I deserve it because Ive been so
nice this year. I will play Basketball and practice playing it so
that one day I will be fantastic
at it just like Michael Jordon.
Jackson Howard
Dear Santa Claus,
IPhone 6. I think I deserve this
present because I do chores,
and I never drop my. I think I
earned this present because I
had my phone for two years
now. I would not let people
use it because it is like a 400
dollar phone.
Another present I want are
beats the earbuds. I think I
earned this present because I
do chores to help my mom. I
think I deserve this because I
work really hard in school. That
is why I deserve this present
and earn it. I would share it
with people because people
might want to test them to see
if they work.
The last present I want is my
MK boots. I think I deserve this
present because I dont have a
lot of boots. I think I earn this
present because I take good
care of my stuff. No I would
not let people ware them
cause they are expensive.
Santa took Christmas requests from children during his

visit to Greer during the citys recent holiday events.
Last but not least I would want candy

because its good and makes us hyper.

I want a pistol because my
dad taught me how to shoot a
gun. Yes, I will share it and I will
use it to hunt. I want a PS4. I
make good grades. Yes I will
share it.
Ryleigh Morgan
Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas is

$500.00 because I know Ive
been bad, but that will bye all
the presents and give everybody else something. I will
share this with my friends and
family because we all deserve
it. Santa would also like you to
bring me a new phone. I think
I deserve a new phone because my phone has broke
and has been demolished. I
will share it with my little
brother Gavin. Last but not
least I would want candy because its good and makes us
hyper. This will be Gavin and Is
treasure.
One present I want for

Christmas is a go cart. One reason I think I deserve the go
cart is because I have been really good this year. This is what
I am going to do with it. I am
going to share it with my
friends and ride it. Another
present I want for Christmas is
a mini Ipad. I think I deserve
this present because I have
worked for it. I am going to
share it with my brother and
download a lot of games on it.
One last present I want is a flying helicopter. I deserve this
present because I have been
really nice this year. I cant wait
to fly it in the high sky! That is
all I want for Christmas.
Ryleigh Morgan
Dear Santa,
Games for my family. I have

doing good. Yes I will share it
and I will play with it.
Makeup kit. I love my brother and sister. And I am a nice
girl. I will share it with friends.
A my life doll. I will take care
of it. I will be nice.
Every Christmas Eve,

children go to bed eagerly
anticipating a visit from
Santa Claus. This merry
gentleman is purported
to visit the home of every
good girl and boy, delivering gifts and cheer along
the way.
Before the modern evolution of Santa Claus lived
a very real and generous
individual named Nicholas. In the third century,
Nicholas served as the
Bishop of Myrna in present-day Turkey. He had a
reputation for secret giftgiving, believing that giving should be done secretly and sacrificially in Jesus
Christs name rather than
ones own.
Stories tell of Nicholas
paying the dowry for poor
daughters to enable them
to get married. He reportedly put coins in the shoes
of those who left them
out for him. It is believed
Nicholas helped to restore
the hope of hundreds of
people in his community,
making him a beloved and
revered Bishop. Throughout his ministry, Nicholas
fervently shared his life
and fortune with others.

Nicholas continued to
be revered and commemorated by many Christians
even after his death. His
charity
and
unselfish
works helped inspire generations of the faithful,
and he eventually was
named the patron saint of
everyone from merchants
to sailors to pawnbrokers.
No one really knows
what St. Nicholas looked
like. But in 2005, a forensic laboratory in England
reviewed historical data
and photographs of the remains taken from St. Nicholas grave in the 1950s.
Researchers
concluded
that he was a small man,
perhaps no more than five
feet in height, with a broken nose.
This image certainly
does not fit with the robust frame and other imagery awarded St. Nicholas
in more modern years. St.
Nicholas is believed to be
the inspiration for Santa
Claus, which was a name
taken from the Dutch
Sinterklaas, a contracted
form of Sint Nicolass, or
St. Nicholas.
Dear Santa,
IPhone 4. I think I deserve a

IPhone 4S because I am responsibil for it. I earned it because I take care of my other
stuff. When I get my IPhone 4S
yes I will share it with my siblings.
Boots. I think I deserve it because I take care of them and
dont get them dirty. I think I
earned them because I keep
them neat. No I will not share
because I wear them.
Tablet.
Lakia Grayson
Daisy Romen
The man behind

the white beard
Aleria Jenkins
One of the presents I want

for Christmas is an Iphone 6. I
think I deserve an iphone 6 because I feel like I am doing
good in school and in my
house. I sometimes listen to
my parents and do what they
say. I will keep listening and
maybe I will share it with others (maybe).
Another present I want is an
Ipad. I have listened to my parents and teachers. I actually
want it because I want to give
my sister it because her ipod
broke and I would like to get
her an ipad. I will share it with
my sister and cousins.
My third present is another
dog! I want another dog because I take good care of my
dog I already have. I will share
it with family members and
friends because dogs are playful.
I hope I get everything I
want for Christmas.
From, Breanna Neal
For Christmas I want 4 PS3

controllers. I think I deserve 4
controllers because Ive been
very good. I cleaned up my
room. I did a responsibility. Im
going to play Minecraft. I will
share with my friends and
cousins. I also want Minecraft
PS3 edition. I think I deserve
Minecraft because I did my
homework at the right time.
Ive started my dads truck. Its
a positive thing to do. Im going to put it in the PS3 and
play it. I will share with my
cousins and friends. I also want
a controller charger. I think I
deserve a controller charger
because if I didnt have one,
my controllers would die. I
helped my cousin. It was a
positive thing to do.
Sean Dunn
Dear Santa,
Love, Ryan Sen

Dear Santa,
IPhone!!! I would like a
iPhone 6 because I help parents and sister. That is why. Yes,
I would share with family.
$100. I also would like $100
because I could buy a crap
load of stuff. I took care of my
sister. No I will not share but I
would buy stuff.
2nd puppy. I would like a
2nd puppy because I took care
of my first puppy. I would
share my puppy.
Alexis
Sally Murphy
Dear Santa,
Merry
Christmas!
One present I want is a unlimited money sorce. Iave

been taking care of all the animals. I have been doing my
chores. I will share it with others. Help the homless.
Another present I want is
any kind of super power. I
want it any time. Im gonna
bring dinner for Christmas,
help set up sports this year. I
will have fun with this present.
I will help my friends with their
problems.
The last present I want is
some COD Advance Warfare
technology. I have been getting good grades. Im good in
school. I will advance the
world. I will help others.
Heres hoping your holiday season

is as special to you as you are to us.
For your support,
the Blue Ridge Rural Water Company
offers our thanks and best wishes
for a happy and prosperous New Year.
Sincerely, Rylie Phamma

Dear Santa,
For Christmas I want Beats
because Ive been good all
year and helped my mom and
dad with chores. I would share
it with my friends and maybe
brothers. The second thing I
want is to get my iPad mini
fixed because it broke. I always
help my mom with laundry
and dishes. I would not share it
because if it breaks again I
would get mad. The third
thing I want is an iPod 5. Im always helping and baby sitting
my baby brother so I deserve
it.
Nicol
Seth Prevter
Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen
Phone: (864) 877-3718

1612 Poplar Dr. Ext.
Greer, SC 29651
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DEAR SANTA
THE GREER CITIZEN
WOODLAND
MRS. PITTS
THIRD GRADE CLASS
Dear Santa,
I will really love a phone and
a tablet and ipad. I will tak very
good of it the pesen. I wont it
be cus I will shere weth my
setr.
Jason O.
Dear Santa,
This is Joey. Can you pleas
get me a game called assassins creed and a airsoft gun. I
will not shoot eneyone with it.
I wont shoot my brother or
sister. I will be good. And nice
to everebyde cas I am nice.
Can I even have a iPod 5 pleas.
Love, Joey B.
Dear Santa,
Im Chloe and Im about to
tell you what I would like to
have for Christmas. The first
thing I would like is a new Ipod
case. The reason is because my
other one is kind of breaking a
little. I will take better care for
this new one. The second
thing I would like is a Journey
girl its almost like a American
girl doll. Her name is Kyla. I will
not tangle her hair because it
sounds like clink clunk because how its made. Those are
the 2 things I would like for
Christmas.
Love, Chloe B.
Dear Santa,
This is what I would like for
Christmas. I would really, really
like a bulletien board. The reason I would like a bulletien
board is because I keep making holes in my wall to hang
pictures up. That is all I want
for Christmas. On it I would
hang pictures and other
things up. I would also hang
my calender on it. I could use it
a lot. Thats what I want for
Christmas.
Love, Megan B.
Dear Santa,
Dear Santa,
Dear Santa,
Here is what I want for

Christmas. I would like a designing kit. I would design
with it every single minute. I
would be resonsible and take
care of it and make it last long.
I would also like an Itunes gift
card for my Ipod. I would be
responsible for what I spend it
on and what I do with it. Do
you know what you want from
Santa?
Love, Caroline D.
My name is Rohan. This

Christmas I would like to have
a bow and arrow this year. I
will not shoot it at my brother.
I will only shoot it at our target.
I wont lose it in my neighbors
yard. I will keep my bow in the
garage. This is what I would
like for Christmas.
Last Christmas you gave

me two presents. I loved
them but I loved WWE set
but it did not have any
people. At least you gave
me something. Thank
you! This year, I would like
a golf cart and a i-pod.
With the golf cart I will
drive it. I will be able to
listen to music with my
new i-pod. See you on
Chrismas Eve.
Dear Santa,
Hello my name is Emma T.

This year me and my sister
want an ipod for Christmas.
You can put one in the middle
of my living room. Me and my
sister will share it. We will be
very careful with it too! The
other thing I wish for is Calico
Critters! I already have the
owls, mice, porcipine or hedoges, frogs, the mother and father rabbit, one baby kitty, two
squrrils, and the dog family. I
will let my sister play with
them when ever she wants.
Those are two of thing I really
want for Christmas. Oh and I
promise I will not break the
ipod Boom! Crack!
Hello my name is Kaylee. For

Christmas I want lots of monster high dolls. I would also like
lots of clothes for my Journey
girl doll. All I really want for
christmas is a craz cart for kids
ages 8 to 10. Thank you Santa
for being here so I can talk to
you about what I want for
Christmas. I will be really good
with the craz cart! I will die if I
get it! I will cry if I dont get it! I
hope you like what I am going
to give you Santa!
Love, Kaylee O.
Dear Santa,
My name is Zack and I wish I
could have a nerf gun. Its bullets are rapid. I thas blue bullets and it has a rapid misol. I
wish I had Madden 15 and
WWE2K. I want all these things
I hope you get what you wish
for.
Love, Zack W.
Dear Santa,
What I want for Christmas is
an elf and I whant to see you
for Christmas. You are the one
who passes out all the presents all night. I whant one
more thing my one and only
room with snow green grass
with toys and Christmas ornamets and stuff. I really really
whont it. I know that you can
do it. I know you can your Santa. If you come down the
chimney it will be Boom Paw
Boom. I will think win win not
to go down when my mom
says not to. Thats what I want
for Chrismas. Santa what do
you get for Christmas.
Love, Cianna N.
Love, Rohan S.
Dear Santa,
Love, Emma T.
Love, Mason W.
Dear Santa,
My name is Hannah
and this year for
Christmas I want an
IPod and an art kit. I
will not loose my IPod
and I will not loose
the stuff it has tons of
stuff that you can do
on it. I want an art kit
because I like to do
crafts and I like to paint
and color. I hope you
get what yo want for
Christmas Santa! Happy
Holidays!
Love, Hannah B.
Dear Santa,
Dear Santa,
I am going to tell you about

what I would like for christmas
and why I would like it. First, I
would like a phone so I can call
my mom when I am away because I might miss my mom.
Second, I would like to have a
art stduio, so I can make art
and give it away. Third, I would
lik to have money, but I will
not spend it on everything I
see, I will spend it on my family. For like when somebody is
sick, I will buy something that
they can eat. Santa Please put
me on the nice list even
though I have been bad a little
bit. I will be good. If I do not
get a present I will die!
Santa colde I have a

golf cart and colde I
have a fullwiller and colde I have a big Star Wars
legos set for crismas. I
colde drive Gaven in the
driveway and I colde
play with Star Wars lego
sets. The End.
Love, Tamia D.
Dear Santa,
Hi my name is Eli and want I
would like for christmas. I want
battle boxes robots. I will be
responsible with them. I also
would like a turtle scooter, you
spin around really fast. I will
take care of it. I would love a
airsoft gun, I will not break it, I
will take care of it. I will not
shot anyone. I hope you get
want you want for Christmas.
Thats want I would like for
christmas.
Love, Eli M.
Dear Santa,
I would like to have a basketball. I will always go outside
to play with it. The next thing
that will acept is a ipod I will always take care of it. The next
thing that I want that I been
thinking of is a video game. I
will take care of it. I will be
making a lot of noice! I hope
too have a great christmas.
Love, Logan B.
Dear Santa,
My name is Daniella. I
am eight years old. I will
love the toys you gave
me. I am Dieing for you
to come Santa. I hope I
get what I want for
Christmas. Santa here is
I want a nerf rebelle
gun, Zumme Robot
Dog and a New magic
tree house book. Santa
you are very nice and
loyal. I hope you and Mrs.
Claws get what you want for
Christmas. Happy Holidays
Santa and Mrs. Claws. Ho! Ho!
Ho!
Love, Daniella R.
Dear Santa,
My name is Demont. Ive
been good this year. Ive took
care of my mom and pop also
sister and brother. This what I
want a Big trampleen so we
can jump on it and let friends
come over and jump on the
trampleen. Also I want a
Phone so I can call friends and
for a enmergcy. Also I want a
Bed so I can jump on it and
sleep in it. I hope I get those
things for Christmas. Ill give
you cookies and milk.
We wish you peace

and happiness during
the season and all year long.
Thank you for your friendship
and patronage for the past 21 years!
Rose Michelle Tracy
Rosies Hotdogs
Love, Demont
101 Pennsylvania Ave.
Originally ran in
2006
879-1254
Love, KB. R.
Dear Santa,
Hello, my name is Emma S.
and for Christmas I wish for a
crazy cart. I will only drive it
outside and I will watch out for
cars and it makes noise to. I
want a Flutterby and I will only
do it with my hand and I will
let my sister do it but I half to
watch her because I dont
want her to break it. I really
hope I get what I want for
Chirstmas. Do you get anything for Christmas? This is a
present to you Santa. Why
dont you read it some time.
Love, Emma S.
Dear Santa,
For Chrismas I want candy,
Barbies, doll and board
games. I want candy because
it tastes very good and I will
not eat too much. Barbies
are Fun to play with and the
candy is good Board games
is also what my sister because to is favorite crismas
and my family a presints.
Love, Angelica
Rejoice in the
Splendor of Christmas!
Emerys Tree Service
4460 Skyland Dr., Greer, SC 29651
David Alexanders
(864) 895-1852
www.emerytreeservice.com
CommErCiaL
rEsidEnTiaL
WoodWorking, LLC.
Custom Cabinets
663-a arlington rd.
Tel. 877-0661
EsTabLishEd
1999
greer, sC
DEAR SANTA
FROM SANTAS MAILBAG
Chloe White
Dear Santa,
I have tried to be a very good girl this year. I remember to say please and thank you.
My name is Chloe and I am 3. I love you Santa. I would like to ride in your sleigh. If you
can please bring me a teddy bear, a girl ball, and a baby doll. Can you bring me some surprises? Please bring my mommy a football, bring my Daddy some socks. My brother
Cody needs some surprises. Would you make sure the little kids that dont have any toys
get a few toys and some candy?
Thank you for everything. I hope you and Mrs. Claus have a verry good Christmas.
Love you always,
Chloe White
THE GREER CITIZEN
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How old are traditions?

Many Christmas traditions are older than some
celebrants might think.
The tradition of lighting
up a Christmas tree, for
example, dates back to
the days before Christmas
lights. Before electric-powered twinkle lights were
invented and even before
electricity was discovered,
people used actual candles
to adorn the Christmas
tree. As one can imagine,
having an open flame next
to a dried-out tree made for
some fast fires. Thats why
it was customary to keep
a bucket of water next to
the tree as well. As if fire
wasnt enough, the tinsel
used to decorate trees was
made from strips of silver
and even lead -- something that is now known
to be a health hazard to
adults and children alike.
Although weve come a
long way from candles and
lead, trees that are overly
dry paired with lights that
have frayed wires can just
as easily lead to fires.
Plus, plastic tinsel can be
a choking hazard for children and pets. One Christmas staple that has lost its
status as a safety hazard is
the poinsettia plant. Poinsettias are a tropical plant
that have become a fixture during the Christmas
season. It has long been
thought that poinsettias
are poisonous to people
and animals. While there
is some toxicity to the
plant, it would require the
ingestion of hundreds of
leaves to get a toxic dose
of a plants poison. Ingestion may simply cause a
Illuminated trees have long been part of the Christmas

tradition.
case of vomiting or diarrhea instead. But poinsettia leaves are said to have
an unpleasant taste, so
one bite and most children
and animals will probably
turn away. Perhaps one of
the biggest hazards come

Christmas -- both then
and now -- is not having
enough turkey or eggnog
to go around for holiday
guests!
The evolution and many faces of Christmas

Many people prepare for
the arrival of Christmas
months in advance. The
first traces of wrapping
paper and decorations arrive in stores as early as
September, transforming
the holiday into a much
more secular celebration
than its modest Christian
beginnings.
Despite Christmas being an important date in
the lives of todays Christians, the holiday failed
to gain prominent status
until relatively recently.
Research indicates that as
late as the 19th century,
Christmas was not even a
legal holiday requiring a
day off from work. Thats
why 19th century readers
of the classic Christmas
tale, A Christmas Carol,
were not shocked at Bob
Cratchit having to work
on Christmas Day. The
United States Congress
used to meet on Christmas Day because it was
not a national holiday. In
1836, Alabama became
the first state to officially
recognize Christmas, but
it didnt become a legal
holiday across the country
until June 26, 1970.
Todays Christmas celebrations include traditions from around the
world. Some ascertain that
it was the Churchs doing
to schedule Christmas at a
similar time to the pagan
festivals, such as Saturnalia, that took place during
the winter months. But
many biblical scholars argue that this was not the
case. Some pagan influences, such as holly and
mistletoe as well as the
burning of a yule log, have
long been a part of Christmas traditions.
Santa Claus is one of the
more recognizable symbols
of Christmas. He is based
on St. Nikolas of Myrna, an
area that is part of mod-
Regardless of the origins

of Christmas, today it is
hard to deny that Christmas is a commercialized
success. It is a national
holiday not only in the
United States but also in
other areas of the world,
and it is best known for
the tradition of giving
presents to others. In fact,
many people head to the
stores well in advance of
the Christmas holiday to
Todays Christmas
celebrations include
traditions from
around the world.
BILLY CANNADA | THE GREER CITIZEN
Santa Claus is one of the more recognizable symbols of the Christmas holiday.
ern-day Turkey. St. Nikolas
is the worlds most popular non-Biblical saint and
is one of the saints most
portrayed by artists. Early
depictions of St. Nikolas
show him as a stern man
who delivered his share
of discipline. Eventually,
those depictions changed
to show a figure more associated with generosity.
Throughout history there
With warm wishes and thanks from our flock to yours.
Fowlers
French Dry Cleaners
have been characters from

around the globe, such
as the Viking deity Odin,
who were precursors to
Santa Claus. Myth states
that Odin rode his eightlegged flying horse in the
purchase all of the presents on their shopping

lists. The shopping season
tradition may be traced
back to the time of World
War II, when it was necessary to mail gifts early to
the troops serving in Europe so that they would
be able to open them in
time. Merchants realized
that this concept could be
used when gifting troops
as well as private citizens,
reminding shoppers to
make their holiday purchases early so they could
mail them to relatives near
or far. As a result, the advanced shopping season
was born.
Although many people
feel Christmas begins
when the first bag of tin-
sel appears on a store

shelf and ends when the
last present is opened on
December 25th, the true
religious holiday does not
coincide with merchant
schedules. While most
people are bustling to and
from department stores
and malls, Christians are
participating in Advent,
which was traditionally a
solemn season of reflection and fasting. Christians
are supposed to spend
Advent preparing for the
birth of Jesus Christ and
the joy that ensues during
the weeks leading up to
December 25.
Similarly, the joyous time
of Christs birth is a day
of celebration that does
not end on December 26
but continues for 12 days
until the Epiphany, also
known as Little Christmas,
when Magi were reported
to have visited the infant
Christ and give him gifts.
Although the more traditional day for gift-giving
would seem to be on the
Epiphany, by the time that
day arrives many people
have already taken down
their Christmas decorations.
Christmas is a holiday
steeped in many different
traditions, and many people have their own ways of
celebrating all through the
month of December.
winter. Odin gave out gifts

to well-behaved children
and punishments to those
who misbehaved. Children would fill boots or
stockings with treats for
the flying horse.
Wed like to express

our appreciation for
your support
and wish everyone a
very happy season!
Corner of South Main & Brushy Creek 877-1378
408 W. Poinsett St.

Greer, SC 29650
864-877-8456
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THE GREER CITIZEN
GREER
ON PARADE
The Greer community was
out in full force recently
to celebrate Greer Reliefs
Spirit of Christmasparade.
More than 90 entries cruised
down Poinsett Street in
downtown with Santa
capping the afternoon.
Photos by Billy Cannada
DEAR SANTA

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GREER, SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. 101 NO. 52 75 CENTS

How can you not

The back seat and trunk

Greer Relief donation recipient

Mandy Ferguson | The Greer Citizen

Tammy Jordan, left, and Phil Rhoads help load packages

Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen

If you are looking for

Preston Burch | The Greer Citizen

Chloe White makes good use of her time at the Christmas

the grocery store one

last two minutes before

Cops for Tots benefits

...Each person there that walks through

or helps with a kid finds one that they

Greer Police Department

whole Christmas season.

Preston BUrch | The Greer Citizen

Mary Azalee Campbell

Player of the Year

The Greer Citizen office, located at 317

The Greer Citizens

THE GREER CITIZEN

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2014

SHARONS CLOSET NEEDS

Sharons Closet at Greer

CITYS OFFICES CLOSED

The City of Greers offices will be closed Thursday

FOOD PANTRY NEEDS

Always Best Care Senior Services is hosting

Greer Community Ministrys Food Pantry needs

GREER LEARNING CENTER

FIRST FRIDAY LUNCHEON

The Creative Advancement Centers, at Victor

GODS PANTRY NEEDS

Gods pantry, a nonprofit established in 2002

The Community Chest

MANDY FERGUSON | THE GREER CITIZEN

SENIOR DINING REQUESTS

The Senior Dinging program needs substitute

MEALS ON WHEELS SEEKS

GCM is seeking space

Wendy Campbell at 8792254.

SENIOR DINING SEEKS

GCMs Senior Dining

MONTHLY PELHAM POWER

The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerces next

MTCCS NEXT MONTHLY

Middle Tyger Community Center is a non-profit

The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerces next

TAILORED FOR TAYLORS

The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerces next

210 W. Poinsett Street

Got a DUI for Christmas?

To wish our customers,

COUPON FOR IN-STORE OR ONLINE USE!

e Item at Regular Pric e

Valid through December 27, 2014

Offer good for one item at regular price only.

Cash Value 1/10.

Tuesday, december 23, 2014

Tuesday, december 23, 2014

WAnt to see more lights?