Taste of Uptown

Hungry crowd gathers to try local restaurants’ specialties

September 16, 2005

By JACKIE R. BROACH
Index-Journal staff writer

With chefs from six of Greenwood’s restaurants gathered to share their culinary delights, Uptown was the place to be Thursday evening.
It was the city’s first A Taste of Uptown event that brought those chefs, and subsequently 750 hungry residents, to Main Street.
“We were hoping for 500 and we’ve well exceeded that, so I’d say it was a success,” said Charlie Barrineau, assistant city manager. “The best thing, I think, is the variety of people we have out here, it’s a great mixture and a great representation of the community.”
By 7 p.m., Barrineau said at least 1,500 food tickets had been sold and four of the restaurants had sold out of food. Participating were Frankglen’s, Uptown Sushi Bar and Café, Inn on the Square, Jimary Java, Regan’s on Main and T.W. Boons. They were offering everything from grilled shrimp kabobs and barbecued ribs to shrimp and grits, topped off with coffee flavored ice cream from Jimary Java for dessert.
“Everything is just delicious,” Mary Quarles, of Greenwood, said. Accompanied by Donna Brooks and Kelvis Louden, she was working her way down the line of vendors, making sure to sample something from each one. With only two left, she said she hadn’t found a thing yet that was anything less than wonderful. She said her favorite was the shrimp kabobs from Frankglen’s.
Quarles said she had never eaten at most of the restaurants participating, but would be stopping in now that the knows what they have to offer.
New to Greenwood, Jackie Menakes said she hadn’t had a chance to stop in at any of Uptown’s restaurants either, but certainly will in the future.
In town for a concert at Lander University, Millie Harper and Marie Ashley, of Abbeville, decided to have a taste of everything rather than having dinner at a single restaurant. They weren’t disappointed, they said.
A Taste of Uptown was joined by the final Live After Five performance of the season, featuring bands Brass Tyme and the Fabulous Expressions.

Barbara Church Brookshire

RALEIGH, NC — Barbara Church Brookshire, 59, of 1105 Indian Trail, died Wednesday at Rex Hospital. Born June 11, 1946 in Orange, New Jersey, she was the daughter of Frederick O. and Doris Church.
After just having moved to Raleigh from South Carolina, Barbara was diagnosed with her first brain tumor and had immediate surgery. Six months after her surgery, she founded the Raleigh Area Brain Tumor Support Group and acted as president for many years. Through the support group, Barbara helped other brain tumor patients and their families learn to cope with and adjust to the diagnosis of brain tumor disease. She gave back to the Raleigh community not only through the support group, but also through many various activities. She actively volunteered for White Memorial Presbyterian Church and Meals on Wheels. She received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from Gov. James Martin, a letter of recognition from President George H. W. Bush, and the American Cancer Society Quality of Life Award.
Barbara’s volunteer work began in Greenwood, SC in the early 70’s. She was the founding president of the SC Association of Hospital Auxiliaries, the president of Self Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, served on the Board of Directors of Hospice of Greenwood, and was an active member of Lights of Love and First Presbyterian Church in Greenwood.
Mrs. Brookshire attended Westminster High School in Atlanta, Mt. Vernon College in Washington D.C., and graduated from the University of Georgia, where she was an active member of Alpha Gamma Delta.
Surviving are her husband of 36 years, Jonathan Coke Brookshire; son Jonathan Ellis “Jeb” Brookshire and wife Melissa and granddaughter Jillian Elisabeth Brookshire of Garner; daughter, Emily Masters Brookshire of Raleigh; sister, Carolyn Church Harbison and husband Robert of Spartanburg, SC; brothers-in-law, James K. Brookshire and wife Marilyn of Virginia Beach, VA and Jerry H. Brookshire and wife Judy of Murfreesboro, TN; uncle, Howard Payntar of New Jersey; several nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held 2 pm Saturday at Oakwood Cemetery. A memorial service will follow at 3 pm at White Memorial Presbyterian Church.
The family will receive friends at their residence from 4-6 pm and 7-9 pm on Friday and again at the church in the Jane Bell Gathering Space, immediately following the service on Saturday.
In addition to her family, church and volunteer work, one of Barbara’s greatest joys in life was to watch the birds in her back yard.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Raleigh Area Brain Tumor Support Group, 8424 Old Well Lane, Raleigh, NC 27615 or to White Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1704 Oberlin Road, Raleigh, NC 27608.
Arrangements by Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Mill-brook Road (919) 876-6900.
PAID OBITUARY

Douglas W. Hurley

McCORMICK — Douglas Washington Hurley, of 500 Augusta St. Extension, husband of Eliza B. Hurley, died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood.
Born in Johnston, he was a son of the late James M. and Ellen Waller Hurley. He was a 1940 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School, Columbia and attended South Carolina State College. Employed for many years by the Detroit Police Department and IBM Installation, he also worked for South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), Columbia. After retiring, he was a volunteer with Richland County Department of Social Services. An Army veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict, he was a former member of Second Calvary Baptist Church, Columbia and a member of New Hope Baptist Church, McCormick.
Survivors include his wife of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Jimmy (Joyce Hurley) Eliasson of Sweden; a grandson; two sisters, Eddy Hurley Logan of Bronx, N.Y., and Gladys Hurley Boulware of Rock Hill.
Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church, with the Rev. Michael Butler presiding, the Rev. J.C. Williams officiating and the Rev. Eddie Talbert Jr. assisting. Burial is in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers are nephews, and flower bearers are nieces.
The family is at the home.
Parks Funeral Home, Greenwood, is in charge.

Ware Shoals powers by Dixie

September 16, 2005

By CHRIS TRAINOR
Index-Journal sports writer

DUE WEST — The first 2005 battle of the Hornets goes to Ware Shoals.
The Ware Shoals Hornets powered past the Dixie Hornets, 41-20, Thursday night at Oates Stadium.
Ware Shoals (3-1) used a power running game and timely passing to race out of the gates, taking a commanding 41-7 advantage into halftime. Perhaps most amazing in Ware Shoals’ opening half onslaught was a 42-yard field goal by James Spikes as time expired in the half.
“My longest field goal in practice so far has been maybe 30 yards,” said Spikes, who kicks the ball straight on and is the team’s starting defensive end. “I had never even attempted one that far. I knew it was good as soon as I kicked it.”
Ware Shoals coach Jeff Murdock was pleased his team was able to bounce back after suffering a 34-21 loss to Lakelands area rival Ninety Six last Friday.
“I thought there was a chance we could have come out here with a Ninety Six hangover,” Murdock said. “But instead we came out ready. We’ve had some good practices, and it just carried right over.”
Dixie coach Steve Dunlap, on the other hand, was disappointed in his team’s performance following it’s 18-14 win over Crescent a week ago.
“I would have thought it would have helped us, winning last week,” Dunlap said. “But it didn’t work out that way. Nothing went our way in the first half.”
Ware Shoals lit up the scoreboard on its first possession, driving the ball 71 yards in 3 minutes, 42 seconds.
Fullback Santonio Mays dragging 6 Dixie defenders into the end zone for the two yard score, giving Ware Shoals the 8-0 advantage.
On the next possession, Ware Shoals forced Dixie into a punting situation after just three Dixie plays. As Dixie’s Ajmal Davis received the long snap, a plethora of Ware Shoals gunners came barreling in on the punter. Ware Shoals senior Danny Ray Ross blocked the punt and recovered it at the Dixie six-yard line.
“They must have seen something on film that tipped them on our punting,” Dixie coach Steve Dunlap said. “Because we haven’t even come close to having one blocked all year, and they (Ware Shoals) were all over it.”
On the next play, Ware Shoals Cawaski Covin bulldozed across the goal line for the 6-yard touchdown. A two-point conversion gave Ware Shoals the 16-0 lead.
After forcing Dixie into another three-and-out, Ware Shoals wasted little time exciting their crowd with another touchdown.
On the first play of the possession from the Ware Shoals 35-yard line, Ware Shoals quarterback Keith Stewart faked an inside handoff to Mays and rolled to his right. Stewart lofted a tight spiral deep down the sideline to Spikes, who out jumped Dixie cornerback Diomi Gordon for the high pass and sped into the end zone for the 65-yard touchdown. Another two-point conversion gave Ware Shoals the 24-0 lead with 5:01 still remaining in the first quarter, effectively ending Dixie’s chances right then and there.
“I had the guy beaten by a step, so I knew if my quarterback put it up I could get it,” Spikes said. “I out jumped the guy and just took off.”

Federal government powers
already worrisome to some

September 16, 2005

At the beginning of the Senate hearings on the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court, S. C. Sen. Lindsey Graham told the judge he hoped the Senators would live up to their end of the bargain to make the hearings fair. He noted further that not only would Roberts be on display, but so would the Senators. Considering the tact some take, they ought to be on display and every voter should see and hear them.
One worrisome aspect of it all was a notation that Roberts opponents on the Judiciary Committee planned, among other things, to talk about the importance of preserving an expansive view of the federal government’s powers.
That, more than anything, should send chills up the spine of every American who believes the federal government assumes too much power already.