IV bar to open in Greenville, SC

GREENVILLE, SC (WSPA) – The Upstate’s first IV bar is set to open this fall, offering a faster way to recharge the physically active or people who are hungover. It’s a trend seen in other parts of the country where people can get vitamins or other solutions injected directly into the blood stream.

“I’m very big on health, fitness, keeping your body in shape,” said personal trainer Adrian Gaymon.

(Photo Courtesy: Jennifer Valentine)

It’s one of the mindsets being targeted by the new IV bar setting up shop in Greenville.

“We are not only going to cater to individuals that are moving slow from the night before but also cyclists, body builders, and really hit hard on the health aspect,” said Greenville attorney John Mussetto. “Our IV bags are going to be full of vitamins, different sorts of medicines to help you out depending upon what your ailments are or what type of treatment you want to get.

“After being inspired during a trip to Key West, Mussetto said he’s partnering with registered nurse Jennifer Valentine to open Revived Aesthetics. The business will be in a plaza at 700 Garlington Road near the Roper Mountain Road intersection. He said people will relax in recliners, while getting the treatment they can feel the results of within about 30 minutes.

“We’re going to have doctors on board,” said Mussetto. “We’re going to have nurses – on location, doctors on location so this will be a highly regulated business.”

It’s the kind of business Gaymon said he’d be willing to try if it can indeed lead to faster recovery after intense training.

“I’ve never heard of an IV bar,” he said. “I think it’s well worth it though, but getting past the needle part would probably mess with my mind a little bit.”

The business will also offer a procedure called microblading to help people get the appearance of fuller eyebrows through tattooing. Musetto said Valentine is extensively trained by one of New York City’s premiere microblading experts. The business will also offer botox and other injectibles.

Revived Aesthics is set to open by this fall.

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Greenville man dies in motorcycle wreck

The driver of a 2013 Triumph motorcycle died on Sunday morning after colliding with a Freightliner box truck on U.S. 123 in Pickens County, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said.

The collision occurred at 8:18 a.m. Sunday, 2 miles south of the town of Easley.

Lance Cpl. Gary Miller of the Highway Patrol said the motorcyclist was traveling south on U.S. 123, when the 49-year-old driver of the box truck attempted to turn left from U.S. 123 onto S.C. 124, fatally striking and ejecting the motorcyclist.

The driver of the truck has been charged with failing to yield the right of way, the Highway Patrol said.

Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the motorcyclist as 54-year-old James David Oberkirsch, of Avice Dale Drive in Greenville. He was wearing a helmet, Kelley said.

Oberkirsch died from blunt force trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene, the coroner said.

The truck driver, from Fredonia, New York, and a passenger were not injured. The collision remains under the investigation of Highway Patrol.

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Hot button political issues stir United Methodist conference in Greenville

Hot button political issues ranging from Immigration to gay and transgender youth brought out division among participants of the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church as it wrapped up its annual meeting in Greenville on Wednesday.

Most of the controversies were dealt with through non-binding resolutions by the roughly 2,000 members of the conference at the TD Center, but not without passionate dissent.

Some ministers spoke in favor of deferring to the tougher stance on immigration of the new administration in Washington, citing biblical dictates that Christians should follow government rules.

Members of the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church wave cards to vote Wednesday.

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But other ministers and lay people said Jesus never asked to see papers before accepting strangers.

The conference approved the resolution which expresses support for immigrants and calls on policy leaders to develop comprehensive immigration reform.

They also approved a resolution condemning what members said was a federal ban on Muslims.

The Rev. Keith Sweat, who retired from a Ware Shoals church this week, attempted Wednesday to bring back his proposal to sever the state conference from the greater United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Church is moving toward a decision in 2019 on how to keep the global church together amid deep differences on homosexuality. Bishops will meet that year to deal with issues of sexuality and church unity.

The Rev. Keith Sweat holds up a hand-written appeal to a ruling earlier this week that rejected his proposal to have the South Carolina conference drop out of the larger United Methodist church.

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Bishop Jonathan Holston, who presided over the conference, reiterated his earlier ruling that a state conference could not weigh in on such a major issue and it would violate his oaths to the church to consider it.

In other issues:

Worshipers also voted to approve a resolution that explicitly says LGBTQ youth are included in the church as part of "all at-risk youth." Several people opposed to the amendment said it shouldn’t be necessary to say both phrases. But others said the specific acknowledgement would open the church’s doors to people who may not otherwise believe they are welcome, even with the language of "all."Trinity United Methodist Church in Charleston apologized to Centenary United Methodist to start making amends for racial discrimination that led black members to form their own church. The state conference initially opposed the motion, saying it should have been a local issue rather than a state issue, but after a language change, the state conference supported the motion.As part of a yearlong effort to do missionary work as part of the conference, the conference raised enough money to build six homes for needy through Homes for Hope. The conference’s churches also collected more than 1,500 bicycles to be shipped across the world for the needy, as well as 100 each for missions in Greenville and Anderson. The conference raised a total of more than $40,000 separately in offerings throughout the week for Imagine No Malaria, flood assistance through Disaster Response and DisasterRecovery ministries as well as for the Seminary Students Scholarship Fund. The conference will be back in Greenville at the TD Convention Center in 2018 and 2019. It has been more than a half century since Methodists in the state have gathered in Greenville. The conference went off smooth, said the Rev. Scott Smoak, an organizer. He said members have been visiting restaurants, hotels and even ball games this week in Greenville.Conference members voted against a resolution that would have supported opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline in South Dakota.

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Laughter at the conference. (Photo: Mike Ellis/Independent Mail)
Bishop Jonathan Holston. (Photo: Mike Ellis/Independent Mail)
Members of the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church.
Bishop Jonathan Holston. (Photo: Mike Ellis/Independent Mail)
Members of some United Methodist churches that were closed hug each other.

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