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Blankenship, died June 16. Arrangements by Dial-Murray Funeral Home.CALUPAS, Lydia M., 75, of Goose Creek, a medical technologist with the VA Hospital and wife of Conrado Calupas, died June 13. Arrangements by Carolina Memorial Funeral Home of North Charleston.FOWLER, Mildred, 75, of Moncks Corner, a Radio Shack retiree and widow of Oliver E. Fowler, died June 11. Arrangements by Stuhr’s Northwoods Chapel of North Charleston.FRANKS, Frederick W., 64, of Moncks Corner died June 13. Arrangements by Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services’ Ladson Chapel.HANNA, Nicholas Austin, 21, of Goose Creek died June 11. Arrangements by McAlister-Smith’s Goose Creek Chapel.HOTARD, Emily E., 95, of Goose Creek, widow of Warren P. Hotard, died June 10. Arrangements by Stuhr’s Northwoods Chapel of North Charleston.LEE, Antony Nabil, 54, of Cross, a retired boat builder, died June 15. Arrangements by Russell Funeral Chapel of Moncks Corner.MANNING, Barbara, 82, of Ladson, wife of Franklin Manning, died June 10. Arrangements by Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services’ Summerville Chapel.MAYS, Kenneth, 66, of Goose Creek, husband of Pamela Mays, died June 6. Arrangements by Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services’ Summerville Chapel.MIDDLETON, Edgar Palmer Jr., 72, of Pineville, a Georgia Pacific retiree, died June 8. Arrangements by Henryhand’s St. Stephen Chapel.MOORE, Dorothy Winningham, 83, of Lebanon, an AT&T retiree and widow of James E. Moore, died June 9. Arrangements by James A. Dyal Funeral Home of Summerville.PALMER, Nero Jr., 69, of St. Stephen died June 15. Arrangements by Henryhand’s St. Stephen Chapel.STOKES, Louise McKinney, 95, of Goose Creek, widow of Herbert M. Stokes, died June 13. Arrangements by Carolina Memorial Funeral Home of North Charleston.TAYLOR, Betty Lou, 82, of Goose Creek, a Naval Weapons Station Childcare Center retiree and widow of Robert G. Taylor, died June 10. Arrangements by Carolina Memorial Funeral Home of North Charleston.TAYLOR, James, 89...

UPDATE: Shangri-La, the new Palm Springs resort-inspired bistro in Fair Oaks will soft-open Tuesday, June 18, for dinner. Hours of operation wlll be Tuesday through Sunday from 5:30-9 p.m., with the bar staying open until 10 p.m. (The restaurant will be closed Mondays.) Owner Sommer Peterson aims to add happy hour and brunch over the coming weeks, and hopes to host a grand opening in mid-July. Reservations are available through yelp.com.**********A Fair Oaks native is devising an oasis of creative shared plates, craft cocktails and bocce ball in the Sacramento suburb with the new restaurant Shangri-La, which is set to open later this month.Sommer Peterson, who grew up in Fair Oaks, moved to San Francisco after high school, but over 20 years later, she felt the call of a spacious home and family ties returning her to her roots. As she was moving back in 2016, she saw a “Restaurant/Bar Space for Lease” sign on a shuttered mortuary in her neighborhood.  “I kept passing it and it was just making me crazy,” says Peterson, 44, who co-owns San Francisco's Mission Bowling Club, which has drawn accolades from The New York Times and Food & Wine. “I finally called and the broker said the owner really believes in Fair Oaks and wants something awesome to happen here. I was like, ‘Well, sh-t, I’m probably the only one crazy enough to do it.' ”Inspired by the building’s ’60s-era structure—a long flat roof, columns, rectangular shape and vertical glass windows—and her own newly purchased mid-century Fair Oaks house, Peterson, whose background is in visual merchandising and has worked with Williams Sonoma and West Elm, imagined a mid-century modern Palm Springs resort. To help turn her dream into a reality, Peterson brought on MTA Hospitality designers Whitney Johnson and Leslie Hoffeditz.Building on what Peterson describes as “pool party on the outside, sexy and dramatic on the inside,” the team tore the interior of the mortuary down to its studs, pulling up mint green carpet ...