WORLD: Few details emerge about Trump, Kim accord A8 Thomas Sumter OAcademypen House Preschool - 12th Grade Tuesday, June 19 • 6:30pm 5265 Camden Highway • Rembert, SC SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 (803) 499-3378 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018 $1.00 PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS SUMTER COUNTY DISTRICT 2 BD proposal approved Artie Baker (R) — Incumbent √ Hazel Evenich (R) Bubba Rabon (R) County council giving tax incentive SUMTER COUNTY Council holds off on COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 for $150M investment, 125 new jobs James T. McCain Jr. (D) — BY ADRIENNE SARVIS ect Bulldog during the council’s Incumbent √ [email protected] previous meetings, BD intends school mill request Charlie Jones (D) to invest at least $150 million STATE HOUSE OF Becton, Dickinson and Co. into Sumter County and create BY ADRIENNE SARVIS from its agenda while it REPRESENTATIVES will be investing millions of 125 new full-time jobs. [email protected] still waits for the district DISTRICT 64 dollars into its Sumter facility The high-volume automated to answer questions and creating more full-time jobs assembly and packaging facili- Sumter County Coun- posed by council mem- Robert Ridgeway III (D) — √ now that Sumter County Coun- ty, at 1575 Airport Road in Sum- cil has more time to bers during a May 29 Incumbent cil approved final reading of an ter, creates medical device mull over Sumter budget workshop. Mitch Ellerby (D) ordinance to authorize a fee in products and has been in opera- School District’s request The mill increase is lieu of tax and incentive agree- tion since 1970. for a 5.48-mill increase still on the table and will U.S. HOUSE OF ment for the company’s pro- BD, which currently employs after voting unanimous- REPRESENTATIVES posed investments. ly to remove the item SEE REQUEST, PAGE A6 DISTRICT 5 Formerly referred to as Proj- SEE BD, PAGE A6 Mark Ali (D) Steve Lough (D) Sidney Moore (D) Archie Parnell (D) √ CLARENDON COUNTY Incumbents, Parnell CORONER Bucky Mock (D) — Incumbent LaNette Samuels-Cooper (D) √ get November nods CLARENDON COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 BY KAYLA ROBINS, ADRIENNE for their two respective ques- tions, which involved medical Billy Richardson (D) — √ SARVIS and BRUCE MILLS Incumbent [email protected], adrienne@theitem. marijuana and Medicaid fund- com, [email protected] ing for the Democrats and Robert McFadden Sr. (D) party affiliation and the tax CLARENDON COUNTY South Carolinians chose on code for Republicans. COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 Tuesday who they want to be All tallies are unofficial Benton Blakely (D) on their party’s ballot in No- statewide until they are certi- √ vember, turning out for local, fied by local boards. Charlton Watts (D) state and congressional pri- COUNCIL CHAIR RETAINS SEAT STATE HOUSE OF mary elections. REPRESENTATIVES Of the 3,044,375 registered Sumter County Council Dis- DISTRICT 101 voters in the state, 65,952 of trict 6 Councilman Jim Mc- them live in Sumter County, Cain is all set to be a shoo-in Cezar McKnight (D) — Incumbent according to the South Caroli- for the general election in No- Alfred Darby (D) √ na Election Commission. vember after coming out on LEE COUNTY SCHOOL About 17 percent voted in top during the primary elec- BOARD DISTRICT 5 Tuesday’s primary that saw tion Tuesday evening. both Sumter County Council Currently serving as county Regitt James (D) √ incumbents win the nomina- council chairman, McCain Donna W. Scott (D) tion. faced Charlie Jones, who pre- LEE COUNTY SCHOOL Pat Jefferson, director of viously ran for city of Sumter BOARD DISTRICT 6 Sumter County Voter Regis- mayor in 2016. tration and Elections, said With all 16 precincts report- Nathaniel Brunson (D) — √ turnout was low in both ab- ing, McCain ended the race Incumbent sentee and in-person voting. with 68.8 percent of the votes Frank Brent Millican Jr. (D) While Sumter usually gets be- for a total of 967 of 1,405 votes. GOVERNOR — RUNOFF tween 3,000 and 5,000 absentee Jones wrapped up the night ballots for primaries, only with 438 votes and 31.1 per- Henry McMaster (R) — √ about 1,000 came in this time. cent. Incumbent There were no upsets on ei- “Thank you for your contin- Kevin Bryant (R) MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM ther the Democrat or Republi- ued confidence and support in John Yancey McGill (R) Larry Corbet waits on his grandfather, Danny Williams, to finish can ballot in Sumter, and both voting at the Wilson Hall voting precinct on Tuesday. Catherine Templeton (R) parties emphatically voted yes SEE ELECTION, PAGE A6 John Warren (R) √ GOVERNOR Phil Noble (D) James Smith (D) √ Do you know the U.S. flag? Take this quiz. Marguerite Willis (D) ATTORNEY GENERAL — FLAG DAY QUIZ Organizations to observe Flag Day with ceremonies LIKELY RUNOFF 1. U.S. President _______________, an Elk himself, BY IVY MOORE burning of damaged U.S. flags on the Alan Wilson (R) — Incumbent proclaimed June 14 Flag Day. Special to The Sumter Item stage behind the Fair Building at 34 Todd Atwater (R) 2. The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by a S. Artillery Drive. Post 15 Adjutant William Herlong (R) socialist minister, Francis Bellamy. The four words Thursday is officially Flag Day in Nick Nero said the ceremony is __ ___ __ ____ were added in 1954. the United States. The day is typi- brief, lasting only about 15 minutes. SECRETARY OF STATE 3. In 1930, the Pledge of Allegiance became cally celebrated on June 14 to com- “Our commander (Jim Morris) Mark Hammond (R) — √ mandatory to recite in U.S. _____ _______. memorate the adoption of the will ask the vice commanders to ver- Incumbent 4. The mandatory recitation of the Pledge in public American flag on June 14, 1777, by ify that the flags are damaged, and Nelson Faerber (R) schools was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme resolution of the Second Continen- once that is done, the flags will be Joshua Putnam (R) Court in ___. tal Congress. burned,” Nero said. At 6 p.m. Thursday, American Le- According to the U.S. Flag Code, Kerry Wood (R) 5. South Carolina was one of how many states to have a star on the original U.S. flag? gion Post 15 will observe the day by Results from SC Election Commission conducting its annual ceremonial SEE FLAG, PAGE A4 are uncertified as of press time. VISIT US ONLINE AT CONTACT US DEATHS, B5 WEATHER, A8 INSIDE Information: 774-1200 Bobby L. 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According to the tary and Lakewood high schools) and ministrative positions’ candidates meeting agenda, in exec- a new district CFO to replace Griner, were properly notified, and names votes still unclear after utive session, legal coun- whose last day was May 31. couldn’t be made public, according to sel gave the trustees ad- The board voted 4-4 on that recom- Shelly Galloway, spokeswoman for the 2 executive sessions vice relating to potential mendation with Chairman the Rev. school district. She said she couldn’t BY BRUCE MILLS GRINER adversarial claims relat- Daryl McGhaney abstaining. With a release any information regarding [email protected] ed to proposed contractu- tie vote, the motion on the administra- whether Hamm’s administrative per- al arrangements that the tive personnel failed. sonnel recommendation changed be- Given personnel confidentiality is- district has ongoing. Also, the board After approving another separate cause that item was also discussed in sues and other matters handled by the and district administration discussed personnel report on a list of positions executive session. board behind closed doors in executive at least two personnel reports, based from Hamm, she requested the board Efforts to reach McGhaney on Tues- session Monday night, not a lot of in- on trustees’ voting later in the eve- go back into executive session about day were unsuccessful. formation was available on Tuesday ning. 8:40 p.m. Bill Mabry, a former Sumter School from Sumter School District’s Board After returning to open session fol- About 30 minutes later, the board re- District 17 finance director, is tempo- of Trustees’ special-called meeting. lowing a two-hour executive session, convened in open session and unani- rarily working for the district to help One thing, however, is known — the board declined to take any action mously voted to reconsider its action in Griner’s absence, Galloway also Chief Financial Officer Chris Griner on its receipt of legal advice relating on the administrative personnel re- said. recently left the district for another to potential adversarial claims. port from Hamm. Then, the trustees The board’s regularly scheduled job opportunity in his home state of Then, the board took on the person- proceeded to unanimously approve meeting for this month has been re- Georgia. Griner had been with the dis- nel reports. Interim Superintendent the interim superintendent’s recom- scheduled for June 21 at the district trict since last July. Debbie Hamm’s initial recommenda- mendations on the three administra- office at 6 p.m.