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High school football kicks off B1 SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2018 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 $1.75 MANNING CITY COUNCIL Outside agency seeks info Councilwoman Diane Georgia, ‘Former or current’ employee subject of Councilman Clayton Pack, Coun- cilman Johnny Gordon and attor- request by outside law enforcement agency ney Charles J. Boykin. In reading council’s motion BY KAYLA ROBINS Council voted unanimously to granting the waiver, Nelson said [email protected] “waive attorney client privilege” Boykin and Davis would be able to in granting the request from the share the information they gath- MANNING — Manning City outside agency. Council did not ered “during their investigation” Council’s attorneys Boykin and name the outside agency. with that outside agency; however, Davis will be turning over infor- Council’s vote on the motion the motion also stated that council mation they gathered on a “for- came after a 30-minute executive “does reserve its privilege as to all mer or current” employee to an session that included Mayor Julia written documents to include all MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM outside law enforcement agency. A. Nelson, Mayor Pro-tem Sherry notes, reports and other materials.” Ashleigh Morton, third-grade teacher at Lemira In a special called council meet- A. Welle, Councilman Ervin Davis Elementary School, unpacks donated supplies. ing at 4 p.m. Friday, Manning City Sr., Councilman Julius Dukes Jr., SEE COUNCIL, PAGE A7 A little bit of hand sanitizer Sumter’s Parnell takes steps goes a long way forward in District 5 race Hospital employees donate $10K in school supplies to Lemira Elementary teachers BY KAYLA ROBINS [email protected] A passerby may think upon hearing the cheers and seeing the smiles that it was Christmas in August at Lemira Elementa- ry School on Friday. Just swap out a sack of presents under a tree with boxes of school supplies on a truck. Employees from Palmetto Health Tuom- ey volunteered to bring more than 100 cases and $10,000 worth of classroom sup- plies and cleanliness products to the Ful- ton Street school after departments throughout the hospital collected items teachers specifically asked for at the end of last school year. Hospital departments also wrote notes of appreciation for the teachers. “We wanted to take a few moments to give back to the teachers that give so much to the students,” said Ty Collier, the hospi- tal’s manager of rehab services and chair- man of the Diversity and Inclusion Coun- cil. “We all know all teachers dip into their own pockets.” SEE SUPPORT, PAGE A7 PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Archie Parnell, South Carolina’s 5th Congressional district Democratic nominee, talks Thursday at Sumter Cut Rate on South Main Street in downtown Sumter. Democratic nominee for U.S. House wants Norman to commit to debates School renovations, BY BRUCE MILLS beating her during his first mar- grassroots campaign.” [email protected] riage. Later on Thursday, he kicked off A Sumter resident, Parnell ad- his district “People First Tour” of bond resolution on The November general election mitted the revelations from 45 fish fries and event rallies in Bish- for South Carolina’s 5th Congres- years ago were true but also said opville. He said he plans to have a sional district is now less than 90 he wouldn’t drop out of the June fish fry every Thursday in one of district’s agenda days away, and Archie Parnell says primary. Two of his four staff the district’s cities or towns up he’s regrouped and wants to face members at the time did leave his until the election. his challenger in a series of good campaign though after the report. He really enjoys talking and lis- BY BRUCE MILLS old-fashioned debates on key is- The 67-year-old Parnell was the tening to people face to face across [email protected] sues. overwhelming favorite to win the the district on the key issues, he Parnell sat down Thursday with primary before the past domestic said, and wants to do the same After Sumter School Board members The Sumter Item to discuss what violence news broke and still cap- with Norman in a series of de- who serve on its advisory Finance Com- he’s done since he was able to pull tured 60 percent of primary votes bates/candidate forums across the mittee received a preliminary June 30, off the Democratic Party primary in a race against three political district. But, to this point, Norman 2018, financial report on Thursday, the full win on June 12 and where he still newcomers, who were largely un- hasn’t responded to at least four in- board will consider other matters at its wants to go before the Nov. 6 elec- known in the district. vitations by various groups that next scheduled meeting Monday. tion against incumbent Republican In the last two months, Parnell have offered to host them, accord- A district spokeswoman distributed the Ralph Norman. has added a new campaign manag- ing to Parnell and his campaign meeting agenda late last week. In May, Parnell’s campaign er and a new deputy campaign team. The interim superintendent’s regular seemed in jeopardy after The Post manager and each week has trav- He said the public deserves to see district update report, a standard bond and Courier of Charleston obtained eled across the 11-county district to the candidates answer questions divorce records from 1973 in which various events to meet and greet SEE BOARD, PAGE A7 Parnell’s ex-wife accused him of people in what he calls “a true SEE PARNELL, PAGE A7 VISIT US ONLINE AT DEATHS, B6 WEATHER, A10 INSIDE Gloria H. Brauer Eva Mae Holliday Linda S. Smith ANOTHER STORMY DAY 4 SECTIONS, 28 PAGES the .com Cory N. Servance Cora T. Smith Mary B. McCoy Thunderstorms in places VOL. 123, NO. 211 Elizabeth G. Oxendine Sylvester E. Jones John J. Rogers today, not as hot; tonight, Classifieds B7 Panorama A5 Louise D. Kennedy Elease Daniels Dorothy M. Graham partly cloudy and warm Comics D1 Reflections C4 Eleanora L. Williams Minnie Mayrant Almetta D. Moore with storms around. 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About 80 students were accepted to the university this year from the tri-country region, according to Ben Griffith, a Clemson alum- nus and organizer of the event. A handful of high-ranking ad- ministration members from the university attended to tell the school's newest students about op- portunities for involvement. "It's been a long time since I've seen this much orange in one place, certainly in Sumter," he said. The event was also an opportunity to get alumni and area residents who are Clemson fans together and ex- cited for the upcoming football season. Sumter used to have a Clemson Club for alumni, as schools throughout the nation do, but Griffith said there hasn't been one in a while. "It's been a long time since we've done anything like this," he said. Attendees were offered home-cooked barbecue and MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM burgers before they got to eat Clemson cake and ice The Clemson Tiger mascot was among the crowd at the Sumter Clemson Club send-off party for area incoming cream. freshmen on Thursday. Sumter woman succumbs to Faith-based communities can injuries sustained be key to health care education in Monday crash BY SHARRON HALEY BY KAYLA ROBINS Special to The Sumter Item [email protected] CLARENDON COUNTY — In a county that lost its hospital A 73-year-old Sumter woman years ago and lacks access to health died Thursday in a Florence education and care, some of its mem- hospital after being involved in bers are finding out how to reach those a head-on collision Monday af- in need. ternoon in Clarendon County. Ruby Williams is a lay health adviser “Linda Smith, 73, of Sumter and the health coordinator for Green died at McLeod Health Flor- Bay Missionary Baptist Church, and ence on Thursday morning she is working with the South Carolina from injuries she sustained in Cancer Alliance to both teach people in the motor vehicle crash that Lee County about preventative screen- occurred on Aug. 6,” said Clar- ings and to help get them access to endon County Coroner Bucky those life-saving checkups. Mock. Colorectal cancer, which develops Mock said that Smith was from polyps that form on the inner the driver of the vehicle that wall of the colon or rectum, is one of crossed the centerline, striking the most commonly diagnosed cancers another vehicle on Black River in both men and women, one of the Road near the Clarendon-Wil- leading causes of cancer deaths and MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM liamsburg county line shortly also one of the most preventable, ac- Ruby Williams is a lay health adviser and health coordinator for Green Bay Missionary after 4 p.m.