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SPECIAL RACE EDITION www.newsandpress.net WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019 2A OPINION 4A OBITUARIES 7A SPORTS 2B PUZZLES 3B BOOKINGS 5B CLASSIFIEDS QUOTE #TraditionContinues ‘All that is necessary for the #BojanglesSo500 triumph of evil is that good Welcome Race Fans! men do nothing.’ EDMUND BURKE ALSO INSIDE : WELCOME TO DARLINGTON KERRY THARP COLUMN Vol. 145, No. 35 LADY IN BLACK 2019 HAROLD BRASINGTON’S LEGACY DALE EARNHARDT JR.’S CRASH NewTWO SECTIONS • 14 PAGES s&PressESTABLISHED 1874 75¢ Darlington, S.C. FLASHBACK TO THE ‘90S A special publication of The News & Press, Darlington, S.C. AUGUST 28, 2019 WWW.NEWSANDPRESS.NET Concerns rise as robbers raid Dollar General stores By Bobby Bryant General on Main Street in “There is no evidence to sug- “There are other measures Dollar General’s website and its Employee Assistance Editor Lamar. gest these incidents are relat- we will suggest, but for the shows the Tennessee-based Foundation are partnering to [email protected] The next day, a man entered ed,” Lt. Robby Kilgo, a safety of those (store) employ- company has about 20 stores in best support our employee dur- It was a brutal 36 hours for the Dollar General at 904 spokesman for Sheriff Tony ees, I will not disclose what our the Darlington County area. ing this time.” Dollar General employees in Lamar Highway, showed a Chavis, told the News & Press. suggestions will be,” Kilgo Nationwide, it has 15,000 She added: “At Dollar Darlington County. weapon, demanded cash and “We have reached out to Dollar added. stores in 44 states and employs General, the safety of our On Aug. 18, two men swiped escaped with an undetermined General to see if they will go “The sheriff is gravely con- about 135,000 people. employees and customers is a money from an open cash reg- amount of money. over their security measures cerned about the safety of all In a statement to the News & top priority, and we employ a ister at the Dollar General on That string of incidents in a and provide suggestions.” those who live, work and visit Press, Dollar General corporate number of safety and security McIver Road. No weapons were day and a half has prompted The stores have surveillance Darlington County, including spokeswoman Crystal procedures to prevent, deter involved, and the case is con- the Darlington County Sheriff’s cameras. But Kilgo said, those who shop and work at Ghassemi said: “The Dollar and, if necessary, respond to sidered a larceny, not a rob- Office to reach out to Dollar “Cameras are not a preventive these stores,” Kilgo said. “We General family is deeply con- criminal activity in our stores. bery. General’s corporate office to measure, but a reactionary can’t be the only ones at the cerned over the events that To protect the integrity of these On the same day, a Sunday, try to establish a dialogue measure that (is) only useful table. We can’t be the only solu- occurred in our Darlington measures, we do not comment a female store employee was about what might be done to after the crime has occurred. tion. This has to be a multifac- County stores. We wish our on them specifically. shot during an attempted strengthen security at the com- However, I don’t believe the eted solution. We can’t realisti- Lamar employee a full and armed robbery at the Dollar pany’s stores in the area. stores have enough cameras.” cally man each store 24/7.” quick recovery. Dollar General DOLLAR GENERAL ON 3A Local artist gives faded furniture new life A shorter route for By Samantha Lyles Staff Writer [email protected] Southern 500 parade If you've ever browsed the The Bojangles’ Southern 500 Darlington Raceway. Both are furniture and home goods sec- parade, scheduled to begin former NASCAR Cup Series tion of a thrift store or antique about 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. champions (Terry in 1984 and mall and spied a really unique 31, will take a somewhat differ- 1996; Bobby in 2000) and both chair or table, but shied away ent route through the city of are former Bojangles’ Southern from buying it because the Darlington this year. 500 winners. Terry won his first color was dated or the surface The parade will begin on the career NASCAR Cup Series race was marred, one local artist city’s east side at Cashua and in 1980 at the Bojangles’ has a challenge for you: Buy Spain streets, continue through Southern 500 and his last career that piece, take it home, and the downtown square and end NASCAR Cup Series race in give it a second chance to be at Fitness World Gym on the 2003 likewise at the Bojangles’ spectacular. west side of town (similar to Southern 500. Bobby took the Candace Stuckey, owner of Darlington’s Christmas Parade checkered flag at the 2000 Casually Southern (a furniture route). The parade will not end refinishing and custom sign at Darlington Raceway like in Bojangles’ Southern 500. company), says that many years past. Each also owns a pair of one-of-a-kind pieces are out “We altered the route a bit NASCAR XFINITY Series victo- there, waiting to be discovered this year due to the lack of day- ries at Darlington. The Labonte and revived by those willing to light for the parade,” Darlington brothers will be joined by an all- invest the time, money and Raceway President Kerry Tharp star cast of participants for the elbow grease. said in a news release. Bojangles’ Southern 500 Since 2017, Stuckey has “The Xfinity Series Sport Parade, including fellow been hunting out these pieces, Candace Stuckey with custom painted furniture and signs. PHOTOS BY SAMANTHA LYLES Clips Haircuts VFW 200 race is NASCAR Hall of Famers Bobby refurbishing them (with car- beginning 30 minutes later than Allison, Leonard Wood, Ray set for her daughter. She says pentry help from husband in years past, giving us a smaller Evernham, Dale Inman, Bobby) and selling the singu- she had so much fun working window for adequate daylight. Waddell Wilson and Ron larly beautiful finished pieces on that project that it fired up We felt that revising the route to Hornaday Jr. through her Facebook-based her curiosity, and she started remain in the city limits of Current driver of the No. 38 business. A physical therapy exploring online resources to Darlington would provide our Shriner’s Hospital Ford David assistant turned “by choice” learn more about furniture fans with a greater opportunity stay at home mom to kids Ragan is scheduled to attend, as painting. She took an online to see the NASCAR Hall of Rhett, Ashlyn and John Luke, are motorsports legends Ricky course to get her basics down, Famers and legends up close Stuckey says she started Craven, Larry McReynolds, and learned even more by and personal, while providing a Casually Southern to con- Donnie Allison, Robert Pressley, interacting with other artists safe and well-lit environment.” tribute financially to the Chuck Bown, Steve Grissom, whose work she admired. One Also, the Darlington household and feed her own Tommy Houston and Jason man in particular – a Florida Raceway announced that broth- creative hunger. Keller. artist – sparked her interest ers Bobby and Terry Labonte “From a very young age, I because of his generosity with On-air talent from NBC and was always trying to figure out will serve as co-Grand Marshals information about his meth- for the parade. MRN have also participated in how to do something fun and the parade every year since it crafty, but still make a little bit ods and materials, and his The Labonte brothers, both habit of donating finished NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees returned to Darlington in 2015, of money,” says Stuckey, and they will do so again in whose artsy entrepreneurial pieces to his local Habitat for (Terry in 2016, Bobby in 2020), 2019. roots began with a childhood Humanity ReStore. will be two of many former and The parade is to begin at business where she and some “I thought, this is some- current stars of the sport partic- friends tie-dyed shirts in an thing that I can do. I can reach ipating in the annual event. approximately 7 p.m., one hour old cooler. out and help out in my com- The Labonte brothers have a after the conclusion of the Sport The idea of spiffing up old munity an an artist, as a rich history in the sport and at Clips Haircuts VFW 200 race. furniture first occurred to her painter.” several years ago while cus- tomizing an all-pink bedroom STUCKEY ON 3A Darlington’s Police Carraway Memorial Park receives and Fire departments $2,500 donation from power company roll in new vehicles By Samantha Lyles ty vehicles. By Samantha Lyles Staff Writer Staff Writer Honda donated a new Big [email protected] [email protected] Red side-by-side UTV to the When responding to calls in Darlington Police Department, The Darlington public park and the Darlington Fire planned to memorialize Sgt. flooded or confined areas, offi- cers of the Darlington Police Department received two used Terrence Carraway and all of Gator utility vehicles through a his fellow law enforcement and Fire departments now have greater ability to access and South Carolina Forestry officers killed in the line of Commission grant program. duty received a major boost navigate these scenes, thanks to three recently acquired utili- last week as Pee Dee Electric VEHICLES ON 3A Cooperative (PDEC) donated $2,500 to the cause. Jeff Singletary, VP of Marketing with PDEC, said the donation is part of a cor- porate program designed to help citizens in need and sup- port good causes throughout their service area.