Clarendon Districts 1, 3 May Consolidate Services
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SPORTS: Churches Challenge brings Christian fellowship, donations to charities B1 STATE Body left to rot at funeral home leads to charges TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2018 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents A3 Clarendon districts 1, 3 may consolidate services BY BRUCE MILLS state General Assembly in late state budget for fiscal year 2019, [email protected] June that will require Clarendon which began July 1. School District 1, based in Sum- Ryan Brown, chief communica- A new state law is requiring 13 merton, and Clarendon School tions officer with the state De- small school districts, including District 3, based in Turbeville, to partment of Education, said his two in Clarendon County, to con- consolidate administrative func- agency already had an Aug. 15 solidate services in some fashion tions. conference call with all 13 dis- PHOTOS PROVIDED if they aren’t doing so already “It’s not to consolidate the dis- tricts before state Superintendent Sheriff Randy Garrett, former sheriff for Clarendon with neighboring districts. tricts; instead, it’s services,” Bean of Education Molly Spearman County, died Saturday at 64. Becky Bean with the South said. formally wrote a letter to all the Carolina School Boards Associa- The piece of legislation was superintendents last week on RANDOLPH LEE ‘RANDY’ tion and other state and area contained in a state proviso and Aug. 21. In her letter, Spearman school officials spoke Monday on passed on June 29, the same day DISTRICTS, GARRETT JR. new legislation passed by the the General Assembly passed the SEE PAGE A8 1954 - 2018 E-tickets used in traffic campaign Former sheriff was friend to CAMPAIGN BY THE NUMBERS many, had a $40,025.50 in fines servant’s heart 67 BY SHARRON HALEY speeding tickets Special to The Sumter Item MANNING — Loving husband and father, 43 devoted brother, true friend, selfless servant, peacemaker and “a cop’s cop” were just a few seat belt of the monikers those close to former Claren- don County Sheriff Randy Garrett used to de- violations scribe their late comrade. Surrounded by his family and members of his law enforcement extended family, Randolph 5 Lee “Randy” Garrett Jr., 64, died late Saturday child restraint afternoon in a Florence hospital after a brief illness. violations To know Garrett was to love him, and he loved his close friends and his law enforcement family, calling many of them “Shug” and 8 “Bubba.” Hundreds, if not a thousand or more, friends, residents of Clarendon County and law open container enforcement officers from dozens of agencies across South Carolina sent loving posts on violations Facebook to Garrett’s daughters and family members after they learned their close friend, 59 a 44-year law enforcement veteran, was hospi- talized on Aug. 20. Garrett’s daughter, Lamonda Sweat, said late warnings issued Saturday night she and her sisters truly appre- ciated all the prayers that were sent their way 19 during the week her father was hospitalized. It kept them going, she said. driving under Local businessman Dennis Craven said he and Garrett were more than just friends — suspension they were brothers in the truest sense of the word. violations “We were there for each other through thick and thin,” Craven said Monday morning. “I was there for him when officers were killed, 10 when his mother died and when Barbara died. And, he was there for me when I needed him. arrests Our relationship was special. No matter what, I ADRIENNE SARVIS / THE SUMTER ITEM knew he was there for me. We always said that 2 A Sumter County Sheriff’s Office deputy writes down information about a confiscated whatever comes and goes that he and I would handgun that will be included in an incident report during a campaign Saturday. always be brothers.” State Sen. Kevin Johnson, who hired Garrett fugitives as Manning’s police chief when Johnson was identified Law enforcement cracks down on violations the city’s mayor, called Garrett’s death not only a huge loss for Clarendon County, but also for BY ADRIENNE SARVIS S.C. 261, U.S. 521 and U.S. 15 in Sum- him personally. 5 [email protected] ter and Clarendon counties. Two “I’m happy to have played a role in his law en- Sumter City-County Dispatch officers forcement career. When I was mayor of Man- firearms seized Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, also assisted in Saturday’s operation. ning, I hired him as our police chief, and he along with other local, neighboring Law enforcement officers issued a served our city well. Not only was he a profes- and state law enforcement agencies, total of $40,205.50 in fines, about sional law enforcement officer, he was one of my 17 issued approximately $40,000 in $18,000 more than the previous best friends. We even called each other brother. fines during the second Saturday month, for offenses including speed- My family and I extend our thoughts and prayers arrest warrants traffic violation saturation cam- ing, driving under suspension, driv- to his daughters, Lamonda, Christina and paign to correct poor driving habits ing without a seat belt, child restraint Brittney,” Johnson said Sunday afternoon. served and crack down on illegal activity violations and driving without insur- Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis on some of the most traveled road- ance. called Garrett a “true friend” and a “selfless ways. There was also a significant in- servant.” Source: Sumter County This past weekend, 20 officers from crease in seat belt violations with 43 “He leaves behind a legacy of not only hon- Sheriff’s Office Sumter Police Department, Claren- recorded on Saturday compared to orable service, but also a legacy of dedication don County Sheriff’s Office and eight recorded violations last and compassion to his family, friends and fel- South Carolina Highway Patrol month. low officers,” Dennis said Monday. “He was teamed up with Sumter County depu- ties to look for traffic violations along SEE CAMPAIGN, PAGE A4 SEE GARRETT, PAGE A8 VISIT US ONLINE AT DEATHS, B4 WEATHER, A10 INSIDE Mae Betts Brown Camilla Jenkins Martin Antwan Miller SUNNY AND HUMID 2 SECTIONS, 16 PAGES the .com Randolph Lee Garrett Jr. Rheatis Grant Derrick Lawson VOL. 123, NO. 222 Partly sunny today; Lexie Mae Kinder Catherine E. 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Lewis Fortune HIGH 91, LOW 73 Opinion A9 DeAutra Jones Ethel Lee Choice Gavin Carl Lee Frazier A2 | TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2018 THE SUMTER ITEM Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] STANLEY WELCH • 1951-2018 Local businessman remembered as a gentle spirit BY ADRIENNE SARVIS ships, said Katie Welch [email protected] Shaw, Stanley's daughter, who worked alongside him One family continues to for almost six years. cherish and share the mem- "My dad and I always had ories of a beloved husband a close relationship grow- and father who was known ing up," she said, "but it throughout Sumter as a wasn’t until I spent the man who had a knack for quality time working with making people look and feel him that we developed the their best. close bond that I’ll forever Stanley cherish." Welch, owner "He was the hardest-work- of Stanley ing person I’ve ever Welch Clothiers known," Shaw said, "and — one of Sum- that was because he never ter's most well- worked a day in his life." known locally WELCH His clothing store was owned clothing not work; it was his pas- stores — passed away at the sion, she said, and he found age of 66 on Aug. 18, 2018, so much joy in it. surrounded by his family in Shaw described her father his home after a battle with as a gentle spirit who never ALS. lost his cool. "On March 1, 1981, Stan- "His positivity and out- ley was 30 years old as he look on life was infectious opened Stanley Welch and something I always ad- Clothiers," Millie Jones mired," she said. Welch, Stanley's wife, said. Stanley had a good sense "I would say one of his of humor and could make happiest moments was sell- others feel comfortable and ing his first suit to Dr. Har- relaxed, said Dickie Jones, old Sorrells, our minister at Welch's brother-in-law. Grace Baptist Church, be- It was not uncommon for ginning his long-time people to stop by the store SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO dream of owning a men's just to visit with him, he Stanley Welch adjusts a tie in his clothing store, Stanley Welch Clothiers, in 2006. clothing store," she said. said. Welch operated Stanley He had a great sense of said, if you're going to Welch is survived by his (Burns) of Sumter; six Welch Clothiers on Guig- color and texture for the judge a man, judge him on wife of 40 years; three grandchildren and a sev- nard Drive for 35 years be- person he was dressing, his best day. daughters, Elizabeth Welch enth due in November; and fore closing the doors in Jones said. A funeral service for Klosterman (Bryan) of Co- two sisters sisters, Brenda 2015. "Stanley was a real good Stanley Welch was held at lumbia, Ann Miller Welch Welch Carroll of Brystol, He truly valued his cus- student of people," he said. First Baptist Church on Garris (Robert) of Colum- Tennessee, and Linda Kay tomers and their friend- He used to say, Jones Aug.