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IN SPORTS: Manning hosts Bishop England on hardwood B1 NATION Trump names Neil Gorsuch U.S. Supreme Court nominee SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 A7 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2017 75 CENTS comes widely respected James’ election to Supreme Court seems certain remaining candidate. to become an at-large cir- Assembly will vote on judicial nomi- Sumter judge only Lindi Legare, a staff cuit judge after two other nees beginning at noon today in the member with the South candidates for that posi- House Chamber of the S.C. Statehouse candidate left standing Carolina Judicial Merit tion reportedly withdrew in Columbia. BY JIM HILLEY Selection Commission, their nominations. Judge Rep. Murrell Smith Jr., R-Sumter, [email protected] confirmed Goodstein’s Jeffrey Young is the cur- who is chairman of the Judicial Merit withdrawal Tuesday. JAMES MCFADDIN rent at-large circuit court Selection Commission, said having a Judge Dianna Schafer Goodstein has James, who is from judge and recently an- Sumter resident on the S.C. Supreme withdrawn her name from consideration Sumter, has been a cir- nounced his intention to Court is something the community to the South Carolina Supreme Court, cuit court judge since 2006. retire as soon as a replacement could can be proud of. leaving Third Judicial Circuit Court In addition, Family Court Judge be sworn in. Judge George “Buck” James as the only George McFaddin Jr. appears poised A joint meeting of the S.C. General SEE JUDGE, PAGE A8 REQUESTED ITEMS TO ASSIST VICTIMS Returning the favor • blankets and sheets • pillows and pillowcases • washcloths • towels • jackets • socks • flashlights and batteries • cleaning supplies • toothbrushes, toiletries and soap • school supplies • diapers and wipes • pre-packaged food (crack- ers, cookies, soups, etc.) • dog and cat food • cardboard boxes (for load- ing) COLLECTION SITES Recovery supplies can be dropped off from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Fri- day through Feb. 14 at two Sumter locations: United Ministries, 36 Artil- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS lery Drive, and Bynum In- A rescue worker enters a hole in the back of a mobile home Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in Big Pine Estates that was damaged by a tornado, in Albany, Georgia. Fire and rescue crews were searching through the debris, looking for people who might have become trapped when surance, 1170 Wilson Hall the deadly storm came through. Road After receiving flood aid in 2015, Sumter organizes effort to help ravaged Georgia town BY BRUCE MILLS plies came from Albany. After Albany was hit particularly piled a list of needed supplies. These [email protected] Now, Sumter is trying to return the hard with a tornado Jan. 22, Gene include blankets, sheets, pillows and favor. Durant — Ted’s father and a Sumter pillowcases, washcloths and towels, In an act of reciprocity, the Sumter Albany’s helping hand to Sumter resident — reached out to United jackets, socks, flashlights, cleaning community is responding to recent two years ago was directed by resident Ministries’ Executive Director Mark supplies, toiletries, school supplies tornado victims in Albany, Georgia, Ted Durant, who is a Sumter native. Champagne and asked if there was and pre-packaged food items, among after that city reached out to Sumter An employee of a local truck rental any way Sumter could now help Al- others. during the historic statewide floods in company in Albany, Durant wanted to bany in its recovery. Champagne said requested items October 2015. do something for his hometown. The “Some things just seem like the will be collected from now until Feb. It was 16 months ago that Sumter owner of the truck rental company right thing to do,” Champagne said. “I 14. Items can be dropped off Mon- endured extreme flooding in a 1,000- donated a tractor-trailer and told Du- told Gene: ‘Yeah, we absolutely need day through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., year flood event, during which some rant he’d also pay for the fuel if Du- to do this.’” at United Ministries’ fairgrounds lo- parts of the county received up to 20 rant would ask the Albany community And so United Ministries is now cation, 36 Artillery Drive; or at inches of rain. Truckloads of food and to fill the trailer. kicking off a campaign to deliver at Bynum Insurance, 1170 Wilson Hall supplies came in to assist more than The community responded, and the least a trailer of needed supplies to Al- Road. 1,000 Sumterites in need during the re- supplies were eventually delivered to bany. Champagne has talked with Ted covery efforts. One truckload of sup- Sumter United Ministries. Durant and others in Albany and com- SEE FAVOR, PAGE A8 Company offers 24/7 on-site drug testing for local industry BY RICK CARPENTER screening program complete thousands of dollars of prod- ucts, thereby endangering said together they deal with [email protected] with a mobile unit. ucts within a plant from pro- lives as well as company prod- fewer than a handful of cases And while plant operators duction to packaging to ship- ucts? And what steps can a year for their combined When a local drug-screen- rarely use the mobile unit, ping. plant managers take to deter- 1,500 employees divided into ing company shuttered its fa- when they need it, they need Forklift drivers often follow mine the sobriety of a driver? shifts that run 24/7. cility about three years ago, it it right away. a miniature roadway system This example just uses the But when a company sus- left a void that particularly af- To understand that need, within a plant where yellow forklift drivers to highlight pects an intoxicated employee fected industrial plants in the imagine the damage an intoxi- lines of demarcation establish the situation. Any employee is working on a shift, it needs Sumter area. cated forklift driver could routes and boundaries could go to work intoxicated to take immediate action to But when Dr. Clay Lowder cause in an industrial plant through buildings. and face a similar scenario. protect all employees and to and owners of Colonial where forklifts zip back and But what happens when That situation rarely arises, possibly clear the suspect. Healthcare saw a business forth at head-turning speeds. someone drives outside the according to the two plant And usually, that requires need in the community, they Besides the obvious threat to lines, perhaps running into a managers The Sumter Item acted quickly to inject a drug- humans, forklift drivers move wall or knocking over prod- contacted for this story who SEE DRUGS, PAGE A7 VISIT US ONLINE AT DEATHS, B4 and B5 WEATHER, A10 INSIDE Kyre R. Bethea Ruby Brown Davis ANOTHER NICE DAY 3 SECTIONS, 20 PAGES the .com Dr. Carl B. Ramsey Louise M. 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Montgover cloudy and chilly Food C4 Television C3 HIGH 73, LOW 48 A2 | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2017 THE SUMTER ITEM Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] LOCAL & Exhibition celebrates ‘Rite of Spring’ STATE BRIEFS BY IVY MOORE FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS [email protected] Sumter man wins $1M with n idea for a col- scratch-off lottery ticket laboration be- tween Sumter A Sumter man, who asked not to be ACounty Gallery identified, won $1 million Monday with of Art and Covenant a Black Ice Millions scratch-off ticket Place Continuing Retire- he purchased from Fuel Express on ment Community has Broad Street. been overwhelmingly The very first number he scratched successful, according to off revealed the win. gallery director Karen Fuel Express received a commission Watson and Melissa Lin- of $10,000 for selling the claimed ticket. ville, director of sales Players can continue to enter non- and marketing at Cove- winning Black Ice Millions tickets into nant Place. The two enti- a final drawing to win an additional $1 ties work together to million prize. The draw date has yet to mount three annual art be announced, for updates and details exhibitions in Covenant visit sceducationlottery.com. Place’s Mezzanine Gal- lery. The partnership en- ters its fifth year on City to repair water lines in Thursday evening, when Millwood area today, tomorrow a show titled “The Rite of Spring” opens with a 5-to- The City of Sumter will be mak- 7 p.m. reception at Cove- ing repairs to the water lines in the nant Place, 2825 Carter RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM Millwood Gardens Subdivision. Road. Gardner Cole Miller, curator of Sumter County Gallery of Art, uses a level as he hangs an This work is scheduled to be com- The exhibitions were Amanda Cox painting in Covenant Place’s Mezzanine Gallery. The show, organized through the pleted between today and Thursday. the brainchild of Sue Fi- gallery and Covenant Place, will open on Thursday featuring works by Cox and Tari Federer. There will be minor service inter- enning, a board member ruptions to customers during this of both the gallery and Gallery Education Di- ing a little more than a tentions, she prefers cre- project. The immediate area may Covenant Place, who sug- rector Amanda Cox and year ago and set a goal to ating art for its own sake. experience some red water during gested a “satellite gal- Tari Federer are the fea- excel as an artist in that Sumter County Gallery this period as valves are exercised lery” for changing exhibi- tured artists in “The Rite medium through live and of Art and Covenant and as work is performed on the tions; the same art had of Spring.” Both will be online workshops, plus Place invite the commu- lines.