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Club Wants to Give 300 Bikes to Kids This Season IN SPORTS: NCAA Division I talent on display B1 ENTERTAINMENT Hootie is back Band formed in S.C. will release new album, tour the country in 2019 SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 A3 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2018 75 CENTS Children throughout the Sumter communi- ty will be invited to bring a bicycle or Club wants to give 300 tricycle home as part of the 21st-annual Cycles for Christmas, organized by the Evening Optimist bikes to kids this season Club of Sumter. Public encouraged to for Christmas by giving away the club. SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO hundreds of bikes to local chil- All of the bikes are donated donate, volunteer with dren once again. by the community, he said. Since 1997, more than 3,500 New and used bikes can be Cycles for Christmas children have taken bicycles dropped off at any Sumter fire BY ADRIENNE SARVIS and tricycles home for Christ- station for the giveaway. [email protected] mas. Bikes are actually collected About 300 bikes were given throughout the year, Lawrence The Evening Optimist Club away last year, so the goal is to said, so drop off old bikes of Sumter intends to keep tradi- do that again this year, said tion in its 21st year of Cycles Tom Lawrence, a member of SEE CYCLES, PAGE A8 Flipping the switch on for the Christmas season Fantasy of Lights ceremony marks start of month-long free display at Swan Lake BY KAYLA ROBINS pouring as tiny dancers in [email protected] tutus and nutcracker costumes opened the annual Fantasy of t took counting backward Lights ceremony where the fi- from 10 to get to one mil- nale is a switching-on of more Ilion. than one million Christmas Before the crowd at Swan lights strung atop trees and in Lake-Iris Gardens joined in for displays throughout the gar- the “10, 9, 8...”, it had been dens. raining on and off all Saturday, climbing a crescendo toward SEE LIGHTS, PAGE A8 Dancers and spectators enjoyed the official light- ing of Swan Lake-Iris Gar- dens on Saturday night despite rainy weather. PHOTOS BY KAYLA ROBINS / THE SUMTER ITEM LIGHT THE WAY, A MILLION TIMES According to Brock McDaniel, the city’s horticulturalist, if you were to string all of the lights used at Swan Lake together from end to end, it would reach Myrtle Beach from Sumter. Bush told son, Man sought in city George W., ‘I death investigation love you, too’ arrested in county THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BY ADRIENNE SARVIS to a release from before he died The flag-draped casket of former President [email protected] Sumter County BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services Sheriff’s Office. The Associated Press military honor guard to Special Air Mission 41 A man wanted in connection The victim had at Ellington Field during a departure ceremony to a death investigation in the previously put WASHINGTON — George H.W. Bush Monday in Houston. city was arrested by county au- Strother on tres- didn’t lose his sense of humor even as he thorities on Wednesday for STROTHER pass notice for the was letting go of life. the former president’s forehead before tell- other charges. residence, accord- Surrounded by loved ones Friday night ing him, “We love you very much, Jefe,” Carter W. Strother, 70, is ing to the release. as he lay in bed using the Spanish word for “chief” that charged with two counts of Strother, with last document- MORE ON at home in Hous- her husband says he used to address Bush. stalking and one count of sec- ed address of 5375 Shen Ave. in BUSH’S LIFE ton, he was ap- “And he cocked one eye open and ond-degree assault and battery Jacksonville, Florida, is also proached by the quipped, ‘Well, you better hurry,” James for allegedly threatening resi- accused of following the victim George and Barbara’s wife of his long- Baker recalled Sunday as he described the dents at a house in the 4400 while driving. ‘storybook’ marriage A4 time friend, 41st president’s final hours of life. “His block of Wrangler Trail. In the city, Strother is sought Find our vintage front James A. Baker sense of humor was intact right up till the Strother and an unidentified for possible information about page about George Bush III, who was in very end. His passing was really very co-defendant are accused of the death of 31-year-old Chester Sr.’s visit to Sumter in the the room with peaceful. No struggling, no pain at all.” driving through the victim’s “Rock” Stavis, who was report- 1990s in Wednesday’s her husband. She Bush, who was president from 1989 to yard and firing multiple gun- edly last seen on Nov. 15 and edition. raised a hand shots before threatening to kill and placed it on SEE BUSH, PAGE A8 the victim’s children, according SEE STROTHER, PAGE A8 VISIT US ONLINE AT DEATHS, B4 WEATHER, INSIDE Lutitia Johnson Browning Sammie Lee Choice Jr. Keith L. Smithwick A10 2 SECTIONS, 16 PAGES the .com Kay Goy Moore Martha Amos Schoolfield Valjean Marivittori Jenkins VOL. 124, NO. 34 MORE SEASONAL Catherine McBride Tommy McCutcheon Alexander Johnson Classifieds B6 Agnes Marie Smith Corneluis Ethon Keith Johnny Lee Williams Mostly sunny and Comics A7 Sarah Williams Small Patricia Ruth Hughes Maria Dorothy Ballerini cooler; mostly cloudy Opinion A9 Eloise Carroll Cox Conyers McCarty tonight Sports B1 Linda Mae Davis Scott Douglas Mack Brown Rhunetta D. Pitts HIGH 57, LOW 38 Harold Myers Randy Allen Springs Sr. Television B5 A2 | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2018 THE SUMTER ITEM Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] VA purchase Students learn about colonial life loans surge in S.C., Sumter BY ADRIENNE SARVIS [email protected] For the seventh-straight year, VA purchase loans increased year over year, with volume for fiscal year 2018 up 59 percent compared to five years ago, with a near 50 percent increase in Sumter, according to the annual VA loan statistics map recently released by Veterans United Home Loans, the nation’s largest VA lender. Purchase loans in South Carolina surged 85 percent in fiscal year 2018, compared to 2013. The VA loan is a $0-down-payment mortgage option issued by private lenders and guaran- teed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Af- fairs that is available to veterans, active service members and select military spouses. VA loans Related head goes here are issued by private lenders and guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. and here and here XX Locally, VA purchase loans increased by 48 percent in Sumter in that same time. More than 10,900 purchase loans were issued in the state with an average loan amount of $226,986. In total, 15,859 home loans — includ- ing 5,265 refinance loans — were issued in 2018 for a total of $3.59 billion. Comparatively, 13,847 home loans were is- sued for a total of $2.68 billion in 2013. Nationally, the VA backed more than 610,000 loans worth more than $161 billion in 2018. Created by the federal government in 1944 to help returning service members purchase homes without needing a down payment or ex- cellent credit, the program has guaranteed more than 22 million loans to help veterans, ac- tive-duty military members and their families purchase homes or refinance their mortgages. “More veterans have used this $0 down loan in the last five years than in the prior dozen years combined," said Chris Birk, director of education at Veterans United. "While the VA’s PHOTOS BY SHELLY GALLOWAY / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM data show refinance loans cooled in 2018, the purchase market remains strong as more vet- Fourth-graders at Willow Drive Elementary School took a step back in time at their annual Colonial Day celebration. Stu- erans and military families turn to what’s be- dents ventured through a variety of stations where they learned about making quilts, butter and candles. They also come the most powerful home loan on the mar- played colonial games and learned how to make hoe cakes. ket.” VA loans now make up about 10 percent of the mortgage market, a huge increase in mar- ket share from even just a decade ago, states a release. “This historical benefit program has experi- enced a resurgence since the housing crisis,” he said. According to mortgage software firm Ellie Mae, the VA loan has had the lowest average interest rate on the market for the past 53 straight months, states the release. And despite not requiring a down payment, the VA loan has had the lowest foreclosure rate of any loan product for 48 consecutive quar- ters, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Restaurant news landowners surrounding Poinsett Range can ex- LOCAL BRIEFS pect above-average levels of noise from soldiers Following are the food grades for local FROM STAFF REPORTS using training ammunition and other training businesses inspected by the South Caro- devices. lina Department of Health and Envi- Don’t be startled by noise, aircraft; Questions regarding the training can be direct- training being held at Poinsett Range ed to the 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs office ronmental Control for Nov. 15-21. A "C" at [email protected] or (803) 895-2019. grade is failing. For detailed reports, An element of U.S. Army Special Operations City council to consider amendment, visit www.dhec.com. Command stationed at Hunter Army Airfield, recognize long-time employees today Georgia, will conduct training operations at D&L Diner, 2210 Peach Orchard Road, Sumter: A Poinsett Range through Dec.
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