CAR HAULERS 1B 2A OPINION 4A OBITUARIES 7A SPORTS 2B PUZZLES 3B BOOKINGS 5B CLASSIFIEDS QUOTE ‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.’ EDMUND BURKE Vol. 143, No. 34 NTWO SECTIONS e• 14 PAGwES s&PreESTAs BLISHsED 1874 75¢ SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 Darlington, S.C. WWW.NEWSANDPRESS.NET Denny Hamlin Sweeps Track Too Tough To Tame DCSD Maintenance Department to get overhaul maintenance to preventative By Melissa Rollins Editor work, he is anticipating some [email protected] challenges in the near future, During a special-called including the fact that one- meeting Aug. 28, the third of his maintenance Darlington County School department is eligible for District Board of Education got retirement in the next 3-5 a first-hand account of the years. In the next decade, that inner workings of the district’s number will increase to 60 per - Operations and Maintenance cent. Department. Ervin McElveen, The biggest challenge in Director of Operations and that, McElveen said, is that he Maintenance, gave a presenta - is unable to hire anyone before tion and then took questions a retiree leaves. from board members. “A lot of knowledge has The district currently walked out the doors,” employees 30 maintenance McElveen said. workers and 94 custodians who One example of just that is maintain the grounds at 24 the fact that the district has a locations and the nearly 2 mil - work order system that no one lion square feet inside of dis - currently employed with the trict schools. district knows how to operate. McElveen said that his office Board chairman Jamie works hard to ‘provide a clean Morphis said that the meeting and safe environment through - and presentation were neces - out the Darlington County sary because the board has to School District for every stu - understand where the mainte - dent, every day.’ nance costs are coming from. He also said that while he is Denny Hamlin had double the luck this Labor Day Weekend, winning both Sunday’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 and the NASCAR XFINITY trying to shift from status quo Series race on Saturday. Hamlin rode into Victory Lane for his second time, celebrating with his family by his side. DCSD ON 3A PHOTO BY MELISSA ROLLINS Raceway dedicates Jeff Gordon Finish Line Terrace legend; this is a tough race - By Samantha Lyles Staff Writer track. There's no other track [email protected] in NASCAR like it.” Darlington Raceway recog - Gordon said he was a big nized NASCAR superstar Jeff fan of Darlington's successful Gordon on Thursday, August 'Throwback Weekend' theme, 31 by dedicating its first new which pays homage to the his - Finish Line Terrace seating tory and culture of stock car area in his honor. racing. He also noted that 'The Darlington Raceway presi - Track Too Tough to Tame' dent Kerry Tharp said he was remains a prestigious chal - very pleased that Gordon lenge that can make the agreed to have his name asso - career of an aspiring racer. ciated with this project, and he “To me, Darlington really is could think of no better person what NASCAR is all about,” to christen the first of these said Gordon. “If you can win seating expansions. at Darlington, the respect that Facilitator Charles Weathers Sr with Darlington County Council “I can honestly say that in you earn within the sport and members (seated, left to right) Bobby Kilgo and Le Flowers. the twelve years I've been from the fans, it takes you to a PHOTO BY SAMANTHA LYLES associated with NASCAR, Jeff Gordon and Darlington President Kerry Tharp cut the ribbon. whole other level.” there hasn't been a more first- PHOTO BY SAMANTHA LYLES Tharp said Darlington class individual that I've had Raceway plans to install as the privilege of dealing with secured the pole position 81 he'd actually won that many many as 12 more dedicated Council talks than Jeff Gordon. He's a true times. times at Darlington. seating terraces to give fans “an ambassador for the sport both “He also won seven times “This track has meant so enhanced race day experience.” on and off the racetrack,” said here at Darlington, and six of much to me over the years Also, Tharp announced courthouse repairs Tharp. those were at the Bojangles' throughout my career in that Darlington Cares, the During his 25 year career, Southern 500. That's another NASCAR,” said Gordon. “It's a local charitable arm of the Council member Bobby By Samantha Lyles Gordon won 4 NASCAR Cup reason we called this the legend. It's one of those track NASCAR Foundation, is Staff Writer Kilgo said that when the Championships, had 805 Finish Line Terrace, because you hear about before you donating $2,400 to the Jeff [email protected] courthouse was built, there career starts, 93 NASCAR Cup you got to that finish line ever take a lap around it. Gordon Children's Darlington County Council were many more terms of victories (third highest of all- ahead of everybody else seven Everyone basically tries to Foundation, which focuses on convened a work session criminal and civil court in time), 325 top five finishes, times,” said Tharp to Gordon, scare you to death before you treatment and research for August 29 at the Pee Dee the large 5th floor court - 477 top ten finishes, and who joked that he had no idea get here. And it stand up to its pediatric cancer. Council of Governments, room. He said that due to the where a main topic of discus - prevalence of pleas, dis - sion was the future of the missals, settlements, and county courthouse. mediation, the need for jury Facilitator Charles trial sessions has greatly Suite towers at Darlington Raceway renamed for Earnhardts Weathers Sr., founder and diminished over the past fifty “We believe we are doing that By Melissa Rollins CEO of Columbia-based man - years, and perhaps that spa - Editor here today.” agement consulting firm The cious courtroom could be [email protected] Tharp said the dedication Weathers Group, led the ses - pared down to yield more The Earnhardt name has of the towers was special sion. He encouraged Council space for other needs. become synonymous with because it was honoring the members to make a priority “The need for a large NASCAR. Now, the name is father-son drivers. list of issues – both near-term courtroom for civil court is forever a part of the “Darlington Raceway is and long-term – that they need basically almost over with,” Darlington Raceway. During a proud of its steep heritage, his - to address. Though the rank - said Kilgo, adding that there ceremony Sept. 1, the track tory and the reverence that it ings of these priorities varied, have only been two criminal renamed the red suite towers holds in the sport of NASCAR,” all members present listed the trials held in the main court - Earnhardt Towers in honor of Tharp said. “Over the years, aging Darlington County room this year. both Dale Earnhardt Sr. and we have had the opportunity Courthouse as a project that Kilgo said the county Dale Earnhardt Jr. to honor some of the sports’ requires action. should consider allocating “Some of the goals of the and our racetrack’s legends by County Administrator more space and resources for Throwback platform were to naming some of our facilities Charles Stewart said that the the busiest court operations, energize and rejuvenate some after them. We are all about Courthouse Construction like Probate Court, honoring the legends and of the history of the sport and Kelley Earnhardt Miller stands in front of the newly renamed Advisory Committee has met Magistrate Court, and Family make it like a reunion atmos - heroes of our sport. Today, we several times and is waiting for Court. Kilgo said that need have the privilege of naming Earnhardt Towers. phere for folks to come back PHOTO BY MELISSA ROLLINS Council to provide some for more private spaces to here Labor Day Weekend and our suite towers in tribute to guidelines for exactly how keep Family Court litigants pay respects to those heroes Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Dale Throwback platform and this my dad and Dale Jr.,” Miller much money the county can apart is especially urgent and those legends who paved Earnhardt Jr.” being the final full-time sea - said. “This racetrack has cer - commit to building a new because that court often han - the way for this great sport of Tharp said the choice of the son for Dale Jr. in the Monster tainly meant a lot to my family facility or repairing the exist - dles emotional and con - ours,” said Darlington Earnhardts was an easy one Energy Cup Series, the syner - over the years. For me, just ing 1965 building. tentious matters like child Raceway President Kerry for his team. gy was there to make this ded - being a kid running around, Stewart said the court - custody. Tharp during the ceremony. “We came together as a ication come to fruition.” Darlington was a place that house has a number of securi - “That is also the most dan - staff earlier this year and dis - Kelly Earnhardt Miller was was close to our home so we ty issues, including a lack of a gerous court you will go into cussed some of the things we’d on-hand to represent the were able to come down in the secure prisoner transfer area because of the animosity like to do during this Earnhardt Family. conversion van, years ago, and (like an enclosed sally port) between the parties,” Kilgo Throwback Weekend to make “On behalf of the Earnhardt play in the infield; this has on the Public Square, no pri - said. “If any court needs to be it even more special,” Tharp Family we are certainly hon - always been a special place.” vate entrance or elevator for secure, it's Family Court.” said. “With this being year ored that Darlington Raceway judges, and too little space number three of our dedicated these towers to both for some court operations. 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OP-ED S.C.’s Nuclear Scandal, PolOitPi-cEiaD ns and Clean/Dirty Hands dirty hands must ‘come clean.’ reports, no one – repeat no from SCANA. This is signifi - A Bit of Humor By Phil Noble This means they should dis - one – has said this should be cant as both are members of Bill Shepard For a columnist like me, close all of their financial the goal. Instead, the only dis - the newly appointed House the state’s nuclear scandal is It happened a long time ago! The year was 1942, and we dealings with SCANA, Santee cussions so far are how much committee charged with the gift that keeps on giving. had been at war for only a few months. I had been at Camp Cooper and the electric co-ops more should the rate payers investigating the scandal. It is no exaggeration to say Joseph T. Robinson in Little Rock, Arkansas only a few days. It – and give the money back. have to pay and for how long. That’s it. that there could be a column was snowing when I arrived and the snow was still falling. This They should return all cam - Next, for those responsible None of the other 124 every week (or several times a mill village boy was experiencing the coldest winter of his life paign contributions since the – all of the boards and senior members of the state House, week) on the growing scandal at a place farthest from home. scandal began in 2007 and management of SCANA and nor any of the 46 state sena - – and it’s likely to be so for Before my enlistment in the Army, I had been a part of the they should disclose and Santee Cooper. What’s hap - tors, nor the governor, nor months and even years to National Guard unit in Darlington. Because of my father's wish, return all of the retainers, pened? So far, something but any of the other 8 statewide come. I had been discharged from the Unit when it was mobilized into consulting contracts and other not much. The CEO of Santee elected officials, nor any of There will be thousands of the regular Army earlier. I had my discharge paper with me. I unreported payments they Cooper, Lonnie Carter is on the 9 members of the news articles written by jour - suppose I was thinking my previous service would gain me and their immediate families the way out. Whether he Congressional delegation in nalists, millions of words spo - some favor. It did. My previous training was with an Artillery have received. (Better than resigned or was pushed is a Washington have returned the ken by politicians and utility unit and I was now in an Infantry unit. I knew nothing about returning the money, they matter of semantics – he’s money. Nor has anyone volun - executives, and billions of dol - presenting arms (saluting with a rifle) and I had not been at should give it to charity.) gone. tarily disclosed any payments lars in payments to rate pay - this base long enough to learn. I was not prepared for what lay Those utility leaders Thus far, there is no indica - of retainers, consulting con - ers are at stake. ahead. My discharge was pinned on the wall of the tent where with dirty hands who are tion what his severance pack - tracts and such payments As we begin (and we are I was housed. directly responsible should age will be (assuming he gets from the utilities to them - just at the beginning of the It was Reveille and the platoon Sergeant was speaking. "Has resign. This means that all of one) and no indication that he selves or their immediate fam - beginning) to work our way anyone in this platoon had any previous military training?" It the boards of directors and will be asked to, or will volun - ilies. None. through this $9 billion scan - had worked-he had seen my discharge and this is what I had senior management of both tarily, give back his pay raises I may have missed it, but to dal effecting millions of peo - hoped for. My hand was raised high above my head, even wav - SCANA and Santee Cooper and other extra payments date, I have never heard any ple in our state, there are two ing. "Fall out, Shepard, get dressed in full dress uniform and should resign. They should since the scandal began in one of these politicians who basic facts that we should report to my office," the Sergeant's words were ringing in my also refund any bonuses, 2007. helped create this scandal say never lose sight of – and two ears. I do not know what I was expecting, but it was not what stock options or other extra None of the other 7 mem - these two words: I’m sorry. necessary first steps that must lay ahead. payments they have received bers of top management of And last, let’s consider the be taken in dealing with this I stepped inside the Sergeant's office and waited for him to since the beginning of the Santee Cooper or any of the ‘investigations’ into the scan - gigantic scandal. speak. "Shepard, you have been selected for Guard Duty. Your scandal in 2007. When they 12 members the Board of dal. To date, both the state The two basic facts: previous training has qualified you for the position." I thought leave, there should be no sev - Directors have indicated they House and Senate have Those responsible should I saw a little smile cross his face. I would remember! erance payments or golden will be leaving. announced that they will con - be held accountable. SCANA On our way to my post of duty, the Sergeant reminded me parachutes. None. Also, all 12 members of duct an investigation to find (parent company of South about saluting all officers. The part about presenting arms, I If someone thinks this SCANA’s top management out what happened and who Carolina Electric and Gas), did not know. He went through the process before leaving me, seems overly tough, my sug - and all 10 members of the is responsible. The answer to Santee Cooper and the politi - but I was a slow learner! As one last reminder about "present - gestion is to ask the South Board of Directors are still in the first question is complex; cians that passed the legisla - ing arms," he said that the Post Commander was a three star Carolina families that are place. the answer to the second tion to enable this to happen general and that he traveled over the Base in a 1941 Ford, being asked to pay on average I may have missed it, but to question is easy. (and got paid for it) – will all painted green. "You will know this car when you see it by the $7,000 for as long as 60 years date, I have never heard any - The legislature should sim - be blaming each other when three stars on the front license plate. Do not fail to present for this scandal if they think one from either the boards or ply look in the mirror… or they are all at fault. Their arms when you see this car approaching," he warned. Now I this is overly tough. management of SCANA or look down at their dirty hands are dirty. was really frightened. To that day, I had never presented arms So, measured against these Santee Cooper who created hands. Those not responsible, to an officer! four points above, where are this scandal say these two The whole thing began the rate payers, should not I must have been a sight. Bundled in my heavy overcoat, we today? words: I’m sorry. when the legislature passed have to pay. The people with wading through at least six inches of snow, and carrying a rifle Let’s start with the rate Now, let’s look at the politi - something called the Base absolutely no responsibility on my shoulder that I did not know how to use. I tried! I went payers. Since the rate payers cians – the state legislature, Load Review Act in 2007 that for this disastrous scandal – through the motion-some officers returned a salute (an act of are absolutely blameless in statewide elected officials and allowed the utilities to charge the rate payers – are being kindness), while others looked the other way. this, they should not be asked the Congressional delegation. their ratepayer in advance for asked to pay billions of dol - I was making fair headway when I saw the car approaching. to pay. As such, all of their What’s happened? So far, the cost of construction of the lars, perhaps for as long as 60 My heart began to pound inside of me, what should I do? I saw utility rates should be rolled something but not much. nuclear plants plus a 10.25 years. This is wrong. Their another officer some distance away and turned my back back to 2007 levels when the Republican Representative per cent guaranteed profit – hands are clean. towards the road to salute the officer. It did not work. I heard scandal began. Plus, they Bill Hixon has returned all of even if the nuclear plants The two necessary first the brakes squeal and turned to see the car backing to the curb should be refunded, with his campaign contributions were never built. With light - steps: behind me. I saw the back door swing open and a body sliding interest, all of the billions of from both SCANA and the ing spend in just a few days, The legislators, toward the open door. I wanted to run, to hide, to take wings dollars they have already paid electric coops. Democratic the legislation passed the statewide elected officials and and fly away! I approached the car and heard a voice saying, out for the failed project. 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VIDEO ON 3A NEWS AND PRESS | DARLINGTON, S.C. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 | PAGE 3A More candidates file for local elections The filing period for sev - and Lang Howell. Guy eral municipal elections has Clements, who has previous - opened and a several candi - ly served as Mayor Pro Tem dates have added their and Council member, is run - names to the November 7 ning for the office of Mayor. ballot. The filing fee for the Three seats on Darlington Lamar Mayor's race is $168, City Council are up for filing for the open four-year grabs, including Wards 1, 2, terms is $78, and filing for and 3. Incumbent Mayor Pro the remaining two years of Tem Coleman Cannon (Ward Lloyd's term is $39. # 1) and incumbent City In Society Hill, the office Council members Elaine of Mayor and two Town Reed (Ward # 2) and John Council seats are up for elec - Segars (Ward # 3) have all tion. Mayor Tommy filed for reelection. Cannon Bradshaw has filed for will face opposition for the reelection, and will face Ward # 1 seat from chal - opposition from candidate lenger Audrey Dubose Gore. Shannon Steen. Tammy The filing fee for candi - Tucker Gandy and Carolyn dates in the Darlington City Oliver have filed as candi - Council race is $204. dates for Society Hill Town In the Town of Lamar, Council. several incumbents have The filing fee for Society indicated they will not be fil - Hill Mayor is $144, and $48 ing to run for reelection, for Town Council seats. including Mayor Randy The filing period for all Reynolds, Mayor Pro Tem these offices ends Jackie Thomas, and Council September 7 at noon. member Willie Howell. Election Day is November 7. Council member Mike Lloyd For more information, resigned his seat at Lamar's contact the Darlington Kristen Nicholson, far rights, donates books Aug. 28 to St. John’s Elementary School to fulfill a promise to her mother who passed away August 14 meeting, citing County Office of Elections last November. PHOTO BY MELISSA ROLLINS personal reasons. and Registrations at 843- Three candidates have 398-4900, or stop by their filed for the four-year Lamar office at 131 Cashua Street Books donated to SJE to honor legacy of Jean Taylor Town Council seats: Tamron in Darlington to file for McManus, Sherry Besecker, office. shop for individual teachers to Darlington County,” Nicholson to her vision.” By Melissa Rollins Editor choose books to increase their said. “She actually attended The books were purchased [email protected] personal classroom and graduated from St. John's, through Booksource and Jean Taylor loved St. John’s libraries…. Momma loved the on the campus she later led as Nicholson said that when the on its own, so I think there is a Elementary School (SJE). She idea and asked me to help principal for 25 years. Her life's company learned what the Earnhardts reason he was so victorious dedicated 43 years of her life make it happen for SJE to open mission was to make a differ - books were going toward they here. He had his share of success to the school, having only the next school year.” ence in the lives of students just donated six of their favorite Continued from 1A and we were able to see Victory spent two years of her 45-year- Taylor passed before those like her, those fortunate books to honor Taylor’s lega - Miller said that racing at Lane here quite a few times.” career in the Darlington plans could be completed. enough to be born in this coun - cy as an educator and a pro - Darlington Raceway was always Miller said that her brother County School District some - “I was determined to fulfill ty.” moter of literacy. a family affair. looks forward to calling the where else. Her love for the my promise to her,” Nicholson Nicholson said that the “This humbling gesture “Watching my brother run 2018 Bojangles’ Southern 500 school, its students and faculty said. “My family agreed. We set community came together for echoes her spirit of giving, here, I’ve scored a view games for NBC and that her family will is still visible, even though up the memorial in November this project, and for her fami - serving where you're planted, here…and I certainly watched continue to have a special rela - Taylor passed away last and the DCSD office graciously ly when they needed it most. and always putting children my dad win quite a few races tionship with the track as team November. managed the donations. Many “The overwhelming out - first,” Nicholson said. here, so we have a tremendous honors in the Xfinity Series. On Monday Aug. 28, donated from Darlington pouring of support that fol - The Taylor family would amount of respect for this track “It is so cool to look out and Taylor’s daughter Kristen County and we received dona - lowed her death was incredi - like to thank the DCSD Office and a lot of great memories,” see the simplicity of this race - Nicholson, a Literacy Coach at tions from friends and col - ble and donations exceeding for their role in collecting, Miller said. “My dad was The track,” Miller said. “It is true to North Hartsville Elementary leagues up and down the east - $1,800 poured in to help her Booksource for rising to the Intimidator and the Track Too its roots and you just feel at School, fulfilled one of her ern seaboard. It was amazing fulfill her last tribute,” occasion and graciously Tough To Tame is intimidating home here.” mother’s wishes when she the movement that supported Nicholson said. rewarding students further, donated over 300 books to the this vision.” “The memorial is her final and the community for sup - students of SJE. Though many people who tangible contribution to her porting this endeavor. investigators to examine every “Last spring my principal grow up in a small town students and teachers but the “We encourage others to live Scandal detail of the scandal. And even allowed us (at North endeavor to grow up and move tradition of education she by Mom's example,” Nicholson though Gov. McMaster has not Hartsville) to purchase books away, Taylor had other ideas. instilled in three generations said. “Serve where you're lucky Continued from 2A ‘come clean’ about his utility for classroom libraries,” “My mother was a small of SJE students and parents enough to be planted, in any Senate unanimously and money, he could at least act Nicholson said. “We set up a town girl, born and raised in will live on as a lasting tribute capacity you see needed.” passed in the House with only like he wants to get to the bot - six votes in opposition. tom of this by appointing such To expect the legislature to, an independent commission. talk about drawing up a that we know what we are get - Dawson said. “You have to give in essence, investigate them - It would be a start. DCSD detailed custodial plan. Smoak ting,” Hassler asked. “Is there these people (custodians) some selves without, at a minimum, We deserve better. has since been hired by the dis - another school system that he organization, which we haven’t first telling us how much the It does not have to be this Continued from 1A trict and, according to Chief has used this plan? It seems an had. That is why some of the utilities have paid then – is way. “We have a ton of mainte - Financial Office Ashley Smith, overkill on some very obvious areas are not where they are beyond absurd. This is what nance issues on the capital he has been paid “$5,700 so things. To tell me that I need six supposed to be.” one would expect from some Phil Noble has a technology plan,” Morphis said. “That’s not far.” minutes to clean a toilet or McElveen had several corrupt Third World govern - firm in Charleston, is founder your fault, that’s not what we “I am very concerned about twelve minutes to sweep a room; requests of the board, including ment. of World Class Scholars and are saying at all, but inevitably this custodial plan, this agree - you sweep a room until its clean purchasing iPads so that work Dirty hands cannot clean writes a weekly column for the that is what has happened over ment, that we entered into with and then you move on.” orders can be completed and up this scandal. S.C. Press Association. Reach time because we didn’t have a Mr. Smoak,” Hassler said. “Is this Smith could not give Hassler closed out on the job site, What we need is a com - him at [email protected] plan. Painting. When has paint - a one-time evaluation and now any specific school districts that instead of requiring a lot of pletely independent commis - and get his columns at ing turned into a capital proj - he has given us the plan and this Smoak had completed similar paperwork afterward. He also sion of outside experts and www.PhilNoble.com. ect? Well, when you haven’t is it or what is that? Is (the plans for. Interim superintend - requested that GPS systems be done it in upteen years and you $5,700) just for the stuff he has ent Bill Boyd said that Smoak installed in the maintenance don’t have the money and you completed up until this point?” had done work in Marlboro vehicles and that a new work don’t have the staff.” Hassler also questioned what County before. order system is ordered or some - Donate A Boat Boardmember Wanda references were used for Smoak Boardmember Dr. Thelma one is trained to use the current Hassler expressed concern that allowed him to be hired by Dawson challenged Hassler’s one. or Car Today! over the district’s agreement the district. assertion that you work until McElveen will appear before with education consultant “Where has he implemented something is clean and then the board again in three Melvin Smoak, who appeared this plan before where we can move on to the next project. months to give an update on before the board in April to get references from to make sure “It doesn’t work that way,” changes being implemented. “2-Night Free Vacation!” 800-700- BOAT tive, all this can be addressed said that he would be willing options. Scheduling and loca - (2628) Council with the current building with to vote for a courthouse rehab tion of these meetings is yet to www.boatangel.com modifications,” said Stewart. plan with costs of $14 million be determined. sponsored by boat angel outreach centers STOP CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN Continued from 1A “In other peoples' perspective, or less, allowing the county to Stewart said that in addi - that's a waste of money and we stay within its $17 million tion to improved security, the need to go with another build - General Obligation Bond debt courthouse HVAC system ing. I think both options are limit. This option would needs work, and reallocating viable, depending on how require only a majority vote space would require addition - much money you want to from Council, and would avoid al expenditures. Kilgo said spend.” asking voters to consider that some operations – such as Cost estimates for a new another penny sales tax the Solicitor's Office and the courthouse range between (through a Special Projects Veteran's Affairs Office – have $30 and $40 million, while Sales Tax referendum) to pay plans or are willing to relocate rehabbing the current building for a new courthouse. outside the courthouse, which could cost $8 or $9 million, Stewart and Council agreed could free up space on the 4th according to Stewart's esti - to set up a series of five “town and 3rd floor. mate. hall” meetings to gauge public “In some peoples' perspec - Council member Le Flowers opinion about the courthouse Your neighbors, your news, The News & Press

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She Darlington was held 11 a.m. September 2, sisters, Lucretia (Carey) Quick worked for the Darlington Saturday, September 2, 2017 at gift of wisdom 2017 at requires a strong personal of Oklahoma, Barbara County Courthouse and the Faith Memorial Gardens in By Dr. william holland Macedonia Richardson of Columbia, SC, Kershaw County Medical Darlington commitment and is more seri - Missionary Linda (Sam) Colclough, Center. She was a loving and directed by When I think about having ous than a casual religious Baptist Marion Richardson, Lutisha devoted wife and mother, but Jordan wisdom, I am reminded of lifestyle. Church in Richardson, Addie Richardson, her true love was being a Funeral king Solomon. If you remem - Since wisdom is such a Darlington Debra Addison all of Nana to her grandchildren Home, Inc. b e r t h e p o pular story about wonderful attribute and it no directed by Darlington, SC; brothers, Glen and great granddaughter. Mrs. Travis David and Bathsheba, doubt pleases God when His Jordan Funeral Home, Inc. Richardson of Louisiana, She was a member of Indian was born in Solomon was their only son people ask for it, I wonder why Ms. Mack, daughter of the James, Cecil, Ulysses Branch United Methodist Darlington and also became king of Israel we often forget to make this a late James E. Richardson and Richardson of Darlington, SC, Church. County, a after David passed away. In I high priority within our Carrie L. Jones Richardson, Herman (Cynthia) and Edward Surviving are her husband, daughter of the late David and Kings chapter 3, we read that prayers? Discernment is asso - was born May 9, 1956 in (Denise) Richardson of William Hare; her children, Rosa Lee Gregg, Sr. She depart - Solomon sincerely loved God ciated with wisdom to help us Darlington, SC. She departed Charlotte, NC, Bernard William B. (Lisa) Mozingo, Jr., ed this life on Friday, August and obeyed His laws. Verse 4 know right from wrong, but its this life on Monday evening, Addison of Maryland; cousins Todd Howell (Jennifer) 25, 2017. records him offering 1000 more than just collecting infor - August 28, 2017 at Palmetto raised as sisters, Violet Mozingo, and Mary “Bunny” She leaves to cherish her burnt offerings upon the altars mation. For example, becom - Baptist Tuomey Hospital, Harrison and Lavender Perry, Mozingo; her grandchildren, fondest memories: her beloved at Gibeon and as the story con - ing a contestant on Jeopardy Sumter, SC. Carolyn’s Boo, David Kristen Nicole Mozingo, son, Bernard "Apple" Travis, Jr. tinues we notice that some - might reveal that we have Carolyn attended Mayo Haynesworth of Sumter, SC; Chase Cole Mozingo, James of Charlotte, NC; two sisters, thing very special happens to retained a lot of facts but it High School and graduated in nieces, nephews and other rela - Pierce Mozingo, Savannah Marie El of Darlington, SC and him. “The Lord appeared to does not necessarily mean we the class of 1974. She enjoyed tives who will miss this Sweet Hope Mozingo, Benjamin Belinda Gregg of Solomon in a dream by night: are wise. It is said that knowl - sports, singing and was nomi - Gentle Lady. Bryce Mozingo, Jeffery Pierce Merchantville, NJ; one brother, and God said, ask whatever edge is knowing about things nated a Queen in Mayo Courts The family received friends Kelly, and her great-grand - Tyrone (Debra) Gregg, Sr. of you want and I will give it to but wisdom is the gift to all four years. She also attend - at the residence of her sister child, Adalyn Katherine Etta Darlington, SC; her grandchil - you.” We must admit this is a understanding them. I believe ed Morris College in Sumter, and brother –in-law, Linda and Smith. dren; a host of nieces and huge opportunity and tempta - we can all agree the desire to SC where she majored in Sam Colclough, 805 McCowns In addition to her parents, nephews; one special niece, tion especially for a young per - develop a deeper comprehen - Education, pledged Zeta Phi Mill Pond Road, Darlington. Marilyn was preceded in Maria Munoz; and two special son, which is why it’s so sion is a good path to consider Delta and continued her queen death by her sister, Carolyn friends, Ms. Patricia Sawyer impressive when we hear his and one that can transform ship. She had an awesome Marilyn Howell Hare Howell, and her grandson, and Mrs. Audrey Gore. r e q u e s t . H o w w o u l d w e w h a t w e do and who we are. soprano voice that was truly Marilyn Howell Hare, age William Adkins. In addition to her parents respond if God offered to give One of the greatest discoveries amazing, singing with her sis - 72, passed away Saturday, Family respectfully Daisy was preceded in death by us whatever we wanted? is the realization that if a per - ters, The Vanguards, in the August 26, 2017 peacefully in requests any donations or two brothers, Mr. Samuel Money, fame, super-powers, son can allow God to change 70’s. Carolyn was a homemak - her sleep at home. Funeral memorial offerings be made "Bobby" Gregg and Mr. David long life? Amazingly, Solomon their mind into His way of er and caregiver. services were held at 12 p.m. to James McElveen, who is "Buck" Gregg, Jr. gives a very mature and hum - thinking, they can become the She leaves to cherish her Wednesday, August 30th in battling cancer and currently The family received friends ble response as he simply person He has called them to memories: four awesome chil - the chapel at Belk Funeral in Germany undergoing treat - at the residence of her brother desires more wisdom and be. When Solomon relayed dren; Towan Mack of Florence, Home, with burial following ment, 1036 East Home and sister-in-law, 137 Wingate understanding so that he can God’s truth in Proverbs 23:7, SC, Jessica (Franky) McCullum in Indian Branch Cemetery. Avenue Hartsville, SC 29550. Street, Darlington. be a good king. Verse 10 says “for as a person thinks within that Solomon’s reply pleased their heart – so are they” he the Lord and listen to this, was revealing one of the most “And God said unto him, powerful life changing princi - because thou hast asked this pals we can apply to our life. Beware of fraudulent charities in wake of Hurricane Harvey thing, and has not asked for Arnold Bennett said, “Our COLUMBIA, S.C. – In Charities or by calling 803-734- name of the professional - Do not give or send cash. thyself long life; neither hast mind is a sacred enclosure into response to the devastation 1790. fundraising organization for For security and tax record pur - asked for riches for thyself, nor which nothing harmful can from Hurricane Harvey, many - Donate to well-known char - which they work. poses, contribute by check or hast asked for the life of thine enter except by our permis - South Carolinians are searching ities. Watch out for charities - Know where the money is credit card. Write the official enemies; but has asked for sion.” Let us consider that the for ways to help victims. The SC that have sprung up overnight. going. Ask what percentage of name of the charity on your understanding to discern reason people are the way Department of Consumer Do not assume a charity is legit - your contribution goes to the check. judgment, behold I have done they are is because of the way Affairs is advising consumers to imate based on its name. Some charitable cause. Find out their About SCDCA according to thy words.” they think. If we dwell on neg - be on the lookout for fake char - phony charities use names simi - mission and history. Don’t be The South Carolina God continues to declare ative, critical and discouraging ities. Here are a few tips to lar to those of respected, legiti - afraid to ask for details in writ - Department of Consumer that Solomon will not only thoughts, we will be a well - ensure donations get to those in mate organizations. ing. Affairs aims to protect con - become the wisest person in spring of darkness and depres - need: - Know who’s calling. During - Do not provide personal or sumers from inequities in the the history of the world but sion. However, if we think - Seek out a charity. Be cau - a call, a professional solicitor financial information to cold marketplace through advocacy, will also receive all the things about forgiveness, compassion tious of groups that approach must disclose: callers. This includes your complaint mediation, enforce - he did not ask for. Scholars say and humility, we will live in you. Obtain information on a - that they are a paid Social Security number, credit ment and education. To file a that Solomon wrote thou - the contentment of God’s particular charity by visiting the solicitor. card and bank account num - complaint or get information on sands of clever sayings and peace and joy. Through the SC Secretary of State’s website - the name, location and bers. Scam artists can use this consumer issues, visit songs and we can read some of positive awareness of His pres - at purpose of the charity. information to commit fraud. www.consumer.sc.gov or call his brilliant writings in the ence, we can learn how to http://www.sos.sc.gov/Public_ - the registered, true When in doubt, hang up! toll-free, (800) 922-1594. books of Proverbs, The Song of become sensitive to the influ - Solomon and Ecclesiastes. ences that form our convic - However, we also know that tions. “Where there is love and when he became older, he wisdom there is neither fear p.m. The meeting will be at Church Sunday: Sunday School at 9:30 made some critical mistakes. nor ignorance” Francis of ChurCh 757 Wire Road in Darlington. 3585 Lawson Grove Rd, a.m. Church Services 11:00 It’s unfortunate that he strayed Assisi. The Church is positioned at the Hartsville. Sunday-- Church Elder M. Frierson 2nd/4th away from focusing on God’s Check out Dr. Holland’s Please sNende yowur cshu rc h news corner of Billy Farrow highway School at 9:45a.m. and Sunday: Sunday School at 9:30 commandments. Solomon book, “A Lifestyle of Worship” and photos to: editor@newsand - and Wire RD. Light Worship Service at 10:45a.m. by Deacon Z. Frierson Service was just like everyone else in and ask for his free CD at: billy - press.net Refreshments, fellowship, and Wednesday-- Prayer 6:30 p.m. at 11:00 a.m. Min.Gerald the fact that walking with God hollandministries.com. devotional. Bible study 7p.m. Green. The community is invit - Pastor Appreciation Streaming Available at law - ed to attend. Come expecting Celebration Bible Study songrovebaptistchurch.com to hear the anointed Word. Mt. Tabor African Bible study at Mt.Zion Contact Deacon.Z.Frierson Methodist Episcopal Church, Tabernacle Believers Church Black Creek Baptist 843-229-3158 1741 Tolson Rd. Timmonsville, 426 W. Broad St. Darlington, Church is celebrating Pastor on Tuesday nights at 6:00 p.m. Black Creek Baptist Church, The Lord Cares Appreciation on Saturday, Bible study led by Rev.Larry located 139 Mont Clare Road, Please continue to assist The Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. For more Scipio. Contact Deacon Dovesville, announces their Lord Cares in caring for those information, call 843-346- Z.Frierson at 843-992-3158 or hours: Sunday: 10 a.m. in need in the Darlington area. 3886. church 843-992-8125. Come Sunday School, 11a.m. T.L.C.’s food bank is located at join us. Worship Services and 6 p.m. 201 Grove Street in Darlington. Pastor Appreciation Evening Worship. Wednesday: They are open Monday, Pastor Appreciation for Covenant Baptist 6:30 Adult Bible Study; Youth Wednesday, and Thursday Oates Baptist Church, 3569 Church Prayer Line Bible Study, Children (Children from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. Oates Highway in Lamar, will Anyone who needs prayer In Action) 7:30 Adult Choir Donations of non-perishable be on Sunday September 10th, for healing and deliverance is Practice food items (especially canned at 11 a.m. They will be wel - welcome to call the Covenant meats) are needed, as are toi - coming Kings Cause from Baptist Church Prayer Line at Covenant Baptist letries, bathroom tissue, and Lancaster, S.C. Join them for a 843-393-8555. The prayer line Church paper towels. Mail monetary great morning of music and is open Tuesdays and Covenant Baptist Church, donations to: The Lord Cares worship. Please come and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 located at 628 Pocket Road, PO Box, 1457, Darlington, SC show your appreciation for p.m. announces their hours: 29540. their wonderful pastor and his Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday family. For any additional St. Catherine's School, 11a.m. Spoken Word Prayer Line information contact Pastor Episcopal Church Service. Wednesday: 6 p.m. Anyone who needs prayer is Gerald McAlister at 843-307- 3123 W. Palmetto St., Bible Study. Need a ride to invited to call the Covenant 6203. Florence. Worship Time: 11 church? Call 843-393-7872. Baptist Church Prayer Line. a.m. (4th Sunday 8:30 a.m.) Whether you need prayer for Women Of Worth Sunday School: 9:45 Mt. Zion Tabernacle healing from sickness and dis - Women of Worth, the ladies a.m.Phone: 843-601-3672 Ministries ease, deliverance from drugs of Great Commission Facebook: St.Catherine’s EC Mt. Zion Tabernacle and alcohol or some other Ministries in Darlington, Vicar: The Rev. Jeffrey R. Ministries 426 W. Broad St. in issue. The lines are open invites all ladies to attend its Richardson Darlington announces their Tuesdays and Wednesdays monthly meeting on hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 843- Monday,September 25 at 6:30 Lawson Grove Baptist 1st/3rd Sunday Pastoral 393-8555. SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 | PAGE 5A THE NEWS AND PRESS, DARLINGTON, S.C.

WE WANT COMMUNITY NEWS Email [email protected], call (843) 393-3811 or fax (843) 393-6811. Subject: COMMUNITY NEWS commWWW.NEWSANDPRESuS.NET nity open to the public. Updates Darlington Library or at the advanced. Benefit auction PETS Of THE WEEk will be posted to the library’s conference room at City Hall begins at 2 p.m. All proceeds Donald is a friendly boy who loves to give and get hugs Facebook page. For more infor - and as needed or requested by and donations benefit Spina from people. He thinks walks are great and after some mation, call 843-326-5524. City Council. Bifida Association (SBA). exercise he settles down nicely. Donald is super hand - There will be raffles and live some with his unique light brindle coloring. He has an Darlington County Darlington music. All activities will take affectionate nature and good manners, and let's talk Council Meeting Professional Women place at 2085 Lamar Hwy. in about those amazing ears! This loving, sweet guy The Darlington County The Darlington Professional Darlington. For more informa - would enjoy living with an owner who will care for Council meets on Tuesday, Women group meets at noon tion, or to donate an item for him. 47lbs; 2 yrs old; lab mix; male September 11, 2017 at 6 p.m. Sept 20 at Darlington Country the auction, call 843-393- and the first Monday of each Club. 7631. Isaac is one fantastic kitty! This smaller framed fellow month at 6:00 p.m., at the graced with a soft, medium length golden coat, is so Courthouse Annex/EMS Beautification Board Speed and Feed very sweet and just wants a home to call his own. Building, 1625 Harry Byrd The City of Darlington The 5th annual BBQ Cook- While he was going through vetting (aka getting his Highway (Highway 151), Beautification Board will meet off and Car Show is open to health check and shots), he was patient and accepting, Darlington, SC. The Council at 5 p.m. Sept. 20 at City Hall, all years and models. The friendly and lovable. He purred the whole time! Just encourages citizen participa - 400 Pearl St. Darlington. 843- event will be Oct. 28 at a teen and less than 8 lbs in weight, Isaac is hoping tion and provides an opportu - 398-4000. Darlington Raceway. There soon you'll come on by and tell him he's going home! nity for citizens to present will be a classic car cruise The Darlington County Humane Society is located 0.5 miles their concerns at the begin - Oct. 2017 around the Raceway. Awards from Darlington Raceway off Highway 151 in Darlington. ning of each regular meeting. will be given out in several Those wishing to make a pres - categories, including Have you lost or found a pet? entation should contact the Darlington County President’s Choice, Best Truck Ambulance and Best Rat Rod. For more If you have lost or found a pet, go online to www.darlingtonhumane.org and click on the Clerk to Council at 843-398- 4100 or [email protected]. Commission information, call Sarah Hill at link Lost/ Found Pets . You will be directed to the www.thelostpets.com Web site where The Darlington County 843-395-8808 or email you can register your missing pet. Ambulance Commission will [email protected] You will be able to provide a detailed description of your missing pet, as well as attach a photo. Board of Education The Darlington County meet on Tuesday, September m. Upon registering your lost pet, an e-mail alert will be sent to the Darlington Shelter’s e-mail 26 at 6 p.m. at the EMS/EPA address. This will allow the Shelter staff to recognize your lost pet should it arrive at the facility. School District Board of Education meets Sept 11 Building Courthouse Annex, Nov. 2017 at 6 p.m in the Training 1625 Harry Byrd Highway. For Hartsville Room at the Administrate questions, contact: 843-398- Area Happenings Toastmasters Office located at 120 Smith 4450. American Legion American Legion Post 13 of 2nd and 4th Monday each Avenue in Darlington. Market on Darlington will meet Al-Anon Meetings month at 7 p.m. at the Black Darlington Square Thursday, November 9 at the Weekly Events Al-Anon is a fellowship of Creek Arts Center Williamson Park adult relatives and friends of Committee First Saturday of the month Post on Harry Byrd Highway alcoholics for mutual support. Book Club The City of Darlington May through October (no next to the South Carolina Centennial Farmers July) from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Visit National Guard Armory. A Visitors are welcome. The Darlington Library Williamson Park Committee Market with the community, listen to meal is served at 6 p.m. and Childcare is not available. Al- Book Club meets the 3rd will meet at 5:30 p.m. on the This market features fresh, local music, and enjoy a vari - the monthly meeting follows. Anon meetings: Saturday of each month 12pm- second Tuesday of the month, organic gourmet foods, free- ety of vendors and food The nation's largest Veterans Thursdays at 8p.m at the 1 p.m. Stop by the library to January 10, February 14, range eggs and homegrown, Saturday, October 7 organization invites its mem - Hartsville AA Hut, 310 S. pick up each month's selection. March 14, April 11, May 9, healthy foods including home - McFarland Street. Info: 843- June 13, July 11, August 8, bers, eligible Veterans, and made breads and sweet treats 992-2981. Darlington County September 12, October 10, American Legion active National and as always, live music and Board of Education November 14, and December American Legion Post 13 of Guard/Reserve personnel to entertainment! Every Darlington will meet Thursday, attend. Monthly Events The Darlington County 12 at Darlington Library, 204 Thursday from 4 – 7 p.m. October 12 at the Post on Board of Education meets on N. Main St. 843-398-4000 Location: Corner of 5th St. and Harry Byrd Highway next to Darlington the second Monday of each Carolina Ave. in Hartsville. the South Carolina National Planning Paws to Read month. Additional meetings Society Hill Town Guard Armory. A meal is Commission Paws to Read is a literacy may be called for worksessions Council Darlington Elks served at 6 p.m. and the The City of Darlington program where emerging and and information sessions. The The Society Hill Town Lodge monthly meeting follows. The Planning Commission will reluctant readers can create meeting will begin at 6 pm for Council will meet September Tuesdays: Swing/Shag nation's largest Veterans meet Tuesday, November 14 positive emotional connections regularly scheduled meetings. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Society Hill dance lessons, "New" line organization invites its mem - (due to Thanksgiving) the with reading. Therapy Dogs The Darlington County Board Town Hall, 280 South Main dance lessons from 8-10 p.m. bers, eligible Veterans, and third Thursday of every other International with their train - of Education normally meets Street in Society Hill. For more Wednesdays: Karaoke from active National Guard/Reserve month at 9 a.m. unless noted ers come for one-on-one read - in the Board/Community information, call 843-378- 8-10 p.m. personnel to attend. differently at the Darlington ing sessions on the first Conference Room of 4681. Assistance will be pro - Thursdays: Bingo at 7:30 Library or at the conference Saturday and third Tuesday of Administrative Annex #1 at vided to accommodate the spe - p.m. Yam Jam Concert room at City Hall and as need - each month at 12:30 pm. and 102 Park St. in Darlington cial needs of handicapped per - Darlington Elks Lodge is Held in conjunction with ed or requested by City 3 p.m. respectively at the except where noted on the sons attending the meeting located at 836 Timmonsville the S.C. Sweet Potato Festival Council. Darlington Library Branch. schedule. upon request. Special assis - Hwy. For more info: 843-393- on Saturday, October 14 at tance requests can be made to 1451 Palmetto Furniture, 308 S. Darlington County Yoga for Beginners the Town Clerk at 843-378- Sept. 2017 Main St. from 6 to 9 p.m. Ambulance Yoga will be held at the 4681, 72 hours prior to the Story Time Bands include Level 10 and Commission Darlington Library the 1st and meeting. Darlington: Thursdays at 10 3rd Saturday each month from Election Filing Eagle Wing Band. Admission is The Darlington County a.m. Info: 398-4940 ext. 305. 12:30-2 p.m. Period $10 for adults, $5 for ages 12 Ambulance Commission will Hartsville: Tuesdays at 10 NAACP Meeting and younger, and free for ages meet on Tuesday, November Citizens desiring to be can - a.m. Info: 332-5115 ext. 7. The Darlington Branch of 2 and younger. Bring a chair if 28 at 6 p.m. at the EMS/EPA Darlington County didates for Darlington City Society Hill: Thursdays at the NAACP meets 7 p.m., you like. Food and beverages Building Courthouse Annex, Coordinating Council Council Wards 1, 2, and 3 may 11:00 a.m. Info: 378-0026 September 12, at 109 Pearl St., available for purchase. No 1625 Harry Byrd Highway. The first Friday of every file at City Hall, 400 Pearl St., Lamar: Thursdays at 11:30 Darlington. coolers please. For questions, contact: 843- month at 11:30. February, beginning at noon on August a.m. Info: 326-5524 April, June, September, and 398-4450. 24 and ending at noon on Healthy Lifestyle Darlington Planning November at Carolina Pines; Sept. 7. Filing fee is $204. Seminar Library Programs January, March, and May, Commission Dec. 2017 There will be a Healthy American Sign Language August, October, and American Legion The City of Darlington Class - Mondays 6 – 8 p.m. Lifestyle Seminar Sept. 17 at Planning Commission will December at Medford Nursing American Legion Post 13 of Free Computer Classes (call the Darlington County Library. meet Tuesday, October 17 – Shop Small Center in Darlington. Darlington will meet Thursday, to reserve your spot) - The event will be from 3 to 4 Joint meeting at 6 p.m., and Downtown Open September 8 at the Post on Tuesdays 6 -7:30 p.m. and p.m. and will feature speaker the third Thursday of every House Hartsville Pilot Harry Byrd Highway next to Fridays 10-11:30 a.m. Dr. Karen J. Fulwood, DNP. other month at 9 a.m. unless First Thursday of Club the South Carolina National The seminar is free and open noted differently at the December 6 – 8 p.m. Photos Fourth Monday each Guard Armory. A meal is Crochet & Knit Clubs to the public. For more infor - Darlington Library or at the with Santa, music, vendors, month at 6 p.m. at their club - served at 6 p.m. and the Lamar: each Monday at mation call 561-495-8861. conference room at City Hall giveaways, and specials at house across from the Lawton monthly meeting follows. The 4:30 p.m. 326-5524 and as needed or requested by area businesses Park Tennis Courts nation's largest Veterans Society Hill: each Friday Water and Sewer City Council. from 2-4 pm 378-0026 Hartsville Kiwanis organization invites its mem - Authority American Legion Darlington: 2nd Friday of Club bers, eligible Veterans, and The Darlington County Spina Bifida Benefit American Legion Post 13 of the month 10 a.m. - noon 398- active National Guard/Reserve Water & Sewer Authority Event Darlington will meet Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. at personnel to attend. 4940 the Hartsville Country Club Board of Directors will meet at So-Lina invites you to join Thursday, December 14 at the 5 p.m. Sept 18, in the confer - Post on Harry Byrd Highway Hartsville: “The Stitchers” Comic-Con them for the third annual Bid group meets the 1st & 3rd ence room, 1701 Harry Byrd to Benefit Spina Bifida, next to the South Carolina Hartsville Lions Lamar Library is hosting a Mondays and 2nd & 4th Hwy., Darlington. Saturday, October 28. Wheelz National Guard Armory. A Club Comic-Con on Sept. 9 from 11 Thursdays at 5 pm. for Bryce Auto Show partici - meal is served at 6 p.m. and Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be a Darlington Planning pants need to be set up by 10 the monthly meeting follows. Mr. B's Restaurant superhero story time at 11 Pee Dee SCORE Commission a.m. If it goes, enter it into the The nation's largest Veterans a.m. Kids can dress as their Pee Dee SCORE (Service The City of Darlington show. Commemorative dash organization invites its mem - Hartsville Rotary favorite superhero. 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PAGE 6A | WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 NEWS AND PRESS | DARLINGTON, S.C. Smithsonian exhibition coming to Black Creek Arts Council in Darlington County What would life be like become a central element in without teachers, doctors or American culture. It traces firefighters? Every day the many changes that have Americans are hard at work affected the workforce and on farms, factories, in homes work environments over the or at desks keeping our com - past 150 years, including the munities thriving. Black growth of manufacturing Creek Arts Council, in coop - and increasing use of tech - eration with South Carolina nology. The exhibition draws Humanities Council, will from the Archives’ rich col - explore the professions and lections, including historical the people that sustain photographs, archival American society when it accounts of workers, film, hosts “The Way We Worked,” audio and interactive, to tell a Smithsonian Institution the compelling story of how traveling exhibition, this work impacts our individual exhibit will be on view lives and the historical and September 30, 2017 through cultural fabric of our commu - November 12, 2017. nities. part of Museum on Main Accommodations Tax, Pickens Black Creek Arts Council “We are very pleased to be Street, a unique collaboration County Accommodations Tax, of Darlington County, has able to bring “The Way We between the Smithsonian Richland County been expressly chosen by the Worked” to our area,” said Institution Traveling Accommodations Tax, and South Carolina Humanities Allison Pederson, Executive Exhibition Service (SITES), Sonoco. Council to host “The Way We Director of Black Creek Arts state humanities councils SITES connects millions of Worked” as part of the Council. “It allows us the across the nation and local Americans with their shared Museum on Main Street proj - opportunity to explore this host institutions. To learn cultural heritage through a ect—a national/state/local fascinating aspect of our own more about “The Way We wide range of art, science and partnership to bring exhibi - region’s history, and we hope Worked” and other Museum history exhibitions. State tions and programs to rural that it will inspire many to on Main Street exhibitions, humanities councils, located cultural organizations. The become even more involved visit www.museumonmain - in each state and U.S. territo - exhibition will complete its in the cultural life of our street.org. ry, support community-based South Carolina tour in community.” Support for Museum on humanities programs that Hartsville at Black Creek Arts “Allowing all of our state’s Main Street has been provided highlight such topics as local Center. residents to have access to the by the United States Congress. history, literature and cultural “The Way We Worked,” cultural resources of our In South Carolina, SC traditions. The Black Creek adapted from an original nation’s premiere museum is a tour, we are pleased to be tions and public programs to Humanities has received addi - Arts Council serves the local exhibition developed by the priority of the South Carolina working with Black Creek Arts compliment the Smithsonian tional support for The Way We community by promoting and National Archives and Humanities Council said Council of Darlington County exhibition.” Worked project from the fostering the Arts. To learn Records Administration, Randy Akers, Executive to help develop local exhibi - “The Way We Worked” is Byerly Foundation, more, visit www.sites.si.edu, explores how work has Director. “With this special Dorchester County schumanities.org

lead the team and Bragg came match record in digs with 38 in second in aces with 29. versus Carson-Newman on Coker Women's 2017 Volleyball Season Outlook Bragg ranks fourth all-time in Sept. 23, 2016, which lasted assists (2,035), sixth all-time five sets. The women's volleyball Award. The esteemed accolade I think that all five of those will continue their climb up team of Coker College, under is given to collegiate and high girls have stepped up and we the all-time leaderboard in in service aces (90), and tenth Senior middle blocker the leadership of third year school volleyball teams that may see them making immedi - 2017. all-time in block assists (133). Alexis Berles ended the season Head Coach Julia Rowland, maintain at least a 3.30 cumu - ate impacts." Senior outside hitter Sophomore setter/right with 70 total blocks, 15 solo begins their 2017 campaign on lative team grade point aver - "They [the new arrivals] are Madison Bingle ended the year side hitter Taylor du Bray fin - and 55 assisted. She came in Friday, Sept. 1, at the age on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 on not afraid of us. They're ready leading the team in kills (217), ished second in assists with second with an attack percent - Newberry College Volleyball a 5.0 scale. to voice their opinions and be third in aces (27), tied first in 417, but lead with 30 service age of .219. Berles is tenth all- Invitational versus the 2017 Season Outlook confident on the court," stated sets played (108), eighth all- aces. After only her freshman time in service aces with 71 Bearcats of Lander University. "It's been a really great pre - senior defensive time in kills (628), and tenth season, du Bray is ranked ninth and fifth all-time in block A Quick Look Back season so far," Coach Rowland specialist/libero Missy Reid. all-time in digs (766). all-time in assists. assists with 184. The Cobras more than believes. "These girls have "I'm really looking forward to Senior setter Christen Bragg Junior setter/defensive spe - The team also set an all- tripled their win total from the stepped onto the court with see them play in a game." followed close to Bingle with cialist/libero Kara Overholt time match record in digs with 2015 season with 13, with five high expectations in their Some returners had an out - 208 digs and tied her with 108 lead the Cobras in digs with 134 versus Chowan on Sept. 9, being in the South Atlantic minds and they've not stopped standing season in 2016 and sets played. Her 586 assists 556. She holds the all-time 2016 in five sets. Conference. They lead off the working hard since they got year on a four game win streak here". and prevailing six of the first With 11 players returning, seven games. Sweeping four incoming freshman, and Carson-Newman, who the sea - one transfer joining the son before advanced to the Cobras, the team brings expe - McLeod Women’s Care NCAA Elite Eight, headlines rience into the season. Many of the victories. the returners have made their In the classroom, the Cobra mark in the all-time record women's volleyball team book. Welcomes Eric Coughlin,MD excelled, earning a cumulative "I've never seen such a great team GPA of 3.65. This feat mesh happen so quickly, said garnered them the America Rowland. "The returners are Volleyball Coaches Association really stepping in and bonding (AVCA) Team Honor Roll with them almost immediately.

Advice from experts on increasing back-to-school success Columbia, S.C. – For chil - exam from their primary care dren and families, some of the provider. best things about summer are Varied Vaccines sunny days, more downtime Make sure your child’s vac - and more flexible schedules. cines are up to date. There are It often feels like summer different vaccines recom - slams to a halt as kids head mended for different ages back to school. such as middle and high According to experts, school kids compared to ele - establishing routines helps mentary age, so check with ease the transition. “It can your child’s pediatrician. take a while for kids to make Make Good Sleep the shift from the lazy days of Habits a Priority summer to the demands of the All children need to get the school year,” said Lloyd Kapp, appropriate amount of sleep M.D., a pediatrician and med - for their age. Establish a set ical director at BlueCross bedtime. BlueShield of South Carolina Preschoolers (3-5 years and BlueChoice HealthPlan of need 10 – 13 hours) Dr. Paul Chandler, Dr. Kelly Rainwater, Dr. Eric Coughlin, Dr. C. Dale Lusk, Dr. Patricia Litts, Dr. Lynn Clary, Dr. Michael Davidson South Carolina. “Studies show School-aged (6-13 years that children learn better need 9 – 11 hours) McLeod Women’s Care is pleased to welcome Dr. Eric Coughlin to our when they have a consistent Teenagers (14-17 years • General OB/GYN Care routine. You get that by get - need 8 – 10 hours) established and innovative practice. Our experienced team of physicians ting enough sleep, eating Eat Healthy provide high-quality compassionate care to women throughout the • Prenatal Care, Testing, healthy and spending at least A balanced diet helps with and Delivery an hour exercising. As par - learning and activities like many stages of their lives. Dr. Coughlin joins Dr. Paul Chandler, ents, it’s up to us to prepare sports, art and music. One Dr. Lynn Clary, Dr. Michael Davidson, Dr. Patricia Litts, Dr. Dale • Pelvic Organ Prolapse them outside of class so they easy way to help your child Lusk, and Dr. Kelly Rainwater in delivering the outstanding obstetric • Laparoscopic Techniques excel in class.” eat healthy is encouraging According to Kapp, a good him or her to eat plant-based and gynecological care the women in our community deserve, using • Urinary Gynecology practice for parents is the 5-2- foods, such as vegetables, the latest in technology and techniques. • Incontinence 1-0 program approved by the fruits, whole grains and South Carolina Medical legumes, better known as “There is no greater experience than delivering babies,” said • Infertility Association and the South beans, peas and lentils. If pos - Dr. Coughlin. “It is an honor and privilege to share that moment • Menopause Treatment Carolina Chapter of the sible, cook more at home. American Academy of Sharing a meal together is with mothers, and to guide and accompany them in their journey Pediatrics. The program rec - family time, and will limit the to bringing new life into the world.” ommends (daily): at least five amount of processed foods servings of fruits and vegeta - your children consume. bles, no more than two hours Exercise Daily McLeod Women’s Care welcomes new patients. Call (843) 777-7500 to schedule an appointment. of recreational screen time, at This applies to all kids of all least one hour of physical ages. Moving is important for activity and zero sugary the body and mind. Children McLEOD WOMEN’S CARE drinks. need to play or exercise for at More tips for success: least an hour or more a day, as 101 Johns Street, Suite 200 Get a Physical it helps build strong, healthy Florence, SC 29506 McLeodHealth.org Start healthy. All kids need muscles, as well as bones and to get an annual physical joints. NEWS AND PRESS | DARLINGTON, S.C. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 | PAGE 7A Lamar sets the tone early, dominates Darlington an intensity about them, it’s a But it was not just Lamar’s By Drake Horton Contributing Writer rivalry game. They stepped it offense that was clicking; it up tonight, even in adverse was its defense as well. The Lamar – While it may have conditions at the beginning Silver Foxes intercepted been sweet dreams for the of the game.” Darlington quarterback Silas Lamar Silver Foxes, it was a Things calmed down in the Barr, who started in place of complete nightmare for the second quarter to a degree as the injured Brian Robinson, Darlington Falcons this past the rain quit and score three times and recovered a Thursday in Lamar. slowed down, but the Silver fumble that eventually led to Scheduled originally for Foxes still outscored the a touchdown. Friday, the game moved up to Falcons 8-6 and in the third Darlington’s lone score Thursday due to the threat of quarter Lamar found its came in the second quarter inclement weather and the groove again scoring three when Barr connected with change had no effect on more touchdowns. By the wide receiver Jordan English Silver Foxes as Lamar com - time the fourth quarter came down the sideline for a 66- pletely demolished the around Lamar had emptied yard touchdown. Falcons 57-6. its entire bench. The loss drops Darlington “I thought we didn’t get off Offensively for Lamar, to 0-3 on the year while also the bus,” Darlington head Jacquez Lucas was a super - being outscored by its oppo - coach John Jones said. “First star. Opening up the game nents by a whopping margin quarter we lagged, lagged, with 51-yard touchdown, of 145-39. lagged, had four busted Lucas added three more But despite the early sea - assignments on the first four scores, a 21-yard touchdown son struggles for a team that plays offensively and the first that followed his first in the is so young and battling so four plays defensively. You first quarter, an 18-yard many injuries, including can’t do those types of things, touchdown reception in the eight starters that missed the you can’t make those mis - second and a 66-yard touch - game against Lamar, Jones takes.” down run on just the second has a clear message for the The game was basically play in the third quarter. future. over right after it got started Lucas was not the only “We just have to trust the The path forward does not as the Silver Foxes jumped on Silver Fox to get his name in process and stay forward,” get any easier for the Falcons the Falcons early and quick, the scoring column. Jones said. “We have to get as they will now prepare to building a 20-0 lead just 4 Jeblonski Green Jr. recovered through the fact that we have take on the Marlboro County minutes and 18 seconds in as a block punt in the end zone some young guys that we got Bulldogs for the first home the rain fell and by the time in the first quarter, Tyrik to teach some things to and game of the year. The game the first quarter was over Herion had 53-yard touch - they have got to learn to bat - will take place on Thursday Lamar was leading 28-0. down run in the first and a tle and learn to adjust when and CW-21 will televise the “I thought our guys came 46-yard touchdown run as everything is not going their game in its new Thursday out tonight ready to play,” time expired in the third way and sometimes you just Night Lights series. Lamar head coach Corey quarter and backup Cameron hit a speed bump here and Lamar is back at home Fountain said. “We’ve been Galloway had a 22-yard there, but you have to adjust again to take on Eau Claire on practicing hard all week and touchdown run of his own in to it and find a way to come Friday. The Silver Foxes are it just seemed like they had the third quarter. out and be ready to play.” 3-0 on the year.

Hunley Mystery NOT solved yet: Running into Coker’s 2017 cross country season researchers continue investigation into what really happened With a trio of new faces at four times in the Top-10. Lott the helm of direction of both broke several personal and Recently, Duke University the comprehensive research and dimensions of the that is available and wel - the Men's and Women's Cross Coker College records in the issued a press release claim - conducted by the Hunley Hunley’s iron structure, comes discussion and ideas Country program at Coker 5k (1st- 18:37) and 6k (13th- ing one of their student’s dis - team on the submarine for forensic analysis of the crew’s from the public and other College, Head Coach Tom 22:06.44). Lott was also covered what caused the more than 15 years. The idea remains, and other research academic institutions about Scott and assistants Daniel named to the All-Region team Hunley’s crew to perish and of a concussive wave from the and archaeological data, the the Hunley and her history. Bell and Meghan Serdock, for her performance, becom - the submarine to sink in torpedo explosion killing the Hunley Project and its part - Still, Correia cautions, “As will lead the Cobras on the ing the first in Coker women's 1864. In today’s digital age, crew, as outlined in the Duke ners have conducted compre - tempting as it may be, we are trails this fall. cross country history to be the story spread across the University release, has been hensive digital and physical careful not to jump to defini - Waiting at the Starting given the honor. internet quickly due to the previously considered and is simulations for the past sev - tive conclusions until all the Line Jacob Chebii will also be sensational headline. one of many scenarios the eral years. While the likely research has been evaluated.” With eight events to run returning to the trails, this However, a spokesman for Hunley Project team has been cause of the submarine’s The Hunley Project for the 2017 season, Coker's time as a junior leading the the Hunley Project said investigating. demise has not been conclud - On the evening of Men's and Women's Cross way for the men. Chebii, a today, the story is not accu - “The Duke study is inter - ed, the scenario of a concus - February 17, 1864, the H. L. Country programs are eager native of Eldoret, Kenya, pro - rate. esting, they just unfortunate - sive wave killing the Hunley Hunley became the world’s to race into the season. When vided a great outcome in the The pioneering submarine ly didn’t have all the facts. If crew has been deemed not first successful combat sub - the sound of the starting gun 2016-17 season with three and her history have cap - it were as easy as simple blast likely by those working on marine by sinking the USS pops off on Sept. 2 at the Top-20 finishes including a tured the imaginations of injuries, we would have been the actual submarine and Housatonic. After signaling Carolina Challenge in fifth-place finish at the people across the globe. The done a while ago. Though a who have access to this key to shore that the mission had Columbia, S.C., the Cobras Coastal Carolina Invitational Hunley Project regularly shock wave can cause life- data. been accomplished, the sub - will be pushing towards put - (16:59.29) and sixth at the receives theories from the threatening injuries, this is Their most recent study marine and her crew of eight ting their best foot forward. Bulldog Invitational public about what led to the something we discounted was issued by the U.S. Navy mysteriously vanished. Lost "The kids have been work - (27:50.66). submarine's loss and other quite a while back based on this month and was conduct - at sea for over a century, the ing hard day in and day out," Last season the men placed ideas related to their the evidence,” said Jamie ed in collaboration with the Hunley was located in 1995 Head Coach Scott said. "They a season-best, finishing in research. "The case of Duke Downs, former Chief Medical Hunley Project. “Given the by Clive Cussler’s National have been getting all of their third at the Bulldog Stampede University’s press release is a Examiner for the State of amount of uncertainty sur - Underwater and Marine repetitions in, doing all of the at Wingate, with Chebii, bit different as it has created Alabama. rounding the vessel’s final Agency (NUMA). The innova - little things, which is what I Brandon Mullins and Razzel quite a stir,” said Kellen The Hunley became the mission, a bottom-up techni - tive hand-cranked vessel was preach a lot to them. If we can Kiplaget all posting Top-20 Correia, Executive Director of world’s first successful com - cal analysis was commis - raised in 2000 and delivered keep getting better after each finishes in under the 30' mark. Friends of the Hunley. Duke bat submarine in 1864 and sioned alongside ongoing to the Warren Lasch day, week, and month, we'll On Your Mark, Get Set, Go University is not part of the then mysteriously vanished archeological investigation of Conservation Center, where certainly be ready when the Cobras Hunley Project’s investigative without a trace. She the Hunley. Calculations of an international team of sci - SAC Championship rolls "This season we have our team. They don’t have access remained lost at sea for over Hunley’s engagement with entists are at work to con - around." eyes set on the Regional to the detailed forensic and a century and was raised in the Housatonic were success - serve the submarine for Building on Last Season's Championships," said Scott. "I structural information relat - 2000. Since then, a collabo - fully completed and it was future generations and piece Success told our team that's our goal. ed to the submarine, which rative research effort with observed that the engage - together clues to solve the Senior runners Lisa Foster To go out and have our best would be essential to draw the U.S. Navy, the ment would have been devas - mystery of her disappear - and Darroneshia Lott return race when we go up to any sort of reliable or defini - Smithsonian Institution, tating to the Housatonic ance. The Hunley Project is for their final stint. For Foster, Wingate on Nov. 4. That's tive conclusions. Clemson University and oth - while resulting in relatively conducted through a partner - 2015 brought success as she where our eyes and goals are The Hunley Project said ers has been underway to low levels of loading on ship with the Clemson ran in six of seven races with and we'll try to get some they felt the need to issue a uncover the reasons for the Hunley,” according to their University Restoration her best finish coming in the national qualifiers. I couldn't statement today to make sure Hunley’s loss and conserve report. Institute, South Carolina FMU Invitational when she be more excited to be a Coker the unsubstantiated theory the vessel for future genera - The Hunley Project Hunley Commission, US Navy finished eighth in 21:35. Cobra." claimed by the Duke tions. remains committed to shar - Naval History and Heritage Lott had a very Impressive You can follow the Coker University student does not Using detailed informa - ing the most accurate infor - Command, and Friends of the 2016 season, finishing in the Cross County teams' season at continue to spread, in view of tion about the composition mation about the submarine Hunley. Top-20 in six races, including www.cokercobras.com.

Darlington’s Goodson Family Helps FDTC Reach Its Students “The Goodson family has steering wheel to his son, By Hunter Thomas Special to the News and Press done a wonderful job repre - Hayes Goodson. senting Florence-Darlington Hayes is a third-generation Auto racing’s deep roots in Technical College at the race - driver and a former student at the Pee Dee region has given track throughout the past few FDTC. He took summer classes Florence-Darlington Technical years,” said FDTC President Dr. at the college just prior to College (FDTC) an edge in Ben Dillard. “Not only are they climbing behind the wheel for reaching its students each helping spread the word about the 2016 racing season. He had semester. the college, but they are win - found success in several divi - In 2015, FDTC reached out ning while doing so. Many for - sions prior to the year, but the to Darlington native and for - mer, current and hopefully 2016 season marked his first mer NASCAR XFINITY Series future students attend local full effort while driving a Super driver Hal Goodson about races on a weekly basis, so Truck. Goodson, following in sponsoring his No. 13 Super we’re definitely excited to play the footsteps of his father, also Truck that competed around a role in the local racing com - captured several victories the region and the No. 16 Pro munity.” throughout the season; howev - All Stars Series (PASS) Super The first outing for the part - er, he came up just short of the Late Model that ran in select nership with Goodson resulted championship. So far this sea - races throughout the in a victory at Myrtle Beach son, Goodson has added even Carolinas. The idea behind the Speedway in the Super Truck more victories to his all-time partnership is to support the feature that kicked off the 2015 wins list, and he’s in the cham - local racing culture and to also season. Later in the year, pionship hunt at Myrtle Beach reach out to students in the Goodson won multiple races, Speedway. region who may be interested and he captured the regional Aside from the on-track in taking automotive or weld - Super Truck championship. action, partnering with the ing classes at the college. As for What made the dominating Goodson family’s race team has the result of the unique market - since the Southeastern and television features, to and has become a recognizable season even more special was proven to be an incredible mar - Institute of Manufacturing and being displayed in front of vehicle in the Carolina racing ing campaign, the Super Truck that after several decades of keting tool for the college. The that serves as a 110-plus mph Technology (SiMT) opened its thousands of people, the black community thanks to the racing, Goodson hung up the partnership has provided the doors in 2007. and gold Super Truck has Goodsons’ talent on the track billboard has since proven to be helmet and handed over the most exposure for the college an incredible success. From newspaper articles developed a brand of its own over the years. PAGE 8A | WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 NEWS AND PRESS | DARLINGTON, S.C. EdVenture announces their new satellite location in Hartsville EdVenture recenetly The concept of a Hartsville and families throughout the Company. Credit Union, and West Oil the experience of serving mil - announced plans to open a satellite grew out of area with a community-based The Hartsville satellite con - Company. lions of visitors, a senior man - satellite location in Hartsville, EdVenture’s program offerings museum they can make a regu - cept received a big boost from A committee co-chaired by agement team with nearly 50 South Carolina in 2018. The in the area. EdVenture includ - lar part of their lives.” The Byerly Foundation with a Brandy Johnson and Mary years of museum experience, project will be the museum’s ed Hartsville High School on its “We believe this will leadership grant that will be Ann Chapman is planning a and programs that are nation - first new satellite location. 2016 Chef Jeff Tour, a multi- enhance downtown acknowledged with presenting Ladies Night Out event to ben - ally recognized, I believe we EdVenture merged with the location motivational tour for Hartsville,” said Mayor Mel sponsorship of the facility. efit the museum on will make a real difference in Children’s Museum of South middle and high school stu - Pennington, “Bringing the “This project fits all three of our September 28 at Prestwood the community.” Carolina in Myrtle Beach in dents throughout the state fea - know-how and experience of priorities which include Country Club. The event is About EdVenture March, and plans to open a new turing celebrity Food Network one of the nation’s largest and enhancing education, commu - presented by Minnie’s The mission of EdVenture location there in 2019. Chef Jeff Henderson, who best children’s museum to our nity development, and quality Giftique and Carolina Bank, is to inspire children to experi - The Hartsville location will developed his passion for cook - city is a good investment in our of life,” explained Dr. Jerome and Rachel Hodges and ence the joy of learning. focus on serving families with ing while a federal inmate, children and their futures.” Reyes, The Foundation’s chair - MaryWood Beasley are EdVenture is a locally-man - children age 8 and under with eventually becoming the first EdVenture’s location in man. “We are excited to help Honorary Co-Chairs. More aged, not-for-profit informal exhibits and programs that pro - African-American Executive Columbia is the largest chil - bring this facility to our com - information is available at educational institution dedi - mote literacy, art, math and sci - Chef at Caesar’s Palace on the dren’s museum in the munity.” www.edventuregno.com. cated to lifelong learning ence. City officials have Las Vegas strip. After the tour, Southeast. Last year, the facili - Other early supporters “I’ve learned that very few through its 92,000 square feet secured a building for the new Hartsville officials, community ty was visited by more than include Carolina Pines museums have the community of indoor and outdoor interact museum on Caroline Street in leaders and museum represen - 200,000 and its after school Regional Medical Center, impact that EdVenture does,” ive exhibit space and in its downtown Hartsville and tatives explored other partner - programs in area schools Charles W. Coker and Elizabeth said Dr. John Dozier, Chief educational outreach pro - pledged support for a portion ship possibilities, and deter - served more than 500 H. Coker Foundation, The Joan Diversity Officer and Senior grams and afterschool pro - of the satellite location’s oper - mined that a satellite location Midlands area students. S. and Charles W. Coker Associate Provost for grams. The museum has wel - ating costs. Commitments thus was a viable option. This summer in Columbia, Foundation, Duke Energy Inclusion at USC and Chair of comed visitors from all 50 far from the local community “A Hartsville satellite fits EdVenture installed its newest Foundation, First Citizens EdVenture’s Board of Trustee. states and 18 foreign coun - total more than $1 million to perfectly with our expansion permanent exhibit, FLIGHT, Foundation, Chuck McDonald, “And as a Board, our job is to tries, creating shared experi - support the building’s renova - plans,” said Karen Coltrane, funded by NASA and the City of Mary Kendall Bittle, Mary J. find ways to help the organi - ences and memories for fami - tion, exhibit design and con - EdVenture president and CEO. Columbia and featuring a Ketchin McDonald Trust, zation both deepen and lies learning together. For struction, and underwriting “We are inspired by the warm Boeing 757 cockpit protruding McDonald Brothers, LLC, broaden that impact. With more information, visit admission discounts for eco - welcome in Hartsville and look from the side of the building, Suzanne B. McLeod, Sonoco the excitement we are feeling www.edventure.org or call nomically fragile families. forward to serving children installed by Hood Construction Products Company, SPC in Hartsville, combined with 803-779-3100. Citizen CATE eclipse experiment a success at Clemson University

CLEMSON, South Carolina team got to step back and how they are connected to the – While tens of thousands observe totality for them - sun’s magnetic field. Before were experiencing the Aug. 21 selves as the computer and tel - Citizen CATE, solar features total solar eclipse at Clemson escope did the work for them. like these were difficult to dis - University, professor Sean “The way it worked was, we cern, because researchers Brittain and several students waited until totality started, could only view the corona from the department of then we removed the tele - down to 70,000 miles above physics and astronomy were scope’s solar filter and the the sun’s surface. The CATE collecting scientific data on computer started recording data will reach within about the roof of the Watt Family images for the whole two and 20,000 miles of the solar sur - Innovation Center. a half minutes,” Brittain said. face. Using a telescope and com - “We were able to set a timer “You can’t see the corona puter software, Brittain and for two minutes, so we knew when the sun is not covered, his team gathered images of when totality was about to because the solar surface – the the sun’s outer atmosphere – end. When the timer went off, photosphere – is about a mil - the corona – during the 2 min - we put the solar filter back on lion times brighter than the utes and 37 seconds of totali - so that when the sun came corona,” Brittain said. “If you ty. These images will be com - out, the telescope would be went out today with your solar piled with thousands of others protected. So we could just go glasses on, all you’d see is a taken by 68 identical tele - and enjoy the eclipse itself, perfect circle that’s nice and scopes placed along the and that was really nice.” smooth. If you block out that 2,500-mile path of totality, in Starting at the first obser - circle, then you see the coro - an effort dubbed the Citizen vation site in Portland, na, which is a million times CATE (Continental-America Oregon, this same setup was fainter than the photosphere. Telescopic Eclipse) replicated as totality passed You can take a blocking disk, Experiment. They will provide over each of the 68 sites. called a coronagraph, and put 90 minutes of unprecedented, When the moon’s shadow it in the telescope to block the continuous footage to better came into view on the horizon sun and see the stuff around understand the details of the – moving at roughly 1,500 it. The thing about that, sun’s corona. miles per hour and covering though, is that there are edge All 68 telescopes were about 70 miles in diameter – effects that come from using manned by volunteer citizens, the observers removed their coronagraphs that blur the including retirees, school solar filters and their comput - light.” kids, teachers, astronomers ers started imaging. While a coronagraph Several students from the department of physics and astronomy assisted in the experiment. Contributed and college students. Fifty- Observations wrapped up at attempts to block out the sun, photo courtesy of Clemson University. eight of those sites had clear the final site in Charleston at it can’t compare to the real weather on Aug. 21 and were 2:46 p.m. EST. deal. out and dissipate – a dynamic test these large models in new seeing them move, based on able to collect data for the “Some of the sites were “The moon allowed us to view of the sun’s corona that ways.” different latitude rates and experiment. Clemson observing the eclipse at the get within about five percent will help test various comput - Because of funding by the where the sun spots are,” University was one of the same time,” Brittain said. of the surface of the sun or er models of this effect. National Science Foundation, Brittain said. “You could lucky ones. “The reason for that is, if one about 20,000 miles above the “We have lots of computer NASA and other organiza - observe at night without the “It went terrific,” Brittain site didn’t work, if something surface of the sun,” Brittain models for this, though they’re tions, all of the 68 observation solar filter and take data on said. “The weather cooperat - broke or if a cloud moved said. “Twenty-thousand miles really complicated,” Brittain sites will get to keep the equip - eclipsing stars, binary stars, ed and we were able to see the right in front of the sun at the sounds like a long way, but the said. “You can’t put all the ment they were granted for transiting exoplanets and total eclipse clearly. There wrong time, the other sites corona extends 13 million physics in your model or else it participating in the experi - these kinds of things. There were seven sites in South could still get images on either miles out. The eclipse allowed would have to run forever. So ment. Brittain says Clemson are lots of fun things that can Carolina, and all of them were side of that site. So out of the us to push this in closer to the you have to make assumptions plans to incorporate the equip - be done with the equipment able to get good data, which 68 sites, 58 of them were able sun by about a factor of and come up with shortcuts ment into physics and astrono - even without an eclipse, and was encouraging. The equip - to collect data. Only losing 10 three.” that allow your model to run. my curriculum, as well as in we plan to do that.” ment all worked very well, out of 68 – that’s pretty good.” When strung together, the One of the things you always public outreach events. A preliminary video of the too. We’ve already sent our From the data, researchers 90 minutes of footage from all want to know is: Does the “One of the cool things you images collected from the Aug. data to Citizen CATE, and hope to be able to pinpoint the sites in the Citizen CATE model reproduce reality? The can do with the equipment is 21 eclipse can be viewed on they’ve been able to check it where polar plumes – streams Experiment will give way you know that is by com - measure the rotation rate of Citizen CATE’s website, a full out.” of plasma that project from researchers a chance to watch paring it to actual data. This the sun by taking data over version is to come as the Luckily, Brittain and his the sun – emerge, as well as the polar plumes rise, spread experiment has the dataset to several days of sun spots and 4,000-plus images are sorted.

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FMU's Warters to participate in Education CROSSWORD fellowship at UNC-Wilmington Francis Marion University’s Warters says the opportu - Dr. T. Alissa Warters has been nity to engage with another awarded a prestigious administration will serve her American Council on well since she’s only worked Education fellowship for the at one university. She was 2017-2018 academic year. employed FMU immediately Warters, Associate Provost after graduating with her for Academic Affairs and PhD. from the University of Enrollment Management at Tennessee. FMU and a professor of “(Francis Marion) has been Political Science, is one of 46 a wonderful opportunity and fellows selected nationwide to a fantastic academic opportu - participate in the ACE pro - nity for me,” Warters says, gram. ACE Fellows spend the “but I just haven’t see how year working at other higher other institutions operate. education institutions — in This is just going to make me Warters’ case at the University a better administrator." of North Carolina Wilmington Warters will delve into a — for an academic year in number UNC-Wilmington’s order to gain both experience administrative areas, includ - and insight into higher ed ing enrollment, succession administration. Fellows subse - planning and student success quently return to their home initiatives. institutions.. UNC-Wilmington is a pub - Warters will spend 12 non- lic university, but it’s substan - Across "the" 11. Befuddle consecutive weeks at UNC tially larger than Francis 1. Big ape 51. Plunder 12. King with a Wilmington, garnering an Marion. Warters says that dif - 6. Be hopping mad 54. H.S. class golden touch understanding of how the ference, and others, will pro - 10. Blocks 56. "Not on ___!" 13. Sports figures administration at another uni - vide new experiences and les - 14. Kitchen counter? ("No way!") 21. Bony part resem - versity operates. Her time as sons that she hopes can be 15. Baptism, for one 57. Rubber organiz - bling a horn an ACE Fellow will culminate applied to Francis Marion. 16. Cut, maybe er 25. Big cheese in a capstone project that she “They’re a larger institu - 17. Poets' feet 63. Actor's goal 26. Bringing up the will present near the end of tion, so I’ll be able to learn a I’ll be able to learn about tion by identifying and 18. Misfortunes 64. Arch type rear the academic year. lot from that, especially their other initiatives that are used preparing faculty and staff for 19. Icelandic epic 65. Pond buildup 27. The "A" of ABM On a day-to-day basis, from their student success ini - for student success.” senior positions in college and 20. Phews (2 wds.) 66. "___ quam 28. Drudgery Warters will participate in tiatives,” she says. “We’ve Established in 1965, the university administration. 22. ___ du jour videri" (North 29. Stubborn (2 senior staff functions at UNC- started (the Center for ACE Fellows Program is Warters is the second FMU 23. ___ song Carolina's motto) wds.) Wilmington as though she Academic Success and designed to strengthen insti - professor to take part in the 24. Haunt 67. Brio 34. Capable of were a full-time member of Advisement) here, which is a tutional and leadership capac - program in the past three 26. Homebuilder's 68. Lush absorbing the administration. fantastic new initiative, but ity in American higher educa - years. strip 69. Caught in the 36. Airport pickup 30. Engine speed, act 37. Earth for short 70. Gossip 38. A chip, maybe 31. ___ v. Wade 71. Lieu 40. Curb, with "in" 32. Small buffalo 42. Cliffside Michelle Spires named Dancing with the Stars 33. Type of palm Down dwelling tree 1. Auditory 45. Aardvark nick - Clinical Services VP returns for 2018 35. Chip dip 2. 100 dinars name The Pee Dee Coalition guaranteed to be an enter - 39. Loop for riders 3. BBs, e.g. 48. Focused in on Against Domestic and Sexual taining show. The Artistic feet 4. Beaks one thing for Agapé Hospice Assault have announced that Directors for this year's show 41. A fortified place 5. "Good ___!" 51. Plunders 43. Spanish lan - 6. Common wood 52. Belittle Agape Hospice is pleased they will have presenting are Tamara Weatherford and their fifth annual Dancing Lukas Glenn. guage symbol pipe 53. As such to announce the promotion 44. "___ on Down 7. Wick holder 55. Ground cover of Michelle Spires to Vice with the Stars of Darlington The board was thrilled the Road" 8. "___ be a cold day 58. ___ fruit President of Clinical Services County on Thursday, with the support of the local 46. Give off, as light in hell ..." 59. Smudge with oversight of nursing and January 25, 2018 at the community last year and 47. Show ___ 9. Someone who 60. Chill medical social services. Hartsville Center Theater. hopes to be able to raise Glovenia Michelle Berry The Pee Dee Coalition is a even more money with this 49. "___ any drop to grants a lease 61. Astronaut's Spires is a graduate of non-profit, volunteer organi - year’s event. Opportunities drink": Coleridge 10. Firmly estab - insignia Walterboro High School. zation dedicated to the will be available to support 50. Welfare, with lished 62. Act After receiving her Associate reduction of sexual assault, the cause through sponsor - Degree in Nursing from family violence, and child ships, ads, ticket sales, and Trident Technical College in abuse and the needs of the ballots. The ballots will be WORD SEARCH 2000 she worked in critical victims. The event is held to sold for $10 each following care at Bon Secours St. raise awareness and funding the announcement of this Francis in Charleston. In her for the services provided by year’s dancers. All proceeds 17 years as a registered nurse the Coalition. will go to the Pee Dee Michelle has also gained A Reveal Party is sched - Coalition. leadership experience in uled for Wednesday, Look for more informa - emergency nursing and in September 13th at the tion regarding the 2018 skilled facility nursing. The Beasley Farm in Society Hill Dancing with the Stars of personal experience of her Michelle Spires has been named to announce this year’s Darlington County in this mother and father’s death led Agape’ Hospice’s Clinical Services celebrity and professional newspaper and throughout her to hospice in 2006 and Vice President. dancers. They dancers will the local community during also learn of the dance style the next several months. this is where she states she Theresa Younis, RN, BSN, has found her passion in her that they will be performing Follow the Dancing with the LNHA, CRCFA, CEO of Agape and their choreographer. Stars of Darlington County nursing career. Hospice stated, “I am so Michelle joined Agape The board has planned on Facebook or visit their appreciative of Michelle, she another exciting event in website at www.darlington - Hospice In 2011 as a hospice consistently demonstrates RN case manager. She was January. This year’s theme countydancingwiththestars.c the principals found in the is “City Lights", which is om. soon promoted to Patient nine fruit of the Spirit adopt - Care Coordinator in the ed by Agape Hospice as its Walterboro office. Today core values. She is gentle, Michelle’s sister, Noelle good, loving, and kind. She Berry, serves as the Patient is truly a servant leader, her SCDNR sponsors youth deer Care Coordinator of the compassion, and concern for Walterboro office located at others is unsurpassed. Her hunts in Upstate 113 E. Washington Street. 17 years of nursing experi - The South Carolina using during the hunt. Admire Flaps Roses Michelle has been certified in ence and expertise benefit Department of Natural Appropriate firearms will be Agent Fright Rushes hospice and palliative care both the patients and fami - Resources (SCDNR) and a provided for those who need Alike Guests Seats for 8 years and is one of lies who we care for daily.” number of private individu - them. An adult of at least 21 Annual Hello Seesaw Agape Hospice’s 30 certified Younis continued, “Every day als are co-sponsoring several years of age is required to April Helps Spaced nurses. I ask myself: Is the decision I youth deer hunts in the accompany each youngster at Argue Laugh Spent Michelle was promoted to am making right now, Upstate region this fall. the rifle range and during all Cannot Media Spirit Director of Clinical responding to the hearts of These events will be a part hunting activities. 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Landowners 30-year easements, NRCS pays Natural Resources culture production, improves tion systems. interested in enrolling their the landowner 50 to 75 percent The Education Conservation Service (NRCS) environmental health and sup - In South Carolina, EQIP will working lands into this pro - of the easement value and 50 Department of the Florence is currently accepting applica - ports a sustainable economy in pay 75 percent of the cost to gram must partner with an eli - to 75 percent of the restoration County Museum tions from South Carolina South Carolina’s rural commu - implement conservation prac - gible cooperating entity with a costs. announces Family Day at farmers, ranchers and private nities.” tices for eligible producers, farmland, grassland or forest - NRCS accepts EQIP and the Florence County landowners for the In fiscal year 2017, NRCS in and up to 90 percent of the cost land protection program, such ACEP applications on a contin - Museum, Saturday, Environmental Quality South Carolina provided $31 for historically underserved as a land trust. Under ALE, uous basis, however, NRCS September 9, 1 to 3 p.m. Incentives Program (EQIP) and million in EQIP and ACEP fund - farmers, beginning and limited NRCS may contribute up to 50 establishes application dead - From toddlers to grand - Agricultural Conservation ing to help eligible agricultural resource, American Indian percent of the fair market lines for evaluation and rank - parents, Family Days at the Easement Program (ACEP) for producers and private tribes and veterans. value of the agricultural land ing of eligible applications. Florence County Museum fiscal year 2018 funding with landowners put conservation ACEP helps protect critical easement. Producers and private are sure to offer something an application deadline of Nov. on the ground, benefitting the water resources and wildlife WREs are designed to landowners are encouraged to for everyone. 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Francis Marion University History professor pens book on the high tensions of 19th century of tariffs Darlington County Machiavellian-style parlia - mundane, tion creating the federal The idea of a book tariffs “A common saying was, ‘I Sheriff's Patrol Deputies mentary procedures. but Bolt says income tax around the turn of was not always high on Bolt’s can taste the tariff in my have arrested Marquese Politically charged fistfights. it was once the 19th century, tariffs were to-do list. He was looking into sugar,’” Bolt says. “Washington Devante Jett, 25, of Nationwide attention turned to was one of the primary source of income other matters while preparing would shut down if a (Daniel) Darlington. Jett is congressional addresses. liveliest and for the federal government. his dissertation at the Webster, (Henry) Clay or charged with burglary, sec - Last week in Washington? most con - Typically, the representa - University of Tennessee when (John C.) Calhoun was going ond degree, and petit larce - Maybe. But Dr. William Bolt tentious tives of the industrialized he found himself traveling to give a speech on the tariff. ny. will tell you it’s pre-Civil War debates in the northern states sought to down the tariff path. Can you imagine nowadays? During the afternoon of America, too. Bolt, an associ - country. increase tariffs to protect the “I just sort of stumbled into Canceling class? ‘No, I can’t August 23, patrol deputies ate professor of HIstory at “Duels domestic industries. it,” he says. come into work today. I’ve got were dispatched to a resi - Francis Marion University, cov - were fought Conversely, representatives of The momentum created by to watch C-SPAN. Mitch dence on Miller Dr. in the Darlington area due to a res - ers all those topics, and more, over these (tariffs),” says Bolt. agrarian southern states saw his initial research turned into McConnell is talking about the “Guys were having fist fights idence being burglarized. in his latest book, Tariff Wars tariffs as a tool to marginalize 18 chapters and nearly 300 tariff.’ No. It’s a snoozer. It was on the floor of Congress over Patrol deputies spoke with and the Politics of Jacksonian their already dwindling eco - pages of exposition into the very important then, though.” tariffs. This was high drama.” several witnesses while on America. The issue of tariffs in the nomic influence. history of the tariff and how it Bolt has been a professor at scene and were able to iden - Tariff Wars is one of the first United States between the War “Tariffs were important shaped America. Francis Marion University tify the suspect, Jett. Patrol books in more than a century of 1812 and the Civil War cre - before the Civil War because Bolt postulates that tariffs since 2009. He received his deputies were given consent to deal with the historic signif - ated deep divisions along par - the federal government typi - forced the citizenry — both PhD. from the University of to search Jett's residence icance of the import-export tax tisan lines. And tariffs were cally got 90 percent of its rev - those opposed and those in Tennessee in 2010 and has discovering several of the and its impact on the country vital to the nation’s interests. enue from tariffs,” Bolt says. favor of higher tariffs — to served as an assistant editor at items stolen from the victim. prior to the Civil War. The Prior to the advent of legisla - “This was the fuel for the become more engaged in the the James K. Polk Project for Jett was subsequently taken topic may sound somewhat nation’s economy.” political process. the past four years. into custody.

Degree 28, of 2628 Ousleydale Rd, Hartsville, Pedestrians on l Danny Eugene Saunders, Hartsville, Poss 28G or Less Highways 29, of 116 N Kim Rd, Florence, Marij/10G or Less Hash 1st l John Henry Brailey, 62, of Grand Larceny >$2000 l Joseph Cole Lane, 21, of 1213 Farmhouse Lane, <$10,000; Petty Larceny 2727 Oates Hwy, Hartsville, Hartsville, Public Disorderly BODARLIONGTON KCOUNTYI DENTENTIONG CENTESR AUGU STR 28 THREOUGH SPEPTEMOBER 1, R2017 T INMATE NAME/AGE/BOOKING OFFENSE <$2000; Breach of Trust Poss 28G or Less Marij/10G or Conduct Editor’s note: The booking of 412 Jacobs Dr, Darlington, w/Fraud Intent <$2000; Non Less Hash 1st; Open Container l Mitchell Dean Cowick, 55, report represents a list of persons CHARGES Shoplifting <$2000; Support; Non Support of Beer/Wine; Window of 326 Venus Jupitar St Lot 19, arrested given to the media from Shoplifting <$2000; l Phillip Eugene Skipper, Tint/Sunscreen/Install Darlington, Driving Under 56, of 2100 W Main Street, (Consumer); Poss <1 Gram of Suspension the Darlington County Detention ABHAN : Assault Shoplifting <$2000; Bennettsville, Pedestrian Meth or Cocaine Base 1st Kathryn Nyopal Gainey- Center under the S.C. Freedom of and battery, high and Shoplifting <$2000; l Under Influence of Alcohol or Christina Suarez Griggs, 43, of 922 Nandina St, Information Act. aggravated nature Shoplifting <$2000 or Less l Drugs Palomino, 25, of Unknown, Hartsville, Public Disorderly All people are presumed inno - DUAC : Driving under (Enhance 16-0-157); Fail to Jarvis Demetrick Smith, McBee, Open Container of Conduct cent until proven guilty. Please unlawful alcohol Appear Shoplifting l 36, of 1837 Harry Byrd Hwy, Beer/Wine Maria Visey Lynn Gilbert, be advised there are many people concentration l Brandon Scott Waite, 37, l Darlington, Non Support Zavius Tamel Quashane 25, of 1907 Blanding Dr, with similar names. DUI : Driving of 740 Robinson St, Elmira NY, l Marty Allen Walters, 46, Rogers, 25, of 335 Sumter Ave, Hartsville, Shoplifting <$2000 If listed here erroneously, under the influence Open Container of Beer/Wine; l of 1553 Hidden Creek Rd, Hartsville, Manuft Possess Abigail Mae Hawk- please contact the detention cen - DUS : Driving Poss 28G or Less Marij/10G or l Hartsville, Use of 911 Number Schedule IV Drugs WITD 1st; Deemer, 23, of 2328 East Old ter, which will send us any cor - under suspension Less Hash 1st Unlawfully Drugs/Dist Sell Manuf or Camden, Hartsville, Operating rections. If a person is found not CDV : Criminal domestic l Timothy Wayne Starla Mae Aland, 31, of PWID Near a School Uninsured Motor Vehicle 1st guilty in a court of law, that per - violence Weatherford, 33, of 2188 l 125 Blackwell Cir Apt D, Wilbert Rubin, 51, of 1008 Off; Driving Under Suspension son may have that printed here CDVHAN : Criminal Beaverdam Dr, Hartsville, l Darlington, Simple Assault and Marina Trace Dr, Alworth GA, (DUI) 2nd Offense as well by providing court docu - domestic violence, high Public Disorderly Conduct Battery Violation of City Ordinance Michael Ashley ments to us to that effect. and aggravated nature l Arvid Henry Anderson IV, l Samuel Lee Broadnax, 55, Jakeub Garison Scheid, McDougald, 35, of 3140 Lide PDC : Public disorderly 35, of 15825 Dallas Creek l l of 409 Parrott St #12, 18, of 4108 El Dorado Cove, Spring Rd, Darlington, Fail to l Danielle Elizabeth Adams, conduct Court, Jacksonville FL, Darlington, Burglary 3rd Bradenton FL, Poss 28G or Less Appear; Fail to Appear 32, of 1256 Oakhaven, PWID : Possession with DUI/Driving Under the Degree 1st Offense Marij/10G or Less Hash 1st; Brett Tedlea Stratton, 28, Hartsville, RSG Value $2000 or intent to distribute Influence .08 1st l Jason Michael Chaney, DUI/Driving Under the of 729 Menory Lane, 28, Less SPOM : Simple l Victoria Leigh Beasley, 26, l 36, of 4122 Bert Lane, Influence .08 1st Hartsville, Public Drunk l Katlyn Leanna Amerson, possession of marijuana of 2520 Summer Breeze Dr, 21, of 1314 N 5th Street, Hartsville, Fail to Pay; Fail to Timmonsville, Filing False l Troy Dorian Scott, 28, of l Patricia Ann Wilson, 52, of Hartsville, Shoplifting Pay Police Report of a Felony; 1322 Patrick Hwy, Hartsville, 431 James Avenue, Hartsville, Misconduct in Office; Theft of Poss 28G or Less Marij/10G or Public Disorderly Conduct <$2000; Shoplifting <$2000 $10,000 l John Thomas Brown, 50, a Controlled Substance; Theft Less Hash 1st Brenda Ann Wingate, 49, l Holly Renee Clark, 41, of Armandra Alberta-Maria of 519 Phillips Street, l l of a Controlled Substance; Tonya Anderson Suggs, of 319 McFarland St, Hartsville, 425 Weaver St, Darlington, Diaz, 25, of 150 Harriet St 12P, Darlington, Public Disorderly l Misconduct in Office 44, of 370 Gilcrest Road, Public Disorderly Conduct; Petty Larceny <$2000; Elmira NY, DUS (License Not Conduct Carrie Ann Clanton, 24, of Darlington, Assault and Resisting Arrest; Assault and Financial Trans Card Fraud Susp DUI) 2nd; Poss 28G or l Chris NMN Foxe, 55, of l 1329 Brittany Drive, Florence, Battery 3rd Degree Battery 2nd Degree <$500 in 6 Mths; Financial Less Marij/10G or Less Hash 2404 E Lydia Hwy, Hartsville, Shoplifting <$2000; Manuft Ricky Williams, 44, of Taylor Reed Atkinson, 24, Trans Card Fraud <$500 in 6 1st Public Disorderly Conduct l l Possess Schedule IV Drugs 4126 W Pelican Ln, Florence, of 2856 Poor Farm Road, Mths; Financial Trans Card l Tavarious Kavion l Kevin Lamar Holloman, WITD 1st Misconduct in Office; Florence, DUI/Driving Under Fraud <$500 in 6 Mths; Gattison-Tedder, 18, of 111 1st 40, of 2260 Grandview Dr, Paris Orlando Terrell Financial Trans Card Fraud the Influence .08 1st Financial Trans Card Fraud Street, Darlington, Poss 28G or Florence, Public Disorderly l Hough, 23, of 1211 Myrtle St, <$500 in 6 Mths; Petty Richard Thomas Quick, <$500 in 6 Mths; Financial Less Marij/10G or Less Hash Conduct l Hartsville, Driving Under Larceny <$2000; Misconduct 43, of 4580 Ebenezer Road, Trans Card Fraud <$500 in 6 1st; Weapon/Sale/Poss By l Isaiah Huggins, 66, of Suspension; Uninsured Motor in Office Bennettsville, Harassment 2nd Mths; Forgery Less Than Certain Person/Stolen Gun 1305 Home Ave, Hartsville, $10,000; Forgery Less Than Assault and Battery 2nd Vehicle Fee Violation l Dandriguez Torrez Allen Degree; Impersonating Law l Vanessa Ann Goodson, 42, l Jerald Johnathan James, Jr., 18, of 79 Camille Lane, Enforcement Officer

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LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS basis of the claim, the amount MUST file their claims on nal Summons and Petition indicating the name and the Public Square, Darlington, SC within thirty (30) days after NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES claimed, the date when the Form #371ES with the were filed with the Darlington address of the claimant, the 29532, within eight(8) service hereof, except as to OF ESTATES All persons having claims claim will become due, the Probate Court of Darlington County Probate Court on July basis of the claim, the amount months after the date of the the United States of America, All persons having claims against the following estates nature of any uncertainty as to County, the address of which is 20, 2017 at 1:42 P.M. the claimed, the date when the first publication of this Notice which shall have sixty (60) against the following estates MUST file their claims on the claim and a description of Room 208 Courthouse, One object and prayer of which is claim will become due, the to Creditors or within one (1) days, exclusive of the day of MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the any security as to the claim. Public Square, Darlington, SC appointment of a successor nature of any uncertainty as to year from date of death, such service, and if you fail to Form #371ES with the Probate Court of Darlington Estate: Daisy C Reardon 29532, within eight(8) Trustee, Declaratory the claim and a description of whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- answer the Complaint within Probate Court of Darlington County, the address of which is Date of Death: 8/6/2017 months after the date of the Judgment and Termination of any security as to the claim. 3-801, et seq.), or such persons the time aforesaid, or other - County, the address of which is Room 208 Courthouse, One Case No: 2017ES1600388 first publication of this Notice Trust as is set forth in Petition. Estate: Betty A Morrison shall be forever barred as to wise appear and defend, the Room 208 Courthouse, One Public Square, Darlington, SC Personal Representative: Anita to Creditors or within one (1) Gena Phillips Ervin Date of Death: 8/11/2017 their claims. All claims are Plaintiff in this action will Public Square, Darlington, SC 29532, within eight(8) Joy Wessner year from date of death, Attorney for Plaintiff Case No: 2017ES1600412 required to be presented in apply to the Court for the 29532, within eight(8) months after the date of the Address: 5 Wilson Ave, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- ORDER Personal Representative: written statements on the pre - relief demanded therein, and months after the date of the first publication of this Notice Ivyland, PA 18974 3-801, et seq.), or such persons IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED Thomas M Beasley scribed form (FORM #371ES) judgment by default will be first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) (6p3 leave in thru 9-6-17) shall be forever barred as to the Respondent, Darlington Address: 2840 Bethlehem Rd, indicating the name and the rendered against you for the to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, NOTICE TO CREDITORS their claims. All claims are County Hospice and their Hartsville, SC 29550 address of the claimant, the relief demanded in the year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- OF ESTATES required to be presented in Attorney if any be served with (7p3 leave in thru 9-13-17) basis of the claim, the amount Complaint. whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- 3-801, et seq.), or such persons All persons having claims written statements on the pre - a copy of the Summons, NOTICE TO CREDITORS claimed, the date when the YOU WILL ALSO TAKE 3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to against the following estates scribed form (FORM #371ES) Notice of Filing and Notice of OF ESTATES claim will become due, the NOTICE that should you fail shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are MUST file their claims on indicating the name and the Hearing be served by publica - All persons having claims nature of any uncertainty as to to Answer the foregoing their claims. All claims are required to be presented in Form #371ES with the address of the claimant, the tion of the same once a week against the following estates the claim and a description of Summons, the Plaintiff will required to be presented in written statements on the pre - Probate Court of Darlington basis of the claim, the amount for three (3) consecutive MUST file their claims on any security as to the claim. move for an Order of written statements on the pre - scribed form (FORM #371ES) County, the address of which is claimed, the date when the weeks in The News and Press, Form #371ES with the Estate: William G Barefoot Reference of this case to the scribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and the Room 208 Courthouse, One claim will become due, the a newspaper published in Probate Court of Darlington Date of Death: 6/18/2017 Special Referee for Darlington indicating the name and the address of the claimant, the Public Square, Darlington, SC nature of any uncertainty as to Darlington County, South County, the address of which is Case No: 2017ES1600382 County, which Order shall, address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount 29532, within eight(8) the claim and a description of Carolina which said newspa - Room 208 Courthouse, One Personal Representative: pursuant to Rule 53 of the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the months after the date of the any security as to the claim. per is hereby designated to Public Square, Darlington, SC Helen J Barefoot South Carolina Rules of Civil claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the first publication of this Notice Estate: Bozie Vinson give such notice to said 29532, within eight(8) Address: 2724 Patrick Hwy, Procedure, specifically pro - claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to to Creditors or within one (1) Date of Death: 10/7/2016 unknown Respondents. months after the date of the Hartsville, SC 29550 vide that the said Special nature of any uncertainty as to the claim and a description of year from date of death, Case No: 2017ES1600383 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, first publication of this Notice (7p3 leave in thru 9-13-17) Referee is authorized and the claim and a description of any security as to the claim. whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- Personal Representative: that service in this matter be to Creditors or within one (1) NOTICE TO CREDITORS empowered to enter a final any security as to the claim. Estate: Percival C Evans 3-801, et seq.), or such persons Woody Vinson made on the Defendants by year from date of death, OF ESTATES judgment in this case with Estate: Aileen D Odom Date of Death: 7/16/2017 shall be forever barred as to Address: 932 Clearview Dr, publishing copies of the whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- All persons having claims appeal only to the South Date of Death: 7/23/2017 Case No: 2017ES1600397 their claims. All claims are Hartsville, SC 29550 Summons, Notice of Filing 3-801, et seq.), or such persons against the following estates Carolina Court of Appeals Case No: 2017ES1600413 Personal Representative: required to be presented in (6p3 leave in thru 9-6-17) Petition, and this Order of shall be forever barred as to MUST file their claims on pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of Personal Representative: Judy Kenneth C Evans written statements on the pre - NOTICE TO CREDITORS Publication in The News and their claims. All claims are Form #371ES with the the SCAR, effective June 1, Odom Stewart Address: POB 268, Hartsville, scribed form (FORM #371ES) OF ESTATES Press, a newspaper published required to be presented in Probate Court of Darlington 1999. Address: 1133 Potato House SC 29551 indicating the name and the All persons having claims in Darlington County, South written statements on the pre - County, the address of which is TO MINOR(S) OVER FOUR - Road, Darlington, SC 29532 (6p3 leave in thru 9-6-17) address of the claimant, the against the following estates Carolina, once a week for scribed form (FORM #371ES) Room 208 Courthouse, One TEEN YEARS OF AGE, (8p3 leave in thru 9-20-17) NOTICE TO CREDITORS basis of the claim, the amount MUST file their claims on three (3) consecutive weeks. indicating the name and the Public Square, Darlington, SC AND/OR TO MINOR(S) NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES claimed, the date when the Form #371ES with the Gena Phillips address of the claimant, the 29532, within eight(8) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF ESTATES All persons having claims claim will become due, the Probate Court of Darlington Ervin basis of the claim, the amount months after the date of the OF AGE AND THE PERSON All persons having claims against the following estates nature of any uncertainty as to County, the address of which is Attorney for Plaintiff claimed, the date when the first publication of this Notice WITH WHOM THE against the following estates MUST file their claims on the claim and a description of Room 208 Courthouse, One (6c3 leave in thru 9-6-17) claim will become due, the to Creditors or within one (1) MINOR(S) RESIDES, MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the any security as to the claim. Public Square, Darlington, SC Notice of Sale nature of any uncertainty as to year from date of death, AND/OR TO PERSONS Form #371ES with the Probate Court of Darlington Estate: Jesse Joseph Jordan, II 29532, within eight(8) C/A No: 2017-CP-16-00124 the claim and a description of whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- UNDER SOME LEGAL DIS - Probate Court of Darlington County, the address of which is AKA Jessie Joseph Jordan, Jr months after the date of the BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of any security as to the claim. 3-801, et seq.), or such persons ABILITY: County, the address of which is Room 208 Courthouse, One Date of Death: 6/30/2017 first publication of this Notice the Court of Common Pleas Estate: Jack Smith shall be forever barred as to YOU ARE FURTHER SUM - Room 208 Courthouse, One Public Square, Darlington, SC Case No: 2017ES1600365-2 to Creditors or within one (1) for Darlington County, South Date of Death: 8/10/2017 their claims. All claims are MONED AND NOTIFIED to Public Square, Darlington, SC 29532, within eight(8) Personal Representative: Jesse year from date of death, Carolina, heretofore issued in Case No: 2017ES1600410 required to be presented in apply for the appointment of a 29532, within eight(8) months after the date of the Joseph Jordan, III whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- the case of Guild Mortgage Personal Representative: written statements on the pre - guardian ad litem within thir - months after the date of the first publication of this Notice Address: 1220 NW 23rd Ave., 3-801, et seq.), or such persons Company vs. Andrew E. Sylvia H Smith scribed form (FORM #371ES) ty (30) days after the service first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) Camas, WA 98607 shall be forever barred as to Mattox; Mozingo Investments, Address: 2020 Huggins Farm indicating the name and the of this Summons and Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, Attorney: Gena Phillips Ervin their claims. All claims are LLC, I the undersigned as Rd, Darlington, SC 29532 address of the claimant, the upon you. If you fail to do so, year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- Address: PO Box 2527, required to be presented in Special Referee for Darlington (7p3 leave in thru 9-13-17) basis of the claim, the amount application for such appoint - whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- ment will be made by the 3-801, et seq.), or such persons Florence, SC 29503-2527 written statements on the pre - County, will sell on September NOTICE TO CREDITORS claimed, the date when the 3-801, et seq.), or such persons Plaintiff immediately and sep - shall be forever barred as to (6p3 leave in thru 9-6-17) scribed form (FORM #371ES) 11, 2017 at 11:00 AM, at the OF ESTATES claim will become due, the shall be forever barred as to arately and such application their claims. All claims are NOTICE TO CREDITORS indicating the name and the County Court House, All persons having claims nature of any uncertainty as to their claims. All claims are will be deemed absolute and required to be presented in OF ESTATES address of the claimant, the Darlington County, South against the following estates the claim and a description of required to be presented in total in the absence of your written statements on the pre - All persons having claims basis of the claim, the amount Carolina, to the highest bid - MUST file their claims on any security as to the claim. written statements on the pre - application for such an scribed form (FORM #371ES) against the following estates claimed, the date when the der: Form #371ES with the Estate: Patricia A Jackson scribed form (FORM #371ES) appointment within thirty indicating the name and the MUST file their claims on claim will become due, the Legal Description and Probate Court of Darlington Date of Death: 7/28/2017 indicating the name and the (30) days after the service of address of the claimant, the Form #371ES with the nature of any uncertainty as to Property Address: County, the address of which is Case No: 2017ES1600398 address of the claimant, the the Summons and Complaint basis of the claim, the amount Probate Court of Darlington the claim and a description of All those certain pieces, Room 208 Courthouse, One Personal Representative: basis of the claim, the amount upon you. claimed, the date when the County, the address of which is any security as to the claim. parcels or lots of land lying, Public Square, Darlington, SC Mitchell S Jackson claimed, the date when the YOU WILL ALSO TAKE claim will become due, the Room 208 Courthouse, One Estate: Flora B Bonaparte being and situate near the 29532, within eight(8) Address: 808 Albemarle Blvd, claim will become due, the NOTICE that should you fail nature of any uncertainty as to Public Square, Darlington, SC Date of Death: 7/10/2017 City of Darlington, Darlington months after the date of the Florence, SC 29501 nature of any uncertainty as to to Answer the foregoing the claim and a description of 29532, within eight(8) Case No: 2017ES1600385 County, South Carolina, being first publication of this Notice (7p3 leave in thru 9-13-17) the claim and a description of Summons, the Plaintiff will any security as to the claim. months after the date of the Personal Representative: known and designated as Lot to Creditors or within one (1) SUMMONS AND NOTICE any security as to the claim. move for an Order of Estate: Harry Green, Jr first publication of this Notice McArthur Bonaparte 17, Block B as shown on a plat year from date of death, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Estate: Eula Parnell McCaskill Reference of this case to the Date of Death: 10/1/2016 to Creditors or within one (1) Address: 2303 E Home Ave, of Forest Acres Subdivision whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- COUNTY OF DARLINGTON Date of Death: 8/4/2017 Special Referee in/for this Case No: 2017ES1600393 year from date of death, Hartsville, SC 29550 surveyed by Banks & Powers, 3-801, et seq.), or such persons IN THE FAMILY COURT OF Case No: 2017ES1600422 County, which Order shall, Personal Representative: whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- (6p3 leave in thru 9-6-17) Registered Surveyors dated shall be forever barred as to THE Personal Representative: pursuant to Rule 53 of the Pamela Stives 3-801, et seq.), or such persons SUMMONS May 29, 1962 and recorded In their claims. All claims are FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Charles M Parnell, Jr South Carolina Rules of Civil Address: 174 Kinard Rd, shall be forever barred as to STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Plat Book 44 at Page 183. For required to be presented in Case No.: 2016-DR-16-662 Address: 2319 S Point Road, Procedure, specifically pro - Lugoff, SC 29078 their claims. All claims are COUNTY OF DARLINGTON a more complete description written statements on the pre - ANGELA ISAAC and CARL Effingham, SC 29541 vide that the said Special (6p3 leave in thru 9-6-17) required to be presented in IN THE COURT OF COMMON as to metes and bounds, refer - scribed form (FORM #371ES) ISAAC, (8p3 leave in thru 9-20-17) Referee is authorized and NOTICE TO CREDITORS written statements on the pre - PLEAS ence to said plat is hereby indicating the name and the vs. SUMMONS and NOTICE empowered to enter a final OF ESTATES scribed form (FORM #371ES) DOCKET NO. 2017-CP-16- craved. address of the claimant, the JASMINE M. CANTEEN and (Termination of judgment in this case with All persons having claims indicating the name and the 0198 This being the same property basis of the claim, the amount CEDRIC LUDD, and, T. CAN - Parental Rights) appeal only to the South against the following estates address of the claimant, the Lisa Anderson Barber, Plaintiff conveyed to Andrew E. claimed, the date when the TEEN AGE: TEN (10), STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Carolina Court of Appeals MUST file their claims on basis of the claim, the amount vs. Mattox by deed of Evans claim will become due, the Defendants. COUNTY OF DARLINGTON pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of Form #371ES with the claimed, the date when the Travis Cornelius Smith, Construction of the Carolinas, nature of any uncertainty as to TO: JASMINE M. CANTEEN: IN THE FAMILY COURT the SCAR, effective June 1, Probate Court of Darlington claim will become due, the Defendant. Inc. dated February 13, 2015 the claim and a description of YOU ARE HEREBY SUM - FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 1999. County, the address of which is nature of any uncertainty as to TO THE DEFENDANTS and recorded February 19, any security as to the claim. MONED and required to Docket Number: 2017-DR-16- NOTICE OF FILING OF SUM - Room 208 Courthouse, One the claim and a description of ABOVE NAMED: 2015, in Book 1074 at Page Estate: Myrtis Amerson answer the Complaint in this 464 MONS AND COMPLAINT Public Square, Darlington, SC any security as to the claim. YOU ARE HEREBY SUM - 7152, in the Office of the Hutchinson action, the original of which South Carolina Department of TO THE DEFENDANTS 29532, within eight(8) Estate: James Kenneth MONED and required to Register of Deeds for Date of Death: 6/21/2017 has been filed in the Office of Social Services, ABOVE NAMED: months after the date of the Church, Sr answer the Complaint in this Darlington County, South Case No: 2017ES1600408 the Clerk of Court for Plaintiff, YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE first publication of this Notice Date of Death: 7/2/2017 action of which a copy is here - Carolina. Personal Representative: Darlington County, on the vs. NOTICE that the foregoing to Creditors or within one (1) Case No: 2017ES1600359 with served upon you, and to 190 Dogwood Avenue Willie Hutchinson 31st day of August, 2016, a Sherlwin Carter and John Summons, along with the year from date of death, Personal Representative: serve a copy of your Answer Darlington, SC 29532 Address: 1435 Hibiscus Rd, copy of which will be deliv - Doe, Complaint, was filed with the whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- Christine A Willis on the subscribers at their TMS# 163-14-03-136 Timmonsville, SC 29161 ered to you upon request; and Defendants. Clerk of Court for Darlington 3-801, et seq.), or such persons Address: 2816 E. Poor Farm offices, 1704 Main Street, Post TERMS OF SALE: For cash. to serve a copy of your AND (7p3 leave in thru 9-13-17) County, South Carolina, on shall be forever barred as to Road, Florence, SC 29505 Office Box 58, Columbia, Interest at the current rate of Answer to the said Complaint J.A.C., DOB: xx/xx/2016 NOTICE TO CREDITORS April 5, 2017. their claims. All claims are Attorney: Jeff L Payne South Carolina 29202, within Four and 00/100 (4.00%) to upon the undersigned, Minor under the age of 18. OF ESTATES NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE required to be presented in Addres: Turner Padget, PO Box thirty (30) days after the serv - be paid on balance of bid from Attorney for the Plaintiffs, at TO: Sherlwin Carter All persons having claims INTERVENTION written statements on the pre - 5478, Florence, SC 29501 ice hereof. Your answer must date of sale to date of compli - Post Office Box 186, John Doe against the following estates PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT scribed form (FORM #371ES) be in writing and signed by ance. The purchaser to pay for Darlington, SC 29540, within YOU ARE HEREBY SUM - (6p3 leave in thru 9-6-17) MUST file their claims on pursuant to the South indicating the name and the you or by your attorney and papers and stamps, and that thirty (30) days following the MONED and required to NOTICE TO CREDITORS Form #371ES with the Carolina Supreme Court address of the claimant, the must state your address or the the successful bidder or bid - date of service upon you, answer the complaint for ter - OF ESTATES Probate Court of Darlington Administrative Order 2011- basis of the claim, the amount address of your attorney, if ders, other than the Plaintiff exclusive of the day of such mination of your parental All persons having claims County, the address of which is 05-02-01, (hereinafter claimed, the date when the signed by your attorney. therein, will, upon the accept - service; and if you fail to rights in and to the minor against the following estates Room 208 Courthouse, One “Order”), you may have a claim will become due, the McDONALD, McKENZIE, ance of his or her bid, deposit answer the said Complaint child in this action, the origi - MUST file their claims on Public Square, Darlington, SC right to Foreclosure nature of any uncertainty as to RUBIN, with the Special Referee for within the time stated, nal of which has been filed in Form #371ES with the 29532, within eight(8) Intervention. the claim and a description of MILLER AND LYBRAND, Darlington County a certified Plaintiffs will apply for the Office of the Clerk of Probate Court of Darlington months after the date of the To be considered for any avail - any security as to the claim. L.L.P. check or cash in the amount Judgment by Default against Court for DARLINGTON County, the address of which is first publication of this Notice able Foreclosure Intervention, Estate: Pauline Poston Post Office Box 58 equal to five percent (5%) of said Defendant for the relief County, One Public Square, Room 208 Courthouse, One to Creditors or within one (1) you may communicate with Mathews Columbia, South Carolina the amount of bid on said demanded in the Complaint. Darlington, South Carolina, Public Square, Darlington, SC year from date of death, and otherwise deal with the Date of Death: 1/22/2017 29202 premises at the sale as evi - 29540, a copy of which is 29532, within eight(8) whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- Plaintiff through its law firm, Case No: 2017ES1600392 (803) 252-0500 dence of good faith in bid - PARKER E. HOWLE hereby attached; and to serve months after the date of the 3-801, et seq.), or such persons Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. Box Personal Representative: Joan John F. McKenzie ding, and subject to any resale Attorney for Plaintiffs a copy of your answer to the first publication of this Notice shall be forever barred as to 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or R Cassidy Attorney for the Plaintiff of said premises under Order S. C. Bar No. 77878 complaint upon the under - to Creditors or within one (1) their claims. All claims are call 803-726-2700. Hutchens Address: 1837 Kelleytown Rd, March 6, 2017 of this Court; and in the event 88 Public Square signed attorney for the plain - year from date of death, required to be presented in Law Firm, represents the Hartsville, SC 29550 NOTICE the said purchaser or pur - Darlington, SC 29540 tiff at 107 South Parsonage St. whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- chasers fail to comply with the written statements on the pre - Plaintiff in this action and (6p3 leave in thru 9-6-17) 3-801, et seq.), or such persons TO THE DEFENDANT TRAVIS scribed form (FORM #371ES) Telephone: 843-395-1519 (Post Office Box 47), CORNELIUS SMITH: terms of sale within Thirty Telefax: 843-393-0342 does not represent you. Bennettsville, South Carolina NOTICE TO CREDITORS shall be forever barred as to indicating the name and the Under our ethical rules, we Notice is hereby given that the (30) days, the Special Referee (7c3 leave in thru 9-13-17) 29512, within thirty (30) days OF ESTATES their claims. All claims are address of the claimant, the are prohibited from giving Complaint in the foregoing shall forthwith resell the said SUMMONS AND following the date of service All persons having claims required to be presented in basis of the claim, the amount you any legal advice. action, together with the property, after the due notice NOTICE OF upon you, exclusive of the day against the following estates written statements on the pre - claimed, the date when the You must submit any requests Summons, of which the fore - and advertisement, and shall FILING OF COMPLAINT of such service; and if you fail MUST file their claims on scribed form (FORM #371ES) claim will become due, the for Foreclosure Intervention going is a copy, was filed in continue to sell the same each AND NOTICE OF to answer the complaint with - Form #371ES with the indicating the name and the nature of any uncertainty as to consideration within 30 days the Office of the Clerk of subsequent sales day until a FORECLOSURE in the time stated, the plaintiff Probate Court of Darlington address of the claimant, the the claim and a description of from the date of this Notice. IF Court for Darlington County purchaser, who shall comply INTERVENTION will apply for judgment by County, the address of which is basis of the claim, the amount any security as to the claim. YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOL - on the 8th day of March, 2017. with the terms of sale, shall be (NON-JURY MORTGAGE default against the defendant Room 208 Courthouse, One claimed, the date when the Estate: Herman Douglas, Sr UNTARILY ELECT NOT TO McDONALD, McKENZIE, obtained, such sales to be FORECLOSURE) for the relief demanded in the Public Square, Darlington, SC claim will become due, the Date of Death: 5/2/2017 PARTICIPATE IN FORECLO - RUBIN, made at the risk of the former DEFICIENCY WAIVED complaint. 29532, within eight(8) nature of any uncertainty as to Case No: 2017ES1600405 SURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MILLER AND LYBRAND, purchaser. Since a personal or STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that months after the date of the the claim and a description of Personal Representative: MORTGAGE L.L.P. deficiency judgment is COUNTY OF DARLINGTON you have the right to be pres - first publication of this Notice any security as to the claim. Miesha Nichole Douglas COMPANY/AGENT MAY Post Office Box 58 waived, the bidding will not IN THE COURT OF COMMON ent and represented by an to Creditors or within one (1) Estate: Benny R Greer Address: 111 S Leesburg Street PROCEED WITH A FORECLO - Columbia, South Carolina remain open but compliance PLEAS attorney. If you cannot afford year from date of death, Date of Death: 3/29/2014 Apt B, Hartsville, SC 29550 SURE ACTION. If you have 29202 with the bid may be made C/A NO: 2017-CP-16-00266 an attorney, the court will whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- Case No: 2017ES1600386 (7p3 leave in thru 9-13-17) already pursued loss mitiga - (803) 252-0500 immediately. If the Plaintiff or RoundPoint Mortgage appoint an attorney to repre - 3-801, et seq.), or such persons Personal Representative: NOTICE TO CREDITORS tion with the Plaintiff, this John F. McKenzie the Plaintiff's representative Servicing Corporation , sent you. It is your responsi - shall be forever barred as to Jeannyne A Greer OF ESTATES Notice does not guarantee the Attorney for the Plaintiff does not appear at the above- PLAINTIFF, bility to contact the Clerk of their claims. All claims are Address: 106 Min Lou Circle, All persons having claims availability of loss mitigation August 17, 2017 described sale, then the sale vs. Court’s Office, One Public required to be presented in Darlington, SC 29532 against the following estates options or further review of (6c3 leave in thru 9-6-17) of the property will be null, Charles E. Bryant and if Square, Darlington, South written statements on the pre - (6c3 leave in thru 9-6-17) MUST file their claims on your qualifications. SUMMONS void, and of no force and Charles E. Bryant be deceased Carolina 29540, to apply for scribed form (FORM #371ES) NOTICE TO CREDITORS Form #371ES with the STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA effect. In such event, the sale then any children and heirs at (7c3 leave in thru 9-13-17) appointment of an attorney to indicating the name and the OF ESTATES Probate Court of Darlington COUNTY OF DARLINGTON will be rescheduled for the law to the Estate of Charles E. NOTICE TO CREDITORS represent you if you cannot address of the claimant, the All persons having claims County, the address of which is IN THE PROBATE COURT next available sales day. Bryant distributees and OF ESTATES afford an attorney (take all of basis of the claim, the amount against the following estates Room 208 Courthouse, One CASE NO.: 2017-GC16-00025 Plaintiff may waive any of its devisees at law to the Estate of All persons having claims these papers with you if you claimed, the date when the MUST file their claims on Public Square, Darlington, SC Francis C. Humphries, Jr. rights, including its right to a Charles E. Bryant and if any of against the following estates apply). This is a new action. claim will become due, the Form #371ES with the 29532, within eight(8) Petitioner, deficiency judgment, prior to the same be dead any and all MUST file their claims on YOU MUST APPLY FOR THE nature of any uncertainty as to Probate Court of Darlington months after the date of the Vs. sale. Sold subject to taxes and persons entitled to claim Form #371ES with the APPOINTMENT OF AN the claim and a description of County, the address of which is first publication of this Notice Lamar United Methodist assessments, existing ease - under or through them also Probate Court of Darlington ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY. any security as to the claim. Room 208 Courthouse, One to Creditors or within one (1) Church, Mt. Elom Church, ments and restrictions of all other persons unknown County, the address of which is IF YOU DO NOT APPLY FOR Estate: Shirley Deloris Public Square, Darlington, SC year from date of death, Epworth Children’s Home, record. claiming any right, title, inter - Room 208 Courthouse, One AN ATTORNEY WITHIN Freeman 29532, within eight(8) whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- Darlington County Hospice, Eugene P. Warr, Jr. est or lien upon the real estate Public Square, Darlington, SC THIRTY (30) DAYS OF Date of Death: 7/4/2017 months after the date of the 3-801, et seq.), or such persons St. Jude’s Children’s Research Special Referee for Darlington described in the complaint 29532, within eight(8) RECEIPT OF THE COM - Case No: 2017ES1600389 first publication of this Notice shall be forever barred as to Hospital, The American Red County herein; Any unknown adults, months after the date of the PLAINT, AN ATTORNEY WILL Personal Representative: to Creditors or within one (1) their claims. All claims are Cross & The Salvation Army, Darlington, South Carolina any unknown infants or per - first publication of this Notice NOT BE APPOINTED FOR Clinton Freeman year from date of death, required to be presented in Respondents. ______, 2017. sons under a disability being a to Creditors or within one (1) YOU. Address: 601 Hutchinson Dr, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- written statements on the pre - TO: DARLINGTON COUNTY Hutchens Law Firm class designated as John Doe, year from date of death, Refer any questions to the Hartsville, SC 29550 3-801, et seq.), or such persons scribed form (FORM #371ES) HOSPICE: P.O. Box 8237 and any persons in the mili - whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- attorney for Plaintiff, (843) (6p3 leave in thru 9-6-17) shall be forever barred as to indicating the name and the SUMMONS Columbia, SC 29202 tary service of the United 3-801, et seq.), or such persons 479-6863. NOTICE TO CREDITORS their claims. All claims are address of the claimant, the YOU ARE HEREBY SUM - 803-726-2700 States of America being a shall be forever barred as to Delton W. Powers, Jr. OF ESTATES required to be presented in basis of the claim, the amount MONED and required to (6c3 leave in thru 9-6-17) class designated as Richard their claims. All claims are Attorney for Plaintiff All persons having claims written statements on the pre - claimed, the date when the answer the Petition this NOTICE TO CREDITORS Roe; Jamaine Charles Bryant; required to be presented in Post Office Box 47 against the following estates scribed form (FORM #371ES) claim will become due, the action, a copy of which is OF ESTATES Eric Bryant; Nakiesha Cook; written statements on the pre - Bennettsville, South Carolina MUST file their claims on indicating the name and the nature of any uncertainty as to herewith served upon you, All persons having claims Erika Christine James; scribed form (FORM #371ES) 29512 Form #371ES with the address of the claimant, the the claim and a description of and to serve a copy of your against the following estates Charles Edward Smith; indicating the name and the Phone: 843-479-6863 Probate Court of Darlington basis of the claim, the amount any security as to the claim. Answer or other responsive MUST file their claims on Melissa Pilgrim Richardson address of the claimant, the Fax: 843-479-7222 County, the address of which is claimed, the date when the Estate: Ralph A Richardson pleading to said Petition on Form #371ES with the n/k/a Melissa Pilgrim basis of the claim, the amount SC Bar Number: 4549 Room 208 Courthouse, One claim will become due, the Date of Death: 7/14/2017 the subscriber at 504 South Probate Court of Darlington Blackwell claimed, the date when the (8c3 leave in thru 9-20-17) Public Square, Darlington, SC nature of any uncertainty as to Case No: 2017ES1600402 Coit Street, Post Office Box County, the address of which is DEFENDANT(S) claim will become due, the 29532, within eight(8) the claim and a description of Personal Representative: Legals on 5B 2527, Florence, South Room 208 Courthouse, One TO THE DEFENDANTS, nature of any uncertainty as to months after the date of the any security as to the claim. Margaret Elaine Richardson Carolina 29503, within thirty Public Square, Darlington, SC ABOVE NAMED: the claim and a description of first publication of this Notice Estate: Donald Joseph Cain Address: 554 Crowley Hill (30) days from the service 29532, within eight(8) YOU ARE HEREBY SUM - any security as to the claim. to Creditors or within one (1) Date of Death: 5/12/2017 Road, Society Hill, SC 29593 hereof, exclusive of the date of months after the date of the MONED and required to Estate: Sharon A Davis AKA THE NEWS & PRESS year from date of death, Case No: 2017ES1600300-2 such service; and if you fail to first publication of this Notice (7p3 leave in thru 9-13-17) answer the Complaint herein, Sharon Anderson Davis whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- Personal Representative: AD DEADLINE answer to the Complaint with - to Creditors or within one (1) NOTICE TO CREDITORS a copy of which is herewith Date of Death: 10/11/2016 3-801, et seq.), or such persons Rudean Lighty Cain in the time aforesaid, year from date of death, OF ESTATES served upon you, or otherwise Case No: 2017ES1600419 shall be forever barred as to Address: 2008 Leavensworth Petitioner will seek an Order whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- All persons having claims appear and defend, and to Personal Representative: NOON their claims. All claims are Road, Darlington, SC 29532 of the of the Court granting 3-801, et seq.), or such persons against the following estates serve a copy of your Answer Marcia Anderson Reinhardt required to be presented in (6p3 leave in thru 9-6-17) the relief demanded in the shall be forever barred as to MUST file their claims on to said Complaint upon the Address: 218 Pompton FRIDAY written statements on the pre - NOTICE TO CREDITORS Petition. their claims. All claims are Form #371ES with the subscriber at his office, Avenue, Goose Creek, SC TO PLACE AN AD, scribed form (FORM #371ES) OF ESTATES YOU WILL PLEASE ALSO required to be presented in Probate Court of Darlington Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 29445 indicating the name and the CALL All persons having claims TAKE NOTICE that the origi - written statements on the pre - County, the address of which is 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, (8p3 leave in thru 9-20-17) address of the claimant, the against the following estates scribed form (FORM #371ES) Room 208 Courthouse, One (843) 393-3811. NOON FRIDAY AD DEADLINE Call 393-3811,fax 393-6811or e-mail SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 | PAGE 5B [email protected]. THE NEWS AND PRESS, DARLINGTON, S.C. classWWW.NEiWSANfDPRESSi.NET eds

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LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS address of the claimant, the THE ESTATE OF ERNEST ed in a class as Richard Roe, demanded in the Petition. ATTORNEY FOR PETITION - that Eugene P. Warr, Jr., Litem Nisi for them or any of OF ESTATES basis of the claim, the amount RUSSELL, JR. Respondents. Gena Phillips Ervin ER Esquire be, and hereby is them. All persons having claims claimed, the date when the Ernestine Wingate as the SUMMONS ATTORNEY FOR PETITION - ORDER appointed Guardian Ad Litem IT IS FURTHER ORDERED against the following estates claim will become due, the Personal Representative of the YOU ARE HEREBY SUM - ER IT IS SO ORDERED that the Nisi for the Respondents who that this Order shall forthwith MUST file their claims on Form nature of any uncertainty as to Estate of Ernest Russell, MONED and required to NOTICE OF Summons herein, a copy of are infants or otherwise under be served upon said #371ES with the Probate Court the claim and a description of Petitioner, answer the Petition in this FILING PETITION which is annexed to be served disability, whose names and Respondents who are infants of Darlington County, the any security as to the claim. Vs. action, a copy of which is John Doe and Richard Roe as upon all Respondents addresses are unknown to the or otherwise under disability address of which is Room 208 Estate: John Edwin Windham Jordan Jackson, John Doe herewith served upon you, Representatives of all persons unknown to the Petitioner Petitioner, if any, having or by publication of the same Courthouse, One Public Square, Date of Death: 8/27/2017 and Richard Roe as represen - and to serve a copy of your unknown and all persons or and his attorney, if any, hav - claiming to have any interest once a week for three succes - Darlington, SC 29532, within Case No: 2017ES1600425 tatives of all persons unknown Answer or other responsive entities unknown claiming ing or claiming to have any in or lien upon the property sive weeks in the News and eight(8) months after the date Personal Representative: claiming any right, title or pleading to said Petition on any right, or entities unknown interest in or lien upon the described in the Petition for Press, a newspaper published of the first publication of this Cynthia W Collins interest in the described in the subscriber at 504 South claiming any right, title, or property described in the the purposes of this action, in Darlington County, South Notice to Creditors or within Address: 3776 Oates Highway, matter described in the Coit Street, Post Office Box interest in the Estates of Petition by publication of the unless such Respondents who Carolina, which said newspa - one (1) year from date of death, Lamar, SC 29069 Petition herein including, but 2527, Florence, South Ernest Russell: You will please same once a week for three are infants or otherwise under per is hereby designated as whichever is earlier (SCPC 62- (8p3 leave in thru 9-20-17) not limited to any unknown Carolina 29503, within thirty take notice that the original successive weeks in the News disability, or any of them, or the most likely to give notice 3-801, et seq.), or such persons SUMMONS AND NOTICE heirs or unknown devisees of (30) days from the service Summons and Petition in the and Press, a newspaper pub - someone on their behalf, to the Respondents who are shall be forever barred as to STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Ernest Russell, Jr., any hereof, exclusive of the date of above entitled action were lished in Darlington County, shall, within thirty (30) days infants or otherwise under their claims. All claims are COUNTY OF DARLINGTON unknown persons designated such service; and if you fail to filed in the Office of the South Carolina, which said after service of this Order disability, if any. required to be presented in writ - IN THE PROBATE COURT as John Doe and any answer to the Petition within Probate Court for Darlington newspaper is hereby designat - upon them, exclusive of the Gena Phillips Ervin ten statements on the pre - PROBATE NO.: unknown infants or persons the time aforesaid, Petitioners County, South Carolina on ed most likely to give notice to date of such service, Eugene P. ATTORNEY FOR THE PETI - scribed form (FORM #371ES) 2011-ES16-00480 under disability or persons in will seek an Order of the June 22, 2017 at 3:07 p.m. said unknown Respondents. Warr, Jr., Esquire to be TIONER indicating the name and the IN THE MATTER OF: the military service designat - Court granting the relief Gena Phillips Ervin IT IS FURTHER ORDERED appointed as a Guardian Ad (8c3 leave in thru 9-20-17) PAGE 6B | WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 NEWS AND PRESS | DARLINGTON, S.C. Jimmie Johnson tells DCSD students to work hard for what they want in life Towers and created a special and parents had requirements By Melissa Rollins Editor science project with the staff for my grades in school and I [email protected] from ScienceSouth. Using am so thankful that they did The excitement was clear items like old cds, soda bottle because it kept me motivated as twenty-six students from caps and pennies, students and focused on what my pas - the Darlington County School created unique ‘race cars’ sion was.” District filed off the bus last before trying them out on a Johnson said that those Friday at Darlington Raceway. small track. requirements pushed him to The students were able to visit After their science projects keep his eye on the prize. the Lady in Black thanks to were complete, the students “In order for me to receive their dedication to reading. got a visit from Jimmie that opportunity to race, Earlier this year, Johnson, driver of the No. 48 everything else had to be in- Darlington Raceway part - Lowe’s Chevy SS. line and that taught me how nered with the Darlington Johnson answered a few to really work for things that I County Library system, the questions from students, am passionate about and love TEACH Foundation, and including how he gets his car to do,” Johnson said. “Great South Carolina Future Minds (it is custom built for him at responsibilities come along to roll out the Summer the Hendrick garage in with that and there were plen - Reading Program, even giving Charlotte) and why Dale Jr. is ty of mistakes along the way out free books to students in retiring (He’s 42 and he decid - but I think you learn more Lamar and Society Hill. ed it was time to do something from your mistakes than you DCSD students in kinder - else). do from success so don’t be garten through eighth grade DCSD boardmember afraid of mistakes that are were encouraged to read Connell Delaine asked made. It only makes you books and take the Johnson to talk with the stu - stronger and helps you grow.” Accelerated Reader tests that dents about how determina - Learning these lessons go with them at their local tion helped him get to where young, Johnson said, helped library to earn points. Each he is and how that can also him even as an adult. grade has specific goals for apply to them. “In most cases, you need to points. The students from “For me, I knew at a young out-work your competition in each grade that earned the age that I wanted to race and order to succeed so the work most points got to visit the it was really, really important ethic you learn to overcome Track Too Tough To Tame. for me to do everything obstacles in school, to keep around the house and school your grades up, to challenge The students visited the Jimmie Johnson hands out a medal to a DCSD student who earned enough Summer Reading programs to allow that to happen,” yourself there, those lessons newly named Earnhardt points to visit Darlington Raceway. PHOTO BY MELISSA ROLLINS Johnson said. “My sponsors apply later in life.” IT-oLogy Innovation Darlington Library staff, patrons Challenge registration open experience eclipse The South Carolina The top innovators cho - information, visit www.it- Department of Education sen from each of three age ology.org/get- and IT-oLogy are pleased to divisions (elementary, mid - connected/programs/inno - announce the Innovation dle and high school) will vation-challenge. Complete Challenge, a new statewide showcase their projects at the form on this page and competition for students in the South Carolina State get updated with all of the grades 3-12. The purpose of Fair on Saturday, October details you’ll need to enter the Challenge is to create 21. You’ll receive more than your project. Check out the projects using technology to just bragging rights. 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Graduate to Deliver Convocation Address at Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics For the first time, a GSSM the interdisciplinary research life-changing two years at alumnus will be the keynote connections between science GSSM,” said Garris. “The speaker at The South and history. As a freshman, Governor's School is a place Carolina Governor’s School he began a research project of unlimited opportunity, for Science & Mathematics with Dr. Scott Gwara, an unbounded by discipline or (GSSM) Convocation English language and litera - rigid standardization. So, my Ceremony Thursday, ture professor at UofSC. message to the Govies is this: The Darlington Library had a successful outing to the Dr. CE Murray Library in Greeleyville, September 7 at 2 p.m. at the Garris traveled to Stanford, Carpe Diem! Seize this day SC to experience the Total Eclipse on August 21, 2017. An estimated 70 people joined us for this Center Theater in Hartsville. where he used X-rays from a and find yourselves swept off once in a lifetime event. Totality was enjoyed for over two minutes with many oohs and ahhs Carl Garris, GSSM Class of Synchrotron Radiation to places of which you've from the crowd. Thank you to local astronomer, Francis Parnell for helping us organize the event. 2013, will deliver the convo - Lightsource to decipher an scarcely dreamed." Pictured is Liz Davis, Darlington Library Children’s Librarian, and several children wearing their cation address. erased ownership inscription About GSSM eclipse glasses. Photo Contributed. Garris, a Chapin native, on the page of a thirteenth Founded in 1988 as a attended GSSM from 2011- century Oxford pocket bible. model for advanced STEM 2013. While there, he was Since then, he’s continued education in South Carolina, able to integrate his interest to combine his passion for GSSM is a nationally recog - in history and the humanities science and history through nized school serving about with a solid education in the studies in the digital humani - four hundred of the state’s STEM disciplines. ties, using computer science most promising scholars in "We are delighted to have to aid in historical research the 10th through 12th grades a recent GSSM alumnus and through exploring the through its residential and address our students, faculty, potential of scientific proxy virtual programs. The school staff, and parents at this spe - evidence in understanding offers advanced courses in cial ceremony," said Dr. human history. science, mathematics and Hector Flores, GSSM Garris, a Richard engineering at its campus in Introducing The Balcony Series President. "I have no doubt Hofstadter Fellow, is current - Hartsville and virtually to Carl will inspire our students ly pursuing his PhD in participating school districts with his GSSM and USC medieval history at Columbia across the state. GSSM’s story." University. Outreach and teacher devel - After graduating from “As I begin work on my opment programs serve GSSM, Garris attended the PhD at Columbia University, thousands of students in University of South Carolina having traveled a long way schools throughout South (UofSC) Honors College from home, I'm reminded Carolina each year. Learn where he majored in that I did much the same more by visiting Medieval Studies. He credits thing six years ago when I set www.scgssm.org. GSSM for opening his eyes to out for Hartsville to begin a

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