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Please Vote TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17th FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 $1.00 PAID FOR BY MERCHANT FOR MAYOR Santa Cruz Nutritionals $84M expansion will create 164 Sumter jobs BRUCE MILLS / THE SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTOS Production-level workers inspect equipment at BY SHELBIE GOULDING of enhanced confectionery delivery County and Sumter Economic De- Santa Cruz Nutritionals in May 2019. [email protected] systems. velopment in building and creating Established in 1968, the company, the world-class standard for Vita- An economic development project a subsidiary of Santa Cruz Health- min, Mineral, Supplement (VMS) will create 164 new jobs in the com- care, uses research and science to gummy manufacturing facilities,” munity after Sumter County Coun- develop gummy vitamins such as said Santa Cruz Healthcare CEO cil gave a company the go-ahead to calcium, fiber and other supple- Carlyn Solomon. “This investment start its expansion process on Tues- ments for the functional food and serves to grow our capacity to deliv- day. nutraceutical markets. It also pro- er enjoyable health and wellness The council unanimously ap- duces a wide range of products for nutritional supplements. More im- proved the final reading of the pro- a number of branded industrial portantly, it serves our broader posal known as Project Lisa, which and retail partners. mission to holistically improve lives revealed itself to be Santa Cruz Nu- “We are excited to partner with tritionals, a leading manufacturer the state of South Carolina, Sumter SEE EXPANSION, PAGE A8 Restaurants sink or learn to swim School board runner-up protesting vote results BY BRUCE MILLS [email protected]

A defeated candidate for A man uses gloves while at the salad Sumter School District Board bar at The Restaurant at Second Mill. of Trustees’ Area 6 race has filed a protest regarding last week’s results with the county election commission, and a meeting has been scheduled for Monday. Pat Jefferson, di- rector of Sumter County Voter Reg- istration and Elec- BYRD tions, distributed a protest letter from William Byrd to election com- missioners and also to The Sumter Item on Thursday af- ternoon, notifying them of the meeting to hear Byrd’s protest. In official, certified results from the county Voter Regis- tration and Elections Office for PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Jennifer Fretwell serves a group of women at The Restaurant at Second Mill’s new location on the Nov. 3 general election, Broad Street on Thursday afternoon. Byrd finished second in the KAREEM WILSON / THE SUMTER ITEM school board’s Area 6 race Marble Slab announced it permanent- with 1,476 votes. Gloria Lee ly closed its Sumter location. was declared the race’s winner Local eateries have to adapt to survive with 1,798 votes — a margin of 322 votes over Byrd. Lee gar- in a COVID-19 year as some chains suffer nered 33.85% of total votes, compared to Byrd’s 27.79%. BY KAREEM WILSON of hits back to back, but looking at the Contested county school [email protected] other locations, Sumter just never board races go to the top vote- bounced back,” said Geri Fields, busi- getter in a winner-take-all for- The restaurant industry has taken a ness owner of Marble Slab. She said mat, as opposed to triggering a huge hit this year as a result of the coro- other Marble Slab locations in South runoff if no candidate receives navirus pandemic. Eateries across the Carolina were doing fine except for the more than 50% of the total county and state have drastically one in Sumter. vote. While they are also non- changed their The store re- partisan, city races for Sum- methods to stay in ‘I think it’s going to get worse opened and closed ter’s mayor and city council business, and several times, re- seats require a runoff in that Signs about coronavirus safety mea- even then, some sulting in loss of case. sures are seen at The Restaurant at haven’t made it. before it gets better. I think the revenue for the According to the certified re- Second Mill’s new location on Broad Marble Slab shop. sults, 5,312 votes were cast in Street on Thursday afternoon. Creamery perma- restaurant industry is forever According to the school board race, and that nently closed its her, Sumter’s is primarily where Byrd’s pro- doors on East changed by this.’ Marble Slab reve- test rests. Wesmark Boule- nue declined In his letter, Byrd said he vard in November SCOTT ESTEP about 25% during thinks that total is surprising- because of the ice August through ly low given that a voting ros- cream shop’s low Owner of Palmetto Oyster House October. She said ter he obtained during the performance sales and J. O’Grady’s they debated clos- campaign showed more than amid the pandem- ing early in the 10,000 registered voters in ic. Other chains to summer but wait- Area/District 6. School board close their locations in Sumter since ed until after the hot season to see if districts follow the same map March include Golden Corral and Ruby they could make a comeback. Unfortu- as Sumter County Council. Tuesday, both on Broad Street, though nately, they couldn’t. He noted voting totals in this IHOP has reopened. “When COVID hit … we took a couple SEE RESTAURANTS, PAGE A8 SEE BYRD, PAGE A4

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BY IVY MOORE ers may make any kind of cookies Arts and culture contributor they like or even candy. With provisions being made to ac- For the 28th year, Sumter Volun- commodate safety practices related to teers Inc. will sponsor its Shower the pandemic, the project has made a Shaw with Cookies project. few changes, Morris said. Executive Director Jo Anne Morris “We ask that those making cookies said homemade cookies are a tradi- pack them in boxes or tins with the tional Christmas treat for many, and number of dozens in each package the Sumter community has responded written on an outside sheet with the to the annual request for cookies for name of the baker,” she said. “This service members. year, we ask that the cookies be deliv- “We owe so much to the military ered between the hours of 9 a.m. and personnel at Shaw Air Force Base,” noon on Wednesday, Dec. 2, to the she said. “The (COVID-19) pandemic North HOPE Center, where we will has limited what the community can have tables set up outside for do to show our appreciation, but we dropoff.” are hoping for churches, civic organi- The cookies will be picked up by zations, businesses and individuals to Shaw personnel for distribution to the participate this year.” approximately 2,000 Air Force and Morris’ church, Grace Baptist, start- Army service members on base. ed the Shower Shaw with Cookies ef- “It’s a simple way to show our grati- fort in 1993, and other organizations tude to the men and women who serve and individuals participated in the fol- us every day,” Morris said. “For many lowing years, ensuring that each mili- people, it’s not Christmas without SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO tary member at Shaw received home- homemade cookies.” Sumter Volunteers Inc. is sponsoring its Shower Shaw with Cookies project for the 28th made cookies for Christmas. The ma- The North HOPE Center is at 904 N. year. Volunteer cookie bakers are requested to deliver their homemade cookies on Dec. jority of cookies made and donated Main St. between Morris College and 2 for distribution to the about 2,000 service members at Shaw Air Force Base as a ges- have been chocolate chip and sugar McLaughlin Ford. For more informa- ture of gratitude for their service to the country and community. Chocolate chip cookies cookies; however, the individual bak- tion, call (803) 775-7423. have been a favorite of the bakers and recipients since the project began in 1993. 21-year-old Westside Baptist is still collecting gift woman dies in shoeboxes for annual Christmas project 2-vehicle wreck in Lee County Curbside dropoff WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH OPERATION CHRISTMAS COLLECTION CENTER HOURS BY SHELBIE GOULDING implemented, online [email protected] DROP-OFF LOCATION: 554 Pinewood packing an option Road A two-vehicle wreck left Monday: 9 a.m. to noon a 21-year-old Rembert BY BRUCE MILLS woman dead and an [email protected] Tuesday: 2 to 6 p.m. 18-year-old passenger in- Wednesday: 2 to 9 p.m. jured in Lee County on It might not be beginning to look a Thursday: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday. lot like Christmas around the Sumter Tamara Taylor Robinson area because of the warm weather and Friday: 2 to 6 p.m. was pronounced dead on factors related to COVID-19, but it’s Saturday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. scene, Lee County Coroner around the corner. Sunday: 1 to 6 p.m. Larry Logan said. One sign is that an annual project to The incident occurred at send shoeboxes filled with gifts to chil- Monday, Nov. 23: 8 to 11 a.m. 4:15 p.m. at the intersection dren in under-served countries is get- of Spring Hill Road and ting into high gear. Shiver Pond Road. Robin- Westside Baptist Church, 554 Pine- donors’ vehicles, or donors can unload will take boxes to its processing center son was the driver of a 2011 wood Road, is again serving as a re- them personally from their cars and a in Charlotte. Hyundai Sonata that was gional collection center for Operation worker will then take them inside the From there, they will be distributed traveling south on Shiver Christmas Child, and Craig Hill, a church building. to children in more than 100 countries, Pond Road and attempted member of the church and the collec- In the curbside dropoff, volunteers according to the agency. to cross over Spring Hill tion center’s coordinator, spoke this will help donors complete a digital in- Shoeboxes should be filled with new Road when a 2019 Chevro- week on the project that is continuing formation form and also pray with do- toys, such as dolls or soccer balls, let 2500 traveling west on this year but with some tweaks due to nors over the boxes. school supplies and hygiene items, in- Spring Hill Road struck the COVID-19. Hill said Westside still has nearly cluding toothbrushes and other neces- driver’s side of her vehicle, Beginning Monday, area churches 3,000 empty shoeboxes (cardboard and sities. The organization advises to not South Carolina Highway will be delivering gift shoeboxes to plastic) available for other churches or include candy, toothpaste, food, liquids, Patrol Lance Cpl. David Westside for a week, through Nov. 23, individuals to pick up if they want to lotions and used or damaged items. Jones said. He said Robin- he said. participate in the gift-giving project. Other counties in the area have son was not wearing a seat- Westside distributes empty shoebox- Individuals can arrange to pick up their own dropoff locations before gift belt. es to churches and individuals to pro- boxes at the church by calling the boxes are sent to Westside. Those Jones said an 18-year-old mote the annual gift campaign. Those church office at (803) 775-3484. All filled counties include Clarendon and Wil- front seat passenger was churches generally then collect filled shoeboxes should be dropped off by liamsburg. also in the vehicle with shoeboxes from their members and at- Monday, Nov. 23, at 11 a.m. In 2019, the Westside site collected Robinson and was not tendees and deliver them to Westside’s If individuals wish to volunteer at 11,144 boxes, Hill said. wearing a seatbelt. The hub, according to Hill. the church to unload and load boxes in “It’s still going on, and we’re just passenger was transported Distribution to the church will look the collection process, they can sign up changing the procedures that we have to McLeod Regional Medi- different this year with “curbside online at https://bit.ly/38GbEen or also to keep people safe,” Hill said. cal Center in Florence with dropoff” of boxes outside in the call the church office. This year, given the coronavirus, life-threatening injuries. church’s parking lot. Samaritan’s Purse, an international people can also pack a gift shoebox on- The South Carolina Volunteers, wearing face coverings, Christian relief and evangelism orga- line and pay for it by going to samari- Highway Patrol is investi- will be on hand to unload boxes from nization, is the project organizer and tanspurse.org. gating.

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BY KAYLA GREEN stores are expected to open as Food country to establish a partnership with and medical research. The company [email protected] Lions early next year, according to Feeding America to develop a retail also made additional gifts this year for Meg Ham, president of the Salisbury, food rescue program more than 20 hunger relief, including donating If you’d like to work for Food Lion, North Carolina, based company. years ago, all stores in the Food Lion more than 123 million meals through you can now choose between more The U.S. Federal Trade Commission network are paired with a local feeding efforts including volunteerism, fund- than one location in Sumter. granted early termination of the wait- agency to receive donations through ing to support food bank transporta- After announcing in June that Food ing period under the Hart-Scott-Rodi- Food Lion’s retail food rescue program tion capacity and funding to support Lion plans to purchase 62 Bi-Lo and no Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, and support through its hunger relief new school distribution models to ad- Harveys Supermarket stores from which satisfies one of the conditions platform, Food Lion Feeds. Through its dress child hunger. Southeastern Grocers, including Sum- of closing the transaction. network of 30 food bank partners Food Lion will be served by ADUSA ter’s store on Wedgefield Road, the The stores will remain open as across its 10-state footprint, Food Lion Distribution LLC through the acquisi- company announced Wednesday it Bi-Lo and Harveys Supermarket until ensures food that is unable to be sold tion of the Mauldin distribution cen- now can start hiring. According to a the transaction is complete, which is in its stores but is perfectly safe to eat ter. ADUSA Distribution expects to news release, Food Lion expects to expected to take place over a stag- is donated to serve those in need. hire more than 800 associates to sup- hire more than 4,650 associates to gered period from January to April This year, based on unprecedented port Food Lion’s network of stores. serve customers at the 62 new stores 2021 pending customary closing re- need caused by the COVID-19 pandem- The transaction is anticipated to be across the Carolinas and Georgia. quirements. Food Lion plans to oper- ic, Food Lion made its largest one-time complete in the first half of 2021. The acquisition adds the 62 stores to ate all the stores under the Food Lion hunger relief gift in the company’s For more information, visit www. the more than 630 Food Lion stores banner. history, donating more than $3.1 mil- foodlion.com, or job applicants may that are already open, and the new As the first grocery retailer in the lion to support its food bank partners visit www.foodlion.com/careers.

WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING: SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Kieslich receives the Mildred Henry Dollar General proposed Davenport Award for work as Pilot on Pinewood Road site, SUBMITTED Dr Anita F. Kieslich re- ceived the Mildred Henry Davenport Award at the 84th Thompson Construction South Carolina Pilot District Convention in Columbia on Oct. 17 for her dedication and buys North Wise Drive land work with the Evening Pilot Club of Sumter and Sumter community. BY SHELBIE GOULDING to June 2025. Presenting the award was [email protected] SALE OF NORTH WISE DRIVE the State PI Past Governor PROPERTY AUTHORIZED and 2014 recipient of the Mil- At Sumter County Council’s dred Henry Davenport meeting Tuesday, council Council unanimously au- Award, Shirley Patterson members discussed two land thorized a sale of property on from Sumter. The award is use items and a contract for North Wise Drive. given annually to a Pilot who the county’s waste removal The sale of the 12.5-acre most nearly exemplified the services. property at 1160 N. Wise Drive basic principles of Pilot in his PHOTO PROVIDED DOLLAR GENERAL PRIMED was unanimously approved or her community life. FOR PINEWOOD ROAD after no one spoke during the The Evening Pilot Club sub- proposal’s final reading and mitted letters and endorse- Early Head Start Program Kieslich serves on various Land on Pinewood Road was public hearing. ments from various commu- and after-school programs for community boards and has requested to be rezoned to A contract offer of $2.7 mil- nity and club members high- Sumter School District, au- previously been recognized as house a future Dollar General. lion was made by Thompson lighting Kieslich’s many acts thoring numerous grants to the state’s Vice Principal of The first reading of the re- Construction Group, accord- of dedication to her commu- enhance educational develop- the Year in 1998. As an active quest to rezone about 4.13 ing to Sumter County Attor- nity. In addition to being an ment, creating the Shepherd’s Pilot member, she can often acres from agricultural con- ney Johnathan Bryan. The author of two children’s Center day trips and, most re- be seen at Swan Lake’s Iris servation to neighborhood property purchase was made books, some of these acts in- cently, developing the fast- Market selling hot dogs or dis- commercial at 1810 Pinewood for a potentially large project clude establishing a library at growing sport of pickleball in tributing Pilot Pal bears with Road was made by an appli- in the future. Camp Burnt Gin, creating the Sumter. her fellow club members. cant who wishes to develop a Dollar General in the area. Council approved the first We Buy: Gold & Silver reading, with Councilman * Chris Sumpter absent and 10K Gold - $33 per pennyweight 14K Gold - $47 per pennyweight* Councilman Charles Edens re- *special price with ad. Price based on Gold Market cusing himself. County ordi- nances must pass three read- Lafayette Gold ings to be approved. and Silver Exchange INSIDE VESTCO PROPERTIES SUMTER COUNTY EXTENDS 480 E. Liberty St. Sumter, SC 29150 CONTRACT WITH WASTE (inside Coca-Cola Building) MANAGEMENT SERVICES SUMTER & MANNING’S OLDEST & LARGEST PAWN SHOP Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 5:30 PM • Sat: 8 - 2 PM The final reading of an ordi- 803-773-8022 nance to extend the agree- ment with Waste Management Old was unanimously approved. 10th Annual The previous agreement Fashioned was set to expire in June 2021, Silver Bells Art & Craft but it was extended for anoth- er five years as a means to Service haul the waste from the trans- November 21st & 22nd fer station to the landfill. Sat. 9am - 6pm • Sun 12pm - 4pm Another ordinance to ex- 1H҈UJRHV tend a contract with Waste Fair Memorial & American Legion Blvd. Management for convenience 30 Artillery Drive, Sumter, SC center operation was also out of style! unanimously approved by FREE Parking • FREE Admission council. It has been extended Santa Sunday 12:00-4pm • 4x6 for $5 Lowest Pawn interest rate in the area and It’s your world. Emily Rae photography best layaway plan in town. Always buying gold! Hodges Concessions Read all about it. Sumter & Manning’s Oldest & Largest Pawn Shop Sponsored by Monday–Friday 10am–6pm; Saturday 10am–5pm K.A.T.’s Special Kneads Thank You For Making Us #1 City of Refuge • Toys for Tots 33 West Liberty Street • Downtown Sumter Unwrapped Toys Needed For every 3 non-perishable food items you bring, you Call (803) 774-1200 18 N. Brooks Street • Downtown Manning will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift card www.reliablepawnshop.com and get started today. For more information: Call Debra at (803) 983-3235 A4 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 LOCAL / NATION THE SUMTER ITEM

mayor’s race over the school board and other nonpartisan BYRD FROM PAGE A1 board race. races that are not automati- Mornings on horseback… Undervote totals from the cally filled in according to a year’s record-breaking presi- official results show 1,769 voter’s choice of Republican t was a long time ago other block. A few hard-head- dential election and also voters who live in Area 6 or Democratic candidates. that, according to his re- and marked votes for other but still very clear in ed cows went off in the wrong The commissioners’ meet- I direction. I spurred my horse search online at the South races on their ballot didn’t ing to hear Byrd’s challenge my memory. We were to outpace them, got in front Carolina Election Commis- vote in the school board will be Monday at 10 a.m. at www.scvotes.gov going to work cows. Pop, of them and then turned them sion’s , 6,210 race. the Sumter County Court- back toward the herd. The District 6 residents voted in Being a nonpartisan race, house, according to Jeffer- my stepfather, believed in noise level had risen; every the City of Sumter mayoral anyone who voted a son. starting before dawn. He cow, it seemed, had an uneasy race. In his letter, Byrd “straight party ticket” would The Sumter Item was un- feeling it needed to express. noted the disparity of 909 ad- have had to manually enter able to reach Byrd on Thurs- wanted to be riding out Uncle Earl and Uncle Bar- ditional votes cast in the a selection for the school day for comment. when the first light broke. ney brought a bunch of cows from the north side, while Pop That meant you and Uncle Bedford were up early, out to brought a bunch from the south. Steve and I Unemployment taxes won’t rise the barn to saddle started with about 150 up, load your horse head; now, 300 head were in one herd, in the trailer and needing to get across as S.C. pays out millions weekly ride through the another 100 acres be- fore we reached anoth- early morning fog to Clay er gate and the trap. COLUMBIA (AP) — Although the reces- rate was 5.1%, a drop from 12.8% in April. the front gate of the Smith By now, we had sion brought on by the coronavirus pan- South Carolina has paid out more than $1 been in the saddle for demic has strained South Carolina’s unem- billion in regular unemployment aid since pasture. a couple of hours. The ployment trust fund, the state won’t raise March. critical moment had arrived. unemployment taxes on most businesses “We’ve got 120,000 claimants who need to The sun had not yet broken Faced with a closing box, the next year, Gov. Henry McMaster announced go back to work,” said Dan Ellzey, director over the horizon, though fin- cattle were tempted to bolt and Thursday. of the Department of Employment and gers of light were pushing run. You had to keep up the Instead, the state Legislature has replen- Workforce, of the South Carolinians who against the fog. We stopped to pressure, keep them moving in ished the fund through $920 million of fed- are unemployed and actively seeking jobs. unload the horses and mount the direction you wanted. Sev- eral pandemic aid to keep tax rates at their Ellzey said he didn’t have numbers on up. My brother, Steve, and I eral times one would break current levels, and state leaders are urging people who had stopped looking. He said would have the long ride this out, and Steve or I would have South Carolinians who have lost their jobs the workforce agency is trying to match job morning. We were to go to the to run them down, turn them in the pandemic to get back to work sooner seekers with 80,000 openings on a job por- far corner and start pushing back and get them moving than later. tal, planning drive-through and virtual job the cows toward the pens. back toward the herd. McMaster and other state leaders gath- fairs and offering free access to online edu- If you have never ridden a Trickles of sweat were snak- ered at the Statehouse said the decision cation classes. horse, you do not know the ing their way down my back; would help small and large businesses in Also Thursday, McMaster acknowledged stillness of riding. That morn- my horse was lathered up. We the state. the continued spread of COVID-19 through- ing I could hear the creak of had run together (though he “We’re in good shape, with all engines in- out the state and urged residents to take the saddle leather, the gentle was doing most of the work) tact except for a few,” McMaster said. “We care throughout the holiday season, though dropping of the horses’ hooves after the strays and worked will rev them up soon, and our economy is he noted he was encouraged by state hospi- on the grass and the “bob- our way back to keep the herd going to leap forward.” tals’ “ample space” and the increased white” call of quail. The cows moving. Finally, we were at Before March, the state was slated to take knowledge about the virus from the spring. were still a ways off, not yet the gate that led to the trap. in an additional $800 million in revenue As dropping temperatures could push seeing us, not yet disturbed in Three hundred cattle were try- from taxes and fees in the 2020-21 budget people indoors, South Carolina could see a their grazing. There was no ing to squeeze through a 14- year; budget analysts said this week that fall surge in cases, health department offi- hint of Florida’s heavy humid- foot gate all at once. Once they they don’t expect to see any of that extra cials have warned. In the last two weeks, ity and heat, just a cool damp- all got through, the youngest cash anymore. State economists also say the rolling number of daily new cases has ness that seemed to rise from (me) swung off his horse and employment rates likely won’t return to increased 13.9%, from 1,019 to 1,161 new the ground. closed the gate. I remounted, where they were in February until 2022. cases, per data from Johns Hopkins Univer- Steve went left, and I went and then we pushed about half As of September, the state unemployment sity. right to circle around a bunch to the pens. We would get the of cows off in the Heflin block. rest of them later. We would have to move them Those mornings on horse- about a mile toward the pens. back felt so good: the quiet, the One by one, the cows lifted beauty, the sense of purpose. their heads from their morn- It was the kind of work a man Eta soaks Florida, races to Atlantic ing graze, eyeing us suspi- could take pleasure in. The ciously but not yet moving. My work seemed almost holy. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tropical collapsed bridge, said Sandy LaCourte, a me- horse jumped over a full Maybe it was. Storm Eta dumped blustery rain across teorologist with the National Weather Ser- drainage ditch where I saw In that most beloved Psalm, north Florida after landfall Thursday morn- vice in Greenville, South Carolina. two baby alligators in search we are told, “The LORD is my ing north of the heavily populated Tampa “It’s unfortunately been a tough day for of their morning meal. shepherd…” Shepherd and Bay area and then sped out into the Atlantic the Carolinas today,” LaCourte said. I had made the circle and cowboy are not the same off the neighboring coasts of Georgia and Earlier, Eta slogged ashore near Cedar now started to ride up behind thing, but close. I can picture the Carolinas. Key, Florida, before moving northeast across the cattle. They began to move the Lord out in the morning, Some flooding was reported but no major the state, according to the National Weather in the desired direction, moo- pushing all the sheep he loves damage, though one death in Florida was Service in Miami. The storm emerged into ing to each other. Calves to the pen, chasing the strays, linked to the storm. Atlantic waters early Thursday afternoon sought the sides of their keeping the flock moving. Some parts of the Carolinas saw three to and was forecast to pass just offshore of mamas, the herd slowly gath- What I know for sure is this: seven inches of rainfall by Thursday after- South Carolina and North Carolina as it ering. An old bull stubbornly He wants you to be in his noon because of a combination of moisture races up the Southeast seaboard through refused to move; Steve cracked flock, moving in his direction. carried by the cold front that pushed Eta this morning. his bullwhip over the bull’s The Rev. Dr. Clay Smith is the across Florida and moisture from the Gulf Although it was not the most powerful back, and he got the message. lead pastor of Alice Drive of Mexico brought in by the tropical sys- storm to hit the U.S. this year, Eta still had Ponderously he moved to join Bapist Church in Sumter. tem. broad impact across the Tampa Bay region, the herd, grunting his displea- Email him at claysmith@adbc. That’s led to flash flooding, multiple water which is home to more than 3.5 million peo- sure. org. rescues and road closures and at least one ple across five coastal counties. The sun had risen by now, bringing not warmth but the real heat of an early summer Florida day. The cattle were moving in the right direction, GOLD Criminal Defense headed toward the barbed- wire gap we had opened. This PAYING TOP I represent persons accused of crimes in State and Federal was always the tricky part: keep the cattle moving with- DOLLAR Courts, and those facing DUI and other traffic charges in out them stampeding through Magistrate and Municipal Courts. the fence. They were coopera- tive that morning, moving through the gap. My experience as a criminal defense lawyer for the last We had to gather them after 22 years, preceded by 24 years as a career prosecutor and they made their way into the elected Solicitor, give me an understanding of cases from the perspective of both sides.

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children’s Christmas program CHURCH NEWS will be held at 7 p.m. followed H.L. Hunley topic by the annual Christmas tree Aldersgate United Methodist gift exchange and a visit from Church, 211 Alice Drive, an- Santa. at Genealogical nounces: * Sunday, Dec. 20 — The adult * Thursday, Dec. 3 — Blood choir will present “The Light of drive from 2 to 6 p.m. Christmas” at 11 a.m. The Hopewell Missionary Baptist church will host a community- Society meeting Church, 3285 Peach Orchard wide Christmas caroling at 5 Road, Dalzell, announces: p.m. * Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021 — The BY IVY MOORE * Saturday — A celebratory pa- rade for the 14th pastoral anni- church will host Christian vo- Arts and culture contributor versary of the Rev. Richard and calist, songwriter, speaker and Marilyn Addison will be held at author Dawn Smith Jordan (www.dawnsmithjordan.com) The Sumter County Genealogical Society 1:45 p.m. starting from 3035 in concert at 6:30 p.m. Dawn will return to Swan Lake Presbyterian Peach Orchard Road. Everyone needs to be in line by 1:30 p.m. committed her life to ministry Church on Monday for a program on the as a junior in high school and H.L. Hunley. PHOTO PROVIDED Please wear masks and main- tain social distancing. has been in ministry full-time The 7:30 p.m. meeting in the church’s fel- Camden native Stoney Hilton will present a pro- since 1987. In 1986, she was lowship hall will feature a program by Cam- gram on the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley Knitting Hearts Community Minis- Miss South Carolina and sec- try, which meets at Bethesda ond runner up to Miss America. den native Stoney Hilton. at Monday’s meeting of the Sumter County Genea- Church of God, 2730 Broad St., The Hunley was the first submarine to logical Society. He served as a docent for 10 years She is well-known for sharing announces: her story of triumph over trag- complete a combat mission successfully by at the Hunley Laboratory in Charleston, as well as * Saturday — Knitting Hearts edy following the murder of sinking the USS Housatonic on Feb. 17, 1864. at the S.C. State Museum. He is the great-grandson will meet from 9:45 a.m. to her sister, Shari, in 1985, for The submarine disappeared mysteriously of four Confederate generals and a longtime noon. Yaneisy del Corral will which a movie was made. A upon sinking the Housatonic, to be found member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. speak on “Prevention vs. Inter- love offering will be received. and recovered more than 100 years later. It vention — Raising Up A Gener- Refreshments and a chance to was restored and is currently on display in ered submarine. ation Set Apart for Christ.” Find meet Dawn will follow the con- Charleston. The public is invited to attend Monday’s the group on Facebook or visit cert. Hilton is the great-grandson of four Con- meeting at 912 Haynsworth St. The society knittingheartsministry.word- * Admission to all events is federate generals, a 29-year member of the will observe social distancing practice and press.com. free, and all are welcome. A Sons of the Confederacy and a past com- asks attendees to wear face masks. Masks Pinewood Baptist Church, 10 E. nursery will be provided. For mander of the Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw will be provided for anyone needing one. Fulton St., Pinewood, announc- more information, call (803) es: 452-5373 or visit the website at Camp #82. In addition, he served for 10 years The Sumter County Genealogical Society www.pinewoodbaptist.org. as a docent for the Confederate Submarine meets monthly from September through * Tuesday, Nov. 24 — The Providence Baptist Church, 2445 H.L. Hunley Laboratory in Charleston. He May. Admission is free to the public, who church will host a community Thanksgiving service at 6:30 Old Manning Road, announces: also served as a docent at the S.C. State Mu- may join at the meetings. Membership in- p.m. There will be special seum in Columbia. cludes four newsletters during the year and * Sunday, Nov. 15 — Operation music, and a nursery will be Christmas Child Shoebox dedi- A retired chief petty officer in the U.S. free use of the Sumter County Genealogical provided. cation service at 10:30 a.m. in Navy Submarine Service, Hilton is a Society Research Center. Annual dues are * Sunday, Dec. 13 — The adult the sanctuary. graduate of the U.S. Naval School of Nu- $30 for an individual membership and $35 choir will present “The Light of Social distancing is observed clear Engineering and served on the USS for a family. Call the Society’s Research Cen- Christmas” at 6 p.m. at all meetings. For details, call Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-pow- ter for more information at (803) 774-3901. * Wednesday, Dec. 16 — The (803) 481-9688. 7ƖƏƜƙ<Ɲƣ 7Ɲ2ƣƠ6ƞƝƜơƝƠơ WORSHIP DIREC ORY

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH We could all use an escape. Viewers in search of a tran- scendent experience should seek out the documentary “Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds,” streaming on Apple TV+. Filmmaker Werner Her- zog (“Grizzly Man”) joins di- rector and scientist Clive Op- penheimer (“Into the Infer- no”) to present a long medita- tion on meteorites, asteroids and other space debris that have battered our planet over the past few billion years, as well as the lasting cultural and spiritual impact of these visitors. Known for his supporting role in “The Mandalorian,” Herzog narrates in his pon- derous Bavarian accent, an effect that imbues every mo- ment with an atmosphere of seriousness bordering on the whimsical. The film visits shrines and scientists all over the globe, offering a series of intense encounters that range from the strange to the quirky and profound. 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Copyright 2020 local indigenous artists. They ries strain to provide an al- can watch its programming United Feature Syndicate visit the site of a meteorite ternative to the supernatural. through Prime. I hope that all SERIES NOTES crash in France in 1492 that “Fireball” has little problem makes sense! An aunt’s perspective on many saw as a divine symbol synthesizing the worlds of “MacGyver” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV- and an endorsement of the scientific rigor and spiritual TONIGHT’S OTHER 14) * A new spin on fitness on royal regime. 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College Football College Football Wisconsin at Michigan. From Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich. (N) (Live) ABC Columbia American Ninja Warrior “Philadelphia WOLO 9 5 12 Scoreboard (N) News at 11 (N) Qualifier” Competitors in Philadelphia. (Live) (Part 2 of 2) Frankie Drake Mysteries “Emancipation Father Brown “The Tower of Lost Souls” Shakespeare and Hathaway -- Private Death in Paradise “The Perfect” The Austin City Limits Singer-songwriter Bluegrass Under- WRJA ; 11 14 Day” A civil rights activist hires the team. A dark secret at Helmsley House. Investigators “The Chimes at Midnight” murder of a volleyball player. Jackie Venson. (N) ground “Keb’ Mo”’ Frank and Lu investigate a death. (4:00) College Foot- FOX College College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) PBC Fight Camp PBC Collection WACH Y 6 6 ball Teams TBA. (N) Football Extra (N) From Jan. 20, 2018. (Live) (Live) Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Dateline “Final Curtain” A bride-to-be Dateline “Evil Intent” A young woman fails Dateline “Silent Witness” A young woman Dateline “Suspicion” Neighbors mix busi- Dateline A rookie WKTC Ø 4 22 Mandy tries to get “Renaming Boyd’s mixed up in a murder plot. to show up for work. is found dead in a field. ness with pleasure. detective reopens a good grades. School” cold case. CABLE CHANNELS Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars (:01) Storage Wars (:32) Storage Wars (:04) Storage Wars (:34) Storage Wars (12:03) Storage A&E 46 130 “Father Bids Best” “Auctions Arriba!” Wars (4:52) ››› “My ››› “Twister” (1996, Action) Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes. Storm chasers race to test a new Eli Roth’s History of Horror Films that ›› “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later” (1998, Horror) Jamie Lee AMC 48 180 Cousin Vinny” tornado-monitoring device. smash the walls of horror. Curtis, Adam Arkin, Josh Hartnett. ANPL 41 100 Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet (N) Mega Zoo (N) The Secret Life of the Zoo (N) Dr. Jeff: RMV (6:00) ›› “The Best Man Holiday” (2013, Comedy-Drama) Morris Chestnut, Taye ›› “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?” (2010, Comedy-Drama) Tyler Perry, Sharon Leal, Janet Jackson. Four couples “Tyler Perry’s BET 61 162 Diggs. Longtime friends reunite over the Christmas holidays. struggle with the challenges of married life. Temptation” (:10) ››› “Shrek” (2001, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy. Animated. (:15) ››› “Shrek” (2001, Children’s) Voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz. Animated. A (:20) Chrisley (11:51) Chrisley BRAVO 47 181 A monster and a donkey make a deal with a mean lord. monster and a donkey make a deal with a mean lord. Knows Best Knows Best CNBC 35 84 Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition Undercover Boss Undercover Boss Undercover Boss “Associa” Undercover Boss Undercover Boss CNN 3 80 The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer First Ladies Eleanor Roosevelt’s marriage. CNN Special Program (5:30) ››› “Superbad” (2007, Comedy) ›› “We’re the Millers” (2013, Comedy) Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Will Poulter. A dealer goes to ››› “Superbad” (2007, Comedy) Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz- COM 57 136 Jonah Hill, Michael Cera. Mexico with a fake family to score drugs. Plasse. Co-dependent teens hope to score booze and babes at a party. Gabby Duran & the Gabby Duran & the Big City Greens Big City Greens Big City Greens Big City Greens LEGO Marvel Big City Greens Bunk’d Bunk’d Jessie DISN 18 200 Unsittables Unsittables Avengers: Climate DSC 42 103 Building Off the Grid “Volcano Home” Building Off the Grid: Nature’s Wrath Geodesic home in Tennessee. (N) Building Off the Grid Building Off the Grid Off the Grid ESPN 26 35 College Football Arkansas at Florida. From Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. (N) (Live) Boxing Terence Crawford vs. Kell Brook. (N) (Live) ESPN2 27 39 College Football SMU at Tulsa. From H.A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Okla. (N) (Live) Scoreboard College Football Teams TBA. (N) (Live) FOOD 40 109 Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Santa’s Baking Blizzard Santa’s Baking Blizzard Santa’s Baking Blizzard Santa’s Baking Blizzard Santa’s FOXN 37 90 Life, Liberty & Levin Watters’ World (N) Justice With Judge Jeanine (N) The Greg Gutfeld Show (N) Watters’ World Justice Judge (6:45) ››› “Home Alone” (1990, Children’s) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel (:15) ›› “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” (1992, Children’s) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern. Kevin ends up in New (11:55) › “Deck the FREE 20 131 Stern. A left-behind boy battles two burglars in the house. York when he boards the wrong plane. Halls” FSS 21 47 Women’s College Soccer Oklahoma State at Oklahoma. Fight Sports: Boxing InsidetheAssociation College Football (6:00) “Christmas With the Darlings” “Christmas in Vienna” (2020, Romance) Sarah Drew, Brennan Elliott, Alina Fritsch. “Jingle Bell Bride” (2020, Romance) Julie Gonzalo, Ronnie Rowe Jr., BJ Harrison. A “Most Wonderful HALL 52 183 (2020) Katrina Law, Carlo Marks. Premiere. A dispirited concert violinist finds inspiration in Vienna. wedding planner finds romance with a local in Alaska. Time of Year” HGTV 39 112 Property Brothers: Forever Home Should I Stay or Go “Episode 5” (N) Should I Stay or Go “Episode 6” (N) Love It or List It (DVS) Love It or List It “A One Story Story” I Stay or Go HIST 45 110 (6:00) The Curse of Oak Island: Digging Deeper “Hold on to Your Seats” (N) History’s Greatest Mysteries (Series Premiere) Where Cooper landed. (N) (:05) The Curse of Oak Island: Digging Deeper (N) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit DDA Law & Order: Special Victims Unit A Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Wom- Law & Order: Spe- ION 13 18 “Totem” A girl is murdered. Jonah Dekker defends his cousin. baby is found on a playground. “Delinquent” an involved in a rape case is killed. cial Victims Unit (6:00) “Christmas on the Vine” (2020, “Christmas on Wheels” (2020, Drama) Tiya Sircar, Michael Xavier. Premiere. Ashley (:03) “A Very Charming Christmas Town” (2020, Drama) Natalie Hall, Jon Prescott, (12:01) “Christmas LIFE 50 145 Drama) Julianna Guill, Jon Cor. tries to find her mom’s convertible that was sold. Kelley Jakle. Aubrey Lang visits Slovang for a Christmas vlog. on Wheels” (2020) MSNBC 36 92 Voices-Alicia Menendez The Week With Joshua Johnson (N) The Week With Joshua Johnson (N) Voices-Alicia Menendez The Week With Joshua Johnson Week-Johnson NICK 16 210 The Astronauts Danger Force (N) Side Hustle (N) The Substitute (N) Unleashed Friends Friends Friends (:35) Friends (12:10) Friends PARMT 64 153 (6:00) › “Grown Ups” (2010) Adam Sandler. › “Grown Ups 2” (2013) Adam Sandler. Lenny Feder and his family relocate back to his hometown. ››› “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” (2008) Jason Segel. (5:30) ›› “The Last ›› “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” (2006) Lucas Black, Zachery Ty Bryan. (:45) ›› “Fast & Furious” (2009, Action) Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez. Fugitive Dom Toretto (12:12) Futurama SYFY 58 152 Witch Hunter” An American street racer takes on a Japanese champion. (DVS) and Brian O’Conner resume a feud in Los Angeles. (DVS) (6:15) ››› “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017, Action) Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston. Thor The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang The Big Bang Full Frontal With ›› “Just Like Heaven” (2005) Reese TBS 24 156 must battle the mighty Hulk and the all-powerful Hela. (DVS) Theory Theory Theory Theory Samantha Bee Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo. (6:00) ›› “The Gumball Rally” (1976) ››› “Ball of Fire” (1941, Comedy) Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Dana Andrews. ››› “Brother Orchid” (1940, Crime Drama) Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart. › “Fear” (1946) TCM 49 186 Michael Sarrazin, Tim McIntire. A nightclub singer helps a scholar research American slang. A gangster hides out in a monastery and learns about life. TLC 43 157 The Family Chantel The Family Chantel The Family Chantel The Family Chantel “Sister Act” The Family Chantel Family Chantel (6:00) ›› “Life of the Party” (2018, ›› “27 Dresses” (2008, Romance-Comedy) Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman. A perpetual ››› “Wedding Crashers” (2005, Comedy) Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn. Partygoers TNT 23 158 Comedy) Melissa McCarthy. (DVS) bridesmaid balks at being in her sister’s upcoming wedding. spend a wild weekend with a politician’s family. (DVS) TRUTV 38 129 Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers Impractical Jokers TV LAND 55 161 Two and Half Men Two and Half Men Two and Half Men (:45) Two and a Half Men Two and Half Men Two and Half Men Two and Half Men Two and Half Men Two and Half Men Two and Half Men (6:00) ››› “John Wick: Chapter 2” (2017, Action) Keanu ››› “Doctor Strange” (2016, Action) Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams. The (:03) Modern Fami- (:33) Modern Fami- (12:03) Modern USA 25 132 Reeves, Common, Laurence Fishburne. (DVS) Ancient One introduces Dr. Stephen Strange to magic. (DVS) ly “The Cover-Up” ly (DVS) Family “The Party” WE 68 166 Criminal Minds “The Big Game” Criminal Minds “Revelations” Criminal Minds “Minimal Loss” Criminal Minds “Mosley Lane” Criminal Minds “Solitary Man” Criminal Minds WGNA 8 172 Blue Bloods (DVS) NewsNation (N) (Live) NewsNation (N) (Live) NewsNation (N) (Live) NewsNation NewsNation Weekend TV reevaluates 3 icons of the 1980s BY KEVIN McDONOUGH Curiously, this week’s reevaluation How do you take the luster off of a of Thatcher and Reagan coincides saint? How about three? with an exhaustive Vatican report on This is shaping up to be an interest- an abuse scandal involving Cardinal ing period for reevaluating 1980s hagi- Theodore McCarrick, a study that ography. cast dark shadows on the reputation On Sunday, “The Crown” enters its of Pope John Paul II, another icon of long-anticipated fourth season on Net- the 1980s. flix. While many viewers hotly antici- • Laurence Fishburne hosts “Histo- pate the series’ treatment of the ry’s Greatest Mysteries” (9 p.m. Satur- Charles and Diana melodrama, a day, History). The series examines great deal of the action involves the stories from the legendary fugitive Queen’s (Olivia Colman) relationship D.B. Cooper to the Titanic, decades of with Prime Minister Margaret muddled malarky about Roswell and Thatcher, portrayed by Gillian Ander- the story of Lincoln assassin John son (“The Fall,” “The X-Files”). Wilkes Booth, one of the most writ- It’s hardly a spoiler to reveal that ten-about figures in American histo- “The Crown” does not trade in “Iron ry. Lady” cliches, a treatment that both Made available for review, the epi- humanizes Thatcher and reveals an sode concerning D.B. Cooper offers an ideologue radically indifferent to the exhaustive review of agreed-upon human cost of her policies. Over the facts about a shadowy figure who course of the season, she emerges as parachuted from a Boeing 727 in 1971 a woman both decisive and emotional- with more than a million dollars in ly vulnerable, and an outsider who cash on his person. We retrace his was eventually eased out by her own steps and learn about his skills as an party, in a delicate dance of back- aviator and are repeatedly reminded COURTESY OF EVERETT COLLECTION / SHOWTIME stabbing and betrayal that would in- of advancements in DNA technology Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan cut their wedding cake on March 4, 1952, with Bren- spire the original BBC miniseries since Cooper’s disappearance. da Marshall, far left, and William Holden, far right, in attendance. “The Hollywood Myth “House of Cards.” Despite the title, there’s not much Machine,” the first episode of the four-part docuseries “The Reagans,” airs at 8 p.m. Sun- Sunday night, the four-part docuse- “History” here. This is basically a day on Showtime. ries “The Reagans” (8 p.m., TV-PG, variation on Robert Stack’s “Unsolved Showtime) offers a wealth of period Mysteries,” a series already rebooted footage and new interviews with Rea- on Netflix. (8 p.m., Hallmark, TV-G). • A memorable road trip on “Fargo” gan friends and confidantes from • The product of a first-time film- • Robert Downey Jr. stars in the (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA). Gen. Colin Powell to James Baker as maker far too close to the story, “Mur- poorly received 2020 children’s book well as the president’s son and name- der on Middle Beach” (10 p.m. Sunday, adaptation “Dolittle” (8 p.m., HBO). CULT CHOICE sake, Ron Reagan Jr. HBO, TV-MA) documents Madison Space Station cosmonauts lose all The first part, “The Hollywood Hamburg’s efforts to find out who SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS sense of reality in the visionary 1972 Myth Machine,” accentuates Reagan’s murdered his mother in 2010. • Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., Soviet science fiction fantasy “Solaris” gift for storytelling and how he came After her body was found in the CBS): an interview with President (2 a.m. early Monday, TCM, TV-14). to blend fact and fiction in ways that backyard of her Connecticut home, Barack Obama; police reform in East best suited his advancement. Having suspicion immediately fell upon her St. Louis, Illinois. SATURDAY SERIES spent decades spinning “yarns” as estranged ex-husband, who owed her • Ryan Seacrest hosts “iHeartRadio Petty officers beware on “NCIS: Los both a baseball radio announcer and hundreds of thousands in alimony Music Festival Night 2 2020” (8 p.m., Angeles” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * as a Hollywood star, the blending of and child support. A former corporate CW, TV-PG). “American Ninja Warrior” (8 p.m., NBC, ballyhoo with “reality” became sec- executive with a checkered past and a • No refuge for a gossip on “The r, TV-PG) * Jury selection on “Bull” (9 ond nature. shadowy present involving multiple Trouble With Maggie Cole” (8 p.m., PBS, p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * A vintage help- “Reagans” does not set out to deni- passports and foreign travel, he was TV-14, check local listings). ing of “Saturday Night Live” (10 p.m., grate the president, but demystify questioned by local police but never • A time traveler from 1903 arrives NBC, r, TV-14). him. Forty years after his election, his charged. As Hamburg’s nonlinear during the holidays and gets to expe- son projects a bemused amazement search continues, we discover more rience a 2020 Christmas in the fantasy SUNDAY SERIES that somebody as “strange” as his fa- about his mother’s troubled life as “A Timeless Christmas” (8 p.m., Hall- “Football Night in America” (7 p.m., ther could be elected president. Seri- well as his own emotional unraveling. mark, TV-G). NBC, TV-14) * A petty officer faces ous advisers learned to use his “Hol- His seemingly naive efforts to keep • A young Alaska newspaper owner justice on “NCIS: Los Angeles” (8 p.m., lywood” habits to advance policies channels of communication open to puts the accent on the holidays in the CBS, TV-14) * Grandpa stands accused and soon discovered that their boss all parties — from his father to the po- 2020 romance “The Christmas Edition” (8 on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) needed serious stage managing to lice — both muddy the narration and p.m., Lifetime, TV-G). * “Supermarket Sweep” (8 p.m., ABC, avoid problems. “We learned to pro- become an essential part of the series’ • The Patriots host the Ravens in TV-PG) * Tall tales on “Bless the Harts” tect him from himself,” observes Pow- allure. NFL action (8:30 p.m., NBC). (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * Rita’s return ell. • As his reputation goes south, Peter on “NCIS: New Orleans” (9 p.m., CBS, Reagan made no secret that he was SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS moves forward on “Roadkill” on “Mas- TV-14) * Going belly up on “Bob’s Burg- performing and told interviewers and • College football action includes Ore- terpiece” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-14, check ers” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) * “Who Wants biographers that he did not under- gon at Washington State (7 p.m., Fox) local listings). to Be a Millionaire” (9 p.m., ABC, TV- stand how anybody who wasn’t an and Wisconsin at Michigan (7:30 p.m., • Kristin Chenoweth hosts a new PG) * Meg’s whirlwind romance on actor could do the job. For a president ABC). confectionary contest “Candy Land” (9 “Family Guy” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) * revered as one of history’s most pow- • A woman sets out to retrieve a vin- p.m., Food, TV-G). Back to the slab on “NCIS” (10 p.m., erful and consequential, Reagan left tage car full of memories in the 2020 • Franklin spares no expense on CBS, r, TV-PG) * “Card Sharks” (10 p.m., many of his decisions to the two most holiday romance “Christmas on Wheels” “The Undoing” (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA). ABC, TV-PG). powerful people in his life, studio (8 p.m., Lifetime, TV-G). • Brown’s last stand on the series fi- chief Jack Warner and his second • A violinist frets over the holiday in nale of “The Good Lord Bird” (9 p.m., Copyright 2020 wife and first lady, Nancy Reagan. the 2020 romance “Christmas in Vienna” Showtime, TV-MA). United Feature Syndicate A8 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 LOCAL THE SUMTER ITEM

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COMMENTARY Biden and McConnell: Custodians of the Senate ASHINGTON — It is accommodation to the post-2016 reali- either party. In 1970, Mansfield made a And if McConnell could convince counterintuitive but true: ty he has loathed. His chilly comments Senate rule that has enabled behavior Biden to make his administration’s Joe Biden would benefit on President Trump’s resistance to that has damaged the institution and first significant proposal something — Wfrom Republican control post-election reality (Trump is “within embittered national politics. He creat- say, infrastructure — that has low ide- of the Senate. And Mitch McConnell, his rights” to “look into” allegations ed the “two-track” system, whereby ological salience, involves splitable dif- by modulating senatorial strife, can of voting irregularities) reflect only the Senate can set aside a filibustered ferences and includes something for secure his status among America’s this: Preservation of McConnell’s Sen- bill and proceed to other matters. everyone. This could nourish a revival most accomplished legislators and ate majority depends Hitherto, filibusters had to hold the of neglected senatorial norms and po- most consequential conservatives. on many Trump vot- floor, testing their stamina but incon- litical mores that have atrophied dur- A Republican-controlled Senate ers in Georgia’s two veniencing the majority, thereby in- ing recent decades, which could turn could insulate Biden from progressive senatorial runoffs centivizing accommodation of the mi- down the political thermostat and pressures to waste time and squander Jan. 5. nority’s concerns. wean Washington from its addiction to public support by pursuing causes Soon, however, Mc- The two-track system incites pro- the gesture-politics of virtue-signaling that are certain to fail and/or offend Connell can turn to miscuous filibustering and erases the to inflame the parties’ most fervid temperate Americans. These causes restoring constitu- implicit principle — rules that lubri- members. include packing an enlarged Supreme tional equilibrium be- cate civility often are uncodified — McConnell’s skills and tenacity Court, packing the Senate by state- George tween the legislative that extraordinary majorities should have made him the most important hood for the District of Columbia and Will and executive branch- be required only for extraordinary Republican since Ronald Reagan. He Puerto Rico, abolition of the electoral es. Moderated Senate matters. The Constitution does this by is securely in the pantheon of con- college, abolition of the filibuster, abo- behavior would be a requiring super majorities for propos- gressional, and national, history, lition of right-to-work laws, abolition radiating balm for the nation and ing constitutional amendments, over- partly because, unlike many senators of secret ballots in unionization elec- would restore Congress as a counter- riding vetoes and ratifying treaties. — most conspicuously, Henry Clay, tions (replaced by “card check”), etc. balance to the overbearing modern Trivialized filibusters — effectively, who McConnell has surpassed as the Dealt a hand he despised by the 2016 presidency. a 60-vote requirement for too many most illustrious Kentuckian — McCo- election, McConnell has concentrated No president has had as much con- things — have fueled the clamor for nnell has never had presidential aspi- on the Senate’s advice-and-consent gressional experience as Biden. (Ger- something neither Biden nor McCon- rations. Perhaps those were preclud- role in filling the most important ap- ald Ford and Lyndon B. Johnson each nell desires: abolition of the filibuster, ed because of his (this from National pointive offices. Thirty percent of all had 24 years, 12 fewer than Biden.) which would make the Senate even Review) “owlish, tight-lipped public circuit judges — 53 of them — have Biden became a 30-year-old senator in less deliberative and more acrimoni- demeanor reminiscent of George been confirmed in the past four years. 1973. Twenty-two-year-old McConnell ous. But rather than repealing Mans- Will.” Whatever. His seventh term — For the first time in four decades, worked as a Senate intern and later on field’s mistake, it would be wholesome only six of 1,984 senators have com- there are no empty seats on appellate a senator’s staff before being elected if McConnell and Biden could have re- pleted 42 years — will be his apogee if benches (other than Amy Coney Bar- in 1984. With a combined 72 Senate course, as seasoned professionals do, he applies his professionalism to the rett’s). Chief Justice John Marshall years (so far), Biden and McConnell to implicit understandings. task of making the institution he re- extended the influence of President are custodians of the Senate’s institu- It could be transformative if they veres function civilly as a counterbal- John Adams, who selected him, 34 tional memory. could tacitly agree that post-1970 fili- ance to the power center 16 blocks years beyond Adams’ term. Portions Already the longest-serving Republi- bustering has become injurious. If away. of the judiciary McConnell has shaped can leader, McConnell in 2023 will McConnell could get Biden to join him will be serving in 2050. pass Montana Democrat Mike Mans- in encouraging all senators to rethink George Will’s email address is Today it is painful to watch his final field as the longest-serving leader of recent norms governing filibustering. [email protected]. LETTER TO THE EDITOR HASTIE SHOULD LEAD CITY OF SUMTER AS MAYOR

City of Sumter residents because both mayoral candi- were blessed to have outstand- dates are qualified, eager and ing choices for the Nov. 5 non- ready to serve all the interests partisan mayoral election — of Sumter. women and men; persons of A choice must be made. Per- color, white and other than haps the voice of a prophet will white; and candidates with di- speak to you as the familiar rect governing experience, or verse Micah 6:8 speaks to me. without. The LORD “has shown you, It was a race well run by O man, what is good; and what candidates well spoken and does the LORD require of you certainly well intended. When but to do justice, and to love the day was done, the large kindness, and to walk humbly field had split the vote. Two with your GOD?” candidates remained for the After 20 years of leadership Nov. 17 run-off election next under Mayor McElveen, Sum- week. ter has a chance to do justice I urge you to vote, if you are and part the waters for Calvin eligible. That’s like paying our Hastie to lead, asking the respects to Calvin Hastie and younger of the candidates, David Merchant, and we owe David Merchant, to wait his that to them and to ourselves. turn. COMMENTARY But which will it be? I’ve JODY P. FOSTER been brooding on that question Sumter Keep Thanksgiving, family and friends alive THANK YOU TO ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN WARD 2 oe Biden or Donald whom I have known for with people all through I would like to take the time ing my campaign. I would like Trump will never many years take as strong school, sang in choirs, to show gratitude and appreci- to thank my business partner, visit me in my home, or stronger stance than I’ve danced with friends, prayed ation for everyone who played Mr. Derrick Rhame of the Jstand beside me at taken. The distance between and wept with people at hos- a positive role in my first of Sumter Black Chamber of the funeral home or dance at us has grown farther and pitals and funerals, baptized many political campaigns. Commerce, for volunteering my wedding. I will not be re- the climate colder. Acquain- thousands of young and old The bonds I’ve made with so numerous hours into my cam- ceiving any calls from either tances, life friends, school people alike. I’m not going to many citizens in Ward 2 is the paign. I would like to thank all of them to pray for me dur- buddies and even family. throw these people in the best part of it all. Although I the donors who volunteered ing sickness or to check on Both of our candidates lake or smash somebody’s will not serve on city council time and/or resources to my how my have campaigned in their car. I am not going to try to for this term, I will continue first campaign. children own and different ways. The destroy somebody’s business to be a public servant and will Most importantly, I’d like to are doing. I issues have been heatedly or life for Joe Biden or Don- always lend a helping hand thank the voters who are probably debated and argued. As a na- ald Trump. Nor will I attend when necessary. ready to fight to preserve the will never tion, we have stressed our- any Thanksgiving or other I would like to thank my culture of our community sit in a selves to the max over these holiday meals refusing to be grandfather Carl Holmes Sr. along with me by “Bringing room with political candidates. And, civil and gracious because for first introducing me to poli- the Best Out of the West.” them to while our vision for our na- of opposing political feelings tics at an early age. I would Until my next campaign, visit, laugh tion has not changed or our and beliefs in the room. Why like to thank Mr. Eugene Baten join me on the Ward 2 Satur- Glenn and tell love and support for our pre- would any of us? For Joe of the Sumter County Council day community cleanup litter Mollette funny sto- ferred candidate has proba- Biden or Donald Trump? and Ms. Lottie Spencer of the days. We are still in effect, ries or just bly not dwindled, we must I refuse to let this election Sumter Branch NAACP for (803) 406-6377. to hang out make a concerted effort to kill Thanksgiving or any of providing mentorship for me ELAYNE BRUNSON over a cup of coffee. I do not keep friends, family and the the friendships and relation- during my teen and adult Ward 2 community personally know either one. hopes and spirit of Thanks- ships that I share with real years and most recently dur- activist, Sumter I welcome the opportunity to giving alive. people in my life. Life, our visit with either of them but As strongly as I feel about friendships, our relationship doubt it will happen. our nation and our leader- with God and the personal EDITORIAL PAGE POLICIES I feel like I know them be- ship, I will not throw my work and service of being a cause I have seen them on friends and loved ones under good human being are most EDITORIALS represent the views of They should be no more than 350 TV my entire life and heard the bus. My father was a Re- important to me. the owners of this newspaper. words and sent via e-mail to letters@ them speak. I have been publican, and my mother Thanksgiving season is COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY theitem.com, dropped off at The very emotional about them was a Democrat. They both here. Life doesn’t always go Sumter Item office, 36 W. Liberty St. these last few months and voted, and life went on. They our way, but we all have a lot are the personal opinion of the writer felt very convicted about my were married for over 60 to be thankful for this year. whose byline appears. Columns from or mailed to The Sumter Item, P.O. vote. I have written words, years. They did pretty well. Keep this good season alive readers should be typed, double- Box 1677, Sumter, S.C. 29151, along spoken words and stood on They didn’t divorce over an with gratitude. Most of all, spaced and no more than 850 words. with the full name of the writer, plus the firing line for my candi- election or politics. I do not extend Thanksgiving to all Send them to The Sumter Item, an address and telephone number date. Most importantly, I remember them even argu- others. If it’s not reciprocat- for verification purposes only. Letters voted. I have also received ing about an election. ed, then it’s on them. Keep Opinion Pages, P.O. Box 1677, my share of emails and real This election was impor- Thanksgiving alive in your Sumter, S.C. 29151, or email to that exceed 350 words will be cut mail from people just as ada- tant to all of us, but I’m not heart. [email protected]. accordingly in the print edition, but mant about their candidate, going to stab my mother in available in their entirety at www. often expressed in very col- the back or cut my father’s Contact Glenn Mollette at LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are theitem.com. orful words. throat for Joe Biden or Don- [email protected] or learn written by readers of the newspaper. Sadly, over the last few ald Trump. By the same more at www.glennmollette. months, I have seen people token, I have played sports com. A10 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM

AROUND TOWN Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 ter. Santa will visit on Sun- WEATHER EDITOR’S NOTE: Please day with 5x7 photos avail- note that due to the threat able for $5 each from Tiffa- ® of COVID-19, some events ny Davis Photography. AccuWeather ve-day forecast for Sumter may be cancelled or resched- Among the more than 40 uled unexpectedly. participating vendors will TODAY TONIGHT SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY The Carolina Coin Club will be Ann Huffmans Tupper- meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, ware, Bella & Bailey Cre- Nov. 17, at the pavilion ations, Catfish Willy’s Sea- building of Patriot Park. sonings, Country Girl Crafts, COVID-19 rules of face Dan’s Woodworks, Gourds Clouds giving way Mainly clear Times of clouds and Mostly sunny and Sunshine Plenty of sunshine masks and social distanc- & More, Kettle Corn, Mar- to some sun sun pleasant ing will be observed. Call ty’s Pyrographic Designs, (803) 775-8840. Pampered Chef products 76° 50° 69° / 51° 78° / 48° 65° / 38° 61° / 38° and many, many more. Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 0% Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 25% Chance of rain: 5% Chance of rain: 0% The 10th Annual Silver Bells There will be something Arts and Craft Show will be available for each person NW 6-12 mph NNE 4-8 mph ENE 6-12 mph SSW 6-12 mph NW 4-8 mph WNW 4-8 mph held 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, on your Christmas gift list. Nov. 21, and noon-4 p.m. Gaff ney Sunday, Nov. 22, at the Take your family, friends and 75/45 American Legion Building, pets to the Sumter Family YMCA’s annual Turkey Trot 5k Spartanburg 30 S. Artillery Drive. Free Greenville 75/47 parking and free admission. Run/Walk on Thursday, Nov. TODAY’S Please bring a non-perish- 26. Register by Nov. 24 at 75/45 the YMCA or online. Race SOUTH able food item to help sup- Florence port United Ministries. For day registration will begin CAROLINA at 8 a.m. with the race be- Bishopville 74/49 every three food items you 76/50 donate, your name will be ginning at 9 a.m. Call De- WEATHER entered into a drawing for a nise Lewis at (803) 773-1404 Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter or visit www.ymcasumter. $25 gift card. Event will also today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 77/50 76/50 Myrtle help support Kat’s Special org for registration infor- Manning Beach Kneads Small Animal Shel- mation. IN THE MOUNTAINS 78/54 74/54 Today: Mostly sunny and warm. Winds Aiken north-northwest 4-8 mph. 77/52 Saturday: Periods of clouds and sun. Winds east 4-8 mph.

PUBLIC AGENDA ON THE COAST Charleston 78/56 LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Today: Mostly cloudy, but clouds breaking EDITOR’S NOTE: Please BOARD OF TRUSTEES in southern parts. High 74 to 80. note that due to the ongoing Monday, Nov. 16, 6:30 p.m., District Saturday: Clouds and sun. High 69 to 75. COVID-19 pandemic, some Administration Complex, 310 of the following meetings/ Roland St., Bishopville events may be cancelled, re- SUMTER CITY COUNCIL scheduled or held virtually. Tuesday, Nov. 17, 5:30 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. LOCAL ALMANAC LAKE LEVELS SUN AND MOON CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 1 SUMTER THROUGH 2 P.M. YESTERDAY Full 7 a.m. 24-hr Sunrise 6:53 a.m. Sunset 5:19 p.m. CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 Lake pool yest. chg Monday, Nov. 16, 6:30 p.m., district Tuesday, Nov. 17, 5:30 p.m., district Temperature Moonrise 4:48 a.m. Moonset 4:31 p.m. Murray 360 356.33 -0.10 office, 12 S. 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SUMTER SPCA PETS OF THE WEEK FAR LEFT: Layla is a spayed and housebroken 6-month-old shepherd mix. She is great with other dogs and children. Layla is a sweet and active girl who likes treats and running and playing. She would make a great new family addition. LEFT: Sassy is a spayed and housebroken 1-year-old American long hair. She is great with children and other cats. Sassy has a spicy per- sonality but loves affection. She also likes to be a lazy couch potato. The Sumter SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sweet and active, Sunday. Visit the website at www.sumterscspca.com. Layla would be a great Sassy has a spicy new family addition personality, loves af- fection The SPCA relies heavily on community support and donations. Currently, the biggest needs are for dry puppy and kitten food, wet cat food, cat litter and cleaning supplies. The following are also appreciated: Newspapers, stuffed animals, heavy duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger), dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, bleach, paper towels, sheets and comforters, baby blankets, canned dog and cat food, dry dog food, treats, leashes and collars, disinfectant spray, all-purpose cleaner, air freshener, no scratch scrubbers, two-sided sponges for dishes, litter freshener and, of course, monetary donations are also gratefully accepted. SECTIONB FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: [email protected] Lee battles St. John’s Christian for berth in 1A title game

BY DENNIS BRUNSON the state champi- in winning Region II, is com- [email protected] onship game on ing off a game in which it SCISA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS Saturday, No- rushed for 368 yards, 199 of it 3A 1A One thing is certain to hap- vember 21, at 5:30 coming from quarterback Ke- pen on Friday at McCutchen p.m. at Charles- aton Price. He also ran for FIRST ROUND FIRST ROUND Field in Bishopville: the Cava- ton Southern three touchdowns on 23 car- Ben Lippen wins by forfeit over Lee 41, Dorchester 12 First Baptist St. John’s Christian 39, Calhoun 22 liers will win the SCISA 1A RANKIN University’s Buc- ries and completed five of 10 Laurence Manning 27, Heathwood Thomas Heyward 70, Christian football state playoffs semifi- caneer Field in passes for 58 yards and anoth- Hall 14 Academy 8 Hammond 41, Porter-Gaud 13 Dillon Christian 40, Bethesda 28 nal game. North Charles- er score. Augusta Christian 36, Trinity Col- It will just be a matter of de- ton. The winner will face the It was Price’s first heavy legiate 35 SEMIFINALS St. John’s Christian at Lee termining which team of Cav- winner of Friday’s other carry load in a few games as SEMIFINALS Dillon Christian at Thomas Hey- aliers – the Lee Academy Cav- semifinal game between Rankin wanted his senior sig- Ben Lippen at Laurence Manning ward Augusta Christian at Hammond 8-Man aliers or the St. John’s Chris- Thomas Heyward and Dillon nal caller as healthy as possi- 2A tian Cavaliers – will be victori- Christian. ble for the playoffs. FIRST ROUND ous. LA head coach David Price has rushed for 1,294 FIRST ROUND Richard Winn 52, Clarendon Hall 30 Lee brings an 8-3 record Rankin likes where his team yards and 21 touchdowns on Carolina 36, Hilton Head Prep 7 Andrew Jackson Academy 60, Jef- Orangeburg Prep 24, Florence ferson Davis 0 into the contest after beating is going into the contest. 178 carries. He’s completed 61 Christian 22 Holly Hill 58, W.W. King 0 Dorchester Academy 41-12 in “I feel like we’re playing as of 112 passes for 984 yards and Hilton Head Christian 63, Spartan- Laurens Academy 30, Patrick burg Christian 27 Henry 14 their first-round game last good as we can play right eight touchdowns. Pee Dee 49, Beaufort Academy 28 week. SJC is 8-2 after beating now,” Rankin said. “We’re Andrew Hair has rushed for SEMIFINALS SEMIFINALS Andrew Jackson Academy at Rich- Calhoun Academy 39-22 last where we want to be right 542 yards and three scores on Orangeburg Prep at Carolina ard Winn week. now.” Pee Dee at Hilton Head Christian Laurens Academy at Holly Hill The winner will advance to Lee, which went undefeated SEE LEE, PAGE B3 Sumter focusing in on Berkeley in playoff opener

BY DENNIS BRUNSON Sumter’s Keon them and run the ball on [email protected] Brown (3) and them. That’s a problem for the Gamecocks us because that’s what we In what has been an up- will take on like to do. We’ve got to see if side-down season for high Berkeley in the we’re good enough to do it school football in South Car- first round of to them and nobody else was olina due to coronavirus, the 5A state good enough to do it to the reason for going through playoffs on Fri- them.” all of the oddities brought day on Sumter Berkeley actually tied for on by the pandemic is here: Memorial Sta- the Region VIII champion- the playoffs. dium’s Freddie ship with Goose Creek with The South Carolina High Solomon be- a 3-1 record. However, the School League begins its ginning at 7:30 Stags got the No. 2 seed be- playoffs on Friday, and for p.m. cause they lost to Goose Sumter High that means Creek 28-26 in the season Berkeley will be coming to MICAH GREEN / THE opener. SUMTER ITEM Sumter Memorial Stadium’s While BHS has given up 99 Freddie Solomon Field for a points in its last two games first-round game in the 5A – a 42-20 loss to Summerville playoffs. and a 57-32 loss to Fort Gamecocks head coach Dorchester – Barnes is im- Mark Barnes admits he and change, where every play the ball 121 times for 726 it on them, and throw it on pressed with its defense. his staff were still experi- matters and we’re not ex- yards and 14 touchdowns in them when we want to “The other thing that is menting through last Fri- perimenting anymore. five games. That’s an aver- throw it on them,” Barnes impressive is the amount of day’s 28-9 win over Sumter “I keep reiterating this, age of 145.2 yards a game. said. “We’ve got to stay athletes they have on de- School District rival Crest- that this is the first game of- Harris-Waynick didn’t ahead of the sticks.” fense,” he said. “They’ve got wood. That comes to an end fensively where we’re going play against Crestwood as That won’t be an easy task a couple of big guys inside, against the Stags in just laser-focused on, Barnes wanted to give him a against Berkeley, which is they’re big on one side, “The test for us is going to ‘this is what we’re going to week off after averaging ba- 4-3 on the season. quick on the other. be Friday night, where ev- do.’ Our call sheet is actual- sically 25 carries a game “What I’ve seen is that no- They’re a lot like us. erything gets condensed ly getting narrower.” through the first five con- body – and when I say that I Those other seven people down,” said Barnes, whose And, of course, with SHS tests. Keon Brown had 18 mean nobody – nobody runs who play linebacker, outside team goes into the contest a lot of that call sheet will carries for 78 yards in his the ball on them,” Barnes linebacker, DB (defensive with a 6-0 record in the vi- include running the football. stead. said of the Stags. “Nobody’s back), they can all run.” rus-shortened season. “The The focus is Nathan Harris- “We’ve got to run it on lined up and said we’re play calling is going to Waynick, who has carried them when we want to run going to run the ball on SEE SUMTER, PAGE B3 Casey rides the buzz of Masters history to 65 and early lead BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Ga. — No spectators, no roars. Paul Casey still had no problem finding enough en- ergy from the sheer mys- tique of the Masters on Thursday in an opening round that was delayed seven months by a pandem- ic and then nearly three hours by thunderstorms. It carried him to a 7-under 65, matching his DENNIS BRUNSON / THE SUMTER ITEM lowest score at Augusta Na- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thomas Sumter Academy’s Jada Mark, seated on the left, has signed tional and giving him a Paul Casey hits a shot on the seventh fairway during the first with the University of Georgia to compete on its equestrian team. Seat- two-shot lead among those round of the Masters on Friday in Augusta, Georgia. ed next to Mark is her mother, Wendy Nichols. Standing, left to right, are fortunate enough to get in her sister, Madi, and family friend Cary Ready. 18 holes before it was too green jackets, he played his wait caused by COVID-19. dark to continue. first bogey-free round at “I was vocal earlier in the “So many people like my- any major in 11 years and year about not enjoying Thomas Sumter’s Mark to ride self are just excited to play matched his low start at golf in a pandemic,” Casey this,” Casey said. “This is a the Masters with a 68. said. "I didn't know how the treat. It always has been “I put a lot of it together fan-less experience would and always will be a real today,” Woods said, his be and so far, I've not en- for Georgia equestrian team treat.” only regret not making a joyed it. I've had nothing, The autumn Masters few more putts. He finished or very little, to draw on BY DENNIS BRUNSON Mark said. “I didn’t want to brought a different course, with eight pars. from being out playing [email protected] stop my equestrian career just for sure, some of that cour- The biggest crowd — tournament golf. The Mas- to do four years of college. I tesy of the weather. about 100 people in this ters, though, this week it DALZELL – Jada Mark was really interested in con- The downpour that case — was two groups still has a buzz to it. There's began taking horse riding les- tinuing it, and I’m thankful for began about 30 minutes ahead of Woods watching an energy and a little bit of sons when she was four years this opportunity.” after Jack Nicklaus and Bryson DeChambeau vibe. old because she thought it was Mark will be riding Western Gary Player hit their cere- smash shots into trees and “Yes, it's clearly a lot less something she would enjoy. for UGA. Mark is one of the top monial tee shots, coupled one shot into the azaleas than what we're used to. That enjoyment turned into de- reining riders in the country. with a November tourna- bushes behind the 13th But there's something sire for Mark, and she is now She placed in the top five in the ment with some Bermuda green. He was lucky to find about this place. I felt excit- using that to help pay for her Youth in Reining at the 2019 grass that still hasn't gone it because his provisional ed to be here.” college education. AQHA Congress. She earned dormant, left Augusta Na- shot went into the creek. The excitement for Casey Mark, a senior at Thomas the 2019 NRHA Derby Green tional soft and vulnerable He still made double bogey, began on the fearsome 10th Sumter Academy, signed with Reiner Co-Champion title and to low scores and far less though he managed to hole when he hit his ap- the University of Georgia was the runner-up for Green punishment. scratch out a 70. proach to a front pin about equestrian team on Wednesday Reiner 2. In 2017, she was Defending champion So much action, typical 5 feet away for birdie. He during a ceremony at the crowned the IEA Future Begin- Tiger Woods even got into of the Masters, and so little had eagle chances on both school. ner Champion. the act. A notorious slow volume. “I’m just excited I’m going to starter despite his five And it was worth the SEE MASTERS, PAGE B2 get to ride throughout college,” SEE MARK, PAGE B3 B2 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 SPORTS THE SUMTER ITEM MASTERS Braves’ Freeman wins NL MVP, FROM PAGE B1 par 5s on the back nine and settled for birdies. He took on a left pin at the par-5 second with a 6-iron and watched the ball plop 6 feet away for White Sox slugger Abreu AL pick eagle. “You can’t hit that shot in April,” BY BEN WALKER he said. “It pitched and stopped in- The Associated Press stantly, and that shot in April would have one-hopped over into the pa- NEW YORK — Atlanta Braves trons.” first baseman Freddie Freeman There was a lot to be excited about easily won the NL MVP award on several scorecards. Thursday, topping off a trying year Webb Simpson played a tidy round, that saw him become so ill with making eagle on No. 2 after the turn COVID-19 he prayed “please don’t and finishing with seven pars for a 67. take me.” He was joined by Xander Schauffele, a Chicago White Sox slugger José runner-up to Woods last year, who had Abreu earned the AL MVP, a re- seven birdies in his round of 67. ward for powering his team back “You’re going at pins that you into the playoffs for the first time wouldn’t really feel that comfortable since 2008. with,” Schauffele said. “There’s so Freeman got 28 of the 30 first- many spots where your ball will stay. place ballots in voting by members It was just really strange.” of the Baseball Writers’ Associa- Lee Westwood wasn’t sure he would tion of America. Dodgers outfielder ever make it back to the Masters, Mookie Betts got the other two earning a ticket back with his tie for firsts to finish second and San fourth in the British Open last sum- Diego third baseman Manny Mach- mer. The best player without a major ado was third. showed he still has some life at age In a season affected from spring 47. He shot 31 on the front and limited training to the World Series by the the damage on the back for a 68, join- pandemic, perhaps it was fitting the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ing the group that included Woods, final major award of the year went Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman was named the National League former Masters champion Patrick to someone infected by the virus. MVP on Thursday. Chicago’s Jose Abreu was named American League MVP. Reed, Hideki Matsuyama and Louis Three weeks before the delayed Oosthuizen. opening day in late July, Freeman’s 28-year-old outfielder earned the majors this year. Dustin Johnson, the world’s No. 1 body temperature spiked at 104.5 AL honor in 2018 while leading Abreu was the 2014 AL Rookie of player, was among those who played degrees and he lost his sense of Boston to the World Series title. the Year and is a three-time All- in the afternoon and had to return taste and smell. At one point, he re- Traded by the Red Sox to Los An- Star. He became the fourth differ- Friday morning to finish. He opened called, he said a little prayer be- geles early this year, Betts hit .292 ent White Sox player to win the AL with an eagle on No. 2 and was 3 cause “I wasn’t ready.” with 16 homers and 39 RBIs and MVP, joining Frank Thomas (1993- under at the turn. Justin Thomas The 31-year-old star bounced was the catalyst in the Dodgers’ 94), Dick Allen (1972) and Nellie started with three straight birdies back in a big way, batting .341 with run to their first championship Fox (1959). and was at 5 under through 10 holes. 13 home runs and 53 RBIs while since 1988. Abreu was the third Cuban-born Rory McIlroy also played in the af- playing all 60 games. A powerful Machado hit .304 with 16 homers player to be an MVP, along with ternoon, made bogey on his first hole lefty batter with the ability to spray and 47 RBIs as San Diego made its Jose Canseco and Zoilo Versalles. and was struggling to make birdies. the ball all over the field, he led the first playoff appearance since 2006. Smooth around the bag, Abreu He was even par at the turn, which majors in hitting 23 doubles and Cleveland third baseman José ended an MVP drought for AL first felt worse on a day like this. scoring 51 runs. Ramírez finished second in the AL basemen. None had won the award The delay was the last thing the Boosted by the four-time All-Star, MVP voting and Yankees infielder since Justin Morneau for Minnesota Masters needed with limited daylight the Braves won the NL East and DJ LeMahieu was third. in 2006; Cincinnati first baseman hours leading to the two-tee start. came within one win of reaching Abreu led the majors with 60 Joey Votto won the NL MVP in 2010. Every minute counts, and it was the World Series for the first time RBIs and 148 total bases, and AL Cy Young Award winner doubtful 36 holes could be completed since 1999. topped the AL with 76 hits and a Shane Bieber of Cleveland was by Friday. Freeman is the sixth different .617 slugging percentage. He played fourth and Angels outfielder Mike The loudest cheer — applause, cer- player in Braves franchise history in all 60 games during the virus- Trout was fifth. A three-time AL tainly not a roar — came for Nicklaus to be the NL MVP. Chipper Jones shortened season as Chicago MVP, Trout had finished in the top and Player hitting tee shots so early most recently took the honor in claimed a wild-card spot. four every season since he was AL that they couldn’t see where they 1999 -- Freeman wears a tattered The 33-year-old Abreu batted .317 Rookie of the Year in 2012. landed. Five groups got through one Braves T-shirt under his uniform with 19 home runs, connecting six This will be the first time in hole before the siren sounded to stop that was passed down to him from times in a three-game series more than 75 years the MVP tro- play for 2 hours, 45 minutes. And then Jones. against the Cubs in late August. phies don’t carry the name and players began to light up the course as Betts was bidding to join Frank That barrage of longballs at Wrig- likeness of Kenesaw Mountain the clouds moved to the east and those Robinson as the only players to win ley Field was part of his 22-game Landis, baseball’s first commis- famous shadows from Georgia pines the MVP in both leagues. The hitting streak, the longest in the sioner. stretched across the fairways. It looked just the Masters, minus the spring blooms, even if it didn’t sound like one. Boston, Howard lead AP women’s MASTERS PAR SCORES Paul Casey 65 -7 Webb Simpson 67 -5 Xander Schauffele 67 -5 Lee Westwood 68 -4 Tiger Woods 68 -4 Louis Oosthuizen 68 -4 basketball All-America team Hideki Matsuyama 68 -4 Patrick Reed 68 -4 BY DOUG FEINBERG Jon Rahm 69 -3 C.T. Pan 69 -3 The Associated Press Jazz Janewattananond 69 -3 Tony Finau 69 -3 Matt Wallace 69 -3 Rhyne Howard is rewriting the re- Marc Leishman 70 -2 Matt Kuchar 70 -2 cord books at Kentucky and she is Larry Mize 70 2 only a junior. Bryson DeChambeau 70 -2 Jason Day 70 -2 Now the Wildcats star is the first Si Woo Kim 70 -2 player from the school to be hon- Jason Kokrak 71 -1 Jimmy Walker 71 -1 ored as a preseason All-American Charles Howell III 71 -1 by The Associated Press. Howard Brandt Snedeker 71 -1 Kevin Kisner 71 -1 was a unanimous choice by the Scottie Scheffler 71 -1 30-member national media panel on Mike Weir 71 -1 Henrik Stenson 71 -1 the team released Thursday. Gary Woodland 72 E She was joined on the five-player Graeme McDowell 72 E Ian Poulter 72 E team by sophomore Aliyah Boston a-James Sugrue 72 E of South Carolina, who was also a Rafael Cabrera Bello 73 +1 Kevin Na 73 +1 unanimous pick. Seniors Dana Charl Schwartze 73 +1 Evans of Louisville, Aari McDonald a-Andy Ogletree 73 +1 Lanto Griffin 74 +2 of Arizona and Michaela Onyen- Corey Conners 74 +2 were of UCLA round out the squad. Adam Hadwin 74 +2 Shane Lowry 74 +2 Howard averaged 23.4 points last Jordan Spieth 74 +2 Nate Lashley 75 +3 season and became the first player Vijay Singh 75 +3 in school history to score 25 or more THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a-Lukas Michel 76 +4 Tyler Duncan 77 +5 points in five straight games . South Carolina forward Aliyah Boston was a unanimous selection to The Associat- Lucas Glover 77 +5 “Rhyne Howard was one of the ed Press All-American team released on Thursday. Sandy Lyle 78 +6 Andrew Landry 78 +6 best players in the nation last sea- a-Yuxin Lin 7 +7 son and after seeing how hard she able how much better she’s gotten.” did earn honorable mention honors a-Abel Gallegos 79 +7 has worked this offseason and pre- Like Boston, Evans spent her in 1997-98 when she played for the Did Not Finish First Round season, I have no doubt she’ll be in downtime this offseason working on Wildcats. McDonald averaged 20.5 those same conversations this year," her shot. She turned down a chance points and 7.8 rebounds last season Erik van Rooyen Sung Kang Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell to go pro and enter the WNBA draft and has Arizona ranked a pro- Shugo Imahira said. "What makes Rhyne so special to return to Louisville. gram-best seventh in the preseason Nick Taylor Justin Harding is how she lifts everyone around her “Dana is an extremely talented poll. Danny Willett up. She is an exceptional person player, but she put the time in the Rickie Fowler “The first time I saw Aari she was a-John Augenstein and player and very deserving to be gym to get to where she is. She real- in seventh grade and I knew she Byeong-Hun An Chez Reavie Kentucky’s first AP Preseason All- ly worked to improve her 3-point had the potential to be great, but I Sebastian Munoz American. I cannot wait to see what shot, but most of all she went from wasn’t sure if she understood that. I Phil Mickelson Bernd Wiesberger she has in store this season.” being an elite scorer to a true point have watched her improve every Abraham Ancer As a freshman, Boston helped the guard," Louisville coach Jeff Walz year on and off the court and it has Matthew Wolff Bubba Watson Gamecocks win the SEC and earn said. been amazing to be a part of her Tommy Fleetwood their first No. 1 ranking in the final Onyenwere is the second player journey," Barnes said. “She has put Tyrrell Hatton Adam Scott poll of the season. Expectations are ever from UCLA to be honored as a this program on her back, has start- Collin Morikawa high this year as well for South Car- preseason All-America, joining ed a legacy here, and we would not Cameron Smith Francesco Molinari olina, which this week earned its Maylana Martin (1999-00). Onyen- be where we are without her. Aari is Billy Horschel first No. 1 preseason ranking in the were averaged 19.1 points and 8.6 re- a leader in every sense of the word Matthew Fitzpatrick Brooks Koepka AP Top 25. bounds last season. on and off the court and she has Justin Thomas Boston, who averaged 12.5 points “Competitive, consistent, athletic, evolved into one of the best players J.T. Poston Bernhard Langer and 9.4 rebounds last season, spent still growing and totally selfless," in the country.” Christiaan Bezuidenhout a lot of her time during the pan- UCLA coach Cori Close said of her All five players were honored last Rory McIlroy Dustin Johnson demic working on her shot. star. "I believe she is an All-Ameri- spring on the AP All-America Patrick Cantlay “I was skeptical at the beginning, can and an obvious top three draft Dylan Frittelli teams. Howard was first team while Max Homa but we got here and she’s been mak- pick. But even better than that, she Boston, McDonald and Evans made Fred Couples Justin Rose ing them ever since,” South Caroli- couldn’t care less. She just wants to second team. Onyenwere was on the Zach Johnson na coach Dawn Staley said. “Ali- play her butt off and help our team third team. None was on the pre- Cameron Champ Jose Maria Olazabal yah’s a great player. I can say that I win.” season All-America team, marking Andrew Putnam can see it every day. You see great McDonald is the first preseason the first time since the 2006-07 sea- Victor Perez Sungjae Im players get better and how they did All-American for her program, son that there were no returning Brendon Todd it. It’s unbelievable to me. Unbeliev- though Arizona coach Adia Barnes players on the squad. THE SUMTER ITEM SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 | B3

SUMTER 32 catches for 389 yards and one FROM PAGE B1 touchdown. Brown has 19 catches for SCHSL STATE PLAYOFFS 145 yards and two touchdowns, 13 of FIRST ROUND (2) Woodruff at (1) Palmetto Barnes said Berkeley makes a con- those coming in one game. (2) Powdersville at (1) Chapman FRIDAY (2) Chester at (1) Daniel certed effort to stop the run. The Gamecocks’ defense has al- 5A Lower State “They’re going to keep seven in the lowed just 57 points all season and (2) Aynor at (1) Oceanside Collegiate (2) Brookland-Cayce at (1) Camden box all the time, and they’ll try to get only 46 first downs. The opposition is Upper State (2) Lake City at (1) Gilbert (2) Ridge View at (1) T.L. Hanna (2) Hanahan at (1) Dillon eight or nine in there if you allow averaging 155 total yards of offense. (2) Byrnes at (1) Gaffney them to, but we’ve seen that show be- Sumter has five players on defense (2) Boiling Springs at (1) Dorman 2A (2) Hillcrest at (1) Northwestern fore,” Barnes said. “We’ve got some holding Football Bowl Subdivision of- Lower State Upper State things in our package that we can at- fers in defensive ends Justus Boone, (2) Summerville at (1) Dutch Fork (AL) Batesburg-Leesville at (1) Abbeville (2) Carolina Forest at (1) Goose Creek (2) Newberry at (1) Chesnee tack their strong side or their quick Davin Jackson and Monteque (2) Berkeley at (1) Sumter (2) St. Joseph’s at(1) Gray Collegiate side with. It’s just a matter of us exe- Rhames and linebackers Miles Ca- (2) River Bluff at (1) Fort Dorchester (2) Christ Church at (1) North Central Lower State cuting.” pers and Deshawn McKnight. 4A (2) Andrews at (2) Cheraw (2) Philip Simmons at (1) Pelion Sumter hopes to get its passing Berkeley is averaging just under 30 Upper State (2) Barnwell at (1) Woodland game going against Berkeley. The points a contest. Barnes thinks the (2) Irmo at (1) Westside (AL) Andrew Jackson at (1) Marion (2) Catawba Ridge at (1) Greer (Saturday) Gamecocks are actually equally bal- Stags will be a major test. (2) Greenwood at (1) South Pointe 1A (2) Travelers Rest at (1) A.C. Flora anced on offense, rushing for 159 “We’ve got to play great defense,” Lower State Upper State yards a game while passing for 148 he said. “We have to be productive (AL) West Florence at (1) Beaufort (2) C.A. Johnson at Southside Christian (2) Myrtle Beach at (2) South Aiken (AL) Whitmire at (1) Blackville-Hilda yards. on offense. We can’t be in second (AL) James Island at (1) North Myrtle Beach (AL) Williston-Elko at (1) Lamar Quarterback Hayden Vasquez has (down) and 10 (yards to go), third (2) May River at (1) North Augusta (2) McCormick at (2) Wagener-Salley Lower State completed 74 of 117 passes for 835 and 10 or first and 25 because of pen- 3A (2) Baptist Hill at (1) Carvers Bay yards and four touchdowns against alties. Every play matters because (2) Allendale-Fairfax at (1) Lake View Upper State (2) C.E. Murray at (1) Bamberg-Ehrhardt three interceptions. His favorite tar- you’re going to play against a good (2) Wren at (1) Fairfield Central (2) Johnsonville at (1) Whale Branch get has been Marcus Lane, who has team.”

MARK her when she was in the sixth grade FROM PAGE B1 when a relative questioned how in- Reining is a west- terested she was in ern riding competi- the sport. tion for horses “She said, ‘You where the riders don’t look like you guide the horses want to do it,’ “ through a precise Mark said. “It just pattern of circles, sparked something spins and stops, nor- in me to want to do mally performed at a that. I wanted to be canter or gallop. able to ride in col- “it is said that lege because it reining is the horse looked like fun and version of figure was exciting.” skating,” Mark said. Mark chose Geor- Reining requires gia over Texas the horse to be re- A&M, Baylor, Okla- sponsive and in tune homa State, South with its rider, and Carolina and Au- the horse is judged burn. Mark said she on its ability to per- just liked every- form a set pattern thing about Georgia. COURTESY OF LINDSAY BRAZELL of movements. The “I really like Lee Academy’s Keaton Price (12), Andrew Hair (3) and the rest of the Cavaliers will play host to St. John’s Christian on horse should be Sarah Parr (Geor- Friday at McCutchen Field in Bishopville in the semifinals of the SCISA 1A state playoffs. The winner will advance to the willingly guided or gia’s Western assis- state championship game next week at Charleston Southern. controlled with little tant coach),” Mark or no apparent re- said. “She was nice, LEE Pierce). We have to be able to sively. SJC has allowed 211 points, sistance and dictat- the whole team was FROM PAGE B1 cover them. We’re going to have to while Lee has allowed 220. LA has ed to completely. nice. It just really contain the quarterback and not allowed 80 of its points in two Mark said to be a felt like home when 69 carries. Josh Kirven is Price’s get beat deep.” games, while St. John’s has al- successful rider re- we got there.” top target as he has 24 catches for St. John’s has scored 25 or more lowed 76 of its points in two quires being able to Georgia head 387 yards and two touchdowns. points in eight of its 10 contests, games. read the horse and coach Meghan Boe- Lucas Freidenberger has 14 catch- having scored an even 300 on the The Lee defense is led by the de- its actions. nig thinks Mark will es for 363 yards and five scores. season. fensive line of Wyatt Welch, Jar- “It’s someone that be a good fit with St. John’s, which is located in Because of SJC’s offensive po- rett Huettmann and Cameron listens to the horse her program. Moncks Corner, finished second tency, Rankin believes his team McElveen. Welch has 54 tackles and sees the cues “We are thrilled to in Region I. While Lee moved needs to control the football. That and two quarterback sacks, that they’re giving welcome Jada to the from the 2A classification to 1A doesn’t mean, however, Lee will Huettman has 35 tackles and five you,” she said. “You Bulldog family,” this year, SJC is in its first year at dial back its quick-snap offense in sacks and McElveen has 34 tack- can’t just force them Boenig said in a re- 1A after having played the last order to run more time off the les and four sacks. to do it. You have to lease from the few years at 8-man level. clock. Linebacker Hunter Gaskins has ask them to do it school. “Jada has Rankin is impressed with what “We’re going to try and control a team high 58 tackles and a sack, and ask properly. many accomplish- he’s seen of St. John’s. the ball, but we’re not going to while Freidenberger has 52 tack- Also, it’s someone ments in the arena “They are very good on of- change what we do,” he said. les and a sack. Price has 34 tack- that’s determined to that will surely set fense,” Rankin said. “Their quar- “Our forte is to go fast and get the les and three interceptions in the better themselves her up for success terback (Jaden Bradley) is a dual other team tired. We want long secondary. where they can in college riding. threat; he can both run and drives, but we’re not going to Price is confident in his team’s communicate with Jada’s hard work throw. He is going to be the fastest change. Most teams aren’t used to ability. the horse.” and unwavering thing on the field. the speed at which we hike the “I feel like if we play like we did Mark said her de- dedication to this “They also have a couple of ball. We want to keep that going.” against Dorchester on Friday, and sire to become a col- sport will surely 6-(foot-)3(-inch) wide receivers (in Both teams have had their good we’re controlling the game, we’ll legiate rider really help her be success- Hayden Redders and Ryan moments and bad moments defen- end up with the W.” began to grow in ful here at Georgia.”

OBITUARIES Main St., Sumter, is in charge 1974. He went on to obtain a Born on Oct. 21, 1945, in Co- of arrangements. bachelor’s degree from the lumbus, Georgia, she was a BRIANNICA NICOLE EDWARD FRANKLIN SMITH University of South Carolina, daughter of the late Henry JOHNSON Public viewing will be held SR. Columbia. Daughtry and Dorothy Han- from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s He was career military, cock Quillian. She was em- Briannica Nicole Johnson, Mortuary. Edward Franklin Smith Sr., serving in the United States ployed as a real estate agent. 26, was born on Jan. 11, 1994, Ms. Tomlin will be placed 95, widower of Dorothy S. Air Force, retiring with the Survivors include two chil- in Sumter, a daughter of in the church at noon on Sat- Smith, departed this life on rank of master sergeant. Don dren, Randy Martin Rhodus George June and Yulanda urday for viewing until the Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, in had a zest for life and brought (Dianne) of Manning and Sha- Johnson Brown. She departed hour of service. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. that enthusiasm and passion ron McGee (Danny) of Sum- this life on Monday, Nov. 9, Funeral servic- He was born on June 21, to all things. He was loved for ter; three grandchildren, 2020, in Sumter. es will be held at 1925, in Sumter, a son of the his loyalty and devotion to Randy Rhodus Jr., Brany Lee Public viewing will be held 1 p.m. on Satur- late Maggie Smith. family and country, his quick Rawls and Samantha Diane from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s day at Salem Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. wit and engaging conversa- Geddings; six great-grandchil- Mortuary. Chapel & Heri- Main St., Sumter, is in charge tion. dren; a brother, Gene Daugh- Ms. Johnson tage Center, 101 of arrangements. Don is survived by his lov- try of Columbus; a sister, Dor- will be placed in S. Salem Ave., ing wife, Leonaida; two loving othy Underwood of Sumter; TOMLIN HELEN LOUISE GAILLAIRD the church at 2 Sumter, SC 29150 children, Robert (Nicki) and and a number of nieces and p.m. on Saturday with the Rev. Helen Louise Gaillaird, 53, Kelly Johnson (Eddie); grand- nephews. for viewing until Joshua Dupree officiating. Fa- died on Wednesday, Nov. 11, daughter, Aubree Johnson; She was preceded in death the hour of ser- cial masks are required upon 2020, at Prisma Health Tuom- sisters, Ellen Evans (Mark), by four brothers and two sis- vice. entrance. ey Hospital. Kathleen Hartzell (Paul), ters. JOHNSON Funeral servic- Interment will be held at 10 Born on May 5, 1967, in Christine Kolocin (Greg) and A memorial service will be es will be held at a.m. on Monday at Florence Sumter County, she was a Mary Grace (Jef); his brother, held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the 3 p.m. on Saturday at Salem National Cemetery in Flor- daughter of Daniel and Lu- David Grace (Amy); and many Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Fu- Chapel & Heritage Center, 101 ence. cille Baker Gaillaird. loving nieces and nephews. neral Home chapel with the S. Salem Ave., Sumter, SC Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. In accordance with COVID- The viewing will be held Rev. Jim Johnson officiating. 29150 with Pastor Cheryl Main St., Sumter, is in charge 19 guidelines, the family re- from 3 to 4 p.m. today at El- Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Johnson officiating and Pas- of arrangements. quests face masks and social more-Cannon-Stephens Fu- Funeral Home and Crematori- tor Letel Rutherford, eulogist. Online memorials may be distancing be observed during neral Home. um of Sumter is in charge of The family will receive sent to the family at jobsmor- visitation at the home, 1054 A funeral service will be the arrangements. friends at the home of her [email protected] or visit us on Porter St. held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at www.jobsmortuary. JEANETTE STEPHANIE aunt, 50 Marigold Court, Sum- the web at Funeral arrangements are the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens MICKENS ter, SC 29150. net. incomplete and will be an- Funeral Home chapel with Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. LUCILLE ELSIE WRIGHT nounced by the management Father Giovannie Nunez, RICHLAND — Jeanette Main St., Sumter, is in charge WALTERS of Williams Funeral Home CRM officiating. Stephanie Mickens, age 61, of arrangements. Inc. The family requests dona- departed this life on Tues- Online memorials may be Lucille Elsie Wright Wal- DONALD MICHAEL GRACE tions be made to a veterans day, Nov. 10, 2020, in Colum- sent to the family at jobsmor- ters, 85, departed this life on organization of your choice. bia. [email protected] or visit us on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, at her Donald Michael Grace, 64, Elmore-Cannon-Stephens She was born on Feb. 5, the web at www.jobsmortuary. residence. of Sumter, passed away on Funeral Home and Crematori- 1959, in Sumter, to the late net. Born on July 15, 1935, in Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, due to um of Sumter is in charge of Isadore Nathaniel and Juani- DELLA REE TOMLIN Sumter, she was a daughter of complications from diabetes. the arrangements. ta Mickens Jordan. the late Booker and Binnah His family at his side, he drift- SHARON LEE DAUGHTRY The family is receiving Della Ree Tomlin, 52, was Cokley Wright. ed on to be with the Lord. BOGAN friends at 640 Miller Road, born on Jan. 6, 1968, in Balti- The family will receive He was born to Donald and Apartment B. Please use more, Maryland, a daughter friends from 2 to 6 p.m. daily Catherine Grace of Cleveland, PINEWOOD — Sharon Lee COVID-19 protocol per the of Henry W. and Corine Har- at the home, 142 Shannon St., Ohio, the second of six chil- Daughtry Bogan, 75, died on family. vin Tomlin. She departed this Sumter, SC 29150. Masks are dren. Don graduated from Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, at Services are incomplete life on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, at required. Fairview Park High School, McLeod Hospice House in and will be announced later his residence. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Fairview Park, Ohio, Class of Florence. by Whites Mortuary LLC. B4 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 THE SUMTER ITEM THE CLARENDON SUN Clarendon virus cases rising; officials stress prevention BY SHARRON HALEY nance through Jan. 13, job at following the gover- Clarendon contributor 2021,” said Manning City nor’s guidelines.” Dates change for Grab and Go Meals Administrator Scott Tanner. Turbeville said that while CLARENDON COUNTY — “People seem to be comply- Turbeville isn’t requiring BY SHARRON HALEY cafeteria will send three days The number of COVID-19 ing. We want to help prevent folks to wear masks, the Clarendon contributor of breakfasts and lunches on cases in Clarendon County the spread.” town suggests that it’s a the student’s second day of is beginning to creep higher Paxville Mayor Wade good idea. MANNING — The dates in-person classes before the since the number of cases in McLeod, Summerton Mayor “We’re still suggesting have changed for Clarendon child leaves school. the county peaked in late Mac Bagnal and Turbeville that our folks wear masks,” School District 2’s free Grab Parents of guardians of July and early August. Mayor Kathryn Turbeville Turbeville added. “It seems and Go Meals. The free meals virtual students can pick up During the last two weeks, have asked their residents to that everyone is observing are available for hybrid and meals (five breakfasts and Clarendon County has seen wear facial masks. They the request.” virtual students at CSD2 and five lunches) at the back door 74 new cases of COVID-19, have not made the request Although Clarendon for all children ages 18 years cafeteria entrance at the fol- which brought the county’s mandatory. County officials did not of age and younger in the lowing locations: total number of cases to “Our residents are observ- mandate that its residents community. • Manning Primary School, 1,275 since the tracking of ing the governor’s guide- wear masks, the officials do Why should families take (803) 435-8538 cases began in late March. lines pretty well,” McLeod strongly suggest that its res- advantage of the free meals? • Manning Elementary Officials throughout Clar- said. “We haven’t required idents wear facial masks or They’re free and stretch a School, (803) 435-4653 endon County are continu- that everyone wear masks. shields, maintain social dis- family’s food budget. They • Manning Early Childhood ing to encourage their resi- We just consider it a good tancing and frequently wash save time. 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