IN SPORTS: 6-1 Sumter travels to face Carolina Forest tonight B1 Women share their journeys to beating cancer Learn about breast cancer FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents risks, signs and more D1 Mount Franklin wants workers who have FDA-plant exposure New plant manager details skill sets manufacturer is looking for BY BRUCE MILLS cording to the plant’s lead of- ceremony in Live Oak Indus-
[email protected] ficial. trial Park. Brian Chapman, plant man- Mount Franklin will make VINCE JOHNSON / THE SUMTER ITEM Sumter’s newest manufac- ager with Mount Franklin functional gummies in multi- Sumter Development Board Chairman Greg Thompson, left, shakes turer is looking for mainline Nutritionals, made his com- ple formats — to include mul- hands Wednesday with Mount Franklin Foods President and CEO employees with specific skills ments Wednesday after the tivitamins and niche-specific Gary Ricco at Mount Franklin Nutritionals’ grand opening in Live Oak and experience preferably in a company’s official grand Industrial Park. food plant atmosphere, ac- opening and ribbon-cutting SEE MOUNT FRANKLIN, PAGE A11 College Rotarians’ generosity makes for Happy Feet receives $1.3M grant Federal money will be used for veterans program at college FROM STAFF REPORTS Central Carolina Technical Col- lege was recently awarded a federal Veterans Upward Bound grant for $1.3 million, according to a news re- lease. The program will serve 125 veter- ans per year from Sumter, Claren- don, Lee and Kershaw counties at a cost of $263,938 per year for five years for a total of $1,319,690.