USA TODAY: FBI director says nothing supports Trump’s wiretap claims C1 Supreme Court affects more of your life than you might think A5 TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2017 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents Members Woman with cerebral palsy perseveres react to to find mixed martial arts instructor bill to add 2 trustees School board would have 9 members if legislation passes BY BRUCE MILLS
[email protected] Two Sumter School Board of Trustees mem- bers say they haven’t read a new bill yet that was introduced last week by both state sena- tors representing Sumter County to add two at- large, voting members to the board, but one said he wasn’t that surprised with the bill’s introduc- tion. Board members the Rev. Ralph Canty and Chairman the Rev. Daryl McGhaney made their com- CANTY ments Monday after state Sens. Thomas McElveen, D-Sumter, and Kevin Johnson, D-Clarendon, in- troduced the bill Thursday to add the at-large, voting members to the board. At the time, McElveen said the county’s legislative delegation has McGHANEY considered introducing the legisla- PHOTOS BY RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM tion for a long time, but the dis- Team Robinson coach Jerome Robinson defends some punches from Whitney Cranford during a training session Fri- trict’s recent financial crisis pushed the need for the bill to the forefront. day. Cranford, who is from Hartsville, searched for someone to teach her mixed martial arts while using a wheelchair. Canty said it was rumored the delegation would introduce the bill at some point; so, he Team Robinson MMA becomes ‘like family’ to Hartsville student SEE MEMBERS, PAGE A7 BY BRUCE MILLS is specialized just for children, ac-
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