What are you reading this summer? C1 HEALTH Making music with heartbeats Michigan therapist records special sound for families A5 SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2016 $1.50 IN BUSINESS: Crowdfunding may not be magic solution D1 ‘It’s a long road afterward’ Sumter natives share advice for families of fallen officers BY ADRIENNE SARVIS According to a 1996 statement from Peggy Kubala said it is with the support of other family,
[email protected] sheriff’s office’s then-Maj. Bobby Mc- sad when people let color friends, church members and law en- Gehee, Kubala was the first Sumter and other differences get forcement. A Sumter native sympathizes with sheriff’s deputy to be fatally shot in in the way, and her heart Kubala commended local efforts to the families of the five police officers the line of duty in this century. goes out to the family help support her son’s family and killed in Thursday’s shooting in Dal- The 32-year-old had been with Sum- members of the fallen of- other local families of fallen officers las. ter County Sheriff’s Office for nine ficers. with the Charlie Kubala Memorial Peggy Kubala lost her son, Sgt. years and left behind a wife and two KUBALA Kubala said the recent Trust and the annual Charlie Kubala Charles Kubala, on Feb. 26, 1996, after children when he died. shooting is a big reminder Memorial Golf Tournament. he was shot twice while responding to “It’s a long road afterward,” she of her own loss.