IN SPORTS: Laurence Manning, East Clarendon bring home softball titles B1 RELIGION — A6 Pope Francis makes saints of Fatima witnesses THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents Sumter native Gym honors veterans named finalist for women’s fiction award FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter native Carla Damron has been named a finalist for the second annual Star Award, given to authors of published women’s fiction by the Wom- en’s Fiction Writers Associa- tion. Damron, nominated for her novel, “The Stone Neck- lace,” is one of three finalists in the General cate- gory. Laura Drake, contest chair- woman, said, DAMRON “The Star Award highlights the best in women’s fiction, (a) genre defined by WFWA’s leadership ... These nominees represent the best in fiction and are an encourage- ment to all writers in this di- verse category.” The winners of the Star Awards will be announced at the WFWA Retreat in Albu- RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM querque, New Mexico, on Sept. Deonta Kershaw, standing, spots Dwayne Wilson Wednesday at Workout Anytime, a gym that supports veterans through a new pro- 23. gram aimed to diminish suicide. Damron’s “The Stone Neck- lace” is a character-driven lit- erary novel that was the Mid- Workout Anytime offering special memberships for Memorial Day lands’ 2016 One Book, One Community work and was se- BY IVY MOORE figure to about one a day. ager of Sumter’s Workout tain a healthy lifestyle rialized in The State newspa-
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