Simulating a Downed Aircraft Will Tell for Gamecocks He Gamecocks Enter the Valley of the Sun with Bright Eyes and T a Ton of Motivation
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A5 FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents Police: Reckless driver killed Apparent case of road rage resulted in own death of Sumter woman FROM STAFF REPORTS side, engulfed in flames on Dubose wreck on Dubose Siding Road. the crime scene investigation to the Siding Road, according to a news re- Thinking the incidents were sepa- sheriff’s office, the victim told depu- Authorities have determined the lease from Sumter County Sheriff’s rate, the highway patrol officer told ties that Tyler had threatened her be- wreck that resulted in the death of a Office. the caller, and victim, that authorities fore so she drove away from Tyler to Sumter-area woman on Tuesday The driver, later identified by Sum- would speak to her after finishing avoid another confrontation. morning occurred during an apparent ter County Coroner Robbie Baker as with the fatal wreck, states the re- She said Tyler followed her, pulled road-rage incident. Teona Yolanda Tyler, 24, was ejected lease. The victim later identified Tyler up alongside her vehicle and slammed About 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the from the vehicle and died at the scene. as the other driver involved in the South Carolina Highway Patrol re- About that same time, law enforce- wreck. sponded to a report of a vehicle on its ment received a call about another After highway patrol turned over SEE RECKLESS, PAGE A6 Only time Simulating a downed aircraft will tell for Gamecocks he Gamecocks enter the Valley of the Sun with bright eyes and T a ton of motivation. They have arrived at the big dance, the Final Four, a chance at the national champi- onship in front of a worldwide audience. Wait; is this the South Caro- lina Gamecocks men’s basket- ball team? You better believe it is and they are here to make a state- ment at the University of Phoenix stadi- um in Glen- dale, Arizona, for all to see and hear. USC FAN They came SCOTT H. here to slay DEARDUFF the giant … the tourna- ment that is ... PHOTOS BY RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM because their opponent on Sat- Lt. Jason Lyons, of Sumter Fire Department, asks F-16 pilot 1st. Lt. Wade “Slash” Tolliver about his condition as Master Firefighter Kendall urday for the Final Four is no Painter, far right, observes his reaction to the questions about his condition. Lyons, who really is an F-16 pilot at Shaw, and the firefight- giant. ers were part of a joint training exercise between local first responders and Shaw Air Force Base simulating a downed F-16 at Patriot Park The Gamecocks will be on Thursday. His ejection seat and parachute are behind him. dancing with the tiny private Catholic university boasting 7,500 students, known around Patriot Park becomes mock crash scene for Air Force F-16 the world as a small school with a big heart and no cham- BY JIM HILLEY was leaning against a tree Sumter Fire De- pionships. [email protected] nearby. partment first re- The Gonzaga Bulldogs have Near the easternmost sponder Lt. Jason struggled to win the big one, Patriot Park was ball field, about two dozen Lyons evaluates any big one, when it counted. swarmed by emergency re- airmen were tasked with the condition of They have been to the tourna- sponders Thursday as playing the injured, dead Jordan Keller who ment 18 years running, but Shaw Air Force Base and and dying. had been struck they advanced to the Final local emergency, medical The exercise was an ef- by falling debris Four this year for the first and law enforcement agen- fort to better prepare the from an F-16 time. cies held a downed aircraft base and community for an crash exercise at Everyone in America loves exercise simulating the event involving a downed Patriot Park on Gonzaga, and they are due a crash of an Air Force F-16 aircraft by exposing first Thursday. win. with numerous injuries on responders to the practices Enter the Gamecocks. Out- the ground. and procedures necessary side of Columbia and Sumter, Pieces of debris were for such an event, accord- few know much about them. scattered around the park ing to an email from Shaw The University of South and one location had a Public Affairs. The exercise Carolina, a public co-educa- parachute hanging from a tional research university, tree and an ejector seat with an enrollment that ex- nearby. The surviving pilot SEE SIMULATING, PAGE A6 ceeds 33,000, more than four times the size of Gonzaga, is also new to the Final Four. Not only is USC new to the Final Four, the Gamecocks Man charged after he allegedly sets girlfriend on fire have only been to the tourna- ment itself nine times and not since 1973. FROM STAFF REPORTS at his residence on her face, neck, torso and hands and was Many reading this article Wednesday. flown to Joseph M. Still Burn Center in cannot remember 1973 and Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrest- Warrants state that a Augusta, Georgia. She gave law enforce- have no recollection of the ed a 44-year-old man on Wednesday and witness reported the vic- ment a statement implicating Hulon. team that competed back then. charged him with attempted murder tim sustained an injury to He was transported to Sumter-Lee What everyone does know is and domestic violence of a high and ag- the mouth and Hulon held Regional Detention Center, where he the 2017 USC Gamecocks are gravated nature after he allegedly as- HULON his hands over the vic- was denied bond during a hearing on in Arizona to change all that. saulted his girlfriend and set her on fire. tim’s mouth as she Thursday. They have come to make According to a news release from the screamed for help. Hulon was charged with violent memories and create a new sheriff’s office, Roy Billy Hulon, 44, of Hulon then reportedly doused the crimes from 2014 and 2016, including 750 Pridgen Lane, pointed a firearm at victim with lighter fluid and lit it with criminal domestic violence, pointing his girlfriend and threatened to shoot a cigarette lighter. and presenting a firearm and first-de- SEE GAMECOCKS, PAGE A7 her and a neighbor after an argument The victim sustained severe burns to gree assault and battery. VISIT US ONLINE AT CONTACT US DEATHS, B6 WEATHER, A12 INSIDE Information: 774-1200 Mary Ann C. Spencer Kirk C. Thompson STRONG STORMS 2 SECTIONS, 24 PAGES the .com Advertising: 774-1246 Helen Hoza Jonathan Taylor VOL. 122, NO. 120 Classifieds: 774-1234 Strong to severe Mary S. Beck Lomon Wilder thunderstorms. Classifieds B7 Delivery: 774-1258 George G. Gayle Lou Ella Evans Tonight, clearing out. Comics A10 News and Sports: 774-1226 Furman W. Barfield Jr. HIGH 80, LOW 51 Opinion A11 Television A8, A9 A2 | FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017 THE SUMTER ITEM Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] LOCAL & STATE BRIEFS Sumter High freshman wins pageant FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS BY IVY MOORE Gov. McMaster says [email protected] SCHHS director resigned It’s a long title 15-year-old Areana Director of the South Caroli- Myers holds. One suspects it wasn’t na Department of Health and easy to fit on her custom-embroidered Human Services Christian pageant sash. As of Feb. 26, the Sumter Soura has resigned, effective High School freshman is USA National April 7, according to Gov. Miss Southeast Junior Teen 2017. Henry McMaster. Should she continue on the pageant Soura has served as director route, Areana’s title could be somewhat since 2014, McMaster said. Deir- shorter — USA National Miss Junior dra Singleton, the deputy direc- Teen. tor of Health Programs at the Although all the titles she won in the agency, will serve as acting di- preliminary pageant aren’t on her sash, rector, he said. Areana also won for best role model, McMaster also announced based on her scrapbook, and cover the appointment of a search model for her age group, selected for committee tasked with advis- her photo album. ing and assisting him in select- While entering the final pageant is an ing a new director. expensive undertaking, Areana’s moth- The search committee in- er Kelly said taking the national title cludes: Sen. Thomas Alexan- could win her “up to $40,000.” der, R-Oconee, chairman of Just to enter the national pageant, the Health and Human Servic- she said, “is going to run over $8,000 to es Subcommittee of the Senate $10,000. It’s rather expensive, but it’s Finance Committee; Rep. Mur- something she wants to do.” rell Smith, R-Sumter, chair- Areana has only been involved in man of the Healthcare Sub- pageants for about two years, she said, committee of the House Ways ever since she saw an episode of the re- and Means Committee; Thorn- ality show “Toddlers and Tiaras.” ton Kirby, president and CEO “I thought it was funny,” she said, of the South Carolina Hospital “but then I entered the Iris Festival Association; Jim Ritchie, exec- pageant and won (my division).” utive director of S.C. Alliance Areana found the “natural” pageant of Health Plans; and Tricia run by Sumter’s Jane Privette com- Richardson, executive director pletely different from the stereotype of of S.C. Thrive. pageants filled with back-biting contes- tants who’d do anything to win.