WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING: SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Countywide face covering requirement voted down BY SHELBIE GOULDING man Chris Sumpter voting in oppo- washing a vehicle. [email protected] sition. The ordinance required a The emergency ordinance would two-thirds vote to be approved. have required face coverings to be Sumter County Council voted The vote came after Baker said worn by all persons entering any down an ordinance that would he had concerns with the wording commercial or public building have required face coverings to be in the ordinance and how it would open in Sumter County. It also worn in county restaurants and affect county businesses. would have required a covering to businesses. As an example, Baker mentioned be worn in all restaurants, retail There was a vote of 3-4 on Tues- car wash business owners and em- establishments, salons, grocery day, with Councilman Artie Baker, ployees working outdoors. He stores and pharmacies for both Councilman Jimmy Byrd, Council- didn’t think employees should be man Charles Edens and Council- required to wear a mask while SEE MASKS, PAGE A6

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Laura could have ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge A6 PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., visits BD, which manufactures medical equipment, in Sumter on Wednesday. Graham said the economy will recover more when a safe vaccine is available, and he urged people to take precautions until that time. Woman in body bag U.S. senator makes brief Senator wants to for 2 hours discovered stop in Sumter at BD BY BRUCE MILLS compromise on alive at funeral home A3 [email protected]

Given slowed momentum this another round of DEATHS, A9 summer to an economic recovery after spring shutdowns associat- Dr. Glenda Ruth Guilliams ed with the coronavirus, the virus assistance James Andrew Taylor state’s senior U.S. senator says a Janie Ophelia Witherspoon vaccine is critical to a full re- BY BRUCE MILLS Alexander Terrell Lawson bound in the economy. [email protected] Pauline Bennett U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, Don Story Riley R-S.C., spoke Wednesday to two U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said state media outlets, including The he supports an additional federal Clyde Dean Hodge Sumter Item Charlie Howard , on various national unemployment supplement but Lillie Mae Burgess issues after a brief stop at BD, not at the $600 level it was with the one of Sumter’s advanced manu- CARES Act at the end of March. Yvonne Delores Jones facturers and top employers in Graham praised BD employees for Graham, R-S.C., spoke Wednes- the county. their work as he visited the medical day on Congress’ failure to reach a After official U.S. Department supply manufacturer. deal on another coronavirus aid WEATHER, A12 of Labor reports in July show relief package before its August South Carolina and the U.S. have in vaccine development. recess that has been attributed to a THE 90S ARE BACK only gained back roughly half of He said the U.S. may be on the stalemate on jobless benefits and Hot and humid with some sun; clouds the jobs lost in the spring and verge of multiple vaccines by Oc- other aid provisions. The U.S. Sen- breaking tonight and remaining humid those gains have slowed dramati- tober or early November, which ate will reconvene on Sept. 8, the HIGH 93, LOW 74 cally, Graham said the pandemic he described as “warped speed.” Tuesday following Labor Day. is preventing the economy from Until then, Graham urged peo- The $600 supplement added to fully reopening and stressed the ple to take personal responsibility the state’s maximum benefit of need for a vaccine. for helping to control the virus by $326 gave displaced workers from INSIDE CONTACT US “What’s going to turn the econ- wearing face masks, calling that the pandemic $926 in weekly bene- Classifieds A11 Info: 774-1200 omy around is when we get a vac- “good common sense,” especially fits in the Palmetto State. Comics A4 Advertising: 774-1237 cine,” Graham said. “When we when indoors and when condi- Graham said that total is too Opinion A7 Classifieds: 774-1200 get a vaccine that people can take tions merit it. high, skews the wage scale and dis- A8 and it works, and you can safely “Until we get a vaccine, we all incentivizes many to go back to Sports Delivery: 774-1258 interact, then we will have res- need to wear a mask when it work, making it harder for compa- A10 Television News and Sports: taurants being open at 100%, and makes sense. 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They noted president of Trust for Ameri- AP Medical Writer people to get tested. It was for symptom-less people who that testing contacts of infect- ca’s Health, a nonprofit that posted earlier this week on were in close-contact situa- ed people is a core element of works to improve U.S. pre- NEW YORK — U.S. health the website of the Centers for tions. public health efforts to keep paredness against disease. officials sparked criticism and Disease Control and Preven- There was a caveat, howev- outbreaks in check and that a “We are seeking clarifica- confusion after posting guide- tion. er. Testing may be recom- large percentage of infected tion from CDC about its re- lines on coronavirus testing The CDC previously had ad- mended for those with health people — the CDC has said as cent guidance around test- from the White House task vised local health depart- problems that make them many as 40% — exhibit no ing,” said a spokesman for force that run counter to what ments to test people who have more likely to suffer severe symptoms. Michigan’s health depart- scientists say is necessary to been within 6 feet of an infect- illness or if their doctor or “The recommendation not ment. control the pandemic. ed person for more than 15 local state officials advise to test asymptomatic people Some — including at least The new guidance says it’s minutes. But on Monday, a they get tested. who likely have been exposed two state governors — said it not necessary for people who CDC testing overview page Across the country, public is not in accord with the sci- don’t feel sick but have been was changed to say that test- health experts called the ence,” said John Auerbach, SEE TESTING, PAGE A6 A2 | THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2020 THE SUMTER ITEM

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BY JEFFREY COLLINS the victims while wearing a button with subcommittees to review all facets of But there were emotional moments. The Associated Press their photos above her heart. criminal justice, from how police oper- Several members of the public said the “These people will never be forgotten ate to sentencing laws to prison reform. lack of a hate crimes law in South Caro- COLUMBIA — South Carolina can as long as family members live. But my The Republican from Hartsville or- lina when so many other states have both honor nine Black worshippers hope is this bill will give them renewed dered the review after protests and out- one makes them feel like lesser Ameri- killed five years ago in a racist attack life, so heinous crimes don’t go unpun- rage about the May killing of George cans. and send a message that it loves and ished,” Gadsen said. Floyd by a police officer in Minnesota Rep. Weston Newton, who led the sub- protects all its neighbors by becoming South Carolina, Arkansas and Wyo- who pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck committee, said he thinks Wednesday’s the 48th state to pass a law with more ming are the only three states that don’t for several minutes as Floyd pleaded for hearing shows South Carolina’s conser- severe penalties for hate crimes, sup- have hate crimes laws, which allow for air. vative House is ready to act. porters said Wednesday. A small group greater punishments when prosecutors Lucas wants the subcommittees to “It’s long past due. We intend to do ev- of House members heard about a dozen can prove a crime was motivated be- hold hearings and prepare bills that can erything we can,” the Republican from people speak in favor of having a hate cause of race, sexual orientation, reli- be filed when the new Legislative ses- Bluffton said. crimes law, including the pastor of gious beliefs or disability. sion begins next year. In the past, more conservative law- Emanuel AME Church in Charleston Georgia passed a hate crimes bill in Most of the hate crimes hearing on makers have argued that a crime is a where a white man targeted a Bible June after the death of Ahmaud Ar- Wednesday focused on the details of crime, no matter if the motivation was study at the 200-year-old African-Ameri- bery, a 25-year-old Black man pursued how to ensure the law would be consti- greed, jealousy or hate, and that there is can church. and fatally shot while running near tutional and how prosecutors at trial no need for greater penalties. Blondelle Gadsen’s sister, Myra Brunswick, Georgia. Three white men, might go about proving the kind of bias Emanuel AME Pastor Eric Manning Thompson, was one of those killed that including a father and son, were that rises to a hate crime. Prosecutors testified remotely, asking the lawmak- night in 2015. Gadsen said South Caroli- charged with murder — but not until largely support the measure as long as ers to follow the example of the families na passing a hate crime law isn’t just for video of the killing was made public the legal details are carefully crafted, of the church members killed in 2015 evil attacks like the church shooting, more than two months later. The men said Duffie Stone, a solicitor based in who gave forgiveness to the killer by but to ensure a better future for every- are awaiting trial. Beaufort County. showing that hate for what people are at one by protecting anyone attacked out Wednesday’s hearing was part of a “When it comes to sentencing, what’s their cores is best answered with a mix of hate. greater effort by South Carolina House in their heart is always relevant,” Stone of responsibility for the actions and love She then read off the nine names of Speaker Jay Lucas, who created several said. for everyone. Poll of the week If a restaurant or business requires masks to be worn Sumter High School senior set for by staff and customers, are you more likely to go? future through military at age 17 Yes 66% | 297 VOTES No 16% | 73 VOTES BY SHELBIE GOULDING Brandon Murphy was off to cuss options like this with their [email protected] Army basic training for 10 children before they reach their It doesn’t affect my decision weeks, and he spent the sum- senior year of high school be- It’s never too early to plan for mer away from his family to cause it helps them prepare for 16% | 73 VOTES the future, and for a 17-year-old start his career. adulthood. I don’t know 1% | 5 VOTES high school senior, that is “Some teenagers aren’t even “The military is a good way deemed true. working,” Shelly Murphy said. to go,” Shelly Murphy said. “It With the help of his parents “A lot of kids have part-time teaches you a lot of things. It Next week’s question: With hurricane season already a and growing up in a military jobs, and this is just another makes you grow up fast. Kids busy one, have you purchased preparedness supplies? family, Brandon Murphy is part-time job except you get to nowadays, especially this gen- Yes ahead of the game in his career go in a uniform.” eration, they … They just ex- and education after joining the During this time, COVID-19 pect so much and everything to No, but I plan to Army National cases increased across the be handed to them.” No, I don’t plan to Guard. country, but his mother wasn’t Carl Murphy was in the Unit- Have a question you’d like us to ask? Email editor@ “My family did worried for her son to go to ed States Air Force as a con- theitem.com. it for multiple gen- basic training because they tractor for about seven years, erations, and my quarantined him for two weeks and he said he didn’t have a parents told me before sending him off, and the plan like his son at the age he about it, and it Army quarantined him for two did. seemed like a good MURPHY weeks before letting him start “I wish I had that planned idea,” Brandon the training. early,” Carl Murphy said. “He Murphy said. Nothing was going to keep had this plan in the works for a Family of Black teen pulled out a handgun. A gun From his dad being in the Brandon Murphy from kick- couple years now. All we did killed by police calls and a purse were found be- United States Air Force to both starting his career, and Shelly was inform him of options.” side the teen, authorities his grandfathers being in the Murphy and her husband, Carl Now, Brandon Murphy will for new reviews have said. U.S. Army, he already knew Murphy, both helped guide be finishing up his senior year COLUMBIA (AP) — Fami- Fifth Circuit Solicitor what military life would be like. their son in making a set plan of high school while going to ly members of a Black teen- Byron Gipson announced in He said the family background for himself before graduating drill one weekend per month ager who was fatally shot by June that his office reviewed did persuade him to join the high school. and two weeks in the summer a white South Carolina po- evidence and determined Army National Guard, but he “We’re really proud of him, for the next six years while he lice officer are calling for the officer was justified in made the decision mostly to that he did this and that he’s receives an education that the federal and state authorities shooting Ruffin, citing body have a set plan for himself, his headstrong,” Shelly Murphy Army helps pay for. to review the case after local camera video allegedly career and his education right said. “He’s looking ahead for However, his senior year of prosecutors declined to showing him failing to stop out of high school. his future and college, and high school will look a little dif- press criminal charges and talk to the officer and “I plan on going to college we’re really happy he’s doing ferent because of the COVID-19 against the officer. later pointing a gun at Davis when I’m done with high this.” pandemic. The family of Joshua Ruf- from his hip. school,” Brandon Murphy She said her son starting out “He’s going to start his senior fin said at a news conference The solicitor’s office found said. “Throughout this entire in the military at a young age is year, and I really wish things with the Racial Justice Net- no evidence Ruffin was time, I’ll be in the Army Na- also a bonus for him because it were better in the States, as far work on Tuesday that they breaking into cars. tional Guard as human re- helps him stay ahead in the as with the COVID-19, but we’ll want the U.S Department of Ruffin’s family and repre- sources.” game when it comes to rank make do I guess,” Shelly Mur- Justice and the South Caro- sentatives from the Racial According to his mother, and time. phy said. lina Attorney General’s Of- Justice Network contend the Shelly Murphy, Brandon Mur- “Being in Junior ROTC in Brandon Murphy said his fice to open new investiga- teenager never pointed a phy first started his military high school, every year you’re classes might be all online for tions into the 17-year-old’s gun at Davis and instead career with Junior ROTC at in, you can earn rank when his senior year of school, and death. think Ruffin pulled out his Sumter High School three you go into active military,” the same goes for his drill, too, Columbia police officer gun and dropped it to the years ago. It wasn’t until his ju- Shelly Murphy said. “That’s but he has high hopes that this Kevin Davis shot Ruffin in ground while trying to hide nior year that he made the de- something people don’t know will change soon so that he can April while he was patrolling the weapon, The State re- cision and signed up for six about. If he does ROTC while enjoy his last year of high in an area near where cars ported Tuesday. years in the Army National he’s in college, that’s like going school and stay in shape for the had been recently broken The family and support- Guard. to officer training school … he Army. into, Columbia Police Chief ers called the first investiga- “He signed up before he was could actually retire at age 37 “I don’t know if it’s going to Skip Holbrook has said. tion a “cover up,” the news- out of 11th grade,” Shelly Mur- and get a pension from the mili- be harder or easier online,” The chief said Ruffin was paper said. The South Caro- phy said. “Then he went to tary.” Brandon Murphy said, “but I shot once in the front of his lina Law Enforcement Divi- basic training.” Shelly Murphy wishes more do know it’ll make me a lot lazi- upper body after he ran sion also investigated the Once the school year ended, parents would sit down and dis- er.” away from Davis and had death.

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BY RICK CALLAHAN Timesha being declared dead Sunday the medical responders were told of and told the family to provide that The Associated Press morning at the family’s suburban De- Timesha’s medical history, the medica- number to the funeral home when fu- troit home, only to be discovered to be tions she receives and about her daily neral home staff came to pick up Time- An attorney for the family of a alive after she arrived at the James H. breathing treatments. sha. The funeral home was called at 9 young woman found breathing at a De- Cole funeral home in Detroit. Fieger said following life-saving ef- a.m. and she was picked up about 11:25 troit funeral home after being declared He said he thinks that after she was forts, what happened next remains a.m., he said, only to be discovered dead said Tuesday the 20-year-old was declared dead, police put Timesha in a “very, very murky” to the family and alive about 20 minutes later at the fu- in a body bag for some two hours be- body bag at her family’s home and she himself, but Timesha was declared to neral home. fore it was opened and she was discov- was inside it, breathing, for about 2 1/2 be dead, when she actually needed ur- The city of Southfield said it’s con- ered to be alive, with her eyes open. hours before she arrived at the funeral gent medical care. ducting an internal investigation but Geoffrey Fieger, who was hired by home. Fieger said she was found to be “She needed medical treatment and insisted that the fire and police depart- Timesha Beauchamp’s family, said she alive as she was about to be embalmed. needed transportation to a hospital but ments followed procedures. remains in critical condition at Sinai- “She was alive. Her eyes were open, got transportation to a funeral home,” The Southfield fire department has Grace Hospital in Detroit, where she is and she was breathing. My recollection he said. acknowledged it was involved in Sun- on a respirator and her heart is beating is that the embalmer was actually Fieger said she was declared dead day’s events and said Monday in a on its own. there and was the person who opened even though her godmother, who he statement that the situation began “The doctors are unable to give a the body bag,” he said. said is a registered nurse, told the para- when a medical crew was summoned prognosis right now and have indicated Timesha receives three breathing medics she had seen Timesha breath- to a home on a report that a 20-year-old that it’s touch and go,” Fieger said dur- treatments every day that are needed ing and she felt that she had a pulse. woman was unresponsive. ing an online news conference. due to her medical condition, Fieger He said the paramedics dismissed the Paramedics tried to revive her for 30 Fieger said the family of the South- said. On Sunday, the family called 911 godmother’s concerns, telling her minutes and consulted an emergency field woman, who was born with cere- about 7:30 a.m. after her mother and drugs they had given Timesha were room doctor, the department said. The bral palsy and has always needed con- brother became concerned after her causing those movements. doctor “pronounced the patient de- stant medical care, are shaken by the first breathing treatment and noticed “The godmother felt that she saw ceased based upon medical informa- blunder that led to her being incorrect- she was in distress. He said Timesha chest movements and felt that she had tion provided” from the scene, it said in ly declared dead. had apparently suffered a seizure. a pulse. She told the paramedics, and Monday’s statement. He read a statement from Timesha’s “It was at that time that the family the paramedics told her that the move- The department said it then in- mother, Erica Lattimore, who said that, noticed that her lips were pale and that ments were involuntary and were the formed the Oakland County medical “On behalf of the family we are devas- she had some secretions around her result of the medication. And they examiner’s office of the death and the tated by what has happened. We would mouth and that she was having diffi- went, according to the family, a total of on-duty forensic pathologist “released like people to continue to pray for culty breathing. And the family called three times to Timesha’s room to look the body” to the family. Timesha and keep her family in their Steven, Timesha’s brother, in and then at her,” he said. Battalion Chief Chris Smith said prayers.” they called 911,” Fieger said. After she was declared dead, he said Wednesday that the fire department’s Fieger said he’s just begun investi- He said police arrived within about an officer with Southfield police gave chief would have an updated state- gating at the family’s request what he 15 minutes and four paramedics also the family his card, wrote on the back ment, but he was uncertain when that called the “negligence” that led to arrived at the family home. Fieger said of it the medical examiner’s number would be released. Campus corner

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WASHINGTON (AP) — the pandemic has inflicted For decades, the Federal Re- on households, school dis- serve made clear its readi- tricts, small businesses and ness to raise interest rates at local and state governments. the earliest signs of creeping “The Fed is in a position inflation. where they see the recovery That was then. In a sign is losing momentum at a of how vastly the U.S. eco- time when the economy is nomic landscape has in a deep hole, and that is changed, Chairman Jerome worrisome,” said Diane Powell may be on the verge Swonk, chief economist at of sending a wholly differ- auditing firm Grant Thorn- ent message ton, who, like many ana- this week: lysts, says she worries about That the Fed a possible double-dip reces- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS plans to leave sion. Protesters clash with law enforcement outside the Kenosha County Courthouse late Tuesday in Kenosha, its key rate The chairman’s speech to Wisconsin, on the third night of unrest following the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, whose attorney pinned near an annual gathering of cen- said he was paralyzed after being shot multiple times by police. zero even after tral bank officials is normal- inflation has POWELL ly a hot ticket in the eco- surpassed the nomic world, with coveted 17-year-old arrested in killing of central bank’s invitations going to a select target level — at least for a few. This year, the event is while. being live-streamed to all on Behind the Fed’s new the YouTube site of the Fed- 2 people in 3rd night of protests thinking is an ailing econo- eral Reserve Bank of Kan- my in the grip of a viral sas City, which sponsors it. pandemic and a stubbornly Previous Fed chairs, nota- BY MIKE HOUSEHOLDER AND SCOTT BAUER that supports police. He also can be seen low inflation rate that has bly Alan Greenspan and The Associated Press holding an assault rifle. long defied the Fed’s efforts Ben Bernanke, sometimes Other photographs include those of badges to raise it. used the Jackson Hole con- KENOSHA, Wis. — A white, 17-year-old po- of various law enforcement agencies, includ- Powell will address the ference to announce major lice admirer was arrested Wednesday after ing the Chicago Police Department. All of Fed’s annual gathering policy initiatives during tur- two people were shot to death during a third the badges have a black line across them — today of global central bank- bulent economic times, straight night of protests in Kenosha over something police officers typically do with ers, normally held in pictur- which is one reason why ex- the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob black tape when an officer is killed in the esque Jackson Hole, Wyo- pectations are high that Blake. line of duty. ming, amid the towering Powell could do the same. Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, was In a photograph posted by his mother, he Grand Teton mountain The title of his speech, taken into custody in Illinois on suspicion of is wearing what appears to be a blue law en- range but this time being “Monetary Policy Frame- first-degree intentional homicide. Antioch is forcement uniform as well as the kind of conducted virtually. The work Review,” refers to the 1 about 15 miles from Kenosha. brimmed hat that state troopers wear. conference is occurring just 1/2-year study the Fed un- Two people were killed Tuesday night, and The sheriff told the Milwaukee Journal as the Fed is nearing the end dertook beginning in 2019, a third was wounded in an attack apparently Sentinel that armed vigilantes had been pa- of a comprehensive review which included town-hall carried out by a young white man who was trolling Kenosha’s streets in recent nights, of its monetary policy. sessions with ordinary caught on cellphone video opening fire in the but he did not know if the gunman was While its conclusions may Americans, to assess its in- middle of the street with a semi-automatic among them. However, video taken before not be announced until the terest rate policies and com- rifle. the shooting shows police tossing bottled Fed holds its next meeting munications strategies and “I just killed somebody,” the gunman could water from an armored vehicle to what ap- in September, Powell will decide on any changes. be heard saying at one point during the ram- pear to be armed civilians walking the likely preview its message The minutes of its most page that erupted just before midnight. streets. And one of them appears to be the in his speech today. recent policy meeting in late In the wake of the killings, Wisconsin Gov. gunman. The widespread expecta- July indicated that an an- Tony Evers authorized the sending of 500 “We appreciate you being here,” an officer tion is that the Fed is poised nouncement was expected members of the National Guard to Kenosha, is heard saying to the group over a loud- to adopt a more flexible poli- soon. That has prompted doubling the number of troops. The gover- speaker. cy that would allow inflation speculation that Powell will nor’s office said he is working with other The sheriff later defended officers by say- to overshoot its 2% annual discuss the changes today, states to bring in additional National Guard ing, “Our deputies would toss water to any- target for some period to with a formal adoption of members and law officers. Authorities also body.” compensate for the many the proposals when the Fed announced a 7 p.m. curfew, an hour earlier Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who is years in which inflation has next meets in mid-Septem- than the night before. Black, said in an interview with the news run below 2%. ber. “A senseless tragedy like this cannot hap- program “Democracy Now!” that the shoot- It’s called “average infla- The most consequential pen again,” the governor, a Democrat, said ings were not surprising and that white mili- tion targeting.” The goal change would be for the Fed in a statement. “I again ask those who tias have been ignored for too long. would be to drive home to to replace the 2% annual in- choose to exercise their First Amendment “How many times across this country do borrowers and investors flation target it adopted in rights please do so peacefully and safely, as you see armed gunmen, protesting, walking that the Fed’s benchmark 2012 — and has never man- so many did last night. I also ask the individ- into state Capitols, and everybody just thinks rate — which influences aged to reach consistently — uals who are not there to exercise those it’s OK?” Barnes said. “People treat that like many consumer and busi- with some form of average rights to please stay home and let local first it’s some kind of normal activity that people ness loans — will stay ultra- inflation targeting. It would responders, law enforcement and members are walking around with assault rifles.” low for likely years to come. mean that the Fed could of the Wisconsin National Guard do their In Wisconsin, it is legal for people 18 and What’s new is the message raise rates more slowly in jobs.” over to openly carry a gun, with no license that the Fed is prepared to coming years even if infla- In Washington, the Justice Department required. accept a level of inflation tion starts to rise. Right now, said it is sending in the FBI and federal mar- Witness accounts and video indicate the that in the past it would not the Fed’s preferred inflation shals in response to the unrest. shootings took place in two stages: The gun- have tolerated while keeping gauge is hovering at a sub- The dead were identified only as 26-year- man first shot someone at a car lot, then rates near record lows. 1% annual rate, well below old Silver Lake, Wisconsin, resident and a jogged away, stumbled and fell in the street, The Fed chairman is the 2% target. 36-year-old from Kenosha. The wounded per- and opened fire again as members of the speaking at a perilous time. Among other ideas, Fed son, a 36-year-old from West Allis, Wiscon- crowd closed in him. Unemployment is still in officials have also discussed sin, was expected to survive, police said. A witness, Julio Rosas, 24, said that when double digits, and roughly 1 the possibility of adopting “We were all chanting ‘Black lives matter’ the gunman stumbled, “two people jumped million people are applying what is called yield control. at the gas station and then we heard, boom, onto him and there was a struggle for con- for jobless aid each week This would entail setting a boom, and I told my friend, `’That’s not fire- trol of his rifle. At that point during the even as the amount of aid target yield for, say, the 10- works,’” 19-year-old protester Devin Scott struggle, he just began to fire multiple they receive has shrunk. year Treasury and then tai- told the Chicago Tribune. “And then this guy rounds and that dispersed people near him.” Consumer confidence has loring the Fed’s purchases with this huge gun runs by us in the middle “The rifle was being jerked around in all tumbled. Though the stock of Treasurys to keep the of the street and people are yelling, ‘He shot directions while it was being fired,” Rosas market and home sales are yield at that level. But this someone! He shot someone!’ And everyone is said. surging, the economy is proposal appears to have trying to fight the guy, chasing him and then Sam Dirks, 22, from Milwaukee, said he struggling to grow, and mil- fallen out of favor because he started shooting again.” had seen the suspected gunman earlier in lions face potential evictions of objections that it would Scott said he cradled a lifeless victim in the evening, and he was yelling at some of from their homes. require the Fed to exert too his arms, and a woman started performing the protesters. Against that backdrop, much control over long- CPR, but “I don’t think he made it.” “He was definitely very agitated. He was Powell may also discuss term rates. According to witness accounts and video pacing around, just pointing his gun in gen- other options that the Fed Another possibility is footage, police apparently let the young man eral. Not necessarily at anyone specifically,” and Congress could pursue. that the Fed will expand responsible for the shootings walk past them Dirks said. As he has before, the chair- its “forward guidance” — with a rifle over his shoulder and his hands Blake, 29, was shot, apparently in the back, man could press Congress the wording in its policy in the air as members of the crowd were on Sunday as he leaned into his SUV, three to resolve its political im- statements that is intend- yelling for him to be arrested because he had of his children seated inside. Kenosha police passe and expand upon the ed to signal when it will shot people. have said little about what happened other $3 trillion in aid it has pro- likely adjust its bench- As for how that happened, Sheriff David than that they were responding to a domestic vided to cushion the damage mark rate. Beth portrayed a chaotic, high-stress scene, dispute. They have not said whether Blake with screaming, chanting, nonstop radio was armed, and they have not disclosed the traffic and “people running all over the race of the three officers on the scene.        place” — conditions that he said can cause On Tuesday, Ben Crump, the lawyer for “tunnel vision” among law officers. Blake’s family, said it would “take a miracle”      Rittenhouse was assigned a public defend- for Blake to walk again. He called for the of- er in Illinois for a hearing Friday on his ficer who opened fire to be arrested and for          transfer to Wisconsin. The public defender’s the others involved to lose their jobs.            office had no comment. Under Wisconsin The shooting was captured on cellphone law, anyone 17 or older is treated as an adult video and ignited new protests in the U.S.              in the criminal justice system. three months after the death of George            Much of Rittenhouse’s Facebook page is Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis po- ! "   #$%&'   devoted to praising law enforcement, with lice officer touched off a nationwide reckon- references to Blue Lives Matter, a movement ing over racial injustice.     (           )      !"     GOLD *+, -&%- '"'-$#.# !     /      PAYING TOP    !  )   )  #01 )   !"    *'+',  DOLLAR -&%- "-$#.#  ) 2        ) +3  "   4  !* "   5,   .2 6" #-11 7)8  '5   9"-1.$1' A6 | THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2020 LOCAL | NATION THE SUMTER ITEM

business license issued by the county. initiative, a referendum that Sumter agricultural conservation at 1855 Lor- MASKS FROM PAGE A1 ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTER TO voters approved first in 2008 and again ing Mill Road underwent a public RECEIVE ADDITIONAL POSITION in 2014 to fund capital projects hearing. customers and employees. The pro- throughout the county by raising the Applicant Jeffery Faw made the re- posed requirement also applied to Also during Tuesday’s meeting, sales tax in the county by 1 cent and quest with plans to develop two single- those providing transportation servic- Councilwoman Vivian Fleming-Mc- funneling those pennies to the initia- family homes on the property. The es and all businesses or employees Ghaney said a request to add an addi- tive, the Sumter County Administra- land is across from agricultural con- while interacting with people in out- tional position at the Sumter County tion Building received a makeover and servation and the military protection door spaces including, but not limited Animal Control Shelter was brought expansion at a cost of $2.8 million. plan. to, curbside pickup, delivery and ser- before the Personnel/Technology Mixon said the building is not fully With the request being compatible vice calls. Committee Meeting. functional yet, but they will eventual- with the 2040 Land Use Plan and mili- Baker said he was concerned that The committee motioned approval ly get there as they start moving em- tary protection, the planning commis- someone would turn a business in for of the request, and council unani- ployees back into their offices. He sion recommended approval of the re- an employee not wearing a mask, and mously approved it. hopes the building will be fully func- quest. the business owner would be given a ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TO tional by the end of the week and that No one spoke during the public violation and could lose his or her REOPEN NEXT WEEK they can open back up to the public hearing, but the applicant addressed business license for repeated viola- on Monday. council to thank them for the consid- tions. County Administrator Gary Mixon REZONING OF PROPERTY ON LORING eration. The ordinance proposed repeated vi- said employees started moving back MILL ROAD PASSES 2ND READING Without discussion, council unani- olations at any business or establish- into the Administration Building last mously approved the second reading. ment could result in the county seek- week. The second reading of a request to It must undergo three readings to be ing suspension or revocation of the As part of the Penny for Progress rezone 12.1 acres from residential-15 to passed.

party leader for 17 years, dating the Democrats’ relief package is too VACCINE back to when he took his seat in RELIEF FROM PAGE A1 large and should be more focused. FROM PAGE A1 2003. In the November general “I am willing to help state and local election, he is opposed by Dem- government, but it’s got to be reason- device products. Its products ocrat Jaime Harrison, an Or- Graham and wanted to bring the ben- able,” he said. “We did $150 billion are used daily in hospitals, doc- angeburg native. efit down to $200. last time; $900 billion is just way too tors’ offices and other health Harrison is the former chair- Democratic leaders wanted to ex- much. That’s bailing out states for organizations. man of the South Carolina tend the full $600 benefit. Democrats problems unassociated with the He said COVID-19 has shown Democratic Party and is an as- also proposed about $900 billion to aid virus.” that the U.S. medical supply sociate chairman of the Demo- state and local governments and a He said he’s hoping to compromise chain is too dependent on China cratic National Committee who total relief package of $3 trillion. on a stimulus package next month. and other countries, and BD is a is polling strongly in the red Before the recess, the two sides “I’m hoping in September when we great example of “an American- state. couldn’t agree on a top-line figure, go back, this will be the first order of first approach to health care.” After the one-hour-long stop how much weekly unemployment ben- business,” Graham said. “That we get Graham is concluding his in Sumter, Graham visited efits should be and how much aid to in a room, lock the door and not com- third term in the U.S. Senate nearby Camden in Kershaw give state and local governments. ing out until we get a deal. I think it’s and has been a Republican County. Republicans, including Graham, say important; we need another phase.”

TESTING FROM PAGE A1 revised “to reflect current evidence overall rate of positive results, while a shortage of reagents used in lab pro- and the best public health interven- narrowing testing to people who are cedures. tions” but did not detail what the new sick would raise the overall positive “I feel so strongly that we should test was another sign of a dysfunctional evidence was. rate, Auerbach said. asymptomatic people when the capaci- federal response to the pandemic. The decision came out of meetings Why HHS would order such a ty allows you to,” she said. “And when “This is like a public health version of the White House coronavirus task change quickly became a matter of we were testing asymptomatic people of Vietnam,” said Brian Castrucci, force, HHS officials said. speculation. Dr. Carlos del Rio, an in- here in Columbus, we were picking up president and CEO of the de Beau- In a call with reporters, Dr. Brett Gi- fectious diseases specialist at Emory a large number of individuals.” mont Foundation, which works to roir, the HHS assistant secretary for University, suggested in a tweet that Another possible explanation for the strengthen the public health system. health, said the guidance language there are two possible explanations. change is that President Donald CDC officials referred all media came from the CDC. But he also said One is that it may be driven by test- Trump simply wants to see case questions to the agency’s parent orga- many people were involved in “lots of ing supply issues that in many parts counts drop, and discouraging more nization, the U.S. Department of editing, lots of input.” He said federal of the country have caused widely re- people from getting tested is one way Health and Human Services in Wash- officials achieved consensus but it was ported delays in results of a week or to do it, del Rio said in his tweet. ington, D.C. That suggests that HHS difficult to attribute the final language more, he suggested. Giroir said the change in guidance ordered the change, not CDC, said to any one source. In the HHS email, agency officials was passed by consensus by the Jennifer Nuzzo, a Johns Hopkins Uni- Ultimately, restricting testing could said that is not the reason and argued White House task force without input versity public health researcher. be self-defeating, because it could that testing capacity is plentiful. from Trump or Vice President Mike After Twitter lit up with head- skew the numbers and create a per- But Dr. Mysheika Roberts, health Pence. “There was no weight on the scratching and alarm about the ception that rates of infection are commissioner for the city of Colum- scales by the president or the vice change, HHS officials sent an email higher. Testing people who appear to bus, Ohio, said testing in her city last president” or HHS Secretary Alex Wednesday saying the guidance was be healthy would tend to lower the month had to be curtailed because of Azar, Giroir said. Laura gains strength, could bring ‘unsurvivable’ surge

BY MELINDA DESLATTE, JEFF ters showed up without money miles inland. Almost 15 years MARTIN and STACEY to rent a room, saying the fam- have passed since Hurricane PLAISANCE ily had burned through its sav- Rita destroyed the city. The Associated Press ings after losing jobs because “The devastation afterward of the coronavirus. “The in our town and that whole DELCAMBRE, La. — Laura COVID-19 is just totally wiping corner of the state was just strengthened Wednesday into us out,” said Shalonda Joseph, awful,” Clements recalled. a menacing Category 4 hurri- 43, a teacher in Port Arthur. “Whole communities were cane, raising fears of a 20-foot Edwards lamented that the washed away, never to exist storm surge that forecasters impending storm meant sus- again. ... So knowing how dev- said would be “unsurvivable” pension of community testing astating the storms are, there and capable of sinking entire for COVID-19 at a crucial time was no way we were going to communities. Authorities im- — as elementary and second- stay for this.” plored coastal residents of ary schools in Louisiana are The church educator said Texas and Louisiana to evacu- opening and students are re- she fears for her office, which ate and worried that not turning to college campuses. is in a trailer following recent enough had fled. “We’re basically going to be construction. The storm grew nearly 87% blind for this week,” Edwards “I very much anticipate that in power in just 24 hours to a said, referring to the lack of my office will be gone when I size the National Hurricane testing. get back. It will be scattered Center called “extremely dan- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Forecasters said storm surge throughout that field.” gerous.” Drawing energy from Autum Nelson, 2, right, and Asia Nelson, 6, left, board a bus to evacu- topped by waves could sub- The hurricane also threat- the warm Gulf of Mexico wa- ate Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Wednesday ahead of Hurricane Laura. merge entire towns. Water was ens a center of the U.S. energy ters, the system was on track already rising in the small industry. The government said to arrive late Wednesday or drove school buses around churned about 155 miles south Louisiana community of Holly 84% of Gulf oil production and early today as the most power- neighborhoods, offering to of Lake Charles. Beach in the imperiled Camer- an estimated 61% of natural ful hurricane to strike the U.S. pick up families. Across the “Heed the advice of your on Parish, which forecasters gas production were shut so far this year. state line in Port Arthur, local authorities. If they tell have warned could become down. Nearly 300 platforms “It looks like it’s in full beast Texas, few stragglers boarded you to go, go! Your life depends part of the Gulf of Mexico have been evacuated. Consum- mode, which is not what you evacuation buses, and city offi- on it today,” said Joel Cline, after the storm comes ashore. ers are unlikely to see big want to see if you’re in its cials announced that two C-130 tropical program coordinator Laura is expected to cause price hikes, however, because way,” University of Miami transport planes offered the at the National Weather Ser- widespread flash flooding in the pandemic has decimated hurricane researcher Brian last chance to leave. vice. “It’s a serious day, and states far from the coast. Flood demand for fuel. McNoldy said. Abbott warned that people you need to listen to them.” watches were issued for much “If Laura moves further Winds were expected to who fail to get out of harm’s On Twitter, President Don- of Arkansas, and forecasters west toward Houston, there reach 150 mph before landfall, way could be cut off from help ald Trump also urged coastal said heavy rainfall could ar- will be a much bigger gasoline and forecasters said up to 15 long after the storm hits. residents to heed local offi- rive by Friday in parts of Mis- supply problem,” oil analyst inches of rain could fall in A Category 4 hurricane can cials. Hurricane warnings souri, Tennessee and Ken- Andrew Lipow said, since re- some places. cause damage so catastrophic were issued from San Luis tucky. Laura is so powerful fineries usually take two to One major Louisiana high- that power outages may last Pass, Texas, to Intracoastal that it’s expected to become a three weeks to resume full op- way already had standing for months in places, and wide City, Louisiana, and reached tropical storm again once it erations. water as Laura’s outer bands areas could be uninhabitable inland for 200 miles. Storm reaches the Atlantic Ocean, Laura closed in on the U.S. moved ashore with tropical for weeks or months. The surge warnings were in effect potentially threatening the after killing nearly two dozen storm-force winds. 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e are a nation adrift. Even before the pandemic and George Floyd’s death, the U.S. was piling on problems with Wlittle sense that we had either the leadership or the political will to address them. The coronavirus and Black Lives Matter protests have amplified those challenges, throwing older ones into stark relief and adding new ones. I am as convinced as ever that this country has the strength and ingenuity to find its way out. I don’t know about you, but I see rising out of the multiple crises besetting us a bedrock recogni- tion that there is much work to do, which requires a new will- ingness to overcome the inertia COMMENTARY of recent years. Not that this will be easy: the scale of our problems is too im- Lee Hamilton mense to resolve them outright. Biden’s convention was all about his base The stark inequities in economic ASHINGTON — virtually no effort to win back rally in the former vice presi- opportunity, policing and crimi- While President the working-class voters who dent’s birthplace, Scranton, nal justice that have sparked ongoing protests Donald Trump’s voted twice for Barack Obama Pennsylvania. “Joe Biden is no are too deep-seated for quick fixes — though, Wbase is already fired but defected to Trump in 2016. friend of Pennsylvania,” Trump hearteningly, there seems to be a widespread up to vote in November, Demo- The reason Trump is president said. “He’s actually ... your worst conviction among ordinary Americans that crats spent this week’s Demo- today is because about one-third nightmare. Biden supported change is due. The economy in recent years has cratic National Convention just of the nearly 700 counties that every single globalist attack on done just fine for a relatively small group of peo- trying to get a fire started. twice voted for Obama went for Pennsylvania workers: NAFTA; ple at the top but has left too many Americans Much of the Joe Biden conven- Trump in 2016. According to China’s entry into the World fearing that they won’t be able to fend for them- tion was an exercise in base mo- Nate Cohn of the New York Trade Organization, which built selves or their families. These differences are bilization. There’s a reason for Times, Trump won because he China into a power; TPP; Korea; even more glaring now: The pandemic is eviscer- that. A Post-ABC News poll on “flipped millions of white work- the horrible, ridiculous Paris Cli- ating small businesses and upending the lives of the eve of the convention showed ing-class Obama supporters to mate Accord, which stripped our millions as larger companies and well-connected that while 65% of Trump sup- his side.” If you were a working- nation of its energy; and the so- entrepreneurs position themselves to thrive. Dig- porters say they class Obama-Trump voter watch- called Clean Power Plan.” ging out will be the work of years. are “very enthu- ing this week’s convention, you Trump is behind in most bat- We face other immense issues that have been siastic” about heard a lot about gun violence, tleground state polls, but the allowed to drift. People who are chronically sick supporting the racial justice and climate change race in pivotal Pennsylvania has today have their lives upended and often wind up president, only but not much directed at you. tightened. In July, Biden had an in debt — yet much as we talk about health care 48% of Biden The message you heard was: 11-point lead in the Fox News being a human right, we don’t act that way. Many supporters say Democrats are not interested in poll; a new poll this week shows Americans worry that immigrants are taking the same about your support. Trump within the margin of jobs and reshaping the lives they know — yet our the former vice That showed in Biden’s ac- error. political system has been unable to move beyond Marc Thiessen president. ceptance speech. It was in Trump now has the opportuni- either “fence them out” or “welcome them” to Biden has an many ways an impassioned and ty to do what Biden did not: use reckon with how we adjust creatively and hu- enthusiasm effective address. But not a his convention to reach beyond manely to demographic change. Our tax code is problem with two key constitu- word about the opioid epidemic his base and make a pitch to the riddled with loopholes created for and exploited encies he needs to win — young- and deaths of despair that are 10% to 15% of voters who have by people of higher income — yet those with the er voters and African-Ameri- destroying their families. Not a said they approve of his econom- power to change it have refused to do so. We face cans. Only 25% of voters aged word about the outsourcing of ic policies but don’t approve of an ever-rising national debt — with no political 18-39 are “very enthusiastic” jobs that has decimated their him. It is in their economic self- will to address it. We’re involved in countless about voting for him. And CNN communities. Not a word about interest to give him a second conflicts overseas — with no strategic clarity or reports that Biden’s support confronting China, the country term. concerted effort to ask why and for what pur- among Black voters is currently that unleashed COVID-19 on Trump needs to give them per- pose. smaller than Clinton’s was in our country and has decimated mission to vote in their self-inter- So, what do we do? Obviously, there are specif- 2016. Worse, only 68% of African- many economic sectors with est. To do that, he needs to ac- ic policies we could pursue — on economic op- Americans aged 18 to 29 say they unfair trade practices. Biden knowledge his flaws and the fact portunity, for instance, some form of universal intend to vote for Biden — 17 blamed Trump for the job loss- that his brash New York ap- basic income or at least a rise in the federal mini- points fewer than supported es from the pandemic. But proach sometimes rubs people mum wage, which hasn’t budged from $7.25 an Clinton four years ago. these voters remember that be- the wrong way. His message hour since 2009, would at least help workers save If you think Democrats are fore the pandemic hit, America should be: Despite my imperfec- a little and reduce anxiety in times of uncertain- confident these voters will turn had recovered half-a-million tions, I’m fighting for you. With ty. But overall, how we set about fixing ourselves out, count how many times they manufacturing jobs under that approach, he can keep his matters as much as the specifics of what we do. urged viewers to “make a plan” Trump after losing almost base energized and expand it at For one thing, most of these problems can’t re- to vote. An energized base 200,000 factory jobs in the the same time. His convention is ally be solved, only managed. Because of their doesn’t need that kind of encour- Obama-Biden years. the place to start. scope and complexity, there’s no single remedy. agement. Trump understands this, There are multiple things that need to be done, Those efforts at base mobiliza- which is partly why just hours Follow Marc A. Thiessen on Twit- and the vital thing is to get started doing them tion came at a cost. There was before Biden’s address, he held a ter, @marcthiessen. and not be hamstrung by partisan differences. Secondly, we are long past the point where one sector can afford to sit things out. We need gov- ernment, the private sector and not-for-profits to WHO REPRESENTS YOU work together. The old saws that solutions lie SUMTER COUNTY 317 W. Bartlette St. WARD 4 chiefly with government or that government is COUNCIL Sumter, SC 29150 Steven Corley Johnny Hilton — Area 4 useless long ago lost their relevance. When DISTRICT 1 (803) 773-2353 (home) 115 Radcliff Drive 2691 Wedgefield Road Christopher F. 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BY DENNIS BRUNSON not win nine games again, but I eron McElveen and Lucas Fre- [email protected] don’t see us going south either.” idenberger. That isn’t a luxury The Cavaliers open their sea- Rankin has had before so he Lee Academy lost six offen- son on Friday at home against plans on utilizing it. sive starters from last year’s 9-3 Williamsburg Academy. “We haven’t had two guys ca- playoff team, including dual- One reason Rankin feels good pable at the same time, so we’re threat quarterback Jet Smith. about his team is that three of planning on using some 2-tight The Cavaliers only have three his returning offensive starters end sets,” he said. starters returning on defense. are on the line. Senior Jarrett That will add even more di- Lee head coach David Rankin Huettmann returns at one tack- versity to what Rankin has de- isn’t worried though. When le and junior Tripp Strange at veloped into a multi-faceted of- you’ve had five straight seasons the other. Senior Dayton Brown fense over the years. Lee will of at least nine wins, replacing is back at one guard. The other have to replace Smith, but good players is part of the job. guard is sophomore Eli Tomlin- Rankin he feels he has more “Every year we lose our se- son, who got a lot of time as well than a capable signal caller this niors, and then all you hear is due to injuries. year in Keaton Price. doom and gloom,” Rankin said. “We feel like one of the “We’re happy with where Ke- “How are we going to be able to strengths or our team is on the aton is at,” Rankin said of the replace them? But then we’re line,” said Rankin, who will senior, who played some quar- fine again. Our kids work hard, have junior Parker Wilkes at terback last year but was main- THE SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO they lift weights hard, they center. “That’s a good place to ly used at running back. “He is Lee Academy hopes Keaton Price, left, will be scoring more touch- practice hard. have experience.” a dual-threat quarterback like downs this season as he moves from running back to quarterback. “We feel like we’ve got some The Cavaliers will also have a The Cavaliers play their season opener at home on Friday against good football players. We may pair of senior tight ends in Cam- SEE LEE, PAGE A9 Williamsburg Academy. Laurence Manning works to follow up on spectacular 2019 despite virus

BY TIM LEIBLE we should be,” said Floyd. “But every- [email protected] body is in the same boat, and I would rather be doing this than not playing.” The Laurence Manning Academy Senior wide receiver and safety Gabe football team surprised a lot of people Harris said he is frustrated the offense in 2019, playing their way into the isn’t quite as far along as he’d like, SCISA 3A state championship game. purely because it hasn’t had its regular The Swampcats lost just two games last time on the field. year, both to eventual champion Ham- “Having groups of nine players to- mond and is looking to build on that in gether, you can’t piece together an of- Year 2 under head coach Austin Floyd. fense in the offseason like you normally Then the coronavirus pandemic hap- do,” said Harris. “You don’t have the pened. same bond with the rest of the team, This offseason has been far from typi- just with those nine guys. It’s just made cal for the Swampcats, and Floyd sees a it so much different and harder to get lack of a team bond as one of the big- together and have the offense we want- gest downsides to this summer. In ed Week 0 and Week 1.” “I think the biggest thing is a bonding Senior linebacker Britton Morris issue,” said Floyd, whose team opens noted that this team is familiar with its season on Friday in Columbia making changes. The players were hop- against Heathwood Hall. “Normally ing things would get more familiar dur- with summer workouts we have two big ing their second year under Floyd, but groups with linemen and skill guys, but the virus definitely complicated things. this year we were limited to nine in a “It’s been very different. Compared to group and they had to stay with that the team last year, everything was new same nine every day. They were really and we thought we had a handle on it kind of building a little group within coming into this year and then March that, but as far as the team activities happened,” said Morris. “We had to ba- where we’re mixing with each other, we sically start from scratch it felt like. I’m weren’t able to do. That’s been an just glad it’s the second year under a issue.” new coach. It really helps, but it’s diffi- The Swampcats also just haven’t had cult to get all the new kids in with lim- that much time on the field. LMA has ited time.” to replace some huge pieces from last Every team has to replace players year’s team like star running back every year, but LMA finds itself in a Wyatt Rowland and quarterback Bur- difficult position with having to replace gess Jordan. It’s tough to do that with most of its offense. Floyd knows this limited practice time, but Floyd isn’t team isn’t going to find another Wyatt TIM LEIBLE / THE SUMTER ITEM making any excuses. Rowland, but it will find a way to be Laurence Manning wide receiver Gabe Harris catches a pass during practice on Tues- “As far as football, this is our fourth successful. day. Harris, who is also the team’s starting safety, will be a key cog for the Swampcats week of true practicing, so it feels like as they start their season against Heathwood Hall on Friday. we’re at the end of spring with where SEE LMA, PAGE A9 Lakewood safety Wright NBA playoff games called off amid player boycott BY BRIAN MAHONEY The dramatic series of p.m., with the Bucks needing commits to Kansas The Associated Press moves began when the Bucks a win to advance. — the NBA team in Wiscon- Players had been discuss- BY TIM LEIBLE ceed, and they believe in you LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. sin, a state rocked in recent ing boycotting games in the [email protected] and it’s just big-time football.” — All three NBA playoff days by the shooting by po- bubble after the shooting of Another deciding factor was games scheduled for Wednes- lice officers of Jacob Blake, a Blake by police in Kenosha, Lakewood High School safety the uncertainty around football day have been postponed, Black man — didn’t take the Wisconsin. More discussions James Wright decommitted this fall. Schools only have so with players around the floor for their playoff game were scheduled Wednesday, from East Carolina University many spots, so Wright wanted league choosing to boycott in against the Magic. The teams but even before that the on Friday, but he didn’t need to make sure his spot at Kansas their strongest statement yet were set to begin Game 5 of Bucks apparently decided long to find his next commit- was secure, because anything against racial injustice. their series shortly after 4 they would act. ment. The Gator senior com- could happen this fall with the mitted to Kansas on Wednesday coronavirus pandemic. and made the quick decision “As far as recruiting goes, because it just felt right. spots fill up fast and they offer “I guess it was God’s timing,” more scholarships than they said Wright. “The coaches can take players for,” said REAL. LOCAL. treated me like family, and I Wright. “I just wanted to secure just knew I wanted to go there, my spot and focus on my sea- so there was no reason to waste son that’s ahead of me.” any time so I just made that The Kansas football program move.” has an interesting history. The Wright said the relationship Jayhawks won their only Bowl SAVINGS. with the coaching staff was the Championship Subdivision biggest reason he felt comfort- bowl game in 2007 when they See how much you could save on car insurance today. able committing. Les Miles, the beat Virginia in the Orange former national-championship- Bowl. Since then, the program winning head coach at Louisi- has been in decline. 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LMA FROM PAGE A8 gotten faster, so we’re excited good as anybody in this LEE FROM PAGE A8 Price and Nix will be the to see him.” league, and I think the second- outside linebackers, while Laurence Manning will ary will be able to make Gaskins and Arledge will line “Every team is different need more than just Osteen in enough plays,” said Floyd. Jet Smith and Bryce Barrett up on the inside. Kirven and and we have to find what this its backfield, and Floyd thinks “We’ve got some new guys before him. We want that in senior Ethan Grantham will team is good at doing,” said he has a few strong options. that played JV (junior varsity) our quarterbacks. His throw- be the cornerbacks, and Fre- Floyd. “We’re starting to get “We don’t really have one for us last year, but they’re ing is getting better every day, idenberger will be the free to that point where I’m realiz- guy that’s head over heels bet- good players. Defensively, I and Keaton throws a really safety. ing what formation, what ter than everybody, but feel good.” good deep ball.” A concern Rankin has this kind of personnel, what kind they’re all good players and Laurence Manning had a lot Junior Hunter Arledge will year is the fact he’s having to of plays are going to match they all work hard,” said of changes this offseason, but be the H back. Senior Jenkins use a number of 2-way play- us.” Floyd. “I’m just excited to see one of the biggest changes is McCullum and sophomore ers. In previous years, Lee has The LMA players all are them play. Just wanna see. We how other programs look at Hampton Gaskins are vying been able to limit that num- taking that mindset to heart. haven’t had scrimmages the Swampcats. Coming into for time at halfback. ber. However, the Cavaliers “There’s pressure because against anybody, we’ve only last season, LMA was a wild Senior Josh Kirven and ju- will have eight players start- everyone is expecting some- gone against ourselves, so I card. No one knew what to niors Drew Nix and Andrew ing on both offense and de- one to step in to that place ex- won’t really know until I have make of this team with a new Hair will be sharing time at fense. actly, but you don’t have to be a better feel after Friday.” head coach. Now LMA comes wide receiver. Because of that and the Wyatt Rowland, you have to be The Swampcats also have a into the season as the team Lee will be switching to a coronavirus limiting what the best Gabe Harris you can hole to fill at quarterback. that finished second in 3A last 4-4 alignment on defense. could be done over the sum- be,” Harris said. “Just do what Freshman Tyler June will season and has a target on its McElveen and senior Wyatt mer, Rankin is concerned you need to do to make the come in to take over for Jor- back. That brings a different Welch will be the ends, while about the conditioning of his team excel.” dan, but he hasn’t had many mentality to this group. Huettmann and sophomore players. Senior linebacker and run- reps to get up to speed. “We all have a little bit more Liam Hoopaugh will be the “I don’t know if we’re in ning back Bennett Stephens “He lost the spring and lost confidence, but we know we tackles. quite as good of shape as said it will be on the senior the summer pretty much. We have to come out here and “The strength of our team we’ve been in the past,” class to step up in place of the did as much as we could as far work every day to be there,” is the defensive line,” Rankin Rankin said. “I don’t know if players who graduated last as running routes, but the big- said Stephens on how last sea- said. “That’s why we decided it’s because we haven’t had year. gest thing he’s struggling with son’s success has effected this to go with four instead of something to prepare for, like “It’s really important. We a little bit right now is some of team. three. We think that we’re if we have a scrimmage here lost our quarterback and our the pass protection terminolo- Floyd likes his team’s confi- going to be good there. We’ll or a 7-on-7 (tournament) here. running back. It’s a big deal,” gy,” said Floyd. “Sometimes dence, but doesn’t want them have to see if that’s the case “Still, I feel like we’re ready said Stephens. “We’ve gotta as a young guy coming in, you to focus too much on last or not.” to play.” figure out how to score points, worry about where you’re year’s success. because we’ve got a young throwing the ball, but you “What we have to under- quarterback in there, but I have to make sure your line- stand as a team is that what think he can do the job.” men are where they’re sup- the team last year accom- LMA does have one big posed to be or you’re gonna plished is all last year. Even as ing in and trying to earn my piece returning to its backfield get your head knocked off. a coaching staff, that’s all last WRIGHT spot,” said Wright. “There is in Nolan Osteen. He played a “If we can get him up on year. This year has been a FROM PAGE A8 a chance that I’ll be playing crucial role last year as the that, it’ll open up what we can crazy year, and it’s its own as a freshman.” Swampcat fullback, as he do offensively a little bit more, thing. Right now, our expecta- He knows everything about Wright said he plans to opened holes for other run- but the talent is there. His tion is to do our best to win football. He won national graduate from Lakewood in ning backs, while also provid- mind has to come with it and the football game Friday.” championships back at LSU, December and enroll at Kan- ing some pop of his own on his attitude has to come with Those are outside expecta- so he knows what he’s sas for the spring semester. the ground. it.” tions, but what does Floyd ex- doing,” said Wright. “He He’s excited when the time “Nolan’s a player, man, he’s While LMA is losing a lot of pect? He’s not focused on a knows how to get his players comes when he finally gets to a competitor. He works his tail pieces offensively, they have a number of wins; he just wants to the next level (the National campus and experience off,” said Floyd. “Last year lot of players coming back on to see the best version. Football League), so with this Power 5 Conference football Wyatt got a majority of the the other side of the ball. A “We wanna push them to be recruiting class that we’ve firsthand. carries and then him and starting safety in Harris, line- the best we can possibly get got, I think it could be some- “It’s going to be really ex- Trey (Sharpe), the other backers in Stephens and Mor- out of them,” said Floyd. “If thing special.” citing,” said Wright. “It’s wing(back), kinda split them. ris, and Henry Black at defen- being the best is 6-5, that’s the The Lakewood senior also going to be a big change from He’ll probably get more this sive end to name a few. Floyd best we got, that’s OK, but we thinks he’ll be able to com- Sumter, getting into the col- year and we’ll lean on him a likes what he’s seen out of his want to try to get the most we pete for a starting spot right lege life and getting in and little more, but he’ll be ready defense so far. can out of this group and try away with the Jayhawks. getting to work and having to play. He’s only a junior. “We’ve got a front seven to win as many of them as we “They’re losing some se- the chance to play as a fresh- He’s only gotten stronger, only that I think will be just as can.” nior safeties, so I’m just com- man.”

lor Sr. and Esther Janie was blessed to be a ALEXANDER TERRELL friends at the residence, 2635 OBITUARIES Irene Ridgeway stay-at-home mom. During LAWSON Ingram Road, Pinewood. DR. GLENDA RUTH Taylor. He attend- the times that she worked, COLUMBIA — On Satur- These services have been ed Lees-McCrae Janie was employed by Pio- day, Aug. 22, 2020, Alexander entrusted to Samuels Funeral GUILLIAMS College, Wofford neer Dress Factory, Glen “Rabbit” or “Alex” Terrell Home LLC of Manning. Dr. Glenda Ruth Guilliams College and grad- Manufacturing and operated Lawson departed CLYDE DEAN HODGE passed away gently on Thurs- TAYLOR uated from the her own home-based florist. this life at the day, Aug. 20, 2020. University of Janie was also a volunteer at Dorn VA Medical Clyde Dean Hodge, 64, hus- Born on Sept. 2, South Carolina Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Colum- band of Penny Lyles Hodge, 1938, in Coshoc- with a bachelor’s degree in Center of Sumter. Janie was bia. died on Wednesday, Aug. 26, ton, Ohio, she accounting. He was a member united in holy matrimony to Born on April 2020, at Prisma Health Tuom- was a daughter of of Manning United Methodist the late James Witherspoon 1, 1991, in Sum- ey Hospital. the late Edwin Church. in 1952 and to that loving LAWSON ter, he was a son Surviving are his wife of Charles Guil- Surviving in addition to his union they had eight chil- of Georgia With- Sumter; and one son, Brian liams and Ruth wife are a son, Jody Taylor dren. She was a lifelong erspoon Lenix Hodge of Sumter. GUILLIAMS Lucile Lapp Guil- (Amanda) of Manning; two member of New Hope Minis- and Jacob Lawson. Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- liams. Reared on grandsons, Anders Taylor and tries Church, where she Graveside services will take neral Home & Crematory, 221 a farm, she developed a life- Cody Taylor, both of Man- served faithfully in many ca- place at 11 a.m. on Friday at Broad Street, Sumter, is in long appreciation of hard ning; a sister, Kathy Taylor pacities including: church Blanding Memorial Gardens, charge of the arrangements, work and an abiding love of Lee (Gary) of Manning; and secretary, president of the 1002 Hyman Drive, Ram Bay (803) 775-9386. animals. She could entertain numerous nieces and neph- missionary auxiliary, presi- community of Manning. friends for hours with tales of ews. dent of the minister’s and Public viewing will take farm life and the ironies of In addition to his parents, deacon’s wives auxiliary, place from 6 to 8 p.m. at Flem- the human condition. She fol- he was preceded in death by a Sunday school teacher and ing & DeLaine Chapel, 222 W. lowed an academic career, re- son, James Andrew “Drew” many other ministries as well Boyce St., Manning. ceiving a Bachelor of Arts Taylor Jr.; and a brother, Hu- as several choirs over the In accordance with the re- from Otterbein College, a bert Leffel “Little Fet” Taylor years. Janie leaves a legacy quirements given by the CDC Master of Science from Ohio Jr. of love and sweetness. in reference to the COVID-19 University and Doctor of Phi- A graveside service will be In addition to her parents pandemic, the family is not CHARLIE HOWARD losophy from Ohio State Uni- held at 3 p.m. today at Claren- and husband, she was preced- receiving relatives and friends versity. As an exercise physi- don Memorial Gardens. ed in death by one daughter, at the residence. The Rev. Charlie Howard of ologist, she taught and The family will receive Jacqueline W. Smith; four sis- Fleming & DeLaine Funeral Sumter entered eternal rest coached for 50 years at several friends immediately following ters, Geneva Clark, Mary Home and Chapel of Manning on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, at schools, including the Univer- the graveside service. Quince, Marie Isaac and Al- is assisting the Witherspoon, Prisma Health Tuomey Hospi- sity of California, Santa Bar- Memorials may be made to bertha Rogers; three brothers, Lawson and Lenix families. tal, following a period of de- bara, Kentucky State Univer- Manning United Methodist Earl Mickens, Pastor James Online condolences may be clining health. sity and Morris College. A Church, P.O. Box 68, Manning, Mickens and Elder William sent to http://www.flemingde- Funeral arrangements will highlight of her career was SC 29102. Mickens. laine.com or flemingdelaine@ be announced by Wilson Fu- training teams for national Stephens Funeral Home & Survivors include two sons, aol.com. neral Home, 403 S. Main St., competitions and Olympic tri- Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Elder James E. (Crystal) PAULINE BENNETT Bishopville. als. She took a deep interest Manning, is in charge of ar- Witherspoon and Pastor Clif- LILLIE MAE BURGESS in her students and kept in rangements, (803) 435-2179, ton N. Witherspoon; five Pauline Bennett, 79, died on touch with many over the www.stephensfuneralhome. daughters, Loretta (Pastor J. Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, at Lillie Mae Burgess, of years. org. Russell) Rogers, Fiesta Danby Assisted Living Facili- Lynchburg, entered eternal Surviving are her sister, JANIE OPHELIA (Dwight) Brooks and Dr. ty in Winston-Salem, North rest on Wednesday, Aug. 26, Marilyn G. Reiman; and a WITHERSPOON Christola D. (Melvin) Brayboy, Carolina. 2020, at Prisma Health Tuom- nephew, Preston Reiman of all of Sumter, Pamala W. Born on Feb. 4, 1941, in ey Hospital. Coshocton. Funeral services for Mother (Kenneth) Mercer of Colum- Clarendon County, she was a Funeral arrangements will Services will be held at later Janie Ophelia Witherspoon, bia and Minister Quentina W. daughter of the late John W. be announced by Wilson Fu- date. affectionately known as (Cephus) Gregg of Sumter; and Corine Gibbs Bennett. neral Home, 403 S. Main St., Online condolences may be “Sweetie,” will be one sister, Susan Emma A public viewing will be Bishopville. www.sumterfunerals. sent to held on Friday at Spann of Columbia; 14 grand- held from 3 to 6 p.m. on Friday YVONNE DELORES JONES com. New Hope Minis- children; 21 great-grandchil- at the funeral home chapel. Elmore Hill McCreight Fu- tries, 95 Commu- dren; two great-great-grand- Graveside services are Yvonne Delores Jones died neral Home & Crematory, 221 nity St., Sumter, children; and a host of devot- scheduled for 11 a.m. Satur- on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, at Broad St., Sumter, is in charge with District ed surrogate sons/daughters, day at Historic Santee AME Prisma Health Tuomey Hospi- of the arrangements, (803) Elder Robert Gar- in-laws, nieces, nephews, Church, 1045 Dingle Pond tal. 775-9386. WITHER- rett officiating. cousins and friends. Road, Summerton, with the Born in Manhattan, New SPOON The public may Condolences may be made Rev. Michelle Frayer, pastor, York, she was a daughter of view from 2 to 6 on her tribute page found at presiding. the late William Jones and p.m. today at Palmer Memori- www.PalmerMemorialChapel. Funeral arrangements are Matilda Hollaway. al Chapel, 304 S. Main St., com. entrusted to Summerton Fu- Due to the COVID-19 pan- Sumter. Interment will follow In accordance with CDC neral Home LLC, 23. S. Duke demic, the family will not re- at Evergreen Memorial Park, guidelines, the family is re- St., Summerton. ceive friends at the resi- Sumter. questing all in attendance to DON STROY RILEY dence. Mother Witherspoon tran- please wear masks. Funeral arrangements are JAMES ANDREW TAYLOR sitioned on Thursday, Aug. Professional services ren- PINEWOOD — Deacon Don in progress and will be an- 20, 2020, at her home in Sum- dered by Palmer Memorial Stroy Riley, 77, husband of nounced by Palmer Memorial MANNING — James An- ter. Janie was born in Sumter Chapel Inc. Pastor Annie L. Peterson Chapel Inc. drew “Jimmy” Taylor, 70, hus- County to the late Wilson Riley, died on Tuesday, Aug. band of Mary King “Garson” McKinley Mickens and Lou 25, 2020, at Prisma Health Taylor, died on Tuesday, Aug. Ida Holmes Mickens. 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BY KEVIN McDONOUGH It’s never easy to say good- bye. Particularly when you keep a social distance. “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Farewell Play” was a sold-out hit in live the- aters in 2019 and ran through February of this year, when it was forced to close due to COVID-19. The stage production will stream on the BET+ app start- ing today. Written and direct- ed by Tyler Perry, “Madea” stars Perry as the large (6’2”) and larger-than-life elderly grandmother given to sage ad- vice and cutting commentary. The Madea character has been around at least since the 1999 play “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” and has appeared in dozens of theatrical and movie incarnations, including an animated film, “Madea’s Tough Love,” and guest ap- pearances on “House of Payne,” “Meet the Browns” and “Love Thy Neighbor.” Perry has also appeared as Madea on “The Oprah Win- frey Show.” Clearly beloved, Madea has been criticized for furthering minstrel drag stereotypes found in movies like “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son” TYLER PERRY STUDIOS / BET (9 p.m., BET, TV-14), starring “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Farewell Play” was a sold-out live show in 2019 and ran through February of this year, when it was forced to close due to Martin Lawrence. the COVID-19 pandemic. The stage production begins streaming on the BET+ app today. Whatever people write, Madea and Perry remain es- sentially critic-proof. let’s look at tonight’s movie Love Got to Do with It” (8 p.m., CW, TV-14)? * “Love Island” (9 welcomes Tiffany Haddish, • HBO Max begins stream- listings to sift the tea leaves of VH1) after all? p.m., CBS, TV-14) * “To Tell the Jurnee Smollett and Orville ing “Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Hap- political prognostication. Truth” (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) Peck & Shania Twain on “The piness.” This four-part travel- Do the candidates command TONIGHT’S OTHER * Illusionists audition on Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., ogue takes Patel to countries affection? Or inspire “A Thin HIGHLIGHTS “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (9 p.m., NBC) * Lil Rel Howery hosts all over the world, where he Line Between Love and Hate” (6 • “MLB Baseball” (8 p.m., Fox, CW, TV-PG). Yvonne Orji and Amber Riley encounters friends and p.m., BET, TV-14)? Will the TV-PG) presents regional cov- on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (11:35 strangers to discuss life’s real- news media affect “Total Recall” erage. LATE NIGHT p.m., ABC) * J.B. Smoove, ly big questions. (10 p.m., AMC, TV-14) of both • If, ands and putts on “Holey “The Daily Show With Trevor Dana Bash, Kaitlan Collins, Patel was the subject of the candidates’ records? Will the Moley” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). Noah” (11 p.m., Comedy Cen- Kyung Lah and Thaddeus 2014 documentary “Meet the poll bounce from this conven- • A ballerina discovers a tral) follows the RNC at a safe, Dixon visit “Late Night With Patels,” directed by Ravi and tion be “Big” (8 p.m., CMT)? Peeping Tom on “Law & Order: social distance * Andy Sam- Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC) his sister, Geeta. It offered a Should a female vice presiden- Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., berg appears on “Conan” (11 * Maren Morris appears on charming look at a 30-year-old tial candidate “Think Like a NBC, r, TV-14). p.m., TBS, r, TV-14) * Chris “The Late Late Show with James immigrant straddling the so- Man” (9 p.m., Starz Encore)? • Scientists discover a Christie and Gregory Porter Corden” (12:37 a.m., CBS). cial mores of 21st-century Will the president’s records 30,000-year-old virus on “Se- are booked on “The Late Show America while trying to remain “Hidden Figures” (8 crets in the Ice” (10 p.m., Sci- With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 Copyright 2020 please his traditional family. p.m., FX)? Which candidate ence). p.m., CBS) * Jimmy Fallon United Feature Syndicate • Coverage of the fourth and comes across better as “The final night of the Republican Family Man” (6:50 p.m., CULT CHOICE National Convention (8 p.m., MoMax)? Claudette Colbert and Joel PBS; 10 p.m., CBS, NBC and Whoever wins, one side will McCrae star in the 1942 Pres- ABC as well as continuing claim they got the “Shaft” (9 ton Sturges comedy “The Palm coverage on Fox News, CNN p.m., HBO). Will the loser “Fly Beach Story” (midnight, TCM). and MSNBC). Away Home” (8 p.m., TMCX) Livestreams of the RNC after election night? Or will SERIES NOTES should also be available on the count go on, denying us Julie Chen Moonves hosts Amazon, Roku and elsewhere. the chance to say “It Happened “Big Brother” (8 p.m., CBS, r, The political convention and One Night” (8 p.m., TCM)? No TV-PG) * “The Wall” (8 p.m. the forthcoming electoral bat- matter what, many will be NBC, TV-PG) * Did a bird’s ar- tle will generate endless com- “Obsessed” (10:30 p.m., VH1) to rival predict a bridge collapse mentary. As I have in the past, the point of anger. “What’s on “Mysteries Decoded” (8 p.m., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2020 CLASSIFIEDS THE ITEM A11

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AROUND TOWN Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 a.m., leave for tee box; and WEATHER EDITOR’S NOTE: Please 9 a.m., shotgun start. note that due to the threat Lunch will be served as ® of COVID-19, some of the teams come off of the AccuWeather ve-day forecast for Sumter following events may be course. Registration fee is cancelled or rescheduled un- $50 per golfer, four-person TODAY TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY expectedly. team, limited to the first 20 The Sumter Combat Veterans teams. All fees must be Group will hold its annual golf paid by Sept. 5. Cash priz- tournament on Saturday, es will be awarded. Call El- Sept. 19, at Crystal Lakes bert Deas at (803) 464-3858, Hot and humid with Clouds breaking; Humid with clouds An afternoon Mostly sunny and Partly sunny and some sun humid and sun t-storm in spots humid humid Golf Course, 1305 Clara Jamie Parks at (803) 468- Louise Kellogg Drive. The 3380, Leroy Peeples at 93° 74° 93° / 76° 90° / 74° 89° / 69° 87° / 68° following schedule will be (803) 509-2868, Mary Glass observed: 7:30 a.m., regis- at (803) 840-9900 or James Chance of rain: 10% Chance of rain: 15% Chance of rain: 25% Chance of rain: 45% Chance of rain: 15% Chance of rain: 20% tration and breakfast; 8:30 Ray at (803) 406-6269. WSW 4-8 mph SSW 4-8 mph SW 4-8 mph SW 8-16 mph NNW 4-8 mph ESE 4-8 mph a.m., rules meeting; 8:45 Gaff ney 91/74 Spartanburg TODAY’S Greenville 91/73 SOUTH 91/74 FYI Florence CAROLINA Bishopville 93/75 EDITOR’S NOTE: Please mote safe recreational 92/74 note that due to the threat boating on Lake Marion WEATHER of COVID-19, some of the and Lake Moultrie by offer- Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter ing safe boating classes, following events may be today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 93/76 93/74 Myrtle courtesy vessel checks for cancelled or rescheduled un- Beach required safety equipment IN THE MOUNTAINS Manning expectedly. and patrolling the lakes of- 93/75 89/74 Today: A strong thunderstorm in the area. Marine Corps League 1202 fering assistance to any- Aiken Winds southwest 4-8 mph. meets at 6 p.m. on the one in need. The auxiliary 93/73 third Monday of each also stands ready to assist Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm month at the VFW, 1925 the USCG with their mis- around. Winds southwest 6-12 mph. Gion St. All present and sion along with search and former Marines are wel- rescue. We encourage any- ON THE COAST Charleston come. Call (803) 972-4555. one interested in partici- Today: Some sun. A shower central parts; 93/76 American Legion Post 15 pating in our mission to at- thunderstorm north. High 89 to 94. meets at 6:30 p.m. on the tend a meeting and learn Friday: Mostly cloudy; a stray thunderstorm first Monday of each more about the auxiliary. in southern parts. High 89 to 94. month (except the month Temple Sinai Jewish History of September when they Center is seeking docents. meet on the second Mon- Docents must be 18 years day) at 34 S. Artillery Drive. of age or older and willing LOCAL ALMANAC LAKE LEVELS SUN AND MOON All veterans, past and to attend educational SUMTER THROUGH 2 P.M. YESTERDAY Full 7 a.m. 24-hr Sunrise 6:52 a.m. Sunset 7:54 p.m. Lake pool yest. chg present, are welcome. Call training prior to starting. Temperature Moonrise 4:12 p.m. Moonset 1:21 a.m. Murray 360 357.72 +0.04 (803) 968-5115. This is a volunteer position High 91° Marion 76.8 76.00 +0.12 Full Last New First and you will be asked to Low 77° The Civil Air Patrol Sumter Moultrie 75.5 75.28 +0.09 commit a few hours a Normal high 88° Composite Squadron meets Wateree 100 96.56 none week (Thursday or Friday Normal low 67° from 6:30 to 9 p.m. each Sep. 2 Sep. 10 Sep. 17 Sep. 23 Record high 98° in 1954 Tuesday at 2945 Airport afternoon or Saturday Record low 55° in 1952 Road. There are cadet pro- morning) for a minimum of RIVER STAGES three months. The muse- Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr TIDES grams, aerospace educa- Precipitation River stage yest. chg um will work with students 24 hrs ending 2 p.m. yest. 0.04" AT MYRTLE BEACH tion programs and emer- Black River 12 10.02 +0.34 who want to arrange class Month to date 5.53" High Ht. Low Ht. gency services programs. Congaree River 19 5.36 -1.07 credit through their col- Normal month to date 4.36" Today 4:34 a.m. 2.8 11:29 a.m. 0.2 Call Lt. Col. George Stanley Lynches River 14 8.23 -0.26 lege. The Center covers Year to date 39.98" 5:32 p.m. 3.4 ------at (803) 847-7640. Visit Saluda River 14 5.70 +0.21 South Carolina and Sumter Last year to date 27.04" Fri. 5:36 a.m. 2.8 12:25 a.m. 0.6 www.gocivilairpatrol.com. Up. Santee River 80 80.49 +0.15 Jewish history, the Holo- Normal year to date 32.83" 6:31 p.m. 3.4 12:31 p.m. 0.2 Wateree River 24 15.16 +0.23 The U.S. Coast Guard Auxilia- caust and Sumter’s ties to ry, Flotilla 12-1 meets at 7 the Holocaust. Docents p.m. on the third Monday must be friendly and com- of each month at the Sum- fortable engaging with NATIONAL CITIES REGIONAL CITIES merton Fire Station, North both children and adults. Cantey Street, Summerton. Today Fri. Today Fri. Today Fri. Today Fri. Contact Diana Roof at City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Membership is open to any (803) 468-8630 or at tem- U.S. citizen age 17 or older. Atlanta 92/76/pc 89/75/t Asheville 89/68/t 87/70/t Florence 93/75/pc 93/76/pc Marion 89/69/t 88/70/t ple@sumtercountymuse- Chicago 95/74/s 89/69/t Athens 94/74/pc 91/74/t Gainesville 92/74/t 91/74/t Mt. Pleasant 91/78/pc 91/79/c Previous service in the um.org or Annie Rivers at Dallas 88/73/t 98/80/s Augusta 95/75/pc 94/76/t Gastonia 93/74/pc 93/75/t Myrtle Beach 89/74/pc 89/78/c Coast Guard is not re- (803) 775-0908 or at ariv- Detroit 92/72/pc 83/69/r Beaufort 94/77/pc 94/77/t Goldsboro 93/76/s 94/76/pc Orangeburg 92/74/pc 91/76/c quired. The auxiliary’s ers@sumtercountymuse- Houston 95/78/t 94/78/t Cape Hatteras 86/80/s 87/80/pc Goose Creek 93/75/pc 92/77/c Port Royal 91/78/pc 91/78/t main objective is to pro- um.org. Los Angeles 91/68/pc 90/64/pc Charleston 93/76/pc 92/77/c Greensboro 91/74/t 90/74/pc Raleigh 94/74/s 95/75/pc New Orleans 87/80/t 91/78/t Charlotte 94/76/pc 92/74/pc Greenville 91/74/t 91/73/t Rock Hill 93/74/pc 92/75/pc New York 90/74/t 87/74/pc Clemson 91/73/pc 90/73/t Hickory 90/72/t 90/73/pc Rockingham 94/75/t 94/76/c Orlando 93/76/pc 93/77/t Columbia 93/76/pc 93/77/c Hilton Head 90/79/pc 89/79/c Savannah 94/77/pc 94/77/t Philadelphia 94/76/pc 91/75/t Darlington 94/75/pc 93/76/pc Jacksonville, FL 92/75/pc 92/75/t Spartanburg 91/73/t 91/74/pc Phoenix 112/89/s 110/87/pc Elizabeth City 95/78/s 95/78/pc La Grange 93/74/pc 91/75/t Summerville 92/75/pc 91/76/c San Francisco 72/56/pc 77/58/pc Elizabethtown 94/75/pc 94/76/pc Macon 93/73/pc 91/74/t Wilmington 92/77/s 94/79/pc PUBLIC AGENDA Wash., DC 93/77/s 93/76/t Fayetteville 94/77/pc 94/77/pc Marietta 91/74/pc 88/74/t Winston-Salem 90/74/pc 91/74/pc Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow fl urries, sn–snow, i–ice EDITOR’S NOTE: Please note that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some of the following meetings/ events may be cancelled, rescheduled or held virtually.

SUMTER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD Thursday, Aug. 27, 7:45 a.m., 10 E. Liberty St.

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