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What are you reading this summer? C1 HEALTH Making music with heartbeats Michigan therapist records special sound for families A5 SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2016 $1.50 IN BUSINESS: Crowdfunding may not be magic solution D1 ‘It’s a long road afterward’ Sumter natives share advice for families of fallen officers BY ADRIENNE SARVIS According to a 1996 statement from Peggy Kubala said it is with the support of other family, adrienne@theitem.com sheriff’s office’s then-Maj. Bobby Mc- sad when people let color friends, church members and law en- Gehee, Kubala was the first Sumter and other differences get forcement. A Sumter native sympathizes with sheriff’s deputy to be fatally shot in in the way, and her heart Kubala commended local efforts to the families of the five police officers the line of duty in this century. goes out to the family help support her son’s family and killed in Thursday’s shooting in Dal- The 32-year-old had been with Sum- members of the fallen of- other local families of fallen officers las. ter County Sheriff’s Office for nine ficers. with the Charlie Kubala Memorial Peggy Kubala lost her son, Sgt. years and left behind a wife and two KUBALA Kubala said the recent Trust and the annual Charlie Kubala Charles Kubala, on Feb. 26, 1996, after children when he died. shooting is a big reminder Memorial Golf Tournament. he was shot twice while responding to “It’s a long road afterward,” she of her own loss. She said she and her a call about an attempted burglary. said. family have been able to press forward SEE KUBALA, PAGE A9 Make-A-Wish fundraiser raises more than $2K ‘I know the donations are going to the right place’ BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Applebee’s on Broad Street hosted a Make-A-Wish Foun- dation fundraiser on Saturday to raise money for the organi- zation and recognize a Sumter native who was helped by the organization. Roger Blakley, area director for Applebee’s, said the restau- rant puts on a fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Foundation twice a year, in April and De- cember. He said the fundraiser was pushed back to July this year because of work inside the restaurant. All proceeds go to Make-A- Wish children in South Caroli- na, he said. Seven-year-old Nathan Mar- tin’s wish was granted in No- vember 2015 when he and his family went to Disney World and Universal Studios. Nate’s father, Matthew Mar- tin, said the family began working with Make-A-Wish KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM Foundation when they found Nathan Martin, 7, learns about thermal cameras from Lt. Nicky Hill of Sumter Fire Department during the Make-A-Wish day carnival at Apple- bee’s on Saturday. Nathan is a recipient of Make-A-Wish’s services and came out to help support the cause. SEE FUNDRAISER, PAGE A9 Robot used to stop Dallas shooter opens ethical debate BY MICHAEL LIEDTKE dented tactic, police rigged a bomb- The strategy opens a new chapter in they be used?” says Elizabeth Joh, a AND BREE FOWLER disposal robot to kill an armed suspect the escalating use of remote and semi- University of California at Davis law AP Technology Writers in the fatal shootings of five officers in autonomous devices to fight crime professor who has followed U.S. law Dallas. and protect lives. It also raises new enforcement’s use of technology. “Ex- When Dallas police used a bomb- While there doesn’t appear to be any questions about when it’s appropriate treme emergencies shouldn’t define carrying robot to kill a sniper, they hard data on the subject, security ex- to dispatch a robot to kill dangerous the scope of more ordinary situations also kicked off an ethical debate about perts and law enforcement officials suspects instead of continuing to ne- where police may want to use robots technology’s use as a crime-fighting said they couldn’t recall another time gotiate their surrender. that are capable of harm.” weapon. when police have deployed a robot “If lethally equipped robots can be In what appears to be an unprece- with lethal intent. used in this situation, when else can SEE ROBOT, PAGE A7 VISIT US ONLINE AT DEATHS, A9 WEATHER, A10 INSIDE Javaris T. Roberts Patricia Yarborough A LITTLE COOLER 5 SECTIONS, 34 PAGES the .com VOL. 121, NO. 224 Jason E. McCathern Peggy J. Addison Thunderstorms possible in James Ledwell Mary Devoe spots today; maybe some Classifieds D4 Reflections C3 Milburn Fulton “Burnie” Richburg Mable Nelson showers in spots tonight. Comics E1 Stocks D2 Mickel D. Cribb Richard Holland Tisha L. Wilson William D. Peterson III HIGH 94, LOW 74 Opinion A8 Television E3 Jacqueline D. Halley Outdoors D3 We Go Where You Go. Bank Local. Sumter: 803.469.0156 Manning: 803.433.4451 bankofclarendon.com ."//*/(t46.5&3t4"/5&&t46..&350/t8:#00 A2 | SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2016 THE SUMTER ITEM Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: pressrelease@theitem.com LOCAL BRIEFS FROM STAFF REPORTS Teen charged in recent break-ins Chamber warns local businesses about scams FROM STAFF REPORTS nile allegedly stole a vehicle from one After several hours of questioning, of the businesses during the week of the teen reportedly confessed to some Greater Sumter Chamber of Late Friday, Sumter County Sheriff’s July 3. of the break-ins and also named co-de- Commerce advises local business- Office arrested a 15-year-old male in Late Friday, an investigator with the fendants. es to be aware of two scams in connection with the recent break-ins sheriff’s office spotted the vehicle The juvenile is being detained and Sumter. of Broad Street businesses, where parked at a residence in the county and will be transported to South Carolina One of the scams comes from a glass doors or windows were broken to was told by an unidentified individual Department of Juvenile Justice in Co- group called Sumter Award Pro- gain entry. that the juvenile had parked it there. lumbia. gram and alerts businesses that According to the sheriff’s office, When questioned, the juvenile had Charges against the 15-year-old in- they are the recipients of a 2016 there has been a rash of break-ins of the vehicle keys in his pocket and was clude theft of a motor vehicle and Best of Sumter award. businesses in the 4000 block of Broad subsequently taken into custody. three counts of burglary. According to the Chamber, the Street during the past few weeks. The vehicle has been released to the More charges could be forthcoming award is a total scam but may In addition to the break-ins, the juve- owner. as the investigation is ongoing. look similar to The Sumter Item’s Reader’s Choice awards; however, the The Sumter Item’s award does not require payment in order to receive recognition. The other scam comes from a City encourages residents to recycle group claiming to be working with the Chamber to sell ads for a local phone book. That group is BY JIM HILLEY not with the Chamber nor any jim@theitem.com local phone book, and it has been reported to Better Business Bu- Getting people to buy in to the city’s reau, according to the Chamber. recycling program has been more suc- Member businesses will be noti- cessful in some areas than others, Assis- fied by the Chamber about these tant City Manager Al Harris said. and other scams. “It’s easy to just throw everything in the garbage and be rid of it,” he said. Planning department Recycling is the right thing to do, Har- to host public meeting ris said, and it has multiple benefits. “It’s good for the environment, and it Sumter Planning Department saves on the landfill,” he said. “The more will host a Sumter-Shaw Air that can be reutilized, the less we have to Force Base Joint Land Use Study send to the landfill.” public meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Harris said all city water and garbage Monday, July 18, at Catchall-Shaw customers should have a small green bin Community Center, 2680 Peach marked “Sumter recycles,” and they Orchard Road, Dalzell. should fill it with recyclable goods and Sumter Planning Department put it out the same day as their regular Director George McGregor said garbage. the joint land use study is a “The recycling trucks run the same local development tool that day as the household garbage,” Harris helps to better protect Shaw said. “It might from nearby incompatible de- be at a differ- velopments that may threaten SUMTER COUNTY ent time, but it RECYCLING the base’s mission. LOCATIONS is the same The purpose of the meeting is day.” to update Sumter residents of the Sumter County has nine He said the land use study process and review recycling centers for the city uses a va- the land use analysis as well as re- collection of municipal riety of meth- solid waste, construction ceive feedback and input from the ods to get the and demolition debris, community. yard debris and word out, but For more information, visit the recyclables. Centers are it is still diffi- project website at www.sumter- open to residents only. cult to reach shaw-jlus.org or contact Mc- No waste is accepted some resi- KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM Gregor at gmcgregor@sumter-sc. from private industries or dents and get Learning what items to recycle and what not to can be confusing for many homeowners.