Court Rules in Favor of Coroner State Supreme Court Decision Reaffirms Ruling That Samuels-Cooper Not Qualified for Clarendon Job
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Want a more effective workout? Change one thing, and you could see better results A3 SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018 75 CENTS Court rules in favor of coroner State Supreme Court decision reaffirms ruling that Samuels-Cooper not qualified for Clarendon job BY KAYLA ROBINS Court put to a final rest who will a coroner in the state and has no Samuels-Cooper, will be the sole [email protected] be in the Clarendon County coro- means of becoming qualified with- name on the ticket on Tuesday, ner’s race. in the year allowed after being Nov. 6. After a legal dispute that began South Carolina’s top justices elected for the first time. That The ruling came as an unpub- in July, and just less than three ruled on Wednesday that LaNette means Bucky Mock, Clarendon’s lished opinion — meaning it is weeks ahead of the Midterm Gen- Samuels-Cooper, who won the pri- current coroner and the only MOCK eral Election, the state Supreme mary in June, is not qualified to be other candidate who ran against SEE CORONER, PAGE A6 Airmen and Celebrated Ailey II visits Sumter’s Patriot Hall families from Tyndall have come to Shaw Team Sumter asking for donations to help with necessities after storm BY KAYLA ROBINS [email protected] Sumter government and military of- ficials, as they recognize the area es- caped the worst from Hurricane Mi- chael, are banding together to help some of those most affected in Florida and asking the community to join them. The City of Sumter, Sumter County and the Shaw Sumter Community Council, which they combined to refer to as Team Sumter, is asking for mone- tary donations that will go directly to airmen and their families who were SEE TYNDALL, PAGE A6 U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY STAFF SGT. RYAN CONROY Hurricane Michael made landfall as a cata- strophic Category 4 close to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, in the afternoon of Oct. 10. Parnell pitches rural internet PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM The Ailey II dance group, known worldwide and a celebrated dance company across the U.S., performed for visitors to Patriot Hall on Tuesday evening as part of Sumter County Cultural Commission’s Fall for the Arts. This was the second time the compa- initiative for S.C. ny of 12 dancers had come to Sumter. Fall for the Arts continues today with a free reception for the FFA Student Art Exhibit Sumter native running for and Sumter Little Theatre’s opening night of the musical comedy “Little Shop of Horrors” at 8 p.m. Call (803) 775-2150 for more information. Congress in 5th District BY BRUCE MILLS [email protected] On the campaign trail Wednesday, Meteorologist: ‘First really cool snap of fall’ is here Sumter native and 5th Congressional District Democratic nominee Archie this season. High temperatures today in Sumter Parnell said he wants to bring high- High today about 68, but National Weather Service Meteo- are expected to be 68 or 69 degrees, speed internet access — also known as rologist Leonard Vaughan, based in Vaughan said, and potentially up to broadband — to all of South Carolina. even more ‘chillier air’ Columbia, spoke Wednesday about 70 degrees on Friday. Overnight Parnell outlined his policy proposal is coming next week “the taste and then bigger taste of lows in Sumter tonight will be about at an event in downtown Rock Hill be- colder air” forecast for Sumter and 45, he said, which will be the lowest fore about 100 constituents that includ- BY BRUCE MILLS the surrounding area for today and of the season so far. ed both Democrat and Republican vot- [email protected] through the beginning of next week. That’s a big change from high ers. A cold front moving through the temperatures of about 82 degrees Parnell said nearly 500,000 state resi- As you picked up the newspaper state Wednesday from the Great Wednesday and 87 on Tuesday in the dents, mostly in rural communities this morning or read it online, you Lakes Region and Midwest was pro- Gamecock City. likely can’t help but notice that jected to bring cool, high-pressure SEE INTERNET, PAGE A6 fall is in the air for the first time air today and Friday to the area. SEE WEATHER, PAGE A6 VISIT US ONLINE AT DEATHS, B3 WEATHER, A8 INSIDE Susan Hilton Dingle Willie Mathew Nelson MIGHT WANT A 2 SECTIONS, 14 PAGES the .com VOL. 124, NO. 3 Joseph Catoe Andre Tyrell Simmons BLANKET TONIGHT Lou Dais George Britton Classifieds B6 Sports B1 Earl Dickerson John Roderick Lee Not as warm with plenty Comics B4 Television B5 Corina D. Fountain Jonathan Evans of sun; mostly clear and cool tonight Opinion A7 HIGH 68, LOW 45 A2 | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018 THE SUMTER ITEM Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] St. Anne & St. Jude Catholic School celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month On Friday, St. Anne & St. Jude Catholic School celebrated His- panic Heritage Month through a festive dance celebration by stu- dents in the Lower School, Mid- dle School and High School. Dances and songs were planned, taught and choreo- graphed by Spanish teachers Mrs. Olga Jiménez and Mrs. Yaier Pérez. Mrs. Jiménez made many of the colorful costumes for the event. The countries rep- resented by the myriad songs, dances and costumes were: Ven- ezuela, Panama, Mexico, Hondu- ras, Dominican Republic, El Sal- vador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Argentina and Colombia. PHOTO PROVIDED Police seek Sumter’s 1st food truck help identifying robbery suspect owner is 1 of 8 accepted BY ADRIENNE SARVIS [email protected] to entrepreneur program Sumter Police Department is seeking the public's help in iden- BY KAYLA ROBINS first-generation American from Colombia tifying a woman who could be [email protected] has not found an organization "locally connected to two convenience dedicated to micro-entrepreneurship, store armed robberies in the Those who attend almost any festival, fair, which results in poor management of western part of the city on Sun- family fun day or outdoor public activity are good business ideas, lack of financial day night. PHOTO PROVIDED able to buy food, beverages and desserts from readiness to sustain the research and de- The incidents happened be- an ever-growing row of food trucks, largely velopment, start-up and operational stages tween 9 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. at the No injuries were reported in because of one woman. of a business, and, more important to me, Young’s convenience store on either incident. That woman who brought the food truck the loss of hope experienced by small Camden Highway and then the The suspect is described as a trend to Sumter brands herself as a social business owners who pour our heart into Circle K on Broad Street. light-skinned black woman in entrepreneur with a big-picture goal for the what we do." In both reported cases, accord- her 20s or 30s, about 5 feet tall area in terms of healthy, natural eating, and "The reality is that no matter how good ing to a news release from Sum- and approximately 130 pounds. she was recently accepted into a program to your product or service is, if you don't know ter police Public Information Of- She was wearing a gray hoodie, continue increasing access to how to operate your business, how to create ficer Tonyia McGirt, a woman blue jeans and white flip flops. healthy food. and balance a profit and loss statement sheet, walked inside the stores, went to Anyone with information is Sandra Metzdorf, founder how to market to different customers, how to the restroom areas and later ap- asked to call Sumter Police De- and owner of With These price your product so it's fair and profitable, proached the clerks, telling them partment at (803) 436-2700 or Hands Natural Gourmet Foods you will fail," she said. "I don't want that. I she was armed and intended to Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIME- Co., is one of eight in South don't want it for myself or for anyone around rob the store. SC. Carolina to be accepted into me with a good product or service to offer No money nor goods were re- A cash reward could be avail- Feeding Innovation Anderson, METZDORF our community." ported stolen during the first in- able for information that leads to a business development pro- To combat that possibility, she is using the cident at Young's, but an undis- an arrest. gram from the S.C. Community Feeding Innovation program to develop a closed amount of cash was taken Tips can also be submitted Loan Fund and Clemson Agricultural Exten- business plan to train others. from Circle K before the suspect electronically to Crime Stoppers sion that helps entrepreneurs invested in de- The program will involve an eight-week left the store. She was then seen by going to www.P3tips.com and veloping or expanding healthy food business- course, mentoring on developing the skills getting into a parked vehicle — a selecting the “Submit a New es in "food deserts or under-served areas of and knowledge to successfully operate a tan or light brown four-door car Tip” tab or by downloading the the state." healthy food business, tapping into a network with a gray or silver hood — P3 Tips app for Apple and An- "The mission of With These Hands is to of aspiring entrepreneurs and developing an with two men and leaving.