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NATION Halloween Horror Nights is a year in the making A6 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents Tiny houses, new shelter coming ministry in an effort to better assist The next step is working with archi- “This will have a very big impact on Sumter United Ministries people who need to transition to living tects and contractors to get a detailed our emergency shelter ministry,” gets OK from board to independently. design of the tiny houses, SUM Execu- Champagne said. “It opens up a lot Initial design plans for the tiny house tive Director Mark Champagne said more possibilities.” add transitional homes project were given approval during the Thursday. The building on Oakland Avenue is Sumter City-County Board of Zoning The shelter ministry has been ex- severely in need of a lot of repairs, he BY ADRIENNE SARVIS Appeals’ meeting Wednesday. ploring different ways to better transi- said. Tiny houses could also benefit [email protected] The designs include multiple vari- tion people out, and tiny houses could families so parents do not have to live Sumter United Ministries is expected ance requests to fit the small houses on give people the opportunity to do that, to add five tiny houses to its shelter the organization’s limited space. he said. SEE HOUSING, PAGE A7 ‘Apocalyptic:’ One Florida town destroyed by Michael KAYLA ROBINS / THE SUMTER ITEM A work crew removes part of a tree that fell on North Kings Highway/S.C. 261 on Thursday. BY THE NUMBERS Sumter escapes Category 4 The first one to make landfall in Florida’s Panhandle since record-keeping major damage began in 1851 155 mph Top winds recorded, strong enough to from hurricane completely wipe out homes and cause weeks-long power outages BY KAYLA ROBINS [email protected] 919 millibars Minimum pressure in the eye, the third-most It seems, once again, that Sumter Coun- intense hurricane landfall in the U.S. in ty was spared from potential heavy hurri- recorded history cane damage. While Michael put itself in the history books as the third-most-powerful hurri- 375,000 cane on record to hit the U.S. mainland as People in Florida who were warned it flattened Mexico Beach, Florida, on to evacuate; many refused Wednesday, the effects of what was a trop- ical storm when it passed over Sumter on 285 Thursday were certainly not the brunt or People who did not evacuate from Mexico near what the Carolinas experienced dur- Beach, where Michael made landfall ing September’s flood-heavy Florence. Michael traveled roughly 200 miles of 47 land before its top sustained winds People helped out of hard-hit areas in Florida THE ASSOCIATED PRESS dropped to tropical-storm strength, ac- From left, Lee Cathey, 37; Al Cathey, 71; and Charles Smith, 56, survey cording to The Associated Press. 20 damage in Mexico Beach, Florida, population 1,200, which lay devastated Wind was the bigger factor for Michael People helped in flooded neighborhoods on Thursday after Hurricane Michael made landfall Wednesday in the Flori- da Panhandle. than rain. After bringing 155-mile-per- in North Carolina hour winds to Florida at landfall, the trop- ical storm in Sumter did bring down trees, 6,700 Rescuers searching for hundreds who power lines and plenty of debris, but local People took refuge in 54 shelters in Florida officials say the area was lucky. stayed in Mexico Beach during storm “I think we dodged another bullet,” said 1 million Ken Bell, public information officer for BY JAY REEVES tered or ripped from their foun- Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. “We had Rough amount of customers in Georgia, Florida, dations. Boats were tossed like Alabama and South Carolina without power and TAMARA LUSH no major issues.” The Associated Press toys. The streets closest to the Thursday morning was the peak of the water looked as if a bomb had storm, response-wise, for the sheriff’s of- 3 MEXICO BEACH, Fla. — The gone off. fice. A few trees fell across U.S. 378 past Deaths attributed to Michael so far, small Gulf Coast community of What the 9-foot storm surge Shaw Air Force Base in the western por- one in Florida and one in North Carolina Mexico Beach was known as a didn’t destroy, the 155 mph tion of the county, one massive one block- from a falling tree and one in Georgia from slice of Old Florida. winds finished off. ing the road until deputies, South Caroli- an airborne carport Now it lies in splinters. Now, rescuers and residents na Department of Transportation and Source: AP Hit head-on by Hurricane Mi- are struggling to get into the chael, homes in this town of SEE ESCAPE, PAGE A7 about 1,190 people were shat- SEE MICHAEL, PAGE A7 Spend next week with art in Sumter Dance Company. with us to bring them back to Sum- Fall for the Arts to have Melanie Colclough, executive direc- ter. It’s an honor to have Ailey II tor of the commission, said the festi- come to our community to inspire free events in visual art, val will present events each night the next generation.” from Monday through Saturday, There is a charge for Tuesday’s 7:30 music, dance, theater most of them with free admission. p.m. dance performance featuring BY IVY MOORE “We are excited this year to offer Ailey II, recognized as one of the top Special to The Sumter Item an entire week of family friendly dance companies in the country. events that will hopefully engage Doors open at 7 p.m. Ailey II is spon- There’s something happening people from every segment of our sored by the Millican Literary Foun- every day during the 2018 Fall for the community,” she said. “From beach dation (AJBM). Arts. music and modern dance, to theater Started by the late Alvin Ailey, PHOTO BY KYLE FROMAN / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM The weeklong event presented by and visual art, we have a little some- Ailey II combines the talents of the This is the official 2018 tour photograph for the Sumter County Cultural Com- thing for everyone. best young dancers and choreogra- Ailey II, one of the most celebrated dance mission starts at 7 p.m. Monday with “It’s been over a decade since Ailey phers. When the company performed companies in the country, which will perform the HeART of America Concert, a II has graced the Patriot Hall stage. in Sumter 10 years ago, The Sumter at Patriot Hall on Tuesday night as part of the tribute to the United States by Sum- We are thrilled that the Millican Lit- Sumter County Cultural Commission’s Fall for ter Civic Chorale and Sumter Civic erary Foundation decided to partner SEE ARTS, PAGE A7 the Arts. VISIT US ONLINE AT DEATHS, B4 WEATHER, A8 INSIDE Kendall Maurice Jenkins Robert Derick Becton Sr. LESS HUMID 3 SECTIONS, 30 PAGES the .com VOL. 123, NO. 255 Clyde A. White Dorothy Nell Bradley Rose Mostly sunny and less Clarendon Sun C1 Opinion A7 Abe Feldsott Sam Ramsey Jr. humid today; clear and Ester Mae Mickens Bryant Patrick Robbins cool tonight Comics C12 Television A8 Adrian LaBar Ingram Wilhelmina Jones Sports B1 HIGH 77, LOW 54 Janie Jackson Sinkler-Sims Lou Fannie Dais Editor’s note: USA Today pages Sharon Romaine Solomon Cruz Alvin R. Pack Sr. will return soon to Friday’s edition. A2 | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018 THE SUMTER ITEM Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING: SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL Code enforcement discussion continues BY ADRIENNE SARVIS have been mistaken. istrator Gary Mixon. He added Code enforcement [email protected] Chairman Jim McCain and coun- that including the planning com- officers authorized to cilman Charles Edens also raised mission has been a part of the issue summons Sumter County Council continued its discussion of giving the same concern. whole process. selected code enforcement officers the authority to issue Building department officials During council's meeting on Reading: Third courtesy summons during its meeting on Tuesday. would deal with building code vio- Sept. 11, Bryan said building and Agenda item: An ordi- lations, and planning commission planning department directors nance to authorize the ap- officials would presumably handle could recommend code enforce- pointment of code enforce- zoning standard violations. ment officers to the county ad- ment officers by resolution. Byrd also asked how often zon- ministrator who would recom- Background: According to Members question the elected by Sumter city and county ing standards are violated to war- mend code enforcement officers the amendment, the govern- need of zoning officials in councils. rant the addition of zoning officials to council after evaluation. He ing body of a county may ap- code enforcement Each person named has been to the list. also said the code enforcement point and commission as vetted by the county administra- The zoning administrator asked officers chosen "would be em- many code enforcement offi- Reading: Resolution, only one tor, Sumter County Attorney that zoning officials be given the ployees of either the building de- cers as may be necessary for vote is required Johnathan Bryan said. authority to write courtesy sum- partment or the planning com- the proper security, general Agenda item: A resolution to Discussion: Councilman Gene mons for violations of the county mission" prior to first reading of welfare and convenience of appoint and commission code en- Baten asked if the code enforce- zoning and development stan- the related ordinance during that the county, as stated in the forcement officers for the proper ment officers would receive train- dards, Bryan said.