SPORTS Tigers, N.C. State prep for showdown B1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents Weeklong Fall for the Arts begins companies in the country. Jones, co-founder and executive direc- New York City in 1958 and created Ailey II dance group comes This is the second time Ailey II is tor of the foundation. He said his aunt Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble, now to Sumter’s Patriot Hall visiting the area as the company of 12 enjoyed the arts and even wanted her known as Ailey II, in 1974. dancers grace the stage at Patriot Hall house to be turned into a cultural arts Ailey II — one of the most phenom- tonight as part of event for Sumter County Cultural Commis- and literary center. enal dance groups in the world — is BY ADRIENNE SARVIS sion’s Fall for the Arts. To encourage and inspire local art- bringing its message of hope and in- This year, the group’s visit is spon- ist this week, the Millican Literary spiration to Sumter at a reduced cost, [email protected] sored by the Millican Literary Foun- Foundation has sponsored a perfor- Jones said. dation, which was created in 2008 in mance and other events by Ailey II in Since its creation, Ailey II has per- As Sumter County falls for the arts honor of Arthenia Jackson Bates Mil- the spirit of the group’s creator, the formed around the world, and the this week, some local dancers and art lican, an author and Sumter native. late Alvin Ailey. dance company will perform again in appreciators will be leaping with joy Millican was inducted into the Ailey, a well-known modern dance Sumter tonight. as they watch a performance by Ailey South Carolina Academy of Authors choreographer, founded the Alvin II, one of the most celebrated dance in 2017, said Millican’s nephew, Rick Ailey American Dance Theater in SEE AILEY II, PAGE A6 Senior is only Back in the day in South Carolina Sumter student Michael Worrell, he Sumter County dressed in period attire and 9, kneads dough performed tasks that dem- Museum held its with volunteer onstrated the lifestyle of the Cleo Klopfleisch T Carolina Back- area’s settlers. From black- recognized by on Saturday. country Harvest event smithing to breadmaking, Once participants many of the demonstrations kneaded or rolled on Saturday to teach were hands-on, allowing merit program the dough, they adults and children alike kids to experience churning were able to fast butter or playing period Singleton stands out for forward and go what it was like to live in games. to the other end character, academics the Sumter area in the The museum’s backcoun- of the table to try exhibit is an authentic BY BRUCE MILLS taste a finished late 18th and early 19th representation of a home- [email protected] product and even centuries. stead from that time, and spread on hand- there are several original She didn’t grow up playing churned butter. Staff and volunteers buildings on site. video games or watching TV, but that has probably served to benefit Wilson Hall senior Ingrid Singleton. Raised by her parents to be a well-rounded teenager and use her time wisely, Singleton de- veloped a love for family, friends, reading, history, the arts, traveling and good causes. That training certainly seems to SINGLETON be paying divi- dends now, as Sin- gleton was recently named a National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Stu- dent. She’s the only high PHOTOS BY KAYLA ROBINS / THE SUMTER ITEM school senior in Sumter Coun- Visitors learned about life in Sumter hundreds of years ago at Sumter ty — private or public school County Museum’s Carolina Backcountry Harvest event on Saturday. — to receive the national rec- ognition from the program for RIGHT: Charlotte Smilowska, 8, churns butter as her mother helped scoring in the top 5 percent na- show kids how stew and other hot food was made at a different station. tionally on the Preliminary SAT last year as a junior. Singleton’s list of academic accomplishments, Advanced Placement courses and extra- curricular activities is long and varied, but there is more to Singleton than her resume on paper. Singleton said she loves chil- dren and wants to pursue a ca- reer in social work to help dis- advantaged children. In college and in her career, she said she wants to learn more about such things as Micah Shumaker, 7, learns how to loom Saturday at fetal alcohol syndrome and ju- the Carolina Backcountry Harvest event put on by venile delinquency. the Sumter County Museum. “Anything to do with sub- stance abuse and children — how to stop it and how to work with it,” Singleton said during her interview scheduled be- tween two AP classes. In her study of government and society, she said she thinks to be born with a defect or disadvantage is “the deep- est form of inequality.” Singleton said she wants to start her career working in foster placement or extraction or with infants going through detox. One day, she may want to be a substance abuse coun- selor, she said. Even now, Singleton chooses some extra-curricular activi- ties because they are good causes and uses of her time, she said. Singleton said she gets her heart of compassion for those Children played a variety of old- fashioned games during the event SEE SINGLETON, PAGE A6 Saturday. VISIT US ONLINE AT DEATHS, B4 WEATHER, A8 INSIDE Alice E. Newman Washington Carver Willie Caldwell Jr. WARM AND RAINY 2 SECTIONS, 14 PAGES the .com Michael Shane Jones James Franklin Bradford VOL. 124, NO. 1 Mostly cloudy with a Cherrelle Renee Evans Corina D. Fountain Marquis Richburg shower today and storm Classifieds B6 Sports B1 Fannie Lou Miles James Cubbage II Robert L. Howard Jr. possible tonight Patrick Lee Richburg Sr. Gayle Turbeville Fohner Marie Eden Jones Comics A5 Television B5 Jospeh C. Floyd Donnie L. McKamey Isiah Lee Miller HIGH 86, LOW 67 Opinion A7 John Roderick Lee Randy Gamble A2 | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 THE SUMTER ITEM Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Government study: Without Medicaid expansion, poor forgo medical care WASHINGTON (AP) — expand Medicaid for low-in- and asthma, staying on a icaid expansion can make. In Low-income people in states come people making up to medication schedule is con- states that did not expand that haven't expanded Med- roughly $16,750 for an indi- sidered essential. Medicaid, low-income adults icaid are much more likely vidual or $34,640 for a family • About 22 percent of those are more likely to be unin- to forgo needed medical care of four. Seventeen states in- in states not expanding Med- sured. than the poor in other states, cluding S.C. have not adopt- icaid said they needed but Medicaid is a federal- according to a government ed the expansion, opposed by could not afford dental care, state program that has report released Monday many — but not all — Re- as compared to 15 percent of grown to cover about 1 in 5 amid election debates from publicans. similar low-income adults in U.S. residents, from many Get your tickets Georgia to Utah over cover- Among the report's find- expansion states. newborns to severely dis- age for the needy. ings: • About 11 percent of those abled people to elderly The nonpartisan Govern- • Nearly 20 percent of low- in non-expansion states said nursing home residents. Its to find out 20 ment Accountability Office income people in states that they needed to see a special- total cost is about $570 bil- worked with the National did not expand Medicaid ist but weren't able to afford lion a year. Former Presi- Center for Health Statistics said they passed up needed it, as compared to about 6 dent Barack Obama's Under 40 winners to analyze federal survey medical care in the past 12 percent of those in expan- health care law expanded data from 2016. The research months because they sion states. Medicaid to allow states to BY KAYLA ROBINS focused on low-income couldn't afford it. That com- "States around the country cover low-income adults [email protected] adults ages 19-64 in states pared to 9.4 percent in states have an opportunity to ex- with no children living at that did not expand Medic- that expanded the program. pand Medicaid to more peo- home. Tickets for the 2018-19 Young Pro- aid under the Obama-era Af- • About 8 percent of those ple; these findings help show With the federal govern- fessionals Under 40 winners reveal fordable Care Act, compared in states that did not expand why it's a winning proposi- ment covering at least 90 and social networking event are to their peers in states that Medicaid reported they ei- tion for states and the mil- percent of the cost, expan- available to the public for anyone did. ther skipped medication lions of Americans current- sion proponents argue who wants to meet some of the most Medicaid expansion is an doses to save money or took ly left out," said Sen. Ron states turning it down are engaging, impactful and up-and- issue in several high-profile less medication than pre- Wyden, D-Ore., who request- leaving on the table tax dol- coming professionals in Sumter, Lee gubernatorial contests and scribed. That compared to ed the analysis. lars their own citizens send and Clarendon counties. in states where supporters about 5 percent in states that Aides to Wyden said the to Washington.