POLITICS: Iowa caucuses kick off 2016 election A5 Britain gives OK for gene editing Some afraid technique could A4 SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 lead to ‘designer babies’ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016 75 CENTS Elma Strong, library media specialist and group adviser, fits a prosthetic hand as a Kensington demonstration on Mary Katherine Geddings, a seventh- grade student at Alice Drive collection Middle School, on Friday. will move Students literally giving a to Seneca BY IVY MOORE [email protected] helping hand to children Scarborough-Hamer Foundation an- nounced Monday that its collection of 19th- and early 20th-century decorative arts, which for 19 years comprised the furnish- ings of Kensington Mansion at Eastover, will be transferred to the City of Seneca. The mansion, owned by International Paper, was badly damaged in the ice storm of February 2014, and repairs have not been completed. International Paper asked the foundation in March 2015 to move the collection to prevent damage; it was moved shortly after that and has been in storage since. Rickie Good, former curator at Sumter SEE KENSINGTON, PAGE A5 PHOTOS BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY / THE SUMTER ITEM Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students at Alice Drive Middle School assemble prosthetic hands at the school on Fri- day as part of the “Hearts to Hands” club that will give 3-D printed hands to children in need around the world. Middle-schoolers use 3-D printer to make limbs for needy worldwide JIM HILLEY / THE ITEM Chris Sumpter announces his candidacy for BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY the life of a child who wants noth- Sumter County Council District 1 at the [email protected] ‘This will make a ing more than to do regular activi- O’Donnell House on Saturday afternoon. ties, such as being able to ride ocal students are making difference in the life of a their bike and hold onto both of their handlebars at the same prosthetic hands for chil- child who wants nothing time,” Strong said. Sumpter says dren with disabilities in Strong said she discovered the L more than to do regular project online. developing nations. A group of A computer prototype for the Alice Drive Middle School stu- activities, such as being prosthetic hands was already de- he will run for veloped on www.thingverse.com dents, called “Hearts to Hands” able to ride their bike and then downloaded onto the 3-D club, are working on a project printer. The printing program uses various processes to synthesize a District 1 seat involving a three-dimensional and hold onto both of 3-D object. The objects are made printer that molds shapes of a from a plastic-type wire, which the BY JIM HILLEY their handlebars at the printer molds into models. [email protected] hand and fingers into a hard Once the hand and fingers are plastic-type material. same time.’ printed, separately, students as- An enthusiastic crowd of more than 40 semble the models with pins, plas- supporters gathered to hear Chris Sumpter The group is doing the project ELMA STRONG tic strings and fishing lines. Some announce his candidacy for Sumter County through e-NABLE, an organization of the tools students use, such as Council District 1 on Saturday at the that brings together individuals “Hearts to Hands” club adviser hard plastic hammers, were also O’Donnell House. from around the world who are made on the printer. The 23-year-old Crestwood High School using their 3-D printers to create at Alice Drive Middle School With the prosthetic hand, a child graduate was born and raised in Sumter free 3-D printed hands and arms who is missing fingers will be able County. He was student body president of for those in need of an upper limb gers or who have lost them be- to make fingers move by flicking Crestwood and University of South Caroli- assistive device, according to its cause of war, disease or natural di- his or her wrist. na Sumter, he said. In high school, he was website, www.enablingthefuture. saster, said Elma Strong, library Lance Gould, a seventh-grade active in 4-H and FFA. Sumpter said he also org. media specialist and the group’s student, said assembly is not a The prosthetic hands will go to adviser. SEE SUMPTER, PAGE A7 children who are born missing fin- “This will make a difference in SEE HANDS, PAGE A7 Fireside sees its busiest week yet for assisting families BY JACK OSTEEN mother who took in five of her young And an elderly woman Fireside Fund [email protected] grandchildren. She felt like she was assisted with propane last year hasn’t starting all over again, and instead of been able to fill her tank again until this Fireside Fund had its busiest week to heating just half her home for herself, year, thanks to the fund. date, assisting more than 60 clients this she must try to heat her entire home to These are just a few of the people past week, Salvation Army social work- keep the grandchildren warm at night. Fireside Fund helps week after week er Christy Lamb said. Another young man was raising two here in the Sumter community. According to Lamb, the type of client citizens to single parents to those out of kids by himself, lost his job in Novem- Lamb encourages families to keep she helps doesn’t fit into any kind of work or struggling with health issues. ber and is struggling to find steady profile either. They range from senior This past week alone she had a grand- work in the area. SEE FIRESIDE, PAGE A7 VISIT US ONLINE AT DEATHS, B5 WEATHER, A10 INSIDE Wallace R. Jackson Ida Mae B. Ceasar STAYING WARM 2 SECTIONS, 18 PAGES the .com VOL. 120, NO. 92 Dwayne Dawson Ada Rhea P. Baker Very warm with periods Jessie Mae Mozingo Ernest W. Ledbetter Sr. of sun; a shower tonight Sports B1 Lotteries A10 David Clea Frizel H. Briggs is possible Classifieds B7 Opinion A8 Christopher R. Freeman Jewel Thompson Elizabeth A. Richardson Cleveland McBride Sr. HIGH 73, LOW 58 Comics B6 Television A9 L.J. Brown A2 | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016 THE SUMTER ITEM Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] LOCAL & STATE BRIEFS Airman teaches Willow Drive FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Hydrant flow tests set for 2 days this week Elementary students STEM skills City of Sumter will be per- forming fire hydrant flow tests BY KONSTANTIN from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednes- VENGEROWSKY day and Thursday on Alice [email protected] Drive, Preot Street and Wise Drive. Water customers in the Willow Drive Elementary surrounding area may experi- School fifth-grade students ence temporary discolored are learning about Science, water. Technology, Engineering Direct any questions or con- and Math fields during the cerns to the City of Sumter next two weeks at McEntire Public Services Department at Joint National Guard Base (803) 436-2558. in Hopkins. About 100 students from Dorn Medical Center the school, 50 this week and hosts town hall Feb. 12 50 the next, will be taking daily field trips to the base William Jennings Bryan where they will participate Dorn VA Medical Center will in the STARBASE Swamp host a town hall meeting from Fox program. 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at The Department of De- the Sumter County Recreation fense funds the program Building, 155 Haynesworth St. hosted by the Air National Attendees will hear updates Guard. on the Dorn Medical Center, The free program only re- including improvements of pa- quires the district to pro- tient care and nursing servic- vide transportation to the es. There will also be a presen- base. tation on veterans benefits. Students participate in a Medical center leadership, curriculum instructors call representatives from the Sum- “hands-on/minds-on” with ter Outpatient Clinic, the Vet- experiential activities in the PHOTOS BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY / THE SUMTER ITEM erans Affairs regional office STEM fields. Willow Drive Elementary School fifth-grader Logan Keels, above, director and medical center “We strive to make sure gets ready to launch a balloon as part of a lesson on fluid mechan- advocates will be available to we cover many of the fifth- ics and aerodynamics as retired S.C. Air National Guard Lt. Col. Jim answer questions. grade science and math Hyott, STARBASE Swamp Fox program’s deputy director, does a Updates on the Dorn Medi- state standards in our 25 countdown. At left, Willow Drive fifth-grade student assembles a cal Center area also available hours of instruction,” said parachute for a model rocket on Monday as part of the STARBASE at www.facebook.com/VACo- retired S.C. Air National Swamp Fox program. lumbiaSC or on Twitter @ Guard Brig. Gen. John Mot- VAMCColumbiaSC. ley, director of the pro- “budget” to spend on mate- students are learning in gram. “Teamwork and goal rials for the design. their courses. Business leaders discuss setting are also a constant Some of the other proj- “It brings to life what theme as students work to- ects students are involved they are learning; these are state of manufacturing gether to explore, explain, with throughout the week also things the students will elaborate and evaluate con- include: building blocks of remember when we study NORTH CHARLESTON — cepts.” matter, 3-D computer-aided the material later in the se- Top business leaders are dis- On Monday, one class of engineer design process by design, physical and chemi- mester,” Jackson said. cussing the state of manufac- fifth-graders was building building a safety restraint cal changes and navigation Motley said the program turing in South Carolina and model rockets at the school device for an egg.