Annual fair back in town

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FROM STAFF REPORTS
T
he Sumter County
Parents gather
Fair is taking place
this week at the
for annual Day
Sumter County Fair-
grounds at the corner of of Remembrance
West Liberty Street and
Artillery Drive. BY ADRIENNE SARVIS
[email protected]
SUMTER COUNTY
“I pray that none of you ever have
FAIR SCHEDULE
to stand where I stand today,” Patricia
OPENING DAY Holiday said to a small crowd at the
front entrance to Central Carolina
Tuesday
Technical College’s Main Street cam-
PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM
(cid:129) Gates open to the public, 4 p.m. pus on Thursday.
(cid:129) All exhibits on display, 4-10 Luke Russell hangs stuffed animals at a game booth on Monday at the Sumter County Fair-
Holiday was one of two mothers
p.m. grounds. The fair begins today with the ggates oppeningg to the public at 4 p.m.
who shared the story of losing their
(cid:129) Midway closes, midnight
children during the 2018 Day of Re-
Wednesday membrance event where families and
(cid:129) Gates open to the public, 4 p.m. community members gathered to re-
(cid:129) All exhibits on display, 4-10 ADMISSION member the lives of loved ones who
p.m. were taken too soon.
Ages 1-5: Free
(cid:129) Midway closes, midnight As she spoke, Holiday talked about
Ages 6-64: $8
Thursday the last time she saw her son, Kemper,
(cid:129) Gates open to the public, 4 p.m. Ages 65 and up: $5 and how she is now left with his mem-
(cid:129) All exhibits on display, 4-10 Military/dependants with ID: $5 ories including his last words from an
p.m. TICKETS ordinary conversation.
(cid:129) Beef show judging, 6 p.m. It never leaves, she said about those
(cid:129) Midway closes, midnight Ride all day pass: $25 last moments with her son. “I relive
Friday (cid:129) Buy wrist bands at the ticket booth near the Ferris it.”
wheel during fair hours. Holiday said her final words to
(cid:129) Gates open to the public, 4 p.m.
(cid:129) All exhibits on display, 4-10 (cid:129) Sold until one hour before closing. Saturday only, Kemper on Dec. 14, 2009, when she
p.m. sold until 6 p.m. asked him to bring water and juice
(cid:129) Midway closes, midnight Early bird special: All gate admissions $5 from 10 Edward Spry, a minister by trade, back to the house. Kemper’s last
Saturday a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday has been working the gate at words to his mother were, “Minute
the fairgrounds since 2001. Maid or Tropicana.”
(cid:129) Gates open to the public, 10
Holiday noticed her son was up ear-
a.m.
ENTERTAINMENT lier than usual and getting ready to
(cid:129) All exhibits on display, 10 a.m.-9 and world-record power breaking all wrapped
leave the house.
p.m. into a comedy-packed show with crowd
Culture Shock Monster Truck He said he had a lot on his mind,
(cid:129) Midway closes, midnight interaction and audience participation.
Daniel Aimes races his car-crushing beast out she said. What could he have been
Last Day — Sunday of Lugoff. Outdoor Sportsman’s Expo going through at 23 years old, she
(cid:129) Gates open to the public, noon The old poultry building will have displays of asked.
Fearless Flores Family
(cid:129) Commercial exhibits removed, boats, 4-wheelers, water craft, deer stands, She told her son, “Whatever is going
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Father Ricardo, mother Arcelia, 13-year-old camping equipment and information from on, son, I love you.”
(cid:129) Individual entries removed, daughter Cyndel and 8-year-old son Volorian conservation groups in water fowl, fishing, “I’m so glad I told him, ‘I love you,’”
2-3:30 p.m.
(cid:129) Premium checks picked up, present “Motorcycle Madness” inside the “Globe hunting and other outdoor activities. she said.
of Death,” an act Ricardo and Arcelia have “I wanted to help him,” Holiday
2-3:30 p.m. Reithoffer Shows Midway
presented for more than 10 years. Cyndel and said. “I want you to know that.”
(cid:129) Midway closes, 9 p.m.
Volorian are currently the youngest brother-sister “The Aristocrat of Shows,” the longest-running That evening, Holiday received a
For additional information, visit
team to race inside the Globe of Death. carnival show in America, will host the Midway frantic phone call, and all she could
www.sumterfair.com or call 775-
Team Rock Ninja experience entertainment with rides including a kiddy land, make out was Kemper had been shot.
5200.
“I didn’t understand,” she said. “I
family rides, thrill rides, games, food and rest areas.
High-flying acrobatics, martial arts weaponry
was devastated.”
Kemper was shot not far from
5 Star Petting Zoo home, at a place Holiday said she
didn’t even know existed. Later, she
For children of all
learned her son was shot by another
ages who want to
young man during a robbery and
pet a camel, zebra,
home invasion.
goat, sheep,
“I am now a part of a group that I
miniature donkey,
did not ask to join,” she said about
miniature horse,
joining the Sumter Chapter of Parents
llama and even a
of Murdered Children.
zedonk!
There’s a group of people who
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Blood plasma donation center to open on South Pike
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Jerome Parnell, president the bank into its various com- “The plasma we collect is
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medical research for uses of these
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Wedgefield home
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A home was destroyed in a
fire Monday morning, displac-
ing three adults and one child
in Wedgefield.
The Sumter Fire Depart-
ment responded to a property ssaaccrriiffiiccee
on S.C. 261 South just before 7
a.m., where a single-wide mo-
bile home was burning, ac-
cording to an incident report.
Firefighters found there had
been an electrical short behind
the dryer, starting the blaze at
the appliance before spreading
throughout the kitchen and
living room.
About $15,000 in damage to
the structure and $5,000 worth
of contents in the home were
reported lost. Nothing was re-
ported to have been saved.
The American Red Cross re-
sponded to the scene to pro-
vide the residents with assis-
tance.
School board meets on
superintendent search
U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTOS BY SENIOR AIRMAN CHRISTOPHER MALDONADO / SPECIAL TO THE SUMTER ITEM
A U.S. airman assigned to the 20th Force Support Squadron Honor Guard stands at attention during a POW/MIA candlelight vigil at
After meeting last night, Shaw Air Force Base on Sept. 18. The base honor guard performed the Missing Man Honors Table ceremony during the vigil.
Sumter School District's Board
Shaw members pay
of Trustees will make it back- From left, U.S. Air
to-back nights with another Force Col. Ryan
meeting tonight. tribute to POW/MIAs Inman, 20th Fighter
A district spokeswoman dis- Wing vice com-
tributed an agenda Sunday. mander; Susan Ste-
Most of the discussion will phens, POW/MIA
take place in executive session BY SENIOR AIRMAN CHRISTOPHER ceremony guest
and behind closed doors, ac- MALDONADO speaker; and Chief
cording to the agenda. 20TH Fighter Wing Public Affairs Master Sgt. Daniel
After open session remarks, Special to The Sumter Item Hoglund, 20th FW
the trustees will enter into ex-
command chief,
ecutive session to hear con- Team Shaw members honored the
render honors dur-
tractual proposals from super- legacy of prisoners of war, those still
ing a ceremony at
intendent search firms, the missing in action and those who paid
Shaw Air Force Base
agenda states. the ultimate price during POW/MIA Re-
on Friday.
Legal counsel will also pro- membrance Week, Sept. 17-21.
vide the board with advice re- During the week, service members
lating to proposed contractual and their families participated in nu- MIA U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Geist, dur- Cold War, the Gulf Wars, and other re-
arrangements with a search merous events, such as a candlelight ing the POW/MIA Remembrance Week cent conflicts around the globe.
firm. vigil, a 24-hour run and a ceremony to ceremony. Stephens spoke about her “There are only 24 hours in a day; we
The board is considering remember those heroes. brother’s story and current search ef- can't control that, but what we can con-
using a search consultant in “This is our history, it's our heritage,” forts, as well as provided words of wis- trol is how we spend our time,” said
its upcoming search for its Master Sgt. Tiffany Rankins, 20th Force dom to the future of the U.S. armed Master Sgt. Clyde Rankins, 20th FSS
next full-time superintendent. Support Squadron Airmen and Family forces. David B. Reid Airman Leadership
A former Richland District 2 Readiness Center noncommissioned of- “Our nation has pledged not to rest School commandant. “The mission does
superintendent and long-time ficer in charge, said. “We pay homage until we can get the fullest possible ac- not allow the entire base to stop and at-
administrator, Debbie Hamm every single day when we put on this counting and every American missing tend all of the events but those who
is in her second and final year uniform, but it's easy to simply go in action home,” Stephens said. “We re- could, did. And I think that during
as the district's interim super- through the motion. This week provides member them in our thoughts and those brief moments we had the oppor-
intendent. the opportunity to reflect and bring prayers, wherever they are…wherever tunity to slow down and remember why
Tonight's meeting begins at 6 prisoners of war and missing in action they have fallen. Remember that dying we serve.”
p.m. at the district office, 1345 service members to the forefront of our for freedom isn’t the worst that could By continuing to remember the sacri-
Wilson Hall Road. hearts and minds as we are reminded of happen…being forgotten is.” fices of those who came before them,
Like all board-related meet- our duty to never forget.” According to the Defense POW/MIA members of Team Shaw will continue
ings, the public is invited, but At the conclusion of the week, Team Accounting Agency, more than 82,000 to lead the way in excellence, accom-
public participation is not on Shaw members gathered to hear the Americans remain missing from WWII, plish the current mission and prepare
the agenda. words of Susan Stephens, the sister of the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the for future operations.
Restaurant news: Food grade scores
Following are the food grades for Sumter businesses inspected by the
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control in
the last 10 days. A "C" grade is failing. For detailed reports, visit www.
dhec.com.
Burger King #1122, 1132 Broad St., Sumter: A
Chuck E Cheese #657, 1121 Broad St., Sumter: A
IHOP #3070, 2485 Broad St., Sumter: A
Kobe Japanese Steakhouse, 1121 Broad St. Suite 13, Sumter: A
Logan's Roadhouse, 2531 Broad St., Sumter: A
Palmetto Subs, 15 E. Wesmark Blvd., Sumter: A
Pilgrim's Pride, 2050 Hwy. 15 South, Sumter: A
Red Lobster #0746, 1034 Broad St., Sumter: A
Simply Southern Bistro, 65 W. Westmark Blvd., Sumter: A
Sumter Stop, 610 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter: C
Taco Bell #31781, 1112 Broad St., Sumter: A
Youngs Food Store #36, 1868 Hwy. 15 South, Sumter: C
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Kingsbury invites grandparents Lawsuit: Teacher lowered student’s grade
when he refused to have sex with her
CHARLESTON (AP) — A ple times. The civil lawsuit
South Carolina math filed last week says the
teacher is accused of low- teacher would remind him
ering a student’s grade be- that she controlled his
cause he stopped having grade if he tried to fend off
sex with her. her advances.
The young man and his The lawsuit says he told
mother are suing the his mother after the teach-
Charleston County School er lowered his grade from a
District for negligence. 98 to 89 when he refused
The Post and Courier re- her in December. She was
ported that 27-year-old Jen- arrested that month. Her
nifer Olajire-Aro allegedly criminal case is pending.
“encouraged and coerced” A schools spokesman
her student, then 17, into said the district hadn’t
having sex with her multi- seen the lawsuit yet.
Police: Pregnant teen taken in S.C. found safe
EDGEFIELD (AP) — Au- details on how the teen was
thorities said a pregnant found or any possible
teen who was forcefully charges against those
taken from her South Caro- being held.
lina home has been found State Law Enforcement
safe. Division spokesman Thom
Edgefield County sher- Berry said the investiga-
PHOTOS PROVIDED iff’s Deputy Robbie Harter tion is continuing.
The Hester grandchildren (Jordan and Kamryn) enjoyed dining with their grandparents, Alonda and Jac- said Monday morning that Harter said two men had
quelyn Moses, as Kingsbury Elementary School held its annual Grandparents Breakfasts on Thursday and 18-year-old Kerrie Edgerly broken into the home early
Friday, Sept. 20-21. Children in preschool, kindergarten, second and fourth grades were delighted to have was found safe in Lexing- Sunday and demanded
their second set of parents have breakfast with them last week and share a simple meal while they created ton County late Sunday. money. Harter said when
life-long memories. The grandparents were treated to items that showed how meaningful their relation- Harter said two people that failed, the men took
ships were, and many hugs and kisses were delivered. The school is looking forward to Friday, when it will were in custody in Lexing- Edgerly.
host grandparents of students in grades one, three and five. ton County. Authorities had said she
Harter did not yet have is 36 weeks pregnant.
Principal Phillip
Jackson meets
Hayward Wilson Coroner: Man fell into lake, broke his neck
and his grand-
daughter Melo- SENECA (AP) — Author- ride with his wife. The Sen-
dy Wilson, a kin- ities said a South Carolina eca resident was found
dergartner in man who fell off a boat near the dock and was
Mrs. Novak’s broke his neck when he fell taken to a hospital, where
class. into the lake and died. he died about 1 1/2 hours
Oconee County Coroner after falling into Lake Ke-
Karl Addis told news out- owee.
lets Sunday that 71-year- An autopsy performed
old Thomas Larry Payne Sunday found that Payne’s
Steve and Kim Meyer eat with grandchildren was exiting onto the dock death was accidental, the
Ethan Cox and Riley Mosley. Sept. 20, following a boat result of a fractured neck.
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Hurricane Florence
continues to wreck
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BLADENBORO, N.C. (AP) — Ten ing the church he built almost 20 years
days after Hurricane Florence came ago.
ashore, the storm caused fresh chaos "I'm going to go one day at a time. Put
Monday across the Carolinas, where it in the Lord's hands. My hands aren't
rivers kept rising and thousands more big enough," he said.
people were told to be ready to evacuate. In North Carolina, the Cape Fear and
Authorities urged up to 8,000 people Neuse rivers remained swollen and
in Georgetown County, on the South were not expected to return to normal
Carolina coast, to be prepared to flee levels until October, the charts show.
from potential flood zones. A "record "Florence continues to bring misery
event" of up to 10 feet of flooding was to North Carolina," North Carolina Gov.
expected to begin today near parts of Roy Cooper said Sunday evening in a
the Pee Dee and Waccamaw rivers, statement.
JASON LEE/THE SUN NEWS VIA AP
county spokeswoman Jackie Broach- Most of the Carolinas have seen the
Maura Walbourne sits in the front of a canoe looking in at her flooded Long Avenue
Akers said. worst of the flooding, but people need to
home as David Covington wades through the wreckage in Conway on Sunday. The Sher-
Residents along the Waccamaw remain cautious, said Todd Hamill, a
wood Drive area of Conway began to look like a lake on Sunday as homes were sub-
braced for water predicted to peak today hydrologist at the National Weather
merged deeper than ever in flood waters that have already set historic records.
at 22 feet near Conway. That's twice the Service's Southeast River Forecast Cen-
normal flood stage and far higher than ter. With most rivers having crested,
the previous record of 17.9 feet, accord- that water is moving toward the coast, checks on people in still-flooded areas. The chairman of the House Appropri-
ing to charts published Monday by the he said. The storm has claimed at least 43 ations Committee said the money would
National Weather Service. Parts of Interstate 40 are expected to lives since slamming into the coast Sept. be available as grants to states to help
Pastor Willie Lowrimore and several remain underwater for another week or 14. rebuild housing and public works, as
members of his church spent Saturday more, and hundreds of smaller roads On Monday, Republican education well as assist businesses. GOP Rep. Rod-
sandbagging and spreading plastic remain impassable. But there was some leaders in North Carolina announced ney Frelinghuysen of New Jersey called
sheets around the sanctuary of The Fel- good news: Interstate 95 was reopened planned legislation to assure teachers at it "a first round" and said lawmakers
lowship With Jesus Ministries church to all traffic Sunday night for the first still-shuttered schools that they will get are ready to act quickly if the federal di-
on the banks of the Waccamaw in Yau- time since the floods. paid without using vacation time. The saster relief agency also needs more
hannah, South Carolina, about 20 miles Floodwaters already receding on one proposal was part of broader disaster money.
south of Myrtle Beach. stretch of Interstate 40 left thousands of funding that the General Assembly will The economic research firm Moody's
The nearly black, reeking water rotting fish on the pavement for fire- consider in an anticipated special ses- Analytics estimated that Florence has
seeped around and over the sandbags fighters to clean up. sion. caused around $44 billion in damage
around 2 a.m. Monday. By noon, it was Crews conducted about 350 rescues In Washington, lawmakers consid- and lost output, which would make it
several inches deep. over the weekend, and travel remains ered almost $1.7 billion in new money one of the 10 costliest U.S. hurricanes.
With the church pews moved to a flat- treacherous in the southeastern area of for disaster relief and recovery, even as The worst disaster, Hurricane Katrina
bed trailer on higher ground, Lowri- the state, the governor added. National they face a deadline this week to fund in 2005, cost $192.2 billion in today's dol-
more sat in a rocking chair listening to Guard members would be shifting to the government before the Oct. 1 start lars. Last year's Hurricane Harvey cost
the normally calm river rush by, ruin- more door-to-door and air-search of the new budget year. $133.5 billion.
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New accusation rocks Kavanaugh nomination
Trump stands firm
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, dence of what he has been saying pri- door, indicating she would have no
the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary vately for days: that the Democrats and comment.
Committee, called for the “immediate media are conspiring to undermine his Joining the maelstrom, Michael Av-
postponement” of any further action pick. enatti, the attorney representing porn
WASHINGTON (AP) — Denouncing on Kavanaugh’s nomination. The second claim against Kavanaugh actress Stormy Daniels in her legal
his accusers for launching “smears, Trump, at the United Nations for his dates to the 1983-84 academic year, fight with Trump, claimed to represent
pure and simple,” Brett Kavanaugh second General Assembly meeting, which was his first at Yale University. a woman with information about high
said Monday he’ll continue fighting for called the allegations unfair and unsub- Deborah Ramirez described the inci- school-era parties attended by Kavana-
Senate confirmation to the Supreme stantiated, made by accusers who come dent after being contacted by The New ugh and urged the Senate to investi-
Court, even as Republicans battled to “out of the woodwork.” He also ques- Yorker magazine. She recalled that Ka- gate. Avenatti told the AP that he will
prevent a second woman’s tioned the political motivations of the vanaugh exposed himself at a drunken disclose his client’s identity in the com-
assertion of a long-ago attorneys representing the women, say- dormitory party, thrust his penis in her ing days and that she is prepared to tes-
sexual assault from de- ing “you should look into the lawyers face, and caused her to touch it without tify before the committee, as well as
railing his nomination. doing the representation.” her consent as she pushed him away. provide names of corroborating wit-
“I will not be intimidat- On Kavanaugh, Trump stressed: “I Republicans on the Senate Judiciary nesses.
ed into withdrawing from am with him all the way.” Committee said they would investigate A White House official not autho-
the process,” Kavanaugh The new accusation landed late Sun- Ramirez’s accusation. Taylor Foy, a rized to speak publicly questioned the
wrote in a letter to leaders KAVANAUGH day in a report from The New Yorker, spokesman, complained that Demo- accusations coming from Avenatti’s cli-
of the Senate Judiciary just a few hours after negotiators had crats had “actively withheld informa- ent, saying that the presence of the
Committee. “The coordi- reached an agreement to hold an ex- tion” from the Republicans until now. high-profile attorney — who has pub-
nated effort to destroy my good name traordinary public hearing Thursday The New Yorker said the allegation licly taken on Trump and is weighing a
will not drive me out.” for Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey came to the attention of Democratic 2020 Democratic presidential bid —
Hours earlier, President Donald Ford, who accuses him of sexually as- senators through a civil rights lawyer. makes the proceedings a “circus.”
Trump led the defense of his embattled saulting her at a party when they were Ramirez was reluctant at first to The accusation from Ramirez raises
nominee against the latest allegation of teenagers. Kavanaugh denies the accu- speak publicly “partly because her the stakes further for a dramatic show-
sexual misconduct, calling the accusa- sation. memories contained gaps because she down Thursday, as Kavanaugh and
tions against Kavanaugh “totally politi- Presidential counselor Kellyanne had been drinking at the time of the al- Ford testify in public about an incident
cal.” Conway told CBS on Monday that the leged incident,” The New Yorker report- she characterizes as attempted rape —
The combative tone by Kavanaugh accusations against Kavanaugh sound ed. After “six days of carefully assess- and that he says simply never hap-
and Trump came a day after a second like “a vast left-wing conspiracy,” using ing her memories and consulting with pened.
allegation emerged. That accusation, in rhetoric that echoed Hillary Clinton’s her attorney, Ramirez said that she felt Kavanaugh’s nomination hangs pre-
a report by The New Yorker magazine, 1998 description of allegations that her confident enough of her recollections” cariously. A handful of senators in both
pushed the White House and Senate Re- husband, President Bill Clinton, had to speak publicly, the report said. parties remain undecided on his nomi-
publicans onto the defensive and fueled had affairs. The Associated Press tried reaching nation. Defections among Republicans
calls from Democrats for further inves- Trump is suggesting the timing of Ramirez at her home in Boulder, Colo- would likely block his path to the Su-
tigation. the New Yorker article is further evi- rado. She posted a sign on her front preme Court.
Off duty: S.C. ‘Trooper Bob’ retiring from Highway Patrol
COLUMBIA (AP) — After ammunition ship in the Per- special trip, back to the office and accessible. message together," says Beres,
more than two decades as one sian Gulf and traveling of his security job boss. "Some guy out there, he who says the string of picto-
of the South Carolina law en- throughout the world. After "I shined my shoes up, I doesn't care about our rank," grams was shared hundreds
forcement community's most four years of service, Beres shined my car up," he said. "I he said. "I want them to see, of thousands of times.
visible fixtures, the man says he felt a pull to some- went inside and knocked on we're human, too." Impressed by the reach of
known as "Trooper Bob" is thing bigger as he walked off the guy's door. He said, 'Beres,' Beres was named the 2007 the unique message, the Pa-
hanging up his badge. the ship and and I said, 'No sir, it's "Troop- Trooper of the Year, in part trol started using more emoji
Lt. Bob Beres told The As- down a long pier. er" Beres with the South Car- because of his work to help a messaging, crafting an anti-
sociated Press that he's retir- "I left with ev- olina Highway Patrol. I just woman who had lost her drunk driving campaign
ing this fall after 24 years in erything I owned wanted you to know that I'm home in a fire. After the his- based off Beres' tweets that
the Patrol. His last day on the in my bag and stationed in Dorchester, and toric flooding that gripped went up on hundreds of bill-
job will be Nov. 30. that was it," he you let me know if you need parts of South Carolina in boards around the state. This
One of the Patrol's chief says. "I felt like anything.'" 2015, Beres sought an innova- year, a 30-second TV ad fea-
spokesmen, Beres is tasked BERES God put his hand Ultimately Beres became a tive way to draw attention of turing Beres and emoji won
with giving reporters details on my head and community relations officer, the need to heed warnings not an Emmy award.
about traffic accidents, crash said, ‘I want you one of the faces of the agency to drive around the numerous "If my mom from Hungary
investigations and general to go help people.’" that employs more than 900 barricades that blocked off can understand this, then
safety tips. Standing 6 feet, 5 Starting with a security job troopers throughout the state. flooded or washed- out road- anyone can get this," Beres
inches, Beres is impossible to in Charleston, Beres eventual- To handle confusion over how ways. says, of the simple, pictorial
miss, a larger-than-life pres- ly worked his way up to a job to pronounce his Hungarian "Finally, I found emoji in messaging that got national
ence at media events and on with the Patrol, despite dis- last name, Beres began telling my phone, so I put an emoji attention.
the job around the state. couragement from his boss at people, "Just call me Trooper
But it's Beres' innovative the security job, who told him, Bob."
use of social media that's not "You'll never make it" as a Beres says he then encour-
only won him legions of ador- trooper. aged other Patrol spokesmen
ing fans across the state and Beres threw everything he also to use first names only
region — it also landed him had into his training. On his on social media, something
an Emmy award earlier this first day on the job, he made a that makes them relatable
year.
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FROM PAGE A1 each other because each
member understands.
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understand, but there’s a make up for their loved
God who knows, she said ones’ absences, Holiday and
about how she has been Mack have been able to find
able to keep going. ways to cope with their loss-
“I still had hope,” Ann es and bond with others
Mack said about receiving going through the same
the first call related to her grief.
son, Chauncey, getting shot After the deaths of their
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Side effect of trafficking law: Credit freeze free
More street prostitution? now nationwide
NEW YORK (AP) — Recent Yvonne Ambrose’s 16-year-old
crackdowns targeting the sex- daughter, Desiree, was trafficked BY SARAH SKIDMORE SELL on its identity theft infor-
for-hire industry have reduced in Chicago on Backpage.com and AP Personal Finance Writer mation website: www.iden-
the number of commercial ads was killed by a buyer on Christ- titytheft.gov.
on the internet and helped fight mas Eve 2016. Ambrose joined Consumers can now Additionally, the law al-
online trafficking. But activists President Donald Trump at the freeze their credit for free lows for a free credit
and police say the efforts may White House when he signed the under a new federal law. freeze for children under
have had unintended conse- legislation, Allow States and Vic- A credit freeze restricts age 16, something that was
quences — landing women and tims to Fight Online Sex Traffick- access to your credit file, not previously allowed in
girls back on the streets, where ing Act. essentially halting anyone all states. This helps pre-
dangers also lurk. from opening any new vent criminals from creat-
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The impact was almost im- credit in your name. The ing fraudulent accounts
mediate after the seizure of rules used to vary by state, under a child's identity, a
Backpage.com by the federal afford treatment. but previously it could problem that often goes
government in April and Presi- Laura LeMoon, a sex worker cost up to $10 to put a undetected until they are
dent Donald Trump's signature and trafficking survivor who freeze in place. That fee adults and seek credit of
the same month on the Allow co-founded the Safe Night Ac- often had to be paid again their own.
States and Victims to Fight On- no single replacement for Back- cess Project in Seattle to help when someone wanted to A credit freeze is consid-
line Sex Trafficking Act, a law page will likely continue to re- protect street sex workers, said unfreeze it for any legiti- ered one of the most effec-
meant to hold internet plat- duce trafficking, according to she has seen far more women mate uses. tive ways to prevent crimi-
forms accountable for facilitat- counter-trafficking consultant on Seattle's strolls. Under a new law that nals from opening credit
ing sex trafficking. Rob Spectre. Solicitors have gotten young- took effect Friday, con- in your name. It is differ-
The number of sex ads on- But on the internet, sex work- er, too, she said. She used to pri- sumers anywhere in the ent than credit monitor-
line plummeted by 75 percent, ers say, they were able to marily serve middle-aged sex U.S. can do so quickly and ing, which tracks a per-
an indication that the law was screen a client and check lists workers, she said, but now they for free. son's credit and alerts him
thwarting human traffickers for "bad dates." Now, as they often appear 25 or younger. Congress passed the law or her of changes in activi-
no longer protected by the ano- are funneled back onto the "I think definitely there's a in response to last year's ty.
nymity of the internet. But sex streets, they are at a buyer's number of girls we've seen who massive Equifax hack, "Think of a credit freeze
workers and their advocates mercy. look pretty young," she said. which exposed the private as a state-of-the art home
say another casualty was the Kara Alexander, who lives in Along with the rise in street information of more than security system that keeps
income of escorts who adver- Florida, advertised her services prostitution has come a resur- 145 million Americans. the bad guys out," said Ted
tised online, along with the abil- on Backpage, Craigslist and gence in pimping, which had President Donald Trump Rossman, industry analyst
ity to vet clients better than on other sites before April. When faded in the internet age, ac- signed it into law in May. at Creditcards.com. "Ver-
the street. media companies closed down cording to sex workers and ad- The law requires that sus credit monitoring,
Statistics establishing a pat- sections hosting adult services vocates. Alexander said a friend credit freezes be free for which is more like that
tern are hard to come by, but ads, she said, she started work- of hers was attacked by pimps consumers across the text message you got from
police in some of the nation's ing on the streets. who were incensed she was country. If the request is your neighbor after some-
biggest cities told The Associat- In May, she said, a client working without them, and made over the phone or one already smashed
ed Press they are also seeing a raped her and poured alcohol Quinn said pimps have become online, the freeze must be through your living room
shift, if sometimes only in the in her body in an attempt to de- much more aggressive now completed within a day. If window and walked off
age of the sex workers they're stroy evidence. Alexander, 29, that they see a market. the request is made by with your big-screen TV."
encountering. said she had faced violence Still, even activists who ac- mail, the freeze must be While it does provide a
"I have seen a group of fresh- while working online, but never knowledge a trend of more completed within three layer of security, a credit
er faces, so that would make me on this scale. street prostitution think the days of receiving the re- freeze will not protect you
think that they're new to the "It's a different kind of dan- trafficking act is better than quest. from some other forms of
street, maybe from the inter- ger," she said. unchecked online exploitation. Lifting the freeze is also identity theft, such as fil-
net," said Lt. Jimmy Sides, of A sex worker who goes by Yvonne Ambrose's 16-year- free and must be done ing a fraudulent tax return
the San Antonio police. Quinn and didn't want her real old daughter Desiree Robinson within the hour if the re- in your name or making
Law enforcement in San An- name used because she feared was trafficked in Chicago on quest was made by phone charges against an exist-
tonio arrested 296 people for arrest and other repercussions Backpage and was killed by a or online, three days if by ing account.
prostitution between March 21, said that in the age of the traf- buyer on Christmas Eve 2016. mail. And remember that if
when the Sex Trafficking Act ficking act, she hasn't been able Ambrose joined Trump at the Consumers who want to you freeze your credit, it
passed Congress, and Aug. 14, to rack up enough jobs. Near White House when he signed freeze their credit should stops everyone from open-
according to a public records the end of April, she started the legislation. visit the websites of all ing an account — includ-
request — a 58 percent increase selling herself outdoors in Bos- The law, she said, is the three credit reporting ing you. You must use a
from the same span the year ton for the first time since she change her daughter would agencies — Equifax, Ex- PIN or other security mea-
before, when police made 187 was a teenager, she said. have wanted. perian and TransUnion — sure to access your ac-
arrests. "There's no backup plan for "This law is for the bad actors to make their request at count if you want to un-
Phoenix police said they ex- people like us," said Quinn, out there," she said, "and to pre- each. The FTC also will freeze your credit down
perienced a surge in street- who said she was raped and vent them from doing more have links to those pages the line.
prostitution arrests in 2018 but beaten in August but could not harm to more people."
did not provide figures. In
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COMMENTARY
What Democrats
have become
Editor’s note: This column bludgeon to beat up the other
by Daniel Henninger first ap- party. Now sexual abuse, an
peared in The Wall Street issue originating in utmost
Journal on Thursday, Sept. seriousness, has been quick-
20, 2018. ly captured and fashioned
into a political weapon by the
I
t is still true: What be- Democratic left.
gins as tragedy can end Politics as trench warfare
as farce. So it is with the has relieved the Democrats
case of Christine Blasey of the burden of thought. Ex-
Ford, who has accused Su- tending the Pelosi Rule — we
preme Court nominee Brett have to pass the bill to find
Kavanaugh of assaulting her out what’s in it — we now
when she was 15 and he was have the Gillibrand Stan-
17. dard.
As of the most recent avail- Commenting this week on
able moment in this episode, Ford v. Kavanaugh, New
Ms. Ford’s lawyer said her York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand,
client would not appear be- another 2020 presidential as-
fore the Senate Judiciary pirant, said, “I believe it is
Committee until there is a disqualifying, given what we
COMMENTARY
“full investigation by law-en- know.” In other words, what
Has Russia given up on the West?
forcement officials.” Like the she believes is based on next
Mueller excavations, that to nothing.
could run to the horizon, un- Put on defense by these ac-
able to find anything but un- cusations, Majority Leader
willing to stop until it finds Mitch McConnell and Judi-
B
something. ciary Committee Chairman y the end of his The three-mile-wide strait sians will always back
Let us posit that the one Chuck Grassley unsurpris- second term, Presi- lies between Crimea and down?
thing not at issue here is the ingly agreed to a hearing in dent Ronald Rea- Kerch Peninsula. In Rus- When Georgia, believing
truth. As a matter of law and which Ms. Ford would tell gan, who had sia’s eyes, both banks of the it could kick Russian peace-
fact, Ms. Ford’s accusation her story and Judge Kavana- called the Soviet Union an strait are Russian national keepers out and re-annex
can be neither proved nor ugh would speak. Then the “evil empire,” was strolling territory. its seceded province of
disproved. This is as obvious senators would vote. through Red Square with With U.S. backing, South Ossetia, attacked in
now as it must have been Consider the spectacle: Russians slapping him on Ukraine has decided to build August 2008, the Russian
when Dianne Feinstein and Judge Kavanaugh’s nomina- the back. a naval base on the Sea of Army came crashing in and
the other Democrats came tion for the U.S. Supreme Bliss was it in that dawn Azov to “create conditions ran the Georgians out in 48
into possession of this inci- Court, the embodiment of a to be alive. for rebuffing the aggressive hours.
dent. modern rule of law, is being And how have we hus- actions of the Russian Fed- George W. Bush wisely
Surely someone pointed decided in the Senate by the banded the eration in this region.” decided not to issue an ulti-
out that based on what was medieval practice of trial by fruits of Kiev has several patrol matum or send troops. He
disclosed, this accusation ordeal, such as surviving im- our Cold boats in the Sea of Azov, ignored the hawks in his
could not be substantiated. mersion in fire or ice. Trial War tri- with a few more to be trans- own party who had helped
To which the Democrats re- by ordeal was outlawed by umph? ferred there in coming goad him into the great de-
sponded: So what? Its politi- the Lateran Council in 1215. This months. Russia’s navy bacle of his presidency:
cal value is that it cannot be Or worse, the standards of month, could sink those boats and Iraq.
disproved. They saw that six the mob in the Roman Colos- China’s wipe out that base in min- So, what exactly is the
weeks before a crucial mid- seum, turning thumbs up or leader-for- utes. U.S. grand strategy with re-
Pat
term election, the unresolv- down on the combatants. life Xi Jin- Are we going to send our gard to Russia?
Buchanan
able case of Christine Blasey Though unlike the Senate ping stood Navy across the Black Sea What might be called the
Ford would sit like a stalled Democrats, the Roman mob beside to protect Ukraine’s naval McCain wing of the Repub-
hurricane over the entire Re- at least had an open mind. Vladimir rights inside a sea that has lican Party has sought to
publican Party, drowning its Incidentally, the standard Putin as 3,000 Chinese been as historically Russian bring Ukraine and Georgia
candidates in a force they trope that Donald Trump has troops maneuvered with as the Chesapeake Bay is into NATO, which would
could not stop. degraded our politics? We 300,000 Russians, 1,000 historically American? make the containment of
In #MeToo, which began in don’t need to hear that any- planes and 900 tanks in Poland this week invited Russia America’s policy in
the predations of Harvey more. Or about the moral Moscow’s largest military the U.S. to establish a major perpetuity.
Weinstein, Democrats and certitudes of the religious exercise in 40 years. base on its soil, for which Are the American people
progressives finally have right. An uncoded message to Poland would pay two bil- aware of the costs and risks
found a weapon against Is there a sadder figure in the West from the East. lion dollars, to be called inherent in such a policy?
which there seems to be no the modern Democratic Richard Nixon’s great “Fort Trump.” What are the prospects of
defense. It can be used to ex- Party than Sen. Dianne Fein- achievement in bringing Pe- Trump seemed to like the Russia yielding always to
terminate political enemies. stein? Elected to the Senate king in from the cold, and idea and the name. U.S. demands? And are we
If one unprovable accusation in 1992, Mrs. Feinstein has Reagan’s great achievement Yet, the Bush II decision not today stretched awfully
doesn’t suffice, why not pro- produced a creditable career. of ending the Cold War, are to install a missile defense thin?
duce a second, or third? It’s a Her above-it-all reputation history. system in Poland brought a Our share of the global
limitless standard. was never quite deserved, Bolshevism may be dead, Kremlin counter-move: the economy is much shrunken
The Democrats’ broader but she has at least per- but Russian nationalism, installation of nuclear-capa- from Reagan’s time. Our
strategy is: Delay the vote formed with dignity. awakened by NATO’s quick ble Iskander cruise missiles deficit is approaching $1
past the election; win the Now, seeking re-election at march to Russia’s ancient in Kaliningrad, the former trillion. Our debt is surging
Senate by convincing subur- 85, she is getting heat from frontiers, is alive and well. German territory on Po- toward 100 percent of GDP.
ban women that Republicans the progressive-dominated Russia appears to have land’s northern border an- Entitlements are consum-
are implacably hostile to Democratic Party in Califor- given up on the West and nexed by Stalin at the end ing our national wealth.
them; seize power; and — the nia, the world capital of accepted that its hopes for of World War II. We are committed to con-
point of it all — take down identity-only politics. By better times with President In the Balkans, over Rus- taining the two other great-
the Trump government. withholding from the com- Donald Trump are not to sian protests, the U.S. is est powers, Russia and
This is the “resistance.” mittee the accusatory Ford be. moving to bring Macedonia China. We are tied down
This is what Democrats have letter that came into her pos- U.N. Ambassador Nikki into NATO. But before Mace- militarily in Afghanistan,
become. Resistance is a word session nearly two months Haley is berating Russia for donia can join, half its vot- Iraq, Syria and Yemen, with
and strategy normally found ago, Sen. Feinstein ensured secretly trading with North ers have to come out on Sept. the War Party beating the
in a revolutionary context, the nomination’s descent Korea in violation of U.N. 30 to approve a change in the drums for another and larg-
which is precisely the argu- into such a hapless, cynical sanctions, saying, “Lying, nation’s name to North er war — with Iran. And we
ment made by the left to jus- moment. This will be the cheating and rogue behav- Macedonia. This is to mollify are sanctioning adversaries
tify its actions against this most remembered event in ior have become the new Greece, which claims the and allies for not following
presidency since the evening Sen. Feinstein’s career. norm of the Russian cul- birthplace of Alexander the our leadership of the West
of Nov. 8, 2016. Anything The Kavanaugh nomina- ture.” Great as its own. and the world.
goes. Whatever it takes. Brett tion, “given what we know,” Cold wars don’t get much Where are we going with In looking at America’s
Kavanaugh is not much more has come down to an undis- colder than defaming an- all this? global commitments, greatly
than a casualty of war. coverable accusation. The other country’s culture as With U.S. warships mak- expanded since our Cold
Rather than try to argue or defeat of a Supreme Court morally debased. ing regular visits into the War victory, one word comes
win public issues on sub- nominee on this basis would The U.S. has also signaled Eastern Baltic and Black to mind: unsustainable.
stance, the Democrats have be a victory for a level of that it may start supplying Sea, the possibility of a new
become a party that seems to conscious political nullifica- naval and anti-aircraft base in Poland, and growing Patrick J. Buchanan is the
think it can win with muscle tion not seen in the U.S. for a weaponry to Ukraine, as lethal aid to Ukraine to author of a new book, “Nix-
alone. Environmentalism long time. Republicans in the Russia is being warned to fight pro-Russian rebels in on’s White House Wars: The
emerged in the 1970s as a Senate shouldn’t allow it, cease its inspections of the Donbass and the Rus- Battles That Made and
worthwhile idea that attract- and voters in November ships passing from the sian navy on the Sea of Broke a President and Di-
ed the interest and support should not affirm it. Black Sea through the Azov, are we not crowding vided America Forever.”
of both parties. From Al Kerch Strait into the Sea of the Russians a bit?
Gore onward, it became a Write [email protected]. Azov. Are we confident the Rus- © 2018 CREATORS.COM
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A10 | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 DAILY PLANNER THE SUMTER ITEM
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The American Red Cross is issu- in the auditorium of Sumter
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the National Federation of the Blind
cially type O. Schedule your parents and students in
donationb aopoptohi nattm theen tf abiyr grades nine through 12 are
TODAY TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
using the free Blood Donor encouraged to attend.
App, by visiting www.red- A Mesothelioma Awareness
crossblood.org or by calling Day will be held 1-4 p.m. on
1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-
Saturday, Sept. 29, at the
2767). Help save a life by
Canty Center, 627 Manning
participating in one of the Mostly cloudy, Mainly clear and Partly sunny, warm A shower and Mostly cloudy with Mostly cloudy with
Ave. This event will feature
following American Red warm and humid humid and humid t-storm around a t-storm a t-storm
face painting, a bounce
Cross blood donation oppor-
house, games, vendors, food 88° 70° 90° / 70° 88° / 71° 87° / 69° 86° / 69°
tunities: 2-7 p.m. Thursday,
truck and silent auction.
Sept. 27, Grace Baptist Chance of rain: 15% Chance of rain: 10% Chance of rain: 25% Chance of rain: 60% Chance of rain: 60% Chance of rain: 55%
“Celebrating Life in Color,” a
Church, 219 W. Calhoun St.; NE 4-8 mph VAR 2-4 mph SW 4-8 mph SSW 4-8 mph SW 3-6 mph N 4-8 mph
breast cancer awareness/cele-
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday,
bration luau, will be held from
Sept. 29, Shaw Air Force Gaff ney
2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday,
Base Exchange, 370 Rhodes 83/67
Sept. 29, at Bernie Elks
Ave., Building 1403, Shaw Air
Force Base; 7:30 a.m.-12:30 Lodge, 2501 U.S. 15 South. TODAY’S Spartanburg
Tickets: $25 for adults and Greenville 83/68
p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, YMCA
$10 for children age 3-12. SOUTH 83/67
of Sumter, 510 Miller Road; 7
Doors will open at 1:30 p.m.
a.m.-noon Wednesday, Oct. Hawaiian luau attire is wel- CAROLINA Florence
3A,i rBpeocrtto Rno Daidc;k 1in-5s opn.m, 1.5 M75o n- come. Event will feature Ha- WEATHER B88is/h70opville 87/70
waiian style cuisine, enter-
day, Oct. 8, Health Sciences
Center, 133 S. Main St. tainment, vendors, door Temperatures shown on map are Columbia Sumter
prizes, information on today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 90/71 88/70
Clarendon School District One breast cancer and much Myrtle
will conduct free vision, hear- more. Music will be present- IN THE MOUNTAINS Manning Beach
ing, speech and developmental ed by DJ Al Kelly. Proceeds 88/71 86/73
screenings as part of a child will support breast cancer Today: Rather cloudy and humid. Winds Aiken
find effort to identify stu- awareness. Contact Afrika east-southeast 4-8 mph. 87/68
dents ages 3-5, who may Taylor at [phone] or Wednesday: Humid with a thunderstorm
need special education ser- email her at altaylor39@ around. Winds southwest 6-12 mph.
vices and are not enrolled in
yahoo.com.
a public school. Screenings ON THE COAST Charleston
The Sumter Chapter of the Na-
will be conducted from 9 89/72
tional Federation of the Blind of Today: Some sun; a shower or thunder-
a.m. to noon at the Summer-
South Carolina will meet at 7 storm in northern parts. High 85 to 91.
ton Early Childhood Center,
8 South St., Summerton, on p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Wednesday: Partly sunny, warm and
the following Tuesdays: Oct. Shiloh-Randolph Manor, 125 humid. High 87 to 92.
W. Bartlette St. October is
9; Nov. 13; Dec. 11; Jan. 8,
blind awareness month.
2019; Feb. 12, 2019; March 12,
Contact Debra Canty, chap-
2019; April 9, 2019; and May ter president, at (803) 775- LOCAL ALMANAC LAKE LEVELS SUN AND MOON
14, 2019. Call Robert Collar at
[phone]. 5792 or debra.canty@fron- SUMTER THROUGH 2 P.M. YESTERDAY Full 7 a.m. 24-hr Sunrise 7:12 a.m. Sunset 7:15 p.m.
The Sumter Chapter of the Na- tier.com. Temperature MLaukrer ay p3o6o0l 3y5e4s.4t.9 -c0h.0g2 Moonrise 7:56 p.m. Moonset 7:31 a.m.
tional Federation of the Blind of The Shepherd’s Center will hold High 79° Marion 76.8 75.70 +0.02 Last New First Full
its annual spaghetti lunch fund- Low 70°
South Carolina will have a Moultrie 75.5 75.21 +0.35
raiser from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Normal high 81°
booth inside the Sumter Wateree 100 97.76 -0.21
on Friday, Oct. 12, at Swan Normal low 59°
Civic Center at the Sumter Oct. 2 Oct. 8 Oct. 16 Oct. 24
Lake Presbyterian Church, Record high 95° in 1980
Ctooduanyt-yF rFiadiary f,r Soemp t4. t2o8 ,1 a0n pd.m . 912 Haynsworth St. Cost: $6 Record low 42° in 1981 RIVER STAGES TIDES
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ter will be accepting dona- NAACP will meet at 4 p.m. on Month to date 3.68" BCloancgk aRrievee rR iver 1129 93..2672 +-00..2121 High Ht. Low Ht.
tions of old eyeglasses and Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Den- Normal month to date 3.10" Lynches River 14 15.48 -1.28 Today 9:49 a.m. 3.3 4:24 a.m. 0.3
hearing aids for the Sumter nis Community Center, 410 Year to date 30.44" Saluda River 14 2.12 none 10:16 p.m. 3.3 4:41 p.m. 0.4
Lions Club. W. Cedar Lane, Bishopville. Last year to date 30.83" Up. Santee River 80 77.99 -0.47 Wed. 10:26 a.m. 3.4 5:01 a.m. 0.2
Normal year to date 36.49" 10:51 p.m. 3.3 5:22 p.m. 0.4
The South Carolina Education Stan Barnhill, director of the Wateree River 24 12.16 -0.09
Lee County Registration Of-
Association of Retired Employ-
fice, will speak. Ennis Bry-
ees (SCEA-R) will meet at
ant, chairman of the Lee
noon on Wednesday, Sept. NATIONAL CITIES REGIONAL CITIES
County Democratic Party,
26, at the North HOPE Cen-
ter. will also speak. The public is Today Wed. Today Wed. Today Wed. Today Wed.
encouraged to attend to City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Pace Scholarship Academy will learn about the changes and Atlanta 86/71/pc 86/69/t Asheville 79/64/c 80/64/t Florence 87/70/pc 91/72/pc Marion 79/65/c 81/65/t
present a free scholarship in- procedures to expect in the Chicago 80/51/t 65/46/pc Athens 87/68/pc 87/67/t Gainesville 93/73/t 93/74/pc Mt. Pleasant 88/75/pc 90/77/pc
formational workshop at 5 upcoming November elec- Dallas 88/67/pc 72/60/r Augusta 91/70/pc 92/69/pc Gastonia 85/68/c 86/69/t Myrtle Beach 86/73/pc 89/76/pc
p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27, tion. Detroit 79/60/t 67/47/pc Beaufort 91/74/pc 92/76/pc Goldsboro 86/72/t 89/72/c Orangeburg 88/70/pc 90/72/pc
Houston 89/72/t 85/72/t Cape Hatteras 85/76/t 86/74/pc Goose Creek 88/72/pc 91/75/pc Port Royal 89/75/pc 90/77/pc
Los Angeles 80/63/pc 85/64/pc Charleston 89/72/pc 92/75/pc Greensboro 82/67/c 85/67/t Raleigh 84/70/c 87/68/t
New Orleans 88/76/t 86/75/t Charlotte 86/69/c 87/67/t Greenville 83/67/c 86/69/t Rock Hill 85/68/pc 87/69/t
New York 72/68/r 81/65/t Clemson 83/70/pc 85/70/t Hickory 81/66/pc 83/64/t Rockingham 86/69/c 89/70/t
PUBLIC AGENDA Orlando 90/75/t 91/76/pc Columbia 90/71/c 93/71/t Hilton Head 88/75/pc 89/78/pc Savannah 90/72/pc 91/74/pc
Philadelphia 78/71/r 84/60/t Darlington 87/70/pc 91/72/pc Jacksonville, FL 91/70/pc 92/72/pc Spartanburg 83/68/c 85/69/t
Phoenix 100/77/s 103/79/s Elizabeth City 84/72/pc 89/71/pc La Grange 87/72/t 86/71/t Summerville 88/72/pc 90/74/pc
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before letting your personal finances, not
your emotions take over. Look for a
because someone is pleading with
positive response when dealing
you to do something questionable.
with others. Whether you are
looking for a job or dealing with SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take a
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someone who is difficult, be moment to figure out what’s best
efficient and take care of your for you. An emotional situation
responsibilities first. concerning a friend or someone
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A who depends on you should be
change will do you good, but it handled carefully. Don’t let anyone
may not please some of the people take advantage of you, and don’t
you work or live with. If you are pay for someone else’s mistake.
upfront about your whereabouts
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
and reasons for doing what you do,
Refuse to let emotional matters
it will help ward off interference.
interfere with your productivity.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Offering Finish what you start and protect
to help others is kind, but don’t let
your reputation. A change you
anyone take advantage of you. Get
make to the way you earn your
the facts before you lend money or
living or to your arrangement at
help someone looking for a
home will be to your benefit.
handout. Don’t be too vocal about
what you have or what you can do. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Listen to instructions and ask
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Stay
questions if something doesn’t
focused on what you are doing. Let
your creativity take over. Do things make sense. How you handle those
your way and stay out of in charge will make a difference to
discussions that could lead to the way you are treated.
repercussions with someone at Professionalism at work and
work or at home. The less said, the diplomacy at home will be in your
better. best interest.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Travel, AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
meetings and educational pursuits Money matters should be handled
are highlighted. Keep an open
smartly. Emotions and joint
mind and learn from what you
ventures can lead to loss. Don’t feel Jeff Byer shares this photo of a hummingbird that was visiting the feeder in his backyard.
hear, observe and experience. The
you have to overdo it to make an
best change you can make is one
impression. Let experience and
that will encourage better
knowledge be your guides to
relationships. Compliment others,
successful endeavors. You cannot
and you’ll reap the rewards.
buy love.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get out
and try something new. It will PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): HAVE YOU TAKEN PICTURES OF INTERESTING, EXCITING, BEAUTIFUL OR HISTORICAL PLACES? Would you like
change your perspective and give Concentrate on yourself and how to share those images with your fellow Sumter Item readers? E-mail your hi-resolution jpegs to [email protected], or mail to
you something to consider. A to project your very best into
Sandra Holbert c/o The Sumter Item, P.O. Box 1677, Sumter, SC 29150. Include clearly printed or typed name of photographer
positive change is heading your whatever you take on. Working
and photo details. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your photo. Amateur photographers only please.
way, and an improved relationship alongside someone with grand
with someone special looks ideas can be stimulating but also Photos of poor reproduction quality may not publish. With the exception of pictures that are of a timely nature, submitted
promising. A change to the way expensive. Don’t be afraid to forgo photos will publish in the order in which they are received.
you live is favored. a joint venture and do your own
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Emotions thing.