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Hartsville City Council con-vened a special meeting onMonday, September 18 andvoted to proceed with a feder-ally funded project to improvethe city's airport.

Resolution 09-17-06 awardsa $206,699 contract to buildperimeter fencing around theHartsville Airport to FortressFencing of Sanford, NorthCarolina. The contract detailsstate that Fortress will build9,000 linear feet of 10-foot tallchain link fence with gates.The project will be fundedmostly by federal funds admin-istered through the SouthCarolina AeronauticsCommission, with the city con-

tributing five percent of thefinal project cost.

Council voted 'yes' onResolution 09-17-01 andapproved a new bid award forasbestos surveying and airmonitoring of NeighborhoodInitiative Program Properties.At Council's Sep. 7 meeting,this contract was awarded tolow bidder AsbestosInspections, LLC of Conway inthe amount of $1,595, but thatbid was later invalidated due tomiscalculation errors. The con-tract will instead go to ECHConsultants of Darlington forthe bid amount of $3,850. ECHwill conduct asbestos surveyingand air monitoring services asrequired by the Department ofHealth and EnvironmentalControls and SC Housing. Thisprecaution is necessary toensure that derelict homestaken down by the city do notpose an air quality threat tonearby residents.

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The 2018 Sweet PotatoFestival is already shaping up tobe a day packed with fun for thewhole family, and a newlyadded event will offer guests achance to take home some veryspecial items while helping theDarlington County HumaneSociety.

Festival organizers the PilotClub of Darlington are addingtwo auctions to this year'sstaged entertainment lineup,which already boasts singing,dancing, cheer performanceand tumbling. These auctionswill offer a variety of uniquemerchandise generously donat-ed by local businesses. All pro-ceeds from the auctions willbenefit the DCHS AnimalShelter.

Items for the 12 p.m. auctioninclude:

A South Carolina State Flag(donated by Denny Neilson)

Assorted Pet Items (donatedby Pet Smart of Florence)

A Wellness Basket (donated

by The Counseling Center ofFlorence)

Brass Bowl (donated byMinnie's Giftique)

Diamond Ring (donated byJeweler's Bench)

Two Headboards for TwinBeds (Donated by FlowersFurniture Sales)

Items for the 2 p.m. auctioninclude:

Gift Items (donated by MerleNorman Studio)

Gift Certificate (donated byWalmart)

Framed Print of Old

Darlington Courthouse (donat-ed by the HistoricalCommission)

Framed Print of OldDarlington City Hall (donatedby the Historical Commission)

Two Tickets to the Southern500 (donated by DarlingtonRaceway)

Carved Wooden Bowl(donated by South of Pearl)

Sweet Potato guests areencouraged to bring items theshelter needs such as trashbags, paper towels, kitten orpuppy formula, dry kibble,

hand sanitizer, laundry deter-gent and bleach. Pilot Clubmember and longtime SweetPotato Festival organizer RuthFlowers says that any child whobrings one of these items for theshelter will receive a toy as areward.

Anyone wishing to donatecan contact Ruth Flowers at843-393-4721.

The 2017 Sweet PotatoFestival is scheduled forOctober 14 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.on the Darlington PublicSquare.

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After several hours-longexecutive sessions, theDarlington County SchoolDistrict made a motion Sept. 18to enter into a contract forproperty purchase for ‘ProjectA’. The board was mum onwhat 'Project A' is, though theyhave been in search of propertyon which to build a new schoolin both Lamar and Hartsville.

Boardmember MaureenThomas made the motion andthe vote was unanimous.

Audrey Childers, DCSDPublic Information Officer,released a statement at the endof the meeting.

“Tonight the board voted toauthorize the acting superin-tendent to enter into a contractto purchase property forProject A as discussed intonight's executive session,with a copy of the contract tobe made available to the publicin accordance with the SCFreedom of Information Act,”Childers said. “We will wait to

release the transaction details,including seller's name, proper-ty location, or the sales price,until the negotiations are com-pleted and the deed is record-ed. Releasing the informationbefore then could impact ongo-ing negotiations. Once thedeed is recorded, we willrelease the information asrequired by the SC Freedom ofInformation Act.”

The public has anxiouslywaited for information aboutwhere the three new schoolswill be built. The only facilitythat will be built on an existingschool site is the one inDarlington that will combineCain Elementary School andBrunson-Dargan ElementarySchool.

The new school in Hartsvillewill replace Washington StreetElementary and WestHartsville Elementary.

Lamar’s new school willcombine SpauldingElementary and LamarElementary.

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The Darlington Library was abuzzwhen Shelley Ogburn and her childrenvisited the Darlington Library last week. Itmight have been because the Ogburnsbrought a few winged visitors along withthem.

During the weekly Homeschool Hub,Ogburn introduced students to the basicsof beekeeping. She showed them theboxes used by the bees to make their hive,explained how honey is collected andeven let them try on part of a beekeepersuit.

Ogburn said that her family has hadbees for several years.

“How many of you know a lot abouthoneybees,” Ogburn asked. “In the jarthat I am passing around, those are girlbees and they are called worker bees.

Guess what? In a beehive, only the girlsdo the work. The boys, they just become adad and that’s it and then they die. Thegirls have to clean out the hives, they haveto go get nectar from the flowers andbring it back to the hive. They have tomake the comb; they do all the work.”

Ogburn explained that only one bee inthe hive has babies and she is a veryimportant part of the colony.

“What do they call the bee in the hivethat has all the babies,” Ogburn asked.“The Queen Bee. What do you think theQueen Bee does all day? She just lays eggsall day. And she is so lazy that the otherbees bring all of her food to her and theyactually put it in her mouth for her. Shejust makes eggs all day and she doesn’thave to do any other work.”

Though bees all look pretty much thesame, there is a noticible difference withthe Queen.

“If you were to peep inside of a hiveand try to find the Queen, she would lookdifferent from everyone else in whatway,” Ogburn asked. “She is a lot bigger.She gets fed more than all of the otherfemale bees. So, she looks different but itstill would take a while to find her whenyou look inside the hive because there arethousands and thousands of bees insidethe hive.”

One by-product of beekeeping is wax.“There is a lot of wax on the comb,”

Ogburn said. “The comb is actual very,very dark so to get a light wax, you havefilter it. You have to filter all of the beeguts out, all of their wing pieces that theylose; all of those pieces like that we haveto filter out. Then we have to heat it up soit will be really nice and easy to work withand you can put it in a mold to make acandle. You can also make crayons out ofwax.”

Library class introduces students to beekeepingShelley Ogburn shows the inside of a beehive to homeschool students at the Darlington Library. PHOTO BY MELISSA ROLLINS

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Darlington County Councilconvened their regular month-ly meeting on Tuesday,September 19 and heard fromcitizens asking for the county'shelp in renovating the historicJacob Kelley House.

Built in what is now theKelleytown Community ofHartsville around 1820, thehouse earned its historic desig-nation during the Civil Warwhen a regiment of GeneralSherman’s Army under the

command of Major GeneralJohn E. Smith commandeeredthe house as a temporary head-quarters on March 2, 1865.Homeowner Jacob Kelley, then85, took many of the family'streasures (and his best horses)and hid in a house on an islandin Segars Mill Pond during theoccupation.

The house was ransacked byUnion soldiers, who tookeverything from householditems to livestock, and rippedapart furnishings searching forhidden loot. Since 1968, thehouse has been under the

purview of the DarlingtonCounty Historical Commission,and it regularly draws hun-dreds of visitors to specialChristmas celebrations and viastudent group tours. In 2016,the house had over 1,000 regis-tered visitors.

JoAnn Kelley Lee, one of theKelley family's descendants,spoke to Council from the per-spective of the house itself, andasked for assistance.

“I have a treasure trove ofhistory for those who visit us. Ihave welcomed people foryears. However, I am tired,

sad, and need much TLC.” saidLee. “With the centennialapproaching, I want to openmy doors in the southern tradi-tion. I need much repair tostand tall for DarlingtonCounty and to convey thegrace and charm that I repre-sent.”

Facilities in need of repairinclude the main house, thecook house, the corn crib, andthe fence. Age and weatherhave damaged the home's win-dows, chimneys, and founda-tion. The total estimate toeffect all repairs is $39,992.

Council voted unanimouslyto appropriate this amountfrom Hospitality Tax revenuesand pay for the requested reno-vation.

Also on the agenda, Councilgave final approval toOrdinance 17-08, whichauthorizes the county to chargea $25 fee when individualswant electricity reconnected toa structure. The fee will helpoffset costs incurred whencounty inspectors check toensure a structure is safe beforesigning off on the reconnectionof electrical power.

Council held first readingfor Ordinance 17-12, whichwould repeal a requirement forcounty department heads toreside within DarlingtonCounty. The old requirementwas never enforced and now,the ordinance says, severaldepartment heads reside out-side county limits. Repealingthis restriction removes thepossibility that these employ-ees could be dismissed withnotice for not relocating theirresidence inside the county.

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County approves H-Tax funds to rehab Kelley House

Hartsville approvesairport fencing project

Auction items at the 2017 Sweet Potato Festival will include housewares, artwork, pet items, and more.

Sweet Potato Festival auction to benefit Animal Shelter

By danny WatsonCity of darlington Chief of Police

There are times whenofficers come and speak tome about what they endureon the street that for the lifeof me I just can't figure outwhat people are thinking.You know I truly just can'timagine many other profes-sions having to endure theindignities that seem to beall too often the meal of theday in which officers areforced to consume. The evenbigger issue with that is thefact that no matter how badit tastes we are expected toeat it with a smile on ourface. Our agency videosevery interaction with thepublic; it is our policy. Thefact a person feels it neces-sary to tell us that they arevideoing us while we arevideoing them is quite comi-cal. First and foremost, Idon't mind being watched atall. Second if you feel it isyour absolute desire andcompelling need to videothe police then by all means,please, go ahead. It is entire-ly possible that while youare watching us and video-ing us your time will be con-structively spent in such away you are not getting intotrouble yourself.

What mystifies me to noend is that people think it isperfectly acceptable to inter-fere while an officer is con-ducting business. I wonderhow many times a plumber,a carpenter, a mechanic orsome other profession aretreated the same way. I canalmost visualize it now. Apasserby sees a carpenterusing a saw to cut a board.This passerby who has noth-ing to do with the construc-tion of whatever is beingbuilt stops and interjectsthemselves into the project.The passerby says, "Youaren't doing that right". Notonly do they tell the carpen-ter they are wrong, they

make alternative suggestionsas to how it can be done.This is done even thoughthey have no idea what acarpenter does nor havethey ever been a carpenter.The carpenter continues todo their work while at thesame time trying to splittheir attention between thejob and the person inquir-ing.

The work continues witha number of distractions tak-ing place. The carpentersays in a firm and politevoice, "Please could you justgo over there until I'm doneI will speak with you in amoment". This request fallsupon deaf ears because theperson who interjects feels itis their right to be heard atthat very moment. Nothingelse will do but for that per-son to get out their concern,complaint or etc. The car-penter loses focus for just asecond, the saw slips andfour of his fingers now laydetached on the ground.Sobering thought isn't it?

Here's an idea though. Ifyou have a question aboutwhat happened, go to theheadquarters of the agencyand speak to a supervisor.If you feel it necessary tovideo, please do so. Do itfrom a safe distance and donot interfere with the offi-cer as they are trying toconduct business on theside of the road. If an offi-cer were to tell you thatyou need to step back a safedistance, then you need todo so immediately. In a sit-uation such as this it is ademand not a polite sug-gestion. It is for your safetyand for the safety of theperson that is beingdetained, as well as that ofthe officer conducting busi-ness.

We are transparent andhave nothing to hide. Dowe make mistakes? Sure wemake mistakes, just likeevery other profession

does. Carpenters, plumbers,doctors, lawyers, politiciansand every other kind of roleor position in life occasion-ally don’t go as planned. Inthe interest of everyonegoing home safe, and thatincludes the people whowant to video, let the officercomplete their task. Wehave at least two kinds ofvideo that was being used atthe time and we don't minda bit comparing it to yours.

A final thought for youfolks who are interested inthis type of adventure.Remember we video theentire time. We don't justvideo certain parts or cutthings out that are not toour benefit. There is anaudit trail for every videothat is taken. The video that

we have tells the entirestory from when we getthere until we leave. It willalso show unflatteringthings you do and say aswell. We don't mind beingheld to a higher standard ofbehavior and in fact weembrace it. When you putyourself in that position, Ihope you don't mind beingheld to that very same stan-dard.

Chief Danny Watson MPAFBI NA # 228, Chief of Policefor City of Darlington, hasbeen on the Darlington PoliceDepartment since 1994 andChief since 2011.You can keepup with the department ontheir Facebook page:Darlington PoliceDepartment.

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When The ElementsFight Back!

By Bill shepard

When the elements fight back, as they sometimes do, theearthly inhabitants are at their mercy. All of man's militarymight is no match for the fury of an angry element unleash-ing its power on those in its path. In recent days millionshave been witness to what happens when the elements fightback!

Hurricane Harvey vented his fury on the state of Texasand made his place in history. Millions felt the pain and willgo on feeling it for a long, long time.

Hurricane Irma followed on the heels of Harvey and afterleaving a path of destruction elsewhere blew into the sun-shine state and began venting its anger against the inhabi-tants there. From Key West to Jacksonville it left a path ofdestruction while millions were helpless to defend them-selves. By the time Inna reached Georgia and the Carolinasmuch of its strength had been spent and we here in theupstate were spared much of what others experienced. Wemay not be as fortunate the next time and we can restassured there will be a next time!

What does it all mean? Our scientists explain it usingterms and words few of us understand, but disaster is a lan-guage that is easily understood and that seems to be the lan-guage of the elements. Floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, elninos, and hurricanes all speak that language, and the peo-ples of all nations understand it!

For much too long, man has treated the place where helives as though he and he alone owns it, and gives notenough thought that he is privileged to use it only for a shorttime. He has pushed and shoved and taken at will all his self-ish desires. In his quest for gain and pleasure and luxury hehas moved closer to the seashore and oceans. These are thepaths that hurricanes and storms have traveled since timebegan! Build your dream home or business in their paths andyou can expect to be blown away! Your wood, stone, andsteel will not be able to stand! As man builds his wallsstronger the power of the storms increase.

I have given much thought this week about a hurricanethat happened a very long time ago. It happened almostninety years ago' It was September of 1928, this writer wassix years old! Yes! I remember well the results of that hurri-cane that blew along the eastern coastline leaving a path ofdestruction behind. Of course, I did not know what was hap-pening, we had no way of knowing! We had no radio, no tele-phones, no advance warnings of any kind, but is started rain-ing. "September Gales" everyone said, there was nothing newabout that. Folk in the village where I lived looked for themevery September! That was the time to plant their wintergreens of turnips, mustard, kale, etc. After several days ofnon-stop rain, the little creek that flowed through the villagebegan to leave its banks. The house where this writer wit-nessed it all was nearest to the creek. The rain kept fallingand the creek kept rising. The tunnels that were built toallow the creek to flow through the railroad embankmentbecame clogged with falling debris. The embankmentbecame a dam holding back the water. The water drew near-er to our house, even began to enter inside. Men from the vil-lage came to help move our belongings from the house. Thenit happened! The railroad embankment gave way, allowingthe water to pass through and onward. The pictures of allthis can be seen on page 76 of Horace Rudisill's book,Pictorial Historv of Darlington County. The house where Ilived is shown, and is still standing today.

In the days and weeks ahead, I watched the new bridgesthat crossed the creek being built, also the trestle that is stillstanding.

Are the elements fighting back? Some would say they are!Perhaps we would do well to consider the place where welive is not our own, and treat it as though it belongs to anoth-er. It is doubtful that any generation of people have pollutedthe planet as much as our own. We have filled the heavenswith flying objects our seas, rivers, and oceans with everykind of debris, and even the good earth where we grow thefood we eat, we continue to pollute.

Are the elements fighting back? You be the judge! This weknow, we are helpless when they do!

Bill Shepard

Mr. Shepard is a native of Darlington, S.C., and a currentresident of Piedmont, S.C. He is the author of “Mill Town Boy”and “Bruised”. He has been sharing his tales of growing up inDarlington for decades, and we are delighted to share themeach week.

His mailing address for cards and letters is: Bill Shepard 324Sunny Lane, Piedmont, S.C. 29673.

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Really????

Who is fighting for them?Who is listening? Why dothey have to go throughthese horrific trials? Why isthis system so screwed up?

Everyday I struggle toanswer those questions whenI think about the students Iteach and the students Icome in contact with. WhenI decided I would become ateacher, I thought I wasentering a profession thateducated and prepared chil-dren to enter the world as aproductive citizen. I thoughtI might be able to change astudent’s life. I was wrong.

Instead they havechanged mine.

I struggle daily with try-ing to understand the blackcloud that is over many ofstudents. As a teacher, I am

flabbergasted at the pastthat many of my studentshave been through. I strug-gle knowing that many ofthem are helpless in thehand they have been dealt.Many students do not knowwhere their next meal iscoming from, or if they evenhave a bed to lay their headson night. There are studentswho witness situations thatmany of us cannot wrap ourheads around.

Who is fighting for them?Who is giving them a voice?When I think about this I feelmy blood pressure rise. Itseems that the ones makingdecisions about educationare the one that are oblivi-ous to the what educationreally is. Education is nolonger just about teaching.

Education is about being afriend, a mom, a dad, anurse, a counselor, a protec-tor, and a listening ear.Education is about beingwhat each student needs,when they need it. Educationis about being…

I write this not to seeksympathy for our students,but to seek awareness espe-cially from our elected offi-cials. Before you make deci-sions that affect our stu-dents, listen to their stories.Get to know them andunderstand where they comefrom and the adversity theyface. Do not get caught up inthe bureaucracy educationwithout seeing how yourdecisions affect the lives ofour students.

This generation needs a

hero. They need someone tofight for them. To put themfirst for a change, regardlessof special interest or lobbyistthat fight against education.It’s time to stand up and dosomething or it’s time foryou to get out of the way.

I write this as an openinvitation to every state andUS elected official to visit myclassroom. Come and seefirsthand how your decisionson education affect our stu-dents. Come hear their sto-ries. Come and let them seethat you might actually care.Come and be…

Respectfully written forthe Education of every stu-dent,

Jeffery Tadlock, TeacherDarlington

By Phil Noble

With each new revelation,our state’s ongoing scandal ofSCANA, Santee Cooper andtheir political dealing is provid-ing new insights into how thor-oughly corrupt our state’s polit-ical system has become.

What we are learning is real-ly disgusting – and it’s gettingworse.

With the Watergate scandal,we learned that the best way touncover and understand apolitical scandal is to ‘followthe money.’

When we follow the moneyin our state’s utilities scandal,we find that Gov. McMaster,the Legislature and ourCongressional Delegation areessentially wholly owned sub-sidiaries of the utilities. Theutilities have ‘bought’ the sup-port or silence of these politi-cians who are supposed to belooking out for the people’sinterest.

This week, The State did adevastating story that followedthe money. Here’s a summaryof what they found:

SCANA has donated atleast $1.25 million to S.C. law-makers and statewide candi-

dates since 2000.Other contributions —

almost $80,000 — went to leg-islators on a committee thatnames the members of a stateboard that regulates SCANA.

Still other contributions —more than $90,000 — went to31 of the 32 legislators now try-ing to unravel how the plan toadd two reactors at the V.C.Summer Nuclear Station inJenkinsville failed.

SCANA’s contributionsskyrocketed by almost 300 per-cent — to $110,000 — in theyear before state lawmakerspassed the 2007 law thatallowed the utility to charge itscustomers in advance for theFairfield County reactors.

In June, SCANA and itssubsidiaries, political actioncommittees and employeesshowered the state’s chief exec-utive (Gov. Henry McMaster)with at least $115,000 in dona-tions. It is the most the compa-ny has given to one candidatein at least two decades, recordsshow, driving speculation thecompany was trying to buypolitical cover.

Since 2009, SCANA hasspent $1.5 million on

Statehouse lobbyists, employ-ing from eight to 10 in anygiven year.

SCANA has given moneyto more than 320 state candi-dates since 2000.

Those donations includemore than $1 million since2006, the year before S.C. law-makers passed the utility-friendly Base Load Review Act.

Senate Majority LeaderShane Massey, the EdgefieldRepublican who co-chairs theSenate panel investigating theV.C. Summer debacle, hasreceived $7,300 since 2006.Senate Minority Leader NikkiSetzler, the LexingtonDemocrat who co-chairs thanpanel, got $6,250.

The company (SCANA)also has paid an unspecifiedamount to a powerful politicalconsulting firm, RichardQuinn & Associates. That firm,which also helps elect legisla-tors and statewide officials, isunder investigation as part ofan ongoing Statehouse publiccorruption probe.

A Post and Courier storyshowed that in recent yearsthe nine members of the SouthCarolina Congressional

Delegation have received over$630,000 in campaign andother contributions during thetime that SCANA was seekinga special tax break fromCongress. Three of the politi-cians have stock in SCANA,and best I know, none recusedthemselves from working onbehalf of SCANA to secure thisspecial multi-million taxbreak.

And now, the silence they‘bought’ with their money topoliticians. As far as I candetermine from publishednews accounts:

None of these politicianshave called for the resignationof the SCANA and SanteeCooper’s board of directors ortop management.

None of these politicianshave publicly condemned for-mer Santee Cooper PresidentLonnie Carter’s $16 milliongolden parachute and demand-ed that he give the money back.(Carter was a state employee.)

None of these politicianshave publicly condemned theSCANA executives for givingthemselves more than $21 mil-lion in performance bonusesduring the time that the

nuclear project was failing anddemanded they give the moneyback.

None of these politicianshave voluntarily publicly dis-closed any ‘dark money’ theyhave received from the utilitiesin the form of unreportedretainer fees, consulting con-tracts or other unreported pay-ments from utilities to them-selves, their businesses or theirimmediate family.

Only four members of thelegislature have returned con-tributions or given the money tocharity that they received fromthe utilities. They are Sen. MikeFanning and Reps. Bill Hixon,Russell Ott and Micah Caskey.

Note to legislators – It’s pos-sible there are legislators thathave not been silent about thesefive issues listed above. If so,please send me the news storyof your comments or actionsand I will issue a correction andpublish the information in afuture column.

I leave it to you the readersto decide: Is the legislature andthese politicians ‘wholly ownedsubsidiaries’ of the utilities? Isthe money they are accepting‘legalized bribery?’ Are the util-

ities ‘buying’ the silence of thepoliticians who refuse to con-demn their actions?

We deserve better.It does not have to be this

way.

Phil Noble has a technologyfirm in Charleston, is founder ofWorld Class Scholars and writesa weekly column of the S.C.Press Association. Contact himat [email protected] and gethis columns atwww.PhilNoble.com.

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The SC Sweet Potato Festival includes a day of fun for the whole family on the courthouse Square in Darlington, South Carolina. The event includes well over 100 vendors of food, crafts, games, and exhibits from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sweet potatoes and sweet potato dishes abound. Throughout the day entertainment takes place along with a classic/antique car show. A new feature this year will be a live auction of an array of interesting items worthy of your bid, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Darlington County Humane Society. Admission is free. For more information, visit the Pilot Club website at www.darlingtonpilotclub.org or contact Ruth Flowers at 843-393-3526.

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HartsvilleContinued from 1A

Final readings wereapproved for Ordinance 4303and 4304, reworking a realestate arrangement with theplanned EdVentureChildren's Museum satellite.EdVenture owned .17 acres ofproperty located at 146 WestCarolina Avenue, and theywished to deed the propertyback to the City of Hartsvillefor $5, and then lease theproperty from the city for fiveyears at a rate of $1 per year.Previously, city managerNatalie Zeigler explained thatEdVenture did not wish toown the property and pre-ferred a lease arrangement.

Also at this special meet-ing, Council approved theappointment of Ted Williamsto the Housing Authority ofHartsville Board.

Project AContinued from 1A

Superintendent SearchIn other business, the board

heard from consultant Dr.Rainey Knight about the searchfor the district’s next superin-tendent.

In Knight’s proposed time-line, a new superintendentwould be selected by March of2018.

“This timeline outlineseverything that I think we need

to do,” Knight said. “Thismonth we will do the initialmeeting with the board (and)finalize the timeline. Then we’lldetermine the role of theboard; that can be ongoing butthe board can be as involved asyou want to be, regarding theprocess you want to use.”

Knight was involved in thelast superintendent search forDCSD. She said that they coulduse some of the same parame-ters and tools or start fromscratch. One thing Rainey sug-gested was using more technol-

ogy this time around, such ascreating an online brochureand application packet, as wellas involving more of the com-munity than just parents whomay be in and out of schools ona regular basis.

“We did (a survey) beforeand you may want to do itagain,” Knight said. “It is get-ting the will of the people, ifyou will; teachers, staff mem-bers, principals, schoolimprovement council, parents,community members. It is say-ing, what are they are looking

for in a superintendent? Whatdo you want to see in a superin-tendent for Darlington County?So, you’re looking at personalqualities like a good communi-cator…someone who is willingto move here, be a part of thecommunity…strong instruc-tional leader…the surveywould have those kinds ofthings in it.”

In Rainey’s timeline, the dis-trict would be ready to recruitcandidates at the start ofNovember, with the intentionof selecting semi-finalists by

January and introducing final-ists during district meet andgreets in March. Rainey saidshe would weed out candidateswho did not meet require-ments, such as superintendentcertification, but that the boardwould be aware of each personwho applied for the job. Shesaid that while prior experi-ence as a superintendent isoften seen as a plus, she knowsfrom her personal experiencethat Darlington County is agreat place to grow into thatleadership position.

CountyContinued from 1A

The asphalt paving ofUnderground Branch Road,using County TransportationCommission funds of$241,783, was approved.Council also okayed the useof $10,000 in CTC funds toresurface Bell-Aire Street.

Council cleared a PARDGrant award for the LamarDixie Field Project. The grantamount of $29,419 willrequire a local funding matchof $6,000, which the countywill appropriate fromHospitality Tax monies.

Finally, Council voted toassign $170,000 in contin-gency funds from the 2018budget to resurface countyroads in the TimberchaseSubdivision, with the stipula-tion that the county receivesmatching funds from sourcesother than the county's ownGeneral Fund.

By Charles RuthSCDNR Big Game Program

Coordinator

With the 2017 deer seasonsoon opening in all parts ofthe state, South Carolina’sdeer population is healthyand the season outlook isgood. Hunters are remindedthat beginning this season,all harvested deer in SouthCarolina must be tagged atthe point of kill.

Although the deer harvesthas trend down the last fewyears, hunter success and deerharvest rates remain good.Top counties for harvest in2016 included Anderson,Spartanburg, Calhoun,Hampton, and York with eachof these counties exhibitingharvest rates in excess of 12deer per square mile. Very fewareas in the United States con-sistently yield comparableharvest figures. On the otherhand, top counties for qualitydeer in 2016 included Aikenand Orangeburg in the coastalplain and Abbeville andPickens counties in the pied-mont. These results come asno surprise as these countieshave historically producedgood numbers of recordentries.

As it relates specifically tothe decrease in harvest dur-ing the 2016 deer season itshould be noted that huntingconditions in South Carolinawere poor during the fall of2016. This began the firstweek in October with hurri-cane Matthew. The magni-tude of this event forced aflood related temporary sea-son closure for all gamespecies in a number ofcoastal counties. Althoughthese closures only lasted 5to 10 days, the aftermath ofMatthew created access andother problems for deerhunters. The deer harvest ina number of coastal countiesaffected by the storm wasdown over 25 percent, whichdramatically affectedstatewide totals.Additionally, hunting wasnegatively impacted acrossthe state by unseasonablywarm temperatures and whatmany called a record acorncrop, both of which negative-ly affected daytime move-ments by deer. Recall thatdeer hunters faced similarpoor hunting conditions in2015 as a result of the 1,000-year flood spawned by hurri-cane Joaquin.

Provided we experiencenormal weather and seasonaltemperatures the outlook forthe 2017 deer season is verygood. This is based on thesimple fact that the decreasein harvest in 2015 and 2016was largely a result of poorhunting conditions and not adramatic change in deernumbers. That being thecase, there was likely carryover of deer that would haveotherwise been harvested ifconditions would have beenbetter last year. This is par-ticularly the case withrespect to antlered bucksbecause residual bucks fromlast year will be a year olderand, likely, have better bodyweights and antler develop-ment.

Hunters should not beoverly concerned if the deerpopulation is down to somedegree. Most hunters, totheir credit, recognize thefact that having fewer deerleads to better quality deer.Results of SCDNR’s antlerrecords program indicatethat this may indeed be thecase as the last five yearshave seen over 1,000 buckssuccessfully entered into thestate records program.

Deer season forecast goodCLEMSON— South

Carolina’s position as a nation-al leader in advanced materi-als just got a giant boost.

A team of researchers from10 universities across the statehas received a $20 million,five-year grant from theNational Science Foundation’sEstablished Program toStimulate CompetitiveResearch (EPSCoR) to estab-lish a new initiative: MaterialsAssembly and DesignExcellence in South Carolina,or MADE in SC.

“The vision of MADE in SCis to discover and establishnew and sustainableapproaches for the designand assembly of advancedmaterials that serve SouthCarolina’s STEM research,education and workforceneeds, and to invigorate eco-nomic development,” saidRajendra Bordia, professorand chair of the materials sci-ence and engineering depart-ment at Clemson Universityand the co-principal investi-gator and scientific directorfor the statewide program.

Other collaborating col-leges and universities are theUniversity of South Carolina(USC), the MedicalUniversity of South Carolina,the College of Charleston,

Furman University, USCBeaufort, WinthropUniversity, Claflin University,South Carolina StateUniversity and Florence-Darlington Technical College.

Rajendra Bordia will bescientific director for MADEin SC.

With the EPSCoR grant,MADE in SC is committed tohiring 17 new researchers overfive years at five institutions.The universities will alsoinvest in training postdoctoralfellows, graduate and under-graduate students; outreachto K-12 schools and the public;and developing new facilities.

Clemson will receive $5.9million of the grant and willhire five new faculty members,support 12 new doctoral stu-dents to work with 17 facultymembers from six depart-ments, and invest in newequipment for materialsresearch.

This material is based uponwork supported by theNational Science Foundationunder Grant No. 1655740. Anyopinions, findings and conclu-sions or recommendationsexpressed in this material arethose of the authors and donot necessarily reflect theview of the National ScienceFoundation.

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Ronnie Gainey, Sr.Ronald “Ronnie” Wayne

Gainey, Sr., age 65 ofHartsville, passed awayTuesday, September 19, 2017.Funeral services were held1p.m. Saturday, September23rd in the chapel at BelkFuneral Home, with burial fol-lowing in Indian BranchCemetery. The family willreceive friends from 6-8 p.m.Friday at the funeral home.

Born April 5, 1952, Ronnieis the son of the late TollieGainey and Toye Mae MorrisGainey. He worked for 22 yearsas a warehouse foreman forDiamond Hill Plywood. Ronnieenjoyed fishing, woodworking,playing guitar, gardening, andstaying home playing pool onhis tablet.

Surviving are his wife of 39years, Elizabeth Morris Gainey;his children, Jacenda (Chris)Burr of Pamplico, Jamie Gaineyof Timmonsville, Elizabeth(Terry) Johnson, Billy Gainey,and Ron (Candace) Gainey, allof Darlington; his grandchil-dren, Ashton, Skylar, Tiffany,Ariel, Terry Jr., Haley,Christopher, Kaitlyn, Gunner,and Sadie; two great-grand-children; his siblings, RobertGainey, James Gainey, Pete(Pat) Gainey, Sally Windham,Ruby Gandy, and many niecesand nephews.

He was preceded in death bysix of his siblings.

A guestbook is availableonline at www.belkfuneral-home.com.

L i v i N g o N P u r P o s e

Being thoughtful – on purposeBy Dr. William Holland

Over a 12-year span atUCLA, American collegebasketball coach JohnWooden won ten NationalChampionships and theirtotal of 11 remains a recordtoday. Wooden is regardedas one of the most successfulcoaches in sports history,and more importantly aneven greater person. He wasa man of integrity and char-acter and was highlyrespected on and off thecourt. He believed in disci-pline and felt strongly aboutteamwork and demonstrat-ing appreciation for thosearound him. This attitude ofbeing outwardly graciousbecame the foundation ofhis coaching philosophy andplayed a huge part of histeam’s success.

Wooden taught that eachtime a player scored, theywere to personally congratu-late whoever helped makethe play. At first, this seemedsissy and awkward to thearrogant players, but thecoach explained that eventhe slightest gesture ofrecognition would encour-age the individual and cre-ate a stronger unity withinthe entire team. This aware-ness is now openly seen inevery sport with high-fivesand the various gestures ofopen acknowledgment. Thisreminds us of how powerfulour attitude can be as it hasthe potential to motivate ordeflate those around us.Inspiring words can buildself-esteem, confidence, andhope but they only have achance to be effective whenthey are released. Imaginewhat a difference we couldmake by simply developing adetermination to show ourgratitude and be an encour-agement to everyone.

I once heard a story abouta man who dreamed he wasin a beautiful palace, andwas escorted into a hugedining room. The mannoticed a round table withlarge bowls of delicious foodin the middle of it. Sittingaround the table were peo-ple who were holding three-foot long spoons. These indi-viduals looked like skeletonsand were starving becausethe spoons were longenough to reach the food buttoo long to put the food intheir mouths. In anger andfrustration, they kept tryingdesperately to feed them-selves and it was a pitifulsight. Then, he was taken toanother dining room andthere, the man saw a similartable and likewise the

mouth-watering bowls offood in the center. Thesepeople also were using theextremely long spoonsexcept they were all glowingwith health and vitality. Theroom was filled with lightand laughter and everyonewas having such a wonderfultime and then he noticed thedifference. With joy and lovethey were using the spoonsto feed one another.

Being thoughtful isdemonstrating positive andencouraging communication– on purpose. As we chooseto speak hope to the dis-heartened and offer a help-ing hand to those who arestruggling, we can bringcomfort to those who feeldiscouraged. Relaying a kindword is so easy, yet to some-one who could use a pick-me-up these small acts ofcompassion can make a hugedifference. It would be won-derful to consistently relayto our spouse, our childrenand our dear friends howgrateful we are for them. Asa light in this world, we’vebeen called to develop thehabit of recognizing the con-tributions of those around usand express how proud weare of their accomplish-ments. Every day we aregiven the opportunity to lis-ten to God’s voice and obeyHis instructions or ignoreHim and live our own way.There is nothing preventingus from being respectful,appreciative, encouragingand generous. The choice isours.

You have unlimitedpotential. God has drawn anamazing blueprint for yourfuture and longs to help yousucceed. You are unique, aone-of-a-kind masterpiecethat He adores more thananything in the universe. Heis aware of your situationand is working behind thescenes on your behalf. Jesusnot only said He loved you,He suffered and died on thecross to prove it! There areso many people that couldbenefit from the gifts andtalents that the Lord hasgiven to you. You were creat-ed to bring hope into theworld and as you reach outto help others this gives Himhonor and glory. Never giveup on your dreams, and beencouraged to know thatsince God is for you – whocan be against you?

Dr. Holland lives in CentralKentucky where he is aChristian minister and author.Ask for a free copy of his newCD called, “Keeper of my soul”at: billyhollandministries.com

C h u r C hN e w s

Please send your church newsand photos to: [email protected]

Pastor Appreciation Great Commission

Ministries Darlington, 757Wire Road in Darlington, willbe celebrating PastorAppreciation on Saturday,September 30th at 6 p.m.Please come and show yourappreciation for Pastor Kyleand Pastor Jamie Meyer as wellas their lovely family. All arewelcome.

BBQ SaleDovesville Church of God

will hold a BBQ sale Oct. 6starting at 10:30 a.m. Platesare $8 and will be availableuntil they are sold out. The salewill be at 3717 N. GovernorWilliams Hwy, Darlington. Formore information, call KathyHowle at 843-307-7613 orMirriam Warren at 843-393-1786.

Holiday BazaarThe Lamar United

Methodist Women’s HolidayBazaar will be held Oct. 7 from9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 103 NorthDarlington Avenue in Lamar.The event will feature a silentauction, kitchen wares, frozencasseroles, a country store,

holiday decorations and crafts.Lunch will be available.Admission is free. For moreinformation, call 843-326-5038.

The Upper Room HolyGhost Mission

Sunday morning worship isat 11 a.m. Bible study Thursdaynight is at 7 p.m. at 109 MainSt. in Darlington Come worshipunder the leadership of PastorWarren D. Spearman. Call 843-250-0418 for prayer.

Bible StudyBible study at Mt.Zion

Tabernacle BelieversChurch 426 W. Broad St.Darlington, on Tuesdaynights at 6:00 p.m. Biblestudy led by Rev.LarryScipio. Contact DeaconZ.Frierson at 843-992-3158or church 843-992-8125.Come join us.

Covenant BaptistChurch Prayer Line

Anyone who needs prayerfor healing and deliverance iswelcome to call the CovenantBaptist Church Prayer Line at843-393-8555. The prayer lineis open Tuesdays andWednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3p.m.

St. Catherine'sEpiscopal Church

3123 W. Palmetto St.,

Florence. Worship Time: 11a.m. (4th Sunday 8:30 a.m.)Sunday School: 9:45a.m.Phone: 843-601-3672

Facebook: St.Catherine’s ECVicar: The Rev. Jeffrey R.Richardson

Lawson Grove BaptistChurch

3585 Lawson Grove Rd,Hartsville. Sunday-- ChurchSchool at 9:45a.m. andWorship Service at 10:45a.m.Wednesday-- Prayer 6:30 p.m.Bible study 7p.m.

Streaming Available at law-songrovebaptistchurch.com

Black Creek BaptistChurch

Black Creek Baptist Church,located 139 Mont Clare Road,Dovesville, announces theirhours: Sunday: 10 a.m.Sunday School, 11a.m.Worship Services and 6 p.m.Evening Worship. Wednesday:6:30 Adult Bible Study; YouthBible Study, Children (ChildrenIn Action) 7:30 Adult ChoirPractice

Covenant BaptistChurch

Covenant Baptist Church,located at 628 Pocket Road,announces their hours:Sunday: 10 a.m. SundaySchool, 11a.m. Spoken WordService. Wednesday: 6 p.m.Bible Study. Need a ride to

church? Call 843-393-7872.

Mt. Zion TabernacleMinistries

Mt. Zion TabernacleMinistries 426 W. Broad St.in Darlington announcestheir hours

1st/3rd Sunday PastoralSunday: Sunday School at9:30 a.m. Church Services11:00 Elder M. Frierson2nd/4th Sunday: SundaySchool at 9:30 by Deacon Z.Frierson Service at 11:00a.m. Min.Gerald Green. Thecommunity is invited toattend. Come expecting tohear the anointed Word.Contact Deacon.Z.Frierson843-229-3158

The Lord CaresPlease continue to assist

The Lord Cares in caring forthose in need in theDarlington area. T.L.C.’sfood bank is located at 201Grove Street in Darlington.They are open Monday,Wednesday, and Thursdayfrom 10 a.m. until 12 p.m.Donations of non-perishablefood items (especiallycanned meats) are needed,as are toiletries, bathroomtissue, and paper towels.Mail monetary donations to:The Lord Cares PO Box,1457, Darlington, SC 29540.

Women from Saint James United Methodist Church recently gathered to make health kits for people affected by recent HurricanesHarvey and Irma. Photos Contributed.

Sarah Carlson will be pre-senting an organ recital onOctober 18 at 7 p.m. at St.Matthew's Church inDarlington. She is currentlythe Director of Music at FirstLutheran Church, Bemidji,MN, and is the keyboardist forthe Bemidji Symphony underthe direction of Dr. BeverlyEverett. Minnesota PublicRadio will be there to docu-ment the event. Her Programat St. Matthew's will feature afew of the works she played at

the Notre Dame Cathedral inParis a few years ago whichincludes works by GraystonIves, Frederick Karam, DouglasWagner, and Ralph VaughanWilliams. Claire Carlson (11years old and a 6th Grader atSchoolcraft LearningAcademy), Sarah's daughter,will also be featured in the pro-gram playing selections on theNative American Flute withorgan. Her teacher, Jon Romer,is an expert on the NativeAmerican flute and collabo-

rates with Sarah on manyrecitals throughout Minnesota.There will be a first ever piperegistration/rank on the newCasavant organ at FirstLutheran titled, Bibiigwan, orNative American Flute, whichJon and Sarah helped to initi-ate with Casavant.

Ms. Carlson enjoyed hertime living in South Carolinaand has fond memories ofbeing the organist and choirdirector at St. Matthew'sChurch. All are welcome.

Carlson performs free concert atSt. Matthew’s in Darlington

Brunson-Dargan Elementary School has a new Girls of Character program. It is all about making wisedecisions. Photo by Darlington Police Department.

Centennial FarmersMarket

This market features fresh,organic gourmet foods, free-range eggs and homegrown,healthy foods including home-made breads and sweet treatsand as always, live music andentertainment! EveryThursday from 4 – 7 p.m.Location: Corner of 5th St. andCarolina Ave. in Hartsville.

Darlington ElksLodge

Tuesdays: Swing/Shagdance lessons, "New" linedance lessons from 8-10 p.m.

Wednesdays: Karaoke from8-10 p.m.

Thursdays: Bingo at 7:30p.m.

Darlington Elks Lodge islocated at 836 TimmonsvilleHwy. For more info: 843-393-1451

Paws to ReadPaws to Read is a literacy

program where emerging andreluctant readers can createpositive emotional connectionswith reading. Therapy DogsInternational with their train-ers come for one-on-one read-ing sessions on the firstSaturday and third Tuesday ofeach month at 12:30 pm. and3 p.m. respectively at theDarlington Library Branch.

Story Time Darlington: Thursdays at 10

a.m. Info: 398-4940 ext. 305. Hartsville: Tuesdays at 10

a.m. Info: 332-5115 ext. 7.Society Hill: Thursdays at

11:00 a.m. Info: 378-0026�Lamar: Thursdays at 11:30

a.m. Info: 326-5524

Library ProgramsYouth Summer Reading

Program - Tuesdays at 10 a.m.American Sign Language

Class - Mondays 6 – 8 p.m.Free Computer Classes (call

to reserve your spot) -Tuesdays 6 -7:30 p.m. andFridays 10-11:30 a.m.

Crochet & Knit ClubsLamar: each Monday at

4:30 p.m. 326-5524 Society Hill: each Friday

from 2-4 pm 378-0026 Darlington: 2nd Friday of

the month 10 a.m. - noon 398-4940

Hartsville: “The Stitchers”group meets the 1st & 3rdMondays and 2nd & 4thThursdays at 5 pm.

Pee Dee SCORE Pee Dee SCORE (Service

Corps of Retired Executives)offers Free confidential coun-seling to America's small busi-ness, serving Darlington,Florence and surroundingareas. Existing and start-upbusinesses can schedule anappointment by calling theHartsville Chamber ofCommerce at 843-332-6401.

AlcoholicsAnonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous willhold an open meeting of bigbook and traditions studiesweekly at 8 p.m. Mondaynights at Trinity UMC on PearlStreet. Use Orange Streetentrance. Info: 843-395-6897.

AA meets at the HartsvilleAA Hut, 310 S. McFarlandStreet: 12 noon and 6 p.m.Monday/Wednesday; 12 noonand 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday,Friday, Saturday; and 8pmSunday.

Al-Anon Meetings Al-Anon is a fellowship of

adult relatives and friends ofalcoholics for mutual support.Visitors are welcome.Childcare is not available. Al-Anon meetings:

Thursdays at 8p.m at theHartsville AA Hut, 310 S.McFarland Street. Info: 843-992-2981.

Yoga for BeginnersYoga will be held at the

Darlington Library the 1st and3rd Saturday each month from12:30-2 p.m.

Darlington CountyCoordinatingCouncil

The first Friday of everymonth at 11:30. February,April, June, September, andNovember at Carolina Pines;January, March, and May,August, October, andDecember at MedfordNursing Center in Darlington.

Hartsville PilotClub

Fourth Monday eachmonth at 6 p.m. at their club-house across from the LawtonPark Tennis Courts

Hartsville KiwanisClub

Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. atthe Hartsville Country Club

Hartsville LionsClub

Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. atMr. B's Restaurant

Hartsville RotaryClub

Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. at

Hartsville Country Club

HartsvilleToastmasters

2nd and 4th Monday eachmonth at 7 p.m. at the BlackCreek Arts Center

Book ClubThe Darlington Library

Book Club meets the 3rdSaturday of each month 12pm-1 p.m. Stop by the library topick up each month's selection.

Darlington CountyBoard of EducationThe Darlington County

Board of Education meets onthe second Monday of eachmonth. Additional meetingsmay be called for worksessionsand information sessions. Themeeting will begin at 6 pm forregularly scheduled meetings.The Darlington County Boardof Education in the TrainingRoom of the AdministrativeOffice located at 120 E. SmithAvenue in Darlington, exceptwhere noted on the schedule.

Potluck/CookbookClub

Each month a cookbook ortheme is chosen. Select arecipe from the book (a copywill be available at theCirculation Desk) or pick arecipe that matches themonth's theme. Cook it andbring it to the library to share.We hope to see you and yourdish September 27. If you haveany questions, call 843-398-4940.

College PreparationWorkshop

ScienceSouth will host aCollege Preparation workshopon Thursday, Sept. 28 at 6p.m. The College Preparationworkshop will feature repre-sentatives from local collegesand universities as well as themilitary. Participants will learnabout the institutions and gaininsight on the admissionprocess. The workshop is freeto high school students, how-ever, it does require registra-tion. Parents may contactCasey Coker at 843-679-5353ext. 309 to reserve a space.ScienceSouth is located at1515 Freedom Blvd, Florence.

The Way We Worked:A traveling

Smithsonian exhibitThe Way We Worked is a

traveling Smithsonian exhibitthat explores how workbecame such a central elementin American culture by tracingthe many changes that affect-ed the workforce and workenvironment in the past 150years. The exhibit will be ondisplay at Black Creek ArtsCouncil September 30 –November 12 with an OpeningReception to be held October5th.

Darlington CountyCouncil MeetingThe Darlington County

Council meets on Monday,October 2 at 6 p.m. and thefirst Monday of each month at6:00 p.m., at the CourthouseAnnex/EMS Building, 1625Harry Byrd Highway (Highway151), Darlington, SC. TheCouncil encourages citizenparticipation and provides anopportunity for citizens topresent their concerns at thebeginning of each regularmeeting. Those wishing tomake a presentation shouldcontact the Clerk to Council at843-398-4100 or [email protected].

Darlington CityCouncil MeetingThe Darlington City Council

will hold their monthly meet-ing on October 3 at 6:30 p.m.in the City of DarlingtonCouncil Chambers at City Hall,located at 400 Pearl Street.

Market onDarlington Square

October 7First Saturday of the month

May through October (noJuly) from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Visitwith the community, listen tolocal music, and enjoy a vari-ety of vendors and foodSaturday, October 7

Williamson ParkCommittee

The City of DarlingtonWilliamson Park Committeewill meet at 5:30 p.m. onOctober 10 at DarlingtonLibrary, 204 N. Main St. 843-398-4000.

Parkinson’s SupportGroup

A meeting of the Florencearea Parkinson's DiseaseSupport Group will be heldTuesday, October 10 from 5:30to 6:30 p.m. at 121 E. CedarStreet, Florence. StephenCutia, Northern Tides Speechand Language, LLC, will speakabout Voice and SwallowingDisorders in People withParkinson’s Disease” (includ-ing information about LSVTLOUD via telepractice).Meetings are open to peoplewith Parkinson's, caregivers,family, and friends. For moreinformation call 843-673-0854or [email protected].

American LegionAmerican Legion Post 13 of

Darlington will meet Thursday,October 12 at the Post onHarry Byrd Highway next tothe South Carolina NationalGuard Armory. A meal isserved at 6 p.m. and themonthly meeting follows. The

nation's largest Veteransorganization invites its mem-bers, eligible Veterans, andactive National Guard/Reservepersonnel to attend.

Yam Jam ConcertHeld in conjunction with

the S.C. Sweet Potato Festivalon Saturday, October 14 atPalmetto Furniture, 308 S.Main St. from 6 to 9 p.m.Bands include Level 10 andEagle Wing Band. Admission is$10 for adults, $5 for ages 12and younger, and free for ages2 and younger. Bring a chair ifyou like. Food and beveragesavailable for purchase. Nocoolers please.

Sweet Potato FestivalThis festival will be held on

Darlington Public Square Oct.14. A freshly baked sweet pota-to is like nature’s cupcake. Andthese treats are a solid sourceof vitamins A and C. That rightthere deserves a party. And theS.C. Sweet Potato Festival inDarlington, South Carolina,has that covered. This potatoparty is teeming sweet potatopie, crafts, food, music, a carshow and more.

Pumpkin FestivalPumpkintown, South

Carolina will celebrate the39th Pumpkin Festival onSaturday, Oct. 14 at theOolenoy Community Building.The theme this year is“Oolenoy Valley.” Activitiesinclude a parade, arts andcrafts booths, music, clogging,food and fun activities for chil-dren. The festival starts withthe parade at 9 a.m.

EAA InternationalYoung Eagles RallyOn October 14, from 10

a.m. - 12 p.m. kids 8 to willhave the free opportunity toexplore aviation with EAAChapter 1058. Day of activitiesinclude ground course instruc-tion, aeronautical explorationand a 15-20 min flight.Certificates awarded to all par-ticipants. The event will takeplace at the HartsvilleRegional Airport. For moreinformation, contact ChapterPresident, Sandi Brown at 843-307-1532.

Darlington PlanningCommission

The City of DarlingtonPlanning Commission willmeet Tuesday, October 17 –Joint meeting at 6 p.m. at theDarlington Library or at theconference room at City Halland as needed or requested byCity Council.

Coffee with a CopHartsville PD will hold a

Coffee with the Cop event Oct.24, 9 a.m. to noon at the

Hartsville Safe CommunityOffice, 710 S. Fifth St.Hartsville. There will be noagenda or speeches, just achance to ask questions, voiceconcerns, and get to know theofficers in your neighborhood.For more information, contactLt. Richardson at 843-383-3011 or [email protected].

Fall CarnivalSt. Luke UMC, 302 Dunlap

Drive in Hartsville, will hold afree Fall Carnival on Oct. 25from 6 to 8 p.m. There will beTrunk or Treat, games, food,face painting and bounce

houses. For more information,call 843-383-5169 or visitstlukehartsville.com.

Steinway SchoolCelebration

Celebrate Coker College'sDesignation as an All-SteinwaySchool

Friday, October 27 from 7-8p.m. at the Watson Theater,Elizabeth Boatwright Coker

Performing Arts Center, 300East College Avenue. Thisevent is free and open to thepublic.

Color RunSt. John’s Elementary

School APT will hold a ColorRun on Oct. 28 to raise moneyfor the school. The My SchoolColor Run is an untimed funrun for all ages and fitnessabilities. Participants who reg-ister by October 13 will receivea t-shirt, race bib, and individ-ual color packet. Sign up byvisitingStJohnAPT.eventbrite.com.

Spina Bifida BenefitEvent

So-Lina invites you to jointhem for the third annual Bid toBenefit Spina Bifida, Saturday,October 28. Wheelz for BryceAuto Show participants need tobe set up by 10 a.m. If it goes,enter it into the show.Commemorative dash plaqueswill be given to entries whilethey last. Chicken bog served11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Get your tick-ets in advanced. Benefit auctionbegins at 2 p.m. All proceedsand donations benefit SpinaBifida Association (SBA). Therewill be raffles and live music.All activities will take place at2085 Lamar Hwy. inDarlington. For more informa-tion, or to donate an item forthe auction, call 843-393-7631.

Speed and FeedThe 5th annual BBQ Cook-

off and Car Show is open to allyears and models. The eventwill be Oct. 28 at DarlingtonRaceway. There will be a classiccar cruise around the Raceway.Awards will be given out in sev-eral categories, includingPresident’s Choice, Best Truckand Best Rat Rod. For moreinformation, call Sarah Hill at843-395-8808 or [email protected].

Color RunSt. John’s Elementary

School APT will hold a ColorRun on Oct. 28 to raise moneyfor the school. The My SchoolColor Run is an untimed funrun for all ages and fitness abil-ities. Sign up by visitingStJohnAPT.eventbrite.com.

Darlington CountyDelegation Joint

MeetingDarlington County’s

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If you have lost or found a pet, go online to www.darlingtonhumane.org and click on thelink Lost/ Found Pets. You will be directed to the www.thelostpets.comWeb site whereyou can register your missing pet.

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By Patricia Sullivan, DarlingtonCounty First Steps

We are in the 21st centuryand there are still things inAmerica that evidently needwork. The horrific event thattook place in Charlottesville,Virginia is proof that somebeliefs and practices are stillvery much embedded inAmerica’s soil. To be specific:racism, discrimination, andlaws and policies that preserveinequities. When will commu-nities join together and sayenough is enough? It is pasttime for people of every race,gender, and age to make a finalstand against those who try tosustain oppression. Unity is theonly cure for this nasty disease.

The type of unity that couldsolve most of America’s issuesis one that is genuine, persist-ent, and intentional. Not thetype people take part inbecause of convenience. A unit-ed group, including compas-sionate citizens and individualsfrom all walks of life, workingtogether will silence conversa-tions that reek of division anddisharmony. A great exampleof the power unity can have isthe Civil Rights Movementwhich lasted from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s.

The Civil Rights Movementwas formed to achieve civilrights that were equal to whites

including equal opportunityhousing, employment, educa-tion, the right to vote, equalaccess to public facilities, andthe right to be free of racial dis-crimination. This type of unityled to the Civil Rights Act of1964 and the Voters Right Actof 1965. People of all back-grounds tirelessly worked witheach other to put a stop to thewrongdoings of biased figuresin power. This framework oftogetherness was extremelypowerful and obviously effec-tive.

Darlington County FirstSteps understands the impor-tance of unity, as it is the foun-dation of all that we do. One ofour core values is communityengagement, which requires usto build long-term relation-ships with funders, individuals,parents, community partners,and other stakeholders, ensur-ing maximum benefits to thefamilies and communities weserve. With the help of individ-uals that sincerely care aboutchildren and families inDarlington County, DCFS isable to address issues in educa-tion, family-wellbeing, andhealth. We cannot be great as acounty or country if we don’twork alongside each other toend generational cycles ofpoverty and inequities. Realchange is a result of true unity,

which starts at the communitylevel.

Benjamin Franklin oncesaid, “Change will never hap-pen until those who are unaf-fected are as outraged as thosewho are affected.” Americacould achieve far more thanbefore if the concept of unity isaccepted and embraced byeveryone. There is no bettertime than now to be energizedand motivated to createchange.

While you read the paper orwatch the news in completedismay at the current state ofAmerica, ask yourself thesethings:

What power do I have tochange injustices in my com-munity?

How can I work with othersto better my community?

Then, discover the answersand be the change you wish tosee.

Patricia Sullivan is aCommunications Specialist withDarlington County First Steps.They can be reached at 843-398-2588.

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VOTE NOVEMBER 7For

Audrey DuBose-Gore(City Council - Ward 1)

“Your Best Choice toRepresent the People.”• A new voice to bring positive change• Life-long resident of Darlington• Professional Grant Writer• Licensed SC Realtor• University of SC Graduate - Political Science & attended USC School ofPublic Administration

• Master of Science Degree, PhD, at Walden University

“ We can grow the city when we work together.Time to move forward for a stronger future.”

Paid for by the Committee to Elect Audrey Dubose-Gore

By S.C. Treasurer Curtis Loftis

Throughout my sevenyears in office, I’ve spokenwith countless SouthCarolina parents about oneof their biggest concerns:paying for their child’s col-lege education. Though theprice tag of college can sub-ject anyone to sticker shock,Future Scholar, SouthCarolina’s 529 CollegeSavings Plan, is a smart,easy and beneficial savingsvehicle available to ourstate’s residents. Septemberis College Savings Month—the perfect time to start aFuture Scholar college sav-ings action plan for yourfamily. Here are valuableinsights:

Define your savingsgoals: The first step is todetermine how much youultimately want to save foryour child's education. Doyou plan on covering tuitiononly, or also room andboard? Do you foresee yourchild attending one of SouthCarolina’s fabulous universi-ties, or do you want to saveextra in case they decide toventure out of state orattend a private school?Visit Future Scholar’s calcu-lator page found atwww.futurescholar.com/resources/calculators/ to pre-dict how much college willcost when your child isready to go, and how muchyou need to save.

Start early and saveoften: Start saving as earlyas possible. Doing so willallow you to put away small-er amounts and give yourmoney more time to grow.It’s never too late to start,but the later you do, the lesstime you have to build yourfunds.

• Save as much as youcan afford: Take a look atyour budget to determinehow much per month you

can realistically dedicate toyour child’s Future Scholarplan. Don’t be discouraged ifit’s a modest amount—evenjust $25 a month will add upover time. The key is to beconsistent and graduallyincrease your monthly sav-ings when you are able to.

•Know what your FutureScholar plan can cover:Future Scholar funds can bewithdrawn tax-free whenused for qualified educationexpenses. These includetuition, room and board,mandatory fees, books, sup-plies, computers and otherequipment required for col-lege enrollment or atten-dance.

•Take advantage ofFuture Scholar’s tax advan-tages: Future Scholar hasone of the best state taxdeductions of any 529 planas South Carolina tax payersenjoy a state income taxdeduction of 100% of theircontributions. Not to men-tion, the money in FutureScholar accounts is nottaxed as it grows and won’tbe taxed when it is with-drawn for qualified expens-es.

With more than $3.1Billion invested, FutureScholar has over 144,000account owners who benefitfrom our program. We hopeyou will think about open-ing an account. Though yourchild’s exact educationaland professional plans mayseem far off, one thing iscertain: they will thank youone day for planning andsaving for their future.

About the author: Curtis Loftis is the

Treasurer of the State ofSouth Carolina, and is alsothe administrator of SouthCarolina’s 529 college sav-ings program, FutureScholar, which celebrates its15th anniversary this year.

South Carolina studentscan have bright futureswith Future Scholar

Unity is the KeyO P - E D

By Ashley A. Tallon, RN

Flu is a common, conta-gious lung and breathing sick-ness that comes around everyyear. It comes at the end of falland lasts until early spring. Flucauses thousands of people toget sick, have to go to the doc-tor or hospital, and sometimeseven die. Being sick with theflu costs a large amount ofmoney. The health departmentsaid this past flu season,90,324 people got sick fromthe flu and that 2,542 people

had to go to the hospital. Outof the people who got sick withthe flu, 1,697 were fromDarlington County (SouthCarolina Department of Healthand Environmental Control,2017).

A flu shot is the best way tokeep from getting the flu andspreading it to others. Since2010, the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention hastold all people age 6 monthsand older to get a flu shot. It isimportant to get your flu shotyearly because it protects

against the kind of flu that isgoing around at that time.

For most people, the flu is amild sickness. It will makethem feel bad, but they will getover it in usually less than 2weeks. On the other hand,there are some groups of peo-ple who are more likely to getvery sick and have problemssuch as having to go to the hos-pital or even dying from theflu. These groups of peopleinclude: children younger thanfive, adults over 65, pregnantwomen, people who suffer

from sicknesses like asthma orproblems with your lungs,heart, blood, kidney, or liver,people who have problemswith being overweight, or peo-ple younger than 19 who takeaspirin every day.

It has been found that themost common reason peopledo not get a flu shot is that theydo not think they will get theflu. They also think if they doget the flu, they will not getvery sick. All people can catchthe flu. All people have somedanger of getting very sick to

the point of having to go to thehospital or even dying from theflu. Flu shots can keep peopleover 50 from getting so sickthey have to go to the hospital.

Another reason people saythat they do not take a flu shotis because it will give them theflu or make them sick. The flushot will not cause the flu. It ismade with a type of virus thatcannot give you the flu. Mostpeople only have a smallamount of redness and a sorearm where the shot was given(Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention, 2017). There are several different

types of flu shots. Based onyour age, health history, andprevious allergies, your health-care provider will decidewhich type you should get. Youcan get flu shots at your doc-tor’s office, local healthdepartment, and many localpharmacies. Now is the timefor you to be thinking aboutgetting your yearly flu shot. Itreally is your best shot atkeeping you from getting sickwith the flu.

Flu Vaccine: Your best shot at preventing the Flu

Boating culture is strong inSouth Carolina – and since2001, one South CarolinaDepartment of NaturalResources (SCDNR) programhas sought to improve boatingfacilities and public access onthe state’s beautiful water-ways. SCDNR’s BoatingInfrastructure Grant programprovides competitive grants tomarinas for developing andmaintaining recreational boat-ing facilities, funding 25 proj-ects across the coast since itstarted.

Recently, the program wasawarded the 2017 StateProgram Excellence Award bythe States Organization forBoating Access (SOBA), whichrecognizes one state-adminis-

tered program annually forexcellence in improving recre-ational boating access for stateresidents and visitors.

SCDNR’s BoatingInfrastructure Grant programcoordinator Scott Meisteraccepted the award this monthat the annual SOBA confer-ence conference – and he saidit takes a village to run theprogram successfully.

“Our success is based onmany sectors of SCDNR work-ing together to secure fundingand complete these recre-ational boating projects,”Meister said. “Our grantsadministration, legal, engi-neering, procurement, andenvironmental staff all play anessential role in the program.

The success of the program isalso due in part to the vibrantrecreational boating commu-nity of SC and their demandfor accessible, high-qualitypublic recreational boatingaccess to the waterways of thestate.”

The U.S. Fish and WildlifeService’s Wildlife andSportfish RestorationProgram, which administersthe Boating InfrastructureGrant program on the nationallevel, nominated SCDNR. Intheir nomination form, theycited SCDNR’s early participa-tion in the program and ongo-ing prioritization of boatinginfrastructure projects.

Overall, SCDNR’s BoatingInfrastructure Grant program

has dispensed over $10 millionfor 25 recreational boatingprojects across SouthCarolina’s coastal counties.Floating docks, pump-out sta-tions, transient slips, mooringbuoys, and restrooms andshowers at marina facilitieshave all been beneficiaries ofthe grant funding. Check out alist of past projects here.

Any marina facility withpublic access in SouthCarolina coastal or inlandwaters is eligible to apply forBoating Infrastructure Grantfunding, and the next solicita-tion for funding will begin inMarch 2018. Learn more hereor contact program coordina-tor Scott Meister for moreinformation.

SCDNR grant program honored with national award

South Carolina ranks5th in the nation

women murdered bymen with handguns

Nationwide, 1686 womenwere murdered by men,according to the ViolencePolicy Center in Washington,DC. South Carolina ranked5th in the nation for the 2ndyear in a row with 46 femalesmurdered by males in 2015.The homicide rate amongfemales murdered by malesin South Carolina was 1.83per 100,000 in 2015. The agefor homicides in which theage of the victim was report-ed (46 homicides), 8 victims(17 percent) were 65 years ofage or older. The average agewas 43 years old. Out of 46female homicide victims, 23were white, 22 were black,and one was Asian.

The most commonweapons used in 53 percentof female homicide victimswere handguns. 91 percentof female victims were mur-dered by someone theyknew. Of the victims whoknew their offenders, 72 per-cent were wives, common-law wives, ex-wives, or girl-friends of the offenders.Four female victims werekilled by strangers.

The study found thatnationwide, over 90 percentof women killed by menwere murdered by someonethey knew.

By Drake HortonContributing Writer

This past Friday theDarlington vs South Florencefootball game had one of themost exciting finishes theFalcons Nest has ever seen.Unfortunately, however, theFalcons ended up on thewrong side of the outcome,losing 28-27 to Bruins.

Down 28-21, the Falconsdefense, which pitched ashutout in the second half,forced one final punt givingDarlington one more opportu-nity to either tie or win thegame.

“Our defense really didgrind,” Darlington head coachJohn Jones said. “They havegotten a lot better. We(offense) put them in somebad situations in the firsthalf.”

Getting the ball on its own20-yard line with 2:01 left togo Darlington used big plays,costly South Florence penal-ties and maybe even someluck to march down the field,80 yards, resulting in theseven-yard touchdown recep-tion by Jordan English, hissecond of the game, as timeexpired on the clock.

“Our guys played reallycomposed and that’s the thingwith young football teamsthat you like to see; that weare starting to grow up a littlebit,” Jones said.

English, who finished thedrive with the touchdown, gotthe drive going as quarterbackBrian Robinson hit him instride for a 21-yard receptionon the first play moving theball up to the Falcons 41-yardline.

On the next play SouthFlorence shot itself in the foot,committing a pass interfer-ence penalty, movingDarlington up to Bruins 44-yard line.

In Bruins territory with lessthan two minutes left on theclock Robinson did his bestMichael Vick impersonation,eluding South Florence’s pres-sure by escaping the pocket,rolling to his right and off ofone foot slinging the footballdown allowing MartrezHunter to go up and pull downthe 30-yard reception.

With no timeouts the

Falcons rushed down thefield, but after a one-yard run,a four-yard pass and a sack itlooked like Darlington’s drivewas about to run out of gas.

Instead, South Florencebailed the Falcons out, com-mitting its second pass inter-ference penalty of the drive,putting Darlington on theseven-yard line with just 2.7second left in the game.

With just enough time torun one last play Robinsonconnected with English as hecame slanting into the endzone on the right side of thefield sending a shockwave ofexcitement throughout thestadium.

Down by one, Darlingtonhad a decision to make. Try anextra point to tie and forceovertime in a non-regiongame that has no bearings atall on the playoffs or ride themomentum and go for thewin.

Darlington, who hadalready had two extra pointattempts blocked earlier in thegame, rolled the dice andwent with the latter. The playwas intended for English on atunnel screen, but a logjam ofplayers disrupted the play,forcing an incompletion andending the game.

As exciting as the gameended it was just as exciting atthe start as Darlington’s NickSelf took the opening kickoffof the game 98 yards for thescore, but that was just thebeginning.

South Florence answeredthe Falcons touchdown in justtwo plays on its opening drivefollowing the touchdown asTony McFadden ran in his firstof all four of the Bruins touch-downs on the night, from 41yards out to put his team up 7-6 after Darlington had itsextra point attempt block onthe previous possession.

All of McFadden’s scorescame in the first half with thefirst being a 41-yard run, fol-lowed by a 21-yard score, a40-yard sprint to the end zoneand a one-yard burst rightwith just 27.8 seconds left inthe half.

That final touchdown was ablessing from a missed assign-ment by Darlington’s defenseas South Florence was able toget a receiver behind the sec-

ondary and make the recep-tion down on the Falcons one-yard line with just 58.1 sec-onds left on the clock.

“The biggest thing with theblown coverage is we had amix-up up front and the guy(the quarterback) was able tostep up in the pocket,” Jonessaid. “Had we came in theright gap, we just went to thewrong gap, he wouldn’t havehad time for that guy to getbehind him, but you have toplay the whole down and dis-tance until the whistle blows.”

Before that heart wrench-ing drive of South Florence’s,Darlington had tied the gameup at 21 after Henrique Pedronailed a field goal from 30yards out.

The field goal was a breathof fresh air for the Falconskicking game who, before thatpoint, had both of their extrapoints blocked.

Darlington’s other scorescame from another seven-yardtouchdown reception byEnglish in the first quarterand an eight-yard touchdownrun by Javorius Williams in

the second quarter.While the loss drops

Darlington to 1-5 overall, theFalcons have improved greatlyover the last two games bothoffensive and defensively and

with region play starting thisweek the time for this type ofimprovement has never beenmore important.

“Those guys are starting tobelieve in what we do,” Jones

said. “We made some changestwo weeks ago and they’rehaving some fun, believing inwhat they are doing. Ouroffensive guys too. It’s like alittle fire catching on inside.”

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ALL waiting lists at theHousing Authority ofDarlington are closed

effective Sept. 27, 2017Notice of Appeal

A meeting of the City of Darlington Board of Zoning Ap-peals will be held at City Hall, located at 400 Pearl Street,Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at 9 a.m. for the purpose ofthose interested in the Appeal to the Board, as listed below.

Item # 1 (Case 08/14/17) Property of Piyush & Sneha Patel,Tax Map No. 165-05-01-007; bordered on the North byStone Road; bordered on the West by the property of Piyush& Sneha Patel, Tax Map No. 165-05-01-006; and borderedon the South by Pearl Street.

PROPOSAL: REQUEST FOR VARIANCE TO ARTICLEV OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE SIGN REGULA-TIONS TO INSTALL A DIGITAL SIGN WITHIN 300FEET OF A DWELLING.

Item # 2 (Case 08/15/17) Property of Linda D. Byrd, Tax MapNo. 164-15-01-034; bordered on the North by Pearl Street;bordered on the West by the property of Michael Lynch, TaxMap No. 165-02-02-092; and bordered on the South and Eastby the properties of Louigene Hodges & Mary Tyson, TaxMap Nos. 164-15-01-033 and 164-15-01-035.

PROPOSAL: REQUEST FOR VARIANCE TO ARTICLEIV OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW A RELI-GIOUS ORGANIZATION TO USE A PREVIOUSLY OC-CUPIED COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR ASSEMBLY.

Individuals may submit comments in writing by Thursday,Oct. 5, 2017, to City Planning Department, P.O. Box 57,Darlington, SC 29540, or they may provide comments inperson at the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting. Info: 843-398-4000 x 103 or [email protected].

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Falcons fall one play, one point shortof dramatic of comeback victory

The Coker College men'ssoccer team dropped a backand forth 2-1 contest to the vis-iting Indians of CatawbaCollege Sept. 23.

The Cobras came out strongin the first half, controlling theoffensive end of the field andfiring off 10 shots compared tothe Indians five. However,Catawba found an opportunityto pull ahead of Coker with apenalty kick and scored in the32nd minute of play.

The Catawba lead was shortlived as Cameron McDonaldfound Jacob Simonis whoburied his shot past the goalkeeper in the 40th minute forhis team-leading third goal ofthe season.

During the second half,Catawba found the back of the

net in the 80th minute andwould hold onto the lead forthe victory. Once again, theCobras earned plenty of scor-ing chances, recording 12 shotscompared to the Indians six inthe second half.

Simonis led the chargeoffensively for Coker with onegoal and seven shots. OtherCobras who fired off shotsinclude Joao Silva (6), Matt,Trimby (2), CameronMcDonald (2), RobbieJenkinson (1), CharlesHopwood (1), Aladdin Elfares(1), Chris Bordelon (1), andAlbert Schonhofer (1).

The Cobras will be back inaction on Wednesday (Sept.27) when they travel to MarsHill to take on the Lions at 7:30p.m.

Cobra Drop Back and Forth Contestto Catawba College Indians

The Coker College women'svolleyball team traveled toAnderson University to battlethe Trojans in a South AtlanticConference matchup, but lostin three straight sets (25-13,25-10, 25-22). Chloe Attramled the Cobras offensively witheight kills, while Olivia Veithwas next with five. ChristenBragg helped the offensiveattack, adding 20 assists. KaraOverholt headed the defensiveattack with 18 digs, followed

by Bragg with 12. The teamfinished with four total blocks,23 kills, and 46 digs.

The Cobras return to thefriendly confines of theDeLoach Center Sept. 26 totake on the Crusaders ofBelmont Abbey College.

Tickets for each match are$5 for adults, $3 for studentsand free to all Coker faculty,staff and students. Live statsand video can be found atwww.cokercobras.com.

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Columbia -- Roughly 1.6million people traveled to orwithin South Carolina to viewthe total solar eclipse lastmonth, according to researchreleased by the SouthCarolina Department of Parks,Recreation & Tourism. Theirhotel bookings and other trav-el expenditures left an esti-mated $269 million economicimpact across the state, mak-ing the eclipse the largest sin-gle tourist event on record inSouth Carolina.

“Not only does thisresearch confirm what ourindicators hinted at weeksago, it puts the picture intosharper focus, adding moredefinition to the eclipse’s totalimpact,” said SCPRT DirectorDuane Parrish.

The visitation numbers andimpacts were derived from amodel combining data fromSTR, Inc. (which usuallytracks occupancy,) the SMARISurvey of SC Eclipse Travelersand SCPRT’s room inventorydatabase. The survey was con-

ducted in states along theEastern seaboard that tradi-tionally have high concentra-tions of consumers whochoose South Carolina fortheir travel. The survey doesnot reflect international visi-tation.

According to the research,more than half of eclipse trav-elers were South Carolinianswho left their hometowns tosee the eclipse in anotherlocation in the state. About800,000 visitors were fromout of state, primarily fromNorth Carolina, Georgia andFlorida. Most people whotraveled to or within SouthCarolina to view the eclipsestayed overnight and reportedparticipating in activities suchas shopping, unique local din-ing, beach activities, visitinghistorical attractions orengaging in outdoor recre-ation.

Other findings:· Most visitors viewed the

eclipse in the Greenville,Columbia or Charleston metro

areas.· About 48 percent of out-

of-state visitors and one-thirdof in-state travelers indicatethey went to an optimal view-ing site like a park, a moun-tain site or coast.

· About 23 percent of out-of-state visitors and 25 per-cent of in-state travelersreported participating in anorganized solar eclipse event.

· Nearly all of the respon-dents rated their experienceas “excellent” or “good,”describing their time in SouthCarolina viewing the eclipseas “unique,” “amazing,” or“once in a lifetime.” The few“fair” or “poor” ratings werealmost all due to poor weath-er.

· Another 3.8 million SouthCarolinians did not travel, butsaw the eclipse in their home-towns.

For more information, con-tact Dawn Dawson-House [email protected] or 803-734-1779.

More than 1 Million traveled in South Carolina to

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Spaulding Middle School names 2017-2018“Mr. Football” and “Miss Cheerleader”

Spaulding Middle School 2017-2018 " Mr. Football" Ethan Hunt Spaulding Middle School 2017-2018 "Miss Cheerleader" Cassidy Zimon

Last week’s photo was of sculptures next to the Center Theater in Hartsville. Readers with cor-rect guesses were Sandra Wilson, Bill Segars and Ann Williamson. This week you will find anoth-er location shot, this time courtesy of Bill Segars. Do you know where it is? Please let us know bysending your guesses to:

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In 1972, Dwight Davis wasdrafted third overall in theNBA. A decade later Daviswas a shell of that personafter falling into a cycle ofdrug use, eventually endingup homeless. Students atHartsville High Schoolrecently heard from Davis,who shared how he found hisfooting again after an injuryended his short professionalbasketball career and howbad choices he made derailedhis life.

“For me it is an honor anda privilege to be here andshare with young folks a littlebit about my life, not just thehighlights but the lowlights,”Davis said. “I tell kids, ‘Let mebe your crash dummy‘ if youever think about doing some-thing ill advised or stupid.”

Davis told the student-ath-letes that he was a straight-Astudent in school and that hewould never have predictedhis life taking the path that itdid.

“I had my first drink when

I was 21-years-old,” Davissaid. “That was after I wasdrafted. I was going to chillout and be cool. Over a peri-od of time, I started experi-menting with drinking and Igot to marijuana. By my sec-ond year in the NBA, I wassmoking a little pot. A littlepot turned into a lot of pot.”

Davis said that he madepoor decisions when it cameto the people that he spenthis time with.

“With the pressure of thefriends I’m around, hangingwith, I got in to cocaine; I gotin to cocaine my third year inthe NBA,” Davis said. “Thosethings that I abhorred allthrough high school, allthrough college, I find myselfpartaking. I wanted to becool.”

In his fifth year in the NBA,the third-round draft picksuddenly found himselfunable to lace up and take tothe court.

“My fifth year, I tore myleft quadriceps tendon,” Davissaid. “We were playing theBoston Celtics in Oakland.February 20, 1977…I felt likesomebody kicked me in my

knee…that was the last day Iwas on the basketball court.They did the surgery, backthen surgery wasn’t as cool asit is now, and I wore a cast forabout six months. When theytook the cast off, my leglooked like spaghetti but I wasdetermined I was going to getback to (basketball).”

Getting back to playingbasketball meant that he wasgoing to have to lose his recre-ational bad habits.

“One of the things I knew Iwas going to have to do was Iwas going to have to stop myrecreational use of cocaineand pot,” Davis said. “So, Isaid to myself ‘On this day youare going to stop usingcocaine and you are going tostop using pot and you aregoing to start working to getyour career back.’ Then theday would come that I wassupposed to stop and guesswhat, I didn’t stop. It neveroccurred to me in the begin-ning that the reason I didn’tstop was because I couldn’tstop. I kept resetting the dateand resetting the date. Abouta year after the surgery twothings became apparent to

me. One: I was not going tobe playing basketball againand two: I had a problem, acocaine problem. Thatcocaine problem became acrack problem because Ibecame very despondentbecause I couldn’t get back tomy basketball.”

For the next twenty years,Davis struggled every day. Hewas homeless, got arrested,overdosed and decided sever-al times that his life wasn’tworth living anymore.

“The line was not like thisline here (on the basketballcourt); it is an invisible line,”

Davis said. “This conversationis not just about drugs. It isabout alcohol, it is aboutdomestic abuse. You crossthat invisible line, you crossthat boundary…it is very,very serious.”

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2B SOCIETY3B BOOKING REPORT4B LEGAL NOTICES5B CLASSIFIEDS lifestylesDirty Dancing Drive-in Movie Night at Byerly Park

The City of Hartsville recently hosted a drive-in movie nightat Byerly Park, showing Dirty Dancing on the field beside thePirate Splash Pad. The 1987 flick was projected on a 40-footscreen while the audience either pulled up in their car or set-tled in the grass on chair, pillows and blankets. As the screenwas inflated, there were many videos being shot and selfiesbeing taken to commemorate the fun evening. There was pop-corn and drinks and at least one basket packed picnic. Beforethe movie began local dance teacher Brenda Cranford gath-ered a crowd to learn a few quick dance moves. All ages gath-ered on the dance floor to learn a mumbo and other styles.While there may have been a few participants with two leftfeet no one seemed to care as they danced with family andfriends, even trying their hand at the song famously danced toin the movie: (I've Had) The Time of My Life.PHOTOS BY MELISSA ROLLINS

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By Francis Parnell

Along with cooler nights,October brings a number ofpairings of planets and starswith theM o o n .There's alsoan exception-ally close con-junction ofVenus andMars.

At dawnon the 5th, Venus and Marsare only 1/4-degree apart intwilight - that's one-half theMoon's diameter! Binocularswill help separate sparklingwhite Venus from dimmer, red

Mars and an even dimmerbackground star in LEO, theLion. Venus and Mars haven'tbeen this close since 1995.

One hour before sunriseon the 17th, a very thin wan-ing crescent Moon is 6-degrees above Venus and 2-degrees left, or lower left, ofdim, red Mars.

On Thursday the 19th,Uranus is at Opposition(directly opposite the Sun inour night sky) at1,757,084,752 miles (2.6light-hours) from Earth.With a small telescope and agood star chart showing thepath of Uranus, you should beable to see the small blue-green disc of the seventhplanet from the Sun. Uranuscan be found among the stars

of PISCES, the Fishes. Thewebsites of Sky & Telescopeor Astronomy magazines mayhave a star chart that you canprint out. Uranus is justbright enough that underdark skies you can spot itwithout optical aid.

For early risers, the annualOrionid Meteor shower peaksbefore dawn on the 21stunder moonless conditions.Under dark skies, expect tosee up to 20 meteors perhour. At 4 a.m. EDT, the con-stellation of ORION is high inthe south-southeast, but scanthe sky in all directions. Younever know where you'll see ablazing streak of light!

At dusk on the 23rd,Saturn is about 6-degrees leftof the waxing crescent Moon

in the southwestern sky. Onthe 24th, a slightly fattercrescent Moon is approxi-mately 6-degrees to theupper left of Saturn.

Enjoy the early fall nightsand "Keep looking up!"

Francis Parnell of Darlingtonhas been an amateurastronomer for over 46 years,and was on the staff and helpedout at the Francis MarionUniversity Observatory from1982 until 2006 by showing vis-itors "what's out there." Withthe help of a friend, Mr. ErnestLowry, he built his own telescopein 1986. And, because of lightpollution, for the last 31 years hehas been advocating for theadvantages of using fully-shield-ed lighting at night.

North Hartsville Elementary School Principal Kristi Austinrecently spoke to Kiwanians about what's happening at theschool and accepted a $1,000 check from Kiwanis President JimNelson. The contribution is possible because Kiwanians barbecuechickens in May and the community supports the fundraiser bybuying tickets. The money will buy books for classroom libraries.Contributed Photo

Sandy Brown of SPC presents TWO checks to Andrea Pullingof Carolina Kids! Carolina Kids were chosen to receive a $500SPC 75 Acts of Kindness Grant. They also won our Charity SelfieContest at the Chamber's Women Symposium! Carolina Kids isan organization with a mission to enhance the lives of the needychildren in the area by providing them with their basic necessi-ties as well as opportunities they would not normally receive.

The Greater DarlingtonChamber of Commerce invitesyou to be their guest at the 7thannual Toast of Darlington.The annual event will be heldon historic Oak Street in down-town Darlington on October 5from 6:30-9 p.m. Guests willvote on their favorite dish, andbe invited to participate in aspecial toast. This signatureChamber event includes abeautiful venue, live music,delicious food and drinks, andcelebration of the community.

Oak Street, with its historicbeauty, will be decorated foran evening of fellowship andcelebration. Johnny Glenn andthe Chasers will be back inDarlington to provide theevening’s entertainment.Guests will enjoy a variety ofdishes, prepared and providedby local businesses and organi-zations, and will have the

opportunity to vote on theirfavorite dish. While organiza-tions will have the chance toshow off their culinary skills,they will also be competing forrecognition and an award fromthe stage. After presenting theToast of Darlington CookAward, champagne andsparkling juice will be avail-able to all guests for a specialtoast. This event showcaseswonderful businesses, andpresents the perfect opportuni-ty to celebrate those who helpmake our community soremarkable.

Tickets are $35 in advance,or $40 at the gate. Tickets canbe purchased from theChamber office or board mem-bers. For additional informa-tion, please contact Liz Gaineyat (843) 393-2641 [email protected].

Toast of Darlingtonreturns for 7th year

The New VisionCommunity DevelopmentCorporation has announcedtheir “Denim & DiamondsAffair” to benefit service proj-ects for senior citizens.Boardmember and projectcoordinator Clarence Ings saidthe CDC was excited to holdtheir annual event.

“The night will be filledwith fun including a DJ whowill take us all back to the

80s,” Ings said. “It will alsoinclude dinner, dancing andsinging artist from the pastSupremes, Whitney Houston,Temptation and more.”

The New Vision CDC has aspecial interest in SeniorCitizens. They provide a num-ber of services like field trips,bingo games, arts and crafts,and exercise classes.

Co-Chair Chanelle Ings ismost excited about having citi-

zens throughout DarlingtonCounty coming to showcasetheir awesome attire.

“The Denim & Diamondsevents are sure to be an eventfor everyone to come and havea great time with laughter andfellowship,” Ings said.“Through this fundraisingeffort, we plan to use theresources to benefit our “sea-soned” citizen projects wehave through our non-profit

organization New Vision.”The event will take place at

the New Hopewell OutreachCenter Ballroom at 1416Bethlehem Road in Hartsvilleon Saturday, October 14.Doors open at 6 p.m. with din-ner at 6:30 p.m. For moreinformation about the Denim& Diamonds Affair, or to pur-chase tickets, contact ClarenceIngs at 843-383-2754 or SarahKetter at 843-393-0422.

Denim & Diamonds benefit to support the New Vision CommunityDevelopment Corporation senior citizen projects

Peggy Ruthven, Chair of the selection committee, presentsa certificate from Pilot International President Faith Stampsand a plaque from the Darlington Pilot Club to Nancy Lee, theClub's 2017 PI Ambassador.

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Editor’s note: The bookingreport represents a list of personsarrested given to the media fromthe W. Glenn CampbellDetention Center under the S.C.Freedom of Information Act.

All people are presumed inno-cent until proven guilty. Pleasebe advised there are many peoplewith similar names.

If listed here erroneously,please contact the detention cen-ter, which will send us any cor-rections. If a person is found notguilty in a court of law, that per-son may have that printed hereas well by providing court docu-ments to us to that effect.

l James Anthony Byrd, 27,of 920 Mondora Street,Hartsville, Public DisorderlyConduct; Non Support; Fail toAppear DUS

l Ryan Christopher Caples,28, of 128 Durant Street,Bishopville, OperatingUninsured Motor Vehicle 1stOff; Fail to Return DriversLicense After Susp

l Edward Dargan, 65, of 812S Main St, Darlington,Violation of City Ordinance

l Christina Jean Eversole,33, of 2608 Rachel Lee Dr,Hartsville, FinancialTransaction Card Theft;Financial Trans Card Fraud<$500 in 6 Mths; FinancialTrans Card Fraud <$500 in 6Mths; Financial Trans CardFraud <$500 in 6 Mths

l Elizaberh AntonettGattison, 24, of 302 ChestnutSt, Darlington, Shoplifting<$2000; Shoplifting <$2000;Fraudulent Check Under $5001st; Fraudulent Check Under$500 1st

l Rusty Glen Johnson, 37, of2329 Greengarden Lane,Hartsville, RSG Value $2000 orLess

l James Deleon Munn, 35,of 406 W Mains T, Lamar,Shoplifting <$2000

l Octavia Shamone

Peterson, 30, of 920 MondoraStreet, Hartsville, PublicDisorderly Conduct

l Alonzo AlexanderPrescott, 44, of 401 PenningtonCircle, Hartsville, GrandLarceny >$2000 <$10,000;Breaking Into Auto/TanksWhere Fuel Stored; BreakingInto Auto/Tanks Where FuelStored; Breaking IntoAuto/Tanks Where FuelStored; Breaking IntoAuto/Tanks Where FuelStored; Petty Larceny <$2000

l Mary Beth Taylor Scurry,24, of 128 Durant Street,Bishopville, Driving UnderSuspension; Unlawful Carryingof Weapon

l Jodisha Lemeka Sumpter,23, of 670 Archdale, Sumter,Poss 28G or Less Marij/10G orLess Hash 1st

l Clifford Thompson, 42, ofNone, Fort Lauderdale FL,Safekeeping

l William Curtis Tyner, 64,of 2841 Patrick Hwy,Hartsville, RSG Value $2000 or

Lessl Wesley Albert Weaver, 27,

of 225 Newman Swamp Rd,Lamar, Assault and Battery 3rdDegree; Assault and Battery3rd Degree; Assault andBattery 3rd Degree

l Samuel Bennett, 36, of1680 Winding Ridge Drive,Hartsville, Shoplifting<$2000; Shoplifting <$2000

l Leroy Brown, 59, of 406Pine St, Darlington, Violationof City Ordinance

l Michael Brandon Conner,27, of Timmonsville Hwy,D a r l i n g t o n ,Domestic/Domestic Violence1st Degree; Burglary 3rdDegree 2nd Offense

l Nicole Eva Crowley, 32, of1029 E Lake Dr, Hartsville,Giving False Information;Uninsured Motor Vehicle FeeViolation; DUS (License notSusp DUI) 3rd or More

l Dominique DequinceyGeorge, 35, of 913 E CarolinaAve, Hartsville, PublicDisorderly Conduct; ResistingArrest

l Darius Cedric Gibson, 17,of 2760 Whitehall Ln,Hartsville, Murder; Arson 2ndDegree; Arson 3rd Degree

l Phlecia McCrea, 24, of1275 Mimosa Drive, Hartsville,Shoplifting <$2000

l Timekia McCrea, 24, of2257 East Home Avenue,Hartsville, Shoplifting <$2000

l Adam Eugene Odom, 33,of 437 Phillips St, Darlington,Obtaining Goods by FalsePretense <$75

l Dorian S Sansbury, 22, of601 West Washington Street,Hartsville, Entering PremisesAfter Warning; EnteringPremises After Warning

l Keirsten Dlaine Small, 37,of 405 Trackside Drive,D a r l i n g t o n ,Domestic/Domestic Violence3rd Degree

l Dan Ross Turnage, 30, of254 Nivens Road, Patrick,

Safecracking; Malicious Injuryto Personal Property <$2000;Shoplifting <$2000

l Elijah Wilds, 64, of 712Tony James Road, Hartsville,Assault and Battery 3rdDegree; Fail to Appear OpenContainer

l Samuel Lee Broadnax, 55,of 409 Parrott St #12,Darlington, Entering PremisesAfter Warning; Shoplifting<$2000; Fail to Appear AfterRelease for a Misdemeanor

l Rodney Ervin Cotton Jr.,31, of 312 Arbor Dr, Hartsville,Poss of a Weapon DuringViolent Crime;Weapon/Sale/Poss by CertainPerson/Stolen Gun; PossFirearm by Convicted ViolentFelon; Accessory Before theFact to a Felony; CriminalConspiracy; Armed RobberyArmed with Deadly Weapon;Poss <1 Gram of Meth orCocaine Base 1st

l Marcteze DemetriceJohnson, 23, of 1608 SouthFifth St, Hartsville, PossFirearm by Convicted ViolentFelon; Resisting Arrest; RSGValue $2,000; Burglary SecondDegree; Unlawful Carrying ofWeapon; Receiving StolenGoods Value >$2000<$10,000; Hit and RunAccident with PropertyDamage; Driving UnderSuspension; Grand Larceny>$2000 <$10,000; BurglarySecond Degree; Grand LarcenyValue $10,000; BurglarySecond Degree; Common LawRobbery Strong Arm Robbery;Burglary Second Degree; PettyLarceny <$2000

l Jaquan Rashad McCoy, 27,of 409 Moccasin Lane, Lamar,Public Disorderly Conduct

l Jermaine McCoy II, 18, of812 West Lynches River Road,Lamar, Public DisorderlyConduct

l Shykeem Shakur McCoy,20, of 409 Moccasin Ln, Lamar,Assault and Battery 3rd Degree

l William Thomas Warren,34, of 1346 Clyde Rd,Hartsville, Public DisorderlyConduct

l Rikki Williams Jr., 29, of503 Swift Creek Rd Apt 2,

Hartsville, Assault and Battery3rd Degree; Domestic Viol 2ndDegree; Assault and Battery2nd Degree

l Timothy Lamorris WilsonJr., 24, of 1416 Jack Circle Rd,Little River, Safekeeping

l Tashanda Labelle Brown,41, of 905 Myrtle St, Hartsville,Drugs/Man Dist Etc CocaineBase 3rd or Sub; Drugs/ManDist Etc Cocaine Base 3rd orSub; Drugs/Man Dist EtcCocaine Base 3rd or Sub;Drugs/Dist Sell Manuf or PWIDNear a School; Drugs/Dist SellManuf or PWID Near a School;Drugs/Dist Sell Manuf or PWIDNear a School

l Jeffery Carter, 36, of 405Mary Drive, Darlington, Fail toAppear DUS; Non Support;Non Support

l Bridget Marie PenalozaDominguez, 32, of 405 RaceTrack Rd, Darlington, Violationof City Ordinance

l Carlton Jamal Hardaway,28, of 1303 West Home Ave,Hartsville, Driving UnderSuspension; Uninsured MotorVehicle Fee Violation

l Jeffery NathanHedgepeth, 56, of 816 WCarolina Ave, Hartsville,DUI/Driving Under theInfluence .08 1st

l Brian Anthony Herbert,35, of 3327 N Davidson St,Charlotte NC, Poss 28G or LessMarij/10G or Less Hash 1st;Driving Under Suspension

l Willie James Hickman, 20,of 105 Mondora St, Hartsville,Discharging Firearm;Discharging Firearm Into aDwelling; Poss of a WeaponDuring Violent Crime; PossFirearm by Convicted ViolentFelon; Attempted Murder;Criminal Conspiracy; ArmedRobbery Armed with DeadlyWeapon

l Shareka Shantaria James,30, of 2614 Marmac Road,Charlotte NC, Speeding >10but < 15 MPH Over the SpeedLimit; Operating Motor Vehiclew/o License; Public DisorderlyConduct

l Shawn King, 51, of 305Campbell Street, Hartsville,Poss 28G or Less Marij/10G or

Less Hash 1st; Poss 28G or LessMarij/10G or Less Hash 1st

l Robin Reane Todd, 44, of503 Dovesville Hwy,Darlington, DUI/Driving Underthe Influence .08 1st; OpenContainer of Beer/Wine

l Christopher LamontDickey, 38, of 2061 BellhavenDrive, Darlington, DrivingUnder Suspension

l Michael Lee Elmore, 36, of1010 Spring Wood Dr,Darlington, Shoplifting<$2000

l Chris Foxe, 55, of 2404East Lydia Hwy, Hartsville,Entering Premises AfterWarning

l Lofton McCoy Garvin, 34,of 103 Windham Circle,Darlington, Violation of CityOrdinance

l Darquan NMN Gattison,26, of 3408 Wildflower Lane,Darlington, Leaving Scene ofAccident Unattended Vehicle;Speeding; Operating MotorVehicle w/o License

l Robert Brennan Graham,35, of 513 Bedford Ave Apt A,Hartsville, Shoplifting<$2000; Entering PremisesAfter Warning; Violation ofCity Ordinance

l Hunter Andrew Gray, 19,of 556 Turnpike Rd,Darlington, Public DisorderlyConduct; Purchase/Possessionof Beer or Wine by Minor

l Travis E Kirkland, 54, of208 Plaza Rd, Lamar,Weekender

l Menny McCain Wright, 37,of 754 New York Ave, Kershaw,Weekender

l Chris Leon McCoy, 39, of704 Ripley Station Road,Hartsville, Non Support

l Carolyn NicoleMcCullough Taylor, 26, of 143W Main St, Olanta, Shoplifting<$2000

l Justin Deysean Parks, 19,of 346 April Drive, Darlington,Breach of Trust <$2000

l Shakeena Laporcha Price,25, of 131 Coker St, Darlington,Public Disorderly Conduct

l Justin Alan Skipper, 18, of1032 Indian Branch Rd,Darlington, Breach of Trust<$2000

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CHARGESABHAN: Assault

and battery, high andaggravated nature

DUAC: Driving underunlawful alcohol

concentrationDUI: Driving

under the influenceDUS: Driving

under suspensionCDV: Criminal domestic

violenceCDVHAN: Criminal

domestic violence, highand aggravated naturePDC: Public disorderly

conductPWID: Possession with

intent to distributeSPOM: Simple

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Murder suspectstaken into custody

Darlington County Sheriff'sInvestigators with the CriminalInvestigations Division haveobtained murder warrants forKy'Ron Earl Jamal Peterson, 22,of Hartsville and Darius CedricGibson, 17, of Hartsville for thedeath of Dominic AltonMidgett. On September 5,Midgett was discovereddeceased in a residential firethat occurred on PersimmonsDr. in the Hartsville area. It isalleged that Peterson andGibson shot Midgett, thenattempted to cover up thehomicide by placing his body ina mobile home and setting it onfire. Peterson and Gibson arealso facing two counts of arson.

On September 16,Darlington County Sheriff'sInvestigators were able tolocate Peterson in Columbia.Peterson was arrested byagents with the South CarolinaLaw Enforcement Division andwas found to be in possessionof illegal narcotics. Petersonhas been charged by SLED withdistribution of methampheta-mine and is being held at theLexington County DetentionCenter on a $5,000 bond.Peterson will be brought toDarlington County for arraign-ment upon release from theLexington County DetentionCenter. Gibson was arrested onSeptember 19 and denied bondon Sept 21. Gibson remains atthe W. Glenn CampbellDetention Center.

This case remains underinvestigation. If you have anyinformation you are asked tocontact Darlington CountySheriff’s Investigators at (843)398-4501 or Crime Stoppers of

the Pee Dee at 1-888-CRIME-SC or text tip number 274637(CRIMES). You do not have toreveal your identity to leaveinformation.

Lydia area shootingbeing investigated

Darlington County Sheriff'sDeputies are currently investi-gating a shooting that occurredat approximately midnight onSept. 24 in the Lydia area ofDarlington County. There isone victim in critical condition.More information will be pro-vided as it becomes available.

If you have any informationyou are asked to contactDarlington County Sheriff’sInvestigators at (843) 398-

4501 or Crime Stoppers ofthe Pee Dee at 1-888-CRIME-SC or text tip number 274637(CRIMES). You do not have toreveal your identity to leaveinformation.

Coroner seekshelp to identifycrash victim

A motorcycle collision hasclaimed a life early Sept 25. At5:55 a.m., a motorcycle collid-ed with a truck at the intersec-tion of Kellytown Road andHwy 151 near Hartsville.

The rider of the motorcycledied and was pronounced deadat the scene by DarlingtonCounty Coroner Todd Hardee.The deceased was riding aYamaha motorcycle. He is awhite male that appears to bein his thirties. If you have anyinformation as to who this per-son is you are asked to contactthe Darlington CountyCoroners Office at 843-398-4920.

Governor’s School for Science & Mathematicsstudents earn state's highest ACT scores

The South CarolinaGovernor’s School for Science& Mathematics (GSSM) ispleased to announce that theGSSM Class of 2017 receivedthe highest ACT scores in thestate. With an average com-posite score of 30.1, GSSM stu-dents scored well above thenational average of 21.0

“Our students continue tomake us proud. They workvery hard and are deserving ofthis distinction,” said Dr.Hector Flores, GSSMPresident. “We also congratu-

late the twenty other SouthCarolina high schools whosestudents scored at or above thenational average. Their goodwork helps to build a strongerfuture for our state.”

The ACT includes four dif-ferent test categories: English,Math, Reading, and Science.Scores for each category andthe overall composite arebased on a 36-point scale. Theexam is used to measure stu-dent readiness for first-yearcollege courses and the per-formance levels of public, pri-

vate and home-based highschools.

For nearly thirty years,GSSM has been one of thenation's top-ranked residentialhigh schools, serving thestate's highest achieving jun-iors and seniors. It offersunique, college-level coursesand a hands-on curriculumwith a special focus on sci-ence, technology, engineering,math, and research, alongwith concentrations in eco-nomics and entrepreneurship,as well as a full array of

humanities courses.One of 12 specialized sci-

ence and math programs inthe country, the School hasbeen nationally recognized forits overall excellence, strongmix of intellectual challenges,and dedicated teachers, aswell as its rigorous mentoredscientific and economicresearch program.

For more information onhow to apply for GSSM’s classof 2020, visit:http://www.scgssm.org/admissions/residential-admissions.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – TheSouth Carolina Departmentof Consumer Affairs(SCDCA) is arming con-sumers with the knowledgethey need in the wake of theEquifax Security Breach.SCDCA encourages the 2.3million South Caroliniansaffected to guard againstidentity theft and:

Know the tools. SCDCAhas a short guide dedicatedto helping consumers whoseinformation was exposed.From security freezes to non-traditional monitoring toolsto the signs of id theft, theguide will help get con-sumers on the right track.Access it on the IdentityTheft Unit’s webpage.

Call SCDCA’s ID TheftUnit. Every case of identitytheft is different. Consumers

with questions about how toprevent or address identitytheft are encouraged to con-tact the Unit for specific guid-ance.

Avoid misconceptions andmisinformation. Identitytheft laws vary by state, somany SC consumers are oftenunintentionally given misin-formation by the creditreporting agencies andnational outlets. The bestsource for SC specific identitytheft information is SCDCA’sIdentity Theft Unit. Somecommon misconceptions are:

A security freeze costsmoney. It is free to place,temporarily or permanentlylift a freeze for SC residents.If a SC consumer is charged,they should file a complaintwith SCDCA.

Looking at my credit

report hurts my score.Consumers are entitledunder federal law to a freecredit report each year. Itdoes not affect your creditscore.

The fraud alert is the sameas the freeze. The fraud alertonly lasts 90 days and doesnot completely bar accessfrom the credit report like thefreeze does. The

fraud alert also entitlesconsumers to an additionalfree credit report; the freezedoes not.

My information wasexposed, I must be an identi-ty theft victim. Whether yourinformation was lost, stolenor exposed, it doesn’t makeyou an identity theft victim.A criminal has to use yourinformation for you to be avictim of identity theft. This

difference is important,impacting the roadmap youtake to address your situa-tion.

To view the newly releasedshort guide on avoiding iden-tity theft, and other helpfulresources, visit www.con-sumer.sc.gov or contactSCDCA’s Identity Theft Unit844-TELL DCA (835-5322).

About SCDCAThe South Carolina

Department of ConsumerAffairs aims to protect con-sumers from inequities

in the marketplace throughadvocacy, complaint media-tion, enforcement and educa-tion. To file a complaint or getinformation on consumerissues, visitwww.consumer.sc.gov or calltoll-free, (800) 922-1594.

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LEGAL NOTICESNOTICE TO CREDITORS

OF ESTATESAll persons having claims

against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: Justine ColemanDate of Death: 9/11/2016Case No: 2017ES1600440Personal Representative:William Coleman, JrAddress: 25 Trenton Drive,Elgin, SC 29045

(9p3 leave in thru 9-27-17)NOTICE TO CREDITORS


against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: William GlennFreeman, SrDate of Death: 6/6/2017Case No: 2017ES1600400Personal Representative:William G Freeman, JrAddress: 1013 Huntington Dr,Hartsville, SC 29550



against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: Rogers Adair JeffordsSrDate of Death: 8/16/2017Case No: 2017ES1600429Personal Representative:Elizabeth A JeffordsAddress: 109 Holly Drive,Hartsville, SC 29550



against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: Hannah JeanBonaparteDate of Death: 7/11/2017Case No: 2017ES1600428Personal Representative: CarolEvette RobertsAddress: PO Box 7551,Florence, SC 29502



against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and the

address of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: Joanne B CarterDate of Death: 10/9/2016Case No: 2017ES1600176Personal Representative: TerryCarterAddress: 118 Vaughan Street,Darlington, SC 29532Attorney: Gena Phillips ErvinAddress: PO Box 2527,Florence, SC 29503-2527

(9p3 leave in thru 9-27-17)NOTICE OF SALE

Docket No. 2017-CP-16-0331By virtue of a decree hereto-fore granted in the case of TheBank of New York Mellonf/k/a The Bank of New York,as trustee for Mid-StateCapital Trust 2010-1 againstOctavis L. Gillespie andNaomi L. George, I, the under-signed Special Referee forDarlington County, will sell onMonday, October 2, 2017, at11:00 A.M., at the DarlingtonCounty Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington,South Carolina, to the highestbidder: All that certainpiece, parcel, or lot of land,with the improvements there-on, situate, located, lying andbeing in the County ofDarlington, State of SouthCarolina, the same beingshown and delineated as Lot 2containing (1.50) acres, moreor less, upon a plat preparedby J.E. Tucker, RLS, datedMay 15, 2000, recorded in theOffice of the Clerk of Court forDarlington County in PlatBook 186 at page 15, whichplat is incorporated herein byreference; and also beingshown and delineated upon aplat prepared for Levern andBetty James by ProsserSurveying Co., RLS, datedFebruary 25, 2008, recordedApril 11, 2008 in Plat Book201 at page 793; which plat isincorporated herein by refer-ence; and having such bound-aries and measurements asshown thereon, more orless.This being the same prop-erty conveyed to Octavis L.Gillespie and Naomi L. Georgeby deed from Green TreeServicing LLC dated January17, 2015 and recorded in theOffice of the Clerk of Court forDarlington County onFebruary 13, 2015 in Book1074 at page 6563.TMS No.116-00-01-049. Currentaddress of property is¬¬3337 E. Old CamdenRoad, Society Hill, SC29593. SUBJECT TO ASSESS-MENTS, DARLINGTONCOUNTY TAXES, EXISTINGEASEMENTS, EASEMENTSAND RESTRICTIONS OFRECORD, AND OTHER SEN-IOR ENCUMBRANCES, IFANY. TERMS OF SALE: Thesuccessful bidder, other thanthe Plaintiff, will deposit withthe Special Referee, at theconclusion of the bidding,Five per cent (5%) of the bidin cash or equivalent, as evi-dence of good faith, same tobe applied to the purchaseprice in case of compliance,but to be forfeited and appliedfirst to costs and then toPlaintiff's debt in the case ofnon-compliance. Should thelast and highest bidder fail orrefuse to make the requireddeposit at time of bid or com-ply with the other terms of thebid within thirty (30) days,then the Special Referee mayresell the property on thesame terms and conditions onsome subsequent Sales Day(at the risk of the said highestbidder.) No personal or defi-ciency judgment beingdemanded, the bidding willnot remain open after thedate of sale, but compliancewith the bid may be madeimmediately. Purchaser to payfor preparation of the SpecialReferee's deed, documentarystamps on the deed, recordingof the deed, and interest onthe amount of the bid fromdate of sale to date of compli-ance with the bid at the rateof 8.875% per annum. Eugene P. Warr, Jr.As Special Referee forDarlington CountyPlaintiff's Attorney:J. Kershaw Spong [SC Bar #5289] SOWELL GRAY ROBINSONSTEPP & LAFFITTE, LLCP.O. Box 11449Columbia, SC 29211(803) 929-1400Email:[email protected]

(9c3 leave in thru 9-27-17)SPECIAL REFEREE'S AMENDED NOTICE OF

SALEBY VIRTUE of a decree hereto-fore granted in the case of:TD Bank, N.A., Successor bymerger to Carolina First Bankv. Charles B. Baxley, as thePersonal Representative of theEstate of Frank Edward Floyd,et. al, Civil Action Number2017-CP-16-159, W. HaighPorter, Special Referee forDarlington County, hasordered that following proper-ty, which is the subject of theabove action, be sold onOctober 3, 2017, at 12:30 p.m.at the Darlington CountyCourthouse, 1 Public Square,Darlington, to the highest bid-der:Real Property:All that certain parcel or lot ofland with improvementsthereon situate and being inthe City of Hartsville, Countyof Darlington, State of SouthCarolina, and being more par-ticularly shown on that platprepared for Frank E. Floyd byJ. H. Walker & Associatesdated December 11, 1996,and found recorded in theoffice of the Clerk of Court forDarlington County in PlatBook 152 at page 189; saidproperty bounded as follows:NORTHEAST by U.S.Highway 15 (5th Street);SOUTHEAST and SOUTH-WEST by property now or for-

merly of Hartsville, SouthCarolina Joint Venture, a part-nership; and NORTHWEST byPoole Street (S.C. Highway S-16-198).TOGETHER WITH a perma-nent, non-exclusive easementappurtenant for vehicular andpedestrian egress and ingressas is more particularly definedand shown in the deed toFrank E. Floyd dated January13, 1988, and found recordedin the office of the Clerk ofCourt for Darlington Countyon January 14, 1988, in Book923 at page 82.This being the same propertyconveyed to Frank E. Floyd bydeed of Hartsville, SouthCarolina Joint Venture, aTennessee general partnershipof Richard A. Rice, Robert F.Koehler and 6116 PropertyCompany, Ltd., recorded inthe Office of the Register ofDeeds for Darlington Countyon January 14, 1988 in Book923 at Page 82. Frank E.Floyd died testate on August16, 2015, conveying his inter-est in the property Charles B.Baxley as Trustee of the FrankE. Floyd Trust. TMS No.: 056-14-04-074Property Address: Corner ofS. 5th Street and Poole StreetPersonal Property:(1) Equipment. All equip-ment including, but not limit-ed to, all machinery, vehicles,furniture, fixtures, manufac-turing equipment, farmmachinery and equipment,shop equipment, office andrecordkeeping equipment,and parts and tools. All equip-ment described in a list orschedule which I give will alsobe included in the Property,but such a list is not necessaryfor a valid security interest inmy equipment. (2) Specific Property. ALLFURNITURE, FIXTURES ANDEQUIPMENT located at theReal Property.Equipment, Brand, S/NWALK-IN COOLER VOLL-RATH 880280120R FR-1WALK-IN FREEZER VOLL-RATH 880280120R FR-1MULTIPLEX (DRINKMACHINE) MULTIPLEX 888-000802 FRYER EXHAUSTHOOD GAYLORD GESID4527-020288 BROILEREXHAUST HOOD GAYLORD FRYER #1 (PRICED AS AGROUP) FRYMASTER88021B10106 FRYER #2 FRY-MASTER 88021B0105MULTIPOT #1 FRYMASTER88021B0108 MULTIPOT #2FRYMASTER 88021B0107FRYER COMPUTER #1(TIMER) (GROUP PRICE)FRYMASTER 89962 FRYERCOMPUTER #2 (TIMER)FRYMASTER 89985 MULTI-POT COMPUTER #1(TIMER) FRYMASTER 90009MULTIPOT COMPUTER #2(TIMER) FRYMASTER 90013FRYER FILTER MACHINEFRY DUMP STATION FOODSERVICE 874810288 EGGGRILL LANG BROILER NIECO 7031304STEAMER (INCLUDEDW/PREP COUNTER) HATCO4105709502 MAIN PREP,COUNTER 853850288HEAT CHUTE MICROWAVE#1 AMANA 9609139641MICROWAVE #2 PANASONICAB8195002446 MICROWAVE#3 SHARP 05164MICRO WAVE #4 SHARP05175 STAINLESS STEELWORK TABLE FOOD SERV-ICE HATCO #1 COLLECTRA-MATIC SPECIALTY FREEZERBROILED CHICKENTHAW/DISPENSER BENRYEAIR 1213314 1213314MEAT FREEZER WELL FOODSERVICE FRONT COUNTERREFRIGERATOR HH353367-A ICE MACHINE #1 ICEONATIC A815-00075-W ICEMACHINE #2 HOSHIZAKIKM-1200SRE BISCUIT OVENVULCAN 8802570 CREST-COR BISCUIT HOLDERDRIVE-THRU SERVICECOUNTER FOOD SERVICE DRIVE-THRU ICE BIN FOODSERVICE DRIVE-THRUDRINK TOWER DRIVE-THRUCUP DISPENSER 3M COM-MUNICATION SYSTEM 3MHME DRIVE-THRU TIMERHME 42484 FRONT SERVICECOUNTER FOOD SERVICE0942288 MENU BOARD(FRONT COUNTER) MENU BOARD (DRIVE-THRU) FASFAX POS SYSTEMFASFAX LA1333 SELF-SERV-ICE DRINK BAR FOOD SERV-ICE REMCOR ICE DIS-PENSER #1 REMCOR REM-COR ICE DISPENSER #2REMCOR DRINK HEADS #1 DRINK HEADS #2 TAYLORSHAKE MACHINE 5454 TAY-LOR DINING ROOM PACK-AGE PLAYGROUND EQUIP-MENT SOFTPLAY PLAY-GROUND TABLE/CHAIRSFOOD SERVICE CDI PLAYER007247VCR (TV & VCR PRICED ASSET) 054181233169 TV722475501 SAFE TIMECLOCK LEVEL LIGHT BARSYSTEM WASH/RINSE/SAN-ITIZE SINK SALAD PREP.SINK HAND SINK #1 HANDSINK #2 PARAPET BANDSBUILDING LETTERS BUILD-ING LOGO SIGN #1 BUILD-ING LOGO SIGN #2 POLESIGN WITH MARQUISSMALL WARES/MISC STAIN-LESS RACKS ETC. PRINCE CASTLE TOASTERPRINCE CASTLE BISCUITOVEN TIMER SPECIALTYTABLE FOOD SERVICE FRONT COUNTER CUP DIS-PENSER REACH-IN REFRIG-ERATOR (BACK)SILVER KING360553 DRIVE-THRU CAU-TION/CLEARANCE SIGNSHEALTHSUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS,DARLINGTON COUNTYTAXES, EXISTING EASE-MENTS, EASEMENTS ANDRESTRICTIONS OF RECORD,AND OTHER SENIORENCUMBRANCES.TERMS OF SALE: The suc-cessful bidder, other than theplaintiff, will deposit with theSpecial Referee at conclusionof the bidding, five percent

(5%) of his bid, in cash orequivalent, as evidence ofgood faith, same to be appliedto purchase price in case ofcompliance, but to be forfeit-ed and applied first to costsand then to plaintiff's debt inthe case of non-compliance.Should the last and highestbidder fail or refuse to makethe required deposit at time ofbid or comply with the otherterms of the bid within twenty(20) days, then the SpecialReferee may resell the proper-ty on the same terms and con-ditions on some subsequentSales Day (at the risk of thesaid highest bidder). PersonalDeficiency being demanded,the bidding will remain openfor 30 days, but compliancewith the bid may be madeimmediately. Purchaser topay for documentary stampson Deed. The successful bid-der will be required to payinterest on the amount of thebid from the date of sale todate of compliance with thebid at the rate of 4.0% perannum. Plaintiff may waiveany of its rights, including itsrights to a deficiency judg-ment, prior to sale.W. Haigh PorterSpecial Referee, DarlingtonCountyNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP B. Keith Poston Attorney for PlaintiffP. O. Box 11070Columbia, SC 29211(803) 799-2000

(9c3 leave in thru 9-27-17)Notice of Sale

C/A No: 2017-CP-16-00418BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE ofthe Court of Common Pleasfor Darlington County, SouthCarolina, heretofore issued inthe case of Pingora LoanServicing, LLC vs. Caleb W.Jones; Home-Net, Inc., I theundersigned as SpecialReferee for DarlingtonCounty, will sell on October 2,2017 at 11:00 AM, at theCounty Court House,Darlington County, SouthCarolina, to the highest bid-der:Legal Description andProperty Address:ALL THAT CERTAIN piece,parcel or lot of land withimprovements thereon, situ-ate lying and being Northeastof Hartsville, County ofDarlington, State of SouthCarolina, and being designat-ed as Lot 2, Section C, ofSherwood Forest Subdivisionas shown on plat made by W.R. Banks, RLS, recorded inplat Book 39 at Page 93. Saidlot also being shown on anindividual plat prepared forRose Marie Goyeneche andJonathon Diven by Lind,Hicks & Associates, Surveyors,Inc., recorded in Plat Book198 at Page 619, DarlingtonCounty Records. Referencebeing held to the aforemen-tioned plats for a more com-plete and accurate descriptionof metes and bounds.THIS BEING the same proper-ty conveyed to Caleb W. Jonesby virtue of a Deed fromHome-Net, Inc. datedDecember 15, 2015 andrecorded December 21, 2015in Deed Book 1077 at page4070 in the Office of the Clerkof Court for DarlingtonCounty, South Carolina.127 Robinhood RoadHartsville, SC 29550 TMS# 055-03-01-041TERMS OF SALE: For cash.Interest at the current rate ofFour and 750/1000 (4.750%)to be paid on balance of bidfrom date of sale to date ofcompliance. The purchaser topay for papers and stamps,and that the successful bidderor bidders, other than thePlaintiff therein, will, uponthe acceptance of his or herbid, deposit with the SpecialReferee for Darlington Countya certified check or cash in theamount equal to five percent(5%) of the amount of bid onsaid premises at the sale asevidence of good faith in bid-ding, and subject to any resaleof said premises under Orderof this Court; and in the eventthe said purchaser or pur-chasers fail to comply with theterms of sale within Thirty(30) days, the Special Refereeshall forthwith resell the saidproperty, after the due noticeand advertisement, and shallcontinue to sell the same eachsubsequent sales day until apurchaser, who shall complywith the terms of sale, shall beobtained, such sales to bemade at the risk of the formerpurchaser. Since a personal ordeficiency judgment iswaived, the bidding will notremain open but compliancewith the bid may be madeimmediately. If the Plaintiff orthe Plaintiff's representativedoes not appear at the above-described sale, then the saleof the property will be null,void, and of no force andeffect. In such event, the salewill be rescheduled for thenext available sales day.Plaintiff may waive any of itsrights, including its right to adeficiency judgment, prior tosale. Sold subject to taxes andassessments, existing ease-ments and restrictions ofrecord.Eugene P. Warr, Jr., Special Referee for DarlingtonCountyDarlington, South Carolina________, 2017Hutchens Law FirmP.O. Box 8237Columbia, SC 29202803-726-2700

(9c3 leave in thru 9-27-17)NOTICE

OF APPLICATIONNotice is hereby given that

Maruti Sunand Inc. intends toapply to the South CarolinaDepartment of Revenue for alicense/permit that will allowthe sale and off premises con-sumption of Beer, Wine at 162S. Main Street, Society Hill, SC29593. To object to theissuance of this permit/license,

written protest must be post-marked no later than Oct. 6,2017. For a protest to be valid,it must be in writing, andshould include the followinginformation:

(1) the name, address andtelephone number of the per-son filing the protest;

(2) the specific reasonswhy the application should bedenied;

(3) that the person protest-ing is willing to attend a hear-ing (if one is requested by theapplicant);

(4) that the person protest-ing resides in the same countywhere the proposed place ofbusiness is located or withinfive miles of the business; and,

(5) the name of the appli-cant and the address of thepremises to be licensed.

Protests must be mailed to:S.C. Department of Revenue,Attn: ABL, PO Box 125,Columbia, S.C. 29214; or faxedto: (803) 896-0110.( 10p3 leave in thru 10-4-17 )NOTICE TO CREDITORS


against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: Norris BacoteDate of Death: 8/24/2017Case No: 2017ES1600449Personal Representative:Gladys Bacote HunterAddress: 848 Cashua FerryRoad, Darlington, SC 29532(10p3 leave in thru 10-4-17)NOTICE TO CREDITORS


against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: Hugh Wilson BerryDate of Death: 8/18/2017Case No: 2017ES1600450Personal Representative: JillBerry SinclairAddress: 19 Huntwick Ct,Columbia, SC 29206(10p3 leave in thru 10-4-17)NOTICE TO CREDITORS


against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: Carolyn Elaine BacoteDate of Death: 1/30/2017Case No: 2017ES1600404Personal Representative: AlvinW BacoteAddress: 3707 ThomassonCrossing Dr., Triangle, VA22172(10p3 leave in thru 10-4-17)NOTICE TO CREDITORS


against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: Dennis GrahamDouglasDate of Death: 5/5/2017

Case No: 2017ES1600299Personal Representative:Denise Douglas KingAddress: 314 Brantley Drive,Hartsville, SC 29550Co-Personal Representative:Donald Hampton DouglasAddress: 1652 Lakeview Blvd,Hartsville, SC 29550Co-Personal Representative:Graham Vick DouglasAddress: 4052 Porter Road,Bethune, SC 29009(10p3 leave in thru 10-4-17)NOTICE TO CREDITORS


against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: James E DudleyDate of Death: 9/11/2017Case No: 2017ES1600459Personal Representative:James Spencer DudleyAddress: 405 Sylvia Ln,Darlington, SC 29532(11p3 leave in thru 10-11-17)NOTICE TO CREDITORS


against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: Harvey VanburenKnightDate of Death: 6/30/2017Case No: 2017ES1600458Personal Representative:Harvey Laverne KnightAddress: 1033 Glencroft Drive,Columbia, SC 29210(11p3 leave in thru 10-11-17)NOTICE TO CREDITORS


against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: David SandersonDate of Death: 9/9/2017Case No: 2017ES1600452Personal Representative:Emily G SandersonAddress: 3433 Bethel Rd,Hartsville, SC 29550(11p3 leave in thru 10-11-17)NOTICE TO CREDITORS


against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: Geneva Allen JonesAKA Geneva A JonesDate of Death: 8/5/2017

Case No: 2017ES1600453Personal Representative:Clifton Eugene Jones, JrAddress: 4432 Lake Circle,Little River, SC 29566(11p3 leave in thru 10-11-17)NOTICE TO CREDITORS


against the following estatesMUST file their claims onForm #371ES with theProbate Court of DarlingtonCounty, the address of which isRoom 208 Courthouse, OnePublic Square, Darlington, SC29532, within eight(8)months after the date of thefirst publication of this Noticeto Creditors or within one (1)year from date of death,whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such personsshall be forever barred as totheir claims. All claims arerequired to be presented inwritten statements on the pre-scribed form (FORM #371ES)indicating the name and theaddress of the claimant, thebasis of the claim, the amountclaimed, the date when theclaim will become due, thenature of any uncertainty as tothe claim and a description ofany security as to the claim.Estate: Windol H StoneDate of Death: 8/15/2017Case No: 2017ES1600441Personal Representative:Robbie G StoneAddress: PO Box 156,Darlington, SC 29540Attorney: John Jay James, IIAddress: PO Box 507,Darlington, SC 29540(11c3 leave in thru 10-11-17)SUMMONS AND NOTICE

OF FILING OF COMPLAINTAND NOTICE OF FORE-CLOSURE INTERVEN-

TION(NON-JURY MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE)DEFICIENCY WAIVED

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF DARLINGTONIN THE COURT OF COMMON

PLEASC/A NO: 2017-CP-16-00441Guild Mortgage Company,PLAINTIFF,vs.Ana Jackson; Gardner Green,LLCDEFENDANT(S)TO THE DEFENDANTS,ABOVE NAMED:YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-MONED and required toanswer the Complaint herein,a copy of which is herewithserved upon you, or otherwiseappear and defend, and toserve a copy of your Answerto said Complaint upon thesubscriber at his office,Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box8237, Columbia, SC 29202,within thirty (30) days afterservice hereof, except as tothe United States of America,which shall have sixty (60)days, exclusive of the day ofsuch service, and if you fail toanswer the Complaint withinthe time aforesaid, or other-wise appear and defend, thePlaintiff in this action willapply to the Court for therelief demanded therein, andjudgment by default will berendered against you for therelief demanded in theComplaint.YOU WILL ALSO TAKENOTICE that should you failto Answer the foregoingSummons, the Plaintiff willmove for an Order ofReference of this case to theMaster in Equity forDarlington County, whichOrder shall, pursuant to Rule53 of the South CarolinaRules of Civil Procedure,specifically provide that thesaid Master in Equity isauthorized and empowered toenter a final judgment in thiscase with appeal only to theSouth Carolina Court ofAppeals pursuant to Rule203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effec-tive June 1, 1999.TO MINOR(S) OVER FOUR-TEEN YEARS OF AGE,AND/OR TO MINOR(S)UNDER FOURTEEN YEARSOF AGE AND THE PERSONWITH WHOM THEMINOR(S) RESIDES,AND/OR TO PERSONSUNDER SOME LEGAL DIS-ABILITY:YOU ARE FURTHER SUM-MONED AND NOTIFIED toapply for the appointment of aguardian ad litem within thir-ty (30) days after the serviceof this Summons and Noticeupon you. If you fail to do so,application for such appoint-ment will be made by thePlaintiff immediately and sep-arately and such applicationwill be deemed absolute andtotal in the absence of yourapplication for such anappointment within thirty(30) days after the service ofthe Summons and Complaintupon you.YOU WILL ALSO TAKENOTICE that should you failto Answer the foregoingSummons, the Plaintiff willmove for an Order ofReference of this case to theMaster in Equity in/for thisCounty, which Order shall,pursuant to Rule 53 of theSouth Carolina Rules of CivilProcedure, specifically pro-vide that the said Master inEquity is authorized andempowered to enter a finaljudgment in this case withappeal only to the SouthCarolina Court of Appealspursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) ofthe SCAR, effective June 1,

1999.NOTICE OF FILING OF SUM-MONS AND COMPLAINTTO THE DEFENDANTSABOVE NAMED:YOU WILL PLEASE TAKENOTICE that the foregoingSummons, along with theComplaint, was filed with theClerk of Court for DarlingtonCounty, South Carolina, onJune 7, 2017.NOTICE OF FORECLOSUREINTERVENTIONPLEASE TAKE NOTICE THATpursuant to the SouthCarolina Supreme CourtAdministrative Order 2011-05-02-01, (hereinafter“Order”), you may have aright to ForeclosureIntervention.To be considered for any avail-able Foreclosure Intervention,you may communicate withand otherwise deal with thePlaintiff through its law firm,Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. Box8237, Columbia, SC 29202 orcall 803-726-2700. HutchensLaw Firm, represents thePlaintiff in this action anddoes not represent you.Under our ethical rules, weare prohibited from givingyou any legal advice.You must submit any requestsfor Foreclosure Interventionconsideration within 30 daysfrom the date of this Notice.IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, ORVOLUNTARILY ELECT NOTTO PARTICIPATE IN FORE-CLOSURE INTERVENTION,YOUR MORTGAGE COMPA-NY/AGENT MAY PROCEEDWITH A FORECLOSUREACTION. If you have alreadypursued loss mitigation withthe Plaintiff, this Notice doesnot guarantee the availabilityof loss mitigation options orfurther review of your qualifi-cations.(11c3 leave in thru 10-11-17)DARLINGTON COUNTY

COUNCILNOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING NOVEMBER 6, 2017

6 P.M.COURTHOUSE ANNEX/EMS

BUILDING1625 HARRY BYRD HIGH-

WAY (HWY. 151)DARLINGTON, SC 29532

843-398-4100www.darcosc.com

Notice is hereby given thatthere will be a Public Hearingheld before the DarlingtonCounty Council on the dateand time above stated toreceive comments on the fol-lowing proposed ordinancesand lease:Ordinance No. 17-12, AnOrdinance To AmendDarlington County Code OfOrdinances To Repeal Chapter40 (Personnel), Article II.(Department Head ResidencyRequirement) Declaring SameTo Be Null And Void And OfNo Effect Ordinance No. 17-13, AnOrdinance To AmendDarlington County Code OfOrdinances, Appendix A(Development StandardsOrdinance), Article 6. (HowDevelopment Permits AreReviewed And Approved),Section 6.3. (Conditions ForSubdivision Or DevelopmentPlan Approval), To Establish AReduced Development FeeFor Plan Review For ChurchesAnd Non-ProfitOrganizations, And ToEstablish The Effective DateOf This Ordinance Ordinance No. 17-14, AnOrdinance To AmendDarlington County Code OfOrdinances, Chapter 2(Administration), Article V.(Finance), Division 7 (Fees),Section 2-412 (Fee Schedule),To Add A Section EstablishingUniform Fees And Rates ForCopy, Search, Retrieval, AndRedaction Of Public RecordsPursuant To South CarolinaFreedom Of Information Act,As Amended Proposed Lease Of 103.7Acres Of Cropland Owned ByDarlington County LocatedAdjacent To DarlingtonCounty Landfill, 2301 GreatCypress Road, Darlington, SCFor The Period BeginningJanuary 8, 2018 And EndingOctober 31, 2023 Anyone wishing to present anopinion on these ordinancesand/or lease may do so at thistime.Assistance will be provided toaccommodate the specialneeds of handicapped personsattending the meeting uponrequest. Special assistancerequests should be made to J.JaNet Bishop, Clerk toCouncil, at 843-398-4100,seventy-two hours prior to thescheduled public hearing.(11c1 leave in thru 9-27-17)

Request For BidDarlington County is acceptingbids for the following:1. IFB# 03-10-12-2017 FarmLease Environmental ServicesPlease check the county web-site for more information,www.darcosc.com/depart-ments/purchasing/index.php .(11c1 leave in thru 9-27-17)

Request For BidDarlington County is acceptingbids for the following:1. IFB 03-09-26-2017 LamarDixie Field Parking Area2. RFP 01-10-19-2017 RFPLease- Purchase Excavator Please check the county web-site for more information,www.darcosc.com/depart-ments/purchasing/index.php .(11c1 leave in thru 9-27-17)

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Pam T. Sherrill & Co.

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2381 Green Street Road---Brick Ranch home with 1,937 sq ft of living area,3 bedrooms, 2 baths, & 1 car attached carport. Home sits on 1.93 acres of land.Home needs some TLC. Sold "AS IS". Priced @ $59,900. Bring all offers

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2200 Lides Springs Rd --- 3 bedrooms,2 full baths, 2 half baths, 3,485 sq ft --$249,9004818 Lullwater Drive- 3 bedrooms, 2baths, 2.066 sq ft--$209,900548 Mineral Springs Rd--3 bedrooms,2 baths, 1,609 sq ft---$174,900122 Columbian St---3 bedrooms, 2baths, 2,608 sq ft $174,900104 Florida Dr--3 bedrooms, 2 1/2baths, 2,217 sq ft ---$174,900485 Anderson Drive-3 bedrooms, 3baths, 1,967 sq ft, inground pool--$159,900405 Chatham Place, Florence---3bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,700 sq ft, $1,000decorating allowance with acceptableoffer. --$134,0004854 Lullwater Dr -- 3 bedrooms, 2baths, 1,460 sq ft -- $139,900

107 Laurel Ave---3 bedrooms, 2 bath,1,400 sq ft--$134.900403 N. McCall St -- 3 bedrooms, 2baths, 1,582 sq ft, $2,500 decoratingallowance with acceptable offer. --$125,9003217 Winding Way Dr, Florence---3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,248 sq ft---$116,9003221 Winding Way Dr, Florence---3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,248 sq ft---$116,9003213 Winding Way, Florence--3 bed-rooms, 2 bath, 1,248 sq ft $116,5001724 S. Center Rd -- 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,279 sq ft---$79,500 301 S. McFarland St (Hartsville) - 2bedrooms, 1 bath 1,400 sq ft -- $30,900

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Twins Lane-Timmonsville-49.96 acres -Farm land and wooded land $125,000Bobo Newsome Hwy (Hartsville)--22.51 acres of wooded land. $66,7003053 Marcus Drive-(Hartsville)--1.98acre lot. Lot has a home on it that hasburned. Sold "AS IS" Priced at $19,900

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2244 Harry Byrd Hwy - Commercial bld. 11,684 sq ft metal building. Sits on 4+ acresof land. 6 ft fence around perimeter of property. Currently used as an office, warehouse, &Restaurant/ lounge. Plenty of office area. 5 restrooms. Lots of potential uses. Convenientlylocated 4 miles from Darlington Raceway. Close to Hartsville and I-20. Owner will financewith a $150,000 down payment. Call today to see this property. Priced at $750,000

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ODOM’S MINI STORAGE1009 N. Main St., Darlington

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PHILIP SAUNDERSStorage #223 - HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

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Guns Ammunition TrailerFurniture Glassware

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Guns: 50 +/- Guns will be offered at Absolute Auction. Hand Guns (Pistols), Long Guns (Rifles, Shotguns, Assault). For a list check our website, damonshorttproperties.com or Auctionzip.com

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Students and families fromacross Darlington CountySchool District are invited toparticipate in the 2017 MagnetFair on Sept. 28 from 6-8 p.m. atDarlington Middle School.

The Magnet Fair aims to stirup excitement and applicationsfor the district’s magnet pro-grams. There are several pro-grams available in the district,and returning for a second yearwill be the ACCELERATE SC’sEngineering LaunchPad andPre-ACCELERATE BRIDGEProgram. Open to rising ninthand 10th graders, the programwill be housed at Mayo HighSchool for Math, Science andTechnology. Criteria for accept-ance into the programs includesuccessful completion ofAlgebra I in eighth grade, suc-cessful completion of Algebra IIin ninth grade, current firstsemester grades, standardizedtest scores, and two positiveteacher recommendations.

The district’s online magnetapplication will go live at the

start of the fair. The excitingevent will kick off with an open-ing act by the Darlington MiddleSchool cheerleaders in theschool’s cafeteria. The fair willalso feature photo booths, facepainting and food for sale.

Other performances duringthe Magnet Fair will includeDarlington High SchoolMarching Falcons, HartsvilleMiddle School band, ThornwellSchool for the Arts’ chorus,Mayo High School for Math,Science and Technology’sPhoenix Phame. All contribut-ing schools will includeBrockington ElementaryMagnet School, ThornwellSchool for the Arts, DarlingtonMiddle School, HartsvilleMiddle School, Darlington HighSchool, Hartsville High Schooland Mayo High School.

Darlington Middle School islocated at 150 Pinedale Drive inDarlington. For more informa-tion, call Marisa Johnson, coor-dinator of Arts and InnovativePrograms, at 843-398-2241.

DCSD hosting 2017 Magnet Fairat Darlington Middle School

The Greater DarlingtonChamber of Commerce is host-ing Darlington’s BiggestTailgate on Thursday,September 28. This free com-munity event will take placeon the Square in Darlingtonfrom 6-8:30 p.m., the daybefore Darlington HighSchool’s Homecoming gameagainst the CrestwoodKnights. There will be foodand drinks for purchase, livemusic from Johnny Glenn andthe Chasers, and a cannedfood drive to benefit The Lord

Cares. The entire Darlington com-

munity is invited to come outto the Square to show theirteam spirit. Attendees areasked to wear their best spiritgear and to bring cannedgoods in support of theirfavorite teams. The cannedfood drive will benefit TheLord Cares, and will also add alittle friendly competition tothe event. As attendees comein support of their favoriteteams, they will also be plac-ing their canned food dona-

tions in their favorite team’sbin. At the end of the evening,the team with the most canswins. Fans will celebrate thevictory by listening to theirfight song and chanting. Thisis the perfect opportunity towear your DHS purple, andhelp them win the cannedfood competition. However,you can come dressed to sup-port any sport’s team; it is notlimited to any sport, school, ordivision.

This event lives up to itsname of Darlington’s Biggest

Tailgate because of the tailgat-ing atmosphere. Everyone isinvited to bring their tailgatingchairs and enjoy live musicand good food. Johnny Glennand the Chasers will be provid-ing the evening’s entertain-ment, and food and beverageswill be available for purchase.No tents, cars, or coolers areallowed.

Darlington’s BiggestTailgate is a free event for theDarlington community. Formore information call theChamber at 843-393-2641.

Chamber hosts community tailgating event

The South CarolinaGovernor’s School for Science &Mathematics (GSSM) is pleasedto announce that research con-ducted by Katherine Kilgore,GSSM Class of 2016, has beenpublished in Forensic ScienceInternational.

Kilgore, daughter of Robertand Ruth Kilgore of Hartsville,worked on her research during

the Summer Program forResearch Interns (SPRI). SPRIand the international ResearchExperience Scholars Program(RESP) are exciting programsunique to GSSM. For six weeksduring the summer between jun-ior and senior years, GSSM stu-dents join research groups at uni-versity and corporate R&D labsin South Carolina, the United

States, Europe or Asia. Studentswork with their research men-tors and Governor's School facul-ty during their senior year tocompile and analyze theirresearch findings, prepare for-mal research papers, and presenttheir work at the GSSM AnnualResearch Colloquium and at theSC Junior Academy of Scienceannual meeting.

Placed at the University ofSouth Carolina in 2015, Kilgoreworked under the supervision ofDr. Stephen Morgan, a professorin the department of chemistryand biochemistry. Her researchwas entitled “A quantitativemethod for determining a repre-sentative detection limit of foren-sic luminol test for latent blood-stains.”

GSSM Alumna’s research published in Forensic Science International Journal

NEWS AND PRESS | DARLINGTON, S.C.PAGE 6B | WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

FMU students elected to lead S.C. College Republicans

Much can be said about themerits of taking chances andseizing opportunities in col-lege.

Just ask the three studentsfrom Francis MarionUniversity who are now thehighest-ranking members ofthe South Carolina CollegeRepublican apparatus.

Tyler Hughes, a seniorfrom Cane Branch, was elect-ed the South Carolina CollegeRepublican’s (SCCR) chair-man over the summer. AustinHalliburton, a senior fromGoose Creek is the secondvice chair and Kylie Cracknell,a senior from Murrells Inlet,is the membership director.

SCCR records aren’t com-prehensive of the organiza-tion’s history, but the ascentof an FMU student to thechairmanship is a rare event,as students from the state’slarger universities have longdominated the SCCR.

Hughes, who has volun-teered for various political

campaigns since his freshmanyear, says it was just a matterof seizing an opportunity.

Hughes says that is whatand his friends have beendoing since they arrived atFMU.

“We all kind of met at thestudent involvement fairwhen we were freshman,”says Hughes. “We went to thefirst chapter meeting (ofFMU’s College Republicans)and were just about the onlyones there. We saw that was-n’t going to fly, so we woundup running as a ticket.”

The trio helped build themembership of the FMUCollege Republicans – thegroup now boasts more than100 members and regularmeeting attendance of 20 to30 students – then set theirsights on the state organiza-tion.

All three FMU studentshave been political junkiessince high school. They saythat more students ought to

take an interest in politics.“It really does make a dif-

ference,” says Cracknell, apolitical science major.“There are politics in almostevery part of life. Beinginvolved is important.”

Halliburton is replacingHughes as the chair of theFMU chapter of the CollegeRepublicans. Cracknell is thelocal chapter’s vice chair.

Right: Tyler Hughes, AustinHalliburton and Kylie Cracknellwere recently named to the toptop seats of the South CarolinaCollege Republicans organiza-tion. Photo Contributed.

Scientist partners withSRNL to repurpose

nuclear power byproduct

Darlington High Schoolsenior girls tennis players

CLEMSON – From themining of uranium ore to thestorage of used fuel, radioac-tive waste is generated atevery stage of the nuclearfuel cycle, and a ClemsonUniversity scientist is pursu-ing research that could helpin handling it.

Creager and three collab-orators sit in conferenceroom

In a collaboration withthe Savannah River NationalLaboratory (SRNL) in Aiken,College of Science professorStephen Creager of thedepartment of chemistry isworking on ways to cleanwater contaminated byradioactive tritium.

Tritium is an isotope, orform, of hydrogen with anucleus that has one protonand two neutrons. It differsfrom hydrogen in that theelement’s most commonform – protium – has a loneproton and no neutrons. Theother isotope of hydrogen –deuterium – falls in the mid-dle of the three, having oneproton and one neutron.

Because tritium is anunstable, radioactive iso-tope, it’s the rarest form ofhydrogen, produced mostlyas a byproduct of nuclearreactors rather than as a nat-urally occurring isotope. TheSavannah River NationalLaboratory is one of twofacilities in the United Statesthat stores the majority ofthe country’s nuclear waste,prompting the desire forSRNL to better understandhow to dispose of or repur-pose tritium. Creager mighthave a way to do it using theworld’s thinnest material:graphene.

“In 2010, the Nobel Prizein physics was awarded forstudies on graphene,”Creager said. “At the time, Ithought it was trivialbecause graphene is just alayer of graphite – the lead ofpencils – but just that singlelayer has all of these interest-ing properties, one of whichis that it’s an excellent barri-er. It’s thin, but it’s also veryimpenetrable, and people aredoing things like putting it inbatteries because it’s got avery high surface area andit’s electronically conduc-tive.”

The researchers who wonthe Nobel Prize continued towork with graphene and dis-covered in 2014 that undercertain conditions the mate-rial is permeable to hydrogenions, also called protons.

“It was a shocking resultbecause everyone hadassumed up to that point,and all the measurementshad confirmed, that evensomething as small as a heli-um atom – two protons andtwo electrons – couldn’tmove through graphene.

And yet, a proton could,”Creager said. “That was acool discovery and there areall kinds of things you can dowith that knowledge.”

Two years later, in thepublication that caughtCreager’s attention, the sameresearchers found that notonly did graphene allow pro-tons to flow through it, but itlet them through 10 timesfaster than deuterons, thenuclei of deuterium atoms.In other words, grapheneallows 10 times more protonsto be separated from deuteri-um in a single step, anenrichment factor thattrumps conventional meth-ods.

One of those conventionalmethods – electrochemicalhydrogen pumping – pro-vides a way to separate mix-tures of gases composed ofhydrogen isotopes.Schematically, a hydrogenpump is an electrochemicalcell that has a cathode onone end, an anode at theother and is connected to apower source.

“You take a mixture ofhydrogen and deuterium gasand it comes in one side. Youoxidize the hydrogen intoprotons and deuterons,which go across the cell. Thedeuterons are blocked andonly pure hydrogen comesout the other side,” Creagersaid. “It’s a boring devicebecause hydrogen comes inand hydrogen goes out, butit’s also very interestingbecause it provides a meansof separating hydrogen ionsfrom deuterium and tritiumions.”

At the time the NobelPrize researchers releasedtheir latest findings, Creagerwas already working withthe Savannah River NationalLaboratory on a different,less successful project. Hewas a perfect match toreimagine the hydrogenpump, given his develop-ment of a miniature fuel cellthat requires only a fewmicrograms of catalyst tostimulate a reaction. InCreager’s miniature cell, a 2-by-2-inch piece of graphene– with a market value of$250 – can provide for 20experiments, whereas a typi-cal cell would need 20 timesthat amount.

The team’s idea is to buildan electrochemical cell thatcan clean tritium out of con-taminated water by means ofwater electrolysis – useful toSRNL in the event that itsstorage facilities ever leaktritium into the groundwaterand useful to Creager for hisminiature cell specialty.

In the cell, contaminatedwater would flow in one sideand a reaction will convertthe water into its compo-nents: hydrogen – or deuteri-

um or tritium – and oxygen.The isotope would thenarrive at the second end ofthe cell and be reduced intohydrogen. Adding agraphene layer could selec-tively collect deuterium andtritium on the water side ofthe cell, allowing onlydepleted pure hydrogen onthe other side, thereby clean-ing the water.

“The place with the great-est need for cleanup in theworld right now is at theFukushima plant in Japanthat was damaged by the2011 tsunami,” Creager said.“There are millions of gal-lons of contaminated waterthere and there’s not reallyany viable way to clean itup.”

While nuclear cleanup is aprimary interest of the proj-ect, being able to concen-trate tritium can have otherapplications, too.

“The whole reason thatthe Savannah River Labexists is because they pro-duced the hydrogen and tri-tium used in hydrogenbombs in the 1950s,” Creagersaid. “They still produce thetritium that is used to makenuclear weapons, the pointbeing they have lots of expe-rience handling the stuff.”

But tritium isn’t all sinis-ter, Creager pointed out. Theisotope has a half-life of 12years, meaning that it willlast for 12 years before itloses half of its radioactivity.That makes it an ideal sub-stance to use in a long-last-ing battery, though it’s alsoknown for its use in glowing“exit” signs above doorways.

The team’s method – tech-nically called hydrogen iso-tope fractionation usinggraphene – could also haveapplications in the world’sever-changing energy land-scape.

“What if you could couplea deuterium isolation plantto one of these water elec-trolysis plants that is associ-ated with a renewable ener-gy source? If you can’t dumpthe electricity on the grid,then you have to convert it tosome useful product. Maybethat product could be hydro-gen,” Creager said. “I don’tknow the answer to that – weprovide the knowledge for adesign engineer or maybe autility company who canthen find the most optimalways to use energy.”

Creager’s portion of theresearch reported in thispublication is supported by a$331,942, two-year grantfrom the U.S. Department ofEnergy under Award NumberDE-SC0018151. The contentis solely the responsibility ofthe authors and does notnecessarily represent theofficial views of the DoE.

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Charleston, SC – U.S.Senator Tim Scott (R-SC)released the statement belowin support of the Cassidy-Graham health care bill.

“Our great nation is hometo more than 320 million peo-ple spread across almost fourmillion square miles. We havestates with nearly 40 millionpeople, and states with lessthan 600,000 people. To tryand dictate health care policyfrom Washington, D.C. simplydoes not make sense. That’s

why I support the Cassidy-Graham solution to empowerstates to make choices fortheir people based on theirspecific health care needs andtrends. South Carolina facesdifferent challenges thanOregon, so why would we tryand force a one-size-fits-allsystem on them both?

The fact remains thatObamacare is failing theAmerican people.Skyrocketing premiums, highdeductibles and overall

uncertainty in the market-place means we need a newsolution. By block grantingmoney directly to states, wetake a significant step for-ward in putting our healthcare system back in the handsof patients and their doctorswhile still protecting peoplewith pre-existing conditions,repealing the individual man-date and stopping some bur-densome Obamacare taxes.I’m on board – now let’s goget the votes!”

Sen. Tim Scott supports Cassidy-Graham Health Care solution

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