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Volunteers prepare dinner plates for those dining at the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club during a past Thanksgiving dinner. Geraldine Singleton, who has organized, raised funds and done much of the food preparation with volunteers for the free dinners for nearly four decades, is currently seeking donations and volunteers for this year's dinner for those who might otherwise not have one. The dinner will be served at noon on Sunday, Nov. 24.
Singleton's free Thanksgiving meal for Sumter's needy will be Nov. 24
PHOTO PROVIDED From left are: Misty Hatfield, director of development and alumni at Central Carolina Technical College; CCTC Dean of Health Sciences Mary Jo Ardis; Rachel Gainey, McLeod Health Clarendon administrator; CCTC President Dr. Michael Mikota; Kim Jolly, McLeod Health Clarendon chief nursing officer; Aubrey Rickard, McLeod Health Clarendon staff nurse; and Cheryl Degraw, McLeod Health Clarendon nursing department chair.
McLeod Health partners in nursing program
SUMTER ITEM PHOTO A child learns proper hand signals while riding his bike at a past bicycle giveaway.
Donate a bicycle, bring Christmas to kids in need
MALONEY
McLeod Health Clarendon hires new urologist
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Friday on Capitol Hill in Washington, in the second public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents.
Takeaways from Day 2 of House impeachment public hearings

Downtown Sumter nightlife awakens with new karaoke bar

Joe Jeffcoat performs Thursday night at the new after-hours karaoke bar next door to J. O'Grady's in downtown Sumter.
With Downtown Sumter growing more and more into a destination for community members and neighbors, J. O'Grady's has expanded into an after-hours karaoke bar to provide live entertainment from Sumter's very own music lovers. Owner Scott Estep …
IT support firm creating 105 jobs in Manning
Student charged in threats against Sumter schools
PETERSON
Rallying Sumter School District bus drivers are all back at work

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Sumter Today: Bates Middle School earns national STEM certification

Bates Middle School has been working toward one goal for four years and they recently reached it. They were just nationally certified with a STEM accreditation, a prestigious recognition that only …

Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout runs on his two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019.
LA sweep: Dodgers' Bellinger and Angels' Trout earn MVP honors
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant flexes after being fouled in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019.
Ja Morant lifts Grizzlies past Hornets with late layup
Sumter running back Nathan Harris-Waynick (26) and the Gamecocks will look to extend their undefeated season when they host Gaffney at Memorial Stadium's Freddie Solomon Field on Friday.
Gamecocks face tough task with Gaffney in 5A playoffs
South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley gestures during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, in College Park, Md.
Cooke scores 27 as No. 6 South Carolina beats Dayton 75-49
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff (16) is struggling this season along with his offensive teammates after the Rams reached the Super Bowl last season.
Rams aren't flying high on offense anymore
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PHOTOS PROVIDEDWilhelmina Reuben-Cooke
Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke: Law educator who broke color barrier remembered for life of service, grace
Community complaints lead to $35,000 drug bust at Sumter residence
3 charged in Cherryvale double homicide from September
DENNIS
Sumter Sheriff's Office deputies ask county council for pay increase
On Sunday, visitors to the Sumter County Museum can see antique bottles from Kell Compton's collection.
Sumter Historical Society presents Kell Compton's antique glass bottle collection

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Sumter High School's Tamerah Brown, seated in the center, is surrounded by family and friends after signing to play college basketball with Lenoir-Rhyne University on Wednesday in the SHS auditorium.
Sumter's Brown signs to play hoops at Lenoir-Rhyne
Sumter's Tylee Craft (13), Jordan McGee (23) and Ernest Jackson (17) celebrate Craft's touchdown against Woodmont in the first round of the SCHSL 5A Playoffs on Friday. The Gamecocks will host Gaffney for the second round this Friday.
Sumter players look to break second round curse in playoffs
Laurence Manning quarterback Burgess Jordan and the Swampcats will host Ben Lippen for the SCISA 3A semifinals on Friday night.
LMA to host Ben Lippen in SCISA 3A semis
East Clarendon sophomore Talaysia Cooper (10) has been selected as one of the Elite Girls basketball players in the state for the 2019-20 season by the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association.
East Clarendon's Cooper named to SCBCA Elite Girls list
Wyatt Rowland, center, was named the Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against Porter-Gaud.
Rowland, Harris, McGee and Roberts selected as Players of the Week

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Food
Chef Diaa Alhanoun, left, pours yoghurt sauce over kibbeh, a traditional Mediterranean recipe containing seasoned ground beef or lamb dumplings, as chefs Lauren Radel, center, and Alfredo Medel watch in the kitchen at Porsena, while preparing for the 2019 Refugee Food Festival in New York.

Syrian refugee turns to food to rebuild his life in America

A splash of bourbon is a very easy way to up the flavor ante and elevate your home cooking. This is Elizabeth Karmel's Sweet Potato Bourbon Mash.
Bourbon makes many foods even better
Apple-Glazed Roast Turkey with Stuffing and Gravy
It's time to plan your Thanksgiving

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Panorama
PHOTOS BY KATHERINE ROTH VIA AP Seen is a selection of vintage doorknobs and other items available for sale at Olde Good Things salvage store in New York.

Salvage shops offer decor with a story

T wo of the hottest trends in home decor are sustainability and authenticity. No wonder architectural salvage shops are busy. Homeowners love features that come with a story, says Rich Ellis, publisher of Architectural Salvage and Antique …

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Nation & World
Students are comforted as they wait to be reunited with their parents following a shooting at Saugus High School that injured several people Thursday in Santa Clarita, California.
2 dead in California school attack; gunman shoots self

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - A student gunman opened fire Thursday at a Southern California high school, killing two students, wounding three others and shooting himself in the head, authorities said. He was in grave condition. The shooting occurred …

President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Aug. 5 in Washington. Democrats are more likely to say they rely on scientists and academics, while Republicans are more likely to trust what they hear from President Donald Trump, according to findings from a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and USA Facts.
Poll: Americans struggle to identify true facts WASHINGTON - In a sharply divided country, here's something many Americans agree on: It's hard to know what's a true and honest fact. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and USA Facts finds that regardless …
People walk among the debris at the crash site of MH17 passenger plane on July 14, 2014, near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, that left 298 people killed. An international team of investigators piecing together a criminal case in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine said Thursday that evidence suggests links between Russia and rebels in the region were closer than previously thought.
MH17 probe reveals close ties between Russia, Ukraine rebels THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An international team of investigators piecing together a criminal case in the July 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine said Thursday that evidence suggests links between Russia and …
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington in June.
U.S. budget deficit surges to $134.5B WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government, which ended the 2019 budget year with its largest deficit in seven years, began the new budget year with a deficit in October that was 33.8% bigger than a year ago as spending hit a record. The Treasury …
The first public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump plays on a screen along with sports at the Superbook sports book inside the Westgate casino-hotel Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Americans tune in as 1st public impeachment hearing begins DENVER - Cattle rancher Jeffery Gatzke in South Dakota was listening in as he worked on his tractor in his workshop. The first public hearings on impeaching President Donald Trump are political show, he thinks, but he wanted to follow along …

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State News
Jesse Osborne sits with attorney Frank Eppes during a sentence-related hearing at the Anderson County Courthouse on Wednesday in Anderson. Osborne, a teen who killed his father at home before fatally shooting a first-grader on a South Carolina elementary school playground in 2016, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday.
Teen S.C. murderer gets life without parole

COLUMBIA - A school shooter who was 14 when he killed a first-grader on a school playground in South Carolina was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole. Judge Lawton McIntosh said Jesse Osborne showed little remorse after killing …

SANFORD
Sanford suspends presidential primary challenge to Trump CONCORD, N.H. - Mark Sanford dropped his challenge to President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, saying the focus on impeachment has made it difficult for his campaign to gain traction. "You've got to be a …
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Clear Springs Fire Rescue Chief Mike Huppmann, left, and Ben McCall, center, meet with emergency responders from the station Nov. 3 as well as paramedics from Prisma Health and Greenville County EMS to celebrate the one-year anniversary of McCall's survival of a catastrophic bike crash on Woodruff Road. The motorist who hit McCall was never identified.
Cyclist who 'died twice' thanks emergency responders GREENVILLE - Ben McCall's blood pressure had dropped dangerously low, his helmet was bashed in, and more than 30 bones were broken. Lying on a rural, two-lane section of Woodruff Road nearly 20 miles from the nearest emergency room, McCall's …
PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE S.C. HISTORICAL SOCIETY A page from the receipt book of Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1756) shows the instructions to prepare several varieties of cakes.
Colonial baking is seen through archives' receipts As the holidays approach, our thoughts turn to cooking and baking for family and friends. The archives of the South Carolina Historical Society contain a wonderful collection of family recipes, or "receipts" as they were frequently called. Some of …
Rebate checks are in the mail; S.C. taxpayers get $50 each COLUMBIA (AP) - More than a year after someone in South Carolina won an $878 million lottery jackpot, 1.2 million of the state's taxpayers are getting their own modest windfall from that lucky day. The South Carolina Revenue Department said …

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Obituaries
EMILY JOHNSON THOMAS

Emily Johnson Thomas, age 88, beloved wife of the late Frank P. Thomas Sr., died on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home.

ROBERT COUSAR

MANNING - Robert "Bobby" Cousar, 70, husband of Rose Marie Mitchell-Cousar, died on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in a vehicular accident. He was born on Dec. 7, 1948, in Gable, a son of the late James Cousar Jr. and Ophelia Kennedy Cousar. The …

MARION THOMAS

Marion Thomas, widower of Annie Mae Shaw-Thomas, departed this life on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at the wonderful and blessed age of 96. He was born on July 15, 1943, in Lee County, to the late Edward Butler and Winnie Herriot Thomas. He was …

THELMA AMERSON GEDDINGS

Thelma Amerson Geddings, 90, widow of Roland Geddings, died on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Henry Lever Amerson and Cora Winkles Amerson. Mrs. Geddings was a member of …

JOY GEDDINGS INGRAM

Joy Geddings Ingram, 76, wife of John Ingram, died on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital. The family will receive friends at the home of Curtis and Brittney Johnson, 2690 Pintail Drive. Services will be announced by …

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Celebrations
MRS. FOZER M. ROBINSON NELSON
Fozer M. Robinson Nelson celebrates 100th birthday Fozer M. Robinson Nelson, widow of Franklin Nelson, celebrated her 100th birthday on Oct. 5, 2019, with family and friends. Born on Oct. 5, 1919, in Clarendon County, she is the daughter of the late Zoya and Vinnie Robinson. Mrs. Nelson was …

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Faith
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, of Los Angeles, speaks during a news conference after being elected as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on Tuesday in Baltimore.
Gomez elected 1st Hispanic to lead U.S. Catholic bishops By DAVID CRARY and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press BALTIMORE - Archbishop Jos G mez of Los Angeles, an immigrant from Mexico, pledged to push for a more welcoming immigration system after winning election Tuesday as the first Hispanic to …
Church News: Friday, Nov. 15, 2019 Bethel AME Church, 1605 S. Kings Highway, Wedgefield, announces: * Sunday - The Inspirational Choir's 35th anniversary will be celebrated at 3 p.m. Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, 4319 Rowe Drive, Summerton, announces: * Sunday - …
SMITH
Should women go home? John Macarthur, a well-known preacher, was recently asked what he would say to Beth Moore, a well-known Bible teacher. His response: "Go home." What Macarthur implied was Beth Moore has no business teaching the Bible. She needs to stay home and …
Church News: Friday, Nov. 8, 2019 Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 2571 Joseph Lemon-Dingle Road, Jordan community, Manning, announces: * Sunday - Pack the pew program, sponsored by the deaconess ministry, will be held at 4 p.m. Minister Tyrone Cummings will speak. Bethlehem …
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Pets for adoption
Rooney loves dogs and immediately bonds with them

FAR LEFT: Rooney is a neutered and housebroken 10-month-old American shorthair. He is great with other cats and children. Rooney also loves dogs, forming a bond immediately when being introduced to them. He adores playing and chasing cat toys is his …

Weddings
MRS. CHARLES BARNES
Posey-Barnes COLUMBIA - Sydne Rae Posey and Charles Segars Barnes, both of Sumter, were united in marriage at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at The Millstone at Adams Pond. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Steven Posey and the granddaughter of …

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Engagements
MR. BYRD, MISS BRUNSON
Brunson-Byrd Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wentworth Brunson III of Alcolu announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Ann Brunson of Alcolu, to Zachary Daniel Byrd of Sumter, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Henry Byrd of Sumter. The bride-elect is the granddaughter …
MR. TOMPKINS, MISS DURANT
DuRant-Tompkins Ms. Debbie Bramlett DuRant of Sumter and Dr. Eddie C. Durant Jr. of Wedgefield announce the engagement of their daughter, Delta Dawn DuRant of Sumter, to Kellen Richard Tompkins of Sumter, son of Mrs. Brenda Morrison of Greenville and Mr. Richard …
Reflections
PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM The Sumter Veterans Display on Harvin Street will be open Monday, Veterans Day, for visitors at 2 p.m. this year. The display features thousands of photographs, memorabilia and uniforms from every branch of service.

Sumter Veterans Display welcomes visitors on holiday

This issue of Reflections honors our military veterans. Nov. 11 marks a time when all Americans pay tribute to our veterans both living and dead. We take this opportunity to let each one know how deeply we appreciate their service and …

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Yesteryear
SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO 1994 - Kim Schneider, president of the Sumter Artists Guild, checks in art for an auction on Nov. 8.
Gen. Eisenhower observes June 6 as holiday; Bates student is semifinalist in national stamp contest 75 YEARS AGO - 1945 June 1 - June 7 - Jimmy Doolittle is teaming up with the Superfortresses to finish the job he started three years ago with his world-startling air attack on Tokyo. Disclosure that the mighty B-29s, scourge of Japan's skies, …
Pete the mule earns his daily oats plowing the victory garden for convalescents at the station hospital. Pvt. Sam Logan of Sumter (wearing arm band) is seen driving the mule while Cpl. Richard B. Robertson takes over the plow in this photo by Shaw Field News.
Yesteryear by Sammy Way: Teens renovate 'The Hangout'; Tuttle speaks at Sumter Touchdown Club 75 YEARS AGO - 1945 May 25 - May 31 - Beginning immediately, all mail for prisoners of war in Germany will be returned to senders. The May 15 Postal Bulletin will direct local postmasters not to accept mail after that date. The office of the …
SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO 1994 - The Item was recognized by three groups during 100th anniversary activities the week of Oct. 15. Chris Caison, left, chairman of the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, presents a plaque to Margaret W. Osteen, chairwoman of the board of Osteen Publishing Co., citing The Item "for 100 years of dedicated service and outstanding support to the Sumter community." Also shown are, from left, Hubert D. Osteen Jr., Graham Osteen and Kyle Osteen.
Yesteryear by Sammy Way: Report about sugar shortage being written; some Shaw personnel returning from Gulf 77 YEARS AGO - 1945 May 18 - May 24 - Betty Lou, that dancing sensation of Hollywood, brings her personality, pop and unusual dancing ability to the stage of the Sumter Theatre only as one of the featured acts on Linton DeWolfe's famous "Stork …

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 Editorial cartoon: Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019
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