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Volunteers will learn to install smoke alarms He said this month’s Home Fire Preparedness Campaign is operating through a partnership between Southern Baptist Convention and American Red Cross. This is the partnership’s first fire safety campaign in South Carolina, and he hopes it will spread to other areas of the state, he said During the training, volunteers will learn about
BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Dozens of local volunteers plan to meet at Grace Baptist Church on Saturday to learn how to install smoke alarms for Sumter residents during an American Red Cross Smoke Alarm Blitz planned for April 30. The Rev. Steve Shumake of Grace Baptist Church expects to see 60 to 90 volunteers at the church this weekend.
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Red Cross names 11 award winners
CLARA BARTON HONOR AWARD FOR MERITORIOUS VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP
unteer Leadership is the highest honor the American Red Cross bestows on volunteers, acSHUMAKE cording to organization’s website, www. redcross.org. It recognizes meritorious service in volunteer leaderHOLLAND ship positions held during a period of years, according to the website. Recipients of the award are inducted into LEVY the Clara Barton Honor Society. “Rev. Shumake is a passionate volunteer who definitely has a heart for serving victims of disaster,”
The Clara Barton Honor Award for Meritorious Vol-
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An airman holds his young daughter Tuesday evening at Shaw Air Force Base after returning from an overseas deployment.
Airmen unit now back from deployment
The American Red Cross Sandhills Chapter presented 11 awards and certificates of service at the organization’s annual awards banquet on April 7. The top award went to the Rev. Steve Shumake, minister of music at Grace Baptist Church, who received the Clara Barton Honor Award for Meritorious Volunteer Leadership. Other major award recipients included Retired Maj. Gen. William “Dutch” Holland who received the Palmetto South Carolina Outstanding Volunteer Leadership Award and Rick Levy, who received the Volunteer of the Year Award.
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Rally attendees say Sanders stays on point
“Getting back is a wonderful feeling,” said 1st Lt. Kari Anne Hinners at a homecoming ceremony in a hangar at Shaw Air Force Base Tuesday evening. Hinners was among about 30 airmen from a 20th Fighter Wing Aircraft Maintenance Unit returning to Shaw on Tuesday evening with the bulk of the unit expected to return Wednesday morning. “I am elated and proud, our F-16s set a record for most bombs dropped,” she said. Keith and Diane Hinners drove from Aurora, Colorado to greet Kari Anne, their daughter-inlaw, as she returned from a seven-month deployment in the Air Force Central Command area of responsibility in Operation Inherent Resolve. While their daughter-in-law has been deployed as part of the air war in the Middle East, her husband Keaton was also deployed overseas, they said. He is expected to return in the next few weeks. The Hinners brought along Foxy, a 10-yearold blue healer, which they said their son and daughter-in-law adopted in Sumter last year. They said the dog did OK in Colorado, but seemed more relaxed after returning to the
Amanda Finney is working on a master’s degree in journalism at Syracuse University and is writing a series on some of the contenders for next week’s New York primary from her location in Syracuse.
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Keith and Dianne Hinners, along with Foxy, wait for the return of their daughter-in-law, 1st Lt. Kari Anne SEE SHAW, PAGE A3 Hinners, on Tuesday evening at Shaw Air Force Base.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Hours before U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders was scheduled to speak at the Oncenter Convention Center, thousands lined up taking up two blocks before the doors were opened at 11 a.m.
Tuesday. Sanders was not supposed to speak until 2 p.m., yet the event hosted an array of local talent and celebrity surrogate introductions beforehand to entertain and inspire the thousands who have gathered in support. One of those who had been there for hours setting up was a student of Onondaga Community College and longtime volunteer for the Sanders campaign, Maurice Brown, 23. Although he is studying communications, he hopes to pursue his bachelors in political science after having
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