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Denied: Asphalt plant not going near Shaw
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A throng of Sumter County residents wait outside the packed County Council chamber to speak for and against a zoning change for a proposed asphalt plant.
BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter County Council chambers erupted with cheers after council voted to deny a request to rezone approximately 173 acres of land between Shaw Air Force Base and Stamey Livestock Road from limited commercial and light industrial-warehouse to
heavy industrial land after the public was heard on the matter Tuesday. Although the rezoning request was the item in question, many people focused on the fact that the property owner intended to put an asphalt plant on the property once the land had been rezoned. Bill Carter, the applicant, said he planned to move the
existing C.R. Jackson asphalt plant on Eagle Road to his property near the base. Bubba Rabon, a Sumter County resident, said the plant would be moved because it currently uses diesel fuel, and Carter’s property had access to a natural gas line, which would be better for the facility.
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No ‘stand your ground’ defense BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com A motion by defense attorneys for James Brock to have charges of voluntary manslaughter and use of a firearm during commission of a violent crime dismissed on the basis of South Carolina’s “Stand Your Ground” law was denied by Circuit Court Judge Howard King in an order issued Tuesday. Brock, a 19-year-old Manning resident, was reportedly involved in a heated argument May 10, 2013, with Jeffery Scott, 37, in a dispute that started over a lease arrangement. The argument then escalated into a confrontation that led to Scott’s death from a gunshot wound, witnesses said. The disagreement began at the home of Debra Scott, the victim’s mother, when Brock, his brother, William Brock, and their mother, Melissa White, arrived to get a copy of the lease. “It is undisputed (that) heated words were exchanged,” King wrote in the order. According to testimony, James Brock, his mother and brother left the Scott residence before the defendant allegedly said he wanted to kill Scott and twice sent James Hudson, who was living at his home at the time, to get Scott to “come down and apologize” to his mother.
S.C. Works Job Fair packs Civic Center with seekers BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com
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Above, employers and job seekers come together at Sumter County Civic Center for the S.C. Works Job Fair on Tuesday. More than 60 employers were in attendance, took resumes and talked about career opportunities. Below, Jacklin Kee, at left, a recruiter for Sumter Family Heath Center, talks with a group of job seekers at the fair.
Sumter Civic Center was packed with people looking to start careers with local businesses and industries in Sumter County during the Santee-Lynches Council of Governments and S.C. Works Job Fair on Tuesday morning. Ken Bell, business services representative with S.C. Works, said more than 1,000 people attended the job fair. He said representatives of more than 60 organizations from Sumter, Lee, Clarendon and Kershaw counties, including Continental Tire The
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Red Cross honors local heroes at awards banquet BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com The American Red Cross honored six locally trained heroes Tuesday during an annual award banquet at Trinity United Methodist Church. To receive the American Red Cross Certificate of Merit Award individuals must have taken action to save or sustain a human life using skills and knowledge gained through an American Red Cross course; used techniques learned by the nominee in an American Red Cross course; and the nominee did not cause or contribute to the incident. Individual awards went to Kenneth Wixey and Kevin Moye. Team awards for two people went to two groups,
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Grant Hogue and Jason Lyons, and Will Glover and Roy Hancock, who worked together to save a life. All of the winners, with the exception of Moye, are employees of the Sumter Fire Department. Here are the acts that each of the winner did to receive the honors taken from the citations: • Wixey helped to save a woman’s life when her house was fully engulfed in flames. He entered the burning home to search for the victim. He walked along a wall through heavy black smoke with zero visibility and came across an oxygen tank. Wixey followed a plastic tube that was connected to the tank and found the victim. He called for help to get the victim out of the house.
Once they got the victim outside, they checked for vital signs and found that she was not breathing and had no pulse. He started CPR and continued it until EMS arrived. She was later transferred to a nearby medical facility. • Moye saved his own mother’s life when she suddenly collapsed in her home after feeling ill all day. She was making small, halting gasps for breath and had no pulse. He immediately started performing CPR and called 911. Moye continued to perform chest compressions and rescue breaths until EMS arrived about five minutes later. He also had the wherewithal to call the hospital in advance of her arrival by ambulance to tell emergency room doctors of her condition.
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• Hogue and Lyons worked together to save a man’s life when his home was engulfed in flames. Despite low visibility because of smoke, the team found the victim quickly and safely brought him out of the burning house. He was not breathing and had no pulse. They started CPR immediately and continued until EMS arrived to take over. He was taken to Tuomey Regional Medical Center and airlifted to Joseph M. Still Burn Center for further care. • Glover and Hancock also entered a burning home with zero visibility and found a victim unconscious. They carried him out of the home to safety, and the victim was taken to Tuomey before also being transported to Joseph M. Still Burn Center.
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