February 10, 2013

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Massage therapy students 1st in state for hospital rotations BY JADE ANDERSON janderson@theitem.com

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Sue Craven, a Central Carolina Technical College massage therapy student, demonstrates how she rubs the hands of patients undergoing chemotherapy at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence.

Not many things can make chemotherapy better. “You begin to feel normal again,” said Raquel Serrano, a certified oncology social worker for the McLeod Cancer Center in Florence. “That touch, that massage, helps you put the little pieces back together. Along with other modalities in integrated medicine, massage is one of those that are very soothing.” Central Carolina Technical College’s Massage Therapy was recently recognized by the S.C. State Massage Therapy Board as the first school in the state to have hospital rotations for its students. Only three other states in the country have similar programs — Oregon, Minnesota and Washington. This semester, as part of a grant, 12 students are going to McLeod Re-

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gional Medical Center in Florence and offering hand massages to oncology patients receiving infusions. “It’s been a very positive experience,” said Brent Jackson, massage therapy academic program manager. “The importance of touch and its impact has been the subject of so many studies by large, major universities. It decreases cortisol, a stress hormone. It increases the cells’ ability to combat the effects of chemo and gives the patients a better quality of life.” The program has been getting good feedback, especially in the form of “wonderful emails from patients,” said Mima Laney, Central Carolina’s dean of health sciences. “The oncology patients couldn’t be happier, so we’re tickled pink,” Serrano said. “In fact, today (Thursday), I was visiting a patient getting a SEE MASSAGE, PAGE A7

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take over ... laser tag, that is BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com Human beings fought for their lives against a swarm of undead zombies in Sumter on Saturday, struggling against shambling corpses hungry for human brains. Their only defense: shoot their lumbering attackers square in the forehead. With lasers. It wasn’t the zombie apocalypse. Instead, it was a promotion for comic book and gaming stores. Nuklear Comix and Stronghold Gaming co-hosted Saturday’s event, which pitted human competitors against zombies, made up with fake blood, in an obstacle course game of laser tag, with equipment provided by Go Go Laser Tag of Lexington. The battlefield for about 30 participants was a lot behind the neighboring storefronts on South Pike West. “We’re just trying to do different stuff every month, to get people into the store,” said Barry Edwards, owner of Nuklear Comix. Edwards said he didn’t have to think too long about what this month’s event should be. “‘The Walking Dead’ has its premiere (today),” he said, referencing the popular zombie-themed series on AMC. “It was a comic book first, and we sell the ‘Walking Dead’ comic, so I thought maybe it’s a good time for this.” The game pitted two competing teams of humans, mostly kids, against each each other as well as a team of

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Zombie Brad Hyde chases a player during Zombie Laser Tag on Saturday in Sumter.

“walkers” with laser sensors strapped to their foreheads. The zombies also carried laser guns (it was the only way the sensors would work), but they could only eliminate their opponents flag-football style, by pulling a flag strapped to their arm. And to keep zombie purists happy, they were required to be slow-walkers. No running zombies allowed. Josh Warren signed up to be a member of the zombie team. He practiced his zombie walk in

the parking lot before the game, his shirt and the area around his mouth covered in red dye. SEE ZOMBIES, PAGE A7

Paddy Rolow gets his zombie make-up done by Angela Payne in preparation for Zombie Laser Tag on Saturday behind the Nuklear Comix shop and Stronghold Gaming center.

The Air Force told Stan Schaetzle to come to Sumter, but he and his family decided to make it their home. From the time he was posted to Shaw Air Force Base in 1977, the Omaha, Neb., native threw himself into his new community. After his discharge in 1982, Col. Schaetzle got involved with multiple community groups, military organizations and charitable events, almost up to the time of his death on Friday at age 78. “Everywhere we ever lived, I just remember him having a gaggle of people around him,” said daughter Terri Schaetzle. “He was known everywhere for as far back as I can remember. He was a cream-ofthe-crop sort of PHOTO PROVIDED guy, but Stan Schaetzle, who died on he was very mod- Friday at age 78, served a lengthy military career and est about was involved in many comit.” Schaet- munity groups, military organizations and charitable zle’s son, Bud, who events in Sumter after being stationed at Shaw Air Force like his sister fin- Base in 1977. ished high school in Sumter after moving from base to base growing up in a military family, remembers his father as a shining example to those around him. “He was the only person I know who never said an ill word about anyone,” Bud Schaetzle said. “That’s something he passed on to his kids and his grandkids. I don’t think he could have been a better role model.” Besides his two children, Schaetzle is survived by granddaughters Alexis, 25, and Meghan, 24, and grandson Max, 24. He was predeceased by his wife of 40 years, Lois, in 1994. Schaetzle served a lengthy military career dating back to his time as an ROTC cadet on the Omaha campus of the University of Nebraska in the 1950s. He served as a pilot in the U.S. SEE SCHAETZLE, PAGE A4

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